{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3122", "width": "2294", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "i.--^^^\\n^v\\nX\\n^oV^\\n..-jv t\\n.\u00c2\u00b0-n.^\\nbV\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^0^\\n-o^*^^%o^ V^^\\\\/ V V^^%\u00c2\u00b0\\nV\\n^5, T;t a\\na *i\\n-I\\nr V o o A\\n^,-^,T A\\n.To .4^ o .0 *,;\u00e2\u0080\u009eo o,\\n-^_\\n4 O", "height": "2964", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "4 O\\n.h^ ^o .^4^^*^\\n,0^\\nV c .0\\n-.0^\\ns .To V^\\nV cv\\n*bv\\nV^^\\n.0\\nO\\nV C\\nV\\nrS. A*\\nV.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a20\\n^-1\u00c2\u00b0^\\n..h^\\n-i\\nJO\\nV^ O V\\nr\\\\^ o r-.\\nc O\\n.,V", "height": "2964", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2964", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2964", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2964", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "I I\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00baHI-4*\\n-^.r-^S^\\nx|^^-\\nFBIC-i\\nJ\\\\L\\nm.:.\\n1^\\n-OF-\\nH\\nV_y J.\\n.J\\nCONTAINING\\nFull Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Proniinenl\\nand Representative Citizens of the County,\\nTOGETHER WITH\\nPORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF ALU THE GOVERNORS OF THE STATE, AND\\nOF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.\\nClUCAiU):\\n(^HAPMAX BROTHERS,\\n1888.\\n-4^", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "f", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": ".1\\nPF(Ep/)(?E.\\n-J\u00c2\u00bb6 -H H- 1\u00c2\u00ab5\\nUK greiitost of Kiiglisli liisturians, IMacaui.kv, and one of tlio nio.st biilliunt wiitt-rs\\nof the past century, has said -Tlie history of a country is best told in a record of the\\nlives of its people. In conformity with this idea the Poktkait and Bioouaphical\\nAi.iii .M of this county has been prepared. Instead of going to rausty records, and\\ntaking therefrom dry statistical matter that can be appreciated by but few, our\\ncorps of writers have gone to the people, the men and women who have, by their\\nenterprise and industry, brought the; county to a rank second to none among those\\ncomprising this great and noble Stjite, and from their lips have the story of their life\\nstruggles. No more interesting or instructive matter could be presented to an intelli-\\ngent public. In this volume will be found a record of many whose lives are worthy the\\nimitation of coming generations. It tells how some, commencing life in poverty, by\\nindustry and economy have accumulated wealth. It tells how others, with limited\\nadvantages for securing an education, have become learned men and women, with an\\nll^ influence extending througliout the length and breadth of the land. It tells of men who\\nhave risen from the lower walks of life to eminence as statesmen, and whose names have\\n^^W \\\\S^ become famous. It tells of those in every walk in life who have striven to succeed, and\\nrecords how that success has usually crowned their efforts. It tells also of many, very\\nman\\\\ who, not seeking the applause of the world, have pursued the even tenor of their way, content\\nto have it said of them as Christ said of the woman perfonning a deed of mercy the} have done what\\ntiiey could. It tells how that many in the pride and strength of j oung manhood left the jilow anil the\\nanvil, llie lawyer s office and the counting-room, left every trade and profession, and at their country s\\ncall went forth valiantlj to do or die, and how through their efforts the Union was restored and peace\\nonce more reigned in the land. In the life of every man and of ever} woman is a lesson that should not\\nbe lost upon those who follow after.\\nComing generations will api)rcciate this volume and i)rcscrve it as a sacred treasure, from the fact\\nthat it contains so much that would never find its way into public records, and which would otherwise be\\ninaccessible. Great care has been taken in the compilation of the work and every opportunity possible\\ngiven to those represented to insure correctness in what has been written, and the publishers llattcr them-\\nselves that they give to their readers a work with few errors of consequence. In a )dilion to the biograph-\\nical sketches, portraits of a number of representative citizens are given.\\nThe faces of some, and biographical sketches of many, will be missed in this volume. For this the\\npuljlishers are not to blame. Not having a proper conception of the work, some refused to give the\\ninformation necessar} to compile a sketch, while othei-s were indifferent. Occasionally \u00c2\u00abomc member of\\nthe famil}- would oppose the enterprise, and on account of such opposition the support of the interested\\none would be withheld. In a few instances men could never be found, tliongh repeated calls were made\\nat their residence or place of business.\\nII.M .M.V.N IlKOS.\\nChujaco, September, 1888.\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "i^\\n^^.f.-,*-.^^*", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "r\\n^t\\ns^fe\\n^^^Cx^V^\\nI\\niMi\\nJ", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "u\\nFIJiST PRESWExVT.\\n4^\\nHE F ather of our Country was\\ny) born in Westmorland Co., Va.,\\n-Feb. 2 2, 1732. His parents\\nwere Augustine and Mary\\n(Ball) Washington. The family\\nto which he belonged has not\\nbeen satisfactorily traced in\\nEngland. His great-grand-\\nfather, John Washington, em-\\nigrated to Virginia about 1657,\\nand became a prosperous\\nplanter. Ho 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\\nhini four children, two of whom,\\nLawrence and Augustine, reached\\nmaturity. Of six children by his\\nsecond marriage, Ceorge was the\\neldest, the others being Betty,\\nSamuel, John Augustine, Charles\\nand Mildred.\\n.\\\\ugustine Washington, tiie father of George, died\\nin 1743, leaving a large landed property. To his\\neldest son, Lawrence, he bequeathed 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, wlien he received private instruction in\\nmathematics. His spelling was 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 1 4 years old he had a desire to go to\\nsea, and a midshipman s warrant was secured for him,\\nbut through the opixjsition of his mother the idea was\\nabandoned. Two years later he was ap[)oinled\\nsurveyor to the immense estate of Lord Fairfax. 1 n\\nthis business he spent three years in a rough frontier\\nlife, gaining experience which afterwards proved very\\nessential to him. In 175 i, though only 19 years of\\nage, he was apix)inted adjutant with the rank of\\nmajor in the Virginia militia, then being trained for\\nactive service against the French and Indians. Soon\\nafter this he sailed to the West Indies with his brother\\nLawrence, who went there to restore his health. They\\nsoon returned, and in the summer of 1752 Lawrence\\ndied, leaving a large fortune to an infant daughter\\nwho did not long survive him. On her demise 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 lo pro-\\nceed to the French ix)st near Lake Erie in North-\\nwestern Pennsylvania. The distance to be traversed\\nwas between 500 and 600 miles. Winter was at hand,\\nand tiie journey was to be made without military\\nescort, through a territory occupied\\nIndians. Tht\\nr", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "I\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ft*\\nGEORGE WASHINGTON.\\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 imjwrtant pari. 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\\ntvere 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\\nlook advantage of the fall of Fort Duquesne and the\\nexpulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio,\\nto resign his conmrission. Soon after he entered the\\nLegislature, where, although not a leader, he took an\\nactive and important part. January 17, 1759, he\\nmarried Mrs. iVIartha (Dandridge) Custis, the wealthy\\nwidow of John Parke Custis.\\n^Vhen the British Parliament had closed the port\\n\u00c2\u00bb3f Boston, the cry went up throughout the provinces\\nthat The cause of Boston is the cause of us all.\\nIt was then, at the suggestion of Virginia, that a Con-\\ngress of all the colonies was called to meet at Phila-\\ndelphia,Sept. 5, 1774, to secure their common liberties,\\npeaceably if possible. To this Congress Col. Wash-\\nington was sent as a delegate. On May 10, 1775, the\\nCongress re-assembled, when the hostile intentions of\\nEngland were plainly apparent. The battles of Con-\\ncord and Lexington had been fought. Among the\\nfirst acts of this Congress was the election of a com-\\nmander-in-chief of the colonial forces. This high and\\nresponsible office was conferred upon Washington,\\nwho was still a memberof the Congress. He accepted\\nit on June 19, but upon the express condition that he\\nreceive no salary. He would keep an exact account\\nof expenses and expect Congress to pay them and\\nnothing more. It is not the object of this sketch to\\ntrace the military acts of Washington, to whom the\\nfortunes and liberties of the people of this country\\nwere so long confided. The war was conducted by\\nhim under ever) possible disadvantage, and while his\\nforces often met with reverses, yet he overcame every\\nobstacle, and after seven years cjf heroic devotion\\nand matchless skill he gained liberty for the greatest\\nnation of earth. On Dec. 23, 17S3, Washington, in\\na parting address of surpassing beauty, resigned his\\ncommission as commander-in-chief of the army to\\nto the Continental Congress sitting at Annapolis. He\\nretired immediately to Mount Vernon and resumed\\nhis occupation as a farmer and jilanter, shunning all\\nconnection with public life.\\nIll 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 of 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 he was unani-\\nmously re-elected. At the end of this term many\\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 rejxjse\\nseemed likely to be interrupted by war with France.\\n.\\\\t the prospect of such a war he was again urged to\\ntake command of the armies. He chose his sub-\\nordinate offlcers 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 oflF. December 1 2, he took\\na severe cold from a ride in the rain, which, settling\\nin his throat, produced inflammation, and terminated\\nfatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh-\\nteenth his body was borne with military honors to its\\nfinal resting place, and interred in the family vault at\\nMount Vernon.\\nOf the character of Washington it is impossible to\\nspeak but in terms of the highest respect and ad-\\nmiration. The more we see of the operations of\\nour government, and the more deeply we feel the\\ndifficulty of uniting all opinions in a common interest,\\nthe more 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, atid which we cannot but believe will\\nbe as lasting as the existence of man.\\nThe person of Washington was unusally tali, 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.\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00abf I iT- _i(^*I ^^\u00c2\u00bb,M^-l^_^\\n/7\\n-\u00c2\u00abn twa i\u00c2\u00bbja\u00c2\u00abi M", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "SECOND PBESJDENT.\\n23\\nla\\n.tMy ^.W;.*.****^^^;^^\\n^7^)1 OHN ADAMS, the second\\nPresident and the first Vice-\\nPresident of the United States,\\nwas born in Braintree now\\nQuincy),Mass., and about ten\\nmiles from Boston, Oct. 19,\\n1735. His great-grandfather, Henry\\nAdams, emigrated from England\\nabout 1640, with a family of eight\\nsons, and settled at Braintree. The\\nparents of John were John and\\nSusannah (Boylston) Adams. His\\nfather was a farmer of limited\\nmeans, to whicli 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 purpose he placed himself\\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 Ijy what he\\ntermed the frightful 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. He was well fitted for the legal\\nprofession, jx)ssessing a clear, sonorous voice, being\\nready and fluent of speech, and having quick percep-\\ntive jKjwers. He gradually gained [jractice, and in\\n1764 married Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister,\\nand a lady of superior intelligence. Shortly after his\\nmarriage, (i7 )5), the attempt of Parliamentary taxa-\\ntion turned liim from law to jwlitics. He took initial\\ngte|)s toward holding a town meeting, and the resoiu-\\n*WjJ(\\ntions he offered on the subject became very jwpulat\\nthroughout the Provmce, and were adopted word for\\nword by over forty different towns. He moved to Bos-\\nton in 1768, and became one of the most courageous\\nand prominent advocatesof the popular cause, and\\nwas chosen a member of the General Court (the I.eg-\\nlislature) in 1770.\\nMr. Adams was chosen one of the first delegates\\nfrom Massachusetts to the first Continental Congress,\\nwhich met in 1774. Here he distinguished himself\\nby his capacity for business and for debate, and ad-\\nvocated the movement for independence against 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 it, to prepare a declaration of inde-\\npendence. This article was drawn by JeflTerson, but\\non Adams devolved the task of battling it through\\nCongress in a three days debate.\\nOn the day after the Declaration of Independence\\nwas passed, while his soul was yet warm with the\\nglow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife,\\nwhich, as we read it now, seems to have beendictated\\nliy the spirit of prophecy. Yesterday, he says, the\\ngreatest question was decided that ever was debated\\nin America; and greater, jierhaps, 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 be a memorable ejioch 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 .Mmighty\\nCod, It ought to be solemnized with omp, shows.\\nr", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "i. 24\\nJOHN ADAMS.\\ngames, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations\\nfrom one end of the continent to the other, from this\\ntime forward for ever. You will think me transix)rted\\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, 1 can see the\\nrays of light and glory. 1 can see that the end is\\nworth more than all the means; and that posterity\\nwill triumph, although you and I may rue, which 1\\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 proposels. 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 excitement,\\ntoil and an.xiety 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 goto England to drink the waters of\\nBath. While in England, still drooping anddesjwnd-\\ning, he received dispatches from his own government\\nurging the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to\\nnegotiate another loan. It was winter, his health was\\ndelicate, yet he immediately set out, and through\\nstorm, on sea, on horseback and foot,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 appoint a minister to the United\\nStates, and as Mr. Adams felt that he was accom-\\nplishing but little, he sought permission to return to\\nhis own country, where he arrived in June, 1788.\\nWhen Washington was first chosen President, John\\nAdams, rendered illustiious liy his signal services at\\nhome and abroad, was chosen Vice President. Again\\nat the second election of Washington as President,\\nAdams was chosen Vice President. In 1796, Wash-\\nington retired from public life, and Mr. Adams was\\nelected President, though not without muchoi)])osition.\\nServing in this office four years,he was succeeded liy\\nMr. Jefferson, hisoppcment in politics.\\nWhile 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 wiih\\nthe majority of his countrymen led by Mr. Jefferson.\\nMr. Adams felt no sympathy with the French people\\nin their struggle, for he had no confidence in their\\nixjwer of self-government, and he utterly abhored the\\nclassof atheist pliilosophers who he claimed caused it.\\nOn the otiier 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 Jefferso)i 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 strength\\nof his life to the public good, without the deepest\\nemotion of gratitude and respect. It was his peculiar\\ngood fortune to witness the complete success of the\\ninstitution which he had been so active in creating and\\nsupporting. In r824, 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 lieen 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 attendants if he knew\\nwhat day it was? He replied, O yes; it js the glor-\\nious fourth of July God bless it God bless you all.\\nIn the course of the day he said, It is a great and\\nglorious day. The last words he uttered were,\\nJefferson survives. But he had, at one o clock, re-\\nsigned his spiiit into the hands of his God.\\nThe personal appearance and manners of Mr.\\nAdams were not particularly prepossessing. His face,\\nas his portrait manifests,was intellectual ard exj^res-\\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.\\nJ! ^J I", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": ",t\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2;%?7^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "i r^\\nTHIRD PRESIDENT.\\n,t\\n27\\n%r\\nHOMAS JEFFERSON was\\nburn April 2, 1743, at Sliad-\\n*ucll, All erinarlc ounty, 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 tlie Colonial Court, and it was the obodeof fashion\\na.id splendor. Young Jefferson, who was then 17\\nyears old, lived somewhat expensively, keeping fine\\nhorses, and much caressed by gay society, yet he\\nwas earnestly devoted to his studies, and irreproacha-\\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 impulse, he discarded his horses,\\nsociety, and even his favorite violin, to which he had\\npreviously given much time. He often devoted fifteen\\nhours a day to hard study, allowing himself for ex-\\nercise only a run in the evening twilight of a mile out\\nof the city and back again. He thus attained very\\nhigh intellectual culture, alike excellence in philoso-\\nphy and the languages. The most difticult Latin and\\nOreek 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, ujjright, gentlemanly young man.\\nImmediately uixjn 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 iwlitical 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.\\nUiX)n 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, next 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 aiiilities as a\\nwriter and a reasoner soon become known, and he\\nwas placed uix)n a number of imjwrtant committees,\\nand was chairman of the one appointed for the draw-\\ning up of a declaration of indeiiendence. This com-\\nmittee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams,\\nBenjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R.\\nLivingston. Jefferson, as chairman, was apiKjinted\\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 passed and signed July\\n4, 1776. What must have been the feelii-gs of that\\nI\\n4", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "28\\nTHOMAS JEFFERSON.\\nK-\\nman what the emotions that swelled his breast\\nwho was charged with the preparation of that Dec-\\nlaration, which, while it made known the wrongs of\\nAmerica, was also to publish her to the world, free,\\nsoverign and independent. It is one of the most re-\\nmarkable papers ever written and did no other effort\\nof the mind of its author exist, that alone would be\\nsufficient to stamp his name with immortality.\\nIn 1779 Mr. Jefferson was elected successor to\\nPatrick Henry, 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 years later he was appointed Minister Plenipo-\\ntentiary to France. Returning to the United States\\nin September, 1789, he became Secretary of State\\nin Washington s cabinet. This position he resigned\\nJan. T, 1794. In 1797, he was chosen Vice Presi-\\ndent, and four years later was elected President over\\nMr. Adams, with Aaron Burr as Vice President. In\\n1804 he was re-elected with wonderful unanimity,\\nand George Clinton, Vice President.\\nThe early part of Mr. Jefferson s second adminstra-\\ntion was disturbed by an event which threatened the\\ntranquility and peace of the Union this was the con-\\nspiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated in the late election\\nto the Vice Presidency, and led on by an unprincipled\\nambition, this extraordinary man formed the plan of a\\nmilitary expedition into the Spanish territories on our\\nsouthwestern frontier, for the purpose of forming there\\na new republic. This has been generally supposed\\nwas a mere pretext and althougji 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 lieen elected, he determined\\nto retire from political 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 resix)nsibility. Having thus de-\\nvoted the best part of his life to the service of his\\ncountry, he now felt desirous of that rest which his\\ndeclining years required, and upon the organization of\\nthe new administration, in March, 1809, he bid fare-\\nwell forever to public life, and retired to Monticello.\\nMr. Jefferson was profuse in his hospitality. Whole\\nfamilies came in their coaches with their horses,\\nfathers and mothers, boys and girls, babies and\\nnurses, and remained three and even six months.\\nLife at Monticello, for years, resembled that at a\\nfashionable watering-place.\\nThe fourth of July, 1826, being the fiftieth anniver-\\nsary of the Declaration of American Independence,\\ngreat preparations were made in every part of the\\nUnion for its celebration, as the nation s jubilee, and\\nthe citizens of Washington, to add to the solemnity\\nof the occasion, invited Mr. Jefferson, as the framer.\\nand one of the few surviving signers of the Declara-\\ntion, to participate in their testivities. But an ill-\\nness, which had been of several weeks duration, and\\nhad been continually increasing, compelled him to\\ndecline the invitation.\\nOn the second of July, the disease under which\\nhe was laboring left him, but in such a reduced\\nstate that his medical attendants, entertained no\\nhope of his recovery. From this time he was perfectly\\nsensible that his last hour was at hand. On the next\\nday, 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 his earthly honors.\\nHand in hand they had stood forth, the champions of\\nfreedom hand in hand, during the dark and desper-\\nate struggle of the Revolution, they had cheered and\\nanimated their desponding countrymen; for half a\\ncentury they had labored together for the good of\\nthe country; and now hand in hand they depart.\\nIn their lives they had been united in the same great\\ncause of liberty, and in their deaths they were not\\ndivided.\\nIn person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, rather\\nabove six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes\\nwere light, his hair originally red, in after life became\\nwhite and silvery; his complexion was fair, his fore-\\nhead broad, and his whole countenance intelligent and\\nthoughtful. He possessed great fortitude of mind as\\nwell as personal courage; and his command of tem-\\nper was such that his oldest and most intimate friends\\nnever recollected to have seen him in a passion.\\nHis manners, though dignified, were simple and un-\\naffected, and his hospitality was so unbounded that\\nall found at his house a ready welcome. In conver-\\nsation he was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic and\\nhis language was remarkably pure and correct. He\\nwas a finished classical scholar, and in his writings is\\ndiscernable the care with which he formed his style\\nupon the best models of antiquity.\\n*t", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "it\\n!lxu^^-^ j(^C{ ec^oCcf\\n(TK,", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "-4^\\nFOURTH PRESIDENT.\\n3\\nn^EQES npDISOI).\\nAMES MADISON, Father\\nof the Constitution, and fourth\\nPresident of the United States,\\nwas born March i6, 1757, and\\ndied at his home in Virginia,\\ni^ June 28, 1836. The name of\\no James Madison is inseparably con-\\nnected with most of tlie imiwrtant\\nevents in that heroic period of our\\ncountry during which tlie founda-\\ntions of this great reijubhc were\\nlaid. He was the last of the fomiders\\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,\\nlanding uixin 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 uix)n a very fine es-\\ntate called Montpelier, Orange Co.,\\nVa. The mansion was situated in\\nthe midst of scenery highly pictur-\\nesque and romantic, on the west side\\nof South-west Mo\\\\intain, at the foot of\\nBlue Ridge. It was but 25 miles from the home of\\nJefferson at Monticello. The closest personal and\\nixjlitical attachment existed between 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 177 i, with a feeble\\nbody, with a character of utmost purity, and with a\\nmind highly disciplined and richly stored with learning\\nwhich embellished and gave proficiency to his subsf\\nquent career.\\nReturning to Virginia, he conunenced the study of\\nlaw and a course of extensive and systematic reading.\\nThis educational course, the spirit of the times in\\nwhich he lived, and the society with which he asso-\\nciated, all combined to inspire him with a strong\\nlove of liberty, and to train him for his life-work 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 es|5ecial atten-\\ntion to theological studies. Endowed with a mind\\nsingularly free from i)assion and prejudice, and with\\nalmost unequalled ix)wers 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 apjxjinted to the Executive Council.\\nBoth Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were\\nGovernors of V irginia while Mr. Madison remained\\nmember of the Council and their ai)preciation of his\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "32\\nJAMES MADISON.\\nintellectual, social and moral worth, contributed not\\na little to his subsequent eminence. In the year\\n1780, he was elected a member of the Continental\\nCongress. Here he met the most illustrious men in\\nour land, and he was immediately assigned to one of\\nthe most conspicuous positions among them.\\nFor three years Mr. Madison continued in Con-\\ngress, one of its most active and influential members.\\nIn the year 1784, his term having expired, he was\\nelected a member of the Virginia Legislature.\\nNo man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the\\nutter inetficiency of the old confederacy, with no na-\\ntional government, with no power to form treaties\\nwhich would be binding, or to enforce law. There\\nwas not any -State more prominent than Virginia in\\nthe declaration, that an efficient national government\\nmust be formed. In January, 1786, Mr. Madison\\ncarried a resolution through the Ceneral Assembly of\\nVirginia, inviting the other States to appoint commis-\\nsioners to meet in convention at Annapolis to discuss\\nthis subject. Five States only were represented. The\\nconvention, however, issued another call, drawn up\\nby Mr. Madison, urging all the States to send their\\ndelegates to Philadelphia, in May, 1787, to draft\\na Constitution for the United States, to take the place\\nof that Confederate League. The delegates met at\\nthe time appointed. Every State but Rhode Island\\nwas represented. George Washington was chosen\\npresident of the convention; and the present Consti-\\ntution of the United States was then and there formed.\\nThere was, perhaps, no mind and no pen more ac-\\ntive in framing this immortal document than the mind\\nand the pen of James Madison.\\nThe Constitution, adopted by a vote 8r to 79, was\\nto be presented to the several States for acceptance.\\nBut grave solicitude was felt. Should it be rejected\\nwe should be left but a conglomeration of independent\\nStates, with but little jKDwer at home and little respect\\nabroad. Mr. Madison was selected by the conven-\\ntion to draw up an address to the people of the United\\nStates, expounding the principles of the Constitution,\\nand urging its adoption. There was great opposition\\nto it at first, but it at length triumphed over all, and\\nwent into effect in 1789.\\nMr. Madison was elected to the House of Repre-\\nsentatives in the first Congress, and soon became the\\navowed leader of the Republican party. While in\\nNew York attending Congress, he met Mrs. Todd, a\\nyoung widow of remarkable power of fascination,\\nwhom he married. Slie was in person and character\\nqueenly, and probably no lady has thus far occupied\\nso prominent a position in the very peculiar society\\nwhich has constituted our republican court as Mrs.\\nMadison.\\nMr. Madison served as Secretary of State under\\nJefferson, and at the close of his administration\\nwas chosen President. At this time the encroach-\\nments of England had brought us to the verge of war.\\nBritish orders in council destioyed our commerce, and\\nour flag was exposed to constant insult. Mr. Madison\\nwas a man of peace. Scholarly in his taste, retiring\\nin his disposition, war had no charms for him. But the\\nmeekest spirit can be roused. It makes one s blood\\nboil, even now, to think of an American ship brought\\nto, upon the ocean, by the guns of an English cruiser.\\nA young lieutenant steps on board and orders the\\ncrew to be paraded before him. With great nonchal-\\nance he selects any number whom he may please to\\ndesignate as British subjects orders them down the\\nship s side into his boat and places them on the gun-\\ndeck of his man-of-war, to fight, by compulsion, the\\nbattles of England. This right of search and im-\\npressment, no efforts of our Government could induce\\nthe British cabinet to relinquish.\\nOn the 1 8th of June, 1812, President Madison gave\\nhis approval to an act of Congress declaring war\\nagainst Great Britain. Notwithstanding the bitter\\nhostility of the Federal party to the war, the country\\nin general approved; and Mr. Madison, on the 4th\\nof March, 1813, was re-elected by a large majority,\\nand entered upon his second term of office. This is\\nnot the place to describe the various adventures of\\nthis war on the land and on the water. Our infant\\nnavy then laid the foundations of its renown in grap-\\npling with the most formidable power which ever\\nswept the seas. Tlie contest commenced in earnest\\nby the appearance of a British fleet, early in February,\\n18 13, in Chesapeake Bay, declaring nearly the whole\\ncoast of tlie United States under blockade.\\nThe Emperor of Russia offered his services as me\\nditator. America accepted England refused. A Brit-\\nish force of five thousand men landed on the banks\\nofthePatuxet River, near its entrance into Chesa-\\npeake Bay, and marched rapidly, by way of Bladens-\\nburg, upon Washington.\\nThe straggling little city of Washington was thrown\\ninto consternation. The cannon of the brief conflict\\nat Bladensburg echoed through the streets of the\\nmetropolis. The whole population fled from the city.\\nThe President, leaving Mrs. Madison in the White\\nHouse, with her carriage drawn up at the door to\\nawait his speedy return, hurried to meet the officers\\nin a council of war. He met our troops utterly routed,\\nand he could not go back without danger of being\\ncaptured. But few hours elapsed ere the Presidential\\nMansion, the Capitol, and all the public buildings in\\nWashington were in flames.\\nThe war closed after two years of fighting, and on\\nFeb. 13, 1815, the treaty of peace was signed at Ghent.\\nOn the 4th of Marcli, 1817, his second term of\\noffice expired, and he resigned the Presidential chair\\nto his friend, James Monroe. He retired to his beau-\\ntiful home at Montpelier, and there passed the re-\\nmainder of his days. On June 28, 1836, then at the\\nage of 85 years, he fell asleep in death. Mrs. Madi-\\nson died July 12, 1849.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "M.\\nIt\\nFIFTH PRESIDENT.\\n35\\npriQES Il]OI]ItOE.\\n^spr\\n^p.^\\nAMES. MONROE, the fifth\\nPresidentof The United States,\\nwas liorn in Westmoreland Co.,\\nVa., April 28, 1758. His early\\nlife was passed at the place of\\nnativity. His ancestors had for\\nS many years resided in the prov-\\nince in which he was born. heii,\\nat 17 years of age, in the process\\nof completing his education at\\nWilliam and Mary College, the Co-\\nlonial Congress assembled at Phila-\\ndelphia to deliberate ujwn 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 hope-\\nless and gloomy. The number of deserters increased\\nfrom day to day. The invading armies came [xjuring\\nin and the tories not only favored the cause of the\\nmother country, but disheartened the new recruits,\\nwho were sufficiently terrified at the prospect 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 their\\nlX)litical emancipation. The young cadet joined the\\nranks, and espoused the cause of his injured country,\\nwith a firm determination to live or die with her strife\\nfor liberty. Firmly yet sadly lie 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 nmnths\\nafter the Declaration of Independence, the patriots\\nhad been beaten in seven battles. At the battle of\\nTrenton he led the vanguard, and, in the act of charg-\\ning upon the enemy he received a wound in the left\\nshoulder.\\nAs a reward for his bravery, Mr. Monroe was pro-\\nmoted a captain of infantry; and, having recovered\\nfrom his wound, he rejoined the army. He, however,\\nreceded from the line of promotion, by becoming an\\nofficer in the staff of Ix)rd Sterling. During the cam-\\npaigns of 1777 and 1778, in the actions of Brandy\\nwine, Germantown and Monmouth, he continued\\naid-de-canip but becoming desirous to regain his\\nposition in the army, he exerted himself to collect a\\nregiment for tlie Virginia line. This scheme failed\\nowing to the exhausted condition of the State. l^ixDn\\nthis failure he entered the otiice of Mr. Jefferson, at\\nthat period Governor, and pursued, with considerable\\nardor, the study of common law. He did not, however,\\nentirely lay aside the knapsack for the green bag;\\nbut on the invasions of the enemy, se^^ ed as a volun-\\nteer, during the two years of his legal pursuits.\\nIn 1782, he was elected from King George county,\\na member of the Leglislature of Virginia, 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 tliat ability\\nand aptitude for legislation, which were afterwards\\nemployed with unremitting energy for the public good,\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "36\\nJAMES MONROE.\\nhe was in the succeeding year chosen a member of\\nthe Congress of the United States.\\nDeeply as Mr. Monroe felt the imperfections of the old\\nConfederacy, he was opiX)sed to the new Constitution,\\nihinking, with many others of the Republican party,\\nthat it gave too much power to the Central Government,\\nand not enough to the individual States. Still he re-\\ntained the esteem of his friends who were its warm\\nsupporters, and who, notwithstanding his opposition\\nsecured its adoption. In 1789, lie became a member\\nof the United States Senate; which office he held for\\nfour years. Every month the line of distinction be-\\ntween the two great parties which divided the nation,\\nthe Federal and the Republican, was growing more\\ndistinct. The two prominent ideas which now sep-\\narated them were, that the Republican party was in\\nsympathy with France, and also in favor of such a\\nstrict construction of the Constitution as to give the\\nCentral Government as little power, and the State\\nGovernments as much power, 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 jiower to the\\nCentral Government as that document could ix)ssibly\\nauthorize.\\nThe leading Federalists and Republicans were\\nalike noble men, consecrating all their energies to the\\ngood of the nation. Two more honest men or more\\npure patriots than John Adams tlie Federalist, and\\nJames Monroe the Republican, never breathed. In\\nbuilding up this majestic nation, which is destined\\nto eclipse all Grecian and Assyrian greatness, the com-\\nbination of their antagonism was needed to create the\\nlight equilibrium. And yet each in his day was de-\\nnounced as almost a demon.\\nWashington was then President. England had es-\\npoused the cause of the Bourbons against the princi-\\nples of the French Revolution. All Europe was drawn\\ninto the conflict. We were feeble and far away.\\nWashington issued a proclamation of neutrality be-\\ntween these contending powers. France had helped\\nus in the struggle for our liberties. All the despotisms\\nof Europe were now combined to prevent the French\\nfrom escaping from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse\\nthan that which we had endured Col. Monroe, more\\nmagnanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at\\nwhatever hazard, we should help our old allies in\\ntheir extremity. It was the impulse of a generous\\nand noble nature. He violently opposed the Pres-\\nident s proclamation as ungrateful and wanting in\\nmagnanimity.\\nWashington, who could appreciate such a character,\\ndeveloped his calm, serene, almost divine greatness,\\nby appointing that very James Monroe, who was de-\\nnouncing the ix)licy of the Government, as the minister\\nof that Government to the Republic of France. Mr.\\nMonroe was welcomed by the National Convention\\nin France with the most enthusiastic demonstrations.\\nShortly after his return to this country, Mr. Mon-\\nroe was elected Governor 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. Their united efforts were suc-\\ncessful. For the comparatively small sum of fifteen\\nmillions of dollars, the entire territory of Orleans and\\ndistrict of Louisiana were added to the United States.\\nThis was probably tlie 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 again returned to Eng-\\nland on the same mission, but could receive no\\nredress. He returned to his home and was again\\nchosen Governor of Virginia. Tliis he soon resigned\\nto accept the position of Secretary of State imder\\nMadison. Wiiile in this office war with England was\\ndeclared, the Secretary of War resigned, and during\\nthese trying 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. Upon the return ol\\npeace he resigned the Department of War, but con-\\ntinued in the office of Secretary of State until the ex-\\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, 1817, was inaugurated. Four years\\nlater he was elected for a second term.\\nAmong 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 jxjwers 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 powers to extend their sys-\\ntem to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous\\nto our peace and safety, and that we could not\\nview any interfxisition 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, 1831.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "J, lAi\\naAn-,/^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "SIXTIf PRESIDENT.\\n30\\n\\\\r\\nX*^ V^i-.-^ V r.V\u00c2\u00bb. T O.V^ JP ^-.i TP^ylc^ TP i t V^TVS V^ iV- T^/^--. V -Vrt V -ik^TP^i*^^ V^Iv- V .^^f\\n^i=\\nOHN QUINCY ADAMS, the\\nsixth President of the United\\nStates, was born in the rural\\niiome of his honored fatlier,\\nJohn Adams, in Quincy, Mass.,\\non the I ith cf July, 1767. His\\nmother, a woman of exalted\\nworth, watched over liis childhood\\nduring the almost constant ab-\\nsence of liis father. When but\\neight years of age, he stood with\\nhis mother on an eminence, listen-\\ning to the booming of the great bat-\\ntle on Bunker s Hill, and gazing on\\nupon the smoke and flames billow-\\ning up from the conflagration of\\nCharlestown.\\nWhen but eleven years old he\\ntook a tearful adieu of his mother,\\nto sail with his father for Europe,\\nthrough a fleet of hostile British cruisers. The bright,\\nanimated boy sjient a year and a half in I aris, 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 aliroad. Again\\nJohn Quincy accompanied his father. At Paris he\\napjilied himself with great diligence, for six months,\\nto study; then accompained his father to Holland,\\nwhere he entered, first a school in .Amsterdam, then\\nthe Ihiiversity 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 secretar)-.\\nIn this school of incessant lalx)r .and of enobling\\nculture he spent fourteen months, 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 priv.nte tutor, at Hague. Thence,\\n4\u00c2\u00ab\\nin the spring of r782, he accompanied his father to\\nParis, traveling leisurely, and forming acquaintance\\nwith the most distinguisheil men on the Continent;\\nexamining 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 contemj)lations of the loftiest temiwral\\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, 17S5,\\nwhen he returned to .America. I o a Ijrilliant young\\nman of eighteen, who had seen much of llie world,\\nand who was familiar with the etiquette of courts, a\\nresidence with his father in London, under such cir-\\ncmnstances, must have been extremely attractive;\\nbut with judgment very rare in one of his age, he pre-\\nferred to return to .\\\\merica to com[)lete 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 supiwrt.\\nLTlwn 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-\\nixiinted 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 Brilian. After thus spending a fortnight in\\nLondon, he proceeded to the Hague.\\nIn July, 1797, he left the Hague to go to Portugal as\\nminister plenipotentiary. On his way to Portugal,\\nupon arriving in Ixsndon, he met with despatches\\ndirecting him to the court of Berlin, but requesting\\nhim to remain in London until he should receive his\\ninstructions. hile waiting he was mairicd to an\\nAmerican lady to whom he had been jirevionsly en-\\ngaged, Miss Ix)uisa Catherine Johnson, daughter\\nof Mr. Joshua Johnson, American consul in London\\na lady endownd with that beauty and those arroin-\\nplishment which eminently fitted her to move in the\\nelevated sphere for which she was destined.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "i\\n40\\n/OJIJV QUINCY ADAMS.\\nHe reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797\\nwhere he remained until July, 1799, when, having ful-\\nfilled all the purposes 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 tiovern-\\nment in its measures of resistance to the encroach-\\nments of England, destroying our commerce and in-\\nsulting our flag. There was no man in America more\\nfamiliar with the arrogance of the British court upon\\nthese points, and no one more resolved to present\\na firm resistance.\\nIn 1809, Madison succeeded Jefferson in the Pres-\\nidential chair, and he immediately nominated John\\nQuincy Adams minister to St. Petersburg. Resign-\\ning his professorship in Harvard College, he embarked\\nat Boston, in August, 1809.\\nWhile in Russia, Mr. Adams was an 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 Greek and\\nLatin classics. In all the universities of Europe, a\\nmore accomplished scholar could scarcely be found.\\nAll through life the Bible constituted an imjx)rtant\\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 apjxjinted Mr.\\nAdams Secretary of State. Taking leave of his num-\\nerous friends in public and private life in Europe, he\\nsailed in June, 1819, forthe United States. On the\\ni8th of August, he again crossed the threshold of his\\nhome in Quincy. During the eight yearsof Mr. Mon-\\nroe s administration, Mr. Adams continued Secretary\\nof State.\\nSome time before the close of Mr. Monroe s second\\nterm of office, new candidates began to be presented\\nfor the Presidency. The friends of Mr. Adams 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\\nquestion went to the House of Representatives. Mr.\\nClay gave the vote of Kentucky to Mr. Adams, 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 more pure in principles, more con-\\nscientiously devoted to the best interests of the coun-\\ntry, than that of John Quincy Adams; and never, per-\\nhaps, was there an administration more unscrupu-\\nlously and outrageously assailed.\\nMr. Adams was, to a very remarkable degree, ab-\\nstemious and temperate in his habits; always rising\\nearly, and taking much exercise. \\\\Vhen at his homein\\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 (piestion now began to assume\\n}X)rtentous magnitude. Mr. Adams returned to\\nQuincy and to his studies, which he jHirsued with un-\\nabated zeal. But he was not long permitted to re-\\nmain in retirement. In November, 1830, he was\\nelected representative to Congress. For seventeen\\nyears, until his death, he occupied the post as repre-\\nsentative, towering above all his peers, ever ready to\\ndo brave battle for freedom, and winning the title of\\nthe old man eloquent. Uix n 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 scrutiny. The\\nbattle which Mr. Adams fought, almost singly, against\\nthe proslavery party in the Government, 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 his final\\ntriumph was complete.\\nIt has been said of President Adams, that when his\\nbody was bent and his hair silvered by the lapse of\\nfourscore years, yielding to the simple faith of a little\\nchild, he was accustomed to repeat every night, liefore\\nhe slept, the prajer which his mother taught him in\\nhis infant years.\\nOn the 2 Tst of February, T848, he rose on tlie floor\\nof Congress, with a paper in his hand, to address the\\nspeaker. Suddenly he fell, again stricken by paraly-\\nsis, and was caught in the arms of those around him.\\nFor a time he was senseless, as he was conveyed to\\nthe sofa in the rotunda. With reviving conscious-\\nness, he opened his eyes, looked calmly around and\\nsaid This is //if end of earth then after a moment s\\npause he added, I am con fen/. These were the\\nlast words of the grand Old Man Eloquent.\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": ".^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0fj^ ^i^- J^^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "SEVENTH PRESIDENT.\\n43\\ni^iSa\\n!^s^\\nij^j!jm,M,.9-.\u00c2\u00aefSW7aTT\u00c2\u00bb\\nI -^o^J^\u00c2\u00a3/5^\u00c2\u00a7S^?~^^*\u00c2\u00ab\\nNDRKW JACKSON, the\\nseventh President of tlie\\nUnited States, was born 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\\neleepest [Xjverty.\\nAndrew, or Andy, as he was\\nuniversally called, grew up a very\\nrough, rude, turbulent boy. His\\nfeatures were coarse, his form un-\\ngainly; and there was but very\\nlittle in his character, made visible, which was at-\\ntractive.\\nWhen only thirteen years old he joined the volun-\\nteers of Carolina against the British invasion. In\\n1781, he and his brother Robert were captured and\\nimprisoned for a time at Camden. A British officer\\nordered him to brush his mud-spattered boots. 1 am\\na [irisoner of war, not your servant, was the reply of\\nthe dauntless boy.\\nThe 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 the otiier u]x)n the\\nhead. The officer then turned to his brother Robert\\nwith the same demand. He also refused, and re-\\nceived a blow from the keen-edged sabre, which ([uite\\ndisabled him, and which probably soon after caused\\nhis death. They suffered much other ill-treatment, and\\nwere finally stricken with the small-jxix. Their\\nmother was successful in obtaining their exchange.\\nand look iicr sick boys home. Alter a long illness\\n.\\\\ndrew recovered, and the death of his mother soon\\nleft him entirely friendless.\\nAndrew supiwrted himself in various ways, sucii as\\nworking at the saddler s trade, teaching school and\\nclerking in a general store, until 1784, when he\\nentered a law office at Salisbury, N. C. He, however,\\ngave more attention to the wild amusements of the\\ntimes than to his studies, in 1788, he was apiX)inted\\nsolicitor for the western district of North Carolina, of\\nwhich Tennessee was then a part. This involved\\nmany long and tedious journeys amid dangers of\\nevery kind, but Andrew Jackson never knew fear,\\nand the Indians had no desire to repeat a skirmish\\nwith the Sharp Knife.\\nIn 1791, Mr. Jackson was married to a woman who\\nsupjxjsed herself divorced from her former husband,\\n(jreat was tlie surprise of l otli parties, two years later,\\nto find that the conditions of the divorce had just been\\ndefinitely settled by the first husband. The marriage\\nceremony was performed a second time, but the occur-\\nrence was often used by his enemies to bring Mr.\\nJackson into disfavor.\\nDuring these years he worked hard at his profes-\\nsion, and frequently had one or more duels on hand,\\none of which, when he killed Dickenson, was espec-\\nially disgraceful.\\nIn January, 179 i, the Territory of Tennessee then\\ncontaining nearly eighty thousand inhabitants, the\\npeople met in convention at Knoxville to frame a con-\\nstitution. Five were sent from each of the eleven\\ncounties. .Andrew Jackson was one of the delegates.\\nThe new Stale 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 Philedelphia, where Congress then held iis", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "l l\\n44\\nANDRE W JACKSON.\\nsessions, a. distance of about eight hundred miles.\\nJackson was an earnest advocate of the Demo-\\ncratic party. Jefferson was his idol. He admired\\nBonaparte, loved France and hated England. As Mr.\\nJackson took liis seat, Gjn. Washington, whose\\nsecond term of office was then expiring, delivered his\\nlast speech to Congress. 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 fjr si.x years.\\nWhen tiie war of 1812 with (ireat Britian com-\\nmenced, Madison occupied the Presidential chair.\\nAaron Burr sent word to the President that there was\\nan unknown man in tlie West, Andrew [ackson, who\\nwould do credit to a commission if one were con-\\nferred u[X3n 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 tien. Wilkinson was\\nin command, he was ordered to descend the river\\nwith fifteen hundred troops to aid Wilkinson. The\\nexpedition reached Natchez; and afteradelay of sev-\\neral weeks there, without accomplishing anything,\\nthe men were ordered l)ack to their homes. But the\\nenergy Gen. Jackson had displayed, and his entire\\ndevotion to the comrfort of his soldiers, won him\\ngolden opinions and he became tlie most popular\\nman in the State. It was in this expedition that his\\ntoughness gave him the nickname of ()ld Hickory.\\nSoon after this, while attempting to horsewhip Col.\\nThomas H. Benton, for a remark that gentleman\\nmade about his taking a [lart as second in a duel, in\\nwhich a younger brotlier of Benton s was engaged,\\nhe received two severe pistol wounds. While he was\\nlingering uixm a bed of suffering news came that the\\nIndians, who had combined under Tecumseh from\\nFlonda 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 tlie raising of an\\narmy to rendezvous at Fayeltesville, .\\\\labama.\\nThe Creek Indians had established a strong fort on\\none of the bends of theTallauoosa River, near the cen-\\nter of Alabama, about fifty miles below Fort .Strother.\\nWith an army of two thoiisand men. Gen. Jackson\\ntraversed the pathless wilderness in a march of eleven\\ndays. He reached their fort, called Tohopeka or\\nHorse-shoe, on the 27th of March. 1814. The bend\\nof the river enclosed nearly one hundred acres of\\ntangled forest and wild ravine. Across the narrow-\\nneck the Indians liad constructed a formidable breast-\\nwork of logs and brush. Here nine hundred warriors,\\nwitli an ample suplyof arms were assembled.\\nThe fort was stormed. The fight was utterly des-\\nperate. Not an Indian would accept of fiuarter. When\\nbleeding and dying, they would fight those who en-\\ndeavored to spare their lives. From ten in the morn-\\ning until dark, the battle raged. The carnage was\\nawful and revolting. .Some threw themselves into the\\nriver; but the unerring bullet struck their heads as\\nthey swam. Nearly everyone of the nine hundred war-\\nrios were killed A few probably, in the night, swam\\nthe river and escaped. This ended the war. The\\npower of the Creeks was broken forever. This bold\\nplunge into the wilderness, with its terriffic slaughter,\\nso appalled the savages, that the haggard remnants\\nof the bands came to the camp, begging for peace.\\nThis closing of the Creek war enabled us to con-\\ncentrate all our militia uixjn the British, who were the\\nallies of the Indians No man of less resolute will\\nthan Gen. Jackson could have conducted this Indian\\ncampaign to so successful an issue Immediately he\\nwas appointed major-general.\\nLate in .\\\\ugust, with an army of two thousa)id\\nmen, on a rushing march, Gen. Jackson came to\\nMobile. 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 Ijattle was long and doubtful. At length\\none of the ships was blown up and the rest retired.\\nGarrisoning Mobile, where he had taken his little\\narmy, he moved his troops to New Orleans,\\nAnd the battle of New Orleans 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 about\\nnine thousand. His loss was but thirteen, while the\\nloss of the British was two thousand six liundred.\\nThe name of Gen. Jackson soon began to be men-\\ntioned in connection with the Presidency, but, in 1824,\\nhe was defeated by Mr. Adams. He was, however,\\nsuccessful in the election of 1828, and was re-elected\\nfor a second term in 1832. In 1829, just before he\\nassumed the reins of the government, he met with\\nthe most terrible affliction of his life in the death of\\nhis wife, whom he had loved with a devotion which has\\nperhaps never l)een 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. At the expiration of his\\ntwo terms of office he retired to the Hermitage, where\\nhe died )une 8, 1845. The last years of Mr. Jack-\\nson s life were that of a devoted Christian man.\\n1^\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "7 y^^ ^-^^i^u", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "I\\n-4^\\nEIGHTH PRESIDENT.\\n47\\n5@ aJ^^7%^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^fe^^V\u00c2\u00ae)^ 5)(c)^5\\n\\\\m^m ^T^ mmi\\nARTIN VAN BUREN, the\\neighth President of the\\nUnited States, was born at\\nKinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5,\\n1782. He died at the same\\n[)lace, July 24, 1862. His\\nbody rests in the cemetery\\nat Kinderhook, Above it is\\na plain granite shaft fifteen feet\\nhigh, bearing a simple inscription\\nabout half way up on one face.\\nThe lot is unfenced, unliordered\\nor unbounded by shrub or flower.\\nThere is but little in the life of Martin 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 tlie banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer,\\nresiding in the old town of Kinderhook. His mother,\\nalso of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel-\\nligence and e.xemplary piety.\\nHe was decidedly a precocious boy, developing un-\\nusual activity, vigor and strengtli of mind. At the\\nage of fourteen, he had finished his academic studies\\nin his native village, and commenced the study of\\nlaw. As he had not a collegiate education, seven\\nyears of study in a law-oftice were required of him\\nbefore he could be adujitted to the bar. Ins|)ired witli\\na lofty ambition, and conscious of liis powers, he pur-\\nsued his studies witli indefatigable industry. After\\n^pending six years in an office in his native village.\\nhe went to the city of N ew 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 the Federal and\\nRei)ublican party was then at its height. Mr. Van\\nBuren was from the beginning a ixslitician. He had,\\nperhaps, imbibed that spirit while listening to the\\nmany discussions which had been carried on in his\\nfather s liotel. He was in cordial sympathy with\\nJefferson, and earnestly and eloquently esiwused the\\ncause of State Riglits though at that time the Fed-\\neral party held the supremacy lx)th in his town\\nand State.\\nHis success and increasing ruputation led him\\nafter six years of practice, to remove to Hudson, th.;\\ncounty seat of his county. Here he spent seven years\\nconstantly gaining strength by contending in the\\ncourts with some of the ablest men who have .idorned\\nthe bar of his State.\\nJust before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, Mi.\\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\\nher loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. Van Buren was\\nan earnest, successful, assiduous lawyer. The record\\nof those years is barren in items of public interest.\\nIn 181 2, when thirty years of age, he was chosen to\\nthe State Senate, and gave his strenuous su|)ix)rt to\\nMr. Madison s adminstration. In 1815, he was ap-\\npointed .Attorney-Cieneral, and the next year moved\\nto Albany, the capital of the State.\\nWhile he was .ncknowledged as one of the most\\npiouiincnt Icadeis of the Democratic party, he had", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "MARTIN VAN BUREN.\\ni\\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 tlie State. In true consistency with his\\ndemocratic ])iincii)les, lio contended tliat, while the\\n[lath leading to tlie privilege of voting sliould 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 ])roperty 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, lie 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\\nconsiiicuous position as an active and useful legislator.\\nIn 1827, John Quincy Adams being then in the\\nPresidential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected to\\nthe Senate. He had been from the beginning a de-\\ntermined opposer of the .\\\\dministration, ado|)ting the\\nState Rights view in opposition to what was\\ndeemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. Adams.\\nSoon after this, in 1828, he was chosen (jovernorof\\nthe State of New York, and accordingly resigned his\\nseat in the Senate. Probably 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 jxjliticians.\\nIt was supix)sed that no one knew so well as he how\\nto touch the secret spiings 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 then could be accomplished.\\nWhen Andrew Jackson was elected President he\\napix/inted Mr. Van Buren Secretary of State. This\\n|X)sition he resigned in 1831, and was immediately\\nappointed Minister to England, where he went the\\nsame autumn. The Senate, however, when it met,\\nrefused to ratify the nomination, and he returned\\nhome, apparently untroubled; was nominated Vice\\nPresident in the place of Calhoun, at the re-election\\nof President Jackson and with smiles for all and\\nfiowns for none, he took his place at the head of that\\nSenate which h.id 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 mure than any other cause,\\nsecured his elevation to the chair of the Chief Execu-\\ntive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. Van Buren re-\\nceived the Democratic nomination to succeed Gen.\\nJackson as President of the United States. He was\\nelected by a handsome majority, to the delight of the\\nretiring President. Leaving New York out of the\\ncanvass, says Mr. Partoii, 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.\\nl he insurrection in Canada, which threatened to in-\\nvolve this country in war with England, the agitation\\nof the slavery question, and finally the great commer-\\ncial ])anic which sisread over the country, all were\\ntrials to his wisdom. The financial distress was at-\\ntributed to the management of the Democratic party,\\nand brought the President into such disfavor that he\\nfailed of re election.\\nWith the e.\\\\ception of being nominated for the\\nPresidency by the Free Soil Democrats, in 1848,\\nMr. Van Buren lived quietly upon his estate until\\nhis death.\\nHe had ever been a prudent man, of frugal habits,\\nand living within his income, had now fortunately a\\ncompetence for his declining years. His unblemished\\ncharacter, his commanding abilities, his unquestioned\\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 powerful influence upon the politics\\nof the country. From this time until his death, on\\nthe 24th of July, 1862, at the age of eighty years, he\\nresided at Lindenwald, a gentleman of leisure, of\\nculture and of wealth enjoying in a healthy old\\nage, probably far more happiness than he had before\\nexperienced amid the stormy scenes of his active life, y\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "//a^zyi^y^^\u00e2\u0080\u0094", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "-U\\nNINTH PRESIDENT.\\nS\\nWlSsSsMM B-K^ Kl lAWRts.Qlll,\\nI\\nf\\nILLIAM HENRY HARRI-\\nSON, the ninth President of\\nthe United States, was born\\nat Berkeley, Va., Feb. g, 1773.\\nHis father, Benjamin Harri-\\nson, was in comparatively op-\\nulent circumstances, and was\\none of the most distinguished\\nmen of his day. He was an\\nintimate friend of George\\nWashington, was early elected\\na member of the Continental\\nCongress, and was conspicuous\\namong the patriots of Virginia in\\nresisting the encroachments of the\\nBritish crown. In the celebrated\\nCongress of 1775, Benjamin Har-\\nrison and John Hancock were\\nboth candidates for the office of\\nspeaker.\\nMr Harrison was subsequently\\nchosen Governor of Virginia, and\\nwas twice re-elected. His son,\\nWilliam 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\\nwith honor soon after tlie death of his father. He\\nthen repaired to Philadelphia to study medicine under\\nthe instructions of Dr. Rush and the guardianship of\\nRobert Morris, both of whom were, with hi\u00c2\u00bb father,\\nsigners of the Declaration of Independence.\\nIJlwn 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 but 19 years old.\\nFrom that time he passed gradually upward in rank\\nuntil he became aid to General Wayne, after whose\\ndeath he resigned his commission. He was then ajv\\npointed Secretary of the North-western Territory. This\\nTerritory was then entitled to but one member in\\nCongress and Capt. Harrison was chosen to fill that\\nposition.\\nIn the spring of 1800 the North-western Territory\\nwas divided by Congress into two jwrtions. The\\neastern portion, comprising the region now embraced\\nin the State of Ohio, was called The Territory\\nnorth-west of the Ohio. The western portion, which\\nincluded what is now called Indiana, Illinois and\\nWisconsin, was called the Indiana Territory. Wil-\\nliam Henry Harrison, then 27 years of age, was ajv\\npointed by John Adams, Governor of the Indiana\\nTerritory, and immediately after, also Governor of\\nUpper Louisiana. He was thus ruler over almost as\\nextensive a realm as any sovereign uixjn the globe. He\\nwas Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was in-\\nvested with jKjwers nearly dictatorial over the now\\nrapidly increasing white jxipulation. The ability and\\nfidelity with which he discharged these res|X}nsible\\nduties may be inferred from the fact that he was four\\ntimes apix)inted to this office first by John .Xdams,\\ntwice by Thomas Jefferson and afterwards by Presi-\\ndent Madison.\\nWhen he began his adminstration there were but\\nthree white settlements in that almost boundless region,\\nnow crowded with cities and resounding with all the\\ntumult of wealth and traffic. Oneof 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. About", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "-ti^M-\\n52\\nWILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.\\n:i^h^\\nthe year 1806, two extraordinary men, twin brothers,\\nof the Shawnese tribe, rose among them. One of\\nthese was called Tecumseh, or Tlie Crouching\\nPanther; the other, OUiwacheca, or The Prophet.\\nTecumseh was not only an Indian warrior, but a man\\nof great sagacity, far-reaching foresight and indomit-\\nable perseverance in any enterprise in which he might\\nengage. He was inspired with the highest enthusiasm,\\nand had long regarded with dread and with hatred\\nthe encroachment of the whites upon the hunting-\\ngrounds of his fathers. His brother, the Prophet, was\\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 he was,\\nin the superstitious minds of tlie Indians, invested\\nwith the superhuman dignity of a medicine-man or a\\nmagician. \\\\Vith an enthusiasm unsurpassed by Peter\\nthe Hermit rousing Europe to the crusades, he went\\nfrom trilie to tribe, assuming that he was specially sent\\nby the Great .Spirit.\\nGov. Harrison made many attempts to conciliate\\nthe Indians, but at last the war came, and at Tippe-\\ncanoe the Indians were routed with great slaughter.\\nOctober 28, 18 12, his army began its march. When\\nnear the Prophet s town three Indians of rank made\\ntheir appearance and inquired why Gov. Harrison was\\napproacliing them in so hostile an attitude. After a\\nshort conference, arrangements were made for a meet-\\ning the next day, to agree upon terms of peace.\\nBut Gov. Harrison was too well acquainted with\\nthe Indian character to be deceived by such protes-\\ntations. Selecting a favorable spot for his night s en-\\ncampment, he took every precaution against surprise.\\nHis troops were posted in a hollow square, and slept\\nupon their arms.\\nThe troops threw themselves upon the ground for\\nrest; but every man had his accourtrements on, his\\nloaded musket by his side, and his bayonet fixed. The\\nwakeful Governor, between three and four o clock in\\nthe morning, had risen, and was sitting in conversa-\\ntion with his aids by tlie eml)ers 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 passion most\\nhighly inflamed could give, upon the left flank of the\\nlittle army. The savages had been amply provided\\nwith guns and ammunition by the English. Their\\nwar-whoop was accompained by a shower of bullets.\\nThe camp-fires were instantly extinguished, as the\\nlight aided the Indians in their aim. With hide-\\nDus yells, the Indian bands rushed on, not doubting a\\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 i^c foe,\\nGov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked\\nto the utmost. The British descending from the Can\\nadas, were of themselves a very formidable force but\\nwith their savage allies, rushing like wolves from the\\nforest, searching out every remote farm-house, burn-\\ning, plundering, scalping, torturing, the wide frontier\\nwas plunged into a state of consternation which even\\nthe most vivid imagination can but faintly conceive.\\nThe war-whoop was resounding everywhere in the\\nforest. The horizon was illuminated with the conflagra-\\ntion of the cabins of the settlers. Gen Hull had made\\nthe ignominious surrender of his forces at Detroit.\\nUnder these despairing circumstances. Gov. Harrison\\nwas appointed by President Madison commander-in-\\nchief of the North-western army, with orders to retake\\nDetroit, and to protect the frontiers.\\nIt would be difficult to place a man in a situation\\ndemanding more energy, sagacity and courage; but\\n(jeneral 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 always 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 Britisii officers,\\nhis prisoners of war, supped with him after the battle.\\nThe only fare he could give them was beef roasted\\nbefore the fire, without bread or salt.\\nIn 1816, 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 spoke, it was with\\nforce of reason and power of eloquence, which arrested\\nthe attention of all the members.\\nIn i8ig, Harrison was elected to the Senate 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 United States Senate.\\nIn 1836, the friends of Gen. Harrison brought him\\nforward as a candidate for the Presidency against\\nVan Buren, but he was defeated. At the close of\\niMr. Van Buren s term, he was re -nominated by his\\nparty, and Mr. Harrison was unanimously nominated\\nby the Whigs, with John Tyler forthe Vice Presidency.\\nThe contest was very animated. Gen. Jackson gave\\nall his influence to prevent Harrison s election but\\nhis triumph was signal.\\nThe cabinet which he formed, with Daniel Webster\\nat its head as Secretary of State, was one of the most\\nl)rilliant with which any 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 April just one month after\\nhis inauguration as President of the United States.\\nH", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "n", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "u\\nTENTH PRESIDENT.\\nI YLEM.\\n^l OHN TYLER, the ten\\nPresidentof the United States.\\nHe was born in Charles-city\\nCo., Va., March 29, 1790. He\\nwas the favored child of af-\\nfluence and high social po-\\ncitinn At the early age of\\nsition.\\ntwelve, John entered William\\nand Mary College and grad-\\nuated with much honor when\\nbut seventeen years old. After\\ngraduating, he devoted him-\\nself with great assiduity to the\\nstudy of law, partly with his\\nfather and partly with Edmund\\nRandolph, one of the most distin-\\nguished lawyers of Virginia.\\nAt nineteen years of age, ne\\ncommenced the practice of law.\\nHis success was rapid and aston-\\nishing. It is said that three\\nmonths had not elapsed ere there\\nwas scarcely a case on the dock-\\net of the court in which he was\\nnot retained. When but t\\\\venty-one years of age, he\\nwas almost unanimously elected to a seat in the State\\nLegislature. He connected himself witli 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 but twenty-six years of age, he was elected\\na member of Congress. Here he acted earnestly and\\nably with the Democratic party, opposing a national\\nbank, internal improvements by tlie General Govern-\\nment, a protective tariff, and advocating a strict con-\\nstruction of the Constitution, and the most careful\\nvigilance over State rights. His labors in Congress\\nwere so arduous that before the close of his second\\nterm \\\\\\\\i 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 iwpularity secured his re-election.\\nJohn Randolph, a brilliant, erratic, half-crazed\\nman, then represented Virginia in the Senate of the\\nUnited States. K iX)rtion of the Democratic party\\nwas displeased with Mr. Randolph s wayward course,\\nand brought forward John Tyler as his opixanenl,\\nconsidering him the only man in Virginia of sufficient\\nIKjpularity to succeed against the renowned orator of\\nRoanoke. Mr. Tyler was the victor.\\nIn accordance with his professions, ujxin taking his\\nseat in the Senate, he joined the ranks of the opiX)si-\\ntion. He opposed the tariff; he spoke against and\\nvoted against the bank as unconstitutional he stren-\\nuously opjxDsed all restrictions upon slaverv-. resist-\\ning all projects of internal improvements by the Gen-\\neral Government, and avowed his sympathy with Mr.\\nCalhoun s view of nullification he declared that Gen.\\nJackson, by his opposition to the nuliifiers, had\\nabandoned the principles of the Democratic party.\\nSuch was Mr. Tyler s record in Congress, a record\\nin perfect accordance with the principles which he\\nhad always avowed.\\nReturning to Virginia, he resumed the practice of\\nliis profession. There was a rplit in the Democratic\\nV\\nr", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "I\\n;6\\nJOIfAT TYLER.\\nparty. His friends still regarded him as a true Jef-\\nfersonian, gave him a dinner, and showered compli-\\nments upon him. He had now attained the age of\\nforty-six. His career had been very brilliant. In con-\\nsequence of his devotion to public business, his pri-\\nvate affairs had fallen into some disorder; and it was\\nnot without satisfaction that he resumed the practice\\nof law, and devoted himself to the culture of his plan-\\ntation. Soon after this he removed to Williamsburg,\\nfor the better education of his children and he again\\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 \\\\Vhig, much to the disapix)intment of\\nthe .South, who wished for Henry Clay. To concili-\\nate the Southern Whigs and to secure their vote, the\\nconvention then nominated John Tyler for Vice Pres-\\nident. It was well known that he was not in sympa-\\nthy with the Whig party in the North: but the Vice\\nPresident has but very little power in the Govern-\\nment, his main and almost only duty being to pre-\\nside over the meetings of the Senate. Thus it hap-\\npened that a Whig President, and, in reality, a\\nDemocratic Vice President were chosen.\\nIn 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 Williamsburg 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 placed in a position of exceeding\\ndelicacy and difficulty. All his long life he had been\\nopposed to the main principles of the party which had\\nbrought him into power. He had ever been a con-\\nsistent, hone it man, with an unblemished record.\\nGen. Harrison had selected a Whig cabinet. Should\\nhe retain them, and thus surround himself with coun-\\nsellors whose views were antagonistic to his own? or,\\non the other hand, should he turn against the party\\nwhich had elected him and select a cabinet in har-\\nmony with himself, and which would opix)se 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.\\nThe President, after ten days delay, returned it with\\nhis veto. He suggested, however, that he ivould\\napprove of a bill drawn up upon such a plan as he\\nproposed. Such a bill was accordingly prepared, and\\nprivately submitted to him. He gave it his approval.\\nIt was passed without alteration, and he sent it back\\nwith his veto. Here commenced the open rupture.\\nIt is said that Mr. Tyler was provoked to this meas-\\nure by a published letter from the Hon. John M.\\nBotts, a distinguished Virginia Whig, who severely\\ntouched the pride of the President.\\nThe opposition now exultingly received the Presi-\\ndent into their arms. Tlie 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 people of the\\nUnited States, proclaiming that all political alliance\\nbetween the Whigs and President Tyler were at\\nan end.\\nStill the President attempted to conciliate. He\\nappointed a new cabmet of distinguished Whigs and\\nConservatives, carefully leaving out all strong party\\nmen. Mr. Webster soon found it necessary to resign,\\nforced out by the pressure of his Whig friends. Thus\\nthe four years of Mr. Tyler s unfortunate administra-\\ntion passed sadly away. No one was satisfied. The\\nland was filled with murmurs and vituperation. Whigs\\nand 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\\nharassments of office, to the regret of neither party, and\\nprobably to his own unspeakal.)le relief. 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 mformation from\\nbooks and experience in the world, and possessing\\nbrilliant powers of conversation, his family circle was\\nthe scene of unusual attractions. With sufficient\\nmoans for the exercise of a generous hos])itality, he\\nmight have enjoyed a serene old age with the few\\nfriends who gathered around him, were it not for the\\nstorms of civil war which his own principles and\\npolicy had helped to introduce.\\nVv hen 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 presided, he w^s taken sick and soon died\\nT", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "^i^\\nELEVENTH PRESIDENT.\\nt\\n59\\nAMES K. POLK, the eleventh\\nI ;!f5 I esident of the United States,\\nwas born in Mecklenburg Co.,\\nM. C.,Nov. 2, 1795. His par-\\nents were Samuel and Jane\\n(Knox) Polk, the toruicr a son\\nof Col. Thomas Polk, who located\\nat the above place, as one of the\\nfirst pioneers, in 1735.\\nIn the year 1006, with his wife\\nand children, and soon after fol-\\nlowed by most of the members of\\nthe Polk famly, Samuel Polk emi-\\ngrated some two or three hundred\\nmiles farther west, to the rich valley\\nof the l)u(k River. Here in the\\nmidst of the wilderness, in a region\\nwhich was subsequently called Mau-\\nry Co., they reared their lou huls,\\nand established their homes. In the\\nhard toil of a new farm in the wil-\\nderness, James K. I olk 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. His\\nmother was a superior woman, of strong common\\nsense and earnest piety.\\nVery early in life, James developed a taste for\\nreading and expressed the strongest desire to obtain\\na liberal education. His mother s training had made\\nhim methodical in his habits, had taught him punct-\\nuality and industry, and had inspired him with lofty\\nprinciples 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 pursuits.\\nThis was to James a bitter disapiJointment. He\\nhad no taste for these duties, and his daily tasks\\nwere irksome in the extreme. He remained in this\\nuncongenial occupation but a few weeks, when at his\\nearnest solicitation his father removed him, and made\\narrangements for him to prosecute his studies. Soon\\nafter he sent him to Murfreesboro Academy. With\\nardor which could scarcely be surpassed, he pressed\\nforward in his studies, and in less than two and a half\\nyears, in the autumn of 1S15, entered the sophomore\\nclass ill the University of North Carolina, at Chapel\\nHill. Here he was one of the most exemplary of\\nscholars, punctual in every exercise, never allowing\\nhimself to be absent from a recitation or a religious\\nservice.\\nHe graduated in 18 18, with the highest honors, be-\\ning deemed the 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 whicii 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 his acquaintance with .Xndrew Jackson, who\\nresided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few\\nmiles from Nashville. They had probably been\\nslightly acquainted before.\\nMr. Polk s father was a Jeffersonian Republican,\\nand James K. Polk ever adhered to the same jwliti-\\ncal faith. He was a iwpular public speaker, and was\\nconstantly called ujwn to address the meetings of his\\nI)arty friends. His skill as a speaker was such that\\nhe was popularly called the Najxileon of the stump.\\nHe was a man of unblemished morals, genial and\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "11 M\\nJAMES K. POLK.\\ncourteous in his bearing, and with that sympathetic\\nnature in the joys 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\\nmember of Congress. The satisfaction which he gave\\nto his constituents may be inferred from the fact, that\\nfor fourteen successive years, until 1839, he was con-\\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,\\nand stormy scenes were witnessed but Mr. Polk per-\\nformed his arduous duties to a very general satisfac-\\ntion, and a unanimous vote of thanks to him was\\npassed by the House as he vk^ithdrew on the 4t]i of\\nMarch, 1839.\\nIn accordance with Southern usage, Mr. Polk, as a\\ncandidate for Governor, canvassed the State. He was\\nelected by a large majority, and on the 1 4th of Octo-\\nber, 1839, took tlie oath of office at Nashville. In 1841,\\nhis term of office expired, and he was again the can-\\ndidate of the Democratic party, but was defeated.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. Polk was inaugur-\\nated President of the United States. The verdict of\\nthe 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 tlie 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\\nother States. In the meantime, Gen. Taylor was sent\\nwith an army into Texas to hold the country. He was\\nsent first to Nueces, which the Mexicans said was the\\nwestern boundary of Texas. Then he was sent nearly\\ntwo hundred miles further west, to the Rio Grande,\\nwhere he erected batteries which commanded the\\nMexican city of Matamoras, which was situated on\\nthe western banks.\\nThe anticipated collision soon took place, and 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 tlie misery which this war caused.\\nIt v/as by the ingenuity of Mr. Polk s administration\\nthat the war was brought on.\\nTo the victors belong the spoils. Mexico was\\nprostrate before us. Her capital was in our hands.\\nWe now consented to peace upon the condition that\\nMexico should surrender to us, in addition to Texas,\\nall of New Mexico, and all of Upper and Lxjwer Cal-\\nifornia. This new demand embraced, exclusive of\\nTexas, eight hundred thousand square miles. This\\nwas an extent of territory equal to nine States of the\\nsize of New York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen\\nmajestic States to be added to the Union. There were\\nsome Americans who thought it all right there were\\nothers who thought it all wrong. In the prosecution\\nof this war, we expended twenty thousand lives and\\nmore than a hundred million of dollars. Of this\\nmoney fifteen millions were paid to Mexico.\\nOn the 3d of March, 1849, Mr. Polk retired from\\noffice, having served one term. The next day was\\nSunday. On the 5th, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated\\nas his successor. Mr. Polk rode to the Capitol in the\\nsame carriage with Gen. Taylor; and the same even-\\ning, with Mrs. Polk, he commenced his return to\\nTennessee. He was then but fifty-four years of age.\\nHe had ever been strictly temperate in all his habits,\\nand his health was good. With an ample fortune,\\na choice library, a cultivated mind, and- domestic ries\\nof the dearest nature, it seemed as though long years\\nof tranquility and happiness were before him. But the\\ncholera that fearful scourge was then sweeping up\\nthe Valley of the Mississippi. This he contracted,\\nand died on the 15th of June, 1849, in the fifty-fourth\\nyear of his age, greatly mourned by his countrymen", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "a^-\\nm", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "t\\nTWELFTH PRESIDENT.\\nssi^EsnsaBassEEa\\nACHARV lAYI.OR, twelfth\\nPresident of the United States,\\n^was born on tlie 24th of Nov.,\\n1784, in Orange Co., Va. His\\nfather. Colonel Taylor, was\\na Virginian of note, and a dis-\\ntinguished patriot and soldier of\\nthe Revolution. When Zachary\\nwas an infant, his father witii his\\nwife and two children, emigrated\\nto Kentucky, where he settled in\\nthe pathless wilderness, a few\\nmiles from Louisville. In thisfront-\\n?W ier liome, away from civilization and\\nI all its refinements, young Zachary\\ncould enjoy hut 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 bUmtness and decision of char-\\nacter He was strong, fearless and self-reliant, and\\naianifested 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 1808, his father succeeded in obtaining for him\\nthe commission of lieutenant in the United States\\narmy and he joined the troops which were stationed\\nat New Orleans under Gen. Wilkinson. 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 Eng-\\nland, in 1812, Capt. Taylor (for he had then been\\npromoted to that rank) was jjut 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 Tip[)ecanoe.\\nIt was one of tlie first jxiints of attack by the Indians,\\nled by Tecumseh. Its garrison consisted of a broken\\ncompany of infantry numbering fifty men, many of\\nwhom were sick.\\nEarly in the autumn of 1812, the Indians, stealthily,\\nand in large numbers, moved \\\\\\\\\\\\yun the fort. Their\\napproacli was first indicated by the murder of two\\nsoldiers just outside of the stockade. Capt. Taylor\\nmade every possible preparation to meet the antici-\\nl)ated assault. On the 4th of Sei.tember, 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\\ngarrison slept ii(X)n their arms. One hour before\\nmidnight the war-whoop burst from a thousand lips\\nin the forest around, followed by the discharge of\\nmusketry, and the rush of the foe. Every man, sick\\nand well, sprang to his jxjst. Every man knew that\\ndefeat was not merely death, but in the case of caj)-\\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 six o clock in the morning, this awful conflict\\ncontinued. The savages tiien, baffled at every [wint,\\nand gnashing their teeth with rage, retired. Capt.\\nTaylor, for this gallant defence, was promoted to the\\nrank of m.ijor by brevet.\\nUntil the close of the war. Major Taylor was placed\\nin such situations that he saw but little more of active\\nservice. He was sent far away into the depths of the\\nwilderness, to Fort Crawford, on Fox River, which\\nempties into Green Bay. Here there was but little\\nto be done but to wear away the tedious hours as one\\nbest could. There were no lKX)ks, no society, no iii-\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "64\\nZACHARY TAYLOR.\\ntellectual stimulus. Thus with iiim 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 in\\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 compel\\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.\\nAfter 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, Mississippi,\\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 tlie world, but faithfully discharging every duty\\nimposed upon him.\\nIn 1846, Gen. 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\\nMe.xicans. The rank of major-general by brevet\\nwas then conferred upon Gen. Taylor, and his name\\nwas received with enthusiasm almost everywhere in\\nthe Nation. Then came the battles of Monterey and\\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,\\nthe sobriquet of Old Rough and Ready.\\nThe tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena Vista\\nspread the wildest enthusiasm over the country. The\\nname of Gen. Taylor was on every one s lips. The\\nWhig party decided to take advantage of this wonder-\\nful popularity 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 vears in the public service found\\ntheir claims set aside in behalf of one whose name\\nhad never been heard of, save in connection with Palo\\nAlto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena\\nVista. It is said that Daniel Webster, in his haste re-\\nmarked, It is a nomination not fit to be made.\\nGen. Taylor was not an eloquent speaker nor a fine\\nwriter His friends took possession of him, and pre-\\npared such few communications as it was needful\\nshould be presented to the public. The popularity of\\nthe successful warrior swept the land. He was tri-\\numphantly elected over two opposing candidates,\\nGen. Cass and Ex-President Martin Van Buren.\\nThough he selected an excellent cabinet, the good\\nold man found himself in a very uncongenial position,\\nand was, at times, sorely perplexed and harassed.\\nHis mental sufferings were very severe, and probably\\ntended to hasten his death. The pro-slavery party\\nwas pushing its claims with tireless energy expedi-\\ntions were fitting out to capture Cuba California was\\npleading for admission to the Union, while slavery\\nstood at the door to bar her out. Gen. Taylor found\\nthe political conflicts in Washington to be far more\\ntrying to the nerves than battles with Mexicans or\\nIndians.\\nIn the midst of all these troubles, Gen. Taylor,\\nafter he had occupied the Presidential chair but 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 words were, I am not afraid to die. I am\\nready. I have endeavored todomy duty. Hedied\\nuniversally respected and beloved. An honest, un-\\npretending man, he had been steadily growing in the\\naffections of the people; and the Nation bitterly la-\\nmented his death.\\nGen. Scott, who was thoroughly acquainted with\\nGen. Taylor, gave the following graphic and truthful\\ndescription of his character: With a good store of\\ncommon sense, Gen. Taylor s mind had not been en-\\nlarged and refreshed by reading, or much converse\\nwith the world. Rigidity of ideas was the conse-\\nquence. The frontiers and small military posts had\\nbeen his home. Hence he was quite ignorant for his\\nrank, and quite bigoted in his ignorance. His sim-\\nplicity was child-like, and with innumerable preju-\\ndices, amusing and incorrigible, well suited to the\\ntender age. Thus, if a man, however respectable,\\nchanced to wear a coat of an unusual color, or his hat\\na little on one side of his head; or an officer to leave\\na corner of his handkerchief dangling from an out-\\nside pocket, in any such case, this critic held the\\noffender to be a coxcomb (perhaps something worse),\\nwhom he would not, to use his oft repeated phrase,\\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 leamirg of every kind.\\nI\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "M\\n3?--\\n^m\\nw^\\ny", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00ab-\\nTHIRTEENTH PREStDENT.\\n67\\n*S! Hs ^;s-\u00c2\u00ab^:S*ss\u00c2\u00ab ^:;s*s;s#i;;s-*^;s*^;s*\u00c2\u00ab;s*s;s-*s:s*s;3-*s-s*-g:S i\\nMlLLftRn\\n4$;; \u00c2\u00abS\u00c2\u00bbS;S I^;K$*$;;S-HI\u00c2\u00bb$ $#S!S S*S; \u00c2\u00abS^;;S-*\\nFlLLMflRE.--^ I\\n4-Si.\\nILLARD FILLMORE, thir-\\nteenth President of the United\\nStates, was born at Summer\\nHill, Cayuga Co., N. Y on\\nthe 7th of January, 1800. His\\nfather was a fiirnier, and ow-\\ning to misfortune, in humble cir-\\ncumstances. Of his mother, the\\ndaughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard,\\nof Pittsfield, Mass., it has been\\nsaid that she jxjssessed an intellect\\nof very high order, united with much\\npersonal loveliness, sweetness of dis-\\nposition, graceful manners and ex-\\nquisite sensibilities. She died in\\n1 83 1 having lived to see her son a\\nyoung man of distinguished prom-\\nise, though she was not permitted to witness the high\\ndignity which he finally attained.\\nIn consequence of the secluded home and limited\\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 institutions; and books were scarce\\nand expensive. There was nothing then in his char-\\nacter to indicate the brilliant career ujx)n 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 ounty, to learn the trade of a clothier.\\nNear the mill there was a small villiage, where some\\nenterprising man had commenced the collection of a\\nvillage librar)-. This i)roved 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 historj\\nbiography, oratory; and thus gradually there was en-\\nkindled in his heart a desire to be something more\\nthan a mere worker with his hands; and he was be-\\ncoming, almost unknown to himself, a well-informed,\\neducated man.\\nThe young clothier had now attained the age of\\nnineteen years, and was of fine personal ap[)carance\\nand of gentlemanly demeanor. It so hapi ened that\\nthere was a gentleman in the neighborhood of ample\\npecuniary means and of benevolence,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Judge Walter\\nWood, who was struck with the prepossessing ajv\\npearance of 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. Hut 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 detusion about\\na collegiate education. young man is supposed to\\nbe liberally educated if he has graduated at some col-\\nlege. But many a Ixay loiters through university halls\\nind then enters a law offi e, who is by no means as", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "68\\nMILLARD FILLMORE.\\nwell prepared to prosecute his legal studies as was\\nMillard Fillmore when he graduated at the clothing-\\nmill at the end of four years of manual labor, during\\nwhich every leisure moment had been devoted to in-\\ntense mental culture.\\nIn 1823, when twenty-three years of age, he v/as\\nadmitted to the Court of Common Fleas. He then\\nwent to the village of Aurora, and commenced the\\npractice of law. In this secluded, peaceful region,\\nhis practice of course was limited, and there was no\\nopportunity for a sudden rise in fortune or in fame.\\nHere, in the year 1826, he married a lady of great\\nmoral worth, and one capable of adorning any station\\nshe might be called to fill, -Miss Abigail Powers.\\nHis elevation of character, his untiring industry,\\nhis legal acquirements, and his skill as an advocate,\\ngradually attracted attention and he was invited to\\nenter into partnership under highly advantageous\\ncircumstances, with an elder member of the bar in\\nBuffalo. Just before removing to Buffalo, in 1829,\\nhe took his seat in the House of Assembly, of the\\nState of New York, as a representative from Erie\\nCounty. Thougii he had never taken a very active\\npart in jxjlitics, his vote and his sympathies were with\\nthe Whig party. The State was then Democratic,\\nand he found himself in a helpless minority in the\\nLegislature still the testimony comes from all parties,\\nthat his courtesy, ability and integrity, won, to a very\\nunusual degrie the respect of his associates.\\nIn the autumn of 1832, he was elected to a seat in\\nthe United States Congress He entered that troubled\\nirena in some of the most tumultuous hours of our\\nnational history. The great conflict respecting the\\nnational bank and the removal of the deposits, was\\nthen raging.\\nHis term of two years closed and he returned to\\nhis profession, which he pursued with increasing rep-\\nutation and success. After a lapse of two years\\nhe again became a candidate for Congress was re-\\nelected, and took his seat in 1837. His past expe-\\nrience as a representative gave hmi strength and\\nconfidence. The first term of service in Congress to\\nany man can be but little more than an introduction.\\nHe was now prepared for active duty. All his ener-\\ngies were brought to bear upon the public good. Every\\nmeasure received his impress.\\nMr. Fillmore was now a man of wide repute, and\\nhis popularity filled the State, and in the year 1847,\\nhe was elected Comptroller of the State\\nMr. Fillmore had attained the age of forty-seven\\nyears. His labors at the bar, in the Legislature, in\\nCongress and as Comptroller, had given him very con-\\nsiderable fame. The Whigs were casting about to\\nfind suitable candidates for President and Vice-Presi-\\ndent at the approaching election. Far away, on the\\nwaters of the Rio Grande, there was a rough old\\nsoldier, who had fought one or two successful battles\\nwith the Mexicans, which had caused his name to be\\nproclaimed in tiumpet-tones all over the land. But\\nit was necessary to associate with him on the same\\nticket some man of reputation as a statesman.\\nUnder the influence of these considerations, the\\nnames of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore became\\nthe rallying-cry of the Whigs, as their candidates for\\nPresident and Vice-Peesident. The Whig ticket was\\nsignally triumphant. On the 4th of March, 1849,\\nCen. Taylor was inaugurated President, and Millard\\nFillmore Vice-President, of the United States.\\nOn the 9th of July, 1850, President Taylor, but\\nabout one year and four months after his inaugura-\\ntion, was suddenly taken sick and died. By tiie Con-\\nstitution, Vice-President Fillmore thus became Presi-\\ndent. He appointed a very able cabinet, of which\\nthe illustrious Daniel Webster was Secretary of State.\\nMr. Fillniore had very serious difficulties to contend\\nwith, since the opixjsition had a majority in both\\nHouses. He did everything in his power to conciliate\\nthe South but the pro-slavery party in the South felt\\nthe inadequacyof all measures of transient conciliation.\\nThe population of the free States was so rapidly in-\\ncreasing over that of the slave States that it was in-\\nevitable that the power of the Government should\\nsoon pass into the hands of the free States. The\\nfamous compromise measures were adopted under Mr.\\nFillmcre s adminstration, and the Japan Expedition\\nwas sent out. On the 4th of March, 1853, Mr. Fill-\\nmore, having served one term, retired.\\nIn 1856, Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the Pres-\\nidency by the Know Nothing party, but was beaten\\nby Mr. Buchanan. After that Mr. Fillmore lived in\\nretirement. During the terrible conflict of civil war,\\nhe was mostly silent. It was generally supposed that\\nhis sympathies were rather with those who were en-\\ndeavoring to overthrow our institutions. President\\nFillmore kept aloof from the conflict, without any\\ncordial words of cheer to the one [)arty or the other.\\nHe was thus forgotten by both. He lived to a rijie\\nold age, and died in Buffalo. N. Y., March 8, 1874.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "o^M^ ^o f-^^ a^2^-^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "FOURTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n7\\nfec-e^- ^\u00c2\u00bbjlAah^\\n^FHftNKLIN PIERCE.\\nlit J\\ni~\\nRANKLIN PIERCE, the\\nfourteenth President of the\\nUnited States, was born in\\nHillsborough, N. H., Nov.\\n23, 1804. His father was a\\nRevolutionary soldier, who,\\nwith his own strong arm,\\nhewed out a home in the\\nwilderness. He was a man\\nof inflexible integrity; of\\nstrong, though uncultivated\\nmind, and an uncompromis-\\ning Democrat. The mother of\\nFranklin Pierce was all that a son\\ncould desire, an intelligent, pru-\\ndent, affectionate. Christian wom-\\nan. Franklin was the sixth of eight children.\\nFranklin was a very bright and handsome boy, gen-\\nerous, warm-hearted and brave. He won alike the\\nlove of old and young. The boys on the play ground\\nloved him. His teachers loved him. The neighbors\\nlooked upon him with pride and affection. He was\\nby instinct a gentleman; always speaking kind words,\\ndoing kind deeds, with a peculiar unstudied tact\\nwhich taught him what was agreeable. Without de-\\nveloping any precocity of genius, or any unnatural\\ndevotion to books, he was a good scholar; in body,\\nin mind, in affections, a rmely-develoi)ed boy.\\nWhen sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, he\\nentered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me. He was\\none of the most ]X)pular young men in the college.\\nThe purity of his moral character, the unvarying\\ncourtesy of his demeanor, his rank as a scholar, and\\nA\\ngenial nature, rendered him a universal f;ivorite.\\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.\\nUixjn graduating, in the 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 qualities of the young lawyer, his\\nfather s prominence as a public man, and the brilliant\\nIKilitical career into which Judge Woodbury was en-\\ntering, all tended to entice Mr. Pierce into the faci-\\nnating yet perilous path of ixjlitical life. With all\\nthe ardor of his nature he es|X3iised the cause of Gen.\\nJackson for the Presidency. He commenced the\\npractice of law in Hillsborough, and was soon elected\\nto represent the town in the State Legislature. Here\\nhe served for four yeais. The last two years he was\\nchosen speaker of the house by a very large vote.\\nIn 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 1834. he married Miss Jane\\nMeans Appleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom-\\nplishments, and one admirably fitted to adorn every\\nstation with which her husband was honoied. Of the\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a04*", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "72\\nPRANKLIN 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 Nortli. 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 1 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-slavery sentiment, goaded\\nby great outrages, had been rapidly increasing; all\\nthe intellectual ability and social worth of President\\nPierce were forgotten in deep reprehension of his ad-\\nministrative acts. The slaveholders of the South, also,\\nunmindful of the fidelity with which he had advo-\\ncated those measures of Government which they ap-\\nproved, and perhaps, also, feeling that he had\\nrendered himself so unpopular as no longer to be\\nable acceptably to serve them, ungratefully dropped\\nhim, and nominated James Buchanan to succeed him.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1857, President Pierce re-\\ntired to his home in Concord. Of three children, two\\nhad died, and his only surviving child had been\\nkilled before his eyes by a railroad accident and his\\nwife, one of the most estimable and accomplished of\\nladies, was rapidly sinking in consumption. The\\nhour of dreadful gloom soon came, and he was left\\nalone in the world, without wife or child.\\nWhen the terrible Rebellion burst forth, which di-\\nvided our country into two parties, and two only, Mr.\\nPierce remained steadfast in the principles which he\\nhad always cherished, and gave his sympathies to\\nthat pro-slavery party with which he had ever been\\nallied. He declined to do anything, either by voice\\nor pen, to strengthen the hand of the National Gov-\\nernment. He continued to reside in Concord until\\nthe time of his death, which occurred in October,\\n1869. He was one of the most genial and social of\\nmen, an honored communicant of the Episcopal\\nChurch, and one of the kindest of neighbors. Gen-\\nerous to a fault, he contributed liberally for the al-\\nleviation of suffering and want, and many of his towns-\\npeople were often gladened by his material bounty.\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "mM\\niff\\n5^\\n^J^\\nIr :s3\\n1", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "-4^\\nI-IFTEENTH PRESIDENT\\n75\\n-^m^\\n.*V^^^^V^*5t^55^^:^^\u00c2\u00ab^!\u00c2\u00ab^^Ml^^^!^!^^^ML i\\nVi^t^i^ig.\\n\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abC\\nAMES BUCHANAN, the fif-\\nteenth President of the United\\nStates, was born in a small\\nfrontier town, at the foot of the\\neastern ridge of the Allegha-\\nnies, in Franklin Co., I enn.,on\\nthe 23d of April, 1791. The place\\nwhere the humble cabin of his\\nfather stood was called Stony\\nBatter. It was a wild and ro-\\nmantic siK)t in a gorfjeof the moun-\\ntains, with towering summits rising\\ngrandly all around. His father\\nwas a native of the north of Ireland\\na poor man, who had emigrated in\\n783, 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, pUmged 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 home, where James was born, he remained\\nfor eight years, enjoying but few social or intellectual\\nadvantages. When James was eight years of age, his\\nfather removed to the village of Mercersburg, where\\nhis son was placed at school, and commenced a\\ncourse of study in English, Latin and (Ireek. His\\nprogress was rapid, anil 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-\\nabled him to master the most abstruse subjects wuh\\nfacility.\\nIn the year 1809, he graduated witli the highest\\nhonors of his class. He was then eighteen yeari of\\nage; tall and graceful, vigorous in health, fond of\\nathletic sport, an unerring shot, and enlivened with\\nan e.\\\\uberant flow of animal spirits. He immediately\\ncommenced the study of law in the city of Lancaster,\\nand was admittedto the bar in 1812, when he was\\nbut twenty-one years of age. Very rapidly he rose\\nin his profession, and at once took undisputed stand\\nwith the ablest lawyers of the State. When but\\ntwenty-six years of age, unaided by counsel, he suc-\\ncessfully defended before the State Senate 01 e of the\\njudges of the State, who was tried ajKin articles of\\nimpeachment. .\\\\t 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 ha i a 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 rofession, having ac-\\nquired an ample fortune.\\nGen. Jackson, uiton his elevation to the I residency,\\nappointed Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. The\\nduties of his mission he iierformed with ability, which\\ngave satisfaction to all jiarties. rjwn his return, in\\n1833, he was elected to a seal in the United States\\nSenate. He there met, as his associates, Webster,\\nClay, Wright and Calhoun. He advocated the meas-\\nures projxisedby Tresidciii Jackson, of making repri-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "76\\na\\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 wiiolesale\\nremoval from office of those wiio were not the sup-\\nporters of his administration. Upon this question he\\nwas brought into direct collision with Henry Clay.\\nHe also, witli voice and vote, advocated expunging\\nfrom the journal of the Senate the vote of censure\\nagainst Clen. Jackson for removing the deposits.\\nEarnestly he opposed the abolition of slavery in the\\nDistrict of Columbia, and urged the prohibition of the\\ncirculation of anti-slavery documents by the United\\nStates mails.\\nAs to Detitions on the subject of slavery, he advo-\\ncated that they should l)e respectfully received; and\\nthat the reply should be returned, tliat Congress had\\nno power to legislate upon the subject. Congress,\\nsaid he, might as well undertake to interfere with\\nslavery under a foreign government as in any of tlie\\nStates where it now e.xists.\\nUpon Mr. Polk s accession to the Presidency, Mr.\\nBuchanan became Secretary of State, and as such,\\ntook his share of the responsiliility in the conduct of\\nthe Mexican War. Mr. Polk assumed that crossing\\nthe Nueces by the American troops into the disputed\\nterritory was not wrong, but for the Mexicans to cross\\nthe Rio (irande into that territory was a declaration\\nof war. No candid man can read with pleasure the\\naccount of the course our Government pursued in that\\nmovement.\\nMr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly with\\nthe party devoted to the perpetuation and extension\\nof slavery, and brought all the energies of his mind\\nto bear against the Wilmot Proviso. He gave his\\ncordial approval to the compromise measures of 1S50,\\nwhich included the fugitive-slave law. Mr. Pierce,\\nupon his election to the Presidency, honored Mr.\\nBuchanan with tlie mission to England.\\nIn the year I (S5 6, a national Democratic conven-\\ntion nominated Mr. Buchanan for the 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-\\nreived 1 14 electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received\\n174, and was elected. The popular vote stood\\n1,340,618, for Fremont, 1,224,750 for Buciianan. (3n\\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 ijrinciples and action for years, were\\nseeking the destruction of the Government, 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 prin-\\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,\\nimite with those endeavoring to overthrow the repub-\\nlic. He therefore did nothing.\\nThe opponents of Mr. Buchanan s administration\\nnominated Abraham Lmcoln as their standard bearer\\nin the next Presidential canvass. The pro-slaverv\\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 upon the subject of slavery. Mr. Bu-\\nchanan had been ready to offer them the active co-\\noperation of the jovernment to defend and extend\\nthe institution.\\nAs the storm increased in violence, the slaveholders\\nclaiming the right to secede, and Mr. Buchanan 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. This\\nwas not the doctrine of Andrew Jackson, when, with\\nhis hand upon his sword-hilt, he exclaimed. The\\nUnion must and shall be preserved!\\n.South Carolina seceded in December, 1S60; nearly\\nthree months before the inauguration of President\\nLincoln. Mr. Buchanan looked on in listless despair.\\nThe rebel flag was raised in Charleston Fort Sumpter\\nwas l esieged our forts, navy-yards and arsenals\\nwere seized; our depots of military stores were plun-\\ndered and our custom-houses and post-offices were\\nappropriated by the rebels.\\nThe energy of the rebels, and the imbecility of our\\nExecutive, were alike marvelous. The Nation looked\\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\\npleasure. And still more deplorable it is for his fame,\\nthat 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, 1868.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "p^y/^^L^ -cri^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n79\\n/ji.^\\nABRAHAM f^ il LINCOLN, f 5\\nt\u00c2\u00bb\\n^^^^^\u00c2\u00a7M^iie^aiicsiL: :V\\nrf\\nIJRAHAM LINCOLN, the\\nsixteenth President of the\\nf^United States, was born in\\nHardin Co., Ky., Feb. 12,\\n1809. About the year 1 7S0, a\\nV man by the name of Abraham\\nLincohi left Virginia with his\\nfamily and moved into the then\\nwilds of Kentucky. Only two years\\nafter this emigration, still a young\\nman, while working one day in a\\nfield, was stealthily approached by\\nan Indian and shot dead. His widow\\nwas left in extreme poverty with five\\nlittle children, three boys and two\\ngirls. Tiiomas, the youngest of the\\nboys, was four years of age at his\\nfather s death. This Thomas was\\nthe father of .\\\\braham Lincoln, the\\nPresident of the United States\\nwhose name must henceforth fcever be enrolled\\nwith the most prominent in the annals of our world.\\nOf course no record has been kept of the life\\nof one so lowly as Thomas Lincoln. He was among\\nthe [xjorest of the jwor. 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 com|)elled 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 buill a log-\\ncabin of his own, and married Nancy Hanks, the\\ndaughter of another family of iK or Kentucky emi-\\ngrants, who had also come from Virginia. Their\\nsecond child was .Miraham Lincoln, the subject of\\nthis sketch. The mother of Abraham was a noble\\nwoman, gentle, loving, ])ensive, 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\\ncabin and small farm, and moved to Indiana. Where\\ntwo years later his mother died.\\nAbraham soon became the scribe of tlie uneducated\\ncommunity around him. He could not have had a\\nbetter school than this to teach him to put thouglits\\ninto words. He also became an eager reader. I he\\nbooks he could obtain were few b\\\\it these he read\\nand re-read until they were almost committed 10\\nmemory.\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\s tiie years rolled on, the lot of tiiis lowly family\\nwas the usual lot of humanity. There were joys and\\ngriefs, weddings and funerals. .-\\\\braham 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.\\nI honias Lincoln sold out his siiuatter s claim in 1830,\\nand emigrated to Macon Co., 111.\\n.Abraham Lincobi was then twenty-one years of age.\\nWith vigorous hands he aided his father in rearing\\nanother log-cabin. .Abraham worked diligently at this\\nuntil he saw the family comfortably settled, and their\\nsmall lot of enclosed prairie planted 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 ;hat fortune was to be. He saw the value of\\neducation and was intensely earnest to improve his\\nmind to tiie utmost of his ix)wer. He saw the ruin\\nwhich ardent spirits were causing, and became\\nstrictly temperate; refusing to allow a drop of ii.ioxi-\\ncating liquor to pass his lips. \\\\\\\\\\\\i\\\\ he had read in\\nCiod s word, Thou shall not take the name of the\\nIx)r l thy God in vain and a profane expression he\\nwas never heard to utter. Religion he revered. His\\nmorals were pure, and he was uncontaminaled by a\\nsingle vice.\\nYoung Abraham woiked for a time as a hired lalxirer\\namong the farmers. Then he went to Springfield,\\nwhere he was employed in building a large flat-lioat.\\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 .idvcii-\\n^jk", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n8o\\nA\\nABRAHAM LINCOLN.\\n4\\ntare his employers were so well pleased, that upon\\nhis return they placed a store and niill under liis care.\\nIn 1832, at tlie outbreak of the Black Hawk war, he\\nenlisted and was chosen captain of a company. He\\nreturned to Sangamon County, and although only 23\\nyears of age, was a candidate for the Legislature, but\\nwas defeated. He soon after received from Andrew\\nJackson the appointmentof Postmaster of New Salem,\\nHis only post-office was his hat. All the letters lie\\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 Ihe great discussion began between Mr.\\nLincoln and Mr. Douglas, on the slavery question.\\nIn the organization of the Republican party in Illinois,\\nin 1856, he took an active part, and at once became\\none of the leaders in that party. Mr. Lincoln s\\nspeeches in opposition to Senator Douglas in the con-\\ntest in 1858 for a seat in the Senate, form a most\\nnotable part of his history. The issue was on the\\nilavery queitiou, and he took the broad ground of\\n.he 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\\npn 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\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0were thrown. William H Seward, a man whose fame\\nas a statesman had long filled the land, was the most\\nurominent. It was generally supposed he would be\\nthe nominee. Abraham Lincoln, however, received\\nthe nomination on the third ballot. Little did he then\\ndream of the weary years of toil and care, and the\\nbloody death, to which that nomination doomed him:\\nand as little did he dream that he was to render services\\nto his country, which would fix upon him the eyes of\\nthe whole civilized world, and which would give him\\na place in the 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 poured upon this good\\nand merciful man, especially by the slaveholders, was\\ngreater than upon any other man ever elected to this\\nhigh position. In February, 1861, Mr. Lincoln started\\nfor Washington, stopping 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 of his death with\\nrevolvers and hand-grenades. detective unravelled\\nthe plol. A secret and special train was provided to\\ntake him from Harrisl_ urg, through Baltimore, at an\\nunexpected hour of the night. The train started at\\nhalf-past ten and to prevent any possible communi-\\ncation on the part ot the Secessionists with their Con-\\nfederate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train 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 he gave\\niiniOTrtant positions.\\nDuring no other administration have the duties\\ndevolving ujjon the President been so manifold, and\\nthe res|)onsibilities so great, as those which fell to\\nthe lot of President Lincoln. Knowing this, and\\nfeeling his own weakness and inability to meet, and in\\nhis own strength to cope with, the difficulties, he\\nlearned early to seek Divine wisdom and guidance in\\ndetermining his plans, and Divine comfort in all his\\ntrials, bo*h jiersonal and national. Contrary to his\\nown estimate of himself, Mr. Lincoln was one of the\\nmost courageous of men. He went directly into the\\nrebel capital just as the retreating foe was leaving,\\nwith no guard but a few sailors. From the time he\\nhad left Springfield, in i86r, however, |)lans had been\\nmade for his assassination, and he at last fell a victim\\nto one of them, ^pril 14, 1865, he, with Gen. Grant,\\nwas urgently invited to attend Fords Theater. It\\nwas announced that they would Le present. Gen.\\nGrant, however, left the city. President Lincoln, feel-\\ning, witli his characteristic kindliness of heart, that\\nit would be a disappointment if he should fail them,\\nvery reluctantly consented to go. While listening to\\nthe play an actor by the name of John ^Vilkes Booth\\nentered the box where the President and family were\\nseated, and fired a bullet into his brains. He died the\\nnext morning at seven o clock.\\nNever before, in the history of the world was a nation\\nplunged into such deep grief by the death of its ruler.\\nStrong men met in the streets and wept in speechless\\nanguish. It is not too much to say that a nation was\\nin tears. His was a life which will fitly become a\\nmodel. His name as the savior of his country will\\nlive with that of Washington s, its father; his country-\\nmen being unable to decide which is the greater.\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "^y-\\n-^L^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "SEVENTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n83\\ni rO U W, VY A WkiM^^M.\\nw^^^-m^ m^.\\nw\\ni\\nNDREW JOHNSON, seven-\\nteenth President of the United\\nStates. The early Hfe of\\nAndrew Johnson contains but\\nthe record of poverty, destitu-\\n^4 tion and friendlessness. He\\nW was born Uecember 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 ujwn\\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, supjx)rted by the\\nlabor of his mother, who obtained her living with\\nher own hands.\\nHe then, having never attended a school one day,\\nand being unable either to read or write, was ap-\\nprenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gentleman\\nwas in the habit of going to the tailor s shop occasion-\\nally, and reading to the boys at work there. He often\\nread from the speeches of distinguished British states-\\nmen. Andrew, who was endowed with a mind of more\\nthan ordinary native ability, became much interested\\nin these speeches; his ambition was roused, and he\\nwas inspired with a strong desire to learn to read.\\nHe accordingly applied himself to 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 1S26, 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 Oreenville College. In 1828, he or-\\nganized a working man s party, which elected him\\nalderman, and in 1830 elected him mayor, which\\nposition he held three years.\\nHe now began to take a lively interest in political\\naffairs identifying himself with the working-classes,\\nto which he belonged. In 1835, he was elected a\\nmember of the House of Representatives of Tennes-\\nsee. He was then just twenty-seven years of age.\\nHe became a very active inember 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 1 84 1, he was elected Stale Senator; in 1843, he\\nwas elected a member of Congress, and by successive\\nelections, held that important ix)st for ten years. In\\n1853, he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and\\nwas re-elected in 1855. In all these re.s|)onsible posi-\\ntions, he discharged his duties with distinguished abil-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "u\\n84\\nANDREW JOHNSON.\\nity, and proved himself the warm friend of the work-\\ning classes. In 1857, Mr. Johnson was elected\\nUnited States Senator.\\nYears before, in 1845, ^ad warmly advocated\\nthe annexation of Texas, stating however, as his\\nreason, that he thought this annexation would prob-\\nably prove to be the gateway out of which the sable\\nsons of Africa are to pass from bondage to freedom,\\nand become merged in a population congenial to\\nthemselves. In 1850, he also supported the com-\\npromise measures, the two essential features of which\\nwere, that the white people of the Territories should\\nbe permitted to decide for themselves whether they\\nwould enslave the colored people or not, and that\\nthe free States of the North should return to the\\nSouth persons who attempted to escape from slavery.\\nMr. Johnson was never ashamed of his lowly origin:\\non the contrary, he often took pride in avowing that\\nhe owed his distinction to his own exertions. Sir,\\nsaid he on the floor of the Senate, I do not forget\\nthat I am a mechanic neither do I forget that Adam\\nwas a tailor and sewed fig-leaves, and that our Sav-\\nior was the son of a carpenter.\\nIn the Charleston- Baltimore convention of i8oj, ne\\nwas the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for the\\nPresidency. In r86i, when the purpose of the South-\\nirn Democracy became apparent, he took a decided\\nstand in favor of the Union, and held that slavery\\nmust be held subordinate to the Union at whatever\\ncost. He returned to Tennessee, and repeatedly\\nimperiled his own life to protect the Unionists of\\nTennesee. Tennessee having seceded from the\\nUnion, President Lincoln, on March 4th, 1862, ap-\\npointed him Military Governor of the State, and he\\nestablished the most stringent military rule. His\\nnumerous proclamations attracted wide attention. In\\n1864, he was elected Vice-President of the United\\nStates, and upon the death of Mr. Lincoln, April 15,\\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 that the Government will not\\nalways bear with its enemies that it is strong not\\nonly to protect, but to punish. The people\\nmust understand that it (treason) is the blackest of\\ncrimes, and will surely be punished. Yet his whole\\nadministration, the history of which is so well known,\\nwas in utter iru-.onsistency with, and the most violent\\nopposition to, the principles laid down in that speech.\\nIn his loose policy of reconstruction and general\\namnesty, he was opposed by Congress and he char-\\nacterized Congress as a new rebellion, and lawlessly\\ndefied it, in everything possible, to the utmost. In\\nthe 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 Office Act, articles of impeachment were pre-\\nferred against him, and the trial began March 23.\\nIt was very tedious, continuing for nearly three\\nmonths. A test article of the impeachment was at\\nlength submitted to the court for its action. It was\\ncertain that as the court voted upon that article so\\nwould it vote upon all. Thirty-four voices pronounced\\nthe President guilty. As a two-thirds vote was neces-\\nsary to his condemnation, he was pronounced ac-\\nquitted, notwithstanding the great majority against\\nhim. The change of one vote from the not guilty\\nside would have sustained the impeachment.\\nThe President, for the remainder of his term, was\\nbut little regarded. He continued, though impotently,\\nhis conflict with Congress. His own party did not\\nthink it expedient to renominate him for the Presi-\\ndency. The Nation rallied, with enthusiasm unpar-\\nalleled since the days of Washington, around the name\\nof Gen. Grant. Andrew Johnson was forgotten.\\nThe bullet of the assassin introduced him to the\\nPresident s chair. Notwithstanding this, never was\\nthere presented to a man a better opportunity to im-\\nmortalize his name, and to win the gratitude of a\\nnation. He failed utterly. He retired to his home\\nin Greenville, Tenn., taking no very active part in\\npolitics until 1875. On Jan. 26, after an exciting\\nstruggle, he was chosen by the Legislature of Ten-\\nnessee, United States Senator in the forty-fourth Con-\\ngress, and took his seat in that body, at the special\\nsession convened by President Grant, on the 5th of\\nMarch. On the 27th of July, 1875, the ex-President\\nmade a visit to his daughter s home, near Carter\\nStation, Tenn. When he started on his journey, he was\\napparently in his usual vigorous health, but on reach-\\ning the residence of his child the following day, was\\nstricken with paralysis, rendering him unconscious.\\nHe rallied occasionally, but finally passed away at\\n2 A.M., July 31, aged sixty-seven years. His fun-\\neral was attended at Geenville, on the 3d of August,\\nwith every demonstration of respect.\\n-^^r^h^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "JU\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00baHl-^\\n/i/GB TEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n87\\n^m m^\\nk\\ni\\nLYSSES S. GRANT, the\\neighteenth President of the\\nUnited States, was born on\\nthe 29th of April, 1822, of\\nChristian parents, in a humble\\nhome, at Point Pleasant, on the\\nbanks of the Ohio. Shortly after\\nhis father moved to George-\\ntown, Brown Co., O. In this re-\\nmote frontier hamlet, Ulysses\\nreceived a common-school edu-\\ncation. At the age of seven-\\nteen, in the year 1839, he entered\\nthe Military .\\\\cademy at West\\nPoint. Here he was regarded as a\\nsolid, sensible young man of fair abilities, and of\\nsturdy, honest character. He took respectable rank\\nas a scholar. In June, T843, he graduated, about the\\nmiddle in his class, and was sent as lieutenant of in-\\nfantry to one of the distant military jMsts 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. Grant was\\nsent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His first\\nbattle was at Palo Alto. There was no chance here\\nfor the exhibition of either skill or heroism, nor at\\nResaca de la Palma, his second battle. .\\\\t 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. messenger must be sent for more, along\\na route exposed to the bullets of the foe. Lieut,\\n(irant, adopting an expedient learned of the Indians,\\ngrasped the mane of his horse, and hanging upon one\\nside of the aniro.al, ran the gauntlet in entire safety.\\nFrom Monterey he was sent, with the fourth infantry,\\nto aid Gen. Scott, at the siege of Vera Cruz. In\\npreparation for the march to the city of Mexico, he\\n.was appointed quartermaster of his regiment. At the\\nbattle of Molino del Rey, he was promoted to a\\nfirst lieutenancy, and was brevetted captain at Cha-\\npultepec.\\nAt the close of the Mexican War, Capt. Grant re-\\nturned with his regiment to New York, and was again\\nsent to one of the military posts on the frontier. The\\ndiscovery of gold in California causing an immense\\ntide of emigration to flow to the Pacific shores, Capt.\\nGrant was sent with a battalion to Fort Dallas, in\\nOregon, for the protection of the interests of the im-\\nmigrants. Life was wearisome in those wilds. Capt.\\nGrant resigned his commission and returned to the\\nStates; and having married, entered u{X)n the cultiva-\\ntion of a small fami near St. I ouis, Mo. He had but\\nlittle skill as a farmer. Finding his toil not re-\\nmunerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering into\\nthe leather business, with a younger brother, at Ga-\\nlena, 111. This was in the year i860. .\\\\s the tidings\\nof the rebels firing on Fort Sumpter reached the ears\\nof Capt. Grant in his counting-room, he said,\\nUncle Sam has educated me for the anny though\\nI have served him through one war, I do not feel that\\nI have yet repaid the debt. I am still ready to discharge\\nmy obligations. I 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 Stale, where their services were\\noffered to Gov. Yates. The Governor, impressed by\\nthe zeal and straightforward executive ability of Capt.\\nGrant, gave him a desk in his office, to assist in the\\nvolunteer organization that was being formed in the\\nState in behalf of the Government. On the isth of", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "A 88\\nUL YSSKS S. GRA NT.\\nf\\nI\\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 rebels had thus far encountered,\\nand opened up the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf.\\nGen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with\\nGen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and pro-\\nceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown from\\nhis horse, and received severe injuries, from which he\\nwas laid up for months. He then rushed to the aid\\nof Gens. Rosecrans and Thomas at Chattanooga, and\\nby a wonderful series of strategic and technical 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 praise in the North. On the 4th of Febru-\\nary, 1864, Congress revived the grade of lieutenant-\\ngeneral, and the rank was conferred on Gen. Grant.\\nHe repaired to Washington to receive his credentials\\nand enter upon 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 trampof 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 5th of June, 1872,\\nplaced Gen. Grant in nomination for a second term\\nby a unanimous vote. The selection was emphati-\\ncally indorsed by the people five months later, 292\\nelectoral votes being cast for him.\\nSoon after the close of his second term. Gen. Grant\\nstarted upon his famous trip around the world. He\\nvisited almost every country of the civilized world,\\nand was everywhere received with such ovations\\nand demonstrations of respect and honor, private\\nas well as public and official, as were never before\\nbestowed upon any citizen of the United States.\\nHe was the most prominent candidate before the\\nRepublican National Convention in 1880 for a re-\\nnomination for President. He went to New York and\\nembarked in the brokerage business under the firm\\nnameof Grant Ward. The latter proved a villain,\\nwrecked Grant s fortune, and for larceny was sent to\\nthe penitentiary. The General was attacked with\\ncancer in the throat, but suffered in his stoic-like\\nmanner, never complaining. He was re-instated as\\nGeneral of the Army and retired by Congress. The\\ncancer soon finished its deadly work, and July 23,\\n1885, the nation went in mourning over the death of\\nthe illustrious General.\\nt-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "NINETEENTH \u00e2\u0096\u00a0PRESIDENT.\\n9\u00c2\u00ab\\n.tV^t^ ^tjgt;sPt ^t^ ^t^r^(^^t^ ;v^ntJit^t:^tas,ro-;^\\nmTMWME^WB B* H^TSS. m\\nJ ^t^ i^ ^t^ g?! M rVi J^t^t^cJV i r-.. a ta.Jt!S.v;.\\nUTHERFORD B. HAYES,\\nthe nineteenth President of\\nthe United States, was born in\\nDelaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822, al-\\nmost three months after the\\ndeath of his father, Rutherford\\nHayes. His ancestry on both\\nthe paternal and maternal sides,\\nwas of the most honorable char-\\nacter. It can be traced, it is said,\\nas far back as 1280, when Hayes and\\nRutherford were two Scottish chief-\\ntains, fighting side by side with\\nBaliol, William Wallace and Robert\\nBruce. Both families belonged to the\\nnobility, owned extensive estates,\\nand had a large following. Misfor-\\ntune overtaking the family, George Hayes left Scot-\\nland in 1 680, 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 born in 1724, and was a manufac-\\nturer of scythes at Bradford, Conn. Rutherford Hayes,\\nson of Ezekiel and grandfather of President Hayes, was\\nborn in New Haven, in August, 1756. He was a farmer,\\nblacksmitjj and tavern-keeper. He emigrated to\\nVermont at an unknown date, settling in Brattleboro,\\nwhere he established a hotel. Here his son Ruth-\\nerford Hayes the father of President Hayes, was\\nborn. He was married, in September, 18 13, to Sophia\\nBirchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors emi-\\ngrated thither from Connecticut, they having been\\namong the wealthiest and best famlies of Norwich.\\nHer ancestry on the male side are traced back to\\n1635, to John Birchard, one of the principal founders\\nof Norwich. Both of her grandfathers were soldiers\\nin the Revolutionary War.\\nThe father of President Hayes was an industrious,\\nfrugal and opened-hearted man. He was of a me-\\nchanical turn, and could mend a plow, knit a slock-\\ning, or do almost anything else that 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. Hayts 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.ofwhom we now write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore be-\\nreavement, found the support she so much needed in\\nher brother Sardis, who had been a member of the\\nhousehold from the day of its departure from Ver-\\nmont, and in an orphan girl whom she had adopted\\nsome time before as an act of charity.\\nMrs. Hayes at this period was very weak, and the\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "92\\nRUTHERFORD B. HAYES.\\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, who 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.\\nYou need not laugh, said Mrs. Hayes. You\\nwait and see. You can t tell but I shall make him\\nPresident of the United States yet. The boy lived,\\nin spite of the universal predictions of his speedy\\ndeath; and when, in 1825, his older brother was\\ndrowned, he became, if possible, still dearer to his\\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 Sardis Birchard took the deepest interest\\nin his education and as the boy s health had im-\\nproved, and he was making good progress in his\\nstudies, he proposed to send him to college. His pre-\\nparation commenced with a tutor at home; but he\\nwas afterwards sent for one year to a professor in the\\nWesleyan University, in Middletown, Conn. He en-\\ntered Kenyon College in 1838,31 the age of sixteen,\\nand was graduated at the head of his class in 1842.\\nImmediately after his graduation he began the\\nstudy of law in the office of Thomas Sparrow, Esq.,\\nin Columbus. Finding his opportunities for study in\\nColumbus somewhat limited, he determined to enter\\nthe Law School at Cambridge, Mass., where he re-\\nmained two years.\\nIn 1845, after graduatmg at the Law School, he was\\nadmitted to the bar at Marietta, Ohio, and shortly\\nafterward went into practice as an attorney-at-law\\nwith Ralph P. Buckland, of Fremont. Here he re-\\nmained three years, acquiring but a limited practice,\\nand apparently unambitious of distinction in his pro-\\nfession.\\nIn 1849 he moved to Cincmnati, where his ambi-\\ntion found a new stimulus. For several years, how-\\never, his progress was slow. Two events, occurring at\\nthis period, had a powerful influence upon his subse-\\nquent life. One of these was his marrage with Miss\\nLucy Ware Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb, of\\nChilicothe; the other was his introduction to the Cin-\\ncinnati Literary Club, a body embracing among its\\nmembers suck men as ^hief 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. Not one of all the wives of our\\nPresidents was more universally admired, reverenced\\nand beloved than was Mrs. Hayes, and no one did\\nmore than she to reflect honor upon American woman-\\nhood. The Literary Cluu brought Mr. Hayes into\\nconstant association with young men of high char-\\nacter and noble aims, and lured him to display the\\nqualities so long hidden by his bashfulness and\\nmodesty.\\nIn 1856 he was nominated to the office of 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 une.\\\\pired 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 Fort Sumpter found him eager to take up\\narms for the defense of his country\\nHis military record was bright and illustrious. In\\nOctober, 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 displayed courage and fortitude\\nthat won admiration from all.\\nCol. Hayes was detached from his regiment, after\\nhis recovery, to act as Brigadier-General, and placed\\nin command of the celebrated Kanawha division,\\nand for gallant and meritorious services in the battles\\nof Winchester, Fisher s Hill and Cedar Creek, he was\\npromoted Brigadier-General. He was also brevetted\\nMajor-General, forgallant and distinguished services\\nduring the campaigns of 1864, in West Virginia. In\\nthe course of his arduous services, four horses were\\nshot from under him, and he was wounded four times.\\nIn 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, from\\nthe Second Ohio District, 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, I\\nshall never come to Washington until I can come by\\nthe way of Richmond. He was re-elected in 1866.\\nIn 1867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio,\\nover Hon. Allen G. 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, however, with satisfaction to his party,\\nbut his administration was an average ov:-.\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "-4^\\nf\\nTiVEMTIETH PRESIDENT.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2*\u00c2\u00a5^m^^\\n95\\n^:^f^\\\\)7^.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00c2\u00a3:s*s;;j*^:;HN?:s*T;;s*s;g\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab-gi;i\u00c2\u00ab^:;\\n4.-; ;;j,jj\u00c2\u00bb;; ;;j^\\niltPii i, iARFIELn. ffe^\\nAMES A. GARFIELD, twen-\\ntieth President of the United\\nStates, was born Nov. 19,\\n183 1, in the woods of Orange,\\nCuyahoga Co., O His par-\\nents were Abram and Eliza\\n(Ballou) Garfield, both of New\\nEngland ancestry and from fami-\\nlies well known in the early his-\\ntory of that section of our coun-\\ntry, but had moved to the Western\\nReserve, in Ohio, early in its settle-\\nment.\\nThe house in which James A. was\\nborn was not unlike the houses of\\npoor Ohio farmers of that day. It\\n^as about 20x30 feet, built of logs, with the spaces be-\\ntween the logs filled with clay. His father was a\\nnard working fanner, and he soon had his fields\\ncleared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built.\\nThe household comprised the father and mother and\\ntiieir four children Mehetabel, Tliomas, Mary and\\nJames. In May, 1823, the father, from a cold con-\\ntracted in helping to put out a forest fire, died. At\\n[his time James was about eighteen months old, and\\nriiomas about ten years old. No one, perhaps, can\\ntell how much James was indeLted to his biother s\\ntoil and self sacrifice during the twenty years suc-\\nceeding his father s death, but undoulitedly very\\nmuch. He now lives in Michigan, and the two sis-\\nters live in Solon, O., near their birthplace.\\nThe early educational advantages young Garfield\\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 he struggles to keep the little family to-\\n-^t-\\ngether. Nor was Gen. Garfield ever ashamed of his\\norigin, and he never forgot the friends of his strug-\\ngling childhood, youth and manhood, neither did they\\never forget him. When in the highest seats of honor,\\nthe humblest fiiend of his boyhood was as kindly\\ngreeted as ever. The jworest laborer was sure of the\\nsympathy of one who had known all the bitterness\\nof want and the sweetness of bread earned by the\\nsweat of the brow. He was ever the simple, plain,\\nmodest gentleman.\\nThe highest ambition of young Garfield until 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, which 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 the\\nway to Cleveland. This was his first visit to the city.\\nAfier making many applications for work, and trying\\nto get aboard a lake vessel, and not meeting with\\nsuccess, he engagetl as a driver for his cousin, Amos\\nLetcher, on tlie Oliio Pennsylvania Canal. 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 1854, heentered Williams College, from which\\nlie graduated in 1856, taking one of the highest hon-\\nors of his class. He afterwards relumed 10 Hir.nni\\nCollege as its President. As above stated, he early\\nunited wiih the Christian or Diciples Church at\\nHiram, and was ever after a devoted, zealous mem-\\nber, often jjreaching in its pulpit and places where\\nhe happened to be. Dr. Noah Porter, President of\\nYale College, says of him in reference to his religion\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "96\\nJAMES A. GARFIELD.\\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 than usual degree. In\\nmy judgment there is no more interesting feature of\\nhis character than his loyal allegiance to the body of\\nChristians in which he was trained, and the fervent\\nsympathy which he ever showed in their Christian\\ncommunion. Not many of the few wise and mighty\\nand noble who are called show a similar loyalty to\\nthe less stately and cultured Christian comnmnions\\nin which they have been reared. Too often it is true\\nthat as they step upward in social and political sig-\\nnificance they step upward from one degree to\\nanother in some of the many types of fashionable\\nChristianity. President Garfield adhered to the\\nchurch of his mother, the church in which he was\\ntrained, and in which he served as a pillar and an\\nevangelist, and yet with the largest and most unsec-\\ntarian charity for all who loveour Lord in sincerity.\\nMr. Garfield was united in marriage with Miss\\nLucretia Rudolph, Nov. 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 before he had ever seen a gun fired in action,\\nwas placed in command of four regiments of infantry\\nand eight companies of cavalry, charged with the\\nwork of driving out of his native State the officer\\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 commissioned him\\nBrigadier-General, Jan. 10, 1862; and as he had\\nbeen the youngest man in the Ohio Senate two years\\nbefore, so now he was the youngest General in the\\narmy. He was with Gen. Buell s army at Shiloh,\\nin its operations around Corinth and its march through\\nAlabama. He was then detailed as a member of the\\nGeneral Couit-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\\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 si.xty years\\nmainly by two men Elisha Whittlesey and Joshua\\nR. Giddings. It was not without a struggle that he\\nresigned his place in the army. At the time he en-\\ntered Congress he was the youngest member in that\\nbody. There he remained by successive re-\\nelections until he was elected President in 1880.\\nOf his labors in Congress Senator Hoar says Since\\nthe year 1864 you cannot think of a question 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\\nbelter than by anybody else, in some speech made in\\nthe House of Representatives or on the hustings by\\nMr. Garfield.\\nUpon Jan. 14, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elected to\\nthe U. S. Senate, and on the eighth of June, of the\\nsame year, was nominated as the candidate of his\\nparty for President at the great Chicago Convention.\\nHe was elected in the following November, and on\\nMarch 4, 1881, 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 adniinistration and was prepar-\\ning to leave the city to meet his friends at Williams\\nCollege. While on his way and at the depot, in com-\\npany with Secretary Blaine, a man stepped behind\\nhim, drew a revolver, and fired directly at his back.\\nThe President tottered and fell, and as he did so the\\nassassin fired a second shot, the bullet cutting the\\nleft coat sleeve of his victim, but inflicting no further\\ninjury. It has been very truthfully said that this was\\nthe shot that was heard round the world Never\\nbefore in the history of the Nation had anything oc-\\ncurred which so nearly froze the blood of the 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 human lessons how to live grandly in the\\nvery clutch of death. Great in life, he was surpass-\\ningly great in death. He passed serenely away Sept.\\n1 9, 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.\\nTlie murderer was duly tried, found guilty and exe-\\ncuted, in one year after he committed the foul deed.\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "-4^\\nT WEN T Y- FTRS T PRESIDENT.\\nIF\\nHESTER A. ARTHUR,\\ntwenty-first Presi- .^iu of the\\nUnited States was born in\\nFranklin Cour ty, Vermont, on\\nthefifthof Oc ober, 1830, and is\\nthe oldest of a family of two\\nsons and five daughters. His\\nfather was the Rev. Dr. William\\nArthur, a Baptist cJ ,rgyman, who\\nemigrated to tb .s country from\\nthe county Ant.im, Ireland, in\\nhis 18th year, and died in 1875, in\\nNewtonville, neai Albany, after a\\nlong and successful ministry.\\nYoung Arthur was educated at\\nUnion College, S( henectady, where\\nhe excelled in all his studies. Af-\\nter his graduation he taught school\\nin Vermont for two years, and at\\nthe expiration cf that time came to\\nNew York, with $500 in his ixjcket,\\nand entered the office of ex- Judge\\nE. D. Culver as student. After\\nbeing admitted to the bar he formed\\na i)artnership 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 ujxjn a success-\\nful career almost from the start. C.eneral Arthur\\nsoon afterward marrfd 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\\ntlie 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 Peo])le, and they won their case,\\nwhich then went to the Supreme Court of the United\\nStates. Charles O Conor here esiwused the cause\\nof the slave-holders, but he too was beaten by Messrs.\\nEvarts and .\\\\rthur, 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 S500 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", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "CHESTER A. ARTHUR.\\nfollowed their example. Before that the Sixth Ave-\\nnue Company ran a few special cars for colored per-\\nsons and the other lines refused to let them ride at all.\\nGeneral Arthur was a delegate to the Convention\\nat Saratoga that founded the Republican party.\\nPrevious to the war he was Judge-Advocate of the\\nSecond Brigade of the State of New York, and Gov-\\nernor Morgan, of that State, appointed hmi Engineer-\\nin-Chief of his staff. In 1861, he was made Inspec-\\ntor General, and soon afterward became Quartermas-\\nter-General. In each of these offices he rendered\\ngreat service to the Government during the war. At\\nthe end of Governor Morgan s term he resumed the\\npractice of the law, forming a partnership with Mr.\\nRansom, and then Mr. Phelps, the District Attorney\\nof New York, was added to the firm. The legal prac-\\ntice of this well-known firm was very large and lucra-\\ntive, each of the gentlemen composing it were able\\nlawyers, and possessed a splendid local reputation, if\\nnot indeed one of national extent.\\nHe always took a leading part in State and city\\npolitics. He was appointed Collector of the Port of\\nNew York by President Grant, Nov. 21, 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 composed 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 [larty, was a popular man, and his\\nparty 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-\\ntions were throbbing in unison, longing for the re-\\ncovery of the noble, the good President. The remark-\\nable patience that he manifested during those hours\\nand weeks, and even months, of the most terrible suf-\\nfering man has often been called upon to endure, was\\nseemingly more than human. It was certainly God-\\nlike. During all this period of deepest anxiety Mr.\\nArthur s every move was watched, and be it said to 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 position in the world was at any moment\\nlikely to fall to him.\\nAt last God in his mercy relieved President Gar-\\nfield from further suffering, and the world, as 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 responsibilities of\\nthe high office, and he took the oath in New York,\\nSept. 20, 1881. The jwsition was an embarrassing\\none to him, made doubly so from the facts that all\\neyes were on him, anxious to know what he would do,\\nwhat policy he would pursue, and who he would se-\\nlect as advisers. The duties of the office had been\\ngreatly neglected during the President s long illness,\\nand many important measures were to be immediately\\ndecided by him and still farther to embarrass him he\\ndid not fail to realize under what circumstances he\\nbecame President, and knew the feelings of many on\\nthis point. Under these trying circumstances President\\nArthur took the reins of the Government in his own\\nhands and, as embarrassing as were the condition of\\naffairs, he happily surprised the nation, acting so\\nwisely that but few criticised his administration.\\nHe served the nation well and faithfully, until tlie\\nclose of his administration, March 4, 1885, and was\\na popular candidate before his party for a second\\nterm. His name was ably presented before the con-\\nvention at Chicago, and was received with great\\nfavor, and doubtless but for the personal popularity\\nof one of the opposing candidates, he would have\\nbeen selected as the standard-bearer of his party\\nfor another campaign. He retired to private life car-\\nrying with him the best wishes of the American peo-\\nple, whom he had served in a manner satisfactory\\nto them and with credit to himself.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "y^-trU^r-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "TWENTY-SECOND PRESIDENT.\\n103\\nh-\\nOOP\\nTEPHEN GROVER CLEVE-\\nLAND, thetwenty-second Pres-\\nident of the United States, was\\nborn in 1837, in the obscure\\ntown of Caldwell, Essex Co.,\\nN. J., and in a little two-and-a-\\nhalf-story white house whicli is still\\nstanding, characteristically to mark\\nthe humble birth-[)lace of one of\\nAmerica s great men in striking con-\\ntrast with the Old World, where all\\nmen high in office must be high in\\norigin and born in the cradle of\\nwealth. When the subject of this\\nsketch was three years of age, his\\nfather, who was a Presbyterian min-\\nister, with a large family and a small salary, moved,\\nby way of the Hudson River and Erie Canal, to\\nFayetteville, in search of an increased income and a\\nlarger field of work. Fayetteville was then the most\\nstraggling of country villages, about five miles from\\nPompey Hill, where Governor Seymour was born.\\nAt the last mentioned place young Grover com-\\nmenced going to school in the good, old-fashioned\\nway, and presumably distinguished himself after the\\nmanner of all village boys, in doing the things he\\nought not to do. Such is the distinguishing trait of\\nall geniuses and independent thinkers. When he\\narrived at the age of 14 years, he had outgrown the\\ncapacity of the village school and expressed a most\\nemphatic desire to be sent to an academy. To thi^\\nhis father decidedly objected. Academies in those\\ndays cost money; besides, his father wanted him to\\nbecome self-supiwrting by the quickest possible\\nmeans, and this at that time in Fayetteville seemed\\nto be a position in a country store, where his father\\nand the large family on his hands had considerable\\ninfluence. Grover was to be paid \u00c2\u00a750 for his services\\nthe first year, and if he |)rovcd trustworthy he was to\\nreceive $too the second year. Here the lad com-\\nmenced his career as salesman, and in two years he\\nhad earned so good a reputation for trustworthiness\\ntliat his employers desired to retain him for an in-\\ndefinite length of time. Otherwise he did not ex-\\nhibit as yet any particular flashes of genius or\\neccentricities of talent. He was simply a good boy.\\nBut instead of remaining with this firm in Fayette-\\nville, he went with the family in their removal to\\nClinton, where he had an opportunity of attending a\\nhigh school. Here he industriously pursued his\\nstudies until the family removed with him to a point\\non Black River known as the Holland Patent, a\\nvillage of 500 or 600 people, 15 miles north of Utica,\\nN. Y. At this place his father died, after preaching\\nbut three Sundays. This event broke up the family,\\nand Grover set out for Mew York City to accept, at a\\nsmall salary, the position of under-teacher in an\\nasylum for the blind. He taught faithfully for two\\nyears, and althougti he obtained a good reputation in\\nthis capacity, he concluded that teaching was not his", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "S. GROVER CLEVELAND.\\nf\\ncalling for life, and, reversing the traditional order,\\nne left the city to seek his fortune, instead of going\\nto a city. He first thought of Cleveland, Ohio, as\\nthere was some charm in that name for him; but\\nbefore proceeding to that place he went to Buffalo to\\n\u00c2\u00bbsk the advice of his uncle, Lewis F. Allan, a noted\\nstock- breeder of that place. The latter did not\\nspeak enthusiastically. What is it you want to do,\\nmy boy he asked. Well, sir, I want to study\\nlaw, was the reply. Good gracious remarked\\nthe old gentleman do you, indeed What ever put\\nthat into your head? How much money have you\\ngot.? Well, sir, to tell the truth, I haven t got\\nany.\\nAfter a long consultation, his uncle offered him a\\nplace temporarily as assistant herd-keeper, at $50 a\\nyear, wiiile he could look around. One day soon\\nafterward he boldly walked into the office of Rogers,\\nBowen Rogers, of Buffalo, and told them what he\\nwanted. A number of young men were already en-\\ngaged in the office, but Grover s persistency won, and\\nhe was finally permitted to come as an office boy and\\nhave the use of the law library, for the nominal sum\\nof $3 or $4 a week. Out of this he had to pay for\\nhis board and washing. The walk to and from his\\nuncle s was a long and rugged one; and, although\\nthe first winter was a memorably severe one, his\\nshoes were out of repair and his overcoat he had\\nnone yet he was nevertheless prompt and regular.\\nOn the first day of his service here, his senior em-\\nployer threw down a copy of Blackstone before him\\nwith a bang that made the dust fly, saying That s\\nwhere they all begin. A titter ran around the little\\ncircle of clerks and students, as they thought that\\nwas enough to scare young Grover out of his plans\\nbut in due time he mastered that cumbersome volume.\\nThen, as ever afterward, however, Mr. Cleveland\\nexhibited a talent for executiveness rather than for\\nchasing principles through all their metaphysical\\npossibilities. Let us quit talking and go and do\\nit, was practically his motto.\\nThe first public office to which Mr. Cleveland was\\nelected was that of Sheriff of Erie Co., N. Y., in\\nwhich Buffalo is situated; and in such capacity it fell\\nto his duty to inflict capital punishment upon two\\ncriminals. Li 1881 he was elected Mayor of the\\nCity of Buffalo, on the Democratic ticket, with es-\\npecial reference to the bringing about certain reforms\\nin the administration of the municipal affairs of that\\ncity. In this office, as well as that of Sheriff, his\\nperformance of duty has generally been considered\\nfair, with possibly a few exceptions which were fer-\\nreted out and magnified during the last Presidential\\ncampaign. As a specimen of his plain language in\\na veto message, we quote from one vetoing an iniqui-\\ntous street-cleaning contract: This is a time for\\nplain speech, and my objection to your action shall\\nbe plainly stated. I regard it as the culmination of\\na mos bare-faced, impudent and shameless scheme\\nto betray the interests of the people and to worse\\nthan squander the people s money. The New York\\nSun afterward very highly commended Mr. Cleve-\\nland s administration as Mayor of Buffalo, and there-\\nupon recommended him for Governor of the Empire\\nState. To the latter office he was elected in 1882,\\nand his administration of the affairs of State was\\ngenerally satisfactory. The mistakes he made, if\\nany, were made very public throughout the nation\\nafter he was nominated for President of the United\\nStates. For this high office he was nominated July\\nII, 1884, by the National Democratic Convention at\\nChicago, when other competitors were Thomas F.\\nBayard, Roswell P. Flower, Thomas A. Hendricks,\\nBenjamin F. Butler, Allen G. Thurman, etc.: and he\\nwas elected by the people, by a majority of about a\\nthousand, over the brilliant and long-tried Repub-\\nlican statesman, James G. Blaine. President Cleve-\\nland resigned his office as Governor of New York in\\nJanuary, 1885, in order to prepare for his duties as\\nthe Chief Executive of the United States, in which\\ncapacity his term commenced at noon on the 4th of\\nMarch, 1885. For his Cabinet officers he selected\\nthe following gentlemen: For Secretary of State,\\nThomas F. Bayard, of Delaware Secretary of the\\nTreasury, Daniel Manning, of New York Secretary\\nof War, William C. Endicott, of Massachusetts\\nSecretary of the Navy, William C. Whitney, of New\\nYork Secretary of the Interior, L. Q. C. Lamar, of\\nMississippi; Postmaster-General, William F. Vilas,\\nof Wisconsin Attorney-General, A. H. Garland, of\\nArkansas.\\nThe silver question precipitated a controversy be-\\ntween those who were in favor of the continuance of\\nsilver coinage and those who were opposed, Mr.\\nCleveland answering for the latter, even before his\\ninauguration.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "I\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00abIMJI^ll-.S;^\\nf\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00bajll-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n05\\ntSJri|n-vcccc/iS^\u00c2\u00ab \u00c2\u00bbaj^..\u00c2\u00ab r^,as^3 f y^ S:f -^^^^^^Mi:2!S\u00c2\u00a32ir~- 5.)u\u00c2\u00ab^^--? *2 ^73 I\\nSTEPHEN T. KiLSON.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^.sum-^rs^r^\\nTEPHEN T. MASON, the\\nfirst Governor of Michigan, was\\na sou of Gen. John T. Mason,\\nof Kentucky, but was born in\\nVirmnia, in 1812. At the age\\nof 19 he was appointed Secre-\\n*i-=) tary 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 6tii of\\nJuly, 1834, Mr. Mason became Act-\\ning Governor. In October, 1835, he\\nwas elected Governor under the St ate\\norganization, and immediately en-\\ntered upon the performance of the\\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.\\nHedied 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 extreme\\nsouthern jwint of Lake Michigan, extending through\\nLake Erie, to the Pennsylvania line. This she\\nclaimed as a vested right\u00e2\u0080\u0094 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\u00e2\u0080\u0094 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 ilie rior\\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 Stale\\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 Survxyor-General to\\nsurvey a line, agreeably to the act, to enable the i)eople\\nof Ohio to form a Constitution and State government.\\nOwing to Indian hostilities, however, the line was not\\nrun till 1818. In 1820, the question in dispute\\nunderwent a rigid examination by the Committee on\\nPublic Lands. The claim of Ohio was strenuously\\nurged by her delegation, and as ably opiX)sed by Mr.\\nWoodbridge, 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 Michiijan organized her Stale gov-\\nernment.\\nThe Territory in dispute is al oui five miles in\\nwidth at the west end, and about eight miles in width\\nat the east end, and extends along the whole north-\\nern tine of Ohio, west of Lake Erie. The line claimed\\nby Micliigan was known as the Fulton line, and\\nthat claimed l y Ohio was known as the H.irrisline,", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "-i^\\nio6\\nSTEPHEN T. MASON.\\n^i^h-4\\nfrom the names of the surveyors. The territory was\\nvahiable 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\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0of 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 e.xtending 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 12th\\nof February, the council passed an act making it a\\ncrimmal offence, punishable by a heavy fine, or im-\\nprisonment, 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 9th 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\\nequipped. 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. Ullman, of Con-\\nstantine, Quartermaster; William E. Broadman, of\\nDetroit, and .Mpheus lelch, of Monroe, Aids-de-\\namp. When Governor Lucas observed the deter-\\nmined bearing of the Michigan brave-;, 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 possessionof the disputed\\nterritory by force. After several conferences with\\nboth governors, the connnissioners submitted proposi-\\ntions for their consideration.\\nGovernor 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. When 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\\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 proceedings. 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 posse, suddenly made\\nhis appearance, and succeeded m 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\\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 Union on the condition that\\nshe give to Ohio the disputed territon, and accept\\nni return the Northern Peninsula, which she did.\\n11", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "JL\\nSECOND GOVERyOR OF ICING AN.\\n109\\niia\u00c2\u00bb.^rt\u00c2\u00bb^-S OTr7 ^^j\\ni -uuJsartS^^\\n^tC* \u00c2\u00bb5i^ S\u00c2\u00bb^ a^Jjra\u00c2\u00bbv.\\nJ!\u00c2\u00a3\\n.;5^\\nfTTT .T\\nT\\nn\\n^w-\\nI\\nILLIAM WOODBRIDGE,\\nLsecond (iovernor of Michigan,\\nfV was born at Norwich, Conn.,\\nAug. 20, 1780, and died at\\nDetroit Oct. 20, 1S61. lie\\nr^A was of a family of three brothers\\nand two sisters. His father,\\nDudley Woodbridge, removed to\\nMarietta, Ohio, aiiout 1790. The\\nlife of Wm. Woodbridge, by Chas.\\nLauman, from which this sketch\\nJiJ is largely compiled, mentions noth-\\ning concerning his early education\\nbeyond the fact that it was such as\\nr\u00c2\u00bb( was afforded by the average school\\nof the time, e.xcept a year with the\\nFrench colonists at Oallii)olis,\\nwhere he acquired a knowledge of\\nI jQ the 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 lielped 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 l.iw 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, luleanna, daughter of John Trumbell, a\\ndistinguished author and judge; and author of the\\ni\\npeom McFingal, which, during a dark period of the\\nRevolution, wrought such a magic change ujwn the\\nspirits of the colonists. He was happy in his domes-\\ntic relations until the death of Mrs. W., Feb. 2,19, i860.\\nOur written biographi ;s necessarily speak more\\nfully of men, because of their active jiarticipation in\\npublic affairs, but human actions are stamped ujxjn\\nthe page of time and when the scroll shall be unrolled\\nthe influence of good women uixjn 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 tyi)e of domestic and social\\ngraces, she manifested a keen intellectuality that\\nformed the crown of a faultless character. She was\\na natural jwet, and wrote quite a large number of fine\\nverses, some of wliich are preserved in a i)rinted\\nmemorial essay written ujxjn the occasion of her\\ndeath. In this essay, it is said of her to contribute\\neven in matters of minor imixjrtance, to elevate the\\nreputation and add to the well being of her husband\\nin the various stations he was called \\\\\\\\\\\\)k to fill, gave\\nher the highest satisfaction She was an invalid\\nduring the latter (wrtion of her life, but was patient\\nand cheerful to the end.\\nIn 1807, Mr. W. was chosen a representative to the\\n(ieneral .Assembly of Ohio, and in f 809 was elected to\\nthe Senate, continuing a member l y 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 1S12 drew upadeclar.ationand\\nresolutions, which passed the twohousesunaminously", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "J,\\nWILLIAM WOODBRIDGE.\\naiid attracted great attention, endorsing, in strongest\\na.id most emphatic terms, the war measures of Presi-\\ndent Madison. During the period from 1804 to 1814\\nthe two law students, Woodbridge and Cass, liad be-\\ncome widely separated. The latter was Governor of\\nthe Territory of Micliigan under the historic Governor\\nand Judges 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. W. He accepted the position with some hesita-\\ntion, and entered upon its duties as soon as he could\\nmake the necessary arrangements for leaving Ohio.\\nThe office of Secretary involved also the duties of\\ncollectorof customsat the port of Detroit, and during\\nthe frequent absences of the Governor, the dischargeof\\nof his duties, also including those of Superintendent\\nof Indian Affairs. Mr. \\\\S 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 people 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\\npassed in Congress in 1 8 1 9 authorizing one tobe chosen.\\nUnder this act Mr. W. was elected by the concurrence\\nof all parties. His first action in Congress was to secure\\nthe ]jassage 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 blacl\\nswamps from the Miami River to Detroit, thus oi)en-\\ning a means of land transit between Ohio and Mich-\\nigan. He was influential 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 Bay. 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 sucli grave dispute\\nbetween Ohio and Michigan at the 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. VV. continued to discharge\\nthe duties of Secretary of the Territory up to the time\\nits Government passed into the second grade.\\nIn 1824, he was appointed one of a board of\\ncommissioners for adjusting private land claims in\\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, lie was appointed by the\\nPresident, J. Q. Adams, to succeed Hon. James With-\\nerell, wlio liad resigned as a Judgeof wliat 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, .\\\\lthough it was supreme in its ju-\\ndicial functions within the Territory, its powers ind\\nduties were of a very general character.\\nIn 1832, 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 feehngof 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 1835, which formed the first State Constitution.\\nIn 1837 he was elected a member of tie St ate 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 develojiment 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 ])rudently adminis-\\ntered by the Democrats. He served as Governor but\\nlittle more than a year, when he was elected to the\\nSenate of the United 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 appointment as Judge in 1828, Gov-\\nernor W. took up 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 adoption and for friends and family.\\n:?^r#^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "JU\\nt\\nGOl EJiA -ORS OF M/CII/G.UY.\\n1 1\\nxJOHN S. BARRY\\nom^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0V\\n4\\nOHN STEWARD BARRY,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\nJan. 3, 1842, to Jan. 5, 1846,\\nand from Jan. 7, 1850, to Jan.\\n1852, was born at Amherst,\\nN. H., Jan. 29, 1802. His par-\\nents, John and Ellen (Steward)\\nBarry, early removed to Rocking-\\nliam, Vt., where he remained until\\nlie became of age, working on his\\nfather s farm, and pursuing his\\nstudies at the same time. He mar-\\nried Mary Kidder, of Grafton, Vt.,\\nand in 1824 went to (ieorgia, 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 with I. W.\\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.i\\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. Barrv was chosen State Senator, and so favorably\\nwere his associates impressed with his abilities at the\\nfirst session of the Legislature that they looked to him\\nas a party leader, and that he should head the State\\nticket at the following election. Accordingly he re-\\nceived the nomination for Governor at the hands\\nof his party assembled in convention. He was\\nelected, and so (wpular was his administration that, in\\n1842, he was again elected. During these years\\nMichigan was enil)arrassed l y 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 Gov. Barry s first term, the\\nUniversity at .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Vnn .\\\\rbor was o|)ened for the reception", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n114\\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 tax-\\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 (rreat 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 Comi)any, along the line\\nof their road, and finally the burning of the depot\\nat Detroit, in 1850.\\nAt a setting of the grand jury of Wayne County,\\nApril 24, 185 T, 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. The 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 1. 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 Fariiham, eight years; William Corvin,\\neight years Richard Price, eight years Evan Price,\\neight years; Lyman Champlin, 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 Europe\\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\\nDemocratic 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 {xjpular Governors the\\nState has ever had.\\nGov. Barry was a man of incorruptible integrity.\\nHis opinions, which 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 jxisition wlien a principle\\nwas involved. His attachments and prejudices were\\nstrong, yet lie 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.\\nAlthough 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 posi-\\ntion. He was a true statesman, and gained pul)lic 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 !)usiness at Constantine. He\\ndied Jan. 14, 1870, his wife s death having occurred a\\nyear previous, March 30, 1869. They left no children.\\n2,^ J", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00ab-\\nt\\nGOl F.RXORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n117\\n)7^^^\\n=;i^^\\nimi\\nA\\nLPHEUS FELCH, the third\\n(iovernor of Michigan, was\\n)orn ill l.inicrick, Maine, Sep-\\ntember 28, 1806. His grand-\\nfather, Abijah Felch, was a sol-\\nV dier ill the Revolution; and\\ni-=) when a young man, having with\\nothers obtained a grant of land be-\\ntween the Great and Little Ossipee\\nRivers, in Maine, moved to that 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 three\\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 neighboring\\nacademy, in 1821 he became a student at Phillips\\nE.xter Academy, and, subseiiuently, entered Kowdoin\\nCollege, graduated with the class of 1827. He at\\nonce began the study of law and was admitted to\\npractice at Bangor, Me., in 1830.\\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 librar)- and started to seek\\na new home. His intention was to join his friend,\\n-..j\\nSargent S. Prentiss, at Vicksburg, Miss., but on his\\narrival at Cincinnati, Mr. Felch was attacked by\\ncholera, and when he had lecovered suflicientiy 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 uiitil 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 this-\\noffice, the general banking law of the State was enact-\\ned, and went into operation. After mature delibera-\\ntion, he became convinced that the proposed system\\nof banking could not i)rove 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, opjxjsed the bill, and pointed\\nout to the House the disasters which, in his opinion,\\nwere sure to follow its passage. The i)ublic mind,\\nhowever, was so favorably impressed by the measure\\nthat no other member, in either branch of the Legisla-\\nture, raised a dissenting voice, and but two voted with\\nhim in opixDsition to the bill. Early in 183S, he was\\nappointed one of the Bank Commissioners of the\\nState, and held that office for mote than a year. I )ur-\\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\\nlii^ht frauds at every jioint, which were fearlessly re-\\n4", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "ii8\\nALPHEUS FELCH.\\nported 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 the 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 Governor Felch was appointed\\nto the office of Auditor General 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 Fletcher. 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 ne.xl 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 e.xports of the State\\namounted in 1846 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 sailmg vessels t8,528 tons, the whole giving em-\\nployment to 18,000 seamen. In 1847, there were 39\\ncounties in the State, containing 435 townships and\\n275 of these townships were supplied with good libra-\\nries, containing an aggregate of 37,000 volumes.\\nAt the close of his Senatorial term, in March, 1853,\\nMr. Felch was apixiinted, by President Pierce, one of\\nthe Commissioners to adjust and settle the Spanish\\nand Mexican land claims in California, under the\\ntreaty of Gaudalupe 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,\\nboth the native Mexican [wpulation and the recent\\nAmerican immigration the right of the Pueblos to\\ntheir common lands, and of the Catholic Church to\\nthe lands of the Missions, the most valuable of the\\nState, wereinvolved in the adjudicationsof this Com-\\nmission. In March, 1856, their labors were brought\\nto a close by the final disposition of all the claims\\nwhich 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\\nAnn Arbor, where he has since been engaged piinci-\\npally in legal business. Since his return he has\\nbeen nominated for Governor 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 1 87 3 he withdrew from the active practice\\nof law, and, with the exception of a tour in Europe,\\nin 1875 has since led a life of retirement at his home\\nin Ann Arbor. In 1877 the University of Michigan\\nconferred upon him the degree of LL. D. For\\nmany years he was one of the Regents of Michigan\\nUniversity, and in the spring of 1879 was appointed\\nTappan Professor of Law in the same. Mr. Felch is\\nthe oldest surviving member of the Legislature from\\nMonroe Co., the oldest and only surviving Bank Com-\\nmissioner of the State, the oldest surviving Auditor\\nGeneral of the State, the oldest surviving Governor of\\nthe State, the oldest surviving Judge of the Supreme\\nCourt of Michigan, and the oldest surviving United\\nStates Senator from the State of Michigan.\\n4^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "GO VERNORS.\\nMi\\n-r -r-f\\n1 WIIUAM lo\u00c2\u00a9BEEiNLT.\\n-g-g *S!S-\u00c2\u00ab^is^^;;s*^ iS t^;:g \u00c2\u00bb^is*^;iS !^;;cH(^5;.,;-^^\\n^n- o\\nILLIAM L. GREENLY\\n(lovernor of Michigan for the\\nyear 1847, was born at Hamil-\\nton, Madison Co., N. Y., Sept.\\nI r v .tj^p 18,1813. He graduated at Un-\\n1\\nfi\\nion College, Schenectady, in\\n1831, studied law and was ad-\\nmitted to the liar in 1834. In\\n1836, having removed to Michi-\\ngan, he settled in Adrian, where\\nhe has since resided. The year\\nfollowing his arrival in Michigan\\nhe was elected State Senator and\\nserved in that capacity until 1S39.\\nIn 1845 he was elected Lieut. Gov-\\nernor and became acting Governor\\nby the resignation of Gov. Felch,\\nwho was elected to the United\\nStates Senate.\\nThe war with Mexico was brought\\nto a successful termination during Gov. Greenly s\\nadministration. \\\\Ve regret to say that there are only\\nfew records e.xtant 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\\n4*\\nand where it is almost impossible to find them.\\nThe soldiers of this State 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 War 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\\ntho mfantry four companies were from Detroit, bear-\\ning the honored names of Montgomery, Lafayette,\\nScott and Brady uiwn 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, but embodying 10 a\\ngreat degree the material of which the first volunteers\\nwas formed, were not called for until October follow-\\ning. This regiment was soon in readiness and pro-\\nceeded by orders from Government to the seat of war.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "T", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "/i- C56*-2,-i Z.^~3^^2-j^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS.\\nEP:9PI}ItODITUS PI^SOIIJ.\\nHE HON. EPAPHRODI-\\nTUS RANSOM, the Seventh\\nGovernor of Michiijan, was a\\nnative of Massacliusetts. In\\nthat State lie 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 building of plank roads in the western portion of\\nthe State, and in this business lost the greater jwrtion\\nof the property wliich 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\\nwhirh i^sition he disi)layetl the same ability thai\\nshone forth so ijrominently 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 ul 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\\nAsylum 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 1S49 for the deaf and\\ndumb and blind amounted to $8 1500. 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 foUowmg figures\\nshow the progress in agriculture The land reiwrted\\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 jwunds;\\nmaple sugar, 1,774.369 liounds; horses, 51,305 cat-\\ntle, 210,268; swine, 152,541; sheep, 610,534; while\\nthe flour mills numbered 228, and the lumber mills\\namounted to 730. 1S47, an act was passed removing\\nthe Legislature from Detroit to Lansing, and temix)-\\ntary buildings for the use of the Legislature were im-\\nmediately erected, at a cost of $1^,450.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "i\\nGOVERyORS OF MJCIUGAN.\\n129\\nste fiiP.j.K,^\\n^II^mBIw\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2#^^6^i#- i^iiKu Mg^j^Ei^^aji^ -ia\\n^4^^ ^A.t..t.A.t. .t .t\u00c2\u00ab.fet\u00c2\u00bbV;ivA.A.t^.t..^^^\\n-^1\\nb\\n;x-\u00c2\u00bb- ^SB^i\\nOBERT McClelland,\\n\u00c2\u00ae^Ciovernor of Michigan from\\nJan. I, 1852, to March 8,1853,\\nwasbornatGrcencastle.Frank-\\n_ lin Co., Penn., Aug. i, 1807.\\nAmong his ancestors were several\\ntficers of rank in tlic Revolution-\\nar) war, and some of his family con-\\nnections were distinguished in the\\nwar of 1812, 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 death, at\\nthe age of 84 years. Although Mr.\\nMcClelland s family had been in good circum-\\nstances, when he was 17 years old he was thrown\\nuiwn hisown resources, .\\\\fter taking the usual pre-\\nliminary studies, and teaching school to obtain the\\nmeans, he entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle,\\nPenn., from which he graduated among the first in\\nhis class, in 1 829. He then resumed teaching, and\\nhaving completed the course of study for the legal\\nprofession, was admitted 10 the bar at Chambersburg,\\nPenn., in 1831. Soon afterward he removed to the\\ncity of Pittsburgh, where he practiced for almost a\\nyear.\\nIn 1833, Mr. McClelland rcmov -d lo .Monroe, in\\nthe Icrritory 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 proj^sed 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 apjwinted the\\nfirst Bank Commissioner of the State, by Cov. Mason,\\nand received an offer of the .\\\\ttorney 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 imixirtant committees. Speaker\\npro lemfort, and as an active, zealous and efficient\\nmember. In 1840, Gen. Harrison, as a candidate for\\nthe Presidency, swci)t the country with an overwhelm-\\ning majority, and at the same time the State of Michi-\\ngan was carried by the Whigs under the (wpular cr\\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 St.ite House of Representa-\\ntives, and with others adopted a ])lan to regain a lost\\nauthority and jirestige.\\nThis party soon came again into (wwcr in the State,\\nand having been returned to the Stale Legislature Mr.\\nMcClelland s leadership was acknowledged by his\\nelection as S| eaker of the House of Representatives", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "1\\n,t\\nROBERT McCLELI.AXD\\n-h\\nin 1843. Down to this time Michigan had consti-\\ntuted one congressional district. The kite Hon. Jacob\\nM. Howard had been elected against Hon. Alpheus\\nFelch by a strong majority; but, in 1843, so tlioroiighly\\nhad the Democratic party recovered from its defeat\\nof 1840 that Mr. McClellandj as a candidate forCon-\\ngress, carried Detroit district by a majority ot about\\n2,500. Mr. McClelland soon tocV a prominent posi\\nlion in Congress among the veteians of that body.\\nDuring his first term he was placed on Committee on\\nCommerce, and organized and carried through what\\nwere known as the Harljor 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. W.\\nDavis, of Indiana, who was elected. During this term\\nhe became Chairman of Committee on Commerce, in\\nwhich positipn his reports and advocacy of important\\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 3oih Congress be-\\ncame a member of the Committee on Foreign Rela-\\ntions. \\\\Vhile acting in this capacity, what was known\\nas the French Spoliation 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 Q. Adams,\\nwhen the petition, was clothed in decorous language\\nand presented in the proper manner. This he re-\\ngarded as the citizensconstitutional right wjiich should\\nnot be impaired by any doctrines of temporary expe-\\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 t e 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\\n.^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 support of Henry Clay s\\nfamous compromise measures,, of which Mr,, McClel-\\nland was a strong advocate He was a member of\\ntlie 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 r, the new Stat; 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 operat.r 1 jnder\\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. r, 1853. His admin-\\nistration was regarded as wise, prudent and concilia-\\ntory, and was as popular as could be expected at a\\ntime when party spirit ran high. There was really\\nno opposition, 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\\ntlie organization of the cabinet 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 thoroughly\\nre-organized his department and reduced the expend-\\nitures. He adopted a course with the Indians which\\nrelieved them from the impositions and annoyances\\nof the traders, and produced harmony and civilization\\namong them. During his administration there was\\nneither complaint from the tribes 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 experi-\\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 able and effective\\nadvocate. In speaking before the people on political\\nsubjects he was especially forcible and ha])py. In\\n1870 he made the tour of Europe, which, through his\\nextensive personal acquaintance with European dip-\\nlomates, he was enabled to enjoy much more than\\nmost travelers\\nMr. McClelland married, in 1837, Miss Sarah\\nE. Sabin,of Williamstown, Mass. They have had\\nsix children two of whom now survive.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "1\\n-m\\nGOlEA .yORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n^17,\\ni ANDREW P4RS)()NS.\\niT-. -f A. t J^ .-r.-- ^^-^V .^t^- rj j^-^ -tt^ A\\nNDRKW I ARSONS, 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 N ork, on the 2 2d\\nday of July, 1817, and died June\\n6, 1855, at the early age of 38\\nyears. lie was tlie son of John\\nParsons, born at Newburyixirt,\\njMass., Oct. 2, 1782, and who was the\\nsonof Andrew Parsons, a Revohitionary\\nsoldier, who was the son of Phineas\\nParsons, the son of Samuel Parsons,\\na descendant of Walter l\\\\-irsons, born\\nin Ireland in 1290.\\n(Jf this name and family, some one hundred and\\nlliirty years ago. Bishop (litson remarked in his edi-\\ntion of Camden s Britannia The lionorable 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 Piridgewater,\\nHIngland. 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 N otingham;\\nBartholomew Parsons, born in 1618, was another\\nnoted member of the family. I n 1 634, Thomas Parsons\\nwas knighted by Charles i. Joseph and Benjamin,\\nbmthers, were born in Great Torringtoii, Engl.ind,\\nand acconiiKinieii their father and others to New\\nEngland 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 Bosloi\\nOct. g, 1739, died Jan. 4, 1789, at the age of 82, in\\nthe 53rd year of his ministry. The grandfatherof Maty\\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 1835, at the ape of 17\\nyears, and spent the first summer at Ixjwer Ann\\nArbor, where for a lew months he taught school which\\nhe 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 proud-\\nest States of the L nion. These brave men came to\\nMichigan with nothing to aid them in the contpiest\\nof the wilderness save courageous hearts and slmng\\nand willing hands. They gloriously conrpiered, how-\\never, and to them is cine all honor for the lalx-iis\\nso nobly i)erforined, for the solid and sure foundation\\nwhich they laid of a great Commonwealth.\\n^^1\\nr", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "134\\nA\\nANDREW PARSONS\\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-\\nwasse County, then with Clinton County, and an almost\\nunbroken wilderness and constituting one organized\\ntownship. In 1837 this 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 185 i, and\\nLieutenant Governor, and became acting Governor,\\nin 1853, elected again to the Legislature in 1854, and,\\novercome by debilitated health, hard labor and the\\nresponsibilities of his office and cares of his business,\\nretired to his farm, where he 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 ijersuade nor drive him to do what he con-\\nceived to be wrong. When Governor, a most power-\\nful railroad influence was brought to bear upon him,\\nto induce liim to call an extra session of the Legisla-\\nture. Meetings were lield 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, while 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, but, immovable,\\nhe returned the money and refused to receive\\nany fa vol s, whether from any party who would ;it-\\n1 tempt 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\\ntliough 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\\nofhisoath. The following eulogium from a politcal op-\\nponent 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 hnbits, and entirely blameless in every\\npublic and private relation of life. As a politician 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 slavery there, the Missouri compromise (which\\nlimited slavery to the south of 36\u00c2\u00b0 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 rind the organization of the nevyf\\nDemocratic and Republican parties of the present.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "I\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n.fc Mi\\ny^\\nJ x^*-,\\n*S ^r^ ^^^^-^^:^t^^ -^^^n.V-j^t5^^^(^5g\u00c2\u00ab^^ ^::^l ^^^|f:\\nI. 1. I\\nr I ,1 I I\\nfU\\nm KiNSLxRY BiNQHAM. .w,\\nINSLEY S.\\nBliVGHAM,\\nfe^^ Governor of Michigan from\\n1855 to 1859, and United\\nStates Senator, was born in\\nCamillus, Onondaga County,\\nN. Y., Dec. 16, 1808. His\\nfather was a farmer, and his own\\nearly life was consequently de-\\nvoted to agricultural pursuits, but\\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\\n1833, he married an estimable lady\\nwho had recently arrived from Scot-\\nland, and obeying the impulse of a\\nnaturally enterprising dis]X)sition,\\nhe emigrated to Michigan and\\nlurchased a new farm in company\\nwitli his lirother-in-law, Mr. Robert\\n\\\\Vorden, in Green Oak, Livingston County. Here, on\\nthe border of civilization, buried in the primeval for-\\nest, our late student commenced the arduous task of\\npreparing a future home, clearing and fencing, put-\\nting u|) buildings, etc., at such a rate that the land\\nchosen was soon reduced to a high state of cultivation.\\nBecoming deservedly prominent, Mr. Bingham was\\nelected to the office of Justice of the Peace and Post-\\nmaster under tlie Territorial governmenf, and was the\\nfirst Probate Judge in the county. In the year 1836,\\nwhen Michigan became a State, he was elected to the\\nfirst Legislature. He was four times re-elected, and\\nSpeaker of the House of Representatives three years.\\nIn 1846 he was elected on the Democratic 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 particular opposed\\nto the introduction of Wood s Patent Cast Iron\\nPlow which he completely \\\\)revented. 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 w.as committed to\\nand voted for the Wilmot Proviso.\\nIn 1S54, at the first organization of the Republican\\nparty, in consecjuence 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 l)ehalf, 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-\\nt^", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "4^\\n138\\nA /NSLEY S. BINGHAM.\\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 appoplexy and died\\nsuddenly at his residence, in Green Oak, Oct. 5, 1861.\\nThe most noticable event in Governor Bingham s\\nfirst term was the completion of the ship canal, at the\\nFalls of St. Mary. In 1852, Angust 26, an act of\\nCongress was approved, granting to the State of Mich-\\nigan seven hundred and fifty thousand acres of land\\nfor the purpose of constructing a ship canal between\\nLakes Huron and Superior. In 1853, the Legislature\\naccepted the 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 ports. The\\nrapids which had to be surmounted have a fall of\\nseventeen feet and are about one mile long. The\\nlength of 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. The 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. Article 13 says,\\nThe Legislature shall, as soon as practicable, pro-\\nvide for the establishment of an agricultural school.\\nFor the purpose of caryinginto 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 186 i, it was under the control\\nof the State Board of Education; since that time it\\nhas been under the management of the State Board\\nof Agriculture, 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,\\nAdrian 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 employed. 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 Arbor, was incorporated in 1845 It was kept\\nin operation until it was merged into the present\\nHillsdale College. The site comprses 25 acres,\\nbeautifully situated on an eminence in the western\\npart of the city of Hillsdale. The large and impos-\\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 72, 48 by 72, 80 by 60, 52 by 72, and they con-\\ntain one-half more room than the original buildmg.\\nThe State Reform School. This was established\\nat Lansing in 1855, in the northeastern jwrtion of the\\ncity, as the House of Correction 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\\nundergone many and radical changes, until all the\\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 necessaiily kept under the surveillance of\\nofficers, luit the attempts at escape are much fewer\\nthan under the more rigid regime of former days.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "4\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a04\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\nGO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n65\\nJl9k^^\\n;-^i\\nt\\nDAVID H. JEROME, Gover-\\nuq^^nor 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\\ni^ death were grown up sons, the ofif-\\nI spring 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 1834, 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 have 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 disjilayed 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 hear;\\nand willing hand to assist liis widowed mother. The\\nheavy labor of the farm was carried on by liis two I\\nolder brothers, Timothy and George, and when 13\\nyears of age David received his mother s permission to\\nattend school at the St. Clair .\\\\cademy. 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)se of\\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 16th year,\\nand the following winter assisted his brother Timothy\\nm hauling logs in the pine woods. The next summer\\nhe rafted logs down the St. Clair River to .A.lgonac.\\nIn iS47,M. H. Miles being Clerk in St. ClairCoun-\\nty, and Volney A. Ripley Register of Deeds, David\\nH. Jerome was appointed Deputy to each, remaining\\nas such during i848- 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 tward\\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 iiimself chartered the steamer\\nChautau(iua, and Young Dave became her mas-\\nter. V 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", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00bb-\\n1 66\\nDA VID H. JEROME.\\nF W^\\nvessels could carry only about 10,000 bushels of grain.\\nMr. Jerome conceived the idea of towing vessels\\nfrom one lake to the other, and put his plan into\\noperation. Through the influence of practical men,\\namong 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-\\ntion, among the mountains near Marysville He re-\\nmained there during the summer, and located the\\nLive Yankee Tunnel Mine, which has since yielded\\nmillions to its owners, and is still a paying investment.\\nHe planned and put a tunnel 600 feet into tlie 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.\\nJerome 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\\nsix regiments apportioned to the State of Michigan.\\nMr. Jerome immediately went to work and held\\nmeetings at .arious 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 very exciting, and resulted\\nin the triumphant election of Mr. Jerome. He was\\ntwice renominated and elected both times by in-\\ncreased majorities, defeating Teorge 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 three 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 appointed 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 apjxiinted 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\\nJackson in August, 1880, Mr. Jerome was placed in\\nthe field for nomination, and on the 5 th day of the\\nmonth received the highest honor the convention\\ncould confer on any one. His opponent was Freder-\\nick M. Holloway, of Hillsdale County, who was sup-\\nported by the Democratic and Greenback parties.\\nThe State was thoroughly canvassed by both parties,\\nand when the polls were closed on the evening of\\nelection dav, it was found thnt David H. Jerome had\\nbeen selected by the voters of the Wolverine State to\\noccupy the highest position within their gift\\nH", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "^^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^Le-/ :k^-^^^--i^i.e^y--^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "-U\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n141\\nOSES WISNER. Governor of\\nVj, Michigan from 1859 to 1861,\\nwas born in Springport, Cayu-\\nga Co., N Y., June 3, 1815.\\nHis early education was only\\nwhat could be obtained at a\\nr \u00e2\u0096\u00a0g) common school. Agricultural labor\\niVi and frugality of his parents gave\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2M\\\\^ him a physical constitution of unus-\\n~\u00c2\u00aeHa strength and endurance, which\\n\\\\was ever preserved by temperate hab-\\nits. In 1837 he emigrated to Michi-\\nnV^ 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 being a fanner, and removed to Tontiac,\\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 established 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 acquitted himself well\\nand gave promise of that eminence he after^vard at-\\ntained in the profession. He remained at Lapeer but\\na short time, removing to Pontiac, where he became\\na member of a firm and entered fully ujwn the\\npractice.\\nIn politics he was like his talented brother, a Whig\\nof the Henry Clay stamp, but with a decided anti-\\nslaverybias. His practice becoming extensive, he\\ntook little part in jwlitics until after the election of\\nMr. Pierce to the Presidency in 1S52, when he took an\\nactive part against slavery. As a lawyer he was a\\nman of great ability, but relied less ujxin mere book\\nlearning than upon his native good sense. Liberal\\nand courteous, was he yet devoted to the interest of\\nhis client, and no facts escaped hjs attention or his\\nmemory which bore ujKjn the case. He was no friend\\nof tricker)- or artifice in conducting a case As an ad-\\nvocate he had few equals. When 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 jwinted illustrations, and his logic\\nbecame a battling giant under whose heavy blows the\\nadversary shrank and withered. Nature had be-\\nstowed uix)n him rare (lualities, and his i)cwers as a\\njwpular orator were of a high order.\\nOn the passage of tlic Kansas-Nebraska Act of\\n1854, repealing the Missouri compromise and opening\\nthe Territories to slaverj he was among the foremost\\nin Michigan to denounce the shamful scheme. He\\nactively participated in organizing and consolidating\\nthe elements opixssed to it in that State, and wis a\\nmember of the popular gathering at Jackson, in July,\\n1854, which was the first formal Repuiilican Conven-\\ntion held in the United 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\\nexpulsion from the Territories and the District of\\nColumbia. At this convention Mr. W. was urged to\\naccept the nomination for Attorney Genera! of the\\nV", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "-U\\n142\\nMOSES WISNER.\\n1\\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. W. 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 political power of the slave-\\nholders would have to be overthrown before quiet\\ncould be secured to the country. In the Presidential\\ncanvass of 1856 he supported the Fremont, or Re-\\npublican, ticket. At the session of the Legislature of\\n1857 he was a candidate for United 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 than\\nthat of his popular predecessor, Hon. K. S. Bingham.\\nHe served as Governor two years, from Jan. i, 1859,\\nto Jan. 1, 1861. His first message to the Legislature\\nwas an able and statesman-like production, and was\\nread with usual favor. It showed that lie was awake\\nto all the interests of the State and set forth an en-\\nlightened State policy, that had its view of the 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 upon 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. VV. was opposed to all\\nsuch temporizing expedients. His counsel was to\\nsend no delegate, but to prepare to fight.\\nAfter Congress had met and passed the necessary\\nlegislation he resohed 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 2 2d\\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 liis family he made his will. His\\nregiment was sent to Kentucky and quartered at\\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-\\npline was rigid. He possessed in an eminent degree\\nthe spirit of command, and had he lived he would\\nno doubt have distinguished himself as a good\\nofficer. He was impatient of delay and chafed at\\nbeing kept in Kentucky where there was so little\\nprospect of getting at the enemy. But life in camp,\\nso different from the one he had been leading, and\\nhis 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 upon the jus-\\ntice of their cause and the necessity of their crush-\\ning the Rebellion. But the source of his most poig-\\nnant griet 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 with glory, a\\ndistinction it afterward obtained, but not until Col \\\\V.\\nwas no more. The malady baffled all medical treat-\\nment, and on the 5th day of Jan., 1863, he breathed\\nhis last. His remains were removed to Michigan and\\ninterred in the cemetery at Pontiac, where they rest\\nby the side of the brave Gen. Richardson, who re-\\nceived his mortal wound at the battle of Antietam.\\nCol. W 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 otneis he\\nsleeps the sleep of the martyr for his country.\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "I\\nGOVERA ORS OF AffCII/GAiY.\\nMS\\n,t\\n.^5^\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0=1^.\\nyt^i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r\\ni^ USTIN BLAIR, Govemoi-\\nt^^of Michigan from Jan. 2,\\n186 1, to Jan. 4, 1865, and\\nkown as the War (iovernor, is\\nand illustration of the benifi-\\ncent influence of republican in-\\n^7 stitutions, having inherited neith-\\ner fortune nor fame. He was born\\nin a log cabin at Caroline, Tomp-\\nkins Co., N. Y., Feb. 8, 18:8.\\nHis ancestors came from Scot-\\nland in the time of (jeorge I, and\\nfor many generations followed the\\nSW pursuit of agriculture. His father,\\nI George Blair, settled in Tompkins\\nCounty in 1809, 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 pre-\\nparing for college; entered Hamilton College, in\\nClinton, prosecuted his studies until the middle 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. Y., and was admitted to practice\\nin 1 84 1, and the same year moved to Michigan, locat-\\ning in Jackson. During a temporar) 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 esjxjused the cause\\nof Henry Clay in the campaign of 1S44. He was chosen\\nRepresentative to the Legislature ni 1845, at which\\nsession, as a member of the Judiciar) 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 County 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 parliamentar) leader in the Senate. He\\nwas a delegate to the National Convention which\\nnominated Abraham Lincoln in i860. Mr. Blair\\nwas elected (^vernor of Michigan in i860, and re-\\nelected in 1862, faithfully and honorably discharging\\nthe arduous duties of the office during that most mo-\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "146\\nAUSTIN BLAIR.\\nmentous and stormy period of the Nation s life. Gov.\\nBlair possessed a clear comprehension of the perilous\\nsituation from the inception of the Rebellion, and his\\ninaugural address foreshadowed the prompt executive\\npolicy and the administrative ability which charac-\\nterized his gubernatorial career.\\nNever perhaps in the history of a nation has a\\nbrighter example been laid down, or a greater sacri-\\nfice been made, than that which distinguished Mich-\\nigan during the civil war. All, from the War Gov-\\nernor. down to the poorest citizen of the State, were\\nanimated with a patriotic ardor at once magnificiently\\nsublime and wisely directed.\\nVery early in 1861 the coming struggle cast its\\nshadow over the Nation. Governor Blair, in his mes-\\nsage to the Legislature in January of that year, dwelt\\nvery forcibly upon the sad prospects of civil war; and\\nas forcibly pledged the State to support the principles\\nof the Republic. After a review of the conditions\\nof the State, he passed on to a consideration of the\\nrelations between the free and slave States of the\\nRepublic, saying: While we arecitizensof 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 America. 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 stripes, 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 faithful 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 equally 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\\nI recommend you at an early day to make mani-\\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 proffer to the President of the United States, the\\nwhole military power of the State for that purixjse.\\nOh, for the 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 the 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 1 1 men during the war.\\nMoney, men, clothing and food were freely and abun-\\ndantly supplied by this State during all these years of\\ndarkness and blood shed. No State won a brighter\\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 supporter of reconstruction measures,\\nand sternly opposed every form of repudiation. His\\nspeech upon 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 witli 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 A. J. Gould Charles A., a law partner with\\nhir father, and Fred. J. and Austin T. Blair, at home.\\nGovernor Blair s religion is of the broad type, and\\ncenters in the Golden Rule. In 1883, Gov. Blair\\nwas nominated for Justice of the Supreme Court\\nof the State by the Republican party, but was defeated.\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "-^\u00c2\u00abi4._\\nc^^fe^*^ A/^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "M^\\nt\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24\\nHENRY H. CRAPO.\\nENRY ROWLAND CRAPO,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\nll^iSes to 1869, was born May\\n24, 1804, at Dartmoutli, Bris-\\ntol Co., Mass., and died at\\nFlint, Mich., July 22, 1869.\\nHe was the eldest son of Jesse\\nand Phoebe (Rowland) Crajx).\\nHis father was of French descent\\nand was very poor, sustaining his\\n^family liy the cultivation of a farm in\\nDartmouth township, which yielded\\nI nothing 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 exceedingly limited. He\\nsorely felt the need of a dictionary; and, neither having\\nmoney wherewith to purchase it, nor being able to\\nprocure one in his neighborhood, he set out to compile\\none for himself In order to acipiire a knowledge of\\nthe English language, he copied into a book every\\nword whose meaning he did not comprehend, and\\nuiK n meeting the same word again in the newsi)apers\\nand books, which came into his hands, from the\\nT^\\ncontext, would then record the definition. Whenever\\nunable otherwise to obtain the signification of a word\\nin which he liad become interested he would walk\\nfrom Dartmouth to New Bedford for that purixjse\\nalone, and after referring to the books at the library\\nand satisfynig himself thoroughly as to itsdeunition,\\nwould walk back, a distance of about seven miles,\\nthe same night. This was no unusual circumstance.\\nUnder such difficulties and in this manner he com-\\npiled quite an extensive dictionary in manuscript\\nwhich is believed to be still in existence.\\nEver pursuit of knowledge, he obtained posses-\\nsion of a book upon surveying, and applying himself\\ndiligently to its study became familiar with this art,\\nwhich he soon had an opixjrtunity to practice. The\\nservices of a land surveyor were wanted, and he was\\ncalled uix)n, but had no compass and no money with\\nwhich to purchase one. compass, however, he\\nmust and would have, and going to a blacksmith shop\\nnear at hand, \\\\.\\\\\\\\x n the forge, with such tools as he\\ncould find in the shop, 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\\n0|)encd, he jjassed a successful examination for its\\nprincipalship and received the apjwintment. To do\\nthis was no small task. The law required 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 .Academy and passed\\n4", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "15\u00c2\u00b0\\nHENRY HOWLAND CRAPO.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^^f^^\\na severe examination. Receiving a certificate that\\nhe was qualified, he walked back to his home the\\nsame night, highly elated in being possessed of the\\nacquirements and. requirements of a master of the\\nhigh school.\\nIn 1832, 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 ta.xes, which office he held\\nuntil the municipal government was changed, about\\nfifteen years, when, upon the inauguration of the city\\ngovernment, 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 report upon which was based the\\norder for the establishment of the free Public Library\\nof New Bedford. On its organization, Mr. Crapo was\\nchosen 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 drained and reclaimed several acres of\\nrocky and swampy land adjoining 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 regular contributorto the New\\nEngland Horticultural Journal, a position he filled\\nas long as he lived in Massachusetts. As an indica-\\ntion of the wide reputation he acquired in that field\\nof labor, it may be mentioned that after his death an\\naffecting eulogy to his memory was pronounced by the\\nPresident of the National Horticultural Society at its\\nmeeting in Philadelphia, in 1869. During his resi-\\ndence in New Bedford, Mr. Crapo was also engaged\\nin the whaling business. A 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 Connnercial Insurance Company in New\\nBedford; and while an officer of the municipal gov-\\nernment hecompiled and published, Vietween the years\\n1836 and 1845, five numbers of the New Bedford\\nDirectory, the first work of the kind ever published\\nthere.\\nMr. C. removed to Michigan in 1856, having been\\ninduced to do so by investments made principally in\\npine lands, first in 1837 and subsequently in 1856.\\nHe took up his residence in the city of Flint, and en-\\ngaged largely in the manufacture and sale of lumber\\nat Flint, Feutonville, 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 Holly R. R., and was\\nPresident of that corporation until its consolidation\\nwith the Flint Pere Marquette R. R. Company.\\nHe was elected Mayor of that city after he had been\\na resident of the place only five or six years. In\\n1862 he was elected State Senator. In the fall of\\n1864 he received the nomination on the Republican\\nticket for Governor of the State, and was elected by a\\nlarge majority. He was re-elected in 1866, holding\\nthe office two terms, and retiring in January, 1869,\\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 i)er-\\nformed which seemed rapidly to restore him, but he\\noverestimated his strength, and by too much exertion\\nin business matters and State affairs suffered arelapse\\nfrom which there was no rebound, and he died July\\n2,7 1869.\\nIn the early part of his life. Gov. Crapo affiliated\\nwith the Whig party in 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 A. Slocum,\\nof Dartmouth. His marriage took place soon after\\nhe had attained his majority, and before his struggles\\nwith fortune had been rewarded 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 born. 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 for a good\\npart 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 consci-\\nentious in her sphere, and with added responsibilities\\nand increasing requirements she labored faithfully\\nin the ]3erfonirance 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\\nCongressional District of Massachusetts.\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": ".^l\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01^^\\nJt^ i^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^ :;^.o^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\nCO VERNORS OF AfrCff/GAiY.\\n\u00c2\u00bbbi\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0x SB -vtaaZT\u00c2\u00ae^ o\\n*\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abJ2a 5 ^jj/\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bbL \u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb43\u00c2\u00bb:^\\nudCeAskj \u00c2\u00bbjt\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bb.c\u00c2\u00bb*$fNS03r fl|j\\nSu\\nIB;\\\\lDTyjrj, sa\u00c2\u00bb\\nI\\nENRY P. BALDWIN, Gov-\\nernor of Michigan from Jan.\\n4, 1869, to Jan. I, 1873, is a\\nlineal descendant of Nathan-\\nj^Jj iel Baldwin, a Puritan, of Buck-\\n^^^T ingluunshire, England, 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 Covernor B. is descended from\\nRobert Williams, also a Puritan, who settled in Rox-\\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 lie was pastor of the Congregationalist\\nChurch. The subject of this sketch was born at\\nCoventry, R. I., Feb. 22, 1S14. 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 estalilishment. He re-\\nmained there, employing his leisure hours in study,\\nuntil 20 years of age.\\nAt this early period Mr. 15. engaged in business on\\nhis own account, lie made a visit to the West, in\\n*^37i which resulted in his removal to Detroit in tiie\\nspring of 18^8. Here he established a mercantile\\nhouse which has been successfully conducted until\\nthe present time. Although he successfully conducted\\na large business, he has ever taken a deep interest in\\nall things affecting the prosperity of the city and\\nState of his adoption. He was for several years a\\nDirector and President of the Detroit Young Men s\\nSociety, an institution with a large library designed\\nfor the benefit of young men and citizens generally\\nAn Episcojialian 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 Governor 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 Hank 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\\n.Senate, of Michigan during the years of i86i- 2 he\\nwas made Chairman of the Finance Committee, a\\nmember of Committee on Banks and Incor|X)rations,\\nChairman of the Select Joint Committee of the two\\nHouses for the investigation of the Treasury Dejiart-\\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 1S69 to 1 87 2, inclusive. It is no undeserved\\neulogy to say that (Jovernor H. s hapi)y faculty of es-\\ntimating the necessary means loan end the knowing\\nof how much effort or attention to bestow uixjn the\\nthing in hand, has been the secret of the uniform\\n4*", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "i\\nfJi\\nHENR Y P. BALD WIN.\\nsuccess that has attended his efforts in all relations\\nof life. The same industry and accuracy that dis-\\ntinguished him 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 had 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 the establishment of the State Board\\nof Health were recommended by Governor B. in his\\nmessage of 1873. 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 this administration.\\nGovernor B. also appointed the 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 as would jier-\\nmit a more equitable compensation to State officers\\nand judges, Thelawof 1869, and prior also, permitting\\nmunicipalities to vote aid toward the construc-\\ntion of railro.ads was, in 1870, 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 people a\\nconstitutional amendment, authorizing the payment\\nof such bonds as were already in the hands of bona-\\nyf(/c holders. In his special message he says The\\ncredit of no State stands liighcr than that of Michigan,\\nand the people can not afford, and I trust will not\\nconsent, to have her good name tarnislied 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, ai d as an evidence of the Governor s la-\\nborious and thouglitful care for the financial condition\\nof the State, a series of tables was prepared and sub-\\nmitted by him showing, in detail, estimates of receipts,\\nexpenditures and appropriations for the years 1872 to\\n1878, inclusive. Memorable of Governor B. s admin-\\nistration were the devastating fires which swept over\\nmany portions of the Northwest in the fall of 1871.\\n-A. large 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\\nthis been issued when several counties in his State\\nwere laid waste by the same destroying element.\\nK second 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\\nthese 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 pas-\\nsenger on the Steamer Arill, which was captured 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 retirement from office, by a leading\\nnewspaper, 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 throughout 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\\ncapacitv, Henry 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 State\\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\\npossesses to such remarkable degree.\\n*t", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "i^\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nK J, IBAeiT^T,\\nOHN JUDSON BAGLEY,\\nILGovernor of Michigan from\\n1873 to 1877, was born in\\nMt dina, Orleans Co., N. Y.,\\nJuly 24, 1832. 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-\\nIX)rt, N. Y., until he was eight years\\nold, at which time his father moved\\nto Constantine, Mich., 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-\\n|il!f[] stances, Mr. B. was obliged to work\\nas soon as he was able to do so.\\nLeaving school when 13 years of age\\nhe entered acountr) storein Constan-\\ntine as clerk. His father then re-\\nmoved toOwosso, Mich., and he again\\nengaged 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 1865 he was ai)ix)intcd 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.\\nr6, 1855, to Frances E. Newberry, daughter of Rev.\\nSamuel Newberry, a pioneer missionar)- of Michigan,\\nwho took an active part in the eariy educational mat-\\nters of the State and in the establishment uf its ex-\\ncellent system of education. It was principally", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "ir^\\n^^\u00e2\u0096\u00baHII-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S8\\nJOHN J. BAGLEY.\\nt^.rough 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 popular\\nthe educational agencies of the State by increasing\\nthe faculty of the University for more thorough in-\\nstruction in technical studies,by strengthening the hold\\nof the Agricultural College uixjn 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 liquor-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 has 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 tlie history of\\nMichigan a systematized organization \\\\\\\\\\\\)0\\\\\\\\ a service-\\nable footing. It was uixsn 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\\nState, were passed, both of which have proved of great\\nbenefit to the Slate. 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\\nnot 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, he\\nasked his fellow citizen to give him the opportunity to\\nlabor for tliem. 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 hi;? administrations 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 in a year?\\nHe turned at once and said: I do not know, sir; I\\ndo not allow myself to know. I 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-\\ncially during the last few years, he devoted much time\\nto becoming acquainted with the best authors. Biog-\\nraphy was his delight; the last he read was the Life\\nand Woik of John Adams, in ten volumes.\\nall 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 cursory 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 w.as 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 Christmas story,\\nclosing the entertainment with The Night Before\\nChristmas, or Dickens s Christmas Carol.\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\ni6i 1\\nCROSWELL\\ni-\\\\i2jL\u00c2\u00a3j^ oj^\\nT\\nHARLES M. CROSWELL,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\nJan. 3, 1S77 to Jan. i, 1881,\\nwas born at Newburg, Orange\\nCounty, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1825.\\nHe is the only son of John and\\nSallie (Hicks) Croswell. His\\nfather, who was of Scotch-Irish\\ne.xtraction, was a paper-maker,\\nand carried on business in New\\nYork Cily. 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\\nPresident Jefferson, published a pa-\\nper called the Balance, and was\\nprosecuted for libeling the President\\nunder the obnoxious Sedition Law.\\nHe was defended by the celebrated\\n.\\\\lexander Hamilton, and the decis-\\nKyi. A the case establiscd the important ruling that\\nthe truth might be shown in cases of libel, .\\\\nother\\nmember of the family was Edwin Croswell, the fam-\\nous editor of the .\\\\lbany A/i^iis also, Rev. William\\nCroswell, noted as a divine and poet.\\nWhen Charles M. Croswell was seven years of age,\\nliis father was accidentally drowned in the Hudson\\nRiver, at Xewburg and, within three months preced-\\ning that event, his mother and only sister had died,\\nthus leaving him the sole surviving member of the\\nfamilv, without fortune or means. Upon the death\\nof his father he went to live with an uncle, who, in\\n1837, emigrated with him to \\\\drain, Michigan. .Vt\\nsixteen years of age, he commenced to learn the car-\\npenter s trade, and worked at it very diligently for\\nfour years, maintaining himself, and devoting his spare\\ntime to reading and the accpiiremcnt of knowledge.\\nIn 1S46, 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, anrd was re-elected\\nin 1852. In 1854, he took part in the first movements\\nfor 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\\nfonned a law partnership with the present Chief-Jus-\\ntice Cooley, which continued until tlie removal of\\nJudge Cooley to .\\\\nn .\\\\rbor.\\nIn 1862, Mr. Croswell was apix)inted City Attorney\\nof -Adrian. He was also elected Mayor of the city\\nin the spring of tlie 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 jtosi-\\ntions above mentioned. Among various rei\u00c2\u00bbrts made\\nby him, one adverse to the re-establishment of the\\ndeath penalty, and another against a pro| osition lo\\npay the salaries of State officers and judges in coin,\\nwhich then commanded a very large premium, may\\nbe mentioned. He also drafted the act ratifying the\\nThirteenth .Amendment to the ederal 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 elaborate sjHiech in favor of the Proclama-\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "I 62\\na\\nCHARLES M. CRO SWELL\\nA\\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, their labors were not accepted by the pop-\\nular vote, it was always conceded that the constitu-\\ntion they proposed had been prepared with great care\\nand skill.\\nIn i86S, 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 portraits\\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, .^t\\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 qualitirs 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 24th day of April, 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 for the Insane at Pontiac were opened,\\nand the new capital at Lansing was completed and\\noccupied. The first act of his second term was to pre-\\nside at the dedication of this building Tlie great riot\\nat Jackson occured during his administration, and it\\nwas only bv his promptness that great distruction of\\nboth life and property was prevented at that time.\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "1\\nM\u00c2\u00bb\\nGOVERXORS OF MJCIIIGAX\\n169\\nr^\\n1\\nOSIAH W. BEGOLE, the\\npresent (1883), Governor of\\nMichigan was born in Living-\\nston, County, N. Y., Jan. 20,\\n18 1 5. His ancestors were of\\nFrench descent, and settled at\\nt an early period in the State of\\nMaryland. Hisgrandfather,Capt.\\nBoUes, of tliat State, was an offi-\\ncer in the American army during\\ntlie war of the Revolution. About\\nthe beginning of the present cent-\\nury both his grandparents, having\\nbecome dissatisfied with the insti-\\nll tution of slavery, although slave-\\n\\\\j[ holders themselves, emigrated to\\nLivingston County, N. Y., then\\na new country, taking with them a\\nP number of their former slaves, who\\nvolunteered to accompany them.\\nHis father was an officer in the\\nAmerican army, and served during\\nthe war of 1812.\\nMr. B. received his early education in a log school-\\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 the far West, as it was\\nthen called. In August, 1S36, he left the parental\\nroof to seek a home in the Territory of Michigan\\ntlien 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\\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 Reiiublican party at its organization.\\nHe served his townsmen 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 ofhis eldest son near Atlanta, Ga., by a Confed-\\nrate bullet, in 1 864, was the greatest sorrow of his life.\\nVhen a few years later he was a member in Congress", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "I\\n170\\nJOSIAH W. BEGOLE.\\n..1\\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 1870, 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 the nomination of member to tlic 43d Con-\\ngress, in which he was successful, aftercomiietingfor\\nthe nomination with several of the most worthy, able\\nand experienced men in the Sixth Congressional Dis-\\ntrict, and was elected by a very large jnajority. In\\nCongress, he was a member of the Committee on\\nAgricultural 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 rejXjrt 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 uf\\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,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00ba-llr^-\\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 Globe^ the leading Re-\\npublican paper 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 tlie earnestness of his pur-\\npose nobody who knows him entertains a doubt. He\\nis incapable of Ijearing malice, even against his bit-\\nterest political enemies. He has a warm, generous\\nnature, and a larger, kinder heart does not lieat in\\nthe l)Osom 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\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0quarreling over the distribution of funds, Mr. Begole\\nwrote to an agent in the [burnt 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 1\\nhave money. This displays his true character.\\nr", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "t-wtu^^\\ntVj^\\n0UxJLA-e/^ ^4Lf ^^^i^ji^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "aOVEllXORS OF. MK IllGAS.\\nI\\n17.! ik\\ni;^\\nITSSELL A. ALGER,r.ovein()r\\nof Michigan for the term com-\\nmencing Jan. 1, 1885, was\\nborn in Lafiiyette Township,\\nMedina Co., Ohio, Feb. 27,\\n183G. Having livcil a tem-\\nperate life, he is a comparative\\nmg man in api)earance, and pos-\\nsesses those mental faculties that arc\\ndistinguishing characteristics of\\nust, mature and educated man-\\nliood. Wiieii 11 years of age both\\nlus (larents died, leaving him witha\\nyounger brother and sister to sup-\\nport and without any of the substan-\\ntial means of existence. Lacking tlie opportunity of\\nbetter employmcut, he worked on a farm in Kiclifield,\\nOhio, for the greater part of each of the succeeding\\nseven years, saving money enough to defray hises-\\nI)enses at Richfield Academy during the winter\\nterms. He obtained a very good Englisii cdiic.ition,\\nand was enabled to te.ach school for several subse-\\nquent winters. In 1 8.)7 he commenced the study of\\nlaw in the offices of Wolcott Upson at Akron, re-\\nmaining until March, 18 )9, when he was admitted\\nto the bar by the Ohio Supreme Court. He then\\nremoved to Cleveland, and entered the law office of\\nOtis (t Coffinbury, where he remained several\\nmonths. Here he continued his studies with in-\\ncreased zeal, and did much general reading. Hard\\nstudy and close confinement to office work, however,\\niiegan to tell on his constitution, and failing health\\nwarned him that he must seek other occupation.\\nHe therefore reluctantly abandoned the law and re-\\nmoved to Gran l Kapids, Mich., to engage in the\\nlumber business.\\nWhen Michigan was called upon to furnish troops\\nfor the war, Mr. Alger enlisted in the Second Mich.\\nCav. and was mustered into the service of the\\nUnited Stjites as Captsiin of Co. C. His record as\\na cavalry officer was brilliant and honorable to\\nhimself and his conipanj He participated in some\\nof the fiercest contests of the rebellion and was\\ntwice wounded. His first injury was received in\\nthe battle of Hooncville, Miss., July 2, 1862.\\nHis conduct in this engagement was so distin-\\nguished that he was romoted to the rank of\\nMajor. On the same occasion his Colonel, the\\ngallant Phil. Sheridan, was advanced to the rank\\nof Brigadier General. A few months later, on the\\n1 0th of October, Major Alger became Lieutenant-\\nColonel of the Sixth Mich. Cav., and was ordered\\nwith his regiment to the Army of the Potomac.\\nAfter marked service in the early campaign of 1 8ri3,\\nhe was again advanced, and on June 2 received his\\ncommission as Colonel of the Fifth Mich. Cav. His\\nregiment at this time was in Custer s famous Michi-\\ngan cavalry brig.ade. On the Gth of July occurred\\nthe battle of Boonesboro, Md. In this conflict he\\nwas again wt unded. His health received a more\\nthan temporary impairment, and in October, 1864,\\nhe was obliged to retire from the service. His\\ncareer .as a soldier included many of the most cele-\\nbrated contests of the war. He was an active charac-\\ntcr in all the battles fought by the Army of the\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n174\\nRUSSELL A. ALGER.\\nPotomac, from the time of the invasion of Mary-\\nland by Gen. Lee in 1863, up to the date of his\\nretirement, with the exception of those engagements\\nwhicli occiH red while he was absent from duty on\\naccount of wounds. In all he took part in CO bat-\\ntles and skirmishes. At the close he was breveted\\nBrigadier General and Major General for gallant\\nand meritorious services in the field.\\nAside from regular dut} Gen. Alger was on\\nprivate service during the winter of 1863-4, receiv-\\ning orders personally from President Lincoln and\\nvisiting nearly all the armies in the field.\\nGen. Alger came to Detroit in 1865, and since\\nthat time has been extensively engaged in the pine\\ntimber business and in dealing in pine lands. He\\nwas a member of the well-known firm of Moore\\nAlger until its dissolution, when he became head of\\nthe firm of R. A. Alger Co., the most extensive\\npine timber operators in the West. Gen. Alger is\\nnow president of the corporation of Alger, Smith\\nCo., which succeeded R. A. Alger Co. He is also\\npresident of the Manistique Lumbering Company\\nand president of the Detroit, Bay City Alpena\\nRailroad Company, besides being a stockholder and\\ndirector of the Detroit National Bank, the Peninsu-\\nlar Car Company and several other large corpor-\\nations.\\nWhile always an active and influential Republi-\\ncan, Gen. Alger has never sought nor held a sal-\\naried office. He was a delegate from the First Dis-\\ntrict to the last Republican National Convention,\\nbut aside from this his connection with politics has\\nnot extended bej oud the duties of every good cit-\\nizen to his party and iiis country.\\nGen. Alger is now forty-nine years of age, an\\nactive, handsome gentleman six feet tall, living\\nthe life of a busj- man of affairs. His military\\nbearing at once indicates his army life, and although\\nslenderly built, his square shoulders and erect\\ncarriage give the casual observer the impression\\nthat his weight is fully 180 pounds. He is a firm,\\nyet a most decidedly pleasant-appearing man, with\\na fine forehead, rather a prominent nose, an iron-\\ngray moustache and chin whiskers and a full head\\nof black hair sprinkled with gray. He is usually\\nattired in the prevailing st3de of business suits. His\\nfavorite dress lias been a high buttoned cutawa}\\nfrock coat, witli the predominating cut of vest and\\ntrousers, made of firm gray suiting. A high collar,\\nsmall cravat, easy slioes and white plug liat com-\\nplete his personal apparel. He is very particular\\nas to his appearance, and always wears neat clothes\\nof the best goods, but sliuns any display of jewelry\\nor extravagant eml)ellishnient. He is one of the\\nmost approachable men imaginable. No matter\\nhow busy he may be, he always leaves his desk to\\nextend a cordial welcome to every visitor, be he of\\nIiigh or low situation. His affable manners delight\\nhis guests, while his pleasing face and bright, dark\\neyes always animate liis hearers.\\nGen. Alger is a hard worker. He is always at his\\noffice promptly in the morning and stays as long as\\nanything remains tliat demands his attention. In\\nbusiness matters he is alwa3 S decided, and is never\\nshaken or disturbed by any reverses. He h.as the\\nconfidence of his associates to a high degree, and all\\nliis business relations are tempered with those little\\nkindnesses that relieve the tedium of routine office\\nlife. Although deeply engrossed in various busi-\\nness pursuits, Gen. Alger has yet found time for\\ngeneral culture. He owns a large library and his\\nstock of general information is as complete as it is\\nreliable. His collection of paintings has been se-\\nlected with rare good taste, and contains some of\\nthe finest productions of modern artists. His team\\nof bays are perhaps the handsomest tliat grace the\\nroads of Detroit, and usually lead the other outfits\\nwhen their owner holds the reins.\\nGen. Alger has an interesting family. His wife\\nwas Annette II. Henry, the daughter of W. G.\\nHenry, of Grand Rapids, to whom he was married\\nApril 2, 1861. She is a slender wom.an of fair com-\\nplexion, bright and attractive, and a charming host-\\ness. She is gifted with many accumplishments and\\nappears quite young. There are six children. Fay,\\na lively brunette, and Caroline A., who is rather tall\\nand resembles her mother, have completed a course\\nat an Eastern seminary, and during the past year\\ntraveled in Europe. The remaining members of\\nthe family are Frances, aged 13; Russell A., Jr.,\\naged 11 Fred, aged 9, and Allan, aged 3. All are\\nbright and promising children. Gen. Alger makes\\nIns home at his handsome and large new residence on\\nFort street, at tiie corner of First street, Detroit.\\nT", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "OOVEHNOliS OF MICHIGAN.\\n177\\ni\\nYRUS GRAY LFCE, the\\npresent Governor of Miclii-\\ngan, combines in his charac-\\nter the substantial traits of\\nthe Now England ancestry\\nof his father, and the chival-\\nrous antl hospitable elements\\nK P C iliar to the fSoutherners, which\\ncame to him fnmi his mother s side of\\nthe Iiouse. Tiie New Englanders, act-\\nive in the cause of American libertj\\nafter tiiis desired result was accom-\\nplished, turned tiieir attention to the\\ngrowth and development of the\\ncountry which their noble daring had\\nconstitutea independent of foreign rule. The pri-\\nvations they endured and the struggles from which\\nthe} had achieved victory liuilt up in them those\\nqualities which in the ver} nature of events could\\nnot be otherwise than transmitted to thoir posteritj\\nand this iiosterity comprises a large number of the\\nmen who to-day, like the sultject of this history,\\nare making a record of which their descendants will\\nbe erpiall} proud.\\nGov. Luce was born in Windsor, Ashtabula Co.,\\nOhio, July 2, 1824. His father was a native of\\nTolland, Comi., served as a soldier in the War of\\n1812, and soon after its close emigrated from New\\nEngland and settled on the Western Reserve in\\nNorthem Ohio. Ilis mother, who in her girlhood\\nwas Miss Mary Gra3 w.as born in Winchester, V.a.\\nHer father, tinctured with Abolitionism, found his\\nliome in tiie Old Dominion becoming uncomfortii-\\nble as an abiding-place at that time, and accord-\\ningly, with his wife and family of young cliildrcn.\\nho also migrated, in 181; to the wilds of Northern\\nOhio. Thoro the i)arents of our subject, in isr.t.\\nwere united in marriage, and continued residents of\\nAshtabula County until 18:i(;. There also were\\nborn to them six sons, Cyrus G. of this sketch being\\nthe second.\\nThe incidents in the early life of Gov. Luce were\\nnot materially different from those of other l)oys\\nliving on the farms in that new country. lie was\\ntaught to work at anything necessary for him to do\\nand to make himself useful around the pioneer\\nhomestead. When twelve years of age his parents\\nremoved further West, this time locating in .Steu-\\nben County, Ind. This section of country w.as still\\nnewer and more thinly settled, ami without recount-\\ning the particular hardships and piivations wlileh tlie\\nfamily experienced, it is sullicient to say that but few\\nenjoyed or suffered a greater variety. Markets were\\ndistant and diflicult c)f access, the conifort.s of life\\nscarce, and sickness universal. Young Luce, in com-\\nmon with other boys, attended school winters in the\\nstereotyped log school-house, and in summer as-\\nsisted in clearing away the forests, fencing the\\nfields and raising crops after the lan l was improved.\\nHe attended three terms an academy locateil at On-\\ntario, Ind., and his habit of reading and observation\\nadded essentially to liis limited school privileges.\\nWhen seventeen years of age the father of our\\nsubject erected a. cloth- lrossiiig and wool-carding\\nestablishment, where Cyrus (i. acquired a full\\nknowledge of this business and subsequently had\\ncharge of the factory for a period of seven years.\\nIn the meantime he had )econie interested in local\\npolitics, in which he displayed rare judgment and\\nsound connnon sense, and on account of wliicli, in\\n1848, he was nominateil by the Whigs in a district\\ncomposed of the counties of DcKalb and .Steuben\\nfor Representative in the State Legislature. He\\nm.ade a vigorous canv:\u00c2\u00bb.ss but was defeated by eleven\\nmajority. This incident w:is but a transient bub-\\nble on the stream of his life, and that sjune year", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "178\\nGYRUS GRAY LUCE.\\nMr. Luce purchased eighty acres of wild land near\\nGilead, Branch Co., Midi., the improvement of\\nwhich he at once entered upon, clearing away the\\ntrees and otherwise making arrangements for the\\nestablishment of a homestead. In August, 1849, he\\nwas united in marriage witii Miss Julia A. Dickinson,\\nof Gilead, and the j oung people immediately com-\\nmenced housekeeping in a modest dwelling on the\\nnew farm. Here they resided until the death of the\\nwife, which took place in August, 1882. Mrs.\\nLuce was the daughter of Obed and Experience\\nDickinson, well-to-do and highly respected residents\\nof Gilead. Of her union with our subject there\\nwere born five children, one now deceased.\\nIn Novcmbei-, 1883, Gov. Luce contracted a sec-\\nond marriage, with IMrs. Maiy Thompson, of Eron-\\nson, this State. He continued on the same farm,\\nwhich, however, by subsequent purchase had been\\nconsiderably extended, until after his election to the\\nofllce of which he is now the incumbent. In the\\nmeantime he has ha l a wide and varied experience\\nin public life. In 1 852 he was elected to represent his\\ntownship in the County Board of Supervisors, and\\ntwo years later, in 1 854, was elected Representative to\\nthe first Rei)ulilican Legislature convened in the State\\nof Michigan. He served his township altogether\\neleven years as a memljer of the Board of Supervisors.\\nIn 1858 he was elected County Treasurer of Branch\\nCounty and re-elected in 1860. In 1864 he was\\ngiven a seat in the State Senate and re-elected in\\n1866. In the spring of 1867 he was made a member of\\nthe Constitutional Convention to revise the Consti-\\ntution of the State of Michigan, and in all of the\\npositions to which he has been called has evidenced\\na realization of the sober responsibilities committed\\nto his care. To the duties of each he gave the most\\nconscientious care, and has great reason to feel pride\\nand satisfaction in the fact that during his service\\nin both Houses of the Legislature his name appears\\nupon every roll-call, he never having been absent\\nfrom his post a day.\\nIn July, 1879, Mr. Luce was appointed State Oil\\nInspector by Gov. Croswell, and re-appointed by\\nC!ov. Jerome in 1881, serving in this capacity tiu ce\\nand one-half 3-eai s. In the management of tiie\\nduties of this oflice he is entitled to great credit.\\nI he ottice was not sought by him, but the Governor\\nurged him to accejjt it, claiming that the office was\\nthe most difHcult he had to fill, and was one which\\nrequired first-class executive ability. He organized\\nthe State into districts, appointed an .adequate force\\nof dei)uties and no more, secured a reduction of the\\nfees by nearly one-half, and in every v;ay managed\\nthe .affairs of the office so efficiently and satisfac-\\ntorily that above all expenses he was enabled to\\npay into the State Treasury during his management\\n$32,000.49.\\nIn August of tlic year 1886 Mr. Luce was nom-\\ninated by the Republicans in convention assembled\\nat Grand Rapids, for the office of Governor of\\nMichigan by acclamation, and on the 2d of Novem-\\nber following was elected by a majority of 7,432\\nover his chief competitor, George L. Yaple. In\\n1874 he became an active member of the farm-\\ners organization known as the Grange. Believing\\n.as he does that agriculture furnishes the basis of\\nNational prosperity, he was anxious to contribute to\\nthe education and elevation of the farming com-\\nmunity, and thus availed himself of the opportuni-\\nties offered by this organization to aid in accom-\\nplishing this result. For a period of seven years he\\nwas Master of the State Grange but resigned the\\nposition last November. Fidelity to convictions,\\nclose application to business, whether agricultural or\\naffairs of State, coupled with untiring industry, are\\nhis chief characteristics. As a farmer, legislator,\\nexecutive officer, and manager of county as well as\\nState affairs, as a private as well as a puljlic citizen,\\nhis career has all along been marked with success.\\nNo one can point to a spot reflecting discredit in\\nhis public career or private life. He is a man of\\ntlic people, and self-made in the strictest sense. His\\nwhole life has been among the people, in full sym-\\npatiiy with them, and in their spec i.al confidence and\\nesteem.\\nPersonally, Gov. Cyrus G. Luce is higii-minded,\\nintellectual and affable, the object of man}\\nand warm friendships, and a man in all respects\\nabove reproach. To the duties of his high position\\nhe has brougiit a fitting dignity, and in all the re-\\nlations of life that conscientious regard to dut} of\\nwliich we often read but which is too seldom seen,\\nespecially among those having within tlieir Iiands\\nthe interests of State and Nation.\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\n*^T\\\\\\nie\\nvS\\nT", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "u\\nf^\\nX\\nSDA.\\nuCj\\nJL\\nMl@HIGAD,", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "u\\nP-9?i^f^llf(5", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "-m-M-\\n.^m\\n\u00c2\u00abi INTRODUCTi^O\\n^Og C\\nIf\\n5,HE time has arrived when it\\nbecomes the duty of the\\npeople (if tliis county to per-\\npetuate the names of their\\npioneers, to furnish a record\\nof their early settlement,\\nand relate the story of tlieir\\nprogress. The civilization of our\\nday, the enlightenment of the age\\nand the duty that men of the pres-\\nent time owe to their ancestors, to\\nthemselves and to their posterity,\\ndemand that a record of their lives\\nand deeds should be made. In bio-\\ngraphical history is found a power\\nto instruct man by precedent, to\\nenliven the mental faculties, and\\nto waft down the river of time a\\nsafe vessel in which the names and actions of the\\nj-ieople who contributed to raise this country from its\\nprimitive state may be preserved. Surely and rapidly\\nthe };reat and aged men, who in their prime entered\\nthe wilderness and claimed the virgin soil as their\\nheritage, are passing to their graves. The numl)er re-\\nmaining wlio can relate the incidents of tlie first days\\njf settlement is becoming small indeed, so that an\\nactual necessity exists for tlie collection and preser-\\nvation of events without delay, before all the early\\nsettlers are cut down by the scythe of Time.\\nTo be forgotten has been the great dread of mankind\\nfrom remotest ages. All will be forgotten soon enough,\\nin spite of their best works and the most earnest\\nefforts of their friends to perserve the memory of\\ntheir lives. The means employed to prevent oblivion\\nand to perpetuate their memory has been in propor-\\ntion to the amount of intelligence they possessed.\\nThe [jyramids of Kgypt were built to perpetuate the\\nnames and deeds of their great rulers. The exhu-\\nmations Tuade by the archeologists of Egyi)t from\\nburied Memphis indicate a desire of those people\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00ba-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-4\u00c2\u00bb-\\nto perpetuate the memory of their achievements.\\nThe erection of the great obelisks were for tl .e same\\npurpose. Coming down to a later period, we find the\\nGreeks and Romans erecting mausoleums and monu-\\nments, and carving out statues to chronicle their\\ngreat achievements and carry them down the ages.\\nIt is also evident that the Mound-builders, in jiiling\\nup their great mounds of earth, had but this idea\\nto leave sometliing to show that they had lived. All\\ntliese works, though many of them costly in the ex-\\ntreme, give !)ut a faint idea of the lives and charac-\\nters of those whose memory the^ were intended to\\nperpetuate, and scarcely anything of the masses of\\nthe people that then lived. The great pyramids and\\nsome of the obelisks remain objects only of curiosity;\\nthe mausoleums, monuments and statues are crum-\\nbling into dust.\\nIt was left to modern ages to establish an intelli-\\ngent, undecaying, immutable method of perpetuating\\na full history immutable in that it is almost un-\\nlimited in extent and perpetual in its action and\\nthis is through the art of printing.\\nTo the present generation, however, we are in-\\ndebted for the introduction of the admirable system\\nof local biography. By this system every man, though\\nhe has not achieved what the world calls greatness,\\nhas the means to perpetuate his life, his history,\\nthrough the coming ages.\\nThe scythe of Time cuts down all nothing of the\\nphysical man is left. The monument which his chil-\\ndren or friends may erect to his memory in the ceme-\\ntery will crumble into dust and pass away; but his\\nlife, his achievements, the work he has accomplished,\\nwhich otherwise would be forgotten, is i)cri)etuated\\nby a record of this kind.\\nTo preserve the lineaments of our companions we\\nengrave their ixjrtraits, for the same reason we col-\\nlect the attainable facts of their history. Nor do we\\nthink it necessary, as we speak only truth of them, to\\nwait until they are dead, or until those who know\\nthem are gone: to do this we are ashamed only to\\npublish to the world the history of those whose lives\\nare unworthy of public record.\\n_____\\ni\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "IIILLSDALK COUNTY.\\nm HILLSDALE COLLLGL. m\\n:-e-s-\\nmm\\nm\\nw^-\\n4^\\n-M\\n1 1. LSI) A I. E C0LI K(;K was\\nthe fiisl one cslahlislicd\\nby tlie Free-Will Bap-\\ntist ilenoiuiiiatiuii, and\\nwas the first college, after\\nthe nnivei-sity, chartered\\nby the State oi Michigan. Denomi-\\nnational action with reference to\\nthe establishment of an educational\\ninslilntion was first taken r.t the\\nINIichigan Yearly Meeting, held at\\nFranklin, Lenawee Connty, in .June,\\n1844, when Koscvclt Davis made a\\nmotion to raise \u00c2\u00a710,000 for the\\nestablishment of a denominational\\nschool, to be located at such a point within the terri-\\ntory of the Y early Meeting as would give the most\\nliberal inducements. After a thorough canvass,\\nSi)ring Arbor, in .Jackson County, having raised the\\nlargest subscription, secured the school, called at\\nlirst Spring Arbor Seminary, but afterward known\\nas Micliigan Central College.\\nHev. Daniel M. Graham was its first President,\\nand Gen. Clinton B. Fiske, of New Jersey, was one\\nof the five students who were present at the opening\\nof the school, Dee. 4. 1844. In 1848 President\\nGraham resigned, and Rev. Kdmund B. Fairfield\\nwas elected his successor. Later ou, Charles II.\\nChurchill, Ransom Dunn and Henry E. Whipple\\n_i_\\nwere elected Professors, and were connected with\\nthe institution in 18o;i, when the Faculty and Trn-s-\\ntees deemed a change of locat,io desirable, in\\norder to secure better buildings, greater facilities\\nand a larger support. A committee was appointed\\nto visit other localities, and ascertain which was\\nthe most desirable, all things considered. After\\ntheir return this committee rccommemled a choice\\nfrom live, viz: Jackson, .\\\\drian, Hillsdale, Cold-\\nwater and Marshall, the choice to dei)end largely\\nupon the aid offered for building pur|)Oses.\\nHillsdale and Coldwater were the only places\\nwhich seemed intcresteil in securing the educational\\nl)lant, and the choice was therefore soon narrowed\\ndown to one of these two. Coldwater offered\\n810,000, but Hillsdale, headed by such men as Will-\\niam Waldron, G. W. Indcrwood. Daniel Beebc\\nand others, offered to raise *1 .i.OOO for building pur-\\nposes in the township in which Hills lale was then\\nlocated, and the committee on location agreed on\\nbehalf of the college to raise an ctpial amount in\\nHillsdale County for the same purpose. Hill^dale\\nthus became the seat of an in^titulion which has\\ngrown to proportions niarvelously beyond the antici-\\npations of its fiiunders. Hon. K bon Blackmar\\ndonated the site of twenty-five acres, making c.m-\\nditions that an institution of learning sbouhl for-\\never be maintained thereon, and that a majority of\\nits Board of Tru.-tecs should be residents of Hillsdale\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "i\\n182\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nCounty. He also gave \u00c2\u00a71,000. Six olhers, .ill citi-\\nzens of llillsd.ile, pledged ^l.OiiO each, viz: C. W.\\nFcnis, C. T. Mitchell, O. W. Underwood, Henry\\nWaldron, William Waldron and John P. Cook, and\\nmore than the qnota was pledged by the townsliij)\\nand county. The college authorities deteiiiiincd to\\nendow the college in the sum of \u00c2\u00a7100,000, which\\nwas done mainly by the sale of scholarsiiips. On\\n.account of the panics of 18. i7 and 187. the war of\\nthe Rebellion, and the (iioof 1.S74, the invested funds\\ndid not reach that amount till 1880, but now the\\nvarious funded endowments amount to nearly\\n$150,000.\\nIt was found impossible to remove the property\\nof the college at Spring Arbor, on account of legal\\nimpediments, and so it was onl3^ the soul of the col-\\nlege, and the living, active men who wisiicd to give\\nto their work of molding minds and hearts greater\\neHiciency, that were removed to Hillsdale. About\\n700 students, it is said, had been in attendance up\\nto this time, and thirteen had been graduated.\\nSince its location at Hillsdale about 7,000 different\\nstudents have been in .attendance, varying from a\\nsingle terra to seven years each, and over GOO have\\nbeen graduated. Of these graduates more than\\none-third have been residents of Hillsdale Count}\\nand the catalogue shows that of the whole number\\nwho have attended nearly two-fifths have resided\\nin the county.\\nWhen the college was organized under the gen-\\neral law, the first meeting was held March 22, 1855,\\nin the basement of the Presbyterian Church, at\\nHillsdale, and there has ever been a fraternal feel-\\ning between the church on College Hill and those\\nof the city and surrounding country. On educa-\\ntional, social, moral and political questions, the\\ncollege has always taken advanced ground, and\\nhas had a potent influence in qualifj ing young men\\nand women for holding high positions in society,\\nthe State and nation. Thousands of teachers have\\ngone forth from this center of educational influence\\nto impress the force and energy of their lives upon\\nscores of thousands of pupils throughout the land\\nin all grades of schools, from the kindergarten to\\nllie university. The enthusiastic, impressive force\\nof a Fairfield, the classical culture of a McMillan,\\nthe theological talent of a Dunn, the scientific re-\\n4*\\nsearches of a Collier, the astronomical acquirements\\nof a Payne, the rare mathematical genius and pro-\\nficiency of a Downey, the musical .accomplishments\\nof a Rice and a Chase, the artistic ability of a Gard-\\nner, the expert chirography of a Drake, the womanly\\ndignity and tiie lare refinement of a Julia Moore\\nand Laura Rowe, not to mention the skill and ex-\\ncellence, in these same and other departments, of\\nscores of other teachers, heretofore and now em-\\nployed in giving instruction in the college, have\\nbeen reproduced in others, and have helped to\\nmake the masses more scholarly, more devout and\\nmore noble than as if the college had not been\\nplanted.\\nNames might be mentioned of those prominent\\nin the professions of the law, medicine and theology\\nas well as teaching. Several have visited foreign\\nlands for travel and further study, some have trav-\\nersed the globe, some have served in Legislative\\nballs, not a few have been deemed worthy of seats\\nupon the bench, and one is now in Congress. In\\npoint of eelebrit} however, none has acquired so\\nworld-wide a fame as our own poet, reared in Hills-\\ndale County, the gifted AViU M. Carletou, a gradu-\\nate in the class of 69.\\nThe literary societies of the college have had\\nfew peers, and perhaps no superiors, in all the laud.\\nThese have given students a rare jKiwer in the\\nknowledge of parliamentarj- usage which they have\\nacquired, which, added to the oratorical excellence,\\nskill in debate, and gener.al literary culture devel-\\noped in them, has made them leaders in the circles\\nthey have entered after going forth from college\\nhalls.\\nHillsdale College has always thrown open its\\ndoors equally to all classes, -irrespective of nation-\\nality, color or sex, and was one of the pioneers in\\nthe movement for the co-education of the sexes in\\ncollegiate institutions. Michigan University was\\nnearly a quarter of a century behind Hillsdale Col-\\nlege in according such rights and privileges to\\nwomen. About thirty-nine per cent of the stu-\\ndents of the latter have been ladies, and in application\\nto study and thoroughness of scholarship they have\\ntaken rank beside their sturdy brothers, and in\\ncompetitive examinations have, perhaps, as often\\nborne o2 the laurels. The effect of their presence\\n1", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0h\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n183\\nlias also been visible in the more refined culture\\ngiven to all organizations, and pervading all assem-\\nblies and ranks in tlie college and coniniunit^\\nTliirt3 -six per cent of those completing the full\\ncourse to graduation have been ladies, nearly as\\nlarge as the percentage of general attendance, show-\\ning their power ti endure a long continued course\\nof study. The wonder is, after such lirilliant and\\ngeneral successes in the field of co-edncation, that\\nthe avenues to knowledge w crc so long closed to\\none- half the race.\\nTwo events in the history of Hillsdale College\\nhave especially retarded its growth for a time, but\\nthey have onlj shown the splendid material of its\\nstudents, and the ability of its sujjportcrs to turn\\ndisaster into fortune.\\nWhen the war broke out in 18G1, more than 200\\nwho were and had been students donned the soldier s\\ngarb to do battle for their country. Manj of these\\ncame not back, but left their bodies on the field of\\nstrife; others, wounded, bear the glory marks\\nwhicii are their proudest monument. Some re-\\nturned after their term of service, and took np\\nagain the books they had laid aside, but during the\\ntwo years after the departure of so many in 1861,\\nthe average attendance at college was nearly 100\\nless than in the two jirevious j ears.\\nThe other event was the fire which occurred\\nMarch 1S74, and by which three-fifths of the\\ncollege building was destroyed, besides the museum,\\ncabinetand laboratory which had been accumulated\\nduring the first twenlj years of the existence of\\nthe college, and which were entirely dcstroj ed.\\nA gri u|) of l)uiMings un very nearly the same\\nground was resolved upon, and four of the five, in\\naccordance with the |)lan then adupled, have already\\nbeen constructed. Three of these four, viz: the\\nCenter IJuilding. -Knowlton Hall and the East\\nBuilding, having cost about x^O.OOO more than the\\nmoney (130,000) received for the insurance upon\\nthe |)roperty burned in 1 874, the citizens of the\\ncity an l county were again appealed to for aid, and\\nsubscriptions and donations to the amount of sev-\\neral thousand dollars were received. Col. F. ^I.\\nIloUoway, as Sui)erintendent, .-ippointed by the\\nbuilding committee, and L. P. Reynolds, as Secre-\\ntary and Treasurer, during this period of rebuilding\\nheld positions of great resiwnsibility, and spent\\nmuch time and energy in the work, showing a\\nfidelity and devotion to the college which are worthy\\nof grateful remembrance.\\nThose who have been most conspicuous for their\\nservices in raising funds for the college are Hev. I{.\\nDunn, Prof. S. J. Fowler and Rev. I). L. Rice, Ihoy\\nhaving secured pledges and payment if iR-rhnps\\nhalf the funds that were ever given to the cfillege\\nfor endowment purposes. The largest single con-\\ntributor to the funds of the c jllegc nt Spring Arl)or\\nis said to have been Rev. Chauncey Reynolds, now\\nliving at Hillsdale, who gave ^COO toward the erec-\\ntion of buildings, a princely sum for one in his cir-\\ncumstances. He is one of the only three dele-\\ngates now living who were present at the yearly\\nmeeting forty-four 3-ears ago, when the germ of\\nHillsdale College w.-is i)lanted. He was a Trustee\\nat Spring Arbor for several j-ears, and of Hillsdale\\nCollege from IS. .D to 1881. All of his nine chil-\\ndren who grew t j maturity were students in one\\nor both colleges. The most liberal individual\\ndonors to Hillsdale College have been the Waldrons,\\nHon. Henry Waldron having paid ab iut ^((,000\\nduring his lifetime, and his brother, Rev. Charles\\nN. AValdron, his widow, Mrs. Caroline M. Waldron,\\nand his sister, Mrs. Mary E. Waterman, having\\nshortly after his death, and in the fall of 1880,\\njointly endowed a professorshi|) by each of the\\nthree paying ^.5,000. These, being all residents of\\nthe county, except the latter, make the contribu-\\ntions by citizens of the county, for building and\\nendowment, amount to !G0,000 in round nund)ers.\\nbesides the subscriptions made for the erection of\\nGriflln Hall, amounting to about ?il. \u00c2\u00bb.000 more.\\nThis cerUiinly shows an appreciation which is com-\\nmendable, and the cosmopolitan character of the\\nattendance as well as of the contributions, conclu-\\nsively proves that although the college is denomi-\\nnational it is not oflfensively sectarian.\\nIn its earlier days the labors of the faculty were\\nespecially arduous, the attendance being large, the\\nnumber of teachei-s smaller than now, and the com-\\npensation for the work performed pitifully low.\\nOnly bv the course of the Trustees in acting always\\nupon the principle of not going into debt, of divid\\niu among the f.nculty what there wa~ to divide", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "184\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhas the institution kept upon its feet, and shown a\\ncontinuous growth from its location here to the\\npresent time. The average attendance for the\\nthiity-threc _years has been about 300, and the out-\\nlooic for tlie future is full of encouragement.\\nTlie Presidents of the college have so far been as\\nfollows: 18,5.1 to 1869, Rev. Edmund B. Fairfield,\\nD. D., LL. D.; I8G9 to 1871, Eev. James Calder,\\nD. 1).: 1871 to 1874, Rev. Daniel M.* Graham, D.\\nD. 1874 to Jan. 1, 1885, Rev. DeWitt C. Durgin,\\nD. D. Jan. 1, 1885, to 188(5, Rev. Ransom Dunn,\\nD. D.; 1880 to date, Hon. George F. IMosher, A.\\nM. The following have tilled llie olilce of Secretary\\nand Treasurer: 1855 to 1862, Henry J. King; 1862\\nto 1877, Lorenzo P. Reynolds; 1877 to 1884,\\nCharles B. Mills; 1884 to date, Oscar A. Janes.\\nThe Faculty at present is constituted as follows:\\nHon. George F. Mosher, A. M., President; Rev.\\nRansom Dunn, D. D.; Rev. John S. Copp, A. W.\\nArthur E. Haynes, M. Ph.; Kingsbury Bachelder,\\nA. M.; Rev. Ashniun T. Salley, A. M.; Frank\\nSmith, B. Ph.; Clarence O. Williams, A. M.; Mrs.\\nMarie M. Pierce; Miss Harriet A. Deering; Mel-\\nville W. Chase, Mus. Doc. George B. Gardner,\\nAlexandci C. Ridcout.\\nPJJ^\\nJl^:\\n4", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "11\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n^i\\n185\\n.-*S:*\\nj?.^ ^\u00c2\u00ab^(^(^ti^.i^t^ tgi \u00c2\u00bb^t^ :y I l^i .-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0tgat ^^i\\nHi^^F\\nai\\ni ^vtita^ ggi\u00c2\u00ab^t^ ^tgSjt^ t^ ^AtJ^ti^t^ ti^ia t pt^i^i^i% ^tg^ g?t\\nl o-S tlS xi t\\n4\\n[)N. p:bj:nezer Oliver\\nGROSVENOR, banker\\nand merchant, of Jones-\\nville, lias been for man}-\\nI years proniinenlly idenli-\\n^h fied Willi tlie cotninercia!,\\nc5\\\\(b^oyt social and political life of Michi-\\no^i i- -I ltl is numbered among her\\nmost eminent citizens. He was\\nborn in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., N.\\nY., Jan. 2ti, 1820, and was the\\nthird of the nine children, four of\\nwhom are living, born to his father,\\nE. O. Grosvenor. Sr. The latter\\nwas a son of the Rev. Daniel Grosve-\\nnor, a man of sound learning and ability, who\\ngave his children all the advantages of a liberal\\neducation, and many of them were graduates of\\nEastern colleges, and occupied prominent positions\\nin the professional world. The father of our sub-\\nject was boi n and reared in Worcester County,\\nMass., and there married Mary Ann Livermore, a\\nnative of Massachusetts, and an accomplished lady\\nof true culture, who was educated at Leicester\\nAcademy, near Worcester, Mass. After marriage\\nMr. Grosvenor continued to live in his native\\ncounty for several years, but having met with some\\nbusiness reverses, he removed with his family to\\nStillwater, N. Y where he was engaged for a num-\\nber of years on the public works of the State. In\\n1S2.T he removed with his family to Schenectady,\\nand in 1820 from thereto Chittenango. N. Y. For\\nfurther parental history see sketch of Ebenezer O.\\nGrosvenor, Sr., in this volume.\\nThe subject of this sketch received a sound edu-\\ncation in his native Stale, that amply qualifled him\\nto contend with the intricacies of the business life\\ntiiat he afterward entered upon. He Wiis a student\\nin the Lancixsterian Academy, at .Schenectady, sub-\\nsequently attended a public school at Chittenango,\\nand tinally, at the age of thirteen, entered the\\nPolytechnic Academy at that place, where, during\\na two-years course of earnest study, he gained a\\nbrilliant rank for fine scholarship. Having decided\\nto adopt a business career, at the age of sixteen he\\nleft school to take a position as clerk in a store in\\nChittenango, where he w.is employed the following\\nyear. In June, 1837. our subject, who had not\\nthen attained manhood, being but seventeen years\\nof age, left his native .Slate and came to the young\\ncommonwealth of .Michigan, which had been ad-\\nmitted into the Union but a few months before, and\\nof which, in future years, he was to become a lead-\\n\\\\na citizen and take an impoi-tant part in the ad-\\nministration of some of its highest olHces. On his\\narrival here he entered into the employ of an elder", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "A\\n186\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nbrother in Albion, in one of the first stores of the\\ntown. He remained there until the winter of 1839,\\nwhen he went to Monroe and served as a clerk for\\none 3 e.ir in the State Commissioner s offlce, during\\nthe construction of the Michigan Southern Railwaj\\nwhich was then in the hands of the State. He first\\nbecame a citizen of Jonesville in the summer of\\n1840, when he came here to take a position as clerk\\nin a dry-goods store, where he was employed until\\nin April, 1844. By his faithfulness to the interests\\nof his employers and cflieient work while in the serv-\\nice of others, and bj his rare energy and extraor-\\ndin.ary business tact, he has worked himself up to\\nhis present high jtosition among the men of wealth\\nand high standing in this State, and it is his pride\\nthat in all of his business connections, and in what-\\never he has attempted to do, he has always been\\nsuccessful, and everything h.is turned out in the\\nmost satisfactory manner.\\nIn April, 1844, Mr. Grosvenor established him-\\nself in a general mercantile business, with Mr. E. S.\\nVarnum as partner, and they conducted it together\\nuntil 1847, when Mr. Varnum sold out his share to\\nMr. Champlin, the f.ather-in-law of our subject.\\nThey carried on the business together verj success-\\nfully until 1851, when Mr. Grosvenor bought out\\nhis father-in-law s interest, and conducted the busi-\\nness alone until 1864. He then admitted some\\nyoung men who had been in his emploj for a num-\\nber of years. The business grew and flourished in\\na marked degree under the new order of tilings, and\\nin 1875 a further change was made, and the firm\\nname was changed to Sibbald, Spalding Co., Mr.\\nGrosvenor still remaining a partner, although out-\\nside interests absorbed much of his attention, and\\nat the present time he is two-thirds owner of the\\nstock of J. A. Sibbald Co. Outside of the mer-\\ncantile trade he has been engaged in buying and\\nselling the general produce of this section of the\\ncountry making it a feature of the business always\\nto pay cash. Our subject established his present\\nbanking business, under the firm name of the Ex-\\nchange Bank of Grosvenor Co., in April, 1854,\\nof which he has since been the principal owner and\\nmanager.\\nOur subject has taken a distinguished part in all\\nthe public enterprises th.at would in any way pro-\\nmote the growth and prosperity of his adopted\\ncounty and Slate. He has been identified with the\\nrailw.iy interests of Michigan for many years, and\\nin the latter part of 1868, when the Ft. Wa3 nc,\\nJackson Saginaw Railway was being located, he\\nwas largely instrumental in directing its route, is\\nnow a stockholder in the company, and was Vice\\nPresident of the railway before it was leased to\\nthe Michigan Southern. He has been connected\\nwith the following life insurance companies in vari-\\nous capacities He w.as one of the organizers of\\nthe Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company, of\\nDetroit; an early stockholder and Director of the\\nDetroit Fire and Marine Insurance Company; also\\nof the Michigan State Fire Insurance Company, at\\nAdrian (this latter corapan}- has now gone into\\nliquidalion) he is still connected with the insurance\\ncompanies as stockholder and Director. He has\\ndonated liber.ally to the industrial enterprises of\\nHillsdale County, noticeably to the cotton .and\\nwoolen mills of this place, and was the first Treas-\\nurer of the Jonesville Cotton Manufacturing Com-\\npany, and was for some time its President. Our\\nsubject has been engaged in the mercantile business\\nfrom our best information a greater length of time\\nthan any other man in this State. Commencing life\\npoor, he laid the foundations of his present fortune\\nwhen a clerk bj wisely laying up iu s earnings.\\nMr. Grosvenor w.as married, Feb. 22, 1844, to\\nMiss Sally Ann Champlin, daughter of the Hon.\\nElisha P. Champlin, wlio was one of the first settlers\\nof Lenawee County. She has ever been a devoted\\n.and affectionate companion to her hnsband, making\\ntheir home a pleasant and inviting retreat frf m the\\ncares of business or public life. She is a valued\\nmember of the Presbyterian Church, of which her\\nhusband is also a regular attendant. One child, a\\ndaughter, has been born to them, who was married\\nin 1873 to Mr. Charles E. AVhite; they are also resi-\\ndents of this city, and to them have been born two\\nsons Charles Grosvenor and Oliver S.\\nSince first settling in Jonesville, Mr. Grosve-\\nnor has taken a very active .and conspicuous part\\nin public affairs; a man of his superior mental cali-\\nber, well-known executive ability and integrity,\\ncould not long be allowed to remain in the obscurity\\nof private life, and he has been repeatedly and often\\nr r r", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "f\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY\\n187\\ncallcd upon to fill some of the liigbest offices within\\nthe gift of his admiring fellow-countrymen. lie\\nhas !i brilliant and clean record as a statesman, and\\nhis name is to be found on the annals of his adopted\\nState as a firm supporter of many of the measures\\nwhich have best contributed to its advanei nient. In\\nhis twenty-nine years of pul)lic life, he never sougiit\\nbut one nomination, no odium has ever been at-\\ntached to his name, or selfish motives ini|)uled to\\nliis acts, and he may well look back upon his political\\nlife with giatification that he was ever true to the\\ntrusts imposed u|)on him by his fellow-citizens. The\\nlimitations of this liiogra|)ii3 forbid more than a\\nbrief mention of the offices that he lias held. He\\nwas at an early da3 elected to all of the important\\nofiices of this township, held the oHice of Supervisor\\nbefore the township was divided, and was the first\\nSupervisor of PXyclte Townshii) after liie division\\nwas made. In 18. )8 he was chosen a member of\\nthe State Senate. When the late Civil War brnke\\nout in April, 1801, he was commissioned Colonel\\non the staff of Gov. Blair, and received an ai)iioint-\\nment on the Military Contract Board, of which he\\nbecame President, and he afterward held the posi-\\ntion of President of the Military State Boaid. In\\n1862 he again liccame State Senator, and took an\\nimi)ortnnt part in the legislation of that year as\\nChairman of the Committee on Finance. In 18()4\\nhis constituents elected him to the office of Lieuten-\\nant Governor of the State of Michigan, on the ticket\\nwith Gov. Crapo. By virtue of this ollice he was\\nPresident of the State Board of Piqualization in\\n1800, and in the same year he was elected State\\nTreasurer, his wide exi)erience in business peculi-\\narly fitting him for that important position, and he\\nso ably managed the financial affairs of the State\\nthat he was again and again called upon to occupy\\nthe office, being re-elected in 1868, and remaining\\nTreasiner until 1871. In A|)ril of that year he\\nreceived an appointment on the Board of State\\nBuilding Commissioners, for the purpose of erecting\\na new capitol, his appointment being confirmed by\\nthe Senate and House in joint session without a\\ndissenting vote. He became the Vice President and\\npresiding officer in tlie ab.sence of the Governor of\\nthe commission. The work on the capital was full\\nand complete, and no fault was ever found; the\\n*-HI-^\\nbuilding stands to-daj a proud monument to the\\nefliciencj zeal and faithfulness of the presiding\\nofficer of that Board of Commissioners and his fel-\\nlow-associat ^s.\\nThe State of Michigan is also indebted to our\\nsul)ject for his work in the interests of her famous\\nUniversity at Ami Arbor. In the spring of 1879\\nhe was elected Regent of that institution of learn-\\ning, and in January-, 1880, took his seat, retained\\nthe position until in January, 1888, and during the\\nentire eight years he served without compensation.\\nWhile he was a member of the Board of Regents\\nhe was Chairman of the Financial Committee, was\\none of the Executive Committee of the University\\nfor four j cars, and was Chairman of the Medical\\nCommittee for six years.\\nSocially, our subject is a Master Mason, having\\njoined that order in 18.i.5, andhe is also an Odil\\nFellow, being a charter member of the lodge formed\\nin Jonesvillc in 1840, and he h.as passed all the\\nchairs in that order. Mr. Grosvenor h:i.s been a\\nstanch member of the Republica n party since the\\ndays of its organization in 1854, having previously\\nbeen a Whig.\\nThe portrait of this eminent citizen occupies its\\nappropriate place at the beginning of the local pan\\nof this volume. An esteemed, valued and worthy\\ncitizen, to him is due the distinction of having the\\nmost honored place in the Ai.i .im of his county.\\n-v\\nEXRY VANDKRVOLGAN resides on sec-\\ntion 8, Pitlsford Township, where he has\\nbuilt up a plciisant home, and is actively\\nengaged in the occui)ation of farming. For\\nthe^past two years he has been principally en-\\ngaged in buying and shipping stock. The parents\\nof our subject, and also of his wife, were early\\nsettlers of Hillsdale County, and their children\\nwere reared amid the scenes of a pioneer life, and\\nexperienced its jiriv.ations and trials in eommon with\\nthose about them. Since the d.ays of their child-\\nhood the face of the country has entirely clianged,\\nand their jiresent comfortable, cosy home, situated\\namid broad, well-tilled fields, forms a great con-\\ntrast between the humble phmeer homes in which\\n4", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "-4*-\\n188\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nthey were reared, with wild surroundings, lofty\\ntrees of the primeval forest stretching for miles\\nand miles on either hand with scarcely a break, ex-\\ncepting here and there the small clearings of some\\nsettler, and haunted by wolves, bears, deer, wild\\nturkeys, and other wild animals, and even the\\naboriginal settlers of this country still lurked in\\ntheir forest haunts when the parents of our subject\\nfirst moved here. The conditions of such a life\\ndeveloped in the people a hardihood, vigor of\\nmind, self-reliance and mutual helpfulness, that were\\na great power in the making of this noble com-\\nmonwealth of Michigan, and have left their unmis-\\ntakable impress upon the generation of to-day.\\nMr. Vandervolgan was born in the town of\\nRoot, Montgomery Co., N. Y., Dec. 15, 1834. His\\nfather. Freeman S. Vandervolgan, was born in the\\nsame town, where his father, Lawrence Vander-\\nvolgan, a native of Holland, or of Dutch parentage,\\nspent Ills last years, engaged at his trade of shoe-\\nmaker. The father of our subject was rear id and\\nmarried there to Mary Clement, a native, and daugh-\\nter of Aaron and Elizabeth (Ottman) Clement,\\npioneers of Pittsford Township (for history of\\nthem see sketch of Christopher Clement). After\\nmarriage Mr. and Mrs. Vandervolgan continued to\\nlive in their native town until 1838, and then\\nstarted with their five children to build for them-\\nselves a home in Michigan, taking the most con-\\nvenient and expeditious route, via Ph ie Canal and\\nlake to Toledo. They then proceeded on the rail-\\nway to Adrian, which was then the western ter-\\nminus of the railway, the cars being drawn by\\nhorses. They made their way from there through\\nthe wilderness across Bean Creek Valley to Pitts-\\nford Township, where Mr. Vandervolgan bought a\\ntract of land on section 4, it being at the time the\\nsettlement furthest west on the town line. He soon\\nerected a comfortable log house for the shelter of\\nhis family, with the usual mud and stick chimney,\\nand an elm bark covered roof. Mrs. Vandervolgan\\nwas a notable housewife, and used to cook de-\\nlicious meals before the huge fireplace, and for\\nsome years spun and wove all the flax and wool,\\nand made the clothes for the famil3^ The indus-\\ntrious and useful life of that good woman closed on\\nthe scenes of earth June 2, 1847. After her death\\nMr. Vandervolgan moved to Wheatland and made\\nhis home there until his death, Oct. 11, 1873. He\\nwas a trustworthj-, upright man, and was respected\\nbj all in the community.\\nThe subject of this sketch was in his fourth j ear\\nwhen he came to Hillsdale County with his parents,\\nand he has since been a witness of its development\\nand growth, and has borne an honorable part in pro-\\nmoling its agricultural interests. After his mar-\\nriage he bought forty acres of land on section 4,\\nand resided on it for a few years, and then sold\\nthat place and purchased a tract on section 15. A\\nfew months later he also disposed of that in order\\nto buy a part of the old homestead on section 4.\\nAfter living there eleven j-eais he bought the place\\nwhere .he now resides. His present farm contains\\nsixty-six acres of land under an excellent state of\\nculture, and with good modern improvements,\\nnoticeable among which are a substantial dwelling\\nand ample out-buildiugs.\\nLi these years of persistent and courageous labor\\nMr. Vandervolgan s efforts in the upbuilding of a\\nhome have been ably seconded by the devoted co-\\noperation of his excellent wife, to whom he was\\nunited in marriage Sept. 13, 1860. Her maiden\\nname was Susan M. Rush, and her birth took place\\nin Macedon, Wayne Co., N. Y., Aug. 27, 1836.\\nTwo children have blessed their union Laura A.\\nand Mary E. Their happy married life has been\\nsaddened by the death of their eldest daughter,\\nLaura, who was born Sept. 21, 1861, and died Jan.\\n6, 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Vandervolgan are highly\\nrespected for genuine kindly hearts and true worth\\nof character; they are members of the Free-Will\\nBaptist Church, and zealously uphold its good\\nworks. lu politics Mr. Vandervolgan is a firm sup-\\nporter of the Republicans.\\nMrs. Vandervolgan s parents were pioneers of\\nPittsford Township, and as such we are pleased to\\nincorporate a brief record of their lives in this\\nsketch. Her father, Jehial M. Rush, was born in\\nOntario County, N. Y., March 13, 1808, and was a\\nson of Samuel F. Rush, a native of Connecticut,\\nwhose father, it is thought, came to America from\\nScotland with his mother when quite young, and\\nsettled iu that New England State. The grand-\\nfather of Mrs. V. grew to manhood in his tiative", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nISO\\nState, and when a young man went to New York\\nand settled in Ontario County, and was a pioneer of\\nthe town of Farmington. He bought timbered\\nland, improved a good form, and lived there many\\nycin\\\\-!. He subsequently removed to Wayne County,\\nresided there until 1840. and then came to this\\ncounty and made his home in I ittsford Township.\\nwhere he improved a farm from its wild state, and\\neontinued to liv(, here until his death. The maiden\\nnanie of his wife was Catherine Dellezenne, and she\\nwas born in New York State. Her father. Michael\\nDellezenne. was a native of Fi .ince, who emigrated\\nto America some time during the last century, and\\nsettled in the Stale of New York.\\njNlrs. Ynndervolgan s father was reared on a farm\\nin his native State until twenty years old. and then\\nhe learned to be a carpenter, and followed that trade\\nin New York State for some years. He married,\\nAug. iH, 1835, Miss Laura A. Wilber, who was\\nlioni in Wicntlinm, near Boston, Mass., Feb. lo,\\nlUl.i. Her father wasEpliraim Wilber; his father was\\na farmer, ami spent his last years in Norton, Mass..\\nwhcic lie died about 1823. Mrs. Yandervolgan s\\nmalernal grandi)arents moved to New York, and\\nsettled near .Syracuse, Onondaga C oinit} where her\\ngrandfather died about one year later. Two 3 ears\\nafter that his widow married again, moved to\\nWayne County, and settled in Maeedon, where she\\nspent her last years. Her niaiden nan)e was Susan\\nLcfinanl. and her father. Job Leonard, the great-\\ngrnndfather of Mrs. Y., was a native of Massa-\\nchusetts, where he owned a foundry in Wrentham.\\nIn the year 1837 the parents of Mrs. V. catne to\\n.Michigan, and located near Hillsdale, where Mr.\\nRush bought a tract of timbered land. He cleared\\nsome of his land, aTid continued to work at his\\ntrade a part of the time. He built a log house on\\nIlls place, which the Indians, who still lingered in\\nthis vicinity, used to call -The Clean House to\\ndistinguish it from the other log houses, as it w.as\\nbuilt of hewn logs. He resided there seven years,\\nand then moved to Pittsford Township, where he\\nbought a isartially improved farm on section 9,\\nand continued to be .actively engaged in his trade.\\nHe erected a suitable set of frame buildings, and\\nlived there until 18()4, when he sold that pLace and\\nbought the one where he now resides, and has since\\ndevoted his entire time to farming. He owns a\\ngood farm of forty acres, well provided with good\\nbuildings, and he and his good wife are spending\\ntheir declining years in comfort and in the enjoy-\\nment of the respect of the people about them. They\\nare the parents of four children, of whom Mrs.\\nYandervolgan is the eldest: the record of the\\nothers is as follows: Eliza is the wife of Jonathan\\nStafford, of Wheatland Township: Alice is the\\nwife of John A andcrvolgan. and lives in Eaton\\nComity: Delora is at home with her parents.\\n^^^OODWIN HOWARD. The thrilling scenes\\nIII through which the pioneer settlers passed\\n^^4 during the early period of development of\\nthis portion of the State of Michigan, must ever\\nawaken enn)tious of warmest regard for them. To\\npave the way for those who should f illow and to\\nmake their lives pleasanter and easier, the pioneers\\nstemmed the flood tide wave of civilization, endured\\nall and Tuffercd all. I!iil few of these spirits now\\nsurvive; they have passed away full of years .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ind\\nhonors, leaving their children, their children s chil-\\ndren, and strangers to succeed them and enjoy the\\nfruits of their toil and privations and the savings\\nof their long and eventful lives. The career of the\\nsubject of this biography as a pioneer citizen h.-ut\\nbeen one eminentl} worthj and useful to the\\ncommunity in which he has resided, and his neigh-\\nbors and old friends iiiiitcilly bear testimony to his\\nsterling worth, integrity and services, as a frontier\\ncitizen.\\nGoodwin Howard, now a retired farmer making\\nhis home in Allen Yill.ige, is the son of I hineas\\nHoward, who was liorn near the Atlantic Co!u^l in\\nthe State of Maine. The latter when a small boy\\nremoved with his parents to the vicinity of what\\nwiis afterward Livonia, Livingston Co.. N. Y.,\\nwhere he grew to manhood. He there married\\nMiss Abigail IVirnard, who was born at Litchfield\\nSouth Farms. Conn., where she grew to womanhood,\\nand then, accompanied l y her brother, removed to\\nLivingston County, N. Y., ami eng.iged in leaching.\\nThis section of country was then but thinly settled\\nand money as well as people was scarce. Miss", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "14 190\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nBarnard freqiieiilly, in payment for her services, was\\nobliged to talce wlieat and dispose of it to the best\\nadvantage, sometimes at twenty-five cents per bushel.\\nShe first met her future husband in Livonia, that\\ncounty, where their marriage tool place, and wlience\\nafter sojourning there a biief time, they removed\\nto Allegany County. Here the father purchased a\\ntract of land, taking an article for a deed, but in-\\nstead of farming engaged in the manufacture of\\npotash. He met with many leverses, but being a\\nman of unconquerable resolution, managed in spite\\nof all to pay for his land, which was a rare occui\\nrence in that section of country, as many were in\\ndebt and all were poor.\\nPhineas Howard continued a resident of Allegany\\nCounty, N. Y., nntil 1835, then disposing of his\\nproperty made his way to Southern INIichigan and\\npurchased 120 acres of land in Allen Township, this\\ncounty. He had made this trip alone, and the pur-\\npose of his visit accomplished, he returned to the\\nEmpire State, and brought his family with him to\\nMichigan in the s|)ring of 18;3G. They settled on\\nthe land in Allen Township, and here four of their\\nchildren were born. Here also the parents spent\\nthe remainder of their lives, the mother dying March\\n7, 1868, and the father, Feb. 7, 187.3.\\nIn making the journey from New York State the\\nparents of our subject started out from Allegany\\nCounty with two yoke of oxen, expecting to com-\\nplete the journey by this means. After reaching\\nBuffalo, however, they changed their plans and em-\\nbarked on a lake vessel, bringing with them their\\ncattle, and landing .at Toledo. Here they resumed\\ntheir former method of travel by means of their\\noxen, which transported s. iffl^ to their destin.ation\\nthe father, mother and four children. J he latter\\nall lived to m.ature years. The eldest daughter,\\nMar3% became the wife of Daniel Nichols, and died\\nat her home in Allen Township, Feb. 18, 1851;\\nGoodwin, our subject, was the second child; Bar-\\nnard died in Allen Township when about fort}\\nyears of age; Wealthy A. is the wife of Andrew\\nWinchester, of Chicago.\\nGoodwin Howard was born in Ossian, N. Y.,\\nJan. 22, 1823, and w.as a lad of thirteen years when\\nhe came with his parents, in the spring of 183(3, to\\nthe Territory of Michigan. He has for a period of\\n!1i\\nfifty-two years made his home in Allen Township.\\nAs a man of more than ordinary capacities and\\nintelligence, he has been closely identified with the\\ninterests i f Hillsdale County, and large!} instru-\\nmental in the growth and prosperity of Allen Town-\\nship. Reared to farming pursuits, these have been\\nhis pleasure and his pride and in which he has aimed\\nto excel. For many j ears he has engaged exten-\\nsively in Ijuying and shipping stock, and was famil-\\niarly known as a drover, making many trips from\\nthis count} east as far as Massachusetts, driving\\nhis cattle before him, mostlj on horseback and\\nsometimes on foot. Later the construction of tiie\\nrailroads westward did away witii this tedious i)ro-\\nced u re, an d M r. Howard w i th scores of others, glad 1}\\navailed himself of the modern innovation.\\nMw Howard was married early in life, Jan. 14,\\nIS 10, at tiie home of the Iiride in Allen Township.\\nto Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah\\n(Chenry) Bra} John Bray was a native of New\\nJersey, and his wife, Sarah, was born in Carmi, N. Y.\\nAfter marriage they settled in Ontario County, that\\nState, near Richmond, where the mother died. Mr.\\nBray survived his wife, and died in Bristol, Ontario\\nCounty. Their five children were named respect-\\nively: Maxwell, Fanny, Lucy A., Elizabeth and\\nJane. Elizabeth, Mrs. Howard, was born in Bristol,\\nN. Y., March 27, 1822, and came to the West with\\nher brother and sister in 1839.\\nISIr. and Mrs. Howard commenced life together\\nupon a tract of land in Allen Township, which was\\nowned by the Allen heirs. He jjurchased tiie first\\nforty acres of his present farm in 1840, and h.as\\nacquired his present beautiful and valuable prop-\\nerty by the exercise of untiring industry and the\\ngood judgment with which nature bountifully en-\\ndowed him. He has now 330 acres in Allen Town-\\nship, upon which is a fine residence, which with its\\nsurroundings forms all that the heart can reasonably\\ndesire in the shape of a modern country home.\\nBesides this he owns the greater ])art of the land\\nfamiliarly known as the Allen farm, which was the\\nfirst land taken up from the Government in Allen\\nTownship, .and u[)on wiiich was built the Allen grist\\nmill, an institution wiiich afterward became known\\nfar and wide by the people of this section, to whom\\nit proved for many years .almost indispensable.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "4-\\nJ^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY\\n191\\nIn close proximity to tiiis mill, which was run\\non the mortar plan, was a hollow in tliu grouiul,\\nwhich ill tho fail of the year would fill up with\\nwater, and upon the ioo of which in the winter\\ntiijic the neighliors round would Ihrasli their grain.\\nMr. Howard formerlj owned llic land including\\nthis 1k)11ow. In 1881 our suhject, imoinpany with\\nhis estiniahle wife, made a trip to California, being\\ngone three or four months, and feeling that the time\\nand money thus employed were well spent, luthe\\nwinter of 1885 Mr. Howard again visited the P.i-\\nciflc Coast, journeying hj- way of Arizona and re-\\nturning via tiie Denver Rio G ramie.\\nThe household of this gentleman and his excel-\\nlent wife was completed b3- the birth of seven cliil-\\ndren, of whom the eldest son. Chancy, died when\\ntwo years of age; Harriet is the wife of Charles\\nWinchester, of Elkhart. Ind.; Amoretdicd in Allen\\nTownship when twenty-one years old; Edwin C.\\nmarried Miss Edna Diirand, and is a lesident of\\nAllen Township; Mary A. died when four niontlis\\nold: Wealthy became tiie wife of ICiigciic Dresser,\\nand died in Allen Township, aged about twentj -one\\nyears and six months; Ida, Mrs. Frank Avery, is a\\nresident of Hillsdale.\\nMr. Howard, politically, is a solid Republican,\\nand has held the various minor offices of his town-\\nship. He was one year President of the Hillsdale\\nCounty Agricultural 8ociet}% but has usuallj- been\\ndisinclined to place himself very prominently be-\\nfore the jiublic, preferring the unostentatious life\\nof a private citizen. Mrs. Howard is a lady greatly\\nesteemed by her neighbors and acquaintances, and\\nhas nobly fulfilled her duties in life, first as the\\ncompanion and helpuLite of the struggling pioneer,\\nand later as tlie wise and judicious mother of his\\nchildren.\\nlj=^OBERT M. COX is a gentleman in the prime\\n\\\\lL^ of life, and is held in high regard among\\nthe people of Scipio Township. Hehasbeena\\nwg;resident of this county, with the exception\\nof the years spent in the army, since a lad eight\\nye.irs of .age. He is of English descent, being the\\nson of Charles and Diana (Denning) Cox, who\\nwere natives of England, and who emigrated to\\nAmerica in 1840, after their marriage and the birth\\nof six children. Our subject, one sister and a\\nbrother were the only members of their father s\\nfamily Americaii-ljorn, and the youngest children.\\nHe first opened his eyes to the light in Orleans\\nCounty, iS Y., .June 30, 1844, in which county his\\nparents settled when they Hist came to ,\\\\meriea.\\nThe parents of our subject left the Empire Slate\\nin 1852, and coming lo this county, the father pur-\\nchased land in Scipio Township on section G, where\\nhe built up a comfortable home, and where the\\nmother died Oct. 30, 1887. .Mr. Charles Cox is\\nstill living, and makes his home with his son Rt b-\\nert M. Of the nine children comprising the i)ar-\\nental family, six are now living, and residents\\nmostly of Michigan. Robert M. was a lad of eiglit\\nj ears when he came with his |)arcnts to this county,\\nand remained upon the farm until the outbreak of\\nthe late Rebellion. In the fall of 1803. when a\\nyouth of nineteen years, he enlisted in Company A,\\n1 nil Michigan Cavalry, and marche^d with his com-\\nrades to the seat of war. being assigned to the Army\\nof the Cumberland. He shai-ed the common lot of\\nthe soldier, became familiar with his hardships,\\ndangers and privations, met the enemy bravely, and\\nfortunately escaped unhai meil to return tohishome\\nand friends. He received his honorable discharge\\nin the fall of 1865, and w.as mustered out at Cin-\\ncinnati.\\nMr. Cox during his army life had passed thi\\nperiod of his majority, but he continued a member\\nof his father s household thereafter until 1M75. He\\nhad always loved the peaceful pursuits of farm life,\\nanil now contentedly followed agriculture, aiming\\nto gain a knowledge of the best methods of manip-\\nulating the soil to the best advantiige. lie was\\nnot married until rather late in life, his union with\\n.Miss Eliza Teno^ ar taking place .at the home of the\\nbride in .Scipio Township. Aug. 2. 1875. Mrs. Cox\\nwas born Nov. 22. 1857, in this township, and is\\nthe daughter of Reuben and Eliza (.Malcom) I en-\\noyar, who were natives of New York, and are now\\nliviii in .Scipio Township. Mr. and Mrs. Cox\\ncouuncnced life together ujion the f:n-m which they\\nnow occupy, and are the parents of three interest-\\ning children: Verna M., Henry and Franklin, the\\neldest nine years of .age and the young st four.\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "i\\n192\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nMr. Cox has but little time to devote to political\\nmatters, but uniformly votes the Republican ticket,\\nand socially, is a member f)f Stewart Post No. 2.59,\\nG. A. R., at Litchfield.\\n0-~- APT. WILLIAM W. WADE, of Jonesville,\\nis the son of John and Mary Wade, who\\nwere natives of Ireland, whence they emi-\\ngrated to America in 18(54, and settled first in New\\nYork State. A year later they came to Southern\\nMichigan, settling in Litchfield Township, this\\ncounty, where their decease took place. Of their\\nseven children five are living.\\nOur subject was born in Ireland, March 14, 1836,\\nand was reared on a farm until a youth of fourteen\\nyears. About that time he changed his occupation\\nto that of clerk in a dry-goods store at Hillsdale,\\nbut several months later went into a drug and gro-\\ncery store at Jonesville, where he remained about\\nthree years. He then took up the tinner s trade,\\nserving an apprenticeship of three years, and at\\nwhich he worked as a journeyman also three years\\nin different places. At the expiration of these six\\nyears he resumed his old occupation as clerjf at\\nJonesville until the Pike s Peak excitement, when\\nhe crossed the plains to Colorado, but soon returned\\nagain and remained connected with the dry-goods\\ntrade until after the outbreak of the Rebellion.\\nMr. Wade, soon after the first call for troops, en-\\nlisted, June 19, 1861. anrl was commissioned Second\\nLieutenant of Company C, 7th Infantry, with which\\nhe served until the close of the war. His army ex-\\nperience was similar to that of others, but greatly\\nto his credit, he being promoted to the rank of\\nFirst Lieutenant, and subsequently Captain, and\\nhaving tendered him also a Colonel s commission,\\nwhich he declined he was also Quartermaster of his\\nregiment. Upon receiving his honorable discharge,\\nin June, 1865, he returned to his old haunts in\\nJ(jnesville, and became interested in the hardware\\ntrade, in which he was engaged nearly eight years.\\nIn connection therewith he purcliased wheat, pork\\nand wood for nineteen years, and then became in-\\nterested in the boot and shoe trade, in which he\\nwas engaged until the winter of 1887-88. Then\\nselling out he engaged in tlie manufacture of road-\\ncarts, with the business of vviiich he now occupies\\nhimself.\\nMr. Wade has held the office of Village Trustee\\nfor a period of fourteen years, w.is President of the\\nboard four years and Village Treasurer two 3 ears.\\nSocially, he belongs to Henry Baxter Post, G. A.\\nR. He was married, Dec. 19. 187. in the city of\\nRochester, N. Y., to Miss Lillian B. Dunham, and\\nthey are the parents of one child. Demon t W.\\n.o*o.-@JA \\\\^..o*o.. 1^-\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nONATHAN WHITNEY, whose name is fa-\\nmiliar among the prominent men and honored\\npioneers of Allen Township, is the owner of\\na good farm on section 9, but has his present\\nresidence in the village. A man liberal minded\\nand pi ogressive in his ideas, he has formed no\\nunimportant factor in the development of the west-\\nern part of Hillsdale County, and his own township\\nespecially. Here he has been prominent in local\\naffairs, serving as Treasurer and School Inspector,\\nrepresented the township in the County Board of\\nSupervisors two years, and served as Justice of the\\nPeace for twelve years. Politically, he is a con-\\nscientious Republican, and with his excellent wife,\\na member in good standing of the Methodist\\nChurch.\\nThe parental history of our subject is essentially\\nas follows: His father. Ami Whitney, was born in\\nMassachusetts, Jan. 18, 1781. The latter when\\neleven years of age, vvith his parents, Jonathan and\\nEsther (Parkhurst) Whitney, removed from the\\nBay State to Seneca, Ontario Co.. N. 1 and settled\\non what was then known as the old Indian Castle\\nfarm. Jonathan Whitne} died two years later,\\nbeing cut down in the prime of life, and in the\\nmidst of a useful career. He was a man of great\\nforce of character, and served as Captain in the\\nRevolutionary army, being prominent at the sur-\\nrender of the British General, Burgoyne.\\nGrandmother Whitney was subsequently married\\nto a man by the name of Parker, and died in the\\nvicinity of Painted Post, as it was then called, but\\nwhich is now known as Jefferson, N. Y Of her\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Mh-i^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n193\\nmarriage with Jonathan Whitney there had been\\nborn nine children, of whom Ami, the father of our\\nsubject, was next to the youngest. He grew to\\nmanhood in his native county, being reared upon a\\nfarm, and there spent his entire life, engaged in\\nagricultural pursuits, his death occurring Dec. 14,\\n1867. He married ]Miss Anna Ainsdcn, who was\\nalso a native of Massachusetts, and buin Dec. 7,\\n1784.\\nTo the parents of our subject there were born\\nfifteen children, nine of whom lived to become men\\nand women. The eldest son, Theodore, died in\\nNew York, Nov. 30, 18.50; Isaac A. died in Michi-\\ngan, in October, 1876; Jasper is a resident of Wood\\nCounty, Ohio; William G. lives in Geauga Count}-,\\nOhio; Ami continues a resident of Seneca, N. Y.\\nJonathan, our subject, was the sixth child: Eliza-\\nbeth E. is the widow of John Lewis, of Hopewell,\\nN. Y. Esther G. married Franklin Hooper, who is\\nnow deceased, and lives in Siskiyou County, Cal.\\nAnna is the widow of James Wilson, and a resident\\nof Geneva. N. Y.\\nJonathan Whitney, our subject, was liorn in\\nSeneca, Ontario Co..N. Y Nov. 3, 181G. Like his\\nfather before him he was reared to farm pursuits,\\nand as was the custom of most of the 3 oung men\\nof those days, continued under the parental roof\\nuntil reaching his majority. He then started out\\nfor himself, and for two years thereafter was em-\\nployed as a farm laborer in his native county. In\\nthe latter part of September, 1839, having resolved\\nto see something of the farther West, he migrated to\\nthis county, arriving here on the 29th of October,\\n1839. In the meantime he had stojiped in Niagara\\nCounty, N. Y and consummated a very important\\nevent, namely, his marriage, and with him brought\\nhis bride. They conimcnced housekeeping in Allen\\nTownship in a little l)uil(ling south of the tnrn|)ike,\\nnear .loiin R(c rs, which was tlu ii known .as the\\nMill House, and which they occupied for a period\\nof three months, during which time Mi Whitney\\nput up a log house on the land which he had pur-\\nchased, and of which they took pos ^ession on the\\n4lh of Februnry, 1840.\\nOur subject has since that time continued in pos-\\nsession of the land which he secured upon first\\ncoming to Allen Townshi)). It was 280 acres in\\nextent, in a wild and uncultivated condition, but\\nafter the incessant labors of a series of years he\\neffected good improvements, bringing the soil to a\\nproductive condition, and erecting substantial frame\\nbuildings. He and his family occupied their fii-st\\ndwelling for a period of twelve years, then removed\\ninto their present residence.\\nThe wife of our subject, to whom he was married\\nin Niagara County. N. Y., Oct. 5, 1839, was in her\\ngirlhood Miss Ann J. Garrett, and was born at\\nRamsey, Isle of Man, Nov. 10, 1823. William and\\nJIargaret Garrett, the parents of Mrs. Whitnej\\nemigrated to the United States about 1828, anil\\nboth died in Niagara Count} N. Y in the summer\\nof 1840. Our subject and his wife became the\\nparents of four children, and Mrs. Whitney died at\\nher home in Allen Township, July 9, 1879. She\\nwas a most excellent lady, and a consistent member\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their eldest\\nson, Willi.am G., married Mrs. Bessie Kay, and is\\ncarrying on farming in Allen Township; Anna E.\\nbecame the wife of John M. Watkins, and died in\\nAllen Township, Jan. 2,1878; Jtmalhan C. marri d\\nMiss Fanny Ellis, and resides in the cit} of Illlls-\\ndaie; Jennie S. is the wife of Archibald Wier, a\\nwell-to-do farmer of Allen Township.\\nMr. Whitney, Oct. 5, 1880, contractcil a second\\nmarriage, in Seneca, N. Y., with Miss Ruth Hooper,\\nwho was born in that place Dec. 2.5. 1821, and\\nwhose parents were Robert and Clara (Culver)\\nHooper. The mother died when a young woman.\\nJuly 26. 1829. in New Y ork Suite. The father\\nsubsequently went to California, and died there\\nSept. 26, 18.52.\\n^^B-\\nylLLIAM A. UNDKRWOOD. Clerk of I itu-\\nford Township, was born in the town of\\nPalmyra. Lenawee Comity, this Stale, Aug.\\n10. 1854. He is the son of one of the oldest pioneers\\nof that section, nan.cly. Thomas I ndcrwootl, wlu.\\nwas a native of Williamson. Wayne Co.. N. Y., ami\\nborn Oct. 20. 1827. The paternal grandfather,\\nEdward I nderwooii, was born in Dutches? County\\nin 1800, and was the son of Joseph II. Undorw I,\\nwho was of English parentJige, and whom it Is be-\\nt\\nr", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "194\\nhillsdalp: county.\\n4\\nlieved was born on the other side of the Atlantic.\\nThe latter spent his last years in the town of Will-\\niamson, Waj ne Co., N. Y.\\nIn the spring of 1836, Edward Underwood, mak-\\ning his way to the undeveloped West, purchased land\\nin Palmyra Township, Lenawee County, this State,\\nfor which he paid $11 per acre. Here he built up\\na comfortable homestead, where he spent the re-\\nmainder of his life, passing away on the 20th of\\nMay, 1878.\\nThe father of our subject, who had been carefully\\nreared to habits of industry and economy, assisted\\nhis father in clearing the new farm, and when ready\\nto marry, with the assistance of the latter, purchased\\n131 acres in Palmyra Township. The maiden of\\nhis choice was aiiss Mary Comstock; a native of\\nNiagara County, N. Y., and tlie daughter of .Tared\\nand Catherine (Hall) Comstock, who removed from\\nthe Empire State to Lenawee County in 1835.\\nThey spent the last years of their lives in Raisin\\nTownship. The father passed away in 1865 and\\nthe mother in 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Comstock were\\nhighly educated and taught school some years after\\ntheir marriage. Their daughter Mar3\\\\ the mother\\nof our subject, was born Dec. 22, 1828, and of her\\nunion with Thomas Underwood there were born\\nthree sons and one daughter Edward, Ella, Will-\\niam A. and Harley. Ella became the wife of\\nRev. Harvey S. AVidney, who was a graduate of\\nAdrian College, later a minister of the Protestant\\nMethodist Church, but linally left the ministry to\\nassume charge ot Gideon Seminar} at LaHarpe,\\n111., where he was Principal six years. In 1886 he\\nassumed the same position in the Galpin Academy,\\nat Excelsior, Minn., whicli he held at the time of\\nhis death, on the 25th of August, 1887. Thomas\\nUnderwood and his wife are still living on their fine\\nfarm in Palmyra Townshij), Lenawee County, where\\nthey are cLassed among its leading citizens, widely\\nand favorably known by the people of that section,\\namong whom they have lived for so many years,\\nand have assisted in developing one of the richest\\nsections of Southern Michigan.\\nThe subject of this biography was reared in his\\nnative township, and after leaving the district\\nschool took a course of instruction at Adrian Col-\\nlege. So well had he improved his time and op-\\nportunities that he commenced teaching at the\\nage of eighteen years, which occupation he followed\\nfour winters in succession, while in the summer he\\nassisted in the labors of the homstcad. He re-\\nmained a member of the parental household until\\n1877, and tiien settled upon the farm which he now\\nowns and occupies. This is a tine body of land, and\\nis pleasantly located on section 10, in Pittsford\\nTownship. The buildings are substantial and con-\\nvenient, and the cultivation of the soil is carried\\non in a wise and judicious manner. The farm\\nstock and maehinerj- are creditable to the proprietor\\nand signalize him as one of the progressive men\\nof the West.\\nThe wife of our subject, to whom he was married\\nin this township, Sept. 13, 1876, was forniorly Miss\\nLozetta A. Holden, who was born on the farm\\nwhere she now resides, Aug. 2, 1858. Her father,\\nLyman Holden, a native of Vermont, was born\\nAug. 29, 1821, and was the son of P^lisha Holden,\\nwhom it is supposed was also a native of the Green\\nMountain State, and where he spent his entire life.\\nLyman Holden came to Michigan with his mother\\nand stepfather, .lames Anderson, in 1836. He\\nmarried a lady of Hillsdale County and settled up-\\non the land now occupied by his daughter and son-\\nin-law, where he spent his last years.\\nLyman Holden, upon reaching manhood, married\\nMiss Roen Stark, who was born in Clermont County,\\nOhio, and was the daughter of Daniel Stark, a na-\\ntive of New York State. The latter was the son of\\nJohn Stark, who removed from New Y jrk to Ohio,\\nand settling among the earliest pioneers of Cler-\\nmont Countj cleared a farm from the wilderness\\nand there spent his last days, his death taking place\\nin 1^26. His wife was Miss Jane Kennedy, a native\\nof his own State, and the daughter of Robert and\\nMargaret (McClarren) Kennedy, who after the death\\nof her husband returned to New York and resided\\nfor a time there with her father. Subsequently she\\nwas married to a Mr. Robert Tobias, with whom\\nshe returned to Michigan, and died in Shiawassee\\nCounty. The mother of Mrs. Underwood is still\\nliving in that county.\\nMr. Underwood, politically, uniformly votes the\\nRepublican ticket, and takes a warm interest in mat-\\nters pertaining to the general welfare of the com-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "I\\nm\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nin.\\nmunity, morally and socially. In 1887 he was\\nelected Township Clerk, and is discharging the du-\\nties of his oflice witli great credit to himself and\\nsatisfaction to all concerned. Both he and his es-\\ntimable wife are members in good standing of the\\nFree-Will IJaiitist Cluircli. They have no cliildren.\\nTheir home is replete with all the couiforls of life\\nand, respected by their neighbors, they have little\\nreason to complain of the lot which is meted out to\\nthem.\\nPKNCKR S. HARDING, who h.is been a\\nresident of Jonesville, this county, since the\\nlll/_^) sijring of 1870. was born in Madison\\nCounty, N. Y., April 23, 1808. His father,\\nAbiel Harding, was of Scotch ancestry, and served\\nas a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The mother,\\nwho in her girlhood was Miss Olive Smith, w.as of\\nEnglish descent.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared to tlie pur-\\nsuits of farm life, remaining in his native township\\nuntil a Lad twelve years of age, and then removed\\nwith his brothers to Barre, Orleans County, in the\\nwestern part of the State, where they cleared a farm,\\nand where Spencer S. continued to reside until\\nreaching his majority. His talents, however, l.a3 in\\na far different direction than the pursuits of agri-\\nculture. When but a lad he had evinced great ap-\\ntitude with tiie jiainter s brush, his genius lying\\nprincipally in the line of portraits. To this art he\\nnow gave his attention, and in it received the hearty\\nco-operation of three of his brothers, who were also\\ngifte l with more than ordinary genius in this line.\\nChester Harding became especially noted, his work\\nreceiving the most flattering attention and a pat-\\nronage which resulted in his name being j.laced in\\nthe leading encyclopedias. The success of Chester\\nHarding proved an inspiration to the other broth-\\ners, especially to S| encer S., who since that time\\nhas followed his beloved art and made for himself\\nan enviable rcputntion. His work adorns the walls\\nof many of the dwellings of Hillsdale County, and\\nhis life-like copies o( the huniau countcuau -e have\\nseldc-ni been excelled.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Spencer S., upon leaving his native Stiite, took\\nf\\nup his residence in Massachusetts, whore be made\\nliis home until coming to the West. He was mar-\\nried in Athens, Ohio, April r 1847, to Miss Louisa\\nT., daughter of I rof. .Joseph Dana, who at that\\ntime occupied the chair of languages in the Ohio\\nUniversity at Athens, and was a near relative of the\\ndistinguished Dana family, of Massachusetts. .Mrs.\\nHarding was born in Marblehe.ad, Mass., Dec. lo,\\n1816, and is a lady of great cidiure. evincing in her\\nbearing and manner that she is the descendant of\\nthe family so well known in the history of New\\nEngland as rejiresenting its l)est element.\\nMr. Harding upon becoming a voting citizen\\nidentified himself with the Whig party, but upon\\nits abandonment cordially endorsed Republican\\nprinciples, of which he still remains a warm sup-\\nporter. I he pleasant home of .Mi-, ami Mrs. Hard-\\ning is located in Jonesville, and during their resi-\\ndence of nearly twenty years in this county they\\nhave fully established themselves in the frienilship\\nand esteem of its best people.\\nOMEU WARNER, who is prominent among\\nthe farmers and stock-raisers of Camden\\nTownship, .also operates largely as a ship-\\nper, and is one of the men whose energy and\\nindustrj- have greatly contributed to the progress\\nof this section of the countrj-. His home occupies\\n160 acres on section 2, of which he has been in\\npossession since the spring of 1886. His stock op-\\nerations have extended over a i)eriod of eighteen\\n3 ears, and have yielded him a handsome sum an-\\nnually.\\nMr. Warner is a gentleman in the prime of life,\\nhaving been born March 25, 1814, in Onondaga, N.\\nY. His father, Calvin, and his mother, Clarissa\\n(Fitch) Warner, were also natives of the Emiiire\\nState. His paternal grandfather, Amos Warner,\\nserved valiantly in the Revolutionary War, and as\\nthe result of a temperate life and correct habits, .-it-\\ntained to the .-idvanced .age of ninety years, spend-\\ning his last d.ays in New York State. The parents\\nof our subject spent their entire lives in their native\\nStiite, and there were born lo them two sons and\\none daughter Homer and George, of lieadiug Tuwn-\\nr\\nM", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "196\\n^l\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nship, this county, and Hannah, the wife of Adonis\\nFellows, of Steuben County, Ind. Homer was\\nreared to manhood in his native State, wliere he ac-\\nquired a cominon-school education, atsd became\\nfamiliar with the various employments of farm life.\\nWhile a resident of Kew York, he was married,\\nMarch 1, 1S71, to Miss Melissa Roe, a native of his\\nown State, and the daughter of .John T. and INLarion\\nlioe, of Memphis, N. Y. This union resulted in the\\nbirth of two children Adah, born Feb. 22, 1872,\\nand Clarence, Aug. 14, 1879.\\nMr. Warner, in the fall of 1871, left his native\\nState, and coming to this county, took up his abode\\nin Cambria Township, wlience he removed later to\\nWoodbridge Township, where he resided thirteen\\n3 ears. Me then returned to Cambria, and in the\\nspring of 1887 settled on his present farm in Cam-\\nden Township. He has been the architect of his\\nown fortune, as he was thrown upon his own re-\\nS(jurces at an early age without means or influential\\nfriends. He has viewed with satisfaction the growth\\nand progress of his adopted county, and to the best\\nof his ability has contributed his quota to bring\\nabout its pros|)erity.\\nJt; AMES W. WINSOR, a retired business man\\nI and dealer in real estate, was born in Rhode\\nIsland, twelve miles from Providence. Aug.\\nJ 30, 1813, and is the son of Welcome and\\nTabitha (Burlingame) Winsor, both natives of the\\nsame State, and born near Gloucester. Tlie grand-\\nfather, Elisha, and his father, Joshua, came of along\\nline of ancestors, dating back to the j ear 1344.\\nUpon arriving in this country, the representatives of\\nthe Winsor family first settled in New England, and\\nsome of them came over in the Mayflower. From\\nMassachusetts several of them subsequently mi-\\ngrated to Rhode Island.\\nWelcome Winsor, the father of our subject, was\\na farmer by occupation, and followed his calling in\\nthe latter State. James W. began his attendance at\\nschool at six years of age, anri when eighteen years\\nof age he entered the academy at Bolton, Mass.,\\nwhere he continued his studies. He then removed\\nto Providence, and obtained employment in a store\\nas clerk, in which he continued five years. He then\\npurchased a general stock of goods, and embarked\\nin the retail trade on his own account. Five years\\nlater he converted his business into a wholesale\\ngrocery trade, and did a large and successful busi-\\nness until 1863, when he removed with his family\\nto this county. After his arrival here he was con-\\nnected with the retail grocery and lumber business\\nuntil 1887, when he sold out and retired from active\\nlife. He was also a successful dealer in real estate,\\nand owns a number of houses which he rents, and\\nreceive therefrom a fair income.\\nMr. Winsor was united in marriage, Oct. 17,\\n1 837, with Miss Ann Chillson, who was born in Guil-\\nford, Chenango Co., N. Y., and is the daughter\\nof James V. Chillson, Esq. This union resulted in\\nthe birth of seven children, five of whom lived to\\nmaturity; they are recorded as follows: James H.\\nwas born May 28, 183t), and died Nov. 30, 1884;\\nAnn B. was born March 15, 1841, and died Feb. 18,\\n1842; Anna L. was born Jan. 11, 1843, married Mr.\\nA. C. Stich, a banker of Independence, Kan., and\\ndied Jan. 30, 1882, leaving three children; Cassius\\nC. was born April 1. 1844, and resides in Mexico,\\nwhere he is engaged in putting in mining machin-\\nery Frank was born Dec. 19, 1846, and married\\nAnnie Johnson, June 3, 1880; he now resides in\\nPetoskey, Mich., where he is engaged in the manu-\\nfacture of woodenvvare. Louis W. was born Feb.\\n11, 1852, and died March 9, 1856; Louis B. was\\nborn Jan. 24, 1858, and was married, Sept. 16, 1886,\\nto Miss Emma Adams; he is an attorney at Reed\\nCity, Mich.\\nWhile in Rhode Island, Mr. Winsor served four\\nyears .as Councilman, and five years in Hillsdale.\\nHe was elected one of the Trustees of Hillsdale Col-\\nlege in June, 1863, and has held the office ever since;\\nho has also been a member of the Prudential Com-\\nmittee most of the time. Mr. and Airs. Winsor are\\nmembers of the Baptist Church, in which Mr. W.\\nhas served as Deacon for the last ten ye.ars, and was\\nalso Superintendent of the Sunday-school for a\\nnumber of years. His beautiful residence is situ-\\nated on College Hill, while its handsome and beauti-\\nful grounds surrounding occupy nearly four lots.\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "OJ^^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "I\\nIIILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n199\\nLouis R., the son of our subject, is a graduate of\\nHillsdale College, and also of the law school of the\\nMichigan State University, of Ann Arbor. In\\npolitics Mr. AVinsor affiliates with the Republican\\nparty.\\nSARRY SARLKS. The subject of this liiog-\\nrapliy, whose portrait is presented on the\\n^;;_^ opposite page, owns and occupies one of\\nthe finest farms in Southern Michigan. It com-\\nprises 194 acres of land, the greater part under\\ngood cultivation, and is embellished with a tasteful\\nand imposing dwelling, ample barns and other out-\\nhouses, fruit trees and shrubbery, and all the other\\nappurtenances of a modern country estate. The\\nland is well watered with living springs, and the\\nwhole presents one of the most attractive spots in\\nthe landscape of Hillsdale County.\\nj\\\\Ir. Sarles commenced for himself early in life,\\ndependent upon his own resources, without any cap-\\nital whatever. His first purcliase of land in this\\ncounty was eight}- acres, to whicii he gradually\\nadded as years passed by, and which was secured\\nby the most untiring industry and rigid economy.\\nHe knows all about the hardships and privations of\\nlife in a new country, and has borne no unimpor-\\ntant part in the development of this section. He\\nnow gives much of his attention to the growing of\\nfine stock, and in all his laljois has operated wilii\\nthat system and good order which unifoi-mly result\\nin success.\\nA native of Tioga County, N. V., uur .sulijoct\\nwas born Oct. 25, 1824, and is the son of Garry,\\nSr., and Nancy (Flddy) Sarles, who were also na-\\ntives of the Empire State. The father, born in\\n1803, departed this life at his home in Hills-\\ndale Township in 1840. He carried on farming\\nduring his entire life, and, with his estimable\\nwife, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch. The mother was born in 1804, and after\\nthe death of her first husband was married to Will-\\niam Cleveland. She passed away at her home al\\nthe old homestead in Hillsdale Township in 18G6,\\nand Mr. Cleveland is .also decea.- cd. Of the first\\nmarriage there were liorn nine chi! lren, namely\\nLewis: Carry, .Jr., iif our sketch; Ann, Mis. Cole,\\nf\\nof Reading; Marg.aret, Samantha anrl .Mah ina, all\\nthree of whom are decea.- ed .lohn. doceasi d, and\\nJane, widow of Henry .Sutherland, of Adams Town-\\nship.\\nMr. Sarles, like his brotiiers and sisters, received\\na limited education, and earl} in life was trained\\nto make himself u.seful about the homestead. He\\nleft his native State in September. 183(1. taking up\\nhis residence in Hillsdale Township, and was mar-\\nried quite late in life. May 10, 18.58, to Miss Eliza-\\nbeth Warren, who w:is also a native of New York\\nState, and born .Ian. 1, 1839. Mrs. Sarles is the\\ndaughter of Ira and Ann E. (.Sharpsteen) Warren,\\nalso natives of New York, the father born .Ian. 1 1,\\n1798, and the mother Aug. 6. IHOO. Ira Warren\\ndeparted this life al his home in Hillsdale County,\\nNov. 7, 1870. He was a farmer by ociMipation\\nand a man who always provided comfortably for\\nhis family. Tiio mother p.assed away previous to\\nthe death of her husband, Aug. 13, 1800. She wjis\\na member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a\\ngood wife and a devoted Christian^ lady. Ten of\\ntheir eleven children .-ire still living; thej were\\nnamed respectivel} Alniira, Hannah, Eliza, .Maria,\\nSamuel, Harriet, John, Walter, Elizabeth, George\\nand Amanda.\\nThe children of our subject and his wife are re-\\ncorded as follows: The eldest son. Frederick W.,\\nmarried Miss Katie Cozens, and is engaged in\\nfarming .Tud lives in Bankers; Eiiward H. is unmar-\\nried; George W. married Miss Sarah Foster, and\\nlives in Hillsdale; Charles II. married Miss Kate\\nHicks, and is carrying on farming; Anna M. is the\\nwife of John Herring; he is also a farmer. Albert\\nE. is at home with his [)arents. .Mr. .Sarles east his\\nfirst Presidential vote for James K. I olk, and uni-\\nformly supports the Democratic part}\\ntasiv^SiS\\n*@fa CT9\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab\\nARNARD B. HOWARD, who departed this\\nlife at his home in Allen Township, Aug.\\njyi)))| 1870, was liorn in Livingston County, N.\\nY.. March l.S3fl. He was, c(\u00c2\u00bbnsequently.\\nat the time of his decea.se eompni-alively a young\\nman, and in the mi Ist of his usefulness. He came\\ni~\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "200\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nwith his parents to Hillsdale County in 1835, and\\nthey settled in Allen Township. They died many\\nyears ago.\\nMr. Howard was .iboiit seven years of age upon\\ncoming to this county. He had been married in\\nMonroe ville, Huron Co. Ohio, IJec. IG, 1857, to\\nMiss Anetta, daughter of Otis and Sarah (Fay)\\nJefferson, who were natives respectively of Ver-\\nmont and New Hampshire. The parents of Mrs.\\nHoward spent their last j ears in Ohio, the mother\\ndying on the 2d of May, 1848. The fallier sur-\\nvived his wife over thirty years, his death taking\\nplace in August, 1878. They were the parents of\\nnine children, four sons and five daughters, five of\\nwhom are living- and residents of Michigan and\\nOhio.\\nMrs. Howard was Ijorn in North Monrocville,\\nHuron Co., Ohio, Feb. 18, 1837, and came to Michi-\\ngan with her husband in 1857. Of her union with\\nour subject there vvere born three children: The\\neldest daughter, Genevra M., is the wife of Sey-\\nmour N. Gurney, of Detroit; Harriet W. makes her\\nhome with her mother; Frederick J. marrieil Miss\\nBelle Pomeroj and is farming in Allen Township.\\nThe homestead includes 150 acres of land, which\\ncomprised the [irincipal portion of the farm prop-\\nerty of the late Phiueas Howard. Of this, since\\nthe death of her husband, Mrs. Howard has had the\\nmain charge, and has proved herself a lady of more\\nthan ordinary good judgment and business capac-\\nity. She is intelligent and well informed, and is\\nthe center of a large circle of warm and admiring\\nfriends. To her careful management the present\\nthrifty aspect of the farm is almost wholly due.\\nMany of the improvements have been carried on\\nunder her direction, in fact little has been done\\nwitliout consulting her, and the estate bears fair\\ncomparison with the ijroperty of the progi essive\\nfarmers of Allen Township.\\nPhine.-is Howard, the father of our subject, a\\nNew Englander by birth and ancestry, was born in\\nthe State of Maine, whence he removed with his\\nparents when a small boy to Livingston County, N.\\nY. There he developed into manhood and married\\nMiss Abigail Barnard, a native of Cennecticut,\\nand born at what was known as Litchfield South\\nFarms. She was reared to womanhood in her na-\\nfive county, from which she removed when a j oung\\nlady to Livingston County, N. Y., where she en-\\ngaged in teaching, and was one of the pioneers of\\neducation in that region. Going there before the\\ncountry had settled up she was frequently obliged\\nto take wheat instead of money in payment for\\nher services, and often could only get but twenty-\\nfive cents iier bushel for this.\\nAfter their marriage Phineas Howard and liis\\nwife resided in Livingston County a brief time,\\nthen removed to Allegany County, where Mr. H..\\nalthough purchasing land, turned his attention to\\nthe manufacture of potash. Thej encountered\\nhardships and privations in common with the peo-\\nl)le about them, and the father after great exertions\\nwas enabled to jiay for his land, which was quite\\nan event in those times. In 1 835 he sold o\\\\it, and\\ncoming to this county purchased 120 acres of land\\nin Allen Township, to which he removed with his\\nfamily the spring following. They had started\\nupon this journey equipped with two yoke of oxen,\\nby which means they proposed to travel, but\\nchanged their minds and took passage with their\\noxen and household goods on a lake vessel, which\\nconveyed them from Buffalo to Toledo. At that\\npoint they availed themselves once more of their\\nox-team, which convej ed the parents and their\\nfour children to their destination in Allen Town-\\nship. Here Phineas Howard and his wife spent\\nthe remainder of their lives. Mary, their eldest\\ndaughter, became the wife of Daniel Nichols, and\\ndied in Allen Township, Feb. 19, 1837; Goodwin,\\nthe eldest son, is a well-to-do farmer of Allen\\nTownship; Barnard B., our subject, was the third\\nchild Wealthy A. is the wife of Andrew Winches-\\nter, of Chic.igo.\\nAMUEL LOVEJOY, of Litchfield, has done\\njjrobably more than anj other man toward\\nbuilding up his town, and interests himself\\nin everything which will conduce to its\\ngrowth and in)i)oilance. He is the scion of an old\\nhistoric family which became identified with New\\nEngland during the Colonial daj S. From father to\\nson they have been distinguished as patriots, people", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "11-^-\\nIt\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n201\\nwho ever clioiished a jealous solicitude for the pros-\\nperity and iiidepenclencc of their country, and who\\nwere tirst in putting tlieir siioulder to tiie wheel to\\nbring about its freedom.\\nAVilliain Lovejoy, the father of our subject, was\\nl)orn in (Jrcenficld, Mass., and married J.liss Mary\\nBarker, a native of Vcnnout. He developed into\\na very capable bn.siness man, and accumulated a\\nver^ fine pro|)erty. Wiien a youth of sixteen years\\nhe took up arms in defense of the Colonies against\\nthe mother country, and was in seventeen active\\nengagements during the llevohitionarj War, and\\nlater, when American commerce was tlu eatened,\\nboth he and his eldest son left again the scenes of\\n])eace for those of war, and only laid down their\\narras when victory had been once move accomplished.\\nThe father of our subject upon retiring fi om the\\narmy, settled down to mercantile puisuitsat Salem,\\nMass., anil in a few j ears found himself on the\\nhighway to pros|)erity, but b} misplacing his confi-\\ndence in a banking firm, lost the sum of \u00c2\u00a735,000\\nnearly his entire property. Wishing now to remove\\nfrom the scenes of his misfortune, he made his way\\nto Essex County, N. Y., and turned his attention\\nto agricultural pursuits. He was thus engaged at\\ntlic time of tiie outbreak of tiie War of 1812, and\\nafter his service in this had ended he settled once\\nmore in New England, taking up his abode in Addi-\\nson County, t., and on the borders of Lake Cham-\\nl lain becanu the owner of agood farm. He turned\\nhis attention chiefly to the breeding of slieep and\\nhorses, and prosperit} once more smiled upon him.\\nAfter nine years lie returned to New York State,\\nsettling liiis time near the town of Lyons, in Wayne\\nCounty, where his death occur.- ed in 1835, when he\\nwas seveut3 -three years old. The faithful wife\\nand mother had preceded her liuslian l to the silent\\nland, her death taking place in 18.1. at tlie age of\\ntifly-two.\\nThe parental union was blessed by the liiitli of\\nten children, five sons and five daughters, our sub-\\nject being the fifth son and eighth child. He was\\nborn in Essex County, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1812, and\\nhis first recollections are of the home on the beauti-\\nful shores of Lake Champlain to which hehad been\\nl)rought by his parents when a boy scarcely four\\nyears of age. His educational advantages were not\\ngreat, but he was bright and observant, possessing\\nin a marked degree the energj and business capaci-\\nties of his father, and when a lad of twelve years\\nhandled with great dexterity a team of four j-oke\\nof oxen in hauling ship spars to the lake. In later\\nj-ears, realizing the value of learning, lie entered\\nthe Geneva Lyceum Academy, at Geneva, where he\\nclosely applied himself to his books for two years,\\nand sLibsequentl.y occu|)ied liimself as a teacher sev-\\neral terms.\\nUpon reaeliing his majority Mr. Lovejoy decided\\nto join the tide of emigration which was pushing\\nwestward, and making his way to Michigan Terri-\\ntory, took uj) land in I83C, in Oakland County.\\nUpon this he labored until the following year, and\\nthen engaged as a contractor on the Wabash\\nErie Canal, wliich was then in process of construc-\\ntion, and with the 300 men whom he had in charge,\\ncompleted seven miles of this famous waterway. A\\nsevere illness of two months susi)ended further\\noperations until the fall of the year, and he then\\nengaged with a large force of men in cutting and\\nbanking wood u|)on steamers plying on the Missis-\\nsippi River.\\nAbout this time Elijah P. ]^ovejoy,an own cousin\\nof our subject, was killed by the mob .at Alton, HI.,\\nbecause he would express his anti-slavery sentiments\\nin the paper of which he was publisher. The sacri-\\nfice of that brave and courageous man, who dared to\\nmaintain his principles in the f.ace of opposition and\\ncontumely, lias gone down in history as that of one\\nof the martyrs of his country. In a recent history of\\nIllinois is given the full account of this tragic\\naffair, and the name of Elijah P. Lovejo\\\\ will be\\nremend)ered among Ameiican heroes and nuirt^M s\\nas long .as the Nation shall stand. The direct cause\\nof his death was the writing of an article on the\\nmorning (;f the Eourth of Jul} when he heard the\\nsounds of celebration, ostensibly of a freedom-lov-\\ning people whom, he declared, bj their enslavement\\nof 3,000,000 Africans were illustrating one of the\\ndarkest phases of tyranny.\\nSamuel Lovejoy, our subject, w.as known to be a\\ncousin of Elijah P., and the excitement running\\nvery high in the vicinity of Vicksburg, where the\\nformer was at the lime, he judged it best to leave\\nthe South. Coming u\\\\ the river he landed at what\\ni\\nive\\nbat k", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "202\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nt\\nis now Burlington. lona, whence lie proceeded\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0nestwnrd to the present site of Iowa Citj where\\nlie purchased 480 acres of land, and took a large\\ncontract for the furnishing of rock and Ijrick for\\nthe State House, which was to be built tliere. Mr.\\nLovejoy made the first brick whicii was manufact-\\nured in Johnson County, Iowa. Tliis contract\\nfilled, he ventured back to Illinois, and at Joliet\\nmade the acquaintance of Joel A. Matteson, who\\nsubsequently became Governor of the Prairie State.\\nMr. M. being also a heavy contractor, the two\\nunited their forces in the construction of a section\\nof the Illinois Michigan Canal, which occupied\\nthe time of our subject until 1841.\\nHaving now been away from his home and friends\\nfor a period of five years, Mr. Lovejoy decided to\\nrevisit the scenes of his thildhood. In the spring\\nof 1842 he was married there, to Miss Mary B.\\nMorse, of Monroe Countj N. Y., and returning to\\nJlichigan with his bride, our subject settled in\\nShiawassee C ountj- and engaged in farming. From\\nthere, in 1847, he came to the embryo town of\\nLitchfield, with whose interests he at once identi-\\nfied himself, and was soon recognized as a very\\nvalued addition to the community. Since that\\ntime Litchfield has been, as it were, a child of his\\nfostering care, for whfim he was willing to make\\n.sacrifices and to labor in order tlmt she might pros-\\nper. Here he has invested his capital and here\\ngiven his best thoughts, and at the same time has\\nbeen the means of bringing to this section a class\\nof enterprising and intelligent people.\\nUpon settling in Litchfield, Mr. Lovejoy occupied\\nhimself at first mostly in merchandising, and had\\nhis home in a modest dwelling on what is now St.\\nJoseph street. In due time his household included\\nfour bright children, namely: Frank E., Ellen A.,\\nAlbert J. and Aroline A. The eldest son at an\\nearl3 age developed the same energj and business\\ncapacities of his father, and enteriDg a wholesale\\nestablishment at Toledo, Ohio, occupied himself\\nthere until the outbreak of the war. Then, although\\nbut a youth of eighteen years, he entered the Union\\nservice, and soon, on account of his bright intelli-\\ngence, was made the head clerk of Gen. Grant, and\\nit fell to his lot to pen the stipulations of uncon-\\nditional surrender to Gen. Pemberton, at icks-\\n4*\\nburg. Later, while Gen. Grant was reviewing the\\ntroops at Cairo, he noticed the overworked and\\nwearied expression of countenance of his favorite\\nclerk, and clirectcd that he should return home on\\na furlough. Young Lovejoy while thus recuper-\\nating received a warm and cordial telegram from\\nhis great chief, who at the same time conferred\\nupon him the appointment of cadet to West Point,\\nfor reasons then unknown to his father, our subject.\\nFrank at once dispatched the General that he could\\nnot accept the position on account of the failure of\\nhis health, but that he would soon again return to\\nthe service in the field. Ui)on rejoining his regi-\\nment he was promoted to the rank of First Lieu-\\ntenant of the 3d Colored Mississii)pi Cavalry, and\\nfrom this worked his way up so that at the close of\\nthe war he was appointed Major on Gen. Wilson s\\nstaff. Upon returning to Litchfield he engaged in\\nmerchandising with his father and brother, and was\\nthus occupied until his death, which occurred Dec.\\n23, 1870. He left a wife and one child, the latter\\na daughter. Lena, who is now with her mother at\\nAngola, Ind. Miss Ellen Lovejoy, the second child\\nof our subject, became the wife of B. F. Rand, who\\nis now Postmaster at Morris, and a prosperous .and\\nenergetic business man they have five children\\nEarl, Morton, George, Belle and Theo. Albert\\nJ., one of Litchfield s leading business men, is writ-\\nten of elsewhere in this volume; Aroline is the wife\\nof F. E. Church, the partner of his brother-in-law,\\nAlbert J. Lovejoy, in Litchfield.\\nIn the fall of 1853 Mr. Lovejoy s.ailed from New\\nYork for San Francisco, arriving there with but ^5\\nin his i)Ocket. He engaged in lumbering sixteen\\nmiles from Sonora City, and twentj -eight miles\\nfrom California s celebrated grove of mammoth\\ntrees. He there found a good outlook for his pe-\\nculiar business qualifications, and in the course of\\ntime contracted for the erection tif three large saw-\\nmills, and commanded a very extensive business,\\nwhile his capital of $5 increa.sod to \u00c2\u00a75,000. .Since\\nhis return to Litchfield he has been the instigator of\\nmany projects which have not only benefited him-\\nself, but been the means of benefiting those around\\nhim. He was instrumental in the organization of\\nthe Union Agricultural Association of the St. Joseph\\nValley, the grounds being laid out on land belong-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "-4^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n203\\ni\\ning to liiti), :i property which now, in the eighth\\nyear to which it has ijeeii devoted to tiiis purpose,\\nis valued at $8,000. Tiirough his efforts also the\\nNorthern Branch of tlie Southern Michigan Raih oad\\nwas directed through this town, and the freigiit\\nhouse at Litchfield was made eighty -six feet long\\ninstead of fifty-six, as originally intended. His\\nexperienced eye at once detected the inadequacy\\nof a smaller structure, and tiiat it would be expedi-\\nent to build at once a depot large enough to meet\\ntiie future demands of a country prolific in its re-\\nsources and destined to great things.\\nIn the construction of this road Mr, Lovejoy was\\nthe contractor for from :ji;JO,000 to ^7o,000 wt rth\\not ties and building material. He was also a lieavj-\\ncontractor in furnishing material for bridges, fences\\nand cattle-yards, Itclng the contractor for all the\\nlatter from Jonesville to Eaton Rapids. Li addition\\nto this he instituted an extensive grain business at\\nLitchfield, in which he was continuously engaged\\nfrom 1868 to 1880, having purchased as high as\\n150,000 bushels of wheat per year, and being the\\nleader in this respect throughout Litchfield and\\nvicinity.\\nMr. Lovejoy, althougli now over seventy-six\\nyears old, has lost none of his old love for the\\nequine race, in the training of which he distinguished\\nhimself during his early years, and still loves to\\nride at a 2:40 pace. Among his other fine horses\\nhe is the owner of Troy, Jr., whom he purchased\\nfrom the Washington Park staliles at Chicago, and\\nwho is a valuable addition to this species of prop-\\nerty in Hillsdale County. He also has ant)ther very\\nvaluable animal, Nestor, who has made a splendid\\nrecord.\\nMrs. Mary B. Lovejoy, the first wife of our sub-\\nject, departed this life at her home in Litchfield,\\nJuly 23, 1850. He was then married to Miss I heba\\nWeaver, by whom he became the father of a son\\nand daugiiter George E. and Myrtie B. The\\nformer married Miss Julia Caniff, and is one of the\\nenterprising business men of Muskegon he has two\\nciiildren Claude and Mabel. Myrtie is the wife\\nof John H. Stoddard, a commercial man of Chicago,\\nand the mother of oneciiild, a daughter, Nina. The\\nmother of tiicse children is dead.\\nTlie present wife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarried Dec. 28, 1875, was formerly Miss Elitha\\nV. Breckenridge, who was born Nov. 9, 1824, in\\nMassacliusetts, and is the daughter of William and\\nViolate (Fuller) Breckenridge. Mr. Lovejoj true\\nto the principles of freedom and patriotism which\\ndistinguished his ancestors, is Republican in politi-\\ncal sentiment, and is now a member of tiie Prohi-\\nbition party. The results of a long career, which\\nhas been filled in with arduous and useful labor,\\nwhich has not only lienefited himself but his entire\\ncommunity, will live long after the spirit which\\ninspired them is no longer apparent among men.\\nHis history is one of which his posterity will be proud,\\nand one which they will preserve for future gen-\\nerations.\\n^^JiHJi ti\\nJ/ AMES BOONE, who is prominent among the\\nthrifty farmers and stock-growers of Cain-\\nI bria Township, owns a good home on section\\n;3G, where he has ninety7six acres of fertile\\nland under an excellent state of cultivation. He\\ncame to this section of country from Peini Yan,\\nYates Co., N. Y., in 1865, and during his residence\\nin Cambria Township of over twenty-five years,\\nhas gained the good-will and respect of all who\\nknow him.\\nOur subject is of English ancestry, and was born\\nin Somersetshire, England, Feb. 14, 1817. His\\nfather, John Boone, a native of the same county,\\nwas also of English parentage, and a farmer by oc-\\ncupation. He spent his entire life upon In s native\\nsoil and died when middle-aged, about 1819, and\\nwhen bis son James was but two years of age. The\\nmother of our subject, Maria (Trott) Boone, also a\\nnative of Somersetshire, was subsequently married\\nto Robert Davies, and lived until after her son. our\\nsubject, had attained manhood, her death taking\\nplace about 1850, in England. The parental house-\\nhold included two sons and twodaugliters, the latter\\ndeceased, and the remaining son, Henry, is a resi-\\ndent of Somersetsiiire, England.\\nMr. Boone of our sketch was reared to manhood\\nin his native shire, and married one of tiie maidens\\nof his own neighborhood. Miss Louisa Loxstone,\\nthe wedding taking ])lace at tiie home of the bride,\\nDec. 2(5, 1840. Mrs. Boone is the daugiiter of", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "204\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nAVilliam and Sarah (Fox) Loxstone, also natives of\\nSomersetshire, where the father carried on his trade\\nof carpenter and joiner, and where both parents\\nspent tlieir entire lives. The mother, however,\\ndied when a young woman tvventj -four jears old,\\nleaving three children, all daughters, of whom Mrs.\\nB. was the second born. They are all living. .Jane\\nand Ann are residents of England.\\nThe father of Mrs. Boone, after the death of his\\nfirst wife, married Miss Harriet Harrington, who is\\nalso deceased. Mrs. B. continued with her father\\nuntil her marriage, and by her union with our sub-\\nject became the mother of twelve children, two of\\nwhom are deceased. The living are all married and\\ncomfortably settled in life. The eldest son, John\\ntook to wife Miss Almira Freer, and is farming in\\nSaginaw County, this State; Sarah is the wife of\\nEdward Easling, and is a resident of Hillsdale, her\\nhusband being sexton of the cemetery there Henry\\nmarried Miss Sarah Rose, and is following his trade\\nof carriage painter in Osage, Chemung Co., N. Y.\\nGeorge married Miss Nina Niver, and lives in Ed-\\nwardsburg, Cass Countj being employed by the\\nGrand Trunk Railroad Ann, Mrs. Spencer Welch,\\nis the wife of a well-to-do farmer near Eaton Rapids\\nEdwin, who married Miss Elora Hammond; William,\\nwho married Miss Alice Inckle, and Alice, Mrs.\\nEdward Hinkle, are resiilents of Woodbridge Town-\\nship; Flora married Milan Reynolds, who is now\\ndeceased, and she makes her home with her parents\\nF^rank married Miss Irene Turner, and is living on\\na farm in Ransom Township; Louisa died when\\nabout three years old; Lincoln was drowned while\\nbathing in Gr.ass Lake, when a prt)mising lad of\\nfifteen j ears.\\nAfter fheir marriage Mr. and Mrs. Boone con-\\ntinued residents of their native count} until 1856.\\nOur subject then determining to better his condi-\\ntion if possible, gathered together his family and\\npersonal effects, and embarked at Liverpool on a\\nsailing-vessel bound for the United States. After\\na rough V03 age of seven weeks and three days, they\\nlanded in New York City on the 1st of Januarj\\nwhence they proceeded directly to Yates County,\\nN. Y., where Mr. Boone began farming on rented\\nland and lived nine j ears. Southern Michigan then\\nseeming to hold out better inducements than the\\nEmpire State, they accordingly pushed farther\\nwestward, and he feels that he has had no reason to\\nregret the step. He has been very successful in his\\nfarmingand stock-raising, and by his straigiitforward\\nmethods of doing business has placed himself in a\\ngood position, socially and financially. He votes the\\nstraight Republican ticket, and with his wife and chil-\\ndren, religiously, is still identified with the Church\\nof F^ngland. The children have all grown up in-\\ntelligent and respectable citizens, and are an honor\\nto their parents and their early training.\\n^-S-HOMAS W. BENEDICT, a gentleman of\\ngreat intelligence, and possessing an excel-\\nlent education, forms a most desirable mem-\\nber of the farming community of Litchfield Town-\\nship. He is located on section 21, where he has a\\nwell-conducted farm and a comfortable home, which\\nhe has secured by his own industry and good man-\\nagement. He was born in Seneca County, N. Y., at\\nhis father s home in the township of Galen, June 9,\\n1815, and was the eldest child of the first marriage\\nof his father. The latter, Samuel P. Benedict, was\\nborn near Burlington Bay, Vt., and when a young\\nman twenty-three years of age emigrated to Seneca\\nCount} N. Y., where he was married to Miss Deb-\\norah Willis, a native of that county.\\nThe parents of our subject lived three years\\nafter their marriage in Seneca County, N. Y., and\\nthen removed to Springwater Township, Living-\\nston Co., N. Y where the father carried on farm-\\ning, and where the mother died in middle life,\\nDec. 19, 1826, when about thirty-five or fort}\\nyears of age. Mr. Benedict, after the death of his\\nwife, came lo the Territory of Michigan, in Octo-\\nber, 1838, about the time of the organization of\\nLitchfield Township. Our subject was then twenty-\\nfour years of age. The father had in the inean-\\ntime contracted a second marriage, and by each\\nwife had six children. He succeeded in building\\nup a comfortable home in his adopted county, and\\ndied in Litchfield Township, April 18, 1866, at the\\nadvanced age of eighty-one years.\\nThe subject of this sketch received only ordinary\\nschool advantages, but being fond of his books, be-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY\\n205\\n4\\ncaiiio quite well educated, and for three years oc-\\ncupied himself as a teacher in his native county.\\nBy this means he acquired suflicient funds to come\\nWest and purchase eighty acres of land in Litch-\\nfield Township, this county, at which time he was\\ntwenty-four years of age. He worked upon his\\nland two years, then gave one-half of it to his father,\\nand in the winter of 1840. h} teaching school again,\\nadded to his fund of knowledge and his finances.\\nThat 3 ear he traded his forty acres, and in 1846\\ntook possession of the farm whicli he now occupies.\\nThis at the time had received very little cultivation,\\nand he labored after the pioneer fashion, amid\\nmany disadvantages. In 1841 he was married, and\\nsettled with his j oung wife in a modest dwelling in\\nLitchfield Township. Since a youth he had been\\ninterested in political affairs, and kept himself well\\nposted upon the various questions pertaining thereto.\\nIn 1840 he took the stump for Harrison, and be-\\ncame quite noted as an orator, being very clear and\\nforcible in his manner of presenting facts, and per-\\nsuasive in his arguments. It was while on this\\nelectioneering tour that he met his future wife.\\nMrs. Benedict was in her girlhood Miss Jane Par-\\ndee, and was born Sept. 23, 1824, in Onondaga\\nCounty, N. Y. She was the fourth child of\\nSheldon and Sarah (Wisner) Pardee, the father born\\nnear Hartford, Conn., and the mother in Pough-\\nkeepsie, N. Y. They were Quakers in religious\\nfaith, and after marriage settled in Skaneateles,\\nOnondaga Co., N. Y., where the father held the\\notlice of salt inspector, and also engaged in general\\nmerchandising. On account of failing health, he\\nwas induced to visit the State of Ohio, in the hopes\\nthat a change of climate would prove beneficial.\\nA j-ear later, however, he died there in Medina\\nCounty, at the age of forty-three years.\\nMrs. Pardee, after the death of her husband, came\\nto this State, and located with her children in Jaek-\\n.son County, wliere she lived until they were mar-\\nricfl. She then divided up the property, and\\nthereafter made her home with her son, our subject,\\nuntil her decease, which look pl.ace Ai ril 21, i8.5G,\\nat the age of fift}- -seven years. She was the mother\\nof six children, two of whom arc living, and resi-\\ndents of Michigan. Jane was a girl nine 3 ears of\\nage when her parents removed from New York to\\nOhio, and she completed her studies at Akron, that\\nState. She engaged in teaching at an early age.\\nand was married to our subject when seventeen.\\nMr. and Mrs. Benedict began life together in\\nLitchfield Township, where tiiey remained five years,\\nand then moved upon their present farm in the\\nsame township. They became the parents of seven\\nchildren, of whom their first-born, Francis, died in\\ninfancy: P mily is the wife of Prof. E. G. Rey-\\nnolds, of Hillsdale College, and a sketch of whom\\nappears elsewhere in this Ai.ium; the} have one\\nchild, a son, Leon. Mrs. Reynolds is a graduate\\nof Hillsdale College, and for a number of j-ears has\\noccupied herself as a teacher, and stands high in\\nthe profession. Julia died in 1879; like her sister,\\nshe also completed her studies in Hillsdale College,\\nand employed herself as a teacher before her mar-\\nriage. She became the wife of Rev. D. D. Tibbits,\\nwho, as minister of the Congregational Church, now\\nhas charge of a congregation in Salcin, Henry Co.,\\nIowa. George married Miss Mary Rainy, and is\\nfarming in Litchfield Township; Charles and Joel\\nhave charge of the homestead the latter married\\nMiss Milly Lott. Francis (2d), next to the j oung-\\nest child, died at the age of fifteen years.\\nOur subject was in early life thrown upon his\\nown resources, notwithstanding the fact that he was\\nsuffering from a cold which settled in his hip, whicli\\ncrippled him physically, and from which he prob-\\nably suffered fidl} as much mentally. The larger\\nportion of his leisure hours in his 3 outh was spent\\nin poring over his books, while his more fortunate\\ncompanions were at play. He, however, h.as per-\\nhaps been in some respects more fortunate than\\nthey, as he was endowed by nature with the steady\\npersistence which has been the means of fair suc-\\ncess in life, and the building up of a comfortable\\nhome where he will be enabled to s|)end his later\\n3 ears in comparative case. His farm comprises\\n180 acres of fertile land, with good buildings and\\nall the appliances of a well-regulated country home.\\nMr. Benedict during the days of slavery was en-\\ntirel3 opposed to the [)eciiliar institution, and\\nbrought the weight of his infiueuce to bear against\\nit upon cver3 occasion. lJp in the organization of\\nthe Republican [larty, he was the most cordial sup-\\nporter of its jirinciples, voting for John C. Fre-\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "m^\\n^^h^\\n206\\nHillsdale county.\\nmont, and has since been its loyal adherent. Later\\nhe became interested in the Grange movement, and\\ndid good service as a lecturer. He has never been\\nambitious for office, but has officiated as Director\\nin his school district for many j ears. Quiet and\\nunobtrusive in his demeanor, he is a man upon\\nwhom all his ueiglibors know they can depend for\\nthe encouragement of everj^ worthy enterprise cal-\\nculated to advance the people, and although per-\\nhaps not making as much stir in the world as many\\nmen, has exerted a steady, quiet influence, which\\nhas been the result of much good, and which will\\nleave a lasting impression.\\nkA. SHEPARD, one of the wealthy citizens\\nof Pittsford Township, is also well known\\nthroughout his section of the county. Kotice-\\nable among the many fine dwellings, which, with\\ntheir lovely grounds artistically laid out with orna-\\nmental shrubs and trees, form such a plcaasnt\\nfeature in the landscape of Hillsdale County, is the\\nbeautiful residence of our subject. A view of this\\nplace adorns an accompanying page of this volume.\\nHe is a native of Bergen, Genesee Co., N. Y., Aug.\\n8, 1817, having been the date of his birth in that\\ntown. His father, Itussell Sylvester Shcpard, was\\nborn in Georgia, Franklin Co., Vt.TlTis father, Levi\\nShepard, having been a pioneer of that county,\\nimproving a farm in the aforesaid town, and living\\nthere the remainder of his life, until about two\\nyears before his death, when he took up his residence\\nwith a son in Georgia, Vt.\\nThe father of our subject was reared on the old\\nhomestead in his native county, and there married\\nMiss Fannj Maria Cheney, also of Franklin County,\\nborn Dec. 2, 1799. After marriage Mr. Shepard\\nmoved to New York and bought a tract of tim-\\nber land in the wilds of Genesee County, where,\\nin 1819, he died in the prime of early life, leaving\\nhis wife with one child, our subject, and soon after\\nthe sad event of her husband s death she returned\\nwith her son to her native Vermont. She made\\nher home with her people and worked at millinorv\\nand dressmaking. She subsequent!} married Clark\\nGates, and spent her last years in Franklin County,\\ndying Nov. 6, 1858, leaving two children by her\\nsecond marriage, one of whom is now living, Dell\\nJ. Gates, born in Franklin County.\\nThe subject of this sketch was two years old\\nwhen his father died, and he continued to live with\\nhis mother until he was eight years old, when he\\nwent to the home of a neighbor and worked for his\\nboard and clothes. He was thus employed for va-\\nrious people for some years. He grew up to be a\\nsturdy, manly, self-reliant lad, ambitious to make\\nhis own w.ay in the world, and in 1838 went to Ohio\\nand took cliarge of a store for J. T. Ainsworth, and\\ncontinued its management very successfully until\\n1842. He then went to Huron County, and was\\nemployed .as a clerk the two succeeding years by\\nHenry Aiuswortii. After that he turned his attention\\nto agricultural pursuits, locating on a farm of- 300\\nacres in Rugglcs Township, where he remained for\\nfour years. At the expiration of that time he dis-\\nposed of his farming interests to form a partnership\\nwith his former employer, Henr}- Ainsworth, in the\\nmercantile trade, remaining with him until 1853,\\nwhen he again resumed farming. In 1860 he sold\\nout his farming interests to form a partnership with\\nMr. Ainsworth, in Lodi, Medina Co., Ohio. At the\\nend of three years he had a favorable chance to dis-\\npose of his share in the business very profitably, and\\ndid so. Subsequently, in 1864, he removed to Illi-\\nnois, and bought a v.iluable farm of 400 acres in\\nGenesee Township, Henry County, half a mile from\\nthe town of Genesee, paj ing tlierefor $12,000.\\nTwo j-ears later he sold that place and returned to\\nNorvvalk, Ohio, where he remained for one year.\\nHe then sold out his property in Ohio, and came\\nto the pleasant township of Pittsford in 1866,\\nand has ever since been a permanent resident of\\nthis place, buying at that time the house, situated\\none-half mile from Hudson, in which he and his\\nfamily have ever since lived.\\nMr. Shepard w.as married, April 20, 1848, to\\nEliza K., daughter of Nezer and Phebe (Kniffiu)\\nSutherland, and a native of Dutchess Count}-, N. Y.\\nHer father came of an ancient Scottish family,\\nwhose early home was in Sutherland, in the north-\\nern part of Scotland three brothers came to Amer-\\nica in Colonial times, and were the founders of\\nthe family of that name on this side of the Atlantic.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "-^M.\\n^i.\\nto\\nCO\\n(T", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "h\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n209\\ni~\\nMrs. She]iard s motlier was of English ancestry, and\\nlier parents, James and .Sarah Kiiillhi, were early\\nsettlers of Cayuga Countj N. Y., and later, of\\nGreenwieh, Ihiron Co., Ohio. ]t is thought that\\nMrs. Shepard s jiarents were born in New York\\nState; after marriage they resided for awhile in Cay-\\nuga C onnt\\\\, thence removed to Dutchess County,\\nand ill 1838 went from there to Ohio, and settled\\nin that part of Huron County now known as Ash-\\nland C ount3 Mr. Sutherland bought a large tract\\nof land containing 1.800 acres, also G-JO acres, sepa-\\nrate from the rest, which are included in the home-\\nstead that he improved, besides improving the\\ngreater part of the remainder of his land. He died\\non the home farm in Ruggles Township, in December,\\n1848, his wife surviving him until 1854. Mrs.\\nShepaid is a lady of culture, and an artist of con-\\nsiderable ability the walls of her beautiful home\\nare adorned with fine oil paintings of her own work.\\nMr. Shepard s active career in life has been one\\nof wide and varied experience, and before his re-\\ntirement he occujiied a high position in business\\ncircles, as a man pre-eminently characterized by\\nfinancial abilty of a high order and remarkable\\njudgment, everything that he undertook tending\\nto his general prosperity. He has always mani-\\nfested an intelligent interest in public affairs, and in\\npolitics is identified with the Republicans.\\n-3\u00c2\u00bb*-\\n^f^AMILTON WARREN. Among the good\\n^y citizens of Woodbridge Township who are\\nactively engaged in .agricultural pursuits,\\nno one is more worthy of consideration in\\nthis biograi)hical work than the gentleman whose\\nname heids this sketch. He is a native of Ohio,\\nborn in Hancock County, March 12, 183G, and is a\\nson of John and Isabel (Black) Warren, both\\nnatives of County Tyrone in the northern part of\\nIreland. The father was a laborer by occupation,\\nand was born in 1788, emigrated to this countrj^\\nand settled in Columbia County, Ohio, where he died\\nin 1839. He was sober, honest and upright in his\\ndaily life, and gained the full respect of his neigh-\\nbors. To him and his wife were born three chil-\\ndren William, Isabel and our subject. The mother\\nwas born May It, 17 J and is still living at an ad-\\nvanced age. She is a firm Christian, and has been\\nfor many years a faithful member of the Presby-\\nterian Church. After the death of her first hus-\\nband she married William Pelle, by whom she Lad\\nseven children, of whom the following arc living:\\nWarren, Lewis, Harriet, Estella and Matilda. Her\\nson Warrick took part in the late Civil War, and\\nwas wounded at Lookout Mountain, which caused\\nhis death.\\nHamilton Warren grew to manhood in his native\\nState, lieing strong, vigorous, and capable of mak-\\ning his own waj in the world. In the earl^ years\\nof his manhood the late Civil War was raging, and\\nin August, 18G2. he enlisted in Corapan} B, 99th\\nOhio Infantry, for three J ears, or until the expira-\\ntion of the war. He entered the army as a Corporal,\\nwas mustered into service August 26, and first took\\nan active part in battle at Pen-} ville, Ky., the follow-\\ning September. He then engaged in the battles of\\nMurfreesboro and Stone River, and in some very\\nheavy skirmishes in Tennessee., remaining in that\\nState some time. The next general battle in which\\nhe fought was Chickamauga, and in the two-days\\nfight there he was wounded in the left artn, and it\\nwas broken between the elbow and wrist: was sent\\nto the hospital for a short time, and after that w.as\\nsent home on a ninct^ -days leave of absence\\nto recruit his failing health. At the expiration of\\nhis furlough, our subject returned to his regi-\\nment, and remained in the South until the war w.as\\nover. His regiment was consolidated with the 50th\\nOhio, and he was registered in Coinpan3 V. Mr.\\nWarren was present at the siege of Atlanta, and\\nwas within about thirty rods of the train of the rebel\\nammunition when it blew up. Subsequently his\\nregiment marched under Sherman from Atlanta to\\nthe sea, and thence through the Carolinas. lie\\nwas with Gen. Blj ers, Gen. Howard command-\\ning odicer, .at the time of Lee s surrender. Our\\nsubject very fortunately escaped imprisonment from\\nthe hands of the rebels during the whole of his\\nlong experience on Southern battle-fields, and he was\\nhonorabl} discharged from the army at the close of\\nthe Rebellion, at Raleigh, N. C, and came to Cincin-\\nnati, Ohio, and was i)aid off at Camp Dennison. He", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "210\\nli\\nHILLSDALE COUXTY.\\nthen returned to his native place, and spent some\\ntime in the home of liis mother and stepfather.\\nHe resumed the occupation of farmer, and was en-\\nwao-eil in agricultural pursuits in his native State\\nfor some time. In September, 186G, Mr. Warren\\nwas married to Wiss Mary Bender, wlio has since\\nfaithfully devoted lierself to iiis interests, and has\\nafforded him much assistance in building up a\\nhome. She was born in Richland County, Ohio,\\nAug. 22, 1850, and is a daughter of Samuel and\\nSarah (Keasey) Bender, who arc natives of Penn-\\nsj lvania, where the father was born in 1813, and\\nthe motlier in 1815. Mrs. Warren is an esteemed\\nmember of the United Bretliren Church. To her\\nand her husband have been born ten children, of\\nwiiom the following is the record: William; Jere-\\nmiah is a great Western traveler; John served in the\\narmy three mouths, and was in California thirteen\\nyears, mining; Daniel is a minister of the United\\nBrethren Chutcli; David was in the army tliree\\nyears as a private in the 4!)th Ohio Regiment, and\\nwas a prisoner for three months; Charles was a pri-\\nvate in the 57th Ohio Regiment; Henry was a mem-\\nber of an Ohio regiment during the war, and\\nwas a prisoner for five months Mary, Mrs. Warren\\nElizabeth and Alice are the names of the youngest\\nchildren.\\nMr. Warren moved to Michigan March 20, 1867,\\nand bought his present place of residence in Wood-\\nbridge Township, and has a good farm of forty\\nacres of highly productive and well-tilled laud on\\nsection 17; it is very finely located, admirably\\nadapted to the raising of cereals and other crops\\nfor which this county is noted, and has proved a\\nver_y profitable investment to its owner.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Warren have been born three\\nchildren, as follows: John, born June 12, 1867;\\nKdwiu-d, who died at the age of three years Charlie,\\nborn Feb. 25, 1877. Mrs. AVarren is an active\\nmemlier of the United Brethren Church, an l her\\ndaily walk in life shows her to be a true Christian.\\nMr. Warren is not a member of any church, but his\\nlife is guided by good principles, and his habits are\\nunexceptionable. As a neighbor he is kind and\\ntrustworthy, and as a husband and father he is de-\\nvoted and affectionate. In his political views our\\nsul)ject is a good Rei)ublican, and that party has no\\nstronger supporter in this township than he who\\nmore than a quarter of a century ago enlisted with\\nother brave citizens in defense of our noble country\\nand its grand institutions.\\nBRAIIAM F. MtFARLAND, a general raer-\\nWfu\\\\ chant at Waldron, is a native of Knox\\nl/ril Count^ Ohio, where he began life on the\\n24th of February, 1 849. His father, George\\nMcFarland, was born in Virginia, and was the son\\nof Eleven McFarland, whom it is believed was a\\nnative of Scotland. However that maj- be, he lo-\\ncated in Virginia, purchasing a farm in Frederick\\nCounty, and died there.\\nGeorge McFarland learned the trade of cooper\\nin his youth, and about 1837 removed to Ohio,\\nsettling in the young town of Zanesville, where he\\nfollowed his trade first, and then carried on busi-\\nness in a shop of his own. From that place he re-\\nmoved to the portion of Williams County which is\\nnow included in Fulton, and settled in the midst of\\na timbered tract, eighty acres of which he had se-\\ncured by purchase, and where he cleared a good\\nfarm. Of this, however, he only retained posses-\\nsion until 1848, removing thence to Knox County,\\nwhere he followed faruiing three years, then re-\\nturned to Zanesville, and resumed coopering until\\n1855. During this year the father of our subject\\npurchased another tract of timber land in W^illiams\\nCountry, where he had again to cut away the trees\\nin order to make i-ooni for the log house. LTpon\\nthis he resided until his death, which occurred on\\nthe 25th of September, 1887, at the advanced age\\nof eighty-foin- years. In the meantime he had elim-\\ninated a good farm from the wilderness, and in\\nhis later days was surrounded by all the comforts\\nof life.\\nMrs. Sarah (Jennings) McFarland, mother of\\nour subject, was also a native of A irginia, is still\\nliving, and occupies the old homestead in Mill\\nCreek Township, AVilliams Co., Ohio. The par-\\nental household included eleven children, eight of\\nwhom grew to mature years. Abraham F. was\\nsix years of age when his p.arents settled atnong\\nthe pioneers of Williams County, Ohio. He at-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n211\\ni=\\ntended the district sciiool when a small l oy, and as\\nsoon as large enough was required to make himself\\nnseful about the farm. When a youth of seventeen\\nhe began learning the blacksmith s trade at East\\nIlanier, where he continued nine months, and after\\nhis emploj-er sold out worked elsewhere as a jour,\\nbeing fully competent. He was thus occupied si.x\\nyears, then puicliasing a sl)oi in Ilamcr continued\\nthere two years, at the expiration of which time lie\\nmade his w.ay to this county, and invested his\\nlittle capital in a lot in Waldron, wlierc he put up\\na shop, and presided at the anvil six years more.\\nFailing hcaltli now coinpellcd him toal)audon mus-\\ncular labor, and renting his shop, he purcliased a\\nsmall stock of groceries, in which he began to\\nbuild uji a good trade. The following spring he\\nwas obliged to seek more commodious qu.arters,\\nand a year later purchased ground and erected\\nhis present buildings. His straightforward manner\\nof tloing business has secured him a generous pat-\\nronage from the people of this section, and he now\\ncarries a large stock of clothing, dry-goods, boots\\nand shoes, groceries (both fancy and staple), and\\nhas, in connection with these, a drug department.\\nThe marriage of Abraham F. McFarland and\\nl\\\\liss Sarah L. Seeley tocA place at the home of\\nthe bride, near Morenci, Mich.,on the .30tli of July,\\n1H72. INI rs. McFarland was born in Erie County,\\nI a., in August, 185.5, and is the daughter of Will-\\niam and Mary (Weed) Seeley, natives of Spring-\\nfield, Erie Co., Pa.; the father departed this life in\\n1872; the mother was born Jan. 30, 1831. Mr.\\nSeeley was reared and married in his native county,\\nwhere he purchased twenty acres of land, upon\\nwhich he operated for two years, then sold out, and\\npurchased fiftj -six acres near the town of Spring-\\nlield, where he continued with his family- until 18G7,\\nthen coming to Southern Michigan, he purchased a\\nfarm on section 2(j, in Wright Township, upon\\nwhich he lived and labored until called hence.\\nIhe paternal grandfather of Mrs. McFarland,\\nAustin Seeley b} name, was a native of ermont,\\nand the son of David Seele} who removed from\\nthe Green Mountain State to Erie County, Pa.,\\nabout 1818, and there spent his last days. Austin\\nSeele} took for his wife Miss Mary Hart, a native\\nof New York State. He purcluised land in Eric\\n4*\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nCounty, improved a farm from the wilderness, and\\nthere spent the remainder of his life.\\nThe maternal grandfather of Mrs. McFarland,\\nWilliam Weed, Sr., was born in Luzerne, N. Y.\\nHis father was also named William Weed. lie\\nwas of Welsh ancestry, and one of the early settlers\\nof Luzerne. He removed from there to Attica,\\nand thence to Chautauqua Count}-, where his death\\ntook place. The great-grandmother in her girlhood\\nwas Miss Mary Selleck. a native of New York\\nState. Their son William, tiie grandfatlier of Mrs.\\nMcF., was married, in Albion, N. Y., to Miss Martha\\nPeckham, a native of that place, and the daughter\\nof Allen and Martha (Mattison) Peckiiam. After\\nmarriage he purchased a tract of timber land in\\nSpringfield Township, Erie Co., Pa., where he cleared\\na farm, and subsequcnll} added more land, upon\\nwhich he operated until resting from his earthly\\nlabors. The mother of Mrs. McF. resided with her\\nparent-s until her marriage, and became an expert\\nat spinning wool and flax and weaving cloth. She\\nis still living, and occupies the old homestead with\\nher youngest son and daughter.\\nAbraham F. McFarland is ranked among the self-\\nmade men of Uillsdidc County, and one who has\\ncontributed his full quota townr l the development\\nof its resources. Politically, he is a Republican.\\nMr. McFarland and wife have five children, viz.\\nWilliam W., Frank W., Hermey, Abraham F., Jr.,\\nand Nevada.\\n^^\u00c2\u00bbt^-\\n4r*c-\u00c2\u00ab\\nylLLIAM R. MONTGOMERY, Ji:., Super-\\nvisor of Adams Township, is one of its\\nmost thorough and skillful farmers, and\\nsuccessful breeders of fine stock. Of this latter in-\\ndustry he has for the last ten 3 ears m.-ide a s|)ec-\\nialty, and has now a herd of thoroughbred Jersey\\ncattle, with .about forty head of Cotswold and\\nShropshire sheep. The head of e.ach is a registered\\nanimal. The homestead is noticeable for its well-\\nkept fields and elegant buildings, which are second\\nto none in the county, and the proprietor is one of\\nits most esteemed men and citizens.\\nWilliam R. Montgomery, Sr., came to this county\\n-t", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "^f 212\\ni\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nin the pioneer daj s, and after liis marriage with\\nMiss Amanda Mills, wlio like himself was a native\\nof New York State. They settled first in the south-\\nwestern part of the county, in Camden Townsliip,\\nwhere the family, in 1841), met witli its first great\\naftlietion in the death of the wife and mother, which\\noccurred soon after tlie birth of her son, our subject,\\nwhich took phice on the 12tli of February, that\\nyear. The two elder children were also boys.\\nThe elder, Harvey, is in the enii Ioy of the Govern-\\nment in the Postal De])artnient in Texas; the\\nyounger, Thomas C, is Freight Agent for the Lake\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Shore Railroad, and has his residence in Hillsdale.\\nThe father of our subject before coming to the\\nAVest had studied law, and been admitted to the\\nliar in the city of Rochester, N. Y. After the\\ndeath of his first wife he contracted a second mar-\\nriage, and William R., our snliject, continued a\\nmember of his father s houselKjld, to which there\\nwere subsequently added four more children. From\\nthe age of six years, they resided in the city of\\nHillsdale, and as soon as old en(jugh William R., Jr.,\\nentered the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad\\nCompany, and operated in Wyoming Territory\\nfrom 18G8 to 1871. He then returned to this county\\nand resumed farming.\\nOur subject in the meantime, on the 4tli of No-\\nvember, 18G9, was united in marriage with Miss\\nElizabeth, daughter of David and Sarah (Evans)\\nStone, who were natives respectively of England\\nand Wales. Mr. Stone emigrated to America when\\na -young man and settled in New York, where he\\neng.aged in agriculture, but later came to this\\ncounty, and died at the home of his son in Adams\\nTownslii]) in 1871. The motlier is still living, being\\nnovv seventy-eight years of age, and continues on\\nthe old homestead. Their children included three\\nsons and two daughters. Mrs. Montgomery, the\\nyoungest, was born June 23, 1850, acquired a com-\\nmon-school education, and continued at home until\\nhei marriage. Of her union with our subject there\\nis one child, a son Austin, born Sept. 23, 1871.\\nHe continues to make his home with his parents,\\nand is attending school at Hillsdale.\\nThe homestead of our subject includes sixty\\nacres of highly cultivated land, finely located on\\nsection 19. He takes [irido in his farm, his cattle\\nand his horses, and is no less thoughtful for the\\ncomfort of his home and famil} For the past nine\\nye.ars he has oflBciated as School Director in his dis-\\ntrict, and was Township Treasurer two years. He\\ncast his first Presidential vote for Grant, and is a\\nreliable supporter of the Republican part}^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2o o.-@^ A^-.o*o..\\nEDWARD WEATHERINGTON. Weather-\\nington Brothers, of Wright Township,are well\\nJ known throughout Southern Michigan as\\nextensive general farmers and stock-raisers, and as\\nowners of the imported English shire draft horse.\\nBlack Rock, one of the finest stock horses in the\\nUnited States. They are men of energy and enter-\\nprise, thoroughly in love vvith their vocation, in\\nwhich they take pride, and in their endeavors to\\nexcel have come very little short of their ambition.\\nTheir beautiful farming estate is finely located on\\nsection 3.0, and forms one of the most attractive\\nspots in the landscape of Wright Township.\\nThe gentleman whose name stands at the head of\\nthis sketch was born in Warmington, Northampton-\\nshire, England, Feb. 13, 1844, and is the son of\\nJohn Weatherington, who was also of English birth\\nand ancestrj-, and w.as reared and married in the\\ncount} where his son was born. He learned the\\ntrade of thatcher and stacker in England, which he\\nfollowed some years, but finally engaged as an hotel-\\nkeeper in Warmington. In July, 1845, with his\\nwife and six children, he boarded a sailing-vessel\\nbound from Liver|)ool to America, landing in New\\nYork after a voyage of forty days. Thence he\\nmade his way directly to Michigan, via the Hudson\\nRiver and Erie Canal to Buffalo and thence by lake\\nto Toledo.\\nDuring this journey the father of our subject\\nmade the acquaintance of a man from Wright Town-\\nship, this county, who portrayed to him the advan-\\ntages of this section, and induced tiie newl}- arrived\\ncandidate for citizenship to settle in Southern Mich-\\nigan, instead of Illinois, as he had at first intended.\\nUpon the arrival at Toledo they boarded a train\\nfor Adrian, and hired a team to transport the family\\nand their effects to Wright Township. LTpon his\\narrival here John Weatherington purch.ased eighty\\nm^\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "I\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n213\\nacres on section 35. a portion (if which wns cleared\\nand upon \u00c2\u00abliich a log house had lioon erected.\\nThe settlers at tiiis time were few and far betvveen\\nindeed not enough to yet scare away the deer,\\nwild turkeys and wolves, which were ])lentiful.\\nUpon the ijrinciple that a rolling stone gatiiers no\\nmoss, the father of our subject here continued a\\nresident, clearing his land, putting u|i good farm\\nbuildings, and working up to the day of his death,\\non the 25tli of Blarch, 1863, when he was killed by\\nthe falling of a tree. He was then sixtj -two j-ears\\nof age. lie had added to his first jiurchase, and\\nat the time of his death had i)ut up a handsome\\nbrick residence, with a frame bain, and brought\\nthe homestead generally to the condition where it\\nwould bear comparison with that of his neighbors\\nand indeed excelling most of them. Thishome-\\nste.id the bo3-s now occupy, and it is hardly nec-\\nessary to say that it po.ssesses for them, with its\\nold meniories and associations, a far more than\\nmoneyed value.\\nJohn AVeatherington had mairied in his native\\nEngland. Miss Bridget Upex, also a native of North-\\nanii)tonshire, and who, surviving her husliand a\\nperiod of thirteen years, also died at the old home-\\nstead, in 187G. The record of the seven children\\nof the parental family is as follows: William is a\\nresident of Wright Townsliij); Alice married Robert\\nIluniberstone, who died in 1880; John and Thomas\\nare the associates of our subject in his farming and\\nstock-raising, and live with him at the homestead;\\nSarah lives with her brothers; Mary A. was born\\nin Wright Township, and died there Jan. 11, 18.S-2.\\nEdward Wcatherington was but a year old when\\nhis parents brought him to the United States, and\\nconsequenll}^ knows no other home than Hillsdale\\nCount}-. He acquired his education in the jiioneer\\nschools of Wright Township, and has been a con-\\ntinuous resident on the homestead since his earliest\\nrecollection. In company with his brothers he has\\nl)urchased land, until their property now includes\\nGOO broad .acres, embracing some of tiie linest soil\\nof Southern Michigan. \\\\U w.as married on the\\n8th of March, 1884, to Miss Jane Stooi)s, who was\\nborn in Milford, Wayne Co., Ohio, April 18, ISU. J,\\nand whose i irents, .loioph and Susiiuiah Stoops,\\nwere natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Ohio\\nboth are living. Of this union there was one\\nchild onl}^ a daughter, Fuschia Anna, who was born\\nApril i), 1885, and died Aj^ril 14, 1888. Mr.\\nWeatherington votes the straight Democr.ntic ticket,\\nand in tiie spring of 1 887 was elected .lustice of the\\nPeace, which oflico he still holds. Both he and\\nhis estimable wife are members in good standing of\\nthe United Baptist Church, at Waldron.\\nMRS. HARRIET A. RICHARDS, who is\\npleasantly situated on sections 17 and 18\\nof Moscow Township, this count} is the\\nwidow of Mark 15. Richards, formerly a\\nmost intluentiai citizen of this i)lace, who died in\\n1877 at the age of fifty-five years. Mrs. Richards\\nis the daughter of Benjamin and Louisa (Curtiss)\\nRussell, natives respectively of Vermont and New-\\nYork. After their marri.age tliey settled in Wyo-\\nming County, N. Y., where they remained until their\\nremoval to Michigan, when they located in Rich-\\nmond, Macomb Coinitj The} spent the closing\\nyears of their lives in that place, her father dying\\nin October, 1866, at the age of fifty-two j ears, and\\nher mother in 1883, at the venerable age of seventy-\\nsix years. They were the parents of five children,\\n.all girls, four of whom were born during their resi-\\ndence in New York, ind not having an} sons of\\ntheir own, they .adojited a boy.\\nMrs. Richards, of whom we write, was the second\\nchild born to her parents, her birth having taken\\nplace in (Jainesville, Wyoming Co., N. Y., May 27,\\n18311. She was naturally an apt, studious scholar,\\nand after coming to Michigan she pursued her\\nstudies, which were l)egun in the district schools of\\nher native State, in the public schools of this Stale,\\nand afterward in a select school. After completing\\nlier e lucation, our subject taught very successfully\\nfor two terms in the schools of Macomb County.\\nThis arduous but pleasant task she gave up to be-\\ncome the wife of Mr. Richards, to whom she was\\nunited in marriage Feb. 2, 1860. He was a son of\\nCharles and Melinda (.Stevens) Richards, both na-\\ntives of New York, and pioneers of Macomb County,\\nthis State. To them wi ic born three bo} s and two\\ngirls, Mark having been the second child in order\\nh", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "t.\\n214\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nof birth. He was born Aug. 27, 1822, in Wj-o-\\nining Coiint}% N. Y.,ancl was a young man when he\\ncame to Michigan witii his parents. He soon afier\\nmarried for his first wife Miss Amy Walton, who\\nafter a few years of married life died, leaving two\\nchildren, Byron and Adelbert, both of whom are\\nprosperous farmers in Washington Territory. Mr.\\nRichards subsequently married the subject of this\\nsketch, and to them was born one child, Carrie, who\\nis now the wife of Elva Finch; they reside on the\\nhomestead with Mis. Richards and liave one child,\\na daughter named Hattie.\\nMr. Richards was a representative man of the\\ncounty, and one of the most prominent men of\\nMoscow Township. Politically, he was a stanch\\nDemocrat. His excellent judgment, ability and\\nintegrity, made him worthy of the confidence re-\\nposed in him by his fellow-citizens, who elected him\\nto various offices of profit and trust in this county.\\nHis widow resides on the liome farm. She is a\\nwoman of culture and refinement, and highly es-\\nteemed for her many sterling qualities of heart and\\nintellect. Li religion Mrs. Richards is in sj mpathy\\nwith the tenets of tlie Metliodist Episcopal Church;\\nshe is progressive in her views, and is a strong\\nadvocate of the temperance cause.\\nSl^^fr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0VfUDGE WILLIAM MERCER, who is widely\\nand favorably liuown throughout .Southern\\nMicliigan, owns one of the finest farms in\\nHillsdale County, and with his sons is oi)crat-\\ning 360 acres of land, mostly improved, but 100 acres\\nreserved for timber. The buildings of his homestead\\nare commodious and substantial, including a hand-\\nsome residence with ample barns and other structures\\nadapted to the shelter of stock and the storing of\\ngrain. The farm machinery, the cattle and horses,\\nand all the appurtenances of the country estate, are\\nfully in keeping with the tastes and means of the pro-\\nprietor, who has availed himself of modern methods\\nand made an art of agriculture, by which he has\\nachieved success.\\nThe boyhood home of our subject was on the\\nother side of the Atlantic, in County Donegal, Ire-\\nland, where he was born Oct. C, 1811. His parents,\\nSamuel and Hannah (Culbert) Mercer, were natives\\nof the same county, whence they emigrated to\\nAmerica, in 1819, and settled in Livingston County,\\nN. Y. The father purchased land upon which he\\noperated for a period of sixteen j ears, then deter-\\nmined to emigrate to the Territory of Michigan.\\nHe reached Hillsdale County in October, 1835, and\\nwith his family took up 320 acres of Government\\nland in Somerset Township. Part of that purchase\\nis now included in the farm of our subject. The\\nold log house which the father built is still stand-\\ning, and under that humble roof his death took\\nplace about 18J2, when he was sixty-seven years of\\nage.\\nSamuel Mercer was a man of great energy and\\nindustr} and became thoroughly- identified with the\\ninterests of his adopted country. He was active\\nin the various enterprises inaugurated for the benefit\\nof the people around him, and after coming to this\\ncounty was numbered among its most valued citi-\\nzens. The mother was a native of the same county\\nas her husband, where they were married and be-\\ncame the parents of two children. Seven more\\nwere added to the household after their arrival in\\nAmerica. The mother passed away thirteen years\\nafter the death of her husband, when seventy-seven\\nyears of age, her death taking place at the home of\\nher son, our subject. Their eldest daughter, Eliza,\\nwas born in County Donegal, Ireland, in 181 4, and\\nis now living in Wheatland; Margaret was born\\nin Livingston County, N. Y., July 21, 1824, and\\nmakes her home with her brother William; Hannah\\nwas born about 1821), and Isabelle in 1833, in Liv-\\ningston County, N. Y.; the} are now residents of\\nHillsdale County. But five of the children arc liv-\\ning. All the grandparents were natives of County\\nDonegal, Ireland, where the grandfathers were en-\\ngaged in farming pursuits.\\nOur subject continued under the home roof until\\n1845. When thirty-three years of age he was united\\nin marriage \\\\k ith Miss Sarah Gamble, who was born\\nin Livingston County, N. Y., in 1818, and is the\\ndaughter of David and Rebecca (Carroll) Gamble^\\nDavid Gamble, also a native of Ireland, emigrated\\nto the United States in early manhood and located in\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n215\\nLivingston Couiit3% N. Y., where he lived from 1810\\nuntil iiis decease. lie passed away in 1802, at tlie\\nripe old age of eight3 years. His wife was a na-\\ntive of Pennsylvania, and died in Livingston C ountj^\\nN. Y., in 1832, when a young woman. Mrs. Mer-\\ncer was one of twelve children, l)Ut seven of whom\\narc living. Siie became tlie mother of seven chil-\\ndren, and died at her liome in Somerset Townsiiip\\non the 4th of April, 18G4. One of their children\\ndied when seven days old. All were born in Som-\\nerset Township. David G., who was born Feb. 21,\\n184G, mari ied Miss Frances Campbell, and is the\\nfather of a son and daughter; Samuel A. was born\\nNov. 23, 1\u00c2\u00ab48, and married Miss ?^stelia Bilby;they\\nhave two sons, and Samuel is farming on a part of\\nthe old liomestcad. Elizabeth was born March 23,\\n1849, and is now the wife of William Robbins, of\\nWheatland Townsiiip; AVilliam AV. was born March\\n10, 1853, and married Miss Betsy Voorhees; they\\nare living in Somerset Township, and have one son.\\nJohn G., who carries on the farm witii his father,\\nwas born Dec. 20, 1854; Sarah, Mrs. William liilby,\\nof Somerset Township, was born Dec. 3, 1858, and\\nis the mother of a son and daughter.\\nJudge Mercer i)uisued his early studies in the dis-\\ntrict school, and his subsequent education has been\\ncarried on mostly b}^ himself. He is fond of reading,\\nand as soon as old enough to think, acquired the habit\\nof observation, which has proved a large element\\nin securing his success in life. Upon the organiza-\\ntion of the township of Somerset, he was chosen\\nAssessor, which ollice he filled two years, and sub-\\nsequently served as Justice of the Peace for about\\nlitteen years. He served as Inspector in his town-\\nship two years, and in January, 1844, was elected\\nAssociate Judge of the Circuit Court, and in No-\\nvember, 1850, elected County Judge, which office\\nhe occupied until it was abolished, in 1852. He\\nrepresented Somerset Township in the County Board\\nof Supervisors for a period of ten years, and is\\n|)robabl3- the oidy one remaining who was a mem-\\nber of the board at the time of his first election.\\nIn 1842 he was elected on the first board under\\nthe State Law, and was Supervisor most of the time\\nup to 18(19, and since that lime his son David G.\\nwas the incumbent of the same office from Somer-\\nset Township.\\nJudge Mercer has always been a stanch Demo-\\ncrat, politically, and although not a member of any\\nchurch organization, believes in the establishment\\nof religious institutions, and attends church quite\\nregularly. The two sisters living with him are\\nactive mcndjers of the Ladies Aid Society. There\\nare few who pass within sight of the Mercer hoine-\\nitead who do not stop to inquire as to the leading-\\nspirit which has built it up and sustained its rei)U-\\ntation as one of the most desirable farms within the\\nlimits of Hillsdale County.\\n:^fl_^ ARVEY COLBURN, who is a retired fanner\\nof Cambria Township, and now occupying\\na snug home in the village, has been a rcsi-\\nj\\\\ dent of Hillsd.Mle County since the spring\\nof 18G8. A native of the Old Granite State, he\\nwas born in the town of Lyme, Oct. 30, 1812, and\\nis the son of William Colliurn, who was born in\\nGrafton Count} N. 11., and whose descendants\\ncrossed over from England, it is supposei), pri(jr to\\nthe Revolutionary A\\\\ar.\\nWilliam Colbnrn spent his life in agriculUual\\npursuits, and during his early maidiood married\\nMiss Phebe Hobart, a Vermont lad^- of New En-\\ngland ancestry. Her death took place in Lj nie,\\nN. H., at the age of seventy-four years. Both par-\\nents were members of the Regular Baptist Church.\\nThe husband survived his vvife some years, and\\nspent his last days with his son, our sultject, in\\nMarslifield, Vt., p:issing away at the ripe old age of\\neighty-four years. He was a man of much force of\\ncharacter, and after the election of Andrew Jack-\\nson as President identified himself with the Whig\\nparty. The subject of this sketch was the 3-oungest\\nof ten children bom to his parents, all of whom\\nlived to become men and women, niarrietl and had\\nfamilies of their own. Of these, three are now-\\nliving, and only one died under seventy- ^-ears of\\nage. (Jne, Ziba b^ name, died recently at the age\\nof ninet^ -one years, in Wisconsin; Frank W., aged\\neighty-four, is now living at Schuyler Falls, N. Y.\\nAlanson, aged seventy-nine, is a resident uf Branch\\nCounty, this State, and has not yet abandoned the", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "4\\na\\n216\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nfarming pursuits wbicli lie ciiose for iiis occupation\\nwhen a youth.\\nMr. Colburn, our subject, when twenty-three\\nyears of age emigrated from his native place into\\nWashington County, Vt., and tliere made the ac-\\nquaintance of Miss Sopliia Dodge, to wliom he was\\nmarried April 24, 183G. This lady was born in\\nMarshfield, Washington Co.. Vt., Aug. 2.3, 1817,\\nand was llic daughter of Nathan and Annie (Po-\\nland) Dodge, who were natives of New Hampshire,\\nand wl\\\\o died in Marshfield at the ages respectively\\nof sixty-six and seventy- four years. The father, also\\na farmer, was tlie son of Nathaniel Dodge, who was\\nborn in New Boston, N. H., and went with but a\\nmoment s notice to assist tiie Colonists in the Revo-\\nlutionar} War. He got tliere just in time to wit-\\nness tiie surrender of the British forces. He w.as a\\nWhig politicall} and religiously, a member of tiie\\nOld-Scbool Baptist Church.\\nMrs. Colburn was the youngest of the three sons\\nand seven daugliters born to her parents, and was\\nreared to womanhood in her native township. Her-\\nself and lie- sister Jlorricy, the wife of Alanson\\nColburn, of Branch County, this State, are the only\\nsurvivors of their family. Of her marriage with\\nour subject there were born four children, three\\nof whom are deceased. Their only child living,\\nCora S., was graduated from Hillsdale College in\\nthe class of 1870, being third in the class. She was\\nborn in Marshfield, \\\\t., Dec. 13, 1843, and was the\\nthird eliiid of her parents. She acquired her earl3\\neducation in her native township, and began teach-\\ning at the age of sixteen jears. Her studies there\\nwere completed in Newberry Seminary. She is a\\nvery intelligent and accomplished lady, and, it is\\nhardly necessary to say, constitutes the chief com-\\nfort of lier parents.\\nThe deceased children of Mr. and Mrs. Colburn\\nare reetnded as follows: Corydon A. and Caroline\\nA. (twins), died when two and one-half j ears old,\\nin Marshfield. Vt. William A. lived to manhood,\\nand was married in Charleston, S. C, to Miss Alice\\nISL Cade, who was a native of New York; they\\nbecame the parents of one child, a son, Harvey C,\\nnamed after liis grandfather, and who is now thir-\\nteen years of age. William H. Colburn died in\\nWalhalla, S. C, at the age of thirty-four years; his\\nwidow is a resident of Cambri.a. AVilliam H. was\\na young man who was fond of reading, and who\\npossessed more than ordinary intelligence; he en-\\ntered a printing-office at Montpelier, t., when\\nabout fifteen years of age, and served a thorough\\napprenticeship to the art preservative, finally be-\\ncoming foreman of one of the largest printing-\\nliouses in the city of Charleston, and holding this\\nposition at the time of his death, which occurred\\nSept. 29, 1879.\\nOur subject and liis estimable wife, with their\\ndaughter, are members in good standing of the\\nChristian Church, and during their long residence\\nin this county have made for themselves hosts of\\nfriends. Their early years were spent mostly in\\ncontinuous labor, by which they accumulated a\\ncomfortable property, and are now in a condition\\nto enjoy their declining years surrounded by the\\ncomforts of life and many of its luxuries. IMr.\\nColburn has Ijeen a member of the Republican\\nparty since its organization, and has always taken\\na warm interest in the establishment and mainten-\\nance of educational institutions. He has been the\\nincumbent of the various local offices in his town-\\nship, the duties of which he discharged with that\\nconscientious care and fidelity which are his second\\nnature.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0SJOHN WIIITTEN, formerly a pioneer, an l a\\nI respected citizen and representative farmer\\nof Fayette Township, was born across the\\nocean in Scotland, in December, 1804. When\\na young man he came to America, settling first in\\nCanada, but after a short time he removed to\\nOneida County, N. Y., which he made his home\\nuntil 1837, and then, accompanied by his wife and\\none child, came to this county and settled in Fayette\\nTownship, where he improved a farm and resided\\nuntil his death, Dec. 28, 1870.\\nThe subject of this notice was united in marriage,\\nin Oneida County, N. Y., with Miss Mary St. Clair,\\nwho was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1 807. She sur-\\nvived her husliand a sliort time, dying in April, 1879_\\nTheir union resulted in the birth of three children,\\nwho grew to mature years.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2p.\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "L..\\nIIILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n217\\nANDREW BUSIIONG. While traveling\\ni 0/J| tlii ougli llillsil;ile Coutity, tlie biographical\\n|l\\\\ writers of tiiis Ai.ium met witli hut few-\\nactive business men wlio are natives of liic\\ncounty. Tiic vast majority of those vvlio to-day\\nare tilling the soil and raising stock, or are engaged\\nin l)usiness or commercial enterprises, were born\\nwithout tlie borders of tliis county. In presenting\\nthis sketch of the career of one of the leading men\\nof Hillsdale County, and a gentleman wiio is thor-\\noughly representative of its progressive element,\\nwe deem it our duty first to advert briefly to the\\nlife story of those from whom he derives his origin.\\nMr. Busiioug was born in Columbiana County\\nOhio, Sept. 24, 1828, while his father, Jacob Bush-\\nong, was born in Shenandoah County, Va., and his\\ngrandfather, Andrew Bushong, was also, it is\\nthought, born in the Old Dominion, and was of\\nFrench ancestry; he followed the occupation of a\\nfarmer, and spent liis entire life in that State. The\\nfather of our subject was reared on the farm in\\nVirginia, and removed thence to Columbiana\\nCounty, Ohio, where he was among the early set-\\ntlers of Fairfield Township. He made the toilsome\\noverland journey, l)ringing his wife with their two\\nchildren and their worldly effects, their conveyance\\nconsisting of a pair of horses and one wagon, which\\nconstituted tlieir sleeping apartments at night,\\nwhile they cooked their food as their horses grazed\\nby the wayside. Upon his arrival Jacob Bushong\\npurchased a tract of timber land, and erecting a\\npioneer log cabin, he commenced at once to clear\\nand improve a farm. He resided iu this place tlius\\nemployed until 1849, during which time our subject\\nwas born in the old log cabin; he then sold out,\\nand accou)| anied 1)} his wife and six children\\nstarted for illiam?. County. He again found\\nhimself a pioneer, ami buying a tract of timber\\nland in Jefferson Township, he reiieated his expe-\\nrience of [jioneer life. On this farm, however,\\ntwenty acres of land were partially cleared and the\\nivgulalion log caljin w:us already built. He found\\nanii)lc room for improvement, however, and lived\\nto sec the desire of his heart accomplished, namely,\\na good farm with suitable buildings and ai)pliances\\nto leave to his children, whom he had fitted not\\nOld} by giving them such education as the facilities\\ni~\\nof the day afforded, but by imi)arting to them\\nthose |)ractical lessons whicli can Ije learned only in\\nthe school of experience. In 187G he was called\\nto t lat land from whose bourne no traveler\\nreturns. The mother of our subject, who in her\\ngirlhood was Ilannali Keller, was boni iu Shenan-\\ndoah County, Va., of German ancestry, and sur-\\nviving her husband several 3 ears, died at the iionie\\nof our sul)ject in 1887, at the advanced age of\\neighty-one years.\\nAndrew Bushong remained at home with his\\nparents, spending his boyhood in the manner com-\\nn)on to the sons of pioneers, until seventeen years\\nof age, when he engaged to learn the potter s trade,\\nand after his marriage he started a pottery on his\\nfather s farm, which he carried on five years. He\\nthen worked at the carpenter s trade for a period of\\nlive years, after which he i-ented land in Williams\\nCounty, Ohio, whicli he operated until about 1863.\\nIn September of tliat year he enlisted in Company\\nF, 182d Ohio Infantry, and served until the close\\nof the war. He went with his regiment to Tennessee,\\nand was on duty principally in that State. He was\\nmustered out with his regiment in July, 1865, and\\nreceiving his honorable discharge returned to this\\ncount} and located on his present farm in Amboy\\nTownship. The land was still in a state of nature,\\ncovered with a growth of heavy timber, and he put\\nupon it a log house, and set to work with a will\\nabout its improvement and cultivation. His in-\\ndomitable industry and perseverance, coupled with\\nhis good judgment and frugality, have already\\nborne their legitimate fruit, and he is now in pos-\\nsession of a property which compares favorably\\nwith the best in this township.\\nOur subject was united in marriage, .Ian. 7, 1852,\\nwith Miss Mary Ilisey, \u00c2\u00bbnd to them were born the\\nfollowing chihlren: Klizabcth F., Josei)h William,\\nJacob I)., George E., John II., Isabelle, Emma\\nIsadore and Dalla May.\\nMrs. Bushong was born iu Columbiana County.\\nOhio, April 17, 1828, while her father, Joseph\\nIlisey, was born in Shenandoah County, Va., and\\nremoving to Columbiana County, Ohio, was among\\nits pioneer settlers. In 1 837 he removed to Rich-\\nland County, ami purchasing a farm, engaged in\\nits improvement, and resided there until his death", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "218\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nh\\nin 184G. His wife, whose maiden name was Eliza-\\nbeth Altaffer, was born in Virginia, and was the\\ndanghter of George Altaffer. After the death of\\nher hnsband Mrs. Hisey removed to Williams\\nCounty Ohio, and settled in Jefferson Townshi|),\\nupon a tract of land which he had purchased, and\\nthere she resided until her decease.\\nMr. Bushong is a public-spirited man, and is well\\ninformed on the topics of the day, though his\\ndevotion to his f.arm and family, and his unostenta-\\ntious disposition, prevent him from taking an active\\npart in public affairs. In politics his sympathies\\nare with the Republican party.\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acC. CORTRIGirr has been for many years\\nidentifled with the farming and industrial\\ninterests of Soutlicrn Michigan, and at jjres-\\nent owns a large farm in Reading Township, wliorc\\nhe resides, and has an extensive interest in the\\nHomer Full Roller Water Power Flouring Mills,\\nwhich are conducted under the name of Cortright\\nSon. These mills were established in 1887, and\\nare reputed as being among the best in the Slate,\\nand have a capacity of live barrels of Hour an hour.\\nMr. Cortright s landed possessions arc all in Read-\\ning Township, and comprise 220 acres on sections\\n12 and 1. He owned this farm Ix fore 18G0. It\\nis under good management, a pait of it well im-\\nproved, and is supplied with an excellent class of\\nbuildings, amply sufficient for all his purposes, and\\na very comfortable and cosy dwelling, everything\\nabout the place betokening the greatest thrift and\\ncare. Besides paying due attention to his agri-\\ncultural [jursuits, Air. Cortright has been for many\\nyears successfully engaged as a miller, having\\nowned and managed sawmills at various times since\\n1857. He built his first mill in Branch County,\\nand after conducting it quite prolilalily for some\\ntime he sold it, and built a second mill at Bankers,\\nwhich was afterward burned. Nothing daunted by\\nthat misfortune he immediately built another in the\\nsame place, which he subsequently sold. Later we\\nhear of him as engaged for half-a-dozen years in\\nthe sawmill business in Cambria Township.\\nOur subject was born in Wayne County, the\\n4*\\ntownship of Wolcott, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1827, and is a\\nson of the late Martin Cortright, who was for\\nmany years prosperously engaged in farming in the\\nEmpire State. In 18G() he left his old home in\\nthat State, and came with his family to Michigan.\\nHe purchased a place in Cambria, and died there a\\nfew years later, at the age of sixty-eight. lie was\\ntwice married. His first wife, to whom he was\\nunited in Eastern New Y ork, was Miss Bran. She\\nwas a highly respected, amiable woman, and left\\nthree children, of whom only one is now living to\\nmourn her untimely death. Mr. Cortright s second\\nmarriage, which took place in Wayne County, N.\\nY., was to Miss Sally Biglow, a native of Hoosick\\nFalls, N. Y. This excellent woman lives with her\\ndaughter, Ann M. Phelps, of Hillsdale Township,\\nand is more than eighty years old. Levi, the\\nbrother of our subject, was a soldier in the late\\nwar, and fell while skirmishing at Bailey s Cross\\nRoads.\\nOur subject was the lifth child born to his par-\\nents, and was reared and educated in his native\\ncounty, anil was trained by his worth3 parents to\\ngood and useful habits. When quite a young man\\nhe started out in the world to see life for himself,\\nand earn his own living, and in nearly ever^ thing\\nthat he has undertaken he has met with a good de-\\ngree of success, as he was well endowed with ambi-\\ntion, energy and persistence. lie came to ftlichigan\\nin 1849, and first located in California Township,\\nBranch County, where he i)urchased land, and im-\\nproved a good farm, which he subsequently dis-\\nposed of at an advanced price, and since then, as\\nwe have seen, has been engaged in milling and\\nfarming in different places.\\nMr. Cortright was married in Cambria to Miss\\nCornelia Webber, who was born in Ohio, and came\\nto that township with her parents, David and Lucy\\n(Conkling) AVebbcr. Her father is now dead her\\nmother lives in Ohio at a very advanced .age. The\\nmarriage of our subject has been bles.sed by the\\nl)irth of five children now living, namely: William\\nH. married Lydia Mitchell, and is connected with\\nthe flouring-mills at Homer; Fred married Jennie\\nHolmes, and assists in the management of the flour-\\ning-mills at Homer; David lives on the farm in\\nReading Township, assisting his father in the man-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nagenient of it; Lucj is the wife of Steiihen Crano,\\nwho is a drug ciork at Hillsdale; Jonnic is the wife\\nof Geoi ge Hising, and they live in Kearney, Neli.,\\nwhere he is a Station Agent on the Northern Pacific\\nRailway.\\nOur subject and his estimable wife are people of\\nhigh ciiaracter and good social standing. Mr. Cort-\\nright is eminently practical and methodical in the\\nconduct of his various interests, and his prompt\\nanil u[iriglil dialings have won him a good position\\namong the business men with whom he deals. In\\npolitics he alliliates with the Democrats, and is a\\nstanch supporter of the party.\\nE. MURRAY is a wide-awake, [iraetical\\nfarmer, who is performing his share in sus-\\ntaining the extensive agricultural interests\\nof this, his native State, and by his energy\\nanil industry has gained for himself an honorable\\nposition among the representative farmers of Read-\\ning Townshij), which was his place of birth. He\\nhas lived on his present farm, on section 12, for\\nthree years. It comprises eighty-two and one-\\nhalf acres of as fine land ivv agricultural and stock\\npurposes as is to be found in Hillsdale County, and\\n1)3 his careful culture he has greatly increased its\\nvalue since it camt; into his possession, and is con-\\nstantly making valuable improvements.\\nOur subject was born on the old homestead of\\nhis parents, Daniel and Eliza (IJowen) Murray,\\n.July 12, 184 J. His father was an honored pioneer\\nof Reading Townshij), and fur many years held a\\nleading place among the prominent citizens who\\nhad charge of its local affairs. He was born in\\nRensselaer Count} N. Y., shortly after the arrival\\nof his mother in this country. Her husband had\\nbi cn lost at sea while on the voyage to this country\\nfritni their native Scotland.\\nWhen quite young Mr. Murray was taken to\\nAN cstern New York, and there grew to manliood.\\nlie was more than ordinarily capable, steady and\\nsi lf-reliant, and after marriage, and the birth of one\\nchild, in l.H3(), he and his wife decided that they\\ncould better their fortunes and build up a more\\ncomfortable home for themselves anil their children\\nin the Territory of Southern Michigan, whose rich\\nand fertile soil, still mostly covered with forest\\ntrees of many centuries growth, was not worn out\\nby many years of tillage. On their arrival here\\nthey settled in Adrian Township, Lenawee County,\\nwhere for four years I\\\\lr. Murray worked on farms,\\nand by his industry and prudence saved money\\nenough to make him independent, so that in 1839\\nhe was enabled to enter a tract of land from the\\nGovernment. He was pleased with the location of\\nthe townshi[) of Reading, in Hillsdale County, and\\nresolving to make his abiding-place here, he was\\nsoon in possession of a tract of eighty acres of lantl.\\nand shortly after, in 1840, moved to this place\\nwith his small family. The years that followed\\ntheir settlement here were records of unceasing\\nlabor, many sacrifices, and a patient endurance of\\nthe hardships of life in a new country, on the \\\\nivi\\nof both husband and wife, but they were rewarded\\nby the uiibuildiiig of the comfortable home that they\\nhad sought in the primeval forests of Southern\\nMichigan.\\nMr. Murray improved a line farm of 100 acres,\\nhaving increased his original purchase by the ad-\\ndition of twenty more acres, and remained a resi-\\ndent here until his death, Dec. 20, 1884, at the\\nadvanced age of seventy-seven years. His faithful\\nand loving companion, who unmurmuringly had\\nleft her old home and old friends, and followed him\\ninto the wilderness, to be his chief stay and help\\namid their new and strange surroundings, departed\\nthis life on tlu old homesteatl in this township,\\nApril 13, 1881, at the age of sixty-five years. Mr.\\nMurray always took an earnest interest in the wel-\\nfare of his adopted township, and was prominently\\nidentified with the conduct of its government, hav-\\ning been an incumbent of all the responsible and\\nimportant oflices within the gift of his fellow-\\ntownsmen. He was Supervisor for several terms,\\nTown Clerk, Treasurer, and also held other local\\noflices. His stability of character, his honesty and\\nliberality, rendered him a good citizen and a true\\nman. In politics he was a firm Republican.\\nOur subject is the fifth child and fourth son of\\nsix children, of whom one is now deceased, lie\\nwas reared and educated in this township, and\\nlived at home until hi,- father s death, actively\\n219 1", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "220\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nassisting in the management uf the old homestead.\\nHe tlicre took his bride, Miss Helen Whitehead, to\\nwhom he was married (Jet. G, 1875. She was a\\ndaughter of Henry and Lorandia (Bigelow) While-\\nhead, both now deceased, and was born on her uncle s\\nfarm in this township, Jan. 10, 1849. The mother\\nof Mrs. Murray died when she was but four years\\nold, and she was taken to rear by her aunt, Mrs.\\nCiates, and remained with her until her marriage.\\nShe was educated and always lived here. She is\\ndevoted to her husband s interests, and has been an\\nimport.ant aid to him in bringing about the pros-\\nperity that they at present enjoy. Their pleasant\\nhousehold is made more cheerful by the i)resence of\\nthe live children born to them, whom they are care-\\nfully educating and training to ways of usefulness,\\nand whose names are as follows: John G., Otto E..\\nH. Laura, Daniel E. and IJion B.\\nAfter the death of his father Mr. Murray pur-\\nchased his present farm, and removing here with\\nhis family, has since made his home here, and has\\ndevx)ted his time and energies to the improvement\\nof his land. He is eminently practical and sjstcm-\\natic in his methods of conducting his work, and has\\nmet with fine success in his calling. Our suliject\\nhas alw.ays shown himself to be worthy of the con-\\nfidence and respect of his fellow-citizens, by whom\\nhe is well liked. In politics Mr. Murray is a true\\nRepublican, and uses his inlluunee to promote the\\ninterests of that party.\\nwvW~4jlZfiJ2/\u00c2\u00ae-|\u00c2\u00ae*\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009e^^^ymir ^-./v\\\\^\\neAPT. LUCIEN MEIGS has for many years\\nbeen a prominent citizen of Heading Town-\\nship, taking a Icailing part in public and\\npolitical affairs, while at the same time actively\\nand successfully prosecuting his business as a gen-\\neral farmer on section 1 tJ. He has been a resident\\nhere since Movember, 1847, purchasing at that time\\nthe sixty acres of land which forms his i)resenl farm,\\non which he immediately located with his young\\nbride, to whom he had been married in Allen Town-\\nship on the 7th of that month. They commenced\\nlife together in the primitive little log house which\\nhe had previously erected, and which was, as he\\nsays, provided with only a small sled-load of fur-\\nniture. His land was at that time covered with a\\ndense growth of the primeval forest trees, the\\ngrowth of centuries, and, like the earlier |)i )neers\\nof Reading Township, he had to hew his \\\\\\\\:\\\\y into\\nthe wildeiness for some distance, in order to get\\nto it. With a good ax, and a courageous deter-\\nmination to overcome all obstacles, aided by the\\ncheerful and ever ready assistance of his good wife,\\nhe has, as it were, brought order out of chaos, has\\neliminated a fine farm from the forest-covered land,\\nthe humble log cabin has given place to a substan-\\ntial and commodious residence, and the fifty-live\\nacres of his land, which he improved himself, are\\nnow in a highly cultivated condition.\\nCapt. Meigs is a native of the townshiii of N an\\nBnren, Onondaga Co., N. Y., whoe his l)irth vc-\\ncurrcd March 17, 1820. He is a descendant of an\\nold New F^ngland family. Ilis grandfather and\\nfather, Phineas Meigs, Sr. and Jr., were natives of\\nConnecticut. The former took an active and pat-\\nriotic part in the Revolutionary Wa}-, serving for\\nseven years and four months. He died in Van\\nBuren Township, Onondaga Co., N. Y after an\\nhonorable and useful existence of seventy-seven\\nj-ears. I hineas Meigs, Jr., the father of our sub-\\nject, was an intelligent, hard-wurking farmer, and\\nhighly respected as a good citizen and as an iuinest\\nman in the community where he made his home for\\nmany years. He was three times married, first to\\nWaitstill Williams, who bore him four children,\\nthree daughters and a son; she died in 1831, while\\nyet young. His second wife, whom he married in\\nOnondaga County, N. Y., was Polly Ingoldsby,\\nwho was born in Jefferson County, N. Y of Massa-\\nchusetts iiarentage. She became the mother of four\\nsons an l two daughters, of whom our subject was\\nthe eldest; she died in 18G1. His third marriage\\nwas to Lydia Gardner, who died Feb. 14, 1872,\\naged sixty-nine. She was a member of the Regular\\nBaptist Church, and the mother of two sons. Two\\nof Mr. Meigs boys, our subject and a half-brotiier,\\nserved in the late war. The latter was a private in\\na New Y ork regiment, and died at City Point, Va.,\\nof a disease contracted on the battle-field. The\\nfather of our subject lived to a good old age, being\\nseventj--sevcn at the time of his death, in 18G8, in\\nVan Buren Township, Onondaga Cu.,N.Y In his\\nh", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n221\\nearl} life he liail lieen allieil with the Democrats,\\nbut later ho joined the Republicans, and remained\\nan honorable member of that party until his death.\\nOur subject was reared in his native township,\\nand received an excellent education, which ho util-\\nized when lie attained the ago of twenty-one by\\nentering the profession of a te.acher, and w;is thus\\nsuccessfull} employed forsomo years. When twen-\\nty-two years old he came to Michigan, in May,\\n1842, and purchased eighty acres of land in Girard\\nl\\\\)vvnshi|), Branch County. He li ve l in that county\\nfor five years, but did not attempt to improve his\\nfarm, as he taught school in the winter seasons and\\nworked around summers. After his marriage he\\nlocated on his present farm, and was busily engaged\\nin .agricultural pursuits, when, in the darkest hours\\nof the great Rebellion that w.as casting its sh.adows\\nover our land, he enlisted, in January, 18G3, as a\\nmcndjcr of Company C, 1st Michigan Sharpshoot-\\ners. He w.as commissioned Captain of his company\\non the 31st of March, and w.as assigned to his\\nposition in M.a} The regiment was stationed at\\nFt. Dearborn, Mich., until earlj in July, 18G; when\\nsix of the companies were ordered to Ohio and\\nSouthern Indiana in pursuit of Morgan and his\\nraiders. They were stationed for some lime in\\nJennings Conntv, Ind., and were instrumental, with\\nothers, in driving Morgan from that locality, and\\nin the capture of some of his scouts. After the\\ncapture of the daring rebel, Morgan, the regiment\\nreturned to Ft. Di arborn, where they remained\\nuntil llio ITtli of the following August, when tiiey\\nwere ordered to Cam|) Douglas, Chicago, III., where\\nthey were on guard duty until March 17, 18(;i.\\nThe regiment was then dispatched to Annapolis,\\nMd., where it was consolidated with the lM Ihigade,\\n3d Division, iUh Corps, and soon after joined the\\nArmy of the I otomac. On liic Gtli and Till of\\nMay the whole regiment was brougiit into action in\\nthe battle of the Wilderness. Shortly after Capt.\\nMeigs was disal)led on account of sickness, and was\\nhonorably discharged Aug. 11, 18(!|. having won a\\ngood reputation forlidelit} and zeal in the dischaige\\nof his duties .as an odiccr both in the eain[) and on\\nthe field of battle. Upon his return to the North\\nlie made a visit to his old home in New York Slate,\\nand llien settled ilown on his farm, and when his\\nhealth w.as sufficiently recovered, resumed his duties\\nas a i)rivate citizen, and has ever sii\u00c2\u00bbce been actively\\nidentified with the local and political affairs of\\nReading Township. His well-known ability, integ-\\nrity anil honorable character, have made him a safe\\nan l wise counselor, and he li.as held all the olliees\\nof responsibility and importance in this community,\\nexcept that of Road Commissioner. He is now\\nDrain Commissioner, which ollicc he has hehl for\\nsome time. He w.as Supervisor for two terms, for\\nfour years Justice of the Peace, has been Township\\nTre.asnrer and Township Clerk, and has held other\\noffices too numerous to mention. In politics he\\nh.as always been identified with the Ropublican\\nparty.\\nAVc should do but scant justice to our subject if\\nwe did not incorporate in this sketch a brief record\\nof his noble companion and helpmate. Her maiden\\nn.ame was Amanda Thomas, and she w.as born in\\nOntario Count} N. V., July 11, iS-iiJ, being a\\ndaughter of David an l Polly (Webster) Thomas,\\nnatives of Massachusetts and New York. They\\nwere married in Ontario County, in the townshi|i of\\nSeneca, where her father wa.s engaged in farming.\\nIn 1834 they removed to Ohio and settled in Men-\\ntor, near the home of President Garfield, where\\nMr. Thomas improved a farm. In 1811 he removed\\nwith his family to Allen Township, this county, on\\na new farm, and there he and his wife spent the\\nremaining days of their lives. The father ilied at\\nthe .age of seventy-eight, and the mother at th( age\\nof seventy-two. They were greatly esteemed in\\nthe community where they had lived so many years,\\nand their life record was (^ne of honesty, .sobrietj\\nand industry. Mr. Thomas was in his younger\\ndays a Whig, but afterward becan)e .a strong Re-\\npul)lican. Of tlu^ mari-iage of himself and wife\\neleven children were born, four sons and seven\\ndaughters, and two sons and five ilaughters are jet\\nliving; all married and have families. IMrs. Meigs\\nwas thceldest Imt one of the family. She was given\\ngood educational advantages, both in Ohio and\\nMichigan, and when a young lady Ijcgan to teach,\\nand was engaged in that profession until her mar-\\nriage. She is the mother of three children, namely:\\nElla A., Morris I. and I. May. lOlla is the wife of\\nFrank M. Fr.azier, who is now eng.aged in farming\\n^_ i.^^\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^f^\\nm\\n222\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nin Crawford County, Pa.; she was educated in\\nHillsdale County, and was for some time engaged\\nin teaching. Morris was educated at Hillsdale\\nCollege, and is now a druggist at Camden, Mich.\\nhe married Miss Agnes C. Martin, of Dexter, Mich.\\nMay is the wife of Edgar B. Bailly, a farmer in the\\ntownship of Reading. Our subject is a lady of\\nhigh character and good mental endowments. She\\nand her younger daughter are memliers of the\\nP irst Baptist Church, and gladly lend their influ-\\nence to all the good projects of the day.\\nPREEMAN FULLER, who is widely and\\nI favor.ably known in Wheatland Township,\\nis, like many of his compeers, a native of\\nthe Empire State, and w.as born in Greece Township,\\nMonroe County, Jan. 15, 182(1. His parents, Lewis\\nand Rebecca (Williams) Fuller, were natives of\\nDutchess and Monroe Counties respectively, the\\nfather born April 18, 1798, and the mother Septem-\\nber 7 of the same year. The latter died in Monroe\\nCounty, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1827. while a young\\nwom.an. Lewis Fuller survived his wife manj years,\\n.and died at the home of his son, onr subject, in\\nWhe.atland Township, on the 30th of June, 1887,\\nat the adv.anced age of eiglit3 -ninc years. .John\\nWilliams, the matern.al grandfather of our subject,\\nwas a native of Monroe Countj% N. Y., and born\\nOct. 7, 1770. He died April 19, 184G, after .spend-\\ning his entire life in his native county. His wife,\\nRebecca (Clare) Williams, was born Sept. 28, 1775,\\nand also died at the iiomestead in Monroe County,\\nFeb. 23, 1851.\\nOur subject was the onlj child of his mother,\\nbut his father w.as a second time m.arried and there\\nwere l)orn five more children. The grandparents\\non botli sides of the house were the parents of\\nseven children. Lewis Fuller continued a resident\\nof New York State until 1835, then coming to the\\nTerritory of Michigan took up ICO acres of Gov-\\nernment land in Calhoun County, uj)on which he\\nlived two years. Then selling out, he returned to\\nhis native State, where he spent one winter, but the\\nsjiring following retraced his steps westward and\\nsettled .in Somerset Township, this county, where\\nhe conducted a hotel and operated a sawmill in\\ndifferent parts of the county for many years there-\\nafter. Freeman, when about twelve j ears old, went\\nto live with his grandp.arents in Greece, Monroe\\nCo., N. Y., and learned the tr.ade of carpenter and\\njoiner. This he followed principally during his\\nearly manhood, but subsequently turned his atten-\\ntion to agriculture, purchasing liis first land, a wild,\\nunbroken tract, in AVright Township, in 18G5.\\nIn the meantime, during the progress of the late\\nwar, our subject, on the 2d of Janu.ary, 18G4, en-\\nlisted in Company F, 1st Michigan Engineers and\\nMechanics, and was in the service until the close\\nof the war, doing duty mostlj in Tennessee and\\nAlabama, and took part in Sherman s march to the\\nsea. He finally became ill, and was confined to the\\nhospital .at Philadelphia some time before his final\\ndisch.arge.\\nOne of the most important events in the life of\\nour subject was his marriage, which took place on\\nthe 15th of March, 184!t, at tlie home of the bride,\\nMiss .Tane E. Jennings, who was born in Wayne\\nCounty, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1827. Mrs. Fuller is the\\ndaughter of Daniel and Polly (Clark) Jennings,\\nnatives respective!} of New York and Massachu-\\nsetts. The father was born Aug. 18, 1702, in the\\ntown of Burlington, Otsego Count} and his wife\\nPolly, Nov. 9, 1792, in Coleraine, M.ass. Daniel\\nJennings removed from his native State when a\\nyoung man, during the pioneer d.aj-s of Otsego\\nCounty, N. Y., where he settled, but later removed\\nto Ontario Countj and died there Oct. 6, 1868.\\nThe wife had died at the same place some years\\npreviously, on the 23d of July, 1801.\\nThe three children of Mr. and Mrs. Fuller are\\nrecorded as follows: Charles M., who is working\\nIlls father s farm, was born April IG, 1850, was\\nmarried to Miss Sarah Mead, and is tiie father of\\ntwo boys; Lewis E., a stationary engineer in the\\ncity of Chicago, was born April 15, 1852, and\\nmarried Miss Nellie Dutton; Alice A., who con-\\ntinues under the parental roof, was born Feb. 17,\\n1857.\\nMr. and Mrs. Fuller, after their marriage, set-\\ntled in Monroe County, N. Y., where our subject\\nfollowed his trade of carpenter until coming to this\\nState. Their first home in Hillsdale County was", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "M^\\nI\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n223\\nin Wright Township, where Mr. Fuller had secured\\neighty acres of land, and which, a j-ear later, he\\ntraded for his present farm. lie is considered one\\nof the most worthy and capable men of the town-\\nship, is a strong Ropiiblican, politically, and a\\nlively advocate of the temperance parly. lie was\\nSecretary of the local Grange three or four j ears,\\nand iiis son Charles and daughter Alice are con-\\nnected with the Congregational Church.\\n^)MHif t i:=^\\nlF_^ON. ARCIIKR II. CRANE first saw light\\n|lv Jj in Onondaga, Onondaga Co., N. Y., March\\n30, 1821, and is the son of Archer Crane,\\nwho was a native of Simsburj Conn. Ilis\\ngrand fatliei Samuel Crane, was born in Ma.ssachu-\\nsetts,as was also his great-grandfather, John Crane,\\nwho afterward removed to Connecticut and settled\\nin Simsbury, wher( he resided the remainder of his\\nd:iys. The grandfather of our subject went to\\nConnecticut with his parents, and made that State\\nhis home until 1810, when he removed to Onon-\\ndaga County, N. Y. Tiieir ienu)val was eft ected\\nby means of a laborious jouriuy with teams, and\\nthey located at Onondaga Hill, on a tract of linil)er\\nland, upon which he labored with that eneigy\\nchar. icteristic of the Crane family and made it his\\nhome until his decease. lie was one of the earlj\\nsettlers of that part of the countrj and well did he\\nl)( rf(irm his part in bringing about tlK)sc changes\\nwhich the visitor to that section of country beholds\\nwith admiration.\\nThe father of our suliject sjient his e:uly years in\\nConnecticut, receiving his education in the manner\\ncommon to farmers sons at that time, altcrnaliug\\nbetween the labors of the farm .and the instruction\\nto be acfiuircd at the public schools. He w.as eight-\\neen 3ears of age when his |)arents leinoved to New\\nYork State, and he remained with his father on the\\nfarm until his marriage with Miss Vilitia Cornish,\\nalso a native of Comiecticut. Archer Crane con-\\ntracted with the llollanil I uichase Company for a\\ntr.act of timber land, of which he took possession,\\nand resided there three or four years. He then\\nreturned to Onondaga, Onondaga County, and in\\n1828 he Went to Wayne County, and bought a\\ntract of timber land in Sodus Tf)wnship, from\\nwhich he cleared a farm, and resided there until\\n1834, when he came to the Territory of Michigan.\\nHe followed the usual route for emigrants at that\\nearly d.ay, coming by the Erie Canal to Buffalo,\\nthence by lake to Detroit, after which he came l)y\\nteam to Washtenaw County, where he was a pio-\\nneer. He entered a tract of land of eighty acres in\\nFreedom Township, built a log house, and at once\\ncommenced to clear a farm from the wilderness.\\nHis labors were attended with that success which\\nwell-directed effort usuall3 brings, and he lived to\\nsee himself the possessor of a finely improved farm,\\nwhile the log house had given place to good farm\\nbuildings. Shortly before his death he sold that\\nplace and removed to Blisslield, Lenawee County,\\nand died there at the home of his son, E. D. Crane,\\nDec. 17, 185;3. His estimable wife, who had been\\nto him a helpmate in every sense of the word, was\\ncalled to her reward two weeks |)rior to the death\\nof her husband.\\nThe parental family of our s ubjcct included five\\nchildren, of whom Archer II. is the only one living.\\nYoung Crane was thirteen years old when he came\\nto the Territory of Michigan. He had leceived\\nthe educational advantages of his native State, and\\nwas a bright and intelligent boy, fully able to ap-\\npreciate the novelty of the join-ncy to this wild\\ncountry, where the pioneei s ax was the oni^- sound\\nof civilization that awoke the; echoes of the forests,\\nin which deer, wild turkeys and a great variety of\\nsmall game, roamed free and undisturbed. Arriv-\\ning in this State in October, they shared a log house\\nwith anollicr family until spiing, when they eri Cted\\na rude cabin for themselves, into which I hey re-\\nmoved liefore it could boast of windows, doors or\\nchimney, while his mother i)crformed her culinaiy\\nduties arotuul the slump of a iree outside. She\\nhad no stove, which was a great liixiuy in this |\u00c2\u00bbart\\nof the eonntry at that tinu and after the comple-\\ntion of their elumney she worked over the large\\nfireplace, which also served to illuminate their\\ncabin after the shades of night had fallen. Oiu-\\nsubject continued his education in the pioneer\\nschools, l. uight in school-rooms as humble as the\\nsettler s cal)in. The furniture was of the most\\nprimitive nature, the seats merely consisting of slabs\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "224\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nwith wooden pins for legs, which often projected\\nthrough the slabs, and made the boy whose lot was\\noast in that particular section of the seat exceed-\\ninglj i]nconifortal)le.\\nAs soon as he grew strong enough Mr. Cr.ine\\nwas called upon to assist in the labors of the farm,\\nand continned thus ably assisting liis parents until\\ntwenty-two years of age. Ihe education he had\\nalready acquired instead of satisfying him served\\nonly to increase his desire for more; his book\\nknowledge had been supplemented by information\\ngained from close observation and the perusal of\\nthe books to which he had access, and at this time\\nhe succeeded in entering the .academy at Grass\\nLake, Jackson Co., Mich., in which he spent one\\nyear, after whicii lie spent a year at Auburn Acad-\\nemy, in Auburn, N. Y. He had taught one term\\nof school previtius to entering the academy, and\\nresuming the sclf-saeriflcing profession he taught\\nschool nine winters, spending his summers engaged\\nin agricultural pursuits. He resided in Washtenaw\\nCounty until 1851, and then removed to Blissfield,\\nwhere he bought a farm, which he conducted in\\nconnection with the mercantile business, and con-\\ntinued thus emploj cd in ih.at place until 1877. He\\nthen removed to Hudson Township, Lenawee\\n(Jounty, and purchased a farm, upon which he lived\\nfour years, when ho retiuiied to Hillsdale County,\\nand took np his residence in Pittsford Township,\\nwhere he now resides.\\nOn the 6th of March, 1840, our subject was\\nunited in marriage with INIiss Helen AVoods, a\\nnative of Vermont, but two years later she was re-\\nmoved from his side by death. Mr. Crane chose\\nfor his second wife Helen Rowe, a native of New\\nYork State, but he suffered another alUiction in her\\nloss b} death in 18.t2. He w.as a third time mar-\\nried, to Mrs. Sallie Barrett, also a native of New\\nYork State, but she died on the 20th of Januar}\\n1874.\\nMr. Crane was again married, Sept. 2. i, 1878, to\\nJulia E. Robinson, who was born in Jefferson\\nCounty, Ind., and is the daughter of Edward J.\\nRobinson, a native of Pittsburgh, Pa. Her grand-\\nfather, George Robinson, settled in Ohio, and later\\nremoved to Indiana, where he died in Madison,\\nJefferson County. The father of Mrs. Crane learned\\nthe trade of a wagon-maker, and followed that oc-\\ncupation a few years. He has since been engaged\\nin mercantile business, and was for a time cashier\\nand Paymaster of the Narrow Gauge Railroad in\\nLawrence County; he is now in the insurance busi-\\nness at Bedford, Lawrence County. His wife, the\\nmother of Jlrs. Crane, whose maiden name was\\nMar}- L. Branham. was a native of the State of\\nIndiana. Of Miss Robinson s union with our sub-\\nject there was born one child, a daughter, whom the}\\nnamed Helen M. By his third m.arriage there was\\n.also one child, Clara A., who became the wife of\\nJacob Nachtrieb; he assists in carrying on the home\\nf.arm.\\nMr. Crane was formerl}- a Democrat, but on the\\norganization of tiie Republican party, which form-\\nulated more nearly his ideas in regard to politics,\\nhe joined its ranks and has since continued a strong\\nsupporter of that party. He represented Blissfield\\non the County Board of Supervisors ten years, and\\nalso represented this township two years, discharg-\\ning the duties of the office in such a manner .as to\\ngain the approbation of his fellow-townsinen, re-\\ngardless of their political proclivities. To show\\nstill further their appreciation of the business-like\\nqualities and statesmanship of Mr. Crane, as well\\nas to prove their personal respect and esteem for\\nthis gentleman, they elected him to the State Legis-\\nlature from Lenawee County, and he served tliem\\nfaithfully and impartially during two terms.\\nr^-^-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0if OSEPII B. HUBBELL is classed among the\\nprogressive farmers and stock -raisers of Hills-\\ndale County, who are .actively maintaining\\nthe .agricultural interests of that part of it\\nembraced in the fertile and exceedingly productive\\nregion wherein lies Camden Township. Our sub-\\nject is a native of Allegany County, N. Y., born\\nDec. 12, 1830. He is a son of Vernon and Lucy\\nHubbell, natives respectively of Connecticut and\\nNew York. His paternal ancestry is supposed to be\\nof Scotch-Welsh origin, and on his mother s side he\\nis supposed to be a descendant of Germ.an-Engli.sh\\nancestry, and some of his mother s relatives took\\nan active jiart in the War of 1812. Sometime after\\n1", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": ",/i iX.^., .lifei te-_\\nRes of C M Parker, Sec d. Moscow Township.\\nReg or J. F.Taylor, _.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n227\\nmarriage and llif biitli of soriipof their chilrlren the\\nparents of onr subjeet left their old home in New\\nYork antl migrated to Ohio with llieii- children,\\nhaving decided to take np their abode in I^ueas\\n)unt._v. The father has sinee died. The niotiier\\nis spending lier deelining years in Camden Town-\\nship. To lier and her hnsband were born eleven\\neliildren, of whom ei )ht are living, nainelj-: Mer-\\nritt S., of Toledo, Ohio; Vernon, .also of that eitj\\n.loseph 15.: Harrison, of Camden Township; Adelia,\\nwife of Andrew RleDongall, of Woodbridge Town-\\nship: Nancy A., wife of A. C. DeMott, of Stenben\\nConnty, Ind.: Mary J., w ife of Seott Rugg, of\\nWoodbridge Township: Nettie, wife of E. R. Fitz-\\nsimmons, of Camden Township.\\nOnr snbject was six years of age when his par-\\nents moved to Lncas County, Ohio, wlierc the\\nremaining years of his boyhood and youth were\\npassed. He inherited a fine constitution and excel-\\nlent traits of character from his wortliy i arents, and\\ngrew to be a vigorous and manly man. His edu-\\ncational .advantages were exceedingly limited, but\\nhaving a naturally quick mind, retentive memory,\\nand keen i)owers of ob.servation, aided by instruc-\\ntion at home and constant reading of good literature,\\nhe li.as become well informed, and can converse\\nintelligently and interestingly on all topics of gen-\\neral interest. (Shortly after lie attained his majority\\nhe turned his attention to railroading and became\\na competent engineer, and was thus eng.aged for\\nsome twenty-eight ye.ars on the Lake Shore .and\\nmany other roads.\\nMr. IInbl)cll was married, Aug. 2S, 1859, to Miss\\nMary Lingle, daughter of .John and Sarah Lingle,\\nnatives of Pennsylvania. Jlrs. Ilubbell was born\\nin Holmes County, Ohio, Feb. 11, l.S. JO, being one\\nf)f ten ehililren, of whom the following is the record\\nof tho.se surviving: Catherine is the wife of Daniel\\nWise, of Fulton County, Ohio: J.ackson lives in\\nShiawassee County, Mich.: Sarah is the wife of\\nWilliam liarkman, of Fulton County. Ohio: I aul\\nlives in Midland City, RHch.; .Mary is the wife of\\nour subjeet. The record of the four children l)orn\\nto her and her husband is as follows: Cora D. was\\nborn M.ay 28, 18f.l Ella, wife of C. W. Masters,\\nof l reinont, Ind., was born Sept. 21, IStJ-J; A igie\\nwas born May 21, ISIm. and Carrie. Aug. 28, 1871.\\nIn 186.5 Mr. Hubbell came with his family to\\nHillsdale County,- and has made his home nearly\\never since in Camden Township. He has now aban-\\ndoned his (idling ns engineer and p.ays exclusive\\nattention to cultivating his land and- raising stock.\\nHe has a fine farm on section ICi, wiiich he has\\nso improved by careful culture and a wise ex-\\npenditure fcir many and valuable improvements,\\nthat it is considered one of the best in this locality.\\nHe owns a good cla.ss of stock, which has i)roved\\nthe source of quite an income.\\nOur sidiject is a self-made man in every sense of\\nthe word, as he has become prosperous entirely\\nihrough his own efforts. His life has been guided\\nby correct principles, and he is trusted and esteemed\\nby all who know him. He and his wife occu|)y an\\nimportant iiosition in this community, and zeal-\\nously hdjor to i)roni()te its social and material ad-\\nvancement. Mr Ilubliell has taken a deep interest\\nin educational matters, realizing that in our schools\\nare being trained the citizens of the future who are\\nto guide and control the affairs of this township.\\nIn politics he is a strong advocate of the Union\\nLabor i)arty, believing in .alleviating the hardships\\nof the laboring m.an as much as possible. He is an\\nesteemed member of the Masonic fraternity, of\\nCamden.\\niflEFFERSON STOUT. The subject of this\\nsketch is a striking example of the self-made\\nman, who, against many dillicuUies, and\\nwithout means, sUrrted out to l)uild up his\\nfortunes entirely from his own resources. That he\\nhas succeeded in a most admirable manner is at\\nonce apparent from iiis surroundings and the posi-\\ntion which he occupies in his conununity. He has\\na fine home, one of the best farms in Reading\\nTownship, and is surrounded by all the comforts\\nof life. Among his fellow-citizens none stands\\nhigher, .as his course h.as been straightfoi ward and\\nhonorable in a marked degree.\\nIMr. Stout was occupied in farm [jursuits all\\nhis life until 1 88. i, when he practically retired, and\\nhas delegated to other h.ands the labors of which he\\nhas h:ul his full share. He still, however, has the\\ngener.al supervision of his farm of 210 acres, which\\nU 4\u00c2\u00bb", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "if\\n228\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nis pleasantly located on section 9. The buildings\\nare among the best in the county. The residence\\nis commodious and substantial, finished in modern\\nstyle, and the barn and other out-buildings are ad-\\nmirably adapted to the purjioscs of the modern and\\nprogressive agriculturist. The farm machinery- is\\nafter the most improved pattern, amply adapted for\\nthe cultivation of the soil to the best advantage.\\nThere are excellent grades of horses, cattle and\\nswine on the place, fruit trees in abundance, both\\nappleand finer species, and the f.arm, with its appurte-\\nnances, forms a most attractive picture of the\\nlandscape.\\nMr. Stout took possession of this land in the fall\\nof 1849, when it was practically in a state of nature.\\nHe first put up a log house which he occupied with\\nhis family about eight years and which was then\\nalmndoned for the present residence. After he had\\nbrought the soil to a good state of cultivation and\\neffected other urgent improvements, Mr. Stout be-\\ngan turning his attention to the breeding of live\\nstock, making a specialty of Durham cattle. In\\nthis industry he has been remarkably successful, nnd\\nunquestionably takes the lead among the fnrmers\\nof this section. He has exitended much time and\\nmoney in securing some of the best blood, and\\nexhibits some of the handsomest animals to be\\nfound in this part of tiie count3\\nBesides his farm Mr. Stout invested a jiortion of\\nhis capital in village projierty, including a fine\\nbrick residence, where he has made his home since\\n1883. This is not only an ornament to the town,\\nbut has greatly added to the value of pr()i)erty in its\\nvicinit} The grounds adjacent are in keeping with\\nthe tastes and means of the proprietor, and the whole\\nforms a most handsome and attractive home, where\\nthe hospitable host entertains the many friends who\\nhave known him so long and so well.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Wayne\\nTownship, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, July 3, 1820. His\\nfather. Christian Stout, a native of Washington\\nCounty, Pa., w.as a carpenter by trade, and a skilled\\nmechanic. He left the Keystone State early in life,\\nand taking up his abode in Tuscarawas County,\\nOhio, accumulated a snug bank .account, which he\\nlost later by placing his name upon the note of a\\nfriend, with the usual result, and on account of this\\nChristian Stout died a poor man, when about scv-\\nentj -two years of age, passing away in the fall of\\n18G9, at his home in Ohio. He was a man of great\\nenergy and physical strength, and these traits have\\ndescended to his son Jeffeison in a marked degree.\\nThe mother of our subject, who in her girliiood\\nwas Miss Marj Krets, was a native of the same\\ncount} in Pennsylvania as her husband, wlierc she\\nwas reared to womanhood and was married. While\\nyet a bride she and her husband removed to Ohio\\nand settled first at New Philadelphia, which at\\ntliat time held out not the remotest prosi)ect of\\never becoming the site of a flourishing town.\\nChristian Stout was the first man to locate there,\\nwhen the country around was a biur-oak plain and\\nIndians and wild animals, equall}- dangerous, roamed\\nover the countrj-. Mr. Stout once had an encounter\\nwith three drunken Indians who came into his house\\nand were conducting themselves toward his wife in\\na threatening manner, while the poor woman sat\\ncrying with fear. Christian Stout in his r.age\\ncaught up a square table leg which he had hewed\\nout of hard lumber, and with it attacked his foes,\\nwho had already begun their onslaught upon him.\\nlie felled one of the three to the floor, nearly kill-\\ning him, and the others seeing the slrength and\\ndetermination of the while man, made their escape.\\nHe threw the wounded Indian out on the snow, be-\\nlieving him to l)e dead, but he final!} revived and\\nwalked off. About the beginning of the War of\\n1812, after all the other Indians had left that part\\nof the country, these three set out with the avowed\\npurpose of killing i\\\\Ir. Stout and his famil} They\\naccordingly sought his cabin and attempted to enter\\nit by way of the chimney. Failing in this they took\\ntheir departure for the time, and not long aflciward\\nwere captured b} the Sheriff on an island in the\\nTuscarawas River, and confined in [irison until the\\nclose of the war, when they were set free, and Mr.\\nStout was no further molested b} them.\\nThe eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Stout,\\nwhom they named Joseph, was the first white\\nchi d born in Tuscarawas County. He made his\\nhome in Ohio the greater part of his life and died\\nabout 18G8. Later there were added to the house-\\nhold circle two sons and six daughters, of whom\\nJefferson, our subject, was the seventh child and", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n229\\nUiiid son. All but one f)f the children lived to be\\nin!iriio(l, and two sistei s bosido our subject survive,\\nriiey lire residents of the Disliict of olunibia and\\nOhio. Mrs. Mary Stout lived lo the advanced age\\nof eighty-one years, and died in 1 H72, nearthc place\\nwhere she had come :is a bride to make her lirst\\nhome, r.olli she and her husband were active\\nmemhers of the Fuited Hrethren t luireh, and Chris-\\ntian Stout, politically, was in early life :in old-line\\nWhlii, l)iit later identified himself with the Repub-\\nlicans.\\nJetTerson Stout developed into manhood in his\\nnative county, and at an early age began to labor\\nanil earn money in order to assist in the inain-\\nlenance of the family. lie came to Micliiyan in\\nIMl .i, a single man, empty-handed, and commenced\\nthe improvement f f the land he had purchased\\nwhile a resident of Ohio. During the fifth year of\\nhis residence in Reading Township he was united\\nin marriage lo Miss Laura Palmer, who was born\\nin i attaraugus County, N. Y., Aug. 1 182(;. The\\nparents of Mrs. Stout, Enoch and Polly (l aily)\\nPalmer, came to IMichigan in the latter i)art of the\\nthiilies, joining their eldest son who had preceded\\nthem, and started a little home in the wilds of\\nPeading Township and upon the present site of the\\nvillage. Here the parents spent their last days,\\nl)assing away when ripe in years. As the result of\\nhlameless lives and good habits, they were strong\\nphysicallj and nicntallj and bequeathed to their\\nchildren the w^ealth of good constitutions and high\\nmoral jninciples. Enoch Palmer, politically, also in\\neMrl3 life an old-line Whig, became a Republican\\nupon the organization of that party, and was a man\\nwho defended his prineii)les with all the natural en-\\nergy of his character, Their family consisted of\\nnine children, five of whom are still living.\\nOur subject and his estimable wife began the\\njourney of life together in a style suited to their\\nmeans and surroundings, and in due time bc-gan to\\nre.-dize the legitimate reward of frugalitv and indus-\\ntry. A few years found the wilderness around\\ntheir little home transformed into a good farm and\\nthemselves surrounded by all the comforts of life.\\nOf their union there were born two children only,\\noni of whom died in infancy. I heir only child\\nliving, a daULihtcr .liiiiiie, boiii Alay 28, 18;j4, is\\nthe wife of Thomas Stephens, of Reading, and the\\nmother of two children: Lotta, and Laura, who died\\nat the age of two years. Mr. Stephens is a prominent\\ncitizen and engaged as a stock dealer.\\nOur sid)ject, politically, like his father before him,\\nis .a solid Repidilicau, and although having no desire\\nfor the responsibilities of odicc, keci)s himself well\\nposted upon current events, and takes a lively\\ninterest in the success of his part} lie has been\\nno unimportant factor in building up and maintain-\\ning the reputation of this jiitrt of the county, and is\\nnumbered among its most useful citizens.\\n--v\\nW E\\\\ I IIAWLKY, .lu., is a prominent farmer\\nI (j^ and representative citizen of this county,\\nj pleasantly located in Wheatland Township,\\nwhere, after a long and well-spent life, crowned\\nwith honor and success, he has practically retired\\nfrom active life. Now, as the shadows lengthen, he\\nis spending the remainder of hit; days in content-\\nment and the enjoyment of a competency, waiting\\npatientl} and trustingly for a pleasant sunset.\\nThe subject of this notice w.as Ixirn in Ontario\\nCounty, N. Y., Aug. 51, 181 G. and is the son of\\nLevi and Olive (Paine) Ilawlc} natives I cspectivel}\\nof New York ami Providence, R. L l he father\\nw.as a farmer by occaipation, and followed his calling\\nin his native State until his son Levi was nineteen\\nj-ears of age, when he came to Michigan and located\\nin Lenawee Count} He purch.ased a tract of land,\\nand directing his efforts to the building up of a\\nhomestead, he met with success, and carved out for\\nhimself and his famil} a comfortable lK)me sui)plied\\nwith the convenience and comforts of life, and died\\nin this place at the age of eighty-two years. Olive, his\\nwife, was reared by her grandfather, and died at the\\nresidence of her son in Rome Townshi|), Lenawee\\nCounty, at about eighty -two years of age, her death\\noccurring al)out eight months after that of her hus-\\nband.\\nThe i arenl:d family of our subject included eleven\\nchildren, of whom only two at present survive\\nMrs. David Smith and Levi. In is;?. Levi accom-\\npanied his arents to this State auil resiiled with\\nthem, assisting in the arduous duties of the farm.\\n-4\u00c2\u00bb-\\n_ 4\u00c2\u00bb", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "230\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nuuLil Lis iiiairiage, Nov. 1, 1840, with Miss Polly\\nR. Scott, who was born in Wayne County, N. Y.,\\nSept. 21. 1820, and is the daughter of Cornelius\\nand Sarah (Dixon) Scott. The Scott family came\\noriginally from Holland, and Mrs. Hawley s father\\ndied in Lenawee County, aged about sixt\\\\ -six\\nyears, while his wife died sixteen years previously\\nin New York State. Their family included nine\\nchildren, of whom three are still living. One brother\\nof Mrs. Hawley resides in Coldwater, Mich., and\\none sister resides in Paw Paw, this State.\\nThe union of Levi Hawley and Polly R. (Scott)\\nHawley was blessed b} the birth of six children\\nAlmon W., Elmira L., Winfield S., Lewis Do alois,\\nOscar M. and Alice M. Almon W. was born .lune\\n1.3, 1842, and lives at Ovid, Mich.; he married\\nSusan Stafford and has four children. Elmira L.\\nwas born Feb. C, 1844, and was married three\\ntimes; she had one child, and died Aug. 1.5, 1883.\\nWinfield was born Feb. 11, 1847, and died Jan. 25,\\n184!); Lewis De Valois was born Jan. 20, 18.50,\\nmarried Miss Frances Sabin, and lias two children\\nliving, while one daughter is deceased; Oscar M.\\nwas born July 27, 1852, married Miss Ida Haines,\\nand has three children; Alice M. was born Sept.\\n25, 185G, and became the wife of W. J. Sloan, to\\nwhom she h.as borne two children.\\nAfter his marri.age our subject rented a farm in\\nRome Township for two years, and then rented and\\nsub.seqiientl} bought forty acres of land twenty -one\\nmiles east of Hudson. Twenty-eight years ago he\\ntrailed that tr.act of forty .acres for sixty-eight acres\\nof land in Wheatland Township, which he h.as since\\nmade his home, and erected thereon commodious\\nand substantial out-bnildings suitable for the call-\\ning in which he is engaged. Mr. Hawley is what\\nis know n as a general or mixed farmer, believing\\nthat the land is kept in better conilition by the sys-\\ntem known as rotation of crops, and has met with\\ngood success in his work.\\nMr. and Mrs. Hawley are active and influential\\nmembers of the Congregational Church, and Mrs.\\nHawley is a member of the Foreign Missionary So-\\nciety. Theirs is a fatnily who ask for the old\\npaths and walk therein, their |)rofession being no\\nmere omi)ty show, but being exemplified in their\\ndaily walk and conversation. Politically, our sub-\\nject was foruicrly an old-line Whig, and therefore\\nwe find him as we might expect, in the ranks of the\\nRepublican party. Himself of temperate habits,\\nMr. Hawley is an advocate of temperance princi-\\nples, which he encour.ages by all feasible means.\\n_,,.., NDREW HOARD is a representative far-\\ng//j| mer and citizen of Hillsdale County, where\\nho is pleasantly located in Ransom Town-\\nship, of which he has been a constant resi-\\ndent on one farm since his arrival in this State. His\\nfarm consists of fifty acres of land, most of which\\nis cleared, and by thorough and carefid cultivation\\nand strict attention to minor details, is made to pro-\\nduce much more in proportion than farms of much\\nlarger area.\\nMr. Hoard w.as born in Hurton, Oeaiiga Co..\\nOhio, May 7, 1840, and is the son of Justus Hoard,\\nwho vvas born and reared in York .State. From\\nthere he moved to Geauga County, Ohio, and\\nrenting land, engaged in farming until 1844, when\\nhe came to Hillsdale County and settled in Ransimi\\nTownship, purchasing forty acres of timber land.\\nSeven acres of the tract were cleared, anil contained\\na log cabin, into which Jlr. Hoard removed with\\nhis family, and remained on this farm engaged in its\\ncultivation and improvement until his decease,\\nwhich occurred Dec. 23, 187(5. He added to his\\npossessions until at the time of his death he had\\neighty acres of land, the greater jiait of which he\\nhad cleared and provided with commodious and\\nconveniently arranged frame I)uildings. The maiden\\nname of his wife, the mother of our subject, was\\nMaria McLean; she was born in Pennsylvania, and\\ndied at the homestead in Ransom Township.\\nThe [larent.al family included eight children, and\\nAndrew was four years old when he accompanied\\nhis parents to this State. The entire journey w.as\\nmade with a pair of horses and a wagon, in which\\nthe household goods and the family were brought\\nto this county, and upon his arrival the father sold\\nhis horses and bought oxen, with which he did his\\nfarm work, marketing and milling. The log cabin\\nwhich awaited their reception w.as of the rudest\\ndcscri[)tion, one end of it being occupied with a\\nt\u00c2\u00bb\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n231\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a01\\niiiaiiiiiiotli tlri iilaec. llie sinoke from wliitli nscendeil\\nlliidiigli M cliiiiuK y of iu.ally Jii:i t proportions and\\nmade of oaitli and slii-k.s. Over Uiis lireplaec llie\\nniotlier of our sul)jecl iise(] to peifoim lier cooking,\\nallacliinjf lier pots and kettles to a erane, wiiieii\\ncould he swuny around clear of the fire to enahle\\nthe operator to jiiace and remove tlie vessels from\\nthe hdiiks witliont Ianger. IJesides yivinu a great\\namount of heat, these large tiresalst) furnished light,\\naround which the female memheis of the household\\ndi l the knitting for the family while the lioys\\nccpuld study their lessons by the same cheerful light.\\nThey also furnished good ventilation, anil wc\\ndoulit if, with .all the iniprovenienls of the last quar-\\nter oi the nineteenth century the arrangements arc\\nmoie ci)ndueive to health and longevity than were\\nthose of the log caliin in the forests [)rimeval.\\nMrs. Hoard was a very industrious woman, and\\nused to spin and knit and make all the clothes for\\nthe famil} licsides assisting her husband in time of\\npressure of farm duties.\\nThe school-houses at that earl} day were in keep-\\ning with the general surroundings, resembling very\\nmuch the structure built for a residence. The fur-\\nniture was of the most primitive descrii)tion, con-\\nsisting of slabs for benches, with other slabs resting\\non ijegs in the wall for desks. Andrew Hoard at-\\nleuiied the lirst school ever taught in this district,\\nand as soon as he was large enough he was removed\\nfrom school and his services were utilized upon the\\nfarm. And yvi it is .1 noticeable fact that although\\nmany of the descendants of the old pioneers grew\\nup with but little op|)\u00c2\u00bbjrtunity for receiving an edu-\\ncation, nu st of them arc noble, high-minded men\\nand women, and are generally among the foremost\\nto secure for their children a substantial education.\\nI hey received in the rugged school of experience\\nthose les.sons of discipline and self-denial which\\nhave given them strength of character winch aii-\\n|)cars to be as hereditary as constitutional charac-\\nteristics.\\nThe subject tif this notice was united in mar-\\nriage, March 6, Ks7;j, with M i.-^s Magdalene Knecht,\\nwho was born in France, June 30, 1852, and is the\\ndaughter of Christian Knecht, who was also a native\\nof that country, and .served several years in the\\nFrench aiinv. He came to America in lS. )L ,and at\\nonce ])ushed his way west to Amboy Township, in\\nthis county, where he purchased a tract of timber\\nland on which was the regulation log cabin, and\\nmade this his residence until 1880. He then sold\\nout, and going to Missouri, settled in Davis County,\\nwhere he made his home until his decease, which took\\nplace March 6, 1884. His wife, whose maiden name\\nwas Solema Zimmerman, wasalsoa native of France;\\nshe still survives, and resides with her daughter in\\nKansas.\\nJlr. and INlrs. IU ard have become the parents of\\ntwo children Justus H. and l red. lveligiously\\\\\\nthey are members of the Free Methoilist Church.\\nIn |)olilics Mr. Hoard is found in the ranks of the\\nRepublican party.\\nOHN S. LEWIS, a leading hardware mer-\\nchant of Jonesville, was born in Farming-\\nton, Conn., Sei)t. 28, 1825, where he lived\\nuntil fourteen years of j;c. He then com-\\nmenced his ap|)reuticeship at the tinnei s trade,\\nserving three years, at the expiration of which\\ntime he determined to leave New England and\\nseek his fortunes in the West. Making his way to\\nDetroit, he tarried there a comparatively brief\\ntime, and came to this county in the fall of 18l(i.\\nHe workiMl at his trade in Jonesville two and one-\\nhalf years, and was then seized with an attack of\\nthe California gold fever, and journeyed overland\\nto the I .acilic Slo|)e. Two years later he returned\\nto Jonesville and invested his capital in a stock\\nof hardware, to which trade he has since given his\\ntime and attention.\\nSeth Lewis, the father of our subject, was also a\\nnative of Farmington, Conn., and married Miss\\nJulia A. Hart, who was born in New York City.\\nThe} made their home lirst in Farmington, init a\\nfew years Later removed to Macon, Ga., of which\\nthey were residents two years, then returned to\\nFarmington, where the father died. The mother\\nwas afterward married to Samuel Hull, with whom\\nshe removed to Candor, Tioga Co.. N. Y., where\\nher death also took place.\\nOui subject was the lirst child of his mother by\\nher lirst marriage, and was eight years. of :igc at the", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "232\\nIIILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n4\\nlime of his father s death. Of the years interven-\\ning, from tlie time he commenced his trade until\\nthe present, we have aheady written. He was\\nmarried in Cold water, this State, in December,\\n1801, to Miss Harriet Alden, vviio was born in that\\ncity and is now tlie mother of five children, namely:\\nAnna, Herbert A., Belle, Frederick, and John 8., ,Jr.\\nThe eldest son is engaged in business for himself in\\nDetroit; Belle is the wife of D. M. Baker, and re-\\nsifies in Jonesville; Frederick is connected with a\\nnewspaper office in Minnesota. Mr. Lewis has\\nserved as School Director in his district several\\nyears and has also been connected with the Village\\nBoard at different times.\\nSp^iA EV. AVILLl AM S. WARRKN. Tlie subject\\nill of this biograph} a gentleman of intelli-\\n^\\\\V gence and excellent education, wiiu h.as\\nwQ been occujjied much of his life as a teacher\\nand preacher, is a on of one of tlie earl3 pioneers\\nof Sduthern Michigan, and was born in the then in-\\nfant city of Detroit on the 11th of January, 182G.\\nHis father, I hilip Warren, a native of Norfolk\\nCounty, Mass., was born M.ay 2. 1783, and departei]\\ntliis life at his home in Oakland Count} this .State,\\nJune 24, 1857. He was a carpenter and joiner by\\ntrade, but fur a period of fifteen years officiated as\\niiiine host of the Warren s Temperance Hotel, .at\\nGieenficld, AV.-iyne County, this State. In his de-\\nclining years he retired from active l.abur.\\nThe mother of our suliject, who in her girlhood\\nwas Miss Celiiida Dodamed, was born Nov. 17,\\n171)1, and departed this life on the 7tli of JMay,\\n1831, while still a young woman. The family\\nincluded tvvo sons and two daughters, of whom\\nWilliam S. is the only one living. The latter con-\\ntinued with his jiarents until fourteen 3 eais of age,\\ntiicn became .a nieuilicr of the family of his brolhor-\\niii-law, and thereafter attended school duiiiig the\\nwinter season for about live years. ]ii the mean-\\ntime he pursued his studies in the academy at I l^\\nniouth two years, and had identified himself with\\nllie Methodist Episcopal Cliurch, having in view\\nhis preparation for the ministry. He was a youth\\nof a thoughtful and religious turn of mind, and\\ncommenced his pious labors at the early age of\\nnineteen years. Upon leaving school he learned\\nthe trade of potter, which he carried on jointly\\nwith preaching for a period of five years. His la-\\nbors were often attended with considerable diffi-\\nculty and much weariness, he having often to travel\\nlong distances to reach his appointments. He rec-\\nollects one Sunday in particular where he com-\\npassed thirty miles and jireached three times.\\nOn the 2d of February, 1847, Mr. AVanen,\\nshortly after reaching the twent^ -first year of his\\n.age, was united in marriage with Miss Ann Har-\\nmon, who was born in Utica, N, Y., Oct. 12, 1828,\\nand is the daughter of Asa and Hannah (Stevens)\\nHarmon, who were natives of Vermont, whence\\nthey emigrated to Michigan and spent their last\\ndays in this county. After marriage our siil)ject\\nand his young wife took up their residence in a\\nmodest dwelling at Northville, where Mr. Warren\\nengaged in teaching and preaching alternately, and\\nafter a time was tendered many of the local offices,\\nin which he served with credit to himself and sat-\\nisfaction to all concerned. He came to Wheatland\\nTownship in May, 1886, and was joined by his\\nfamily in June following. He has always been act-\\nive in Sunday-school work, and his estimable lady,\\nwho forms a most admirable heli)mate for one zeal-\\nous in all good work, is iironiinent in the Mission-\\nary Society and the W. C. T. U. Their three\\nchildren are all sons. Their eldest, William, Jr.,\\nwas born in Plymouth, this State, Oct. 28, 1847,\\nand is employed ;is a traveling salesmen, operating\\nat present in the vicinity of Fargo, Dak.; he mar-\\nried Miss Catherine Hamilton, and they are the\\nparents of three children. Jerome W. w;is born\\nAug. 24, 1851, ill Dover, Fulton Co., Ohio; he mar-\\nried Miss Candia Sekell, who died, and he then mar-\\nried Jennie Day, and is now a resident of I rand\\nRaiiids. engaged as a portrait painter, for which he\\nhas developed rare talent. George W. was born Feb.\\n22, 1859, in Bayfield, Wis., married Miss Emma\\nZimmerman, and is tlie father of two children, a\\ndaughter and son he is engaged in the grocery\\ntrade in Toledo. These boys received a thorough\\neducation and are lirsl-class business men. Jerome\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "u\\nhillsdalp: county.\\n233\\nW. filtered in e. iniesl upon liis work :is ;iii arList at\\nthe early age of twelve year;;, and very soon eelipsed\\nhis leaelier in the excellence of his drawings. The\\nvery lirst week he received *i2 i)er da^\\nWILLIAM NKLSON CASE. The lii.story of\\n\\\\/iJ/ pioneer of Hillsdale County is\\nof more than ordinal-} interest, and we will\\nbegin it at about the time that he left his native\\nState of New York with the intention in view of\\nbuilding up his permanent home in the AY est. A\\nshort time previously he had traded personal prop-\\nerty for 100 acres of land in Pittsford Township,\\nthis county, for which he was to pay ^i! 1,000. Un-\\nfortunately he was not acquainted with the value\\nof land here at this time, and found u|)on his arrival\\nthat he could have purchased is good a tract for\\none-half the money. He had already turned over\\n^300 worth of proi)erty, and upon his arrival here\\nwith his wife had a cash capital of ifi l.GO in his\\n[MicUet. Consequently his lirst business was to seek\\nemployincnt. lie had Ijecn particularly fortunate iir\\nhis selection of a wife and helpmate, and Mrs.\\nCase commenced leaching the first school in the\\nLikely district.\\n(Jur subject, with the assistance of his excellent\\nwife, was so(ni enaliled to buy a yoke of oxen, and for\\nseveral years thereafter did all his marketing and\\nIII 11 ling, besides the farm work with them. Letter\\npostage in those days was twenty-flve cents, and\\nMr. Case stjites that at one time he walked to\\nLanesville, eight miles distant, carrying five dozen\\neggs, which he turned over for the postage on one\\nletter.\\nDeer, wild turkey ami other game were plentiful,\\nnot yet having learned to become afraid of the\\nhunter s rille, so the family did not want for meat.\\nMrs. Case could use (he gun almost equally well\\nwith her husband, and one day in his absence shot\\na wild tiirke} that was picking up corn near the\\ndoor. At another time she killed a deer, which was\\ngrazing in a wheatlleld in sight of the house.\\nNeither husband nor wife lacked in courage and cii-\\nlUirance, and had their days of dilliculty as well as\\nsunshine, living the lirst few years in the most eco-\\nnomical manner, but in due lime beginning to reap\\ntheir reward. They are now well-to-do, and amid\\nthe comforts of a modern home feel fully repaid\\nfor the toils and sacrifices of their younger years.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in the vicinity\\nof Johnstown, Montgomery Co., N. Y on May 5,\\n1814. His father, Ezekiel Case, a native of Massa-\\nchusetts, was born in ^Vashillgton. lierkshire County,\\nand was the son of a substantial Massachusetts\\nfarmer, who spent his last days in Berkshire County.\\nThere Ezekiel grew to manhood, then starling out\\nfor himself sought his fortunes in the Empire Sl.ite.\\nHe was accompanied in his journey by the wife\\nwhom he had recently married, and they lived in\\nMontgomery County until 1820, when our subject\\nwas a lad six years of age.\\nAt the date mentioned Ezekiel Case with his\\nfamily returned to the Old Granite State, and lived\\ntwo years in Itockingham County, occupying him-\\nself in burning charcoal, and at other employments\\nas he could find. In 1828 he returned to New\\nYork, remaining, with his family, :i resident of\\nJohnstown, until the winter of 1829-30. TlieiD\\naccompanied by his son, William N., who was now\\na lad of about si.xtecn years, he started for the\\nTerritory of IMichigan, making the greater part of\\nthe distance on foot. They first stop|)ed in the\\nvicinity of Sturgis, St. Joseph County, at the home\\nof an uncle, and John Case bought land near White\\nPigeon. After several changes of residence he\\nfinally settled down on a farm about two and one-\\nhalf miles from lirighton, in J^ivingston County,\\nwhere with his family he spent his last years.\\nThe maiden name of the mother of our subject\\nwas Elizabeth Scarls. She was a native of Cam-\\nbridge, Washington Co., N. Y became the mother\\nof nine children, and spent her last years in the cit}\\nof Albany, N. Y with her daughter. Four of the\\nchildren are now living.\\nilliani Nelson Case remembers well the ledious\\njourney which he made with his father from New\\nY ork to Michigan. He crossed the IJear Creek\\nValley before it was tenanted by a single settler.\\nHe was taken ill a few months later, and his uncle\\nconveying him with a team to Detroit, he made the\\nb. daiKc of the journey by lake and canal to Meads-\\nport. Tlivie lie was met by another uncle who\\nh", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\n234\\nA\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nlived near by, and upon his recovery lie continued\\na resident of that section of country two or three\\nyears, lie then returned U his ciiildhood s lionie,\\nand was employed as a farm laborer by the month\\nfor a period of three 3 cars. Thence lie went into\\nOnondaga County.\\n(Jur subject continued in the Empire State until\\n1840, and in llie meantime had taken unto iamself\\na wife and lielpinate. In tlie spring of that year with\\nliis family he made iiis way once more to this State,\\nthis time locating in Pittsford Township, this\\ncount} They liad made tlie journey b} canal and lake\\nto Toledo, anil thence to Adrian by rail. Tliere\\ntiiey iiired a man witli an ox-team to take tliem to\\nPittsford Tovvnsliip. Tiiis. although quite a primi-\\ntive mode of traveling, was an improvement upon\\nwalking, in which manner lie liad made his first\\njourniy to Michigan. He now purchased a tract of\\ntimber laud on section 31, at a time when the set-\\ntlers were few and far between. Tlie} arrived liere\\non the 7th of May, wlien tliere were but few log\\nhouses in the vicinity of Lanesvillc. I\\\\lr. and Mrs.\\nCase took possession of a part of one of these through\\nthe kindness of the original proprietors, and resided\\nuntil a log house could be put up on their own\\nland.\\nThe iirst purchase uf our subject had been se-\\ncured before his arrival here, and later he bought\\neighty acres more. In due time he succeeded in\\nclearing 100 acres, and niion tliis farm lived and\\nlabored until the close of the late war. Then rent-\\ning this farm he removed to Hudson Toiviiship,\\ntaking up a fine tract of land, upon which he erected\\na brick house and frame barn, and where he lived\\nuntil 187G. He then traded this propert} for a farm\\non section 21, adjoining liis present homestead, and\\nin 1882 pun liMsed the |)Iace where he now resides.\\nHis career, although similar to that of many of the\\nearly pioneers, is highly creditable to his persever-\\nance and industry, illustrating the results of a reso-\\nlute will and a good constitution. He presents the\\npicture of a hale and hearty old gentleman at peace\\nwith the world and himself, and who justl} feels\\nthat his time has been reasonabi} well spent. He\\nis surrounded by hosts of friends who render him\\nthe tacit respect and affection naturally accorded to\\nthose who have lived so long and hibored so well.\\nThe wife of our subject, to whom he was married\\non the 20th of December, 1837, was Miss Fanny\\nLosee, who was born near the town of Elbritlgc,\\nOnondaga Co., N. Y., June 8, 1818. Her father,\\nJoseph Losee, it is believed was a native of Saratoga\\nCounty. It is known that he was reared there \u00e2\u0096\u00a0until\\nreaching manhood, then took up his residence in\\nElbridge, where he was married and lived until\\nabout 1820. He then cast his lot with the pioneers\\nof Southern Michigan, and in comi)any with some\\nof his children, i)uichased a tract of timber land\\nin Pittsford Township, on section 32. They cleared\\na farm, but later Mr. L. removed to Round Lake,\\nLenawee County, where he spent his last years, at\\nthe home of a daughter in Dover Township.\\nThe mother of Mrs. Case in her girlhood was\\nMiss Lucy Bennett, a native of Balston Spa, Sara-\\ntoga Co., N. Y., the daughter of Miles and Lucina\\nBennett, natives of Reading, Conn. The father\\nspent his last years in Dover, Mich. Mrs. Bennett\\ndied at the home of her daughter in Dover, in\\nMa^ 1885. To our subject and liis wife there\\nhave been born two children only, a son and\\ndaughter Charles B. and Mary. The former mar-\\nried Miss Elizabeth AVindle, and lives on the old\\nhomestead they have three children Ida, William\\nN. and Lulu May. ISIary is the wife of G. L.\\nMiner, of Roanoke, Huntington Co., Ind.; they\\nhave one child, a son, Karl L.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6J-3S\\n--K:^\\n:u, -^^j ^\u00c2\u00a3t\\n4\\\\ I*;1LL1AM TERPEN UNO, a leading farm\\n\\\\/jJ/ stock-raiser of Reading Township, hi\\nW^ for twenty years owned and successful\\n^;ILLIAM TERPENING, a leading farmer\\nhas\\ni.y\\nmanaged one of the most productive and best\\nstocked farms in this part of Hillsdale County. It\\nis beautifully located on the borders of Long Lake,\\nand is abundantly supplied with water from a liv-\\ning stream. Its rich soil is especially well adapted\\nto the growth of all the cereals common to this\\nclimate, and it also possesses superior advantages\\nfor rearing cattle, horses, sheep and swine. His\\ncattle represent the Durham strain, and are thor-\\noughbred in part; his swine are of the celebrated\\nPoland-China breed. He owns a fine, thorough-\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "f", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n237\\nI\\nbred flial t .slallioii, called Gray Diiko, wliidi is the\\nbest t\u00c2\u00abu-yoar-uld in this |)art of the eoimli-y. Mr.\\nTei pcniiig has erected a fine class of biiildiiigs, con-\\nveniently arranged fur the icconimodation of his\\nstock and for other [Hirposes, and a tasty and coni-\\nniodioiis lesidence. He has nearly the whole of\\nthe 170 acres of laud comprising his farm under a\\nhigh state of culture. By his energetic and [W rsist-\\nent efforts, coinliincd with liis keen judguicut and\\ngood talent for business, he has })laeed himself in\\nhis iiresciit i)ros|)erous condition among the well-\\nto-do and substantial citizens of Hillsdale County.\\nOur subject was born in the township of Clifton\\nPark, Saratoga Co., N. Y.,M.iy 81, 1818. Ilis par-\\nents, Lucas and Jane (Faliug) Terpening, were\\nalso natives of that county, whence, after the\\nbirth of their children, they removed to C.ayuga\\nCounty, in the same State, and settled in the town-\\nship of Ira, where they built u|) a home in which\\nthey spent their remaining days, the father dying\\nat the age of sixty-four years and the mother at the\\nage of forty-four years. There were eleven children\\nborn to them, and of the nine yet living the oldest\\nis eighty-six and the youngest sixty-five, the aver-\\nage age being eighty years. All the children grew\\nto maturity, married and reared families.\\nThe subject of this sketch was the seventh child\\nborn to his father and mother, and from his worthy\\nparents he inherited high principles of rectitude\\nand honesty, and in their household was carefidly\\ntrained to good and useful habits. [lis education\\nwas couductcil in the old log school-house of the\\nd.iy. lie si)ent his early manhood in his native\\nState, but migrated from there to Michigan.\\nMr. Tei pening has been twice married. Ilis first\\nmarriage, which look place in Cayuga County, was\\nto Miss Kanette Hunt, who was reared in Saratoga\\nCounty, but when a young woman moved with her\\nl)arents to C:iyuga County. She died in the home\\nwhere her wedded life had been sjicnt, in the latter\\nCounty, leaving two (hiughters Maldanett and\\nTamnicy. The former is the wife of James Ilotal-\\ning, and they at present live on a farm in Ira Town-\\nship, N. v.; the latter is the wife of O. P. Taber,\\nand they live near Remington, Jasper Co., Ind.\\nMrs. Terpening was about forty years of agt when\\nshe died. She was a woman of excellent worth, a\\ntrue wife and a devoted mother.\\nMr. Teri\u00c2\u00bbening met and married his second wife\\nne.arPainesville, Ohio, in 1804. She was formerly\\nMiss Addie Rogers, and w.as born near that town\\nin 1844. She is a daughter of Ceorgc and Eliza-\\nbeth (Ford) Rogers, the former now deceased, hav-\\ning died in Ohio before reaching middle age. The\\nmother is the present wife of Stillnum Post, and\\nthey now live in Allen Township, Hillsdale County.\\nMrs. Terpening, of this notice, was re;ircd in Paines-\\nville, and received an excellent education in the\\nacademy of her native town. She is a woman of\\nsuperior intelligence, is a capable housewife, and\\nhas ever been faithful in the varied relations of life.\\nTo her and her husband has been born one child,\\nGeorge W. M. He married Emma .Megs, of this\\ntownship, and is engaged with his father in man-\\naging his extensive farming interests.\\nOur subject is widely known, and is highly\\nhonored and esteemed for his genial and kindly\\nmanner, his prompt business habits, and his unim-\\npeachable integrity. In politics he is a strong Re-\\npublican, heartily sui)porting the measures of his\\npart3 whenever occasion offers.\\nIjriLLAUI) F. DAY, a retired farmer and\\n\\\\^fl resident of Hudson Village, was born in\\nW^ Chesterfield, Cheshire Co., N. H., Sept. 14,\\n1817. His father, Samuel Day, one of llie pioneer\\n.settlers of Hillsdale County, this State, was born in\\nthe same town, June 2o, 1784. The latter s child-\\nhood .and j outh were spent in the agricultural dis-\\ntricts, where he obtained a limited education in\\nthe district schools. In the meantime he was reared\\nto habits of industrj-. mid u[)on reaching his major-\\nitj started (jut for himself, and w.as employed as a\\nfarm laborer for four years before his marria e.\\nAfter this most interesting and important event\\nof his life Mr. Day rented a tract of land in Ches-\\nhire County, where, after several years of liard\\nlabor, he found himself in but little better condition\\nfin.ancially than when he started. He had now quite\\na family upon his hands and rcsolveil that he must\\nmake a change of location. He had but little", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "-U.\\n238\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n,a\\ni\\nmeans, and having been in communication with\\nfriends near Dayton, Ohio, he prei)ared in the spring\\nof 1834 to remove his family and their personal\\neffects thither. They chose tlie cheapest route,\\nhiring a team to convey the family and goods to\\nthe Erie Canal. They crossed the Connecticut\\nRiver at Brattleboro, Vt., and from there proceeded\\nover the Green Mountains to Schenectady, and at\\nthat point boarded a canal-boat which conve3 ed\\nthem, via Buffalo, to Fairport, Ohio. They visited\\nwith friends seven miles from the latter place, and\\nthere learned that laud in the vicinity of Dayton\\nwas held at high prices, and but little more desirable\\nthan the Government land which was being dis-\\nposed of at a less figure in the Territory of Michi-\\ngan.\\nMr. Da\\\\ in view of these facts, early in the\\nmonth of May, 1834, hired his friends to take him\\nand his family to Lenawee County, and during the\\ntrip thither encountered the Worden family, and in\\ntheir journey between Saudusky, Ohio, and Lena-\\nwee County in the Cottonwood swamps they en-\\ncountered the mud so deep that they could not get\\nover three miles in a day some days, and later Mr.\\nTreadwell and R. IL Whitehorne, who were boinid\\nfor the same locality. At Baker s Corners, in Madi-\\nson Township, they found a vacant log cabin into\\nwhich they removed their goods, and leaving their\\nfamilies there the men of the expedition proceeded\\nto exploie the Bean Creek Valley. Mr. Day se-\\nlected the west half of the southwest quarter of\\nsection 11, in what is now Pittsford Township\\nHillsdale County, and sent the money to Monroe to\\nenter the land from the Government. He then re-\\nturned to the spot where he had left his family.\\nHe hired a team to transfer the goods while the\\nfamily trudged along on foot. When we take into\\nconsideration the fact that the greater part of their\\nway lay through an unbroken wilderness in which\\na simple trail was the nearest approach to a road,\\nand that in some places they were obliged to cut\\ntheir way through with their axes, the tediousness\\nof the journey can be better imagined than de-\\nscribed.\\nOur travelers arrived at Bean Creek about 1 1\\no clock one very dark night early in the month of\\nJune, and after some difficulty found that there was\\nnothing but a foot log by which they could cross\\nthe stream. Mr. Worden waded in the water, and\\ncarried his wife across the creek on his back, and\\nkindly offered to carrj- Mrs. Day, the mother of\\nour subject, over the same way, but she preferred\\nto crawl over the log on her hands and knees. They\\nwere made comfortable in the log house of a Mr.\\nKidder, and remained there until Mr. Day could\\nremove to a building of similar description which\\nhe had found in the neighborhood. He had entered\\neighty acres near the Kidder settlement, but found,\\nthat there were 160 acres of land in the same town-\\nship on section 13, the east halt of the northwest\\nquarter and the west half of the northeast quarter,\\nwhich he could obtain, made a claim to it, and as\\nsoon as possible put up a comfortable log house\\nwhich, although making no pretensions to elegance,\\nserved right well as a pioneer home. The roof was\\ncovered with bark, and the floor to the loft was\\nmade of the same material. In this unpretentious\\ndwelling the Pittsford Township courts convened,\\nand our subject, Willard F., acted as [(residing\\nJustice of the Peace.\\nMr. Day after enleiing his land had money\\nenough left to buy a 3 oke of oxen to assist in the\\nfarm work, and which were considered quite a lux-\\nury, as both horses and oxen were scarce and few\\nmen could afford them at first. The next question\\nwas to get something to eat. There was plenty of\\nwild meat roaming around in the shape of deer,\\nturkey and other game, and AVillard F. had already\\nacquired a reputation as a good shot. He kept the\\nfamily su])plied with the choicest of meats, but\\nbread was not so plentiful. In order to increase\\nthe family income he secured a job of clearing and\\nfencing five acres of land at lililO per acre, the first\\nwinter of their residence here, which was considered\\nquite a bonanza, as the family were entireh out of\\nprovisions and monej and knew not where else they\\ncould procure any subsistence outside of wild n\\\\eat,\\nand were therefore compelled to burn green and\\nfrozen timber in the winter snows as fast as possible\\nto obtain the wherewith to sustain and supply the\\nfamily with provisions.\\nSamuel Day, not long afterward, was stricken with\\nfever and ague, which incapacitated him from hard\\nlabor. Fortunately in his younger j-ears he hail", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00ba-11-^-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n239\\nlearned t make b;iskets, and having plenty of\\nniateiinl lie turned liis kuowledj^e of this art to good\\naeeount. While he sat at home and manufaetiiied\\nbaskets liis eldest son, Warren, operated as travel-\\ning salesman, journeying with his wares, by the aid\\nof a yoke of oxen, to Monroe, wliere lie sold them\\nfor cash. His sons were energetic workers like\\nhimself, anil in due lime tiiere was a largo tract of\\nland cleared around the cabin and the} found their\\nlinancial condition assuming a firm basis. The Day\\nliDmcstead finally came to be known as one of the\\nmost thoroughly cultivated and valuable in that\\nsection of eountiy. Samuel Day lived to see his\\nchildren grow up around him, enterprising and\\n[irosperous, and the wilderness transformed into\\npleasant fields and well-ordered homesteads. He\\nrested from his eaitlih labors on the ith of June,\\n18j(), when about seventy-two years of age.\\nSamuel Day in his early manhood was united in\\nmarriage with Miss Lucy Cutler, the mother of our\\nsubject, who was born in Chesterfield, N. II., Sept.\\n29, 1782. She came to the West witli her husband,\\nand died on the llth of November, 1880, having\\nnearly completed a century of years. She was a\\nwoman strong both jAysically and intellectually,\\nand fulfillcfl her duties as a wife and mother in the\\nmost praiseworthy manner. She was very coura-\\ngeous, and met the hardships and dangers of pioneer\\nlife with that brave and fearless spirit which was so\\nmuch needed in those times of dilliculty and dan-\\nger. When they came to Micliigan the settlers\\nwere often auno^ cd and frightened bj- wolves, but\\nafter the exteiinination of these they comnienccil\\nkeeping a Hock of sheep and also raising flax. The\\nmother siiuii and wove b(jth woolen Mini linen cloth\\nfor the use of the household, and spent ver^ few\\nidle hours while providing for the wants of her\\nfamily. Hotli parents were members of the Con-\\ngregational Church for many years, and tlu ir kind-\\nness and lios|)itality, both to friend and stranger,\\nwere proverbial.\\nThe .seven children of Samuel and Lucy Day are\\nrecorded ;is follows: Warren, their eldest son, was\\nnu May 16, 1812, and died in Hudson Township\\nin I .S8. William was born May 5, 1815, and served\\nin a company of Michigan infanliy duiing the late\\nwar; he died while in the aniiv. at Nashville, three\\nyears after the time of his enlistment. Willard F.,\\nour subject, was born Sept. 14, 1817; Mary A.,\\nborn Oct. 23, 1819, died when an interesting young\\nlady twenty-two years old; Wilson L. was born\\nJuly 12, 1821, and is farming in I ittsford Town-\\nship; Winslow II. occu|)ies the old homestead;\\nFanny A., the widow of Augustus Kent, lives in\\nHudson Village.\\nOur subject spent his boyhood years in the Old\\nGranite St.ate, and was a youth of sixteen when his\\nl)areiits came to the Territory of Michigan, and\\nduring his boyhood ears, his father having a large\\nfamily and his means being limited, he was required\\nto go from home, and commenced working by the\\nmonth on a farm in New Hampshire at the early age\\nof ten years, the first year working eight months, and\\ncontinued to work out every year during the summer\\n-seasons until they came to Michigan, going to a\\ncountry school only three months each winter, which\\nclosed his educational advantages, there being at\\nthat time no schools in reach. He felt the impor-\\nUuice of increasing his education, and he at once\\nadopted the plan of improving all leisure moments\\nin long winter evenings in studying his book before\\nthe log house fireplace, Abe Lincoln style, until he\\nacquired a competent business education, and put\\nit at once into practice, even bookkeeping, with-\\nout a college course. In politics he has always\\nbeen active, but not an ofiice-seeker, first as a Whig\\nuntil the adoption of the Republican party, since\\nthat an earnest Republican. The land which his\\nfather had |)urcliased was covered with limber from\\nwhich it was the custom to cut the trees, roll the\\nlogs together and burn them. Thus hundreds of\\nfine black- walnut logs which a few years later would\\nhave brought a handsome price, were destroj ed\\nsimply to get rid of them. Some of them were\\nalso split into fence rails, but iis maj be supposed\\nno great number of these were needett at once, as\\nthe clearing necessarily proceeded slowly. Besides\\nthe deer, wolves and wild turkeys already mentioned,\\na bear was occasionally seen, and sometimes with-\\nout being seen, would abstract a pig from the pen\\nand make off with it. Mr. Da3 made his home with\\nhis parents until his election as Register of Deeds\\nfor Hillsdale County, and then took up his abode\\nin U\u00c2\u00bbe town of Hillsdale. Two years Inter, having", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "i\\n240\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY,\\nserved his terra of oflice, he returned to Pittsford\\nTownship, and pureliascd a farm on section 12,\\nwhere he engaged in general agriculture and stock-\\nraising three _years. In 1863 he sold out the farm\\nhe then occupied, and was for a number of years\\ninterested with his brother, Winslow II., in general\\nfarming and stock-raising in the same township, lie\\nnow owns one-half of the old homestead in Pitts-\\nford Township and 320 acres in Wright Township,\\nthis county.\\nMr. Day, while a resident of Pittsford Township,\\nHillsdale County was married, March 19, l.S(31, to\\nMiss Eliza H. Ilolcomb, who was born in Varys-\\nburg, Wyoming Co., N. Y., Sept. 3, 1833. Her\\nparents, Chancy and lilmira (Richards) Ilolcomb,\\nnatives of New York, are now residents of Wyo-\\nming County, that State. Mrs. Day came to Sliclii-\\ngan with her cousin, William Richards, and lived\\nwith him in Somerset Townslii|), Hillsdale County,\\nuntil her m.arriage. Of her union with our subject\\nthere vvere born two children: George W., who was\\nborn Feb. 27, 18G2, and died when a youth of six-\\nteen j-ears, Dec. IS, 1878; and Willard F., Jr., who\\nmarried Miss Grace Bradley, of Toledo, Ohio.\\nMr. Day has held various local offices of trust,\\nand was elected Constable and Collector of Taxes\\nfor Pittsford Township when twenty-one years of\\nage. Later he officiated as Town Clerk, Justice of\\nthe I eace and Supervisor, and has always labored\\nfor the best interests of his community. From the\\ntime he became of age until 1863, he filled some\\noffice in Hillsdale County, alwa^ s with great credit\\nto himself. He has served the people as Justice of\\nthe Peace for Hudson Township, member of the Vil-\\nlage Board four terms, and as one of the Vill.age\\n.School Board about ten years, finally resigning his\\nposition as President of said School Board in 1878.\\nHe was associated and equal partner with George B.\\nAVoodworth in a bank at Montpelier, Ohio, com-\\nmencing June 7, 1883, under the firm name of Day\\nWoodworth, W. F. Day, President, and G. B.\\nWoodworth, Casliier, and continued successfully\\nuntil after the decease of the cashier. Both Mr.\\nDa3 and his wife are members of the Congregational\\nChurch, of Hudson, in good standing. With pleas-\\nure we present the portrait of Mr. Day in connection\\nwith this sketch.\\nANIEL J. DERBY, who carries on an ex-\\n1^ tensive trade in Lilchndd and vicinity, is\\nnumbered among the representative busi-\\nness men of this county and has j)roved\\nno unimportant factor in bringing it to its i)rcsent\\nimportance. He has passed in and out before the\\npeople of Litchfield Township for many years, dur-\\ning which he has made for himself an enviable\\nrecord, and is still in the prime of life and in the\\nmidst of his usefulness.\\nThe familj history of the subject of this biogra-\\nphy comprises all that is honorable and desirable\\nin life, he having been the offspring of a most\\nestimable familj whom it is believed originated in\\nthe State of New York during the |ieriod of this\\ncountry s early historj His parents were John\\nS. and Sarah A. (Mills) Derby, the latter a native\\nof (jcncseo County, N. Y., and the sister of Daniel\\nMills, a sketch of whom will be found on another\\nl)age in this volume.\\nJohn S. Derby came to the Territory of Michi-\\ngan with his parents in 1838, and spent his boy-\\nhood days under the ]iarental roof. Later he\\nworked on a farm, and uiKin reaching his majority\\nwas niarrii?d, and settled in Litchfield Township,\\nwhere he followed agriculture until advancing\\nyears admonished hini it would be wise to retire\\nfrom arduous labor. He then took up his resi-\\ndence in the embryo village of Litchfield, and\\nengaged in general merchandising until 1857. He\\nhad now become homesick for the country again,\\nand selling out, acquired another faiin in Litchfield\\nTownship, where he spent the remainder of his\\ndays, passing away Feb. 8, 1868, in his foity-eighth\\nyear. As a business man he was i)rompt and ener-\\ngetic, as a farmer, thorough and successful, and in\\nreligious matters was a devoted member of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. His name will lie\\nlong remembered by those of the early settlers of\\nthis county who are still living, as one to whom\\nmuch of its success is due. His death was the re-\\nsult of an accident sustained while working about\\na threshing-machine, his clothing having caught in\\nthe tumbling rod, and from the effects of which he\\ndied a year later. The mother after the death of\\nher husband took up her residence with her son\\nDaniel J., in Litchfield, where her death occurred\\ni\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n241\\nJan. 16, 1887, when she wns sixty-two 3 ears old.\\nThe part-ntfil household included two cliildren oiil}\\nour subject and his sister Charlotte, who was the\\nelder, and became the wife of A. J. Anderson, of\\nLitchfield. She died in 18t)9, leaving one child, a\\nilangliter Ilattie, who iiinkos lur home with our\\nsubject.\\nDaniel .1. Derby was born in Litciifichl, this\\ncounty, March 2, 1850, and spent his boyhood un-\\nder the home roof until a lad of thirteen years, hi\\nthe meantime acquiring a limited education, lie\\nthen began his business careeras a clerk in the drug-\\nstore and the post-ofticc, in the employ of Daniel\\nMills, with whom he remained most of the time for\\na i)eriod of fifteen years. When a ^oiitli of fifteen\\nyears he was for a time in the ein|)lo3 of George\\nBarber, of Howard City, this State; subsequently\\nhe served as Deputy Postmaster nine years.\\nOur subject from boyhood had a great liUing for\\nthe tinner s trade, and for the piir|)Ose of IcMiuing\\nthis he engaged with Mr. liarber, who, however,\\ndid not prove to be a very agreeable em ploycr, and\\nyoung Derbj consequently left him after a year s\\ntrial, although in the meautiiiie gaining a good\\nknowledge of the trade. Subsequently he was ein-\\nployed with A\\\\ arren ife Dodge, of .];icl soii, and\\nfrom there went to Katon Ka|M(Ls, where he pur-\\ncliased a set of tools, and returning to his native\\ntown started up in business for himself, whore he\\nhas since contimu d. From a modest beginning the\\nbusiness of Mr. Derby has grown to fair propor-\\ntions. In a few years he i)ut up a frame store\\nbuilding, which he rented and subsequently sold\\nto good advantage. Mr. I)erb3 then became the\\nemploye of his former partner for a time, after\\nwhich, disposing of his tinner s tools, he resumed\\nhis [losition in the i)ost-olIice, and became agent of\\nthe United Slates K.xpress Compan3 which oflice\\nhe still holds. On the 1st of March, I .S,S8, he ac-\\n(piiied a half-interest in the hardware business of\\nMr. Mills, from whicii is growing an extensive and\\nlucrative trade.\\nOur subject, on the 1st of Februaiy, 187l), took\\nfor his wedded wife l\\\\U.ss Ida M. Townsend, their\\nunion being celebrated at the home of the bride in\\nScipio. Mrs. Derby is the daiigliler of Warren and\\nlleiirielt;! Townsend, wIki were natives of New\\nYork and settled in Litchfield Township, this\\ncount} in its pioneer days. The mother departed\\nthis life May 30, 1880, when fifty years of age, and\\nMr. Townsend was subsequently married, and is\\nnow living in Charlotte, Mich. Of his first mar-\\nriage there were born four sons and one daughter,\\nnamely-: rank, Lemuel, Warren, Ida M. and Ud-\\ngar. The eldest son, during the late Rebellion was\\na soldier in the Union armj was captured and con-\\nfined in Libb}- Prison, but through strategy made\\nhis escape, and returned home at the close of the\\nwar unharmed; he subsequently was connected\\nwith the mail service in Ohio, and died Oct. 3,\\n1870, in Zanesville, Ohio. Warren is a civil and\\nmechanical engineer, and makes his home in (uand\\nRapids, this State Kdgar, who took kindly to his\\nbooks, is now Piincii)al of the Reading schools and\\nChairman of the County Board of K.vamincrs; Ida\\nM., Mrs. Dcrli} was born in Litchfield Township,\\nthis county, .hine 21, 1857, and is now the mother\\nof four chihlrcii, namel^y Nellie, Nina, James .and\\nF,(lgar, the latter of whom died at the age of six\\nmonths; the others are attciuling schot)l in the\\nhome district.\\nMr. D(;rby is a solid Republicm, [lolitically, and\\ncast his lirst Presideiili.-d vote for James A. (lar-\\nlield, ill 1880. He has always evinced a lively in-\\nterest in the growth and welfare of his townshi|),\\nin which he has served as illage Assessor and\\nTreasurer, occupying now the l:iller ollice his sec-\\nond term. Mrs. Derby is connected with tlu\\nMethodist Ki)iscopal Church. Mr. D. belongs to\\nFranklin Lodge No. 40, F. A- A. M.\\nAMF.S K. DILLON. The homestead of this\\nI gentleman forms one of the most attractive\\nfeatures in the laiidscai)e of Wheatland Town-\\nship. It comprises 140 acres of highlj cul-\\ntivated land, beautifully loc.ateil, and emliellished\\nb} hanilsomc modern farm buildings, including a\\ncommodious and tasteful residence, a substiuitial\\nbarn, and the other structures necessary for the\\ncarrying on of general agriculture after the most\\napprove l methods. The farm stock is of excellent\\nquality and well careil for, and tlie mMchinery all\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "11\\n242\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nthat is necessary for the thorough cultivation! of\\nthe soil and the general operations of the intelli-\\ngent and progressive farmer. Our subject and his\\nestimable wife arc people held in the highest esteem\\nby their neighbors, being cultured, kindly and hos-\\npitable, and in all respects classed among the lead-\\ning spirits of a community of more than ordinary\\nintelligence.\\nThe boyhood and youth of our subject were spent\\nin Ontario County, N. Y., where his birth took\\nplace Dec. 8, 1820, at the modest home of his par-\\nents, Benj.amin .and Christina (Kennedy) Dillon,\\nnatives .also of New York State, the former born in\\nDutchess County, Sept. 14, 1788, and the latter in\\nJamestown, March 8, 1791. After marriage they\\nlocated in Ontario County, where the father de-\\nparted this life on April l. J, 18CC. The mother\\nsubsequently joined her son, our subject, in this\\ncounty, .and died at his home in Wheatl.and Town-\\nship, on the 24th of June, 1872.\\nThe paternal grandparents of our subject, John\\nand Phebe (Ackley) Dillon, were natives respect-\\nively of Ireland and England. They crossed the\\nAtlantic early in life, and both died in Ontario\\nCounty, N. Y. On the mother s side the grand-\\nparents were Robert and Marg.aret (McLaren) Ken-\\nnedy, who were natives of .Scotland and spent the\\nlast days of their lives in Monroe Comity, N. Y.\\nThey possessed all the worthy and reliable traits of\\nan excellent ancestry, and transmitted them faith-\\nfully to their children.\\nTo Benjamin and Christina Dillon there were\\nborn eight children, two only of whom are living:\\nJames K., our subject, and his brother William R.\\nThe latter is a resident uf this township. James K.\\ncontinued under the parental roof until the death\\nof his father, when the old home was sold and he\\nwas obliged to seek another .asylum. He continued\\non the old homestead until 18G8, and then coming\\nto this county purchased his present homestead,\\nwhere he has since lived. While a resident of his\\nnative State, he was married, Dec. 28, 1848, to a\\nmaiden of his own county, Miss Frances Whitfield,\\nwho was born Aug. 19, 1827. Mrs. Dillon is the\\ndaughter of Edward and Kli/.a (Smith) Wliitfleld,\\nwho were natives of Ireland, but were of English\\nancestr} and near relatives of the noted Whitfield\\nwho distinguished himself as a preacher and philan-\\ntln-opist. p]dward AYhitfield and his wife both\\ndied in Ontario County, N. Y., the mother when\\nsixty-six ye.ars of .age, and the father after reaching\\nthe advanced .age of eighty -nine, firandmother\\nWhitfield lived to a very great age, retaining her\\nfaculties to a remarkable degree, and when one\\nhundred and sixteen years old walked three miles\\nto church.\\nOf the ten children born to Edward .and Eliza\\nWliitfield, the parents of Mrs. Dillon, but five are\\nnow living. Our suliject and his wife have reared\\ntwo children: Helen F., born April 25, 18. )2, is\\nnow the wife of George Bump, a well-to-do farmer\\nof Hudson Township, Lenawee County, this State;\\nEliza C. w.as born Sept. 7, 1862, and is one of the\\nprincip.al teachers in the Hudson schools; she is\\na lady of fine education and much culture, being a\\ngraduate of Hillsdale College and very capable.\\nBoth daughters were born in Ontario Count3 N. Y.\\nMr. Dillon cast his first Presidential vote for\\nZachar3 T.aylor, and was a member of the AVhig\\nparty during its existence. .Since its ab.andonment\\nhe has been a warm supporter of Republican prin-\\nciples. He has filled various positions of trust and\\nresponsibility in his township, the duties of which\\nhe has discharged with that conscientious care and\\nfidelity which have secured him the esteem and con-\\nfidence of the entire community. Mrs. Dillon and\\nher daughters .are members of the Baptist Church.\\nMrs. Dillon is a ladj of gre.at energy, and for many\\nyears before her marriage supported herself at her\\ntrade as tailoress. She h.as labored side by side\\nwith her husband in the building up of their beau-\\ntiful home, and deserves equal credit iu the result\\nof their mutual labors.\\n--s-^\\nellE.STER MOREY,who is a retired farmer of\\nReading Township, is now spending his last\\ndays on section 35, at which place he has\\nlived for a period of forty-nine years, the only\\nchange he has made being his removal from the\\npioneer cabin into his present beautiful home. He\\nretains eighty acres of his once large landed prop-\\nert} of COO acres, the remainder of which he di-\\n-r--", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n243\\nI\\nvidod among his children. Unon coming- to the\\ntownship Mr. Morey enleicd from tlie Government\\n200 acres of land on sections 26 and 35, and soon\\nl)egan to reap tiic reward of his labors in a com-\\nfortable living on a well-improved farm. Ileadded\\nlo his real estate from time to time until he had a\\nfinely improved farm of (!00 acres. In connection\\nwilii geneial farming ho has also been an extensive\\nstock-raiser, and has met with a large measure f)f\\nsuccess in that as well as In all itlier of his under-\\ntakings.\\nTlie subject of this biography is a native of Van\\nBuren Township, Onondaga Co., N. Y., and was\\nborn June 1. liS17. His father. Dr. John IMorey,\\nwas a native of the same State, and quite early in\\nlife became a successful physician, in which \\\\n^^\\nfession he engage l until failing health compelled\\nhim to abandon it. He then turned his attention\\nto teaching, and was thus engaged for some years,\\nbut he did not lecover his health, and died at the\\nage of fifty-one j ears. He was married to Lovisa\\nEverts, a native of the same St.ate as her husband.\\nShe was a W(jinan of nmialile dis|)ositioii, and intel-\\nligent, and canu- from a good family, who removed\\nfrom Washinglori County, N. Y., where the !\\\\Ioreys\\nhad also lived for some years. She was a faithful\\nand devoted wife until the death of Mr. Morej\\nafter which she was a second time married, to Will-\\niam rappan,a mauufactiuer of musical instruments,\\nand caiiie with him lo Michigan, where she soon\\nafterward died at the age of lifty-onc years. .Mr.\\nTappan is also deceased.\\nThe parental family of our subject included nine\\nchildren, of whom Chester K. w;is the si.xth in order\\nof birth. At Ihe early age of thirteen years he lost\\nhis father by death, and continued to live with his\\nmother until the age of nineteen, when lie accom-\\npanied her to Toledo, Ohio, while she was yet a\\nwidow. After her marriage with Mr. Tappan he\\ncame to Michigan, where some time later his mother\\nand stepfather joined him in this county. Possess-\\ning a good physique, unbounded energ3- and good\\njudgment. Mr. Morey w.as well adapted for pioneer\\nlife. Not long after his arrival our subject w.as\\nunited in marri.age, Dec. 15, 1840, in Reading\\nTownship, with Miss Jane, daughter of John and\\nLueiiida (Wright) Uisiug, natives of New York\\nState. Her parents were married and settled in\\nWestmoreland Township, Oneida County, where\\nthey were SHCcessfully engaged in farming for many\\nyears, and reared a family of eight children, five\\nsons and three daughters, all but one of whom\\nlived to maturitj and were married. Mi s. Morey\\nwas the fourth child and second daughter in order\\nof birth, .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid first saw the light A|)ril 18, l,s2.\\nIn liS;;? her i)arents with their seven children set\\nout for the young State of Michigan, coming by\\nwa3 of the Eric Canal and Lake Erie to Toledo,\\nOhio. Thence they pursued their journey by means\\nof an ox-team which the father i)urchased in To-\\nledo, and in this manner reached Reading Town-\\nship. Mr. Rising had shipped fr iiu his home in\\nNew York one horse and four hogs, and the horse\\nwas the second arrival of this kind in Reading\\nTownshii). Judge Mickle having the other. Mr.\\nRising secured almost a section of Government\\nland, and soon after his arrival erected a frame\\nbuilding, which was the first structure of the kind\\nin the townshii). He was very successful in the\\nprosecution of his calling, and soon became one of\\nthe most iiulependent fanners of this section of the\\ncountry. His house soon gave place to a moie\\ncommodious structure, and sulisecpiently did diit3-\\nfor a barn, which was the first frame barn in the\\nttiwnship. Here the parents si)ent, the remainder of\\ntheir lives on section 1 of the township, and left\\nbehind them a record Uiv good works which will\\nnot soon be forgotten. The mollier died in I.SIS,\\nat the age of fifty-one years, while the father sur vi ved\\nuntil 1\u00c2\u00ab72, and died at the .advanced age of eighty-\\nthree years. They were both active members of\\nthe Methodist Church, which they were largely\\niiislrunient.al in founding in this section, the parents\\nand two children being four of the six chaiter\\nmembers. In politics Mr. Rising was a stanch\\nReimblican.\\nMrs. Morey was one of six children of the par-\\nental family who are yet living. She was carefully\\nreared by her pious i)arents, and received the full\\nbenefit of such an education .as the time an l (ilace\\nalTorded, supplemented by the valuable lessons\\nreceived from her mother. Her ehkst sister and\\nMr. Morey s youngest sister taught the first two\\nschools in the township. Mr. and Mrs. Morey have\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a24^\\n244\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ni-\\nbeen blessed with a family of four children, all\\nsons, one of whom died when an infant of two\\nweeks. The other three are recorded as follows\\nWilliam H. married Marion E. Hughes, and resides\\non a farm in Reading Township; George E. took to\\nwife Lizzie Overholtzer, and lives on a fine f.arm\\nalso in this townsiiip, wliile Cliarles S. married\\nNettie A. Clark, and likewise farms in R(;ading\\nTownship.\\nWhen our subject first came to this county all\\nthe elements of pioneer life still prevailed. AVild\\ngame was to be h.ad in abundance, wiiile beasts of\\nprey, such as tiie wolf nnd bear, were frequently\\nmet with. They were guided in their passage\\namong their neighbors farms by blazed trees, and\\noften the onlj path was the Indian tr;iil. Their\\nmilling and marketing were performed with great\\ndiflicidty, sometimes having to go many miles over\\nalmost imiiassable ro.ads. ]\\\\Ir. and Mrs. Morey\\nheartily joined han ls in tiieir efforts to subdue\\nnature, and have watched with interest the rapid\\ndevelopment of this section of tlie country until it\\nnow compares favorably witii any part of tiie State.\\n]\\\\Ir. and Jlrs. Morej give their .adiierence to the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, while in politics Mr.\\nMorey is a stanch Republican.\\nONATIIAN BLURTON, a reputable and sul)-\\nI stanti.al farmer, residing on section 5, Ran-\\nsom Township, has resided in Michigan\\n_ since his earliest recollections. In 1 870 he\\nbought his present farm, consisting of eighty-two\\nacres of good land, under an excellent state of cul-\\ntivation, and provided with sidistantial and con-\\nvenient farm liuildings suital)le for tlie prosecution\\nof his calling. In 1844 his fatliei James Blurton,\\nsettled in Wheatland Township, Hillsdale Count3\\nwhen our subject w.as an infant uf twelve months,\\nand there fanned rented land fur fc^ur or five years,\\nafter which he purch.ased a tr.act of timber land on\\nsection 2, Pitlsfonl Township, this county, and\\nliuilt up a comfdrtalilc lionie, in wjiii li ho spent the\\nremainder of his life.\\nJanu S Blurton was born in Staffordshire, En-\\ngland, in 1803, and w.as there reared to manhood.\\nand on the 14th of June, 1824, he was united in\\nmarriage with Miss Sarah Upwood, a native of the\\nsame shire, where she was born in 1802. In 1830\\nthey set out to try their fortune in the New World,\\nand settled in Ontario County, N. Y., where they\\nresided until 1844, and then came wcstwai d to\\nMichigan, and settled in Wheatland Township, Hills-\\ndale County. They both died at their homestead\\nin Pittsford Township after living together, enjoy-\\ning the counsel and society of each other, for sixty-\\nthree years. Both were members in good standing\\nof the Bai)tist Church, at Hudson, and contril)uted\\nas they could toward the development of the county-\\nand the elevation and improvement of its people.\\nThe3 were honest, hardworking, worthy members\\nof society, and left Itehlnd them a name which will be\\nremembered in connection with the pioneer history\\nof Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties for generations\\nto come.\\nThe subject of this biography w.as born in On-\\ntario Count3% N. Y., IMarch C, 1843, and was one\\n3 ear old when he came to Michigan with his par-\\nents. He was reared to habits of industr3 and\\nfrugality, and .as soon as large enough his services\\nwere utilized in clearing the land and in other light\\ndomestic duties, with occasional .attendance at the\\npublic schools in the neighborhood. At sixteen\\n3 ears of .age he engaged in the struggle of life for\\nhimself, and was employed to work by the montli,\\nreceiving $12 for his services. When our Union\\nw.as threatened with dissolution and the enem3 was\\nstill in its strength, Mr. Blurton enlisted in the\\nUnion army in August, 18C4, and was enrolled in\\nCompany I), 4tii Michigan Infantry. He was at\\nonce marched to the front and served in the \\\\V^est-\\nern army in the States of Kentucky, Tennessee\\nAlabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, experi-\\nencing many of the hardships and privations inci-\\ndent to the Civil War. He w.as mustered out.\\nand discharged from the arnn Jan. IC, 180( and\\nreturning his sword to its scabbard, he began life\\nanew at his olil home, working land on shares until\\n1870, when he bought his present farm, upon which\\nhe has since .assiduously labored, achieving satis-\\nfactory residts.\\nMr. Blurton was united in marriage, Oct. 1804,\\nwith Miss Josephine Tabor, who was born in On-\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a22 4;-)\\nt\\ntario County, N. Y., and is the daughter of Benja-\\nmin F. Tabor, deceased. Mr. Tabor was born in\\nIlcrkinier County, iS Y., June 13, 1S24, while hi.s\\nfaliier, Henjaniin, wiio spelled the name Taber, was\\na native of Miissacliusetts, and was born March 12,\\n1775. Tlie great-grand fallmr of Mrs. lihirtoii,\\nAbraham Tabor, was also a native c f Massachu-\\nsetts, and his father was a native of England, and\\ncame to America in Colonial times, settling in the\\nBa^ State, which he made his home until his de-\\ncease, spending his entire life, so far as known, in\\nthat State. The grandfather of Mi s. Blurton w.is\\nreared in his native State, but when a young man\\nlie removed to York State, and was united in mar-\\nriage, in Colundiia County, with Miss Elizabetli\\nHumphrey, wlio was born in that county, Dec. 21,\\n1781. After marriage tiiey removed to Herkimer\\nCounty, and were among its pioneer settlers, but\\nin 1837 they went to Manchester Townshii), Onta-\\nrio County, and tliore engaged in farming until\\n18.52. The grandfather then came to Michigan,\\nand lived with his son until hi.s death. May 7,\\n18. )S;his wife died in York St.ate, Se|)t. II, 18;J0.\\nTheir family included ten children, six of wliom\\ngrew to maturity. IJenjamin F. Tabor, the fatiier\\nof Mrs. Blurton, w.as reared in his native Slate, and\\nwhen a young man lie clerked in a store for eight-\\neen months, nfter wliicii he learned the trade of a\\ncarpenter and joiner, and followed that occupation\\nuntil his marriage. After rn.arriage the youui;\\ncouple settled on the old homestead, and encjai^ed\\nill farming occupations until l.sf)2, when they sold\\nout, and coming to Michigan bought a farm of 13(1\\nacres ill Wheat aud Township. At tlie time of\\npiirch. i.se there was a small frame lioiisc on the\\npl:ice, but lie soou erected a large brick residence\\nand fr. iine b.iriis, and engaged in fanning under ad-\\nvanl.Mgeous circiinistances. He subsequently addeil\\nto his landeil est:ite until he owned 210 acres, aiiil\\nthere resided, engaged in its snccessfid cultivation\\nuntil 1877, when having been elected to the ollice\\nof County Clerk he rented his f.nini uhI removed\\nto Hillsdale, of which city he remained a resident\\nuntil his death in March, I S78, before his term of\\nodice had expireil. He wns ni;)iried, Nov. 5,1844,\\nto S:irah A. I rice, a native of Farmiiigloii, ()iit;irio\\nCo., N. Y., where she was born Feb. 5, 182i). Their\\nfamily included four children, of whom Mrs. B.\\nwas the first in order of birth the others are Au-\\ngustus I)., Sarah E., and Jessie E., the wife of\\nEdgar Caijienter, who was born in Whe.atland. In\\npolitics Mr. Tabor was a Republican, and held vari-\\nous local ollices, including that of Supervisor in\\nWheatland Township, which he held eight years.\\nMrs. Tabor s fiither, Isaac Price, was born in\\nNew Jersey, Oct. 3, 1875, while his father, Daniel\\nPrice, was born in England, and coming to Amer-\\nica in Colonial times, did service as teamster in the\\nKevoluti(jnary War, d^ing in New Jersey while\\nthe struggle w.as in progress. The grandfather of\\nMrs. Blurton was reared in New Jersey and learned\\nthe trade of a carpenter. He married in that State\\nand removed to Ontaricj County, N. Y., with his\\nwife and children, and purchasing a tract of timber\\nhiiiil, hired the clearing done while he followed his\\ntiMile. After his farm was cleared and brought\\nunder cultivation he abandoned his trade and de-\\nvoted his entire .attention to lys land. He subse-\\nquently removed to Niagara County, and spent his\\nlast 3 ears in Lock|)ort, his death occurring Nov. 7,\\n1848. His wife, wlio.sc maiden name was .Sarah\\nRice, was born in New Jersey, and her father, the\\ngreat-gi;ui l father of Mrs. Blurton, .lames Rice, w.as,\\nas far is is known, .-ilso a native of that State. He\\nwas there uniteil in marriage with Miss Elizabetli\\nMarr, and they removed to Pennsylvania, where\\nthey rem. iined a short tini( and then went to On-\\ntario County, N. Y., and settled in Seiie a Town-\\nship, where Mr. Rice purchased a partially im-\\nproved farm. I le was a shoemaker by trade, and\\nfollowed that occupation in connection with agri-\\ncultural pursuits until his death, which took place in\\ntli:it township: his wife died there also at the old\\nhoiiu stead. The grandmother of .Mrs. HIiTrton\\ns|)ent her last days in Manchester Township, Onta-\\nrio County. Tlie grandfather w:is twice married,\\nami by the lirsl marriage there were .seven chililren,\\nwhile Mrs. T;ibor, the mother of Mrs. Blurton, was\\nthe only cliililren of the second in;iriiage. She lived\\nwilli her pareuLs until Ikm marriage, and after her\\nliusb. Uid s death she exchanged her pro|)erty for\\nthe place she now occupies in Pittsford Town.ship,\\n(iiie IimH mile west of Hudson.\\n.loiritlnui and Mrs. Ulurton have had born to", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "i\\n246\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nthem two cliilflren: Irving T., who resides with his\\nparents, and Franlv I., deceased. In politics Mr.\\nBlurton is a Republican, giving that i)arty his sup-\\nport on all iniportnnt occa.sions, though he refuses\\npolitical preferment, choosing to devote his entire\\nattention to tiie peaceful anil elevating pursuits of\\nfarm life. He has been selected and requested to\\naccept the nomination for Supervisor, which in this\\nsection of countr} would lie equivalent to an elec-\\ntion, but he always declined. On one ocea.sion he\\nwas appointed to fill a vacancy, and accei)ted only\\non condition that he should not be |)resscd to be a\\ncandidate at the next election. Mr. Blurton is a\\nmember of Capt. Tarsney Post No. 3 ,t2, O. A. R.,\\nand he and his estimable wife are worthy mem-\\nbers of the cultured and elevated society which is\\nto be found in this section of country.\\n\\\\1I W. EIDKNIKR. While history is philoso-\\nr phy illustrated, biography is the lamp of\\nexperience to guide and encourage us in the\\nv^j P- ^ths of success, or to serve as a beacon to\\ndeter us from the road to ruin. 1 he preservation\\nof the facts, therefore, making up the lives of (iromi-\\nnent men, is not only a source of gratification to\\npersonal friends, but a foundation of information\\nto all, serving as guide boards \\\\)y the w.ayside, or a\\nlight to the wayfarer who would achieve fortune\\nor distinction in simil.ir w.ilks of life. The gentle-\\nman whose name heads this sketch is what is known\\nas a self-made man in that he began humbly, and\\nwithout any influenti.il frieuds or much opportu-\\nnity for receiving an education. Now, while yet a\\nyoung mau, he has carved out for hiuhself a home\\nand a name among his fellows on which he can re-\\nflect with just satisfaction. It is said that he who\\nmakes two blades of grass grow where but one was\\nseen before is a benefactor of his race, and in this\\nsense Mr. Eidenier may truly be said to he such,\\nas although he came to this county only recentlv\\nhe h.as done a great deal toward the ilevelopment\\nof the n.atnral resources which Nature has so boun-\\ntifully lavished upon it, and has assisted in redeem-\\ning it from the wilderness.\\nHiram W. Eidenier was born in Hanover Town-\\nship, Columbiana Co., Ohio, beginning his life with\\nthe year 1 8. )0, being born on New Year s Day. His\\nfather, Benjamin Eidenier, was also a native of Col-\\numbiana County, while his grandfather, John Eiden-\\nier, w.ns born in Fiederick County, Md., and his\\ngreat-grandfather, also John Eidenier, owned a farm\\nand distillery in Frederick County. He removed\\nfrom Maryland to I ennsylvania and from there to\\nColumbiana County, Ohici, where he was among\\nthe first settlers of Hanover Township. In order\\nto get to his laud upon his arrival, he had to cut his\\nwa3 through the woods, a distance of eight miles.\\nHe purcha.se l a tract of 1,300 acres, and resided\\nthere engaged in its improvement until his death\\nat nearl} ninety years of nge. The grandfather of\\nour std)ject was a young man when he removed to\\nColumbiana County with his parents, and locating\\non a part of the land his father had liought he im-\\nproved a farm and resided there until his death.\\nThe maiden name of his wife, the grandmother of\\nour subject, was Hannah Cristman.\\nThe father of our subject was reared to niauho l\\nand mari ied in Columbiana County, Ohio, and has\\nalways made his home in that place. He purchased\\na farm in Hanover Township, and was employed\\nin farming a number of years. He was married\\nin the village of Dungaunon,of that count} to Miss\\nEliza, daughter of Martin Bridenstiue, a native of\\nMaryland, and a pioneer settler of Center Town-\\nshi|), Columbiana County. She departed this life in\\nHanover Township, Columbiana County, in l.SSd.\\nThe parental family of our suljject consisted of\\nseven children, four of whom grew to years of\\nmaturity, and were named Hiram, Margaret, .Sandi\\nand Joiin. Hiram was reared on the [larental home-\\nstead until he attained the age of fifteen years, en-\\ngaged .as soon as he was able in assisting on the\\nfarm, varied with short intervals of attendance at\\nthe public schools. Feb. 14, ISCo, when but little\\nover fifteen years of .age he enlisted in the 1 SStli\\nOhio Infantry, risking his young life in the service\\nof his country. He was transferred to Company I,\\n10 1st Ohio Infantry, and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio\\nand then to Winchester. Va., where he did garrison\\nduty, and subsequently was similarly emploj ed at\\nHarper s Ferry. He was mustered out of the\\narmy and honorably discharged in August, 18G5,\\nI\\nT", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n247\\nI\\nand returning to his home resirlcd with his parents\\ntwo years. He then crossed the lMississii)[)i, and\\nengaged as a stock-de.aler in Iowa and Nebraska,\\nand conducted Hint l)iisiiu\\\\ss aliont a j car. lie\\nspent the following winter in St. Louis, JIo., and\\nwas engaged in boating on tlie Upjier Mississippi\\nRiver. After one season thus occupied he returned\\nto iiis home, and was eniplojed on a railroad for\\nsome time in Ohio and Vii ginia. From this time\\nuntil 1 K72 Mr. Eidenier was variously employed,\\nand at this dale he came to Hillsdale t ounty. and\\nlioiight llfty-two acres of land on section 2; Han-\\nsom rownship, iiflccM acres of which were (bleared\\nanil contained a small log house, in which he resided\\none year, and then sold out and purchased another\\ntract of eight} acri s, fourteen of which were cleared,\\non section 30. He erected a log house, and setting\\n.ilioMt the improvement of a farm, cleared thirty-\\nlive acres of land. At the end of five years, how-\\never, he again sold (\u00c2\u00bbut, and removed to Livingston\\nCounty, Mo., but not being altogether satisfied with\\nthe outlook, after a few weeks he returned, and\\npurcha.sed fifty-two acres of land on scctit)n 2.\\nRansom rownshi| again eugaged in the inipnjve-\\nment of a farm. About one-half of this land w.as\\nalrca ly cleared, and he resided there about two\\nyears, making further improvements, when, seeing\\nan advantageous prospect, he sold the proi)ertj\\nand bought 12(1 acres of laud where he now re-\\nsides in Amboy Townshii). ll was then in its orig-\\ninal condition, but he has since cleared a Large p.Trt\\nof the land and brought it under a good state of\\ncultivation, while he has erected thereon substan-\\ntial and commodious farm buildings, and though\\nonly a young man in the prime of life has already\\ngathered around him a large share of the good\\nthings of this world, and has made a name and a\\nreputation in the community in which his lot has\\nbeen cast.\\nThe subject of this notice was united in marriage\\nDee. 1871, the lady of his choice being Miss\\nSarah McFate, who wiis born in Venango County,\\nI a., in M.ay, 1 ii 5, and is the daughter of John and\\nl ;ii/.abeth (Hogg) McFate. Her union with our\\nsubject has been blessed by the bilth of five chil-\\ndren Lilian A.. Charles M., Dora ALay, Clara\\nlllanche. and Hiram \\\\V., deceased. Mrs. Eidenicr s\\n4*-\\nfather was born in Ireland, and came to America\\nwhen a young man, settling in I ennsylvania, where\\nhe was subsequently married. Coming from that\\ncountry in which agriculture is carried on under\\nmany disadvantages, Mr. McFate did not have the\\nmeans to purchase land upon his arrival in Penn-\\ns^-lvania, and he therefore operated on rentecl land\\nuntil he coidd save money to purchase a farm of\\nhis own. Success crowned his efforts, and he be-\\nc. inie the owner of a tract of land in Venango\\nCounty, I a., upon which he lived until about 18(17,\\nwhen he sold out and removed t,o Columbiana\\nCounty, Ohio, where he bought ;i farm in Center\\nTownship, n|)on which he resided eng.aged in its\\ncultivation iintJI his death. The mothei of Mrs.\\nKidencir, it is thought, was born in Pennsylvania,\\nbut her father was probably a native of the Emerald\\nIsle. H(! removed from Pennsylvania t(j Iowa, and\\nsettled on a faim in Linn County, ui)on which he\\nresided until his demise. The mother of Mrs.\\nEidenier died in Pennsylvania in l.sdl. In i oli-\\ntics Mr. I ^idenier stands identified with the Demo-\\ncratic party, while in religion his estimable wife is\\na mend)er of the United Brethren Church.\\n|/_^ ALEY M. THORP, l.ate of Fayette Town-\\nship, was born in Pc riy, Wyoming Co.,\\nN. v., Feb. 14, 1.S2S, and departed this\\nlife on the (Jth of August, 1878. He came\\nto this county in 1850 with his little f;imily, and\\nsettled in Fayette Township, of which he remained\\na resident until resting from his earthly labors. A\\nman of industr} and enterprise, he accumtdated a\\ngood property, making valuable imprt)vemenls on\\nhis fine farm of 240 acres, and in other respects dis-\\ntinguishing himself .as a valualile member of the\\ncommunity.\\nOur sid)ject was the son of David and Eliza\\n(Mclntyre) Thorp, natives of New York, where\\nthe} settled after their marriage, and wliere the\\nmother died in middle life. Mr. Thorp subse-\\nquently came to this county, and died in Faj ette\\nTownship about 1882. Their son. Haley M,, was\\nreared to f:irm pursuits, and continued a resident\\nof his native county until his marriage with Miss\\nU", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "i\\n-4^\\n248\\nHILLSDAL?: COUNTY.\\nMary M. Bovven, which occurred on the 8th of\\nNovember, 1849. He then settled with his bride\\nin Wyoming Connty, where they lived until coming\\nto this State. He also, in connection with farming\\nmanufactured fanning-mills for a number of years.\\nTheir union was blessed b^ the birth of four children\\nMary E., the eldest, became the wife of William\\nWickman, of Albion, Mich.; Charles died in Faj\\nette Township, Sept. 1, 1876, aged twenty-flve\\nyears; Elislia B. married Miss Rose Gaige, and is\\noccupied as a clothier in Jonesville; Frank, the\\nfourth, is a farmer by occupation, and resides on\\nthe homestead with his mother.\\nMrs. Thorp is the daughter of Jeremiah and\\nPolly (Ames) Bowen, natives of Vermont, who\\nafter their marri.age settled in Wyoming County,\\nN. Y., where they spent the remainder of their\\nlives. They were permitted to reach a ripe old\\nage, the mother dying in March, 1884, and the\\nfather on the 4tli of May, 1887. The eleven chil-\\ndren born to them included six daughters and five\\nsons, ten of whom survive. Of these Mrs. Thorj)\\nwas the second child, and was l)orii in Castile,\\nWyoming Co., N. Y., Nov. 1 7, 1 827, and continued a\\nmember of her father s household until her marri.age\\nwith our subject. She- proved a l.ady in every way\\nworthy to be liis helpmate and com|)anion, and con-\\ntinues at the homestead surrounded b} all the com-\\nforts t)f life, and enjoying the confidence and\\nesteem of her neighbors. Socially, Mr. Tliorp was\\na M.ason and Odd Fellow.\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^\\\\r^-\\\\tJUU2/S!^S^^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00c2\u00ae|~Sl/OT7\u00c2\u00bbv\u00c2\u00bb Wv\\nJIJOIIN T. BEATTY, a representative fanner\\nI .and stock-grower of Woodbridge Towuslii|i.\\nI carries on general .agriculture on 180 acres\\nJ) of land, occupying the northeast portion of\\nsection 19. He is higlily successful in the raising\\nof grain and stock, and as a member of the com-\\nmunity is held in great respect, being more tlian\\norilinarily intelligent, and t.aking a lively interest\\nin educational affairs.\\nOur subject was born in Greene Count\\\\ Ohio,\\nJan. 20, 1820, and is the son of William and Eliza-\\nbeth (llaynes) Beatt3 natives respectively of Mary-\\nland and New Jersey. The father was born in\\n1787, followed farming all his life, and was promi-\\nnent in the Methodist Episcop.al Churcli .as an\\nexhorter. Deacon and Stewai-d for many years.\\nI oliticall}-, he was an old-line Whig, and as a\\nfarmer and business man very successful; he lied\\nat his home in Ohio in 1842.\\nThe mother of our subject was born in 1789, and\\nsurvived her husband sixteen 3 ears, her death\\ntaking place in Clinton Count3 111., in Sci)teinber.\\n1858. She also w.as a niendjer of the Jlethodist\\nEpiscopal Church, and .adorned her profession by\\nher simiile faith and worlli} life. The nine cliildrcn\\nof the jjareutal householil were named respectively:\\nEllen, Is.aae, John T., Zimri, Keziah, Elizabeth,\\nWilliam, Henry and Lewis. Of these, John T.,\\nour subject, w.as the third in order of birth, and\\nspent his boyhood and youth in his native county.\\nThere also he w.as married, Feb. 14, 1847, to Miss\\nEmeline Alford, Squire Sutton, of Ohio, otliciating.\\nIMrs. Beatty was l)orn in Erie County, Pa., Oct. 28,\\n1824, and is the daughter of Hiram and .Susannah\\n(Adams) Alford, who weie the descendants of\\nKing Alford, of England. President John Q. Adams\\nwas an uncle of Mrs. Beatty s mother. Mrs. B.\\nwas reared in the faith of the Baptist Church, in\\nwhich her p.aternal grandfather and also two of\\nhis SOI.S were ministers.\\nMr. and Mrs. Beatty left Ohio in 18Go, and came\\nto the West, locating first in Davis County, Iowa.\\nA six-months residence there, however, sufficed,\\nand they went eastward as far as L.agrange County\\nInd. Two and one-half years later they removed\\nto Southern Michigan, and our subject purchased\\n180 acres of prime lan l in Woodbridge Township.\\nUpon this he has since o| eiatcd with the best re-\\nsults, being the leading stock-grower of his town-\\nship, and numbered among its most thorough and\\nprogressive farmers. He was reared in the doctrines\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which he\\nstill faithfully adheres.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Beatty there have been born\\neight children, .as follows: Iliram was married to\\nMiss Mary Alford, and lives in Cambridge Town-\\nship; Mary is the wife of Jerome Brown, of\\nCambridge; Zimri married Miss Ann O lhinnon,\\nnow of Allen Township; John married Miss Fanny\\nSmith, of Cambria Township: Cortilda is the wife", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "I\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n249\\nof George Proviiu of Woixlbridge; Paulina, Mrs.\\nCharles .Iciinini^s, livi s in C aniljiidgc: Anjfii^la,\\nMrs. .lacol) rarii. is a I esidtMit of \\\\Voo(ll)ri(i i;c;\\nRufns INI. (licil alxmt 186-1, aged ten months and\\ntwelve (lays. l\\\\Ir. Heatty in early life was a ineiii-\\ntier of the ol l Whig party, hut upon its abandon-\\nment cordially endorsed Repulilican principles. lie\\nand his esliin. ihle wife are prouil in the possession\\nof eight grandchililrcn. Their home is the very\\npicture of comfort, and forms one of the most at-\\ntractive sjiots in the landscape of Woodliridge\\nJ ownsliip.\\nVl/0[IN W. FALLKY, a physician and surgeon\\nof Hillsdale, who has grown old in the prac-\\ntice vf his profession, is the offspring of excel-\\nlent old French ancestry, and first opened\\nhis eyes to the light in Westfield, Mass., on the 25th\\nof Is ovemher, 1814. His father, Richard Fallcy,\\nwas at one time a successful drj- -goods merchant,\\nand later carried on a foundry in the city of\\nNew Y ork. His paternal grandfather, also Richard\\nFallcy, was a Captain in the Revolutionary War,\\nand commanded his comi)aiiy at the battle of Bun-\\nker Mill, and aflt r llu^ battle was over he was\\nap|pointed Superintendent of the Springfield arm-\\nory, then the only one in the United States. His\\nson Fieiiericli, fourteen years of age, was his\\n(Irunimer.\\nThe mother of Dr. Fallcy was in lier girlhood\\nMiss Amanda Stanley, also of New Kngland ances-\\ntry, which originated in old Kngland. After mar-\\nriage Richard Fallcy and his wifeseltleil in Westfield,\\nMass where the former carried on incrchandising\\nfor many years, and whence he finally removed to\\nthe vicinity of Fulton, N. Y during the early his-\\ntory of that section. Jn 1818 he became a resident\\nof what is now Sandusky City, Ohio, but .at that\\nlime there was not a house in the place, and an olil\\nIndian by tlie name of Ogontz, a eliieftain, was its\\nonly inhaldtanl.\\nThe ])arcntal household of our .-^ubjict included\\nfour sons and six daughters, seven of wImhu lived\\nto mature years, but all of whom have passed away\\nwith the exception of our suljject, who was next to\\nthe youngest. The boyhooil of the latter was\\nI\\nspent in Fulton, N. Y mostly with an older sister,\\nwhere he atten )ed school and continued until\\neighteen years of .age. He then returned to his\\nparents in Ohio, where for a time he occupied him-\\nself as a teacher. He had always been ambitions to\\nacquire an education, with a view of following some\\nprofession, and now entered Huron Institute, where\\nhe prosecuted his studies for a period of four years.\\nOne of his classmates here was the notable Omar I).\\nConger, who was afterward Senator from Michigan\\nat the National capitid for a period of six j cars\\nand while Mr. Conger w.as reading law young I al-\\nley was studying medicine. When leaving college\\nthe latter entered the office of Dr. Morsm;in, t\u00c2\u00bbf\\nCastalia, and took his first course of lectures in the\\nschool at Willoughby, and the second in the Cleve-\\nland Medical College, from the latter of which he\\nw.as graduated in 1842.\\nDecember 31, 1839, Dr. Fallcy took to wife Lou-\\nisa, daughter of Richard and Anna (Hill) Fowler,\\nand this lady remained his companion (iflecn years,\\ndying July 12, 1854. Of thisiinion there were born\\none son and three daughters, two of whom are still\\nliving; the son and one daughter .are decea.sed, the\\ndaughter :il the age of twenty and the .son at sev-\\nenteen. March 0, 1855, the Doctor contracted a\\nsecond marriage, with Miss Delia S., d.iughter of\\nJ.ames and Martha (Churchill) Kellogg, and of this\\nmarriage there is no issue.\\nDr. Falley began the practice of his profession\\nat CJreenfield, Ohio, where he remained two years,\\nand in the fall of 1844 made his way to Southern\\nMichig.an, opening ;in oliice at once in the young\\ncity of Hillsdale. The country was new and the\\npeople undergoing a series of hardships and strug-\\ngles, with indifferent cro|)s and a scarcity of money.\\nThe course of the young (ihysician, lK wever, was\\nsuch as to commend him to the confidence of the\\npeople, anil notw itlistandini,^ the various drawb.Mcks\\nto which all were subjected, his business steadily\\niucrca.sed until lie had alargeand lucrative practice.\\nAt the same time our subject was invited to va-\\nrious other positions of trust and resi)onsibility,\\nserving as member of the Town Council a period\\nof eight years and as member of the School Hoard\\ntwenty-three years. He was also for the same\\nlength of lime Kxamining Surgeon of soldiers ap-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": ",t\\n250\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\nplying for pensions, to which he had been appointed\\nby Lincoln in 1862. The year previous he was\\nalso appointed Superintendent of the Poor in Hills-\\ndale County, and has held this office continuously\\nfor a period of twenty-six years, being still its in-\\ncumbent. Not alone in his profession have his\\njudgment and industry been conspicuous, but his\\ngeneral ada|itHtiun to business was manifest at an\\nearly period of his life. After the organization of\\nthe Farmer s Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of\\nHillsdale County, he was appointed Secretary, in\\nwhich position he continue l twenty years, discharg-\\ning his duties in a most praiseworthy and satisfact-\\nory manner. In early life a Whig, upon the\\nabandonment of the old jjarty he cordially endorsed\\nRo[)ublican principles, of which he has since been\\nail ardent sui)|iurler.\\nIVILLIAM inLK),a well-known and respected\\n\\\\/iJl/ Hillsdale Count} has been for\\nW^ inaiiy years a pi is|)erous farmer in Kansom\\nTownship. He was born in Buffalo Valley, Union\\nCo., Pa., May 13, 1815. His father, Henry Hile, was\\na native of Haltimure, I\\\\Id., and there learned the\\ntrade of sliuomaker. When but a boy he left the city\\nof his birth and went to Noithuniberland County,\\nPa., where he plied his tiiide for several years. He\\nthere married Anna Maria Zimniermaii, a native of\\nthat county, and in the opening year of this century\\nthey niovecl lu Union Couiitj and liecamc niiiu-\\nbered among its i)ioneers. Mr. Hile bought eleven\\nacres of heavily timbered land in Buffalo Valley,\\nand erected a log house, in wliitli the subject of\\nthis sketch was born. He continued to make shoes,\\nand ill his spare time cleared his laud and built up\\na comforlalile hiime. He spent his last 3 ears with\\nhis son in Ohio, dying at the advanced age of eighty-\\nfour years, leaving behind the record of a life well\\nspent. His good wife died at their home in Buffalo\\nValley in 182G, leaving nine children, seven sons\\nand two daughters, to mourn with their father the\\nloss of her devotion and tlioiiglitfnl care.\\nAVilliam Hile was the fifth child born to his\\nparents, and after the s;id loss of his mother, when\\nhe was eleven years of age, was sent to live among\\nstrangers, and worked for his board and clothes on\\na farm until he was fifteen years of age. He was\\nthen apprenticed to learn the trade of blacksmith,\\nand served four years. In JaiiUary, 1837, he mar-\\nried his first wife, whose maiden name was Esther\\nZerb. She was born in Union County, Pa., and\\nwas a daughter of George Zerb, also a native of\\nthat State. After the completion of his ap|)rentice-\\nship. Mr. Hile did journeyman work until 1837,\\nwhen he moved with his young bride to Ohio, and\\nsettled in Springfield, Summit County, where he\\nbought a shop, and very profitably carried on his\\ntrade of blacksmith until 1865. In that year our\\nsubject removed to Michigan, and bought the place\\nwhich he now owns and occupies, and turned his\\nattention to farming. Quite a tract of his land had\\nbeen cleared, but scarcely any of it had been im-\\nproved. He now has it nearly all under a fine state\\nof cultivation, has a good set of frame buildings,\\nand in its neat, well-cai ed-for appearance and pro-\\nductiveness, his farm compares favorably with any\\nin this township. It is to the credit of our subject\\nthat all that he has, and all that he is, he owes to\\nhis own unaided ability to make his way in the\\nworld, that he is, in short, a self-made man, becom-\\ning a self-sup|)orting member of society at a very\\nearly i)eriod of his existence, and by his quiet per-\\nsistence in his labors, coiiihined with his shrewd man-\\nagement of his affairs, has placed himself far above\\nwant. He is in every way an exemplary citizen,\\nand by his manly and upright conduct through a\\nlong and useful life, has always borne an excellent\\nreputation, and has easily won the confidence of\\nthose about him.\\nThe wife of the early mnnhood of our subject,\\nwho for man} years patiently and faithfully shared\\nwith him the burdens of life, adding to its jc ys and\\nmitigating its sorrows, died in September, 1873.\\nOf their union six children had been born, whose\\nrecord is as follows: Maiy A., now the wife of\\nByron Durthick, of Ransom Township; George W.\\nli\\\\es in Ransom Township; Matilda, now the wife\\nof Sawj er Chamberliii, of Texas; Jacob and Will-\\niam (twins), the former living in Ransom Town-\\nship, and the latter in KIkhart, Iiid.; Elizabeth is\\nnow Mrs. Andrew Cornell, of Ransom Township;\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "-4^\\nHILLfSDALE COUNTY.\\n2.51\\nGeorge, the eldest sun, scrvod for three years in\\nthe late war in the Ohio Infantry; he touk an\\nactive part in many important engagements, and at\\nthe battle of Mission Ridge was wounded in the\\nright eye, the l)all coming out througli tiic clicek.\\nMr. Sawder Chanilicrliii, Matilda s hnsband. served\\nin llie late war as a Captain, also in the Uind In-\\nfantry, and was severely wounded, a part of ills\\njaw being removed.\\nMr. Hile was a secon l time married, .lidy 1 u, 1 s7.\\nJlrs. Sarah (Hurt) Uowen then becoming his wife.\\n(She is an amiable woman, and possesses in a liigh\\ndegree those admirable qualities of a good house-\\nkeeper that make a home so comfortable to its\\ninmates. .She was born in Dorsetshire, England,\\nDee. 4, 1830, and is a daughter of Thomas and\\nSarah IJnrt, who were early pioneers of Hillsdale\\nCounty, anil are honorably mentioned in its history\\nl)ublished a few years ago. When she was a little\\ngirl of six yeais she came to this country with her\\nparents, and made her home with them, the most of\\nthe time in Hansom Township, until her first mar-\\nriage, July 5, 1857, to Hcnjamin Howen. He was\\na mason by trade, and followeil that occupation\\nuntil liis death, in August, 1871. Mrs. Hile comes\\nof a good line of ancestiy on both the paternal and\\nmaternal sides of the house. Her father, Thomas\\nBurt, Sr., was a son of James and Klizabelh (Burgc)\\nBurt, natives of Kngland, the former of whom was\\nborn .Inly 28, 1780, in the |)arish of MarnliuU, and\\nthe latter was lioni Oil. 1, 1780, in the market\\ntown of Stalbridge. They had eleven children, of\\nwhom Thomas was the second in order of birth,\\nand he was born Nov. 28, 180.5, in the birth|)l.ace\\nof his father, on the old farm, thai had been in\\npossession of his family more than a ceutur}-. He\\nreceived a limited education in the day school, and\\nat the iige of nineteen went out into the world to\\nmake his own way. He sought the great melrupolis\\nof London, where he learned the baker s trade, and\\nafterward established himself in that business, con-\\ntinuing to conduct it in that city for four^ cars. He\\nwas married, Oct. 2!), 1 82! to Miss Sarah, the\\nhandsome daughter of John and Sarah (Martin)\\nBartlett, who were people of wealth and influence,\\nwhose children were brought up in luxury, and\\ntheir ilaughlcr. Mrs. Burl, was eulirely unaccus-\\ntomed to work until she came to America with her\\nhusband and children. After that she bravely put\\nher shoulder to the wheel and nobly assisted her hus-\\nband in the arduous labors of building up a home.\\nlOight children blessed their marriage: Sarah, Mrs.\\nHile; Kd ward, born June 30, 1832; Thomas, Oct.\\n12. 1833; James, March 25, 1837; Betsy and\\nNancy, Sei)t. I, 183!); Ceorge, Aug. 12, 1843;\\nMatliew, April i), KSKi; all are living. James, Kd-\\nwaril and Mathew served in the Cnion ami} dur-\\ning the late Civil War J.aines in the 2d Michigan\\nCavalry, over three years; Ivlward in an Ohio\\nregiment, and Mathew in the oOlh Michigan In-\\nfantry, running away from home to enlist.\\nIn 1833 Mr. Burt left his little family and otiier\\nfriends in old Kngland, and came to this country,\\nwhere he hoped to be able to provide a belter\\nhome for his wife and children. He arrived here\\nlu March, and in the following May bought a tract\\nof wild land in Toledo, Ohio, two miles from the\\npresent site of the city, and commenced to im[)rove\\na farm. The limited space of this biography for-\\nbids mention of the many interesting incidents\\nconnected with his [)ioneer life in Ohio, but sulliee\\nto say, he did so well that in May, 183(), he was\\nenabled to return to Kngland for the ])ur|)ose of\\nbiinging his family across the waters to share his\\nfortunes on American soil, and the following Octo-\\nber found him again in Toledo in company with his\\nloved ones. SlK)rtly after he sold his farm in the\\nvicinity of Toledo, and lived on a rented one\\nuntil the fall of 1 838, w hen he sought the wilder-\\nness of Southern Michigan, and in that part of it\\nnow embraced in the township of Hansom, founded\\na home for himself and family, in which they still\\nlive. On Christmas Day he moved with his wife\\nand four children into a shanty that he had erected\\nfor a temporary shelter. His first purchase of land\\nupon which he then settled, and where he still\\nresides, included the northeast (jiiarter of section\\n23, and was then in ;i ver^ swam|)3 condition. By\\nhis vigorous .and al)le management he has improved\\nit into one of the finest farms in Ransom Township^\\nand has increased its acreage, by further purchase\\nto 360 acres. It is well adapted to, and has every\\nconvenience for stock-raising, and his fine herd of\\ncattle ranks aniuiigst the best in this vicinity. The", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "252\\ni\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhumble log cabin in which the first years of the\\nfamily were passed, has long since given place to a\\nsiil)Stanlial modern residence, and the farm is amply\\nsui)plied wilii l)ai ns and oilier oul-l)nildings.\\nMr. Burt lias not only taken a leading position\\namong the farmers of Ransom Township, but he\\nlias been very active and influential in public affairs,\\nand has done nnieh to forward the interests of both\\ntownship and county. He was one of the principal\\norganizers of the County Agricultural .Society, has\\nbeen an active promoter of local educational facili-\\nties, and as Township Supervisor, and in other im-\\nportant ofliccs, has done much to secure good\\ngovernmeiil for the community. In i)olitics he\\nwas in his early da\\\\ s a Democrat, liut when the\\nKansas troubles arose, in his sympathy for the\\nbrave settlers of tliat State, wiio so nolily iilaiitcd\\nthe standard of freedom there, he severed his alle-\\ngiance to the Democratic parly, and became a Re-\\npublican, and fiom that day to this has lieeii a\\nsteadfast advocate of the doctrines of that |)arty.\\nYRON K. HILL, a re|)resenlalive farmer\\nof Hillsdale County, is pleasantly situated\\nin Wheatland Township, where in addition\\nto general farming he makes a specialty of\\nraising line swine, in which industry he has been\\nvery successful, having some line specimens tif the\\nmost a|ii roved breeds, and receiving annually a\\nhandsome ineoine.\\nMr. Hill was born in this township on tlie !2th\\nof April, 1843, and is a son of .lesse and Ruth A.\\n(Tibbits) Hill, both of whom were born in Wa3iie\\nCounty, N. Y., the former Aug. 20, 1811, and the\\nlatter .Jan. 12, 1824. Jesse Hill spent the early-\\nyears of his life in his native eounl_v, receiving his\\neducation in the district schools, and learning from\\nhis father those i)ractical lessons which liore such\\ngood results in later life. In 18o3 he started out\\nf(.)r himself, and coming to Michigan, took up 100\\nacres of land from the Government, anil then\\nreturned to the Empire State. In the folh wlng\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ear he finally liade good-by to his native State,\\nand coming to this county, located in Wheatland\\nTownship, erecting the first house in the to\u00c2\u00abr.shi[\\nHe labored energetically, and in the half century\\nwhich he was spared on this farm he brought his\\nland to a high state of cultivation, and lived to see\\nthe desire of his heart accomi)lished in a competency\\nfor his children, whom he had fitted to take their\\nplace as reputable members of society. His life\\nwork ended Dec. 31, 1886, while his wife had pre-\\nceded him to the silent laud ten years, dying in\\nJune, 1870.\\nOf the union _if Jesse and Eulli Hill there\\nwere born two children: M^ ron E. and Cynthia J.,\\nthe latter of whom was born m October, 1850, and\\ndied March 12, 1873. Our subject grew to years\\nof maturity, engaged in the duties of the farm and\\nin attendance upon the schools of his district, and\\ncontinued to reside on the land taken from the\\nGovernment by his father.\\nMr. Hill was united in marriage, June 8, 1802, in\\nthis township, with Miss Elvira Wakefield, who was\\nborn in Otsego County, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1845, and\\nis a daughter of Erastus D. and Betsey (Nutting)\\nWakefield. Her father was a native of Vermont,\\nand came to Michigan in 1846, locating in this\\ncounty, in Moscow Township, wliei c he spent the\\nlast years of hislife, dying at the age of thii-ty-eight.\\nThe mother was born in Otsego County, and also\\ndied in this township. The Nuttings were [)ioncers\\nof this county, and took u|) over 1,000 acres of land\\nfrom the Government. Mr. and Mrs. Hill have lunl\\na family of seven children, five of whom are still\\nliving. The} are recorded as follows: Jessie was\\nborn June 2, 1803, and became the wife of Harvey\\nMcGee, of whom a sketch ap[)ears elsewhere in this\\nAlbum; Delia was born Dec. 15, 1804, and married\\nJames Finch, to whom she Iwre one child, Jessie\\nPearl, born Oct. 1, 1883; Benjamin T. was born\\nSept. 3, 1800, and in October, 1886, was married\\nto Miss Livina Baker, who was born in March, 1 870\\nthey are living in Wheatland Towuslii|). Austin E.\\nwas born March 20, 1808, and died Sept. 30, 180 J;\\nJennie M. was born March 28, 1870, and died Aug.\\n14, 1871, while Hiram F. and Herbert M., twins,\\nwere born May 15, 1872.\\nAfter marriage our subject spent some time near\\nL.ansing, after which he returned to his farm, and\\nhas continued to reside upon it until the present\\nlime. This farm consists of 100 acres of land under", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\na good state of cultivation, aiul supplied with com-\\nmodious and substantial farm buiMini^s, and pro-\\nvided witli modern a^riciiltui al maclilneiy suilalile\\nfor tlie pioseculicjn of his calling Mr. Hill has\\nman^ of the traits which distinguished his Knglish\\nancestors, including energy and intlexil)ilit_y of pur-\\npose. His grandfather, Elijah Hill, was born in\\nEngland, and coming to this country, died in Wayne\\nCounty N. Y., aged al)out ninety years.\\nMrs. Hill is a member in good standing of the\\nBaptist Church, with which she has been identifed\\nin fellowship and good works for twelve years. She\\nalso belongs to the Ladies Missionary Societ}\\nPolitically, Mr. Hill isa supporter of the licpubiican\\nparty, and is stanch in his adherence to its prin-\\nciple.s.\\nON. JOHN M. 08B0RN was born in Per-\\n)i rinton, Monroe Co., N. Y., March 9, KSl\\nand is the scion of an excellent old familj\\nwhich came to this country from England\\nduring the Colonial days. His paternal great-grand-\\nfather was loyal to the Crown during the Revolu-\\ntionary War and afterward returned to fingland.\\nTradition reports that his estate was confiscated as\\nthe result of Colonial success and the absence of\\nclaimants. The paternal grandfather of our subject\\nwas, it is supposed, a native of Connecticut, where\\nhe was married and where his son .John, the father\\nof our subject, was born. The latter was quite\\nyoung at the lime of his father s decease, and soon\\nafterward became a member of the family of one\\nMr. Kellogg, of Eastern New York, with whom lie\\nlived until able to support himself.\\n.loliii Osborn, the father, learned the trade of\\ncabinet-maker and subsequently that of carpenter\\nand joiner. Upon the outbreak of the War of 1812,\\nhe enlisted, and was among those who crossed the\\nriver at the storming of (Jneenston Heights. After\\na severe engagement, for want of support and be-\\ning confronted by British reinforcements, the Fed-\\nerals were ordered by the officer in command to\\nla} down their arms, which the} did by throwing\\nthem with their utmost strength into the Niagara\\nUivcr. .John Osborn was soon afterward paroled,\\nbill did service quietly in ai liiig the tr;iusp(irtati(in\\nof supplies for soldiers on duty during the war.\\nAfter pe.ace was declared he settled in Perrinton,\\nN. Y., among its earliest jjioneers.\\nThe f;ilher of our subject now resumi d his trade\\nas carpenter and joiner, and at one lime took a con-\\ntract for excavation on the Erie Canal, then in\\nprocess of construction. In 18. 58 he visited Michi-\\ngan Territory, and purchased a tract of land on sec-\\ntion 17 in Pittsford Township, this county. He\\nthen returned to New Y ork State, where he remained\\na resident until 18^0, then made his way westward\\nagain and worked at his trade in the village of\\nLanesvillc. as the present Hudson was then called.\\nIll the fall of that year he went back East, and on\\nthe 2()th of October started with his family for\\ntheir new home in Michigan. The} proceeded via\\nthe Erie Canal to Buffalo, and thence by lake to\\nToledo, where they took ears for Adrian on the Erie\\nKalamazoo Railroad. The remainder of their\\nj(jurney was made by team.\\nMr. John Osborn lociited in the village of Hud-\\nson and followed his trade until 1847, when an ex-\\nchange was made of a residence which .lohn 51. had\\nobtained in Hudson, for eighty acres of the land in\\nPittsford, the place which his sou, our subject, now\\noccupies. He followed his tra le but little after this\\nremoval, but gave most of his attention to the im-\\nprovement of the home, which by the joint efforts\\nof father and son, was transformed into a most de-\\nsirable piece of property, both attractive and valu-\\nable. Here the father resided until his death, which\\noccurred A|)ril 28, 18G7. His wife, formerly Mrs.\\nMercy Ann Eaton, was a native of Dnancsburg, N.\\nY., and there were born to them three children:\\nEliza Ann, who lived to be only about six years of\\nage; John M.,the subject of this sketch, and Delora\\nO., who is novv Mrs. William Baker. As the birlh-\\ndays of the two latter occur on the same day of\\nthe same month, namelj March 9, they since 1821\\nhave always visited together on its recurrence and\\nusually with some extra -la}- out befitling the oc-\\ncasion.\\nOur subji:cl acquired his education in the com-\\nmon schools and mainly prior to fourteen years of\\nage, after which time he commenced to earn his own\\nliving, working on a farm at \u00c2\u00a7G per month, with the\\nexception of the winter season, during which he\\n255\\ni~", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "256\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\ncontinued his studies at scliool. Tliat early exper-\\nience whieli tiuL lit liini self-reliance, proved of iu-\\nestimalile value in after years. As time progressed\\nand his usefulness increased, his wages as a farm\\nhand wore raised, and when sixteen years old ho\\ncommanded $lo per month. All this time he had\\nnot suffered his mind to rust, but had availed him-\\nself of every opportunity to peruse instructive\\nbooks, acquire a knowledge of business principles,\\nand keep himself posted upon current events. When\\nnineteen years old he commenced teaching school\\nnear Fairport,N. Y., and two years later found him\\na resident of the new State of Micliigan and a\\nteacher in the young town of Hudson, lie first\\npresided over one of the pioneer sch(jols which was\\nlocated on the east side of the river. The session\\nwas commenced in the rear part of a building, the\\nfront of which was utilized as a grocery. In the\\nmeantime a school-honse was in process of con-\\nstruction and the term was finished in the new\\nbuilding.\\nYoung Osborn followed teaching in the winter\\nseason several terms in that locality, and during the\\nsummer seasons worked first on the Michigan South-\\nern Railrcad, then operated by the State, ami in\\nprocess of construction from Monroe, Mich., west-\\nerly across the State. As the result of iiis reading\\nand study, he proved an efficient assistant to the\\ncivil engineer who was establishing and perfecting\\nthe grade, estimating quantity and value of excava-\\ntion of embankment, also for material furnished, or\\nfor special laboi- done. Mr. O. subsequently aided\\nas laborer in construction, and afterward in keep-\\ning the road in repair in the locality. When not\\nthus employed he confined himself to general farm\\nwork until 184G. During that year, in company\\nwith William Baker, he engaged in mercantile busi-\\nness, the firm name being J. M. Osborn Co. Their\\nstock consisted of almost everything required in the\\nhousehold and about the farm, which they i)arted\\nfrom in exchange for all kinds of farm produce,\\ntermed dicker, which had a broad meaning in\\nthose early days of pioneer life.\\nMr. Osborn continued merchandising with some\\nchange of partners until l.s.jl, and for seven years\\nwas engaged in buying and shi| ping black walnut\\nlumber eastward. Inl8.J8 he opened up as a dry-\\ngoods dealer in company with Mr. S. A. Eaton, un-\\nder the firm name of Osborn Eaton, and thcj* con-\\nducted business successfully until I8G0; the}- then\\nsold out, dissolving the copartnership. .Subsequently\\nMr. Oslioi-ji engaged in a like enterjjrise three years,\\nduring which time occurred the death of the mother,\\nwife and father. All this tended to lessen tempo-\\nrarily- his life of activity.\\nFinally, being strongly importuned, Mr. Osborn\\nlent his aid in organizing a private b.-ink. under the\\nfirm name of Osborn, Perkins Co., and which for\\nseveral years was conducted nndt r the personal\\nsupervision of the senior (jartiier, and continued\\nuntil his retirement from the firm. The instituti jn\\nis now perpetuated by Thompson Bros. About\\n1883 Mr. Osl orn was a member of the company\\nwhich purch.ased the Hudson Wooden ware Rlanu-\\nfactory, which up to this time had never been a suc-\\ncess. He was chosen to conduct the business, and\\nunder his judicious management the enterprise be-\\ncame a paying institution. His business capabilities\\nand his growing experience were now contributing\\nto make of him one of the leading men in mercan-\\ntile circles, and his cool and temperate judgment in\\nall his dealings seldom led liim to do anything in\\nh.aste or that which was unadvisable.\\nMr. Osborn w.as a Democrat, politically, in his\\nearly manhood, and until the Free-Soil movement,\\nbut as he was conscientiousl} op|)osed to slavery, he\\nidentified himself with the Republican party at its\\norganization. He has always taken a lively inter-\\nest in National affairs, and in his township has l)een\\nhonored with the various oflticcs within the gift of\\nhis fellow-citizens. He was Clerk of Hudson Tow-n-\\nship in early years, and represented Pittsford Town-\\nship in the County Board of Supervisors three terms.\\nIn 1861) he was elected a member of the Michigan\\nLegislature, and succeeded himself in 1871. In\\n187.5 he was selected to represent his ccjunty as\\nState .Senator, ami thus has come honestly I)j- his\\ntitle of Honoral)le. Among the social orders he is\\nan affiliant with the INIasons, and has knowledge\\nof the Blue Lodge, ChaiHer and Commandery de-\\ngrees; also of thirty-two degrees of Scottish Rite\\nMasonry, and ninety-six degrees of Rite of Memphis.\\nHe claims to general Christian theology, and favors\\nthe Methodist l^i)iscopal Church.\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n257\\nMr. Osborn has been twice married, being first\\nwoilded in 1S. )1, to .Miss Klizabetii Oanicls, a na-\\ntive of WajMie Connt3 this State. This lady rc-\\nniaiiiod his companion lifteen years, iier death tal\\ninjr phice in 1866. Our subject was subsequently\\nmarried, April 5, 1870, to Mrs. Harriet A. W.Rob-\\ninson, of .Jacksonville, Tompkins Co., N. Y., and\\nwho was born Maj 28, 1S32. Her father, Rev.\\nWilliam White, was of Quaker parentage, and born\\nin Ronsselaervillc. Albany Count} He. however,\\nbecame connected witii the Haiitist Church when\\nquite young, and was a lad fond of reading and\\nstudy. He commenced teaching at an early age,\\nand thus earned money which enabled him to secure\\na college education. His ministerial duties began\\nin the Baptist Church at Trumansburg, N. Y., and\\nho afterward preached at Itiiaca. He left the\\nEmpire State for Ohio in the year 1842, and\\nprcaciied in the cities of Monroeville, Chardon,\\nClarksficld and Fairfield. In 18o2, deciding upon\\nanother change of location, and also of occupation,\\nlie came to this county and purchased a farm in\\nWright Township, which he occupied a few years,\\nthen sold out and purchased in Linden Township,\\nGenesee County, where he spent the rest of his\\ndaj s. He had married, in early manhood. Miss\\nPrudent AVickes, who was born at the head of\\nCayuga Lake, N. Y. Her father, Israel P. Wickes,\\nwas a carpenter by ti ade, and owned a fine farm,\\nwhich through his manipulation became one of the\\nmost beautiful homesteads of that section. His\\nwife, the mother of Mrs. O., is still living, being now\\nin her eightieth 3 ear, and makes her home with a\\nson aii l daughter in the village of Linden, Genesee\\nCounty, this State.\\nMr. Osborn was one of the inaugurators and stock-\\nholders of the Cincinnati, Jackson Mackinaw\\nRailroad which runs through ILuIson. and which\\nwas constructed in 1887. He worked earnestly and\\nsuccessfnllj- in behalf of this road, giving to it the\\nsame zeal and conscientious support which have\\nmarked his career as a helper in the various other\\nenterprises which have tended to the welfare of tlie\\npco[)lc at large. After this half century or more of\\nan active and busy life, it is i)leasant to note that\\nin all the vicissitudes of business Mr. Osborn has\\ninvariably jwid full value for every obligation in-\\ncurred. He is now in the seventieth year of his\\nage. and has lost little by tiie accumulation of years,\\nbeing still active and vigorous, and possessing in a\\nmarked degree the energies and capabilities of his\\nyounger years. His pictured features in the flue\\nlithographic portrait .accompanj-ing this sketch will\\nbe looked upon witii interest by the [)eople to vvhom\\nhis name has been familiar for such a length of time,\\nand to whom his business talents have proved of\\nsuch effective service.\\nv\u00c2\u00abo^c^?r-i^\\n^^r^EORGKG. WILLIAMS. i\\\\I. D. The gen-\\nii tleman whose name heads this sketch is the\\n\\\\^4j son of Samuel Williams, who was a farmer\\nl)y occupation, and was l}oin in Eric County, N. Y..\\nin 181; while bis nxither, Diantlia D. (Rowley)\\nWilliams, was a daughter of Charles Rowley. After\\ntheir marriage the parents of our subject settled in\\np]rie County, N. Y., where the} remained until\\n18.50, and then migrated with tlicir faniil\\\\ to\\nPaincsville, Lake Co., Ohio. llere they continued\\nto reside for some time, and fifially removed to\\nDelaware, Delaware County, where the death of\\nthe father occurred in 1861 the mother died in\\nChicago, 111., in the fall of 1881.\\nThe |)arental familj of our subject consisted of\\nfour children, three sons and one daughter, of whom\\nGeorge G., who was the third in order of birth, was\\nborn in Erie County, N. Y., Sept. G, 184i). He\\nattended the common schools until the age of four-\\nteen years, when he entered the Oliio Wesle3an Uni-\\nversity at Delaware, Ohio, where he remained a\\nstudent for two j ears. Then, on account of ill-\\nhealth he was obliged to abandon his studies, and\\nactively engaged in agricultural pursuits for five\\nyears. At the .age of twenty-one our subject en-\\ngaged in the drug business at Delaware, Ohio, which\\nhe conducted for a period of twoye.ars. Then hav-\\ning determined to become a physician, in order to\\nquality himself for the duties of the |)rofession he\\nentered the medical department of the University at\\nAnn Arbor. Here he remained, however, onh a\\nfew months, when he transferred his studies to the\\nDetroit Medical College, where he was a student\\nfor nearly three years, and was finally graduated .at\\nr-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "258\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nLong Island College Hospital, in June, 1876. After\\nreceiving his diiiloma he bcg.nn the practice of his\\nprofession at Port Huron, Blich., liut after a resi-\\ndence there of six months lie removed to -loncsville,\\nin 1K77, where he has since resided.\\nThe marriage of Dr. George G. Williams and\\nMiss Eva A. Wisner was celebrated at Joncsville,\\non the 1 3th of February, 1 877. The father of Mrs.\\nWilliams, the late Dr. L. R. AVisner, one of the\\nearly practitioners of Jonesville, and of Hillsdale\\nCounty, died in Lisbon, Dak., in November, 1884;\\nher mother, Eveline (Smith) Wisner, survives.\\nBoth were natives of the Empire State, and became\\nthe parents of five children, four of whom are now\\nliviiig. Mrs. Williams was born at Smethport, Mc-\\nKean Co., Pa., April 2.5, 1S.J8, and of her union\\nwith our subject there have been born two chil-\\ndren Zoe M. and Paula G.\\nDr. Williams is Secretary of the Board of Exam-\\ning Surgeons for United States Pensions, and has a\\nlarge and growing practice; he is regarded as one\\nof the ablest physicians of Hillsdale County.\\n^-^*\u00c2\u00a3:-c.\\nn\\nr!\u00c2\u00ab)HOMAS H. WYLLYS, one of the leading\\nfarmers and stock-growers of Woodluidgc\\nTownship, is also carrying on dairying suc-\\ncessfully, devoting considerable of his fine farm of\\n130 acres to pasturage. His animals are of excel-\\nlent stock, including one Short-horn which is of\\nhigh pedigree and has made a good record. The\\nhomestead has the air of peace and comfort about\\nit which is so pleasing to the e^ye and is indicative\\nat once of the home of the intelligent and pri)gres-\\nsive agriculturist.\\nOur subject was born in Ridgeville Township,\\nLorain Co., Ohio, Oct. 25, 1841, and is the son of\\nRufus and Dorcas (Darling) Wyllys, of New En-\\ngland ancestry, and natives resi)ectively of Massa-\\nchusetts and Vermont. The father was born May\\n27, 1805, and died at his home in Woodbridge\\nTownship, Uiis count} April 30, 1864. He was a\\nfarmer by occupation, and religiousl} inclined to\\nthe belief of the Latter-Day Saints, although by no\\nmeans believing in polygamy. He visited the city\\n-4\u00c2\u00bb-\\nof Nauvoo, HI., in 1 844, remaining there one winter,\\nand coming to Michigan in 1851, secured 200 acres\\nof land in Woodbridge Township, and from the\\nundeveloped soil built up a fine farm. Originally\\nof the old Whig party, he was a decided Abolition-\\nist, hating wrong and oppression in every form.\\nThe mothei-, who nas born .July 2, 1814, survived\\nher husband ten years, her death taking place at the\\nold homestead. May 27, 1874; she was a Second\\nAdventist in religious belief. The parents were\\nmarried in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., in 1830, and\\nthere were born to them ten children, namely:\\nDorothy D., Delos, John W., Uisula, John A.,\\nThomas H. (our subject), Dorcas E., Elous J., Rn-\\nf (is and Theodore F. of these six are living and\\nresidents mostly of Michigan.\\nOur subject came with his parents to this county,\\nand was married, Oct. 25, 1875, in Hillsdale, to Miss\\nMargaret M. Brady, who was born in the village of\\nDundrum, four and one-half miles from the city of\\nDublin, Ireland, Aug. 20, 1853. Mrs. W^yliys is\\nthe daughter of James and Jane (O Neal) Brady,\\nwho were also of Irish parentage, and spent their\\nentire lives upon their native soil, although the\\nfather visited America three times. His death took\\nplace in October, 1881, and that of the mother\\nabout Dec. 15, 1885. They were members of the\\nRoman Catholic Church and the parents of seven\\nchildren, three of whom died in infancy. Mrs.\\nWyllys came to America alone in the year 1872,\\nmaking the voyage on a steamer and landing in New\\nYork City. Thence she proceeded directly to this\\ncounty, having a sister living in Hillsdale, and sup-\\nported herself thereafter for the three years before\\nher marriage. Of her union with our subject there\\nare three children, namely J. Thomas, who was\\nborn Sept. 22, 1876; Jane Editlia, March 17, 1S7\\nand Julia E., July 5. 1882.\\nThe Wyllys homestead is one of the best con-\\nducted farms in this pait of the county, and the\\nthrifty and industrious wife of our subject is its\\nchampion butter and cheese maker. She is a neat\\na)id orderl} housewife, watching carefulij over the\\ninterests of her family. She is very loyal to the\\nCatholic faith of her forefathers, and in accordance\\nwith their wishes was married by Rev. Father\\nDewey, of Hillsdale, and her two eldest children\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "ir\\nt\\nHILLSDALE COUNTr.\\n259\\nhave been baptized in tiie Catholic Church, as was\\nUii lr iiioUuT ill hcr^ oiith. JMr. Wyll^ s, politicially,\\nvotes the .struij^iit Republican tiel et, and is a man\\nof intluence among liis fellow-citizens.\\n_^ o*o.-@^ ^s@-o*o\\nS)OIIN McLOUTH, one of the pioneers of\\nMichigan Territory, came to this section of\\ncountry in the earl}- part of June, 1835, with\\nI his father s familv, when a young man nearly\\ntwenty-three years of^age. The journey, which at\\nthat da} was quite tedious, was made from Ontario\\nCounty, N. Y., where the l)irth of our subject took\\nplace on the 18tli of October, 1812. His parents\\nwere Oliver C. and Elizabeth (Uillon) McLouth,\\nthe former of whom was a native of Massachusetts,\\nand spent his last d. iys in Somerset Townshi]), this\\ncount}-, passing away in January, 1841, at the age\\nof fifty-seven years.\\nElizabeth McLouth, the mother of our subject,\\nwas a n;itive of Orange County, N. Y.,and outlived\\nher husband several years, her death also taking\\nplace at the homeste/id in Somerset, when she was\\nseventy-four years of age. The parental family\\nincluded eight children, all of whom, with the ex-\\ncci)tion of John, our subject, and one brother,\\nAugustus, and Emily, wife of Seaton Flint, are still\\nliving; the sister is a resident of Jackson County,\\nthis State, and the brother is engaged in mining in\\nColorado. Of the paternal grandparents but little\\nis known by our subject, but his grandparents on\\nhis mother s side spent their last years in Ontario\\nCounty, N. Y.\\nUpon coming to Michigan, Oliver McLouth with\\nhis family landed in Washtenaw- County, on the 1st\\nof June, IH. JS, where they lived about three years,\\nthen sold out, and coming to this county took up\\n520 acres of Government iaml in Somerset Town-\\nship. Five years later .lohn, our subject, returned\\nto his native State, and fulBlled his pledge of mar-\\nriage with Miss Mary Mackey, daughter of Thomas\\nand Mary (Iladley) Mackey, who were of English\\nbirth and parentage. Mrs. McLouth was also born\\non the other side of the Atlantic, in Northumber-\\nlandshire, Nov. 18, 1813, and was brought by her\\nparents to America when a child four years of age.\\nThey settled iu Wayne County, Vt., whore the\\nfather engaged in agriculture. Tha wife and mother\\ndicul when a young woman aged thirty-six years.\\nMr. Mackey survived Ids wife for a period of over\\nforty years, living to the advanced age of eighty-\\nfour. His last days were spent in Galen, Wayne\\nCo., N. Y. Mrs. John JMcLoutii was one of live\\nchildren born to her parents, and of these but two\\nsurvive, herself and her sister, Mrs. Mabel V andcr-\\nburg, a resident of Homer, this State.\\nThe wedding of our subject and his w-ife was\\ncelebrated on the 12th of Novi. mber, 1838, and\\nshortly afterward Mr. McL. returned with his bride\\nto Washtenaw County, and they commenced house-\\nkeeping in a modest dwelling. Mr. McL. continued\\nfarming and operated a sawmill in that locality for\\na year, then came to this county and began culti-\\nvating a part of his father s farm. The sprin.g\\nfollowing he located on a piece of wild land just\\nacross the line in Lenawee County, where he estab-\\nlished a sawmill, which he conducted as long as\\nsoft wood held out in that locality a period of\\ntwelve years. Then selling out his interest there\\nhe secured possession of his present farm, wiiere he\\nhas since lived.\\nFor the past thirty-six years, .and during the\\ngreater part of his residence in Michigan, Mr. Mc-\\nLouth has held positions of honor and trust in his\\nneighborhood. He has served as Justice of the\\nPeace for over thirty ye.ars, and has represented his\\ntownship on the County Board of Supervisors fully\\ntwelve years. In the minor offices, as well as those\\nof more importance, he has discharged his duties\\nconscientiously and to the best of his ability, with\\ncredit to himself and satisfaction to the community.\\nWhen first becoming a voter, he was, like his father\\nbefore him, an old-line Whig, but immediately\\nupon the organization of the Republicans he iden-\\ntified himself with the latter and has since been one\\nof its most earnest supporters.\\nThe farming operations of our subject have been\\ncarried on with thoroughness and dispatch, and he\\nis accredited with one of the best conducted farms\\nin Southern Jlichigan. There is an air of comfort\\nand plenty about the premises which is extremely\\npleasant for the eye to look upon. The household\\ncircle was completed I)y the birth of three children.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a22G0\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n(ill living: Thomas was born June 9, 1840, and is\\nenijaged in farming at the old homestead; Jane E.\\nwas born Dec. 12, 1842, and is now a resident of\\nSomerset; Oliver L. is written of in the work of\\nLenawee County, this State, published hy Chapman\\nBros. Mr. McLouth gave to his children the ad-\\nvantages of a good education, and fitted them for\\ntheir various stations in life. No man is more\\nworthy of representation in a work of this kind, and\\nhis record as herewith given will years hence be\\nlooked upon with pleasure by his descendants.\\nOHN L. SOUTHWORTH, a peaceable and\\nlaw-abiding citizen of Reading Township, is\\n1 pursuing the even tenor of his way on a good\\n^1/ farm of 120 acres of finely improved land\\non section 19. A native of New York, he was\\nborn July 17, 183G, and was brought by his i)arents\\nto Michigan when a little lad seven ye.irs of age,\\narriving here in the early jiart of 1843. His boj\\nhood and youth were passed in the manner common\\nto the sons of pioneer farmers, and when beginning\\nto form his plans for tlie future, he decided to learn\\nthe trade of a carpenter. At this he commenced\\nhis apprenticeship when a youth of sixteen 3-ears,\\nand worked at it until reaching his majorit} then\\nleft home and took up his residence in Reading\\nTownship, and while working at his trade was also\\nemployed considerably at farming. Into the latter\\nemployment he finally drifted almost entirely, giv-\\ning to it most of his attention, and in 1857 in-\\nvested his capital in the farm which he now owns\\nand occupies.\\nThe father of our subject, John B. Southworth,\\nwas born in Dutchess County, N. Y., in October,\\n1813, and the mother, who in her girlhood was\\nMiss Tacj M. Tallman, was a native of the same\\nplace, and was born two j^ears later, in 1815. They\\nspent their last years in Reading Township, the\\nfather dying in 1873 and the mother in 1882.\\nOur subject took possession of his present farm\\non the 25th of May, 1867, when it was mostly a\\ntimber tract. The labor of felling the trees and bring-\\ning the soil to a state of cultivation vvas no small\\ntask, and was accomplished solely bj jiersevering\\nindustry, and the courage that would never admit\\nsuch a word as fail. Gradually with the tilling\\nof the soil, the building of fences, and the other\\nwork which came along in good season, there sprang\\nup the necessary buildings required by the intelli-\\ngent farmer, including the substantial residence, the\\nbarn and other outhouses, required for the shelter\\nof stock and the storing of grain. Mr. Southworth\\nin his labors for himself did not lose sight of the\\ninterests of the people around him, and assisted as\\nhe was able in the enterprises calculated to build\\nup the community and attract toward it an intelli-\\ngent class of citizens.\\nOur subject took for his first wife Miss Adeline\\nValentine, to whom he was married in Algansee\\nTownship, in July, 1860, liut she died in 1807,\\nleaving three children, of whom the record is as\\nfollows: Horace fclugene was born m 1862; the\\nsecond son, Alexander D., was boin in 1864, and\\nMae died in infancy. His second wife was Miss\\nEmily A. Sawyer, to whom he was married Feb.\\n22, 1870. Mr. Soutliworth has four children living,\\ntwo by his first wife and two b} his last. His\\neldest son, Horace E., is a promising 3 oung man\\ntwenty-six years of age. The others, A. D., J. B.\\nand Bennie, are all at home with their fathei\\nMr. Southworth, politically, votes the straight\\nRepublican ticket, and has served as School Di-\\nrector in his district six years. He was twice\\nelected Constable, but did not care enough about\\nthe office to be qualified. Religiouslj-, he is a man\\nof broad and liberal views, and although not a\\nmember of any church, is what may be called an\\nupright Christian gentleman, conducting himself in\\nall respects according to the dictates of his con-\\nscience. Socially, he belongs to Lodge No, 287, I.\\nO. O. F., at Reading.\\nILMAN B. SHAFFER, prominent among\\nthe merchant tailors of Hillsdale, is a native\\nuf Licking County, Ohio, and was born in\\nthe town of Utica, Jan. 30, 1833. His father,\\nSolomon Shaffer, a native of Pennsylvania, was a\\ncarpenter and architect, and emigrated to the Buck-\\neye State when a young man, in 1825. There he", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "-4*-\\nI\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n261\\nmarried Miss Rebecca, daughter of Ephraira Harris,\\nanil spent the remainder of his life in that locality,\\npassing away at tlie rijje old age of eighty -eiglit.\\nThe mother survived lier huslvind, and was also\\nWill advanced in years at the time of lier death in\\n1882.\\nMr. Shaffer was the third ehihl in a family of\\nsix sons and four daughters, and spent his Ijo^hood\\nin attendance at the village school. Later he studied\\nin the schools of JNIt. V ernon, and when sixteen\\n3 ears old commenced his apjirenticeship at the\\ntailor s trade, serving two years. Then being amply\\nproficient he worked as a journeyman, and upon\\nleaving Utica was employed as a cutter in one of\\nthe shops of Bellefontaiue. Upon the outbreak of\\nthe Civil War he left the shop for the tented field,\\nand was the fourth man who enlisted from Belle-\\nfontaiue under the first call for 75,000 men. At\\nthe expiration of his first term of enlistment he\\nveteranized in the 13th Ohio Infantry, and operated\\nwith his regiment around Farkersburg, W. Va. On\\nthe 11th of August, 1861, he was captured while\\ncarrying dispatches, and was held a prisoner for\\nfive months before he was released. He was taken\\nprisoner a second time at Stone River, Tenn., and\\nexchanged on the 3d of January, 1862. After a\\nthirty-days furlough he rejoined his regiment at\\nBowling Green, Ky., which was then assigned to\\nthe Army of the Cumberland, and our subject with\\nhis comrailes took part in the battles of Shiloh,\\nStone River and Missionary Ridge. After four\\ndays of fighting he was again taken prisoner but\\nsoon afterward released on parole. He spent one\\nweek in Libbj Prison, which experience fully satis-\\nfied him as to the character of that terril)le stock-\\nade, and joined his regiment in time to accompan}\\nit in the spring cam|)aign and when it moved upon\\nChattanooga, Chickamauga and Mission Ridge. Mr.\\nShaffer miraculously escaped, and received his hoii-\\noralile discharge in ,Iune, 1864.\\nOur sul)ject now returned to J icking County,\\nOhio, whence he not long aflerwaid repaiied to\\nPeru. Ind., and engaging in business as a merchant\\ntailor, continued four years. His ne.\\\\t tramping\\nground was Rock Island, HI., where he spent six\\nyears, and then took up his residence in the city of\\nChicago, where he remained two years. In .lune.\\n1876, he came to this county, which at once im-\\npressed him favorably and where he has since re-\\nmained. His skill in the matters pertaining to his\\ncalling and his straiglitforward methods of doing\\nbusiness have been the means of securing him a\\nfine patronage, and he is now content to let well\\nenough alone.\\nWhile a resident of Hillsdale our subject was\\nunited in marriage, Aug. J, 1877, with Miss M. A.\\nMorris, of Hillsdale, and of Irish ancestry. Her\\nfather still survives and resides in Ireland, but her\\nmother is deceased. The two children born of this\\nunion are a son and daughter Homer R. and\\nBlanche L. Mr. Shaffer is a true blue Republican,\\npolitically, and a member in good standing of the\\nG. A. R. His snug home is located in the south\\npart of the city, and he is performing all the obli-\\ngations of a good citizen and an honest man.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2?5S^^5\u00c2\u00bb*^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00c2\u00abt-\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bb^*^-\u00c2\u00ab\\nLEMUEL ALLEGER, a reputable and pro-\\ngressive agriculturist, located on section 27,\\nRansom Township, owns and occupies a\\npleasantly situated, well-cultivated farm, furnished\\nwith commodious and convenient farm buildings,\\nand supplied with modern appliances necessary to\\nthe successful prosecution of his calling.\\nMr. Alleger first saw the light near the Atlantic\\nCoast, being born in Hunterdon Countj N. J.,\\nApril 7, 1841. His father, Hiram Alleger, was born\\nin the same State, and it is believed in the same\\ncounty, and was there rejircd to manhood, learning\\nthe trade of a carpenter when he was quite young.\\nHe was married in New Jersey and followed his\\ntrade in that State for a number of years, then in\\n1851 he migrated to Ohio, starting from his native\\nState with a pair of horses, and a wagon which con-\\ntained his family and his household effects. They\\njourneyed ovc-rland, cooking by the wayside and\\nsleeping in their wagons, until they arrived at Will-\\niams County, Ohio, where he traded his w.agon for\\nforty acres of timber land, near West Unity. Upon\\nthis he erected a rude log house with an earth and\\nstick cliimuey, which convoyed the smoke from a\\nmammoth fireplace, occupying almost one end of\\nthe structure. In the same year, however, he sold", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "m\\n202\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nout his interests in the Buckej e State, and coming\\nto Ilillsflale County, bought the property upon\\nwiiieli our subject now resides. It was at that time\\nheavily timbered, with the exception of five acres\\nwhich had been chopi)ed but not cleared, and he at\\nonce set about its cultivation and improvement.\\nThough at the outset subjected to all inconveniences\\nand privations incident to life amid such environ-\\nments, he succeeded in transforming the wilderness\\ninto a good farm previous to his death, which oc-\\ncurred in 1805.\\nThe mother of our sul)ject, whose maiden name\\nwas pjlizabeth Schamj), was also a native of New\\nJersey, and bore to her husband six children, five\\nof whom grew to maturity. E. Lemuel was thir-\\nteen years old when he came to Hillsdale with Ids\\njjareuts, and well remembers the incidents of earl}\\nlife in Ransom Township. This [jart of tiie counUy\\nwas .attiie time of tlicir settlement still a wilderness,\\nin which deer, wild turkeys and other kinds of wild\\ngame wei e plentiful, while wolves and bears were\\nnot unfrequently met, not only in the recesses of\\nthe forests, but in the vicinit} of the farraj ards.\\nThese have long since disappeared, and given place\\nto the finest grades of domestic animals, which feed\\non pastures green in smiling fields in a section of\\ncountr\\\\ second to none in this part of the United\\nStates. Mv. Alleger resided with his father until\\nlyOl, that date memorable in histor}- for the upris-\\ning of father against son, and brother against\\nbrother. With all the ardor and [)atriotism that\\ncharacterized in so marked a degree his ancestors,\\nMv. Alleger was not slow to respond to the cry of\\nhis country, and in April, 1801, he volunteered his\\nservices, enlisting among the three-months men in\\nCompany E, 14th Ohio Infantry. He received\\nhis honorable discharge at the expiration of his\\nterm of service, and returned to his home and to\\nthe fiiends of his youth, but he re-enlisted in Au-\\ngust of the same year, in the 3d Ohio Cavalry, serv-\\ning his term of three years, when he veteranized\\nand served with the same company until the close\\nof the war. During his first three-months service\\nhe participated in the battles of Can-iek s Ford,\\nLaurel Hill, and others, and he subsequently took\\npart in the battles of Shiloh, Perry ville, Stone River,\\nChickamauga and Mission Ridge. He was with\\nSherman on the celebrated march to Atlanta, and\\nparticipated in the important battles of that cam-\\npaign. From Atlanta he went to Jonesboro, and\\ntook part in the battles of that vicinity; lie then\\nfollowed Hood to Franklin and on to Nashville,\\nTenn., spending the winter of 1804-65 at Graves\\nSpring, Tenn. In the spring his regiment marched\\ntoSelma, Ala., then to Columbia, S. C., whence they\\nremoved to Macon, Ga., where they received orders\\nto pursue the fugitive, Jeff Davis. They followed\\nhim to the southwestern part of the State, and were\\nin the vicinity when he was captured. Mr. Alleger\\nwas mustered out of the service with his regiment\\nat Nashville, Tenn., and received his honorable\\ndischarge at Columbus, Ohio, in August, 1865.\\nRetuiminghis sword to its scabbard our subject\\nsoon found himself among old friends who gladly\\nwelcomed the return of the soldier, and he resumed\\nfarming operations on the old homestead He has\\nmet with that success which usually crowns well-\\ndirected effort, and has now the greater part of his\\nland cleared and under tlic rough cultivation, while\\nhe has erected good buildings and supplied new\\nmachinery necessary for successful competition\\nwith the modern agriculturist.\\nj\\\\lr. Alleger has been twice married, choosing for\\nhis first wife Miss Rebecca Pettit, who was born\\nin Cumberland County, Ohio, and was the daughter\\nof Jacob Pettit. The marri.age took place in 1866,\\nbut he suffered her loss bj death in 1875. Our\\nsubject was a second time married, in 1876, to Ber-\\ntha Lautermilch, and the} have become the par-\\nents of two children Willie and Ernest. Mrs.\\nAlleger was born in the town of Shelby, Richland\\nCo., Ohio, in October, 1855, while her father, Will-\\niam Lautermilch, was born in Baden. Germany.\\nHe received a militar\\\\ education and was commis-\\nsioned Lieutenant in the arm}-, but at the time of\\nthe Revolution in 1848, he took part against the\\n(iovernment, and in consequence was obliged to\\nflee from his country. He married, just before\\nleaving his native land, Miss Louisa Herman, and\\nbrought his young bride with him across the ocean\\nto the United States. All his property in his own\\ncountry had been confiscated, but his wife had\\nsome, which furnished him capital to engage in the\\nhardware business in Mansfield, Ohio. He cari ied\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00bb-\\nHILLvSDALE COUNTY.\\n263\\noil )iis business there for some time, after wliich he\\nremoved to Moiiroeville, and subsequently to Shelby,\\nwhere he was engaged in business until the time of\\nhis death, which occnrred in 1860; his wife, the\\nniollior of Mrs. Alleger, still resides in Shelby. Their\\nfamily consisted of five children, four of whom are\\nstill living. AVilliara, the eldest son, served in the\\n121st Ohio Infantry, and died in the service.\\nPolitically, our subject is found in the ranks of\\nthe Republican party, and religiously-, his wife is\\na member of the United Brethren Church.\\nc-^^-\\nm\\nOHN CLARKE, Ji;., a reputable citizen and\\nprosperous general farmer, of Wheatland\\nTownship, was born in Brewster, Barnstable\\nCo., Mass., March 7, 1824, and is the son of\\n.biliii and Reliecca (Lincoln) Clarke. John Clarke,\\nSr., was b(irii .luly 4, 17!)4, in Cape Cod, Barnstable\\nCounty, and there si)ent the most of liis life. He\\nwas reared near the famous riyniouth Rock, and\\nearly in life went to sea, following the salt water\\nall his life, first as cabin boy, and finally as Captain\\nand owner of the vessel Flora, in which he was\\nlost in August, 1830. on a voyage from Boston to\\nI iiiiadeliihia.\\nThe mother of onr subject was born in the same\\ncfiunly, in the town of Brewster, Oct. 14, 1798, and\\nalso died young, departing this life Dec. 28, 1828.\\nThe grandfather of our subject, Josiah Clarke, was\\na native of this countrj of English descent, and\\nspent tiic last years of his life engaged in some\\ncounty office. John Chu ke was one of two children,\\nbolii sons, born to his parents. His brother, Robert\\nM., was born at the old homestead, Oct. 9, 182.5,\\nand subsequentlj removed to .Southern California,\\nwhere he died at the age of fifty-nine years, leaving\\na wife and three children.\\nThe subject of this biography remained with his\\nparents until he was six years of age, when the\\nlatter were removed by death, and he then went to\\nlive with his uncle, Josiah Wing, with whom he\\nremoved to Orleans County, N. Y., four years\\nlater, and remained assisting in the farm duties\\nuntil he attained his majority. Mr. Clarke then set\\nout for this State, bringing with him a stock of\\ngoods, and settled upon the farm where he now\\nlives. He employed men to clear his land, paying\\nthem with goods from his store, but two or three\\nyears later he engaged on the Lakes as a sailor\\nbefore the mast, and followed that occupation until\\n18.53. Abandoning a seafaring life, Mr. Clarke\\nbecame one of a party of ten who secured ox-teams\\nand started across the plains to California, where\\nupon their arrival, he first engaged in mining, and\\nsubsequently started a market. He continued thus\\nemployed for a period of tfro years, and then in\\n18.55 he returned to his home and was united in\\nmarriage, Dec. 31, 1856, with Miss Amanda Cluirch,\\nwho was born in Wayne County, N. Y., Dec. 20,\\n1828, and was the daughter of Lorenzo Church, of\\nwhom a sketch may be found elsewhere in this\\nwork. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke returned to California,\\nand after another four years spent there, engaged\\nin the business of a butcher, Mr. Clarke sold out,\\nand returning to Hudson, Mich., engaged in mer-\\ncantile pursuits.^ In 1863 he sold out his interests\\nhere, and for the third time went to California,\\nwhere lie engaged in the same business for two\\nyears. Once more he returnetl to Hudson, and\\nremained for some time, then in 1869 he removed\\non the farm wiiieli he now occupies. Not yet sat-\\nisfied with his wanderings, Mr. Clarke once more\\ncrossed the Rockies, and engaged in his old busi-\\nness, which he pursued for one 3 ear, and finally\\nreturned to Miciiigan, taking up his permanent\\nresidence on the farm which he bought on coming\\nto this county in 1845.\\nThe family of i\\\\Ir. and Mrs. Clarke includes four\\nchildren, who are recorded .as follows: John C. was\\nbom in Solano County, Cal., Feb. 16, 1858, and\\nmarried Lydia Evans, March 16, 1887 tiiey reside in\\nWheatland. Minnie A. was born in .Solano Count}\\nCal., Oct. 2, 1859, and became the wife of Jerome\\nB. Witlierall; Jennie R. was born in Hudson, Mich.,\\nAug. 11, 1866, and is now residing at home, and is\\na teacher; Myrtle S. was born Feb. 18, 1869, in\\nHudson, and is a teacher. These two daughters\\nhave been well educated, and have taught school\\nacceptably for several terms.\\nIn polities Mr. Clarke afliliates with the Repub-\\nlican party, and his extensive travel and varied and\\nintimate intercourse with all classes of men, to-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\n264\\nHILLSDALE LOU.NTV\\ngether with his habits of close observation, fit him\\nin an especial manner for the oftice of Justice qf\\nthe Peace, which he held, discharging its duties for\\nsome twelve years in succession. He also served\\nas School Director for some time and is interested\\nin all measures calculated to benefit the communitjs\\nsocially or financially. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke are\\nattendants at the Baptist Church, and they and\\ntheir children arc highly respected and worthy\\nmembers of society.\\nC^^EORGE P. STEVENS. The gentleman\\nwhose name stands at the head of this\\n_ 51 sketch owns and occupies the farm which\\nhis father settled on forty-four years ago, and\\nwhich comprises sixty acres eligibly located on\\nsection 7, in Woodbridge Township. Every acre\\nhas been made available, and is in a highly pro-\\nductive condition. The farm bniljlings are of first-\\nclass description, neat and substantial, the premises\\nare kept in shipshape order, and with the well-\\nkept fences, the choice assortment of live stock, the\\nfruit and shade trees, constitute one of the pret-\\ntiest pictures in the landscape of this section.\\nMr. Stevens is of English and High-Dutch parent-\\nage, being the son of Warren and Jenette (Cam-\\nburn) Stevens, the father born near Cheshire, in\\nBerkshire County, Mass., May 22, 1809, and the\\nmother at Palmyra, Wayne Co., N. Y. Warren\\nStevens was reared among the Shakers, at New\\nLebanon, Mass., until nineteen years old, and was\\nemployed on a farm, in the meantime attending tlie\\ncommon schools. About this time he left his native\\nSlate and migrated to New York, where he con-\\ntinued working by the month, and whence, in 1829,\\nhe made his way to the Territory of Michigan,\\nsettling in Tecumseh, Lenawee County, in 1838.\\nHe lived there until 1840, and then took up his\\nabode in this county, purchasing eighty acres of\\nland in Woodbridge Township, upon which he\\noperated successfull} for many years, and where he\\nresided until his death, which occurred Dec. 28,\\n1875.\\nThe father of our subject was a man of consider-\\nable prominence in the county, a Dcmociat in\\npolitics, and a member in good standing of the\\nFree-Will Baptist Church, in which he officiated .as\\nTrustee for many years. The mother, who was\\nborn April 22, 1809. died also at the old home-\\nstead, in August, 1853. She was a most estimable\\nChristian lady, and a member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church for many years. Their children\\nwere: S.arah, who married Mr. Devine; Jacob H.,\\nwho married Electa M. Niles; Charlie, who married\\nMiss Jane Tubbs; Betsy, the wife of Stephen Fitz-\\nsimmous; John D., who married Miss Adelaide\\nBryan, and George P., our subject.\\nTecumseh, Lenawee County, was the early tramp-\\ning ground of the subject of this sketch, and where\\nhis birth took place July 9, 1844. He passed his\\nboyhood and youth in the manner common to the\\nsons of pioneer farmers, acquiring an education in\\nthe ]3rimary schools, and assisted in building up a\\nhomestead from the wilderness. He continued\\nunder the parental roof until past twenty-three\\nyears of age, and then being ready to establish a\\nhome of his own, was married. Sept. 18. 1867, to\\nMiss Esther D. Delong, who was born in Franklin\\nTownship, Lenawee County, Nov. 30, 1844. After\\nmarriage the young people lived on his father s\\nfarm, and in 1876 our subject became owner of the\\nold homestead, which, it is hardly necessary to say,\\npossesses for liim a far more th.an moneyed value.\\nHere his three children were born, but one only is\\nliving V. D., who was born March 24, 1882.\\nLloyd D.,born April 30, 1875, died when two years\\nof age; Georgia I., born Feb. 11, 1880, died when\\none year old.\\nMrs. Stevens is the daughter of Abram and Cor-\\nnelia (Viele) Delong, who were natives respectively\\nof Montgomery and Otsego Counties, N. Y., and\\nthe father was born July 26, 1821. The latter was\\neducated in the common schools, and reared on a\\nfarm from his boyhood. He came to Michigan in\\nSeptember, 1844, and purchased sixty acres of land\\nin Franklin Township, Lenawee County, where he\\nstill resides. He has been a prominent man in his\\ncommunity, one of the pill.ars of the IMethodist\\nFlpiscopal Church, a Sunday-School teacher and a\\nClass-Leader, besides being a licensed exhorter,\\nand occupied the pulpit many years in this capacitj\\nMrs. Delong was burn Dec. 17, 1818, and her\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n265\\ni\\nancestors came from Holland, while the Belongs\\nwere of French ancestry. The parents of Mrs.\\n.Stevens were married Dec. 21, 1843. The mother\\nfor the last forty years has been a member of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, is still living and in\\ngood health. Their three children were: Esther\\nD., Mrs. Stevens; Manning V., who married Ida\\nE. Packard; and Lillian B., the wife of Ambrose\\nR. Crane. They all live upon farms.\\nMr. and Mrs. Stevens are connected with the\\nFree-Will Baptist Church, in Woodbridge Town-\\nship, in which our subject has been Deacon and\\nTrustee, and one of its chief pillars. Upon becom-\\ning a voter lie identified himself with the Repub-\\nlican part^ but is now a Prohibitionist.\\ni\\\\ ICIIAEL GILBERT is one of lliose men\\nso plentifully scattered over Michigan who\\ni) undoubtedly form the best element of her\\nsociety, having been reared under the be-\\nneficent influences of the schools, religious institu-\\ntions, and the culture and refinement of the society of\\nthe older settled States. Such men were well equipped\\nto go forth and open up a new Empire. They\\ncould 1:13 its foun l!itions broad, deep And solid, so\\nthat the colossal edifice of a great commonwealth\\nmight be reared upon it without hazard to the\\nhighest pinnacle to which government or human\\nsociety reaches. To these people Michigan to-day\\nlargely owes her greatness, and to this class the\\nsubject of this sketch belongs.\\nMr. Gilbert was born in Seneca Township, Sen-\\neca Co., Ohio, May 11, 1\u00c2\u00ab;37, while his father,\\nFrancis Gilbert, was born in Bavaria, Germany,\\nand came to America when a young man, finally\\nsettling in Seneca County, Ohio. In his native\\nland he had learned the trade of a blacksmith,\\nwhich he also followed in Ohio for some time, in\\nTiffin, Seneca County. In 1858 he removed to\\nWisconsin, where he was one of the early settlers\\nof Manitowoc County. He entered IGO .acres of\\nland from the Government, built a log house, and\\nengaging in the improvement of a farm, was thus\\nemployed, and had cleared a laige part of his land\\nat the time of his death. His wife, whose maiden\\nM\u00c2\u00bb 1.1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 _.^^___\\nname was Catherine .Shearer, was also born across\\nthe ocean, in Bavaria, Germany, and came to\\nAmerica with her parents when quite young, set-\\ntling in Ohio, where she died in Seneca County, in\\n1849.\\nMichael Gilbert commenced work in the shop\\nwith his father, and assisted him until he had\\nreached the age of fourteen, when he worked with\\nother parties in Seneca County for a period of\\nthree years. He then went to Williams County,\\nwhere he found employment, and remained until\\nhe was nineteen years of age, when he ventured\\ninto business for himself, in Archibald, Fulton\\nCounty. He continued in business there until 1865,\\nand then sold out and came to Hillsdale County,\\nsettling in Ransom Township on a lot of forty\\nacres of timber land situatcfl on section 27. Two\\nacres of the land were cleared, and contained a log\\nhouse, and Mr. Gilbert erected a shop and worked\\nat his trade in connection with fanning until 1869,\\nwhen he sold out and went to IMissouri, and staid\\ntwo months, lie then returned to Ransom Town-\\nship and located on section 26, [jurchasing eighty\\nacres of land, about fifteen acres under the plow,\\nwhile the rest was partially- cleared and contained a\\nlog cabin. Erecting a blacksmith s shop and a\\nframe barn, he carried on his trade, together with\\nagricultural pursuits, until 1876, when he sold out\\nand bought the farm which he has since occupied.\\nHis first )nirchase consisted of eighty acres of land,\\nforty of which were improved. He now has the\\ngreater part of the other forty acres improved, and\\nin 1880 he purchased forty acres more adjoining,\\nuntil his farm is now one of the best in this section\\nof country, provided with suitable buildings for\\nthe shelter of his stock and the storing of iiis farm\\nproducts.\\nOn the 2d of January. 1862, the sul)jecl of this\\nnotice w.as united in inarri.age with Miss Celista\\nMoine, who was born July 25, 1842, in German\\nTownship, Fulton Co., Ohio. Her father, Anthony\\nMoine, was a native of France, as w.as also her\\ngrandfather, Francis Moine, who came to America\\nabout 1836, and settled in Wayne County, Ohio,\\nwhere he bought a farm near Jackson, and spent\\nhis last years in thac place. The father of Mrs.\\nGilbert was eighteen 3 ears old when he came to", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0273.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n266\\na\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nAmerica with his parents, and remained in Wayne\\nCounty until his mnrriage witli Mary Caty. also a\\nnative of France, and the daughter of John P.\\nCaty. He removed to Fulton County in 1845,\\nand was among the pioneer settlers of German\\nTownsliip, where he purciiased eightj acres of\\nhind and erected a log house one mile distant from\\nany neighbor. He still resides on the same farm,\\nwhich he has transformed into a well- improved\\nhomestead, provided with good frame buildings,\\nwhile he has added considerably to ids landed\\nestate.\\n]Mr. and Airs. Gilbert are the parents of three\\nchildren Francis Albert, Emma J. and Lenora C.\\nPolitically, Mr. Gilbert is a Republican, believing\\nthat this part} more nearl} embodies the views\\nof this enlightened age.\\nVILLIAM B. CHILDS, one of the pioneer\\nmerchants of Hillsdale, is now senior part-\\nner of the firm of Childs Son, but has\\nhimself practically retired from active business.\\nAbout the 1st of February, 1888, the son, who\\nhas operated with his father for many years, re-\\nmoved their stock of goods to Birmingham, Ala.,\\nwhere he is at present carrj ing on the business on\\nan extensive scale.\\nThe subject of this narrative was born near the\\nvillage of Altay, Steuben Co., N. Y., Dec. 8, 1821,\\nwhile his father, Daniel Childs, was born in Massa-\\nchusetts in 1779, and followed farming as an occu-\\npation all his life. The paternal grandfather, who\\nwas also a native of the Bay State, was a descend-\\nant of an excellent old Welsh family, and while\\nserving as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, met\\nthe enemy at the battle of Lexington, when the\\nBritish shot a cannon ball through the old church.\\nThe mother of our subject was in her girlhood\\nMiss Sally Benjamin, and was born in Massachusetts.\\nAfter marriage the parents settled for awhile in\\nthat State, where their elder children were born,\\nand about 1819 left their native hills and migrated\\ninto Steuben County, N. Y. The country around\\nthem was a wilderness, and they proceeded, after\\nthe manner of pioneers, to level the forest trees,\\nbring the soil to a productive condition, and build\\nup a good home. lu the Empire State several\\nmore olive branches were added to the family tree,\\ntheir household finally including seven sons and\\nfive daughters, all of whom lived to mature years.\\nOf these six are living, and are now residents of\\nKansas. Indiana. Michigan and New York.\\nWilliam B. C hilds was the eighth in order of\\nbirth of the parer,tal famil} and spent his child-\\nhood and 3-outh in his native count} acquiring a\\ncommon-school education, and becoming familiar\\nwith the various employments of farm life. In the\\nmeantime, when he was but a lad of nine 3 ears, the\\nfather was taken away b} death, and the mother\\nfollowed three 3 ears later. William B. subsequently\\nmade his home with his brother-in-law, Roswell\\nShepherd, with whom he remained until his mar-\\nriage, in the twenty-first year of his .age. His bride,\\nMiss Elizabeth Koon, was also a native of Steuben\\nCount} N. Y., where she was born Sept. IG, 1825,\\nand was the daughter of Alanson Koon, well known\\nthroughout that section of the country as a promi-\\nnent and influential citizen. In June, 1844, they\\nmade their way to Blichigan, and located in Allen\\nTownship, this county, occupying a farm for the\\nfollowing six years.\\nOur subject at the expiration of this time dis-\\nposed of his interest in Allen Township, and took\\npossession of a tract of land near the city of Hills-\\ndale, and which was then in an uncultivated condi-\\ntion. He cleared the land and brought the soil to a\\nproductive condition, and occupied it with his family\\nuntil the spring of 1868, when, resolving upon a\\nchange of occupation, he removed into the city,\\nand invested a part of his capital in a stock of gen-\\neral merchandise. He took into partnership his\\nson, Daniel A., and they continued together until\\nJanuary, 1888. During the existence of the firm\\nin this city its business transactions excelled those\\nof an}- other house of the kind in this part of the\\ncounty.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Childs there were born two\\nchiildren only. The son already spoken of, Daniel\\nA., who married Miss Clara Payne, Oct. 21, 1867,\\nand has two children, and a daughter, Marrilla L.,\\nthe wife of E. E. Webb, a prominent attorney of\\nBoone County, Iowa. Politically, Mr. Childs during\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0274.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "-U\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n267\\nthe yeai s of liis earl}- niniilidod aililiatcd with the\\nDciiKifiatic ]):iil3 but upon the ori;auiz;\\\\tioii of the\\nKepuhlicans decided that the piineiples which they\\nenunciated coincided more fullj with his view-g.\\nand he has since been the cordial sui)i)oitcr of this\\nhitter party. He began in life with comparatively\\nnothing, and upon the occasion of his wedding paid\\nhis last dollar to the ofliciating minister. His suc-\\ncess 1ms been the result of close application to\\nbusiness and strict adherence to the rule which he\\nfirst laid down to live within his income. In this\\nresolution he was heartil} seconded by his excel-\\nlent wife, and, having thus a true helpmate, soon\\nfound himself on the road to i)vosperity.\\nThe mother of Jlrs. Childs was in her girlhood\\nMiss Marrilla Wells, a native of Pennsylvania, and\\nwas born Oct. G, 180C, in Luzerne Count} Of her\\nmarriage with Alanson Koon there were born eleven\\nchildren, eight of whom, six sons and two daughters,\\nlived to mature years, and of whom JMrs. Childs is\\nthe oldest one now living.\\nif! OHN L. FRISBIE. The active life of the\\nsubject of this \u00e2\u0096\u00a0keteh is almost romantic in\\nthe general interest that attaches to it.\\nPrinter, soldier, diplomat and business man,\\neach in turn, and in each position he disi)laycd a\\ndcgiee of ability, discharging his duties in a man-\\nner highl} creditable to himself and satisfactorily\\nto all concerned.\\nMr. Frisbie was born in Ontario County, N. Y.,\\nMarch 2(j. 1837. and is the son of Jonathan and\\nSamantha (Spencer) Frisbie. In 1839, when he\\nwas but two years old, the family came to Hillsdale\\nCounty and settled in llie town of Litchfield, where\\noui subject received his rudimentary education in\\nthe common schools of that d.ay. In 1850 he en-\\ntered the odice of the Jonesville Telegraph, serving\\nan apprculiccship to the art preservative. and\\nafter graduating in time with full honors, he worked\\nas a journcjinan until ISIil.\\nOn the breaking out of the Rebellion and the call\\nfor trooi)s to aid in tlie defense of the Union, Mr.\\nFrisbie enlisted in Company A, 1 Itli Michigan Cav-\\nalry, of wiiich he was commissioned Lieutenant, and\\nfor gallant services in the field he was soon after-\\nward i)romoted to the rank of Captain. During the\\nlast year of the war he filled the i)osition of Assist-\\nant Inspector General of the staff of Gen. S. B.\\nBrown, and at the close of hostilities was mustered\\nout and honorably discharged from the seat of war\\nhe returned to his shooting-stick and mallet.\\nGiving some attention to politics, Capt. Frisbie\\nin 1868 was elected to the position of County Clerk,\\nand held the office for some eight consecutive years.\\nAfter that he was elected Enrolling and Engrossing\\nClerk in the Michigan State Senate, which office he\\nfilled for one term, and was then ap|)oiiited Super-\\nintendent to remove the Ponca Indians from Dakota\\nto their reservation in the Indian Territory, which\\noccupied six months of his time. Appointed United\\nStates Council at Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, lie\\npassed the next three years of his life at that place,\\nand by strict attention to his duties was rewarded\\nwith the confidence of his superiors, and his |)rorno-\\ntion to the United States Consular at Kheims,\\nFrance. Here he spent about seven j ears of his\\nlife, until the changing wheels of a new administra-\\ntion removed him from their path. He htplds from\\nthe State Department letters extending t(^ him the\\nthanks of the department in a special manner for\\nthe failhfiilncss with wjiich lie discharged his du-\\nties, and for the interesting and v.iluable character\\nof his special and general rcixnts on different sub-\\njects of interest in his Consulnr District.\\nCapt. Frisbie is a man of u|)right, honest charac-\\nter, who abhors treachery and deceit, and in looking\\nback over a long and well-spent life, may well feel\\na just pride at the position he has won in the es-\\nteem of honest men and the respect of all good citi-\\nzens. In whatever sphere of life he has been found\\nhe has always tried to fulfill his dut} and has met\\nwith the success that always follows close appli-\\ncation, combined with good jinlguiont. Ma} his\\nposterity who shall peruse this sketch be induced\\nto emulate his example, while his honorable and\\nsiiecessful career stands forth as a shining exam-\\nple of what can be accomplished by well-directed\\neffort.\\nAfter serving his country for more than a quar-\\nter of a century in various capacities, Capt. Frisbie\\nt\\nM Mt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0275.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "i\\n268\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhas now returned to the land of his youth, and is\\nengaged in the mercantile business at No. 10 Wal-\\ndron Blocl in the beautiful city of Hillsdale. For\\ntwo years, 1867-G8, he filled the position of Grand\\nWorthy Patriarch of the Sons of Temperance for\\nthe State of Michigan.\\n\\\\l OHN CONLEYj of Woodbridge Township, is\\na carpenter by trade, with a fondness for\\nrural life, and owns a snug home on section\\n22, where lie carries on agriculture and fol-\\nlows his trade, making for himself and his family a\\ncomfortable living ;inil enjoying the respect of his\\nneighbors. He came to tliis State in 1865 and pur-\\nchased eighty acics of land, where he now has good\\nimprovements, his buildings being put upunderhis\\nown [lersoual supervision, and the larger part of\\nthem the work of his own hands.\\nMr. Conley commenced his apprenticeship at the\\ncarpenter trade when a youth of seventeen, being\\nbound out for tiu ee years, fulfilling his coutractand\\nremaining with his employer a year after becoming\\na journo3nnan. He then worked l)y the month and\\nwas noted for his skill and ingenuity. He has\\nfilled some large contracts both for barns and\\nhouses, many of them in this county, and which\\nstill stand as monuments of the thoroughness and\\ncompleteness of his work.\\nOur subject was born in Ashland County, Ohio,\\nApril 11, 181.5, and is the son of James E. and Sarah\\n(McRill) Conley, who were natives respectively of\\nMaryland and Ohio. The father was a farmer by\\noccupation, a man of limited education but of noted\\nhonesty and uprightness, and lived to the advanced\\nage of eighty-eight years, his death taking place at\\nhis home in this county, in 1865. The mother had\\ndied in Ohio about 1829. She was a most excellent\\nlady, and a member in good standing of the Method-\\nist Episcopal Church. Of the first marriage of\\nJames Conle} there were born three children, of\\nwhom Benjamin died in infancj Joseph is living\\nin Woodbridge Township; John, our subject, was\\nthe third and youngest child. The fathei- came to\\nMichigan in 1864, and thereafter was a resident of\\nAmboy Township, Hillsdale County.\\nOur subject while a resident of liis native State\\nwas married to Miss Ruth Hale, April 27. 1838,\\nwho lived eleven years after her marriage, and be-\\ncame the mother of six children, namely: Sarah J.,\\nMary E., Ellen and Helen (twins), Samantha and\\nRuth. Of these ouly one is now living, and is a\\nresident of the State of Ohio. Mr. Conley three\\nmonths after his first wife died, contracted a sec-\\nond marriage, with Mrs. Julia A. Crabb, who was\\na native of Maryland and the widow of AVasliing-\\nton Crabb, who died in Ohio. Mrs. Conley by her\\nfirst marriage became the mother of four children,\\nnamely: Louisa M., Clara, Charles and William.\\nThe two latter served as Union soldiers, and Charles\\nwas killed at or near Atlanta, Ga. Of her marriage\\nwith our subject there have been born six children,\\nnamely: Martha, James, R(jbert, John W., Ann,\\nand Ema, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Conley are\\nmembers in good standing of the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church, in Woodbridge Townshi|), and our\\nsubject, politically, is an active Democrat.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a03^5v^^fe\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\nARVEY McGEE, Jk., son of one of the early-\\npioneers of Hillsd.ale County, owns and oc-\\ncupies the old homestead of his father, which\\nincludes the eighty acres left him as his\\nbirthright, and another eighty acres which he subse-\\nquently purchased of the other heirs. The farm is\\nnoticeable as having a set of farm buildings second\\nto none in the county, and these are doul)!y valu-\\nable to our subject as being the result of the labors\\nof his honored father, who departed this life more\\nthan twenty-five years since.\\nHarvey McGee, Sr., the father of our subject, was\\nborn in Ontario County, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1809, and\\nthere developed into manhood, receiving a very\\nlimited education, but becoming familiar with the\\nart of farming. Soon after reaching the twent3 -fourth\\n3 ear of his age, he was married, Oct. 29, 1833, to\\nMiss Martha Martin, and the following year emi-\\ngrated to the Territory of Michigan, making his\\nway thither by canal, lake and wagon. He pur-\\nchased of the Government a half -section of land in\\nWheatland Township, to which he added until he\\nbecame the owner of 540 broad acres, which he had\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0276.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "1\\nHILLSDALE COUM Y.\\n269\\nimproved from a wilri, uncultivated tract to a pro-\\nductive farm. Energetic, industrious, and an ex-\\ncellent manaqier, wiiile gathering together a quantity\\nof this world s goods, he also secured for himself\\nthe friendship and esteem of the people of his com-\\nmunity. He was seized with the gold fever in\\n1849, and started to California overland with an ox-\\nteam, reaching the Pacific Slope after a year s\\ntravel. His labors in the mines were rewarded with\\nsuccess, and he returned home and invested his\\ncapital in this county. Seven years later, on ac-\\ncount of ill-health, he again visited the Pacific\\nSlo|)e, but without any perceptible beneficial re-\\nsults. A man who could never content himself in\\nidleness, lie continued to carry on his farm until\\nthe illness which terminated in his death on the\\n25th of August, 1 803. Politically, Mr. McGee was\\na Republican, though never a politician, and for\\nmany years was a member in good standing of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church.\\nAt the time the parents of our subject settled in\\nthe northeastern part of Hillsdale County, their\\nnearest neighbor was three miles away, and the young\\nwife and mother spent three months without seeing\\nthe face of another woman. The household in due\\ntime included seven children, but four of whom are\\nliving. One brother of our subject is in Chicago,\\nand two are residents of Wheatland Township, this\\ncmiuty. Harvey. Jr., who w.is the 3 ()uugest of the\\nfaniil} continued with his mother until she no\\nlonger required his filial offices, and then having\\nbeen given the residence part of the homestead for\\nhis portion, doubled his amount of land by subse-\\nquent i)urchase, and has since continued there.\\nOur subject remained a bachelor until neai-ly\\nforty years of age, and was married to Miss Jessie\\nHill, their wedding tailing place at the lionie of the\\nbride in Wheatland Township, on the 12th of Jan-\\nuary, 1888. Mrs. McGee is a natives of this town-\\nshi[), and was boiii July 2, 1803, while her parents,\\nMyron and Elvira (Wakelield) Hill, were naSives\\nof Michigan and New York respectii^ely tliey re-\\nside in this township (see sketch of Myron Hill).\\nHer paternal grandparents were Jesse and Ruth A.\\n(Tibbils) Hill, of Wayne County, N. V.\\nThere are few in Wheatland l\\\\)wnsbi|j wlio take\\nprecedence of the McGee fa-nily. Mr. McGee cast\\nhis first Presidential vote for Grant, and has since\\nremained a warm supporter of Republican prin-\\nciples; he, however, is interested in the success of\\nthe temperance movement. Like his father before\\nhim, he is a thorough business man. progressive and\\nintelligent in his farming operations, and in all re-\\nspects a valued member of the community.\\n^Tr^DMUND C. DAVLS comes from that New\\nEngland stock in which conscience seems to\\nhave licen as hereditary as intelligence, and\\nin which the fine accumulative results of the moral\\nstruggles and triumphs of many generations of\\nhonest lives appear to have been transmitted. Origi-\\nnality of conception is combined with promptness\\nof execution, and au ambitious and energetic sup-\\nport of action. These qualities which have been\\nnoticed in iNIr. Davis individuality are thus easily\\ntraced. Though a man still in the prime of life, he\\nhas already carved out for himself a niche in the\\nbest society of Hillsdale County, to which his ster-\\nling worth of character and business ability honestly\\nentitle him.\\nMr. Davis was born in Wheatland Towusiiip, this\\ncounty. Nov. 15, 1845, and is the son of Homer C.\\nDavis, a native of Saratoga County, N. Y., where\\nhe was born Nov. 30, 1 802. The grandfather of\\nour subject, Eliud Davis, was born in Danbury,\\nConn., and removed from there to Saratoga County-,\\nN. Y., where he was among the early settlers.\\nAbout 1813 he entered New York City, and en-\\ngaging in the wholesale grocery business, continued\\nin that occuiiation until IMl). He then removed\\nto Monroe Count}-, in the same .State, and subse-\\nquently to Orleans County, wiicre !ie spent the\\nremaining j cars of his life. His wife, whose maiden\\nname was Rachel Hollister, was also a native of\\nConnecticut, and died in Oilcans County, N. Y.\\nThe father of our subject was seventeen years of\\nage when his parents removed to Western New\\nYork, and he assisted liis father for some years in\\nhis work of brickmaking. After the death of the\\nlatter. Homer C. learned the trade of a cooper, and\\nfolloweil that occupation until after his marriage.\\nHe then entered into partnersliip with his brother.\\nk", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0277.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "270\\ni\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nand purchasing a sawmill in Ovleans County, N.\\nY., tliey engaged in tlie manufacture and sale of\\nlumber, which they contiiuied about fmir years.\\nHe then sold his interest iu the mill, and purchas-\\ning a farm, engaged in agricultural pursuits until\\n1837, when his property was taken from him in\\nliquidation of an obligation incurred by his endors-\\ning notes for other parties. Notwithstanding this\\nreverse of fortune, Mr. Davis did not give up in\\ndespair. He removed in 1838 to Indiana, and\\nafter about a year migrated to Wheatland Town-\\nship, where he followed his trade until he had\\nacquired some capital, and then i)urchased a tract\\nof timber hind and engaged in the noble work of\\nredeeming a farm from the wilderness. In 1854,\\nhowever, he removed to Amboy Township, and\\nsettled on the farm where our subject now resides.\\nHe purchased 120 acres of land, forty of which are\\niu Ohio, but he did not locate on it immediately.\\nPrevious to his arrival here he had purchased a\\nstore on section G, Ambo3 Tovaiship, and was en-\\ngaged iu mercantile business for three j-ears, during\\nwhich time he was also engaged in the manufacture\\nof pearlash and potash. In 185(3 lie removed to\\nKalamazoo County, but after one year s residence\\nthere he returned and settled on the land he had\\n[jreviously bought, and continued to make this\\nplace his home until his death, which took jjlace\\nApril 9, 1881. The mother of our subject, whose\\nmaiden name was Minerva Smith, was born in the\\ntown of Avon, Livingston Co., N. Y., and w.as\\nthe daughter of Sylvester and Mary Smith she\\nalso died at the homestead in Amboy Township.\\nEdmund C. Davis is the sixth in order of birth\\nin a family of seven children included in the par-\\nental family. He was nine years of age when he\\ncame to Amboy Township with his parents, and\\nremembers very well its wild condition at that\\ntime, when deer, wild turkeys and other game were\\nplentiful, and the bear and wolf still lurked in the\\nforest. He received his education in the pioneer\\nschools of Amboy Township, and remained at home\\nwith his parents until his enlistment, Feb. 2y, 1864,\\nin Company B, 25th Ohio Infantry, and served\\nuntil the ISlli of June, 18(JG, principally in South\\nCarolina, when he was mustered out of the service\\nand honoralily disciiarged. Upon iiis diseliarge ho\\nreturned to his home and remained until 1871,\\nwhen he went to Kalkaska County and took up a\\nsoldier s claim. He spent part of his time there\\nduring the next live j-cars, but in 1875 he returned\\nand settled on the old homestead, of which he has\\nsince been a resident.\\nMr. Davis was united iu marriage, July 24, 1872,\\nwith Bettie Culver, a native of Quincy Township,\\nBranch County, and the daughter of John and\\nRhoda Culver. Three children have been bora of\\nthis union to gladden the home of their parents\\nHomer J., Gertrude and Dolly May.\\nMr. Davis business qualities and [jublic spirit\\nhave been recognized by the people of his com-\\nmunity, who have elected him to several of the\\noffices within their gift. While in Kalkaska County\\nhe was elected vSupervisor, and served in that\\ncapacity two years, and in the spring of 1887 he\\nwas elected Supervisor of Amboy Township, and\\nre-elected in 1888. He has also been Township\\nClerk three years, and has on all occasions of pub-\\nlic trust discharged his duties with credit to himself\\nand satisfaction to all concerned. In politics he is\\nidentitied with the Republican party, and is a\\ngentleman of influence in his community. Mr. and\\nIMrs. Davis are members in good standing of the\\nBaptist Church, and are worthy and reputable\\nmembers of society.\\nWILSON E. BROWN, dealer in real estate,\\nloans and [lersonal property, and prominent\\namong the enterprising young businessmen\\nof the city of Hillsdale, is a native of this county,\\nhaving been born in Camden Township, June 10,\\n1802. He is the eldest son of Emanuel and Ellen\\n(Judd) Brown, who were among the earliest settlers\\nof Woodliridge Township, where they still live upon\\nthe homestead which they eliminated from the wil-\\nderness.\\nOur subject spent his boyhood and youth in a\\nmanner common to the sons of pioneer farmers, and\\nmade the most of his opportunities at school. Upon\\nreaching manhood he entered the commercial de-\\npaitment of Hillsdale College, where he took a full\\nf\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0278.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n271\\n.t\\nI\\ncourse of instruction, and this in adrlition to his\\nprevious experience as a teaciier, contributed to\\nmake him master of a fund of general information.\\nUpon leaving sdiool he commenced his business\\ncareer in a store of general merchandise as clerk,\\nand a year later became proprietor, and conducted\\nthe business until 1885.\\nIn the above-mentioned year Mr. Brown opened\\nan office in the cit} of Hillsdale, establishing the\\nbusiness in which he has since met with signal suc-\\ncess. He also does a profitable abstract and collec-\\ntion business, and by loaning money on personal\\nproperty on short time, but more espeeiall} long\\ntime loans on real estate, and the examination of\\ntitles, is building up a business which, conducted\\nwitli his usual abilit} and good sense, will in time\\ncontribute to his complete ii\\\\depcndencc. He is\\nstill fond of the emplo3-ments of country life, par-\\ntieidarly of horses, and keeps of these animals about\\ntwenty head for the purpose of breeding and sale.\\nHe is still unmarried, and is usually found attend-\\ning strictly to his business affairs at his pleasantand\\nconvenient oflice in the Masonic Block.\\n^-*-g\\nUSSELL E. CONVERSE, Under Sheriff of\\nir Hillsdale County, has spent his entire life in\\nthis localit} having been born in Adams\\n^Township, Oct. 21.1 8.56. His father, Will-\\niam Converse, was born in Wayne Count} N. Y.,\\nOct. 30, 1831. and after coming to Micliigan mar-\\nried Miss Jane M. Thompson, who was the young-\\nest daughter of Warren Thompson, mc of the first\\nsettlers of .lefferson Townsiiip. The father came to\\nthis County in I.S-IG. and was married eight years\\nlater, in March, 18r)4.\\nAfter ni;uiiage the parents of our subject settled\\n((11 a farm in .Jefferson Township, where they still\\nreside, and became the parents of six children, three\\nsons and three daughters, three of whom arc de-\\nceased. The two surviving, besides our subject,\\nare resi lents of Jefferscjn Townshii). Russell E.\\nwas the eldest born, and in common with the sons\\nof pioncir farmers, pursued his early studies in the\\ndistrict schools until 1873, when he entered the High\\nSchool at Hillsdale, from which ho was gra luatcd in\\n1876. Subsequently he was engaged in teaching\\nthree terms, and until his apiiointnient as Turnkey\\nunder Sheriff Morres Lamb, wliich position bo oc-\\ncupied two 3 ears.\\nMr. Converse w.as appointed Deputy Sheriff un-\\nder George W. Bullock, and subsequently occupied\\nthe same position under Myron G. Wood, render-\\ning an acceptable service of two years. He received\\nhis present appointment on the Istof January, 1887,\\nand in the discharge of Its duties has .acquitted him-\\nself with credit, and to the satisf.action of all con-\\ncerned. Politic.ali3\\\\ he affiliates with the Republican\\nparty, inthe success of which he takes a livelj in-\\nterest. Sociall} ho behjiigs to Hillsdale Lodge No.\\n176, A. F. A. M., and is also a K. of P.. of Hills-\\ndale Lodge No. 45. He is of that genial and cheer-\\nful temperament which atti acts to him hosts of\\nfriends, while his excellent i)riiicipli ,s an l integrity\\nof purpose; have gained him the esteem and con-\\nfnlence of his fellow-citizens.\\nThe marriage of Rnsscll E. Converse and Aliss\\nCarrie E. Cox was celebrated at the home of the\\nbride in Ad;ims Township, Oct. 23. 1879. Mrs.\\nConverse was born June 17, is(ii, in Rensselaer\\nCounty, N. Y., and is the daughter of William and\\nAntonette Cox, who were natives of New York,\\nand are now deceased. Their ])leasant and invit-\\ning home has been brightened by the liirlh of four\\nchildren, of whom but two are living, namely Hazel\\nF. and Guj^; Claude E. died when three years of\\n.age, and Warren R. at the age of six years.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^T^ LEAZER GLEASON. The property of this\\nr3 gentleman includes a good farm of 120 acres\\nih^^j H ing on section 33. Reading Township,\\nunder a good state of cultivation and supplied with\\nthe necessary farm buildings and machinery for\\ncarrying on agriculture in a profitable and satisfact-\\nory manner. He purchased this l;ind when it was\\nstill in its primitive condition and has himself effected\\nall the inipr(jvcmcnts which the traveler notes with\\ninterest as the result of many years industrious toil.\\nEach man in the community wiio has improved a\\nportion of the land around him corresponds to a", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0279.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "u\\n272\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nbrick in the foiindatioTi of fi great building, for upon\\nliim de|)ends a portion of the solidity of the whole\\nsnperstruetiirc.\\nLike many of the men about him who liave\\nlabored to good advantage and iiave lived respected\\nin their community, our subject is a native of the\\nEmpire State, having l een born in Genesee County,\\nAug. 29,1812. He was reared, however, in On-\\ntario County, to which his parents soon afterward\\nremoved. The latter, Eleazer and Hannah (Reed)\\nGleason, were natives of New York and of English\\ndescent, and both the grandfathers of our subject\\ndid good service in the Revolutionary War.\\nThe mother of our subject died in New York,\\nand }i.\\\\eazer was reared to manhood in Ontario\\nCounty, that State. On the 23d of April, 1834,\\nhe was united in marriage with Miss Betsy Berry,\\nby whom he became the father of nine children,\\nfive sons and four daughters. William, Charles P.,\\nAlvaro, Eleazer H. and L. C. are all married and\\nsettled in comfortable homes of their own with\\ntheir little children about them; Harriet died aged\\nforty-nine years; Maude died in early childhood,\\nand Jane at the age of forty years Mary is the wife\\nof Frank Woodard Ida married Hugh Devine, and\\nhas one child named Gleason, after its maternal\\ngrandfather.\\nMrs. Gleason was born in Seneca Township,\\nOntario Co., N. Y., Jan. 25, 1816, and is the\\ndaughter of William and Rhoba (Colwell) Berry,\\nvvlio were natives of England and Rhode Island\\nrespectively, and spent their last years, the father\\nin Michigan and the mother in New York. The\\nBerry family were widely and favorably known\\nthroughout that part of the Empire State. Mr.\\nGleason left New York State when twenty-two\\nyears old, and going directly to Maumee, Ohio,\\nlived there until making his way to the Territory\\nof Michigan, in 1835, the year after his marriage.\\nHe and his young wife began housekeeping in a log-\\ndwelling in what is now Reading Village, but which\\nwas then a country with very few inhabitants. Our\\nsubject began clearing the land aronnd him, and in\\ndue time realized the reward of his labors in the\\npossession Of a good farm.\\nMr. Gleason has not only been industrious as a\\ntiller of the soil but has taken a warm interest in\\nthe growth and development of his township. He\\ncast his first Presidential vote for Gen. Jackson\\nupon the occasion of his second nomination and\\nwlien, much to his surprise, his vote passed un-\\ncliallcnged. and still continues a member of the\\nDemocratic party. He has lield the minor offices\\nof his township, and infused the spirit of patriotism\\ninto his sons which impelled them during the late\\nwar to enlist as Union soldiers under the first call\\nfor troops. William was a member of an Illinois\\nregiment, and Alvaio belonged to a Michigan bat-\\nter} which started out from Detroit and later in the\\nconflict joined with Sherman in his historical march\\nto sea. Both the boys, although experiencing the\\nhardshi|)sand privations incident to army life, lived\\nto return home in safet} The Gleason family\\nweie patriotic from the beginning, the father of our\\nsubject and his brothei S doing good service in tlie\\nWar of 1812, during which the former received a\\nball in the leg which he carried through life.\\nARNEY REYNOLDS, deceased, was for\\nmany years identified with the farming in-\\nV terests of Reading Township, where be\\nowned a good farm. He was a native of\\nAlbany County, N. Y., born Oct. 15. 1804. He\\nwas reared in the place of his birth, was a farmer s\\nson, and when he became old enough gave his father\\nassistance in clearing a farm in Albany County. He\\ngrew to be an active, stalwart and sturdy young man,\\nand b} his labors was early enabled to establish a\\ncomfortable home for himself, and married in his na-\\ntive county Miss Maiia Damp. Their married life\\nwas of brief duration, for in a few years siie died,\\nleaving two children Calvin and Jane. The latter\\nis the widow of Joseph Bedell, and lives in Cold-\\nwater Calvin lives in New York, where he is en-\\ngaged as a street car conductor.\\nAfter the death of his wife Mr. Reynolds came\\nto Michigan, and in 1847 bought a tract of land on\\nsection 1, Reading Township, where he afterward\\nmade his home until his death. I}i the meantime\\nhe industriously cleared and improved a farm of\\neighty acres, which, under his capable management,\\nbecame one of the best tilled and neatest farms in", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0280.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n273\\nthat locality, and he erected a good set of farm\\nbuikliiigs. Mr. Reynolds lung- and useful life was\\nsuddenly brought to an end by his accidental death,\\nOct. 2. i, 1H7!), caused by iiis being thrown from a\\nmoving wagon which broke his neck, and he never\\nafterward spoke. Mr. Reynolds was highly re-\\nspected in the community where he had for so many\\nyears made his home. He was a hard-working man,\\nhonest to a degree, and led an upright life.\\nShortly after coming to Michigan our subject was\\na second time married, in Hillsdale Townshi|), hav-\\ning there met Miss Saniantha Searles, who became\\nhis second wife. She was born in Schuyler\\nCount3 N. Y., May 26. 183.5, and was a daughter\\nof Gary and Nancy (Kddj Searles, both n.atives of\\nNew York State. After marriage her |)arents set-\\ntled in their native State, but when she was two\\nyears old they went to Wells, Bradford Co., Pa.\\nTwo years later they migrated with their family to\\nMichigan, and settled in the woods of Hillsdale\\nTownship, Hillsdale County. Mr. Searles purch.ised\\na tract of land there and began its imiMovement,\\nbut shortly after died at the early age of thirty-\\nthree. He was a stanch Democrat in politics, and\\nreligiously, he and his wife were members of the\\nFree-Will Baptist Church. After the death of Mr.\\nSearles his widow married William Cleavland, who\\nwas a fanner and mechanic.\\nBy his second marriage Mr. Rej nolds had five\\nchildren, two of whom are now dead, Gary and\\nJohnnie. J he record of those living is .as follows:\\nMargaret is the wife of Walter E. Way, and they\\nlive on a farm near Jonesville; Sarah is tlie wife of\\nHenry L. Way, and they live on a farm near Pitts-\\nford Nancj is the wife of George Worden, and\\nthey live in Reading.\\nAfter the death of Mr. Reynolds, of this notice,\\nhis widow married, Dec. 7, 1 879, Charles Cleavland,\\nson of her mother s second husband. He was born\\nin New York Stale, Aug. 20, 1823, and when twelve\\nyears of age went to live in Ohio. He was three\\ntimes married in that State, and his two first wives\\ndied there. His third wife accompanied him to Michi-\\ngan, and she died in the city of Hillsdale. By his\\nfirst marriage he had one child, and by his third\\nmarriage seven cliildren, and all his children are\\n}r living, llct is an industrious man, is a carriage\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00ba-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-4\u00c2\u00bb-\\ni\\ntrimmer, and is now in the employ of John Henan,\\nof Hillsdale. In his political beliefs he is a strong\\nDemocrat.\\nMrs. Cleavland owns the eighty acres of land that\\nformed her first husband s farm, and under her\\nskillful management it has not in any wise deteri-\\norated in value. She is a shrewd, cai)able, ener-\\ngetic woman, and is much respected.\\nALLETT H. EDDY. This gentleman is\\nrecognized as one of the most thorough and\\nskillful agriculturists of Litchfield Township,\\na cap.able business man and gentleman of\\nfine i.astes, and of late ye.-irs has given much ;ittcn-\\ntion to the lirecding of high-grade Merino .sheep.\\nIn this industry he takes i)riile, and has met with\\ngood success. His farm property lies on section 23,\\naiid everything about tlie premises, from the taste-\\nfully constructed dwelling, to the barn and out-\\nhouses, indicates the exercise of sound conunon\\nsense and ample means. Our subject and his estim-\\nable wife have reared a finef.amily of children, most\\nof whom are located in homes of their own, and are\\nin comfortable circumstances.\\nMadison County, N. Y., w.as the early tramping-\\nground of our subject, and where his birth took\\nplace Aug. 2, 1828. Eight 3 ears later his parents\\nremoved to Steuben County, where the boy ac-\\nquired his education, and developed into manhood.\\nHe was married to Miss lluldy L. Fenton, Oct. 21,\\n18. )0, and settled first in that locality, but five years\\nlater came to Michigan, and taking up his aboilc in\\nLitchfield Township, has since continued a resident\\nhere. He purchased his present farm of 138 acres\\nin 1871.\\nThe p.arcnts of our subject, Jesse and Polly (Ovi-\\natt) Eddy, were of New England birth and ances-\\ntry, the former born near Providence, R. I., and\\nthe latter near Little Iloosac, Conn. After mar-\\nriage they settled in Madison County, N. Y.,\\nwhence in 1836 they removed to Steuben County,\\nwhere they spent the remainder of their lives on a\\nfarm, the father dying in 1850, at the age of sixty-\\nthree years, and the mother in 1872, when seventy-\\neight years old. There were born to them two chil-\\nr", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0281.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "u\\n274\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ndren only: The elder, a sister, Mrs. Harriet Penk,\\nis now living on the old homestead in Steuben\\nCounty.\\nMrs. Eddy is the danghter of Stephen and Mary\\n(Marring) Fenton, who were natives of New Jer-\\nsey, the father born in Orange Count} The pa-\\nternal grandfather served in the Revolutionary War,\\nand on tiie mother s side Grandfather ]\\\\Larring was\\na native of Germany. Grandfather Fenton was\\none of Gen. Washington s bodyguard, and with the\\nFather of his Country met the enemy at Stony\\nPoint, and was subsequently at the execution of\\nthe traitor Benedict Arnold. Ste|)hen Fenton sub-\\nsequently gave some time to the service of his\\ncountry in the War of 1812. From Steuben County,\\nin April. 1853, he came with his famil} to Michi-\\ngan, settling in the spring of the year in Scipio\\nTownship, where his death took place three years\\nlater at the age of sixtj -three. The mother, after\\nthe death of her husband, made her home with her\\nson-in-law, our subject, and died at the advanced\\nage of eighty-four years, in 1 882.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Eddy had a family of tea\\nchildren, two sonS and eight daughters, of whom\\nshe was the seventh child. She was born Dec. 2,\\n1831, in Steuben County, N. Y., and acquired her\\neducation in the common school. Following the\\nexample of her excellent mother, she also became\\nthe mother of ten children, the eldest of whom, a\\ndaughter, Mary E., died when two and one-half\\nyears old Jane A. is the wife of Eoswell West, of\\nEaton Rapids, and the mother of tvvosons Arthur\\nE. and Hallett E. Emily is a teacher of several\\nyears standing, and makes her home at Eaton Rapids\\nJoseph F. is married, and occupied as a miller in\\nLitchfield Township, and has tvvo children liertha\\nM. and Leo AV. Jesse E. was forinerh a student in\\nthe Agricultural College at Lansing, Mich., and is\\noccupied asa teacher in Litchfield he married Miss\\nMary Hutchins. Elmer E. mariied Miss Lillian\\nHutchins, and operates as a commercial man; they\\nhave one child, a daughter Mabel. Minnie A.,\\nTheron IT., Walter IL and Roswell W., continue\\nunder the parental roof, and assist in the labors of\\nthe faim.\\nThe property of our subject includes, with iiis\\nvaluable land, all the farm machinery necessary for\\nits successful cultivation, and besides his fine siieep,\\na goodly assortment of other live stock. His flock\\nof sheep numbers between seventy and eighty head,\\nand the chief among them is the celebrated animal\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Monarch. wiiicli has made a fine record. Jlr.\\nEddy, politicall}-, is a stanch Prohibitionist, and was\\none of the first men of his township to take his stand\\nstrictly in favor of tiie abolition of the sale and\\nmanufacture of si)irituous liquors. Ho has been the\\nincumbent of some one of the school offices for a\\nperiod of twelve years. He and his estimable wife\\nare both members in good standing of the F irst\\nBaptist Churcii, at Litchfield, to the support of\\nwhich they have contributed liberally and cheerfully\\nsince their connection with it.\\nRS. EUPHEMIA WAY, widow of the late\\nRodney Way, who departed this life at his\\nhome in Gratiot in March, 1886, was born\\nil in Newburg Township, Orange Co., N. Y.,\\nAug. 7, 1830, and is the daughter of Henry and\\nEliza (Hunt) Cypher, who were also natives of the\\nEmi)ire State, where they spent their entire lives,\\nboth dying at an early age, the mother when thirty-\\ntwo and the father when forty-six years old.\\nAfter the lecease of her parents, their danghter\\nEmi)hemia, then a maiden of sixteen years, came to\\nthis State with an older sister, and was married in\\nAdams Township, this county, Dec. 25, 1847, to\\nRodney Way. The latter was born near the now\\nflourishing city of Painesville, Ohio, and coming to\\nMichigan wlien a young man, located in Wheatland\\nTownship, Hillsdale County, of which he was an\\nearly pioneer. The 30ung people commenced life\\ntogethei on a farm in Hillsdale County, and in duo\\ntime became the parents of six children, of whom\\nthe record is as follows: Henry, the eldest, mar-\\nried Miss Sarah Reynolds, and lives on a farm in\\nPittsford Township; Henrietta is the wife of Will-\\niam Councdor, of Charlevoix County, living there\\non a farm Walter marrieil Miss INIargaret Reynolds,\\nand is at present carrying on igricidture in Fayette\\nTownship, this count} Adelaide, Mrs. Charles Tay-\\nlor, lives on a farm in Kalkaska County, this State;\\nAnna B. and Frank make their home with their\\nU j\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2P^l-M*", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0282.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "^1\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY\\n275\\nbrotlier Henry. Mrs. Way since the death of her\\nhusband lias made lier lionie with her Ivinspeople,\\nmostly in Keading Township. She is a very excel-\\nlent lady, has been the privileged witness of the re-\\nmarkablo changes occurring in Southern Michigan\\nfor over thirty years, and is able to relate many\\ninteresting tales of by-gone daj s.\\nti sJ)js44^^ ^iE4^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\n\\\\fJOHN A. CARNCIiOSS, Esq., a native of\\nCayuga County, N. Y., commenced life for\\nhimself when a young man on section 32, in\\nPittsford Township, this county, upon a tract\\nof uncultivated land upon which there had been\\neffected very little improvement and no buildings\\nwortii mentioning. He had one cow, one yearling\\ncalf, five sheep, a pig and a pair of small horses.\\nBj the practice of rigid economy and the exercise\\nof untiring industry, he in due time found himself\\nupon the high road to prosperity, and is now the\\nowner of a good farm embracing eighty acres of\\nland, the greater part of it under a good state of\\ncultivation, a good frame barn, and a substantial\\nand convenient brick residence. His land has been\\nthoroughly diained with 1,500 rods of tile, and his\\nlive stock and farm machinery are highlj credita-\\nble to his industry and good judgment. A quiet\\nand unobtrusive man, he has endeavored to live\\nhonestly and uprightly, and enjoys in a marked\\ndegree the esteem of his neighbors.\\nOur subject was born near the town of Ira, N. Y.,\\nFeb. 12, 1.S36. His father, William Carncross, w.as\\na native of Schoharie County, that State, and his\\ngrandfather, Lewis Carneross, it is supposed was\\nborn in Holland, whence he crossed the Atlantic in\\nearly manhood. He took up his residence among\\nthe pioneers of Caj uga Couijly, N. Y., and tluMe\\nspent the remainder of his days, his death taking\\nplace in the town of Cato about 16: G.\\nWilliam Carneross, the faliier of our subject, was\\nreared in his native county, where he continued\\nuntil after his marriage. He then [nirchased a farm\\nin Cayuga County, ncai- which the town of Ira grew\\nup, and there lived and laliored the remainder of\\nhis dajs. The maiden name of tiic mother was\\nDiana Albright, an l she also was a native of Sciio-\\nharic County, and the descendant of Holland an-\\ncestry. Siie passed away some years before the\\ndecease of her husband, lying also at the old home-\\nstead in Cayuga County. The parental family in-\\ncluded four children, two of whom arc living, and\\nare now residents of Hillsdale County and Cayuga\\nCounty, N. Y.\\nOur subject was but two j ears of age at the time\\nof his mother s death. His father subsequently\\nmarried, and John A. was reared bj his stepmother.\\nHe continued under the parental roof until uniting\\nhis fortunes with a maiden of his own county, Miss\\nCatherine Ruleff, their wedding taking place on the\\n5th of September, 1854. On the 23d of October\\nfollowing, the newly married pair set out for the\\nState of Michigan, going by rail to Buffalo, thence\\nby lake to Toledo and from there again by cars to\\nClayton, in Lenawee Count}-, where our subject\\narrived with a cash capital of twenty-two shillings\\nin his pocket. He made it his first business to seek\\nemployment, which he found as a railroad laborer,\\nwhile his bride went and lived with a farmer where\\nthe} both boarded. Mr. Carneross a few months\\nlater rented land and commenced farming, and they\\ncontinued residents of that vicinity until the spring\\nof 1859. The first purchase of our subject was forty-\\nacres of land, which he secured possession of in the\\nyear above mentioned, and for which he was to paj\\nthe sum of $700. From this the timber had mostly\\nbeen chopped away, although a large portion of\\nthe stumps were still standing, and there was a\\nplank house, a small frame barn with thereof caved\\nin, and a log stable. The stimulus of possession^\\nhowever, gave the young people courage to cheer-\\nfully accept this as a home until they could improve\\nits condition, and here, where they commenced the\\nmore serious struggle of life, they have since C(m-\\nlinued, with the results already indicated.\\nThe wife of our subject was born in the town of\\nConquest, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Sept. U, 1835. Her\\nfather, John Ruleff, was born in Schoharie County\\nand was the son of Jacob Ruleff, who settled in\\nCayuga County at an early day, and purchased a\\nsmall tract of land upon which he spent the remain-\\nder of his life. John lluleff w;us married in Cayuga\\nCounty to Miss Catlii rine CoppernoU, and they con-\\ntinued residents of that county until 1855. That\\ni-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0283.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "276\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nyear they came to this State and the father purchased\\nsixty acres of land in Hudson Township. This he\\nsold a few years later, but continued to reside in\\nHudson until his death, as also did his excellent\\nwife. 1 he latter was the daughter of Andrew and\\nCatherine Coppernoll, natives of New York, who\\nspent their last years in Cayuga County, N. Y.\\nMr. and Mrs. Carncross became the parents of\\nfive children, four now living, namely: Frank W.\\nand PZlma E., residents of Fittsford Township;\\nAmelia, who continues with her parents, and Will-\\niam O., who operates the home farm. Mr. C. has\\nbeen quite prominent in towiishipaffairs, and served\\nas Justice of the Peace for nearly eighteen years.\\nHe has always taken a deep interest in the cause of\\neducation, and has been connected with the School\\nBoard the greater part of the time since taking up\\nhis residence here. Politically, he votes with the\\nRepublican party.\\nII^M ARVIN S. VOORllES, of Fittsford Town-\\nship, is a fine representative of the farmers\\nwho have contributed so largely to the up-\\nbuilding of Hillsdale Count} and to its\\nmaterial prosperit}-, and, like many others of his\\ncalling, he is the son of a pioneer of Southern\\nMichigan, and grew up with the country. He was\\nborn in the town of Scipio, Cayuga Co.. N. Y.,\\nOct. 29, 1823. His father, John Voorhes, was a\\nnative of Trenton, N. J., whence bis father, who\\nit is thought was born in Holland, removed to\\nCaj uga Count} N. Y., and was an early settler in\\nSomerset Township, where he died. The father of\\nour subject was a .young man when his parents\\nni.ade their home in Cayuga County, and he resided\\nthere until 1828, having married Jane Merritt, a\\nnative of New Jersey. They subsequently settled\\nin Seneca County, in the town of Romulus, where\\nthey lived until 1834. In the spring of that year\\nMr. Voorhes started with his wife and eight chil-\\ndren to brave the privations and dangers of an\\nunknown wilderness, for the sake of establishing a\\nhome on the rich and virgin soil of the Territory of\\nMichigan. They traveled via the canal to Buffalo\\nand by the lakes to Monroe, where the father\\nbought a pair of oxen and a wagon, and the family\\nproceeded on their journey through the forest to\\nAdrian. Mr. Voorhes entered a tract of eighty\\nacres of timber land in the township, but located\\non another tract there which he had contracted\\nwith a man in New Y ork to clear. In that work he\\nwas ably assisted by his sons, and they were thus\\nemployed until 1836. He then sold his land, and\\nremoving to Hillsdale County, bought eight} acres\\nof heavily tiinliered land in Somerset Township.\\nHe built a log house on the place and was a resi-\\ndent there until 1865, the year of his death. He\\nhad, in the meantime, improved the greater part of\\nhis land, and had erected a set of frame buildings.\\nThe nearest market for some years was at Brooklyn,\\nfourteen miles distant. He did his milling and\\nfarm work with oxen for years. His worthy wife\\nsurvived him until 1875, when she too died on tlie\\nold homestead. They were typical pioneers, pos-\\nsessing in a full measure those traits which are so\\nessenti.ll to the success of those who seek to build\\nhomes in the wilderness of a newly settled country,\\nand their names are held in respect in that com-\\nmunity where their interests were centered for so\\nmany years.\\nThe subject of this sketch was eleven years old\\nwhen he came with his parents to Michigan, and the\\nwild surroundings and incidents of the pioneer life\\nof his early home in the forests of Southern Michi-\\ngan, left an indelible impression on his memory.\\nHe remembers that the deer were so plentiful that it\\nwas one of his duties to watch them and keep them\\nout of the wheatflelds. Wolves and bears were\\noften seen, and wild turkeys and other game often\\ngraced their table. He attended the pioneer schools\\n.IS opportunity offered, and assisted in the farm\\nwork until he was twenty-one. He then commenced\\nthe battle of life outside the parental home, work-\\ning out by the month in this county until 1852.\\nHe was well endowed with mental and physical\\nvigor, and ambitiously desired a broader field of\\naction, and in accordance with that motive, he\\nstarted, March 8, 1852, for California, in company\\nwith a colony, the entire journey to that far-away\\nState on the Pacific Co.ast being made with teams.\\nThey were just six months on the way, arriving at\\nMarysville on the 8th day of the following Septem-\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0284.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n-A\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n277\\nber. Our subject was engaged in mining for the\\nfirst two months after his arrival in the Golden\\nState. Subsequently lie was employed in a saw-\\nmill for four years, and after that resumed mining\\nin Yuba County, where he remained until Decem-\\nber, 1858. Then gathering his savings together,\\nhe turned his back on the Eldorado of his 3 outhful\\nambitions, and returned to his old home in the\\nState of Michigan, traveling by steamer via Panama\\nand New York. He bought a farm in Somerset\\nTownship and lived there until 1874.\\nWhile residing there Mr. Voorhes was married,\\nFeb. 20, 1860, to Miss Alcinda Lamb, a native of\\nRose, Wayne Co., N. Y. Her father, Isaac Lamb,\\nwas born in Ovid, Seneca Co., N. Y., whence\\nhis father, also named Isaac, removed in 1820 to\\nRose, of which he was a pioneer. He improved a\\nfarm, and resided there until his death. Mrs. Voor-\\nhes father was fourteen years old when his parents\\nmoved to Wayne County and there he grew to\\nmanhood, and married Emeline Hickok, who was\\nborn in Hubbardton, Rutland Co., Vt., July 15,\\n1809, and was a daughter of Moses Hickok. After\\nmarriage they settled in Waj ne County, and re-\\nsided there until 1848. They then came to Michi-\\ngan and settled in Somerset, vvhere Mr. Lamb\\nbought a tract of land partly improved. In 1865\\nhe sold that place and moved to Lansing, from there\\nto Lenawee County, and from there to Gagetown,\\nTuscola County, where he died Jan. 11, 1888. To\\nhim and his wife, who died in Somerset Township,\\nin 1800. ten children were born, four of whom are\\nnow living.\\nMr. and Mrs. Voorhes moved in 1874 from the\\nliome where they began their married life, to Pitts-\\nford Township, where he bought a farm, on wliich\\nthe} lived for four years, lie then sold that and\\nbought one in Wheatland, but in l.ssi lie disposed\\nof that place and returned to Pittst ord Township,\\nwhere he bought the |)lace where he and his wife\\nhave since lived. Tlie farm ranks among the most\\nproductive in the township, and ma} well be con-\\nsidered a valuable one, with its well-tilled fields,\\nand neat and ample farm buildings. Their comfort-\\nable, attractive home is very pleasantly located\\nwithin one mile of the center of Hudson, and eom-\\nmands a beautiful view of the surrouiuling country.\\nThe wedded life of our subject and his estimable\\nwife has been saddened by the death of their\\nbeloved and amiable daughter, Altie M., an only\\nchild, who was born Aug. 15. 1864, and died Nov.\\n15, 1883.\\nMr. Voorhes is a man of strong and earnest\\ncharacter, good business principles, and is always\\nheartily in sympathy with every good work for the\\nsocial, moral or material elevation of the township.\\nIn politics he is a firm Republican. He and his\\ngood wife are alwa^ s ready to show kindness to\\nothers, and their genial and pleasant manners have\\nwon for them an enviable place in the regard of\\ntheir fellow-citizens.\\nT-\\nv-=s^ OBERT A. EVERETT, M. D., physician and\\nIjLijlJ surgeon, who has been located in the city of\\n/]Ol\\\\ Hillsdale since the spring of 1858, is one of\\nw^the most reliable members of the medical\\nprofession in Southern Michigan. Born in the city\\nof Auburn, N. Y., on the 22d of November, 1839,\\nhe comes of an excellent old family, being the son\\nof Dr. Augustus Everett, who practiced for a num-\\nber of years in Hillsdale County, and was widely\\nand favorably known to a large jjroportion of its\\nresidents. The latter was born on the banks of\\nLake Champlain and trained in the principles of the\\nQuaker faith. His early years were spent in the\\npursuit of agriculture, and upon reaching manhood\\nhe took for his wife Miss Permelia, daughter of\\nElisha Holdridge, Esq., who w.as born near the New\\nYork line in ICaslern Pennsylvania. After their\\nmarriage Augustus Everett and his wife settled in\\nthe city of Auburn, and the former entered upon\\na course of study in the Medical College at Geneva.\\nHe became master of the important matters con-\\nnected with his chosen profession, and began prac-\\ntice in the town of Gorham, Ontario County, where\\nin the course of time he found himself in possession\\nof a large patronage, and where he continued until\\nhis removal to Michigan in 1849.\\nThe father of our subject located Hrst in Tccum-\\nseh, Lenawee County, of which he was a resi lent\\nand a practitioner for seven years. He then re-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0285.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "278\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nmovefl to Toledo, Ohio, and from there, in 1857,\\ncame to Hillsdale, where his death took place in\\nJanuary, 1876. The mother survived until Febru-\\nary, 1884. They were the parents of two children\\nonly: Robert A., of our sketch, and Amelia, wife of\\nC. H. Smith, of Hillsdale. Our subject was but\\nnine years of age when his parents came to Soulli-\\nern Michigan, where his studies were first conducted\\nin the district schools of Tecumseh, and later in a\\nselect school under the tutelage of John Esterbrook,\\none of the noted educators of the West.\\nUpon completing his studies young Everett en-\\ntered the drug-store of Dr. DeMott. in the city of\\nTecumseh, as clerk, but eighteen months later en-\\ngaged as drug clerk in Toledo. In the fall of the\\nyear 18G7, deciding that bis tastes and inclinations\\nwould justity the step, he entered the University\\nof Michigan, at Ann Arbor, from the medical de-\\npartment of which he was graduated in 1859. He\\nopened his first office in the city of Hillsdale, but\\na few months later the outbreak of the Rebellion\\ninterferred with his plans as it did with those of\\nthousands of others, and he resolved to sacrifice his\\npersonal interests to the call of duty. Enlisting as\\na private in Company E, 4th Michigan Infautr} he\\nrendezvoused with his comrades for a time in camp\\nat Adrian, and soon afterward was given the posi-\\ntion of Hospital Steward. When the regiment was\\nordered South the Doctor was made Assistant Sur-\\ngeon of the 5th Infantry, and availed himself of\\nthe advantages of the School of Instruction at De-\\ntroit until November following, when he was or-\\ndered South with his regiment, and served under\\nevery General from Scott to Grant. In due time\\nhe received further promotion, being made Surgeon\\nof the 16th Michigan, with which rank he was mus-\\ntered out at the expiration of his term of enlist-\\nment, and received his honorable discharge.\\nDr. Everett was at the front during many of the\\nimportant battles of the war, often in places of great\\ndanger, but never swerved from his duty, being\\nreadj if needful to make all the sacrifices demanded\\nfor the cause of freedom and union. Upon retiring\\nfrom the service he returned to Hillsdale, where he\\nresumed practice, and was cordially welcomed by\\nhis old friends and patrons. He is now in the en-\\njoyment of a fine income and has a comfortable\\nand substantial residence on Broad street, besides\\nowning the drug-store in the Waldron Block, which\\nis also doing a good business.\\nThe wife of our subject, to whom he was married\\nOct. 1 1, 1864, was in her girlhood Miss Janet Lan-\\ncaster, who was born in November, 1 839, in Peek-\\nskill, N. Y., and came to Hillsdale with her parents\\nwhen a little girl. Her father, James Lancaster,\\nEsq., was one of the pioneers of Hillsdale County,\\nand it is believed that he put up the first frame\\ndwelling in the city of Hillsdale. He had served\\nas a soldier in the War of 1812, and in early man-\\nhood married Miss Spock.\\nDr. Everett has for many years been identified\\nwith the Masonic fraternity, being now a member\\nof Hillsdale Lodge No. 176, in which he has been\\nMaster ten yeais. He is also prominently connected\\nwith the Southern JNlichigan Medical Society, and\\nwas the last President. In 1876 he was elected\\nMayor of Hillsdale, the duties of which office he\\ndischarged with excellent jndgmentand satisfaction\\nto all concerned. Politically-, he votes the straight\\nDemocratic ticket, and it is hardly necessary to say-\\nthat he is extremely popular when it is known that\\nhe was elected as M.iyor when the city was strongly\\nRepublican. Jn addition to other positions of trust\\nand responsibility, he is also a member of the Pen-\\nsion Board of Examining Surgeous.\\nICHARD HUGGETTE is a general farmer\\nresiding on section 14, Reading Township,\\n(ii where he owns a farm of eighty acres of vvell-\\n^P improved land. He has been a constant\\nresident of this township since 1860, at which time\\nhe removed from Pittsford Township, this county,\\nwhere he had resided three years. He came to this\\ncounty in 1838, when a lad twelve years of age,\\nand took up his residence in Camden.\\nThe subject of this uarr.itive was born in York-\\nshire, England, March 5, 1826, and is the son of\\nRichard Iluggette, Sr., a native of the same shire.\\nThe father was reared to the occupation of a farmer,\\nand w.as united in his native shire to Miss Elener\\nPyles, who, like her husband, came of pure En-\\nglish stock, and was also a native of Yorkshire.\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0286.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "t\\n-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n279\\nAfter the hiitli of two children, Charles and our\\nsubject, the family embarked for America, and\\nafter a voyage of six weelvs, during which they\\nexperienced stormy weather, tiiey landed in New\\nYork City. They subsequent!} removed to Lyons,\\nin the Empire State, and afterward to Phelps\\nTownship, Livingston County, which they made\\ntheir home for a few years. They next removed\\nto Wayne County, in the same State, and finally\\nin 1838, they started for the young State of Michi-\\ngan. Tliey came b\\\\ canal to Buffalo, and thence\\non the lake to Toledo. Ohio, from wliich place they\\ncame across the country to Adrian ljy the newly\\nC()m[)k4c(l railroad. Mr. Iluggette witli his wife\\nand family of five children then came to Camden\\nTownship and located on a tract of wild land.\\nAt the time of his settlement in Camden Town-\\nship, j\\\\Ir. Huggette had but 81 in money, and\\nwinter was approaching. He was not daunted,\\nhowever, but bravely undertook the tat^k of earn-\\ning food for his family. He engaged with neigh-\\nboring farmers to thresh their wheat, which at that\\ntime was done by the slow process of flailing it out,\\nand in this waj he earned ciglit bushels of wheat,\\nwhich, by ihe care and economy of his prudent wife,\\nenabled them to subsist through the winter. By\\nindustry and perseverance he soon succeeded in\\nmaking a start on his own land, and in a few years\\narrived at easy circumstances, lie bravely met\\nand overcame the obstacles incident to pioneer\\nlife in this climate, and lived to see his own farm\\nwell improved, and the country around him fairly\\ndeveloped. He died on his IiDnieslcad at the age\\nof fifty-six years, and was interred in Camden\\nCemetery by the side of his father, who had accom-\\npanied him from England, and resided with his\\nson until his death. Tiie grandfather of our sub-\\nject was also named Richard, and his grandmother s\\nmaiden name was Stone; she died during the resi-\\ndence of the family in New York State. Mrs.\\nHelen Huggette, the mother of our subject, died\\nMarch 5, 1875, at the age of seventy-one 3 ears.\\nShe was the mother of nine children, seven sons\\nand two daughters, of wliom five sons and one\\ndaughter are yet living, and are all married and\\nengaged in agricultural occupations.\\nRichard Huggette received his education princi-\\npally in the common schools of his native count}\\nand was early taught to assist his father in the duties\\nof the farm. In 1855 he was united in marriage, in\\nScott Township, Steuben Co., Ind., with Miss Sarah\\nClark, who was born in Pittsford Township, Huron\\nCo., Ohio, June 13, 1834. Mrs. Huggette is the\\ndaughter of Horatio N. and Eliza (Bailey) Clark,\\nboth of whom are now deceased. The father was\\na native of Ontario. Canada, and of English parent-\\nage. He spent his boyhood in his native Province,\\nand then removed to the State of New York, where\\nhe was married. He subsequentlj removed to\\nHuron County, Oliiu, and located on a farm, which,\\nhowever, he soon afterward sold, and purchased\\nanother farm of 180 acres in Williams Countj in\\nthe same State. After clearing 100 acres of this\\nland he sold the property and came to Camden\\nTownship, where he again purchased a farm and\\nresumed agricultural occupations. One year after\\nhis settlement he was called upon to mourn the loss\\nof his wife, whose death occurred when she was\\nbut fortj -fivc years of ag(. Mr. Clark subse-\\nquenth removed with part of his famil}- to Scott\\nTownship, Steuben Co., Ind., where he w.as a sec-\\nond time married, to Mrs. P0II3 (Garfield) Letcher,\\nan aunt of the late lamented President. Her first\\nhusband, William Letcher, died leaving her with a\\nlarge family. Horatio N. Clark died at his hontfe\\nin Steuben Couut\\\\ in 1864, at the age of sixty-\\none years; his wife had preceded him to the silent\\nland in 1863. Both of his wives were active mem-\\nbers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were\\nconsistent Christian women. In politics Mr. Clark\\nwas a Republican.\\nMrs. Huggette was the second daughter and fifth\\nchild in the parental family, and became the mother\\nof nine children, thiee of whom Susan, Rose E.\\nand Emma J. died young. The others are recorded\\nas follows Eliza D. became the wife of Leonard\\nPierce, of Montgomery, this county, where he is a\\nprominent business man; Ida E. is the wife of\\nWilliam Cole, a farmer of Cambria Township;\\nErsa E. is a teacher in the public schools, as was\\nalso her sister Ida E. ;they were educated in Read-\\ning, and have made their mark !is successful teach-\\ners. Edna R. resides at home and is preparing\\nherself for the profession of a teacher; Herbert and\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0287.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "\\\\k 280\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nHerman E. reside at home. The children are all\\nintelligent and form a pleasant family group, and\\nthey and their parents are attendants of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church. Mr. lluggette s political\\natBliations are with the Democratic party.\\n-\u00c2\u00ab.W aC\u00c2\u00a37\u00c2\u00ae-i@\u00c2\u00bb\\ng-K Uim- -n^^\\nASON B. NORRIS. The agricultural inter-\\nI ests of Southern Michigan are dependent on\\nI the energetic perseverance, enterprise, and\\nable management of skilled farmers. Among\\nthe number to whom credit is due for the high\\nrank attained by Hillsdale County as an excel-\\nlent farming region, the subject of this sketch,\\nwho is engaged in farming and stock-raising on\\nsection 11, Woodbridge Township, occupies a\\nleading j)lace. He is a native of the Empire\\nState, born in Ontario County, Nov. 3, 1823, and\\nis of Puritan stock, tracing his family record back\\nmany years. His grandfather, Samuel Norris,\\nwas born in Exeter, N. H., May 15, 1758, and\\nwas a soldier in the Revolutionary AVar.\\nThe father of our subject, John B. Norris, was\\nborn in Chester, N. H., Jan. 30, 1789, and was\\nreared on a farm, obtaining a fair education in the\\ncommon schools of his native State. Having\\nmuch meclianical ability he desired to learn a trade,\\nand chose that of a carpenter, but he paid much\\nmore attention to agriculture than to his trade.\\nDuring the War of 1812 he served as the Colonel\\nof a regiment, but did not take active part in any\\nbattles, as he was most of the time engaged in\\nguard duty on the Canada frontier or at Black\\nRock. He was three times married. His first\\nwife, Polly Bishop, was a native of Connecticut,\\nand died in 181(3, having borne him one child,\\nJared B. In 1818, October 24, Mr. Norris mar-\\nried Miss -Betsy Gage, who was born Maj 27,\\n1788, and to them were born Ave children, namely\\nJoel B., James B., Jason B., Julia B. (who died\\nwhen one year old) and Jackson B. Mr. Nor-\\nris was a second time bereaved, as his wife died\\nOct. 31, 1828. She was a devoted wife and a kind\\nneighbor, living a life in consonance with the\\nteachings of the Baptist Church, of which she\\nwas a member. By his third wife, whose maiden\\nname was Lydia Densmore, Mr. Norris had one\\nchild, Cordelia D. Sometime in the fifties he\\nremoved to Hillsdale County and settled in Cam-\\nbria Township, living here until his death, which\\noccurred March 13, 1872.\\nJason B. Norris was reared to manhood in his na-\\ntive State, and early chose farming as the occupa-\\ntion by which he could best earn a livelihood. By\\nhis industry and judicious economy he was soon\\nenabled to establish a home of his own, and wooed\\nand won for his wife a fair daughter of the Em-\\npire State, Miss Elizabeth Kinney, to whom he was\\nunited in marriage Dec. 3, 1856. She was born in\\nNew York, Nov. 11, 1828, being a daughter of\\nElias and Margaret (Anderson) Kinney. Her fa-\\nther, who was born in Warren County, N. J., Sept.\\n9, 1788, died in Seneca, Lenawee Co., Mich.,\\nSept. 3, 1869, while her mother, a native of\\nPhiladelphia, Pa., was born Aug. 12, 1788, and\\ndied in Seneca, April 21, 1858. They were the\\nparents of nine children, namely Amos A., James\\nS., Mary A., Samuel K., Richard H., Sally A.,\\nWilliam S., Elizabeth M. and John A.; all are\\nliving excepting Mary A., who died in infancy,\\nand Sally A. The household circle of our sub-\\nject and his wife has been completed by the\\nbirth of one child, Mary E., who was born in\\nMichigan, July 30, 1858. Her common-school\\neducation was supplemented by a thorough course\\nat Hillsdale High School, from which she was\\ngraduated in 1875. After completing her studies\\nshe was engaged as a teacher, a position for\\nwhich she was eminently fitted, and filled success-\\nfully. She is a young lady of refinement and\\nculture, and a highly accomplished musician.\\nShe was united in marriage, Sept. 3, 1884, to An-\\ndrew J. McDermid, a man of superior intelligence\\nand fine literarj tastes. He completed his educa-\\ntion by two 3 ears study at Cornell University, be-\\ning obliged to leave there before finishing the\\ncourse on account of his failing health. For\\nmany yeai s Mr. McDermid was engaged in teach-\\ning, but is at present working in the Democfat\\nprinting-office.\\nMr. Norris visited Michigar in 1845, but re-\\nturned to New York State, where he remained\\nfor several years. In 1855 he again came to\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0288.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n281\\nMichigan, and made a permanent settlement in\\nWuodbridge Township, where he has 120 acres of\\nvaluable land, on which he has erected good\\nbuildings and made other substantial improve-\\nments. In local and general affairs our subject\\nworks for the good of the township and county,\\nand is always found on the right side when ques-\\ntions of importance are under consideration. His\\nexcellent judgment, sound wisdom and ability,\\nmake him a desirable counselor and safe advisor.\\nMr. Norris was elected Supervisor of the town-\\nship in 1866, lt 67, and again in 1877. He was\\nelected Township Treasurer in 1859, 1861 and\\n1 865, and has also served as Assessor. In educational\\nmatters our subject has always taken a deep in-\\nterest, realizing that the future prosperity of the\\nState depends upon the rising generation, and that\\nit must be properly fitted for the responsibilities\\nof life. In 1870 Mr. Norris was chosen to rep-\\nresent his district in the State Legislature, serving\\ntwo years, and during that time he was on three\\ncommittees. Mr. and Mrs. Norris are members of\\nthe Presbyterian Church, while their daughter be-\\nlongs to the Protestant Methodist denomin.ation.\\nIn politics our subject is a Republican, and I ro-\\nhibitionist in principle.\\n|pj|ENJAMIN ROCHKLLE. The name of\\nIL^ this gentleman is prominent among the\\nII prosperous farmers and stock-growers of\\nWoodbridge Township, where he has oper-\\nated for the last twenty-two j ears, having come to\\nthis State in 1866. He possesses all the elements\\nof good citizenship, being ambitious, energetic and\\nenterprising, proud of liis f:uming as carried on\\nafter the most approved methods, and aiming to\\ne.xcel.\\nOur subject upon coming to this county at once\\npurchased eighty acres of timber land in AVood-\\nbridge Township, put up a log house, and set about\\nthe l.ask of felling the trees and preparing the soil\\nfor cultivation. Later he added to his real estate.\\nso that he now has 110 acres, eighty-five of which\\nare in a highly productive condition. He brought\\nwith him his little family, and from that time on to\\nthe present has given most of his time and atten-\\ntion to his farming operations, while at the same\\ntime he has interested himself in the welfare of the\\ncommunity around him.\\nMr. Rochelle is prominent in the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, officiating as Trustee, Class-\\nLeader and Steward, and for the last eight years\\nhas been Superintendent of the Sunday-school, and\\nthe church has ever found in him a liberal and\\ncheerful supporter. Politically, he votes the Re-\\npublican ticket, has been a Good Templar for a\\nnumber of years, and is a member of James Holley\\nPost, G. A. R., at Frontier. The j ear after his\\narrival here he was elected School Director, and\\nserved in this oflSce by re-election a number of\\nyears. He also served as Commissioner of High-\\nways three years, and was Superintendent of Schools\\nfour years. It will thus be seen that he has been\\na very useful member of his community, and as he\\nis in the prime of life much more is expected of\\nhim in the future.\\nThe subject of our sketch was born in Stark\\nCounty, Ohio, Sept. 18, 1834, and is the son of\\nJames and Susan S. (Elliott) Rochelle, natives re-\\nspectively of Pennsylvania and Virginia. The\\nfiitlier w.is born about 1806, and died in Stark\\nCounty, Ohio, in 1837. To that Slate he had mi-\\ngrated when a boy about ten j ears of age, and was\\nbound out to a farmer by the name of Rawls\\nunder whose abuse he suffered until the interference\\nof a neighbor, Mr. Mahlon Wildeman, who took the\\nboy away from his cruel taskmaster ;uid ke|)t him\\nuntil reaching his majority.\\nIn his twentj -first year the father of our subject\\nwas married, having as his sole capital his ax and\\nhis strong aims. He, however, made a fair living,\\nand at the time of his death was in comfortable\\ncircumstances. The mother of our subject was\\nborn in 1810, and survived her husl)and for a period\\nof forty -eight j ears; she also died in C)hio, in Sep-\\ntember, 1885, and both parents were members of\\nthe Metho list Episcopal Church. In her later\\nyears Mrs. Rochelle left the Methodist Church and\\njoined the United Brethren. Of her first marriage\\nthere were born three children: Benjamin, cur sub-\\nject; James L. and Ilairiet A. After the death of\\nher first husband Mrs. Rochelle was married to\\ni~", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0289.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "282\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n4\\nJohn Russell, by whom she became the mother of\\none child, a daughter Susannali. who is now Mrs.\\nJ. Shirk, of Union County, Ohio.\\nAfter tlie outbreak of tiie Rebellion Benjamin\\nRoehelle enlisted in Company D, 21st Ohio In-\\nfantry, under the first call for troops, in April,\\n1861. He served three months, then re-enlisted in\\nCompany B, National Guards, being in the 100-\\ndays service, and at the expiration of this time\\nenlisted in the 19Gth Ohio Infantry for one year, or\\nduring the war. His regiment operated along the\\nKanawha Valley, and met the enemy at Scarey\\nCreek, where, out of a detail of two companies of\\neighty men, thirty-seven were killed and wounded,\\nincluding the Captain and Colonel, the former of\\nwhom was killed and the latter wounded. Our\\nsubject, however, escaped unharmed, and continued\\nin service until the close of the war, receiving his\\nhonorable discharge in September, 1865.\\nMr. Roehelle now returned to his old haunts in\\nhis native State, and resumed the agricultural pur-\\nsuits which had been interrupted by the vicissitudes\\nof war. He had received no education whatever\\nin his boyhood, and first entered a school as a pupil\\nwhen twentj -two 3 ears old. He vvas eager to learn,\\nhowever, and made such good progress that after\\nattending the Marlboro Union School in Stark\\nCounty, Ohio, two terms, he entered Oberlin Col-\\nlege in the winter of 1857, pursuing his studies\\nuntil the fall of 1860. Thereafter he taught seven\\nterms before the outbreak of the war. This period\\nof his life gives sufficient evidence of his resolution\\nof character and his determination to become a man\\namong men.\\nOur subject taught school a number of terms\\nafter coming to this count} He had been married\\nnear the home of his boyhood in Stark County,\\nOhio, to Miss Sarah Prowler, the wedding taking\\nplace in Amboy Township, Feb. 2, 1862. Mrs.\\nRoehelle was a native of that county and was born\\nNov. 11, 1838. Her parents, Samuel and Phebe\\n(Farrington) Fowler, were natives of Maryland\\nand Pennsylvania respectively, the father born in\\nFrederick County, Nov. 27, 1805. He went to\\nOhio when a young man, and thence came to this\\nState, where his death took place in Hillsdale\\nCounty, in January, 1885; the mother died in\\nHillsdale, Dec. 3, 1881. They were members of\\nthe Society of Friends, and the parents of nine chil-\\ndren, namely: Mary A., Joseph, James, Elihu W.,\\nSarah, Samuel, Levi, Rachel and Deborah. James\\nand Joseph served as soldiers in the Union army,\\nthe former being a member of the 4th Michigan In-\\nfantry, and lost his life at the first battle of Bull\\nRun. Joseph enlisted first and then veteranized in\\nthe 11th Indiana Infantry, served four years, and\\nreturned home in safety.\\nOur subject and his wife lived in Ohio about\\nfour j cars after their marriage, and there two of\\ntheir children were born. After coming to this\\ncounty four more were added to the houseiiold\\ncircle. Their eldest daughter, Wilhelniina, is the\\nwife of Franklin E. Russell, a farmer of Wood-\\nbridge Township; Carrie is the wife of Charles B.\\nFuller, of Frontier; Franklin C. and Samuel E. are\\npursuing their studies in Hillsdale College; James\\nW. and Susie P. are at home with their parents.\\nMrs. Roehelle, like her husband, is well educated\\nand a very intelligent lady, and was also a teacher\\nbefore her marriage. Our subject in addition to\\ngeneral farming is considerably interested in the\\nbreeding of fine stock, and this industry, like all his\\nfarming operations, is carried on in a profitable\\nand successful manner.\\n(jp^ AMUEL H. OAKS, proprietor of 200 acres\\nof valuable land on section 22 in Wheat-\\n|ll/_Jl) land Township, is a native of W.ayne\\nCounty, N. Y., and was born at the modest\\nhomestead of his parents in Rose Township, Sept.\\n15, 1829. The latter were Charles G. and Sally S.\\n(Hills) Oaks, natives respectively of Vermont and\\nRensselaer, New York State, the former born in\\nConcord, Caledonia County, Jan. 12, 1802, and the\\nlatter in Rensselaer County, Aug. 26, 1804. Charles\\nG. Oaks followed farming all his life, and died at\\nhis home in Rose Valley, Wayne Co., N. Y., in\\nthe eightj -second year of his age. The mother is\\nstill living, making her home with a daughter there.\\nThe subject of our sketch w.as one of a family of\\nseven children, four of whom are living, three sons\\nand one daughter. One brother, .Seth A., is a resi\\n4", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0290.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "L.\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n283\\ndent of AVaupaca County, Wis., engaged in mer-\\ncli. indising an; farming. Cliarles G., Jr., the other\\nhi-(itliei-, is in tlie lumber l)\\\\isines.sin AV ayne County,\\nN. Y. Samuel II. left the farm when twenty-two\\nj ears of age and began working in tlie eooper-siiop\\nof his father. On the 2Gth of December, 1M50, he\\nwas married to Miss Esther Humphrey, who was\\nborn in Dntelie.ss County, N. Y., Aug. 14, li^oO.\\nHer parents, Henry and Tamar (Welch) Humphrey,\\nwere also natives of the Empire State, whence they\\nremoved westw ard and died some years ago, the\\nfather in Wheatland, Hillsdale County, and the\\nmother in Tecuniseh, Lenawee County, Feb. 27,\\nl!S,s7. Mr. H. was a blacksmith by trade, and the\\nl)arentnl houseiiold included seven children, five\\nnow living. The two deceased died young.\\nAfter their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Oaks com-\\nmenced life tt)gether in Rose, Wajne Co., N. Y\\nwhere our subject owned a small piece of ground,\\nand where he folhjwed the coo|)er s trade two years.\\nHe then set out wiiii his wife and child for the State\\nof Michigan, and purchased first forty acres of\\npartlj improved land in Wheatland Township.\\nThere was upon it a small log house of which they\\ntook possession, and made themselves as comforta-\\nble as possible. By the exercise of industry and\\neconomy, after a few years they found themselves\\nwitli good prospects for the future, and Mr. Oaks\\nwisely invested his spare cajjital in additional land.\\nJ his he brought to a good state of cultivation and\\nerected good buildings, one after another, until the\\niiomestead bears fair comparison with those of the\\nthrifty and enterprising men about him.. The little\\nhousehold in due time consisted of three children,\\nwho have all been spared to their parents. Eliza-\\nbeth L. was born in Wayne County, N. Y., Dec. 10,\\nISol, and is now the wife of Corvvin Cox, the sou\\nof Robert Cox, of whom a sketch will be found\\nelsewhere in this work; they have three children,\\ntwo sons and one daughter. Charles H. was born\\nOct. 16, 18u3, also in Wayne County, and married\\nMiss Ida M. Fowler, by whom he lias become the\\nfatiier of a daughter and son George S. was born\\nin Wheatland Township, this county, Dec. 10, 1856,\\nmarried Miss Jennie Voorhees, of Wheatland, and\\nis the father of a bright little girl, i he l)oys are\\nall engaged in agiicultural pursuits, and before\\nstarting out for themselves assisted their father\\ngreatly in building up the homestead. Like him,\\nthe3- are active and enterprising, and will bear his\\nmantle worthily in the community when he shall\\nhave been gathered to his fathers.\\nMr. Oaks, politically, unifcjrmlj* votes the Re-\\npublican ticket, and is a strong advocate of tem-\\nIjcrance. He and his estimable wife are regular at-\\ntendantsof the Baptist Church, butare liberal in their\\nreligious views and not confined to any particular\\ndenomination.\\ne\\nHAULES D. SCllEliMERHORN is junior\\nmember of the welUknown fii-m of Schermer-\\nhorn Bro., of Reading, who operate one\\nof the leading manufactories of this part of the\\ncounty and produce all varieties of building mater-\\nial obtained from hardwood and other fine vari-\\neties of lumber, ihey own and oecu|)y the well-\\nknown Colby Factory, which under its i)resent\\nmanagement has become one of the indispensable\\ninstitutions of Reading Township, and conunands,\\nbesides the local trade, an extensive patronage\\noutside.\\nThe subject of this sketch has been a lesiileut of\\nReading for the past three years, and occupies with\\nhis family a fine;, brick residence on the outskirts\\nof the village. Formerly he had carried on general\\nmerchandising at Ransom for a period of eight\\nyears, and for five years had been engaged in\\nfarming. He came to this county in 1,h67, locat-\\ning with his parents in Ransom Townshii).\\nMr. Sehermerhorn was l)orn in London Tovvn-\\nship, Monroe Count} this .SUvte, July 17, 1846, and\\nremained under the j)arental roof until reaching his\\nmajority. When starting out on his own account\\nhe engaged as clerk in a store of general merchan-\\ndise, an l three years later embarked in business on\\nhis own account at Ransom. When ready to estjib-\\nlish a home of his own, he was married, in Brooklyn,\\nJackson County, May 12, 1870, to IMiss Fanny E.\\nRolierts, the only child of John and Elizabeth\\n(Whitworth) Roberts, whoare still living there. Mr.\\nRoberts, a native of Nottinghamshire, England, was\\nof pure Eiigli h ancestry, and emigr.ated to America\\nV\\nT\\n_^ B", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0291.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "4\\n284\\ni\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nin early manhood, before his marriage, coming upon\\nthe same vessel with his future bride, who was a\\nnative of his own county, but with whom he had\\nnot before been acquainted. While on the wide\\nocean tliere sprang up between them a mutual affec-\\ntion, and after their arrival in Washtenaw County,\\nthis State, they were made one, the wedding taking\\nplace in Manchester Township. Their daughter\\nElizabeth was l)orn Feb. 2, 1851.\\nMrs. Schcrmerhorn was a young lady when her\\nparents took up their residence in Brooklyn. Of\\nher marriage with our subject there are two chil-\\ndren, a daughler and a son, Lizzie and George, who\\nare now thirteen and two years of age respectively.\\nOur subject, like his brother, is a man of energy\\nand excellent business capacities, ^nd is numbered\\namong the solid men of Reading. Politically, he\\nij a Proliil)itionist, and with his excellent wife, a\\nniernljer in good standing of the Congregational\\nChurch.\\n(JUSTIN A. PATRICK. Lord Lindley has\\n^yfj|i said If the virtues of strangers be so at-\\nH tractive to us, how infinitely more so\\nshould be those of our own kindred, and\\nwith what additional energy should the precepts of\\nour parents influence us, when we trace the trans-\\nmission of those precepts from father to son, through\\nsuccessive generations, each bearing the testimony\\nof a useful and honorable life through their truth\\nand excellence. This is forcibly pertinent in the\\ncase of Mr. Patrick, whose ancestors at an early day\\nsettled in the New England and the Northern At-\\nlantic States, where they contributed their quota in\\nbringing about those changes which are the delight\\nof later generations.\\nAustin A. Patrick himself is a native of the Em-\\npire State, where he was born in Otsego, June .3,\\n1828, and is the son of Stephen and Hulda (Wright)\\nPatrick, natives of the same county. His parents\\nwere reared m their native county and remained\\nthere several years after marriage, whence they re-\\nmoved to Monroe County, in the same State, where\\nthey resided until the death of the father, at the\\nage of eighty-eight years; the mother is still living\\nm\\nat the advanced age of eighty-seven. Their family\\nincluded eight children, five of whom still survive.\\nAustin Patrick remained with his parents until he\\nwas twenty-four years of age, assisting in the vari-\\nous occupations of the farm and attending the\\ndistrict school during the early years of his life.\\nAs soon as he became able his services were utilized\\non the farm, and his opportunities for receiving an\\neducation were very limited. At twent3 -four years\\nof age he started out in life for himself, strong in\\nhope and in the vigor of a robust manhood. He\\njourneyed by lake and canal to Monroe County,\\nand thence to this county on foot, the express train\\nbeing too slow for the enthusiastic young traveler,\\narriving in Southern Michigan Nov. 3, I84l He\\nat once secured a house, as it was part of his plan\\nto begin the journey of life for himself with a\\nmaiden whom he had already chosen, and on the\\nloth of December of the same year he was united\\nin marriage with Miss Mary G.annett, who was born\\nin Mercer County, N. Y., Nov. 9, 1824. She is\\nthe daughter of Alvah and Lydia (Gilbert) Gan-\\nnett, natives of Wayne County, N. Y., and Massa-\\nchusetts respectively. Mr. Gannett died in Monroe\\nCounty, N. Y., aged thirty-eight years, and his wife\\ncoming to this county, died in Wheatland Town-\\nshi)), aged sixty-eight years. The grandfather of\\nMrs. Patrick, Jacob Gannett, died in Wayne\\nCounty. N. Y., a very old man, while his wife\\ndied in Macedon, in the same State. The grand-\\nparents of Mrs. P., Charles and Lydia Gilbert, were\\nnatives of Massachusetts, and died in Sheboygan\\nCounty, Wis., aged respectively eighty-five and\\nninety-two years. The wife of our suliject is one\\nof three children, two of whom are yet liviiig, who\\nwere included in the parental family.\\nAfter marriage our subject settled on his farm\\nof fifty acres, to which he afterward added ten acres.\\nAt the time of his purchase it was stil! in a wild\\ncondition, and Mr. Patrick first cleared three\\nor four acres and erected the regulation log house,\\nthough it was moi-e commodious and comfortably\\nfurnished than were those of the earlier pioneers.\\nHe continued to reside in this house until 1862,\\nwhen he built a fine brick residence and made other\\nimprovements which form a marked contrast to his\\nearly environments. In addition to the fine resi-\\n9^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0292.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00ba-ih-^^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n285\\nflence he has suitable out-builflings, conveniently\\nlocated for the shelter of his slock anrl the storage\\nof the products of his farm, and lie has the appar-\\natus necessary for successful com petition with the\\nmodern agriculturist. To Mr. and Mrs. I atrick\\nhave been born eight children, only three of whom,\\nhowever, survive at the present time, and are re-\\ncorded as follows: Hiram M. was born Se|)t. 10,\\n1855, and is a farmer by occupation; he married\\nMiss ftLary, daughter of Zebulon Williams (see\\nsketch of Mr. Williams), and has one child, a girl\\neighteen months old. George C.was born F eb. 8,\\n1858, and owns a farm in Dakota; Charles G. was\\nborn Sept. 30, 1862, and resides at the homestead\\nwith his father.\\nMr. Patri( k, while engaged in general or mixed\\nfarming, makes a specialty of and is largely inter-\\nested in the raising of fine sheep, in which industry\\nhe has been quite successful, and as it is fairly re-\\nmunerative, will probably extend his business in\\nthat direction. In politics he is a straight Repub-\\nlican, assisting his party by voice and vote on all\\nfitting occasions. He and his wife attend the Bap-\\ntist Church, and INIrs. Patrick is an active member\\nof the Ladies Missionary Socictj^\\n^\u00c2\u00ab-^H*^==^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ilLLlAM H. MYERS, prominent among the\\nbusiness and industrial interests of Hills-\\ndale, has been engaged as a builder and\\ncontractor here for the last seven years. He was\\nborn near the town of Salem, Stark Co Ohio, Jan.\\n27, 1834, and is the son of Christopher and Esther\\n(Strong) Myers, natives respectivel}- of Pennsyl-\\nvania and Ohio. His paternal grandfather was of\\nGerman birth and parentage, and emigrated to the\\nUnited States early in life, settling in the State of\\nPennsylvania, where he spent his last daj S.\\nThe parents of our subject after their marriage\\nsettled in Ohio, where there were born to them\\nthree children, and where they passed away when\\ntheir son William H. was but a uhild, the mother\\nwhen he was ten years old and the father three or\\nfour years later. Thus thrown upon his own re-\\nsources and forced to seek a home among stran-\\ngers, young Myers became a member of one of the\\nt\\nfamilies of the neighborhood for a time, after\\nwhich he changed his residence to Hardin Count}\\nand acquired his education in the pioneer school-\\nhouse in the woods, and which w.is completed with\\na three-months course. The building where he\\nconned his lessons had been put together without\\na nail, that article being very ditficnlt to obtain in\\nthose daj s, and light w.as admitted through a place\\ncalled a window and covered with oiled paper.\\nHis education completed, young Myers occupied\\nhimself at farm labor until eighteen years of age,\\nand then became the ai)prentice of A. F. Swem, to\\nlearn the carpenter s trade, with whom he remained\\nfor a period of three years, and worked another\\nyear in th.at vicinity as a journeyman. He then\\nchanged his residence to Logan Count} but a few\\nmonths later migrated to Noble County, Ind., and\\nengaged in setting up machinery at Ft. Wayne,\\nopeiating as a millwright, putting in stationary en-\\ngines and building mills.\\nThence Mr. Mj ers went into Allen County, ami In\\nthe embryo village of Ft. Wayne engaged as trav-\\neling collector in the interests of four different\\nbusiness houses, at which he occupied himself un-\\ntil the outbreak of the Rebellion. During the first\\nyear of the war Mr. Mj ers raisetl a company, with\\nwhich he went as far as Indianapolis, and was then\\nrecalled home. The following year he was ap-\\npointed Assistant Provost Marshal of the Tenth\\nDistrict of Indiana, under Hiram Eddings, which\\nposition he held until the close of the war.\\nOur subject now returned to Ft. Wayne, to\\nwhich place he had removed his family, and began\\nhis operations as a contractor and builder in the\\nStates of Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan.\\nDuring this time he completed the contracts for\\nthirty-nine jails and five court-houses, besides vari-\\nous store buildings, county buildings and hotels.\\nAmong these, in the city of Hillsdale, were the jail\\nand the Keafer House, which still si and as monu-\\nments of his thoroughness and skill.\\nMr. Myers has been three times married. His\\nfirst wife, a native of Ohio, was Miss Nancy J.\\nGillespie. The second was Mrs. Annie B. Sutton,\\nwho died in 1S83 in Hillsdale, and the lady who\\nnow bears his name and to whom he was married\\nin June, 1881, was Miss Delphine Park, of Elyria,\\nr", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0293.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "4\\n,t\\n286\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^a^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n-t\\nOhio. They occiip} a neat residence on the corner\\nof Howell and Waldron streets, and in the building\\nof his own home Mr. Mj^ers has exercised the taste\\nand skill which have made him conspicuous in con-\\nnection with his calling elsewhere. He takes an\\nactive part in politics, and while a resident of his\\nnative State often served as a delegate to the State\\nConvention, uniformly upholding the principles of\\nthe Republican party.\\nAMUEL A. OLDFIELD is a native of the\\nBuckeye State, where he was born in Bloom-\\nlicld Township. Knox County, Nov. 3, 1 820\\nlie is now ;i resident of Ransom Township,\\nwhere he has lived on one farm continuously since\\nhis arrival in this State, and h.as most of his farm\\ncleared and uniler the |)low. The father of our\\nsubject, also Samuel Oldfleld, was born in New Jer-\\nsey, Sept. 28, 178:5, and was the son of William and\\nMary Oldtield, who removed from New Jersey to\\nYork State, and from there toOhioal)Out 1800, set-\\ntling near Janesville. After some time they re-\\nmoved to Richland County, where they were among\\nthe pioneer settlers, and liought a tract of timber\\nland three miles from Belleville, which he improved\\ninto a farm and there died.\\nThe father of our subject was very young when\\nhis parents removed to Ohio, and was reared under\\nthe parental roof. After marriage he lived for\\nsome time in Richland County, and then purchased\\na tract of wild land, and built a log iiouse in which\\nour subject subsequently was born. His cradle was\\na sugar trough, which was made by splitting a sec-\\ntion of a large tree and hollowing out one-half.\\nHere his childhood was spent in the manner com-\\nmon to pioneer s sons, .assisting as he was able on\\nhis father s farm, and attending the public schools\\nin the neighborhood, learning meanwhile those\\npractical lessons of life without a knowledge of\\nwhich book-learning does very little for a man or\\nwoman. His father went security for another man\\nand lost his propertj and after that he lived in\\ndiffeient counties, finally settling in West Unity,\\nwhere he spent the last ye.ars of his life. His wife,\\nwhose maiden name was Nancy J. AVright, was born\\nin England, and when a child came to Vermont.\\nThe father of our subject was by trade a brick-\\nmaker, and Samuel A. also engaged in Ih.Tt wt)rk\\nwhen quite young, and followed his calling steadily\\nfor several years. He lived in Ohio until 1855, and\\nthen came to Hillsdale County and purchased the\\nland on which he now resides. It was then in its\\nwild condition, heavily timbered, without oven\\na road leading to it. but our subject at once\\nerecteda log house, and set about the improvement\\nof a farm. He experienced, in common with the\\npioneers of Southern Michigan, m.any trials and\\nprivations, calling for unlimited energy and self-\\ndenia], but his courage rose with the occasion, and\\nhe succeeded in making for himself and his large\\nfamily a comfortable home, and fitting his children\\nto take their places in life as reputable and useful\\ncitizens.\\nMr. Oldfleld seems to have inherited that p:itriot-\\nism which distinguished so eminently the settlers of\\nthe North Atlantic States, and when our country\\nwas engaged in civil warfare he enlisted in the\\ncause of the Union, becoming a member of Com-\\npany F,l 1th Michigan Infantry, Sept. 11, 1861,\\nand serving until the end of his term, when he was\\nmustered out and honorably discharged in Septem-\\nber, 1804. During his term of service he partici-\\nl)ated in many of the most hotly contested engage-\\nments, among which were the battles of Stone River,\\nHoover s Gap, Bailey s Cross Roads, and others,\\nwhile his regiment was with Sherman on his march\\nfrom Chattanooga to Atlanta, and was engaged in the\\nprincipal battles along the line and before Atlanta.\\nWe scarcely know which to admire the more, the\\nman who takes his life in his hands and faces the\\ncannon for the preservation of his Government, or\\nthe woman who, voluntarily surrendering her coun-\\nselor and support, remains behind, and under the\\nterrible anxiety, which is even greater than that ex-\\nperienced on the battle-field, labors to support and\\ntrain a large family. Such a lot was that of Mrs.\\nOldfleld, and for her self-abnegation and noble strug-\\ngle in those dark daj s, she is well entitled to the\\nname of a heroine.\\nUpon his return to the peaceful vocations of life,\\nour subject engaged in the manufacture of brick,\\nand continued in the prosecution of this work sev-\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0294.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0295.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0296.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n2\u00c2\u00ab9 i\\neral yc;u-s. In the meantime, liowover, ira|in)vo-\\nments were in proi^ress on his farm, to uiiicli he at\\nlengtli devoted liis exclusive attention. He was\\nunited in marriage. May 22, 1H43, with Miss Mar-\\ngaret Oliver, wiio was l)(n n in Oreene Township,\\nAshland Co.. Ohio, .Sept. 2. 5, 182G, and is the\\ndaughter of Daniel Oliver, who was horn in Little\\nBeaver, Pa. Her grandfather. Lewis Oliver, was\\none of the early settlers of Greene Township, wlien\\nthe aborigines still lingered in the vicinity, and he\\nerected a large block house in which the settlers\\nmight .assemble in times of danger. Deer, bears,\\nwolves and other wild beasts were also plentiful,\\nwhile small game w.as to be had in abundance; but\\nMr. Oliver lived to see the country settled up, and\\nthe wilderness transformed into smiling farms and\\nbeaiitifid villages, and to see his children settled on\\nfarms of their own in pleasant proximity to his.\\nThe father of Mrs. Oldfield removed with his par-\\nents to Ohio, and was there united in marriage with\\nMiss Sarah Ciuick, also a native of the Keystone\\nState. He purchased land in Greene County, and\\ncleared and improved the farm.\\nThe father of our subject w.as twice married, and\\nhad twenty-one children, ten by the first marriage,\\nand eleven by the second. Mr. and Mrs. Oldfield\\nhave been blessed with a family of five children,\\nwho are recorded as follows: Frances E. is the wife\\nof .I(jseph Couth; William married Jane Wineland,\\nand Oliver married Mary Alt.affer; while Jonathan\\nmarried Mary llosor, and James married Hattie\\n]{owcrs.\\nMr. OldfleM is a member of Capt. Tarsney Post\\nNo. 3S)2, G. A. R., and in politics affiliates with\\nthe Democratic party.\\ni \u00c2\u00abi i^||jg|^(^\\n,|l the limits of Hillsdale Count} may be found\\nmany worthy and valuable citizens known\\nfor their enterprise and excellent busine.ss abilit}\\nan l foremost among these stands the subject of this\\nbiographical notice, who isbusilj and profitably en-\\ngaged in stock-raising on his extensive farm in\\nScipio Township, with iiis residence in Jonesville.\\nM*\\nHis father. Rev. .Tohn McEnally, was a native of\\nPennsylvania, born near Muncie, Lycoming Count}\\niu 1802. He was ediicnted for the Methodist min-\\nistry in VVilliamsport, Pa., an l for several years\\npreaclie(i on the different oircniits in that State. In\\n1 84.0 he removed with his family to Mt. V ernon,\\nKnox Co., Ohio, where he remained engaged in his\\nsacred calling until liis death in November, 1847.\\nHe vvas married iu Muncie, Pa., about 1835, to\\nMiss Lydia Dimm, who was born near the birth-\\nplace of her husband in 1816. Her death occurred\\nin Clyde, Ohio, Aug. 5. 1 884. To this worthy couple\\nhad been born six children, one of whom died in\\ninfancy; t)f the five living children, three are sons\\nand two daughters. The Rev. Mr. McEnally was a\\nman of noble, earnest, pure nature, beloved by all,\\nand did good work in the high calling to which he\\nilevoted his life.\\nThe subject of this sketch wasliorn iu Lycoming\\nCounty, Pa., May 16. 1837. He w.as only ten\\nyears of age when his father s death occurred, and\\nbeing the eldest of the family of children left, he\\nwas forced at that youthful age to leave home and\\nearn the means necessary for sustenance. For\\nnearly three years he was employed in herding\\nsheep during the grazing season, and atlendefl\\nschool in the winter terms. He then went to Clyile,\\nOhio, to learn the wagon-maker s trade, but after\\nworking eight months, he was obliged to abandon\\nthe business on account of ill-health. The follow,\\ning two years he w.is a clerk in a grocery store in\\nClyde, and then went to Toledo, Ohio, where he\\nobtained employment in the old Kingsbury House,\\nremaining there about a year.\\nDuring the winter of 1 853-54. our subject started\\nfor Chicago, 111., where he secured a position as\\nporter in the Richmond House, which was located\\nnear the Illinois Central Depot, and later he acted\\nas head-waiter at the .Massasoit House. After re-\\nmaining in Chicago two years, Mr. McEnally en-\\ngaged as stew.ard on the Ilimois River boats run-\\nning between LaSalle and St. Louis, and served in\\nthat capacity on the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers\\nuntil the first call was made for volunteers to sup-\\npress the Rebellion. Inspired with the spirit of the\\ntime which called men to active duty in their coun-\\ntry s defense, our subject started for his home in", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0297.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "I\\n290\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nOhio, but on his way stopped at Jacksonville, 111.,\\nwhere he enlisted as a private in what was known as\\nthe old Hardin Light Guards. lie served under Col.\\nPrentice four months, which was one month longer\\nthan his term of enlistment. He then returned to\\nJacksonville, and in company with Capt. Thomas\\nSmith, of that city, and Lieut. Thomas Green, organ-\\nized a new company, and reported back to Cairo,\\n111., within twenty days. Our subject was again\\nmustered into service, this time with the rank of\\nSecond Lieutenant, and was assigned to Company\\nB, lOth Illinois Infantry. Col. James D. Morgan, of\\nQuincy, 111., commanding.\\nAfter nine months of hard service, Lieut. Mc-\\nEnally was promoted for meritorious conduct at\\nCorinth, Miss., to the rank of Captain, he having\\nhad charge of the company prior to his promotion.\\nCapt. McEnally was promoted over the head of the\\nFirst Lieutenant, he having been the unanimous\\nchoice of the men. and served witli that rank until\\nNovember, 1864, when he was mustered out under\\ngeneral orders. Capt. McEnally participated in\\nmany of the important battles of the war, and at\\none time when detailed to take quite a large num-\\nber of soldiers to Louisville, Ky., was met while\\nen route, near AVoodbury, Ala., by rebel cavalry\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0who captured the train. The Captain refused to be\\nparoled, and when assured that death was the only\\nother alternative, replied, All right. At this\\ntime the Adjutant in charge of the prisoners came\\nin and ordered our sulijecl to be taken away with\\nthe rebel cavalry. When about five miles from\\nMurfreesboro, Tenn., the rebels were attacked by a\\nbody of Pennsylvania cavalry, and Capt. McEnally,\\nadopting the motto Now or never, put spurs to\\nhis horse and made his escape, although he cami;\\nveiy near being shot, a bullet grazing his head.\\nSubsequently he met with a serious railway accident\\nby which he nearly lost his life, his left leg below\\nthe knee having been crushed, but with proper care\\namputation was avoided. He was conveyed to At-\\nlanta, and while waiting at the depot saw his old\\nemployer. Col. Kingsbury, formerly proprietor of\\nthe Kingsbury House at Toledo, vvho assisted him\\nto comfortable quarters where he could receive\\nproper attention. Our subject manifested much\\npure grit throughout all this experience, and again\\njoined his regiment, from which he was absent but\\ntwenty days during his whole service. After re-\\nceiving his discharge, the Captain returned to Erie\\nCounty. Ohio, where he was married. Dee. 25, 1864.\\nto Miss Susan E. AVolcott, a native of Sandusky\\nCounty, that State, born Oct. 18, 1837. She was\\nthe only child of Newell and Elizabeth (Crusen)\\nWolcott. who were born in Genesee County, N. Y\\nin 1813, and in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1807, re-\\nspectively. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs.\\nWolcott remained in Sandusky County two years,\\nand then removed to Vavie County, and from there\\ncame, in 1877, to Jonesville, Mich., where Mr. Wol-\\ncott s death occurred in 1884. Mrs. Wolcott is\\nresiding with her daugliter, Mrs. IMcEnally.\\nAfter marriage Capt. McEnally and his bride at\\nonce commenced their new life on a farm near\\nBldomingville, Eric Co.. Ohio, where he, in ad-\\ndition to general farming, engaged in burning lime.\\nHe met with good success in his undertakings, and\\nremained there until 1876. when he removed to\\nJonesville, this county, which he and his family\\nhave since made their home. He owns a fine farm\\nof 545 acres in Scipio Township, where he is ex-\\ntensively engaged in stock-raising and farming.\\nBesides that lucrative business, our subject, in com-\\npany with C. V. Burnett, is also engaged in ship-\\nping paving stones, and in operating a sandstone\\nquarry, reaping a good annual income from each\\nbusiness.\\nTo Captain and Mrs. McEnally have been born\\nseven children, of whom three only are living,\\nnamely: Grnice E., William W. and Ernest T. The\\nnames of the deceased are: Charles M., who died\\nwhen seventeen years old; Wayne E., who died\\nwhen nine years of age; Ma} who died at the age\\nof six years, and I earl, who died when three years\\nold.\\nCapt. i\\\\IcEiially is a fine representative of the\\nagricultural and business interests of Southern\\nMichigan, and is t)ne of the leading citizens of his\\ntownship and county. In Jonesville he has held\\nthe office of President of the village, and also been\\none of the Councilmen, and in the spring of 1886\\nhe accepted the position of Supervisor, to which lu^\\nwas re-elected in 1887. .Socially, he is a member\\nof the Masonic fraternity; also of the F.ayette\\no -\u00c2\u00ab-4^\\n4\\nf-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0298.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE CUUNTY.\\n291\\nGrange, where he fills the office of Master; he is\\nlikewise a mcinbcr of the Henry Baxter Post No.\\n2UI, G. A. II. In politics he is a Reiniblican, active\\nand unconiproinisin\\nThe portrait of the highly esteemed ijentlenian of\\nwhom the above is a l)rief sketch, will be gladly\\nreceived by his many friends.\\ni=\\n1\\n~?~7\\n(iHERON ANDREWS, an honored and sue.\\ncessfnl farmer long a resident of Hillsdale\\nCounty, is situated on section 6. Fa3 ette\\nTownship, where he follows his free and independ-\\nent calling. Mr. Andrews came to this section of\\ncountry when farming was conducted under very\\ndifferent conditions, and cheerfully putting his\\nshoulder to the wheel of progress, has materiall}\\nassisted in bringing about those changes which have\\nplaced Hillsdale County among the finest agricult-\\nural sections of the State of Michigan.\\nThe father of our subject, Abraham Andrews,\\nwas probably born in Greene County, N. Y., while\\nthe mother. Miss Harriet Carter, was also a native\\nof that county. After their marriage they remained\\nresidents of that part of the Empire State until\\nabout 1830, when they removed to Walworth,\\nWayne County, whence they finally came to Jones-\\nville, this State, about the year 18.50. Mr. Andrews\\nwas a carpenter by trade, and for the remainder of\\nliis life made his home in Fayette Township, with\\nthe exception of three years, during which they\\nlived in Detroit, until his death, which occurred\\nFeb. 16. 1S78. Mis estimable wife survived her\\nhusband only three years, departing this life Sept.\\n17, 1881.\\nThe parental family of our subject included four\\nchildren, of whom Theron, the youngest, was born\\nin Walworth, Wayne Co., N. Y., Nov. 27, 1831.\\nWhen -.Onnit nineteen years of age he came to\\nJonesville with his parents, and has since been en-\\ngaged in .agricultural pursuits. His education was\\nobtained in the common schools of his native State,\\nand was such as the f.acilities of that day afforded.\\nMr. Andrews has been a resident of Hillsdale\\nCounty since his arrival here in 18.30, with the ex-\\nception of one year, and he is therefore well in-\\nfoi med in the history of this county for a third of\\na century.\\nAn important event in the life of our subject\\noccurred on the 14th of October. 1 8. )8, when he\\nled to the altar the maiden of his choice. Miss\\nCatherine A., daughter of Joseph and Keturah\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Tagger) Patterson, who were natives of Newburg,\\nOrange Co., N. Y. Mrs. Andrews parents settled\\nin Wayne County, N. Y., but subsequently re-\\nmoved to Lenawee County, Mich., where they\\nlocated in Woodstock Township, and resided until\\ntheir decease. The father died April 18, 1871, and\\nthe mother Sept. 2, 1873. Their family consisted\\nof eight children, five sons and three daughters, of\\nwhom Mrs. Andrews was the fourth in order of\\nbirth. She was born in Orange County, N. Y.,\\nJuly 3, 1830, and removed with her parents to\\nWoodstock Township, Lenawee County, where she\\nresided until her marriage with Mr. Andrews.\\nThe household of Mr. and Mrs. Andrews con-\\nsists of two children Charles F. and Ilattie C.\\nCharles F. is in Scranton, Osage Co., Kan. Hattie\\nC. is at home with her parents. Mr. Andrews has\\nheld the office of Township Treasurer, and several\\nof the minor offices within the gift of his townsmen,\\nand is in politics a stanch Republican. Mr. and\\nj\\\\Irs. Andrews are members in good standing of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church, at Jonesville, and\\nby their ui)right course in life are entitled to and\\nreceive the confidence and esteem of their large\\ncircle of friends and acquaintances.\\nR. WILLIAM SIDDALL, farmer and den-\\ntist, residing on section 23, Woodbridge\\nTownship, takes an active part in the in-\\ndustrial and educational interests of this\\ncomniunit} and as one of the well-educated, pro-\\ngressive men and representative citizens of Hillsdale\\nCounty, it gives us pleasure to give him an honor-\\nable recognition in this biographical volume. Dr.\\nSiddall is a native of Ohio, born in Columbiana\\nCounty, Aug. 14, 183.5. Mis paternal grandparents,\\nWilliam and .Sarah (Paxton) .Siddall, were natives\\nof Loudoun County, Va., whence they removed\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0299.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "I\\n292\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I\\nto Ohio and settled in Columbinna County, where\\ntheir son Aden, father of our siil^ject. was born Jan.\\n19. 1809. He was reared in his native county and\\nbrought up in the Quaker faith, liut according: to\\ntiie laws of Ohio he was compilk d to attend the\\nmusters as a member of the State Militi.n. or to\\npay a fine of $2; he preferred the foinici- duty\\nand was expelled from the Quaker society for so\\ndoing. By occupation he was a faimer and suc-\\ncessful in a pecuniary point of view, accumulating-\\na competencj In 1831 he married Elizabeth\\nFrazier. a native of the same county as himself,\\nborn in 1817. Her hajjpy married life terminated\\nin 1847, she dying in Ohio in June of that year.\\nShe was a womiin of much strength of character and\\ngreatly beloved for her many noble Christian qual-\\nities, and was an esteemed member of the Unitarian\\nChurch. Of her union with ilr. Siildall four chil-\\ndren were born, namely: James, William. John and\\nj\\\\lary E. The latter died in 1872, and John in\\n1884. The father of oui subject was a second time\\nmarried, taking for a wife an excellent woman,\\nMiss Eliza McMillan, who bore him two children\\nThomas T. and Joseph A. The former lives with\\nhis mother in Ohio, and the latter is a resident of\\nKorthern Kansas. Mr. Siddall lost his life by an\\naccident, having been killed by the falling of a tree\\nin Amboy, Sept. 25, 18(12, and at the same time\\ntwo sons of Mr. Jesse Crow were fatally injured.\\nDr. William Siddall of whom we write was leared\\non his father s faim. and attended the common\\nschools of his native town, afterward taking a\\ncourse of study at Mt. Union Seminary in Ohio.\\nAt the age of fifteen, becoming desirous of learning\\na trade, our subject chose that of a shoemaker, and\\nworked at it three yeais. Then, in the fall of 18.53,\\nhe came to Michigan and worke l on his father s\\nfarm, but being a natural mechanic he soon took\\nup carpentering and cabinet-making, in which he\\nwas successful, taking great pleasure in all work\\nthat required manual skill. In 1860 our subject\\ncommenced the study of dentistry, but relinquished\\nit two years later to serve in the defense of his\\ncountrj enlisting Aug. 7, 18(52, in Company F,\\nI8th Michigan Infanlrj-. He was mustered in as\\nCorporal of the company, and after serving nearly\\na j ear, was discharged for jiliysical disability at\\nCamp Dennison, Ohio. June 22. 1863. He then\\nreturned to his home in Michigan and renewed his\\nstudies, and while residing there took a prominent\\npart in local affairs, and served as Justice of the\\nPeace for several j cars. In January. 18tiG, Dr.\\nSiddall estalilished himself in dentistry in Pioneer,\\nWilliams Co., Ohio, where he remained twenty-\\none jears. building up a large and lucrative prac-\\ntice. He becfime one of the influential citizens of\\nthe ])lace. and took a conspicuous part in its public\\naffairs, having received the honor of being elected\\nas the first Mayor of Pioneer, an office which he\\nserved acceptably two terms. The Doctor s health\\nbecoming seriously imi)aired, he was obliged to\\nseek a change of climate, and accordingly spent\\ntwo months in Arkansas and Missouri. Keceiving\\ngreat benefit Unm his sojourn in those States, our\\nsubject returned North, and in November. 188G,\\nbought sixty acres of land in Woodbridge Township,\\nwhere he has since resided.\\nDr. Siddall was married to Miss Constant P. Field,\\nApril 5, 1855. She was born in Crawford Count}\\nOhio, July 7, 1837. Her father. Seldon Field, a\\nnative of New York State, was twice married.\\nThe maiden name of his first wife, who was also\\nborn in the Empire State, was Jane Boice. By her\\nhe had five children, namely Elisha, Pamelia, Mary\\nand John (twins), and Augustus. After her death\\nhe married Miss LydiaKetchum, a native of Cayuga\\nCounty. N. Y.. and of that union nine children\\nwcie born, namely: Salinda J., Elijah S., Lydia A.,\\nDavid A., Julius J.. Sarah IM.. Constant P., Eunice\\nB. and Wealthy M. In 1854 Mr. and Mrs. Field\\nremoved to Michigan and sjient the remainder of\\ntheir lives.\\nOf the union of our subject and his wife nine\\nchildren have been born, of whom the following is\\na record: Perry F. was horn Feb. 16. 1857. and\\ndied May 8 of the same year; Evegeline E.. who\\nwas born Oct. 15. 1859. married Augustine N.\\nGordon; Ella B. was born Nov. 20. 1862: Elva C,\\nFeb. 25. 1865; Susett.a, Aug. 23. 1H67; Willie R..\\nOct. 1, 1870; Anna D., Aprd 3, 1873; John E. C,\\nOct. 4, 1877; Lila E., Feb. 24, 1882.\\nDuring his short residence in Woodbridge Town-\\nship, our subject has become prominently identified\\nwith its inlert sts. nnd lias won the respect and es-\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00baHh-^*", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0300.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n293\\nteem of his fellow-townsmen by his integrity, abil-\\nity, iiml manly characteristics. In politics he is a\\nstanch Republican, but has the confidence of all\\nparties, and is a general favorite among the people.\\nIn 1888 he was elected to the office of Township\\nSupervisor on the Republican ticket, having a\\nmajorit} of flfty-eight votes. In religion the Do\\ntor is a consistent member of the Methodist Chnrcii,\\nin which he holds tlie office of Ti ustee. Socially,\\nhe is a member of the G. A. R., being Commander\\nof the James Havvley Post No. 24.5, at Frontier,\\nMich. In IS87 the Legislature of Michigan made\\na provision for enumerating the soldiers now living\\nin the State, and Dr. Siddall, who took an assess-\\nment of Woodbridge Township in 1888, finds that\\nthere are sixtj -three ex-soldiers in the place.\\nKTH H. SMITH, farmer and inventor, is\\nfamiliarly known as the patentee of the\\nSmith Car Coupler, which he brought out\\nwhile a resident of his native State of New\\nYork, and which proved a success. Being fond of\\nagricultural pursuits, rural scenes and rural pleas-\\nures, he chose his home in the country, while his\\ninventive powers have had full pl.ay and have en-\\nabled him to produce various other articles remark-\\nably simple in their construction, but all the more\\nvaluable on this account. The main points in his\\nearly history are as follows:\\nMr. Smith was born in Cayuga County, N. Y.,\\nJan. 23, 1845, and is the son of Samuel M. and So-\\nphronia U. (Hoff) Smith, who were natives of New\\nY ork, and are now residents of Moscow Township,\\nthis county. They migrated from the Empire\\nState to Michigan in 1867, locating first on a farm\\nin Adams Township, whence tiiej removed in 1 884\\nto their present home.\\nOur subject was a young man twenty-two years\\nof age when he came to this State with his parents,\\nand soon after constructed what is known as the\\nthree-horse whiflie-tree, which is now in general use\\namong farmers. His success with this invention\\nencouraged him to experiment in other directions,\\nand the product of his genius next was an egg case,\\nfor which he took out letters patent in 1872-73-74,\\nand from the sale of whic;h hjrealizi d handsomely.\\nFollowing this w:ls tho governor windmill and a\\nshipping crate which was materially larger than the\\nfcjrnier, but manufactured on a cheaper scale and\\nproportionately popular.\\nThe town of Delta, Fulton Co., Oiiio, now seem-\\ning to offer better facilities for manufacture and\\nother important inducements, Mr. Smith removed\\nthither and began the manufacture of the egg case,\\nbutter plates and oyster pails, which have now be-\\ncome almost indispensable to grocery and provis-\\nion men. His business steadily increased until he\\nexchanged his first modest quarters for a fine brick\\nbuilding which, soon after his removal into it, col-\\nlapsed, and in its fall destroyed his expensive ma-\\nchinery, with hundreds of dollars worth of material,\\nand involved the loss of the labor of j ears, so that\\nhe was practically obliged to commence again at\\nthe foot of the ladder.\\nMr. Smith, however, continue l a resident of\\nDelta, and not long aftervvard brought out the\\nfolding butter plate, in which he sold a half inter-\\nest for the snug sum of #.5,000, and which set him\\nupon his feet again. The next product of his fer-\\ntile brain was an oval wooden lish, which is now\\nbeing extensively manufactured at Mancelona, this\\nState, and which is proving a grand success. Mr.\\nSmith now has a machine which manufactures 250\\nof these in one minute and for which there isa con-\\nstantly increasing demand, these dishes being\\nshipped to every part of the civilized world, and\\nfrom which Mr. Smith receives a royalty of $500\\nper month. He is now working upon another val-\\nuable patent in the shape of a folding paper boXj\\nmade from a single piece of paper, and which is\\nnow being manufactured in the city of Philadel-\\nphia, Pa., and is one of the greatest novelties of\\nthe age. This, like the other, is being sent\\nforth by the million all over the United States\\nand to many portions of the world outside.\\nIn the winter of 1887 Mr. Smith invented a\\ncrude oil burner for stationary engines, which util-\\nizes the oil as taken from the wells, doing away\\nwith wood and all other fuel. Mr. Smith re-\\nturned to Michigan in 1888, taking up his resi-\\ndence in the city of Hillsdale. He was married,\\nFeb. 25, 1875, while a resident of North Adams,\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0301.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "294\\nHILLSDALK COUM Y.\\nto Miss Ellen S. Pardee, of Noiville, Jackson County,\\nthis State, and is now the lather of an interesting\\ndaughter and son- Etha May and Lowell Pardee.\\nThey occupy a tasteful residence on the corner of\\nWest and Fayette streets, and besides this property\\nMr. hmith has a valuable tract of land comprising\\nfiftj acres, a part of which lies witliin the city\\nlimits. His lot, like that of most inventors, has\\nbeen checkered and fraught with many disappoint-\\nments and discouragements, but his later successes\\nhave brought him abundant recompense.\\n\\\\f}AMES C. ELLISON, a thrifty farmer of\\nCamden Township, owning a good tract of\\nland on section 36, is located far from the\\n(^^7/ place of his birth, which was in New Jersey,\\nwhere he opened his eyes to the light Apiil 1\u00c2\u00bb,\\n1836. His parents, John and Mary (Pharo) Ellison,\\nare believed to have been natives of the same State,\\nand his paternal ancestors, it is supposed, crossed\\nthe Atlantic from England during the early history\\nof this country.\\nTo John and Mary Ellison there were born seven\\nchildren, of whom five are living, namely Samuel,\\na resident of Lenawee County, this State; James\\nC, our subject; Robert P., living in Eaton Rapids;\\nMary E. and Matilda, of Pennsylvania. Those de-\\nceased are Annie L. and Phebe. James C. when\\na boy emigrated with his parents to this State,\\nlocating first in Washtenaw County, where John\\nEllison and his wife spent the remainder of their\\ndaj S. They were among the earliest pioneei s of\\nthat region, and from the wilderness built up a\\ncomfortable home and suffered all the hardships\\nand privations of pioneer life. Their children\\nwere taught at an early age to make themselves\\nuseful, and could only receive a limited education.\\nIn the fall of 1861, soon after the outbreak of\\nthe late Rebellion, Mr. P^llison enlisted as a Union\\nsoldier in Company D, 3d Michigan Cavalrj which\\nwas sent to St. Louis, and became a part of the\\nArmy of the West. Company D was largely en-\\ngaged in skirmishing and performing guard dut3\\nand followed the lot usually led by cavalrymen. Mr.\\nEllison, with his comrades, was in the nine-days\\nforced march to the vicinity of Corinth, Miss., and\\nseveral times under the enemy s fire along the rebel\\nskirmish line. At the end of his first term of en-\\nlistment he vetoaniztd in the time company and\\nregiment, and was soon after promoted to Corporal,\\nbeing at that time engaged in cavalry raids with\\ntiie view of destroying a railroad bridge on the\\nMississijjpi, in order to prevent the advance of the\\nenemj In one of these skirmishes Mr. Ellison\\nhad a little piece of his left ear shot away. With\\nthis exception he came out safely from the vicissi-\\ntudes of aimy life, and at the close of the war re-\\nceived his honorable discharge.\\nMr. Ellison, upon returning to his home in Len-\\nawee County, remained there for a short time only,\\nand, coming to Camden Township, employed him-\\nself as a farmer. Not long afterward he was married,\\nDec. 18, 1872, to Miss Annie E. Hart, who was\\nborn Jan. 24, 1848, in New York State, and is the\\ndaughter of Stephen and Mariette Hart, natives of\\nNew York; the father died May 27, 1888: the\\nmother is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Ellison com-\\nmenced the journey of life together on the land\\nwhich thej now occupy, and in due time their house-\\nhold circle numbered seven children. Of these but\\nfive are now living, namely: Edgar G., Hubert\\nH., Carlla B., Floyd V. and Dwight S.\\nThe homestead comprises eighty acres of fertile\\nland, which was bought and paid for by the earn-\\nings of our subject, who in beginning life had only\\nhis own resources to depend upon. He has labored\\nassiduously, and is now in the enjoyment of a just\\nreward. Although meddling very little with poli-\\ntics, he votes the Republican ticket, and has served\\nas School Director in his district. Socially, he be-\\nlongs to Rice Post No. 282, G. A. R., at Camden.\\nOHN ASHWORTH, an old settler of this\\ncounty, residing on section 4 in Aniboy\\nTownship, was born in Genesee County,\\nN. Y., over fifty-seven years ago, the exact\\ndate being March 20, 1831. His parents, Thomas\\nand Sarah (Gowforth) Ashworth, were natives of\\nYorkshire, England, and after emigrating to the\\nUnited Slates, located in Franklin County, N. Y.,\\n0^\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0302.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "-4*-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n295\\nwhence they came to Michiga.i in 1837, when their\\nson, onr snhject, was a little lad six j cars of age.\\nThis section of conntiy at that time was a com-\\nparative wilderness, and Michigan just transformed\\nfrom a Territory into a State. The parents of our\\nsubject settled on a tract of vvild laud near the\\npresent site of the city of Hillsdale, the father se-\\ncuring forty acres from tlie Government, and over\\nwhich Indians, deer and wild turkeys were still\\nroaming in unrestrained freedom. The father cut\\naway the trees and labored in that locality until\\n1848, and then coming to Amboy Township, settled\\nupon the land which constitutes the present home-\\nstead of the subject of this sketch. This also at\\nthat time was in the same undeveloped condition,\\nbut the f.ither, mother, and the children all put\\ntlieir shoulders to the wheel, and in the course of a\\nfew years began to discover a gratifying result of\\ntheir labors. Thomas Ash worth rested from his\\nearthl3 toils on the .ith of July, 1868. The mother,\\nnow in the eighty-eighth yeav of her age, having\\nbeen born in 1801, is still living, and makes her\\nhome with her son John. She has been a bright\\nexample of the pioneer wife and mother, and has\\nbeen permitted to witness the growth of an unde-\\nveloped territory into a country whose people are\\nnumbered among the |)roudest and most prosperous\\nin the entire United States. She looked well to the\\nways of her household, which in due time numbered\\nseven children, of whom but four are now living:\\nMary is the wife of John Benton, of Lansing;\\nJane, Mrs. Nicholas Luther, is a resident of To-\\nledo, Ohio; Betsy married David Robinson, a jjros-\\nperous farmer of Woodbridgo Township; Ehnira is\\nthe wife of Erastus Cobley, of Jackson.\\nThe subject of this sketch, who is next to the\\nyoungest of his mother s living children, was reared\\namid the wild scenes of pioneer life, and with his\\nmother is numbered among the oldest living settlers\\nof this county. He was early in life taught to\\nmake himself useful al)out the homestead, and al-\\nthough receiving a limited amount of school in-\\nstruction, gained much by iiis habits of reading and\\nobservation. He was married rather late in life,\\nwhen past thirty-two years of .ige. Ma} 22, KSfi.S,\\nto Miss Mar}- .Jackson, who was born in Lincoln-\\nshire, England, July 7, 1844. Joseph and Judith\\n(Ashworth) .lackson, the parents of Mrs. Ashworth,\\nwere also of English birth and ancestry, ami came to\\nthe United Staters when their daughter Mary -was\\na child niiu! years of age. They settled among\\nthe pioneers of Montgomery County, Oliio, where\\nthe} spent the remainder of their days. Of their\\nlarge family of children seven survive. Charlotte\\nis the wife of .John Dickensliects, and now resides\\nin New London, Ohio; Harriet married a Mr.\\nHickman, of Michigan City, Ind.; Lizzie, Mary;\\nSarah, the wife of Charles Lewis; Ellen, the wife of\\nFrank Stevens, and John W., are residents of Day-\\nton, Ohio.\\nMr. Ashworth, our subject, has resided on his\\npresent farm since a youth of eighteen years, and\\nbecame possessor of it iu 1858. Politically, he is\\nindependent, and has served as Director in his\\nschool district and .as Constable. To our subject\\nand his wife there were born two children only:\\nGeorge W., Aug. 1, 1864, and Ida M., March 20,\\n1868. The former married Miss Cora Salmon, and\\nlives in Amboy Towuship;^the latter continues a\\nmember of the parental household.\\nHARLES W. ANDERSON is a fine repre-\\n(l( sentative of one of the honored pioneers\\n^^i of Southern Michigan, and ho has himself\\ngrown up with the country, coming here when a\\nvery small child with his parents, who first located\\nin Lenawee County before this State had thrown\\noff its Territorial government and liarl lieen ad-\\nmitted into the Union. He is successfully man.ag-\\ning his .agricultural interests in Pittsford Township,\\non the old homestead on section winch his father\\nbought in 1 8.52.\\nOur subject comes of good old New England\\nstock, although he was himself born in Pembroke,\\nGenesee Co., N. Y., Dec 19, 18;il. His father,\\nJames Anderson, was born iu Blanford, Hamp-\\nden Co., Mass., July y, 17 .tO, and his father, also\\nnamed .Tames, and, so far as known, a native of\\nMassachusetts, removed from there to New York,\\nand subsequently from that State to Michigan, and\\nspent his last years in the township of Pittsford.\\nThe father of our subject grew to manhood amid\\nthe beautiful scenery of his native hills, in the", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0303.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "-I\\n-4^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2296\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nMassachusetts town of his birth, and then left that\\nhome to seelv another in New York. He mairieri\\nthere Mrs. Lyrlia Holden, of Vermont, the widow\\nof Mr. Elihu Holden, and a daughter of John Pres-\\nton. They resided in Pembrolie. N. Y., until 1 836,\\nand then started for the Territory of Michigan,\\ntraveling with team to Buffalo, thence by lake to\\nToledo, and from there took i)assage on the primi-\\ntive railway, with its cars drawn by horses, to Bliss-\\nfield. They spent the winter tiiere, and in the\\nspring of 1837 Mr. Anderson bought a tract of\\ntimbered land in Hudson Township, near Posey\\nLake. He built a log cabin and actively com-\\nmenced the task of clearing a farm, but after two\\nor three years he sold the place .and rented a tract of\\nland for awhile until he could find a suitable place\\nfor a permanent location. He finally bought tim-\\nbered land on section 10, Pittsford Township, and\\nlived there until IHS i, when, after having cleared\\nand improved quite a tract of it he sold it and\\nbouoht the farm on which his son now resides.\\nThere were four acres cleared and the rest was\\nheavily timbered, but there were no buildings on\\nthe place, and he soon erected a board shanty for\\nthe shelter of his family. He made his home here\\nuntil bis death in February, 1862; his good wife\\nsurvived him just one year. They were people of\\nindustrious habits and sound principles, which won\\nfor them the respect and confidence of the entire\\nneighborhood.\\nThe subject of this sketch was but two years old\\nwhen he came to Michigan, and he can remember\\nno other home. He has a good recollection of the\\nwild aspect of the country when he was a lad, with\\nthe tall, old forest trees, the clearings here and\\nthere, and the humble log houses of the settlers;\\nand he used to see deer and wild turkeys in abun-\\ndance, and bears used to appear occasionally. His\\neducation was obtained in the primitive pioneer\\nschool-house of that daj with its rude slab seats\\nand destitute of desks. He always lived with his\\nparents, as he was needed to assist in the manage-\\nment of the farm, which he afterward inherited.\\nThis is beautifully located, has neat and ample\\nbuildings, and its careful and thrifty management\\nis evident to the passerby.\\nAn important factor in the prosperous and suc-\\ncessful life of our subject is the good wife, who\\nunited her fortunes with his Sept. 6. 1863. She\\nwas formerly Eleanor Edgecombe, and was born\\nin Montville. Waldo Co., Me., in August, 1835.\\nHer father. Eobert Eldgecombe, was a son of Rob-\\nert Edgecombe, and was born in Livingston, Me.\\nHe married Mary Clifford, a native of New Hamp-\\nshire, and a daughter of Deacon Wadleigh Clifford,\\nwho spent his last years in Maine. Mr. Edgecombe\\nwas brought up on a farm in his native State, and\\ncontinued to live there after his marriage until\\nJ 853. He then moved to Ohio and settled in Put-\\nnam Count} where he bought a farm, and made\\nhis honie there until 1870. Then he bought a farm\\nin Richardson County, Neb., where he was actively\\nengaged in agricultural pursuits until the death of\\nhis wife, June 16. 18V 3. After that s.ad event he\\nvisited his children here and a sister in Maine, and\\non his return to Nebraska went to reside with a\\nson, in whose home he died in March, 1876. He\\nwas a stanch Republican and voted for Fremont.\\nThe union of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson has been\\nblessed by the birth of three children Minnie L.,\\nCharles i^llsworth and Lucy M. The joys of par-\\nentage have been tempered for them by the death of\\nlittle Lucy at the age of five years.\\nMr. Anderson is regarded as an upright and\\ntrustworthy citizen, whose resolute, uncompromis-\\ning nature is ever on the side of right, and he is\\never willing to battle against the wrong. In poli-\\ntics he is a Republican, and at the same time a Pro-\\nhibitionist. He and his wife belong to the Free-\\nwill Baptist Church, and are active workers in its\\nfold.\\n\\\\i^\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 RANK M. STEWART, President of the\\n|U4g; First National Bank of Hillsdale, is one of\\nthe most genial and courteous gentlemen in\\nthe city. Though only a young man. his strict in-\\ntegrity and business-like qualities, together with\\nhis obliging disposition, have won for him a high\\nplace in the confidence and esteem of the large\\ncircle with whom he comes in contact in business\\nand social relations. The business, which includes\\nbanking in ,all its various details, affords accommo-\\ndations for the monetary transactions of the city\\n1*\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0304.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "l i M o\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n297\\nand the surroiiiiflins: oountrj and Mr. Stewart is\\ncontributing his full quota toward the develop-\\nment of tliose resources with which nature has so\\nbountifully endowed Southern Michigan.\\nThe subject of this sketch is a native of the\\nState of Ohio, where he was born in the town of\\nNew Haven, Huron County, Aug. 20, 18.52, and\\nis the son of Albert G. Stewart, who is a n.ative of\\nthe State of New York. The parents of Albert G.\\nremoved to Ohio when he was but a boy, arriving\\nin that State among the early settlers. Upon\\nreaching manhood the father of our subject was\\nunited in marriage, in 1H47, with Miss Elizabeth\\nJohnson, who was born in Huron County, Ohio.\\nAfter marriage the young couple settled in that\\ncounty and remained there for several .years, after\\nwhich they returned to Buffalo, N. where they\\nspent the following ten years. Still favorably im-\\npressed with the West, and confident in its promise\\nof futuie gre.itness, Mr. Stewart, in 18G8, removed\\nwith his fiimily to the city of Hillsdale, and was\\nfor a lime engaged in the produce business. He\\nsni)si quently returned to Lima, Ohio, where he\\nstill resides.\\nFrank M. Stewart was about fifteen yeai-s of age\\nwhen he arrived in Hillsdale with his parents. He\\nhad received the advantages of an education ob-\\ntained at the public schools in Buffalo, and after\\ncoming to Hillsdale he eng.aged in pr;ictic.il busi-\\nness, assisting his father in his oflice for about\\ntwelve months. On the 5th of July, 1868, he en-\\ntered the bank, which even at that time was a\\nNational Bank, .acting in the capacity of errand\\nboy. The business qualities which have since dis-\\ntinguished him were alre.idy noticeable, and at the\\nend (jf two years he became Teller of the bank,\\ndischarging the duties of that office for a period of\\nthree years, after which he became Cashier. In\\n1881 he was appointed President of the same\\nbank, which jiosition he holds at the present time.\\nThis institution w.as established in 1863, and is\\nconsequently one of the oldest in the county.\\nOn the 20th of September, 1877, the subject of\\nthis notice was united in marriage with Miss Eliza-\\nbeth M. Heiuy, of Hillsdale, daughter of Simon J.\\nHenry, Esq. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart\\nhas been gladdened by the birth of two children, a\\nson and a daughter: Mabel, who was born June 8,\\n1881, and Clifford A., Nov. 12, 1883.\\nMr. Stewart s connection with business men has\\nbrought him into contact with the public affairs of\\nhis community, and his fellow-townsmen have shown\\ntheir appreciation of his ability by electing him to\\nmany of the most important offices within their\\ngift. In an official capacity he first served as City\\nTreasurer of Hillsdale, and he was next elected\\nMayor, serving one term to fill a vacancy caused\\nby resignation, declining, on account of his pressing\\nbusiness relations, a second term which w.as offered\\nhim. He is now a member of the Board of Trus-\\ntees of Hillsdiile College, and one of the Trustees\\nof the First Baptist Church, of Hillsdale, of which he\\nand Mrs. Stewart are worthy and consistent mem-\\nbers, contributing of their time and means to .any\\nmeasure inaugurated for the promotion of the causes\\nof religion and morality, and the advancement of\\nthe interests of the community. Mr. Stewart is\\nalso one of the Trustees of the Michigan Mutual\\nBenefit Association, which has, become one of the\\nsolid institutions of Hillsdale. In politics our sub-\\nject is identified with the Republican part} and\\nhas strong convictions on the subject. He is modest\\nin advancing his opinions, but fearless and able in\\nmaintaining them, and is ever ready to give a\\nreason for the hope that is in him.\\nON. JOHN HUFFMAN ARMSTRONG, a\\nliT^ retired capitalist of the city of Hillsdale, was\\nborn in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., N. Y.i\\nS) Aug. 30, 181.0, and is the son of Aaron and\\nCatherine (Huffman) Armstrong, both natives of\\nthat county. The parental family of the subject of\\nthis sketch included seven children, four of whom\\nattained their majority, though John IL, who is tlie\\nthird child in order of birth, is the only survivor\\nof the family. In the spring of 1818 the family\\nremoved to Bethel, Ontario Co., N. Y., where they\\nresided until 1821, when they went to the north-\\nwest corner of the township of Pr.attsburg, Steuben\\nCounty. John Armstrong receive l his education\\nin the common schools of Steuben County. In\\n1831 he returned to Poughkeepsie, where he learned\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0305.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "A\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24^\\n298\\nHILLSDALE COUNTS.\\nthe trade of a carpenter and joiner in his uncle s shop,\\nand became an expert machinist and millivright.\\nHe studied also draughting, and following pattern-\\nmaking in connection with his trade, remained in\\nthat place somesix years.\\nIn the summer of 1837 Mr. Armstrong came to\\nthis State and resided for a time at Grass Lake,\\nJackson Count} where he had a sister living.\\nWhile at that place he engaged in the business of\\na millwright, and was actively employed in placing\\nand adjusting the machinery in man} of the flour-\\nIng-mills in the southeastern portion of Michigan.\\nTwenty years later, in 1857, Mr. Armstrong re-\\nmoved to the village of Hillsdale, and soon after\\nformed a copartnership with his brother, Henry\\nB. Armstrong, and engaged in the hide and leather\\nbusiness, in which they built up an extensive and\\nprosperous trade, and the firm became known as one\\nof the best and most reliable in Southern Michigan,\\ntheir trade extending over several counties in this\\nStiite, and even reaching into the States of Ohio and\\nIndiana. This partnership lasted until the death of\\nthe brother, which occurred in 1873, after which\\nour subject conducted the business alone and car-\\nried it on successfully until 1883, when he sold out\\nhis stock and retired from active business. By\\nhonest dealing he secured a large jjatronage. and by\\nstrict industry and close application to business,\\ntogether with good judgment, he acquired an ample\\ncompetency, which he has judiciously invested to\\nsujjply the means for passing in comfort his declin-\\ning j ears.\\nMr. Armstrong has been twice married, losing\\nhis first wife six months after their marriage. In\\n18()3 he was united in marriage with his present\\nwife, who in her girlhood was Miss Marietta L.\\nWillard, a native of Waterford, Me., and an accom-\\nplished and amiable lady. She is the daughter of\\nWilliam Willard, Esq., of New England ancestry.\\nIn 1861 Mr. Armstrong was elected Trustee of\\nthe Board of Hillsdale, and a year later he was\\nelected President, and re-elected in 18G3, and acted\\nin the same capacity during a portion of 1865. In\\n1870 he was elected to represent his district in the\\nState Legislature, to till the vacancy caused by the\\nresignation of Hon. H. B. Rawlson, who had been\\nappointed United States Revenue Collector. Hon.\\nJohn Armstrong has acted as a delegate to the\\nseveral State Conventions, as well as to the dis-\\ntrict and county conventions, in the interest of\\nthe Republican party, and in his official as well as\\nhis public and private transactions, he has won for\\nhimself by his unswerving adherence to the path of\\nrectitude, the approbation of all with whom he has\\ncome in contact, and in taking a retrospective view\\nof a life which exceeds the allotted threescore years\\nand ten, he has the satisfaction of knowing that it\\nhas not been spent in vain, but that the world is\\nbetter for his having lived; and now as the shadows\\nlengthen, and he approaches the end of that jour-\\nney which all are traveling, he is supported and\\nstrengthened by the tender care and solicitude of\\nhis immediate connections, and the kind wishes of\\nhis large circle of acquaintances.\\nHon. John H. Armstrong was in early life a\\nWhig, casting his first vote for William Henry\\nHarrison, in 1836, and naturally joined the Repub-\\nlican ranks upon the abandonment of the Whig\\nparty. He served as a Director of the Second Na-\\ntional Bank until the surrender of the charter, and\\nis at present a Director of the Hillsdale Savings\\nBank. Socially, Mr. Armstrong is an eminent\\nMason, and has attained to the thirty-second de-\\ngree. In June, 1868, he was elected Grand Com-\\nmander for the State of the Templar Masonry.\\nUASHINGTON BAILEY. The family his-\\ntory of this aged and highly respected\\nresident of Reading Township is in its\\nmain points as follows: His paternal grandfather,\\nJoseph Baile} was a native of Massachusetts, of\\nEnglish ancestry who crossed the Atlantic during\\nthe Coloni.al days, and settling in the Bay State\\nwere the progenitors of a race which became after-\\nward widely and favorably known throughout that\\nregion.\\nJoseph Bailey learned shoemaking when a young\\nman, but was fond of agricultural pursuits, and ac-\\nquired a tract of land upon which he labored in\\nconnection with his trade, and passed his entire life\\nin his native State, with the exception of the time\\nspent as a soldier during the Revolutionary War.\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0306.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "-4^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n299\\nWhen this conflict came on he enlisted in a Massa-\\nchusetts regiment and served seven years, occnpy-\\ning a part of the time the position of paymaster for\\nhis regiment. Late in life he migrated to St. Law-\\nrence County, N. Y., where he spent his last days,\\nd3-ing at the advanced age of ninety years. He\\nwas twice married, his first wife being Miss Vesta\\nPackard, who was of a prominent old Massachu-\\nsetts family, and who bore her husband seven chil-\\ndren. She accompanied him to the Empire State,\\nand died in St. Lawrence County, after reacliing\\nher threescore and ten years. Of the second mar-\\nriage of Joseph Bailey there were no children.\\nOf the seven children born to Joseph Bailey\\nand his first wife, Ralph, the father of our subject,\\nwas the fifth in order of birth. He first opened\\nhis eyes to the light in the State of Jlassachu-\\nsetts, and remained a member of his father s house-\\nhold until a youth of sixteen years. In the mean-\\ntime he hail learned the trade of a shoemaker,\\nbut was not satisfied witli the confinement at the\\nbench, so be left home and went to sea, and was\\na sailor thereafter for three or four years. Upon\\nagain settling upon terra firma, he learned the trade\\nof carpenter, and became a professional contractor\\nand house-builder. He followed this vocation un-\\ntil thirty-five or forty years old, then turned his\\nattention to fiuniing. In 1822 he took up his\\nabode in Syracuse Township, Onondaga Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere he followed agriculture and house-buildino-\\njointly until his death, which took place in Readino-\\nTownship about 1847, when he vvas sixty-five years\\nold.\\nPolitically, the father of our subject was a Jack-\\nson Democrat, and took a lively interest in both\\nState and National (iovcrnment. He was married\\nin Onondaga County to Miss Mehitable Bailey,\\nwho vvas also born and reared in Massachusetts, and\\nwho survived her husband some years. After his\\ndeath she came to Michigan, .ind passed away at\\nthe home of her son, Harrison Bailey, in Readino-\\nTownship, at the age of sixty-five years. Both\\nshe and her husband were Universalists in religious\\nbelief. They had a family of ten chihh-en, six sons\\nand four daughters, of whom Washington, our sub-\\nject, was the second son and third child.\\nWashington Bailey first opened his eyes to the\\nlight at Ft. Ann, Washington Co., N. Y., Dec. 11,\\n1808. He lived there until a lad of nine years,\\nthen went to St. Lawrence County, and then went\\nwith his parents into Onondaga County, where he\\nremained until seventeen. He then started out for\\nhimself and began learning the trade of carpenter\\nwhich, on account of his natural genius, he acquired\\nreadily, and also from working considerably with\\nhis father. From the time he had reached his ma-\\njority until he came to Michigan, in 183. 5, he was\\ncontinuously employed as a builder, and soon after\\ncoming to the West invested the money which he\\nhad saved in 208 acres of land on section 19, in\\nReading Township, where he has since made his\\nhome. His purchase was mostly a timber tract,\\nwhich by a course of industry and perseverance he\\nhas transformed into one of the finest farms of this\\nsection. His land is more than usually fertile, and\\nyields in abundance all kinds of grain, affording\\nhim a handsome income, and something to provide\\nagainst want iu the future.\\nMr. Bailey was married in, Onondaga County,\\nN. Y Sept. 24, 1840, to Miss lantlia Danks, re-\\nturning East for th.at purpose after he had laid the\\nfoundations for a future home. Mrs. Bailey was\\nborn in Onondaga County, Dec. 21, 1819, and is\\nthe daughter of Beuoni Danks, one of the success-\\nful farmers of that i-egion, and the offspring of an\\nold and excellent family. He spent his entire life in\\nNew Y ork State, and died at his homestead there\\naged about sixty-five years. He had married in\\nearlj manhood Miss Phebe Earl, who after the\\ndeath of her husband came to Michigan to visit\\nher daughter, Mrs. Bailey, and died suddenly of\\napoplexy soon after entering the house. Her re-\\nmains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Reading.\\nMrs. Bailey was reared under the home roof in\\nher native county and acquired a good education.\\nOf her union with our subject there were born five\\nchildren, one of whom, a son Leroy, died in\\nWaterloo, Ind., when twentj -four j-ears of jge. He\\nhad married Miss Mary Van Meteu, who is also de-\\nceased, and they left one child, a daughter Carrie,\\nwho is now living in California. Lucy, the eldest\\ndaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, is the wife of R.\\nO. Sinclair, who is farming near Newell, in Sac\\nCounty-, Iowa; she was first married to George W.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0307.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n300\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nMitchell, who died leaving two children. C. Adel\\nwas married to E. B. Clizbe, a resident of Reading\\nand Station Agent of the Saginaw Railroad at that\\nplace; Edgar B. took to wife Miss Mary Meigs,\\nand they occupy a part of the Bailey homestead in\\nReading Township; Jennie C. is the wife of Moses\\nM. Carrel, and they are residents of Cleveland,\\nOhio, Mr. C. being General Ticket Agent and mana-\\nger of the Union Depot.\\nMr. and Mrs. Bailey for five years after their\\nmarriage lived at Lima, Lagrange Co., Ind., and\\nthen came to Michigan. Mr. Bailey is a zealous\\nmember of the Republican party, and quite active\\nin local politics. He and his estimable wife belong\\nto the Free Baptist Church at Reading, in which\\nour subject has officiated as Deacon for years.\\nThey have a pleasant home and hosts of friends,\\nand our subject, now approaching life s sunset, may\\nview with satisfaction the record which he has\\nmade for himself and of which his children will\\nnever be ashamed.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2o*o.-tC)Jv V\u00c2\u00ae-\u00c2\u00bb*0\\nm ORENZO ABBOTT. Prominent among the\\nI respected citizens of Reading Township is\\nJLAVs^ j|,g gentleman whose name stands at the\\nhead of this sketch. After a life of industry and\\nperseverance which has been crowned by success,\\nhe is now living a retired life at the old homestead, on\\nsection 27, where he took up from the Government\\n320 acres, in 1835. By strict integrity and close\\nattention to business, Mr. Abbott lias won for him-\\nself the respect and esteem of all with whom he has\\ncome in contact in social or business relations, and\\nnow, in the enjoyment of a handsome competency,\\nand a large measure of physical strength, he is pre-\\npared to spend the remainder of his days sur-\\nrounded by those creature comforts which he has\\nearned so well.\\nIn the spring of 1838 the subject of this biog-\\nraphy left his home in York State, and accom-\\npanied by his wife and one child, set out for the\\nland of great expectations. He first stopped in\\nOhio, where he remained for some time, and then\\ncame across the lake, landing at Toledo, Ohio, and\\nthence across the country, which was almost an\\nunbroken wilderness, to this State. The journey\\nwas made with the usual pioneer conveyance, con-\\nsisting of an ox-team and a wagon, which conveyed\\nhis family and his personal effects. Passing through\\nAdrian he came to Reading Township, and here\\nfound his purchase not touched by the hand of man.\\nWinter had already set in and the snow was two\\nfeet in depth, while the country presented a very\\ngloomy appearance to one who had spent so many\\nyears in the older States. His was not the heart\\nto falter, however, and Mr. Abbott finding a hut\\nnear by, removed into it with his wife and child,\\nwhile their only bed consisted of some straw which\\nhe found in the cabin. By keeping up a large fire\\nday and night, they were enabled to pass the winter\\nwithout much suffering. Mr. Abbott had to cut\\ndown trees on which his cattle browsed, as food for\\nman and beast was very scarce. He at once en-\\ngaged in the improvement of his large tract of\\nland, and hopeless as the task at first must have\\nappeared, from this unfavorable beginning he has\\nbuilt up his beautiful and well-improved farm. He\\nis a man of wonderful physical strength and endur-\\nance, and has overcome obstacles which to tiie\\npresent generation appear, from their recital, unsur-\\nmountable; but he kept the goal in view, and\\nknowing that this section of country possessed great\\nnatural resources, which energy and skill could\\nsurely develop, he persevered until success crowned\\nhis efforts.\\nIn addition to general farming Mr. Abbott has\\nalso engaged in stock-raising, in which he has met\\nwith marked success. From time to time he has\\nadded to his land, until his possessions amount to\\nalmost 600 acres, which he has brought to a high\\nstate of cultivation as the result of thrift and good\\nmanagement. Real estate in this part of the country\\nhas now reached a value that makes the owner of a\\nsection of land an independent man, and while\\nMr. Abbott has achieved this success financially, he\\nhas not neglected social and charitable claims. He\\nis a public-spirited and liberal-minded citizen, al-\\nways interested in every measure calculated to\\nbenefit his community.\\nLorenzo Abbott is a native of Connecticut, where\\nhe was born in Vernon Township, Tolland County,\\nDec. 4, 1806. (For parental historj see sketch of\\ni-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0308.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "-U\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n301\\nH. K. Abliott.) Our subject was reared in his\\nnative count} and learned the trade of a clotii-\\nmaker, which his father also followed. The latter\\nmet with misfortunes which caused the loss of all\\nof his jjropevt}-. mid young Abbott at an early age\\nwas thrown ujiou his own resources. He followed\\nhis trade during his residence in York State until\\nhe came to Michigan. He was a man skillful in\\nthe use of tools, and of great inventive genius, and\\ntook great pleasure in spending his leisure time in\\nthe exercise of his skill. When a young man he\\ndrilled a hole perfectly straight through a cast-steel\\nrifle barrel, three feet long, entirely without the\\nassistance of the usual machines and appliances, the\\nfirst feat of the kind ever accomi)lished, either in\\nAmerica or Europe. His right hand has not yet\\nforgotten its cunning, and he can make almost any\\nmachine and also the tools that make it.\\nMr. Abbott chose for his wife Miss Clarissa Han-\\nnah, who was born and reared in Bethlehem, Litch-\\nfield Co., Conn., and came of New England parents,\\nwho had settled in that county among the early\\npioneers. She was the daughter of David and Su-\\nsanna (Kaiiford) Hannah, of New Haven, Conn., the\\nlatter of whom came of old Revolutionary stock.\\nHer parents followed the occupation of agricult-\\nurists, in which they were very successful, and\\nspending the most of their years in Litchfield\\nCounty, (lied there respected and honored. Many\\nof tlieir tMUiil} are et living in that old New En-\\ngland State, and are among the most promising and\\nprominent people of the community. Mrs. Clarissa\\nAliliolt was carefully reared, and received the\\nlieiielils of a good education in her old home. She\\nassisted liei- husband bravely in the work of redeem-\\ning from the wilderness a home for their children,\\nand liveil to see the country much improved. She\\nbecame the mother of seven children, and passed\\nawny in l.s4;t. One of her children, Mrs. Mary A.\\n\\\\V light, died at the age of thirty-two years, and\\nleft one child; Eliza was formerly n school teacher,\\nand is now the wife of Martin Heiry, a successful\\nfarmer of (.^uincy Township, Branch County; Delia\\nA. became the wife of Silas Beckworth, and lives in\\nHeading, this county Sylvester L. is a farmer of\\nReading Township, and married for his present\\nwife KUa Haite; Amelia, .m fornicr school teacher, is\\n^t-\\nthe wife of Grove S. Bartholomew, an attorney-at-\\nlaw, living in California; Mary C. resides at home\\nwith her parents and is unmarried.\\nMr. Abbott was a second time married, in 1852,\\nto Miss Caroline E. Hannah, a sister of his first\\nwife. Mrs. Abbott was born and reared in Litch-\\nfield County, Conn., where she first saw the light\\nFeb. 14, 1812. She has borne to hci- husband two\\nchildren Arthur S., who took to wife Eva Hewes,\\nand now lives on a farm in Reading, and Remus M.,\\nwho remains at home and operates a gristmill.\\nMrs. Abbott has been the able and conscientious\\nhelpmate of her husband in all his labors, and is\\nnoted for her interest in the promotion and advance-\\nment of any good work. She and her husband have\\ncontributed many hundred dollars to every enter-\\nprise calculated to build up their township in any\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ay.\\nMrs. Abbott is a member of the Presbyterian\\nChurch, while in politics, the sympathies of Mr.\\nAbbott have gone out toward the Democratic\\nparty, to which be has given material support. His\\nlife furnishes an example to the rising generation\\nof what may be accomplished by honesty and in-\\ndustry, coupled with good judgment, while his ex-\\ncellent habits have insured for him a green old age,\\nwith the promise of the enjoyment of many years\\nlo come.\\ni^^AYLOR M. AVERY. One of the neatest\\nIf^^^ homes in Hillsdale Township belongs to the\\nsubject of this biogi-a])hy, and is pleasantly\\nlocated on a |)art of section 2\u00c2\u00ab. He has but forty\\nacres, but it has been carefully cultivated, and is\\nnot excelled by any body of land in the county in\\nfertility, and its adaptation to general farming and\\nStock-raising. To the latter industry Mr. Avery\\nis giving especial attention, and in this has Imilt up\\nan enviable reputation. Besides his little farm he\\nis the owner of city i)roperty within the limits of\\nHillsdale, and is in the enjoyment of an nicome\\nwhich provides him with all the comforts and man}\\nof the luxuries of life.\\n.Ie\u00c2\u00a3ferst n Count} N. Y., contained the early\\nhome of our subject, and his birth took place at\\nthe modest dwelling of his parents in Hrownville", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0309.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "302\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nTownship, May 29. 1815. The latter were Fred-\\nerick and Persis (Brace) Avery, who were natives\\nof Connecticut, whence they emigrated to Herlvimer\\nCounty. N. Y.. before their marriage. Not long\\nafterwaid they changed their residence to .leflferson\\nCounty, where the fatiier litcame possessor of a\\ngood farm, upon which he lived and labored until\\nhis death, in about 1853, at the age of seventy-two\\nor seventy-three j ears. Maj. Avery, as he was called,\\nwas prominent in the township of his adoption, held\\nthe various local offices, and was a consistent mem-\\nber of tlie Baptist Church. The mother died while\\na young woman in Jefferson County, in 1824. Their\\ndaugliter Harriet, the eldest of their nine children,\\ndied when a maiden of seventeen years. The\\notliers were Charles B., Isaac, Pollj Nancy, Rich\\nardson. Ta^ior M., Harlow and Fredericka.\\nThe subject of this history is the only surviving\\nmember of his family. His early education was\\nextremely limited, but being bright and observant\\nhe made the best use of his opportunities, and kept\\niiis eyes open to what was going on around him in\\nthe world, thus securing a good fund of general\\ninformation. He has followed agriculture all his\\nlife. He was married. May 30, 1843, to Miss Laura\\nLoomis. a native of Herkimer County, N. Y., and\\nwho vvas l)orn April 5, 1821. Our subject and his\\nwife after their marriage located in Jefferson\\nCounty, wliere Mr. Avery farmed with fair success\\nuntil the spring of 1857. Then deciding upon a\\nchange of location he came witii his family to this\\ncounty, and purchased the laud whicli he still owns\\nand occupies. No foot of this has l)een allowed to\\nrun to waste, and the success with which his labors\\nhave been crowned would seem to justify the opin-\\nion of the late Horace Greeley, that not only forty\\nbut even ten acres are enough. The buildings are\\nneat and substantial, and finely adapted to the\\nshelter of stock and the storing of grain. The resi-\\ndence and its surroundings indicate the cultivated\\ntastes and comfortable means of the proprietor. To\\nMr. and Mrs. Avery there were given two children\\nonly. Their son, Frank L.. married Miss Ic a\\nllowaril, and is living in Hillsdale; Minnie P. died\\nat the .age of seventeen 3-ears.\\nMrs. Avery is the daughter of Stephen B. and\\nKatie (Bort) Loomis, wlio were also natives of\\nHerkimer County. N. Y., where the father carried\\non farming and merchandising, and died in 1870.\\nThe mother is still living at the old homestead in\\nBrownville. N. Y. The ten children of the paren-\\ntal family bore the names of Laura, Fayette, John.\\nStephen. Alvira, Delia, Charlotte. Warren. Frank\\nand William. The latter lied when three years of\\nage. Seven are still living. Mr. Avery meddles\\nvery little with public affairs, but uniformly votes\\nthe Republican ticket. He and his estimable wife\\nare proud in the possession of two grandchildren.\\nI\\n^~*I ~isr\\n^AMES O NEIL. The biographer is informed\\nthat the record of this gentleman for hon-\\nestj and square dealing is unexcelled. He\\nhas been for forty-three j ears a resident of\\nWheatland Township, holding its offices, identified\\nwith its material interests, and in all respects a con-\\nscientious and praiseworthy citizen. The main\\ndetails of his history are in effect as follows:\\nA native of Washingti n County, N. Y., our sub-\\nject was born on the 17th of March. 1824, and is\\nthe son of Patrick and Polly (Williams) O Neil.\\nThe father was a native of Ireland, whence he emi-\\ngrated to the United States in 1812, after doing\\nunwilling service in the English army, from which\\nh( deserted at the earliest opportunity, and board-\\ning a sailing-vessel, escaped to the land of the\\nfree and the home of the brave.\\nPatrick O Neil, soon after landing upon American\\nsoil, made his way to Washington County, N. Y..\\nwhere he employed himself at whatever his hands\\ncould find to do, and in the meantime made the\\nacquaintance of his future wife, INIiss Polly Will-\\niams, who became the sharer of his home and- fort-\\nunes |)rob ably within the space of a 3 ear thereafter.\\nMrs. O Neil vvas born in that county, and there\\nthe parents of our subject began life together and\\nin due time found themselves with a familj of\\nthirteen children. Of these four are now living,\\nthree being residents of Michigan and one of York\\nSlate. The parents in their later years joined their\\nson. our subject, in this county, where the father\\nclosed his eyes upon earthly scenes in March, 1878.\\nand the mother in .June, 1\u00c2\u00ab85. They had both\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0310.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n303\\nnuire tlien spanned their fourscore years, the father\\nbeing eighty-six years of age at tiie time of iiis\\ndeath and the mother eighty-eiglit.\\nJ he subject of our sketch, wliose father s worldly\\npossessions were extremely limited, was early in\\nlife thrown upon bis own lesouices, and not only\\nthat, but was also obliged to assist his mother from\\nthe limited earnings which he received working out-\\nHe was employed by the month for a number of\\nyears, and then for a time carried on farming on\\nshares. In 1843 he determined to seek his fortune\\nin the farther AVest. Southern Micliigan nt this\\ntime was holding out inducements to the enterpris-\\ning emigrant, and to this section of country he now\\nturned his footsteps. The first enterprise that\\nseemed to ])romise returns was the purchase and\\nsale of ashes, which were then quite extensively\\nutilized for making potash, and after building up a\\ndesirable trade in this commodity, and one which\\nanother man had been looking upon with envious\\neyes, Mr. O Neil traded his interest in the business\\nfor forty acres of school land. This, in connection\\nwith another tract which he rented, he occupied\\nand cullivatecl for a [period of seven 3-ears.\\nIn the nie. intime our subject had taken unto him-\\nself a wife and helpmeet from among the maidens\\nof this pioneer region. Miss Harriet Halleck, who\\nbecame the sharer of his home and fortunes on the\\n2d of .lanuai v, 1844. The young people spent the\\nlii^-t year with the l)ride s [larents, and then coni-\\nnitiicccl housekeeping after the primitive fashion of\\nthose days. Their first dwelling was built of logs,\\nand if it lacked in finishing and furnishing some of\\nthe elegancies of the present day, it at least was not\\nobtained on time payments. Upon selling out this\\nproperty-, Mr. O Neil purchased 140 acres of more\\nvaluable land, in J.itchfleld Township, where he lived\\nthree years, and then sold this also and returned t(j\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Wheatland Township, where he purchased the farm\\nupon wjiiili lie has since resided. Here he has\\nelTected good improveinents, and while prosperous\\nfinancially, has lirmly established himself in the\\nesteem and confidence of the people of his com-\\nmunity-. This has been amply prove l b3 his\\nelection to the various local ofliccs, the duties of\\nwliiih he has discharged in that I ailluul and con-\\nscientious niannei- which has sii;ii. ilized Inin as a\\npublic-spirited citizen, zealous as to the reputation\\nof his community and anxious as to its moral\\nadvancement. He votes the straight Democratic\\nticket, and upholds his convictions with the earnest-\\nness of character which has been the secret of his\\nsuccess in life.\\nMrs. O Neil was born in AVayne County, N. Y..\\nOct. 10. 182,5, and is the daughter of James and\\nMehitable (Chambers) Halleck. and the sister of\\nJohn Halleck, a sketch of whom will be found on\\nanother page in this volume. Of her union with\\nour subject there have been born five children, the\\nrecord of whom is as frillows: Mary is the wife of\\nLevi Rickerd they reside in North Adams, and\\nhave one child, a son. named Grant. Rosella was\\nborn May 1, 1848, and being a very capable and\\nenterprising lady, is carrying on dressmaking in\\nDetroit; Charles, born Jidy 13, 18,53, married Miss\\nEva Trumbull, and is the father of one child, a\\ndaughter, now three years of .age Arley, born\\nMarch 23, 1857, is the wife of George Van Allen,\\nof Jerome, this county, and |he mother of one\\nchild, a son, named Forrest; James II., born July\\n1, 1865, resides in Denver, Col.\\nN^- -K^|.J^^\\nE.SSE CROW, a pioneer farMier and represent-\\native citizen of Amboy Township, was born\\nin Washington County. Pa., April 18, 1\u00c2\u00ab14,\\nand is the son of Jesse Crow, Sr., who was a,\\nnative of the same State. The grandfather of our\\nsubject, Abraham Crow, was also born in the Key-\\nst me State, in lierks County, and removed to Ohio\\nin 181G, settling in Columbiana County among the\\nearl3 pioneers. He secuired possession of a large\\ntr.act of land in KIk Riui Township, the greater part\\nof which he divided among his children, while he\\nimproved the remainder and lived upon it until his\\ndecease.\\nThe father of our suliject settled upon fifty acres\\nof land his father had given him in Elk Run Town-\\nship, to which \\\\n: afterward added b_v purchase an-\\nother litty acres, and continued to reside there\\nuntil his death, at the age of fifty-five j-ears. I lis", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0311.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "304\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nH,\\nwife, whose maiden name was Hannah McCarty,\\nwas born in Pennsylvania, and died at the home-\\nstead in Ohio, in 1828.\\nJesse Crow was an infant of two years when his\\nparents removed to Cohimbiana County, so that\\nhis earliest recollections are of pioneer life. His\\nadvantages for receiving an education were very\\ninferior compared with the facilities of the present\\ndaj free schools had not yet been established, and\\nthose he attended were conducted on the subscrip-\\ntion plan. As soon as he w.as large enough he was\\nkept at home to assist his father on the farm, and he\\nresided in Columbiana County until 1841. In\\nSeptcmlier of that year, accompanied by his wife\\nami child, he yoked his oxen to a wagon and started\\nout to seek a liome toward the setting sun. He\\njourneyed to Williams County in the same .State,\\narriving there fifteen days later, and purchased a\\ntract of eighty acres of land in the wilderness.\\nThere was not even a road by which he could reach\\nhis purchase, aud he followed a trail marked l)y\\nblazed trees. His land joined the present site of\\nthe village of West Unity, which was not laid out\\nuntil the year following, and contained at that\\ntime but one log house. As soon as convenient\\nMl. Crow erected a log cabin, into which the fam-\\nily removed before it had either winihjws. doors or\\na chimney, and they had to do their cooking, etc.,\\nby a btuniij on the outside. Quilts were hung at\\nthe door to keep out the cold and to make the\\ncabin less inviting to wild beasts, and Mr. Crow\\nbuilt a stick and eartli chimney. lie luid paid out\\nall his money in the purchase of his land, and was\\nobliged to leave his own farm and hire out in the\\nneighborhood to earn money to support his family.\\nIn the meantime he devoted what time he could to\\nthe improvement of his farm, and was thus situated\\nwhen they were overtaken by the winter of 1 842-\\n43, which was known as the cold winter and is\\nwell remembered by the early settlers. There be-\\ning so little of the land cleared at that time, there\\nwas but little fodder raised, and in many cases there\\nwas much suffering among the cattle, while some\\nactually starved to death. Mr. Crow had a yoke\\nof oxen and one cow, and when the fodder gave\\nout he chopped dovvn trees and the cattle lived for\\nsome weeks by browsing on the tops. Deer, wild\\nturkeys and coons were plentiful, and often came\\nnear the house, while occasionally a bear or a wolf\\nwould pay an unwelcome visit to tlie farmyard.\\nHaving no horse, Mr. Crow was oliliged to do his\\nfarm work, milling and marketing, with oxen for\\nsome years. l)ut he was industrious and energetu^\\nand soon had quite a clearing. In 18.52 he ex-\\nchanged that place for 240 acres of land in what is\\nnow known as Amboy Township, and has resided\\nhere continuously ever since. He has erected a\\ngood set of convenient and commodious frame\\nbuildings, including a large barn, aud now lives a\\nretired life, himself and Mrs. Crow enjoying the\\nfruits of their long life of industry and frugality.\\nThe rapid transformation of thisseetii^n of country\\ninto smiling and fertile fields and popuhjiis vil-\\nlages, with the development of the other natural\\nresources so bountifully lavished upoTi Southern\\nMichigan must appear as a panoramic view to Mr.\\nCrow, who can look back to wiiat seems onl} a few\\nyears ago, when this country was fresh from the\\nhand of Nature, before civilization had touched it\\nwith its magic wand.\\nOur subject was united in marriage, March 22.\\n1840, with Eliza A. Chamberlain, who was born in\\nElk Uun Township. Columbiana Co., Ohio, Oct. 14,\\n1819, and is the laughter of Samuel Chamberlain,\\na native of Lancaster County, Pa. Her grand-\\nfather, William Chamberlain, was one of the first\\nsettlers of Elk Run Township, where he bought a\\nlarge tract of land and spent the remaining years\\nof his life in its improvement. The father of Mrs.\\nCrow located on land which he had received from\\nhis father, and improved a farm and resided there\\nuntil 1841, when he migrated to Williams County,\\nin the same State, and bought a half-seetic^n of l.-md.\\none mile east of the village of West Unity, lie set\\nabout its improvement with characteristic energy,\\nbut had lived theie only a few yeais when he was\\ncalled away by death, in 1841J. The mother of\\nMrs. Crow, whose maiden name was Susan Ashford,\\nw.as born in Virginia, and was the daughter of\\nAaron and Rebecca (Nutt) Ashford, early settlers\\nof Columbiana County, Ohio, where they spent\\nthe remainder of their lives. The parents of Re-\\nbecca (Nutt) Ashford were .louathaii and Eliza-\\nbeth Nutt. The mother of Mrs. Crow came to\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0312.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0313.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "^.S^o.^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0314.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUXTY.\\n307\\nAmboy and died at tlie liome of her daughter, the\\nwife of our subject, in 18H4, at the ripe old age of\\neight3--seven years.\\nMr. and Mrs. Crow are llie parents of three chil-\\ndren living, as follows: Samuel lives in Ransom\\nTownship, and Jason and Adon are residents of\\nAmboy Township, and all are farmers in good cir-\\ncumstances. One son, Jesse, was born Dec. 30,\\n1844, and died Sept. 26, 1862, and James was\\nborn Nov. i i, 1852, and died Sept. 2o, 1862;\\nthese children received injuries from a falling tree\\nthat resulted in their death. William was born\\nNov. 22, 1852, and died Sept. 25,1874.\\nIn politics Ml Crow affiliates with-the Demo-\\ncratic party, and in religion his amiable wire is a\\nmember of the Methodist Church.\\n1\\n=E\\n,ENJAMIN C. BRADLEY is Iionored and\\nhighly esteemed, not only as being the old-\\nest living pioneer of Camden Township, but\\nalso as a noble t3 pe of those courageous,\\nhigli-minded, self-reliant, self-sacrificing, manly men,\\nwho, scarcely more than a half century ago, alone\\nor with their families and friends, faced the untried\\ndangers and privations of a lif(^ in the forest depths\\nor by the malarial swamps of Southern Michigan,\\nthat tiicy niigiit redeem the land from its wild\\nstale, and from its rich virgin soil gain sustenance\\nfor themselves tmd their children. They sought to\\nfitund neiv liomes in the wilderness, where they\\nli ipc(l to rear their offspring to virtuous and useful\\nlives, and in the years to come, if prosperity smiled\\non their eftDrts. to be enabled to give tliem educa-\\ntional and social advantages of which they them-\\nselves had been deprived. Many of the beautiful\\nfarms for which this region is famed are the results\\nof their untiring labors, and the^ planted settle-\\nments which liave sprung into busy towns and\\nthriving cities. It has been the privilege of our\\nsubject to see this part of tiie country in its primi-\\ntive state, when the grand old trees of the primeval\\nforest covered the greater part of it, and he has\\nnot only vvitnessed the wilderness give way before\\nthe ailvancing footsteps of civiliztition, but has him-\\nself borne an active part in developing the country.\\nMr. Bradley was born July 5, 1806, in the town\\nof Litchfield, in the good old State of Connecticut,\\nand comes of an honorable line of New England\\nancestry. The first representatives of the Bradley-\\nfamily in America arc said to have been three\\nbrothers, wlio left their ancient home in Ireland and\\ncrossed the seas to settle in New England, before\\nthe Revolutionary War. Benjamin Bradley, the\\nfather of our, subject, was a grandson of one of\\nthose famous brothers, and he bore a valiant part\\nin the aforesaid vvar. He married Del)orah Win-\\nchell. who was of English origin, and after the\\nbirth of a large family of children, at some time\\nduring the first quarter of this century they turned\\ntheir backs on their old home in New Englan l and\\ntraced their way to Wayne County, N. Y., arriving\\nat their destination after several days of weary and\\ntedious traveling. The parents of our subject spent\\ntheir remaining years in that locality.\\nBenjamin C. was the thirteenth in order of birth\\nof the children born to his father and mother, and\\nhe was in his ninth year when he accompanied them\\nto their new home. lie received a common-school\\neducation, and as he grew to manhood entered\\nupon the life of a farmer, which calling lie has ever\\nsince faithfully pursued. On the 29th of Septem-\\nber, 1829, he was married in that State to Miss\\nCatherine Cole, a native of New Jersey, and a\\ndaughter of Simeon and Margaret Cole. Their\\nmarriage was blessed to them bj the birth of seven\\nchildri u, if wluim tiie following is the record:\\nJames C. .Margaret, tiic wife of George Crane;\\nJulia, wife of Ilosea Wright; Esther, wife of Wal-\\nter St. John; Jane was the widow of Charles I!.\\nJohnson, and is now deceased Simeon and Jerome,\\ndeceased.\\nIn 1835 Mr. Bradley visited the Territory of\\nMicliigan, and lieing very favorably impressed with\\nthis part of Hillsdale County, which was then in-\\ncluded in the town of Allen, admiring the beamy\\nof its situation and other natural advantages, he\\ndetermined to settle here, and entered from tiie\\nGovernment 160 acres of land on section 34. He\\nsubsequentlj- went back to New York, and did not\\nreturn with his family to this State until 1838,\\nwhen he settled jn his land. In the meantime Al-\\n*r", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0315.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "I\\n308\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nt\\nlen had been divideri, and his farm was then in-\\ncluded in the township of Reading until 1839,\\nwhen Camden was set off. When he settled on his\\nland only a few tiees had been out to make the log-\\nhouse tliat was to shelter the family for several\\nyears, until it was replaced by a more commodious\\nstructure. The years that followed were devoted\\nto hard labor, and required from our subject and\\nhis family a patient enduiance of hardshii)S of\\nwhich those of the present generation can iiave but\\nlittle conception. They had to go a long distance\\nt mills, markets and stores, and what are thought\\nto be indispensable necessaries to-day, were then\\nnot to be thought of. Notwithstanding all that he\\nhad to contend with, our subject was greatlj- pros-\\npered in his work, and bis land, once so heavily\\ntimbered, lie converted into a splendid farm, con-\\nsidered one of the best in Camden i ownship. He\\nhas also increased its acreage by furtiier purchase to\\n240 acres, all of which is under good improvement,\\nwith ample and conveniently arranged farm build-\\nings, and well stocked with good grades of cattle,\\nhorses and swine.\\nOn the 27lh of December, 18G0, the wedded life\\nof our subject, with all its joys and sorrows, was\\nended for this world by the death of his beloved\\nand trusted companion, devoted wife and wise\\ncounselor. She left behind her a wealth of love\\nand grateful remembrance of her many kindnesses\\nand deeds of friendship, and many mourned with\\nthe bereaved family.\\nMr. Bradle3- has always been a conspicuous fig-\\nure in the public life of Camden Township, and\\nhas wielded a marked influence in shaping its gov-\\nernment, while holding its most important and re-\\nsp(nisible oflices. He served as Supervisor of Cam-\\nden Township for three years, Justice of the Peace\\nfor eight consecutive years, was Treasurer for sev-\\neral years. Assessor for many jcars, and Road Com-\\nmissioner for one year. He has contributed liber-\\nally for the support of every enterprise to benefit\\nthe township or county*. In politics he is a true\\nRepublican. He has voted for Presidential candi-\\ndates fourteen limes, and only three of those for\\nwhom he voted have not been elected. The life\\nrecord of our subject has sliowii him to be a man\\nof more than (irdinnr\\\\ capaMbty, strength of char-\\nacter, and integrit} of purpose. The accompanj--\\ning portrait will be cheerfully received bj the pat-\\nrons of this Ai.isi M. as of one of the most worthy\\ncitizens of the entire county.\\nfr^LON G. REYNOLDS, fire and life insnr.\\nance agent, of Hillsdale, was born in Ionia\\nCounty, Mich., May 7, 1841, and is the\\nyoungest living and sixth son of Channcey and\\nSarah (Harper) Re3 nolds, both of whom still sur-\\nvive, and are residing at their home in Hillsdale-\\nMr. Reynolds passed his boyhood on the farm in\\nIonia County, and while he was initiated into the\\nduties of farm life, he also received his education\\nin the district schools, and was thus engaged until\\nthe age of fifteen years. He was fond of his books,\\nwas especiallj noted as being the best speller in all\\nthat section of country, and the education he had\\nalready received inspired him with a desire to\\nmake it broader and deeper, therefore, with that\\nobject in view, he entered Hillsdale College and\\ntook a regular classical course, being graduated in\\n1866. He then adopted the profession of a school\\nteacher, and engaged a school at Constantine, Mich.,\\nwhich he conducted one year. Mr. Reynolds next\\nembaiked for Europe, and spent nearly a j ear in\\nLeipsic. and also visited Berlin. Dresden, Prsigue,\\nVienna. Munich, Venice, Florence, Geneva, Paris\\nand London, spending altogether about fifteen\\nmonths. While at Leipsic he w.as engaged in study,\\nacquainting himself with the modern languages.\\nReturning to his home in Hillsdale, he resumed his\\nprofession, and was emploj-ed in its [iractice three\\nyears in Hudson, after which he returned to Hills-\\ndale and taught classes in college. When the\\nmovement was set on foot for endowing an alumni\\nprofessorship in Hillsdale College, Mr. Reynoliis\\nwas made Chairman of the committee, and raised\\nmost of $10,000 toward that object. He then\\nengaged in the insurance business, and has been\\nconnected with it up to the present time.\\nIn 1877 the subject of this liiography was elected\\nClerk of the city of Hillsdale, and held the office\\nfor eight years continuously. For seven years he\\nwas Church Clerk, and during a period of thirteen", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0316.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSOALK COUNTY.\\n30 J\\nj tars he lias been Clerk of Oak Grove Cemetery\\nAssociation. He alsoscrvcil six years as a member\\nof the School Board, and for two years of that\\ntime was Director. Having been appointed De|)Uty\\nCounty Clerk, by C. IM. Barre. when the latter was\\nelected Cashier of the Second National Bank Mr.\\nReynolds became Acting County Clerk, antl from\\nMarch 1, 188.3. to Jan. 1, 1885, discharged the\\nduties of his uitice in a vcr^^ satisfactorj manner.\\nIn 1878 Mr. Ke3-nolds was appointed Chairman\\nof the Republican County Committee, and held the\\noffice in 18.S4. In 1879 he was elected a Trustee of\\nHillsdale College, to succeed Hon. John P. Cook,\\nwhich position he still holds, aud he was also elected\\nAuditor to succeed Hon. Henry Waldron, in Sep-\\ntember, 1\u00c2\u00ab80, and has held the ollice ever since. By\\nvirtue of this office Mr. Re3^nolds also became a\\nmember of the Prudential Committee, and by his\\nvaried experience in public life aud his intimate\\nassociation with the controlling minds of the coun-\\ntry he has become admirably qualified for his pres-\\nent duties.\\nOn the \u00e2\u0080\u00a224th of November, 1880, Mr. Reynolds\\nw.as united in marriage with ISIiss Emily A. Bene-\\ndict, of Litchfield, daughter of Thomas W. and\\nJane M. Benedict, and their home has been bright-\\nened by the advent of one son, Leon B. Mr. Rey-\\nnolds is a member of the Free Baptist Church, and\\nhe and his amiable wife are people of integrity and\\ngood standing among their large circle of friends\\nand acquaintances.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^w^m^^ A* \u00c2\u00bbA AA A-i- ~-t*\\nIklLLIAM H. SMI\\n\\\\jjjl well-known firm\\nV7\\\\? dealers in, and ii\\njr,ILLIAM H. SMITH, senior member of the\\nof W. H. Smith Bro.,\\nimporters of, fine horses, is\\none of the leading horsemen of Southern Michigan,\\nand by reason of his long experience ami close ob-\\nservation of this noblest and most useful of animals,\\nhas brought about most wonderful results, following\\napon the close study of their intelligence, which\\nnniny people maintain, with great show of reason,\\napproaches nearly to that of mankind. The won-\\nderfully trained animals at present under the super-\\nvision of Prof. Crockei who has exhibited them on\\nboth continents, are the property of Smith Bros.\\nCrocker, and are .accompanied b^ the latter during\\nthe cxlilbitidns given by the Professor, and which\\nhave l)een witnessed by tlious.-uids of pc le, and\\ndiscoursed upon at length in the leading newspapers\\nboth in Kngland and America.\\nWilliam H. Smith was born in Tompkins Comity,\\nN. Y.. Oct. 7, ISi .K and is the son of Benjamin\\nSniilb. a native of Wilkinsburg, Pa. The mother,\\nwho in her girlhoo l was Miss Charlotte Gibb, was\\nthe daughter of .lames Gibb, a native of Sc tlaiid,\\nwho crossed the Atlantic luring early manhood,\\nand settled in Tompkins County, N. Y. After his\\ninairiage Benjamin .Smith located in Tompkins\\nCounty. N. Y., where he carried on agriculture and\\nwas also a horse-dealer and drover, and there he\\nand his estimable wife spent the remainder of their\\ndaj s. The family included ten children, eight oi\\nwhom lived to mature years, but only four of\\nwhom now survive. The two besides the Smith\\nBros, are residents of Michigan and Dakota.\\nOur subject pa,ssed hisbojiiood days on the farm\\nin his native county, acquiring a common-school\\neducation. At the age of sixteen years he assumed\\na man s duties and responsibilities, and began oper-\\nating first a threshing-machine, then bought aud\\nsold horses in the New York market on a large\\nscale up to the time of h(s father s death, which oc-\\ncurred in 1852, and until his removal to Huron\\nCounty, Ohio.\\nIn the siiring of 18G1 Mr. Smith came to this\\ncoui.ty. and opening a livery and sale stabh;, con-\\ntinued dealing in horses, buyMng and fitting tlitnn\\nfor the New York market. He also purch.ased for\\nthe army, ;is cavaby horses were in great demand\\nin Eastern cities. In 1874 William H. and his\\nbrother built what is now known as Smith s Hotel,\\na fine, three-story brick structure at the intersection\\nof Howell and Bacon streets, which has a frontage\\nof 70x175 feet, and is the princi|)al hotel in the\\ncity.\\nThe livery stable of Smith Bros, is finely equipped\\nwith horses and vehicles, and in addition to their\\ntown propcrtj- they ow^n a fine farm, where the}\\nkeep their blooded animals, among which are French\\nand English coach and Percheron horses, with about\\ntwenty promising colts. Our subject is also identi-\\nfied further with the business interests of the city.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0317.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "u\\n310\\nIIILLSDALK CUUMV.\\nbeing a Director in the Mutual Benefit Life Insur-\\nance Company, which is one of the solid institutions\\nof Hillsdale.\\nIn 185G Mr. Smith was married to a most estim-\\nable lady. Miss Lavina Bates, daughter of William\\nBates. Esq., of Huron County, Ohio, and an ad-\\nherent of the Quaker faith. This union has been\\nblessed with one child only, a daughter, Lottie L.,\\nwho was born Sept. 20, 1867, was graduated from the\\nUnion School in Hillsdale, and is now completing\\nher musical education in the city of Cleveland, Ohio.\\nShe is a beautiful and accomplished young lad} a\\nfavorite in society, and it is haidlj necessary to\\nsaj, the idol of her parents hearts. Our subject,\\npolitically, is rather conseivative in his views, avail-\\ning himself of the right of tlie fi ee American citi-\\nzen to support the men whom he considers best\\nqualified for office. The fanjily residence is pleas-\\nantly located on lloivell street, and in all its a|)-\\npointments indicates the honie of refinement and\\nample means.\\n(^LBERTUS E. PALMER, who is prominent\\nl^flM as an upholsterer and jobber in furniture,\\nestablished himself in business in Hillsdale\\nin 1884. He was born in Lenawee Count}-,\\nthis State, near the town of Bidgway Aug. 10, 1 85 1\\nand is the son of John C. and Kancy (Freder-\\nicks) Palmer, natives respectively of New York\\nand Connecticut.\\nThe jiarents of our subject came with their par-\\nents to Lhis section of country from Seneca County,\\nN. Y., in 1830. while Michigan was a Territory.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject, John\\nPalmer, Sr., was a native of New York, and, it is\\nhardly necessary to say, after coming to Michigan\\nhe occupied himself as a tiller of the soil. He\\nhad mairied in his native State Miss Nancy Lamb,\\nand they spent their last days in Eidgway Town-\\nship, Lenawee Count}-. John C. Palmer, the fa-\\nther of our subject, upon reaching manhood and\\nafter his marriage, located on a farm in Ridg-\\nway, and there the parents are spending their\\nlast day.s.\\nThe subject of this sketch passed his childhood\\nand youth after the manner of most farmers\\nsons, pursuing his first studies in the district\\nschool of his own home, and when a youth of\\nnineteen years entered the High School in Tecum-\\nseli, from which he was graduated three years\\nlater, in 1873. He was fond of his books and\\nimjjroved his time so that he developed into an\\nefficient teacher, employing himself at this voca-\\ntion until enabhd to enter the State Normal\\nScho( 1 at Yjisilanti, for which he had fitted him-\\nself by employing his leisure hours still in study.\\nHe was graduated from the Normal School in\\n1876, and not long afterward assumed charge of\\nthe Reading schools in this cuunty, where he\\noperated successfully as Piincipal and teacher for\\nthree years.\\nThe confinement of the school-room, however,\\nunfavoiably affected his health and spirits, and\\nabandoning his profession, Mr. Palmer established\\nhis present business in Reading upon a small\\nscale, but which soon enlarged so that he was\\ncompelled to move into moie commodious quar-\\nters. In 1884 he transferred his operations to\\nthe city of Hillsdale, taking jxjssession of a part\\nof the building which was formerly occupied by\\nthe Hillsdale Chair Factory, and which consists of\\ntwo buililings combined and is three stories in\\nheight. Mr. Palmer thus has ample facilities for\\ncarrying on his upholstery business in an extensive\\nand i rofitable manner. The chair frames are up-\\nholsteied and finely finished by Mr. Palmer, and\\ndisjiosed of to furniture dealers throughout this and\\nadjoining States, both east and west. They are\\ngot up in the highest style of art, and his trade\\ncommands the patronage of the best classes of so-\\nciety.\\nMr. Palmer in the pursuit of his vocation often\\ngoes out upon the road to introduce his goods and\\nrender them still more jxjpular. His business is\\nnow estalilislied on a firm basis, and gives employ-\\nment to a force of thirty men.\\nIn December, 1879, Mr. Palmer was united in\\nmarriage with Miss Ottie A. Armstrong, of Read-\\ning, who is the daughter of Rev. J. C. and Emma\\nArmstrong, natives of Ohio, and now of Hillsdale.\\nOur subject and his family, consisting of his wife\\nand a little son. Arthur A., occupy a neat dwelling\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0318.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUMV.\\n311\\n:1\\non Manning street, and hold a good position among\\ntlie ciillivatcd people of Hillsdale. Mr. Palmer,\\npolitically, is a llepiiblican, and his siicuess is largely\\nowing to his upright business dealings and his\\npromptness in meeting his obligations.\\nJ.\\n.o*o (Sy^. A^ .0*0 ty-\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nJOHN M. STEARNS. Among the busy and\\nthriving farming population of Camden\\nTownship, n j one is more sincerely respected,\\nor better deserves the confidence of his fel-\\nlowmen, than the gentleman whose name is at the\\nhead of this biographical notice. For almost a\\nquarter of a century he has been a resident of this\\ntownship, and has been profitably engaged in agri-\\ncultural pursuits on section 29. By hard and per-\\nsistent labor he has succeeded in bringing his farm\\nof eighty acres to its present highly cultivated\\nstate, and has it stocked with good grades of cattle,\\nswine and other stock. It is well provided with a\\ngood set of farm buildings and a comfortable dwell-\\ning.\\nMr. Stearns was born in Genesee County, N. Y.,\\nSei)t. 23. 1815, and is the son of Benoua and\\nKunice (Mott) Stearns. When a small boy he bad\\nthe sad misfortune to lose a kind mother, and when\\neight years old was taken to Geauga County, Ohio,\\nto live in the family of Alonzo Hosraa. He made\\nhis home with that gentleman until he attained his\\nmajority, being bred to the life of a farmer, and\\nreceiving but a limited education in the pioneer\\nschools of those days. He acquired some skill as a\\ncarpenter and joiner, and occasionally worked at\\nthat trade. He had his own way to make in the\\nworld, but being strong, vigorous and manlj% did\\nnot shrink from hard work, and is, indeed, in the\\ntruest sense, a self-made man, having achieved\\nhis present prosperous condition by the indomitable\\npluck and shrewd common sense which have ever\\ncharacterized him, aided by his strong right arm.\\nMr. Ste.afns was married, July 20, 18-45, to Mrs.\\nAngelinc Baxter, widow of .John Baxter, and daugh-\\nter of Ambrose and Mehitable Gilmore, natives of\\nNew York State. She was born Dec. 12. 1818, near\\nToronto, Province of Ontario, Canada, and when\\nibout nine year.s old removed with her parents from\\nthe place of her birth to Pennsylvania. They made\\ntheir home in Erie Connty. that State, until 183i;.\\nwhen they moved to Fidtoii Ccjunty, Ohio, where\\nthe parents died. J o them had been born nine\\nchildren, of whom the following are living: Mi-\\nranda, Saraantha, Jane, Ambrose G. and Angeline.\\nMrs. Stearns by her first marriage had two children,\\nof whom one, Andrew A., is living. James was a\\nsoldier, and a Lieutenant in the late Civil War, and\\nlost his life in 1864, whUe bravely fighting in\\ndefense of the Union. To the marriage of Mr. and\\nMrs. Stearns was born one child, Franklin M., who\\nis now dead. Mrs. Stearns has for over forty years\\nshared life s joys and sorrows with her husband, and\\nhas ever proved a wise comforter, a safe counselor\\nand a devoted helpmate.\\nIn 1864 Mr. and Mrs. Stearns left the old home\\nin Ohio to build up another in this State, and\\nselecting the pleasant township of Camden as a\\nmost desirable location, they settled in their pres-\\nent abode, and Mr. Stearns h.as ever since been\\nactively eng.aged in farmirig and stock-raising.\\nThe} are now living in the enjoyment of the com-\\nforts which they have procured by their united\\nlabors, and can look back upon a life spent in use-\\nfulness and well-doing, which has been blessed, not\\nonly to themselves, but to those about them as well,\\nin whose hearts the} have won a warm place. They\\nare sincere and kindly Christians, and are devoted\\nmembers of the Disciples Church. In politics Mr.\\nStearns is strongly in favor of the Greenback move-\\nment; socially, he is a meml)er of the I. O. O. F.\\n--v-\\nAMES STALL, a highly respected and in-\\nfluential citizen of Camden Township, may\\nwell be regarded iis a pioneer of this section\\nof Hillsdale County, although not one of its\\nearliest settlers, as when he located on his present\\nfarm it was densely covered with forest trees of\\ncenturies growth, and he had to undergo the hard\\ntoils and privations incidental tt) the life of a pio-\\nneer before ho could clear his land and bring it to\\nits present highly cultiv.ated condition. He is a\\nnative of the neighl)oring State of Ohio, born in\\nTrumbull County, June 21, 1819, and is a son of", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0319.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "u\\n312\\nHILLSDALE COUJSTY.\\nAndrew and .Susanna (Sinxins) Stall, Pennsylvania\\nGermans. They were pioneer farmers of that\\ncounty (Trumbull), and there they departed this\\nlife. To him and his wife were born twelve chil-\\ndren, three of whom are living: James; Rachel,\\nwife of Jonas Barringer, of Mahoning County,\\nOhio, and John. The mother is now living in\\nJackson Township, Malioning Co., Ohio, enjoying\\na serene old age, being now ninety-three years old.\\nOur subject was reaied to manhood in his native\\nState, receiving but a limited education in its\\nprimitive schools, and from his good parents a wise\\nand careful training in the duties of life, and\\npractical lessons in farming, to whicli occupation\\nhe was bred, and has always followed. Very early\\nafter attaining manhood he had, by incessant in-\\ndustry and shrewd man.agement, laid up enough\\nmoney so that he was enabled to marrj the joung\\nlady of his choice. Miss Rho la Sowie, who in after\\nyears greatly assisted him in the building up of the\\ncomfortable home they now enjoy. Their union\\nwas consummated in Ohio, Nov. 19, 1843, and for\\nforty-five years the^ have been traveling life s road\\ntogether, and although much sorrow has fallen to\\ntheir lot, caused by the loss oi five of the children\\nwho have blessed their union, yet it must be their\\nsolace and joy that they have so long been sjjared\\nto comfort each other and to bless their remaining\\nchildren. The record of their living children is as\\nfollows: William lives in Nebraska; Rachel is the\\nwife of Riley Sowle, of Nebraska; Abner lives in\\nNebraska; Leander lives at home. The names of\\nthose deceased are: Susanna, Andrew, George,\\nAdam O. and John.\\nMrs. Stall was born in Montgomery County, N.\\nY., in 1821, being the daughter of William and\\nSusan (Smith) Sowle, natives respectively of New\\nYork State and Canada. When she was about\\ntwelve years of age she removed from the place of\\nher birth to Trumbull County, Ohio, where she\\nwas reared to womanhood, living there with her par-\\nents until her marriage. She has two sisters and\\ntwo brothers still living Rhoda, Patience, Jacob\\nand Almeda.\\nMr. Stall and liis wife spent the first year of their\\nwedded life in Trumbull County, and then moved\\nto Williams County in the same State. They re-\\nmained there four or five 3 ears, and then our sub-\\nject decided to come to Michigan to make his\\npermanent home. Accordingly he purchased his\\npresent place of residence on section 32, Camden\\nTownship, and by unremitting labor he has con-\\nverted the 80-acre tract of heavily timbered land\\ninto a model farm, with ample and substantial\\nfarm buildings, a neat and cosy dwelling, and well\\nsupplied with all the conveniences for conducting\\nagriculture profitably, everything tending to show\\nthat he has been very succesful in his chosen call-\\ning.\\nOur subject was endowed with a very fine con-\\nstitution and great powers of endurance, and not-\\nwithstanding his age still retains his physical vigor\\nto a remarkable degree especially is this so in re-\\ngard to his eyesight, as he has never had to use\\neyeglasses. Mr. Stall has always wielded a good\\ninfluence in township affairs, in which he takes an\\nactive interest, earncstlj and liberally supporting\\nany measure for the benefit of the conununity. He\\nhas served as School Treasurer for his district for\\ntwelve successive years, discharging his duties with\\nfidelity and elHciency. He is a valued member of\\nthe Grange. In his political views he is independ-\\nent, preferring to vote for what he considers for\\nthe best interests of his country, rather than to\\nsupport party men and measures of which he may\\nnot approve.\\nENRY McKKNDREE EWING. The subject\\nof this biograph} a gentleman in the prime\\nof life and one of the well-to-do fanners of\\nWoodbridge Township, has a good estate\\non section 20, and for a number of years has been\\nprominent in the affairs of his township. He vvas\\nelected Supervisor in 1885, serving three terms,\\nhas officiated as Township Treasurer two terms and\\nbeen an officer of his school district for many years.\\nIn religious matters he and his family are members\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. E. serving\\nas Class-Leader and Trustee, which offices he has\\nfilled acceptably for the last fifteen j^ears. He cast\\nhis first vote for Abraham Lincoln, in November,\\n*t", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0320.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "I\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n313\\n1864, and is a Republican, dyed in the wool. Dur-\\ning till- late war lie did good service in the Union\\narm3 and is now a member of the G. A. R., at\\nFrontier. It will thus be seen that his life so\\nfar has been a busy one, in which he has been a\\nuseful member of his community, and if spared he\\nwill yet add to his already enviable record.\\nThe earliest recollections of our subject are of a\\nmodest home in Jackson County, Ohio, where his\\nbirth took pl.ace May 15, 1841. [lis parents, Enoch\\nand Susannah (Radabaugh) Ewing, were natives of\\nWest Virginia, the father born July 31, 1799, in\\nwhat was then Bath, but is now Pocahontas County,\\nand the mother horn in Greenbriar County, Oct.\\n16, 1800. Enoch Ewing was a man of much force\\nof character, although of limited education, the\\nonly schooling he ever received being one yeai s\\nattendance in a log house. He removed from the\\nOld Dominion with his parents to Gallia County\\nOhio, in 1812, and remained there until his mar-\\nriage, in 1821.\\nAfter their marriage the parents of our subject\\ntook u[) their abode in Jackson County, Ohio,\\nwhere the father purchased 160 acres of land and\\nwiiure their ten children were born. Mr. Ewing\\nwas a prominent member of tiie Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church for many 3 ears, and filled the various\\nlocal offices, doing everything in his |)ovver to build\\nup the pioneer community. In the fall of 1853 he\\nleft the Buckeye State, and coming to Michigan\\npurchased 240 acres of timbered land in Wood-\\nbridge Township, Hillsdale County, upon which he\\nlived and labored unlil called hence, Dec. 18, 1885.\\nHe had made a success of life, doing good to all\\naround him and providing well for his family. As\\na member of the community he stood high, being\\nstrictly ln)uorable, upright and temperate. He be-\\ncame a Republican upon the organization of the\\ncount} and died a close adherent of this political\\nfaith.\\nThe mother had preceded her husband to the\\nsilent land, her death taking |)lace at the home-\\nstead, in 1884. She was in all ways most fitted\\nto be tlie companion of such a man as her husband,\\nbeing the truest type of the Christian wife and\\nmother. She e.Kperieiiced religion at the age of\\ntwelve years, and adorned her profession through\\nlife Ijy her gentle walk and conversation. The ten\\nchildren of the parental family were named re-\\nspectively: Charlotte, Isaac, .lanet, John W., Will-\\niam J., Andrew A., James L.. Elizabeth P., Henry\\nMcK. of our sketch, and Emily J. The latter died\\naged three years and six months. Eight of the\\nchildren are living, and residents mostly of Michigan.\\nOur subject became familiar with the various\\nemployments of farm life at an early age, and shortly\\nafter reaching his majority set out to establish a\\nhome of his own. One of the most important steps\\nin connection with this was his raarri.age, April 23,\\n1862, his bride being Miss Nancy A. Hank, who\\nwas born in Monroe County, W. Va., June 10, 1840.\\nMrs. Ewing is the daughter of Caleb and Mary A.\\n(Blatthews) Hank, who were ;losely related to the\\nLincoln family. Her parents were also natives of\\nMonroe County, W. Va., where the father was born\\nSept. 1 1 789. He was a Doctor by profession and\\nalso carried on farming. He was a deeply religious\\nman, a Class-Le.ader in the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch for many years, and in politics a strong Re-\\npublican. He left the Ohl Dominion in 1846 and\\nremoved with his family to Oliio, where his death\\ntook place Feb. 12, 1869. 1 he mother was .also\\na member of the Methodist Episcop.-il Church. She\\ndied July 18, 1847, in Ohio.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Ewing had a fainil}- of seven\\nchildren, namely; Jane B., Alvin E., Isabelle V..\\nNancy A., Rebecca E., John W. and Caleb R. Of\\nthese sis are living and mostly residents of Michi-\\ngan and Ohio. To our subject and his wife there\\nwere born four children, one of whom, Luella J.,\\ndied in infancy. The others are all boys Alvin\\nE., John C. and Frank B. They are all acquiring\\na good educati jn. and the eldest, who is now a stu-\\ndent at Hillsdale College, has taught in the district\\nschools for eight terms.\\nOur subject was married during the progress of\\nthe late war and had laid his plans for the future in\\nconnection with the little home he w.as about es-\\ntablishing, but seeing no prospect of a close of the\\ntrouules, he felt it his duty to lay aside his personal\\ninterests, and accordingly enlisted in Company D,\\n2d Michigan Infantry, March 29, 1864, and served\\nuntil being mustered out in June, 1865. He was\\nin the campaign operating around Petersburg and\\n1", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0321.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n314\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nSpottsylvaiiia Court House, where he met Ihe enemy\\nin several engagements, and near Petersburg was\\nwounded in the right eye^ Dec. 13. 1864. and the\\nsight of which was forever destroyed. On account\\nof this he now draws a pension of $17 per mouth.\\nThe farm of our subject comprises sixty-nine\\nacres of choice land, in a highly productive condi-\\ntion and with a model set of frame buildings. It\\nis evident from the appearance of the premises that\\nthe farm operations are carried on after the best\\nmethods, everything being l^ept with neatness and\\ngood order, and in all respects indicating refined\\ntastes and comfortable means. Mr. Ewing was one\\nof the moving spirits in the erection of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church building, in the con-\\nstruction of which there was utilized a tree which\\nwas cut down fifty j ears ago, split into rails and\\nlaid into fence about flft} years before the church\\nwas erected. The rails were then taken up and\\nni.inufactured into lumber, for making tlie pulpit,\\nwindow and door castings. Tiiis wood, thus half\\na century old, seems to possess wonderful elements\\nof preservation, as there is yet no sign of its decay.\\n/p!5]E0RGE ARMSTRONG, a retired manufact-\\nl|| urer of boots and shoes, and having his\\n^^5, residence in the city of Hillsdale, is in pos-\\nsession of a fine home and a competenc3^ He was\\nborn Aug. 12, 1816, in Countj Fermanagh, Ireland,\\nand when a lad of thirteen years commenced learn-\\ning the shoemaker s trade, at which he continued\\nfive j-ears. Then deciding to seek his fortune in\\nthe New World, he embarked on a sailing-vessel\\nbound from Londonderry, Ireland, to Quebec,\\nCanada, and which, when off the coast of New-\\nfoundland, was wreclicd by colliding with another\\nvessel, but which, although greatly disabled, suc-\\nceeded in making port.\\nFrom the Dominion young Armstrong crossed\\nover into the States, taking up his residence first in\\nWaddington, N. Y., and thence drifting westward\\nto Wisconsin. He, however, not long afterward\\nreturned to the Empire State, where he employed\\nhimself at his trade in the cities of New York and\\nBrooklyn, until in April, 1845. At this time he set\\nhis face westward once more, and coming to South-\\nern Michigan, engaged with the firm of Charles\\nBoove, in Hillsdale, with whom he remained one\\nsummer. In the fall he put up the business house\\non what is now Howell street, cutting away the\\nbrush before building. In this structure he carried\\non his business and also lived for a period of seven-\\nteen years. Mr. Armstrong now decided upon a\\nchange of occupation, and removed to the farm\\nwhich he had previously purchased in Cambria\\nTownship, but fifteen montlis later returned to\\nHillsdale, where he has since lived somewhat re-\\ntired.\\nMr. Armstrong was m.arried, in November, 1845,\\nto Miss Martha Nares, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and who\\nis the daughter of Jerry Nares, who was a native of\\nNew York. I\\\\Irs. Armstrong was born in 1826, in\\nNew York, and by her union with our subject\\nbecame the mother of five children, two of whom\\ndied in early childhood. Jane E., the eldest daugh-\\nter living, is the wife of C. W. Hicks, who is c.arrj\\ning on an insurance business in Council Bluffs,\\nIowa; Anna R. is the wife of E. W. Marsh, of Lud-\\nington, this State; George A. is a resident of Des\\nMoines, Iowa, where he operates as general agent of\\nthe State for the underwriters of New York City.\\nMr. Armstrong is rather conservative in his po-\\nlitical views, but usually votes the Democratic\\nticket. He cast his first Presidential vote for\\nMartin Van Buren, and like every true disciple of\\nthe Democracy warmly endorses the course of\\nPresident Cleveland.\\nYLVESTER J. SHANKS, one of the largest\\nmarket gardeners in the State of Michigan,\\noperates about 100 acres of fine land de-\\nvoted to this industry. He has made a\\nstudy of his special line, in which he has met\\nwith success indeed not only this, but is on the\\nhigh road to a snug little fortune. He grows all\\nkinds of vegetables and the smaller fruits, and with\\na n.atural love and genius for the work, gives to it\\nhis best efforts, and has equipped his farm with all\\nthe appliances necessary to the best results. Here\\nhe has his home on section 28, in Hillsdale Town-\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0322.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "-4*-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n315\\nship, comprising a neat and tasteful residence, con-\\nvenient out-hiiildings, and the greenhouses necessary\\nto tlie propagation of the tender plants. Not the\\nleast among his possessions is his amialjle wife and\\nfour interesting children, who fonn a household\\ngroup of which any man may well be proud.\\nA native of Tiffin County, Ohio, our subject was\\nl)oi-n ill the then village of Tiffin on the 6th of Au-\\ngust. 1845, and is the son of Cornelius N. and Eu-\\nnice A. (Hansburg) Shanks, who were natives of\\nMaryland, and the father engaged in farming jmr-\\nsuits. Cornelius Shanks was born in 1814, and\\ndeparted this life at his home in September, 1883,\\nwhen seventy years of age. He was a member\\nof the United Brethren Church, and until wartimes\\na supporter of the Democratic part} AMer the\\nsecond election of Abraham Lincoln, however, he\\nconsidei ed that he had reason to change his views,\\nand from that time affiliated with the Republicans.\\nThe mother passed away many years before the de-\\ncense of lier husband, her death taking place at her\\nhome ill 1850. She also was a member of the\\nUnited Hietliren Church. The household included\\nseven children, namely: Clariiida J., Charles D.,\\nSylvester J.. Norman C, Arvilla, Victor A. and\\nEdmund. Of these four are living, and making\\ntheir homes mostly in Ohio, Indiana and Michi-\\ngan.\\nThe suliject of this biography spent his boj hood\\nand youth under the parental roof, acquiring his\\neducation in the common schools. He supplemented\\nhis studies, however, by a course in the college at\\nOrland, Iiid., and soon afterward, upon the outbreak\\nof the Rebellion, although but a 3 outh of seventeen,\\ndetermined to enlist as a soldier in the Union army.\\nHe became a member of Company K. 44th Indiana\\nInfantrj-, entering as a private and serving in this\\ncapacity until the close of the war. He was mus-\\ntered into service in September, 18C2, in time to\\nparticipate in the battle at Ft. Donelson, and subse-\\nquently was in the engagement at Stone River,\\nwhere, although in the midst of the fight for the\\nspace of four days, he escaped unharmed. He,\\nhowever, was stricken with typhoid fever, in conse-\\nquence of which he was confined in the hospital\\nnine weeks, and the effects of which lingered in his\\nframe for a long time afterward. He received his\\nhonorable discharge in .Tune, 1865, and was mus-\\ntered out at Chattanooga, Tenii., in the vicinity of\\nwhich he had also seen considerable hard fighting.\\nYoung Shanks upon his return from the army\\ncarried on general farming three years in Indiana,\\nthen engaged as a live-stock dealer, buj ing, selling\\nand shipping for a period of four j-ears. At the\\nexpiration of this time he crossed the Mississippi\\nand coiiimenced farming in Lj on County, Kan.,\\nand about that time discovered his aptitude for fine\\ngardening. He soon began giving particular atten-\\ntion to this latter industry, and during his subse-\\nquent residence of five years there, met with flatter-\\ning success. On account of the he.alth of his wife s\\nparents, however, he returned to Michigan at the ex-\\npiration of that time.\\nThe wife of our subject, to whom he was married\\non the 1st of November, 1870. was formerly JMiss\\nMary P. Denio. who was born in Sturgis, this State,\\non the 1 Itli of February 1853. Mrs. Shanks is the\\ntiaugliler of William B. and Mary (Hill) Denio, the\\nfather a native of New York JState and the mother\\nof England. William B. Denio was born Aug. 6,\\n1821, and departed this life at his home in Vand:ilia\\nTownship, Cass Co., Mich., on the 26th of Febru-\\nary, 1876. He was a shoemaker bj trade, which\\nbusiness he followed for many years, and in relig-\\nious belief was, like his excellent wife, a Spiritual-\\nist. The mother was born Dec. 11, 1810, and is\\nstill living, a widow, making her home iu Elkhart,\\nInd. Their family included eight children, namely\\nDwight v., Frances C, William A., Lyman W.,\\nMary P., Anthony O., Catherine E. and Willard T.\\nThe children of our subject and his wife bear the\\nnames of Lilly M., Willie M., Claude L. and Pearl\\nE. The eldest is sixteen j ears of age and the young-\\nest four.\\nMr. Shanks imbibed the Republican principles\\nwhich his father .adopted during the later years of\\nhis life, and although having little to do with poli-\\ntics, keeps himself well posted upon matters of\\nireneral interest. In addition to his farminsj and\\ngardening he is also interested in the growth of fine\\nswine of the Berkshire breed. He is an ex|)ert with\\nthe rifle and shotgun, and a hearty lover of the field\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2and stream. In the winter of 1884 he spent six\\nweeks in the region of Green Bay, where he brought\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0096\u00baHl-^", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0323.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ndown a black bear and numbers of smaller game.\\nAt the expiration of the time he had allotted him-\\nself for this recreation, he found that he had dis-\\ntanced his six companions by a large majoritj-,\\nhaving secured as much game as all the others to-\\ngether.\\niJ^^ICHOLAS G. VREELAND. a retired black-\\nI j) smith of North Adams, is a native of Bergen\\n\\\\V\\\\J!L) County, N. J., and was born Sept. 16, 1817.\\nHis parents, Benjamin and Rachel Vreeland, were\\nalso natives of New Jersey, where they spent their\\nentire lives. Our subject spent his boyhood on the\\nfarm until fourteen years old. then began his a|)-\\nprenticeship at the blacksmith s trade, serving five\\nand one-half years. His opportunities for educa-\\ntion were very limited, he having to walk five and\\none-half miles to the nearest temple of learning.\\nAfter completing hisapjirenticesliip Mr. Vreeland,\\nin 1838, was married to Miss Eliza Vreeland (no\\nrelative), and continued in his native State until\\n1843. Then with his wife and three children he\\nmade his way to Michigan, taking up his residence\\nin Adrian, whence two years later he came to this\\ncountj They located first in Hillsdale Township,\\nbut on account of sickness removed to Cutler s\\nCorners, now North Adams, where Mr. Vreeland\\nset up a blacksmith-shop, and in due time estab-\\nlished himself so thoroughly in the confidence of\\nthe people that he was appointed the first Post-\\nmaster of the town and continued in the office,\\nwhich he carried on in connection with his black-\\nsmithing, until the change of administration, in\\n1845. The sprmg following he was elected Justice\\nof the Peace against odds, which speaks well for his\\npopularity.\\nWhen the Democrats once more gained the ascend-\\nancy Mr. Vreeland again became Postmaster, which\\noffice, however, he was obliged to resign, both on ac-\\ncount of the increase of his own business and the\\nincreased business of the office. The year 1849\\nmarked one of the melancholy periods of his life,\\nas his estimable wife died, leaving motherless seven\\nchildren, namely: Berjamin F., Mary E., Rachel\\nB., Anna E., George, William H. and Lavina J.\\nMr. Vreeland in 1850 was elected Supervisor of\\nAdams Township. In the 10th of March, 1864, he\\nwas married to Miss Caroline Ten Eyck. This\\nlady was born March 14, 1833, in Matteson Town-\\nship, Lincoln County, and is now the mother of two\\nchildren Ida M. and Etta. The homestead of our\\nsubject includes eighteen acres of land with a com-\\nfortable residence and attractive surroundings. His\\nbusiness brings in an income which enables him to\\nenjoy all the comforts of life and many of its lux-\\nuries. He was at one time a candidate for the\\nLegislature, but happened to be on the wrong ticket.\\nSince his first election as Justice of the Peace he has\\ndischarged the duties of Notary Public foi a period\\nnow of twenty-nine years. He is at present Assessor\\nof the vill.age of North Adams, and has been several\\nterms a member of the Board of Trustees. In 1 883\\nhe was elected President of the board, and is rated\\namong the solid citizens of the town.\\n^:i\u00c2\u00ab^\\nENJAMIN F. ALDRICH, who is pleasantly\\nlocated in Somerset Township on section 27,\\nhas here 130 acres of fertile land, with good\\nfarm buildings, the latter erected mostlj by\\nhimself. He has followed agriculture successfully\\nsince 1860, and at the same time filled various\\npositions of trust and responsibility in his com-\\nmunity. A native of the Empire State, his birth\\ntook place Feb. 24, 1835, in Ontario County, and\\nhis parents were Seth and Minerva (Doolittle)\\nAldrich, the father a native also of New York State\\nand the mother of Ohio.\\nThe parents of our subject came to Michigan in\\nthe spring of 1838, making the journey after the\\nfashion of those days, by canal and lake to Toledo,\\nand thence overland to this county. The household\\nincluded five chi dren, but three of whom are now\\nliving, and are residents of Somerset Township.\\nSeth Aldrich, like the sturdy pioneers about him,\\nset himself to work with energy at constructing a\\nhomestead from a tract of wild land, in which he\\nsucceeded admirably, and also became prominent\\nin township affairs, having by his upright life and\\nstrict integrity secured the esteem and confidence\\nof the people about him. He was active in poli-\\ntics, an old-line Whig in former years, and later a\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0324.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "i\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n317\\nRepublican, and served as Justice of the Peace for\\nover twelve years. He took part in all good works\\ncalculated to elevate the people and contribute to\\ntheir welfare socially and religiously. In the First\\nl resl)yterian Church he was a chief pillar, and\\nrounded up an honorable life at the age of eighty\\nyears, dying at the homestead where he luid lived\\nami labored, Dec. 26, 1880. The mother preceded\\nher husband to the silent land, her death taking\\nplace also at the homestead when she was sixty -seven\\nyears of age. The maternal giandparents were\\nOhio people, while on the father s side they had\\nbeen for generations residents of New England and\\nNew York State, and m(\u00c2\u00abtly agriculturists.\\nOur suliject was but a child two years of .age\\nwhen his parents left the Empire State for the wilds\\nof Michigan. He was reared amid the scenes of\\npioneer life, and at an early age commenced to\\nmake himself useful about the farm. His education\\nwas necessarily somewhat limited, but his surround-\\nings and the life which he led contributed to his\\nstrength both menlall} and physically, and upon\\nreaching manhood he w.os well fitted to cope with\\nthe duties and responsibilities of life. He continued\\na member of the parental household until quite late\\nin life, and was then joined in wedlock with Miss\\nIsabelle Van Alsteiu, the wedding taking place in\\nWheatland on the \u00c2\u00bbth of October, 1802.\\nJlrs. Aldrich was born in Somerset Township,\\nMarch 15, 1843, and is the daughter of Abraham\\nand Diantha (Belva) Van Alstein, who were num-\\nbered among the early pioneers, and spent the last\\ndaj s of their life at the home which they had\\nlabored tc)gether to build up. Abraham Van Als-\\ntein departed this life in April, 1881, at the age of\\nsixty-nine j ears. The mother had passed awav\\nbefore the death of her husband, aged sixty-six.\\nThey were natives of New York, and upon coming\\nto the Territory of Michigan brought with them\\ntheir seven children, of whom but four are living.\\nMr. Aldrich after marriage, in company with his\\nbrother, engaged in the manufacture of brick and\\ntile a number of years. Like his father before him\\nhe has held many local oflices of trust, and been\\nconnected with the .School Hoard for years. It is\\nhardly necessary to say that he votes the straight\\nRepublican ticket. He and his estimable wife are\\nmembers and regul.ir attendants of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, and are the parents of one child\\nonly, a daughter, Ida V., who was born Aug. 10,\\n1865, and is now the wife of Ludd Chandler, a\\nprosperous farmer of Somerset Township.\\n/^^AMUEL T. SHERIFF. This aged and\\nJ^^ honored lesident of Allen Township, while\\n^M^ ne.aring the close of a long and useful life,\\nduring which he h.as fully established him-\\nself in the esteem and confidence of hosts of friends,\\nis living with his faithful jjartner on a snug little\\nhomestead of fifty acres on section 10, surrounded\\nby the affection of friends and the comforts which\\nhe has so justly earned. For a period of fifty-two\\nyears Mr. and Mrs. Sheriff have traveled the jour-\\nney of life together, fifty years of which have been\\nspent in this county, and there are few of the older\\nresidents who have from life s vicissitudes gathered\\na richer harvest of experience, or piofitcd more from\\nthe lessons which have been given them from time\\nto time in their observation of liuman life and their\\ncontact with the world.\\nOur subject was the fourth child and second son\\nof Isaac and Mary (Lazenby) Sheriff, whose house-\\nhold included five sons and four daughters. His\\nparents were natives of Maryland, the father born\\nin Prince George County, Jan. 16, 1780, and the\\nmother in Montgomery County, March 6, 1787.\\nAfter their marriage they settled in Phelps, Onta-\\nrio Co., N. Y., where they spent the remainder of\\ntheir lives, Isaac Sheriff passing away Jan. 2, 1849,\\nand his wife, Mary, surviving him for a period of\\ntwenty-eight years, and remaining a widow until her\\ndeath, Oct. 29, i 877. Samuel T., our subject, was\\nborn in Phelps. Ontario Co., N. Y., Feb. 13, 1815.\\nHe was reared on the fann of his father, and con-\\ntinued under the parental roof until reaching his\\nmajority. In 1835, starting out for himself, he\\nsought the Territory of Michigan, and coining to\\nthis county entered a tract of land first in Allen\\nTownship and another tract later in Branch County.\\nHe then returned to his native State, where he\\nspent the winter following, liut in the earlv sum-\\ni~\\n^^\u00e2\u0096\u00baHh-^", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0325.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "318\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ni.i\\nmer visited his new purchase, remaining in Allen\\nTownship until October, when he went back to\\nNew York State.\\nIn the spring of 1837 Mr. Sheriff, accompanied\\nby his wife, and bringing his household goods,\\ncame to this county, this time prepared to settle in\\nAllen Township. His propertj here lay on section\\n17, and proceeding after the fashion of the pio-\\nneers around him he tilled the soil and effected the\\nimprovement of his property as rapidlj as circum-\\nstances would permit. At the same time he was\\ndeveloping those qualities which have constituted\\nhim a prime citizen in all his relations with his fel-\\nlowmen, and in the fall of 1855 was elected Sher-\\niff of this county, which necessitated his removal\\nto the city of Hillsdale. After a residence there of\\nfour years, during which he discharged the duties\\nof his office with great credit, he returned to his\\nproperty in Allen Township, and in connection\\nwith agriculture began the operation of a sawmill.\\nNot long after the outbreak of the Rebellion Mr.\\nSheriff disposed of his property in Allen Township\\nand removed to Branch County, Mich., remaining\\na resident of Quincy two years, and thence re-\\nmoved to Independence. Mo. From there two\\nyears later he went to Sullivan, 111., and after a\\ntwo-years residence there migrated east as far as\\nClifton Springs, N. Y where he resided until 1876.\\nDuring the summer of that year he returned to\\nAUen Township, where he has since lived.\\nMr. Sheriff during these various removals con-\\nsidered Allen Township really his home, as he had\\nconstantly in mind the idea of making his final\\nresidence here. To the lady who has been his\\nfaithful and affectionate companion for so manj\\nyears, and who in her girlhood was Miss Fanny\\nM. Baggerl} he was married in Phelps, Onta-\\nrio Co.. N. Y Nov. 6, 1836. Mrs. Sheriff is the\\ndaughter of Everette and Sarah (Larnard) Bag-\\ngerly, the former born in Montgomerj^ County,\\nMd., Aug. 7, 1784, and the latter in Killingly,\\nConn., April 20, 1794. After their m.arriage Mr.\\nand Mrs. Baggerly settled in Phelps, Ontario Co.,\\nN. Y where they spent the remainder of their\\ndays. The mother departed this life March 9, 1871,\\nand the father, Jan. 16, 1S75.\\nMrs. Sheriff was the fourth child of her parents,\\nwhose family included five daughters and one son.\\nShe w.as born in Phelps, N. Y .March 24, 1818,\\nreceived her education in the common schools, and\\nunder the training of her excellent mother was\\nfully prepared for the future duties of life and to\\nbecome the sharer of a good man s home. She has\\nbeen the faithful and efficient helper of her husband\\nin his labors and struggles, and there can scarcely\\nbe presented to the mind a more beautiful picture\\nthan that of these two excellent old people, who\\nhave spent the greater part of a long lifetime to-\\ngether, now traveling down toward its sunset,\\nhappy in each other s companionship, and blessed\\nby the esteem and confidence of many friends.\\nMr. Sheriff has been the incumbent of nearly all\\nthe local offices witliin the gift of the people of his\\ntownship, officiating as Justice of the Peace, repre-\\nsenting the people in the County Board of Super-\\nvisors and holding other positious of trust and\\nresponsibility. In 1855 he identified-himself with\\nthe Masonic fraternity. Politically, he is independ-\\nent, reserving the right of the free American citi-\\nzen to support the men whom lie considers best\\nqualified for office, irrespective of party. In noting\\nthe career of the old residents of Hillsdale Count}\\nthere are none more worthy of special mention\\nthan Samuel and Fanny M. Sheriff.\\n^^8f\\n)\u00c2\u00bb;ILLIAM A. HERRING, Postmaster of\\n\\\\/\\\\//l ^outh Allen, is a prominent and enterpris-\\nW^ ing business man of this part of Hillsdale\\nCounty, where he is engaged in the manufacture of\\nthe celel)rated South Allen Steam Evaporator and\\nApple Butter Cooker, of which he is the inventor,\\nand is also extensively engaged in the manufacture\\nof cider, jellies and evaporated fruit. He is be-\\nsides connected with the Hydraulic Press Company,\\nof Mt. Gilead, Ohio, and is agent of the Eureka\\nand Electric Paring Machines and Pease Rotary\\nSlicer.\\nOur subject is a son of John and Nancy J.\\n(Brown) Herring (for whose history see sketch of\\nJohn Herring in this volume). He is a native of\\nthis county. Litchfield having been the place of his\\nbirth, and June 20, 1843, the d.ate of that impor-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0326.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n319\\ntant event in his life. When he was a small child\\nhis father removed to Allen Township, and here\\nhe was reared and educated in the public schools.\\nBefore he had attained manhood he left home with\\nthe earnest and enthusiastic determination to devote\\nhis life to his country, and with that high resolve\\nhe enlisted, Aug. 22. 1861, as a musician in Com-\\npany C, 7th IMichigan Inl antr3-, serving in that\\ncfljjacity throughout the entire war. His war record\\nwas an exceedingly honorable one. and during the\\nlast two years of the Rebellion he held the rank of\\nFirst Sergeant, as he was principal musician. He was\\none of the seven men who enlisted with the regi-\\nment who lived to return home. After the close\\nof the war our subject remained at home only a\\nsiiort time, when he went to Minnesota, where he\\nhad a claim of 160 acres of land in Renville County.\\nHe remained there five years, and returning home\\nin the fall of 1870, formed a partnership with his\\nfather in the milling business at .South Allen, which\\nbusiness they conducted together very successfully\\nfor several years. In 1883 they dissolved partner-\\nship, and our subject embarked in his present busi-\\nness, which he is prosecuting very profitably, and\\nhas built up a large trade. He has been very suc-\\ncc.-^sful in the introduction of the machine which he\\ninvi nted and patented, the South Allen Steam\\nEva|iorator, and over 200 of them are now in use\\nin different parts of the country. Mr. Herring is\\na man of r;ire energy tine business qualifications,\\nand possesses more than ordinary mechanical skill.\\nHe is pr()ui|)t, methodical, and alwajs fair in his\\nliusiiicss transactions.\\nOur subject was married, in Jonesville, Mich.,\\n.1:111. I J, 1803, to Miss Anna Hicks, daughter of\\nTlmnias and Emily (Gibbs) Hicks. They were\\nnatives of England, and emigrated from there in\\n1848 to America, and settled in Bloomfield, N. Y.\\nFrom there they came to Hillsdale Count}- in tlie\\nfail of 18;)G, and settled in Allen Township, where\\nMrs. Hicks died Feb. 16, 18.S(;. Mr. Hicks sur-\\nvives. To him and his wife were born seven\\ndaughters, of whom Mrs. Herring was tlie eldest.\\nShe was born in Hickiand Parish, Englaufl. Dec. 14,\\n1844. She was devoted to the interests of her\\nhousehold, making a pleasant and coniforl.nble home\\nfor her husband and tlu cliililien ulioi-nme to them.\\nShe departed this life Jan. 3, 1888, leaving a large\\ncircle of friends to cherish and Iionor her memorj-.\\nTo her and her husb.ind had been born five children,\\nnamely: Carrie E., John C, Emily F., S. Adolphus\\nand William S. Carrie is the wife of Eugene\\nBlackmer, and they live in Allen Township; John\\nmarried Anna M. Searles, and they live in Bankers.\\nOur suliject is widely known, and is considered\\nan honorable man and a truly good citizen, who has\\ndone much to advance the prosperity of South\\nAllen in the years that he has been a resident\\nhere. He was chiefl\\\\ instrumental in procuring the\\nestablishment of a post-office here, and, notwith-\\nstanding the fact that he is a stalwart Republican in\\nhis political views, and is one of the leailers of that\\nparty here, he has ever since been an incumbent of\\nthe office, w-hich was established. He occupies a\\nhigh social position in this community, and. is a\\nmember of Henry Baxter Post, G. A. II., of Jones-\\nville. and belongs to Allen Lodge. F. fe A. M.\\nAMESM. HANCHETT, an esteemed resi-\\nI dent of Hillsdale County, has been to no\\ninconsiilerable extent connected with its\\nagricultural development, and especiallj is\\nthis true of Allen Township, where he owns a well-\\nimproved farm. He w.as born near Middlebnrj-,\\nPortage Co.. Oiiio, March 4, l.shs, l)eing a son of\\nDr. Lutiier ami Ann (Kent) llanchelt, natives re-\\nsi)ectively of Saratoga County, N. Y.. and Ma.ssa-\\nchusetts. After marri.age they settled in New York,\\nbut subsequently removed to Middlebury, Ohio,\\nwhere they lived until 1S3 In that year Dr. Ilan-\\nchett and his family lemoved to Ilillsd.ali County,\\nthis State, and settled in Allen Township, where bis\\ndeath occurred in 1\u00c2\u00ab42. After his death, his\\nwidow spent the remainder of her life with her\\nchildren, lying in Fremont. Oliio, March 23, 18.51).\\nlo this worthy couple had been born five I liihlren,\\nthree sons and two daughters.\\nJ. M. Hanchett, of this sketch, was reared on a\\nfarm in his native town, where he received the edu-\\ncati(jnal advaut.ages of the school system of the\\nplace, an l was trained to habits of industry and\\nthrift. In 183l\u00c2\u00bb he came to Allen Townshii), and.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0327.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": ":^1\\n320\\nHILLSDALR COUNTY.\\nwitli the exception of one year spent in Branch\\nCounty, this State, has been a worthy citizen of this\\nphice since. In commencino- life for himself, IMr.\\nIlanchett chose the independent calling with which\\nhe was already familiar, and has |)nrsued it continu-\\nously during his life. His well-tilled farm of 115\\nacres on secti(jn 14, Allen Township, is undisputed\\nevidence of the great success he has met with in the\\nprosecution of his work. On his homestead he has\\nerected a substantial, well-arranged dwelling and\\nconvenient barns and farm buildings, all of which\\ntestify to the skill, wisdom, and excellent manage-\\nment of the owner. In all of his labors our subject\\nhas had the assistance and counsel of an excellent\\nwife, who has been devoted to his interests and the\\nwelfare of their children. His marriage with Miss\\nMargaret Cairns took place in Allen Township, Nov.\\n26, 184fS. She was born iu Blackford Parish, Scot-\\nland. Nov. 19, 1829. being a daughter of Robert\\nand Margaret (Hempseed) Cairns, both natives of\\nScotland. After their marriage they continued to\\nlive ill their native land for some years, but in the\\nspring of 1834 eniigiate l to Canada with their fam-\\nily. A year and a half later the} moved to Ver-\\nmont, and soon afterward proceeded to Onondaga\\nCounty, N. Y., where the death of Mr. Cairns oc-\\ncurred ill 1839. Mrs. Cairns continued to reside in\\nNew York State until 1843, when she came to Hills-\\ndale Coiinty and settled in Scipio Township, where\\nshe died .June 10. 1844. She and her husband were\\nthe parents of nine children, of vvlunn I\\\\Irs. Ilan-\\nchett was the eldest. Of her marriage with our\\nsubject five children have been born, of whom the\\nfollowing is the record: Julia A. is the wife of\\nGeorge A. Lawrence; Luther J. lives in Allen\\nTownship; Harriet K. is the wife of Byron Norris;\\nCarrie O. is the wife of James A. Hanchett; Roy M.\\nMr. Hanc^hett came to Allen Township in the\\nearly days of its settlement, and during his resi-\\ndence here of nearlj- half a century, has vvitnessed\\nthe growth of Hillsdale County, and taken an active\\npart in ci uverting its wild land into broad and smil-\\ning fields, jri which are fine homesteads established\\nafter many years of labor and persistent toil. On\\nthese reside some of the most influential, intelli-\\ngent and enterprising citizens of Southern Michi-\\ngan, among wh m oursubjcct occupies an honorable\\nposition. The home of himself and family is a\\nl^articularly pleasant one, rendered so by the affable\\nand courteous manners of its inmates, whose bounte-\\nous hospitality is well and widely known. Mr.\\nHanchett has lent material aid and influence toward\\nall movements for advancing the welfare of his\\ncommunity, and placing it in the front ranks among\\nits sister townships, and has well served its interests\\nas Highway Commissioner. In politics he affiliates\\nwith the Republican party, and heartily endorses\\nthe principles promulgated by it.\\nl|f Hi vv lo n. o\\nI cated on se\\nJl^^ pursued th\\n^7 EWIS H. STORER, who is comfortably lo-\\nsection 35, Camden Township, has\\nthe even tenf)r of his vvay as a\\npeaceful and law-abiding citizen, and a skillful\\ntiller of the soil, in this section of country fur the\\nlast thirty-five years. He began life in Wayne\\nCounty. N. Y., over fifty years ago, Julj- 19, 1837,\\nand is the son of George H. and Emily (Sedgwick)\\nStorer, natives respectively of New Jersey and\\nConnecticut. His paternal ancestors were of Ger-\\nman-English descent, and the mother traced her\\nforefathers back to the Pilgrims, who landed on\\nPlym(juth Rock fr(jm the historic M.ayflower.\\nWilliam D. Storer, a relative of our subject, was\\nCollector of Customs in New York City, but finally\\nreturned to Hiurope, and passed the remainder of\\nhis days amid the scenes of his childhood. His\\nmaternal great-grandfather and seven sous did\\nvaliant service .is soldiers in the Revoluliuuary\\nWar, and Grandfather Storer carried a mnsket in\\nthe War of 1812. After the independence of Ihe\\nColonists hud been established the Storer family\\ntook up their residence in New Jersey, whence the}\\nsubsequently removed to New York State.\\nOur subject when a youth of sixteen years came\\nwith his parents to Southern Michigan. They set-\\ntled at once in Camden Township, where the father\\nengaged in farming pursuits, and rested from his\\nearthly labors in June, 1871. The mother, who is\\nstill living, is now iu the eighty-fifth 3-ear of her\\nage, and makes her home with her sou, our subject.\\nThe parental family consisted of seven childixn, but\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0328.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "I\\nHILL8DALE COUNTY.\\n321\\nt\\nthree of whom are living, namelj John W. and\\nLewis II., of Camden Township, .nnd Nancy A., tlie\\nwife of A. J. Longslreet, of tiie vilhige of Camden.\\nThe parents of our subject were among the ear-\\nliest pioneers of this section, and settled in the\\nwoods of Camden Township, wiiere the\\\\ battled\\nbravely with the elements of a new country. The\\nf.ather was a very industrious and energetic man, of\\nunbounded perseverance, and labored to excellent\\nadvantage in subduing the forest and building up\\na homestead. The mother, who in all things was\\nthe suitable companion of a man like her husband,\\nbore cheerfully with him the toils and privations of\\ntheir early life, and now. in a comfortable home\\nsurrounded by relatives and friends, is enjoying in\\nher declining years the comfort and quiet to which\\nslie is so justly entitled. In religious views she is\\na Seventh-Day Adventist.\\nYoung Storer developed into manhood in Cam-\\nden Township, and has himself cleared many an\\nacre of timbered land. Few men have witnessed\\nwith greater interest the growth and prosperity of\\nSouthern Michigan, or rejoiced more at its present\\nstanding among the communities of the West. Al-\\nthough receiving only a limited education he has\\nbeen a great reader all his life, and is thoroughly\\ninformed upon matters of general Interest. During\\nthe time of Mie country s struggle with treason and\\nrelx ilion. he lai l a.side the implements of agricult-\\nure and took up the weapons of warfare, enlistiui\\nill September, l^Cl, in Company K. 11th Michigan\\nliifanliy, whicii remained in the vicinity of White\\nI igeoii until December II following. They then\\nstarted to Kentucky, and our subject was as-\\nsigned to guard duty in and around Louisville. In\\n.Inuii.iry. \\\\HC,- he was taken ill with me.asles. and\\nciiiifiiicd in the hospital at Bardstown until in July\\nfollowing. He received his honorable discharge\\niccoiint of disability, and returned to his old\\nhaunts in this county.\\nTaking up again his agricultural [jursnits. Mr.\\nStorer occupied himself on land in Cauiden Town-\\nship imlil ready to establish a home of iiis own.\\nOn Christm.ns I).aj% 1872. he was united in mar-\\nriage with iMiss Lettie Arnold, the wedding taking\\nplace in Camden Township. Mrs. Storer was born\\nMarch 1.5. 18.51, in Ohio, ami by herunioii with our\\n-4\u00c2\u00bb-\\nsubject has become the mother of three children:\\nIva E., who died when one year oM Ina B. and\\nStcrry J. The homestead comprises fifty-eight\\nacres of good land, which Mr. Storer acquired\\nthrough his own industry, receiving no assistance\\nfrom anyone when starting out in life.\\nOur subject in politics is independent, and in\\nvoting aims to support honest men for the offices.\\nHe has served as Treasurer of Camden Township\\nfor two years, and occupied other positions of trust.\\nBoth he and his estimalile wife are Seventh-Daj\\nAdventists, and socially, Mr. Storer belongs to Rice\\nPost No. 282, G. A. R., at Camden, and is also\\nidentified with the Masonic fraternity.\\n^OHN HERRINO, a prosperous miller and\\nfarmer, has been for many years identified\\nwith the industrial interests of Hillsdale\\nCounty, and has been a resident of Allen\\nTownship since 184.5. He is the eldest son of Sam-\\nuel and Deborah (Gridley) Herring, natives of\\nCortland County. N. Y., where the former was born\\nin March, 179(), and the latter in August, 1795.\\nAfter marriage they settled in the town of Virgil,\\nin their native county, where they continued to live\\nfor several 3 ears. In 1838 they left their old home,\\nand accompanied by their children, songiit another\\nin Michigan. After spending two years in C;ilhoun\\nCounty, they removed to Kaiaino, Eaton County,\\nand are still living there at an advanced .age, having\\nlong passed the ninetieth milestone of life s journey,\\nover sixty years of which they have traveled to-\\ngether. Of their union eleven chililren have been\\nborn, eight sons and three daughti-rs.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Virgil, Cort-\\nland Co., N. Y., Nov. 8, 1819. and there the years\\nof his boj-hood .and youth were spent. In 1838 he\\naccompanied his parents t t .Michigan, and wiien\\ntwenty years of age left their home in Calhoun\\nCounty, and went to Grand Haven, where he was\\nemployed the succeeding year in a sawmill. .Sub-\\nsequently he went to Homer. Calhoun County,\\nwhere he remained for two years actively enganed\\nin milling. From there he went to Litchfield,\\nwhere he operated a s. iwmill for four xcars.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0329.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n322\\ni\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nInheriting from Ids woitliy parents a souiul con-\\nstitution, great powers of endurance, and good men-\\ntal eajKacity, as well, by bis industry, in a few years\\nafter leaving home Mr. Herring had gathered to-\\ngether the wherewithal to establish a home of\\nliis own. and he was married in Albion. Calhoun Co.,\\nMich., March 13, 1841, to Miss ancy J. Brown.\\nHer parents, John and Hhoda (Crittenden) Brown,\\nwere natives of Connecticut and New York respect-\\nivelj\\\\ After marriage they first settled in Ver-\\nmont, but subsequently removed to Ontario Count}^\\nN. Y., and tliere the father of Mrs. Herring died in\\ntheir pleasant home at the foot of Honeoye Lake,\\nSept. 3. 1825. The mother came to iSIichigan and\\ndied in Albion, in 1868. Of her marriage nine\\ncliildreu were born, four sons and five daughters.\\nMrs. Herring was the eighth child of the family,\\nanil was born Aug. 8, 1821, in Ontario County, the\\ntown of Richmond, N. Y. Of her union with our\\nsubject two children have been born William A.\\nand Samuel A. The former (of whom see sketch\\non another i)age of this Album) is Postmaster of\\nS(juth Allen; Samuel died in 1801 at the home of\\nhis parents in Allen Township, when thirteen years\\nold\\nIn 1845 our subject and his wife came to Allen\\nTownship to make their |)erniauent home. He\\nbought the steam sawmill which was then owned by\\nW. B. Couch, of Jonesville, and managed that\\nmill very successfully for several years. Ten years\\nlater he erected a more modern sawmill, in which he\\nconducted a flourishing l)usiness for some .years, and\\nthen disposed of it. He now owns and operates the\\nroller mills at.South Allen, known as the South Allen\\nRoller Mills, which have a capacity of sixty barrels\\ndaily, and he carries on quite an extensive and pay-\\ning business. Our subject is a man of unlimited\\nenergy and enterpiise. and does not b} any means\\nconfine his attention exclusively to milling. He\\nvery profitably manages a general store at South\\nAllen, and besides has charge of his farm, which is\\nfinely located on section 27, Allen Township. It\\ncontains 1G5 acres of highl}^ cultivated land, on\\nwliich he has erected an ani|)le and commodious set\\nof farm buildings, and a pleasant and comfortable\\ndwelling. In the years of t(jil that have come to\\nthem since they entered upon their wedded life.\\nMrs. Herring has bravely bcjrne her share of the\\nburden, and by her careful managetnent of the\\ndomestic duties pertaining to their household, she\\nhas contributed in no small degree to the uplniild-\\ning of their home.\\nMr. Herring is a man of cool head, strong will\\nand steady purpose; he possesses marked talent for\\nbusiness, and is square in his dealings. In politics\\nhe is a Republican, and is a stand-by of the part}\\n-fQ.-M Ti^m: s^^\\nV4_ ,^,if^/i i/r.\\n^^EORGEDANA HARDING, editor of the\\ni|| Jonesville Independent, came to Michigan\\n^^^41 about 1870, and three years later took up\\nhis residence in Jonesville, whore he has since re-\\nsided. He was variously occupied until 18fSl, when\\nhe purch.ased the ofHce and material of the paper\\nwhich he now controls, and has since given to it\\nhis entire attention, and with most excellent re-\\nsults.\\nThe early home of Mr. Harding was in the city\\nof Boston, Mass., where his birth took place Jan.\\n10, 1848. When he was a mere child his parents\\nremoved to Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y., where he\\npassed his boj hood days and resided for a period\\nf ten years. During the late Rebellion he enlisted\\nas a Union soldier, in 1864, in Company K, 54th\\nNew York Infantry, continuing in the service five\\nmonths, and until near the close of the war. Al-\\nthough gaining a full realization of the hardships\\nof life in the army, he was not called upon to meet\\nthe enemy in battle, and at tlie expiration of his\\nterm of enlistment received his discharge and le-\\nturned to his home.\\nAfter the close of the war Mr. Harding repaired\\nto Vicksburg, Miss., where he became connected\\nwith a cotton supply house, and residei) in the\\nvSoutli for three years following. From Vicksburg\\nhe migrated to St. Louis, INIo., where he spent one\\nyear in the employ of a wholesale drug house. At\\nthe expiration of that contract he returned to this\\ncounty, where he has since resided.\\nBesides his proprietorship of the Jonesville /\u00c2\u00abc?e-\\npendent. Mr. Harding also h.as an interest in the\\nLitchflelil Gazette. He is a Republican in politics,\\nand has been quite prominent in local, county and\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0330.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "w-^-\\ny~7V^", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0331.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0332.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "HLLLSDALE COUNTY.\\n323\\ndistrict affairs. For several years he has been a\\nmeiTil)er of the School Board, officiating as Director,\\nand by otiier means encouraging the establishment\\nand maintenance of the institutions for the instruc-\\ntion and tiie highest good of the rising generation.\\nHe identified himself with the Masonic fraternity\\nin 1886, and belongs to Lafayette Lodge No. 16,\\nA. F. A. M. He has been Adjutant of Baxter\\nPost, G. A. R., at Jonesville, for some years. He\\nis ill all respects a solid and reliable citizen, held in\\nthe highest esteem by his acquaintances and towns-\\nmen, and the paper which he is conducting has be-\\ncome quite indispensable to the people of this part\\nof the county.\\nr-ggr:^-:\\nORENZO P. REYNOLDS, of Hillsdale, was\\nborn June 19, 1830, in the township of Ply-\\nmouth, Wayne Co., Mich., and h.as been a\\ncontinuous resident in this State since that time.\\nHis parents removed from Plymouth to the town-\\nship of Lyons, Ionia County, when he was six years\\nold. He was the eldest of eleven children, all of\\nwhom lived to the age of manhood and woman-\\nhood except two. His father and mother. Rev.\\nChauncej- and Mrs. Sarah Reynolds, were both born\\nin Eastern New York, and are eighty-three and\\neighty years of age respectively, having lived\\nduring the administration of all the Presidents of\\nthe United States except the first two.\\nThe new home of our subject, now six years old,\\nwas in an entirely uncultivated and heavily timbered\\ncountry, and during his boyhood he endured all\\nthe liardships incidental to pioneer life. He refers\\nto running f)f errands l)efore a horse was owned in\\nthe neighborhood, to chopping timber, to burning\\nfallows and logging, to hauling rail-cuts, to break-\\ning new land, to harrowing, to harvesting, to load-\\ning h:iy and grain, to threshing early with cattle,\\nlater with machine to washing and sliearing sheep,\\nto milking cows, to butchering, to hauling grain to\\nmarket never less than five miles, sometimes\\ntwelve, sometimes fifty, anil occasionally 140 miles\\nand to the unnumbered sieges of new country\\nfarm life, up to the .age of sixteen years. He chal-\\nlenges uiy boy to slimv ninic constant hard service\\nperformed than was performed by him. The farm\\nconsisted of 300 acres of new land, and the meas-\\nure of hard work done by his father and all who\\nwere under his control, challenges a parallel.\\nAt the age of sixteen years, owing to the severe\\ninjury of a dislocated shoulder, which resulted in a\\ncrippled arm, young Reynolds was sent to school to\\nMichigan Central College, at Spring Arbor, Jackson\\nCounty, where he spent nearly four years. Owing to\\nvery severe illness here, he was taken home with his\\nhealth so impaired that there was little hope of his\\nrecovery. R(!Stand skillful treatment, however, so\\nfar restoi ed him that he engaged in teaching school,\\nand continued until he had taught twenty-one terms,\\nwhich altogether included an attendance of more\\nthan 1,000 different pupils. There arc doubtless\\nmany men and women in the Grand River Valley\\nwho grateful!^ remember Mr. Reynolds as their in-\\nstructor. By way of change he spent about a year\\nas clerk for A. F. Carr, in Ionia, a few montiis in\\nhelping grade the Detroit Milwaukee Railroad,\\nand the balance of his time at farming.\\nOn the 28th of June, 1852, our subject married\\nIMiss Mary A. Rowe, of Portland, Ionia County,\\ndaughter of Joseph H. and Weltha Rowe, and a\\nformer student at Olivet College. He removed to\\nHillsdale in 1 SGO, arriving on tiie 18tii of March.\\nFor two and one-half years he w.as employed in\\nmaking abstracts of all lands in Hillsdale County,\\nand acted as Deputy County Clerk. In 1802 he\\nwas elected Secretary and Treasurer of Hillsdale\\nCollege, entering upon his duties on tiie 18th of\\nAugust. His near relation to this institution grow-\\ning out of the fact thatihis father was one of the\\nfounders of Michigan Central College, wliicii was re-\\nmoved to Hillsdale and became Hillsdale College;\\nalso the fact that in his boyhood he had consented\\nto the giving of his f.-ir. n of eighty acres to build\\nup the school at Spring Arbor; and also the fact\\nthat he had himself been a student in its former lo-\\ncation, at once incited him to do all in his power to\\nbuihl up tlie college in its new location. Us con-\\ndition made Inavy and constant service necessary.\\nThe gatlii viiig of its endowment and the erection\\nof new buildings in his time, in addition. to the com-\\nmon duties of the position, compelled service to\\nthe limit of his strength continu:dly. At the time\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0333.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "i 324\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nof rebuilding the college after the Are, he believed\\nthat wisdom lay in the direction of departing from\\nthe old plan, and in its stead of building a group of\\nbuildings, and though his views prevailed, and his\\nplans were universally approved, so that it would\\nseem that he ought to have been sustained, a nar-\\nrow party followed him until at the end of fifteen\\nyears service he was disjjlaeed by a bare majority.\\nIn spite of all adverse insinuations, his work has\\nI)orne every test, until he stands not only as an ac-\\ncurate bookkeeper, but as an honest man and we\\npredict that liis faithful and competent service will\\nl)e appreciated more and more as the years go on.\\nAfter his separation from the college, Mr. Rey-\\nnolds engaged in ins-ur.nncc vork. until it may be\\nsafelj said that he has gathered a host of friends\\nabout him, and has built up the best agency in Hills-\\ndale County, and in connection with his insurance,\\nhe has quite a real-estate business. For a period of\\nnearly thirty-seven years he has been a convey-\\nancer, and has yet to learn of an error in description\\nor stipulation.\\nOf late, for his diversion, and witli a hope of finan-\\ncial profit, Mr. Reynolds has entered upon a little\\nof the finer breeding of horses, and already has ex-\\ncellent promise in this direction. For the benefit\\nof the study to himself, and for the good of others,\\nwe found him preparing for the local press, as time\\nwould permit, a most comprehensive and instruct-\\nive article on the subject of tlie American Trot^\\nting Horse.\\nIn 1876 Mr. Reynolds took his family, consist-\\ning of his wife and three daughters, to the Centen-\\nnial Exposition at Philadelphia, visiting upon the\\ntour Washington, Vt. Vernon, New York City and\\nNiagara Fails. During the same year he Ijuilt op-\\nposite, and in front of the Free Baptist Church on\\nCollege Hill, a lieautiful and convenient brick resi-\\ndence, of which he was himself the architect.\\nIn 1\u00c2\u00ab79 Mr. Reynolds suffered a very severe\\npersonal injury. Upon the alarm of file in the night\\ntime, lie ran to town nearly a mile, and found the\\nbkick in which his office was located being demol-\\nislieil by the ruthless flames. Li his efforts to save\\nhis books, he was blown by a terrific explosion from\\nthe second story to the stone pavement on the street.\\nHe was taken up sccniinul\\\\ riKirc dead than alive,\\nand after ever} effort to resuscitate him, was con-\\nve^-ed to his home. His recovery was hardly\\nthought possible, but after a pivotal life of two\\nweeks, he began to improve, and at the end of two\\nmonths was in his office at work. The nervous\\nshock, however, was so great that he has not fully\\nrecovered, and probably never will.\\nThere have been five children born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Rej uolds. three of whom are deceased The\\nfirst-born, a daughter. Flora Ella, died at the age\\nof three years, in 1856; his only son, Norman\\nHoward, when a lad eight years of age, was killed\\nby an accident in 1870; Lora June, another daugh-\\nter, graduated from Hillsdale College in 1882, and\\ndied in 18 s3, a short time before completing the\\ntwenty-third year of her age; Miss Delia ]\\\\Liy was\\nmarried, in 1884. to Adelbert D. Mclntyre, a classi-\\ncal graduate of Hillsdale College, and formerly of\\n(Silver Creek, N. Y.; he is now Superintendent of\\njjublie schools at Corunna, this State, which position\\nhe has occupied for the past three years. The fruit\\nof this marriage is one child, a boy. The youngest\\ndaughter of our subject. Miss Julia Moore, is pur-\\nsuing lier studies in Hillsdale College.\\nThis brings the subject of our sketch down to\\nfift^ -eight years of age, and we leave this Christian\\ngentleman, hoping that a dozen years and more may\\nbe added, so that the desire of his heart to look\\nover into the morning of the coming century may\\nbe realized.\\nOSEPH SHAFER. Among the prosperous\\nagricultuiists of Hillsdale County, who, liy\\ntheir indomitable energy, perseverance and\\nthrift, have made for themselves pleasant\\nhomes, and have become useful and worthy mem-\\nbers of societj no one is more deserving of honora-\\nble mention in this biographical volume than the\\nsubject of tliis sketch. He was born in Union\\nCounty, Pa., Oct. 15, 1824. being the fifth son born\\nto his parents, Phillip and Margaret (Carnliy Shafei-.\\nThe} were both natives of Union County, Pa., and\\nafter their marriage settled there and made it their\\nabiding-place until after the death of Mr. Sliafer,\\nwhich occurreil ere lie had reached life s meridian.\\nHis good wife survived, and died at the home of our\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0334.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "IIILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n325\\nsubject in Allen Township. To them had been\\nborn eleven children, seven sons .and four d.augh-\\nters.\\nJoseph, of whom we write, was bereft of a father s\\ncare when five years old, and three years later was\\ntaken to Ohio to live with strangers. The subse-\\nquent years of his early life were passed in that\\nState, where he lived in different places, and worked\\nat different occupations, remaining there until he\\ncame to Lenawee County. Stopping there but a\\nfew years he made his way to Hillsdale Count} in\\ntiie fall of 1853, and soon after bought his present\\nfarm of eighty acres, where he h.is since resided.\\nThe land w.as then heavily timbered, and it required\\ngood courage and many years of unremitting toil\\nto clear and improve a farm and place it under cul-\\ntivation. In this work Mr. Shafer has been very\\nsuccessful, it being now one of the richest and most\\nproductive farms in tlie township. 1 he fine resi-\\ndence which he has erected and the ample barn and\\nfarm buildings are creditable to himself and an\\nornament to this section of the country.\\nOur subject is largely indebted for liis success,\\nhowever, to the good woman whom he so fortunately\\nsecured for a life partner, and to whom he wsis\\nunited in marringe in Lenawee County in 1848.\\nHer maiden n.inie was Elinira Gallup, daughter of\\nGeorge and Khnira (Youngs) Gallup, both of whom\\nwere natives of Vermont. After their marri.ige\\nthey settled in Canada and remained there until\\ntheir removal to Michigan, when they established a\\nnew lionie in Medina Township, Lenawee County,\\nand lliciv spent their remaining years. Tliey were\\nllie parents of eight children, of whom Mrs. Shafer\\nwas the second born to them, her birth having taken\\nl)lace in Canada, in August, 1828. Mr. and Mrs.\\nShafer have four children of their own. and have\\nadopted a son. the following being their record:\\nClara G., George W., Emma, Hattieand .Joseph D.\\nClara is the wife of Frank Ray, and they have one\\nchild. Lillian; George, who was boin in Allen\\nTownship, -June 15, 1856, was married in Hillsdale,\\nMich.,, Ian. 15, 1885. to Harriet M. Jewett. a native\\nof Hillsdale, born Oct. 6, 18()6; they have one\\nson, Orestes J., born in Allen Township, Oct. 5,\\n1887. Mr. Shafer, who was graduated from the\\ncivinnicrcin! dcparlnicnl nf lliilsdnlo Cf)llpg( is a\\ndraughtsman and architect by profession. He is\\nquite talented, having much natural mechanical\\nability, and takes great delight in architectural\\nand craj on drawings, in which he excels. Kiuma,\\nan .accomplished young lady, was graduated from\\nHillsdale College; Hattie lives at home; Joseph,\\nwho was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Shafer when only\\nfour weeks old, is the son of Harvey and Amelia\\n(Reed) Bi.xby, his mother dying May 6, 1873.\\nThe intelligence and culture of Mr. Shafer and\\nthe members of his family entitle them to a high\\nsocial position in their township, and they are uni-\\nversally respected and esteemed by a large circle\\nof friends and acquaintances. In his political views\\nour subject is a strong Republican.\\nICHARD W. WILLIAMS, of Wheatland\\nTownship, owns one of the best farms, and\\nhas an enviable reputation as a stock-raiser,\\ndealing largely in fipe horses and cattle,\\nmaking a specialty of the former, his favorites be-\\ning the thoroughbred English draft, and at the\\nhead of his stables is one of the finest stallions in\\nthe Northwest. In his operations as a stock-raiser\\nMr. Williams has met with the success which only\\na man of good judgment, close observation and\\nindustry, can attain.\\nThe subject of this history is the son of Hon.\\nZebulon and Eliza (Lewis) Williams, a sketch of\\nwhom will be found in the biography of his brother,\\nZebulon Williams. Jr., on another page in this\\nwork. The parents were natives resi)ectively of\\nNew York and Maryland, and were married in\\nPhelps. Ontario County, the former State, in ISID,\\nand after the birth of six children came, in 1834.\\nto the Territory of Michigan. They located first\\nin the vicinity of the then unpretentious hamlet of\\nAdrian, whence they removed, in 1838, to Wheat-\\nland Township, this county, locating upon a tract\\nof land to which there had .as 3 et not even a road\\nbeen laid out. There Zebulon Williams, Sr., with\\nhis estiinMl)li wife, passed the remainder of his d. iys,\\nand died amid the regrets of a cominunitj- of which\\nhe had lieen one of the most useful and active\\nnioinbnrs. He wms iioteil for his strict integrity.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0335.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "I\\n326\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhis unboundefi energy, the promptness with which\\nhe met his obligntions, and his contempt of a mean\\naction.\\nRichard W. Williams continued under the home\\nroof until tweiit} jears of age, working on the\\nfarm and attending the district school during the\\nwinter season. Now wishing to start out for him-\\nself, he worked a year for the farmers of the neigh-\\nborhood, spent the following year on a piece of\\nrented land, and at the expiration of this time com-\\nmenced operations on a tract of land. 250 acres in\\nextent, which had been deeded him by his father,\\non the 1st of November, lt 52. The next most\\nimportant event of his life, namelj his marriage,\\noccurred Oct. 19. 1S62. the maiden of his choice\\nbeing Miss Helen Sawjtr. who was born in Orleans\\nCounty. N. Y., Oct. 8, 1841. Mrs. Williams was\\nthe daughter of John F. and Mary (Gilbert) Saw-\\nyer, natives of Vermont, whence they emigrated to\\nthe Empire State, and where they spent the remain-\\nder of their lives. Her grandfather and grand-\\nmother Sawyer had a family of seven boys, six of\\nwhom became ministers of the Baptist Church;\\nher father was a carpenter. One of Mrs. Williams\\nbrothers, John G., fitted himself for the profession\\nof law, was a Judge for fifteen years, and is now\\nserving his second term as a Member of Congress\\nfrom the Orleans District, New York. The great-\\ngrandfather of Mrs. Williams was a soldier of the\\nRevolutionary War.\\nOf this first union of our subject there were no\\nchildren, Mrs. Helen Williams departing this life at\\nlier home in Wheatland Township on the 8th of\\nDecember. 1868. Our subject was a second time\\nmarried, Dec. 10, 1869, to Miss Mary Livermore.\\nwho was born in Canandaigua, Ontario Co., N. Y.,\\nApril 19, 1841, and is the daughter of John and\\nMary (Martin) Livermore, who aie living in Wheat-\\nland Township. Mrs. Marj Williams became the\\nmother of two sons, and died on the 4lh of April,\\n18JS4. The elder son. Henrj L.. was born Oct. 19,\\n1873, and the younger, Arthur. Nov. 10. 1877.\\nThe} continue at home with their father, and are\\npursuing their studies in the district school. The\\nparents of Jlrs. AVilliams had a family of eleven\\nchildren, of whom nine are living, and are residents\\nof Wheatland. Our .subject proixises to give his\\nboys the benefits of a good education. The} are\\nboth bright and intelligent, and the pride of their\\nfather s heart.\\nRichard Williams, like his father before him, is a\\nstanch Republican, and has filled many positions of\\ntrust and responsibility. He is at present Drain\\nCommissioner of this township. Active in church\\nwork, and in everything conducing to the moral\\nand spiritual welfare of his community, he is one\\nof the chief pillars of the Baptist Society, at Church\\nCorners, giving liberally of his time and means\\ntoward its encouragement and support. He is\\nSecretary of the Cemetery Association, and a warm\\nadvocate of temperance, although believing it un-\\nwise at present to encourage the existence of\\nanother party.\\nThe homestead t f our subject is finely located on\\nsection 15, and forms a most attractive feature of\\nthe landscape of Wheatland Township. The build-\\nings are tasteful and substantial, embracing a neat\\nresidence, with pleasant surroundings, good barns,\\nand all the other structures required for the shelter\\nof stock and the storing of grain. His herd of\\nShort-horn cattle embraces about twelve head, and\\nhis stables number twelve of the finest horses in this\\nsection of the country.\\nALVIN SAWDEY located on his present\\nfarm in Wheatland Township in the spring\\nof 1866, and has lived there now for a pe-\\nriod of over twenty-two j-ears. A well-educated\\nand intelligent man, he has officiated both as min-\\nister of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, and later\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is also a far-\\nmer, following the latter calling mostly of late years\\non account of the precarious state of his health.\\nHe laliore l in the ministry of the Wesleyan C huich\\nfor a period of twenty-five years, duiing wliich he\\nwas Superintendent of the Sunday-school most of\\nthe time, and active in all other good works which\\ncame in his way.\\nCayuga Count} N. Y.. was the early home of\\nour subject, and where his birth took place Feb.\\n23, 1809. His parents were Josei)h and Jerusha\\n(King) Sawdcy. natives if Rhode Island, the father\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0336.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "-4^\\nHILLSDALE COUM Y.\\n327\\n4\\nboiii ill Tivoiloii, April 17, 1773, and the motlier in\\nNewport County, Jan. 28, 1772. Josepli Sawdcy\\n(k paited this life at his home in Leuawee County,\\nthis State, about 1847, aged seventy-iive j-ears,\\nwhile the mother survived her husband a number\\nof years, dying at the age of eighty-seven in the\\nsame place.\\nThe Sawdey family is of S^ otch ancestry, and in\\nthe Rebellion united witli Oliver Cromwell at the\\ntime of the Protectorate. The first representatives\\nin this country crossed the Atlantic probably about\\n1G60, and their descendants are numerous. Calvin,\\nof our sketch, was one of a family of ten children,\\nbut two of whom are now living, himself and his\\nbrother El)enezer, a resident of Barry Count3% this\\nState. He remained under the parental roof until\\ntwenty-four years of age, acquiring his education\\nin the district school, learning the cooper s trade\\nand becoming familiar with farming pursuits.\\nThat which was lacking during his school days he\\nsubsequent!} supplied by a continii ius course of\\nreading and study, and thus obtained an excellent\\nfund of general information. The most important\\nevent of his early life was his marriage with Miss\\nAlniira Baker, of Erie County, Pa., which occurred\\non the 2 1st of March, 1832. This lady was born\\nMay 17, 1812, and was the daughter of Spencer\\nand Elizabeth (Straight) Baker, the former a na-\\ntive of Connecticut and the latter of Rhode Island.\\nMr. Baker died in Erie County, Pa., when compar-\\nativelj a young man, at the age of thirty-six years.\\nThe mother subsequently joined her daughter in\\nthis county, and died at the home of our sul)ject in\\nWheatland Township, Feb. 27, 1863, at the age of\\nsixtj -three years.\\nMrs. Sawdey was the youngest of tliree children,\\nonly two of wiiom are living. Her brother, Spen-\\ncer, Jr., has been a minister of the Presbyterian\\nChurch for a period of over fifty years, and is now\\na resident of Hebron, Ind., at the advanced age of\\nover eighty-four years. The five children of our\\nsubject and his wife are recorded as follows: Par-\\nlina J. was born Dec. 30, 1832, and died April 4,\\n1853; she was the wife of Rev. William Warner,\\nwho is also deceased. Uriah K. was born in Lena-\\nwee Count} this State, Nov. 1835, and died\\nAug. 24, 1851, in Rome Township, that county;\\nRansom C. was born in Lenawee County, Jan. 4.\\n1840, and married Miss Anna Whitehead; the}\\nmake their home in Coldwater, and Mr. S. is\\noccupied as a traveling salesman for the Dayton\\nHedge Company; they have one son, William S.,\\nnow twenty-two years of age. Mary was born Dec.\\n9, 1845, and still lives witli her parents, together\\nwith her husband, Joseph R. Skutt, a ijiiinier by\\ntrade; William F. was born in Coldwater. Sept. l.S,\\n1853, and married Miss Lillie D. DeClute. of that\\nplace; he is occupied as a provision dealer and gen-\\neral merchant. The children of Mr. Sawdey have\\nall received a good education, most of them com-\\npleting their studies in Raisin Valley Seminary,\\nwhile Mary, however, took a course in Adrian Col-\\nlege.\\nMr. and Mrs. Sawdey came to the Territory of\\nMichigan in 1833, soon after their marriage, and\\nfirst located upon a tract of Government land in\\nLenawee County, but a few years later sold out\\ntheir property in Adrian Township, and removed\\nto Rome Tovvnship, wiiere Mr. S. was a prjicher for\\na number of years. He subsequently traveled all\\nthrough the State in pursuance of his pious labors,\\nand was at length assigned, first to a change at\\nPittsford, next at North A Iams, and finally to the\\nchurches in Allen, Prairie and Coldwater. In 1884\\nhe received a call from Bedford, Ohio, where he\\nwas stationed one year, and has labored in various\\nportions of Southern Michigan besides this county.\\nIn addition to the above brief sketch of this\\nvalued and useful citizen we wish to append some\\nfacts given by Mr. Sawde} himself. His language\\nis graphic, and the facts as noted are so interesting\\nthat we give them in his own words:\\nIn the fall of 1825 I was awakened to see my\\nsituation as a sinner against God. My conviction\\nwas sudden, and awful as it was sudden. I felt\\nthat inevitable ruin was my portion, and like the\\nIndian I cried out in the bitterness of m} soul, Me\\nmiserable wretch; which way I fly? But God, who\\nis over all and merciful unto all who call upon Him,\\nheard ni} cry and had mercy upon me, and gave\\npardon, peace and joy. About six months after\\nmy conversion I joined the .Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, Willi which I lived and walked in peace,\\nand took comfort for many happy years. After\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0337.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "328\\n^^\u00e2\u0096\u00ba^ll-4\u00c2\u00ab\\nIIILL^DALK COUNTY.\\nawliile I felt aiKjtliei conviction, and that was that\\nthe Lord who had showed nie my sins began to\\npoint oiitto me another work lie had forme to do\\nthat work was to warn the wicked to flee from tlie\\nwrath to come, which I saw hanging; constantly\\nover their heads. This conviction to the perform-\\nance of such a duty seemed too liigh for me it was\\nmore than I could boar, young and illiterate as I\\nwas; it seemed to me to be too wonderful for me.\\nI tried for a time to repel the conviction, and\\nthought to drive it away, but the more fought the\\nworse 1 felt, until the sunshine of God s smiles had\\nalmost left me. I asked the Lord to give me back\\nmy sunshine, and then felt an imi)ression as jjlain\\nas if a voice had spoken in my ear: Will you obey\\nMy voice Will you go and tell a lost world to turn\\nto Me and live. O, how it thrilled through my\\nsoul! Could] do it. was the question. Sometimes\\n1 thought 1 would, and then again J thought 1\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0would not. Like a vessel at sea, rocked in the midst\\nof a storm, 1 surged from side to side for weeks and\\nmonths, until finally the Lord took me in and made\\nme preach in my sleep, oftentimes waking up with\\nmy own voice, and finding my pillow bathed with\\nray own tears. O, how 1 felt only they who have\\npassed through the like trials can tell. It made me\\nalmost sick. Then the Devil took me in hand\\nThe world is before you, and you have a good\\nmind and a strong muscle; now just push this\\npreaching business out of your brain, and you can\\neasily get rich, and 1 said in my haste I will do it.\\nAt this time I considered myself worth $400 or\\n$500. Just then I found what I thought to be a\\nfine Christian young lady, whom I felt would make\\na fine addition to mj little outfit for the empire of\\nriches. To this beautiful young lady I extended\\nan invitation to become my partner for life, to\\nwhich she cheerfully responded in the affirmative,\\nand c n the 21st of March, 1832, we were joined in\\nholy matrimony, and these bands have never been\\nsundered, but remain until this writing (June 29,\\n1888). And so we started out in pursuit of the de-\\nsired object, namely, to get wealth. Little did we\\nthink that riches sometimes take to themselves wings\\nand fly away; butalas for us! In twelve months our\\nlittle pile had all fled, and then 1 felt when all was\\ngone an inward whisper saying to my inmost soul,\\nNow get rich; why don t you gel rich? O, how I\\nfelt that awful rebuke. Better obey God it is bet-\\nter than riches. I paused. 1 thought, 1 wejjt; I\\nprayed to God to forgive me this time ami again\\nset me in the light way and so He did. At this\\njuncture I was solicited by a kind friend to pull up\\nand come with him to Michigan, to which after a\\nlittle meditation, I consented, and on the 6th of\\nJune. 1833, myself, wife and baby, were landed in\\nthe little village of Clinton, Lenawee Co.. Mich. I\\nsoon found business and became settled, and soon\\nfound something to do for the Lord. In a short\\ntime I was urged by kind Christian friends to take\\nlicense topuach. which I consented to do as a local\\npreacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church. I\\nsoon found plenty to do in this wild new country.\\nCalls came from every quarter, and the Lord blessed\\neverywhere I went. Calls on me to attend funerals\\nwere made for many miles around. I had no horse\\nand had to do my traveling on foot, and so I went\\non, doing what 1 could to help the people to the\\nprecious word of life, free of charge. Thank the\\nLord! When I felt moved by the Spirit of God to\\npreach the Gospel I did not stop to count the cost,\\nor how many dollars I should receive as a sequence,\\nbut how mauy souls I might be the means of win-\\nning to Christ, and if souls were won I rejoiced.\\nIn the years 1842 and 1843 the Abolition\\nexcitement ran very high in the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church, and a division and a new organization\\ntook place, and being a strong anti-slavery man, I\\nwent with the new party. In October of the year\\n1843 I was ordained an Elder, from which time I\\ntraveled and preached constantly for twenty-five\\nyears for a mere pittance, using my own hard earn-\\nings for the support and education of my family,\\nuntil the battles for freedom were fought and the\\nvictory won, and the slaves were free; and the\\nshouts of freedom went up to heaven from all over\\nthis slavery-cursed land: -Praise the Lord, O mj\\nsoul! After the battle over slavery was fought and\\nthe bone of contention dropped between the two\\nbodies, I, with many others, felt it to be advisable\\nto go back to the old church hive from which we\\nhad swarmed a few years before, where I expect to\\nremain to the end of my short pilgrimage here.\\nIn conclusion, I may be allowed to say that\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0338.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^11\\nIlILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n329\\nquite a little of my ministerial labor has been cast\\namong the bereaved ami afflicted to bind up the\\nbroken-hearted and to say words of comfort to the\\nmourning ones. I have jireached about 300 fun-\\neral sermons in the course of my time. In a few\\nshort months I shall be eighty years old I have\\nnever asked or received a solitary cent for preach-\\ning a funeral sermon, nor will adil affliction to\\nsorrow, or burden to bereavement.\\n-w. i2je\u00c2\u00a3rS~^\\nmv).^\\n\u00c2\u00abl IJ-ARREN ATWOOD, who is engaged in\\nmerchandising in the village of Frontier,\\nhas a full stock of hardware. groceries, har-\\nness, etc., and has been doing a thriving business for\\nsome years. He has a snug home and eight acres\\nof land, giving him sufficient ground to raise the\\nvegetables for the household consumption, with\\nrange for his horse and covv, and everything con-\\nvenient and comfortable. He is widely and favor-\\nably known throughout Woodbridge Township as\\none of its best citizens, reliable aiul sul)stantial, and\\nis contributing his full quota tovvard the general\\ngood of the cummunitj\\nMr. Atwood came from his native State of New\\nYork to this county, landing in Woodbridge Town-\\nship. Oct. 29, 1860. He purchased eighty acres of\\nland, which he occupied a number of years, effect-\\ning inan^ improvements, and among them setting\\nout a fine array of maple and evergreen trees, run-\\nning along the public thoroughfare. About 1861\\nhe established a post-office, of which he was ap-\\npointed Postmaster, at the munificent salary of $12\\nper year. He held this position a period of twenty\\nyears, but in the meantime, in 1873, abandoned\\nfarming and embarked in merchandising, in which\\nhe has since been engaged with very satisfactory\\nresults.\\nMr. Atwood, in 1862, was elected Township\\nTreasurer, holding the office two years, and h.as\\nrepresented his township on the County Board of\\nSupervisors five terms. He served also as Assessor\\nfive terms, was Township Clerk four years, and has\\nbeen connected with the School Board most of the\\ntime since coming here. In religious matters he\\nbelongs to the United Brethren in Christ, and has\\nbeen one of the chief pillars of the society in this\\nlocality, contributing largely to its support an l\\nmaintenance, probably more than any other m;in\\nin the village. At the time of the erection of tlicir\\nchurch so great was the confidence of the brethren\\nin his ability ami integrity that he was constituted\\nthe only committee both of church building and\\nparsonage, the latter of which was i)ut up in 187.5.\\nFor this purpose Mr. Atwood contributed the\\nground, and has aided in every manner possible\\nthe furtherance of this church and its inteiests.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Wayne\\nCounty, N. Y., June 27, 1830, and is the son of John\\nand Elizabeth (Rice) Atwood, natives respectively\\nof England and Vermont. The father was born in\\nWiltshire, June 21, 1795, and died in Wayne\\nCounty, N. Y Jan. 15, 1860. He carried on farm-\\ning all his life, and provided comfortably for his\\nfamily. The mother was born April 12, 1803, and\\npreceded her husband to the silent land, her death\\nalso taking place in the Empire State, Feb. 18, 1832.\\nThe parents were married Mai-ch 1, 1829, and there\\nwas born to them one child.\\nThe father of our subject was finely educated by\\nprivate tutors, and crossed the Atlantic with his\\ngrandmother when a boy of fourteen years. Land-\\ning in New Y ork City, he remained a short time\\nthere, and then went to New Jersey, where he learned\\nshoemaking, wliich he followed until about the\\ntime of his marriage. During the War of 1812 he\\ndid good service as a substitute. Later in life he\\npurchased 110 acres of land in New Y^ork State,\\nwhere he carried on agriculture until resting from\\nhis earthly labors. He was a man of much force\\nof character, and prominent among his fellow-citi-\\nzens as a man of deep piety, who often labored as\\na peacemaker between those who had difficulty\\nwith each other. He identified himself with the\\nChristian Church, and in this held various offices,\\nbeing one of its pillars, and adorning his profession\\nby his walk and conversation. The mother was\\nidentified with the same church.\\nJohn Atwood was first married to Miss Harriet\\nCooley, Dec. 24, 1820, and there were born three\\nchildren Charles R., Mary A. and George; the\\nlatter is deceased. This lady died April 6, 1828.\\nHis third wife was Miss Esther Lake, who was Iiorn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0339.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "330\\nHILLSDALK COL N l V,\\nOct. 31. 1812. and died in November. 1887. Her\\nsix ciiildren were nnmed res|jcctivpl} Seth L., Ira\\n.J., Harriet J., Emily, John .S. and Ellen M.\\nThe marriage of Warren At wood and Miss Thank-\\nful Sherman was celebrated at the home of the\\nbride, in Marion Township, N. Y.. A])ril 23, 1848.\\nMrs. A. was born in Wayne County. N. Y.. Nov.\\n11. 1824, and was the daughter of Gideon and\\nNancy (Lake) Sherman, natives of Vermont, and\\nboth now deceased. Of this union there was bom\\none child only, a daughter, Elizabeth J., who is\\nnow the wife of Rev. William Clay, a minister of\\nthe United Brethien Church, at Hudson, Ind. They\\nhave four children living, one bo3 Seth N., having\\ndied at the age of four years. The others are War-\\nren W., Daisy E.. Fred N. and Charles.\\nMrs. Thankful Atwood died at her home in\\nFrontier, Nov. 17, 1884; she was a most excellent\\nChristian lady, prominent in all church work and\\never ready to lend a helping hand to those in dis-\\ntress. She was one of the leading spirits in her\\nchurch, having been a member since 1848, but had\\nbeen in failing health for many years. Jn her de.ath\\nthe community lost one of its brightest lights, and\\nher name will be held in tender remembrance by\\nher family and a large circle of friends.\\nThe present wife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarried Nov. 26, 1885, was formerly Miss Ama\\nAber, who was born in 1841 in New York State, was\\ngraduated from Ft. W.ayne College of Medicine,\\nand has been a practicing physician for a period of\\nfifteen j-ears.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^fOHN A. SELFRIDGE. a lumber dealer at\\nJonesville, is one of the most prosperous\\ncitizens, and is widely known in business\\ncircles throughout Hillsdale and other coun-\\nties, as an honorable and upright man. He is a\\nnative of New York, and is a son of John and Sally\\n(Smith) Selfridge. His father was born in Wiish-\\nington County, N. Y., about the year 1786, and his\\nmother was of New EngLand ancestry, though but\\nlittle is known of her history, as she died in the\\nearly part of the year 1828, when our subject was\\nabout four months old. After marriage they first\\n\u00c2\u00ab^h-^!\\nsettled in Galen, Wayne Co., N. Y where her death\\noccurred. They had seven children, four sons and\\nthree daughters, all of whom lived to grow up.\\nAfter the death of the mother the father removed\\nto Cattaraugus County, where he died in February,\\n1838.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Galen,\\nWayne Co.. N. Y.. Oct. 4, 1827. and was about six\\nyears old when his father removed to Cattaraugus\\nCountj After that he returned to his native\\ncounty, and spent a year there and in Seneca Countj\\nwhen he went to live in Wyoming Countj He\\nwas early thrown on his own resources by the death\\nof his mother and father, and worked on a farm in\\nthe last-named county until he was seventeen years\\nold. when he began to work at the carpenter s trade,\\nremaining there thus employed until he was twenty-\\nthree years old. He was ambitious to try his fort-\\nune in the West, and went to Illinois, where he\\nfollowed his trade in DuPage and Will Counties\\nfor nearly a year.\\nIn November, 1852, Mr. Selfridge decided to\\nestablish himself in the thriving town of Jonesville,\\nand since that time his interests have been promi-\\nnently identified with this place. He was prosper-\\nously engaged as a carpenter until the year 1880,\\nand previous to that year (in the spring that the\\nFt. Wayne, Jackson Saginaw Railroad was built\\nthrough the vill.age), he had bought a one-fourth\\ninterest in the sash and blind factory of the late\\nGen. Baxter, retaining an interest in the mill until\\n1879. Since that time he has given his atten-\\ntion principally to the lumber business, which has\\nassumed considerable proportions under his able\\nman.ageraent, and he has almost the exclusive lum-\\nber trade of Jonesville. He has accumulated much\\nproperty since beoming a resident of Michigan, and\\nowns valuable real estate in Jonesville, besides a\\nfine farm of 160 acres in Newaygo Countj Mich.\\nMr. Selfridge was married in Reading Township,\\nHillsdale County, Jan. 28, 1857, to Miss Emily M.,\\ndaughter of John B. and Maria (Tolman) South-\\nworth, natives of New York. Thej came to Hills-\\ndale County in 1850 and settled in Reading Town-\\nship, where they lived until death. Thej had ten\\nchildren, of whom Mrs. Selfridge was the fourth.\\nShe was born in Perrinton, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1838,", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0340.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY\\n331\\nand is the mother of two children, of whom but\\none, Eniil_y M., survives: the son, Warren J., died\\nwhen about three ^ears old.\\nMr. and Mrs. Selfridge are in every way worthy\\nof the iiigh consideration in wliicli they are held.\\nMr. .Selfridge is a member of the Masonic frater-\\nnitj and in politics is a Eepublican. He cast his\\nfirst vote for a Presidential candidate for Martin\\nVan Buren, going six miles through the mud to the\\npolls in Older to do so; he was at that time\\nattending school. He is of a keen, resolute, uncom-\\n|)romising nature, alwaj S true to his convictions\\nof right, and doing what lies in his power to pro-\\nmote the advancement of society. He is a firm\\nProhibitionist, radical in his temperance views, but\\nnot bigoted. ]n his eaily days he followed with\\nthe old Free-Soil party, until the formation of the\\nRepublican party, and since that time has been\\nidentified with that party.\\nW IBEU.S H. ROOT, an extensive farmer of\\nI Wright Township, and son of one of the\\njj| pioneers of Southern Michigan, is a native\\nof Lenawee County, and was born in Medina Town-\\nship on the \u00e2\u0080\u00a223d of February, 1849. His father,\\nHenrj W. Root, now deceased, was a native of\\nJefferson Count} N. Y., and was born Oct. 5, 1822.\\nThe paternal grandfather, Amos Root (see sketch\\nof .John P. Root), a native of New Grantham, N.\\nH., was a pioneer settler of Jefferson County, where\\nhe resided until about 182.5. Then, coming to the\\nTerritory of Michigan, he settled first in Monroe\\nCounty, but two j ears later returned southeast as\\nfar as Indiana, and purchased eighty .acres of land\\nin the viciiiilj of the present site of Lima. He cul-\\ntivated the soil there about five years, when his\\nearthly labors ended b} his death, which tooki)lace\\nin 1834.\\nAfter the death of his father, Henry W. Root\\nreturned to Michigan and made his home with his\\nuncle, John Powers, in Medina Township, Lenawee\\nCounty. Upon reaching his majority his uncle gave\\nhim the choice of eighty acres of timber land in\\nMedina Township or 1100 in cash. The young man\\nchose the land and upon it erected a frame house,\\nto which he soon afterward brought a bride, and\\ncarried on agriculture thereafter until 185.5. That\\nyear he traded his property for the land which con\\nstitutes the present homestead of his widow and her\\nson, Libeus H. At tlie time of his taking possession\\nthere was a hewed log house and a frame barn upon\\nthe land. In due time the former gave place to a\\nsubstantial frame dwelling, and the elder Root added\\nfrom time to time the other necessary buildings\\nrequired for his use and convenience. He also se-\\ncured additional land, and finally became the owner\\nof 260 .acres. His eyes closed upon earthly scenes\\non the 27th of October, 1864.\\nThe maiden name of the mother of our subject\\nwas Ellen Fidelia English, and she was born in Liss,\\nCounty Down, Ireland, April 22, 1823. She be-\\ncame the wife of Henry W. Root on the 16th of Feb-\\nruary, 1847. Her father, John English, also a native\\nof County Down, was the son of Richard English,\\nand the family as far back as the records go are be-\\nlieved to have been natives of the same county.\\nJohn English emigrated to America in 1832 with\\nhis family. Leaving the latter in Rochester, N. Y.,\\nhe went over into Canada to seek a location, but\\nnot being pleased with the outlook there, came to\\nthe Territory of Michigan and purchased land near\\nthe present site of Manchester, in Washtenaw\\nCounty. He then sent for his family, and while\\nwaiting for their arrival put up a log house for their\\nreception. He improved a good farm which he oc-\\ncupied until his death. He entered 240 acres at\\nthe beginning, and by subsequent purchase became\\nthe owner of a half-section, which constituted one\\nof the finest bodies of land in Southern Michi-\\ngan. His wife, formerly Miss Sarah Tinkler, was\\nalso a native of Ireland. She survived her husband\\nsome years, and died at the home of her son Will-\\niam, in Jackson County.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Root were reared in the E|)is-\\ncopal Church. Mr. Root first joined the Chris-\\ntian Church and Mrs. Root the Baptist, but some\\nyears ago both parents identified themselves with\\nthe Church of God, in which the father officiated as\\nElder. They were deeply interested in the welfare\\nof their church* giving liberally and laboring earn-\\nestly for its success. Libeus H., their only child, is\\na member of the same and takes an interest in all", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0341.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "i\\n332\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nmatters relating thereto. He lias always remained\\non the home farm, and is carrying out as far .is\\npossible the designs of his honored father in rela-\\ntion to the improvement and perpetuation of the\\nhomestead.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Root in their journey west-\\nward from New York City, came via the Hudson\\nRiver and Erie Canal to Rochester, then took a\\nsteamer for Buffalo and Detroit, where the mother\\nhired a team to convey them to the home which the\\nfather had prepared for them as best he could in\\nthe wilderness. Mrs. Root distinctly icineinbers\\nthe time when deer and wolves were plentiful and\\nwere often seen near their house. Her father, like\\nmost of the pioneers, was an expert with his rifle,\\nand kept the familj supplied with the choicest of\\nwild meat. Libeus H. is a stanch supporter of the\\nprinciples of the Repulilican party.\\ny ALTER W. ROODE. The subject of this\\nbiography, one of the early settlers of\\nSouthern Michigan, is a fine illustration of\\nthe results of close application to honest industry\\nduring the years of his early manhood, and in con-\\nsequence of which he is now enabled to live at his\\nease upon a competence. He has been one of the\\nbest-known farmers of Branch County, Mich., for\\nmany years, but in 1882 retired from active labor,\\nand is now enjoying the comforts of a handsome\\nhome in the city of Hillsdale. The Empire State,\\nwhich has contributed so generously to the bone\\nand sinew of the West, contained the early home\\nof our subject, he having been born near Weedsport,\\nCayuga County, Jan. 6, 1821.\\nRichard Roode, the father of our subject, was\\nthe offspring of a fine old family who crossed the\\nAtlantic from England in the Colonial days. They\\nsettled it is supposed in Connecticut, where the\\nfather of our subject was born, and whence he mi-\\ngrated early in life to New Y ork State. There he\\nwas married to Miss Eledicy Smith, who was born\\nin Connecticut, of which State her psirenta were\\nalso natives. Richard Roode and his young wife\\nvery soon after their marriage settled down on\\na farm in Cayuga County, where tliey contiiiuc(i\\nseveral years, and until Walter W., of our\\nsketch, was a lad nine years of age. From Cay-\\nuga they removed to Orleans County, where the\\nfather followed farming after the primitive inelho ls\\nof that time until 1830. Then, not being satisfied\\nwith the outlook for himself and his family, he de-\\ncided to cast his lot with the pioneers of Southern\\nMichigan, making his way hither while it was still\\na Territory.\\nThe parents of our subject took up their resi-\\ndence near the unpretentious town of Ailrian, and\\nthe fatlier began cultivating a tract of land. He\\nonly lived a comparatively brief time, however, his\\ndeath taking place in 1839, when he w. is but fifty-\\none years old, having been born May 24, 1788.\\nThe mother remaining a widow, survived her hus-\\nband fourteen years, passing away in 1853. She\\nwas born Sept. 16, 1791, and by her marriage with\\nRichard Roode became the mother of thirteen chil-\\ndren, seven sons and six daughters, eleven of whom\\nlived to become men and women and six of whom\\nyet survive.\\nThe subject of this biography was the sixth child\\nof his parents, and was a youth of sixteen years\\nwhen he accompanied them to this State. He com-\\npleted his education by an attendance of eighteen\\nmonths in the schools of Adrian, and soon there-\\nafter started out for himself and entered the em-\\nploy of Daniel Hibbard, as stage driver between\\nClinton and Jackson. This occupation he followed\\nabout nine years, and in the meantime carried the\\nmail from Ann Arbor to the mouth of the St. Jo-\\nseph River, when the completion of the Michigan\\nCentral Railroad sent the st.age coach further west.\\nMr. Roode, at the age of twenty -one, wedded Miss\\nCatherine M. Rawson, of Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo\\nCounty, this State, who was born Jan. 13, 1825,\\nand is tiie daughter of Ruel Rawson, Esq., a\\nblacksmith by trade, and a native of Connecticut.\\nDesirous now of settling down at home, Mr. Roode\\nlearned tiie blacksmith trade of his father-in-law,\\nwhich he followed industriously in Branch County,\\nMich., for a period of fourteen years. In the\\nmeantime he had invested his spare capital in a\\nsnug little farm in Quincy Township, Branch\\nCounty, the land of which he cultivated for about", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0342.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n333\\ni^\\ntwenty-two years, and effected various improve-\\nments upon it. At tiiat homestead were put forth\\nllie best efforts of his life.\\nTo our suliject and his wife there were born four\\nchildren, of whom the eldest, Marion, died at the\\najrc of sixteen years; Charles W. is occupied as\\nreal-estate agent in Coldwater, tliis State; Henry\\nC. is operating at various work in Bay City, Mich.;\\nEdith E. is the wife of Herbert Boy ce, a blacksmith\\nof Fa\\\\ ette. Ohio. Mr. Roode has been mostly in-\\nterested during life in his family and farm affairs,\\ngiving very little attention to outside matters.\\nPolitically, he is rather conservative, but usually\\naffiliates with the Republican part} He is a man\\nresponsible and reliable in every respect, but has\\nsteadily declined becoming an office-holder, con-\\nsenting only to serve as Director in his own school\\ndistrict, and for a brief time as Pathmaster.\\nJr UDGE WILLARD RICHARDS is spending\\nI his declining years free from the cares of\\nbusiness in the pleasant town of Jonesville.\\nHe is a native of the good old State of\\nMassachusetts, born in the town of Framingham,\\nMiddlesex County, Aug. 6, 180G. His father,\\nThomas Richards, was a native of the same town,\\nand his mother, Asenath (Chamberlin) Richards,\\nwas born in Southboro, Mass. After marriage his\\nparents settled in Framingham, where they re-\\nmained several j ears engaged in farming. They\\nsubsequently removed to Brookfield, in the west-\\nern [jart of Massachusetts, where Mrs. Richards\\ndeath occurred. Mr. Richards afterward removed\\nto Brookfield, Worcester County, subsequently to\\nSturbridge, where he spent the remainder of his\\nlife. To him and his wife had been born a family\\nof nine children, namely: Betsey, Sullivan, Curtis,\\nHollis, William, Emory, Willard. Maria and Mary.\\nJudge Richards, of whom we write, was reared\\non his father s farm, and practically instructed in\\nthe various kinds of work devolving on a farmer s\\nson. His education, which was begun in the pub-\\nlic schools of his native State, was finished by an\\nacademic course. After attaining his majority our\\nsubject made good use of the learning which he\\nhad acquired in the State of his birth, by teaching\\nin the adjacent State of New York for four years\\nin the schools of Schoharie and Montgomery Coun-\\nties. By that time, desiring a permanent occupa-\\ntion and a home for the good woman he was soon\\nto claim for his wife, he purchased a farm in Scho-\\nharie County, on which he and his wife spent the\\nfirst years of their wedded life. They afterward\\nremoved to Monroe County, N. Y., where they\\nremained until July, 1854. Our subject became\\nactively identified with the public and local affairs\\nof the county, and took a prominent part in politi-\\ncal matters. He was elected Judge of Monroe\\nCounty, and served three years with great satisfac-\\ntion. He also held the office of Justice of the\\nPeace for sixteen years. Leaving that county\\nJudge Richards came to Hillsdale County, Mich.,\\nand purchased 100 acres of land in Scipio Township,\\nwhich he improved and beautified, and where he\\ncontinued to live until his removal to Jonesville in\\nJuly, 1S78.\\nOur subject has been twice married. The name\\nof his first wife, to whom he was married in Mont-\\ngomery County, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1828, was Eliza\\nHigbie, who was born in Schoharie County, N. Y.,\\nSept. 4, 1805, and died in Scipio Township, March\\nt), 1869. She was an affectionate wife, a tender\\nmother, a good neighbor, and was blessed with\\nthose qualities that go to make up a true woman.\\nShe was the mother of three children, namely:\\nNathan J., Caroline and Harriet A. The second\\nmarriage of our subject took place in Hillsdale,\\nMich., April 25, 1870, when ho was united to Mrs.\\nPriscilla C. (Lowe) Case, widow of Horace Case,\\nwho died in Scipio Township. Judge Richards\\nwas again bereaved by the death of his second wife,\\nwhich occurred Feb. 22, 1887. The suddenness of\\nthe event was a severe shock to her husband, rela-\\ntives, and the entire community, by whom she was\\nheld in high esteem. The evening before her death\\nshe was apparently in her usual good health, and\\nstarted with her husband to attend a sociable in\\nGrange Hall, but ere reaching the place of enter-\\ntainment was stricken down and survived only\\neleven hours.\\nSince coming to Michigan our subject has taken\\nthe same active part in public affairs that he did in", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0343.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "ll\\n334\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nii^^\\nNew York, and while living in Scipio served as\\nTownship Clerk for three years, and was Justice of\\ntiie Peace for nearly sixteen years. He lias also\\ntaken a very prominent part in the grange move-\\nment, and for six years has been Master of the\\nsubordinate grange in Fayette, known as Fayette\\nGrange No. 251. He has for ten years faithfully\\nfulfilled the duties of Treasurer of the grange, for\\ntwo years has been Lecturer in the subordinate\\ngrange, and one year served as Chaplain, besides\\nhaving been a member of all important committees.\\nIn politics the Judge was formerly a member of\\nthe Republican party, but on tiie organization of\\nthe Greenback party became a member of it. After\\nit fulfilled its mis^on he again became a member\\nof the Republican part3^\\nJudge Richards became a member of the Ma-\\nsonic fraternity thirty years ago, and of the Odd\\nFellows order thirty-five years ago, Mr. Richards\\nby industry and economy has accumulated a com-\\npetency. He retains his early mental and physical\\nvigor to a marked degree, and is widelj and favor-\\nably known throughout the county as an upright,\\nconscientious man, striving to do unto his neigh-\\nbors as he would have them do unto him.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0o*o..(5^ !;^..o*o\\nON. ALEXANDER HEWITT, a resident\\njj\\\\ of Allen Township, was formerly a member\\nof the Lower House of the Michigan Leg-\\nislature, being elected first in 1872 and re-\\nelected in the fall of 1 874, serving his two terms\\nacceptably. In the fall of 1878 he was made a\\nmember of the State Senate, and in both Houses\\nserved on important committees, being in the for-\\nmer Chairman of the Committee on Roads and\\nBridges, and in the latter occupying the same po-\\nsition in connection with the Agricultural College.\\n^He has represented Allen Township in the County\\nBoard of Supervisors two years, and for many j ears\\nhas officiated as School Director and Justice of the\\nPeace. He is also connected, as Director, with the\\nHillsdale Savings Bank, and has otherwise been\\nprominently identified with the important interests\\nof this county.\\nOur subject was the second son of his parents.\\nAsa and Laney (Pixley) Hewitt, and w.as burn in\\nEdinliurg, Saratoga Co., N. Y., March 25, 1818.\\nAsa Hewitt, also a native of that county, was born\\nAug. 11, 17yi, and followed farming as an occupa-\\ntion all his life. The mother was born in Barring-\\nton, Mass., April 3, 1793. The parents after their\\nmarriage located in Saratoga County, N. Y., where\\nthey resided until 1822, then removed to Living-\\nston County, .and from there to Allegany County,\\nth.at State, and six and one-half years later changed\\n.again their residence to Ontario CountJ^ where they\\nremained until 1844. That year found them in\\nSouthern Michigan, and they afterward made their\\nhome in Allen and Woodbridge Townships, this\\ncounty, until the death of the father, which occurred\\nin the latter township, Sept. 14, 1860. The mother\\nsurvived her husband nearly fourteen years, her\\ndeath t.aking place at the residence of her daughter,\\nMrs. Lydia M. Wheaton, in Eaton County, this\\nSt;ite, July 22, 1874.\\nTo Asa and Laney Hewitt there were born ten\\nchildren, nine of whom lived to mature years.\\nThey were named respectively William P., Alex-\\nander (our subject), Calvin, LydiaM., Eli, Br.adley,\\nAlonzo, Peter, Philander and Benjamin. The lat-\\nter died in Ontario County, N. Y., when about one\\nyear old. The surviving children are residents of\\nMichigan and New York.\\nAlexander Hewitt received onl} limited advan-\\ntages during his boyhood days, but made his home\\nwith his parents until reaching his majority. When\\nfourteen years old he chopped cordwood at twenty-\\nfive cents per cord, and invested a part of the\\nmoney thus obtained in a Webster Spelling Book\\nand Ostrander s Arithmetic. These he carefully\\nmastered l)y the light of the evening candle, and by\\nthe perusal of other instructive books became well\\nfitted to assume the duties of a pedagogue of those\\ndays. His winters, from the time he was twenty\\nuntil he was twenty-six years old, were spent in\\nteaching, while he occupied himself in farm labor\\nduring the milder seasons.\\nMr. Hewitt left his native State in September,\\n1844, and coming to this county purchased eighty\\nacres of wild land on section 36 in Allen Township.\\nHe had in the meantime been married, and now, by\\nthe efficient help of his excellent wife, set about", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0344.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "1\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY,\\n335\\nthe building up of a home. lie put up first a log\\nshanty, which they occupied a ininiber of years,\\nbut which long since gave place to a fine brick resi-\\ndence, which still continues his sheltering roof. He\\ncleared his land, brought the soil to a productive\\ncondition, and added, one by one, the improvements\\nnaturally suggested to the enterprising and pro-\\ngressive agriculturist.\\nOur subject was first married, April 4, 1844, to\\nMiss Wary E. Noble, in Honeoye, Ontario Co.,N. Y.\\nThis lady was the daughter of Levi and Auielia\\n(Steele) Noble, and was born in Honeoye, Sei)t. 13,\\nlb26. Her father was boin in Blandford. Mass.,\\nJune 22, 1792, and his wife, Aurelia, a native of\\nthe same place, it is believed, was born Oct. 8,\\n1800. They were married Dec. 30, 1818. Mr.\\nSteele died in Ontario County, N. Y., in 1843, and\\nhis wife, Aurelia, in Sichmond, that State, Oct. 9,\\n1838. Of this marriage of our subject there were\\nborn six children, one of whom, a son, died in in-\\nfauej The mother died at her home in Allen\\nTownship, this county, Sept. 7, 1884.\\nAmelia, the eldest daughter of our subject, is\\nnow the wife of F rank K. Proctor, of Hillsdale;\\nEugene W. married Miss Lucy Post, of Allen\\nTownship, and is carrying on farming in the latter\\ntownship; Mary is the wife of Prof. A. E. Haynes,\\nof Hillsdale College; Emeliue died when nearly\\nthree years old Harriet, Mrs. Theron D. Stone, is\\nthe wife of a well-to-do resident of Hillsdale. Mr.\\nHewitt contracted a second marriage, Dec. 30, 1 885,\\nwith Miss Carrie E. Alger, who was also born in\\nHt)neoye, Ontario Co., N. Y., June 10, 1837, and\\nis a cousin of his first wife. Her parents, John\\nI), anil Polly (Steele) Alger, are natives of On-\\ntario County, N. Y., and are now living near\\nGrand Rapids, Mich.\\nMr. Hewitt has given the greater part of his life\\nto the pursuits of agriculture, and has now a fine\\nfarm of 140 acres on section 3G in Allen Township,\\nwhich in point of fertility of soil and improvement\\ncompares favorably with the ht)mestcads around\\nhim. The residence is the especial .i 1miration of\\nthe passerby, and flanked by substantial out-build-\\nings, a fine orchard and the various other fruit and\\nshade trees, which have been planted from time to\\ntime, forms a most attractive picture in tin land-\\n.1\\nscape of that region. The proprietor has kept up\\nhis early habit of reading and study, and is conse-\\nquently well posted on all matters of general inter-\\nest, and no man in the county has taken greater sat-\\nisfaction in watching its development and progress,\\nand assisting, as time and opportunity offered, to\\nbring it to its present condition. He is a strong\\nRepublican, politically, and a prominent member\\nof the Universalist Church, at Hillsdale. Socially,\\nhe belongs to the Masonic fraternity, being a mem-\\nber of Lodge No. 176, at Hillsdale. Among his fellow\\ntownsmen and those who know him best, he is ac-\\ncredited with all the qualities which go to make up\\na first-class citizen.\\nCl I^ILLIAM M. KAN.SOM, who is Justice of\\n\\\\w// Peace and an insurance agent, in\\nW^ Jonesville, Hillsdale County, is the son of\\nHarvey Ransom, who was born in Homer, Cortland\\nCo., N. Y., July 7, 1814, while his mother was\\nLydia B. Goss, who was born in Brattleboro, Vt.,\\nMay 19, 1817. The parents were married in the\\nState of New York, and at once removed to Jones-\\nville. this county, in the winter of 1837, where the\\nfather engaged in the business of a carpenter and\\njoiner, and continued to live in Jonesville until his\\ndeath, which occurred Dec. 14, 1882; his widow\\nsurvives, and resides in Jonesville. Harvey Ransom\\nheld the offices of Deputj Sheriff and Constable in\\nHillsdale County for twentj -five 3 ears. He was a\\nprominent member of the Masonic fraternity, and\\nwas one of the first to organize the lodge in Jones-\\nville, in which he was an officer at the time of his\\ndeath.\\nThe. parental family of our subject included two\\nchildren only, Angelia, and William M., our subject.\\nWilliam IVL Ransom was born in Jonesville, Mich.,\\non the 16th of October, 1842, and was educated in\\nthe common and High schools of the city. With the\\nexception of two years which he spent in Kansas\\nCity, Mr. Ransom has continuously resided in\\nFayette Township.\\nAVilliam M. Ransom was united in marriage, in\\nJonesville, Sept. 21, 1865, with Miss Catherine\\nM. Turner, of Logansport, Ind., and tlicy became\\nt\\n^^U", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0345.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n336\\n1\\nHILLSDALE COU^JTY.\\nthe parents of three children Mary B., Nina L. and\\nAngle T. Mary received a good education and is\\nfollowing the profession of a school teacher. The\\nmother of these children died in Jonesville, in No-\\nvember. 1879, and our subject was again married\\nIn the same city, in May, 1884, to Josephine A.\\nAckerly, who was born in Williamsburg, N. Y.\\nMr. Ransom has been Justice of the Peace two\\nyears. Township Treasurer and Town Clerk, e.ach\\ntwo years, and is also City Clerk. He is also a\\nmember of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics\\naffiliates with the Republican party.\\nil7 EVI H. RICKERD. who is representing the\\nll (?S, grocery trade at North Adams, is a native\\nJ* of this count} having been born in Wheat-\\nland Township on the 11th of Maj 1844. His\\nparents having been pioneers of Southern Michigan,\\nthe earl}- years of Levi H. were spent mostly upon\\na farm until the outbreak of the late war.\\nSoon after the beginning of this conflict, j oung\\nRickerd. then but a youth of seventeen years,\\nenlisted as a Union soldier in Battery I. 1st Michi-\\ngan Artillery, and met the enemy afterward in\\nsome of tlie most important battles of the war.\\nBesides the minor eng.agements and skirmishes lie\\nfoughtntGettysburg.CnIpe per Court House, Kenne-\\nsaw Mountain, .and was at the siege and capture of\\nAtlanta. On account of being a member of the\\nflying artillery, he saw much skirmishing, and ex-\\nperienced many hairlireadlh escapes. He fortun-\\nately was not required to suffer the infliction of\\nwounds and imprisonment, and received his honor-\\nable discharge at Detroit, on the 14th of July,\\n1865.\\nAfter the war Mr. Rickerd worked as a carpenter\\nand joiner for a period of thirteen yeais. and then\\nentered upon his first experience in merchandising,\\nas a clerk for a dry-goods firm in Jerome. A few\\nmonths hiter he purcliasecl the business of a boot\\nand shoe house in North Adams, in company with\\n.1 partner, and the business was conducted under\\nthe firm name of Rickerd Co. for five years\\nfollowing. Our subject then disposed of his inter-\\nest in the business, and a j ear later engaged in his\\npresent undertaking, in which he has built up a\\ngood patronage, comprising the best people in the\\ntown and township.\\nMr. Rickerd, politically, votes the straight Re-\\npublican ticket, and is actively interested in educa-\\ntional matters, having officiated as Director, and is\\nat present Chairman of the board, to which position\\nlie was elected in 1884. In religious matters he is\\nprominently connected with the Congregational\\nChurch, and socially, belongs to T. S. Meade Post\\nNo. 189, G. A. R., of which he is at present Chap-\\nlain. He has also officiated as Adjutant and Com-\\nmander, and in the Masonic fraternity belongs to\\nLodge No. 189, at North Adams. In the I. O. O.\\nF. he is identified with Rural Lodge No. 72, and\\nin this also has held the different offices.\\nThe parents of our subject, John B. and Eliza-\\nbeth (Putnam) Rickerd, were natives of New York\\nState, where they continued to reside for fifteen\\nyears after their marriage. Thence they came to\\nthis county, where the father carried on blacksmith-\\ning several years, then took up his residence in\\nLenawee Count} but five years later returned to\\nthis county, locating first in Wheatland Township,\\nwhence he removed to North Adams. From there,\\nin 1861, he went to Grand Traverse County, where\\nhe is now living, at the advanced age of seventy-\\neight years. The mother died in 1848, when\\nthirty-five years old. Their children were Sally\\nAnil, Levi H.. our subject, and Lafayette. The\\nfather was subsequently twice married, and had\\nfive children by his third wife.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Levi Rickerd there have been\\nborn two sons only, the elder of whom, Frank,\\ndied when about five years of age; Legrand G. is\\nin North Adams. Mrs. Rickerd. like her husband,\\nreceived a good education, and is an intelligent\\nlady, greatly esteemed by her neighbors.\\n^T HURLBUT RKiGS. The Riggs family is\\nwidely and favorably known throughout the\\nnorthern part of Hillsdale County, and the\\nsubject of this biography forms one of its\\nmost worthy representatives. He was born in\\nLyons. W.tviic Co.. N. 1 Oct. 28, 1839. an listhe", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0346.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n337\\ni=\\nson of Joseph and Mary (Smith) Riggs, who are\\nnatives of the sfime place, the father born Nov. 12,\\n1813, and the mother Jan. 31, 1815. Thcj came\\nto this county about 1842, and settled first in Scipio\\nTownship, whence thej- removed two years later to\\nLitchfield Township, and there lived until 1863.\\nThat 3-ear they returned to Scipio Township and\\ntook up their residence at Mosherville. where the\\nmother died Jan. 20, 1872, and the father, surviv-\\ning his excellent partner ten years, died Nov. 23,\\n1882.\\nJoseph Riggs was just such a man as was needed\\nin the early settlement of Scipio Township. Public-\\nspirited and liberal, progressive in his ideas, and\\npossessed of unbounded energy and resolution, he\\nnut only transacted his own business affairs with the\\nbest of judgment, but formed an important factor\\nin sustaining and encouraging the enterprises which\\ncould not be otherwise than for the best good of his\\ncommunity. He had, mainly through his own ef-\\nforts, acquired an excel! nt education, and taught\\nschool not only in his native State, but in connec-\\ntion with farming after coming to this county. He\\nheld nearly all the offices within the gift of his\\ntownsmen, and served as Justice of the Peace both\\nin Scipio and Litchfield Townshi|)S for many years.\\nThe establislinient and maintenance of schools\\nfound in Joseph Riggs the most cordial encourager\\nand supporter, and in church affaiis he was equally\\nillicient, being with his excellent wife among the\\n|iillars of the Methodist Episcopal Church, both at\\nLitchfield and Mosherville. The parental house-\\nhold included eight children, of whom J. llurlhut,\\nthe subject of this biography, was the eldest born.\\nOf John J., the second son, a sketch will be found\\nelsewhere in tiiis volume; Mary U. is the widow of\\nJ. Culver, and resides in Mosherville; Wesley\\n\\\\y.. during tlie late rebellion, enlisted in the 27tli\\nMichigan Infantry, and died on a boat which was\\nen route from the frontal Petersburg, Va., to Phila-\\ndelphia, Pa.; Alice died in Litchfield Townshij),\\nFeb. C, 1852, when an infant; Edward P. also died\\nwhen an infant, April 1, 1853; Carrie died June\\n19, 1!S72, at the home of her parents in Ihiscount}\\n(ieorge is eng.aged farming in Scipio Townshi|).\\nThe living children of this family, uinler the influ-\\nence of the excellent home training wliirli lliey re-\\nceived, are now numbered among the most worthy\\nand valued citizens of this county, and, like their\\nparents before them, will leave a record of which\\ntheir children will have no reason to be ashamed.\\nJ. Hurlbut Riggs was but a little lad when his\\nparents came to this county, and his early studies,\\nbegun in the district school, were completed in\\nHillsdale College, where he took a year s course.\\nHe then returned to the farm in Litchfield Town-\\nship, where he remained until after the outbreak of\\nthe late Rebellion, and in December, 18G3, enlisted\\nin Company B, which comprised the second com-\\npany of Sharpshooters attached to the 27th Michi-\\ngan Infantry. He was in due time promoted to\\nSergeant, and served in this capacity until April,\\n1864, when he received the commission of Second\\nLieutenant of Company D, 2d Michigan Infantry.\\nThis was followed not long afterward b^ his pro-\\nmotion to the rank of First Lieutenant, with which\\nhe was mustered out in the fall of 1864. He met\\nthe enemy in many important battles, and in front\\nof Petersburg, Va., was wounded in the hand and\\nthigh, which necessitated later his retirement from\\nthe service.\\nLieut. Briggs upon recovering from his wounds\\nand the shock to his nervous system, resumeil farm-\\ning in Scipio Township, and now for a period of\\ntwenty )-ears has been closely identified with its\\nmost important interests. He possesses much of\\nthe force of character which distinguished his hon-\\nored father, also serving as Justice of the Peace a\\nnumber of years, and Trea.-nier and Clerk of Scipio\\nTownship. In the summer of 1887 he was chosen\\ncommander of Henry Baxter Post No. 219, at\\nJonosvillc, and was re-elected in January, 1888. He\\nkeeps himself well posted in regard to matters of\\ngeneral interest, and whether among friends or\\nstrangers is uniformly recognized as a man of more\\nthan ordin.aiy intelligence.\\nMr. Riggs took for his wed lcd wife, Oct. 31,\\n1861 Miss Jennie Mosher. who was born in Mosher-\\nville, March 6. 1845, and is the daughter of one\\nof its early pioneers, Charles Mosher, who married\\nIMiss Polly Seaver, and of whom a sketch appears\\nelsewhere in this work. Of this union there were\\nborn five children, one of whom died in infancy.\\nGertrude IC. liocaine the wife of Fr.ink W cllhiLitoii,\\n[^^W", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0347.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "4\\n338\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00ba^Ih\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nand died at her home in Mosherville, Dec. 5, 1886;\\nEdith A. married Mr. Frederick Clearwater, of\\nJoiiesville; Charles M. and .Jennie M. continue\\nunder the parental roof.\\nThe farm of J. Hurlbut Riggs is finely located,\\nand comprises 145 acres on sections 2 and 1 1 in\\nScipio Township. His residence in Mosherville is\\na neat and tasteful frame structure, handsomely\\nfinished and furnished, and indicating both within\\nand without the thrift and enterprise which have\\nresulted in the establishment of a comfortable mod-\\nern home. Mr. Riggs, it is hardlj necessary to\\nsay. votes the Republican ticket, while his estimable\\nwife is a member in good standing of the Method-\\nist Episcopal Church.\\n\\\\t OliS HILTON, a respected citizen of Hills-\\ndale County, resides on his pleasant home-\\nstead on section 5, Camden Township, where\\nfor many years he has been steadily engaged\\nin tilling the soil, and now in life s decline is enjoy-\\ning the well-deserved competency which has re-\\nsulted from his persevering industry, wise economy,\\nand the shrewd management of his farming in-\\nterests. He is a native of England, born in Bed-\\nfordshire, July 15, 1822, being a son of William\\nand Elizabeth (Ward) Hilton, both natives of En-\\ngland. He received but a limited education, not\\nhaving the advantages offered to the youth of\\nto-da} He grew up in his native country to be\\nstrong, active, and ambitious to make his own way\\nin the wtrld, and at the age of seventeen, as a prep-\\naration thereto, began to learn the trade (jf brick-\\nmason, in which he became very skillful, anil has\\nsince followed very profitably much of ih.e time.\\nHe married in his native Jlngland, June 3, 184.5,\\nMiss Ann Elkerton, who was born in that countr}\\nApril 25, 1826, being a daughter of James and\\nMary (Cutler) Elkerton. both of England.\\nFeeling Confident tliat hecould make more money\\nat his trade in the United States of America than\\nin his own country. an l thus be enabled to build\\nup a more ctunfortable home for his wife and grow-\\ning family, our subject, in the fall of 1851, em-\\nbarked at Livei pool on a sailing-vessel for this\\nland of promise, and after an ocean voyage of five\\nweeks landed at New York City. The expenses of\\nthe journey had taken up all his money, so that\\nwhen he arrived here he had not a cent in his\\npocket, but he was nothing daunted by that fact,\\nas he hoped soon to be able to obtain work, and he\\nimmediately set out for West Troy, where, indeed,\\nhe obtained employment at his trade, and assisted\\nin building a church. He remained there for eight\\nweeks, and then went to Royalton, Ohio, where he\\npursued his trade for a short time. He then went\\nto Berea, Ohio, where he found plenty of work as\\na good mason, and remained there actively em-\\nployed for some five years. In a short time he had\\nbeen so industrious and had accumulated money so\\nfast, that in the fall of 1852 he was enabled to send\\nfor the faithful wife and three children whom he had\\nleft in the old home when he crossed the water,\\nand the family were once more united. In 1855\\nMr. Hilton determined to move with his wife and\\nchildren to Hillsdale County, where he decided to\\nturn his attention to agriculture, though not in-\\ntending wholly to abandon his trade. Twenty\\nyears before the township of Camden, where he se-\\nlected his land, was invaded by the first pioneer who\\nsettled within its borders, and when our subject lo-\\ncated there a great deal of it was still in its orig-\\ninal wild state, and he had to cut his way through\\nwoods to get to his place in order to build a log\\ncabin. In the toilsome years that followed he was\\nably assisted in his pioneer labors by his devoted\\nwife, and they cheerfully and uncomplainingly bore\\nthe hardships and privations incidental to tlieir lot\\nin a newly settled country, and succeeded in build-\\ning up their present comfortable home, which took\\nthe place of the liunil)lo log cabin in which their\\nfirst few years here were passed. Mr. Hilton s\\nfarm comprises seventy acres of well-tilled land,\\nwhich is quite productive au l well rep.ays the care\\nand labor that he has bestowed upon it. For a\\nnumber of years Mr. Hilton h.ad to carry all of his\\nproduce to tlie market in Hillsdale, which was then\\na very tiresome journey on account of the bad\\nroads.\\nTo our subject and his wife have been l)()ni ten\\nchildien, nine of whom are living, and the following\\nis the family record: George, living in Newaygo", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0348.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0349.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0350.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "I\\nIIILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n341\\nCounty, is President of the Bee Association, of\\nMieliio^aii; Mary A. is the wife of William Good-\\nwin, of Branch County; William lives in Newa3-go\\nCounty: Sarah is the wife of Ellas IStrunk, of Se-\\nwa3 go County; Francis lives in Newaygo County;\\nFrederic lives in Montpelier, Ohio; Harriet is the\\nwife of Clinton Grant, of Camden TownsUip; Net-\\ntie is the wife of Frederic Beek, of Williams\\nCounty, Ohio; John lives at home with his parents;\\nSamuel is dead.\\nOur subject has the reputation of being a thor-\\noughly honest and upright citizen, earnest in his\\nconvictions, prompt and systematic in his business\\nmethods, and, with his good wife, commands uni-\\nversal esteem and confidence. Politically, he is a\\nmember of the Union Labor party, and a firm cham-\\npion of its doctrines.\\nARMON HART, who is one of the most\\nsuccessful general farmers and stock-raisers\\nof Hillsdale C ounty, resides on section 13,\\nReading Township, and owns 200 acres of\\nland, part of which Is on section 24. This farm\\nMr. Hart has l)rought to a fine st.ate of cultivation,\\nand has erected thereon an elegant two-story brick\\nhouse with l)asonient, pleasantly located on a con-\\nsiderable elevation at the head of Michigan street,\\ntwo and one-half miles from Reading Village. This\\nhouse was erected in 1 .S80 and is one of the most\\nmagnificent structures In the townahlp, and we\\nare pleaseil to present a view of It In this connec-\\ntion. Mr. Hart also owns forty .acres of land in\\nCambria Township, adjoining the homestead, which\\nhe purchased In IHo.t and has brought to a good\\nstate of Improvement.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born In Van Buren\\nTownship, Onondaga Co.. N. Y., Nov. M, 1831,\\nwhile his father. Pardon Hart, was boiii In Rhode\\nIsland and came of New Knglaiid parentage. He\\nremoved with his parents to Onond.aga County, N.\\nY.. where they remained until their decease. Par-\\ndon Hart was yet unmarried when he removed to\\nOnond.Tga County, and there was united In marriage\\nwilh I olly liowt M IS. Hart s parents Wfie natives\\n\\\\^4*\\nof New York and died in Onondaga Countj at an\\nadvanced age. They came of an old and respected\\nfamily, and were highly esteemed for their many\\ngood qualities. Pardozi Hart and wife came to\\nMichigan In 18,55, whence their son had pi cceded\\nthem some years, and he afterward lived with his\\nsons, principally with our subject, until his death\\nin 180; his wife had preceded him to the silent\\nland in 1855. Father Hart was a good citizen and\\na public-spiriteil and just man. In politics he was\\na stanch Democrat, ever ready to .assist his i)arty to\\ncarry out the measures which they inaugurated.\\nOur subject w.as reared and educated in Van\\nBuren Township, Onondaga County, and reuiaincd at\\nthe homestead until eighteen years of age. He then\\njoined the procession moving West, and coming to\\nMichigan has since lived in Reading Township.\\nIn August, 1855, he was united in marriage in\\nReading wlthtMiss Elizabeth Fuller, who was born\\nIn Lenawee County, near Adrian, June 17. 1839,\\nand is the daughter of Thomas and Elizal)eth (Kln-\\nk. ide) Fuller. Her parents came to Reading Town-\\nship in Jul} 1831), and resided there until their\\ndecease, that of the father occurring In 1865, when\\nsixty years of age, while his wife died at the age\\nof forty-two years, In 1849. Mr. Fuller was a na-\\ntive of ^nssex County, England, and was descended\\nfrom pure English ancestr} He came to the United\\nStates when quite 3oung, and soon afterward settled\\nin Michigau. Mrs. Hart was left an orphan by the\\ndeath of her mother when she was but eight years\\nof age, and she was afterward reare 1 by her father\\nand stepmother most of the time until her mar-\\nriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Hart have had born to them five\\nchildren, two of whom, Haltio and Charlie, died In\\ninfancy. The living children are recorded as fol-\\nlows: Horatio T. lives on the Hart homestead, which\\nhe is successfull} managing; he chose foi his wife\\nRosa Young, of Cambria Township, and they are\\nthe parents of two children living Mabel and May;\\none Is deceased H.attie E. Nettie P. became the\\nwife of All ert Haines, of Reading, and they subse-\\nquently niiHivid to Los Angeles, Cal., where they\\nhave one iliild. Arthur H. resides at the old home-\\nstead.\\nBy his intelligence and grasp of pulilic questions.\\nr", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0351.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "I\\n-4^\\n1 a42\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ni\\nMr. Hart lias won for himself the esteem and con-\\nfidence of all who have the pleasure of his acquaint-\\nance, and while declining public preferment is a\\nprominent and worthy citizen. Jn politics he is a\\nsolid Democrat.\\n~s\\nIjy^ RS. MARCIA C. TKEADWELL, widow of\\nC. L. Treadwell. late of Wheatland Town-\\nship, owns and occupies a fine homestead\\non section 33, which was built up by the\\nunited efforts of herself and her lamented husband.\\nThe latter was born in Monroe County, N. Y.,Nov.\\n22. 1IS20 or lb21, and departed this life at his home\\nin Wheatland Township on the 7th of October.\\n1^82. In his death not only his family but the\\nentire community lost one of its most highly es-\\nteemed members. In the business world his record\\nwas unimpeachable, and in the home circle his place\\ncan never be tilled.\\nOn account of the family record of this branch\\nof the Treadwell family not having been preserved\\nwith sufficient care, the exact year of the birth of\\nMr. Treadwell is not positively known, but it is\\ncertain that he was a sou of Levi and Olive (Eaton)\\nTreadwell, who were natives of Connecticut, whence\\nthe} emigrated to Michigan during the period of\\nits early settlement. They lived and labored dur-\\ning the days of their youth and strength, and in\\nlater years, surrounded by the comforts to which\\nthey were so justly entitled, retired to the home of\\ntheir son. Chancy L., where they both died, the\\nfatlier wiien seventy-five years of age, and the\\nmother two years younger. The Treadwell family\\nis of Scottish extraction, and the paternal grand-\\nfather served as an officer in the Revolutionary\\nWar.\\nChancy L. Treadwell was reared mostly to farm-\\ning pursuits, and received a very limited education.\\nWhen but a small boy he was employed as driver\\non the Erie Canal, and continued a resident of his\\nnative State until lb40. He then joined his par-\\nents who had already emigrated to Michigan, and\\nthereafter remained with them until they no hjnger\\nrefpiired his filial offices. The honsiliold circle in-\\ncluded seven children, five of wluuii grew ti) years\\nof maturity, but only one of whom is now living,\\na sister, who continues a resident of the Empire\\nState. Chancy L., on the 3d of February, 1848.\\nwas united in marriage with Miss Marcia C. Church.\\nMi s. Treadwell is the daughter of Lorenzo and\\nSusan (Halleck) Church, who have long since passed\\nto their final rest. She was born in Wayne County,\\nN. v.. May 18, 1824.\\nAfter marriage the young people commenced\\nlife together on the old Treadwell homestead, where\\nChanc} L. effected great improvements, putting\\nup neat and substantial buildings, and availing him-\\nself of the best methods of modern agriculture.\\nThe house which now stands and many, if not all,\\nof the barns and other out-buildings, were erected\\nunder the personal supervision of the husband of\\nour subject. The first frame dwelling was destrojed\\nby fire about 1868, and with it inanj valuable\\n[lapers and records. Mr. Treadwell always inter-\\nested himself in the progress and welfare of the\\npeople around him, and was a cheerful and liberal\\ncontributor to the enterprises having this end in\\nview. He filled many offices of trust and respon-\\nsibility, was President of the Agricultural and Hor-\\nticultural .Societies, and became highly successful\\nas a stock-raiser, being in the habit of carrying off\\nthe blue ribbons at the various neighboring county\\nand State fairs. The family have in their posses-\\nsion several medals and diplomas awarded him as\\nthe result of his labors and excellent judgment.\\nThere were born to Mr. and Mrs. Treadwell the\\nchililren whose record is as follows: Mary E., born\\nSept. 21. 1850, is the wife of B. H. Bump, also a\\nnative of Hillsdale County, and boin Aug. 9. 1845;\\nthey were married at the homestead on the 4lh of\\nMarch, 1875, and are the parents of two children:\\nHarry T., born Dec. 18, 1875. and Marcia, June 24,\\n1880. Mr. Bump is the son of Albert II. and Fauii}\\nBump, who were among the early pioneers of Michi-\\ngan Territory, and are now residents of Lenawee\\nCounty. He is carrying on the old Treadwell\\nhomestead and considered one of the best fanners\\nin the trounty. He makes a specialty of fine horses,\\nregistered sheep and Poland-China swine, and his\\nrecord in this industry is unsurpassed by any man\\nin the i unly. The second daughter, Susan B..\\nwas born Aui; 21, 18G1. and is the wife of James\\nif", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0352.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUM Y.\\n343\\nH. RIoreland, a native of Adrian, Lenawee County,\\nwho w.as born Feb. 19, IS.OO, and is tiie son of\\nJiinies IL and Anna (Stepbson) Moveland; the elder\\nMoreland is engaged in tlie tobacco and oil trade at\\nAdrian, this State, and is a prominent and well-to-\\ndo citizen.\\nIt is claimed that Chancy L. Tread well owned\\nthe first Short-horn cattle ever brought into Wheat-\\nland Town9hi[). In his labors and ambitions his\\nestimable wife proved a most suitable helpmate,\\nl)eing a lady of intelligence and education, and\\ntheir children have been graduated from the best\\nschools of the State. Mrs. Tread well was herself\\na teacher of several years standing, and her daugh-\\nter Susan followed this profession several terms\\namong the districts of her native township.\\n*jILBERT HOWLAND. Comparison being\\nthe criterion by which we dotermiue the\\nI\\n^^ill excellence of anything, from a homestead to\\na valuable jewel, we ma} perliaps in tiie most for-\\ncible manner illustrate the position of the gentleman\\nwhose name stands at the head of this sketch, and\\nwho is widely- and favorably known throughout\\nllansom Township, by stating that bis Hrst dwelling\\nin this vicinity over forty years ago consisted of a\\nrudely budt log house, with split shingles for the\\nroof and nothing but a stovei)ipe running through\\nit for a chimney. Into this he moved with his\\nwife and one child on tlie iTthclayof December,\\n1842, before the structure hail been provided with\\na door (ir window sash and only two-thirds of the\\nroof had been covered. Fortunately they were\\nprovided with plenty of blankets and quilts, which\\nwere hung up to keep out the cold an l to serve as\\na protection from the wolves or bears, that might\\ninsist upon an entrance. Their shelter, however,\\nwas little more than a secondary consideration, the\\nmain thing being to provide enougii to eat. They\\nha 1 om; cow. two pigs, a few hens and a yoke of\\noxen, with liie latter of which the plowing, milling\\nand marketing were carried on for several years.\\nForty-six years have passed since that eventful\\nwinter, and now the pissing traveler turns his eyes\\nwith ;i(liiiirMti(in npdii thf licaiitilul lidnicstead I f\\nGilbert Howland, with its modern and tasteful resi-\\ndence, its ample barns and other substantial out-\\nbuildings, the sleek and well-fed horses and cattle,\\nthe fine orchard of apple and peach trees, the abun-\\ndance of the smaller fruits, the farm machinery, the\\nappliances of comfort and luxury, and all the other\\nevidences of cultivated tastes and ample means.\\nThe moving spirit which has brought about this\\nalmost incredible change has been the gentleman\\nwhose life history we can only briefly portray\\nwithin the circumscribed limits of a work of this\\nkind, and we have sought to discover the main\\npoints, which are substantially as follows\\nOur subject, a native of Ontario Count} N. Y.,\\nwas l)orn in the town of Manchester, Oct. 24, 1814.\\nHis father, Jonathan Howland, a n.ative of Massa-\\nchusetts, vv.as born Feb. 6, 1789, and was the son\\nof Gilbert Howland, Sr., whom it is believed was\\nalso a n.ative of the Bay State. In the month of\\nFebruary. 1800, the paternal grandfather of our\\nsubject started for Ontario Count} N. Y., with the\\npurpose of .making a settlement, and was one of the\\nfirst pioneers of that section. The journey was\\nmade overland with an ox-team, and be brought\\nwith him his family and household goods. He had\\ntraded his farm in Massachusetts for a tr.act of timber\\nland in the vicinity of Mane^hester. N. Y., ami the\\nembryo city of Albany, many miles away, was his\\nnearest m.arket for a number of years. To this also\\nthey were compelled to go with an ox-team, it being\\nseveral years before the sturdy old pioneer could\\nsecure the luxury of horses. He was permitted to\\nlive twenty-nine years thereafter, during which time\\nhe eliminated a comfortable home from the wilder-\\nness, where he spent the remainder of his life, resting\\nfrom bis earthly labors about 1.^29.\\nThe paternal grandmother of our subject. Eliza-\\nbeth (Lapham) Howland. also a native of Massa-\\nchusetts, accompanied her husband to the wilds of\\nOnt.ario County, N. Y.. and died at the old home-\\nstead some years after the decease of her husband.\\nTheir son Jonathan w.as a lad of eleven years when\\nhis parents mide the removal to New York. He\\nthere devi lopvl into m.anhood, becoming familiar\\nwith the various employments of farm life in a new\\ncountry, and after his marriage commenced life\\nwith his young bricle in a log house on his father s", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0353.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "344\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nI\\nfarm. In 1817 he purchased a tract of land adja-\\ncent to the latter homestead, which he cleared, and\\nwhich he occupied with his family until 1849.\\nDuring the early part of that year he sold out all\\nhis possessions in the Empire t?tate. and like his\\nfather before him turned his face toward the setting\\nsun.\\nJonathan Rowland, upon leaving the haunts of\\nhis childhood and youth, made his way to Southern\\nMichigan, and settling in Lenawee Country, pur-\\nchased a tract of land in Adrian Township, where\\nhe and his estimable wife spent the remainder of\\ntheir days. After an honorable and upright career,\\nduring which he had provided bountifully for his\\nfamilj he passed away amid their tears and regrets,\\non the 11th of May. 1871. J lie maiden whom he\\nhad wedded in early manhood was Miss Mary,\\ndaughter of Michael and Mary iSprague, who were\\nnatives of Massachusetts, in which Slate their daugh-\\nter was also born. The mother of our subject only\\nlived a few months after the family had settled in\\nthis .State, her death taking place in September,\\n1849.\\nOf the eight children comprising the parental\\nhouseiiold, six lived to mature vears. and Gilliert,\\nlike his brothers and sisters, was reared to farm\\npursuits, and received his first instruction in the\\nsubscription schools of Manchester Townshij), Onta-\\nrio Co., N. Y. He was a bright and observant\\nbo} however, fond of books, and made the most of\\nhis opportunities for acquiring knowledge. Indue\\ntime he developed into a strong, athletic young\\nman, and proved of valuable assistance in the cul-\\ntivation of his father s land and in the building uj) of\\nthe homestead. He struck out for himself at the\\nage of twenty-one years, joining his sister in Adrian\\nTownship, this Stale, the latter of which, however,\\nwas still a Territojy. This move was primarily\\nthe beginning of the enterprise he lia l in view,\\nnamely, the cstablii-hment of a home of his own.\\nIn puisuance of this object, our subject, on the\\n7tli of September. 1^35, boardeil a canal-boat at\\nPalmyra, N. Y., and thence proceeded to Buffalo,\\nwhere he emlinrked on a steamer for Toledo. From\\ntjiis latter jioiiit he made his waj- on foot through the\\ncotlonwuiKl swamp lo Adrian, where he arrived at\\nnoon on the 14lh of the mfnith. After visiting his\\nsister a few daj-s he shouldered his bundle and set\\nout for this county in the same manner, and upon\\nhis arrival explored a portion of Ransom Township\\nwith a view to settlement. There was then not a\\nsettler in the whole township. He had been accom-\\np. inied by a mjin somewhat familiar with .the lay of\\nthe land, and being provided with two or three\\ndays rations which they carried in a knapsack, they\\nspent two nights in the woods near the present site\\nof Ransom Center. Deer, bears, wolves and wild\\nturkeys were plentiful. Mr. Howland selected a\\ntract of land whicli is now included in his present\\nfarm, then walked to Monroe and entered it at the\\nGovernment land-office there. The previous night\\nhe spent one mile from the town, and in the morn-\\ning approached the land-office, where he found\\nfifteen or sixteen other men anxiously awaiting for\\nthe official to open up and begin oper-itions. At 9\\no clock A. !\\\\I. the doors of the office were opened,\\nand Mr. Howland managed to be the second in en-\\ntering and obtaining a hearing. After the adjust-\\nment of this important matter he returned to Adrian,\\nand spent the winter with his sister.\\nIn the spring of 1836 our subject returned to his\\nnative State, where he engaged in carpentering and\\nwagon-making, and followed these trades in connec-\\ntion with fartning for six years following. In the\\nmeantime he was married, and now accompanied by\\nhis wife and one child, set out for their future home\\nin Michigan. They made their way via the Erie\\nCanal and the lake to Toledo, and thence by car to\\nAdrian, then the western terminus of the Michigan\\nSouthern Railroad. At that [jlace our subject hired\\na team to take them to the house of Jon.is Goodell,\\nliving on section 1 of what is now Ransom Town-\\nship. They took up their abode under the hosi)i-\\nlable roof of this gentleman until Mr. Howland\\ncould put up his log house on his own land, which\\nwas in the unfinished condition we have alre.idy\\ndescribed when the} took possession of it six weeks\\nlater. His labors from that time until the [iresent\\nhave ali-ea ly been partially outlined.\\nThe marriage of Gilbert Howland an l Miss Zip-\\nporah P. .lohnson was celebrated at the home of\\nthe bride in Ontario County, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1837.\\nMrs. Howlan l was born not far from the early home\\nof her husliand, in Manchester. N. Y Se[ t. 12,\\nh", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0354.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "til\\nHILL^DALK CULMV.\\n345\\n1812. Her father, Joseph Johnson, a native of\\nNew Jersey, was born Se])t. II. 17.S2. and when a\\nyoniiji; man made his wa} to Massaehusells, wiiere\\nhe lived until the 1st of February, 180(). Tiience\\nhe raij^rated to Eastern New York, and from there\\nin 1812 changed his resiilcnee to Ontario County,\\nsettling in Manciiester Village. After a year s resi-\\ndence there he purchased land five miles away in\\nthe wilderness, put up a log house and commenced\\nto clear a farm. This was long before the day of\\nstoves and before they had been thought of, when\\nthe |)ioneer mothers ilid all their cooking b3 the\\nfireplace. Like others, Mrs. Johnson spun and wove\\nfor many j-ears, manufacturing all the cloth for the\\nuse of the family. These arts she also taught her\\ndaughter Zipporah, together witii the other house-\\nhold duties which go so far in affecting the happi-\\nness of the h jme. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson occu[)ied\\nthis farm the remainder of their lives. The mother\\npassed away some years after the decease of her\\nhusband, dying on the 16th of January, 186(5.\\nJoseph Johnson rested from his earthly labors on\\nthe 2d of June, 1848. His wife was in her girl-\\nhood Elizabeth Pratt, also a native of Massachu-\\nsetts, anil who was born Jan. .5, 1783. The mater-\\nnal grandparents of Mrs. Howland were Nathaniel\\nand Zipporali (Smith) Pratt, who it is believed were\\nof New England birth and parentage, and spent\\ntheir entire lives in Massachusetts.\\nTo our subject and his wife there were born the\\nchildren whose record is as follows: Jonathan H.,\\na resident of Ransom Township, wiis born Dec. 3,\\n1\u00c2\u00ab38, and married Miss Emil3 A. Smith; Sarah C,\\nwho became the wife of Mason Bryant, was born\\nApril 10, 1845, and died at her home in Pittsford,\\non the 20th of April, 1871; Cynthia L., who w.as\\nborn March 3, 1849, became the wife of Ira N.\\nBryant, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this\\nwork. Mary E., the second child, was born Sept.\\n21, 1840, .and died June 27, 1S42.\\nWhen the parents of Mrs. Howland first settled\\nin Ontario County, N. Y., deer and other wild\\ngame were plentiful, while wolves and bears con-\\ntributed to add liveliness to the scene. The father\\nhad only an ox-team to do his farm work and mar-\\nketing, and used to take his grain to mill on his\\nback. He had the satisf.action of living to see his\\nadopted county in a finely developed and prosper-\\nous condition, and l)ore no unimportant part in\\nbringiiig about its develop.nent and |)rosperity.\\nThe household circle included ten children, the\\nyoungest (jf whom died at the age of thirty-one\\nyears. .Mrs. Hj.viand wis the fifth child, and now\\nin theseventy-si.xth year of hei-age, enjo3 s remark-\\nably good health.\\nIETER RICHTMYER. The well-regulated\\nJ! farm of this substantial aj;riculturist of\\nSomerset Township lies on section 21, and\\ncomprises 112 .acres of land, the greater\\npart under good cultivation. The buildings and\\nfences are well kept up and in good order, and\\neverything about the premises indicates thrift and\\nenergy to be the distinguishingcharacteristicsof the\\nproprietor. The improvements which the passing\\ntraveler observes with interest have been mostly\\nthe result of the labors of Mr. Richtmyer.\\nSchoharie County, N. Y., w.as the early Iramp-\\ning-grounil of the subject of this sketch, and where\\nhis birth took pl.ace on the 3d of November. 1833.\\nThat county was the birthplace of his parents.\\nChristian ami Maria (Bnrhane) Richtmj er. They\\nhad a family of ten children, and both lived to he\\nwell stricken in years, the father passing away at the\\nage of eighty-four, and the mother after reaching\\nher eightieth birthday. It is the belief of our sub-\\nject that all their children are still living. They\\nare residents mostly of New York.\\nMr. Richtmyer was thrown upon his own re-\\nsoui ces early in life, when a lad of but nine years\\nold, and has made his way single handed since that\\ntime. He commenced working for neighbors in the\\nvicinity of his home, where he continued until\\nfourteen years of age, and then going into the\\nwestern part of the State, worked by the day and\\nmonth a year for his brother in a blacksmith-shop.\\nHe subsequently followed this tr.ade at Medina, N.\\nY., but believing that farming pursuits would be\\nmore to his tastes and capacities, tried this for three\\nyears, and then launched out .as a carpenter.\\nThus was the life of our subject spent until 1853,\\nand on the Cth of February, that year, he was mar-\\n^n", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0355.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "346\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\niie(i to :i verj lovely and amiahle woman, Miss\\nAlziia Liddle, wlio was a native of .Shelby, Orleans\\nCo., N. Y..and born March 20. 1833. Her parents\\nwere Adam and Linda (Crapsej Uddle. The\\nformer was born in Manlius. April 22, 1785. and\\ndepart( d this life Oct. 1 1. 1877. in Orleans County.\\nHe sei ved as a soldier in the War of 1812. receiv-\\ning an honorable wonnd, on account of which he\\nafterward drew a pension from the Government.\\nHis wife, Linda, the niotherof Jlrs. Eichtmyer, was\\nborn in Manlius. Aug. 12, 1794, and also died at\\nthe homeste.ad in Orleans Connt3 Nov. 18, 18GG.\\nThe parental household included eight children, of\\nwhom five are now living and residents of various\\n.States. The maternal grandfather, .lacob Crapsej-,\\nwas born March 2, 1767, and died Nov. 8, 1832.\\nin Shelb} N. Y. He maniid Mifs Anna Griffith,\\nwho died in Lockj)ort, N. Y., Jan. 21. 1847. at the\\nage of seventj years. Grandfather Crapsey was a\\nFree-Will Baptist, in the pulpit of which church\\nhe officiated for man} years. The paternal grand-\\nfather, John Liddle, was born Feb. 28, 1758, and\\ndied Sept. 12, 1875.\\nMr. and Mrs. Richtmyer have four children,\\nrecorded as follows: Estella M.. born Feb. 8, 1854,\\nis now the wife of J. B. Alley, and the mother of\\nfour children; they live on a farm in .Somerset\\nTownship, this county. Delia A. was born Aug. 8,\\n1 857, and is the wife of Thomas Tryon. a well-to-do\\nfarmer of Moscow Township; Sarah A. was born\\nMay 7, 1859, and is the wife of Stanley Muriy, a\\nhardware merchant of Moscow; they have two\\nchildren. Eva E., born April 20, 1862, was gradu-\\nated from Hillsdale College, and is now officiating\\nas a teacher for the sixth term in Moscow Town-\\nship; she possesses rare musical talent, to which she\\nis devoting much time and attention. The birth-\\nplace of all these children was in Shelby, Orleans\\nCo., N. Y.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Richtmyer worked at his\\ntrade and earned on farming until November, 1865,\\nwhen he came to .Southern Michigan, and located\\nin Moscow Township, where he resided until 1869.\\nThat year he sold out and purchased his present\\nfarm where, with the exception of one year, during\\nwhich he was engaged in the purchase of grain at\\nJerome, he has since continued. He is a man who\\nkeeps himself well informed upon matters of general\\ninterest, votes the straight Republican ticket, and is\\nan earnest advocate of temperance principles. He\\nand his estimable wife attend the Congregational\\nChurch. Mr. R. is a member of the Masonic Lodge,\\nof Moscow Village, and has been connected with\\nthe L O. O. F., at Jerome, for many years, holding\\nnearly all the offices of the lodge there. He takes\\na lively interest in the establishment and mainten-\\nance of schools, but has steadily declined becoming\\nan office-holder.\\nWILSON HOU.SEKNECHT is a gener.il far-\\nmer and stock-raiser in Moscow Township,\\nsection 29. where he also carries on a saw-\\nmill and a cider-mill, and in his multifarious duties\\ndisplays indomitable energy and perseverance,\\ncoupled with good judgment and straightforward,\\nbusiness-like methods.\\nMr. Houseknecbt is the son of Charles and Sarah\\n(Dugan) Houseknecbt, who were natives of Lycom-\\ning County, Pa., while his grandfather was noted\\nfor his services in the Revolutionary War. The\\nparents of our subject after their marriage settled\\nin Pennsj lvania. where the father followed his trade\\nof a carpenter in connection with the management\\nof a sawmill. He met with a reverse of fortune,\\nhowever, and leaving the Keystone State, he came\\nto the West, settling in Scipio Township, this\\ncounty, in 1868. where he bought a lot of land on\\nwhich he erected a house, which remained their home\\nuntil the decease of the mother in 1880, at the age\\nof forty-five years. The father subsequently re-\\nmoved to Kansas, and from there to Pueblo. Col.,\\nwhere he owns 320 acres of land besides some prop-\\nerty in Pueblo Village. He also owns property in\\nthe growing citj of Wichita, Kan., and eleven acres\\nin .Scipio Township, this county.\\nThe parental family of our subject included\\ntwelve children, seven sons and five daughters, of\\nwhom eight survive, our subject being the eldest.\\nWilliam Houseknecbt was born Nov. 24, 1853, in\\nLairdsville, Lycoming Co., Pa., where his youthful\\ndays were passed in attendance upon the excellent\\ncommon schools of that State. When sixteen years", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0356.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n347\\nof itge he .iccoinpaniefl his fiitlier in his jonrnoy to\\nthe West, and le.-iniinij the trade of a carpenter\\nfolldweil that occupation here five years. He was\\ntiien united in marriage, .Ian. 8. 1875. with Miss\\nI IIIm, daughter of Avery Brown, of whom a sketch\\nis found elsewhere in this work. SIk; was the\\nyounger of two cliildren who came to gladden the\\nhome of the parents, and was born in Moscow\\nTownship, Ma} 17. 18, 2. At this time in many\\np.arts of this count} the log school-house with its\\nrude furniture had given pl.acc to the more con-\\nvenient frame building, and tlie educational facili-\\nties were largely increased. Here Mrs. Houseknecht\\nreceived her education, assisting meanwliile in the\\nduties of the home under the careful supervision of\\nher mother, receiving those practical lessons which\\nhave so well fitted her for tiie duties of life. Her\\nunion with our subject has been blessed by the\\nbirth of four children: Avery, George, Maud and\\nWillie, bright and interesting little people.\\nIn addition to the business already named in\\nwhich Mr. Houseknecht is engaged, he also operiites\\na clover huller. He has devoted twenty acres of\\nhis hind for an orchard, and this is occupied by\\nciioice apple trees, making the finest orchard in\\nHillsdale County, and yielding to its owner a hand-\\nsome return for his patience and industry. While\\nsupplying the local trade with this fine fruit, and\\neven shipping it to other markets, ha also derives\\nfrom his own orchard much of the fruit, which he\\nmanufactures into cider. Mr. Houseknecht is a\\nmember of the Central Michigan Threshers Associ-\\nation, and in politics he is identified with the Dem-\\nocratic party. He is a member of the Methodist\\nEpist^opal Church, of Moscow Plains, and is inter-\\nested in the various measures of that church, as well\\nas in the .advancement of the community in general.\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^-B-\\nLEXANDER HUSTON is one of the most\\njH successful general farmers and stock-raisers\\nII of Cambria Township, where he ovvns, on\\nsection 28, one of the finest and best con-\\nducted farms in this part of Hillsdale County. It\\nhas been in his possession over twelve years, and\\nco- iprises 100 acres of land, the most of which is\\nwell improved. It is well stockerl with sheep, cat-\\ntle and horses, tiie lattei lieing of a fiist-cl;iss breed.\\nSince coming liero lie h.as ei-ected the fine set of\\nfarm buildings which now grace his place, con-\\nspicuous among wiiicli is the elegant and commo-\\ndious modern residence which, with its i)leasant\\nsurroundings, forms an attractive feature in the\\nlandscape.\\nMr. Huston is a native of Shelby Township,\\nRichland Co., Ohio, born .)une 3. 1842. and he was\\nthe youngest of the two children born to his parents,\\nJames .and Nancy (Cline) Huston, and of the three\\nchildren born of his father s two marriages. His\\nfatlier is now living in retirement in the village of\\nCambria (for further parental histor}- see sketch of\\nthe father, James Huston, in another part of this\\nwork.) Our subject w.as only about four years old\\nwhen his parents moved to Williams County, in his\\nnative .State, and there he was reared and educated.\\nHe early established a homo for himself in that\\ncounty, and to the young lady, Miss LetticiaErvin,\\nwhom he chose to preside over it. and become to\\nhim a helpmate and companion, he w.as united in\\nmarriage June 7, 18G6. She was a daughter ot\\nArmstrong and Mary A. (Moure} Ervin, now liv-\\ning in West Unity Village, Ohio, in retirement from\\nthe .active duties of farming, their former occupa-\\ntion. They are natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania,\\nmarried in W.ayne County, Ohio, later settled in\\nCrawford Countv, the same State, and while living\\nthere their daughter, Mrs. Huston, was born Dec. 22i\\n1845. When she was eight years old they moved\\nto Williams County, where she was reared and\\neducated. She was well brought up by her par-\\nentSi who were good, intelligent people,, and were\\nvery successful farmers and stock-groovers. Mrs.\\nHuston was the fifth child of the four sons and five\\ndaughters, two sons and three daughters of whom\\nare now living, born to her parents. Of her union\\nwith our subject one child has been born, John W.,\\nwhose birth occurred Aug. 23, 187-3.\\nAfter marriage Mr. and Mrs. Huston continued\\nto live in their native State for some years, where\\nhe was actively engaged in farming. Subsequently\\nthey moved across the border to this State, and\\nhave since been residents of Cambria Township,\\nwhere they enjoy in the highest degree the esteem", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0357.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "34H\\nu\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nand frieiiflshiii t)f the entire eommnnit} Mr. Hus-\\nton is an open-hearted, lilieral-niinded man, prompt\\nand methodical in his business dealings, and is en-\\nteiprising and in 1nstrions in the conduct of his\\naffairs. In politics he is a true Deniociat, and\\nloses no opportunity to use his influence for the\\nbenefit of the p.irtj*.\\nLONZO R. HESSE, senior mcmlicr of the\\nfirm of Hesse Smith, of Nt)rlh Ailams,\\nwhen starting out for himself in life first\\nsecured a companion and helpmate to assist him\\nalong life s, journey, and then began learning the\\ntrade of machinist and engineering, at which he\\nlabored for a period of fifteen years. Then on\\naccount of impaired health he resumed farming\\npursuits, with which he had become familiar during\\nhis boyhood and youth, and at which he occupied\\nhimself until the spring of 1887. Then, in company\\nwith his present partner, he puichased the flouring-\\nniill in North Adams Township, formerly owned by\\nW. H. Pratt, and is now carrj ing on a flourishing\\nbusiness. The establishment has been thoroughly\\nremodeled, and supplied with the latest improved\\nmachinery. This includes the George T. Smith\\nsystem of milling, and which in its operations is\\nmost admirable, possessing a capacity of 100 barrels\\nper day. The mill is one of the solid institutions\\nof this part of the county, from whose people it\\nreceives a generous patronage.\\nOur subject, a native of the Empire State, was\\nborn in Monroe County, July 22,1843. His boy-\\nhood was passed in his native county, where he\\nattended the common school, and when further\\nadvanced, completed a business course in the Com-\\nmercial College, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. His par-\\nents were Charles F. and Marinda (Rose) Hesse,\\nnatives of New York .State, and who after marriage\\nsettled in Rush Township, Monroe County. The\\nmother died soon after the birth of her son, our\\nsubject, and the latter was taken to the home of his\\npaternal grandfather. The latter about eighteen\\nmonths later came to St. Joseph County, this State,\\nand took up his residence among the pioneer settlers,\\nwhere he subsequently remained the balance of his\\nlife. The father was subsequently married to Mrs.\\nPolly Ann Stowers. P^lonzo R. was the only child\\nof the first wife, and of the second there was born\\none only, a daughter, Mar3 L., who is now the\\nwife of A. H. Smith, the partner of Mr. Hesse. The\\npaternal grandfather was of German birth and\\nl)arentagt and came to this country in 1800. He\\nafterward served as a drum major in the War of\\nlis 1 2. He spent his last years in .Jackson County.\\nMich., dying in 1865, when seventy-five years of\\nage.\\nOur subject, before reaching the twentieth year\\nof his age, and while a resident of Jackson County,\\nMich., was married, Jan. 1, 1862, to Miss Martha,\\ndaughter of Palmer and Paulina Barlow, who were\\nnatives respectively of New York and Connecticut.\\nMr. Barlow carried a gun in the Blackhawk War,\\nand afterward settled in the town of Liberty, Jack-\\nson Co., Mich., which had been named by the grand-\\nmother of Mrs. Hesse, and where the parents of\\nMrs. Hesse still reside. They are now quite well\\nadvanced in years, the father being seventy-two\\nyears old and the mother seventy. They emigrated\\nto that region of country in 1836, and in common\\nwith the people around them, experienced all the\\nhardships and privations of pioneer life. Of the\\nthree children born to them Mrs. Hesse is the only\\none who lived to mature years. She wiis born in\\nLiberty, Dec. 17, 1844, and her education was con-\\nducted in the district school. She continued under\\nthe parental roof until her marriage, and is now the\\nmother of four children. The eldest son, Harley.\\nhas charge of the old homestead in Jackson County;\\nBeatrice was graduated from the State Normal\\nSchool, at Ypsilanti, and is engaged as a teacher in\\nLiberty Township; Burney and Beulah are at home\\nwith their parents.\\nThe father of our subject is now living with his\\nthird wife, in Columbia Township, Jackson Co.,\\nMicb. Of this marriage there was also born one\\nchild Bertha M. Elonzo R. is warmly interested\\nin the temperance movement, and some time ago\\nidentified himself with the Prohibition party. He\\nworks for the cause whenever opportunity affords,\\nand has filled many offices of trust and responsi-\\nbility. Both he and his excellent wife are members\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00ba^i-^:\\n1\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0358.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n349\\nin srood stan lino; of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, and Mrs. Hesse, who is in full sympathy\\nwith her hiisliand in his temperance ideas, is an\\nactive nieiuber of the W. C. T. U.\\nI\\n\\\\l)OHN P. ROOT, deceased, was formerly a\\nI valued citizen of Wright Townshi]). with\\n1 wliose agricultural interests he was closely\\nI identified. He was born in the town of\\nHoiuisfieid, Jefferson Co., N. July 17. 1827,\\nand was a son of Amos Root, who was born in New\\nOrantham, N. H., in 1788. The grandfather of\\nour sulijcct moved from that New England State to\\nNew York in the earl3 settlement of tlie Black\\nRiver country, and made his home there until his\\ndeath.\\nThe father of our subject was reared in the State\\nof New York and married there, subsequently mak-\\ning his home there for some 3 ears. About the\\nyear 1 .S25 he determined to remove with his family\\nto the Territory of Michigan, and after arriving\\nhere he settled in Frenchtown, Monroe Countj\\nIll 1 29 he again started westward with his wife and\\nchildren, and we next hear of the family in the\\ntown of Lima, in Indiana. Mr. Root was an ambi-\\ntious, hard-working man, and was steadily engaged\\nin developing a good farm and Imilding up a com-\\nfortable home, when his useful life was cut off in\\nits prime bj- his death in December, 1831. By this\\nsad event a wife and six children were bereft, and\\non the loth of August, 1834, the patient and devoted\\nmother was also taken from her children. After\\nher death the subject of this sketch came to Michi-\\ngan to live with an uncle, whose home was in Me-\\ndina Township, and there the remaining years of\\nhis boj-hood were p.-issed. In that town he met and\\nmade the acquaintance of Harriet Pixlcy, a daugh-\\nter of Calvin Pixley, one of the first settlers of\\nMedina Township (for parental history see sketch\\nof Hiram Pixley). On the id of April, 1843, our\\nsubject and his young friend joined hands to walk\\nthe path of life together. They continued to live\\nin the town of her birth until 1844, when Mr. Root\\nbought the place where the remaining years of his\\nlife were passed, and which in the busy years that\\n4*\\nfollowed he developed into one of the best and\\nmost productive farms in the township. He first\\nerected a log house, but later in life he replaced it\\nby an ampler and more substantial dwelling, which\\nis beautifull} located a short distance from, and in\\nfull view of the lovely sheet of water called Lime\\nLake. Mr. Root was a practical, sagacious man,\\nhis life was characterized b}- straightforward and\\nhonorable dealings, and at his death. Nov. 24, 1866,\\nan affectionate husband, kind father and good neigh-\\nbor, was removed from this community.\\nTen children were born to our subject and his\\nwife, of whom the following is a record: Hiram H.\\nlives in Edon, Ohio; Lucj^ A., Mrs. Tnttle, lives in\\nWright Township; Eliza A., Mrs. Price, lives in\\nKalkaska County, Mich. Emily M., Mrs. Baker.\\nlives in Reading; Wilber E.. Calvin E. and Jcnett\\nlive at home; Irwin A. lives in Wright Township;\\nRoss H. lives in Platteville; John Ernest lives at\\nhome.\\nV\\\\^e cannot leave this sketch without a passing\\nnotice of the active assistance apcorded to our sub-\\nject by his wife, who occupies with her children the\\nhome that she helped him to buihl up. Mrs. Root\\nwas brought up amid the scenes of a pioneer life,\\nand remembers well tiie incidents connected with\\nit and tiie wild surroundings of her girlhood home\\nin an early settlement. She remained under the\\nparental roof until her marriage, and under the\\ncareful guidance of her mother she became a fine\\nhousewife and an excellent manager of household\\naffairs, learning, among other things, to spin and\\nweave with great skill, so that vvhen she took upon\\nherself the duties of a wife she was amply able to\\nperform her share in making their married life a\\nsuccess, and w.as indeed a true helpmate to her hus-\\nband.\\n-^\u00c2\u00bbt? *^5 si*;S^^\u00c2\u00ab^;tf-\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab;\u00c2\u00abs^\\nSiHOM AS LAZENBY. who is numbered among\\nthe solid farmers of Allen Township, is a\\nman whom nature has i)rovided with a good\\nfund of sound common sense and strict integrity\\nof character, and the other qualities which have\\ncaused him to be held in high esteem bj his neigh-\\nbors and the community in general. He is the\\nowner of a good homestead on sections 6 and 7,", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0359.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE OUUMY.\\n^m\\nwhich comprises 120 acres of land, with creditable\\nfarm buildings, and supplied with the machinery\\nnecessary for carrying on agriculture in a profitable\\nmanner. There is an air of comfort and thrift\\nabout the premises which is exceedingly pleasant\\nto contemplate.\\nOur subject is a native of Yorkshire, England,\\nhis birth talking place under the modest roof of his\\nparents on the 8th of January. IHIH. Tiie latter,\\nChristopher and Elizabeth (Harding) Lazenbj\\nwere natives of the same county as their son, and\\nthere the mother spent her entire life, her death\\ntaking place when comparatively a young woman,\\nabout 181H. The father subsequently emigrated\\nto America in 1822, and settled first in Massachu-\\nsetts, where he lived until 1846. Then making his\\nway to the young State of Michigan, he took up his\\nresidence on a farm in Quiney Township, Branch\\nCounty, where his death took place in 1865.\\nThomas Lazenby was the only child of his par-\\nents who lived to mature years. He continued a\\nresident of his native county until thirty years of\\nage, engaged in farming pursuits, and in the mean-\\ntime was married about 1840, to one of the maidens\\nof Yorkshire, Miss Hannah Smith, who was born\\nJan. 1, 1820. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. L. set-\\ntled upon a small tract of land near their early\\nhome, where they lived until after the birth of\\nthree children. In 1852 our subject resolved to\\nseek his fortunes in the New World, and accord-\\ningly gathering together his family and personal\\neffects, boarded a sailing-vessel bound for Quebec,\\nCanada. Upon reaching America they came di-\\nrectly to this State, taking up their residence\\nin Quiney Township. Branch County, where they\\nlived al) nt two yeais, and then Mr. Lazenby\\nrented land in Allen Township, this county, which\\nhe subsequently cultivated for a period of ten\\nyears. He had been fairly successful in his labors,\\nand saved sufllcient to purchase land of his own,\\nand selected the farm which he now occupies. This\\ncomprises 120 acres, the greater part of which is\\nunder good cultivation, and where he has made\\ngood improvements, putting up excellent farm\\nIniildings, including a neat residence. He has a\\nfair assortment of live stock, kept in good condi-\\ntion, and all through his career h.as been blessed\\nwith the happy faculty of taking care of what he\\nhas .acquired.\\nTo our subject and his excellent wife there have\\nbeen horn fourteen children, but six of whom are\\nliving: Christopher first married Miss Orinda\\nCronk, who died in Allen Township, and he was\\nthen married to Miss Josephine Lenson; Jane E.\\nis the wife of Ambrose Loekwood. of Allen Town-\\nship; Ellen, Mrs. D.avid Cowen, resides in Quiney,\\nMich.; Hannah married Charles Joiner, of Allen\\nTownship, and Margaret is the wife of his brother,\\nRalph C. Joiner; Betsey, Mrs. John Condra, has a\\nhome in Allen Village. Mary died when twelve\\nyears of age. The wife of our subject departed\\nthis life at her home in Allen Township, May 30,\\n1881, when sixty-one years of age, having been\\nl)orn Jan. 1, 1820; she was a member in good\\nstanding of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her\\nparents, Robert and Jane Smith, were both natives\\nof Yorkshire, where they spent their entire lives.\\nMr. Lazenby identified himself with the Methodist\\nChurch about 1868. of which he has since been a\\nconsistent member. He deserves great ciedit for\\nhis industry and perseverance, and will leave a\\nrecord to his descendants of which they will never\\nbe ashamed.\\nHARLES C. WELLS, who departed this life\\nat his home in Allen Township, on the 9th\\nof May. 1886, was born in Hopewell, Onta-\\nrio Co., N. Y.. March 21, 1813. He spent his\\nearly years near the place of his birth, .and upon\\nreaching manhood married, Dec. 30, 1835, Miss\\nliachel Polhamus, who was a native of the same\\ntown as her husband, and was born .Tune 2. 1819.\\nMr. Wells and his wife, after a residence in\\n.Steuben County of sever.al years, deciding upon a\\nchange of location, came to this county in May,\\n1849, and settled upon a farm in Allen Township,\\nwhere they continued the remainder of their lives.\\nThe wife and mother survived her husband only a\\nfew months, her death taking place Oct. 1, 1886.\\nThey were the parents of five children, of whom\\nthe record is as follows Charles H. was born in\\nHopewell, Ontario Co.. N. Y., Oct. 23, 1836, .and", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0360.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n361\\nis now livinji on the old homestead Eleanor A.\\nwas horn in Stcnhen County. N. Y.. April 5, 1840,\\nand is now the wife of John Pasco, of Muskegon,\\nMich. riiankful J. was born in Steuben County,\\nMay -24, 1847. and is now at Hillsdale; Ilattie E.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2was born in Allen Township, this connty, Oct. 29,\\n1851. and is now with her brother on the home-\\nstead Frances I. was born in Hillsdale Township,\\nOct. 21. 185(5, and is now the wife of Fred Swartz,\\nof the latter township.\\nSince the death of Mr. Wells his son Charles\\nH. has had charge of the farm of eighty acres,\\nwhich is pleasantly hicated on section 1.3. in Allen\\nTownship. The homestead is comfortahle and well\\nappointed, the soil under a good state of cultiva-\\ntion, and the buildings compare favorably with\\nthose around them. Mrs. Rachel Wells was a mem-\\nber of the Methodist Church.\\nvr^j#3 t\\n^^t^i\\\\Jr.\\nW work\\n1=\\nSON B. RICKERD. A biographical\\nof the representatives of Hillsdale\\nlii County that did not include a notice of the\\ngentleman whose name stands at the head\\nof this sketch, M ould be incomplete. He is a self-made\\nman in the noblest meaning of the term. Remain-\\ning with his parents until one j ear after his mar-\\nriage, assisting in general farm work, and having\\nlittle or no book learning, he has become an edu-\\ncated man in the true definition of that term, and\\nhas acquired a handsome competency of the good\\nthings of this world, with which he has surrounded\\nhimself on tme of the finest farms of Wheatland\\nTownship. Such a history as his is worth preserv-\\ning, that it may be read by future generations, who\\nmay learn what may be .accomplished by honest in-\\ndustry and well-directed effort, and may be stimu-\\nlated to go and do likewise.\\nThe subject of this notice was born in Washing-\\nton County, N. Y., July 28, 1824, and is the son of\\nJohn and Sallie (Gyle) Rickerd, the former of whom\\nwas born in Herkimer County, in the Empire State,\\nSept. 23, 1789, and died in this township at the age\\nof seventy-eight years. He migrated to this State\\nin 1834, and located a tract of Government land in\\nLenawee County, from which he subsequently re-\\nmoved to Wheatland Townsliip, this county. The\\nmother of our subject was born in Washington\\nCounty, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1795, and died in this\\ntownship at the advanced age of eighty -eight years.\\nThe grandparents of our subject were of German\\ndescent, but emigrating to this country, died in\\nChautauqua County, N. Y., the grandfather at the\\ngreat age of ninety-seven years. He served in the\\nRevolutionary War, while the father of our subject\\nwas engaged in the War of 1812. Grandmother\\nGyle lived to measure almost a century. The fam-\\nily of Rickerds were active Wiiigs, and subsequently\\nRepublicans. They were consistent Christians, and\\nwere preeminent and liberal in church affairs, and\\npublic-spirited citizens.\\nUpon first coming to Wheatland Township, the\\nparents of our subject erected a log cabin, in which\\nthey lived until the time of their decease. Mr.\\nRickerd and his eldest sons cleared fifteen acres of\\nthis land during the first year. In this log house\\nthey re.ared their family of thirteen children, seven\\nof whom still survive. One son, John, is a farmer\\nin Grand Traverse County Mich., and another is a\\nblacksmith in the same county; a third is engaged\\nin mercantile business in Eau Claire Connty, Wis.;\\nanother son, a cooper by trade, served in the late\\nwar, and is in the receipt of a pension; one sister\\ndied in this township, one became the wife of Mr.\\nVan Patten, and another resides in Gratiot County,\\nMich.\\nOur subject was united in marriage on the 25th\\nof Maj 1845, by E. Lumley, Justice of the Peace,\\nwith Miss Dersy A. Sales, who was born in New\\nYork, Monroe County, April 11, 1827, and is the\\ndaughter of John and Betsey (Putnam) Sales, na-\\ntives of Farmington, N. Y. The} came to Michi-\\ngan in 1834, and located at Devil s Lake, Lenawee\\nCounty, whence they subsequeutlj removed to Cal-\\nhoun Count}-, and there the father died at the age\\nof thirty-five years. His wife survived him some\\nyears, dying at the home of our subject in 1850, at\\nthe iige of forty-one years. Their famil} included\\nnine children, five of whom yet survive; one son,\\nChauncey, was killed in the army.\\nTo Alanson B. and Dersy A. Rickerd have been\\nborn seven children, all of whom survive, is follows:\\nAlbert D. was born Jnne 18. 1846, and niaiiiccl\\n^^\u00e2\u0096\u00baHl-^", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0361.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "352\\nHILL.SDALK COUXTV.\\nMary J. West, May 29, 1864; they have three chil-\\ndren Floyd C, James A. and Gertie M. AVillard\\nE. was born March 12, 1848, married Mary Mc-\\nGregor, and has two children Gaylord H. and Otis\\nG. one son, Howard W., died at the age of three\\nyears and ten days; Emeline E. was born on the\\n7th of January, 1851, and became the wife of Willis\\nBaker; they have four children Alice A.. Frances\\nE., Forrest W. and Lena E. (Kor family history\\nsee sketch of Willis Baker.) Harriet C. was born\\nOct. 30, 1857, and became the wife of Mr. George\\nCooper, a farmer in Iowa; Fred S. was born May\\n7, 1866; Lilie G., Nov. 23. 1870, and Frank W.,\\nApril 11. 1872; these three still reside at home.\\nDuring the first year after marriage our subject\\nresided on the home farm, and then started out to\\nestablish a home for himself on a farm west of\\nwhere he now lives, and there remained until 1853.\\nHe then went across the mountains and engaged in\\nlumbering in California; he spent about three years\\nin that State, part of which time he was employed\\nin mining. Upon his return to this county, he set-\\ntled on his present farm, upon which he has resided\\never since, except three years, whieh he spent in\\nCalifornia, again engaged in the lumbering busi-\\nness. In 1854 Mr. Rickerd bought the parental\\nhomestead of sixty acres, and after his return from\\nCalifornia he added to it forty acres, thirty-five of\\nwhich were improved, and he has since brought his\\nfarm to a high state of cultivation, and erected\\nthereon comfortable and commodious farm build-\\nings, and made many valuable improvements.\\nMr. Rickerd learned the cooper s trade when a\\nsmall boy from an older l.i other, and has followed\\nit at intervals for thirty -three years; his sons also\\nare all first-class mechanics.\\nThe wife of our subject is a lady very highly es-\\nteemed in the neighborhood, and belongs to the\\nLadies Society. Like her husband, she is an active\\nand respected member of the Methodist Episcojial\\nChurch, and has been for forty years. Mr. Rickerd\\nhas taken a prominent part in church work; he was\\nSuperintendent of the Sunday-school eight years,\\nand has been Steward of the church, and also Class-\\nLeader, for a number of years. In politics he is a\\nRepublican, and is prominent in township and\\ncounty aflfairs. He is a public-spirited, liberal man,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^9 .^-__\\nand has been identified with almost every enter-\\nprise for the public good, while he and his wife are\\nearnest advocates of the cause of temperance. Mr\\nRickerd belongs to the I. O. O. F., Rural Lodge No.\\n72, of North Adams, and has held every office in\\nthe lodge.\\nj OIIN M. RAYMOND. The subject of this\\nI sketch came to Michigan in 1 854, and located\\nI on a part of the 120-acre farm which he now\\nowns and occupies. His first purchase was\\nforty acres, upon which he made some improve-\\nments, and seeing a prospect of success in the future,\\nadded eighty acres more. His first dwelling was a\\nlog shanty, and his other surroundings in keepin\u00c2\u00ab\\nwith his residence. The land was practically un\\ncultivated. Mr. Raymond is fully entitled to be\\nclassed among the pioneers, as he has worked up\\nfrom first principles to the ownership of one of the\\nmost comfortable homesteads in Jefferson Town-\\nship.\\nIn addition to general agriculture, Mr. Raymond\\ndevotes considerable time to the breeding of fine\\nstock, in which, as in the other departments of his\\ncalling, he has met with success. He was bred to\\nfarm life from his boyhood, and his ambition has\\nbeen to excel. The results of his industry and per-\\nseverance are shown in his surroundings, which will\\ncompare favorably with those of his neighbors, and\\nin some respects exceed them. The log shanty was\\nlong ago replaced by a handsome modern residence\\nwith a cellar eight feet deep under the whole, and\\nwhich is one of the finest in the State of Michigan,\\nand serves almost as well for the preservation of\\nprovisions as an icehouse itself. In the rear of the\\nresidence is an orchard of choice apple trees and\\nthe smaller fruits, whose products supply the family\\nthe year around with the luxuries of the season.\\nOur subject passed his j outh and early manhood\\nin lully Township, Onondaga Co., N. Y., where\\nhis birth took place Oct. 24, 1803. It will thus be\\nseen that Mr. Raymond is quite advanced in years,\\nnotwithstanding his energy and ambition. His par-\\nents, John and Polly (Evans) Raymond, were na-\\ntives of Saratoga, N. Y., and passed to their long\\nhome many years .ago. The father was a farmer by\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0362.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "-U\\nII\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY\\n353\\noccupation, and inclined to Democratic principles.\\nThe nine children of the parental family were\\nnamed respectively: Nathan, John, Polly, Moses,\\nRoyal. Anna, Sally A., Louisa and Jessie.\\nThe e lucation of our subject was conducted in\\nthe pioneer log scliool-house of his native county,\\nand when twenty-two years of age he was married, in\\n1825, to Hiss Marinda Humphrey, who died at\\nher home in Onondaga County in 1846, leaving\\nthree cliildrcn; two are now deceased. Mr. Ray-\\nmond contracted a second marriage, Sept. 10, 1843,\\nwith Miss Amelia Knapp, who was also a native of\\nthe Empire State, and they became the parents of\\nthree children The eldest, also John by name, mar-\\nried Miss Annie Johnson, and they are the parents\\nof two children Amy and Jessie; this son remains\\nat the homestead. George and an infant are de-\\nceased.\\nIn connection with his native State, of which his\\nparents were jjioneers, Mr. Raymond still recalls\\nwith great satisfaction the simple pleasures of his\\nyouth, and the times when he attended logging\\nbees, and was one of the best hands with his\\nfavorite yoke of oxen, Buck and Bright, the three\\nbeing able to do more than any other trio of the\\nkind in tlieir neighborhood. When starting out for\\nhimself, his father presented him with $100 in\\nmoney, and from that modest beginning he laid the\\nfoundation of his present jiropert} The time for\\narduous labor for him is now past, and in his de-\\nclining years he is enjoying the fruits of his early\\ntoils and sacrifices. He has always taken a lively\\nijilercst in National affairs, keeping himself well\\njiDsted lluneon, and h.as always been in accord with\\nDiinocralic principles.\\n*34=\\n=F\\n\\\\f)OHN L. RICE, who is a gentleman of excel-\\nlent standing among the farmers and stock-\\nraisers of Camden Township, came to his\\nland on section 1 when a ^oung married\\nman in the spring of 1854. He first purchased\\neighty acres, to which he grailnally added, until\\nnow lie is the possessor of 1!)() acres wliji-h. by tlie\\nexercise of great industry and resoiiiliuii, hi cIcmiciI\\nt-\\nfrom the timber, and has brought to a fine state of\\ncultivation. He has a substantial set of frame\\nbuildings, the most modern and improved machin-\\nerj and everything in keeping with the cmplo\\\\\\nments of the progressive and intelligent agricult-\\nurist.\\nA native of Butler County, Pa., our subject was\\nborn Sept. 13, 1831, and is the son of John and\\nRachel (Lambert) Rice, the father now deceased,\\nand the mother continuing a resident of the Key-\\nstone State. The paternal grandfather, Ilenr} Rice,\\nserved as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and\\nafter the conflict was ended, located first in Berks\\nCounty, Pa., whence he afterward removed to\\nButler County, where he spent his last days. He\\nhas now a numerous posterity scattered through-\\nout Butler County and vicinity, and in other parts\\nof the United States.\\nJohn Rice, Sr., the father of our subject, de-\\nparted this life at his home in Butler County, Pa.,\\nin March, 1 887. He was the head of a large fam-\\nily of children, of whom the following survive:\\nPolly, William, Rebecca, Sarah, John L. (our sub-\\nject), Isaac, Jacob S., Alfred, Benjamin E., Lj dia\\nand Emma. These are residents mostly of Penn-\\nsylvania. John L. was reared to manhood in his\\nnative county, receiving but a limited education,\\nbut early in life began laying his plans for the\\nfuture suggested by his natural industry and en-\\nergy. When twenty years of age he was united in\\nmarriage with a maiden of his own county. Miss\\nJeiuiie Stewart, in October, 1851. Mrs. Rice was\\nborn July 2G, 1830, and is the daughter of William\\nand Eliza (Trew) Stewart, who were natives of\\nPennsylvania, and passed away some years ago in\\nlliat Stale. William Stewart was of Scotch an-\\ncestry, while the forefathers of his estimable wife\\nclaimed their origin in Ireland. The Rice family\\nsettled in Butler County, Pa., during the period of\\nits early history, and the Stewarts settled in Beaver\\nCounty. The family of William and Eliza .Stewart\\nconsisted of eight cliildien, of whom six are living,\\nnamely: Alexander, John F., Archibald G., Mar-\\ngaret, Hiinnah and Jennie. Thej are residents\\nmostly of Pennsylvania.\\nMr. Mild Mis. Rice came to this county when\\nyoung people, and all hut one of lluir seven cliil-\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0363.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n354\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ndren were born here. The six surviving are:\\nRichard M., Hiram D., Theresa !S., Ka3 Minnie H.\\nand Stewart. The latter is supposed to be in Mon-\\ntana. Mr. and Mrs. Rice have had a full experi-\\nence of pioneer life, but in their later j ears are\\nenjoying the fruits of their labors as the^ deserve.\\nThey have always been hard-working people, and\\nour subject, like Longfellow s Village Blacksmith,\\ncan look the whole world in the face, for he owes\\nnot any man.\\nSoon after the outbreak of the late Rebellion\\nMr. Rice, la3 ing aside his personal interests and\\nplans, enlisted, in December, 18G1, in Company C,\\n7th IMichigan Infantry and soon after was pro-\\nmoted to Sergeant. His company was assigned to\\nthe Army of the Potomac, and he participated in\\nthe battles of Fair Oaks, Antietam and Fredericks-\\nburg, and followed the seven-days retreat under\\nGen. McClellan. and Gettysburg. After a faithful\\nservice of four years he received his honorable dis-\\ncharge at the close of the war, returning to his\\nhome in July, 1865. Then, taking up the thread\\nof his life, he has since pursued the even tenor of\\nhis w.ay, each year seeing him make some headway\\nin the improvement of his farm and the providing\\nof that which should sustain him in his old age.\\nMr. Rice in 1882 identified himself with the L O.\\nO. F., and is now a member of the lodge at Camden.\\nw\\nILLIAM WILSON, a retired merchant of\\nHillsdale in comfortable circumstances,\\nowns and occupies a fine home in the south-\\nwestern part of the city, ami as one of the older resi-\\ndents, aiding in establishing its business |)restige. is\\nregarded with t!ie tacit i esi)ect accorded those who\\nhave performed well their part in life, building up\\nfor themselves a good record and being of service\\nto those around them.\\nOur sul)ject was born in Greene County, Tenn.,\\nJune 25, 1S17, where he lived untd a youth of fif-\\nteen years, and then with his parents, Adam and\\nMargaret (Maglll) Wilson, removed to Sullivan,\\nInd. The lownsliip which now bears that name\\nwas then in its enibi^o condition, and the Wilsons\\nsettled upon a tract of land where the father elimi-\\nnated a good farm from the uncultivated soil, and\\nwith his estimable wife passed the remainder of his\\ndays. The children of the household, consist-\\ning of five sons and three daughters, all lived to\\nmature years, William being the fourth son and\\nchild. His elder brother. John H., proved to be\\na man of more than ordinary capacity, and while\\nstill young in years was first elected Sheriff of Sul-\\nlivan County, aad subsequently chosen to represent\\nthe county in the Indiana Legislature. The second\\nbrother, John M., migrated to Missouri, where he\\ncan-led on farming until his death, which occurred\\nabout 188C, in the vicinity of Dixon; Henry K.,\\nalso prominent in the affairs of Sullivan County,\\nInd., was Clerk of the Circuit Courtand also County\\nClerk until elected Senator in the district ci)uipris-\\ning Sullivan and Greene Counties. He died in\\nSullivan County about 1882. The sisters are in\\nSullivan County, Ind.\\nThe education of Mr. Wilson began in the district\\nschools of his n.ative count}-, and the family being\\namong the pioneers of Indiana where schools had\\nnot been generally established, his education was\\nthus somewhat limited. He continued on the farm\\nof his father until reaching his majority, and then\\nentered upon his mercantile experience by engag-\\ning as clerk in a store of general merchandise in the\\ntown of Merom, and for the firm of Paul Reed,\\nwith whom he remained for a period of ten years.\\nHe then went to Sullivan, the county seat, and es-\\ntablished in business for himself, conducting a store\\nof general merchandise successfully until his re-\\nmoval to this county in the spring of 1864.\\nMr. Wilson at once took up his residence in the\\ncity of Hillsdale, and inaugurated the trade which\\n!ic successfully prosecuted for a peritxl of sixteen\\nyears, when advancing age admonished him that it\\nwould be wise to retire. While a resident of Sulli-\\nvan County, Ind., he was united in marriage with\\nMiss ALartha Mann in 18411, and they became the\\nparents of four children, two of whom died young.\\nThe two sons living are Heiuy K., in Hillsdale, and\\nJohn D.. who is running a tea store at LaCrosse, Wis.\\nMrs. Martha Wilson departed this life at her home\\nin Hillsdale, in Fel)ruary. 1872.\\nThe present wife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarried in June, 1874, was formerly Mrs. Maria\\nI\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0364.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "UILLSDALE COUNTY,\\n355\\nMcDermirl, who wns born in Monroe County. Nov.\\n23. 1821, :uk1 is :i lady of njany .nmiable qualities.\\nHer parents were Clark and Betsej Hall. Her first\\nhusband, .John McDermid, was elected to the .State\\niSenate in 1861. He was engaged in the business of\\na miller and farmer, in addition to his political du-\\nties. They were married at Cambria in the year\\n1861, and Mr. McDermid died at his home there,\\nMay 16. 18G8. His son, Henry A. McDeimid, was a\\nnative of Michigan. He is now in Hartford, Conn.,\\nand excells in the trade of a draughtsman and\\nmachinist. Jolin McDermid was one of the first\\nsettlers of Hillsdale County. He was born in .Sara-\\ntoga Count} N. Y., in August, 1 809, and lived there\\nuntil 1835 or 1836. Politically, he was a stanch\\nHei)ublican.\\nMr. Wilson h.is been quite prominent in public\\naffairs, serving as Alderman of the Third Ward one\\nterm, and following this w.as elected M.ayor of the\\ncity, which office he held two years. He was in\\nearlj life an adherent of the Democratic party,\\nbut identified himself with the Republicans at the\\ntime of their organization in 1856. Both he and\\nhis estimable wife are members in good standing\\nof the Presityterian Church.\\nJ 0^\\n^EOROERIEHM. While traveling through\\nHillsdale County, the biographical writers\\nof this Album met but few active business\\nmen who were natives of the county. The vast\\nmajority of those who to-dav are tilling the soil or\\nengaged in business or commercial enterprises were\\nborn without the borders of the county. Many,\\nindeed, were natives of another land who came to\\nthis country of great expectations, where they\\nhoped to enjoy better facilities for securing a com-\\npetence for their families and a name among men.\\nOf these fTcrmany has ctintributod a large share,\\nand it is a remarkable fact that thuugh the} came\\nhere unacquainted with our manners, unable even\\nto speak or understand our language, they soon ac-\\nconunodaled iheuiselves lo tlu ir surroundings and\\ntook place among our most lion iic(l ciiizeus. Of\\nsuch is the gentleman whose nanu In ads this skctcii,\\nand who is now a prominent manuf.acturer of car-\\nriages and wagons, in connection with which he\\nconducts a blacksmith-shop in the city of Hillsdale.\\nMr. Riehm was born in Germany, Feb. 22, 1837,\\nand is the son of George and Mary C. (Witme3 er)\\nRiehm, the former of whom was a small farmer in\\nhis native country. In compliance with the excel-\\nlent educational law of that country, George en-\\ntered school at the age of six years and continued\\nhis attendance for eight years. At the age of nine-\\nteen he set sail for America, where he landed at\\nNew Y ork, and from there directed his course to\\nLenawee County, in this State, where he learned\\nthe blacksmith s trade, with Clinton Albert Burdon,\\nserving a three-years apprenticeship. At the end\\nof sis years he came to Hillsdale, and engiiged in\\nthe employ of L. C. Tillotson, but at the end of\\neighteen months he ventured into business on his\\nown account, opening up a blacksmith-shop, which\\nhe conducted several years. In 1863 he added to\\nhis business the manuf.acturing of carriages, wagons\\nand sleighs. During the war he carried on a large\\nbusiness, employing as many as twenty men, and\\nselling his goods readily from the shop. Up to\\nwithin the last few years he had employed fifteen\\nmen, principally upon buggies and wagons, in the\\nmanufacture of which he has reached great excel-\\nlence. Mr. Riehm is himself a very skillful work-\\nman, and exercises a constant and careful supervision\\nof his work.\\nMr. Riehm was united in inarri.age, iu .January,\\n1864, with Miss Barbara Gauss, who is also a native\\nof Germany, and is the daughter of Martin Gauss.\\nThe} became the parents of four children, two of\\nwhom died, one at six j ears of age and the other in\\ninfancy; Katie and Freddie survive to gladden the\\nhousehohl.\\nMr. Riehm came to Hillsdale in 1 854. .and in him\\nwe find an excellent example for young men just\\nembarking in the field of active life, of what may\\nbe accomplished by a man beginning poor, but\\nhonest, prudent and industrious. He commenced\\nat the bott jni of the ladder, beginning business for\\nhimself without any ca|)ital, indeed he was a few\\ndollars in debt, while he has now a fine residence\\nwhich he occupies, besides another dwelling and a\\nyood stoiv bnilding; nor has his been a succi s", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0365.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "356\\n,t\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\nsolely in the sense of accumulating wealth, but in\\ndoing good to others, in serving tliein well, and in\\nwinning their respect and esteem. He has ever\\nstrictly observed th.at most important factor in the\\nsuccessful public or business life of any man hon-\\nesty. He is a careful, conscientious business man,\\never adhering to the dictates of his conscience in\\nmatters bt)th of a public and private nature.\\nHaving a natural longing for the scenes of his\\nchildhood, and being now circumstanced so that he\\ncould afford some relaxation from his duties, in\\n1862 Mr. Riehm paid a visit to his old home in\\nGermany, where he enjoyed himself among the\\nscenes and friends of his childhood, reviving old\\nassociations and pleasant memories. In politics,\\nMr. Riehm upon becoming a citizen of this counlrj\\nidentified himself with the Democratic party.\\neHARLES ROZELL. The subject of this\\nbiography came to Southern Michigan in its\\npioneer days, and is now numbered among\\nits oldest and most highly respected residents. He\\ntook up his residence in Litchfield Township in\\n1854, purchasing the land upon which he now re-\\nsides, and where he has for a period of forty-five\\n3-ears moved among the people of his community\\nin tliat praiseworth} manner which has secured for\\nhim tlieir unlimited confidence and esteem.\\nThe first purchase of our subject in Litciifield\\nTownshij) was eighty acres on section 1 the land\\nbeing in an uncultivated condition, and upon wiiich\\nthe labor of jears vvas necessary for its transforraa-\\nti\u00c2\u00bbu into a productive farm. Mr. Rozell went\\nabout his task with his cliaracteristic energy, and its\\npresent condition indicates the result of his labors.\\nHe is the offspring of an excellent family, his parents\\nbeing Banell R. and Martha Ann (Burnett) Rozell,\\nwho were natives of New York, and settled near\\nLyons, Wayne County, where they spent tiie\\nremainder of their lives. Tlie father performed\\ngood service in the War of Ifsii, and passed away\\nat tlie ripe age of seventy-seven years. Tlie mother\\nsurvived her husband some years, her death taking\\nplace about 1882. at the age of eighty-eight 3 ears.\\nTlieir ten children consisted of five sons and five\\nm -_\\ndaughters, among whom the estate, valued at from\\n|!25,000 to 130,000, was divided.\\nOf the ten children of the parental family four\\nare living, three of whom are residents of New\\nYork State. Charles, the third child, was born\\nSept. 23, 1818, at Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y., where\\nhe spent his childhood and youth and acquired a\\ncommon-school education. At the age of seven-\\nteen years he made his way to Gilboa, where he\\nlearned the trade of tanner, and three years latei\\nwas married, Sept. 23, 1838, to Miss Penelope\\nPenoyar, a native of his own town, and who was\\nborn Jan. 30, 1818. Mrs. Rozell is the daughter\\nof Reuben and Margery (Van Sickle) Penoyar, who\\nwere natives respectiveh of Vermont and New\\nY ork State, and who came to Michigan in 1837,\\nsettling near Pulaski, Jackson County, where they\\nspent the remainder of their lives. The mother\\ndied at the age of seventy-eight years, and the\\nfather at eighty-seven. Their thirteen children\\nconsisted of six sons and seven daughters, Mrs. R.\\nbeing the sixth child.\\nAfter marriage our subject and his wife lived\\none year in their native State, then coming to Michi-\\ngan in 1840, settled first in Concord, Jackson\\nCounty, and three years later purchased the land\\nwhich they now occupy. Here their eleven children\\nwere horn, of wiiom the record is as follows:\\nMargery, tlie eldest, died when twent3 -eight years\\nold; Daniel R., after the outbreak of tlie Civil War,\\nenlisted in Coinpan3 A, 4th Michigan Infantry,\\nserving until he was wounded and taken prisoner in\\nthe seven-da3 s fight at Richmond; he was soon\\nafterward paroled and returned home, not, however,\\nto stay, for as soon as recuperating he re-enlisted, in\\nCompany A, lltli Michigan Cavalry. He served\\nuntil the close of the war, in the meantime receiv-\\ning the commission of .Second Lieutenant, and was\\nproffered a Captaincy, which he declined. He is now\\na resident of Los Angeles, Cal., and carrying on an\\nextensive lumber business. Miss Ann Rozell be-\\ncame the wife of Frederick Schwabb, and is the\\nmother of two children Gertie and Charles; they\\nlive in Homer Township. W.alter enlisted in Com-\\npany A, 11th Michigan Cavalry, and Williani. his\\ntwin brother, vvas a member of another comi)an3 in\\nthe same le^imeiit; they both served until the tnd\\nI\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0366.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "t\\nM-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n357\\nof the will William in. in iei! Miss Mari^aret Racer,\\nand is now faiiiiins^ in Xoliraska; he is the father\\nof two children Albert and Harriet. Walter mar-\\nried Miss Delia I ierce, and they have one chihl,\\nAlbert; the third son of our subject, Albert, is in\\nLos Angeles, Cal., with his brother Daniel; Charles\\nremains at home with his parents; JLary is the wife\\nof Frank Smith, of Homer Townsliip, and the\\nmother of one child, Katie: Lucinda is tiie wife of\\nAbraliam Smith, of HomerTownship. and the mother\\nof a babe unnamed; Alice married Forest Winter-\\nstein, of Litchfield Township; Elizabeth, of Homer\\nTownshi]), is the wife of diaries Hatch.\\nMr. Rozell began life dependent upon his ovvn\\nresources, and from the school of experience has\\nlearned valuable lessons. His farm of 120 acres is\\nhighl} productive, and in addition to general agri-\\nculture he makes a specialt3 of Short-horn cattle,\\nwhich inilustry is the source of a handsome in-\\ncome. Politically, he is a Prohibitionist, and\\nalthough no office-seeker, has served as Drain Com-\\nmissioner, and occupied other positi(jns of trust.\\nIn religious matters he is a Methodist, a member of\\nthe societj at Mosherville. Mrs. Penelope Rozell\\ndeparted this life at her home in Litchfield Town-\\nshii), March 2, 188C. The present wife of our sub-\\nject, to whom he was married Maj 14, 1887, was\\nformerly Mrs. Sareiita Gurnnell, of Dimondale,\\nthis State, and who, by her marriage with Thomas\\nGurnnell, became the mother of three children\\nWilliam C, Frank H. and Frederick T. The eldest\\nson is a miller by trade and a resident of Grand\\nLedge, Eaton County; Frank H. is farming in Rice\\nCreek, Calhoun County; Frederick T. is at home.\\nMr. Gurnnell was a tiative of England, and died\\nMay 13, 1873, at the age of twenty-nine years;\\nthey were married in 1 866.\\nMrs. Rozell is the daughter of Martin and Keziah\\nBromeling, and was born in York State, April 15,\\n1840. Her father was a native of New York State,\\nand her mother, Keziah (Olds) Bromeling, was a\\nnative of Canada. They spent their last j ears in\\nMichigan, the father clying in 1857, at the ago of\\nsi.\\\\ty-two }-ears, and the mother in 1867, at the\\nsame age.\\nMr. Rozell w.as a Democrat until the nomination\\nof Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency, when he\\nidcniificd himself with the Republican party, which\\nhe supported until the agitation of the temperance\\nquestion, and is now a lively Prohibitionist, totally\\nopposed to either the manufacture or sale of intoxi-\\ncating liquors.\\n^^^ROWBRHiGE WARD, who is a respected\\njfjf^^ citizen and representative farmer of Wright\\nTownship, was born in the town of Worth-\\nington, Mass., June 16. 1810. His father, Nahum\\nWard, was a carpenter by trade, and died in Wash-\\nington, Berkshire Co., Mass., in July, 1829. His\\nwife, whose maiden name was Priscilla Herrick,\\nwas left by the death of her husband a widow with\\nseven children, and she was a second time united in\\nmarriage, with Israel Bissell, and lived in Hinesdale,\\nBerkshire Countj a few years, after which they\\nremoved to Ohio, and settled in Freedom, Portage\\nCountj where they resided until the death of her\\nhusband. She then removed to Hancock County,\\n.and there spent her last 3-ears with her daughter,\\nnear Finley.\\nThe subject of this notice was a lad of thirteen\\nyears when his father died, and he was then thrown\\nupon his own resources. He engaged in various\\nkinds of job work, such as chopping wood, laying\\nstone wall, and general farming, and in the spring of\\n1832 he went to New York, and engaged in laying\\nst ne wall in Dutchess County. After a short time he\\nreturned to Massachusetts, .and in 1833 he came\\nwest as far as Ohio, and settled in Portage County,\\nwhere he was employed at various kinds of work.\\nHe was afterw.ard employed during the construc-\\ntion of the Western Reserve College buildings, at\\nHudson. While in that count}- Mr. Ward was\\nmarried, Sept. 19, 1844, and he purchased a bouse\\nand lot at Twiiisbiirg, and was there employed as a\\ncarpenter until 1849, when he sold out his interests\\nin the Buckeye State, and coming to Michigan,\\nsettled in Medina Township, Lenawee Count}\\nwhere he purchased a tract of ninety-two acres of\\nland, on twenty .acres of which the trees had been\\ngirdled. He cut down some trees, and drawing\\nthem to the mill, had them sawed into planks, with\\nwhich he built a plank house. He then engaged at\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0367.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "ii ^i^\\n358\\niiillsdalp: county.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00ba-i-4\\nV\\ncai pentering, and as opjioilunitj offered, proceeded\\nwith the clearing of his land. Money was scarce\\namong the early settlers, and lie nsed to exchange\\nwork with the farmers, lie doing carpenter work fc)r\\nthem, which they wonld pay for liy working on his\\nland. In 1864 he sold his proi)ert3 and came to\\nWi iglit Township, where he ln^mght the farm npon\\nwhich he now resides. At the time of purchase\\ntwenty acres of land were i)artially cleared, bnt\\ntlicre were no buildings, and he first erected a small\\nframe house in accordance with his means, into wiiich\\nthe family removed, and resided some j ears. This\\nlias now given place to a good frame residence,\\nrtanked with convenient and commodious out-build-\\nings, suitable for the |iurp(_)scs for which thej were\\nintended.\\nMrs. Ward, wiiose maiden name was Nancy A.\\nCalkins, was born at Butternuts, Otsego Co., N.\\nY., May 13, 1825. (She learned to spin both flax\\nand wool, and when but a girl earned money to buy\\na spinning-wheel, wliich she lias used more or less\\nevery year since, and on which she taught every\\none of her daughters this useful and housewifely,\\naecoraplishment. Her paternal grandfather, Ezra\\nCalkins, was among the early settlers of Otsego\\nCounty, where he followed the occuiiation of a\\nfarmer, and improving a farm spent his last ^^ears\\nin that count} his wife, the grandmother of Mrs.\\nWard, was in her girlhood Ann A. Bishop. Mrs.\\nAVard s father, Charles Calkins, was born in Burling-\\nton, Mass., and was quite young when his parents\\nremoved to Y ork State, where he grew to manhood,\\nmarried, and resided until 1 838. lie then removed\\nto Freedom, Portage Co., Oiiio, and purciiasing a\\ntract of laud, resided there until 1845, when he\\nagain started west, settling in that part of Williams\\nCounty now included in Fulton County, and was a\\npioneer there. He was quite well advanced in\\nyears at tiie lime of his removal, but his efforts\\nwere crowned with success, and he built up a nice\\nhome, redeeming a fine farm from the wilderness,\\nand died there at the rii)e old age of eighty-two\\nyears. His wife, whose maiden name was Dianah\\nBump, was a native of Otsego County, N. Y of\\nwhich county her parents, Asa and Lilly (Dauley)\\nBump, were pioneers, settling there when it was a\\nwilderness, the home of savage beasts, and the more\\ntreacherous and savage red man. His family re-\\nmoved into the log cabin which he erected before\\nit had any door, and wolves used to gather around\\nthe cabin and make night hideous with their howls,\\nbut would, however, disperse when a firebrand was\\ntiirown among them. Thus the} continued in their\\nattempt to subdue nature, and to supplant the\\ndenizens of the forest with domestic animals, until\\n1828, when Mr. Bump sold his possessions there,\\nand removing to Ohio, settled at Kirkland, where\\nhe |nirchased a large tract of land, a part of which\\nhe sulisequently distributed among his children. He\\naccumulated quite a handsome property for those\\ndays, and spent his last j ears there in retirement,\\naged eighty-five. The mother finished her earthi}\\ncareer at the present home of her daughter, Mrs.\\nWard. d3ing at the great :ige of eighty -eight years.\\nShe had been blind twenty-five 3 ears prior to her\\ndeath, but shortly before the end came she had\\nher eyes operated upon in the hope of having her\\nsight restored.\\nOiu- subject and his estimable wife are the par-\\nents of five children, who are recorded as follows:\\np]lvira is the wife of George Uurfee, and resides\\nin Adrian; Joseijhine is the wife of Jonas Sprague,\\nand lives in Wright Township; Adelbert follows\\nthe profession of a school teacher, and resides a i art\\nof the time at home, the balance in Adrian; Eugene\\nmarried Mar} Horstman, and lives in Wright Town-\\nshi[), while Billie is at home.\\nMr. Ward is independent in politics. His son\\nAdelbert is a Republican, and is found at the post\\nof duty on the occasion of important elections.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^-f^^\\nl\u00c2\u00bb;ILl.lAi\\\\l WHlTh.HEAU. Hillsdal\\n\\\\/jJ// ty has a large class of citizens am\\nJtW agriculturists who, starting in life\\n)^ILLIAM WHITEHEAD. Hillsdale Coun-\\namong its\\nwith no\\ncapital save stout hearts, willing hands, and in-\\ndomitable perseverance, have through laborious toil,\\ngood management, and honorable business trans-\\nactions, made a success in life, and to-day are the\\npossessors of fine farms and good bank accounts.\\nAmong the number referred to is the subject of\\nthis sketch, who is industriously engaged in his\\nchosen occupation on section 21, Adams Township.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0368.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n359\\nHe is now in the prime of life, having been bom\\nMareh 6, 1842, in Cambrifigeshire, England, which\\nwas also the birthplace of his parents, John and\\nMary Ann Whitehead. There thoy were reared and\\nmarried, living together happilj until the death of\\nhis father, which occurred in 1S77, when sixty-five\\nj cars old. His mother is still living in England,\\nat the .age of threescore years and ten. They were\\nthe parents of eight children, four bo3 s and four\\ngirls.\\nWilliam Whitehead, of wiiom we write, w.as the\\nsixth child born to his parents. He remained at\\nhome, attending school and .assisting his father un-\\ntil eighteen ^ears of age, when, to satisfy his early\\nambitions, and to make himself a home, he came to\\nAmerica, sailing from Liverpool in M.ay, 1861, in\\nthe sailing-vessel Florence Nightingale. Disem-\\nbarking at New York, our subject at once made his\\nway to Hillsdale, tliis county, arriving here the\\n2t)tli of June. He at once hired out to Mr. John\\nCrisp, who had sent him his passage money, for one\\nyear. The next fifteen years Mr. Whitehead worked\\nby the month, summer and winter, and being a man\\nof industrious and frugal liabils, and free from the\\ncommon vices of the day. he was enabled in a few\\n3 ears to accunuilate quite a sum of money. Dur-\\ning that time our sulgect had formed the acquaint-\\nance of an amiable young l.ady, Miss Iiliz abcth Hum-\\nphrey, to winiin he w.os married in 1876. She is\\nthe daughter of Mrs. William Humphrey, who with\\nher husl)an(l, is a native of England, where they\\nsettled after niari-i.age. Not being alile to earn\\nsullicient wages in his native counti y to support his\\nfamily as he woidd like to. Mr. Humphrey, after the\\nbirth of his eldest child, emigrated to America, and\\nat once procured work as a day laborer. When he\\nliad saved snflicient money to pay for their passage,\\nhe sent for his wife and child, who came at once.\\nMrs. Humi)hrey is still living, at the age of sixty-\\none years, h;iving been a widow since the death of\\nher iiusband, at the age of forty-live, in 186!l. To\\nthem had been boru eight children, four sons and\\nfour daughters, of whom Mrs. Whitehead, the sixth\\nchild, was born Sept. 14, 1859. Her education was\\nreceived in tlie common schocil, slie remaining at\\nhome until after the death of her father, when she\\nconunenccd working out, supporting herself until\\nher marriage. To her and her husband have been\\nborn three children Herbert, Carrie and Nina.\\nMr. Whitehead has well improved all his op| or-\\ntunities for making and saving money, dis|)la3ing\\nmost excellent judgment and good financial abilit}\\nin all his dealings, having been very successful from\\nthe first. Before his marriage he had become the\\nowner of eighty acres of land, for which he paid\\n$4,000, and had $.3,300 loaned at ten per cent in-\\nterest. His prosi)erity has continued, and he has\\nsince purchased ninet\\\\ -five acres of land in Jeffer-\\nson Townshii making the number of acres that he\\nowns 175. On his homestead he has erected com-\\nfortable buildings, and in addition to his farming,\\ndevotes much time to stock-raising, keeping a good\\nsupply of horses, cattle, and hogs, besiiles having a\\nHock of 100 sheep of Merino grade. Our subject\\ntakes a general interest in everything pertaining to\\nthe welfare of his adopted country, and in politics\\naffiliates with the Democratic party.\\nANSOM GARDNER. Prominent .among the\\npioneers of Hillsdale County stands the\\n/4i name of Ransom Gardner, and although he\\n^^has passed aw.ay to the enjoyment of the re-\\nward due to Ills long and useful life, his memory\\nstill lives, and his honorable cai cer stands forth as\\na fitting example of what can be done by earnest\\nand conscientious effort. Mr. Gardner was born\\nin Ft. Ann, Washington Co., N. Y., and came to\\nJouesville al)out 1835, among the earliest pioneers.\\nHe engaged in farming, and also erected a sawmill,\\nwhich w.as a great accommodation to his fellow-\\npioneers. He subsequently became a contractor on\\nthe Lake Shore Michigan Southern Railroad, and\\nafter some ^-ears he removed from Jonesvilleto De-\\ntroit. He linally removed to Kalamazoo, where he\\nresided until his death, which occurred suddenly in\\n1870.\\nThe subject of this notice w.as united in marri.agc,\\nin Jonesville, with Miss Olivia Smith, and they be-\\ncame the parents of five children William, Eloise,\\nFannie, Emma and Morland. Rjinsom (lardner\\ngrew up witli this country, and was very well ac-\\nquainte l with its wants, while his good judgment\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0369.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "A 360\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ndictated the best means of satisfying them. He was\\na gifted and pulilic-spiiited as well as a good busi-\\nness man, and his sterling qualities were appreciated\\nby the people of this section of country, who elected\\nhim to the State Legislature. He discli.arged the\\nduties of his office conscientiously and to the satis-\\nfaction of his constituents, and he has left behind\\nhim an exanijjle which his descendants may follow\\nwith advantage.\\n_ v~\\n1| ft^ILLIAM\\n\\\\W/ came to\\n^ILLIAM VROOMAN, who was born in\\nOrleans Co., N. Y., Jan. U, 1826,\\ncame to Michigan with his fatiier the year\\nafter it h.id been admitted intotlie Union as a State,\\nand when lie was a lad fourteen years of age. The\\nfamily settled in Jackson Count} wiiere our sub-\\nject made his home until taking up his residence in\\nScipio Townshii) eleven years later. Here he has\\nlived since that time, and is now the owner of a\\ngood farm on section 16. He has given the most\\nof his attention since large enough to labor to ag-\\nricultural pursuits, proving himself finely adapted\\nto these, as he has been eminently successful in the\\ncultivation of the soil, and acquired a good prop-\\nerty.\\nPeter Vrooman, the father of our subject, also a\\nnative of the Empire State, was born in Sclioharie\\nCounty about 1 812. There also he was reared to\\nmanhood and mariied Miss Eva Kniskern, a native\\nof his own county, and who died there while com-\\nparatively a young won. an. The father later re-\\nmoved to the vicinity of Shelbj Orleans County,\\nwhich continued his home until coming to South-\\nern Michigan and settling in Jackson County. To\\nPeter and Eva Vrooman there had been born two\\nsons and two daughteis, of whom William, oui\\nsubject, was the j oungest, and two of whom are\\nnow living and residents of Michigan and Ohio.\\nThe marriage of our subject with Miss Mary E.,\\ndaughter of John and Patience (Harris) Vanhyning,\\nwas celebrated at the home of the bride in Hillsdale,\\non the 8th of March, 1860. Mrs. Vrooman was\\nborn in Malta, Saratoga Co., N. Y., July 25, 1828,\\nand came with her parents to iMiehigan, settling in\\nScipio Township, this county, about 1850, where\\nthe mother died on the 27th of January, 1875. Mr.\\nVanhyning survived his wife a little over nine\\nyears, his death taking place in Hillsdale, Feb. 13,\\n1884. Both were natives of New York State.\\nTheir family comprised seven children, four sons\\nand three daughters, five of whom are living and\\nresidents mostl} of Michigan.\\nMrs. Vrooman received her education in the com-\\nmon schools of her native county, and careful home\\ntraining from an excellent mother, by which she\\nbecame eminently fitted for the position of a sensi-\\nble and worthy wife and mother. Of her union\\nwith our subject there have been born two sons\\nonly: Burton. Aug. 4. 1862, and William H., June\\n2, 1S65. They are now at home.\\nThe homestead of our subject includes eighty\\nacres of thoroughlj cultivated land, upon which he\\nhas effected first-class im|)rovenients. Politicall}\\nhe is independent, and has held the office of Town-\\nship Treasurer two years. As a family holding a\\ngood position in Scipio Township, it is eminently\\npropel that the} should be represented in a work of\\nthis kind.\\nUSSELL H. BROOKS is one of the leading\\nj^ citizens of Pittsford Township, where he\\nholds the inii)ortant offices of Treasurer .and\\njjygj Collector. He comes of a sturdy race of\\npioneers, who left their comfortable New England\\nhomes to settle in the wilds of New York State. He\\nwas born July 1, 1844, on the old homestead which\\nhis grandfather had built up in the forest depths of\\nthe count} of Oneida, in the township of Paris,\\nwhich was also the birthplace of his fatlier, John S.\\nBrooks, who was born Nov. 26, 1810.\\nThe grandfatlier of our subject, who bore the\\nsame name .is himself, was born in Connecticut in\\n1783, and when a young man moved to Oneida\\nCounty, N. Y., and settled in Paris Township, of\\nwhich he was a pioneer. He bought a tract of\\nheavilj timbered land, and during the remaining\\nj ears of his life was steadily engaged in improving\\na farm. The maiden name of his wife was Anna\\nStrong, and she. too, was a native of Connecticut,\\nher birth in that good old New England State t.ak-\\nIng pliice Dec. 12, 1785. Her father, John Strong,\\nw^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0370.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00ba-i-*^\\nI\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n361\\n4\\nwas born in tlie same State, March 2. I7/)9, and\\nemigrated to Oiioida County in tlic early days of\\nits settlctnont, cleared a farm from the wihieriiess,\\nand made it liis home until death.\\nThe fatlier of our sul)ject was reared in his native\\ntown, anil there married Julia AVeber, likewise of\\nthat town, where she was born June 24, 1814. Her\\nfather, Peter Weber, was born in 170(5, in the State\\nof Connecticut. lie w.as also a pioneer of Oneida\\nCounty, .and spent iiis last years in Paris, dyinsr\\nthere in 1836. At tlie time of marriage ]Mr.\\nBrooks settled on his Grandfather Strong s farm,\\nand lived there until 1868. In that 3 ear he sold\\nthe old home wiiich had been in tlie family for so\\nmany years, around which clustered so many asso-\\nciations, and where his children had been born to\\nhim, and with his wife came to Michigan to spend\\ntheir last years. He bought the farm which his\\nson now owns and occui)ies, and here he died,\\nMarch 18, 1876, his wife surviving him until June\\n21, 18\u00c2\u00bb7. They were practical, intelligent people,\\nwhose lives were guided by upright principles; they\\nwere most devoted members of the Congregational\\nChurch, at Hudson, and were justly held in respect\\nby all who knew them. Three (children were born\\nof their union, namely: Gertrude A., wife of Rufus\\nSeelye, of Pittsford Township; Russell H. and Will-\\niam B. The latter was born Oct. 5, 1849, and died\\nFeb. 9, 1874, his deatii being caused b} an accident\\nin the spoke and hul) factory at Hudson.\\nThe subject of this sketch grew to manhood in\\nthe hon)e of his birth, and obtained a substantial\\neducation, receiving its foundation in the district\\nschools of his native town, and finishing it liy a\\ncourse of study at the Clinton Liberal Institute.\\nHe subsequentl} became a clerk in a genornl store\\nin Paris for one 3 ear, still continuing to make his\\nhome with his parents until 1864. On the 1st day\\nof ^September, in that year, he enlisted in Company\\nG. 117th New York Infantry and di l valiant serv-\\nice on Southern battle-fields until the close of the\\nwar. when he w.ts honorably discharged in July,\\n1865, at Syr.acuse. N. V. He was under Gen. But-\\nler in the battles before Richmond, and later served\\nunder Gen. Terry. He took part in the siege and\\ncapture of Ft. Fisher, and in the last battle there\\nhe w.as wounded in llic right Mmb by the fr.agment\\nof a shell, .ind was not able to be with his regiment\\nuntil the fiiliowing April, when he joined his com-\\nrades at Raleigh.\\nAfter leaving the army our subject .again entered\\ncommercial life as a clerk in a dry-goods store in\\nSyracuse, N. Y., where he remained a year and a\\nhalf. He then went to Ohio, where he became en-\\ngaged in the business of operating a shingle and\\nstave mill at Wauseon, in Fulton County. He con-\\ntinued in that employment for three years, when,\\nprobably led by the same bold, enterprising spirit\\nthat had moved his forefathers, he too became a\\nl)ioneer, and settled in Sedgwick County, Kan.\\nThis w.as before the time of the settlement of the\\nbeautiful city of Wichita, which within seventeen\\nyears h.as become a flourishing metropolis of an ex-\\ntensive .agricultural region, with a population of\\n40,000 people. Mr. Brooks took up Government\\nland twelve miles south of the present site of that\\ncity in the famous valley of the Arkansas River,\\nand was one of the first settlers in that locality. He\\nbuilt a log house and actively^ entered upon the\\nimprovement of his land, and during his residence\\nthere he was able to bring it into a fine state of cul-\\ntivation. In 1876 he was called to this State on\\naccount of the failing health of his father, and he\\nsold his Kansas farm, and came here to settle on\\nhis father s homestead, which h.as since fallen into\\nhis possession. It is verj finely located, and forms\\none of the most valuable farms in this locality. As\\na keen, far-seeing man. of more than ordinary busi-\\nness tact, Mr. Brooks has taken a high place among\\nhis fellowmen. who honored him by electing him\\nto his present i)osition as Treasurer and Collector\\nin the spring of 1887. By his good management\\nof the financial affairs of the township, .as well .as by\\nhis scrupulous honesty in handling public money,\\nhe has shown himself eminently wortlii of the\\ntrust and confidence which he has inspired.\\nTo the amiable wife who makes his home one of\\nple.osantness and comfort, Mr. Brooks was united\\nin marriage March 3, 1 872. .She was formerly\\nPliebe Thurlb^-, and was born in the village of St.\\nJames, Deeping, Lincolnshire, England, Aug. 31,\\n1848. Her parents, Joseph and Rebecca (Smith)\\nThurlby, were natives of the same shire, and in\\n1854 left their old English home and crossed the\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0371.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "ll\\nI\\n36-2\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nwaters to this country, aeconipanicd by their fam-\\nily. They first locaterl in Berlin Heights, Erie\\nCo., Ohio, and from there moved to Wauseon, Ful-\\nton County. Mr. Thurlby is now engaged in agri-\\ncultural pursuits eight miles southwest of that\\ntown, owning and occupying a good farm. To\\nour subject and his wife have been horn two chil-\\ndren Lillie L., born inK.ansas, Dee. 14, 1872, and\\nArthur, born in Pittsford, Oct. l. i, 1878.\\nMr. and Mrs. Brooks are influential members of\\nthe Congregational Church, at Hudson. In politics\\nMr. Brooks is actively identified with the Repub-\\nlican party, which has no more faithful supporter\\nin its ranks.\\nU)ILLIAM II. MURRAY, the descendant of\\nan excellent old Scotch family, whose ear-\\nlier representatives settled in New York\\nState, whence the father of our subject came to\\nMichigan, is perpetuating the labors of the latter,\\nnow deceased, by his careful cultivation of a good\\nfarm of 147 acres, on section 12, in Reading Town-\\nship. He is a native of this State, and was born\\nnear the city of Adrian, Lenawee County, Oct.\\n1838.\\nDaniel Murray, the father of our subject, was\\nborn in Rensselaer County. N. Y., Oct. 28, 1807,\\nand traced his ancestry back to an old Scotch\\nfamily which, on account of religious persecution,\\nhad been driven from their native soil into tiie\\nNorth of Ireland, where was born Alexander Mur-\\nray, the grandfather of our subject. It is believed\\nthat this gentleman died on his w.aj to America\\nafter his marriage, and after the birth of one child.\\nDaniel Murray was born after his father s death,\\nand in consequence was enabled to gather but\\nlittle of his immediate family history. He resided,\\nhowever, with his mother in New York until a\\nyouth of sixteen years, and then, accompanied\\nby his elder brother, William H., took up his resi-\\ndence in Greece Township, Monroe Co., N. Y.\\nThere he .ate his first wheat bread, as they were\\nvery poor, and this article of diet had hitherto been\\na luxury too great for them and most others in\\nRensselaer County to obtain. The mother later\\njoined her sons, and died in Monroe County at an\\nadvanced age. William II. left that section of\\ncountry and engaged .as a boatman, finally becom-\\ning Captain, and was drowned in the Erie Canal\\nwhile passing through a lock.\\nDaniel Murray, the father of our subject, was\\nmarried in Monroe County, N. Y., to Anna E.\\nBowen, who was horn and reared there. After the\\nbirth of one child, a son, George F., thej left the\\nEmpire State and made their way to Southern\\nMichigan, via the lake to Toledo, Ohio, and thence\\nl)y an ox-team to Adrian, in Lenawee Count}-, after\\nwhich there were five more added to the parental\\nhousehold, namely Charles A. and William II., while\\nin Lenawee County; Eunice A., Daniel E. .and\\nJames AV., after becoming residents of Hillsd.ile\\nCounty. In the vicinity of wh.at w.as then a mere\\nhamlet, the elder Murr.ay rented a partially im-\\nproved farm of eighty acres, upon which he oper-\\nated four 3 e.ars, and in the fall of 1839, accompanied\\nb) Warner F. Chaffee, came to this count} over-\\nland with teams, and purchased land on section 12,\\nin Reading Township. The country at this time\\nwtis a wilderness, and the} were obliged to cut their\\nw.ay with .axes to their intended home. They spent\\nthe first night under their wagons, but soon put uji\\na rude log house for shelter.\\nMr. Chaffee, dreading the coming winter, went\\nback to Lenawee County, but returned to this\\ncounty a few months later, arriving in Reading\\nTownship Feb. 22, 1840, and bringing with him his\\nfamily. The property of Mr. Murr.ay consisted of\\na team of oxen and a wagon, besides his eighty\\nacres of wild land, and he was $75 in debt. He had\\ncome to stay, however, and set himself to work\\nclearing the land around his cabin, and before the\\nsummer set in had planted three .acres of corn and\\npotatoes. This w.as the beginning of a home which\\nin a few years w.as transformed into a valuable farm\\nwith good buildings.\\nThe fatiier of our subject in due time added\\nforty acres to his first purch.ase, this also being\\nheavily timbered. On the 18th of May, 1853, a\\nterrible hurricane tore up by the roots and de-\\nstroyed sixty acres of valuable timber, all in fact\\nwhich remained on the farm. As the result of this\\nthe land could only be utilized by removing the", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0372.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "T*\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY,\\n363\\nT-\\n(lcl)i i,-, :iii(l propariiig the soil for c-ultivation. To\\nI Ills task llic hiMve old pioiu CT set hiuisolf, and\\nliefoic his death had it accoiiiijlishcd and the land\\nin a prodnctive condition.\\nIn the meantime, Daniel Murray, besides dis-\\ntinguishing himself as a resolute and thorough\\ntiller of the soil, became prominent in the affairs of\\nhis ailc ted townshii), serving as Supervisor for a\\nnumber of years, Treasurer for a long period, and\\noccupying other positions of trust and responsi-\\nbility. Originally an old-line Whig, he upon the\\nabandonment of this party cordially endorsed\\nUei)ubliean i)rinciples, which he supi)orted with the\\nfirmness characteristic of the man until life for him\\nwas over. At length, ripe in j cars and experience,\\nand blessed with the esteem and confidence of the\\npeople among whom he had lived, he passed awa^\\nDec. 19, 1884. The mother, who had accompanied\\nhim the greater part of his long journey, and who\\nwas born in 1817, died at the homestead two years\\nbefore the decease of her husband, in 1882.\\nWilliam H. Murray, our subject, grew to man-\\nhood under the parental rooftree, and early in life\\nserved an apprenticeship at the carpenter trade,\\nwhich he followed for a |)eriod of four years. lie\\nwas first married in Allen Township, to Miss Ma-\\nriette, daughter of Abner Baleom, now deceased,\\nand a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this\\nwork. Mrs. Mariette Murray was Ikhii in New\\nYork, and came with her parents to Michigan when\\na young girl. Of her union with our subject there\\nwere born six children, and llic mother passed\\naway at her home in Heading Townsiiip, Se|)t. 20,\\n1871t. The sons and daughters of this union were\\nnamed respectively: Montford B., Eliza M., llattic\\n.1., Ceorgc A., James A. and Edith C. They are\\nall living; the three elder are married and settled in\\ncomfortable homes of their own.\\nMr. Murr.ay contracted a second marriage, in\\nNovend)er, 1 .S82, in IJcading Township, with Miss\\nLaura A. Northrop, who was born in Kendall,\\nOrleans Co., N. V., Oct. G, 18;} Mrs. Laura A.\\nMurray is the daughter of Hiram O. and Laura\\n(B.alcom) Northroj), who were natives of the same\\ncounty as their daughter, and who, after their mar-\\nriage, settled there, but in 180 1 came to fSontheru\\nMichigan and i)urchased a farm in Reading Town-\\nship. Here Mr. Northrop died. March 11,1868.\\nThe wife and mother is yet living, being now nearly\\neighty-one years old, .-ind makes her home; with her\\ndaughter, Mrs. Murraj\\nOur subject and his wife have no children, but\\ntheir pleasant home is the frequent resort of their\\nmany friends in this .and Lenawee County. Roth\\nare mend)ers of the Frec-Will Baptist Church, in\\nwhich Mr. Murray has olliciated as Treasurer since\\n1885. Politically, he is, like his father before him,\\na solid Reind)lican, and h.as been the incumljcnt of\\nthe various local ollices. In his skillful manage-\\nment of the farm eliminated from the wilderness\\nbj his honored siie, he is perpetuating the labors\\nof the latter b^ the best known methods.\\nLI B. ROGERS, a farmer living in the cit.y\\nof Hillsdale, is generally known among the\\npeople of this county .as one of its most solid\\nand substantial men, and onv who has assisted in\\nbringing it to its present condition. Naturally in-\\ndustrious and energetic, he has been enabled to\\nmake the most of his opiwrtunities in life, and fnun\\na modest beginning has arisen to a comfortable\\nl)osition socially and financially.\\nThe birthplace f)f our suliject was Lyons, W.a^ ne\\nCo., N. Y., where ho was born March 1. 1831.\\nHis parents, James W. and Catherine an Inwa-\\ngen) Rogers, were natives respectively of New York\\nand New Jersej the latter born in Deer Park,\\nOrange Count_v, Oct. 7, 1807. The father was prob-\\nably of English descent, and the mother was the\\ndaughter of Jacob and Sarah (Patterson) an\\nInwagen. of German ancestry. After their marriage\\nMr. and Mrs. Rogers located in Wayne County, N.\\nY., where they lived until their son VAi B. was two\\nyears of age. Thence they removed to Ashtabula\\nCounty, Ohio, and although homesick and dissatis-\\nfied, managed to live there live years, then returned\\nto their old honie in the Empire State.\\nThe parents of (.mr subject continued to reside\\nthis time in Wayne County, N. Y., until 184.5, then\\nmade their way to Southern Michigan, and settled\\non a farm in Wheatland Township, this county.\\nThere the father died in 1850, leaving his wife and\\nT", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0373.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "t t^ M i\\n.t\\n364\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nsix childieii. Of tlie latter five are still living:\\nISarah A. is the widow of James H. Voorhees; Eli\\nB., our subject, is the seeoiid eldest living; Eliza,\\ndeceased, was the wife of Abel Wolcott, of Hills-\\ndale; Jacob Y. niarrieil Miss Hannah M. Carmichael,\\nand lives in Plainwell, Mich. Daniel V. married\\nMiss Emma Wilcox, and is carrying on farming near\\nOsborn, Mo.; Phebe J., Mrs. Amos H. Morey, is a\\nresident of Adams, this county.\\nThe sul)ject of this sketch accompanied his par-\\nents during their removals with the exception of\\nthe time they came to this county. He had in the\\nmeantime learned the carpenter s trade, which he\\nfollowed until reaching his majority, and joined his\\nparents in Michigan in \\\\fio2. .Soon afterward he\\nbuilt a house (jn the Emery farm, and continued as\\na buiUler and contractor until his marriage, in the\\ntwenty-fifth year of his age. The maiden of his\\nchoice was Miss M- Carrie Fowler, of Adams Town-\\nship, and they were wedded at the home of the\\nbride, Dec. 2, 185G.\\nMrs. Rogers is the sister of Col. Fowler, well\\nknown in this vicinit} and the daughter of Richard\\nFowler, Esq., one of the first settlers of Hillsdale\\nCounty. The maiden name of her mother was\\nAnna Hills. The parents are now dead. Their\\nfamily consisted of nine children. After their mar-\\nriage Mr. and Mrs. Rogers settled upon a farm in\\nAdams J ownship, where our subject carried on\\nfarming and carpentering jointly, and in due time\\nhati a finely cultivated farm. Various buildings in\\nthis county are still standing as marks of his skill\\nand taste, among them the Floral Hall on the fair\\ngrounds in the city.\\nDuring the progress of the late war Mr. Rogers\\nbecame connected with the Quartermaster s service,\\nand in the performance of his duties traveled\\nthrough the States of Tennessee, Kentuckj- and Ar-\\nkansas, gaining much from his observations of the\\ncountry and its people. Thereafter he returned to\\nthe farm, where he labored until 1!S70, and then\\nleaving it moved into the city, where he has since\\nresided. He still exercises his personal supervision\\nof his country estate, and in the city occupies him-\\nself in the insurance and loan business.\\nMr. Rogers pursued his e.arly studies in the com-\\nmon school, and after coming to this county at-\\ntended one term at Hillsdale College, which be\\ndeclares proved of more value to him than all his\\nother schooling put together. He has been quite\\nprominent in local affairs, filling positions of trust\\nand responsibility. He uniformly votes the straight\\nRepublican ticket. The mother of our subject is\\nstill living, and although now quite aged, is in full\\npossession of her faculties, and retains much of her\\nold-time energy.\\n-Sso^i-\\n4i\\n;f;OHN M. WATKINS, a native of Allen\\nTownship, is now numbered among its lead-\\ning citizens, taking a prominent part in pub-\\ny lie affairs, and is an impc rtant factor in ad-\\nvancing its agricultural and industrial interests.\\nHis])arents, Samuel and Jane Ann (Parry) Watkins,\\nwere jjioneers of this township. His father was\\nborn in Kent County, England, in 1805, and in\\nearly manhood married on the Island of St. Chris-\\ntopher, West Indies, his wife having been a native\\nof that island, born March 22, 1810. The first\\nfour or six yenis of their wedded life were spent\\nthere, and then they migrated to Cornwallis, Nova\\nScotia, where they remained about five years.\\nIn the spring of 1837 the elder Watkins and wife\\ndecided to emigrate to the United States, and com-\\ning to Hillsdale County, Mich., settled in Allen\\nTi wushi[), and for many years thereafter, and un-\\ntil their death, remained valuable members (jf this\\ncomnuinity, contributing by their industrious la-\\nbors to the development of the township and\\ncounty. Mr. AValkins died April 1, 1882, at a\\nripe old age, and his good wife did not long sur-\\nvive his death, dying Sept. 22,1882. They were\\nthe parents of thirteen children, four of whom\\ndied quite young. The record of the surviving\\nchildren is as follows: Margarets, is the wife of\\nThomas Frarey Samuel J. is a lesident of Allen\\nTownship; Jane Ann is the wife of Robert Morley,\\nof Allen Township; Susanna is the wife of Henry\\nD. Pessell, of Quincy, Mich. Joseph P. is a resident\\nof Sherwood, Branch Co. Mich. Thomas W. is a\\nresident of Boston, Mass.; John AL; Victoria is the\\n-t", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0374.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n365\\n4-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A\\nwife of Nelson T. Brockwaj-, of Allen To\u00c2\u00ab ns!ii[);\\nHenry O. is a resident of Allen Township.\\nI lie snbjec t of this sketch was horn on the old\\nhomestead in this township, March 1, 1843, and re-\\nceived a substantial education in the public schools\\nof his native place. As he grew to manhood he\\nreceived practical lessons in agriculture from his\\nfather, who was an able farmer, and gieatly assisted\\nhim in his work. He now owns a farm on section\\n19, which is one of the most valuable and best\\nmanage l f.-irms in the township. It comprises 160\\nacres. 1 20 of which are under a high state of cult-\\nure, and he has erected a fine and conimoilious\\nbrick residence, a brick barn, and other suitable\\nout-buildings, all of which vie with any in Hillsdale\\nCounty in point of taste and architecture. But\\nour subject, who is a man of much energy and en-\\nterprise, has not, by an} means, limited his atten-\\ntion to agricultural pursuits, on the contrary, he\\nhas, since 18G i, been also quite extensively and\\nsuccessfully eug.Mged in the nnnufacture of brick,\\nfor which he finds a ready iiKuket.\\nMr. Watkiiis has l)een twice married. His first\\nmarri.age was to Miss Anna K. Whitney, daughter\\nof Jonathan Whitney, of whom see sketch, and\\ntook place Nov. 19, 1868, at the residence of the\\nbride s father in Allen Township. She was born in\\nthat townsiiip, Dec. 26, 1842, and l)y her mar-\\nriage with our subject became the mother of two\\nchildren .1. Whitney and Mary E. Her ple.asant\\nwedded life was brought to a close by her death,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Ian. 2, 1878, and the little household was deprived\\nof her wise guidance and loving care. Mr. Wat-\\nkins second marriage, which took place in Quincy,\\nOct. 1; 1879, was to Miss Julia Strong, daughter\\nof William and Martha H. (Badgley) Strong. Her\\nparents were born in Morris County, N. J., and\\nafter marriage settled in Orleans County, N. Y.,\\nwhere the father had been a resident for some time\\nprevious. In the spring of 1875 they removed to\\nBranch County, Mich., and settled in Butler Town-\\nship. Subsequently they went to live in t^uincy,\\nand resided there for four years, liut at the expira-\\ntion of that time they returned to I5utler, where the\\nmother died Aug. 21, 1881. The father now makes\\nhis home with his daughter, Mrs. Watkins, in Allen\\nTownship. To him and his wife were born four\\nchildren, of whom the following is the record An-\\nnette is the wife of Harlan S. Howard; Emma M.\\nwas the wife of Ammi Whitnej and died in Butler,\\nJune 26, 1887; Alice J. died in Orleans County,\\nN. Y., P b. 13. 1868, when twenty-one years old;\\nJulia, Mrs. Watkins, was born in Barre, Orleans Co.,\\nN. Y., Jan. 10, 1848. To her and her husband has\\nbeen born one daughter, Martha Alice, who died\\nFeb. 26,1883. Mrs. Watkins is a sincere Christian,\\nand an active woi ker in the Presbyterian Church,\\nof which she is a member. She has been true and\\nfaithful in all the relations of life, as an affectionate\\ndaughter, a tender mother, a devoted wife and a\\nkind friend.\\nMr. Watkins is a man whose practical sagacity,\\nstrong and intelligent convictions, well informed\\nmind and unswerving integrit} have given him an\\nhonorabhi and influential position among his fel-\\nlow-citizens, who have honored him by electing\\nhim to the responsihle otiice of Supervisor of the\\ntownship f ir two terms, and to theotticeof Justice\\nof the Peace for two terms. He is a member of\\nthe Masonic fraternit3% and with his vvife belongs\\nto Allen Grange. P. of H. In polities he is a true\\nRepublican, and cast his first vote for Aliraham\\nLincoln.\\nANLEY M. MAXSON is a farmer of Pitts-\\nford Township, and although not a native\\nof this town, most of his life has been\\npassed here, and he grew up, as it were,\\nwith thecountr} and has inherited from his father,\\na pioneer of this township, a fine old homestead,\\nverj pleasantly located in one of the best farming\\nsections of the county. He remembers well the\\nwild state of the country in the early j ears of its\\nsettlement, witli its impenetrable forests, in which\\ndeer, wild turkeys, and other wild game, were plen-\\ntiful, and as soon as he w.as old enough to shoulder\\na rifle he used to hunt to suppl}- the family larder,\\nand many a fine deer has he brought down with his\\nunerring aim. The old homestead which his father\\nwrested from the wilderness, and where our subject\\nwas reared, has always remained his home, and in\\nthe course of time, as before mentioned, it fell to\\nhim. He has made many valuable improvements,", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0375.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "M^\\n366\\ntItLLSDALK COUNTY.\\nhaving crecteil a large, cummodioiis frame bouse,-\\nand has the entire farm cleared and in a good stale\\nof cultivation.\\nJesse Maxson, the father of our subject, was born\\neither in Rhode Island or in Eastern New York,\\nSept. 12, 1793, his father, Joseiili Maxson, liaving\\nremoved with his family from the former State to\\nthe latter during the last years of the eighteenth\\ncentury, becoming one of the earl}- settlors of Alle-\\ngany County, where he resided until his death.\\nThe father of Manley M. was reared in that pioneer\\nhome, and when scarcely more than a boy took part\\nin the AVar of 1812. He learned the trade of mason,\\nand in his turn became a pioneer, not only of New\\nYork, but latter in life, of Michigan also. He m.ar-\\nried Miss Marietta Dayton, who was born in New\\nYork State, Nov. 10, 1804. After marriage he\\nbought a tract of heavily timbered land of the Hol-\\nland Piu chase Com])any, and resided on it for some\\nyears, farming and working at his tr.ade, But there\\nwere no available markets, railways or canals, and\\nit being slow work to pay for a farm, he concluded\\nto come still further west, and take advantage of\\nthe eheaijer lands of Southern Michigan, and the\\nyear 1834 found him on the way to this promised\\nland. He traveled via the lake from Buffalo to\\nToledo, and thence on foot through the swamps\\nand forests to Bean Creek Valley, where he selected\\na tract of 1 60 acres of land on section 2; of what\\nis now Pittsford Township. Having entered the\\nsame at the land-office at Monroe, he returned to\\nNew York, where he remained until 1837. In\\nSeptember of that year he, his wife and their three\\nchildren, started for their future hon)e, going with a\\nteam to Buffalo, and thence, team and all, on a\\nsteamer across Lake Erie to Toledo, from there\\nthrough Cottonwood Swamp with their team to\\nAdrian, and to Pittsford. Mr. Maxson h.ad em-\\nploj ed a man to build a log house on his land, into\\nwhich the family moved on their arrival. It was a\\nrude structure characteristic of pioneer da3 s, al-\\nthough the sawed timber for the floor and shingles\\nsplit from oak were an advance on some of the dwell-\\nings in which the early settlers lived. He improved\\nabout sixty acres of his land, built two frame barns,\\na granary, and a comfortable frame house. After\\nhis removal here he remained a i-esidcnt of the\\ntownsliip until his death, June 21, 1877, and besides\\ngreatly im|)roving his circumstances by his untiring\\nindustry and able management, he aided in the de-\\nvelopment of the county, and lived to see its growth\\nfrom a wilderness to its present populous and\\nflourishing condition. The wife who siiared the\\nearly years of his toil did not live many years after\\ncoming to Jlichigan, Ijut died May 10, 1844. Five\\nchildren were born to them, of whom the following\\nis the record: Maria, the second child, born May\\n13, 1827, died in .September, 1828; Marietta Matilda\\nmarried Elisha Beach, and lives in Livingston\\nCounty, Mich.; Manley M.; Marvin M. is a drug-\\ngist in Hudson; Myron M., born in Pittsford\\nTownship, Oct. 16, 1843, died Sept. 14, 1881; and\\na child who died in infancy.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Center-\\nville, Allegany Co., N. Y., Sept. 21, 1833. His\\nuncle, Joseph IMaxson, was one of the pioneers of\\nAllegan\\\\ County, and bought a tract of land which\\nis now included in the village of Centerville. It\\nwas then heavily timbered, and he cut the first tree\\nfrom the ground where that flouiishing town now\\nstands; he being a poor man at that time traded\\nhis shoes for the ax which he used to clear the vil-\\nlage site. Our subject was four years old when\\nhe came to this county with his parents, and here\\nhis education was conducted in the pioneer schools,\\nand as soon as he was old enough he commenced to\\nassist in the farm work. When he grew to man-\\nhood he chose farming as his life work, and his\\ngood success has proved the wisdom of his choice.\\nHe is eminently a practical, thoroughl3 trained\\nfarmer, and conducts his work with good judgment\\nand sound business principles.\\nMr. Maxson married, Sept 29, 18G3, Samantha\\nLawrence, who was born March 18, 1836, in Cler-\\nmont, Columbia Co., N. Y. Iler father, John\\nLawrence, was born in the same town in 1792, and\\nwas a son of Peter Lawrence, who was born cither\\nin Germany or New York State, of German parent-\\nage, and he spent his last years in Columbia Countj\\nThe father of Mrs. Maxson grew to manhood in his\\nnative county and married ]Maria Lasher, also a\\nnative of Columbia County. In 183G they removed\\nto Waj ne Count}-, N. Y., via Erie Canal, and set\\ntied in the town of Walworth, where Mr.\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0376.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\ntIlLT SDALE COUNTY.\\n36?\\nf\\nLawrence bought land, and there spent his last\\nj-ears, dying in August, 1867; his wife died in 1804.\\nMrs. Maxson received a good education, and com-\\nmenced teaching at twent} years of age, and taught\\nfor one j ear; she remained with her parents until\\nher marriage. She was a graduate of the Hudson\\nRiver Institute, at Clavcrueic, t olumliia Co., N. Y.,\\nand is a lady of refinement and culture. To her\\nand her iiusband have been horn two children Roy\\nL. and Jessie E. The latter was horn June 9. 1865,\\nand died Aug. 18, 1887.\\nIMr. !\\\\Iaxson is a man of good mentMl and physi-\\ncal ability, his sterling integrity is ncknowledged\\nby all, and lie is considered a kind neighbor and a\\ngood citizen.\\nM. WARREN, M. D. As a highly educated\\nMud skillful phj sician of Jonesville, and one\\nof the leading medical practitioners of Hills-\\ndale Count} we take pleasure in giving a\\nbrief sketch of the life of the gentleman wiiose name\\nappears at the head of this notice. His father,\\nJoseph ATarren, a native of Bangor, Me., was a\\nprominent journalist, and was engaged in that pro-\\nfession through life. His mother was Anne E. Spear,\\na native of Columbia, Pa. After their marringe\\nIMr. and Mrs. Warren settleil in Lancaster, Pa.,\\nwhere they remained a fcwj ears. From there lliey\\nremoved to Auburn, N. V., and thence to Detroit,\\nMich., where tliej lived several years. In I860\\nthey went to Washington, D. C, where Jlr. War-\\nren s death occurred Dec. 1, 1880. He was a man\\nof superior intellectual powers and excellent judg-\\nment, who gained success in his chosen profession.\\nHis wife s\\\\irvives him. They were the jwrents of\\nsix children, four sons and two daughters. One of\\nthe sons, Robert S., was a member of the 1st Jlichi-\\ngan Cavalry, and w.ns killed at Trevilian St.Tlion,\\nbattle of the AVilderness. M.ny 12. 1803. He was\\ncommissioned Second Lieutenant, and was in com-\\nmand of his company when killed.\\nII. .M. Warren, of whom we write, was born dur-\\ning llu residence of liis parents in Columbia, April\\nI .l, 1840. He wns seven years of :ige when his par-\\nents removed to Auburn, N, Y., where his common-\\nschool education w.os begun, and which was after-\\nward continued in the public schools of Detroit,\\nthis State, whither he came with the famih Being\\na very diligent scholar, with good mental endow-\\nments, he was prepared at the age of twelve years\\nto enter the Commeicial College of Detroit, from\\nthe literary department of which he was subse-\\nquentl} graduated. The ensuing four years our\\nsubject spent as a clerk in Detroit, and Pittsburgh.\\nPa., la1)oring assiduouslj to procure the means nec-\\nessarj to defraj- his expenses while studying to fit\\nhimself for the profession which he had determined\\nto follow. For this purpose he first attended the\\nHahnemann Medical College, at Chicago, III., and\\nafterward he took a course at the Western Medical\\nCollege, at Cleveland, Ohio, from which institution\\nhe was graduated in 1804. Immediately after re-\\nceiving his degree Dr. Warren located in Jonesville,\\nthis count} where he has since practiced, with the\\nexception of the two years from May. 1808, to May,\\n1870, when he was engaged in a water cure estab-\\nlishment at Kalamazoo, Jlich., with a Dr. King.\\nThat venture not proving a financial success, our\\nsubject returned to Jonesville, where he has met\\nwith flattering success, having an extensive and\\nlucrative i)ractice. He stands high in the medical\\nprofession, and is considered the leading physician\\nof the township.\\nDr. ANarrcn was married in Detroit, Mich., July\\n10, 180;^, to Miss Georgia S. Harris, the adopted\\ndaughter of Ransom Gardner, of Detroit. She\\nwas born in New York Cit} Oct. 22, 1 841, and was\\nleft an orphan when six months old. Dr. and Mrs.\\nWarrun have two childien Henry Beach and Lil-\\nlian Elvira. The latter is a graduate of the Jones-\\nville High School, and Henry is a student at that\\ninstitution.\\nDr. Warren is an influential member of the State\\nHomeopathic Society, of which he was President\\nduring 18s6. He is now the Medical Examiner of\\nseveral insurance companies. He is :i man of great\\nusefulness in his community, and has held various\\nminor t)llices in the village and township. He takes\\nan active interest in educational matters, and for\\nthree years has been Township .Superintendent of\\nSchools, and has also hold the oflice of Chairman\\nof the Board of School Insiiectors. Socially, the Doc-\\ntor is a member of the Masonic fraternity. In politics", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0377.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "368\\n4.\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhe is a firm Republican. Botli he and his estimable\\nwife are worthy members of the Presbyterian Church\\nwhere he has held the position of Superintendent of\\nthe Sunday-school for fifteen years.\\n-^ry/y^~\\\\tJil!J2/\\ni-H ^S/UTm^\\n,HILLIP SHOOK. Among those who are\\nbusily engaged in agricultural pursuits in\\nCamden Township, the subject of this bio-\\ngraphical uotice occupies a prominent place.\\nHe owns a beautiful farm on section 3, comprising\\nninety-four and nine-tenths acres of exceedingly\\nfertile soil, admirabl} adapted to the raising of\\ncereals and other crops common to this clime, and\\nalso to the raising of stock, in which he is niucii in-\\nterested, and from which he derives a good income.\\nHis intelligence, thrift, and careful management of\\nhis farming interests, are abundantly manifest in the\\ngood restdts that he has obtained, and in the gen-\\neral appearance of his farm, with its finely tilled\\nfields, neat farm buildings, and the comfortable and\\ncommodious home in which he and his family dis-\\npense a kind and cordial hospitalitj^ to whomso-\\never crosses its threshold.\\nMr. Shook was born in Medina County, Ohio,\\nMarch 2, 1 839, and is a son of George and Cath-\\nerine (Walker) Shook, natives of Pennsjdvania, the\\nfather having been born in Center County. His\\nmother, when quite young, moved with her parents\\nfrom their old Pennsylvanian home to Wayne\\nCounty, Ohio, in the early days of its settlement.\\nAfter her marriage she moved with her husband to\\nMedina County, of which they were pioneers, and\\nshe died in the home that the3- built up there. The\\nfather of our subject is still living on his old home-\\nstead there at an advanced age. He has been three\\ntimes married, and is the parent of ten children, all\\nof whom are living, namely: Hattie, William, Julia\\nA., Edward, Adaline, Phillip, Alfred, Ella, Libbie\\nand George.\\nOur- subject grew to maturity in his native State,\\nreceiving his educ.ition in the district schools, and\\nan excellent training from his wise parents, who\\nearly taught liim habits of industry, honesty and\\nsobriety, which have greatlj contributed to his suc-\\ncess in life. He has nearly always followed farm-\\ning exclusively, with the exception of a short time,\\nwhen he also engaged in the manufacture of lumber\\nin connection with his agricultural pursuits. He\\nhas made his way almost unaided to his present\\nposition of independence and comjiarative wealth,\\nand it may well be his pride to be classed among\\nthe self-made men who have so honored this State,\\nand have contributed so much to its material and\\nsocial welfare. In 18G2 Mr. Shook left his native\\nState, and crossing the border into Michigan, came\\nwith his family to Camden Township to build up\\na new home here, and tliey have ever since been\\nvalued members of this community, winning their\\nway to respect and esteem bj their upright conduct\\nand blameless lives.\\nTo his devoted companion, who has shared with\\nhim and lightened his labors, Mr. Shook was mar-\\nried in Ohio. She was formerly Mary Rigleman,\\ndaughter of John and Rebecca Rigleman. Their\\nwedded life has been blessed to them by the birth\\nof four children, namely Perry M., Harvey C, Sher-\\nman E. and Clara B. Mr. Shook is open-hearted\\nand public-spirited, gladly using his influence to\\npromote any scheme for the advancement of his\\nadopted township or county. He is at present a\\nmember of the local School Board, and has done\\nefficient work in the cause of education in the inter-\\nests of Camden Township. He is one of the most\\nprominent members of the Masonic fraternity at\\nCamden, and is at present serving as Treasurer of\\nthe lodge. He is also identified witii the Acme\\nGrange, in this township. In politics he is a stanch\\nmember of the Republican party.\\nf; OHN G. GARDNER was born in Ft. Ann,\\nWashington Co., N. Y., April 21, 1803,\\nwhile his wife, whose maiden name was Bet-\\nsey Reed, was a native of Cayuga County,\\nwhere she was born Jan. 26, 1805. After marriage\\nthey first settled in Elbridge, Onondaga Co., N.\\nY., where they resided two or three years, and then\\nremoved to Auburn in the same State. After a\\nshort time, however, they returned to Elbridge,\\nwhere they resided until they started to seek their\\nfortunes in the West.\\nIn 1837 Mr. and Mrl. Gardner came to Michi-\\nm j^i\\n*t", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0378.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n369\\ngan, ami settled in Joiicsvillo, wlierc Mr. Gardner\\nwas cngaofed principally in milling, which he fol-\\nlowed, in connection with agricultin-al i)nrsuits.\\nuntil liis decease. May 30, 1872. He was a puhlic-\\nsi)irited man of energy and good judgment, and en-\\ngaging activelj in business in this State soon after\\nits admission to the Union, was a prominent factor\\nin its development.\\nThe family of John G. and ]Mrs. Gardner in-\\ncluded eight children, four sons and four daughters,\\nof whom Horace R. was the eldest, and was born in\\nKlbridge, K. Y.. Jlarch 25, 1827. He accompanied\\nhis parents to Joncsville when he was a lad of ten\\nyears, and continued to make this city his home\\nprincipally until 1880, when he finally removed to\\nAVarsaw, HI., where he departed this life on tlie 1st\\nof April, 1882. In company with the late Ransom\\nGardner, he was engaged in a woolen-mill at Jcmes-\\nville, which was destroyed by fire. They replaced\\nit with another, and continued in the same business\\nfor some time afterward.\\n^7 AMES B. SAMPSON, formerly one of the\\nprominent farmers of Hillsdale Township,\\nbut now retired from active labor, occupies\\n(^]j^ a snug home in the city of Hillsdale, where\\nhe is spending his later years in case and comfort\\nin the enjoyment of a competency. A native of\\nthe Empire State, he was born in the town of Ly-\\nons, Wayne County, Aug. 2G, 1827, and is the son\\nof Newland Sampson, who early in life learned the\\ncarpenter trade, but later entered the ministry of\\nthe Methodist Churdi, where he prosecuted his pious\\nlabors for a period of forty years. He was first a\\nmember of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but later\\nidentified himself with the Protestant Methodists.\\nHe was a A ermonter by birth, and a man of varied\\ncapacities, with a remarkably busy and active mind,\\nwho could never rest without being emploj-ed either\\nin mind or hands. While using the saw and plane\\nhe received the contract for building all the bridges\\nover the Erie Canal, then under process of con-\\nstruction from L3 ons to Montezuni.i.\\nRev. Newland Sampson married Miss Catherine\\nHall, of Massachusetts, and they settled in the town\\nt\\nof Lyons, where they resided until their removal to\\nSouthern Michigan, in 1848. Here they took up\\ntheir residence on a farm in Hillsdale Township,\\nwhere they lived for a period of six years, and\\nwhere the mother died in 1862, then removed to\\nPorter County. Ind., where the father died also about\\n1852. Their family consisted of eleven children,\\neight sons and three daughters, nine of whom lived\\nto mature years, and three still survive. The\\nbrothers and sisters of our subject are mostly resi-\\ndents of Michigan and Kan.sas.\\nJames B. Sjimpson was the sixth child of his par-\\nents, and spent his boyhood and j-outh in his native\\ntown, acquiring his education in the common\\nschools. He preceded the family to this Stiite\\nthree years, being then a youth of nineteen. He\\nemployed himself as a farm laborer by the month\\nfor a time, then took up the carpenter trade, which\\nhe pursued for a period of four years. He had\\nlived economically, and with the snug little ca])ital\\nwhich he had saved i)urchased eighty acres of land\\nin Hillsdale Township, and from this time on for a\\nperiod of ten years, gave to it his entire time\\nand attention. Much of it was in timber, and he\\nfelled the trees and prepared the soil for cultivation,\\nwhile at the same time carrying ou building im-\\nprovements, putting up a goixl house and barn, and\\nthe other structures necessary for his comfort and\\nconvenience.\\nThe companion of our subjectin his early lalwjrs\\nand ambitions, and to whom lie was married Dec.\\n1, 1850, was formerly Miss Betsy J. Coon, who was\\nborn Feb. lo, 18^51, and was the daughterof James\\nCoon, who removed with his fain il} from Onondaga\\nCounty, N. Y.. to Southern Michigan during its\\nearly settlement. He and his estimable wife have long\\nsince passed away. Of this marriage of our subject\\nthere were born four children, two of whom, James\\nH. and Alice, arc deceased the others are Sarah A.\\nand Mary A. Mrs. Betsy J. Sampson departed\\nthis life at her home in Hillsdale Townshi[). in Sep-\\ntember. 1875.\\nMr. Sampson. Jan. 23, 1876, contracted a sec-\\nond mairiage, with Mrs. Miranda (Tr.acy) Green,\\ndaughter of Benjamin and Lydia (\\\\Mielock) Tracy,\\nand widow of the late W. P. (Jreen, of Hillsdale.\\nThis Lady was born Oct. 12, 1840, in Pennsylvania.\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0379.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n370\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY,\\n1i\\nHer parents came to this county in 1846; the father\\nis now deceased; tlie mother resides in Grand\\nJ raverse County, Mich. This marriage resulted in\\nthe birth of two children, Agnes and Jessie G., who\\nare eleven and nine years of age respectively. Of\\nthe first mari-iage of Mrs. Sampson there were born\\nthree children Nettie M.. Fred L. and William A.\\nMr. Sampson put up his present residence in\\nHillsdale in 1888. It is a handsome two-story\\nframe structure, finely finished and furnished, and\\nreplete with all the conveniences of modern life.\\nIt not only forms an ornament to the city, but is\\nthe resort of hosts of friends whom Mr. and Mrs.\\nSampson by their genial hospitality have attracted\\nto their doors. Our subject cast his first Presiden-\\ntial vote for Cass, and has been a lifelong supporter\\nof Democratic principles.\\n-\u00c2\u00ab=f=f\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07~T\\n=E\\nNSON R. BROWN, M. D., has been a prac-\\nticing ph3 sician of Jonesville since the\\nsummer of 1883, and came into the State\\nwhen it was a Territory. He was born in\\nRichmond, Ontario Co., N. Y., Oct. 8, 1824, and\\nwas the youngest of nine children, the offspring of\\nJohn and Rhoda (Crittenden) Brown, who were\\nnatives respectively of Connecticut and Vermont.\\nJohn Brown, the father of our subject, was of\\n-Scotch extraction, and the mother of English ances-\\ntry, who settled in Connecticut probably during\\nthe Colonial days, and whose descendants later were\\nresidents in and around Great Otter Creek, near\\nA crgennes. Zebulou Crittenden, the maternal\\ngrandfather of our subject, was married, and set-\\ntled near that place, where he spent his last days.\\nThere his daughter Rhorla was born. She spent her\\nlast days at the residence of her son, our subject, at\\nAlbion, this Stiite, passing awa3 at tiie ripe old age\\nof eighty-eight yeais. John Brown died in Rich-\\nmond, Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1.S25, when Anson R.\\nBrown was eleven months old.\\nDr. Brown, our subject, was earl3 in life thrown\\nupon his own resources, and came to the .Territory\\nof Michigan al)out 1833 or 1834. He lived in dif-\\nfei ent places in Michigan and Ohio, taking up the\\nstudy of medicine in the little town of Defiance,\\nthe latter State, reading there and at other places\\nuntil ready to enter the Eclectic Medical College of\\nCincinnati, from which he w.as graduated in 1852.\\nHe began the practice of his professi(.)n in Medina,\\nLenawee County, this State, whence he removed to\\nJackson County, aiid three 3 ears later changed his\\nresidence to Cincinnati, Ohio. In the (^ueen Cit^\\nhe was made Superintendent of the laboratory and\\nwholesale drug-store of H. M. Merrill Co., which\\nposition he held for a number of years. He re-\\nturned to Michigan about 18i )6, and was a resident\\nof Litchfield thereafter for a period of sixteen j-ears.\\nHe then removed to AUiion and eleven years later\\nto Jonesville, this county and most of this time\\nhas been continuously engaged as a physician and\\nsurgeon.\\nDr. Brown was married, Feb. 15, 1840, in Cin-\\ncinnati, to Miss Adeline E. Lundy, who died in\\nJonesville in April, 1883. She was the mother of\\neleven children, seven sons and four daughters, all\\nof whom are living and residents of the United\\nStates. Dr. Brown contracted a second marriage,\\nin Jonesville, May 7, 1884, with Mrs. Sarah A. (Ap-\\nplegate) Sudborough, daughter of Joseph II. and\\nAnn (Lac3 Applegate, of New Jerse3 and widow\\nof the late Joseph Sudborough, of Adrian. They\\noceup3 a snug home in the central part of the cit3\\nDr. Brown has been President of the State Eclectic\\nMedical Association two 3ears, and politically, is a\\nsolid Republican. Socially, he belongs to Lodge\\nNo. 40, A. F. A. M.\\nG. WELLS. Adams Township has among\\n(i37LJ|| its citizens many industrious and well-to-\\nK do farmers; men who have attained their\\npresent prosperous condition 1)3 their own\\npersevering efforts, having been the recipients of no\\nlegac3 but who have gained comfortable homes for\\nthemselves and families by their indomitable energy\\nand ambition. Conspicuous among the number\\nstands the subject of this sketch. He is a native\\nof the Empire State, )\u00c2\u00bborn in Chautauqua Connt3\\nMarch 18, 181 G. His father, Roderick Wells, was\\na soldier of the War of 1812. He married Mary\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0380.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "-L.\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n371\\nGrecnieaf, and the\\\\ settled in Villanova. N. Y.,\\nremaining lliere niitil February, IS. iS, wlieii, fol-\\nlowing the march of civilization, they came to\\niMiehignn and took land in Adams Township,\\nwhich had then but few iMhal)itMnts. The land was\\nheavily timbered and lillcd with wild animals of all\\nkinds. They at once commenced inijiroving the\\nland, and bravely endured the toils and hardships\\nof pioneer life, working earnestly the remainder of\\ntheir lives, that of Mr. Wells ending in 1845, at the\\nage of sixty-one j-ears. l\\\\Irs. Wells survived him\\nuntil 1 S5G, when she too i)assed away, being then\\nsixty-three years of age. Of their fandly of chil-\\ndren, eight grew to maturity. Their daughter\\nPhebe, now Mrs. fSteele, of Ann Arbor, taught the\\nfirst school in North Adams.\\nThe subject of this biographical notice was the\\nsecond child born to his parents. His boyhood was\\npassed in his native State, where he received his\\neducation in the public schools, attending during\\nthe entire school year until ten years old, when,\\nbeing obliged to work in warm weather, he went to\\n.school after that only in the winter seasons. He\\ncame to this State with his parents when twenty-two\\nyears of age, and for awhile remained at home work-\\ning for his father. He has made good use of his\\ntime ever since, and his perseveranci; has enabled\\nhim to conquer all ditliculties. When he coni-\\nnienced life for himself, his onl} possessions were\\nan ax and the clothes that he had on, but bj-\\neconomical habits and steady ap[)lication to work,\\nhe was soon enabled to purchase forty acres of land,\\nwhich, with the forty acres since acquired, con-\\nstitute his present farm. Mr. Wells was married, in\\n1811, to Miss Lj dia J., daughter of Johnand Susan\\n(Avril) Greenleaf. Her father was a native of\\nOneida County, N. Y., and her mother was l)orn\\nnear Hartford, Conn. After marriage they settled\\nin Volney Township, Oswego Co., N. Y., but\\nafter three or four j ears residence there, removed\\nto I aris, Oneida County where they remained until\\nMarch, 1836, when they came to Michigan. They\\nbecame pioneers of Cambridge Townshi|), Lenawee\\nCounty, where Mr. Crecnleaf engaged in his occn-\\nl)ation of farming, remaining there until after the\\ndeath of his wife, which occurred when she was fifty-\\neight years old. He subsequently moved to Branch\\nCounty, where he spent his last days, dying in 1S72,\\nat the age of sevent^^-eight years. To Mr. and Mrs.\\nGreenleaf were born eight children, of whom Mrs.\\nWells was the eldest. She was born in olney Town-\\nship, Oswego Co., N. v., Oct. 12, IS20, but can re-\\nmember nothing of her life prior to the removal of\\nher i)arents to Oneida County. She received her\\neducation in the schools of that county, coming to\\nMichigan w ith her parents when sixteen years old.\\nAfter coming here she taught school three years,\\nand during that time formed the acquaintance of\\nMr. AVells, and soon after gave up her profession to\\nbecome Ids wife. To her and her husband have\\nbeen born five children, namely: Ella (deceased),\\nSusan A., Jasper .1.. Harriet V., Lucy J. (deceased).\\nSusan and Harriet are at home; J. isper, who lives\\nin Adams Township, married Alice Goud^ they\\nhave ten children, as follows: Winfield A., William\\nB., Grace L., Herbert (i., ]\\\\Lary A., Howard D.,\\nBertha A., Percy J., Susan M. and Arthur F.\\nMr. Wells is a man of decided views, and takes\\nan active interest in current events; he is an un-\\ncompromising temperance man, and in politics casts\\nhis vote with the Prohibition party. Pie first voted\\nwith the Whig party, but during the slavery agita-\\ntion was an Abolitionist. He became identified\\nwith the Republican party from its organization,\\nsupporting its first c:nidid:ite. Gen. J. C. Fremont.\\nBoth he and his wife arc devoted members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church they are agreeable,\\nhospitable people, whose pleasant home is attractive\\nto a large circle of friends.\\nR. ASA CLKMANS. The pioneers of this\\ncounty still living continue to hold in\\nkindly reniend)rancc the name of this well-\\nknown physician, who departed this life\\nover twenty years ago, in Allen Township. He\\ncame to this section of country during its early set-\\ntlement, and faithfully ministered to the ills which\\nhuman flesh is heir to. and in connection with which\\nthe exercise of good judgment ;inil skill is so essen-\\nti:il. These qualities the subject of this sketch pos-\\nsessed in a goodly proportion, .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0md enjoyed tlie con-\\nfidence and esteeni of an extended patronage.\\nf *_", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0381.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "372\\n,t\\nHILLSDALK COUKTY.\\nA native of Worcester, Mass., Dr. Cleinans was\\nborn Aug. 31. 1834, and pursuefi his early studies\\nin the c(jmmon schools. There he improved iiis\\ntime to good advantage, and when deciding upon\\nhis future career, later began the study of medi-\\ncine at Castleton, Vt., at which place he received his\\ndiploma. He began practice in Providence, R. I.,\\nand from there two or three years later changed his\\nresidence to Milford, Mass., where he remained un-\\ntil the spring of 1837. Then deciding upon seek-\\ning his fortunes in the young and rising West, be\\nmade his way to this county, and settling in Allen\\nTownship, followed his profession here continuously\\nuntil his death, which occurred Nov. 5, 1865.\\nThe marriage of Dr. Asa Clemans and Miss\\nBethia Leonard was celeliratcd in Providence, R.\\nI., Nov. 1.5, 1 832, and of this union there were born\\nsix children Luthera, William, AVarren, Irene,\\nGeorge and Mary. The Doctor and his wife united\\nwith the Methodist Episcopal Church in Allen\\nTownship soon after coming here, of which he\\nremained a consistent member until his death. He\\nhad held some of the minor offices, and was always\\ninterested In the progress and welfare of his adopted\\ncounty, willing to labor and to make sacrifices for\\nthe good of the people, and to aid by his influence\\nand likewise in a more sul)stantial manner the en-\\nterprises tending to this result.\\n-\u00c2\u00bb-HH-i}f- Sj^:^^yg -KH-\\nWjILLIAM H. rick located upon his pres-\\nent farm on section 3, in Cambria Town-\\nship, over thirty years ago, and since that\\ntime he has given to it his best labors and atten-\\ntion. He now has a snug homestead with substan-\\ntial and convenient buildings, and the fertile fields\\nyield each year far more than his present needs, thus\\nenabling iiim to lay by something for a rainy day.\\nAlthough perhaps not the hero of any very thrill-\\ning event, ho has labored faithfully and lived worth-\\nily, and it is entirely fitting that his history should\\ngo on record among those of the other early settlers\\nof Southern Michigan.\\nOur subject was born over seventy-six years ago\\nin Lenox Township, Madison Co., N. Y., the exact\\ndate being Jan. 6, 1812. His father, Levi Rice, a\\nnative of Connecticut, emigrated early in life to\\nthe Empire State, settling with iiis family in the\\nwoods of Madison County, in 1808. He had mar-\\nried, in his native State, Miss Isabellc Ives, and\\nthere had been born to thera among the Connecticut\\nhills three children, who accompanied them to what\\nwas then the West. From Madison County the\\nparents subsequently removed to Orleans County,\\nwhere they spent the remainder of their lives, dying\\neacii at the age of fifty-eight yeais. They were of\\nNew England ancestry, both tlie Rice and the Ives\\nfamil\\\\ having been represented on this side of the\\nAtlantic during the Colonial days.\\nLevi Rice and his estimable wife were both de-\\nvout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nand the father, politically, was an old-line Whig.\\nAfter settlement in New York State seven more\\nchildren were added to the household circle, which\\neventually embraced six sons and four daugiiters.\\nFour sotis and two daughters are yet living, and\\nthe eldest, Almon, makes his home with our sub-\\nject, and has already rounded up his fourscore\\nyears. He was a farmer b} occupation, but never\\nmarried. For the last fifty years he has been a\\ncripple, the result of a horse falling on him.\\nThe subject of this biography was the third son\\nand fourth child of his parents, and when twenty\\nyears of age left the parental roof to begin life on\\nhis own account. In the summer of 183.5 he set\\nout for Michigan, embarking at Buffalo on the sail-\\ning-vessel Townsend, .ind spent the three following\\nyears in Rollin Township, Lenawee County, being\\nhere during the time when Michigan was trans-\\nformed from a Territory into a State. At the ex-\\npiration of this time, desiring a sight of the faces\\nat the old homestead, he took passage at Detroit on\\nthe schooner George AVashington, which, when\\nwithin thirty miles of Buffalo and off Silver Creek,\\non the night of .June 16, 1838. took fire, and was\\nburned to the water s edge. There were on board\\nabout 180 passengers, and it w.is estimated that half\\nof these perished. Mr. Rice narrowl^^ escaped the\\nsame fate, being obliged to swim a distance of five\\nmiles before reaching shore, and was picked up by\\ntwo men, who fortunately happed to be along at\\nthat time, nearly dead from exposure and exhaus-\\ntion. Although it was summer the water was ex-\\ni^^\\nT", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0382.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0383.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "Cj^rno-4^cyiH", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0384.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "-U\\nUlLLbDALE COUNTY.\\n375\\ntreniely cold, and probably a half-liour later would\\nhave sealed his fate, lie had in tliis perilous jour-\\nney nothing on but his pantaloons and shirt.\\nMr. Rice, after spemliiii^ a few weeks with the\\nold folks at home, returned to Michigan, and on\\nthe 9th of February, 1842, was married to Miss\\nCaroline C. Crittenden, a native of his own State,\\nand who was born in Phelps, Ontario County, Oct.\\n8, 1812. Mrs. Rice was the fourth child of Orris\\nand Lydia (Eaton) Crittenden, who came with their\\nfamily to Michigan in 1834, and located in the\\nwoods of Wheatland Township. The father pur-\\nchased a tract of Government land, and there with\\nhis family endured the h.ardsiiips and privations\\ncommon to pioneer life. They continued tlieir resi-\\ndence upon the land which they first took up, and\\nthe mother passed from earth in the spring of 1835.\\nThe father survived a few years, and died at the\\nage of sixty-seven. The latter was a native of\\nMassachusetts, while his wife was born in Oneida\\nLounty, N. Y. They were married in Ontario\\nCounty, that State, and became the parents of nine\\nchildren, five sons and four daughters, who were\\nall born before their removal to the West. Two\\ndaughters are now the sole survivors: Mrs. Rice\\nand her sister, Mrs. Sa|)hrouia Metcalf, widow of\\nTheodore Metcalf, and who is now living in Hills-\\ndale.\\nMrs. Rice was a young woman when her parents\\ncame to Michigan, and continued under the home\\nrcjof until licr marriage. Of lior union with our\\nsuliject theie was born one child only, a daughter,\\nHarriet 1., who is now the wife of Aaron Blauvelt,\\nand lives on a farm in F.ayette Township; they\\nhave one child, a son, William H., born Jan. 20,\\n1869. Mr. Rice in 1843 went into business in the\\ncity of Hillsdale as a wholesale manufacturer of\\nsoda water, but soon became hcjmesick for the farm,\\nand is never so contented as when tilling the soil\\nand watching the beauty of the growing crops.\\nAlthough having little to do with politics, he is a\\nstanch supporter of Republican principles, and re-\\njoices when these prevail. His farm operations\\nhave been conducted with tiiat f jrethouglit and\\ngood judgment which have placed him in a posi-\\ntion where he can retire from arduous labor at will.\\nThe wife of our subject is the granddaughter of\\nOsee Crittenden, a gentleman of French birth and\\nparentage, who crossed the Atlantic at an early\\nperiod in the history of this country, and located\\namong the Massachusetts hills. There he met and\\nmarried Miss Lydia Reed, who, like himself, was\\nborn across the water, and settled with her parents\\nin the Bay State when a young woman. After\\nmarriage they migrated to Ontario County, N. Y.,\\nwhere they spent the remainder of their daj-s, and\\ndeparted hence at a ripe old age. They came of\\nexcellent stock on both sides of the house, and in the\\ntownship of Phelps, Ontario County, ranked among\\nthe leading citizens. Religiously, they were Pres-\\nbyterians of strict principles, and in the doctrines\\nof this church trained their chililren. Their son\\nOrris, the father of Mrs. Rice, and who was their\\nsecond child, upon attaining to mature years, was\\na leading light and an Elder in that church during\\nthe greater part of his life.\\nThe maternal grandfather of Mrs. Rice, Ebenezer\\nEaton by name, was a native of Scotland, and came\\nto the United States before his marriage. He\\nwedded Miss Mar3 Perheni in New York State,\\nand spent his Last days in Monroe County, near\\nthe city of Rochester. His wife subsequently came\\nto the West, and died at the home of her daughter,\\nMrs. Sherwood, in Allegan County-, when quite\\nstricken in years. The Katons were Universalists\\nin religious belief, and people generality of educa-\\ntion and intelligence.\\nRNOLD BURGES, deceased, whose fame\\nas a writer on sports by flood and field is\\nworld-wide, died in the city of Hillsdale\\non the 10th of March, 1888, after an ill-\\nness of eleven days. For several 3 ears he h.ad\\nbeen connected witii the Leader of this place, and\\non account of the many admirable traits of charac-\\nter, the brilliancy of his scholarship, and his remark-\\nable natural genius, he is held in most affectionate\\nremembrance bj hosts of admirers and friends. He\\npossessed to an eminent degree the man^- qualities\\nwhich endeared him best to those who enjoyed the\\nmost intimate acquaintance with him, and his life", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0385.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "u\\n376\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nfrom beginning to end was an illustration of genius,\\ncoupled with great sensitiveness of sjiirit, which at\\ntimes caused him to he misunderstood, but whose\\nfaults, by those who knew him for a period of\\n3ears, melted away and were forgotten under the\\ngenuine goodness of his character.\\nAs an authority on hunting and shooting Mr.\\nBurges had no superior. He was a most voluuiinous\\nwriter, and foryeais the periodicals of the lay upon\\nthis subject were frequently graced with effusions\\nfrom his pen. Besides his large correspondence he\\npublished a book entitled The American Kennel\\nand Spoiling Field, wliich was at once accepted as\\na standard authority on these subjects. He was\\nsolicited by the publishers of the Encyclopedia\\nBiitannica, as one of their most valued contribu-\\ntors, and he possessed a wide range of knowledge in\\nregard to field sports which encompassed these in\\nall their phases, and made of them a science as well\\nas a pleasure. It is hardly possible within the\\nbrief limits of a biograph} of this kind to render\\nhim due justice.\\nSuffice it is to say, however, that Mr. Burges\\nsprang from an honorable ancestrj-, being the son of\\nHon. Tristam Burges, an eminent lawyer and distin-\\nguished soldier, and the grandson of Hon. Tristam\\nBurges, Professor of Oratory and Belles Lettres. in\\nBrown University, and who was elected to Congress\\nin 1825, in wiiich body he served for a period often\\nyears. This latter gentleman was a contemporary\\nof John Randolph, and an intimate personal friend\\nof Judge .Sttphen Branch, of Rhode Island, whose\\nson later became the warm admirer and a close\\ncompanion of Arnold Burges.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Pn^vi-\\ndence, R. I., Sejjt. 12, 1839. and after completing\\nhis primary course of study entered Union C(jllege.\\nin Schenectady, N. Y. Upon emerging froLn this\\ninstitution he spent some time in reading law, and\\nin 1869 removed from his native State to the oil\\nregions of Pennsjlvania. He was for several years\\na resident of Titusville and vicinity, and was mar-\\nried, at Scranton, Va.. to Miss Mar}- E. McCune, on\\nthe IGth of September, 1873. Soon afterward he\\nwent to West Meriden, Conn., where he became\\neditor of the American Sjxjrtsman. and thence a-\\nyear later removed to Maysville, Ky., where he\\n-M*\\ncarried on fruit farming extensively until ill-health\\nobliged him to relinquish that occupation. In April,\\n1 876, Mr. Burges migrated north to this county, and\\ntook up his residence outside the city limits of\\nHillsdale, where he spent the remainder of his days.\\nHe brought to this section of country a Drst-class\\nkennel of imported English setters, and for over\\nten years his kennel ranked among the best in the\\ncountry, taking many valuable prizes at different\\nbench shows in the large cities. Mr. Burges still\\nkept up his correspondence ^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ith the leading sport-\\ning papers of this country and England, and here\\nhe became a member of the Masonic fraternity, in\\nwhich his active inteiest and love for its principles\\nconstituted him a prominent figure in the brother-\\nhood. His devotion to this fraternity was remem-\\nbered at the time of his death, and the solemn\\nservices thereafter were conducted by them with\\nthe most impressive ceremonies. His devotion to\\nthe grand principles of Masonry was consistently\\ncarried out, as he hail secured an insurance of $12,-\\n500. which, with other property, secured to his family\\na competence for the future. From boyhood Mr.\\nBurges was the possessor of horses, dogs and hunt-\\ning accoutrements, his ])arents affording him every\\nopportunitj for gratifying his intense love of out-\\ndoor amusements, ill-health for many of the clos-\\ning years of his life contributed to make him\\nnervous and excitable, but they in no waj affected\\nthe sterling qualities of his character, to which both\\nfriend and foe alike gave testimou} Besides his\\nliterary genius he was a natural orator, and occa-\\nsionally charmed audiences with the grace and power\\nof his magic speech. It is conceded that Arnold\\nBurges was one of the quaintest and most original\\nof this generation, and for years will be remem-\\nbered as one of the leading lights of the sporting\\nw(Mld on both continents.\\nMrs. Mary E. Burges, the wife of our subject,\\nwas born at Morgantown, Va., Jan. 21, 1848, and\\nis the daughter of Thomas and Mary E. (Gould)\\nMcCune, who were natives respectively of England\\nand Massachusetts. Thomas McCune crossed the\\nAtlantic when a bo} of thirteen with his widowed\\nmother, settling first at Lower Sandusky. Ohio, but\\nis spending his later days at Meadville. Pa. The\\nmother died at her home in Hillsdale on the 25th", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0386.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILL .DALK COUM Y.\\n377\\nof May, 1886. To Mr. and Mrs. Burges there\\nwere born tliree children, one of whom, Tristain,\\ndied on the \u00e2\u0080\u00a22 2(\\\\ of .Inly. 1883, ao;ed sixteen inontlis\\nand twenty -two days; Bessie M. was born Sept.\\n14, 1877, and Gny, Nov. 23, 1880. The widow\\nand her children occup3 a comfortable home, which\\nwas secured to them, together with a good income,\\nl)j the forethought of the husband and father who\\nhas now passed away.\\nJOHN GREENHOE. Comparatively a few\\nyears ago the farm belonging to this gentle-\\nman, which is now one of the best in Hills-\\ndale County, was little more than a valueless\\npiece of swamp land. After a service of two years\\nin the late vvar. the subject of this sketch made his\\nway to the Slate of Michigan, and purchased the\\nland which he now owns and occupies, and has since\\ngiven to it his attention, witii the results which\\nwe now behold, and with which any reasonable\\nman should be satisfied. He has a tract of seventy\\nacres under good cultivation, has erected good\\nbuildings, and is amply fitted for successful farming\\nafter the best known methods.\\nOur subject is an Ohio man by birth and educa-\\ntion, having been born in Waj ne Count^^ that\\nState, on the 1st of February, 1836, at the modest\\nhomestead of his parents, near the town of Chip-\\npewa. His father. .lohn Greenhoe, an l his paternal\\ngrandfather, Michael Greenhoe, were natives of\\nPennsjivania, whence the latter removed to Wayne\\nCounty, Ohio, during the early settlement of that\\nState. The journey was made overland with teams,\\nand the grandfather took up a tr.act of timber land\\nin the wilderness of C hip|)ewa Township. There\\nhe cleared a farm, and resided upon it until he was\\nan old man, then sold out and changed his residence\\nto Medina County, where he lived retired from act-\\nive labor until his death, which took place about\\n1852. He had been a very industrious man, pos-\\nsessed of good judgment, and accumulated a fine\\npropertj giving each of his children a tract of\\nland.\\nJohn Greenhoe, the father of our subject, was a\\nyoung man when his parents removed from his na-\\ntive State to Ohio. Not long afterward he was\\nmarried to Miss Catherine Aikens, a native of his\\nown State, and the daugliter of George and Cath-\\nerine (Davis) Aikens. Tliej^oung couple settled upon\\nforty acres of land in Chippewa Township, Wayne\\nCo., Ohio, where they resided until 1830, then selling\\nout, purchased 100 acres in Medina County, near\\nthe town of Liverpool. There John Greenhoe\\ncleared a good farm, and spent the remainder of\\nhis life. At the time he settled in that section of\\nthe countrj^ all kinds of wild game were plenty, and\\nhe lived to .see the country well settled up by an\\nenterprising and prosperous people. He died :it\\nthe homestead about 1852, Tlie mother subse-\\nquently came to this State, and died at the home of\\nher daughter, near Sheridan, Montcalm County.\\nOur subject was the sixth in the family of eleven\\nchildren born to his parents, and w;is but fifteen\\nyears of age at the time of his father s death. lie\\nw.as then thrown upon his own resources, and\\nstarted out to e;irn his own living. His first wages\\nwere $10 per month, but as bime passed on and his\\nusefulness increased, he was paid $16. After his\\nmarriage he commenced farming on the land of his\\nfather-in-law, and was thus occupied three years\\nand until after the outbreak of the late war.\\nMr. Greenhoe, in September, 1.S63. enlisted in\\nCompany D, 128th Ohio Infantry serving until\\nthe close of the war the following year. Soon\\nafterward he made his way to this county, as we\\nhave alre.ad} mentioned. He at once i^urch.ased\\nthe land where he now resides, and was obliged to\\ncut.awaj the timber to make room for a log house.\\nBesides clearing his land, he h;is underlaid all which\\nneeded draining with tile, and has erected all the\\nbuildings which are now upon it.\\nThe marri.age of John Greenhoe and Miss Eliza-\\nbeth Wicks was celebrated at the home of the bride,\\nin Medina Countj Oiiio, on the 6th of April, 1859.\\nMrs. G. w!\u00c2\u00bbs born in the same township as her hus-\\nband, on the 6th of February, 1840. and is the\\nyoungest child of George and Barbara Breene)\\nWicks, natives of Pennsylvania; the mother spent\\nher last days in Ohio, the father is still living. Her\\npaternal grandfather, George Wicks, was born in\\nPennsylvania, in June, 1803, He was the son of\\nChristian Wicks, whuni, it is believed, wsis also a\\ni~\\nJ t", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0387.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "-t^\\n378\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nf\\nnative of the Key tone State, and was a carpenter\\nand joiner lij trade. He also was one of the early\\nsettlers of Wayne County. Oliio. where he pent his\\nlast days.\\nThe father of llrs. Grccnhoe also emigiated to\\nOhio when a young man, and was there mairied to\\nMiss Barbara Breene. a native of Pennsylvania. He\\nfollowed the trade of cabinet-maker for a time, but\\nlater operated a coal bank, and after that puieliased\\na farm near Litchfield. Medina Countj The mother\\ndied at her heme in Ohio, in 1881, at the age of\\nseventy-six j^ears. Mr. Wicks is still living, and\\nmakes his home with his children in Ohio. Mr.\\nGreenhoe is a member of the Free Methodist\\nChurch, while his estimable wife is identified with\\nthe United Brethien. They are people greatly re-\\nspected among their neighbors, and have contrib-\\nuted their full quota toward the progress and\\nwelfare of their township.\\nOSCAR F. GUY. who is engaged in farming\\nin Fayette Township, is the son of W. N. Guy,\\nwho was born in Aurelius, Cayuga Co., N.\\nY .,Sept. JiO, 1796. Hismotlier, wliose maiden name\\nwas Eliza Erving, was born in Monmouth, N. J., in\\nSeptember, 1798. When quite young she removed\\nto Caj uga County, N. Y., where she remained\\nuntil her marriage with Mr. Guy, after which they\\nsettled in Aurelius in that county, and engaged in\\nthe occupation of farming.\\nThe parents of our subject subsequently removed\\nfrom Aurelius to Nunda, Allegany Co., N. Y..\\nwhere they lived some thirteen years, and then in\\nJune, 1836, they migrated to Michigan with their\\nseven children, and located on section 5, Faj-ette\\nTownship, about one mile from .lonesville, on a\\ntr.act of 192 acres of land which Mr. Gu} bought\\nupon his arrival in this State. Here they passed\\nthe remainder of their days, the death of the father\\noccurring Dec. 4, 1 864, while the mother died April\\n1, 1872. Mr. Guy was a man respected in his com-\\nmunity, and held the offices of Supervisor and Jus-\\ntice of the Peace; be also did quite an extensive\\nbusiness in farming. After their arrival in Michi-\\ngan the parental family of our subject was iu-\\n4\u00c2\u00bb\\ncreased until there were eight children, seven of\\nwhom lived to grow up, and are recorded as fol-\\nlows: George L. is a physician in Reading, Mich.;\\nCornelia M. is the wife of Albert J. Baker; Susan\\nwas the wife of Judge Justis H. Webb, of Hillsd.ile\\nCounty, and died April 6, 1875; William H. re-\\nsides in Jonesville; Oscar F. is the subject of our\\nnotice; Charles H. is a blacksmith by trade, and is\\nat present Postmaster of Allen Addison W. is a\\nfarmer in Fayette Township; Clarissa died in in-\\nfancy.\\nOur subject was born in Nunda, Allegany Co.,\\nN. 1 June 27, 1829, and was a lad seven years of\\nage when his father removed to Hillsdale County.\\nHe spent his youth like the average farmer s boy,\\nassisting as he could on ihe farm and attending the\\ncommon schools of the district. He has spent his\\nentire life in agricultural pursuits, and has been a\\nI esident of Fayette Township since 1836, where he\\nowns 111 acres of good land, which yields him\\nbountiful returns for the labor and money ex-\\npended in its cultivation.\\nFinding that it is not good for man to be alone,\\nour subject took to himself a wife and helpmate in\\nthe persi n of Miss Hannah C, daughter of Aaron\\nand Arilla (Baker) Thompson, with whom he was\\nunited in marriage Dec. 25, 1851, in Hillsdale\\nCounty, Mich. Mrs. Guy s parents were born\\nMarch 16, 1798. and June 19, 1805, respectively,\\nthe birth of the former occurring in Shaftsbury,\\nBennington Co., Vt. They removed from York\\nState to Pennsylvania, where they resided for a\\nperiod of two years, and in 1838 they came to\\nHillsdale County, in which two years later they\\nsettled in Reading Township, which continued to\\nbe their residence until their decease. The mother\\ndeparted this life Jan. 19, 1879, followed by the\\nfather on the 19th of February, 1880. To them\\nwere born a family of five children, who are re-\\ncorded as follows Polly, Darwin and Pamelia are\\ndeceased; Fidelia is the wife of Milon Arciier, of\\nReading; Celestia A. is deceased; Hannah C. is\\nthe wife of our subject, while Filetus A. was a\\nmember of Company 1, 11th Michigan Infantry,\\nand died in the hospital in Nashville, Tenn., April\\n17, 1865.\\nMrs. Guy was born in Eagle, Wyoming Co., N.\\nI-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0388.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "11\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n^1\\n379 iM\\nY., April 6, 1832. and her union with our subject\\nhas resulted in tiic birth of one daughter. Addle A.,\\nwho is the wife of Ellsworth Lovell, of Fayette\\nTownship. Mrs. Guy Is a member of the Baptist\\nChurch, with which siie has been identified for many\\nyears, and, as well .as her husband, is ever ready to\\ncontribute of her time and means wherever her\\nsympathies are enlisted. Mr. Guy has held the of-\\nfice of Township Treasurer for several terms, and\\nhas discharired its duties faithfully gaining the ap-\\nprobation of those who placed him in that position.\\n-^V-\\nON. GEORGE C. WYLLLS, a prosperous\\nfarmer residing on section 11, Moscow\\nTownship, is a man who stands to-day a\\n^^i type of manly perfection, not only as an\\nagriculturist and horticulturist, but also as a man\\nwhose influence will be felt for generations as an\\neducator and legislator. He belongs to that class\\nof cultured, intelligent and enterprising people,\\nwho came into Michigan from New York and the\\nNew England States during its pioneer period,\\nand who have been such important factors in de-\\nveloping in so high n degree the resources which\\nnature has so generously lavished ni)on this section\\nof countrj In those people conscience appears to\\nhave been as hereditary as intelligence, and the\\nfine accumulative results of the moral struggles\\nand triumphs of many generations of honest lives\\nappear to have been transmitted, in which original-\\nity of thought as well as practicability of conception\\nare combined with an ambitious and energetic sup-\\nport of action. These qualities which have been\\nnoticed in the gentleman whose name heads this\\nsketch are thus easily traced.\\nThe father of our subject was a native of Tol-\\nland, Conn., and his mother, Hannah Cobb, was a\\nnative of Windsor County. Vt., while both were of\\nEnglish ancestry. In 1833 they removed to Gen-\\nesee County, N. Y.. where they resided for a period\\nof five years. At that ])eriod the tiew State of\\nMichigan, which had just been admitted into the\\nUnion, was being penetrated by tlie sturdy pioneer,\\nand in 1838 Mr. Wyllls bade farewell to his home\\nin New York, and with his family joined the pro-\\ncession westward, bringing with him the second\\nteam of horses ever introduced into I ulaski Town-\\nship, Jackson County. Here he settled upon 160\\nacres of land on section 22. and was not long in\\nestablishing himself comfortably, for his characteris-\\ntic qualities were thrift, energy and good judgment.\\nIt was not to be his lot, however, to reap the fruits\\nof his labor in this new State, for In the autumn of\\nthe next year, November, 1839, he was called away\\nto that country from whose bourne no traveler\\nreturns. The mother with true womanly courage\\ntook up the work of operating the homestead and\\nmaintaining the family, but like many other true-\\nhearted women of that time she fell carrying the\\nstandard of financial and social progress. Her death,\\nwhich occurred in August, 1843, was sadly mourned\\nand deeply realized by her seven children, who all\\ngrew to man and womanhood.\\nGeorge C. Wyllls was thus by the death of his\\nmother left to cope with the world ali)ne, deprived\\nof the counsel, assistance and companionship of his\\nparents. Sad and unfortunate though it was, it\\ntended to develop those reflective qualities and\\nhabits of self-reliance which we so often find in\\nthose who are thus thrown upon their own re. ources\\nat an earlj age. This in a measure accounts for\\nthe strong and marked individuality and force of\\ncharacter since displaj-ed in the life of Mr. Wyllls.\\nThe facilities for obtaining an education in a pio-\\nneer country are always limited, and indeed in\\nmanj sections for a time wholly wanting. It is\\nevident th.at the training of the school-room was a\\nprivilege and discipline he enjoyed to a very lim-\\nited extent, although by studious application he\\nacquired a large fund of knowledge, which, together\\nwith energy and a great deal of common sense and\\ntact, enabled him to pursue the profession of a\\nteacher with credit to himself and lasting benefit to\\nthe community at large, being identified with the\\neducational profession of Southern Michigan for\\ntwen y years.\\nOn the 10th of June, 1852, Mr. Wyllls was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Emily Huck, an amia-\\nble and accomplished lad} who is also a native of\\nthe Empire State, where she was born in Dutchess\\nCounty, in 1 832. Site is the eldest daughter of Israel\\nand Jane Huck. (See sketches of E. I), and Albert\\nT", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0389.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "380\\nu\\nHILLSDALE CUL.N IV.\\nBuck). This union lins Ixen blti-sed l y the biilli\\nof seven children, all of wlion) were boin niion the\\nhomestead in Moscow Township, and are named as\\nfollows: Helen 8., Lucy J., James C. Florence.\\nArthur L., Maud C. and Carrie N. Helen e(inpleted\\nthe classical course in Hillsdale College, and was\\ngraduated with the class of 75 she engaotd as a\\nteacher at Warsaw, hid., where she followed that\\nprofession for six const cutive yeais. and tin n took\\na post-graduate course at the University of Michi-\\ngan, from which institution she was graduated in\\n1^84 with the degree of Master of Arts; since that\\ntime she has been Principal of the Union School at\\nAustin, HI. Lucy J. is the wife of \\\\V. W. Arm-\\nstrong, a hardware nierehaiit of Jerome; James C.\\nand Arthur L. have charge of the homestead Flor-\\nence is engaged in teaching at Oak Fai k, ill. Maud\\nC. was also engaged in teaching, and is the wife of\\nWill L. Bibbins. a hardwaie merchant at Moscow;\\nCarrie N. is attending the High School at Moscow,\\nwhere she will graduate with the class of \u00c2\u00ab8.\\nMr. Wyllis, prior to locating on his present farm\\nand before his marriage, was engaged in the nursery\\nbusiness in Somerset Township. Jn 1848 he pur-\\nchased forty acres of land in Somerset Townshiii, but\\nin 1850 lie exchanged it for 120 acres where he now\\nresides, wliich forms a beautiful homestead fitted\\nwith all modern conveniences. He now has a well-\\nimproved farm of 17 3 acres, well supplied with\\nbarns and other suitable out-buildings, and adorned\\nwith orchards.\\nMr. Wyllis has ever been a public-spirited man,\\nand is specially active in all matters pertaining to\\nthe imiHoveuient of the educational facilities of\\nhis cominunity. He was elected Seliool Inspeetor of\\nhis township in 1855, and was a member of the\\nboard most of the time, either as Clerk or Lis|)ect(jr,\\nuntil 18G8. During this time he did much to im-\\nprove the eoudition of the schools, and especially\\nsuccessful and commendable were his labors in or-\\nganizing and carrying on the Union School of the\\nvillage of Aloseow, in which he subsequently taught\\nseveral terms. By tlius enlarging the district and\\nincreasing the school facilities, there is now no\\nfurther necessity for the people of this section to\\nsend their children from home to procure a good\\ncoiumon-scln^ol education. Inthesprirg of 18()1\\nMr. Wyllis was elected Justice of the Peace, and\\nso satisfact(iril has he meted out justice that he\\nwas called upon to fill that jiositKin coutinuouslj\\nwith the exccjiticn of two jeais from that date, un-\\ntil the fall of ]8h2. when he was nominated by the\\nKeiiubliean Convention, which was held at Pitts-\\nford, Sept. 26. as a candidate to the State Legisla-\\nture. Asa gratifying testimonial of his popularity\\nwe need only say that although he was not actively\\nengaged in the cami aign and did no \u00e2\u0080\u00a2stumping.\\nyet he received a majority of 457 votes over his\\nopponent, Mr. William Bryant.\\nAs a member of the State Legisl.ature Hon.\\nGeorge Wyllis was an active, earnest and efficient\\nworker; he was Chairman of the Committee on\\nRules and Joint Rules, and member of the Com-\\nmittee on the .State Agricultural College, at Lans-\\ning. He introduced bill No. 173. being a bill to\\namend Section 1. Chapter 153. of the compiled laws\\nof 1871. being coniiiilers Section 4.309. relative to\\ntitle to real estate by descent. Hon. Wyllis has\\nbeen Republican in politics from the birth of that\\nparty to the present time, and has been a firm and\\ndevoted advocate of its principles.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2;rg;wr\\nIT\\n^m^\\nTJffiiSJT\\nLKXANDER F. WILLIAMS is a highly\\n^/u\\\\ respected resident of Pittsford Township,\\nwhere he owns and occupies a good farm,\\n.ffjj which he has developed from its orginal\\nwild state. He is one of the noble army of so-called\\nself-maile men. wht), while acquiring independence\\nand comfortable lionies through their own unaided\\nexertions, have contributed to the uiibuilding of a\\nglorious commonwealth.\\nMr. Williams was born in the town of Hamburg.\\nFrie Co.. N. Y July 20. 1819. and is of Knglisli\\ndescent; his grandfather, John Williams, w.as born\\nin England, and when a young man was pressed\\ninto the English army, and coming to America,\\nfought against the Colonists in the Revolutionary\\nWar. At the time of Burgoyne s defeat he was\\ncaptured by the Americans, and then and there\\nforeswore allegiance to all foreign poweis. espec-\\nially the English, and from that time became a", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0390.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "11\\nI\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n381\\nfaithful and loyal citizen of the United States. He\\nsettled in Ontario County as a pioneer, but spent\\nhis closing years in Erie County, N. Y., witii iiis\\nchildren. To hiin and his worthy wife were born\\nsix cliildren. Their son Nathan, tlie father of our\\nsubject, vvas born in their pioneer home in Ontario\\nCounty, and there grew to manhood and married\\nSarah Potter, a native of that count} and a daugh-\\nter of Nathaniel Potter, one of its earliest settlers,\\nand a member of the Society of Friends. Sometime\\nprevious to 1812 Mr. Williams settled in Erie\\nCounty, where he bought a tract of timbered land\\nof the Holland Purchase Conipau}-. He partly\\ncleared four different farms, and continued his resi-\\ndence in that county until 1851. In tliat j^ear he\\ncame to Michigan and bought a small tract of land\\nin Piltsford Township, of which he and his wife\\nremained residents until their death. Thej had led\\nblameless lives, characterized by honesty, sobriety\\nand industry, and they well merited the trust and\\nesteem of the people among whom they settled.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared on a farm\\nand lived in his native State until 1844. In the\\nmeantime, he took unto his home and heart the good\\nwife who was to be his wise counselor and true\\nfriend through the sunshine and shadows of life for\\nmany years to come, their union taking place March\\n24, 1840. Her maiden name was Augusta Com-\\nstock; she w.asbornon Long Island, N. Y., in March,\\n1822, and was the adopted daughter of Caleb and\\nEsther Comstock. In 1844 Mr. Williams deter-\\nmined to cast in his fortunes with a colony of thir-\\nteen persons bound for Michigan; accordingly he\\nmade arrangements to leave his old home and begin\\nlife anew in another and more newly settled part of\\nthe country, and his family with the other colonists\\ncrossed Lake Erie to Monroe, where the company\\nchartered two cars to conve} them to their destin.a-\\ntion. An engine drew the cars to Adrian, and there\\nhorses were attached to draw them to Hudson. Mr.\\nWilliams had a pair of horses that he had l)rought\\nwith him from New York, and he drove from Monroe\\nto his future home in Hillsdale Count} He then set-\\ntled on the farm that he has occupied ever since. It\\nwas then heavily covered with a growth of trees cen-\\nturies old, and after erecting a board house for the\\nshelter of his family, he commenced the task of clear-\\ning his land. He was then in the prime of young man-\\nhood, endowed with strength, energy, and a resolute\\nand steadfast purpose that well tittod him f(jr ihe\\nsevere labors and hardships that he was to encounter\\nin his struggles witli the forces of nature before he\\ncould bring his farm to its present cultivated and\\nhighly productive condition, with neat and sub-\\nstantial frame buildings. He was then a poor man,\\nand w.as obliged to work out for others in order to\\nobtain money enough to live, but by unceasing\\ntoil he soon had enough of his land cleared so that\\nhe could farm it profitably. For many years he\\ndid all of his farm work, marketing and milling, with\\noxen.\\nFive children grew up to liless the union of our\\nsubject and his amiable wife: Juslina, who married\\nAndrew Long, died May 2, 1883; Mary married\\nJames Turner, and lives in .Jefferson Township;\\nWilliam E. lives in Pittsford; Ortis E. married\\nHarriet Saulsbury, and lives in Pittsford Village\\nFrank P. lives on the home farm; he married Miss\\nNettie Wood, of Pittsford Township, daughter of\\nJohn and Martha Wood (of whom see sketch in\\nanother part of this work), and tliey have three\\nchildren Josie, Aveita and William E.\\nMr. Williams .and his children sustained a s.ad\\nloss by the death of the beloved wife and mother.\\nFeb. 2, 1887, after a married life of nearl}- forty-\\nseven years. She had bravel} shared with her hus-\\nband the adversities of life in a newly settled\\ncountry, and had patiently helped him in building\\nup a home. They were devoted to each other and\\ntheir married life was exceedingly happy. She was\\na wise and tender mother, and her neighbors also\\nfeel that in her death they have lost a kind friend.\\nYet with her we have an abiding faith that it is\\nwell\\nFor her work is comp:issed and done;\\nAll things are seemly and ready,\\nAnd her summer is just begun.\\nBut we cannot think of her idle,\\nShe must be a home-mfiker still;\\nGod giveth that work to the angels\\nWho fittest the t.ask fulfill.\\nAnd somevvbere, yet, in the hilltops\\nOf that conntr} that hath no pain.\\nShe will watch in her beautiful doorw.aj\\nTo bid us welcome again.\\nI\\nT", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0391.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "-382\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\njlr. William has nobly fulfilled his obligations as\\na man and a citizen. He has always been faithful\\nand tvustworthj in his relations with his neighbors,\\nand genial and helpful toward those about him. ]n\\nhis own household he was n thoughtful and affection-\\nate husband, and lias ever been a loving father, and\\ndevoted to the interests of his children and grand-\\nchildren, to whom he is greatly attached. Mr. W.\\nhas a birthright membersliiii in the Friends Church.\\nHe takes a true interest in the welfare of his coun-\\ntry, and in former days was a member of the Whig\\n])arty, but later in life joined the Re])ul)lican partj\\nand is stanch in his support of its mcasines.\\nHARLES A. SLOCUM, son of one of the\\nhonored ])ioneers of Wheatland Township,\\nwas born here on the 7th of .Inly, 18G0, and\\nis living on the homestead which his father built\\nnp from an indifferently cultivated tract of land\\nupon which he located in 1843. This piece of prop-\\nerty is numbered among the most bi^autiful and val-\\nuable farms of this section, and includes a handsome\\nbrick residence which the father built in J862, sub-\\nstantiautial barns, and all the other structures re-\\nquired by the modern agriculturist. The soil by\\na thorough process of cultivation jields the choicest\\ncrops of Southern Michigan, and the entire prem-\\nises indicate the supervision of an intelligent and\\nenterprising propiietor.\\nThe main points in the history of Albert B. Slo-\\ncum, the father of our subject, are in substance as fol-\\nlows: He was born in AVayne County, N. i March\\n19, 1818, and was the son of Smith and Elizabeth\\n(Bliss) Slocum, both natives of Berkshire County,\\nJIass., who after their mairiage emigrated to the\\nvicinity of what was afterward ]\\\\Lacedon, N. Y.,\\nwhere the father engaged in farming pursuits. In\\n1834 they removed with their seven children to\\nMonroe Countj^, where Smith Slocum died the\\nyear following. The latter was the son of Benjamin\\nSlocum, Jr., who was born in Rhode Island in 1751,\\nand was the son of Benjamin, Sr., born at New-\\nport, that State, Nov. 11, 1714. The latter was\\nthe son of Giles Slocum, also a native of Rhode\\nIsland, and born some time in the sixteenth cent-\\nury. His father, Anthony Slcicum, a native of\\nEngland, emigrated to America in 1650, and set-\\ntled in Portsmouth. He was killed in King Phil-\\nlip s War. The paternal grandmother of our sub-\\nject. Mrs. Elizabeth (Bliss) Slocum, spent her last\\nyears in Wayne County. N. Y.\\nAlbert Slocum, when a youth of seventeen years,\\nwas thus forced to resume the responsibilities of\\nhead of the family. He continued with his mother\\nand her children six years thereafter and was then\\nmarried, Aug. 30, 1843, to Miss Cordelia E.,\\ndaughter of Col. Levi and Olive (Eaton) Tread-\\nwell. This lady was born Feb. 9, 1 821, and became\\nthe mother of four children Llewellyn, Harmon,\\nHelen, and Charles A., of our sketch. Grandfather\\nTreadwell came to the West late in life and died\\nin Wheatland Township, this cf)unty, when a very\\nold man.\\nAlbert Slocum emigrated to Michigan in 1843,\\nthe j ear of his first marriage, and ])urchased the\\nwest half of the southwest quarter of section 28\\nin Wheatland Township, from which not a stick of\\ntimber had been cut. The first winter he taught\\na district school and thus obtained means by which\\nhe paid for the clearing of the first ten acres. Soon\\nafterward he began giving his entire attention to\\nhis farm, adding to his acreage as time passed on,\\nbut at the same time identified hmiself with the\\ninterests fif the people abt)ut him, and was largely\\ninstiumental in the growth and progress of the\\ntownship. He was at an early late selected as a\\nproper incumbent of the various local offices, and\\narose step by step until he was chosen by the Re-\\npublican party to represent the Third District of\\nwhich Hillsdale County forms a part, in the State\\nLegislature. During the war he was appointed by\\nGov. Blair and Provost-BIarshal General Fry, a\\nrecruiting officer, and rendered valuable aid in\\nclearing his town from the draft. In both his pub-\\nlic and private life he illustrated the worthy man\\nand useful citizen, and at his death was mourned\\nby the community as one whose place it would be\\ndifficult to fill.\\nCharles A. Slocum has spent most of his life\\nin AVheatland Township, becoming familiar with\\nthe various employmentsof the farm, and receivii g\\na practical education which has fitted him for the\\nA", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0392.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n383\\ni~\\nduties of life ns the offspring of a fine old family\\nand whom it behooves to siistiiin the reputation of\\nhis aiieestors. Altiionj^h perhaps not the hero of\\nany thrillin T event, he is filling his niche in the\\neomniiinily perhaps in the best possible manner, and\\nbeing a man j et young in years, much is expected\\nof him in the future.\\nThe marriage of Charles A. Slot-um and Miss\\nIda Whitchcr was eelebrated at the home of the\\nbride in Wheatland on the 8th of October. 1\u00c2\u00ab82.\\nMrs. SlDciim, lil e her husband, is also a native of\\nWheatland Township, and was born .June 23, 1859.\\nIler |)arents. Lucius and Caroline (Brookins)\\nWhiteher, were natives of New York .State, whence\\nthey emigrated to Southern Michigan during its\\nearly settlement. They are now residents of\\nWheatland. Jlrs. Siocura is one of the five chil-\\ndren comprising the household circle, of whom four\\nare living and are residents of Wheatland. She\\nhas been thoroughly educated, and by her union\\nwith our subject is the inf)tlier of two bright chil-\\ndren: IJessie V., born April IG. 1883, and Clifford\\nL., Aug. 30, 1887. Mr. Slocum voles the straight\\nRepublican ticket, and with his estimable wife at-\\ntends the Congregational Cluirch. A portion of\\nthe land included in his farm was left him from his\\nfather s estate, and he afterward added to it until\\nhe has now a quarter-section which he devotes to\\ngeneral farming, raising grain and wheat, and a f^ir\\nassortment of live stock.\\n55^ ILAS W. GLASGOW, son of one of the\\nearly pioneers of this county, and whose\\nsketch appears elsewhere in this volume, is\\nnow numbered among the prominent and\\nwell-to do farmers of Allen Township, where he has\\nresided for many years, and been closely identified\\nwith the aff. iirs of this part of the county since a\\nyoung man. Politically, he is a stanch Repub-\\nlican, and has discharged the duties of many impor-\\ntant offices, serving as Justice of the Peace several\\nterms, ofliciating as School Director and Superin-\\ntendent of Schools, and often chosen as a delegate\\nto the Stale and County Conventions. Alw.-iys tak-\\ning a warm interest in religious and educational in-\\nstitutions, he is. with his excellent wife, one of the\\n])lllars of the Presbyterian Church, and has been\\nSuperintendent of the Sabbath-school for many\\nyears. To put it briefly, he is simply one of the\\nindispensable factors in the community, whose place,\\nwere he absent, it would be diflicult to fill.\\nOur subject was born in Fayette Tow-nshlp. this\\ncount} Oct. 2, 1843, and it is hardly necessary to\\nsay, considering the career of his honored father,\\nwas reared to farming pursuits. His first studies\\nwere conducted in the district and Union schools\\nof Jonesville, and later he took a course in Hills-\\ndale College. LTpon returning home he began op-\\nerating, in company with his father, the large farm\\nof 400 acres, the propert} of the latter, and father\\nand son, in the meantime, inaugurated considerable\\nof a loan business, disposing in this manner of their\\nsurplus funds. The young man at an early age\\nevinced the excellent business qualities which have\\nl)roved his success in life, and b}- reason of which\\nhe has attained to his present position.\\nOne of the most important events in the life of\\nour subject was his marriage With Miss Emma L.\\nMitchell, which was celebrated at the home of the\\nbride in Jonesville, Sept. 7, 1870. Mrs. Glasgow\\nw.as born in Aurora, Erie Co., N. Y.,June22, 18,51,\\nand is the daughter of Jonas F. and Cordelia (Row-\\n\\\\ey) Mitchell, natives also of the Empire State, tlie\\nfather born in Erie County, and the mother in\\nCastile, AVyoming County. After marriage they\\nsettled in Aurora, Erie County, where they lived\\nuntil 1860, and thence removed to Delaware, Ohio.\\nSome time later, in the latter part of the month of\\nDecember, 1861, they came to this count} tak-\\ning up their residence in Jonesville, but a few\\nmonths later removed to a farm which the father\\nhad purchased, two and one-half miles west, in Fay-\\nette Township. The father, a few years later, on ac-\\ncount of ill-health, was obliged to abandon active\\nlabor, and returning to Jonesville, took up his resi-\\ndence here an l remained until his death. The\\nmother is still living, and a resident of Jonesville.\\nMrs. Glasgow is the only survivor of their two chil-\\ndren, her brother, George M., having died in Jones-\\nville, July 0, 1877, when a promising young man\\ntwenty -two years of age.\\nMrs. Glasgow received an excellent edncalion,", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0393.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "384\\nm 4 9\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nand for a period of three years was engaged as\\nteacher in the Union School, at Jonesville. Of her\\nmarriage with our subject there are three children\\nAmarette J., Eva L. and William M. Mr. Glasgow\\nidentified himself with the Masonic fraternity, with\\nwhich lie is still connected, and for the principles\\nof which he entertains an ardent admiration.\\niT^AMES H. GILCHREST, late of Allen Town-\\nship, departed this life Nov. 2, 1884. He\\nhad come to this county in 1865, and during\\nhis residence here of nearly twenty years,\\nassisted material!} in the development of the soil,\\ncultivating his fine farm of 341 acres to good ad-\\nvantage, and adding the improvements naturally\\nsuggested to the industrious and enterprising citizen.\\nMr. Gilchrest was born in Nyack, Rockland Co.,\\nN. Y., March 4, 1821, and was the son of a well-\\nto-do farmer of th.at region, remaining under the\\nparental roof until reaching his majority, and he-\\ncoming familiar with agricultural pursuits. About\\nthat time, as is quite natural willi tiie youth of that\\ntime of life, he wished for a change, and accord-\\ningly leaving the farm he went to town and was\\nemployed as clerk in a grocery store one year. The\\n3 ear following we find him engaged in the butcher-\\ning business at Tarry town, and this he followed\\nuntil 1865, when he decided to seek his fortune in\\nthe young and rapidly growing State of Michigan.\\nAllen Township was chosen as the most desirable\\nlocality for settlement by Mr. Gilchrest at that\\ntime, and he accordingly located upon land which\\nhe had previously acquired in the northeastern part,\\nand upon which he continued to operate until the\\nillness which resulted in his death.\\nOur subject, while a resident of his native State,\\nwas married in Tarry town, Jan. 20, 1858, to Miss\\nEmeline Twitchings, who was born near that place,\\nin Westchester County, March 1, 1829, and who\\nwas the daughter of John and Emeline (Avery)\\nTwitchings, who were natives of that county. The\\nfather spent his entire life there, and the mother\\nsubsequently removed to Georgetown, D. C, where\\nher death took place at her home. Mr. Twitchings\\nw.as a Methodist in reliaious belief. Mrs. Gilchrest\\nwas reared under the parental roof, educated in the\\ncommon school, and trained by an excellent mother\\nto those housewifely duties which fitted her to pre-\\nside over the home of a good man. Of her mar-\\nriage with Mr. Gilchrest there were born four chil-\\ndren, two sons and two daughters, who have all\\nbeen spared to her and are now settled about her in\\ncomfortable homes of their own. The eldest, Mi-\\nnerva L., is the wife of Joseph J. Walsh, of Allen\\nTownship; Laura married Charles E. Gier, and is\\nalso residing not far from the old homestead\\nGeorge H. married Miss Frank Bennet, and is farm-\\ning in the same locality; Mary A. is the wife of H.\\nE. Ford, of Jonesville.\\nThe parents of our subject were Thomas and\\nLydia (Coleman) Gilchrest, both natives of West-\\nchester County, N. Y. The father died in Brook-\\nlyn, N. Y., when about eighty -six years of age; the\\nmother died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Pol-\\nhemns, in Brooklyn also. James H. was a Method-\\nist in religious faith, and politically, a Democrat,\\nwhile Mrs. Gilchrest is a member of the Episcopal\\nChurch. The homestead is noticeable among the\\nother well-regulated farms of Allen Township.\\n,ENJAMIN WHITE. That Michigan has\\nbecome a conspicuous and powerful State\\nI /Tllftll) Union is owing largely to the sturdy\\nand resolute men of the past and present\\ngeneration, who have so ably developed its rich and\\nfertile soil into beautiful and productive farms.\\nPre-eminent among the counties of this State for\\nits agricultural facilities and the enterprise and in-\\ntelligence of ics farmers and stock-growers, stands\\nthe county of Hillsdale, and among her citizens\\nwho have industriously devoted themselves to till-\\ning the soil and raising cattle and other stock, is\\nthe subject of this sketch, who owns a good farm\\non section 30, Woodbridge Township. He was\\nborn in West V^irginia, Aug. 28, 1816, a son of\\nJohn and Mary (Spencer) White, natives respect-\\nively of Ireland and Virginia. His father was a\\nfarmer by occupation, and migrated with his familj\\nto Ohio in 1821, and settling in Jackson County,\\nsuccessfully carried on his calling there until his\\n-t\\n-4*", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0394.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00ab-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n385\\nt\\ndt iUli. in 1834. at the age of seventy years. He\\nwas a stanch Wliii^ in politics, and with liis good\\nwile occiiiiici] an lionored position in tlic coni-\\nniniiily where he lived. He was horn in 17G4.and\\niiis wife in 1774. the latter dying in 182S. They\\nwore the |)aicnls of nine children, namely: James,\\nSteplien, I homas, Henjaniin, Mary, Sarah, Martha,\\nCatherine and Klizabelh.\\nBenjamin While was hut five years of age when\\nhis parents took him to Ohio to live, and there the\\nremaining years of his boyhood and youth were\\npassed in securing such an education as was afforded\\nby the common schools of those days, and in work-\\niugon a farm. He grew up to he remarkably strong,\\nhealthy and energetic, could swing an ax with the\\nbest choppers of the day, and when he became a\\nland-owner himself, ranked among the most able\\nand vigorous pioneers in wresting a farm from the\\nforest-covered soil. After obtaining a good start\\nin life he married Miss Jeanetta Kwiug, April 3,\\n1844. hhe was born in Ohio, June 8, 1827, and\\nwas a daughter of Enoch and Susan (Readabaugh)\\nEwing, natives of Virginia, the father born in 1799,\\nand the mother in 1800; he died in December,\\n188G, and she May 7, 1884. The names of their\\nchildren were as follows: Charlotte, Isaac, Jeanetta\\nJ., John W., William J., Andrew A., James L.,\\nElizabeth, Henry M. and Emma J. the latter died at\\nthe age of four years. Mrs. White was well drilled\\nin all the household accomplishments considered\\nindispensable in her younger daj s to the making\\nof a good housewife. iShe was early taught to run\\nthe spinning-wheel and loom, and has now in her\\npossession coverlets and satinet that she wove\\nherself when a girl, and that will be precious relics\\nto her grandchildien and great-grandchildren; be-\\nsides she spun a gre.it many kinds of cloth from fiax,\\nand broke and scrutched flax to prepare it for use.\\nA part of the time she attended school and received\\na f lir education for the times. Of her marriage\\nwith our sulijcct four children have been born, two\\nof whom aie living: Enoch C. married Rose Howell;\\nIsaac died at the age of ten years and twenty days;\\nStciihen died at the age of two years and two\\nmonths; Susan J. married James Martin, Jind they\\nhave one child, Bennie J.\\nIn 18.53 our subject left Ohio and came to Michi-\\ngan, to make his tiorae on the farm where he now\\nresides. H is homestead comprises 1 70 acres of land,\\nand by hard and constant labor he has cleared 1 20\\nacres from the forests, and now has a finely im-\\nproved farm, with substantial buildings and many\\nother indications of thrift and prosperity. He de-\\nvotes himself to mixed farming, raises good grades\\nof stock, and pa3 s much allenlion to the culture of\\nfruit, having an orchard of 150 apple trees.\\nylLLlAM S. .SCHERMERHORN, senior\\nmember of the firm of Schermerhorn Bros.,\\noperates with his partner an establishment\\nfor the manufacture of hardwood lumber and all\\nkinds of building material, and for this purpose they\\noccupy the whole of what is known as the Colby\\nManufactory, which is the most extensive enter-\\nprise of the kind in Southern Michigan. The firm\\nwas established in March, 1887, although William\\nS. had been engaged in business similar in another\\npart of the town since 1867.\\nOur subject inaugurated his business first as a\\nfoundry and planing-niill, and later increased the\\ncapacity of his establishment, taking in the manu-\\nfacture of lumber and supplies for house building\\nof all kinds. He has operated with marked success,\\nas he is thrifty and industrious, prompt to meet his\\nobligatio)is, and by his straightforward methods of\\ndoing business has placed himself upon a sound\\nfooting with the community at large. He began\\non a capital of less than \u00c2\u00a72,000. and now transacts\\nan annual business of $50,000. Their factory is\\nequipped with the most modern and approved raa-\\nchineiy, including a oO-horse-power engine, and\\nthey give employment to twelve men. Mr. Scher-\\nmerhorn being himself a practical mechanic and\\nmachinist, has the best advantage over his business,\\nknowing how it should be done and being able to\\ngive directions as to the manner of doing it.\\nThe early tramping ground of our subject vvas in\\nChatham Township, Columbia Co.. N. Y., where iiis\\nbirth took pl.ace Feb. 2, 1824. His father, John\\nW. Schermerhorn, was also a native of the Empire\\nState, and born at Kinderhook, Oct. 17, 1800. The\\nfamily is of Holland ancestry. The father of oin-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0395.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "386\\nHILLSDALE CULNTY.\\n4\\nsubject was reared to farming pursuits, and was mar-\\nried, in Columbia County, N. Y., to Miss Sarah\\nSmitli, also a native of Kiuderhook and wlio was\\nborn Sept. 25, 1802. She was of American descent\\nas far back as the record is known. She was reared\\nin her native county, and with her husband is still\\nliving, making their home in Reading, and being\\nnow quite well advanced in years. Thej are the\\nparents of seven children, five sons and two daugh-\\nters, of whom only one daughter and three sons are\\nliving, and are .ill married.\\nWilliam S. Schermerhorn was the eldest son and\\nsecond child of his parents, with whom he contin-\\nued on the farm till a youth of seventeen years.\\n1 he pursuit of agriculture, however, did not seem\\nto be entirely adapted to his natural tastes, and he\\naccordingly left home, and going to Ljons. N. Y.,\\nbegan an apprenticeship at the trade of machinist.\\nHe vvas thus occupied until in Januarj 1864, dur-\\ning the progress of the late war, and on the 4th of\\nthat month enlisted in Company B, 31st Iowa In-\\nfantry, under command of Capt. Spear, of the West-\\nern Army. They were at oncesent to the Southeast,\\nand joining the army of Ger. Sherman, participated\\nin the famous march to the sea, and our subject was at\\nthe siege of Atlanta and the battles of Resaca and\\nColumbia, besides other conflicts with the enemy.\\nHe, however, fortunately escaped unharmed, with\\nthe exception of illness and the natural results of\\nprivation and hardships, which left their effects\\nupon his system and from which he has never fully\\nrecovered.\\nMr. Schermerhorn received his honorable dis-\\ncharge from the army after the close of the war,\\nAug. 1, 1865, and returning at once to Iowa, located\\nat Cedar Falls, and was occupied as before until\\n1 867. He had been married first, in Webster.\\nMonroe Co., N. 1 to Miss Phebe A. Rouse, who\\nwas born and reared in Monroe Count} and who\\nbecame the mother of two children Loraine G.\\nand Charles H. She moved to Iowa with her hus-\\nband.\\nOur subject was married the second time, March\\n17, 1869, in Hillsdale, to Mrs. Almeda E., daugh-\\nter of James and Catherine E. (Case) Betts,\\nwho came to Michigan from Amsterdam, N. Y.,\\nlived for a time in Jiickson County, and later re-\\nmoved to Hillsdale, where both died when about\\nseventy-eight 3 ears old. Mrs. Schermerhorn was\\neducated mostly in the schools of this countj and\\nlived with her parents until her first marriage, with\\nJohn F. Schermerhorn, a brother of our subject,\\nwho during the late war belonged to Company F.,\\n18th Michigan Infantrj-, and was killed in the bat-\\ntle at Athens. He made a good record as a brave\\nand faithful soldier, and gave three 3 ears to\\nthe service of his country. Of this first marriage\\nof Mrs. S. there was born one child, a daughter,\\nCarrie E., who is now living in Jackson County,\\nMich. Our subject and his wife have one child\\nonly: William F., born June 27, 1871. They are\\nactive members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nand number a large circle of fiiends and acquaint-\\nances in their community. Mr. Schermerhorn\\nvotes with the Prohibitionists, and has served as\\none of the city fathers in years gone by. His busi-\\nness is conducted in the most admirable manner,\\nand he ranks among the representative men of the\\ncounty. The beautiful home of the family is located\\non Michigan street, in Reading Vill.age, and forms\\none of the most attractive spots within its limits.\\ni#*^\\n\\\\f AJIF^S BARKER, retired farmer, residing in\\nNorth Adams, is the owner of a fine farm on\\nsection 5, Adams Township. As a truly\\nrepresentative citizen of this county and one\\nwho has been closely identified with its growth, it\\naffords us genuine pleasure to place a brief sketch\\nof his life before the reading public. He is a na-\\ntive of New York, born March 31, 1828, on the\\nsame farm that his father was, in Schuyler, Her-\\nkimer County. His parents, Vining and Sally\\n(Davis) Barker, were both natives of Herkimer\\nCounty, where they located after their marriage,\\nremaining there many years. In 1836 Mr. Barker\\ncame to Michigan, and invested part of his money\\nin eighty acres of Government land on section 8,\\nAdams Township, on which he moved with his fam-\\nily three j ears later. Leaving Schuj ler in January,\\nthe journey was made in a wagon containing him-\\nself, wife, and their seven children, to Syracuse,\\nwhere thej encountered a snow blockade, and were\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^r^T", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0396.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "-U\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n387\\nit\\noliligcd to travt l from there to Cleveland in sleighs.\\nAt that place thej aeain took the wagon, in which\\nthey completed tiieir joniney. arriving .safely at\\ntheir destination in the latter part of February,\\nhaving been a little over a month in making the\\njourney, which at the present time can be easily\\naccomplished in fourteen hours. The hardships\\nand dangers of travel in those days well illustrate\\nthe conditions of life that obtained in a newly set-\\ntled country, in whose vast forests wild animals\\nfound shelter, and whose swamjjs were ague haunted.\\nTo leave friends, kindred, and comforUible homes,\\nto encounter these, riquired bravery of spirit,\\nenergetic ambition, and more than ordinary enter-\\nprise. Not onl}- iMr. Barker and his wife were pos-\\nsessed with these characteristics of the true pioneer,\\nbut Iheir children, though tender in years, were\\nimijued witli the same desirable qualities, and all\\nworked together and assisted, not only in evolving\\na home from the forest-covered land, but they be-\\ncame potent agents in develojiing this portion of\\nMichigan from a wilderness to the garden spot of\\nAmerica.\\nOur subject, then eight years of age, assisted in\\nclearing and breaking the land, and two j ears later\\nhe was doing a man s work in driving from three to\\nfive yoke of oxen with a team of horses ahead. He\\nhas always exhibited the same earnest zeal in all his\\nundertakings, and bis success h.as rarely been ex-\\ncelled. By i)ersevering toil and judicious manage-\\nment he has perfected all his plans, and is enabled\\nnow to give up the active duties of life, and enjoy\\nin comfort the remainder of his years, having\\namassed a competency. Mr. Barker received good\\neducational advantages in his native State, but no\\nschool was establislied in Adams Township until\\nafter he had been here two years, and then it was\\nopened onlj in the winter season. He, however,\\nattended when it was in session, and well improved\\nall his time, acquiring in the end more general and\\npractical knowledge than many who could avail\\nthemselves of the superior facilities of the educa-\\ntional institutions of the older .States. He remained\\nunder the parental roof, assisting in the general\\nwork of the farm until 1850, when he cstalilished a\\nhome of his own, taking for a life companion Miss\\nJulia A. Xoyes. Her father, Gershom Noyes, a pio-\\nneer of Lenawee County, was twice married. The\\nmaiden name of his first wife, by whom he had five\\nchildren, was Electa Matilda ()loast)U. After her\\ndeath he married Lydia Franklin, who belonged to\\nthe family of .John Fraukliu, whose name appeared\\non Continental money. Her great-grandfather was\\nCol. Franklin, of Revolutionary fame, known and\\nassociated in history with the illustrious George\\nWashington. (See sketch of Joseph Bagley.)\\nThe second marriage of Mr. Noyes was blessed\\nby the birth of seven children, of whom Mrs. Barker\\nwas the third. She was I)orn in I almyra Township,\\nLenawee County, Sept. 21, 1832, being one of the\\nfirst white children born in that countj Adrian,\\nits chief settlement, now its largest city, was then a\\nstruggling hamlet, having but one double log house.\\nHer girlhood was passed at home, assisting in the\\nduties of the household and in attending school.\\nHer quick intellect eagerly seized all chances of\\ngaining knowledge, and by observation and applica-\\ntion to her books, she became a well-informed and\\nan intelligent scholar, and aftershe became a mother,\\nwas well qualified to guide the mental training of\\nher children, and inspire in them the same love for\\nlearning. Her union with our subject has been\\nblessed by the birth of twochildren Lauren James,\\nwhose birth took place Oct. 1, 1861 and Charles L,\\nborn Sept. 9, 1864. The former, who has charge\\nof the homestead, married Miss Minnie Carr, and\\nthey have one son. Jay Charles, who was gr.aduated\\nfrom Hillsdale College in the class of 1887, with\\nthe degree of Bachelor of Science, is now Principal\\nof the High School in Allen, Mich.\\nMr. Barker is the owner of a rich and productive\\nfarm of 165 acres, on which he has erected a good\\ndwelling, ample barn, and other necessary farm\\nbuddings. These, with the large orchard and orna-\\nmental shrubbery which he has set out, form a pleas-\\nant, scenic feature of the landscape, and inevitabl}\\nattract the attention of the passerby. This is now\\nunder the charge of his eldest son, while he and his\\nwife are living in the residence that he has rccentlj\\nbuilt in North Adams. Our subject takes an active\\ninterest in the affairs of his township, and has served\\nas .School Director several times, and filled the office\\nof Justice of the Peace for twelve consecutive years.\\nPoliticall3 he is a Republican, having been identi-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0397.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n388\\n1\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY,\\nfied with that organization from its beginning. His\\nfirst vote, cast in 1852, was for the candidate of the\\nWhig parlj Religious!} both Mr. and Mrs. Bar-\\nker are esteemed members of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Chinch, he being a Trustee of the same. Mrs.\\nBarker is one of the leading workers of the de-\\nnomination, assisted in building the church, and is\\nactive in its maintenance. She is also a valued\\nmember of the W. C. T. U.\\nETER SEELEY, farmer and stock-raiser,\\nowns on section 4 one of the rich and\\nproductive farms for which Camden Town-\\nship is noted, and is very successful in the\\nmanagement cf his agricultural interests. He is a\\nnative of Ashtabula County, Ohio, and was born\\naiarch 23, 1840. He is a son of the late Obadiah\\nC. and Rebecca L. (Hill) Seelej natives of the\\niState of New York. It is supposed that his pater-\\nnal ancestors were of English origin. His maternal\\ngrandfatiier, C. C. Hill, served as a soldier in the\\nWar of 1812. His father moved from Ohio to\\nthis State in 1843, and, although not among the\\nearliest settlers of Camden Township, was regarded\\nas one of the pioneers of this county and township,\\nbaving honorablj borne a part in the development\\nof the agricultural resources of this region, and\\nhaving been interested in promoting its growth.\\nHe was widely and favoralily known as a man of\\nhigh character and industrious habits, and in his\\ndeath Hillsdale County lost one of her most es-\\nteemed citizens. In ])olities he was during the last\\nyears of his life a stanch adherent of the Repub-\\nlican party. To him and his wife were born nine\\nchildren, of whom our subject is the only one now\\nliving. Those deceased are as follows: .James,\\nMary, Peter Lewis, Gilbert. Helen, Minor, and two\\nwho died in infancy.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared to man s\\nestate in this township, and amid the pioneer sur-\\nroundings of iiis boyhood received but a scant edu-\\ncation, but being naturally intelligent and quick,\\nmade the most of the schooling that fell to liim.\\nHe had scarcelj attained his majority when the late\\nCivil War broke out, and he soon determined to\\nleave home and friends, and on Southern battle-\\nfields devote his life to his countr} Fired with\\nthis patriotic resolve, he enlisted in August, 1861,\\nin Company K, 11th Michigan Infantrj which was\\nattached to the Arm} of the Tennessee. His regi-\\nment, the 11th Michigan Infantry, won a fine rep-\\nutation for daring deeds, unflinching courage and\\nefficient service, in some of the hardest fought bat-\\ntles of the Rebellion, and each man who belonged\\nto it has just reason to be proud of his war record.\\nIn the battle of Stone River our subject received a\\nsevere wound in the head, in the right arm, and in\\nthe right hip. and thus disabled was taken prisoner.\\nHe was confined in Thunder Castle for several\\nweeks, when he was exchanged, and returned to\\nMichigan. Notwithstanding the dangerous charac-\\nter of his wounds, his youthful and vigorous con-\\nstitution, aided by the tender care of his friends,\\nenabled him so far to recover that at the end of\\nthree weeks he again joined his regiment at Mur-\\nfreesboro, Tenn, and he subsequently took part\\nin the battles of Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Buz-\\nzard s Roost, Rattlesnake Gap, siege of Atlanta,\\nand numerous minor engagements. He was honor-\\nabl} discharged from the army in the fall of 1864,\\nwhen he returned home, and on the 1st of the fol-\\nlowing January, 1865, received ample reward for\\nhis sufferings and privations while a soldier, as on\\nthat day he led to the altar Miss Jane Seele}-. who\\nhas since been to him a true wife and a loving, de-\\nvoted companion. She is a native of Hillsdale\\nCounty, born in Camden Township, June 14, 1846.\\nShe is a daughter of Harvey and Margaret Seeley,\\nwho came here at a very early day, sometime in\\nthe forties, and were respected residents here for\\nmany j ears. They and a number of their children\\nwere devoted members of the United Brethren\\nChurch. The} were the parents of nine children,\\neight of whom are living, as follows: Alice M. is\\nthe wife of John Storer, of Camden Township;\\nJane; Angeline is the wife of Joseph Rising, of\\nSouthern Nebraska; Susanna is the wife of Oscar\\nClark, of Camden Township Mary is the wife of\\nJohn Cross, of Camden Township; John V. lives in\\nEmmet County, Mich.; Alonzo lives in Camden\\nTownship; Byron E. is dead. The pleasant mar-\\nried life of our subject and his wife has been blessed\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0398.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "-U\\nHILLSIJALK COUISTY.\\n389\\nto tlieni by the birth of tliico cliiklrcn. namely:\\nSusie, wiio is the wife of .lolm Robiiiett, of DcKalb\\nCount} Iiid.; Arthur and Frank.\\nMr. Sfeley lias devoted liis life since the war to\\nagricultural pursuits, to which he had been bred,\\nand he is carrying on his farm of eighty acres with\\na good degree of success. It is amply provided\\nwith neat and comfortable buildings for the various\\n|)uri)oses of a farmer, and his farm is well stocked,\\nas from that branch of agriculture he derives :i\\ngood income.\\nOur subject is still a faithful adherent of the Re-\\npublican party, under whose banners he fouglit. He\\nis a true citizen, and besides contributing his share\\nto advance the material prosperity of this township,\\nhas earnestly striven, aided by his friends and asso-\\nciates, to elevate its moral and social status. He\\nhas served one term as School Commissioner. He\\nis a prominent and influential member of the United\\nBrethren Church, of which his wife and children\\nare also valued members, and he has been very\\nactive in its afifairs, serving as Class-Leader, Stew-\\nard, and was also on the building committee\\nwhen the church was being built in Camden Town-\\nship.\\n_.-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2. H ;i, :,,_\\n(^NDREW REYNOLDS, a thrifty farmer and\\ni^Ol stock-raiser of Cambria Township, is pleas-\\n|l\\\\ antly located, with his land lying on sec-\\ntions 25 and 36; besides general f.-irming,\\nhe gives a large share of his attention to the raising\\nof Durham cattle and I oiand-China swine. The\\nmost of his land, com])rising a good farm of 275\\nacres, is in a productive condition, and his resi-\\ndence occupies a pleasant situation in the southern\\npart of section 25.\\nMr. Reynolds, a gentleman in the prime of life,\\nwas born in the township of California, Branch\\nCounty, this State, Oct. 30, 1840. His father.\\nChancy Reynolds, was born in L^ons, Wayne Co.,\\nN. Y., and was the son of Joseph Reynolds, one\\nof the most thrifty farmers of the Empire .State.\\nGrandfatliei- Reynolds left his native soil after\\nreacliing middle life, and took up his abode in\\nBranch Count} three miles from any house, in\\nthe township of California. There he spent his\\nlast years, continuing a tiller of the soil, and sur-\\nrounded himself with many comforts before his\\ndeath, which occurred in 1850 or 1851.\\n.Joseph Reynolds, upon reaching manhood, took\\nup, like his father before him, a tract of Govern-\\nment land sometime in the thirties, and continued\\na resident of Branch County the remainder of his\\nlife, he and his excellent wife passing away within\\na few days of each other, both at the age of sixty-\\nfive years.\\nChancy Reynolds was but a boy when he came\\nwith his parents to Branch County, this State, and\\nupon reaching manhood sought his wife among the\\nmaidens of Bedford, Monroe County, being mar-\\nried, about 1841, to Miss Triphena Tuttle, who was\\nalso a native of New York State, and came to\\nMichigan with her parents during its Territorial\\ndays. The young people after their marriage lo-\\ncated upon a tr.act of land in California Township,\\nBranch County, where the father labored indus-\\ntriously as a tiller of the soil, and was rewarded in\\ndue time by the possession of a fertile farm, sup-\\nplied with good buildings, and all the other appur-\\ntenances of a comfortable home. They endured\\nhardships and privations, and practiced the most\\nrigid economy. The first meal in their new home\\nwas cooked by the side of a stump, and eaten from\\nthe same dish. They worked together with one\\ncommon purpose, and about 1848. having a chance\\nto dispose of their property to good advantage,\\nsold out in Branch County, and took up a tract of\\neighty acres of wild land in Camden Township, this\\ncounty, which was then far from any neighbors,\\nand where they nearly repeated the process through\\nwhich they had gone in Branch County. Upon\\nthis, however, they resided but a few years, and sell-\\ning out once more, the father purchased 120 .acres\\nin Camden Townshii), which he cultivated for a\\ntime, then sold out again, and pureh.ased eighty\\niicres in Reading Township. Upon this he made\\nsome imi)rovemenls. but removed from it in 1852\\nto the northeast quarter of section 3C, Cambria\\nTownshi|), purcluising also at the same time twenty\\nacres in .Jefferson Townshii) adjoining. This also wsis\\na wild and unbroken tract, but the father seemed to\\ndelight in subduing the wilderness, and here also\\n=T-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0399.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "390\\n,t\\nhillsdalp: county.\\neffected a great change in the primitive condition\\nof the soil. He also put np two houses, with the\\nother needed buildings, and here continued to re-\\nside until his death, which took place Aug. 18,\\n1865.\\nThe father of our subject, in addition to his farm-\\ning operations, dealt considerably in real estate,\\nbuying and selling extensivelj At the same time\\nhe took a lively interest in township affairs, and was\\na stanch supporter of Democratic principles. The\\nmother survived her husband until 1880, dying\\nFebruary 21 of that year, at the home of our subject,\\nin Cambria Township. .She had been a true hel[)-\\nmate to her husband, who, without her ready co-\\noi)eration, would probably have fallen far short of\\nthat which he was enabled to accomplish.\\nTo Chancy RcA nolds and his excellent wife there\\nwere born eleven children, six sons and five daugh-\\nters, seven of whom lived to mature years, and are\\nall married and settled in tliis State. Andrew, our\\nsubject, is the third eldest living. He completed\\nhis education in the common schools of Cambria\\nTownship, and took for his new wife one of the\\nmost estimable young ladies of Woodbridge Towu-\\nsiiip. Miss Rhoda A. Fuller, to whom he was mar-\\nried Oct. 14, 1874.\\nMrs. Reynolds was born in Sodus Township,\\nWayne Co., N. Y., April 20, 1851, the daughter of\\nAlcanzer and Amanda (Hopkins) Fuller, also na-\\ntives of Wayne County, N. Y., where they were\\nmarried, and whence they removed to Michigan,\\nwhen their daughter Amanda was an infant four\\nmonths old. The father, a carpenter by trade, fol-\\nlowed his occupation until removing to Wood-\\nbridge Township, this county, where he purchased\\na small tract of land, thirtj -five acres in extent,\\nwhich he improved and added to until he is now\\nthe owner of a good farm of 110 acres, with con-\\nvenient and substantial buildings. Mr. Fuller is\\nfifty-eight years of age, and his estimable wife\\nsixty-one. Their family included three daughters,\\nwho are now residing in Michigan.\\nMrs. Reynolds continued under the parental roof\\nnntil her marriage, and is now the mother of two\\ninteresting children, a daughter and son, Eva A.\\nand Chancy, who are pursuing their studies in the\\n1 t district school. Mr. Reynolds, politically, has afHli-\\nated with the Democratic party since becoming a\\nvoter. Their neat horaesteail invariably attracts\\nthe eye of the passing traveler, and in all its sur-\\nroundings indicates the thrift and imhistry of the\\nproprietor.\\n-Mj^iZ;\u00c2\u00ae^-^\\n-^-S/ZTj^Ji-\\nIp!) BENEZER O. GROSVENOR, Su.. deceased,\\nf.ather of the Hon. K. O. Grosvenor, was a\\nprominent citizen of Albion, Mich., and was\\nborn in Grafton, Worcester Co., Mass., Oct. 29,\\n1783, having been one of a family of ten children\\nborn to his father. Rev. Daniel Grosvenor. Of this\\nlarge family nine grew to maturity, and became\\ncitizens whose influence for good was felt wherever\\nthey dwelt. Their father was a devout. God-fear-\\ning man, and his innate goodness, purity of heart,\\nintegrity of purpose, and true Christian character,\\nso impressed itself on each of his offspring, that of\\nthe nine children who were permitted by God s\\nprovidence to reach years of discretion, all made\\npublic profession of faith in Christ, and two of the\\nsons, following in their father s footsteps, became\\nearnest and conscientious laborers in the vineyard\\nof the Master. Of the other sons, three, i.icluding\\nhim of whom we write, became Deacons in the\\nchurch, and worked not only for the good of the\\ndenominations to which they belonged, but also for\\nthe moral and Christian elevation of society\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared in his na-\\ntive State, where he received a good public-school\\neducation, and later in life, by his own persistent\\nefforts, acquired such a knowledge of generallitera-\\nture and science, that he became well fitted to asso-\\nciate with men of the highest culture, and to fill\\nwith satisfaction the oflSces to which he was elected.\\nThat his attainments should have been so varied\\nand so profound without the advantages of a col-\\nlegiate education, reflects great credit upon himself\\nand lionor to the parents under whose wise guidance\\nhe was enabled to accomplish so much. He was a\\nyoung man of exceptionally fine habits, and al-\\nthough not a professor of religion until thirty years\\nof his life had licen passed, his youth and early\\nmanhood were noticeably free from the common\\nvices of intemperance and profanity, and were", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0400.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "t\\nIIILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n3 Jl\\ni\\nmarked by storliiig integrity of ciinnn-ter and np-\\nriglil bnsiness transactions. In llie ^ear 1 SI ;i Mr.\\nGrosvenor. who was IIrm) engaged in niercaiitileand\\njneciianieal Imsiness in Worcester Connty, Mass..\\nwas united in marriage to a most estimable lad} of\\nculture and refiiiement. Miss Mary Ann, daughter\\nof Hiaddyl and Mary (Flint) Liverinore.\\nNot long after his m.airiage Mr. Grosvenor met\\nwith sudden and severe losses, but he submitted\\nwith cheerfulness to God s will, and removing to\\n.Stillwater, N. Y., he engaged in school teaching, an\\noccupation he had previously pursued. There he\\nremained several years, greatly esteemed and be-\\nloved as an instructor of youth, and still more hon-\\nored as an active Christian worker. Under his\\nbenign influence a large number of his pui)ils, and\\nnianj of the adults of that place, were led to ac-\\nknowledge Christ s supremacy, and became earnest\\nadvocates of Ilis cause. .Subsequently our subject\\ntaught m the High School of Cliittenango, N. Y.,\\nwhicli was under the supervision of Dr. Yates.\\nThere he also did efficient service in the Master s\\ncause, and his residence there was deemed a bless-\\ning to the place. But needing a home where he\\ncould attend to the industrial education of as well\\nas sup|)ly the temporal needs of his large family,\\nour subject removed to Calhoun County, Mich.,\\nwhere he purchased a farm in the township of\\nAlbion, and at once commenced its improvement.\\nAt that time but a small part of this important and\\nflourishing State had been settled, and Mr. Grosve-\\nnor deserves honorable mention as one of the\\nbrave pioneers of tlic central portion of Michigan,\\nwho b} their energetic zeal and enter[)rise lent great\\na.ssist!\u00c2\u00bbnce in liringing this part of the State to its\\npresent jirosperitj Mr. Grosvenor was especially\\ninterested in establishing good e lucational facili-\\nties, and devoted much of his time and attention to\\nsecuring well qualified teachers for the schools,\\nknowing that the cause of universal education would\\nbe best aided in that way, and now after the lapse\\nof half a century the present generation is receiv-\\ning the benefits of the seed then sown. Our sub-\\nject also took part in all the reforms of the da^\\nand a.ssisted in the advancement of all plans for the\\ngood of his town, count} State, and indeed of\\nthe world at large. He donated liberally to the\\ndilTerent missions, gave his influence toward our\\ncountry from the cuise of slavery, and worked hard\\nagainst the growing evils of intemperance.\\nThis good man passed from earth April O. 1871,\\nat the venerable ige of eighty-seven j-ears, five\\nmonths and seven days, greatly mourned by kin-\\ndred and friends. The Presbj-terian Church, wf\\nwhich he was an active member, keenly felt its loss,\\nand holds his memory in the highest esteem. The\\npublic obsequiesof his funeral were very impressive,\\nand were attended by large numbers of the citizens\\nand prominent men from all parts of the county,\\nwho came to pay their last tril)ute to a true Chris-\\ntian friend and worthy citizen. Deacon Grosvenor\\nhail l)een a widower for many years, his estimable\\nwife having precedeil him to the better world in\\n1849. To them had been born seven sonsand throe\\ndaughters, the former all being well-known public\\nmen.\\nARVEY M. TURNEY was one of eleven\\nchildren born to that well-known pioneer\\ns couple of Somerset Township, Thomas and\\ni^j Mary (Williams) Turney, who settled on\\nsections in 1834 or 1835, taking up their resi-\\ndence in a log house with their two children, and\\nliving there until after the birth of live more. The\\ntwo j-ounger were born in the new frame dwelling\\ninto which the parents had proudi} rinnoved after ,a\\nresidence of fifteen years in the first primitive\\ndwelling. Their son Ilarve} of our sketcli, first\\nopened his eyes to the light on the 29th of June,\\n1846, in the humble dwelling spoken of, and has\\nmost of the time since been a resident of Somerset\\nTownship.\\nThomas Turney and his wife were natives of\\nCountj Fermanagh, Ireland, the former born July\\n12, 1812, and the latter Feb. 12, 1814. They were\\nmarried in Rochester, N. Y., and settled near the\\ntown of Batavia. whore tliey lived until coming to\\nthe West. Thomas Turney had crossed the At-\\nlantic when quite young, and became a thrifty and\\nwell-to-do citizen, respected alike f(jr his integrity\\nof char. ictcr and tlie imlustr} which enabled him\\nto build up a good honu siead. Politically, he\\nvoted the Democratic ticket, ami his son, our sub-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0401.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "392\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nject. follows the same line of polities, and is a strong\\nadvocate of temperance principles. The father\\nspent his last years with Harvey M.. and died at\\nhis home on the 11th of June. 1H76. The mother\\nsurvived her husband a period of over ten j-ears,\\nher death taking place Dec. 25, 18K6. Seven of\\ntheir children lived to mature years, and four still\\nsurvive, being residents of Michigan.\\nOur subject continued with his parents until his\\nmarriage, Nov. 23, 1875. his bride being Miss Mar-\\ngaretta, daughter of Edward and Alfreta (Peak)\\nAldrich, who was born in Cayuga County, N. Y.,\\nAi)ril 8. 1844. Tlie Aldrich family for generations\\nwere of New England birth, solid and substantial\\npeople, who uniformly made lesponsible and steady-\\ngoing citizens. The spring following his marriage\\nMr. Turney purchased 100 acres of the old home-\\nstead, which he has since occupied, and where he\\nhas carried on general farming with excellent re-\\nsults. His estimable wife is a member in good\\nstanding of the Methodist Episcopal Ciiurch, and\\nis particularly interested in the Eoreign Missiou-\\naiy Society.\\n-S^5!\\n-NJ^\\n\u00c2\u00ab5 f\u00c2\u00bb\\nLBERT GOULD, a leading farmer of Hills-\\nIKbA-I|i dale Township, whose unflagging industry\\nand wise judgment have gained for him a\\nfine home and a competence, is the owner\\nof a valuable country estate on section 29. This\\ncomprises seventy-one acres, which has been care-\\nfully cultivated, and is highly productive. Mr.\\nGould came to Michigan in October, 1877, and\\ncommenced farming on shares in Hillsdale Town-\\nship, operating in this manner five years. He then\\nrented a farm of 1 60 acres for six years, the lease of\\nwhich expired in April, 1888. In the meantime he\\nsecured jjossession of his present home. During the\\neleven years of his residence in Hillsdale Township,\\nhe has fully established himself in the esteem and\\nconfidence of the people, and occupied the various\\nlocal offices. He is now serving his tenth year as\\nSchool Director, and officiated as Pathmaster for\\nnearly this length of time. A quiet and unobtru-\\nsive citizen, attending strictly to his own concerns.\\nhe is a fair example of the representative men of\\nHillsdale County, to whom it owes its reputation\\nand prosperity.\\nOur subject first opened his eyes to the light on\\nthe other side of the Atlantic, in Somersetshire,\\nEngland, Dec. 18, 1845. He is the son of James\\nand Mary A. (Carp) Gould, who were of pure En-\\nglish ancestry. James Gould was born March 6,\\n1813, received a limited education, and was reared\\nto farming pursuits. The parents were married in\\ntheir native county of Somerset, and in 1849\\nstarted with their family for the United States.\\nEor ten years thereafter they were residents of the\\nDominion of Canada, whence thej moved to Niag-\\nara County, N. Y., and from there five years later\\nto Southern Michigan. In 1879 the father crossed\\nthe Mississipjii into Linn County, Mo., where he\\npurchased over 100 acres of land within a half-mile\\nof the town of Laclede, where he has since lived.\\nThe mother of our subject departed this life when\\nher son Albert was a child two years of age. Of\\nthis first marriage there had been born five children,\\nnaraelj Eliza and Elizabeth A., deceased; James;\\nAlbert, our subject, and Mary J. James and Mary\\nJ. are residents of Missouri. After the death of his\\nfirst wife James Gould was married to Mary A.\\nMatthews, of Wales, who is still living. The father\\nis a member in good standing of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, and politically, affiliates with the\\nKcpubliean ixarty.\\nOur subject received a common-school education,\\nand when twentj years of age was married, Sept. 3,\\n1865, to Miss Sarah M. Babcock, of New York\\nState. Mrs. Gould was born in Niagara County,\\nMay 15, 1849, and is the daughter of Elisha and Han-\\nnah (VanOstrand) Babcock, who were also natives\\nof the Empire State. The father was born in 1807,\\nfollowed farming all his life, and died on the 6th of\\nJanuary, 1885, in New York State. The mother\\nwas born in 1811, and died July 15, 1886. She\\nwas a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nThe parental household included nine children, the\\nfour elder of whom were George, Elizabeth, Eze-\\nkiel and Delania. Jeremiah during the Civil War\\nenlisted in the 8th New York Heavy Artillery, and\\nduring the campaign in Virginia was captured by\\nthe rebels and confined first for six months in Libby\\nm \u00e2\u0096\u00a04*", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0402.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "t\\nHILLSUALK CUUMY.\\n393\\nPrison, whence he was taken to Anrlersonville, and\\nafter iintokl siifforiiii^s for a year there, finally died\\nfrom starvation; his remains were laid away in\\nthe prison cemetery. The next child was a sister,\\nJulia, who is now in New York State; John E.,aIso\\na soldier, served six months in Company I, 2d New\\nYork Mounted Rifles; Hannah J. is in New Y ork\\nState.\\nOur suhject also, during the progress of the Re-\\nbellion, enlisted the same time as his brother-in-law,\\nJohn K., and also served six months. During this\\ntime his regiment was mostly at Petersburg, and he\\nsaw very little active service. Mr. Gould became\\nidentified with the Masonic fraternity in 1885, and\\nbelongs to Fidelity Lodge No. 32, of which he is\\nJunior Deacon. Tiie five children of Mr. and Mrs.\\nGould bear the names of E!mnia M., James E.,\\nMar3- A. C, Frank and Beulah B. The eldest is\\ntwenty-two years of age, and the j onngest seven.\\n-^t i M^^\\n(|l IfelLLIAM HECOX. This late lamented\\n\\\\aIII citizen of Hil\\n\\\\jsJ/ Hillsdale County was one of its\\n^^/yfl earliest settlers, locating on the homestead\\nwhich is now in possession of his family as early as\\n1836, when Michigan was a Territory. A native of\\nthe Buckeye State, he was born in the city of\\nCleveland, Dec. 19, 1811, and departed this life at\\nhis home in Jefferson Township, April 6, 1876. He\\nh.ad been prominent in his community, held the\\noflice of Supervisor several terms, voted the straight\\nRepublican ticket, and was a worthy member of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, in which lie offici-\\nated as Class-Leader, Steward and Trustee, being\\none of its chief pillars and among its most liberal\\nsupporters. His record in all respects was one of\\nwhich his family may well be proud, fulfilling all\\nthe qualities of an honest man and a good citizen.\\nThe parents of our subject, Ambrose and Chloe\\n(Spafford) Hccox. were natives respectively of New\\nYork and Vermont; the former died when his son\\nWilliam was a child three years of age. The mother\\nWiis thus widowed a second time, she having been\\npreviously married, and had by that union two sons.\\nShe was also married after the death of Mr. Ilecox,\\nbut there were no children. Her third husband\\ndied when her son William was about eleven j ears\\nold. He continued to live with his mother until\\nreaching his majority, receiving a fair education, a\\npart of which was given him in his native cit3\\nThe mother of our subject removed to Mauniee\\nCity, about ten miles from Toledo, in the western\\npart of Ohio, and her son William there made the\\nacquaintance of Miss Sarah Marti ndale, with whom\\nhe went to school, and to whom he was married at\\nher home, April 1. 1833. The young people set-\\ntled upon a farm in that region, and four years Later\\ncame to this State, our subject entering a half-sec-\\ntion of land, a part of which is now comprised in the\\npresent homesteail, he afterward selling a part.\\nThe woods were then all around them, and Mrs.\\nHecox states that one might travel a whole day\\nwithout finding two acres of cleared land. Indians\\nwere numerous, but they were friendly, and the\\nwoods abounded in wild game, so that whatever else\\nthe family larder lacked there was little trouble in\\nkeeping a supply of wild meats.\\nMrs. Sarah Hecox was born Jan. 2H. 1816, in St.\\nLawrence County, N. Y., arid is the daughter of\\nElisha and Clara (Conant) Martindale, the father a\\nnative of Lenox, Mass., and the mother of Ver-\\nmont. They became residents of the Empire State\\nbefore their marriage, and spent their last years\\nnear Maumee City, the father dying in 1801. and\\nthe mother a number of 3 ears before. Of the union\\nof Mr. and Mrs. II. there were born seven children,\\nbut three of whom are living. Three sons were in\\nthe army, Cyrus S. being killed on the battle-field of\\nChickamauga; Herbert Horatio lost his hearing by\\nthe mumps while in the service but lived to return\\nhome, and is now farming near Battle Creek, Mich.\\nhe receives a pension, is married and the father of\\ntwo children. Mary E. died when an interesting\\nyoung lady of twenty-two years, and Eliza died at\\nthe age of fourteen Caroline is the wife of Nelson\\nElliot, who has the management of the home farm,\\nand is the mother of five children.\\nMrs. Hecox receives a pension of $12 per month\\nas the mother of a son killed in the arrn^-. She is\\na lady who has experienced many of the vicissi-\\ntudes of life, has performed well her part as a wife\\nand mother, and stands high among the people\\nof her community. Slie was the efficient assistant\\n4~", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0403.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "394\\nII\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nof her hiislmrrl in his enrl.y toils anf) strng^glcs, and\\nnow, suiTOiniclef] by all the comforts of life, is in\\npossession simply of her just dues .is one -nho w.-is\\nalways willin to rlo her share of labor, and suffer\\nhardshipand sacrifice forthe sake of lier family and\\ntheir future good.\\n^i^ DWAKD GAMBLE, who has formed a\\nLU] praisewM-rlhy member of the communitj of\\njL^ Wright T jwnship for a period of twenty\\nyears, was born on the other side of the Atlantic\\nin Lincolnshire. England, on the 4th of July. 1833.\\nHis father, P2dw.ird Gamble, was a native of the same\\nshire, and the family seemed to have lived tliere\\nfor several generations, as the paternal grandpar-\\n81. ts of our subject, probably natives of the same\\nshire, also spent their entire lives there.\\nEdward Gamble, the father of our subject, was\\nthe only member of his father s family who came to\\nAmerica. He was reared in Lincolnshire, and at a\\nvery early age commenced as a shepherd boy,\\nwhich he followed until manhood, having charge of\\nlarge flocks of sheep. In 1840, accompanied by\\nhis wife and four childrer. he started for America,\\nselling sail from Liverpool on the 1st of June, .and\\nlanding at New York City after a pleasant voyage\\nof five weeks and four days. Edward, of our\\nsketch, vvas then a lad of seven years, l)ut still rec-\\nollects many of the incidents connected with that\\nmemorable journey. From the metropolis they\\nsoon proceeded westward, tia the Hudson River to\\nAlbany, and thence by canal and lake to Cleveland,\\nOhio, after which they located in Huron County,\\nthat .Slate, where they lived until the following\\nspring.\\nThe father of our subject early in 1841 began\\nthe cultivation of rented land in Richland County,\\nOhio, but two years later abandoned farming and\\nemployed himself at whatever he could find to do.\\nHe was industrious and honest, saved his earnings,\\nand in 1846 started with his family, equipped with\\na yoke of oxen and a wagon, for the northwestern\\npart of the State. He halted in that part of Williams\\nwhich is now included in Fulton County, and pur-\\nch.ased a tract of timber land at $3 per acre. After\\nputting up a small log house for the shelter of his\\nfamily he cfninuiMcd to clear his land, rolling\\ntogether and burning large logs which now would\\nsell at a great price. He continued u])Cin this land,\\nbuilding up a good homestead, and before his death\\nwas the owner of over 200 acres which had become\\nvery valuable. He rested from his earthly labors\\nin Januarj 1 883.\\ni he mother of our subject was before her mar-\\nriage Miss Sarah Dickinson, also a native of Lin-\\ncolnshire. She passed away some years before the\\ndecease of her husband, in Gorham, Ohio, in 1875.\\nThe five children of the paiental family are re-\\ncorded as follows: Edward, of our sketch, was the\\nsecond born John is a resident of Fulton County,\\nOhio, and Richaid lives in Primrose, that State;\\nAVilliam settled near the old homestead, where he\\nstill resides. The eldest born died in England in\\ninfancy\\nMr. Gamble, of our sketch, was a lad of seven\\nj ears when he crossed the ocean with his parents.\\nHe was reared to manhood on a farm in Fulton\\nCounty, Ohio, and continued with his parents until\\nreaching his majority. Then starting out for himself\\nhe worked b} the day and month, but continued to\\nmake his home with his parents until his m.irriage.\\nThis event occurred on the 28th of March, 1861,\\nhis bride being Miss Nancy Wise, who was born in\\nCrawford County. Ohio, Jan. 28. 1842. Mr. Gam-\\nble had previouslj purchased land in this county,\\nand the young people soon afterward removed here\\nand endure l many of the hardships and ditticulties\\nincident to opening up a new farm. Their labors\\nand sacrifices, howevei have met with a rich re-\\nward, as the wild land has been transformed into\\ncultivated fields, and the first rude structures have\\ngiven place to substantial frame buildings.\\nMrs. Gamble was the daughter of Solomon and\\nIsabella (Tarns) Wise, natives respectively of Penn-\\nsylvania and Ohio. The father was horn Oct. 8,\\n1808, and the mother Aug. 20, 1822. The pater-\\nn.al grandfather, John Wise, was one of the early\\nsettlers of Seneca County. Ohio, to which he re-\\nmoved from Pennsylvania, and where he cleared a\\nfarm and spent his last years. His son Solomon\\nwas but a boy at the time of the removal from the\\nKeystone State, and developed into manhood in\\nv\\n_ ll", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0404.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "4\\nIIILLSDALK CUUM Y.\\n*i\\n3! 5 i H\\nSeneca County. Thereafter for a time he took up\\nhis residence in Crawford County, hut suUsequently\\nreturned to Seneca. He served an a|)[)reiiticeshi|)\\nat the hiacksmitli trade and carried ou husine.ss in\\nAttica some years, but finally removed to Carlisle,\\nwhere he lived twelve j ears, swinging the sledge\\nthere as before. His last years were spent in Omar,\\nSeneca Co., Ohio, where his death took place Nov.\\n14, 1887. ilis wife, the mother of Mrs. (xamble, is\\nstill living and a resident of Omar. In politics\\nMr. Gamble is a Democrat.\\n\u00c2\u00ab1 Ijp lLLIAM GLAvSGOW, a prominent and\\n\\\\jsJ// ^^^^^^y I esident of Allen Township, is the\\nW^ owner of -100 broad acres of valuable land\\nlocated on sections 1 2 and 1 The fact that he ac-\\ncumulated his present possessions l)y the exercise\\nof his own industry and good judgment, and that\\nlie has now attained to a high position socially and\\nfinancially, is greatly to his credit, and in conse-\\nquence of which his history comprises a narrative of\\nmore than ordinary interest. When first settling\\nin Allen Township, in 1845, he commenced farming\\non eighty acres of land, and from this moderate\\nbeginning has built up one of the finest honu steads\\nin the western part of the county. He is also the\\nowner of a valuable property in Jonesville.\\nOur subject is of Scotch-Irish ancestry, his father,\\nJohn Glasgow, the son of Scotch parents, having\\nbeen born in the North of Ireland, in County Ty-\\nrone. There, upon reaching manhood he was mar-\\nried to Miss Jane Glasgow, a native of the same\\ncounty and of like ancestry; they settled down for\\na lime near the home of their childhood. In 1844\\nthe father, not satisfied with his condition or his\\nprospects, resolved upon seeking his fortune in the\\nNew World. Alter his arrival upon American soil\\nwith his family, he proceeded directly westward to\\nSouthern Michigan, and located in F.ayette Town-\\nship, this county, about one and one-half miles west\\nof the present site of Jonesville. Mr. Gl.asgow\\nthere became the owner t f a good farm, and the par-\\nents resided there until their death. The seven\\nchildren comprising the household circle included\\nfour sons and three ilaughters, of whom the record\\nis as follows: Robert, the eldest, was killed by the\\nfalling of a tree in IJarry County, this State, when\\nabout fifty-five years of age; Mary A. married, and\\ndied at her home in Moscow Township about 1850;\\nWilliam, of our sketch, was the third child of the\\nfamily; of John, the next younger brother, and a\\nresilient of Jonesville, a sketch will be found else-\\nwhere in this Ai.iiusr; Bessie, the wife of William\\nHenry, died in Barry County about 1853; James is\\nengaged with his two sons in merchandising in\\nJackson Margaret became the wife of Samuel\\nGlasgow, and died in Auburn, N. Y.\\nThe subject of our sketch was born, like his par-\\nents, in County Tyrone, the North of Ireland, Feb.\\n11, 1811. He became familiar with farm life dur-\\ning his boyhood, and continued a resident of his\\nnative county until reaching his majority. He had\\nin the meantime Ijeen greatly interested in tlu; glow-\\ning accounts received from America of tiie induce-\\nments there offereil to the young and enterprising\\nemigrant, and determined to repair thither. Embark-\\ning on a sailing-vessel, he rea ched New York City\\nafter a voyage of six weeks, and after visiting\\nfriends for a time in the city of Auburn, N. Y.,\\nengaged in farming, and was there employed for a\\nperiod of ten years, some of the time as overseer of\\na farm adjacent to the cily limits. In the mean-\\ntinje, in 1837, he came to this county and purchased\\neighty acres of land in Fayette Township, which\\nlater he disposed of, and remained in the Empire\\nState with his little family until 1842. Then, ac-\\ncompanied by his wifeand onechildand his brother\\nJohn, he journeyed once more westward, to ixmain\\npermanently.\\nMr. Glasgow now settled in Fayette Township,\\nwhere he began operations on the eighty acres of\\nland already spoken of. He encountered the strug-\\ngles and difficulties common with the pioneer set-\\ntlers around him, but by the exercise of the closest\\neconomy, and making it a point always to live\\nwithin his income, laid the foundation of his pres-\\nent property. In due time he added to his real\\nestate by the purchase of more land and put up\\nsuitable farm buildings, having now of these some\\nof the best in Allen Township. He has thus con-\\ntributed his full quota toward the prosi)erity and\\ndevelopment of this section of country, assisting in\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0405.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "A 396\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n1\\nits transformation fiom comparatively a wilderness\\nto a community which is now made up of a class of\\nintelligent and enterprising people.\\nThe marriage of William Glasgow and Miss Eliza\\nGlasgow was celebrated at the home of the bride\\nin Auburn, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1836. The wife of our\\nsubject, also born in County Tyrone, Ireland, Aug.\\n28, 1814, came to America with her future husband\\nand her two brothers when she was eighteen jearsof\\nage. The household included six children, four of\\nwhom lived to mature years. Wesley C, the eldest\\nson and child, died Oct. 26, 1881; Silas W. is a well-\\nto-do farmer of Allen Township, this county; Julia\\nA. is the wife of William Hewlett, of Trinidad, Col.\\nCassius L. is carrying on general merchandising at\\nNashville, this State. Mrs. Glasgow died at her\\nhome in Allen Township, Feb. 4, 1887. She w.as a\\nlady possessed of many lovable and amiable quali-\\nties, and a devoted member of the Presbyterian\\nChurch. Mr. G. also identified himself with this\\nchurch raan^- yeais ago, and still remains loyal to\\nhis early convictions. He cast his first Presidential\\nvote for Harrison, and is one of the most ardent\\nadheients of the Re|iublican party.\\nThe career of Wesley C. Glasgow, the eldest son\\nof our subject, which was cut shoit in the prime of\\nlife, was th.at of a man of more tban ordinary abil-\\nity. He chose for his vocation the profession of\\nlaw, and being gifted with rare talents as an orator,\\nbecame prominent in the county where he passed\\nthe later years of his life. He was born in Auburn,\\nN. Y., April 28, 1842, and after completing his\\nstudies in the common schools became a student at\\nHillsdale College, whence he was graduated with\\nhonors and received the degree of A. M. Subse-\\nquently he entered the law department of Michi-\\ngan University, being here also graduated with\\nhonors, and soon afterward entered u|)on the prac-\\ntice of his profession in the office of the late Hon.\\nW. A. Baxter, of Jonesville. There being a desira-\\nble opening at Lagrange, Ind., he removed thither,\\nand at once entered upon the career which was so\\ngreatljr to his cre lit. He was recognized as a val-\\nued accession to the community, and entrusted with\\nimportant matters, both .as attorney and public of-\\nficial. From 1!S71 to 1875 he held the office of\\nProsecuting Attorney for the Twelfth Indiana Dis-\\ntriet, and in 1882 was the Republican candidate for\\nCongress from the same. I his district was largely\\nDemocratic, and although running far ahead of his\\nticket, his defeat, although expected, was little short\\nof a victory, his opponent. Judge Lowrey, being\\nelected by only a small majority.\\nWesley C. Glasgow was a man extremely sym-\\npathetic by nature, liberal-minded and progressive,\\nand his eloquent and persuasive language, both at\\nthe bar and on the stump, exercised a wide influence\\nin the section of country where he was permitted\\nto labor. Sedate and thoughtful by nature, he at\\nan early period in his life identified himself with\\nthe Presbyterian Church, and at Lagrange officiated\\nas Superintendent of the Sunday-school, and ever\\nmaintained a lively interest iu both religious and\\neducational affaiis. He was cut down in the midst\\nof his usefulness, and in the heart of his afflicted\\nfather an l the affections of his friends his memory\\nwill be kept green as long as life shall last.\\nOHN H. .SHEARMAN. Many of the men\\nI who have contributed bone and muscle to\\nthe development of Hillsdale County are\\nI natives of -Merrie England, whose sons are\\nknown for their robust and vigorous manhood and\\ntheir energy and determination in surmounting all\\nobstacles. John 11. Shearman, the gentleman whose\\nname heads this sketch, is a native of that country,\\nand was born March 22. 1832. He is now pleas-\\nantly located on section 6, F.ayette Township, where\\nhe is successfully conducting agricultural pursuits,\\nsurrounded by favorable conditions, which he has\\ncarved out for himself by his indomitable perse-\\nverance.\\nThe father of our subject, William Shearman,\\nwas a native of England, .as was also his mother,\\nAnn Bell. In that country they united their lives\\nand fortunes, but after a residence there of some\\ntime, hoping to better their condition and being\\nconvinced by the reports which reached their shores\\nfrom this free and prosperous countrj they decided\\non a removal. AccordingI} in 1851 they bade\\ngood-by to the scenes of their childhood, and took\\npassage for America. Upon their arrival they first\\n-i", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0406.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "II\\nI\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n397 ,i.\\nsettle(J in Cnuvford County. Pa., wliencc they re-\\nmoved in 1861 to Hillsdale County, this .State, and\\nsettled in Fayette Township. Here they improved\\na farm, upon which they resided until the death of\\nAVilliam Shearman, which took place in June, 1876,\\nafter he had been recognized as a valued addition\\nto the community.\\nJohn H. Shearman was the only child of his par-\\nents who reached 3 ears of maturity, and came\\nwith them to this country in 1 8.1 1 and to this county\\nin 1861, since which time he has been a resident of\\nFayette Township. Here he owns a neat farm of\\nseventy-four acres, provided with suitable liuildings,\\nand the modern appliances which make the life of a\\nfarmer very different from that of him who settled\\nin this countrj- when its only inhabitants were the\\nwild animals and the untutored savage.\\nOur subject was united in marriage, in Crawford\\nCounty. Pa., about 1855, with Rachel G. Coldwell,\\nwho has been to her husband a cheerful and faith-\\nful assistant in their efforts to provide for them-\\nselves and their children a competency of this\\nworld s goods .and an honored position in society\\nTheir union has been blessed bj the birth of six\\nchildren William A., Naomi, Elmer and Elsie\\n(twins), Harl} N. and Jesse. Mr. Shearman and\\nhis family are attendants of the Methodist Church,\\nand in politics the Republican party can always\\ncount on a vote from Mr. S. on the occasion of\\nimportant elections.\\nw\\nMMANUEL BROWN, a wealthy and enterpris-\\ning capitalist and an extensive land-owner, is\\nwidely and favorably known though Southern\\nMichigan. He has a very pleasant home on section\\n17, Woodbridge Township, where he is engaged in\\nthe business of speculiiting in real estate and monej\\nloaning, and also in man.aging his large farming in-\\nterests in this part of Hillsdale Count}-. He was\\nborn in Hancock County, Ohio, ^larch 1, 1837.\\nHis p. .rents, Jonas and Nancy (Franks) Brown,\\nwere natives of New York and Ohio, the former\\nborn in November, 1800, and the latter in 1801.\\nThe father w.as re.ared in his native State, and re-\\nceived a good edu(;ation. He there learned the\\ntrade of a tailor, .and was .also occupied as a farmer.\\nHe taught school in early life. When quite a young\\nman he moved to Ohio, where he was profitably\\neng.iged in his business, and as he was a good man-\\nager and a fine financier, w.as accumulating property\\nwhen his useful career was closed by his death in\\n1849, while he was still in life s prime. His death\\nwas felt to be a severe loss in the community where\\nhe had made his home, as he w.as a man of high re-\\nspectability, and took an active and prominent part\\nin educational and other public affairs. The mother\\nof our subject was of German antecedents, and her\\nparents removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio among\\nthe early settlers of that State, and there her father\\ndied in 1856. She was reared, married, and spent\\nher wedded life in Ohio. In 1850, shortl} after\\nthe death of her husband, she removed to Michigan\\nwith her family and located in Camden Township,\\nwhere she lived for sixteen years. She then came\\nto Woodbridge Township and spent the few re-\\nmaining years of her life here, drying in 1874. .Siie\\nwas a truly good and upriglit woman, and in early\\nlife became a member of the United Brethren\\nChurch. Of the eleven children born to her, two\\ndied in infancj and the names of all are as follows\\nJohn, Arminda, Rachel, Eliz.abeth, Immanuel, Mar-\\ngaret, Nancy J., Jon.as, Mary, James and Joseph.\\nImmanuel Brown passed most of his boyhood\\nin his n.ative State. The sad lo.ss of his father when\\nhe was but a lad of twelve years early made him\\ndependent on his own resources, and bravely and\\nmanfully did he struggle to earn his living that he\\nraiglit not be a burden to his mother. He chopped\\nwood for some time, and thus gathered together\\nmoney enough to give him a good start in the\\nworld. AVhen lie was in early manhood the great\\nRebellion broke out, and on the 3d of November,\\nin tliat ever memorable year, he took up arms in\\ndefense of his country, becoming a member of Com-\\npany B, 1st Michigan Sharpshooters, and won an\\nhonorable record as a brave and faithful soldier.\\nHe was soon transferred to Com pan} C, which was\\nattached to the Army of the Potomac, in which he\\nserved for three years, taking an active part in\\nm.any general engagements. He was for some time\\nat .South Vernon, Ind., with the men who were in\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0407.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "398\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\npursuit of Moro-an. the daring rebel raider. He\\nwas in llie battle of the Wilderness, at fSpottsyl-\\nvania, and participated in manj- other engsgc mtiits.\\nHe was (vouiided five different times, receiving a\\nsevere wound in each thigii, and the others were\\nflesh wounds. In the battle where he was wounded\\nin one of his Ihiglis, he received deserved promo-\\ntion for gallant conduct on the field to the rank of\\nSergeant, and had diarge of Company C. When\\nhe was disabled in this battle he was carried on\\nboard of a steamer and conveyed to Washington,\\nD. C, thence to Philadelphia, Pa., and then to De-\\ntroit, Mich., where he was discharged on the 5th of\\nWay, 1865. It was a year before he was able to\\nwork, bis constitution had been so sliattered by his\\nsufferings and hardships of his soldier life, and he\\nis now in receipt of a pension. As soon as his\\nhealth was sufficiently restored. Mr. Brown estab-\\nlished himself in the real-estate business, and con-\\nducted farming in connection with it. In his career\\nns a business man he has met with remarkable suc-\\ncess; all his financial schemes have prospered, and\\nhe is now the wealthiest man in AVoodbridge Town-\\nship. He has a fine estate here and ovvns from\\n1,800 to 2,000 acres of land in Michigan and other\\nStates, some valuable mortgages and other property.\\nHe is an eminently shrewd financier, is of strict in-\\ntegrity, is frank and warm he.arted, ever ready to\\nextend a hcl|)ing hand to those in need, loaning\\nmoney or otherwise aiding a poor man and taking\\nthe ciiances of payment.\\nMr. Brown was married to Ellen E. Judd, April\\n3, 1857. She was born in this county, Nov. 7,\\n1837, and is a daughter of Liberty and Ann\\n(Phillips) Judd, early pioneers of Hillsdale County.\\nHer father was born in Vermont, in 1787, and died\\nin Michigan in I87G, at a very advanced age. He\\nwas a member of the Baptist Church, and in i)oli-\\ntics was a Democrat. His wife was born in New\\nYork in 1807, and died in Michigan in 1856. She\\nwas a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nTo her and her husband were born five children,\\nnamely: Ellen E., Panielia M., Wilson, Abigail S.\\nand Charlie L. Mrs. Brown is a woman of true\\nnobility of character, is an earnest Christian and\\nan esteemed member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch. She and her husband are the parents of\\nseven children, of whom three are deceased, namely\\nJames F.. Adolphus D. and Josephine L. the others\\nare AVilson E.. Frank L, Abbie L. and Lulu E.\\nMr. Brown is regarded as a public benefactor, as\\nhe spends money freely to aid any cause that will\\nin any way benefit the town and county. He is a\\nmember of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is\\nstill as firm a defender of the Republican party as\\nhe was in the days now long since passed, when he\\nrisked his life in defense of his country s honor.\\nAPT. GUSTAVUS F. SMITH, who is well\\nknown throughout Jonesville and vicinity\\nS^l as the champion granite contractor of the\\nState, has through his invention been the instru-\\nment of l)iinging about probably the best street-\\npaving known in the Northwest. On account of the\\nacknowledged superiority of this material some\\ncities have discarded wooden blocks entirely, and\\nadopted the improved Telford Macadam Pavement,\\ncomposed of cobblestone and crushed boulders,\\nand the pre[)aration of which Mr. Smith has made a\\nspecialty for some 3 ears. This has been the result\\nof much study, labor and perseverance, besides a\\nconsiderable outlay of money, and as one of the\\nmen who has i)ersevered amid many discourage-\\nments, and trium|)hed at the end, the subject of this\\nsketch is a happy illustration.\\nOur subject is a son of James J. Smith, a native\\nof Rutland, Vt\u00e2\u0080\u009e and born^NovrVs, 1819. The\\nmother, formerly Miss Marana J. Barker, was born\\nin Sj racuse, N. Y., Aug. 22. 1821. After mar-\\nriage they settled in .Sjracuse, but a year later re-\\nmoved to Perrysburg. Ohio, where they now reside.\\nTheir son, Gustavns F., was born June 17, 1845, at\\nPerrysburg. Ohio.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject, John L.\\nSmith by name, served as a Colonel in the 2d Ver-\\nmont Cavalry in the War of 1812. He married a\\nMiss Preston, a descendant of the noted family of\\nthat name, which originated in Dublin, Ireland.\\nGrandfather Smith, after the war, became largely\\nengaged in the real-estate business, and his son,\\nJames J., also developed into quite a speculator,\\nwhde also carrying on the feed and commission", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0408.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "HlLLisDALK COU.NXr.\\n399\\nt\\nbusiness. The hitter jinrt of his life, however, was\\ndevoted almost entirely to agrienltund |)iirsuits.\\nThe parental liouselmld included three sonsand one\\ndaughter, of whom (iustavus F. was the seeond son.\\nOur sulijeet acquired his early educatitiU in the\\ncommon schools, and latei attended tlie college at\\nPerrysliurg. until the outlireak of the Rebellion.\\nNt)t long after being graduated he enlisted, in June,\\nISGl, in Company C, 21st Ohio Infantry, but was\\nrejected on account of his youth. Later, liowever.\\nhe succeeded in being admitted to the 11 lib Regi-\\nment in the spring of 1862. and served eighteen\\nmonths, when he received the rank of Sergeant\\nMajor, lie marched with his comrades to the front,\\nbut did not participate in any serious fighting until\\nthe spring of 18ti4. He was then present at the\\nbattle of Resaca, Ga., and was promoted to Second\\nLieutenant. He was wounded in the right leg by a\\nminie ball at New Ho|)e Church, and was subse-\\nquently appointed aid de camp on the staff of the\\ncommanding officer of the 2d Brigade, 2d Division,\\n23d Army Corps.\\nLieut. Smitii subsequently participated in the\\nsiege and capture of Atlanta, where he was pro-\\nmoled to First Lieutenant, and was struck by a\\nshell in the right shoulder, knocked off his horse,\\nand lay insensible for twenty-four hours. From\\nthis, however, he recovered rapidly, and happily\\nescai)ed being confined in the hospital with the ex-\\nception of a few days, during the entire service. At\\nthe battle of Franklin, Teun., he was still further\\nj)romoted, being now given a Cai)tain s commis-\\nsion, and assigned to the command of ompany E,\\n111th Ohio Infantry. During this engagement he\\nreceived a slight bayonet wound in a hand-to-hand\\nfight at the charge of the rebel General, Cle-\\nburu s, division, which was very severe, and during\\nwhich the 111th lost 182 men hi killed and wounded.\\nOur subject was now proffered the commission as\\nMajor of the 182d Ohio Infantrj but declined, as\\nhe preferred to remain with his own regiment. At\\nthe battle of Ft. An lerson, .S. C, a shell burst\\nabout ten feet from where he stood, which blinded\\nhim to such an extent that he was obliged to re-\\nmain in a dark room for some time afterward, being\\nthreatened with the entire loss of his eyesight. He\\nwas captured by the I ebcis on two different occa-\\n4*\\nsions, but each time made his escape. He led the\\ncharge at Fisher s Hill, Ga.. which is recorded in\\nhistory as highly creditable to the regiment. For-\\nrest s cavalry made an attack upon their wagon\\ntrain, and the 1 1 1th had been left at Duck River to\\nguard the fort. The rebel attack was a surprise,\\nand Capt. Smith was the onl} officer remaining to\\nlead the charge, which he did with great bravery\\nand credit, seizing the colors and bearing them\\nhimself. For this he received the approval of his\\nsuperior officers in high words of commendation.\\nCapt. Smith continued with his regiment until it\\nwas mustered out of service at the close of the war.\\nHe then returned to Pennsylvania, where he be-\\ncame interested in the oil wells of Pithole, and\\nmade and lost a large sum of money. His next\\nlocation was in New York City, where he engaged as\\na commercial traveler for a clothing establishment,\\nand was thus occupied for some seven years. In 1 870\\nhe made his vfny to Southern Michigan, and estab-\\nlished at Jouesville in the clothing business, which\\nhe continued four years, then migrated cast to\\nBoston, Mass., and engaged as a traveler for Eastern\\nhouses, while at the same time he continued his\\nbusiness at Jonesville. In the meantime he put up\\nthe brick building known as the Baker Smith\\nBlock, and, continuing his headquarters at Boston,\\ntraveled until 1880. He also erected the Grosveuor\\nHouse, which he conducted about two years.\\nCapt. Smith began in 1881 as stone and paving\\ncontractor, which business he has since followed\\nwith the admirable results above indicated. Uni-\\nformly the encouragerof those enterprises tending\\nto benefit the people, he became a stockholder in\\nthe cotton-mills, and has identified himself with\\nmany of the movements inaugurated for the build-\\ning up of the town of .Jonesville, and attracting to\\nit an intelligent class of people. A Democrat, po-\\nlitically, and a man of decided views, he has no\\nsmall influence in molding public opinion, and\\nsocially, is a member in good standing of the\\nM-osonic fraternity and the I. O. O. F.\\nThe marriage of Capt. Smith and Miss Fanny\\nWoolson was celebrated at the home of the bride\\nin Syracuse, N. Y., .Ian. 7, 1868. iSIrs. Smith is\\nthe daughter of Albina and .Salina (Wilson) Wool-\\nson, and her father many years .ago vviis one of the\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0409.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "400\\na\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nprominent salt manufacturers of Syracuse. He\\ndied there in 1864. The mother is still living, and\\na resident of Syracuse. Their daughter, Fanny C,\\nwas born in Syracuse, Aug. 19, 1845, and of her\\nunion with our subject there was born one child, a\\nson, Bertie W., who died in infancy.\\nJames J. Smith, the father of our subject, was\\nCaptain of the company in which Gustavus F. first\\nenlisted, but on account of severe illness was un-\\nable to enter the field. He afterward, however,\\nmade himself useful in the State Militia, and was a\\nDouglas Democrat all tiirough the war, and one of\\nthe most ardent supporters of the Union cause.\\nThe paternal great-grandfather, Solomon Smith,\\ncarried a musket during the Revolution, and was\\nkilled at the battle of Bunker Hill.\\nCapt. Smith was one of the leading men in the\\norganization of the Grand Army of tlie Republic,\\nand was the first Commander of Henry Baxter\\nPost, being re-elected three different times. He\\nhas also served as Secretary and Vice President of\\nthe Southeastern Grand Army Association. He\\nreceived the appointment of ca let at West Point\\nupon the outbreak of the war, but declined to\\naccept.\\nCapt. Smith has in his possession many testimo-\\nnials of the satisfaction which his system of road\\npavement has given, and possesses a thorough\\nknowledge of everything pertaining to this most\\nimportant subject.\\nTl SAAC WADE, the proprietor of a good farm, a\\nsubstantial brick residence, an excellent barn\\nand all other necessarj farm buildings, is pleas-\\nantly located on section 22 in Litchfield Township.\\nConnected with his proprietorship of this thereby\\nhangs a tale, as follows\\nMr. Wade had spent his boyhood and youth un-\\nder the parental roof and assisted his father in\\nbuilding up the homestead, which the latter in later\\n3 ears deeded to the elder brother of our subject,\\nJohn Wade. This was considered an act of injus-\\ntice, and was a source of great grief and humiliation\\nto Isaac. He thereupon tied up his earthly effects\\nin a bundle, and early the next morning bade his\\nmother good-by, telling her she would never see\\nhim until he was the owner of the neighboring farm.\\nHe went to California, and there, at raining and other\\nlabor, secured the means to carry out his cherished\\nproject, and returning purchased the farm where he\\nnow resides, and going home to his mother threw\\nthe deed into her lap. Upon this place he has been\\na continuous resident, and during all the years\\nwhich the people of this section have known him,\\nhas evinced the same determined spirit which laid\\nthe foundation of his success in life.\\nIsaac Wade was born in County Down, Ireland,\\nFeb. 27, 1829, and was the second of the six chil-\\ndren who comprised the family of John and Mary\\n(Parker) Wade, who were also natives of County\\nDown, and the mother of Scotch descent. The\\nparents continued upon their native soil until their\\nson Isaac was a youth of fifteen years, then com-\\ning to America, settled, in 1843. in Lysander Town-\\nship, Onondaga Co., N. Y. In April of the next\\nyear they determined to push further westward,\\nand started for Southern Michigan, by way of the\\nErie Canal to Buffalo, from there by lake to To-\\nledo, and thence across the country by wagon and\\nrail to Jonesvillc, in Fayette Township. Leaving\\nhis family there the father came over into Litch-\\nfield Township, where he purchased eighty acres of\\nland, and going back after his family brought them\\nhither, and unloading his goods in the woods, pre-\\npared to locate. Thej slept in the log house of his\\nbrother, James Wade, until a suitable tenement\\ncould be provided on tlieir own land, and then\\ncommenced in earnest the toils and struggles of\\nlife in a new country.\\nIn addition to the arduous labor of felling the\\ntrees and preparing the soil for cultivation, the\\nWade family suffered greatly from ague. They\\nhad come to stay, however, and labored persever-\\ningly together until the dawn of better days. A\\nfew years later foun l their farm finely productive,\\nand their condition gre.atly changed for the better.\\nThe parents here spent the remainder of their days,\\nthe mother passing aw.ay May 20, 1863, at the age\\nof seventy years. John Wade survived his wife\\neight years, his death taking place May 10, 1871,\\nwhen he was seventy-four j ears old. Of the three\\nsons and three daughters, four lived to mature\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00baHl-^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0410.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "11\\nll\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n401\\nt\\nyears, and still survive, being residents of the\\nStale of Michigan.\\nOur subject was a lad of fifteen j ears when he\\ncrossed the broad Atlantic, and in that experience\\nof itself possesses a greater knowledge than thous-\\nands of Americans. His school advantages upon\\nhis native soil had been exceedingly limited, and he\\nonly attended school in Litchfield Townshii) a very\\nlittle afterward. He worked with his father until\\ntwenty-two years old, and then, with what he could\\n.\u00c2\u00abave of his one j-ear s wages since reaching his nia-\\njoritj purchased a yoke of cattle, Init finally gave\\nthese to his father. He then proceeded to Jones-\\nville, engaged in teaming about three years, and in\\nlS.i2 set out for California.\\nIn this adventure our subject was accompanied\\nby Ed Hastings, George Gray, David Bigelow, the\\ntwo Heaumont brothers, and a Mr. Halsted. Their\\noutfit consisted of one wagon and five horses. They\\nleft Jonesville in the eai ly part of March, traveling\\nsouthward until reaching the prairies of Illinois, in\\nthe vicinity of what is now Rock Island, and where\\nthey were obliged to lay up for a time on account\\nof the impassable roads. Upon setting out again\\ntwenty-one days later, they crossed the Mississippi,\\nand i)assed Iowa City and Council Uluffs, taking in\\nthe present site of Omaha, of which there were no\\nindications at that time. At Shell Creek, where the\\nbeautiful city of Lincoln, Neb., now stands, they\\nencountered a party of about 500 Indians, who,\\nknowing neither mercy nor fe.ar, made demands upon\\nthem to which they found it impossible to accede,\\nand there ensued a desperate fight, in which the In-\\ndians were badly defeated, two chiefs, thirty-two\\nwarriors and one squaw, being killed, and many\\nmore drowned in the creek. This routing of the\\nsavages by a party of sixty white men was consid-\\nered a very remarkable and gallant deed. They\\nhad joined a wagon train on the route, from Ken-\\ntucky, which made in all the sixty men.\\nOur i)arty now pushed on Westward, and upon\\narriving at Salt Lake City tarried there for a pe-\\nriod of six weeks. During this time. Mr. Wade, our\\nsubject, became acquainted with Brigham Young,\\nand witnessed the laying of the foundation of the\\nMormon Temple. Then continuing on their way,\\nthe party, six months after starting from Michigan,\\ndrew up at Placerville or Hangtown, in California.\\nHere Mr. Wade engaged in surface mining sev-\\neral months, but on account of his more than ordi-\\nnary intelligence and his honesty, was given the\\nposition of collecting agent for a water company.\\nThis finally collapsed, but our subject was several\\nthousand dollars ahead. He now returned to his\\nold haunts, via the Isthmus of Panama, Aspinwall,\\nCuba, Havana and New York City, reaching homo\\nin the fall of 1856, and nearly thirty-two years ago,\\npurchasing his present farm under the circum-\\nstances which we have already indicated.\\nMr. Wade was now in a good condition to estab-\\nlish a home of bis own, and accordingly a few-\\nmonths later. Jan. 22, 1857, took unto himself a\\nwife and helpmate. Miss Charlotte Cobb, the wed-\\nding being celebrated at the home of the bride in\\nMoscow Townshii). Mrs. Wade, the eldest child\\nof her parents, was born Dec. 17, 1833, in New\\nYork State, and was a child four years of age upon\\ncoming to Michigan with her parents. Of the lat-\\nter, Orrin and Ursula (Turrell) Cobb, a sketch will\\nbe found in the biogr.aphy of D. T. Cobb, on an-\\nother page in this volume. Orrin Cobb atter his\\nmarriage continued a resident of New York State\\nfive years, then coming to Jlicliigan, settled in Ran-\\nsom Township, this county, where he continued to\\nlive from 1837 to 1847, and in the latter year took\\nup his abode in Litchfield Township, of which he\\ncontinued a resident until his death, in December,\\n1 884, at the advanced age of eighty-three years.\\nThe mother survived her husband less than a year,\\nher death taking place in November, 1885, when\\nshe was seventy-four years old. Their farailj- con-\\nsisted of five children, four of whom, three sons\\nand one daughter, lived to mature years. Mrs.\\nWade received a very good education, attending\\nthe High Schools both at Litchfield and Jonesville.\\nShe subsequently taught four years.\\nMr. and Mrs. Wade commenced the journey of\\nlife together upon their present homestead, and\\nhere their three children were born. Their eldest\\ndaughter, Laura A., is the wife of liugene Elmore,\\na prosperous farmer of Litchfield Township, and\\nthe mother of one child, a daughter, Ethel May;\\nAlmond F. and Warren C. are at home with their\\nparents. Mr. Wade continued at his farm two", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0411.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "11\\nf\\n402\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n3 ears after his marriage, and then, seized with an-\\nother attacit of the Western fever, set out, in 1859,\\nfor Pike s Peak. On this expedition he was accom-\\npanied by S. Purdy, his two brothers, John and\\nAVilliam, John Gibson and Daniel Conger. They\\nwere equipped with horses and a wagon, and trav-\\neled overland, via the old California route, our sub-\\nject acting as guide. The ground which was vacant\\nduring his first trip to the West was now occu-\\npied by the enterprising young city of Omaha,\\nand there were various other evidences of the\\nmarch of civilization toward the Pacific Coast. They\\nmet, however, many discouraged emigrants return-\\ning East, and upon reaching Elm Creek our ad-\\nventurers began to share tlie common spirit of\\nhomesickness, and accordingly followed suit and\\nsoon found themselves on tlieir old tramping ground.\\nMr. Wade now settled contentedly down on bis\\nfarm. He has the satisfaction, however, of having\\nvisited nearly all the Western States and Terri-\\ntories, including both Old and New Mexico, and is\\nprobably one of the most extensive travelers in his\\ntownship. This, together with his broad observa-\\ntion of men and things, has been a rich experience,\\nwith which no amount of money could tempt him\\nto part. He has kept himself well posted upon\\nmatters of general interest, voted for John C. Fre-\\nmont at the organization of the Republican party,\\nand has since Io3 ally adhered to its principles.\\nWhile in California he met Mr. Fremont, and had\\nthe pleasure of a personal acquaintance with the\\nold hero during his stay there. By the citizens of\\nhis township he is regarded as one of its best men.\\n-\u00c2\u00bbI\\nSAAC S. GATES is jnstl3 entitled to represent-\\nI ation in this biographical work as one who has\\n/ii faithfully fulfilled all the duties devolving\\nupon him as a man and a citizen. He is classed\\namong the intelligent and progressive farmers of\\nHillsdale County, representing the agricultural inter-\\nests of Pittsford Township, where he has a valuable\\nfarm, and he has done his share in clearing away\\nthe wilderness and in bringing this region into its\\npresent prosperous condition. He is a self-made\\nman in the best acceptation of that term, as he has\\nacquired all of his property since starting out in\\nthe vigor of early manhood with the earnest de-\\ntermination to make a success of life, with no other\\nmeans than a sound mind in a sound body.\\nMr. Gates was born in Ontario, Ontario Co.,\\nN. Y., Feb. 12, 1817. His father, Jeremiah Gates,\\na native of Hartford, Conn., when a young man\\nleft his native State to make his home in Vermont,\\nand there married Sarah J. Sonthworth, who was\\nborn in Rutland County, that State. Her father,\\nIsaac Sonthworth, a lifelong resident of the Green\\nMountain State, was a soldier in the Revolutionary\\nWar. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Gates\\ncontinued to live in Vermont until the winter of\\n1815, when they started vvitli their six children for\\nWestern New Y ork, the removal being made with\\nhorses and sleighs. Mr. Gates bought land in On-\\ntario County and resided there until 1822, when\\nhe sold his property and moved to Orleans County.\\nHe bought land of the Holland Pui chase Company,\\nin Barre, and built a log house for the shelter of his\\nfamily, and commenced to clear a farm. In 1836\\nhe sold out there and moved with his family to the\\nTerritory of Miciiigan. and bought a tract of land\\nin Plj mouth, Wayne County, and made bis home\\nthere imtil his death in 1858. His farm contained\\n120 acres of fertile land, and there were a frame\\nbarn and log house on the place when he moved\\nthere. He was industrious, and by judicious man-\\nagement became quite successful; his wife survived\\nhim many years, dying on the old homestead in 1871.\\nTo this worthy couple were born eleven children.\\nOur subject was the seventh child born to his\\nparents, and inherited in amarked degree those New\\nEngland traits of honesty, thrift and enterprise, that\\nhad been their distinguishing characteristics. His\\nboyhood was passed in his native State, where he re-\\nceived the usual educational advantages of thedaj-.\\nHe was nineteen years of age when he came with\\nhis parents to Michigan, and he remained with them\\nuntil 1841. In the meantime, on the 19th of No-\\nvember, 1840, be took unto himself a wife in the\\nperson of Harriet Howell, who has indeed proved\\na faithful and devoted helpmate. She was born\\nin the beautiful town of Southampton on Long\\nIsland, near the sea coast, Jan. 26, 1820. Her father, i\\nBenjamin Howell, was born in the same town, and\\nt\\n1", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0412.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n403\\nmarrierl Naiioj Uishop, a native of the same place,\\nand a daujjhter of John and Nancj- (White)\\nBisliop, hoth natives and lifelong residents of\\nLong liilMiid. Ml Bishop s father, who was of Kn-\\nglish birth, died on Long Island. After marriage\\nthe parents of Mrs. Gates continued to live in their\\nnative place, fSouthampton, until after the liirth\\nof seven children. In 1833 they started with their\\nfamily for Western New York, traveling via the\\nHudson River and Erie Canal to Perrinton, where\\nthey spent the two succeeding years, until July,\\n183; when they came to IMidiigan Territory and\\nlocated in Canton, Wayne County, where Mr. Howell\\nbought 160 acres of partly in)pri)ved land, on which\\nstood a log house, into which the family moved.\\nThey resided there for man} years, but after the\\ndeath of his wife in 1871 Mr. Howell sold his farm\\nand went to Missouri, where he died in the home\\nof his son in Audrain County.\\nIn 1841 Mr. Gates, with his young wife, left the\\nparental roof in Plymouth an(J came to Hillsdale\\nCounty, where he bought 107 acrr s of he.ivily tim-\\nbered land in Wheatland Township. He built a\\nframe house which remained their home until 1871.\\nIn tlie meantime he was busily and actively en-\\nsasred in felling the trees and improving his land,\\nof which he cleared about seventy .acres, and he\\nalso erected a good set of frame buildings. In\\nthese years of weary labor he had the sympathy\\nand aid of his good wife, who by her good man-\\nagement of her household affairs contributed her\\nshare in the mutual upbuilding of a home. She\\ncooked their meals liefore the rude firejilace, which\\n.served them instead of a stove; and she used\\nto spin and weave all the yarn used in the famil}-.\\nWhen they first located in Wheatland Township\\nAdrian was the nearest railway point, but after-\\nward the railway was extended to Hudson, which\\nwas for many years the nearest railway station.\\nWhen Mr. Gates commenced farming in Wlieat-\\nland he had one pair of oxen, one cow and two\\nhogs, and he did his farm work and marketing for\\nseveral years w-ith oxen. In 1 87 1 he sold his prop-\\nerty in that place and liought liis present farm of\\n100 acres, wliich he has improved into one of the\\nfinest in the township, and has ample buildings and\\nr all the necessary implements for carrying on his\\nwork. Mr. Gates is a man of rare sagacity, strength\\nof purpose and stability of character, and is a great\\nre.ader and is well informed. The life record of\\nhimself and wife is a noble one, and they have\\nbeen quietly and unpretentiously a power in their\\nunited lives for much good. Having no children\\nof their own they have taken to their home and\\nhearts the following, who are as much beloved bj\\nthem as if they were bound to them by the sacred\\nties of kinship: William Dinsmore lives in Hudson;\\nNellie W^ay married Albert Bradfield, is now a\\nwidow, and lives in Canton, Wayne County; Annie\\nAmbrose married Cecil Carl, and lives in Wj-an-\\ndotte, Kan.; Frederick A. Carrigan is in the mail\\nservice at Atlanta, Ga.; Jessie Johnson is making\\nher home with them now. Mr. Gates was formerly\\na Whig, but has been a Republican from the for-\\nmation of the party.\\na^.OBERT B. SUTTON. The name of this\\nIL^ gentleman, now deceased, is recalled by the\\n/L citizens of Hillsdale as that of one of its\\n*g most active business men and highl} re-\\nspected citizens. He was born near Trenton, N.\\nJ., March 29, 1792. W hcn eight years of age,\\nhis parents moved to the town of L3 ons, Wayne\\nCo., N. Y., where he grew to manhood .and learned\\nthe cooper s trade, which he fi llowed some years\\nduring his residence in his native State. During\\nthe troubles of 1812 he served as a soldier, and was\\nwounded at the battle of Lundy s Lane, on account\\nof which the mother subsequently drew a pension\\nfrom the Government after his de.ath.\\nMr. Sutton was a man of remarkable phj sique,\\nand nature placed within him an intellect and n\\nwill power commensurate with his noble stature.\\nIn his earlier life he was eng.iged as a boatman on\\nthe Mohawk River, and later became interested in\\nthe lumber business, going into Canada and becom-\\ning the head of the extensive operations carried on\\nthereafter between the Dominion and the .States.\\nLater, near his native place, he became the owner\\nof a valuable farm, and after turning his attention\\nto the Territory of Michigan, purch.a.sed largely of\\npine logs, wliich he converted into lumber and dis-\\ni\\n*r", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0413.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n,t\\n404\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nposed of at a high figure. He also became the\\nowner of lai ge tracts of land in Illinois and Iowa,\\nwhich had fallen to hira as the security of large\\nsuras of money which lie had loaned, and which he\\ncould recover in no other way.\\nMr. Sutton during his early manhood was mar-\\nried in New York State, where he became the\\nfather of several children and where his first wife\\ndied. His family had reached mature years before\\nthe removal to Michigan, and were all married in\\ntheir native State, where the survivors are still liv-\\ning. Mr. Sutton took up his residence in Hillsilale\\nabout 1859, and became identified with the lumber\\ninterests, with which he continued for a namber of\\nyears. He was particularly fortunate in the invest-\\nment of his capital, and was chiefly instrumental in\\nthe organization of the First National Bank, of\\nwhich he remained a Director until the time of his\\ndeath, which occurred in 1876. Enterprising, en-\\nergetic and ambitious, he was warmly interested in\\nthe development and progress of his adopted county,\\nand here invested a generous share of his capital.\\nHe put up what is now known as the Sutton Opera\\nHouse Block, which comprises a substantial build-\\ning, three stories in height, which gives ample\\naccommodation to four stores and the large audi-\\ntorium from which it derives its name.\\nMr. Sutton contracted a second marriage, in 1 860,\\nin Hillsdale, with Miss Anna B. Wragg. who became\\nthe mother of one son, John R. Sutton, who is now\\nnumbered among the active young business men\\nof the city, and is in possession of a handsome prop-\\nerty which requires the greater part of his time\\nand attention. Mrs. Anna (Wragg) Sutton departed\\nthie life at her home in Hillsdale in 1883.\\nEVI WOOD, who is widely and fa^vorably\\nI known throughout Reading Township as\\nl^vN one of its most thorough and successful\\nfarmers, has a snug homestead of eighty .icres on\\nsection 15. The place is supplied with good build-\\nings, a neat residence, barn and outhouses, a fair\\nassortment of live stock, including horses, cattle and\\nswine, and the land has been underdrained wher-\\never needed with tiling, which has rendered it highly\\nproductive. Everything about the premises indi-\\ncates thrift and prosperity and it stands as a silent\\nbut forcible wituess of the industry and enterprise\\nof the proprietor.\\nMr. Wood came to this farm in March, 1868,\\nfrom Wheatland Township, to which he had mi-\\ngrated with his father in January, 1842. He was\\nborn in the town of Macedon, Wayne Co., N. Y.,\\nApril 29, 1833, and is a son of Seth Wood, a native\\nof the same place, and who was born in 1805,\\ntwo years after his father, Levi Wood, Sr., had set-\\ntled there. The latter was from Pelham, Mass., and\\nhad served in the Revolutionary War, at the\\nclose of which he witnessed the surrender of Bur-\\ngoyne to the victorious Continentals. The great-\\ngreat-grandfather of our subject, Jedediah Wood,\\nwas also a native of the Bay State, whence he mi-\\ngrated late in life to Wayne County, N. Y.. and\\ndied at the home of his son.\\nLevi Wood, Sr., one of the earliest settlers of\\nWaj ne -County, N. Y., felled the trees around his\\ncabin, and in due time eliminated a good farm from\\nthe forest. The tract where be settled was after-\\nward named Macedon Township, and he resided\\nthere until his death, in 1835, at a ripe old age.\\nHe had married, in early manhood, Miss Bethany\\nFuller, a native of his own State and of New En-\\ngland parentage and ancestry. She survived her\\nhusband, and coming to Michigan, died at the\\nhome of her son Freeman, in Wheatland Township,\\nthis county, when about eighty years of age. She\\nwas the mother of twelve children, the daughters\\nbeing Hannah, Bethany, Electa, Phila, Permelia\\nand Lois. These are all deceased. The sons were\\nLevi and Freeman, who served in the War of 1812;\\nSeth, the father of our subject; Zebina, and Asaph,\\nthe eldest, are deceased. Nearly all the children\\nlived to mature years, were married and had fami-\\nlies of their own.\\nSeth Wood developed into manhood upon his\\nnative soil, and when his parents were no longer\\nable to care for themselves he performed a son s\\nwhole duty by them until they had passed away.\\nIn 1833, after his marriage and the birth of two\\nchildren Esther, now Mrs. Pease, of Jonesville, and\\nLevi, our subject he sold out to his eldest brother,\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0414.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n405\\nand removing to Oliio located npon an nnimproved\\nfnini of ICO acres ir. Columbia Township, Lorain\\nCounty. He continued a resident of the Buckeye\\nState until 1842. and in the meantime had improved\\nhis 1 GO acres of land. Later he trnded 100 acres\\nof this for 105 acres in Wheatland Towns-hip, this\\ncounty, to which he came in Januar} 1842. Here\\nhe labored as before, reducing the soil to a state of\\ncultivation, and bringing about the improvements\\nnaturally suggested to the thorough and skillful\\nfarmer and man of good business capacity. He\\nadded to his real estate by the purchase of eightj\\nacres more, and thus at the time of his death had 185\\nacres, most of it in a productive condition. He\\nrested from his earthly labors on the 8th of Jan-\\nuary, 1855.\\nThe father of our subject in early manhood\\nidentified himself with the old Whig party, which\\nremained in existence until the year after his death.\\nHe was decided in his views and maintained his\\nl)rinciples with all the strength of his character.\\nHe had neveT been an otiice-seeker. but officiated\\nas Justice of the Peace many years before his death.\\nThe mother, whose maiden name was Lydia Gates,\\nwas born in Wayne Countj-. K. Y., and came of\\nMassachusetts parentage. Her father, Jeremiah\\nGates, spent his last years in AVheatland Township,\\nthis county, passing awaj* when about seventy-five\\nyears old.\\nThe mother of our subject received careful home\\ntraining and a fair common-school education, and\\nshe, with her husband, Seth Wood, was an act-\\nive mem])er of the Regular Baptist Church. In\\nthis church Seth Wood officiated as Deacon many\\nyears. They weie the parents of nine children,\\nthree sons and six daughters, two of whom, a son\\nand a daughter, died in childhood. Levi, our sub-\\nject, was the eldest son and second child, and\\ncompleted his education in the public schools of\\nWheatland Township, this county. There also he\\ndeveloped into manhood, and was married, Oct. 20,\\n1858. to Mi.ss Fanny llaynes. ]\\\\Irs. Wood was\\nborn in Hamilton Township, Madison Co., N. Y.,\\nJune 9, 1837, and was the only daughter of Iliram\\nand Jerusha (Dibble) Haynes, who were natives\\nrespectively of Rensselaer and Madison Counties,\\nN. Y. They were married in Madison County,\\n4-\\n-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\nwhere they lived a few years afterward, and where\\ntheir two children, Orlando and Mrs. Wood, were\\nborn. The former is now a resident of Hillsdale,\\nand retired.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Wood came to Michigan about\\n1840 and located in Jackson County, where Mr.\\nHaynes established the first carding-machine, which\\nhe operated a number of years. Later he sold out,\\nand in 1848 took up his residence in Wheatland\\nTownship, this county, here also establishing and\\ncarrj ing on the manufacture of woolen cloth, and\\nbeing the pioneer of the business also in this section.\\nHeretofore, however, he had lived for a time in\\nRollin Township, Lenawee County, before coming\\nto Wheatland, where he carried on the same business,\\noperating it in connection with a fiouring-mill.\\nHis life was successful financially, and he was also\\na man who was highly e.steemed among his neighbors.\\nHis death occurred in Adams Township when he\\nwas seventy-two years old. His first wife had died\\nin Jackson County, Mich., and he then married\\nMrs. Sarah Metcalf, who survived him about one\\nj ear. Both ladies belonged to the Methodist Church,\\nand Mr. Haynes was, politically, during the last\\nyears of his life a strong Repulilican.\\nMrs. AVood was reared in Wheatland Township,\\nwhere she acquired a good common-school educa-\\ntion and commenced teaching soon after fifteen\\nyears of age, which she coiatinued for some time\\nbefore her marriage. Of her union with our sub-\\nject there were born three children, one of whom,\\nLamoiit, died at the age of twenty -three j-Qjirs and\\nseven months, in Jv ewtou, Iowa. He had married\\nMiss Mabel Basom, who is still living and is now the\\nwife of Thomas Rowe, of Jackson. This son is a\\n3 oung man of great promise, well educated and\\nhighly intelligent, and acts as telegraph operator\\nand agent at Auburn, Ind., and other places, for the\\nJackson Ft. Wayne Railroad, which is now the\\nLake Shore JMichigan Southern. Miss Jennie E.\\nWood completed her education in the State Nor-\\nmal School at Ypsilanti, makes her home with her\\nparents, and occupies herself as a teacher in the\\ndistrict schools of her township; Marion II. remains\\non the farm and assists his father. Mr. and Mrs.\\nWood are members in good standing of the Regular\\nBaptist Church, and our subject, politically, uni-\\nh", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0415.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "M^\\n,t\\n406\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY\\nIX Ilia\\nformly votes the Republican ticket. Tlie Wood\\nhomestead is the resort of a large number of\\ncultivated and intelligent people, who find in their\\nhost and hostess the spirits with which they are\\nhappy to affiliate.\\nEMAN D. BAILEY. Nearly a quarter of\\na centur} marks the time which the suhject\\nof this biography has called Hillsdale\\nCounty his home. Reared to agricultural\\npursuits, he followed these tiirough his boyhood and\\nyouth, and in the fall of 1864 jjitehed his tent\\nwithin the limits of Pittsford Township, taking up\\na tract of land upon which he operated five years.\\nThen, seized with the California fever, he made his\\nwav to the Pacific Slope, and occupied himself as\\nbefore in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties four\\nyears. At the expiration of this time he returned\\nto Michigan, and rented a farm in Wright Town-\\nship, this county, which he occupied nine years. In\\nthe meantime he purchased the land which he now\\nowns, and which he located upon in 1884. To this\\nhe has given his entire attention since that time,\\nerecting good buildings, and gradually bringing\\nabout the improvements which have made the home-\\nstead noticeable among those of his neighbors.\\nThe subject of this sketch is a native of Livingston\\nCounty, N. Y., born near the town of Graceland,\\nMa\\\\ 11,1 847. His father, John Bailey, a native of\\nthe same place, was born Dec. 9. 1815, and his pa-\\nternal grandfather. Thomas Bailey, was one of the\\nearly settlers of that region. The latter purchased\\na tract of land, and farmed there a number of years,\\nthen removed to Cattaraugus County, where he\\nspent his last days. John J. Bailey upon reaching\\nmanhood was married, and, like his father before\\nhim, followed agriculture, operating first on fifty -six\\nacres not far from the place of his birth. Thence,\\nin 1864, he came to this county, and purchasing\\nland on section 27 in Pittsford Township, here\\nspent the remainder of his days, passing away on\\nthe 22d of December, 188a.\\nThe mother of our subject was in her girlhood\\nMiss Sarah A. Arner, who was born in Pennsylva-\\nnia, Feb. 24, 1817. Her father. John H. Arner. re-\\nmoved from the Keystone State to Livingston\\nCounty. N. Y., in 1822, purchasing land adjacent\\nto the town of Graceland, where he cultivated the\\nsoil, built up a comfortable homestead, and spent\\nttie remainder of his life. His wife is still living on\\nthe old homestead in Pittsford. The i)arental\\nhousehold included six children, namely: Eliza J.,\\nnow the wife of Alonzo Webster, and Lyman II.,\\nof Pittsford; Charles L., of Oregon; Ilenian D., of\\nour sketch Catherine M., Mrs. Maples, of Pittsford,\\nand Edward L., of Nebraska.\\nThe boyhoo l years of our subject were spent\\nafter the manner of most farmers sons, attending\\nthe district school and making himself useful\\naround the homestead. He started out for himself\\nwhen a youth of eighteen, and employed himself\\nworking by the month until coming to this count}\\nAmong the maidens of this region he found a wife.\\nMiss Martha M. Monroe, to whom he vvas married\\non the 29th of March, 1868. Mrs. Bailey, the\\ndaughter of one of the earliest pioneers of Pittsford\\nTownship, was born here on the 26th of October,\\n1847. Her parents were Linasand Lucy M. (Hol-\\nle3 Monroe. Her father was a native of Orleans\\nCountj, N. Y and the son of David Monroe, a\\nVermonter by birth, and an early settler of the Em-\\npire .State. From Orleans he removed to Monroe\\nCount} and thence, in 1836, to the Territory of\\nMichigan, settling in Pittsford Township. Here he\\npurchased a tract of timber land, put up a log\\nhouse, and thereafter carried on the cultivation of\\nthe soil until resting from his earthly labors. The\\nmaternal grandmother of Mrs. Bailey died in Or-\\nleans County, N. Y.\\nLinas JMonroe was quite j oung when his parents\\nremoved to Penfield, where he developed into man-\\nhood. The parents were married in Williamson,\\nWayne County, May 14, 1834. Mr. Monroe had\\nlearned the trade of tanner early in life, which he fol-\\nlowed in Wayne and Monroe Counties, N. Y. When\\ncoming West he was accompanied by his father, and\\nsettled upon the land which the latter purchased,\\nand where his wife and son Gnilford now live.\\nHe died Sept. 15. 1880.\\nThe mother of Mrs. Bailey, formerl} Mrs. Lucy\\nM. Holley, was born in Louisville, St. Lawrence\\nCo., N. Y.. Oct. 8, 1814. Her father, George Hoi-\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0416.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0417.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "yfux", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0418.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNT\\n40 J\\ni\\nley. was born in Hiirlson, Coliiinbia Count} wlionce\\nhe removefl to JSt. Lawrence County during its car!}\\nsettlement. Me took uj) his resiflence in Waj ne\\nCounty later, in 1828. Ten years later he made\\nhis way to the Territory of Michigan, and located in\\nWright Township, where he spent the remainder of\\nhis life. The maiden name of his wife was Ellen\\nFoster, who was born in New ork City and died\\nin Wright Township. Their daughter Lucy, the\\nmother of Mrs. Bailey, lived with her parents until\\nher marriage, becoming familiar with all house-\\nwifely duties, and being especially expert at the\\nspinning-wheel. During the first years of her life\\nin Michigan she cooked by a fireplace. Their log\\ncabin was constructed without any sawed lumber,\\nthe roof being of shakes and the floor of split\\npuncheons. Their neighbors at that early day\\nwere few and far between, and for weeks together\\nMrs. IL probably did not look upon the face of a\\nwhite vvoman. The journey to this primitive spot\\nwas accomplished from Toledo with a team of\\nhorses and wagon. There was no road to speak of,\\nthe track being marked by blazed trees, through\\nthe forest, where they laboriously made their way.\\nHeman D. Bailey happily escaped man} of the\\nprivations of the earliest settlers, but experienced\\nenough of pioneer life to fully realize its dillicul-\\nlies and hardships. He is now well-to-do, and the\\nfatlier of a line familj comprising four sons Ro-\\nnieus J Walter II., Byron M. and John B. Our\\nsubject and his wife are members in good standing\\nof the Baptist Church, and enjoy in a marked de-\\ngree the respect of their neighliors. Mr. B., polit-\\nically, afliliates with the Republican [)artj\\nvil IfelLLIAM BliYAN, whose jiortrait is given\\n\\\\/jJl/ on the opposite page, was one of the fore-\\nW^ most of the brave and resolute pioneers of\\nthe beautiful township of Woodbridgc over half a\\ncentury ago, and from that day to this has occupied\\na leading position among its most influential citi-\\nzens. When he first settled here in the fall of 1837\\nthe generally rolling and elevated character of the\\nsurface of the township, rising into bluffs and knolls\\nin the northern [lart, Wiis densely covered with\\ntrees of man} centuries growth, such as beech,\\nmaple, jioplar, oak, black walnut, hickor} black\\nand white ash. And a few acres of these magnifi-\\ncent old trees of the primeval forest that are still\\nscattered here and there throughout this region, and\\nthat were once so common in Michigan, give one\\nan idea of what the early settlers had to contend\\nwith in those pioneer days, when such giants had\\nto be hewn down and enormous stumps uprooted\\nbefore the land could bo developed into farms, and\\nthey must, indeed, have been men of more than\\nordinary brawn and muscle, stoutness of heart and\\nstrength of character, who were enabled to accom-\\nplish the vast work of opening this country. Our\\nsubject has been one of the instruments in devel-\\noping this township and count} from their original\\nwild state; he has cleared 100 acres or more of\\nland by his incessant and active labors, and he now\\nowns a fine farm of ninety acres, under the best\\ntillage, and yielding the various cereals, vegetables\\nand fruits, commonly grown in Southern Michigan\\nin the greatest abundance and perfection. Mr.\\nBryan built the first frame house anil also the first\\nschool-house in the townshii). and he cut the first\\nroad to Woodbridge from Cambria.\\nMr. Bryan was born in Cheshire, Berkshire Co.,\\nMass., Nov. 22, 181G, and is a descendant of an\\nold English family, who are known to have been\\nlanded proprietors in England as far back even as\\nthe days of William the Conqueror. One branch\\nof this family some centuries later migrated to\\nDerry, in the northern part of Ireland, and the\\nfamous Irish patriot. Wolf Tone, who cut his throat\\nrather than to be gibbeted by the English Govern-\\nment, was collaterally descended from that branch.\\nAt some time in the eighteenth centur} the grand-\\nfather of our subject left Ireland, embarking on\\nboard of an American-bound vessel, for this coun-\\ntry. The ship in whicii he sailed was either be-\\ncalmed or driven out of its course by storms, and\\nhe was delayed on the waters for several weeks, and\\ncame near sulTering starvation. He finally landed\\nsafely in Boston, and for some 3 ears m.ade his home\\nin Massachusetts, marr^ ing, in Worcester County, a\\nlady who was a native of Lancaslei that count}\\nSome years after marriage he removed with his\\nfamily to Canada, wlu ie he took up five concessions", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0419.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "4 410\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nof land ill the town of Cornwall, each concession,\\ncomprising 100 acres, making a mile long. His sons,\\nthe father of our subject being one, took some of\\nthis land, which was finally taken from them by tiie\\nEnglish Government. The grandfather of our sub-\\nject was in many wajs a superior man; ho was phy-\\nsically and intellectually strong, possessed keen\\nperceptive faculties and a large fund of general\\ninformation.\\nRichard Bryan, tlie father of our subject, was\\nborn in Massaciiusetts in 17H6, and there married\\nMiss Sarah Sawyer, likewise a native of that State,\\nborn in 1784. After iiis land had been confiscated\\nby the British Government, he removed from\\nCanada and settled in Cheshire, Mass. He took\\npart in the War of 1812, and served out the time\\nof another man. For his gallant conduct he re-\\nceived a land warrant, settled on his land and\\nfarmed, and was also engaged in the shoe business.\\nAfter living in Cheshire sixteen years he came to\\nMichigan, and located in Woodbridge Township in\\nSeptember, 1838. He improved a good farm on\\nsection and continued to reside here many years,\\nhonoreil and respected by all who knew him. until\\nhis death in 18GS, at the age of eight^ -two. He\\nheld the office of Justice of the Peace for a term\\nof four years, and otherwise took an important part\\nin the administration of local affairs. His estima\\nble wife had preceded him in deatli in 1856. To\\nthem were born five children, namely: William,\\nliichard, John, Sarah and Ezra.\\nWilliam Bryan was reared to manhood in the\\nplace of his nativity, and he there married Miss\\n.Susan Brj-ant, in September, 1837. She was born\\nFeb. 6, 1820, and was the daughter of Barton and\\nArtemisia (Sayles) Bryant, natives of Rhode Island,\\nwhere the father was born in 1793. IMr. Bryant\\nwas an intelligent, upright man, and a hard worker.\\nHe and his wife settled in Chesiiire, Mass., and there\\ndied, he in 1864, and she in 1867. They were the\\nparents of eight children, as follows: Susan, Ste-\\nphen, George, William, Lewis, James, Delvin and\\nEliza.\\nWhen our subject and his wife thus started out\\nin life together in youth s golden prime, they were\\npoor indeed as far as woildl}- possessions are con-\\ncerned, but they were rich in health and strength,\\nand the high hopes and ambitions of the young.\\nFour weeks after marriage they set out for the new\\nState of Michigan to brave the unknown dangers\\nof its forests, that they might build u[) for them-\\nselves a comfortable home. At first, after locating\\non his land, Mr. Brjan had to go out as a day\\nlaborer at $1 a day to obtain means of subsistence\\nuntil he could clear enough of his own land to be-\\ncome independent. His young wife staid at home\\nto care for the stock, that no wild beasts might\\nmolest it, bears then being plenty, and our subject\\nhas at different times driven them away from the\\nhogs. The first few j-ears of their life here must\\nhave been fraught with many a haidship and pri-\\nvation to which they had been un.accustomed in\\ntheir Massachusetts home. But they patiently en-\\ndured their trials, worked without ce.asing, and their\\nlabors were nt length rewarded; a fine farm was\\ndeveloped from the f(jrest-covered land, the home\\nfor which the3 longed reared its sheltering walls,\\nand they are now spending their declining years,\\nover fifty of which the3 have passed together, sur-\\nrounded by Its peace and comfort, and hold in lov-\\ning regard and the highest respect by the many\\nfriends who have become attached to them by their\\nunvarying kindness and sympath} The record of\\nthe six sons born of their marriage is as follows\\nJasper married Rhoda Sayles; Addis married\\nSelinda Niles; B3-ron m.arried Ellen Benedict; Her-\\nbert D. married Nanc^^ Cox; Adelbert married\\nSarah Wells, and Otto is unmarried.\\nThe long and honorable career of our subject has\\nmarked him as a man of sound principle, unblem-\\nished character, and vigorous and earnest thought;\\nhe is progressive and advanced in the stand that\\nhe has always taken in regard to the intellectual,\\npolitical and moral questions that have long agi-\\ntated, and are continuing to agitate, the public mind\\nto-day. He has earnestly stiiven to enlarge the\\neducational privileges of the j-outh of this township\\nwhile filling the oIKce of School Inspector, and has\\nassisted in building four school-houses. Politically,\\nhe is independent, with a leaning, however, toward\\nGreenbackism in his religious views he is liberal.\\nHe has been one of the prime movers in the cause\\nof temperance for the la it thirty j ears, has taken\\nthe stand on many occasions throughout the county,", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0420.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n411\\nIms Itoeii a mcinbin- of various U lnpcraiice orgaiii-\\nzalioiis. beloiigeil to the IVMuplc of Honor for eight\\nj oai s, was a member of tlie (ioofi rem|)lars, and\\nwiis. at one time, VVorthy C hief of the order of\\nSons of Temperance. Mr. Bryan has ever taken a\\nconspicuons part in the uonnciis of Woodbiidge\\nTownshi|). and has held every ofHee of importance\\nand responsibility, from tliat of Constable to Super-\\nvisor. He was elected to the hitter office in 1 850,\\nwas elected Treasurer in 1844, and also Highvvaj\\nCommissioner.\\n-fe\\nJOSEPH HESS, a prominent farmer of Am-\\nI boj Township, residing on section 5, was\\nborn in Monroe County, N. Y.. Dec. 2, 1830,\\nand is tiie son of JL ithias and Mary (Smith)\\nHess, who were natives of Pennsylvania. The Hess\\nfamily had been represented in the Ke3-stone State\\nfor several generations. The maternal grandfather\\nspent his last years in New York State, and it is\\nbelieved that his brother served in the Revolution-\\nary War and later in the .War of 1812.\\nTo Mathias and Mary Hess there were born nine\\nchildren, and of the survivors the record is .as fol-\\nlows: William is a resident of Monroe County, N.\\nY. Joseph, our subject, was the second child;\\nLydia is the wife of Willis Case, of Branch County,\\nthis Slate; Caroline, Mrs. William Peck, lives in\\nHenry County, 111. The deceased are: John, Maria,\\nMary, Abraham and Susannah. Joseph was reared in\\nhis native county, receiving a limited education, and\\nl)eing taught to make himself useful around the\\nhomestead at an earlj age. His inclination to read\\nand study, however, |)r()vided him with a good\\nfund of information, and upon reaching his major-\\nity he had a very good insight into business affairs.\\nOur subject, soon after becoming his own man,\\nleft the Empire State and took up his abode in\\nHuron Count} Ohio, where he w.as married, July\\n3, 1 855. to Miss Abbie Hosmer, who was born in the\\nvillage of Jerusalem, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1832, and is\\nthe daughter of John and Lucy (Earl) Hosmer,\\nwho were the parents of eleven children. Of these\\nten .arc still living, uiimely Titus. Ceorge, Daniel;\\nMercy A., the wife Alfred Frisbie; Lucy. Mrs.\\nAlexander Boyd; Abbie; N ancy, the wife of Orin\\nRice; Sydney, Frank; Ellen, Mrs. Smith, and Bar-\\nrett. Our subject, in 18, I, left the Buckeye State\\nwith his famil} .and coming to this county em-\\nployed himself at fanning until the fall of 1800,\\nwhen he settled on his present farm. This com-\\nprises eighty acres of good land, which he cleared\\nfrom the wilderness, and where he built up the\\ncomfortable home which he and his estimable wife,\\nwho has always been his able and cheerful assist-\\nant, are now enjo3ing in their declining years.\\nTheir union was blessed by the birth of five children,\\nnamely iSIaria, the wife of Frank Frarej-; F rank,\\nDelia, F lith and George.\\nMr. Hess, politically, votes the Republican ticket,\\nand has served as School Director in his township,\\nwhile alw.ays being the supporter of those prOjCcts\\ncalculated for its advancement and prosperity. He is\\nduly imbued with patriotic principles and feels grati-\\nfied over the reflection that two of his paternal great-\\nuncles did good service in the Revolutionary War\\nand the War of 1812. Mr. Hess, in February, 1863,\\nwas drafted into the Union arm} becoming a mem-\\nber of Company D, 16th Michigan Infantry which\\nwas assigned to the Army of the Potomac, and he\\nfought at the battles of Chancellorsvillc, Middle-\\nburg and Gettysburg, besides meeting the enemy\\nin various other engagements and skirmishes. He\\nserved in all nine months, and fortunately escaped\\nwounds and imprisonment, being permitted to return\\nin safety to his family.\\n-^^3-\\nSALTER R. BRANCH, Register of Deeds\\n\\\\/sJi Hillsdale County, a gentleman still\\nV^ young in years and of excellent capacities,\\nspent the early years of his life in Huron County,\\nOhio, where he was born Nov. 1. 1\u00c2\u00ab59. The only\\nson of Augustus W. and Grace H. (Wier) Branch,\\nhe enjoyed good advantages during his boyhood\\nand youth, pursuing his early studies in the Nor-\\nvvalk school and Later attending the High School at\\nNorwalk, one of tlic most bea\\\\itifnl towns in the\\nBuckeye State.\\nMr. Branch came to Southern Michigan with his\\nparents, and was a student in the Union School at\\ni~\\nj ^J f", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0421.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "412\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nHillsdale. Upon putting away his books he entered\\nthe {iffiee of the Regigtei- of Deeds in the capaeity\\nof clerk, in the employ of bis uncle. Robert A.\\nWier. in which position he served until the death\\nof this gentleman, which occuired Oct. IC). 1887.\\nMr. Branch then succeeded to the office of Regis-\\nter of Deeds, and is now also acting as Deputj\\nClerk of the Circuit Court. He makes an efficient\\nofficer, serving with credit to him. -fclf and satisfac-\\ntion to all concerned.\\nOur subject and his family reside on Howell\\nsti eet. Mr. Branch having been married. Dee 6,\\nJ 882. to Miss Minnie, only daughter of Jra B. Cord,\\nPostmaster of Hillsdale. Mrs. Branch was born in\\nCambria Township, this county. By this union there\\nis one daughter. Mabel G.. \u00c2\u00abho was born Ajiril 27,\\n1887. Mr. Branch, politicallj is a zealous Repub-\\nlican, and sociallj is a member of the IMasonic\\nfiaternily, belonging to Hillsdale Lodge Ko. 176,\\nand the K. of P., Lodge Ko. 49.\\n-w\\\\. -\\\\\u00c2\u00aba\u00c2\u00a3i2r\u00c2\u00a9~^^\\n\u00c2\u00bb^,S,-jrzr?i\u00c2\u00bbv.-i\\nff OHN 8. KIRKWOOD. Among the honored\\nand resjiected citizens of Hillsdale County,\\nand prosperous agriculturists of Scipio Town-\\nship, no one is more deserving of mention\\nin this biographical volume than he of whom we\\nwrite. Mr. Kirkwood was born in York County,\\nPa., Nov. 21, 1822. His parents, Robert and\\nElizabeth (Thompson) Kirkwood, were born re-\\nspectively in Harford County Md.. July 27, 1797.\\nand in York County, Pa., April 4, 1791. The}\\nwere both of Scotch- Irish ancestry. They were\\nmarried in York Count.y, Pa., in 1821, and lived\\nthere until 1 823. They then removed to Ontario\\nCounty, N. Y., where they remained about five\\nyears. From there thej went to Allegany County,\\nin the same State, where they bought a tract of\\nland and established a home. The death of Mrs.\\nKirkwood, the mothei of our subject, occurred there\\nFeb. 20. 1839. After her death her husband re-\\nmained on his homestead initil the year 1843. when\\nhe exchanged that property for land in Lucas\\nCounty, Ohio, whither he removed with his chil-\\ndren. Two yeais laiir he came to this county and\\nsettled in Moscow Township, where he lemained\\nuntil the fall of 1 847. when he came to Scipio Town-\\nship, and from that time made his home with our\\nsubject until his death, which occurred Sept. 30,\\n1800. Both he and his wife were worthy members\\nof the Presbyterian Church, and esteemed members\\nof society. They were the parents of four children,\\nof whom the following is the record John S., our\\nsubject; Eliza A. died in Allegany Count} N. Y.,\\nOct. 3, J 841 Alexander T. is a miller in Washte-\\nnaw County, Mich.; Esther is the wife of Jesse\\nWoolcott.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared on a farm,\\nand educated in the district schools of New York.\\nHe chose farming as the occupation by which he\\nshould maintain himself, and after reaching man-\\nhood came to Michigan, arriving in Hillsdale\\nCounty in 1845. In the autumn of 1847 he bought\\n100 acres of wild land on section 16 of Scipio Town-\\nship, which by industry, energy and good manage-\\nment, he has now under an excellent state of\\ncultivation. On it he has erected a suljslantial\\ndwelling, good bai-ns and out-buildings, and made\\nother valualile improvements. The neat and thrifty\\nappearance of his homestead shows with what judg-\\nment and skill the time and labor expended on it\\nhave been used.\\nMr. Kirkwood was married, Oct. 26, 1853, to Miss\\nIrene J. Woolcott, daughter of Jason and Lydia\\n(Iloxie) Woolcott, both natives of New England.\\nThey were the parents of five children, two sons\\nand three daughters, of whom Irene was the third\\nchild. She was born in Wayne Countj% N. Y., Feb.\\n4, 1826. Of her union with Mr. Kirkwood two\\nchildren have been born Lydia H. and Eliza A.\\nThe former is the wife of Rev. M. F. Loomis, a\\nMethodist clergyman, of Calhoun County, Mich.\\nEliza is at home with her parents.\\nMrs. Kirkwood has been a most faithful wife and\\nmother, being a womanly woman, in whom the\\nheart of her husband doth safely trust. He has al-\\nways found in her a judicious counselor and a\\nready helper, and justly gives her due credit for\\nthe active part she has taken in establishing their\\npleasant home. Mr. Kirkwood has identified him-\\nself with the interests of this township since coming\\nto Scipio, and by his unswerving integrity has wou\\nthe esteem and confi lence of his fellow-citizens. He", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0422.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "-4^\\nHILLSDALE COUMTY.\\n413\\nhas served as Township Supervisor two terms and\\nfor one term as Justice of the Peace. Both Mr.\\nand Mrs. Kirkwood are valued members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Ciiurcii, where he has held the\\noffices of Steward and Trustee. To such people as\\nthe family of our subject Hillsdale County is in-\\ndebted for its high social and moral standing among\\nthe other counties of this great commonwealth.\\nylLLIAM SHANEOUR, a representative and\\nsuccessful farmer who is located on section\\n27, Wright Township, was l)orn in Stark\\nCounty, Ohio, May 12, 1842. His father, David\\nShaneour, is a native of Adams County, Pa., where\\nhe was born Jan. 27, 1813, and is the son of Jacob\\nShaneour and the grandson of Henry Shaneour,\\nwho was a farmer by occupation and died in Adams\\nCounty. Jacob Shaneour was reared to farm |)ur-\\nsuits in that county and lesidcd there until about\\n1820, wiien he removed to Stark County, Ohio, of\\nwhich he was an earl3 settler, and resided there\\nuntil his decease. His wife, tiie grandmother of\\nour subject, who in her girlhood was Elizabeth\\nHenry, died at the home of one of her daughters\\nin .Seneca County, Ohio.\\nThe father of our subject was a little lad of seven\\nyears when his parents removed to Ohio and set-\\ntled in Stark County, and he commenced life for\\nhimself when but a small boy, working by the\\nmonth at ^3 per month, while \u00c2\u00a78 per month was\\nthe best remuneration he ever received at service.\\nAfter his marriage he rented land in the same\\ncounty, upon which he operated until 18.57, and\\nthen came to Wright Township and purchased\\neighty acres of laud on section 27. At the time\\nof purchase the place contained a small frame house\\nand about forty acres of laud were partially cleared.\\nSince then he has added to his landed estate until\\nit now comprises 200 acres, the greater part of\\nwhich is cleared. He has erected a good set of\\nframe buildings, suitable for the purposes for which\\nthey were intended, and supplied himself with the\\nmost approved iigricultural machinery.\\nThe father of our subject was united in marriage,\\nSept. 2, 1836, witli Miss Lydia Goodenberger, a\\n40\\nnative of Adams County, Pa., and the dangiiter of\\nAndrew and Mary (Scliultz) Goodijnberger. They\\nbecame the parents of fourteen children, eleven of\\nwhom grew to maturity and are recorded as follows\\nJacob is deceased; John lives in Wright Township;\\nWilliam, our subject; Franklin is deceased; Ann\\nMaria became the wife of Gilbert Seely, .and lives\\nin Wright Township, as do also the next two,\\nDavid and George; Mary Ann became the wife of\\nWilliam Gibson, and lives in Wiight Township;\\nLovina married David Rogers, and lives in Harri-\\nson County, Iowa; Josiaii is a resident of Wright\\nTownship, as is also Amelia, who became the wife\\nof Amos Adams. The mother passed awaj April 4,\\n1878.\\nWilliam Shaneour was fifteen years of age when he\\ncame to this township in company with his parents,\\nand he resided witli them until his marriage. He then\\nsettled on section 22 of the same township, where\\nhe purchased a farm, but in 1870 he rented that\\nproperty and removed to section 21, which became\\nhis home for fourteen years. ,He then returned to\\nthe old homestead, where he has since resided with\\nhis father, and is provided with all the comforts of\\nlife. The career of his father, David Shaneour,\\nis remarkable, and affords to the rising generation\\nan illustration of what one man may accomplish.\\nThrown upon his own resources when little more\\nthan a child, anil deprived of the advantages of a\\nschool education, he has overcome all obstacles by\\nsheer force of will power and energy, and from the\\nhumble beginning at !S300 per mouth, he has accu-\\nmulated a handsome competency for his support\\nin his old age, and a goodly herit.age to leave to his\\nchildren.\\nOur subject was united in marriage, in 18()4, with\\nMiss Zeruiah Richards, who was born in Ottawa\\nCounty, Ohio, .luly 10, 184(5, and is the daughter\\nof Arnold Richards, who was born on the Ohio\\nRiver, whence his parents had removed from Ken-\\ntucky. He grew to manhood in Clark Countj%\\nwhere he settled after his marriage and resided until\\n1848. He then removed to Toledo, but after a\\nresidence of one year in that city he removed to\\nWright Township, this county, in 1849, and pur-\\nchased ten acres of timber land on section 27. He\\nerected a log house and cleared and improved his\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0423.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n414\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhiiid, altir wliicli he solfl tmt niul liolight twenty\\nacres on section 2 2, and tlieie Imilt and ini|iiove l\\n.1 home in which he spent liis lust years. His wife,\\nwhose maiden name was Clarissa Greenwood, was\\nborn in Clarite County, Ohio, wlnle iier parents were\\nnatives of New Hamijshire. and early settlers of\\nClarke Ct)iuity her father served in the War c)f 1812.\\nMrs. Shaneoiir s maternal grandmothei was in her\\ngirlhood Zeriiiah B.iiley.\\nMl-, and Mrs. Shaneour iiave two cliildien Kffle\\nC. and AdcHicrt W. In religi in Mrs. S. belongs\\nto tlie Christian or Disciples Church. Mr. S. is a\\nRepublican.\\ni\\nV\\n*t\\n,IVILL1S BAKER. One of the finest farms\\nin Somerset Township is located on the\\nnorth half of section 28, and comprises 2oO\\nacres of valuable land, most of whicii has been\\nbrought to a higii state of cultivation. Tliere has\\nbeen spared, however, a fine timber tract of fort\\\\\\nflve acres, which the proprietor has wisely reserved\\nfor future use. Here he carries on farming exten-\\nsively, and has been lemarkably successful. An\\nelegant residence and several fine barns add to the\\natlr.actions of the homestead, as also does the live\\nstock, which includes the vari^)us domestic animals,\\nInit the specialty is fine horses. In these Mr. Baker\\ndeals largely, and is the owner of tiie famous thor-\\noughbred colt of the Judge Leland stock, which\\nlatter bids fair to rank with the Mainlirinos and\\nother fine trotting stock. To general faiming, be-\\nsides stock-raising. Mr. Baker also gives due atten-\\ntion, and takes ]iride in the result of his labors.\\nThe Empire State, which has given so many of\\nits sons to the development of the great West, and\\nof which there is a fine re|iresentation in .Michigan,\\ncontained the early home of our subject, he having\\nbeen born in Wayne Count} SeiH. 22, 1836. John\\nF. and Polly (Lamb) Baker, of whom a sketch wdl\\nbe found elsewhere iu this volume, were natives of\\nNew York, and Willis, of our sketch, was the fifth\\nchild. John Baker followed farming the greater\\npart of his life, and our subject continued at home\\nwith his parents, becoming familiar with plowing,\\nsowing and reapiu,^-, which, together with the other\\nmyriad employments of rural life, occupied his\\ntime during the summer seast)n, while iu winter he\\nattended the disti ict school, lie was married after\\nreaching his thirtieth year, on the 21st of February,\\n1867, to .Aliss i .meline Rickerd, who was born in\\nAVhcatland Township, this county, Jan. 7, 1851,\\nand is the daughter jf A. H. Rickerd, who still\\nlives there, and who is written of elsewhere in this\\nwork.\\nMr. and Mrs. Baker after their marriage settled\\non their present farm, although it did not then\\nnumber the acres which have furnished such facili-\\nties for the extensive operations of the |)ast few\\nyears. Mr. Baker had left his native State in 1836,\\nand cast his lot with the earl} settlers of this\\ncounty, piuchasing at first eighty-five and one-half\\nacres, which formed the nucleus of his present\\nproperty. A man of great energ} intelligent and\\nwell inltirmcd, he has not onl} assisted in raising\\nthe standard of agriculture, but has always been\\nwarmly interested in the general welfare and pro-\\ngress of the community. In politics he is a de-\\ncided Repul)licau,and in 1872 was elected Township\\nTreasurer, serving that term, and being re-elected\\nin 1884. He was Highway Commissioner four\\nj ears, and for two years was Township Drain\\nConimissi(jner. The four children of our subject\\nand his wife are all living, and, with the exception\\nof the eldest, continue under the home roof. Alice\\nA. was born Aug. .5, 1869, com|)leled her education\\nin the city schools of Hillsdale, and is now tlie wife\\nof W. B. Clancey, who is engaged in the grocery\\nand hardware trade in Somerset Center; Frances\\nE. was born July 4, 1872; Forest W., Nov. 17,\\n1^74, and Teua E., Sept. 14, 1883.\\n^r^lEOUOE BKAJNUO:\\nII j^^ in the lucrative bi\\n^:;J* Stock-raising on S(\\nEORGE BRANDON, prosperously engaged\\nbusiness of farming and\\nsection 18, Woodbridge\\nTownship, is a native of Ireland, boin in County\\nDonegal, Dec. 8, 184i(. His parents, Francis and\\nAnne (Cunningham) Brandon, were of Scotch-Irish\\nancestry, born respectively in the years 1808 and\\n1823. They were reared and married in their na-\\ntive land, residing there until 18,il. when Jlr.\\n1", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0424.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00ab-\\n.t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n415 i\\nBraiifloii emigrated to America, landing in New\\nYork City. lit- i)roceeded to Connecticut, where\\nhe procured work by the month, and being pleased\\nwith his future prospects in the United States, sent\\nthe following year for his family. He soon after\\nremoved to Columbiana County, Ohio, where he\\nworked on the i-ailway for some 3 ears. In 1857\\nhe commenced farming on his own account, and\\ntwo years later moved to Williams County, Ohio,\\nwhere he bought 100 acres of land, which he has\\nimproved into one of the finest farms in the local-\\nity, and where he has since lived. To him and his\\nwife have been born the following children Frances\\nand .John (deceased), Hugh. Thomas, (ieorge, Alex-\\nander, Mary A. and Margaret.\\nGeorge Brandon was reared on a farm, and re-\\nceived a fair education in the public schools of\\nOhio. He started out in life without a penny in\\nhis i)ocket. and liis present condition is entirely due\\nto his own efforts. He was ambitious, industrious,\\nfrugal, and of go jd habits, bt)und to make a suc-\\ncess of every undertaking. His persevering laliors\\nand tireless energy conquered all difflculties, and in\\na few years he found himself on the road to pros-\\nperity-. Having obtained a good start in his chosen\\nOccupation, Mr. Brandon sought as a life com-\\npanion INHss .Susan Copeland, to whom he was mar-\\nriefi .Fuly 24, 1879. She was a native of Ohio, born\\nin Columbiana County, M.ay 28, 1850. Her par-\\nents, Patt ^rsoii and Susan (Lindersmith) Copeland.\\nwere natives respectively of Pcnns3dvania and Ohio.\\nBoth are now deceased, tlie mother having died in\\n1886. Of the marriage of our subject and his wife\\ntwo cliildren have been born: Ilarley, whose birth\\noccurred June KJ, 1881, and J una, March 31, l.s\u00c2\u00ab8.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Brandon remained in\\nOhio until 1882, when, luri il l)y tiie attractions of\\nMichigan .as an agricultural State, he removed to\\nHills lale County, and bought the farm where he\\nnow resides. The land was niostl} cleared at the\\ntime, and he has since worked it advantageously\\nand profitably-. Besides tilling the soil, Mr. Brandon\\nis mucli interested in the care and rearing of stock,\\nexpecting to make that branch of business a specialty.\\nHe has a fine bull, Duke by name, of the .Short-\\nhorn breed, that being his favorite stock, and he\\nh.as besides other good cattle. Our subject is inter-\\nested, as every good citizen should be, in advanc-\\ning the interests of the townshi[), and h;w served\\nas Pathmaster, satisfactorily performing the duties\\nof that office. He is a man of much decision of\\ncharacter, and lias won the respect and confidence\\nof his fellow-townsmen by his fair business methods\\nand unswerving integrity. Mr. Brandon is a true\\nRepulilican, and earnestly supports the principles\\nof that party. Mrs. Brandon is a valued member\\nof the Presbyterian Church, and is much esteemed\\nin social circles.\\nEV. JESSE PACKARD BORTON, p.astor\\nof tiie Congregational Churches of North\\nIQV Adams and Jerome, assumed charge of\\n\\\\Vg these congregations in the spring of 1886,\\nand by his conscientious and kindly bearing has\\nfully established himself in the esteem and confi-\\ndence of the people. A native of Columbiana\\nCounty. Ohio, he was born March 26, 1840, and is\\nconsequently in the prime of life and amply fitted\\nfor its duties and responsibilities.\\nThe parents of our subject, Darling H. and\\nAmy (Ingling) Borton, were natives of Burlington\\nCounty, N. J., and descended from ancestry who\\nwere Quakers in religious faith. The maternal\\ngrandfather, however, allowed his patriotism to\\novercome his religious scruples, and during the\\nWar of 1812. carried his musket .against the foes\\nof his countr3 The ptirents of our subject, about\\n1826, left New England and settled in Columbiana\\nCounty, Ohio, making the journey l)y wagon. In\\n1842 tiiey moved to Wood County, and settled\\namong the pioneers. There the mother died on the\\n12th of May, 1845, at the .age of thirty-three years.\\nThe chihiren were scattered in various families,\\nand the father was .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0,ubsequently married to Miss\\nAnna L. Thom[)S( n, and seven more children were\\nadded to the iiousehold. Darling H. was a l l.ack-\\nsmith bj trade, and although a mechanic and\\nlaborer, was a man of deep pietj-, and his natural\\ninclinations led iiini to tiie pulpit in the early his-\\ntory of Oiiio. which he, in the absence of the\\nrcularlj- ordained minister, graced to the satisf.ac-\\ntion of attentive hearers on occasions of Sunday\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0425.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n416\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nservices, fnnernls and the like. He Tvas a man\\nwhom the ghosts of the past never haunted, the\\nfear of the future seldom troubled. ,ind ^\\\\h(s( de-\\nmands on the jirfsmt ^ere casil} satisfied. He\\nwas a friend to the unfoitunale. a boon of good to\\nthe sick, and a loving fatlirr to his children. He\\nrested from his eailhly labois in Amboy Township,\\nthis count} on the 19th of September, 1SG6. at the\\nage of fifty-one years. Four of the six children of\\nthe first marriage are still living. Two sisters are\\nresidents of Nebraska, one biothcrof California,\\nand the other is represented in the jierson of Jesse\\nP., our subject.\\nThe early years of Mr. Bortc ii were spent in his\\nnative count} whence he emigrated to Michigan\\nin 1846. The year following he became an inmate\\nof the familj of Col. Henry Malton, but ran awa}\\nfrom him for fear of having to go into the well to\\nget a pair of beetle wings, used to sink the bucket,\\nCol. AValt(-n having jokingly told him he would\\nhave to go into the well, which he took foi earnest.\\nHe was next taken to the h(!Die of his uncle, Wil-\\nlerd Hill, nith whom he remained five years, and\\nat the expiration of this time the children were\\ngathered together by their father, and Jesse P. re-\\nmained with the latter for ten jears following. His\\nearly education was extremely limited, but he had\\nsucceeded bj- a course of reading in becoming\\nfairl} well infoimed and began leaching when a\\n3 oMlh of seventeen. By this means he hoped to\\nearn sufficient numey to complete a higher course\\nin school, in which he succeeded to his great satis-\\nfaction, graduating in 1866, then resumed teaching\\nuntil 1881. Upon experiencing a change of heart,\\nhe soon aftcrwaid felt drawn toward the pulpit\\nand its duties, in which inclination he was seconded\\nby his friends and the churches of that region.\\nFor five jears thereafter he officiated as minister\\nfor the churches at Ran.som and Prattville, in this\\ncounty, and also followed his profession of teacher\\ntwo years of the same time. The labors of these\\nhe resigned to accept the call to the churches over\\nwhich he now presides.\\nThe marriage of the Rev. Jesse P. Borton and\\nMiss Maggie McFaul was celebrated ai the home\\nof the bride in Dowagiac on the 1 2th of September.\\n1867. The parents of Mrs. Borton were natives\\nrespectively of Ireland and Canada. Her father emi-\\ngrated to the United States \u00e2\u0080\u00a2nhen but a child, with\\nhis parents, who became ownos of a part of the\\nland now f)ccupied b} the city of Detroit. Wayne\\nCounty was but a wilderness when he first settled\\nthere, and the parents were married at Ann Arbor\\nabout 1 839. They si)ei]t their last years in St. Joseph,\\nthe mother dying in 18.S1, when about fifty-seven\\nyears of age. and the father in 1882, when about\\nsixty. Their family included nine children, of whom\\nJlrs. Boi ton was the filth in order of biilli. She\\nwas born Aug. 27, 1849, at Ann Arbor, and re-\\nmoved with her parents to Niles when nine ears\\nof age. From there they went to St. Joseph\\nand thence to Dowagiac, where she made the ac-\\nquaintance of her future husband. The} have two\\nchildren: Call Darling, now a jeweler at Dowagi.ac,\\nand Cora Jessie, who is a member of the class of\\n80, in the North Adams school.\\nMr. Borton. while a resident of New Berlin. Ohio,\\nwas afflicted with bone erysipelas, from the effects of\\nwhich his right limb was disabled, leaving him a\\ncripple for life. He has been prominent in town-\\nshii) affairs, serving as Schot)! Inspector in Cass\\nCounty, and in his township in Hillsdale County.\\nA man fond of reading and study, and thoroughly\\nacquainted with the duties of his position, he is\\nfulfilling his mission in life in a creditable and\\nworthy manner, and exerting a good influence upon\\nthe community around him.\\n^?.IOS BARNKS, a painter of much skill,\\nj^/Lir prompt, rel labile and trnstw*irthy, is well\\n^(1 known to a large proportion of the citizens\\nof Hillsdale, of which he has been a resi-\\ndent for the last thirty-one years. His early home\\nwas on the other side of the Atlantic, and he was\\nborn near the city of London, April 8, 1827.\\nThe parents of our subject, Joseph and Sophia\\nBarnes, were also of English birth and parentage,\\nand the father died upon his native soil when his\\nson Amos was but a lad eight years of age. Amos\\nacquired his education in the common schools of\\nIMiddlesex County, which he attended quite regu-\\nlarly until fifteen years old. He then began his\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^9-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0426.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY,\\nI I 4\u00c2\u00bb\\n417\\nai)i)rcnticesliip at the painter s trade, at which he\\nserved for seven years, tlien hegan working as a\\njourncyiiian. lie continued thereafter in his native\\ncounty until September, 18, )4, and tiien not being\\nsatisfied witli liis prospects or his condition, em-\\nbarked lit London on a sailing-vessel bound for\\nNew York City. After a somewiint tedious voyage\\nof six weeks the Petrel landed at her destination,\\nand our subject soon afterward made his way di-\\nrectly westward, stopping for a brief time in Toledo,\\nOhio, and then coming to this county, arriving in\\nHillsdale on the 2d of Apiil following. He soon\\nsecured emi lovment at his trade, but uot long\\nafterward changed his occupation and engaged as a\\nclerk in the employ (jf Allen Hammond, with whom\\nhe continued three years. At the expiration of this\\ntime he engaged with Mr. Allison, the well-known\\ndry -goods merchant of Hillsdale, and upon accutnu-\\nlaling sufficient capital, in 1868 he entered into\\npartnership with Daniel Cliilds, still continuing in\\nthe dry -goods trade. A year later Mr. Barnes dis-\\nposed of his interest in the business to AVilliam\\nChilds, and now returned to his okl occupation of a\\npainter. To this he has added all kinds of wall\\ndecoration, including pajjcr hanging, besides the\\nfiner arts of carriage painting and similar work.\\nMr Barnes sought for his wife among the maidens\\nof his own county in England one of the most\\nestimable of his acquaintance, Miss Susan Walker,\\nof Middlesex, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Walker,\\nwho were of pure English stock, and spent their last\\nd i3 s in England. Mrs. Barnes was born April 17,\\n1824, and became the wife of our subject on the\\n24tli of M.ay, 1851, the wedding lieing celebrated\\nat the home of her parents, and under the roof\\nwhere she was born. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes are the\\nparents of two sons, both living. The elder, Amos,\\nwas born May 17, 1850, in England, and having\\ninherited the talent of his father, is a photographer\\nand artist, and at i)resent traveling with a gallery.\\nAlfred J., who was born Feb. II, 1858, in Hillsdale,\\nis of a more practical turn of mind, his tastes in-\\nclining him to trade, and he is now operating in the\\nwholesale meat business in Chicago. Mr. Barnes\\nput up his present fine residence over thirtj years\\nago, and by reason of keeping it in good repair, it\\nis still in excellent condition. Besides this prop-\\nerty he has one good dwelling on Manning street,\\nthe rent of which yields him a snug sum annually.\\nHe and liis excellent wife are members of the\\nPresbyterian Church. Mr. Barnes is a workman of\\nrare merit h.iving his shop at his residence and\\ngiving employment to three men. Many of the\\nbuildings of the city attest his skill and thorough-\\nness, and his taste in the matter of color and\\nquality of work is unquestioned.\\n^=^EORGE C. MONROE was born in Elbridge,\\nIII Onondaga Co., N. Y.. Jan. 22, 1814, and\\n^^^Jl was the eldest son of Nathan and Cyn-\\nthia (Cliamplin) Monroe, the former of whom was\\nborn in 1791, and after a successful career as a\\nmerchant and banker, departed this life in 18.3 J.\\nHe was a liberal jjatron of educational institutions,\\nand was the founder of Monroe Institute, located\\nat Elbridge, N. Y.\\nGeorge C. Monroe w.as educated in a select\\nschool at Skaneateles for two 3 ears, and also at-\\ntended the Onondaga Academy, and the Polj tech-\\nnic Academj at Chittenango. He later attended\\nthe Rensselaer School at Courtland, and matricu-\\nlated into Y ale College at the age of sixteen. On\\naccount of failing health, however, he relinquished\\nhis studies and gave up his proposed college course.\\nAfter serving for some time as clerk in bis father s\\nstore, he wished to engage in business for himself,\\nand came to the Territory of Michigan in August,\\n1834. He engaged in mercantile and real -estate\\nbusiness, in Jackson, Lenawee and Hillsdale Coun-\\nties, making his headquarters at Jonesville, and at\\nthe same time operated flouring-mills at Litchfield\\nand Jonesville, until 1852, when he engaged in the\\nhardware business. In 1862 Mr. Monroe sold out\\nhis interests to bis partner, William Lewis, and\\nbecame a contractor on the Michigan Southern\\nRailroad, and also on the Ft. Waj ne, Jackson\\nSaginaw; he at the same time conducted farming\\noperations quite extensively.\\nUpon the opening of the Civil War Mr. Monroe\\nwas engaged for two years in recruiting soldiers,\\nand gave his aid in the vigorous |)rosecution of the\\nwar. He was proniiiient in the public affairs of his\\n11", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0427.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n418\\ni\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ntownship and county, and held the principal offices\\nwithin the gift of his townsmen. He was at differ-\\nent times candidate for btatc Senator, Lieutenant\\nGovernor and State Treasurer on the Democratic\\nticket, though he was defeated in each instance.\\nHe was a delegate to the United States Democratic\\nConvention, held at Baltimore in 1860, and also to\\nthe Democratic Convention, lield at St. Louis m\\nlt 76. He was also a life memljer of the Hillsdale\\nCounty Agricultural Society, of wliich he was both\\nPresident and Treasurer. He was identified with\\nall the public enterprises of the village, and was\\nprominent in educational matters. He was elected\\nfirst President of Jonesville after its incorporation,\\nand was a member of the School Board for eighteen\\nyears. He was a charter member of the I. O. O. F.,\\nand passed through all the chairs in the order; and\\nwas a member of tlie Grand Lodge of the State.\\nHe was also a memlier of the Masonic fraternity, in\\nwhich he held some of the most important offices.\\nMr. Alonroe was married, Oct. 13, 1840, to Miss\\nElizabeth C. Leake, of New York, but slie died\\nJune 11, 1848, leaving five children to the care of\\nher husband. Mr. Monroe was a second time mar-\\nried. March 14, 1849, to Miss Clara M. Leake, a\\nsister of his former wife, and their union resulted\\nin the birtli of nine cliildren. Mr. Monroe departed\\nthis life in Jonesville, Aug. 16, 1883. He was a\\ngentleman, genial and courteous, and his death was\\nmourned as a public loss.\\nILAS W. HUGGETT, a native-born citi-\\nzen of Hillsdale County, is now [)rom-\\ninently identified with its farming and\\nstock-raising interests, and is still living on\\nthe old homestead, which was his place of birth,\\non section 27, Camden Township. He is a fine\\nrepresentative of one of the early pioneer families\\nof this county, and the names of his parents, Rich-\\nard and Eleanor (Piall) Hughett, will ever be cher-\\nished by those who knew them with reverence for\\ntlieir true worth and nobilitj- of character. They\\nwere natives of Old P^ngland. and were reared\\nand married in the land of their nativity, from\\nwhence, after the birtli of two children, they emi-\\ngrated to America. They spent the first eleven\\nyears of their lives in this country in Plielps, N. Y.,\\nand came from there in 1839 anil settled in the for-\\nests of Camden Township, on the land now occu-\\npied by our subject. Mr. Huggett had to clear\\nspace on which to build the humble log cabin in\\nwhich he and his family lived in the most primitive\\nmanner for some years, bravely enduring the hard-\\nships of their lotas early settlers in a new country.\\nWith the untiring assistance of his good wife, he\\nwrested a fine farm from the wilderness, and re-\\nplaced the log cabin by a more commodious and\\nsubstantial dwelling. He had to perform his work\\nwith oxen, and used to have to go with them t(\u00c2\u00bb\\nAdrian to take his grain to mill. At an early\\nday he used to carry the mail neatly to Toledo,\\nand also at that time he managed a peppermint\\ndistillery with good success. Mr. Huggett occu-\\npies an honorable place in the history of Hillsdale\\nCounty, and especially of Camden Township, with\\nwhose public interests he was actively identified for\\nmany years, holding the responsible office of Town-\\nship Treasurer for a number of j-ears. and also\\nserved as Road Commissioner. He was a great\\nfavorite at the social gatherings of the early settlers,\\nas he was a fine singer, and he was for many years\\na leader in the church choir, and, though not a\\nmember of the church, 3 et he was active in its\\nwork and contributed liberally to its support. He\\nwas always generous to those less fortunate than\\nhimself, and ever ready to sympathize with the af-\\nflicted. In his politics he was a Democrat, and\\nwas firm in his support of the principles of that\\nparty. He led an upright and blameless life, and\\nin his death, Dec. 8, 1860, Hillsdale County lost\\none of its best citizens and one of its most honored\\npioneers. His good wife, who shared the respect\\nin which he was held, survived him until March,\\n1874. A number of children were born of their\\nunion, of whom the following are living: Charles,\\nRichard, Samuel, William, Celia (wife of G. H.\\nDerr) and Silas W.\\nThe latter, of whom we write, was born Aug. 21,\\n1844, and w-as reared to manhood in this, the home\\nof his birth, receiving liis education in the common\\nschools, and assisting his father In his pioneer\\nlabors of developing his farm. He thus gained a", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0428.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUN IY.\\n1\\n^ood practicnl knowledfie of farming, wliidi, after\\nhe attained nianlmiid. lie cIkisc to oimtinue to prose-\\ncute as his life calling. He lias met with an as-\\nsnicd success, and his well-stocked, well-nianagetl\\nfarm of 120 acres lepicsents one of the most val-\\nuahle pieces of propcity iiiCauMlen Township. He\\nis enterprising, capable and imlustrious, and is con-\\nsidered a re] iesentative citizen of this community,\\nwhich he has served three years in the capacity of\\nRoad Commissioner, and in the various .school\\notiices of his district has done much to promote the\\ncause of education. He is one of the leading mem-\\nbers of the F. A. I\\\\L, at Camden, and has officiated\\nas Treasurer of the lodge for two teims. In politics\\nhe is classed among the most influential members\\nof the Deniociatic pai ty in this locality.\\nMr. Muggett was united in marriage, March 19,\\n1H7-2, toMiss Estelle K. McWilliam, daughter of\\n(i. McWilliam, of whom a sketch appears in this\\nwork. She is an admirable housewife, is devoted\\nto the interests of her husband, and makes their\\nhome comfortal)le and attractive, not only to him,\\nbut to their large circle of friends, whom they have\\ngathered around them by their intelligent conversa-\\ntion and pleasant manners.\\nJ-##^-\\nJONAS BROWN, a farmer and stock-grower\\nj living on section 21, of Woodliridge Town-\\nI ship, occupies a prominent position among\\nthe representative citizens of this township\\nand the progressive fanners of Hillsdale County.\\nHe was born in Hancock County, Ohio, March 21,\\n1846, and is of Irish descent, his paternal grand-\\nfather having been a native of Ireland, while his\\nmaternal grandparents were natives of Pennsj-1-\\nvania. Mis parents, Jonas and Nancy (Franks)\\nBrown, were natives of the Buckeye Slate, born\\nresijectively in the years 1800 and 1801. His\\nfather was finely educated, and a man of good busi-\\nness capacity. He learned the tailor s trade, but\\nafter marriage purchased a farm that he miglii have\\na permanent home for his family, and. in addition\\nto tailoring, carried on farming. He was an influ-\\nential citizen of his county, and lirnd^ supported\\nthe principles of the Dcmociatii- party. In religion\\nhe was a member of the United Brethren Church,\\nand when his death occurred, .July 25, 1849. while\\n3et in the prime of life, their loss was sadly mourned\\nby hosts of friends. His wife, who remained faith-\\nful to his memory, died in Michigan, May 3, 1874.\\nShe was also a member of the United Brethren\\nChurch, and consistently followed its teachings in\\nher daily life. To her and her husband had\\nbeen born the following children: Arminda, Rachel,\\nElizabeth, Immanuel, Margaret, Nancy, Jonas.\\nJames, Mary A., and two who died in infancy.\\nHe of whom we write, having become familiar\\nwith the duties of a farmer, selected that occu-\\npation as the one which he desired to follow\\nthrough life. Realizing the need of a home of\\nhis own, and the assistance and counsels of a good\\nwoman, he secured them b^ his marriage with Miss\\nMary C. Beatty, the ceremony which made them\\none being solemnized Feb. 11, 1875. She was also\\na native of Hancock County, Ohio, born May 1,\\n1849, being a daughter of John T. and Eme-\\nline (Alford) Beatt^ both natives of New England.\\nMr. Beatty s parents were of Puritan stock, and\\nborn in Vermont, while the mother of his wife,\\ngrandmother of Mrs. Brown, was a niece of John Q.\\nAdams, formerly President of the United States. Mr.\\nBeatty, who was a farmer by occupation, was born\\nin 1820, In 1868 he moved with his family from\\nIndiana, where he had lived a few years, to Michi-\\ngan, and settled in Woodbridge Township, where\\nhe still resides. He is an influential citizen, hon-\\nored for his true manly characteristics, and is con-\\nsidered one (jf the leading men of the place. His\\nreligious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, of which he is a ])rominent member, and\\nwhere for fourteen ears he held the position of\\nClass-Leader, Mrs. Beattj whose birth took place\\nin 1827, is also living, and shares equally with her\\nhusband the respect of the community. She is an\\nearnest member of the United Brethren Church,\\nand in her daily life exemplifies its teachings. To\\nher and her husband have been born eight children,\\nnamely: Hiram B., Mary C. Zimri T., John M.,\\nCortilda E., Paulina E., Melvin R. and August;* L.\\nMr. and Mrs. Brown are living on their ple.asant\\nhomestead, which contains 112 acres of rich and\\n|iroduclive laud. ;dl of which is clcand and under\\nl-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0429.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n4-20\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\na good state of cultivation. Mr. Brown, who ranks\\nas a model farmer of the county, has toiled unceas-\\ningly to bring his farm to its present fine condition,\\nand now, with its neat and well-arranged dwelling\\nand ample farm buildings, it presents a pleasing\\nappearance to the passerby, and on every hand in-\\ndicates the thrift and prosperity of its owner. In\\npolitics our subject is a sound Democrat, and works\\nfor the success of that party. He is, however, no\\noffice-seeker, and, though repeatedly called upon to\\nfill some responsible position, lie has consistently\\ndeclined all nominations, preferring the quiet of\\nliis own liome to the tumult and unrest of public\\nlife. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Brown are members of\\nany church organization, but they lead pure, up-\\nright lives, and strictly follow the admonitions of\\nJames, of Biblical record.\\nO HARLES H. BRUKN, deceased, w.is actively\\nidentified with the agricultui-al interests of\\nPittsford Township, and held a prominent\\nposition among the farmers of this commuuit}\\nComing to Hillsdale County when scarcely fifteen\\nyears had elapsed since the first settlement had been\\nmade within its borders, he may well be classed\\nwith its early settlers. He was born in Newark, N.\\nJ., May 17, 1818. His father, Joseph Bruen, who\\nwas born in England, and was descended of good\\nEnglish ancestry, spent his last j ears in New Jer-\\nsey, where he was employed as a farmer. Our sub-\\nject grew to manhood in his native State, and when\\na young man went to New York City to learn tlie\\ntrade of tailor. He was endowed with an ambitious\\nspirit, talents of a high order, and a resolute will,\\nand, dissatisfied with that employment, he prepared\\nhimself for the profession of civil engineer, and\\nafterward rose to eminence in that calling. In 1842\\nhe came to Michigan in the emplo} of the Michi-\\ngan Southern Railway Company, which was then\\nconstructing its railway through this State, and he\\noccupied the important position at the head of the\\ncivil engineer corps. He was afterward employed\\nin the same capacity on different railways of Ohio.\\nAfter Mr. Bruen had been here a few years he\\nbought the farm which Mrs. Bruen now occupies,\\nand in 1854 he abandoned the practice of his pro-\\nfession, and settling on his farm, devoted his time\\nentirely to agricultural pursuits. A small part of\\nhis land was partly cleared, and a log house stood\\non it. He soon built a small frame house, and sub-\\nsequently erected a large frame barn. He was an\\nenergetic, hard-working man, throwing his whole\\nheart into his work, and in the years of toil that\\nsucceeded his settlement here, he cleared quite a\\nlarge tract of land and developed it into fine farms.\\nShortly after making his permanent residence\\nhere Mr. Bruen was married, Feb. 23, 1856, to\\nMary A. Rooke, who was born in Superior, Wash-\\ntenaw Co.. Mich., Jan. 30, 1838. Her father, Rob-\\nert Rooke, was born in England, and resided there\\nuntil he was twenty-one, wlien he came to Amer-\\nica and joined an elder brother in Lyons. Wayne\\nCo.. N. Y, In 1833 he came to the Territory of\\nMichigan, via canal and lake to Detroit, and thence\\nby team to Washtenaw County. He bought land\\nin Superior Township, and built a log house in\\nwhich his family lived for some time before it had\\neither doors, windows or chimney, and in that\\nhumble abode Mrs. Bruen was born. Mr. Rooke\\nbought other land, and at one time owned 320\\nacres. His widow now owns 160 acres of his es-\\ntate and his son the remainder. The maiden name\\nof Mrs. Bruen s mother was Cassie N. Arnal she\\nwas born in Georgetown, D. C, and is now living\\nin Pittsford Township. Two children were born\\nof the marri.ige of our subject and his wife, Robert\\nCharles and Edith U. C. The latter is the wife of\\nSamuel Topps, and thej have one child, Mary E.\\nRobert lives in Spink Count3 Dak.; he married\\nMary M. Walker, and they have three children\\nWinifred, Leon and Cl.aude.\\nIn the death of Mr. Bruen, July 14, 1883, Pitts-\\nford Township lost a loj al and faithful citizen, one\\nwho was warmly interested in its welfare, and used\\nhis influence to promote its prosperity. He was a\\nman of fine character, honorable purpose, an affec-\\ntionate father, and a devoted husband. Mrs. Bruen\\nhas had the entire charge of the farm since her hus-\\nband s death, and has shown herself to be a woman\\nof rare abilit3 sound judgment, and quite as capa-\\nble of managing her interests as any of her neigh-\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0430.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "L.\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n421\\nbors of the opposite sex. She was reared to habits\\nof industrv, and early learned all the aceoraplisli-\\nnients of a jrood housewife, among which were\\nnumbered in iier girHuHid days the art of spinning,\\nand she became a deft si)inncr. Her farm of 1 2G\\nacres she has under the same good state of tillage\\nthat it was in her husband s lime, and in 188.5 she\\nerected a commodious frame house.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2..or/2;fii^@\u00c2\u00bb\\n^^-\u00c2\u00a71\u00e2\u0080\u0094 r\u00c2\u00bb\\neORNELlUS BROWN. Prominent among the\\nearly settlers of [lillsdale Count} stands the\\nname of Cornelius Brown, of section 15,\\nPittsford Township, and his successful career stands\\nforth as a striking example of what can be done by\\nearnest and well-directed effort. Mr. Brown was\\nborn in Root Township, Montgomery Co., N. Y.,\\nJuly 24, 1827.\\nJoiin M. Brown, the father of our subject, was\\nborn in Connecticut, and had the misfortune to lose\\nhis father by death when he was but nine years old.\\nHe was soon after bound out and learned the trade\\nof carpenter and joiner, but at the age of seventeen\\nj ears he bought out his time and worked for him-\\nself until his marriage, after which he settled in\\nMontgoiner} County, N. Y., in the early history of\\nrailroading, becoming a contractor and builder. He\\nbought a farm in Root Township, Montgomerj Co.,\\nN. Y., through which lan a stream known as Flat\\nCreek, and erecting a grist and a saw mill, he utilized\\nthis water power, and operated tiie mills in connec-\\ntion witli his farm until his death, in Ma} 1857.\\nTlie locality in which he resided was known far and\\nnear as Brown s Hollow. The mother of our sub-\\nject, who in her girlhood was Elizabeth Lyker, was\\nborn in Root Township. Montgomery Co., N. Y.,\\nand was the daughter of Henry and Catherine Lyker,\\nnatives of York State, but of Holland ancestry.\\nShe acted well her part in life s struggle, .and at its\\nclose at the old homestead, was laid to rest by\\nthose whom she had loved so well, and who will\\nlong cherish and revere her memory.\\nOur subject was the sixth cliild in order of birth\\nof eight children included in the parental family.\\nHe was reared on a farm, and assisted his father in\\nj the mill, in which he learned the trade, and was thus\\nengaged until his marriage, after whicli he removed\\nto Ohio, and settled in Williams County. His father\\nhad manj years previously purchased 1,300 acres of\\ntimber land in that section, and the object of Mr.\\nBrown was to imi)rove a part of it. He engaged\\ncourageously in the work, and during the eight\\nyears of his residence there he cleared 100 acres,\\nwhich he brought to a fair state of improvement.\\nHe then returned to New York State, and resided\\non the old homestead until I8.i7, when he bade\\ngood-by to the scenes of his childhood, and came\\nto try his fortune in the West. Upon reaching this\\ncount} he settled on a farm in Pittsford Township,\\nwhich he yet owns. This farm consists of il4\\nacres of land, ninety-five of which are cleared, and\\ncontains a commodious brick house with a frame\\nbarn, and all other necessary farm buildings. In\\nconnection with general farming, Mr. Brown de-\\nvotes special attention to stock-raising, and in this\\nbranch of industry, as well as in his entire opera-\\ntions, he is very successful.. In politics he is a\\nDemocrat.\\nOn the 28tli of February, 1857, our subject was\\nunited in marriage with Helen Maria Hoag, who\\nwas born in Root Township, Montgomery Co., N.\\nY. Her parents, Francis and Mary (Gage) Hoag,\\nwere natives of New England, and were among\\nthe pioneer settlers of Root Township. Her union\\nwith our subject resulted in the birth of three chil-\\ndren: Eriord C, who married Alice Fontaine, and\\nresides in Manistee County Eugene, who died at the\\nage of nine years, and Bertha, who resides at home\\nwith her father. Mrs. Brown died May 17, 1885,\\nat the homestead, and is buried in Hudson.\\nyaLLIAM E. TllO.MA.S, a farmer in comfort-\\nable circumstances, having forty acres of\\n^J^^ land on section 2G, in Litchfiehl Township,\\nhas pursued the even tenor of his way among the\\npeople of this county for a period of thirty-eight\\nyears, during which time he has gained a firm place\\nin their good opinion.\\nOur subject is of substantial Welsh ancestry, his\\nfather, Evan, having been born in Cowbridge, Mor-\\n4", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0431.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "i-22\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nganshire, and his mother, Mary (Jones) Thoraas, in\\nMonmoiithshii-e, which was formerly in Wales, but\\nis now in Englanrl. The parents after their mar-\\nriage settled in the latter county, where the father\\nmade a good living for his familj- as a laborer, and\\nwhere his death took place, in 1 848, when he was\\nsixty-six 3 ears of age. The mother survived her\\nhusband a period of seven years, dying in 1855,\\nand being of the same age. Their four children\\nconsisted of three sons and one daughter, and one\\nson died in England when about seventeen 3 ears\\nold. Those surviving hesides our subject, who is\\nthe eldest, are Mary W. and John, who still con-\\ntinue upon their native soil.\\nThe subject of this biography, a native of the\\nsame place as his mother, Monmouthshire, AVales,\\nwas born June 17, 1811, and acquired a common-\\nschool education, in the meantime also becoming\\nfamiliar with farm pursuits. He followed agricult-\\nure in his native county until 1838, when twenty-\\nseven years of age, and was then married to Miss\\nCelia Watkins, a lady of English birth and parent-\\nage. Eight years thereafter he continued a tiller\\nof the soil in Monmouthshire with unsatisfactory\\nresults, and finally determined to seek his fortune\\nupon another continent. Embarking with his fam-\\nily and personal effects upon a sailing-vessel at New-\\nport, he landed in the State of Maine, and after\\nbeing a brief sojourner in the cities of Bangor, Bos-\\nton, Mass.. and Btiffalo, N. Y., he made his way to\\nSandusk^ Ohio, where he employed himself at\\nwhatever he could find to do, and was in the sum-\\nmer season mostly a sheep-shearer. He cleared\\n$100 the first summer, and in 1851, in consequence\\nof his father s death, and the necessary settlement\\nof the estate, he recrossed the Atlantic to his child-\\nhood s home for this purpose. A few months later\\nhe returned to America, and with his share of the\\nproperty converted into cash, made his way to this\\ncounty and purchased the land which he now oc-\\ncupies. In the meantime his wife, Mrs. Celia\\nThomas, had died, in when forty-five years old,\\nleaving no children.\\nOur subject contracted a second marriage, in Oc-\\ntober, 1853, with Mrs. Mary Scribner, widow of\\nGeorge Scribner, who was a native of Lancester\\nCounty, Pa., born Aug. 17, i819. Mrs. Thomas\\nhad removed with her parents to Ohio about 1826.\\nShe is the daughter of Thomas and Sally Kelley,\\nwho were natives of Pennsylvania, and are now\\ndead. Their family consisted of ten children.\\nThe property of our subject includes forty acres\\nof good land, which he has brought to a fine state\\nof cultivation. He put up a good brick house, and\\nhas convenient barns and out-buildings. He has\\nnever been ambitious to make a stir among men,\\nbut pursued the even tenor of his way. distinguish-\\ning himself as an honest man and a good citizen.\\nSince becoming a voter he has been a stanch ad-\\nherent of the Republican party.\\n1^:^ OLOMON W. YEACxLEY is Clerk of the\\nCircuit Court in Hillsdale, Mich., and in\\nl^/\\\\uj the discharge of the duties of his office has\\nacquitted himself in such a manner as to\\nsecure the esteem of his constituents. Mr. Y eagley\\nwas born in Columbiana Count} Ohio, on the 22(1 of\\nOctober, 1 842, and is the son of John G. and Jo-\\nhanna F. (Bloom) Y eagley, both of whom were\\nborn in Wurtemberg, Germany, the father Jan. 17.\\n1817, and the mother in 1816. When the}- were\\nyet children, their parents emigrated to America,\\nand settled in Columbiana County, Ohio, in which\\nMr. and Mrs. Y eagley grew to maturity and were\\nmarried. Here they resided until 1852, when they\\nremoved to Michigan, and settled in Wright Town-\\nship, Hillsdale County, which was their residence\\nsome thirteen years. They then removed to Hud-\\nson, Mich., where the father died in October, 1885,\\nwhile the mother died April 30, 1888. They be-\\ncame the parents of the following-named children:\\nJacob, Solomon W. Hannah C, the wife of Patrick\\nConnor, and John D., a traveling salesman for a\\nwholesale house at Ft. Wayne, Ind.\\nThe subject of this notice was ten years of age\\nwhen he came with his parents to this county, where\\nhe received the advantages of the district schools,\\nand subsequently of the college at Hillsdale, where\\nhe pursued his studies two j ears. He then engaged\\nin school teaching, and followed the profession two\\nterms, after which he returned to Hillsdale College,\\nwhere he remained for some time. At this time the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00baHH^:", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0432.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "I\\n-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n423\\nnation was tlireatoneH with rlisiiiption, and Mr.\\nYeagley volunteered his services in (iefcnse of the\\nUnion. In 1863 he enlisted in the army, becoming\\na menilier of Compan3 G, 128th Indiana lnfantr3\\nnnd his regiment was plaee l under command of\\nGen. Sherman, and first saw active service in Ten-\\nnessee. Our subject took part in thirteen regular\\nbattles, including those of Kesaca, Atlanta, Kenne-\\nsaw Mountain, Jonesboro and Franklin. On the\\n30th of November, 1864, they began the great bat-\\ntle of Nashville, which lasted two days. Our sub-\\nject was promoted Orderly Sergeant, and in 1864\\nhe was made Second Lieutenant, with which rank\\nhe continued to serve until April 10, 18G0, when he\\nreceived his honorable discharge. Our subject then\\nreturned to his old home in Wright Township, and\\nengaged in .ngricultural pursuits for a short time,\\nafter whicli he resumed his profession of school\\nteaching, which he followed a number of years. In\\nthe fall of 1884 Mr. Yeagley was elected to the\\noffice of Clerk of the Circuit Court, serving with\\nsuch acceptance that he was re-elected in 1^86, and\\nis the present incumbent.\\nOn the 19th of September, 18G6, Mr. Yeagley\\nwas united in marriage with Miss Sarah E. Battin,\\nof Wright Township, Hillsdale County, and the\\ndaughter of Joshua Battin. Her union with our\\nsubject has resulted in the birth of five sons Osce-\\nola R.. John G., Joshua G., Arthur and Clyde. Mr.\\nY cagley is a member of Hillsdale Lodge, F. A.\\nM., and also a K. of P., and is a member of the G.\\nA. R., and Charter Commander of Capt. Wilson\\nPost No. 146.\\n*HOMAS B. TAY LOR forms one of the im-\\nportant factors in the farming community of\\nJefferson Township, and is successfully pros-\\necuting his calling of agriculture and stock-raising\\non section 21. His eyes first opened among the\\nhills of Y orkshire, England, Aug. 21, 18. 52, where\\nhe lived until after his marriage, and in the spring\\nfollowing emigrated to America, making the voyage\\non a siiiling-vessel, and being seven weeks and two\\ndays on the water. He landed first at Quebec, but\\nat once crossed over into the States, and proceeding\\ndirectly westward came from Detroit to Tecumseh,\\nLenawee County, this .State. In Tecumseh Town-\\nship, that county, he rented a tract of land, and was\\nthe occupant of one farm a period of seven years.\\nHe then purchased it in July and sold it in Novem-\\nber following, clearing from the transaction the\\nsnug sum of $400. Me moved to his present home\\nin 1868. His first purchase here comprised cightj\\nacres, to which he afterward added forty more, and\\nthen sold eleven acres to his son, so that he now has\\n109 acres, and this he has brought to a fine state of\\ncultivation. He had but $80 when landing in\\nAmerica, aud from that little sum and his own in-\\ndustry and perseverance have grown up his present\\npossessions. Thomas B., Sr., and Mary (Green)\\nTaylor, the parents of our subject, were also of En-\\nglish birth and ancestry, and the father a farmer by\\noccupation. They are now deceased. Thomas, Jr.,\\nhad but little opportunity to attend school after\\nnine years of age, having mostly to look out for\\nhimself and to aid his parents whenever he could.\\nNotwithstanding tliis he managed to pick up con-\\nsiderable information, ke|)t his e3es opeu to what\\nwas going on around hiui, and read instructive\\nbooks as he had opportunitj He was employed as\\na laborer from the time he was twelve years of .age\\nuntil twenty-four years old, worked two years for\\neach of three men and six years for another. At\\nthe expiration of this time he had saved $200. He\\nwas mariied, Nov. 2.5, 1856, to a maiden of his own\\ncounty. Miss Ann Scott, who was born in Y ork-\\nshire, Oct. 11, 1832, and is the daughter of Luke\\nand Mary (Johnson) Scott, who are now deceased.\\nTo our subject and his wife there were born eight\\nchildren, four of whom died in infancj Joseph,\\nwho was born Dec. 2, 1858, was married to Miss\\nEmma Blount, Nov. 25, 18K0, lives in Jefferson\\nTownship, and is the father of two sons; Lizzie\\nAnn was born Aug. 13, 1861. and was married,\\nDec. 16, 1883, to David F. Benedict; they have one\\nsou. John William was born Dec. 7, 1864, and\\nmarried Miss Leona Stevens, Aug. 9, 1885; they\\nhave one son, and are living in Jefferson Township.\\nIves Wiley was born Dec. 15, 1867, aud was mar-\\nried to Miss Lizzie Decker, Dec. 20, 1887; they\\nlive in Jefferson Township.\\nThe children of Mr. Taylor were all given a good\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2w m", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0433.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "4-24\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\ncommon-school education, and, like their [jarents,\\nare highly respected members of the community.\\nOur subject, politically, rather inclines to Democ-\\nracy, but avails himself of the right of an Ameri-\\ncan citizen to vote independently. His career is\\neminently worthy of record in this volume, and one\\nupon which his children will look with pride in\\nafter years.\\n\\\\Y, ABIN STRONG, of Somerset Township, for\\nmanj years occupied the old homestead,\\nbut in April, 1885. took possession of the\\nproperty where he now lives. He is well\\nknown as a thorough and skillful agriculturist,\\noperating extensive!} and has been uniformly suc-\\ncessful. A native of Saratoga Count} N. Y., he\\nwas born on the 25tli of September, 1823, and is\\nthe son of Jabin, Sr., and Olive (Powers) Strongi\\nthe former of whom was born in the State of Ver-\\nmont, and the latter in Saratoga Covuity, N. Y.\\nThe father died when our subject was about two\\nyears of age, and the record of the Strong family is\\ncomparatively unknown to Jabin, Jr.\\nThe mother of our subject, who w-is subsequently\\nmarried to William Moreland, continued a resident\\nof Saratoga County after the death of her first hus-\\nband, until 183o, and then coming to this State,\\nspent the last years of her life in Moscow Town-\\nship, this county. She passed away at the home of\\nher husband in 1852, when about fifty-six years of\\nage. Of the three children comprising the parental\\nfamily Jabin, Jr., is tiie only one living. He came\\nto Michigan with his mother and stepfather in the\\nspring of 1833. They first located in Washtenaw\\nCounty upon eighty acres of Government land, but\\nfour years later sold out and purchased 200 acres,\\nalso of wild land, in Moscow Township, this county.\\nJabin assisted in the improvement and cultivation\\nof this, and continued with his mother and step-\\nfather until twenty-seven years of age.\\nMr. Strong upon starting out in life for himself,\\nlocated upon seventy acres of partly improved land,\\nwhich had been given him by his stepfather, and\\nwhich is claimed to be the highest point of land in\\nSouthern Michigan. Our subject boarded with one\\nof his neighbors for the first three years, and in the\\nmeantime cleared a part of the seventy acres, and\\nlater purchased 200 acres more partially improved,\\nupon which he has effected a gr^at change, putting\\nup the necessary buildings, and adding to the farm\\nstock and machinery necessary for its full develop-\\nment. He continued investing his surplus capital\\nin real estate, and now, in company with his sons, is\\nthe owner of over 600 acres of as fine farming\\nland as tiiis county can boast.\\nThe children of our subject and his estimable\\nwife consisted of three boys, all but the youngest\\nborn and reared in the log house on the farm where\\nthe parents began life together, and also three\\ndaughters, all living at home. The wife of our sub-\\nject was formerly Miss Sarah J. Davis, and they\\nwere married at North Adams, this county, on the\\n24th of June, 1855. Mrs. Strong was born in\\nCayuga County, N. Y., Aug. 14, 1839. and is the\\ndaughter of Samuel and Mary A. (Bell) Davis.\\nSamuel Davis was also a native of the Empire\\nState, born Sept. 18, 1815, and spent the greater\\npart of his life, which was brief, in Albany County.\\nHe came to Michigan in 1840, some years before\\nhis death, in 1847, and died .at the age of thirty-\\ntwo years. His wife, Mary A., was born in County\\nTyrone, Ireland, Aug. 27, 1811, and came to this\\ncountry with her brother when a young girl, set-\\ntling in Auburn, N. Y.\\nAfter the death of her husband Mrs. Davis was\\nmarried to Samuel Moreland, and died on the farm\\nwhere our subject now lives, Oct. 23, 1884. Mrs.\\nStrong was the only child of her parents, and of her\\nunion with our subject there were born the children\\nwhose record is as follows: Robert, the preseut\\nSupervisor of Somerset Township, was born July\\n18, 1857; Homer N. was born Dee. 1, 1859, and is\\nconducting a store of general merchandise in Somer-\\nset; he married Miss Georgiana E. Weaver, and is\\nthe father of one child, a daughter, B. Marie, born\\nSept. 25, 1887. Mary E. was born Feb. 19, 1SG2;\\nEdith M., June 7, 1864; Katie E., born April 17,\\n1867, died April 24, 1878; Anna B. was born Oct.\\n16, 1869, and Jabin, Jr., Sept. 15, 1873.\\nMr. Strong has given his children the advantages\\nof a thorough education, and they are well quali-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0434.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "llILLsDALE COUNTY.\\n425\\nfied to make their own way in the world. Our\\nsubject, pulitioally, is a Repulilicaii, witii strong Pro-\\nhibition proclivities, and has iield the various offices\\nof liis townsliip. He comes of excellent ancestry,\\nand oneof iiis paternal uncles served as a Captain in\\nthe War of 1812. Some of the relatives of Airs.\\nStrong fought in the Mexican War.\\nt\\nIIARLES P. KLINGENSMITII. The beau-\\ntiful and valuable farm of the subject of\\nlis sketch, which is finely located on sec-\\ntion 12, in Jefferson Township, and which he has\\nbuilt up by his own industry and perseverance, is\\nperhaps the most forcible illustration of the charac-\\nter of the man. The fields are laiil off with neat\\nand well-kept fences, the buildings are of first-class\\ndescription, the farm machinery of the most im-\\nproved pattern, and the live stock of that descrip-\\ntion peculiar to the thrifty German farmer, being\\nsleek, fat and well sheltered. The whole forms a\\nmost attractive homestead, and is looked upon with\\nadmiring eyes by every traveler through this sec-\\ntion of country.\\nThe early home of our subject was on the other\\nside of the Atlantic in the little Kingdom of Bava-\\nria, German} where his birth took place Dec. 27,\\nlyy?. under the modest roof of his parents, Jacob\\nand Charlotte (Warner) Klingensniith, who were\\nof pure German ancestry. They lived there until\\nCharles P. was a youth of sixteen years, then all\\nstarted for America, landing at Mew York City,\\nMaj 1, IbJiG, and proceeding diredly westward to\\nthis county. The} were poor in pocket, even\\nhaving to borrow money to bring them to this\\ncountry and while the father cultivated his little\\ntract of land in Pittsford Township our subject\\nand his three sisters went out to earn money to pay\\nthe family debt.\\nYoung Klingensmith confined himself to his filial\\nduties, assisting his parents right along until he was\\ntwenty-four years old. In the meantime he had\\nmanage! to save something from his earnings, and\\nhad purchased forty-eight acre.-^ of land in Cauibi ia\\nTownship, which he soon afterwaril sold, and con-\\ntinued buying and selling several times, making\\nI something each sale, until he was enabled to secure\\npossession of his present farm of 190 acres, which\\nis now valued at \u00c2\u00a77; per acre.\\nUpon reaching the twenty-fourth year of his age\\nour subject was married to Miss Sarah Ish, July 4,\\n1H61, in Jonesville, and had a very good home to\\noffer his bride. His mother died in Pittsford Town-\\nship, Sept. 15, 1872, but his father, who was born\\nSept. 21, 1802, is still living, and makes his home\\nwith our subject, retaining, notwithstanding his\\ngreat age, a goodly share of his old-time industry\\nand activity.\\nMr. Klingensmith had received a ver^ good educa-\\ntion in his native tongue before coming to America,\\nand after his arrival here he acquired the English\\nlanguage very readil} and was not ashamed to go\\nto the district school and add still further to his fund\\nof knowledge. By a steady course of reading he\\nhas kept himself well informed upon general topics,\\nand is a man of more than ordinary intelligence to\\nconverse with. To him and his excellent wife there\\nwere born seven bright children, six of whom are\\nstill living: George, born Jul} 14, 18G2, continues\\nunder the home roof; Emma, born Ma} 22, 1864.\\nwas married, March 20, 1883, to Amasa Gee, and\\nlives in Antrim County, this State; Mr. and Mrs.\\nG. are the proud parents of three sons. Ellen was\\nborn July 28, 1866, is now deceased; Libbie and\\nthe younger children are all at home with their\\nparents; she was born March 20, 1870. Eva, Dec.\\n31, 1871; Charles, Feb. 12, 1874, and Frank, Miiy\\n18, 1879.\\nOur subject upon reaching his majority identi-\\nfied himself with the Democratic party, and is now\\none of the leading men in his community. Were\\nit not that the Republicans are largely in the ma-\\njority he would be holding important offices in ids\\ncounty, lie was reared in the doctrines of the\\nLutheran Church by his excellent parents, and\\nalthough not a member still adheres loyally to his\\nearly training. The family of his parents included\\nfour children, of whom Charles P. was the j oung-\\nest; his sister Mar3\\\\ born April 22, 1827, is the\\nwife of George Koster. a well-to-do farmer of Pitts-\\nford Township; Elizabeth was born March 17,\\n1830, and is the wife of John Steinle. of Wheatland\\n_^P jf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0435.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "-U.\\n426\\nHILLSDALE COUMTY.\\nTowDsbip; Catherine, who was born Aug. 15. 1835,\\nm.irricd John Ani.and lives in MoPherson Countj\\nKan.\\nMrs. Sarah Klingensmith. the wife of our sub-\\nject, is the (laughter of Nieholas and Barbara\\n(Voghl) Ish. and was born in Wyandot County,\\nOhio, Aug. 18, 1836; her parents were natives of\\nSwitzerland, and came to the United States after\\ntheir marriage. Mrs. K. is the youngest in a fam-\\nily of eight children; her eldest sister, Mary, was\\nborn in February, 181 8, and is now deceased, as are\\nalso Kieholas, who was born Aug. 4. 18:^0. and\\nJohn, who was born Dec. 2. 1821 Elizabetli was\\nborn Nov. 19. 1823; Earbara, Dec. 6, 1825; Benja-\\nmin, Dee. 18, 1827, and Susan, Dec. 15, 1832.\\nNicholas Ish, the father of Mrs. Klingensmith,\\nwas born in August. 1782, and died on the 18th\\nof tliat month in 1880; bis wife, Barbara, was born\\nin December, 1794, and died in April, 1871. Mr.\\nKlingensmith has been connected with the School\\nBoard of his district for the last nine years. Com-\\ning from an empire of compulsory educatkn, the\\nmost admirable law ever established, he is natur-\\nally in favor of everything calculated to insuie the\\nintelligence and usefulness of the rising generation,\\nconsequently the establishment and maintenance\\nof schools have found in him a zealous and liberal\\nsupporter. By the building up of one of the finest\\nhomesteads in the township, he has not only been\\nof material value in its growth and progress, but\\non account of this alone has signalized himself as\\none of its best citizens.\\ni~\\n^W^^ARRY G. BAILEY, attorney-at-law, and a\\ngentleman in the prime of life, has estab-\\nlished himself faiily in the legal profession\\nin Hillsdale County, and is accredited with\\nthe intelligence and ai)plic:ifion required to make\\not his calling a complete success. He is of excel-\\nlent birth and parentage, and fiist ojiened his eyes\\nto the light in Lorain County. Ohio, May 4, 1846,\\nbeing the younges-t of ten childien, six sons and\\nfour daughters, the offspring of Jonathan B. and\\nHannah (Dufei) Bailey, natives respectively of\\nOrleans CouDtj. Vt.. and Hinsdale. N. Y Ihese\\nchildren all liveil to maturity, and nine still survive.\\nOne brother during the late Rebellion was killed in\\nbattle at Petersburg, in 1863.\\nThe father of our subject carried a musket dur-\\ning the War of 1812, and received an honoralile\\ndischarge; he received a pension from the Govern-\\nment during the last years of his life. In 1844,\\ntwo j ears before the birth of our subject, he re-\\nmoved with his family from Vermont to Lorain\\nCounty, Ohio, and continued a resident of the\\nBuckeye State until 1855, engaged in agricultural\\npursuits. In the spring of the latter year he dis-\\nposed of his interests in Ohio, and coming to this\\ncounty, settled on a farm in Ransom Township,\\nwhere he and his estimable wife continued to live\\nduring the remaining years of their stay upon earth.\\nMr. Bailey was but a lad when his parents came\\nto this county, and completed his earl} education in\\nthe district school. He continued under the pa-\\nrental roof, assisting his father on the farm until a\\nyouth of nineteen years, when he started out for him-\\nself, and was employed as a clerk in the store of L.\\nJ. Squire, with whom he remained about six years.\\nHe then embarked in the dry-goods trade on his\\nown account, and was making good headway until\\n1 874, when his store with its contents was destroyed\\nl y fire. He had no insurance, and consequently\\nlost everything.\\nVarious things besides this now conspired to lead\\nour subject to abandon trade, and securing a tract\\nof new land in Ransom Township, he resumed\\nthe pursuit of agricidture. While carrying on the\\nimprovement of his land, and putting up buildings,\\nhe devoted his spare time to reading law, and com-\\nmenced practice in the Justice Courts of the county.\\nBeing considerably encouraged by his success, he\\ndetermined to make a trial of the legal profession\\nin earnest, and in 1880 entered the law otHce of\\nJudge Dickeiman St. John, of Hillsdale, under\\nwhose instruction he completed his studies, and was\\nadmitted to the bar in 1881. He was thereafter\\nconnected with these gentlemen six months, and\\nthen opened an office of his own. since which time\\nhe has given his entire attention to the duties of\\nhis profession. In 1882 he was nominated on the\\nRepublican ticket for the office of Circuit Court\\nCommissioner, and elected, enteiing upon the dis-\\nm", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0436.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n427\\ncharge of liis duties on the 1st of .Jaiiuaiy follow-\\ning. In 1884 he was re-elected, and at the close of\\nhis term withdrew, but was soon called upon to\\nagain serve the public in the capacity of Alderman.\\nThe fact that he was given this latter otHce in a\\nward strongly Democratic, and that he was re-\\nelected in 1886, is ample evidence of the estimation\\nin which he is held by his fellow-citizens.\\nMr. Bailey has a pleasant home in the northeast-\\nern part of the city, which is presided over 1)3 an\\namiable and estimable wife, to whom he was mar-\\nried Nov. 29, 18G9. She was formerly Miss Sarah\\nS., second daughter of L. J. Squire, of Ransom\\nTownship, and was born June 2, 1848, in Lenawee\\nCounty, Mich. This union resulted iu the birth of\\nthree sons and three daughters, namely: Carl L.,\\nCora IL, Roy R.. Elva E.. Jesse C. and Lena, the\\nlatter of whom died in infancy. Mr. Bailey identi-\\nfied himself with the K. of P., in 1884. Li order\\nto more thoroughly perfect himself in the knowl-\\nedge of his profession, lie keeps himself well posted\\nin regard to the various questions which are likely\\nto arise iu the various courts to which the interests\\nof ills clients will lead him.\\nMBROSE M. BURROLGHS, of Wright\\nTownship, one of its thrifty farmers and\\n//rifi most highly esteemed citizens, has been\\njgi/ familiarly known for the last twent} -three\\nyears as the owner of the old Pixlej homestead,\\none of the first farms opened np in this township.\\nA native of Yates, Orleans Co., N. Y^, he was born\\nOct. 12, 1822, and is the son of John IL Burroughs,\\nwho is a native of the same St:ite. His paternal\\ngrandfather, the record of whose birthplace has not\\nbeen preserved, is known to have spent the greater\\npart of his life in New Y ork State, where his re-\\nmains were laid to rest.\\nThe father of our subject was reared and married\\nin his native State, and was one of the earliest set-\\ntlers of the town of Y ates, Orleans County. About\\nthe time of his marriage he secured a tract of land\\nof the Holland Purchase Conipan}, where he erected\\na log house, in which the subject of this sketch\\nwas born, and which remained the home of the\\nparents until 1832. John H. Burroughs, in 1831,\\nvisited the Territory of Michigan and entered a tr.act\\nof Government land near the hamlet of Napoleon,\\nin Jackson County; thence returning to New York\\nState, he remained there until Ma} 1832, and then\\nset out with his family for their future home. The\\njoume} was made via the Dominion of Canada, with\\ntwo j oke of oxen and a wagon. They arrived at\\ntheir destination in the month of June, and settled in\\nthe wilderness without even a roof to shelter them,\\nuntil a log cabin could be erected. This rude\\nstructure was covered with bark, and the chimney,\\ncomposed of the primitive soil and small i)ieces of\\ntimber, was built outside.\\nAfter the father of our subject had established\\nhis family as comfortably as he could under the\\ncircumstances, he set out with his ox-team for\\na load of goods which he had shipped bj- water to\\nDetroit. Upon securing these and returning home\\nhe had but $2 in cash. There was a large family\\nof children to provide for and onl} one of them\\nold enough to earn money. The father was obliged\\nto work out in order to snppl} his family with the\\nnecessaries of life. He was very industrious and\\nenergetic, secured friends readily, and besides work-\\ning for his neighbors, i ut in all his spare time in\\nthe improvement of his own Land.\\nAbout this time a neighbor, living five miles dis-\\ntant, was iu possession of a quantity of wheat, an 1\\nMr. Burroughs asked to buy some on time. The\\nneighbor declared that he would not sell, but would\\nlend him forty bushels until he could rei)ay him\\nfrom his own ciops. This act of kindness was fully\\nappreciated by the struggling pioneer, and assisted\\nhim gieatly in his emergency. It is hardly neces-\\nsary- to say that he repaiil this kind neighbor just\\nas soon as possible. He was prospered in his labors,\\nand in due time had a large proportion of his land\\nunder cultivation, and was enabled to erect a good\\nset of frame buildings. Upon this place he lived\\nand labored until the last illness which resulted in\\nhis death. He passed away in May, 1803. mourned\\nb} his family-, and regretted b^- the entire com-\\nniunity.\\nJohn H. ]?urroughs was three times married.\\nHis first wife, the mother of our subject, was Miss\\nIMelinda Moore, a native of New York State, who\\ni~", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0437.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": ";f\\n428\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nflied in Orle.iTis County, that State, when her son,\\nAmbrose M., was a little larl ten years of age.\\nHis father remarried before coming to the AVest.\\nAmbrose M. remembers well the incidents of prepa-\\nration, and the tedious overland journey through a\\nseclion of country which in places, sometimes for\\nmiles, was unmarked even hy a wagon track. His\\nstepmother used to spin wool and flax, which she\\nwove into cloth for the use of the household, snp-\\npl^ ing them thus for several years. Ambrose M.\\ncontinued under the home roof until reaching his\\nm.ajority. and for a time afterward employed his\\nsummers in farming and his winters in teaching\\nschool, until the spring of 1852. On the 18th of\\nMarch, that year, accompanied by three otiier men,\\nhe started overland for California. Their outfit\\nconsisted of seven horses and a wagon, and they\\narrived at the mouth of Nelson Creek. Cal., on the\\n22d of August following. Mr. Burroughs engaged\\nin mining a short time, and then repaired to Cala-\\nveras County, where he continued searching for the\\nyellow ore until January, 1856.\\nAt this time, longing for a sight of the home\\nfaces. Mr. Burroughs boarded a steamer in the har-\\nbor of San Francisco, and sailed down the Pacific\\nuntil reaching the Isthmus, which they crossed, and\\nthen took steamer for New York Cit3 Later our\\nsubject arrived in Jackson County, this State, in a\\nfew weeks being married in Medina, Lenawee\\nCounty, and for four years following was engaged\\nas clerk in a store of general merchandise. At the\\nexpiration of this time he settled with his famil3 on\\nthe old Pixley homestead, a part of which his wife\\nhad inherited from her father. Mr. Burroughs\\npurchased the interest of the other heirs, and has\\nsince with his family made the old place his home.\\nHe has kept up the improvements, carefully culti-\\nvated the soil, and each year exhibits some of the\\nfinest crops to be found in Southern Michigan.\\n1 he wife of our subject, whom he married on the\\n10th of March, 1856, was in her girlhood Miss\\nDiana Pixley, born in Clarkson. Allegany Co., N.\\nY.. May 19, 1830. Her father, Joseph Pixley, was\\nof New Kngland biilh and parentage, but removed\\nwith his i)arents to New York early in life, and was\\nthere married to Miss Tryphena Kellogg, a native\\nof that State. In 1835 he and his eldestson came to\\nthe Territory of Michigan, making the entire journey\\nwith a pair of oxen. Upon arriving at the hamlet\\nof Adrian he left his team with his half-lirother,\\nwhile he worked at the trade of hatter. The j ear\\nfollowing he entered a tract of Government land in\\nMedina Township, and a short time later was joined\\nby his family. He had erected for their reception\\na log house, which they occupied until the spring of\\n1837, when Mr. Pixley sold out and removed to\\nwhat is now Wright Township. There he entered\\nthe Land which is now included in the homestead\\nof our subject. He was the first to turn a furrow\\nupon it, and there made his home the remainder of\\nhis life, resting from his earthly labors in 1840.\\nThe mother also died at the old homestead. Oct.\\n15, 1864. Six of their children are still living, and\\nthree of them residents of Wright Township. Samp-\\nson is farming on section Abigail is the wife of\\nRev. S. B. Downer.\\nMr. and Mrs. Burroughs had born to them seven\\nchildren, five living: Milla is the wife of George\\nFeaster; Tryphena P., Carrie A.. Charley H. and\\nAValler A., are all living at home. The deceased died\\nin infancy They have given their children the\\nbenefits of agood education. Mr. Burroughs belongs\\nto the Ba])tist Church, and Mrs. B. to the Congre-\\ngational. In politics Mr. B. is a Eepublican.\\nLARK W. WELDEN. who. with his aged and\\nexcellent partner, is numbered among the\\nmost honored pioneers of Hillsdale County,\\nfollowed agricultural pursuits until late in life,\\nabandoning active labor in 1881, and is now living\\nretired at a comfortable home in the village of\\nMosherville. A native of Columbia County, N.\\nY., he was born two miles from the town of Maiden,\\nJan. 12, 1812, and made his home there until seek-\\ning the newlj- admitted State of Michigan.\\nMr. Welden came to this county in the summer\\nof 1842, and settled on eighty acres of land in Scipio\\nTownship, to which he subsequently added by the\\npurchase of forty more. He made his home with\\nMr. Mosher until the fall of 1848, and then sought\\nfor his wife and helpmate Miss Annis Tripp, their\\nmarriage taking pl.ice at the home of the bride in\\nj^ if \u00e2\u0080\u00a24\u00c2\u00bb", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0438.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "II\\nHILLSIJALE COUNTY.\\n429\\nScipio Township, Sept. 2!S, 1848. Mrs. Welden was\\nburn in Adams, .lefferson Co., N. Y.. Doc. 2, 18;50,\\nand is the daughter of Ira and Lydia (Wicks) Tripp,\\nnatives of Rensselaer Count3\\\\ N. Y., who spent\\nmost of tiieir lives in Jefferson County, where\\ntlie mother died about 1836. The fatlier in 1831)\\ncame to Michigan, and made his home in Hanover,\\nJackson County, for a period of eight ^ears, then\\ncoming to the home of his daughter in Scipio Town-\\nship, he here spent his last days, his death taking\\nl)lace in November, 1882.\\nMr. and Mrs. Welden began the journey of life\\ntogetlieron afarm which they now occupy, and here\\ntheir ten children were born. Two of these, Lu-\\ncetta and Freddie, died early in life. Those sur-\\nviving are: Lydia R., Charles M., John C, William\\n11., Ira P., Ida A.. Clark W. and George W. These\\nare all residents (if Michigan. John C. married\\nMiss Agnes Baker, and William became the hus-\\nband of Miss Anna Deering. Mr. Welden cast his\\nfirst Presidential vote for Van Buren, and since the\\norganization of the Republican party has been a\\nstanch supporter of its principles. He is a warm\\nfriend of temperance, and with his e.xcellent wife, a\\nmember in good standing of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church.\\nThe parents of our subject, John and Rebecca\\n(Ashley) Welden, were both natives of New York\\nState, and the father died there in Columbia County,\\nwhen middle .aged. The mother later joined her\\nson. Clark W., in this count} and died at his home\\nin 1 865, aged eighty 3-ears.\\nW\\nI, I^ILLIAM IIIIGGE IT. one of the honored\\npioneers of this county, and now comforta-\\nbly located on section I I, in Camden Town-\\nship, was born in New 1 ork State, March 13, 183().\\nHis parents, Richarii and Eleanor Huggett, were\\nnatives of England, whence they emigrated to\\nAmerica about sixty years ago, and settled in New\\nYork State.\\nFrom the Empire State Rieliard Huggett a few\\nyears later emigrated to Michigan, shortly after it\\nhad been admitted into th( Union as a State. I hey\\nsettled at once in Camden I ownship, in the soutli-\\nwestern part of this county, where they spent the\\nremainder of their days, the father passing away in\\nDecember, 1860, and the mother in March, 1874.\\nThey had experienced all the trial s and difficulties\\nof life in a new country, having settled in the wo(k1s\\nof Camden Township, where the father secureil\\neighty acres of land, which he cleared and upon\\nwhich he erected a set of substantial frame build-\\nings. He was a very industrious and trustworthy\\nman, and held in higii esteem by the people of this\\ncount} He interested himself in township affairs,\\nserved as Road Commissioner and Treasurer, and\\nfilled other positions of trust and respousibilit} He\\npossessed unusual intelligence, kept himself well\\nposted iu regard to matters of general interest, and\\nlived the quiet and unassuming life which gained\\nhim many friends and enabled him to live without\\nenemies.\\nThe parental household iucUided five sons and\\none daughter, and the survivors are located as fol-\\nlows: Charles, Richard and Samuel are residents of\\nReading Township; Celia is the vvife of G. II.\\nDerr, and with her brothers, William and .Silas W.,\\nlives in Camden Township. vViUiani, our subject,\\nwas reared to manhood on the farm, assisting his\\nfather in the labors of plowing, sowing and reap-\\ning, and received only a district-school education.\\nA short time before re:iching the twenty-fourth\\nyear of his age, he was married, Jan. 1, 1860, to\\nMiss Harriet Brown, who was born in Ohio, April\\n3, 1838, and is the daughter of Parle} and Louisa\\n(Woolcott) Brown, who were natives of New York,\\nand are now living in Camden Township, this county.\\n!Mr. and Mrs. Huggett commenced life together\\non a farm in Camden Township in a style in keep-\\ning with their means and circumstances, and now\\nafter years of industry find themselves surrounded\\nby all the comforts and many of the luxuries of\\nlife. They have two children: Eva A., the wife\\nof Ovid M. Jackson, of Camden Township, and\\nElmer S., who is at home. The daughter took kindly\\nto her books and prepared herself for a teacher,\\nwhich profession she followed some time before her\\nmarriage. The homestead embraces 120 acres of\\ngood land, of which Mr. Huggett took possession\\nin 1800. Mr. II. has all his life supported Demo-\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i:itic iiriii(i)ilrs. I lis estimable wife is a member\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0439.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "430\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nin guod slaniling of the Metliodist Eijisoopal Clnmch\\nof Camdi ii. In local [jolitics Mr. IIiigi;i tt votes\\nindependently. Like his fatlier before him. he is\\na man greatly respected by his neighbors, and one\\nwhose word is considered as good as iiis bond. His\\nfinances are upon an excellent Ijasis, and his fore-\\nthought has served to provide him with a comforta-\\nble living during the remainder of his natural\\nlife.\\nAVhen the father of our suiiject came to this\\ncounty there were only seven votei s in Camden\\nTownship. For many years he had only an ox-team\\nwith which to do his farm \\\\iork and tr.ansjwrt him\\non his expeditions to the mill and to the hamlet of\\nAdrian. The trip to this latter place was one\\nwhich he always took great satisfaction in making,\\nand which occupied hiin about a week, during which\\ntime he camped out niglits, sleeping in or under his\\nwagon and cariying his provisions with him.\\n^yOSEPn WINFIKLD. a well-to-do farmer of\\nI Scipio Township, has made Ids home within\\n1 its limits for the past twentj -four3 ears, dur-\\ning which time he has fully established him-\\nself in the esteem and confiiienee of tlie people. A\\nnative of the ?]mpire State, he was born in Starkey,\\nYates County, May 7, 1814, and lived there vvitli\\nhis parents until a young man twenty years of age.\\nlie then changed his residence to Ontario County,\\nwhere he followed the farming iMUSuits to which\\nhe had been reared, and continued a resident of\\nthat county until Decenjber. 18G3.\\nIn the fall of 1 804 .Mr. Winneld came witli his fam-\\nily to Soutliern Michigan, and since that time has been\\na resident of Scipio Township. His property em-\\nbraces 150 acres of fertile lanil uiidcr a go ^d state\\nof cultivation, with neat and substantial buildings,\\nfirst-class farm machinery, a fair assortment of live\\nstock, and all the other a|ipliances of the well-\\nurdered country estate. Mr. Winfield has given his\\nundivided attention to his farming operations, hav-\\ning v ay little to do with politics and steadilj de-\\nclining to become an ollice-holder. He keeps himself\\nwell jJosted, however, upon matters of general inter-\\nest, and many years ago identified himself with the\\nRepublican party, whose principles he still zealously\\nupholds. Both he and his excellent wife are mem-\\nbers in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, of Mosherville. in which Mr. W. has officiated\\nas Trustee, and contiilinted liberally and cheerfully\\nto its snppoit.\\nOne of the most im|)ortant events in the life of\\nour subject w.as his marriage, which took place in\\nOntario County N. Y., July 19, 1849, his bride\\nbeing iNIiss Temperance Skclinger, who was born in\\nTompkins County, that State, Oct. 11, 1821. The\\npaientsof .Mis. Winfield, Samuel and Eleanor (Alex-\\nander) Skelinger, were natives of New .Jersey, and\\nspent their last jears in Canadice, Ontario Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere the father had been engaged in farming the\\ngreater part of his life. Mr. and Mrs. WinfieM\\ncommenced life together at a modest home in Cana-\\ndice. and their union has been blessed by the birth of\\nfive chililren. of whom the record is as follows:\\nEleanor is the wife of Franklin Knowles. of Hills-\\ndale Conntj Phebe A. married his brother, Ezra\\nKnowles; .James married Miss Elizabeth .Sheppard,\\nand is occupied at farming in Jackson County; Hor-\\nlon took to wife JHss Eliza Combs, and is engaged\\nin farming in Scipio Township; Scott married Miss\\nLuva Bush, and is a resident of Jackson County.\\nThe i)arents of our suiiject, Heniy and Mary\\n(Wilson Winfield, were natives of New Jersey, and\\nspent their last years in Ontario Ci)unty, N. Y. Their\\nf.-iinil)^ included ten children, four boys and six\\ngirls.\\n\\\\w SAAC BAKER, in 18.S2, purchased 212 acres of\\nland on section 0, in Wheatland Township, and\\nto the care and cultivation of this he has since\\ngiven most of his attention. He makes a specialty of\\nfine horses, and is now turning his attention consid-\\nerably to the manufacture of ma|)le sugar and syrup,\\nhaving a fine orchard of 400 trees, from the pro-\\nceeds of which he has the pros|)ect of realizing a\\nj handsome sum of money.\\nI Our subject, like man} of his compeers who have\\nso materially assisted in the development of Hills-\\ndale Count} is a native of Wayne Count} N. Y.,\\nand was born at the homestead of his parents in\\nthat county, Aug. 22, 1832. His parents. John F.\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0440.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "Mc-\\n-J\\nhillsdalp: county.\\n431\\nand Polly (L-iral Baker, were natives of New York\\nJohn F. Baker (lied in May, 1888, in Somerset\\nTownsliip, this county. His widow still lives at the\\nold homestead in Somerset Township.\\nMr. Baker came with his parents to Michigan at\\nan early date, and continued a member of his\\nfather s household until after reaching his majority.\\nThe next important event of his life was his mar-\\nriage with Miss Frances E. Ostrom, whicii was cele-\\nbrated at the home of the bride in Somerset Town-\\nship, Dec. 19, 1854. After marriage the young\\npeople settled near the old homestead in Somerset\\nTownship, wliere our subject had purchased seventy\\nacres of wild land. Their first dwelling was a log\\nhouse, and the} continued to reside there, making\\nsome improvements, until 18(34. Mr. Baker then\\nselling out purchased 100 acn-es in Moscow Town-\\nship, to which he later added eighty acres, and\\nthere carried on farming successfull} In the\\nspring of 1882 he purchased the Imd which con-\\nstitutes his present homestead.\\nIn 18ii3 Mr. Baker, desiring to see something of\\nthe (;ouutry along the Pacific Slope, journeyed\\noverland to California, where he engaged in mining\\none year, and then farmed one year. Then, being\\nsatisfied with this experiment, he returned to his\\nhome and his family, where he has since been con-\\ntented to remain. He has added one improvement\\nafter another, and is now supplied with a good set\\nof frame buildings, all the machinery necessary for\\nhis successful operation, and with his family is sur-\\nrounded by all the comforts of life. His two chil-\\ndren, a daughter and son. were named respectively\\nHarriet J. and Frederick. Tlie former was born\\nMarch 25, 1857, and was married, March 27, 1875,\\nto Andrew J. Wicks, a well-to-do farmer of Moscow\\nTownship; they have had two children, one of\\nwhom died at the age of live; their only rlaugh-\\nter, P rances, w.as born March 25, 1885. Mrs.\\nWicks is a lady of culture and education, and com-\\npleted her studies in tiie High School at Jonesville,\\nthis county. Frederick Baker was born Nov.\\n25, 1865, and is working the home farm with his\\nfather. He completed his education in the school\\nat North Adams.\\nMrs. Baker, like her husband, is als a native of\\nWayne C junty, N. Y., and was born April 12,\\n1837. Her parents, Daniel Z. and Olive II. (Bixby)\\nOstrom, were natives of Dutchess County, N. Y..\\nthe father born Dec. 30. 1807, and tlie mother.\\nJune 15. 1813. They vvere married Sspt. 22, 1831,\\nand continued residents of tiieir native county until\\n183!). That year they emigrated to Michigan,\\nlocating first in Calhoun County, but subsequently\\nremoved to Somerset Township, this count} Later\\nthey took up their residence in Moscow Townsliip,\\nwhere they spent their Last years, the father dying\\nFeb. 15. 1873, .and the mother Sept. 1, 1882.\\nThe maternal grandparents of Mrs. Baker were\\nAbner and Ruth Bisby, the former of whom w^as\\nborn June 9, 1780, and died in Wheatland Town-\\nship, this county, Jan. 25. 1854. His wife, Ruth,\\nw.as born Feb. 3, 1784, and died July 3, 1X54, sur-\\nviving only a few months after the decease of her\\nliusl)and. Her grandparents on her father s side\\nspent their entire lives in their native State of New\\nYork. Politically, Mr. Baker is a Democrat.\\n/OSEPH L. BAGLKY, a retired farmer of\\nNorth Adams, is one of those men who came\\nto this section of country during its d.ays of\\npromise and while little had been fullilled.\\nHe took up a tract of land, and after doing success-\\nful battle witli the soil for a period of thirty-five\\nyears, w.as able to retire upon a competency and\\nenjoy the fruits of his labors. He has one of the\\nfinest resiliences in town and owns eighteen acres\\nof valuable land adjacent to the limits, which is\\nchiefly devoted to .agriculture and which, having\\nbeen brought to a high state of cultivation, is very\\nproductive. Mr. Bagley is deeply interested in the\\ntemi)erance movement, and although formerly a\\nstanch Democrat, politicall} he is now one of the\\nmost deeply interested members of the Prohibition\\nparty. In this work he has the cordi.al sympathy\\nand .assistance of his excellent wife, who belongs to\\nthe W. C. T. U., as Vice President, and devotes\\nmuch time to this most important work.\\nOur subject was born in 1824, in New Y ^ork. and\\nis the son of David and Harriet (Smith) Bagley,\\nnatives of Connecticut. The father emigrated to\\nNew York State wIkmi a young man, settling in\\n-t-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0441.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "4\\n432\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\nCayuga Couiitj and Ihcrcnftcr fovcd riming the\\nWar of J812. He harl learncrl caliinct-making. at\\nwhich he worked for a time, hut later purchased a\\ntract of land where he carried on agriculture suc-\\ncessfully for many years. The parents were mar-\\n)ied in New York State, and to them were born\\nfive children, namely David M.. Harriet M., Al-\\nfred B., .Saxton .S.. and Joseph L., our subject. The\\nmother died in 1826, while still a young woman,\\nand when her son Joseph was but two years of age.\\nThe father was subsequently married to MLt^s Louisa\\nPennoycr, and there were born five more children,\\nall in New York State, exccj)t one who was born in\\nMichigan.\\nDavid Bagley had no means lie^yond his land, and\\nexperienced great difficulty in providing comforta-\\nbly for his large family-. lie decided to seek the\\nfarther West in the Iiopes that his condition might\\nbe bettered, and accordingly in the winter of\\n1 835-36 came to this county and took up 360 acres\\nof Government land, his letters patent being signed\\nby JMartin Van Buren. He had made this journey\\nalone, and after securing his title returned to New\\nYork State for his family, starting again for Mich-\\nigan in the spring of 1836. They made their wa^\\nto Detroit by canal and lake steamer. The father\\nbrought with him a wagon and l)ought a yoke of\\no\\\\en at Detroit, and thus equipped started over-\\nland for their final destination. Their worldly\\neffects were loaded upon the wagon, and after a\\nweek s delay at great expense, they proceeded on\\ntheir journey. This accomplished, the} were\\nobliged to send another team back to biing the\\ngoods which the first wagon would not contain.\\nThe father had also purchased two cows on their w.ay\\nthither, and the first week after reaching their new\\nhome they lived on bread and milk, using a dry-\\ngoods box for a table, while the boys slept on a pile\\nof straw. The parents and a danghter took refuge\\nat night with Elder Foote. one of their neighbors.\\nThe land which tlie father of our subject had se-\\nlected occupied a portion of sections 21 and 22 in\\nAdams Township, but he built his first house on an-\\nother piece of land on section 15, because the town-\\nship lines had not been fully determined. David\\nBagley was a man of great industry and persever-\\nance, progressive and intelligent in his ideas, and i\\nmade a desperate effort to surround his family with\\nthe comforts of life. In this he succeeded admira-\\nbly, in due time reaping the reward of his labors,\\nwhile at the same time his stern integrity and\\nstrong convictions of right gained him the esteem\\nand confidence of the people around. A zealous\\nChristian, he was one of the pillars of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church in this region, in which he oflieiate l\\n.as Class-Leader from the time he was nineteen\\nyears of age. After the organization of the Repub-\\nlicans he became one of their most zealous supporters,\\nwas o|iposed to slaver} and the friend of every\\ngood work and purjiose. He filled the vaiious local\\noffices of Adams Township, was its first Treasurer,\\nserved as Assessor, and represented the township in\\nthe County Board of Supervisors, besides filling\\nother responsible offices. ]n 1848 he was elected\\nJudge of the Probate Court of Hillsdale County,\\nand in this, as in all the other duties of life, ac-\\nquitted himself in a most conscientious and credit-\\nable manner.\\nThe Masonic fraternity found in David Bagley\\none of its warmest admirers and supporters. and he\\nassisted in the organization of Jonesville Lodge,\\nthe first of its kind in Hillsdale County. After the\\nlabors of a long and useful life he died in 1861. at\\nhis home in Adams Township, when seventy years\\nof age. He was not only raonrned by the family,\\nwho h ad always looked up to him with reverence\\nand respect, but by the entire community, by whom\\nhe had been regarded as one of its worthy and most\\nusefid citizens.\\nThe subject of this sketch was a lad twelve\\nyears of age when he came to Michigan with his\\nfather s familj and was soon turned out to drive\\na break-up team, consisting of from four to six\\nyoke of oxen. In these labors his employer was\\nthe celebrated i)ioneer. Benjamin Fowler, with\\nwhom he worked for st)me time. While in his na-\\ntive State he had attended school for a few years,\\nbut upon coming to the Territory of Michigan there\\nwere no school facilities until about the third year of\\nhis residence here. The first school building, built\\nof logs, was put up in 1838, and was furnished with\\nthe stereol^ ped shake roof and slab floor. In the\\nbuilding of this our subject and his brother Sex-\\nton assisted materially, cutting down the trees,\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0442.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n433\\nt\\nli;uiliii r the lo^s. and wdrking- until its c-om])letion.\\nThis (lone, he enteiefl the stincliiie iis a imiiil a\\nfew terms during the wintei- season. The first\\nteacher was Miss Phebe AVells, the sister of A. G.\\nWells, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this\\nwork.\\nYoung Hagley was never idle during those years.\\nand when not employed hj the neighbors, assisted\\nhis father in building up the new farm. In the\\nmeantime he also learned the cooper s trade, and\\nat an early age began l.-iying plans for an establish-\\nment of his own. One of the most important steps\\ntoward the consummation of this was his marriage,\\nwhich look jjlace on an election day, Nov. 7, 1848.\\nthe bride being Miss Lydia K. Noyes, who, like her\\nhusliand. was a native of New York Str.te, but\\nwhose father, Gersham Noyes, together with his\\nestimable wife, was a Vermonter by birth. They\\nemigrated to the Empire State after their marriage,\\nwhere they remained until 1833, and where their\\ndaughter, Lydia K., in the meantime was born,\\nJune 22,1820. Upon coming to the Territory of\\nMichigan they located fir.st in Palmyra Township,\\nLenawee County.\\nGersham Noyes by his first marriage became the\\nfather of five children, and his first wife departed\\nthis life about 1825. in New Y ork. Of his second\\nmarri.ige, to the mother of Mrs. Bagley, there were\\nborn seven children, of whom Lydia K. was the\\neldest. She was at an early age ti ained to habits of\\nindustrj and economy, and besides assisting her\\nmother frequently earned considerable mone} by\\nworking in the various families in the neighbor-\\nhood. Notwithstanding this she succeeded in ob-\\ntaining a fair e lucation. and at the time of her\\nmarriage was eminently fitted to take her position\\n.as the wife of a good and worthy man. The four\\nchildren resulting from her union with our subject\\nare recorded as follows: Harriet E., the wife of\\nManassee Kem|)ton, of Adams Township, is the\\nmother of two children Arena and .Joseph E.\\nMinnie B. is the wife of Delbert Fort, a general\\nmechanic, of Allen Village; Joseph H. died Aug. 8,\\n18.5(i, when six months old, and Nillie. Aug. 18,\\n1872, at the age of fifteen months.\\nMr. and Mrs. Bagley after their marriage settled\\non a rented farm in Adams Township, and then our\\n-M\\nsubject, anxious to begin the establishment of a\\nhomestead, contracted for a farm, going heavil}\\ninto debt. He took possession of his purchase, and\\nby the exercise of the most unflagging industry\\nand close econom} his efforts in due time were\\ncrowned with success. He had to begin with a yoke\\nof three-year-old steers which he had himself\\nraised, a cow, a log cabin, an ax and a sled. He\\npaid a shilling per day for the use of a plow and\\ndrag, and each season found him making headway,\\nso that in the course of a few 3-ears he was amply\\nprovided with farming implements and live stock,\\nconvenient buildings, .and ever3thing pertaining to\\nthe first-class agriculturist. A great change has\\ncome over the face of the country as well as his\\nown prf)spects. When the Bagley family came to\\nthis county deer, bears, wolves and wild turkeys\\nwere plentiful, and the In nans still roamed over the\\ncountrj*. One tribe of them were still living a\\nmile and a half from the cabin of the Baglej s.\\nThe name of their chief was Meteo, and Joseph L.\\nof our sketch often |)layed with the Indian boj s\\nwhile herding his cattle. As years passed by he\\nperformed no unimportant part in the progress and\\ndevelopment of the country, which tlu ougli the\\nefforts of such men as himself now bears the repu-\\ntation of one of the most desirable sections in the\\ngreat West.\\nJ^HOMAS HICKERSON. The beautiful home-\\nstead of this gentleman is finely located on\\nsection 12 in Camden Township, and em-\\nbraces 10(1 acres of highly cultivated land with the\\nbest modern improvements. Our subject came to\\nthis county in 1880, and located on his present\\nfarm, where he has since resided, and aimed to excel\\nin its care and cultivation. The result of his labors\\nis shown in ever3 thing about the premises, which\\nwear a most pleasant and inviting ai)pearance, and\\ninvariably attract the .admiring ej e of the p.assing\\nstranger.\\nSix and fifty years have p.assed since the subject\\nof this biography w.as cradled in Licking Count}\\nOhio, his birth occurring April 2o, 1832. His\\nfather. Samuel, vvas a native of Maryland, and his\\nmother, Mary (McCrary) Hickerson, was born in\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0443.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n434\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nNr Co\\nStark County, Ohio. His paternal ancestors were\\nEnglish, wliile his mother s people emigrated from\\nIreland. The paternal grandfather, Samuel Hick-\\nerson, Sr., was also born in Maryland, and owned a\\nportion of what now constitutes the city of Balti-\\nmore at the time it was under the old English law.\\nTo Samuel, Jr., and Mary Hickerson, there were\\nborn eight children, seven of whom are believed to\\nbe living. William, the eldest, is residing in Put-\\nnam County, Ohio, and James H. in Hancock\\nCounty, tiiat State; Thomas, our subject, was the\\nnext in order of birth; Elizabetli, Mrs. Henry H.\\nMathias, and Sophia, the wife of Wilson Patrick,\\nare residents of Camden Township; Jemima is the\\nwife of William Dick, of Hancock County, Ohio;\\nLoretta when last heard from was in California;\\nSarah A. died wlien about ten years old. The father\\nhad been married before his union with liie mother\\nof our subject, and had one son, Allen O.. who died\\nwhen about sixtj -six years old.\\nMr. Hickerson, our subject, was reared to man-\\nhood in bis native county, and in his boj^hood be-\\ncame familiar with the wild scenes of pioneer life.\\nLike most of the sons of fanners of that time and\\nplace, he was early in life taught tiiose habits of in-\\ndustry and econom3 which have been the secret of\\nhis later success. He acquired his education in\\nthe primitive schools, and upon reaching manhood\\nwas married, Nov. 1.5, 1857, and settled down con-\\ntentedly to the pursuits of agriculture.\\nThe wife of our subject, who in her girlhood was\\nMiss Mary A. Jjnes, was also a native of Licking\\nCounty, Ohio, and born Jan. 10, 18o6. Her par-\\nents, Levi and Melinda (Oliver) Jones, were natives\\nI espectively of Pennsylvania and Virginia. When\\ntheir daughter Mary was in the fouilh year of her\\nage they emigrated to Putnam County, Ohio, and,\\nin common with the pioneers about them, endured\\nthe privations and hardships incident to the settle-\\nment of a new country. The father occupied him-\\nself as a tiller of the soil, and the mother looked\\ncarefully after the ways of her household.\\nTo the parents of Mrs. Hickerson there were born\\neight children, of whom the record is as follows:\\nSamuel and William are farming in this county;\\nArminda is the wife of Jasper Paitie, of Putnam\\nCounty, Ohio; Alice, the wife of Benjamin Mathias,\\nresides near Ottawa, Kan.; Caroline died when\\nabout sixteen years ohl, and Ezekiel T. yielded up\\nhis life iu the service of his couutry during the late\\nRebellion; Sarah, a sister younger than Mrs. Hick-\\nerson, is living in Putnam County, Ohio. The\\nmaternal great-grandfather was an officer in the\\nRevolutionary War.\\nOur subject and his wife are the parents of two\\nchildren onl} Alwilda C, born July 12, 1874, and\\nHattie, Nov. I, 1881. Mr. Hickerson affiliates with\\nthe Democratic part} has officiated as Path-\\nmaster in Camden Township four years, and, with\\nhis excellent wife, is held in high esteem by his\\nneigiibors and acquaintances. He has signalized\\nhimself .as a liber.il-minded and public-spirited citi-\\nzen, and now in the prime of life, surroumled by\\nchildren and friends, has apparently very little\\nreason to complain of the allotmoatsof Providence.\\nWjILLIAM KUNKLE, of Camden Township,\\nh.as been iilentified with the interests of the\\npeople of Southern Michigan for a period\\nof thirty-six years, having come to this county in\\nthe fall of 1852. He purchased eighty acres of\\ntimber land on which there was not even space\\nenough to put up n dwelling, and cut away the trees\\nfor the erection of a small frame house he later\\nbought forty acres on the same section, and has 1 20.\\nHis next business was to clear the land around him\\nand bring the soil to a productive condition. To\\nthis task he set himself with all the natural energy\\nof his character, and the fact that he is now in the\\nenjoyment of a comfortable home with fertile fields\\naround him, a neat and substantial modern dwelling\\nand all necessary out-buildings, is sufficient indica-\\ntion of the manner in which he succeeded. Now,\\nwith his faithful p.artnei he is spending his later\\nyears in the ease and comfort which he has so justly\\nearned.\\nThe earlj- home of our subject was in Peny\\nCounty, Pa., where his l)irlh took place March 20,\\n1821. His parents, Henry and Catherine (Stone)\\nKuukle, were also natives of the Keystone State,\\nand of German descent. His father was twice mar-\\nried, and was the parent of the children who are\\nI\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0444.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "II\\n^i^HI-*\\nHIJ.LSDALK CUL MY.\\n435\\nrcconled as folkins William Henry is a lesirleiit of\\nWilliams County. Ohio. tosjethcT with Marj A., the\\nwifi of John Shinal)ei ;c r, and George; Jacob lives\\nin KUsworth County, Kan.; Adam is in Nebraska;\\nDavid is also in Ellsworth County. Kan.; Jane is\\nthe widow of Joseph (J ranger, and lives in Michi-\\ngan Benjamin, during the late war liecame a soldier\\nof the Union army, and was killed in battle; Adam\\nand David were also engaged in that memorable\\nconflict, .and on the same battle-field with their\\nbrother when he met his death. T!ie other broth-\\ners were John, Jeremiah and Daniel.\\nThe subject of this biography spent his boyhood\\nand youth in his native county, where he received\\nsuch eilucation as was afforded the rising generation\\nof that (lay and localit} His mother died when he\\nwas a little lad eight yeais of age, and for two years\\nafterward he made his home with his paternal uncle,\\nJacob. In his eleventh year he vvas bound out to\\nJohn Stanibaugh, in Perry Count} with whom he\\nremaine l four years. He then engaged to work on\\nthe farm of William Owens by the month, and the\\nmost of his w.ages was drawn by his father until he\\nreached his nineteenth year. After this he was per-\\nmitted to use his own earnings, but still assisted his\\nfather financially, as occ.ision demanded.\\nMr. Kunkle h.as been a lover of books all his life,\\nand by a thorough course of instructive reading\\nhas become well [losted upon general topics. When\\ntwenty-two j ears of age he began learning raill-\\nwrighting, and followed the same at odd spells a\\ngood many years. He developed considerable skill\\nas a mechanic, and also followed carpentering, assist-\\ning in the building of the first mill in Camden\\nTownship. This was destroyed by fire, and Mr. K.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2assisted in the erection of the second mill on the\\nsame site. He also assisted in building the first\\ngristmill in Reading, and was among the pioneer\\nmillwrights of this county.\\nMr. Kunkle put ui) his present residence during\\nthe summer season, and at the s.ame time suyjerin-\\ntended the operations of his farm. He hail been\\nmarried while a resident of his n.ative fitate, Jan. 6.\\n1H4(;, to ^Hss .Sophia Hartinan, who wasa nativeof\\nhis own .State, and was born Sept. 14, 1 H2H, in Berks\\nCounty. Mrs. Kunkle is a daughter of Henry D.\\nand Leah (Luckenville) Ilartman, both natives of\\nPennsylvania, and the father born in Perry County.\\nHer paternal grandfather carried a musket in the\\nRevolutionary War on the side of the Colonists,\\nnotwithstanding the fact that he vvas born on Kn-\\nglishsoil. Subsequently he settled in Pennsylvania,\\nwhere he married his second wife, and is well repre-\\nsented by a numerous posterity.\\nThe father of Mrs. Kunkle was three time$\\nmarried. Of his first union there were born ten\\nchildren, of whom six survive, namely: .Sophia,\\nBenjamin; Eliza, Mrs. John Harris, of Williams\\nCounty, Ohio; Catherine, the wife of Henry Miller,\\nof Cumberland County, Pa.; David, of Whitley\\nCountj Ind., and Henry, of Williams Count}\\nOhio. To our subject and his wife there have\\nbeen born nine children, two only of whom are liv-\\ning, namely: Homer, born Dec. IG, 1859. m.arried\\nMiss Nellie Odren, and Frank, born March 23,\\n1864, m.arried Miss Adie AVhorton. The deceased\\nchildren, who died young, were named respectively\\nWilliam H., Anna, Emeline, John H., Lena, Laura\\nand Lee H.\\nMr. Kunkle, politically, is a sUmch Democrat,\\nliberal minded and progressive, and in favor of all\\nthe enterprises set on foot for the imi)rovement of\\nthe county, and the elevation of its people. He has\\nbeen quite prominent in local affairs, serving as\\nSchool Director, and was Constable four years in\\nCamden Township. Both he and his excellent wife\\nare active members of the Lutheran Church. So-\\ncially, jNIr. K. belongs to the M.asonic fraternity,\\nbeing a member of the lodge at Camden. As the\\nresult of a temper.ale life and correct habits, he\\nwould p.ass for a man still in his jirime, although\\nnow sixtj -seven j ears of .age.\\n^i^*\\nREDERICK WILLIAM STOCK, proprietor\\nof the Hillsdale City Mills and Litchfiel.l\\nAHlls, came to this cit} in 1869, and pur-\\nchased what was then known as the Cook Wal-\\ndron Mills, which were of small capacity. In the\\nlatter part of 1869 he remoileled and rebuilt the\\nmills, and supplied them with the most improved\\nmachinery of that time, incre.asinir the w:iter power\\ni\\nb", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0445.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "436\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nby deepening the mill-race, from the mill up to\\nBawbeese Lake, from which he secured his motive\\npower. Seventeen years later his business had\\ngrown to such an extent as to demand increased\\nfacilities, and he introduced steam power into the\\nmills, which he used in connection with the water\\npower, and continued making improvements until\\n1882. when he completed the addition of a roller\\nsystem, with a capacity of 400 barrels in twent^\\nfoiir hours.\\nLi order to keep pace with his business it became\\nnecessary to build an elevator, which Mr. Stock did\\nin 1884, erecting a building adjoining the mill,\\n40x50 feet in dimensions, and with a capacity of\\n.50,000 bushels. The mill and elevator proper cover\\n.in area of eighty-five feet square, throe stories in\\nheight, with dormer windows, and a mansard roof,\\ncovered with niet.Tl. He removed from the mill\\nthe old engine and boiler, and purchased a Reynold\\nCorliss engine, condensing, made by E. P. Allis\\nCo., of Milwaukee, Wis., witb a capacity of 300-\\nhorse-power. With this he w.as enabled to meet\\nthe growing demands for the products of his mill,\\nas it has a cap.acity of 400 barrels in twenty- four\\nhours; it is his purpose to increase it to 1,000\\nbarrels in twent3 -four hours. He has since placed\\nin his establishment another Corliss engine, which is\\nused to generate the power for electric light plant\\nfor the cil} and he constructed a special side track\\nfrom the Lake Shore fe Michigan Southern Railroad\\nto his mills several years ago. Mr. Stock has now\\none of the largest and best equipped mills in .South-\\nern Michigan, and carries on an immense trade,\\ngiving superior advantages to the faimers in that\\nsection, and supplj ing dealers far and near with\\nthat staple article of food. In connection witii his\\nbusiness he has a cooper s shop, in which he manu-\\nfactures all the barrels used in his trade. He pur-\\nchases the necessary material at various points, and\\nhas it brought in and put up under bis own super-\\nvision; this he found necessary in order that he\\nmight have a secure and satisfactory package. In\\nthe cooper s department he employs from twenty -five\\nto thirty men, while in the mill proper and in the en-\\ngine department he emjjloys as many more, and has\\nso conveniently arranged his business, that all the\\nloading and unloading are done directly on the cars\\nwithout the use of teams, thus saving quite a con-\\nsiderable expense. He also owns .and operates at\\nLitchfield another mill of 125 barrels capacity, and\\nconducts a cooper-shop in connection with this mill\\nalso. His office is elegantly finished in Georgia\\npine, oiled, and while devoting his attention to\\nbusiness he does not neglect the cultivation of the\\nfiner tastes. His shipments of the products of his\\nmills are sent to New York, and to the New England\\nStates, as well as to the large ports of the Southern\\nStates, and he also ships in considerable quantities\\nto European ports.\\nMr. Stock s mills are located about the center of\\nthe great wheat belt of Michigan, having the ad-\\nvantages of several br.anch railroads, on which\\ngrain may be convej-ed to the elevator. He has\\nthe contract for lighting the city, and in connec-\\ntion with his mills he has put in an electric plant,\\nwhich is run l y a separate Corliss engine, of the\\ncapacity of 150-horse-power. This consists of two\\nThompson Houston arc-light dj nanios, and one\\nof George V/estenhouse s alternating incandescent\\ndj namos of 750 lights, of sixteen-c.andle-power\\ncap.acity. In 1883 he erected an office on a separ-\\niite lot some 200 feet from the mill, and so situated\\nthat he can overlook the mill and track, the oflSce\\nbeing on an elevation located at the junction of\\ntwo streets. He built the Litchfield Mills in 1882,\\nand here he does a merchant and exchange business.\\nThe mills are of the entire roller system of the\\nlatest and most improved pattern, and they are\\npropelled by water power derived from the St.\\nJoseph River. The choicest wheat of the State is\\nused at this mill, and ten men are employed in its\\nmanuf.acture.\\nThe subject of this notice is a native of German^\\nwhere he was born in the Rhenish Province of Prus-\\nsia, Sept. 11, 1825. He was educated in the schools\\nof his native country and in 1855 emigrated to\\nAmerica. In the third year after his arrival he was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Minnie Augusta Char-\\nlotte Seiilel, a native of the same Province as her\\nhusband. Of this union there were born eight chil-\\ndren, five sons and three daughters: One died in\\ninf.ancy; Alfred F., a bright son, died of consump-\\ntion in 1884, at the age of twenty-five. He was a\\nsuperior young man of admirable character and\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0446.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0h\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n437\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lisposition, and was already Siiperintcnrlent of a\\nSabbath-school in the country. lie was licld in high\\nestimation bj- all who had the pleasure of his acquaint-\\nance, and his death at the entrance to a noble man-\\nhood was sincerely mourned. While the King of\\nTerrors invariably inspires awe, even though the\\nsubject is aged, and the angel s visit is expected, how\\nterrible is his ruthless grasp when he comes unex-\\npectedly, and snatches from us those about whose\\nhearts our warmest affections are entwined. Such a\\ns;id Itereavcment has been sustained by the subject of\\nthis notice. His son August, a promising j oung man\\nof twenty years, of sterling character and good\\nbusiness qualities, already superintendent of the\\nmills, and managing all the details successfully, was\\ncaught in the mnchiner} and was so terribly man-\\ngled that he lived onl^ twelve daj s after the acci-\\ndent, dying in 1883; Josephine died of hemorrhage\\nof the lungs, in 1883, in the eighteenth year of her\\nage; she was a lovely young lady of a most amiable\\ndisposition, and an excellent musician. Adolphus is\\nacting as the electrician for the electric system\\nFrederick W. was educated in the Business Uni-\\nversity at Rochester, N. Y., and is now employed\\nin his father s office; Alexander was educated in\\nHillsdale; he is superintendent of the office. Louisa\\nA. is a graduate of Cleveland beminarj-, Ohio, and\\nis at present at home with her parents.\\nMr. Stock was the second in a family of six\\nbrothers, and volunteered his services in the Prus-\\nsian arm}- at the age of eighteen, and remained\\ntwelve months. His parents, John W. and Mary\\nCatherine (Dorp) Slock, died in their native land.\\nThe five brothers of our subject remained in Ger-\\nmany, and are all in good circumstances. The young-\\nest brother died in 1857, the father in 18()0, and\\nthe mother in 1867.\\nMr. Stock s residence is on the opposite side of\\nthe street from the mill, and is a handsome frame\\nstructure, heated throughout by steam. In all\\nits appointments, even to the minutest details, it\\ngives evidence of that t^iste and neatness which are\\none of its owner s prime qualities, and which are dis-\\ncernible in all his various buildings, while no pains\\nhave been spared to make it a true home for an\\naffectionate family.\\nIn 18G8, Mr. Slock having his business in such\\ncondition that he could be spared for a time, and\\nwishing to revisit the scenes of his childhood, and\\nto have a little relaxation after the labors of a busy\\nlife, started witii his wife and five children for his\\nold home. He had not signified his intention to\\nhis family in the old country, and his brothers were\\nequally surprised and delighted to greet the wan-\\nderer after so many years absence from the Father-\\nland. This visit occupied four months, and was\\ntime well spent in reviving and recalling youthful\\nassociations, and in recuperating. They returned\\nto this country with renewed energy, happy in the\\nland of their adoption, and our sultject has since\\npursued the even tenor of his way, sustained by\\npleasant ties and agreeable business connections.\\nIn politics he has always been a stanch Republican.\\nThe family attend the Presbyterian C iiurch.\\n^f AMES BAKER. In the life of the gentle-\\nman whose name heads this sketch we have\\nan illustration of what may be accomplished\\nby industry, determination and good judg-\\nment. Mr. Baker began life for himself at the\\nfoot of the ladder and with but a limited educa-\\ntion, and without influential friends or surround-\\nings of which he could take advantage, l)ut b} his\\nown unaided efforts he has succeeded in placing\\nhimself in a good positit n in society and sur-\\nrounding himself and his family with all the com-\\nforts and conveniences that can be desired. ]S or\\nhas his been a success solel}- in the sense of accumu-\\nlating wealth, but by the observance of the Golden\\nRule, and his inflexibility and honesty of purpose,\\nhe has won for himself the confidence and esteem\\nof all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance.\\nWhen we say that he has accomplished this by his\\nown unaided effort, we must make an exception in\\nthe Ciise of Mrs. Baker, who has been trul} a help-\\nmate in every sense of the term, and has nobly\\nperformed her part in providing for themselves a\\ncomfortable home and a heritage for their children.\\nAnd now as they journey down the hill of life, they\\ncan look back upon a long career well spent in pro-\\nmoting the interests of others, and can look for-\\nward hopefully to a golden sunset at its close.\\na^\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0447.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "438\\n=1\\nHILLSDALK COUM Y.\\nJames Baker was born in Columbiana Count}\\nOhio. Sept. 24, 1816, while his father, Jephtlia\\nBaker, was born, it is thought, in Chester County,\\nPa. His grandfather. Aaron Baker, was born in\\nBerks County, Pa., and learning the trade of a\\ntailor, followed tiiat calling some years in Eastern\\nPennsylvania. He finally removed to Washington\\nCounty in the same State, and purchased a farm, upon\\nvvliich he spent tlie remaining years of his life. The\\nfather of our subject was reared to manhood in\\nPennsylvania, and there was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Sarah Snyder, also a native of the Key-\\nstone State, and of German ancestry. Early in the\\nnineteenth century he removed to Columbiana\\nCounty, Ohio, and was there during the War of\\n1812. He settled on a tract of land which his\\nfather had purchased near New Lisbon, and dealt\\nto some extent in horses and cattle. Soon after\\nsettling in Columbiana County, he went to a neigh-\\nbor s a few miles distant to assist in butchering.\\nToward night he started for his home with an ax\\nin one hand and a piece of fresh meat in the other.\\nDarkness overtook him while yet soine distance\\naway, and the wolves began to howl and to\\ndraw nearer and nearer, being attracted by the smell\\nof the meat which he carried, until at length he\\nfound himself surrounded by the hungry animals.\\nHe was obliged to drop his meat and with his ax\\nto fight for his life. He cut his way through them\\nand reached a large oak tree, which, however, he was\\nunable to climb, as he dared not drop his weapon\\nfor a moment. Placing his back against the tree\\nhe dealt out death to the infuriated animals, keep-\\ning them at bay until daylight, when they retreated,\\nleaving seven of their number dead at his feet.\\nFinally, while returning from Philadelphia whither\\nhe had been with a lot of liorses, he was taken sick,\\nand died at his father s house in Washington\\nCounty, about 1820. After his death the widow\\nwith her seven children returned to Pennsylvania,\\nand was there a second time married, to James\\nPratt. She spent the last years of her life in\\nFayette County, Pa.\\nOf the seven children included in the parental\\nfamily of our subject, three still survive. James,\\nthe subject of this .sketch, was four 3 ears old when\\nhis father died, and he lived with his mother until\\nhe was six years of age, after which he was taken\\nto Ohio and lived with an uncle for two years. He\\nthen went to W.ashington County, Pa., and was\\nbound out to live with Joseph Rejester, receiving\\nfor his services his board and clothing, and remained\\nuntil he reached the age of sixteen years. This was\\nyet in the primitive days, when the grain was cut\\nwith a sickle, and other agricultural operations were\\nconducted in a manner similarly crude and slow.\\nWhen he was seventeen years old Mr. Baker re-\\nceived $75 for the last year s work, and the next\\nyear he received $7.50 per month for eight months,\\nafter which he worked for his board and the privi-\\nlege of attending school the remainder of the\\nyear. He continued to work by the month until\\ntwenty-three years old, and then rented land on\\nshares in Columbiana Count} Ohio. A few years\\nafter his marriage, he purchased in the same\\ncounty seventy-two acres of land, fifty of which\\nwere cleared and contained a log cabin. He erected\\na frame addition to the house and built a barn, and\\nengaging in the cultivation of his farm, he remained\\nthere until 1864, then sold his property and came\\nto Hillsdale County, where he bought 168 acres of\\ntimber laud, on section 34 of Wright Township.\\nIt was almost all covered with timber and had re-\\nceived no attention. Mr. Baker cleared eighty\\nacres of the land, erected good frame buildings,\\nand resided there until 1876, when he bought 170\\nacres on sections 27 and 34. At the time of pur-\\nchase this farm contained two frame barns, and our\\nsubject has since erected two commodious and sub-\\nstantial frame houses.\\nMr. Baker was united in marriage. May 16, 1843,\\nwith Miss Mary Morris, who was born in Washing-\\nton County, Pa., May 15, 1820, and is the daughter\\nof Samuel Morris, who was as far as is known a na-\\ntive of the same count} and was born Jan. 30,\\n1795. The grandfather of Mrs. Baker was Isaac\\nMorris, prob,ably born in Berks County, Pa., Jan.\\n21, 1751, and was the son of Jonathan and Mary\\nMorris. He was a farmer by occupation and spent\\nthe last years of his life in Washington County,\\nPa., dying, however, while visiting at the home of\\nhis daughter in Columbiana County, Ohio.\\nThe father of Mrs. Baker was reared to manhood\\nin Pennsylvania and there m.arried, and engaging in\\nI\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0448.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "I\\nlllLLSDALK COUNTY.\\n43 J\\nnfri i( iilliii!il ofciiimtions, spent his entire life in the\\npinoe of his biilh. His wife, wiiose nj.iidcn name\\nwas Jennie .Sturgeon, vvjis a unlive of Pinnsylvania\\nand tlie daugliter of Kobert and Janet (Patrick)\\nSturgeon; she di(din 1828. Mis. Baker resided\\nwith her father until she had reached womanhood,\\nlearning besides general housework those accom-\\nplishments so necessary in the pioneer days,\\nnamely, spinning and knitting.\\nMr. and Jlrs. Baker have five children, as fol-\\nlows: .Sarah J., .Samuel M.. William, Levi and\\nBelle. Two children are deceased: Amanda M.,\\nwho died in infancj and Knicline Amelia, who died at\\nthe age of nineteen ^ears. IMrs. Baker is a member\\nof the United Brethien Chnidi, and is an ex-\\nemplary woman, highly esteimid for her many\\nvirtues. In jjolilics Mr. Baker is a Republican.\\nRS. ELLEN (COLLINS) BARKMAN.\\nThis lady, the heroine of a history of un-\\nusual interest, when a bride of eighteen\\njears settled with her husband on the farm\\nwhich she now owns and occupies, and which has\\nbeen her home for a period of over fifty years. A\\nlady of more than ordinary intelligence, she pos-\\nsesses all the womanly traits of character which\\nhave endeared her to the people around her, and\\ncaused her name to be held in respect wherever it\\nis spoken. Hers has been the privilege to watch\\nthe remarkable growth and development of South-\\nern Michigan, and in fulfilling her whole duty as\\ndaughter, wife and mother, the has in an unobtru-\\nsive n)anner done her part toward disseminating\\nthe principles which tend to the well-being of a\\ncommunity. She has a full knowledge of the hard-\\nships and difficulties of life in a new country, and\\nthe scenes she has passed tluough if fully written\\nnp would form a most interesting volume.\\nMrs. Barknian was boin in Seneca County, N.\\nY., Feb. 29, 1820, and is the daugliter of James\\nand Elizabeth (Chandler) Collins. The latter is\\nknown to have been a native of the Empire State,\\nand it is believed that the father was also born\\nthere. James Collins was left an orphan at a very\\nearly age, but taken into the home of friends and\\nreared to farming pursuits. He also learned the\\ntrade of miller, which seemed more in accordance\\nwith his tastes and capacities than agriculture, and\\nfollowed this the greater part of his life. In 1819\\nhe changed his location from Seneca to Niagara\\nCounty, where he invested his modest capital in\\neighty acres of timber land. He employed men to\\nclear this and cultivate it, while he continued at his\\ntrade.\\nThe father of Mrs. Barkman, in 1833, determined\\nto seek his fortunes in the Territory of Michigan,\\nwlii -h was then attracting much attention from\\nthose desirous of settling farther West. He came\\nfirst to Washtenaw County and settled five miles\\nnorth of Ypsilanti, when his neighbors were few and\\nfar between. He employed himself in a mill at\\nY^psilanti for some years. In the meantime, with\\nhis usual forethought he invested again in land, upon\\nwhich he hiied men to work while he kept on with\\nhis milling. About 1858 he sold his farm and\\ncame to Washtenaw County. After a few years\\nhe sold this farm also, and returning to his old\\nhaunts in Ypsilanti, from that time lived retired\\nfrom active labor, spending his last years in ease\\nand comfort.\\nThe mother of Mrs. Barkman survived her hus-\\nband a few years, dying also at their home in Y-psi-\\nlanti. Their daughter Ellen was thirteen years of\\nage when they came to Michigan, and although\\nfifty-four years have elapsed since that memorable\\njourney, she can still recall many of the events\\nwhich transpired, together with the dilikulties and\\ndangers of the undertaking. Part of the family\\ncame via the lakes and brought the goods, while\\nMrs. Barkman with the others came with a team\\nvia Canada. Her father put up a hewn log house\\non the land which he had selected for their future\\nhome, and here Ellen was first married, on the 28ih\\nof August, 1836. to Richard R. Britton. In Sep-\\ntember following the young couple came to this\\ncounty, and settled upon the land which the subject\\nof this sketch now owns and occupies, ihey made\\nthe trip from Washtenaw County with a team of\\nhorses and wagon which Mr. B. had borrowed from\\nhis biother.\\nMr. Britton had not yet built upon his land, so the\\nnewly married pair moved into a log house with\\nh", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0449.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "ir\\n-u\\n440\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nanother family, where they staid three weeks and\\nuntil Mr. B. had his own cabin ready for occupancy.\\nThis primitive dwelling stood near the site of the\\npresent residence, and was constructed after the\\nfashion of those days, the chimnej being of earth\\nand sticks and the fireplace occupying a good por-\\ntion of one side. There were no stoves at that day,\\nand Mrs. B., in common with the very few neighbors\\naround her, carried on her cooking by the fireplace,\\n^he had been taught habits of industry by her ex-\\ncellent mother, and was an adapt at the spinning-\\nwheel and loom, and for years afterward made all\\nthe cloth for the family use.\\nMr. Britton entered with true pioneer courage\\nupon the work before him, taking the deepest inter-\\nest in the building up of the homestead, cultivating\\nthe soil, and watching closely the slow but sure prog-\\nress of the people and the countr3 around him.\\nFor his first orchard he transported the trees from\\nAdrian on his back. Many of these are still stand-\\ning and in good bearing condition, i he log house\\nwas substituted b} a fine new frame structure, and\\nthe rude sheds in due time gave way to a set of\\nmodern farm buildings. The little household was\\ncompleted by the birth of eight children, and the\\nfather after a lifetime of cheerful labor departed\\nhence on the 19th of JSovember, 1875, mourned\\nby the community as one who had distinguished\\nhimself always as a public-spirited citizen, and the\\nencourager of every wortny enterprise. He was\\nvery intelligent, a great reader of politics, and kept\\nhimself thoroughly informed upon the leading-\\nquestions of the day.\\nRichard R. Britton, like the subject of our sketch,\\nwas also bi rn in Seneca County, N. Y., April 11,\\n1812. His father, Richard Biitton, Sr., is believed\\nto have been a native of New Jersey. It is certain\\nthat he spent his younger years in that State, and\\nwas married there, whence he removed afterward\\nto New York State and settled among the pioneers\\nof Seneca County. In 1833 he soKl out. and made\\nhis way to the Territory of Michigan, settling first\\nin Superior Township, Washtenaw County, upou a\\ntract of wild land, and taking possession of the\\nsolitary building, a log house, which had been\\nerected and abandoned by some discouraged emi-\\ngrant. In 1834, accompanied by two sons, he started\\nout to explore the Bean Creek Valley at the time\\nthere were but two log houses on the present site of\\nHudson. He selected a quarter-section of land in\\nPittsford Township, walked to the land-ofHce at\\nMonroe to have it properly entered, then returning\\non foot to his new home, settled down and continued\\nthere until his death, which occurred about 1845.\\nHis wife, whose maiden name was Abigail Hand,\\nwas a native of New Jersey, and spent her last years\\namong her children in this county.\\nAfter the death of Mr. Britton his widow con-\\ntinued on the farm two years, then removed to\\nHudson, but four years later returned to the old\\nhomestead, and it is quite evident that no other\\nlocality would suit her as well as this. The record\\nof her children is as follows: Marietta became the\\nwife of William DeVoe, and is living in Pittsford\\nTownship; Elizabeth J.. Mrs. Lewis Hood, resides\\nin Gratiot Countj Harriet A. is the wife of Seth\\nV. Anderson, of Wright Township, a sketch of\\nwhom will be found elsewhere in this volume;\\nRoxie is the wife of Ezekiel Cole, of Ypsilanti;\\nMatilda E., Mrs. Harvey Jeirels, lives not far from\\nthe homestead in Pittsford Township; George J.\\ndied Dec. 25, 1882; Ida is the wife of Thomas Curtis,\\nof Rome Township, Lenawee County, and Frank is\\na resident of this State.\\nThe marriage of Mrs. Ellen Britton and Lorenzo\\nBarkman was celebrated at the home of the bride,\\nNov. 29, 1877. Mr. Barkman was born in Al-\\nbany, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1814, and was the son of\\nPeter Barkman, who was the son of Jacob Barkman.\\nPeter Barkman was a blackmith by trade, and spent\\nhis last years in Gorliam, Ontario Co., N. Y. The\\nfather of Mr. B. vvas reared and married in Albany\\nCounty, whence he moved to Ontario County, and\\nfrom there to Steuben County, carrying on agii-\\nculture in each, and in the latter spent his last years.\\nHe had taken for his wife Miss Esther Jones, who\\nsurvived her husband some years, and died at the\\nhome of her son in St. Joseph County, this State.\\nMr. Barkman was first married in his native State\\nto Miss Harriet A. Esget, who was a native of\\nMonroe County, N. Y. Directly after their mar-\\nriage the young people came to Michigan, and Mr.\\nB. purchased eighty acres of timber land in Oak-\\nland County. He made several changes during the\\nI\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0450.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0451.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0452.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "-U\\n11\\nHILL.SDALK (JOUNl Y.\\n443\\nnext few years, and in the meantime visited his\\nnative State, mikin:^ th entire (tist-inue witli a\\nsieiq;li ;ind a piirof liDrses. lie staid there two\\n3 ears, and then retnrninsj; to Michigan lived in\\nMedina Township three years, then removed east-\\nward as far as Indiana, and from there hack to St.\\nJosepli Connty after the war. His next ventnre\\nwas at Hudson in the grocer} bnsiness, nt which he\\nwas occupied fourteen years. His first vvife died in\\n1876. Of this union there had been born four\\nchildren, namely: Rosala. the wife of John Stewart,\\nof Fremont, this State; Einrai, .Mrs. Hiram Force,\\nof Hudson; Mortimer, of Fremont, an l Viola, the\\nwife of Mr. Murphy.\\nLFRED C. Dubois is an enterprising citi-\\nzen of Bankers, Cambria Township, where\\nhe owns and manages a sawmill and a\\ntgy/ cider manufactory. He established him-\\nself here in the lumber business in I.S74, and saws\\nabout 4,000 feet of lumber a day. He soon after\\ncommenced to make cider also, in connection with\\nhis first business, and makes more than 3,000 bar-\\nrels a year, besides some 2,000 gallons of jelly. He\\nwas born in Rosendale Township. Ulster Co., N.\\nY., Nov. 26, 1H4.5. His father, D.aniel G. DuBois.\\nwas a native of the State of New York, where he\\nwas for many years successfully engaged as a farmer.\\nHe married Ann D. Hoffman, and in 1\u00c2\u00ab67 they left\\ntheir native State, where many years of their mar-\\nried life had been passed, and came to this State,\\nwhere their son, our subject, had preceded them two\\nyears before. They first settled in Branch County,\\nthen I emoved to Reading Township, in tiiis county,\\nand finally came to Cambria Township, where Mi\\nDuBois, who was a most worthy man and a good\\ncitizen, departed this life Dec. 1, 18\u00c2\u00ab7, at the age\\nof sixty-five years. He was a stanch Democrat in\\nhis political views. His estimable widow is now\\nliving in Bankers, and is sixty-four years old.\\nTheir son Alfred, of whom vve write, was the\\neldest of their three sons and three daughters, of\\nwhom one son is now deceased. He grew to man-\\nhood in his native .State, and being a plucky, am-\\nbitious lad, he commenced to make his own way in\\nthe world at the age of twelve, being employed in\\nvarious capacities. For some time he worked on\\nthe canal as a boatman, and w.as otherwise era-\\nployed in many places until the fall of 186.5, when\\nhe came to Michigan. He was engaged at Reading\\nfor three years as a miller, becoming a practical\\nand skilled mechanic while working in his uncle s\\nmill in that town. He afterward engaged in farm-\\ning and milling for some years, but did not per-\\nmanently establish himself until he came to Cambria\\nin 1874, where he has since carried on his |iresent\\nbusiness very successfully, his in lustry .and good\\nmanagement having brought their reward in due\\nseason, and he is now the owner of a fine estate, con-\\ntaining twenty-five acres of land, a handsome resi-\\ndence, and substantial buildings for carrying on his\\nbusiness.\\nMr. DuBois was married in Reading, Dec. 8,\\n1869, to Miss Lyda. daughter of George \\\\V. and\\nMary (Stone) Fitzsimmons, natives of New Y ork\\nState, who were numbereil anii)ng the early pioneers\\nof Reading Township. Her fatlier was a farmer,\\nand owned eighty acres of land there, which he had\\nhelped his father, George Fitzsimmons, to improve.\\nHis father was for a long time Justice of the Peace\\nfor Reading Township, where the closing years of\\nhis life were spent. The fatlier of our subject lived\\non his farm in that township for eighteen years,\\nand subsequently in the village for thirteen years,\\nwhence he moved to Fremont, Newaygo County,\\nand is there successfully engaged as a farmer. Mrs.\\nDuBois was born in Reading Township, April 20.\\n1852, and there grew to womanhood, receiving her\\neducation in the public schools, and an excellent\\ntraining in the duties of a housewife. She presides\\nwith true hospitality over the ple.asant home of\\nherself and family, and is devoted to the best inter-\\nests of her husband and children. Five children\\nhave been born of that marriage, of whom two are\\ndead. The names of those surviving are: Ella M.,\\nFred C. .and May Belle, all of whom are living at\\nhome.\\nMr. and Mrs. DuBois have not attained their\\npresent prosperity without hard labor, and by hon-\\nest and upright lives they have won a high position\\nin this community. They are influential mem-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0453.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "u\\n444\\nHILLSDALE lOUM Y.\\nbcrs of theFi-ee-Will Baptist CLuitli.df which their\\n(laughter Ella is eleik. In politics Mr. DiiBois is\\na soliil Democrat.\\nA view of Mr. DuBois place is given in con-\\nnection with this hrief sketch of his life. Jt shows\\nsomething of what he has accomplisherl since com-\\ning to this cuuntj\\n-l^^l^-\\nHARLES P. OSIUS. This solid and reli-\\nable citizen is a representative of the most\\nres|)onsible element of .Fayette Township,\\nwhere he has a finely appointed farm of 320 acres\\non section 12. Of this he has been in possession\\nsince the spring of 1S57, coming upon it when it\\nwas in a comparatively uncultivated condition, and\\nhere has exercised his genuine GernKui thrift and\\nperseverance, with ttie most hap[)y results. The\\nmain points in a family history of exceeding in-\\nterest are essentially as follows:\\nOur subject is the son of William Frederick and\\nMai-y (Buss) Osius. natives of Germany, and the\\nformer born on the 20th of March. 171)7. The\\nmother was born April 23, 1802, at Fulda, Ger-\\nmany. William Frederick Osius served the required\\ntime in the German arm3 in which he evinced\\nconsiderable military skill and adaptabilitj-, and re-\\nceived an officer s commission, participating there-\\nafter in one of the greatest wars of Europe, and\\nmeeting the enemy in several regular battles. In\\n1814 he was found under arms as a volunteer in\\nBnlow s Corps, and was in all the engagements\\nin which his corjjs fought. In 1815 he fought\\nunder Blucher, the battles preceding the day of\\nWaterloo, and marching in a drenching rain, deep\\nin mud, during night, from the 17th to the 18th\\nof June, and all the day long. He arrived in time\\nto hear the last guns of that teirible contest, which\\ndecided the fate of Europe for centuries. Under\\nBlucher he saw Paris, when that proud city had to\\nkneel before its conqueror the leader of the allied\\narmies.\\nThe parents of our subject came to this country\\nbefore marriage, which event took place March 20,\\n1826, at Erie, Pa. they afterward located in Erie\\nCounty, that .State, where they lived about six\\n3 ears, and where the father carried on farming.\\nThence, in 1832. they came to this State, locating\\nfirst in AVashtenaw County, whence they came the\\nfollowing year to Freedom Township, of which\\nthey continued residents until 18G4. Ann Arbor\\nwas their home for a time after the next removal,\\nand from there, in 1865, they moved to Pittsfield\\nTownship, Washtenaw County, where the death of\\nthe father took place on the 4th of January, 1879.\\nHe was an intelligent man, one who identified him-\\nself thoroughl3 with the interests of his adopted\\ncountry, served as Supervisor of Freedom Town-\\nship for a period of nine years, and also officiated\\nas Justice of the Peace. He became a member of\\nthe I. O. O. F. in 1846, with which he continued\\nuntil his death. The mother is still living, having\\nreached an advanced age, and makes her home in\\nPittsfield Township. AVashtenaw County.\\nThe parental household of our subject included\\nfive children, two sons and three daughters, of\\nwhom Charles P. was the eldest son. His birth\\ntook place in Erie County, Pa., Jan. 20, 1832. ile\\nwas but an infant when his parents took up their\\nresidence in Michigan, and he continued a member\\nof his father s household until twenty-seven years\\nof age, when he was united in marriage with Miss\\nElizabeth C. daughter of Jacob and Christina\\n(Noe) Kesselring, who were also of German birth\\nand parentage. The wedding took place in Jones-\\nville, this county, Jan. 15, 1859. The father of\\nMrs. Osius was born March 13, 1797, in the city of\\nHamburg, where the parents were married, and\\nwhence they emigrated to the United States in\\n1829. They settled first in Monroe County, N. Y.,\\nbut six years later made their wiiy to the Territory\\nof Michigan, and located in Scipio Township, this\\ncounty. After a residence of three years there,\\nthey moved over into Moscow Township, where\\nthe father carried on agriculture as before, and\\nwhere his death took place on the 16th of June,\\n1881. The mother had preceded her husband to\\nthe silent land thirteen years, her death also taking\\nplace at the homestead in Moscow, in July, 1868.\\nMrs. Osius was the eldest daughter of her par-\\nents, whose family included one girl besides herself\\nand seven sons. She vvas born in Henrietta, Mon-\\nroe Co., N. Y.. May 14, 1835, and was trained by", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0454.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "u\\nll 4\u00c2\u00bb\\niL\\nHILLSDALE COUJSTV.\\n445\\nan excellcMit mother to all useful household duties.\\nSiie continued under the liome loof until her mar-\\nriage, and b3 her uiiion with our sid)ject h:xs be-\\ncome the mother of four children, three living:\\nMary E., born .Sept. 17. I8G2; William, Dec. 1.\\n1864, and Gertrude C, June A, 186C. The eldest\\ndaughter is pursuing her studies in Hillsdale Col-\\nlege, and the youngest is the wife of Montie Morey,\\nwho is occupied at Edniore, Montcalm Co., Mich.\\nThe sou, William C, an intelligent and enterprising\\n3 oung man, h.as inherited largely of his father s\\nthrift and industry, and has charge of the home-\\nstead during the absence of the latter. All the\\nchildren have been given excellent advantages, and\\nare well fitted for their rightful positions in life.\\nMr. Osius after his marriage took up his resi-\\ndence in Fayette Township, this county, upon the\\nland included in his present homestead, and since\\nthat time has given his diligent attention to its cul-\\ntivation and improvement. It now comprises one\\nof the most desirable farms in the township, and\\nyields the richest crops of Southern Michigan. The\\nbuildings are convenient and substantial, the live\\nstock well kept and of gcjod qu.ality, and the farm\\nmachinery of excellent description. Mr. Osius,\\nhaving such a reliable son to lean upon, is enabled,\\nin connection with his farming interests, to carrj\\non a floinishing lumber business in Montcalm\\nCounty, Mich., which is the source itself of a com-\\nfortable income.\\n1? EONARD H. BAILEY, of Wheatland Town-\\nI ship, is a son of one of the earliest pioneers\\nl of this county, who made his w.iy from the\\nEmpire State as early as 1834. Thomas N. Bailey,\\nthe father of our subject, w.as born in 1811 in\\nBarry County, N. Y., where he was reared to man-\\nhood, and was married in 1833 to Miss Harriet\\nCrittenden. The latter, also a native of New York\\nState, w.as born in 1815, and consequently became\\na bride when eighteen years of age.\\nThe year following their marriage the parents of\\nour subject migrated westward. Thom.as N. liailey\\nbefore leaving his native State had followed farm-\\ning considerably, and also operated a sawmill.\\nUpon coming to this county he took 120 .acres of\\nGovernment land in Somerset Township, and Leon-\\nard H. still h.as duplicates of the original deeds.\\nThe father, however, only lived eight years there-\\nafter, dying in 1842. at the early .age of thirty-one.\\nThis calamity had only followed upon the heels of\\nanother, as the mother had died nine days previously,\\naged twenty-seven. Thus three children were left\\norphans. Mr. Bailey, the f.ather of Thomas N.,\\nh.ad been Laid to rest upon the soil of his native\\nState of New York, but the paternal grandmother\\nof our subject, corning West, died in Wheatland\\nTownship, this county, at the advanced age of\\nninety-two years.\\nAfter the death of his father Leonard H. Bailey\\nwas taken into the family of Robert Taft, a mer-\\nchant of Hollin Township, Lenawee County, of\\nwhich he remained a member until eleven years of\\nage. He was then bound out to Wsirren D.ay, of\\nPittsford Township, this county, with whom he\\nlived three years and attended the district school.\\nHis next home was with the f:i|nily of Mr. Stafford,\\nin Wheatland Township, with whom he remained\\nfour years, and at the cxpiiati(.in of this time hav-\\ning then reached manhood, took up his abode on\\nfort3 .acres of the land which his father had secured\\nfrom tlie Government, ami which he had cleared\\nbefore his death.\\nThe subject of our sketch was born in Wheatland\\nTownship, Jan. 24, 1837, and on the 2d of Novem-\\nber, 1856, before reaching the twentieth year of\\nhis age, was married to Miss Harriet E. Saunders,\\nwho was burn in Palmyra, Waj ne Co., N. Y., Feb.\\n20. 1839. and w.as consequently within three months\\nof being eighteen years old. Mrs. Bailey is the\\ndaughter of Lorenzo and Calista (Tal)or) Saunders,\\na sketch of whom will be found in the history of\\nLenawee Count} this State, recently pul)lislied.\\nThe young people commenced life together in a\\nmanner corresponding to their means, taking up\\ntheir residence in Hudson, where they lived one and\\none-half years, and at the expiration of this time\\nMr. Bailey returned to his farm in Wheatland Town-\\nship. For many years he has been .agent for the\\nsale of organs and sewing-machines, in addition to\\ncarrying on his farm.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Bailey there were born two\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0455.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "u\\n4\\n446\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nchilflren only: Clara E., Aiijr. 11. 1857. and Dora\\nC. Sept. 11. ]8(jO. Ulie former is a niiis^ician of\\nfair talfnt. and has- been oijianist of the Bni)tist\\nChurch for a period of twelve years, ^lie was also\\noi-ciipied as a teacher ten years. She was married,\\nMarch 23, 1881, to George Carpenter, who is farm-\\ning with his faiher-in-law, our suhjcct. Ihey have\\none child, a d.iuohter. Bertha, who was born May\\n1.5, 188 2. Mr. Carpenter is a native of AVluailand\\nTownship, and was liorn Oct. 2. 1856. The younger\\nflauohler, Dora, is the wife of Dr. E. B. .Saliin, and\\nresides at Church s Corners; thej- have one daugh-\\nter, named Hattie C. Mr. and Mrs. Baile^ are active\\nmembers jf the Bajrtist Church, and the latter is\\nidentified with the Missionary Society. Our sub-\\nject votes the straight Republican ticket, and is a\\nstrong temperance advocate, although not believing\\nin ii third part} He also has considerable musical\\ntalent, and has been chorister in the church and\\nSunda^ -school for several years.\\nLorenzo Saunders, the father of Mrs. Bailey, was\\na native of Wayne Countj N. where he was\\nreared to manhood and lived until coming to Michi-\\ngan in 1854. He purchased seventy acres of land\\nin Wheatland Township, upon which he operated\\nuntil 1863, then sold out and took up his abode in\\nReading Township, where his death took place in\\nFebruary, 1 888, when nearly seventy-seven years\\nof age, having been born June 7, 1811. The wife\\nand mother passed away some j-eais before at their\\nhome in Wheatland Township, cm the 6th of August,\\n1856. Their four children are all living, a sister\\nin Kansas, the others in this State.\\nR. LESTERR.W ATKINS, deceased. The\\nsubject of this biogiajihy, after a success-\\nful practice of over thirty-four years in\\nAllen Township and vicinity, departed this\\nlife at his home in the village of Allen. Feb. 4, 1880.\\nHe was born in Hopewell, Ontario Co., N. Y.,Sept.\\n3, 1821, and being the son of a well-to-do farmer.\\nbecame earl} in life familiar with agricultural pur-\\nsuits.\\nYoung Watkins. however, was of a studious turn\\nof mind, fond of books, and after leaving the\\n4\\nprimary school entered Canandaigua Academy, and\\nupon the com)ileti(jn of his ccnise there, had fully\\ndecided to enter the medical profession. He accord-\\ningly began his studies to this end in the office of\\nthe successful jiaeliliont r. Dr. H( Idcn, of Hopewell,\\nand made such good headway that before twenty-\\none years of pge he was admitted to Geneva\\nMedical Colhge. from which he was graduated\\n,lan. 27, 1846. lecciving his diploma in the month\\nof May following.\\nDr. Walkirs l\u00c2\u00abgan the practice of his profession\\nin Allen Township, this county, locating in the\\nvillage, where he made his home the remainder of\\nhis life. Here his steady application to his business\\nresulted in the building up of a large patronage.\\nHe was a ckse student, an ixtensive reader, and\\nconscientious in his fidelity to duty. A friend of\\nthe poor, his ears were ever open to the tale of\\ndistress, and his hai d (h((rfully ministered to their\\nnecessities. In society he was of that genial and\\ncompanionable disposition whiih gained him hosts\\nof friends. He gave to church and school his\\nhearty and liberal support, antl was a man, who,\\non account of his temperate judgment and wise\\ncounsel, was consulted invariably in regard to mat-\\nters most nearlj affecting the general good of the\\ncommunity. He served as Township Clerk for\\nmany years. He was a charter member of the\\nMasonic Lodge in the village, with which he re-\\nmained connected until the day of his death. Politi-\\ncallj he was identified with the Republican party.\\nThe parents of our subject, Ephraiinand Deborah\\n(Whitney) Watkins. were natives of Massachusetts,\\nand spent their last days in Hopewell, Ontario\\nCo., N. Y. The father wasa farmer by occupation,\\nand the household circle consisted of thiee sons\\nand six daughters. A more extended notice of the\\nparents will be found in the biography of Charles\\nWatkins, on another page in this volume.\\nThe marriage of Dr. Lester R. Watkins and Miss\\nZeruah W. Pickett, was celebrated at the home of\\nthe bride in Gorham, Ontario Co., N. Y April 27,\\n1852. Mrs. Watkins was born there May 3, 1826,\\nand is the daughter of Ansel and Charlotte (.St.\\n.lohn) Pickett. Her father was born at Litchfield,\\nConn., and the mother was a native of ^aratoga\\nCounty, N. Y. After their marriage they settled", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0456.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "X\\nCf-i i\\n^y", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0457.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0458.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n447\\nin Gorhatn, Ontario County, the latter Stite, but\\nsubsequeiitlj- retuoveil toPhelps, in tiie same county\\nwhere the father died in 18G6. The mother came\\nWest, and spRut a pirtiou of tliu time vvith hur chil-\\ndren. l)ut most of the tiin. at R)3lijster, N. Y.,\\nwith her daughter, and died at the liome of her\\ndaughter in Allen Township, June 3, 1881.\\nTo Dr. and Mrs. W.atkins there were born two\\nchildren only, both of whom were soon taken from\\nthe household circle, Charles A., the elder, dying\\nwhen four years old, and an infant dial u lannj 1\\nThe Doctor left a comfortable property for his\\nwidow, who is now living quietly in Allen Village,\\nenj )yiug th; estijin of a large circle of friends.\\n^\u00c2\u00ab-^i-*\u00c2\u00ab^^S\\n^YlOHN KANE, late a highly respected farmer\\nof Cambria Township, passed from earth .at\\nhis residence, Feb. 25. 1H80. A native of\\nCounty Clare, Ireland, he was born in 1832,\\nhis family being of pure Irish ancestry. He was\\nreared under tlie parental roof, ami until approach-\\ning manhood .assisted his father in the emploj ments\\nof their little farm, and remained upon his native\\nsoil until 1849. then crossed the Atlantic and took\\nup his residence in Geneva, N. Y. Two years Later\\nhe sought the Pacific Slope, making the journey vi.a\\nthe Isthmus of Panama, .and for three ye.ars there-\\nafter occupied himself as a miner in the gold re-\\ngions of llangtown. Later he left the mines and\\nwas otherwise employed in different parts of Cali-\\nfornia until 185!(, when he returned to New ork\\nState, seeking his old haunts in Genev.a, and then\\ntransferred his residence to Southern Michigan, tak-\\ning up his abode in this county, of which he remained\\na resident until his decease.\\nMr. Kane, when a youth of twenty-.seven years\\nwas married, March 8, 185 J, in Geneva, N. Y.. to\\nMiss Maria Murphy, a native of his own country,\\nbut born in County Kildare, Mareli 1834. Her\\nl^arents, Michael and Ann (Culleu) Murpliy, were\\nnatives of the same county as their daughter, and\\nthe father a farmer by occupation. They left\\nIreland in 1847, accompanied by their si.\\\\ chihlren,\\nfour sons and two daughters, of whom Mrs. Kane\\nwas the eldest. They started August l.i. on the\\nsailing-vessel \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Kalamazoo, aii l after a safe voy.age\\nof twentj -eight days, landed in New YTork City\\nSeptember 12. whence they proceeded to Ge-\\nneva, where the father eng.aged in farming, and\\nwhere they lived until his death, iu 1863, at the\\nage of seventy-seven 3 ears. The mother subse-\\nquently came to this county and died at her home\\nin Hillsdale, aged seventy -four years.\\nMrs. Kane was reared in the faith of the Catholic\\nChurch, of which her family had been adherents on\\nIxjth sides for generations back. She received a\\ncommon-school education and w.as trained in all\\nhousewifely duties by her excellent mother, con-\\ntinuing under the parental roof until her marriage.\\nOf her union with our subject there have been born\\nseven children, two of whom, Mary E. and Willie,\\ndied in early childhood. Their eldest daughter liv-\\ning, Hanora, is a well-educated young lady, having\\nbeen graduated from St. Mary s School in Windsor,\\nCanada, and is now occupied as a teacher in Da-\\nkota; Lilla is at home with her parents; she com-\\npleted her studies in the Union Schools of Hillsdale,\\nand is engaged as a clerk in a millinery store the\\nChicago Bazaar, of Hillsdale. Theresa, who was\\nalso a student in the Union Schools, is te.aching iu\\nDakota; Katie, who has also been emi)loyed as a\\nte.acher, is attending Hillsdale College; John J. con-\\ntinues at home with his parents, having not yet\\nemerged from the district school.\\nThe parents of our subject, Daniel and Catherine\\n(Kane) Kane (no relative), were natives of County\\nClare, Ireland, and the former lived to attain his\\nthreescore years au l ten, spending his entire life\\nupon his native soil. The mother died when a\\nyoung woman in her native county. The} were\\nthe parents of seven children, all of whom are liv-\\ning and residents )f the United States and Ireland.\\nThe family has l)een identified with the Catholic\\nChurch for many generations, and our subject still\\nadheres loyally to the religious doctrines in which\\nhe was trained when a child.\\nThe Kane homestead comprises 120 acres of finely\\ncultivated laud on section 12. upon which are neat\\nand substantial buildings, an l which forms a most\\ncomfurtalile and inviting lK)Uie. Mrs. Kane is a\\nvery pleasant and hospitable lady, and l y her kind\\nheajt and cheerful disposition has won to herself a\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0459.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "448\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nlarge ciicle of warm friemls. Her (laughter, Ha-\\niiora. lins flevekiprd rare talent as an artist, and\\nspecimens of her painting arlorn the walls of their\\nhome, reflecting great credit upon her skill and in-\\ndustry. Since the death of iier hiisl).ind Mrs. Kane\\nhas superintended the operations of the farm with\\nexcellent judgment, and sought to keep up the\\nhomestead in the manner which would most perfectly\\ncarr3 out his plans.\\nEORGE KDTTEN. The fine farm of 325\\n(__, acres occupying a little more than the west\\n^J4 half of section 23 in Mo.scow Township, is\\none of the most attractive features of the landscape\\nak)ng the northern line of the countj and consti-\\ntutes the homestead of one of its most wide-awake\\nand enterprising citizens. He came to this section\\nof eountr} when a young married man with his\\nwife in I\u00c2\u00ab4H.and since casting his lot with the early\\nsettlers of Southern Michigan has been closely\\nidentified with its progress and development.\\nUur subject all his life has been engaged in agri-\\ncultural pursuits, and at an early age developed a\\nremarkable love for the equine race, which the suc-\\ncess of the later years of his life has ]3ertnitted\\nhim to indulge in liberally. As a breeder and\\ntrainer he has been eminently successful, .-ind has\\nnow a stable of twent3-five head of fine animals,\\nincluding two magnificent Hambletonian stallions,\\nfamiliarl} known as John C. P remont and\\nVerto.\\nOur subject is a native of Yates County, N. Y..\\nhis birth taking place Nov. 2, 1H20. His parents,\\nGeorge and Jemima (Pierce) Kulten, were also\\nnatives of the Empire State, the father of En-\\nglish ancestry, and the mothei- a descendant of one\\nof the families who crosseil the Atlantic from Hol-\\nland, probably in the Colonial days. George Nut-\\nten, Sr., after his maniage settled in Steuben\\nCounty, N. Y., l)Ut later removed to Yates County,\\nwhere the family resided until coming to Southern\\nIMicliigan, in September, 1843. They landed in Hills-\\nd.de County on the I Jth of the month, where the\\nfather purchased land, and in thecourseof a fowyears\\nwas the owner of a half-s(ctiiin mbracing four\\nfarms in I enawee and Hillsdale Counties. He died\\nat his home in Moscow Township in the spring of\\n1848. aged sevent3 -one years. The mother also\\ndie l the same year, some weeks after the decease of\\nher husband, when si.xty-eight ^ears old. Their\\nfamily of seven children included four sons and\\nthree daughters, and George was the sixth in order\\nof birth.\\nThe boyhood of Mr. Nutten was spent in his na-\\ntive countj engaged in the emploj raents common\\nlf farm life, while he acquired his education in the\\ndistrict school. He continued under the parental\\nroof until he vvas twenty-six years of age, and in\\nthe spiing of 1846 set abcvut the estal)lishment of\\na home of his own by securing to himself :i wife\\nand helpmate from the maidens of his own county,\\nMiss Amelia Low, who was three years his junior,\\nand was born May 20, 1823. They continued resi-\\ndents of the Em])ire State until 1848, and in the\\nsummer of that year made their way to this county,\\nof which they have since been continuous residents.\\nThe prciperty of Mr. Nutten has been accumulated\\nby his own industry and perseverance, and he has\\nreason to be proud of his record.\\nThe wife of our subject is the daughter of VA-\\nward and Lucy (Williams) Low, who were born,\\nreared, married, and spent their entire lives in New\\nYork State. The father was a farmer by occupa-\\ntion, and rested from his earthly labors at the age\\nof seventy-one ^ears, in 18CG. The mother sur-\\nvived her husband about nineteen J ears, dying at\\nthe home cf her daughter in Yates, in 1885, when\\neighty-five jears old. Of their seven children Mrs.\\nNuHen was the third in order of birth. With the\\nexception of her twin sister, Mrs. Richards,\\nfornieily c f Jonesville, but now deceased, the chil-\\ndren are nil living, being residents mostly of New\\nYork State, and settled in comfortable homes of\\ntheir own. The joungest is over fifty years of age.\\nTliey were all given a common-school education and\\ntrained in those habits of industry and principles\\nof honor which have made of them praiseworthy\\nan l useful citizens.\\nMrs. Nutten before her marriage occupied her-\\nself as a teacher in the schools of New York, and\\nas an instructor was remarkably successful. Her\\nmarriage with our subject resulted in the birth of\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0460.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "^1\\nHILLSDALK COUMV.\\n449\\nfour ohililren, all daughters, one of whom. Elizabeth,\\ndied at the age of twent3 -nine j ears. Lucy is the\\nwife of Scott Booth, a prosperous farmer of Moscow\\nTowtii^hip, and the mother of two children Grace\\nand Alice. Mary is the wife of Miles Hopkins, a\\ngraduate of Hillsdale College, who is now engaged\\nin the livery business in Nebraska. She also was a\\ngraduate of this institution in the class of 77;\\nthey have three children Edith, Betty and Emma\\nA. Alice, Mrs. Augustus Bleech, of Moscow Town-\\nship, is the mother of three children Ella, Miles\\nand Ada.\\nThe improvements upon the Nutten homestead\\nare nearly altogether the result of the enterprise\\nand industry of the present proprietor. He put up\\nthe house and barns, and from lime to time added\\nthe other structures necessary to the carrying on of\\nthe joint occupations of farmer and stock-raiser.\\nAlthough having little to do with politics he keeps\\nhimself well posted upon matters of general in-\\nterest, and uniformly votes the Republican ticket.\\nHe has occupied the various school offlces of his\\ntownship and is a man whose opinions are generally\\nrespected. His amiable and estimable wife Is a\\nmemlier in good standing of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church.\\n-A-,. 3 ?.-A__6-\\n,f OHN V. SHANNON has been named one of\\nthe foremost farmers in Woodbridge Town-\\nship. He makes a specialty of stock-grow-\\ning, and is pleasantly located on section 7,\\nwhere he has eiglity acres of land, good buildings,\\nand all the other appliances of a first-class country\\nestate. He was born in Van Bureu Township. On-\\nondaga Co.. N. Y., Dec. 10, 1H30. and is the son of\\nRobert and Elizabeth (Yeder) Shannon, who were\\nalso natives of the Empire State, the father born\\nMay 8, 1793, and the mother Aug. 25, 179H.\\nThe father of our subject was a cooper by trade,\\nand also fond of farm pursuits, which he prosecuted\\nconsiderably in connection with his trade. He came\\nto this State in 1849, and carried on agriculture in\\nReading i ownsliip, where his death took |)lace Sept.\\n11,1 863. The mother survived her liusband twelve\\nyears, her death taking place Dec. 4, 187.5. .She\\nspent her last days at the home of her son, our sub-\\nject. She was a most excellent lady, and a de-\\nvoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church\\nfor many years. The ten children of the parental\\nhousehold are recorded as follows: Aim i ra w.as born\\nMarch 2, 1816, and died July 26, 1864; Margaret\\nwas born April 7. 1818, and died .Ian. 1, 1848;\\nMiranda was born April 18, 1820, and died Aug.\\n15,1839; Caroline was born Feb. 18, 1822, and\\ndied Oct. 10. 1885; Jane, born Dec. 2, 1823, died\\nJan. 27. 18G4; Martha, born Dec. 3. 1825. is a resi-\\ndent of Eaton County, this State; Asa B. was born\\nApril 4, 1828; John V., Dec. 10, 1830; Robert J.\\nwas born June 20, 1833, and died Feb. 28, 1869;\\nAymor R. was born Sept. 2, 1836.\\nOur subject came to Michigan in 1847, alone by\\ncanal and lake, and was two days on the journey\\nfrom Toledo to Hillsdale, a distance of sixty miles.\\nThis was in the times of the old strap railroad, and\\nyoung .Shannon, after selecting his location, em-\\nployed himself by the week or month in chopping\\nand clearing land for other parties. In this way he\\nhas cleared over 200 acres in this .State. The price\\npaid was usually $10 per acre. His education had\\nbeen completed in the common school, and seven\\nye.ars after coming to this State he was married,\\nDec. 29, 1854, to Miss Dorlesky J. Barnes, who was\\nborn in Fairfield Township, Huron Co., Ohio, Jan.\\n2, 1834.\\nMrs. Shannon was the daughter of John and Abi-\\ngail (Ilerrington) Barnes, natives of New York\\nState, and the f.ather born March 9, 1788. He was\\na f.armer by occupation, and received but a limited\\neducation. He was reared and married in his na-\\ntive State, and moved to Ohio in 1823, renting land\\nin Huron County, where lie remained until coming\\nto Michigan, in 1845. He took up his residence in\\nReading Township, on the western line of the county,\\nwhere lie labored for a period of fifteen years, and\\nwas called hence on the 28th of May, 1 862.\\nMrs. Abigail Barnes was born in 1800, and sur-\\nvived her husband a period of two years, her death\\ntaking pl.ace Jan. 27. 1864. She had for many\\nyears been a member of the Baptist Church. Their\\nchildren are as follows Loran, a carpenter by trade,\\nlives at Morgan Park, a suburb of Chicago; .Maria\\nmarried Benjamin Monroe, of Union County; Will-\\nI\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0461.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "450\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\niam died in Alma, Gratiot Co.. Jlicli.. in 1.S85;\\nCharles is living near Fairfield. Ohio; Louisa is a\\nresident of Eaton County, this State. There had\\nheen a child older than herself, named Louisa, who\\ndied at the age of two years. Lovisa is a resident\\nof Hillsdale; Dorlesky. Mrs. Shannon, was the\\nnext in order of liirlh; Elizabeth lives in Wood-\\nbridge Township, this county, and Loretta livesnear\\nReading; John died when about twenty-one years\\nold.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Shannon theie were born two\\nsons: Eugene B., boin Jan. 11, 1855, married Miss\\nClara Saunders, and is carrying on farming in\\nWoodbridge Township; Loran B., who was born\\nJan. 5, 1869, married Miss Cynthia Seholty, and\\nlives in Eaton County. The Shannon homestead\\nincludes eighty acres of good land, and bears all\\nthe evidenets of the supervision of a man of indus-\\ntry and intelligence. Our subject, politically, is a\\nstanch Democrat, but has no desire for the respon-\\nsibilities of office.\\n^T AMES NOBLE, a leading merchant of Mont-\\ngomery, and the oldest one heie, well re) re-\\nsents the mercantile interests of this part of\\nHillsdale County. He carries a general line\\nof drugs, groeei US, 1 oots and shoes, and enjoys a\\nfine trade. His store, which is in a building one\\nand a half siories in height, is 18x45 feet in dimen-\\nsions, and is neatly and tastefully arranged. Mr.\\nNoble was born in Stark County. Ohio, March 10.\\n1826, and is a son of Robert and Mary Noble,\\nthe former being of Irish extraction, and the latter\\na native of Pennsylvania. They were among the\\nearly settlers of Stark County, where the father\\nwas engaged in faiming. Ihey weie active in\\nassisting to develop the resources of the country in\\nwhich they settled, and for their sterling viitues\\nwere much respected by their neighbors and friends.\\nThe subject of this brief biographical notice was\\nborn amid the scenes of a pioneer life, and under\\nthe influence of such surroundings grew to an ener-\\ngetic and self-reliant manhood, receiving such edu-\\ncation as was afforded by the schools of that early\\nday. Being an ajjt and diligent student, he prof-\\nited by his instructions, and was in his turn able to\\nimpart knowledge as a tfacher. and for some three\\nj ears taught school during the winter season. By\\ndiligent and persistent industry he was enabled to\\nestablish a comfortable home very early in life, and\\nwas married, in 1849. to Miss Jane E. Snodgrass,\\nand their pleasant wedded life was blessed by the\\nbirth of three children, namely: James S.. Robert\\nS. and Horace G. This little household was called\\nto mourn the loss of the kind and affectionate wife\\nand mother.\\nMr. Noble married for his second and present\\nwife Mrs. llulda E. Allen, widow of Edward W.\\nAllen, of Hillsdale County, and daughter of Ran-\\nsom and Mary Crawford. Mrs. Noble was born in\\nOntario County. N. Y., July 6, 1827. and when she\\nwas about ten years of age came with her parents,\\nin 1837, to Hillsdale County, where they settled in\\nwhat is now known as Wright Township. They\\nwere thus pioneei S of Hillsdale County, and nobly\\nassisted the other early settlers in clearing the land,\\nand preparing the way for its present prosperous\\nand flourishing condition as a great agricultural\\nregion. When Mr. Crawford first settled on his\\nclaim, Wright Townshij) was heavily timbered, and\\nhe had to cut a road through to his land. The\\nIndians had not then left that locality, and the noted\\nchief of the Pottawatomie tribe, Bawbeese, was a\\nfrequent visitor at their log iiouse. Mr. Crawford\\ntook an active part in public affairs, and served as\\nJustice of the Peace, lie took a leading part in\\npromoting the cause of Methodism, his day being\\nthe time of the Methodist itinerancy. Mrs. Craw-\\nford was a gentle Quaker, and shared the respect\\nand affection with which her husband was held.\\nBy their de.ith, heis in 1861, and his in March,\\n1871, many mourned the loss of kind neighbors and\\ntrue friends.\\nMr. Noble came to Hillsdale County with his\\nfamily in 1862, and located in Woodbridge Town-\\nship, wheie he was quite extensively engaged in\\nfanning for several years. He finally decided to\\nturn his attention from agricultural to mercantile\\npursuits, and in 1875 established himself in Mont-\\ngomery in his present business. His business tact,\\nhis well-known reputation for unswerving honest\\nand his pleasant manner, have gained for hir", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0462.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00bb-\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n-9^\\n451\\nlarge and very jinifitable trafle. He has a good\\nincome, and he and liis amialile wife are spending\\ntheir declining years in the enjoyment of every\\ncomfort and hixury that they can wish for, and\\nhave tiie respect and confidence of tlie entire com-\\nmunity. Mr. Noble is a man (if an earnest and\\nthouglitfnl. religions nature, and is a prominent\\nmember of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is a\\nBible class teacher, and lias served as Trustee. In\\npolitics he is a laiihfui foiU.wtrof the Republican\\n|)arty. 1 he prosperity of our subject has not come\\nto him without years of steady toil, for what he has\\nand what he is he owes entirely to his own exer-\\ntions, he being a fine example of a self-made man,\\nJOHN BOAL8. of Amboy Township, and a\\ngentleman in the ]irime of life, has been in-\\nI duslriously cidtivaling a portion of the soil\\nof section i-13. eightj acres of which he se-\\nemed possession of in 1^72. He began life in\\nRichland County, Ohio, on New Year s Day, 1846,\\nand is the son of John and JSarah (Hart) Boals, the\\nfather deceased, and the mother now a resident of\\nWoodbridge Township. He is of Irish-German ex-\\ntraction, and his maternal grandfather, it is believed,\\nserved as a soldier in the Kevolulionary War.\\nJohn Boals. JSr., was twice married and the father\\nof twenty-two children, of whom the following\\nsurvive: Mary. Elizabeth, Emilj Elmina, John,\\nJoseph, Margaret and Hannah. In the spring of\\n1862 the father came with his family to this county\\nand settled on the land now owned by our subject.\\nA few years later, however, he was called hence,\\nresting from his labors in the year 1868. He was a\\nman respected by all who knew him. and politically,\\na decided Democrat. The mother is still living,\\nl)eing now nearly eighty years old. and resides with\\none of her daughters in Woodbridge Township.\\nHer faculties are preserved in a remarkable degree\\nand she is quite active, able to do considerable\\nwork, and never so happy as when employed at\\nsomething useful.\\nMr. Boals w.is reared to manhood in this county\\nand acqiiirerl his education in the district school.\\nHe also became thoroughly familiar with agricult-\\nV\\nural pursuits and early in life chose these for his\\nvocation. When twenty-three years of age he was\\nmarried, Feb. 20. 1869, to Miss Mary L. Phillips,\\nwho was born May 15, 1851, in Ohio, and is the\\ndaughter of Henry L. and Mary J. Phillips, who\\nwere natives of Conneticut; the father is still living\\nin Amboy Township, the mother is dead. Their\\nhistory is briefly sketched on another page in this\\nvolume.\\nMr. and Mrs. Boals commenced life together at\\nthe homestead which they now occupy and their\\nunion was blessed by the birth of three children\\nCarrie, born Sept. 28. 1869; Hattie B., Oct. 29,\\n1\u00c2\u00bb73, and Ellen, March 30. 1875. The property of\\nour subject includes eightj acres of fertjle land,\\nwhich he has cultivated to good advantage, and\\neach year adds souielhing to the value of his estate.\\nLike his father before him, he votes the straight\\nDemocratic ticket, and has served as Assessor and\\nSchool Director. He takes a genuine interest in\\nthe progress and welfare of his township, and pos-\\nsesses all the qualities of an honest man and a good\\ncitizen.\\nIRAM W. TULLER. a contractor and builder\\nof this county, is situated in the village of\\nm^^ Jonesville. He is the son of Artimedorus\\nTuller, who was born in Kgremont, Mass.,\\nJan. 26, 1783. and Rachel Champlin, who was a\\nnative of Auburn, N. Y., where she was born in\\n1791. After their marriage they first settled in\\nAuburn, where they lived several years, and then\\nremoved to Erie Countj Ohio, where they lived\\nsome seven or eight years. In 1825 they removed\\nto Tecumseh, in Lenawee County, this .State, where\\nthey made their home until 1831, when they carae\\nto Jonesville, this county, and eng.aged as mine\\nhosts in the hotel known as the Waverly House;\\nthis building, which was destroyed by fire about\\n1863, was located on the site of the Grosvenor\\nHouse. In April, 1832, the family moved to\\nJonesville, where the parents died, the death of\\nthe father occurring Feb. 4, 1859, an l th.at of\\nthe mother March 20. 18.52. The father was a", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0463.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "4.5-2\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ncontractor in building the Government road from\\nDetroit to Chic.^go.\\nThe parental family of our subject included nine\\nchildren, five daughters and four sons. Hiram W.\\nwas born in Lower Sandusky, Ohio, Sept. 17,\\n1824, and was but eight years old when his parents\\nremoved to Jonesville. where he h.as spent his life\\nwith the exception of seven years. At the age of\\nseventeen years he was apprenticed to learn the\\ncabinet-maker s trade, at which he served three\\nyears, receiving as wages $25, $50 and $100,\\nrespectively. Upon the completion of his term of\\napprenticeship he removed to Penn Yan, N. Y.,and\\nattended and taught school for five years in Yates\\nCounty. He then returned to .Jonesville and\\nworked at his trade for twelve years, after which\\ntime he began his work as contractor and builder,\\nin which he has since been chiefly engaged.\\nIn 1862 Mr. TuUer was united in marriage, in\\nJonesville, to Miss Clara E., daughter of Roland\\nand Zeruah (More) Nimocks, both of whom were\\nborn in Massachusetts. After marriage they set-\\ntled in Houseville, Lewis Co., N. Y., and subse-\\nquently removed to Genesee County in the same\\nState, whence in 1843 they came to Michigan, and\\nsettled in the township of Moscow, Hillsdale County.\\nAfter residing here some years they removed to\\nClinton, Lenawee Co., Mich., where they died at an\\nadvanced age. Their household included nine chil-\\ndren, six sons and three daughters, of whom Mrs.\\nTuUer was l)orn in Houseville, Lewis Co., N. Y.,\\nNov. 1, 1827.\\nThe union of Mr. and Mrs. Tullerhas resulted in\\nthe birth ot five children, four living: Jennie B.,\\nEllen N.. Charles A. and Lew W. .lennie is the wife\\nof James Monroe, of Detroit, Mich., and Ellen, of\\nHon. Edmund Haug. of Detroit; Charles A. re-\\nsides in Minneapolis. They have buried one child,\\nnamed Montie, who died when two 3 ears old. The\\ntwo daughters were teachers in the public schools\\nof the village of Jonesville for a number of years,\\nwhere they gave entire satisfaction. Their mother\\nwas also a teacher for a number of years prior to\\nher marriage, in the same village and schools.\\nMr. I uller has been Justice of the Peace and has\\nheld several of the minor offices, the duties of\\nwliich he discliarged with credit to himself and sat-\\nisfaction to his constituents. During the years\\n18G3 and 1864 he held a Government clerkship at\\nWashington, D. C, and he was also Engrossing and\\nEnrolling Clerk of Michigan State Senate during the\\nsessions of 1865 and 1867. Mr. Tuller was one of\\nthe Trustees of the Michigan Mutual Benefit Asso-\\nciation, at Hillsdale, in 1865, and its Secretary in\\n1 886. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity,\\nwhile in politics he affiliates with the Democratic\\nparty.\\n\u00c2\u00abSfS f*\\nifOSEPH STRATTOX. The valuable farm\\nproperty of this gentleman is finely located\\non section l.in Litchfield Township. It\\ncomprises 224 acres of land, with good\\nbuildings, first-class farm machinery, a fair assort-\\nment of live stock, and all the other appurtenances\\nof the model country estate. The proprietor has\\nbeen a man who. during his early life, was obliged\\nto keep his shoulder to the wheel steadily for years,\\nbut later began realizing the reward of industry and\\nperseverance. He was also blessed with the qualities\\nwhich led him to pursue a thoroughly upright\\ncouise in his transactions with his fellowmen, and\\nin proportion enjoys their confidence and esteem.\\nWilliam and Elizabeth (Denning) Stratton, the\\nparents of our subject, were natives respectively of\\nNew Jersey and Pennsylvania, the latter born in\\nWestmoreland County. They were taken by their\\nparents to Wayne County, Ohio, in their youth,\\nwhere they developed into mature years, were mar-\\nried and settled there, continuing residents of the\\nBuckeye State until the death of the father, who\\nspent his last years near Finley, in Hancock County,\\nwhere he died in 1860, when forty-eight years old.\\nThe mother is still living, and resides in Imiiaua\\nwith her daughter, Ann McDowell, and is now\\nsixty-eight years old. They were the parents of\\nten children, seven sons and three daughters, Jo-\\nseph, our subject, being the second child.\\nMr. Stratton was born in Wayne County, Ohio,\\nJan. 3, 1840, and continued with his parents until\\n1862. He had been reared to farming pursuits, and\\nchose these for his future vocation. In his native\\ncounty he made the acquaintance of Miss Magdalena\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0464.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": ".\u00e2\u0080\u00a24-i-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n453\\n4\\nReilcr, a laflj wlio nns born in Germany. Nov. 4,\\n183y. She came to America witii iier parents,\\nJSebaslian ami Seiiariotte Keiter. when a little girl\\neight or nine years of age, the3 s-ellling first in\\nPennsylvania, wlienee tliey removed a short time\\nafterward to Hancock Connty, Oliio. Tiiey were\\namong the early pioneers of tliat region, and there\\nthe fatlier died at the age of fifty-fotn- years, after\\nopening up a good farm from the wilderness. The\\nmother is still living on the old homestead, ar.d is\\nnow seventy years of age.\\nMr. and Mrs. Straiton were acquainted wiiii\\neach other some years before their marriage, and\\nMrs. ,S. was nineteen years old when their wedding\\ntook place. They are the parents of nine children,\\nthe eldest of whom, a daughter, Minerva, is now the\\nwife of J.evi Doty, of Litchfield l(.wiiship,and the\\nmother of one child, a d.iughter, Myrlie. With\\none exce|ition, Minerva, the children George W.\\nJ lionias ,1., Maiy Ann, Lizzie M., William and\\nOlivei- are at home with their parents. Daniel\\ndied when an infant.\\nAt the time of his father s death Mr. Mratton\\npurchased eighty acres of the old homestead, where\\nhe lived until 1^82. then came to Litchfield Town-\\nship, and bought the Brewster Benson farm of 224\\nacres. Li his labors his estimable wife has been\\nhis most valued assistant, and to her he generouslj\\ngives great credit as being the equal partner of his\\ntoils, and the rightful sharer of his prosperity.\\nAlthough not identified with any religious organi-\\nzation, they lean strongly toward the Christian\\nUnion Church, which they occasionally attend. The\\naim of Mr. Stratton, politically, is to vote for prin-\\nciples and not men, and he is thus quite in-\\ndependent.\\n^lFA)liC.E W. BKNTLEY, a thrifty farmer\\nij and stock-grower of Somerset Township, in\\n^^i^ the northeastern part of this county, owns\\nand operates eighty acres on section .33. Of this\\nhe took possession in the spring of 18GM, when it\\nwas practically in an uncultivated condition, and\\nfrom the greater part of which he cut awa^ the\\ntimber, dug out the stumps, and after much hard\\nlabor brought the soil to a fine state of cultivation.\\nAs an agriculturist of most excellent judgment and\\na business man straightforward in his transactions,\\nhe is looked upon by the people of this localitj as\\none of their best citizens.\\nThe earl_v home of our subject was in Orleans\\nCounty, N. Y., where his liirth took place under\\nthe modest roof of his parents, April 17, 1832.\\nThe latter, John and Sylvia (Bugby) Bentley. were\\nof New England birth and jincestry, the father born\\nin 1790 and the mother in 1792. John Bentley\\nfollowed farming all his life, and although possess-\\ning a very limited education enjo^-ed financial suc-\\ncess and acquired a good propert3^ He departed\\nthis life at his home in Orleans, N. Y., June 3, 1871.\\nHe was for many years a consistent member of the\\nKree-Will Baptist Church, together with his estim-\\nable wife, and both were devoted Christian people,\\nwIkj set an example before their children and\\nneighbors which was worthy of imitation. Ten\\nchildren came to bless their unioiT, namely Cla-\\nrissa, Mrs. Grider, of New York; Oliver, George\\nand Benjamin, who are in Michigan; Ann, Mrs.\\nPerry, of New York; .Sophia, Mrs. Hewitt; Cather-\\nine married Daniel Strait .lohu, Zeruiah anil Lou-\\nisa, deceased.\\nGeorge W. Bentley enjoyed only limited advant-\\nages for an education, but became thoroughly\\nfamiliar with farm pursuits and was well fitted for\\nthe business which he chose in life. He remained\\nwith his father s family until his marriage, taking\\nfor his wife, Jan. 20, 1850, Miss Jane Parker, who\\nwas a native of his own State, and died in Hillsdale\\nCounty, in 18G4, aged about thirty-three 3 ears,\\nShe is remembered as a lady of many amiable and\\nlovable qualities, and was a member of the Free-\\nwill Baptist Church, adorning her profession by\\nher Christian life and character. The children born\\nof this union were named respectively: Lyman H.,\\nRLirtha IVL, Clarence A., George W.. Marshall E.\\nand Marsilva J. All are living nn l residents of\\nHillsdale County.\\nMr. Bentley, after his marriage, carried on farm-\\ning in Orleans Township until the second year of\\nthe late Rebellion. Then, considering ilhisdutj to\\nlay aside his personal interests, he enlisted in the\\nI 7lh New York liattery, under command of apt.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0465.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "454\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n4\\nGeorge T. Anthony, and participated in the battle\\nof Petersburg, being stationed two months in that\\nvicinity and at Deep Bottom, Tenn. He was present\\nin many hard-fought battles, being at Richmond,\\nVa., where he saw one of the greatest conflicts of\\nthat memorable period, and at the close of the\\nstruggle had the inexpressible satisfaction of wit-\\nnessing the surrender of the forces under Gen. Lee\\nto Gen. Grant at Appomattox. He still has in his\\npossession a $10 Confederate note which came into\\nhis possession about that time. The privations and\\nhardships incident to army life and the unwhole-\\nsome fare had the effect to seriously impair his\\nhealth and induce a disease from which he never\\nfully recovered. On account of this he now draws\\na pension from the Government. Owing to his ill-\\nhealth he was compelled to accept his discharge for\\ndisability before the regular mustering out of the\\ntroops.\\nThe wife of our subject had died while he was\\nabsent in the service of his country, and upon his\\nreturn he located with his children upon forty acres\\nof land in Somerset Township. On the 9th of\\nFebruarj 1868, he contracted a second marriage,\\nwith Miss Mary A. Miller, who was born in Canan-\\ndaigua, Ontario Co., N. Y., July 23, 1847, and is\\nthe daughter of John and Mary (Dimond) Miller,\\nwho vvere also natives of the Empire State. Her\\nfather was born in Ontario County, Oct. 14, 1806,\\nlearned the cooper s trade in earl} life, and also\\nbecame familiar with farming pursuits. He came\\nto Michigan with his family in 1852, locating on a\\nfarm in Somerset Township, where he lived and\\nlabored until the fatal illness which resulted in his\\ndeath, on the 6tli of May, 1877. He was an honest,\\nhard-working man, of the strictest integrity, and\\nheld in the highest respect by all who knew him.\\nHe took an interest in all matters of public impor-\\ntance, and was in politics an uncompromising Dem-\\nocrat.\\nThe mother of Mrs. Bentley was born in Ontario\\nCounty, N. Y., July 20, 1808, and died there on\\nthe 2d of April. 1850, before the removal of her\\nfamily to Michigan. She was a most estimable\\nChristian lady, and her name is held in affectionate\\nremembrance by her ciiildren. Tliese, ten in num-\\nber, were named respectivelj George A.. Benja-\\nmin, William and Annie (twins), Zachariah, Eliza J.,\\nAlmira. Johu, Harriet and Mary A. Of these two\\nare living, and residents of Hillsdale County.\\nJohn Miller was a second time marrierl. to Miss\\nPolina D. Hecup, and they had three children.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Bentley have been born four\\nchildren, namely Frank A., John Z., Clarissa T.\\nand Nellie. The eldest is eighteen years of age\\nand the youngest eight years. The homestead,\\nalthough not elegant, is comfortable in every re-\\nspect and bears fair comparison with those around\\nit. Mr. Bentley is a solid Rspablicin, politically,\\nand socially, belongs to Mead Post No. 189, G. A.\\nR., at North Adams.\\nAMES J. KIRBY is one of the respected citi-\\nzens, as well ns successful and energetic far-\\nmers, of Adams Township. His farm of 120\\niU^/ acres is situated on section 30. His land is\\nwell improved and yields him bountiful harvests,\\nand noticeable among its various productions is the\\nchoice fruit from an orchard of 100 trees, which he\\nset out in 1863. He has erected a conveniently\\narranged house, a fine barn, and other f.arm build-\\nings.\\nMr. Kirby is of English descent, his parents, Will-\\niam and Anna (Sykes) Kirby, having been born in\\nYorkshire, England. They were reared and married\\nin their native country, remaining there until after\\nthe birth of their second child. In 1828, desiring\\nto better their condition, they emigrated to the\\nUnited States, having the city of Ogdensburg, N.\\nv., as their objective point. Mr. Kirby, who\\nhad been a cloth dresser in England, abandoned\\nthat trade when he came to America, and began\\nlife in his new home as a farmer. After residing\\nfive years in Ogdensburg. he came to Michigan, and\\nwas one of the original settlers of Adams Township,\\nlocating on the present premises of our subject.\\nThe land was then in its primitive wildness; not a\\ntree had been felled, and Mr. Kirby, with the as-\\nsistance of two of his neighbors, cut a road through\\nthe pathless woods to Jonesville. He owned 120\\nacres of valuable land at his death, which took\\nplace June 15, 1888, at the .age of eighty-three\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0466.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n455\\nyears. He was lielrl in high respect and reverence\\nby the entire conimniiity as one of the ])ioneersof the\\nearly (ia\\\\s of Hillsdale Count}-. His wife died in\\n1876, having rounded out a period of seventy-two\\nyears. To them had been born nine children,\\nseven of whom grew to maturity.\\nThe subject of this sketch, the tliird child of the\\nfaniiU was born in Ogdensburg, N. Y., May 18,\\n18;iO, and came to Michigan with his parents when\\nfive years old. He received his education in the\\npioneer schools of the day. and lemained at home\\nuntil he attained his u)ajority. Then, desiring to\\nsee more of the country as well as to earn a living,\\nhe went to F ulton, Ark., where lie worked out by\\nthe day. Preferring life at the North, our sub-\\nject turned his steps homeward, and on reaching\\nLaSalle County. ]ll., he stojiped for awhile there,\\nhaving secured work by the month. Hclurning to\\nMichigan he resumed work on his father s farm,\\nand soon after bought a portion of it. In 1859 he\\ntook a most important step onward in his efforts to\\npermanently establish himself in life, being at that\\ntime united in marriage to AHss Kachel, daughter\\nof Benjamin and Rachel Vanaken, who moved from\\nMonroe County, N. Y., to Wayne County, Mich.\\nThey subsequent!} moved to Fairfield Township,\\nLenawee County, where they remained until 1849,\\nwhen they removed to Hillsdale, where they both\\ndied in 1852, he being sixty-seven years of age,\\nand she fifty-seven years old. They were the par-\\nents of ten children, of whom Mrs. Kirby, the\\nyoungest of the five now living, was born Aug. 27,\\n1835, in Fairfield Township, Lenawee County. She\\nfirst attended the public schools in Lenawee County,\\nand later the High School at Lansing, Mich. After\\ngraduation she taught two terms, resigning her\\nposition as teacher to become the wife of our sub-\\nject. Mr. and Mrs. Kirby have no children of their\\nown. but have adopted a daughter and a son, Clara\\nand Willis T., to whom they have given a full\\nmeasure of parental love and devotion, training\\nand educating them as if they were indeed their\\nown offspring. Clara, a graduate of the Hillsdale\\nHigh School, is at home; Willis is a student in the\\nAdrian High School.\\nMr. and Mrs. Kirby are most estimable people,\\nand command the warm respect and regard of a\\nlarge circle of friends. IMrs. Kirby is a valued\\nmemlierof the Methodist Church at Hillsdale. Mr.\\nKirby has been a school officer for many years, and\\nhas heartily co-operated with his associates in pro-\\ncuring the present excellentschool si steni of Adams\\nTownship. He is identified with the Masonic fra-\\nternity, and in politics has allied himself with the\\nProhibition party. He is a man of high moral\\ncharacter, and earnestly wields his influence in sup-\\nport of tlie reforms of the day, or of any measure\\nthat will in any way benefit his fellowmen.\\ni\\n^t=-4s.\\nIRAM M. POWERS. The snug homestead\\nof this gentleman is located on section 16,\\nin Woodbridge Township, and comprises\\nsixty acres of land in a high state of culti-\\nvation, improved with first-cl.ass buildings. In ad-\\ndition to his farming interests he also carries on\\ncarpentering, being a natural mechanic, a black-\\nsmith by trade, and more than ordinarily skillful in\\nhandling tools.\\nA native of Wayne County, Ohio, our subject\\nwas born June 30, 1827, and is the son of Hiram\\nand Maria (Moulton) Powers, natives of Vermont,\\nthe father born in October, 1794. He was a\\nfarmer by occupation, and died in Mercer Count}\\nMo., June 10, 1870. When a youth of eighteen\\nyears he traveled on foot from Vermont to Cu3 a-\\nhoga County. Ohio, where he worked a number of\\nyears by the day and month. and was very expert\\nwith all kinds of tools, working as a shoemaker,\\ncarpenter and millwright, and being able to turn his\\nhand to nearly anything that came in his way. At\\nthe same time he was an extensive reader and stu-\\ndent and through his own efforts became a fine\\nscholar, there being few in his day who possessed\\nas large a fund of general information. While a\\nresident of Wayne County. Ohio, he also engaged\\nfor a time in merchandising, but in this was not\\nwholly successful, having lost some money. Al-\\nthough not a men)ber of any church he was strictly\\nmoral and upright, making it the rule of his life to\\ndo unto others as he would have them do unto\\nhim.\\nThe parents of our subject were married in Wayne", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0467.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "11\\ni\\n456\\nHILLSDALK CUUiNlV.\\nCounty, Ohio, in 1824. The mother was horn\\nMay 8, 1803, in Vermont, an i the household circle\\nnumbered thirteen children, two of whom died in\\ninfancy. The eleven are all living:, and are named\\nrespectively: Louisa, now Mrs. Flickinger; Polly,\\nalso a Mrs. Flickinger; Hiram M., of our siietch;\\nJohn Q. Clarissa C, Mrs. Hiram Scott; Fhineas P.,\\nwho married Celia Scoby Ann C, Mrs. Gilbert U.\\nSmith; Elizabeth, Mrs. Kirkendall: Harriet, Mrs.\\nH. Ranch; Thomas P., who married Milly Britton\\nDolly, who first married John Wagner, who died in\\nIowa, and is now married to John Ernest.\\nMr. Powers continued under the parental roof\\nuntil his marriage with Miss Minerva M. Magoon,\\nAug. 28, 1850. The young people then took up\\ntheir residence in Ohio. They removed to their\\npresent home in 1864, and became the parents of\\nthree children, all deceased. Their eldest. Alma C.\\nmarried J. F. Snyder, and died leaving one child,\\na son Frank, who was adopted by his grandfather\\nPowers; Fannie M. was born Feb. 23. 1856, and\\ndied Dec. 21, 1873, aged seventeen years and ten\\nmonths; she was a very bright and lovable girl, a\\ngreat favorite among her associates, fond of her\\nbooks when at school, and had chosen the profession\\nof a teacher, in which she had occupied herself one\\nterm. Four schools of the township closed to at-\\ntend her funeral, and in their loss the stricki. n par-\\nents received the sympath3 of the entire commu-\\nnity. Their youngest child, George E., was born\\nJan. 6, 1861, and died Sept. 12. 1865.\\nMrs. Powers was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio,\\nDec. 6, 1H25, and is the daughter of Benjamin and\\nFannie (Cooley) Magoon, natives respectively of\\nNew Hampshire and Vermont. Her father was\\nborn Feb. 18, 1794, carried on farming all his life,\\nand died in Ohio, Oct. 1, 1859. The mother was\\nborn in 1803, and is still living, making her home\\nnow in Cambria, this county. The parental family\\nincluded six children, namely Sarah A. married\\nWilliam R. Williams; Oscar, who married Sarah\\nSweet, deceased; Minerva M., Mrs. Powers; Susan,\\nMrs. G. Williams; Abbie, unmarried and living\\nin Cambria with her mother, and John, who died\\nwhen thirteen months old.\\nOur subject is the direct descendant of Abram\\nPowers, one of the old Puritans. The Powers\\nfamily was originally from France, and is of En-\\nglish descent. His people were near relatives of\\nGen. Spafford, of Revolutionary fame. Mr. Pow-\\ners is a Republican, politically, and has held the\\nvarious local offices in his township. Three of his\\nbrothers served in the Union army during the\\nlate war. John had charge of the Government\\nshops first at Gallipolis, Ohio, and then at Nashville,\\nTenn.; Phineas had charge of the Government\\nstables at Gallipolis, and Thomas P. was a Cor-\\nporal, and received an honorable wound at the\\nbattle of Shiloh.\\nJrOEL B. NORRIS, of Cambria Township, h.is\\nfor the last fifteen years occu|)ied the tract\\nj of land which his father purchased in 1854,\\n^_^j/ and which embraces forty acres now in a\\nhigh state of cultivation. It occupies a part of the\\nsoutheast quarter of section 15, and is embellished\\nwith neat and substantial buildings, finely adapted\\nto the various requirements of the progressive agri-\\nculturist. In addition to this Mr. Norris owns a\\nquarter-section in Woodbridge Township, which has\\nalso been brought to a productive condition. He has\\nbeen a resident of Cambria Township now for a\\nperiod of over thirty j ears, and is interested in all\\nwhich interests its people.\\nThe township of Canandaigua, Ontario Co.. N.\\nY., was the early tramping ground of our subject,\\nand there his birth took place April 2, 182). His\\nfather, John Norris, a native of Massachusetts, and\\nof New England ancestrj was Captain of a com-\\npany and Colonel of a regiment, these honors hav-\\ning been conferred upon him after his removal\\nfrom New England to the Empire State. The pa-\\nternal grandfather, Samuel Norris. was a tailor by\\ntrade, and during the Revolutionary War did good\\nservice as a soldier in the Continental Army. After\\nthe independence of the Colonists had been estab-\\nlished, he took up his residence in Ontario County,\\nN. Y., where he died in 1825, at the age of sixty-\\nseven 3 ears. As the head of a large familj and a\\nsubstantial farmer in comfortable eircurastances, he\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0468.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n457\\nwas a representative citizen of his adopted county.\\nHis son. .lolin C. w.ts the fiftli child in tiie famiij-,\\n.Tnd was liut a boj- when the removal was made\\nfrom New Hampshire to the Empire State. Upon\\nthe (jiitiireak of the trouiiles of IHl i. lie liaving\\ninherited tlie patriotic sentiments of his honored\\nfather, shouldered his musket only to lay it down\\nwhen the conflict was finally ended. He then re-\\nturned to his trade of carpenter, which he followed\\na few years with more than ordinary success, being\\na natuial mechanic and unusually handy with tools.\\nIn 18. 57 John C. Jsorris made his way to South-\\nern Michigan, and took up llie whole of section 2.\\nthen Government land, in Woodhndge Township.\\nIt was mostly covered with timber, and after a\\nportion of this had been cleared away, the soil\\nproved unusually fertile and yielded to his indus-\\ntrious hands a generous reward. In due time he\\nturned this projierty over to his sons, by whom the\\nimprovements had been made, and went back to\\nOntario County, N Y., wlieie he lived practicallj\\nretired from active labor until 1.S54. Then return-\\ning to Michigan he purchased 120 acres on sections\\n14 and 15 in Cambria Township, where he spent\\nthe remainder of his days, passing peacefully away\\non the 1st of March. 1872. after he h.ad rounded up\\nthe ripe old age of eighty -four years.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject had mar-\\nried his third wife before coming to Michigan. This\\nlast lad^ was in her girlhood MissLydia Densmore,\\nand she was a native of New i ork. Her death\\ntook ])lace in the latter part of 1870. before the de-\\ncease of her husband. They were the i)arents of\\none child only, a daughter Cordelia, who is now the\\nwidow of W. C. Barrett, and a resident of Cambria\\nTownship. The first wife of John Norris was Miss\\nPolly Bishop, who was born in Connecticut, and\\nwho died in Ontario County. N. Y., leaving one\\nchild, Jared B., who died in 1865. in Michigan.\\nThe second wife was Miss Betsy Gage, of New\\nHiimpshire, who left her native hills with her par-\\nents when a young child, and who died in Ontario\\nCounty, N. Y., in 1829, when about forty-one years\\nold. Of her union with John C. Norris there were\\nborn five children, three of whom are deceased.\\nThose living are: Joel B., the subject of this biog-\\nraphy, and Jason B., who married Miss Elizabeth\\nKinney, of Michigan. The father was numbered\\namong the successful farmers of Cambria Town-\\nship, and de|)arted this life March 4, 1866.\\nThe deceased children of John C. Norris are re-\\ncorded as follows: Jackson B. was married, and\\ndied without children, at his home in Cambria, in\\nMarch, 1 860 James B. was married, and made his\\nhome in Oceana Count} where his death took place\\nin 1877; he was the father of one child.\\nJoel B. Norris after the death of his mother re-\\nmained with his father in Ontario Count} N. Y.,\\nuntil his marriage, Dec. 16, 1846, to Miss Margaret\\nM. Brown. This lad} was born in Middlesex,\\nYates Co., N. Y., March o, 1825, and was the\\ndaughter of Luther and Lorah R. (Pangburn)\\nBrown, who were natives respectively of Massachu-\\nsetts and New York, and were married near Utica,\\nthe latter State, in 1817. Mr. Brown was a brick-\\nmaker by trade, which occupation he followed his\\nentire life. He died where he had lived, in Ontario\\nCount} Dec. 17, 1855, when about seventy years\\nof age. Mrs. Brown after the cjealli of her husband\\njoined her daughter, Mrs. Norris, in this county, at\\nwhose home her death took |)lace Nov. 23, 1863,\\nwhen she was ripe in years.\\nMrs. Nt rris was reared and educated in her na-\\ntive township, and trained by a wise and judicious\\nmother in a manner which fitted her to be the life\\ncompanion of a worthy man. Her union with our\\nsubject resulted in the birth of two children. The\\nelder, H. Ellen, is the wife of Edwin Doty, a well-\\nto-do farmer of Caml)ria Township, and the mother\\nof two children \\\\Villard L. and Walter R. The\\nson, Charles S.. took to wife Miss Mary Weudt, of\\nHuron County, Ohio; they are living on a farm in\\nWoodbridge Township, and are the parents of one\\nchild, a son Leon.\\nMr. Norris is a pronounced Democrat, and has\\nrepresented his township in the County Board of\\nSupervisors, besides holding other positions of trust\\nand responsibility. For some years he has been\\none of the Superintendents of tlie Poor, and he is\\nPresident of the Hillsdale County Agricultural So-\\nciety, besides hohling an office in the County\\nGrange. He is liberal and public-spirited, and\\nwith his estimable wife, a regular attendant of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, at Cambria. He is\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0469.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "a\\n458\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\nalso Agent and Collector for the Hillsdale County\\nFire Insurance Coijipany. Tliese matters, together\\nwith his farming interests, leave little time for idle-\\nness, and his whole career has been that of an active\\nand busy man who is never happier than when\\nhands and mind are employed.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iepj2-\\njj^4^4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^^@^OT\\n(^NDREWJ. TUTTLE. Among the self-\\n^Ml made men of Hillsdale County who came\\nllfiS within its limits while it was struggling for\\ni@^ recognition as a coramuiiity, and assisted\\nmaterially in its settlement by an intelligent and\\nenterprising class of people, the subject of this\\nsketch occupies no unimportant place. Deprived\\nof educational advantages during his childhood and\\nyouth, he has yet, through tiie exercise of the powers\\nwhich nature kindly bestowed upon him, suc-\\nceeded in obtaining a useful fund of general infor-\\nmation, by reason of which he is ranked among the\\nmost intelligent men of his township.\\nOur subject is the offspring of an excellent fam-\\nily, his father being Benjamin Tuttle, a native of\\nI ong Island, and who came to the West in 1845,\\nsettling in the domain of Wright, in the southeast-\\nern corner of this county, before it had scarcely at-\\ntained to the dignity of a township. To this section\\nof country he had migrated from the vicinity of\\nCanandaigua, N. Y., where Andrew our subject,\\nwas born on the 13th of April, 1833.\\nBenjamin Tuttle vvas left an orphan at an early\\nage and thus thrown upon his own resources. He\\nlived on Long Island until reaching manhood, then\\nchanged his residence to Ontario County, N. Y.,\\nwhere he served an apprenticeship as a hatter, which\\ntrade he followed in the Empire State until 1844.\\nThen, not satisfied wiih his condition or his pros-\\npects, he resolved to seek the West, where land was\\ncheap and where there would be a possibility of\\nbuilding up a good home for his family.\\nThe father of our subject set out on his journey\\nto the young .State of Michigan, accompanied by his\\nwife and nine children and their household goods.\\nThey traveled via the Erie Canal and the lake to\\nToledo, and thence proceeded by rail to the then\\nunimportant town of Adrian, where they hired a\\nteam by which the family vvas trans|)orted to the\\ntract of land in Wright Township, this county,\\nwhich the father had purchased without seeing.\\nUpon this there were no buildings, but the father\\nrented a double log house near Lime Lake, three\\nmiles distant, and in this the family lived one year.\\nThe father much of the time spent his nights at the\\nfarm until he could erect a log house, and he cleared\\na small tract of land, and was then so much in need\\nof hard cash that he repaired to Adrian and worked\\nat his trade for the purpose of earning it.\\nIn 184G, Benjamin Tuttle finding that he was not\\nmaking sufficient headsvay in clearing his land,\\nemployed men to clear ten acres, upon which he\\nsowed a crop of fall wheat. He continued vvorking\\nat his trade three or four years, while the boys and\\ntheir mother managed the farm. Atthe expiration\\nof this time he was enabled to give his entire atten-\\ntion to his homestead, and was thus occupied until\\nthe fatal illness which terminated in his death,\\nApril 9, 1871. By this time the greater part of the\\nland was yielding the richest crops of .Southern\\nMichigan, and the homestead with its buildings\\nbore fair comparison with that of its neighbors.\\nBenjamin Tuttle before coming to the West was\\nmarried, in Ontario County, N. Y., to Miss Arminda\\nFreer, who was a native of that county, and who\\ndied on the old homestead in Wright Township\\nseven years after the decease of her husband, aged\\nsixty-two. Of their children, twelve in number,\\neight are now living. Andrew J. was a lad nine\\nyears of age when his parents came to Michigan, and\\nhas a vivid recollection of many of the incidents\\nconnected with pioneer life. The beautiful farm\\nwhich he now occupies vvas then the roving ground\\nof deer, wild turkeys and other game, and the howl\\nof the wolf often struck terror into his childish\\nheart. In common with the sons of pioneer far-\\nmers, he vvas early made acquainted with the vari-\\nous employments of frontier life, and continued\\nunder the parental roof until reaching his majority.\\nThen starting out for himself he worked at $15 per\\nmonth, and saving his earnings, was four years later\\nin a condition to purchase a tract of timber land,\\nwhich is now included in his present farm. Even\\nafter this he continued working by the month for a\\nB\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0470.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "-U\\nll\\nHILLSDALK COUiNTV.\\n451)\\ntime, but devoted a p;iit of each ar to clcai-iiig\\nllis own land.\\nSir. Tuttle tlnis niananed for llic space of four\\nj-esirs. and tlien bejian operating a sawmill on shares.\\nThis venture proved fairly successful, and three\\nyears later he was enabled to settle on his own [jrop-\\nerty and to it devote iiis whole time and attention.\\nAs the countr} became settled up, better prices\\nwere obtained for produce of all kind.s, and the\\nprospects of all the settlers brightened, while the\\nlog cabins were slowly but surely giving place to\\nmodern buildings. Our subject was in nowise be-\\nhind his neighbors in making improvements, and\\nhis beautiful farm is now the object of admiration\\nby all who pass it. Among the other important\\nevents of his life was his marriage, which occurred\\non the 16th of August, l.S,59. vvith one of the most\\nestimable young ladies of Wright Township, Miss\\nMary, daughter of Nathaniel and Caroline (Daniels)\\nBr3 ant. Mrs. Tuttle was bt)rn in Wright Town-\\nship, Ma3 23, 1839, and a more extended notice of\\nher parents will be found in the sketch of Ira N.\\nBryant, published elsewhere in this work. Her\\nchildhood and youth were spent under the home\\nroof, .and of her union with our subject there is one\\nchild, a son Byron. He w.is born Aug. 27. 1860,\\nand married Miss Emma Camp, of Wright Town-\\nship. They have three children Mary, Henry and\\nLely and live on a farm in Wright Township, it\\nbeing the old honieste.ad of his grandfather. In\\npolitics Mr. Tuttle is a Democrat.\\nEDWARD C. BRKWSTER. former Supervisor\\nof Wright Township, and one of its most ca-\\npable business men and popular citizens, is the\\ncentral figure of a very interesting history, the\\nmain |)oints of which we submit as follows A native\\nof Steuben County, N. Y., he was born near the\\ntown of Ilanimondsport, Jan. ho, 1834, and is the\\nson of William Brewster, a native of Middletown,\\nConn. 1 1 is fii-st ancestor in America was Elder\\nWilliam Brewster, who came over in the May-\\nflower in 1620, and was one of the leiiding spirits\\nin Plymouth Colony.\\nWilliam Brewster became prominent in the his-\\ni\\ntory of that period. The line of descent of the\\nBrewster family is as follows: Levi Brewster was\\nthe next pnigeuitor of this branch of the family,\\nand there fcjllowed him in succession. William, Sr.\\nWilliam,, Jr. Elisha, Sr. and Capt. Elislia Brewster.\\nJr., the latter of whom was the paternal gr.and-\\nfather of the subject of this sketch. Capt. Brewster\\nw,as the owner and commander of a vessel which was\\nlost at sea with all on board. His son William, the\\nfather of onr subject, was very young at the time of\\nthis melancholy occurrence, and when nine years of\\nage was bound out to learn the trade of carpenter\\nand joiner. Pos.sessing much natural genius, he\\nbecame a skilled workman, and after reaching his\\nm.ajority repaired to the city of Charleston, 8. C.\\nwhere he worked one year. Upon his return home\\nhe set out for Eaton. Madison Co., N. Y., where he\\nwas married, and continued at his trade until the\\noutbreak of the War of 1812. He then joined a\\nlocal artiller} company, which tendered its serv-\\nices to the (iovernnient, and went to Sackett s\\nHarbor, where Mr. Brewster served until the con-\\nflict was endeil a few months later. Then return-\\ning to Madison County he worked at his trade a\\nfew years, and in the meantime met with a serious\\nloss by a fire, which destroyed property which it\\nhad taken him years to accumulate. He. however,\\npartially recovered his loss, and next took up his\\nresidence at the new village of Waterloo, which\\nh.ad just s|)rung up in Seneca County. The surround-\\ning country was thinly settled, and the family, with\\nothers, suffered much from ill-health. Mr. Brewster\\npursued his trade there until 1 824, then removed to\\nGeneva, and during the several years of his resi-\\ndence there put up many private and public l)uild-\\nings, which long remained .as an evidence of his\\ntaste and skill.\\nIn 1828 the father of our subject took up his\\nresidence at Ilammondsport, at the head of Crooked\\nLake, the birthplace of Edward C, and whence he\\nremoved in 183. to Buffalo. Here he engaged with\\na firm as foreman, but during the financial crisis of\\n1836. which resulted in a general prostration of\\nbusiness, the firm suspended, and Mr. Brewster\\nfound himself without employment. The 3 ear\\nfollowing he determined to try his fortunes in the\\nnew State of Michigan, and made his way to Lena-\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0471.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "u\\n460\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nwee Coiintj settlin.2; fiist in Medina Township.\\nHe had previously purchased eighty acres of tim-\\nber land in what is now AVright Township, and\\nwhich constitutes the present lioinestead of our sub-\\nject.\\nThe eliler Brewster now tet himself to the estab-\\nlishment of a home in the wilderness, choppinfj\\naway the tiees and preparing llie soil for cultiva-\\ntion. In 1841 he erected the first frame house in\\nthe township, within which he [ilaced his family,\\nand which roof, with various alterations and im-\\nprovements, continued the home of the parents\\nuntil their death. William Urewstcr departed this\\nlife on the 31st of IMarcli, 18G8. mourned b} the\\nentire community as a good and honest man who\\nhad performed his part nobly in life. He had mar-\\nried, in earl} manhood. Miss Anna Palmer, liie wed-\\nding taking place on the 8th of November, 1812.\\nTlie mother of our subject was skilled, not only in\\nall housewifely duties, but in spinning and weaving,\\nand for years manufactured the greater portion of\\nthe cloth from which the garments of the family\\nwere made. 8he survived her husband over\\nseven j ears. her death taking place at the old home-\\nstead, on the 22(1 of May, 1 875, when she was in\\nthe eighty-fifth year of her age.\\nThe parental household of our subject included\\neleven children, namely: Mary A., Oliver C, Har-\\nriet, Margaret. William W., Frederick H., Eliza .J.,\\nFrances H., George IL, Laura and Edward C;\\nthree of these died in infancy. Only four survived\\ntheir parents, namely: Mrs. Mary A. Judd, of\\nSouth Hadley, Mass.; William W., who is now\\ndeceased; George, a resident of Hudson, Lena-\\nwee County, and Edward C, of our sketch. Fred-\\nerick H. died at Canton, China, where he had been\\nsent in the interests of the American Board of\\nForeign Missions.\\nThe subject of this biography was three years of\\nage when he came to Michigan with his parents,\\nand although more tliaii fifty years have elapsed\\nsince his father s family settled among the timber\\nin Wright Township, he distinctly remembers the\\ntime when deer, wolves and wild turkeys were\\nplentiful. His first lessons were conducted in the\\npioneer school, carried on in a log shanty with a\\nshake roof. It stood at the four corners, near the\\n4\\npresent site of Prattville. The chimney was built\\noutside with dirt and sticks, and a fireplace ex-\\ntended nearly across one end of the structure. The\\nseats and benches were made by splitting a log. into\\nwhich wooden pins were driven, and boards served\\nthe pupils for a writing-desk. These school privi-\\nleges ended early, for as soon as the boy was large\\nenough to be of service he began to assist in clear-\\ning the land, and in the various other employments\\nof farm life. He continued with his parents until\\nthey no more needed his filial offices, and it is\\nhardly necessary to say that the old homestead\\nwith its associations is of far more than money\\nvalue to him.\\nMr. Brewster, in 1872, visited his birthplace in\\nNew York Slate, spending a few months in a most\\nl)Ieasant manner. In 1884 he removed to Hudson\\nTownship, where he lived thiee years, and then\\nreturned to the (arm. This embraces 159 acres of\\nland under a good state of cultivation, with sub-\\nstantial frame buildings. Mr. Brewster was first\\nmarried, on the 10th of March, 1858, to Miss Sarah\\nComan, who was born in Wright Township, March\\n10, 1837. and became his bride on her twenty-first\\nbirthday. Her parents were Curtis and Diana L.\\nComan, natives of New York, and early pioneers of\\nHillsdale County. The former is deceased, and the\\nlatter still lives on the old homestead. Mrs. Sarah\\nBrewster departed this life at the homestead in\\nWright Township, on the 20th of July, 1871. Of\\nthis marriage there is only one child living, Helen\\nE., who is now the wife of Addis Johnson, a well-\\nto-do farmer of Medina Township, Lenawee County.\\nAnan J., born Jan. 2. 1859, died July 2, 1871;\\nGeorge C, born Ai)ril 3, 1863, died June 9, 1871\\nand William F., born March 10, 1869, died Sept.\\n30, 1870.\\nOn the 19th of February, 1874, Mr. Brewster\\ncontracted a second marri.age, with Mrs. Marietta\\n(Smith) Briggs, who was born in Romulus, Seneca\\nCo., N. Y., Dec. 19, 1847. She was first married\\nin December, 1866, to James Briggs, a native of\\nFairfield, this State, who spent his entire life there.\\nHer parents were Coe B. and Fanny (ILagainan)\\nSmith, of whom mention is maiie in the sketch of J.\\nR. Emens, elsewhere in this volume. Of her first\\nmarriage there was one child, a daughter, now", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0472.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALB COUNTY.\\n461\\ndeceaserl. Of her union with our subject there\\nliitve 1)6611 born; ])wigiit K., March IG, 1870; Maiy\\nD., Feb. 3. 1881, an l Archie VV., .Inly 4. 1 88;5.\\nMr. Brewster east his first Presideiiti.-i! vote for\\nJohn C. Fremont, in 18.0(), atthe time of the organi-\\nzation of the Republican party, whose principles he\\nhas ni)lu;l(l now for over thirty years. lie has been\\nquite prominent in township affairs, filling various\\notlices of trust, and was Supervisor five terms.\\nThree terms lie officiated as Clerk, the same length\\nof time is Treasurer, and two terms as School\\nInspector. He and his excellent wife are members\\nin good standing of the Congregational Church, at\\nPrattville.\\nE\\nt\\niBENEZER B. FOOTE, one of the honored\\nold pioneers of Litchfield Township, has now\\n/lirr^ spanned his fourscore and three years, and\\nby a life of industry and sobriety has surrounded\\nhimself with modern comforts in a good home and\\nis enjoying the ownership of a fine farm which is\\nthe source of a handsome income aunuilly. He is\\none of those men who has never been afraid to put\\nhis shoulder to the wheel, whether the result was to\\nbe for his own benefit or that of his community.\\nBy the latter he is regarded with more than ordi-\\nnary respect and confidence, and with his estimable\\nwife has a home which is frequented by hosts of\\nfriends who delight to do them honor.\\nMr. Foote was born in the early part of tin; pres-\\nent century, Feb. 1, 1805, in RIendon Township,\\nMonroe Co., N. Y., and amid the scenes of his first\\nrecollections are the district schools where he began\\nand completed his book education. When a youth\\nof si.Nteen years he began serving an apprenlice-\\n.ship at carding and cloth-dressing, and when thirty-\\none years of age was married to Miss Mary Skidmore,\\nwith whom he has traveled the journey of life for\\na period of fifty-two years.\\nThe parents of our subject, Charles and Sarah\\n(Day) Foote, were natives of Mass.achnsetts, and\\nthe former in early manhood carried a musket in\\nthe War of 1812. They made their home first near\\nCtilchester, Mass.. where the father carried on farm-\\ning. The mother died in Monroe County, N. Y.,\\nin 1812, at the .age of forty-five years. Charles\\nFoote survived his wife many years, and until 1826,\\nand vvas gathered to his fathers at the ripe old age\\nof eighty-six. Ills last da^ s were spent in Mendon\\nTownship, Monroe Co., N. Y.\\nElienezer Foote was the youngest of his parents\\ntwelve children, and is the only survivor. His\\nbrother Charles died in Michigan at the age of\\none hundred and two years and seven months. Mrs.\\nMary (Skidmore) Foote, the wife of our subject,\\nwas born in Fairfield County, Conn., May 29, 1813,\\nand is the daughter of Nehemiah and Anna (Ferris)\\nSkidmore, who were also natives of Connecticut,\\nthe father born in Fairfield County and the mother\\nin Newton. They settled in the latter place after\\ntheir marri.age, but left New England in 183.3, tak-\\ning up their abode in Monroe County N. Y.,\\nwhere the father followed his tr.ade of carpenter\\nand joiner ten years. They then came to this State,\\nsettling in Litchfield Township in the fall of 1845,\\nwhere the father died three years later, in 1848, at\\nthe age of sixty-seven years, and the mother in\\n1853, at the same age. Mr. anil Mrs. Skidmore\\nwere the parents of three children, two sons and\\none daughter. The youngest died when twenty-\\nfour years old; the otiier now lives in Illinois.\\nMrs. Foote was twenty years of age when she re-\\nmoved with her parents to Monroe County, N. Y.\\nOf her marriage with our subject there have been\\nborn three cbihlren, the eldest of whom, Maria A.,\\nis the wife of Charles C. Warren, general agent for\\nthe West of the United States Electric Light Com-\\npany, and now a resident of Chicago; they have\\none child, a son. tialbert B. Charles B. marrie^(\\nMiss Nellie Brewer, and is engaged in mining in\\nWashington Territory; Emma M. is the wife of Rich-\\nard Morrison, who is engaged in the manufacture\\nof electric light machines, and expects to locate in\\nNewark. N. J. Mr. and Mrs. Foote lived in Gen-\\nesee Count} N. Y., eight j ears after their mar-\\nriage, .and in 1844 came to this State, locating in\\nLitchfield Township on the 21st of April. This\\nproperty Mr. Foote had secured before coming to\\nthis section, it having lieen purchased for his brother.\\nThe estate novv embraces 223 acres of land in a\\nhighly productive condition. The buildings are\\namong the best in the township.\\nMr. Foote was an old-line Whig until the or-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0473.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "462\\nHILL.SUALE COUNTY.\\ngaiiizntion (if tlie RcpiiMic nn pnitj since which\\ntime he has iinifoinijy i-iipi Oilefl liie jiriiiciples of\\nthe latter. He has sciverl as Justice of the Peace,\\nand lield tlie school offices of his townsiiip. Mrs.\\nFoote is a veiy excellent lady, liright and intelli-\\ngent, and allhoiioh seventy-five years of aoe, is re-\\nmarkably energetic, pursuing tlie same old habits\\nof iiidnstry which made her the true and useful\\nhelpmate of her husband during the struggles of\\ntheir earlier years together. 81ie is of amiable dis-\\nposition, genial and comjianionable, and enjoys\\na good joke as much as a maiden of sixteen. The\\ncliildren of this family aie filling their positions\\nas useful and lumoied membei-s of society, and\\nreflect great credit upon their training. To the\\nold pioneers of Hillsdale County too much credit\\ncannot be given for the courage and persistence\\nwith which they laboied, building up homes from\\nthe wilderness, and providing for the future wel-\\nfare of their children and the community at large.\\nTheir names and their deeds will be held in grate-\\nful remembrance long after they have been gath-\\nered to their fathers, and among these none oc-\\ncupy a more honored or prominent place in their\\nimmediate circle than E^benezer and Mary (Skid-\\nmore) Foote.\\n_\u00c2\u00bb, .o*o-(g^,A^..o K -V\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nBRAHAM FRJSBIE. The neat little f.arra\\n(Rs\u00c2\u00a3J]i of this highly respected resident of Litch-\\nfield Township is pleasantly located on sec-\\n(^f tion 2 J, and comprises eighty acres of land\\nv\\\\hich, through a course of careful cultivation, has\\nbeen brought to a fine condition and is the source of\\na comfortable income. The buildings, although\\nnot elegant, are neat and convenient, and fulfil the\\nrequirements of ordinary countiy life, from which\\nmay be extracted much enjoyment, and the simple\\npleasures of which are so conducive to health, both\\nof body and mind.\\n]\\\\Ir. Frisbie is a very intelligent man, a gentle-\\nman of sterling qualities, whose manliness is ap-\\nparent at once to all who know him. He is the\\noffspring of a good family, his parents beiuffStephen\\nand Sally (Wiley) Frisbie, who were natives of Ver-\\nmont, and on the father s side, of English ancestry.\\nThey left the Green Mountain State eaily in life,\\nbecoming ^^ith thcii paients residents of Kew York\\nState, and upon reaching mature jears were married\\nat Richmond. Ontario County, where they con-\\ntinued until making their way to the young State\\nof Michigan, in 1837. Stephen Frisbie followed\\nfarming all his life, and upon coming West settled\\nin Litchfield Township, this county, where he lived\\nand labored until 1 806. then jjassed awa3- at the\\nage of sixty-three years. The mother had died\\ntwenty years before, her death taking jilace in\\n1845. when she was forty-three years old. Their\\nfamily consisted of four sons, two of whom died\\nin early life. Stejihen, .Ir.. was also a resident of\\nJNHchigan, and died in Oakland County, Sept. 13,\\n1887. at the age of fifty-nine years.\\nAbraham Frisbie was born in Richmond, Ontario\\nCo., N. 1.. Sept. 5, 1820, and was a lad of ten\\nyears when he migrated to Southern Michigan with\\nhis parents, llie journey of those days was per-\\nfoimed in a manner dcddedly different from that\\nof the jiresent. Our travelers then made their way\\nto Buffalo via the Erie Canal, and thence by a lake\\nvessel to Toledo, where the father purchased a team\\nof oxen, and by this slow means of locomotion\\nlanded in Litchfield Townshij). June 4. 1837. Our\\nsubject remembeis man} of the incidents of that\\njourney, and the after trials and hardships of pio-\\nneer life.\\nYoung Frisbie after eight years of life in Michi-\\ngan returned to his native State and remained four\\nyears, in the meantime being married, Nov. 29,\\n1848, to Miss Marietta Richardson, who was born\\nin Ontario County. N. Y., April 30. 1830. This lady\\nwas the daughter of William and Eunice (Winch)\\nRichardson, and shortly after her marriage became\\ninsiine and was removed to the asylum at Kala-\\nmazoo. After twenty jears of fruitless treatment\\nshe was declared incurable, and Mr. Frisbie, who\\nhad omitted no duty in connection with the care\\nand comfort of his unfortunate wife, and who had\\nborne with great patience and fortitude this deep\\naffliction, was persuaded to obtain a legal separa-\\ntion.\\nOur subject is an own cousin of John L. Frisbie,\\nUnited States Consul to France, and of whom a\\nsketch will be found elsewhere in this work. Until", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0474.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "y\\n.t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n463\\nthe spring of 1888 his home was presided over by\\nvarious parties who rented liis farm. On tiie 22d of\\nMarch, tliis year, he contracted a second marriage,\\nwith Miss MjM a Ingraham, who was born in\\nLitchrielil Township, .lul^ :i. 1845, and is the\\ndaughter of C^rus and Abigail Ingraham, who are\\nnatives of New Yorii and are now residents of this\\nState.\\nMr. Frisbie, in the fall of 1849, purchased his\\npresent farm, wiiicli comprises eighty acres of\\ngood land, fifty of which is cleared and which\\nmakes an admirable home. He gives most of\\nhis attention to his farming interests, having little\\nto do with political matters, but uniformly votes\\nthe Repnl)lican ticket, having identified himself\\nwith this party since its organization, and voted for\\nJohn C. Fremont in 1856. During the progress of\\nthe late war he enlisted as a Union soldier, in a\\ncompany of shar|)sliooters, comprising the iTth\\nMichigan Volunteers, and served until the year fol-\\nlowing, a perio l of eighteen months. He met the\\nenemy at Petersburg, and along the Welden Rail-\\nroad, and at the close of the war received his hon-\\norable discharge at Detroit. He is a member in\\ngood standing of the G. A. R., at Litchfield, and\\nalso of the Free- Will Baptist Church.\\nENRY C. LANGDON, a leading business\\njj mm of Adams Township, and President of\\nthe North Ad.ams Bank, has been closely\\nidentified with the interests of the people of\\nthis section for the i)a8t twelve years. His integrity\\nand excellent business cai)acities have placed him\\nin an enviable position, and in addition to being\\nthe owner of a fine pro|)erty, he also enjoys in a\\nmarked degree the confidence and esteem of the\\npeople around him.\\nOur subject is a native of this State, and was\\nborn near the city of Adrian, Feb. 17, 185;\u00c2\u00bb. His\\nnative town w.as then but an unpretentious village,\\nalthough it had already given indications of its\\nfuture importance. Jabez and Harriet (Kunpp)\\nLangdon, the parents of our subject, were natives\\nof New York, and are now hoth deceased. Henry\\nC. jinrsued his first lessons in the public schools of\\nhis native town, then entered the High School at\\nHillsdale, and w.is finally graduated from the com-\\nmercial college. The next important step was his\\nmarriage, on the 7th of February, 1879, to Miss\\nElma, daughter of Caleb and Sarah Jane (Siver)\\nHoughtaling, who were natives respectively of\\nAlbany and Onondaga Counties, N. Y. Mr.\\nHoughtaling, during the late war, enlisted in the\\n40th New York Infantry, and was first wounded in\\nthe battle at Spottsylvauia. Later, at the battle of\\nuhe Wilderness, he was capturerl by the rebels, and\\ndied three days afterward, leaving a widow and two\\nchildren. These latter, at the time of the enlist-\\nment of Mr. H., had taken up their rejiilence with\\nMr. and Mrs. Seth Hall, of Cicero, N. Y., Mrs. Hull\\nbeing a cousin of Mr. Houghtaling. After the\\ndeath of the father, the mother and children con-\\ntinued with Mrs. Hall, and the mother died there in\\n1873. Adella, the elder sister of Mrs. Langdon, is\\nthe wife of Adelhert Line, a merchant of Ithaca,\\nGratiot County.\\nMrs. Langdon was born Feb. 3, 1858, in Madi-\\nson County, N. Y, and, like her husband, is well\\neducated, having completed her studies at Weeds-\\nport, N. Y., after going through the High School at\\nNorth Adams. Of her union with our subject\\nthere have been born two children Reuben Hall\\nand Nellie Adella. Mr. Langdon, politically, sup-\\nl)orts the Republican party, and is a member of the\\nVillage Board of North Adams. Soon after his\\nmarriage he purchased a half interest in the hard-\\nware store of C. S. Yauger, the business of which\\nfor five years has been conducted under the firm\\nname of Langdon it Yauger. He then purch.ased\\nthe interest of his partner, becoming sole owner.\\nThe family residence is pleasantly located in the\\nnorthern part of the town, and woulii be at once sin-\\ngled out ns the abode of taste and refinement, and\\nwhere is lispensed abundant hospitalitv to a large\\ncircle of friends and acquaintances.\\nfelLLIAM HICKS, the proprietor of a snug\\nAaJ// f lnn on section 32. in Allen Township, is\\nW^ taking good care of his sixty acres of fertile\\nland, upon which ho his erected good buildings,\\nand where he is c.anying on .agriculture after the\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0475.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00bb^^f^Mi-\\n464\\nHILLSDALE CUIUNI V,\\nmost approved mcUiofls. He is of staiic-li English\\nancestry, by biitli also an Englishman, having begun\\nlife at East Koifolk, the Queen s dominions, on tlie\\n:i6th of August, 1827.\\nMr. Hicks spent his bojliood and youth upon\\nhis native soil, but upon reaching his majority\\nresolved to seek liis fortune* on the other side of\\nthe Atlantic. Accordingly, bidding adieu to the\\nfriends of his childhood, he cn)barked on board a\\nvessel at London, and after a safe voyage lauded in\\nKew York City. Thence he migrated to the vicin-\\nity of P^ast Bloomfield. Ontario Co., N. Y., where\\nhe remained for a jjcriod of seven years, engaged\\nas a farm hand. Ihere also he was married to\\nINliss Mary Hallock, who was also a native of East\\nNorfolk, in England, and was born Sept. 4. 1827.\\nOur subject and his wife continued residents of\\nOntario County, N. Y.,some time after their mar-\\nriage, and then making their way to Southern Michi-\\ngan, look up their residence in Allen Township,\\nwhere their nine children were born. Three of\\nthese died in infancy. The six surviving are Will-\\niam, .Jr., Emily, David, Thomas, George and\\nElizabeth A. These are residents mostly of this\\ncounty. William is carrying on farming near Benton\\nHarbor; Emily is the wife of Spencer Calkins, of\\nStanley; David is a resident of Allen Township;\\nIhomas is carrying on farming in Heading Town-\\nship; George is engaged in farming, also near Benton\\nHarbor; Elizabeth is the wife of Benton Benge, of\\nAllen Townshi]).\\nMr. Hicks, upon becoming a naturalized citizen,\\nbecame a member of the Democratic party, of\\nwhich he has remained a steadfast adherent. His\\nhome is the abode of peace and plenty, and he\\nenjoys in a marked degree the respect of his\\nneighbors.\\n-^^^W-\\njjj ing agriculturists of Wo\\nf^ ship, and worthy citizens\\n^1^, HILAN DER HEWETT. Among the lead-\\noodbridge Town-\\ns of this count}\\nthe subject of this sketch holds an hon-\\norable position. He is a native of the Empire\\nState, born in Ontario County, Aug. 12, 1838. His\\nfather, Asa Hewett, who was born in Saratoga\\nCounty. N. Y., Aug. 11, 1/91, was reared in his\\nnative count} and was there married. Feb. 9, 1S15,\\nto Miss Laney Pixley, who was born April 3, 1793,\\nin Berkshire County, Mass., being probably of En-\\nglish ancestry. In 1 8.T 4 the father of our subject\\nremoved with his family to INIichigan, and settled\\nin Woodbridge Township, where he remained until\\nhis death, which occurred .Sei)t. 14, 1800. Al-\\nthough chicfl} engaged in farming, he had learned\\nthe stonemason s trade, and worked at it a good\\ndeal alter coming to this .State. His eilucational\\nadvantages were limited, but he acquired a fair\\neducation, and. having a most wonderful memory,\\nretained all that he learned. He was a close stu-\\ndent of the Bible, and could quote any passage\\naccurately; in religious matters he took great inter-\\nest, and was an esteemed member of the Bajjtist\\nChurch. In politics he was in his early years a\\nWhig, but joined the Republican party when it was\\norganized, and was ever after a firm supporter of\\nits principles. His good wife, the mother of our\\n.subject, survived him many years, dying July 21,\\n1874. She was also a consistent member of the\\nBaptist Church, and led a true Christian life. To\\nher and her husljand were born ten children, of\\nwhom the following is the record: AVilliam P.. now\\na resident of Chicago, is a carpenter and joiner by\\ntrade, and also a fine stair builder; Alexander is a\\nfarmer in Allen Township; Calvin is a farmer in\\nKew York; Lydia M.. who married Otis Wheaton,\\nis now dead; Eli is a farmer in N ew York; Bnid-\\nley is dead; Alonzo and Peter live in Cambria;\\nPhilander; Benjamin died in childhood.\\nThe subject of this sketch was bred to the occu-\\npation of a farmer, and has followed it the greater\\npart of his life; but he is a man of versatile genius,\\nand possesses much mechanical talent, and after he\\ncame to iMicliigan, and settled in Woodbridge Town-\\nship in 1854, he turned his attention to the carpen-\\nter s trade, and, although he had never served an\\napprenticeship, his ready use of tools soon made\\nhim proficient in this business, and since then he has\\nerected several dwelling-houses, assisted in the con-\\nstruction of three churches, and built barns innum-\\nerable.\\nHis success as a workman having become estab-\\nlished, and he being thus assured of a good income,\\nMr. Hewitt took unto himself a wife, being united in\\n1\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0476.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "a\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n465\\n1\\nmarriage, Oct. 18, 1862, to Miss Isabelle Jenkins.\\nShe was horn in Jackson County, Ohio, Feh. 13,\\n1845, heing a daughter of Josiaii and Cliarlotte\\n(Ewing) Jenkins, natives of Ohio, born respect-\\nively, Nov. 17, 1812, and Nov. 1, 1822. Mr. Jen-\\nkins was a farmer by occupation, and removed with\\nhis family in 1850, to Michigan, and purchased\\n200 acres of land in Woodbridge Township, wliich\\nhe improved. He was a very well-developed man,\\nbeing of fine phj sique, and very strong and ro-\\nbust, was energetic, industrious, and very ingenious.\\nWhen he was in liis prime, liarvesters and other\\nmachinery for gathering grain and getting in crops,\\nhad not been invented, and he was considered one\\nof the smartest grain cradlers in the vicinit} He\\nwas very fond of hunting, and kept the family\\nlarder well supplied witli game of all kinds, and to\\nliis ingenuity were tiie meml)ers of his houseiiold\\nindebted for their shoes, whicii were niannfactured\\nby him. In politics he was a strong Republican.\\nIn religion he was an esteemed membei of the\\nChurch of the United Brethren, in which he held\\nmany of the most important offices. Mrs. Jenkins,\\nwho was also a faithful meml)er of the same church,\\nis still living in this township. To her.ind her lius-\\nl)and had been born cloven children, (\u00c2\u00bbf whom the\\nfollowing is the record Martha Jane married James\\nFitzsimmons; Mary married Hiram Culler; Isa-\\nbelle; Nancy married Willis Gavett; Isaac married\\nCora Mosher; Enoch married Mary Salmon; Jose-\\nphus married Louisa Howell, and lives in Kansas;\\nSusan, now Mrs. William Joiinson, lives in Petos-\\nkey, Mich.; Freeman married Aggy Moore, and\\nlives in Kansas; William married Elizabeth Wal-\\nlace; Ulysses married Ada McClellen, and lives in\\nthis township.\\nTo our subject and his wife have been born two\\nchildren, of whom the elder, Orson L., married\\nAlwilda Osterhout, the ceremony being solemnized\\nApril 26, 1885. Thej ounger, Bertie A., died Oct.\\n10, 1871, when three years and eleven months\\noi(K Mr. Hewett owns a valuable f;irm of eighty\\nacres, which he has well improved, and has under\\nan advanced state of cultivation. On it he has\\nthree miles of tile drain, and has erected a good\\nhon.se, and ample barns and otliei farm buildings,\\nall of which arc a credit to the township, and a\\nspeaking evidence of the skill, industry, and thrifty\\nmanagement of the owner. In local affairs our\\nsubject takes an earnest interest, and has held\\nmany of the prominent offices of the township, serv-\\ning always with faithfulness and ability.\\nBoth Mr. and Mrs. Hewett are genial, social peo-\\nple, and much esteemed in the community for their\\nhigh morals and strict integrity. In religion they\\nare members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nand both teachers in the Sunday-school. In politics\\nour subject affiliates with the Republican party.\\nif) ACOB HURSH,a general farmer residing on\\nI the State line adjoining Wright Township,\\nis one of the representative agriculturists of\\n(^^jjj/ Hillsdale County, and a gentleman well and\\nfavorably known throughout its borders. He was\\nborn in Washington County, Pa., May 10, 1826,\\nwhile his father, Jacob liursh, was born in Ger-\\nmany, and was, as far as is known, the only one of\\nhis father s familj who ever came to America. He\\nmarried in Pennsylvania and resided there until\\n1828, then removed to Carroll County, Ohio, where\\nhis death occurred about 1832. The mother of our\\nsubject, whose maiden name w.as Mary Harsh, was\\nborn in Washington Count} Pa.,. and was also of\\nGerman ancestry. Upon the death of her husband\\nshe was left with the care of three children, whom\\nshe kept together until they were able to earn a liv-\\ning for themselves, evincing that courage and forti-\\ntude which were characteristics of the pioneer\\nwomen equally with their husbands. She spent her\\nlast years among her children, and departed this\\nlife leaving the world better for her having lived.\\nOf the three children born to the parents of our\\nsubject, Christiana. Mrs. Barnard, resides in Ash-\\nland County, Ohio, while John lives in Stark\\nCounty in the same State. Jjicob Hursh was but\\nsix }-ears old when his father died, and lie remained\\nunder the care of his mother during the ne.\\\\t four\\n3-ears, after which he went to live with a man\\nnamed Peter Hewitt, in Carroll County. Upon at-\\ntaining the seventeenth 3 ear of his age he started\\nout with $40 in his pocket to eng.Hge in life s strug-\\ngle for himself. He was variously occupied, work-\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0477.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "466\\nX.\\nHILLSDALE COU^ TY.\\ning by the monlli for the next four .years, aiul upon\\nattaining his majority he went to livje with his sis-\\nter, whose husban(i was sicl at the time. After\\nthe deatii of his brotlier-in-iaw Jacob Hursh took\\ncharge of the farm and operated it until one year\\nafter his marriage, after which he went to Defiance\\nCounty and jjurchased 111 acres of land, fifteen of\\nwhich were improved and contained a log cabin.\\nWith that energy and promptness which are prime\\ncharacteristics of the Hursh familj oui- subject set\\nabout the improvement of his purchase, and by the\\ntime of his removal in lh(5o he had cleared a large\\ntract of land, and otherwise made material improve-\\nments. In that year he sold out and took up his\\nresidence on the faini which he has since owned\\nand occupied. This property consists of eighty\\nacres of land, fiftj in Wright Township, this\\ncounty, and the remainder in Jlill Creek Township,\\nWilliams Co.. Ohio. At the time of purchase there\\nwas a small frame house and a frame barn upon\\nthe place, but Mr. Hursh has since added to the\\nbarn, while the house has given jjlace to a beauti-\\nful and commodious frame structure. Altogether\\nMr. Hursh has a pleasant home as the fruits of his\\nlabor and industry, and can look forward to spend-\\ning the remainder of his days in the midst of those\\nenjoyments and surrounded by kind friends, as his\\nwell-spent life merits.\\nThe subject of this biography has been married\\nfour limes, his union with his present wife occur-\\nring March 14, 1878. Mrs. Hursh, who in her\\ngiilliood was Miss May John, was born in Madison\\nTownship. Richland Co., Ohio. Her great-grand-\\nfather, Hugh John, was born in Wales and came to\\nAmerica wlien twelve years of age, settling in Penn-\\nsylvania, where he grew to manhood, married, and\\nsnentmostof his life, dying in Philadelphia. His son,\\nThomas John, the grandfather of Mrs. Hursh, was\\nborn in Pennsylvania, and was there reared to man-\\nhood and married. After marriage he removed to\\nOhio, and purchased a tract of timber land near the\\npresent city of Mansfield, Richland County, and\\nwas among the very earliest settlers of that jjlace\\nhe improved a farm and resided there until his\\ndeath. The father of Mrs. Hursh was born in Jef-\\nferson County, Ohio, and resided there until 1847,\\nwhen he removed to Huron County .ind operated\\non rented land for some time. He then bought a\\nfarm, upon which he lived until 1865, when he\\nremoved to Williams County, which became his\\nhome for three years. He then came to Wright\\nTownship, this county, where he now resides, sjiend-\\ning his declining years amidst the care and love of\\nhis children. His wife, whose niaidm name was\\nRuth Foglesong. was the fiist female child born in\\nMansfield. Ohio, where her parents were early set-\\ntlers. .*~he died at the home of Mrs. Huish, in\\nJune, 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Hursh have one child,\\na daughter, whom they named Edie R.\\nMr. Hursh was first married, in September. 1 850,\\nto Miss Susannah Carver, a native of Pennsylvania,\\nbut she died about ten years later. Of this mar-\\nriage three children survive John, George and\\nMelissa J. The second marriage of our subject\\ntook place in 1862, this time to Miss Emeline,\\ndaughter of Elijah Davis, but she died in 1870,\\nleaving two children Frank and Hattie. His third\\nmarriage took place in 1871, with JMary, daughter\\nof Mrs. Eleanor Davis, one of the first settlers of\\nWright Township. She died Jan. 4, 1876, leaving\\nto her husband two children, a son. Pearl J., and a\\ndaughter, Ella M. Mr. and Mrs. Hursh are mem-\\nbers of the United Brethren Church, while in poli-\\ntics Mr. Hursh is a Democrat.\\nRANKLIN NICHOLSON, a gentleman\\nin the prime of life, and now pleasanll3\\nlocated on a snug farm of forty acres in\\nPiltsford Township, came to Southern Michigan\\nwith his parents wlicn a child four years of age.\\nHe was born in Erie County, Pa., Jan. 14, 1843,\\nand is the son of George Nicholson, a native of\\nPennsylvania, who learned the trade of blacksmith\\nwhen a young man and carried on the business in\\nErie County until 1847. That year he determined\\nto change his location, and coming to this State set-\\ntled first in Liberty Township, Jackson Count}\\nwhere he purchased a farm of eighty acres.\\nOnly a part of the land purchased at this time b}\\nthe father of our subject had been cleared, aud\\ntliere were no buildings. Mr. Nicholson put up a\\nlog house and stal)le, and as years rolled by effected\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0478.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n467\\nninny improvements, Iniilding up a good home,\\nwhere he resided unlil his death, in 18U0. Tiic\\nm.iiden name of hJs wife was Cynthia J^ocks. a\\nnative of Pennsylvania Slie survived her luisband\\na number of years, dying also on tlie farm in Jacli-\\nson County, in 1M(J8. The parental lumseliold in-\\ncluded six children, four of whom are now living,\\nand residents of JMichigan and Oliio.\\nThe subject of our sketch acquired his education\\nin the district schools of Jackson Count} and made\\nhimself useful around the homestead unlil a jouth\\nof eighteen jears. He then worked out by the\\nmonlh until the spring of 1^G4, when he entered\\nthe employ of the Government during the progress\\nof the late war. and was engaged in repairing rail-\\nroad bridges in Alabama and Tennessee. He was\\nthus occupied two months, then returned home and\\nenlisted in Company G, 30th Michigan Infantry, in\\nwhich he served until the close of the war, receiv-\\ning his discharge with his regiment on the 17th of\\nJune, 1865.\\nUpon his return from the arm} Mr. Nicholson\\nlocated two miles east of Hillsdale, where he oper-\\nated a farm on shares live years. At the expiration\\nof this time he purchased tlie farm which he now\\nowns and occupies on section 29, in Pittsford\\nTownship. Upon this he has been constantly mak-\\ning improvements, having the greater part of the\\nland under cultivation, and a good set of buildings\\nupon it. He has very little to do with political\\naffairs, but giA es his support to the Democratic\\nparty.\\nThe marriage of Franklin A. Nicholson and Miss\\niMary J. Klioades was celebrated at the home of the\\nbride in Liberty Township, Jackson Co., Mich., Dec.\\n3, 1865. Mrs. Nicholson was born in Liberty\\nTownship, July 28, 1843, and is the daughter of\\nSamuel and Harriet (Foster) Hhoades, both natives\\nof Northamptonshire, England. The paternal grand-\\nfather of Mrs. Nicholson, Thomas Rhoades by name,\\nwas also of English birth and parentiige, and contin-\\nued in his native countj- until after his marriage and\\nthe birth of children. He then emigrated to America\\nwith his family, and after a brief stay in New York\\nCity came to Southern Michigan, and located\\namong the jjioneers of Jackson Coutit} lie pur-\\ncha.scd land in Liberty Township, put up a log\\nhouse first, which later was succeeded by a frame\\nI esidcnce, and added the other improvements natural\\nto the growth and development of the countr}\\nThere he spent his last da3-s. The maiden name of\\nhis wife was Mary Barrett. Grandmother Khoades\\nalso died at the liomestead in Jackson County.\\nSamuel Rhoades w as but a child when he emi-\\ngrated to America with his parents, and was reared\\nto manhood in Jackson Count} this State. There\\nhe met and married Miss Foster, who was also a\\nnative of England, and the daughter of Joshua and\\nJane (Savage) Foster. After marriage the young\\npeople settled upon a tract of wild land in Liberty\\nTownship, where the father imi)roved a good farm,\\nupon which he conliuued until his death, in 1872.\\nHe lived to see the country transformed from a\\nwilderness into finely cultivated fields and pros-\\nperous villages, and identified himself fully with\\nthe interests of the American peo|)le. The wife\\nand mother preceded her husband to the silent land\\ntwenty-six years, her death taking place in 1846.\\nThey were the parents of three children, two of\\nwhom are living and residents of Hillsdale County.\\nO\\nJ, i-\\n=F^\\nJOHN F. KING, a retired farmer with ample\\nmeans, and now a resident of the city of\\nHillsdale, is one of the solid men of the\\ncounty, and has for the p.ast twenty-one\\nyears been closely identified with its progress and\\nprosperity. Like many of the men about him. who\\nhave assisted so materially in the development of\\nthe resources of Southern Michigan, he is a native of\\nthe Empire State, and was born in the town of\\nNew Lebanon, Albany County, Aug. 29, 1830.\\nLutlier King, the father of our subject, was a\\nnative of the same place as his son, and was born\\nNov. 8, 1806. The iwternal grandfather, Amos\\nKing, was a native of the vicinity of Boston, Mass.,\\nand served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War,\\nbeing present at the battle of Bunker Hill, and one\\nof the regiment who later were mainly instrumental\\nin the surrender of the British General, Burgoyne.\\nHis grandson, Jolin F., has a relic which he pre-\\nserves with grcmt care, in the shape of a Conti-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0479.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "-I\\n-4^\\n468\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nneiital note of $6, which.was received by his lionored\\ngrandfather as part payment for his services in that\\nconflict.\\nThe mother of our subject was in her girlhood\\nMiss Emeline Campbell, and was also born in New\\nLebanon, Columbia Co., N. Y., April 27, 1809,\\nHer father, John Campbell, a native of New Y ork,\\nwas of pure Scotch ancestry. The families of\\nKing and Campbell crossed the Atlantic, it is\\nbelieved, in the sixteenth century, the former set-\\ntling in Massachusetts, and the latter in Connecti-\\ncut, near Stonington. The family of Luther King\\nconsisted of two children, a daughter and son;\\nElizabeth, the wife of Norman Kent, of this county,\\nand John F., of our sketch.\\nOur subject continued a resident of his native\\ncount}^ until twenty years of age, and then removed\\nwith his parents to Niagara County, where he com-\\npleted the rudiments of a practical education, and\\nwhere he lived until 18G7. He was first married,\\nin 1855, to Miss Sarah Knowles, who died one year\\nlater, leaving no children. His second marriage,\\nwhich took place in Niagara County, N. Y., in\\n1858, was with Miss Roxana Post, of Wilson,\\nNiagara County, and of this union there were born\\ntwo daughters EnimaF. and Hattie E. The for-\\nmer married Russell S. Peterson, and is now in\\nHillsdale County; Ilattie is the wife of Everett L.\\nRanney, and lives in Allen Township, this county.\\nMr. King left the Empire State in the fall of\\n18G7, and located in Illinois one year, and coming\\nto this county, settled on a farm in Hillsdale\\nTownship, where he carried on agriculture success-\\nfully for the following thirteen years. In 1880 he\\ndecided to retire from active labor, and moved\\ninto the southern part of the city, where he has a fine\\nhome and has since livetl. lie still retains owner-\\nship of his farm, which is operated by Mr. Dodge.\\nHe has been prominent in the affairs of Hillsdale\\nTownship since the time of coming here, serving as\\nJustice of the Peace, School Trustee, and a member\\nof the Boar(i of Water Commissioners. Politi-\\ncally, he was in early life a Jeffersonian Democrat,\\nbut has been a Republican since the organization\\nof that party, in 18o().\\nLuther King and his estimable wife were married\\nin Lebanon, N. Y.. in 1829. and are slill living.\\nmaking their home in Hillsdale. They have thus\\ntraveled the journey of life together for a period of\\nfifty-nine years, and although very aged are in fnll\\npossession of their faculties and the enjoyment of\\nfair health. They have three grandchildren and\\nfour great-grandchildren. The wife of our subject\\nwas born in Lower Canada, of American parents,\\nand is the daughter of Orange S. and Lucy Post\\nHer mother died when she was but an infant.\\nFew men have watched with greater interest and\\nsatisfaction the development of Hillsdale County\\nth.an John F. King, and he has been no unimpor-\\ntant factor in bringing it to its present position.\\nTo all the enterprises having for their object the\\nwelfare, morally and financially, of the community,\\nhe h.as been a liberal and cheerful supporter. He\\nwas instrumental in the organization of the Savings\\nBank, in which he has been a stockholder and\\nDirector from the beginning, and possessing a good\\nfund of general information and a knowledge of\\ncommon law, has been called upon to administer\\nupon several large estates, settling them uj) in a\\nsatisfactory manner to all concerned.\\n^Y]0HN E. HOUTZ. Among the many prosper-\\nous agriculturists and representative citizens\\nof Hillsdale County, who commenced life\\nwithout any means, and b3 untiring industry\\nand judicious economy have become the owners of\\nfine farms, no one is more deserving of credit than\\nthe gentleman whose name appears at the head of this\\nsketch. He is a native of Medina County, Ohio,\\nborn Dec. 5, 1832. His parents, John and Susan\\n(Hoover) Houtz, were natives respectively of Ohio\\nand Maryland, his father being of Anglo-German\\nancestry, and his mother of German origin. They\\nwere among the original settlers of Medina County,\\nOhio, where they bravely endured all the discom-\\nforts and privations incidental to pioneer life in a\\nnew countr} Mrs. Houtz, the mother of our sub-\\nject, died some years ago, but the father is still liv-\\ning in his native Slate, at the ripe old age of\\neighty-one years, much respected for the honorable\\npart he has alvva}S taken in the advancement and\\nwelfare of his townshi|i. In religion he is a devout", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0480.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00bb-\\nIllLLSDALE COUNTY.\\n469\\n1\\nnicinlier of the Methodist Episcopal Clniioli, hav-\\ning lived the life of an earnest Christian. To him\\nand his wife were born six children, of whom four\\nare now living, namely: William, Wesley Loretta,\\nwife of Frank Zerold and John I\\nThe latter, who is the subject of this sketch, was\\nreared on a farm in his native county, and became\\nearlj^ inured to the hardships of life in a countiy\\nwhere the land must of necessity be cleared and\\nmade ready for cultivation ere it contributed to\\nthe support of its owner. He received but a rudi-\\nmentary education from the schools of the period,\\nbut learned readily from observation, and has tiius\\nacquired a good fund of practical knowledge, which\\nhas enabled him to successfully pursue his chosen\\noccupation through life. After becoming thor-\\noughly familiar with the details of farming, and\\nwell prepared to comfortably support a wife, Mr.\\nHoulz was united in marriage to Miss Frances\\n.Secchrist, who has toiled unweariedly, and assisted\\nher husband in all his labors, and to her he owes\\nmuch of his prosperity, her patience, energy and\\ncheerfulness, having encouraged and stimulated his\\nefforts. Their union was solemnized .luly 1854,\\nami of their wedlock twelve children have been\\nborn, of whom eight are now living: Alvin, Jacob;\\nIda, wife of Harry McLain; Fllie, Erstin R. Ella,\\nwife of Adam Beaver; Charles Otis ar.d Worthy.\\nThe names of those deceased are: Marietta, Cora,\\nEdna and Homer.\\nIn ISIIO our subject removed with his family to\\nHillsdale County, and bought the farm on section\\n3, of Camden J ownship, where he has since resided.\\nIt consists of seventy-six acres of ar.able land, which\\nhe has well improved, and made one of the most\\nproductive in this locality. Mr. Houtz is a self-\\nmade man in the best sense implied by the term,\\nand has carved his own fortune by hard labor, per-\\nseverance and sound judgment! He believes that\\nthe world owes every man a living, but that each\\ncreditor must look out for his own share. His part\\nhe has gained by energetic industiy. and the pleas-\\nure and satisfaction derived from the results (jf his\\nlabor have amjily rejuiid him for his many years of\\ntoil. When n(.)t at work on his own f;uin our sub-\\nject has engaged in anj- honorable emi)loymcnt by\\nwhich he could turn an honest pcnnv, and has dur-\\ning his life split more rails than would fence a tract\\nof 160 aci es of land, divided into 10-acre lots, and\\nhas chopped immense quantities of wood. He\\nranks high as an intelligent, enterprising citizen of\\nCamden Township, and has always supported every\\nscheme for advancing its interests, being generous\\nand public spirited. For four years he served his\\ncommunity efficiently as Constable, and has often\\nbeen solicited to fill other responsible township\\noffices, but has steadily refused, preferring the\\ntranquilit} of the home circle. Mr. Houtz is a\\nmember of the Grange, and as a highly esteemed\\nresident of Hillsdale County, who has won the con-\\nfidence and respect of all with whom he has come\\nin contact, it gives us pleasure to place a brief\\nsketch of his life in this Bioohapiihai, Alisum.\\n.pj\u00c2\u00bb,USSELL D. MILLER, an old and reliable\\nIW^ resident of Mosherville, was born in Mar-\\ncellus, Onond.agaCo., N. Y., April 24. 1820,\\nand continued a resident of the Empire\\nState until a young man twenty years of age. Here\\nhe had been reared to farm pursuits, and acquired\\na common-school education. At this time, becoming\\nanxious for a change of location and occupation,\\nhe made his way to Nortliern Pennsylvania, and in\\nMcKean County engaged in farming, milling and\\nblacksmilhing, combined.\\nMr. Miller also in that section of country took\\nunto himself a wife and helpmate from among the\\nmaidens of McKean County, namely. Miss Maria\\nWright, to whom he was wedded on the 3d of July,\\n1842. Jlrs. Miller w-as horn in the town of Eldred,\\nOct. 18, 1821. They lived in McKean County for\\na period of twenty-two years, during which time\\nthey became the parents of five children. Our\\nsubject then disposing of his interests in the Key-\\nstone State, came to this county, locating first in\\nAllen Township, and about two years later chang-\\ning his residence to Mosherville, where he followed\\nhis trade of blacksmith nearly seventeen years, an l\\nuntil failing health caused him to retire.\\nThe children of Mr. and Mrs. Miller are recorded\\nas follows: Horatio E. is occupied at farming;\\nTheoris O. died in Mosherville wlien tliiilv-fuur", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0481.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n470\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nyears old Rensler W., Sall^ M. anri Bioii R. are\\nliving in Ilillsflale County. Mr. Miller has held the\\noffice of Justice of the Peace for tlie past tiiree\\nyears, and is Republican in politics. His estimable\\nwife is a member in good standing of the Method-\\nist Episcopal Church. They occupy a snug home\\nin the village, where they have many friends.\\nDWIN TANNER is a prominent and suc-\\nEcessful farmer of Woodbridge Township,\\nowning a good farm on section 17, where he\\nhas made his home since 1874. He is a native of\\nEngland, born in Wiltshire, Feb. 10, 1838, and is\\na son of Tiiomas and Elizabeth (Chesterman) Tan-\\nner, also natives of England, and of pure P^nglish\\nblood. The father was born in 1810, and the\\nmother in 1812. The former is a farmer by occu-\\npation, and for many 3 ears was engaged as a day\\nlal)orer in liis native country. In 1854 he emigrated\\nto the Linited States with his family, and locating\\nin Ohio, rented land there, and made quite a suc-\\ncess of his farming ventures. lie is still living\\nthere at the advanced age of seventy-eight years,\\nrespected by all for iiis sterling wortli. His com-\\npanion and helper passed beyond in June, 1882.\\nOf their union seven children were born, two of\\nwhom died in infancy; the family record is as fol-\\nlows: Alfred married Sophronia Wells; Edwin;\\nWilliam married Miss Lydia Hudson; Emma mar-\\nried David Palmer; Richard married Miss Margaret\\nRingler, who is now dead; Henry married Miss\\nMary Unger.\\nOur subject received but a limited education in\\nhis native land, and when he was a lad of sixteen\\nyears he accompanied his parents to this country.\\nWhile living in Ohio he met and made the ac-\\nquaintance of Mrs. Ruth R. Newton, to whom he\\nwas united in marriage Sept. 24, 18G2. She is a\\nnative of Ohio, of English extraction, and was born\\nin 1835. She is a lady of intelligence and refine-\\nment, and received a good education in the com-\\nmon schools. She had been previously married to\\nGeorge Newton, and by that union had one son, Dr.\\nH. D. Newton, a fine dentist in .alparaiso, Ind.,\\nwhere he has charge of two offices, and enjoys a large\\npractice. He was educated at Mt. Union, Ohio.\\nAfter marriage Mr. and Mrs. Tanner made their\\nhome in Ohio for some years, where he by his\\nenergy, industry, and the shrewd management of\\nhis affairs, accumulated some property. In 1874\\nhe moved with his family to Michigan, having re-\\nsolved to try his chosen occupation on the rich and\\nfertile soil \u00c2\u00a9f Hillsdale County. He first purchased\\neight acres of land in Woodbridge Township, to\\nwhich he soon .after added twenty acres, and still\\nlater purchased forty -four and three-fourths acres\\nof land, and now has one of the finest and best\\ntilled farms in tiiis neighborhood. lie has erected\\na fine dwelling-house, and a barn which is undoubt-\\nedly the best in the township; in dimensions it is\\n40x60 feet, with 2(\u00c2\u00bb-feet posts.\\nTo our subject and his wife liave been born three\\nchildren Nellie I., Don A. and George A. Nelly\\nmarried A. AV. Bennett, a shoe merchant in Cam-\\nbria; Don married Miss Ida McClellen he is pros-\\nperousl3 engaged in farming. Mr. and Mrs. Tanner\\nhave one grandchild, Donald B. They have given\\ntheir children a fair education in the public schools.\\nMr. Tanner is thoroughly upright and manly\\nin his daily walk in life and in all his inter-\\ncourse with others. He is one of the main pillars\\nof the church of the United Brothers in Christ,\\nwhose religion he embraced in 1880, and with his\\ngood wife, who is also a valued member of that\\nchurch, is an active worker in the fold, and influen-\\ntial in the councils of his brethren. He is a mem-\\nber of the quarterly conference has been Class\\nLeader for several years, and is Sund.aj -school\\nSuperintendent. In politics Mr. Tanner is an ardent\\nProhibitionist.\\nf^ DAVARD IIUGGETT, deceased, was one of\\nthe brave pioneers who came to Michigan\\nin the early days of its settlement, and la-\\nbored unceasingly to develop its resources, and\\nunfold its v.ast possibilities as a great agricultural\\nand business State. He was a native of England,\\nborn in 1807, having been a son of Richard and\\nMaiy Huggett, both lifelong residents of that\\ncountry. He was reared and educated in his\\nnative land, but not Lieing satisfied with his future", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0482.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "I\\nII\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n471\\nprospects in the Queen s dominion, he emigrated to\\nAmerica in bis twenlj -first year, and located in\\nNew York State. He was an industrious 3 oung\\nman, of good habits, and after becoming satisfied\\nthat he could comfortnbl3 support a wife, he was\\nmarried to a most estimable J oung ladj who\\nshared with cheerfulness the privations and bard-\\nships of his after life, their union having been cele-\\nbrated Oct. 26, 1832. Her maiden name was\\nMar3 A. Mantell. and she was also born in Old F^n-\\ngland, the date of her birlh being June 25, 1813.\\nIlcr parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Mantell, emi-\\ngrated to America in 1828, and settled in Geneva,\\nN. Y. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Huggett a\\nlarge family of children was born, of whom the fol-\\nlowing are now living: Edward resides in Camden\\nTownship; John B. lives in Hillsdale County;\\nCharlotte E. is the wife of Theodore liloomer, of\\nIonia, Mich.; Mary L. Hannah J. is the wife of\\nGeorge Houghty. of Camden Township.\\nIn 183G our subject, desiring to try his fortunes\\nin a more recently settled part of the countrj^ than\\nthe Empire State, joined tlie west-bound throng\\nthat was taking advantage of the nominal prices\\nof huid in Michigan, and moved with his family\\nto Wa^ne County, where hcreniaiued twelve _venrs.\\nNot being quite suited with his situation there, ho\\nthen removed to Hillsdale County, and bought the\\nfarm now owned and occupied bj his widow in\\nCamden Township. His homestead then contained\\neighty acres of land, to which he afterward added\\nbj further purchase twentj acres more, so that at\\nhis death he owned 1(10 acres (jf land which he had\\nimproved and brought to a high state of culti-\\nvation. When it came into his possession it was\\nin its primitive wildness, and Mr. Huggett had to\\ncut down trees to make room for the erection of\\nthe humble frame house which was the first abode\\nin this township of himself and family. He labored\\nin season and out, the first few years alter com-\\ning here, h.aving the assistance of his wife and their\\nchildren, who were reared to habits of industry,\\nand as time passed on, prosperity smiled on their\\nefforts, the forests gave way to fields of grain, tiie\\nfirst frame house w.as supplanted l).y a more com-\\nmodious dwelling, and good farm buildings were\\nerected. His success corresponded with the labor,\\nskill and good judgment he expended in the man-\\nagement of his agricultural interests, and he was\\namply repaid for all his work. He took an .active\\npart in advancing the interests of Camden Town-\\nship, and to his enterprise and ability is a part of\\nits present prosperity due. In his death, which oc-\\ncurred July 2, 1885, Hillsdale Countj lost one of\\nits most worthy citizens, and his township a val-\\nuable, efficient counselor, and a man of noble\\nworth and Christian virtue, who had lived an hon-\\nest, upright life, winning the resjject and esteem of\\nall and the enmity of none. In his family he was\\na kind and loving husband, a devoted and affec-\\ntionate father, whose tender care will ever be re-\\nmembered, and whose memorj will be reverently\\ncherished.\\nThe widow of our subject is still living on the\\nold homestead, where for so many years she has\\nfaithfully labored, devoting her life to her husband\\nand children. She is universally beloved and es-\\nteemed bj the manj friends she has gathered\\naround her. She is a most^ excellent housewife,\\nand by her judicious management of the domestic\\naffairs of her household, contributed not a little to\\nher husband s prosperity. Her daughter Mary-\\nlives with her, to cheer and comfort her declining\\n3 ears; she is a ladj of great amiability and high\\ncharacter, and is an esteemed member of the Ad-\\nventists Church.\\n^^f LBERT J. HODGES, a farmer engaged in\\n\u00c2\u00a9/Oil his independent calling on section 23 of\\nScipio Township, is .a native of New York,\\nborn in Jlonroe County. April 1, 1849.\\nHe is a son of the late Ezra J. and Louisa (Irons)\\nHodges. His father was born in Webster, Monroe\\nCo., N. Y., in 1827. He was reared and married\\nin his native State, and established his first home in\\nMonroe County. The lady whom he chose to pre-\\nside over that home and share his life with him was\\nborn in Michigan. He was a farmer by occupation,\\nand pursued that calling in New York until 1854,\\nwhen be removed with his family to Hillsdale\\nCounty, this State, and settled in Scipio Township.\\nHe was an energetic, wide-awake man, of great de-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0483.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n472\\n4\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ncision of chnracter, and after coining to this county\\nbecame a potent agent in establisliing its prosper-\\nity. He was a strong Republican from tlie organi-\\nzation of the party until his death, and took an\\nactive part in county conventions, being regarded\\nas a wise and safe counselor by his fellow-citizens.\\nHe was often honored by election to the highest\\noffices in the township, and for many years was\\nprominent in the administration of public affairs,\\nserving as .Supervisor four terms, as Township\\nClerk several yeai s, and for a long time filled the\\noffice of Justice of tiie Peace. He was conspicu-\\nously identified with the Hillsdale County and\\nScipio Granges, and was instrumental in organizing\\nmany of the subordinate granges of the county. Me\\nwas also a valued member of the Masonic fraternity,\\nand Past Master of the Laf.ayette Lodge, F. A.\\nM., and after his death, wliich occurred in Scipio\\nTownship, Feb. 18, 1887, in accordance with his\\nwishes the Masons attended his funeral in a body\\nand assisted in the ceremonies. His body vvas laid\\nto rest in the cemetery near the home where be had\\nlived for so many years. His death will long be\\nmourned by his family and the community, where\\nhe was respected and esteemed as a kind, indulgent\\nhusband and father, a good citizen, and an upright\\nman. His worthy wife and the four children who\\nhad been born to them survive. The record of the\\nlatter is as follows: Albert.!.; Frank A. is married,\\nand lives in Parma, Mich. Emma L. is the wife of\\nLewis Parkhurst, of Cambria Township; George W.\\nlives in Scipio Township.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared on his\\nfather s farm in Scipio, being but five years old\\nwhen his parents removed to this county, and re-\\nceived his education in the public schools of this\\nplace. He has followed in the footsteps of his hon-\\nored father, and has always been engaged in agri-\\ncultural pursuits. He owns a fine farm of 160\\nacres, which is pleasantly located in a fertile and\\nproductive region, and in its management he has\\nmet with much success.\\nMr. Hodges was married in .Tonesville. Oct. 8,\\n1872, to Miss Sally M., daughter of Russell D. and\\nMaria (Wright) Miller, both natives of McKean\\nCounty. Pa. They left their native State in 18G4,\\nand coming to Michigan, have since been residents\\nof Hillsdale County, their present home being in\\nMoslierville, Seipio Township. They are the par-\\nents of five children, namely Horatio E., Orsavilla\\nT., Rensselaer W., Sally N. and Bion V. Mrs.\\nHodges, the fourth child in order of birth, was born\\nin Eldred, McKeau Co., Pa., Dec. 4, 1853. Of\\nher union with our subject two children have been\\nborn Emma M. and M.abel E.\\nMr. Hodges is a genial, upright man, and is\\nworthily filling his place in his townsliip as a valued\\nmemljer of societ} He is much interested in the\\nwelfare of liis community, vvhere he has filled many\\nof the minor offices, and where he is now holding\\nthe office of Justice of the Peace. Both he and his\\nwife are consistent members of the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church. In politics he is a strong Repub-\\nlican.\\nIfelLSON P. UPWOOD. The parents of this\\n\\\\rJ// gentleman were married in Ontario County,\\nW^ N. Y., Oct. 2.5. 1842, and two years later\\nset out for the young State of Michigan, locating in\\nWheatland Township, this county, where the father\\npurchased fortj acres of wild land. Upon it was a\\nlog house, into which they removed, and thus inau-\\ngurated the homestead which is now ranked among\\nthe finest in this part of the county. The father\\ncleared his first purchase without outside assistance,\\nand later added 120 acres. In due time the little\\nhousehold included three children, all of whom are\\nyet living and residents of this county. Of these\\nWilson P. was the eldest.\\nOur subject was born in Wheatland Township,\\nDec. 15, 1846, and is the son of John and Emeline\\n(Dillon) Upwood, the former of whom was born in\\nStatfordshire, England, Oct. 4, 1817, and died at\\nhis home in Wheatland Township, Jan. 15, 1888.\\nThe mother, a native of Ontario County, N. Y.,\\nwas born Jan. 6, 1821, and died in September, 1876.\\nThe paternal grandparents of our subject, William\\nand Mary Upwood, were also natives of Stafford-\\nshire, England, whence they emigrated to America\\nin the year 1830, and spent their last days in this\\ntownship, dying at the ages respectively of eighty\\nand eighty-eight years old. The maternal grand-\\nparents, Benjamin and Christina Dillon, were natives\\nB^j\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0484.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n473\\nof IS t W York State, -niicie theformiT spent his en-\\nlire life. After the death of her husband. Grand-\\nmother Dillon joined her daughter in this county,\\nand resided with her during her lifetime. She was\\neighty-two years old at the time of her death.\\nWilson P. Upwood continued his services on the\\nparental lioniestead until nearly thiily-six j ears of\\nage, and was then married, on the Uth of March,\\nliSH2, to Miss Ella Young, then a resident of Lon-\\ndon, Canada. Mrs. Upwood was horn in London.\\nCanada, Aug. IG, 1860, and is the daughter of Abel\\nand Marj (Wood) Young, the foiraer a native also\\nof the Dominion, and the latter of Ontario County,\\nN. Y. Mr. Young was born near the cily of Ham-\\nilton, Province of Ontario, and removed to New\\nYork State when a young man, but after his\\nmarriage returned to Canada, where he is still living,\\nand is now retired from active business. He for-\\nmerly conducted a hotel and also carried on the\\nlivery business. Mrs. Young was born in Ontario\\nCounty, N. Y., and died in Canada at the age of\\ntwenty-eight years. She was the mother of five\\nchildren, four of whom are living, of whom Mrs.\\nUpwood is the eldest. The next daughter, Carrie,\\ncontinues at home with her father; William is mar-\\nried and a resident of California; Marj is the wife\\nof Henry Lock wood, engaged in the cigar trade at\\nMorenci, this State, and the- mother of one daughter.\\nMr. and Mrs. Upwood both acquired their edu-\\ncation in the district school, and our subject, with his\\nfather, engaged quite extensively as a stock-raiser,\\nof whidi the latter was a pioneer in the l)usiness in\\ntiiis county. Their first lierils of animals were\\ndriven overland to Toledo, and tlience sliipped\\neastward to New York City. The farm of our sub-\\nject is now the tramping ground of high-grade\\nhorses and cattle, besides sheep, and for twenty-one\\nyears he has handled poultry of all kinds, fiiuling a\\nready m:irket at Boston, Mass. The improvements\\nupon the homestead were largely effected by John\\nUpwood, who was a man of much force of charac-\\nter, industrious and persevering, and seldom aban-\\ndoned any project which he had made up bis mind\\nto carr} forward. Upon becoming a naturalized\\nAmerican citizen, he identified himself with the\\nWhig party, but when tiiat was merged into the\\nRepublican, espoused its principles, in which he\\nthoroughly trained his son and to which the latter\\nremains as lo3 al as his sire. Our. subject in 1887\\nwas elected to represent Wheatland Township in\\nthe County Board of Supervisors, and discharged\\nthe duties of his position with the tact and good\\njudgment which are one of his distinguishing char-\\nacteristics.\\nAmanda A., the eldest sister of our subject, was\\nborn Nov. 2, 1854, in Wheatland Township, and is\\nnow the wife of L. E. Casey, a well-to do farmer of\\nWheatland Township; they were married Nov.\\n22, 1881, and are the parents of two bo3 s. The\\nother sister, Frances J., was born June 27, 1857, and\\nwas m.arried, Nov. 23, 1 886, to Frederick E. Stewart,\\nof Hudson Township, Lenawee County.\\nr=^UGENE KHiS is pleasantly located on sec-\\ntion 10, Cambria Township, where, on a\\nwell-improved farm of eighty acres, two\\nand a half miles east of Reading, he is carrying on\\nbusiness as a general farmer. He also makes a\\nspecialty of horse-raising, to which he has gis en\\nmuch attention, and has achieved re.iiarkable suc-\\ncess in this direction. He is a lover of the equine\\nrace, and by the exercise of good judgment in buy-\\ning and breeding, there may be found in his stables\\nsome of the finest specimens of horseflesh that this\\ncountry can produce.\\nBelieving that whatever is worth doing is worth\\ndoing well, Mr. Rice has aimed to secure the best\\nblood in tiie iiigliest grades of registered stock, and\\nlie now has the well-known Bell K., aged four years,\\na sister of the famous Bell F., tlie fastest mare ever\\nbred in Michigan, and whose offspring will almost\\ncertainly increase their fame. May Bell was sired\\nby De Sola, of Hillsdale, No. 2211, and is a half-\\nbrother of Maud S. May Bell s dam, the Lady\\nBrown well, is also owned by Mr. Kies, and is now\\nraising a promisiug colt, Algreto; this is the fifth\\ncolt the offspring of Lady Brown well, and they have\\nall given entire s.atisfaction as promising young\\nroadsters. Another of the group is Bell Star,\\nby JLister Lode, No. 595, who is now raising\\na colt called Alto, looked upon as one of the most\\npromising colts in the State, and is so pronounced", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0485.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "474\\ni\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nI\\nby competent horsemen. Althongb Mr. Kies be-\\ngan to make a specialty of horso-breeding only\\nabout a half-dozen years ago. he has succeeded in a\\nremarkable manner, as the above record shows.\\nHis farm, which is known as the Excelsior horse\\nfarm, has been owned and operated by him for\\nseven years, and is supplied with suitable buildings,\\nwell arranged for the health and comfort of the\\nanimals. Mr. Kies formerly resided in Mo.scow\\nTownship, in this county, where he was the owner\\nof a farm.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in JIoscow\\nTownship, March 28, 1848, while his father, Fran-\\ncis Kies, was a native of New York .State, and came\\nto Michigan with his father, Stephen Kies, who was\\none of the earliest settlers on Moscow Plains.\\nStephen Kies .secured a large property when the\\ncounty was .still in its infancy, and after struggling\\nwith all the trials and |)rivations incident to pio-\\nneer life, having to do his marketing in Adrian, his\\nlabors met with a just recompense, and he died at\\na good old age on his well-improved farm on Mos-\\ncow Plains. Francis Kies chose for his p.irtner in\\nlife Miss Estiier Barmore, and has been successfully\\nengaged in agricultural operations for man} years;\\nthey both still survive at a good old age.\\nOur subject is the eldest of a family of six chil-\\ndren, who grew up around the parental hearth, ail\\nof whom are yet living, and all married with the\\nexception of one. Eugene received a liberal edu-\\ncation in Moscow Township and subsequently at\\nNorth Adams, and was re;ired at home until he bad\\nattained his majority. He then took up the burden\\nof life for himself, and on the 9th of February,\\n1876, in Cambria Township, he was united in mar-\\nriage with Miss Frances Oj er, who was born in\\nCattaraugus County. N. Y., Feb. 25, 1855, and is\\nthe only daughter of John an i Harriet (Manley)\\nOyer, also natives of the Empire State. Mr. Oyer\\nwas born in Herkimer County, but about the time\\nof his marriage located in Cattaraugus County, and\\ntliere accumulated a large property, a part of which\\nhe devoted to the support of a dairy. After the\\nbirth of four children, of whom only Blrs. Kies\\nsurvives, the parents disposed of their interests in\\ntheir native State, and coming to Michigan in 1865,\\n1 f resided two years in Montcalm County. They\\nthen came to Cambria Township and purchased\\neighty acres of land, upon which Mr. Oyer spent\\nthe remainder of iiis days, his death occurring Feb.\\n10, 1885. In politics he stood identilied with the\\nRepublican party, and was a man of energy and\\ngood judgment. Wliile the family were yet living\\nin Montcalm County, the mother of Mrs. Kies died\\nwhile still in middle life; she belonged to the\\nchurch of the Adventists. Mr. Oyer was a second\\ntime married, to Mrs. F^lizabeth (MansBeld) Pearce,\\na native of Maine; she still survives, and resides\\nwith her children in South America. Mrs. Kies\\nwas reared and educated chiefly in this township,\\nand bore to her husljand three children, all of\\nwhom, however, died in infancy.\\nMr. and Mrs. Kies occupy a good social position\\nin their community, and are of a genial and kindl}\\ndisposition, taking an active interest in the affairs\\nof tlie township. In politics Mr. Kies is a Repub-\\nlican\\nVt OHN GRAY, of the firm of Gray Berry,\\nhardware merchants of Montgomery, Cam-\\nden Township, is numbered among the most\\nIJl^J^ enterprising and intelligent business men of\\nHillsdale County, of which he is a native-born citi-\\nzen. He is a son of Yorick and Freelove (Murray)\\nGr.ay, natives of New York State. They were\\namong the first pioneers of Hillsdale County and\\nlocated in Cambria Township, of which thej were\\nfor many year s respected residents. The mother\\nis now deceased, and the father is spending bis de-\\nclining years in retirement in Hillsdale.\\nThe subject of this sketch w.as born in Cambria\\nTownship, June 15, 1847, and here grew to man-\\nhood. He was finely educated in the public schools\\nand in the Business College at Hillsdale, from\\nwhich excellent institution of learning he was grad-\\nuated under President C. P. Griffin. He was reared\\nto the life of a farmer, and in 1871 went further\\nwest to locate in LaSalle County, 111., where be\\nactively pursued that calling for three years. He\\nthen returned to Hillsd.ale County, and has been a\\nresident here since. He had a decided predilection\\nfor business, tor which liis education eminently\\nfitted him, and he established himself in his present", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0486.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0487.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "/T^/^-l^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0488.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "I\\nHILLSOALK COUNTY.\\n477\\nbusiness in Montgomery in 1HH4, and conducted\\nit with various partners until the year 1HS7, when\\nhe formed a partnership with .Mr. Berry, under tlie\\nfirm name of (irey it iieriy. They carry a hirge\\nstock of hardware, agricultural implements, bug-\\ngies, carts, etc.. and are in iwssession of a large and\\nconstantly increasing trade, which brings them in a\\ngood income.\\nMr. Gray was united in nifirriagc to Miss Altie\\nC. Lathrop. April 17, 1870, and to her devotion is\\nho greatly indebted for their pleasant and attractive\\nhome. 1 hree children have been born to them, of\\nwhom but one is now living, .1. .\\\\rtliur.\\nAs an earnest and energetic man. possessing fine\\nbusiness tact and undoubted integrity of character,\\nour subject has exercised a marked influence on\\nthe public affairs of his native township, and has\\nhonorably served his fellow-citizens in some of the\\nrespo:}sil)le offices within their gift. He has been\\none of the Directors of the School Board, and has\\nbeen Treasurer of Camden Township for two terms.\\nIn politics he is a firm supporter of the |)rinciples\\nof the Republican party. Mr. Gray is a prominent\\nmember of the I. O. O. F., and is Secretary of that\\norganization.\\nWILLIAM L. AVOLCOTT. ahigiily respected\\n\\\\jjj// t-itizen of .lonesville, has led an active, use-\\ns^ ful life, and for many years has been a\\nminister iu the United Brethren Church. In con-\\nnection with his ministerial labors he has also been\\nactively engaged in agricultural jjursnits. He is a\\nnative of New York, born in Leroy. Genesee County,\\nOct. 13. 1818. His parents were William and Su-\\nsan (Ford ham) Wolcott, natives respectively of\\nDutchess County, N. Y.. and Vermont. After\\nmarri.age they settled in Lcroy, Genesee Co., N. Y.,\\nremoved from there to Chautauqua County, N. Y.,\\nand thence to Sandusky County, Ohio. There Mr.\\nWolcott was engaged in his occupation of farmer,\\nremaining a resi h nL of the town in whicli he settled\\nuntil his deatii. in 1.S47. His widow surviveil him\\nman}- years, her death not occurring until ls7y.\\nThey were honest, industrious, frugal people, well\\nmeriting the respect in which they were held. They\\nwere the parents of eleven children, seven sons and\\nfour daughters.\\nOur subject was the fifth child born to his par-\\nents. His early life was spent on a farm, where he\\ngained from his father a practical knowledge of\\nfarming, tliat enal)lod him in after j ears to carry\\non that pursuit with great success. His education\\nwas gained partly iu the district sch(jol and com-\\npleted by a thorough course of study at Westfield\\nAcademy, N. Y., although he did not graduate from\\nthat institution, nor did he ever attend college.\\nHe was a thoughtful, careful student, and since\\nleaving school has laid up a good store of knowl-\\nedge, and is better informed than many a coUege-\\nbrefl man. He was seventeen years of age when\\nhis parents moved to Sanilusky County, Ohio, and\\nthere he taught school until he was twenty-four\\nyears old, when he felt that he had a still higher\\ncalling; he had been for three or four years study-\\ning for the ministry, and at that age began to preach\\nfrom the pulpit of the United Brethren Church. aurl\\ncontinued in that profession, while at the same time\\ncarrying on farming as long as he continued to re-\\nside in Ohio. In 1847 Mr. Wolcott removed to\\nHillsdale County and settled in Scipio Townsliii),\\nwhere he purchased a farm which he cultivated,\\nand at the same time occupied the pulpit occasion-\\nally for many years. In the fall of 1873 our sub-\\nject came to .lonesville, where he has since made\\nhis home.\\nMr. Wolcott has been twice married. The maiden\\nname of his first wife, to whom he was united in\\nthe holy bonds of matrimony in Fremont. Ohio,\\nAug. 19, 1838, was Sarah Storms. She was a daugh-\\nter of Isaac and Ma lha (Hilton) Storms, who were\\nprobably natives of New York; he died in San-\\ndusky County, Ohio, and she in Hardin County,\\nIowa. They had a famdy of eight children, of\\nwhom Mrs. Wolcott was the sixth. She was born\\nin Reilfieid, Oswego Co., NY., Nov. 19, 1820. Her\\nunion with our subject was blessed by the l)irth of\\nfive children, whose record is as follows: Myron\\nH.. born in Sandusky County. Ohio. Sept. 30, 1839;\\nDavid A., born in Sandusky County. Aug. 1. 1842;\\nAdelaide and Jane, who died in infancy; Nettie,\\nborn in Hillsdale County*, Feb. 4, 1859; she is\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0489.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\n478\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY\\ni\\nthe n-ife of Charles W. Jordan, wlio was born in\\nFayette Townshii). Hillsflale Comity. May 25. 1857.\\nand is the son of ,]olin W. Jordan; they have three\\nchildren Earl W.. Henry L. and Charles R. My-\\nron married Miss Phebe E. Jones, who was born in\\nLitchfield Townshiii, Hillsdale County. March 2,\\n1842, and is a daughter of William R. Jones: they\\nhave h.ad four children, namely: Leroy Willie,\\nwho died at the age of two years; Merton, and a\\nchild who died in infancy. David married Miss\\nHelen Cleveland, a native of the State of ^ew\\nYork, born March 1, 1\u00c2\u00ab44. and a daughter of Je-\\nrome Cleveland they have two cliildren Alice A.\\nand Verne C.\\nMrs. Wolcott, the first wife of our subject, a\\nwoman in every way worthy of the respect .and\\nhonor in whicii she was held, departed this life in\\nScipio Township, Dec. 9, 1864. Mr. Wolcott was\\nmarried to his |iresent wife in Scipio Township,\\nApril 9. 1865. She has been to him an amiable\\nand devoted wife and companion. Her parents\\nwere Dr. Noah and Rachel (Inman) Jennings, na-\\ntives respectively of Connecticut and Philadelphia,\\nFa. The Doctor and his wife settled in Fremont,\\nOhio, after their marriage, where she died. He\\nafterward removed to Jonesville, which remained\\nhis home until his death. They had six daughters\\nand one son. Mrs. Wolcott was the third child in\\norder of birth, and was born in Scott Township,\\nSandusky Co., Ohio, Jan. 10, 1839. Her union\\nwith our subject has been blessed by the birth of\\ntwo chilrlren Willie L.. who died at the age of\\nten months, and Coia Maud, born March 17, 1H71.\\nWhile our subject was in the ministry his un-\\ndoubted piety, earnestness and learning, made him\\na power in the pulpit, and he was the means of do-\\ning much good in his beloved work. He is inde-\\npendent in his religious views, and takes the New\\nTestament as his guide. He has always taken a\\ndeep interest in public affairs and has held several\\noffices. Before the late Civil War he was a mem-\\nber of the old State Militia, of Ohio, and was com-\\nmissioned to be Captain, a position which he held\\nfor several years. While a resident of that State\\nhe was elected to the position of Clerk of Madison\\nTownship, and since coming to Hillsdale his fellow-\\ncitizens have recognized his ability and integrity\\n4*\\nof character bj making him an incumbent of some\\nof the ofHces within their gift; he has sei ved as\\nCoroner for Hillsdale County for a long term of\\nyears, was Inspector of Schools in Scipio Township,\\nand was formerly Justice of the Peace. In politics\\nin the early years of his life he was a Whig, but he\\nafterward became an ardent supporter of the Re-\\npublican party. His life career has been an exceed-\\ninglj honorable one, and as a man and a citizen he\\nis above reproach.\\nWe take great jjleasure in presenting the portrait\\nof this esteemed gentleman. He has long been\\nidentified with the county, and has made many\\nfriends and few enemies during his residence here of\\nover forty years.\\nORAC E HENRY has for many yeais very\\nsuccessfully engaged in agricultural pur-\\nsuits in Reading Township, and is the owner\\nj} of one of the fine farms for which this lo-\\ncality is celebrated. He was born in the State of\\nNew York. Onondaga County, Jan. 13, 1829. His\\nfather, Robert Henry, was for several years actively\\nengaged in the mannf.acture of wagons in that State.\\nIn 1833 he migrated to Ohio with his family, and\\nlocating in Medina County, made his home there\\nthe remaining years of his life, engaged in farm-\\ning. His death occurred in 1863. at the age of\\neighty-six years. He was regarded by his fellow-\\ncitizens as a just, honest and enterprising man, and\\na worthy citizen. In politics he w.as a AVhig. and\\nlater a Republican, on the formation of that parly,\\never after remaining a firm adherent. He had been\\ntwice married. His first marriage was to a Miss\\nGardner, who at her death left five sons and a\\ndaughter. His second marri.age was to Mrs. Al-\\nmira Schauten. \u00c2\u00bbee Clark, who was born, reared, and\\ntwice married in New York State, and lived there\\nuntil her removal with her husband and their son,\\nour subject. She ever after resided in Ohio, and\\ndied at the advanced age of eighty-six, March 15,\\n1887.\\nOur subject was the second child born to his\\nmother by her second marriage. He was four\\nyears of age when his parents took him to Ohio,", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0490.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "-L.\\nHILLSUALK COUMY.\\n479\\nand there tlie reraaining years of his Ijoylioofl were\\npassed. He received a go(jd training from his ex-\\ncellent parents in princii)les of honesty and indnstry,\\nfrom wliich he has never leparte l. He remained\\nat home with his father and motiier until he attained\\nhis majority. He adopted his present calling even\\nbefore that age, and was quite prosperously engaged\\nin it for a time in the county where lie had been\\nreared, in the town of Montville, where his youth\\nwas passed. In l 50, being then in the very prime\\nof early manhood, full of life, vigor and ambition,\\nhe determined to come to Michigan, where he\\nthought he could pursue farming at a better ad-\\nvantage. After his arrival here he purchased forty\\nacres of lan l, in a wild, uncultivated condition,\\nwhich forms a part of his present farm. In Jan-\\nuary, 1852. he married, in Allen Township, Mary\\nA. Shipman, daughter of Harlow and Lucinda\\n(Johnson) Shipman. and immediately after mar-\\nriage they located on his land, where they have\\nmutually- aided each other in l)uilding u[) one of the\\nmost comfortable homes in the neighborhood. It\\nrequired many years of downright hard labor for\\nMr. Henry to put his farm in its present high state\\nof cultivation and improvement, but his persistence\\nand energy have won for him complete success in\\nhis life work, anil he has been enabled to increase\\nthe area of his farm to ninety acres by further pur-\\nchase, and has adorned his place with a fine and\\nconveniently arranged set of buildings. He has\\npaid considerable attention to raising cattle, and\\nhas his farm well stocked.\\nMrs. Henry s mother is an honored member of\\ntheir household, and although she is advanced in\\nyears, being seventy-three years old, and her\\nphysical health is somewhat impaired, mentally she\\nretains her faculties to a womlerful degree. Her\\nhusband was accidentally killed, Nov. 15, 1870,\\nbeing then a middle-aged man, b} falling from a\\nload of wood and breaking his neck, death ensuing\\ninstantaneously. He at that time also made his home\\nwith Mr. and Mrs. Henry. Both he and his wife\\nwere reared in the State of New York, where they\\nsubsequently married, and in the year 1838 sought\\na new home in the young State of JHchigan. After\\nstaying six months in Ypsiianti, they moved to\\nAllen Township, and were thus among the early\\nsettlers of Hillsdale County. They lived there\\nmany years before making their home with our sub-\\nject.\\nMrs. Henry was born in Cohocton. Steuben\\nCo., N. Y., Dec. 2G, 1832, and came to Michigan\\nwith her parents when about six years of age.\\nShe was reared and educated in Allen Township.\\nTo her and her liusbaiid have been born two chil-\\ndren: Vincent, wiio died at the iige of four years,\\nand Arthur V. Tiie latter married Emma Rising,\\nand is still living on the old homestead, assisting in\\nits management. He is an enterprising young\\nfarmer, and owns thirty acres of well-improved\\nland. Having no daughters of their own Mr.\\nHenry and wife have been foster-parents to Mary\\nP., who was born and educated here, and is now an\\nintelligent young lady.\\nMr. and Mrs. Henry are members in good stand-\\ning of the Free Baptist Church; they are ever\\nforemost in ever3 good work, and tlieir generous,\\nopen-hearted dispositi jiis have eiideareil them to\\nmany, by whom they are reg^arded as true friends\\nand kind neigiibors. Mr. llLMiry and his son are\\nstrong Republicans in their political views.\\n^t^ -^ts^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2tfiit .*^#;tf.\u00c2\u00ab\\nOHN C. OSBORN, a representative farmer of\\nI Hillsdale County, is located on section 23,\\nHillsdale Township, where, in addition to\\nV^ J) what is included in the term general farm-\\ning, he devotes special attention to stock-raising, in\\nwhich industry, as indeed in all his ventures, he\\nhas been successful. The subject of this notice\\nw;is born in Adrian, Lenawee County, Oct. 4, 1836,\\nand is the son of James and Abigail (Crane) Os-\\nborn, natives respectively of Dutchess County, N.\\nand Elizabethtown. N. J. The father wjis born\\nin 1812, and died in Adrian, Lenawee County, April\\n14. 1883. He was a farmer by occupation, and in\\nreligion was a supporter of the Universalist Church.\\nHe was a man in whom the strength of char.acter\\nand sterling qualities which appear to have been\\nhereditar3 among the settlers of the Empire State\\nwere not lost, and brought his life work .as an agri-\\nculturist to a successful issue, leaving to his de-\\nscendants a competency. The mother of our sub-\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2P U", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0491.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "m\\nII 4\u00c2\u00bb\\n480\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\njeet was born In 1 822, and died in 18.56. She was\\na member in good standing of the Baptist Church,\\nand alil_v seconded her husliand s efforts in provid-\\ning for the wants and e(hKnliiin of liieir family of\\nnine children.\\nJohn C. Osborn was the seconil child in order of\\nbirth in tlie parental family, and while being reared\\nto farm pursuits, received the rndimentsof an edu-\\ncation in the district school, which he afterward\\nmatei-ially broadened by an attendance of three\\nwinters at the High School in Tecumseh. Free\\nfri m the cares and anxieties attending a more\\nstimulating life, he grew up to a rugged manhood,\\nand passed his life uneventfully until 1M60. when\\nhe resolved to go out into the world and engage in\\nthe battle of life for himself. Accordingly he em-\\nbarked for San Francisco, going by way of the Isth-\\nmus of Panama, and reaching Sacramento in safet}\\nhe engaged in farm labor for Ur. IManlove, with\\nwhon) he remained thus employed six months. He\\nthen proceeded to Lake Tahoe. where he spent one\\nmonth engaged in baling hay, and then removed to\\nVirginia City, Nev. At the end of two months he\\nreturned to Sacramento, and engaged on a farm in\\nsowing wheat, and subsequently in teaming on the\\nSierra Nevadas. While on the Pacific Coast, the\\nappeal for troops to aid in defense of the Union\\nwas heard throughout the land, and young Osborn,\\ninspired by the patriotic feelings which characterized\\nhis ancestors, was not slow in lesiiondingto the call.\\nOct. IS. 1.S62, he enlisted in Comjiany D, ad Cali-\\nfornia Regulars, and engaged in drill in Sacramento,\\nafter which he was sent overland to Salt Lake with\\na view to ])rotecting emigration, and the mails in\\ntransfer. He remained there eighteen months, and\\nwas then ordered to Denver, Col., where he did\\nprovost duty six months, at the expiration of which\\ntime he was mustered out of the service, and re-\\nturned to his home in 1805. He inirchased eighty\\nacres of land, and resumed the work of his early\\nlife.\\nHaving now reached a condition of life in which\\nhe could safel} assume the responsibilities of a\\nfamil}-, and finding that it is not good for man to\\nbe alone, Mr. Osborn took unto himself a wife\\nin the person of Mrs. Marj- (Clemens) Kna])p, who\\nis a native of New York, and was born in 1837. Of\\n4\u00c2\u00ab\\nher union with Mr. Knapp there was born one\\nchild, Pliebe A., who became the wife of Cyrenus\\nH. White, Aug. 18, 1x74. Mr. Knapp enlisted in\\nthe Union army, and lost his life in the service of\\nhis ct)untry. INIr. and Mrs. AVhite have been blessed\\nby the birth of four children: Charles R., who died\\nat the age of two months; Lulu B., Mary E. and\\nEthel M. Mr. Osborn and wife were married Sept.\\n5, 1867.\\nThe extensive travels of our subject, and the con-\\nsiderable experience thus acquired, together with his\\nclose habits of obseivation. have combined to make\\nhim a well-informed, practical man, while his ster-\\nling qualities place him high in the esteem and con-\\nfidence of his fellow-townsmen, who in testimony of\\ntheir appreciation of his interest in the public wel-\\nfare, have appointed him to the various ofiices\\nwithin their gift. Politicallj-, he is a straight Repub-\\nlican, and loses no opportunity of emphasizing his\\nviews by supporting his party at the polls. Socially,\\nhe is a member of the I. O. O. F., Tecumseh Lodge\\nNo. 14. Mr. Osboi n is not a member of any\\nchuich organization, but his wife is identified with\\nthe Baptist Church, and is a woman of strong char-\\nacter and amiable disposition.\\nf^^ TEPHEN W. ELLIS is a well-known and\\nhighly honored citizen of Hillsdale County,\\n^[J_Jf} who resides in the townshij) of Allen, where\\nhe is numbered among the leading farmers.\\nHe comes of sturdy New England stock, and his\\npaternal grandfather, William H. Ellis, w.as a Cap-\\ntain in the Continental army during the Revolu-\\ntionary War, and did brave and gallant service for\\nhis country in that memorable struggle. His son\\nFisher, father of our subject, was born in Connecti-\\ncut. He married Lucy White, who was a native\\nof New York, and they spent their entire wedded\\nlife in that State. To them were born five chil-\\ndren, of whom Stephen, of this sketch, was the\\n30ungest.\\nOur subject w.as born in Verona, Oneida Co.,\\nN. Y., Aug. 20, 1809. He was reared on a farm,\\nand received from his worth}- parents a good prac-\\ntical training in the duties of life. In 1837 he", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0492.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a24^\\nI\\nHILLSDALK COUMTV.\\n481\\ncame to !\\\\Iichi i;.aii, and setllefl in Alien Townsliip,\\nIlillsilale County and was thus a pioneer of this\\nl Hrt of Michigan. After residing here Ave years,\\nin 1842 he retnrned to Caiiandaigua, Ontario Co.,\\nN. Y., where he afterward lived for many years,\\nactively and profitably engaged as a carpenter,\\nwhich trade he had learned when quite a young\\nman. In April, l.sGl, Mr. Ellis decided to become\\nonce again a resident of Michigan, and returned to\\nAllen Township, where he has ever since made his\\nliome. For the first few 3 ears after settling here\\nhe was employed at his trade of carpenter, but in\\n1865 he abandoned that calling, and has ever since\\ndevoted himself exclusively to agricultural pursuits.\\nHe owns a valuable farm of 120 acres on section\\n14, which for fertility and productiveness ranks\\nwith the best farms in the township. It is carefully\\nmanaged, is under good tillage, and he has made\\nmany valuable improvements, among which may\\nbe noted a neat and commodious set of buildings.\\nIn these years of toil Mr. Ellis, aided bj his good\\nwife, has gained a competency, so that in the retire-\\nment of his pleasant home, in the companionship\\nof his amiable wife and daughter, he can pass his\\ndeclining years free from care. He is now nearly\\nblind, but does not otherwise suffer greatly from\\nthe infirmities of his advancing years.\\nOur subject has been twice married. lie was\\nfirst married in Canandaigua, N. Y.. Dec. 20, 1834,\\nto Miss Fanny Bray, who was a sister of Mrs. Good-\\nwin Howard, of Allen. By that union three sons\\nwere born to him, namely: John F., Walter S. and\\nByron C. John died in Hillsdale, Mich., in 1880,\\nwhen forty-four years old; Waller died when three\\nyears of age; Byron is a resident of Allen Town-\\nship. The first wife of our subject, who had been\\nto him a faithful and loving companion, di itarted\\nthis life March 19, 18o;j. at their home in C;inan-\\ndaigua, N. Y. Mr.Ellis second marriage took place\\nin that town, Nov. 21\u00c2\u00bb, 18o4, at which time he wns\\nunited in the holy bonds of matrimony to Miss\\nEsther Depew, daughter of Moses and Polly (Craw-\\nford) Depew.and a relative of the celebrated Hon.\\nChauncey Depew. Her parents were natives of\\nSussex County, N. Y., and after marriage they\\nmade their home near Canandaigua, N. Y., being\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0imong the early settlers of that county, and they\\ncontinued to reside there till death. Fifteen chil-\\ndren were born t(j them, fourteen of whom lived\\nto maturit} and the youngest of that number was\\nover forty-five years old before there was a death\\nin the family. Mrs. Ellis was the thirteenth child\\nin order of l)irtli of that family, and was born\\nin Canandaigua, N. Y., Jan. 9, 1823. She is a\\nwoman of more than orilinary capability, is a nota-\\nble housewife, has ever been to her husband a true\\nfriend and a wise counselor, and a tender, judi-\\ncious mother to their children. Of her union with\\nour subject two children have been born Fannie\\nE. and Sue A. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis gave to their\\nchildren an excellent education and a careful train-\\ning to fit them for whatsover station in life they\\nmight be called upon to fill. Fannie is the wife of\\nJ. Charles Whitney; Sue A. is an accomplished\\nyoung hilly, who is successfully following the pro-\\nfession of teacher, and miikes her home with her\\nparents.\\nMr. and Mrs. Ellis are valued members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Churcli, of which he has been\\nTrustee, and has held olher church offices. In poli-\\ntics he is a sound Republican. Our subject has\\nalways taken a praiseworthy interest in the welfare\\nof his township.\\n3\u00c2\u00bb^\\nHARLES G. PALMER. While all honor is\\nii i~, due to the worthy pioneers who left their\\nhomes of culture and refinement iu the older\\nStates or countries, and coming to Southern .Michi-\\ngan endured all the trials and privations incident to\\npioneer life, we must not forget those who worthily\\nbear the mantles of their honored sires. With our\\nmore progressive spirit and the greater demands\\nmade upon us by society it requires perhaps .as\\nmuch tact .and good judgment to worthily fill our\\nplaces In this society as it did in those earlier days,\\nwhen the wants of the people were few and simple,\\nand were therefore more easily satisfied. Upon sec-\\ntion 9, Ransom Township, resides one of the repre-\\nsentative citizens of Hillsdale County, standing as\\nit were a connecting link between the pioneer fsi-\\nthers, whose pl.-ices around tlie family health are in\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0493.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "482\\n:L.\\nHILL.SDALE COUNTY.\\nmany cases vacant, and thc-ir descenrlants who were\\nborn after nature had in a measure yielded to the\\nax of tlie sturdy husbandman.\\nMr. Palmer was born in Ridgeway Township,\\nLenawee County, on the 10th of Novemher, 1833,\\nand is descended fmin rugged Ivew England ances-\\ntry. His grandfather, Nathaniel Palmer, was born\\nin New England and migrated to New York, where\\nhe was an early settler in Wayne County, which he\\nmade his residence until his decease. The father\\nof our subject, Fenner Palmer, was born in Gran-\\nville, Washington Co., N. Y., Dec. 6. 1799, and was\\nthere reareil to farm pursuits. In 1824 herenioved\\nti Wayne County, and inheiiting fifty acresofland\\nfrom his father, he resided there until 1832. He\\nthen started for the Territory of Michigan, follow-\\ning the usual route by canal and lake to Detroit,\\nwhere he was met by a brother who had preceded\\nhim to Michigan, and was a resident of Lenawee\\nCounty. They journeyed across the country in a\\nwagon drawn by an ox-team, and upon their ar-\\nrival in Lenawee County Mi. Palmer entered eighty\\nacres of Government land in Ridgeway Township,\\nand erected a log house in the midst of the wilder-\\nness, two miles from any other human habitation.\\nIt was the usual crude apology for a residence, with\\nsplit shakes to cover the roof, ami an open fireplace\\nfrom which the smoke escajjcd through a mammoth\\nchimney made of earth and sticks. In this log\\nhouse our subject first saw the light, and here the\\nparents reared their family of little ones to habits\\nof frugality and industry. By the light of the roar-\\ning tire, required to keep out the hyperborean blasts,\\nwhich whistled around the chinks of their cabin\\nhome, the true pioneer wife and mother spun the\\nwool and flax and made all the clotliing fur her\\nlarge family.\\nFenner Palmer cleared quite a good farm and-\\nerected suitable buildings, but in 1846 he sold the\\nhomestead, wiiii its log cabin, anfl came to Hillsdale\\nCounty, where he purchased 160 acres of land on\\nsection 9, Ransom Township. At the time of pur-\\nchase ten acres of this land were cleared, and in that\\nautumn he sowed it with wheat. In the same fall\\nhe erected a log house, into which he removed with\\nhis family in .Innuary, 1847. He resided there till\\nI860, having at that time, after another experience\\nof pioneer life, improved a good farm, and he then\\nsold out and removed to Lenawee County, upon\\nan improved farm which he jjurchased in Jlacon\\nTownship. After a residence there of a few years,\\nhe removed to Hudson, and there lived a retired\\nlife until his decease, which occurred Aug. 9, 1885.\\nHe took part in the trouble in the early history of\\nthis section, known as the Toledo War. He was a\\nmember of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with\\nwhich he had been united in fellowship and good\\nworks for more than half a century, and was a man\\nwhom to know was to respect. The mother of our\\nsubject, whose maiden name was Julia Ann God-\\ndard, still survives, and lives with her son in Hud-\\nson.\\nThe |)arental family of our sul)ject included eight\\nchildren, of whom Charles G. was the third in order\\nof birth; all lived to mature }-ears. Charles G. was\\nthe first of the children born in Michigan, and was\\nthirteen years of age when he came to Hillsdale\\nCounty. He remembers well when deer, wolves,\\nwild turkeys and smaller game, were still plentiful\\nin both Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties, and the\\nred man still lingered in the former count} He\\nattended the pioneer schools taught in the old log\\nschool-house, whose benches were made of split logs\\nwith wooden pins for legs, and the other furniture\\nwas equally primitive. He continued to live with\\nhis parents until 1865, and then settled upon the\\nfarm he now owns and occupies in Ransom Town-\\nship. This farm is pleasantly located and well\\nadapted for the cultivation of the products of this\\nlatitude. It is supplied with superior buildings,\\nsecuring comfort for both man and beast, and pro-\\nviding for the storage of the farm pioducts..\\nOur subject w.as united in marriage, Dec. 9, 1865,\\nwith Miss Lucinda Halsted, who was born in Rome\\nTownship. Lenawee County, March 22, 1845, and\\nis the daughter of Jacob W. Halsted, who w.as born\\nin the State of New York, Jan. 9, 1817. Her\\ngrandfatlver, John Halsted, was also a native of the\\nEmpire State, and coming to Michigan settled in\\nRome Township, where he w.as among the early\\nsettlers. He bought a tract of timber land and\\nimproved a farm, upon which he resided until his\\ndeath. The father of Mrs. Palmer was quiteyoung\\nwhen he came to Michigan with his |)arents, and\\n1 r", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0494.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n483\\ngrew to manhood in Rome Township, assisting in\\ntiic duties of tiie farm. He w:is then married, Feb.\\n19, 1840, to Miss .Jean Periiiiis, vvho was Ijorn in\\nYork State, July 16, 1819, and died in liomeTown-\\nsiiip, M.ay 8, 1851. Mrs. Palmer vv.as quite young\\nwhen her mother died, and she was reared by her\\nstepmother until the age of thirteen, when she went\\nto live with an uncle, with whom she resided until\\nher marriage. Upon his marriage John IIalste l re-\\nceived a portion of the old homestead, and erected\\nthereon a log house in which Mrs. Palmer was born.\\nHer father continued to reside in Rome Township\\nuntil his decease in 1835, when still a young man.\\nIn polities Mr. Palmer was originally a Repub-\\nlican, and remaineil in the ranks of the party until\\n1 876, since which time he has been independent.\\nftjILLIAM R. DITMARS, M. D. Dr. Dit-\\n\\\\jjj/j mars is a ph3 sician and surgeon of North\\nWW Adams, and deserves credit for the posi-\\ntion he has won, not onl^- for his pn^fessional abil-\\nity, but in having the confidence of the people\\nwhom he serves. Though yet only young in years,\\nhe enjoys a large and increasing patronage, and has\\nbeen very successful in his professional career. As\\na physician he is patient, constant and sympathetic,\\nyet, in the hour of extremity, he is cool, calm and\\ncourageous, thus inspiring the sick and distressed\\nwith feelings of safe conduct tlirough the scenes of\\nimpending dangers. Amid all his toil he still finds\\ntime for the study of his profession, keeping him-\\nself abreast with all the practical details and im-\\nportant discoveries in the healing art. Such a\\nmind as his, stored as it is with the fruits of close\\nstudy and experience, and the genial disposition\\nand temperament which it is his fortune to possess,\\ncan yield only the results which legitimately flow\\nfrom such qualities.\\nThe parents of our subject, William V. and Cath-\\nerine A. (Petty) Ditmars, were natives of New\\nGermantown, N. J. They were married in that\\nState, after which they removed to New York,\\nthen to Lenawee County, Mich., where he bought\\na farm, and eng.aged in agricultural pursuits. In\\nearly life he had learned the trade of a tailor, which\\noccupation he followed in the Eastern States, and\\nfrom which he managed to save sufficient means to\\ngive him a start in life in this State. He had im-\\nproved a farm and erected buildings suitable for\\nthe successful prosecution of his calling, when he\\nwas called upon to make his final removal, joining\\nthe ever-incre.asing majority in 1865, when fifty-\\nfive years olil; tlie mother departed this life in\\n1876, at sixty-five years of age.\\nThe parental family of our subject included four\\nchildren William R. and tlin^e daughters. William\\nR. was born on the 1st of April, 1846, in Hudson\\nTownship, Lenawee County, and his early days\\nwere passed upon the farm, attending in the mean-\\ntime the district school in the neighborhood. He\\nearly acquired a taste for study, and was ambitious\\nto receive a good education. His wish was grati-\\nfied bj obtaining entrance to the Hudson High\\nSchool, which course he completed in 1865. On\\nthe 4th of Jul} 1S66, he was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Ellen M., daughter of Harve} and Rachel\\nM. (Terwilliger) Higley, who were early settlers of\\nLenawee County, and are well .acquainted with its\\npioneer history. They afterwood removed to this\\ncounty, where the father still resides in Ransom\\nTownship, at the .age of seventy-two years; the\\nmother passed away in 1852, at the age of thirty-\\ntwo. Their union resulted in the birth of three\\nchildren, one son and two daughters, of whom Mrs.\\nDitmars was the second in order of birth, and was\\nborn June 25, 1847, in Ransom Township, Hills-\\ndale Count} During her early childhood she was\\ntaken to New York, where she enjoyed the excel-\\nlent educational facilities of that State, and laid the\\nfoundation for a good education. At the age of\\ntwelve she returned to this county, and subse-\\nquently took a course at Hillsdale College, where\\nshe completed her education.\\nDr. and Mrs. Ditmars are the parents of two chil-\\ndren: Josephine E., who is the wife of Frederick\\nI. Williams, and resides in Adams Township; and\\nWilliam H., who resides at home with his parents,\\nand is pursuing his studies in school. In the spring\\nof 1868 the subject of our sketch began the study\\nof medicine with Drs. A. F. Whelan, L. A. Brewer,\\nand C. C. Johnson, of Hillsdale, graduating from\\nthe medical department of the University of Michi-\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0495.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n484\\n-u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ngan in the class of 72. He tlieii located at North\\nAdams, where he has since cnjo3Cfl a practice unsur-\\npassed hy that of any jihysician in Hillsdale County.\\nDr. Ditniars is a charter member of the Southern\\nMichigan Medical Association, which was organ-\\nized in 1H73, and was President of this body in\\n1884. He is a member of the State Jludical Asso-\\nciation, and is also a member of the American As-\\nsociation, and was in attendance as the delegate of\\nthatbodj- for the Southern Michigan Medical Asso-\\nciation, in 1877. An educated man himself. Dr.\\nDitmars, as may be supposed, interests himself to\\nbring within reach of the rising generation the very\\nbest educational facilities of the age, and was a\\nmember of the Boaid of Education until his in-\\ncreasing practice demanded his undivided attention.\\n]n politics he is a Republican, and was President\\nof the village election in the spring of 1884, serv-\\ning one year, after which he was re-elected m 1886.\\nHe has been Trustee of the village since its incor-\\nl)C)ration, and is a member of the Masonic frater-\\nnity, being from 1881 to 18. S5 Master of Adams\\nLodge No. 189. ]Mrs. Ditmars is an active member\\nin good standing of the Congregational Church,\\nand is an exemplar} lady in all that the term im-\\nplies.\\nJ I OHN A. VJNCETT, a very enterprising and\\nI industrious farmer, owns a good slice of land\\non section 10, in Litchfield Township, to\\nwhich he came in the spring of 1875. He\\nhas always signalized himself as a progressive and\\nliberal-minded citizen, closely identifying himself\\nwith the interests of his adopted counl)y, he hav-\\ning been born in Sussex, England, June 22, 1831.\\nAnthony and Caroline (Shoesmith) Vincett, the\\nparents of our subject, were also natives of Sussex,\\nwhere the father was employed as a butcher. He\\nemigrated with his little familj to America in 184.5,\\nand purchased a farm in Onondaga County, N. Y.\\nHe lived, however, only about five years thereafter,\\nhis death taking place in 1850, when he was fifty-\\nfive years old. The mother kejit the property in\\nher possession until 1870, and is still living, mak-\\ning her home with lier daughter Elizabeth, in Onon-\\ndaga County, N. Y.. and having nowanived at thd\\nadvanced age of eighty-five years.\\nThe parental househohl of our subject included\\nfive sons and three daughters, and .lohn A. was the\\neldest boy. He was a lad of fourteen years when\\nhe left his native huul, where he received the\\nprincipal part of his education. He attended school\\ntwo terms in New Yoik State, and continued under\\nthe parental roof until about 1860. Then, having\\nin view the e. *tablisliment of a home of his own, he\\nwas married to JNIiss .Julia Underbill, who was born\\nin Madison County, N. Y.. Aug. 27, 1835, and was\\nthe youngest child of Jonathan and Jerusha (Bush-\\nnell) Undeihill, who were natives of Connecticut;\\nthe Bushnells traced their ancestiy back to England.\\nThe Bushnell family was first represented in Amer-\\nica by three brothers who crossed the Atlantic\\nduring the Colonial days. They probably assisted\\nin bringing about the independence of the Colonists,\\nand settled in New England. Their descendants\\nlater drifted into the Empire State. Jonathan\\nUnderbill s[)ent his entire life engaged in fanning\\npursuits, and rested from his earthly labors many\\nyears ago. The mother survived her husband, and\\nspent her last days at the home of her daughter, in\\nNew Y ork State, passing away when seventy-eight\\nyears old.\\nMrs. Vincett had three sisters and two brothers,\\nall of whom are living. She continued under the\\nhome roof until her marriage, and by her union\\nwith our subject is the mother of six children,\\nnamely: William A., at home; Carrie, who died\\nwhen two and one-half years old; Louisa, who died\\nat the age of six years; Edward A., at home, and\\ntwo children who flied unnamed. The two sons of\\nour subject and his wife, all the childien left them\\nin their declining years, are the assistants of their\\nfather in his farming operations. The latter is still\\nin the prime of life, however, and is able to labor\\nwith much of his old-time vigor and ambition.\\nThe Vincett homestead proper includes i 15 acres,\\nand our subject also owns forty acres separate from\\nthe farm, but in the same neighborhood. The neat\\nand substantial dwelling is flanked by a good barn,\\nand all other necessary out-buildings, which are\\nkept in good repair and constantly in a slate of\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0496.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00bb-\\nhillsdalh; county.\\n485\\nr\\nimprovement. Contiguous to these is a fine iii)ple\\norchaid, niiile trees f tiie choicer fruits yieUl in\\ntheir senson tlie fruit which constitutes the luxury\\nof the hoiiseiiold. Everytliiu about the premises\\nwears tlie air of comfort and plenty, the whole\\nforming a pleasing picture of quiet country life.\\nOur suliject cast liis first Presidential vote for\\nAbraham Lincoln in 18G(), and is a stanch supporter\\nof Itepuhlican principles. Both he and his estim-\\nable wife are members in good standing of the\\nCongregational Church, of Litchfield.\\nJi! OIIN TIMMS. successfully engaged iu gen-\\nI eral farming at his pleasant homestead on\\n|i section 2 J, Ailams lownship. was born in\\n}j Oxfordshire, England, Feb. 23, 1829, being\\nthe third child born to his parents. John and Ann\\n(Capel) I imms. They were natives of England,\\nwhere they were reared and married. They came\\nto America in 1.S32, arriving in New York July\\n7. They remained in that .state four years and\\nthen came to Wheatland Township, and purchased\\nGovernment land in 1836. Two years later the\\nfatherdied in his pioneer home, leaving a widow with\\nsix children.. .She continued to live in that township,\\nmaking iier home with her son William until her\\ndeath, which occurred in 1884, at the advanced age\\nof ninety-one years. To her and her husband had\\nbeen born eight children, seven of whom were born\\nin England, two dying there when quite young, and\\nthe youngest child was born in America.\\nThe subject of liiis skctcii w.as but three 3 ears\\nold when his i)arents emigrated to the L nitcd SUites,\\nand seven years old when he came to Michigan. He\\nreceived a common-school education, attending\\ns ;hool until seventeen years olil. The death of his\\nfather occurring when he was nine years of age,\\nthe family had to l)e somewhat separated, and\\nJohn lived with Mr. Goff from the time he was\\ntwelve until he was fifteen years of age, and\\nafter that worked out by the month. In 1851,\\nin company with William Patrick and Leander\\nllalleck. he started for California, .sailing from New\\nYork Novemlicr l,(jn the steamer Hrother Jona-\\nthan. After crossing the Isthmus of Panama he\\nh\\ntook passage on board of the steamer Kim, which\\nwas defective and came near sinking, so that the\\npassengers had to stay in Panama two weeks, and\\nsome f f them were stricken with the Panama fever\\nand died. The remainder boarded the next steamer\\nbound for California and reached San Francisco\\nDecember 20. From there our subject proceeded\\nthrough .Sacramento to the mining districts, where he\\nremained fifteen years. That time he considers the\\nmost successful era of his life. He was fortunate\\nfrom his first arrival in the Golden State, being\\nprospered in his mining ventures, and becoming a\\nshareholder in the famous Automatic, Timbuctoo,\\nand other mines. Having been from home a long\\ntime Mr. Timnis returned to Wheatland in 1866,\\nand m.-ide a visit of six months, during which\\ntime he bought eighty acres of land in the town-\\nship. Then returning to California he soon after\\ndisposed of his mining property, realizing ^5,000\\nin the operation. The following year he spent on\\nhis farm in Wheatland, then moved to Hillsdale,\\nwhere he engaged in the boot and shoe business\\nwith his brother Caleb, under the firm name of\\nTimms fe Co. In the fall of 1876 our subject dis-\\nposed of his mercantile business, anil bought the\\nfarm where he now resides, which consists of 100\\nacres of arable land, located in one of the most pro-\\nductive regions of the count} The excellent con-\\ndition of the land and the neat and substantial\\nbuildings attest to the thrift and good management\\nof the owner.\\nMr. Timnis was married, in 1868, to Miss Maggie,\\ndaughter of Paulus and Marj- Irving, natives re-\\nspectively of Scotland and Cnniberianil Count}\\nEngland. They were married in the latter country,\\nand resided there until 1847, when they emigrated\\nto America. They came directly to Michigan,\\npurchiising a farm in Adams Township, but subse-\\nquently moved to Hillsdale, where they are now\\nliving at the ages of seventy-four and sixty-nine\\nj ears. Mr. Irving has been very successful since\\ncoming to this country, and acquired a competenc}\\nin attending to his business of farmer and veterin-\\n.ary surgeon, being now the owner of three differ-\\nent estates in Hillsdale. He is well and favorably\\nknown all over the \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ounty, his business bringing\\nhim in contact with many pet pk To him and his", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0497.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "486\\n,t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nwife have been horn five children, of whom Mrs.\\nTimms, the first born in this countr} was the third\\nchild in order of birth. She is a native of this\\ncounty, born in Adams Township, Sept. 3, 1848.\\nShe received her elementary education in the dis-\\ntrict schools of the township, and afterward at-\\ntended Hillsdale College, where she was fitted for\\nthe duties of a teacher, and prior to her marrriage\\nwith our subject taught school one term. To her\\nand her husband have been born two children\\nPearl F. and Irving W. The former was a pupil of\\nthe High School at Hillsdale, being a member of\\nthe class of 88.\\nMr. and Mrs. Timms are people of intelligence\\nand refinement, and hold a high social position in\\nthe community, wiiere they have many warm\\nfriends. Mrs. Timms and her daughter are de-\\nvoted members of the Episcopal Church. Politi-\\ncally, Mr. Timms is a strong Republican, and firmly\\nsupports the measures of that party.\\n-HH- s^:j:^ jjf-K+-\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb.\\nlEORGE D. WALKER. Numbered among\\nthe farmers of Hillsdale County, who are\\n__J actively engaged in maintaining its agricult-\\nural interests, is the subject of this sketch, who\\nis industriousl3 pursuing his calling on section 15,\\nof Scipio Township. He is a native-born citizen\\nof this State. Palmyra, Lenawee Count} having\\nbeen his birthplace, and Aug. 17, 1848, the date of\\nhis birth. His parents, Joel and Arethusa Walker,\\nwere natives of New England, his father having\\nbeen born in Dummerston, Windham Co., Vt.,\\nSept. 9, 1810, and his mother in Greenfield, Mass.,\\nFeb. 1, 1818.\\nAfter marriage Mr. and Mrs. Walker left their\\nNew England home, and coming to Michigan, set-\\ntled in Palmyra, Lenawee County, being among its\\nearliest settlers, and for many 3 ears were respected\\nresidents of that county. Mr. Walker, who was a\\nman of intelligence and a sound education, spent a\\npart of his life in teaching, and was the first male\\ninstructor ever employed in Adrian. In 1865 he\\nremoved with his family to Hillsdale County and\\nlocated in Scipio Township, where he and his wife\\nmade their home during the remainder of their\\nlives, Mrs. Walker dying Feb. 21, 1877, and Mr.\\nWalker July 9, 1881. They were people of true\\nworth and left many warm friends, both in Scipio\\nand in their former home in Lenawee County. They\\nwere the parents of five children, of whom the\\nfollowing is the record Emily G., who married M.\\nL. Dickinson, died in June, 1883, in Angola, Ind.\\nFrederick N. died in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, July 9,\\n1884; Harriet H. is married and lives in Iowa;\\nGeorge D.; Esther E. is the wife of James Lamb,\\nof Sioux Rapids, Iowa.\\nThe subject of our sketch passed his boyhood in\\nhis native county and received a substantial edu-\\ncation in its public schools, and when he became\\nold enough to select an occupation he decided on\\nthat of a farmer as being most congenial to his\\ntastes. He is now the possessor of a large and vain-\\nable farm of 240 acres of productive land, on which\\nare good improvements, including a convenient\\nset of farm buildings, and he has the necessar} ap-\\npliances for carrying on his work.\\nThe union of our subject with Miss Lihbie Root\\nwas solemnized in Hudson, Lenawee County, Oct.\\n6, 1869. She was horn in Scipio Township, May\\n29, 1849, being a daugliter of Hiram and Sarah\\n(Whited) Root (for parental history see sketch of\\nHiram Root). She is a pleasant, capable woman,\\nwho has proved herself a good wife and a loving\\nmother to the two children, Ralph L. and Ray,\\nwho have been born to her and her husband. Mr.\\nWalker is a well-informed man, and takes an intelli-\\ngent interest in public and political affairs, but is\\nbound to no party, being independent in his views,\\nand in casting his ballot gives expression to his\\nopinion of the worth of the men or the measures to\\nbe voted for.\\ni^H^\\nMRS. SARAH A. WOOLSEY, widow of the\\nlate John F. Woolsey, of Scipio Township,\\nand now past her threescore years, is a\\nvery intelligent and popular l.ady, and now\\noccupies a pleasant home on section 1 1 The dwell-\\ning, although plain, is comfortable, and the buildings\\nadjacent are particuhuly noticeable, especially the\\nbarn, which is a fine modern structure and admirably\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0498.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\nHILLSOALK COUNTS.\\n487\\nadapted for the shelter of slock and the storage of\\ngrain. The ninin points in the history of Mrs. AVool-\\nsey are as folhiws:\\nThe subject of this sJcetch was born in Perrinton\\nTownshii). Monroe Co.. N. Y.. Feb. II, 1K22. Her\\nparents, Lemuel and Susannah (Stout) Woolsey,\\nwere also natives of tlie Empire State, and spent\\ntheir entire lives there. Their children consisted\\nof three daughters only, of whom Sarah A. vvas the\\nyoungest, and was but one 3 ear old when she was\\ndeprived of the faithful and aflfcction.ate care of\\nher mother. She continued in her native town-\\nship, and was reared to womanhood by her pater-\\nnal grandparents, continuing with them nntil her\\nmarriage, which occurred in Perrinton Township on\\nthe 9lh of June, 1844.\\nJohn F. Woolsey, the husband of our subject,\\nwas born in Delaware County. N. Y., April 5, 1821,\\nand was the son of Richard and Susannah (Halsted)\\nWoolsey, who spent their last years and died in\\nHalavia, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. John F. AVoolsey\\nafter their marriage continued residents of Monroe\\nCounty, where Mr. W. carried on farming until the\\nspring of 18.54. That year. resolve l upon a change\\nof location, he came with his family to this State,\\nsettling first in Hanover, Jackson County, where\\nthe}- lived upon a farm for a period of twenty\\nyears. Then selling out Mr. Woolsey purchased\\n140 acres in Scipit Township, where he labored un-\\ntil the last illness, which termin.ated in his death\\nFeb. 18, 1881. Since the death of her husband\\nMrs. Woolsey has personally superintended the op-\\nerations of the farm and sought to carr} out the\\nplans which he had inaugurated. In this she has\\nbeen remarkably successful, so that the property\\neach year is increasing in value anri beauty.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Woolsey there were born six\\nchililren, the record of whom is as follows: Adna\\nM. is married and a resident of Dakota; George\\nW. is farming in Osceola County, this StAte; Au-\\ngustus H. died Oct. 27, 1858, when sixteen months\\nold; Frederick is a resident of Antrim County;\\nliosadied when fourteen years old Sarah S. became\\nthe wife of Volney Moreiiouse, and died at her\\nhome in Scipio Townsiiip, Sept. 20. 1 !S7!), leaving\\none child, a son, named Zina R. A little grand-\\ndaugliter of Mrs. Woolsey, and to whom she was\\ngreatly attached, was bitten by a dog last August,\\nfrom the effects of which she suffered an agonizing\\ndeath. Oct. 2, 1887. Mrs. Woolsey, in 1836, iden-\\ntified herself with the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nof Mosherville, of which she has since been a val-\\nued and consistent member.\\nJ\u00c2\u00a5/ ACOB J. DEAL is one of the representative\\nI business men of Jonesville, where he is ex-\\nI tensively engaged in the manufacture of\\n^_^ carriages, wagons, sleighs, etc. His father\\nwas Peter Deal, who died when our subject was\\nabout three years old, and his mother was Elizabeth\\nStahl prior to her marriage. But little can be\\nlearned of his parents, l)ut it is supposed they were\\nnatives of Pennsylvania. They had a family of\\nfour sons, of whom Jacob J. was the third. He\\nwas born in Seneca County, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1827.\\nThe early 3-eais of his life were spent on a farm,\\nand at the age of seventeen l^e was apprenticed to\\nlearn the blacksmith s trade in Fa^-ette Township.\\nSeneca Co., Js. Y. After completing his three-\\nyears term of apprenticeship, he went to Canoga,\\nN. Y., where he was employed at his trade for one\\nyear. Shortly afterward he made a trip to the\\nWest, and was absent about two months, when he\\nreturned and resumed his former occupation. He\\ncontinued his residence in his native State until he\\ncame to Michigan in the year 1854, and settled in\\nClinton, Lenawee County, where he remained for\\nthree years. He removed fioni that town to Stur-\\ngis; and thence in the fall of 1856 came to Jones-\\nville, which has since been his home. Before\\ncoming to Michigan he began the manufacture of\\ncarriages in a small way, in connection with his\\nregular business. After locating in Jonesville he\\ncarried on general blacksmithing. manufacturing a\\nsmall number of lumber and heavy wagons. In\\nthe year 1865 he began to manufacture carriages\\non a more extensive scale; he bought the lot upon\\nwhich his present buildings stand and erected the\\nshops which he has since occupied, witii but a single\\nexception. Frmn a small beginning. Mr. Deal s\\npatronage has constantly increased, until .at the\\npresent time he has to employ a force of about\\nm", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0499.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "-I\\n488\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n=4\\nthirty-six men in the different branches of his busi-\\nness to supi ly the demand. Daring the 3-ear 1887\\nhe turned out about 1 200 carts, 300 wagons and\\ncarriages, and between 300 and 400 sleighs, all of\\nwhich were first class in every detail. His trade\\nextends over quite a large territory, far beyond the\\nlimits of the .State his transactions are always\\ncharacterized by the strictest honesty, and he has\\nattained a wide reputation for tiie superior work-\\nmanship and finish which are displayed in his car-\\nriages, wagons, and otiier vehicles.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Deal with Miss Elizabeth\\nHolman, daughter of Daniel F. and Catherine\\n(Frantz) Ho! man, took place in Syracuse, N. Y.,\\nOct. 23. 1849. She was Itorn in Canoga, Seneca\\nCo., N. Y., June 29, 182G. Mr. Ilolman was a\\nmiller by occupation, and was also engaged in tlie\\nmercantile business. To him and his wife were\\nborn nine children. Mr. and Mrs. Deal have one\\nson, George V., who resides in Jonesville. and is\\nactively engaged with his father in promoting the\\ninterests of their constantly growing enterprise.\\nOur subject has been influential in public affairs,\\nand has held the office of Township Trustee for\\nseveral years and also that of Councilman, and is\\na prominent member of the Republican party. He\\nand his vvife occupy a fine social position, and in\\nthe business which he has established he has con-\\ntributed in no small degree to the growth and pros-\\nperity of Jonesville.\\n:X^ IkILLIAM HUGHES. As an enterprising,\\n\\\\rJ// intelligent and influential citizen of Hills-\\nW^ c ^le County, and one prominently identi-\\nfied with its agricultural interests, it aflfords us great\\npleasure to place a brief sketch of the life of our\\nsubject before the readers of this biographical\\nwork. He is a native of Canada, born in Kings-\\nton, Province of Ontario, Feb. 19, 1823. His\\nparents, Lawrence and Frances Hughes, were na-\\ntives of Ireland. They emigrated to America, but\\nMr. Hughes being of a roving disposition, they did\\nnot settle permanently in any place, but tried their\\nkick in many towns, finally establishing a home in\\nMonroe County, N. Y., where the death of Mr.\\nHughes occurred about 1840. His widow survived\\nhim and passed her declining years in Allen Town-\\nshii), dying Sept. 23, 18G2.\\nWilliam Hughes, of whom we write, was the el l-\\nest of three children born to his parents. He was\\nan energetic, industrious lad, and tired of changing\\nplaces of residence so often, determined when a\\nmere boy, that as soon as fortune should favor him,\\nhe would have a home of his own, and, though\\nit be ever so humble, he could then sit under his\\nown vine and fig tree. Therefore, in the fall of\\n1842, ere he had reached man s estate, our subject\\njoined the rolling tide of emigration which was\\npushing its way to the young State of Michigan,\\nand coming to Hillsdale County, he bought eighty\\nacres of land in Allen Township. The land was in\\nits primitive wildness, but Mr. Hughes, with char-\\nacteristic vigor and spirit, set to wurk with hearty\\ngood will to convert it into a productive farm. He\\nlabored persistently for a few years, when, having\\nsufficient means to enable him to fulfill his long\\ncherished dream of building up a home, he was\\nunited in marriage to Miss Sally Ransom, of Branch\\nCounty, April 19, 1848. Her parents, John H.\\nand Ilnldah (Spalding) Ransom, were natives of\\nNew York State. They left their early home in\\n1846, and coming to Branch Countj this State,\\nspent their remaining years there. They were the\\nparents of six children, of whom Mrs. Hughes was\\nthe second in order of birth, and she was born in\\nOnondaga County, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1829.\\nOf the union of our subject and his wife four\\nchildren have been born, two of whcun are deceased,\\nCharles and Charles W., both dying when quite\\nyoung. The remaining two are Lawrence and Eli.\\nThe former is an enterprising farmer of Allen Town-\\nship. The latter, who is a physician, married Jo-\\nsephine, an adopted daughter of Dr. Everett, of\\nHillsdale.\\nThe farm of our subject is one of the pleasant\\nfeatures of the landscape of Hillsdale County, sit-\\nuated, as it is, in one of the most fertile regions of\\nthis grand agricultural country. To his original\\npurchase of eighty acres Mr. Hughes has since\\nadded, until he now owns 120 acres of valuable\\nland, 100 acres of which are in a high state of cultiva-\\ntion. On it he has erected a spacious brick dwell-\\nT", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0500.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n489 V\\nin r. a fine barn, and other (int-lniilf1in js, which are\\nsecond to none in point of tastefnl arohitecture in\\nthe connty. All of his acquirements are the result\\nof well-directed lalior, excellent nianasfement, and\\na thoroufih understanding of the details of farm-\\ning. In all of his efforts he has had the assistance\\nof a devoted wife and helpmate, who has toiled un-\\nceasingly in the interests of her husband s work,\\nand to her aid, counsels and encouragement, Mr.\\nHughes gives a large share of credit for his pres-\\nent prosperit3 Our subject can well be cited as a\\nrepresentative farmer of Hillsdale County, and dur-\\ning his residence in Allen Township he has won\\nthe esteem and respect of his fellow-townsmen by\\nhis unflinching integrity, high personal character,\\nand true manliness. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hughes\\nare worthy and consistent members ot the Presby-\\nterian Church, and in politics Mr. Hughes is a sound\\nRepublican, aiul earnestly su|)|)orts the principles\\nof that party.\\nILLIAM H. PALMKR. The father of the\\nsubject of this sketch was one of the first\\nto venture into the wilderness of Ransom\\nTownship. At that time, a period of over fifty\\nyears ago, this section of the country was a wilder-\\nness, where Indians still lingered and where wild\\ngame of all kinds roamed unrestrained and without\\nfear of man. Deer and wild turkeys were plentiful,\\nand the wolves frequently made night hideous with\\ntheir howling. It took a brave man to settle down\\nin the midst of such surroundings, where the foot\\nof one of his kind seldom ventured, and from the\\ntimber land to begin the im|)roveinent of a farm\\nand the establishment of a homestead. Of this char-\\nacter, however, was Alexander Palmer, and after\\nyears of labor and struggle, he lived to sec a tract of\\ncountry transformed from its first wild condition to\\nthe abode of a highly civilized and prosjwrous [leople.\\nThe many incidents of a long and useful career could\\nscarcely be named within the limits of a brief biog-\\nraphy. Suffice it to say, that he lived to be honored\\namong his fellow-citizens, and that his name is helil\\nin grateful remembrance.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born at the home-\\nW\\nstead which he now occupies in Ransom Township,\\non the iOlh of August, 18;i9. The name of his\\nfather we have already mentioned, and he was a\\nnative of New York. The mother, Mrs. Luccba\\n(Hathaway) Palmer, was born in New York, and\\ncoming to the Territory of Michigan with her\\nhusband, proved his must efficient and faithful\\ncompanion, and passed from earth at the old home-\\nstead in Ransom Township, at the .age of thirty-\\nthree years.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject, John\\nC. Palmer, was one of the earliest settlers of\\nLenawee County, this State, having located there\\nprevious to the Toledo War. He improved a large\\nfarm in Ridgeway Township, that count} where he\\nspent the remainder of his life, attaining to a ripe\\nold age. His son Alexander, who vvas but a boy\\nwhen they made the journey westward from the\\nEmpire State, developed into manhood in Ridgeway\\nTownship, assisting in clearing the land and bring-\\ning the soil to a productive condition. There also\\nhe was married, and in the year 1H:3() came with\\nhis little family to this county in search of a loca-\\ntion. He explored the southern portion of it, and\\nfinally selected the tract of land in Ransom Town-\\nship which eventually became a valuable and\\ndesirable farm. He entered the land from the\\nGovernment, and .at once commenced operations\\nupon it, the removal hither being made through the\\npathless wililerness, with a 3 oke of oxen and a\\nwagon. The onl^ evidence of civilization was a\\nfaint trail maiked by blazed trees. In the log cabin\\nwhich had sheltered the little family for a nnmber\\nof years, their son William 11., the subject of this\\nsketch, was born.\\nThe little dwelling in the wilderness was con-\\nstructed in the rudest manner, with a roof of shakes\\nand a puncheon Hoor. The chimnej was built\\noutside of dirt and sticks. The elder Palmer worked\\nincessantly, and .as soon as his boys were old enough\\nto be of use, they .also were inducted into the\\nsecrets of primitive .agriculture. In due time the\\ngreater part of the eighty acres was cleared, and\\nthe family occupied it until the breaking out of the\\nlate Rebellion. The farm was then sold, and Mr.\\nPalmer i)urchased other land on section 4, in the\\nsame township. The declining years of his life\\nh", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0501.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n490\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nI t will\\nwere spent in ease and comfort, and he passed away\\non the 9th of June, 1878.\\nThe mother of our subject was in her girlhood\\nMiss Luceba Hathaway, daughter of Sidney and\\nNancj Hathawaj who were among the earliest\\npioneers of Lenawee County. She passed away\\nmany years before the decease of her husband,\\ndying in Ransom Township, in 1851. The first\\nmeeting held for the purpose of discussing town-\\nship organization was under the hospitable roof\\nof Alexander Palmer. It was first decided to\\ngive it the name of Rowland, but it was subsequently\\nchanged to Ransom. At the first town meeting\\ncalled, Mr. Palmer was elected Collector, and for\\nyears afterward held various offices of trust and\\nresponsibility.\\nTo Alexander Palmer and his estimable wife there\\nwere born nine children, eight of whom lived to\\nyears of maturity. Of these William H. was the\\nthird in order of birth. He, in common with his\\nbrothers and sisters, pursued his early studies in the\\nprimitive log school-house, with slab benches for\\nseats and puncheon floor. When twelve years of\\nage he went to Ridgeway, where he made his home\\nwith his uncle, John C. Palmer, with whom he lived\\nuntil November, 1861. He then returned to Ran-\\nsom, and made his preparations to enter the armj\\nas a Union soldier, enlisting in Company G, 1st\\nMichigan Light Artillery, in which he served until\\nthe 28th of Januarj-, 1865.\\nOur subject, while following the fortunes of war,\\nparticipated in man3 of the important battles of\\nthat struggle, being present at the siege of Vicks-\\nburg, the battle of Cumberland Gap, in the fray at\\nPort Gibson, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge,\\nand followed the rebel General, Morgan, for a period\\nof twenty-nine days in Kentucky and Ohio. On\\nthe 3d of May, 1863, while fighting the rebels at\\nFt. Gibson, he was wounded and taken prisoner,\\nbut piroled on the field. He was subsequently at\\nthe battle of Jackson, Miss., at the siege and cap-\\nture of Mobile, and met the enemy in various\\nminor engagements and skirmishes. His wound\\nleft no permanent injury, and he returned home\\nwith the boys at the expiration of his term of\\nenlistment, in very good condition physically, and\\nwith an experience from which he would not will-\\ningly part. The privations and hardships, the\\nwearisome inarches, the monotony of cimp life, the\\ndangers and hairbreadth escapes, form a history\\nwhich is that of thousands of others, and which re-\\nmains largely among the unwritten records of the\\npast.\\nUpon receiving his honorable discharge, Mr.\\nPalmer returned to his old tramping ground in this\\ncounty, and purchased the tract of land upon which\\nhe now resides. During the j cars which have\\nfollowed its condition has been greatly changed,\\nit being when he took it but a tract of timber\\nvalued at 111 per acre. He has cleared the greater\\npart and added to it, until he now has a fine estate,\\nembracing fifty-five acres of land, with excellent\\nbuildings. His farm machinery and live stock will\\ncompare favorablj with that of his neighbors. He\\nhas planted fruit trees and shrubbery, and spent\\nhundreds of dollars, with years of labor, having the\\none purpose in view, that of building up a home-\\nstead which would be a credit to himself and an\\nhonor to his children.\\nThe lady who has been the faithful companion\\nand helpmate of our subject for a period of nearly\\ntwenty-five years, and to whom he was married\\nSept. 4. 1 863, was .Miss Alice M. Hart, who was\\nborn in Lorain County, Ohio, April 8, 1846. Her\\nparents, Samuel and Emily Hart, were natives of\\nVermont and Ohio resijcctively, and are now resi-\\ndents of Ransom. A full sketch of them will be\\nfound elsewhere in this volume. To our subject\\nand his estimable wife there were born six children,\\nof whom but four are living, namely: Perry, Cora,\\nBudd and Jessie. Hattie and Delbert were killed\\nat Ransom, by the explosion of a steam-boiler in a\\nsawmill. Mr. Palmer and his wife both received\\nserious injuries at the same time, which nearly cost\\nthem their lives. These children were aged four\\nand six years respectively, Hattie having been born\\nMarch 9, 1861, and Delbert June 20, 1868.\\nMr. Palmer cast his first Presidential vote for\\nAbraham Lincoln, in the fall of 1860, and has\\nalways been a warm supporter of the Republican\\nparty. He gives little time to political matters,\\nfinding his mind and his hands fully employed in\\nlooking after his home interests. He has always\\nbeen prudent and economical, and purchased his", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0502.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "-L.\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nH 4*\\n491\\nfirst land with money Vhich he saved while in the\\nnrmy. He has carefully avoided placing himself\\nunder olilijintitms to an^ man. making it a rule to\\nlive within his income and to do without the things\\nfor which he had not the money to pay.\\n\\\\f7 ORENZO BENSON is prosperously engaged\\nin farming on section lU. Mofcow Township.\\nHe has been a resident of this township for\\nover fifty years, coming here with his father, an old\\npioneer, in the spring of 1834. At that time the\\nsurrounding countrj- was in a very wild state, but\\nseven years having elajised since the first white\\nsettlement had been made for permanent improve-\\nment in Hillsdale County, and, indeed, so far as\\nis known, in the whole State of Michigan west of\\nTecumseh, Lenawee County. The county had been\\ncreated by the Legislative Comicil of the Territory\\na few 3 ears previously but had not been organized,\\nand for judicial aud legislative purposes formed a\\npart of Lenawee County, and was known as the\\ntownship of Vance. Hence our subject has wit-\\nnessed in these years the steady development, not\\nonly of the township where he lives, but of the\\nentire county, and the State of Michigan from a\\nstruggling Territory to a powerful commonwealth.\\nMr. Benson is the son of William and Fanny\\n(Cook) Benson, natives of Otsego County, N. Y.\\nHis father was of mingled Scotch and Dutch ances-\\ntry, and his mother was of English descent. After\\ntheir marriage they settled in the township of\\nSpringfield, in their native county, and there our\\nsubject was born April 9, 1818. being one of .six\\nchildren, four sons and two daughters. In the spring\\nof 1834 the parents of Mr. Benson migrated from\\nthe State of their birth to the then Territory of\\nMichigan, to found a new home for themselves and\\ntheir children amid the wild scenes of a sparsely\\nsettled country, and thus became early settlers of\\nHillsdale County. !Mr. Benson bought eighty acres\\nof Government land in Scipio, and purchased of a\\nman 295 acres in Moscow Township, where he\\nlocated, and for manj j-ears was a useful and v.alued\\ncitizen, doing his full share in developing the agri-\\ncultural interests of the townshii), and suffering with\\nthe other brave pioneers the hardships encountered\\nin building up the county. He improved a good\\nfarm and built up a CDmfortable home. In his death\\nin 18G1, at the age of sixty-six, an honest, industri-\\nous and steadfast member of the community was\\nremoved from its midst. His wife, who had been\\nto him a wise and ready hel|)er, and w,as greatly\\nrespected in their neighborhood, survived him until\\nNovember, 1868, having rounded out a life of\\nseventy-two years.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared in his native\\ntown, receiving there the advantages of an educa-\\ntion in its common schools. He was a vigorous,\\nmanly lad, and when at the age of seventeen he\\naccompanied his parents to Michigan, he was of\\ngreat assistance to his father in clearing the land and\\npreparing it for cultivation. In 1843 he established\\na home for himself, choosing to share it with him\\nand preside over it. Miss Harriet Smith, of Saratoga\\nCounty, N. Y. After a few years of pleasant\\nwedded life, the wife died in the year 1849, at the\\nage of twent3 -nine years, leaving two children\\nGeorge and Hatlic. George now has charge of the\\nold homestead; he married Miss Mar} Culver,\\nand they have four children Hattie, Maud, Lena\\nand William. Mr. Benson s daughter, Hattie, is\\nnow the wife of Chester Cushnian, of Pulaski;\\nthey have one child, Frank.\\nThe maiden name of our subject s present wife\\nwas Miss Helen A. Faxon; she is a dau;5hter of\\nFrancis and Betsy (Crowell) Faxon, natives respect-\\nively of New Hampshire and New York. After\\nmarriage they settled in Batavia, Genesee Co., N.\\nY and there all their children, with the excej)-\\ntion of the youngest, four boys and five girls,\\nwere born. In October, 1835, they removed to\\nJlichigan, and settled in Clinton County, where they\\ndied, the father in 1 862, at the age of seventy- -seven,\\nhaving been born in 1785; and the mother died in\\n1863, at the age of sixty-two. Mrs. Benson was\\nborn April 6, 1826. and was eleven 3 ears old when\\nshe came to Michig.in with her parents. Here her\\neducation was conducted in the district schools and\\nin a select school at Grand Rapids, where her good\\nscholarship was noted, and subsequently she was\\nengaged in teaching for three summers. Of her\\nmarriage one child h.as been born, Lottie F., now\\nthe wife of Frank Sackette, of Moscow Township.\\n*r", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0503.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "492\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n4\\nMr. Benson has successfully cleared and iraiiroved\\na fine farun of 134 acres, and has erected a com-\\nmodious dwelling and a good set of farm Iniildings.\\nHis son, an enterprising and progressive farmer,\\nnow manages his farm for him and relieves him of\\nman} cares.\\nMr. Benson is an intelligent, well-informed man,\\nand Hives to keep posted on National and local affairs\\nof importance. A few years ago he made quite an\\nextensive trip through Southern Ohio, Tennessee and\\nKentucky, visiting the princii)al cities, Cincinnati,\\nKnoxville, Louisville, etc., and other points of in-\\nterest. He enjoyed his journey very much, and\\nbeing a keen observer gained a good idea of the\\ncountry, and a valuable fund of information. He\\nhas always had at heart the best interests of his\\nadopted State, in which the most eventful years of\\nhis life have been spent, and has done what he could\\nto develop its interests. He has taken a promi-\\nnent part in educational matters in tliis townshi|),\\nserving as a school officer fur many yeas. In poli-\\ntics he is a firm Repuhlican, has stood by the party\\nsince its organization, casting a vote for its first\\ncandidate. Gen. John C. Fremont.\\n-./w -veajei2/(\u00c2\u00abMS^|\\nJ/g?^WfS?r\u00c2\u00bb\\\\~-i\\nH. ENGLISH, editor and proprietor of the\\n((^^Oi Reading Telephone, assumed charge of this\\nll journal in 1886, and through his judicious\\nmanagement it is becoming one of the in-\\ndispensable institutions of the western part of this\\ncounty. The paper is a forty-eight-column quarto,\\nand during the last few years has enjo^ ed a steady\\n,and increasing patronage. Its history is that of\\nnearly every newspaper, except that it is among the\\nnotable instances of those which have survived the\\ncritical period of their existence and are liound to\\nsucceed. Mr. English is a practical printer of\\ntwenty years standing, having in his younger years\\nbeen the apprentice of H. B. Rowlson, of the Hills-\\ndale Standard, where he learned the business in all\\nits details.\\nBefore completing his apprenticeship, however,\\nthe war being in progress, young English left the\\ncase, at the age of nineteen years, and on the 18th\\nof February. 1864, joined Company K, 4th Michi-\\ngan Infantry, under Capt. C. B. Van Valor, of Hills-\\ndale, and the regiment was assigned to the .oth\\nCorps. Army of the Potomac, which was mostly\\ncommanded l3y Gen. Warren until the battle of\\nFive Forks. After the surrender of the armies of\\nLee and .lohnston the regiment was sent southwest\\nto the Gulf and Texas. Before this, however, he\\nhad met the enemy in the battles of the Wilderness,\\nSpottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Five Forks, and other\\nengagements, and the 5th Corps to which he lie-\\nlonged had the honor of receiving the arms of Gen.\\nLee upon the occasion of his surrender at Appo-\\nmattox.\\nDuring his army life young English acquitted\\nhimself in a most creditable manner, being promoted\\nto the position of Sergeant. He had been very\\nanxious to enter the service upon tlie lireaking out\\nof the war. and had several times made the effort,\\nbut on account of his youth could not be accepted.\\nEven when he did enlist he was rejected by the\\nrecruiting officer, and twice afterward l y the mus-\\ntering officer. His perseverance, however, finally\\ngained him his point, and he takes great satisfaction\\nin the reflection that he was enabled to do so.\\nAt the close of the war Mr. English returned to\\nHillsdale, and completed his trade in the office of\\nthe Standard. Believing that an experience in\\nother cities woulil be beneficial he traveled about\\nin true printer style, and secured employment at\\nvarious times in some of the best offices in the State,\\nbecoming .acquainted with the different methods of\\ndoing business and gaining much useful informa-\\ntion. Upon finally returning to Hillsdale lie had\\nfor twelve years the general management of tlie\\nmechanical department of the Standard, which\\njiroved to lilin an invaluable experience, and he\\nearned the reputation of being one of the most\\nskilled workmen of the craft.\\nThe Telephone was the first newspaper Mr. En-\\nglish had control of, and the manner in which he\\nhas succeeded in his difficult undertaking is suffi-\\ncient indication of his business and literary ability.\\nPoliticall}-, it is independent, and Mr. English is a\\nman who is fearless in the expression of his views,\\nand one who maintains his principles with all the\\nnatural strength of his character.\\nCayuga Count3^ N. Y., was the early tramping\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0504.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": ",t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY\\n493\\ngrouml of our sul)ject. ami where his birth took\\nplace .Inly 1. IHtt. His fathL-r. Setli Kiiy;lish, was\\na native of Vermont, and the son of an ol l Revo-\\nlutionary soldier, wlio fonijht under Col. Ethan\\nAllen, of historic fame. iSeth Knglish was reared to\\nmanhood in tlie Green Mountain State, and was the\\noffspring of Xew England ancestry, who had crossed\\nthe Atlantic jjrohahly during the Colonial days, and\\nwho were widely and favorably known in that re-\\ngion. The father of our subject was l)red to farm-\\ning pursuits, which he followed all his life. He\\nmigrated to New York State when a young man,\\nand was there married to Miss Mary Glass, who\\nwas of Holland-Dutch descent, and of noble parent-\\nage, as the records show.\\nA few years after their marri.age, Seth English\\nand his vvife left the Empire State with their little\\nfamily, and settled in Southern Michigan some\\ntime during the forties. They made their home in\\nHillsdale, where the mother died a few years later,\\nabout 1848, when twenty-eight years old. Her re-\\nmains were laid to rest in Hillsdale Cemetery. The\\nfather was subsequently married to Aliss Adeline\\nBailey, sister of Washington Bailey, of Reading, and\\na sketch of whom appears on another page in this\\nvolume. The father of our subject after the out-\\nbreak of the war enlisted in the Union army in the\\nsame regiment with his son, Amos H., and they\\nfought side by side together. On the 20tliof June,\\n1864, the father was mortally wounded by a gun-\\nshot from the enemy at the camp near Petersl)urg,\\nill Virginia.\\nThe marriage of A. H. Finglish and Miss Martha\\nClark was celebrated at the home of the bride in\\nAilams Township, April 18, 1869. Mrs. English\\nwas born in Algansee, Branch County, March 17,\\nl\u00c2\u00abn2, but was reared and educated in Adams Town-\\nship, to which her parents, William and Elizabeth\\n(Frenchl Clark, subsequently removed, and where\\nthey are now living. The father is seventy-four\\nyears of age and the mother sixty-six. They were\\nnatives respectively of New York and Connecticut,\\nand married at the home of the bride in the latter\\nState. They came to Michigan about 1849. Mr.\\nand Mrs. English began the journej- of life together\\nin Hillsdale, and of their union there have been born\\ntwo children Jennie L. and Lulu J., both at home.\\nThe former assists her father in his office work,\\nbeing a young lady of more than ordinary intel-\\nligence and excellent business eap.acities. The\\nyounger was graduated from the High School at\\nReading.\\nOur subject and his family occupy a snug home\\non Silver street in the city, ami in religious belief\\nare Universalists. Mr. English as an ex-soldier\\nidentified himself with the G. A. R.. and is a char-\\nter member of C. J. Dickinson Post, at Hillsdale,\\nand Past Commander of Phil .Sheridan Post No. 4,\\nin Reading. He also belongs to Lodge No. 17, L\\nO. O. F., ill Hills lale, and Treadway Eiicainpnient\\nat the same place. In this he has taken all the de-\\ngrees and passed all the Chairs of the Subordinate\\nLodge. As a business man, he is considered a\\nrepresentative citizen of his township, and socially,\\nis the center of a large circle of warm friends.\\ni^m-\\nm\\nif?OSHUA DILLON, an extensive and well-\\nto-do farmer of Wriglit Township, is pro-\\nprietor of 210 acres of valuable land on\\nsection 4, all in one body, highly cultivated,\\nand chiefly devoted to the raising of grain and\\nstock. Of this he took possession in the spring of\\n1863. In addition to the careful cultivation of\\nthe soil, fencing and drainage, he has erected a\\nsubstantial set of frame buildings, and supplied\\nhimself with all the machinery necessary for the\\nprosecution of agriculture in a first-cl.iss manner.\\nIn his business transactions he has been straightfor-\\nward and [irompt, and in his dealings with his\\nneighbors his course has been such as to commend\\nhim to them as an honest man and a good citizen.\\nHe has contributed his full quota to the develop-\\nment of Hillsdale County, and in assisting to bring\\nit to its present enviable condition among the com-\\nmunities of the Great West.\\nOur subject, a native of the Flrapire SUate, was\\nborn near the town of Farmington, OnUirio County,\\non the 13th of M.ay. 18.57. His father, Moses\\nDillon, was a native of the same county, and his\\npaternal grandfather, John Dillon, one of its earliest\\nsettlers, is believed to have been born in New Jer-\\nsev. The latter, upon removing from his native\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0505.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "11\\nMM*\\n494\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nState, piirohased a tract of land in Orleans County,\\nN. Y.. whence he removed later to the vicinity of\\nFarmington. where he improved a farm and spent\\nthe remainder of his life.\\nMoses Dillon was reared and married in his na-\\ntive county, continuing there until about 1857. Then\\nselling out, he started for Southern Michigan, and\\npurchasing a farm in Pittsford Township, this county,\\nhere spent the remaindei- of his days. His wife in\\nher girlhood was Miss Martha Peru, also a native of\\nOntario County. N. Y.. and who, like her husband,\\ndied at the homestead in this county. They were\\nthe parents of eleven children, all of whom are liv-\\ning, married, and settled in comfortable homes of\\ntheir own.\\nJoshua Dillon, our subject, was reared on the\\nfarm in his native county, and educated in the dis-\\ntrict school. He commenced at an early age to\\nassist in the various employments of rural life, and\\nafter he was thirteen 3 ears old had to depend upon\\nhimself for his living. At that time he left home\\nand commenced working by the month, receiving\\nat first $5 besides his board. As his usefulness in-\\ncreased, his wages were raised, until he was able to\\nearn $14 per month. He labored in this manner\\nuntil after his marriage. Three jears later he pur-\\nchased thirty acres of land in his native township,\\ntwent3 of which were improved and the balance in\\ntimber. There were no buildings, but he put up a\\ngood house, cleared some of the land, occupied it\\nthree or four years, then sold out, and commenced\\nworking by the month again. Two years later he\\npurchased seventy acres near Manchester, in the\\nsame county, most of which was improved, and\\nwith very good buildings. There he resided with\\nhis family until the spring of 1862, when he sold\\nout once more, and the year following came to this\\nState.\\nThe lady who has been the close companion and\\nhelpmate of our subject for a period of nearly forty\\nyears was before her marriage Miss Ann E. Aldrich,\\na native of the same town as her husband, and born\\nDee. 2, 1830. They were married at the home of\\nthe bride, in Farmington, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1849,\\nand commenced life together in the modest home\\nwe have already spoken of. The parents of Mrs.\\nDillon were Nathan and Elizabeth E. (Estlow)\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00baHH^-\\nAldrich, natives also of Ontario County, N. Y., the\\nfather born Feb. 18, 1797. and the mother in Janu-\\nary, 1795. Her paternal grandfather, Nathan Al-\\ndrich, Sr., was born in 1762, and one of the first\\nsettlers of Farmington. He was a man of great\\nenergy and perseverance, and .accumulated a large\\nproperty, assisting all his children to good homes.\\nHe died at his homestead in Farmington Township.\\nNathan Aldrich, Jr., was reared, married, and spent\\nhis entire life iu his native county, dying on the\\nfarm which his father had built up from the wilder-\\nness. Like the latter he wiis thrifty and successful\\nin life, and added to the lands his sire had left him,\\niissisting also his children to settle in life, and\\nhappy in seeing them with good homes of their\\nown. He was a stanch Whig, politically, and served\\nas Justice of the Peace many years. After the\\nlabors of a long an l well-spent life he passed away\\non the 18th of IVIay, 1865. The mother departed\\nthis life in 1853. twelve years before the decease of\\nher husband, at the homestead in Farmington.\\nTo our sul)ject and his wife there were born five\\nchildren: Rosetta J. is the wife of Mason Bryant, a\\nfarmer of Pittsford Township; Nathan married\\nMiss Eliza Seeley, and is farming in AVright Town-\\nship; Elizabeth is the wife of J. Gordon Brownell,\\na farmer of Hudson Township, Lenawee County\\nDelia M. married Dr. S. B. .Sabin, and they reside\\nin Pittsford; Albert E. is unm.arried, and lives at\\nhome with his parents. Mr. Dillon was reared in\\nthose principles, politically, which have made hira\\none of the most reliable adherents of the Repub-\\nlican party. He has. however, comparatively little\\nto do with politics, being raostlj absorbed in his\\nfarming operations.\\nD\\nOBERT J. BERRY, a skillful and successful\\nti^} breeder of road horses, and having a fine\\n(1Q\\\\1 half-mile speeding track within the limits\\nw^of Reading Village, seems specially adapted\\nto his calling, in which be takes pride and aims to\\nexcel. He is the owner of the famous Jack Baker,\\nwell known in this region for his 2 :40 pace, and\\nwho comes of fine Hamblelonian stock. He is also\\nthe owner of Bessie B., who trots almost at a natural", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0506.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "-4^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n495 i L j\\ngait her mile in three minutes. an l jives promise of\\nmuch greater speed witli a little training. Mr.\\nBerry has also other nt)terl animals, anrl in company\\nwith his father, Thomas Berry, is building up for\\nhimself .an enviable reputation in connection with\\nthe training and devehjpinent of horses, to which\\nhe has given his close attention for the last six\\nyears. He is Secretary of the park at Reading,\\nand has the general management and oversight of\\nthe business there, which comprises annually two\\ndaj-s racing, and which is both a .source of profit\\nand amusement.\\nThe subject of our sketch is a n.ative of Reading\\nTownship, liaving been born at the farm of his\\nfatlier on section 22, Aug. 31, 18.56. The j oungest\\nson of Thomas Berry, written of elsewhere in this\\nwork, he was reared at home and educated in the\\nvillage schools. He inherited from his father his love\\nof horses, and when a lad nine years of age was\\nspeeding animals upon the track for his father. He\\nhas thus chosen the calling to which he is best\\nadapted, and much is expected of him in the future.\\nUpon reaching manhood he was married in Cambria\\nTownship, Feb. 17, I87S, to Miss Esther Whitney,\\nwho was born there April 25, 1854.\\nMrs. Berry is the daughter of Wells and Demis\\n(Holmes) Whitne}-, who were natives of New York\\nState, and after their marriage in Geneva, lived\\nthere one j^ear. then came to Michigan, and located,\\nin 1845, on a new farm in Reading Township.\\nThe place is now known as the Abbott farm. It\\ncomprises a large tr.act of land, and after making\\nsome improvements Mr. Whitney traded for an\\nimproved farm in Cambria Township, where he\\nmade his home until his death, April 18, 1887.\\nHe was then sixt3 -three years old. The mother of\\nMrs. Berry died in Cambria in December, 1859.\\nHer father subsequently married Miss Emeline\\nShaddock, who survives him and is living in Hills-\\ndale. Mr. Whitney was a prominent man in his\\ncommunity, a Republican in politics, and held nearly\\nall the local offices. In religious mutters he be-\\nlonged to the Free- Will Baptist Church, with which\\nhis first wife, the mother of Mrs. Berry, was\\nconnected. Mrs. B. was well reared and educated,\\ncompleting her studiesat the Hillsdale Union School,\\nand employed hei-self as a teacher \u00c2\u00bbome time before\\nher marriage, mostly in the district schools of this\\ncounty. Our subject, politically, is a solid Demo-\\ncrat, and with his estimal)le wife is a favorite in\\nthe social circles, while their pleasant home i.s a\\nhospitable resort for their many friends and ac-\\nquaintances.\\nylLLIAM BEER, one of the thrifty farmers\\nof Reading Township, owns and occupies\\na well-cultivated tract of lanil comprising\\n122 acres, on section 11. It yields in abundance\\nthe choicest crops of Southern Michigan, while the\\nresidence and other substantial farm buildings indi-\\ncate the enterprise and industry of the proprietor.\\nMr. Beer \\\\\\\\as been in possessi jn of this property\\nsince the spring of 1880. havino; migrated to this\\npart of the State from .St. .Joseph County. Ind. In\\nPenn Township, near South Bend, was his birth-\\nplace, and he first opened his eyes to the iight Aug.\\n2.5, 1844. His father, William Beer, Sr., a native\\nof Erie County, Pa., removed from his boyhood\\nhome to Indiana in 1832, and thence to St. Joseph\\nCounty, of which he was one of the earliest pioneers.\\nHe settle l in the wilderness of Penn Townstiip,\\nwhere he was married to Miss Isabel Rogers,\\nand the parents, by their united efforts, labored in\\ncommon through privation and discouragement,\\nbut finally received their reward in the comforts of\\na home, which became noticeable in the community\\non account of its cheerful aspect and open hospi-\\ntality.\\nThe mother of our subject was born near London-\\nderr} Ireland, where she was reared to womanhood,\\nand came with her parents to the United States.\\nAfter a brief sojourn in New York, they took up\\ntheir residence in Indiana, which remained the\\nresidence of both her and her husband until life for\\nthem was over. The father met his death acci-\\ndentally, in September. 1877, being shot by a gun in\\nthe hands of a neighbor. The mother had passed\\naway seven years before, in the spring of IH70.\\nBoth were active members of the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Cliurch,and William Beer, Sr., w.as, politically,\\na solid Democrat.\\nThe subject of this sketch was the second child\\nT", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0507.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "496\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n4\\nin H faini]3 of tlnce pfins and ore daughter, of -nliom\\nllinl^ielf ctnfl one sister are the fmly survivors. The\\nlatter, Jlay J. Boner, is a resident of Michigan.\\nWilliam. .Ir.. \u00c2\u00abas reared and edncated in his native\\ntownship, and theie uiairi((l Miss Mary E. Shene-\\nfield, who was horn in Coliinihiana County, Oliio,\\nSept. 18. 1 M). Her i)arents, John and Anna\\n(Slough) Shenefield, were natives of Pennsylvani.i.\\nThe mother died in middle life, about If^GT. and\\nthe fatliei- subsequently married Miss Esther Hawley.\\nThey are both living. Mr. Shenefield being now\\npast his threescore years.\\nMrs. Beer continued at home with her father until\\nher marriage. Of her union with our subject there\\nhave been born six children, four of whom are\\nliving, namely: Alvina. Bertha A., Emma and\\nWilliam E. 1 hey are all .-it home. Mr. Beer was\\nreared b}^ his father in Democratic principles, to\\nwhich he still loyally adheres.\\n.o*o.-@JA~^s25)-.o*o\\nis^i LONZO KIES occupies an lionorable posi-\\nij^Qi tion in the records of Moscow Township\\nit as one of its pioneers. Coming here in\\nthe fresh vigor of early manhood, by his\\nunceasing industry he contributed in a great degree\\nto the development of the resources and the growth\\nof this township, which was the tiiird in Hillsdale\\nCounty to become the home of the white man. The\\nlong years of toil that have intervened since his\\nsettlement here fift^ -five j ears ago have brought to\\nhim due reward, and he is now the fortunate pos-\\nsessor of a pleasant home, a fine farm, with a com-\\nmodious dwelling, substantial barns, and other build-\\nings. Moscow Township, including that portion of\\nthe country embraced in range 2 west of the principal\\nmeridian, was set off from the township of Vance\\nwhich included the entire county of Hillsdale\u00e2\u0080\u0094 on\\nthe 17th of March, 1835. Since that time it has\\nbeen divided into seveial separate townships, and\\nMoscow Township, No. 5 south, the northernmost\\none of the range in the county, being the earliest\\nsettled, very ap[)ropriately retained the name which\\nwas given to it bj our subject and Messrs. Black-\\nmar and Miller.\\nMr. Kies comes of good Scotch ancestry, his\\ngreat-grandfather Kies coming from Scotland.\\nWhile on the way hither with his wife, they met\\nwith a .serious adventure which almost cost them\\ntheir lives, and came near putting an end to their\\nproject of establishing a home and founding a\\nfamily on American soil. The vessel in which they\\nsailed from their native land was wrecked, but Mr.\\nKies. with great courage and endurance, swam five\\nmiles to shore with his wife jon his back. They\\nwere early settlers in this country, and from them\\nwas descended Jogi i)h Kies, grandfather of our sub-\\nject, who took an active part in the Revolutionary\\nWar, and was a citizen of Massachusetts. His son\\nStephen was born and reared in that State, and\\nthere married Betsy Totter, who was born in\\nBuckland, Mass. They settled in Cayuga Countj\\nN. Y., and there reared six children, of whom our\\nsubject is the elder of the two now surviving. In\\n1833 Mr. Stephen Kies with his wife and children\\nleft their old home in the State of New Y ork, and\\nmigrated to the Territory of Michigan. They\\ncame by way of the Erie Canal to Buffalo, whence\\nthey embarked on the steamer Ilenr^- Clay, and\\ncrossed Lake Erie to Huron, Ohio, where the father\\nbought a wagon and a team of oxen, and the fam-\\nily braved the dangers of the wilderness and the\\ndread Black Swamp that the^- had to pass through\\nbefore reaching their destination. After traveling\\nslowly for some time in a northerly and westerly\\ndirection, they finally ariived in Hillsdale County,\\nand settled in the place subsequently known as the\\ntownship of Moscow. There the father improved\\na farm, and built uj) a home, in which he and his\\nwife passed the remainder of their days of activity,\\nalthough their closing years were spent in the dwell-\\ning of their son, our subject, the father dyii\\\\g in\\n1863, at the age of seventy- two, and the mother\\nliving to the great age of ninety-five years, dying\\nin 1882. Thej were held in universal respect, anfl\\nthe father was a man of sterling ability, was well\\neducated, and accumulated considerable property\\nl)y the successful management of his farm.\\nAlonzo Kies of this sketch was born on the old\\nhomestead of his parents in Venice, then called\\nSimplionions Township. Caj uga Co., N. Y., Sept.\\n30, 1809. His school privileges were very limited,\\nbut his father being a man of good education our", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0508.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00bai-^\\n497\\nsubject was, doubtless, better eclucated than most\\nof the farmers lads In that neighborhood. He\\ngrew to manhood in the pl.-ice of his birth, receiv-\\ning from his father a careful, practical training in\\nfarming, and later serving a regular apprenticeship\\nas a cabinet-maker. He was twenty-three years of\\n.age when he accompanied his father to Michigan.\\nHe had already been married a year, having mar-\\nried Miss Sally Taylor in 1832. She was a daughter\\nof Luke and Elizabeth T.aylor, of Massachusetts.\\nOur subject took up land from the Government\\non section 19, Moscow Township, and still has in\\nbis possession a letter patent to eighty acres of\\nGovernment land, signed by President Andrew\\nJackson. He also has deeds of two other tracts of\\nland, containing eighty acres each. With the rest-\\nless activity and ambition characteristic of a strong\\nand energetic young man. he immediately set\\nabout preparing a home for his wife and growing\\nfamily. Even before the erection of his first house\\na son was born to himself and wife, who w.as the\\nfirst boy born in Moscow Township, and to him\\nthey gave the name of DeWitt Clinton, in honor of\\nDeWitt Clinton, a former Governor of New York.\\nThey had but one other child, who died in infancy.\\nDeWitt C. is now a prosperous farmer, residing\\nwith his wife and one child in a pleasant home\\nin this township. The first winter after Mr. Kies\\nsettlement here, the season of 1833-34, was a\\nlovely one, remarkable for its mildness, birds were\\nvery plentiful, and spring, with its blossoms and\\nverdure, o|)ened very early. This was very fortun-\\nate for the early settlers, who could bear tiie hard-\\nship of settlement in that wild country mucii better,\\nand were enabled to clear their land more rapidly.\\nOur subject has been very prosperous in his labors\\nto improve his land, and now has his farm in a\\nOne state of cultivation. The primitive buildings\\nthat he first erected for his use have given way to\\nmore substantial structures, and he is well supplied\\nwith various implements and machinery that make\\nthe labors of the farmer so much easier than when\\nhe began his career as an agriculturist nearly sixty\\nyears ago.\\nThe worthy wife of our subject, who at a youth-\\nful age had joined iinnds with him to walk the\\npath of life, and h:i l for so many years been his\\nhelper and solace in times of hardship and sorrow,\\nlived to share with him the prusperity that she had\\nhelped to achieve, her life closing in 1878, at llie\\nage of seventy-two years.\\nMr. Kies has been a very influential citizen, and\\ntaken an active part in the control of township\\naffairs, having held with great credit the offices of\\nDirector, Collector, Assessor and Constable. He is\\na man of upright character and strict integrity,\\nand possesses the confidence of his fellowmen to\\na marked degree. He is a member of the Masonic\\nfraternity, being one of the oldest members of\\nFayette Lodge No. 5. In politics he is independ-\\nent, and at the polls votes for principles, and men\\nof principle, to carry out needed reform s. He\\nvoted for the constitution on the organization of\\nthe State. Religiously, lie is a firm Spiritualist,\\nhaving great comforf and enjoyment in his belief.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0fllAMES HOXIE. Prom,inent among the thrifty\\nfarmers of Cambria Township, the subject of\\nthis sketch is pleasantly located on section\\nIG, on a homestead comprising 100 acres of\\nland, of which he took possession in 1869. He\\ncame to Michigan during its territorial days, in\\n1836. in the fall of which year he located in Wheat-\\nland Township, and from which he removed in 1869\\nto the farm which he now occupies.\\nA native of Allegany County, N. Y., our subject\\nwas born May 7, 1823, at a modest country home\\nin Almira Township, the property of his parents,\\nLeonard B. and Clarinda (Taylor) Hoxie, also na-\\ntives of the Empire State, and the former of whom\\nspent his entire life at agricultural pursuit-s. The\\npaternal grandfather spent his life in Cayuga\\nCounty, where he died at an advanced age. He\\nhad been twice married, and Leonard B. was a son\\nof the first wife. The latter upon reaching manhood\\nmarried a maiden of his own county, Miss Clarinda\\nTaylor, a daughter of one of the pioneer settlers\\nof that region, and whose father spent the most of\\nhis life in Cayuga County.\\nAfter his marriage Leonard B. Hoxie went over\\ninto the Dominion of Can.ada, settling in Oxford\\nCounty. IVovincc of Ontario, in 1832, taking up a", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0509.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "i\\n498\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ntract of land in Norwich Township. Not being\\nsatisfied witii the result of tiiis experiment, he four\\nyears later, equipped with a covered wagon and\\ntwo yoke of oxen, and accompanied by his family,\\ncame overland to Southern Michigan. Wiiile the\\nfamily were passing tlirougli tiie embryo citj of De-\\ntroit, the j oungest child, a boy of five or six years,\\nwandered away and was lost, and the journey\\nwas suspended for several days to search for him.\\nHe was finally brought to their camping place by a\\nstranger, who, without awaiting any thanks or offer-\\ning any explanation, rode away as if he had only\\ndone that which was his dut3\\nThe familj now immensely relieved from anxiety\\nand suspense, resumed their journey and pitched\\ntheir tent on section 4, in Wheatland Township,\\nwhere they lived several yeai s, and thence removed\\ninto Somerset Township, in which their last days\\nwere spent. The mother passed away two years\\nbefore the decease of her husband, when seventy-\\ntwo years of age. The faihi r died in 1873. when\\nnearly eighty-one. He was a Quaker in religious\\nbelief, while his estimable wife clunj; tenaciously to\\nthe doctrines of the Baptist Church, .lames, our\\nsubject, vvas the eldest of their three sons and two\\ndaughters, of whom all the sons and one of the\\ndaughters are still living, married and settled in\\ncomfortable homes of their own.\\nMr. Hoxie. in 1854, with the natural desire of a\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0worthy young man to establish a honie and domestic\\nties, vvas united in marriage with Miss Saiah AIc-\\nCnll, who was boin in New York, in the vicinity of\\nOak Orchard Creek. Her father was of Scotch\\nbirth and parentage, while her mother was of Kn-\\nglish ancestry. Mrs. Sarah Hoxie died while still\\na young woman, in Wheatland Township, leaving\\nno children. Her mother is still living there, hav-\\ning now arriverl at the advanced age of about ninety\\nyears. The father died in New York State.\\nThe present wife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarried on the 4th of December, 18.56, was in her\\ngirlhood Miss Almira P. Barnes, and w.as born Dec.\\n3, 1822. She was ttie third daughter of Ira and\\nKlizabelh (Dewey) Barnes, who were natives re-\\nspectively of New York and Massachusetts. They\\nwere married in New York State, whence thej re-\\nmoved first to Portage County, Ohio, and after the\\nbirth of two children took up their residence in\\nMedina County, that State. In the fall of 1843,\\ndeciding upon a reuK^val to the farther West, they\\ncame to Wheatland Township, this county, and\\nspent their last d.ays at the home of their daughter,\\nMrs. Hoxie, where the fathei died at the age of\\nseventy-five years, and the mother when eighty-\\nseven.\\nMiss Barnes spent her childhood and j outh with\\nher parents, and after coming to this county was\\nmarried to .John Comstoek, who was also a native\\nof New Yolk State, and was brought by his par-\\nents to IVHchigan when a young child. After his\\nmarriage he took possession of a tract of land in\\nAVheatland Township, where his death took place in\\n1853. He left three children, all of whom are now\\ndeceased.\\nThe paternal grandfather of Mrs. Hoxie was Capt.\\nJohn Barnes, a sea captain during his early life and\\nlater one of the pioneers of Michigan Territory.\\nHe held the commission of Colonel in the War of\\n1812, and roumled up an active and energetic life\\nafter he had reached his f(jurscore years. His son\\nIra also carried a musket as a private at the same\\ntime that his father was in command of a regi-\\nment.\\nJ o Mr. and I\\\\Jrs. Hoxie there has been born one\\nchild only, a daughter Adelaide, who married Will-\\niam Donnelley, of Seneca County, and lives on the\\nhomestead; they have one child, a daughter, Jessie\\nP. The H(jxie farm embr.aces 100 acres of land,\\nwith a good set (if frame buildings, and everything\\njjrovided for the comfort of the f.amily. Our sub-\\nject, politically, uniformly votes the Republican\\nticket, and stands well amons; his neighbors.\\n1^ RS. JEMIMA (WRIGHT) HARRIS has for\\nman} long years been a resident of Wright\\nll 1\u00c2\u00ab Township, occupying one of its most com-\\nfortable homesteads, which was inaugurated\\nby her late husband, AVilliam Harris, a gentleman\\nof American birth and parentage, and who departed\\nthis life on the 24th of October, 1879. He cast\\nhis lot with the pioneers of Southern Michigan at\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^l-M*", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0510.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "t\\nH 40\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n499\\nan early date, and was making good headwaj to-\\nward huikling up a model homestead, when he w,as\\nstricken down before he had completed half his\\nplans.\\nMrs. Harris was born on the other side of the At-\\nlantic, in the townof Boston, Lincolnshire, England,\\nDec. 27, 1827. Her father, Thomas Wright, a na-\\ntive of the same, spent his earlier years upon his\\nnative soil, and upon reaching manhood served an\\napprenticeship as a carpenter and cabinet-maker.\\nAfter ni.irriage he developed into a contractor and\\nbuilder, and continueil a resident of Boston until\\nin November, 1829. Then, not being satisfied with\\nhis condition or his prospects, he determined to\\nemigrate to America, and with his wife and five\\nchildren embarked at Liverpool on a sailing-vessel,\\nand at the end of a six weeks voyage landed In\\nNew York City. After a brief stay in the metropo-\\nlis they proceeded to Tompkins County, N. Y.,\\nwhere the father rented a farm and where they lived\\nsix years.\\nMr. Wright in 1835 left the Empire State for\\nSummit County, Ohio, and purchased a farm near\\nthe ttiwn of Springfield, where lie spent the remain-\\nder of his days. The mother, whose maiden name was\\nLucy Kirkman. survived her husband a few years,\\nand died at the home of a daughter in Akron, Ohio.\\nThe seven children of the parental household in-\\ncluded five sons and two daughters, six of whom\\nlived to mature years. The eldest living. George,\\nis a resident of Akron James died there about 1 876\\nJosiah (1st) died in infancy; Josiah (2d) is a resi-\\ndent of Mexico. Mo.; Jemima, of our sketch, was\\nthe next in order of birth; Thomas occupies the old\\nhomestead in Summit Cjiinty, Ohio; Lucy is the\\nwife of Andrew Jackson, of Akron.\\nMrs. Harris was but two years of .age when her\\nparents emigrated to America, and was eight years\\nold when the} removed from New 1 ork State to\\nOhio. She acquired a common-school education,\\nbecame familiar with all useful household duties,\\nand being more than ordinarily intelligent, com-\\nmenced teaching in the district schools at the age of\\nsixteen years. She continued, however, to make\\nher home with her parents until her marriage with\\nWilliam Harris, which occurred on the IGth of Feb-\\nruary, 18-18. Mr. Harris an 1 his bride commenced\\nlife together in the town of Cuyahoga Falls, in Sum-\\nmit County, Oiiio, where they remained until 185.5.\\nIn the spring of that year thej made their way to\\nthis county, and Mr. H. purchased the land which\\nhas since been transformed into a valuable home-\\nstead. Of this there were but ten acres cleared\\nwhen they took possession, and a small slianty stood\\non the place, which had to be repaired before its\\noccupancy by the family. .Mr. Harris was a very\\nresolute and industrious man, and took pride in the\\nbuilding up of his homestead anil adding the con-\\nveniences and comforts which are so necessary to the\\nhappiness of a family. The large evergreen trees\\nnow standing in front of and towering above the\\nhouse, were planted by him and his estimable wife,\\nthe latter of whom h.as been permitted to see them\\ngrow from small twigs to their present majestic pro-\\nportions.\\nWilliam Harris was born in Bloomsburg, Pa.,\\nMarch 2o, 1823. His father, Andrew Harris, it is\\nsupposed was also a native of the Keystone State,\\nwhere he carried on farming during his younger\\nyears, and later removed to Summit County, Ohio,\\nwhere he was among the pioneer settlers. He pur-\\nchased a tract of timber land, from which he\\ncleared away the forest and inii)rovcd a good farm,\\nwhere his l. ist days were spent. His wife was Miss\\nElizabeth Drej her, a native of his own State, who\\nalso died in Ohio. Their son William was little\\nmore than a child when his |)arents left Pennsyl-\\nvania, and like his father before him he spent most\\nof ills life in farming pursuits.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Harris there wore born three\\nchildren: Lucy is the wife of Jay Goble. a farmer\\nof P^mmet County, this State; Olin and Watson\\nare married, and both carrj-ingon farming in Wright\\nTownship, this county. William B. Wright, a\\nnepliew of Mrs. Harris, has m.ade his Ixmie with her\\nsince a little lad tinee years of age. Mr. and Mrs.\\nHarris identified themselves with the Methodist\\nEpiseoi)al Church many years ago, the former con-\\ntinuing a regular attendant until his death, and the\\nlatter still retaining her connection therewitli. Mrs.\\nH. has been reared from a child in the doctrines of\\nthis denomination, her honored father haviu been\\na great worker both in the church and Sunday-\\nschool, and was Superintendent of the latter for a", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0511.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "500\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY,\\nperiod of over fortj yenrs. He vvfis a grent favor-\\nite with eiiildren anil possessed in a reniarkal)le de-\\ngree the faculty of attracting their attention and\\ninteresting them in the subject so dear to his own\\nheart.\\nS^-*gi^^*- 5\u00c2\u00abf-.\\neLARENCE A. BENTLEY. This gentle-\\nman, who is nearing the sunny side of forty,\\nis numbered among the leading farmers of\\nMoscow Township, his iiome being pleasantly lo-\\ncated on section 22. Here he rents 160 acres of\\nland, upon which he has labored to the best ad-\\nvantage, leaving no foot of it to run to waste, and\\ndeveloping in the wisest manner the rich resources\\nof the soil. Taking a cheerful and sensible view\\nof life, he gives much thought to his home sur-\\nroundings, believing it a religious duty to make it\\nthe most attractive spot in the world for his children,\\nand the friends whom he has gathered around him.\\nEnergetic and industrious, he has an excellent start\\nin life, and forms no unimportant factor in the in-\\ndustrial and business interests of his community.\\nOur subject is the third child of (leorge W. and\\nJane (Parker) Bentley, who, at the time of his birth,\\nJune 22, 1856, were residents of .Siielby, Orleans\\nCo., N. Y. His early educational advantages were\\nextremely limited, his father being a farmer in\\nmoderate circumstances, and young Clarence began\\nfollowing the plow as soon as he was old enough to\\nmanage it. and from the time he was nine years\\nof age was occupied in the various employments\\naround the homestead, without intermission, ex-\\ncepting the few winter months spent in school. He\\nwas a little lad of seven years when the family\\ncame to Michigan, and when a youth of seventeen\\nstarted out for himself to work by the month. He\\nwas thus occupied eight years, and until his mar-\\nriage. That early experience, although having its\\ndrawbacks, doubtless bred within him the self-reli-\\nance and independence of character which proved\\nthe secret of his success.\\nThe parents of our subject were natives of York\\nState, where thej were reared, married, and lived\\nuntil 1861. At tlie breaking out of the Rebellion,\\nwhich changed the plans and purposes of many\\nmen, both young and middle-aged, the father con-\\nsidered it his duty to proffer his services in assisting\\nto maintain the UnioTi. He accordingly enlisted in\\nthe 18Lh New Y ork Battery, and went to the front\\nwith his omrades. The mother, coming to Michigan\\nwith her father ani1 children, was seized with fatal\\nillness, and died on tiie ;30th of December, 1863,\\nher husband not being present to receive her last\\nwords. He served in tlie army until the expiration\\nof his three-years term of enlistment, and after re-\\nceiving his discharge, joined his children, who had\\nbeen in ciiarge of their maternal grandfather in\\nSomerset Township. George W. Bentley was mai-\\nried the secc)nd time, in 1868, to Miss Mary Ann\\nMiller, and is still living in (Somerset Township.\\nBy his two marriages he became the father of six\\nsons and four daughters.\\nMr. Bentley, our subject, who had ccmtinued a\\nresident of Somerset Township until 1879, was on\\nOctober 17 f)f that year united in marriage to\\nMiss .lessie Carney, daughter of Benjamin and\\nDensey (Taylor) Carney, and they began life to-\\ngether in a modest home in Moscow Township.\\nFor three yeais folk)vving our subject rented the\\nfarm of Mr. Kies, in Moscow Township, and greatly\\nimproved this piece of property by his thorough\\ncultivation of the soil and the excellent care exer-\\ncised over it. From there he moved to the farm\\nof Mrs. Randolph, in Somerset Township, where he\\ncontinued four years, making of tliis also a success.\\nIn the spring of 1887 he took charge of the farm\\nof Benjamin Fr.anklin, in Moscow Township. This\\ncomprises a quarter-section of land, and Mr. Bent-\\nley is now giving considerable attention to the\\nbreeding of hogs and siieep, having now a fine\\nflock of sixty-five head. He also keeps liigh-grade\\nDurham cattle, with thoroughbred Poland-China\\nswine. As an apiarist he is also a success, having\\nthirty swarms of puie Italian bees, and in the care\\nand keeping of these, requiring so much t.act and\\ndiscretion, he certainly exhibits unusual adaptation\\nto this industry.\\nI he parents of Mrs. Bentley came of excellent\\nancestry, the father being the son of a substantial\\nPennsylvania farmer, and the mother the daughter\\nof one of the pioneers of Ohio, who. at the time of\\nher birth, was a resident of Ashtabula County.\\nThey came to the West early in life, and after their\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0512.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n501\\nIt\\nI\\nmarriage settled in Somersec Township, this county,\\nwhere they still resiiie. Tl)eir family comprised\\ntwo sons and six daughters, and seven of the\\nchildren lived to mature years. All these are\\nnow living, and residents mt)stly of Michigan. Mrs.\\nBentlej was the third child of the family, and was\\nborn in Somerset Township, April 2, 1857. Her\\neducation was conducted in the common school,\\nand she continued a member of iier father s house-\\nhold until her marriage.\\nMr. and Mis. Bentley are the proud parents of\\nfour bright children, namely: Zelpha E., Charles\\nA., Georgiana and Howard J. The eldest is seven\\nyears of age and the youngest two. Mr. Bentley\\nhas a keen sense of the first duty of a father, which\\nis to give his children the best advantages in his\\npower. His intention is to leave to them a legacy\\nwhich cannot be taken away from them, namely, a\\nthorough education, by which they may become\\ntitled for the duties of life and their battle with the\\nworld. He cast his first Presidential vote for R. B.\\nHayes, and continues a stanch supporter of Repub-\\nlican principles.\\nRS. PHEBE MILLER, whose ple.asant and\\nkindly face h.as been familiar to the people\\nof Litchfield Township for a period of more\\nthan fifty years, still occupies the home-\\nstead where she settled with her husband about\\n1837. Possessed of sterling qualities, and a genial\\nand lovable disposition, she has been enabled to\\nextract much comfort from life, maintaining that\\neven in the wilderness .she enjoyed its labors in the\\nhope of future good. Jlrs. Miller has been aprivi-\\nledged witness of the remarkable changes which\\nhave passed like a panorama before the eyes of the\\npioneers of .Southern Michigan, and is one of those\\nwho have taken a lively interest in the growth and\\nprosperity of Hillsdale County. The old home-\\nstead, which is pleasantly located on section 8, was\\ntransformed from the wilderness, and is now one of\\nthe landmarks of a bygone time, and which it is\\nhoped will be perpetuated for generations to come.\\nThe subject of this sketch is the daughter of\\nRln del|)luis and Phebe (Andrues) Mann, the father\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^m\\nborn in Hebron, Tolland Co., Conn., and the mother\\nin .Steuben C jnnty, N. Y. After marriage the par-\\nents settled at Ballston, in the Pjmpire State, where\\nthey spent the remainder of their lives, and died re-\\nspected by all who knew them, the father in 1827,\\nat the age of fifty-eight years, and the mother sur-\\nviving her husband a period of twenty-four years,\\nin April, 18,il, aged seventy-two. She was the sec-\\nond wife of Rhodelphus Mann, he having been first\\nn)arried to Lydia Ilorton, by whom he became the\\nfather of eight children. The mother was a widow\\nat the time of her union with Mr. Mann, her first\\nhusband having been Thomas .Sprague, and the issue\\nof that marriage was six children.\\nTo Rhodelphus and Phebc Mann there were born\\nfour children, of whom the first, Phebe, died in in-\\nfancy, aiid .Mrs. Miller was the second child; Joel\\nmarried Miss Harriett Abell. and became the father\\nof seven children, all of whom are now deceased;\\nJohn died when four years of .age. Phebe, our sub-\\nject, was born in Ballston, Saratoga Co., N. Y.,.Sept.\\n12, 181.5, and passed her girlhood at the parental\\nhomestead in that county. She was twelve years\\nof age at the time of her father s death, and was\\nmarried when twenty years old to Mr. William H.\\nMiller, the wedding taking pl.ace at her home in\\nNew York, Sept. 29, 1835. William H. Miller was\\nthe sixth child of his parents, Elisha and Julia Miller,\\nwhose family included seven children. He was born\\nin Saratoga County. N. Y., Dec. 1, 180G, was reared\\nupon a farm, and acquired a common-school edu-\\ncation. After his marriage he settled with his\\nyoung wife upon a farm in Saratoga County, but\\nthe year following they determined upon a change\\nof location, and in October, 1837, made their way\\nto the young .State of Michigan, locating at once in\\nLitchfield Township, this county, where Mr. Miller\\nspent the balance of his da^ s, and where his aged\\npartner is still living. Mr. Miller departed this life\\nMarch 29, 1880, at the age of seventy-four 3-ears. He\\nwas a verj industrious and enterprising man, pros-\\nperous in his farming and business transactions, .and\\nleft a good homestead, embracing IGO acres of\\nfertile land, and comfortable farm buildings.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Miller there were born three\\nchildren Rhodelphus JI., Elisha, and one who died\\nin infancy. The first mentioned w.as born in .Sara-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0513.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "II\\n^B\\n502\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ntoga Count3% N. Y.. July 4, 1836. He married\\nMiss Esther Wilkinson, and is now numbered among\\nthe pi osperous farmers of Litchfield Township, hav-\\ning a good home and being the father of two chil-\\ndren William H. and Phebe. Elisha, the younger\\nson, has charge of the homestead, and constitutes\\nthe main support of his aged mother. Mrs. Miller\\nis a strong temperance woman, and a devout mem-\\nber of the Episcopal Church, at Homer.\\nIV^ILLIAM HARTLEY. Bacon says, Some\\n\\\\/sJ// born great, some achieve great-\\nVTXP ness, and others have greatness thrust upon\\nthem. To the second of these classes belongs the\\ngentleman whose name stands at the head of this\\nsketch, and whose life affords a fine illustration of\\nwhat may be accomplished by a man with deter-\\nmination of purpose, good judgment, honesty and\\nfrugality. Although starting out in life without\\nthe advantages of wealth or influential friends, to\\nwhich many of this day owe so much, he has carved\\nout for himself a desirable niche in the temple of\\nsociety. Not only has he surrounded himself with\\na good share of creature comforts, but he has kept\\nabreast intellectually of this progressive age, while\\nhe has ever respected the rights of others in his pub-\\nlic and private relations. He is eminently a self-\\nmade man, well informed and intelligent, and in the\\nmidst of a bright and genial family is prepared to\\nspend his declining years in the enjoj meut of those\\nblessings which he has so richly earned.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in Count3\\nKilkenny, Ireland, Jan. 1, 1833, and is the son of\\nEdmund and Mary (Kennedy) Hartlej both na-\\ntives of the same county as their son, where they\\nspent their entire lives. Of their family three sons\\nbesides our subject came to America: Philip lives\\nin Fairport, N. Y. James in Medina Township,\\nLenawee County, this State, and Edmund in Fair-\\nport, N. Y. When nineteen years of age, young\\nHartley set sail for America, embarking at New\\nRoss, Wexford County, Ma3 31, 1851, and laniled\\nat Quebec, Canada, on the 2d of July following.\\nHe at once set out across the country for Fairport,\\nMonroe Co., N. Y., where he joined his Ijrotliers\\nwith but a few cents remaining after his journey.\\nHis only capital with which to commence life in a\\nstrange country was good health, a stout heart and\\nwilling hands. He was of good habits, however,\\nindustrious and economical, and saving all he could\\nof his earnings, he had been in Fairport but a short\\ntime when he found employment on a railroad.\\nBeing at that time not full} grown, j oung Hart-\\nley found himself unable to stand that laborious\\nwork, and consequently after a few da3 s he aban-\\ndoned it, and returned to farm life. He resumed\\nwork at $8 per month, but after a short time he\\nhired out b} the 3 ear at $10.5 for the term. He re-\\nmained a resident of New York State until 1865,\\nand then started for Michigan. Stopping at Hud-\\nson, Lenawee County, he found employment with\\nJ. M. Osborn, on a farm adjoining the village, and\\ncarefully hoarding his savings as he did in New\\nYork State, he was able in a short time after com-\\ning here to purchase ninety-seven acres of land in\\nKent County. He never resided upon it, however,\\nbut soon exchanged it fur fifteen acres of land join-\\ning Hudson Village. He still continued at service\\nin the vicinity until 1857, when he exchanged his\\nlittle farm for the place he now owns and occupies.\\nIt was heavily timbered at tiie time, and he con-\\ntinued to reside in Hudson until the autumn of\\n1860, when he settled on his land, and has resided\\nthere continuously ever since. He has added to\\nhis original purchase until he now owns 120 acres,\\nninety of which are cleared and under a thorough\\nstate of cultivation. He has erected convenient\\nand commodious farm buildings, and planted an\\norchard, besides providing himself with those ap-\\npliances which reduce the manual labor of the\\nmodern agriculturist to a minimum.\\nMr. Hartley was united in marriage, in 1857, with\\nMiss Elizabeth Connor, wlio was born in County\\nLouth, Ireland, Aug. 15, 1836, and their union has\\nbeen blessed by the birth of ten children, as follows:\\nEdmund P., Feb. 10, 1858; James W., Sept. 15,\\n1861; Francis A., June 15, 1864; Clarence M.,\\nNov. 8, 1866; Mary E., Feb. 14,1869; Thomas S.,\\nJune 12, 1871 Joseph S., April 22, 1874; John A.\\nand George A., twins, July 25, 1876, and Philip L.,\\nMarch 24, 1882.\\nMr. Hartley s parents. James and Elizabeth (Raf-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0514.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "l^\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n503\\nfertj Connor, were natives of Ireland, and there\\nspent tlieir entire lives, dying when their daughter\\nKlizalicth was but an infant. She came to America\\nwith her brother Patrick, and first settled in Pater-\\nson, N. J., whence slie came to Michigan in Decem-\\nber, 1 8o5. Her brother Patrick and two sisters\\nwere the only members of the family besides herself\\nwho tried their fortunes in the New World. Pat-\\nrick lives in Wright Township; Bridget became the\\nwife of John Marvin, and died in Wright Township,\\nand Alice is the wife of Thomas Meredith, also a\\nresident of the latter township.\\nUpon becoming a citizen of this country Mr.\\nHartley attached himself to the Democratic party, in\\nwhose ranks he has since remained.\\n(|7 ntAM PIXLEY is an enterprising and re-\\nspected citizen of Wright J ownship, where\\nhe is actively engaged in farming on section\\n12. In the summer of 1H;J3 a stalwart,\\nsturdj man. acconipaniefl liy a bright, active lad.\\nmight have been seen wending his way on foot\\nthrough the forests of Michigan, from the little city\\nof Detroit to the small hamlet of Adiian. This\\nwas Calvin Pixley, who soon after became the first\\nsettler in the township of Medina, Lenawee County,\\nand his son. our subject. They had started on the\\n23d of August from their old home in New York,\\nand had traveled via canal and lake to Detroit, and\\nwere then on their wa^ as we have said, to Adrian,\\nwhere ihey had ai)pointed to meet the remaining\\nmembers of the family, who had traveled all the\\nway to that point with teams in company with\\nother f.imilies, who were, like themselves, seeking\\nnew homes in the untried wilderness of Southern\\nMichigan, and the^ all arrived at tiie appointed\\nmeeting-place on the same day. the 27th of Sep-\\ntember. Leaving his family in Adrian, Mr. Pi.xley\\nstarted in search of a suitable location, and finally\\nselected a tract of eighty acres of land in what is\\nnow .Medina Township, Lenawee County, and as\\nwe have before said, he became the first settler, the\\nax of that stout-hearted pioneer being the first to\\nring out through those forest solitudes. Our sub-\\nject was then a hoy of ten years, and doubtless\\nrendered his father much assistance in his labors,\\nand as he was here in the very early days of the\\nsettlement of this part of the country, when the\\nprimeval forests had not in any perceptible degree\\ngiven w.ay before the advancement of the coming\\ncivilization, he has been a witness of the marvelous\\nprogress of .Southern Michigan, and its develop-\\nment into a fertile and productive region. He\\nremembers well when deer, wild turkeys, bears and\\nwolves were plent}-, and the original dwellers of\\nthe forest had not left their old haunts, the Indian\\nchildren having been his pl.aymates.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Monroe\\nCounty, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1823. His father was born\\nin Greene County, N. Y., July 29, 1801. and w.as\\nbut a boy when his parents moved to Allegany\\nCounty, and there lived about six years, and then\\nwent to Monroe County. He there met and mar-\\nried Jenett Lucas, who was born in Saratoga\\nCounty, and they became the parents of twelve\\nchildren, nine of whom are living. He leased a\\ntract of heavily timbered land for ninety-nine\\nyears, and built a log house, the same in which our\\nsubject was born, and .actively commenced tiie im-\\nprovement of his land. He cleared abou twenty\\nacres and lived there until 1829, and then sold his\\nimprovements and bought two acres of land near\\nby, and engaged in the cooper s trade there for two\\nyears. He then disposed of his i)roperty and moved\\nto Orleans County, where he worked at his trade\\nfor two 3 ears. and then determined to cast in his\\nlot with a sm.iU band of his neighbors and come to\\nthe Territory of Michigan, lie had made arrange-\\nments with a friend who lent him money enough to\\npay for his land in consideration of Mr. Pixley s\\nclearing ten acres of his land for him, and after\\nentering his land in the office at Monroe, he re-\\nturned to his chosen location, and actively prepared\\nto build a shelter for his family. This was the first\\ndwelling erected in Medina Township, and was\\nbuilt on section l,on the land which he w.as to clear\\nfor his neighbor; it w.as the typical pioneer habita-\\ntion, a log cabin with mud and slick chimney, and\\npuncheon floor. Mr. Pi.xley cleared the ten acres\\nwhicli he had contracted to do the firet year, and\\nthen built a log house on his own land on section\\n12, this being the second house erected in Medina", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0515.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "L 504\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n4\\nTownship, and he moved into it during Christmas\\nweek of the year 1834. Two years later he traded\\nfor another tract of land on the same section, on\\nwhich he resided for one year, when he traded it\\nfor 160 acres on the northeast quarter of section\\n14, Wright Township. He resided here for a few\\nyears, and then returned to Medina, but spent\\nhis closing years with our subject. For man} years\\nhe took an active and honorable part in the admin-\\nistr.ation of public affairs, and held some of the\\nhighest offices within the gift of his fellow-towns-\\nmen.\\nHiram Pixlej of this sketch shared the pioneer\\nlife of his parents, and remained a resident of this\\ntownship until 1851. He inherited in a marked\\ndegree those traits of industry, enterpiise and\\nsound integrity that had made his parents useful\\nand honored citizens. He was ambitious to see\\nmore of the world, and to seek his fortune outside\\nof the circumscribed limits of his adopted State,\\nand accordingly took a trip to the Pacific Coast. He\\ncommenced that eventful journey by a long stage\\nride to Ft. Wayne, Ind., thence proceeded by canal\\nto Terre Haute, Ind., and from there on foot to St.\\nLouis, from there by the Missouri River to St.\\nJoseph, Mo. He spent the winter there, and in the\\nspring of 1852 bought five yoke of oxen, and with\\nothers started on the 6th of May to cross the plains.\\nThere were sixty wagons in line, and they were\\nover five months traveling the weary distance over\\nthe plains and mountains to their destination, finally\\narriving October 18 at the present site of the city\\nof Portland, Ore. Our subject bought 160 acres\\nof land in Siskiyou County, C al. It was thought\\nat the time that the land was in Oregon, but when\\nthe boundary line was defined it was found to be\\non the California side. He at once commenced to\\nimprove a farm, and lived there nine years, exten-\\nsively engaged in mining in Oregon, and in 1864\\nwent to Idaho, where he was engaged in the same\\noccupation for awhile. He then resumed farming\\nand stock-raising, and was very prosperously em-\\nployed in those pursuits until 1881, vvhen he decided\\nto return to his old home in Wright Township,\\nwhere he has since lived on the farm that he has\\nowned since 1848. He still retains his farm in\\nCalifornia, and is well off in this world s goods,\\nwhich he has accumulated by unceasing industry\\nand well-directed enterprise.\\nMr. Pixley was united in marriage, Feb. 7, 1859,\\nto Mrs. Phebe .7. (Griffith) Downer, widow of John\\nDowner, and daughter of Abner and Mary E. (Fer-\\nguson) Griffith, natives of New York State. Her\\ngrandfather, Samuel Griffith, was born in Wales,\\nand spent his last years in Indiana. The father of\\nMrs. Pixley moved from Saratoga, N. Y., to Orleans\\nCounty, then to Cayuga County, and from there to\\nLorain County. In 1834 he started West with his\\nfamily and an ox-team. Michigan Territory being\\ntheir destination. He located in Seneca Township,\\nbecoming one of the first settlers of that township.\\nHe bought land on section 7, and improved a farm,\\nwhich some years later he sold and moved to Me-\\ndina, where he and his wife closed their earthly\\ncareers.\\nMr. Pixley is a patriotic and public-spirited citi-\\nzen, using his influence to promote the best inter-\\nests of the township. In politics in his early years\\nhe affiliated with the Democratic party, l)ut since\\nthe breaking out of the war lias been a stanch Re-\\npublican. He is a well-informed man of excellent\\ncharacter, and with his amiable wife occupies an\\nhonorable position among the members of this com-\\nmunity.\\nOHN Mcdonough, of Jefferson Township,\\ncame from County Clare, Ireland, in 1849,\\nwhen but an infant, his birth having taken\\nplace Feb. 24, 1848. His parents, Thomas\\nand Mary (Dwyre) McDonough, were natives of\\nthe same county as their son, and early settlers of\\nJefferson Township, this county. Upon landing at\\nQuebec, Canada, after an ocean voyage of eight\\nweeks, they took up their residence first in Monroe\\nCounty, N. Y., where the father followed farming,\\nand also worked at his trade of stonemason. In\\n1865 they left the Empire State, and coming to\\nthis county, settled upon the land which is now oc-\\ncupied 1)3 their son, our sul)jeet.\\nThe parents of our subject are still living in Jef-\\nferson Township. He was their only child, and\\nwas reared in the faith of the Catholic Church,\\nbeing confirmed at the age of seventeen. Of that\\n*t", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0516.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nchurch tlie father is .n dcvdtcfl mcnilicr, niirl jxilitic-\\nall_y, is stronjrly Democratic. Tiie pntcrnal jirancl-\\nfather, John McDonough, Sr., came to America\\nabout lf 52, and shortly after took up his residence\\nin Jefferson Township, this county, and became\\nquite prominent in local affairs. He lived to the\\nadvanced age of one hundred and three years, and\\nhis remains were laid to rest in the Catholic Ceme-\\ntery, at Hillsdale.\\nOur subject continued under the home roof\\nuntil about twentj-lwo years of age. and eraploj ed\\nhimself at farming before his marriage, and upon\\nthe occurrence of this event, Feb. 9, 1875, he had\\na snug little sum of money with which to begin the\\nestablishment of a home. The lady of his choice,\\nMiss Jane Whalen, was born in Lenawee County,\\nthis State, Way 27, 1849, and is the daughter of\\nJames and Mary (Jennings) Whalen, who were na-\\ntives of Ireland. They are now living in Hudson,\\nLenawee Count3\\nThe farm of our subject, of which he became\\nowner in 1879, consists of 106f acres, which he\\nhas brought to a good state of cultivation, and\\nupon which he has erected a good set of farm build-\\nings, and is gradually adding to the beauty and\\nvalue of his property. To Mr. and Mrs. McDon-\\nough there were born seven children, one of whom\\ndied in infancy. The surviving are Mar3% Tiiomas,\\nEllen, Jennie, Katie and John. They have been\\nsent to school regularlj and their father, who\\nthoroughly believes in education, is giving them\\nthe best advantages in his power. As a self-made\\nman, a straightforward and worth} citizen, Mr.\\nMcDonougli takes rank with an} in his township.\\n505 i|\\nI\\niiii WjJ. jc-i 1* jiS\\nASSIUS M. C. ANDRUS is a dealer in coal\\n(|(^L and wood, lime and cement, in the beautiful\\ncity of Hillsdale, in this county. Air. Andrus\\nwas born in Wayne County, N. Y., in Macedon\\nCenter, on Christmas Day, 1844, and is the son of\\nChailes M. L. Andrus, wlio was also a native of that\\nState, where he was born in Saratoga County, near\\nthe celebrated Saratoga Springs, Aug. 16, 1808.\\nThe mother of our subject was in her girlhood\\nMiss Leah, daughter of Herbert and Lydia Mal-\\nlory, and was born in Macedon, N. Y., in 1818.\\nTheir marriage took place in 1836, and ten years\\nlater they started on a journey to the West, and\\nfirst stopped at Moscow Plains, Mich. He finally\\nsettled on a farm in the adjoining couTit} of Somer-\\nset, and there passed the remainder of his days in\\nagricultural pursuits, his death occurring on the\\n19lh of August, 1883. Three years after their re-\\nmoval to this State, he sustained an irreparable loss\\nin the death of his wife, who was called to her re-\\nward in July, 1849.\\nThe parental family of our subject included five\\nchildren, of whom two lived to maturity, while the\\nothers died in infancy. The sister of our subject\\nis the wife of I). A. Fowle, of Moscow Township.\\nCassius M. C. Andrus was the third child in\\norder of birth, and was about two years old when\\nhis parents removed to this count} Here liis\\nyouth was spent, alternating between his labors on\\nthe farm and attending the common schools of the\\nneighborhood, in which, by diligent study, he se-\\ncured a goo l educalitui, and engaged in the pro-\\nfession of a school teacher. He remained under\\nthe parental roof until 1871, when he embarked in\\nthe dry-goods business in Jerome, Somerset Town-\\nship, and was thus successfully engaged for a pe-\\nriod of six years. At the end of this time he sold\\nout his liusiness, and returned to the farm where he\\ncontinued until 1885. He owned a farm, adjoining\\nthat of his father, and was also engaged in its culti-\\nvation. In 1885 Mr. Andrus renu)ved to the city\\nof Hillsdale, and one year later lie engaged in his\\npresent business. He was also possessor of a\\nscholarship in Hillsdale College.\\nMr. Andrus was united in marriage, Dec. 18,\\n1867, with Miss Eliza Martin, of Moscow Town-\\nship, this county, daughter of F. J. Martin, Esq..\\nwho was formerly a resident of New York. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Andrus are the |)arents of three daugh-\\nters, as follows: Edith M. and Dora B., both\\nattending college, and Leah Maude. Mr. Andrus\\nhas served as Superintendent of Schools for the\\ntownship of Somerset, and in politics is found in\\nthe ranks of the Republican party, though he is\\na temperance man from principle, and is in sym-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0517.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "M^\\n506\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\npathy with prohibition principles. He and his es-\\ntimable wife are members in good standing of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Andrus\\nwas Superintendent of the Sunday-school for some\\nyears.\\njj^^ AMUEL B. KERR. One of the finest farms\\nin Hillsdale County is the property of this\\n!i\\\\/_li) gentleman, and comprises the northeast\\nquarter of section 3 in Somerset Township.\\nIt was built up by the industry and perseverance\\nof a self-made man, who began his business career\\nas a farm laborer, working out by the month, and\\nwho earned every dollar of the capital with which\\nhe has since operated to such good advantage. He\\ncame to this county in the spring of 18G3, moving\\nwith his family into a small frame house, which in\\n1876 gave place to the handsome and commodious\\nresidence which they occupy now, and which with\\nits elegant finishings, is truly a delight to the eye.\\nIt is surrounded by tastefully laid out grounds, and\\nadj.acent is a fine orchard with the smaller fruit\\ntrees, besides the barns and out-buildings admira-\\nbly adapted to the shelter of stock and the storage\\nof grain. During the twenty-five years of his resi-\\ndence among the people of this section, Mr. Ken-\\nhas fully established himself in their esteem and\\nconfidence, and has in all respects proved a valued\\naddition to the community.\\nOur subject was horn in Orange County. N. Y.,\\nJan. G, 1 833, and is the son of Robert C. and Cor-\\nlinda (Miller) Kerr. The father, born Jan. 6,\\n1806, was a native of the same county, where he\\ncontinued a resident until in June, 1837. Then\\nwith his family he started for the West, making his\\nway laboriously to the young State of Michigan,\\nvia the Hudson River, the Erie Canal and the lakes\\nto Detroit, and from there overland by team to\\nJackson County, bringing all the goods he could\\npack upon a wagon, together with his wife and four\\nchildren. He located in Liberty Township on sec-\\ntion 15, taking up eighty acres of Government land,\\nand in due time purchased 160 acres more, this\\ncomprising a fine body of land which lie occupied\\nuntil 1844. He then sold forty acres and moved\\nonto another farm, eighty rods west. Upon the\\nfirst he had kept a public house, but on the latter\\nspent the last years of his life, dying on the 8th\\nof October, 1864, leaving a wife and eight children.\\nHe was an old Andrew Jackson Democrat, and hold\\nthe various local offices of his township, serving as\\nTreasurer thirteen years, besides being Clerk and\\nHighway Commissioner. He was a warm supporter\\nof the various enterprises calculated to benefit the\\ncommunity, activel3 interested in the establishment\\nand maintenance of schools, and a man to whom\\nthe people first applied in their efforts for the edu-\\ncation of their children, and bringing about the\\nmoral and social projects which would be for the\\nbest good of all concerned.\\nRobert C. Kerr in early life had followed shoe-\\nmaking, and by this means made monej to pay for\\nhis first purchase of land. Ever active and indus-\\ntrious, he had no patience with the idler, and\\nwhether on the farm, in the hotel, or at the shoe-\\nmaker s bench, uniformly set an exami)le of thrift\\nand economy. The children of the parental house-\\nhold were given a good education, and one sun.\\nwho was deaf and dumb, after pursuing a thorough\\ncourse of study at Flint, Mich., was sent to Europe\\nfor the purpose of finishing his studies in painting.\\nAll of the eight children are living, and the broth-\\ners, with one exception, are engaged in agricultural\\npursuits. The sisters, with one exception, became\\nthe wives of farmers; one married a physician.\\nOne brother, Marcus, developed artistic taste in a\\nmarked degree, and has now one of the prominent\\nstudios in the cit3- of St. Louis, Mo.\\nThe mother of our subject, also a native of\\nOrange County, N. Y., was born Aug. 10, 1805,\\nand surviving her husband over ten years, died\\nat the home of her daughter in Blackmar on\\nthe 26th of January, 1875. She was finely educated,\\nand assisted her children greatly in their studies.\\nBoth parents were church-going people, attending\\nduring the later years of their lives the Universalist\\nChurch, at Liberty.\\nSamuel B. Kerr remained a member of the pa-\\nrental household until 1851, being then a youth of\\neighteen years. In the meantime he carried the\\nmail from Spring Arbor to tlie Junction for a\\nperiod of seven years. In the spring of this year\\nhe left home, and for five years thereafter worked", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0518.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n507\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A\\nout Iiy the inoiitli. On the otli of July, I800, lie\\nwas uiiite l in marriage with Miss Catherine Tur-\\nney, who was born Sept. 7, 18;3. in New York,\\nand is the daughter of Thomas .ind Mary (MeWill-\\ni.iiiis) Turney, of wiiom mention is made in the\\nsketch of Harvey M. Turney, elsewhere in this\\nvolume. Mr. and Mrs. Kerr after their marriage\\nsettled in .Jackson County, where they lived until\\n1863, and then our subject purchased and took\\npossession of the land which lie now occupies. The\\nlittle household in due time embraced five cliililren\\nDeWitt R., born April 12. IMoO. married Miss\\nEva Dunn, lau ihter of Simeon Dunn, of whom a\\nsketch appears elsewhere in this volume, and is the\\nfather of two boys; Frank was born Dec. 19, 1863,\\nand is deceased; Gertrude was born Jan. 22, I860;\\nshe attended the High School at Hillsdale one year,\\nand has taught several terms. Edna M. was born\\nOct. 22, 1868, and completed her studies in the\\nschool at -Somerset Center; she was married, May\\n23, 1888, to pAigene Wetherwax. One child, born\\nAug. 28, 1873, died in infancy.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject, Robert\\nKerr by name, was a native of Ireland, and cross-\\ning the Atlantic early in life settled in New York,\\nwhere his death took place. He had married a\\nMiss Crawford, a lady of Scotch birth and parent-\\nage. The maternal grandparents were John and\\nAnoscha Van Curen, natives of Germany, who also\\ndied in the Empire State.\\nMr. Kerr cast his first Presidential vote for James\\nBuchanan, and has since supported the principles\\nof the Democratic party. He is a strong temper-\\nance advocate, but believes in regulating this vexed\\nquestion by high license. Socially, he is a member\\nof Masonic Lodge No. 109, at Libert} Jackson\\nCounty, with which he has been identified since\\n1868, and has held nearly every office in the lodge.\\nAVID BECKHARDT, a leading grocer of\\nHillsdale, and also dealing extensively in\\nseeds and other farming produce, is trans-\\nacting a large commission business, and\\nforms no unimportant f.ictor of the business ele-\\nment of the city. Of German birth and ancestry.\\nhe possesses the sturdy honesty and energy of his\\nrace, and is one of the m.any men who have assisted\\nso greatly in the building up of the communities of\\nthe Great West.\\nOur subject first o|iene(l his eyes to the light in\\nthe city of Hamburg, on the 9th of November, 1819.\\nHis parents, Ludwig and Eva (Simons) Beckhardt.\\nwere also natives of Germany, and si)ent their last\\nyears in Hamburg. Their family consisted of five\\nchildren, who, in accordance with the laws and cus-\\ntoms of the country, were placed in school at an\\nearl} age, and continued there until fourteen years\\nold. David, in common with his brothers and sis-\\nters, thus acquired a practical education, and upon\\nleaving school began to make himself useful at\\ndifferent kinds of employment. He finally left\\nGermany in May, 1840. and then making his way to\\nHavre, France, boarded a sailing-vessel bound for\\nthe United States. After a tedi jus voyage of fifty-\\nthree days, the vessel arrived in New York Harbor,\\nand young Beckhardt took up his residence in the\\nmetropolis, employing himself at whatever he could\\nfind to do. Eight months later he repaired to the\\ncity of Albany, where he worked two years at pork-\\npacking for the munificent salary of $8 per month.\\nHis next removal was to Buffalo, vvhere he started\\nin business on his own account, but gave this up a\\nfew months later, and set up in the grocery trade\\nat Lodi, N. Y.\\nAt this place our subject met his fate in the per-\\nson of Miss Adeline M. F arnesworth, tt) whom he\\nwas united in marriage on the 5th of February,\\n1845. Mrs. Beckhardt was born at Lodi, N. Y.,\\nApril 12, 1827. and her parents were natives of\\nNew Hampshire. They spent the latter part of\\ntheir lives in the Empire State. Mr. Beckhardtand\\nhis young wife now moved to Buffalo, and Mr. B.\\npurchased a stock of dry-goods and notions, and\\ncontinued there in trade until the spring of 1850.\\nHitherto he had not made the progress he could\\nhave wished financially, and now resolved to seek\\nhis fortunes in a more western country. Southern\\nMichigan was at that time attracting the attention\\nof manj of the young and enterprising men of the\\nEmpire State, and he accordingl} repaired hither.\\nHis objective point was the embryo city of Hills-\\ndale, where he took up his residence, and was so", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0519.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "508\\n^m\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nfavored by fortune, that here he has since remained.\\nHe first made a specialty of selling hats, caps, and\\nother wear for gentlemen, but three years later\\ndrifted into the grocery and produce business. To\\nthis he has proved himself especially adapted, and\\nis now in the enjoyment of a handsome income.\\nThe home of Mr. Beckhardt is pleasantly located\\nin the southern part of the city, and the household\\ncircle has been brightened by the birth of nine chil-\\ndren, of whom six are living, namely: Edward T.,\\nLouis F., George, Louisa. Alice and Lilly.\\nMr. Beckhardt votes with the party of reform\\nand progress, and socially, is a member in good\\nstanding of the Masonic fraternity.\\n\u00c2\u00bbri^\\n^STTvH^\\npsrs^\\n^^^EORGE F. ANDERSON. One of the most\\nif i^w7 interesting periods in the life of this gen-\\n^^^4 tleman, now a resident farmer of Litchfield\\nTownship, was during his connection with the\\nUnion army, in which he made a fine record as a\\nsoldier. The remembrance of this is the source of\\nextreme satisfaction to him in that he was per-\\nmitted to emphasize his patriotic sentiments and\\nassist in the preservation of one of the best gov-\\nernments which the sun ever shone upon. F irst a\\nmemlier of Company F, 11th Michigan Light Ar-\\ntillery, he was later transferred to Company K,\\nnth Michigan Cavalry. He was all through the\\nKentucky campaign, assisted in driving the raider\\nMorgan from the soil of Southern Ohio, and trav-\\neled through the States of Indiana and Pennsyl-\\nvania, during which time he received the commis-\\nsion of Second Lieutenant, with which rank he was\\nmustered out. Aside from sustaining an injury by\\nthe falling of his horse, he returned home un-\\nharmed, although unable to labor for some time\\nafterward. In 18G4 he was Provost Marshal of\\nthe Ninth Congressional District of Kentucky.\\nThe early tramping ground of our subject was\\nin the town of Scipio, Cayuga Co N. Y.. where\\nhis birth took place Dec. 25, 1836. His par-\\nents, Alfred and Mary (VVormen) Anderson, were\\nnatives respectively of New York and Pennsyl-\\nvania, the latter born in the city of Philadelphia.\\nHis paternal grandfather served as a soldier in the\\nWar of 1812, and was with Andrew Jackson at\\nNew Orleans.\\nThe parents of our subject after their marriage\\nsettle l in Cayuga County, N. Y., whence, in 1842,\\nthey removed to Ontario County, and from there\\nto Monroe County, locating twelve miles from\\nthe city of Rochester. The father purchased a\\nfarm, and tliere spent the remainder of his days,\\ndying in 1850, at the age of fifty years. After\\nhis death the mother and children moved back\\nto Ontario County, N. Y., where the mother still\\nlives in Farmington, and is now arrived at the ad-\\nvanced age of ninety-nine years.\\nThe six sons and three daughters of the parental\\nfamily are still living. Of these George F., our\\nsubject, was the second son and third child. He\\nwas five years of age upon the first removal to\\nOntario County, and after the death of his father\\nworked out summers and attended school in the\\nwinter. The subsequent loss of property sent out\\nall the children from home to look out for them-\\nselves. George F., when a boy fifteen or sixteen,\\ncame about 1852 to this State, where he was first\\nemployed on a farm, and then engaged in putting\\nup lightning rods. His time was thus occupied\\nuntil the outbreak of the Reliellion. In the early\\npart of 1863, while at home on a furlough, lie was\\nmarried, in Litchfield Township, Fel)ruar3 15, to\\nMiss Roxana Cohoon, who was born in .Jones ville,\\nthis count}-, Feb. 7. 1844.\\nThe young people began life together at a com-\\nfortable little home in Litchfield Township, and in\\ndue time became the parents of nine children, the\\neldest of whom, Frankie, is the wife of E. E. Rich-\\nardson, of Litchfield Township, and the mother of\\none child, a son Roy; Eddie is farming in Kansas;\\nthe others Frederick D., Harry, Louie, P^lora,\\nAbbie, Walter and Otto are at home with their\\nfather. The mother died at her home in Litchfield\\nTownship, Dec. 29. 1884. She was a lady of many\\nestimable qualities, a devoted wife and mother, and\\nwas greatly mourned by her family and a large cir-\\ncle of friends. She was the daughter of Chancy\\nand Ellen (Vanderwater) Cohoon, who were natives\\nof New York, and came to Michigan in 1840. Her\\npaternal grandfather died ,at his home in Adams\\nTownship in 1.S85, when ninety -seven j ears of age.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0520.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0521.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0522.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "-4*-\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\nall\\nThe father aiul mother are still living;, makinu; tlieir\\nhome ill Adrian, the former sixty-four years of\\nage. Their famil3 consisted of two sons and three\\ndau Thters. Roxmia liein^f the second cliild. She\\nwas nineteen years old at the time of her marriajfe.\\nThe farm of our subject comprises 131f acres\\non section 10, 110 acres of wliicli he purchased\\nwith the residence in 1 is70. having since added to\\nlis real estate. Politically, it is hardly necessary\\nto s.ay he belongs to the llepublican [)arty. and was\\none of the charter members of Stewart Post No.\\n2di). G. A. R., at LitcliSeld, officiating at present\\n.as Sergeant Major. As a farmer he has succeeded\\nfairly well, being enabled to provide a comfort-\\nable home for his children, and his filrm property\\nis equal to a snug bank account, and better, as it\\ncannot be carried off to Canada by an auscond-\\ning cashier.\\nAMUKL AUGUSTUS HASKKLL. Occu-\\npying H prominent position among the weal-\\nthy and substantial citizens of Hillsdale\\nCount} and foremost among its agricult-\\nurists, stands the subject of this commemorative\\nnotice. He is a native of New England, born in\\nNew Hampshire, Nov. 18, 1833, being a son of\\nJohn B. and Lucy Sylvana Haskell, both natives of\\nthe Granite State (for parental history see sketch\\nof John B. H.askell).\\nSamuel was the eldest of the family of seven\\nchildren born to his parents. When he was eight\\nyears old. his father despairing of making the rocky\\nhills of his niitive State yield sufficient sustenance\\nfor himself and family, removed to Onondaga\\nCounty, N. Y. He was then in straightened cir-\\ncumstiinces, having but $10 that he could rightly\\ncall his jwn, and was not only obliged to labor\\nassiduously himself, but also required the assist-\\nance of every member of the family who was old\\nenough to he of use. Our subject, therefore, who\\nhad attended school two terms while in New Hamp-\\nshire, was obliged to limit his education to such\\nknowledge as could be acquired during the winter\\nterm of school. His father was very successful in\\nhis agricultural pursuits, and when our subject was\\neighteen years old he was able to leave home and\\ncommence to earn his own living by working as a\\nfarm laborer. Being an industrious young man,\\nof exceptionally good habits, he had saved sufficient\\nmoney in the course of two years to pay his ex-\\npenses to California, where he desired to try his luck\\nin mining. Accompanied by two chums, Jacob\\nHogan and George Chandler, he sailed from New\\nYork on the -North Star. Crossing the Isthmus of\\nPanama, they took the steamer -Sonora at Aspin-\\npinvvall, and arrived safely at San Francisco June\\nIG. They continued their journey through the\\nSacramento Valley to Shasta, then proceeded on\\nfoot, with tlieir blankets strapped on their shoulders,\\nto Weaverville. thence to Canyon Creek, where they\\nbegan their mining operations. In speaking of\\nthat era of his life. Mr. Haskell says: My trip to\\nCalifornia was rich in experience, and rewarded by\\na fair remuneration, vvlijch might have been a good\\ndeal larger had I staid longer. In the fall of\\n1857 he returned by the same route to New York,\\nstopping on the way at Havana and a few days at\\nNew York Cit} visiting the places of celebrity in\\neach, and arrived home November 18, the tweiitj\\ntiftli anniversary of his birthday. The following\\nspring he came to this county and settled in Adams\\nTownship, on a portion of the farm he now owns\\non section 5.\\nMr. Haskell, in the summer of the year. 1858\\ntook for a wife Miss Julia, the daughter of Peter\\nSprawles, well known as a pioneer of Hillsdale\\nCounty. She proved herself a faithful wife and a\\ntrue helpmate to her husl)and, and a tender and de-\\nvoted mother to her children. Her death, which\\noccurred in 1882. when she wjis only forty-one\\nyears of age, was truly mourned by all who knew\\nher. Of her union with our subject seven children\\nhad been horn, namely: Oliver, Orville, Haltie,\\nEmma, Lucy. Jennie and John. Oliver was mar-\\nried to Ellen Tiffany, of North Adams, now de-\\nceased they had two children Albert and Clyde E.\\nOrville, in the livery business in North Adams,\\nniarrieil Tilla HamiiKjnd, and they have two chil-\\ndren George and Julia; Hittieis.the wife of Sam-\\nuel Kennedy, of Fayette, Hillsdale County, and\\nthey have three children- Augusta, .Myrtieand Cora;\\nEmma is the wife of E. E. Smith; thej are resi-\\ndents of Hammond, Ind., and have one child,\\nlu, r", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0523.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\n512\\n^m\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nVincent; Lucy is the wife of George Dunn, a\\nfarmer of Wheatland J ownsliip, and the} iiave two\\nchildren Jay and Ray; Jennie lives with her sister\\nLucy; John resides at hoir.e and is attending school.\\nMr. Haskell was again married, taking for his sec-\\nand wife Mrs. Anna Spoore. daughter of Jerry\\nReynolds, .of *^cipio Township, this county, and\\nwidow of the late Daniel Spoore, of the same\\nplace, bj whom she had two children Walter and\\nEva. Her father reni(jved from New York to this\\nState, and became one of the original settlers of\\nScipio. He had two children, the wife of our sub-\\nject, the elder, having been born in Scipio in 1847-\\nMr. Haskell lived on the farm which he first\\nowned in Adams Township, three years, then sold\\nit and moved onto a tract of eighty acres given to\\nhis wife by her father, which he improved and\\nworked, building a barn, planting an orchard, and\\nclearing a part of it. After living there three years\\nhe sold the same for |;l,800, and again settled on\\nhis first farm, buying it back foi $2,500. He also\\npurchased 102 acres of the Rogers farm, adjoining\\nhis, and has since added another forty acres, which\\nincreases the acieage of his farm to 192 acres. He\\nis, perhaps, one of the most successful farmers of\\nAdrian Township, having his land under a high\\nstate of cultivation, with fine buildings, and all the\\nmodern appurtenances for carrying on his occupa-\\ntion in the most approved manner. His spacious\\ntwo-story dwelling of brick, erected in 1875, with\\nthe neatly laid out grounds surrounding it, is an\\nornament to the locality being one of the finest in\\nthe county. Ke has two basement barns, which\\nare models of rural architecture, and second to\\nnone in this part of the State. One of them,\\n40x87 feet, built in the year 1880, is tenanted\\nby his stock. Besides his homestead, our subject\\nhas two farms, to which he devotes much time and\\nattention, one of eightj -four acres, known as the\\nHard farm, and one of flftj -six acres, which was\\nformerly a portion of the estate of Peter Sprawles.\\nOur subject is one of the solid Republicans of tlie\\ncounty, and a firm supporter of the principles ad-\\nvocated by that party. He is a wide-awake, ener-\\ngetic man, of great enterprise and business tact,\\nand has the confidence and esteem of the entire\\ncommunity in which he resides.\\n\\\\f RA N. BRYANT, a leading farmer, and one of\\nthe most extensive land -owners of Hillsdale\\nCounty, and a resident of Pittsford Township,\\nis a native of this State. He was born in the town-\\nship of Wright, June 6, 1840, and is descended from\\ngood New England stock. His father, Nathaniel\\nBryant, one of the earliest settlers of Wright 1 own-\\nshipTwas born in Massachusetts, May 13, 1810, and\\nhis father, also named Nathaniel, was, so far as\\nknown, a native of that old New England State,\\nbut in the jear 181 7 he removed with his family\\nto Vermont, and settled at Irasburg, where he\\nbought a farm and spent the remainder of his life.\\nThe maiden name of his wife was Mary Elizabeth\\nPriest. The father of our subject grew to a vigor-\\nous manhood in the fresh air of the Green Mount-\\nain State, and at the age of twent3 -one went forth\\nto seek a home in the West. He came to the\\nTerritory of Michigan, and first settled in the town-\\nship of Raisin, Lenawee County, that being in the\\nvery early days of its settlement. He bought a\\ntract of land there and occupied it until 1837,\\nwhen he came to Hillsdale Countj .and as a pioneer\\nof Wright Township, became an important factor\\nin its development. He bought 160 acres of heav-\\nily timbered land, and his first work was to build a\\nlog house in order that lie might have shelter for\\nhis family. This dwelling was covered with shakes,\\nand he had to go twenty miles to the nearest saw-\\nmill to procure boards for the floor. When he had\\ncompleted the house he actively entered upon the\\ntask of cutting away the forest trees that he might\\nhave land to till, and during his residence there of\\ntwenty-eight years he improved a very good farm.\\nHis entire stock at first consisted of one cow and a\\npair of oxen, and with the latter he did all of his\\nfarm work and marketing for some years. RoUin\\nwas the nearest milling point for some time, and it\\nused to take three days to make around trip. Jlr.\\nBryant was very fond of hunting, and brought\\ndown many a deer, wild tnrkej or other wild ani-\\nmal that then haunted the forest, by his unerring\\naim, and thus kept the familj- larder supplied with\\ngame. Mr. Bryant lived in that township until\\n1865, when he exchanged that farm for the one\\nwhicii his widow now occupies, and was a valued\\nresident of this community until his death, Aug.\\n*f", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0524.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n513\\n31, 1881. Those New Eiij^lriiid traits of character,\\ncool courage, lianliliood. eiiersry ami keen foresight,\\nwliich were prominent in him, gave him an assured\\njiosition among his feilowmen and led him to suc-\\ncess. In politics he was a Arm supporter of the\\nRepublican party. His faithful comijanion and help-\\nmate still survives. Her maiden name was Caroline\\nDaniels, and she was born April 28, 1818, in Wayne,\\nSteuben Co., N. Y. Her father, Israel Daniels,\\nwas born in Connecticut, of which State his father,\\nAsa Daniels, a farmer, was, it is supposed, a lifelong\\nresident. Mrs. Bryant s father grew to manhood\\nin his native State, and then went to the State of\\nNew York, where he married Mar} Carey, a native\\nof Vermont, and a daughter of Philip and Patience\\n(Richardson) Carey. In 1835 Mr. and Mrs. Dan-\\niels left their home in New York, and sought the\\nforests of the Territory of Michigan to l)uild up\\nanew a home for themselves and children on Gov-\\nernment land, which Mr. Daniels had previously\\nentered in the township of Adams. They came by\\nway of the Erie Canal to Buffalo, thence by lake to\\nDetroit, where a team was hired to take the family\\nand household goods to Lenawee County. The\\nfamily stopped a few months in Clinton, and, in\\nthe meantime the father erected a log cabin on his\\nland, and the family afterward moved into it. Mr.\\nDaniels cleared quite a tract of land, and erected a\\nsetof frame buildings. He died there in September,\\n1870, and his wife, who continued to reside on the\\nold homestead, died there in 1874. Mrs. Bryant\\nhas been the mother of thirteen children, of whom\\nten are living, and the following is their record:\\nMary married Andrew Tuttle, of Wright Town-\\nship; Amanda married Irvin Miner, and they live\\nin Osceola County. Mich.; Ira N.; Emma married\\nJohn Miner, and they live in Osseo, this county;\\nMason lives in Pittsford Township; Ellen married\\nGeorge Britton, and they live in Hudson; John\\nlives ill Pittsford: Hattie married Ozen Keith, and\\nthey live in Jefferson Township; Maria married\\nBrunello Wescott, and they live in Caro, Mich.;\\nAda married Hiram Kenyon, and they live in Pitts-\\nford.\\nIra N. Bryant, of this sketch, w.as educated in the\\nschools of his native township, and remained there\\nwith his parents, assisting in the labors of the farm,\\nuntil 1862. In that year, on llie 6th of August,\\nhe enlisted in Company F, I8th Michigan Infantrj\\nand nobly went to the front to assist in the preserv-\\nation of this great Union, lie did good service\\nfor his country in the battles of Athens, Decatur,\\nand many minor engagements During the last two\\nyears he was detached for duty at the headquarters\\nof Gen. R. S. Granger, and after the close of\\nthe war he received his honorable discharge with\\nthe rest of his regiment at Nashville, Tenn.. in July,\\n1865, and was mustered out of service at Jackson,\\nMich., the following August.\\nAfter his return from the South Mr. Bryant\\nbought forty acres of land, and with that small\\ntract cori)mence l his successful career as a farmer,\\nand by enterprise, persistent labor and wise man-\\nagement, he has been enabled to greatly increase\\nhis landed estate, until now it forms one of the\\nlargest and most valuable farms in this locality.\\nHis homestead contains 120 .acres, on which he has\\nsubstantial buildings; he has twenty acres on section\\n28, of Pittsford Township, and sixty-two acres on\\nsection 15; he also owns the Robert Laird farm of\\n240 acres, 202 acres of it being in Jefferson Town-\\nship, and the remainder in Pittsford Township.\\nTo his wife, who has been his encourager and\\nsympathizer in his work, Mr. Bryant was married\\nJuly 31, 1870. She was formerly Miss Cynthia L.\\nHowland, and was born in the township of Ransom,\\nMarch 3, 1 849. They have a very attr.acti ve home,\\nwhich is rendered pleasant to their large circle of\\nfriends by the warm welcome and iiospitable treat-\\nment which is assured to them from the hands of\\nthe host and hostess the moment they step beneath\\nits roof. Of their marriage twochildren have been\\nborn Milton G. and Norton N.\\nMrs. Bryant s father, Gilbert Howland, was a son\\nof Jonathan Howland, and was born in Ontario\\nCounty, N. Y.. Oct. 24,1814. His father was a\\nnative of Massachusetts, and there married Mary\\nSprague. a native of the same State. Subsequently\\nthej settled on a farm in New York, which Mr.\\nHowland afterward exchanged for land near Adrian,\\nMich., where he spent his closing years, dying April\\n11, 1871, his wife departing this life Sept. 28, 1849.\\nThe father of Mrs. Bryant was reared in his native\\nplace, Manchester, and there married, in 1837, Miss\\n-t", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0525.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "1 1\\n514\\nHILLSDALE COUiNTV.\\nZippoiah Johnson, who was born in that town, Sejjt.\\n6, 1812. ]n 1843 they came to Michigan, and set-\\ntled in Ransom Town.siiip on land wiiich he iiad\\nbought from the Government in 1835. He erected\\na loj; house on iiis land, but after living there a few\\nyears returned to his native State on account of\\nhis wife s heallli. In two years thej- again came\\nback to this State and settled on their faim in Ran-\\nsom, where they have since continued to reside.\\nMr. Howland has developed his land into a fine\\nfarm, and lias erected good frame buildings. In\\n))olilics Mr. Bryant is a Republican.\\nI^OBERT D. HI BEARD, dealer in lumber,\\n\\\\l^ lath and shingles, and manufacturer of\\n/43 MU, doors, sash, blinds and moldings, at Hills-\\n^i^ dale, forms no nnin])ortant factor among\\nits industrial interests. A native of Ca3nga County,\\nK. Y., he was bom March 1, 1837, and is the son\\nof Robert and Vesta (Chamberlain) Hibbard, who\\nwere natives of the same State, both born in\\nDutchess County. They settled in Cayuga County\\nafter their marriage, whence they subsequently re-\\nmoved to Wayne County, and from there to Michi-\\ngan, in 1866. Here they located in Cambria\\nTownship, this county, where the mother died in\\nJune. 1886, and the father the yeai- following.\\nRobert Hilibaid was known as anupiighlman\\nand worthy citizen, and nearly all his life was\\nengaged in agricultural pursuits, lie provided\\ncomfortably for his family, which included five\\nchildren, four of whom lived to mature years, and of\\nwhom Robert D., of our sketch, is the eldest. 1 he\\nboyhood and youth of the latter were spent in\\nWayne County, N. Y., where he pursued his first\\nstudies in the distiict seliool. and later entered the\\ncollege at Marion, N. Y. Being fond of his books,\\nbright and observant, he made the most of his op-\\ni;oitiinitiis. and (fiie Uith laiilj equipped for the\\nbattle of life.\\nYoung Hibbard upon having school served an\\napprenticeship to the trade of ear])enter and joiner\\nin Wayne County. N. Y., nheie he resided until\\n1864, being then twenty-seven years of age. and a\\nfew months mairitd. He now set out for the State\\nof Michigan, bringing with him his young wife, their\\nwedding having been celebrated before leaving the\\nEmpire .State, in January of that 3 ear. The lady\\nof his choice was Miss Josephine Jones, of Wayne\\nCounty, daughter of Joseph Jones, Esq., a native\\nof that county, and a faimer by occupation. Our\\nsubject upon coming to this county located in\\nCambria Township, where he continued his occupa-\\ntion of carpenter and jt iner for a period of eleven\\nyears. He had now acquired ample experience\\nregarding the lumber business, in which he em-\\nbarked in 1875, setting up his shops near the corner\\nof Union and Railroad streets. Commencing in a\\nmanner suited to his means and capacities he, by a\\ncourse of fair dealing and promptness in meeting\\nhis obligations, soon found himself gaining a foot-\\nhold and in possession of a fine patronage from the\\nmost responsible citizens of the county.\\nThe Hibbard Manufactoiy is now equipped\\nwith the mcist modern and approved machinery,\\nincluding a steam engine of twenty-five-horse\\npower. and all the other necessary appliances requi-\\nsite to the dressing of lumber in the best style,\\nand suitable to the requirements of a progressive\\ncommunity. Our subject and bis wife have no\\nchildren. They occupy a comfortable and attract-\\nive home on Vine street, which is frequented by a\\nlarge number of the best residents of the city, whom\\nthey numl)er among their intimate friends and\\nacquaintances. Mr. Hibbard, politically, although\\nmeddling very little with public affairs, uniformly\\nsu]iports Republican ])rinciplcs. and socially, belongs\\nto Hillsdale Lodge No. 17, J. O. O. F.\\nILLIAM PL ALLER, the popular Station\\nAgent of the Lake .Shore Michigan South-\\nern Railroad, at Allen, has discharged with\\ncredit the duties of his present position continuously\\nsince the spring of 1 867. He was born in Burdett,\\nSchuyler Co., N. Y., Feb. 14, 1830. and lived there\\nuntil 1854, completing his education in the Wesleyan\\nSeminary and College at Lima. He subsequently\\nengaged in teaching until coming first to this county.\\nA year afterward he made his way into Wisconsin,\\nbut after another brief sojourn in Allen Township\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00baHH\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0526.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "-U\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n515\\nV\\ninisraterl, in the s|)rii)g of 1856, across the Missis-\\nsippi into Kansas, and occupied iiiniself as a teacher\\nin Leavenworth until 1860.\\nFrom Kansas Mr. Aller went to Weston, Platte\\nCo., Mo., and was given a Professorship in Pleas-\\nant Ridge College, where he remained three years,\\nand in the fall of 1864 returned to this county.\\nThe spring following he sought his old haunts in\\nNew York State, and settling down among the\\nfriends of his3^i)uth engaged in mercantile pursuits\\nuntil the spring of 1867, when he revisited the\\nWest, and since that time has been a continuous\\nresident of Allen Township.\\nThe parents of our subject. Samuel and Arzela\\n(Mathews) Aller, were natives respectively of New\\nJersej and New York, and their family- included\\nfour children, three sons and one claughter. Ihe\\neldest son, Henry M., came to the West during his\\nearly manhood, and possessing more than ordinary\\nal)ility, after occupying other positions of note was\\nchosen State Senator in Kanstis, and in Missouri\\nwas elected Judge of the Platte Count} Court. He\\nespoused the temperance cause with great ardor, and\\nboth by his voice and influence was efficient in car-\\nrying on the good work. He is now a resident\\nof Leavenworth. The second son, Amasa L., is\\nengaged in the windmill business at Topeka; Will-\\niam H., our subject, was the third child of the fam-\\nily; Hannah M. is the wife of Nathan Scovell, of\\nNewton. 111.\\nSamuel Aller departed this life at his home in Bur-\\nlett, N. Y., Sept. 2. 1832. The mother was sub-\\nsequently married to William [limro l, of that |)lace,\\nand is still living there. William H. of our sketch\\nsought his bride among the maidens of Allen Town-\\nship, this county, being married, March 28, 1858. to\\nMiss Eliza H., daughter of Samuel and Elsie (Cronk)\\nPerkins, and who was born in Victor, N. Y.. March\\n8, 1836. Samuel Perkins was a farmer by occupa-\\ntion, and died in the place of his birth in middle\\nlife. The mother subsequently came to this State,\\nand died at the home of her son. Frederick Perkins,\\nin Ovid, Clinton County, in 1886.\\nMr. and Mrs. Allen occujjy a neat home at the\\nintersection of Aller and Prentis streets, and enjoy\\nthe acquaintance of many friends. Their only child\\nand daughter. Zela E., who was born Oct. 22,\\n-^m\\n1860. is now the wife of John Jloncn, of Laredo,\\nTex. Our subject and his wife are members in\\ngood standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nand Mr. Aller, like his br(jther, hasalso distinguished\\nhimself as a y.ealous advocate jf temperance. He\\nis liberal-minded and progressive in his ideas, the\\nfriend of education, and has been greatly interested\\nin the prosperity of the Union School at Allen, in\\nconnection with which he has served as Trustee for a\\nperiod of twelve years. He identified himself with\\nthe Masonic fraternity in 1864, and is now a mem-\\nber of Lodge No. 253, of Allen.\\nI NGUS H. ABBOTT. The subject of this\\n\u00c2\u00a3M sketch has built up for himself an excellent\\nrecord among his neighbors in Reading\\n^1 Township as a succes.sful general farmer,\\nwho has since 1882 given special attention to the\\nbreediyg of tine sheep, having a number of regis-\\ntered animals and a flock of about fifty he.ad. His\\nfarm of ninety-five acres lies on section 17, along\\nthe borders of J.. ng Lake, and the soil, under a judi-\\ncious process of cultivation, is highly productive,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0while the lesidenceand farm buildings are eminently\\ncreditable to the proprietor.\\nMr. Abbott acquired ownership of the propertj\\nin 1877. The land had been secured l)y his father\\nin the pioneer days, and by the latter eliminated\\nfrom the wilderness into a productive farm. Angus\\nU. is the second son and third child of his parents,\\nH. K. and Olive (Grinnell) Abbott, whose family\\nincluded six children, and a sketch of whom will be\\nfound elsewhere in this work. He was fitted for\\nthe duties of life by a good practical education in\\nthe schools of his home district and one term at the\\nHillsdale College, and in early youth attained a\\nthorough knowledge of farm pursuits. Upon reach-\\ning manhood he was first maiTied, in Reading Town-\\nship, to Miss Rilla Archer, who was born on her\\nfather s homestead here, in March, 1855. She died\\nalso at her father s home, in February, 1877. The\\nlatter, Milan Archer, was a native of New York,\\nand is now in Reading Township. Of this marriage\\nthere was born one child, a daughter Genie, who is\\nnow at home.\\nOursiibject contracted asecond marriage, in Cam-\\nh", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0527.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "u\\n516\\nHILLSDALt: COUNTY.\\nbria Township. Marcli 11), 1879, with Mi?? Wary\\nHosmer, daughter of AVilliani Ilosiner. She was\\nborn March 30, 1 846, and remained with her parents\\nuntil her marriage, acquiring a good education.\\nShe is now the mother of one son. William H., who\\nwas born Dec. 24, 1880. Our subject and his es-\\ntimable wife are attendants of the Free-Will Bap-\\ntist Church, of West Reading, and Mr. Abbott,\\npolitically, is a solid Republican. He has, however,\\nvery little to do with public affairs, giving his at-\\ntention mostly to his farm and his family.\\nJ; AMES H. BAS8ETT. occupying a good posi-\\ntion among the people of Jefferson Town-\\nship, and a good farm on section 12, is a\\nnative of the same State from which have\\nemanated so many of the successful men of South-\\nern Michigan, namely, New York, he having been\\nborn in Lewis County, Dec. 27. 1835. James T.\\nand Eunice (Clark) Bassett, his parents, were of\\nDutch descent, from Holland, but were born in\\nNew Y ork State, and moved to Lenawee County,\\nMich., when their son, James H., was a little lad\\nthree years of age.\\nThe father of our subject upon coming to Michi-\\ngan purchased land in Dover Township, Lenawee\\nCounty, which he subsequently traded for land in\\nJefferson Township, this county, and a part of\\nwhich, about sixty acres, our subject still owns.\\nThe elder Bassett, being a man of industry and in\\ntelligence, tilled the various local offices, although\\na Democrat in the midst vf a Republican majority.\\nHe possessed much force of character, and was a\\nmember in good standing of the Free-Will Baptist\\nChurch, in which he olflciated as a Deacon a num-\\nber of years. He departed this life at his home in\\nHillsdale County, Feb. 7, 1885, the mother having\\ndied over forty years ago.\\nThe subject of our sketch received a common-\\nschool education, and assisted his father, the latter\\nbelno- in poor health, until about the twenty -third\\nyear of his age. Some time before reaching his thir-\\ntieth year he was married, Jan. J 2, 1865, to Miss\\nSusan Ouiealey, who was born Feb. 7, 1845, and is\\nadaughterof William and Julia (Loughede) Omea-\\nley, who were natives of Ireland and Scotland, and\\nare now deceased, Mr, Bassett and his wife started\\nout without any capital, but by a course of frugality\\nand industry in a few j ears moved upon their own\\nfarm of 160 acres, in Gratiot County, and a part of\\nwhich our subject still owns. They lived there a\\nperiod of twentj* years until 1887, when they came\\nto Jefferson Townshi]), this county, to the farm\\nwhich the^ now occupy.\\nMr. Bassett has here, as before, labored indus-\\ntriously, bringing about manj improvements, and\\nwith bis family is surrounded 1)3 all the comforts\\nof life. They have four children living, and one\\ndeceased, 1 heir eldest son, Frank, was born Sept.\\n11, 1866; Ellen, Aug. 5, 1869; William, J.an. 24,\\n1875; Minnie, Dec. 5, 1878, am) Olive M.aude,\\nMarch 10, 1884, Mr. Bassett, like his father be-\\nfore him. is a stanch Democrat, politically, but has\\nsteadily declined becoming an office-seeker. He\\ngives his attention principally to his own affairs,\\nand is respected in i)roportion by his neighbors.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0u\\\\,- i2\u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00a3;\u00c2\u00a9^J~^^^\u00c2\u00bb-^-a^ZraTr v--\\nARED B. HOWE, undertaker, junior mem-\\nber of the firm of Donaghy Howe, has his\\nheadquarters on Howell street, in the city\\nof Hillsdale, and has spent nearly all his\\nlite in this county, having been born in Ransom\\nTownshii), Seijt, 26, 1 844. His parents, Joel and\\nLucy (Ashley) Howe, were born and reared in\\nOntario County, N. Y.; they were married in this\\ncounty, Jan. 1, 1843, and located on a farm in\\nRansom Township. The father took up a tract of\\npartially cultivated land, where the parents spent\\nthe remaining brief years of their lives, dyingabout\\ntwelve months apart, and leaving their son, Jared\\nB,, an orphan when a little lad eight years of age.\\nAfter the death of his parents our subject took\\nup his abode with Nelson Ashley, but later was\\ntaken into the home of H. W. Bates, with whom he\\ncontiuued for a perioil of seven years. The lim-\\nited education which he secured was conducted in\\nthe district school, and he entered upon his busi-\\nness career with C. W. Ferris, a dry-goods merchant\\nof Hillsdale, whore he became familiar with the\\ngeneral methods of business men. His next posi-\\nM", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0528.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "-U\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n517\\ntiou was with W. W. Donaghy, an undertaker of\\nHillsdale, with wh jra lie learned this business in\\nall its details.\\nIn 1879 Mr. Howe became the partner of his\\nemployer, and they have since operated harmoni-\\nously together. He has also officiated as watchman\\nin wiiat was the Second National Bank, but is now\\nthe Waldron Bank, for the past sixteen years, dur-\\ning which time he has been absent from his post of\\nduty only nine nights. He is prominently con-\\nnected with the I. O. O. F., being a member of\\nHillsdale Lodge No. 17. in whi(;h he has held all\\nthe offices and passed all the Chairs. He repre-\\nsented the Grand Lodge of the State at Lansing in\\n1873. He also holds a high position with the Ma-\\nsonic fraternity, with which he has been connected\\nfor the past sixteen years, being a Chapter mem-\\nber, a Knight Templar, ami having attained to the\\nConsistory. Politically, he uniformly votes the\\nDemocratic ticket, but has never had a weakness\\nfor office.\\nThe firm of Donaghy Howe occupy tastefully\\nfitted up rooms, and have a complete outfit of\\nhorses and carriages, together with all the other\\nrequisites for carrying on their business in a man-\\nner satisfactory to the community, They are\\nprompt and reliable, and stand well among the\\nother business firms of the city.\\n/p^KORGE BANSILL. In reviewing the career\\nIII g\u00e2\u0080\u0094 of this venerable and venerated man, the\\n^^^J! biographer involuntarily exclaims, May\\nthe State of Michigan be blessed with many more\\nlike him. Of kindly ami generous impulses, more\\nthan ordinary intelligence, and in some respects, in\\nthought and feeling, far ahead of his time, he has\\nalways been one who has reflected deeply upon the\\nni3 steries of life, and although in possession of a\\ncomfortable home, has made of filthy lucre a second-\\nary consideration. One of the distinct elements\\nof his character is a native love of liberty in all its\\nforms. During the times of slavery he was an\\nAbolitionist of the most pronounced type, not alone\\nin theory, but in action, and willing to make sacri-\\nfices for the carrying out of his principles. In the\\nold da\\\\ s he was alwa3 s ready to leave his harvest\\nfield, or an^ other pressing work, to go to the\\nassistance of the fugitive, fleeing from his oppress-\\nors, and manj a time assisted the victims of the\\npeculiar institution to make their way safely by the\\nunderground railroad to Canada.\\nLater, Mr. Bansill, after the em.ancipation ques-\\ntion had been settled, turned his attention to the\\ngrowing evils of intemperance, and became a Pro-\\nhibitionist, in like proportion that he had been an\\nanti-slavery man. These peculiar qualities of his\\ncharacter have necessarily given him enlarged views\\nof life, making him the friend of progress in all its\\nphases, and a worthy representative of the excel-\\nlent ancestry from which lie sprang. Of English\\nbirth and parentage, he first opened his eyes to the\\nlight among the hills of Derbyshire, on the 6th of\\nJanuary, 1808. Of this section of countr}- his par-\\nents, Matthew and Mary (Goungs) Bansill, were\\nalso natives, and there they spent their entire lives,\\nthe father dying when fifty-four years old, and the\\nmother at the age of seventy. They were devout\\nmembers of the Church of England, and carefullj\\ntrained their children in its doctrines. These, six\\nin number, included three sons and three daughters,\\nof whom George was the youngest and is now the\\nsole survivor.\\nMr. Bansill when quite young was confirmed in\\nthe Church of England, and his education was\\nacquired in the public schools. At quite an early\\nage he was placed at work in a factory where was\\ncarried on the manufacture of gloves and hosiery,\\nand was thus occupied until nineteen years of age.\\nAlthough now provided with but little capital, he\\ndetermined to see something more of the world,\\nand began an extensive tour through Ireland, visit-\\ning the city of Dublin, and the larger towns, work-\\ning at his trade as opportunity permitted in order\\nto pay his expenses. He wjis accompanied by one\\nof his childhood friends, John Hunt by name, who\\nwas two years his senior. This adventure ended,\\nhe determined to cross the Atlantic, and in the\\nspring of 1827 embarked on a sailing-vessel at\\nLiverpool for America. After being tossed about\\non the ocean for a period of nine weeks .and three\\ndays, he landed in the city of Quebec, Canada,\\nwith the intention of locating subsequentl3 in\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I*", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0529.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "h\\n518\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nJefferson County. N. Y. Upon liis arrivnl there lie\\nwas infhiced to go upon a lake steamer, llie Brandy-\\nwine, of which he was not long afterward appointed\\nCaptain, and in pinsuanee of his calling plied be-\\ntween different points on Lake Ontario for two\\nand one-half years.\\nThe cholera now breaking out. lake navigation\\nwas suspended for a period of four months. Upon\\nits resumption Capt. Bnnsill resumed a similar\\nposition on the Plioenix, another vessel of Lake\\nOntario. He was married to Miss Hannah Rlorford,\\n(in the 17th of April, 1835, the wedding taking\\nplace at the home of the bride, in Niagara County.\\nN. Y., in which countj she was born in 181G, and\\nwas tiie daughter of Garret and Eunice Morford.\\na sketch of whom will be found elsewhere in this\\nvolume. Mr. Bansill now decided to settle down\\nupon terra firma, and with tiie parents of his young\\nwife, made his vvay to the Territory of !\\\\Hchigan,\\noverland by wagon through Canada. Upon arriv-\\ning in this counts he settled in Moscow Township\\nand engaged in farming pursuits. Within the\\nspace of three ^ears he suffered the loss of his wife\\nand child.\\nMy. Bansill, in December, 18.39, contracted a\\nsecond marriage, with Miss Delia M., daughter of\\nLevi and Anna Fowler, who were natives of Chau-\\ntauqua County, N. Y.. whence the} emigrated while\\nyoung to Jackson County, this State, and were\\nmarried there in Liberty Township. Mrs. Delia\\nBansill was born Jan. 25, 1816, and by her union\\nwith our subject became the mother of six children,\\nthe record of whom is as follows: Jennie, the eldest\\ndaughter, is the wife of James Clifton, a commercial\\nman, and resides at Auburn, Ind.; Mary is the wife\\nof William Lewis, of Moscow Village, and the\\nmother of two children May and Forrest; Martha\\nand William are twins; the former has charge of her\\nfather s household, and the latter, a rofessor of\\npenmanship, is a resident of Mi.ssouri; he married\\nMiss Eliza Meade, and they have two children\\nLena and Archie. Henry married Miss Enieline\\nJanes, and is carrying on his father s farm in a\\nvery successful manner; Edwin wedded Miss Mary\\nClifton, of Ohio, and is occupied in general mer-\\nchandising in Bellaire, Antrim County, this Stjite;\\nhe is the father of one child, a daughter, Linnie.\\nTlie mother of these children died at her home in\\nMoscow rownship. on the .Tth of December, 1877,\\nat the age of sixtj -two years.\\nThe Bansill homestead includes 1 28 acres of good\\nland, all of which was cleared by our subject, and\\nupon which are liie buildings which he erecte l when\\na young man. Considering their age they are in a\\nfair state of preservation. The prime mover in the\\nestablishment of this home, which is a familiar spot\\nto all the old residents of Moscow Township, has\\nnumbered over eighty years of a long and worthy\\nlife, in which, ailhotigli living quietl} and unosten-\\ntatiously, he has exerted a marked influence upon\\nthose around him, and one which has uniformly\\nbeen for good.\\nfe\\n\\\\\u00c2\u00ab1 l\u00c2\u00bbILLIAM S. ALLEN. This gentleman was\\n\\\\/iJ/l \u00e2\u0080\u00a2o Territory of Michigan by\\nV7\\\\y his parents when a mere infant, and spent\\nhis boyhood and youth on the farm which his\\nfather eliminated from the wilderness of Saline\\nTownship, Washtenaw County. He became fully ac-\\nquainted with the various employments of farm\\nand pioneer life, and amid tlie primitive scenes of a\\nnew settlement imbibed a spirit of self-reliance and\\nindependence which has served him admirably in\\nhis later struggle with the world. He is now num-\\nbered among the thrifty property owners of Hills-\\ndale, and at present is occupying himself as traveling\\nsalesman for the Bortree ALanufacturing Company,\\nat Jackson, Mich.\\nThe subject of our sketch was born in the town\\nof Covington, Genesee Co., N. Y., March 8. 1830,\\nand is the son of Arnold Allen, who was a na-\\ntive of the same Stiile. The latter was born May\\n13, 1794, and was the son of William Allen, Sr.,\\nwho was horn in Connecticut, Sept. 10, 1764; Sally\\nAllen, his wife, was also born in the Nutmeg State,\\nit is supposed, July 20, 1772, and died March 16,\\n1837, in Saline. Washtenaw Count}\\nThe mother of William Allen, of our sket h, was\\nLucy Elliott, who was born Jul} 5, 1797, and was\\nthe daughter of David Elliott, Esq., who was born\\nin Covington, N. Y March 31, 1743, and died in\\nMadison Countv, that State, Oct. 31, 1829. Mrs.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0530.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "-L.\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n519\\nLiK-y Allen became tlie mother of six chilrlron\\ntliree sons and three danghteis all of whom lived\\nto j-eai-s of maturity, hut only three of whom now\\nsurvive. They were named respectively: Maria\\nS. Celia C, deceased; M.ary, Mrs. Card; William\\n8., our subject; Charles A. and George W., both\\ndeceased.\\nThe parents of our subject removed from Gen-\\nesee County, N. Y., to Alichigan in 1M33. making\\nthe entire trip in wagons, and settling in the woods\\nin Washtenaw County. They lived for years after\\nthe fashion and manner of the pioneers, enduring\\nhardships and privations, and laboring industri-\\nously to clear the farm and establish a comfortable\\nhomestead. In this they succeeded admirabl} the\\nAllen homestead finally attaining the reputation\\nof being one of the model farms of that part of\\nthe Wolverine .State. Here the devoted wife and\\nmother closed her e3es upon earthly scenes in the\\nspring of 1852, after her son, our subject, had left\\nthe home roof and established himself at Saline.\\nArnold Allen later removeil from the farm, and\\nmade his home with his son William S., until his\\nde.ath, which occurred in the city of Hillsdale in\\nthe spring of 1870.\\nOur subject completed his education in the schools\\nof Saline, from which he was graduated when a youth\\nof eighteen years. Soon thereafter he began his\\nmercantile experience in the dry-goods store of\\nDavid S. Haywood, of Saline, where he was em-\\nployed as clerk for a number of years. Upon leav-\\ning this place he assumed a similar position with\\nthe firm of S. M. Holmes Co., of Detroit, con-\\ntinuing there five years. While a resident of Saline\\nhe was united in marriage, Oct. 28, 1851, with\\nMiss Lavilla E., second daughter of Simon Os-\\ntrander, of Ypsilanti, who was one of the leading\\nhardware merchants of that city. Mrs. Allen was\\nborn in Ithaca, N. Y May 28, 1834, and came with\\nher parents to Michigan when a girl three years of\\nage. In 1858 our subject formed a partnership\\nwith J. C. Bailey fe Co.. and established himself at\\nLansing, opening a dry-goods store, the firm name\\nbeing W. 8. Allen Co., and the partnership con-\\ntinued until 18G0, when they sold out and dis-\\nsolved.\\nThe year following Mr. Allen, transferring his\\ninterests to the city of Hillsdale, formed a partner-\\nship with his brother-in-law, Ira B. Card, and under\\nthe style of Allen Card the firm put up a\\ntwo-story brick business house, which, on account\\nof the weakness of an adjoining building, fell\\ndown, and involved nearly a total loss of their\\nstore, besides causing the death of three persons,\\nMr. an l Mrs. Dudley and their son, who were\\noccupying rooms in the other building. The struc-\\nture was rebuilt in the space of forty days, and a\\nnew stock of goods put in. The firm enlarged its\\ncapacities for business by admitting into partner-\\nship Mr. William Russell, and became Allen, Card\\nfe Russell. They operated together two years, when\\nour subject disposed of his interest to his partners,\\nanri not long afterward Mr. Card retired, selling\\nhis interest to Mr. Russell. The brothers-in-law,\\nAllen and Card, then formed a new partnership, and\\nre-eml)arked in the dry-goods trade, which they con-\\ntinued three 3 ears, and then, on account of failing\\nhealth, Mr. Allen was obliged to withdraw, and\\nsold his interest to Mr. Card.\\nUpon the recovery of bis health our subject en-\\ngaged as a traveling salesman for the Bortree\\nManufacturing Company, of Jackson, in whose em-\\nploy he has been for the past thirteen years, on a\\nsalary of $3,000 per year and expenses. This state-\\nment illustrates sufficiently his business ability and\\nhis standing with the firm\\nMr. Allen and his interesting little family occupy\\na snug home on Howell street, and enjoy the friend-\\nship and acquaintance of the cultivated people of\\nthe cit} The union of our subject and his wife has\\nbeen blessed by t,he birth of five children: Charles,\\ntheir eldest son, is connected with the Union Stock-\\nyards of Chicago; Minnie L. is the wife of Dr. Bion\\nWhelan, of Hillsdale: Lizzie L. married C. A. Mal-\\nlory, member of the lirm of Mallor} fe Son, stock\\ndealers, also at the stockyards at Chicago; Ollie,\\nwho died when two years old; William Bryant, the\\nyoungest of the family is pursuing his studies in\\nthe school at Hillsdale.\\nThe handsome residence occupied I)y the family\\nof our subject w.as put up by him in 188G. and is\\none of the Queen Anne st} le of architecture, hand-\\nsomely* finished aii l furnished, and with its sur-\\nroundings formingone of the most attractive homes", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0531.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "520\\na\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nin the city. Besides this property Mr. Alien owns\\nthree good houses, the rents of which yield him a\\nhandsome income. He has little time for political\\nmatters, but is decided in his views, and has an\\nan abiding faith in the principles of the Democratic\\nparty. He was a great admirer of Gen. G. B. Mc-\\nClellan, was a Union Democrat during the war, and\\nvoted for both Lincoln and Grant. He has availed\\nhimself of the privileges of the free American citizen\\nin matters of suffrage, and at the last Presidential\\nelection supported Grover Cleveland. He has hosts\\nof friends throughout Hillsdale County, and is\\nlooked upon as one of its most capable and reliable\\nbusiness men.\\nNOS MOORE, dealer in drugs and medicines\\nEat Litchfield, is a man who has reflected\\nhonor upon his community, being one of its\\nbest citizens, straightforward and correct in his\\nbusiness methods, and possessing that integrity of\\ncharacter which has gained him the esteem and con-\\nfidence of a wide circle of friends. He is of an ex-\\ncellent family, the history of which has been traced\\nthrough several generations. His forefathers were\\nof Kew England ancestry, whence they migrated to\\nthe Empire State, where his father, John, and his\\nmother, Lydia (Todd) Moore, were born in Tomp-\\nkins County. They remained tliere until after their\\nmarriage, and then, in 1 840, came to this State, the\\nfather purchasing 140 acres of land in Litchfield\\nTownship. Upon this he lived and labored until\\nsix or seven years prior to his death, and then took\\nup his residence in the village, and retiring from act-\\nive labor, continued there until his death, which\\noccurred in Februarj 1886, when he was eighty-\\none years old. The mother had preceded her hus-\\nband to the silent land over twenty years, her death\\ntaking place at their country home in the fall of\\n186. at the age of fifty-seven. The ten children\\nof the parental liouseluild comprised seven sons and\\nthree daughters, of whom our subject, with his twin\\nbrother. Eben. was born Sept. 5, 1837, in Mayville,\\nChautauqua Co., N. Y. He was brought when an\\ninfant of two and one-half years to this State, and\\nhere developed into manhood on a farm, acquiring\\na district-school education, and continuing under\\nthe home roof until reaching his majority.\\nMr. Moore, now desirous of seeing something of\\nthe world, set out in 18.59 to cross the plains, join-\\ning a train consisting of four wagons, bound from\\nDavenport, Iowa, to Pike s Peak. From there he\\njoined his brother Daniel in Sacramento Cit^ in\\nSeptember following, for whom he worked six\\nmonths on a farm, and subsequently was a ranch-\\nman for two years in California and Nevada. Af-\\nterward he made his way to Hope Valley, where he\\nlabored in the silver and copper mines, and thence\\nproceeded to Carson City, eng.igiug there as a\\nranchman. Later he rejoined his brother in Sacra-\\nmento, and from there proceeded, via the Isthmus,\\nto his boyhood home again, arriving in New York\\nCity on the 1st of December, 1863.\\nYoung Moore now purchased an 80-acre farm in\\nHillsdale County, to which he gave his industrious\\nattention for the following five years. In the mean-\\ntime, Nov. 20, 1804, he was united in marriage with\\nMiss Nellie Skidniore, who was the daughter of\\nFrancis and Elizabeth (Warrell) Skidmore, the fa-\\nther a native of Newtown, Fairfield Co., Conn., and\\nthe mother born in Pittsford, Monroe Co., N. Y.\\nAfter marriage they settled for a time at Pittsford,\\nand thence came to this county, and in due time\\nwere numbered among the farming community of\\nLitchfield Township. They now live in Chicago,\\n111., the father being sixty-nine years old, and the\\nmother sixtj -five.\\nTo the parents of Mrs. Moore there were born\\ntwo sons and one daughter, Nellie being the second\\nchild. She was born in Pittsford, N. Y., Dee. 27,\\n1845, and was a young girl upon coming with her\\nparents to this State. She completed her studies at\\nHillsdale College, and occupied herself as a teacher\\ntwo or three years. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are the\\nparents of two children, one of whom, Alice, died\\nwhen six years of age; Minnie F. is at home with\\nher parents.\\nMr. Moore, in 1867, associated himself in part-\\nnership with L. A. Fowler, and established in the\\ndr^ -goods business at Litchfield, where he contin-\\nued six years. Then selling out, he purchased the\\ndrug business of Mr. Skidmore, and has since con-\\nducted a lucrative and steadily increasing tr-ade.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0532.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n521\\nMrs. Moore fleparted this life at her home in Litch-\\nfield, June 12. 18K1. Not long afterward Mr.\\nMoore sold out. and goin^ to Chicago, remained\\nfor one year in that cit3 whence he returned in\\n1883, ])iircliaslng his former business, which he has\\nsince continued. In political matters he votes for\\nprinciples, not men. He has signalized himself as a\\nliberal-minded and progressive citizen, and has\\nserved on the Board of Education, and been Village\\nTreasurer two or three years.\\nThe i)rcsent wife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarried Dec. 15, 1883, was formerly Miss Phebe\\nConger, daughter of .lacob and Maria (.Johnson)\\nConger, who were also natives of New York Stale.\\nThey came to Michigan in 1856, and are still living\\nat Litchfield, the father being eighty-nine years,\\nand the mother eighty-four. Their family of seven\\nchildren consisted of three sons .and four daughters.\\nMrs. Moore was born Dec. 3. 1839, in New York\\nState, and after attending Hillsdale College, was\\nemployed as a teacher one season. She is a devoted\\nmember of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their\\npleasant home is situated on Marshall street, and\\nthey enjoy the esteem and confidence of hosts of\\nfriends.\\nl(^ RS. DELLA F. ALDRICH. In .all coun-\\ntries where men possess gallantry, women\\nplay an important part in the affairs of life,\\nand in this country, to the honor of the\\nlaws and the customs be it said, women are the\\nequal of men in all rights and privileges excepting\\nthe rigiit to vote and hold ollice, and it is possible\\nthat these rights would be conferred also if itcf)uld\\nbe made apparent th.at the majority of the women\\ndesired it. As it is, their influence as wives, mothers\\nand sisters, is all potent, and whenever they have\\nessayed to fill positions requiring tact and ability\\nthe} have been successful, whether in professions or\\nin the callings requiring talent of an executive\\norder. Among the many biographical sketches\\nfound in this Album space is given to none more\\ncheerfull}- than to that of the subject of this sketch,\\nwho is a lad} although young in years, of high\\nattainments, and resides in Jerome Village.\\nThe subject of this notice was born in Ontario\\n-4^\\nCounty, N. Y., June 2, 1850, and is the daughter\\nof Hiram and Frances J. (Bartlett) Graham. Her\\nfather was a native ot Massachusetts, where he was\\nborn Oct. 23, 1816, and w.is married Oct. 28, 1836.\\nThe parents afterward settled in Ontario County,\\nN. Y., and rearing a family of five children, re-\\nmained there until about twenty years ago, when\\nthey came to this county and settled in Somerset\\nTownship, where the father died Jan. 3, 1888. His\\nwife was also a native of Massachusetts, and died\\nFeb. 28,1869, in Ontario County, N. Y. Their\\nfamily included five children, recorded as follows:\\nMelissa A. was born Jan. 14, 1841, and died Aug.\\n23, 1842; \\\\Villi.am C. was born July 17, 1843;\\nAdelbert H., April 27, 1846; Delia P., our subject,\\nand Clarence B., who was born in September, 1858.\\nNo record of the maternal grandparents of oursub-\\nject has been preserved, but the grandmother died\\nat the age of eighty-nine years.\\nDelia F. Graham w.as united in marri.age, Sept.\\n24, 1868, at her father s residence in New York,\\nwith Hosea C. Aldrich, brother of Benjamin Al-\\ndrich, whose sketch, elsewhere in this work, see for\\nfamily history. Hosea C. Aldrich was born in\\nCanandaigua County, N. Y.. Oct. 23, 1836. and was\\nthe son of Seth Aldrich, who was of VV^elsh ances-\\ntry, and was born in Ontario County, N. Y., March\\n3, 1801. Upon attaining his m. \u00c2\u00bbjority he removed\\nto Canandaigua County, and engaged in the busi-\\nness of a butcher, which he followed until his\\nremoval to this .St.ate in 1841. LTpon his arrival he\\npurchased 480 acres of land in Somerset Township,\\nand about 1847 he commenced the manufacture of\\nearthenware. He was the first manufacturer of\\ndrain tile in Southern Michigan, and continued the\\nbusiness until 1863, when he sold out to his sons,\\nHosea C. and Benjamin F.\\nIn 1828 Seth Aldrich was united in marri.age with\\nMiss Jane Kempshall, by whom he had two chil-\\ndren Elsie and Jane. Mrs. Aldrich died in 1830,\\nand two years later Mr. Aldrich married Miss Mi-\\nnerva Doolittle, who bore him three children besitles\\nHosea C. Willis K., Benjamin F. and Mary C.\\nHosea C. Aldrich passed his life uneventfully, grow-\\ning to a vigorous and reputable manhood, and\\nremained with his parents until the call for troo|)S\\nin defense of the Union reverberated throughout\\n^^\u00e2\u0096\u00baHh-^", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0533.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\n522\\ni\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nthe land. Mr. Aldrich seemed to have inherited\\nthat patriotism which distinguished the early set-\\ntlers of New England, among whom were his an-\\ncestors, aiid he responded to the appeal, and enlisted\\nin the army Aug. 5, 1862. He made for himself a\\ngood record, distinguished for his courage and good\\nqualities, which were noticed by his superiors, and\\nhe was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in 1X63.\\nHe took part in several engagements, and experi-\\nenced all the hardships of war. He was captured\\nat Athens, Ala., on the 24th of September, 1864,\\nby Forrest s cavaUy, and robbed of blankets,\\nmoney, watches, etc., and was taken to Cahawba\\nand thrown into prison at that place. He has\\nsince written a work entitled Cahawba Prison, a\\nGlimpse of Life in a Rebel Prison, in which he\\nvividly describes the trials and privations endured\\nby our noble fathers Shd brothers who took their\\nlives in their hand, and faced the cannon to save\\ntheir country. Mr. Aldrich was present at the ex-\\nplosion and burning of the steamer .Sultana on the\\nMississippi River, by which 1,700 lives were lost.\\nThe tales he relates of the sufferings on the march\\nand in the prison are almost too harrowing and\\nrevolting to be repeated.\\nMr. Aldrich was mustered out of the service, and\\nhonorably discharged from the array June 25, 1865,\\nand returning to his home resumed business with\\nhis brother Benjamin F., and was thus engaged for\\nsome time. He afterward bought out his brother s\\ninterest, made extensive improvements in the ma-\\nchinery, etc., and at the time of his death was one\\nof the most extensive manufacturers of drain tile,\\nwall and building brick, and flower vases, in the\\nState. In 1 883 he settled in Jerome Village, and\\nerected a fine residence at a cost of over $4,000,\\nbut he did not live long to enjoy the comforts he\\nhad gained as the result of industry and energy,\\nbeing called away to that house not made with\\nhands, April 14, 1887, leaving a large circle of\\nfriends and acquaintances to mourn their irreparable\\nloss. A loving husband, a kind and indulgent par-\\nent, a generous benefactor and a faithful friend,\\nbesides being a public-spirited man, and a man of\\nsterling integrity, his death has made a void which\\nit will be difficult to fill.\\nThe home of Mr. and Mrs. Aldrich was brightened\\nby the advent of two children Ella F. and Louie\\nF. Ella F. was born Sept. 24, 1873, and is a\\nnatural-born genius. At the age of fourteen she\\ncomposed verses on the death of a neighbor s child,\\nand upon the occasion of her father s death, which\\nmuch affected her, she composed some beautiful\\nverses which were trulj- and absolutely inspired.\\nLouie F. was born Aug. 16, 1878, and both children\\nwill be well educated. Mr. Aldrich belonged to\\nthe Congregational Church, in which he was a\\nworthy and consistent Christian member, squaring\\nhis walk and conversation by that of the great\\nexemplar. Mrs. Aldrich and her two children are\\nmembers of the same church, and adorn their pro-\\nfession; she is a member of the Home Missionary\\nSociety, and is now its Treasurer, while Last year\\nshe was President of the society. She belongs to\\nother ladies societies, and is active in Sunday-\\nschool work, and ever ready to contribute of her\\ntime and substance to all measures inaugurated for\\nthe good of the community and the elevation of the\\npeople.\\nC|j^^ELSON TURRELL, senior partner of the\\n11 111 firm of N. Turrell Son, is one of the\\n;i\\\\ wealthiestand most prominent men in Litch-\\nfield Township. During his career of twenty -eight\\nyears in Hillsdale County, he has distinguished\\nhimself as a business man of more than ordinary\\ncapaliilities, a citizen of the strictest integrity, lib-\\neral-minded and public-spirited, and in consider-\\nation of these qualities has been no unimportant\\nfactor in the building up of the town of Litchfield\\nand vicinity. His home, which is i)leasantly situ-\\nated on West St. Joseph street of the little city,\\nforming one of its chief ornaments, is both substantial\\nand elegant, and fully in keeping with the character\\nof its projector and builder.\\nMr. Turrell is of New F^ngland ancestry, his par-\\nents. David and Anna (Cook) Turrell, having been\\nborn in Hinesburg. Vt., where his paternal gi-and-\\nfather, Caleb Turrell, settled upon his retirement\\nfrom the Continental service. As a soldier in the\\nRevolutionar} War his grandfather Turrell was\\npresent at the battles of Bunker Hill, Trenton,\\nBrandywine, and other points where the Colonists", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0534.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n^p\\nI\\nmet llie Britisli solfliors and encompassed their de-\\nfeat. The parents of our subject after their mar-\\nriage lived for a time in tiie Green Rlonntain Stall\\nthen removed to Susquehanna County, Pa., where\\ntlie father engaged in farming and also operated a\\nsawmill. He was a business man in the strictest\\nsense of the term, enterprising and energetic, and\\naccumulated a fine property. From Pennsylvania\\nhe removed to Cleveland, Ohio, in the vicinity of\\nwhich he carried on agriculture and also dealt in\\nreal estate.\\nDavid Turrell, in 1835, determined to cast his\\nlot among the pioneers of Southern Michigan, and\\ncoming to the West, puichased 500 acres of land\\nin Woodstock Township, Lenawee County, where\\nhe continued to live until his decease, which oc-\\ncurred in February, 1849, at the age of sixty-seven\\nyears. The mother survived her husband only\\nthree years, dying in 1852, at the same age. Their\\nfamily consisted of four sons and four daughters,\\nof -whom Kelson, our subject, was the third child.\\nHe was born in Hinesburg, Vt.. May 13, 1807, and\\nacquired a limited education in the common school.\\nHe was a lad of ten yeais when his parents removed\\nto Pennsylvania, where he developed into manhood,\\nand when twenty-two years of age was married,\\nOct. 11, 1829, to Miss Emily, daughter of Abel and\\nMarilla (Hutchinson) Hawley.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Turrell were n.atives of Con-\\nnecticut, as was also her paternal grandfather,\\nJoseph Hawlej-, who was prominent in his com-\\nmunilj- during the Colonial times. From New\\nKngland they also removed to Susquehanna County,\\nPa., where the father, who was a shoemaker, also\\ncarried on a tannery and gave employment to sev-\\neral men. He died in Brooklyn, Pa., when ayoung\\nman of thirty-one years, in 1818. Themothersub-\\nseqnentl}- niariied George Brown, and had seven\\nchildren by each of her two marriages. Of the first\\nthere were three daughters and four sons, and Mrs.\\nTtn-rell was the eldest. She was born Nov. 6, 1810,\\nin Cornwall. Litchfield Co., Conn., and was a little\\ngirl eight years of age when her parents removed to\\nPennsylvania.\\nTo our subject and his wife there were born\\ntwo children before they went to Ohio, in April,\\n1834. In the Buckeye State Mr. T. went into part-\\nnership with his father in the farming and real-estate\\nbusiness, and they came to ^lichigan together.\\nNelson purchased 1 GO acres in Woodstock Town-\\nship, Lenawee County, and both families suffered\\nfour months from ague. They also endured, in\\ncommon with the people about them, the hardships\\nand privations of pioneer life, when pork was $40\\nper barrel, and their nearest mill and depot for pro-\\nvisions was at Tecumseh, twenty-two miles away.\\nBy the exercise of great industry and economy\\nthey nevertheless prospered, and among their bless-\\nings was the birth of nine children, of whom the\\nrecord is as follows: David A. married Miss Mary-\\nSickly, and is engaged in the book busines.sin Som-\\nerset; they have one child, Milton F. Horace N.\\nis a very successful merchant of Litchfield, and\\nhis biography appears elsewhere in this work;\\nElvira P. is the wife of S. W. Noyes, a minister of\\nthe Congregational Church, and stationed at Harvey\\nSprings, Emmet County; they have four children\\nEva, Lucy, Berlon and Jennie. Cynthia A. is at\\nhome; Alonzo C, after the uutbreak of the Civil\\nAVar, enlisted in the Northwestern 24th Rifle Regi-\\nment, of Illinois, being mustered into service in\\nAugust, 1861, and died of pneumonia at Raleigh,\\nMo., Jan. 10, 18( 2, at the age of twent}- years;\\nEdgar B. enlisted with the 6lh Michigan Heavy-\\nArtillery, being mustered into service in March,\\n1864; he was taken ill, and died at New Orleans in\\nNoveml)er following, being also twenty^ 3ears old.\\nFlora P. is the wife of Casper Sherk. a carpenter of\\nLitchfield, and is now the mother of four children\\nLulie G., Charles G., Frank N. and Lena I.\\nFletcher married Miss Mary Burgett, who is en-\\ngaged in the hardware tr.ade in Eaton Rapids; they\\nhave one son. Charles E.\\nMr. and Mrs. Turrell lived in Lenawee County\\nuntil their children were nearly grown, and then for\\nthe purpt)se of finishing their education took up\\ntheir residence, in 1861, in the city of Hillsdale.\\nTheir sons. Horace and Alonzo, attemled Hills Iale\\nCollege, together with Iheir daughter Cynthia. The\\nlatter also attended Olivet College at Olivet, Mich., a\\nyear afterward. Mr. and Mrs. Tunell came to\\nLitchfield in November, 1862. Our subject pur-\\nchased the house, lot, and stock of goods of Jacob\\nHagerman. and the store of William Walters be-\\n_", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0535.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "-4*-\\n624\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nsides, and carried on business six months, when he\\nassociated with him in partnersliip his son Hor-\\nace, and they have since operated together very\\nsuccessful!} commanding an extensive patronage\\nand accumulating a competency for future years.\\nMr. and Mrs. Turrell, as neighbors and members of\\nthe community, are valued at their true worth, and\\nin the Congregational Church, of which they have\\nbeen members for many years, have been among its\\nchief piHars. Indeed it was largely tln-ough the\\ninfluence and liberality of Mr. Turrell that the so-\\nciety was enabled to erect its edifice, which is a fine\\nbrick structure, and of which Mr. T. furnished one-\\nhalf of the brick, besides his donation of $500 in\\ncash.\\nMr. Turrell, politically, affiliated with the Demo-\\ncrats until the organization of the Republican party.\\nHe then voted for John C. Fremont, and continued\\na Republican until his warm interest in the success\\nof the temperance movement induced him to ally\\nhimself with the Prohibitionists. As the friend and\\nsupporter of all worthy public enterprises, he has\\nbeen identified with many of these, and is promi-\\nnently connected with the Union Agricultural Asso-\\nciation of the St. Joseph Valley.\\nAYETTE NUTTEN, son of one of the earli-\\nest pioneers of Moscow Township, is now\\nrecognized as among its most enterprising\\nand successful farmers, where he has 120 acres of\\nland under a fine state of cultivation, and embel-\\nlished with modern and substantial buildings. His\\nfather, Jonathan Nutten, was born in Steuben\\nCounty, N. Y., and died at his home in Moscow\\nTownship on the 3 1st of August, 1884. The mother,\\nwho in her girlhood was Miss Susan Underwood,\\nwas also a native of the Empire State, born not\\nfar from the early home of her husband, and is now\\nlong since deceased, her death having taken place\\nin July, 1861, at the age of forty-eight years.\\nThe parents of our subject began life together in\\nY^ates County, N. Y., whence they started for the\\nyoung State of Michigan, in .September, 1843. The\\npaternal grandfather had previously to this taken\\nup a tract of Government land in Moscow Town-\\nship, which after his death was purchased by the\\nsou, and which he carried on from 1843 until retir-\\ning from active labor. He was married three\\ntimes, and by his first wife became the father of ten\\nchildren, onl} four of whom are living, two sons\\nand two daughters, who are residents of Michigan.\\nHis second wife was Mrs. Alzina Hayes, who died\\ntwo months after her marriage. His third wife was\\nMiss .Sarah J. Jennings, of Yates County, N. Y. Of\\nthis latter union there was born one child only, a\\ndaughter, Eudora Aileen. This lad} is still living,\\nand a sketch of her will be found elsewhere in this\\nvolume.\\nFayette Nutten was born Dec. 2.5, 1840, in Italy\\nTownship, Yates Co., N. Y., and was two and one-\\nhalf years of age when brought by his father to\\nMichigan. He developed into manhood in Moscow\\nTownship, acquiring his education in the district\\nschools, and continued a member of his father s\\nhousehold until a young man twenty-three years of\\nage. On the 25th of December, 1863. the anni-\\nversary of his birthday, he was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Rebecca, daughter of Abel and Mary\\n(Coryell) Nobles, who were also natives of the\\nEmpire State. The young people settled in Alle-\\ngany County, whence they removed five years\\nlater to Macon, Lenawee Co., Mich., where the\\nfather died in 1858 at the age of forty-niue years.\\nThe mother survived her husband a period of\\ntwenty-three years, remaining a widow, and passing\\naway at the home of our subject in 1881, when\\nseventy-seven j ears old.\\nAbel Nobles and his wife were the parents of\\nseven children, fonr sons and three d.aughters, of\\nwhom Mrs. Nutten was the fourth in order of birth.\\nShe began life on the 14th of February, 1838, and\\nenjoyed the advantages of the district schools of\\nLenawee County; she completed her studies in the\\nHigh School at Tecumseh, and taught thereafter\\nthree terms in Hillsdale Couuty. Her union with\\nour subject resulted in the birth of two children:\\nMary Susan became the wife of Alfred C. Haight, a\\nwell-to-do farmer of Moscow Township; Faille\\nLouise is also a graduate of the High School at\\nNorth Adams. Mr. and Mrs. Nutten took to their\\nhearts and home two other motherless children,\\nJohn Q. Roode and Blanche Nobles, who both con-\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0536.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "w\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n525\\ntinue to luake tlieir home with their foster-paretxts.\\nThey also have been well educated, and the former,\\nwho has tauglit school t\\\\^o terms, one in Moscow,\\nand one in Wheatland Township, contemplates tak-\\ning a conrse of instruction at the Ypsilanti Normal\\nSchool.\\nMr. Nutten is the owner of 120 acres of land,\\nwhicli he has cultivated with fine success, and as a\\nbusiness man and a citizen occupies a leading posi-\\ntion among his fellow-townsmen. Although a Dem-\\nocrat in belief and principle, he has numbers of\\nfriends among the Repul)licans, by whom he has\\nbeen elected to various offices while his own party\\nwas largely in the minority lie has been Director\\nin his school district for a period of fifteen years,\\nserved as Assessor six years, held the offices of Jus-\\ntice of the Peace and Township Treasurer, and has\\ndone duty on the petit jury. Mrs. Nutten, a lady\\nof many amiable qualities, is the efficient assistant\\nof her husband in maintaining the reputation of\\ntheir home as one of the most attractive spots in\\nthe township, and is also a member in good stand-\\ning of the Baptist Church, at North Adams.\\nI\\nI\\nON. CHARLES MOSHER, one of the most\\n1 prominent men of Scipio Township, was en-\\nM dowed by nature witli more than ordinary\\ncapacities, and is one of those who, keep-\\ning their eyes open to what is going on in the\\nworld around them, and being interested in the\\nprogressive movements of the age. scarcely fail to\\nhave an influence in their community. During the\\nyears of his j ounger and more active life he min-\\ngled considerably with politics, and since the incep-\\ntion of the temperance movement has been one of\\nits warmest advocates, coming out at the end a de-\\ncided Prohibitionist. He has been the encourager\\nand supporter of educational institutions and one\\nof the pillars of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in\\nScipio Township, holding important offices in con-\\nnection therewith and officiating as Superintendent\\nof the Sunday-school continuously for nearly a\\nquarter of a century.\\nOur subject is the oflfspring of an excellent old\\nfamily, being the son of Samuel Mosher. a native of\\nDutchess County, N. Y., who was born Dec. 17,\\n1795, and was of a family who were Quakers in\\nreligious belief, and possessed all the simple and re-\\nliable traits of character peculiar to that people.\\nSamuel Mosher in early manhood married Miss\\nHannah Green, who was also of Qu.aker parentage,\\nand was born in Connecticut, .June G, 1798. After\\nmarri,age the parents settled first in Chatham, Co-\\nlumbia Co., N. Y., where their son Charles was\\nborn Jan. 2, 1\u00c2\u00ab22, and was the third of their family\\nof eleven children. They subsequently removed\\nto Cayuga County, taking up their residence in\\nSpringport. where the father died Dec. 1, 1840.\\nThe mother afterward came to Michigan, and died\\nat the home of our subject in Mosherville, this\\ncounty, Oct. 10, 1854. Seven children of the pa-\\nrental family are still living and residents of this\\nState.\\nCharles Mosher was reared to farming pursuits,\\nwhich he followed in his native State until 1842.\\nIn the meantime his father, in 1835, had come to\\nthe Territory of Michigan and entered from the\\nGovernment 800 acres of land in Scipio Township,\\nincluding the ground occupied by the present site\\nof Mosherville, and which place was named in\\nhonor of him. In May, 1842, Charles left his\\nhome in New York, and joining his father in .Scipio\\nTownship, engaged in farming on the land which\\nthe latter had taken up seven 3 ears previously. The\\ncountry w.is then a wilderness, and Charles was\\nobliged to cut his way tiiroiigh from Jonesville to\\nthe present site of Mosherville.\\nAbout 1849 or 1850. in company with his broth-\\ners, Giles and James, under the firm name of G. C.\\n(fe J. Mosher, our subject iissistcd in building the\\nfirst flouringand saw mill in Mosherville, which they\\noperated together until 1855. and then the firm\\ndissolved by the withdrawal of James and Giles.\\nCharles Jlosher was a practical miller, and his in-\\nterest in these industries continued until 1868,\\nwhen his attention w.as turned to railroading, and\\nhe was mainly instrumental in locating the Ft.\\nWayne fe Jackson Railroad through this region.\\nUpon disjX)singof his interest in the milling busi-\\nness, he located in the vill.ige of East Mosherville,\\nand officiated as Station Agent at that point for a", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0537.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "o26\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nperiofl of seven j ears. In the meantime he also\\ndealt extensively in farm profluce, until 1878.\\nTwo years previously he had established the Moslier\\nBarton fruit farm, in company with L. Barton,\\nand they operated together until 1 88(1, when they\\ndivided their interests and dissolved, Mr. Mosher\\nstill controls a fruit farm of forty acres at that\\nplace.\\nThe public career of our subject began at an\\nearly age, and soon after reaching his majority.\\nHe was then elected Justice of the Peace for one\\nyear, and subsequentl} held the oflice of Assessor,\\nand i-epresented Scipio Township in the County\\nBoard of Supervisors. In 1863 he was chosen l)y\\nthe Republicans of this county for their representa-\\ntive in the Michigan Legislature, where he served\\none term, was .again elected in 1877, and re-elected\\nin 1879. He served on the Committee of Ways\\nand Means, and t ;)ok an active part in intro lucing\\na bill in favor of temperance, which was termed by\\nthe opposition the Mosher Bill, which declared for\\nProhibition. On account of his decided stand in\\nregard to this matter Mr. Mosher lost, while at the\\nsame time he won, many friends.\\nIn his career at the State capital, Mr. Mosher\\nevinced the same disposition to industry and activ-\\nity which had heretofore ahvays marked his course.\\nAmong other bills which he introduced was one to\\nprohiI)it horse racing and another to put the whole\\nliquor tax into the general treasury of the State.\\nIn 1884 he was the nominee for Congress on the\\nProhibition ticket, and in 188() the candidate for\\nthis party for Lieutenant Governor. The f.act that\\nhe was defe.ated on account of his party being in\\nthe minority does not detract from the merits of\\nthe high position which he held among the people\\nwho had known him for so many years.\\nMr. Mosher, before leavmg his native State, w.is\\nmarried ,at Union Springs, Cayuga County, March\\n4, 1841, to Miss Polly J. Seaver, who w,as born in\\nGalway, Saratoga Co., N. Y., May 29, 1824, and\\nwhose parents, natives of New York, spent their\\nlast years in Michigan. This union resulted in the\\nbirth of two children Samuel and Sarah Jennie.\\nThe former died in Scipio Township when twent}\\nflve years of age from the bite of a venomous snake,\\nJuly 6, 1848. The mother had passed away but a\\nmonth before, on the 6th of June. The daughter\\nis now living in Mosherville.\\nThe present wife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarried at Hemlock Lake, Livingston Co., N. Y\\nJune 10, 1855, was formerly Miss Alraira M. Stod-\\ndard, who w.as born in Richmond. Ontario Co., N. Y.,\\nFeb. 10, 1823, and who bore him one child, a son.\\nJfihn C. F. The latter married Miss Fanny Waugh,\\nof Mosherville, and is occupied at faru)ing in the\\nlatter pl.ace. Mrs. Mosher is a lady of many es-\\ntimable qualities, and a member in good standing\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church. Years ago\\nMr. Mosher was in possession of a fine property, but\\nlosses have in a measure been his portion. He,\\nhowever, has a most comfortable h jme in the town\\nwhich bears the name of his honored father, and\\nwhich is the resort of manj and warm friends.\\ni\u00c2\u00abJE\u00c2\u00a3/\u00c2\u00ae^-*\\n.^^^ZraiJJv\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^ARED E. MOORE, Deputy Sheriff of this\\ncounty, occupies a good position among the\\nthrifty farmers of Litchfiehl Township, and\\nis the ovvner of 100 .acres of good land on\\nsection 16. He first looked upon the face of the\\ncountry in this region when a lad nine years of age,\\nbut did not settle here until ten years later. He\\ncame, however, in time to be fairly numbered\\namong the other early residents, and has contributed\\nlargely to the growth and development of Litch-\\nfield Township.\\nOur subject, like many of the men about him,\\nfirst opened his eyes to the light in the Empire\\nState, and is the son of John and Lydia (Todd)\\nMoore, who were also born there, the father in\\nOrangeville and the mother in Dry den. The pa-\\nternal grandfather did good service in the Revolu-\\ntionary War, being on the staff of Gen. Washington.\\nAfter the independence of the Colonists had been\\nestablished, he took up his abode in New York\\nState, where, with his excellent wife, he reared a fine\\nfamily of sons and daughters, and there looked his\\nlast upon the things of earth, passing away about\\n1840.\\nJohn and Lydia Moore after their marriiige set-\\ntled on a farm in Chautauqua County, N. Y and\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0538.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "i\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n527\\nafter the birth of several children, came, in 1840,\\nto the young State of Michigan. The father pur-\\nciiaseil 100 acres of land in Litchfield Township,\\nand here, with his estimable wife, spent the remain-\\nder of his days. The motlier departed hence in 1.SG.5,\\nat the age of fifty-live years. John Moore survived\\nhis wife a period of twenty-one years, his decease\\ntaking place in 1886, after he had spanned his four-\\nscore years.\\nTo the parents of our subject there were born\\nseven sons and three daughters, of whom Jared E-\\nwas the eldest son and second child. His birth\\ntook place at the farm in Chautauqua County, N.\\nY., March 17, 1831. That locality is now called\\nthe Chautauqua Assembly Grounds, and at that\\ntime was owned largely by the uncles of our subject,\\nand many a free Saturday afternoon the latter\\npassed his boyhood among its forests with his gun,\\non the very spot now occupied by the Assemljlj\\nHis parents being in limited circumstances, he com-\\nmenced working out at an early age, atlemling school\\nonly two months in the year. When a youth of\\neighteen he left tiie parental roof and starteil out\\nin life for himself. The young men of tiiose days\\nwere not afraid to marry without capital, trusting\\nto the good sense and industry of their wives to\\nassist them in building up their mutual home.\\nYoung Moore was accordingly married, Sept. 29,\\n1851, in Westfield, N. Y to Miss Majesta Martin,\\nwho was born Oct. 17. 1832, in Orangeville, and\\nwas the daughter of J(jlin and Elizabeth (Stanton)\\nMartin, who emigrated from the Empire State to\\nMichigan about 18.53. They settled in the vicinity\\nof Amherst, Oakland County, where the father en-\\ngaged as a butcher two or three years, and thence\\nremoved to Saginaw City, where his death took\\nplace in October, 186.5. when he was fifty-five\\nyears old. The mother is still living, making her\\nhome in Detroit, and has now attained the advanced\\nage of eighty years.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Martin there were born five\\nchildren, one son and four daughters. Of these four\\nare living and residents of Michigan. After their\\nmarriage Mr. and Mrs. Moore, whose wedding took\\nplace in September, lived in Chautauqua County,\\nN. Y., until the April following, when they carae\\nto Michigan, and for two j ears occupied a rented\\nfarm in Litchfield Township. Upon leaving this\\nMr. INIoore took charge of a hotel in Litchfield,\\nwhere he operated with fair success four years. He\\nthen traded this property for a farm in Branch\\nCounty, which he occupied for a period of twenty-\\none years.\\nIn the meantime, during the progress of the late\\nwar, our subject enlisted as a Union soldier, Sept. 31,\\n1864; he enlisted at Kalamazoo, becoming a mem-\\nber of Company B, 14th Michigan Infantry. His\\nregiment was under command of Gen. Sherman,\\nwitii whom he participated in the famous march to\\nthe sea, was in all the subsequent eng.agements in\\nthe Carolinas, including the fight at Goldsboro. and\\nwas a gratifie l witness of the surrender of Lee s\\narmy at Appomattox. Thence he was sent with\\nhis comrades to Washington, where the troops passed\\nbefore the President in grand review, and sub. ^e-\\nquently, after being detailed to Louisville, Ky.,\\nreceiveil his honorable discharge, at Detroit, July\\n25, 1805.\\nMr. Moore, after becoming /airly established in\\nBranch County, w.as recalled to Litchfield Town-\\nshij) to take care of his aged father who was an\\ninvalid several years prior to his death, and who\\ndied in 18(SG. Our subject subsequently traded one\\nof his farms in the vicinity of Butler, Brancli\\nCount}-, for his resent propertj in Litchfield, still\\nretaining ownership of the other farm in Branch\\nCount} He is the father of five children: Ida,\\nthe eldest, is the wife of Fred McLain, who is carry-\\ning on a meat market at Litchfield, and thej have\\ntwo children Maude and Lou Edna; Carrie is the\\nwife of William Dean, a blacksmith of Litchfield,\\nand they have one child. Mabel; Elizabeth married\\nGeorge Erdle, who is oi)erating a sawmill in Litch-\\nfield Arteraus married Miss Belle Mower, and has\\ncharge of the homestead; Jennie died when about\\nten months old.\\nMr. and Mrs. Moore are members in good stand-\\ning of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Litch-\\nfield, and Mrs. M. belongs to the Relief Corps of the\\nG. A. R. Our subject, politic.allj-, is a solid Repub-\\nlican, and a charter member of the G. A. R. at\\nLitchfield, in which organization he also served as\\nSergeant four years. While a resident of Branch\\nCounty he was usuall} the incumbent of some\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0n", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0539.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "528\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\notfice. anfl served as County Treasurer, Assessor,\\nConstable, anrl was Deputy Sheriff of Branch County\\nin 1884. There are few men who have made\\nthemselves more useful among their fellow-citizens,\\nor who have a cleaner record, than Jared E. Moore.\\n38^\\n^p^ ARRET MORFORD, well known and highly\\n[II esteemed in Moscow Township, came to the\\n^^j) Territory of Michigan with his parents when\\na lad of fourteen, and a few years thereafter hegan\\nhis battle with the world, from which he has come\\nout with flying colors. A man of liberal views,\\nlarge-hearted and benevolent, eminently domestic\\nin his tastes, and thinking more of his home than\\nany spot on earth, he has illustrated in his career\\nthe kindly-hearted and generous father and the\\nworthy citizen. As he passes down the sunset hill\\nof life he needs nothing further to assure him of\\nthe esteem and confidence of the people among\\nwhom he has lived so long, and who have upon\\nnumerous occasions signified their high regard for\\nhis character.\\nA native of New York State, our subject was\\nborn on the ^th of September, 1821. and was the\\nsixth child of Garret, Sr., and Eunice (Wood) Mor-\\nford, whose family consisted of six sons and three\\ndaughters. The parents were natives of the Empire\\nState, and after their marriage settled in Allegany\\nCounty. Thence they removed to Monroe, and\\nlater to Niagara County, .and from the latter emi-\\ngrated to the Territory of Michigan, in June, 1835.\\nThe father purchased a tract of Government land\\nin Moscow Township, this county, and distinguished\\nhimself as always being warmly interested in the\\nwelfare and progress of the people about him. He\\nwas honored b^ election to the various township\\noffices, and after a long and worthy life departed\\nhence in the spring of 1869, after having arrived\\nat the advanced age of eighty-four years. The\\nmother survived her husband a period of eleven\\nj-ears, and died at the home of her grandson, Dec.\\n2, 1 870, aged eighty-six.\\nThe brothers and sisters of our subject lived to\\nbecome men and women four are now surviving,\\nand residents of Michigan. Garret, Jr., was a lad\\nof eleven years when the familj came to Michigan,\\nand remembers that the journey was made in\\nwagons with four horses and one yoke of oxen.\\nThey came by the way of Canada, crossing the St.\\nLawrence River at Lewiston, and after their arrival\\nin this county were subjected to the hardships and\\ninconveniences common to pioneer life. The father\\ntook up a tract of Government land, and the chil-\\ndren as soon as old enough assisted their parents\\nin the various duties around the homestead. Their\\nlimited education was conducted in the district\\nschool, but for two or thiee years after coming to\\nMichigan there was not an institution of this kind\\nwithin convenient walking distance.\\nOur subject continued under the parental roof\\nuntil 1847, being then twenty-six years of age. In\\nthe meantime he had been laboring on his own ac-\\ncount since reaching his majority, and was now in\\na condition to purchase his father s farm, Two\\nyears later he inst iiled a bride under the old roof\\ntree, having been married, Oct. 7, 1849, to Miss\\nEliza A., daughter of Ebenezer and Sally (Howe)\\nBragg, who were natives of Vermont, and came to\\nMichigan in 1836, the year before its admission\\ninto the Union as a State. Ebenezer Bragg was the\\nson of an old Revolutionary hero, who cariied his\\nmusket during the struggle of the Colonists for\\ntheir independence. When this was assured he\\nsettled in the Green Mountain State, where hespent\\nhis last days.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Morford after their marriage\\nsettled in New Hampshire, but a few years later\\nchanged their residence to the vicinity of Clarkson,\\nin New York State. Later they removed to Niagara\\nCounty, where they lived until coming to Michi-\\ngan. Here Mr. Bragg took up eighty acres of\\nGovernment land in Somerset Township, but only\\nlived eight years thereafter, dying in 1844, when\\nsixty-three years of age. The mother subsequently\\nmade her home with her daughter, Mrs. Morford,\\nand died in 1868, at the advanced age of eighty-\\ntwo. Their ifamily included six sons and two\\ndaughters. Mrs. Morford was the youngest, and\\nwas born in Clarkson, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1831. She\\nwas but four 3-ears of age when her parents emi-\\ngrated to Michigan, and received her education in\\nthe district schools of Somerset Township. She\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0540.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "m^^\\n-^^m-\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n529\\nwas reareil to habits of industry and ecotioiny, and\\namply fitted to become the wife of a good man.\\nThe three children of Mr. and Mrs. Morford are\\nlocatetl as follows: Mary M. is the wife of Phin-\\neas \\\\V. Langdon, a well-to-do farmer of Allegan\\nCounty, this State Esther J. married J. H. S.ackett,\\nwho is engaged iu carpentering at .Jonesville; they\\nhave one cliild, a daugliter Winona. .Joseph E.,\\nwho has charge of the homestead, married Miss S.\\nIMilly Langdon, and is the father of two children\\nBertha Belle and Gertrude.\\nThe Morford estate includes 100 acres of land,\\nwhich the suliject of our sketch transformed from\\na partially cultivated tract to one of the most\\ncreilitable homesteads in the northeastern part of\\nthe county. He has cleared eighty acres of this\\nhimself, building fences, planting an orchard and\\ntrees of the finer fruits, cherry, peach and pear.\\nThe farm stock and machinery give ample evi-\\ndence of the care and forethought exercised in the\\nvarious departments, and the entire estate stands\\nas a monument of the industry and perseverance of\\nits proprietor. Mr. and Mrs. Morford have labored\\ntogether in the building up of their home, making\\nit a most pleasant spot where their neighbors and\\nfriends love to congregate, and which to their chil-\\ndren is the dearest place on earth.\\nMr. Morford, in 1860, identified himself with the\\nMasonic fraternity, and is at present a member of\\nHamilton Lodge No. 113, at Moscow. Since be-\\ncoming a voter he has steadily maintained his pref-\\nerence for the Democratic party.\\n,ICHARD U. FLOYD, a man who has made\\nhis mark as a farmer, and developed most\\nIM estimable qualities as a citizen, intelligent\\nTOgjand i)rogressive in his ideas, and favoring\\nall the projects for reform and advancement, oc-\\ncupies an enviable position among the peo|)le of\\nLitchfield Township, which he has called his home\\nfor the last twenty-two years. He is now in the\\nseventy-fifth year of his age, and is the possessor of\\na rich and varied experience, the subjei^t of a his-\\ntory which is in its main points as follows:\\nMr. Floyd was born Oct. 1, 181.3, in Vermont.\\nHis father. Richard Floyd, iiad pissi^l away in Feb-\\nruary previously, and his first recollections were of\\nhis stepfather, .Joseph Fuller, who followed farming,\\nand died when our subject was a lad of fourteen\\n3 ears. Itichard Floyd, a shoemaker by tra le, was\\na native of Vermont, where he spent his entire life,\\nand died in 1813. The maiden name of the mother\\nw.as Mary Upton, who was born in M.assachusetts.\\nOf her first marriage there were eight children two\\ndied in infancy, and six lived to mature j ears,\\nof whom Richard U. was the youngest. The\\nfamily about 1819 left the Green Mountain State\\nand emigrated to the vicinity of Crown Point, N.\\nY., where our subject completed his education in\\nthe district school. After the death of his step-\\nfather he assisted in carrying on the farm, and con-\\ntinued at home working with his brothers until\\nreaching his majority. Subsequently he worked\\nout by the month, and when twent3 -eight years old\\nwas married to Miss Wealthy Ann Nichols, then\\nsettled upon a rented farm in that vicinity continu-\\ning thereafter in the Empire State for a period of\\nseven 3e.ars.\\nIn the meantime our subject had become the\\nfather of two children, and having experienced\\nrather more of the shady side of life than its sun-\\nshine, determined now to change his location in the\\nhope of bettering his financial condition. Accord-\\ningly, in 1846, he made his wa} to the promising\\nyoung State of Michigan, settling first in Butler\\nTownship, Branch County. Of this region he was\\none of the pioneers and settled down in the forest\\nwhen deer, wild turkeys and other game were abun-\\ndant. He purchased a quarter-section of land,\\nwhere he labored slowly but surely, bringing the\\nsoil to a fair state of cultivation, and each year .add-\\ning some improvement to his propert}\\nFour more children had now been added to the\\nhousehold circle, and the record of the six is as fol-\\nlows: Richard H., their first-born, died in infancy;\\nHarriet It. was first married to Amirew J. Stevens,\\nand became the molherof one child, ason, Andrew,!.\\nMr. Stevens died, and she was subsequently married\\nto Charles J. Anderson, became the mother of two\\nmore children, Eugenia F. and Herbert, and died at\\nher home in Butler Township. Branch County, in\\n1885. Mary U. died in infancy; Miranda E. married\\n-i", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0541.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "9^ -if^^\\n530\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nCharles A. Ford, whohns charge of the homestead,\\nand they are the parents of two children- Richard\\nC. and INIyrtle Helen; John Chailes, at present Pre-\\nsiding Elder of Big Rapids district of the Method-\\nist Episcopal Church, was graduated with honors\\nfrom Michigan .State Universitj and is a highly\\nintelligent and efficient minister; he married Miss\\nMyrtle Haynes, of Litchfield. Wealthy A. died in\\ninfancy. U he mother of these childien departed\\nthis life at her home in Litchfield Township. March\\n22, 1880. when sixty-four years of age.\\nMr. Floyd left Branch County in 18GC, selling\\nout his quarter-section of land there, and purchased\\nhis present farm of 119 acres on section 9, in Litch-\\nfield Township. Here he has operated with his\\nwonted intelligence, building up a good home, and\\neach year adding something to the value of his\\n])roperty. He has been a Republican in politics\\nsince the organization of the part^ and was one of\\nthe first men to vote this ticket in the ^tate of Michi-\\ngan, casting his ballot for John C. Fremont, in\\n1856. He is a warm advocate of temperance prin-\\nciples, and like his estimable wife is a member in\\ngood standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nat Litchfield. Hehasalwajs taken a lively interest\\nin township affairs although no office-seeker, but\\nserved as School Assessor six or seven years.\\nir-^ OBERTHILL. Prominent among the sturd}\\n|L;^ tillers of the soil who are reaiiing rich re-\\nwards for their arduous toils in early life,\\nX^and are now enabled to spend their declin-\\ning years in ease and comfort, stands the subject of\\nthis biographical notice. He is a native of the\\nEmpire State, born in Essex County, Dec. 19, 1808.\\nHis father, John Hill, married Miss Deborah Barnes,\\nand tbej made for themselves a home on the banks\\nof Lake Champlain, in the countj where our sub-\\nject was afterward born. Their married life, which\\nconmienced most auspiciously, was not of long\\nduration, for Mr. Hill, who enlisted in the fjervice\\nof his country in the War of 1812, died in the hos-\\npital while yet in the prime of life. He had been\\na hard-working man, who, though he earned a good\\nliving for his family, had not accumulated much\\nproperty, and the widow, with her two sons. Robert\\nand George, was left comparatively poor. Mrs.\\nHill afterward married again, and removed in 1815\\nto Monroe County, N. Y.. where her death oc-\\ncurred in 1874, in the eighty -ninth 3 ear of her\\nage.\\nRobert Hill, of our sketch, was reared in his\\nnative county, and at an early age was obliged to\\nearn his own living, consequently had but little\\ntime to attend to his studies, but his lack of book\\nknowledge doubtless quickened his perceptive fac-\\nulties, and being obliged to learn by observation,\\nhe acquired a good stock of general information.\\nIn 1832 he was married to Miss Maria Canning,\\nand after living a few 3 ears in their native State,\\nthey came to Michigan, where our subject entered\\neighty acres of land in Adams Township from the\\nGovernment, the deed of which was signed by Mar-\\ntin Van Buren. Mr. Hill was a miller by trade, and\\nfollowed that calling seven years before coming to\\nthis State, but since that time he has paid more at-\\ntention to agricultural pursuits. In 1851 Mr. Hill\\nwas afflicted b}- the death of his wife .at forty-nine\\nyears of age. She left two children John C. and\\nSophia. The former is married, and lives in\\nScottville, N. Y.; the latter is the wife of Gordon\\nCarlton.\\nIn 1852 our subject was a second time married,\\ntaking for a wife Miss Emily, daughter of Richard\\nand Anna Fowler, the first inhabitants of Adams\\nTownship. They came here in November, 1834,\\nfrom Ohio, having moved from Mass.achusetts to\\nthat State. Their nearest neighbors lived in Jones-\\nville, and Mr. Fowler, who was a very generous\\nand hospitable man. lent all assistance possible to\\nnew-comers, helping them to secure good locations,\\nand aiding them in various other ways. His early\\ndeath, which occurred when he was forty -five years\\nold, was a great loss to the township. Mrs. Fowler\\nsurvived him many 3 ears, dying in 1876, at the\\nadvanced age of seventy-six. They were the par-\\nents of nine children, of whom Mrs. Hill was the\\nsixth in order of birth. She was born in Perry,\\nGeauga Co., Ohio, in 1824, and was but a young\\ngirl when she came to Michigan with her parents.\\nShe began her education in the common schools of\\nher native State, and after coming to Michigan\\n*t", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0542.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n531\\nwas a pupil of the first school in Adams Township.\\nIt was situated on section 30, near the town line of\\nAdams, and wiiat was then Fayette Townsiiip, but\\nis now Hillsdale Township, and was known as the\\nFowler School. Her education was further sup-\\nplemented by an attendance of three terms at the\\nAlbion Seminary, after which she engaged in teach-\\ning, and was thus successfully employed for four-\\nteen terms prior to her marriage. She has borne\\nher husband one child, Grace Adell, who is the wife\\nof D. P. Leonard, a prosperous farmer of Missouri;\\nthey also have one child, Florence.\\nMr. Hill is the owner of 120 acres of land, which\\nhe has, through his own exertions, been enabled to\\ndevelop from an uncultivated wilderness into a\\nrich and productive farm, on which he has erected\\na convenient brick dwelling and has good barns\\nand out-buildings. The venerable form of our\\nsubject is a familar one in Adams Township, where\\nhe is held in high respect as one of the surviving\\npioneers, who for more than half a century has\\nlabored for the interests of the township. He has\\nbeen prominently identified with all township im-\\nprovements, and has filled the otBee of Justice of\\nthe Peace, besides serving in many minor offices.\\nReligiously, both Mr. and Mrs. Hill are earnest and\\nactive members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nof which they have long been communicants, Mr.\\nHill s name having been enrolled among the mem-\\nbers fift3 -five years ago. and that of Mrs. Hill ten\\nyears later. Politically, our subject, who was for-\\nmerly a Whig, and voted for Gen. Jackson, is\\nnow independent in his views, and casts his vote\\nfor the man or measure that he deems will best\\nserve the interests of his covintry.\\n-~\u00c2\u00bbA.\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abac\u00c2\u00a3;\u00c2\u00ae^^\\n\u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00a7v51^OT7 A/Vr,*\\nki:Vl W. HARRINGTON. Hillsdale County\\nhas many well-to-do and successful farmers,\\nmen who started with nothing except their\\nown sUmt hearts and strong hands to depend upon,\\nand have made a financial success in life. Prominent\\namong these is the subject of this sketc .i, aged and\\nhighly respected, who occupies a fine brick mansion\\nwhich he has recently built in North Adams. He\\nwas born in Washington County, N. V., Oct. 23,\\n1810. His father, Levi Harrington, Sr., married\\nMary Wood, the daughter of a soldier who was\\nkilled in the Revt)lutionary War. They were na-\\ntives of Connecticut, .and continued to live there\\nseveral years after marriage. From there they re-\\nmoved to New York, where Mrs. Harrington s\\ndeath occurred in St. Lawrence County. In about\\n1847 Mr. Harrington, accompanied by his second\\nwife, came to Michigan and settled in Hillsdale\\nCounty, where he died about five years afterward.\\nThe suljject of this sketch was the seventh child\\nof his parents. His boyhood was passed at home,\\nassisting his father and attending school. At the\\nage of eighteen years he began earning liis own liv-\\ning. He had inherited a goodly amount of energy\\nand pluck, and at that time started from home on\\nfoot for the pinery at French Creek, 200 miles\\naway. Arriving there after a tedious journey, he\\nsecured work at |I0 a month, and proved himself\\nso industrious, capable and faithful in the perform-\\nance of his duties, that he was ere long appointed\\nforeman, and given higher wages. He continueil\\nworking for the same man ten years, retaining his\\nposition as supervisor. He then returned to his na-\\ntive State, and was married in Niagara County, in\\n1836, to Miss Harriet Chichester.\\nAfter marriage the young couple came to Michi-\\ngan and settled in Wheatland Township, being the\\neighth family to locate there. Mr. Harrington was\\nmuch pleased with his new home, and gladly wel-\\ncomed all new-comers and .assisted them to find\\nsuitable locations. His kindly greetings, generous\\nhospitalit3\\\\ ami the material aid rendered to stran-\\ngers, won for him a lasting regard in their hearts.\\nHis excellent wife heartily co-operated with him in\\nall his good works, and her early death, which oc-\\ncurred in Wheatland, was a sad bereavement to the\\nlittle community, who sincerel3 mourned their loss.\\nShe left two sons, Enimett and Oscar, the former of\\nwhom is married and lives in Addison Township.\\nIn 1844 Mr. Harrington was a second time married,\\ntaking for his wife Miss Nancy, daughter of John\\nand Loviua Barker, natives and lifelong residents\\nof New York State. By this union Mr. Harrington\\nbecame the father of two children Hattie and Eli.\\nHattie is the wife of Joseph Baker, of Adams\\nTownship; they have one child. Eli, who lives in\\nh", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0543.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "532\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nm 4*\\nWheatland To^Miirliip. mairiifl Jliss ]\\\\Javtha Baker,\\nand they have three children Ida B., Mrytie and\\nL. May.\\nIn 1852, our snbject desiring to experiment in the\\nmining regions of California, sailed from New York\\nto San Franciseo via Aspinwall and the Isthmus of\\nPanama, being two months on the way. He met\\nwith fair success in the Golden State, but not suffi-\\ncient to induce him to remain there permanently,\\nconsequently, after working two years in the mines,\\nhe returned by the Nicarauga route to Michigan.\\nHaving given his son forty acres, Mr. Harrington\\nnow owns 1 60 acres of valuable land, well improved,\\nwhich he acquired by diligent toil, judicious man-\\nasement and strict attention to business. 1 herein\\nlies the secret of the great success that has been\\ndealt out to him so abundantly that he is now, in\\nthe evening of life, enabled to enjoy in peace and\\ncomfort the competence that he has attained, and,\\nbesides, he has the ))lcasant satisfaction of knowing\\nthat when he shall be called to join the silent ma-\\njority, he will leave the remaining members of his\\nfamily well provided for. Mr. Harrington is now\\nseventy-eight 3 ears old, and retains to a remarka-\\nble degree his physical vigor, having rarely ex-\\nperienced a sick da} That he may kng continue\\nin his usual strong bodily and mental health is the\\nwish not only of his kindred, but of his many\\nfriends in North Adams and vicinil} In politics\\nour subject is a waim supporter of the principles\\nadvocated by the Democratic part}\\nI RS. SARAH .1. NUTTEN, widow of the\\nlate Jonathan Nutlen, of Moscow Town-\\nship, is in the enjoyment of a fine prop-\\nerty located on sec .ion 26. A lady of\\nfine tastes and excellent education, she foims an\\nornament to the social circles of her community,\\nwhere she is an object of high regard, not only on\\naccount of her mental capacities, but her genuine\\ngoodness of heart.\\nMrs. Nutten was born in Yates County, N. Y;,\\nat the home of her parents in Benton Township, on\\nthe 16th of February, 1840, and was the fifth of\\nsix children, three sons and three daughters. Her\\nfather, James Jennings, was a native of Saratoga\\nConntj-, N. Y., and her mother, who in her girlhood\\nwas Miss Elizabeth Rector, was a native of Yates\\nCounty, that State. Her paternal grandfather,\\nSeth Jennings, was of English birth and ancestrj\\nand came to America with his parents when quite\\nyoung. Her i)arents, after marriage, settled in\\nYates County, wheie they spent the remainder of\\ntheir days. The mother died Feb. 2, 1854. at the\\nage of forty-nine years; the father, surviving his\\nwife sixteen years, passed to his rest in 1870, aged\\nsevent3 -six.\\nThe brothers and sisters of Mrs. Nutten, four of\\nwhom are living, are residents mostly of New York\\nState. Her girlhood was spent in her native county,\\nwhere she attended fiist the district school, and sub-\\nsequently was grailuated fiom Penn Yan Academy.\\nSoon afterward she entered upon the career of a\\nteacher, which she followed successfully four years\\nin Ontario and Yates Counties. On the 17th of\\nMay, 1866, she vvas united in marriage with Jona-\\nthan Nutten, the wedding taking place at her home\\nin Benton Township. Mr. Nutten was born in\\nSteuben County, N. Y., and was the sou of George\\nNutten, a sketch of whom will be found in the\\nbiograpliy of Fayette Nutten, found elsewhere in\\nthis volume. He came to Michigan after his first\\nmarriage, in 1843, and signalized himself .as an up-\\nright and praiseworthy citizen. He closed his eyes\\nupon the scenes of earth at his home in Moscow\\nTownship on the 31st of August, 1884.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Nutten there was born one\\nchild only, a daughter. Eu Dora Aileen, Aug. 17,\\n1868. She is now an accomplished young lady of\\nrare musical talent and culture, and was for^i time\\na member of the class of 89, Hillsdale College.\\nShe is now professor of music, piano and voice\\nculture, in Rio Grande College, in Ohio.\\nBy a former marriage Mr. Nutten became the\\nfather of five children, of whom the record is as\\nfollows: Agnes, the eldest, is the wife of John H.\\nLynch, of Fayette Township, and the mother of\\none chilfl.a daughter Winnifred Fayette, of whom\\na sketch appears elsewhere in this Album, is fai-m-\\ning in Moscow Township, as is also his brother,\\nJohn B. Celestia M.. Mrs. Charles H. Morgan, re-\\nsides in Hillsdale Township, and is the mother of", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0544.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i ll 4\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n533\\n4\\nfour children Leon, Sarah, Robert and Earl J.\\nMay, who became the wife of Brewster Kies, died\\nin Hillsdale, Nov. 25, 1887.\\nIn the sumraer of 1874 the family residence, with\\nnearly all its contents, was destroyed by fire. Mr.\\nNiitten, however, recovered from this disaster as\\nquickly as possible, erected another dwelling, and\\nthe famil3 took possession in the spring following.\\nThis, with its surroundings, forms one of the most\\nattractive homes in Moscow Township. The farm\\ncomprises 16(1 acres of valuable land, and besides\\nthe residence there is a good barn and all the other\\nbuildings necessarj for the carrying on of agricult-\\nure after the most approved methods. Mrs. Nutten\\nis a member in good standing of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, at Moscow, and while a resident\\nof Hillsdale Township became identified with the\\nW. C. T. U. She is also a member of the Tem|)er-\\nance Alliance at Moscow, and lal)ors as she has\\nopportunity for the furtherance of this most im-\\nportant work.\\nThe brothers and sisters of Mrs. Nutten were\\nnamed Hanna, Thomas W., William W., James,\\nNelson and Jerusha C. They all lived to maturity\\nand were married, but Hanna and William W. ai-e\\nnow deceased.\\nAMU EL HART, proprietor of one of the\\nbest farms in Hillsdale County, first opened\\n((l\u00c2\u00a3_Jl) his eyes to the liglit among the Vermont\\nhills, having been born near the town of\\nWeston, Rutland County, on the 1st of March, 1822.\\nHis father, George Hart, was a native of Lynn-\\nfield, Mass., and was the son of Capt. Endicott\\nHart, a native of Scotland. The latter followed\\nthe sea, and was commander of a vessel for some\\nyears before settling in Massachusetts. After aban-\\ndoning a sailor s life he retired to a comfortable\\nhome in Salem, where he spent his last d.aj-s.\\nThe father of our subject was the eldest son of\\nhis parents, and was reared to farming pursuits.\\nUpon reaching maiihood he purchased the interest\\nof his brothers in their father s farm, and vv:is start-\\ning out very fairljf in life when he most unwisely\\nplaced hissignature to notes for friends, and thus lost\\nthe farm. He was thus compelled to start anew in\\nlife, and going into Vermont purchased a small\\ntract of land near the town of Mt. Tabor. There\\nhe resided until 1834, when with his family he\\nstarted overland for Ohio, to which he made the\\nentire journey with one pair of horses attached to a\\nwagon and another pair to a carriage. After seven-\\nteen d.ays travel he landed in the town of Carlisle,\\nLorain County. He had turned over his Vermont\\nland to his eldest son, with whom the mother re-\\nmained.\\nIn 1 855 George Hart left the Buckeye State, and\\ncoming to this county thereafter made his home with\\nour subject until his death, which took place in\\n1857. The mother spent her last days at the home\\nof her daughter in Pennsylvania, and survived her\\nhusband a few years. Samuel, our subject, was\\ntwelve years old when his parents removed to Ohio,\\nand subsequently lived with his elder brother until\\ntwenty years old, when he commenced for himself\\non a rented farm in Lorain Count} In 1850 he\\npurchased twenty acres and rented additional land\\nui)on which he operated five years. He now sold\\nout, and coming to this county purchased his |)res-\\nent farm, taking possession on the 18th of April of\\nthat same j ear. The removal was made overland,\\nhis outfit consisting of five horses, a wagon and\\ncarriage. But three acres of his purchase were\\ncleared, and he took up his residence with his fam-\\nily in a log house. Deer, wild turkeys and other\\ngame, were plentiful, and whatever else the family\\nmay have lacked in the way of luxury they were\\nalways provided with the choicest of wild meats.\\nMr. Hart, in nowise behind the enterprising men\\nwho located in Hillsdale County during its first\\nsettlement, slowl}- but surel} subdued the forestand\\nbrought his land to a good state of cultivation.\\nDuring the first 3 ears of his residence here the ham-\\nlet of Hudson, fourteen miles away, furnished the\\nmost available market, and was reached by driving\\naround the swamps.\\nOur subject, while a native of Ohio, was married,\\nJune 29, 1845, when a little past twenty-three years\\nof age, to Miss Emily Gier, who was born in Car-\\nroll County, that State, .Ian. 6, 1818. Her father,\\nJohn Gier, is believed to have been a native of\\nPennsylvania, whence he removed to Carroll County,", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0545.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": "u\\n534\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nOhio, during its early settlement. He proceeded\\nafter the manner of other adventurous men of that\\ntime, settling amidst the timber, and in due time\\nclearing a farm. Later he took up his residence in\\nthe town of Russia, Lorain Countj-, and fiom there\\ncame to Hillsdale, in 1854, settling in Ransom\\nTownship. Here he spent his last days at the home\\nof his son, but only lived until 1856. He had mar-\\nried, in early manhood. Miss Mary Bender, who was\\nborn in Pennsylvania and died at the home of her\\ndaugliter, in Ashland County, Oiiio, a few years\\nafter the decease of her husband.\\nThe seven children of Mr. and Mrs. Hart are re-\\ncorded as follows: Their eldest son, Richard, is\\nmarried and a resident of Ransom Township; El-\\nmira M. is the wife of Nathan Halleck, a resident of\\nQuiney, Branch County Alice M. married W. H.\\nPalmer, a sketch of whom will be found on\\nanother page in this work George W. is engaged in\\nthe lumber business near East Bonrdman, Kalkaska\\nCounty; Julia A. is the wife of Franklin Hoover,\\nof Ransom Township; Alfred F. and Albert F.,\\ntwins, one married, are residents respectively of\\nAlma, this St.ate, and Ransom Township. The for-\\nmer was graduated frou) the Northwestern College\\nat Kvanston, 111., and is a minister of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church; the latter is carrying on agri-\\ncultural pursuits. Mr. and Mrs. Hart are members\\nin good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nin which our subject has been an active worker,\\nofficiating as Class-Leader and Superintendent of\\nthe Sunday -school, and constituting one of its chief\\npillars.\\nANIEL H. MILLS, who is well known\\nthroughout the northwestern part of this\\ncountj has been Postmaster at LitchSeld,\\nand Township Clerk nineteen j ears, and is\\nheld in high estimation by the public. He is now\\nPresident of the Village Board, and in the business\\ncommunity is a dealer in hardware and farm imple-\\nments, and commands an extensive trade through-\\nout this section.\\nOur subject is the offspring of an excellent family,\\nbeing the son of John H. and Charlotte (White)\\nMills, who were natives of Rutland County, Yt., of\\nScotch ancestry on the father s side, and on the\\nmother s side descended from the English. The\\nelder Mills during his early manhood fcmght in the\\nWar of 1812. After marriage he settled in Elba\\nTownship, Genesee Co., N. Y., where he carried on\\nagriculture until his removal to this State, in 1846,\\nwhere he arrived on the 1st daj- of May. and soon\\nafterward settled upon a farm in Litchfield Town-\\nship. Here the parents lived and labored together\\nfor a i)eriod of nineteen j ears, and then the mother\\nwas taken from earth, in December. 1863, when sixty-\\nthree j-ears of age. John H. Mills survived his\\nwife twelve years, his death taking place at the\\nhomestead, April 9, 1875, when he was eightj -one\\nyears old.\\nThe children of the parental family, nine in num-\\nber, consisted of four sons and five daughters.\\nDaniel H., our subject, and the youngest of the\\nfamilj was born in Elba, Genesee Co., N. Y., Jan.\\n4, 1837. His education was completed in the\\npioneer log school-house of Litchfield Township,\\nthis county, and he remained upon the farm with\\nhis parents until a j outh of seventeen, when he en-\\ngaged as a clerk at Litchfield in a store of general\\nmerchandise. During the progress of the late war\\nhe enlisted as a Union soldier. Aug. 28, 1864, in\\nBattery A, 1st Michigan Light Artillery, being\\nmustered into service at Detroit, and was soon\\nafterward detailed as Clerk of the companj and was\\nan assistant in the Provost Marshal s office at Chatta-\\nnooga. After the close of the war he was mustered\\nout at Jackson, and receiving his honorable dis-\\ncharge, turned his face homeward on the 28th of\\nJuly, 1865.\\nOur subject was married in Litchfield, Nov. 20,\\n1860, to Miss Mary Jane, daughter of Orrin and\\nEunice (Dunbar) Mason. Her father was born in\\nCattaraugus County, N. Y., and the mother in\\nOhio. Mr. Mason was a blacksmith by trade, at\\nwhich he worked in Lj^sander during his early man-\\nhood, and from there came to Michigan in 1863,\\nsettling at Litchfield, where he now resides, and has\\narrived at the advanced age of eighty-eight j ears.\\nThe mother died here in August, 1885, and was\\nseventy-seven years old. Their children included\\nthree sons and five daughters, of whom Mrs. Mills,\\nthe third child, was born Nov. 25, 1842, at Lysan-\\n^m", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0546.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": "hillsdalp: county,\\n535\\nder, N. Y. She acquired a good education and\\ntaught si hool one year before her marriage. Of\\nher union with our i-uhjeot tliere were born\\nthree children James D., D. II. and Bessie M.\\nThe eldest child died in infanc3 and the other two\\nare attending school, making their home with their\\nfather. The mother died at her lionie in Litch-\\nfield, Dec. -28, 1885.\\nJlr. Mills, upon reaching manhood, worked as a\\ncarpenter until the spring of 1867, when he re-\\nceived the api)ointment of Postmaster, which he\\nheld until after the incoming of the Democratic ad-\\nministration, retiring in 188G. In 1868 he engaged\\nin the drug trade, continuing nine years, and then\\nselling out established himself as a hardware mer-\\nchant, in 1884. He has built a verj fine brick\\nbusiness house and has a comfortable residence on\\nChicago street. In politics he is a Republican, and\\nin religious matters is identified with the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, in which he has held the office\\nof Steward for a period of twenty-seven years. He\\nwas elected one of the Trustees in 1H87. Socially,\\nhe belongs to Franklin Lodge Ko. 40, A. F. A.\\nM., of wliich he has also been Secretary and Treas-\\nurer. In the G. A. K. he is Quartermaster at\\nLitclifield, wliich post ranks fifth in the State of\\nMichigan. He has also been Trca,surer four years\\nof the Union Agricultural Society of St. Joseph\\nValley.\\nThe career of this gentleman is essentially that\\nof a self-made man, as he was early in life thrown\\nupon his own resources, V)egiuning at the foot of\\nthe ladder in building up his own fortunes. Of\\nhigh principles and strict integrity, he has emi-\\nnently a clean record, one of wliich his children will\\nnever be ashamed.\\nENllY H. MATH IAS, a farmer, amply as-\\nsists in sustaining the reputation of Hillsdale\\nCounty as a superior agricultural region,\\nand his homestead on section 21 of Camden\\nTownship, bears substantial evidence of his skill .is\\na tiller of the soil. He is a native of Ohio, having\\nbeen born in Stark Count} June 19, 1836. His\\npaternal ancestors were of German origin, and at\\nan early day one branch of the family emigrated\\nto this country and settled in Pennsylvania. His\\nfather, Jacob Mathias, was born in that .State, antl\\nmarried Mary Stambaugh, a native of Ohio, who bore\\nhim nine children, of whom the following is the\\nrecord: Jesse S. lives in Ainbo^ Township; Julia\\nA. is the wife of B. F. Sholt} of Williams Count)-,\\nOhio; Susan married J. H. Hickcrson, of Hancock\\nCouiitj Ohio; L^ dia is now Mrs. Wickham, of\\nPutnam County, Ohio; Henrj H. Albert C. lives in\\nPutnam Count) Ohio; Jacob F. lives in Fairbury,\\nNeb.; Catherine and Mar) E. arc deceased, the lat-\\nter dying when .six years old.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared to man s\\nestate in his native county, attending the district\\nschool in his 3outhful days. Being obliged to\\ncommence life s struggle at an early da) he chose\\nthe occupation of farming, and has always devoted\\nhis time to that profitable business. His first im-\\nportant step after attaining his majority toward\\nestablishing himself as a useful member of society,\\nwas his marriage with Miss Elizabeth Hickerson,\\nwho has heartily co-t)perate l with him in all his\\nlabors and has materially aided his i)rogrefs. After\\ntlieir marriage, which took place July 23, 1857,\\nthey settled in Oiiio, where they remained some\\nyears. In May, 1863, our subject, responsive to\\nhis country s call for the brave defenders in its\\ntime of ])eril, enlisted in the 150th Ohio Infantry,\\nwhich was sent to join the Army of the Poto-\\nmac, then under the command of Gen. George B.\\nMcClellan. Mi Mathias took an active part in the\\nbattle of Silver Springs, but was unfortunately\\ntaken sick with typhoid fever, July 12, and being\\nincapacitated for futher .service was honorably dis-\\ncharged Aug. 26, 1863.\\nAfter he left the army our subject returned to\\nOhio, but soon after decided to transfer liis resi-\\ndence to Michigan, and coming to Hillsdale County\\nlocated in Woodbridge Township, where he resided\\nuntil 1883. At that time Mr. Mathias removed to\\nCamden Township and bought the farm where he\\nnow lives. It consists of fifty-three and one-half\\nacres of rich and productive land, which he has un-\\nder good cultivation, aiul in a condition to repay him\\nfor his past toil. Commencing life almost without\\na penny, by persevering energy, economy and skill,", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0547.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n536\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhe has steadily worked his way onward and upward\\nuntil he now owns a comfortable home, and by his\\nintegrity and upright dealing has won what is of\\ninfinitely more value, the respect and esteem of his\\ncommunity.\\nOf the union of Mr. and Mrs. Mathias seven\\nchildren have been born, of whom five have been\\nspared to them, namely: Jacob S., Julia A., Jean-\\nette, Melissa M. and Albert B. The two deceased\\nare Nancy and Mary J.\\nMr. Mathias is an enterprising, liberal-minded\\ncitizen, favoring all plans for the benefit of his\\ntownship. He is a member of the Grange and of\\nthe G. A. R. Post, at Camden. He is also promi-\\nnently identified with the Free-Will Baptist denom-\\nination, being an active and earnest working\\nmember of the church in Woodbriilge Township.\\nCi I^ILLIAM B. HAWKINS, M. D. One of\\n\\\\/iJr oldest and best-known physicians of\\nJonesville is Dr. William B. Hawkins, who\\nwas born in Cornwall, England, Aug. 17, 1819.\\nHis parents were also natives of Cornwall, where\\nhis mother died when he was eleven j-ears of age.\\nAfter the death of his wife the father came to\\nAmerica, settling at Sandwich, Ontario, Canada,\\nwhere his death occurred some years later.\\nDr. Hawkins was the second in order of birth in\\na family of five children, and in 1830 he accom-\\npanied his father to Detroit and thence to Ontario.\\nHe was educated at Geneva College, New York,\\nwhere lie was graduated, and he then began the\\nstud} of medicine. Upon receiving his diploma\\nhe began the practice of his profession in Columbia\\nCounty, Pa., and remained thus engaged for six\\nj ears. In 1852 he came to this county and settled\\nin Jonesville, and is the oldest practitioner but one\\nin the county, where he has lived continuously\\nsince that time. In 1884. on account of failing\\nhealth, he was obliged to abandon the active duties\\nof the profession, and now lives a retired life in\\nJonesville.\\nDr. Hawkins has attended closely to the duties\\nof his calling, and has not been a seeker after polit-\\nical preferment. When he came to Jonesville in\\nM i\\n1852, he had very little of this world s goods, but\\nby his ability and frugality he has accumulated\\na competency, being the owner of a beautiful resi-\\ndence and other real estate in Jonesville, besides a\\nvaluable farm in close proximity to the city. Dr.\\nHawkins is regarded as one of the enterprising and\\npublic citizens of Jonesville, and has taken an act-\\nive interest in all matters pertaining to the growth\\nand prosperity, not only of Jonesville, but of Hills-\\ndale County.\\n3\u00c2\u00ab*-\\nB. DAVIS. Prominent among the respected\\nresidents, thrift} and successful farmers of\\nSouthern Michigan, is the gentleman whose\\nname heads this sketch. He is located on sections\\n30 and 31, of Cambria Township, where he owns\\n168 acres of excellent land, nearly all of which is\\nunder the plow. It contains a good set of farm\\nbuildings, and is provided with the machinery re-\\nquired in this progressive age. He came to this\\ntownship in 1884, from Woodbridge, where he had\\nlived for five years, during which time he improved\\na farm of 110 acres, after having improved 100\\nacres in Camden Township. Mr. Davis came to\\nthis county in 1864, and located on section 21,\\nCamden Township, where he purchased 100 acres of\\nland, which he transformed from its native condi-\\ntion to a fertile farm. In 1880 he removed to\\nWood bridge.\\nThe subject of tiiis biography was born in Port-\\nage County, Ohio. Sept. 15, 1836, while his father,\\nMathias Davis, was a native of the Keystone State,\\nand came of a famous old Pennsylvania family.\\nMathias Davis followed the occupation of a farmer,\\nas did most of his ancestors, and was married in\\nMercer County, Pa., to Elizabeth Best. She also\\ncame of a good famil} and was connected with the\\nMoshers, who claimed a large disputed estate in En-\\ngland. Mrs. Elizabeth Davis was born in Butler\\nCounty, Pa., and after their marriage she and Mr.\\nDavis settled in Portage County, Ohio, where thej\\nremained until after the birth of two children, our\\nsubject and Sarah J., now deceased; thence they re-\\nmoved to Williams County, in the same State. Here\\nm^\\nT", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0548.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "-4^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n537\\nI\\ntliioe nioie chilrlren were added to the parental\\nfamily Elte C. Mary L.. now deceased, and Ela.\\nThe Davis family located in Jifferson Township,\\nWilliams Co., Ohio, in 1840, when the eonntry\\nwas hut little developed, but the father improved\\na good farm of 160 acres, and lived to see the\\ncounty become one of the finest sections of the\\nState. He was a hard-working, industrious man,\\npossessed of great phjsical strength, having the\\nreiiutation of being the strongest man in the count}\\nwhile he could chop more wood than any man with\\nwhom he ever came in contact. He cleared more\\nlanil, jirobably, than any other man in Williams\\nCounty, and always checrfullj- lent a hand in an}-\\nundertaking that would benefit his community. In\\npolitics he was a Democrat. He died Feb. 26,\\nl.SKO, when sixty-four years of age. His wife, the\\nmother of our subject, who is now in her seventy-\\nthird year, owns and occupies a home of forty\\nacres in Cambria Township, which was a part of the\\noriginal estate, and which will eventually revert\\nto it.\\nOur subject is the eldest member of the parental\\nfamily, and was reared at the homestead, and edu-\\ncated in Jefferson Township, AVilliams Co., Ohio.\\nUpon attiining his majority he was united in mar-\\nriage, in that county, to Julia A. Dillingham, who\\nwas born in York Township, Steuben Co., Ind.,\\nSept. 4, 183!\u00c2\u00bb, and is the third daughter of Bellaand\\nSelecta (Butler) Dillingham, both of whom are now\\ndeceased. The father was a native of York State,\\nand was a farmer Ity occupation, which he followed\\nall his life. He was a Republican in politics, and\\nwas a consistent church member. His death oc-\\ncurred when he was seventj -six years of age, Sept.\\n4, 1 8!S. at Clear Lake, Steuben Co., Ind. His wife\\nwas also born in York State, and, like her husband,\\nwas reared there until her man iage she departed\\nthis life in Camden Township, June 6, 1882. They\\nbecame the parents of six children, one son and five\\ndaughters, of whom Mrs. Davis and her sister, Mrs.\\nLaura IJabcock, of Camden Township, are the only\\nsurviving members.\\nMrs. Davis was a little lass of seven years when\\nher parents removed to Williiuns County, Ohio,\\nwhere she was reared until her marriage, and edu-\\ncated. She was apt and intelligent, and followed\\nthe profession of teaching some time prior to her\\nmarriage. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Davis has\\nbeen brightened by the advent of five children,\\nwho are named and recorded as follows: LorettaJ.\\nbecame the wife of Norton Master, a farmer of\\nReading Township; Lovina IM. is the wife of Will-\\niam Ewing, and resides on a farm in Woodbridge\\nTownship; Elmer took to wife Stella Hewitt, and\\nis now engaged in farming in Reading Townshi|);\\nAlfred M. married Ora Titus, and farms in Cambria\\nTownship, while Minnie It. is at home with her\\nparents.\\nIn politics Mr. Davis, like his honored father,\\nis an uncompromising Democrat. lie has won the\\nconfidence and good esteem of his fellow-townsmen\\nb}- his practical good sense and straightforward,\\nbusiness-like methods, and the}- have elected him to\\nman} of the local offices, including those of High-\\nway Commissioner and Township Treasurer.\\n\\\\f/ EMUEL D. BROWN, whose early home was\\nI (?g, among the hills of Hampshire County,\\niilL^ Mass., is now numbered among the solid\\nresidents of .Somerset Township in the northeastern\\npart of this county. He was born April 11, 1805,\\nanil has thus more than spanned his fourscore\\nyears. His parents, Otis and Lydia (Belding)\\nBrown, were also of New England birth and parent-\\nage, the former born in Worcester, Mass., in 1787.\\nHe emigrated to Michigan in 18.39, and sjient the\\nremainder of his days in this county, dying at the\\nage of sixty-four years. The mother passed away\\nafter the death of her husband, when sixty-eight\\nyears old. Of their seven children, fire are still\\nliving, and residents of Michigan.\\nThe subject of this biography started out for\\nhimself at the age of twenty years, and purchased\\na piece of land in Niagara County, N. Y. After\\ncultivating it twelve years he traded it for 120 acres\\nof his present farm, to which he subsequently added\\nuntil it now embraces 180 acres. To lake posses-\\nsion of this he made the journey from the Empire\\nState with a team of horses, there being no railroad\\nwest of Adrian. Lemuel D. and his brothers cleared\\na part of the land, then built a house and sent for\\n-^\u00e2\u0096\u00ba^t-^", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0549.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "a\\n\\\\i, 538\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ntheir father and mother, with wliom our subject re-\\nmained until his marriage. This important event\\ntook place on the 11th of October, 1830, at the\\nhome of the bride, Miss Calista C. Whitmore, in\\nBergen, N. Y. Mrs. Brown was born in Cayuga\\nCounty, N. Y., April 29, 1812, and died at her\\nhome in Somerset Township, Sept. 1, 1887. She\\nwas the daughter of Joseph and Maria Whitmore,\\nnatives of New England, and who died in Cayuga\\nCounty, N. Y. Our subject and his wife became\\nthe parents of eleven children, seven of whom are\\nliving, and who are recorded as follows: Oscar D.\\nwas born Aug. 16, 1831, married Miss Jane Freer,\\nand is the father of one daughter; Ursula M. was\\nborn Sept. 25, 1833, is the wife of Rodney W.\\nChoate, and the mother of seven children, two de-\\nceased Calista L. was born Jan. 9, 1842, and is\\nthe wife of Dexter Jones, of Charlotte; they have\\ntliree children living, and two deceased. Perry W.\\nwas born July 20, 1837, and was first married to\\nMiss Mary Riitan;his second wife was Helen Ethe-\\nridge, and they have one son living; the three chil-\\ndren by his first wife are deceased; Edwin A. was\\nborn Oct. 17, 1846, and is now married to Miss\\nBettia Suttliff, he continues on the home farm.\\nEleanor V. was born March 17, 1850, and became\\nthe wife of William Carleton they have two chil-\\ndren living, and one deceased. Frederick L., born\\nJan. 14, 1852, married Miss Alice Brockway, who\\nwas born Aug. 26, 1855; they have three sons liv-\\ning and two children deceased. Mrs. Alice Brown\\nis the daughter of Elisha and Jane (Worden)\\nBrockway, natives respectively of Huron County,\\nOhio, and New York; they are now residents of\\nthis county. Henrietta died at the age of twenty\\nyears; Otis died when six j ears of age, and one\\nchild died in infancy unnamed. The children of\\nFrederick L. Brown are as follows: Lemuel E. was\\nborn Aug. 28, 1874; of the twin boj snextin order\\nof birth one died on the 6th of October, 1876, and\\nthe other Jan. 20, 1877; Stanley E. O. was born\\nJuly 21, 1883, and Frederick G., Sept. 23, 1884.\\nThe male members of the Brown family for gen-\\nerations have been largely engaged as mechanics\\nand tradesmen, and were widely known throughout\\nthe Empire State. Otis, the father of our subject,\\nwas born during the second j-ear of the Revolu-\\ntionary War, and the mother four years later. The\\nmother s relatives were mostly residents of Hamp-\\nshire County, Mass. They were people largely\\nimbued with sentiments of patriotism. In the\\ntimes of the Revolution they stood up for their\\ncountry, and during the dark days of the late Civil\\nWar upheld the LTnion cause. Adherents of the\\nold Whig party during its existence, the most of\\nthem later have been identified with the Repub-\\nlican. The principles of the latter, Lemuel D., in\\naccordance with his early teachings, has always\\nwarmly supported. His son Dudley officiated as\\nPostmaster during the administration of Presidents\\nGrant and Garfield. He has served as Clerk of\\nhis township, and been otherwise identified with the\\nbest interests of tlie people around him. For a\\ntime he engaged in general merchandising in Te-\\ncumseh, but his tastes and inclinations are largely\\ninclined to agricultural pursuits.\\nIf? ORACP BOW, one of the representative\\ncitizens of the township of Cambria, and a\\nprogressive and successful general farmer,\\nis now living on section 20 of this town-\\nship, and owns 160 acres of land, part of which is\\non section 29. This fine farm, which is under a\\nhigh state of cultivation, has been brought to its\\npresent condition by the efforts of Mr. and Mrs.\\nBow, and reflects great credit on their thrift and\\ngood management.\\nMr. Bow removed from Livingston County, in\\nNew York, and came to this State in 1840, where\\nhe took up his residence in Tecuraseh, Lenawee\\nCounty. In June, 1841, he removed to Ypsilanti\\nTownship, Washtenaw County, and there resided\\nfor a period of two years. In the spring of 1843\\nbe made his advent into Hillsdale Countj and\\ntook up his residence in Jefferson. He then pur-\\nchased 160 acres of land south of Osseo, which he\\nmade his home for three years, and eflfected con-\\nsiderable improvements on his purchase. He then\\nsold this property, and removing to Pittsford,\\nsettled on an improved farm, and lived there about\\nsix j ears. He subsequently purchased an unbroken\\nfarm in the same township, which he redeemed\\n9\u00c2\u00bb f\\n1", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0550.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2a^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n539 li\\nfrom a state of nature, and bronglit to a fair de-\\ngree of improvement. He ereetcfl buildings adajjted\\nto the prosecution of his calling, but iiis wanderings\\nwere not 3-et over, and he sold all his interests in\\nI ittsford Township, and coming to Cambria Town-\\nship, in 1862, purchased eighty acres of land on\\nsection 29. He subsequently purchased another\\neighty acres on section 20. wliicli he has ever since\\nmade his home. He has now brought his farm to\\na high stale of cultivation, yielding in abun iance\\nthe products of this latitude, and reflecting credit\\non the character of its owner as an agriculturist.\\nThe subject of this biogrnphy is a native of\\nYork Township, Livingston Co., N. Y., and was\\nborn Alarch 21, 1816. He is the sou of Charles\\nBow, a 1 ative of Berkshire County, Mass.. who\\ncame of an old and respected faniilj of that State.\\nCharles Bow was reared to farm pursuits in his na-\\ntive county, and upon reaching manhood was united\\nin marriage with Miss Lydia Bills, ^vho was also a\\nnative of Berkshire Count\\\\-, and could bonst of\\nsimilar ancestry. After their marriage the par-\\nents of our subject began life together in their\\nnative county, but after the birth of three chil-\\ndren thej removed to Livingston County, and\\nsettled in York Township, where our subject first\\nsaw the light, being the first born to his parents\\nafter their an-ival in the Empire State. The family\\nwas afterward increased to seven children, four\\nsons and three daughters, onl^ two of whom, how-\\never, are now living. Our subject was reared to\\nagricultural pursuits, and was thus engaged on his\\nown account quite early in life. He earl^ learned\\nto practice those habits of self-denial and economj\\nwhich count for so much in a struggling pioneer\\ncolon} His mother died in Livingston County,\\nN. Y.. about 18;5.i. while still in middle life, and\\nhis father afterward came to Michigan, and lived\\nwith his son Albert in Adams Township, in this\\ncounty, until his decease, which took place in 1844,\\nwhen he was fifty years of age. In jwlitics he was\\nan inicompromising old-line Whig, and was a public-\\nspirited and good citizen all his life.\\nHorace Bow was twentj -three years of age when\\nhe set foot in this State, and directed his best\\nenergies toward making for himself a home in his\\nadopted land. Here he met and married his pres-\\nent wife, his choice being Miss Cj nthia Turner,\\nwho was born in Palmj ra Township, \\\\V.a3 ne Co..\\nN. Y., March 29, 1828. Their marriage took place\\nin Adams Township, Hillsdale County, Dec. 18,\\n1845. Mrs. Bow is the daughter of Delonza and\\nOrissia (Rush) Turner, natives of the old Baj State.\\nThey were married, hovvever, in Palmyra Town-\\nship, AYayi**^ Co., N. Y., whence they had both re-\\nmoved with their parents when 3-oung. After the\\nmarriage of Mr. and Mrs. Turner they resided in\\nWayne County, N. Y., until 1836, and then came\\nto Michigan, and located in Adams Township,\\nwhere they subsequently became successful farmers.\\nThe father departed this life about 1848, at the\\nearly age of fifty years, wliile his wife survived\\nhim, and died in Hudson, Lenawee County, at the\\nhome of her daughter, Mrs. Wolcott, July 1 1, 1881,\\nafter almost completing her fourscore years. Mrs.\\nBow was reared in her native township until about\\nten years of age, and received her education in\\nHillsdale Townstiip, this county, where she con-\\ntinued to resi le with her parents until her marri.age.\\nMr. and Mrs. Bow are the parents of three chil-\\ndren, who are recorded as follows: Charles took\\nto wife W^innie Rush, and they live in Pittsford\\nTownship, where he is representing the Banner To-\\nbacco Compan} of Detroit; he takes their line\\nof goods on the road, and is an energetic and suc-\\ncessful traveling man. George married Lilian Noble,\\nand lives in Adrian, also representing a large to-\\nbacco house of Louisville, Ky.; he is also a suc-\\ncessful canv.asser. Klla. an intelligent 3 oung lad}-,\\nresides with her parents.\\nMr. Bow is one of tlie old-time Democrats, and\\nis unimpeachable in his principles, while he and his\\nfaniil} are worthy and honored members of societj\\nALMON K. ADAMS. The beautiful and\\nvalunble homestead of this gentleman is\\nl(L/ finely located on sections 13 and 14, in\\nCambria Township, the residence being on\\nthe former. The land, 100 acres in extent, has been\\nbrought to a higli stite of cultivation, and the farm\\nbuildings are tasteful in point of architecture, while\\nat the same time they combine utility with beauty.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0551.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "540\\n4\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nConsiderable attention lias been given to stock-rais-\\ning, and here may be found some of the finest animals\\nin this part of the county, comprising horses, cattle,\\nswine and slieep.\\nMr. Adams has been a resident of Hillsdale\\nCountjf for a period of thirty-seven j^ears, and has\\nbeen in possession of his present farm twenty-one\\nyears. During the progress of the late war he was\\ndrafted into the army, and the expense attendant\\nupon securing a substitute involved the sale of his\\npropert3 on section 12, whence he afterward re-\\nmoved to the home which he now occupies.\\nThe early tramping ground of our subject was\\nin Arcada Township, Wayne Co., N. Y., where his\\nbirth took place Feb. 20, 1828. His father, James\\nAdams, of New England ancestry, was born not\\nfar from the Atlantic Coast in New Jersey, whence\\nhe emigrated to the Empire State when a young\\nman. There, not long afterward, he married Miss\\nMarj Lattimer. who was a native of Connecticut,\\nand removed with her parents to Wayne County,\\nN. Y., when a j oung woman. After the birth of\\nten children, James Adams with his family set out\\nfor the Territory of Michigan, making the journey\\nby canal and lake, arriving in Detroit on the 4th\\nof July, 1833. Not long afterward he selected his\\nlocation in Wayne County, twenty-two miles from\\nthe City of Straits, to which he made his way by\\ncutting a road through the timber and brush. Here\\nhe had selected eighty acres of Government land,\\nand purcliased 120 acres more of some discour.aged\\nsettler who had left his claim. A part of this was,\\nlocated in the township of Canton, and eighty acres\\nin Van Buren Township. Here the parents spent\\nthe remainder of their lives, and the labors of the\\nfather met with their legitimate leward in the\\nestablishment of a comfortable homestead, where he\\nspent his last days, his death taking place on the 9th\\nof January, 1859, when sixty-four years old.\\nThe father of our subject was a man of fine\\nconstitution and great strength, physically as well\\nas mentally. He could cut an acre of timber in\\nfour days time, having the logs ready for removal.\\nHe never evaded any known duty, whether it was\\nto be performed by the labor of his hands or carried\\nout by the defense of his high moral principles.\\nPolitically, be was a member of the old Whig party.\\nHis first wife, the mother of our subject, passed to\\nher final rest in 1843, and he was subsequently\\nmarried to. Miss Sally Danes, who survived him\\nmany years, her death taking place in 1887, when\\nshe was nearly ninety years old. She and her hus-\\nband were both members of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, and people who were held in universal\\nrespect by their community.\\nSalmon K. Adams was the ninth child born to his\\nparents, wilii whom he remained, and completed\\nhis limited education in the district schools of\\nWayne County, this State. On the 3d of September,\\n1851, occurred his marriage with Mrs. Martha (Fcl-\\nton) Slocum, who was a native of Ohio, and who\\ncame to Michigan when a young woman, after her\\nfirst marriage. Mr. Slocum died in Hudson, Lena-\\nwee County, leaving by this union one child, Helen\\nE., who is a resident of California. Mrs. Martha\\nAdams departed this life at her home in Cambria\\nTownship, Nov. 10, 1873. Of her union with our\\nsubject there was born one child only, a son\\nCharles E., who died in January, 1874, when a\\nbright and interesting lad of fourteen years.\\nThe present wife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarried Nov. 26, 1874, was formerly Mrs. Helen\\nA. (Barclay) Viele, daughter of Rev. Robert and\\nAmy (Dobbin) Barclay, who were natives of New\\nYork State, and the father of English ancestry.\\nThe mother was the daughter of old Gen. Hugh\\nDobbin, who did good service in the War of 1812.\\nMr. and Mrs. Barclay came to Michigan in 184C,\\nand after a year spent in Lenawee County removed\\nto Jefferson Township, this count3 where the father\\ndied in 1854. aged fifty-six years. The mother\\nsurvived until 1881, and died at the home of her\\ndaughter, Mrs. C. E. Sutton, in Dover Township,\\nLenawee County, at the advanced age of eighty-\\none years.\\nMiss Barclay was married in Allen Township,\\nthis count3% Feb. 14, 18Gl,,to E. S. Viele, a\\nnative of New York State, who was brought to\\njNIichigan by his parents when a child three j ears\\nof age. They settled in Wheatland Township,\\nwhere he developed into manhood and acquired a\\ncommon-school education. He died at his home\\nin Jefferson Township, this county, June 15, 1.S73,\\nleaving his wife and two children. Of the latter.\\n*t", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0552.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n541\\nNettie K. is now the wife of George Ilutchings,\\nwho is faimiiifr in Merricl County, Neb. The son,\\nFrank U., lives in the same eounty as his sister, and\\nis carrying on general merchandising. Mr. and\\nMrs. Adams have an adopted child only, whom\\nthey have named Fred, and who is now twelve\\nyears of age. They are Universalists leligiously,\\nand Mr. Adams, politically, is a eolid Republican.\\nARVEY HIGLEY is a native of Hartford,\\nConn., where he was born Sept. 9, 1815, and\\nI\\\\-^ is the son of Levi Higle3-, a native of the\\nsame .State, and of English ancestry, dating\\nb.ack to the earlj settlers of the Colonies. The pa-\\nternal grandfather of our subject was a soldier in\\nthe Revolutionary War, and served under Gen.\\nWashington.\\nLevi Higley, the father of oursubject, was reared\\nand married in Connecticut, and resided there until\\nthe spring of 1813, when he removed with his wife\\nand seven children to Onondaga County, N. Y. The\\njourney was made overland by teams, there being at\\nthat time neither railroads nor canals. lie located\\nin the township of Ponipey, Onondaga County,\\nupon rented land, which he occupied about twenty\\nyears, and then removed to Spafiford Township and\\nbought a tract of land, upon which he resided en-\\ngaged in the improvement of his farm until his\\ndecease. His wife, whose maiden name was Ilepsi-\\nbah Holconib, wasalso an.ative of Connecticut, and\\ndied on the homestead in Spafford Township.\\nThe parental f. injilj- of our subject included ten\\nchildren, of whom Harvey was the sixth in order of\\nbirth. When four years of age, he was taken by\\nhis parents to New York State, and there grew to\\nmanhood, assisting his father on the farm, and ac-\\nquiring a common-school education. At sixteen\\nyears of age he left home to learn the trade of a\\ncarpenter and joiner, and afterward followed that\\ncalling the greater part of the time until 1836, ex-\\ncepting two years, during which time he had\\ncharge of the State repairing boat on the Oswego\\nCanal. In 1836 he started for the Territory of\\nMichigan, via the Erie Canal to Buffalo, and thence\\nby the lakes to Detroit, where he worked at his\\ntrade a few months, after which he came to Mon-\\nroe County, and was similarly occupied at Brest,\\nnear Monroe, for two years. He next engaged\\nwith tliree others to work on the railroad then be-\\ning constructed from Monroe westward, taking a\\ncontract to build bridges, etc., and was afterward\\nengaged at his trade in Clayton, Lenawee County,\\ntwo years.\\nIn the meantime Mr. Higley had bought a tract\\nof timber land which is included in his present farm,\\nand after his two-years residence in Clayton, he\\nwent upon his farm and made some improvements.\\nHe however, returned to Claj ton, and remained\\nthere until 1817, when he settled upon his farm, and\\nhas been a continuous resident of Ransom Town-\\nship since that time. He first erected a log house\\nin the midst of the wilderness, through which roamed\\ndeer and wild turkeys, with small game in abun-\\ndance, while bears and wolves were still disagree-\\nably plentiful. His farm work at that time w.as\\ndone with a yoke of oxen, with which also he did\\nhis milling and marketing for some years, traveling\\nin this wa} twenty-two miles to Rollin, wliere the\\nnearest mill was situated, and occupying two days\\nin making the round trip. Mr. Higley has con-\\ntributed his full share toward the dcveh.pment of\\nthe natural resources of Southern Michigan, and has\\nlived to see a trackless waste transformed intosmil-\\ning fields, over which roam herds of the best\\nbreeds of domestic animals, while the country is\\ndotted with villages, and intercourse is made easy\\nand rapid by a network of railways.\\nHarvey Higley has been twice married, his first\\nmarriage occurring in 1846, with Miss Mahala Ter-\\nwilleger. She died in 18. )3, leaving three children,\\nlecorded as follows: Levi H. served in Company H,\\n4th .Michigan Infantry, and w.as killed at the battle\\nof Fredericksburg; Ellen M. married Dr. William\\nR. Ditmars. of North Adams, while Emma A. is\\nthe wife of Henry Gray, of the same place. For his\\nsecond wife, our subject chose Mrs. A. Esther\\n(Avatt) Dewej who w.as born in Manchester, On-\\ntario Co., N. Y., June 27, 1818, while her father,\\nJohn A. Avatt, was born in Ireland, and came to\\nAmerica when a 3 0ung man, as a soldier in the\\nBritish army. Soon after the War of 1812 he\\nabandoned the English army, and settled on a tract\\n-4\u00c2\u00bb-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0553.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "l l M i\\n^i^HK-^\\n542\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nof timber land In Manclicster, Ontario County,\\nwhich he improved and developed into a good farm.\\nAbout 1853 he came to Michigan, and spent liis\\nlast years here witli his children. His wife, wliose\\nmaiden name was ILarcy Hackett. died in Wright\\nTownship, when about seventy years of age. Mrs.\\nHigley was first married to George Gordon Dewey,\\nwho was a native of Connecticut, and was the son\\nof John and Olive Dewey, pioneers of Ontario\\nCounty, N. Y. George G. Dewey was but four\\nyears old when his parents removed to Ontario\\nCounty, and there he grew to manhood and mar-\\nried. He purchased a tract of land in Manchester\\nTownship, upon which he lived, however, but one\\nyear after marriage. Of Mrs. Higley s first union\\nthere was born one child, George H. Dewey, who\\nserved in Company H, 4th Michigan Infantry, dur-\\ning tlie late war. He now lives in Paris, this State,\\nengaged in farming.\\nMr. Higley affiliates with the Republican party,\\nwith which he has been identified since Its organiza-\\ntion, and gives to it his support and influence on\\nall important occasions. He possesses the energy\\nand good judgment which were prominent charac-\\nteristics of his New England and English ancestry,\\nand though diffident an l unostentatious, has made\\nfor himself a good reputation among the citizens of\\nHillsdale County.\\ntHOMAS HOWLETT, late of Fayette Town-\\nship, a gentleman of culture and education,\\nand prominent in the politics of Southern\\nMichigan, was the eldest of the four sons born to\\nCharles and Martha (Croft) Howlctt. The father\\nwas a native of England, whence he emigrated to\\nAmerica in his youth, and after his marriage settled\\nin Muncie, Pa. There he operated a line of canal\\nboats. Earlier in life he had learned the manu-\\nfacture of glass, and was manager of a glass works.\\nThe parents both died in Pennsylvania. Besides\\ntheir four sons there were seven daughters in the\\nfamily. Thomas, of our sketch, was born at Lewis\\nLake, which was then in Lj coming County, Pa., on\\nthe 1 8th of May, 1 833. He continued a resident\\nof his native town until reaching manhood, and\\ntlien made his way to Toledo, Ohio, where he first\\nengaged in the lumber business, and was subse-\\nquently employed by the Government as route\\nagent, which position he occupied until after the\\nbreaking out of the war. Late in the conflict he\\nenlisted, Jan. 9, 18G5, and was commissioned Cap-\\ntain of Company A, 189th Ohio Militia, serving in\\nthis capacity until the close of the war, ready to\\nenter the field if necessary. Daring this time he\\nofficiated .-is Provost Marshal of Hnntsville, Ala.\\nAt one time while on a scouting expedition he was\\nseverely injured by the falling of his horse upcm\\nhim in the night time, and from which he never\\nfully recovered.\\nAfter the close of the war Mr. Howlett returned\\nto Toledo, where he remained during the summer\\nof 186G, and in the fall came to JonesviUe, this\\nState, and first engaged in the grocery trade. He\\ngradually enlarged his operations, and began l)uying\\nand shipping produce, in which business he was oc-\\ncupied several years. He was appointed Deputy\\nOil Inspector under Gov. Begole in 1883, which\\nposition he held until his death on the loth of Sep-\\ntember of that same year.\\ni\\\\Ir. Ilowlett, althougii no office-seeker, was per-\\nsuaded to become the Democratic candidate for\\nRepresentative in a county largely Republican, and\\nas he expected, was defeated, although running\\nahead of his ticket. He was a man warml}^ inter-\\nested in the progress and welfare of his community,\\nand was instrumental in organizing the fire depart-\\nment of JonesviUe, assisting greatly in bringing it\\nto its present state of efficiency. A gentleman of\\nculture and literary tastes, after his return from the\\narm} he was correspondent of the Chicago Tribune,\\nand also traveled in the interests of the Toledo\\nCommercial. Warmly interested in politics, he was\\nthe leader of the Democratic party in this section,\\nand advocated its principles with all the natural\\nstrength of his character.\\nThomas Ilowlett was married at Muncie, Pa.,\\nNov. 11, 1857, to Miss Maria S.. daughter of Jacob\\nand Elizabeth (Fiester) Carson. Mrs. Howlett is a\\nnative of Muncie, and was born Oct. 22, 1834.\\nHer father was a farmer and lumberman of Lycom-\\ning County, Pa., where both parents siient their\\nlast days. Their family included seven sons and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2p.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0554.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0555.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "^^-7-/ ^/L^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0556.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": "t:\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\na\\n545\\neight daughters, of whom Mrs. Howlett was next\\nto the j ouiigest. Of lier marriage with our subject\\nthere were born two children William 13. and\\nAddie B. On the 1st of April. 1887, Mrs. Howlett\\nwas commissioned Postmistress of Jonesville, which\\nofHee she still retains.\\nROF. WARREN A. DRAKK. Superintend-\\nent of Schools of Hillsdale County, and\\nSecretary of the County Board of School\\nExaminers, is admirably fitted both by na-\\nture and acquirements for his present position, to\\nwhich he was called in 1887. He has made the\\ncause of education a study for over twenty j ears,\\nand commenced his career as an instructor in the\\nfamous Oberlin Commercial College, of Ohio, with\\nwhich institution he w;is connected for a period of\\nfive years before coming to Michigan. Soon after\\nhis arrival in this county, in 1867, he became con-\\nnected with the commercial department of Hillsdale\\nCollege, in which institution lie remained for a pe-\\nriod of fourteen years, ten years of which he was\\nDirector of the city schools. In the meantime he\\nserved as Supervisor of the First and Second Wards,\\nand has continuously been the incumbent of re-\\nsponsible offices, in connection with the ])ublic\\nschools in this part of the State.\\nMr. Drake was born in Trumbull County, Ohio,\\nMarch i), 1843. and is the son of Aaron and Mary\\n(Williams) Drake, who were natives of New Jer-\\nsej They became residents of Ohio about 1820,\\nbefore their marriage, and after uniting their fort-\\nunes settled upon a farm in Trumbull County,\\nwhere they lived until the death of the father, who\\npassed to iiis long home Aug. 22, 18.55. The pa-\\nrental household included eight children, four of\\nwhom still survive.\\nThe first fifteen j-ears of the life of our subject\\nwere spent at the old homeste-ad in Trumbull County,\\nwhere he made good use of his opportunities at the\\ndistrict school. At the .ago of sixteen j ears he en-\\ntered Hiram College, taking a three-years course,\\nat the expiration of which time he was fitted\\nfor his dulies as an instructor at Oberlin. Since\\nbecoming a resident of this count} in addition to\\n^T^\\nthe positions heretofore mentioned, he has repre-\\nsented Hillsdale Count} twice before the State\\nBoard of Equalization, and in December. 1887, was\\nelected President of the State Association of County\\nSuperintendents and School Examiners. He is also\\na member and Associate Secretary of the State\\nReading Circle Council.\\nMr. Drake hiis been a member of the City Board\\nof Education, and most of the time Director of the\\ndistrict for the past nine years. He has served for\\nthe p.ast three years .as President of the Hillsdale\\nCounty Teachers Association, and also as State In-\\nstitute Instructor in other counties of Michigan.\\nBefore coming to Hillsdale he w.is a member of the\\nFirst Congregational Church, at Oberlin, but is now\\nidentified witli the Presbyterian Cliureh, at Hills-\\ndale, being one of its four Deacons.\\nMr. Drake, May 5, 1870, was united in marriage\\nwith one of the most accom|)Iished Itidiesof this part\\nof the State, Miss Louise, second daughter of Dr.\\nJohn W. Falley. of Hillsdale, and l)orn Feb. II,\\n1848. in that city. They occupy a handsome home\\nat the intersection of State and Salem streets, which\\nis frequented by the refined .and cultivated people\\nof the cit} largely, as m.ay be supposed, of its\\neducational element. Prof. Drake is thoroughly\\nin love with his vocation, and keeps himself posted\\nin regard to the most modern metiiods of instruc-\\ntion, from the primary department to the graduat-\\ning class. He is yet in the prime of life and tlie\\nmidst of his usefulness. A man discharging his\\nduties creditably in a most responsible position, and\\none putting forth his best efforts in the cause dear\\nto the hearts of every intelligent citizen, there is\\nreason to suppose that as liis experience enlarges his\\nusefulness will incre.ase in proportion.\\n?^^)I\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\nJ ~OHNA. SIBBALD, a leading merchant at\\nI Jonesville, in this county, is the son of\\nI Thomas .and Anne (Dickson) Sibbald. natives\\nof Scotland, whence they emignited to Amer-\\nicaTin 1833, and settled in New York City, where\\nthey lived until 183.S, and then came to Homer,\\nCalhoun Co., JNIich. Here they lived only a short\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0557.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "546\\nHLILSDALE COUNTY.\\ntime, however, nnd then removed to Allen Town-\\nship. Hillsdale County, where the father had pre-\\nviously bought a farm. He was a carpenter by\\noccupation, and divided his time between his two\\ncallings in Allen Township until 1840. when he was\\nkilled by a falling tree. His wife died in Jones-\\nville, Jan. 25. 1885.\\nThe parental family of our subject consisted of\\nthree children, two daughters besides our subject-\\nElizabeth A. is the wife of James H. Wade, of Ann\\nArbor, and Mary is the wife of Hamilton Reeve, of\\nBrooklyn. N. Y. John A. Sibbald was born in New\\nYork City, March 29, 1836, and was a child of two\\nyears when his parents removed to Hillsdale County,\\nwhere he has since spent his life with the exception\\nof two years, during whicli he lived with an uncle\\nin Albany. N. Y. When twelve years of age his\\nmother removed with her faniil3 to Jonesville,\\nwhere Mr. Sibbald has since lived. He received\\nhis education in the schools of the village, and first\\nbegan to work for himself as a clerk for Col. Hollo-\\nway in the Register s office in Hillsdale, where he\\nremained four months. He then enteied the em-\\nploy of R. S. Varnum, iu Jonesville, and remained\\nwith him two years, until 1854, when he engaged\\nwith Hon. E. O. Grosvenoras clerk in hisstore, and\\nalso assisted him in the bank until he was admitted\\ninto partnership, in 1863. in the dry-goods and\\ngrocery business, in which he has since continued.\\nThe firm is known as J. A. Sibbald Co. He is\\nalso a partner in the Jonesville Creamery, in com-\\npany with S. C. Baker.\\nOur subject was first united in marriage, in June,\\n1859. with Miss Cynthia M., daughter of Lewis\\nWales. She was born in Hillsdale County, and\\nbore to her husband two children Maggie and\\nLewis W. Maggie is the wife of Charles V. Tur-\\nner, of Trinidad, Col. The mother of these chil-\\ndren died in Jonesville, this county, Nov. 27, 1872,\\nand our subject was again married, in Ontario, N.\\nY., Oct. 24, 1877. to Martha H.. widow of John\\nBoynton. This union resulted in the birth of two\\nchildren: Wilfred T., who died Feb. 20, 187U. and\\nAnne, who was born in February, 1886.\\nMr. Sibbald has held several of the offices within\\nthe gift of his townsmen, including that of Presi-\\ndent of the village. He is a member of the order\\nof Odd Fellows. Mr. and Mrs. Sibbald are mem-\\nbers in good standing of the Presbyterian Church,\\nand are honest, unostentatious and sincere Chris-\\ntians, carrying their profession into their daily walk\\nand conversation.\\nIt is with pleasure that we present the portrait of\\nMr. Sibbald in connection with this brief sketch.\\nv\\\\.~. ec\u00c2\u00a3/\u00c2\u00ae-^\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^g^,\u00c2\u00bb^^^;3^^\u00e2\u0080\u009e.,,/v~-\\nj|? AMES W. BUTTON, well known thoughout\\nI Jonesville and vicinitj-, has been engaged\\nj here in the grocery trade continuously for\\na period of twenty-two years. He is a son\\nof one of the earliest pioneers of Southern Michigan,\\nand was born in West Bloomfield, Ontario Co., N.\\nY., Sept. 16.1826. His parents. Jesse and Roxa-\\nlana (Harlow) Button, were natives respectively of\\nHartford County, Conn., and Westminster, Vt, the\\nfather born in 1792 and the mother in 1799. They\\ncame to Jonesville in 1835, from Tecumseh, Lenawee\\nCounty, this State, to which they had emigrated\\nfrom Genesee. N. Y., in 1830. They lived four\\nyears in Scipio, since formed into Fayette Town-\\nship, then returufd to Tecumseh, but after a two-\\nyears residence there, came back to Jonesville and\\nspent the remainder of their lives theie, the father\\nretired from active labor. The death of the mother\\ntook place about 1859, and Mr. Button died nine\\nyears later, in 1868.\\nThe father of our subject had carried on the busi-\\nness of hotel-keeper in the State of New York, and\\nin Tecumseh and Jonesville, Mich. He was widely\\nand favorabl3 known to the people of this section.\\nOf his mari iage with Roxalana Harlow there were\\nborn five children, and James W., our subject, was\\nthe third in order of birth. The latter came to\\nMichigan with his parents, and has since, with the\\nexception of four years spent in California, made\\nhis home in and around the vicinity of Jonesville\\nand Tecumseh. He found his wife among the\\nmaidens of Fayette Township, being married, March\\n24, 1850, to Miss Sarah p]., daughter of Alanson\\nand Dolly Lockwood. Mrs. Button was born in\\nManchester, Ontario Co., N. Y., Sept. 8, 1828, and\\ncame to Southern Michigan with her parents, the\\nlatter settling in Jonesville and becoming fully\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^f", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0558.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "i\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n547\\nidentified with the people of tiiis section, .tmong\\nwhom tiicy were held in the highest respect.\\nMr. and Mrs. Button, after their marriage, took\\nnp their residence in .lonesville, where our subject\\nwas occupied as a groceryniau until i8.51, then en-\\ng.agcd in farming until 18()6, afterward embarking\\nin the grocery trade, which he has since followed.\\nlie has taken a prominent jjart in township affairs,\\nserving as Street Commissioner four years, and oc-\\ncupying other offices of trust and responsibility,\\nbeing one 3 ear a member of the City Council. So-\\ncially, he belongs to the Masonic fraternity, being\\nidentified with both Lodge, Chapter and Council,\\nand is the only survivor of the charier members of\\nthe Royal Arch Chapter. Politically, he votes the\\nstraight Democratic ticket. He has been Villiige\\nTreasurer for the last five years.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Button there were born four\\nchildren, namely: Helen and Edwin, de ^eased;\\nRoselah Maj- and Jesse. The wife and mother de-\\nparted this life at their home in lonesville, July 2,\\n1887, and his house has since been presided over\\nby his daughter, Roselah Ma}-. Mr. Button is a\\nmember of Grace Episcopal Church, in which he\\nhas been Senior AVarden for several 3 ears. His\\nwife was likewise a member of the same churcli,\\nalso their daughter Helen.\\n^i^LI VAN VALKENBURGH, a leading resi-\\ndent of Hillsdale, and for a period of eleven\\nyears Postmaster of the vity, retired from\\nthis office on the incoming of the Democratic ad-\\nministration, in 1881). He came to this county in\\nthe fall of 1854, as agent for the sale of lands, and\\nin the prosecution of his business disposed of a\\nlarge number of town lots in the part of the city\\nnow known as College Hill. He was thus occupied\\nuntil after the outbreak of the Rebellion, and in\\n1 863 received the appointment of Paymaster in the\\narmy, with headqu.irters at Cincinnati, Ohio. His\\nfirst assignment was to the payment of the brig-\\nade of the 9th Army Corps in the States of Kentucky\\nand Tennessee. He was surrounded in Knoxviile\\nduring the siege, for one month in company with\\nother Paymasters, and having about $2,000,000 for\\nwhich tiiey were responsible, and were daily expect-\\ning to be captured by the enemj They had de-\\ncided, sooner than the money should meet with this\\nfate, that it should bo burned. Thej- were finally\\nreleased from their unpleasant, not to saj dangerous\\npredicament, by Gen. Grant, who sent relief from\\nChattanooga.\\nAlthough not a soldier in the field, our subject\\nsaw considerable of war, being present at the siege\\nand capture of Atlanta, and was one of the first to\\nmake p.ay ment to LTnited States troops in the vicinity\\nof that city, during thatstorm3- period. His duties\\npermitted him to visit many localities in the South,\\nand during his three-3 ears connection with the\\narmy he gathered an experience with which he\\nwould not willingly part. His discharge was ef-\\nfected in 1866 at Cincinnati, Ohio, after which he\\nreturned to Hillsdale, and entering into i)artnership\\nwith Hiram Pierce embarked in tiie boot and shoe\\ntrade, and was thus occupied for two or three years\\nfollowing. At the expiration of this time Mr. Van\\nValkenburgh received the appointment of Secretary\\nand Treasurer of the Detroit, Hillsdale South-\\nwestern Railro.ad, which position he held two years,\\nand from which he withdrew in order to assume\\nthe duties of Postmaster. His com.niission was\\nsigned by the lamented Gen. Grant, and npon re-\\ntiring from the office in .September. 1886, he carried\\nwith him the respect and good-will of the entire\\ncommunity.\\nMr. Van Valkenburgh is a native of the Empire\\nState, having been born in Chatham, Columbia\\nCounty, Feb. 20. 1824. His father, James B. Van\\nValkenburgh, and his paternal grandfather, were\\nnatives of the same place. The latter was a farmer\\nby occupation, and died at the old homestead in\\nChatham, at the advanced age of ninet^ -eightj ears.\\nThe great-grandfather of our subject was a sou of\\none of the original Van Valkenburghs, who came\\nover from Holland about 1650, and located near\\nthe subsequent site of Stuyvesant on the Hudson\\nRiver.\\nThe mother of our subject w.is in her girlhood\\nMiss Clarinda Pitts, also a native of New York\\nState, and the daughter of Joseph and Betsy (Wi-\\nnans) Pitts, one of the pioneer families of Columbia", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0559.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "548\\n1^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nV\\nCounty. The Pitts family were originally among\\nthe early settlers of Connecticut, and were of En-\\nglish descent. The parents of our subject after\\ntheir marriage settled on a part of the old Van Val-\\nkenburgh homestead, in Chatham, and the father,\\non account of having served in the War of 1812\\nas Captain of a companj bore this title until his\\ndeath. He, with his excellent vvife. spent his last\\ndays in Chatham, his native town. Their nine\\nchildren included six sons and three daughters, five\\nof whom lived to mature years.\\nEli Van Valkenburgh was the seventh child of\\nthe parental famil} and passed his bojiiood and\\nyouth in his native county, pursuing his early\\nstudies in the district school, and later entering Troy\\nConfeienee Academ} at West Poultney, Vt. He\\nbegan his business career as a clerk for his brother\\nLoren at Maiden Bridge, with whom he remained\\nsome years. At the expiration of this time lie\\nturned his attention to farming pursuits, but later\\ntook up his residence in Geneva, N. Y., and chang-\\ning his vocation became editor and proprietor of\\nthe Geneva Courier. About two years later he re-\\nmoved to Newark, in Wayne County, and became\\ninterested in the hardware trade, conducting a\\nstore there for the space of two years.\\nOne of the most important events in the life of\\nour subject was his marriage, which occurred on\\nthe 8th of February, 1854, his bride being Miss\\nJane A., daughter of Hon. Esbon Blackman. Soon\\nafterward he came with his newly-made wife to\\nSouthern Michigan, where he has since remained.\\nA Republican bj training and principle, he has\\nbeen quite prominent in public affairs in this sec-\\ntion, doing good service for his part}-, officiating as\\nChairman of the Eepublican County Committee,\\nand as a delegate to the State and Congressional\\nConventions. Well balanced and of good judg-\\nment, he is a man in whom the people have entire\\nconfidence, which his record among them has fully\\njustified.\\nTo our subject and his estimable Iad\\\\ there have\\nbeen born seven children, six daughters and one\\nson. Arabella is the wife of S. C. Rowlson, of\\nHillsdale; Esbon B. is in Dakota; he was one of\\nthe celebrated four-oared crew that won the first\\nprize at the National Regatta three years in suc-\\ncession, and many other prizes; Agnes E. is cashier\\nat J. C. Vaughn s seed store at Chicago, 111.; Har-\\nriet V. married Edward W. Thompson, of this State;\\nMollj Jessie W. and Edith P. are residents of Hills-\\ndale; Jessie is a graduate of Hillsdale College, and\\nEdith, of the Hillsdale High School.\\nEACON SETH ANDERSON, well known\\nthroughout Wright Township and vicin-\\nity, is a son of one of the earliest settlers\\nof Hudson Township, Lenawee County,\\nthis State, where he located in 1837. He purchased\\na tract of land bordering on Posey Lake, and\\nerected a log cabin, in which the subject of this\\nsketch was born Aug. 19, 1839. He cleared a part\\nof the land, and livid Ihde about three years, and\\nthen sold out and came to this county, settling on\\nsection 10, Pittsfoid Township, where he secured\\npossession of a tract of timber land, and erected a\\nlog cabin as before. Here the family resided until\\n1852, when the father sold out and started another\\nnew farm on section 9, where he made his home\\nuntil his death in February, 1862.\\nThe parents of our subject, James and Lydia\\n(Preston) Anderson, were natives of Massachusetts\\nand Vermont respectively, the latter a daughter of\\nJohn Preston, and who was first married to a Mr.\\nHolden. Mrs. A. survived her husband only a\\nyear, dying at the homestead in 1863. James\\nAnderson left his native town of Blandford, in\\nHampden County, when a young man, making his\\nway first to New York State, where he was married,\\nand from there emigrating to the Territory of\\nMichigan, in 1836. The journej was made by\\nteam to Buffalo, and thence by the lake to Toledo,\\nwhere they took cars drawn by horses on a railroad\\nfrom that town to Blissfleld. In the latter place\\nthey spent the winter, and in the spring following\\nlocated in Hudson Township, as before stated.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject, James\\nAnderson, Sr., is sujiposed to have been, like his\\nson, a native of the Bay State. He was an earl}\\nsettler of the State of New York, whence he mi-\\ngrated subsequently to Michigan, and spent his\\nlast years in the town of Pittsford. Selh, our\\nf-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0560.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n549\\nsubject, w.as but an infant when his parents came to\\nthis county, and settled in the wilderness of Pitts-\\nford Township. The wild beasts of the forest fre-\\nquently prowled around their cabin home, and\\nIndians had but a short time previously left the\\ncountry. Young Anderson was trained to habits\\nof industry, and assisteci his father in clearing the\\nfarm, continuing under the home roof until his\\nmarriage.\\nThis most important event in the life of our sub-\\nject was celebrated on the 29th of June, 1862.\\nThe maiden of his choice was Miss Harriet A. Brit-\\nton, who was born in Pittsford Township, this\\ncountj .Sept. 5, 1842. Her parents, Richai-d and\\nEllen (Collins) Britton. were natives of Seneca\\nCounty, N. Y., and their household included two\\nsons and five daughters. The girls of the family\\npredominating, they assisted the fatlier to a great\\nextent in his farm work when necessary, and Har-\\nriet was especially active and energetic. .She was\\nalso an apt scholar, and w.as considered fully quali-\\nfied to officiate .as te.achjr when eighteen 3 ears of\\nage. This occupation she followed for a time, and\\ncontinued under the parental roof until her mar-\\nriage. Mr. Britton died in 1875, and the mother\\nwas subsequently married to Lorenzo Barkraan,\\nand is written of elsewhere in this volume.\\nMr. and Mrs. Anderson after their marriage\\nsettled in Fulton County, Ohio, where our subject\\noperated a sawmill two j ears. He then returned\\nto this county, and purchased the land which he\\nhas since occupied. Five acres only were then\\ncleared of the trees, the stumps still remaining.\\nHis first business was to put up a shelter for his\\nfamily, and the necessity for a moderate amount\\nof hard cash compelled him then to seek employ-\\nment, so he resumed work at carpentering, of\\nwhich he had some knowledge, and followed this\\nfor several 3 ears. In the meantime he carried on\\nthe clearing and cultiv.ation of his land as rapidly\\nJis possible with outside assistance, and now has the\\nland in a good state of cultivation, with substantial\\nand convenient farm buildings.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Anderson there were l)orn\\nfour children, three now living. The eldest daugh-\\nter, L. Luella, is pursuing her studies in Hillsdale\\nr College; she has also taught a number of terms in\\nthe county. Oscar J. anil Roy R. continue with\\ntheir parents at home, being now bright and intel-\\nligent boys, aged seventeen and five years respect-\\nivelj Politically, Mr. Anderson is a strong\\nRepublican. He and his family are members of the\\nBaptist Church, at Hudson, of which he is Deacon\\nand Superintendent of the Sabbath-school.\\n^=!^EORGE R. TRUMBLE, who is one of the\\nllj most prosperous farmers and stock-breeders\\n^jji|) of Wheatland Township, is a forcible illus-\\ntration of the fruits of industry and resolution. He\\ncommenced for himself in life at the age of twenty-\\none years without a cent in his pocket, and is now\\nthe owner of 224 acres of cultivated land, upon\\nwhich he has effected all needed improvements,\\nand which ranks among the best homesteads in this\\npart of the county. He is a man reliable in his\\nbusiness transactions, prompt to meet his obliga-\\ntions, and stands first class apong his neighbors.\\nHe has had his difficulties to contend with, among\\nthem much illness in his famil} but h.as been\\nfortunate in losing none from the household circle,\\nhis children .all being preserved to him, and whom\\nhe has given a good education.\\nThe early tramping ground of our subject was in\\nthe town of Half Moon, Saratoga Co., N. Y., where he\\nw.as born Aug. 2, 1825. His parents, Ebenczer and\\nEve (Locy) Trumble, were also natives of the\\nEmpire State, the father born Aug. 11, 1794, and\\nthe mother in 1792. Ebcnezer Trumble departed\\nthis life at his home in Wheatland, Oct. 5. 1878. He\\nserved an apprenticeship at the weaver s trade early\\nin life, and about 1827 removed from his county to\\nthe western part of the State, where he carried on\\nfarming six or seven years. Not being satisfied\\nwith the results of his labors, he in 1834, accom-\\npanied by his family, made his way to the Territory\\nof Michigan, and settled on a tract of Government\\nland comprising eighty acres, on section 9, in Wheat-\\nland Township, this count}\\nEbenezer Trumble, upon pitching his tent in the\\nwilderness, put up first a log house for the accom-\\nmodation of his family, and which thej occupied\\nuntil 1851, when the old rooftree gave way to a", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0561.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "I\\n550\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nsubstantial frame dnelliiig. erected by his son, our\\nsubject. The father commenced clearing the land\\naround him, and in due time had brought the\\ngreater part to a good state of cultivation. After\\nthe later residence had been built he sold his farm\\nand moved acj-oss the road to another, the build-\\nings of which he put in repair, and where the wife\\nand mother died on the 4lh of July, 1862. Mr.\\nTrumble some years later, when seventy-two years\\nof age. married his second wife.\\nIhe mother of our subject was a good woman in\\nthe broadest sense of the term, and a consistent\\nmember of the Free-Will Baptist Church for many\\nyears. The ten children comprising the household\\ncircle all grew to mature years, but three only are\\nnow living. They were named respectively: Mary\\nA., who married John Thompson, of New York\\nState, before the removal of the family West; Alan-\\nson. Leonard, Maria, Sarah J., Gecnge R., Arcena,\\nRhoda A., Jackson and Matilda. George R., of our\\nsketch, was the third son and sixth child, and was\\nten years of age when he came to Michigan with\\nhis parents. His education was acquired in the old-\\nfashioned log school-house, and he worked on the\\nfarm with his father until reaching his majority.\\nThe young man of those days, in wide contrast\\nto the present generation, did not hesitate in the\\nestablishment of a home of his own before he was\\nprovided with a competency, for the young women\\nwere brave and industrious enough to be willing to\\nassist their husbands in the building up of the\\nhomestead. Our subject about this time was there-\\nfore united in marriage, March 7, 1851, with Miss\\nSusan E. Dunn, who was born in Phelps Township,\\nOntario Co., N. Y^., June 1, lfs3G. Mrs. Trumble\\nis the daughter of Thomas and Asenath (Barber)\\nDunn, natives respectively of England and the\\nEmpire State, the father born in 1794, and the\\nmother in 1799. They came to Michigan in the\\nspring of 1844, and both died on the 23d day of\\nSeptember following, about eight hours apart, and\\nwere liuried in the same grave at Hillsdale. They\\nwere the parents of two children only: Mary A., the\\nwife of Sheppard Bellamy, of Hillsdale, and Susan\\nE., the wife of our subject.\\nMr. and Mrs. Trumble after their marriage be-\\no-an housekeeping in Wheatland Township, on the\\npresent homestead, and by the practice of the\\nclosest econom3-,and making it a rule to live within\\ntheir income, were enabled in the course of a few\\nyears to look forward with hope to the future.\\nTheir union was blessed bj the birth of five children\\nJackson D..the first-born, married Miss Lucy Stock-\\nford, who died, and he then married Mrs. Ellen\\nHudnut, nee Brown; he is carrying on farming in\\nSomerset Township. John W. married Ellen Stimp-\\nson, and is farming in Wheatland Township; Mary\\nA., JNIrs. Edward Lapham. lives in RoUin Township,\\nLenawee Count} and is the mother of one child, a\\ndaughter, Laura Fanny N. is the wife of George\\nB. Sweezey, Principal of the graded school of North\\nAdams, and the} have one child, a daughter, Lucile;\\nTena is pursuing her studies at North Adams.\\nMr. Trumble of late years has given considerable\\nattention to the raising of fine stock, and takes\\npride in his efforts to excel. Politically, he is a\\nconscientious Democrat, and although not con-\\nnected with any church organization, makes it a\\npoint to follow the precepts of the Golden Rule,\\nand to do unto his neighbors as he would have\\nthem do unto him.\\nffkM ARQULS De LaFAYETTE BLACK. This\\nhighly intelligent and progressive stock-\\nraiser and farmer of Jefferson Township,\\nowns and occupies 120 acres of land on\\nsection 23, and as one of the jjioneers of this county,\\nwhile being the privileged witness of its develop-\\nment and prosperity, has been no unimportant fac-\\ntor in assisting to bring to its present condition.\\nHis father came to Southern Michigan during its\\nterritorial days, and taking up a half-section of land\\nin Jefferson Township, Hillsdale County, labored\\nindustriously until the illness which terminated in\\nhis death, Aug. 11, 1842.\\nOur subject was born in St. Lawrence County,\\nN. Y., Dec. 8, 1823. Harvey and Olive (Powers)\\nBlack, the parents of our subject, were, it is believed,\\nnatives of New Y ork and Connecticut respectively,\\nand the Black family were of Scotch descent. Har-\\nvey Black was born Feb. 14, 1786, and was reared\\nto farm pursuits and followed these his entire life.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0562.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "hillsdalp: county.\\n551\\nHe acquired a good common-school education and\\ntaught vocal music, and was married to his first\\nwife in New York State. Thence he removed to\\nHuron County, Ohio, in 1825, where he purchased\\n160 acres of land, which he occupied a period of\\neleven years. He came to this county in 1836, as\\nwe have already stated, and when Michigan was a\\nTerritory. In the meantime both his first and\\nsecond wives had died, the latter being the mother\\nof our subject. Of the first marriage there were\\nno children. Of the second tiiere were five daugh-\\nters and three sons who all lived to mature years,\\nbut only one of the daughters is now living. The\\nthree brothers occnp3 each a portion of the home\\nfarm, and have lived near each other since the\\ndeath of their father, neither buying nor selling, a\\nvery remarkable showing in this country of change\\nand experiment.\\nMarquis De LaFayette Black during his boyhood\\ndays met with an affliction, physically, which pre-\\nvented his attending school, and after reaching his\\ntwelfth year did not seethe inside of a school-room\\nas a student. In spite of this, however, he availed\\nhimself of the instruction of good books, becoming\\na great reader of history, and keeping himself well\\nposted upon the affairs treated of in the weekly\\nnewspapers. He was enabled to fill satisfactorily\\nthe office of Constable while a young man, and has\\nalso been Highway Commissioner three years, and\\na member of the School Board most of the time\\nduring the last forty years of his life.\\nThe marriage of our subject and Miss Clarissa A.\\nPayne was celebrated at the home of the bride in\\nLenawee County, July 31, 1853. This lad} became\\nthe mother of two children, the elder of whom, Ella\\nv., is now the wife of Charles Zeluff, of Monroe\\nCounty, and Albert T. lives in Ellis County, Kan.\\nMrs. Clarissa Black died at her home in Jefferson\\nTownship, Nov. 17, 1858. Mr. Black contracted\\na second marriage, April 5, 1863, with Miss Eunice\\nB. Field, a native of Crawford County, Ohio, and\\nwho was born Sept. 28, 1839. Mrs. Black is the\\ndaughter of ISeldon and Lydia (Kctchum) Field,\\nnatives respectively of Connecticut and New York,\\nand now deceased. Of this union there are seven\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2living children: Wealthy A., the eldest, was born\\nJuly 19, 18G4, and is now the wife of John Mills,\\nof Jefferson Township, and the mother of four chil-\\ndren; Ruel DeL. was born Nov. 16, 18G5, is mar-\\nried, has one child, and lives on the home farm; E.\\nJ. Elmer was born Oct. 21, 1867, and with the\\nyounger children remains with his parents; Eddie\\nField was born Oct. 22, 1869; Myrtle E., Oct. 13,\\n1871; Junia Altai, June 2, 1873, and Samuel J.\\nTilden, Nov. 5, 1876.\\nMr. Black was eighteen years of age at the time\\nof his father s death, and commenced at once to do\\nfor himself. He at first rented forty acres of the\\nold homestead, and subsequently purchased eighty\\nacres, upon which he has since labored, and brought\\nabout the improvements which are to-day the ob-\\nject of admiration bj the passerby. He cast his first\\nPresidential vote for Zachary Taylor, and has since\\nbeen an ardent supporter of Democratic principles.\\nIn religious matters he belongs to the Protestant\\nMethodist Church, while his estimable wife is an\\nAdventist. They are greatly respected by their\\nneighbors, and their homestead is an ornament to\\nthe township.\\nEMUEL A. ALLIS, one of the leading\\nll farmers and stock-breeders of Hillsdale\\njIL^ Township, came to Michigan in 1865, land-\\nino- in this county with his parents on the 13th of\\nApril, the da} before the assassination of Abraham\\nLincoln. During the memorable period preceding\\nthis tragedy, he had twice attempted to enlist .as\\na Union soldier under Gen. Garfield, but on account\\nof physical disability w.as notaceepted. His parents,\\nafter determining upon this county as their stop-\\nping-place, purchased eighty acres of land on section\\n28, in Hillsdale Township, where he has since\\noperated with most excellent results. He makes\\na specialty of wool growing and the culture of\\nwhortleberries, fifteen acres of his farm being de-\\nvoted to this latter industry, and from which each\\nyear he harvests a plentiful crop of delicious fruit.\\nA native of Medina County, Ohio, the subject\\nof this biography was born on the 27tli of May,\\n1844, and is the son of Lucius and Eliza A. (Sut-\\nliff) Allis, who were of New England birth and\\nparentiige. and natives respectively of Massachusetts", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0563.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "u\\n552\\n:i^h^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nand Connecticut. Lucius Allis was born Aug. 29,\\n1817, and followed farming all his life, resting from\\nhis earthly labors at his home in Hillsdale Town-\\nship on the 5th of Maj 1873. A gentleman of\\nlimited education, he yet by his own efforts became\\nthoroughly well informed, and figured prominently\\nin the affairs of his community. He left his native\\nState when a jouth of fifteen j-ears, and located\\nwith his parents in Medina County. Ohio, where he\\nlived until coming to this State, in the spring of\\n1865. Here he improved a good farm of eight}-\\nacres, and w as prominent in the enterprises tending\\nto the general welfare of the people, being a mem-\\nber ^of the Baptist Church for a period of twenty-\\neight years, and all his life long the true frend of\\nhumanity in whatever clime or place. During the\\nslavery .agitation he was one of the pioneers of the\\nunderground railroad system, and assisted many\\nfugitives to freedom.\\nLucius Allis came honestly by his Abolition\\nprinciples, as his father, Lemuel Allis, Sr., was fully\\nimbued with them, and probably exerted himself to\\ninstill them into the minds of his children. The\\nlatter gcntlcnian passed his last years in Medina\\nCounty, Ohio, where he died at a ri|)e old age, in\\n1855. His wife, the paternal grandmother of our\\nsubject, had died in 1828.\\nMrs. Eliza A. Allis, the mother of our subject,\\nwas born July 25, 1819, and is still living, making\\nher home in Hillsdale, this county. Although\\nquite .iged, she pieserves her mental and physical\\npowers in a remarkable degree, and exhibits much\\nof her old-time energy and industry. She has been\\na consistent member of the Baptist Church for\\nmany years, and in all respects the suitable partner\\nand helpmate of such a man as her husband. Their\\nfamily consisted of two sons only Lemuel A., our\\nsul)ject, and his brother William J., who is now a\\nresident of Hillsdale.\\nLemuel A. Allis in earl^ life became familiar\\nwith agricultural pursuits, and when twenty-flve\\nyears of age began the establishment of a home of\\nhis own, by his marriage with Miss Mary E. Howe,\\nwhich was celebrated on the 30th of December,\\n1869, Rev. .J. E. Davis, of the Free- Will Baptist\\nChurch, officiating. Mrs. Allis was born in Canada,\\nFeb. 20, 1853, and is the daughter of Chancy and\\ni 4\\nElizabeth (Morse) Howe, and grandniece to the\\nfamous Samuel F. B. Morse, the inventor of the\\ntelegraph. Mr. Howe died about 1870. The\\nmother subsequently married Hiram H. Farrah, a\\nfarrrjer of Allen Township, and is still living. Of\\nthe six children of the first marriage the record is\\nas follows: Charles S. married Miss Priscdla Hol-\\nbrook, and is residing in Allen Township; Lemuel\\nS. married Miss A. Purchase, and is residing in\\nthis county; William married Miss Emma Rush,\\nand is occupied at milling in Pittsford Township;\\nMargaret J. is the wife of Christopher Lazenby,\\nof Allen Township, and George D., who married\\nMiss Maggie Ciphors, makes his home in Ransom\\nTownship.\\nMrs. l\\\\Lary Allis was fairly educated, and is the\\npossessor of rare musical talent, having a beautiful\\nvoice for singing, which is often listened to with\\nthe greatest pleasure by her man} friends. She\\nis the mother of three children ina B., Dilla M.\\nand Lucius Garfield, the eldest seventeen j ears of\\nage and the youngest six. Mr. Allis, it is hardly\\nnecessary to say, is a stanch Republican politicall}%\\nand has been a memlier of the School Board in his\\ntownship for a period of fourteen years. He has\\nalso served as .Justice of the Peace for the last ten\\nyears, and is one of the pillars of the Free-Will\\nBaptist Chnrcli, at Bankers .Station, of which his\\nwife is also a member.\\nLBERT B. BUCK is an enterprising live-\\nstock dealer and farmer, who well repre-\\nsents those interests in Moscow Township,\\nwhere he resides on section 29. He is a\\nnative-born citizen of this place, and a fine repre-\\nsentative of one of the most highly esteemed of the\\nearly pioneer families of Hillsdale County, who oc-\\ncupies a prominent place in its history, his parents,\\nIsrael and Jane E. (Green) Buck, being early set-\\ntlers of Moscow Township. It is said that the\\nprogenitors of the Buck family were English Quak-\\ners, who settled somewhere in New England in\\nearly Colonial times; but little is known of their", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0564.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "l^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n553\\nT\\nhistory further than that they were a sturdy race of\\npeople, and were true to the tenets of their relig-\\nions faith.\\nLevi Buck, the grandfather of our subject, was\\nborn in either Massachusetts or Connecticut, April\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a221. 1786. and died .lune 18. 181 fl. in Clinton County.\\nN. Y.. where most of his life had been passed.\\nHe was a carpenter and joiner by trade, a man of\\ngreat capability and industry, and commanded the\\nrespect of all. The maiden name of his wife, to\\nwhom he was married Oct. 30, 1805, was Ruth\\nHoag. She was born on Grand Isle, Lake Cham-\\nplain. .Tune 28, 1789, .and died in 1816. Their only\\nson and child. Israel Buck, the father of our sub-\\nject, w.is born in Peru. Clinton Co., N. Y., Oct. 15,\\n1807. At the age of nine, his parents died, and he\\nwas thrown on his own resources, which early de-\\nveloped in him a manly, self-reliant character. His\\nschooling was limited, but by sheer determination\\nhe gained what was considered a good education in\\nthose days. At the .age of seventeen he removed\\nto Dutchess County, in the same State, where he met,\\nand in the year 1828 married. Miss .Tane E. Green.\\nShe was a native of that county, and was born\\nin the town of Stanford, Aug. 1 808. After mar-\\nriage Mr. Buck bought a small farm in the town of\\nChatham, Columbia Co., N. Y., where they re-\\nmainded until 1835. In the s|)ring of that year\\nJlr. Buck, ambitiously desiring to own a largerand\\nmore productive farm in a more favored locality,\\ndetermined to avail himself of the cheap and fertile\\nlands of the Territory of Michigan, and came to\\nHillsdale Countj where he purchased a tract of 200\\nacres very finely located in Moscow Township, the\\ndeed of his land being signed by Martin Van\\nBuren. After completing his purchase, he returned\\nto New York, and in the spring of 1836 came on\\nwith hisi wife and three children. Then began for\\nthem the struggles and privations of pioneer life in\\nthe wihlerness of Michigan, which ended triumph-\\nantly for them, and Mr. and Mrs. Buck leniaincd\\nrespected and honored residents of Hillsdale County,\\nin the home thfit they liad built up by their united\\nlabors, for many years, iiis life in Moscow Township\\ncovering a period of over half a century. They\\nwere S|)ared to each otlier and to their man3 friends\\nfor nearly fifty-four years, she being the first to go,\\n^_._^^_.\\nher death occurring .Ian. 26, 1 882, at the age of\\nseventy-four; he died July 16, 1886, at the age of\\nseventy-nine. Mr. Buck was a man of sound judg-\\nment and good business principles; in politics he\\nwas a strong Republican. To him and his good\\nwife were born six children, four sons and two\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2laughters, of whom the following is the record\\nJohn L., born in Chatham, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1829;\\nEmily, born in Chatham, N. Y., July 22, 1832; J.\\nJay, in Chatham, Aug. 14, 1835; Helen, in Mos-\\ncow, Jan. 22, 1839; Edmund, in Moscow, June 30,\\n1844; Albert B., May 10, 1847. John is a fiirmer\\nin Adams Township; he married Emeline Sprowls,\\nand they have three children Jane, Louisa and\\nCharlotte Ann. Emily is the wife of the Hon, G.\\nC. Wyllis (of whom see sketch), of Moscow Town-\\nship; Hon. J. Jay Buck is a prominent attorney-at-\\nlaw, and Judge of the Supreme Court, residing at\\nEmporia, Kan. Helen is the wife of George B.\\nHall, of Dakota; Edmund is a merchant of North\\nAdams, this State (see sketch).\\nOur subject w.as born on the old homestead of his\\nparents in Moscow Township. He received a fine\\neducation, obtaining the foundation of it at the dis-\\ntrict school of his native place, and its completion\\nat Hillsdale College, where he attended for some\\ntime, taking a thorough course of stud3-. He was\\nreared on a farm, receiving a good practical train-\\ning from his father in the management of it, and\\nwhen he attained manhood he chose to follow agri-\\nculture as his life work, having a natural aptitu le\\nfor it, and has been pre-eminently successfid. His\\nfarm contains 170 acres of fine, arable land, in a\\nhigh state of culture, and he h.as constructed ample\\nand convenient barns, and has remodeled his house\\nso that it is one of the tastiest, most commodious\\nand comfortable dwellings in the vicinity. He has\\nalways paid much attention to raising and feeding\\nstock, keeping a fine herd of from fifteen to forty\\ncattle, and feeding from 500 to 700 everj year,\\nshipping to Buffalo markets in the sliipping season\\nthree carloads a week.\\nMr. Buck was married, Nov. 7, 1869, to Miss\\nSarah E. Smith, daughter of Samuel and .Sophronia\\n(Huff) Smith, of Moscow, of whom see sketch on\\nanother page of this Album. She was born in\\nCayuga County, N. Y March 14, 1849, and like her\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^ri-^", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0565.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": "554\\ni\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhusband, is of Quaker antecedents, and was brought\\nup in the doctrines of the Society of Friends. She\\nreceived a good education in the public schools, and\\nis a very intelligent and able woman. To her and\\nher husband have been born six children, of whom\\nthe following is the record: Mate, born June 13,\\n1871; Levi, March 13, 1\u00c2\u00bb74; Etta, Nov. 3, 1875;\\nLillian. April 20, 1879; Ruth E., June 3, 1883;\\nRena Ethyl, Oct. 8, 1886.\\nMr. and Mrs. Buck occupy a high position in\\nsocial circles in this township, and are widely re-\\nspected. Mr. Buck is a member of the Masonic\\nfraternity. He is liberal and public-spirited, and\\nalways in favor of local improvements. He has\\nserved as school oflScer for sixteen years, and by\\nhis efflcient work has raised the standard of edu-\\ncation in Moscow Township, so that its school\\nsystem is excelled by no other town in the county.\\nIn politics he is a stanch Republican.\\n^^EORGE L. BANKS. Although he has but\\nrecently become a member of the farming\\ncommunity of Hillsdale Count} Mr. Banks\\nhas shown himself to be a practical, skillful agri-\\nculturist, and is classed with its solid and well-to-do\\ncitizens. He came to Michigan in the spring of\\n1887, and purchased his present place of residence\\nin Camden Township, eighty acres of land in Mus-\\nkegon County, and some valuable town property in\\nCamden. His farm comprises eighty acres of\\nhighly productive land, well located in one of the\\nmost fertile regions of the county, and is well pro-\\nvided with substantial buildings and every conveni-\\nence for properly carrying on agriculture.\\nOur subject is a native of Lake County, Ohio,\\nand was born Oct. 13, 1839. His parents were\\nOrin and Olive (Brown) Banks, natives of Scho-\\nharie County, N. Y., and the father of mingled\\nScotch-Irish ancestry, and the mother of English\\nantecedents. They settled in Lake County, Ohio,\\nwhence they removed in 1845 to LaPorte County,\\nInd. After living there for some years they went\\nto Lake County, in the same State, to make their\\nhome. They were the parents of twelve children,\\nnine of whom are living, as follows: Charles, Mor-\\ngan, Elisha, Parley, Mary C. (wife of Balser Keith),\\nWilliam A., George L., Nathaniel P., Sarah L. (wife\\nof William Adams). Orin Banks, the father of our\\nsubject, was a native of Schoharie County, N. Y.,\\nand married Miss Olive Brown, a native of the\\nsame State and county as her husband. After\\ntheir marriage they settled in New York State, and\\nremained there until 1836, when they removed to\\nOhio, and remained there until 1845, when they re-\\nmoved to Indiana and lived there until their death.\\nThe former died Oct. 21), 1857, and the latter\\nJan. 27, 1887; they were married in 1823.\\nGeorge L., the subject of this sketch, was in his\\nfourteenth year when his parents removed from\\nLaPorte County to Lake County, Ind., and there\\nthe remaining years of his boyhood were passed.\\nHe received a very good education in the public\\nschools, and in his early manhood, soon after the\\nbreaking out of the late Civil War, he joined the\\nnoble men who went forth from his adopted State\\nto the defense of our country, enlisting on the 6th\\nof June, 1861, in Company C, 15th Indiana In-\\nfantry. He took part in the battles of Greenbriar,\\nWest Va.; Elk Water, Shiloh. Perry ville, Stone\\nRiver, Mission Ridge, and many other engage-\\nments of minor importance. At Mission Ridge he\\nwas three times wounded, in the head, breast and\\nthumb, and for some five weeks was laid up from\\nactive duty. He is now in receipt of a pension of\\n$6 a month on account of his wounds. He\\nwas honorably discharged from service June 28,\\n1864, having faithfully discharged his duties as a\\nsoldier in camp anil field. He returned to his old\\nhome in Indiana, and on the 9tli of October, 1864,\\nwas united in marriage to Miss Ollie Chandler.\\nShe is of a good old New England family, her par-\\nrents, Thomas P. and Betsy Chandler, having been\\nnatives of that part of the country. Her mother is\\nnow dead. Mrs. Banks was born in Caledonia\\nCounty, Vt., in August, 1842. She and her hus-\\nband are the parents of three children William N.,\\nof Montgomery County, Kan., Charles H. and\\nArthur A.\\nOur subject has been the architect of his own\\nfortunes, as he has won his way up to his present\\naffluent circumstances b} sheer pluck and persist-\\nent toil. In his eighteenth year he paid his father\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0566.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "-4^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTi\\n555\\n$100 that lie hail saved fioni his first year s earn-\\nings. In the year 1872 our subject removed\\nwith Ills family to Montgomery County, Kan., and\\nlocited in the township of Fawn Creek, where by\\nhis industry and enterprise he aceuniuhiled quite a\\ncomfortable property. He became one of the lead-\\ning citizens of that ])lace. and served as Township\\nTrustee, discharging the duties of that responsible\\noffice with credit to himself and satisfaction to his\\nfellow-citizens. He also held the office of Justice\\nof the Peace for two terms.\\nSince his removal to Camden Township Mr.\\nBanks has gaiued the confidence and respect of his\\nneighbors l y his frank manners, and straightforward\\nand liberal dealings. He occupies an important\\nsocial position as a member of the L O. O. F., and\\nChaplain of Joseph Rice Post No. 282, G. A. R.,\\nat Camden. In politics he is a Republican.\\nJ ESSE BACON, essentially a self-made man,\\nand one of the leading farmers of Pittsford\\nTownship, has a tine property located on\\nsection 30, which he accumulated bj his own\\nunaided efiforts. He came to this section of the\\ncountry in the pioneer days, and his diligent labors,\\nwith the exercise of prudence and economy, have\\nresulted in making him independent financially,\\nwhile he holds a large place in the esteem and con-\\nfidence of the people around him.\\nA native of Oneida County, N. Y., our subject\\nwas born near the town of Augusta, on the 17tli of\\nMay, 1835. His father, Asaph Bacon, was a native\\nof Northampton, Mass., to which the [laternal grand-\\nfather of our subject had removed from his native\\nState of Connecticut in early manhood. Grand-\\nfather Bacon finally migrated from New England\\nto the Empire State, and cast his lot among the\\npioners of Oneida County, where he purchased a\\ntract of timber land and built up a good farm;\\nthere he spent his last ilays. The father of our sub-\\nject was reared in Oneida County, where upon\\nreaching his majority he purchased land, but was\\nunfortunate, and in addition to losing the land,\\nlost also the money which he had paid upon it. It\\nwas a great trial to him to sec the hard earnings of\\nyears thus swept away, so he started from home\\none morning soon afterward expecting to make a\\nbargain with a man to clear quite a large tract\\nof land, a part of which he was to receive in\\ncompensation. He met the man on the road,\\nbut failed to make the bargain. He then wrote\\na letter to his family, telling them not to be\\nalarmed at his absence, as he was going West to see\\nif he could there secure a home for them. He\\nstarted with eighteen cents in his pocket, and made\\nhis way to the Territory of Wisconsin. The man\\nto whom he had given the letter never delivered it\\nto his family, and they for a long time mourned\\nhim as dead.\\nThe father of our subject in the meantime made\\na claim in Dane County, Wis., which is now said\\nto be included in the city of Madison. Times then\\nwere hard, and after again writing to his family.\\nMr. Bacou concluded to return eastward. He\\nworked his way as far as Blissfield, this county,\\nwhere he found employment with the firm of\\nHolmes Wymen, and doing reasonably well, con-\\ncluded to remain there, and sent for his family to\\njoin him. He was soon enabled to purchase eighty\\nacres of laud on time, and commenced clearing it,\\nwhen he and all the other members of the family\\nwere taken ill. Jesse, of our sketch, was then a lad\\nten years of age, and the only one able to do an3\\nthing for the others. They became short of money\\nand provisions, and one morning after the father had\\nrecovered the mother placed their last meal on the\\ntable, with nothing to cook for the next one. The\\nfamily, however, sal down and partook, and the\\nfather, after eating very little, started out, and\\nfound a day s work. For this he received a bushel\\nof corn, which he carried on his back to the mill,\\nand returned in the evening with the meal. The\\nchildren since morning had been without anything\\nto eat, and began to cry from hunger. The mother\\nin the meantime diverted their thoughts as best\\nshe coulil by giving them little tasks to do, and the\\nsight of the father coming in with the bag of meal\\naffected them in a manner which can better be\\nimagined than described.\\nIn the spring of 1846 Mr. Bacon commenced\\nwork on the State road, while his wife employed\\nm 4 9", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0567.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "556\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n4\\nherself in cooking for a number of the men. Their\\njoint earnings gave them quite a start, and. having\\nlost the land he first bought. Mr. Bacon purchased\\nanother tract in Riga Township, and subsequently\\nengaged in the manufacture and s.ale of shingles.\\nIn due time he had improved quite an area of his\\nland and built up a comfortable home, where he\\nremained until his death, which occurred Nov. 15,\\n1857.\\nThe maiden name of the mother of our subject\\nwas Sarah Francisco. She was of French ancestry,\\nand a native of New York State. She survived her\\nhusband a number of years, and died at the home\\nof her daughter in Nebraska. Jesse was but a lad\\nupon coming to the Territory of Michigan, and to\\nthis day has a vivid recollection of the hardships\\nand difficulties of pioneer life. He relates that at\\none time when he was thirteen years old upon re-\\nturning from school he heard the pigs squealing,\\nand starting for the pen encountered a bear run-\\nning out of it carrying away a pig. Being much\\nfrightened, our hero ran to arouse the neighbors,\\nami the bear got the pig.\\nYoung Bacon continued a member of tlie pa-\\nrental household until nearly twenty-three years of\\nage, and on the 24th of February, 1858, was mar-\\nried to Miss Christiana Miner, a maiden of his own\\nneighborhood, who was a native of Bavaria, Ger-\\nmany. Her father, Lawrence Miner, was also of\\nGerman birth and parentage, and left an orphan at\\na vei y early age. He was reared liy his grand-\\nparents, married when seventeen years old, and\\ncontinued upon his native soil until 184-1. That\\nyear he crossed the Atlantic, determined to seek\\nills fortunes in tlie New World, and settled in\\nPerrysburg, Ohio, where he lived until 1846. Then\\ncoming to Michigan, he took up his residence in\\nRiga Township, Lenawee County, during its early\\nsettlement. He was comparatively without means,\\nbut arranged to purchase a small tract of land,\\nwhere he built a log house. After changing his\\nresidence three or four times, he made his way to\\nthis county, and purchased the land which he still\\noccupies in Jefferson Township. He built several\\nhouses while living in Riga Township. During the\\nRebellion he enlisted as a Union soldier in the 4th\\nMichigan Infantry, serving from 1864 until the\\nclose of the war. For injuries received while in\\nthe service he now enjoys a pension.\\nAbout six years after their marriage Mr. and\\nMrs. Bacon settled upon their present farm in Pitts-\\nford Township. Our subject has erected a good\\nset of frame buildings, has a fair assortment of live\\nstock, and all the machinery necessary to carry on\\nagriculture after the most approved methods. He\\nis a member in good standing of the Christian\\nChurch, while Mrs. Bacon finds religious consolation\\nin the doctrines of the Wesleyan Methodists. Their\\nseven children were named respectively: George\\nL., Hiram J., Anna Belle, Angle M., Mar3 Charles\\nA. and Arthur N. The eldest is thirty years of\\nage and the youngest six. George, Hiram and\\nAnna Belle arc married, and live in this township.\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acJ\u00c2\u00abij2/\u00c2\u00ae^^\\n-^.ajiTj-o.v\\nNDREW A. BAXTER, a leading citizen of\\nll Camden Township, occupies a prominent\\njj lis position among the intelligent farmers and\\nstock-raisers of Hillsdale County, who bring\\nwell disciplined and well educated minds to bear\\nupon the great agricultural problems of the daj\\nand his beautiful farm, well stocked with the best\\ngrades of blooded horses and cattle, with its broad\\nand fertile harvest fields, handsome residence, fine\\nbarns and ample out-buildings, show that he has\\nably coped with these problems, and has met with\\nmarked success in his chosen career.\\nMr. Baxter was born in Chautauqua County, N.\\nY., July 18, 1840, being a son of John and Ange-\\nline Baxter, natives of New York and Pennsyl-\\nvania. His father is dead, and his mother is now\\nthe wife of John M. Stearn, of Camden Township.\\nWhen he was about one j-ear old his parents re-\\nmoved to Fulton County, Ohio, where he grew to\\nmanhood. When he was ten j ears of age, his par-\\nents being poor, he was obliged to begin life s bat-\\ntle on his own account, and from that time managed\\nnot only to take care of himself, but also assisted his\\nfather and mother. He was a high-spirited, manly\\nlad, of more than ordinarj- intelligence and quick-\\nness, and, determining to get a good education,\\nwith indomitable will and energy overcame every\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0568.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": "-9^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n557\\nolistade tliat barred the pathway to his desire.\\nAfter receiving the nuliments of his education in the\\npublic schools, he attended a High School in Gen-\\nesee County. Mich., for three summers, and while\\nthere worlied with unceasing industry to p.ay for his\\nboard by shaving shingles, putting up 1,000 in a\\nday, 500 in a bunch morning and evening. After\\nleaving school he engaged for twenty-five winters\\nin the profession of teacher, being thus occupied in\\nFulton and Williams Counties. Ohio, and Genesee\\nCounty, Mich., obtaining high rank as an instructor.\\nShortly after the breaking out of the war, he laid\\naside ail personal aims and ambitions that he might\\ngo to the assistance of his country in her hour of\\nneed, enlisting in June, 1861, in Company F, 2d\\nMichigan Infantry-, which regiment was attached to\\nthe Armj- of the Potomac. He took part in many a\\nhard -fought battle, and experienced all the bitter\\nsufferings and privations of a soldier s life. He\\nwas present at the first battle of Bull Run, where he\\nreceived a wound, and was also taken with the\\nme.asles on the field, whence he was conveyed to\\nthe regimental hospital, in which he remained some\\nsix months. In the spring of 1862 his regiment\\nwent with McClellan s army, and fought in the bat-\\ntle of Williamsburg, the seven-days fight before\\nRichmond, the second battle of Bull Run. and the\\nbattle of Antietem. At the conclusion of the seven-\\ndays fight before Richmond, the regiment to which\\nour subject belonged, which had n)ustered 900 men,\\nhad but 150 men left for duty, the remainder being\\nkilled or wounded. Shortly after the battle of An-\\ntietam, owing to exhaustion, Jlr. Baxter was taken\\nwith typhoid fever, and was confined in the hospital\\nuntil he was discharged convalescent, in Januarj\\n1863. He then came to Michigan, and spent the\\nensuing 3 ear in Lenawee Count} and there he re-\\nenlisted in October, 1864, in Company F, 4th\\nMichigan Infantry, which regiment was attached to\\nthe 4th Army Corps under Gen. Thomas. The regi-\\nment took part in the battle of Decatur, Ala.,\\nwhence it followed Gen. Hood and his array back\\nto Nashville. In Februarj-, 1865, our subject was\\npromoted for gallantry and efficient service to the\\nrank of First Sergeant, and on the 28lh of June,\\n1865, he received further deserved promotion to\\nthe position of Second Lieutenant, still remaining in\\nthe service after the close of the war until his hon-\\norable discharge on account of disability, April\\n19, 1866.\\nOur subject retired from the armj to the duties\\nof private life in Williams County, Ohio, where he\\nhad been married, March 25, 1866, to Mi^s Katie A.\\nTodd, daughter of Harvey and Maria (Martin)\\nTodd, natives respectively of Ohio and Canada.\\nShe was born in Putnam Count}-, Ohio, June 7,\\n1 844, and when two years old came with her par-\\nents to Monroe Count} Mich. When she was\\nseven 3 ears old. they returned to Ohio and settled\\nin Fulton County, where she lived with her parents\\nuntil her marriage. The record of the children\\nborn of tliis union is as follows: Angeline, born\\nApril 28, 1867, is the wife of Lee Fletcher, of Cam-\\nden Township; Eva M. was born March 14, 1870;\\nMinnie E., March 7, 1872; James H., March 15,\\n1874.\\nAfter marri.ige Mr. Baxter was engaged in farm-\\ning on rented land in Williams County, Ohio, until\\n1870. Having been very prosperous, and accumu-\\nlated mone} he then decided to move into Michi-\\ngan and purchase a farm in Hillsdale County, and\\nbeing pleased with the location, fertility of the soil,\\nand other natural advantages of Camden Township,\\nhe bought his present place of residence on section\\n33. His farm comprises 120 acres of well-tilled\\nland, and be has erected the finest residence and the\\nmost commodious and conveniently arranged mod-\\nern barns for the accommodation of his stock in the\\ncounty. When he settled here iiis land was cov-\\nered with timber, and it is only by dint of hard\\nlabor, energy and perseverance, that he has brought\\nit into its present fine condition. He is quite ex-\\ntensively engaged in raising blooded stock of stand-\\nard breeds, raising fine road and carriage horses,\\nand good blooded cattle.\\nMr. Baxter s education and business talents well\\nqualify him for civic offices of trust and responsibil-\\nity, and he has ably served as Clerk of Camden\\nTownship for three years, and as Supervisor of the\\ntownship for three years. He and his wife are re-\\nspected, and hold a high social position in this com-\\nmunity. Mr. Baxter is a member of both the\\nMasonic and I. O. O. F. societies, and also belongs\\nto the G. A. R., Post No. 282, at Camden. In poli-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0569.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": "558\\ni\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nties he is independent, voting in accordance with\\nhis convictions rather than at the dictates of any\\nparty. In all the departments of life he has ,siiown\\nhimself to be the same upright man. As a son he\\nhas been dutiful and affectionate; as a husband and\\nfather, devoted and kind; as a neighlior, friendly\\nand true, and as a citizen, public-spirited and pa-\\ntriotic.\\ni^ijl !DREW BLAlll is a fine representative of\\ni 0fQl the able and well-to-to farmers who have\\n[l\\\\ been so largely instrumental in develop-\\ning Hillsdale County from the primeval\\nforests of Southern Michigan to its present high\\nposition among its sister counties; with its many\\nbeautiful farms, thriving towns and busy cities;\\nwith fine churches and school buildings, commodious\\nand handsome dvvellings, and other evidences of\\nprosperity, enterprise and wealth, forming conspicu-\\nous features in the landscape where for some time\\nafter the beginning of this century no such evi-\\ndences of an advanced civilization were known.\\nOur subject owns a valuable farm in Camden Town-\\nship, which he has managed very successfull_y for\\nmany years. It comprises eighty acres of land on\\nsection 8, and ninety-six acres on section 5, and on\\nthis latter section he lives in his comfortable, well-\\nappointed home, surrounded by friends and rela-\\ntives who gladly cheer his declining years.\\nMr. Blair is a native of Fairfield County, Ohio,\\nthe date of his birth in that .State having been June\\n22, 1816. He is a son of James and Sarah Blair,\\nnatives of the North of Ireland, who euiigrated to\\nAmerica early in the present century and settled\\namong the pioneers of Fairfield County, Ohio.\\nThe father died there Sept. 1,1819. leaving a widow\\nand ten children to mourn his premature death in\\nthe very prime of his manhood. Three of the\\nchildren are now living, namely: Thomas, in Jack-\\nson County, Mich.; Nancy, now Mrs. Brown, of\\nIowa, and Audrew, our subject. Shortly after the\\ndeath of the father the family removed to Seneca\\nCounty, Ohio, and there Andrew grew to manhood,\\nreceiving his education in the early subscription\\nschools of Ohio. He early displayed traits of\\nenergj capability and self-reliance, and he had\\nscarcely attained his majority before he l)egan to\\nthink of establishing a home, and to the .young lady\\nwhom he chose to assist him in that undertaking\\nhe was united in marriage Nov. 2, 1837, in San-\\ndusky County. Ohio. She was Sarah A., daughter\\nof John and Martha Myers, of that county.\\nIn 1847 Mr. Blair with his family crossed the\\nboundary line between his native State and this, to\\nmake his home in the future in Hillsdale County,\\nand in 1854 he located on his present farm, where\\nhe has ever since lived. Although nearly two\\ndecades had then elapsed since the first settlement\\nhad been made in this township, it had by no means\\nwholly emerged from its original wild state; much\\nof the forest that had covered the land for centuries\\nwas still standing, and nearly all of his tract of land\\nwas heavily timbered, so thai, in the years of hard\\nlabor that followed his was the pioneer s task to\\nclear it, and the life of the pioneer, with all of its\\nprivations and hardships, was his. But he bravely\\nand with unwavering persistence pursued his work,\\nsustained and cheered by the s^ mpathy and ready\\naid of his devoted helpmate, and in due time wrested\\na fine farm from the wilderness.\\nOn the 22d of December, 1887, the amiable wife\\nof our subject, to whom he had been wedded in\\nlife s morning, and who had walked by his side for\\nfifty years, sharing his labors, increasing the joj s\\nand lessening the sorrows common to all humanity,\\nfell into that sleep that knows no waking. She\\nwas greatly l)eloved by her husband and children,\\nin whose interests she had always displayed the\\nmost unselfish devotion, and her kindness of heart\\nand sympathetic manner had also endeared her to a\\nLarge circle of friends, all of whom feel with the\\nbereaved family that her place cannot be filled.\\nHer marriage to our subject was blessed by the\\nbirth of eight children, of whom the following is the\\nrecord Eveline, the wife of O. L. Wells, of Read-\\ning Township; Charles R. lives in Montgomerj-,\\nCamden Township; Wilson S. lives in Camden\\nTownship; Leroy lives in Ellsworth County, Kan.\\nCaroline, the wife of Lewis Palmer, of Reading-\\nTownship; Oscar lives in Reading Townshi)); Tri-\\nphena is the wife of Alfred Small, of Camden\\nTownship; Louis C. lives in Camden Township.\\nThe reputation of our subject for unswerving\\n*^\\\\^^_\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0570.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00ab-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n559\\nintegrit} and his well-known abilitj have marked\\nhim in the minds of his fellow-townsmen as a man\\nwell fitted to fill the civie ofliees of this community,\\nbut he has persistently refused nomination to any\\npublic position, pi-eferring the quietude of his home\\nand fireside. Nevertheless, he has always manifested\\na deep interest in the welfare of his adopted town-\\nship, and by his liberality and j ublic-spiritedness\\nhas done much toward advancing its prosperity, as\\nl)y his labors he has also materially assisted in its\\ndevelopment. In politics he is independent, voting\\nfor the men whom he thinks best fitted for office,\\nwithout regaid to the party by whom they are\\nnominated.\\nANIEL BARKDOLL. a most genial and\\ncompanionable gentleman and a citizen held\\nin the highest esteem by the people of his\\ncommunitj occupies a snug home in Pitt-\\nford Township, to which he has given his time and\\nattention since taking possession of the land, in 1 856.\\nHe commenced in a modest manner, occupying at\\nfirst a veiy indifferently constructed frame struc-\\nture, which has since given place to a comfoi-table\\ndwelling, and which, with its surroundings, is a very\\nattractive spot.\\nOur subject was born ten miles east of Hagers-\\ntown, Md.. .Tuly 15. 1823. His father, George\\nIJarkdoll, was a native of the same count3 while his\\ngrandfather. Peter Barkdoll, was a native of Ger-\\nmany. The latter crossed the Atlantic when a\\nj oung man, locating in Maryland, where he mar-\\nried, and purchased a farm upon which he lived and\\nlabored the remainder of his life. His son George\\ndeveloped into manhood in his native State, mar-\\nried a maiden, Susan Branstretter, of liis own\\ncounty, and continued there until 18. 57. Then\\nselling out he started for tlie West, and upon reach-\\ning Ohio located in Richland County, upon a tract\\nof partially cleared land, which he purchased.\\nThe entire journey from Maryland was made\\noverland with four horses and wagons. The family\\nbrought with them their provisions, and after the\\nfashion of the travelers of those days, camped and\\ncooked by the wayside. Upon the land wbieh Mr.\\nBarkdoll had purchased stood a double log house,\\ninto which the familj removed, and then com-\\nmenced the improvement of the new farm. Their\\ndiligence and economy were in due time rewarded,\\nand they found themselves in possession of a com-\\nfortable home, in wide contrast to the spot upon\\nwhich the3 had first located. The first log cabin\\nafter a few years gave place to a subst^mtial brick\\ndwelling, under whose roof the parents spent their\\nlast days in the midst of comfort and plenty.\\nGeorge Barkdoll departed this life Aug. 6, 1860,\\nmourned by his family and regretted by the com-\\nmunity where he had lived an upright life, and\\nsecured the esteem and confidence of his neighbors.\\nThe mother of our subject was before her mar-\\nriage Miss Susan Branstetter. She also was a native\\nof Maryland, and of German ancestrj Of her\\nmarriage with George Barkdoll there were born ten\\nchildren, nine of whom lived to mature years, and\\nseven of whom are now surviving. Daniel, of our\\nsketch, was the fourth child of the family, and was\\nin the fourteenth j ear of his age when bis parents\\nmade the journej from his native State to Ohio.\\nAlthough over fifty years have passed since that\\ntime, he still distinctly remembers many of the\\nincidents of the journey, and the pioneer scenes of\\ntheir after life. His mother w.as expert as a spin-\\nner of wool and flax, and for m.any years did her\\ncooking by a fireplace. Daniel assisted his father\\nto clear the farm, and upon his marriage, on the\\n18th of April, 1844, settled with his bride upon the\\nold homestead, and resided there for a period of\\neleven and one-half years.\\nMr. Barkdoll, in 1856, left the Buckeye State,\\nand coming to this county purchased the land which\\nhe now owns and occupies. Twentj acres of it\\nwere partiallj cleared, but there were no buildings.\\nBefore his removal he had a small house put up,\\n16x18 feet in area, which he occupied with his\\nfamil} a number of years, and which in 1872 gave\\nplace to his present dwelling. He now has forty-\\neight acres under good cultivation, and has pro-\\nvi led himself with the necessary machinery for\\ncarrj ing on his farm after the most approved\\nmethods.\\nThe marriage of Daniel Barkdoll and Miss Sarah\\nKeller took place at the liome of the bride in Rich-\\nland County. Ohio, April 10, 1844. Mrs. B. was", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0571.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "-4*-\\n560\\nHILLSDALE COUiNTY.\\nborn in Berks County, Pa., Aug. 2, 1824. and is tlie\\ndaughter of Joel and Klizabeth (Hagemian) Keller,\\ntlie former a native of German} and the latter of\\nPennsylvania. Mr. Keller came to this country\\nearly in life, and followed the trade of carpenter in\\nPennsylvania until 1830. That year he removed\\nto Ricliland County, Ohio, purchased eighty acres\\nof partially improved land, ind after living upon it\\ntwo years sold out, and purchased a tract of tim-\\nber land in Franlilin Township, that same count}\\nUpon this latter he I)uilt a substantial hewn log\\nhouse, and hired men to work his land while he\\nemployed himself at his trade. He lived to a good old\\nage, dying at the homestead in Franklin Township,\\nin 1873. The mother survived her husband eight\\nj-ears, and died at her home in Jlansfleld, Ohio, in\\n188L Mr. Barkdoll is a stanch Democrat. Mr.\\nB. and wife have never had any children born to\\nthem, but they have an adopted daughter, Margaret\\nKeller Barkdoll.\\n*Tr\u00c2\u00bb-\\nRS. SARAH WILCOX, widow of Foster\\nWilcox, late of Moscovv Township, owns\\nand occupies a fine homestead on section\\n28, where she has made her home since the\\nspring of 1883. A lady of fine intelligence and ex-\\ncellent business capacities, she has. since the decease\\nof her husband, exercised personal supervision of\\nthe homestead, and kept it up in a highly creditable\\nmanner. The estate embraces 189 acres of fertile\\nand finely cultivated land, embellished with tasteful\\nand substantial buildings, and evidencing on all\\nsides the exercise of cultivated tastes and ample\\nmeans. The family is widely and favorahl} known\\nthroughout this part of the county, and of the high-\\nest respectabilitj\\nMrs. Wilson is the youngest child of Reuben and\\nSarah (Allen) Fuller, natives of Onondaga County,\\nN. Y., where they continued to live after their mar-\\nriage until the removal to Michigan in 1835. The\\nfather still resides in North Adams, and the mother\\npassed away at her home in Adams Township, in\\n1872, aged sixt}--eiglit years. They were the par-\\nents of five children. Their daughter Sarah was born\\nin Adams Township, this county, June 25, 1843.\\nShe grew to womanhood under the carefid training\\nof her excellent mother, becoming skilled in all\\nhousewifely duties, and receiving the advantages of\\neducation in the well conducted common school.\\nFive years of her earlier life was spent in the city\\nof Kalamazoo.\\nOn the 4th of July, 1860, the suhject of this\\nbiography, then a maiden of seventeen, was united in\\nmarriage with Foster N. Wilcox, the wedding tak-\\ning place in the city of Hillsdale, this county. Foster\\nN. Wilcox was born in Adams Township, this\\ncounty, on the 6th of February, 1840, and was the\\nson of Henry N. and Orsa (Foster) Wilcox, who\\nwere natives of Vermont, whence they emigrated to\\nMichigan in 1838, settling at once in Adams Town-\\nship. The father passed away in December, 1887;\\nthe motherstill survives. The early studies of their\\nson, Foster N., were conducted in the district school,\\nafter which he attended the High School in Hills-\\ndale, and was eventually graduated from the col-\\nlege there. He thereafter taught one term, but\\nbeing fond of agricultural pursuits, soon afterward\\nturned his attention to farming, which he subse-\\nquently followed the remainder of his life. A man\\nof much intelligence and kindly impulses, he became\\nprominent in township affairs, and held the office of\\nJustice of the Pe.ace for a period of four years. In\\n1882 he was elected to represent Moscow Township\\nin the County Board of Supervisors, which office he\\nheld at the time of his death, which took place on\\nthe 17tli of January, 1884. He was a thorough and\\nskillful farmer, successful in his business transac-\\ntions, and held in high regard by the communit}\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox theie were born seven\\nchildren, of whom the record is as follovvs: Lilly\\nM., the eldest daughter, became the wife of Abra-\\nham S. Hall, of Moscow Township, and is the mother\\nof two children Birnes and Bertha; EInora E.\\nmarried Chester Williams, a graduate of the Ypsi-\\nlanti Normal School, and who is now carrying on\\nthe homestead Mr. Williams is an intelligent and\\nwell educated gentleman, who takes a warm inter-\\nest in the establishment and maintenance of schools,\\nand believes in providing every facility for the ad-\\nvancement of the rising generation. Willie J., who\\nwas graduated from the commercial department of\\nthe Y psilanti Business College, is engaged as book-\\n-t", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0572.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-ir^\\n*i.\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n561\\nkee[)er in a dry-goofls store in that city, and meet-\\ning with good success. Tlie three 3 ounger ciiildren,\\nOra A., Nellie M. anil Ilcnry, are at home with\\ntheir mother.\\nMrs. Wilcox enjoys the friendship and acquaint-\\nance of the best residents of Moscow Township, and\\nmay well look with pride ui)on her blooming family\\nof prosperous sons and daughters. She has given\\nthem the best advantages in her power, and they\\nare well fitted to take their positions in life as use-\\nful and responsible citizens. Mrs. Wilcox is a\\nmember in good standing of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church, at North Adams, and takes a warm in-\\nterest in the success of the temperance movement,\\nbeing a member of the W. C. T. U.\\no-^t^-^\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2tf**!^\\ni^OBERT SALMON, a successful general far-\\njLji mer comfortablj located on sections 1 8 and\\ni^% 19 in Reading Township, with his residence\\nS^on the former, has a good property and is\\nsurrounded bj- all the comforts of life. This farm\\nincludes ninetj -two and a half acres of thoroughly\\ncultivated land, impioved with good buildings, and\\nall the other appliances required by tlie progressive\\nagriculturist.\\nMr. Salmon purchased his present farm in 1870, at\\na time when it was in a primitive condition, and\\nthe labor involved in bringing it to its present state\\ncan be more easily imagined than described. lie\\ncame from Amboy Township, and has been a resi-\\ndent of this county since a little lad of five years\\nold. He was born 011 the other side of the Atlantic,\\ntwelve miles from the city of London, England,\\nSept. 8, 1848, and when eight months old was\\nbrought to America by his parents, who settled in\\nNew York State. His father, Charles Salmon, was\\nalso of English ancestry, and learned the black-\\nsmith s trade in his 3 outh, serving a regular appren-\\nticeship. He married Miss Annie Thompson in the\\nvicinity of the world s metropolis, and their eldest\\nchild was Robert, the subject of this sketch, and the\\nonly one born in England.\\nThe parents of our subject set out for the United\\nStates in the spring of 1849, locating first in the\\nvicinity of Albion. Orleans Co.. N. Y. Thence\\nfour yeava later they came to Michigan and took\\nup their residence in Amboy Township, this county,\\nwhere the father and his brother William secured a\\nfarm and also carried on blucksinithing. Charles\\nSalmon is yet living, and is now fifty-seven years\\nold. The mother died at her home in Amboy, in\\nMarch, 1882, when al)out fifty years of age. Tie\\nfather of our subject improved a good farm, and is\\nin comfortable circumstances.\\nMr. Salmon, our sunject, spent his boyhood and\\nyouth in the manner common to tlie sons of pio-\\nneer farmers, assisting in developing a homestead\\nfrom the uncultivated land, and acquiring a good\\neducation. He was married, Feb. 26, 1872, at the\\nhome of the bride in Amboy Township, to Miss\\nSarah P. Salmon, who was born in Orleans Countj\\nN. Y., where she was reared and educated. Her\\nfather, Aaron Salmon, now deceased, was a farmer\\nby occupation and a native of England. The\\nmother is yet living in Orleans County, and is now\\naged about seventy-three years. To Mr. and Mrs.\\nSalmon there have been born two children: Walter\\nM., Dee. 27. 1874, and Nellie M.. Oct. 13, 1878.\\nOur subject and his wife are members of the Free-\\nwill Baptist Church, at West Rea ling. in which Mr.\\nSalmon officiates as Deacon. Politically, he is a\\nRepublican of the first water.\\nSKi5tf^\\neHARLES A. SHEPARD. The career of the\\npresent Prosecuting Attorney of Hillsdale\\nCounty, and one which has been highly cred-\\nitable to him as a public officer and a citizen, is in\\nits main points as follows: A native of Seneca\\nCountj Ohio, he was born April 17, 185(J, and is\\nthe son of Israel and Nancy (Brown) Shcpard, na-\\ntives of Seneca County, N. Y. He came to Michi-\\ngan with his parents when a little lad five years of\\nage. They settled on a farm in Palmyra, in Lena-\\nwee County, but two years later removed first to\\nRansom Township and then to Camden Township,\\nin this county, where Charles A. began his studies\\nin a select school. As the boy advanced in stature\\nand requirements, he entered first the Union School\\nat Reading, and subsequently Hillsdale College,\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0573.jp2"}, "574": {"fulltext": "562\\n^M\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n-t\\nemploj ing himself in winter as a teacher in order\\nto pay his tuition. He develoi)efl at an early age\\nthe qualities which later have constituted him a\\nprominent and useful man in this community.\\nUpon reaching his majority young Shepard, in\\n1877, took up his residence in the city of Hillsdale,\\nand commenced the studj of law in the office of\\nDickerman St. John. In the meantime he acted\\nas Turnkey and Deputy .Sherift under Sheriff George\\nW. Bullock, and by this means paid his expenses.\\nHe was admitted to the bar on the 4th of March,\\n1879, and opened his first office in thecitj of Hills-\\ndale, meeting with success from the start.\\nMr. Shepard, in 1882, was admitted as the law\\npartner of his brother, B. P. Shepard, and became\\nAssistant Prosecuting Attorney under the latter.\\nUpon the death of the latter he was appointed by\\nJudge Howell Prosecuting Attorney for the unex-\\npired term. He afterward officiated as Circuit\\nCourt Commissioner four years, and in 1884 was\\nelected Prosecuting Attorney for Hillsdale County,\\nreceiving the largest vote of any candidate on the\\nticket. At the convention, Aug. 28, 1886, he was\\nrenominated by acclamation. In the spring of\\n1886 he was the able assistant of ex-Gov. Austin\\nBlair in the prosecution of the Holcomb perjury\\ncase, und.er a change of venue from Jackson to this\\ncounty, and received much deserved praise.\\nDuring the incumbency of Mr. Shepard in this as\\nwell as other offices, Hillsdale County has had a\\nfaithful and efficient conservator of its interests,\\nand as a member of the bar he takes rank among its\\nbest men, although one of its youngest members.\\nPolitically, he is a strong Republican, and has great\\ninfluence with his party in this section.\\nIrlLLIAM BISHOP, who is well and favora-\\n\\\\jiJ// O^ -o the people of both Hillsdale\\nW^ and Cambria Townships, lives on the line\\nbetween the two, but his property is principally in\\nthe latter. Here he has 112 acres of good land, the\\nlarger part in a finely productive condition. He\\nhas labored to good advantage, and is rated among\\nthe intelligent and progressive men of this region.\\nCanandaigua Township, Ontario Co., N. Y., con-\\ntained the early home of our subject, where his\\nbirth took place Xov. 2, 1 826. under the modest\\nroof of his parents, Stephen and Charlotte (Smith)\\nBishop. Stephen Bishop was a native of Connecti-\\ncut, a farmer by occupation, and the son of Jared\\nBishop, who spent his entire life in the Nutmeg\\nState. He also followed agriculture, as had his\\nforefathers for generations. His son Stephen was\\nreared to manhood in his native county, where he\\nmarried the mother of our subject, who was a na-\\ntive of the same count} and of ancestry similar to\\nthat of her husband. Both families were repre-\\nsented in this countiy prior to the Revolutionarj\\nWar, in which conflict the maternal grandfather of\\nour subject carried his musket, and acquitted him-\\nself as a brave and patriotic soldier.\\nAfter the birth of a part of his family .Stephen\\nBishop left New England, and migrated to New\\nYork State, settling in Ontario County in 1814.\\nLocating upon a tract of partially improved land\\nin Canandaigua Township, he lived and labored\\nuntil called hence on the 17th of December, 1853,\\nwhen about sixty -eight years old. The wife and\\nmother survived until 1879, still continuing her\\nresidence at the old homestead, and .attained the ripe\\nold age of ninety -one years.\\nTo Stephen and Charlotte Bishop there were born\\nfour sons and five daughters, eight of whom lived\\nto mature years, and four are now surviving, being\\nresidents of the United States. William grew to\\nmanhood in his native count} and when but a\\nyouth commenced learning the carpenter s trade.\\nThis, however, was not entirely in accordance with\\nhis tastes, he preferring agricultural pursuits. In\\n1856, while yet unmarried, he made his way to\\nSouthern Michigan, locating first in the vicinity of\\nReading, on the western line of this county. Here\\nhe made the acquaintance of one of the most esti-\\nmable young ladies of that place. Miss Phebe A.\\nFrink, who became his wife Dec. 29, 1869.\\nMrs. Bishop was born in Cambria Township, Oct.\\n31, 1839, being the daughter of oue of its earliest\\npioneers, Nathan Frink. who married a Miss Doud,\\nwho was born near the city of Ithaca, N. Y. Mr.\\nFrink was a native of Connecticut, whence he re-\\nmoved in early life to New York State, and was\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0574.jp2"}, "575": {"fulltext": "1\\nHJLLSDALK COUNTY.\\n563 n\\\\\\nmarrierl in Monroe County. His father. David\\nFrink. w.as also of New England birth and parent-\\nage, and of excellent okl Quaker slock. lie re-\\nmoved from Connecticut to New York, and in the\\nlatter State p.assed aw.ay while middle aged. His\\nson Nathan was born in 1802, and removed with\\nhis father to Ontario County, N. Y., wjiere he was\\nreared to manhood, and married Miss Lorinda\\nDoud. After the birth of two children, Wealthy\\nand Walter, they set out for the Territory of Michi-\\ngan, and located in Rollin Township, Lenawee\\nCount} whence they removed a few years later to\\nCambria Mills, this county. Here Mr. Frink oper-\\nated a sawmill for several years, and contributed\\nhis quota to the development of the countr} around\\nhira. After building up a good record he rested\\nfrom his labors, Nov. 9, 18G7, p.assing away amid\\nthe regrets of the entire communit} Upon the\\norganization of the Repulilican party he became a\\ncordial supporter of its principles, and in religious\\nmatters held tenaciously to the Quaker faith of his\\nancestors.\\nThe mother of Mrs. Bishop h.ad preceded her\\nliusband to the silent land, her death taking place\\nin January, 186.5, when she was fifty-seven years\\nof age, her birth having taken place in 1809. Of\\nher marriage with Nathan Frink there had been born\\nthree sons and five daughters, of whom two sons\\nand four daughters are yet living. Phebe A., like\\nher brothers and sisters, accpured a common-school\\neducation, and those habits of industry and econ-\\nomy which eminently fitted her for the wife of a\\ngood and worthy man. Being a lover of books,\\nshe fitted herself for a teacher, which occupation she\\nfollowed some years before her marriage. Of her\\nunion with our subject there were born five chil-\\ndren, two of whom are deceased. Florence M. was\\neducated in tlie schools of Hillsdale Count} and\\nwas a teacher in the schools of Hillsdale for some\\ntime; she is now sojourning in Minnesota. Fannie\\nG. is ft graduate from Hillsdale College; Josephine\\nis pursuing her studies in the Hillsdale College;\\nCarrie E. died when sixteen months old, and Ed-\\nward when an infant of nine months.\\nMr. and Mrs. Bishop after their marriage located\\non a farm in Reading Township, where they lived\\nuntil 1870, and then took possession of their pres-\\nent homestead. Thej attend the Presliyterian\\nChurch, with which Mrs. Bishop has been connected\\nby membership for a number of j cars. Mr. Bishop,\\nlike his father before liiin, is a zealous supporter of\\nthe Republican party, has represented his township\\nin the County Board of Supervisors, and held the\\noffice of Townsliip Treasurer.\\n,i MAZIAH BIBBINS, one of the wide-awake\\nfarmers of Moscow Township, has been a\\nresident of Southern Michigan since a little\\nboy three and one-half 3 ears of age. Among\\nhis first recollections was tlie journey from New\\nY^ork State to Michigan, a part of which was made\\non a Lake Erie steamer. His parents upon their\\narrival in the young State of Michigan located in\\nJackson Count} where our subject enjoyed the\\nadvantages of a good district school, and being\\nbright and observing, made the most of his oppor-\\ntunities. He subsequently attended Albion College,\\nas well as taking a course in Hillsdale, attending\\nthe latter college two terms. After leaving school\\nhe entered upon the profession of a teacher, which\\nhe followed for a period of thirteen years. During\\nthe winter terms he not only employed himself\\nthus during the day, but also conducted an evening\\nschool. He was very successful as an instructor,\\nand has always taken the warmest interest in the\\nestablishment and maintenance of institutions of\\nlearning.\\nThe parents of our subject, George G. and Han-\\nnah (Storm) Bibbins, were natives of New Y ork\\nState, and his paternal grandfather, A. Bibbins,\\nserved as a soldier in the War of 1812. The par-\\nents were married in New York State, and settled\\nin Genesee County, whence they came first to Michi-\\ngan, in 1836, during its territorial days. They met\\nthe common lot of pioneers, but only remained this\\ntime until about 1848, then returned to New Y ork\\nState, where they remained four years, and sought\\nthe West again, this time locating as before, in\\nJackson County, whence not long afterward they\\nremoved to Coldwater, in Branch County. There\\nthe father became connected with the niarble works,\\nwith which he continued until his death, in 1864,\\nT", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0575.jp2"}, "576": {"fulltext": "564\\n4i\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nwhen fifty-two years old. The mother spent her\\nlast days at the home of her son Amaziah. She sur-\\nvived her husband alioiit twenty-four years, and\\npassed awaj on the 16th of February, 1888, after\\nhaving reached the advanced age of eiohty-tiiree.\\nThe parental household included six children, four\\nof whom lived to mature years, and two are now\\nliving. Amaziah was the third child, and was born\\n])ec. 22, 1841, in Genesee County, N. Y. After he\\nhad abandoned teaching, he, in company with Prof.\\nP. W. Hill, started out on a concert and conven-\\ntion tour through the Northwest, visiting the larger\\ncities of Minnesota and Wisconsin. This occupied\\nabout twelve months, and upon returning to Michi-\\ngan he prepared to engage in teaching, having in\\nview the establishment of domestic ties aixl a home\\nof his own.\\nMr. Bibbiiis while a resident of Moscow had\\nmade the acquaintance of a most estimable young\\nlady, Miss Anna, daughter of Liliius Squires, of\\nMoscow, with whom he was united in marriage in\\nthe spring of 18C4. This lady became the mother\\nof four children, namely: Leo, now deceased Will-\\niam L., Carlton and George G. Mrs. Anna Bib-\\nbins departed this life at her home in Moscow\\nTownship, Nov. 17, 187o, aged twenty-eight years.\\nTheir son William recently married iMiss Wyllis, a\\ndaughter of one of the first families of Moscow\\nTownship, and is engaged in the hardware trade at\\nMoscow Carlton and George G. make their home\\nwith their father, and are attending school.\\nThe present wife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarried April 22, 1875, was Miss Maiy W., daugh-\\nter of Amandar and Harriet (Sceley) Thompson,\\nwho were natives of New Y ork State. Mr. Thomp-\\nson came to Michigan when a boy, and his wife\\ncame with her parents also when quite young. They\\nweie married in Brooklyn, Jackson County, whence\\nafter a few years they changed their residence to\\nMoscow Village, this county, where the father en-\\ngaged in general merchandising, and continued\\nuntil his death, in 1881, at the age of fifty -seven\\nyears. The mother bad died in middle life, April\\n16, 186-1, when forty-three years old. Mrs. Bib-\\nbins was the younger of their two children, and\\nwas born in Moscow, Sept. 15, 1853. She received\\ngood educational advantages, as befitted the daugh-\\nter of a well-to-do citizen, attending the High\\nSchool at Adrian until failing health compelled her\\nto abandon her studies. This lady is the mother of\\none child, a son, Robert A., who was born April 6,\\n1876, and is pursuing his studies in the district\\nschools.\\nMr. Bibbins after his first maiTiage took up his\\nresidence in Moscow Village, where he was occupied\\nin teaching two or three years, then removed to\\nLiberty, where he followed the same emploj ment\\nuntil be had acquired sufficient capital for profit-\\nable investment. Then resolving upon a change of\\noccupation, he purchased 104 acres of good land on\\nsection 2, in IMoscow Township, to which he subse-\\nquentl} added forty acres more, and has since de-\\nvoted his time and attention to its improvement\\nand cultivation. He has remodeled and repaired\\nthe dwelling, erecte l a good barn, and added to the\\nvalue of the property in various ways. He has a\\nfashion of extracting considerablj enjoyment from\\nlife, and indulges himself in reading and music,\\nwhich recreation forms a pleasant lenture of his\\nhome. He uniformly votes the Republican ticket,\\nhas been Treasurer and Township Clerk, and filled\\nthe office of School Director for several years.\\nBoth he and his estimable wife are members in\\ngoo l standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\n^f) VERY BROWN, a worthy citizen of Mos-\\nj^fli cow Township, where he owns a good farm\\nti on section 33, which is well stocked with\\ngraded cattle and sheep of a good grade,\\nhas been a resident of Southern Michigan since\\nthe early days of its first settlement by the white\\nman. When he first came to Michigan it was a Ter-\\nritoiy, and the greater part of it was in a wild state,\\nwith vast, primeval forests, and almost impassable\\nswamps and morasses; the Indians still lurked about\\ntheir old haunts, and savage animals were numer-\\nous. The red men have long since gone from\\ntheir old home, the swamps have been drained, and\\nmuch of the forest h.as yielded to the woodman s\\nax, and they have given place to valuable farms,\\nthriving cities, and busy villages. Our subject has\\n1", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0576.jp2"}, "577": {"fulltext": "I\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n565\\nbeen a witness of ranch of this marvelous progress,\\nand by his industry has contributed iiis share to the\\ngeneral prosperitj of his adopted State.\\nMr. Brown was born in Winfield, Heriiinier Co.,\\nN. Y., Dec. G, 1816, and is a son of Franklin\\nand Polly (Morgan) Brown, natives of New York.\\nIn 1825 the father died at the earl} age of thirty-\\none, leaving a wife and four children, three boj s\\nand one girl, to mourn the loss of a kind husband\\nand father. Mrs. Brown afterward became the wife\\nof Phineas W. Packard, and four children were\\nborn to them.\\nWhen our subject was an infant his parents re-\\nmoved to Niagara County, and he there grew to\\nmanhood, receiving his education in the common\\nschools. He was early thrown on his own resources,\\nand being an active, self-reliant, trusty lad, easily\\nobtained employment, working out by the month.\\nHe was very ambitions to have better opportunities\\nfor achieving independence than he had in his na-\\ntive State, and conceived that he could do better\\nin the newly settled Territory of Jlichigan. Accord-\\ningly in May, 1833, he made his waj to Lenawee\\nCounty, and in Blissfield Township found work by\\nthe job, chopping wood and clearing land. ]n 1834\\nhe went to Jackson County, where he lived for\\nseveral years, and for fifteen or sixteen years worked\\nsteadily in the employ of others. During these\\nyears b} his industrious and prudent habits he\\nsaved up quite a sum of money, and became a\\nland-owner. He first bought sixty acres of land in\\nSpring Arbor, Jackson County, cleared fifty acres\\nof it, and then sold it, and purchased a sawmill\\nin Concord Township, the same county, which he\\noperated vei V profitably for three or four j-ears.\\nDuring that time he took a ver} important step by\\nhis marriage with Miss Ellen Pease, whereby he\\nsecured an able helpmate. She was born Veh. 16,\\n1820, in Royalton. Niagara Co., N. Y., and was\\nthe j-ounge.st of eight children, five sons and three\\ndaughters, born to their parents, George and Julia\\n(Joiner) Pease. They were natives of New York\\nState, and after marriage settled in Niagara County,\\nthat State. In 1829 they removed to Jackson\\nCounty, Mich., and in 1836 the father died at the\\nage of fifty j ears; the mother died in 1851 at the\\nage of seventy -seven. Mrs. Brown .attended school\\nin her native State for two years, and then, coming\\nwith her parents to Michigan, completed her edu-\\ncation in the common schools of this State. She\\nsubsequently learned the trade of tailoress. and be-\\ncame very expert at it. Her union with our sub-\\nject has been blessed bj the birth of five children,\\nnamely: Frank, Ella, George, Emma and Mary.\\nFrank is at home with his parents; Ella married\\nWilson Houseknecht, and is the mother of four chil-\\ndren Avery, George, Maud and William; George,\\nEmma and Mary are deceased.\\nAfter marriage Mr. Brown continued to manage\\nhis sawmill for two j ears, and then traded a one-\\nhalf interest in it for 160 acres of land in Moscow\\nTownship, where he has since been actively engaged\\nin agricultural pursuits. He sold thirty acres of\\nland, but subsequently bought forty acres more, so\\nthat he now owns a tract of 171 acres, whose broad\\nfields yield rich harvests, and give abundant evi-\\ndence of the careful tillage of the owner. He has\\nerected a substantial dwelling, convenient barns,\\nand other farm buildings. He has paid much atten-\\ntion to raising stock, and his graded cattle are\\nnumbered among the best in the township, as is\\nalso his fine flock of eighty sheep. Mr. Brown has\\ntaken a great interest in township affairs, and has\\ncontributed in no small measure to the prosperity\\nof his commnnit} He has done a great deal to\\nprocure good educational advantages for the youth\\nof Moscow, having held the position of school\\nofficer for thirty years. He has long been identi-\\nfied with the Masons as a member of the North\\nAdams Lodge. In him the Democratic party finds\\na stanch supporter.\\ne^8e\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0T=^ LI L. BOOTH, owner of a good farm on sec-\\nIfe] tion 31 in Pittsford Township, where he has\\nI i^ a ple.asant home, replete with all the com-\\nforts of life, is, like many of the men around him,\\na native of the Empire State. He was born near\\nthe town of Iloxbury, in Delaware County, July\\n17, 1827, and is the son of Levi and Phebe (Har-\\nlej Booth, natives of Connecticut.\\nThe father of our subject was born in the town\\nof Stafford, Conn., and leaving New England when\\nM^", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0577.jp2"}, "578": {"fulltext": "-5-\\na 566\\nII 4*\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ni\\na young man, marie his way to Delaware County,\\nN. Y., purchasing a tiact uf lanrl in the timber,\\nfrom which he elearerl a farm and where he spent\\nthe remainder of his days. The husband survived\\nhis wife several years and also died on the old\\nhomestead. E^li L. passed his boyhood and youth\\nin the manner common to the sons of pioneer far-\\nmers of thatda} acquiring a common-scliool educa-\\ntion in the home district, and as soon as old enough\\nmaking himself useful about the farm. When\\neighteen years old our subject left the parental\\nroof, and going to the vicinitj of Albany, worked\\nthere one and one-half years for an elder brother.\\nHis next residence was in Sweden. Monroe County,\\nwhere he continued as a farm laborer until 1854,\\nthen tiiinking it about time to begin the establish-\\nment of a home for himself and believing that the\\nWestern countiy offered better facilities for less\\ncapital, he made his way to this State, and taking up\\nhis residence in Pittsford Township, operated the\\nfirst year on a tract of rented land. The j ear fol-\\nlowing he purchased that which he now owns and\\noccupies. He and his young wife moved into a\\nvacant log house near by, and our subject then\\nciinimenccd in earnest tiie felling of the trees, first\\ntu make room for a more commodious dwelling, and\\nthen to prepare the land around it for cultivation.\\nOur subject has been a continuous resident upon\\ntliat land up to the present time. It is hardly nec-\\nessary tt) say he has effected a great change in its\\ncondition, having now a fine farm with good build-\\nings. He has also a fair assortment of live stock,\\nthe necessary macliinery for carrying on agricult-\\nure after the most approved methods, and all tlie\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i|i[)li:inucs of a modern c nuitry home. The lady\\nto wliom he was first married, JMiss samantha Clark,\\nwas a native of Monroe County, IS Y.. and the\\ndaughter of Lewis Clark, of Vermont, and one of\\nthe early settlers tf the Empire State. Of this mai-\\nriage there were born two daughters Victorine and\\nHattie. The former is the wife of D. C. Luts, of\\nPittsford, and the latter lives with her sister. The\\nmother of these died at her home in Pittsford\\nTownship, in April, 1867.\\nThe present wife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarried Sept. 11, 1867, was Miss Louisa Windle.\\nMrs. Booth was l)orn in Nottinghamshire, England,\\nSept. 13, 1844, and is the daughter of John Win-\\ndle, a native of the same place, where he was i eared\\nand married. This latter event took place on the\\n8th of August. 1839. Eleven years later the par-\\nents emigrated to America and settled in New-\\nfane. Niagara Co., N. Y. In 1857 he came to this\\ncounty, and located in Wright Township, but is\\nnow a resident of Marshall, this State. The maiden\\nname of the mother of Mrs. Booth was Elizalieth\\nCorkins, also a native of Nottinghamshire. Her\\ndeath took place in AVright Township, this count}\\nin 1865.\\nTo Eli L. and Louisa Booth there have been\\nborn two children: Elnora Maude, Aug. 10, 1871,\\nand Ermie Belle, March 18, 1881. Mr. Booth\\nvotes the straight Republican ticket, and pursues\\nthe even tenor of his way as a peaceful and law-\\nabiding citizen, attending chiefly to his own con-\\ncerns, and contributing his quota toward the\\nprosperity of his township.\\nT. BUTTS is a thrifty and practical general\\nWll% farmer, who has recently identified himself\\nwith the agricultural interests of Cambria\\nTownship, where he is successfully carry-\\nino on his well-improved farm of fifty-five acres on\\nsection 28. He does not confine his attention\\nexclusively to farming, however, but being a skill-\\nful stonemason, having learned that trade while in\\nSodus, Wayne Co., N. Y., his services are often in\\ndemand in that direction. He is an Englishman by\\nbirth, having been born in Hadley Castle, Worces-\\ntershire, England, Nov. 8, 1846, being a son of\\nMatthew and Elizabeth (Palmer) Butts. His par-\\nents, now advanced in life, being seventy-five years\\nof age, still reside in Hadley Castle; they are emi-\\nnently worthy, respectable people. The father is\\na layman in the Church of England, of which the\\nmother is also a devoted member. They had a\\nlarge family of children, twelve of whom are living\\nand six are deceased.\\nThe subject of this sketch is the second son of\\nthis family, and he was reared and educated in the\\nplace of his birth. For eighteen months before\\ncomino to America he was in Scotland, where he w,t,s", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0578.jp2"}, "579": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n567\\nin the service of Maimaduke Maxwell, iu the capac-\\nity of under butler. He subsequently left Dum-\\nfriesshire in the land of the Scot, having determined\\nto make his way to the United States of America,\\nwhere he hoped to better his condition and become\\nmore independent. Accordingly, with that ambi-\\ntious desire in view, he embarked from his native\\nEngland in .January. 1866, and crossing the waters\\nto this country, located in Wayne Count} N. Y.\\nThere he was first employed on a farm, and after-\\nward acquired a good knowledge of the stonema-\\nson s trade, as before related.\\nThe first year of his life in this country was a\\nvery important one to our subject, for it w.is then\\nthat he wooed and married the estimable lady who\\nhas ever since been his faithful helper and devoted\\ncompanion, and they united their fortunes Nov. 7,\\n1866. The maiden name of his wife was Aphelia\\nR. Howell, and she was born in Palmyra, Wayne\\nCo., N. Y., Jan. 22, 1836. Her parents wei-e Isa.ic\\nM. and Susan (Chrj-sler) Howell, both of whom\\nare now deceased, having died in Palmyra, N. Y.,\\nthe mother in August, 1883. at the .age of seventy-\\none, and the father, who was a farmer, in 1868.\\nMrs. Butts, of this notice, was the eldest daughter\\nand second child of the four children born to her\\nparents, there being one son and three daughters in\\nthe family. She was well educated in the public\\nschools, and received a careful domestic training\\nfrom her mother, remaining under the parental roof\\nuntil her marriage. Her wedded life with our sub-\\nject has, indeed, been blessed by the birth of seven\\nchildren, but of these only two are spared to com-\\nplete the family circle All)erton H. and Warren M.\\nFive of their loved ones are now quietly sleeping\\ntheir last sleep George E., Ida, Ada, Mark and\\nEddie.\\nThe sun comes up, and the sun goes down\\nOn sorrow, and sin. and .aching.\\nAnd to all the evil that s in the world,\\nThej will know no waking;\\nThey are safe, the}* are safe, from all that is sad,\\nSafe, and quietly sleeping.\\nAfter marri.agc Mr. and Mrs. Butts made their\\nhome in the State of New York for a number of\\nyears, but in 1883 they came with their family to\\nthis State, and have since been valued residents of\\nCambria Township, where Mr. Butts h.as recently\\npurchased his present farm. He is an intelligent,\\nhonest, hard-working man, and well deserves the\\nsuccess that he has attained. He has proved him-\\nself a good citizen of his adopted country, and in\\npolitics is a warm Democrat. Mrs. Butts is a sin-\\ncere and earnest Christian, and a member of the\\nPresbyterian Church.\\nI jfelLLIAM E. BURNETT, one of the foremost\\n\\\\/sJl/ community of Jefferson Town-\\n\\\\j/^ ship, owns and occupies a good farm located\\non section 3. He is in the prime of life, a native\\nof this State, having been born Oct. 11, 1841, in\\nJackson County. Of that locality his parents, John\\nand Judith (Otto) Burnett, were early pioneers,\\ncoming to Michigan while it was still a Territory.\\nThe parents of our subject were natives of New\\nYork and of Dutch ancestry. The father, upon\\ncoming to Jackson Count} entered a tract of land\\nfrom the Government and labored upon it until\\n1849, when he came to this countj and rented land\\nin Jefferson Township, upon which he operated un-\\ntil 1854. He then purch.ased a small farm on sec-\\ntion 4, where he labored until called hence, in 1864.\\nThe mother is .also dece.ased.\\nThe p.arental family of our subject included four\\nchildren, all of whom lived to mature years. James\\nF. died at his home in Jones ville. Dee. 6, 1881,\\nleaving two daughters and his wife; they reside in\\nJonesville. Chancy V. is a resident of Jonesville,\\nwhere he carries on farming, operates as a stone\\ncontractor, and is at the head of quite a family of\\nchildren William E., our subject, was the third son.\\nThe only daughter, Mary E., became the wife of\\nOrlo Cheever, and died at her home in 1874. leaving\\none daughter, Mrs. Luella Moore.\\nMr. Burnett, our subject, acquired a fair educa-\\ntion in the common schools and commenced doing\\nfor himself when about seventeen years of age.\\nSince that time he has made his own waj unaided,\\nworking first by the month, then renting land, and\\nabout 1863 invested his little capital in a house and\\nlot in Osseo Village, Jefferson Township. He was\\ni\\nT*", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0579.jp2"}, "580": {"fulltext": "1\\n568\\n4^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nmarried. Dec. 24. 1H6.3, to Miss Emeline, flaugliter\\nof Simon and Tiieana (Seely) Duryec. who was\\nborn in Lt Tiawee County, tin s State. Oct. .5, 1845.\\nHer parents were early settlers of Southern Michi-\\ngan, and are now deceased.\\nMr. and Mrs. Burnett commerced tlie journey of\\nlife together in Osseo. and in 1S65 he purchased\\nseventy acres of land where his home now is, it be-\\ning a i)art of the homestead of his wife s people, to\\nwhicii they had removed when she was a little child\\nfour years of age. They occupied the old house\\nuntil 1873, when Mr. Burnett i)ut up a substantial\\nbrick residence, and besides this has now three good\\nbarns and all tlie other improvements required bj-\\nthe progressive agriculturist. His next purchase\\nwas in 1879. and comprised fifty acres, so that his\\nfarm now embraces 120 acres of good land worth\\nabout 160 an acre, being located six and one-half\\nmiles from the city of Hillsdale.\\nTo our subject and his wile there were born four\\nchildren, one of whom died in infancy, one at the\\nage of six, and one when fourteen years old.\\nThe only one living is a son, Cliarles Ernest, who\\nwas born Aug. 18, 1869. and vvho is now at home.\\nMr. l^urnett, upon reaching his majoiit} identified\\nhimself with the Republican partj and has been\\nvery popular among the people of this count}-,\\nserving as Deputy Sheriff twelve j-ears and Con-\\nstable five years. He has also been a member of\\nthe School Board twelve years, which he thinks is\\nenough to subdue any ordinarj man.\\nChan(;y Bmxlett, brother of our subject, during\\nthe late war served in the Union army, first in the\\n4th Michigan Infantrj- three months, and then rc-\\nenlisteil in the service. He was in the battles\\nof the Wilderness and Gettysburg, in both of which\\nhe was wounded, once in the shoulder by a shell\\nwhich passed through bis blanket and knapsack, and\\nthe next time in the back of the neck. He was not\\nrelieved from service until 1866, and on account\\nof his wound receives a pension.\\nOn the southeast corner of the southwest quarter\\nof section 3, was recently opened a cemetery by\\na company duly organized under the State law,\\nin the year 1886. Of this Mr. Burnett was made\\nPresident, and under his watchful care the burial\\nground receives that attention vvhich all such places\\nshould, but which, in the country especial!} are too\\napt to be neglected. Mr. Burnett is distinguished\\nfor his liberality and the lively interest which he\\ntakes in ever} enterprise calculated for the good of\\nthe people around him.\\nUS. LOUISA HALL, widow of William\\ni\\\\ Cicero Hall, late of Moscow Township,\\nli came to Michigan with her husband soon\\nafter her marriage, and located upon the\\nfarm where she now lives in 1854. The homestead\\nis at present under the management of her son-in-\\nlaw, and Mrs. Hall, surrounded by many friends,\\nis passing her later years in the enjoj ment of the\\ncomfort and ease to which she is justly entitled.\\nThe daughter of Gilbert and Margaret (Barthalf)\\nPost, Mrs. Hall was the youngest of three children,\\nand was born in Erie County, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1835.\\nHer parents were natives of Orange County, that\\nState, but were married in Genesee County, where\\nthey settled and lived until their daughter Louisa\\nwas twelve years of age. Then, emigrating to the\\nyoung State of Michigan, the} located in Fayette\\nTownship, where the father conducted a hotel four\\nmiles east of Jonesville two or three years, and\\nthen on account of continued illness in the family\\nwent back to his native State. He died there in\\nthe town of Akron, Erie County, in 1855, at the\\nage of sixty-seven years. The mother survived\\nher husband over twenty years, spending her last\\ndays in Akron, and dying in 1880 at the age of\\nsixty-six. The brother of Mrs. Hall is living in\\nAkron, N. Y., and her sister in this county.\\nRemaining with her parents during her chihUiood\\nand youth, Mrs. Hall acquired her education in the\\ncommon schools of her native county, and when a\\nmaiden of eighteen years was married, Dec. 29,\\n1853, to William Cicero Hall, the wedding taking\\nplace at the home of the bride s parents in Akron,\\nN. Y. Her husband was the son of Jeremiah and\\nPhilinda (Crowell) Hall, who were also natives of\\nthe Empire State, and who after their marriage\\nsettled in Erie County, where they spent the re-\\nmainder of their lives. The mother died in 1870\\nwhen sixty-seven years old. Jeremiah Hall married", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0580.jp2"}, "581": {"fulltext": "u\\nll\\nlULLSDALK COUNTY.\\n569\\na seconrl time, nnd later sold his farm, and remov-\\ning to the villiige of Aliron there siwnt his last days,\\nhis death taking i)lace in 1881. when lie was eighty-\\none years old. Of his first marriage there were\\nborn six children, four sons and two daughters,\\nWilliam Cicero being the third child. He also was\\nborn in Akron, Erie County, Sept. 24, 1832, and\\nreceived a common-school education.\\nSoon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hall set\\nout for the State of Micliigan, and after settling in\\nMoscow Township, pursuing the theory that a\\nrolling stone gathers no moss, here decided to re-\\nmain. Mr. Hall was enterprising and industrious,\\nand in addition to the cultivation of his land, put\\nup a good set of frame buildings, and in due time\\nbecame the possessor of the improved machinery\\nnecessary for carrying on the farm after the most\\nmodern and successful methods. He was noted for his\\nstrict attention to business, but was not too selfish\\nto interest himself in the welfare of the people\\nabout him. and to their repeated solicitations re-\\nsponded cheerfully in disciiargiiig the duties of the\\nvarious township otHces and holding otiier positions\\nof trust and responsibilitj He was a man who in-\\nvariably made friends, being prompt to meet his\\nobligations, and of the strictest intogrit} Amid\\nthe sorrow of his family and the regrets of friends,\\nhe passed away at the home lie had labored to build\\nui), on tiie tiOth of January, 1887.\\nMr. and Mrs. Hall were the parents of one child\\nonl^ a daiigiiter, Cora P., wiio became the wife of\\nHerbert Sturdevant, a native of Fairfield, Vt., and\\nwho is now operating the homestead. They have\\nhad two children: Hattie L., who died when four-\\nteen uiontiis old, and Arthur, a blight iioy of nine\\nmonths. Mrs. Hall is a lady held in great respect\\nby her neighbors, and a member in good standing\\nof the Metho list Episcopal Church, of North\\nAdams.\\nrjy i t-\u00c2\u00bb^^\\nWilLLIAM H. MOUEY, one of the most suc-\\ncessful general farmers of the township of\\nReading, and one of the well and favora-\\nbly known men of Southern Michigan, now occu-\\npies a !easant home on section 3C, consisting of a\\nwell-improved farm of 240 acres situated only\\nabout two miles from Reading Village. Mr. Morey\\nhas resided on this farm for a period of twenty-\\nfour years, and has managed it with much success.\\nIn addition to general farming he makes a specialty\\nof stock-raising, in which he has been very success-\\nful. His farm is eminently adapted to the growth\\nof all the products of this climate, and the buildings\\nwhich go to beautify the home compare favorably\\nin all their appointments with those of this class in\\nany jjart of the country.\\nThe subject of this narrative first saw the light\\non his father s old homestead on section 26 of tliis\\ntownship. Sept. 4, 1842. (For parental history see\\nsketcii of Chester E. Morey.) He is the eldest of\\na family of four children, three of whom are still\\nliving, while the other died in infancy. He was\\nreared under tiie parental roof and had the guid-\\nance of good and loving parents, with whom he\\nremained until he became of age. He received his\\neducation in the public schools of the township, and\\nassisted his father in his agricultural duties.\\nMr. Morey was united in marriage, Oct. 1, 1863,\\nin Reading, with Miss Marion E. Hughes, who was\\nborn Jul} 29, 1846, in Reading Township, and is the\\neldest child of Charles and JIatilda (Doud) Hughes,\\nthe former of whom died in Reading, May 8, 188,S,\\nwhen he was sixty-five years old. He was born in\\nRhode Island, but removed to New York when a\\nlad of about twelve j ears, and tiieiice came to\\nMichigan while he was yet unmarried. He was an\\nearly settler in Reading Township, where he mar-\\nried and reared his family, and transformed his\\ntract of land into a well-improved farm. Mrs.\\nHughes is yet living with her youngest son, Charles\\nW., of Reading Townslii}), and is now about sixty-\\ntwo years of age. In her old age she is much\\nafflicted with rheumatic com|)laints, but bears her\\ntrials witli Christian fortitude and resignation.\\nMrs. Morey enjoyed the advantages of a good\\ncommon-school education, which she utilized bj\\nteaching school for some years prior to her mar-\\nriage. She has borne to her husband three chil-\\ndren, two of whom died young; the second child,\\nFred E., resides at home, and is engjiged in operat-\\ning tlie large farm belonging to his father. He is\\na young man of great promise, intelligent and of\\nstrict integrity, and has a Ijright future before him.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0581.jp2"}, "582": {"fulltext": "11^\\n570\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nOur subject and his family are members of tlie\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, and are honored and\\nrespected members of society, taking an active in-\\nterest in all measures inaugurated for the building\\nup of their community. Mr. Morey has served as\\na school officer for man^^ years, and takes an active\\ninterest in the cause of education, believing that it\\nis a better lifeguard for a countr3 than a standing\\narmy. Early in life he identified himself with the\\nRepublican party, and still gives to it his loyal ad-\\nherence.\\nI at 1\\nON. J. J. BUCK, attorney-at-law in Emporia,\\nKan., and Judge of tiie Superior Court in\\nthat State, was born in Moscow Township,\\nthis county, and spent his boyhood and\\nyouth under the parental roof. In the biography\\nof his brother, Albert B. Buck, will be found a\\nsketch of those from whom he drew his origin.\\nHe left home at the age of eighteen, and became\\na student of Hillsdale College, from which he was\\ngraduated. He was married to Miss Molly Tiche-\\nnor, who was graduated from the same institution,\\nwhere their acquaintance was formed.\\n]Mr. Buck first located at Waupon, AV^is., where\\nhe continued to reside until the outbreak of the\\nRebellion, and then organized a company, of which\\nhe was made Captain, with the intention of taking\\nthe field. The illness of his family, however, com-\\npelled him to abandon this project for the time,\\nbut upon their recovery he enlisted as a private in\\na Wisconsin regiment of cavalry. He was soon\\npromoted to the rank of Captain and subsequently\\nto that of Colonel. He was with Sherman during\\nhis march to the sea, under the immediate command\\nof Gen. Kilpatrick. He performed his duties as a\\nsoldier in a brave and faithful manner, continuing\\nat his post of duty until the close of the war.\\nCapt. Buck was what might be properly called\\na hot-headed Abolitionist, and was also an advo-\\ncate of free speech. Upon his retirement from the\\narmy he began publishing the Clarksville Patriot,\\nand was also the author of a treatise entitled The\\nCarpet Bagger, which produced a great sensation\\nat the time, and on account of which his life was\\nthreatened. He never flinched from his convic-\\ntions and his sense of duty, however, and it soon\\nbecame evident that he would rather lose his life\\nthan abandon his principles. The hatred of him in\\ntime changed to a sentiment of respect, as indicated\\nby the fact that he was elected in due time District\\nJudge in Tennessee, serving his term with credit to\\nhimself and satisfaction to his constituents.\\nUpon leaving Tennessee Judge Buck settled in\\nEmporia, Kan., and there entered upon a successful\\nlaw practice, which steadily increased from the\\nbeginning, and which is probably not excelled by\\nthat of anj attorney in the State. He was elected\\nJudge of the Superior Court of the State of Kan-\\nsas, and in. this responsible position has acquitted\\nhimself with great credit. He has a ple.asant home\\nin the city of Emporia. His friends comprise the best\\nelement of the city, and the people generally of\\nthat section unite in ranking him among their most\\nsubstantial and reliable men.\\n,ENJAMIN G. STRONG, M. D., a rising\\nyoung physician and surgeon of Reading, is\\na graduate of the medical department of\\nthe Michigan University, from which he\\ncame forth with much honor in 1883. He com-\\nmenced the regular practice of his profession in\\n1884, and practiced alone until 1887, at which time\\nDr. D. AV. Fenton came to Reading and associated\\nhimself with Dr. Strong, since which time the two\\nhave operated together successfully, and are now\\nin the enjoyment of a flattering patronage.\\nDr. Strong was born under the roof where he\\nnow resides, Sept. 19, 1860, and where he has made\\nhis home the greater part of his life. He pursued\\nhis early studies in the public schools of his native\\ntown, and before entering regularly upon the study\\nof medicine, was employed jis a drug clerk until\\nchoosing his profession in life. While under the\\nhome roof he acquired a preparatory knowledge of\\nthe science of medicine, his father having been a\\nsuccessful practitioner of man} years experience.\\nAfter leaving the drug-store young Strong entered\\nthe medical department of the Michigan Univer-\\nsit} at Ann Arbor, from which he was graduated\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0582.jp2"}, "583": {"fulltext": "I*\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n571\\nill Fel)uiai-3 1883, ancl rctuniing to his olfl home\\nput (lilt his fiist shingle, Oct. 17, 1884. .Since the\\ndeath of his father. Dr. Asahel B. Strong, the son\\nhas succeeded in a large measure to the practice of\\nthe latter.\\nThe parental history of our subject is as follows\\nAsahel B. Strong was born in Westhampton, Mass.,\\nJan. Itj, 1826, and was the son of Asahel Strong,\\n.Sr., who came of good vU\\\\ Puritan stock and fol-\\nlowed the occupation of a farmer. The Strong\\nfamily in this country emanated it is believed from\\na single representative, John Strong, who in 1630\\nemigrated from Plymouth, England, to the United\\nStates, and whose descendants have now become a\\nlarge following, being scattered plentifully through-\\nout New England and the West. Thej have been\\nuniformly people noted for their enterprise and in-\\ndustry, their intellect and education, being found\\namong the military, ministerial and educational\\nwalks of life. They have also been people well-to-\\ndo, prompt to meet their obligations, and with little\\nuse for poorhouses or jails.\\nWhen Asahel B. .Strong was but a boy his father\\nleft New England and migrated to the young .Stiite\\nof Ohio, where the son developed into manhood,\\nand availed himself of the practical education to\\nbe obtained in the public schools. He early in life\\nmade choice of his vocation, the practice of medi-\\ncine, and studied for some time under Dr. Cleve-\\nland, of Huntsburg, Ohio, a skilled phj-sician and\\nsurgeon. Later he entered the Medical School at\\nColumbus, from which he was graduated with\\nhonors, Feb. 19, 1849. In May following he turned\\nhis steps toward the farther west, and coming to\\nthis county identified himself with the young town-\\nship of Reading, which was then fast settling up,\\nbut before the village had received its name or\\nbeen started.\\nThe father of our subject, still an unmarried man,\\nput out his shingle and was soon recognized as the\\ncoming doctor of his town and the country around.\\nHe was strong and active, fond of athletic sports,\\nand could outrun, outjump or throw any in;in in\\nthis section of the country. When the hamlet of\\nReading began to assume townlike proportions. Dr.\\nStrong, Sr., was at once recognized .is its leading\\nphysician and one of its most proniineut citizens,\\nin which light he was regarded until his death.\\nOne of the rooms of his dwelling was set apart for\\npost-office purposes, and w ith the assistance of his\\nexcellent wife he attended to its duties uniiiterrupt-\\nedl} as Postmaster for several years. Born and\\nbred amid the principles of patriotism, upon the\\noutbreak of the late war lie was among the first to\\noffer his services, enlisting in the 1st Michigan\\nSharpshooters as Assistant Surgeon, and in cora-\\npiinj with Dr. Whelon, of Hillsdale, was pres-\\nent thereafter upon many hard-fought battle-fields,\\nand at one time had a hole put through the crown\\nof his hat by the enemy s ball. He never evaded\\nanj- duty or sought to shelter himself on account\\nof his position in the armj but cheerfully shared\\nthe fare of the common soldier, and such was his\\ndisregard of his own personal safetj and his faithful\\nattendance upon his duties that he contracted a mal-\\nady which finally compelled his resign.ation, and\\nwhich was the indirect cause of his death. He re-\\nturned from the army bearing little semblance to\\nthe man with the stout ])hysical frame, capable of\\ngreat endurance, which he had been before that\\ntrying time.\\nAfter the war Dr. Asahel Strong resumed the\\npractice of his profession at Reading, which he con-\\ntinued for many years. The mother of our subject,\\nwho in her girlhood was Miss Cornelia Grinnell,\\nthen of Jefferson County, N. Y., was born in Ellis-\\nburg, Dec. 3, 1824, and became the wife of Dr.\\nAsahel Strong on the 24th of April, 18.51, the wed-\\nding being celebrated at the home of the bride in\\nEvans Mills, that county. Her father, Ezra Grin-\\nnell, in early manhood married Miss Catherine De-\\no-olier, .and both have long since passed away. Mrs.\\nGrinnell departed this life April 20, 18C0, in Jef-\\nferson County, N. Y., and the father died at the\\nhome of his sister, Mrs. Strong, in Reading, Dec.\\n11, 1885, at the ripe old age of ninety-four years.\\nThe maternal grandfather of our subject had been\\na lifelong .agriculturist and a man of more than or-\\ndinary intelligence, taking a prominent part in the\\naffairs of his community. Both parents were con-\\nsistent members of the Presbyterian Church.\\nMrs. Cornelia Strong was well reared by most\\nexcellent parents, and making good use of her op-\\nportunities at school developed into an efficient", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0583.jp2"}, "584": {"fulltext": "572\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nteacher, which profession she followed for some\\ntime before her marriage. She is yet living, and\\nalthough quite well advanced in years, j et retains\\nher mental and physical powers with little less than\\nold-time vigor, being ver} intelligent and active.\\nBesides her son, Benjamin G., she has a daughter,\\nCarrie M., who is now the wife of Theodore Curtis,\\nof the firm of Curtis Bros., extensive furniture manu-\\nfacturers and dealers, in Reading.\\nThe subject of tiiis sketch while a resident of\\nIndiana was married, Dec. 25, 1884, in the city of\\nIndianapolis, to Miss Alice Bartholomew, who was\\nalso born in Reading Township, this county, Deo.\\n23, 1865. When a young girl eleven years of age\\nher parents removed to Indianapolis, in which city\\nher education was completed. They subsequently\\nwent still farther east to New York City, where\\nthe father, W. I. Bartholomew, is successfully en-\\ngaged dealing in carriage specialties. Dr. Strong\\nand his estimable wife are the parents of one child,\\na girl, Blessing B., born Oct. 2, 1885. They are\\nvery popular in this part of Hillsdale County and\\nprominent iu society The Doctor is a member in\\ngood standing of the Blue Lodge and Chapter, A. F.\\nA. M., at Reading. He is also prominently\\nidentified with the I. O. O. F., belonging to Sub-\\nordinate and JIncampment lodges at Reading, and\\nis a member of the K. of P. As a member of the\\nBoard of Health he is entrusted with important\\nmatters, and has been called upon to fill various\\nother local offices.\\n^ILBERT Z. HART, well known throughout\\nIII Hillsdale Township and vicinity, came to\\n^^41 Michigan in 1855, and located in this\\ncounty, of which he has since remained a resident.\\nHis property includes eighty acres in one piece, and\\nthirty-eight and one-half acres in another, on sec-\\ntion 20. the residence and farm buildings being on\\nsection 21. He is engaged in general farming, and\\nis rated as a steady-going and reliable citizen, who\\nis contributing his quota toward the progress and\\nwelfare of his community.\\nBorn in Perry, Wyoming Co., N. Y., Oct. 24,\\n1823, our subject is the son of Almon and Polly\\n(Harmon) Hart, natives of Massachusetts, and the\\ngrandson of Solomon R. and Mary (Beach) Hart,\\nwho were born in Berkshire County, that State, and\\nbecame well-known, well-to-do and highly respected\\ncitizens. To the grandparents there were born\\ntwelve children, namely: Amanda, Reuben, Tyrus,\\nPolly, Almon, Elizabeth, Ann, Alvira, Candace,\\nMilan, Alfred and Solomon R. Almon, the father\\nof our subject, w.as born Sept. 4, 1797, and died in\\nthis county on the 9th of March, 1874. He was a\\nfarmer by occupation, and a member of the Uni-\\nversalist Church. A man of high character and\\nmore than ordinarj capacities, he was, wherever he\\nmade his home, a highly respected member of the\\ncommunity. He possessed great genius as a me-\\nchanic, and without serving any apprenticeship,\\nmanufactured many handsome and useful articles\\nfor the convenience of his family, and in this man-\\nner saved hundreds of dollars in connection with\\nhis buildings. The mother, who survived her hus-\\nband about six years, was born May 24, 1 800, and\\ndied in the home of her son, our subject, on the\\n1st of August, 1881. In religious belief she sym-\\npathized with her husband, and in all respects was\\nhis faithful companion and helpmate. Their seven\\nchildren were named respectively: Alonzo J., Gil-\\nbert Z. (our subject), Jerome W., William M., Al-\\nvira S., Louisa M. and William T. The latter,\\nduring the late war, enlisted in Companj D, 18th\\nMichigan Infantr3 and on the 4th of September,\\n1862, started with his comrades for the front. At\\nthe headquarters in Nashville he was injured by a\\nmule, and on the 21st of June following died, and\\nwas brought back to Hillsdale and buried.\\nOur subject passed his boyhood and 3 outh learn-\\ning the various details of agriculture at the pa-\\nrental homestead, and acquired his education in the\\ncommon school. Just before reaching his twenty-\\nfourth birthday he was married, Oct. 19, 1847, to\\nMiss Eliza A. Warren, Rev. Page, of the Presbj\\nterian Church, of Perry. N. Y., officiating. Mrs.\\nHart was born in Livingston County, that State,\\nOct. 14, 1826, and is the daughter of Ira and Ann\\nEliza (Sharpsteen) Warren, natives respectively of\\nConnecticut and New York. Mr. Warren, who\\nwas born Jan. 11, 1798, carried on farming all his\\nlife, and rested from his labors at his home at Allen,", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0584.jp2"}, "585": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n573\\nHillsdale County, this State, on the 7th of Novem-\\nlier, 187(1. He was a man who made of life a suc-\\neess and was ever stii vinij for the best it could affi)rd,\\nparticularly in an intellectual sense. He became\\nrominent in township affairs, occupied the various\\nlocal offices, and is remembered as a highly valued\\ncitizen. The parents were married in 1820. The\\nmother was born Aug. 6, 1800, in Dutchess Count}\\nN. Y., and passed awaj* some sixteen years before\\nthe death of her husband, her decease occurring\\nAug. 13. 1860, at her home in Hillsd.-ile. The\\neleven children of the parental household bore the\\nnames of Almira, Haiuiah .1., Eliza A., Fanny M.,\\nSamuel S., Harriet, John, Walter, Elizabeth, George\\nH. and Slargaret A. George and John served as\\nUnion soldiers in the late war, the former being in tlie\\n18th Michigan Infantry, and John m the 4th Michi-\\ngan Battery. The hardships and privations of\\narmy life resulted tj George in the loss of health,\\nfrom wliich he never recovered. He is now resid-\\ning ill Cambria Townshij). John served three years,\\nand although in many a hard-fought battle, re-\\nturned home in safetj and is now living in Emmet\\nCounty, Mich.\\nOur subject and his wife became the parents of\\ntwo children: Henry H. was born Sept. 13, 1848,\\nin Perrj-, Wyoming Co., N. Y. He received his\\neducation in the common schools of this county,\\nand in the Commercial College at Hillsdale, and on\\nthe 2oth of September, 1872, was married to Miss\\nJane M. White, Rev. W. H. Pierce, of the Meth-\\nodist Church, officiating. Mrs. .lane Hart was born\\nin Livingston County, N. 1 M.ay 24, 1851, and\\ncompleted her education in the High School of\\nColdwater, this State. Her jjurents, William L.\\nand Jane E. (White) White, were also natives of\\nthe Emi)ire State, the father born April 6, 1813, and\\nthe mother December 10 of the same year. William\\nL. White carrie l on farming successfully, built up\\na good home in Branch County, and departed hence\\non the 9th of April, 1881. The mother is still liv-\\ning, remains a widow, and makes her home in Ba-\\ntavia, Mich. Tlie six children of the household\\ncircle bore the names of Sarah, Mona G., Jenette\\nW., Elizabeth, William L. and J. M.\\nFrank L. Hart, the younger son of our subject,\\nwas born Dec. 29, 1851, and died on the 11th of\\nr-\\nAugust, 1855, soon after the arrival of his parents\\nin this countj The f.-ither, Gilbert Z., and his re-\\nmaining son. Henry IL, together with the wife of\\nthe latter, are in sympathy with the doctrines of the\\nUniversalist Church. Henry H. Hart, like his\\nfather, is destined to become a man of prominence\\nin his community, and has alread} been the in-\\ncumbent of various local offices, among them Treas-\\nurer and Township Clerk. Both father and son\\nare Republicans.\\n3-*--\\nJAMES BEATTIE. Scientists claim that the\\nphysical features of a country largely in-\\nfluence the habits and development of its\\ninhabitants. Where the surface is rugged\\nand the climate neither too severe nor too enervat-\\ning, and where man has to tojl in order to secure\\nthe necessaries and comforts of life, there will be\\nfound the highest t3pes of humanit} both raentall}\\nand physicall}-. Our subject has descended from\\nsuch ancestry, and was himself born in the laud of\\nthe heather in Aberdeenshire, Aug. 1 1, 1823. He is\\nnow enjoying in a large measure the esteem and\\nconfidence of the people of his county, who have\\nelected him to the responsible position of Treasurer\\nof the count}-.\\nThe parents of our subject, Walter and Catherine\\n(Anderson) Beattie. were natives of the same country\\nas their son. and there remained engaged in agri-\\ncultural piu suits until 1830. Being circumscribed\\nin their farming operations, with a famil} growing\\nup around them, they determined to seek a field of\\nlabor which held out more inducements for the\\nrising generation. AccordingI}-, in 1830, they bade\\ngood-by to their home and friends and set sail for\\nthe New World. LTpon their arrival in this country\\nthey soon made their way to Ohio, where they set-\\ntled in Ricliland County upon a farm, which the\\nfather improved, and where both parents passed the\\nremainder of their da3s.\\nJames Beattie was one of a family of nine chil-\\ndren, three boj S and six girls, who came to brighten", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0585.jp2"}, "586": {"fulltext": "574\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nthe housi hold of their parents; all liverl to be men\\nand women, assisting in the laudable effort to build\\nup a home and a position in society, wiiile five of\\nthem are still living, .lames was the fifth in order\\nof birth, and passed his early j-ears in his native\\nshire, attending the .parish school, in which he con-\\ntinued until lie was thirteen years old, when he as-\\nsisted his father on the farm, and also taught school.\\nIn the summer of 1840 he came to America, land-\\ning at Oswego, N. Y., whence he went to Cleveland,\\nOhio, and from there to his parents in Richland\\nCount} He taught school in that count} for some\\ntime, and then attended the Ashland Academy,\\nwhere he pursued his studies two years, after which\\nhe resumed his profession and taught four years in\\none district, and then in different districts for\\ntwent} quarters. He next engaged in agricultural\\npursuits in Ashland County, which he followed a\\nnumber of years, alternating the work with school\\nteaching.\\nIn the fall of 18()2 Mr. Beattie went to Williams\\nCounty, Ohio, and settling on a farm remained\\nthere until Ills removal to this county, ten years\\nlater. Here he settled on a farm in Amboy Town-\\nship, and engaged in farming pursuits, residing\\nthere until his removal to the city of Hillsdale. He\\nseived as Supervisor of Amboy Township eight\\nyears, and since his residence in Hillsdale he has\\nserved in different capacities. In the fall of 1886\\nhe was elected by the Republican party to the of-\\nfice of Treasurer of Hillsdale County, assuming his\\nduties on the 1st of January of the following year.\\nThe services he has rendered in this and other offi-\\ncial capacities have elevated Mr. Beattie to the high-\\nest esteem and confidence of the community in\\nwhich he lives.\\nThe subject of this sketch was united in marriage,\\nin 1846, with Miss Susan Bright, a native of Ash-\\nland, Ohio, and a daughter of John Bright, Esq.\\nOf this union there have been born four children, as\\nfollows Thomas H. resides in Ashland County, Ohio\\nCatherine, in the same place; Elizabeth is the wife\\nof Oscar Finnegan, residing in Montpelier, Ohio,\\nand Ida is the wife of Augustus Lautermilk, a far-\\nmer in Amboy Township. The mother of these\\nchildren was a devoted member of the Christian\\nChurch, as is also Mr. Beattie. Mrs. Beattie bade\\nfaiewell to the things of earth and was gathered to\\nher fathers, Sept. 8, 1885.\\nIn politics Mr. Beattie was formerly a Whig, and\\nupon the organization of the Republican party he\\nnaturally identified himself with that organization,\\nand has since given it his cordial and able support.\\n:\u00c2\u00a7^^m^^^-^\\nlj^^\\\\ RS. ELIZ-4BETH KESSELRING. The\\nsubject of this biographical sketch, resid-\\ning on section 32 of Moscow Township, is\\nthe widow of the late Daniel Kesselring.\\nShe is a woman whose excellence of character, noble-\\nness of purpose, and firm Christian faith, have car-\\nried her steadily onward through all the duties of\\nlife, though she has oftentimes bowed beneath the\\nchastening rod of affliction. She is a native of\\nNew Jersey, born in Sussex County, Aug. 22, 1831,\\nbeing the daughter of David and Susanna (Coss)\\nFaurot, both of whom were born in the same county\\nas herself. Her ancestors fought valiantly in the\\nservice of their country, her great-grandfather\\nFaurot having been a soldier in the Revolutionary\\nWar, and was taken prisoner at West Point. N. Y.\\nHer grandfather Faurot took an active part in the\\nstruggle of 1812.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Kesselring settled at Sandy-\\nstone, N. J., and lived there two years after their\\nmarriage. They then thought to secure a perm.a-\\nnent home by moving to Susquehanna County, Pa.,\\nwhere the father took up a tract of Government\\nland, but he was unfortunate in this venture and\\nlost his property through the merchants claim. In\\n1834, in order to retrieve his losses, Mr. Faurot\\nmoved with his famiU to Huron County, Oliio. but\\nshortly afterward went to Crawford County, in\\nthe same State, and took up a homestead claim, on\\nwhich he lived for seven years eug.aged in farming.\\nThen disposing of his property there he returned\\nwith his familj to Huron County and bought a\\nfarm. Three years later he sold out and purchased\\na farm in Cambria Township, this count} where he\\nremained for fifteen years, very successfully engaged\\nin caring for and improving his land.\\nIn 1861 Mr. Faurot moved to Kent County, this\\nState, and for nineteen j^ears made that his home.\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0586.jp2"}, "587": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nThen, though long past tlie prime of life, he deter-\\nmined to seek a location still farther west, and ac-\\ncordingly disposed of his propcrtj in Michigan and\\nwent to JS ehraska. While there he had the mis-\\nfortune to lose his third wife. After that sad be-\\nreavement lie returned to Hillsdale County, and\\nsince that time has lived with his daughter, our\\nsubject. Mr. Faurot is now eighty-four years of\\nage; he has led an honorable and useful life, and is\\nrespected for his many sterling qualities. He has\\nbeen three times married. By his first union four\\nchildren were born, of whom Mrs. Kesselring was\\nthe eldest. Bj the marriage with his second wife\\nthree children were born.\\nMrs. Kesselring of this notice was three years old\\nwhen her parents moved to Pennsylvania, and seven\\nj-cars of age when they settled in Ohio, wiiere her\\nmother died Feb. 10, 1838. She received her edu-\\ncation in the common schools of the Buckeye State,\\nand came with her father and his family to Michi-\\ngan in 1846. She became acquainted with Mr.\\nKesselring after lier removal to Hillsdale County,\\nand was united with him in marriage June 24,\\n1850. He was a son of Nicholas Kesselring. who\\nwas born in Germany, and spent his entire life\\nthere. The parentsd family consisted of seven chil-\\ndren, all sons. Daniel, who became the husband of\\nour subject, was born in Bavaria, Dec. 25, 1807; he\\nspent his early years in his native country, but after\\nattaining manhood emigrated to America, and\\nbought land in Michigan before it was admitted\\ninto the Union as a State.\\nMr. Kesselring became prominently identified\\nwith the interests of Hillsdale County, and was\\nwell known throughout the southern part of the\\nState. He engaged in the boot and shoe business\\nin Jonesville bef jre the city of Hillsdale was laid\\nout. He subsequently farmed for awhile, and then\\nbought properly and entered into the boot and\\nshoe business in Hillsdale, wliere he met with good\\nsuccess. He afterward formed a partnership with\\na Mr. Smith and met with heavy reverses, losing\\nquite a portion of his properly, he having been at\\none time the possessor of nearly 400 acres of good\\nland. In his death, which occurred May 30, 1869,\\nwhen he was si.\\\\ty-lwo years of age, Hillsdale\\nCounty lost one of its earliest pioneers and a man\\nwho was devoted to its interests. In politics he\\nwas a Republican. To Mr. and Mrs. Kesselring\\nwere born six children, namely: Charles H., Mary\\nE., Edward A. and Milo E., all deceased; Ida L.\\nand Myron A. Ida is the wife of Joseph Coon;\\nthey have five children, namelj Frank E., Charles\\nJ., William S.. Maud E. and Ona E. Myron has\\ncharge of the homestead. Since the death of her\\nhusband our subject has lived on her farm, which\\ncomprises 100 acres of arable land, and its admira-\\nble condition shows for itself the ability with which\\nit has been managed. She has erected a good\\nhouse, a convenient barn, and other ample farm\\nbuildings, and in addition to these valuable im-\\nprovements has paid off the debt which encumbered\\nthe property. Mrs. Kesselring is held in deservedly\\nhigh respect in the community for her many good\\nqualities. She is an ardent worker in the temper-\\nance cause, and a worthy and consistent member of\\ntlie Methodist Episcopal Church, of Moscow Plains.\\nLIVER S. BEMENT, an old settler of Cam-\\nbria Township, and a successful general\\nfarmer, located on section 12, secured the\\neight} acres of land which he now operates about\\nthe year 1861, and at a time when it was little re-\\nmoved from its primitive condition. He had just\\nbeen married, and the young people commenced\\nlife together with small ca|)ital other than their in-\\ndustrious hands and courageous hearts, and now,\\nas the result of their united efforts, have a good\\nfarm, a neat and substantial dwelling, and all the\\nother comforts of the modern countiy home.\\nMr. Bement, a native of New York State, was\\nborn April 24, 1833. His father, David Bement,\\nwas also a native of the Empire State, where he\\nmarried Miss Eliza Bird, and after the birth of two\\nchihlren, our subject and his sister Emily, they de-\\ncided upon a ch.ange of residence, and making their\\nway to this State, which was then in its infancy,\\ntook up their abode in Lyons Township, Oakland\\nCounty.\\nThe land of this township au that time had been\\nbut very slightly cultivated, the homes of the set-\\ntlers being few and far between, and David Bement", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0587.jp2"}, "588": {"fulltext": "576\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nerected the first dwelling in that region. The woods\\nabounded with all kinds of wild animals, including\\ndeer and wolves, and the father, after cultivating\\nthe soil around his cabin until 1837, left Oakland\\nCounty and came to Allen Township, this county.\\nHere also he was cue of the earliest pioneers, being\\nobliged to cut his road for a mile to reach their\\nhome in the woods.\\nThe father of our subject, however, was a very\\nindustrious and persevering man, and was not dis-\\nmayed by any ordinary ditticulties. lie made a\\nlittle headway each year, and in time opened up a\\ngood farm in Allen Township, which he subse-\\nquently exchanged for property in Cambria Town-\\nship, where both parents spent the remainder of their\\ndays, living to a ripe old age. The mother had\\nbeen the companion and helpmate of her husband\\nin every respect, working hand in hand with him in\\nthe building up of their fortunes, and her name is\\nheld in grateful remembrance by her children. Dur-\\ning the early years of his life in Kew York State,\\nDavid Benient had learned the mason s trade, which\\nhe followed there for some time before his removal\\nWest.\\nOlivers. Bement. our subject, continued a mem-\\nber of the parental household until reaching his\\nmajority. When the time came for him to estab-\\nlish a home of his own, he selected his wife from\\namong the maidens of Cambria Township, being\\nmarried, May 18, 1862, to Miss Maria A. Bates, w-ho\\nwas a native of Perry Township, Geauga Co.. Ohio,\\nand was born June 25, 1832. Mrs. Bement came\\nwith her parents, when but two years of age, to\\nthis county, they locating in what is now Hillsdale\\nTownsiiip. At that time there was not even a hint\\nof the flourishing eitj and county seat in which the\\npeople of this section now take so much pride, and\\nthe township itself was thinly settled. Caleb and\\nMaria (White) Bates, however, were, like the Be-\\nment family, made of true pioneer stuff, and bravely\\ncarried out their resolute purpose to build up a\\nhome in the wilderness. They lived and labored\\non the land which the falhersecured from the Gov-\\nernment until resting from their earthlj toils. The\\nfather died at the old homestead, Aug. 10, 1854,\\nand the mother April 17, 1861.\\nThirteen children comprised the familj- of the\\nparents of Mrs. Bement, of whom she was the tenth\\nin order of birth. Of these ten are living and resi-\\ndents mostly of the United States. Mrs. B. con-\\ntinued under the home roof, assisting in the various\\nduties of the household, until her marriage. Of her\\nunion with our subject there were born two chil-\\ndren, a (laughter and son, namely: Emma, the wife\\nof William J. C. Keas, a resident of Plainville,\\nRooks Co., Kan., and Willie H., who has not yet\\ncomi)leted his studies in the district school.\\nASCHAL CHENEY, well known among\\nthe older residents of Jefferson Township,\\n|r has occupied his present farm on section 11\\nI for a period of thirty years. It comprises\\nfifty acres of thoroughly cultivated and productive\\nland, with a set of convenient and substantial build-\\nings, and all the other appurtenances of the well-\\nto-do modern farmer. As a man and a citizen, Mr.\\nCheney stands high among his neighbors, his career\\nhaving been distinguished by honesty and upright-\\nness, and the endeavor to do by his neighbors as\\nhe would have them do b} him.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in Mon-\\nroe County, N. Y., April 4, 1822, and is the son of\\nPaschal P. and Abigail (Culver) Chenej who were\\nalso natives of the Empire State, the father born in\\nthe city of Auburn, and the mother in Cayuga\\nCount}. They settled on a farm in Penfleld, Mon-\\nroe County, after their marriage, and thence came\\nto Michigan about 1858. Mr. Cheney had acquired\\na limited education, being put to hard work as soon\\nas old enough, and when a youth of eighteen years\\nstarted out in life for himself, working at $10 per\\nmonth. When twenty-three he was married, Dec.\\n25, 1845. to Miss Clarina Hibner, who was also a\\nnative of Monroe County, and born Feb. 26, 1823.\\nHer parents, Allen F. and Annie (King) Hibner,\\nwere also natives of the Empire State. The}- spent\\ntheir Last years in New York and Michigan.\\nMr. Cheney after his marriage pureiiased twenty\\nacres of land of his father-in-law, upon which he\\nlabored until after the birth of three children.\\nThen, not satisfied with the outlook for the future,\\nhe sold out and came to this county with his family.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0588.jp2"}, "589": {"fulltext": "I\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nSettling in Jefferson Township. lie lived the true\\nlife uf .1 pioneer, workinjif lon_t and Lite, and in due\\ntime realized the reward of his industry in a com-\\nfortalile home and the respect of his neighbors. It\\nwill thus be seen that he is a selfmade man in the\\ntruest sense of the term, and is deserving of the\\nease and comfort which accompany his later years.\\nlie isa warm advocate of Republican principles, but\\nhas steadily declined to become an office-seeker.\\nThe children of Mr. and Mrs. Cheney are re-\\ncorded as follows: Byron E. was born Dec. 9, 1846,\\nand with his family, including a wife and five chil-\\ndren, resides in Gratiot County; Lois is the wife of\\nRobert L. Nichols, of Jefferson Township, and the\\nmother of five children; they are written of else-\\nwhere in this work. Allen A. died shortly after his\\nmarriage at his home in Jefferson Township.\\n4\\nJOSEPH C. BROWN, a native of Greene\\nI County, N. Y., came to the West June 1,\\n183.5, and is finely located on section 23, in\\nCamden Township. His boyhood home was\\nnear the Catskill Mountains, where his birth took\\npliice July 14, 1820. His father, Collins A., and\\nhis mother, Milly (Wodsworth) Brown, were na-\\ntives of East Haven, Conn., and his ancestors on\\nboth sides of the house are believed to have been\\nof pure English descent.\\nSamuel Brown, the paternal grandfather of our\\nsubject, was a soldier of higli rank in the Revolu-\\ntionary War, serving as aid-de-camp on the staff\\nof Gen. Washington. With the Father of his\\nCountry he participated in many of the battles of\\nthat memorable struggle, and after the independence\\nof the Colonists had been established, retired to\\nGreene County. N. Y., where he spent the balance\\nof his life, departing hence at the age of ninety\\nj ears.\\nCollins A. Brown, the father of our subject, was\\na native of Connecticut, and was born in 1785.\\nHe became a resident of the Empire State at an\\nearly age. where he married Miss Mill} Wodsworth,\\nwho bore him ten children. Of these six are now\\nliving and recorded as follows: Abigail, INIrs. In-\\nman, is a resident of Wood County, Ohio; Sally is\\nthe wife of David Moe, of Wyandot Count}-, Ohio;\\nJoseph C, our subject; Rebecca is the wife of J. A.\\nTharp, of Lucas County, Ohio; Samuel and Austin\\nA. reside in Huron County, Ohio.\\nOur subject, about 1835-36, came with his par-\\nents to the Territory of Michigan, locating on the\\nprairie among the French and Indians, in Monroe\\nCounty. There they lived until laSO, when they\\nwent back east as far as Huron County, where the\\nmother died in 1861. Collins Brown survived his\\nwife a period of twentj -six years, and departed this\\nlifs April 9, 1887. He was a member of the Pres-\\nbj terian Church, in which he officiated as Elder for\\na number of years. In early life a Whig, he later\\ncordiallj endorsed Republican principles, and after\\nrounding up more than a century of life died at the\\nage of one hundred and two years. His career bad\\nbeen one of usefulness and his faculties were pre-\\nserved in a remarkable degree, he being healthy\\nand active, and on his one hundredth birthday sat\\nwith his descendants to the fifth generation in the\\ncelebration of his centennial. On that day he had\\nhis photograph taken with thirty-six of his poster-\\nity, a cop.y of which our subject preserves, it is\\nhardly necessary to say, with great care, ,as a\\nprecious relic.\\nMr. Brown, our subject, passed his boyhood and\\nyouth under the parental roof, working with his\\nfather on the farm until after reaching his m.ajority.\\nNot long afterward he turned his attention to the\\ndressing of lumber, and spent about eighteen j-ears\\noperating different sawmills, having built five of\\nthese in Indiana and Ohio. In that industry he\\nwas very successful. In 1874 he migrated from\\nthe Buckeye State to Southern Michigan, and lo-\\ncated on his present farm in Camden Township. He\\nis also owner of a half-interest in the quarter-sec-\\ntion which it comprises, and where he has labored\\nwith excellent results for the past fourteen years.\\nHe was early in life taught to depend upon him-\\nself, and acquired those habits of industry and self-\\nreliance which have brought liini a fair measure of\\nsuccess. He never attended school after he \\\\vas\\nfifteen j ears of age. He has, however, by a steady\\ncourse of reading kept himself well infcirmcd upon\\nthe general topics of the day. and in point of iutel-\\nlisence is second to none of the men around him.\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0589.jp2"}, "590": {"fulltext": "578\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nOnr subject, while a resident of Ohio, was mar-\\nried, Dee. 21, 1843, to Miss Rhoda Buj-gess. who\\nwas born in Cayuga Count} N. Y., May 0, 1825.\\nHer parents, Finson and Euth Burgess, were natives\\nof New York; the former spent his last years in\\nPennsylvania, and the latter in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs.\\nBrown commenced life together on a farm in Ohio,\\nand became the parents of a son, L\u00c2\u00abaac F., who was\\nborn April 9, 1845, and died May 9. 1872. He\\nwas the only child born to them, and was mar-\\nried to Miss 8.Trah A. Henry, in 1865, and to them\\nwere horn three boys, named Ebin J., Collins A. and\\nFinson E. Isaac and his wife always made their\\nhome with his parents, and his wife and three sons\\nstill make their home with his father and mother;\\nhe had a one-half interest in the farm, and they all\\nlive together as one family.\\nOur subject about 1848 identified himself with\\nthe United Brethren Church, in which he has been\\nquite prominent, holding the offices of Class-Leader\\nand Steward, and also officiating as Sunday-school\\nSuperintendent. He has always taken an active in-\\nterest in his church and cheerfully contributed to\\nits support. Politically, he cast his first Presiden-\\ntial vote for James K. Polk, and has since con-\\ntinued a firm supporter of Democratic principles.\\nWhile a resident of Hancock County, Ohio, he\\nserved two terms in Pleasant Township as Justice\\nof the Peace. His career has been one of industry\\nand usefulness, in which he has been joined by his\\namiable and estimable wife, who has been his faith-\\nful helpmate and companion through all his\\nstruggles and difficulties, and now enjoys with liim\\nthe reward of their mutual labors in the possession\\nof a comfortable home and the esteem and confi-\\ndence of many friends.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^*^t*-^ts^\\n^5 f\u00c2\u00bb ^5^^\\nW;ASHINGTON WHITNEY, who is prosper-\\nously engaged in the hardware business in\\nCambria, in company with William Divine,\\nwas for manj years a prominent and successful far-\\nmer of Woodbridge Township, where he owns one\\nof the finest farms in that localitj He is descended\\nfrom a stanch New England ancestry, who settled\\nin that part of that country before the Revolution,\\ncoming originally from England. He is himself,\\nhowever, a native of New York State, having been\\nborn in Alabama Township, Genesee County. Jan.\\n25, 1827. His father, Isaac Whitney, was a native\\nof Ontario County, N. Y., and was a son of Ami\\nWhitney, a native of Connecticut, of New England\\nparentage, and of English ancestry. His father,\\nJonathan Whitney, was a soldier in the Revolution-\\nary War, taking a patriotic part throughout that\\nstruggle for American freedom. He married a\\nNew England lady, who died at an advanced age in\\none of the New England States. He died in Con-\\nnecticut, where he had been for many years engaged\\nin farming, when quite an old man. He was a Whig\\nin politics, and was a man of fine constitution and\\ngreat strength of character. His son Ami, grand-\\nfather of our subject, was born and reared in Con-\\nnecticut, and there married Anna Amsden. a lady\\nof New England birth and ancestry. Shortly after\\nmarriage they left the old home in New England\\nand proceeded to the almost pathless wilds of On-\\ntario County, N. Y., and in the township of Seneca\\nbravelj began the struggle which their forefathers\\nhad undergone, to build up a home in the forest.\\nThey mutually assisted each other, and applied\\nthemselves successfully to the task before them, and\\nin the end succeeded in clearing and improving a\\ngood farm, and making a comfortable home. Mr.\\nWhitney took an active part in the War of 1812\\nas a commissioned officer of the militia volunteers\\nof a New York regiment, and after his retirement\\nfrom the army resumed his farming operations,\\nwhich he conducted skillfully and profitably for\\nmany years. Both himself and his wife passed\\naway from the scenes of their labors at a ripe old\\nage. They were the parents of thirteen children,\\nnine sons and four daughters, most of whom lived\\nto maturity.\\nIsaac A. Whitney, the father of our subject, was\\nthe second child born to his parents, and grew to\\nmaturity in the county of his nativity, receiving a\\nsubstantial education in a graded school. When\\ntwenty-six years of age he married Miss Jane\\nMoore, who was born in Phelps Township, Ontario\\nCounty, and there grew to womanhood. She was\\nof mingled Scotch and Irish ancestry, and was a\\ndaughter of Washington and Susanna (Rice) Moore.\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0590.jp2"}, "591": {"fulltext": "-4^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ni\\nwho were natives and lifelong residents of New\\nYorlv State. Her father took part in the battle of\\nBuffalo, and was wounded while defending that city\\nfrom the attempts of the British to destroy it dur-\\ning the War of 1812, and wiis afterward a pensioner\\nof the United States. He carried on farming, and\\ndied in Phelps Township at the age of threescore\\nyears and ten. He and his wife were highly re-\\nspected people, and consistent members of the Bap-\\ntist Church.\\nAfter marriage Isaac Whitney and his wife imme-\\ndiately took up their abode in Alabama Township.\\nGenesee Countj where they built up a comfortable\\nhome, improved a good farm, and reared a family\\nof nine children, seven sons and two daughters, all\\nbut one of whom married, and all except two are\\nyet living. Those two died in the arm} giving up\\ntheir lives for their country. Loren was a member\\nof Company F, 18th Michigan Infantry, and was\\nthe second man in his regiment to die, his death,\\nwhich occurred in November, 18G2, at Lexington,\\nK}-., being caused by sickness. Frank, of the loth\\nNew York Cavalry, died from starvation while a\\nprisoner of war at the stockade near Milan, Ga., in\\n1864.\\nIn 1866 the parents of our subject came to this\\ncounty, locating in Litchfield Township, where the\\nfather died in 1876, at the age of seventy-one. He\\nw.is a good business man and a successful farmer,\\nand his strictly honorable and upright course\\nthroughout a long and useful life marked him as a\\nman eminently worthy of the respect and confidence\\nof his fellow-citizens, which, indeed, he enjoyed to\\na marked degree. He was an honest and sincere\\nChristian, a De.acon of the Baptist Church, and in\\npolitics a faithful adherent of the Republican party.\\nHis widow lives on the homestead in Litchfield\\nwith her son Albert. Although eight^ -two years\\nold, she is hale and remarkably strong for one of\\nher years, and a faithful Christian, belonging to the\\nBaptist Church.\\nWashington Whitnej our subject, grew to ma-\\nturity in the home of his birth in Alabama Town-\\nship, Genesee Co., N. Y., and was there united in\\nmarriage with Miss Julia A. Tuttle, June 18, 1858.\\nMrs. Whitney, also a native of Al.abama Township,\\nwas born April 30, 1839, and is the eldest daughter\\nof Aaron and Jemima (Burt) Tuttle, who were na-\\ntives of Orange County, N. Y., where they were\\nreared and married. Her father was a son of Ed-\\nward Tuttle, a native of Connecticut, who, coming\\nto New York in early manhood, was married, in the\\nBlack River country, to Urania Orvis, who was of\\nWelsh descent. After marriage they lived for\\nsome years in Livingston County, N. Y., locating\\non a new farm very earl^ in the history of that\\nsection. The parents of Mrs. Whitney located in\\nGenesee County, and there their entire married life\\nwas passed, the mother dying in 1866, at the age\\nof fifty years, and the father in 1885, at the age\\nof seventy-one. Thej were honest, hard-working\\npeople, valued members of the Baptist Church, and\\nwere greatly respected. In his political views Mr.\\nTuttle was a sound Republican. Mrs. Whitney is\\none of seven children born to her parents. She\\nw.as well educated in her native State, and taught\\nschool for some years before marriage. To her\\nand her husband have been born seven children,\\ntwo of whom are deceased, an infant and Alice.\\nThose living are: Metta, the wife of Robert Moore,\\nJr.; George B. Ida, the wife of Frank Hewitt, all\\noccupying farms in Woodbridge Township; and\\nFrank and Carrie, who live at home with their\\nparents.\\nAfter marriage Mr. and Mrs. Whitney continued\\nto live in their native State for two years. They\\nthen came to Michigan and have since made their\\nhome in this State. Mr. W. purchased 164 .acres\\nof good land in Woodbridge Township. It was in\\na wild state when he came into possession of it, but\\nby his energetic and incessant toil he improved it\\ninto a very valuable farm.\\nShortly after becoming a citizen of Michigan our\\nsuliject, laying aside all personal considerations, re-\\nsolved to go to the aid of his country on Southern\\nbattle-fields. He enlisted, in August, 1862, as a\\nmember of Company B, 1 1th Michigan Infantry a\\nregiment which was noted for the coolness and\\nbravery of its men while under fire, and the efficient\\nservice rendered bj them on many a hotly contested\\nfield. The regiment, inider the command of Col.\\nWilliam L. Sloughton, joined the Army of the Cum-\\nberland under Gen. Rosecrans, and it also fought\\nunder Gens. Thomas, Sherman and Grant. Mr.\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0591.jp2"}, "592": {"fulltext": "580\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nWhitney took pnit in every engagement in which his\\nregiment was involved, from the battle of Chicka-\\nmanga to the taking of Atlanta. At one time he\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was captured and held in durance for four months,\\nbeing released on paiole. He served honorably\\nuntil the war closed, receiving his discharge in June,\\n865. retiring frcin the service with the rank of\\nOrderly Sergeant, which title he won for meritorious\\nconduct.\\nAfter his return from the South Mr. Whitney\\nquietly lesumed his occupation as a farmer in\\nWoodbridge Township, and aided bj- his wife gath-\\nered together a competency, bj which they are now\\nenabled to i ass their days in comparative retire-\\nment from active labor at their pleasant home in\\ntlie village of Cambria, to which the3rcamein 1885.\\nThey occupy a high social position here, their genial\\ndispositions and open-hearted liberality making\\nthem very popular. Mr. Whitney is prominently\\nidentified with the Republican partj of this place,\\nand is an estumtd member of the G. A. E.,C. J.\\nDickson Post No. 6, at Hillsdale.\\n|ENJAM1]N L. DARLING. The property of\\nthis gentleman lies on section 20 in Allen\\nTownshi)), and of which he took possession\\nin the spring of l^!50. It comprises 125\\nacres in a good state of cultivation, and the fertile\\nfields yield some of the very best crops of Southern\\nMichigan.\\nOur subject, the sixth child of his parents, was\\nborn in Pcnfleld. N. Y., April 21, 1818, and is the\\nson of John and Eunice (Booth) Darling, who were\\nalso natives of the Empire State and the father born\\nin Orange County. After marriage they lived there\\nuntil making their way to Michigan, in the pioneer\\ndaj s. They lived in different places until settling\\nin Eaton Township, Eaton County, where they\\nspent their last da^s. Their family included ten\\nchildren, four sons and six daughters, six of whom\\nare living and residents mostly of Michigan.\\nOur subject during the earlier years of his life\\nwas engaged in boating on Lake Erie for two years,\\nand on the St. Joseph River and Illinois Canal for\\nten or twelve years. Subsequently he engaged in\\nfarming, settling in Allen Township, of which he\\nhas since been a resident. Here, on the 1 4th of De-\\ncember, 1849. he was united in mariiage with Miss\\nLovisa, daughter of Josiah and Clarissa (Tompkins)\\nMosher. who were natives of New York State, the\\nfather boin in Monroe County and the mother in\\nAlbany County. Mr. and Mrs, Mosher settled after\\ntheir marriage in the first-named county, where the\\nmother died June 28, 1841. The father, in 1845,\\ncame to Michigan, and settling in Allen Township,\\nthis county, -arried on farming until his death,\\nJulj 3, 1853. His family included three sons and\\nsix daughters, Mrs. Darling being the eighth cliild.\\nShe was born in Clarkson, Monroe Co., N. Y., Aug.\\n1, 1833, and was six years of age at the time of her\\nmother s death, and a little girl of twelve when her\\nfather came to Michigan. She continued with him\\nuntil her marriage, acquiring her education in the\\ncommon schools, and being reared to habits of\\nindustry and economy.\\nOf the children b(jrn to our subject and his wife,\\nseven in number, the record is as follows: Ella is\\nthe wife of James Ransom, of Branch County, Mich.\\nBenjamin F. is a resident of this State; Purley is\\nthe wife of Guy Tompkins, of Branch County;\\nWesley is milling in Allen Township; Nelson and\\nMarcenus remain with their parents; Ida is the wife\\nof Joseph Wortman, of Detroit. Mr. Darling has\\nalwaj s been recognized as an honest man and a\\ngood citizen, respected by his neighbors, and has\\nheld some of the local offices. He affiliates with\\nthe Democratic party, while his estimable wife is a\\nmember in good standing of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church. I heir children have grown up intel-\\nligent and praiseworthy members of society, well\\nfitted to take their position in life as the offspring\\nof a family which has borne no unimportant part\\nin the building up of the community.\\n-\u00c2\u00bb-KH-ijt-\u00c2\u00aei:^:^)j(^-KH-\\njj^ ORTON MEIGS. The property of this\\nll\\\\ gentleman embraces one of the prettiest\\nI 111 farms in Reading Township, and comprises\\n1(1 sixtj- acres located on section 16. His\\nwife owns twenty -five acres on section 17, and the\\nwhole is under a fine state of cultivation, yielding\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0592.jp2"}, "593": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n581\\nt\\nin abundance the richest crops of this section of\\ncountry. The (iwelling and contiguous buildings\\nare put up in a modern style of architecture, are neat\\nand substantial in appearance, and everything about\\nthe premises is kept up in first-class style, there\\nbeing no debris lying around to deface its cleanli-\\nness and beautj\\nMl Meigs located on this land in 1844, and since\\nthat time has given to it his entire attention, which\\nfact one can willingly believe in noting its con-\\ndition, which is little less than perfection. Like\\nmany of the men about him, our subject is a native\\nof the Kmpire State, having been born in Van\\nBuren Township, Onondaga County, March 6, 1822.\\nA full history of his family will be found in the\\nsketch of Capt. Lucien Meigs, on another page in\\nthis volume. Morton was the sixth child of his\\nfather and the second of his mother, the former\\nhaving been twice married. He was reared to\\nfarm pursuits and acquired his educntion in the\\ncommon schools, being at the same time trained in\\nthose habits of industry and principles of honor\\nwhich have been the mainspring of his success in\\nlater life.\\nMr. Meigs continued a resident of his native\\nState until a young man twenty-two years old. then\\nmigrating westward, pitched his tent in the town-\\nship of Reading, this county, and purchased first\\neighty acres of land on section 35. He subsequently\\nsold this, after having made some improvements,\\nand purcliased the property which he now occupies.\\nAfter making due preparation for the establishment\\nof a home, he was married, in Reading Townsiiip,\\nDec. 19, 1850, at the home of the bride, to Miss\\nMary Berry, who was born in Seneca J ownship,\\nOntario Co., N. Y., Jan. 22, 1829.\\nAfter their niarri.age Mr. and Mrs. Meigs settled\\ncontentedly down upon their land in a mode.st\\ndwelling and worked together, having in view a\\nmutual object, the building up of a home which\\nshould serve them as a shelter in their declining\\nyears. The land, under the wise management of our\\nsubject, soon began to yield plentifully, and in the\\ncourse of a few years he found himself with tlie\\nprospect of a competence, and a farm which wouhl\\ncompare favorably with those of the enterprising\\nmen about him. The little household was brightened\\nby the birth of two children, but they were called\\nto raourn the death of one, a little daughter. May,\\nwho died when three years old. Their only living\\nchild, a son. Ora L., was born Sept. 1, 1858. He\\nhas been well educated, having been graduated from\\nthe Reading High School, and is the able assistant\\nof his father on the farm. Mr. Meigs, politically,\\nis a solid Democrat, and has been Supervisor and\\nCollector of his township. In religious matters he\\nis an adherent of the Presbj terian faith.\\nMrs. Meigs is the daughter of William and\\nMahala (Colwell) Berry, who are both now deceased.\\nThey were among the pioneer settlers of Reading\\nTownship, coming to this county as early as 1836,\\nfrom Mauraee, Ohio, to which place they had\\nremoved from Ontario Countj-, N. Y. William\\nBerry was an Englishman by birth and parentage,\\nand came with his father, John Berry, to the United\\nStates when a little lad three years of age. They\\nlocated in Ontario County, N. Y., where John\\nBerry spent the remainder of his life, dying there\\nripe in years. He had married, in his native En-\\ngland, Miss Jane Gardner, who was also English by\\nbirth, and who died in Ontario County at an ad-\\nvanced age.\\nWilliam Berry was reared to manhood in the\\nEmpire State, where he learned the trade of a\\nclothier, which he followed until 1834. In the\\nmeantime he had been married, and in the year\\nmentioned, with his wife and twelve children, six by\\na former marri.age, made his way westward to\\nMaumee. Ohio, whence he came a year later to\\nthis county. He selected land in Reading Town-\\nship, where he struggled and toiled in common\\nwith the pioneers about him, and was rewarded by\\nthe acquisition of a comfortable home. Here his\\ndeath took place in 1872, after he had numbered\\nhi fourscore years.\\nThe second wife of William Berr3 and the\\nmother of Mrs. Meigs, died in early life, after the\\nremoval to this county, when thirty-nine years old.\\nWilliam Berry contracted a third marriage, with\\nMrs. Deborah (Colwell) Hall, the sister of his\\n.second wife. She died in Reading Township in\\nApril, 1887, when seventy years of .age. William\\nBerry was reared a Presbyterian, but later, with his\\nthird wife, identified himself with the Uniterl Breth-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0593.jp2"}, "594": {"fulltext": "u\\n^i^h-*\\n582\\nhillsdalp: county.\\nren Cluireh. Giaudfatlier Beny was a man of much\\nforce of character, and politically, upon becoming\\na naturalized citizen, identified himself with the\\nDemociatic jiartj-. Mrs. Meigs was hut a child\\nwhen she came to this county, and acquired her\\neducation in Reading Township, developing event-\\nuall.v into a teacher, which calling she followed\\nsome time before her marriage. Mr. Meigs is a\\nmember in good standing of the A. F. A. M., of\\nReading Lodge and Chapter.\\nf\\nt\\nOHN B. HASKELL, farmer, successfully\\nengaged in his independent calling on section\\n7 of Adams Jownship. is of good New\\nEngland origin, having been born in Wilton,\\niTTllsboro Co.. N. H., in 1811. His father, John\\nHaskell, married Betsey Bailey, the daughter of a\\nsoldier of the Revolutionary War, and they settled\\nin their native State, in the town of Wilton. After\\nremaining there thirty-five years engaged in farm-\\ning, tliey removed to Onondaga County, N. Y.,\\nwhere the remainder of their lives was spent, Mr.\\nHaskell dying in 1872, in the eighty-fifth year of\\nhis age. His aged widow survived him until 1875,\\nwiien she too passed to the better land, at the\\nadvanced age of eighty-nine years.\\nThe subject of this sketch was the eldest child\\nof the family born to his parents, consisting of two\\nsons and two daughters. He was reared on a farm,\\nand growing to manhood in his native State, was\\nthere married to Mrs. Luc^ G. Nutting, who bore\\nhim seven children, of whom the following is the\\nrecord: Samuel A., Alvira, Betsey S.. George W.,\\nCaroline, Josephine and Joseph. Samuel A. is a\\nfarmer in Adams Township; Alviia is the wife of\\nHarvey Johnson, and resides in New York State;\\nthey have three children. Betsey is the wife of\\nGeorge W. Parker, of Madison County, and has\\ntwo children; George and Caroline are deceased\\nJosephine is the wife of George W. Newcomb,\\nof Cicero Township, Onondaga Co., N. Y., and\\nthey have four children Joseph is a mechanic\\nin Adams Township; he married Sarah Horzsen-\\nfratt, and the} have three children.\\nIn 1840 otu subject, desiring to try farming in\\n4\\na countrj whose soil was more easy of cultivation,\\nand where better results could be produced with\\nless labor than among the rocks and hills of his\\nnative State, moved to New York with his family,\\nand made that State his home for many 3 ears. In\\nall of his labors he was ably assisted by the\\nco-operation of the worthy woman whom he mar-\\nried in his early manhood, and whose death, which\\noccurred in 18U!), was a sad loss to him and his\\nchildren. In October of that j ear Mr. Haskell\\nremoved to Michigan and purchased his present\\nfarm of fifty acres. Since becoming the possessor\\nof this place he has greatly increased its value by\\nnumerous improvements and a careful culture of\\nthe soil. In 1871 he erected his present comfortable\\ndwelling, which, with the remodeled barns and\\nfarm buildings, bespeaks the thrift and judicious\\nmanagement of the owner.\\nThe subject of this sketch was again married\\nAug. 17, 1870, being united to Mrs. Harriet A.\\nMiller, daughter of Elijah and Ruth (Benedict)\\nCarrier. Her parents were natives of Massachu-\\nsetts, and after their marriage lived in that State\\nand Connecticut until after the birth of their second\\nchild. They then moved to New York State,\\nwhere the death of Mrs. Carrier occurred in 1838,\\nshe being then only thirt3 -one years of age. Mr.\\nCarrier, who lived to the ripe old age of seventy-\\nseven years, died in the same State in 1875. To\\nhim and his wife had been born six children, of\\nwhom the wife of our subject, the fifth in order of\\nbirth, was born in Cato, Cayuga Co., N. Y.. Nov.\\n25, 1833. Being left motherless at the tender\\n.age of five yeais, her girlhood vvas passed among\\nstrangers, C^ynthia Bartlett having charge of her\\nuntil she was fourteen years of age. She was an\\nenergetic, capable girl, and at that time began\\nearning her own living by working out by the week.\\nShe has been twice married. Her first husband, to\\nwhom she w.as wedded April 30. 1851, was Andrew\\nJ. Miller. He enlisted in the service of his country\\nunder Colonel, then Captain, March, in Company\\nK. 27th Michigan Infantiy. He participated in\\nthe battles of Nashville, Spottsylvania and Chatta-\\nnooga, but, being taken sick at City Point, returned\\nhome Jan. 18, 18C4. He never regained his health,\\nbut after lingering some time, died May 2, 1865,", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0594.jp2"}, "595": {"fulltext": "I\\n-4\u00c2\u00bb-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n583\\nleaving his widow without moans to support herself\\nand her family of suiall children. She had lost\\nnone of her old-time energy and spirit, however,\\nbut willingly devoted herself to her family, hravel}\\ntoiling early and late to maintain tiiem comfortal)ly\\nand give them a good education. Her efforts were\\namply rewarded, and the three children livingof the\\nfamily of five born to her and her first husband, are\\nnow comfortably established in homes of their own,\\nthe following being their record Mandaine is the\\nwife of Charles Brown, and they have four children\\nMary E. is the wife of Lyman Bentloy, and they\\nhave three children; Charles W. lives in Adams\\nTownship; he has been twice married. The maiden\\nname of his first wife was Sophia S. Van Valken-\\nburg; the maiden name of his i)resont wife was\\nNellie Stage. Tliey have two children. The mar-\\nriage of Mrs. Miller with our subject took place\\nin 1870, as previously stated, and of their union\\nthree children have been born, but only one, Edna\\nMay, is now living.\\nPoliticall}-, our subject is a sound Democrat,\\nand true to the principles promulgated by that\\nparty. Mrs. Haskell is a regular attendant of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. These worthy people\\nhold an honorable position among their neighbors\\nand friends, and have the respsot of the entire\\ncommunity.\\nHOMAS BERRY is well known throughout\\nReading and vicinity, where for the last\\nthirty years he has operated as a breeder\\nand trainer of fine horses, and has established tlie\\nrecord for some of the best trotters in the State. To\\nthis business lie seems naturally adapted, having a\\nfine knowledge of the nature and characteristics of\\nthis noblest of animals, and in their training and\\ndevelopment is seldom excelled.\\nBerry s Park, within the village limits of Read-\\ning, has been the scene of many interesting races,\\nand was set aside for this purpose by our subject\\nabout IHGO. It is now conducted by himself and\\nhis son, and while the source of considerable profit,\\nat the same time furnishes many a pleasant hour\\nof recreation for tiie people of this vicinity. Mr.\\n4\u00c2\u00bb\\nBerry has in his possession the favorite trotter.\\nJack Baker, destined to make an enviable record,\\nand who already leads with ease in the 2 :-tO. Betsy\\nB., another favorite of Mr. Berry s, although having\\nhad but little experience, bids fair to obtain promi-\\nnence in the near future. There are several other\\npromising animals with Mr. Berry, placed under his\\ncharge for special training. He also owns the\\nfavorites, Tom Higher, Bay Billy, Robert Bonner,\\nRosa, and a fine stallion which is the admiration of\\nall the countr} around.\\nOur subject began his experience in this line of\\nbusiness by having his attention attracted to one of\\nhis own horses, who trotted his mile in three min-\\nutes without the least effort, and whose speed was\\nheightened by careful training and encouragement.\\nThis animal unfortunately died when about five\\nj ears old, but not until ho had created within his\\nowner a desire to still further experiment in the\\nbreeding and development of trotting stock, and\\nsince that time he has given to this most of his\\nattention, and with results which would indicate\\nthat his time has been well spent.\\nOur subject is one of the pioneers of Michigan,\\ncoming here a.\u00c2\u00ab early as 1836, while it was yet a\\nTerritory. He was then a j oung man only twenty\\nyears of age, and not long afterward took up for\\nhimself and his father 480 acres of Government\\nland near Waterloo, Ind. Later he traded his\\nproperty there for that which he now owns in Read-\\ning Township. The family ultimately traded their\\nNew York land for 900 acres in Reading Township.\\nRobert Berry, the father of our subject, came\\nto Michigan in the year 18.38, bringing with him his\\nlarge family of children from Seneca Township,\\nOntario Co., N. Y. They settled on the land in\\nReading Township, first putting up a log house, and\\nthen began to clear the ground around them and\\nprepare the soil for cultivation. Robert Berry lived\\nto see the wilderness transformed into a civilized\\ncommunity, and himself surrounded by all the com-\\nforts of life. He did not live to be aged, however,\\nhis death taking j^lace in 1848, at the age of sixty-\\nfour years. He and his sons the first year of their\\nresidence here cleared forty acres, and put thirty\\nacres of it into crops. The father was a man of\\ngreat energy and perseverance, but at the same", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0595.jp2"}, "596": {"fulltext": "4^M\\n584\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ntime made life less irksome to his boys by often\\nindulging tliem and himself in hunting, of which\\nsport he was very fond, and in which he indulged\\nas long as he lived.\\nThe mother of our subject, who in her girlhood\\nwas Miss Nancy Russell, was born in May, 1799, in\\nConnecticut, and is still living, making her home\\nwith her son in Reading Township, and being\\neightj -nine years old. Thomas, of our sketch, was\\nthe eldest of seven sons and four daughters, who all\\nlived to mature years and were married. The\\nyoungest one who died was over thirty years of\\nage, and two others have since passed away. Thomas\\nwas born in iSeneca Township, Ontario Co., N. Y.,\\nJune 29, 1816. He grew to manhood under the\\nparental roof, and was the first of the familj to\\nmake his way to the West. After they were all\\ncomfortably settled he took to himself a wife and\\nhelpmate, Miss Mary A. Archer, the wedding being\\ncelebrated at the home of the bride in Reading\\nTownship, Oct. 27, 1842.\\nMrs. Mary A. Berry was born in Manchester,\\nOntario Co., N. Y.. Jan. 12, 1824, and is the daugh-\\nter of Gardner and Anna (Warfleld) Archer, who\\nwere also natives of the Empire State. The father\\nis yet living, and is now a resident of Cambria\\nTownship, this county, having attained to the ad-\\nvaced age of ninety years. He was born in Ontario\\nCounty, N. Y., and married a Marylan l lady, Miss\\nAnna Warfield, who died in Hopeful Township,\\nOntario Co., N. Y., at the age of thirtj -three years,\\nwhen her daughter, Mrs. Berry, was a little girl of\\neleven years. Gardner Archer married his second\\nwife before leaving New York State. She accom-\\npanied him to the West and died in Reading Town-\\nship, and he was then married to a third wife, who\\nis also deceased.\\nMrs. Berry was a young girl fourteen years old\\nwhen her father came to Michigan. She acquired a\\ncommon-school education, and became well fitted\\nfor the future wife and mother. Of her union with\\nour subject there were born five children, two of\\nwhom, Marion and Anna, are deceased. The former\\nwas married and left a family of five children.\\nAnna died when a little girl of five 3 ears. Three\\nsons are living: Spencer married an Indiana lady,\\nand is carrying on farming in Reading Township;\\nGardner, like his father, is also skillful in the man-\\nagement of horses, but confines his attention princi-\\npally to his farming interests in Reading Township;\\nhe married Miss Mary Whitney, the sister of Mrs.\\nP^sther Berry, the wife of Robert Berry, of whom a\\nsketch appears elsewhere in this volume.\\nThomas Berrj s present farm of 160 acres, now\\nless forty which he gave to his son Spencer, all lies\\nwithin the village limits, and it is hardly necessary\\nto say, is valuable. From its location it is finely\\nadapted to the business of which Mr. Berry makes\\na specialty, and in which he has been so successful.\\nMr. Berry, politically, is a solid Democrat, and has\\nalways taken a lively interest in the welfare and\\nprogress of his township, holding the various minor\\noffices, and has been one of the city fathers for\\nmany years. Religiously, he is a Spiritualist, and\\nhis estimable wife is a member in good standing of\\nthe Presbyterian Church.\\nEV. RANSOM DUNN. D. D., one of the\\nfounders of Hillsdale College, is of New\\n/ii vl\\\\ Engl.and birth and parentage, his early home\\n^Q) having been among the hills of Franklin\\nCounty, Vt., where he first opened his eyes to the\\nlight, near the village of Bakersfield, on the 7th of\\nJul} 1818. John Dunn, the father of our subject,\\nwas a native of Massachusetts, a farmer by occupa-\\ntion, and an active politician. He married Miss\\nAbigail Reed, a native of Westminster. Vt., and\\nthe daughter of Deacon Thomas Reed, a man of\\nnote throughout that region. John Dunn, the pa-\\nternal grandfather of our subject, served asasoldier\\nin the war of the Revolution, and lost his life at\\nthe battle of White Plains, N. Y. he was also in\\nthe French and Indian War in 1745. He yielded\\nup his life in the struggle for American freedom, and\\nhis eldest son, who was not quite twenty years of\\nage, was killed during the same conflict at the bat-\\ntle of Saratoga.\\nIt will thus be seen that the subject of this biog-\\nraphy is the descendant of a valiant race of people,\\nand they transmitted their rare traits of character\\nin a marked manner to their descendants. Ransom\\nDunn passed his boyhood and youth in iiis native", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0596.jp2"}, "597": {"fulltext": "-U\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n585\\ncoiintv. pursuing his early studies in the common\\nschools. Ho was thoughtful and serious beyond\\nhis years, often leaving his boyish sports to engage\\nin the iierusal of an instructive book. He improved\\nhis opiioilunity of access to the village library, from\\nwhich he gathered a useful store of practical knowl-\\nedge, and thus laid the foundation for his future\\nlaliors and his usefulness.\\nIn the spring of 1837 Mr. Dunn, our subject,\\nthen not nineteen years of age, left the hills of the\\n(ireen Mountain Stale, and making his way to\\nNorthern Ohio, spent iu that region a period of six\\nyears, devoting his time to study and jjreaching.\\nUpon his return to New England he for a time\\noccupied himself in preaching at Dover and at\\nGreat Falls, N. H., subsequently migrating to Bos-\\nton, Mass. Thus nine years more of his life were\\nspent, and in 1852 he came to Southern Michigan,\\n.slopping first at Spring Arbor, where he occupied\\nhimself the balance of that year teaching. In 1853\\nhe came to this county, having in view the selection\\nof a suitable location for a projected college in this\\nregion. Being favorably impressed with the vicinity\\nof Hillsdale, the site was soon determined upon and\\narrangements were made for building. On July 4\\nof that same year, the corner stone was placed in\\nposition, and two years later five good buildings\\nhad been erected, all four stories in height.\\nHillsdale College was opened for the reception of\\nstudents on the 1st of November, 1855. There\\nwas from the first a good attendance, and the school\\ncontinued to flourish until the winter of 1874, when\\nthe main building was consumed by fire, which\\ncalamity involved a heavj- loss. This loss, how-\\never, was put in process of recovery as ra|)idly as\\npossible by the re-erection of the buildings, and the\\nschool was continued uninterruptedly, having in\\ndue time an attendance of (iOO students, which num-\\nber it averages annually.\\nRev. 51r. Dunn was elected to the Chair of Men-\\ntal and Moral Philosophy, at Spring Arbor, when\\nbe came to this ^tate, which position he filled in a\\ncreditable manner until 1803, when he was promoted\\nto the Chair of Theolog} which he still IkjIiIs. He\\nhas distinguished himself by rare executive ability,\\nand in tiie responsible position which he has held\\nfor so many years has acquitted himself creditably,\\nboth as a pulpit divine and a member of society.\\nOur subject was first married in Ashtabula County\\nOhio, to Miss Mary E. Allen, who was born in that\\ncounty, and died at her home in Ohio, in 1848,\\nleaving three children, now all deceased. Newell,\\nthe eldest, during the late war. enlisted in the 64th\\nIllinois Sharpshooters, which was known as the Yates\\nSharpshooters, and died in the service in 1863, at\\nCorinth, Miss. He was a promising youth of rare\\ntalent, and had been graduated with honors from\\nHillsdale College, in the cbss of 62, leaving his\\nAlma Mater for the seat of war. Francis, who was\\nalso graduated from the same class as his brother,\\nserved nearly three ^-ears in the army, and subse-\\nquently returning to Hillsdale, was elected a Pro-\\nfessor of English Literature in the college, which\\nposition he held at the time of his death, in 1874.\\nCedelia E. died in 1858, when about fourteen years\\nof age.\\nIhe present Mrs. Dunn, to whom our subject was\\nmarried Sept. 1, 1849, was formerly Miss Cyrena\\nEmery, of Alford, Me. They became the parents\\nof five children: Sarah A., the eldest daughter liv-\\ning, is the wife of G. A. Slayton, of Nebraska;\\nHelen A. married Dr. Gates, of Scranton, Pa.;\\nNettie is National Secretary of the Young Woman s\\nChristian Association, in the interests of which\\nshe travels the greater portion of her time, having\\nto visit over 200 societies annually. She is ver}\\nprepossessing personally, and a talented speaker,\\nand it is hardly necessary to say is finely educated.\\nI^ILLIAM W. DONAGHY, the pioneer un-\\n\\\\/\\\\ll flertaker of Hillsdale County, came to this\\n^^sff section of country in Ai ril, 1854, with his\\nwife and two children, and entered the employ of\\nS. P. Purdy, with whom he continued three years.\\nIn the spring of 1858 he engaged in the furniture\\nand undertaking business on his own account, and\\nmanufactured the first ready-made coffins in this\\ncounty. He also brought the first hearse to the\\ncounty, and thereafter carried on a mixed business\\nin furniture and undertaking until 1869.\\nIn the latter year Mr. Donaghy disposed of his\\nfurniture business, and gave his attention exclu-\\nh", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0597.jp2"}, "598": {"fulltext": ".t-\\n-4^\\n586\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ntoo\\nAi\\nsively to undertaking, which he has since conducted,\\nand has maintained his position at the head of the\\nbusiness in this county. He estimates that he has\\nperformed this important duty for upward of 3,000\\npeople, who have been carried to the cemetery and\\nplaced in the ground under the supervision of his\\nestablishment during his period of forty years\\nin the business. It may be safely said that he is\\nnot onlj the pioneer of the business in this countj\\nbut thoughout Southern Michigan. He is now\\nlocated on Howell street. No. 114 South, where he\\ncarries a full stock of everything pertaining to his\\ncalling, and has the horses, vehicles and employes\\nnecessary for the proper carrying out of the im-\\nportant details connected with sepulture.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in the\\nvillage of Chatham, Columbia Co., N. Y., Feb. 18,\\n1827. His parents were James and Sally (Watkins)\\nDonaghy, the latter a native of Columbia County,\\nand the daughter of William and Dolly Watliins.\\nGrandfather Watkins was born in Wales, whence\\nhe emigrated when a young man, and after his\\nmarriage settled in Columbia County, N. Y., where\\nhe spent the remainder of his life. The parents of\\nour subject settled in Chatham, N. Y. James\\nDonaghy was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, and\\ncame to America in 1821. From Chatham the\\nparents, in 1850, removed to Wayne County, N. Y.,\\nand three years later made their way to Southern\\nMichigan, and spent their last days in the city of\\nHillsdale, the mother dying in December, 1867,\\nand the father a year later, in December, 1868.\\nThe seven children of the parental household in-\\ncluded three sons and four daughters, of whom\\nonly three survive.\\nWilliam W. Donaghy was the eldest child of his\\nparents, and passed his boyhood and youth in his\\nnative town, attending the district school, and\\nbeing variously employed until seventeen years\\nold. He then went to the city of Troy, on the\\nHudson, wiiere he served an apprenticeship of three\\nyears at cabinet-making, and then setting out, trav-\\neled around considerably, visiting Albany and New\\nYork City. In 1851 he was married to Miss Anna\\nKeating, of Alban3 and a few months later they\\ntook up their residence in Wayne County, where\\nMr. Donaghy worked at his tr.ade until the spring\\nof 1854. In April of that year he made his\\nway to this county, and began the career which\\nhas been followed up with such excellent results.\\nTo our subject and his wife there were born\\nseven children, of whom five are living, three\\ndaughters and two sons Madora A. is the wife of\\nJ. P. Hallott, of Hillsdale; Estella is the wife of\\nThomas .Jackson, of New York City; Willard W.\\nis a traveling salesman Grace and J. W. make their\\nhome with their parents, the latter attending school.\\nMr. Donaghj politically, votes the Republican\\nticket, and has served as Alderman of the First\\nWard five years, and of the Fourth Ward two\\nyears. He is a charter member of the Masonic\\nLodge at Hillsdale, in which he has held some\\nimportant offices, and in the success of which he\\ntakes a lively interest. He owns a handsome home\\non the corner of Endlong and Sharp streets, and\\nhas an interest in the Hillsdale City Nursery, in\\ncompany with J. P. Hallott, and which commands\\nthe bulk of the patronage of the people of Hills-\\ndale.\\n^-^^g^^iiC^\\nUILSON DAY. The name of Day is illus-\\ntrious in the annals of Hillsdale County as\\nW^ having been borne by one of the noblest\\nof its early pioneers, a man who bravely encount-\\nered the unknown perils and hardships of life in the\\nprimeval forests of Southern Michigan that he\\nmight provide a comfortable home for himself, his\\nwife and children, .and in doing so aided in build-\\ning up the town and county, where his memory is\\nstill cherished.\\nAs a representative of Samuel Day it gives us\\npleasure to place a sketch of the life of his son Wil-\\nson, a farmer residing on section 1 1 of Pittsford\\nTownship, before his many friends. He is also\\nworthy of representation in this work for the part\\nhe himself has taken in building up and sustaining\\nthe agricultural interests of this township, of which\\nhe has been a resident for fifty-four years, having\\nbeen eleven years of age when he came here witii\\nhis parents, and shared with them the privations\\nand trials of those early 3 ears, necessary in order\\nto secure a foothold in a newly settled countrj\\\\\\nMr. Day was born in Chesterfield, Cheshire Co.,", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0598.jp2"}, "599": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n587\\nN. II.. Jtil.v 5. 1822. and commenced attendance at\\nthe district sduiol as soon as large enough, and\\nalso assisted in the farm work. In 1 834 his par-\\nents. Samuel and Lucy (Cutler) Day. decided to\\nal)audon tiieir old home among the granite hills of\\ntheir native State, and in the distant Territory\\nof IMicliigan begin life anew. Accordingly they\\nstarted with their children on the long and tedious\\njourney across the intervening States to their desti-\\nnation. Our subject has a vivid recollection of\\nmany incidents connected with that eventful trip,\\nand of the wild state of the country in the first\\nyears of their settlement here. He relates th.at\\nthere was no made road from Adrian, nothing but\\na trail through the dense wilderness, and he can\\nstill picture in his mind the scene on the night of\\ntheir arrival, and his first glimpse of Bean Creek,\\nwhich figures so conspicuousI_y in the history of\\nSouthern Michigan that it may be termed a classi-\\ncal stream. It was a dark night, and tlie tall trees\\ntowering up on either side of the trail, scarcely dis-\\ncernible, served to enhance the gloom, as did the\\noccasional sound of some wild animal breaking the\\nsilence of the wilderness. The creek was nearly full,\\nand as thej came to its banks and could but dimly\\nsee its waters as they went swirling by, it seemed a\\ndangerous undertaking to attempt its passage.\\nBut a log bridge was soon found and the family\\npassed over in safetj\\\\ and made their way to\\nthe home of Mr. Hiram Kidder, widely known as\\nthe picmcer of Bean Creek Valley, and although it\\nwas nearly 11 o clock at night they met with a\\nhearty and warm recei)tion from the hospitable\\nhost and hostess of that humble log house, and\\nwere so(ui comfortably sheltered under its roof.\\nThe Days had brought their own provisions but\\nhad no coffee, and Mrs. Kidder kindly sujiplied\\nthem with that beverage from her own small store.\\nFor further history of the settlement of the Daj\\nfamily in Pittsford Townsliip see sketch of Wins-\\nlow II. Day, brother of Wilson, in another part of\\nthis volume.\\nOur subject assisted his father in the task of\\nclearing his land, and comijleted his education, be-\\ngun in the old school-house in New Hampshire, in\\nthe pioneer schools of Hillsdale County as soon as\\nthey were opened. He m.ade his home with his\\nparents until his marriage. That eventful day of\\nhis life was June 11, 18.i0,when. in Albion, Mich.,\\nhe took unto himself as his life companion Miss\\nLouisa Sample. She was born in Geneva, N. Y.,\\nSept. 21, 1832. reared in Pennsylvania, and came\\nto Michigan with her uncle, William Sample. Their\\nwedded life has been blessed by the birth of six\\nchildren, five living, whose record is as follows:\\nLucy A. married Devillo Knight, and lives in Jef-\\nferson Township; James C. lives in Jackson County,\\nMich.; Fernando lives in Hudson Township, Lena-\\nwee Count} William Mortimer lives in Clark\\nCountj Dak.; Chester lives with his parents. Theo-\\ndosia A. died at the age of eighteen months.\\nAfter marriage Mr. D.ayand his wife commenced\\nlife together in the house that they have ever since\\nmade their home. His farm is near the old home-\\nstead, and is land which his father first entered\\nfrom the Government. Our subject commenced\\nits clearance and improvement before marri.age,\\nand built his present comfortable dwelling, having\\nbesides other necessary farm liuildings. He has\\nforty-five acres of it cleared and under a good state\\nof cultivation, and the rest is in fine timber.\\nMrs. D.ay is an esteemed member of the Congre-\\ngational Church. In politics our subject was in\\nhis early days a Whig, but later joined the Repub-\\nlican party, and lias ever since been a firm cham-\\npion of its principles. He and his wife are held in\\ndeep respect by all in the community as trust-\\nworthy people, upright and honorable in all the\\nrelations of life.\\n^M\u00c2\u00a3^\u00c2\u00ae^S^\u00e2\u0080\u0094^^i\\n^i^^ir:rBt\\n1816.\\nULLIVAN A. NICKKRSON, a pioneer of\\nLenawee County, ftlich., and a settler of\\nthis county in 1845, was born in Sodus,\\nWayne Co., N. Y., on the 31st of August,\\nHe comes of that stock of the Empire\\nState in which conscience appears to have been as\\nhereditary as intelligence, and in which the fine\\naccumulative results of the moral struggles during\\nmany generations of honest lives appear to have\\nbeen transmitted; in which originality of thought,\\ngood judgment, and practical application, are com-\\nA", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0599.jp2"}, "600": {"fulltext": "588\\ni\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nbineii with an ambitious and energetic support of\\naction. These qualities, which are characteristic of\\nMr. Nickerson, are thus easily traced.\\nLewis Nickerson, the father of our subject, was\\nborn near Boston, Mass., while his grandfather was\\nCaptain of a whaling-vessel, and was lost at sea\\nwhile pursuing his perilous vocation. Lewis Nicker-\\nson grew to manhood in his native State, and when\\nyoung went to Mt. Morris, where he resided for\\nsome time, after which he removed to York State\\nand settled in the town of Sodus. He was a shoe-\\nmaker by trade, but he bought a tract of land con-\\ntaining a log house, in which our subject afterward\\nfirst saw the light. He worked at his trade in con-\\nnection with his agricultural occupations, and re-\\nsided there until 1831, when he sold out and came\\nto the Territory of Michigan. Tlicy came b3 the\\nusual route adopted at that time, via the lake to\\nDetroit, and then by means of a yoke of oxen and\\nwagon to Lenawee Countj where Mr. Nickerson\\nhad entered land in Madison Township two years\\npreviously. The family removed into a log liouse\\nwith another family, until Mr. Nickerson could\\nbuild a similar structure on his own place, which\\nwas of the rudest description, the roof consisting of\\nshakes which in the absence of nails were kept in\\nplace by means of iieavy poles. Here he engaged\\nvigorously in his efforts to subdue nature, and\\nredeem for those who should come after him a\\nfarm from the wilderness; but he was stricken\\ndown in the midst of his usefulness, dying five\\nyears after his arrival in the township. Tiie maiden\\nname of his wife, the mother of our subject, was\\nBetse} Blood, who was born in Vermont, and\\nspent her last years at their home in Madison Town-\\nship, lier death occurring in November, 1846.\\nThe parental household of our subject included\\nthree children, who are recorded as follows: The\\neldest, Melvina, was born in Madison Township,\\nLenawee County, as was also Ira. Our subject\\nwas in his sixteenth year when he came to the\\nTerritory of Michigan with his parents, just at that\\nage when he could appreciate the scenes through\\nwhich their journey led them. He well remembers\\nthe incidents of the journey and the struggles in\\nwhich they engaged to secure for themselves a home\\nand the comforts of life. At that lime there were\\nbut tiiree dwelling-houses in Adrian, and they\\nresided in the midst of a forest in its primeval\\ngrandeur. Deer and wild lurkeys abounded, while\\nwolves were also disagreeably plentiful, and occa-\\nsionally in their journeys through the woods in the\\nvicinity of their dwellings a bear might be en-\\ncountered, which sometimes paid the settlers a\\nnocturnal visit, with a view to securing in the farm-\\nyard a ration of poultry. Mr. Nickerson attended\\nthe pioneer schools of Madison, which were taught\\nin the crude log school-houses of the time, and\\nobtained a rudimentary education, which, however,\\nhe has supplemented by an extensive course of\\nreading. After his father s death he lived with his\\nmother, assisting in the management of the farm\\nuntil her decease. In 18+5 he came to Hillsdale\\nCountj where his father had bought a tr.act of land\\nprevious to his death, but had not paid for it. and\\nMr. Nickerson worked by the month until he liqui-\\ndated the debt. He then built a log house on the\\nfarm, where he brought his bride and commenced\\nhousekeeping, and where he has continued to reside\\nuntil the present time. He lias cleared eighty\\nacres of the land, and erected thereon a good set\\nof frame buildings, so that he is now equipped for\\nthe successful prosecution of his calling.\\nOur subject was united in marriage, in Novem-\\nber, 1845, with Miss Nancj J. Green, who was\\nborn in Palmyra, N. Y., on the 20th of March, 1826,\\nand is the daughter of James and Ellen (White)\\nGreen, who were also natives of the Empire State,\\nbut came to Lenawee County in 1834 and settled\\nin Madison. The father bought a tract of timber\\nland, and improving the farm made this his resi-\\ndence until his death; his wife also died at the\\nhomestead at that pl.ace. Mr. and Mrs. Nickerson\\nhave been blessed by the birth of four children,\\nwho are recorded as follows: Caroline is the wife\\nof Willis Worden, and lives in Pittsford Township;\\nLaura became the wife of R. E. Hollenbeck, and\\nresides in Chicago; Ellen is the wife of E. Strong\\nand resides in Auburn, Ind., while Florence mar-\\nried O. K. Eastman, and resides in Wheatland\\nTownship.\\nMr. Nickerson s rugged experience, together with\\nthe fact that he has never used tobacco in any form,\\nand has been the victim of no bad hal)its, has", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0600.jp2"}, "601": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00bb-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n589\\nV\\ntended to develop a good constitution, and he\\nknows notliing about sickness by experience. Al-\\ntliough he lias passed tiie allotted threescore years\\nand ten, he is still hale and vigorous, and bids fair\\nto see a ripe old age. In politics he early in life\\nidentified himself with the Democratic party, and\\nhas seen no reason to change his political views.\\nt\\nC~ HARLES WATKJN.S. The subject of this\\nsketch has been a resident of Hillsdale\\nCounty for a period of over twenty-five\\nyears. In April, 1853. he settled with his family\\nin Allen Township, of which he has since been a\\nresident, although retiring from farm life in 1877,\\nand taking up his residence in the village where he\\nhas since lived. His career has been one marked\\nby industry, frugality, and good judgment in his\\nbusiness transactions, so that he is now owner of a\\nsnug property and h.ns a comfortable bank account.\\nMr. Watkins is the offspring of an excellent old\\nfamily, for many generations of New England an-\\ncestry, his father being Ephrnim Watkins. who was\\nborn in Berkshire Count} Mass., in 1788. The\\nmother, who in her girlhood was Miss Deborah\\nWhitney, was also a native of Berkshire Countj-,\\nthe Bay State, and born in the town of Goshen,\\nFeb. 23, 1794. After marriage the parents settled\\nin Ilopewcll. Ontario Co.. N. Y., where the father\\ncarried on agriculture and also operated as a con-\\ntractor on the Erie Canal. He spent the remainder\\nol his life in Hopewell, passing away Nov. 29,\\n1843, when in middle life, being about fifty- five\\nyears of age. The mother subsequently removed\\nto Canandnigua, in the same county, where her\\ndeath to ik i)lace at her home. April 3, 1876. Their\\nfamily inchided three sons and six daughters Of\\nthese children seven lived to mature years three are\\nnow living, and residents of Michigan and New\\nYork.\\nCharles Watkins was born in Hopewell, Ontario\\nCo., N. Y., April 27, 1827. He continued under\\nthe parental roof until reaching his majtirit^-, learn-\\ning to plow, sow and reap, and acquiring a com-\\nmon-school education. He remained a resident of\\n4*\\nhis native townshiii until thirty-six years of age, in\\nthe meantime being married and having become the\\nfather of a family. To his first wife. Miss Esther A.\\nSmith, he was married in CiorliMm. Ontario Count}\\nin November, 1855. This lady was also of New\\nEngland parentage, and by her union with our sub-\\nject became the mother of two children Ida M.\\nand fisther A. Mrs. Esther A. AVatkins departed\\nthis life at her home in Hopewell, Ontario Co., N.\\nY., in March, 1863, before the removal of her hus-\\nband to the West.\\nMr. Watkins, on the 9th of January, 1876, con-\\ntracted a second marriage, in Allen Township, this\\ncounty, with Miss Cynthia A. Leffingwell, who was\\nborn in Hopewell. N. Y., June 8, 1843. Her par-\\nents. Deacon Freeman and Anna (Eslow) Leffing-\\nwell, were natives respectively of New York and\\nNew Jersej and are now deceased. This marriage\\nof our subject resulted in the birth of one child, a\\nson. Edwin C. who is now fifteen years old. Mr.\\nWatkins, politically, is a Republican of the first\\nwater, and socially, a member in good standing\\nof the Masonic fraternity, belonging to a lodge\\nat Allen. His property embraces 175 acres of\\ngood land on section 16, in Allen Township, where\\nhe has erected good buildings, and has all the con-\\nveniences for prosecuting agriculture after the most\\napproved methods.\\nEphraim Watkins, the father of our subject, dur-\\ning his early manhood served as a soldier in the\\nWar of 1812. He was the son of a sea captain\\nwho was engaged largely in the coasting trade,\\noperating on the coast of New pjigland and among\\nthe West Indies. He eventually settled upon terra\\nfirma, and spent his last days in what is now Hope-\\nwell. Ontario Co., N. Y. The maternal grand-\\nfather of Mr. Watkins, Bascom Whitney by name,\\ncarried a musket in the Revolutioiuuy War, and\\nclothed his name with imperishable honor bj yiehl-\\ning up his life in the cause of liberty at the battle\\nof Bunker Hill. Deacon Lellingwell and his wife,\\nthe parents of Mrs. Watkins, came to this county\\nin the spring of 1853, and settled in Allen Town-\\nship, where he spent the remainder of his days,\\nclosing a long and useful career on the 26th of\\nSeptember, 1878. Both he and his excellent part-\\nner were devoted members of the Baptist Church,", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0601.jp2"}, "602": {"fulltext": "590\\nHILLSDALE COUKTY.\\nat Allen, to the support of which they contributed\\nliberally and f^heerfully, and were always willing to\\nmake sacrifices for the furtherance of its mainte-\\nnance and prosperity. The mother passed awaj two\\nyears prior to the death of her husband, her death\\ntaking place Nov. 8, 1876.\\n-ir\u00c2\u00ab4\\nI^Ti^\\nE\\n^1^ D WARD C. C AMPBP:LL. In the life of the\\ngentleman whose name heads this sketch we\\nfind an example for young men just em-\\nbarking in the field of life, of what may be accom-\\nplished by a man beginning poor, but honest,\\nprudent and industrious. In early life Mr. Camp-\\nbell enjoyed but few advantages, and although he\\nreceived a fair common-school education, he en-\\njoyed neither wealth nor position, and started out\\nin life for himself beginning on the lowest step of\\nthe ladder. He relied solelj- upon his own efforts\\nand his own conduct to win for him success, and he\\nhas not been disappointed; nor has his been a suc-\\ncess solely in the sense of accumulating wealth, but\\nin doing good toothers and in winning their respect\\nand esteem. He is a careful, conscientious busi-\\nness man, ever adhering to the dictates of his con-\\nscience in matters both of a public and private\\nnature. Mr. Campbell is a contractor and builder,\\nand dealer in lumber, situated in Hillsdale, and is\\nin the possession of an extensive patronage and\\nample means.\\nThe subject of this notice is a native of the State\\nof Maine, and was born in the town of Newcastle,\\nin Lincoln County, Sept. 28, 1834. His parents,\\nRufus and Ciiarlotte (Brown) Campbell, removed\\nfrom the Pine Tree State to Hillsdale, in this county,\\nin 1856, where they resided untiltheir decease, both\\npassing awa} in 1881. Tlie father was a ship car-\\npenter and builder, and followed that vocation in\\nhis New England home.\\nEdward C. Campbell is the fifth in order of birth\\nof a family of nine children, six boys and three\\ngirls, who are included in the parental family;\\nseven of these still survive. Edward received a\\ngood common-school education, and at the age of\\nsixteen went to Boston, Mass., where he learned\\nthe trade of a carpenter and joiner. He also\\nstudied drafting, acquiring his knowledge of that\\nprofession under the Bartlett Bros., architects and\\nbuilders, the firm erecting as many as ninety build-\\nings in a single season. Our subject became very\\nskdiful as an architect, and after completing his\\ntrade he drifted west to Ohio and stopped at To-\\nledo, where he was employed by the firm of Field\\nWilmenter, car builders, as pattern-maker, re-\\nmaining with them for a period of three years. In\\n1855 he came to Michigan, and his first work was\\ndone on the Hillsdale College building, wherehe\\nengaged by the day. After being thus employed\\nfor some time he determined to commence busi-\\nness on his own account as a builder and contractor,\\nand the practical knowledge he had already acquired,\\ntogether with his good judgment and reliable busi-\\nness qualities, at once brought him success. He\\nhas built some of the best residences in the city of\\nHillsdale, notable among which are those of Hon.\\nCharles T. Mitchell, Hon. John P. Cook and others.\\nAmong the business houses are Marvin s dry-goods\\nstore, the Cit}- Bakery, etc. A few years later Mr.\\nCampbell formed a [lartnership with Henry Reeves,\\nand started a lumber-yard, and besides doing a\\nlarge business in this line they carried on tlieir old\\ntrade of building and contracting. The partnership\\nlasted for two years, after which John P. Cook pur-\\nchased the interest of Mr. Reeves, and the new firm\\ndid even alarger business in the lumber trade. They\\nwere prospered in their undertakings, and erected a\\nlarge building and established a sash and blind fac-\\ntory, when, after about six years, on the 3d of May,\\n1879, the whole property was consumed by fire,\\ninvolving a loss to its owners of $20,000, as there\\nwas no insurance.\\nThe vocabulary of Mr. Campbell, however, con-\\ntained no such word as fail, and after the fire he\\nbought out the interest of his partner and continued\\nthe business alone. The reputation lie had already\\nwon was in his favor, and he steadily increased\\nhis business. After awhile he erected a sash and\\nblind factory in the place of that which had been\\ndestroyed by fire, and provided it with the most mod-\\nern machinerj In his planing-mill he has a large\\nstock of lumber for the general trade, in addition\\nto that which is manufactured on the premises, and\\nduring the busy season he employs twenty men and", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0602.jp2"}, "603": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00ab-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n591\\nsometimes even more. In I880 he built the water\\nworks Imilding for the city of Hillsdale, whicli he\\nbrought to a successful completion.\\nIn 1850 ^Ir. Campbell was united in marriage\\nwith the lady of his choice, Miss Cornelia C. Nick-\\nerson, of Litchfield, Ohio, who was orphaned when\\nonl^^ a little girl, by the death of her father. Mr.\\nCampbell is closel}* identified with the public wel-\\nfare if the city of his adoption, and in appreciation\\nof his services he has been elected as Alderman in\\nthe Third AVard, serving for a period of eightyears.\\nSocially, he is a member of Fidelity Lodge No. 32,\\nF. A. M., while in politics he affiliates with the\\nRepublican party. Religiously, he and his estima-\\nble wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.\\ni~\\nEDMOND D. BUCK, dealer in groceries,\\ncrockery, glassware, notions, tobacco, cigars,\\netc., is one of the leading liusiness men of\\nNorth Adams, among whose people he enjoys a\\ngenerous patronage. A gentleman still in the prime\\nof life, having been born .June 30, 1844, in Moscow\\nTownship, this county, he is the son of one of its\\npioneer families, his parents being Israel and Jane\\nEliza (Green) Buck, who were natives of the Em-\\npire State, the former of Peru, Clinton County, and\\nthe latter of what is now Stanford ville, Dutchess\\nCounty.\\nThe father of our subject was born on the 15th\\nof October, 1807, and traced his descent back to\\nthe Puritans, who settled at Plymouth, Mass., in\\nthe year 1G20. He was reared to manhood in his\\nnative county, and after his marriage continued\\na resilient of Dutchess County until coming to the\\nTerritory of Michigan in the spring of 1837. Upon\\ntheir arrival here they lookup their abode in the\\nwilderness of Moscow Township, whore the father\\nput up a log house and began clearing the land.\\nThe first dwelling was built in genuine pioneer\\nstyle, rough both within and without, but it con-\\ntained two people with the largest hearts of that\\nmost hos|)itabIe time. Their door was open alike\\nto friend and stranger, and oftentimes proved an\\nasylum to those in distress. They endured priva-\\ntion and hardship, but struggled on, and in the\\ncourse of a few years found themselves surrounded\\nwith the comforts of life and hosts of friends. The\\n200 acres which the father took up from the Gov-\\nernment became highly productive, and in addition\\nto the cultivation of the land Israel Buck embel-\\nlished his farm with substantial buildings, and\\ngathered together a choice assortment of live stock\\nand farm machinery, exhibiting an estate second to\\nnone in the township. In his labors he was amply\\nassisted by his faithful and devoted wife, who pre-\\nceded him to the silent land, her death taking place\\nJan. 26. 1882, when she was nearly seventy-four\\nyears of age, she having been born Aug. 3, 1808.\\nThe father died July 10, 1886, at the age of sev-\\nentj -nine.\\nThe six children of the parental family included\\nfour sons and two daughters, and our subject was\\nthe youngest but one. The old log house sheltered\\nhis boyhood days, and he acquired the rudiments\\nof an education in the district school. His studies\\nwere carried on principally in the winter season,\\nwhile his services were utilized on the farm in the\\nsummer. The year before the close of the Rebel-\\nlion he enlisted, Aug. 26, 1864. in the 4th Michi-\\ngan Infantry, and first met the enemy in battle on\\nthe 28th of October following, at Decatur, Ala.\\nHe was later in the memorable affray at Murfrees-\\nboro, from which he escaped unharmed, and re-\\nceived his honorable discharge June 10, 1866, a\\nfew days less than two years from the time he had\\nenlisted.\\nUpon his return from the army Jlr. Buck engaged\\nin farming on the old homestead until the fall of\\n1868, when, on the 20th of September, he was mar-\\nried to Miss Elizabeth Collins, and moved to\\nLivingston County, Mo., where he lived for eight\\n3 ears following, then returned to Michigan, where\\nhe has since been content to remain. Of the three\\nchildren born to our subject and his wife, a daughter\\nand son only are living Leiia Florlne and Clare.\\nThe son, Morton Irving, was born May 2, 1874,\\nand died when less than two years of age, Jan. 8,\\n1876. The girl is completing her education in the\\nNorth Adams High .School. Mr. and Mrs. Buck with\\ntheir daughter arc mombors in good standing of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, and Mrs. Buck is\\nespecially interested in temperance and missionary", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0603.jp2"}, "604": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a24^\\n592\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY,\\n4\\nwork, having been for years Secretary of the\\nWoman s Foreign Missionary Society. In her labors\\nshe is warmly seconded by her husband, who since\\nearly manhood has given much attention to this\\nsubject, and striven b} his voice and influence to\\nassist the cause. He cast his first Presidential vote\\nfor U. S. Grant, and is a stanch supporter of Re-\\npublican principles.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Buck were Sylvester and\\nBetsy (Glasgow) Collins, natives of New York\\nState, the former born in Schenectadj County in\\n1806, and the latter in Lowville, Lewis County.\\nThey were reared and married in the f^mpire State,\\nwliere they lived until emigrating to Michigan, in\\n1844. Mr. Collins in 1848 moved to Adams Town-\\nship, where he is now living, and with his wife, is\\nwell stricken in years, he being eighty-two and\\nMrs. Collins eighty years old. His seven children\\nincluded four sons and three daughters, of whom\\nMrs. Buck was the sixth child. She was born in\\nWheatland Township, this county, May 22, 1848,\\nand received a good education, completing her\\nstudies in Hillsdale College. For several years\\nprior to her marriage she was identified with the\\neducational work of the county as a teacher, and\\nalthough many cares have intervened since that\\ntime, she still continues a lively interest in the sub-\\nject upon which so much depends in regard to the\\ncharacter and standing of the rising generation.\\nVi^eDMUND STANFIELD. Many of the resi-\\ndents of Southern Michigan derive their\\norigin from parents of foreign birth, or were\\nthemselves born across the ocean. Coming to this\\ncountry with a view to better their condition finan-\\ncially, and following the stream of migration to the\\nWest, they were favorably impres.sed with this sec-\\ntion of countrj-, and at once joined heart and hand\\nin developing its rich and varied resources, and in\\nbuilding up a home for themselves and their fami-\\nlies. Among these is the gentleman whose name\\nheads this sketch, and who, though still in the pri me of\\nlife, has a splendid farm on section 24, in Hillsdale\\nTownship, as the reward for his industry and perse-\\nverance.\\nMr. Stanfield was born in Yorkshire, England,\\nand is the sixth son of William and Jane (Dent)\\nStanfield, of pure English stock. The father was\\nborn in England in 1800, and upon arriving at\\nmaturity engaged as a flax-grower and a dealer in\\nthat article, doing a large business for the last thirt}\\nyears of his life. For three generations the Stan-\\nfields had been engaged in that industry in their\\nnative shire, the business terminating with the death\\nof the father of our subject in 1874.\\nEdmund Stanfield was reared to manhood in his\\nnative count} receiving a fair education, and in\\nApril, 1862, was united in marriage with Miss\\nHannah Stone, who was a native of the same place,\\nand was born in 1843. In 187U they emigrated to\\nAmerica, reaching this county in the same year,\\nand in the following November Mr. Stanfield pur-\\nchased 168^ acres of improved land, which he has\\nbrought to a fine state of cultivation. On the\\nsmaller tracts of land owned by farmers in England,\\nbusiness is conducted carefully and economically,\\nwith a view of turning each foot of soil to the best\\nadvantage, and this gives the farms a neat appear-\\nance which it is difficult to find in those large areas\\nof land that could be procured in this country so\\ncheaply in its early days. Indeed it is said by\\nmany that a smaller farm well tilled would be as\\na large tract of land partially neglected that the\\ndeci ease in the total production would be more\\nthan compensated for by the smaller expense in-\\nvolved in operating the farm. Mr. Stanfield, how-\\never, profiting by his early experience, has utilized\\nhis farm to the best advantage, and it at once at-\\ntracts the attention of the passerby as an indication\\nof thrift and good management on the part of its\\nowner. The land is watered by two excellent\\nsprings, and he has a fine fish pond stocked with\\nGerman carp, which, besides being an ornament to\\nthe place, affords a delicacy for the table. Mr.\\nStanfield has erected a fine stone residence, commo-\\ndious in its appointments, and a good frame barn\\nand other suitable out-buildings necessary for the\\nsuccessful prosecution of his calling.\\nOur subject and his wife are the parents of twelve\\nchildren William F.. Isaac, Charles F., Edmund,\\nEmily, Harriet, Robert I., Thomas, Ada H., AValter,\\nElijah and Jennie. Mr. Stanfield was prominently\\nconnected with the public welfare of his native", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0604.jp2"}, "605": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0605.jp2"}, "606": {"fulltext": "ii 1^ V()? (5)\\nsL\\nResidence of Robert 0xenhaivi,5ec.7. Allen Township.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2y\u00c2\u00ab ei*!^-:ifSi^-:A-^ i~-!f[; \u00e2\u0096\u00a0r.^s-^ w-i..- ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0jyy^ im-.\\nResidence OF James Mills, Sec. 6. Cambria Township.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0606.jp2"}, "607": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00ba1-*^\\nI\\nHILLSDALE COUMTY.\\n595\\ncounty, and was also a member of the order of\\nForesters, in which he hehl otlice for some years.\\nHis friends liere have also learned to appreciate his\\nstatesmanlike qualities, and unmistakahle honesty\\nof purpose, and he is closely identified with all\\nmeasures having for their object the progress of\\nhis commnnit} He is a member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, as are all his family, and he has\\nserved the chui ch in the capacity of Steward. In\\npolitics his sympathies are witii the Republican\\nparty, and since he became a citizen of this country\\nhe has advanced its interests by easting his ballot\\nfor its nominees on the occasion of all important\\nelections.\\nAmong Mr. Stanfleld s stock are some full-blooded\\nDurham cattle, and he has good graded horses, taking\\na total of nine premiums at the fair of 1887. This\\nbranch of industry is in accordance with Mr. Stan-\\nfield s tastes, and as it proves quite remunerative,\\nhe will probably devote still more attention to it,\\nand will give a good report of himself at each an-\\nnual fair.\\nj|]AMES MILLS, formerly a farmer, is now\\nliving in retirement on his homestead on\\nsection C of Cambria Township, where he\\nand his estimable wife are enjoying the com-\\nforts and luxuries of a leasant home, and an\\nincome amply sufficient for all their needs. They\\nare people whose kindly dispositions and genuine\\nintegrity of character have won for them a high\\nplace in the regard of the entire community.\\nMr. Mills was born in Steuben County, N. Y.,\\nOct. 5, 1819. Ilis father, Benjamin Mills, was born\\nand spent the early years of his life on Long Isl-\\nand, but later moved to Dutchess Count3 N. Y.\\nHe came of an old family which dated its history\\nin this country back to an ancestor who came over\\nin the Mayflower. Mr. Mills married, in Seneca\\nCounty, N. Y., Miss Elizabeth Bulmer, who grew\\nto womanhood in that county, although she was a\\nnative of New Jersey. They settled in the county\\nwhere their marriage took place, but after the birth\\nof four children they moved to Steuben County,\\nwhere the father died at the age of seventy years.\\nHe was an industrious, practical farmer, and his\\nhonesty and worth made him esteemed as a neigh-\\nbor and a friend. He and his good wife were stanch\\nmembers of the Regular Baptist Church, and in\\npolitics he was a firm Republican. His widow came\\nto Michigan with her youngest son, Benjamin F.,\\nand made her home with him in Allen Township,\\nuntil her death, at the age of more than eighty\\nyears.\\nThe boyhood and early manhood of our subject\\nwere passed in his native county, he having reached\\nthe age of twenty-five when he came to Michigan\\nin 1844, and located in Lenawee County, near\\nTecumseh. He had then only about $100 in his\\npocket, but he went to work with characteristic\\nwill and energy, and by persistent toil, prudence,\\nand judicious management, in the years that fol-\\nlowed he gathered together a competency. In\\n1850 he came to Hillsdale County, and bought the\\nplace where he now resides, and thus for nearly\\nforty years has been identified with the farming\\ninterests of this community, and has faithfully per-\\nformed his share in developing its agricultural\\nresources, and securing for it the name of being\\none of the most productive townships of this county.\\nHis farm comprises ninetj acres of carefully tilled\\nsoil, and is well supplied with good barns, as well\\nas other farm buildings, and a substantial, com-\\nfortable dwelling.\\nNo doubt our subject attributes no small share\\nof his success in life to the fact that he has had the\\nhelpful co-operation and sympathy of a good wife,\\nwho has lightened his labors and shared its fruits\\nwith him. They were united in marriage Oct. 24,\\n1846. She was formerly Miss Jane A. Bloomer,\\nand was born in Amsterdam, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1831,\\nbeing a daughter of Gilbert and Rachel (Dodds)\\nBloomer. The former is now dead, having clied in\\nRaisin Townsiiip. Lenawee County, in 1843, having\\nscarcely attained middle .age. He was a carpenter\\nby trade, a skilled workman, and an honorable\\ncitizen. His widow subsequently married Christ\\nPocklington, and is now living in Raisin Township\\nat the venerable .\u00c2\u00abige of eighty ye.ars. Mrs. Mills\\nwas the eldest daughter and second child of five\\nchildren, three sons and two daughters, of whom\\none son is now deceased. She came to Michigan\\nwith her parents when she was four j cars old, and\\n^h^\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0607.jp2"}, "608": {"fulltext": "596\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ngrew to womanhood in their home in Eaisin Town-\\nship, receiving her education in the public schools\\nof that place. To her and her husband have been\\nborn three children, of whom the following is the\\nrecord Henry A., Dean in the Art School in Green-\\ncastle, Ind., is an artist of great natural talent, and\\nis also a good instructor, his art education having\\nbeen completed in New York City he married Ella\\nFallace. Ida is the wife of James Baxter, a dairy-\\nman in Hillsdale; Gilbert married Nellie Carpenter,\\nand is connected with Mr. Carpenter in the grocery\\nbusiness in Bankers.\\nMr. Mills is a solid Republican, and has for many\\nyears been an earnest supporter of the principles\\npromulgated bj the party to which he gives his\\nallegiance. Mrs. Mills is a devoted member of the\\nFree-Will Baptist Church.\\n^S^ OBERT OXENHAM. There are few men\\nijL^ in Allen Township who are more widely or\\nfavorably known than the subject of this\\nw^sketch. Possessed of more than ordinary\\nintelligence and abilitj he has made the most of\\nhis opportunities in life for the study of men and\\ncircumstances, and has not onl3- learned much from\\nobservation of the world around him, but bj a\\ncourse of instructive reading has kept himself well\\nposted upon ni.atters of general interest. Industrious,\\nenterprising, and a man of the strictest integrit3 li^\\ncomprises one of the most valued members of bis\\ncommunity.\\nThe early home of our subject was on the other\\nside of the Atlantic, amid the beautiful scenery of\\nDevonshire, England, where iiis birth took place\\nDec. 17, 1847. His parents. John and Mary (Pearce)\\nOxenham, were natives of the same countj as\\nRobert, their only son. The father was born near\\nthe city of Plymouth, Jan. 6, 1811, and the mother\\nNov. 18, 1810. They were married at the home\\nof the latter in Devonshire, and continued residents\\nof their native county until 1848, where the father\\nwas engaged in farming and stone cutting.\\nDuring the jear mentioned, the father of our\\nsubject started with his little family for the United\\nStates, and not very long after setting foot upon\\nAmerican soil, made his way directly to this State,\\nsettling first in Qnincy Township, Branch County.\\nThere for a time he operated a farm on shares, and\\nremained a resident of that locality for a period of\\ntwelve or thirteen 3 ears. Deciding upon a change\\nof residence, he then purchased eighty acres of\\nland in Allen Township, this county, of which he\\ntook possession and effected good improvements,\\nand where the death of the mother took place in\\nSeptember, 1865. The father continued at the\\nhomestead until about 1880, when he retired from\\nactive labor and took up his residence in Coldwater,\\nthis State, where he now resides.\\nOf the ten children born to John and Mary\\nOxenham, nine were daughters. Of these eight\\nare living and settled in comfortable homes of their\\nown in Michigan. Robert acquired a common-\\nschool education and became familiar with farm\\npursuits, continuing a member of his father s house-\\nhold until his marriage. This most important event\\nof his life took place March 29, 1871, in Butler,\\nBranch County this State, his bride being Miss\\nHattie E., daughter of George and Louisa (Rice)\\nLockwood. Our subject and his wife began life to-\\ngether where they now reside. The household circle\\nhas been brightened by the birth of four children\\nMinnie A., Mary L., George R. and Anna. The\\neldest is sixteen years of age and the youngest five.\\nMr. Oxenham, in 1870, identified himself with the\\nMasonic fraternity, and is a member in good stand-\\ning of Lodge No. 256, at Allen. He cast his first\\nPresidential vote for U. S. Grant, and has since\\ncontinued a member of the Republican party. He\\ncomes of a long-lived family, his paternal great-\\ngreat-grandmother having attained to the remark-\\nable age of one hundred and fifteen years. When the\\neldest child of John Oxenham was born, she had five\\ngrandmothers and great-grandmothers living.\\nThe wife of our subject was the third child of\\nher parents, and was born in Butler, Branch County,\\nthis State, March 3, 1849. Her father, George\\nLockwood, was a native of Butler, Wayne Co., N.\\nY., and his wife, Louisa, was born in Vermont.\\nThey came to the West before their marriage,\\nand after uniting their fortunes, settled in Butler,\\nBranch County, this State, where the father died\\nJune 15, 1883. The mother is still living, and\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0608.jp2"}, "609": {"fulltext": "-4^\\nA\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n597\\nresides at the old lionio in Butler Township. Their\\nfamily consisted of two sons and two daughters, all\\nof wljum are living. The maternal grandmother\\nof Mrs. Oxenham sjjent her last years in Butler,\\nBranch Co., Mich., and lived to be ninety-five\\nyears old. Mrs. O. is a member in good standing\\nof the Free- Will Baptist Church, while our subject,\\nalthough not identified with any religious organi-\\nzation, is partial to the doctrines of the Episcopalians.\\nHe is liberal and public-spirited, and gives both\\nhis moral and substantial support to those enter-\\nprises inaugurated tor the general welfare of the\\ncommunitj\\nMrs. Oxenham is a ver}- amiable and intelligent\\nlad} and has proved in all respects the suitable\\ncompanion and helpmate of such a man as her\\nhusband. She has done her part in keeping up the\\nreputation of the homestead, and exercised due\\ninfluence in rearing her children to become honored,\\nuseful and worthy citizens.\\nA lithogra|)hic view of the handsome farm residence\\nof Mr. Oxenham is presented on an accompanying\\npage.\\nif^OHN F. BAKER, late an old and honored\\npioneer of Hillsdale County, came to the\\nTerritory of Michigan in 183(5, and enter-\\ning eighty acres of land from the Govern-\\nment, built the first log cabin in the southwestern\\npart of Somerset Townsliip. The present flourish-\\ning cit3 of Adrian was then but a hamlet of a few\\nrude houses, but it formed the nearest market for Mr.\\nBaker and his far-away neighbors. The Indians\\nhad not j et left the conutrj and the subject of this\\nhistory, together with his excellent wife, was able to\\nrelate many adventures in connection with the red\\nman of the forest. Wild game was plentiful, and\\nover the country now dotted by cultivated fields\\nand valuable homesteads, deer and wolves roamed\\nunrestrained, while the rifle of the pioneer furnished\\nthe household larder with the finest venison.\\nMr. and Mrs. Baker were married in 1826, and\\nwhen making the journey from New York State to\\nSouthern Michigan were accompanied b} five chil-\\ndren. The story of their hardshi[)s and privations is\\nbut one of many delineated in connection with the\\nother pioneers of Hillsdale County. At times they\\nwere very siiort of provisions, and the children\\nwere sometimes put to bed asking in a very earnest\\nmanner for something to eat, which the mother\\nwas unable to supply them. Those days happily-\\npassed away, and Mr. Baker, with his faithful wife,\\nwas permitted to reap the reward of his toil and\\nsacrifices, and in a comfortable home, could look\\nback with little regret to tlieir days of trial. During\\ntheir long residence in Somerset Township they\\ngathered about them many friends, who proved a\\nsolace to their declining years, and by whom they\\nwere regarded with the most affectionate solicitude.\\nMr. Baker was born in Angelica, N. Y., Sept. 11,\\n1807, and was the son of William and Katie (Feth-\\nerby )Baker, the father a native of the same State, and\\nthe mother of New England. William Baker spent\\nhis entire life not far from the place of his birth,\\nand died in Wayne County at the age of fifty-five\\nyears. The mother spent her last years in White-\\nside County. William Baker was twice married,\\nand the father of eighteen children, one of whom\\nlived to mature years. John F., in common with\\nthe others, received a limited education, and spent\\nhis youthful days at the homestead. Soon after\\nreaching his majority he was married, Jan. 7, 1826,\\nto Miss Polly Lamb, who was born Oct. 7, 1808,\\nat Poplar Ridge, N. Y., and is the daughter of\\nIsaac and Sally (Stanley) Lamb, whose birthplace\\nwas also in that locality. The mother died in middle\\nlife at Lyons, in Wayne Count} and the father\\ntwenty years later, when quite aged. Of their four-\\nteen children but two are now living: Mrs. Baker\\nand her brother, John Lamb, the latter of whom\\ncontinues in his native State of New York.\\nMr. Baker and his wife after their marriage\\nsettled on a tract of land in Wayne County, N. Y.,\\nand there became the parents of five children.\\nAfter coming to this county the household was in-\\ncreased by the birth of five more. Four of these\\nare living, and residents mostly of Michigan. The\\nten bore the names of Mary, Prentis. Isaac, Benja-\\nmin, Willis, George, Newton, Joseph, Martha and\\nEmeline.\\nThe first year of his residence here Mr. Baker\\ncleared three or four acres of ground. After two\\n3 ears their first log cabin was burned, but within\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0609.jp2"}, "610": {"fulltext": "598\\nu\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nthe space of two weeks be built another one on\\nanother part of his land, and transferred thejr per-\\nsonal effects on a sled with one yoke of oxen. He\\nassisted in establishing the first school of the town-\\nship, which was conducted in a log building on the\\nsubscription plan. We must not omit that the\\njourney from New York State was made overland\\nwith two yoke of oxen, and consumed a period of\\nfour weeks. Their j oungest child was but two\\nweeks old when tliey started on their trip. AVe will\\npass over the years during which they toiled and\\nlabored until the time when they found themselves\\non the road to prosperity. The country settled up\\nslowly, but surely, and as the land became culti-\\nvated its value increased. Mr. Baker invested his\\nspare capital in additional real estate until he be-\\ncame the owner of 200 acres, most of which he\\nbrought to a good state of cultivation. He alwa3 s\\nvoted the straight Democratic ticket, and endeav-\\nored to conduct himself as an honest man and a\\ngood citizen. He took a warm interest in the suc-\\ncess of the temperance movement, being one of its\\nmost earnest advocates. Considering the fact that\\nhe started in this county with a cash capital of |10,\\nit must be inferred that lie made the best use\\nof his time. The old farm is now being worked\\nbj a grandson, Alfred L., who was born in AVIieat-\\nland Township on the 8th of Marcli, 1864, and has\\nmade his home with his grandparents since a boy.\\nMr. Baker s death took place May 18, 1888.\\n-\u00e2\u0082\u00ac-^S\\n4\\njfelNSLOW H. DAY. prominent among the\\n\\\\/iJ// stock-raisers of Pittsford Town-\\nW^ ship, was one of its early residents, and has\\noccupied his present homestead for the long period\\nof fifty-four years. Tliis in itself comprises an\\nenviable record, as however much a man may travel\\naround the world, the fact that he has one stopping-\\nplace, which he can call home, gives him importance\\nin the eyes of the people, and adds a certain dig-\\nnity which it is pleasant to contemplate.\\nOur subject first opened his ej es among the New\\nHampshire hills on the 9lh of May, 1824, near the\\ntown of Chesterfield, in Cheshire County. His\\nfather, Samuel Day, who was one of the pioneers\\nof Hillsdale County, was also a native of Chester-\\nfield, N. H.. and was born June 23, 1784. He\\nobtained a limited education in the district schools\\nof his native township, and starting out for himself\\near]3 in life was employed as a farm laborer four\\nyears before his marriage. He continued thereafter\\nin Cheshire County several years, during wiiich\\ntime he became the father of a family, and found\\nthat after a long i)eriod spent in hard labor he was\\nin little better condition, financially, than when he\\nstarted. He now resolved upon a change of loca-\\ntion, and having been in communication with\\nfriends near Dayton, Ohio, he prepared, in the\\nspring of 1 834, to remove thither with his family.\\nSamuel Day in his migration to the West hired a\\nteam to convey liis family and goods to the Erie\\nCanal. They crossed the Connecticut River at\\nBratticboro, Vt, and from there proceeded over\\nthe Green Mountains to Schenectady, at which\\npoint they boarded a canal-boat, and by this means\\nreached Fairport, Ohio. They visited with friends\\nseven miles from the latter place, and there learned\\nthat land in the vicinity of Dayton was held at high\\nprices, and really of little more value than the Gov-\\nernment land, which was being disposed of at a less\\nfigure in the Territory of Michigan. Mr. Day, in\\nview of these facts, early in the month of May,\\n1834, hired his friend to convey him and bis family\\nto Lenawee County, and during the trip hither\\nencountered the Woiden family, and later Mr.\\nTreadwell and R. H. Whitehorne, who were bound\\nfor the same locality. At Baker s Corners, in Madi-\\nson Township, they found a vacant log cabin, into\\nwhich they removed their goods, and leaving their\\nfamilies there the men of the expedition proceeded\\nto explore the Bean Creek Valley. Mr. Day\\nselected the west half of the southwest quarter of\\nsection 11, in what is now Pittsford Township, this\\ncounty, and sent the money to Monroe to enter the\\nland from the Government. Then he hired a team\\nto transfer his goods thither, while the family\\ntrudged along on foot. The greater part of their\\nway lay through an unbroken wilderness, in which\\na simple trail was the nearest approach to a road,\\nand in some places they were obliged to cut their\\nway through with their axes.\\nThe travelers arrived at their destination about\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094-_.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 m^\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0610.jp2"}, "611": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n11 o clock one very dark night early in tiie-\\nmonth of June. They foiiiifl there was nothing\\nbut a foot log by which tliey could cross Bean\\nCreek, so Mr. Worden waded into tlie water and\\ncarried his wife across on his back. He kindly\\noffered to convey Mrs. Day, the mother of our\\nsubject, but she preferred to crawl over the log on\\nher hands and knees. Tlie^ were made comfortable\\nin the log house of a Mr. Kidder, with whom they\\nremained until Mr. Day could remove to a building\\nof similar description which he had found in the\\nneighborhood. He had first entered eighty acres\\nnear the Kidder settlement, but found a more desir-\\nable tract of land on section 13, where he put up a\\nlog house as soon as possible, the roof of which was\\ncovered with bark, and in which unpretentious\\ndwelling the Pittsford Township courts convened,\\nand the son of Mr. Day, Willard F., acted as Jus-\\ntice of the Peace.\\nMr. Daj-, after entering his land, had money\\nenough left to buy a 3 oke of oxen, which was con-\\nsidered quite a luxury, as even oxen were scarce\\nand horses werealmost unknown. The family sub-\\nsisted largely on wild meats which were plentiful,\\nand one brother, in order to increase the family\\nincome, secured a job of clearing and fencing five\\nacres of land at 810 per acre. The father not long\\nafterward was stricken down with fever and ague\\nwhich incapacitated him from hard labor. Fortu-\\nnately, in his younger years he had learned to make\\nbaskets, and having plenty of material he turned\\nhis knowledge of this art to good account. While\\nhe sat at home and manufactured baskets his eldest\\nson, Warren, operated as a traveling salesman, jour-\\nneying with his wares by the aid of a yoke of oxen\\nto Monroe, where he sold tiiem for cash. The\\nsons were energetic workers like their father, and\\nin due time there was a large tract of land cleared\\naround the cabin, and tiiey found their financial\\ncondition assuming a firm basis. The Day home-\\nstead finsdly came to be known as one of the most\\nvaluable tracts of land in that section of country.\\nSamuel Day lived to see his children grow up\\naround him, enterprising and prosperous, and the\\ncountry which w.as once a wilderness transformed\\ninto pleasant fields and well ordered homesteads.\\nHe closed his eyes upon eartiily scenes on the 5th\\nof June, 1857, when about seventy-two years of\\nage. He had married in early manhood Miss Lucy\\nCutler, a native of his own town in New Hamp-\\nshire, and who was born Sept. 29, 1782. She came\\nto the West with her husband, and surviving him\\nover twenty-three years, passed away on the 9th of\\nNovember, 1880, having nearly completed a cen-\\ntury of years. She was a woman strong both\\nphysically and intellectually, and fulfilled her duties\\nas a wife and mother in the most praisevvorthy man-\\nner, meeting the hardships and dangers of pioneer\\nlife with that brave and fearless spirit which was so\\nessential in those times of difficult^ and privation.\\nWhen the Day familj first came to Michigan the\\nsettlers were often anno3 ed and frightened by\\nwolves, but after the extermination of these they\\ncommenced sheep raising and also cultivated flax.\\nThe mother spun and wove both woolen and linen\\ncloth for the use of her household, and in providing\\nfor the wants of her family saw very few idle\\nhours. Both parents were members of the Congre-\\ngational Church for many years, and their kindness\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2and hospitality, both to friend and stranger, were\\nproverbial. Seven children came to bless their\\nunion, of whom Warren, the eldest son, died in\\nHudson Township in 1885; William served in a\\ncompany of Michigan Infantry during the late war,\\nand died while in the army at Nashville three years\\nafter his enlistment; Willard F. is a retired farmer\\nof ample means, and is now making his home in the\\nvillage of Hudson; Mary A. died when an interest-\\ning young lady twenty-two years of age; Wilson L.\\nis farming in Pittsford Township; Winslow II., our\\nsubject, vvas next to the 3 oungest; Fanny A., the\\nwidow of Augustus Kent, is in comfortable circum-\\nstances, and a resident of Hudson Village.\\nWinslow H. Day was a lad ten years of age when\\nhe came to this (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ount3 with his parents, and\\nremembers well the incidents of the journey and\\nthe hardships connected with pioneer Ijfe. His edu-\\ncation, begun in the district school of his native\\ntownship, was completed in the pioneer schools of\\nPittsford Township, and when twenty years of age\\nhe supplemented his studies by an attendance of\\none term in Hudson Village. He made his home\\nwith his parents until the} passed from earth, and\\nno more needed his filial offices. Under their excel-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0611.jp2"}, "612": {"fulltext": "I\\n600\\nll\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nlent training he was taught habits of industry\\nand economy, together with the high moral i)rinci-\\nples which have constituted the basis of his success,\\nand have served to secure him an enviable position\\namong his fellow-citizens. The old homestead,\\nunder his wise management, is being perpetuated\\nin a manner reflecting the highest credit upon him-\\nself, and which illustrates most forcibly the respect\\nin which he holds his honored parents. He is now\\nowner of one-half of the estate. The farm is fur-\\nnished with good buildings, and well stocked with\\nhigh-grade cattle, his favorite breed being the\\nShort-horns crossed with Devon. The land is\\nrcmarkablj fertile, and yields in abundance the\\nrichest crops of Southern Michigan.\\nThe marriage of our subject with Miss Huldah\\nJane Wood was celebrated at the home of the\\nbride in Wheatland Township, June 14. 1860. Mrs.\\nDay was born in Lorain County, Ohio, June 6,\\n183.5, and is the daughter of Deacon Seth and\\nLydia (Gates) Wood, who were both natives of the\\nvicinity of Palmyra. Mr. Wood died in 1855. His\\nwidow is living in Hudson. Of this union there\\nwere born three children: The eldest daughter,\\nEmma, is the wife of W. H. Farmer; they have\\none son, Harold Day, of Rollin Township, Lenawee\\nCountj-; Mary and Bertha are at home with their\\nparents. Mr. Day, politically, is a Republican and\\na Prohibitionist. His estimable wife is a member\\nin good standing of the Baptist Church.\\nIp^ ICHARD W. DRINKER, who is operating\\n]|Uif two farms and a flouring-mill in Hillsdale\\nlK%, Township, came to this county in the sjn-ing\\nw^of 1853, and located with his family on a\\ntract of land in Amboy Township. He first em-\\nployed himself as the agent for an eastern company\\nowning a large tract of timber in this section. He\\nheld this position a number of years, with the prom-\\nise of suitable remuneration, which, however, he\\nfailed to obtain, and in payment for his services\\nwas compelled to take, in order to secure himself,\\n1,000 acres, and in connection with which he became\\nheavily involved in debt. He had in the meantime\\npurchased from this company a grist and saw mill\\ncombined, which are now known as the Drin-\\nker Mills. These are located on the St. Joseph\\nRiver, and operated by water power. They are\\nsupplied with all necessary machinery, the gristmill\\ncontaining four run of stone. He operated his saw-\\nmill and at the same time cleared a portion of his\\nland, and in due time sold all but about 300 acres.\\nThis has been brought to a good state of cultiva-\\ntion, being devoted chiefly to grain and gr.ass.\\nMr. Drinker also owns a valuable farm in Wood-\\nbridge Township. His land heretofore spoken of\\nwas prolific in walnut lumber, which he disposed\\nof in large quantities, and which yielded him hand-\\nsome returns. He inherited from an excellent\\nancestry the qualities most needed at the time of mak-\\ning his home in this new country, and has developed\\nresources whicli a man of lesser capacities would\\nundoubtedly have neglected, converting a large\\ntract of what at one time seemed almost waste land\\ninto valuable and productive farms.\\nOur subject is a native of Luzerne Connty, Pa.,\\nand was born July 26, 1826. His parents, Richard\\nand Lydia (Wragg) Drinker, were also natives of\\nthe Keystone State, in which the family settled, it\\nis believed, during the Colonial days, and were the\\noffspring of old Quaker stock. Edward Drinker,\\nthe grandfather of our subject, crossed the Atlantic\\nwith William Penn, and it is stated in Sewell s\\nhistory of the Quakers that Edward Drinker put\\nup the first house in what is now the city of Phila-\\ndelphia, and which was standing as late as 1836.\\nUpon the mother s side of the house the Wraggs\\ncame from an old English family, which emigrated\\nto America during the latter part of the seventeenth\\ncentury. The maternal grandfather of our subject,\\nJohn Wragg, was captured by a French vessel and\\nheld until the defeat of the captors, and was then\\nliberated, having with others been condemned to\\ndeath. He settled in Pennsylvania, where he occu-\\npied himself as a farmer and spent his last days,\\ndeparting hence about 1866.\\nRichard Drinker, the father of our subject, after\\nhis marriage settled on a tract of timber land in\\nLuzerne County, Pa., where for a few years he gave\\nhis attention to the cultivation of the soil and the\\nestablishment of a comfortable homestead. He was\\na man of excellent business capacities and took an\\n.a\\nM\\nj k", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0612.jp2"}, "613": {"fulltext": "M^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n601\\nactive interest in the settlement of the country,\\nencouraging the various projects calculated for the\\ndevelopment of its resources and likely to attract\\nan enterprising and industrious class of people. He\\nwas the projector of what is now known as the\\nLackawanna Western Railroad, in that part of\\nPennsylvania, and gave his cordial support to the\\nvarious enterprises calculated to build up the\\ncountry. He passed away at his home in Pennsyl-\\nvania when about seventy years of age. The mother\\ndied in 1871. Their familj included eight chil-\\ndren, five sons and three daughters, all of whom\\nare still living, and residents mostly of Pennsyl.\\nvania.\\nThe subject of this biography was the eldest child\\nof his parents, and passed his boyhood and youth in\\nhis native county. His education was acquired in\\nthe common schools, while he became familiar with\\nfarming pursuits, and was also employed in a tan-\\nner} Upon reaching his majority he opened a\\ntannery on his own account in his native county,\\nwhich he operated with fair success about three\\n3 ears, and at the expiration of that time resolved\\nto cast his lot with the earlj^ settlers of Southern\\nMichigan.\\nMr. Drinker, while a resident of Luzerne County,\\nPa., was married, Feb. 21, 1852. to Miss Margaret\\nWragg, who was born and reared near his own\\nhome, and is the daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann\\nWragg, who were natives of Pennsylvania, and are\\nnow deceased. Mrs. Drinker came to the West\\nwith her husband, and is now the mother of five\\nchildren. Their eldest son, Elwood, is assisting to\\noperate the farm in Woodbridge Township. The\\nyounger children Lewis, Samuel Rodman, Lindlay\\nF. and Anna M. are pursuing their studies in the\\nschools of Hillsd.Tle, and continue their residence\\nunder the home roof.\\nMr. Drinker lived on his farm in Amboy Town-\\nship until 1K8(), then, wishing to give his children\\nbetter educational facilities, took up his residence\\nin the city of Hillsdale. They occupy an ele-\\ngant residence on Manning street, which, with its\\nsurroundings, forms one of the most tasteful of mod-\\nern homes. Mr. Drinker occupies his time between\\nhis farms and mills, and Is one of those active and\\nf energetic men who arc never content to be idle. Po-\\nlitically. he affiliates with the Republican party. He\\nis essentiali3 a self-made man, who began at the\\nfoot of the ladder in life, and has attained to his\\npresent position solely by the exercise of his own\\nindustry and resolution. Decided and positive in\\nhis conviction. he is prudent in forming his opin-\\nions, but when once formed he is not easily turned\\nfrom them.\\nEORGE KESTER. As a representative Ger-\\n(l( ^i7 gentleman who is closely iden-\\n^^ij) tified with the f.arming interests of Pittsford\\nTownship, it gives us pleasure to present to the\\nreaders of this work a sketch of the life of Mr. Kes-\\nter. He was born in Germany, July 18, 1820.\\nHis father, John Kester, was a mason by trade,\\nand was a lifelong resident of Germany. Our\\nsubject received an excellent education in the\\npublic schools of his native village, which he\\nattended until fourteen 3 ears of age. He continued\\nengaged in farming until the age of twenty-six.\\nHe then served an apprenticeship of three years to\\nlearn the shoemaker s trade, and followed it for one\\nyear after his apprenticeship expired, in his native\\ncountry. He then ambitiously decided to try his\\nfortunes in the United States of America, and set\\nsail from Havre in June, 1851, for the promised\\nland. He landed in New York after a voyage of\\nseven weeks, and went directly to Erie County,\\nwhere he arrived with but a few dollars in iiis\\npocket. But he was courageous and hopeful, and\\nsoon found work at his trade, which he pursued\\nthere the three succeeding years, when the state of\\nhis health would permit, for in his youth he was\\ncrippled with rheumatism, and often suffered from\\nattacks of his old enemy. During his residence in\\nthat county, however, he obtained the cheerful and\\nready help of an active and able helpmate, to\\nwhom he gratefully acknowledges much of his suc-\\ncess in life to be due, as after their union she stur-\\ndily put her shoulder to the wheel, and went out to\\nwork that she might assist him in securing a home.\\nHis marri.ige to this devoted wife and faithful com-\\npanion took pl.acp Veh. G, 1853. She was formerly\\nMary Klingensraith, daughter of Jacob and Char-\\nlotte Klingensmith, and was born in Germany,\\n9^", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0613.jp2"}, "614": {"fulltext": "u\\n-i^H*\\n602\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nApril 22,1 827, coming to this country when twenty-\\nfive years of age. In the spring of 1854 Mr. Kes-\\nter and his wife came to Hillsdale County, where he\\nfirst engaged on the farm with Mr. Long, in Pitts-\\nford Township. He afterward rented a log house\\non the northwest quarter of section 7, and in the\\nfall of tlie year established himself at his trade of\\nshoeniaking. He lived there one and one-half years,\\nprofitably employed at his trade, and then decided\\nto turn his attention to farming, and bought seven-\\nteen acres of land now included in his present\\nfarm. There was a log house on the place, and\\nafter moving into it he commenced \u00e2\u0080\u00a2work on his\\nfarm, and at the same time made shoes. He and\\nhis wife have since been continuous residents here,\\nand by their untiring industry-, wise economy, and\\nsound management, have become very prosperous,\\nand besides building up a good home, have been\\nenabled to rear their children in comfort, and send\\nthem out into the wtirld with the advantages of\\nfine educations. Mr. Kester owns one of the best\\nand most productive farms in this locality; he has\\nfrom time to time added to his landed possessions,\\nuntil he now owns 147 acres of land, and has two\\ngood sets of farm buildings.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Kester have been born five chil-\\ndren, of whom the following is the record Mary, the\\nwife of Foster Eickard, lives in Nebraska; George\\nlives on the homestead Josephine is a teacher in\\nthe public schools; Sarah died at the age of twenty-\\nthree years; Charles died at the age of seven\\nmonths.\\nMr. and Mrs. Kester are earnest and sincere\\nmembers of the Lutheran Church, and are widely\\nrespected for their kind hearts, blameless lives,\\nand genuine worth and ability.\\nEORGE KINNEY, a leading representative\\nG\\nI g=- of the grocery trade in Hillsdale, is a native\\nof this State, having been born in Jackson\\nCounty on the 4th of May, 1840. His parents,\\nAllen and Susan (Fassett) Kinney, were natives of\\nNew York, and his paternal grandfather, Jeremiah\\nKinney, was born in Connecticut, and died in 1864.\\nAfter marriage the parents of our subject settled\\nB^\\nin Cattaraugus County, N. Y., but a few j ears\\nlater, in March. 1837, made their way to the new\\nState of Michigan, taking up their residence in\\nJackson County, where the father engaged in\\nfarming pursuits, and where the mother died three\\nyears later, in 1840. Allen Kinney subsequently\\nmarried Miss Parthenia Welch. George, of our\\nsketch, went to live with his grandparents after the\\ndeath of his mother, but after the household was\\nre-established returned home, and continued a mem-\\nber of tlie family until reaching manhood.\\nIn 1853 Allen Kinney came with his family to\\nthis county, locating on a farm in Adams Town-\\nship, where he lived and labored until advancing\\nyears admonished him it was wise to retire. He\\nnow makes his home with his oldest son, Ira, in\\nButler, Ind.\\nThe subject of our sketcii spent his boyhood days\\noccupied in the various employments of the farm,\\nand attending the district school. When of suit-\\nable years and acquirements he became a student\\nof Hillsdale College, in which he remained two\\nyears, and subsequently taught during the winter\\nseason. Soon after the outbreak of the Rebellion\\nhe enlisted as a Union soldier, in May, 1861, be-\\ncoming a member of Company H, 4th Michigan\\nInfantry, which was assigned to the Army of the\\nPotomac. Young Kinney met the enemy in many\\nof the important battles of the war, being at Bull\\nRun, the siege of Yorktown, New Bridge, Hanover\\nCourt House, Mccbanicsville, and at Gaines Mills,\\nwhere he was wounded by a gunshot through his\\nbody, and in this disabled condition was cap-\\ntured and confined in Libby Prison. He only re-\\nmained there, however, from the 27th of June to\\nthe 20th of July following, when he was exchanged,\\nand although suffering greatly from the outrages\\nof that notorious stronghold, was thus more fort-\\nunate than hundreds of his comrades.\\nMr. Kinney being now exchanged was conveyed\\nto the hospital on David s Island, near New York\\nCity, where he remained until the 1st of December\\nfollowing. Then, on account of the wounds which\\nhad rendered him incapable of serving longer, he\\nreceived his honorable discharge. As soon as pos-\\nsible he made his way home, taking up his residence\\nas before in Adams Township, where he began lay-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0614.jp2"}, "615": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n603\\ninji- Ill s I:uis for the establishment of a home of his\\nown. ]n [)ursiiaiu i of this he was maiiied on the\\n2(llh of Kovember, 1SU4, to Miss Kniily E. Dris-\\ncoU, of Jeffcisou Township, this eounty, who was\\nborn Jan. 8, 1841, anil was the daughter of Alanson\\nand Margaret (Brooks) Dristoll, natives of New\\nYork State.\\nOur subject and his young wife commenced life\\ntogether in a modest dwelling located in Adams\\nTownship, where Mr. Kinney carried on farming\\nsuecesslully some years, and became prominent in\\ntownship affairs, occupying various local offices.\\nHe oflieiated as Township Clerk four years, and\\nrepresented Adams Township in the County Board\\nof Supervisors the same length of time. In the\\nfail of 1)582 he was elected Treasurer of IJillsdale\\nCounty, the duties of which he assumed on the 1st\\nof January following. At the expiration of this\\nfirst term he was re-elected, serving another two\\nyears.\\nUpon retiring from the Treasurer s office Mr.\\nKinney invested a portion of his capital in tine\\ngroceries, and established himself in trade in the\\nKieffer Block, where he has since remained. His\\nstraightforward methods of doing business and his\\npromptuess in meeting his obligations have resulted\\nill placing him among the representative men of his\\ncity, where he is contributing his quota to its busi-\\nness and moral interests. To him and his esti-\\nmable wife there have been born three children, two\\ndauglilers and one son, namely Susie B., Howard\\nA. and Maggie M. They have all been given a\\ngood education, and the eldest daughter occupies\\nherself as a teacher in one of the city wards of\\nHillsdale Howard is the assistant of his father in\\nthe store; Maggie is completing her studies in the\\nHigh School at Hillsdale.\\nMr. Kinney himself is a man of excellent educa-\\ntion, anil after retiring from the military service\\ntook a course in Bryant Stratton s Business Col-\\nlege, at Cleveland, Ohio, from which he was grad-\\nuated with honors in June, 180.3. Politically, he is\\na stanch Republican, and although never ambitious\\nfor office, has worked generously in behalf of his\\nfrienils. He was at one time President and is now\\nSecretary and Treasurer of the old Fourth Michi-\\ngan Iteuuion Association, which meets at stated\\ntimes to talk over the old days and keep in remem-\\nbrance the names of the old comrades, botii living\\nand dead. He also belongs to Dixon Post No. 6,\\nG. A. R., in which he has been Post Commander,\\nand aid-de-camp to the Department Commander,\\nalso delegate to the Twentieth National Encamp-\\nment at San Francisco, in 1880.\\nMr. Kinney, it is hardly necessarj to state, draws\\na pension from the Government. In 18G4 he was\\nfor a time in its employ as Fonigemaster in the\\nt^uarterinaster s department, and in the discharge of\\nhis duties visited Lexington, Kj Nashville and\\nChattanooga, Tenn., Iluntsville, Ala., and other\\npoints South, being thus occupied about six months.\\njF_^ ORACE WISNER. When a man has passed\\nr his threescore and ten years he begins to\\niKv^ live more in the past than in the present, and\\nthen it ii that he realizes the importance\\nand the satisfaction of preserving the family rec-\\nord. The subject of this sketch, ahead of many\\nmen of his daj* in this respect, has given time to\\nthese reflections, and in consequence has preserved\\nto his descendants a portion of the familj- history\\nwhich in after years it will be a satisfaction for them\\nto peruse.\\nMr. Wisner was born more than seventy-six\\nyears ago, the exact date being May 10, 1812, near\\nwhat was then Aurelius, but is now Springport,\\nN. Y., at the modest country homestead of his par-\\nents, Daniel and Sarah (Guy) Wisner, and from\\nthem received careful home training and a common-\\nschool education. They also were natives of the\\nEmpire vState and the father in his earl} manhood\\nenlisted as a soldier in the War of 1812, as a pri-\\nvate. On account of his brave and efficient serv-\\nice he was promoted to the rank of Captain, with\\nwhich title he was mustered out when the struggle\\nwas over. He was the descendant of a hardy race,\\nand the youngest of a farail} of nine children, only\\none of whom died under eighty years of age. Dan-\\niel Wisner rounded up his fourscore and six ears\\nbefore he was gathered home to his fathers.\\nBesides Daniel two brothers were also in the\\nWar of 1812, one of whom was promoted to the", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0615.jp2"}, "616": {"fulltext": "m\\n1\\n604\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nrank of Colonel, and after serving creditably turned\\nhis attention to religious matters, became identified\\nwith the Baptist Church, and was admitted to the\\nministry in 1818. He was born in AVarwick Town-\\nship, Orange Co., N. Y., March 16, 1778. Daniel\\nWisner and his wife after their marriage settled in\\nCayuga County, where they lived until their chil-\\ndren were grown, then changed their residence to\\nLivingston County. Later they removed to Alle-\\ngany County, where the mother died in the town\\nof Munda, in 1 856, when sixty-four years old. The\\nparental household included eight children, six\\nboys and two girls, who lived to become men and\\nwomen. Of these, Horace, our subject, was the\\nfourth in order of birth.\\nYoung Wisner, in common with his brothers and\\nsisters, was trained to habits of industry and econ-\\nomy, and remained a member of his father s house-\\nhold until his marriage, which took place in 1836,\\nwhen he was twenty-four years of age. Seven years\\nlater he came with his family to Southern Michigan,\\nlocating in Moscow Township in the spring of 1843.\\nHe secured a tract of uncultivated land, where he\\nfirst broke the sod with four yoke of oxen, and in\\ndue time became tlie owner of 110 acres. He dis-\\nposed of forty acres of this later, and has brought\\nthe remaining seventy to a fine state of cultivation,\\nso that it is the source of a comfortable income.\\nThe farm buildings are all that are required by a\\ngentleman of modest tastes, and the premises bear\\nabout them an air of comfort which is extremely\\npleasant to contemplate.\\nThe wife of our subject, formerlj Miss Rachel\\nHudnutt, was born near Aurelius, N. Y., April 27,\\n1817, and was the sixth child of Nathaniel H. and\\nHillie (Emmons) Hudnutt, whose family included\\nthree sons and seven daughters. Her girlhood was\\nspent in her native count) where she received a\\ncommon-school education and became familiar with\\nall household duties. Her parents were natives of\\nKingwood, N. J., and her father was of English an-\\ncestry. The mother was of German descent. Her\\npaternal grandfather crossed the ocean early in\\nlife, and married Margaret Barber, who was also of\\nGerman birth and parentage. Nathaniel Hudnutt\\nafter his marriage settled in New Jersey, whence,\\nbefore the birth of liis daugliter Rachel he re-\\nmoved to New York, where the parents spent the\\nremainder of their days, the father dying in April,\\nabout 1863, at the age of eighty years. The\\nmother survived her husl)and seven years, her death\\ntaking place after she had also rounded up her\\nfourscore j ears. Only two of the children are\\nnow living, being residents of Michigan and New-\\nYork State.\\nThe marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Wisner resulted\\nin the birtii of eight children, the record of whom\\nis as follows: Margaret J., the widow of Samuel\\nGilmer, is the mother of four children Ira W.,\\nMinnie, Emma and Emmett, the latter twins and\\nlives in Calhoun County, this State; Alzina died at\\nthe age of thirteen years; Ira G. married Miss Lou\\nMerrill, of Decatur, 111., and upon the outbreak of\\nthe Rebellion enlisted in an Illinois regiment and\\nw.as promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Upon\\nhis return from the army he took up his residence\\nin Marshfield, Mo., and began the practice of medi-\\ncine, which he followed until the time of his death,\\nin 1876. Of his two children, the elder, Horace,\\ndied in Michigan on the 1st of June, 1887; Leota,\\nthe 3 ounger, is at Columbia, Jackson Co., Mich.\\nDaniel A. Wisner married Miss Cynthia Curdy, is\\na resident of Adams Townsiiip, and the father of\\nsix children, the eldest, Jessie, being a child of a\\nformer marriage the others are named respect-\\nively Ina, Ada, Frederick, Burr and Ruby. Orin\\nresides iu Hillsdale, married Miss Julia Row, is\\nthe father of two children, Maggie and Clara, and\\nmakes his home in the city of Hillsdale Oscar, a\\nresident of Calhoun County, married Miss Milly\\nBrown, of this State, and they are the parents of one\\nchild, a daughter, Libbie; Albert, the j oungestson\\nof our subject, married Miss Celia Durgy, and\\nis operating a part of the homestead in Moscow\\nTownship they have three children Clarence, Elta\\nand Everet.\\nWhen Mr. Wisner started for the West he was\\naccompanied by his wife and four children. They\\nmade their way via the Erie Canal to Buffalo,\\nthence by steamer to Toledo, by cars to Adrian,\\nand from there by stage to Moscow Township.\\nHis has been the privilege to witness remarkable\\nchanges during his residence of forty-five years in\\nSouthern Michigan, and probably no man has been\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0616.jp2"}, "617": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00ab-\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n605\\nniori gratified at its development and progress,\\n(^uiet and iimistentatious in iiis life, he has, while\\nmaking very little noise in the world, uniformly\\ncxcrtt d a good influence upon those around him,\\nand will be kindly rememhered when he shall have\\ngone hence. He was in his early manhood a mem-\\nber of the old Whig party and upon its abandon-\\nment cordially endorsed Hei)ublican prininples,\\nwhich he has since uniformly supported. He has\\nbeen a constant reader of the Hillsdale Standard\\nsince its establishment over forty-two years ago.\\nOBERT L. NICHOL.S, f.irmer, stock-raiser,\\nand dealer in pure-bred Berkshire swine,\\n/l\\\\\\\\V occupies a good position among the solid\\n\\\\||g inen of Jefferson Township, and owns a fine\\nfaini of 11; acres on section .34. In addition to\\nhis comfortable residence, he has a fine large bain.\\nand all the other necessary buildings and appliances\\nfor cairying on his vocation in a pleasant and\\nprofitable manner. He is in the prime of life and\\nin the midst of his usefulness, and was born in the\\ntownship of which he is now a resident, Dec. 16,\\n1846.\\nRobert J. and Mary ,T. (Zimmerman) Nichols,\\nthe parents of our subject, were natives respectively\\nof New York and Kentucky, the father born in\\nOrange Count}-, July 11, 1815. He lived on a\\nfarm until fourteen yeais of age, and was then\\nbound out to work at carriage trimming until he\\nshould attain his majority. About three months\\nbefore his time was out his employer released him,\\nand making his way to Georgetown. K} he secured\\nemployment at his tiade and lived there eight\\nyears. In the meantime he met and married the\\nmother of our subject, the wedding taking place\\nNov. H, 1836.\\nRobert J. Nichols, in 1842, left the Blue Grass\\nregions on horseback, and making his way to\\nSouthern Michigan, purchased a part of the land in\\nJefferson Township which his son, the subject of\\nthis sketch, now owns and occupies. He then went\\nback to Kentuckj an l the following year returned\\nwith his faujily, consisting of his vvife and two\\nchildren, one of the latter being only a month old.\\nWith them came also the parents of Mrs. Nichols\\nand their youngest child. Indians were still plen-\\ntiful in this section, and wild animals also abounded.\\nThe father gave his entire attention to the cultivation\\nand improvement of his land, laboring incessantly\\nuntil ai)proaching his threescore years, and then,\\nfinding himself broken down by hard work, he put\\nup a little building in which he carried on a country\\nstore a few years, then moved to Adrian, and was\\nthere also engaged in general merchandising. He\\ndeparted this life at his home in Ransom Township,\\nDec. 18, 1885. The mother had died in Jefferson\\nTownship, March 29, 1876.\\nThe elder Nichols became prominent in the affairs\\nof this count} sei ving as Justice of the Peace\\ntwelve jears, besides being Township Treasurer\\ntwo years and Road Commissioner a number of\\nterms. He was three times married. By the first\\nwife he had six children, who .are recorded as\\nfollows: Elizabeth A. became the wife of Byron\\nRaymond, is now the mother of four children, two\\nliving and two dead, and lives in Jefferson Town-\\nship; Mary E. is the wife of Joseph B. Phillips, of\\nRansom Township, and thej have two children, one\\ndead; Robert L. was the third child of the family;\\nEdgar Z. has three children, and occupies the old\\nhomestead in Jefferson Township; Emma F. lives\\nin Ransom Township; Frederick W. is married and\\nthe father of one child, and lives in Raisin Town-\\nship, Lenawee County.\\nThe subject of this sketch received a practical\\neducation, and pursued his first studies in a shop on\\nhis father s farm, the school comprising nine pupils,\\nall the children in the district of suitable age to\\nattend. He was put to work on the farm at an\\nearly age, and only attended school in winter after\\nhe was twelve years old. At nineteen he purchased\\nhis time of his father for $200, rented land of the\\nlatter, and besides paying off the ^200, cleared\\n$250 besides. At the age of twenty-four he pur-\\nchased seventy acres of land of his father, and that\\nsame year, Dec. 21), 1870, was married to Miss Lois\\nA. Chene} who was born in Monroe County, N.\\nY Sept. 9, 1850, and is the daughter of Paschal\\nand Clarena (Hibner) Cheney, a sketch of whom is\\ngiven on another page in this work. Mr. and Mrs.\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0617.jp2"}, "618": {"fulltext": "606\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nNichols became the parents of five children, namely\\nMale C, born Jan. 14, 1872; Allen R., Dec. 31,\\n1875; Gertie, Sept. 30, 1881; Rule Lea, Dec. 26,\\n1883, and Leo Laverne, Oct. 23. 1887.\\nMr. Nichols votes the straight Republican ticket,\\nand, with a little assistance from his father, has\\notherwise built up unaided his present well conducted\\nand valuable homestead. He is recognized as one\\nof the leading farmers of his township, is strictly\\ntemperate and a thorough business man. taking\\npride in his farm and his family, and in all respects\\na model citizen.\\nPaschal Chenej the father of Mrs. Nichols, and\\na native of Monroe County, N. Y., was born April\\n4, 1822. He was reared to farm pursuits, received\\na limited education, and started out in the world\\nfor himself when a youth of eighteen years. He\\ncame to Michigan after his marriage, with his wife\\nand three children, and endured in common with\\nthe men around him the struggles and difHculties\\nincident to life in a new country. His industry\\nand perseverance were ampl} rewarded in the final\\npossession of a good home, and the unlimited confi-\\ndence and respect of the. people around him. He\\nand his excellent wife are still living, and residents\\nof Jefferson Townsliip.\\n-*i2\u00c2\u00a3j2 \u00c2\u00a9^^0\\nB^\\ni.g|,a/ZTzra -w-m\\nip^Y OBERT CARRUTHERS, Sr., an old resi-\\n|L^ dent of Woodbriilge Township, and of sub-\\nstantial Scotch ancestry, identified himself\\n^jmany years ago with the farmers of this\\ncounty, to which he came in the pioneer days, and\\npurchased first eighty acres of land, all timber, for\\nwhich he paid $480 in cash. He then set himself\\nto work in earnest to clear the ground and prepare\\nthe soil for cultivation. He raised 125 bushels of\\ncorn to the acre last year, which fact is suggestive\\nof the high state of productiveness which has\\nbeen brought about within the course of thirt}^-\\nfour years.\\nThe subject of this sketch first opened his e3 es\\nto the light on the other side of the Atlantic, in\\nBerwickshire, Scotland, in the spring of 1 825 or 1 826,\\nthe son of Thomas and Catharine (Wilson) Car-\\nuthers, who were of pure Scotch ancestry, spent\\ntheir entire lives on their native soil, and passed to\\ntheir rest many years ago. The father was a\\nfarmer by occupation, leasing the land he worked\\nupon for a period of nineteen years. In the mean-\\ntime he acquired some property and money, being\\nblessed with a most excellent wife and helpmate,\\nan industrious, frugal woman, who proved his in-\\nvaluable assistant during all the years they lived\\ntogether.\\nAbout 1 85 1 the father sent his son to this country\\nto look about for a home, and after Robert had\\ninvestigated sufficiently, and knowing well the dispo-\\nsition of his honored sire, he advised him to sta}\\nwhere he was, which advice the latter took, and ac-\\ncordingly remained in his native land. He was a\\nman of very decided ideas, a member of the Scotch\\nPresbj terian Church nearly all the years of his life,\\nand trained his children in the strictest precepts\\nand by the old methods. Of these children, seven\\nin number, the record is as follows: Peter died\\nsome years ago in Scotland; John, who was of a\\ndeeply religious turn of mind, was an Elder of the\\nFree Church many years, and is now deceased,\\nCatharine continues in her native country, and has\\na comfortable living on twenty-five acres of land;\\nRobert, our subject, was the fourth child; Jessie\\nand Andrew are living in Scotland; Thomas is\\ndeceased.\\nOur subject upon coming to America landed in\\nNew York City, and then repaired to the home\\nof his uncle in Baltimore, where he staid three\\nmonths. Thence he migrated to Cleveland, Ohio,\\nwhere he employed himself as a teamster, and in\\nthe course of time saved up the snug sum of $600.\\nThus armed, he made his way to Michigan, with the\\nresults which we have already indicated. While a\\nresident of Cleveland he was married, in 1853, to\\nMiss Ellen Boyle, who died in 1870, in Wood-\\nbridge Township. He was then married to Miss\\nJennie McDougall, in Woodbridge, in August, 1874.\\nThis lady is the daughter of James McDougall, of\\nthe latter township, and is now the mother of\\nthree children, namelj James, Mazey and David.\\nOf his first marriage there were born five children\\nThomas W. and Andrew D. (deceased), Robert\\nB.. Lilly and Kate. Lilly was a very bright child,\\nwith a large brain, and alw.i3s at the head of her\\nT", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0618.jp2"}, "619": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n607\\nclass in school. Her tniiifi being far in excess of\\nher physical strength, she was stricken clown at\\nthe age of fourteen years, dj ing in March, 187.\\nKatie is living at home.\\nMr. Carruthers has inherited in a marked degree\\nthe high moral principles and love of truth which\\nilwaj s distinguished his ancestry. He is a man of\\nmore than ordinary intelligence, and while a resi-\\ndent of Cleveland, Ohio, was connected with the\\nPresl)3 terian Church there, and prominent among\\nthe brethren. He possesses considerable musical\\ntalent, and is a fine vocalist. Politically, he votes\\nindependently, and has no aspirations for office.\\n^^=^EORGE L. KE8SELRING isa prominent. and\\nrepresentative farmer of Hillsdale County,\\n*^^4 and is situated on section 7. Fayette Town-\\nship. His parents were Jacob and Christiana (^oe)\\nKesselring, natives of Hamburg, Germany, whence\\nthej emigrated with their family of three children\\nto America, about 1829. The parents of our sub-\\nject first settled in Monroe County, N. Y.,and sub-\\nsequently removed to Hillsdale County, Mich.,\\nabout 1837, where they settled in Scipio Township.\\nThree jears later they removed to Moscow Town-\\nship, where their decease occurred, the father de-\\nparting this life .June 16, 1881, and the mother in\\nJuly, 1868. After their arrival in this country, the\\nparents of our subject had born to them six chil-\\ndren, making a total of seven boys and two girls,\\nof whom our subject was the sixth.\\nGeorge L. Kesselring was born in Moscow Town-\\nship, Oct. 16, 18,39, and received such education as\\nthe common schools of that time and place afforded.\\nHe was reared to agricultural pursuits, and has fol-\\nlowed the occupation of a farmer his entire life.\\nDuring the year 1864 he lived in Canada, and in\\n1872 removed with his familj to Three Rivers,\\nMich., where he bought a farm and lived until the\\nfall of 1883, at whicli time he returned to Hillsdale\\nCounty, and bought the farm formerly owned by\\nOliver Tiffany, consisting of 160 acres of excellent\\nland since then he has sold forty acres.\\nThe subject of this narrative was united in mar-\\nriage, July 18, 1864, while in Canada, with Miss\\nLena Wing, who was born in Waterloo County,\\nOntario, Jul3 17, 1840. This union resulted in the\\nbirth of four children William T., Minnie E.,\\nEmma L. and Charles W. Mr. Kesselring sustained\\na great affliction in the loss of his wife, who died\\nMay 30, 1886. She was a woman of exemplary\\ncharacter, a faithful wife and loving mother. She\\nwas an earnest and consistent member for many\\nyears of the Jlethodist Ei iseopnl Church. William\\nT., the son of our subject, died in Three Rivers,\\nMich., May 20, 1881, when apromising boy sixteen\\nyears of age, and already a member of the same\\nchurch as his mother, and Minnie E. died Sept. 24,\\n1869. Emma and Charles are also members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, in which their father\\ntakes an active part.\\nOn the 20th of March, 1888, Mr. K. was married\\nto Miss AUie Root, daughter of D. D. Root. Miss\\nRoot was a resident of Jonesville. While living in\\nThree Rivers Mr. Kesselring w.as Superintendent of\\nthe Sunday-school for seven years, which position\\nhe also filled in Jonesville for two years. He has\\nalso been Class- Leader for several years, and Stew-\\nard for some time, and alw.iys takes an active part\\nin any movement having for its object the advance-\\nment of the people of his county. In politics Mr.\\nK. is a Prohibitionist.\\n^F^ENRY SCHAFER, who may be properly\\nY classed among the selfmade men of this\\ncounty, and who the greater part of his life\\nhas been engaged in farming pursuits, is\\nnow living retired from active labor, and spending\\nhis declining years in a pleasant home in the cit^ of\\nHillsdale. It has been difficult to abandon the\\nhabits of many years of industry, and so he occu-\\npies his time in loaning money and looking after his\\nproperty.\\nOur subject was born in the Emjiire of Germany,\\non the 13th of August, 1818, and earl} in life\\nbecame orphaned by the death of both parents. He\\nacquired familiarity with farm pursuits during his\\nboyhood, and obtained an excellent education in\\nhis native tongue, by attendance at the schools of\\nhis own town, from the time he was six years of", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0619.jp2"}, "620": {"fulltext": "4=\\n608\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nage until he was fourteen. He then commenced an\\napprenticeship at the weaver s trade, and followed\\nthis six years upon his native soil. In 1840, when\\na young man twenty-two years of age, determined\\nupon a change of location, he repaired to the port\\nof Bremen, and embarked on a sailing-vessel bound\\nfor the city of New York. From the metropolis he\\nwent over into the Dominion of Canada, and was a\\nresident of Berlin thereafter for six years. Then\\nreturning to the States, he made his way westward\\nto Southern Michigan, taking up his abode in this\\ncounty in the spring of 1848, and now for a period\\nof over forty years has been numbered among the\\ncitizens of this locality.\\nMr. Schafer, not long after his arrival in this\\ncounty, located upon a tract of land in Fayette\\nTownship, of which he secured possession by the\\npayment of monej which he had earned working\\nby the month. About that time he made the ac-\\nquaintance of Miss Dora Campbell, to whom he was\\nmarried in March, 1848, and they commenced life\\ntogether upon the farm owned by his wife, and where\\nthey continued to live for a period of thirty -seven\\nyears. Mr. Schafer, about 1885, sold his land in\\nFayette Township, receiving therefor a good round\\nsum. It comprised a half-section, and he had\\nbrought the land to a good state of cultivation,\\nputting up good buildings and effecting tlie other\\nimprovements naturally suggested by the progres-\\nsive and enterprising agriculturist.\\nUpon leaving the farm, Mr. and Mrs. Schafer took\\nup their residence in the city of Hillsdale, and now\\nhave time to look back upon the results of their\\nmutual labors. Our subject generously acknowl-\\nedges that to his estimable wife is due a large meas-\\nure of his success. She has never evaded any\\nknown duty, working equally with him in the labor\\nof building up the homestead, economizing in the\\nhousehold, and in all things giving him encourage-\\nment, both as regarded the labor of his hands, and\\nin his efforts to retain his position as a man among\\nmen. Now, in the possession of a competency, they\\nare passing down the sunset hill of life more than\\nordinarily contented with their lot, and enjoying\\nthe esteem and confidence of their neighbors. They\\nhave no children.\\nMr. Schafer cast his first Presidential vote for\\nCass, and has since continued an adherent of the\\nDemocratic party, although in local matters he aims\\nto support the men whom he considers the best\\nqualified for office. His surplus capital is loaned\\nmostly to the farmers of the county on good se-\\ncurity.\\n\\\\ti OHN E. WAGNER. The career of this gen-\\nI tleman is that of a selfmade man who com-\\nmenced at the ver} foot of the ladder in life,\\nand by the exercise of industry and resolu-\\ntion has attained to an enviable position socially\\nand financially among his fellowmen. He came to\\nMichigan with his parents in November, 1854, and\\ncontinued their efficient assistant, relieving them of\\nthe more onerous burdens of life until 1862, when\\nhe removed from the homestead, settling in March\\nof that 3 ear in Medina Township, Lenawee County.\\nThree years later he disposed of his property there,\\nand taking up his residence in Allen Township, this\\ncountj has since made it his home.\\nMr. Wagner is the owner of a fine farm of 134\\nacres, pleasantly located on section 1. This he has\\ntransformed from a comparatively uncultitivated\\ntract to one of the finest estates in this part\\nof the county, the soil yielding in abundance the\\nrichest crops of Southern Michigan. This result\\nwas not accomplished without many difficulties, and\\nit took years of incessant labor to bring the soil to\\nits present condition, build the fences which now\\nmark the boundary lines, and put up the buildings\\nwhich invariably attract the admiring eye of the\\npassing traveler. The live stock and machinery\\naie of the best description, the former comprising\\nexcellent grades of horses, cattle and swine, and the\\nlatter consisting of the implements best calculated\\nto develop from the soil its best properties. There\\nis now no longer the necessity for arduous labor on\\nthe part of our subject, as he has a fine home and a\\ncompetency to secure him against want in his old\\nage.\\nOur sul ject was born in Wheeler, Steuben Co.,\\nN. Y., Jan. 27, 1835, and is the son of George A.\\nand Caroline (Wheeler) Wagner, who were both\\nnatives of the Empire State, the father horn in\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0620.jp2"}, "621": {"fulltext": "4*\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n609\\nRome, Oneida Counly, Aug. 6, 1811, and tbe mother\\nin Benton, Yates County, Aug. 15, 1818. The\\npatents after their marriage lived one year in t!ie\\nlatter place, then removed to Naples, Ontario\\nCounty and from tiiere a year or two later to\\nWliccler, Steuben County, wiiieh remained their\\nhome until their removal to Michigan, in Novem-\\nber, 1854. Upon their arrival in this State they\\nsettled in Medina Township, Lenawee County, but\\na year later removed to Homer, in Calhoun County,\\nwhere they lived five years. Then returning to\\nLenawee County, they lived three years in Rome\\nTownship, removing from there to this county,\\nwhere, with the exception of about two j-ears spent\\nin Blissfield, they have made their lioiue. being now\\nresidents of Adams Township.\\nThe parental family of our subject included nine\\nchildren, four sons and five daughters, of whom\\nJohn E. was the eldest born. He, in common with\\nhis brothers and sisters, acquired his education in\\nthe district school, and made such good use of his\\ntime that at the age of twenty-three years he was\\namply fitted for tbe duties of a teacher, and fol-\\nlowed teaching for a period of nine winters in Cal-\\nhoun, Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties. When\\nprepared to establish domestic ties besought for his\\nwife one of tbe most estimable young ladies of Cal-\\nhoun County, Miss Julia Van Wert, to whom be\\nwas married in Homer Townsliip, Dec. 29, 185y.\\nMrs. Wagner is the daughter of William and Tem-\\nperance (Tiflfany) Van Wert, the former a native\\nof Oneida County, N. Y born in 1809. The\\nmother was born in Canaudaigua, Ontario Co., N.\\nY., in October, 1810. After their marriage they\\ncontinued residents of the Empire Slate until 183G,\\n(luring the summer of which year they made their\\nway to the Territory of Michigan, and located in\\nHomer Township, Calhoun County, where they\\nspent the remainder of their lives, the father dying\\nJune 8, 1851, and the mother May 5, 1877. Their\\nhouseiiold included three sous and nine daughters,\\nMrs. Wagner being the sixth child. Of these eight\\nare now living, three boys and five girls.\\nMrs. Wagner was born in Homer, Calhoun County,\\nthis State, Aug. 12, 1840, and spent her childhood\\nand youth with her parents, acquiring her education\\nin the district school. She is a lady of many ex-\\ncellent qualities, highly intelligent, and with her\\nhusband a member of Fayette Grange, P. of H., of\\nHillsdale County. For the last three years he has\\nbeen Lecturer in the County Grange. They have\\nno children.\\nMr. Wagner, in February 1887, was appointed\\nby the Master of the State Grange, who was Gov.\\nC. G. Luce, Special Deputy of the National Grange,\\nfor which position he is admirably fitted, having\\ntaken an active interest in the association. He was\\nearly in life identified with the Democratic part}\\nbut is now in s^ mpathy with the Nationals, and\\ngives his support warmly to the cause of prohibition.\\nEver a busy and energetic man, he has no use for\\nthe idler, and has by bis own example proved wh.at\\ngrand results may be accomplished from a very\\nhumble beginning.\\nJAMES HLSTON, a retired farmer living in\\ntbe village of Cambria, Jias for several years\\nbeen a resident of Hillsdale Count} and is\\nnumbered among its substantial and well-to-\\ndo citizens. He was born in Cumberland County,\\nMd., Feb. 16, 1808, and when he was four years of\\nage accompanied his parents, Alexander and Eliza-\\nbeth (Grate) Huston, to Columbiana County, Ohio.\\nThe}- were married in Pennsylvania, of which it is\\nthought his father was a native, and it is supposed\\nthat his mother was a German by birth, and came\\nto this country when a mere child with her parents.\\nThe father of our subject was a farmer, and after\\nsettling in Columbiana County was actively engaged\\nin that pursuit until his death, at a little past mid-\\ndle life. He was sincerely mourned by the many\\nfriends who had been attached to him by his earn-\\nest and kindly Christian character and upright\\nwalk through life. He was an esteemed member\\nof the Baptist Church, as was also his good wife,\\nwho survived him many years, dying in Richland\\nCounty, Ohio, at the venerable age of eighty -seven\\nyears.\\nEight children were born to this worthy couple,\\nseven sons and one daughter, our subject being tbe\\nyoungest of the family. In about the year 1812,\\nhe was taken from bis native State to live in\\n^^m", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0621.jp2"}, "622": {"fulltext": "610\\n.t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nOhio; that part of the country in which his parents\\nsettled was for the most part a dense wilderness,\\nthe primeval forests stretching for miles on either\\nhand, and with not many signs of civilization.\\nAmid those rude pioneer surroundings our suliject\\ngrew to a rugged, self-reliant manhood, which well\\nfitted him to make his own way successfull3 through\\nlife. When a young man he left his old home in\\nColumbiana County and went to Richland County,\\nand was there married, in 1830, to Miss Elizabeth\\nEUcr, daughter of John Eller, who. with liis wife,\\nwas a settler of Richland Count} and there died.\\nTheir daughter, Mrs. Huston, was born in that\\nuountj and died there at the home of her husband\\nin 1 837, after a few years of wedded life, while still\\nin the bloom of earl} womanhood. One son, John,\\nwas born of that union, and is now a prosperous\\nfarmer in Cambria; he married Margaret Lotzen-\\nhizer.\\nMr. Huston s second marriage, which occurred\\nin 1838, was to Miss Nancy Cline, who was born in\\nRichland County, Ohio, in 1818. She was a daugh-\\nter of Joseph and Rebecca (Gitmey) Cline, both\\nnatives of Pennsylvania, the Cline family being of\\nGerman ancestry. They were early settlers of\\nRichland County, where Mr. Cline owned a valua-\\nble farm, and where their death occurred at an\\nadvanced age. They were industrious, faithful\\npeople, and true to their religious beliefs, being\\nstanch members of tlie Presbyterian Church. Mrs.\\nHuston was reared in her native county, and re-\\nmained an inmate of the parental home until her\\nmarriage. She was well developed, both physi-\\ncally and mentall} and ably discharged lier duties\\nas wife and mother. Of her marriage two chil-\\ndren were born Joseph and Alexander. Joseph,\\nnow deceased, married Hannah Royer; Alexander\\nis successful]} engaged in farming in Cambria Town-\\nship; he married Letticia P^rvin. Mr. Huston\\nmoved to Williams Count} and tlicre purchased a\\ntract of unimproved land, and with characteristic\\nenergy and industry set about developing it into a\\nfarm, which he afterward sold. He then bought a\\nmill property and turned his attention to the manu-\\nfacture of flour and lumber, continuing both\\nbranches of business with gi-eat profit for several\\nyears. At length he disposed of his property in\\nOhio and came to this State, where he purchased,\\nin 1867, a valuable farm on section 28, which his\\nson now owns. Having accumulated a fair share\\nof this world s riches he at last decided to retire\\nfrom agricultural pursuits, and is now living quietly\\nand comfortably in the pretty village of Camliria.\\nHe has led a very active, busy life; his career has\\nbeen governed by sound and honest principles,\\nwhich have gained for him the trust and confidence\\nof his fellow-citizens, and his prosperity has been\\nachieved by wise management and incessant indus-\\ntry. In politics our subject has been for many\\nyears a strong Democrat.\\nZARIAH F. DePUE, a retired farmer in\\n^/lM easy circumstances, is now enjoying the\\n14 comforts of a handsome home in the city\\nof Hillsdale, to which he removed from his\\ncountry residence in the spring of 1881. Like\\nmany of his compeers who have been the architects\\nof their own fortunes, in Southern Michigan, he is\\na native of the Empire State, having been born near\\nthe town of Ovid, the county seat of Seneca County,\\nMay 21, 1829.\\nBenjamin DePue, the father of our subject, first\\nopened his eyes to the light in the Mohawk Valley\\nin 1788, and when twenty-four years of age en-\\ngaged as a soldier in the War of 1812. He was\\ngiven for his services a warrant calling for a quar-\\nter-section of land, and of which he availed himself\\nin the Slate of New York. His father was David\\nDePue, who before him carried a musket in the\\nContinental army. He was born in what is now\\nNew Jersey, and was the offspring of an excellent\\nold French famdy, the first representatives of whom\\nin this country crossed the Atlantic during the\\nColonial days. He spent his last years in New\\nJersey.\\nThe mother of our subject, who in her girlhood\\nwas Miss Elizabeth Martin, was a native of Ireland,\\nand but a year old when her parents brought her to\\nAmerica. After their marriage the parents settled\\nin Seneca County, N. Y., where the father carried\\non farming until 1838. Then, resolved upon push-\\ning still further westward, he came to Southern", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0622.jp2"}, "623": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nGU\\nMichigan, and spent two years in the vicinity of\\nYpsilanti, where lie engaged in fanning. In 1840\\nthey came to this county, and the father purchased\\nland in Adams Township, which he lived upon and\\ncultivated until the fatal illness which terminated\\nin his death on the 4th of Ai)ril, 1 S72. The mother\\nsurvived her husliand until the 2d of .January, 1880,\\nwhen she too passed awa} at the residence of her\\ndaughter, Mrs. Monroe, in Moscow, at the advanced\\nage of eightj -four years.\\nTo Benjamin and Elizalteth DePue there were\\nborn three sons and five daughters, all of whom\\nlived to mature years, and seven are still surviving.\\nThey were named respectively: Margaret, Nancy,\\nJames H., Azariah F., Elizabeth, Catherine, Jane\\nand Theodore. Azariah, our subject, was the fourth\\nin order of birth. His boyhood was spent in Seneca\\nCounty, N. Y., where he acquired a eoramou-school\\neducation, and was occupied in .agricultural pur-\\nsuits until reaching his majority. Then starting\\nout for himself, he engaged as a carpenter for\\nfour years, and then invested a portion of his capi-\\ntal in land in Adams Township, this county. He,\\nhowever, continued working at his trade, while .at\\nthe same time cultivating and improving his land,\\nuntil the spring of 1881, when, on the Jth of April,\\nhe removed from the farm to the city of Hillsdale,\\nwhere he has since resided.\\nThe marriage of our subject with Miss Nancy M.\\nLyons was celebrated at the home of the bride in\\nMoscow Township, Feb. 11, 1857. Mrs. DeFue is\\nthe daughter of David Lyons, Esq., a native of\\nI cnnsylvaiiia, .lud was born in Richland County,\\nOhio, April 21, 1833. Her mother, Margaret\\nLyons, was born in Ireland, and the parents are\\nnow deceased. The only child of Mr. and ^Irs. De\\nPuc is a son, Delos A., who was born Feb. 13,\\n18.58, and holds the position of Railroad Agent for\\nthe Lake Shore iV, Michigan Southern Railroad, at\\nNorth Adams.\\nMr. Del ue became a full-fledged voter in 1851,\\nand cast his first Presidential vole for Scott. He\\nwas an old-line Whig until the organization of the\\nRepublicans, and since that time has uniformly sup-\\nported the principles of the latter. He has always\\ntaken a lively interest in the affairs of his township,\\nand has held vari(jus positions of trust and resjjonsi-\\n^ih-^.\\nbility, serving as Justice of the Peace four years,\\nand being otherwise identified with the prominent\\nmen of his township. The Presbyterian (luirch\\nhas found in him one of its chief pillars, and edu-\\ncation one of its most zealous supporters.\\nIn the fall of 1887 Mr. and Mrs. DePne sought\\nthe Pacific Slope for rest and recreation, spending\\none winter, and traveling over the greater part\\nof the State of California, migrating as far south\\nas San Diego, and returning thence to Riverside.\\nTliev returned home much refreshed, feeling that\\ntheir time and money had been well si)ent. Their\\npleasant home is located in the southwestern part of\\nthe city, where they often welcome the old friends\\namong whom they have lived for so many years,\\nand who comprise the greater iiroporlion of the\\nbest residents of Hillsdale Township.\\ni^\\n\\\\fl_^ OR ACE TURNER, one of Hillsdale County s\\nlf]\\\\^ respected citizens and well-to-do farmers,\\nl\u00c2\u00a3S^^ residing on section 27, Adams Township,\\nl^m is a native of the Empire State, born in\\nMadisonCount3-, July 5, 1807. His parents, Edmund\\nand Anna (Woolcot) Turner, settled in New York\\nafter their marriage, and spent the remainder of\\ntheir lives in that State, dying in Ontario County:\\nhis father, viho took part in the battle of Sackett s\\nHarbor during the struggle of 1812, dying in 1821,\\nat the age of sixty-one j ears. His witlow, who\\nsurvived him many years, died in 1872, at the\\nadvanced .age of cight3--niiie years. Tliey were the\\nparents of three children, two daughters and one\\nson.\\nThe subject of this sketch was the second child\\nborn to his parents. He was bound out when only\\neight years old to I\\\\Ir. Thoniiis Powers, a farmer of\\nWayne County, with whom he lived until twenty-\\none years of age. His educational advantages\\nwere limited, as much of his time was required on\\nthe farm, but he became thoroughly acquainted\\nwith the work which was to form his life occupa-\\ntion. As soon after attaining his majority- as his\\nprospects warranted him in doing, he established a\\nhome of his own, being married in 182!) to IMiss\\nDeborah, daughter of Noah and Keliaiice (Leach)\\nr", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0623.jp2"}, "624": {"fulltext": "I\\nG12\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n-4*\\n-a\\nI\\nTurrell. They were natives of Massachusetts, born\\nin Briilgewater, a village twenty miles southwest of\\nBoston, where they were reared and married.\\nFrom there they moved to Pelham, Mass. thence to\\nI almyra, N. Y., where they resided three years.\\nTheir next removal was to Ontario County in\\n1815, where Mr. Tiirrcll s death occurred. Mrs.\\nTurrell survived her iiushand, dyingat the advanced\\nao-e of eighty years. They were the parents of\\nnine children, and after the death of the husband\\nand father they were separated, the wife of our\\nsubject, then a young girl, finding a home with\\nReuben Kandolph, with whom she remained until\\ntwent^^-tive years of age. She was the fifth child of\\nher parents, and was born in Pelham, Mass., July 16,\\n1804. Her attendance at the district school, which\\nw:is very regular during the life of her father, was\\nafterward limited to a few weeks attendance in the\\nwinter seasons.\\nAfter marriage iMr. Turner settled in ]\\\\Ionroe\\nCounty, N. Y., where he remained until 1844,\\nwhen, as many other people of like ambition and\\nenero etic determination had done, he sought for\\nhimself and family a home in the rapidly grow-\\nin\u00c2\u00ab- State of Michigan. He came first to Pal-\\nmyra Township, but after the lapse of two years\\nhe moved to this county, and settled in Adams\\nTownship, where he has since resided. Having\\ndisposed of tiiirty acres of land, his farm now C(jn-\\nsists of fifty acres, which he has cleared and has\\nunder a good state of cultivation. Among other\\nimprovements are a comfortable dwelling-house\\nand convenient barns, and other out-buildings\\nwhich he has erected.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Turner have been born eight chil-\\ndren, four of whom are living, as follows: Gilbert,\\nEsther, Mariette and Levancha. Gilbert, a farmer\\nof Adams Township, married Mrs. Jane Turner, a\\nwidow of George Turner, who died leaving her\\nwith one child, Harriet; they have two children by\\nthis marriage George and Myron. Esther is the\\nwife of William Older, of Adams Township; Mari-\\nette, who married David M. L3 on, of Somerset\\nTownship, has one child, Milton M; Levancha,\\nnow living at home, married AlouzoVan Amburgh,\\nby whom she has one child, FLirley E. The names\\nof the deceased children of Mr. and Mrs, Turner\\nwere Caroline JI., George W., Laura R. and an\\ninfant.\\nMr. Turner has been very successful since com-\\ning to this county, and lie and his .aged wife are\\nnow passing down the hill of life surrounded by\\npeace and plentj with hosts of warm friends, rela-\\ntives and neighbors to cheer their declining years.\\nThe3 have passed a happy wedded life of fift}\\neight j ears, a felicity rarely accorded to man and\\nwife in this mundane sphere, and they have been\\nyears prolific of much joy, mingled with their pro-\\nportionate allotment of sorrow. Their long lives\\nhave been full of usefulness, characterized by many\\nkind deeds, and they have the respect and esteem\\nof the entire community. Politically, iMr. Turner\\nafHliates with the Republican party, having voted\\nfor its first candidate for the Presidency, Gcu.\\nJohn C. Fremont.\\nNSEL B. WHITMORE came to this county\\nf/j\\\\ in 1847 and settled in Hillsdale Township,\\noccupying himself for a year thereafter\\n^J as a printer in the office of the Hillsdale\\nStandard, which is now published by H. B. Rowl-\\nson. A year later he turned his attention to\\nfarming, taking up his abode in Allen Townshi[),\\nof which he continued a resident until about 1884.\\nThen, abandoning farming, he began traveling in\\nthe interest of Minneapolis binders, being thus\\noccupied four years. L pon leaving this he became\\ninterested in the drug trade, which he is now pur-\\nsuing in Allen Village.\\nOur subject was born in Seneca Falls, Seneca Co.,\\nN. Y., Jul} 2, 1830, and is the son of Peter and\\nEliza A. (Miller) Whitmore, the former of whom\\ncame to this county in 1847 and settled in Hills-\\ndale Township. His death was caused by injury\\nreceived from the cars in June, 1886. The mother,\\nwho was a daughter of Martin Miller, of AVater-\\nloo, Seneca Co., N. Y., had passed away some eight\\nyears before the decease of her husband, her death\\ntaking place also in Allen Village in January, 1875.\\nTheir family comprised two sons only: Ansel 15.,\\nour subject, and .Tolin M.\\nAnsel B. Whitmore, vvhen a youth of fourteen", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0624.jp2"}, "625": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n613\\nj ears, coranienced his apprenticeship at the printer s\\ntrade in Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., at wiiich lie\\nserved three years, after wliicii he made his way\\nto this county lie was first married, in Hillsdale\\nTownship, to Miss Fidelia Lombard, who was born\\nin Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., and who by iier\\nunion with our subject became the mother of two\\nchildren Henry W., now a pr.aeticing phj sican,\\nand Esbon J., who is carrying on farming in Allen\\nTownship. Mrs. Fidelia Whilmore died in Allen\\nVillage, April 17, 1885.\\nMr. Whitmore contracted a second marriage, Nov.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a226, 188G. with Mrs. Ella R. Conklin, the daughter\\nof John and Hannah Reed. Mr. Whitmore was\\namong the first to respond to the call of President\\nLincoln for 75,000 troops, and was assigned to the\\nposition of bodyguard to Brig. Gen. Richardson,\\nof this State. He continued in the service for a\\nshort time but was not called upon to participate\\nin any action in the field. The maternal grand-\\nfather of our subject, Martin Miller b}- name, was\\na native of New Y^ork State, and spent his last years\\nin Waterloo, Seneca County. Mr. Whitmore has\\nbeen mostly engaged in attending to his own affairs,\\nhaving little time to give to politics, but is an\\nearnest supporter of Democratic princii)los.\\nEXRY W. WHITMORE, M. D., a well edu-\\nY]i\\\\ cated and well informed physician of much\\npromise, holds an honored position among\\n(^S) the j-onnger members of the medical frater-\\nnity of Southern Michigan, having alreadj estab-\\nlished a rei)utation for wisdom, jirudence and skill\\nin his |)rofession during his few years practice in\\nAllen Village. He was born in Hillsdale, Aug. 1,\\n1857, being a son of A. R. and Fidelia (r ombard)\\nWhitmore (for parental histoiy see sketch of A. B.\\nWhitmore on the preceding page of this work). The\\nsolid foundation of his education was obtained in\\nthe common schools and the Union School at Allen,\\nAfter leaving the public schools our subject took a\\ntwo-years course at the Bennett Medical College,\\nof Chicago, and was graduated from that institu-\\ntion in the spring of 1881. Having thus success-\\nfully completed the piescribcd course of study,\\nDr. Whitmore began his career as a physician in\\nthe town of N;ishville, Barrj^ County, this State,\\nwhere he remained for one 3 ear. At the expira-\\ntion of that time the Doctor returned to Allen and\\nestablished himself here in his profession, which he\\nhas since continued to practice in this village with\\nmuch success, and has built up a good practice.\\nDr. Whitmore was married in Allen, in Septem-\\nber, 1880, to Miss Altie L. Close, a native of New\\nYork State, and a daughter of Lyman and Rosabelle\\n(Chatman) Close. Of this union one child has\\nbeen born Ray C. The Doctor and his wife oc-\\ncupy a high social position in Hillsdale County,\\nand their pleasant, hospitable home is the resort of\\nmany friends, and is the center of true culture .and\\nrefinement. Our subject is a member of the Allo-\\npathic Jledical Association of Southern Michigan.\\nThe Doctor, in company with his brother Esbon J.,\\nowns a valuable farm of eighty acres, which yields\\nthem a good income.\\nARLEY BR()\\\\VN, an old settler and re-\\nspected resident, residing on section 2,\\nCamden Township, was born in Tompkins\\nCounty, N. Y Sept. 11, 1813. He is\\nthe son of Reul)en and Lois (Eastman) Brown,\\nnatives respectively of Rhode Island and Connecti-\\ncut. His maternal grandfather was a soldier in the\\nRevolutionary War, and his paternal ancestors are\\nsaid to have descended from three brothers who\\ncame from England before that period.\\nOur subject was reared to man s estate on the\\nhomestead, and with his parents migrated to Huron\\nCounty, Ohio, about 1835, and resided there until\\nthe siM ing of 1850, when he came to this county,\\nwhich has been his home ever since. Mr. Brown\\nwas married in the Empire State, Nov. 9, 1834, to\\nLouisa AVolcott, who was born Dec. 11. 1811, at\\nthe head of Cayuga Lake, in Tompkins County, N.\\nY and is the daughter of Silas and Etlie (Bixlcj\\nWolcott. Their union has been blessed by the\\nbirth of nine children, of whom four survive, and\\nare recorded as follows: Harriet is the wife of\\nWilliam Huggetl, of Camden Township; William", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0625.jp2"}, "626": {"fulltext": "6U\\nHILLSDAL?: COUNTY.\\nA. is also a resident of Camden Township ;Slierman\\nL.,of Cambria Township, and James F., of Camden.\\nShortl} after his arrival in this county Mr. Brown\\nsettled on his present farm of eighty acres, which\\nwas at that time covered with heavj timber, some\\nof which he had to remove in order to make room\\nfor his log cabin. As prosperity crowned his efforts,\\nthis structure gave place to his present commodious\\nand well-appointed farm buildings. He has cleared\\nand improved the farm in true pioneer style, and\\nadded to it by subsequent purchase, until he had at\\none time 144 acres of land tiiat compared favorably\\nwith any farm in the township. He retains but\\nfifty acres of this land, having given the remainder\\nto his children. Though now seventy-five years of\\nage, he is vigorous in mind and body, and can do\\na day s work almost equal to that of many younger\\nmen. He is a fine representative of the pioneer\\nfarmer, and his voice has been heard in the delibera-\\ntions of his county and township. He served six-\\nteen years as Justice of the Peace, while he has also\\ndischarged the duties of Township Clerk, School\\nInspector and Drain Commissioner, in each case\\ndischarging the duties of the office with credit to\\nhimself and satisfaction to his constituents. For a\\nnumber of years he has been Notary Public, in\\nwhich capacity he still serves, and has watched\\nwith supreme satisfaction the rapid development of\\nSouthern Michigan.\\ni^^ -T-r-.\\n4\\nENRY J. KOON, who is looked upon as one\\nof the thrifty and well-to-do farmers of\\nAllen Township, h.as been giving his atten-\\nm tion for the past forty-four years to sixty-\\nthree acres of choice land on section 15, which is a\\npart of the original homestead built up by his late\\nhonored father. Upon this land are excellent\\nimprovements, comprising a neat and substantial\\nfarm dwelling, good barns and outhouses, and an\\nassortment of well-kept live stock, besides the vari-\\nous other appliances of a well regulated modern\\nfarm estate.\\nThe subject of this biography is the offspring of\\nan excellent old family, and was born in Tyrone,\\nSchuyler Co,, N. Y., Nov. 27, 18;. 7. When a youth\\nof sixteen years he came to this county with his\\nparents, and completed a practical education in the\\ncommon schools of Allen Township. Here he has\\nbeen a resident now for a period of forty-four\\nyears, and is intimately associated with its best in-\\nterests. As a peaceful and law-abiding citizen lie\\nhas filled his niche worthily in life, and is alike\\nhonored and respected by his neighbors.\\nOur subject is the son of Alanson and Marilla\\n(Wells) Koon, the former a native of Albany\\nCounty, N. Y., and born in 1799, and the latter\\nborn in Luzerne County, Pa., Oct. 6, 1806. They\\nbecame the parents of eleven children, eight of\\nwhom, six sons and two daughters, lived to mature\\nyears. Of these Henry J. was the third in order of\\nbirth. After marriage the parents first settled in\\nthe vicinity of Prattsburg, Steuben Co., N. Y.,\\nwhence they sulisequently removed to Tyrone,\\nSchuyler County, and from there migrated to South-\\nern Michigan, in 1844. They located upon a tract\\nof land on section 15 in Allen Township, where\\nthey spent the remainder of their days, the father\\npassing away April 29, 1867. The mother sur-\\nvived her husband five years only, her death taking\\nplace in May, 1872.\\nThe living children of the parental household are\\nrecorded as follows, and it will be observed that\\nof the sons, three are physicians and two lawyers,\\nHenry J., of our sketch, being the only farmer\\namong them Elizabeth, the eldest daughter, is the\\nwife of W. B. Childs, of Hillsdale, of whom a\\nsketch appears elsewhere; Henry J., our subject, is\\nthe eldest son living; Ciiarles K. is a practicing\\nphysician of Grand Rapids; Ezra L. is following\\nthe profession of law in Hillsdale; Sherman J. is a\\nsuccessful physician of Lisbon, in Ottawa County;\\nMartin B. is practicing law in Minneapolis, Minn.;\\nEmily is the wife of O. S. Nichols, of Garden\\nPrairie, 111., and Chancy E. is a successful physician\\nof Casenovia, Muskingum County, this State.\\nThe marriage of Henry J. Koons and Miss Pliebe\\nNichols took place at the home of the bride in\\nJonesville, this county, Oct. 15, 1853. Mrs. Koon\\nis the daugiiter of Jared and Matilda (Ray) Nichols,\\nwho were horn, reared and married in New York\\nState, whence they removed to Ohio, locating in\\nPortage County, where tiie motiicr died in middle.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0626.jp2"}, "627": {"fulltext": "^t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n615\\nlife, Fcl). 4, 184. Mr. Nichols subsequently came\\nlo this State, locating in Branch County in 1819,\\nwhere his death took place in September, 1858.\\nMrs. Koon was the eldest of the five children born\\nlo her parents, and first opened her eyes to the light\\nin Mexico, Oswego Co., N. Y., Aug. II, 1833. She\\naccompanied her father to this State wlien a maiden\\nof sixteen years, and remained with him until lier\\nmarriage. Of her union with our subject there are\\nthree children: Zella M. is the wife of Henry Kel-\\nlogg, of Waj ne County, Neb. Charles O. is clerk in\\na dr3^-goods store at Hillsdale; Bertha E. is the\\nwife of Fred J. Pomeroj of Allen.\\nMr. and Mrs. Koon identified themselves with\\nthe Baptist Church, of Allen, about 1844, of wiiicli\\nthey have remained consistent members, and to the\\nsupport of which they have contributed according\\nto their means. Mr. Koon, politically, is a zealous\\nRepublican, and although well fitted by nature and\\nacquirements for office-holding, has steadily de-\\nclined such positions, preferring to give his undi-\\nvided attention to his farm and his family.\\nJOHN T. BALL, Superintendent of the County\\nTiifirmar} which is located on sections 3 and\\n4. in Cambria Township, is, it is hardly nec-\\nessary to say, one of the best-known citizens\\nof this part of the county, and is discharging the\\nduties of his res|)onsible |)ositi( n in an eminently\\npraiseworthy and satisfactory manner.\\nThe property set apart for the unfortunate of\\nHillsdale County comprises 200 acres of good land,\\nwhich, with the exception of twenty-five acres in\\ntimber, is in a vcrj good state of cultivation. Al-\\nthough the buildings have stood the storms of man}-\\nwinters they arc in a comparatively fair condition,\\nthe result of the care and forethought of the present\\nSuperintendent, who has added various improve-\\nments, and apparently takes the same interest in the\\npremises ;is though it were his own property. He was\\nelected to the office of Supeiintendent on the 1st\\nof January, 1868, and has consequently been its\\nincumbent for a period of more than twenty years.\\nTliis fact is sufficient recommendation as to the\\nmanner in which he has taken care of the propertj of\\ntlie county, while at the same time administering\\nto the comfort of its poor.\\nMr. Bali was reared to farming pursuits, and\\nconsequently in taking upon himself the duties of\\nhis present position was fully prepared to oi)erate\\nthe farm to the best advantage. He has been care-\\nful in his expenditures, while at the same time he\\nhas spared neither time nor means to alleviate tiie\\ncondition of those under his charge, which number\\nis usually from sixty to sixty-five persons. The\\nmost of these are enabled to perform light labor,\\nthere being only about half a dozen who are\\nthoroughly incapacitated to assist in their mainte-\\nnance. Mr. Ball before his election to the Sui)er-\\nintendency was one of the most ])rosperous farmers\\nof Allen Township, where he is now the ow ner of\\nvaluable properly, including a fine farm of 2 1 5 acres,\\nwith modern improvements and machinery.\\nB} birth our suliject is a New Yorker, having\\nbegun life in Pcnfield Township, Monroe Count}-,\\nFeb. 25, 183G. His parents ^were also natives of\\nthe Empire State, and his father, John Ball, a far-\\nmer by occupation. His paternal grandfather,\\nMathias Ball, is supposed to have been a native of\\nGermany, and left the Fatherland in time to par-\\nticipate with the Colonists in their struggle for\\nindependence. Upon laj ing down his musket he\\nsettled in Chautauqua Count} N. Y., of which\\nhe was one of the early pioneers, and where he lived\\nto reach his fourscore years. John Ball, Sr., was\\nreared and married in his native State, his bride\\nbeing Miss Margaret Winegard, who was of German\\ndescent. After marriage they continued residents of\\ntheir native county, wliere the father died in 1872,\\naged seventy-four, and the mother sui viving her\\nhusband six years, passed away also at the old\\nhomestead in 1878. She was a little older than her\\nhusband, and a lady of most excellent qualities, a\\nfaithful wife and mother, and a devoted member of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church. John Ball, Sr.,\\nwas a man of strict integrit} upright and honora-\\nble in all his transactions, and uniforml}- respected\\nby the people of his community.\\nThe early life of the subject of this biography\\nwas spent at the hardest kind of work on his\\nfather s farm, while his education was conducted at\\nI at r", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0627.jp2"}, "628": {"fulltext": "616\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nnr-\\nthe district school, principally during the winter\\nseason. He was fond of reading and study, how-\\never, and by close application endeavored to ob-\\ntain a good fund of useful information from the\\nperusal of instructive books. So well did he suc-\\nceed in this that he began teaching, meeting with\\nflattering success, and pursued this calling during\\nthe winter seasons after his arrival in this county.\\nHe came to this section in the spring of 1859, and\\nnot long afterward made the acquaintance of one\\nof the most estimable 3 oung ladies of Allen Town-\\nship, Miss Clara J. Truax, who became his wife on\\nthe ]7lh of Jul} 1859. They commenced house-\\nkeeping in a modest manner in Allen Township,\\nwhere our subject had secured a tract of land, and\\nwhere he carried on farming until being elected to\\nhis present office.\\nMrs. Ball was born in Ontario Count}*, N. Y.,]May\\n17, 1843, and is the third child and eldest daugh-\\nter of Jolni and Ann (Wells) Truax, the father of\\nGerman ancestry and the mother of excellent En-\\nglish stock. Benjamin Wells, the maternal grand-\\nfather of Mrs. Ball, was a soldier of the War of\\n1812, and after the settlement of this trouble took\\nup his residence in New York, where he carried on\\nagriculture. lie spent his last days in Hillsdale\\nCounty, Mich. John Truax came witli his famih\\nto INlichigan in 1853, and located first on a farm in\\nAllen Township. There he made considerable im-\\nprovement, but later removed to Homer Township,\\nwhere his death tooii place in the spring of 1882,\\nwhen he was sixty-three years of age. He was a\\nsolid and reliable citizen, a man who despised a\\nmean action, and who was content to be the archi-\\ntect of his own fortune by the honest labor of his\\nhands. The devoted wife and mother is still liv-\\ning, being now sixty-seven j ears of age, and resides\\nin the city of Hillsdale; six of her ten children are\\nstill living. Two dece.ised died in early childhood\\nand two after maturity.\\nMrs. John T. Ball was carefully reared under\\ngood home influences, and is a lady of more than\\nordinary intelligence and goodness of heart. Siie\\nis the mother of two children only, a son and daugh-\\nter: The latter, Ida M., is finely educated, a student\\nof Hillsdale College, and a most accomplished\\nand estimable j onng lady the son, John Falley,\\nresides with his parents and assists his father in the\\nduties of his office. The family are attendants of\\nthe Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Ball, politically\\naffiliates with the Republican party.\\nJl I^ILLIS CASE. Among the enterprising,\\n\\\\/iJ/ 1 hearted, and liberal minded resi-\\nW^ dents of Hillsdale Count} a Large propor-\\ntion of whom are engaged in farming, stands he of\\nwhom we write. Our subject, twin brother of Will-\\niam Case, was born July 9, 1 829, being a son of\\nHorace and Cynthia (Moore) Case, natives of New\\nYork. (For further parental history see sketch of\\nWilliam Case.)\\nThe subject of this biography received his edu-\\ncation in the pioneer schools of Scipio Township,\\nwhither he removed with his parents in 1835.\\nHis father owning a large farm here, Willis was\\nobliged to assist in the work, and thus in early life\\nbecame conversant with the ways and methods\\nused in cultivating the soil, and when of an age to\\ndecide on an occupation for life, chose the inde-\\npendent calling of a farmer. He is a wide-awake,\\nenergetic man, and h.as kept up with the times\\nin regard to the best means for producing the\\ndesired results in agriculture, which, indeed, has\\ncalled into play the fertile l rain of the inventor\\nfully as often as any other branch of industry, and\\nhe has now the satisfaction of owning as product-\\nive a farm as any in the locality. It consists of\\n213 acres of rich, arable land on section 13 of\\nScipio Township, on which he has erected a good\\nset of buildings, comfortably and conveniently\\narranged, where he and his family are happily living\\nat peace with themselves and the world.\\nMr. Case was married in Moscow Township, this\\ncounty, April 20, 1870, to Miss Emily Godfrey,\\ndaughter of Wallace and Clarissa P. (Elmore) God-\\nfrey, both natives of the Eastern States. They re-\\nmoved from Ontario County, N. Y to this county\\nin 1838, and were among the early settlers of Mos-\\ncow Township, where the death of Mr. Godfrey\\noccurred Aug. 20, 18C8. Mrs. Godfrey is still\\nliving in Moscow Township on the old homestead.\\nThey were the parents of six children, an ecjual", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0628.jp2"}, "629": {"fulltext": "I I\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nC17\\nnumber of sons and daiigltters. The wife of our\\nsiiljjcct, the second daughter of the family was born\\nin Moscow Townsiiip, Aug. G, 1838. She was\\nroared in her native township, where she received\\nthe same healliiful and useful training that was\\ncommonly given to the daughters of pioneer house-\\nholds, nialving her an efficient, capable liousewife,\\nand a true homekeeper for her husband and children.\\nIler married life, which has been prolific of much\\njoy to herself and her husband, has had a propor-\\ntionate allotment of grief mingled with it, for of\\nthe four children born to them only one survives,\\nFrederick H., the other three having died irr in-\\nfancy.\\nOur subject is a valued citizen and an important\\nf.actor in promoting and sustaining the industrial\\ninterests of Scipio Township. The respect and es-\\nteem universallj accorded to him .are his just due,\\nas he has ever conducted himself with tlie strictest\\nhonor and fidelity in all the relations of life. He is\\nno office-seeker, preferring to give all his attention\\nto his own private afifairs, but at tlie same time he\\nis not unmindful of the welfare of his country and\\nof his duties .as a citizen, and in politics casts his\\nvote with the Republican party. Both lie and his\\nwife are pleasant, affable people, and have hosts of\\nwarm friends.\\nILLIAM S. CURTIS, a prominent .agri-\\nculturist and stock-dealer, widely and favor-\\nably known throughout the count} is\\nactively engaged in his chosen calling on section\\n20, Scipio Township. He is a native of New\\nEngland, born in New Canaan, Conn., May 28,\\n182 being a son of Sanford and Abigail (Smith)\\nCurtis, both natives of Hartford County, Conn.\\nAfter their niarri.age they settled in New Canaan,\\nwhere Mr. Curtis followed his trade of shoeinaking\\nfor many years. Finally, deciding to abandon his\\noccupation in favor of agriculture, he removed\\nwith his family, which consisted of a wife and five\\nchildren, to Hillsdale County, arriving in Jonesville\\nin .lune, 18.3. After remaining there a week they\\ncame to Scipio, and located near the center of the\\ntownship, being among the first settlers of the place.\\nMr. Curtis at once erected a dwelling and com-\\nmenced clearing his land. He improved a farm\\nfrom the dense wilderness, and remained there until\\nhis death, Sept. 7, 1872. His wife died May 12,\\n1869. The} were sturdy, industrious, true-hearted\\npeople, who well performed their share in develop-\\ning the resources of Hillsdale Count} and occupied\\nan honorable position among its noble pioneers.\\nThey were the parents of live children, of whom\\nthe following is the record Matilda is the widow\\nof Philo Sandford; Ezra lives in Berrien County,\\nMich. Harriet, who was the wife of Edward Bebee,\\ndied in Jackson, Mich., in October, 1887; Sarah\\ndied when ten years of age; and William S.\\nThe latter, the subject of our sketch, was six\\nyears of age when he came to this county with his\\nparents. He attended the pioneer schools, and as\\nsoon as old enough assisted in the lighter duties of\\nthe farm, and growing to like the free and independ-\\nent life of a farmer, eventually chose it as an\\nhonorable way of making a good living. His first\\ninvestment in real estate consisted in the purchase\\nof fifty acres of land, where he now resides, and\\nwhich w.as formerly the homestead of his father.\\nTo his original purchase he has since added, until\\nnow he owns 236 acres of valuable land in Scipio\\nTownship. He .also at one time owned 150 acres\\nof land in Moscow Township, but having an ojipoi*-\\ntunity to advantageously dispose of it, he did so.\\nIn additiini to his possessions in Scipio, our subject\\nalso owns good proi)ert} in Jonesville, and can\\njustly be estimated as one of the most successful\\nmen in Hillsdale County. Besides attending to the\\ncultivati(\u00c2\u00bbn of his land, our suliject has for upward\\nof thirty years been engaged in buying, shipping\\nand feeding stock, on an extensive scale. His\\nexcellent judgment and keen foresight have ren-\\ndered this branch of his business especially lucrative.\\nThe union of Mr. Curtis with Miss Mary J.\\nHavens was solemnized in Macon Township, Lena-\\nwee County, Jan. 13, 1M57. She is a daughter of\\n.Sylvanus and Rebecca (Shi|)nian) Havens, natives\\nrespectively of New York and remisylvania. After\\nmarri.age they settled in Macon Townshij), where tlie\\ndeath of Mr. Havens occurred in 18, )2. Mrs. Havens\\nis still living at an advanced .age. Tliey were among\\nthe earliest pioneers of Lenawee County, and, while\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0629.jp2"}, "630": {"fulltext": "a\\n4\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n618\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n^*Tr\\ncheerfully braving the privations and hardships of\\na life in the wilderness, tliat they might build up\\nfor themselves and their children a comfortable\\nhome, nobly performed their part in promoting the\\ngrowth of the count3 They were the ]iarents of six\\nchildren Mary J. William lives in Lenawee County\\nFrances is the wife of Robert Ellison, of Eaton\\nRapids, Mich. Ann is the wife of John Dell, of\\nLenawee County; Helen is the wife of Harrison\\nAmes, of Lenawee County; Cynthia is the wife of\\nJustus Todd, of Elkhart, Ind.\\nMary, the wife of our subject, is the eldest child\\nof the family, and was born in Macon Township,\\nLenawee C^ounty, Sept. 3, 1833. She received a\\ngood common-school education, and at home was\\ncarefully trained in the domestic duties that fitted\\nher so well to fill the honored position she now\\noccupies in her household. To her and her husband\\nhave been born three children, of whom the fol-\\nlowing is the record Frank B. married Etta Bellamy,\\nand lives in Moscow Township; Fred IL is at home;\\nMinnie A. is the wife of C. F. Wade, of Jonesville.\\nMr. Curtis can well be called a representative\\nman of his county; he is unostentatious in liis man-\\nners, caring more for the comforts than the vanities\\nof life. His home, though not so elaborate of\\narchitecture as many, is one of the pleasantest and\\nmost homelike of dwellings, and is made attractive\\nto many friends bj the affability and genial courtesy\\nof the liost and hostess. Mr. Curtis, though taking\\nan interest in local and general matters, is no office-\\nseeker, but performs his dut} at the polls by cast-\\ning his vote with the Republicans. Sociall^^ he is\\na member of the Masonic fraternity.\\nANIEL FIELD, pleasantlj* located on sec-\\ntion 17, Wright Township, is essentially a\\nselfmade man. This term is used in com-\\nparing the life work of two men with the\\nresults attained b^ each. Two men contract for\\nthe erection of a building; one has his material\\nsupplied on the ground, and the other digs it from\\nthe mountain. Two men start out in life: one has\\nfriends, opportunities and fortune; his material is\\nsupplied. The other has no resources but those\\nwithin him; no capital but his brain, no stimulus\\nbut his dauntless courage. He digs his material\\nfrom the mountain. These men may both succeed.\\nThey may receive the recognition which success\\nalways wins, but the world will accord higher\\nhonor to him who, independently of any assistance\\nother than the labor of his hands and the work of\\nhis brain, at last places himself side by side with\\nhis more highly favored fellow. The world ex-\\npresses its approbation when it says, Here is a\\nselfmade man. The foregoing is necessary to a\\ncomplete understanding and appreciation of the\\nsubject of this sketch.\\nDaniel Field was born in C.imillus, Onondaga\\nCo.,N. Y., Sept. 12, 1833, while his father, Thomas\\nField, was born in Yorkshire, England, and there\\ngrew to manhood and married. He w.is of that\\nsturdy class of English yeoman, who, wherever they\\nhave turned their attention to farming on a large\\nscale, have been the most successful illustrations of\\nwhat well-directed effort in agricultural pursuits\\ncan accomplish. A few years after their marriage,\\nThomas Field and his wife came to America, brhiging\\nwith them their three children, and settled in the\\ntown of Camillus, among its earliest pioneers. Mr.\\nField bought a tract of land and engaged in tiie\\nwork of improving tlie farm, upon which he resided\\nuntil 183G, when he sold out and removed to\\nLysander Township, in the same count} and pur-\\nchased a farm upon which he resided until about\\n1852, when he sold out and removed to Cayuga\\nCounty, and bought land in the township of Sennet,\\nwhich became his home until his decease in 1867.\\nThe mother of our subject, who in her girlhood\\nwas Miss Betsey E. Little, was born in Yorkshire,\\nEngland, and died in Lysander Tovvnship, Onon-\\ndaga County, leaving a husband and thirteen chil-\\ndren to mourn their loss.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared in Ljsander\\nTownship, Onondaga Co., N. Y., and attended the\\ndistrict schools, while he also assisted his father in\\nthe duties of the farm, and continued thus occupied\\nuntil fifteen j ears of age. He then ventured out\\nfor himself, engaging by the month at 110, and con-\\ntinued thus employed until his marriage. He then\\noperated a farm on shares, remaining thus employed\\nfor a period of five years, when, in 1 865, he directed\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0630.jp2"}, "631": {"fulltext": "t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nG19\\nhis steps westward, and coining to Hillsdale County\\npurchased the farm which lias lieon his home ever\\nsince. At the lime of the purchase a log house had\\nbeen erected on the place and six acres of the land\\nhad been cleared. He has now the greater part of\\nthe land cleared and under a good state of cultiva-\\ntion, and adorned with substantial and commodious\\nframe buildings.\\nIn bringing his plans to a successful issue, our\\nsubject has had the invaluable assistance of a noble\\nwife, to whom he w.as married Oct. 22, 1859.\\nThis lady, who in her girlhood was Miss Sarah M.\\nWhipple, was born in Cambridge, Washington Co.,\\nN. v., Nov. 20, 1840, and is the daughter of Ira\\nWhipple, who was born in the Gi-een Mountain\\nState, but removed to New York when a young\\nman, and located in Washington County. He mar-\\nried Mrs. Catherine Larmonth, of that count} and in\\n18GG thej removed to Oswego County, where his\\nwife died in the town of Granby. In 1870 Ira\\nWhipple removed to Herkimer County, and pur-\\nchased a farm upon which he spent his last years.\\nTo Mr. and JMrs. Field there have been born four\\nchildren: Those living are Minnie U. and Slyrtle\\nT., both at home. Carrie died at the age of live\\nj ears and five months, and James I., at the .age of\\nthree weeks. In politics Mr. Field atliliates with\\nthe Republican party.\\nOL. FREDERICK M. HOLLOWAY, son of\\nCyrus and Pamelia Hollowiiy, was born in\\nthe town of Bristol. Ontario Co., N. Y., Jan.\\n18, 1815, of parents who emigrated the previous\\nyear from Berkshire, Mass., to the Bristol Hills in\\nOntiirio County. For the first ten years of his life\\nIlls occupation was climbing hills, sliding down the\\nsame in winter, going a mile to school, and in the\\nsummer bringing to the yard the cows of the farm\\nwhich seemed to him to roam over a thousand hills.\\nThis early training created a love for pedestrianism.\\nAt ten years of age his i)arents moved to Genesee\\nCounty, which was then almost a wilderness, to es-\\ntablish .-1 home fur themselves. Here the realities\\nof life began in earnest, :is the farm must be cleared\\nfor father, mother and seven boys.\\nOur subject w.as the second in order of birth, and\\nassumed the leadership in all occupations, not, how-\\never, without ]irotest by the elder brother. Indue\\ntime they made a claim and backed it up for eight\\nlong years, at the end of which time a good farm\\nof 200 acres was suflicienlly cleared and provided\\nwith suitable farm buildings. Each of the seven\\nfamily sprouts advanced in the rudiments of a com-\\nmon-school education, being required to go one and\\nthree-fourths miles night an l morning. This rou-\\ntine continued until the summer of 1832, when the\\neffort of our subject to be a man and not to be out-\\ndone by anyone in the harvest field, was frustrated\\nby a sunstroke which nearly proved fatal. After\\na struggle of three months, however, he left his bed\\nwith his nervous system so badl}- upset as to inter-\\nfere with everything requiring a steady hand. His\\nphysical system also was so reduced that he was\\nunable to do farm work and so tried teaching, but\\nthe mental and physical strain proved too much\\nfor him, and nearly discouraged, and with almost\\nevery hope vanishing, the outlook was anything\\nbut cheerful.\\nCol. HoUoway then came to the conclusion that\\nthe best thing for him to do would be to go to some\\nnew country and rough it, as the best remedy he\\ncould suggest for a sh.attered constitution, and also\\na quick method of relieving his friends of the care\\nof a hopeless invalid. Accordingly, on the 22d of\\nMarch, 1833, and with his father to care for him,\\nhe left his old Genesee home for Michigan. With\\na bed in the wagon u[X)n which he could rest easilj-,\\nhe made BulTalo the first d.ay, expecting to take a\\nboat in that cit} but the harbor being full of ice,\\nhe was doomed to disappointment, as no boat was\\nnearer than Dunkirk, fort} miles away. The jour-\\nney from ButTalo to the latter-named cit}- occupied\\nthe next two days, and they remained there three\\ndays waiting for a boat. They then boarded the\\nsteamer Niagara, which had just arrived from\\nDetroit, and after two hours out was met by a\\nfurious storm of wind and snow, and it was with\\ngreat ditliculty that it reached the port of Erie,\\nwith the most dejected looking lot of p.assenoers on\\nboard our subject had ever seen. In his own case", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0631.jp2"}, "632": {"fulltext": "11\\n620\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhe was so used up that he was carried from the\\nboat to the hotel, wliere he remained two days\\nwaiting for the storm to subside and to repair the\\nvessel, which was damaged bj striking the pier on\\nentering the harbor. The} then sailed for Detroit,\\nand after six days continuous battling with storms,\\nlanded on the evening of the sixth day, making in\\nall fifteen days since thej left home, seven of which\\nwere occupied by our subject in meditating whether\\nhe had swallowed the whale or the whale had swal-\\nlowed him.\\nThe change, however, was in every way beneficial.\\nA new life seemed opened up to young HoIIoway,\\nand with his returning strength he was brought to\\nrealize that he was a well man. For two years he\\nworked as a house carpenter and joiner, and in\\n183G built six miles of the Erie Kalamazoo Rail-\\nroad. This brought him to a period in his life\\nwhen new plans presented themselves and new\\naspirations claimed consideration. In short, the\\nchief source of the aspiration in forming and ear-\\nly ing out these new plans was a certain young\\nwoman, Miss Sybil B. Bassett. They joined hands\\nand fortunes Feb. 5, 1837. Mrs. Ilolloway was\\nborn Sept 10, 1815, in (iorham, N. Y. Her father\\nand mother dying within a year she, with her twin\\nbrother, was left to the care of others whose hearts\\nbeat kindl} for the orphans. Sybil B. was but ten\\nd.ays old when her mother died, when she was\\nadopted bj Mrs. L. L. Goodrich, of Naples, N. Y.,\\nand was reared liy her as one of her own family,\\nknowing no other parents or home.\\nMr. and Mrs. Hollowav spent their first year of\\nmarried life in Sylvania, Ohio, and the second and\\nthird in Teeumseh, this State, where their eldest\\nchild vvas born. In April, 1840, they moved to\\nJonesville, this county. Here the battle of life be-\\ngan in earnest, and for ten years Mr. Holloway fol-\\nlowed his trade with energy and accumulated\\nenough to secure a snug home worth $1,500. In\\n1 850 lie was elected Register of Deeds for the\\ncounty, and discharged the duties of this office two\\nj-ears, introducing in the meantime the sj stem of\\nindexing the work in said office, geographically as\\nwell as alphabetically, the wisdom of which was\\napparent to everyone connected with the business\\nof this office. Mr. Holloway for this important\\n4*\\nwork received suitable compensation from the\\nCounty Board of Supervisors. While the law re\u00c2\u00ab-\\nquires the alphabetical indices to be kept up, the\\ngeographical s^ stem greatly facilitates the work of\\ninvestigation, and is .nn invaluable aid in furnishing\\nabsolute proofs of correctness of title, and consti-\\ntutes the foundation upon which so many abstract\\nagencies have sprung up in almost everj- county or\\nparish in the land.\\nIn 1852 Mr. Hollowa}- exchanged his home in\\nJonesville for a farm located on sections 9 and 10\\nin Fayette Township. This was a move in the\\nright direction, giving him a bank of deposit where\\nevery few dollars spent in improvements helped to\\nswell the .aggregate, slowly but surely, into a beau-\\ntiful and valualjle home. This, however, was not\\nfor him and his to enjoy for several years. The\\ncrash of 1837 to 1842 involved to our subject the\\nloss of $3,000, and after ten or twelve j ears of\\nhard labor there was yet $1,000 of this unpaid. At\\nthe commencement of the year 1853 he was relieved\\nfrom the office of Register of Deeds, and although\\ndesirous of removing to the farm with his family\\nhe hesitated about making the experiment, with\\nwheat only fifty cents per bushel and other produce\\nin proportion. Shortly afterward, through the efforts\\nof influential men who had stood by him through\\nsunshine and storm, he was elected by over 100\\nmajority Supervisor of Fayette Township, embrac-\\ning Jonesville and Hillsdale, over the Hon. Henry\\nWaldron, who had never been beaten before. Soon\\nafterward Col. Holloway was appointed Post-\\nmaster of Hillsdale, and although the salary was not\\nlarge, by opening an insurance office in connection\\ntherewith he built up a lucrative business, in which\\nhe continued nine years. His boys had been of\\ngreat assistance, while at tlie same time it was a fine\\nbusiness school for them.\\nIn 1854 our subject was elected Secretary- of the\\nHillsdale Agricultural Society, which position, with\\nthe exception of two years, he has held to the pres-\\nent time. In 1855, through the courtesy of Hon.\\nKinsley S. Bingham, Governor of Michigan, he was\\nappointed Colonel of the 15th Regiment, 2d Brig-\\nade of the Michigan Militia, with a uniformed\\nstaff, but aside from acting as escort in laying the\\ncorner stone of Hillsdale College, presiding over a", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0632.jp2"}, "633": {"fulltext": "I\\n-4\u00c2\u00ab-\\nHILLSUALE COUNT V.\\nGl 1\\ni\\nfew iiiilitaiy encampments and a few Foiirth-of-July\\ncelebrations, the Colonel and liis stiiff have enjoyed\\nthe title witiiout the responsibility. That same\\nyear also Col. Holloway was elected one of the\\nTrustees of Hillsdale College, and has since stead-\\nily held this position. For the following five j-ears\\nthere was little to change the even tenor of steadj\\nwork and responsibility of ottice. Col. Holloway\\ncultivated the little avenues of income, and guarded\\ncarefully the sources of leakage, until he was able\\nto shake his fist in the face of the world and call for\\na receipt in full from all creditors. In the mean-\\ntime a part of the farm of 1G5 acres had been\\nbrought to a fair state of cultivation, and was well\\nstocked.\\nIn 18G1 the Colonel concluded to close out his now\\nextensive city business, which had been augmented\\nto a large number of agencies, and take to the farm.\\nUpon this there was much yet to do, the fields being\\nstill very stony, and no fruit, with the exception of\\na small apple orchard which had been planted about\\n18;30. The dwelling was simply a tenant house, and\\nin looking over the surroundings it was decided to\\nerect a mansion from the material at hand, namely\\nrubel stone, or in other words, hammered lilocks\\nfrom field boulders. The lumber had to be sawed\\nfrom the log and seasoned, and shingles were only\\nobtainable from Gratiot County. In the meantime\\nthe farming must also be carried on, and with the\\ngathering of material and digging of the cellar June\\ncame before the masons were put to work. By\\nthe 1st of January following the family to jk i)os-\\nsession of their new dwelling, although it was still\\nunfinished. With the ushering in of 1862 our sub-\\nject was admonished that it was time to call a halt\\nin his improvements, as the war was being prose-\\ncuted with vigor, and wages in consequence had\\nbeen greatly increased. The cream of labor had\\neither enlisted or was being drafted. The eldest\\nson of Col. Holloway had joined the volunteers,\\nand missing his valuable assistance the labor of the\\nfarm was carried on slowly and labc)riousl3-.\\nCol. Ilollow.ay had become considerablj- inter-\\nested in sheep-raising, and the wool clip alone of\\none year sold for $1,000. The projected orchard\\nhad not yet materialized, but ten acres set aside for\\nthis purpose had been thoroughly cleared of the\\nstones and boulders, from which a wall was built\\naround the enclosure, and the work of planting com-\\nmenced after that sj stematic manner b}- which the\\nColonel gauges all his undertakings. By the s[ ring\\nfollow ing he had a fine young orchard of 500 trees.\\nHe soon, however, perceived that he had set them\\ntoo closely together, but this mistake it was now too\\nlate to remedy. The planting of the smaller fruits\\nfollowed in due time, also ornamental trees and\\nshrubbery, and the homestead began to wear the\\nair of a modern country estate.\\nOur subject now experienced a desire to improve\\nhis live stock, especially his cattle, so he com-\\nmenced fattening for the market the common grades\\nwhich he possessed, selling them as fast as possible,\\nand invested the proceeds in young heifers of the\\nmost approved pedigree of Short-horn stock. In\\na few years the results of this wise movement were\\napparent in a herd of the finest animals to be found\\nin Southern Michigan. Col. Holloway also con-\\ntinued his operations as a sheep lireeder, wliicli have\\nbeen the means of yielding him aniniall}- a hand-\\nsome income. By a fall, in the winter of 1881, he\\nreceived a concussion of the muscles of the arm,\\nwhich left those members cpiite helpless, and com-\\npelled him to abandon his farniing operations.\\nIn the meantime, the year previously, without\\nany etTort or ambition of his own, our subject was\\nbrought forward by his friends as candidate for\\nGovernor, and which he felt would lie attended\\nwith great expense and sure defeat. He had never,\\nhowever, been a shirk, and he felt it was now too\\nlate in life to stand the stigma, so he accepted the\\nnomination with the results that he fully expected,\\nalthough he greatly lessened the former Republican\\nmajorities. He had been an earlj advocate of the\\nGrange movement, and had much to do in shaping\\nits destiny, being on the Executive Board. The\\nfight with patent-right concerns and other combi-\\nnations to fleece the farmers was continued and\\nbitter, but Col. Holloway and the other Grangers\\ndo not regret the efforts they put forth to secure\\ntheir inalienable rights.\\nCol. Holloway, feeling the weight of advancing\\nyears, considered it best to relieve himself and his\\nfamily of the great amount of care and responsi-\\nbility involved in carrying on the farm, and on the\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0633.jp2"}, "634": {"fulltext": "i\\nG22\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n11th of Ai)iil, 1883, signed the deed which made\\nit another s. There were upon it generous lierds of\\ncattle, flocks of sheep and vahiabic horses, together\\nwith hogs, liay and grain, and the former proprietor\\nfrom all these reserved Init a single carriage horse\\nand the most valuable personal effects. Soon after-\\nward he took ills wife in his buggy and started for\\nHillsdale, with tiie purjjose of purchasing a modest\\nhome suitable for their comforts and requirements.\\nIn due time tlie3 took possession, the Colonel ex-\\npecting to be freed from further public cares and\\nresponsibilities. In 1884, however, he was pre-\\nvailed upon to become the Democratic candidate\\nfor Mayor, and was elected by a large vote, being\\nthe first presiding officer of this political complex-\\nion for several years in this cil^ Never in the\\nhabit of doing anything half-way. Col. Ilolloway at\\nonce lent his aid in securing an appropriation for\\nbuilding the city water-works, and in due time the}-\\nwere under way, although nut until the successor of\\nCol. HoUoway was in occupation of his ofKce.\\nIn the summer of 1884 Col. HoUoway was chosen\\na delegate to the National Convention at Chi-\\ncago. That same year also, in connection with other\\nprominent citizens, he was instrumental in organ-\\nizing the Hillsdale County Savings Bank, of which\\nhe w.as made a Director, and which has become one\\nof the indispensable institutions in the county. The\\nyear following he put up a neat and handsome resi-\\ndence, more in conformity to the tastes and require-\\nments of his family than the one he had purchased.\\nOn the oth of February 1887, Col. HoUoway and\\nhis estimable wife were brought face to face with\\nthe fiftieth milestone of their married life. This\\nevent vvas celebrated in due form by the children\\nwho had been given them, and who with them\\nconstituted an unbroken family circle, besides\\n200 others, neighbors and friends, each one accom-\\npanied by a loving memento of friendship and good\\nwill. It was an occasion of general rejoicing, and\\none to be remembered not only by those most inter-\\nested, but by all who particijKited in it. The pleas-\\nant and tasteful home was duly fitted up for the\\noccasion, and manj^ were the good wishes which\\nfollowed the worth} pair, whom the community\\nhope and trust will be spared to their midst for\\nyears to come.\\nThe career of Col. HoUoway is simply that of a\\ncountry boy, born without privileges except those\\nacquired by his own energy. His experiences have\\nbeen many and he has learned well from the lessons\\nof life. At this point we wish to quote the Colonel s\\nown words as fitting to close this sketch of his life:\\nI have found many incidents in this journey of\\nseventy-three years around wiiich my thoughts\\ncluster and would like to tairy and commune for a\\nseason, but we pass man} of these milestones in\\nthe course to contemplate sc)me of the propelling\\npowers and influences that urged me to be a man\\namong men.\\nFirst, my settled belief in an over-ruling Provi^\\ndence that God holds all men responsible for the\\nuse or disuse of the talents committed to them.\\nSecond, that we are to render service to Him and\\nto our fellows as we have opportunity. Hence the\\nnecessity for organization to promote these princi-\\nples; hence, as a result of this organization, from\\nthe different branches we selected the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church as being nearest our belief. We\\nunited with it in 1840, and have kept our member-\\nship to the present. In this we have felt at home.\\nIt has been a source of profit and help to us, and we\\ndoubt not that our membership has been a help to\\nthe church here as well as at Joncsville in building\\ntheir church edifices and carrying forward their\\nreligious enterprises.\\nOur family of three sons and one daughter has\\nall been preserved to us. Their children are fast\\nmaturing to manhood and womanhood, all sur-\\nrounded with health and the good things of life.\\nWhat more could we desire? We may say with\\none of old, Our lines have fallen in pleasant places.\\nWe wait patiently the further bidding of our\\nMaster.\\nLFRED DEUEL. The beautiful farm of\\nthis gentleman, with its tasteful and sub-\\nstantial buildings, which is finely located\\non section 1, near the town line in Camden\\nTownship, is a standing monument of the thrift and\\nIndustry of one of Hillsdale s earliest pioneers. A\\nnative of Ontario County, N. Y., Mr. Deuel was\\nborn Oct. 3, 1832, and is the son of Cornelius and\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0634.jp2"}, "635": {"fulltext": "-U\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nG23\\nSarah (Fcnis) Deuel, who were both natives of\\nDutchess County, that State, and si)ent tlicir last\\n3 ears in Michigan.\\nThe Deuel family who, it is supposed, crossed\\ntiie Atlantic from Scotland, settled in New England\\nduring the i)eriod of its early history, and although\\nthe records are scjniewhat dim, there is reason to\\nbelieve that both sides furnished vohniteers to the\\nRevolutionary War. They were a sturdy and coura-\\ngeous race of pe\u00c2\u00bb(i)le who invariably made a good\\nrecord as citizens and members of the community,\\nand whose descendants of this later day have pre-\\nserved the best traits of their ancestry.\\nTo Cornelius and Sarah Deuel there were born\\neleven children, of whom the following survive:\\nAlfred, our subject; Lydia,tlic wife of Henry Smith,\\nof West Unity, Ohio; Lewis, who lives in Kalkaska\\nCounty, this State; Marcena, the wife of Hiram\\nBird, and Delora, of Midland, Mich. AVhen a little\\nlad in the sixth j ear of his age our subject came\\nwith his parents to this county, they settling in\\nRansom Township when its people were few and\\nfar between. Here the^ lived and labored the re-\\nmainder of their lives. The father passed away in\\nSeptember, 1885, and the mother April 12, 1888.\\nThey were most excellent and worthy people, and\\nenjoyed the confidence and esteem of all who knew\\nthem. Mr. Deuel cut the first stick of tindjer in\\nthe vicinity of what afterward became his home-\\nstead, and with his estimable wife endured all the\\nhardships and privations incident to pioneer life.\\nHe was a man of much force of character and be-\\ncame prominent in township affairs, holding the\\noHlces of Constable and Highway Commissioner,\\nand was one of the first to encourage the projects set\\non foot to develop the county and elevate its peo-\\nple. He was careful and conscientious in his busi-\\nness transactions, and carried out in his daily life\\nthat illustration of the noblest work of the Creator\\nan honest man. Few are more worthy of notice\\nin a work of this kind than Cornelius Deuel.\\nOur subject was reared to manhood under the\\nparental roof, and was the main assistant of his\\nfather in develoi)ing the farm and building ui) the\\nhomestead. He received a limited education and\\neaily in life was trained to those hal)its of in-\\ndustry and economy wliicli have servecl to place\\nhim in an enviable position among men. A lover\\nof books, he has lieen an extensive reader, and few\\nare better versed in relation to the general topics\\nof the da}\\ni\\\\Ir. Deuel was married, Oct. i, 1858, to Miss\\nCaroline Seaman, the wedding taking place at the\\nhome of the bride in Cambria. Mrs. Deuel was\\nborn .June 8, ls:!8, in Ontario Count} N. Y., and\\nis the daughter of Jonas and Melinda (Perigo) Sea-\\nman, who were natives also of the Empire State, and\\nat present are residing in Amboy Township. They\\ncame to Michigan in 1847, settling among the pio-\\nneers of Cambria Township, where they lived for ;i\\nnumber of years, and whence they removed to Cam-\\nden Township, of which they were residents twent}*\\nyears. The removal to Anil)oy Township was made\\na short time since. John Seaman, the paternal\\ngrandfather of Mrs. Deuel, together with his father,\\nserved as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and\\nspent his last years in Michigan. The children of\\nJonas and Melinda Seaman, three in number, were\\nnamed Caroline, James and Amanda. The latter\\ndied when about nine years old. Mr. and Mrs.\\nSeaman are now approaching the sunset of life, be-\\ning both nearly eighty years of age. They have\\nwitnessed many changes during their residence of\\nover forty years in this count} during which time\\nthey labored in common with the people about them\\nto establish a home and build up a record of which\\ntheir children should never be ashamed. In a com-\\nfortable home they are now passing their daj-s in\\nease and quiet, blessed with the esteem and confi-\\ndence of many friends.\\nThe five children of JMr. and Mrs. Deuel are re-\\ncorded as follows: Sarah became the wife of Fre-\\nmont Jenks, and lives in Camden Townshii Seaman\\nM. is a telegraph operator for the Chicago fe North-\\nwestern Railroad: Lester, Ida and Carrie continue\\nunder the lujmeroof with their parents. Tiie Dcud\\nfarm comprises ninety acres of good land, and witii\\nits appurtenances is considered one of the finest\\nestates in the southwestern part of the county. Our\\nsubject has occupied the minor offices, and is a iiian\\nwhose opinions are held in due respect.\\nAfter the outbreak of the late Rebellion .Mr.\\nDeuel enlisted as a Union soMicr, Aug. 2, l.S(;2, in\\nCompany F, 18tli Michigan Infantry, which was", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0635.jp2"}, "636": {"fulltext": "J 21\\ni\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nassigned to the Army of the Cumberland, and which\\nwas first engaged in following up the rebel General,\\nBragg, nnd driving him out of Kentucky Mr.\\nDeuel saw considerable fighting, beingpresent at the\\nbattles of Nashville and Decatur, and meeting the\\nenemy in minor engagements. After the surrender\\nof the Confederate troops he received his honorable\\ndiscliarge, July 12, 18G.5, and returned to his old\\ntramping ground in tliis county, where he resumed\\nhis farming operations. Daniel Deuel, the brother\\nof our subject, was also in the service, and died at the\\nhospital in Decatur, Ala. Lewis Deuel, a member\\nof the same company and regiment as our subject,\\nwas captured at the battle of Frankfort, K^ and\\nnot long afterward exchanged. Their brother-in-\\nlaw, A. D. Lile, also accompanied them to the scat\\nof war, and returned home in safety.\\nEDWARD BAILEY, Supervisor of Litchfield\\nTownship, and a successful general farmer,\\nlocated on section 26, was born Dec. 9, 1842,\\nin Murray Township, Orleans Co., N. Y. His par-\\nents, William and Sarah (Weed) Bailey, were na-\\ntives respectivel} of England and Stamford, Conn.,\\nand the father came to America in 1834, and fol-\\nlowed farming in Orleans County, N. Y., for seven\\nyears.\\nThe parents of our subject came to this county\\nin 1 844, and settled in Litchfield Township, where\\nthe father was successfully engaged in the occupa-\\ntion of a farmer, and died in Februarj 1885, at the\\nripe old age of ninety-one years. The mother of\\nour subject was an estimable woman, and bore to\\nlier husband three children Charles W., Phwhe\\nJane and Edward. The earliest recollections of\\nour subject are of this county, to which he was\\nbrought by his parents before he was two years of\\nage. He gi ew to manhood assisting in the duties\\nof the farm, and in attendance upon the common\\nschools, and remained at the homestead until his\\nmarriage.\\nThis important event in the life of our subject\\ntook place in 1869, when he was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Lucinda, daughter of H. H. and Marian\\n(Watson) Fuller, natives respectively of New York\\nand Maine. The father was a farmer by occupa-\\ntion, and followed iiis calling in Monroe County,\\nN. Y., until his decease, which occurred in 1881, at\\nthe age of seventy-six 3 ears, while tlie mother died\\nin I 887, at the age of eighty-one. There were born\\nto them seven children, two sons and five daugh-\\nters, of whom Mrs. Bailey was the sixth in order of\\nbirth, and was born at Pcnfield, Monroe Co., N. Y.,\\nApril 30, 1843. She received her education at tlie\\ncommon schools, and taught two 3 ears prior to her\\nmarriage, which occurred in her native State. Her\\nunion with our subject has been blessed by thebiith\\nof one child, Marion, who came to gladden their\\nhome in 1873. She resides witli her parents, and\\nis at present attending school.\\nOur subject is engaged in general or mixed farm-\\ning on a fine tract of land of 180 acres, on which\\nhe has erected a substantial and commodious dwell-\\ning, with suitable out-buildings. In politics Mr.\\nBailey is a Rei)ublican, and his services have been\\nappreciated and acknowledged by his townsmen,\\nwho have elected him to several of the most im-\\nportant offices within their gift. For a period of\\nten yeai s he was Justice of the Peace, and he then\\nresigned and was elected Chairman of the Board of\\nSupervisors in 1887, for one year. In 1880 he was\\nelected Supervisor, and has held the position con-\\ntinuously ever since, discharging the duties of his\\noffice in a manner at once creditable to himself and\\nsatisfactory to his constituents.\\nON. HENRY PACKER, formerly a promi-\\nnent citizen of this county, was born in Col-\\nchester, New London Co., Conn., and died\\nin Jonesville, Nov. 19, 1881. Mr. Packer\\nwas the fourth son of Hon. P^benezer A. and Kc-\\nturah (Randall) Packer, the former a i)rosperous\\nfarmer, who enjoyed the confidence of his towns-\\nmen, and was elected by them to fill various public\\noffices.\\nThe subject of this notice spent liis earl}- years at\\nthe homestead, engaged principally in stud} until\\nhe had reached the age of seventeen, when he went\\nto Bacon Acaderaj Colchester, and completed his\\nschool course. After teaching for a few years he\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0636.jp2"}, "637": {"fulltext": "u\\nIIILLSDALK COUNTY.\\nC,2o\\nremoved to Western New York, near Rochester,\\nwhere he was employed in getting out staves and\\nsiiip timbers for aeompiiny of t^uakers. He subse-\\nquently spent live winters engaged in selling books,\\nand then determining to settle in tiie West, he set\\nabout securing suflicient finifls to accomplish his\\nobject. In ISo, lie left Connei ticut, and settled in\\nthis county, in Litchfield Township, where he re-\\nmained, principally engaged in farming, until 1804.\\nHe was elected to numerous [lulilic odices, such as\\nHighw.ay Commissioner, Justice of the Peace and\\nSupervisor, and in 18 14 was elected to the Legis-\\nlature, and afterward became Judge of the Probate\\nCourt, the duties of which office he discharged for\\nfour 3 cars. In 18G4 he sold his farm in Litchfield\\nTownship, and removed to Jonesville, where he\\ncontinued to reside until his death. He was identi-\\nfied with the Presbyterian Church, and socially, was\\na member of the order of Odd Fellows.\\nMr. Packer was married, in the spring of 1830, to\\nMary Randall, of Colchester, Conn., by whom he\\nhad two daughters Eliza M. and Catherine A.\\nKliza became the wife of John A. Payne, and is\\nnow a widow, while Catherine A. is the wife of C.\\nB. Ilutchins, Esq., of Albanj N. Y. The mother\\nof these children died in 1834, and our subject was\\na second time married, in 1835, to Susan A. Wright,\\nalso of Colchester. Their union resulted in the\\nbirth of seven children, viz: Henry W., Susan A.,\\nEdward A., John O., Albert A., Luther M. and Eva.\\nIIenr\\\\ W. is a resident of Kansas; Snsan is de-\\nceased; Edward resides in Wheeling, Mo.; John is\\nan attorney in Colorado Albert farms in Faj-ette\\nTownship; Luther is engaged in railroading in Chi-\\ncago, and Eva is deceased. Henrj-, Edward and\\nJohn O. served in the Union army, in which Ed-\\nward was a Captain of Battery L, 1st Light Artil-\\nlery.\\nAlbert A. Packer was born in Litchfield Town-\\nsliij), Jan. 27, 1848, and was reared and edu-\\ncated in his native township, with the exception\\nof two terms spent in Hillsdale College. He has\\nbeen engaged chiefly in agricultural pursuits, and\\nowns 120 acres of land in Fayette and Scipio Town-\\nsliips. He was united in marriage in the former\\ntownship, July 10, 1881, with Miss Addic A.,\\ndaughter of Lucius H. and .Mary (Whjttcn) Smith.\\nMrs. Packer was born in Fa3 ette Township, Aug.\\n0, 1852, and of her union with our subject there\\nhas been born one child, Henry A. Mr. Packer\\nhas held the office of Recorder in Jonesville, and\\nSchool Inspector and Assessor in Fayette Township.\\nIn i)olitics he aniliates with the Republieau party,\\nand religiously, is a member of the Presbyterian\\nChurch.\\nHARLES L. NORTHRUP. The properly\\n_ of this gentleman, a prominent and wcallliy\\nresident of Cambria Township, embraces\\n110 acres of finely cultivated land on section 32,\\nwith handsome and substantial buildings, including\\na tasteful and commodious dwelling, a well-built\\nbarn, and the various other outhouses required for\\nthe successful jirosccution of his calling as a general\\nfarmer who makes a specialty of stock-raising. He\\nhandles principally high-grade Durham cattle, of\\nwhich he has some very fine specimens in his herd\\nof twenty head. He has been an exhibitor at the\\nvarious county fairs of Southern Michigan for\\nseveral years, from which he carries olf a goodly\\nproportion of the blue ribbons.\\nMr. Northrup located on his present farm in\\nApril, 18G3, and for the last twenty-three years has\\ngiven to its improvement the greater part of his\\ntime and attention. He was for five j-ears a resi-\\ndent of Woodbridge Township, where he also im-\\nproved a good farm, and previously had lived both\\nin Hillsdale and Reading Townships. He came to\\nSouthern Michigan in 1857, and during his residence\\nof over thirty years in Hillsdale County has made\\na good record as a skillful agriculturist and a valued\\ncitizen.\\nThe Empire State has given to Hillsdale County\\nmany of her best men, and among these is the sub-\\nject of this sketch, who was born in Onondaga\\nCounty, Aug. 15, 1823. His father, Kneeland\\nNorthrup, a carpenter by trade, was a native of\\nConnecticut, and chiefly a manufacturer of spinning-\\nwheels. In his time he tui ued out thousands of\\nthese implements of the olden daj-s, and which arc\\nmostly now preserved as relics of the past, iiaiiiteil\\nand gilded, and set up in the homes of the present\\ngeneration as both a curiosity and an ornament.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0637.jp2"}, "638": {"fulltext": "4\\n626\\ni\\nHLILSDALE COUNTY.\\nBy t!ie labors of his skillful hands hundreds of\\nfamilies in Central New York were thus supplied\\nwith the indispensable article by means of which at\\nthat day was spun the yarn which manufactured\\nmuch of the clothing of a generation past and gone.\\nKneeland Northrup plied his trade in his native\\nState when a young man, and being a genuine Yan-\\nkee, frequently acted as a salesman, bartering his\\nwares to the best advantage. Ui^on leaving New\\nEngland, still unmarried, he made his way to Onon-\\ndaga County, N. Y., where he made the aciiuaint-\\nance of Miss Hannah Housor, a native of New York,\\nand who was of German descent. The father of\\nour subject served afterward for a time in the War\\nof 1812, being with tiie regiment at Sackett s Har-\\nbor. He developed into a musician and became\\nP ife Major, and the instrument with which he\\nassisted in creating enthusiasm among the soldiers\\nat the time of battle is still preserved in the family\\nas a priceless relic from which they would not\\nwillingl}^ part.\\nAfter the British army had once more been ex-\\npelled from American soil, the father of our subject\\nresumed work at his trade, at which he continued\\nthe remainder of his life, or until the spinning-wheel\\nwas supplanted by more modern machinery. He\\nspent his last days in Onondaga County, N. Y.,\\ndying about 1867, after rounding up his threescore\\nyears and ten. He was a man of decided views and\\npoliticall}- a Jackson Democrat. The wife an l\\nmother had died at the homestead in Onondaga\\nCounty when little past middle life. She was a\\nvery conscientious lady, devoted to the interests of\\nher family, and a member of the Presbyterian\\nChurch. Kneeland Northrup was a Universalist in\\nreligious belief. The parental family included six\\nchildren, three sons and three daughters. The two\\nbrothers of our subject are deceased.\\nCharles L. Northrup spent his boyhood and youth\\nin his native county, where he served first an ap-\\nprenticeship at the carpenter s trade and later took\\nup millwrighting. In this latter profession he\\nbecame proficient, and put in his first machiner\\\\ in\\na mill at Janiesville, Onondaga Co., N. Y. Later he\\nwent into Mecklenburg County, Va., and erected\\nthe first frame Viuildiiig put up by the sijuarc rule\\nto the great astonishment of the people of that sec-\\ni\\ntion, some of whom had wagered b} betting that it\\ncould not be done. This furnished abundant\\namusement to Mr. Northrup, who understood his\\nbusiness full} and who took secret delight in con-\\nvincing some of the F. F. V. s how greatly they\\nmight be mistaken. He spent one year in the Old\\nDominion, and put in some of the best mill machin-\\nery of that time.\\nOur subject now returned to his native State,\\nfrom which he was called in the summer of 18.56\\nto Wisconsin for the purpose of putting in the\\nmachinery of a paper-mill at Beloit, and which was\\nthe first of its kind ever built in the State. That\\nmill proved the nucleus of a large paper manufact-\\nuring district which attracted numbers of people\\nand was the making of the town. Mr. Northrup after\\nputting his machinery in motion went back to New\\nYork State, and made his preparations for emigra-\\ntion to Southern Michigan.\\nOur subject upon locating in this county carried\\non carpentering ami millwrighting for a number of\\nj ears. He put up his last mill in Cambria Township,\\nand then resolving upon a change of occupation,\\npurchased a tract of land in Woodbridge Township,\\nwhere he began the agricultural pursuits which he\\nhas since followed with such excellent results. In\\n1850, before leaving permanently his native county,\\nhe had been married to Miss Sarah J. Salomon, who\\nwas born in DeWitt Township, Onondaga County,\\nDec. 10, 1829. Mrs. Northrup is the daughter of\\nEphraim and Dolly (Weston) Salomon, the former\\na native of Vermont and the latter of New York\\nState. The father carried on farming mostly, and\\ndied in New York State at the age of seventy-six\\nyears. The mother subsequently came to Michigan,\\nand spent her last days at the home of her daugh-\\nter, Mrs. Northrup, passing away at the advanced\\nage of eighty-two years.\\nThe wife of our subject was reared and educated\\nin her native township, and continued under the\\nhome roof until her marri.age. Of the six children\\nborn thereafter, two died, each when three years\\nold; Mary, the eldest child living, has occupied\\nherself as a teacher several years, and makes her\\nhome with her parents; D wight, who is a teacher\\nand mechanic comljined, married Miss Ella Bene-\\ndict, of Flint, this State, and continues among the\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0638.jp2"}, "639": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0639.jp2"}, "640": {"fulltext": "r j\\n7i:M.UuM:^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0640.jp2"}, "641": {"fulltext": "1\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n629\\nWolverines; Morell C. iiiarrierl Miss Silence French,\\nand carries on the old homestead in Cambria Town-\\nship; Elmer, an artist and painter, continues under\\nthe parental roof. Mrs. Norllirup is a lady held in\\ngreat respect by her coninuiuity, and has been a\\nmember of the Episcopal Church since girlhood.\\nMr. Nortbrup, politically, is a solid Republican, and\\nhas held tlie local offices of his township.\\nDaniel H. Northrup, the younger brother of our\\nsubject, about 1853 entered the marine service, and\\nafter the close of the war sailed wilh Commodore\\nFarragut, via the Mediterranean to Africa, and wont\\nsubsequentl} to Ital3 While a sojourner in the\\ncity of Rome he w.as one day accosted by the\\nAmerican sculptor, Rogers, who was then a student\\nin the imperial city, and who .asked the privilege of\\nusing him as a model. To this Mr. Northrup as-\\nsented, and his figure was afterward reproduced in\\nstone as The American Marine. being sent to\\nDetroit, where it stands an imposing monument in\\nhonor of the soldiers and sailors of the late war.\\nThe sculjitor had never known Mr. Northrup until\\nhe met him in Rome, anil until his superb figure\\nattracted his attention as being almost perfect in its\\noutlines as an illustration of the human form\\ndivine. Daniel Northrup followed the ocean for\\na period of twenty-five years, during which time he\\nvisited nearly all the seaport cities in the world.\\nHe w.as never married, and was entombed in the\\nwaters which he loved so well, being lost by ship-\\nwreck in 1 876.\\nW^ILLIAM H. MERRITT is a well-to-do\\nfarmer and a respected citizen of Pittsford\\nTownship. His life record is an honorable\\none, and furnishes a good example of what may be\\naccomplished by persistent endeavor and a strong\\ndetermination to succeed, for our subject is a self-\\nmade man, having been cast on his own resources\\nat a very youthful age by the death of his parents,\\nand he has risen to his present prosperous condition\\nbj his own indomitable force of character and un-\\ntiring industry. He was born in Putnam County,\\nN. Y., Aug. 12, 1814, and his father, William Mer-\\nritt, was born in the same county. The grandfatlier\\nof our subject was born in England, and emigrat-\\ning to this country, spent his last years in Putnam\\nCounty. The father of our subject was reared,\\nmarried, and, .so far as known, spent his entire life\\nin Putnam County. He and his wife died in the\\nprime of life, leaving a large family of children.\\nThe subject of this sketch was quite young when\\nhe was deprived of the loving care and protection\\nof his father and mother, and almost from his ear-\\nliest recollection he had to earn his own living, and\\nwas cast on the world with no education or other\\nmeans of making his own way than his willino-\\nhands and active lirain. Fortunately he inherited\\ngood principles of honor and honesty that helped\\nto keep him in the right path. For several 3 ears\\nhe worked in different places, merely for his board\\nand clothes, but as he grew older and was alw.ays\\nfound faithful and efficient, his services commanded\\np.ayraent, and he received at first $7 a month, and\\nlater his wages were increased. He was industrious\\nand of good habits, and wisely saved his earnings.\\nHe worked by the month for six years in New\\nYork, and in 1847 came to this State to invest his\\nhardly won savings in lands of Lenawee County,\\nand in Rollin Township bought an 80-acre tract of\\ntimber land for $400. He built a log house on the\\nplace, and at once commenced to cut away the\\nforest trees and prepare his land for culture. It\\ntook nearly all his money to buy his land, and in\\norder to obtain o.xen to work his farm he was\\nobliged to purchase a pair with another man, but as\\nhis first year s crop turned out well he was enabled\\nto purchase his neighbor s interest in the animals.\\nHe continued to manage his farming interests with\\nsatisfactory success, cleared fifty acres of the land,\\nbuilt a good house and barn, and having greatly\\nincreased its value, sold the place in 1868, and\\nthen bought his present farm. This comprises 112\\nacres of land in the highest state of cultivation,\\nwell stocked, and amply ])rovided with good farm\\nbuildings.\\nOur subject has been twice married. The wife\\nof his early manhood, who faithfully shared with\\nhim the trials .and privations of life in a newly set-\\ntled country, and encouraged and aided him in the\\nstruggle to build up a home, departed this life Aug.\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0641.jp2"}, "642": {"fulltext": "630\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n12, 1871. Her maiden name was Mercj- Claikson,\\nand she was born in Diitcliess County, N. Y., Sept.\\n14, 1814, being a daughter of Gilbert Clarkson.\\nOne child was born of that union, Mary E., born\\nOct. 5, 1850, and died in September, 1851. Mr.\\nMerritt s second marriage, which toolv place April\\n28, 1872, was to Mrs. Nancy M. Crout. She was\\nborn in Delaware County, N. Y., Dee. 18, 1831.\\nHer grandfather. John Myers, left his native Ger-\\nman} at the age of seventeen, and emigr.ited to\\nthis country. He married, and settled in Delaware\\nCounty, where he bought a farm, and made his\\nhome thereuntil death. His son, Adam M^-ers, the\\nfather of Mrs. Merritt, was born in that county,\\ngrew to manhood there, and there married Miss\\nSally Wight, likewise a native of Delaware County.\\nThey continued to reside in their native county\\nuntil 1835, when they moved to Greene County, N.\\nY., where they spent the remainder of their days,\\nMr. Myers owning and managing a farm there until\\nhis death, March 2, 1 883 his wife died in December,\\n1884. Mrs. Meriitt had been mairied prior to her\\nmarriage with our subject, Selon Crout having been\\nher first husband. He was born in Raisinville,\\nMonroe Co., Mich., in September, 1832, and was a\\nson of David and Sally Crout, natives of New York,\\nand pioneers of Monroe County, Mich. Mr. Crout\\nenlisted in September, 1864, as a member of Com-\\npany A, 11th Michigan Infantry, and served faith-\\nfully until after the close of the war, receiving his\\ndischarge with his regiment in June, 1865. His\\nhealth was poor at the time of his enlistment, and\\nhe lived but one year after his discharge from the\\narmy. Before his enlistment be had settled in\\nEollin Township, and wliile he was in the South\\nMrs. Merritt had bought a tract of land there. Mrs.\\nMerritt had one son born to her bj her first mar-\\nriage, named Arthur, whose birth took place Dee.\\n19, 1862. He was a bright lad in whom all her\\nhopes were centered, and his death in October, 1877,\\nwas a sad affliction, though to him it was, doubtless,\\na glorious awakening to a nobler and better life.\\nIn the beautiful woids of the poet\\nHe wliom ye call dead,\\nIn unbroken bliss instead\\nLives, and loves you lost, tis true,\\nBy any light which shines for j ou\\nBut in light ve cannot see\\nOf unfulfilled felicity.\\nAnd enlarging Paradise,\\nLives the life that never dies.\\nMr. Merritt has been a faithful Christian for\\nmany j ears, having joined the Presbyterian Church\\nwhile he lived in New York, and since coming to\\nMichigan he has united with the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church at RoUin. Mrs. Merritt is a devoted\\nmember of the Free-Will Baptist Church, at Rollin.\\nThey are beloved and respected by the whole com-\\nmunity for their kindly hearts, genuine worth and\\ntrue nobility of character. In politics he is a Re-\\npublican.\\nA lithographic portrait of Mr. Merritt is shown\\nin this connection, and forms a fitting accompani-\\nment to this sketch.\\nDWARD DAVIES, an enterprising young\\nfarmer and stock-raiser of Camden Town-\\nship, is at present operating on section 2. He\\nis a native of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where his\\nbirth took place nearly thirty years ago, Aug. 13,\\n1857. His parents, Edward and Charlotte (Whar-\\nton) Davies, were natives of England, and the\\nfather of Welsh descent.\\nEdward Davies emigrated to America in the\\ntwenty-sixth 3-ear of his age, and taking up his resi-\\ndence in Philadelphia, Pa., continued a resident of\\nthe Quaker City for a period of seven years.\\nThence he removed to Albany, N. Y., and after a\\nstay of about the same duration, migrated to Cleve-\\nland, Ohio, where he married Miss Charlotte Whar-\\nton, by whom he became the father of four children,\\nnamely: Sarah A., the wife of George N. Watson,\\nof St. Louis, Mo.; Edward, our subject; Mary L.,\\nthe wife of F. A. Tucker, of Omaha, Neb., and\\nCh.arlotte E., the wife of C. B. Cook, of West\\nPoint, Miss.\\nMrs. Davies, the mother of our subject, emigrated\\nto America with her parents when a little girl seven\\nyears of age, and was principally reared in Ohio.\\nOf that State she continued a resident until after\\nher marriage and the death of her husband, which\\noccurred in Berea, Cuyahoga Count} about 1880.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0642.jp2"}, "643": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n4\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n631\\nI\\nHis remains were laid to rest in tlie Riverside\\nCemetery-, at Cleveland. The mother is now iu the\\nfifty-third \\\\-C ar of iier age. and makes her home\\nmostly with her daughter at West Point. Miss. Mr.\\nDavies after becoming a naturalized American citi-\\nzen identified himself with the Democi atic party,\\nand was a man who took an interest in all those\\ntilings tending to elevate mankind, being liberal\\nminded and progressive in his ideas.\\nThe subject of this biography spent his boyhood\\nand youth in his native State, where he received a\\npractical education, and upon reaching manhood was\\nmarried, Dec. 30, 1881, to Miss Ella E., daughter\\nof John Clark, of Berea, Ohio. Mrs. Davies was\\nborn Nov. 8, 1862, in Ohio, and is now the mother\\nof two children: Charlotte, born Dee. 12, 1882,\\nand p]dward, Oct. 12, 1885. Our subject came to\\nthe West in 1884. and purchased the farm which he\\nnow occupies. He also has property at Berea and\\nin Florida. Politically, he is independent, and\\nsocially, belongs to the I. O. O. F., at Camden. In\\nthis he is the present Noble Grand, of Lodge No.\\n312, and also a member of the Encampment.\\nJEREMIAH TRAVIS. In conversation with\\nthe representative citizens of this county,\\nwe find that man} of them claim for their\\nbirtiiplace the Bucke^ e State, and it is a no-\\nticeable fact that tliej- are almost invariably men of\\ncharacter and enterprise in whatever calling of life\\nthey have ciiosen as an occujjation. Although\\nmany of them left homes of culture and refinement\\nin their native State, they readily adai)ted them-\\nselves to their environments, and putting their\\nshoulders to the wheel of the car of progress, have\\ncontributed their full quota toward the develop-\\nment and advancement of this section of country.\\nAmong this class of people is the gentleman whose\\nname heads this sketch, having been born in the\\ncity of Columbus, Ohio, June 15, 1834.\\nWilliam Travis, the father of our subject, was\\nborn in York State, and removed from there to\\nCanada, where he was united in marriage with Miss\\nSarah Hollingshed, a native of that country. In his\\nyounger years he had learned the trade of a ship\\ncarpenter, and followed that occupation for some\\ntime in the land of his adoption. He then returned\\nto New York State, and from there removed to\\nColumbus, Ohio, where he purchased a farm within\\nthe present city limits. In 1843 he sold his inter-\\nests in that State, and joined the procession moving\\nwestward, the removal being effected in a wagon\\ndrawn by oxen and horses. Upon his arrival in\\nthe Wolverine State, he located in Madison Town-\\nship, Lenawee County, upon a tract of timber land\\nwhich he purchased. He at once erected a log\\nhouse and began to clear and cultivate a farm, thus\\ncontinuing until 1858, when he sold out and came\\nto Hillsdale Count\\\\ settling in the township of\\nWright, where he purchased a tract of timber land\\non the northeast quarter of section 26, and repeated\\nhis log house experience. He improved a farm\\nand resided there several years, when he once more\\nsold out liis interests in Michigan, and removing to\\nGrant County, Wis., spent his List 3 ears with his\\ndaughter, and died after reaching the good old age\\nof eighty-five years; his wife djed on the farm in\\nMadison Township in 1842. The father subse-\\nquently married again, and his second wife died in\\nWright Township.\\nThe subject of this biograjihy w.as nine ^-ears of\\nage when he accompanied his father and step-\\nmother to Michigan, and grew to manhood divid-\\ning his attention between the lighter labors of\\nthe farm and attendance upon the i)ioneer schools\\nof the neighborhood. The wild animals common\\nto Southern Michigan were still plentiful for some\\nyears after the removal of Mr. Travis to this\\ncounty, and man was brought into close communion\\nwith nature in her simple ruggedness. Our subject\\nrem.ained with his [larents until his marriage,\\nacquiring in the stern school of experience those\\nhabits of industry and frugality which have since\\nserved to place him in his present position of com-\\nfort. About the time of his marriage he purchased\\na tract of land where he now resides. It was still\\ncovered with a heav} growth of timber, but Mr,\\nTravis went bravely to work, .and erecting a small\\nframe house, commenced his work of subduing\\nnature. He has since been a continuous resident\\nof this place, and has cleared a fine farm, which he\\nhas brought under a good state of cultivation, and\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0643.jp2"}, "644": {"fulltext": "632\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01\\nhere he is engaged in general farming and stock-\\nraising, inclurling Iniying, shipping and feeding\\nstocli, in which industry lie has met with good suc-\\ncess.\\nJeremiah Travis was united in marriage, July 2,\\n1857, with Miss Ann Eliza IMcNett. who was born\\nin Franklin Township, Lenawee County, Aug. 7,\\n1838. Her father, James McNett, was born in\\nLivingston County, N. Y., April 11, 1810, while\\nher grandfather, Alexander McNett, was, it is be-\\nlieved, a native of York State, and of Irish parent-\\nage. He removed to Allegany County during\\nits early settlement, and purchased a tract of tim-\\nber land, which he developed into an improved\\nfarm, and resided there until his dece.ase. The\\nfather of Mrs. Travis was reared in his native State,\\nand was married in the town of Burns, Allegany\\nCounty, June 1, 1834. In the fall of that year he\\nstarted west with his young bride for the Territory\\nof Michigan, takmg a team to Buffalo, and then\\ngoing by lake to Detroit, where he hired a team\\nto bring them to Tecumseh. He remained but one\\nnight in Tecumseh, however, and then proceeded\\nto Cambridge Township, and renting a house, com-\\nmenced life here by working by the day, and taking\\njobs of chopping and clearing land. After a few\\nyears, by industry and economy he had accumulated\\na little monej-, and purchased a tract of land in\\nFranklin Township. It contained a log house, into\\nwhich the family removed, and Mrs. McNett began\\nhousekeeping in the most primitive style. Their\\ncabin did not boast of even a stove, but contained\\na fireplace appropriating a large share of one end\\nof the building, and over this she bent as she pre-\\npared food for the family. Necessity is the mother\\nof invention, and she contrived to get along even\\nhere, and derive a good deal of comfort and enjoy-\\nment, seeing her children grow up around her vig-\\norous and healthful, clad in the garments which her\\nown hands prepared for them, after spinning the\\nwool and flax which constituted the material. In\\n1851 Mr. McNett sold this property, and coming to\\nWright Township, purchased a tract of timber land\\non section 16, upon which he lived, again engaged\\nin pioneer work, until his death, March 29, 1863.\\nHis widow, whose maiden name was Clarissa Bacon,\\nwas born near Sandusky, Pa., Aug. 11, 1813, and\\nher father, the grandfather of Mrs. Travis, was\\nIsaiah Bacon, a native of the same State, and the\\nson of Jeremiah and Peggy Bacon. Isaiah Bacon\\nremoved to Allegany County, N. Y., in 1831, and\\nbuying land of the Holland Purchase Company, im-\\nproved a farm of over 100 acres and resided there\\nuntil 1839. After the de.ith of his wife he went to\\nKentucky, and died in that State. His wife, whose\\nniaiden name was Harriet Tucker, was a native of\\nNew Jersey, and died at the homestead in Allegany\\nCounty. The parents of Mrs. Travis, Mr. and Mrs.\\nMcNett, had four children Darwin, I^liza, Isaiah W.\\nand Alfred. The mother of these children is still\\nliving, and resides at the homestead.\\nOur subject and his wife have three children, re-\\ncorded as follows: Oliva Adell is the wife of M. F.\\nCaner, and lives in Clare County, Mich.; Clara C.\\nbecame the wife of Charles Moyer, and lives in\\nWright Township; Jerome married Ella Shipman.\\nand also lives in Wright Township. Oliva A. has two\\nchildren Edith Ethel and IMarvin Jerome; and\\nCharles C. has one child, named Jenoe R. In poli-\\ntics Mr. Travis is independent.\\nEN J AM IN F. STOOKEY, farmer, section\\n18, Moscow Township, is an honored and\\nvenerated citizen, well deserving the high\\nrespect in which he is held throughout the\\ncommunity. He comes of an old Pennsylvania\\nfamily, and his parents were Benjamin and Martha\\n(Groover) Stookey, natives respectively of Lu-\\nzerne and Columbia Counties, Pa., his mother be-\\ning of English blood. After marriage they made\\ntheir home in Salem, Luzerne County, on the old\\nhomestead that had been in the Stookey family for\\nmany years, and there they passed several j ears of\\ntheir wedded life. In 1839 Mr. Stookey settled up\\nhis affairs in his native State, and moved with his\\nfamily to the young State of Michigan, and located\\nin Jackson County. From that time until the day\\nof their death they remained residents of Michigan.\\nHe died Dec. 25, 1874, and the mother in 1864,\\nhaving rounded out long and useful lives of\\neighty-eight and seventy years respectively. They\\nwere held in universal respect and esteem for their\\n*f", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0644.jp2"}, "645": {"fulltext": "L.\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n633\\n4\\nstcMliiig worth aiul markpcl integrity of character.\\nTheir tnarriiige had been blessed b3 the birth of\\nthirteen children, eleven of whom accompanied\\nthem to Michigan.\\nOur sul ject was the second child of his parents,\\nand was born at the old homestead, that had\\nalso been tiio birth|)Iace of his father, Feb. 6, 1817.\\nHe grew to manhood in the place of his birth,\\nreceiving his education in the common schools.\\nHe was an active, bold-spirited lad, possessing great\\nstrength and powers of endurance, and keenly\\ndelighting in novel and exciting adventures with a\\nspice of danger in them, therefore it was quite\\nin accordance with his character to enlist in the\\nservice of Texas, to assist her in her revolution\\nagainst Mexico, and from that time for several\\n3 ears his life was quite eventful. He was one of\\ntwenty-two men arrested by the United States Mar-\\nshal, and marched on board the United States\\nman-of-war Hudson, and for many a long day\\ndid not set foot on his native land, but visited\\nmany foreign countries, saw many strange scenes\\non sea and land, and being a wide-awake and intelli-\\ngent observer, laid up a good store of knowledge\\nand information, and gained much valuable experi-\\nence. He was subsequentlj transferred from the\\nHudson to the United States man-of-war ship\\nFairfield, and roamed about on the seas, visiting\\nvarious South American ports, notabh Rio Ja-\\nneiro. Bahia, Pernarabuco, Buenos Ayres and Monte\\nVideo. He stopped at the Falkland Islands, passed\\nCape Horn, cruised in the Pacific, visited the Sand-\\nwich Islands, San Francisco, Cal., and Acapulco,\\nMex. Thence the vessel in which he sailed touched\\nat the following South Annerican ports on the Pa-\\ncific Co-ast: Callao, Peru; Valparaiso, Chili and\\nthen doubled the Cape and was once more in At-\\nlantic waters. When reaching the equator the\\nFairfield sailed in an easterly direction .across the\\nocean, so that our subject had an opportunity to\\nvisit various points of interest on the African Coast,\\nthe vessel touching at Cape Palmas, and stopping\\nat various ports on the coast of West Africa. At\\nlast the long voyage came to an end, and the\\nman-of-war ship Fairfield sailed into the harbor\\nof New York, in March, 1840, after a cruise of four\\nyears. Mr. Stookej retains a vivid recollection of\\nhis travels, and can tell many interesting reminis-\\ncences connected with them. After lauding he\\nmade his way to Michigan, where his folks had set-\\ntled since ho had been aw.ay, and arrived in time\\nto cast the first ballot of his life for Gen. Harrrison.\\nOur subject was married, in 1845, to Miss Electa,\\ndaughter of John and Sarah (Edda) Estes, natives\\nof Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Estes were mar-\\nried in their native State, and passed the first seven\\nyears of their wedded life there, and then removed\\nto Canandaigua County, N. Y. The mother died\\nin 1836 at the age of forty -two, and in 1849 the\\nfather removed to Hillsdale County, Mich., and\\nlived with our subject until his death in 1870, at\\nthe age of eighty-two. He was the father of nine\\nchildren, seven of whom grew to maturitj two\\ndaughters and five sons. Mrs. Stookey was the\\nthird child in order of birth, and was born in Ver-\\nmont. March 26, 1820, and was four years of age\\nwhen her parents removed to New York, where she\\ngrew to womanhood, receiving her education in the\\ncommon schools. She came west to Ohio in 1844\\nto visit her brother .James, and then made the ac-\\nquaintance of Mr. Stookey, and they were married\\nin that State. Their union has been blessed by the\\nbirth of one child, Nettie. She is now the wife of\\nHiram McGee, of Moscow Township; they have\\ntwo children Lillie and Bennie.\\nMr. and Mrs. Stookey moved to Michigan in\\n1849, and Mr. Stookej h.as since devoted his atten-\\ntion to agricultural pursuits. With the aid of his\\ncapable helpmate he h.as bnilt up a neat and cosy\\nhome, reiilete with every comfort and conveni-\\nence. He now has a farm of 120 acres, which is\\nnot surpassed in fertility and productiveness by\\nan} in the neighborhood, and he has erected ample\\nbarns and other necessary buildings.\\nMr. and Mrs. Stookey occupy a promiiient posi-\\nition in social and religious circles in this commu-\\nnity. They are members of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church, of Moscow. Mr. Stookey belongs to the\\nMasonic fraternity, F.ayettc Lodge No. 16, of\\nJonesville, and Mrs. Stookey is identified with the\\nStar Lodge of True Kindred. Mr. Stookey has\\ngreatly aided in the advancement of the township\\ninterests, in educational matters and improvements.\\nHe ha.s been School Moderator for nine years in", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0645.jp2"}, "646": {"fulltext": "634\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009e1\\nsiipccfsion, and held tbe ffice of Highway Com-\\nmiss-ioiier in Scipio Townsliip f(ir nine successive\\nj eais. He is a man wliose life record is unblem-\\nished, as he has always been true to his convictions\\nof right and justice, and is guided by principle, not\\nonly in private but in jjublic life as well.\\n-i*-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0fll AMES COOK, an aged and liighly respected\\ncitizen of Litchfield Township, is comfort-\\nably located on section 6, and is numbered\\namong the pioneers of 1839. He made his\\nway to Southern Michigan from Genesee County.\\nN. y., via the lakes to Toledo, thence by rail to\\nAdrian, and from there in wagons to bis present\\nlocation, where ho pitched his tent and has since re-\\nmained. He was at one time the owner of 190\\nacres, hut gave a snug farm to each of his two\\nolder boys, who, like their father, are models of in-\\ndustry and i)erseverance, and praiseworthy citizens\\nof Litchfield Townshij).\\nMr. Cook during his long pilgrimage has wit-\\nnessed with lively interest the changes which have\\npassed over the face of the country, and has taken\\ndeep satisfaction in the present standing of his\\nadopted State. He comes of a substantial family,\\nhis father having been Nicholas and his mother\\nl\\\\L irtha (Stone) Cook, who were both natives of\\nMassachusetts. They continued for a time in the\\nBay State after their marriage, and there the\\nfather died. The mother was subsequently married\\nagain, and spent her last years in the State of Ohio,\\nwhere she died at an advanced age. Of her first\\nmarriage there were born four children, of whom\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2James, our subject, was the youngest. His birth\\ntook place in Onondaga County, N. Y., Jan. 29,\\n1811. His brothers are all living, two residing in\\nMichigan and one in Ohio. Of his mother s second\\nmarriage there were born five children.\\nYoung Cook continued with his mother and step-\\nfather in Genesee County, N. Y., until a lad of\\nfifteen years, then, being ill-treated by the latter,\\nhe went to live with Mr. Eli Woods in the same\\nlocality, with whom he made a verbal agreement\\nthat he should remain until reaching his majority,\\nwhen he was to receive $100 in cash. The con-\\ntract was fulfilled on both sides, and very much to\\nthe surprise of James his stepfather became very\\nfriendly and borrowed his money, for which he\\npaid him interest of $14 per year.\\nOur subject now started out for himself, and in\\n1833 took unto himself a wife an l helpmate, Miss\\nTirzah Holbrook, the wedding taking place at the\\nhome of the bride in Genesee County, N. Y. Mrs.\\nCook was the daughter of Thestor T. and Jerusha\\n(Lord) Holbrook, natives of New England, and the\\nfather born in Massachusetts. After marriage Mr.\\nHolbrook and his wife settled in Genesee County,\\nN. Y. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Cook was\\na surgeon in the Revolutionary arm^ and her father\\nsub.sequently carried a musket in the War of 1812.\\nThe latter followed farming in Genesee Count}\\nwhere he owned land, and lived there the greater\\npart of his days. Both parents, however, in the\\nspring of 186.T came to the West, and made their\\nhome with their daughter, Mrs. Cook, until their\\ndecease. Mr. Holbrook died in 1873, when eighty-\\none years old. The mother survived her husband\\ntwo years, dying in 187.J, at the age of seventy-\\neight years. Of their two sons and five daughters,\\nfive lived to mature years. Mrs. Cook, the eldest,\\nwas born in Genesee County, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1812,\\nand enjoyed the advantages of the common school.\\nShe remained with her parents until her marriage,\\nand her union with our subject resulted in the birth\\nof nine children, the record of whom is as follows:\\nLaniira is the wife of Harrison Busle} of Claren-\\ndon Township, Calhoun County, and the mother\\nof two children Perlie E. and Walter L. Thestor\\nH. married Miss Kitty Raney, and is a resident of\\nQuincy, Branch County, this State; they have one\\nchild Dora. Joseph A. manied Miss Martha\\nA. Brown, and is a resident of Toledo, being tbe\\nfather of one child Ermina; Lucy J. died when\\none and one-half j-ears old; James A., Andrew M.\\nand Lucy E. alst) died in childhood; P^lla J. is the\\nwife of Rev. E. O. Dickinson, of Ridgeville, Ind.,\\nand the mother of one child Loran O. has charge\\nof the homestead; he married Miss Hattie May\\nGermond, and they are the parents of two children\\nJoah J. and James Otto.\\nAfter their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Cook settled\\nin Genesee County, N. Y., whence they came to", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0646.jp2"}, "647": {"fulltext": "-U\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n635\\nMichigan in 1839, with tiieir tin-cc cliiidren. Our\\nsiiliji ct has been fairly successful in his operations,\\nand his career has been eminently that of an honest\\nman and a good citizen. He cast his first Presi-\\ndential vote for John C. Fremont, and since that\\ntime has been an unswerving ailherent of Repub-\\nlican principles. Mrs. Cook, a lady held in high\\nesteem, is a member of the Congregational Church.\\nat Litchfield.\\n-S*!*\\ntf\u00c2\u00abf^\\n\\\\^^ORMAN R. COLLINS. This gentleman, who\\nI among the well-to-do farmers\\n/H/^ of Wheatland Township, w.as, while a youth,\\nequi])ped for the sterner duties of life by a good\\neducation, and trained to those habits of thrift and\\nindustry which have resulted in securing him a good\\nposition, both socially and financially, among his\\nfellow-citizens. He h.as done his share of honest\\nlabor, built up a good farm from the uncultivated\\nsoil, and the time will soon arrive when the neces-\\nsity for arduous labor will cease, as he has some-\\nthing substantial to fall back upon during a rainy\\nday, or when he shall feel the weight of years heavily\\nupon him.\\nA native of Jefferson County, N. Y., our sub-\\nject was born Ang. 11, 1841, and is the son of Syl-\\nvester and Betsy (Glasgow) Collins, who were also\\nnatives of the Empire State, where his father, Sam-\\nuel Collins, the grandfather of N. R spent his en-\\ntire life, and died at the age of si.xty-four years.\\nThe mother had died also at the homestead in this\\ncounty, when comparatively a young woman, at the\\nage of forty years. Sylvester Collins w.as born at\\nSchenectady, in 1806, near which city he w.as reared\\nupon a farm, and began early in life to do for him-\\nself. The parents were married in 1832. The\\nmother was the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth\\nGlasgow, the former a native of Scotland, and the\\nlatter of County Tyrone, Ireland. They emigrated\\nto Americaafter their marriage, settling in Martins-\\nburg, N. Y., about 1800. Both lived to be very\\nold, Grandfather Glasgow dying at the age of eighty-\\nnine years, and his wife, Elizabeth, when ninety-two.\\nOf their eleven children, Betsy was the fifth in\\norder of birth. She was born July 3, 1807, and\\nwas early in life taught liabits of industry, working\\nfrom home considerably until her marri.age, at the\\nage of twenty-four years. She is now living in this\\ntownship.\\nThe parents of our subject had a family of seven\\nchildren: Their eldest born, Charles, is married,\\nand a resident of Missouri; he is the father of\\nthree children. George, also married, lives in Win-\\nnebago County, 111., and has three children; N. R.,\\nour subject; Ophelia is the wife of John Ingham,\\nof Adams Township, and is living with her second\\nhusband; she is the mother of one child. Elizabeth\\nis the wife of Edmund Buck, of North Adams, and\\nthe mother of two children Esther, Mrs. Lovel\\nLocklin, continues on the homestead with her par-\\nents, Mr. L. assisting in carrying on the farm they\\nhave two children. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Collins\\nhave two gre.at-grandchildreu.\\nThe father of our subject came to Southern\\nMichigan in 1844, and purchased 160 acres of land\\nin Adams and Wheatland Townships. A part of\\nthis he cleared, and afterward sold all but forty\\nacres, which he still owns. He put up a good house\\nand barn, with other necessary buildings, and is an\\nhonored and useful citizen. He cast his first Presi-\\ndential vote for Andrew J.ackson, but in later years\\nbecame a warm sujjporter of Republican principles.\\nNorman R., our subject, pursued his first studies in\\nthe district school, and when large enough to make\\nhimself useful about the farm, attended school dur-\\ning the winter season until reaching his majority.\\nHe then employed his winters in teaching, and worked\\nwith his father during tl e summer season. When\\ntwenty-one years of age, he attended for three terms\\nat Hillsdale College, which was the source of much\\ngratification, and brightened up his natural talent\\nfor reading and study. He w.as married, on the 6th\\nof May, 1863, to Miss Helen Eoote, of Adams\\nTownship, and the young people commenced life\\ntogether in a modest dwelling on a small tract of\\nland in Wheatland Township. A few months later\\nMr. C. purchased forty .acres of this land, which\\nbelonged to his father, and in connection with the\\ncultivation of this continued working wiih tln l.itti r\\nuntil lie was enabled to make another purchase, and\\nh", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0647.jp2"}, "648": {"fulltext": "-4-\\n636\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nr\\nsecured possession of all which he could properly\\ncare for.\\n.This land our subject mostly cleared iiimself,\\nassisted b3 his father and brothers. In due time the\\nfirst log house gave place to a more modern residence\\nerected in 1868. The barn was put up in 1875,\\nand the other buildings added from time to time as\\nthe necessity for them arose. In addition to gen-\\neral farming, Mr. Collins raises considerable fine\\nstock, and gathers each year for the use of the fam-\\nily the fruits from a good orchard and the smaller\\ntrees adjacent to the dwelling.\\nThe wife of our subject was born in Adams Town\\nship, this county, Feb. 20, 1842, and is the daugh-\\nter of James and Harriet (Bagley) Foote, the former\\nof whom was born in 1815, in Ca^ uga County, N.\\ny., and died in North Adams, this countj March\\n16, 1880. James Foote came to Southern Michi-\\ngan with his father. Rev. Milton Foote, in 1835,\\nwhere the latter died in Adams Township. His\\nwife, who in her girlhood was Miss Lois Brisco, sur-\\nvived her husband some 3 ears, and died in the city\\nof Adrian, aged about cightj 3ears. The parents\\nof Mrs. Collins spent their last years in the city of\\nAdrian. Of their ten children but six are now liv-\\ning. Rev. Milton Foote was one of the pioneer\\npreachers of this county, and while pursuing his\\npious labors in this direction, also carried on farm-\\ning and school teaching. The maternal grandpar-\\nents of Mrs. Collins were David and Harriet\\n(Smith) Bagley, the latter of whom died in middle\\nlife in New York State. David Baglcj came to\\nthe Territory of Michignn about 1836, and took up\\na tract of Government land, and while laboring to\\nbring it to a good state of cultivation, also became\\nprominent in political affairs, holding various offices,\\namong them that of Probate Judge. He spent his\\nlast days in North Adams, dying when about sev-\\nenty years of age.\\nThe four children of Mr. and Mrs. Collins are\\nrecorded as follows: Elmer J. was born Dec. 15,\\n1864, and died Jan. 1, 1875; Ella D. was born\\nMarch 12, 1867, took kindlj to her books, and de-\\nveloped into a teacher, which profession she has\\nfollowed now for a period of two and one-half\\nyears; Delle was born April 3, 1876, and Mary H.,\\nDec. 13, 1880. These two are at home with their\\n4*\\nparents. Mrs. Collins and her daughter belong to\\nthe Ladies Aid Society, and are warmlj interested\\nin benevolent work.\\nMr. Collins cast his first -Presidential vote for\\nAbraham Lincoln, and has since voted the straight\\nRepublican ticket. He was elected Township Su-\\npervisor in 1880, an l served continuously until\\nthe spring of 1887. He was Township Assessor\\nseven years, and has been a member of the School\\nBoard since his marriage. Socially-, he belongs to\\nthe Masonic fraternity, being a member of Lodge\\nNo. 189, at North Adams. His brother Charles\\nduring the late war enlisted as a Union soldier for\\nthree years, being among the first to proffer his\\nservices in defense of the Union, the privations and\\nhardships of which, however, affected his health in\\nsuch a manner that he was obliged to accept his\\ndischarge, and return home at the expiration of\\nabout twenty months. One brother of Mrs. Collins\\nalso did service as a soldier in a Michigan regi-\\nment. Grandfather Bagley carried a musket in the\\nWar of 1812.\\nJAMES I. DENNIS, editor and proprietor of\\nthe Hillsdale County Gazette, at Jonesville,\\nwas born at Ridgeway, Lenawee Co., Mich.,\\nFeb. 25, 1834, and in the fall of 1838 re-\\nmoved to Branch County, this State, where he lived\\nsix 3 ears. The famil3 tiien removed to Scipio\\nTownship. Hillsdale County.\\nOur subject received a common-school educa-\\ntion, and Oct. 1, 1850, was apprenticed to learn\\nthe art preservative of all arts at Hillsdale, Mich.,\\nwith Ambler Wooden, and was with them about\\none year, when he entered the office of the Stand-\\nard, in the employ of the Hon. H. B. Rowlson.\\nAfter spending three years in the acquirement of\\nhis profession, in the fall of 1855 he went to Bara-\\nboo. Wis., and in the following spring, in company\\nwith Victor Peck, began the publication of the\\nSauk County Demoa-at, which the3 continued for\\nabout one year. His first venture in publishing\\nnewspapers not proving very satisfactor3 he re-\\nturned to Michigan in 1858, and for six 3 ears\\nthereafter was engaged iu farming during the sum-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0648.jp2"}, "649": {"fulltext": "L.\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n637\\niiicr. ami in the winter was employed in the Inde-\\npendeiil office at Ills trade. On the 1st of July,\\n1H(;4, he purchased tlie Jonesviile Independent, in\\ncompany with James F. Burnett, with whom he\\nentered into partnershii), wliich continued three\\nyears. At the end of that time Mr. Dennis bought\\nhis partner s interest, and continued tlie pul)licatiou\\nof the paper until 187G, when he sold out, ami for\\none year leased the office of the Reading Press.\\nThis, however, not proving profital)le, he gave up\\nthe lease, and on the 13th of March, 1878, began\\nthe publication of the Hillsdale County Gazette, of\\nwiiich he is now editor and proprietor.\\nMr. Dennis was married, Jan. 11, 1859, at Hills-\\ndale, Mich., to Miss Mary Poeklington, a foster\\ndaughter of the late John Gilmer. Mrs. Dennis\\nwas born in Yorkshire, England, May 22, 1841,\\nand her union with our subject has resulted in the\\nbiitli of one daugliler, Alice.\\nMr. Dennis has held the office of Township\\nTreasurer during the years 18G8 and 1869, and in\\n1874 he was elected Village Reporter. In 1885\\nand the following 3 ear he was one of the Village\\nTrustees, and in 1887 he was again elected Re-\\ncorder. Rlr. Dennis was admitted a member of\\nLafayette Lodge, F. k A. M., in 1864, and is a\\nmember of Jonesviile Chapter No. 8, R. A. M., and\\nJonesviile Council No. 5. He has filled several\\noffices in the lodge, in which he was W. M. in 1884\\nand 1885. In the Chapter he has filled the office\\nof P. S. for a period of six years, and Captain of\\nthe Host for four years. He was a member of Fay-\\nette Lodge No. 16, I. O. O. F. It will be seen\\nthat our subject is closely bound by the mystic\\ntie, and that his services among the fraternity\\nhave been appreciated.\\neORNELIUS E. MINER. M. D., was the first\\nestablished medical practitioner of Camden\\nTownship, where he is still actively engaged\\nin his profession in the pleasant village of Mont-\\ngomery, and he is the leading physician of the\\nHomeopathic School in this part of Hillsdale County.\\nHe was born in Cleveland, Oliio, .Inly 22, 1838,\\nand is the son of Isaac N. and Susan C. Miner, the\\n-4\u00c2\u00bb-\\nformer of whom is deceased, and the mother is now\\nresiding in Montgomery at an advanced age. She\\ncomes of a good old New England family, and is\\nherself a native of Connecticut. John Miner, the\\npaternal grandfather of our subject, was a soldier\\nin the Revolutionary War. The father of our sub-\\nject was an eminent physician in his day, and was\\nwidely known throughout Southern Michigan and\\nOhio. He was a native of the State of New York,\\nand after marriage spent some time in Cleveland,\\nOhio, whence he removed with his family in the year\\n1839 to Branch County, Mich., being among its\\nearliest settlers, and is said to have been the third\\nphysician to locate in that county. After ])ractic-\\ning there quite successfully for several years, he\\nreturned to Ohio, and .settled in Williams Count}\\nwhere he remained but a short time, however. He\\nwas subsequently commissioned Assistant Surgeon\\nin the 42d Ohio Infantry, Gen. Garfield s regiment,\\nand was in the service some six months, when he\\nwas attacked with typhoid fever, and died at Mem-\\nphis, Tenn.. in December, 1862, and thus closed the\\nlife of a man whose record had been one of exceed-\\ning honorableness to himself and of great useful-\\nness to his fellownien. He was an active member\\nof the Masonic fraternit} He was deeply inter-\\nested in public and political affairs, was an earnest\\nsupporter of the Republican party, and had served\\nas Justice of the Peace for some time. To him\\nand his wife, who was a worthy companion of such\\na man, were born six children, of whom four sur-\\nvive, and the following is the family record: Cor-\\nnelius E. Edgar lives in Branch County, Mich.;\\nJeanette T. is the wife of Eugene Dobbs, of Mont-\\ngomery; Ida A. is the wife of Henry Upp, also of\\nMontgomer} Samuel W. and Helen M. are dead.\\nThe subject of this sketch was a mere infant\\nwhen his parents removed to Branch Count} in this\\nState, where he was reared and well educated, and\\nfor a short time eng.aged in U aching school. But\\nhis tastes and inherited talents led him to desire to\\nenter the medical profe.ssion,andhe was matriculated\\nin the Western Homeopathic College of Medicine,\\nat Cleveland, Ohio, in 1861, whence he was gradu-\\nated with honor, after pursuing the prescribed\\ncourse. In 1862 he establislied himself in his pro-\\nfession at Montgomer} where he h:is ever since", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0649.jp2"}, "650": {"fulltext": "m^\\nf\\n638\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nsuccessfully pursued it, has built up a large practice,\\nand has acquired a fine reputation for skill and\\nsagacity in the treatment of difficult cases. The\\nDoctor has also been successful financially, and has\\naccumulated considerable property, including sixty\\nacres of valuable land.\\nDr. Miner was married, May 7, 1862, to Miss\\nCarrie Devoe, a native of Crawford County, Pa.\\nShe is amiable and cultured, and is a devoted wife\\nand mother. She is a daughter of Isaac Devoe. and\\ncame with her parents to Lenawee County, Mich.,\\nat an early day. Before her marriage she was en-\\ngaged in teaching. To her and her husband have\\nbeen born five children, namely: Reuben I., Agnes\\nG., Ada A., Lena G. and Helen.\\nOur subject occupies an important social posi-\\ntion in this community, and bj his energy and lib-\\nerality has contributed much to its prosperit}\\nalwaj-s heartily favoring any project for its im-\\nprovement and advancement. He earnestly advo-\\ncates the principles of the Republican party in\\npolitics, and socially, is a member of the I. O. O. F.\\nFor two terms he ably discharged the responsible\\nduties attached to the ofHce of Coroner of Hillsdale\\nCounty.\\nHM-^- si:i:*:|:!f -HH-\\nATHEW S. KEITH is a native-born citi-\\nzen of Pittsford Township, the date of his\\nbirth having been Feb. 14, 1850, and he is\\nnow extensively engaged in farming here,\\nwell representing the agricultural interests of his\\nnative place. He has alwaj s resided on the old\\nhomestead where he was born, having inherited it\\nfrom his father, who was an early pioneer of Hills-\\ndale County, and took a conspicuous part in admin-\\nistering its public affairs. Ozen Keith, his father,\\nwas born in Cummington, Hampshire Co, Mass.,\\nMarch 18, 1798, and his father, Luke Keith, is sup-\\nposed to have been a native of that same town.\\nThe first ancestor of the family who came to\\nAmerica was the Rev. James Keith, a native of\\nScotland. He was educated at the University at\\nAberdeen, and came to this country in 1662, when\\nhe was eighteen years of age. He was ordained as\\na minister in 1664, and became the first pastor in\\nBridgewater, Mass. He married Susan Edson, and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-^h^\\nthey reared nine children, six sons and three\\ndaughters. Their son Josiah was the next in line,\\nand he married Mary Lathrop, and they reared\\nnine children, four sons and five daughters. Their\\nson William was the next in or ler of descent, and\\nmarried Mary Kingman, and they reared seven\\nsons, one of whom was Luke, the grandfather of our\\nsubject, and he married Martha Littlefield, and\\ntwelve children were born to them. He was a\\nshoemaker by trade, and moved to New York with\\nhis family in 1812, and settled in West Winfield,\\nHerkimer County, where he bought land, and was\\nengaged in farming until his death.\\nThe father of our subject passed his early j-ears\\nin the beautiful home of his birth in the old Bay\\nState, and was fourteen years of age when his\\nparents moved to New York. Two years later his\\nfather died, and he then commenced to learn the\\ntrade of carpenter and joiner, and followed it there\\nuntil 1834. In the meantime he was married, Nov.\\n19, 1823, to Cecelia Stewart, of Herkimer County,\\nN. Y., daughter of William and Jane L. (Hall)\\nStewart. In the month of Ma}-, 1834, Mr. Keith\\nvisited the Territory of Michigan with the view of\\nfinding a suitable location, having determined to\\ncast in his lot with the other brave, hardy, resolute\\nmen who were destined to plant in this part of the\\nNorthwestern Territory a great and powerful\\ncommonwealth. He explored the then unsettled\\nBean Creek Valley, and selected a tract of land on\\nsections 23 and 14 of what is now Pittsford Town-\\nship, and bought 640 acres. He walked all the\\nway from Monroe, and after making his choice\\nof a location, proceeded in the same manner to\\nreturn to that town, whence, after securing the\\npatent to his land at the Government office, he\\nreturned to his home in New York for his family,\\nand came b.ack with them in October of the\\nsame year. There were no roads then west of the\\npresent town of Hudson, and much of the waj led\\nthrough immense forests, being marked, presuma-\\nbly, by old Indian trails and blazed trees. When\\nthe family arrived .it their destination they moved\\ninto the log cabin that Mr. Keith had erected on\\nhis previous visit, and during the first winter that\\nrude structure had no windows or doors; blankets\\nwere hung up to keep out the cold and the wild", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0650.jp2"}, "651": {"fulltext": "t\\nI I\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n639\\nanimnls th.nt were sometimes utrwelcoDie visitors.\\nThe floor was niade of punclicon. and as they had\\nno stove the primitive fireplace served both for\\nheatiiifj and cooliing purposes for some years. Mrs.\\nKeitii spun, wove and made all the clothes used by\\nthe family for years. Mr. and Mrs. Keith remained\\nvalued residents of this township for half a (;entury,\\nher death occurring on the old homestead. .Jul} 4,\\n1884, and his Dec. 27, \\\\SHb, both having rounded\\nout their lives to a good old age. The3 were\\nendowed with good mental and physical vigor,\\nwhich enabled them to coi e successfully with the\\ntrials and dangers of pioneer life, and they were\\nalways willing toextend helping hands to others less\\nfortunate than themselves. Eight children were\\nborn to them, of whom six are living, our subject\\nbeing the youngest. Mr. Keith was a man of keen,\\nquick intelligence, sound common sense, and much\\ndecision of character, which fitted him for the part\\nhe took in public life in Hillsdale County. He was\\nelected Highway Commissioner at the first town\\nmeeting ever held here; afterward served as Town-\\nship Treasurer, and represented Pittsford for sev-\\neral terms on the County Board of Supervisors.\\nThe subject of this sketch is a worth} represent-\\native of his honored parents, and, as we have\\nbefore stated, has alwaj-s made the home that they\\nplanted in the wilderness his residence. He was\\neducated in the district school of this township, and\\nin the graded school of Hudson. He chose the call-\\ning to which he had been reared as his life work,\\nand as an intelligent, industrious and wide-awake\\nman, managing his farming interests with skill, he\\noccup3 S a prominent place among the agriculturists\\nof this community who are sustaining the fame of\\nPittsford Township as a fine agricultural region, and\\nadding to its prosperity. Our subject was married,\\nOct. Ill, 1881, to Lucy J. Alverson. who was born\\nin Hudson Township, Lenawee Co., Mich., Dec.\\n19, 184G. Her father. Oliver W. Alvei-son, was\\nborn in Windham, Vt., moved from there to New\\nYork, and afterward went to Ohio from the latter\\nState. In 183.5 he entered Government land in\\nHudson Township, but did not settle on it at that\\ntime. In 1837 he married, in Maumee, Ohio. Har-\\nriet Trumbull, a native of Cayuga County, N. Y.,\\nand two days later started, accompanied by his\\nbride, with a pair of oxen, for Lenawee County, and\\nthej commenced housekeeping in the log cabin he\\nhad erected on his land. He improved a farm and\\nlived there until 1878, when he moved to Hudson.\\nHe spent his last years with Mrs. Keith, dying Oct.\\n1, 1887, his wife having preceded him, dying in\\nHudson, Sept. 19, 1880.\\nMr. and Mrs. Keith occupy a high position in\\nsocial circles in this community, and their geniality\\nand intelligence render their hospitable home the\\ncenter of attraction to a large number of friends.\\nMrs. Keith is a valued member of the Methodist\\nP)piscopaI Church. Mr. Keith is a man of sound\\nbusiness talents, good habits, and much stability of\\ncharacter. In politics he is a Republican, and uses\\nhis influence to promote every me.asure that will in\\nany way benefit his n.ative town or State.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2aflCS^r\\n|a\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^^iiZma*^\\nAMES M. McCREEDY, an aged and highly\\nrespected farmer of Camden Township, h.as\\na conifort-Tblc home on section 25, where he\\nhas resided for a period of twentj -three\\nj ears. He came to this county in 1865. and located\\nupon his present farm, where he has since remained,\\nindustriously tilling the soil and securing a compe-\\ntence for his declining years.\\nOur subject was born in Clinton County, N. Y.,\\nApril 25, 1816. His father, James McCreedy, was\\nborn in Dutchess County, N. Y., and was of sub-\\nstantial Scotch aucestiy. His mother, Mary Mc-\\nCreedy, a native of New York, was of German\\ndescent, and both are long since deceased, having\\nspent their last years in Clinton Count}-, N. Y. Of\\nthe nine children comprising the household circle\\nbut three survive, namely: Jlelissa, a resident of\\nMichigan; Phebe, of New York State, and James,\\nour subject.\\nMr. McCreedy was reared to manhood in his na-\\ntive county, where he received a limited education,\\nbut being an intelligent man, has gained a good\\nfund of general information from the reading of\\ninstructive books and the various {periodicals of the\\nday. He was reared to a farmer s life, which he\\nhas always followed. He was married, Oct. 30, 1 844,\\nto Miss Lucia L. Phelps, who was born Oct. 14,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0651.jp2"}, "652": {"fulltext": "a\\n640\\nt\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nwa\\n1822, in Vermont, and was the daughter of Abel\\nand Theodooia Phelps, natives of Vermont, who\\nspent their last years in New York State. Of this\\nunion there were born two children Elbridge H.\\nand Carrie, who are now living in tiiis county.\\nMr. and Mrs. McCreedy commenced life together\\nin New Y oriv State, where they lived until 1865,\\nand thence removed to this county. Their home-\\nstead comprises 120 acres of good land, with a sub-\\nstantial set of farm buildings, and the machinery\\nnecessary for carrying on agriculture in a profitable\\nmanner. Mr. McCreedy is essentially a selfmade\\nman, having commenced in life without capital\\nsave his courageous heart and willing hands. He\\nwas most fortunate in the choice of a wife and help-\\nmate, who bore with him the heat and burden of\\nthe day, and assisted iii building up the homestead\\nwhere they are now passing their declining years\\nsurrounded by the comforts of life. Mr. McCreedy\\nduring his younger years took an active interest in\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church, and politically,\\nhas been a lifelong Democrat. During the years of\\nhis long and worthy life he has witnessed remarka-\\nble changes, especially in Southern Michigan, which,\\nat the time of his coming here, had just begun the\\ndevelopment of those rich resources which have\\nplaced her in such an enviable position among her\\nsister States. In common with the men al)out him\\nhe has contributed largely to the bringing about of\\nthis result in the building up of a good homestead,\\nand in forming one of the worthiest members of the\\ncommunity.\\n.-9J^\\n17 UFTUS L. STANTON, a representative citi-\\nI Camden Township, is Postmaster of\\nJJLi^ Montgomery, and is prominently identified\\nwith the mercantile interests of that village. He\\nis a native of Wayne County, N. Y., and was born\\nJune 4, 1835. His parents were Caleb S. and C hloe\\n(Cowell) Stanton, natives of New York State. His\\nmother was of Scotch-Irish descent, and his father\\nwas of mingled Dutch and English ancestry, having\\ndescended from one of those old Holland families\\nwho were early settlers of New Y ork. When our\\nsubject was about two and one-half years old, his\\nparents left the State of Nevv Y ork to take up their\\nabode in the then newly settled county of Noble,\\nin the State of Indiana, where they occupied an\\nhonorable place among the sturdy and courageous\\npioneers of that county.\\nThe subject of this sketch grew to manhood in\\nNoble County, and his character was in a great\\nmeasure molded by the pioneer influences of that\\nhome, so that he early displayed self-reliance, good\\npowers of endurance, energy and capability. His\\neducation w.is conducted in the rude pioneer schools\\nof that (\\\\a.}\\\\ and was necessarily somewhat limited.\\nHis father owned quite an extensive farm, and when\\nour subject was not at school he assisted in the labor\\nof caring for it, and was thus trained to be a good\\npractical farmer. When about thirty years of age\\nhe began to work at the carpenter s trade, and was\\nvery successfully engaged at it for some twenty\\nj ears. In the spring of 1865 he left Indiana and\\ncame to Michigan, and settling in Camden Town-\\nship, managed a farm in connection with carpenter\\nwork. He continued to reside there until 1875,\\nwhen he removed to Montgomery, where he has\\never since made his home, and is now regarded as\\none of its leading citizens. He established himself\\nin the grocery business, which he has conducted\\nvery successfully, building up quite an extensive\\ntrade. He was appointed Postmaster in October,\\n1886, and has served with great efficiency, and to\\nthe entire satisfaction of the community. He has\\nheld the office of Justice of the Peace for four3 ears,\\nand that of Highway Commissioner, in which he is\\nnow serving his second term, and has always been\\nzealous to promote the interests of this township\\nand village.\\nMr. Stanton has been twice married. Esther\\nMiller was the maiden name of his first wife, and of\\ntheir union four children were born, of whom S^ d-\\nney is the only one now living. The second mar-\\nriage of our subject was to Mrs. Carrie (Furner)\\nBavier, and took place March 10, 1887. She is a\\nnative of Michigan, and was born Sept. 23, 1847.\\nThey have no children.\\nMr. Stanton is a strong Democrat, and always\\nuses his influence to elect the candidates of his party,\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0652.jp2"}, "653": {"fulltext": "f\\nm T^ B 4\u00c2\u00bb\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n641 ii\\\\\\nf\\nov aflvaiiee its interests. Sfieially. he is identified\\nwitii the I. O. O. F., of Montgomery. lie is a man\\nof decided character, earnest in his beliefs, possess-\\ning much sagacity and good business tact.\\nkE GRAND J. SMITH, of Somerset Town-\\nship, owns and occupies nearly 500 acres of\\nland, a part of the original tract which his\\nfather settled on forty-nine years ago. Mere he is\\nextensively engaged in general agriculture. The\\nestate is one of the finest in Southern Michigan,\\nand supplied with all the machinery and buildings\\nnecessary for the carrying on of an extensive farm-\\ning business after the most approved methods. A\\nsubstantial residence, with its pleasant surround-\\nings, is flanked bj one of the finest barns in Hills-\\ndale County, and tlie other appurtenances on the\\nhomestead are in keeping with the means and\\nstanding of the proprietor. This branch of the\\ngreat Smith family originated in Connecticut, and\\nwere among the early settlers of New England.\\nThe descendant who is here re|)resente(l was liorn\\nin Fairfield County, Conn., Jan. 8, 1847. and is the\\nson of Azariel and Mary Smith.\\nLeGrand remained under the parental roof until\\ntwenty-one years of age, acquiring a common-\\nschool education, and becoming familiar with agri-\\nculture in all its departments. He was first married\\non the lOlh of November, 1863, to Miss Emma\\nTorance, who was born in Allegany County, N. Y.,\\nJan. 27, 1838, and was the daughter of Ezra\\nTorance, who, with his estimable wife, spent his\\nlast years in New York. Of this union there were\\nthree children: Leroy T., born Jan. 14, 1865;\\nLeon C, April 18, 1869, and Mabel A., Oct. 11,\\n1877. The eldest son completed his education at\\nOberlin College. Ohio, and the younger in the\\nHigh School at Hillsdale. The boys are living at\\nhome, and the daughter continues with her father.\\nMr. Smith after his marriage engaged in general\\nmerchandising several years at Addison, but in\\n1876 determined upon a change of occupation, and\\nselling out, invested a portion of his capital in 320\\nacres of land on section 25, in Somerset Township,\\nwhere since 1876 he has given his entire attention\\n4*\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nto farming pursuits. Mrs. Emma Smith died at her\\nhome in Somerset, in 18H0, when fort^ -two years\\nof age. Our subject contracted a second marriage,\\non the 12th of January, 1887, witli Miss Climena\\nFreeman, who vvas born in Lockpovt, N. Y., March\\n12, 1838, and is the daughter of Daniel M. and\\nEunice (.Stone) Freeman, who were also natives of\\nthe Empire State, whence they emigrated to Michi-\\ngan in 1840. They took up their residence in\\nJackson Countj where the father eng.aged in farm-\\ning, and died at the age of fifty -two years. The\\nwife and mother passed away at about the same age\\nas her husband. The paternal grandparents of Mrs.\\nSmith were Samuel and Anna Freeman, and the\\ngrandparents on the mother s side were Isaac and\\nHuldah Stone.\\nMrs. Climena Smith was the second eldest of a\\nfamily of six children, of whom four daughters are\\nliving and residents of Micliigan. Mrs. Smith\\nreceived a good education and was engaged as a\\nteacher some years before her marriage. She is a\\nladj ver^ active in benevolent work, greatly inter-\\nested in the temperance movement, and a member\\nin good standing of the W. C. T. U.\\nETH HALL is the senior member of the firm\\nof Hall ife Arnold, lumber dealers of North\\nAdams, where tiiey conduct a successful and\\nextensive business in liiat line, furnishing\\nto the village and the adjacent country the material\\nfor many of those fine residences which so thickly\\ndot the face of Adams Township, and attract the\\nattention of the passerb}\\nThe parents of our subject were Seth and EIreda\\n(Crowell) Hall, and the grandfather, also named\\nSeth, took part in the War of 1812, and wasa mem-\\nber of the northern division of the army. After\\ntheir marriage the parents of our subject settled in\\nFranklin County, M.ass., but soon afterward re-\\nmoved to Onondaga County, N. Y., where they fol-\\nlowed agricultural occupations. They subsequently\\nwent to Cicero, N. Y., which was then in its in-\\nfancy, and Mr. Hall, who was an educated man,\\nbecame prominent in the affairs of the county, lay-\\ning out roads, boundaries, etc. The parents resided", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0653.jp2"}, "654": {"fulltext": "l l\\n642\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nthere until their decease, tlie father passing away in\\n1838, when fifty-six years old, and the mother ten\\nyears later, at the age of sixty-two.\\nSeth Hall was the fourth in a f.imilyof eight chil-\\ndren, four boys and four girls, inchided in the pa-\\nrental family, and was born July 10, 1815. His\\nearly childhood was passed on the farm in JMassa-\\nchusetts, which his parents left when he had reached\\nfive years of age, and came by means of ox and\\nhorse teams, his eldest brother, Harrison, and him-\\nself driving the cattle all the way. This journey\\nwas a great undertaking at that time, consuming\\nten days, while the cooking was done by the way-\\nside, and the travelers spent the night in their\\nwagons; this journey can now be made in half a day\\nby means of the railroad. Reaching their destina-\\ntion ill Onondaga County, in September, l^^O, they\\nremained there witli their father, assisting in clear-\\ning the land and tilling the soil, and soon had a\\ncomfortable home, although the house in which\\nthey lived was the primitive log structure, as was\\nalso the school-house in whicli our subject received\\nhis education. Its floor was made of the bark of a\\ntree, wliile its furniture consisted of slab benches,\\nand it depended for its light on two windows of\\nsix liglits each.\\nMr. Hall assisted his father on the farm until the\\ndeath of the latter, when the son w.as twenty years\\nof age, and he tlien assumed the responsibilities for\\nthe family, as he was the eldest brother living, un-\\nmarried. He was united in marriage, in 1843, with\\nMiss Gertrude, the daughter of John and Eu-\\nphiraa Houghtaling. The marriage of her par-\\nents took place in Albany County, and they soon\\nafter settled in Onondaga County, where the mother\\ndied in 1828, at the age of thirty -six years. The\\nfather afterward married Elizabeth McFarland, and\\ndied Dec. 14, 1870, in his eightieth year, leaving\\ntwo children by the first union, and two by the\\nsecond. Mrs. Hall was the second child horn of\\nthe first union of her father, and first saw the liglit\\nin Onondaga County, N. Y., in 1821, and in the\\nEmpire State took advantage of the superior educa-\\ntional facilities, and received a good education.\\nAlthough Mr. and Mrs. Hall have had no children\\nof their own, they have reared three or four for\\nlives of virtue and usefulness. Leaving Onondaga\\nIr\\nCounty, they removed to Cayuga, and resided there\\ntwo years, after which they turned their steps west-\\nward for the land of promise. In 1872 they set-\\ntled at North Adams, where they at present reside.\\nTwo years later Mr. Hall bought out Isaac Baker,\\nof the firm of Kenyon Baker, dealers in lumber,\\nand the business was conducted under the firm\\nname of Kenyon Hall for a period of eight years,\\nafter which Mr. Hall purchased the_ interest of his\\npartner, and conducted the business alone until\\n1882, when in April of that year lie took into part-\\nnersliip his nephew, J. D. Arnold, since which time\\nthe firm has been known by the name of Hall\\nArnold. In connection with their lumber business,\\nthey also deal in lime, coal, salt, cement and stucco,\\nwith other building material.\\nIn the life of Mr. Hall we find an example for\\nyoung men just embarking in the field of active life,\\nof what may be accomplished by a man beginning\\nIjoor, but honest, prudent. and industrious. In early\\nlife he enjoyed but few .advantages; his facilities\\nfor attaining an education were very inferior, nor\\nhad he wealth or position to aid him in starting in\\nlife. He began upon the lowest round of the lad-\\nder, and relying solely upon his ovvn efforts, he has\\nbeen successful, not only in the sense of accumulat-\\ning wealth, but in doing good to others, in serving\\nthem well, and in winning their respect and esteem.\\nHe has ever strictly observed that most important\\nfactor in the successful public or business life of\\nanyone honesty. He is a careful, conscientious\\nbusiness man, ever adhering to the dictates of his\\nconscience in matters both of a public and private\\nnature. His correct habits insured himagood con-\\nstitution, and he enjoyed remarkable health until\\n1887, when in ]May of that year he was stricken\\nwith paralysis, since which time he has had little or\\nno use of his right arm.\\nMr. and Mrs. Hall are members of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Chuich, with which they have been iden-\\ntified for over half a century. They are also\\nstrongly in sympathy with the temperance work,\\nwith which Mr. Hall has been connected since a\\nboy, and has always been true to his pledge. In\\npolitics, as one would naturally infer, he is a strong\\nProhibitionist, and was one of the first seven who\\ncast in Cicero Township, Onondaga Co., N. Y.,", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0654.jp2"}, "655": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n643\\nI\\na vote for the freeing of slaves, in whieii he per-\\nsevered until tiis ohjeet was accoinphshed. During\\nthe war he was a stanch Lincohi man, and his early\\npolitical aftiliatiou was with the Whig party. Mrs.\\nHall is a member of the W. T. C. U., and is an ex-\\nemplary woman in every sense of the word.\\nAVID T. COBB, a man who takes pride in\\nhis home and his farm is, what would nat-\\nurally follow, a valuable member of his\\neommuuity, stiaightforward in his business\\ntransactions, prompt to meet his obligations, and of\\nunimpeachable integrity. He takes a deep interest\\nin the establishment and maintenance of churches\\nand schools, and has been the incumbent of various\\noffices of responsibility and trust, the duties of\\nwhich he has discharged in a manner creditable to\\nhimself and satisfactory to his fellow-citizens.\\nOnm^Ciibb, the father of our subject, was a native\\nof Vermont, and maiTied Miss Ursula Terrell, who\\nwas born in Warsaw County, N. Y. The paternal\\ngrandl alhcr did good service for his country in the\\nWar of 1812. Orrin Cobb after his marriage set-\\ntled in Warsaw County, N. Y., but two ycai s later\\ncame to this county and took up his abode in Ran-\\nsom Township. He was a tanner by trade, but\\nupon coining to Michigan engaged in agricultural\\npursuits. He moved to Litchfield in 1847, settling\\non section 17, where he performed arduous labor\\nmany j cars, and rounded the rijjeold age of eightj\\nfour, passing away Dec. 28, 1885. Tlie mother\\nsurvived her husband one year, and was seventy-six\\nyears old at the time of her decease.\\nThe parental family included four sons and one\\ndaughter, David T. being the third child. He was\\nborn Aug. 22, 1839, in Ransom Township, this\\ncounty, where he pursued his early studies in the\\ndistrict school and subsequ 3ntly attended Hillsdale\\nCollege two terras. After the outbreak of the Civil\\nWar he enlisted, in 1861, in Company H, 4th Michi-\\ngan Infantry, being mustered into service at Adrian,\\nand proceeding at once to Washington with his\\ncomrades. They started soon afterward to Bull\\nRun, but having their gray Michigan uniforms,\\nthey were not permitted to engage in battle. A\\nfew days later thej were proiterly uniformed and\\nentered actual service. The balance of that year\\nwas spent principally by Company H in skirmish-\\ning and building fortifications. Subsequently they\\nengaged in the Peninsula campaign, being at the\\nsiege of Yorktown, where, during the seven-days\\nfight, Mr. Cobb was taken ill, and conveyed to\\nthe hospital at Hampton, Va. He there suffered\\ntedious confinement until February following, when,\\nthere seeming to be little prospect of his recovery,\\nhe was compelled to accept his discharge.\\nAs soon as his health permitted Mr. Cobb went\\ninto the fields, and employed himself at farm labor\\nuntil 180.5, and on the 1st of .Janu.ar^- of that year\\nwas married to Miss Emily Wade, who was born\\nFeb. 8, 1846, in Litchfield Township, and was the\\nsixth child of William and Margaret (.Jeffreys)\\nWade, whose family included six daughters and two\\nsons. The parents were among the earl3 pioneers\\nof this section of country and Mrs. Cobb received\\nonly the advantages of education in the schools of\\nthat day. Of her union with our subject there were\\nborn two chihlren, a son and a daughter C3 rus\\nand Winnifred, Both are students at the Litchfield\\nUnion School, in the class of 89.\\nThe farm of our subject comprises eight} acres\\nof well-tilled land and he has first-class buildings,\\nthe latest improved machinery, good grades of live\\nstock, and all the appurtenances of tlie progressive,\\nmodern agriculturist. In 1876 he put up a very\\nfine residence, which is not only an ornament to the\\nlandscape of that section, but forms a beautiful and\\ncomfortable home. Both he and his estimable wife\\nare members in good standing of the Baptist Church,\\nin which Mr. Cobb officiates as Trustee. He is a\\ndecided Prohibitionist, served one term as Justice\\nof the Peace, and several years as School Director\\nand Highway Commissioner.\\nW SALTER H. SAWYER, M. D., physician\\nand surgeon in the city of Hillsdale, is one\\nof the younger of the profession in Hills-\\ndale County, of which he has been a resident since\\nthe spring of 1885. An Ohio man by birth, he first", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0655.jp2"}, "656": {"fulltext": "i\\n644\\nm 4\u00c2\u00bb\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nopened his eyes in Huron Count}% Aug. 10. 1860,\\nand istbe son of George and Julia (Wood) Sawyer,\\nboth of English descent.\\nGeorge Sawyer was reared a farmer s hoy, and\\nfollowed this pursuit the greater portion of his life.\\nThe parents are now residents of Grass Lake, Mich.\\nTheir family consisted of four children, of whom\\nWalter H. was the eldest born. When eleven j-ears\\nof age he came to this State with his parents, and\\nentered the High School at Eaton Rapids, where he\\nspent four years, and thence went to Grass Lake,\\nin Jackson County, Mich., where he was graduated\\nfrom the High School. Ho h.ad b} this time deter-\\nmined upon his chosen calling in life, and with this\\nend in view entered Michigan State University at\\nAnn Arbor, taking a full course in the medical\\ndepartment, being graduated with honors, and re-\\nceiving the degree of M. D. in 1 884.\\nImmediately after his graduation Dr. Sawyer was\\nappointed House Surgeon of the Horaeopathical\\nHospital at Ann Arbor, in which capacity he oper-\\nated one year. In the month of July, 1885, he\\ncame to Hillsdale, and opening his first office, entered\\nupon the regular practice of his profession, in which\\nhe is fast building up a good business. He is a\\nfaithful student, has set his mark high, and is bound\\nto succeed. Genial and companionable, he is in\\npossession of the qualities most essential to success.\\nIn personal appearance he is of fine physique, and\\nblessed with good health and a cheerful disposition,\\nhe has the best wishes of hosts of friends.\\nANIEL TIMMS, M. D. The subject of\\nthe following biographj was born in Ox-\\nford, England, Nov. 28,1824. His parents,\\nJohn and Ann Timms, with their family\\nof five children\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William, aged ten; Daniel, eight;\\nMary, five; John, three; and Caleb, a babe left\\ntheir native country and home in May, 1832, and\\ntook passage on a sailing-vessel across the great\\nocean, landing in New York City Jan. 30, 1832,\\nafter having been six weeks on the voyage.\\nThe Timms familj first settled in Ontario, VV^ayne\\nCo., N. Y., and lived there four years, during which\\ntime there was added to the family another daugh-\\nter, Belana. They then resolved upon a change of\\nlocation. and, fitted out with a team of horses and a\\nwagon, made their way overland to this county,\\nsettling in the wilderness of Wheatland Township,\\nOct. 20, 1836. To this place they had to cut their\\nway for some distance, choosing their location one-\\nhalf mile north of what is now Church s Corners,\\nand which was named after the man who came with\\nthem, and who settled at that point.\\nMany were the hardships and privations to which\\nthese courageous pioneers were subjected, but for\\nthese they were in a measure prepared. The}- built\\na house of logs, without floor or window, and then\\nbegan the task of clearing a piece of ground large\\nenough to put in a crop. In August, 1838, the\\nfather died, leaving the mother with her six chil-\\ndren, destitute of resources except those existing in\\nthe forest around her. She taught her children\\nhabits of industry, and mother and children worked\\nside by side together, until in due time the land\\nwas paid for, good buildings were erected, and\\nthey began to realize the reward of toil and perse-\\nverance. This farm is now owned by the eldest\\nson, William.\\nDaniel Timms, with aspirations for an education,\\nat the age of eighteen years entered the school at\\nSpring Arbor, where he attended one year, work-\\ning nights and mornings to pay for his board and\\ntuition. The j ear following he entered Albion\\nSeminary, where he took a course, paying his ex-\\npenses in the same manner. The next winter he\\nwent west to Rolling Prairie, where he taught\\nschool one winter. His mothei-, in bidding him\\ngood-b3 put in his hand the little all she had in\\nmoney, and which amounted to eighteen cents, thus\\nexhibiting a mother s devotion to her child in\\nbestowing upon him all that she could. The next\\nspring Daniel returned home, and entered a store\\nin Hudson as clerk, but later, not being satisfied\\nwith his life hitherto, commenced the study of\\nmedicine, under the instruction of Dr. Hall, of that\\nplace. After following the prescribed course of\\nstudy and lectures, he graduated with high honors\\nat the Starling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio,\\nin February, 1849, and later at the Oplbalmic\\nSchool in New York City, in 1855. He was suhse-\\n1", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0656.jp2"}, "657": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nC4o\\nqiiently for many years engaged in the active rlis-\\ncharge of llie duties of liis uhosen profession, tliat\\nof surgery and medieinc.\\nThe practice of niedieiiie in the early histor3 of\\nthe county was no easy taslv, as tiie roads at times\\nwere almost impassable, and on luirseback, with\\npill-bags astride, or on foot, were the only ways that\\nthe i)Iiysician could reach liis patients. After several\\nyears practice in the townships of liollin and\\nWheatland, Dr. Timms removed to Moscow Plains,\\nwhere the last years of his life were devoted to\\nfarming, iu which he was successful, and surrounded\\nhimself with an abundance of rural comforts.\\nOn the 3d of July, 1849, Dr. Timms was married\\nto Miss Sarah A., eldest daughter of Hon. Azariah\\nMallory, of Mosetow, the latter, one of the early\\npioneers of that town, having settled there in Junei\\n1837. With this lady he lived in the most pleas-\\nant and happ3 conjugal relations until his death,\\nwhich occurred suddenly from paralysis of the\\nbrain, at the old home in Moscow, Oct. 27, 1882.\\nHe left his widow and an adopted ton, Frank M.\\nTimms, who is now associated with Mallory Bros.,\\nof Chicago. III., and who mourned him greatly,\\ntogether with many other near relatives, and a large\\ncircle of warm personal friends.\\nAs a citizen, Dr. Timms was prominent in all\\npublic and charitable enterprises, having filled many\\noffices of trust. He served as President of the\\nAgricultural Society two years, and w;is thoroughly\\nimbued with the spirit of our Republican institu-\\ntions, being fearless in his denunciation of wrong\\nand oi)pressioi), and foremost in every good cause\\nthat came within his province, for public and\\nprivate welfare. He was a strong advocate of\\ntemperance, and his large, active sympathies made\\nhim a firm friend, ever ready with cheery encour-\\nagement, frcepiently i)roffering tangible aid and\\nassistance that most men would wait to be asked\\nfor. As a husband and father he was without fault,\\nin every sense a good man in his household, the\\nhospitalities of which he dispensed with a willing\\nhand, as all can testify who have ventured within\\nits precincts. Few men were better known in the\\ncounty, and but few who have gone before are\\nmore regretted or more greatly missed in the works\\nand walks of life. That the wife and son were not\\nalone in their sorrow, was plainly evinced by the\\nlarge concourse of [leople assembled at the funeral\\nfrom near and far, thronging the house and yard of\\nthe residence, where the services were held by the\\nRev. E. W. Childs, of Jonesville. The Doctor was\\nburied in the cemetery near his home, in Moscow\\nPlains.\\nANFORD D. HOPKINS, a retired farmer\\nin easy circumstances, and now a resident\\nof North Adams, was born on the Dtli\\nof January, 1817, in Bergen Township,\\nGenesee Co., N. Y., and was the eldest child of\\nJoseph and Cloenda (Blair) Hopkins, who were\\nnatives respectively of New Hampshire and Ver-\\nmont. J hey were married in the Green Mountain\\nState, whence they emigrated a short time after-\\nward to Western New Y ork, where the mother died\\nin Genesee County in 1825, at the early age of\\nthirty-one, leaving three children, one of whom is\\ndeceased, and the other resides 4n California.\\nJoseph Hopkins married for his second wife Miss\\nAbigail Staple, and there were born five children,\\none of whom is living and now resides in Wheat-\\nland Township. The mother of these died about\\n1847, in New Y^ork. The third wife of Mr. Hop-\\nkins was formerly Mrs. Charity ].,oomis, and they\\nhad no children. Joseph Hopkins died in Wheat-\\nland Township, in this county, on the 17th of June,\\n1850, while on a visit to his children, at the age of\\nfifty-eight years.\\nThe subject of this biography spent his boyhood\\non the farm, where at an early age he was taught\\nto make himself useful. His education was chiefly\\ncarried on during the winter season. After reach-\\ning his majority he started overland for the Terri-\\ntory of Michigan, arriving in Hillsdale County in\\nthe fall of 1 838. His first business was to secure a tract\\nofland, upon which he settled, and of which he is still\\nthe owner. His next important step w.as to secure\\na wife and helpmate, and a year later he w.as united\\nin marriage with one of the most estimable young\\nladies of Delaware County, Ohio, Miss Elizabeth,\\ndaughter of Aaron and Hannah (Carney) Moore.\\nBoth her father and mother had l)een previously\\nmarried, each being the parent of seven children.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0657.jp2"}, "658": {"fulltext": "64G\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2t\\nThey thus corainenced with a family of fourteen, to\\nwhich there were in due time added three more, of\\nwhom Elizabeth was the youngest. Mr. Moore was\\na farmer and slioemalier combined, and spent his\\nentire life in Kew \\\\oik Slate, passing away at the\\nadvanced age of seventy-eight years. The mother\\nsubsequently made her home with her daughter, Mrs.\\nHopkins, and died in 1857, aged eighty-one.\\nThe wife of our subject was born Dec. I(i, 1820,\\nnear Palmyia, AVtiyne Co., N. Y., and her father\\nbeing in limited circumstances, she commenced\\nworking out, earning her own living, during which\\ntime she made the acquaintance of her future hus-\\nband. To Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins there was born\\none child onl3-, a daughter, Martha, who is now the\\nwife of Amasa Chnndkr, of Somerset, this count3\\nand is the mother of two children Ludd and Jay.\\nThe elder was reared by his grandfather, married\\nMiss Ida Aldrich, of Somerset, and at present is\\noperating his grandfather s farm. Jay lives with\\nhis father at Somerset, Mich., where he married\\nMiss Amanda McCurdy, and is the father of one\\nchild.\\nMr. Hopkins in 1860 was elected Supervisor of\\nSomeJBet Township, which office he held for a\\nperiod of ten years, with credit to himself and satis-\\nfaction to all concerned. Previous to that time he\\nserved as Highway Commissioner a number of\\nj ears. In the spring of 1874 he withdrew from\\nthe Republican caucus as candidate for Supervisor,\\npreferring some other man should assume its re-\\nsponsibilities. He always maintained a lively in-\\nterest in the various enterprises which naturally\\nfollowed as the result of thesettiing up of a county,\\nserved as a Director of the Farmer s Insurance\\nCompany, and also on the committees of the county\\nfair for many years. During the late Rebellion he\\nwas eminently useful in gathering together needed\\nsupplies for the soldiery, and in upholding the\\nprinciples of the Union and freedom.\\nMr. Hopkins holds the title deed to four farms,\\none of which he has presented to his grandson. At\\none time he was the owner of 600 acres, mostly in\\nSomerset Township, this county. The farm given\\nhis grandson was 150 acres. He owes his success\\nin life to his untiring industry, strict attention to\\nbusiness, and rigid economy. He has been prompt\\n9\u00c2\u00bb\\nalways in meeting his obligations, and thus gained\\nthe esteem and confidence of the people around him.\\nHis homestead is not only a credit to himself, but\\nan ornament to the surrounding country, and will\\nstand as a monument of his perseverance and\\nindustrj 3- ears after he shall have passed awaj\\nOur subject has given to his half-brother anil grand-\\nchildren over 111,000 to date.\\n\\\\\u00c2\u00a5)OHN FITCH, a reputable and progressive\\nfarmer of Pittsford Township, now owns\\nand occui)ies the old homestead which his\\nfather cleared from the wilderness. He was\\nborn in Wright Township, on the seventy-sixth\\nanniversary of the signing of the Declaration of\\nIndependence, while his father, Patrick Fitch, was\\nborn in County Cavan, Ireland, and there grew\\nto manhood.\\nHoping to improve himself in this countr3 the\\nfather of our subject started out for himself at\\neighteen j cars of age, and arrived here a stranger\\nin a strange land, and without money. He first\\nsettled near Rochester, N. Y., and engaged to work\\non a farm. He was industrious and economical,\\nand saved a good portion of his earnings, until at\\nlength he considered he could venture to buy a farm\\nof his own. He accordingly started for the West,\\nwhere land was cheap, with a view of securing a\\nhome, and about 1847 arrived in Michigan, first\\nstopping at Adri.an, where he remained some time,\\nand then purchased the land upon which our subject\\nnow resides. It was heavily timbered, without\\nany attempt at improvement, and the family took a\\nvacant log house near the line of Wright Township,\\nin which they resided until the3 could build a\\nsimilar log cabin on their own place. They were\\nemployed, as were all pioneers of the da3 in sub-\\nduing nature, cutting down trees, clearing the land,\\nburning the stumps and roots, and bringing it\\nunder cultivation, while turke3-s. deer and small\\ngame were i)lentiful, and afforded a liberal supply\\nof meat for family use. Breadstuffs they must have,\\nhowever, and as they had no land cleared on which\\nthey could raise grain, Mr. Fitch worked out for a\\ntime, by the day or month, to provide that staple\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0658.jp2"}, "659": {"fulltext": "A\\n4\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n647\\narticle of food. At the end of two ears lie ix tunied\\nto Adrian, where lie spent the next two years, and\\nonce more look up his residencn- ii|)()n iiis land, from\\nwhich he improved a good farm, and resided there\\nuntil his decease, .Inly 31, 1877. His wife, whose\\nmaiden name was Elizabeth Galloway, was also a na-\\ntive of Ireland; she still survives, and lives with her\\ndaughter in I ittsford J ownship. They were people\\nof sterling character and industrious habits, and their\\ncliildren, and their childrens children of to-day,\\nhave just cause for revering tlieir memory and\\ntheir deeds, and helping to cherish and preserve\\nand hallow them.\\nThe parental family of our subject included three\\nchildren, who are recorded as follows: Mary A.\\nbecame the wife of Devello Smith, and lives in\\nMorenci; John w.as the second child in order of\\nbirth; Catherine became the wife of A. H. Bark-\\nway, and lives in Pittsford Township. John lived\\nwith his parents until he was twenty-four years of\\niige, and then removed to Blisstield, and engaged\\nin making staves. After a short time he went to\\nOhio, and followed this trade in different cities in\\nthat .State, remaining for a period of two years.\\nHe then returned to Michigan and spent two years in\\nJackson County, after which he went to Slieboygan,\\nWis., and was engaged in the lumber trade until\\n1 882. He then returned and settled on the old home-\\nstead in Pittsford Township, where he has since\\nbeen engaged in the successful prosecution of his\\nvocation.\\nOur subject was united in marriage, June 9, 1882,\\nwith Miss Emma J. Wakefield, who was born in St.\\nLawrence County, N. Y., and is the daughter of\\nSamuel S. Wakefiehl, a native of Vermont. Her\\ngrandfather, Gilbert Wakefield, was, it is thought,\\na native of England, and coming to America, settled\\nin Vermont in its early history, and there spent\\nthe remainder of his life. The father of Mrs. Fitch\\nremoved to New York State vvhen a young man,\\nand continued to reside there until 1866, when he\\nmigrated to Michigan and located in Charlevoix\\nCounty, among its early pioneers. The greater\\npart of the land was still owned by the Government,\\nand he selected a homestead one .and one-half miles\\nfrom the present site of the beautiful city of\\nCharlevoix. This laad he has improved into a fine\\nfarm, and still resides there, enjoying the creature\\ncomforts which a life of industry and frugality\\nhas gathered around him. The maiden name of\\nthe mother of Mrs. Fitch was Margaret Ferguson\\nshe was born in Canada, and is the daughter of\\nDaniel and Christiana (Cameron) Ferguson, natives\\nof Scotland.\\nMr. and Mrs. Fitch have been blessed l)y the\\nbirth of one child, whom they named Margaret\\nElizabeth. The parents are members of the Catholic\\nChurch, while in politics .Mr. Fitch is found in the\\nranks of the Democratic party.\\nON. WILLIAM R. MONTGOMERY. The\\nI) personal traits of the original settlers of\\nNew England and the Northern Atlantic\\nStates were in very many ways remarkable.\\nThey were men who not only dared to have ideas,\\nbut they dared to advance and maintain them, and\\nto face the logical results of such a course. They\\nwere men who regarded their honor and their lib-\\nerty more than gold or bodily comfort, and more\\nthan even life itself. They were active in the cause\\nof liberty, freely giving of their substance and of\\ntheir blood to maintain what to them was dearer\\nthan life, and which has proved a legacy to their\\ndescendants that is the envy and admiration of the\\nworld. Their children s children of to-day have\\njust cause for revering their memory and their\\ndeeds, and helping to cherish and preserve them,\\nfor by their constancy and patriotism through doubts,\\ndangers and difficulties, their independence was\\nsecured, and a National prosperity unprecedented\\nhas sprung up, which demands further words of\\nhonor and reverence. So let the families hand down\\nto the unborn gcner.itions the deeds of patriotism\\nof their fathers.\\nHon. William R. Montgomery, attorney -at-law\\nof Hillsdale, is a descendant of these heroes, and\\nwas born in the town of Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y.,\\non the 12th of March. 1813. His father, Harvey\\nMontgomery, was a native of the city of Philadel-\\nphia, Pa., where he was born Oct. 8, 1789. He\\nremoved to Rochester, N. Y., and there married\\nMary Eleanor, daughter of Col. Nathaniel Roclies-\\nI\\nT", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0659.jp2"}, "660": {"fulltext": "648\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nter, the founder of the city of that name. Mr.\\nRochester was born in Virginia, Feb. 21, 1752, and\\ncame of an old English family, which dates its\\ngenealogy back to the year 1558. The Jlontgoni-\\nery family are the descendants of an old Scotch\\nfamil3 and can trace their genealogy back almost\\n1,000 years, to the year 900.\\nAfter his marri.ige Harvey Montgomerj settled\\nin Rochester, N. Y., where he followed the occupa-\\ntion of a miller, and owned a large flouriug-inill in\\nthat city. Their family consisted of twelve chil-\\ndren, all (^f whom grew to mature years, and settled\\nin life for themselves. Late in life the father re-\\nmoved to Detroit, Mich., where he spent the remain-\\nder of his days, passing away in 1869; the mother\\nhad preceded him to the silent land twenty years,\\ndying in 1849.\\nThe subject of this notice is the eldest of a fam-\\nilj- of twelve children born to his parents, and passed\\nhis boyhood in Rochester, N. Y attending the pub-\\nlic schools until ten years of age. He then entered\\na private school, where he remained until his admis-\\nsion to Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y., where he\\ncompleted his studies. He then became a student\\nin the law ollice of Ford Rochester, and was\\nadmitted to the bar in May, 1835, in the city of\\nNew Y ork, and jiracticed his profession in Roches-\\nter for a period of nine years. He there was made\\nCity Clerk, and carried on his practice in connec-\\ntion with that office for three years. In the spring\\nof 1844 he came to Hillsdale County, and settled\\nin the township of Camden on a farm, and the fol-\\nlowing year he was united in marriage with Miss\\nAmanda M. Mills, of the town of Grace, Monroe\\nCo., N. Y., having gone back to the East for that\\npurpose. After their marriage they returned and\\nsettled on their farm, but Mr. Montgomery was\\nsoon called upon to mourn the loss by death of his\\nloving wife, who died in 1849, leaving three chil-\\ndren, who are recorded as follows: Harvey, mail\\nagent at Corpus Cliristi, Tex. Thomas C. is station\\nagent, at Hillsdale, for the Lake Shore Michigan\\nSouthern Railroad Company, while William R. is\\nSupervisor of Adams Township, and a farmer by\\noccupation.\\nMr. Montgomery was a second time married, in\\n1851, to Lj dia Rosamond Moltroup, by whom he\\nhad four children, as follows: Edward M. is clerk in\\na railroad office at Chicago; Lillie is at home; Mary\\nK. is a clerk in the office of the Register of Deeds,\\nwhile Rochester M. is at home.\\nHon. William R. Montgomery is a man prominent\\nin the councils of his fellow-townsmen, unswerving\\nin his adherence to what he believes to be the right,\\nmodest in advancing his ideas, hut firm in estab-\\nlishing and maintaining them. Unselfish in action,\\nand with constant regard to the wants and feelings\\nof others, he has secured a place in the confidence\\nand esteem of the community second to that of no\\nother public man. As evidence of this esteem and\\nconfidence, Mr. M. has received many of the most\\nimportant offices in the gift of the communit3 and\\nhas discharged the duties of these offices in ever^\\ncase entire!} satisfactorily. He was elected Super-\\nvisor of Camden in 1850, and .again in 1852, while\\nhe became a member of the Legislature in 1851.\\nHe was Register of Deeds from 1855 to 1858, and\\nagain from 18G9tol873. He has been Supervisor of\\nthe city of Hillsdale for eighteen consecutive years\\nfrom 1861, and Chairman of the Board of Super-\\nvisors fifteen years. Politically, in early life Mr.\\nMontgomery was an old-line Wiiig, casting his first\\nvote for William Seward for President. He nat-\\nurally fell into the ranks of the Republican part}-\\nupon its organization, in which he remained until\\n1876. In 1880 he voted for Gen. Hancock, while\\nin 1 884 he exercised his right of franchise in favor\\nof G rover Cleveland.\\n^^jf^NDREW J. DICKINSON, deceased, will\\n@A-J|| long be remembered with respect and\\nesteem by the citizens of Camden Town-\\nship, with whom he lived and labored so\\nmany years, uprightly treading the path of recti-\\ntude, and working not only for the interests of him-\\nself and family, but for the benefit of his adopted\\ntownship and county. He was born in the town of\\nCoventry, Chenango Co., N. Y., Sept. 23, 1836,\\nand was a son of James and Maria (Atwood) Dick-\\ninson, n.atives respectively of Pennsylvania and\\nConnecticut. His i)arenls remained in the Empire\\nState some years after marriage, but in 1845, with\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0660.jp2"}, "661": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n649\\ntheir family, removed to Branch County, this State,\\nwiiere tlio} located, and were among the earliest\\nsettlers of that locality.\\nThe subject of this Iirief biographical notice was\\nscarcely nine years of age when he came with his\\nparents to Michigan, and thus most of his edu-\\ncation was obtained in the public schools of Branch\\nCounty, wliere he grew to manhood and commenced\\nhis life work. Being a 3 oung man of industry,\\nintegrity and good habits, he experienced no dilfi-\\nculty in gaining a position as a useful member of\\nsociety and a business man of ability-. With the\\nexception of a short time when he was engaged in\\ncarpentering Mr. Dickinson devoted his entire at-\\ntention to agricultural pursuits, meeting with great\\nsuccess in that vocation.\\nThe marriage of our subject with Miss Amelia\\nField took place in Hillsdale County, .Jan. 26, 1867.\\n.She is a native of New York, born in .St. Lawrence\\nCounty, April 1 1, 1842, being a daughter of Hiram\\nand Adelia (Burr) Field, both natives of New Y ork\\nState. Her maternal grandfather, Rufus Burr, was\\na soldier in the War of 1812. Mrs. Dickinson s father\\nwas a soldier in the late Rebellion. Of the union\\nof Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson four children were born,\\nn.amely Alva R.,EfIie L., Freddie L. and Germ E.\\nA little more than twenl^ -five years ago Mr.\\nDickinson came to Hillsdale County and purchased\\nthe farm now owned and occupied b^ his widow,\\nwhich he improved and brought under a good state\\nof cultivation. He was an indefatigable worker,\\nan l in his persistent efforts to establish and main-\\ntain a home for his family he had the faithful\\nassistance of his wife, who shared his toils and\\ncheered and brightened his pathvvaj through life.\\nHis death, which occurred Dec. 24, 1885, was not\\nonly a severe blow to his family but a severe loss to\\nthe township,and his place in the community cannot\\nbe readily filled. He was ever a devoted husband,\\na tender father, an affectionate son and brother, a\\nkind neighbor and a worthy citizen. His family,\\nconsisting of his wife and four children, with\\nhis aged mother, two brothers and tliree sisters,\\nreceived the heartfelt .s^-mpathy of a large circle of\\nfriends, and on the occasion of his funeral obsequies\\na great concourse of people gathered to do homage\\nand reverence to a good man called from earth to\\nthe higher life. In th3 household circle his mem-\\nory will ever be cherished in the hearts of the dear\\nones left behind, who were as devoted to him as he\\nwas to them, and where his name is often spoken in\\ntender accents, and the unspoken desire is for\\nThe touch of a vanished hand\\nAnd the sound of a voice that is still.\\nMr. Dickinson took a strong interest in all bene-\\nficial schemes for advancing the educational, moral\\nor social status of the township. He was a firm\\nadvocate of the temperance cause, and in politics\\nwas a sound Repul)lican. He served with credit\\nin several of the school offices. In religion he was\\na consistent and worthy member of the United\\nBrethren Church, donating generously and liberally\\ntoward its support.\\nff_ K. ABBOTT. In the history of this gen-\\ntleniau there is presented the picture of an\\nupright and praiseworthy life, which has\\nbeen rich in experience and observation,\\nand which, not without struggle and difficulty,\\nhas been crowned with a goodl} measure of suc-\\ncess. Nature kindl} endowed him with those in-\\nborn principles which led him wisely along the\\nworld s devious thoroughfare, and enabled him to\\ngarner not only a goodly harvest of this world s\\ngoods for himself, but here and there to scatter\\nraj s of sunshine upon the path of his fellow mor-\\ntals. During the period of his long residence in\\nReading Township many and great have been the\\nchanges in this section of the country, and its prog-\\nress has been marked by the labors of such men as\\nthe subject of this sketch.\\nMr. Abbott may be properly numbered among\\nthe early pioneers of this county, as he came here\\nas early as 1844. He had, however, made his pur-\\nchase of land previously, and when he came he was\\naccompanied liy his young wife. They began to-\\ngether the struggle of life, laboring industriously\\nand living economically. They had only the capi-\\ntal of their courageous hearts and willing hands,\\nand made it a point from the first to live within\\ntheir income. The result of this wise course may\\nnow be seen in the beautiftd and well-appointed", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0661.jp2"}, "662": {"fulltext": "I\\n650\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nliomestead, with its broad and fertile fields, its sub-\\nstantial buildings, the beautiful residence, and the\\nother comforts and luxuries of modern country life.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in Ver-\\nnon Township, near Hartford, Conn., Dec. 25,\\n1816, and his early life, up to the age of twelve,\\nwas spent among his native hills. About this time\\nhe accompanied his parents to Cayuga County, N.\\nY., where he grew to manhood, completing a prac-\\ntical education and perfecting himself as a general\\nmechanic. After working diligently four years at\\ncarpentering, during which time his hours of labor\\nwere long, and their duties arduous, having now\\nreached his majority, he started out on his own ac-\\ncount, and pursued the trade of carpenter for a\\njieriod of six years. The next most important\\nevent of his life was his marriage, which was cele-\\nbrated at the home of the bride at Evans Mills,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lefferson Co., K. Y., the maiden of his choice\\nbeino Miss Olive Grinnell. a very estimable and\\nintelligent young lady, and the daughter of Ezra\\nGrinnell. Her paternal grandfather, also Ezra\\nGrinnell, came of an excellent family, and spent his\\nentire life in the Empire State, his death taking\\nplace in Saratoga County, after he had reached the\\nadvanced age of ninety -six years. Ezra Grinnell,\\nJr., was married to Miss Catharine Degolyer, whose\\nfather was of French ancestrj and whose mother s\\npeople came from Holland. The mother of Mrs.\\nAbbott passed away before the decease of her hus-\\nliand, at the age of seventy years. Both died in\\nJefferson County. N. Y., and the latter was ninety-\\nthree at the time of his death.\\nMrs. Abbott was the eldest of her mother s chil-\\ndren, and was born at Evans Mills, N. Y., Oct. 31,\\n1817. She acquired a common-school education,\\nand under the training of a superior mother be-\\ncame familiar with all housewifelj* duties, and also\\noccupied some of her time as a teacher in the pub-\\nlic schools. Providence blessed her with a remark-\\nably amiable and cheerful disposition, which she\\nhas retained to the present day, and which has\\nbeen the means of endearing her to hosts of friends.\\nAs a wife and mother her example has been truly\\nworthy of imitation.\\nThe union of Mr and Jlrs. Abbott was blessed\\nby the birth of six children, of whom the record\\nis as follows: The eldest daughter, Eugenia K., is\\nthe wife of AV. J. Meader, formerly a successful\\nmerchant of Elkhart, Ind., but now retired from\\nactive business and living in Elkhart; Jerome G.\\nwas graduated from Hillsdale College with honors,\\nand is now President of tlie State Bank at Elkhart,\\nInd.. where he is numbered among its most promi-\\nnent and energetic business men; he married Miss\\nLou A. Crane, of Hillsdale. Angus H. is a suc-\\ncessful general farmer and raiser of thorough-\\nbred Merino sheep, in Reading Township; he was\\nfirst married to Miss Rilla Archer, of Reading\\nTownshii), and who is now deceased, having left\\none child; he subsequently married Miss Mary\\nOsmer, of Cambria. Walter C. is connected with\\nthe well-known commission house of VV. F. Mallorj\\nof New York Citj he married Miss Eleanor Bald-\\nwin, of Springfield, Ohio. Horace C. is a success-\\nful sheep rancher of Kansas, where he removed\\nfrom Colorado, where he had also operated exten-\\nsively in a similar business; he is still unmarried.\\nCharles W.. a very energetic and promising young\\nman of excellent habits, continues under the home\\nroof, and occupies himself in the affairs of the farm.\\nThe children of Mr. and Mrs. Abbott were all given\\na good education, most of them being graduated\\nfrom Hillsdale College, and are all self-supporting.\\nMr. Abbott, although genial and companionable,\\nand the center of a large circle of warm friends, is\\nof a retiring disposition and has carefully avoided\\nentering the political arena. He keeps well posted,\\nhowever, upon current events, and he and his son\\ntogether, at times of general election, visit the polls\\nand cast tiieir votes in support of solid Democracy.\\nMr. Abbott has been for a number of years one of\\nthe Directors of the Farmers Mutual Insurance\\nCompany, of Hillsdale County, his well-known\\nintegrity- of character proving a high recommenda-\\ntion and contributing materially to the success and\\nstability of the organization.\\nTiie history of the Abbott family is traced back\\nby its descendants to about 1643, .at which time\\nthe first representatives in this country emigrated\\nwith a company- of Puritans from England. They\\nsettled in Andover, Mass wiiere they erected the\\nfirst humble homes of the colony there and of their\\nfamily in this country. I hey were prospered in\\n\u00c2\u00a5j m", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0662.jp2"}, "663": {"fulltext": ".u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n651\\ntheir Libors and their business transactions, married\\nand reared families, and tlieir descendants were\\nfatiiiliurl^ known in that part of New England for\\nnnmy guneratioiis. They have been recognized\\nsince that time and during a period of nearly two\\nand one-half centuries as an intelligent, progressive\\npeople, who invariably made good citizens and ma-\\nterially assisted in the progress of the community\\nwherever thej cast their lot.\\nSamuel Abbott, of Boston, the founder of tlie\\nTheological University at Andover, was of the\\nfourth generation of this slock in this country, and\\nwas only one of the long list of educated men who\\nwere identified with the ministr3 and the legal and\\nmedical professions. Joseph Abbott, the grand-\\nfather of our subject, was born in Ellington, Conn.,\\nto which place his parents had removed from\\nMassachusetts after their marriage. He was reared\\nto the occupation of a farmer, and became both\\nwealthy and influential. He was public-spirited, and\\ntook a lively interest in State and National afifairs,\\nand during the Revolutionary War, being ap-\\npointed Colonel of a militia regiment, held him-\\nself in readiness for active duty in case he should\\nbe called upon. He spent his entire life in the\\nNutmeg State, closing his career at a ripe old age.\\nDelano Abbott, the father of our subject, was\\nalso born and reared in Connecticut, where he was\\nmarried to Miss P0II3 Bingham, who, like himself,\\nwas the offspring of an old and highly respected\\nfamily. Early in life he became interested in the\\nmanufacture of woolen goods, and to this industry\\ngave his attentiou for many years. He had .ac-\\ncumulated a good property, but subsequently met\\nwith reverses, and selling about 1830, repaired to\\nCayuga Count} N. Y., where he established him-\\nself upon a tract of land, and there spent the re-\\nmainder of his life. He was sixtj -four years of\\nage at the time of his decease. The wife and\\nmother survived several years, dying also in Cay-\\nuga County, N. Y., when seventy-seven years old.\\nBoth parents were devoted members of the Presby-\\nterian Church, and Delano Al)bott had been a verj\\nactive member of the old Whig party.\\nThe Abbott homestead consists of 300 acres of\\nhighly cultivated land, upon which our subject\\nsettled while it was in a wild state. It has been\\nbrought to its present condition through his own\\nindustry and good management. After he had\\nplaced a portion of the soil uniler a good state of\\ncultivation he, early in the fifties, decided to turn\\nhis attention to sheep-raising, inaugurating this in-\\ndustry with a capital of three animals. These gradu-\\nally multiplied in numbers, and at the time of the\\nlate war Mr. Abbott was known as the most exten-\\nsive sheep-grower in Hillsdale County. This ven-\\nture proved exceedingly profitable, and Mr. Abbott\\ninvested more largely in real estate, until he became\\nthe owner of 500 broad acres. From the raising of\\nsheep he turned his attention later to the breeding\\nof cattle and horses, and in this industry has been\\nfully as successful as in tlie other, being in the\\nhabit of carrying off the blue ribbons at the various\\nState and county fairs. He has been the stanch de-\\nfender of underground drainage as the best means of\\nfertilizing the soil, and has carried his principles into\\npractice by causing his land to be underlaid with\\nfully 3,000 rods of tiling. This doubtless is the\\nmain secret of its extraordinary fertility, and the\\nmeans thus expended have yielded a better per-\\ncentage probably tlian the money would have done\\ninvested in any other manner. The entire estate,\\nwith its appurtenances, forms one of the most\\nattractive pictures in the landscape of Hillsdale\\nCounty.\\n/^f% HKISTIAN MAYER. The home of this en-\\n1 1| ^1 terprising citizen of Allen Township, which\\nis located on section 9, stands a monument\\nto the thrift and industrj- of the proprietor, who\\ncommenced in life literally at the foot of the\\nladder, without other resources than the strong\\nhands and brave heart which he had inherited from\\nhis substantial and honored ancestr} A native of\\nthe German Empire, he was born in the Province\\nof Bnj ern, in its northern portion, March 25, 1828,\\nand lived in his native country until a young man\\ntwent3--six years of age.\\nAlways a thoughtful and ambitious youth, our\\nsubject was not satisfied with the prospects held out\\nto him in his birthplace, and accordingly, in the\\nspring of 1851, bade adieu to the friends of his\\nf\\nm", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0663.jp2"}, "664": {"fulltext": "h\\n652\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nchilflhood, and embarking- on the broad Atlantic,\\nturned his face to tlie possibilities of the New\\nWorld. He landed in New York City on the 1st\\nof May, and made his way direetly to this connty,\\ntaking np his residence in Allen Townsliip, where\\nhe has since made his home. For a period of\\ntwenty years thereafter he was in the emplo\\\\ of\\nthe Lake Shore Michigan Southern Railroad, and\\nthen invested his spare capital in a part of the land\\nwhich forms his present homestead, and which\\nranks second to none in this township.\\nOur subject is the son of John and Barbary\\nINIayer, who were of pure German stock. His\\nfather was a farmer of modest means, and spent his\\nentire life upon his native soil. Ihe parents are\\nnow dead. The parental household consisted of\\nseven children. JMr. Maj-er was reared to farming\\npursuits, and taught those habits of economy and\\nindustry which have been the secret of his success.\\nWhen a youth of fifteen years he left the home\\nroof and served three years at the shoemaker s\\ntrade, which he followed thereafter in his native\\ncountry for a period of eleven years. He came to\\nAmerica a single man, and sought for his wife one\\nof his own countrywomen. Miss Christena Beck, to\\nwhom lie was married in the city of Hillsdale, March\\n26, 1867. Mrs. Mayer was born in the little King-\\ndom of Wurtemberg, Germany, in April, 1845, and\\nis the daughter of Andras Beck, who, vvilh his wife,\\nis now deceased. Our subject and his wife began\\nlife together in Allen Townshij), and are now the\\nparents of three children Frederick, Caroline and\\nLouisa, the eldest nineteen j ears of age, and the\\nyoungest seven. All the family are members of the\\nLutheran Church, and in politics Mr. Mayer is a\\nsolid member of the Democratic party. During the\\nlate Civil War he was drafted into the Union army,\\nbut being still an alien was not compelled to serve.\\nThe Mayer homestead can hardly fail to attract the\\nattention of the observant traveler passing through\\nAllen Township, on account of its neat and sub-\\nstantial buildings, its sleek and well-fed cattle and\\n-horses, the finel} cultivated fields, and the genenal\\nair of thrift and prosperity which pervades the\\npremises. Mr. Mayer stands first-class among his\\nneighbors as a man prompt to meet his obligations,\\nand one whose word is as good as his bond. Too\\nmuch credit cannot be given him for the manner in\\nwhich he persevered through difliculties, and for\\nthe position to which he has attained, socially and\\nfinancially, among the men of a community more\\nthan ordinarily enterprising and intelligent.\\nANHX B. KROH, proprietor of the South\\nJefferson Steam Evaporating Works, es-\\ntablished ill 1884, is familiarly known\\nthroughout this township and vicinity as\\none of its most enterprising men. He first opened\\nhis eyes to the light over fifty-six years ago, in\\nSeneca County, Ohio, the exact date of his birth\\nbeing Feb. 26. 1832.\\nOur subject is the scion of excellent and sub-\\nstantial ancestry, being the son of Jacob and Sarah\\n(Tice) Kroh, who were natives respectively of\\nPennsylvania and Virginia, and of German ances-\\ntiy. Jacob Kroh was born Dec. 12, 1794, and at\\nthe time of the burning of Washington he con-\\ncluded that he was old enough to aid his countiy,\\nand accordingly, saddling his own horse, started\\nout for the seat of war.\\nAbout 1827 the father of our subject went with\\nhis family to Ohio, and was among the early settlers\\nof Seneca County. Ho assisted in building the\\nfirst German Reformed Church, at Tiffin, in that\\ncountry, and subsequently was Treasurer and Secre-\\ntarj of the Ileidclburg College established there.\\nHe was also Treasurer of the American Bible So-\\nciet3 which |)lace he was filling at the time of his\\ndeath. In addition to this he served as Justice of\\nthe Peace many years, and held various other town-\\nship offices. Politicall3 he was an old-line Demo-\\ncrat, and maintained his principles with all the\\nnatural strength of his character.\\nJacob Kroh was twice married and the father of\\nseventeen children, eleven of whom were living at\\nthe time of his death. Of these, Daniel B., our sub-\\nject, was the sixth child of the first marriage. The\\nfather died in Seneca County Ohio, April 10, 1856,\\nand the mother, who was born Oct. 18, 1810, pre-\\nceded her husband to the silent land, her death\\ntaking place Sept. 6, 1838. Jacob Kroh started in\\nlife with a capital of a few hundred dollars, but at\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0664.jp2"}, "665": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n653\\nthe time of his decease was one of the wealthiest\\nnu ii of Seneca County. lie gave to each of his\\ncliildrcn a liberal education, and some of tiiem\\noccupied themselves afterward as teachei s. They\\nwere also prominent and worthy citizens, the result\\nof their careful home training, and their natural\\ninheritance of principles of uprightness and strict\\nintegrity.\\nThe boyhood days of Daniel 15. Kroh were spent\\nupon the farm of his father, and when twenty-four\\nyears of age he started out for himself. He was\\nmarried. March 13, 1856, to iMiss Hannah L. Shepard,\\nwho was born in Montgomery County, N. Y., March\\n13, 1H34, and consequentlj married on her twenty-\\nsecond birtiid.ay. She was the daughter of Israel\\nand Nancy (Brown) Shepard, natives respectively\\nof New 1 ork and Canada, the father born March\\n7. 1807. and the mother Dec. 30, 1812. They\\nspent their last years in Hillsdale Count3\\nThe father of Mrs. Kroh was a farmer by occu-\\npation, and about 1844 removed from the PZmpire\\nState to Seneca County, Ohio, and from there, in\\n1861, to Hillsdale County, tiiis State, where the\\nfather operated rented land a few years, and then\\npurchased a farm. Mr. and Mrs. Shei)ard were the\\nparents of ten children, three sons and seven\\ndaughters, of whom Benjamin, who was well known\\nthroughout this county, died about 1884. lie\\nfitted himself in earl} manhood for the profession\\nof law, and held the offices of Deputy Sheriff, Cir-\\ncuit Court Commissioner and Prosecuting Attor-\\nney, being elected to the latter position, and dying\\nbefore the expiration of his second term. His\\n3-ounger brother, Charles A., wiio is also a lawyer,\\nwas ajjpointed to succeed him. Hannah, Mrs.\\nKroh, was the first daugliter. Her sister Mary is\\nthe wife of James McDull, and lives in Spring-\\nfield, Ohio; Philinda, Mrs. Warren Severance,\\nlives in Huron County, Ohio; Lucinda is the wife\\nof James Woodworth. of Hillsdale Township, this\\ncounty; Melissa died when nineteen years old,\\nabout 1871 Elsie died in infancy; Eva is the wife\\nof Walter B. Keefer, and lives in Huron County,\\nOhio.\\nMr. Shepard held the office of City Marshal in\\nNew York State for a number of yeai s. He\\nbe(tame connected witli the State Militia, and was\\npromoted from time to time until he was finally\\nmade a Colonel, and evinced peculiar talent in\\nmilitary tactics. The father and mother died\\nwithin a few weeks of each other, the former Feb.\\n27, 1873, and the mother on the 2d of March fol-\\nlowing, the latter of spinal meningitis. Mr. Shepard\\nhad accumulated some property, having purchased\\nlate in life the land upon which the present town\\nof Montgomery stands, and which he named after\\nthe county of which he had been a resident in New\\nYork State.\\nMr. and Mrs. Kroh after their marriage lived on\\nthe home farm about one year, then removed to\\nWyandot County, where Mr. K. purchased forty-\\nacres of land, upon which he farmed four years,\\nthen selling out came to this county in 1861. He\\nhad previously purchased sevenl^ -nine acres of\\nLand in Jefferson Township, which is now included\\nin his present homestead. To this he added until\\nhe now has 1 20 acres with good improvements, the\\nland in a highly productive condition, and the build-\\nings convenient and substantial. A vvell eight feet\\ndeep supplies all the water for his evaporating\\nworks, while an artesian well eleven feet deep, near\\nthe dwelling, is utilized in the cooling of milk.\\nAnother well in a fiehl adjacent, and sixteen feet\\ndeep, supi)Iies an abundance of water for his live\\nstock. He makes a specialty of full-blooded Chester-\\nWhite hogs.\\nTo our subject and his wife there were born\\nthree children, Henry J., the eldest, Jan. 21, 1857,\\nin Seneca County, Ohio. This son was married on\\nthe 3d of May, 1882, to Miss Frances, daughter of\\nAlonzo and Ophelia (Russell) Parmelee, and is the\\nfather of twin bo3 s, Wilford and Alfred, born\\nApril 13, 1884, and stout, healthy boj s, who are\\nthe i)ride of their grand[)arents as well as their\\nnearer progenitors. The second son, William A.,\\nwas born in Wyandot County, Ohio, and was\\ndrowned in a well on the present homestead when\\nabout two 3 ears old; Mina L. was born July 8,\\n1868, and was married, Dec. 1. 1887, to William\\nFreed, of Adams Township, this county.\\nMr. Kroh, politically, is a full-Hedged Democrat.\\nHe cast his first vote for Franklin Pierce a short\\ntime l)efore reaching his majoritj and although\\ntaking a lively interest in the success of the prin-\\nri-^", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0665.jp2"}, "666": {"fulltext": "654\\n:A^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\neiples of his party, has never been desirous of the\\nresponsibilities of office. He has been a member of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church since a young man,\\notliciating as Steward for about fifteen years, and\\nhas also been Superintendent of the Sunday-school\\nseveral years.\\nThe evaporating works of Mr. Kroh are used\\nprincipally for the preservation of fruit, although\\nhe is prepared to handle sugar water, and by the\\nsame power the boiler forty-horse power and the\\nengine twenty is also equipped for the sawing of\\nfence slats, to the number of 4,000 per day. In\\ntheir fruit operations they dispose of 35 bushels of\\napples, pared and cored, per day, sorghum 250\\ngallons, and eider 50 barrels, made into jelly and\\napple butter direct from the fruit. This industry\\npromises to become one of the most important\\nin the county, being one which was very much\\nneeded by the i)eople of this section, and which\\nthey are alreadj beginning to appreciate at its full\\nvalue.\\nMr. Kroh is a very genial and companionable\\nman, and his straightforward methods of doing\\nbusiness have made him a general favorite in his\\ncommunity, and there are none who would not be\\npleased to see him succeed in this new enterprise,\\nwhich gives every promise of this result.\\nSRAEL THACHER. The subject of this notice,\\nwho came to Hillsdale County during the years\\nJi of its early settlement, passed away at his home\\nin Reading Township, Aug. 20, 1875. Although it\\nis thirteen years since he was laid to rest, his name\\nis held in kindly remembrance b^ all the people\\nwho knew him, and learned to value him as a kindly\\nChristian gentleman, whose blameless life was in all\\nrespects worthy of imitation.\\nIsrael Thacher was born in Massachusetts, in\\nMarch, 1810, and followed farming his entire life.\\nHe removed with his parents when about eight\\nyears of age to Ontario County, N. Y. they settled\\nin Hopewell Township, where they spent the re-\\nmainder of their lives. Israel was reared to man-\\nhood in the Empire State, and was taught those\\nhabits of industry and |)rinciples of honor which\\nformed the basis of a character which was recog-\\nnized everywhere as that of an honest man and a\\ngood citizen. His father, Israel, Sr., lived to an\\nadvanced age, passing away about the 3 ear 1860.\\nThe mother, whose name was Delight, had preceded\\nher husband to the silent land, her death taking\\nplace in 1857. To Israel, Sr., and Delight Thacher\\nthere was born a large familj of children, of whom\\nIsrael was the eldest son and second child. He\\nspent his boyhood and youth in Hopewell Town-\\nship, where he acquired a common-school education,\\nand upon reaching manhood married Miss Mar-\\ngaret Newman.\\nMrs. Thacher was born in Union Count} Pa.,\\nApril 17, 1813, and is the daughter of John and\\nPolly Newman, who passed to their long home\\nj ears ago in Union County, Pa., at an advanced\\nage. She was reared and made her home with\\nacquaintances who removed from the Ke^ stone State\\nto Hopewell Townshiji, Ontario Co., N. Y., where\\nshe met her future husband. After marriage Mr.\\nand Mrs. Thacher came to Michigan and located\\nupon the tract of land in Reading Township from\\nwhich thej built up a good home, working hand in\\nhand with one mutual interest, living frugally, and\\nendeavoring to lay .aside something for the future\\nfor themselves and their children. Of these latter\\nthere were in due time three sons and three daugh-\\nters Mary J. is the wife of James Hall, a well- to-do\\nfarmer of Boone County, Iowa; Marvin married\\nMiss Harriet Harris, and is farming in Butler County,\\nthis State; Wesley married Miss Susan Betts, and\\noperates as a farmer and miller at Nevada, Ind.;\\nEliza A. is the wife of Samuel Davis, formerly of\\nOhio, and a blacksmith by trade; they own and\\noccupj a part of the Thacher homestead, where\\nMr. Davis works at his trade and is carrying on\\nagriculture successfullj Chester A. died unmar-\\nried at the age of twenty -six j ears, and Nancy C.\\ndied when an interesting young lady of twenty\\nyears.\\nJlr. Thacher in early life, it is believed, identified\\nhimself with the old Whig party, but upon its\\nabandonment cordiallj endorsed Republican prin-\\nciples, to which he adhered the remainder of his life,\\nand in which he is now represented by his sons.\\nThey also have inherited in a marked degree the\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0666.jp2"}, "667": {"fulltext": "b\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n655\\nIionesty and uprightness of clmiacter wiiich clistin-\\nijiiishcd tlu ir liuiuirefl sire. In his domestic rela-\\ntions Mr. rh. ic her was more tlian ordinarily\\nfoitunatc, iinving secured for his life companion a\\nlady in every w.ay fitted for the counselor of a good\\nTnaii. Mrs. Thaelier as a wife and mother lias ful-\\nfilled her duties in a most creditable manner, and\\nis held in the warmest affection by a large circle of\\nfriends. Her hands have ever been willing to assist\\nthe needy and distressed, and all her neighbors bear\\nwitness to her kindness of heart and her womanly\\nvirtues.\\nENJAMIN ISIOUTON, a retired farmer and\\ncarpenter living in Jefferson Township, on\\nsection 13, near the village limits of Pitts-\\nford, traces his first recollections back to\\nthe town of Mexico, in Oswego County N. Y., w4iere\\nhis birth took place June 5, 1817. His parents,\\nJolin and Eunice (Aldridge) Morton, were natives\\nof Mas.sachusetts, where the Morton family settled\\nin Colonial times.\\nOur subject has the impression that his parent*\\nwere married in Vermont, and he knows that they\\nwere the fifth family to settle in Mexico, N. V.,and\\nwhere most of their twelve children were born.\\nTwo of these died in the Empire State; the others\\nall came to the Territory of Michigan, in 1834. J he\\nyear previous Benjamin and his father had jour-\\nneyed hither to look the country over, and one of\\nthe ohler brothers had located in Washtenaw\\nCounty in 1831 John Morton, however, the father,\\ndecided to settle in Lenawee County, and in due\\ntime from the wilderness of Cambridge Township\\nbuilt up a good farm, and became one of its leading\\nmen. In the labors involved in this Benjamin\\ntook a leading part, being the principal .assistant of\\nhis father. In the meantime his schooling had been\\nin nowise neglected, and being ambitious himself\\nto learn, he had acquired a good knowledge of\\nbooks, pursuing his studies some time after coming\\nto Michigan.\\nUi)on reaching his majority our subject returned\\nto his native State, attended school one winter, and\\na few mouths later, Oct. 7, 1840, secured for his\\nwife and- helpmate one of the maidens of his native\\nState, Miss Louisa Smith, who was born in Will-\\niamstown, Feb. 19. 1819, and w.as, like himself, of\\nNew England ancestry. Mr. Morton after his mar-\\nriage returned to Lenawee County, and on account\\nof his natural genius in the handling of tools, and\\nwithout seiving any apprenticeship, took up the\\ncarpenter s trade, and three years later located in\\nOrand Rapids, where he pursued carpentering until\\n1851. Then, seized with the California gold fever,\\nhe made his way by water, and spent about two\\nyears on the Pacific Slope. At the expiration of\\nthis time he returned to Michigan, not much richer\\nperhaps for his adventure, and after two years more\\nof carpenter work, again crossed the Mississippi,\\nlocating in Henry County, Iowa, where we find him\\nat the breaking out of the war.\\nMr. Morton now laid aside his personal plans and\\ninterests, and early in the conflict proflfered his serv-\\nices as a soldier of the Union army, enlisting in\\nCompany D, 4th Iowa Cavalry. He followed the\\nvicissitudes of arm3- life about three j-ears, during\\nwhich time his health was undermined on account of\\nhardships, |)rivations and unsuitable food, and he\\nwas finally compelled to accept his discharge on\\naccount of disability, which developed mostly in\\ndisease of the heart. He receives a small pension.\\nWhile Mr. Morton was in the service and ill in\\nthe hospital at Keokuk, Iowa, his wife left her home\\nand went to nurse him, where he laj for weeks able\\nto help himself but little. After returning home,\\nand in the spring of 1866, they moved back to\\nLenawee County, Mr. Morton purchasing a farm in\\nRome Township. In 1881 he sold out, and coming\\nto this county secured his present property in\\n.Jefferson Township. This originally consisted of\\nfiftj-six .acres, a art of which he has since sold for\\ntown lots as an addition to Pittsford. His home is\\nmost beautifully located, and with its handsome\\nresidence and other conveniences for comfort and\\nenjo3 ment forms one of the most attractive homes\\nin this region.\\nMr. Morton, politically, votes as he shot. He\\nwas a Democrat when entering the army, and still\\ncontinues a member of that partj He never\\nswerved from his adherence to the Union, believing\\nthat it should be preserved .at all hazards. Relig-\\niously, with his estimable wife, he is a member in\\nJ f", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0667.jp2"}, "668": {"fulltext": "m\\n656\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n1)\\ngood standing of the Christian Church, and is in\\nfull possession of all the elements which constitute\\nan honest man and a good citizen. He has watched\\nwith the interest which every intelligent citizen\\nfeels the growth and develo|)nient of his adopted\\ncounty, and has been no unimportant factor in\\nbringing it to its present position. He experienced\\ntrials and difficulties in his pioneer days, and is\\nconsequently thus amply fitted to enjoy the com-\\nforts witii which he Is now surrounded, and which\\nhave been the result of his own industry and per-\\nseverance.\\n_i_\\n,^i^ YRON PERRY, who ranks among the intel-\\nligent farmers of Allen Township, took\\npossession of the land which he now occu-\\npies in the spring of 1860, having ex-\\nchanged for it a farm in Hillsdale Township. He\\nis now the owner of seven tj^-eight acres of good\\nland, which through his wise management has be-\\ncome amply productive, and where he has effected\\ngood improvements, repairing the old buildings\\nand putting up new, until the premises now form\\nthe picture of one of the most comfortable homes\\nin this part of the county.\\nMr. Perry, a self-made man in the best sense of\\nthe word, commenced life for himself when a youth\\nof seventeen, starting out as a farm laborer by the\\nmonth. He was born in Cato, Cayuga Co., N. Y.,\\nFeb. 7. 1832, and commenced life upon the farm\\nof his father, who was killed by the fallingof a tree\\nwhen he was a little lad five years of age. The\\nfather, Walter Perry, and his wife, Sarah (Sturgis)\\nPerr} were also natives of the Empire State, the\\nlatter born in Cayuga County. The mother contin-\\nued in her native State until after her son Myron\\ncame to Micliigan, then joined him here, and is\\nnow a resident of Adams Township, this count3\\\\\\nHer little family originally included seven children,\\nbut there are now only a son and daughter living.\\nThe one child besides our subject is a resident of\\nAdams Township.\\nMr. Perry, our subject, left his native county in\\nthe fall of 1852 and repaired to the vicinit}- of\\nLaPorte, Ind., where lie lived one year, engaged\\njointly in farming and teaching. In 1853 he re-\\nturned to Cayuga C ount3 N. Y., where he remained\\nuntil the spring of 1855, then coming to Southern\\nMichigan settled first in Hillsdale Township, buy-\\ning a small tract of land. This he disposed of in\\nthe spring of 1860, as heretofore mentioned, and\\ntook up his residence in Allen Township.\\nWhile a resident of LaPorte, Ind., Mr. Perry\\nformed the acquaintance of a most estimable young\\nlady. Miss Achsah Kean, to whom he was married\\nin Valparaiso, that State, June 18, 1862. Mrs.\\nPerry is the daughter of Zebulon and Hannah\\nKean, natives of New Y ork, but now of Indiana.\\nShe was born in CortLand County, N. Y., March\\n20, 1837. Of her union with our subject there\\nhave been born seven children, who still consti-\\ntute a family circle unbroken by the hand of death.\\nThe two eldest, Walter E. and Emma G., took\\nkindly to their books Uiring their childhood days,\\nand have occupieil themselves considerably in\\nteaching. The others Arthur Z., Willis D., Sarah\\nJ., Flora M. and Bertha A. continue under the\\nparental roof, and are completing their studies in the\\nschools near at home. Our subject and his wife\\nare members in good standing of the Regular\\nBaptist Church, and Mr. Perry uniformly votes\\nthe straight Republican ticket.\\nJIOMAS U. THORN. Besides being one of\\nthe prosperous farmers and worthy citizens\\nof Hillsdale County, our subject holds the\\nresponsible position of Townshif) Treasurer of\\nScipio, where he resides. He is a native of this\\nState, born in Yankee Springs, Barry County, April\\n23, 1843. His father, James L. Thorn, was born in\\nSchoharie County, N. Y., and after marrying Tam-\\nzin Bowerman, also a native of the Empire State,\\ncame to Michigan during its territorial daj s and\\nsettled in Y ankee Springs. He subsequently re-\\nmoved to Jackson County, where the death of his\\nwife occurred in the town of Hanover, June 9,\\n1886, she being then nearly seventj three j-ears of\\nage. The father of our subject is still living in", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0668.jp2"}, "669": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n657\\nHorton, Jackson Connly. having mnrried the sec-\\nond time, Mrs. A inia Fifild, of Jackson, Mich., the\\ndate being in April, 1888.\\nOur subject was tiie tliird ciii d in order of birth\\nin a familj of six children, two sons and four\\ndaughters, born to their parents. lie was reared\\non a farm, and received a substantial education in\\nthe public schools of his native county. After\\nleaving school he learned the carpenter s trade, but\\nhas never since engaged in it very much, farming\\nhaving since been his princip.Tl occupation. In t!ic\\nfall of 1877 Mr. Thorn came to Hillsdale County\\nand settled in Mosherville, Scipio Township, where\\nhe remained industriously engaged in the care of\\nhis land for five years. In 1 882, desiring a change,\\nhe bought the farm formerly owned by Martin\\nGilmer, on section 22, Scipio Township, where he\\nhas since resided. It consists of 100 acres of valu-\\nable land, on which he has good improvements. He\\nhas neat and tasty buildings, conveniently arranged,\\nand his well-tilled fields show the care and atten-\\ntion that have been bestowed on them.\\nMr. Thorn has been twice married. The maiden\\nname of his first wife, to whom he was wedded in\\nSpring Arbor, Jackson County, March 2o, 1868,\\nwa.\u00c2\u00ab Mary Hatch. She was born in Steuben County\\nN. Y., Maich 1 7, 1843, being a daughter of Mathew\\nW. and Dinah (Lidiard) Hatch. The married life\\nof Mrs. Thorn was not of long duration, her death\\noccurring in Hanover Township, Jackson County,\\nAug. 4, 1876. Of that union two diildren were\\nborn Wellington D. and Laura M. The latter\\ndied when about fourteen months old. The second\\nmarriage of our subject took place in Jackson\\nCounty, Oct. 30, 1877, when he was united to Miss\\nAlary Johnson, daughter of Martin and Caroline\\n(Densmore) Johnson, who were natives respectively\\nof Saratoga County, N. Y .,and Augusta, Me. After\\ninarri.ige Mr. and Mrs. Johnson settled in Lenawee\\nCounty, Midi., ami remained there until their re-\\nmoval to Jiickson County in 1843. Since that time\\nthey have lived in diflferent places, their present\\nresidence being Hanover, Jackson Co., Mich. The}-\\nhad twelve children, seven daughters and five sons,\\nMary, the wife of our subject, being the eighth in\\norder of birth. She was born in Moscow Town-\\nship, Hillsdale Co., Mich., June 23. 18G1. Of her\\nunion with Mr. Thorn three children have been\\nl)orn, naniel} Nellie E., Cora A and Edith A.\\nMr. Thorn, though not manj years a resident of\\nScipio Township, has won in a marked degree the\\nconfidence of his fellow-townsmen, who respect and\\nesteem him for his manliness, integrity and ability.\\nHe has taken an active part in local and general\\naffairs, and has become closely identified with the\\ninterests of the township, where he has held the\\noffice of Supervisor, and is now honorably discharg-\\ning the duties of Township Treasurer. In politics\\nhe is a true Republican, and warmly supports the\\nprinciples of that party.\\no o.-{c5v v\u00c2\u00ae\\nON. ROBERT COX, of Wheatland Town-\\nship, an ex-member of the Michigan Legis-\\nlature, a re|)resentative citizen, a thorough\\nand skillful farmer, and one of the promi-\\nnent and wealthy men of the county, spends most\\nof his time at his fine homestead on sections 17\\nand 16. He first opened his eyes to the light at\\nNorth Branch, Somerset Co., N. J., on the 30th of\\nApril, 1813. He is consequently now in the seventj^-\\nsixth year of his age, but remarkably hale and\\nactive, the result of a splendid constitution and\\ncorrect habits.\\nThe main jioints in a history of much interest\\nare substantially as follows: The parents of our\\nsubject. Job and Nancy (Nesbitt) Cox, were na-\\ntives of the same county ns their son, where the\\nfather, upon reaching manhood, engaged in the\\nmanufacture of road vehicles, including wagons\\nand sleighs, until his removal to Cayuga Countj\\nin New York, about 1818. Possessing only modest\\nmeans, he commenced in the latter place working\\nby the day, and was thus occupied until 182U. when\\nhis attention was attracted to the Territory of\\nMichigan, which was then holding out strong in-\\nducements to the 3 oung and enterprising emigrant.\\nFirst locating in Lenawee County, he was employed\\nby a wealth} brother-in-law, Mr. McCollum. who\\nhad 400 acres of land, and with whom he continued\\nuntil able himself to secure forty acres. Upon this\\nhe labored, as opportunitj permitted, to prepare it\\nfor cultivation, and subsequently purchased twenty", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0669.jp2"}, "670": {"fulltext": "658\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nacres more. Tbis property lie traded for a small\\nfarm in Jackson Count3% where, with his estimable\\nwife, he took up his abode, and spent the remainder\\nof his days, dying July 6, 1867, when sevent}\\nthree years old. The mother died at the age of\\nseventy. Of their family of nine children, five are\\nyet living, and residents of Michigan, occupied\\nmostly in farming pursuits.\\nJob Cox was a man of strict integritj very\\ndecided in his views, and politically, a stanch Dem-\\nocrat. His boys, however, upon reaching manhood,\\nbecame imbued with Republican principles, and\\nfinally succeeded in bringing their father over into\\nthe ranks of this party. He had, when a j oung\\nman, done good service in the War of 1812.\\nRobert Cox continued a member of his father s\\nhousehold six months after reaching iiis nineteenth\\nbirthday, then asked his time of his father, but not\\ngetting a satisfactory answer, told his father he\\nwould take it anyway. So he started out, and\\ncommenced working by the month, and in due\\ntime had earned enough money to pa} for eighty\\nacres of land, which is now included in his present\\nhomestead. This purchase was made in June, 1834.\\nThe money, however, which he had earned by work-\\ning for his maternal uncle he never received, and\\nwas consequently obliged to enter land from the\\nGovernment. He first took up forty acres on sec-\\ntion 17 in Wheatland Township, and, after many\\ndisappointments and much difficult} succeeded in\\nraising the small sum necessary to accomplish his\\npurpose. The money was finaDy given him by a\\nrich old uncle, and the young man promised to pay\\nit back in five weeks. It was but $18, but it was\\na large sum in those times, and under the circum-\\nstances surrounding Mr. Cox. He paid it, however,\\npromptly, to the surprise of the old man.\\nYoung Cox now entered upon the work of culti-\\nvating his land, and also worked by the month for\\nhis neighbors, with one of whom he boarded, and\\nin due time put up on his own propert}- a log house,\\nthe first structure of the kind erected in the space\\nof a day in the township. He thus worked on his\\nfarm and for his neighbors, gradually improving\\nhis land, and getting together the implements most\\nneeded, in the meantime also not forgetting the\\nestablishment of the domestic ties which are of so\\nmuch importance to a young man struggling alone,\\nas it were, in a new country. The ladj of his\\nchoice, and to whom he was married on the 5th of\\nMarch, 1845. w.as Miss RoenaGragg, who was born\\nin Coleraine, Mass., March 12, 1821, and came to\\nthe West with her parents about 1826. The young\\npeople commenced life together in a manner cor-\\nresponding to their means, and probably realized\\nmore genuine contentment and happiness tiian many\\nwho to-day set out on the journej- of life obliged\\nto keep up with the fashions, and much of the time\\nliving beyond their income.\\nAs years passed by the homestead began to\\nassume a more modern appearance, and the first\\nprimitive buildings gave way to a modern dwell-\\ning and good barns and outhouses. The little\\nhousehold was brightened by the birth of two chil-\\ndren, the elder of whom, Corwin, was born Aug.\\n27, 1847, married Miss Mary E. Oakes, of New\\nYork State, and is now the father of three children;\\nthese latter are J. La Verne, boru Nov. 18, 1871;\\nCharles R., Sept. 2. 1877, and Luella E., June 16,\\n1879. Lucia E., the second child of our subject,\\nwas born July 20, 1850, and is now the wife of E.\\nW. Barnes, a prosperous farmer of Woodbridge\\nTownship; Mr. and Mrs. B. have one child only,\\na daughter, Myrtie R., born July 15, 1877.\\nMrs. Cox is the daughter of John and Alraira\\n(Faulkner) Gragg, also natives of Massachusetts,\\nwhence they removed to New York State about\\n1825, and nine months later, in 1826, came to the\\nTerritory of Michigan, settling in Lenawee County.\\nMr. Gragg took up a quarter-section of Govern-\\nment land in Clinton Township, and from the\\nwilderness constructed a comfortable and pleasant\\nhomestead, where, with his estimable wife, he spent\\nthe remainder of his days, they dying at the ages\\nof eighty-one and eighty-two years respectively.\\nMr. Gragg was a very intelligent man, fond of\\nreading, and well informed upon matters of gen-\\neral interest. The parental household included eight\\nchildren, three of whom are now living, and resi-\\ndents of Michigan.\\nMr. Cox served as Justice of the Peace four\\nyears, declining a second term. He was then elected\\nHighway Commissioner, which position he held for a\\nperiod of fourteen j ears, and in 1860 was chosen", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0670.jp2"}, "671": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n659\\nto represent the Thirrl District for three sessions in\\ntiie Cieneral AsseinMy of the State. While in dis-\\ncliarge of his duties at the e.ipital he vas i laced\\nupon various important committees, and was one of\\ntiic most active workers in the interest of the\\npeople of his countj He has imbued his son\\nwith his own Repul)Ucan principles. Various mem-\\nbers of the Cox familj during the late war did\\ngood service as Union soldiers. The homestead of\\nour subject is one of the most attractive and valu-\\nable in the county, where he carries on general\\nfarming and stock-raising with excellent results,\\nand bears the reputation of being a most thorough\\nand skillful agriculturist, besides an honored and\\nvaluable citizen.\\nws\\ni\\nARD HAMBLIN, a worthy farmer and a\\nd citizen of Hillsdale County, success-\\nlly engaged in agricultural pursuits on\\nsection 2 of Allen Township, is a native of New\\nYork, having been born in the town of Fenner,\\nISIadison County, Sept. 27, 1836. His parents,\\nStephen D. and Phebe (Wilbur) Hamblin, were also\\nborn in Madison County, N. Y. They were reared\\nin their native county, and after marriage continued\\nto make it their home for several years. In 1 844,\\nbeing desirous of taking advantage of the new farm-\\ning country being rapidi}- opened ui) in Michigan\\nby enterprising farmers without an overplus of\\nready money, but with a largo amount of energy\\nand i)erseverance, they removed with their familj\\nto this State, and settled in Jackson County, where\\nthey continued to reside until the death of Mr.\\nH.amblin, April 18, 1880. The mother is still liv-\\ning on the homestead in Jackson County. They\\nwere the parents of nine children, five sons and four\\ndaughters.\\nTheir son Ward, of this sketch, was about eight\\nyears old when he came to Michigan with his par-\\nents, and Jackson County, in which they settled,\\ncontinued to be his home until his removal to Hills-\\ndale County. He received his education in the\\ncommon schools, and was re.ired to an industrious\\nand self-reliant manhood. After becoming suffi-\\nciently well started in life to warrant such a step,\\nMr. Hamblin established a home of his own, taking\\nfor a life comi)anion, counselor and helpmate, a wife\\nin the person of Miss Rebecca Wagoner, to whom\\nhe was united in Pidaski, Jackson County, Feb. 14,\\n1858. She w.as born in Homer, Calhoun County,\\nthis State, Jan. 31, 1840, her parents being William\\nand Elizabeth (Kerr) Wagoner, who are now living\\nin Butler County, Neb. The union of Mr. and\\nMrs. Hamblin h.is been blessed by the birth of three\\nchildren, namelj Adelbert, Emery and Eldora.\\nOur subject h.as been a resident of Hillsdale\\nCounty since the fall of 1 880, when he purchased\\nhis present place of residence, and removed hither\\nwith his family. His farm comprises 100 acres of\\nrich and arable land, under a very good state of till-\\nage, and yielding abundant harvests. He has a\\ncomfortable dwelling, and good barns and other\\nout-buildings, which, together with the excellent\\nmanagement of his farming interests, bespeak the\\nthrift and care of the owner.\\nMr. Hamblin, although a coinparativelj new-\\ncomer in Allen Township, by his kindly spirit,\\nneighborly courtesies, and fair and upright dealings\\nin business transactions, has won the respect and\\nesteem of the community. Socially, our subject is\\na member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics\\nis a sturdy Democrat, firmly and conscientiouslj- up-\\nholding the principles advocated by that party.\\nOBINSON HAZARD WHITHORNE, one of\\nthe honored pioneers of Hillsdale County,\\nand the first Justice of the Peace within its\\nboundaries, was born in Newport, Herkimer\\nCo., N. Y., July 12, 1806. His father, Stephen\\nWhithorne, was a native of Kingston County, R. I.,\\nwhere he grew to manhood, and then going into\\nthe State of Vermont, was married in Wallingford,\\nRutland County, to Miss Phebe Dotj He re-\\nmoved with his family to New York State about\\n180.5, and was among the earliest pioneers of Her-\\nkimer County.\\nStephen Whithorne in 1818 removed from Her-\\nkimer to Monroe County, N. Y., and purch.ased a\\ntract of timber land near the subsequent site of\\nPerrinton, where he lived and labored the remain-\\n^j it", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0671.jp2"}, "672": {"fulltext": "A.\\n660\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nder of his life. His son, Robinson H.,oiir subject,\\nwas a lad twelve years of age at the time of his\\nremoval, and completed the common-school educa-\\ntion which had been begun in his native county.\\nWhen not in school be assisted his father in clear-\\ning the farm and tilling tiie soil, but made the most\\nof his opportunities for study, and developed into a\\nteacher of excellent capacities at the early age of\\neighteen years. He taught first in Wayne County\\nand about that time the death of his father threw\\nthe principal care of the homestead upon his young\\nshoulders. Upon the farm there was still an in-\\ncumbrance, and three years later Mr. Whithorne\\ndecided to sell. He continued teaching in winter\\nand farming the balance of the year until the spring\\nof 183-t. On the 1st of May, that year, determined\\nto seek his fortune elsewhere, he set out for the Ter-\\nritory of Michigan, proceeding via the lake to Toledo,\\nand from there on foot first to Adrian, and then to\\nBean Creek Valley. He made a claim of 120 acres,\\nand walked to the land-office at Monroe for the\\npurpose of entering it, then returned on foot to\\nAdrian, and for a time hired out by the day. In\\nthe fall following he erected a log house on his\\nland, which was constructed after the fashion of\\nthose times, with a shake roof and a chimney of\\neartii and sticks. The firejilace occupied the greater\\npart of one side, and having no stove, his young\\nwife did her cookhig before the blazing logs. They\\noccupied this humble dwelling a few years, then\\nmoved into a more commodious residence across\\nthe road, and to the one which our subject now oc-\\ncupies. Mr. Whithorne had purchased this piece of\\nland a few years previous, and since the lime men-\\ntioned has been a continuous resident there. He\\nstill owns, however, the tract which he took up from\\nthe Government, and still has the title deed bearing\\nthe signature of President Jackson.\\nMr. Whithorne was first married, in 1833, to\\nMiss Mary A. M. Treadwell, a native of Perrinton,\\nN. Y., and the daughter of Jesse and Thirza\\n(Graves) Treadwell, who spent their last jears in\\nthe Empire State. This lad3 died at her home,\\nJuly 25, 1870. On the 1st of March, 1871, Mr.\\nWhithorne contracted a second marriage, with Mrs.\\nLaura A. (Bennett) Powell, who was born in Mace-\\ndon, Wayne Co., N. Y., and is the daughter of\\nMoses and Edith (Collins) Bennett, long since\\npassed awa} Our subject has three children living,\\ntwo sons and a daughter. The former, Myron H.\\nand Julian C, are prosperous business men of Archi-\\nbald, Fulton Co., Oliio; Thirza M. is the wife of\\nHenry Howes, of Pittsford Township, this county.\\nMr. Whithorne taught school eight winters in\\nthis county, with gratifying success, and many of\\nhis pupils to-day reside in this locality, and regard\\nliim with kindly feelings, as the faithful friend and\\ninstructor of their childhood days. He is of a\\ngenial and companionable disi)osition, a manalwa3 s\\nready to oblige either friend or stranger, one who\\nhas conscientiously done his duty as far as his judg-\\nment guided him, and who has a large circle of\\nwarm frienils.\\n0~ AMP KELSEY. This gentleman, who is\\nnow living in retirement in the pleasant\\ntown of Jonesville, has been prominently\\nidentified with the business interests of Hillsdale\\nCounty. He is a native of the good old New En-\\ngland State of Connecticut, his birth taking place in\\nthe town of Salisbury, Nov. 13, 1810. His father,\\nElisha Kelsey, was born in Sheffield, Mass. He\\nmarried Miss Lucy Camp, of Salisbury, Conn., and\\nsettled in her native town, which remained their\\nhome until her death. They were worthy people,\\nand were held in the highest estimation by all in\\nthe community where they resiiled. After the death\\nof his vvife Mr. Kelsey moved to Jefferson County,\\nWis., where he remained until death. They liad a\\nfamily of six sons, all of whom grew up, although\\nbut two of them, Henry and Camp, now survive.\\nOur subject was reared on a farm in the old town\\nof his bii th, and received an excellent education in\\nthe common schools of Connecticut, which State has\\nalways been famous for her institutions of learning.\\nWhen he was about fifteen years of age he was ap-\\nprenticed to learn the carpenter and joiner trade\\nin Sheffield, Mass. He remained there until twenty\\nyears old, gaining in the meantime a thorough\\nmastery of his calling, and becoming a very skilled\\nworkman. After comi)leting his trade he went to", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0672.jp2"}, "673": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00ba-II-*\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n661\\nCanandaigua, X. Y., where he was actively engaged\\nas a caipenter fur many years, hocv^minji very\\nprosi)erous in his business, and placing himself\\namong the leading men of that flourishing place.\\nHe greatly aided in building up the town, and\\nerected many of the most commodious and costly\\npublic buildings in that vicinity. He held places\\nof responsibility in the public affairs of Canandai-\\ngua, and served as Village Trustee. He lived theie\\nfrom 1832 until the spring of 1868, and for thirty-\\nfive j ears paid almost exclusive attention to his\\nwork as a carpenter, but at the expiration of that\\ntime he relinquished his business and attended\\nsolel} to his farms in that vicinit\\\\-.\\nIn the spring of 18G8 Mr. Kelsey wound up his\\naffairs in New York and came to Michigan, to make\\nhis home in Jonesville. He did not at first engage\\nin any business, with the exception of loaning\\nmoney for himself and other parties in the East.\\nSubsequently he superintended the erection of the\\nJonesville Cotton Mill, which was completed early\\nin 1872. He afterward established himself in the\\ngrocery- business in this town, in partnership with\\nMr. Buell, and they continued together for a year\\nand a half, when he sold out his interest. In the\\nseventies he, in companj with his son, George H.\\nKelsey, opened a hardware store in Litchfield, this\\ncount} although he continued to live in Jonesville.\\nMr. Kelsey was first niarried in Chatham, Mass.,\\nJuly 22,1833, to Miss Amanda P. Sawyer, who\\nwas born in Egermont, Mass., March 24, 1813, and\\nwas a daughter of Solomon Sawyer, of that State.\\nFour children were born of that union: George H.,\\nFranklin C; Maria C, who died in infancy; and\\nMaria A. George H. lives in Jonesville; he mar-\\nried Miss Mary Watrous, formerly of Elmira, N.\\nY. Franklin C, who died Feb. 22, 188G. married\\nMiss Emma A. Griffith; Maria C. died March 20,\\n1842; Maria A. is the wife of Henry T. Carr, of\\nJonesville, formerly of Canandaigua, N. Y. Mrs.\\nKelse} was a woman of superior intelligence and\\nfine character, and her death in Jonesville. Sept.\\n28, 1879, was mourned by a large circle of friends.\\nMr. Kelsey s second marriage, June 14, 1881, in\\nJonesville, was to Mrs. Elizabeth Whipple, daugh-\\nter of Jeremiah and Sarah (Scamans) Mathewson.\\nBy a former marriage Mrs. Kelsey had three\\nchildren Lucina S., the wife of Charles A. Wilson,\\nof Providence, R. I.; Albert M., who .also lives in\\nProvidence. R. L; and E Hie H., who lived to be\\neight years of age.\\nMl-. Kelsey is a man of keen insight, much\\nstrength of character, and his integrity is unques-\\ntioned. By energy, sound judgment, and able\\nfinancial management, he has acquired wealth, so\\nthat he is eimbled to spend his declining years free\\nfrom the cares and vexations of an active business\\nlife, and he and his excellent wife enjoy all the com-\\nforts of a well-appointed home, surrounded by a\\nlarge circle of friends, by whom they are justly\\nhonored and respected.\\nMr. Kelsey is a stanch adherent of the Repub-\\nlican party; he has never sought office, but it has\\nbeen conferred upon him by the suffr.age of his\\nfellow-citizens, who have honored hiin by electing\\nhim to the office of Trustee of the town. Besides\\nowning property in Jonesville, Mr. Kelsey has a\\nfarm of 160 acres in Litchfield Township, and 180\\nacres ne.ar Battle Creek, Midi., and also owns\\nfarm lands in Wisconsin.\\nJOHN FIELD. The subject of this biography\\nis pursuing the even tenor of his w.ay on a\\nsnug farm in Pittsford Township, where he\\nsettled in 1872, and where he has accumu-\\nlated a competency. A native of the Empire State,\\nhe was born near the town of Camillus, Onondaga\\nCounty, J.an. 9, 1825. His father, Thomas Field,\\nWiis a native of Yorkshire, England, and his paternal\\ngrandparents, also of English birth and parentage,\\nspent their entire lives on their native soil.\\nThomas Field was the only member of his father s\\nfamily who came to America. This pilgrimage was\\naccomplished about 1814, after he bad grown to\\nmanhood and had been married to Miss Elizabeth\\nLiddle, also a native of Yorkshire. Their three\\nelder children were born in England, and one child\\nwas born on the Atlantic before reaching America.\\nMr. Field settled in Onond.aga County, N. Y.,\\nthrough the solicitation of friends who had already\\nlocated there, and first employed himself at what-\\never he could find to do. As soon as possible he\\n1\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0673.jp2"}, "674": {"fulltext": "662\\nH ^1\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n4\\npurchased a tract of timber land, the cultivation\\nof which he carried on as time and opportunity\\npermitted, but the cash required for the various\\nwants of the family had to be earned outside.\\nDuring the construction of the Erie Canal Mr.\\nField became an employe of the company building\\nit, and struggled on for several 3-ears amid hardships\\nand ill-health. He lived in Camillus until 1837,\\ntheu sold out his possessions and purchased a home\\nin the town of Lysander, where he resided until\\nafter the death of his first wife and after his sec-\\nond marriage.\\nMr. Field now removed to the vicinity of Sennet,\\nin Cayuga County, where he purcliased a farm and\\nspent the remainder of his days. He was the head\\nof a famil} of twenty-three children, being the\\nfather of fourteen by the first wife and nine liy the\\nsecond. He was industrious, economical and per-\\nsevering, and as the result of his labors accumulated\\na good property.\\nJohn Field was the seventh child of his father by\\nthe first marriage, and continued with him until\\nreaching his majority, assisting in the labors of the\\nfarm. A year later he commenced working else-\\nwhere, and when twenty-three years old had saved\\nthe snug sum of $200, which he paid toward the\\npurchase of his father s farm, going in debt for the\\ngreater part of the purchase money. Two years\\nlater he sold out and purchased land near the town\\nof Lysander, in company with liis brother. The\\nnext season he disposed of his interest in the prop-\\nertj^ to the latter and purchased a larger extent of\\nland in the same township, assuming a debt of\\n$6,000. Two years later, having a good oppor-\\ntunity to sell, he availed himself of it, and purchased\\na smaller farm in Elbridge. In 1863 he also dis-\\nposed of this property, and thereafter, during his\\nstay in the Empire State, employed himself as a\\ndealer in grain and produce.\\nJohn Field, in 1865, came to this county, and for\\na year made his home with his brother in Wright.\\nIn 1866 he purchased a farm in Wright Township,\\nwhich he occupied until 1871, then turned it over\\nto the hands of a tenant, and purchased his present\\nresidence, two miles south of Hudson, in Pittsford\\nTownship. He still owns the farm in Wright Town-\\nship, and exercises a general supervision of its opera-\\ntions. The land is in excellent condition, and the\\nbuildings rank with the best in this part of the\\ncounty\\nThe marriage of John Field and Miss Maria H.\\nCrossett was celebrated at the home of the bride in\\nElbridge, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Jan. 30, 1861.\\nMrs. Field was born in the latter county, and is the\\ndaughter of Newman and Mary (Rhodes) Crossett,\\nwho are still living. Mrs. Maria H. Field departed\\nthis life at her home in Elbridge, N. Y., Sept. 29,\\n1863.\\nMr. Field contracted aseeond marriage, with Miss\\nAdeline Downer, April 26, 1866. This lady^ was\\nborn in Seneca Township, Lenawee County, Feb.\\n7, 1846, and is the daughter of Sawyer B. and Abi-\\ngail Downer, a sketch of whom will be found on\\nanother page in this work. Of this union there are\\ntwo sons living Edgar K. and Herbert J., twentj\\none and eleven years of age respectively. Frank\\nL., who was born Aug. 8, 1870, died on the oth\\nof November, 1881. Mr. Field belongs to the Sec-\\nond Ativentist Church, and he and his wife are\\nnumbered among the best residents of Pittsford\\nTownship.\\nHILLIP B. TABER, of Litchfield Town-\\nship, and numl)ered among its aged and\\nhighly respected citizens, was born on the\\nI 1 far eastern coast, in the little State of\\nRhode Island, Feb. 11, 1810. He there lived until\\na young man twenty-five years old, and then, on\\naccount of failing health, sought the climate of\\nSouthern Michigan. The experiment piovingvery\\nsatisfactory, he resolved upon permanent settlement,\\nand laid his plans accordingly. He was one of the\\nearliest pioneers of Litchfield Township, which has\\nsince been his home, and is an admirable illustra-\\ntion of one of the many men who began life poor,\\nand are now enjoying the fruits of their labors in a\\ncomfortable home, and surrounded by the pleasant\\nthings of life. Mr. Taber, among the people about\\nhim, is accorded that tacit recognition and respect\\nwhich are jdelded involuntarily to those who have\\nseen so many years and realized such a large experi-\\nence of life.\\nPeleg Taber and his wife, Hannah Sisson, the\\n*f", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0674.jp2"}, "675": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00ab-\\n^t\\n4\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n663\\nparents of our subject, were, like their son, both\\nnatives of Ulio(1e Island, born in the town of West-\\nport, where the father carried on his trade of black-\\nsmith until his removal to New York State, in\\n1837. He came to Michigan with his son, our\\nsubject, in 1843, and died that same fall at the age\\nof sixty-five years. The mother accompanied her\\nhusband to the West, and died in Springfield, 111.,\\nat the home of her daughter, a number of years\\nafter the death of her husband, at the age of eighty-\\nfive. Their family included four sons and one\\ndaughter, of whom Phillip B. was the second child.\\nHis father being in limited circumstances, he re-\\nceived but little education, and at an early age was\\napprenticed to a carpenter, with whom ho served\\nfour years, receiving asalary of $35 per year, and at\\nthe expiration of his time found himself $200 in\\ndebt. He saw little prospect of being able to liqui-\\ndate this amid the circumstances by which he was\\nsurrounded his ill-health; and the little oppor-\\ntunity for a poor man to advance. These several\\nthings turned his steps westward, and he has never\\nhad reason to repent his course. He had here two\\nbrothers and three uncles, and purchased a one-half\\ninterest in a quarter-section of land in Litchfield\\nTownship, for which they were to pay $700. His\\nshare was a wilderness upon which stood heavy\\ntimber, and the labor of clearing this and preparing\\nthe soil for cultivation was indeed no light task.\\nHe labored singly and alone until 1845, being then\\nthirty-five years old, and concluded be would be\\njustified in taking to himself a wife and helpmate.\\nHe was accordingly- married to Miss Ellen Ames,\\nwho is the daughter of Anson Ames, who,\\nwith his wife, came from Vermont to Michigan in\\n1840, and spent their last years in Litchfield Town-\\nship.\\nOur subject and bis wife commenced the journey\\nof life together on a IGO-acre farm in Litchfield\\nTownship. In due time their household included\\nsix children, who are recorded as follows: Alinda\\nis the wife of Frederick Ship, and the mother of\\nfour children Arthur, Jay, Alice and Flora; they\\nlive in Eaton Count} Henry died when a promis-\\ning young man of twenty-three years; Wilber was\\nmarried to Miss Cora Miller, and died at the age of\\ntwenty-seven years, leaving a widow and one child.\\na son, Albert; Cornelia is the wife of H. Fen ton, of\\nSeipio, and has two children Lazella and Caddis;\\nMilo L. married Miss Jennie Brown, of Seipio, and\\nremains on the homestead.\\nMr. Taber is the owner of 120 acres of good land,\\nand politically, affiliates with the Republican party.\\nHe attended the first town meeting and the first\\nelection in Allen Township, which at that time\\nincluded Litchfield Township, and was one of the\\nthree first Assessors of Litchfield, the other two\\nbeing William Stevens and Horton Mann.\\n-o*o..@y^ ^^@-o*o-\\n\\\\f\\nfOHN T. PAGE, Secretary of the Michigan\\nMutual Benefit Association, at Hillsdale, has\\nhis headquarters in this city, and has been\\nconnected with this company since the winter\\nof 1887. A native of Erie County, Ohio, he was\\nborn Jan. 11, 1842, and is the son of Ansel and\\nHarriet A. (Lewis) Page, who were natives of\\nVermont.\\nThe parents of our subject soon after marriage\\nleft the Green Mountain State, and cast their lot\\nwith the early settlers of Erie County, Ohio. In\\nthe little town of Milan, that count} Ansel Page\\nconducted a hotel for many yeai s, and died there\\nin 1884. Tiie wife and mother survived her hus-\\nband two years, and passed away in the spring of\\n188(5, at tiie old home in Milan, Ohio.\\nMr. Page was next to the youngest of seven chil-\\ndren comprising the parental household, all of\\nwhom are living and residents of the United .Slates.\\nThe early years of his life were spent in his native\\ncounty in attendance at the district school, and he\\nsubsequent!} entered Huron Institute, where he\\npursued his studies for a period of three years.\\nFollowing this he became a clerk, and later a part-\\nner in the business of his brother Dustin, they\\noperating together until 1861. John T. then took\\nup his residence in Toledo, Ohio, as agent for the\\nGrover fe Baker .Sewing Machine, in which business\\nhe continued five years, then returned to his old\\nhome in Ohio, and within the limits of Milan en-\\ngaged in the milling business. Three years thus\\noccupied served to make him discontented with\\nthis, and in 1870 he came into Lansing, this State,", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0675.jp2"}, "676": {"fulltext": "664\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nand was soon appointed to the position of chief\\nclevk in the State Land Office, which he occupied\\nfor a term of six j ears, four years under L. A.\\nClapp. and two years under B. F. Partridge.\\nIn the sessions of 1879-80, of the State Legisla-\\nture of Michigan. Mr. Page was Corresi)onding\\nClerk in the House, occupying this position during\\nthat session, the next following, and the special\\nsessions thereafter. Later he went to Washington,\\nD. C, and became the clerk of J. A. Hubbell dur-\\ning the session of the Forty-eighth Congress. This\\ncontract ended, he accepted the position of clerk in\\nthe Pension Department, which, howevei he re-\\nsigned, to take a position with the Lansing Branch\\nof the Lake Shore Southern Michigan Railroad,\\nwhich he held about three years and then resigned.\\nIn July, 1887. Mr. Page was made Secretary of\\nthe Michigan Mutual Benefit Association, which\\nposition he has since held, and in which he has\\nproved himself thoroughly qualified. He assumed\\nniaiital and domestic ties in September. 1868, tak-\\ning for his wife Miss Jennie Frith, of Milan, Ohio,\\nwho was born near therein November. 1852, and is\\nthe daughter of George F. and Elizabeth Frith, who\\nwere natives of London, England, and are now\\ndeceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Page there were born\\ntwo children, both daughters Nellie F. and Cora\\nBelle. Our subject, politicallj-, is a Republican, and\\nsociall3 belongs to the Masonic fraternity, being a\\nKnigl\\\\t Templar, and a member of Eureka Com-\\nmandery No. 3, at Hillsdale.\\np^OBERT C. PATTERSON is numbered\\nU^ among the intelligent and honorable men\\n(k\\\\\\\\ who compose the farming community of\\n^i Hillsdale County, and is quietly pursuing\\nhis pleasant occupation on his farm on section 14,\\nAllen Township. He is a son of Joseph and Katrina\\n(Jagger) Patterson, who were natives respectively\\nof Ireland and New York State. His father came\\nto this country from his native land when twenty-\\none years of age. After marriage he and his wife\\nbegan their wedded life in Orange County, N. Y.,\\nwhence they removed some years later to Wayne\\nCounty, in the same State. In 1848 they came to\\nMichigan, and locating in the pretty township of\\nWoodstock, remained valued and respected mem-\\nbers of that place until death. They were worlhj-,\\nindustrious and true-hearted peoi)le. Eight children\\nwere born of their man-iage, of whom our subject\\nwas the fifth in order of birth.\\nMr. Patterson was born in Orange County, N. Y.,\\nFeb. 7, 1832, and the years of his boj hood were spent\\nin his native State, where he acquired a sound educa-\\ntion. He was sixteen years old when he came with\\nhis parents to Lenawee County, and he continued\\nto make his hume in Woodstock, where thej settled,\\nfor many j ears. After he came to Michigan he\\nlearned the carpenter s trade, and prosperously pur-\\nsued it while he remained a resident of Lenawee\\nCounty. His life has been partly that of a student\\nand thinker as well as of a worker, and for sixteen\\nwinters in that county he was engaged in the pro-\\nfession of teacher, and while thus imparting his\\nknowledge, he did much good, instilling into the\\nminds of his pu|)ils a wholesome love of learning,\\nand guiding their youthful minds in the right\\ndirection. In the year 1880 he ceased to be a\\ncitizen of Woodstock, and on the 23d of December,\\nthat year, he was united in marriage with Miss Lura\\nM. White, in Jackson, Mich. She is a daughter of\\nLemuel and LydiaS. (Armstrong) White, who were\\nnatives of Livingston County, N. Y., where they\\nlived until 1859. In that year they came to this\\ncounty, and settled in Allen Township, where Mr.\\nWhite died Aug. 7, 1887. To him .and his wife,\\nwho survives him, were born five children, of whom\\nMrs. Patterson was the third in order of birth.\\nShe was born in Livingston Coimty, N. Y., March\\n17, 1851, and was a mere infant when her parents\\nbrought her to this State, therefore she has known\\nno other home. She received from her mother a\\ncareful training, is intelligent and amiable, and\\nh.as made an excellent wife and mother. To her\\nand her husband was born a fine baby boy, Aug.\\n23, 1887, whom they have named Robert White.\\nIn the fall of 1881 Mr. Patterson came with his\\nwife to Hillsdale County, and settled in the town-\\nship of Allen, where he bought his present farm.\\nIt comprises eighty acres of rich and highly pro-\\nductive soil, which, by his industry and careful\\nmanagement, he has placed in a good state of", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0676.jp2"}, "677": {"fulltext": "i\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n665\\ncultivation. He has erected a fine house and has\\nsuitable out-buildings, and otiier good improve-\\nments. The pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Pat-\\nterson is made very attractive to man} friends,\\nwhom they have gathered around them since coming\\nto this township.\\nOur subject is a man of strong character, is\\nmentally well endowed, earnest and sincere in his\\nconvictions, and is of unblemished reputation. In\\npolitics he affiliates with the Republican party, and\\nfaithfully supports its measures when occasion oflfers.\\nHe is a member of the Masonic fraternity.\\nvvx* flja\u00c2\u00a3;\u00c2\u00a9^l^^-|\\nfl 5**^ V/v~-\\nANIEL J. CONGER, who has been a resi-\\ndent of Hillsdale for more than thirty\\nj-ears. is a man well spoken of by all his\\nneighbors as possessing the substantial qual-\\nities of character which constitute him one of the\\nmost reliable of citizens. He cast his lot with the\\npioneers of Hillsdale Countj when a j oung man\\ntwenty-one years of age, emigrating with his father\\nfrom Genesee County, N. Y.. in the fall of 1855.\\nWith the exception of a short time occupied at\\nmerchandising and milling in the village of Litch-\\nfield, he has been a continuous resident here since\\nthat time.\\nThe subject of our sketch was born in Bethany,\\nGenesee Co., N. Y.. Sept. 9. 1836. His parents,\\nJacob and Maria (Johnson) Conger, spent the\\nearly years of their life in the Empire State, but\\nare now residents of Litchfield, this county. The\\nhome circle included eight children, three sons and\\nfive daughters, six of whom are living, and mostly\\nresidents of Hillsdale County.\\nOur subject, who was the fifth child of his par-\\nents, continued under the parental roof most of the\\ntime until over thirty years of age, and was married\\non the 9th of December, 1866, to Miss Eliza, daugh-\\nter of William and Margaret (Jeffers) Wade, who\\nwere natives of Ireland. They emigrated to this\\ncountry about 1844, settling in Litchfield Town-\\nship, where the father died in June, 1865; the\\nmother resides in Litchfield, this county. Mrs.\\nConger was born Feb. 8, 1835, in Ireland, and was\\nthe second child of the familj- of her parents, which\\nincluded two sons and six daughters. Of these all\\nare living and located mostly in Hillsdale County.\\nMrs. Conger was two 3 ears of age at the time of\\ncrossing the Atlantic, and continued with her par-\\nents until her marriage. Her union with our sub-\\nject has resulted in the birth of one child only, a\\ndaughter, Alice May, who was born Nov. 9, 1867.\\nOur subject purchased his present farm in April,\\n1883, and during his residence of five years upon\\nit has effected decided improvements. It embraces\\n185 acres, mostly under a good state of cultivation,\\nwith substantial buildings, and the other appliances\\ncalculated for the comfort and convenience of the\\nfamily and the prosecution of the ordinary farm\\nwork. Mr. Conger has had little time to devote\\nto political affairs, but takes a genuine interest in\\nmatters pertaining to the welfare of the township,\\nand uniformly votes the straight Republican ticket.\\nHe constitutes one of those solid factors in the\\ncommunity which, although making very little\\nnoise in the world, are still performing a very im-\\nportant part in keeping the social fabric together,\\nand upholding those principles which tend to its\\nbest welfare.\\nBIATHAR PHILLIPS. The name of this\\ngentleman properly oecupys a conspicuous\\nplace among the annals of Hillsdale County.\\nHe comes of substantial Scotch ancestry,\\nbeing the son of Abiathar, Sr., and Hannah (R.anney)\\nPhillips, who were natives of Massachusetts. He\\nwas born Oct. 27, 1774, she Nov. 1, 1782. After\\nmarriage they removed to Cattaraugus County, N.\\nY., where the mother died July 28, 1857, and the\\nfather on the 1st of February, 1863, when in the\\neighty-ninth year of his age. Their children bore\\nthe names of Esther, Eliza, Abiathar, George, Anna,\\nSamuel, Harriet, William H., Charles II., Alonzo\\nF., John P. and Jared. Six are yet living.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Dec. 11,1 804,\\nin Franklin County, Mass., and until a lad of eleven\\nye.ars attended school in his native township. His\\nparents then emigrated to Ontario Countj N. Y.,\\nand from there a few j ears later removed to Catta-\\nraugus Count}-, where they continued until resting\\ni\u00c2\u00bb", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0677.jp2"}, "678": {"fulltext": "u\\n666\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nfrom their earthl.y labors. Both were members of\\nthe Presb3 terian Church for many j ears. Abinthar,\\nof our sketch, upon coming to this county in\\nNovember, 1868, located upon eighty acres of^and,\\nfrom which he has eliminated one of the finest\\nfarms in this section. In addition to tlie careful\\ncultivation of the soil, which has yielded abun-\\ndantly, he has also made a specialty of fine stock, in\\nwhich industry he has been eminentl^^ successful.\\nThe wife of our subject, to whom he was married\\nJan. 17, 1861, was formerly Miss Amanda P. Ellis,\\nwho was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., Dec.\\n17, 1839. Mrs. Phillips is the daughter of William\\nL. and Amarilla E. (Barnum) Ellis, who were also\\nof New England ancestry, the father a native of\\nMassachusetts, and the mother of the State of New\\nYork. William L. Ellis died in Cattaraugus County,\\nN. Y., April 27, 18C2. The mother is still living\\nat the residence of her daughter in Allegan} N.\\nY. Of their three children. Amanda, Mrs. Phillips,\\nwas the eldest. One of her sisters, Martha M., is\\nthe wife of P rederick Blackmore. of Worth County,\\nIowa; Mary J. married Joseph Blair, and con-\\ntinues a resident of Allegany, Cattaraugus Co.,\\nN. Y.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Phillips there were given four\\nchildren, of whom the record is as follows: Wel-\\nlington A. was born Feb. 13, 1862, and died April\\n14, 1865; Frank W. was born March 7, 1864, and\\nmarried Miss Emma Gould, of Hillsdale County; he\\nis carrying on farming in this county. They had one\\ndaughter, bom in June. 1887, and who died at the\\nage of three months. Harry M. was born July 23,\\n1868. and assists in carrying on the home farm;\\nMaj-, who vvas born Aug. 15, 1873, died on the 25th\\nof October following. The parents of Mrs. Phillips\\nwere members in good standing of the Baptist\\nChurch. Our subject before his removal to the\\nWest was Supervisor of his township in Cattaraugus\\nCounty for many j ears. He is a stanch Democrat,\\npolitically, and notwithstanding his advanced age,\\nis more active mentally and physically than many a\\nyounger man. His genial temperament, strict hon-\\nesty, and excellent qualities as a man and a citizen,\\nhave conspired to bring around him a large circle\\nof warm friends, and together with his excellent\\nwife, he occupys an enviable position in his com-\\nmunity. Their pleasant homestead embraces a por-\\ntion of section 21, and it is noticeable on account\\nof the neatness and order which prevail, and the\\nevident care with which the farm has been managed\\nin all its details.\\nf\\n38^\\n^OHN McDOUGALL is an enterprising and\\nable farmer and stock-grower, living on sec-\\ntion 8, Woodbridge Township. He was\\n^^Jj born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Jan. 1 1\\n1853, and is the son of James and Agnes (Boj le)\\nMcDougall. natives of Scotland, who emigrated to\\nthis counti y and settled in Ohio, where Mr. McDou-\\ngall was prosperously engaged in farming until his\\nremoval to this township in 1858. (For further\\nparental history see sketch of James McDougall on\\nanother page).\\nOur subject received his education in the common\\nschools of Hillsdale County, and was occupied with\\nfarm work in the intervals of attendance at school\\nuntil he was nineteen 3 ears of age, when he went to\\nwork by the month and year for himself. He\\nstarted out to obtain employment in the stone quar-\\nries of Ohio, and worked there three summers,\\nand by his hard an l persistent toil and prudent\\neconomy accumulated 11,000. He subsequently\\nturned his attention once more to the occupation to\\nwhich he had been bred, and purchased ten acres of\\nland, for which he gave $1,100. incurring a debt of\\n$780 on it, but going to work with his accus-\\ntomed energy, in a few years he had it all paid\\nfor, and succeeded admirably in his calling. In\\n1884 Mr. McDougall moved to this township, and\\nmanaged his father s farm of 160 acres for three\\nyears, and April 5. 1887, he moved with his fam-\\nily to his present place of residence. His farm\\ncomprises sixty acres of land, exceedingly fertile\\nand productive, and under his good management it\\nbids fair to become one of the most desirable farms\\nin this locality.\\nMr. McDougall took unto himself a helpmate and\\ncompanion in the person of Miss Caddis Root, Sept.\\n26, 1872. She was born in 1851, in Cuyahoga\\nCounty, Ohio, and is the daughter of J. L. and Se-\\nrepta (Rice) Root, natives of Connecticut and", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0678.jp2"}, "679": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n667\\nMassachusetts. They settled in Cuyahoga Count}^\\nin early times, being among the pioneers of that\\npart of Ohio. The father is a. prosperous farmer,\\nand is still living there on his old homestead. Mrs.\\nMcDougall was reared in the home of her birth,\\nand received a common-school education. She and\\nher husband are the parents of three children, as\\nfollows: Bernice, born Sept. 10, 1877; Ava, Oct.\\n8, 1881, and Anna, July 1, 1883.\\nMr. McDougall s career thus far has marked him\\nas a keen, shrewd, far-seeing man, with an enter-\\nprising and energetic disposition, and he is steadily\\nacquiring an assured position among the most pros-\\nperous farmers and stock-growers of this locality.\\nIn his political opinions our subject sides with the\\nDemocrats, and heartily supports the candidates of\\nthat party by voice and vote. He has recently be-\\ncome a Mason, having joined the A. F. A. M., at\\nCambria, in 1888.\\nP^ HILO D. CON VIS is an old and highly es-\\n1 teemed resident of Locust Corners, town\\nof Pittsford, where he is engaged in farm-\\n1 I ing. He formerly kept a hotel here, which\\nwas a favorite stopping place for travelers, and he\\nbecame widely and favorably known :is a genial\\nhost, a man of sound business h.ibits, and unques-\\ntioned integrity. He was born in Jefferson County,\\nN. Y., July 25, 1816, and is a son of John Convis,\\nand grandson of David Convis, a European by\\nbirth, who emigrated to this country some time\\nduring the eighteenth century, and settled in Ver-\\nmont. He later moved to Jefferson County, N. Y.,\\nin the early days of its settlement, and from there\\nremoved to Ohio, and located in Geauga County,\\nwhere he closed his earthly pilgrimage.\\nThe father of our subject grew to a vigorous\\nmanhood amid the rugged hills of Vermont, which\\nW!is the home of his birth, and from there went to\\nNew York when a young man, and there married\\nand settled in Jefferson Count} the name of the\\nmaiden of his choice being Mehitable Graves, a na-\\ntive of New York State, whose father was either\\nBenoni or Benjamin (craves. Mr. Convis bought a\\nfarm near Ellisburg. and he and his wife made their\\nhome there until 1830, when they moved to Wayne\\nCounty. Mr. Convis bought a farm in the town of\\nOntario, which he owned and operated quite suc-\\ncessfully until 1850. Then he sold out all his\\nproperty in New York and came to this State,\\nwhere he located in Shiawassee County. He and his\\nwife spent their declining years in Gratiot County.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared on a farm\\nin his native State, and early became inured to the\\nhard labors of a farmer, which were not then\\nlightened bj machinery as in these days of modern\\nimprovements. He resided with his parents until\\n1838, and being strong and active greatly assisted\\nhis father in the management of the farm. On the\\n11th of October, 1838, he was married to Miss\\nHulda Halleck, who was born in Ontario, Wayne\\nCo., N. Y., Oct. 0, 1822. Her parents, James\\nand Mehitable Halleck, were pioneers of Wheat-\\nland, settling there in 1838. In October. 1839, our\\nSubject and his young wife started with her father for\\nMichigan, coming via the Erie Canal and Lake Erie\\nto Toledo, and thence on the primitive railw.a^\\nwith its rails of wood, on the top of which were\\niron straps, to the town of Adrian. There they\\nhired a team to take them to the locality now known\\nas Church s Corners, where our subject and his\\nwife took up their residence for a year with her\\nfather s family. Mr. Convis then built a shanty on\\na 40-acre tract of land which he had bought\\njoining his father in-Iaw s place. The country was\\neven then in a very wild state, although some\\nyears had passed since its first settlement. Deer\\nwere plenty, as well as wild turkeys and other\\ngame, and wolves and bears were occasionally seen.\\nHe energetically set about improving his land,\\ncleared twenty-five acres, set out an orchard, built\\na good frame house, and lived there until 1 850, pros-\\nperously engaged in agricultural pursuits. In that\\nyear he disposed of that farm and bought another in\\nthe same township, on which he resided until 1857.\\nHe then traded for the farm he now owns, and\\nwhen he located here built a large frame house and\\nopened a hotel, which became a popular resort for\\ntravelers under his able management, and was well\\npatronized. He has retired from the hotel business\\nand pays exclusive attention to the care of his farm,", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0679.jp2"}, "680": {"fulltext": "i\\n668\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nwhich comprises sixty-eight acres in the most fer-\\ntile agricultural region in this part of Hillsriale\\nCounty, its well-tilled fields and neat and commo-\\ndious frame buildings forming an attractive feature\\nin the landscape.\\nThe good wife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarried in very early manhood, and who was to\\nhim a faithful companion and helper, departed this\\nlife in July, 1865. Mr. Con vis was married a\\nsecond time, Oct. I, 1871, to Miss Hattie Hicks,\\nwho is a native of Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., N. Y.\\nShe comes of a long line of English ancestry, and\\nthe first members of the family to leave En-\\ngland were her great-grandfather, Barnett Hicks,\\nand two of his brothers, all of whom settled in\\nMassachusetts, making their permanent home there.\\nHer grandfather, Stephen Hicks, was born in that\\nState, and when he was old enough was apprenticed\\nfor seven years to learn the tailor s trade, and\\nfollowed it for several years. He was also a soldier\\nin the Revolutionary War. In 1805 he migrated to\\nNew York, the removal being made with teams,\\nand he there became an earl} pioneer of Jefferson\\nCount} where he improved a farm. Barnett\\nHicks, the father of Mrs. Convis, was born in Roho-\\nboth, Mass., and was eight years old when his\\nparents moved to New York, where he grew to\\nmanhood, married, and afterward lived on the\\nold homestead that his father wrested from the wil-\\nderness so many years ago, until May 19, 1888,\\nwhen his death occurred at the age of ninety-one\\nyears; his father lived to the advanced age of\\nninety-eight years. The maiden name of Mrs. Hicks\\nwas Abigail Wheelock, daughter of Luther and Polly\\n(Bishop) Wheelock. She is now eighty-four years\\nold.\\nMr. Convis is the father of five children, namely\\nWallace, wiio lives in Wheatland Township; Maria,\\nwife of George Beasom. lives in Hand County,\\nDak.; Louisa is the wife of Philo Wilcox, of Pitts-\\nford Township; Emma is the wife of J.acob Swart-\\nout, of Osceola County, Mich. Frank lives in Pitts-\\nford.\\nOur subject and his wife aie in every way worthy\\nof the warm regard and confidence in which they\\nare held by all who know them their integrity is\\nbeyond question; they are kind-hearted, true friends\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24^\\nto their neighbors, and ever ready to help those\\nwho need their aid and sympathy. In politics Mr.\\nConvis has been identified with the Republican\\nparty ever since its organization, and has been a\\nstanch advocate of all its measures for the benefit\\nof the people.\\ni, RS. JANE GILBERT, a lady of fine men-\\ntal capacities and very capable in business\\nmatters, is the widow of the late James\\nGilbert, of Litchfield, and a daughter of\\nGeorge and Eliza (LeDur) Dudley, natives respect-\\nively of Vermont and Albany, N. Y. Her father\\nwas of Scotch ancestry, while her mother was of\\nFrench descent. Her maternal great-great-grand-\\nfather emigrated from France it is supposed prior\\nto the Revolutionary War.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Gilbert removed from the\\nEmpire State soon after their marriage, and coming\\nto the West located in Jackson County, Mich.,\\namong the early pioneers of that section. Mr.\\nDudley occupied himself as a tiller of the soil, but\\ndied in the prime of life, in August, 1858. when\\nforty-one years of age. The motiier is still living,\\nand is now a resident of Butler Township, Branch\\nCounty, being now sixty-four years old, making her\\nhome with her son Edwin, the child of her first\\nm.arriage. After the death of Mr. Dudley she\\nbecame the wife of George Sine. Of this union\\nthere were no children.\\nThe two brothers and two sisters of Mrs. Gil-\\nbert are now all residents of Michigan. Mrs. G.\\nwas born in Concord Township, Jackson County,\\nAug. 31, 1845. and as a young girl enjoyed the\\nadvantages of the district school. The family, in\\n1857, removed to St. Louis on account of the fail-\\ning health of the father, and Jane attended the\\nUnion School of that city two years. Returning\\nto her home in Jackson County, this State, she was\\nmarried, Dec. 23. 1863, to James Gilbert, who was\\nthe eldest son of James, Sr., and Mary (McLouth)\\nG lbert, and was born in Homer Township, Calhoun\\nCo., Mich.. Dec. 25, 1835. The parents of Mr.\\nGilbert were natives respectively of Edinburgh,\\nScotland, and the city of New York. The father", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0680.jp2"}, "681": {"fulltext": "i\\n-4^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n669\\ntipon emijrrntino- to this country made his way to\\ntiio State of Mieiiignn during its pioneer days, and\\npurchased 480 acres of Government land in Homer\\nTownship, Callioun County, where lie labored in-\\ndustriously and established a comfortable home.\\nHis death took place in January. 1874, when ho w.as\\nseventy-four years old. The mother survived her\\nhusband until Februarj-, 1881, and then ptissed\\naway also at the age of seventj -four ye.irs. They\\nwere the parents of four children, all sons. Oliver\\nGilbert during the late war enlisted first with the\\nthree-months men in April, 18G1. with the 4th\\nMichigan Infautr} At the expiration of this time\\nhe re-entered the ranks for a term of three years,\\nand being taken ill with typhoid fever was con-\\nveyed to the hospital in Washington, sufifered a re-\\nlapse, and died in 1861. The other brothers are\\nresidents of Hillsdale Conntj-.\\nMr. Gilliert was a well-educated man, having at-\\ntended school first in Jonesville, and subsequently\\nwas a student at Albion College two years. After\\ntheir marriage Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert settled upon a\\nfarm of 240 acres in Callioun County, where Mr.\\nG. labored successfully until ill-health compelled\\nhim to abandon farming and its attendant labors\\nand cares. They tiien took up their residence in\\nLitchfield, where the death of Mr. Gilbert occurred\\nJuly 25, 1875. His devoted wife was thus made a\\nwidow and his children fatherless. Mrs. Gil-\\nbert exerted herself to bear up under this sore afflic-\\ntion, and with true motherlj- devotion trained\\nher children carefully and gave them the advantages\\nof an excellent education. The eldest child, Agnes,\\nwas graduated from the Litchfield Union School in\\nthe class of 81, and subsequentlj attended Hills-\\ndale College two j ears. (She is now one of the\\nmost succe.ssful teachers in this locality, having had\\ncharge of district schools as well as the intermediate\\ndepartment of Litchfield Union School. For seven\\nyears she has been prominently identified with the\\neducational interests of the county, her heart being\\nin her work and her cap.acities of more than ordi-\\nnary scope. Oliver D. was graduated from the\\nabove school in the class of 82, and for five j ears\\nwas connected with the mercantile house of A. J.\\nLovejoy, of Litchfield; he is a promising 3 oung\\nbusiness man, and a favorite both in social and busi-\\nness circles; he subsequently occupied himself .is\\na teacher in the winter season. A. J., the next son,\\nnow has charge of his mother s farm of 240 acres\\nin Homer Township, Calhoun County. Both mother\\nand clilidren are members of the Congregational\\nChurch, and Miss Agnes Gilbert, who is warmly\\ninterested in the temperance movement, is identified\\nwith the W. C. T. U.. of Litchfield.\\nSince the death of her husband Mrs. Gilbert, in\\naddition to the responsibilities alreadj- indicated,\\nhas had the general supervision of the estate, which\\nshe has managed with great discretion and good\\njudgment, enhancing its value and keeping up the\\nimprovements on the farm, so that it is now one of\\nthe most valnable in tliis part of the State. She\\nbears the reputation of a most estimable and kindly\\nlady, vvho has always exercised a good influence\\nupon those around her, and has been especially a\\nmost faithful and praiseworthy guardian to her chil-\\ndren, who have grown up gifted and intelligent,\\nand fully justifying the pride with which they are\\nnaturally regarded by the best of mothers.\\nAMES C. COOPER. Among the men who\\nsettled in the southern part of this county\\nI\\nI, during the pioneer d.ays, the subject of this\\nsketch occupies no unimportant position. A\\nm.an who has made the most of his opportunities\\nin life, he has kept his eyes open to what was going\\non around him in the world, h.as labored well and\\nlearned wisely, and is now in the enjoyment of the\\nfruits of his industry. His is a career which is full\\nof interest to the thoughtful mind, and we give it\\nwith little embellishment.\\nSeneca County. N. Y., w.as the early tramping\\nground of our sul)ject. his birth having taken place\\nnear the town of Junius on the 4tli of September,\\n1831. His father, John C. Cooper, was born in\\nRockland County, at the modest homestead of his\\nfather in the township of Hempstead, on Nov. 9,\\n1794. The paternal grandfather, James Cooper,\\nwas a gentleman of English birth and ancestry, and\\nown cousin to the great philanthropist, Peter Cooper,\\nof New York, whose name is familiar to all the in-\\ntelligent people of this continent.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0681.jp2"}, "682": {"fulltext": "670\\n4\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nJames Cooper crossed the Atlantic early in life,\\naccompanied by his brother Jacob. The latter set-\\ntled in Brooklj n, where he spent the remainder of\\nhis life. James settled in Hempstead Tovynship,\\nSeneca County, where he carried on farming, and\\ndied in 1798. He had married Miss Margaret\\nGrenee, a native of France, who survived her hus-\\nband three years, dying in 1 80 1 They were the par-\\nents of three children, of whom John C, the father of\\nour subject, was the second child. His brother\\nAlbert settled first in New York City, and later in\\nBrooklyn, dying in the latter place. The sister,\\nSarah, became the wife of John King, and settled\\nin Rockland County, N. Y.\\nJohn C. Cooper learned the trade of cabinet-\\nmaker, and located in Seneca County, N. Y., about\\n1812. Two 3-ears later he enlisted in the United\\nStates army, serving about one j ear, then resumed\\nwork at his trade in the town of Junius. After\\nmarriage, however, he abandoned the shop for the\\nfarm and thereafter followed agricultural pursuits\\nuntil retiring from active labor. He spent his last\\nyears in the town of Tyre, where his death took\\nplace Aug. 24, 1874. His wife was in hei- girlhood\\nMiss Mary .Servend, a native of Rockland County,\\nand she was born Jan. 18, 1801. Her father,\\nJames H. Servend, it is believed, was a native of\\nNew York Slate, and of Holland ancestiy. He set-\\ntled in Junius at an early period in its history and\\nimproved a farm, upon which he remained the bal-\\nance of his life, his death taking place in Decem-\\nber, 1852. His wife, the maternal grandmother of\\nour subject, was Annie Lawrence, who was born in\\nSchoharie County, and spent her last 3 ears with her\\nson in Seneca County. The mother of our subject\\nis still living, and makes her home in Seneca Falls,\\nN. Y.\\nJames C. Cooper was the fifth child of the\\nparental household, and continued on the farm\\nuntil a youth of seventeen. Then wishing to see\\nsomething more of the world, he engaged in boating\\non the Erie Canal, being thus occupied two years.\\nIn 1851 he came to Southern Michigan, .arriving in\\nHillsdale County about the 1st of September. He\\nwas unmarried at this time, and his only capital\\nwas embraced in good health and his willing hands.\\nHe soon secured work in the young town of Wbeat-\\na^ I\\nland at fiftj- cents per day. In December of that\\nyear, having completed his job, lie repaired to Ran-\\nsom, seeking another. Here nothing offered but\\nthe splitting of rails at fifty cents per iiundrod,\\nbut even this was better than nothing. Not being\\nan adept he could scarcely earn his bo.ard. A few\\nweeks later, in company with another man, he opened\\na sugar camp on land belonging to speculators,\\nwhere they kept bachelors hall and carried on\\nsugar making with indifferent results. The coun-\\ntry at this time was infested with wolves and\\nother wild animals, including deer, from wiiich they\\noften secured fine vension. One night they were\\ncalled upon by a bear who, however, went off leav-\\ning them undisturbed, his presence becoming known\\nby the tracks in the snow. They had only fairly\\ncommenced their venture of sugar making when\\nour subject was proffered work on a farm, so he\\ngave up this experiment, and continued theemplo3 e\\nof Thomas Burt until late in the fall of the follow-\\ning year.\\nIn November, 1852, Mr. Cooper returned E.ast\\nand continued with his parents until in March, 1 854.\\nHe had b^ no means recovered from his attack of\\nWestern fever, and now returning to his old haunts\\nin this county, purchased eighty acres of the land\\nwhich he now owns and occupies. It was all in\\ntimber, and he had not capital sufficient to give up\\nhis time to its clearing and cultivation, so returned\\nto his native State and spent the following summer.\\nIn December, 1854, he came West again, and\\nonce more became the employe of Mr. Burt, with\\nwhom he continued until spring, then farmed for\\nhimself on rented land.\\nIn the fall of 1855 Mr. Cooper began operating a\\nsawmill on shares, and was thus occupied until June\\nfollowing. In the meantime he purchased twenty\\nacres of land on section 12, in Ransom Township,\\nand taking possession of the solitary cabin on it,\\ncontinued there until March, 1 857, when he repaired\\nto his first purchase, upon which he had erected a\\nlog house. In the meantime, on the 1st of Decem-\\nber, 1855, he had taken unto himself a wife and\\nhelpmate. Miss Miranda Crommer, who had shared\\nwith him his cabin home on section 12. Since the\\nspring of 1857 they have been continuous occu-\\npants of their present farm, which now embraces", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0682.jp2"}, "683": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n1 60 acres of fertile land, the greater part in a produc-\\ntive condition, and upon whicii Mr. Cooper lias\\nerected a neat and substantial residence, and all the\\nother buildings required for the shelter of stock and\\nthe storing of grain.\\nThe wife of our subject is the daughter of .John\\nCrommer, and was born in the town of Burton,\\nGe.auga Co., Ohio. June 11, 1835. Her father, a\\nnative of the State of New York, was left an orphan\\nat an early age, but succeeded in making his own\\nway comfortably and upon reaching manhood was\\nmarritd in .Steuben County, where he resided until\\n1833. Then, accompanied by his wife and children,\\nhe emigrated to Ohio, making his way by canal and\\nlake to Cleveland, and thence overland to Geauga\\nCounty, where he purchased land near the town of\\nBurton, and commenced the improvement of a farm.\\nSeven years later, however, he sold this and started\\nfor Michigan. The removal hither was made over-\\nland, his outfit consisting of two yoke of oxen,\\ntwo wagons and two horses. The boys rode the\\nhorses most of the way, and the journey prob-\\nably consumed about three weeks. They took up\\ntheir residence first in Pittsford Township, but a\\nj-ear later removed to Ransom Township, where the\\nfather purchased a tr.ictof land on section 12. The\\ncountry around was ver} thinly settled, and the\\nvarious kinds of wild beasts that were natives of the\\nforests still lingered here. Mr. Crommer erected\\na log house with a shake roof, and the chimney\\nconstructed of dirt and sticks. The mother having\\nno stove carried on her cooking by the fireplace.\\nShe also si)un wool and flax, and wove much of the\\ncloth for the use of the household.\\nIn 1 72 John Crommer set out for California in\\nthe wake of some of his sons who had preceded him\\nto the Pacific Slope. His family never saw him\\nmore, as he died there in January, 1K73. His wife,\\nthe mother of Mrs. Cooper, was formerly Miss Ruby\\nHoward, a native of New York State, and the\\ndaughter of Daniel and Esther Howard. .She also\\ndied in California some years after the decease of\\nher husband, on the 2olh of January, 1857.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Cooper there have been born four\\nchildren, three now living: Mary P., Mrs. Pettit,\\nis a resident of Ransom Township Darlej Brooks\\nis farming in Wright Township; .lohn C. married\\nMiss ^Martha A. Stump, .and is carrying on .agricult-\\nure in Ransom Township; Jasper, the second chilil,\\ndied in the sixth year of his age. Mr. Cooper dur-\\ning the late war enlisted on the 22d of August,\\n1862, in Batterj I, 1st Michigan Light Artiller3\\nand served until February, 1864, when he was\\ncompelled to accept his discharge on account of\\ndisability. In the meantime he had met the enemy\\nin various engagements, the most important being\\nthe battle of Gettysburg, from which fortunately he\\nescaped without injury.\\nfe \u00c2\u00ab^a\u00c2\u00abi5 yjT\u00c2\u00bb--.\\n*\u00c2\u00a3jmfS-^^\\nipsjY OBERT McDOUGALL. of Hillsdale Town-\\nlUir ship, of Scotch parentage, was born near the\\ncitj of Gliisgow, Scotland, March 9, 1843.\\nS(\u00c2\u00a9;His parents, James and Agnes (Boj le) Mc-\\nDougall, representing in an especial degree the most\\nvalued traits of that brave, honest and industrious\\npeople, came to this country when our subject was\\nabout five years old. and settled a little west of\\nCleveland, Ohio, where thej remained, principally\\nfarming, until early in 1856, when they lemoved to\\nthis county, and bought, paying in part vvith their\\nhard-earned siivings, a nearly wild eiglit^- acres in\\nthe township of Woodbridge. On this farm, by\\ntheir energj and industry, they made a pleasant\\nhome and reared their children: Jeannet, now\\nMrs. Robert Moore; James, Jr.; Jane, now Mrs.\\nRobert Carruthers; Andrew; John; Agnes, now\\nMrs. H. C. Curtis, and Margaret. Infirmities inci-\\ndent to age and a l:iborioiis life prompted them a\\nfew years ago to resign the care of the old home-\\nstead to one of their sons, when they removed to\\nand now reside in the pleasant village of Cambria.\\nRobert, wlien little more than eighteen years old,\\nprompted by a conviction of duly, with no thought of\\ncompensation or reward, enlisted as private in Com-\\npany G, 2d Michigan Cavalry, Sept. 7. 1861, under\\nCapt. F. Fowler, for three j ears or during the war,\\nbut with the mental reservation tiiat it would be for\\nduring the war, unless shot out prior to its close.\\nWhether he would be able to do his duty he did\\nnot know, but a sense of justness in the cause he so\\npromptly espoused, nerved him with a faith that\\nsomehow in the trying moments of a soldier s life\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0683.jp2"}, "684": {"fulltext": ".t\\n672\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhe would be able to acquit himself as becomes a\\npatriot, and as he turned about to take one more\\nlook at his home, the thought. entered his mind that\\npossibly it would be the last, if not, and he should\\nreturn to it again, it would probablj be when he\\nwas disabled to do further dut}^ to his country.\\nWiping a tear from his eye, he turned and walked\\nalone to Hillsdale and took train for Detroit, where\\nhe joined his regiment on its way to St. Louis, Mo.\\nHere the regiment spent several weeks drilling\\npreparatory to taking the field, and about the last\\nof February, 1862, took boat for Commerce, whence\\nit marched across the country two days, halting\\nbefore the Confederate gunboats and forts of New\\nMadrid. Here their first real soldiering commenced,\\nand as if to try the metal of the regiment, by the au-\\ndacious coolness of Col. Minty, it was made to sit\\nquietly in saddle and receive at very close range\\nthe fire from a thirty-pound rifled piece in the up-\\nper fort. After the surrender of New Madrid and\\nthe fall of Island No. 10, the regiment was placed\\non the transport Red Rover, a fine steamer just\\ncaptured from the rebels, passed down the river to\\nnear Memphis, returned past Cairo up the Ohio and\\nTennessee, and debarked at the end of several days at\\nPittsburg Landing just after the battle of Shiloh.\\nAfter participating in the devastating campaign\\nof Corinth, including the engagement of Farming-\\nton, defeating Chalmers, under Col. P. H. Sheridan\\nat Boonville, July I, and raiding and skirmishing\\nin Northern Mississippi until early in the month of\\nSeptember, it was moved to Kentucky where it\\nencountered Bragg s advance forces in the suburbs\\nof Louisville. Pressing him back as the} ad-\\nvanced to Perryville, it engaged him the evening\\nbefore, and dui ing the battle crossed the Cumber-\\nland Mountains by bridle-path into upper East Ten-\\nnessee, where, during the engagement of Stone\\nRiver, it destroyed the enemy s communication with\\nthe East by the destruction of two large bridges at\\nUnion and Carter s Stations. When on the return,\\nand at the base of the main ridge, after having been\\nout of the saddle but thirty hours during the last\\nfive days and seventeen hours, during which lime\\nthey had been constantly harassed by a concentrat-\\ning and constantly increasing enemy, Robert was\\nordered to take six men and hold at all hazard the\\nintersecting road, on which a large force was mo-\\nmen tarih expected. CarefuU^^ selecting six men of\\nknown courage, he quietlj led tliem aside and told\\nthem if they had any prayers to say, to sa^ them\\nnow, as they would hold that road until their com-\\nmander passed or die in the attempt. Each man,\\nlooking well to his arms, selected his position under\\nthe dim stars, the stillness broken only by the clank-\\ning sabres and tread of the horses feet on the rocks\\nabove.\\nAfter its severe labor of 750 miles in twenty\\ndays, mostly in the Cumberland Mountains, and\\nmuch of the time destitute of rations, the regiment\\nrested at Nicholasville, Ky., finally returned to\\nLouisville, thence proceeded by rail to Nashville,\\nand after much scouting arrived in Franklin, Feb.\\n25, 1863. Here it remained some time contending\\nbravely with a largel} superior force of rebel cav-\\nalry under Gen. Van Dorn.\\nAt this point Robert received assurance that he\\nhad been able to do his duty. Gen. Rosecrans pro-\\nposed the formation of an elite corps, to be selected\\nfrom all the cavalry in his department, to be finely\\nmounted and equipped, and expected to be able to\\nperform any dutj howsoever severe or trying to the\\nstrength and courage of each man. Company G\\nwas ordered to select by ballot two men in its judg-\\nment best qualified to represent it in this ideal com-\\nmand, and Robert, although just twenty years of\\nage, and one of the youngest members of the com-\\npany, was the first chosen to fill that trying position.\\nFor some reason the plan was not farther consum-\\nmated, and Robert was permitted to remain with his\\ncompany, which took an active part during the\\nnext eight months in Rosecrans famous Tullahoma\\ncampaign, which terminated with the battle of\\nChickamauga. Soon thereafter he was selected by\\nGen. Ed McCook as one of his scouts, in which\\ncapacitj he was actively engaged during the re-\\nmainder of 1863 and the early part of 1864, first\\nnorth of the Cumberland range in the vicinity of\\nSparta and Cook ville, and about the close of the siege\\nof Knoxville crossed the mountains up into East\\nTennessee, where he was in daily contact with Gen.\\nLongstreet s forces for some weeks. Coming down\\nthe valley near the base of Chilhowie Mountain to\\nthe Little Tennessee, he passed with two compan-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0684.jp2"}, "685": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n673\\n\\\\r\\nions up tliat stream through tlie Smoky Mountains\\ninto Nortli Carolina, where for tliree weeks he\\nremained watching the Confederate forces. On his\\nreturn he found his command some sixtj miles\\nbelow where he had left it, and was at once ordered\\nwith one companion back up into East Tennessee.\\nPassing along the base of the Smoky range, leaving\\nKnoxville about thirty miles to the left, where the\\nnearest Union forces were then stationed,at the end of\\nseveral days hard and dangerous riding they halted\\nnear Daudri lge, whence, after they h.ad properl} dis-\\ncliarged their dut} they returned by the most\\nsecluded paths, and at the end of three weeks\\nrejoined their conimand at Cleveland, Tenn., March\\n27, 1864.\\nAt tliis place, the following day, Robert was mus-\\ntered as a veteran, and immediately with three\\ncompanions went south into Georgia. Between\\nSpring Place and Red Claj the rebel lines were\\nfound and watched by these four scouts until April\\n1, when, in pursuit of a company of rebel cavalry\\ntoward Cleveland, on the Dalton road, while pass-\\ning through a dense wood, the} were fired into\\nat close range without a word of warning, by\\nsome thirty men, who lay concealed about fif-\\nteen paces from the road. John Lynch, a soldier\\nof marked fidelity and courage, was instantlj- killed\\nJulius Hurd, a somewhat peculiar but brave man,\\nthen disguised in a rebel uniform, was wounded,\\nthe shot breaking his arm R. E. Crotty, a very\\nactive and competent young man, by his horse\\nfalling, effected his escape unhurt, and Robert was\\nshot through the knee, but managed to ride his\\nhorse, which was mortally wounded, into the bushes\\nbeyond the leaden storm, where by secreting him-\\nself under a fallen tree he was not discovered.\\nLater in the day he was found by four young\\nwomen Jane Young. Rhoda Ileadriek, Sarah Muli-\\nnuux and Polly Ileadriek, who having heard the\\nfire came down after the rebels had left to see\\nwhetlier the Yanks, whom they knew to be near, had\\ngut hurt. After a little crying, and receiving an\\nencouraging word from the wounded soldier, they\\nprocured a board, on which they carried him a mile\\nor more to the home of Widow Ileadriek. Crotty\\nreported with all haste at Cleveland, some sixteen\\nmiles distant, and the following night Mr. Farns-\\nworth, a very daring scout, picked his way through\\nthe thickets, reached Mrs. Ileadrick s about mid-\\nnight, staid with his wounded comrade a few hours,\\n.ind was well on his wnj toward the Union lines before\\nlight. Li a few days Crott} came and reported\\nthat Surgeon Brownell, of the 2d Cavalry, with\\nquite a l.irge escort, had tried twice to reach Mrs.\\nH. s, but was each time driven back. Crotty re-\\nmained all night with Robert, was taken prisoner\\nnext morning on his return to camp, was taken to\\nDalton, condemned to be shot as a spy, but owing\\nto the advance of .Sherman was placed among other\\nprisoners, and finall^^ escaped.\\nRobert, in the meantime, not wishing to call in\\nto his aid an enemy who thus far had shown him no\\nquarter, received with gratitude the most tender\\ncare that loyal women in rather a poor country\\ncould bestow, realizing from the outset that nothing\\nbut amputation could save his life, the question\\nbeing whether a super!) constitution could hold out\\nuntil surgical aid was obtained. On a bed of un-\\nremitting pain, his mind wandered northward to his\\nfriends, home and mother; once he briefly wrote\\nher that he was wounded. Cut ofif from all intelli-\\ngence with the outside world, he often recalled the\\npresentiment he had when he enlisted, and as week\\nfollowed week, the poison from his wound, con-\\nsuming with intense burning his system, the frag-\\nments of his knee painfully grating with each move-\\nment of his muscles, he calml} and patienti} as\\neach succeeding morning found him in a more\\nreduced and agonizing state, contemplated the pros-\\npective end, his regret that he could not see his\\nmother and die in Michigan being softened by the\\nconsciousness of having faithfully done his duty to\\nhis country in her trying hour.\\nFinally, a young man of the neighborhood who had\\nbeen acting as guide to the Union forces on toward\\nAtlanta, haiipened to return, and at once went to\\nCleveland and notified the surgeon in charge of the\\nhospital, llis assistant arrived the following morn-\\ning, June 1, examined the patient, and remarked:\\nYoung man, I regret we could not have seen you\\nsooner; you can live as you arc but a very short\\ntime; nothing but amputation can save you, and in\\nthat 3 ou will scarcely stand one chance in a thou-\\nsand to survive. Robert, being well aware of the", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0685.jp2"}, "686": {"fulltext": "674\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n^T^\\nsituation, replied that he had a mother in Michigan\\nwhom he wished to see before he died, and for her\\nsake he would take that chance. Amputation was\\nat once performed. In the usual time he did not\\nrevive, and the surgeon feeling no pulse, thought\\nhim dead, and carrying him back to his bed,\\ndirected the women to bathe him repeatedly with\\nwhisky, and put a little of it with milk into his\\nmouth every fifteen minutes so long as there was a\\npossibility of life. The next morning he returned\\nto consciousness and was very weak. His suffering\\nbecame less as his strength increased. Hope of\\ngetting home and the gentle care of Miss Pollj\\nwho was ever at his side, cheered him. On the\\neighth day he laid down a book which he had been\\nreading to soften the pain, and through the open\\ndoor beheld with pleasure the white caps resting\\non the mountain side. Suddenly he felt something\\nwarm. The ever faithful woman at his side raised\\nthe sheet and eagerly said You are bleeding.\\nHe at once realized that the ligature had given\\nway, and unless stopped, his life would run out\\nwith his blood. In spite of all anxious effort the\\nblood continued to flow, and as his eyes were grow-\\ning dim, and everything boded a speedy termin-\\nation, he requested P0II3 to write to his mother\\nhow he died and how kindly he had been cared for,\\nand soon, midst the sobs of the women, the sweet\\nvisions of home faded away in a painless and uncon-\\nscious darkness. The day following he returned to\\nconsciousness, owing probabl} to weakness and\\ncongelation. The blood had ceased to flow, and\\nreceiving a smile and a word from Pollj he con-\\ncluded he was yet on earth. Henceforth he recov-\\nered slowly but steadily. Sherman was driving the\\nrebels farther south, and some of the men of the\\nneighborhood were returned to their home from\\nthe mountains, where they had been for many weeks\\nconcealed. The situation was becoming more cheer-\\nful. The atrocities perpetrated in the vicinity\\nduring the past three years, together with an occa-\\nsional rumor from the armies, were the chief topics\\nof interest. Our patient was about a little on\\ncrutches, anxious to see home. His father and eld-\\nest brother, when last heard from, were fighting Lee\\nin Virginia.\\nAbout the middle of August, the day preceding\\nthe one he was to start for Cleveland, while sitting\\non the porch. Miss Polly, the ever gentle nurse,\\nknitting by his side, his pleasant hopes of soon seeing\\nMichigan and home softened by regret of leaving\\nthose kind friends, a troop of rebel cavalry appeared.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2They will kill you, Polly anxiousl} said, rising\\nto her feet. No, no, he said, they surely will\\nnot harm one so disabled. Hello; Who be you\\nwas their first salutation. A member of the 2d\\nMichigan Cavalry, he replied. Ha! ha! ad d\\nfine regiment. We are Wheeler s men and have\\nmet u-uns a right smart times, I reckon, responded\\na frank-looking fellow in Federal infantry coat.\\nWhere are your arms. asked another. They\\nwere turned over when I was wounded. Are\\nthere none about the house? I think not, sir.\\nPresentl3^ one who probably had not procured all\\nthe plunder he hoped, for they ransacked the house,\\ncame forward, and drawing his revolver, gruffly\\nsaid You, damn you, if I served you right I d\\nshoot J ou. Remembering the many times he had\\nrespected the wounded and the prisoner, Robert\\nquietly returned the look, wondering what human\\ncompound he could be who would thus murder the\\nhelpless, when he heard a sharp order from one\\ninside: Let that man alone; don t you dare to\\nhurt him. Then sullenly* returning his revolver,\\nhe passed from the house, soon followed by the\\nothers. It was two weeks after this rebel raid be-\\nfore the family became sufficiently composed to\\ntake him to Cleveland. The parting there was a\\nsad one, especiallj to Miss Polly, who during the\\npast five months of faithful nursing had become\\ndeeply interested in the wounded soldier whom she\\nhad found in the thicket, and carried bleeding\\nto her home. Her ho|)e of seeing him again was\\nnever realized, she dying of a fever iu the summer\\nof 1866.\\nAfter some weary delays, owing to the rebels tear-\\ning up the railroad track, he reached home late in\\nSeptember, having been away a little more than\\nthree years. During this time he was never absent\\nfrom his post of duty until wounded, but ever in\\nthe front. He was present with the regiment in all\\nraids, skirmishes and battles in which it was engaged\\nuntil detached, and as scout encountered perils un-\\nknown to the ranks. After a short visit with friends\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0686.jp2"}, "687": {"fulltext": "11\\nHILLSDALE COUNXr.\\n675\\nat liome he reported at Harper Hospital, Detroit,\\nand not being able to procure liis discharge, he\\nasked and received a pass to attend the city school.\\nHe was cordially received by the teachers and\\npupils of Cass School, where for some weeks he at-\\ntended, and then entered and completed a course\\nin Bryant Stratton s Commercial College.\\nAfter this Ulr. McDougall received his discharge,\\nreturned to his home, and in the fall of 18G.5 entered\\nthe preparatory department of Hillsdale College,\\nwhere he continued a student until the summer of\\n1867, when, notwithstanding the most rigid econ-\\nomy, the little means he had saved during his army\\nlife was nearlj- exhausted, he vainly sought employ-\\nment in the business houses of Detroit. Returning\\nto Hillsdale he was married to Miss Agnes P. Dow,\\nof Cambria, Sept. 3, 1867, and the young couple at\\nonce returned to school. At the close of the fall\\nterm he engaged to teach in his home district.\\nWhen near the close of his school he received from\\nAuditor General William Humiihrey the appoint-\\nment of a clerkship in his office. He entered that\\ndepartment of St^ate April 7, 1868, and a month\\nlater his wife following, they commenced house-\\nkeeping in the city of Lansing. There he continued\\nfor fifteen years, much of the time having in charge\\nthe purchasing, deeding and refunding department\\nof that office, when, owing to impaired health, he\\nresigned, and moved with his wife and their five\\nchildren to Hillsdale, purchasing a pleasant home\\none mile west of the college, where they now reside.\\n^.EORGE W. HICKS, a retired farmer of\\n11 g=. North Adams, and one of the pillars of the\\n^^4 Congregational Church, has been a resident\\nof this countj since the spring of 1853. He is\\nthe eldest son and second child of John and Re-\\nbecca Ferguson, and was born in Seneca County,\\nN. Y., July 8, 1810. His parents were natives of\\nSaratoga Countj and his paterruil grandfather served\\nas a soldier in the Revolutionary War. John Hicks\\nafter his marriage settled in Seneca Count} N. Y.,\\nwhere both parents spent the remainder of their\\ndays, the mother passing away in 1826, at the age\\nof forty years. John Hicks survived his wife a\\nperiod of twenty-five years, and departed hence in\\nthe spring of 1851, when sixty-nine years of age.\\nThe parental household included seven children,\\nfour of whom are living and residents mostly of\\nMichigan and New York.\\nThe father of our subject being in limited cir-\\ncumstances, George W., with his brothers and sis-\\nters, received a very meager education, and .as soon\\nas of suitable years was required to make himself\\nuseful about the homestead. He remained with his\\nparents until twenty-four years of age, and then\\ndesirous of establishing a home of his own, was\\nmarried, Oct. 30, 1833, to Miss Hannah M. Moody,\\nwho was born March 12. 1812, in Maine, and whose\\nparents died when she was a little child. She was\\nthen taken into the home of Joseph and Susan\\nWilliams, who extended to the orphan parental\\ncare, and gave her excellent advantages for an\\neducation. Of her union with our subject there were\\nborn four children: John, now deceased; Jeanette\\nA., Amanda M. and George F. the latter died\\nwhen less th.an one year old. The elder daugh-\\nter is the wife of Zalotus Jennings, of Hudson,\\nLenawee County, and the mother of three children,\\nbut two of whom are living, namely Francis and\\nOrpha. The younger daughter married Miles H.\\nCronk, of Hillsdale County, who is now deceased,\\nand resides with her children at her father s: her two\\nsons and two daughters bear the names of Ora,\\nEffie, Moody and Eugene.\\nMr. and Mrs. Hicks, having been deprived bj\\ndeath of their sons, adopted thirty-five years ago a\\nmotherless boy baby, whom they named John F.\\nHicks, and who is now married and managnr of the\\nfarm. His wife was formerly Miss Lovina Liver-\\nmore, of Hillsdale County. Our subject and his\\nwife identified themselves with the Congregational\\nChurch at North Adams many years ago, and Mr.\\nHicks has always signalized himself as one of the\\nwarmest friends of temperance. He cast his first\\nPresidential vote, in 1820, for the Whig candi-\\ndate, and was a member of the old Whig party\\nuntil its abandonment. Since that time he hasuni-\\nforml} supported Republican princijjles. He was\\nat one time the owner of 160 acres of land in W.nsh-\\ntenaw County, and besides the home farm has\\neightj acres in Wheatland Township. Although\\nif", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0687.jp2"}, "688": {"fulltext": "^^\u00e2\u0096\u00baHl\\n676\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nnot the hero of any very thrilling event he has con-\\ntributed his full quota to the general welfare and\\nprogress of his community, and uniformlj pursued\\nthe even tenor of his way as an honest man and a\\ngood citizen, whose word is considered equal to his\\nbond.\\n^=^EORGE W. LICKLY, an extensive farmer\\nIII f\u00e2\u0080\u0094-, of Wright Township, was born on the farm\\n^^5J where he now lives Feb. 25, 1845. He is a\\nmember of a family who were among the early\\npioneers of this township, and his parents are still\\nliving at a venerable age, his father, Michael Lick-\\nly. eighty -eight years old, being the only head of a\\nfamily that settled in Wright Township in 1836\\nwho is now living. He and his good wife are held\\nin reverence and affection, not alone for their true\\nworth, but also as being fine representatives of the\\ncourageous, stout-hearted, hard-working pioneei S\\nwho so many years ago pushed their way into\\nthe forests of Southern Michigan, and planted\\nsettlements that have grovvn into prosperous town-\\nships and populous cities. Mr. and Mrs. Lickl^\\nhave borne an honorable part in the levelopment of\\nWright Township, and have lived to enjoy the\\nfruit of their early toils. The venerable mother of\\nour subject died April 29, lb88.\\nThe father of our subject was born in Putnam\\nCounty, N. Y., April 9, 1800. He comes of good\\nScotch stock, his grandfather, John Lickly, having\\ncome from Scotland to Araeiica in Colonial times,\\nand settled in Putnam County. He was a carpenter\\nand joiner by trade, and after he bought a farm\\nstill pursued his calling, while he hired the work done\\non his farm. His son James, grandfather of our\\nsubject, was born in Putnam County, and spent his\\nentire life thei e farming. He married Rachel Meeks,\\nalso a native of New York. The father of our sub-\\nject was reared and married in his native county,\\nthe date of that important event having been Nov.\\n27, 1826, and the bride that he then chose, and who\\nhas traversed the journey of life hand in hand with\\nhim for over sixty -one years, was Miss Lois Denny.\\nShe was born in Putnam County Aug. 25, 1808,\\nand was a daughter of Jacob and Esther (Cronk)\\nDenny. They continued to make their home in\\ntheir native county until the fall of 1835, and in\\nthat 3 ear started with their children for Western\\nNew York, via the Hudson River and canal to\\nErie County, where Mr. Lickly left his family\\nand proceeded on his way to the Territory of\\nMichigan in company with his brother John, com-\\ning by Lake Erie to Toledo, and thence on foot to\\nBean Creek Valley. He selected the northwest\\nquarter of section 8 in what is now Wright Town-\\nship, and then walked to Monroe to enter his land\\nin the Government office, and after that returned\\nto New York, where he spent the winter. In the\\nmonth of May, 1836, he started with his family,\\nvia Lake Erie to Monroe, and from there with a\\nteam came to his future home, arriving here on the\\n22d of May. The family moved into a log cabin\\nwith Mr. Raymond, who had settled here the win-\\nter before, and they lived with him one week.\\nDuring that time Mr. Lickly built a log cabin on\\nhis own land, covering it with bark, with split\\npuncheons for floor, with mud and stick chimney,\\nand having no stove, his wife cooked bj the fire-\\nplace. He had no horses, and did all his farm\\nwork, marketing and milling, with oxen. On one\\noccasion he went to Jonesville to mill, and was\\nabsent nine days. Adrian was the nearest post-\\noffice, and the postage was twenty-five cents for\\neach letter. Mr. Lickly lived on the place that he\\nentered from the Government until 1858. and\\nduring that time had bought eighty acres on\\nsection 4, joining his other farm, and he then built\\na comfortable frame house, i ito which he after-\\nward moved, and which is still his home. Not-\\nwithstanding his great age, he is in a moderate state\\nof good health, and still retains his mental faculties\\nto a wonderful extent. In his early days Mr. Lickly\\nbelonged to the Whig part} and voted for the\\ngreat Henry Clay. After the dissolution of that\\nparty he became a Democrat.\\nThe subject of this sketch has alwaj s made the\\nold homestead, which was his birthplace, his home.\\nHe received a good practical training in the man-\\nagement of a farm, and since adopting tiie calling\\nas his life work, by his intelligent and persistent\\nlabors, has been eminently successful.\\nMr. Lickly was married, Dec. 24, 1867, to Mary\\nE. Couover. She was born in Otsego Countj-,\\n1", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0688.jp2"}, "689": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0689.jp2"}, "690": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0690.jp2"}, "691": {"fulltext": "^t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n679\\nN. Y., Ma3- 14, 1849, and was a daughter of John\\nand Margaret (Maukc^-) Conover. Of their union\\nsix children were liorn. as follows: George H.,\\nJason E., Lois J., Bertha E., Montgomery M. and\\nWillie A. Or. the 23d of October. 1884, death\\nentered this happy household, and the tender and\\ndevoted wife and mother was taken from the midst\\nof her family.\\nMr. Lickley is a patriotic and faithful citizen,\\nand does his share in maintaining the best interests\\nof this township. He is honorable and truthful in\\nhis dealings with others, and commands the respect\\nof his neighbors. In politics he is licartily in sym-\\npathy with the Democrats; socially, he is a member\\nof Lickley s Corners Grange No. 274. We have\\nomitted to s.ay that the northwestern part of Wright\\nTownship, which was first settled by his father, and\\nsubsequently by his father s brother John, and\\nwhere their sons have since settled, h.as for many\\nyears been called in their honor Lickl3 s Corners.\\nr|_^ ARVEY B. ROWLSON, editor and pro-\\nprietor of the Hillsdale Standard, is con-\\nducting the oldest newspaper in Southern\\nMichigan, and which was established in\\n1846. He has been a radical Republican since the\\norganization of that political party, and has upheld\\nhis principles with the strength and manliness of\\ncharacter which have been his distinguishing char-\\nacteristics through life, and which have resulted in\\nSQCuring him the esteem and confidence of the\\npeople of Southern Michigan, among whom he has\\nlived and labored for the last fifty years. During\\nthis time he has occupied man} positions of trust\\nand responsibility, the duties of which ho has uni-\\nformly discharged with conscientious fidelity.\\nThe subject of this biography- was born in Duanes-\\nburg, Schenectady Co., N. Y., July 15, 182. and\\nis the son of Ambrose and Catherine (Briggs)\\nRowlson, who were natives of the State of New\\nYork. The earl^ boyhood of Harvey B. was p.assed\\nmostly at the home of an uncle in Chenango\\nCounty, N. Y., and in 1837 he migrated to South-\\nern Michigan with his uncle s family, taking up his\\nabode in Woodstock, Lenawee County, working\\non a farm during the summer months, .and attend-\\ning school in the winter.\\nDuring this time, however, the boy had been re-\\nvolving in his mine! other projects, his tastes\\ndisinclining him for the sober realities of an un-\\neventful country life. In the spring of 1843 he\\nenterd the printing-office of the Adrian Newn, which\\noffice in June following was removed to Hillsdale,\\nand the m.aterial utilized in the publication of the\\nHillsdale Gazette. This was the first paper estab-\\nlished in that then unpretentious village, and young\\nRowlson was the first apprentice to the trade of\\nprinter in this now flourishing citj\\nIn June, 1846, Mr. Rowlson, in company with\\nS. D. Clark, established the Hillsdale Whig-Stand-\\nard, the publication of which they carried on\\njointly for five years, .at the expiration of which\\ntime Mr. Clark withdrew, disposing of his interest\\nto Mr. Rowlson, who h.as since been proprietor of\\nthe paper. After the dissolution of the Whig |)arty\\nthe paper became simpl}- the Hillsdale Standard,\\nwhich title it has since retained. It has been uni-\\nformly devoted to the interests of the Republican\\nparty, and has always been the leading journal of\\nthe county, having the largest circulation and the\\ngreatest influence. In connection with the publica-\\ntion of this paper there is a finely equipped job\\noffice, with that modern invention, the gas engine,\\ntwo superior power-presses and paper-folder, and\\nthe other later improvements adopted in the prose-\\ncution of the art preservative.\\nMr. Rowlson, soon after entering upon his busi-\\nness career, was recognized as a valuable addition\\nto the communit} of Hillsdale, and it vvas not long\\nbefore he was intrusted with important vill.age\\nofflces. He was elected County Treasurer in 1858,\\nand served with abundant satisfaction for a period\\nof eight years, and in 1869 represented Hillsdale\\nCounty in the State Legislature, being a member\\nof the committee on ways and means, and Chair-\\nman of the committee on printing. Before his term\\nhad expired, however, he resigned his position in\\nthe House to enter upon the duties of Collector of\\nInternal Revenue for the First District of Michi-\\ngan, which was composed of four counties, and\\nnecessitated his occupancy of an office in Detroit\\nfor a period of four years. In May, 1 873, Wayne\\nT^\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0691.jp2"}, "692": {"fulltext": "680\\na.\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nCounty was made a district by itself, aiirl the\\nThird District was formed by the addition of five\\ncounties to the remainder of the First District.\\nMr. Rowlson was made Collector for the Third\\nDistrict, with his office at Hillsdale. In Sep-\\ntember, 1876, the Second District, consisting of\\nseven counties, was added to the Third, making\\nfifteen of the most populous counties under his\\ncharge as Collector. This arrangement continued\\nuntil August, 1883, when the four districts of the\\nState were consolidated into two, and the offices\\nat Hillsdale and Saginaw were discontinued.\\nIn l iB6 Mr. Rowlson was appointed by Gov.\\nAlger a member of the Board of Control of the\\nState Reform School for six years, of which board\\nhe was also elected President. Considering his\\nlabors for, and his interest in, the success of his\\npart}-, it was quite natural that he should be chosen\\nas Secretary and Chairman of the Republican\\nCounty Committee, and he also served two terms\\non the Republican State Committee.\\nThe marriage of Harvey B. Rowlson and Miss\\nMargaret A. Vandenbergh, daughter of one of the\\npioneers of Hillsdale County, occurred July 31,\\n1848. Mrs. Rowlson was born Oct. 9, 1829, in\\nClay, Onondaga Co..N. Y. Her parents, Cornelius\\nand Maria Vandenbergh, were natives of Albany,\\nN. Y., and now deceased. To our subject and his\\nwife there were born two sons and one daughter,\\nnamely: Stephen C, Charles H., and Jennie A.,\\nwife of Charles F. Reed, residing in Detroit.\\nThe home of Mr. Rowlson is pleasantly located\\non West street, where he and his estimable wife\\nhave gathered about them hosts of friends, and\\nwhere often in kinillj- intercourse thej review the\\nevents of years gone by, comparing the early settle-\\nment of Hillsdale County, its primitive scenes, its\\nstruggles and difficulties, with its present prosperous\\ncondition, and silentlj noting with satisfaction the\\nresult of the labors of those who came to the Terri-\\ntory of Michigan and assisted in its remarkable\\ntransformation from a wilderness to an intelligent\\nand highly prosperous commonwealth.\\nThe following is taken from the Detroit Journal\\nof May 17, 1888:\\nHarvey B. Rowlson came to Michigan when\\nyoung, and is as good as any native better than\\nsome. In 1843 he took Satanic orders in Adrian,\\nand served as the office devil for the Adrian\\niVe!rs, and when it removed to Hillsdale and became\\nthe Hillsdale Gazette. Rowlson went with it. He\\nlias been there ever since. In 1 846 Rowlson and\\nS. D. Clark started the Hillsdale Whig-Standard,\\nand in 1851 Mr. Rowlson became sole owner of it,\\nand has been at the tiller ever since. When the\\nWhig party went out of commission Mr. Rowlson\\nwas a member of its Slate Central Committee, and\\nhas never yet been discharged. He was one of the\\noriginal come-outers who founded the Republican\\nparty under the oaks at Jackson, and has been\\nof the stalwart persuasion every hour since then.\\nHe has been County Treasurer, a member of the\\nLegislature (in 1869), was for years Collector of\\nInternal Revenue of the First District of Michi-\\ngan, then composed of four counties, with head-\\nquarters at Detroit subsequently Wayne County\\nbecame a separate district, and Mr. Rowlson con-\\ntinued as Collector for the district, to which other\\ncounties had been .added, and called the Third Dis-\\ntrict. Eventually the district was further enlarged,\\nuntil he had fifteen of the heaviest counties in the\\nState in charge, and Michigan never had a more\\nefficient United States officer in her borders, or a\\nmore honest one. Atone time Mr. Rowlson w.as con-\\nnected with the Detroit Post for a time as business\\nmanager, under the Carl Schurz regime, but no one\\nhas ever laid that up against him. Gov. Alger\\nai)pointed him a member of the Board of Control\\nof the State Reform School Board, and he brings\\nto tliat work the same calm, deliberate, horse-\\nsensieal methods that have made him respected and\\nhappy. He does not get rattled, is a stayer with\\na tenncious grip, is a Mason and Odd Fellow, a good\\nfellow, and lives a clean, honorable life, is a flrst-\\nrate newspaper publisher, and the father of a fam-\\nily that does him credit.\\nIt is with i)leasure that we present the portrait of\\nMr. Rowlson in this connection.\\ni-^\u00c2\u00ab/-^\\n^i^:\\nylLLIAM CARTER. Southern Michigan\\nreceived from the New England States a\\nlarge part of that sturdy element which has\\nbeen such an important factor in subduing nature.\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0692.jp2"}, "693": {"fulltext": "-4^\\ni\\nIIILLSDALK COUNTY.\\nG81\\nand developing the houndless resources of this sec-\\ntion of countiT, and it is reniariied that their\\ndescendants are characterized by that iiccn [XTcep-\\ntion and promptness and energy in execution\\nwhich distinguish tlie original settlers of those\\nStates. If, as is generally believed, heredity and\\nenvironment have much to do with the formation\\nof character, and that our lives are afTected by the\\nimmediate or indirect influence of our ancestors, a\\nshort sketch of the lives of Mr. Carter s parents may\\nserve as the index to those liberal and humane\\nimpulses which mark the daily life of Mr. Carter,\\nand iiave won for him the esteem of those who\\nknow him. Our subject is a prominent and suc-\\ncessful representative farmer, located on sectioil 28,\\nAdams Township.\\nThe parents of Mr. Carter, William and Jane\\n(Stewart) Carter, were natives of New England,\\nwhere the father was born near Hartford, Conn.,\\nand the mother in New York. The father was a\\nsoldier in the War of 1812, assisting in maintaining\\nthe riglits of hii country during that struggle, and\\nafterward removed to the Empire State, where he re-\\nsided for some time. Not being entirely satisfied with\\nhis prosi)ects in that section, he resolved to try his\\nfortune in the West, and accordingl}-, following the\\nStar of Empire, he joined the procession moving\\nin this direction. He came by a common pioneer\\nconvej ance, consisting of two yoke of oxen, and a\\nwagon in which were his family and his earthly\\npossessions. Halting in Ohio, he took up a tract of\\nland in l,orain Count} and was closely connected\\nwith its pioneer history. His energ} and enterprise\\nsoon gave him prominence in the affairs of the\\ncounty, and he assisted materially in its develop-\\nment, securing for it educational advantages, and\\ngiving counsel and more tangible assistance to those\\nwho came after him. Some fourteen years subse-\\nquently they removed to Sandusky County, in the\\nsame State, but after a short residence there, they\\ncame to Lenawee County. Mich., settling in RoUin\\nTownship, where they resided until the death of\\nthe father in 1873, at the .age of seventy-six years;\\nthe mother had died many years previously, when\\ntheir son William was very young.\\nThe parental family of our subject included five\\nchildren, two sons and three daughters, of whom\\nAVilliam, who was the youngest, w.is l)0rn Jlarch\\n12, 1826. His boyhood was spent on the farm in\\nOhio, where he was reared to agricultural pursuits,\\nat the same time receiving such education as was to\\nbe obtained in the district school near his home. He\\nremained with his parents, becoming inured to toil,\\nand receiving those practical lessons which have\\nstood him so well since he went abroad to battle\\nwith the world ff)r himself.\\nThe first im|)orlant event in the life of our sub-\\nject was his marriage, March 18, 1851, with Miss\\nAnne H., daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Good-\\nrich) Ferguson, natives of Livingston Count} N.\\nY. After her marriage her parents settled in that\\ncounty, but shortly afterward, in 1827, removed to\\nHuron County, Ohio, and were among the pioneers\\nof that county. The father engaged in the cultiva-\\ntion of the soil, but did not live to realize his hopes\\nor reap the fruit of his labors, being removed by\\ndeath in 1833, when in the prime of lile; the mother\\ndied in 1850, when forty -seven years of age. They\\nbecame the jjiirents of three children, one son and\\ntwo daughters, of whom Rft s. Carter, the youngest\\nchild, was born Aug. 29, 1832. She was deprived\\nof the counsel and care of her father in infancy, and\\nas soon as her services could be utilized she\\nwas thrown upon her own resources, working out\\namong the neighbors. Her opportunities for re-\\nceiving an education were necessarily circum-\\nscribed, being limited to irregular attendance at the\\ndistrict school, but she was naturall} bright and\\nintelligent, while her earl} training had made her\\nself-reliant, and she has proved herself well able to\\nbear her part in the sphere of life in which she has\\nbeen called upon to act.\\nOur subject and his wife have been blessed by\\nthe birth of five children Fernando, Uodolpho,\\nEllister (deceased), Alvondo and Mary Lew. Fer-\\nnando, a graduate of Hillsdale College, married\\nAdela Sackett, and is a minister in the Congrega-\\ntional Church, located at Grass Lake, Jackson Co.,\\nMich.; Rodolpho married Miss Eva Knight, and is\\na mason and farmer of Adams Township; they have\\ntwo children Alice and Pearl. Alvondo and Mary\\nLew reside with their parents, and are pursuing\\ntheir studies in the district school.\\nMr. Carter is the owner of 200 acres of excellent\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0693.jp2"}, "694": {"fulltext": "682\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nland, which he has brought to a high state of culti-\\nvation, and embellished with buildings adapted to\\nthe use of a farmer. His house, a convenient and\\ncommodious structure, is provided with all modern\\nconveniences, and in all its appointments, even to\\nits minutest details, shows taste, coupled with the\\nmeans for its gratification. He has a herd of twenty-\\nfive head of high-grade cattle, thirteen head of\\nsuperior horses, and a flock of forty thoroughbred\\nmerino sheep, at the head of which are two splendid\\nspecimens of that breed.\\nIn politics Mr. Carter is stronglj^ in sympathy\\nwith the Prohibition party, being himself a strictly\\ntemperance man. He is a member of Adams Grange\\nNo. 286, in Adams Township. Mrs. Carter made an\\nextended tour through Central and Southern Cali-\\nfornia by wa3 of relaxation from the labors of a\\nlong and well-spent life. She traveled in the com-\\npany of his sister, Mrs. Lucy Murphy, and spent\\nan enjoyable and interesting time, returning, how-\\never, to her old home with that feeling so pathetic-\\nally described by the poet, -Beit ever so humble,\\nthere s no place lilte home.\\nDGAR GOODRICH is a son of one of the\\npioneers of Pittsford Township, and was\\nborn in Willistou, Chittenden Co., Vt. He\\nl)elongs to that large class of cultured and enter-\\nprising people who came into Hillsdale County dur-\\ning its pioneer days from the New England States,\\nand have been such imjjortant factors in developing\\nto so high a degree the resources which nature has\\nso generous! J lavished upon it. This element of\\nthe population of Southern Michigan has not only\\ncontributed vastly in the develoiiraeut of the ma-\\nterial resources of the State, until to-daj it takes a\\nfront rank as a producing section of our country,\\nbut it has also stood as a champion of enlarged and\\nincreased educational facilities.\\nGeorge Goodrich, the father of our subject, was\\nborn in Wells, Vt., and there grew to manhood\\nand was married. After marriage, he with his bride\\nremoved to Willislon, Chittenden County, and\\nbought a farm, upon which he resided until 1836.\\nOn the 15th of November of that year, he collected\\nE\\nhis eflfects,and started with his wife and five children\\nfor the Territory of Michigan, via Lake Champlain\\nand the Champlain Canal to Troy, N. Y., thence by\\nthe Erie Canal to Buffalo, and on by lake to Toledo,\\nwhere they hired teams to remove the family and\\ntheir goods to the localitj- known as Bean Creek\\nValley. Mr. Goodrich had made a visit the year\\npreviously and had purchased 160 acres of land on\\nsection 14, in what is now Pittsford Township,\\nand had made preparations for the reception of his\\nfamily by the erection of a log house. In this\\nhouse the family took up their abode, and it re-\\nmained their residence until the decease of the\\nfather, June 22, 1850. During his residence in this\\ntownship he had improved a fine farm, upon which\\nhe had erected good frame out-buildings, and had\\nmade preparations to erect a more commodious\\nframe house, when his plans were frustrated by the\\ngreat leveler. The maiden name of his wife, the\\nmother of our subject, was Clemania Lee, who was\\nborn June 16, 1790. After sharing in all the vicis-\\nsitudes in the life of the early pioneers, in which\\nshe nobly took her part, she departed this life\\nDec. 13, 1863, after exceeding her threescore years\\nand ten.\\nEdgar Goodrich, the subject of this notice, was\\nbut a child of five years when his parents removed\\nto this countj but he remembers well the incidents\\nof pioneer life, which doubtless, coming from a part\\nof the country whose environments were so differ-\\nent, must have made a strong impression on a young\\nmind. The father s house was small, but he never\\nturned the hungry away from his door; his latch\\nstring was always out and the wanderer was ever\\nmade welcome, while a bed would be prepared for\\nhim on the floor of the cabin, where the weary\\ntraveler might rest. Deer, wolves and wild turkeys,\\nbeside smaller game, were plentiful, while occasion-\\nally a bear might be encountered, and the pioneer s\\nson ever willingly engaged in the duty of providing\\nwild meats for the family larder. Thus growing\\nup into manhood amidst such rugged and exhilar-\\nating scenes, and disciplined in the stern school of\\nexperience, our subject was prepared to meet every\\nemergency with a steady and readj hand. Nobly\\nhas he done his part in redeeming this county from\\nits wild condition and making it to blossom as a\\nHAh^_\\n*f", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0694.jp2"}, "695": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n683\\nrose; the wigwam of the Indian has given place\\nto the more than comfortable residence of the far-\\nmer, and where wild animals roamed unrestrained\\nare now fertile farms supplied with the finest grades\\nof domestic animals.\\nOur subject enjoyed the limited advantages for\\nreceiving an education afforded at that time, assist-\\ning his father as soon as he was able in clearing his\\nfarm, and he has continued a resident of the parental\\nhomestead. This farm he has brought to a high\\nstate of cultivation, and made very productive,\\nlaying a total of nearly three miles of tile for the\\npurpose of drainage. He has erected thereon com-\\nfortable and commodious buildings, and supplied\\nhimself with machinery that enables him to com\\npete successfully with the modern agriculturist, while\\nhis homestead is an object of attraction to all who\\npass that way.\\nOur subject was united in marriage, in Novem-\\nber, 1871, with Miss Albina Kingman, who w.as\\na native of Shiawassee County, Mich., and is the\\ndaughter of William Kingman, who was born in\\nYork State, where his father, I ustis Kingman, spent\\nhis last years. William Kingman was a pioneer of\\nShiawassee County, where he improved a farm, and\\nsubsequently improved another in Lenawee County-,\\nin which he now lives in Morenci. The maiden\\nname of his wife, the mother of Mrs. Goodrich, was\\nLucinda Coy. also a native of Shiawassee County\\nshe died in Lenawee County. Mich.\\nMr. and Mrs. Goodrich have been blessed with a\\nfamily of seven children Bertha, Elenora, Orson,\\nMar^s Jerome, Caroline and Jessie. In ])olitics\\nMr. Goodrich stands identified with the Democratic\\nparty, believing in its interpretation of the great\\nquestions of the day.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2p-ca/\u00c2\u00a9^^ M\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S!h\u00c2\u00a7W73 .v\\nT IMRI D. THOMAS, Justice of the Peace in\\nHillsdale, has been prominent in the affairs\\nof this vicinity during most of his long resi-\\ndence in Hillsdale County, with whose people he\\nbecame identified in 18. )2. His native place is\\namong the New England hills, he having been born\\nin the town of Rowe, Mass., in September, 1809,\\nand he is the only survivor of the five children of\\nDavid C. and Abigail (Densmore) Thomas, also\\nnatives of the Bay State.\\nThe parents of our subject were of Irish and\\nWelsh extraction, and when Zimri was about two\\nyears of age they removed from Massachusetts to\\nOntario County, N. Y where the mother passed\\nawiiy when her son, our sul)ject, was four years of\\nage. Himself and an elder brother were then taken\\nbtick to their native State, where our subject lived\\nwith his paternal grandparents until he was a lad of\\nnine years. In the meantime his father had con-\\ntracted a second marriage, and Zimri rejoined him\\nin New York State, remaining under the home roof\\nfive years. He then started out for himself, work-\\ning on a farm and employing himself at whatever he\\ncould find to do until twenty years of age.\\nAt this time. May, 1829, Mr. Thomas was mar-\\nried to Miss Mary A. Sanderson, of Ontario County,\\nN. Y., in which county they continued to live three\\nyears thereafter. Thence they removed first to\\nOrleans Count} and then to Niagara County, and\\nfinally crossed the St. Lawrence River into the Do-\\nminion of Canada, where our subject engaged as a\\nsoldier in the war which was then pending, known\\nas the Patriot War.\\nIn 1838 Mr. Thomas, with his little family, re-\\nturned to Ni.agara County, N. Y., and in the rising\\nyoung city of Lockport assumed the management\\nof the American Hotel. This he operated three\\nyears, then took up his residence in Erie Count}\\nwhere he lived ten years, still acting as mine host,\\nand was Postmaster at Hamburg four years. In\\nthe spring of 1 8o2, deciding to seek the further\\nWest and to change his occupation, he came to\\nthis county and located on a tract of land which he\\npurchased in Allen Township. During that year\\nhe disposed of his interests in the agricultural\\ndistricts, and took up his residence in Hillsdale,\\nwhich was then but a village. Here he has since\\nmade his home, and watched with lively interest the\\ngrowth of this flourishing town.\\nDuring his residence on his farm Mr. Thomas\\nw.as elected a member of the Michigan Legislature,\\nin which he served one terra. He w.as also a mem-\\nber of the County Board of Supervisors four terms,\\nHighway Commissioner two terms, and Coroner of", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0695.jp2"}, "696": {"fulltext": "u\\nJL\\n684\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nHillsdale County for a period of twentj- years. He\\nwas elected Justice of the Peace in 1865, which\\noffice he has held continuously until the present\\ntime. From these facts it is a comparatively easy\\nmatter to judge of his standing among the people of\\nHillsdale County.\\nMr. Thomas by his first marriage became the\\nfather of five children: William W. is a resident of\\nHillsdale; Arvid 8. is operating a farm in Allen\\nTownship; Albert P. is practicing law in (South\\nHaven Carrie E. is the wife of F. E. Hamlin, a well-\\nto-do farmer of Allen Township; Adaline, the sec-\\nond child, married Emmet Williams, in the State of\\nNew York, and died about 18j6. The mother of\\nthese children died at lier home in Hillsdale in 1877.\\nThe present wife of onr subject, to whom he was\\nmarried in September, 1878, was formerly Mrs.\\nAma J. (Fuller) Force, of Adams Township, who\\nwas born in June, 1823, in New York. Of this\\nunion there were no children. Mr. Thomas, socially-,\\nis a Knight Templar and a member of Fidelity\\nLodge No. 32, and a Royal Arch Mason, belonging\\nto Eureka Commandery No. 3. Politically, he\\naffiliates with the Republican party, and has been a\\nman who has always exercised a great influence in\\nhis community one who is noted for his sound and\\ntemperate judgment aud uniformly wise counsels.\\nON. OSCAR A. JANES is a native of the\\nState of Wisconsin, where he was born on\\n(A\\\\^ a farm near Janesville, Rock County, July\\n6, 1843, and is the eldest of a family of\\nseven children born to John E. and Esther (Bag-\\nley) Janes. John E. Janes was born in Grand\\nIsland, Vt., while his wife was a native of Brattle-\\nboro, in the same State. While still quite young\\nthey came to the West with their respective parents,\\nwho were among the pioneers of the Badger State.\\nAfter marriage the young couple settled in Rock\\nCounty on a farm, on which they passed the re-\\nmainder of their days, engaged in the peaceful occu-\\npation of farming.\\nO.scar A. Janes passed his boyhood on his father s\\nfarm, and during the winter he attended the dis-\\ntrict school. The desire for learning there engen-\\ndered was gratified by an attendance at the Milton\\nAcademy, where he pursued his studies about two\\nyears. He then came to Hillsdale, and entered the\\ncollege with a view to the completion of his educa-\\ntion, but his country was then in her hour of need,\\nand at the end of the first term he abandoned his\\nstudies, and enlisting in Company K, 4th Michigan\\nInfantry as a private, served in the regiment until\\nthe battle of Petersburg, in which engagement he\\nwas wounded, losing his left arm. He was dis-\\ncharged in November, 1864, after taking part in\\nthe following-named battles: Wilderness, Spottsyl-\\nvania, North Anna. Cold Harbor, and the first\\nattack on Petersburg, besides other smaller engage-\\nments. On leaving the army he returned to Hills-\\ndale College and completed his course, graduating\\nin the class of 68.\\nMr. Janes then became a law student in the office\\nof Gen. C. J. Dickerson, then Judge of Probate for\\nHillsdale County, and was admitted to the bar in\\n1871. Soon afterward he formed a copartnership\\nfor the practice of his profession with L. N. Keat-\\nin which lasted three years, when his partner\\nremoved to Muskegon, Mich. The first official\\nposition held by Mr. Janes was that of City Clerk,\\nwhich he filled acceptably for a term of four years.\\nHe was next elected Circuit Court Commissioner,\\nwhich office he held for two terms, and also served\\nas Aldernitin of the city two years. In 1876 he\\nwas elected Judge of Probate of Hillsdale County,\\nwhich office he held two terms, eight years in all.\\nIn 1884 Judge J.anes was elected Secretary and\\nTreasurer of Hillsdale College, which position he\\nheld four years, declining a re-election. He served\\ntwo years on the staff of Gov. R. A. Alger, as Pay-\\nmaster General. He has also been a member of\\nthe Board of Trustees of Hillsdale College for the\\npast nine years, and is a member of Hillsdale\\nLodge No. 17, I. O. O. F. In the Grand Lodge of\\nthe State of Michigan he has held all the offices\\nfrom Grand Conductor to Grand Master of the\\nState, and is now a representative of the Grand\\nLodge of the United States. The Judge is also a\\nmember of C. J. Dickerson Post No. 6, G. A. R.,\\nof which he is one of the charter members, and has\\nheld all the offices of the ix st. He was at one time", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0696.jp2"}, "697": {"fulltext": "-U\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n685\\nDepartment Commander of the State, and was\\nmade Inspector General of the G. A. K. of the\\nUnited States in 1884. He is also a member of the\\nK. of P., Hillsdale Lodge No. 45, and Past Chancellor\\nof the lodge, and has held the position of District\\nDeputy Grand Chancellor of the State. He was a\\nprominent candidate before the State Convention\\nfor Auditor General of the State of Michigan, and\\ncame very nearly being nominated against H. H.\\nAplin, the present Auditor.\\nHon. Oscar A. Janes has been twice married. By\\nhis present wife he has one daughter, whom they\\nnamed Mary K., and one son. Politically, Mr.\\nJanes affiliates with the Republican party, and is a\\nStalwart.\\n:i: 1^ mc\\nON. ELISHA P. CHAMPLIN. Among the\\nsagacious and enterprising pioneers of South-\\nern Michigan who played a conspicuous\\npart in the settlement and development of\\nHillsdale County, and was also one of the first set-\\ntlers of Lenawee County, no name is held in de-\\nservedly greater reverence than that of the subject\\nof this biography. He was a prominent figure in\\npublic life, and was closel3 identified with the busi-\\nness and agricultural interests of Hillsdale County\\nafter his permanent establishment here. He was a\\nnative of the State of New York, Greenfield, Sara-\\ntoga County, having been his birthplace, and June\\n25, 1798, the date of his birth. His father, Joshua\\nChamplin. was a native of Rhode Island, but after\\nreaching manhood most of his life was passed\\nin Cayuga County, N. Y., with the exception of\\nthe hist ten years of his life, which he spent in\\nJonesville, where he died in the fall of 1842. His\\nwife, whose maiden name was Hannah Howard,\\nand who was a native of Rhode Island, died in\\nOnondaga County, N. Y., about the year 1839.\\nThey had a family of eight children, three sons and\\nfive daughters. Elisha P. was the fifth in order of\\nbirth. He was reared on a farm until about eight-\\neen years of age, when he became a clerk in the\\nstore of Nathan Muuro, at Elbridge, N. Y. While\\na resident of that place he was married, April 3,\\n1820, to Miss Harriet S. Gardner, who was born at\\nFt. Ann, Washington Co., N. Y.. Oct. 27, 1800.\\nShe is now residing with her daughter, Mrs. Grosve-\\nnor. Her father was a soldier in the War of 1812.\\nAfter their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Champlin re-\\nmained in New Y ork State until 1824, but in tiie\\nspring of that year they came to Southern Michi-\\ngan and settled in the forests of Lenawee County,\\nin the township of Tecumseh, where Mr. Champlin\\nengaged in farming for about two years. He then\\nreturned to Elbridge, N. Y with his family, and\\nafter residing there four years he came back to\\nMicliigan, and again located in Tecumseh, remain-\\ning a citizen of that township until August, 1834,\\nwhen he took up his permanent abode in Jones-\\nville, having first sold liis property in the former\\nplace. When he first came here he was interested\\nin some mill property, in conection with the Hon.\\nLevi Baxter, but he afterward disposed of his\\nshare.\\nIn 1837 Mr. Champlin established a mercantile\\nbusiness with George C. Munro, and they con-\\ntinued together until 1842, when they dissolved\\npartnership, and our subject conducted the business\\nalone until 1844. He then retired from all active\\nbusiness, except the management of his farm and a\\nsmall gristmill, which he owned until 1847. Sub-\\nsequently he again became engaged in business in\\ncompany with his son-in-law, Hon. E. O. Grosvenor,\\nremaining with him for four years, when he was\\nobliged to retire on account of failing health. His\\ndeath, Feb. 20, 1855, was a severe blow to the com-\\nmunity, in which he had held a prominent place\\nsince his settlement in the township in its early\\nhistory. His life was not a long one as measured\\nby j ears, but as measured by what he accomplished\\nit was of great duration an old poet has said:\\nWe live in deeds, not years in thoughts, not\\nbreaths\\nIn feelings, not figures on a dial.\\nHe most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest,\\nacts the best.\\nThe widow of our subject, who was ever his de-\\nvoted companion and helpmate, and shared with\\nhira the consideration in which he was held, is\\nliving with her daughter, Mrs. E. J. Grosvenor,\\nat a very advanced age, though strange to say,\\nshe has retained her mental faculties to a remark-\\nable degree, and iier home life is beautiful and", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0697.jp2"}, "698": {"fulltext": "h\\n686\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n4-\\nl~\\nhappy, pjleven children were born to them, two\\nsons .ind nine daughters, of whom seven grew to\\nmaturit} The wife of the Hon. E. O. Grosvenor\\nis the eldest child. She was horn in Auburn,\\nN. Y., April 11, 1822, and was therefore quite\\nyoung when her parents first came to Miciiigan.\\nAt the age of sixteen she was sent East to finish her\\neducation, and attended the West Poultiiey Acad-\\nemy, in Vermont, and subsequently the Monroe\\nAcademy, at Elbridge, N. Y.\\nThe Hon. EJisha P. Champlin was a man whose\\nstability of cliaracter and nobleness of purpose his\\nfellow-citizens delighted to honor, and we find liis\\nname often in the county and township records as\\nan office-holder. In April, 1835, at the first town\\nmeeting held in Fayette Township he was elected\\nto the offices of School Inspector and Roadmaster;\\nlie was appointed Postmaster of Jonesville in 840,\\nand held that position until 18-14. During the\\nBlack Hawk War, when he resided in Tecumseh,\\nhe was on the staff of Gen. Joseph Brown, as his\\naide with the rank of Major, and continued in the\\nservice for several months. He was twice elected\\nto represent his district in the Lower House of the\\nState Legislature, being a member of that body in\\nthe years 1837 and 1838, and he was returned to\\nthe State Senate by his constituents in 1840.\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acALEB CLARK JOHNSON, M. D. This\\nnoted physician and surgeon of Hillsdale,\\nlike many of the profession.al men of this\\ncounty-, is a native of the Empire State, and was\\nborn near the town of Clarkson, adjacent to Brock-\\nport, in Monroe County, on tlie 1st of July, 1817.\\nHis father, Samuel W. Johnson, early in life had\\nlearned the trade of a tailor, which he subsequently\\nabandoned for agricultural pursuits.\\nSamuel W. Johnson spent his boyhood among\\nthe Catskill Mountains, in Greene County, N. Y.,\\nwhere his birth took place about 1795. He was the\\nson of William Johnson, the offspring of an excel-\\nlent old English family which crossed the Atlantic\\nin the Colonial days and took up their abode in\\nthe town of Windham, Conn. From New England\\nthey emigrated to New York State during the pe-\\nriod of its early history, and there became widely\\nand favorably known. Samuel Johnson took for\\nhis wife Miss Marj daughter of Col. Caleb Clark,\\nwho did good service in the command of a regi-\\nment during the War of 1812. Grandfather Clark\\nsubsequently settled in Clarkson, N. Y., where he\\nspent his last daj s.\\nThe parents of our subject, after their marriage,\\ntook up their residence in the town of Clarkson,\\nN. Y., of which they remained residents some eight\\nor nine years. The father at first followed his trade,\\nbut later took up fa]ming, and from the first farm\\nin Monroe County removed to another in the same\\nlocality, where the parents spent the remainder\\nof their lives. Their household included eleven\\nchildren, all of whom lived to mature years and ten\\nsurvive five sisters and five brothers. These are\\nresidents of New York, Michigan and Dakota.\\nDr. Johnson was the first-born of his parents, and\\nspent his boyhood in his native county, attending\\nfirst the district school and later Clarkson Academy.\\nHe began the study of medicine in the office of Dr.\\nA. M. Leonard, of Clarkson, and subsequently was\\nwith M. B. Gage, M. D., of Churchville, N. Y. In\\nthe latter place he took a course in the Geneva\\nMedical College, from which he was graduated in\\nJanuary, 1843. He commenced the practice of his\\nprofession in Orleans Countj N. Y., where he con-\\ntinued with efficiency and success for a period of\\ntwenty-one years.\\nIn the spring of 1864 Dr. Johnson resolved to\\nchange his residence to Southern Michigan, mostly\\non account of the educational facilities which might\\nbe given his children. After establishing his fam-\\nily comfortabl3 in the city of Hillsdale, he opened\\nan office, and it was not long until here, as in his\\nnative State, he had all the business to which he\\ncould conveniently attend. In 1881 he was ap-\\npointed Pension Examiner by President Garfield,\\nand has otherwise been prominent in county affairs,\\nincluding the enterprises closely connected with the\\nwelfare of the people, morally, socially and educa-\\ntionally.\\nWhile a resident of Hamlin, N. Y., Dr. Johnson\\nwas wedded to Miss Julia Bates, at the home of the\\nbride s parents, June 21, 1843. Mrs. Johnson was\\nborn March 16, 1820, in Kendall, Orleans Co., N.\\n^m 4", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0698.jp2"}, "699": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n687\\nY.. and is the d.aug;hter of Capt. Henry and Sally-\\nHates, also of Kendall, tiic former of wliom was a\\nfarmer by occupation and died at the advanced age\\nof ninety-four 3 ears. His wife, the mother of Mrs.\\nJ., died in 183.3. The Doctor and his wife became\\nthe parents of two children, one only of whom is\\nliving, Herbert Bates, a rising young attorney of\\nChicago. Julia Maj who was born Oct. 21, IS.iO,\\nwas graduated from Hillsdale College, and died at\\nthe home of her parents in Hillsdale, Dec. 27, 1874.\\nShe was a bright .and promising young girl, the joy\\nand pride of her parents hearts, and in her death\\nthey suffered a most grievous affliction and had the\\ndeep sympathy of hosts of friends.\\nPolitically, Dr. Johnson, long a warm supporter\\nof Republican principles, is also the advocate of\\nProhibition, although not quite ready to identify\\nhimself with the party. He served .as Alderni.an\\nof the Second W.ard four years, and with his estima-\\nble wife is a member in good stanrling of the Free\\nBaptist Church, of Hillsdale. He has been a close\\nstudent and an excellent reader, and is prominently\\nidentified witii the Southern Michigan Medical\\nAssociation.\\nViJOHN W. PEIRCE. This esteemed resident\\n11 of Allen Village made his way to this sec-\\n^.^1 tion of country in 1839. He was born in\\nPenfield, Monroe Co., N. Y., Nov. 14, 1815,\\nand lived there during his younger years, acquiring\\na fair education and becoming familiar with farm\\npursuits.\\nUpon leaving his native place with his parents\\nj oung Peirce took up his residence in Chautauqua\\nCounty, the same State, where he resided with his\\npai-ents until 1836, when about twenty years of\\nage, then started for the West. He had at this\\ntime engaged his services to a farmer in Chautau-\\nqua County to go to Yorkville, now Kendall County,\\n111. He drove two yoke of oxen attached to a\\nwagon loaded with 1,800 pounds of butter. He\\npassed through Allen on his way thither from New\\nYork to Illinois, and was six weeks making the trip.\\nHis journey safely accomplished, he remained in\\nIllinois nntil the fall of 1839. when he retraced his\\nsteps to this county, and locating in Allen Township,\\nhas since made this his home.\\nMr. Peirce was the elder child of his parents,\\nwhose family included two sons. His father, Solon\\nPeirce, was a native of Deerfield, Oneida Co., N. Y.,\\nand was born Aug. 4, 1791. His mother, formerly\\nMiss Susanna Walker, was born Oct. 4, 1797, and\\nis believed to have been a native of New England.\\nAfter their marriage the parents settled in Penfield,\\nMonroe Co., N. Y., where the father followed teach-\\ning, and where the mother passed from earth Aug.\\n28, 1 820, at the early Jige of twenty-two years. She\\nleft two children John W. and Justus Walker,\\nnow deceased. Solon Peirce was the second time\\nmarried, this time to Betsey Davis. They had one\\nson and seven daughters, and removed to Warren\\nCounty, Pa., where he followed his profession of\\nteacher two years, and then returning to the Empire\\nState settled in Chautauqua County, and in the\\ntown of Harmony resided, .and followed farming\\nand tanght school until the spring of 183G.\\nSolon Peirce, in the spring of 183(i, came to\\nMichigan and cast his lot among the pioneers of\\nAllen Township. This change of location rather\\nnecessitated a change of occupation, and now tak-\\ning up a quarter of section 31, in Allen Township,\\nhe turned his attention to agricultural pursuits.\\nAbout the same time he also secured eighty acres\\nof land in Branch County. He effected fair im-\\nprovements on the land chosen for his home in\\nAllen Township, laboring there until his death,\\nwhich occurred Jan. 21, 1851.\\nOur subject upon coming to this county employed\\nhimself first at farming, and made his first purch.ase\\nof land on section 16, in about 1843. He did not\\nmarry until quite late in life, and was then wedded\\nto Miss Hansie L. Lake, their union being celebrated\\nat the home of the bride in Allen Township, Jan.\\n19, 1859. They commenced life together in a\\nmodest dwelling on his farm in this township, and\\nin due time the household circle numbered five\\nchildren, of whom the record is as follows: Erastus\\nL., the eldest, is engaged as a stenograi)her in Chi-\\ncago, 111. Solon died in Allen Township when four\\nyears old; Arthur is living in Allen Township;\\nLaura, the wife of E. A. Clickner, is also a resident", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0699.jp2"}, "700": {"fulltext": "688\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nof Allen Township; and Erna remains at home\\nwith her parents.\\nMrs. Peirce was born in Chester, Warren Co.,\\nN. Y.. July 12, 1827, and is the daughter of Eras-\\ning and Erna Lake, a sketch of whom will be found\\nelsewhere in this work. She is a lady of many es-\\ntimable qualities, and with her husband a member\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church. Erastus Lake\\nis still living, and has reached the advanced age of\\nninety-four years, yet his mind is bright and active,\\nand his memory remarkable.\\nMr. Peirce, besides his town property, owns 140\\nacres of the section which his father took up from\\nthe Government in Allen Township. He is a solid\\nRepublican, politically, but with the exception of\\nfilling a vacancy as Supervisor, has steadily avoided\\nthe cares of office. He identified himself with the\\nMasonic fraternity in 1S69, and belongs to Lodge\\nNo. 152, at Allen. He has been a privileged wit-\\nness of the great changes occurring in Southern\\nMichigan for the space of over Bfty-two years; he\\nhas rejoiced in its prosperity, and contributed his\\nquota toward its development by his industry and\\ngood judgment as a tiller of the soil, and his career\\nas an honest man and a good citizen.\\nifJOHN GLASGOW, after a long and well-\\nspent life, during which he has contributed\\nhis full quota to the development of Hills-\\ndale County and to the promotion of the\\ncause of morality in this commuuitj has now\\nretired from active life, and is passing the re-\\nmainder of his days in the enjoyment of ease and\\na competency in Jones ville.\\nThe Glasgow family is of Scotch ancestry, as the\\nname implies, and the father of our subject was\\nborn in the -land of the heather about 1778. The\\nmother of our subject, who in her girlhood was\\nMiss Jane Glasgow, was also born in Scotland,\\nabout 1783. After their marriage the parents\\nsettled in the North of Ireland, in County Tyrone,\\nwhere they remained until their removal to America\\nabout 1848. Upon tlieir arrival in this country\\nthey proceeded at once to this county, where they\\nsettled in Jonesville, and resided there until their\\ndecease. Mr. Glasgow improved a farm, and lived\\nto see the country considerably developed. During\\nthe year of his death the Lake Shore Michigan\\nSouthern Railroad was built through Jonesville;\\nhis wife died about 1869.\\nTo the parents of our subject were born seven\\nchildren, four sons and three daughters, of whom\\nour subject is the fourth child in order of birth,\\nand all lived to mature years. John Glasgow was\\nborn in Count} Tyrone, Ireland, April 15, 1814,\\nwhere he was reared to farming pursuits, and has\\nfollowed that occupation all his life. Being dis-\\nsatisfied with his environments in that country, and\\nhearing of the more favorable conditions under which\\nfarmers labored in America, where land could be\\nbought so cheaply, he decided to try his fortune in\\nthe New World. Accordingly, in the spring of\\n1839, he bade good-by to his native Ireland and\\nembarked for America. (His elder brother came\\nto New York State in 1833.) Upon his arrival in\\nthis country he proceeded to Auburn, N. Y where\\nhe was employed by the month for about four\\nyears. A farm of his own was the ambition of our\\nsubject, however, and in August, 1843, he came to\\nHillsdale County, and settled in Fayette Township.\\nTwo years later he married, and settletl on a farm\\non section 7, where he continued to live until 1881,\\nengaged in agricultural pursuits, and then removed\\nto Jonesville. where he has since lived a retire.! life.\\nAt one time Mr. Glasgow owned 227 acres of\\nland, which he has since disposed of, with the\\nexception of eighty .acres.\\nThe subject of this notice was married first in\\nFayette Township to Betsey (Eddy) Hoagland,\\nwho was a native of Ohio; she bore her husband\\nthree ciiildren, and departed this life at her home\\nin Fayette Township. Of the three children but\\none survives, Mary J., who is the wife of James\\nGould, of Wheeling, Mo. Mr. Glasgow was a\\nsecond time married, in Moscow Township, to Miss\\nMary Sinclair, but she died in Fayette Township\\nabout 1872. Of this union there were born two\\nchildren Walter S., who married Dora Miller, and\\nresides in Faj ette Township, and Rose B., the wife\\nof Cassius Clark, of Allen Township.\\nMr. Glasgow was a third time married, in Allen\\nTownship. Jan. 19, 1870, to Mrs. Mary A. (Bab-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0700.jp2"}, "701": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n^ii^K-*\\n689\\nbett) Howard, daughter of Dwiglit and Lucinda\\n^Crawford) Babbett, and widow (jf Laban Howard,\\nwho died in Allen Township, May 2,1, 18G9. By\\nher marriage with Labaii Howard she became the\\nmother of five ehililren Morrell, Kdward, Willis,\\nEllen, and Lois, deceased. Morrell m.arried Annie\\nBuBois Edward married Ella Williamson, and\\nlived in Juniata; Willis married Miss Kittie Cald-\\nwell, of Litchfield Township, and Ellen is the\\nwife of Harry Wickard, of Hillsdale. Mrs. GKas-\\ngow was born in Ware, Hampshire Co., Mass.. and\\nremoved to Wyoming County, N. Y., when sixteen\\nyears of age. She was married twice previous to\\nher marriage with John Glasgow. Her fiist mar-\\nriage took place in AVyoming County, N. Y., with\\nAliel Rogers, who died in that county.\\nMr. Glasgow has been Road Commissioner, and\\ndischarged the duties of his office faithfully, while\\nhe was also one of the Village Assessors in Jones-\\nville for three j ears. He is a member in good\\nstanding of the Presbyterian Church, and is one of\\nthe oldest members of the church in Jonesville. In\\npolitics he is a Republican.\\niWi i t^^ COHN, manufacturer of and dealer in\\ncigars and tobacco at Hillsdale, was born\\nwithin the limits of the citj of Zempelburg,\\nWest Prussia, and is the son of Isaac Cohn,\\na manufacturer of flannels at that place. The fam-\\nily is of pure Jewish ancestry, and the mother was in\\nher girlhood Miss Eva Fink.\\nThe parental household included eight children,\\nfive sons and three daughters, all of whom lived to\\nmature years, with the exception of one, Oscar, and\\nall crossed the Atlantic, settling mostly in Hillsdale.\\nMoses, our subject, was the eldest born, and in\\ncommon with the children of Germany was placed\\nin school when a little lad six years of age, aud\\npursued his studies until a j outh of fourteen. He\\nthen entered a dry-goods store .as clerk, where he\\nspent five j-ears, and in the summer of 1871 deter-\\nmined to seek his fortune on the other side of the\\nwater.\\nFrom his native city young Cohn made his way\\nto Hamburg, where he boarded an ocean steamer,\\nthe Westphalia, bound for New York City. He ar-\\nrived at his destination after a safe voyage of twelve\\ndays, aud proceeding directly westward took up his\\nresidence in the city of Hillsdale, this county, and\\npurchasing a stock of goods loaded them upon a\\nwagon, and started out with them over the coun-\\ntry, peddling. This venture he followed up one\\nyear, then opened a cigar shop in Hillsdale, where\\nhe began the manufacture of tobacco on a small\\nscale, in accordance with the demands of the trade\\nat that time. It was not long before he was obliged\\nto enlarge his facilities, and now from that humble\\nbeginning his business has attained to such propor-\\ntions that at some seasons of the year he o-ives\\nemployment to as many as forty-five men. His\\npresent business house, factory and storeroom, con-\\nsists of a handsome aud substantial brick structure,\\nthree stories in height and occupying an area of\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a224x66 feet. All these floors and basement are\\nutilized for his business alone. The products of\\nhis factory go to all portions of this and the adjoin-\\ning States, and he has quite a number of traveling\\nsalesmen upon the road at all seasons of the year.\\nIt is hardly necessary to say that he is a man\\nprompt to meet his obligations, and possesses all the\\nthrift and industry of his excellent Jewish ancestry.\\nMr. Cohn was married, in September, 1881, toMiss\\nEmma Salomon, a native of the Province of Posen,\\nGermany, and who came with her parents to this\\ncountry when about nine years of age. The par-\\nents of jNIrs. Cohn. Heiman and Rosa .Salomon, are\\nnow in Hillsdale. Our subject and his wife are the\\nparents of three interesting children, two sons aud\\none daughter Israel, Harry and Minnie. The eld-\\nest is five J ears of age. aud the youngest two. The\\nfamily residence is pleasantly situated, and is fur-\\nnished with all the comforts of modern life.\\nLBERT PRENTLSS, who owns and occupies\\nluW one of the finest residences in the village\\nof Allen, has also a valuable farm of 190\\nacres in Allen Township, where he engaged\\nfor a number of years in agricultural pursuits and\\nalso as a contractor and builder. He put up the\\nfirst school-house in Allen Village, in 1869, which", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0701.jp2"}, "702": {"fulltext": "11\\n-4:\\n690\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nwas followed by the erection of the Baptist Church\\nin 1871, and the Methodist Episcopal Church in\\n1872. In company with Andrew Winchester, he\\nerected the brick block on the corner of Chicago\\nand Railroad streets in 1868. He laid out the vil-\\nlage of Allen, and was largely instrumental in its\\ngrowth and prosperity.\\nIn noting the career of prominent individuals it\\nis quite natural to revert to their origin and ante-\\ncedents. Watson Prentiss, the father of our sub-\\nject, was a native of Chenango County, N. Y., and\\nhis mother, Susan (Price) Prentiss, also a native\\nof the Empire State, was born in Steuben County.\\nAfter marriage they settled in the latter count}\\nwhere they spent the remainder of their lives, the\\nfather dying in 1873, and the mother in 1877.\\nThey were the parents of eight children, five sons\\nand three daughters, four of whom are living and\\nresidents of Steuben County. Albert, the third\\nchild, was born in Tyrone, now Schuyler County,\\nN. Y., April 7, 1828. He continued a member of\\nhis father s household until seventeen years old,\\npursuing his studies in the district schools and be-\\ncoming familiar with farming pursuits. In the\\nspring of 1845 he made his way to Southern Michi-\\ngan, and for two years thereafter was a member of\\nthe family of William B. Childs, of Allen, and who\\nis now a resident of Hillsdale. Later young Pren-\\ntiss lived with the family of James M. Hanchett\\ntwo years also. Not long afterward he was married,\\nand settled in Allen Township, of which he has\\nsince been a resident.\\nThe marriage of Albert Prentiss and Miss Mary\\nE. McConnell was celebrated in Allen Township,\\nApril 15, 1849. Mrs. Prentiss was born April 20,\\n1831, in Chautauqua County, N. Y., and is the\\ndaughter of John and L3 dia McConnell, who were\\nnatives of Philadelphia, and spent their last years in\\nConnecticut. The only child of our subject is a\\nson, George W., who married Miss Mary F. Brooks,\\nand is occupied at farming in Allen Village.\\nMr. Prentiss, when a youth of eighteen years, in\\nthe winter of 1854, made the journey by water to\\nCalifornia in the hope of restoring his health, and\\nwhich effected the desired result. Since instituting\\nhis home in Allen Township, he has alwa3-s been\\nprominent in local affairs, representing the township\\nin the County Board of Supervisors for a period of\\nten years, and for one term was Chairman of the\\nboard. To the maintenance and establishment of\\nschools he has always given his cordial support, and\\nhas been connected with school affairs for a period\\nof seventeen years. In the meantime also he offici-\\nated as Highway Commissioner nine years, and\\nonce was elected Justice of the Peace, but did not\\ncare enough about the office to qualify. Politically,\\nhe is a solid Republican, and his name has been\\nprominently mentioned as a candidate for the State\\nLegislature.\\nit; OHN S. FOSTER was born in Barnard, Wind-\\nsor Co., Vt., Jan. 29, 1826, where his father,\\nMoses Foster, was also born. His grand-\\nfather, John Foster, was a pioneer of Bar-\\nnard, where he improved a farm, and resided in the\\nGreen Mountain State until his death.\\nThe father of our subject grew to manhood in\\nWindsor County, and married Miss Fannie Crowell,\\nwho was also born in that county, and was the\\ndaughter of Shiverick Crowell. They were married\\nin 1823, and in 1833 removed to Huron County,\\nOhio, where Moses Foster followed the occupation\\nof a farmer. He bought 100 acres of timber land\\nin Peru Township, near Maxwell. Here he en-\\ngaged busily in the improvement of his farm, but\\nwas stricken down by death at the early age of\\nthirty-five years, in 1 835, leaving a wife and two\\nhelpless children to mourn their irreparable loss.\\nOf these children, Martha L., the sister of our sub-\\nject, married Ansel Baker, of Huron County, Ohio,\\nand there resided until her deatli. The mother of our\\nsubject spent her last years with her daughter, and\\ndeparted this life in 1879, at the advanced age of\\neightj -nine years.\\nThe subject of this sketch continued to reside\\nwith his widowed mother, contributing as soon as\\nhe was able to her support, and receiving his educa-\\ntion as best he could in the public schools, until he\\nwas twent} j-ears of age. He then came to Michi-\\ngan with Loren Davis, and started the first harness-\\nshop in Hudson. He continued in the harness\\nbusiness the greater part of the time until 1848,\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0702.jp2"}, "703": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n691\\nI\\nwhen, in December of that j ear, he settled on the\\nfarm where he still resides. This land which he\\nhad bought the fall previously was heavily timbered,\\nbut he went to work with energy-, and felling the\\ntrees to make room for a log house, he soon had a\\nhome to which he could bring his bride, and in this\\nlog house they lived happy and contented for\\nseveral years. Our subject was engaged, as were all\\npioneers of the day in this section of country, in\\nsubduing nature, clearing land, and breaking prairie.\\nBut with all their labors they were social and happy,\\ntheir wants were simple, and they were soon able\\nto make a comfortable living, and provide for the\\neducation of their growing families. Mr. Foster\\nhas been amplj rewarded, however, for his expendi-\\nture of labor upon his farm, as he now has ninety-\\nfive acres cleared and under good cultivation, with\\nneat and commodious frame buildings, and has also\\nfifty-five acres under timber. His first purchase\\nconsisted of eight^^ acres of land, for which he\\nstipulated to pay the sum of $-100, 300 in hand,\\nwhile the balance should bear interest at seven per\\ncent. Mr. Foster completed the purchase price\\nduring the second year, and after that he devoted\\nhis time and money to the improvements which are\\nnow so marked on his farm.\\nMr. and Mrs. Foster have traveled extensively,\\nand as they have been close observers, while natur-\\nally intelligent, they are now agreeable people with\\nwhom to converse. In Ju\\\\y, 1887, they started for\\nthe Pacific Coast, and first stopped at Seneca,\\nKeniaha Co., Kan., after which they spent some\\ntime in Wichita, and then in Sterling, in the same\\nState. They then went via the Santa Fe Railroad\\nacross the mountains to California, and visited the\\nprincipal points of interest on the Pacific Slope.\\nThey spent two weeks among the beauty and\\ngrandeur of the Yosemite Valley, their life while\\nthere somewhat resembling their early experience in\\nHillsdale County, as they were camping out.\\nAfter a very pleasant and invigorating tour they\\nreturned bj the Union Pacific Railroad, and through\\nSalt Lake Citj where they enjoyed a bath in the\\nfamous lake, and thence returning visited Glenwood,\\nIowa, and Chicago.\\nOn the 2d of May, 1848, our subject was united\\nin marriage with Miss Amy Rush, who was born in\\nFarmington, Ontario Co.. N. Y., Dec. 29, 1824.\\nHer father, Samuel F. Rush, was born in Cheshire,\\nBerkshire Co., Mass., and his father was also born\\nin the Bay State, where he was a fjirmer in Ontario\\nCounty, and resided with his children there until\\nhis death. The father of Mrs. Foster went to New\\nYork State at twenty-one j ears of age, and served\\nin the War of 1812. He afterward married, in\\nUtica, Miss Mary C. Delazenn, a native of that\\nplace, and the daughter of Michael Delazenn, a\\nnative of France. After marriage they located in\\nOntario County, where Mr. Rush bought a farm,\\n.ind resided until his death, in 1865; his wife died\\nin 1857.\\nMr. and Mrs. Foster became the parents of three\\nchildren. Byron D., their eldest child, was born\\nDec. 1 7, 848 toward the close of the w.ar he en-\\nlisted, in February, 1865, in Company C, 1 1th Michi-\\ngan Infantry,and died in the service of his country,\\nat Chattanooga, in May following. His remains\\nwere brought home for interment. Oscar F.. who\\nwas born in Pittsford Township, and Josephine\\nA., who married C. J. Rumsley, a native of Pitts-\\nford.\\nIn 1852 Mr. Foster bought a sawmill, and en-\\ngaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber, in\\nwhich business he continued for seven years. He\\nwas also engaged for a time with the Barney\\nOcobock Company, of Sandusky, Ohio, in their\\nspoke and wheel factory, and had charge of the\\noutside business in connection with their mills. He\\nwas subsequent!} in a broom handle and shingle\\nfactory.\\n\\\\|lOHN J. RIGGS. The subject of this biog-\\nraphy is the proprietor of a finel}- appointed\\nfarm of 115 acres, pleasant]} located on sec-\\ntion 4 in Scipio Township, and adjacent to\\nthe town of Mosherville. Here he has put forth his\\nbest efforts for a period probably of twenty-five\\nyears, and has signalized himself as not only a thor-\\nough and skillful farmer, but a useful citizen, taking\\na lively interest in the welfare of his communitj\\nThe friend of progress and education, he h.is been\\na member of the School Board for the past fifteen\\n3 ears, and is one of the first men whom his neigh-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0703.jp2"}, "704": {"fulltext": "692\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nbors approach when assistance both moral and sub-\\nstantial is desired to set on foot the enterprises\\nwhich shall build up the township and increase its\\nstanding among its neighbors.\\nThe Kmpire State, which has contributed so large\\na proportion of the best residents of Hillsdale\\nCounty, contained also the early home of our sub-\\nject, he having been born near the town of L^ ons,\\nin Wayne County, Sept. 14, 1841. He comes of an\\nexcellent family, his father being Joseph Riggs,\\nalso a native of Lyons, and who was born Nov. 12,\\n1813. The latter was reared to manhood in his\\nnative township, and married one of its most esti-\\nmable young ladies, Miss Mary Smith, who was\\nborn also in Lyons, Jan. 31, 1815. While residents\\nof their native township there were born to them\\ntwo children, and the fatiier, who had acquired an\\nexcellent education, engaged first as a teacher in\\nthe public schools, and subsequently for a time car-\\nried on the drug business.\\nIn 1842, the parents of our subject determined\\nupon a change of location, and coming to this\\ncounty settled upon a tract of land in Scipio Town-\\nship, wiiere the father carried on fanning for about\\ntwo years, and subsequently removed to Litchfield\\nTownship, where he still pursued agriculture, in\\nconnection with teaching, until 1863. Then return-\\ning to Scipio Township, he located in the village of\\nMosherville, where his death took place Nov. 23,\\n1882. The devoted wife and mother had passed\\naway over ten 3 ears before, her death taking place\\nJan. 20, 1872.\\nMr. and Mrs. Joseph Riggs were both active mem-\\nbers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which the\\nfather held many offices of trust and responsibility.\\nThe eight children of the household are recorded as\\nfollows: Hurlbut, during the late war, served with\\ncredit as a soldier in the Union army, and returning\\nhome in safety, with the rank of First Lieutenant, is\\nnow occupied at farming in Mosherville John J., our\\nsubject, was the second son and child; Mary D. is\\nthe widow of H. J. Culver, late of Detroit, and is\\nnow residing in Mosherville; Wesley W., a soldier\\nin the 27th Michigan Infantry during the Rebell-\\nion, dieil on a boat while en route from the frontat\\nPetersburg, Va., to Philadelphia, Pa; his remains\\nnow fill a soldier s grave at the latter place. Alice\\ndied in Litchfield when an infant, Feb. 6, 1852;\\nEdward P. died in Litchfield. April 1, 1853; Carrie\\ndied in Scipio Township, June 19, 1872; George\\nis engaged in farming in Scipio Township.\\nThe subject of our sketch was the second child\\nof his parents, and remained under the home roof\\nuntil the outbi-eak of the late Rebellion, in the\\nmeantime completing his studies in Hillsdale Col-\\nlege. The second year of the war he enlisted, Aug.\\n9, 18(!2, in Company G, 18th Michigan Infantry,\\nand served with his regiment one year, when he was\\ndetached, and assigned to duty at the headquarters\\nof Gen. R. S. Granger, where he did good service\\nuntil the expiration of his term of enlistment. Other-\\nwise than the hardships and privations incident\\nto a soldier s life, he escaped without injury, and\\nreturning to his home in Scipio Township, engaged\\nin farming until about 1873. He then purchased\\na stock of general merchandise, and occupied him-\\nself in trade at Mosherville nearly five years, after\\nwhich he returned to his old employment.\\nMr. Riggs was first married in Litchfield Town-\\nship, Feb. 6, 18GC, to Miss Kate K. Mead, who was\\nborn in Auburn, N. 1 and who died at her home\\nin Mosherville, May 12, 1876. This union resulted\\nin the birth of three children, all sons Edmund\\nH., Leroy J. and Harry M. The two latter are\\ndeceased, one dying when two and one-half years\\nold, and the other when an infant. The eldest is\\nnow living at home.\\nMr. Riggs, on the 18th of December, 1877, con-\\ntracted a second marriage, with Miss Celina, daugh-\\nter of the late James Sturges, a prominent and highly\\nrespected citizen of Scipio Township, and a sketch\\nof whom will be found elsewhere in this Album.\\nThe present wife of our subject was born in Scipio\\nTownship, June 28, 1845, and is now the mother of\\ntwo interesting children Mabel M. and Stanley J.\\nMr. Riggs uniformly votes the straight Republican\\nticket, and besides his connection with school mat-\\nters, has held the office of Township Clerk several\\nyears. Socially, he belongs to Henry Baxter Post,\\nG. A. R., of Jonesville.\\nJoseph Riggs held nearly all the offices within\\nthe gift of the people of his township, and among\\nother duties served as Justice of the Peace for\\nman} years in both Litchfield and Scipio Town-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0704.jp2"}, "705": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n693\\nships. A man active, energetic and progressive in\\nliis ideas, he tooli a livel3- interest in educational\\nmatters, believing that the young were entitled to\\nall the advantages iu this respect which could pos-\\nsibly be conferred upon them.\\n-J^^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nV\u00c2\u00a5( OHN SPROWLS is located on 187 acres of\\nland on section 24, Hillsdale Township, where,\\nin addition to general farming and stock-\\nraising, he is also much interested in fruit-\\ngrowing, which industrj besides jiroving a source of\\nwealth to the man who patiently waits, is also a\\nmatter of enjoyment. His farm, which he has re-\\ndeemed from the wilderness, he has brought to a\\nhigh state of cultivation, and adorned it with a fine\\nset of farm buildings, and tiie machinery necessary\\nfor the successful prosecution of his calling by the\\nmodern agriculturist.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in On-\\ntario County, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1833, and is the son\\nof Peter and Mahala (Huff) .Sprowls, natives of\\nNew York, where the father was born Dec. 20,\\n180(i. In early life he followed the trade of a car-\\npenter and joiner, for which he had a natural taste,\\nand engaged in that calling up to about the time of\\nhis marriage. He then purchased a farm and de-\\nvoted the remainder of his life to its cultivation\\nand improvement, and died Nov. 13, 1880, in\\nAdams Township, which had been his home since\\nhe came to this State, forty-four years previously.\\nBy strict economy and untiring industrj he gained\\na competency, and while he was very careful in his\\nbusiness transactions, he was always ready to assist\\nthe needy. He lived to see his surviving children,\\nsix in number, of his family of eight, well settled in\\nlife, and all living in this countj except one daugh-\\nter, Mrs. William Crisp, who resides in the northern\\npart of the State. She was at home with all the\\nfamily at the time of her father s death. He died\\nof a lingering disease of the stomach, and much of\\nthe time his suffering was extreme, but throughout\\nit all he did not utter a word of complaint; he was\\npatient in his affliction, and re.ady and willing to\\ndie. While the children mourned the loss of a kind\\nfather, and the wife a dear companion, the com-\\nmunitj mourned for one who was upright in his\\ndealings, and pleasant in his soci.al intercourse, and\\nwhen his remains were consigned to their last rest-\\ning-place, all who knew him united cordially in say-\\ning Peace to his ashes.\\nThe mother of our subject was born May 21,\\n1813, and when eleven years of age removed with\\nher parents to the State of New York, where she\\nwas married to Peter Sprowls, Nov. 25, 1830. A\\nj ear later they emigrated to Michigan, and settled\\nupon a farm in Adams Township. Soon after the\\ndeath of her husband in the fall of 1 880, she left the\\nold homestead and resided with her daughter, Mrs.\\nFuller, until the time of her death. During the pre-\\nvious summer she had been in feeble health, owing\\nto a disease of the heart, which, in connection with\\nan .attack of pneumonia, caused her death. Slie w.as\\na true Christian woman, and practicing the precepts\\nof her religion, she adorned the profession.\\nThere rest, mother, rest, thy life work is done.\\nThy cares and trials on earth are all o er.\\nThy Father has called thee. Weary one, come.\\nTo a glad reunion on the other shore.\\nYes, the Saviour h,as heard thy low. plaintive cry\\nJ alie, oh, take me to meet once again.\\nMy loved ones now waiting for me upon high\\nIn the home free from soirow and pain.\\nThe parental family of our subject included eight\\nchildren, who are recorded as follows: Emeline was\\nborn Oct. 31, 1831, and is tiie wife of John L.\\nBuck; John was the second in order of birth James\\nmarried Margaret Slingerland; Mary E. is the wife\\nof William Crisp, an Englishman by birth Caroline\\ndied Feb. 28, 1848; Julia became the wife of Sam-\\nuel A. Haskell, a farmer by occupation, and died\\nJan. 7, 1882; Adeline is the wife of W. B. Fuller,\\na farmer by occupation, and resides in Fayette\\nTownship; George was born March 17, 1848, and\\ndied July 11, 18(53.\\nJohn Sprowls was united in marriage, Nov. 20,\\n1855, with Miss Elizabeth Williams, who was born\\nin Lockport, N. Y., April 9, 1835, and was the\\ndaughter of John and Mary (Jones) Williams, na-\\ntives of Wales, where the former was horn in 1806.\\nand the latter in 1 803. The parents of Mrs. Sprowls\\ncame to America in 1834, and settled in Jefferson\\nTownship, where they were among the earliest pio-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0705.jp2"}, "706": {"fulltext": "604\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\niieei-s. In the spring of 1840 they removed to\\nAdams Township, wiiich became their home until\\ntheir death, the decease of the mother occurring on\\nthe 20th of May, 1 856, at fifty -three years of age.\\nShe was a kind mother and an affectionate wife, and\\nfew persons indeed at her age had gathered around\\nthem a larger or truer circle of confiding and lov-\\ning hearts; few have ever manifested more of those\\namiable, cheerful qualities which inspire emotions\\nof affection in the breasts of those by whom thej\\nare surrounded. Energetic, generous and noble-\\nminded, Mrs. Williams was privileged to live in the\\nconsciousness that she was respected and appreciated\\nby all who knew her, while to her devoted husband\\nand children she was endeared by a love of the\\npurest and most elevated character. Mr. Williams\\nwas an energetic, industrious citizen, and though\\nnot a member of any church, he lived closely to the\\nprecepts of the Golden Rule, until his death, Aug.\\n21, 1874. He was a man well known and much\\nrespected by his neighbors and acquaintances, who\\nwill ever remember his good qualities, and cherish\\nhis memory. Their family consisted of two chil-\\ndren: Elizabeth, the wife of our subject, and Ed-\\nward, who mariied Charity Dibble. To the latter\\nhave been born three children Carrie B..Edna G.\\nand John M. Mr. and Mrs. Sprowls have one child\\nonly, a daughter, Mary, who resides at home with\\nher parents.\\nIn politics, the Democratic partj can always\\ncount on a stanch friend and supporter in the per-\\nson of Mr. Sprowls, although he is not an office\\nseeker in any sense of the term. He and his esti-\\nmable wife are highly esteemed and respected by all\\nwho have the pleasure of their acquaintance.\\n^l^p RANK M. GIER, M. D., an enterprising\\nilpflfei and successful young physician of Pittsford\\nTownship, was born in Ransom Townshi[),\\nthis county, on the 8th of January, 1859, and is\\nthe eldest son of Henry W. Gier, a well-known\\nresident of this county. The latter, a native of the\\nBuckeye State, was born in Medina County, and\\nwas the son of Henry Gier, Sr., a native of Phila-\\ndelphia, Pa., and one of the pioneers of Ohio. He\\nthere cleared a farm, where he lived the greater\\npart of his life, but came to Michigan finally and\\nwith his estimable wife spent his last days among\\nhis children here.\\nThe father of our subject catne to this county\\nwhen a young man, and settled in Ransom Town-\\nship. He had learned the trade of a carpenter,\\nwhich he followed here for a time, but soon pur-\\nchased a farm near the village, which he occupied\\nand cultivated until about 1860. He then took up\\nhis residence in Spencer, Medina County, but in\\n1863 returned to his farm in Ransom. In 1864,\\nduring the progress of the Rebellion, he enlisted as\\na Union soldier in Company I, 11th Michigan\\nInfantry, and served a few months, when he was\\ntaken ill, confined in the hospital, and finally dis-\\ncharged on account of disability. He did not\\nregain his health until about three years afterward.\\nHe then resumed work at his trade, and in 1872\\nremoved to the village of Allen, but four j ears\\nlater returned to Ransom, where he farmed three\\nyears, then sold out and removed to Quincy, in\\nBranch County. Two years later he sold his prop-\\nerty there and invested in a stock of furniture,\\nbut after two years came to Pittsford, where he\\ncontinued in the furniture business until December,\\n1887. His store was then destroyed by fire and he\\nhas not again resumed. He still makes his residence\\nhere, together with his excellent wife, who in her\\ngirlhood was Miss Lydia A. Halleck. She was born\\nin the State of New York, and is the daughter of\\nIsrael and Laura Halleck, natives of Ohio and New\\nYork State respectively, and long since deceased.\\nThe parental household of our subject included\\nfour sons, three of whom are now residents of\\nHillsdale County: Will H. is a dentist in Los\\nAngeles, Cal. Frank M., at the age of nineteen,\\nhaving received a good education, commenced\\nteaching, in which he was employed three terms.\\nHe then took up the study of medicine in the office\\nof Dr. Bates, of Ransom, then became the pupil of\\nDr. H. Wood, of Quincy. Later he attended medi-\\ncal lectures in the State University at Ann Arbor,\\nfrom which he was graduated in June, 1884. He\\npracticed with Dr. Bates for a short lime in Ransom,\\nand then in April, 1885, located in Pittsford. He\\nbelongs to the Southern Michigan Medical Asso-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0706.jp2"}, "707": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nI\\nG9o\\nelation, anrl socially, is a member of Leonard Lodge\\nNo. 2GC, A. F. A. M., of Waldron; Camp No. 85,\\nSons of Veterans, antl is Surgeon of tlie Michigan\\nDivision of tlie order. He has distanced some of\\nthe older competitors in his profession, and the out-\\nlook is fair for a prosperous future.\\nEDWIN FOUST came to liis present farm of\\nforty-eight acres, on section 19 in Jefferson\\nTownship, in 1870. Upon the theory of\\nHorace Greeley, that a moderate amount of land\\nwell cultivated is more desirable than a large extent\\npartially neglected, he has labored with most excel-\\nlent results. In addition to tiie raising of the\\ncereals and vegetables for his househohl use he has\\ngiven considerable attention to the breeding of\\nlive stock, and has been finely prospered, besides\\nhaving one of the neatest and most attractive\\nhomesteads in the township. As a member of the\\ncommunity ho is held in high res|)ect, having\\nproveil himself a first-class citizen, and without\\nopenly professing Christianity has endeavored to\\ndo unto others as he would that they should do\\nunto hini.\\nOur subject, who is in the prime of life, was born\\nin Morrow County. Ohio, Oct. 22, 1840. His par-\\nents, Samuel and Cynthia (Cutler) Foust, were\\nnatives respectively of Ohio and Vermont, the\\nfatlier having been born in Delaware County, Oct.\\n5, 181o. He also followed farming and merchan-\\ndising to some extent, besides owning anil operat-\\ning a potash and pearlash f.-ictory. He left the\\nBuckeye State in IHoS, and coming to Michigan\\npurchased land, a |)art of which lay in Cambria and\\na part in Jefferson Township, and which now be-\\nlongs to our subject.\\nThe parental household included twelve children,\\neight ()f whom are living, three in Michigan and\\nfive in Ohio. Samuel Foust endorsed Republican\\nprinciples after the organization of that parly, and\\nin religious views was a Baptist. He cast iiis last\\nvote in the fall of 1887, and died Jan. 14, 188,S, in\\nAVilliams Countj Ohio, to which he had returned\\nto live in 1873. The mother is also deceased.\\nThe boyhood and youtii of Edwin Foust were\\nspent mostly at his father s farm, and he received a\\ncommon-school education. He commenced life for\\nhimself ujion reaching his mnjority, and was mar-\\nried when past the thirty-third year of his age, Dec.\\n1, 1873, to Aliss Elizabeth Cope, who was born\\nApril 30, 1840, in Marion County, Ohio, and is the\\ndaughter of Abram and Elizabeth Cope. After his\\nmarriage he worked his father s farm seven years,\\nand in 1870 purchased twenty acres, and subse-\\nquently added to his real estate by the further pur-\\nchase of twenty acres. He is the father of two\\nchildren only: His daughter Etta, who was born\\nJan. 8, 18G5, was married to John Watkins, a- well-\\nto-do farmer of Jefferson Township, and they have\\none child; the son, Judson, was born July 2G, 1875,\\nand is now taking a course of study in the Mont-\\npelier (Ohio) graded school.\\nMr. Foust, like his father, is a Republican, politi-\\ncally, and is one of those upright and straightfor-\\nward citizens who universally command respect\\namong their neighbms.\\nRobert B. CARRUTHERS,jR.,anenterpris-\\ning young farmer of Woodbridge Township,\\nis operating ninety-two acies of land on\\nsection 8. He w:is born in this township,\\nJune 7. 18.t8, and has since resided here, being\\nconsequently known to a majority of its |)eople,and\\nh.as pursued that coiu se in life which has gained him\\ntheir respect and confidence.\\nThe parents of our subject, Robert, Sr.. and\\nHelen (Boyle) Carruthers, were natives of Scotland,\\nand came to the United .states before their mar-\\nriage, becoming residents of Cleveland. Ohio, where\\nthey were made one in the year 1853. The mother\\ndied in December, 1870, in Woodbridge Township.\\nThe father subsequently married Miss Jennie Mc-\\nDougall, and is living in Woodbiidge. By the first\\nmarriage of Robert Carruthers there were born six\\nchildren, three now living.\\nThe subject of tiiis sketch acquired a common-\\nschool educati .)n, and engaged in farming pursuits,\\nchoosing these for his vocation in life. When not\\nquite twenty-four years of age, he was married,\\nFeb. 12, 1882, at Frontier, in Woodbridge Town-\\n-i-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0707.jp2"}, "708": {"fulltext": "696\\nHILLSDALE COUKTY.\\n*t\\nship, to Miss Almina F. Boals. Mrs. Carnithprs\\nwas bciin in Richland County, Ohio. June 14.1859,\\nand is tho daughter of John and Sarah (PLTrt)\\nBoals, natives respectively of Pennsj lvania and\\nOhio. Mr. Boals was born in 1799, was a farmer\\nby occupation, a member of the Baptist Church,\\nand a Democrat in politics. The psirents were mar-\\nried in Ohio in 1840, and the fatiier departed this\\nlife at his home in Woodbridge Township, Feb. 4,\\n1867.\\nThe mother of Mrs. Carruthers was born Aug.\\n19, 1815, is still living and remains a widow, mak-\\ning her home with our subject. She, like her hus-\\nband, is a member of the Baptist Church. Of their\\neleven children the record is as follows: Elijah died\\nwhile in the Union army; Mary is the wife of John\\nT. Brayman; Elizabeth, Mrs. James McDougall,\\nlives in Woodbridge Township; John, of Amboj\\nTownship, married Miss Louisa Phillips; Sarah J.\\ndied when about nineteen years old Charles died\\nin early manhood; Emiey married Ollie Noaker;\\nMrs. Carruthers was the youngest of the family-.\\nThe others died in infancy unnamed.\\nMr. Carruthers has forty acres of land in his\\nhome farm and forty acres in Cambria Township.\\nHis family is composed of himself and wife; they\\nhave no children. Their surroundings are tasteful\\nand embrace all the comforts of life, and as a far-\\nmer our subject understands his business thor-\\noughly. Politically, he is a zealous Republican, and\\nlias officiated as Township Treasurer one year. He\\nand his estimable wife are members of the United\\nBrethren Church, at Frontier, and Mr. C, especially,\\nis interested in Sunday-school work. He has many\\nfriends, and is building up for himself a good\\nrecord.\\n\\\\f RA B. CARD, Postmastei of Hillsdale, a success-\\nful merchant, and an active member of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church, in which he officiates as\\nminister, is discharging the various duties that de-\\nvolve upon him in a praiseworthy manner, with\\ncredit to himself and satisfaction to the communitj-.\\nA man of fair education, and more than ordinary\\nintelligence and business capacities, he ranks among\\nthe leading men of this county. He was a stanch\\nUnion roan during the late war, and since becoming\\na voting citizen has firmly adhered to the general\\nprinciples of the Democratic party.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Yates\\nCounty. N. Y., Dec. 6,1824. His father, Potter\\nGardner Card, was born in Rhode Island in the\\nearly part of the nineteenth century, and was the\\nson of Job Card, also of Rhode Island, and who\\nofficiated asa Captain during the Revolutionary War.\\nlie made a brave and courageous soldier, delighted\\nin harassing the enemy, and in company with three\\nothers effected the capture of Gen. Gale Proctor,\\nchasing him through the cornfield in his night\\nclothes. The paternal grandfather married Miss\\nMartha Potter, and both lived to a ripe old age,\\nspending their last days in Yates County, N. Y.\\nThe Card family is of English ancestry, and uni-\\nformly people who were well-to-do and upright\\ncitizens.\\nThe mother of our subject, who in her girlhood\\nwas Miss AnnaE. Andredge, was a native of Swit-\\nzerland, and came to this country with her parents\\nwhen young. Her father, a minister of the Ger-\\nman Lutheran Cluirch, was murdered while cross-\\ning the St. Lawrence River, and his body was\\nput under the ice, and never recovered. After\\ntheir marriage the parents of our subject took\\nu\\\\) their abode in Yates County, N. Y., where the\\nfather carried on farming until 1837. Then, re-\\nsolved upon a change of location, he came with his\\nfamily to the Territory of Michigan, and first set-\\ntletl on a tract of land in Cambria Township, this\\ncounty. From this he built up a good homestead,\\nwhere he lived until resting from hisearthly labors,\\nin Fcbruarj 1854. The mother survived her hus-\\nband for a period of twenty-two years, remaining a\\nwidow, and entered upon her rest in the winter of\\n1876. The live cliildren of the parental household\\nare all living: Job, the eldest, is in Cambria, Hills-\\ndale County; Ira B., our subject, was the second\\nborn; George P. is in Cambria; William H. is a\\nretired banker at Laingsburg, Shiawassee County,\\nthis State; Mary E. is the wife of Pardon D. II.\\nWilletts, a well-to-do farmer of Reading Township,\\non the west line of the county.\\nMr. Card was a lad of thirteen years when he\\ncame with his parents to this county, and here he", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0708.jp2"}, "709": {"fulltext": "M^\\na\\nHILLSDALE COUMY.\\n697\\npursued his studies in the district seliuoi, mostly\\nduring the winter season, until reaching lii.s miijor-\\nity. Then, desiring a better education, he entered\\nAlbion College, and studied one term, after which\\nhe rotuined to the farm and worked with his father\\nuntil the spring of 180. 3. lie novv felt that .igri-\\nculture was not entirely his element, and taking up\\nhis residence in Hillsdale, purchased a stock of gen-\\neral merchandise, and since that time has been\\nengaged in trjide, building up a fine patronage, and\\nbecoming popular with the people. In 1871 he\\nwas elected Mayor of the city, and the following\\nyear re-elected. Under his administration occurred\\nthe great Chicago fire, and he was entrusted with\\nthe resijonsibility of sending out the first supplies\\nfrom this part of the county to the stricken cit3\\nUnder his supervision several carloads of provisions\\nwere got together in short order, and started in\\ngood shape, ftlr. Card has filled all the local offices\\nof his township, serving as Trustee for many years,\\nand otherwise identifying himself with the welfare\\nof the people. In 1878 he was a candidate on\\nthe Democratic ticket for Congress, receiving over\\n9,000 votes, while the Greenback ticket received\\n7,000, and the Republican candidate 11,000.\\nOur subject was appointed Postmaster of Hills-\\ndale in the latter part of 188G, his commission dat-\\ning Jan. 20, 1887. He cast his first Presidential\\nvote for Gen. Lewis Cass, and during the Rebellion\\nwasactj^-e in dissieminating Union principles, while\\nat the same time no man was more industrious in\\nassisting to gather supplies both of food and cloth-\\ning for the Union soldiers. For a period of eighteen\\nyears he has lieen one of the pillars of the IMeth-\\nodist Kpiscopal Church, and in the pulpit was fluent\\nof speech and m.aster of the arguments which carry\\nwith them both reason and conviction. He served\\ntwo years as President of the Hillsdale Agricultural\\nSociety, and socially, belongs to the A. F. A. M.,\\nat Hillsdale. He assisted in the organization of the\\nfirst State Hank of Hillsdale, of which he is still a Di-\\nrector, and officiates as President of the AJichigan\\nMutual Pencfit Association, of Hillsdale, which was\\norganized in 1K79, and is one of the solid institu-\\ntions of the city. These are but a few of the enter-\\nprises to which he has lent his aid and encoura e-\\nment. and which had for tlu-ir ol)ject the growth\\nand development of Hillsdale County.\\nThe marriage of Ira B. Card and Mrs. Hannah\\nM. Hicks w.as celebrated at the home of the bride\\nin Cambria, in Decemljer. 1851. This lady died May\\n22, 18.53, leaving no children. His present wife,\\nto whom he w.as married in 1855, was fornierl}\\nMiss Mary J. Allen, of Washtenaw Count3% who\\nwas born in November, 1824, and is the daughter of\\nArnold and Lucy Allen. The parents of Mrs. Card\\nwere natives of New York, and are now deceased.\\nShe is a lady of good education, well fitted for the\\nposition which she occupies as the wife of a promi-\\nnent citizen, and presides over their home with\\ngrace and dignity. Of this union there were born\\nthree children, of whom oidyone is living, namely:\\nMinnie M., the wife of Waller li. Branch, the pres-\\nent Register of Deeds, of Hillsdale County.\\n-vtecfix\u00c2\u00a9^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f^i^yinyv*^\\n^l IfelLLIAM LICKLY. sqon after his marriage,\\n\\\\jj/i ill 1859, settled upon a part of his father s\\nW^ old horaeste.ad in Wright Township, which\\nhe now owns and occupies. Since that time he has\\ngiven to it his best efforts, carefully cultivating the\\nsoil and erecting substantial luiildings The labor of\\nbuilding has been performed largely by his own\\nhands, as he is a natural mechanic of much skill and\\ntaste. This, it is hardly necessary to say, has saved\\nhim hundreds of dollars, while at the same time he\\nhas the satisfaction of knowing that his work is well\\ndone.\\nA native of Erie County, N. Y., our subject was\\nborn on the Gth of December, 18. 31. His father,\\nJohn M. Lickly, was l)orn in Putnam County, that\\nState, and his grandfather, James Lickly. was a\\nnative of Scotland. The latter removed to Putnam\\nCounty earl} in life, where his son John M. devel-\\noped into manhood and whence, upon starting out\\nfor himself, he removed to Erie County. There he\\ncultivated a tract of rented land and resided until\\n1836. In the sjjring of that year he made his way\\nto the Territory of AHchigan, and i)urchiised a quar-\\nter-section of land from the Government in Wright\\nTownship. Here he created a log house partly*\\ncovered with liark and partly with shakes, and in the\\nP", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0709.jp2"}, "710": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\n698\\nHILLSDAL?: COUNTY,\\nfall of that year went back to New York State for\\nhis family. They retmiied in September, making\\nthe journey via the lake to Toledo, and there hired\\na team to take them overland to their future home.\\nThe family, upon their arrival in Wright Town-\\nship, established tliemi^elves in the new house, the\\nchimney of which was constructed of dirt and sticks,\\nand the fireplace occupied a large portion of one\\nend of the structure. The mother, as usual with\\nthe pioneer women, did her cooking by the open\\nfireplace, and was also skilled in the use of the spin-\\nning-wheel and loom. The spinning-wiieel they\\nhad brought with them from New York, and the\\nmother manufactured from wool and flax all the\\ncloth required for years by her family. Deer, wild\\nturkej^s and other game were plentiful, and the\\nfamily larder never lacked for choice fresh meats.\\nWolves also prowled through the foiest and fre-\\nquently made night hideous.\\nFor many years the father of our subject could\\nnot afford a team of horses and was obliged to de-\\nl)end upon oxen to do his farming, marketing and\\nmilling. Soon after their arrival the family found\\nthemselves out of breadstuffs, and the father started\\nwith his oxen in search of grain. He traveled\\nnearly to Tecumseh before finding any for sale, and\\nby the time he had taken it to mill and returned\\nhome with the meal, nine days had elapsed, during\\nwhich time the family had been living on potatoes,\\nand had but few of these left when the father\\nreturned. They remembered for many a day how\\nsweet was the biscuit which the mother made upon\\nthat occasion, and how glad they all were to be able\\nto sit down to a square meal. The father lived to\\nimprove a good farm and to see his children com-\\nfortably settled in homes of their own. He con-\\ntinued at the old homestead until his death, which\\noccurred in August, 1885. The mother had died\\nin middle life, in 1848, when her son William, of\\nour sketch, was a youth of seventeen j ears.\\nThe parental household of our subject included\\nfourteen children, twelve of whom lived to mature\\nj-ears and seven of whom are now living. William\\nwas the ninth child, and was four years of age when\\nthe family emigrated to this county. He acquired\\nhis education in the pioneer school, which was con-\\nducted in a log house, constructed similarly to their\\ndwelling, and with home-made furniture. When\\nnot in school he assisted his father on the farm, but\\nupon reaching his majority decided to learn the\\ncarpenter s trade, which he worked at thereafter some\\nof the time each season for many years. He chose\\nfor his bride Miss Melvina Barber, daughter of\\nHoman and Harriet Newell (Mason) Barber, pio-\\nneers of this county. The wedding tojk place\\nin Wright Township on the 6th of December,\\n1850. Mrs. Lickly was born in the town of Spaf-\\nford, Onondaga Co., N. Y., April 12, 1840. Of her\\nunion with our subject there were born three chil-\\ndren llattie L., Albert W. and Ralph M. They\\nare now residents of Wright Township. Mr. Lickly\\nis a stanch Democrat, politicall3 with strong tem-\\nperance principles, and witli his estimable wife is\\na member in good standing of the Baptist Church.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Hh^-\\nVwj AMKS H. PULVER is the senior member of\\nI the tirm of J. H. Pulver Son, coal dealers\\nof .loucsville. His father is a native of New\\n/J York, where he was born in Pine Plains,\\nDutchess County, while his mother, who in her girl-\\nhood was Miss LeFurgy, was a native of Hastings,\\nWinchester Co., N. Y. After marriage they settled\\nin Yonkcrs, in the Empire State, where they re-\\nmained until their demise.\\nThe parental family of our subject included six\\ndaughters and four sons, of whom James Hf was the\\neighth child in order of birth. He was born in\\nYonkers, N. Y., July 7, 1836, and was reared at\\nthe homestead, engaged in agricultural occupations,\\nand pursuing his studies in the common schools, until\\nhe was nineteen ^ears of age. He then learned the\\ncarpenter s trade, at which he spent an apprentice-\\nship of two years, and then engaged in business for\\nhimself, contracting and building from 1861 to\\n1876, in the place of his birth. In the latter year\\nhe came to this county and bought a farm in Fay-\\nette Township, known as the old Scott farm, where\\nhe lived nine years, and then came to Joncsville, in\\nthe fall of 1886, and bought out the coal business\\nof Tiffany Bros., which he has since conducted.\\nOur subject was united in marriage in Green-\\nburg, Westchester Co., N. Y., in April, 1860, with\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0710.jp2"}, "711": {"fulltext": "L..\\nHILLSDALE COUATY.\\n699\\nMiss Mar} M. LeFiirgy, who was born in that\\ncoinitj To Mr. and Mrs. I lilver were born three\\nchildren: Silvia B., Elmer E. and one child, Willie,\\ndeceased. The parents of Mrs. Pulver were John\\nand Elizabeth LeFurgy.\\nMr. Pulver has been Highway Commissioner for\\ntwo years, and discharged the duties of his office in\\na satisfactory manner. He is also a member of the\\nAmerican Legion of Honor, and belongs to the I.\\nO. O. F. In politics he stands identified with the\\nUcpublican party, and in religion his estimable wife\\nis a member of the Baptist Church, in Jonesville.\\n^^LFRED SMALL is one of the most active\\n(@^Jj! and enterprising farmers of Camden J own-\\nship, and his farm on section 9 is one of\\nthe best managed and most productive in\\nthis region of valuable farms. He is an Englishman\\nby birth, but his parents left his and their native\\nisle when he was three years old, and came to\\nAmerica, since which time he has known no other\\nhome. He was born Oct. 31, 1849, being a son of\\nCharles and Louisa Small. In 1)H.53 they conceived\\nthat they could better their condition by emigration\\nto the United States, and ace jrdiugly embarked at\\nLondon on a vessel bound for New York, which\\nport they reached after an ocean voyage of eight\\nweeks. After their arrival in this country, they set-\\ntled in Otsego Countj N. Y., where the father was\\nindustriously engaged in farming. In lbC4 they\\nmigrated with their children to Lenawee Countj\\nMich., where they remaiiicd until 18(!7. In that\\nj ear Mr. and Mrs. Small removed with their family\\nto Camden Township, and here the father departed\\nthis life Dec. 29, 1871, sincerely respected and\\nlamented by all who knew him. The mother of\\nour subject is living, at the venerable age of eighty-\\nfive, and is said to be the oldest inhabitant in Cam-\\nden Township. Of her marriage fourteen children\\nwei c born, of whom the following are living;\\nAlfred, George, Eilwin, James. Herbert, Henry,\\nThomas, Louisa, Sarah and Amelia.\\nThe suliject of this sketch was reared on a farm,\\nand gained a thorough knowledge of the best\\nmethods of conducting agricultural [jursuits to a\\nsuccessful issue, his father having been a practical,\\nable farmer. Thus early imbibing a taste for farm-\\ning, he naturally decided to adopt it for his life\\nwork. When he was fourteen years old, his parents,\\nas before mentioned, left the State where his first\\nyears were passed in this country, and came to\\nMichigan and settled in Lenawee County, whence\\nthej removed a few years later to this township,\\nand here he grew from boyhood to manhood. He\\nreceived a fair education in the district schools of\\nNew York and Michigan, and when about twenty\\n3 ears of age began working in the employ of E.\\nT. Chester, receiving as compensation for his serv-\\nices ^22 a month, for a year and a half.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Small with Miss Triphene\\nBlair, daughter of Andrew Blair, of Camden Town-\\nship, was celebrated in November, 187.5, and of\\nthis union have been born three children, as fol-\\nlows: Orval A., born May 13, 1876; Ethel S.. Nov.\\n21, 1880; Edith L.. Oct. 17, 1884.\\nAlthough our subject is a comparatively young\\nman, he has by his energetic and persevering labors\\nbecome the possessor of a fine farm, comprising 131\\nacres of arable land, on which he has a neat and\\ncomfortable set of buildings, and the necessary ap-\\npliances for carrying on agriculture. He is a man\\nof decided character, and of keen judgment, and his\\nlife is guided by sound princijjles and good habits.\\nHe heartily supports every measure that he thinks\\nwill in any way contribute to the social or material\\nadvancement of this township, and while serving\\nfor three years as School Director, did what he\\ncould to aid the cause of education. In politics he\\nIs a firm advocate of the Republican i arty.\\nIftALTERR. JONES. The subject of the fol-\\n\\\\rJl lowing notice owns a good farm of eighty\\nacres on section 4, Allen Township, and is\\na native of this county, having been born in Litch-\\nfield Township on the 6th of June, 1849. From\\nearlj boyhood he h.asbeen familiar with agricultural\\npursuits, which he has followed continuoush with\\nthe exception of the brief lime required to complete\\nhis education in the common schools.\\nMr. Jones is the only son of his parents, their", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0711.jp2"}, "712": {"fulltext": "u\\n700\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nt\\nother cliildren being five daughters, all of whom are\\nliviiii; :in(l residents of Michigan. His father, Gid-\\neon M. Jones, was horn in Eoehestei-, N. Y., and\\nthe mother, who in her girlhooil was Miss Samantha\\nA. Spencer, also a native of that State, was born in\\nOntario County. They came to the West very soon\\nafter their marriage, settling in Litchfield Town-\\nship, this county, where they lived several jears.\\nthen removed to Fayette Township, of which they\\nwere residents for a period of sixteen years. At\\nthe expiration of this time they took up their abode\\nin Alien Township, where the father died in 1876.\\nThe mother subsequently made her home with her\\ndaughter in Jonesville, and departed this life Sept.\\n9, 1887.\\nThe marriage of Walter R. Jones and Miss Eliza\\nJ. Spencer was celebrated at the home of the bride,\\nin the city of Hillsdale, Dec. 20, 1882. Mrs. Jones\\nis the daughter of John and Lovina (Babcoek)\\nSpencer, who are still living and residents of Ontari(j\\nCounty, N. Y. She ha l two brothers and five sis-\\nters, seven of whom are living. Mrs. Jones was\\nborn in Canadice, Ontario Co., N. Y., July 23,\\n1853, and came to iMichigan with Goodwin Howard,\\nof Allen Township, in 1881. Of her union with\\nour subject there is one child oniy, a son, Charles,\\nwho was born Jan. 28, 1884. Mr. .Jones gives his\\nattention mainly to his farming pursuits, and his\\nfamily, but at the general elections takes time to\\neast his vote with the solid Rei)ublicans of Hillsdale\\nCounty.\\n\\\\il UCIAN B. COM AN is actively engaged in\\nfainiing near the old homestead, vvhich was\\nhis birthplace. The Coman family were the\\noriginal settleis of Wright Township, and its early\\nhistory is indissolubly linked with their name, Rus-\\nsell Coman, the uncle of our suliject, having erected\\nthe first house here, and his father having been one\\nof the first to enter land here, on which he after-\\nward made his home. As a sturdy representative\\nof the family in this generation, we are pleased\\nherewith to place in this Album a sketch of the gen-\\ntleman whose name stands at the head of this biog-\\nraphy. He is descended from a worthy Massa-\\nchusetts ancestry. His grandfather, Samuel Coman,\\n4\\nwas born in the old Bay State, and being left an\\norphan at an early age, was bouml out to Gen.\\nTowne, and lived with him until he was twenty-\\none. IJe married Lydia Palmer, who was born in\\nLeydon, Mass. About the year 1800 he left his\\nnative State, and took up his abode in the wilds of\\nMadison County, N. Y., and is honorably men-\\ntioned in the history of that county as one of its\\nearly settlers. He bought a tract of timbered land\\nand improved a good farm, on which he and his\\nfamily lived until 1835. In the fall of that 3 ear he\\nsold his place there, having determined once again\\nto become a pioneer, and started for the Territory\\nof Michigan, having been attracted hither by en-\\nthusiastic descriptions of the lovely scenery and\\nwonderful fertility of the southern part of the Ter-\\nritory, which had not man3 years before been\\nopened up for settlement. He came b3 way of\\nthose great highways of the pioneer, Erie Canal and\\nLake Erie to Toledo, and thence on foot across the\\nfamous Bean Creek Valley, to the township of\\nWright, whose dense forest solitudes had not been\\nbroken by the ax of the pioneer. He was accom-\\npanied by his son-in-lav, I almer Hall, and Hiram\\nLucas, and Calvin Pixley, the first settler of Medina,\\nLenawee County, who acted as their guide. There\\nwas an Indian village at the head of Lime Lake,\\nand its inhabitants being away, they occupied some\\nof the vacant wigwams one night. Mr. Coman\\nselected 610 acres of land on sections 15 and 22,\\nand then walked to Monroe to enter the land at the\\nGovernment office. He then went back to New\\nYork State to spend the winter, and in May, 1836,\\nstarted on his return to his future home, accom-\\npanied by his family, and finally arrived here in\\nJune, and made their home with theirson Russell un-\\ntil another house could be built, the boys sleeping\\nin the wagon. The said Russell had arrived here\\nwith his family frou Indiana in the winter of 1835,\\nand had erected on the land on section 15 the first\\nhouse in the settlement, into which he had moved\\nbefore the year 1836 opened; it was the typical\\nhabitation of the pit)neer, a log cabin covered with\\nshakes and a puncheon floor. Mr. Coman had soon\\nfinished a similar structure on the southeast part of\\nthe southeast quarter of section 15. He and his\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rood wife were valued citizens of Wright Township\\n^^\u00e2\u0096\u00ba:lh-^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0712.jp2"}, "713": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0t*\\nHILLSDALE COUKTY.\\n,0. i\\\\\\nuntil their ilealh, on tlie oKl homestead. Mr. Coman\\nbore ail honoraMe part in developing the resources\\nof Hillsdale County, and his memory is justly re-\\nvered. To him and his wife were born thirteen chil-\\ndren, all of whom grew to maturity, and were\\nmarried, with the exception of one son, none of\\nthorn ever marrying a second time. He divided his\\nland among his children, leaving them besides tiie\\nheritage of a good name, iiis son Francis gave up\\nhis life for his country, having enlisted in tiie loth\\nMichigan Infantr3 and dying in the service.\\nHis son Curtis, father of our subject, was born\\nin the town of Eaton, Madison Co., N. Y., July\\nIG, 1804, and was reared in his native countj\\nWhen in liis teens he commenced to learn the trade\\nof chair-maker, and after he grew to manhood he\\nbought a place in the village of Morrisville, where\\nhe carried on the manufacture of chairs very profit-\\nably for some j ears. He married Miss Diana Lyons,\\nwho was born in Colerain, Franklin Co., Mass.,\\nMay 7, 1809. Her father, Jesse Lyons, was born\\nin Amherst, Mass. He owned a farm in Colerain,\\nand also a cabinet-maker s shop, where he followed\\nhis trade as cabinet-jnaker a part of the time. He\\nmarried Abigail Ransom, and they continued to re-\\nside on the home farm in Colerain until death.\\nIn the spring of 1836, the parents of our subject\\naccompanied the father and other members of the\\nfamil}- to the Territory of Michigan, and Mr.\\nComan settled on land his father had previously\\ntaken up, the east half of the southeast quarter\\nof section I t. He built a log cabin, covered with\\nshakes, and split and hewed the boards for a floor,\\nand constructed a chimney of dirt and sticks. The\\nfirst chairs that they had in this cabin were of the\\nmost primitive sort, and were made bj splitting the\\nlogs and hewing the first surface, and inserting three\\nlegs. Mr. Coman was soon busily om|)loyed in\\nclearing away the dense forest growth that covered\\nbis 80-scre tract of land, and by j-ears of patient\\ntoil he developed it into one of the finest farms in\\na region celebrated for its agricultural resources.\\nHe erected neat and commodious buildings, and\\nthere were n)any other indications of thrift and\\ngood management on the part of the owner. While\\naccumulating a comfortable property during his\\nresidence liere of nearly fifty years, he materially\\n4*\\nassisted in promoting the growth of Hillsdale County,\\nand took a just pride in the honorable position that\\nit has attained among its sister counties in this grand\\ncommonwealth. He was a man of more than ordi-\\nnary shrewdness and sagacity, and in his death,\\nSept. 11, 1885, Wright Township lost a citizen\\nwhose life record was that of an upright and honor-\\nable man, without blemish. He was for many years\\nconnected with the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nbut during the last part of his life he became identi-\\nfied with the Congregational Church, of which he\\nwas one of the earliest anil most prominent mem-\\nbers. For some time after Mr. Coman settled here,\\nAdrian was the nearest point for market, and he\\nused to team his wheat there, and sometimes sold it\\nat fifty cents a bushel. Those early years were\\nfraught with many [)rivations and hard struggles\\nfor the brave, patient pioneers of this State, and\\nthey were also a time of great financial distress.\\nWild cat money was plentiful then, and at times,\\nbeing afraid that the bank which issued the money\\nthat he got in payment for his produce, might fail\\nbefore he reached home, Mr. Coman would ex-\\nchange the money for lumber or for articles that\\nmight 4je needed at home. Mrs. Coman, the vener-\\nable mother of our subject, is living on the old\\nhomestead in the comfortable dwelling that her hus-\\nband had erected. During their long married life\\nshe was ever a ready helper and vvise counselor to\\nher husband, and he was greatly indebteil to her for\\nhis success in life. She is a valued member of the\\nCongregational Church. She is the mother of two\\nchihlren living, and three dead: Helen, the wife of\\nGeorge Hawcroft, of Kalamazoo, and Lucian B.\\nThe latter, who is the subject of this sketch, was\\nborn on the old homestead. Ma} 26, 1847, and was\\nreared and educated in this, his native township.\\nHe attended the pioneer schools, and assisted in the\\nfarm work, and grew to be a manly, self-reliant,\\nhelpful lad, which traits, with the careful training in\\nthe duties of life that he received from his good\\nparents, have developed him into a valued and use-\\nful citizen. He remained with his parents until\\nthree y^ars after his marriage, and then settled on\\nhis present farm, joining the old homestead. He is\\nenterprising, and possesses much sound judgment,\\nand his successful management of his farm, which", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0713.jp2"}, "714": {"fulltext": "i\\nro2\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nI\\nis under an admirahle state of culture, lias given\\niiim an ass-ured position among the jirominent agrj-\\nciiltinists of this locality. To the amiable wife,\\nwho presides so pleasantly over their cosj home,\\nhe was united in marriage Jan. 1, 1871. Her\\nmaiden name w.ts Annie A. Forrister, a daughter of\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2James Forrister, and she was born in Monroe County,\\nMich., Jan. 1, 1852. Of this union two children\\nh.ive been born Ida J. and Glen Lucian. In\\npc litics he is a Democrat. On the home place they\\nstill have the old mill that was brought to this\\ntownship by Curtis Coman when he first settled\\nhere.\\nff^ HARLES R. CORYELL is a fine reprcsenta-\\nfll^L tive of the prosperous Hillsdale County\\nagriculturist, and is pleasantly located on\\nsection 1, Allen Township, where he devotes his\\nattention to general farming and fruit-raising, in\\nwhich industry he is very niucli interested and has\\nmet with good success. He is a genial and well-\\ninformed man, with whom it is a pleasure to con-\\nverse, as he keeps himself well posted on the affairs\\nof the day, and communicates his ideas clearly and\\nmodestly.\\nThe father of our subject, George Coryell, was\\nborn in New Jersey, while the mother, Eliza Sher-\\nwood, was a native of Steuben County, N. Y. Tbey\\nfirst settled in L rbana, Steuben Count} and after-\\nward removed to Livingston County, in the same\\nState, where they lived in Mt. Morris until 1848.\\nwhen they came to Oakland County, Mich. After\\na residence of one year thej removed to Lapeer\\nCounty, where they resided until their decease.\\nTheir family included five sons au l an equal num-\\nber of daughters, of whom our subject was the third\\nchild in order of birth.\\nCharles R. Corj ell was born in Urbana, in the\\nEmpire State, Jan. 19, 1825, and receiving a good\\neducation, was qualified at the age of eighteen years\\nto engage in the profession of school teaching,\\nwhich he followed over four years. He was not\\nsatisfied with the fund of information he had re-\\nceived in )-outh, so he continued to prosecute his\\nstudies privately, his ardent desire for knowledge\\ndriving him on to the surmounting of obstacles\\nwhich have made man} students, working under\\nmore favoralilc circumstances, succumb. He gave\\nclose attention to his l of)ks as C)pportunit3 offered,\\n.and subsequently attended for two years at the\\nState Normal School in Albany, N. Y., where he\\nwas graduated in 1848. One year later he started\\nfor the boundless West, and located first in Wa-\\nbash. Ind., wjiere he engaged in his profession until\\nthe spring of 1852, when he went to Minnesota, and\\nwas appointed County Survej or by Gov. Gorm.an.\\nThat part of the country had not been surveyed, and\\nthe tract of which Mr. Coryell had the supervision\\ncomprised a very laige area, including the southern\\npart of Minnesota and also a portion of what is\\nnow Dakota Territ(jry. He remained thus engaged\\ntwo years, at which lime his appointment ex[)ired,\\nand though he was re-elected for another period of\\ntwo years, he did not accept the tjfHce. He then\\nreturned to Wabash, Ind., with the intention of\\nteaching, but he changed his mind and engaged as\\nbook-keeper for H. Hanna Co.. who were exten-\\nsive operators in difi ercnt lines of business. He\\nremained thus employed for two years, after which,\\nin company with his uncle, R. Helm, under the firm\\nname of Coryell k Helm, he succeedeil the firm of\\nH. Hanna Co., in the warehouse and shipping\\nbusiness. At the end of two j ears this partnership\\nwas dissolved, and Mr. Coryell came to Hillsdale\\nCounty, in the tall of 1857, and purchased the\\nfarm owned by James Armstrong, on section 1,\\nwhere he has continued to make his residence, en-\\ngaged in dairying, in addition to hisgeneral farming.\\nThis farm consists of 120 acres of well-improved\\nland, provided with commodious buildings and ma-\\nchinery suitable for carrying on his operations after\\nthe n)osl approved methods. In addition to his\\nwork on this farm he has been engaged in teach-\\ning in Allen and Litchfield Townships, altogether\\nabout two years. In 1872 he was appointed County\\nSuperintendent of Schools, and |)reviously to that\\nhe was School Inspector in Allen Township. He\\nhas served in these two capacities many years, for\\nwhich he was well qualified by reason of experience\\nand education; he has also held the office of Justice\\nof the Peace.\\nMr. Cor3ell was united in marriage in Allen\\nTownship, at the residence of the bride, March 29,", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0714.jp2"}, "715": {"fulltext": "-U\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n703\\n1854, witli Jliss Diana A., daugliter of James anrl\\nMary (Scahriiiji) ArmstiDiifr, who came from Sen-\\neca County, N. Y., to Bellevue. Oliio, and thence\\nto Hillsdale County in 1)S-1 H, and settlc(1 in Allen\\nTownship, which they made their home until their\\ndeath. J lieir family consisted of four sons and\\nthree daughters, of wliom Mrs. Coryell, the sixth\\nin order of birth, was horn in Yates County, N.\\nHer union with our subject restdted in the birth of\\nfive children, recorded as follows: Minnie is the\\nwife of Uarrj- Knimons, of Detroit; Kolla J. is a\\ngraduate of the Michigan Agricultural College;\\nGeorge Bert is deceased; Addie K. and Fred G.\\nThe mother of these cliihlren died at her home in\\nAllen Township, Feb. 14, 1879.\\nMr. Coryell has been one of the executive com-\\nmittee of the Stale Horticultural Society for several\\nyears, and makes a specialty of fruit-raising. He is\\na consistent temperance man, and fearless in his\\nadvocacy of his principles. In politics he votes\\nthe straight llepublican ticket.\\nON. ENOS A. rOMKOY is the son of Levi\\nPomroy, a native of Amherst, Mass., where\\nlie was born on the 8th of May, 1792. The\\nf(^ grandfather of our subject, Simeon Pom-\\nroy. was also a native of Massachusetts, and the\\ngenealogy of the Pomroy family is traced back to\\nGen. Seth Pomroy, of Revolutionar} fame. The\\nmother of our subject was in her girlhood Miss\\nEInora Ganiard, who was born in Bristol, Ontario\\nCo.. N. Y., Aug. 28, 1798, and was the daughter of\\nPeter Ganiard. who was a native of Connecticut.\\nHer grandfather, also Peter Ganiard, and his brother\\nJames, emigrated from the city of La Fleche, France,\\nto the island of Hispaniola, one of the West India\\ngroup. Peter Ganiard subsequently emigrated to\\nConnecticut, while his brother James was killed at\\nthe insurrection which took place on that island.\\nThe parents of our subject marrie l and settled in\\nBristol, Ontario Co., N. Y., March 7, ISlti. The\\nfather was a carpenter and joiner by trade, and here\\nhe plied his vocation until 1840, when he removed\\nwith his family to the vicinity of Rochester, N. Y.,\\nwhere they resided until 1844, and then migrating\\nII\\nto Michigan, settled on section 12, Allen Township,\\nHillsdale Ccninty. On their arrival in Michigan\\nthe household included two children, both sons. In\\n1851 the [larents removed fiom Allen to Litclifield\\nTownship, where the mother died Dec. 18, 1874,\\nwhile the father died at the residence of his son,\\nEnos A., Oct. 27. 1887, when he had attained the\\nripe old age of ninety-five years.\\nThe parental household of our subject included\\nseven children Simeon G., Nanej- L., Eluora A.,\\nJesse L.. Enos A., Mary A. and Hanson S. Mary\\nand Hanson died when quite young; Simeon is liv-\\ning a retired life in LeUoy. Osceola Co., Mich.;\\nNancy L. is the wife of A. II. French, of Ontario\\nCounty, N. Y. EInora became the wife of John\\nBellamy, and died in Hillsdale Township, this\\ncounty, Oct. 11. 1851, and Jesse L. is farming in\\nAllen Township.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Bristol,\\nOntario Co., N. Y., March 16, 1832, and was twelve\\n3 ears old when he came with his parents to this\\ncounty. His education was obtained in the common\\nschools of his native State and Michigan, and after\\ncoming here he devoted most of his time to agri-\\ncultural pursuits until the spring of 1885. In 1851\\nhe bought a tract of 145 .acres of land on section\\n32, Litchfield Township, where he lived until 1885.\\nIn 1883 Mr. Pomroy bought a half interest in the\\nmills known as the Genesee Roller Mills, the capac-\\nity being 100 barrels per day. The group also\\nincludes a sawmill.\\nMr. Pomroy was married in Litchfield Township,\\nAug. 28, 1853, to Miss Diana H., daughter of\\nJames and Agnes M. (Clements) Williamson, of\\nScotch and English ancestry respectively. It is\\nsupposed the} emigrated to America from Wales\\nin 1820. The father, James Williamson, was born\\nJulv 4. 1797, while his wife wjis born on the 28th\\nof August, 1795, and they were married in England,\\nJan. 21, 1819. Upon their arrival in the United\\nSt, ites they settled in Philadelphia, Pa., where they\\nremained until 1824, and then removed toMendon,\\nOntario Co., N. Y., where they continued to live\\nuntil the spring of 1837, when they came to Michi-\\ngan, lauding in Detioit. The^- brought with them\\ntheir household effects and stored them in that city\\nin a building which took fire, and they lost their", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0715.jp2"}, "716": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a24^\\n704\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n4;\\ngoods. This so discouraged the father that he al-\\nmost resolved to return to IS cw York -State, but he\\nconcluded to try liis fortune in the West, even under\\nthose discouraging circumstances. He was a far-\\nmer by occupation, and in the spring of 1838 he\\ncame to Hillsdale Countj- and purchased eighty\\nacres of land on section 32, Litchfield Township,\\nwhere he settled with his family, and here the par-\\nents spent the remainder of their lives, his death\\noccurring June 21, 1857, and that of his wife\\nMarch G, 1874. The conntrj was then an almost\\nunbroken wilderness, and when we consider the fact\\nthat Mr. Williamson began without means and with\\na family to support, and in the time he lived there\\n.accumulated a comfortable property to leave to his\\ndescendants, we cannot but honor tbe memory of\\nthe man who accomplished such results.\\nThe parental family of Mis. Pomroy consisted\\nof nine children, recorded as follows: Rachel died\\nwhen nine montiis old; S.arah L. became the wife of\\nOtis Bass, and died in Beloit, Wis., Dec. 30, 1880;\\nJohn is a farmer of Washington Territory James\\nwas also a farmer, and died in Litchfield Township,\\nOct. 23, 1862; Mary J. is the widow of William\\nHedden Elizabeth M was the wife of J. G. Rounds,\\nand died in Cambria Township, July 15, 1874;\\nRobert C. was a farmer by occupation, and died in\\nLitchfield Township. fSept. 17, 1871, while George\\nS., who was a clerk by occupation, died in the same\\ntownship, March 29, 1854. Diana H. Williamson\\nwas born in Mendon, Ontario Co., N. Y., Aug. 27,\\n1835. and by her union witii our subject became\\nthe mothei- of three children, one of whom died in\\ninfancy. Of the other two, Minnie M. is a school\\nteacher and remains .at home, and George S. married\\nMiss Cora M. Murdock, and purchasing a half inter-\\nest in the Genesee Mills, has since been a partner\\nin the firm of E. A. Pomroy Son. Geoi-ge Pom-\\nroy and his wife are the parents of two children\\nEddevie A. and Hazel M.\\nIn the fall of 1880 Mr. Pomroy was elected to\\nthe Legislature over his Democratic and National\\nopponents by a plurality of 1,72(5 votes, and served\\nduring the session of 1881, and the extra session of\\n1882. In 1801 Mr. Pomroy was elected Highway\\nCommissioner of Litchfield Township, and served\\nten years, while in 1872 lie w.as elected Supervisor,\\nand held that office for two ye.ars. In 1876 he was\\nagain elected Supervisor of Litchfield Township,\\nand held the office until he was elected to the Leg-\\nislature. He was Chairman on the board during\\n1878, and the following year. In the winter of\\n1882 the Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Com-\\npany was organized at Lansing, and Mr. Pomroy\\nhas been one of its Directors ever since.\\nHon. Enos Pomroy h.as a fine farm of 145 acres\\nin Litchfield Township, upon which he has made\\nv.aluable improvements and brought it to a high\\nstate of cultivation. He has erected thereon a sub-\\nstantial and commodious residence, flanked by the\\nout-buildings required for the shelter of his stock\\nand the storage of his bountiful cr(jps. He and his\\nfamily have enjoyed remarkable health, and Mr. P.\\nhas the full confidence of all who know liim, as is\\nproved by the fact that he has held some of the\\nmost important offices in the gift of the township\\nand county, and that for nineteen j ears in succes-\\nsion he has served tiie people in a public capacity.\\nOn the occasion of his election to the Legislature\\nhe received 2,596 votes, while P. S. Sheplierd, the\\nDemocratic candi late, received 870, and Jesse\\nSmith, the National candidate, 745, thus having a\\nmajority over both of 981 votes. While in the\\nLegislature he served on the Committee on Local\\nTaxation and also on the Committee on State\\nPrisons at Jackson, and on the Joint Conference\\nCommittee with the Senate. Socially, Mr. Pomroj\\nis a member of the Masonic fraternity. His resi-\\ndence is near Genesee Mills.\\neHARLES FOUTS, who holds a good position\\namong the prominent farmers and stock-\\nholdersof Camden Township, occupies eighty\\nacres on section 1, which belongs to his wife, where\\nhe has a comfortable home, and to which he has\\nbeen giving his undivided attention since the spring\\nof 1885. His early home was in the Buckeye State,\\nhe having been born in Alliens County, April 11,\\n1852.\\nSimeon and Catherine (Neff) Fonts, the parents\\nof our subject, were natives Oi Ohio, and the i)ater-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0716.jp2"}, "717": {"fulltext": "IJJLL^iDALE COUNTY.\\n705\\niial grandfnllier, Sninuel Fuuts, w:is one of tlio earli-\\nest pioiieiMs of Soiilherii Oliio. lie migrated tliere\\nat a time wiieii the Indians y^ere troublesome, and\\npossesse(i the hardy pioneer si)irit whieli was so es-\\nsential to the men of those days. He tilled tlie\\nsoil and fouy;ht his vvay successfully through life,\\nrounding up at a good old age, anil was laid to rest\\nwithin the fort at Marietta.\\nTo the parents of our subject there were born\\nthree children: Cydnor T., of West Virginia; Mary,\\nthe wife of M. F. Russell, of Henry County, Ohio,\\nand Charles, our subject. The latter was reared to\\nmanhood in his native county, where he received\\nthe advant:tges afforded by the district school, and\\nhas occupied his entire life in farming pursnits.\\nUpon the outbreak of the late war his father en-\\nlisted as a Union soldier in an Ohio regiment, and\\nat Harper s Ferry was captured by the troops of\\nStonewall Jackson. He was paroled, however, the\\nfollowing day, and at the close of his term of enlist-\\nment returned home in safety to his family. He\\nspent his last years in Ohio, dying March 4, 1885.\\nThe mother died July 4, 1884.\\nMr. Fouts, our subject, was earlj^ in life thrown\\nupon his own resources, starting out for himself\\nwhen a lad a little over ten years of age, and work-\\ning two and one-half years for thirty-five cents per\\nday. In the meantime at odd spells he employed\\nhimself at the carpenter s trade together with his\\nfather. He was married quite late in life, June 20,\\n1886, to Mrs. Hannah (Iligley) Cai-penter, widow\\nof Orin Carpenter, late of this county, and daughter\\nof George and Sally Higley. Mrs. Fouts was born\\nin 1844 in Pennsylvania, and came to the West with\\nber husband in 180 1 or 18()2. Her parents were na-\\ntives of Penns^dvania, and the father departed this\\nlife at his home in Wood bridge in 1883. The\\nmother is still living, making her home on the home-\\nstead in Woodbridge Township. Mrs. Fouts by\\nher first marriage became the mother of one child\\nonly, a daughter, Mary, who is now marrieil and\\nlives in Woodbridge Township.\\nMr. and Mrs. Fouts after their marriage settled\\nin Camden Township, where they have since lived.\\nMr. F., politically, votes for the man and not the\\nparty, and socially, belongs to Lodge No. o5, I. O.\\nO. F., at Cambria.\\nI^OBFRT LIND.SEY. The career of this\\n|L^ gentleman is similar to that of many of the\\n/jli\\\\\\\\\\\\ other selfmade men of Hillsdale County,\\nwg^ being an illustration of the results of perse-\\nvering industry, |)rudent living, and the exercise of\\nsound common sense. He commenced in lifedepend-\\nent upon his own resources, and has worked his\\nway up to a good |)osition, socially and financially,\\nhaving a good farm, a pleasant home and plenl} of\\nfriends.\\nThe parents of our subject, Robert and Harriet\\n(Briggs) Lindsey, were natives of New England,\\nthe father born in Colerain, Mass., and the mother\\nin Windham County, Vt. After marriage thej\\nmigrated westward and settled in Oswego County,\\nN. Y., where the father followed farming prosper-\\nously untd resting from his earthly labors, in 1856,\\nat the age of fifty-nine years. The mother survived\\nher husband a period of twenty-five years, her\\ndeath taking [ilace in Litchfield T(jwnship in 1881,\\nwhen she was seveut^ -seven years old. Robert\\nLindsey had been previously married, and by his\\ntwo wives was the father of f(jn rleen children, four\\nby the first wife and ten by the second. Of the\\nlatter our subject was the eldest born, and began\\nlife Jan. 21, 1829, at Sandy Creek, Oswego Co., N.\\nY. He received a limited education, and continued\\na member of the parental household until twenty-\\nnine years old. Thereafter, until his marriage, a\\nperiod of four years, he lived with various parties.\\nAt the age of thirty-two our subject was married,\\nFeb. 14, 1861, to Miss Sarah A. Wade, who was\\nborn in Lysander, Onondaga Co., N. Y., March 13,\\n1841, and is the daughter of William Wade, and a\\nsister of John J. Wade, whose sketch appears else-\\nwhere in this volume. Mrs. Lindsey, after leaving\\nthe common school, attended Hillsdale College two\\nterms, and afterward engaged in teaching. She is\\nnow the mother of four children, the eldest of\\nwhom, Hattie, is the wife of Orgen Loveless, of\\nFayette Township: Cora A., Carrie E. and Nora\\ncontinue under the home roof. The farm of our\\nsubject comprises fifty acres on section 17 and\\ntwenty acres on section 20. He feels proud and\\ngratified at the fact that he voted for Abraham\\nLincoln, and is a warm sujjporter of the Repub-\\nlican party.\\ni\\n-4\u00c2\u00bb-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0717.jp2"}, "718": {"fulltext": "ll\\n^t\\n^^^.ifslr-\\nHIRAM B. CHAPMAN.-\\nIRAM B. CHAPMAN. The career of this\\ngentleman is finely illustrative of the life of\\na selfmade man, one who started out at an\\nearly age, dejjendent upon his own resources,\\nindeed having more than this to contend with, for\\nhe purchased his time of his father when nineteen\\nyears old. and was thus $72 in debt. His educa-\\ntion had been somewhat limited, but from his nat-\\nural habits of observation and reading, he was\\nfairly well equipped for the struggle before him.\\nIt would take a small sized volume to give the de-\\ntails of his experience, the back-sets which he did\\nnot allow to discourage him, and the natural ob-\\nstructions which have kept so many lesser men in\\nthe background.\\nYoung Chapman, however, was bound to succeed,\\nand considered no effort too great, either mentally\\nor physically, in striving to attain the object of his\\ndesires, which was to be a man among men, and in\\nthe course of time to be able to sit down under his\\nown vine and fig tree, looking the whole world in\\nthe face and owing not any man. His position\\nto-day indicates how admirably he has succeeded\\nin that resolution and he has contributed to this\\ncountj in a large measure, the result of his labors,\\nand especially to Reading and vicinilj b}- the in-\\nvestment of thousands of dollars within its borders.\\nthus building up its reputation as a desirable place\\nof residence, beautifying its landscape, and adding\\nto the value of its property.\\nAbout 1877 Mr. Chapman erected one of the\\nfinest dwellings in Hillsdale County, which is lo-\\ncated in the village of Reading, which is on the divid-\\ning ridge between Lakes Erie and Michigan, and\\nforms one of its most attractive features. He has\\nsecured wealth and influence, but notwithstanding\\nthis has retained the simple manners in which he was\\nreared, being plain and unassuming, agreeable and\\npolite to all who approach him, and personally, has a\\nlarge (urcle of warm and sincere friends. It is con-\\nceded that without question he has accomplished\\nmore toward building up and advancing the interests\\nof Reading than any other man in that township,\\nand his name will beheld in remerabiance for gen-\\nerations to come, as not only one of its raone3 ed\\nmen, but as one of its philanthropists.\\nMr. Chapman was born at Sandwich, N. H., Sept.\\n15, 1817. While an infant, however, his parents\\nleft the Old Granite State, taking up their residence\\nfirst in Fairfield, Vt., a few years later removing to\\nOrleans County, N. Y., whence, after a brief so-\\njourn they pushed on westward to Portage County,\\nOhio. After a brief sojourn there they moved to\\nWood County, that State, and in 11^35 emigrated\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0718.jp2"}, "719": {"fulltext": "hillsdalp: county.\\nT\\nto the vicinity of Giliraltar, Wayne Co., Mich.\\nIliiani B. accompanied his parents, and occupie()\\nhimself when not in school assisting ills father in\\nfarm labor. After leaving the ])arental roof and\\npnrsuiTig his studies briefly in a school at St. Albans,\\nt.. he engaged first as clerk in a store of general\\nmerchandise. Then he enibaiked as Captain of a\\nsloop on the Detroit River. He was next clerk in\\na grocery store at Detroit, tlicu operated as assist-\\nant surveyor of the Grand Traverse region. At\\nlast he developed into a pedagogue in Monroe\\nCounty, where he also met tlie future partner of his\\nlife. Miss Klizabelh Chamberlain, and the} were\\nmarried April 21, 1 H40.\\nThe thrift and jirudeiice of oui subject had al-\\nready begun to assert itself, and notwithstanding\\nthe fact that he had worked at low wages, he had\\nmanaged to save something, .and had secured sixty\\nacres of wild lan i in Ashland Township, Monroe\\nCounty. Iinniediatelj after his marriage he put\\nup a log house and earned the cash which no well-\\nregulated family can live without, by working out\\nat fifty cents per day, pulling in all his spare time\\nin chopping, logging, and burning off his land. He\\nhad been exceeilingly fortunate in his choice for a\\ncompanion, the young wife assisting her husband\\nby every means in her power, and in due time he\\nhad cleared forty acres and added also fort} aci es\\nto his first purchase. In 1\u00c2\u00bb42 he had obtained\\ncredit for $2.50 worth of goods to clothe his first\\nson with, and paid off his indebtedness at the ap-\\npointed lime. His credit, which w.as then est;ib-\\nlished, was never afterward abused.\\nIn 1847, Mr. Chapman believing that he could\\nlabor to better advant.age upon the soil of Hillsdale\\nCounty, traded his farm for 400 acres of wild land\\nlying in the township of Reading, this county, and\\nAlgansee, Branch County. This was heavily tim-\\nbered with black walnut, which at that time was\\nsaleable only at about *1 per thous-ind feet in the\\ntree, and logs which would now be worth ti.50 were\\nconsigned to the brush heap and destroyed b}- fire.\\nMr. Chapman proceeded as before, putting up a\\nlog house and clearing his land by degrees. .So en-\\nergetically he worked that he was enabled to i)ut in\\nfifty-five acres of wheat the first year. Vov eight\\nyears following he was busily engaged in clearing\\n4*\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1^1\\nand erecting buildings on his farm. At the pro[)er\\ntime he engaged in stock-raising, and began to real-\\nize from this and the cultivation of the soil a hand-\\nsome income.\\nThe household of our subject and bis estimable\\nwife in the course of time included ten bright, in-\\ntelligent and interesting children, who were named\\nrespectively: KIbriilge R., Clarence II., Alanson\\nW., Adelbert R., Asenelh M., Lury E.. Jay W.,\\nAlmond B., Lottie R. and .Jennie A. J he eldest\\nson died March 29, 18C5, when twenty-three years\\nof age. Clarence, Alanson and Adelbert. during the\\nlate Civil War, enlisted as Union soldiers in the 4th\\nMichigan Cavalry in 1\u00c2\u00bbC4, and Alanson met his\\ndeath at Pendleton, S. C. Clarence H. is in the\\nwholesale boot and shoe trade, with headquarters at\\nHillsdale and a branch house at Kendallville, Ind.\\nAdelbert R. Chapman at an early age developed\\nmore than ordinary abilities, and in 1884 waselectefl\\nto the Michigan Legislature, and by his bold and\\noutspoken opposition to all unnecessary appropria-\\ntions he was dubbcil the bull-dog of the treasury.\\nThe Hillsdale Standard about that time came out\\nwith an illustration of Hon. A. R. Clia|)mau, rep-\\nresenting him seated on a stool before the treasury\\nvault with two bull-dog revolvers, apparently read}\\nto defend with his life anj- unnecessary inroads upon\\nthe people s money. The Standard said at that\\ntime that from the opening to the close of the ses-\\nsion Mr. C. ranked as one of the most prominent\\nand useful members of the Legislature, and was\\nwell versed in State affairs and institutions. His\\nservices have not only been creditable, but valuable\\nto his constituents and the State.\\nMiss Asenelh Chapman lives at home with her\\nfather, assisting to preside with grace and dignity\\nover the domestic affairs; Lury E. married S. W.\\nBarre, a luml)er dealer; .Lay W.. a resident of De-\\ntroit and having a fine home at No. 55. 5 Champliu\\nstreet, is engaged in superintending and perfecting\\nmachinery for cutting one or eight staves for a bar-\\nrel, and has already accumulated projjerty to the\\nan)ount of 20,0()0, with a fair prospect of loubling\\nit in the near future. The fourth son, living at\\nHillsdale, and who was the sixth child, is doing a\\ngood business in harness and saddlery. The daugh-\\nters are all married, with the exception of the eldest.\\nJ B 4\u00c2\u00bb", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0719.jp2"}, "720": {"fulltext": "708\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n4\\nLottie R. and Jennie A. reside in Reading. The\\nchildren of Mr. Chapman received carefnl liome\\ntraining, and were strong and beantiful with the\\ngrace which robust healtii and correct habits always\\nbring. Mrs. Elizabeth (Chamberlain) Chapman,\\nafter being for twent^ -Bve years the faithful and\\naffectionate companion of her devoted husband, de-\\nparted tliis life at her home in Reading Township,\\nFeb. 28, 18G5. She was a lady possessing all the\\nChristian virtues, and was deeply mourned by her\\nfamily and a large circle of friends and acquaint-\\nances. She truly ranked among the pioneer mothers,\\nwho patient!} bore the heat and burden of theda}-,\\nand whose name is held in tender remembrance by\\nall who knew her.\\nMr. Chapman, .July 1, 1865, contracted a second\\nmatrimonial alliance, with Miss p]lizabeth A. Morse,\\nof Detroit. This lady is the daughter of Gen.\\nJames and Louisa Morse, who were natives of New\\nHampshire. She was born the 23il d.ay of Decem-\\nber, 18rj, in Haverhill, N. IL,and received her early\\ntraining under the parental roof, where she remained\\nuntil she went to Michigan. Of this marriage there\\nhave been no children.\\nHaving for a |)erioil of nearly thirty j-ears en-\\ngaged continuously in agricultural pursuits, Mr.\\nChapman, in 18G5, transferred his farm upon a\\nlease to other hands and took up his residence in\\nthe village of Reading, which was a most happy\\noccurrence, at least as far .as that village was con-\\ncerned, for he at once commenced putting up stores\\nand dwellings, making a place for men to come in\\nand engage in business, while in company with\\none of his sons he purchased a stock of hardware\\nand established a vigorous trade in this line. In\\n1868 he engaged in banking, being instrumental in\\norganizing and perpetuating the Reading Exchange\\nBank, which is now one of the indispensable institu-\\ntions of Reading Township.\\nIn 1 877 the health of Mr. Chapman became greatly\\nimpaired, and in orderto afford relief to his body and\\nmind, he set out for the farther West, accompanied by\\nhis wife, and did not stop until he found himself on\\nthe Pacific Slope. In this tour he visited Salt\\nLake City, Sacramento, San Francisco, Guadaloupe,\\nSan Jose, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Diego,\\nf and looked over into Mexico and the wonders, both\\nof art and nature, in that section of country. Mr.\\nChapman, alw.ays a lover of the latter, gathered\\nmany interesting specimens of Nature s works, \\\\yhich\\nhe still hoards with jealous care. His experience\\nin the western country, among its various people,\\nits common citizens as well as among its million-\\naires, was extremely interesting and gratifying.\\nFrom San Jose they drove up into the mountains\\nto what is called Saratoga Springs, which are sit-\\nuated in a romantic spot, and the water of which is\\nsaid to be an excellent medicine. This is bottled\\nand sent out, selling at a good price. Mr. Chapman\\nquaintly observes that all parties, rich or poor,\\nvisiting the springs, are allowed to carry aw.ay free\\nof charge all they can store in their stomachs this\\nbeing a rare chance after traveling thousands of\\nmiles.\\nMr. Chapman while in California dined and wined\\nwith several of the moneyed and influential men of\\nthat region, and recalls with much pleasure the en-\\ntertainment afforded him by Dr. Merritt, of Yazoo\\nCounty, who is the owner of 4,000 acres of Sacra-\\nmento Valley land, besides ranches in the mount-\\nains, stocked with 100 brood mares of the finest\\nblood, and who numbers his cattle and sheep by\\nthe thousand. The Doctor met Mr. Chapman at the\\nstation, and convej ed him in his carriage to his\\nbeautiful residence, where, in the absence of their\\ntrunks which had not arrived, the travelers were\\nsomewhat embarrassed in not being able to put on\\na change of api)arel before entering the elegant\\ndining room, the tables of which were spread with\\nthe luxuries anil delicacies of the season. The\\nDoctor refused to change his linen while Mr.\\nChapman was his guest, tliat Mr. C. s shirt bosom\\nwould look as white as his. After dinner the Doctor\\nordered his team and drove over a part of his 400-\\nacre ranch, where he had numbers of mule teams\\nplowing for wheat. His business office was located\\nat Merritt s Station, and there he presented Mr. Cliap-\\nman with some of the richest specimens of gold\\nquartz he had ever secured, even by paying a good\\nround sum in cash. These and many other courte-\\nsies were extended our traveler, both by Dr. Mer-\\nritt and Barker Stepiieus, of AV^oodland.\\nOur subject, in the course of a long and varied\\nexperience, has made the acquaintance of many\\nm^\\nI\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0720.jp2"}, "721": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00bb-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a09^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nr09 i\\neminent men, and especiallj recalls with pleasure\\nthe time wlien lie met Horace Greeley, as he stepped\\nfrom a train in New York Cit} and Mr. Chapman\\nwas about to take his train for home. The great\\nfounder of the Tribune was pointed out to our sub-\\nject as he was walking with his back to him. b} the\\nhistoric hat and old white coat, and Mr. C. made\\ngood speed until he got near enough to slap him\\non the shoulder, which caused Mr. Greeley to turn\\naround and look him square in the face, nots.ivagel}\\nas he might have done, but with that attention\\nwhich he was noted for givhig when lie felt so dis-\\nposed. Mr. Chapman briefly announced to Mr.\\nGreeley the reason whj he had thus accosted him,\\nand as each was anxious to make his train, they\\nparted a few moments later the best of friends.\\nMr. Chapman frequently met the late lamented\\nftHcliigan Senator, Zach Chandler, and Dr. Rider,\\nboth now deceased, and recalls interviews with\\nPiof. Swing, of Chii.igo. and many other men whom\\nthe country delights to honor. His own career has\\nbeen such that lie lakes particular delight in watch-\\ning the experiences of oilier men, and noting the\\nmanner in which lliey, like himself, have overcome\\nthe obstacles in their wa3 By no means an ordi-\\nnary character, he is in many respects radically dif-\\nferent from most people, being original in his ideas,\\nand thus in many respects far in advance of his\\nfellowmen. The earl} life of Mr. Cha[)man, his\\nyouthful training amid hardships and toil, conspired\\nto make hini rugged and self reliant without sour-\\ning his disposition or warping the natural generosity\\nof his character. His views of life are broad and\\nliberal, and the fact that he was obliged to battle\\nwith adverse elcnieiits at the beginning, has un-\\ndoubtedly developed in him those latent qualities\\nwhich would never have come to the surface had\\nhe been reared in the lap of luxur} It is to such\\nmen as he that the present generation is so largel}\\nindebted for that which gives to-da} the grand op-\\nportunities for advancement, mentally, morally and\\nintellectuallj and has enabled them to live amid\\nthe surroundings calculated to develop both mind\\nand manners. May the declining years of these\\nsturdy men be smoothed in every way |iossibIe, and\\ntheir memories ever cherished by a grateful posteritj\\\\\\nMr. Chapman, although never aspiring to the\\nresponsibilities of office, has alw.ays taken a warm\\ninterest in State and National affairs. Politically,\\nhe is a member of the Republican party. In relig-\\nious matters he accords to others what he asks for\\nhimself, and believes all churches have some true.\\nChristlike Christians, as well as the general masses\\nbut many church members are stumbling blocks\\nto true Christianity. Mr. Chapman has now taken\\nup his residence in Petoskey, on account of his\\nhealth, but still retains his interest in Hillsdale\\nCounty, and which is now looked after by his son\\nA. R.\\nifkM. ORKIS LAMB, ex-Sheriff of this county,\\nand a man who has been closely identified\\nt with its various interests for a period of\\ntwentj -three years, was born in Gran-\\nville, Addison Co., Vt., Dec. 1. 1881. He was the\\nfirst son born to Kber and Zerviah (Foote) Lamb,\\nwhose household included nine children, five sons\\nand four daughters. The parents were also natives\\nof Vermont, and descended from excellent old\\nEnglish families. The paternal grandfather, Will-\\niam Lamb, carried a musket in the War of 1812,\\nand did good service at the battle of Plattsburg.\\nThe father spent his last years in his native State,\\nand the mother, coming West, died in LaPorte, Ind.,\\nDec. 16, 18G8.\\nThe subject of this sketch spent his boyhood and\\nyouth in his native count} acquiring his education\\nin the district school. Upon reaching his majority\\nhe migr^\u00e2\u0080\u009eed westward to LaPorte, In(L, where lie\\neng.agey in farming, and in 180,5 came to this\\ncount/ and secured an interest in the Phillips fe\\nThonif^ou Mills, associating himself in partnership\\nwith N. W. Thompson, with whom he operated\\nuntil 1873. In tlie meantime he had taken a warm\\ninterest in public affairs, and after discharging the du-\\nties of various positions of trust and responsibility,\\nwas made the nominee of the Repul lican party for\\nSheriff, and elected in November, 1872, assuming\\nthe duties of the office soon afterward. In the fall\\nof 1874 he was re-elected, serving four years, after\\nwhich he was Under Sheriff for about two 3 eai s. In\\n1883 he was appointed Deputy United States Mar-\\nshal, under Joseph R. Bennett, of Adrian, and", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0721.jp2"}, "722": {"fulltext": "A 710\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nalso served under S. S. Matthews, of Pontiac, ac-\\nquitting himself satisfactoiily during each adminis-\\ntration.\\nUpon retiring from the duties of otHce Mr. Lamb\\nengaged as traveling salesman for the firm of War-\\nder, Bushnell Glessner, of Springdeld, Ohio,\\nmanufacturers of reapers, mowers and hinders. With\\nthis firm he continued for a period of seven years,\\nand until 18\u00c2\u00ab5. He then became the employe of\\nJohn I3eere Co., of Moline, 111., with whicli lirm\\nhe is still connected, and has done good service in\\nassisting to still further enlarge the popularity of\\nthis noted industry.\\nMr. Lamb, wliile a resident of Lidiana, was mar-\\nried, March 5, l\u00c2\u00abo4, to Miss Eliza, daughter of\\nWarren anil Electa Thompson, who were also na-\\ntives of Vermont, and came to Michigan in tiie\\nl)ioneer days. Mrs. Lamb was born Aug. 5, 1834,\\nin Orleans County, N. Y., and by her union with\\nour subject became the motiier of three children,\\ntwo of whom died in early infancy. The surviving\\nchild, a daughter, Martha J., is tlie wife of Edward\\nT. Beckhardt, and a resident of Hillsdale; Warren\\nT. died when eighteen montlis old, and Nelson\\nStacy when an interesting child of three years. Mr.\\nLamb cast his first Presidential vote for Gen. Scott,\\nand is a warm supporter of Republican principles.\\nSocially, he belongs to Lodge No. 93, A. F. A. M.,\\nand also to Eureka Coramandery No. 3, at Hills-\\ndale, besides Chapter No. 18, in Hillsdale.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^fiOHN FRITTS, a prominent and successful\\nagriculturist, resides on section 27 of Read-\\ning Township, where he owns a beautiful\\nfarm of 280 acres, with all that goes to make\\nup a desirable homestead. It contains suitable and\\ncommodious farm l)uildings for the storage of ciops\\nand the pi-otection of stock, and he is in every way\\namplv fitted for the successful prosecution of his\\ncalling. His propert} consists of two distinct farms,\\npart of the land secured bj his father when he came\\nto Michigan at an early day, and the remain-\\nder purchased at a later date. Mr. Fritts came\\nto this county in 1844, and beginning on a tract of\\nwild land, has carved, bj^ the aid of his own hands.\\ntills beautiful home. It had been purchased by his\\nfather in 1840, who, however, was eng.aged in other\\nbusiness and did nothing to develop it.\\nThe subject of this notice was born in Collins\\nTownship, Erie Co., N. Y., Oct. 28, 1818, and is\\nthe son of Francis Fritts, a native of Warren\\nCounty, N. Y. He came of Dutch ancestry, who\\nhad come from the Fatherland at an early day, and\\nsettled in Washington County, N. Y.. where the\\ngrandparents of our subject died at an advanced\\nage, respected by all who knew them for their\\nintegrity and industry. Francis Fritts was reared\\nto the trade of a bl.acksmith. and on reaching the\\nyears of maturity was married in Washington\\nCounty, where he had established himself in busi-\\nness. He had the misfortune to lose the first $100\\nhe earned after completing his apprenticeship, and\\nthis at the time he was engaged to his intended\\nbride. He continued resolutely at his work, how-\\never, and at lengtii lived to see the desire of his\\nheart accomiilished. His wife, whose maiden name\\nwas Molly Briggs, was an intelligent young woman,\\nwho was willing to share with her husband the\\nprivations which they must necessarily endure\\nuntil their industry should receive its just recom-\\npense, and she nobly assisted in the work of build-\\ning up a home. After marriage they lived for\\nsome time in Washington County, where the senior\\nMr. Fritts followed his trade, and afterward pur-\\nchased land which he worked in connection with his\\ntrade for some time. Our subject next removed to\\nGlenn Falls, N. Y.,on the Hudson River, and after\\nthe birth of four children, one of whom died young,\\nhe removed to Erie Countj accompanied by his\\nparents. His father there purchased a tract of land,\\nand after a time engaged in the management of a\\ndairy, which proved a success. From 1827 until\\n1840, they lived in Collins Township, Erie County,\\nand in that year the parents of our subject removed\\nto Michigan, coming by lake to Toledo, and thence\\nacross the country by means of teams, and located\\nin Reading Township, on an unbroken tract of land.\\nHere he spent the remainder of his years engaged\\nin the improvement of his farm, which he brought\\nto a high state of cultivation, aud rested from his\\nlabors in 1872, after reaching the ripe old .age of\\neighty-one years. His wife survived him several\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00baHI-*", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0722.jp2"}, "723": {"fulltext": "A\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n711\\nj-ears, passing away Aug. 4. 1883. at the advanced\\nage of eiglit^ -eight years. They were hard-working\\nand successful people, and had become well and\\nfavorably known in this township.\\nThe parental family of our subject included four\\nchildren, of whom our subject is the youngest, and\\nthe only one now living. He was reared at the\\nhomestead in Erie County, and resided there, assist-\\ning his father in the duties of the furm, and in\\nobtaining an education, until he arrived at his\\nmajority. He was united in marriage, in Collins\\nTownship, Erie County, March 18, 1840, with Miss\\nRuth A., daughter of William and Lydia (Lapham)\\nfSisson, natives of Washington County, N. Y.,\\nwhere the} were reared to maturity aud married.\\nMr. Msson followed the occupation of a farmer, and\\nafter the birth of two children removed to Erie\\nCounty, in the Empire .State, and they were among\\nthe early settlers in Collins Township. They secured\\na tract of laud which the} improved into a fine\\nfarm and made it their home until their decease.\\nThe father died Aug. 18, 1863, at the age of four-\\nscore j ears, and was followed to th silent land by\\nthe mother, July 24, 1873, aged eighty-six years.\\nThey belonged to the Society of Friends, and the\\nfather was a strong Abolitionist.\\nMrs. Fritts was born in Collins Township, Erie\\nCo., N. Y., Oct. 22, 1823, and received a good\\neducation, remaining with her parents until her mar-\\nriage. She was the youngest but one of six chil-\\ndren included in the parental faniil} two sous and\\nfour daughters, the latter of whom are all yet liv-\\ning. She became the mother of three children, one\\nof whom, Chanc}-, died in infancj Adelia resides\\nat home with her parents, and William S. was united\\nin marriage with Ida B. Nicholas, of Camden Town-\\nship, and is now living on a part of the John FriUs\\nhomestead. They have one child, whom they\\nnamed Gladys C.\\nWilliam S. Fritts, the son of the subject of this\\nsketch, is now operating 200 acres of the farm on\\nsections 22 and 27 of Reading Township, of which\\nhe has had the direct management for three years.\\nThe place is well stocked, aud the farm is brought\\nto a high state of cultivation. The buildings,\\nwhich are well adapted for the |)uriiose intended,\\nare situated on section 27, and Mr. Fritts is well\\nprepared to pursue his chosen calling. William S.\\nFritts is a native of this township, and was born on\\nthe farm wliere he now lives, Nov. 23, 18; )1. He\\nreceived his education in the public schools of the\\ntownship, and resided with his parents until his\\nmarriage, which important event occurred Feb.\\n16, 1882. The lady of his choice, whose maiden\\nname was Ida B. Nicholas, was born at her father s\\nhomestead in Camden Township, March 31, 1864,\\nand is the daughter of Charles and Mar} Nicholas,\\nthe former still a resident of Camden; Mrs. Nich-\\nolas is now deceased. Mrs. Fritts is the sixth in\\norder of birth in a family of nine children born to\\nher parents, and was reared under the parental roof,\\nwhere she resided until her marriage, since which\\ntime they have lived on the old Fritts homestead.\\nThey are very progressive j oung people, and staml\\nhigh in the estimation of the community. In poli-\\ntics Mr. Fritts is a Democrat.\\nJohn Fritts, our subject, has occupied many of\\nthe public offices within the gift of his townsmen,\\nand in his official capacity has acquitted himself to\\nthe entire satisfaction of all concerned. In politics\\nhe is a Democrat.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2t^sSsw j\u00c2\u00bbi^\\nf;*f-\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab^\u00c2\u00abtf-*\\n(^5^ ETH W. LYON. When we learn that the\\nsubject of this biography is a Miciiigan man\\nM/Jl) by birth, it is not surprising that he is now\\nthe leading merchant of Pittsford, and that\\nhe is numbered among the self made men who,\\nthrown upon their own resources early in life, have\\ncarved out their fortunes, slowly perhaps, but surely,\\nand are men who can be thoroughly relied upon,\\nand whose words are considered as good as their\\nbond.\\nOur subject was born in Leslie, Ingham Count}\\non the 2d of March, 1850. His father, Henry L3-on,\\na native of Genesee County, N. Y., w!is born Aug.\\n5, 1822. and his paternal grandfather. Miles Lyon,\\nwas born Feb. 7, 17 J1. The latter was the son of\\nSamuel Lyon, who was born June 2, 1770, married\\nLucy Briggs May 13. 1 71)0. and died Sept. 11, 1835.\\nMiles Lyon died in Wayne Count} this State, on\\nthe 25th of August. 1837.\\nThe father of our subject, one of the early pio-\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0723.jp2"}, "724": {"fulltext": "M^\\n712\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nneers of Southern Michigan, came to this county\\nwhen a young man. and purchased a tract of timber\\nland on section 6, in Pittsford Township. lie made\\nsome improvements and lived there for a few j ears,\\nthen removed to Ingham County and purchased\\nanother tract of wild land in Leslie Township. There\\nhe erected the log cabin in which the subject of\\nthis slcetcli was born. He improved the farm, which\\nlie sold a few j ears later, and then pui-chased near\\nthe town of Rives, in Jackson County. A few\\nyears later he sold this also, returned to Ingham\\nCounty and located in the township of Onondaga.\\nHenry Lyon returned to this county about the\\nyear 1868, and settled in the town of Wright.\\nFrom there in 1885 he removed to the city of\\nHillsdale, where he now resides. The mother, who\\nin her girlhood was Miss Poll} A. Brooks, was\\nborn July 28, 1829. and died June 1. 18G6. The\\nfollowing extract relating to her father, John Brooks,\\nthe grandfather of our subject, is taken from the\\nDetroit Journal:\\nIn a farmhouse, one and one-half miles north-\\nwest of Waldron, Hillsdale County, lives John\\nBrooks, who is thought to be the oldest man in the\\nState. He was born at Hancock, N. H., June 18,\\n1786, and therefore he is one hundred and two\\nyears old to-day. His ancestry cannot be traced\\nbeyond New England, but from what has been\\nlearned he is thought to be of Scotch-Irish descent.\\nHis early life, or the most of it, was spent on a\\nfarm.\\nShortly before the War of 1812 he moved to\\nMilford, N. H., where he worked at blacksmithing\\nuntil his brother, being drafted for the war and\\nunable to go, he offered to go as his substitute. He\\nserved for three months as cook in the regiment\\ncommanded by Col. John Steele, and the war having\\nclosed, was dischaiged. He has forgotten his com-\\npany and the number of his regiment, but remem-\\nbers distinctly many interesting incidents of the\\nwar. After his discharge he went back to Hancock,\\nwhere he was married, at the age of twenty-eight,\\nto Miss Deidemia Brooks, of that place. Shortly\\nafterward he moved to Unadilla, N. Y., where he\\nlived for some time, and then started for the West.\\nHe was coming to either Northern Ohio or Southern\\nMichigan, and had got as far as Cattaraugus when\\nhe met a party returning from the West, who gave\\nsuch a discouraging report of the country that he\\nresolved to stop. He settled at Cattaraugus, where\\nhe worked for twentj years in a sawmill, and then\\nagain resolved to come to Michigan. He settled at\\nPittsford in 1843, where he worked a farm for sev-\\nenteen years, and then, twentj -eight j ears ago, set-\\ntled on the farm where he now resides. To himself\\nand wife, who died in 1869, were born nine chil-\\ndren, five of whom are now living.\\nMr. Brooks is above the average in weight and\\nstature, supple and perfectlj erect, with an iron con-\\nstitution that bids fair for endurance for manj j ears\\nto come. He seems to enjoy life as well as ever,\\nand is never so happy as when he can do .some one\\na favor. His character during his entire life has\\nbeen upright and unblemished, and his habits would\\nbear the closest scrutinj He prides himself on the\\nfact that no profane language ever passed his lips.\\nTo the Journal he said The worst language I re-\\nmember of ever having used, and for which I have\\nalwaj S been sorrj was once when a terribly ugly\\ncow I had was acting at her ugliest, I spoke to her\\nas being possessed with the devil. I thought after-\\nward I might have said she was a very bad cow\\njust as well.\\nTwo years ago, it being Mr. Brooks one hun-\\ndredth birthdaj a celebration was held in the grove\\non the farm where he lives. Three brass bands,\\nvarious G. A. R. posts, and other organizations\\nwere present, the attendance in all amounting to\\nabout 4,000 people, assembled to do him honor.\\nThe early education of Seth W. Lyon was con-\\nducted in the district school, and later he pursued\\nhis studies at Eaton Rapids. AVhen eighteen years\\nold he commenced as clerk in a drug-store at Mason\\nin his native countj Three j ears later he returned\\nto Eaton Rapids, continuing as a drug clerk there,\\nbut a few months later took up his residence in\\nPittsford, and during the following summer em-\\nployed boys to collect roots and herbs, which he\\ndisposed of to Dr. Wilson, of Ohio. His next vent-\\nure was as track repairer on the Lake Shore Rail-\\nroad for seven j ears.\\nAt the expiration of this time Mr. Lj on decided\\nto re-engage in the drug business, and purchased on\\ntime the establishment of Myron M. Maxson, at", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0724.jp2"}, "725": {"fulltext": "-4*-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTS.\\n713\\nPittsforrl. He had no capital, except his knowl-\\nedge of the husines!!, but liis close attention to it\\nand his straigiitforwaid mctliods soon placed him\\non the highway to pros|)erity, so that he now stands\\nat the head of the trade in Pittsford, and is num-\\nbered among the substantial men of Hillsdale\\nCounty. Nature had endowed him with sound\\njudgment, and each year found him with additional\\ncapital, which, in 1883, he invested by the erection\\nof two fine store buildings. These coveran area of\\n60x22 feet each, and are built of brick, two stories\\nin height, with stone basement. One of these is\\noccupied by a stock of drugs, and in the other, in\\n1887, he put a large stock of dr^ -goods, including\\nboots, shoes, and everj thing pertaining to this line.\\nMr. Lyon was married, on the- 29th of August,\\n1871, to Miss Charlotte Tiffany, who was born in\\nJefferson Township, this county, July 12, 1853.\\nMrs. Lyon is the daughter of Melvin and Lavina\\n(Brooks) Tiffany, who were natives of Michigan.\\nThe mother is deceased and the father resides in\\nJefferson Township. To Mr. and Mrs. Lyon there\\nhas been born one child, a daugliter, Lovila, who is\\nnow sixteen years of age. Their pleasant and\\ntasteful home is located on Main street, and is the\\nfrequent resort of the cultivated people of the city.\\nMr. Lyon, politically, is a Republican, and socially,\\nbelongs to Star Lodge No. 93, A. F. A. M.,\\nPhcenix Chapter, of Hudson.\\n-^-^i^^^ ^^-^J^\\nFRANCIS M. COMAR, who is pleasantly\\nlocated on section 3 iu Jefferson Township,\\nj^ is pursuing the even tenor of iiis way as a\\nwell-to-do farmer and stock- raiser he has a beautiful\\nhome with good improvements, and makes a spe-\\ncialty of sheep-raising. He is one of the j ounger\\nmen of bis community, and only in the twenty-\\nninth year of his age, having been born Dec. 3,\\n1859, in Ontario Count} N. Y.\\nMr. Comar is of Irish ancestry, his parents, John\\nand Elizabeth (Curr} Comar, both having been\\nborn in County Cork, Ireland, but came to the\\nUnited States while children. They settled in\\nOntario County, N. Y., after theirniarriage, and\\nthence came to ISIichigan when their son Fianeis\\nwas a lad twelve j-ears of age. The father pur-\\nchased land in Moscow Township, but witli his\\nestimable wife is a resident of Hillsdale, where he\\nhas made his home principally since coming to the\\nWest. He is a man of decided views, and a mem-\\nber of the Democratic i)art}-.\\nThe parental family included eight ciiihlren, six\\nof whom are still living, and residents mostlj of\\nHillsdale Count} The father being in limited cir-\\ncumstances, Francis M. became in carl} life inti-\\nmately acquainted with hard labor, and had little\\nopportunity to attend school, but by his own efforts\\nhas acquired a fair education. He purchased his\\ntime of his father the year before becoming of age,\\nand w.as the employe of George W. Underwood,\\nwith whom he remained for a period of five years,\\nand in the meantime attended school as opportunity\\nafforded.\\nWhen twenty-live years of age, Mr. Comar,\\ndesirous of establishing a home of his own, took\\nfor his wife Miss Alzina Allen, to whom he was\\nmarried in Hillsdale April 15, 1884. Mrs. Comar\\nwas born at Port Gibson, Ontario Co., N. Y.,\\nDec. 9, 1865, and is the daughter of George F.\\nand Harriet (Haner) Allen, who were also na-\\ntives of the Empire State, and of Scotch and Ger-\\nman descent. They came to this county after\\nmarriage, in June, 1866, and when their daughter\\nAlzina was less than a year old. The father pur-\\nchased a farm in Hillsdale Township, where he\\nlived until a short time before his death, wliich\\ntook place May 26, 1872. His wife now makes her\\nhome with her daughter, tiie wifi of our subject.\\nLorenzo Allen, an uncle of Mrs. Comar, was Cap-\\ntain in a New York regiment (luring the late war,\\nand lost his life in b.attle. Her i)aternal great-\\ngrandfather was in the War of 1812, and her peo-\\nple arc direct descendants of Ethan Allen, of\\nRevolutionary fame. Mr. and Mrs. Comar after\\ntheir marriage settled in Hillsdale, where our sub-\\nject carried on the harness business a couple of\\nmonths, then removed to his present farm, which\\nhe cultivated on shares the lirst year, and pnri-hased\\nit the second, together with a house and lot in Hills-\\ndale. The house he afterward sold, but retains\\npossession of the farm, which comprises seventy-\\nseven and one-half acres in a high slate of cnltiva-\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0725.jp2"}, "726": {"fulltext": "714\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ntion. In addition to his general farming, hissbeep j\\n(Iterations jicld liim a handsome income.\\n]\\\\Jr. arid Mrs. C tmaraie the jaients of onechild\\n(r.lj. a f(n. Gccige F.. who ^^as born April 25,\\nIf-. -o. Cnr nlj((t. lolilically, is a EcpiiMiian,\\nar.d with his estimable wife a devout mtmLcr of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. They are greatly re-\\nspected in their community as representing its best\\neltments.\\n-t\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0VW? ONATHAN EAST, a representative farmer\\nj and sttck-raiser of Cairdtn Township, who\\nI is ccmfcrlaMy IccaKd on section 14, is a\\nnative of Wood County, Ohio, the date of\\nhis birth being May 4, 1840. He comes of an\\nexcellent family, being the son of Francis and\\nNancy (Priest) Fast, the father a native of Penn-\\nsylvania and of German ancestry, and the mother\\nborn in Virginia and of Scotch descent. The\\nf.ither (lied Jan. 19, 1887, in Camden Township.\\nThe mother is living on the old homestead in the\\nlatter township.\\nChristopher Fast, the paternal grandfather of our\\nsubject, served when a young man in the War of\\n1812. Francis Fast and his wife settled in Wood\\nCount}-, Ohio, fifty j ears ago or more, entering\\nland frcim the Government, and thereafter endured\\nthe hardships and privations incident to pioneer\\nlife, subduing the forest, preparing the soil for cul-\\ntivation, and building up a home from the wilder-\\nness. Of the nine children who completed the\\nhousehold circle, six are living: Betsy is the wife\\nof John Frank, of Hancock County, Ohio; Barbara\\nmarried Alfred Loosey, of Muskegon Count} this\\nState; Isabella, Mrs. William Chapman, lives in\\nCamden Township, this county Catherine is the\\nwife of Thomas Williams, of Muskegon County;\\nMartin, and Jonathan, our subject, are residents of\\nCamden Township.\\nJonathan Fast, soon after the outbreak of the\\nlate war, offered his services as a soldier of the\\nUnion, enlisting Aug. 25, 1861 in Company G, 21st\\nOhio Infantrj as a private, and was promoted to\\nthe position of Sergeant, which title he held until\\nbeing mustered out at the close of the war, in\\n\u00e2\u0084\u00a2_^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 _^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nAugust. 1865. During this time he participated in\\ntwenty-three geneial engagements, being present\\nat the battles of Stone River and Chattanooga, the\\nsiege of Atlanta, the fights at Savannali and Golds-\\nboro, and during his continuous service of four\\nyears acquitted himself with credit and fidelity,\\nreceiving tlie friendship of his comrades and the\\napproval of his superior officers.\\nMr. Fast soon after returning to the employ-\\nments of civil life made his way to this county,\\nand settled on his present farm, where he has since\\nresided. Although his land had been partially cul-\\ntivated, there was still much to do, and it required\\nyears of unwearying labor to bring it to its present\\ncondition. He is now the owner of eighty acres,\\nall of which he acquired by his own efforts, having\\nnever been the recipient of any legacy, or receiving\\nany assistance beyond the reward of his honest\\nlabors.\\nMr. Fast cast his first Prrsideutial vote for\\nAbraham Lincoln, and affiliates with the Repub-\\nlican party. He identified himself with the I. O. O.\\nF. in 1874. ar.d after the war became a member of\\nthe G. A. R. Post, at Camden, in which he has\\nserved as Commander.\\nyklLLIAM PULVER, formerly a prominent\\nfarn)er and stock-raiser of Jefferson Town-\\n(y ship, but now retired from active labor,\\noccupies the homestead of 100 acres, on section 6,\\nin Jefferson Township, a part of which he has given\\nto his son. He was among the early settlers of this\\nregion, and cheerfully performed his part as a\\npioneer citizen, taking a warm interest in the build-\\ning up of his adopted county, and contributing as he\\nwas able toward its progress and development.\\nMr. Pulver was born in Dutchess County, N. Y.,\\nDec. 11, 1826, and is the son of Michael M. and\\nMary (Knickerbocker) Pulver, who were also natives\\nof the Empire State, and of Holland-Dutch origin.\\nHe was reared to manhood on a farm, receiving a\\ncommon-school education, and early in life was\\ntaught those habits of industiy and economy which\\nhave been the basis of a well-formed character. He\\nwas the seventh in a family of ten children, five of\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0726.jp2"}, "727": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n715\\ni^\\nwhom are supposed to be living. His father, Mi-\\nchael riilver, was born Nov. 25, 17 J2, and was a\\nsoldier in the War of 1812. The mother was born\\nMarch 2, 1793, and tlie parents were married Sept.\\n17, IHIG. Mrs. Mary Pulver departed this life at\\nher home in Lenawee County, Mich., in Februar3\\n1854. Her husband survived her over twelve years,\\nhis death taking place in August, 1866.\\nMichael Pulver and his wife were among the pio-\\nneer settlers of Michigan, locating in Lenawee\\nCounty as early as 1837. He was a poor man when\\ncoming here, but was prospered in his labors, ac-\\nquired quite an extent of land, and died in comfort-\\nable circumstances. Politically, he was a Democrat,\\nlike his son William, our subject.\\nThe subject of this sketch was married in Lena-\\nwee County, Oct. 16, 1850, and lived for two years\\nin Lenawee County. In June, 1852, he came to\\nthis count} and purchased 160 acres of land in\\nJefferson Township, a part of which he afterw.ard\\nsold. He built up a good home from the wilder-\\nness, and became the father of five children, four\\nof whom are still living. His wife, who in her girl-\\nhood was Miss Ann Ousted, was born Jan. 12,\\n1830, in Sussex County, N. J. Their children\\nwere named respectively: Charles H., Mary E.,\\nThurston C, Ella A. and Frank R. Mr. Pulver has\\nbuilt up for himself a praiseworthy record, and as a\\nman holding a good position in his communit} is\\na fit subject to be represented in a work of this\\nkind.\\nRS. CLARISSA C. (CODY) CLARK, a\\nrespected resident of Wright Township.\\nThe active part taken by the wives and\\ndaughters of the earl} settlers of Michigan\\nin developing it from a wilderness to its present\\nglorious condition as a great commonwealth, can-\\nnot be too strongly emphasized, and should never bo\\nforgotten. The venerable lady whose name stands\\nat the head of this sketch is a worthy representa-\\ntive of that noble army of pioneer women who,\\nbravely and without a murmur, left comfortable\\nhomes in the East to follow their husbands into the\\nuncivilized Western wilds, and palii iitly and lieroic-\\nall} shared with them the hardships and dangers of\\nlife in the early forest settlements, that the} might\\nassist them to secure better advantages for them-\\nselves and their children, and become more pros-\\nperous than was possible in their old homes.\\nMrs. Clark was born in Fayette, Seneca Co., N.\\nY., March 28, 1814, and comes of good Massachu-\\nsetts stock, her parents, Rufus and Martha (Brooks)\\nCody, having been born, reared and married in\\nthat good old New England State. In the win-\\nter of 1800 they started with their family in sleighs\\nfor New York, where they settled for a short\\ntime in Onondaga Count} They afterward re-\\nmoved to Seneca County and located in Fayette\\nTownship, where Mr. Cody was actively engaged\\nin the manufacture of potash until his deatii from\\nan accident in the year 1825. He was a man of\\nsterling qualities of head and heart, and was highly\\nrespected in the neighborhood where he had set-\\ntled. Soon after his death the mother of our sub-\\nject, who was a very capable, energetic woman, of\\nsound common sense, moved to Yates County,\\nwhere she bought ten acres of land in the town of\\nBenton. She married a second time, and spent the\\nremainder of her life in that town.\\nOur subject w.as eleven years old when her father\\ndied, and she continued to live with her mother\\nuntil her marriage. She received a careful, practical\\ntraining from her mother, and in due time became\\na notable housewife, famous for her skillful man-\\nagement of the dair} and not excelled as an ex-\\npert spinner and carder of flax and tow, therefore\\nwhen she was wooed and won by Amos W. Clark\\nshe was well qualified for the position of wife.\\nTheir marriage took place Feb. 14, 1832. He was\\na son of Peter Clark, and was born May 11, 1810.\\nAt the time of marriage the} settled in the town of\\nTyrone, where Mr. Clark bought a farm on which\\nthey lived until 1837. In the spring of that year\\nhe sold his property in New York, and with his\\nwife started for Michigan, via the Erie Canal to\\nBuffalo, thence by steamer to Toledo, where Mr.\\nClark hired a team to take them and their house-\\nhold goods to Canandaigua, Lenawee County. The\\nwagon was so heavily loaded and the ro.ads were\\nso bad that they walked most of the way. He\\nbouglit a tract of land in Medina Township, and\\nr", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0727.jp2"}, "728": {"fulltext": "71G\\nHILLSDALE COUKTY.\\n4^\\nbuilt a log cabin, covered with bark, into which\\nthcj moved before it had either door, windows,\\nfloor or chimney. For cooking purposes Mr. Clark\\nbuilt a fire on the ground, which was the floor of\\ntheir humble shelter, and left a hole in the roof for\\nthe smoke to escape. He soon split puncheon for a\\nfloor, and built a mud and stick chimney at the end\\nof the house, and, as they had no stove, Mrs. Clark\\ncooked their savory meals by the fire in that rude\\nfirephice for some years. Mr. Clark had no horses,\\nbut bought a pair of oxen, which he used on his\\njourneys to mill. Tecumseh being the milling place\\nfor a long time. Tliey lived in Medina for two\\nyears, then Mr. Claik traded his place there for a\\ntract of land in the northeastern part of section 14,\\nWrioht Townsliip, a small i)artof which was cleared,\\nand a log house stood on the land. Before moving\\nto Wright, however, he exchanged that place for\\nthe northwest quarter of the same section, of which\\nalso a few acres were cleared, and a log house had\\nbeen built thereon. Our subject and his wife lived\\nin tliat house until 1861, when he built a larger and\\nmore commodious frame house, in which he resided\\nuntil his death, March 27, 1873. By his removal\\nAVright Township lost one of its most valued citi-\\nzens; he always took a prominent part in the admin-\\nistration of its public affairs, and held some of its\\nhighest offices, such as Supervisor, Township Clerk,\\nand various other offices of importance, whose duties\\nhe discharged with zeal and fidelit} and was thus a\\npowerful f.actor in developing Wright Township.\\nHe was a man of unusual probity of character, a\\nfirui Christian, and an active member of the Meth-\\nodist Protestant Church. He was for many years a\\nschool teacher, and had been Justice of the Peace\\nfourteen j ears.\\nThat Mr. Clark became prosperous was due as\\nmuch til the capable co-operation of his good wife\\nas to liis own tireless industry. Soon after his\\ndeath she sold the farm, where they had lived for\\nso many years, but three years later bought a part\\nof it back, and is now living here in the enjoyment\\nof the fullest respect and confidence of those about\\nher. Slie joined the Methodist Protestant Church,\\nof which her husband was a member, but has sev-\\nered her connection with that church, and now\\nbelongs to tlie Brethren Church. Mrs. Clark has\\nwitnessed with intelligent interest the wonderful\\ndevelopment of Southern Michigan from a wild\\nregion, where the tall old trees of a primeval forest\\nhad stood for centuries, to its present populous and\\nprosperous condition.\\np^ DMUND LAWRENCE. Tiie neat and well-\\nM kept farm of this gentleman, pleasantly lo-\\nI cated on section 16 in Fayette Township,\\nis largeljf devoted to the raising of the fine Cots-\\nwold sheep of wliich he makes a specialty, and in\\nwhich industry he has met witli flattering success.\\nAs a man and a citizen he is genial, companion-\\nable, upright and high-minded, a man whom the\\ncommunity regards with universal favor. He is a\\nstanch Repul)lican, politically, and, with his esti-\\nmable wife, a member in good standing of the\\nMethoilist Episcopal Church, of which he has offici-\\nated as Class-Leader, Steward and Trustee, and to\\nthe support of which he has contributed liberally\\nand cheerfully.\\nOur subject is the offspring of a respectable old\\nfamil} and the son of John and Maria (Lasher)\\nLawrence, who were natives of Columbia County,\\nN. Y., where they settled and lived a few years\\nafter their man iage, and whence they removed to\\nWayne Countj where they spent the last years of\\ntheir lives. The household circle was completed\\nby the birth of eleven children, seven sons and four\\ndaughters, of whom Edmund, of our sketch, was\\nthe seventh child. He was born in the same\\ncounty as his parents, first opening his eyes to the\\nlight on the \u00e2\u0080\u00a220th of November, 1828. His first\\nstudies were conducted in the common schools, and\\nlater he was graduated from the aca lemy in Wayne\\nCounty, to which his father had removed when he\\nwas a lad of eight years of age.\\nYoung Lawrence continued with his parents in\\nWayne County, N. Y., until reaching his majority,\\nand upon starting out for himself made his way\\nto this State, arriving in Hillsdale County in April,\\n1869. He at once settled on the southern line of\\nFayette Township, where he has since lived. His\\nproperty embraces 120 acres of good land, upon\\nwhich he has effected modern improvements, includ-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0728.jp2"}, "729": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n717\\ning a neat and substantial residence, with barn and\\nout-buildings to correspond. A man of thrift and\\niulelligonce, he has operated to good advantage,\\nand been wise in his investments.\\nMr. Lawrence was first married in Wayne County,\\nN. Y., to Miss Catiierine Sanford. who became the\\nmother of three children, all sons, namely WeUing-\\nton A., John F. and Edward S. The two eldest died\\nwhen about one and a half and twenty years of age\\nrespectively: Edward is married, and is an engineer\\nin Reading Township. Mrs. Catherine Lawrence\\ndeparted tliis life in Wayne County, N. Y., on the\\n1 Gth of Januarj 1 856.\\nThe second wife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarried in Wayne Countj- also, was Miss Mary E.\\nWells, a native of New York, and who died without\\nchildren in Fayette Townsliip, this county, Feb. 2,\\n1881. Mr. L. contracted a third marriage, Feb.\\n22, 1882, with Miss Elizabeth Jones, who was born\\nin Livingston County, N, Y., Dec, 23, 1850. Her\\nparents were Lucian and Mary (White) Jones,\\nnatives of New York, and the former of whom\\ndejiarted this life in Livingston Count} on the 31st\\nof Jlarch, 1857. The mother survived her hus-\\nband for a period of eighteen yeare, spending her\\nlast days in Barry Count} tbis State, where her\\ndeath took place at her home, on the 3d of Novem-\\nber, 1875. The parental household included six\\nchildren, four sons and two daughters, of whom\\nMrs. Lawrence was the eldest daughter and fourth\\nchild.\\nMr. Lawrence, in April. 1887, was elected Jus-\\ntice of the Peace on the Republican ticket, and in\\nthe discharge of his duties is making a good record\\nfor himself, and giving satisfaction to liis sup-\\nporter s.\\n\\\\F_^ ENRY T. CARR is a prominent and re-\\nspected citizen residing on section 9, Fa}\\nette Township, where he prosecutes with\\nmarked success his calling of an agriculturist.\\nMr. Carr is the son of Dr. Edson C.ai r, who was\\nborn in Vershirc, Orange Co., Vt., Oct. 2i), 1801,\\nwhile the grandfather, John Carr, was born in\\nNorthwood, N. H., in March, 1759, and was a\\nf.trraer by occupation. The great-grandfather of\\nour subject, Saunders Carr, emigrated from Scot-\\nland in the early part of the eighteenth century,\\nand the family first settled in Salisbury, Conn.\\nThe mother of our subject was Mary W. Beals,\\nwho was born in Canandaigua, Ontario Co., N. Y.\\nOct. 22, 1807, while her father, Thomas Beals, was\\nborn in Boston, Mass., Nov. 13, 1783, and her\\nmother, Abigail B^ield, w.is born April 7, 1784, and\\nwas the aunt of Cyrus W. Field, and Hon. Stephen\\nJ. Field, who was Judge of the United States\\nSupreme Court. She w.as also the sister of Rev. D.\\nD. Field, of Stockbridge, Mass., and she died in\\nCanandaigua, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1872. Mary W.\\nBeals married Dr. Edson Carr, in Canandaigua, on\\nthe 8th of November, 1827.\\nThe father of our subject was a prominent and\\nleading physician in Canandaigua, N. Y., for thirty-\\nfive years. Prof. Corydon Ford, of the University at\\nAnn Arbor, was one of the students of Dr. Carr, as\\nwas also the late Prof. Moses Gunn, who was Presi-\\ndent of Rush Medical College, at Chicago. 111. It\\nis said that the medical department of the Univer-\\nsit} at Ann Arbor reall} emanated from the office\\nof Dr. Carr, at Canandaigua. Dr. Carr received\\nthe honorar} degree of M. D. from the Medical\\nCollege at Geneva with si)ecial distinction, and was\\ninvited to a professorship in the institution. He\\nmade Canandaigua, N. Y., his home, and continued\\nin the practice of his profession until his death,\\nwhich occurred Nov. 29, 18G1, while his wife had\\ndied a few months previously, April 13. The fu-\\nneral of the Doctor was attended by all classes and\\nsects, and his death was universally regretted bj all\\nwho knew him. He was kind and gentle in his\\ntreatment. sympatheti( l)y nature, and had acquired\\nthe title of the Vielovcd i)hysician. None knew\\nhim but to love him, none named him but to praise.\\nThey were both mondiers in good standing of the\\nCongregational Church for man}- 3 ears, to which\\nthej contributed largely of their means, and aided\\nby their sympathy and encouragement.\\nThe parental farail} of our subject included four\\nchildren, who are recorded as follows: Thomas B.\\nis a dentist .at Wilmington, N. C. Henry T. died\\nwhen an infant of ten months, and William E., who\\nwas a dentist by profession, died in North Carolina.\\nHenry T.aylor, who was the y(jutigest of the family.\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0729.jp2"}, "730": {"fulltext": "I\\n718\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nwas born in Canandaigua. N. Y., Dec. 2, 1839, aiul\\nreceived the rudiments of an education in the com-\\nmon schools. He subsequently attended the Can-\\nandaigua Academy, and remained at the Iiome-\\nstead until the death of his father, when he became\\nthe executor of the estate. He afterward bouglit a\\nfarm near Canandaigua, N. Y., where he continued\\nto live until 1867, when he sold out, and removed\\nwith his family to this county, where he purchased\\na fine farm of 160 acres just outside of the corpora-\\ntion of Jones ville.\\nWhile in Canandaigua, N. Y., our subject was\\nmarried, April 23, 1863, to Miss INIaria C, daughter\\nof Camp Kelsey, of Jonesville. Mrs. Carr was born\\nin Canandaigua, N. Y., Sept. 1. 1848. (See sketch\\nof Camp Kelsey for parental history.) Mr. and Mis.\\nCarr have three children living Mary A., Jidson\\nK. and Fannie B. One son, Henry T. Carr, died\\nOct. 2, 1877, when six months old. Slary A. is the\\nwife of Edward C. Varnum, of Jonesville, while\\nEdson and Fannie are at home.\\nMr. Carr has been a member of the School Board\\nfor several years, and has made agricultural pur-\\nsuits his occupation. He and Mrs. Carr are mem-\\nbers of the Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Carr\\nhas been Trustee for several years, and is at present\\nElder and Trustee. In politics he is ever to be\\nfound with the Democratic party.\\n(^f NDREW J. RAPLEE, who departed this life\\nat his home in Allen Township, Sept. 29,\\n1883, was a native of New York State, and\\nig born near Dundee, in Yates County, July\\n17, 1817. His parents, Stephen and Sarah (Adams)\\nRaplee, removed from Yates to Steuben County\\nwhen their son was about fourteen years of age,\\nand settled in the town of Wheeler, where he grew\\nto manhood, and remained until the spring of 1865.\\nHe then made his way to Southern Michigan, hav-\\ning now a wife and family of five children. He\\npurchased a farm of 170 acres in Allen Township,\\nwhere he erected a fine residence, which he occu-\\npied the remainder of his life.\\nMr. Raplee was first married in Wheeler, Yates\\nCo., N. Y., Nov. 10, 1842, to Miss Amy Merritt,\\nwho died Sept. 4, 1843. He contracted a second\\nmarriage, Nov. 10, 1844, in Wheeler, with Miss\\nRebecca Gardner, who was born there Sept. 18,\\n1823. Of this later union there were born five\\nchildren, of whom the record is as follows: Velo-\\nrous is farming in Allen Township, this county;\\nSarah L. is the widow of George Wagner, who died\\nin this township in the fall of 1885; Stephen H. is\\ncarrying on agriculture not far from the homestead\\nElizabeth is the wife of Walter Van Fleet, and\\nEmma M. resides at home with her mother.\\nMrs. Rebecca (Gardner) Raplee is the daughter\\nof Furman and Elizabeth (Myrtle) Gardner, who\\nwere natives of Steuben County, N. Y., within\\nwhose limits they spent their entire lives, and where\\ntheir remains were laid to rest. Their daughter\\nRebecca was reared by an excellent mother to all\\nhousewifely duties, and received her education in\\nthe district school. She continued under the jiarental\\nroof until her marriage with our subject. She has\\nbeen a member of the Free-AVill Baptist Church a\\nnumber of years, as was also her husband up to the\\ntime of his death.\\n/A,|i LBERT A. ABBEY, a prominent citizen of\\n(@\u00c2\u00a3Jli Camden Township, residing on section 27,\\nwas born in the northern part of this State,\\nJan. 3, 1847. His parents, Aaron and\\nElizabeth Abbey, were natives of Ohio. His pa-\\nternal grandfather, Shubel Abbey, was born in\\nMassachusetts and is still living, being now in the\\nninety-fifth j ear of his age. He makes his home in\\nthe beautiful city of Norwalk, Ohio.\\nThe maternal grandfather of our subject, Reuben\\nCole by name, served as a soldier in the War of\\n1812. Our subject is of Welsh ancestry, and when\\nabout three years of age was taken by his parents\\nfrom Michigan to Huron Count^^ Ohio, where he\\nwas reared to manhood. He received a common-\\nschool education and occupied himself as a station-\\nary engineer, with the exception of the time spent\\nin the army, until about thirteen years ago. After\\nthe outbreak of the Rebellion and when but a youth\\nof seventeen years, he enlisted, Jan. 6, 1864. in\\nCompany I, 9th Ohio Cavahy, and was most of the", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0730.jp2"}, "731": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nri9\\ntime mifler the command of the celolirnted loader,\\nGen. Kilpatrick. He participated in manj of the\\ncavalrj raids in the State of Tennessee and marched\\nwitii Siierman to the sea. He was also in the fight\\nat Goldsboro. N. C, and in all served about eight-\\neen months and until tlie close of the war. After-\\nward he spent a sliort time in the oil regions of\\nPennsylvania as engineer, and in the spring of 1875\\ncame to this county, and for three years was the\\npartner of his brother Charles in the manufacture\\nof pumps at Camden. Later he turned his atten-\\ntion to agricultural pursuits, and is the owner of\\nforty acres of good land, while his wife owns a\\nlike amount in Camden Township.\\nThe marriage of Albert A. Abbey and Mrs.\\nSdsan (Cartwright) Young took place in Wood-\\nbridge Township. Aug. 26, 1878. Mrs. Abbey is\\nthe daughter of Shuman and Betsey Cartwright,\\nwho are now deceased. She was born May 1.3,\\n1846, in Indiana, and was married to Ephraim\\nYoung, by whom she became the mother of two\\nchildren: Merritt, now at home.and Libb} ,the wife\\nof C. W. Abbey. Mr. Abbey, our subject, politi-\\ncallj is in sympathy with the Union Labor party,\\nand socially, belongs to Camden Post No. 282, G.\\nA. R.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0JYIAMES STONE is located on section 34,\\nHillsdale Townshij), where he is engaged in\\nthe prosecution of his calling as an agricult-\\n{^J^ urist. He was born on this section, on the\\n22d of March, 1843, and though still a young man\\nhas already accumulated a fine property, and is in\\nthe enjoj-ment of all the comforts of life, and can\\nlook forward to many j^ears of health and happi-\\nness.\\nOur subject is the .son of David and Sarah\\n(Evens) Stone, natives of England and Wales\\nrespectively, where the birth of the father occurred\\nin 1813. They emigrated to America, and arriv-\\ning in this county in 1831, were among the earliest\\nsettlers of Hillsdale Township. He purchased land\\nfrom the Government at ^1.2.5 per acre, and then\\nwith a will set about clearing and improving his\\nsmall farm of forty acres. During the winters of\\n1832 and the following year the snow l.iy very\\ndeep upon the ground, and Mr. Stone and .lolin\\nWilliams took a contract to cut down the trees on\\nten acres of land l)elonging to another part}-. Ilis\\nindustry and energy, coupled with good judgment,\\nserved him so well in this new country, that he\\naccumulated a fine property comprising 200 acres\\nof land, containing a fine stone residence and a\\ngood barn. He vvas quite prominent as a farmer,\\nand though not identified with any Christian organ-\\nization, he observed the Golden Rule, and was a\\nman of strict principles, free from the vicious habit\\nof using profane language, and was honest in business\\nlife, and pure in all social and domestic relations.\\nHe was a man of sterling integrity, and it could be\\ntruthfully said of him that his word was as good\\nas his bond. None named him l ut to praise. His\\ndeath, which occurred in 1 871, resulted from the\\ndisease known as Bright s disease of the kidneys.\\nHe was a member of the I. O. O. F., and in\\npolitics was a stanch Democrat. The mother of our\\nsubject was born in 1808, and was a suitable com-\\npanion for her worthy husband, cheering and sus-\\ntaining him through all the trials and privations\\nincident to pioneer life in a new country. She still\\nsurvives, in the enjoyment of good health, and is a\\nmember of the Methodist Jipiscopal Church, with\\nwhich she has been identified in good works .and\\nloving fellowship for many j ears.\\nTo David and Sarah Stone there were born four\\nchildren John, James, Mary and Elizabetli. Our\\nsubject was reared to farm life and received his\\neducation in the common schools, remaining around\\nthe parental hearth until his marriage, which oc-\\ncurred in March, 1869, the lady of his choice being\\nMiss Emma Barnhart, a native of New York State,\\nwhere she was born in 1850. .She is a lady of cult-\\nure and refinement, and possesses those sterling\\nqualities of womanly integrity and strength of\\ncharacter which characterized the original settlers\\nof the New England and North Atlantic States.\\nTheir home has been brightened by the advent of\\ntwo children: Vernon C, who was born June 1,\\n1870, and is a well-educated and promising young\\nman of prepossessing appearance, residing at home\\nwith his parents; !Uid ^laud, who was born in", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0731.jp2"}, "732": {"fulltext": "720\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n1876, and is a briglit and intelligent little girl, giv-\\ning promise of a woman who can take her mother s\\nposition in society.\\nThe mother of our subject is the daughter of\\nThomas and Hannah (Reynolds) Evens, the former\\nof whom was a farmer, and lived and died in Mont-\\ngomery County, Wales. He was a man of fine\\nphysique and sterling character, and was able to\\nspeak the English language. He died in 1830, at\\nthe age of fifty years. The grandmother died in\\n1847. Six children were born to U homas and\\nHannali Evens David, Ellen, Sarah, Mary, Thomas\\nand Pollen. Mary, Thomas and the mother of our\\nsubject still survive.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Stone, the wife of our subject,\\nwere Henry and Lucinda (Barnhart) Barnhart.\\nnatives of the State of New York, where the father\\nwas born in 1816. He was a farmer by occupa-\\ntion, and removed to Michigan in 1870, where he\\nstill resides in the city of Hillsdale. The mother\\nwas born in 1822, and also survives. They became\\nthe parents of four children James, Charles, Fran-\\nces and Emma. Though only a mere lad at the\\ntime, Charles Barnhart enlisted in the war of the\\nRebellion, and died at Washington, D. C, at the\\nage of sixteen, of a fever contracted in the army;\\nFrances married Ezra Higgins, and has four children.\\nMr. Stone owns 120 acres of the old home farm,\\nwhich, with its well-fenced fields, smiling crops\\nand grazing cattle, presents a marvelous contrast to\\nits condition when his father settled upon it, and\\nbegan to ply the ax and gi-ubbing-hoe to secure a\\nplace on which to erect their first log cabin. Mr.\\nStone has a verj valuable horse named Billy\\nMont, registered in the stud books, a dark bay\\ncolor, weighing 1,100 pounds at four years old,\\nandean already trot his mile in less than 2:40;\\nMr. Stone has owned him since he was a colt a\\nweek old. Our subject is also a breeder of Scotch\\ncollies, or shepherd dogs, and has sold $lj,00 worth\\nof fine pups of this breed in the last eighteen years.\\nThe son has educated his dogs to a high degree of\\nintelligence, and gives exhibitions of their training\\nat the county fairs.\\nMr. Stone adheres to the teachings of his honored\\nfather in political matters, while his views have\\nbeen strengthened as the result of his oivn experi-\\nence and observation, and he is a stanch and uncom-\\npromising Democrat, voting the straight party\\nticket whenever occasion ofi ers. In religion, he,\\nwith his estimable wife, is liberal.\\nylLLIAM W. CRANE, a well-to-do farmer\\nof Fayette Township, is the owner of a\\nfine property, including 239 acres of land,\\na beautiful residence, substantial barns and out-\\nhouses, live stock and farm machinery, and the\\nvarious other ajipliances of a modern country\\nestate. A man of industry and integrity, and a\\nlong-time resident of the township, he forms no\\nunimportant factor in its present growth and pros-\\nperity.\\nThe subject of our sketch was born near Toledo,\\nOhio, Dec. 10, 1840. His father, William Crane,\\nwas a native of Connecticut, born in 1802, and the\\nmother, who in her girlhood was Miss Jerusha\\nWhipple, w\\\\ is a native of Massachusetts, and born\\nin 1 806. Tiie parents of our subject soon after\\ntheir marriage settled in Manhattan, Ohio, whence\\nthey came to Southern Michigan in 1842, locating\\nin Fayette Township, this county, which, with the\\nexception of two ears, has since been the home of\\nour subject. Here the parents spent the remainder\\nof their lives, the father dying in April, 1872, and\\nthe motlier in November, 1876. William Cr.ane\\nwas a farmer by occupation, and an honest and\\nindustrious man, whose upright course in life se-\\ncured him the respect of all who knew him.\\nThe four children of the parental family bore\\ntlie names of Helen, William W., Norvel and New-\\nman The latter during the late war enlisted as a\\nsoldier in the Union army, l)ecoraing a member of\\nthe 17th Michigan Infantry. He was wounded at\\nthe battle of South Mountain, and lay upon the field\\nhelpless forty-eight hours before being removed^\\nHe was then taken to the hospital at Fredericks-\\nburg, where his death took place in October, 1862.\\nHis remains now fill a soldier s grave in the ceme-\\ntery at Fredericksburg.\\nWilliam W. Crane received the education com-\\nmon to farmers boys, in the home district, and\\nthereafter engaged continuously in agricultural pur-\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0732.jp2"}, "733": {"fulltext": "I-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n721\\nsuits. After reaching manhood he spent two years\\nin Monroe County, N. Y. He sought for his wife\\none of the maidens of Hudson, Lenawee County,\\nthis State, Miss Hattie E. Wade, with whotii he was\\nunited in marriage on the iGth of February, 1879.\\nMrs. Crane is the daughter of John and Jane (Gib-\\nson) Wade, natives of Ireland, wiio are still living,\\nand residents of Riga Township, Lenawee County.\\nTheir household included seven children, namelj-:\\nAlice, Mary, Hattie E., Leandcr, Lucy, Christian\\nand Nellie. Mrs. Crane was born in Allen Town-\\nship, this county, Feb. 9, 185G, and by her union\\nwith our subject has become the mother of three\\nchildren, the eldest of whom died in infancy. Alice\\nA. was born Sept. 4, 1884, and Flossy M. Nov. 9,\\n18^0. They are bright and interesting j oung\\ngirls. Mr. Crane, politically, votes the straight\\nRepublican ticket, and is classed among the solid\\nmen of his townshi|).\\n-\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00c2\u00bbr-\\nIIARLES G. ROBERTSON. The name of\\nfl this gentleman is familiar throughout the\\neducational circles of this county, where\\nhe is alwaj s welcomed on account of the genuine\\ninterest which he has evinced in the institutions\\ncalculated to benefit, both morally and socially, the\\nrising generation. Fond of agricultural pursuits and\\nthe pleasures of rural life, lie is the proprietor of a\\nmodel homestead in Cambria Township, comprising\\n120 acres of land, with a neat and substantial farm\\nresidence, and the otiicr buildings required for his\\ncomfort ami convenience. Here he keeps high-\\ngrade Durham cattle. Merino sheep, and Poland-\\nChina swine, and although not claiming to make a\\nspecialty of fine stock, has achieved enough in this\\ndepartment to entitle him to honoralile mention.\\nThe property of Mr. Robertson includes not only\\nhis farm in Cambria Township, but lie has also a\\nfine tract of land near Pleasant Lake, four and one-\\nhalf miles south of the county seat of Steuben\\nCounty, Ind. This latter farm comprises 327 acres\\nof good land, eligibly located, well watered, and\\nconvenient to town and market. This also is sup-\\nplied with good liuildings, and is operated by his\\nbrother Cyrus.\\nThe subject of this sketch, like a large propor-\\ntion of the leading men of Hillsdale County, is a\\nnative of the Empire State, and was born in Grove-\\nland Township, Livingston County, Jan. 9, 1831.\\nHis father, John C. Robertson, was a product of\\nNew Jersey, and the paternal grandfather, David\\nRobertson, a native of New Jersey, was of pure\\nScotch ancestry, of the old Presbyterian stock.\\nThe latter continued a resident of his native State\\nduring his boyhood and youth, was reared to farm-\\ning pursuits, and upon reaching manhood married\\na maiden of his own county. Miss Agnes Vance,\\nwhose ancestors also crossed the Atlantic from\\nScotland, in the Colonial days.\\nThe paternal grandparents of our subject, after\\ntheir marriage and the birth of several children,\\namong them John C, left their native State, and\\nsought their fortunes among the earl} settlers of\\nLivingston County, N. Y. Grandfather Robertson\\nsecured a tract of uncultivated land, where John\\nC, ill common with his brothers and sisters, grew\\nto man s estate, and assisted in building up the\\nhomestead. The latter, when read} to establish\\ndomestic ties of his own, invited to his heart and\\nhome Miss Matilda Golieen, who was also a native\\nof Livingston County, N. Y.\\nIn 1825 the father of our subject determined to\\npush still further westward, and set out for the\\nwilds of Southern Michigan. He made his way to\\nBuffalo by the Erie Canal, and at that point em-\\nbarked on a lake steamer for Detroit, which was\\nthen a very unimportant village. His route there-\\nafter lay over a wild section of country, through\\nwhich he made his wa} by following an Indian\\ntrail to Ypsilanti, which was then a wilderness, and\\nfrom there to what is now Tecumseh, in Lenawee\\nCounty. At this time there were but eleven families\\nin what is now Lenawee County, and who had\\nsettled there a year before. Seeking companion-\\nship with each other in those lonely wilds, they all\\nbecame acquainted, and each was warml} interested\\nin the personal welfare of the other. John C.\\nRobertson secured a tract of Government land, the\\ndeed or patent of which was made out on pjinth-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2p ^m", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0733.jp2"}, "734": {"fulltext": "M^\\n,t\\n722\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nment, and signed by President John Q. Adams. This\\ndocument has been sacredly preserved, and is now\\nin the possession of the subject of this slvetch.\\nDavid Robertson and his estimable wife spent the\\nremainder of their days in Tecumseh Township. The\\nformer rested from his earthly labors after having\\nrounded up his threescore years, while the mother\\nlived to be eighty years of age. Both were zealous\\nand active members of the Presbyterian Church,\\npeople of the highest moral principle, and who\\nscorned a mean action with all the strength of\\nthe character inherited from their sturdy Scotch\\nancestry. David Robertson took a warm interest\\nin local politics, and was an influential member of\\nthe old W^hig party in that section. He lived to\\nsee the countrj settling up around him, and contrib-\\nuted his full quota toward the development of its\\nresources.\\nJohn C. Robertson, the father of our subject,\\nfollowed the farming pursuits to which he had been\\nbred from boyhood, and lived to see Lenawee\\nCounty grow from a few scattered families to a\\npopulation of more than .50,000 souls. The devoted\\nwife and mother passed away at her home in Hills-\\ndale, in 18G5,at the age of fifty-three years. She was\\na most lovable and high-minded Christian lady,\\nand her name is held in tender remembrance by\\nher children and the many friends whom her good-\\nness had drawn around her. Mr. Robertson took\\nan active part in politics, and in accordance with\\nthe training of his father before him, perpetuated\\nthe Republican principles which had been elimi-\\nnated from the old Whig partj^ He was one of the\\npillars of the Presbyterian Church, and took an\\nactive interest in the establishment and maintenance\\nof schools, believing that a good education was the\\nrightful heritage of every child brought into the\\nworld. Instead of making his boys in their youth-\\nful days subservient to the interests of the farm,\\nhe, on the contrary, exerted himself to keep them\\nin school as much and as long as possible, and thej\\nwere not required to tire themselves out with\\nchores, either before the hour of going to school\\nor after returning from it. This course in that\\ntime and localit3 was very unusual, and is some-\\nthing which his children often reflect upon with\\ngratitude to so kind and wise a parent. Mr. Robert-\\nson spent his last j ears at the home of his son,\\nCharles G., in Cambria Township, where his death\\noccurred on the 7th of June, 1884, when he was\\nnearlj eighty-one years old.\\nOur subject, when a youth of nineteen years,\\nwas well qualified to perform the duties of a teacher,\\nand entered upon his first experience in this line\\namong the common schools of Lagrange County,\\nInd. After a time thus employed near the town of\\nLima, and desirous of adding to his store of knowl-\\nedge, and increasing his qualifications, he took a\\ncourse of instruction in the seminary at Genesee,\\nN. Y. This completed, he returned to Lima, where\\nhe engaged in teaching a few years, and then re-\\nsolved to invest his surplus capital in a farm in\\nHillsdale County, this State. The state of his\\nhealth also made this necessary, but after the\\nchange had been made, his reputation as an in-\\nstructor followed him, and he was invited by the\\npeople of his district to resume his old vocation.\\nTo this he consented finally, meeting with his\\nusual success, and became so popular that his\\nservices were solicited by the Board of Instruct-\\nors, of Hillsdale, as Superintendent of the Union\\nSchool, which position he eventually accepted, and\\nheld for a period of twenty-six years, with the\\nexception of two years spent on the farm.\\nProf. Robertson, as he is familiarly called by the\\npeople of Hillsdale and vicinity, was a prime favor-\\nite with his pupils, and is a most genial and com-\\npanionable man, both among friends and strangers.\\nHe has for many years been an active member of\\nthe Presbyterian Church, and takes a lively interest\\nin local politics. He uniformlj votes the straight\\nRepublican ticket, and in all matters pertaining to\\nthe social and moral welfare of the community\\naround him, has been one of the leading lights, fill-\\ning generously his appointed pl.ace, and having a\\nthought for others of the community around him,\\nas well as for his own family and his own welfare.\\nThe first marriage of our subject, with Miss Mary\\nA. Smith, of Lima, Ind., took pl.ace at the home of\\nthe bride there, in the fall of 1854. This lady was\\nborn in Marion County, Ind., in April, 1830, and\\nhad been finely reared b} excellent parents. She\\ncame to Cambria Township with her husband, and\\ndied at their liome here in 1859, leaving two ohil-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^rf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0734.jp2"}, "735": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n723\\nf\\nflren William S. and Margaret A. The former\\nwas for some time a railroad conductor, and died\\nat Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1883, leaving a widow\\nand one child. The daughter, Margaret A., died at\\nthe age of seven years, in Cambria Towiii^hip.\\nAfter the death of his first wife, and while he\\nwas Superintendent of the Union Schools of Hills-\\ndale, Prof. Robertson formed the acquaintance of\\none of the lady teachers, ]\\\\Iiss Cordelia Dayton,\\nwhich resulted in their marriage on the 12th of\\nSeptember, 1860. Mi S. Robertson was born in\\nDelaware County, N. Y., May 21, 1831, where she\\nwas reared to womanhood, receiving a good educa-\\ntion. She came West in 1855, and followed the\\nvocation of teacher in Oberlin, Ohio, three years,\\nand in the public schools of Hillsdale two years\\nbefore her marriage. She is a very accomplished\\nand intelligent lady, and by her marriage with our\\nsubject became the mother of six children.\\nCharles E., the eldest son of Prof, and Mrs-\\nRobertson, married Miss Sarah Mclvee, of Hillsdale,\\nand is cashier in the extensive mercantile house of\\nBuruliani (k Co., at Lansing, this State; Harley D.\\nmarried Miss Nellie Barnes, and is one of the suc-\\ncessful dry-goods clerks of Hillsdale; Frank G. is a\\nteacher in the public schools of Branch County;\\nJohn .S. is teaching among the district schools of\\nCambria Township; Mary and Henry continue at\\nhome with their parents. All but one of the chil-\\ndren were graduated from the High Schools of\\nHillsdale, and this one is being fitted for the same\\nthorough course of instruction. The family are all\\nregular attendants of the Presbyterian Church, with\\nwhich the elder members have been identified for\\nmany years.\\n^-fr-p-\\nRANK R. PULVER. This gentleman, who\\nmay be properly classed among the self-\\nmade men of Jefferson Township, is quite\\nprominent as a farmer and stock-raiser, and has a\\ntract of valuable land on section 6. This was the\\nold homestead of his parents, and where his birth\\ntook place Nov. 2.5, 18G1. William and Nancy A.\\n(Ousted) Pulver, his parents, located here in June,\\n1852, the father purchasing a quarter-section of\\nland, which he brought to a productive condition\\nfrom the uncultivated soil, and a part of which he\\nsubsequently sold, so that thcie remains 100 acres,\\nwhich, under a process of cultivation, yield in\\nabundance the richest crops of Southern Michigan.\\nThe buildings are substantial, and the farm machin-\\nery and live stock reflect credit upon the pro-\\nprietor.\\nWilliam Pulver, the father of our subject, was\\nborn in Dutchess County, N. Y., Dec. II. 1826.\\nThe mother, a native of New Jersey, was born in\\nSussex County, Jan. 12, 1830. Mr. Ousted, her\\nfather, left New Jersey early in life, and settled in\\nYates County, N. Y., where he lived a few years,\\nand thence came to Michigan, locating upon a tract\\nof Government land in what is now Cambridge\\nTownship, Lenawee County. The parents of our\\nsubject were married Oct. 16, 1850, and removed\\nto their present home in Jefferson Township, Hills-\\ndale County, about two years later. Heie their\\nfive children were born, namely Charles II., born\\nFeb. 16, 1852, is a resident of Litchfield, III., and\\nthe father of two children; Mary E. was born April\\n13, 1854, is now the wife of Arthur M. Barrows,\\nlives in Jefferson Township, on section 6, and is the\\nm( ther of one child Thurston C. was born Jan. 1 1,\\n1856, is a resident of San Diego County^ Cal., and\\nhas two children; Ella A., who was born April 7,\\n1858, married E. A. Kcnrick, and died on her\\ntwenty -second birthday, April 7, 1880.\\nThe subject of this sketch received the education\\ncommon to the sons of pioneer farmers, and at the\\nearly age of nineteen years was married, Dec. 25,\\n1880, to Miss Mary A. Storms, who hecanio the\\nmother of two children, and departed this life June\\n27, 1886. Mrs. Pulver was the daughter of Joseph\\nS. and Polly Ann (Briggs) Storms, who are now\\nliving in Jefferson Township. She was a very lov-\\nable and estimable lady, and is greatlj mourned by\\nher husband and friends. Their elder child, 3Ieta\\nE., was born F eb. 7, 1882, and Rene A., Aug. 13,\\n1884. At the time of his marriage the father\\nof our subject gave him forty acres of woodland,\\nwhich he has cleared, and where he has put up an\\nexcellent house and barn, and was working with\\ngreat hope and courage until the death of his wife.\\nAfterward, not being able to content himself at", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0735.jp2"}, "736": {"fulltext": "724\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhome, he went to Chicago, where he eraplo5 ed him-\\nself a part of the time in the freight ofHce of the\\nRock Island Railroad, but is now living at home.\\nThe grandpai-ents of Mr. Pulver were American\\nborn, but it is supposed were of Holland-Dutch\\nancestry. Both Frank R. and his father vote the\\nDemocratic ticket, but neither of them have any\\naspirations for office. The mother has been a mem-\\nber of the Free-Will Baptist Church for a period of\\nthirty-five years.\\n4\\nWaLLIAM J. KWING, one of the old land-\\nmarks of Amboy Township, stationed him-\\nself here in the summer of 1834, and now\\noccupies a good farm on section 31. When erecting\\nhis first dwelling, a log house, he had to clear away\\nthe timber and brush to make a place large enough\\nto plant it, and his next business was to clear the\\nground around him and bring the soil to a state of\\ncultivation. The industry with which he labored\\nfor years and years has made itself manifest in his\\nsurroundings at the present time, he being now in\\nthe midst of all the comforts of life, and the owner\\nof 170 acres of fertile land, which 3 ields in abund-\\nance the rich crops of Southern Micliigan.\\nThe boyhood home of our subject was ten miles\\nfrom the town of Jackson, in Jackson County, Ohio,\\nwhere his birth took place Sept. 14, 1831. His\\nparents, Enoch and Susan (Radabaugh) Ewing,\\nwere natives of Virginia, the father born in Greeu-\\nliriar County. His paternal ancestors were from\\nScotland and Wales, and the mother was of German\\ndescent. The first representatives of tlie Ewing\\nfamily in this country settled in the Old Dominion,\\nwhence tlie paternal grandparents of our subject\\nemigrated, and located among the pioneers of Gallia\\nCounty, Ohio. There Enoch was reared to man-\\nhood, but after his marriage settled in Jackson\\nCounty, that State, where he lived until his removal\\nto Michigan in 1854.\\nThe parents of our subject upon coming to this\\ncounty settled in Woodljridge Township, and en-\\ndured, in common with the pioneers around them,\\nhardships and privations, receiving likewise the\\nreward of their labors in due time. There thej\\nspent the remainder of their days, Enoch Ewing\\ndeparting iience Dec. 9, 1885, and his wife the year\\nprevious. May 17, 1884. Of their ten children\\neight are still living: Charlotte is the widow of\\nJosiah Jenkins, of Woodbridge Township; Jenette\\nis the wife of Benjamin White; John, Andrew and\\nLeander are all settled in Woodbridge Township,\\nin the vicinity of the old homestead William J., our\\nsubject, was the fourth child; Elizalieth is the wife\\nof D. C. Cherington, of Van Buren County; Henry\\nM. is farming in Woodbridge Township; Isaac and\\nEmily died when about forty-six and four years\\nold respectively.\\nEnoch Ewing was a devout member of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church, and during the later 3 ears\\nof his life a solid Republican in politics. He was\\nrated among the most useful and energetic men of\\nhis township, and accumulated 240 acres of land,\\nwhich he divided among his three youngest sons.\\nOur subject came to this county with his parents\\nin 1853, and staid one year, assisting his fatlier in\\nobtaining a foothold and getting the family com-\\nfortably settled. Then returning to Ohio he was\\nmarried, Oct. 12, 1854, to Miss Belle Hank, daugh-\\nter of Caleb and Mary A. (Mathews) Hank, who\\nwere also natives of the Old Dominion. The pater-\\nnal ancestors of Mrs. Ewing were supposed to be\\nof Scotch ancestry, and on the mother s side she is\\nof Irish descent. Caleb Hank was a distant rela-\\ntive of Abraham Lincoln; his youngest brother,\\nJohn, was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, in West Virginia, and lost all his propert}\\nduring the Civil War.\\nTo the parents of Mrs. Ewing there were born\\nseven children, six now living, namelj Alvin, of\\nKalkaska Count} this State John, of West Virginia\\nCaleb, of Jackson County, Ohio; Nancy, the wife of\\nHenry Ewing, of Woodbridge Township; Rebecca,\\nMrs. George Rice, of Jackson, Ohio, and Belle, the\\nwife of our subject. Jane died when twenty years\\nold. Mrs. Ewing has been in all respects the suitable\\ncompanion and helpmate of her husband, and the\\ncomfortable home which they are permitted to en-\\njoy is but the due reward of their labors and sacri-\\nfices. Mr. Ewing has little to do with political\\nmatters, preferring to give his time and attention\\nm^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0736.jp2"}, "737": {"fulltext": "IIILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n725\\nto his farming pursuits. At the general elections,\\nhowever, he uniformly supports Republican princi-\\nples. As a man of sound sense :in(l temperate judg-\\nment, his opinions .are iield in due respect.\\n\\\\j: OEIN AV. V00RIIP:S, son of one of the early\\nI pioneers of Hillsdale County, came with his\\nI p.arents to tlie Territory of Michigan in 1835\\nwhen a lad of fourteen years, from Ontario\\nCounty, N. Y. The journey was made via the\\nErie Canal and the Inke to Monroe, and thence over-\\nland to Logan, Lenawee County, where they settled\\nand lived two years. Then, not being quite satis-\\nfied with the prospect, the father of our subject\\ncame over into Hillsdale County and purchased\\neight} acres of land in Somerset Township. Here\\nthe father lived and labored with genuine pioneer\\npatience and industry, and succeeded in building\\nup a comfortable home for his family. He became\\nprominent in local affairs, was a strong advocate\\nof temperance and education, and in all re-\\nspects thoroughly Identified with the best interests\\nof his community. A Whig originally, he later\\nidentified himself with the Republican partj of\\nwhose principles he was a warm supporter.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in Ontario\\nCounty, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1822. His parents, John\\nand Jane (Merritt) Voorhes, were natives of New\\nJersey, whence tliey removed to the Empire State\\nin their j outh. They settled in Seneca County\\nafter their marriage, and there became the parents\\nof eight children, all of whom thej brought with\\nthem upon their removal to this county. They\\nbotii lived to be seventy-five years of Jige, the\\nfather passing aw.ny in 1865, and the mother in\\n1875. John Voorh(!S when a young man served\\nfor a time in the War of 1812. But five of the\\nparental iiousehold are now living, are engaged in\\nagricultural pursuits, and all residents of this State.\\nMr. Voorhes, of our sketch, assisted his father in\\nclearing up the land and establishing the homestead,\\nand remained unmarried until the latter part of\\n1855. On the 30th of December in that year, he\\ntook untT) himself a wife .and helpmate. Miss Mary\\nBross, who was born in Adams Township, this\\ncount} Aug. 2, 1837, and is the daughter of Luke\\nand Theodosia (Britton) Bross, who werenativesof\\nNew Jcrse} and came to the Territory of Michigan\\nabout 1834. They lived after the manner of pio-\\nneers, and by tiieir industry and frugality secured\\na comfortal)le homestead. J heir last days were\\nspent in Adams Township, the father p.assing away\\nin November, 1843, and the mother in M.ay, 1881.\\nMr. and Mrs. Voorhes became the parents of\\nseven children. Of these, two, Josephine and Amy,\\ndied young. Ella E. was born Dec. 26. 1857, is the\\nwife of Frank Lockwood, a lumber dealer in North-\\nern Wisconsin, and the mother of one child, a daugh-\\nter, Mj rna. who was born in September, 1 886\\nBetsj became the wife of William AY. Mercer, who\\nis occupied as a farmer in Somerset. Merritt E.\\nwas born Sept. 29, 1862, and with the younger chil-\\ndren continues at home with his parents; Frederick\\nG. was born Oct. 8, 1864, and Alma J., July 21,\\n1867.\\nMr. Voorhes at the time of his marriage owned\\nabout eighty .icres of land, which was partially Ira-\\nproved, and upon this he has lived now for over\\nthirtj years. The original log dwelling was long\\nsince substituted b}^ a neat frame residence, while\\nthe barn and otlier out-buildings, the live stock and\\nfarm machinerj^ bear fair comparison with those of\\nhis neighbors. He is pursuing the even tenor of\\nhis wa3 as an honest man and good citizen, held in\\nrespect by his neighbors, and sustaining the reputa-\\ntion of the family in a praiseworthy manner.\\nABRAHAM COUZENS, late of Fayette\\n[(gj/ull Township, was born in Orange County, N.\\nY., Dec. 18, 1807, and departed this life\\n,^gj, at his home in Fayette Township on the\\n8th of Januarj-, 1887. He received a common-\\nschool education, learned the trade of carpenter and\\njoiner, and was first married, in Homer, Mich., to\\nMiss Lydia A. Rogers, by whom he became the\\nfather of two children George W. N. and Ellen\\nG. These arc also deceased. Mrs. Lydia A.\\nCouzens died in Fayette Township while still a\\nyoung woman, Nov. 1, 1842.\\nMr. Couzens contracted a second marriage, May\\nk 9", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0737.jp2"}, "738": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n4, 1845, with Miss Maliiida Rogers, who was born\\nJuly 22, 1806, and died in Fayette Township, Aug.\\n23, 1885. Mr. Couzens came to this county about\\n1837, worked at his trade two years, and then set-\\ntled on section 18 in Fayette Township, wliere he\\ncontinued to reside until his death. He left a good\\nproperty, including 144 acres of land, with substan-\\ntial buildings, and supplied with all the necessary\\nmachinery, besides a goodly assortment of live\\nstock. He held the office of Highway Commis-\\nsioner, voted the Republican ticket, but was not\\nparticularly interested in political matters.\\nThe recorp of the son born of the first marriage\\nof Mr. Couzens is as follows: George W. N.\\nupon reaching manhood was married to Miss Sarah\\nF. Bowen, and died on the 10th of February, 1867;\\nhis widow subsequently married George R. Mudge,\\nand died Dec. t), 1872. Of the first marriage there\\nwere born two children Edwin G., Jan. 29, 1864i\\nand Lydia A., Nov. 9, 1865. Edwin G. was mar-\\nried in Fayette Township, Jan. 4, 1888, to Miss\\nAnna L. Johns, who was born in Missouri, Jan. 15,\\n1869; he votes the Republican ticket. Lydia is\\nthe wife of James Courtwright, to whom she was\\nmarried in Lansing, this State, Sept. 4, 1883, and\\nis now a resident of Faj ctte Township.\\ntacfi;\u00c2\u00a9-^\\nW EVI GUGGENHEIM, clothier and merchant\\nI (i^j tailor of Hillsd.nie, is a native of Germany,\\n/I*\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^Y which has furnished so many of the enter-\\nprising men who have assisted in the development\\nof this section of country. He was born in Baden,\\non the River Rhine, April 28, 1 829, while his parents,\\nMichael and Rachel (PuUagg) Guggenheim, were\\nborn in Baden and Switzerland respectively. The\\nfather was a small farmer and wine grower, besides\\ndoing some business as a merchant.\\nIn the fall of 1853 the family of Michael Gug-\\ngenheim emigrated to America, landing in the city\\nof New York after the usual experiences of an\\nocean voyage. Making only a short stay in the\\nmetropolis, they removed to Buffalo, in the same\\nState, whence, in 1858, they came to this county,\\nwhere they settled in the citj of Hillsdale, and\\nresided there until their family grew up and were\\ncapable of supporting themselves; they then re-\\nmoved to Chicago, 111., where the father departed\\nthis life in 1884. Michael Guggenheim was twice\\nmarried. By his first marriage he had two children\\nLevi, our subject, and Caroline, who became the\\nwife of Isaac Manheiraer, who was killed by the\\ncars in 1879, at the Lake Sliore depot. By the second\\nwife, Emily Berheimer, there were four children,\\nrecorded as follows: Sarah married E. Mayer, of\\nJonesville; Julia is the wife of S. Hirsh, of Chicago,\\n111. Rachel mairied Jacob Hirsh, a brother of S.\\nHirsh, and also resides in Chicago; while Bertha is\\nthe wife of Emanuel Phillipsen, and resides in\\nDowagiac, Mich.\\nThe subject of this notice began his attendance\\nat school when he was but six years old, and pur-\\nsued his studies until he reached the age of fourteen,\\nacquiring during those years, in a country in which\\neducation is compulsory, and the sj stem has reached\\nthe high degree of perfection, the foundation of a\\ngood education. When fourteen j ears of age he\\naccompanied his parents to tiiis country, .and assisted\\nhis father in farm work for some years, after which\\nhe opened a store on his own account, in Hillsdale,\\nengaging in the clothing business. He is well up\\nin the requirements of his calling, is an experienced\\nbuyer and an excellent judge of textile fabrics.\\nHe conducts his enterprise on the cash system, and\\nnever borrowed a dollar in connection with his\\nbusiness, nor has he ever overdrawn his account\\nin the bank. He engaged in business for himself\\nin 1858, and has applied himself closelj to his\\naffairs. He has bought carefully and with judgment,\\nand Inlying as he does for cash, gets his goods at\\nsuch prices as enables him to sell at moderate prices\\nand 3 et obtain a living profit. In this day of\\nspeculation and hj pothecated securities, it is re-\\nfreshing to find a financier such as Mr. Guggenheim.\\nIn 1863 he bought a lot containing a frame build-\\ning, in which he conducted his business until 1885,\\nwhen the old structure was removed and gave place\\nto a fine brick block 95x50 feet, and two stories in\\nheight, in which he at present conducts liis exten-\\nsive business. His former cutter, John Baclinian,\\nwas in the employ of Mr. Guggenheim for a period\\nof twenty years, and his present cutter, Mr. George\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0738.jp2"}, "739": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^f^\\n.d\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n727\\nSegner, is a skillful .iiid artistic workman. In con-\\nnection with [lis business in tiieoily, Mr. Guggenheim\\nhas two farms in Hillsdale and Jefferson Townships,\\nwhich are operated by tenants.\\nThe subject of this notice was married, in August,\\n1873, to Miss Bertha Graff, of Syracuse, N. Y.\\nOf her union vvith Mr. Guggenheim there have been\\nborn four children, two boys and two girls, as fol-\\nlows: Rosa, Clara, Hariy and David, all in school.\\nMr. Guggenheim is a stockholder in the Second\\nNational Bank, of Hillsdale, and from his straight-\\nforward business methods, and his general inflexi-\\nbility of purpose and character, he h.as secureil the\\nhighest esteem of the community in wiiich he lives.\\nHe is a member of Fidelity Lodge No. 32, F. A.\\nM., while in politics he is somewh.at conservative,\\nthough he votes the Republican ticket.\\n-f3=\\nT\\nh A.\\nT-^\\nn SAAC H. GIBBS w.ns born in Madison Town-\\nship, Richland Co., Ohio, June 1835, while\\n/li his father, Janits Gibhs, was a native of Vir-\\nginia, and his grandfather, of the same name, was\\nborn in Ireland. Grandfather Gibbs came to Amer-\\nica in Colonial times and fought in the Revolution-\\nary War. He subsequently settled in West Virginia,\\nand from there moved to Ohio and settled in Tus-\\ncarawas Countj among the early settlers of that\\nsection of country. He continued to make that\\nplace his home until death.\\nTlie father of our subject grew to manhood in\\nVirginia, and during the War of 1812 served in\\nOhio, assisting in the maintenance of his country s\\nrights. Upon the conclusion of the war he settled\\nin the Buckeye State, where he was among the first\\nsettlers in Richland County. Wheeling and Mari-\\netta were the nearest depots for supplies, though\\ntheir wants were simple, salt being one of the prin-\\ncipal necessaries. Deer and wild turkeys, coons,\\nsquifrels and all kinds of game were plentiful, and\\nfurnished the family larder with a good supply of\\nmeat, while the boys had the enjoyment and ex-\\ncitement of the hunt. The} could raise corn suffl-\\ncient for their wants from the time of their first\\nsettlement, and meat and corn bread were their\\nj staple articles of diet. James Gibbs took up a tract\\nof timber land in Madison Township, and remained\\na resident of that township from the time of his\\nsettlement, in 1814, until his dealli, in 1878. He\\nhad cleared and im|)roved a good farm, upon which\\nhe erected suitable buildings, and contributing\\nmanfull} his quota, lived to see the country devel-\\noped from a state of nature to a prosperous and\\nwealthy commonwealth. The mother of our sub-\\nject, whose maiden name was Nancy Shanks, was\\nborn in Bradford County, Pa., and died at he\\nhomestead in 1870, after having heroically- t.aken\\nher pait in rearing a large family of children and\\nsurrounding them with those influences which would\\ntend to foster good habits and make them reputable\\nmen and women.\\nThe parental family of our subject included thir-\\nteen children, ten of whom lived to be men and\\nwomen. Isaac H. was reared in his native county at\\nthe home of his parents until the age of sixteen\\nj ears, making himself useful about the homestead,\\nand acquiring the rudiments of an education at the\\npublic schools. At the age of sixteen he engaged\\nto learn the carpenter s .trade, and followed that\\noccupation in Richland and Auglaize Counties until\\n1 850, when he came to Hillsdale County and located\\nin Wright Township. He began by working at his\\ntrade, but in 1857 he purchased a tract of timber\\nland on section 31 of that township, and erecting\\nthe usual log house, began to clear a farm from the\\nwilderness. After he had cleared eigiit acres, how-\\never, he sold this place and removed to Douglas\\nCounty, Neb., engaging in the employ of the\\nUnion Pacific Railro.ad Compaii} After a resi-\\n(ience there of eighteen months he returned to\\nWright Township, and in 18G6 purchased the farm\\nwhere he now resides, on section 5 (T. 9 south).\\nHis land was then covered with a heav} growth of\\ntimber, and he commenced his work of transform-\\nation by cutting down trees to make room for a\\nlog cabin. A narration of Mr. Gibbs pioneer ex-\\nperience would be a repetition of that of scores\\nof other brave and energetic men who have taken\\na prominent p.art in subduing nature, and redeem-\\ning from the wilderness those beautiful and fertile\\nfarms which, while affording to their owners a hand-\\nsome competenc} are the admiration of all who", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0739.jp2"}, "740": {"fulltext": "l l\\n728\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6t\\nhave the pleasure of a journey through this part of\\nthe country. They contended with crude tools,\\nalmost impassable roads, with markets and mills in\\nsome cases twenty miles distant, and with inferior\\nfacilities for education, but in spite of all their\\nhardships, thej- were social and happy, possessing a\\nvigorous constitution, and providing for tiie wants,\\nmoral and temporal, of their growing families. Mr.\\nGibbs has now a well-improved farm under a good\\nstate of cultivation, containing a handsome frame\\nresidence, which was built in 1884, and substantial\\nand commodious out-buildings.\\nThe subject of this biography was united im mar-\\nriage, June 14, 1S57, with Eliza A. Hubbard, who\\nwas born in Portage Countj-, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1834,\\nand is the daughter of Alexander K. and Eliza\\n(Borton) Hubbard. Her father was born in Scho-\\nharie County, N. Y., May 7, 1 787, and was the son of\\nEphraim Hubbard, who removed to what is known\\nas the Western Eeserve, Ohio, and was an early\\nsettler in Deerfield Township, Portage County. He\\npurchased a tract of timber land and settled upon\\nit while deer, wild turkeys and smaller game were\\nyet to be found in abundance, and the howling of\\nthe wolves broke the stillness of the night. He was\\noccupied in clearing his land and improving a farm,\\nupon which he resided until his demise. The father of\\nMrs. Gibbs was about fifteen years of age when his\\nparents removed to Ohio. He remained there only\\na short time, however, and then returning to New\\nYork State, lived with Capt. Kidd, and attended\\nschool. He paid particular attention to the study\\nof surveying, and after becoming skillful in that\\nbranch of science, he returned to Ohio and secured\\nemployment as a surveyor of land. He surveyed\\na great part of thatseetion of country lying around\\nDeerfield, but after his father s death bought\\nthe interest of the other heirs, and took up his resi-\\ndence on the homestead. He was industrious and\\nenergetic, and attended closelj- to his own business,\\nin which he exercised good judgment. His usual\\nrecreation was found in the hunt, and many a wild\\nanimal fell before his unerring aim. Politic.illj\\nhe was a Democrat, and tilled man3- offices of\\ntrust in the township and county, discharging\\nhis duties with that fearlessness and ability for\\nwhich he was noted. He was at one time a candi-\\ndate for the Legislature, and was defeated by one\\nvote only. At the time of his decease he was Jus-\\ntice of the Peace.\\nThe mother of Mrs. Gibbs, whose maiden name\\nwas Eliza Borton, was born in New Jersey, and was\\nthe daughter of Daniel and Tabitha Borton, natives\\nof New Jersey, and pioneers of Columbiana County,\\nOhio. She spent her last j ears with her children\\nin Wright Township, dying at the advanced age of\\neighty-seven years.\\nMr. and Mrs. Gibbs are the parents of three chil-\\ndren Oliver H., Paul Sydney and Frank H. Oliver\\nmarried Viola E. Gibbs, and lives adjoining the\\nhomestead. Mrs. Gibbs is a member in good stand-\\ning of the Christian Church. In politics Mr. G. is\\na Democrat.\\n117 ENRY GUISE, a representative farmer and\\n[1 stock-raiser of Camden Township, and one\\nof its most thrifty German citizens, is the\\nowner of 100 acres on section 25, where he\\nhas cultivated the soil to good advantage, and\\nsecured for himself a comfortable home. He was\\nborn on the other side of the Atlantic, in Germany,\\nJune 1, 1833. and was the son of Henry and Julia\\n(Snider) Guise, the mother deceased, and the father\\nnow a resident of Williams County, Ohio. The\\nlatter is now nearly ninety years of age. The\\nmother departed this life at her home in that county,\\nin June, 1886, in the ninet} third year of her age.\\nOur subject emigrated to this country with his\\nparents when a lad nine years of age, making the\\nvoyage on a sailing-vessel. They settled in Pitts-\\nburgh, Pa., where they lived two years, thence\\nremoved to Stark County, Ohio, and were residents\\nthere for a period of fourteen years; from there\\nthey removed to Williams County, being among\\nits early settlers, and where the mother passed\\naway.\\nMr. Guise, our subject, was reared amid the\\nprimitive scenes of early life in the Buckeye State,\\nand assisted his father in clearing the land and\\nbringing the soil to a state of cultivation. He\\ncleared 100 acres himself alone, and has done a\\ngreat deal of hard work during his lifetime. About\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0740.jp2"}, "741": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00ba^h-*\u00c2\u00bb^\\n^1\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n729\\n1863 ho camo to this county and took possession of\\nthe hinil which hs now occupies, wiiich comprises\\na good farm of 100 acres, where lie labored as he\\nhad done before in Ohio, clearing from it tlie wild\\nwoods, and enduring the hardships and privations\\nincident to pioneer life.\\nOur subject was married, April 1 1, 1\u00c2\u00ab58, to Miss\\nCatiierine Zimmers, the wedding talcing place in\\nIndiana. They commenced housekeeping in a mod-\\nest home in Ohio, and in due time were the parents\\nof four children: Fernando J.; Julia A., now the\\nwife of William McDonald, of Camden Township;\\nElizabeth and William. Mr. Guise may be properly\\nranked among the selfmade men of Southern Michi-\\ngan, his experience in his youth being such as to\\ndevelop the qualities of self-reliance and independ-\\nence of character vvhich he possesses, in a marked\\ndegree. His comfortable surroundings are the result\\nof his own industry and perseverance. He was\\nreared in the principles of the Lutheran Church, to\\nwhich he still faithfully adheres, and in political\\nmatters belongs to the Union Labor party.\\n^8e\\nf lvxALENTINE CLARK has been an important\\n1/ factor in promoting and sustaining the agri-\\ncultural interests of Pittsford Township since\\nthe days of 1843. At the time of his arrival here\\nten j ears had not elapsed since the first settlement\\nwas made at this place, and the part of the township\\nin which he settled, and where he has ever since\\nmade his home, was covered with a heavy forest\\ngrowth; deer were plentiful and often came near\\nthe house, and there were few indications that it\\nwould ever become the fine farming country that\\nit is to-day.\\nMr. Clark is of English birth and ancestry he\\nwas born in Great Marlovv. Buckinghamshire, En-\\ngland, Feb. 14, 1822. His grandfather, Thomas\\nClark, was a lifelong resident of that shire, and his\\nfather, Henry Clark, was born there March 26, 1792.\\nHe learned the trade of tailor, and was industriouslj-\\nengaged in it at Great Marlow for several years. In\\ntlie meantime he had .assumed matrimonial relations\\nwith Mary Ann Jefferay, who was born near Lon-\\n1 r don, England, in Coldbrook, and to them five chil-\\ndren had been born, as follows .Tefferay T., who died\\nin 1840; Frederic, who died June 18, 1866, in Pitts-\\nford Tovvnship; Valentine; Reuben, born April 11.\\n1825, lives in York, Neb.; Napoleon, born April\\n9, 1828, died in Ransom Township Oct. 11, 1886.\\nJune 6, 1832, Mr. Clark set sail from London for\\nAmerica with his wife and children, and landed at\\nQuebec on the 8th day of the following August.\\nHe located at Thorn Hill, thirteen miles north of\\nToronto, and established himself at his trade. In\\n1834 he started with his family for the Territory\\nof Michigan, going from Toronto across Lake On-\\ntario to Lewiston, N. Y thence by team to Buffalo,\\nfrom there on the lake to Detroit, where he hired\\na team to take himself and family to Plymouth\\nTownship, Wayne County. He worked as a tailor\\nthere until 1842, and then removed to Ingham\\nCounty, where he died in 1843. His family con-\\ntinued to live in Plymouth until February, 1844,\\nwhen they came to Hillsdale County, and made\\ntheir home with our subject where he now lives.\\nThe good mother died here March 9, 1870.\\nValentine Clark was a lad of ten j-ears when his\\nparents crossed the Atlantic to America, and he\\nstill remembers with afifection the old home in\\nEngland, ami has not forgotten the incidents of the\\nlong voyage on the ocean. He lived with his\\nparents until he was old enough to earn iiis own\\nliving, and then worked out by the month. He\\nwas active, intelligent, and in 1843, ambitious to\\nbecome a landed proprietor and build up a home,\\nhe came to Pittsford Township, and in company\\nwith Edward Howell bought the northwest quarter\\nof section 6. This and all the adjoining land was\\nheavily timbered, and they were obliged to cut a\\nroad to their pLace. They built a small log shanty,\\nwhich two months later was burned to the ground\\nwith all its contents. After that serious loss, Mr.\\nHowell returned to Plymouth, .and left our subject\\nin sole possession. He liastily constructed another\\ncabin, and in February, 1844, his mother joined\\nhim, and thereafter looked after his comfort until\\nhis marriage, and continued to make her home with\\nhim until her death. Mr. Clark entered with ardor\\nand untiring industry upon the long and hard task\\nof clearing away the forest and preparing his land\\nfor culture. His labors and judicious management", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0741.jp2"}, "742": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00c2\u00bb-HI^^\\n730\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhave been abundantly rewarded, and he now owns a\\nhighly productive farm, of which 133 acres are\\nunder fine cultivation, and he has erected a com-\\nmodious and convenient set of frame buildings.\\nThe first year he did not have his land fenced and\\nthe cattle ran at will, were sometimes lost, and one\\ncow was never found.\\nOur subject undoubtedly owes a part of his good\\nfortune to his amiable wife, who has been to him a\\nwise and ready helper, and to whom he was mar-\\nried in 1846. She was formerly Catherine Simpson,\\nand Hillsdale, Columbia Co., N. Y., was her birth-\\nplace. Her parents, Elry and Sally (Spencer) Simp-\\nson, were natives of New York State, and came to\\nMichigan in 1838. They first settled in Wheatland\\nin 1840, where he improved a farm, and both spent\\ntheir last years there. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have\\nsix children, namely: Frederic, who lives in De-\\ntroit; Mary E. married D. D. Carl; they live in\\nPittsford Township. Ann Maria, wife of T. W.\\nPeters, lives in Springport, Jackson County; E P.\\nlives in Adams Township; Emma T., wife of Alfred\\nLawson, lives with her father; Timothy lives at\\nhome.\\nMr. Clark is in the best sense of the term a self-\\nmade man, as he started out in the world with no\\ncapital but brains and energy, and has steadily\\nwon his way to his present prosperous condition\\nwith no other aid. His career has been an honor-\\nable and useful one, not only to his family but also\\nto his fellow-citizens, with whom his genial dispo-\\nsition and hearty, cordial manners render him very\\npopular. In politics he is actively identified with\\nthe Democratic parly, of Hillsdale County.\\neOL. FREDERICK FOWLER. Few who\\nhave ever had occasion to tarry for any\\nlength of time in Hillsdale County have\\nfailed to become familiar with the name of this\\ngentleman, who is one of its prominent and wealthy\\ncitizens, and who, in the course of an honorable\\ncareer, has reflected credit upon the section of\\ncountry where he has made his home and been closely\\nidentified for so many years. He is one of the old-\\nest settlers of the county and one of its most suc-\\ncessful general farmers and stock-raisers. His\\nproperty embraces over 1.000 acres of valuable land\\nin Reading, Camden and Cambria Townships, while\\nhe also has a fine property in Reading Village. His\\nhomestead is located on section 24, in Reading\\nTownship, and embraces 460 acres of land, which,\\nwith its buildings and appurtenances, forms the ideal\\ncountry home. The residence is surrounded with\\na beautiful grove, planted by Mr. Fowler himself,\\nand with its barns and out-buildiugs, its choice fruit\\nand shade trees, presents most truly a delightful\\npicture to the e^-e.\\nCol. Fowler secured the land which constitutes\\nhis present homestead in 1843, and at a time when\\nthe face of the country was a wild and unbroken\\ntract, traveled very little by the feet of white men.\\nFor five consecutive years after he came to this\\nfarm Col. Fowler cleared and put under the plow\\nfrom forty to 100 acres. The whole is now mostly\\nbrought to a good stateof cultivation, and produces\\nin abundance the richest crops of Southern Michi-\\ngan.\\nThe early tramping ground of our subject was in\\nPerry Township, Geauga Co., Ohio, where his birth\\ntook place Feb. 5, 1817. His father, Richard Fow-\\nler, was a native of Massachusetts, and after his\\nmarriage emigrated with his wife and their small\\nfamily to the Buckeye State, making their way\\nslowly and laboriously with an ox-team, and carry-\\ning with them all their eaithly possessions. One\\nhundred days were consumed in the journey, they be-\\ning delayed somewhat on account of sickness. They\\ntraveled in true emigrant style, cooking and camp-\\ning b} the wayside and sleeping in their wagon at\\nnight. Perry Township, where the} located, was\\nat that time a dense wilderness, where they lookup\\ntheir residence in the fall of 1816. Although they\\nwere surrounded with difficulty and danger, they\\npersevered in their intention of founding a home,\\nand early in the thirties sat under their own vine\\nand fig tree, with cultivated fields around them.\\nThe father of our subject, however, longing for\\nnewer fields and having a good opportunitj to sell,\\ndisposed of his 175-acre farm in Ohio, and gather-\\ning together his family and household possessions\\nas before, started for the Territory of Michigan.\\nThey made their way overland by ox-teams and\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0742.jp2"}, "743": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n731\\nf\\nlocated on what is now section 30, in Adams Town-\\nship, and were the first settlers in the township\\nindeed the first permanent settlers between that\\nplace and Jonesville. In March, 1835, there was\\na road cut through from wiiat is now Jonesville to\\nHudson, our subject, altiiough but a 3 outh of eight-\\neen .years, carrying the chain himself. This was a\\ntime when everyone who was big enough was pressed\\ninto service, and there was more than plenty to do\\nfor all. The father of our subject depended greatly\\nupon the assistance of his sons, and Frederick, on\\naccount of the superabundance of work, received\\nvery limited school advantages. He was bright and\\nobserving, however, and after learning to read, by\\nthe aid of instructive books .acquired a good fund\\nof information. That early habit of reading has\\nnever left him, and on .account of this he is now\\none of the most intelligent of men.\\nRichard Fowler, the father of our subject, the\\npioneer of two States, lived to see his farm of more\\nthan 200 acres, in Adams Township, under a fair\\nstate of improvement, and became prominent in\\nlocal affairs .as one of its most intelligent citizens.\\nHe wjis strictly temperate, honorable and upright\\nin his trans.actions, of irreproachable character, both\\npublic and private, while his industry and energy\\nwere proverbial. A scion of excellent old Massachu-\\nsetts stock, its finer elements had descended to him\\nin a marked degree. The paternal grandfather of our\\nsubject, Medad b3 name, was also a native of the\\nBay State, a descendant of the old Puritan stock\\nwhich crossed the Atlantic during the Colonial days^\\nand on the rugged coast of New England imbibed\\nthe air of liberty and self-s.acrifice. Grandfather Fow-\\nler made liis living as a tiller of the soil, and spent\\nhis entire life in the Bay State. He married a\\nMassachusetts lady, and Richard, the father of our\\nsubject, was their eldest son.\\nRichard Fowler was reared to m.anhood in his na-\\ntive State, and there married Miss Anna Hill, who\\nwas born in Hudson County, and was also of Mas-\\nsachusetts parentage. Their eldest child, Henry,\\nwho died in 1 842 when about thirty years old. was\\nborn in Massachusetts, and their remaining eight\\nchildren were natives of Ohio. Of these latter,\\nFrederick, our subject, was the first born in the\\nBuckeye .State, his birth taking pl.ace a few months\\nafter their arrival. The family all lived to come\\nto Michigan, and six of the children are yet living,\\nbeing married and having families of their own, and\\nresidents mostly of Michigan, Illinois and Kansas.\\nOur subject continued a member of his father s\\nhousehold until his marri.age. which w.as celebrated\\nat the home of the bride, Miss Phebe L. Willets,\\nin Cambria Township, Jan. 13, 1842. Mrs. Fowler\\nis a sister of Moses Willets, well known throughout\\nthis vicinity, and a sketch of whom will be found\\nelsewhere in this volume. She was born in Lock-\\nport, Niagara Co., N. Y., May 14, 1824, and came\\nwith her brothers to Michigan when a young girl,\\nher parents having died in New York. Of her union\\nwith our subject there have been born six chil-\\ndren, two of whom died, aged respectively two\\nj ears and four months. Their eldest son living.\\nHenry by name, married Miss Adelaide Bryan, and\\nis living on a farm in Camden Township; Helen\\nis the wife of Julius C. Merriman, who is farming\\nin Cambria Township; Fremont took to wife Miss\\nKate Richardson, and is also ca,rrying on agricult-\\nure in Cambria Township; Frederick R., Jr., mar-\\nried Miss Margaret Devine, and is tilling the soil of\\na portion of Reading Township.\\nIn July, 1861, after the outbreak of the late war,\\nMr. Fowler, by permission of Col. Kellogg, who had\\nreceived his instructions from .Simon Cameron,\\nSecretary of War, proceeded to organize a com-\\npany for the field, .and in the course of a few weeks\\nhad secured 112 volunteers. This band of men\\nwas named Company G. and our subject was pre-\\nsented vvith a Captain s commission, and with his\\nmen assigned to the 2d Michigan CavaIr3^ They\\nwere detailed to Benton Barracks, near St. Louis,\\nMo., where they remained 100 d.a^ s, and in Febru-\\nary 1862, were sent to the frontier, Capt. Fowler\\nalso acting as Major of a battalion at the same time.\\nHis company was first brought into active service\\nin the cavalry charge at New Madrid, Mo., at which\\npoint they routed the enemy, and now beginning in\\nearnest to participate in the conflict, met the enemy\\nnext at Corinth, Miss., where the 2d Michigan Cav-\\nalry was in the thickest of the fight. Capt. Fowler\\nleading his men, and the company suffering greatly\\nfrom heat.\\nThe regiment then ra.ade its waj into Kentucky,\\nt\\n-4^", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0743.jp2"}, "744": {"fulltext": "I\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n732\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nand at Champion Hills the 2d Cavalry also met\\nwith consideral loss. Soon afterward Capt. Fowler\\nwas promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel,\\nwhich lie retained until receiving his honorable dis-\\ncharge, in June. 1 8G3. Upon returning home he\\nwas welcomed as one who had done his duty bravely\\nand well, and was rewarded by his fellow-citizens in\\nthe most fitting manner, being chosen by them as\\nState Senator for the term of 18G4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 G.i. He officiated\\nas Chairman on several important committees,\\namong them that of military affairs. Politically,\\nhe has always been a Republican. Col. Fowler\\nupon leaving the army and while bidding his com-\\nrades farewell, told them that if his life was spared\\na few years he would erect a monument to their\\nmemory and their deeds, and this promise he kept\\nin mind for a period of twenty years, until it was\\npossible for him to fulfill it. hi 1884, at his own\\npersonal expense, he erected the beautiful monu-\\nment which now stands prominently in the ceme-\\ntery at Reading, and which was put up at a cost of\\n$1,500. The shaft is of the finest New Hampshire\\ngranite, twent\\\\ -eight feet in height, and resting\\nupon a flag-stone 10x16 feet. This in turn rests\\non a solid stone foundation embedded in the earth\\nsix feet, on an elevated mound which is always kept\\ngreen. On two sides of the main shaft is a 1400-\\npound gun resting on solid blocks of granite, and\\non the third section in bass-relief is the State coal-\\nof-arms, the crossed swords, crossed guns and the\\nAmerican flag on the four sides. Inscribed upon\\nanother side of the shaft are the names of sixteen\\nprincipal battles in which the 2d Michigan Cavalry\\nwas engaged, and by special request of his fellow-\\nsoldiers Col. Fowler caused to be engraved the\\nfollowing inscri|)tion Erected to the Memory of\\nthe Soldier Dead by Col. F. Fowler, Second Regi-\\nment Michigan Cavalry.\\nIn the year 1883 Col. Fowler crossed the Atlantic,\\nvisiting some of the principal cities of Europe,\\nLondon, Paris and others, which proved a rich ex-\\nperience, and to one of his observing mind a val-\\nuable fund of infoi mation with which he would not\\nwillingly part. He has also traveled over the United\\nStales to a great extent. Physically, he is of com-\\nmanding stature, a man who would at once be no-\\nticed among a thousand, and of that bright and\\nintelligent eye and genial countenance which at\\nonce discloses capabilitie of a high order. He has\\nno use for the idler, and during the vicissitudes of\\na long and busy career has built up for himself a\\nrecoid of which his children and friends have rea-\\nson to be proud.\\nMr. Fowler, in 1857-58, represented this county\\nin the Michigan Legislature, and was appointed\\nChairman of the committee on the State Agricult-\\nural College, while at the same time his views were\\nuniformly solicited concerning other matters of\\nState and National importance. Prior to this he\\nhad served as Justice of the Peace, and had gained\\na good knowledge of common law. He was elected\\nPresident of the County Agricultural Society, be-\\ning the second President of the organization and\\nserving four terms. To all of the enterprises tend-\\ning to build up the county and insure the welfare\\nof its people, he has been the ever cheerful and\\nready assistant, and his name will be held in grate-\\nful remembrance long after he shall have been gath-\\nered to his fathers.\\nOTIS D. FINCH. The personal traits of the\\noriginal settlers of New England and the\\nNorthern Atlantic .States were in many waj s\\nremarkable. These were men who not only dared\\nto have ideas of their own but had the courage to\\nadvance and maintain them, and to face the logical\\nresults of such a course. Their descendants of to-\\nday have just cause for revering their memory and\\ntheir deeds, and helping to cherish anil preserve\\nthem, for from their constancy and patriotism,\\nthrough dangers and hardships, they asserted and\\nmaintained their independence, and have given to\\nus a heritage, the grandest on which the sun shines.\\nThe subject of this sketch is a native of the Em-\\npire State, where he was born in Burlington Town-\\nship, Otsego County, Feb. 14, 1827, the fifth in a\\nfamily of seven children, four sons and three\\ndaughters, born to his parents, Tripp and Rebecca\\nFinch. Mr. Finch is now pleasantl}^ located on\\nsection 5, in Moseovv Township, where, in the en-\\njoyment of a competency of this world s goods, and\\nthe confidence and esteem t f his friends and ac-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0744.jp2"}, "745": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n733\\nquaintances, he can pass the i-emaiiuler of his da^ s\\nin the consciousness tiiat his life has not been in\\nvain.\\nIn 1833 the parents of our subject removed from\\nthe Empire State, and hazarded the lon and toil-\\nsome jotirne} to the boundless West, where they\\nsettled in this county, in Moscow Plains, and en-\\ngaged in their efforts to subdue from the wilderness\\na farm on which they might rear their family to\\nlives of usefulness, and give them that education\\nwhich would fit them to take their position in\\nwhatever sphere they miglit be called ui)on to labor.\\nHere our subject passed his bo3 hood attending\\nschool in the first house built for that purpose in\\nMoscow Plains. He labored under the usual diffi-\\nculties experienced by the early pioneers, being\\noften kept at home, where his services were utilized\\nin guiding the oxen, seven yoke of which were em-\\nployed in breaking the prairie. The family sus-\\ntained a great affliction in the loss of tlie wife and\\nmotiier when Otis D. was eighteen years of age,\\nand they broke up housekeeping. The father re-\\nmoved to Iowa with three of the children, but not\\nbeing satisfied with the outlook there he returned\\nto Michigan.\\nMr. Finch ventured out for himself by purchas-\\ning a tract of seventy-five acres of land, which,\\nwith that conservative spirit that marks the enter-\\nprising farmer, he has retained possession of ever\\nsince. Finding that it is not good for man to be\\nalone, and having now reached a position in which he\\ncould afford to take the important step, Mr. Finch\\nwas united in marriage, in 1852, with Miss Sarali\\nAnn, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Miria\\n(Powell) .Strait, the former a native of Steuben\\nCounty, N. Y., while the latter was born in New\\nYork City. Her parents were married in Steuben\\nCounty, and resided in the Empire State until their\\nremoval to Ohio, in 1839, which became their resi-\\ndence for some five j ears, where they engaged in\\nagricultural pursuits. They then removed to Jen-\\nnings County, Ind., about twent3 miles from Ver-\\nnon, whei-e they purchased a tract of land, but\\nwere soon after visited by sickness, and becoming\\ndiscouraged they removed to Hanover, Midi.,\\nwhere they bought 160 acres of land near Horse-\\nshoe Lake in 1849. Upon this tliej labored, and\\nhad already effected considerable improvements\\nwhen the father was called awa^ b^ death, Nov. 7.\\n1867, at the age of sixty-one years; the mother fol-\\nlowed Jan. 22, 1872, also aged sixty-one.\\nThomas Jefferson and wife became the parents\\nof seven children, four of whom grew to maturity,\\nwhile three still survive, one son and two daugh-\\nters. Mrs. Finch, the eldest of this family, was\\nborn March 1, 1833, in Steub?n County, N. Y., and\\nhad just begun her attendance at the public schools\\nwhen the family removed to Ohio, where she again\\nattended the public schools until eleven years of\\nage, when her parents removed to Indiana; here\\nshe again resumed her studies, and owing to the\\ngood educational facilities of this State and the\\nState of Ohio she secured a good education. Her\\nunion with Mr. Finch was blessed b^ the birth of\\nseven children Mary K. Ida M., deceased Thomas\\nJ., Alva C, Frank W., Clarence L. and Claude D.\\nMar} E. became the wife of H. N, Rowley, of Han-\\nover, and they have one child, Ann E. Thonms J.\\nis employed by a railroad company at Bloomington,\\nIII., where he resides with his wife, Ida L. (Howe)\\nFinch, and their child Floyd Alva C. married Car-\\nrie Richards, and they have one child, Ilattie E.,\\nand reside in Moscow Township; Frank W. has the\\nmanagement of the homestead Clarence L. has\\nbeen at Hanover, attending the Union School, where\\nhe was graduated with the class of 88; Claude D.\\nresides at home.\\nMr. Finch owns seventj -five acres on section 5,\\nMoscow Township, on which the family resides,\\nand eight} acres in Hanover Township, Jackson\\nCounty, making a total of 15. acres, which he has\\nbrought to a good state of cultivation. On his\\nfarm in Moscow Township he has erected a good\\nresidence, flanked with convenient out-buildings,\\nwith m.achiner} required b} the modern agricultur-\\nist. Mr. and Mrs. Finch are members in good\\nstanding of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of\\nWest Moscow, in which Mrs. Finch is .Steward.\\nThej are also members of Mo.scow Grange, and Mr.\\nF. is a member of the Masonic fraternity, identified\\nwith Hamilton Lodge No. 113, F. A. M.; he has\\nserved for a period of eleven 3 ears as Constable, and\\nin politics he finds his ideas most nearly carried out\\nliy theGreenback party.\\ni\\nj ^m", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0745.jp2"}, "746": {"fulltext": "u\\nr34\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nbUTHER MINER settled with his family in\\nPulaski, Jackson Co., Mich., in 1 838, wliere he\\nremained ahout seven years, when he moved\\nto Somerset. Hillsdale Co., Midi. In tracing his gen-\\nealogy we are fortunate enough to have access to a\\nrecent volume entitled History of Ancient Wood-\\nburj-, Conn., by William Cothren. He quotes an\\nancient account of the family. This was sent over\\nfrom England to the first Thomas Miner some years\\nafter he came to this country, and was preserved\\nby the descendants of Manassah Miner until within\\na few years ago. when it was deposited with the\\nConnecticut Historical Society for i)reservation.\\nThe first of those who have borne the name of\\nMinor, or Miner, was Henry, who lived in the reign\\nof one of the Edvv.irds of England, at Mendippi\\nHills, in Somersetshire, England, and died in 1359.\\nThe name with armorial bearings was given him\\nb^ King Edward in acknowledgment of his loyal\\nservice in providing an escort for the King on\\nhis way to embark for France. His name is said to\\nhave been Bullman before it was changed, and his\\nbusiness that of a miner. King Edward, in giving\\nhim a coat of arms, honored his profession by giv-\\ning the name of his trade for a surname. The coat\\nof arms given above was procured at the herald s\\noffice in London, by the first Thomas, of New Lon-\\ndon, in 1680. There is another account of this\\nfound in Money s translation from the Gaelic:\\nKing Edward now rote to several prominent\\nmen for help. This miner went to his aid with 70\\nmen as soldiers and 30 men as servants, for which\\nhe received the honor of knighthood and other com-\\npensation from the King. 1346.\\nThomas, son of (2) Clement and grandson of (1)\\nWilliam, who died at Chow-Mngna, in England,\\nFeb. 23, 1585, was b. April 23, 1608, came to New\\nEngland in 1630, and m. Grace, daughter of Walter\\nPalmer, April 23. 1634. Thomas Minor came with\\nJohn Winthrop s company to Pequot and settled\\nthere about 1646-47. He d. at Stonington, Oct.\\n23, 1690, aged 83. Grace, his wife, died the same\\nyear. He was n leading man in the settlements in\\nthe eastern part of the State. He is the ancestor of\\nall bearing the name in this country so far as can\\nbe ascertained. Clement settled in New London,\\nand is the ancestor of most of those bearing the\\nname in that vicinity.\\nIn this history of the family name we propose to\\ntrace his descendants onlj\\\\ It would take a vol-\\nume of good size to give all the descendants of the\\nfirst Thomas. Luther Grant m. Mary Rynx in\\nSomerset, Hillsdale Co., Mich. James Harvey m.\\nSarah Durni at Volga City, Iowa, May 12, 1855,\\nand has since lived in Richland County, Wis., and\\nhas three daughters Alberka D., Carrie and Minnie,\\nand one son. Grant Lenox. This Grant m. Nelie\\nLybrand, and has two sons Will and Harrie,\\nBeing now through with the history genealogical\\nthe writer will make mention of a few members of\\nthe family. Amos, who was born in New London.\\nConn., in 1755, was a Revolutionarj soldier; he\\nwas under Gen. Putnam at the battle of Bunker\\nHill, or as then called Breed s Hills. He worked\\nin the trenches that memorable night, and was one\\nof the small number of men who were concealed\\nbehind a breastwork made of new-mown hay and a\\npost and rail fence, and delivered the first volley of\\nmusketrj from their flint-lock guns into the ranks\\nof the red coats as they inarched up the hill in solid\\ncolumn. The fire was very effective as it was de-\\nlivered at very close range. It was very interesting\\nto hear him detail the occurrences of that da^ He\\nserved during the war and received a gunshot\\nwound in an arm, which disabled him for life. He\\nwas a pensioner .and died at the age of 81, and his\\nremains are now buried at the main entrance of the\\nPalmyra Cemetery in the State of New York.\\nLuther Miner was one of the founders of Lock-\\nport, in the State of New York, where he lived for\\nmany years previous to his emigrating to Michigan.", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0746.jp2"}, "747": {"fulltext": "I\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n735\\nHe was an active biisiness man of that place. In\\npolilifs he w. is a AVhig anrl a Kcpuliliean, alwaj S\\naiding his jjaity nnd his friends, hut never asking\\nfor the iionors of office. After coming to Michi-\\ngan he was a hard-wori ing farmer, enduring tlie\\nhardships oi a new country with a large family to\\ncare for. He was ably assisted by his noble wife,\\nElinor Grant, with whom he lived over half a cent-\\nury. He was a man with strong likes and dislikes\\nnever could do too much for a friend, nor forget\\nan enemy, always public-spiiited.and always helped\\nthe right. William P., the youngest son of Luther\\nMiner, was the first to organize a company in Hills-\\ndale and .Tackson Counties for three years service\\nin the late war. He received a commission from\\nAustin IJlair, then (4overnor. He went with his\\ncompany to Hilton Head, S. C, in 1861, remaining\\nin the service until he was unable to do dutj on\\naccount of poor health. In 1871 he established a\\ngeneral store business at Jerome, Hillsdale County,\\nwhich was continued until 1882.\\nThis notable family s departure from England\\nwas not the effect of poverty in an old country to\\nbetter itself in a new one, nor of sij^fched reputa-\\ntion fleeing away to find in distance the solace of\\nbeing unknown, nor of uneasj spirits changing their\\nabode on account of tiie mere frenzj of changing\\nsomething; Init thej- were a part of a great idea\\nwhich time has shown to be far greater than they\\nthen knew.\\nIt is more praiseworlhie in noble and excellent\\nthings to know something, though little, than in\\nmean and ignoble things to have a perfect knowledge.\\nAmongst all those rare ornaments of the mind of man,\\nheraldic hath had a most eminent place, and hath\\nbeen held in high esteem, not only at one time and\\nin one climate, but during all times, and through\\nthose parts of the world wherean^ ray of Ilumanitie\\nand Civilitie hath shined, for without it all would\\nbe drowned in the chaos of disorder. Neither is\\nshe so partial, that money shall make the man. For he\\nought not to be accounted a perfect Herauld except\\nthat he can discern the difference betwixt a coatar-\\nmoriall, obtained by valour, or purchased by money.\\nSenium. Oentilium Palludamentum Cistatanus\\nhonorable not mercenary, as appears bj the coat of\\nthe Miners. The reason (as Garcilaseo .Sayeth, page\\n4.32) is this. Edward, the third, going to make warre\\nagainst the French, took a progress through Somer-\\nsett, and coming to Mendippi CoIIes minerary, Men-\\ndippi Hills in .Somersett, where lived Henry, a\\nminer, wiiose surname was BuUman. his name being\\ntaken rather a denominatione soci et ab offlcia, who\\nwith all carefulness and loyaltie, having convened\\nhis Domestics and menial Servants, armed with Bat-\\ntle Axes, proffered himself and them to his master s\\nservice, making up a complete hundred. Where-\\nfore he had his coat armorial (Gules) signifying\\nMinius, red another demonstration of the original\\nof the surname, a Fesse id est cinguhnn militare,\\nbecause obtained by valour, betwixt three plates, ar-\\ngent, crest, a battle axe armed at both ends, another\\ndemonstration of the original of the arms, for there\\ncould be no plates without Mines. It is folly to\\nsuppose such a surname as Minor to have any\\ncoat of arms, it being contrary, yea, contradictory\\nin terms, that Minor can obtain paternal coats or\\nachievements, unless it be presupposed that Major\\nwas his father. Bartas, a French Herauld. says\\nMiner is a word contracted in Dutch, MIN-HEIR,\\nthat is my master or Lord, and gives his reason for\\nthe plates to be dollars or pieces of Eight, abund-\\nance of which will make Hollander (albeit born\\nupon a dunghill) to be titled Mein-heir, but ye crest\\nreason aforesaid, and Chronologic proves the first,\\nand albeit Heraulds differ in the Describing (says\\nFordon, page 342) of this surname, Miner, and\\ntime, with the various dialects of several counties,\\nhave almost made it to be another name, yet if\\nignorance would strive to eradicate Ancestrie, it\\ncan not do it in this coat, the name and colours\\nmaking so much proof with the pl.ace (says Baker).\\n1st. the place where the original came from; Men-\\ndippi Colles Minerary. 2d, by the field, Minius.\\n3d, by the charge Minerall. 4th, by the circum-\\nstances and actions upon record, relative to the\\ncrest, being a battle-axe armed at both ends Min-\\nerall. Herauldy is a thing not of yesterday, or\\nwhich may be otherways found out, being already\\ncondescended upon by all nations, and as it were\\nestablished. Jure Centium, among the Greeks, Ro-\\nmans, Germans, French, .Spaniards, English, Scots,\\nDanes and Hungarians, fec. Fridon, the great\\nAntiquarian, sayeth that the King s Secretary re-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0747.jp2"}, "748": {"fulltext": "-i\\n736\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^H^:\\nturned the foresaid Henry Miner a compliment for\\nhis Loyaltie in these words. Oceanus quamvis\\nmagnijiury multique torrentes siiil ei stipendary.\\nNon de dignatur recipere minares Riviloso id est.\\nThe Ocean (though great rivers pay him tribute)\\ndisdains not also to receive the Lesser, if Loyal\\nBrooks, which by one only urne pour themselves\\ninto its bosom.\\nThis Henry died in liie year 1359, leaving be-\\nhind him Henry, Edward, Thomas and George\\nMiner, of whom little is to be said, save as only\\nthat Henry married one Henrietta Hicks, daughter\\nof Edward Hicks, of Gloucester, of whom as appears\\nby the paling of their arms, are the Hicks of Revers-\\nion Castle, in Gloucester, descended, and had issue,\\nWilliam and Henry.\\nWilliam married one Ilobbs, of Wiltshire, and\\nhad issue, Thomas and George. Henry, the 2d son,\\nserved Richard the second, in the year 1384.\\nThomas, in 1399, married one Miss Gressleys,\\ndaughter of Cotton, in the Countie of Stafford, and\\nhad issue. Lodovick, George and Mary. Lodovick\\nmarried Anna Dyer, daughter of Thomas Dyer, of\\nStoughton, in the Countie of Huntington, and had\\nissue, Thomas, born 1436, and after that twins, being\\ntwenty-two years after ye birth of the said Thomas,\\nand the twins, George and Arthur, who both served\\nthe House of Austria, the younger married (as\\nPhillipe Comins relates) one Henrietta de la Villa\\nOdorosa. Thomas married Bridget, second daughter\\nto Sir George Hervie de St. Martins, in County\\nMiddlesex, and died 1480, leaving his son William\\nand daughter Anna Miner in tutorage to their\\nmother, Bridget, whom she resigned to her father,\\nand turned to a MonasteriaJ life in Dutford, where\\nshe remained during the remainder of her life.\\nWilliam married Isabella Hartope de Frolibay, and\\nlived to revenge the death of the two young\\nPrinces murdered in the Tower of London, upon\\ntheir inhuman uncle, Richard the 3d. It was said\\nof this William Miner, that he was Flos MiliUae, the\\nflower of chivalrie. He left behind him ten sons,\\nWilliam, George, Thomas, Robert, Nathaniel and\\nJohn the rest are not recorded. The two last went\\nover to Ireland, in 1541, when King Henry the 8th\\nwas proclaimed 1st King of Scotland. Nathaniel\\nmarried f iie Fitzmorris neigh Caterburgh, in the\\nprovince of Leinster, in Ireland. John married\\nJoselina O Bryan, daughter of Teig O Bryan, of\\nin County of Clare, whose posteritie remain\\nthere in the name of Miner, bearing the same coat.\\nGeorge married and lived in Shropshire, Thomas in\\nHereford. William, the eldest son, had issue, Clem-\\nent and Elizabeth Miner, and was buried at Chow\\nMagna, the 23 day of February, Anno Domini\\n1585, and lies interred in the Priests chancel, about\\nfour feet from the wall, with this inscription\\nHERE ETH M\\nMYNER OF PSH\\nOBYT IRMFERRU MDLXXXV\\nThis and no more is legible upon the stone, with\\nthe coat expressed in the margin (at the f signe)\\nbut by the Records and Registry of said church it\\nis evident that his name was William Myner, they\\nboth agreeing in the same date and place, and\\nmust needs have been the head of the same family,\\nas by the paternal coat of arms clearly appear.\\nClement, his son, succeeded his father in Heritage,\\nand married, and had issue, Clement, Thomas,\\nElizabeth and Mary Miners, and departed this life\\nthe 31st of March, 1040, and lies interred in Chow\\nMagna, in the County of Somersctt. Clement, Ihe\\neldest brother, married Sarah Po])e, daughter of\\nJohn Pope, of Norton, Small Reward, in the County\\nof Somersett, and had issue, William and Israel.\\nThis Clement was buried at Burslington, County of\\nSomersett, and Thom.as, his brother, is now (in 1083)\\nalive at Stonington, Connecticut Colony, in New\\nEngland, Anno Domini 1683, and h.as issue, John,\\nThomas, Clement, Manassah, Ephraim and Judah\\nMiners, and two daughters, Marie and Elizabeth.\\nWilliam Miner, eldest son of Clement Miner, 2d,\\nmarried Sarah, daughter of John Batting, of Clif-\\nton, in Gloucestershire, and lives. Anno Domini,\\n1683, in Christmas street, in the city of Bristol, and\\nhas issue, William and Sarah. Israel, the second\\nson, married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Jones,\\nof Burslington, in County of Somersett, and had\\nissue, Clement, Thomas, Sarah, Jean and Elizabeth,\\nAnno Domini 1683.\\nAnd now, having done with the description\\nGenealogical, I hope that TOV TIC, etc., etc.\\negdaba naian Tima, aug. ugabo.\\nAnd if 1 have used any old or ancient words,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00baHI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0748.jp2"}, "749": {"fulltext": "i-\\nIIILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n737\\nyea, words diffeiciitly now Sj-Uilpioated, I may ex-\\ncusp myself with Qiiintialiaiim Verbosa restuetate\\nlepetites non solume maquis assentorcs aliquam\\nnon sine flft lulalonat, and for the ingenuous\\nreader I am not that every Peasant should venture\\nhis sick-brained opinion upon this essay, knowing\\nwell thatasy neminem liabet ininiicume praetor ig-\\nnorantum, but if he will take counsel (an illegible\\nGreek qnotation here follows, translated by the\\nauthor to mean, If thou hast no taste for learning,\\nmeddle no more with wliat thou understandeth\\nnot, and keejjing himself silent, he may pass for a\\nwit, while on the contrary, his too much garrulity\\nshows his nakedness as much as Prester John, who\\ndescribes himself fromes Logues of Solomon, or\\nFishulf from a seth: but 1 shall be very much be-\\nholden to tlie learned reader, who. if he can give\\nmore satisfaction in the essay, would, for the honor\\nof antiquitie (who now lies in profundo Deniocratis\\nPutio) mind the Errata chronologieall3 and see if\\nhe can derive the surname from a longer time, it\\nbeing supposed that Henry Miner s name before\\nthe King s progress into .Somersett was Bullman,\\nbut how certain, however, I know not, but leave it\\nto some other, whose experience and learning ex-\\nceed mine. Desiring nothing more than that Her-\\naldic should be restored to its pristine splendor and\\ntruth, and not be abused hj every common painter\\nand plasterer, who, before he will lose a fee. will\\nfansie a coat of arms to the loss of their estates and\\ngoods, and sometimes their verj names.\\nQuid non mortal iuni pcctora coginis aure Sacra\\nFames\\nEmblemata ad volunlatem Domini Riges sunt\\nportanda et non alius audi Heraldie, stands in need\\nof the dose gapcnipsusys, and now I will conclude\\nwith Kalph Brooks, Esquire, and York Heraldie.\\nTo make these names alive again appear,\\nAVhich in oblivion well nigh buried were.\\nThat so your children in.ay avoid the jarres.\\nWhich might arise about their ancestors;\\nAnd the living ?iiight those titles see\\nWith which these names and houses honored be.\\nYet I have hope of more acceptance from\\nThose future times that after we shall come.\\nFor when beneath the stroke of death I fall.\\nAnd those that live these linos examine sIi.tII,\\nDetraction dying, you that do remain\\nWill credit me and thank me for my pains.\\nVery si quid nodisti rectius\\nCandidas imperti si non utere mecum.\\nThis coat of the Miners of Chow, I attest Lo be\\nentered at Bath, in Somersett. by Clarenceux. the\\n4th of King James the (irst, which visitation is in\\ncustody of me, 160G. Ai.ex. Cunningham.\\nOn jwge 644 is recorded, 20 V. Gr.ace (dan. of\\nC. ipt. John Minor, b. Sept. 20, 1670, m. Grant.\\nShe was the granddaughter of Thomas Minor, the\\nemigrant, by his wife, Grace Palmer, dau. of Wal-\\nter Palmer. Grace Minor was ni. to Samuel Grant,\\nJr., of Windsor, Conn., Ap. 11, 1688. Thus the\\nabove blank is filled. She thus became the ancestress\\nof Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, the President of the U. S.\\nThe generations upward run thus: Gen. Ulysses\\nSimpson Gr.ant, son of Jesse Root, and Hannah\\n(Simpson) Grant, b. April 27, 1822, son of Capt.\\nNoah and Rachel (Kelley) Grant, b. ,Ian. 1794;\\nson of Noah and Susanna (Delano) Grant, h. June\\n20, 1748; son of Noah and Martha (Huntington)\\nGr.ant, b. July 12, 1718; son of Samuel. Jr., and\\nGrace (Minor) Grant, dau. of John Minor, of\\nWoodbur}-, b. Dec. 16, 1602; son of Samuel and\\nMary (Porter) Grant, b. April 30, 1659; son of\\nDeacon Matthew and Priscilla Grant, of Windsor,\\nConn., b. Nov. 12, 1631.\\nBesides the Grant blood, there is intermingled\\nin the veins of the General, by successive marriages,\\nthe blood of some of the best Connecticut families\\nthe Huntingtons, the Lathrops, the Porters, the\\nMinors, the Putnams all strong names, and signifi-\\ncant of good training and sterling growth. (His-\\ntory of Connecticut during the late War, p. 7. )6.)\\nThe third son of Thomas Miner was Clement,\\nfrom whom Luther Miner s family sprung. Clement\\nwas born in 1640, and died Oct. 10, 1700. His\\nsecond son was named Joseph, who w.as born Aui^.\\n16, 1666. He married Elizabeth Comstoek, March\\n12. 1689, and died in 17.54. His eldest S(m was\\nnamed Joseph, who was born March 3, 1690, mar-\\nried Grace Turner Miner, Feb. 26, 1713. and died\\nMay 31, 1781. Joseph s second son was Jesse, born\\nAug. 13, 1716. married Jane Watrous, Nov. 3,\\n1737, and died Nov. 4. 1763; his ninth child was\\nAmos, who was born in New London, Aug. 6, 1755;", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0749.jp2"}, "750": {"fulltext": "4-\\n738\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhe married Mary Rowley, Dec. 14, 1780, and died\\nNov. 11, 1836. His sixth child was Luther, the\\nsubject of this sketch. Ho was Iwrii April 19, 1791,\\nand died at Bear Grove, Iowa, Nov. 15, 1871. His\\nfirst wife was Jane Poppleton, to whom he was mar-\\nried May 20, 1814; she died .Jan. 18, 1817. He\\nthen married Sally Ann Hillam, who died in one\\near. He married Lena E. Grant, March 8, 1819;\\nshe died Nov. 20, 1870.\\nThe children of Luther Miner were as follows:\\nBj his first wife .Jane Maryette was born April 27,\\n1815.. By his third wife the following ten: Sally\\nAnn, born Dec. 18, 1819; Olive Adelia, June 28,\\n1821; Caroline A., Feb. 20, 1823; Clarissa, Aug.\\n1, 1825; Andrew Grant. Aug. 21, 1826; Luther\\nGrant, Aug. 12, 1827 James Harvey, Feb. 4, 1830;\\nTheodore, Aug. 2, 1832; Mary Ellen, May 20,\\n1836, and William Page, April 30, 1840. The lat-\\nter married, Nov. 7, 1874, Wealthy A. Seeley, at\\nJerome, Hillsdale Co., Mich., and to them was born\\none child, Frederic, Nov. 21, 1S80.\\nSAAC H. KELLOGG is an extensive and enter-\\nprising farmer and stock-raiser of Hillsdale\\nli County. The farm which he owns and occu-\\npies on section 4, is one of the oldest in Reading\\nTownship, having been among the very first to be\\nput under cultivation, as it was entered in June,\\n1836, by Jefferson Kellogg, the father of our sub-\\nject, an earl}^ pioneer of this township and county.\\nIt has been in the possession of our subject since\\n1863, and contains 120 acres of exceedingly fertile\\nand productive land, and is amply supplied with\\nan excellent class of buildings. He has it well sup-\\nplied with a good grade of stock, and his great\\nsuccess in conducting the various branches of agri-\\nculture to which he gives his attention, indicates\\nthat he is a man of more than ordinary business\\ncapacity, and is well endowed with a sound intellect\\nand practical common sense.\\nIsaac Kellogg was born in the township of Man-\\nlius, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Sept. 13, 1834. His\\npaternal grandparents, Henry and Sarah (Reynolds)\\nKellogg, passed their entire lives in that county.\\nHis grandfather was drowned in 1825, while fishing\\nin a swollen stream; he was then but thirty-four\\nyears of age, his useful career being thus closed in\\nthe very prime of life. His wife survived him\\nuntil 1843, when she too passed away. Six chil-\\ndren were born to them, of whom Jefferson, ihe\\nfather of our subject, was the eldest. He was\\nreared and educated in his native county, and was\\nthere married, April 4, 1830, to Maria Hoffman, a\\nnative of New York, and of Dutch ancestry. After\\nthe birth of two sons, Orlando H. and our subject,\\nMr. and Mrs. Kellogg concluded that the Territory\\nof Michigan offered better advantages for them to\\nobtain the means of properly rearing and educating\\ntheir children, as it was thought that Mi-. Kellogg\\ncould better pursue on its alluvial virgin soil the\\ncalling of a farmer, which he had always followed.\\nAccordingly, in the early summer of 183G, they\\nwere on their w.ay to their future home, traveling\\nby lake to Monroe, in this State, and thence to their\\ndestination in Reading Township. They first found\\na home with Judge .lohn Mickle, who was the first\\nsettler of tlie township, and Mr. Kellogg, with two\\nothers, assisted the Judge in clearing a heavily\\ntimbered piece of land, which formed a part of his\\nhomestead, and that was the first land cleared in\\nthe township. In the fall of the year our subject\\nlocated on his own land, which he had previously\\nentered from the Government, and by steady appli-\\ncation to his work in after years, he cleared 200\\nacres of land, and on his retirement to private\\nlife, in 1863, he had improved a fine farm, and\\nhad gained a competency. Though scarcely past\\nmiddle age at that time, he has been enabled to live\\nin the enjoyment of an ample income, sufficient for\\nall his needs, and free from the cares and vexations\\nof business. He is an intelligent man, clear, cool-\\nheaded, and eminently cautious, and has alwaj-s\\nbeen just and honorable in ail his dealings. He is\\nseventy-six years old, and now makes his home\\nwith his youngest daughter, Mrs. John Watson.\\nHe was for many years an active member of the\\nRegular Baptist Church, but of late years has\\nidentified himself with the Methodist. In politics\\nhe was formerly an old-line Whig, and later he\\nbecame a Republican, and at the same time a stanch\\nadvocate of Prohibition. He has held some of the\\n-t", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0750.jp2"}, "751": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nr39\\nf\\ni\\nlocal offices of the township of Reading. His wife\\ndied in Litchfield, April 30, 1885, aged seventy-\\ntwo years. .She was for forty years a member of\\nthe Regular Baptist Church, and was a true Chris-\\ntian and a good woman. To them were born\\nfour sons and two daugliters, all of whom lived to\\nmaturity and married, and the eldest son is now\\ndeceased.\\nOur subject was the second son and second child\\nborn to his parents, and was reared on the old\\nhomestead, where lie still continues to live. He\\nreceived a sound education, and for some years\\nwas engaged in teaching. He married, in his\\nadopted township, March 23, 1862, Miss Phebe\\nHerendeen, who was born in Palmyra, Wayne Co.,\\nN. y., Nov. 11, 1827. She was the first child and\\nonly daughter of Welcome and Elizabeth Burchard)\\nHerendeen, natives of Ontario County, N. Y. Mr.\\nHerendeen was the first white child born in Ontario\\nCounty, and continued to live there some j ears,\\nsubsequently moving to Wayne County, and in\\n1845 came with his wife and three children to this\\ncounty, and located in Reading Township, where\\nhe and his wife made their home until death, which\\noccurred when he was over sixty j-ears of age, and\\nshe was at the age of seventy-eight. They had been\\nhard-working people, and led consistent Christian\\nlives, be being a Quaker and the mother a Meth-\\nodist. Mrs. Kellogg received a good education in a\\nseminary at Albion, and was for several years suc-\\ncessfully engaged in the profession of te.icher.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg has been born one\\nson, Clarence J., who was educated at tiie Hillsdale\\nCollege, and possesses fine business qualifications.\\nHe owns sixty acres of land in Reading Township,\\nwhich he manages, besides assisting his father on\\nhis farm. He married Lidia Murray, who was\\nreared and partly educated in this township, and\\ncompleted her educati(m in Hillsdale College. To\\nher and her husband one child has been born, Mur-\\nray J.\\nOur subject and his wife are members of the Free-\\nwill Baptist Church. Mrs. Kellogg is a woman of\\nfirm character, and is a thrift} housewife. Our\\nsubject has taken an important part in public\\naffairs; his fellow-citizens, recognizing his integritj*\\nand ability, have often honored him by election to\\noffice, and he has been Township Treasurer, Justice\\nof the Peace for twenty-five years, and has held\\nmost of the other responsible offices in Reading\\nTownship. He and his son are Republicans, and\\nare firm advocates of Prohibition.\\nARMENUS CUNNINGHAM is classed\\namong the well-to-do farmers of Pittsford\\nTownship, where he owns a good farm, on\\nwhich he has, bj persistent toil, frugality,\\nand excellent management, built up one of the cosi-\\nest homes in this vicinity. He was born in Lan-\\ncaster, Erie Co., N. Y., March 8, 1833. His father,\\nJoel Cunningham, was a native of Hoosic, Rensselaer\\nCo., N. Y., and his grandfather, Layton Cunning-\\nham, was a native of New England, who early set-\\ntled in Rensselaer County, and resided there until\\n1810. In that year he started lor the western\\nfrontier with a pair of horses and wagon, accom-\\npanied by his family, and settled in what is now\\nthe town of Lancaster, Erie Co., N. Y. He bought\\na tract of timber land of the Holland Purchase Com-\\npany, and erected a log house, into which he moved\\nwith his wife and children before there were either\\ndoors or windows in it. The country was very wild\\nand unsettled, and wolves and bears were plenty at\\nthe time only ten miles from Buffalo. He made that\\nplace his home until death, in the meantime improv-\\ning quite an extensive farm.\\nThe fatlier of our subject was but sixteen j ears of\\nage when his parents moved to Erie County, and\\nhad hanlly reached manhood when the War of\\n1812 broke out, and he went forth from that fron-\\ntier settlement in the wilderness of Western New\\nYork to assist his native country. His faithful\\nservices were rewarded by a warrant from the Gov-\\nernment for 1 GO acres of land, and the last years\\nof his life he drew a pension, which at his death\\ndevolved on his widow, who still continues to draw\\nit. After the war closed he returned to Erie\\nCounty, and engaged in farming there for many\\nyears. He married Celinda, daughter of Nathan\\nDopkins, a pioneer of Seneca County, where she\\nwas born Dec. 4. 1801. In 1849 Mr. Cunningham\\ndisposed of his property in Erie County, and came\\nh", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0751.jp2"}, "752": {"fulltext": "740\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nwith his family to Hiilsrlale County. He first set-\\ntled in Jefferson Township, and later removed to\\nPittsford Township, where he bought a home on\\nsection 9, in which he lived the remaining years\\nof his life, which closed April 14, 1883. His was a\\nvery long and useful life, he having been born some\\nyears before the opening of the present century,\\nand he and his wife weregreatl} respected for their\\nsterling worth in this commuaitj His widow sur-\\nvives him at an advanced age, and makes her home\\nin Gratiot Count} Mich. Ten children were born\\nte them, all of whom grew up.\\nTheir son Parmenus, of whom we write, was the\\nseventh of their children in order of birth. He was\\neighteen years old when he came with his parents\\nto this State. He was reared on a farm in his na-\\ntive place, and his education was conducted in\\nthe district schools. He continued to live with\\nhis parents until after his marriage, assisting in the\\nmanagement of the farm. That important event\\nin his life took place Aug. 15, 1853, Miss Francina\\nEstes being the lady to whom he was then united.\\nShe was born in Batavia. Genesee Co., N. Y., Aug.\\n15, 1837. Her father, Sylvanus Estes, was born in\\nPlymouth County, Mass., and moved to New York\\nand settled near Batavia. In 1832 he came to the\\nTerritory of Michigan, and entered forty acres of\\nland from the Government on section 10 of what\\nis now Pittsford I ownship, coming on foot to this\\nplace from Detroit, and after selecting his land\\nwalked to Monroe and entered it at the Govern-\\nment office. He then returned for his familj and\\nsettled with them in Adrian for a year. Subse-\\nquently he went back to New York to live, and did\\nnot settle on his land on section 10 until 1839.\\nHe first built a log house and later a good set of\\nframe buildings, and died at the home that he built\\nup here, May 25, 1873, at the age of seventy-nine\\nyears. His wife, whose maiden name was Ruth\\nRamsdell, was born in Massachusetts. She went to\\nCalifornia after. his death, and died there Jan. 8,\\n1878, aged seventy-seven years.\\nIn 1862, Mr. Cunningham bought eighty acres\\nof land on section 34, Pittsford Township, which\\nhe farmed successfully for two years, and then dis-\\nposed of it very advantageously, and bought the\\nplace where he now lives. His farm consists of\\neighty acres of fine, arable land, which he has\\nunder good tillage. He has erected ample and\\nconveniently arranged frame l)nildings, and has\\notherwise increased the value of his place by sub-\\nstantial improvement.\\nMr. and Mrs. Cunningham are the parents of\\nseven children Allen B.,Eva C, Fred S., Edward\\nErnest, Ella M., Affa G. and George R. Allen B.\\nmarried Maggie Niblack; they live in Nebraska.\\nEva C, wife of Edward L. Bailey, and Edward E.\\nlive in Silver Creek Township, Merrick Co., Neb.;\\nFred married Carrie Gardner, and lives in Allen\\nTownship; the rest of the children live at home\\nwith their parents. Clara M.. the third child, died\\nin 1860, at the age of three 3 ears.\\nMr. Cunningham is a man of sound principles,\\nstrong conviction, and of unsullied character, and,\\nwith his amiable wife, enjoys the fullest confidence\\nand esteem of all in the community. In politics\\nhe w.as formerly a Republican, becoming a member\\nof that party on its formation, but since the .agita-\\ntion of the temperance question he has allied him-\\nself with the Prohibitionists.\\nON. JONATHAN B. GRAHAM, of Jones-\\nville, was born at Hudson, Conn., Feb. 26,\\n1811, and is of English and Scotch ancestry.\\nHe received the ordinary school privileges\\nof those times, and was educated by his parents\\nwith the idea of becoming a farmer. His tastes and\\ninclinations led in a different direction, however, and\\nat the age of twenty-one Mr. Graham borrowed a\\nsmall capital, and purchased a stock of goods. He\\nengaged several men to travel for him, and traded\\nthroughout New Y ork, Pennsylvania and Ohio. He\\nwas generally successful, and in 1835 extended his\\nbusiness into Indiana and Michigan.\\nOn the 19th of August, 1835, Mr. Graham was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Maria J. Loomis. In\\nNovember, 1837, Mr. Graham ariived with his wife\\nfrom Connecticut, and settled in Jonesville. He\\nweathered the great financial crasii of 1838, and\\nafterward devoted his attention to farming, and in\\n1851 built his present residence in Jonesville. In\\n1853 the Jonesville Woolen Mill was started, and", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0752.jp2"}, "753": {"fulltext": "f\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n741\\n^i:^\\nMr. Graliaii) became a stockliolder. and was elected\\nI resident; it was not a paying investment, liow-\\never, and in 1860 the mill was sold. Mr. Graham\\ncontinued farming until 1868, when he sold his farm\\nproperty, and has since been engaged in active\\nbusiness.\\nThe subject of this notice has held all the promi-\\nnent offices in his township, and was elected a mem-\\nber of the Legislature in 184.i. In 18.50 he was a\\nmember of the Constitutional Convention, which\\nmet in Lansing, and framed the Constitution of the\\nState. He exerted his influence to secure the pas-\\nsage of the Ft. Wayne, Saginaw J.ackson Rail-\\nro.ad through Jonesville, and has always been earnest\\nin securing the promotion of the best interests of\\nthis section of country.\\nGRACE L. BISHOP. Among the prosper-\\nous farmers of Hillsdale County, who are\\nlk\\\\^ worthily fulfilling their duties as intelligent\\nIJ^ and useful citizens, is the subject of this\\nsketch, who is steadily pursuing the even tenor of\\nhis way on his pleasant homestead on section 16,\\nAllen Township. He is a native of the State of\\nNew York, born in Stafford, Genesee County, July\\n10, 1821. His parents, Isaac and Sarah (Lock-\\nwood) Bishop, were natives respectively of Rhode\\nIsland and New York.- After marriage they estab-\\nlished a home in Genesee County, where they spent\\nthe remainder of their years.\\nTheir son Horace, of whom we write, w.as reared\\nin his native State. He received a fair education,\\nand an early training in habits of industry and\\nfrugality from his worthy parents, who also taught\\nhim to walk the path of rectitude and honor. By\\nhis persistent energy and ai)plication to his work, he\\ngathered together the means which enabled him to\\nform domestic ties in the prime of young manhoo I,\\nand, Jan. -28, 184.5, he was united in marriage in\\nBalavia, Genesee Co.. N. Y., to Miss Emeliue Al-\\nlison, a native of Hopewell, Ontario Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere she was born May 5, 1828. She was a\\ndaughter of Joseph and Martha (S.ackelt) Allison,\\nboth of whom were born in I ennsylvania. They\\n(her parents) settled in Ontario County, N. Y.,\\nwhere her father died. Her mother died in Gen-\\nesee Countj\\nOur subject and his wife remained in their na-\\ntive State several years after marriage, and there\\nfour of their children were born to thera. In 1851\\nMr. and Mrs. Bishop decided to leave their old\\nhome, endeared to them by so many ties and asso-\\nciations, and in the more recently settled State of\\nMichigan build up for themselves and their family\\na new home. After their arrival here, they located\\nin Allen Township, Hillsdale Count3 being at-\\ntracted hither by the beauty of its situation and\\nother advantages. Mr. Bishop has been exceed-\\ningl3 prospered since comnig here, and now owns\\none of the rich and fertile farms for which this\\ncounty is so famed. He has it well drained, and\\nits broad fields are under careful tillage; it is well\\nstocked, and is provided with neat and comfortable\\nbuildings.\\nThe pleasant wedded life of Mr. and Mrs. Bishop\\nhas been blessed by the birth of six children, of\\nwhom the following is the record: Flattie M. is the\\nwife of E. A. LefHngwell. of Allen; George E. is\\nengaged in the hardware business in Dowagi.ac,\\nMich.; Isaac L. is engaged in the hardware busi-\\nness in Allen: William T. is a traveling salesmen;\\nAda D. is the wife of Augustus M. Dudle}-; Horace\\nL., Jr., is at home with his parents.\\nMr. Bishop is a man of solid worth and sound\\nintegrity, having the respect of all who know him.\\nHe has always beengreatl3 interested in the general\\nand local affairs of his adopted township, and has\\ndone what he could to promote its welfare, while\\nserving as Highway Commissioner and Drain Com-\\nmissioner. In politics oursuliject alliliates with the\\nRepublican party, and is a strong supporter of its\\nme.asures.\\nGRACE N. TURRELL. The name of this\\nS] well-known and popular resident of Litch-\\n1\\\\^(^ field is familiar to a large proportion of the\\n(l^\\\\ people in this part of the State. His career\\nhas been more than ordinarily successful, as that of\\na man who has taken a deep interest m the affairs\\nwhich relate most nearly to the welfare and progress\\nof a community. He is not only commanding in\\nT*", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0753.jp2"}, "754": {"fulltext": "742\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n4\\nstature, but possesses a large and generous mind,\\nand has given much time to those matters calculated\\nfor the best good of the people, taking a deep\\ninterest in clmrch and Sundaj -sehool matters, and\\ndistinguishing himself as one of the most zealous\\nworkers in this cause in Southern Michigan. He is\\nmost happily balanced mentally, and has been a\\nman who has invariabl} drawn around him friends\\nwherever he is known.\\nOur subject is junior partner of the firm of N.\\nTurrell fe Son, who are carrying on a general store\\nin Litchfield Village, and form no unimportant\\nfactors in its business interests. Of his father, Nelson\\nTurrell, a sketch will be found elsewhere in this\\nvolume. Suffice it to say that he was born in Ver-\\nmont and married Miss Emily Hawley, a native of\\nConnecticut. They settled at Montrose, Susque-\\nhanna Co., Pa., where the father began operating\\na sawmill, and whence they removed three j ears\\nlater to Cleveland, Ohio. From there they came to\\nthe West in 183.5, while Michigan was a Territory,\\nsettling in Lenawee County. Here the father and\\ngrandfather became large land-owners, but in 1861\\ndisposed of the bulk of their interests in that sec-\\ntion, and came to tliis county locating in Hillsdale.\\nThe main reason of this removal was the desire of\\nthe father of our subject to give his children the\\nadvantages of the modern schools of the city. In\\nthe meantime he engaged in general merchandis-\\ning, and our subject upon reaching manhood was\\ntaken into the business, when the firm assumed its\\npresent style. The father is still a resident of Litch-\\nfield, and has now arrived at the advanced age of\\neighty-three years. The mother is seventy-nine.\\nTheir family consisted of five sons and four daugh-\\nters, Horace N. being the third child, and who was\\nborn July 28, 1834, in Indepeudence, Ohio.\\nOur subject w.as but an infant when brought by\\nhis parents to Southern Michigan, where he attended\\nfirst the common schools, later attended the Union\\nSchool in Jonesville, and finally became a student\\nof Hillsdale College, where he remained one year.\\nHe next entered Lansing Agricultural College, and\\nwas also at Leoni College six months. Soon after\\nleaving school he began teaching, and for a period\\nof ten years was identified with the educational\\ninterests of both Michigan and Indiana. He in due\\ntime developed into a Principal, and was very suc-\\ncessful.\\nOne of the most important events in the life of\\nour subject w.is his m.arriage, which took place in\\nMay, 1861, his bride being MissPhebe A. Bunday,\\ndaughter of Warner and Betsy (Gardiner) Bunda}^\\nnatives of New York State, and born in Canandai-\\ngua, where they settled after their marriage, and in\\n1835-36 came to the Territory of Michigan. Mr.\\nBunday was a teacher during his early life, but\\nupon coming West interested himself in farming\\nlands, and finally became the owner of 1,200 acres\\nin this county. He was a far-seeing financier, and\\nlived to a ripe old age, his death taking place in\\n1885, when he was eighty-three years old. The\\nmother is still living, making her home in Litch-\\nfield, and has spanned her fourscore years. Their\\nfamily consisted of three sons and two daughters, of\\nwhom Mrs. Turrell was the youngest girl. She was\\nborn July 18, 1840, in Somerset Township, this\\ncountj and acquired an excellent education. She\\nattended the Union School at Ann Arbor. She was\\nsubsequently occupied as a teacher fo. a perio l of\\nfive years.\\nMr. and Mrs. Turrell commenced the journey of\\nlife together at a snug home in Lenavvee Countj\\nand in due time the little household included four\\nchildren, namely: Ida JL, Minnie A., Jessie B. and\\nBernice B. The eldest daughter completed her\\nstudies in Hillsdale College; Minnie is now the\\nwife of D. R. Hawley. who occupies the position of\\nclerk in the mercantile house of his father-in-law\\nBerenice B. was a student in the Union School at\\nLitchfield, being a member of the class of 92.\\nMr. Turrell has been in business since 1863, and\\nhas built up for himself a good record, socially- and\\nfinancially. The firm of twenty-flve years stand-\\ning has been distinguished for its straightforward\\nand upright course, its promptness in meeting its\\nobligations, and its fair dealings with its many\\npatrons and friends. Our subject is the originator\\nof the ready-pay system, and for a long time pub-\\nlished the Ready Pay Reporter. Not alone in busi-\\nness has he distinguished himself, but he is one of\\nthe most active Sunday-school workers in the State,\\nhaving been for 3 ears Superintendent of the Litch-\\nfield Sund.ay-school, and largely identified with this\\n1", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0754.jp2"}, "755": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n4\\n(43\\nwork throughout this county and State. He was\\nthe second man elected President of the Village\\nBoard. The tempei ance movement has no warmer\\nfriend than Mr. Turrell. He believes in tlie total\\nabolition of the liquor trallic, and is consequently\\nidentified witii tiie Prohibition party. As a mem-\\nber of the Masonic fraternity, he belongs to Frank-\\nlin Lodge No. 40, and with his estimable wife,\\nis one of the pillars of the Congregational Church,\\nat Litchfield. To this society he contributes liber-\\nally, and officiates as a Trustee.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0~vv -\\\\\u00c2\u00abjiCfi/\u00c2\u00a9i@\u00c2\u00ab\\n\u00c2\u00bb@J,g!/OT7i\u00c2\u00bb~ A/v^x-\\nHRLSTOPHElt CLEMENT is worthy of\\nmore than a passing notice in this biograph-\\nical work, not only as an early settler of\\nPittsford Township and Hillsdale County, but as a\\nrejiresentative of those noble pioneers, Aaron and\\nElizabeth (Oltman) Clement, his parents, also early\\nsettlers of this county, whose names are still held\\nin aflfectionate remembrance by all who knew them.\\nOur subject is a lineal descendant of one John\\nClement, a Huguenot, who fled from his native\\nFrance during the time of the bitter persecution of\\nthe failliful followers of that religion. He lived\\nfor awiiile in Holland, and then emigrated to Amer-\\nica in the early Colonial history of this country, and\\nsettled on Staten Island, where he spent his closing\\nyears peacefully pursuing his trade, that of a mason.\\nHe had two sons and two daughters. After his\\ndeath his widow married Benjamin Robinson, and\\nmoved to Mallwick. The sons of Peter Clement\\nwere Joseph and Peter, and the latter was the great-\\ngrandfather of our subject. He was noted as a hold\\npioneer, frontiersman and hunter, who was one of\\nthe earj^ settlers of Westina, four miles from Sche-\\nnectady. He married Nancy N edder. and they\\nreared two sons and three daughters. Their son\\nJohn, the grandfather of Christopher, was born in\\nWestina, Sept. .i, 1732, and when he had grown\\nto manhood he removed to Canajoharie, Mont-\\ngomery Co., N. Y., where he pursued his trade\\nof carpenter and millwright until his removal to\\nRoot Township. The maiden name of his wife\\nwas Jane Bradt, who was born in 1735, and was a\\ndaughter of Samuel and Catalina (VanPatten)\\nBradt. Their son Aaron was born during their\\nresidence in Westina, April 10, 1774, and grew to\\nmanhood in his native county, where he received\\na good education. In 1795 he removed with his\\nparents to Root Township. Montgomery County,\\nwhere he bought a tract of land but little improved,\\nand resided there for many years. In the mean-\\ntime he had secured as his life companion Miss\\nElizabeth Ottraan, and in the home where they\\nbegan their wedded life twelve children were born\\nto them. In 1836, accompanied by his son Chris-\\ntopher, he visited Michigan for the purpose of\\nselecting a suitable spot for location, coming via\\ncanal and lake to Detroit, where he visited a son\\nfor a few days. They then took a boat for Monroe,\\nand from there started on foot to explore Bean\\nCreek Valley, where, after looking about for a time,\\nhe bought quite a tract of heavily timbered land\\nin Pittsford Township, on a part of wliich our sub-\\nject now resides. After entering his land at the\\nGovernment office, Mr. Clement returned to New\\nYork and disposed of his |)roperty there, and in\\n1837, in the month of April, wis on his way to liis\\nnew home, accompanied by his wife and nine of\\nhis children. They went to Buffalo on the P]rie\\nCanal, and were dela^ ed in that city for a week\\nwaiting for the ice to clear from the lake; from\\nthere they proceeded by boat to Toledo, and thence\\nb3 rail to Adrian, where he was met by his son\\nLycker. who had come all the way from New York\\nwith a team. From the latter place they made\\ntheir wa3 in the wagon to tiieir destination, and\\nwhen they arrived moved into the log cabin, which\\nhad been previously built in a rude manner with a\\ndirt and stick chimney. There was a log stable on\\nthe place besides, and twenty acres of the land were\\ncleared, the part on wliich the} settled being in-\\ncluded in the southeast quaiter of section 3. There\\nMr. Clement made his lioiiie until his death, .March\\n18. 18(j8, having rounded out nearl}- a ccntur} of\\nexistence. These years were filled with usefulness,\\nnot only to his family, but to the entire communitj\\nHis active labors, in hearty co-operation with the\\nother resolute pioneers u{ his day, who stood shoul-\\nder to shoulder with him in the work of developing\\nHillsdale Count} were anii)ly rewarded, and he\\nlived to see the primeval forest give w.ay to pleasant\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0755.jp2"}, "756": {"fulltext": "744\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhouses, smiling harvest fields, and busy towns. He\\nand his devoted companion, ivho preceded him\\nFeb. 20, 1856, were held in universal respect and\\nesteem for their many sterling qualities of head and\\nheart.\\nChristopher Clement, of this biographical notice,\\nwas born in the town of Root. Montgomery Co.,\\nN. Y., Oct. fi. 1808, and grew to manhood in his\\niiati ve town, attending school as opportunit} offered,\\nand by intelligent and diligent application to his\\nstudies, gaining a substantial education. He con-\\ntinued to live with his parents until the fall of\\n1836, when, as before related, he came with his\\nfather to Michigan, and after the site of their future\\nhome had been selected, the father returned and\\nour subject remained here. He worked out in the\\nneighborhood until the winter season, when he\\nvigorouslj- commenced the improvement of his own\\nland, and finally settled on it in the spring of 1838.\\nMr. Clement was in every way titled to play the\\npart of pioneer in a new country, endowed as he\\nwas with energy, cool courage, ancl steadfastness of\\npurpose, coming here in the prime and vigor of\\nearly manhood, and in the many years that have\\nelapsed since he first became a citizen of Pittsford\\nTownship, he has greatly aided the development of\\nits rich agricultural resources, and has been a factor\\nin giving it an important place among its sister\\ntowns in Southern Michigan. In all these long\\nyears he has not lacked the assistance of a true and\\nfaithful wife and a loving companion, who has\\nS3inpathized with him in his work, and has been an\\ninvaluable aid to him in building up their present\\npleasant and comfortable home; she has, indeed,\\nfilled the perfect measure of wife, mother and\\nfriend, in the unusually long period of over half a\\ncentury of wedded life that has been theirs. Our\\nsubject and his wife, whose maiden name was Alice\\nFish, were united in the bonds of matrimony Sept.\\n28, 1837. She was born in Farmington, Ontario\\nCo., N. Y., Jan. 24, 1817. Her father, David\\nFish, was a native of Rhode Island, whence his\\nfather, Zurial Fish, removed to Farmington, N. Y.,\\nbecoming an early settler of that town, and spending\\nthe remainder of his life there. David Fish was\\nbut eight years old when his parents removed to\\nKew York, and he grew to manhood and married,\\nin Farmington. Miss Phebe McLouth, continuing\\nto live there until 183.i. He then sold his farm,\\nand in his turn became a pioneer, coming to Mich-\\nigan and settling in what is now Pittsford Town-\\nship, this county, where he bought a tract of\\nGovernment land. He built a log house covered\\nwith bark, cleared several acres of his land, and\\ndied there in 1844; his wife, surviving him but a\\nfew years, died in 1847. Fourteen children had\\nbeen born to them, of whom eight grew to maturity.\\nMr. and Mrs. Clement are the parents of four\\nchildren, of whom the following is the record:\\nElizabeth, the wife of E. W. Benson, lives in Pitts-\\nford Township; Henry lives in Chicago; Kate, the\\nwife of Robert Stewart, lives in Anderson County,\\nKan.; Eveline, wife of Philo Long, lives in Pitts-\\nford Township.\\nAfter marriage Mr. and Mrs. Clement commenced\\ntheir wedded life in a small frame house which he\\nhad built on his land, and it continued to be their\\nresidence until 1870, when he built the commodious\\nand conveniently arranged brick house in which\\nthey have since lived. His farm comprises 160\\nacres, 120 of which he has cleared and has under\\ngood cultivation, and he has erected ample farm\\nbuildings.\\nMr. and Mrs. Clement are attendants at the\\nFree-Will Baptist Church; they are people of rare\\nChristian worth, and it is the privilege of their\\nmany friends to witness in each the spectacle of a\\nlife fully rounded by its various experiences into a\\nserene and active old age. In his political views\\nMr. Clement is an earnest Republican, having been\\na Whig until the formation of the former party.\\n-^s^^\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bb^\\n\u00c2\u00ab^5 f-* ^5tf-\u00c2\u00bb\\nHILIP SCHUYLER GAIGE, an old resi-\\nji dent and prosperous farmer, owns a fine\\nfarm of 120 acres in Fayette Township,\\nwhich he has brought to a high state of cul-\\ntivation, and adorned with substantial and commo-\\ndious buildings adapted to the purposes for which\\nthey were intended. Mr. Gaige was born in Colum-\\nbus, Chenango Co., N. Y.. on the 5th of July, 1809.\\nThe parents of our subject, Wilson and Amy\\n(Clark) Gaige, migrated to this State in 1835, and", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0756.jp2"}, "757": {"fulltext": "i r\\ni\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nr45\\nselllerl in Fayette Township, east of Jonesville,\\nThey subsequently removed to the village of Jones-\\nville, where they spent the remainder of their lives.\\nTheir family ineluded ei\u00c2\u00ablit children, five sons and\\nthree daughters, of whom Miilip S. was the eldest.\\nMr. Gaige, accompanied by his wife, came with\\nhis father s family to Hillsdale County in 1835, and\\nsettled in Litchfield J ownship. Soon after his ar-\\nrival he purchased a farm, upon which lie lived\\nabout seven years, and then sold out, and bought\\nthe farm in Fayette Township upon which he has\\nsince been a continuous resident.\\nMr. Gaige was united in marriage, in Homer,\\nCortland Co., N. Y., Jan. 1, 1832, with Miss Emil^\\nMaham, who was a native of Columbus, Chenango\\nCo., N. Y. Their union resulted in the birth of\\nfive children Malissa, Elizabeth, Victoria, Mari-\\namma and Isabella. Malissa is a resident of Fa3-ette\\nTownship; Elizabeth became the wife of Daniel\\nHowe, of Cambria Township; Victoria died when\\nan ifiteresting girl of fifteen years; Mariamma is the\\nwife of Liberty- Day, and resides in Fayette Town-\\nship, and Isabella is the wife of Frederick Lakore,\\nof the same township. Mrs. Gaige, the mother of\\nthese children, departed this life in Fayette Town-\\nship, April 15, 1862.\\nIn politics Mr. Gaige is a Democrat, and is in-\\nterested in all matters pertaining to the public weal.\\nHe h.as served as School Director for several years,\\narid was one of the first Justices of the Peace\\nelected in Litchfield Township. In his religious\\nbelief Mr. Gaige is a Universalist.\\nAMUEL R. BURGAN and his estimable\\nwife, who form a household l)y themselves,\\nhaving no children, occupy a good farm on\\nsection 36, Litchfield Township, and are a\\nvery pleasant and intelligent couple, who enjoy the\\nesteem and confidence of many friends. They\\nhave been residents of Michigan since 1874, and\\nour subject has contributed his full quota toward\\nthe building up of his township,. and in establishing\\none of the most comfortable homes within its bor-\\nders.\\nSamuel and Sophronia (Manning) Burgan, the\\nparents of our subject, were natives of WajMie\\nCounty, Ohio, where thoy were reared and married,\\nand whence they removed a few years later to San-\\ndusky County, where the father died when middle\\naged, in 1841. being fortj -five years old. The\\nmother survived her husband twenty-three years,\\nher death taking place at her home in Sandusky\\nCounty, when she was fifty-five 3 ears old. Their\\nfamily included three sons and three daughters, of\\nwhom Samuel R. was the youngest, and who never\\nsaw his father, the latter dying before his birth.\\nSamuel first opened his eyes to the light in San-\\ndusky County, Ohio, Sept. 21, 1841, and resided\\nwith his mother until after the outbreak of the late\\nCivil War. In 18(52 he proffered his services as a\\nsoldier of the Union, enlisting in Company G, 111th\\nOhio Infantry, being mustered into service at To-\\nledo, in 1862. During his three-years service he\\nsaw much active fighting. partici])ating in thirty\\npitched battles at the fc llowing places Campbell Sta-\\ntion, Knoxville, Stone River, Huff s Ferry, Lenore,\\nStrawberry Plains, and was all through the Geor-\\ngia campaign and present at the battles of Resaca,\\nPumpkin Vine Creek, Burnt Hickory, Lost Mount-\\nain, Kennesaw Mountain, Chattahoochie River,\\nDecatur, Peachtree Creek and Atlanta. He then\\nskirmished along the line of Hood s army, routing\\nthe rebel Gener.1l, and subsequently fought at Frank-\\nlin and Nashville, where Hood s army was practi-\\ncally destroyed.\\nMr. Burgan fortunately escaped wounds and im-\\nprisonment, and w.is mustered out with the com-\\nrades who remained at Salisbury, N. C, receiving\\nhis honorable discharge at the same place. Thence\\nhe returned to his old tramping ground in Ohio,\\nwhere he began farming again, and in 1867 was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Celeste Hunter, who\\nwas born Dec. 1, 1843, in Sandusky, Ohio. Mrs.\\nBurgan is the daughter of John and Rhoda (George)\\nHunter, the father a native of Tompkins County,\\nN. Y., and the mother of Vermont. After their\\nmarriage they settled in Sandusky, Erie Co., Ohio,\\nwhere the father carried on farming, but later re-\\nmoved to Fremont, in the same county, where his\\ndeath took place in 1864, at the age of sixty years.\\nAfter the death of her husband .Mrs. Hunter joined\\nher daughter in Michigan, is now an inmate of the\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0757.jp2"}, "758": {"fulltext": "746\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n-t\\nhome of our subject, and is scveiitj five years old.\\nShe is the mother of ten eliildren, five of whom\\ngrew to mature j-ears, and of whom Mrs. Burgan\\nis the youngest.\\nOur subject and his wife, in 1872, removed to\\nLinn Countj JIo., whence after a brief residence\\nof a year they left for Southern Michigan. They\\nsettled in Litchfield Township in March, l\u00c2\u00bb74.upon\\nthe farm which they now occupy. This comprises\\n120 acres of good land, which has yielded them a\\ncomfortable living, and where their hospitable doors\\nare often open to their many friends. Mr. Burgan\\nis a pronounced Republican, and as an ex-soldier,\\na member in good standing of Henrj Baxter Post,\\nG. A. R., at Jonesville. He has officiated as School\\nDirector in his district for a period of nine years,\\nand in other respects signalized liiraself as a public-\\nspirited and useful citizen. Mrs. Burgan has stood\\nl)ravely by the side of her husband in his efforts\\nfor providing something for the future, and has\\nbeen equally intelligent and failliful in her duties.\\nNDREW K. BUSHNELL, Litchfield s old-\\nest living pioneer, looked upon tlie face of\\nthe country of this section in its undevel-\\ni^ oped state, and before the labors of the\\nwhite man had hardly begun to relieve it from its\\nprimitive condition. His arrival dates back to the\\nspring of 1833, and he located within the limits of\\nwhat is now Litchfield Township, upon a tract of\\nwild land, where he began to clear away the forest\\nand prepare the soil for cultivation. His neighbors\\nwere few and far between, and his toils and strug-\\ngles were similar to those of many another of that\\ntime, and which have been fully written of through-\\nout this volume. He brought a wide stretch of soil\\nto a good state of cultivation, put up barns and\\nother out-bnildings, and erected one of the most\\ncommodious and handsome residences in this region.\\nHe is now widely and favorably known throughout\\nHillsdale Count} as one whom its citizens delight\\nto honor.\\nOur subject began life in Durliam Township,\\nGreene Co., N. Y., Oct. 26, 1811. He was the fifth\\nchild of Constant and Rhoda (Baldwin) Buslmell,\\nwho were born, reared and married, in Durham\\nTownship, Middlesex Co., Conn. Thence they\\nremoved to Durham Township. N. Y., where the\\nfather follow-ed his trade of mason, and also carried\\non farming until 1814. Thence thej removed to\\nLenox, in Madison County, where the father oper-\\nated as before, and where they passed the memora-\\nble cold season, during which time they would\\nhave starved had it not been for the abundance of\\nfish in Lake Ontario.\\nThe parents of our subject left the Empire State\\nin the spring of 1835, and made their way to the\\nTerritory of Michigan, where the father purch.ased\\n120 acres of land in Litchfield Township, this\\ncountj The mother died four years later, in 1839,\\nwhen sixty -six years of age. Constant Bushnell sur-\\nvived his wife a period of thirty-five 3 ears, his death\\ntaking place at Litchfield, in 1874, after he had\\nattained the ripe age of ninety-four years. Their\\nfamily consisted of three sons and five daughters,\\nfour of whom are living, and are mostly residents of\\nMichigan.\\nThe boyhood and youth of our subject were\\nspent in Madison County, N. Y., where he acquired\\na common-school education, and worked with his\\nfather as mason and farmer until reaching his ma-\\njority. The former business was distasteful, and he\\naccordinglj abandoned it, turning his attention\\nexclusively to agricultural pursuits. Upon leaving\\nhome he made his w.-jy to the vicinity of Rochester,\\nwhere he worked on a farm one year, and in the fall\\nof 1833 made his first advent into the Territor} of\\nMichigan, taking up his abode for a brief time in\\nWashtenaw County. He soon, however, resumed\\nhis journey westward, passing through Homer\\ndown the St. Joseph River Valley, traversed St.\\nJoseph County, and continued on to Sturgis Prai-\\nrie, eastward into Indiana, where he spent the win-\\nter of 1833-34; then returning via the Chicago\\nturnpike to Jonesville, this county, he went up to\\nHomer again, and while passing through that sec-\\ntion encountered Henry Stephens, who was putting\\nup the first log house erected in what is now the\\nflourishing town of Litchfield.\\nYoung Bushnell secured employment with the\\nfarmers of Homer and Eckford during most of\\nthat summer, and later borrowed an ox-team and", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0758.jp2"}, "759": {"fulltext": "-U\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n747\\nwagon, wliicli lie loaiierl with lumber for the pur-\\npose of putting ui) ;i lK)use for himself when he\\nshould find a desirable location; this he finally\\nselected on section 9, in Litchfield Township, where\\nhe put up, in the fall of 1834, the structure which\\nsheltered him and his family thereafter for a period\\nof four 3 ears. He first hacl to clear away the trees\\nand Itrush for his dwelling, and then prepared four\\nor five acres for the sowing of his fall wheat. This\\nwas harvested by Mr. Riblet, who came to this\\nsection in the spring of 1835, and made this busi-\\nness a specialty Mr. Bushnell realized a fairj ield\\nfrom his first sowing in Litchfield Township.\\nDuring that fall he returned to his native State,\\nwhere he remained a period of a year, and when\\ncoming back to this coutity was accompanied by his\\nfather, sister and brother, the balance of the family\\njoining them in the spring of 1836. They all lived\\ntogether in the new house, and to this our subject\\nbrought a bride in the early part of 1837, having\\nbeen married in January of that year to Miss Janet\\nWhitney, whose parents came to this county in the\\nj-ear 1836.\\nMrs. Bushnell was born June 26, 1818, in New\\nYork State, and is the daughter of Jacob and Mi-\\nnerva Whitnej-, who, upon coming to the Territory\\nof Michigan, settled first in Washtenaw County\\nMrs. Whitney died there, and Mr. W. having mar-\\nried again, he and his wife came to this county,\\nand to Litchfield Township, where they spent\\nthe remainder of their lives. The family included\\nfive children, all by the first marriage. Our subject\\nand his wife commenced life together upon the\\nfarm which they still occupy, and in due time their\\nhousehold circle numbered seven children: Mi-\\nnerva, the eldest, is the wife of Charles Currier, of\\nButler County, Kan., and the mother of one child,\\na daughter, Janet; Rhoda died when fouryearsold;\\nHerbert married Miss Flora Rogers, and is minis-\\nter of the Presbyterian Church at Hastings, Neb.;\\nhe has eight children, namely: Herbert, Sarah,\\nCharles, Robert, Eddie, Floyd, Ray and Theodora\\nMay. Andrew J. has charge of the homestead\\nJulia H. is the wife of Lawson Withington, of\\nJonesville, and the mother of one ciiild, J. Roswell;\\njNIary Jane is deceased.\\nMr. Bushnell was at one time the owner of 2G8\\nacres of land, but has now onl^ eighty acres. This,\\nhowever, under a course of careful cultivation yields\\nabundantly and is the source of a handsome in-\\ncome. Mr. Bushnell assisted in the erection of\\nthe first church edifice and the first school build-\\ning ever erected in Litchfield Township, and has\\nbeen closely identified with local affairs, serving as\\nTownship Collector several terms, and occupying\\nvarious other offices of trust and responsibility. He\\nand his estimable wife have been identified with the\\nCongregational Church, of Litchfield, since 1841, a\\nperiod of forty-seven j-ears, and wherever there\\nwas any work to do or financial assistance to be\\nrendered, they were the first to be approached and\\nnever failed to respond. Mr. Bushnell is a strong\\ntemperance man, was an Abolitionist from boyhood,\\nand has been a member of the Republican part}\\nsince its birth. There are none more worthy of\\nprominent representation in a work of this kind\\nthan the subject of this sketch, who h.as built up for\\nhimself a good record among his fellow-citizens,\\nand enjo^ s in an unlimited degree their esteem and\\nconfidence.\\n,ARNHARDT PFAU. Tlie well-cultivated\\nfarm of this thrifty German citizen of Jef-\\nferson Township is finely located on section\\n18, and comprises eight} acres of land and\\na set of the handsomest frame buildings in that\\npart of the township. The premises are particularly\\nnoticeable for their exceedingly neat and tidy\\nappearance, the fences being kept in good repair,\\nthe machinery of the latest improved pattern, and\\nthe live stock well fed and sheltered.\\nMr. Pfau came to this county in the early part\\nof 1868, was soon afterward married, and pur-\\nchased first forty .acres of land in Jefferson Town-\\nship on section 30. Upon this he remained thirteen\\nyears, where his three children were born. In 1881\\nhe sold this farm, and purchased the homestead\\nwhich he now occupies. In 1886 he put up his\\npresent elegant and subtantial residence, besides\\nrepairing the out-buildings and adding such .as were\\nnecessary. He is regarded in his communit} as one\\nof its most enterprising men, and reflects credit\\ni\u00c2\u00bb", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0759.jp2"}, "760": {"fulltext": "u\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^Hr\\n748\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nupon bis township by the manner in which he con-\\nriiicts his agricultural and business transactions.\\nThe subject of this sketch first opened his eyes\\nto the hght in the Grand Duchy of Baden, Ger-\\nmany, July 17, 1825. Mis parents, Casper and Mary\\nAnn (Blum) Pfau, were also of German biitli and\\nparentage, and Barnhardt. in common with the\\nchildren of that Empire, received a good common-\\nschool education. Wiien about twelve years of age\\nhe entered a factory for printing calico and domes-\\ntic goods, where he worked fifteen years, and from\\nthat time on employed iiimself near the place of\\nhis birth until a man tliirty ^ears of age. He did\\nnot make the progress wliich he desired, and saw\\nlittle prospect of it upon his native soil, conse-\\nquently decided to seek his fortunes in the New\\nAVorld. Boarding a sailing-vessel at Baden, he landed\\nin New York City sixty-four days later, and thence\\nproceeded to Boston, where he resided two years,\\nerajjloying himself at various kinds of work.\\nIn 18G0 Mr. Pfau started for the Pacific Slope,\\nand for six years thereafter was a resident of Cali-\\nfornia. At the end of this time he recrossed the\\ncontinent to his brother in Boston, with whom he\\nremained some length of time, and in 1868 turned\\nhis steps .again westward, coming to this county.\\nHere he met his future wife, Miss Mary Fellhauer,\\nand after a brief acquaintance they were married.\\nMay 22, 18G8, at the home of the bride, in\\nHillsdale. This Indy is the daughter of Stephen\\nand Marj (Kalh) Fellhauer, who were also natives\\nof Germany, but came when young to the United\\nStates, and were married in the city of Detroit,\\nwhere Mrs. Pfau was born Aug. 9, 1844.\\nOur subject and his wife moved upon their little\\nfarm of forty acres in Jefferson Township, and in\\ndue time the household included the following\\nchildren: Louisa, born April 5, 1869; Edward,\\nApril 23, 1870, and Charles, July 28, 1879. Mr.\\nand Mrs. P. labored diligently, hand-in-hand, for\\nthe building up of their mutual interests, living\\nfrugally and within their means, and thus laid the\\nfoundation of their future success. Upon becom-\\ning a naturalized citizen, Mr. Pfau identified him-\\nself with the Democratic party, although he has\\nvery little to do with politics beyond going to the\\npolls and casting his vote at the regular elections.\\nHe was reared in the faitii of the Holy Catholic\\nChurch, being confirmed at the age of fourteen, and\\nis, with his excellent wife, still a member of that\\nchurch. He comes of excellent ancestry, a race of\\npeople who were noted for their honesty and their\\nuprightness, and has inherited the qualities of his\\nprogenitors in a marked degree.\\nr RA HARRIS. attorne3 -at-law and junior mem-\\nj ber of the firm of McBain Harris, of North\\nll Ailams, is also carrying on general merchandis-\\ning, making a specialty of dry-goods, boots, shoes,\\netc. He has been a resident here since the spring\\nof 1879. and is the son of John P. and Elizabeth R.\\n(Chamberlain) Harris, natives of Chenango County,\\nN. Y. The parents after their marriage settled in\\nNew Berlin, that State, where the father died w-hen\\nhis son Ira was a little lad six years of age. The\\nmother subsequentl} became the wife of John Field,\\nand removed to Columbus, Ohio, where she resided\\nuntil her death, which occurred in October, 1871,\\nwhen she was but forty years of age. There was\\nby the first marriage one child onlj Ira, our\\nsubject.\\nMr. Harris was born Jan. 10, 1852, in South New\\nBerlin, where he remained until coming West, at\\nthe age of eighteen years. His father had been a\\npracticing physician in good circumstances, and\\nIra was given the advantages of a good education,\\ncompleting his studies in the academy at Oxford,\\nN. Y., from which he was graduated in the class\\nof 71. Soon after he settled in Columbus, Ohio,\\nand was employed in the construction of the Scioto\\nValley Railroad, in the capacity of civil engineer,\\nfor a period of five years. His next venture was\\nhis removal to this State. He located in Hillsdale,\\nwhere he entered the office of E. J. Marsh, and\\nafter studying law for a period of two years was\\nadmitted to the bar in the spring of 1881. Shortly\\nafterward Col. Marsh established a bank at North\\nAdams, and Mr. Harris was chosen Cashier, in\\nwhich position he served until 1887. He then\\nestablished his present business, going into partner-\\nship with Mr. McBain, with whom he has since", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0760.jp2"}, "761": {"fulltext": "U-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n749 1\\noper.ited to excellent advantage and with a steadily\\nincreasing patronage.\\nThe marriage of our subject with Miss Rosa E.\\nHigby was celebrated at the home of the bride iu\\nHigby, Ohio, on the 25th of December, 1882. Mrs.\\nHarris is the daughter of Sylvester and Hannah\\n(Davis) Higb3 natives respectively of Virginia and\\nOhio, and was born in Higby, Dec. 29, 1854. The\\nfamily of her parents included five children, all of\\nwhom are living, and mostly residents of Ohio. Mr.\\nHigby died at his home in 1886, when seventy\\nyears of age. The mother is still living, having\\nnow reached her threescore j-ears.\\nMrs. Harris, lilce her husband, is also well edu-\\ncated, being a graduate from the class of 74\\nof the D 13 toa Seminary, Ohio. Mr. Harris cast\\nhis first Presidential vote for Grant, and is a warm\\nsupporter of Republican principles.\\nIt\\nT\\nHOMAS O HANLON, Supervisor of Allen\\nTownship, has for many years enjoyed the\\nesteem and confidence of a large proportion\\nof the people of Hillsdale County. Coming to\\nSouthern Michigan in 1841 when a young man, he\\nsettled i\u00c2\u00ab Allen Township and purchased eighty\\nacres of land on section 36. He did not, however,\\ntake possession of his property until the summer of\\n1843, on account of sickness, during which time he\\nreturned to his old home in New York State and\\nwaited until he should recover. In June of the\\nyear mentioned he settled upon the land which has\\nsince remained his home, and where he has built up\\na farm creditable alike to his industry and good\\njudgment.\\nThe property of our subject embraces 120 acres\\nof finely cultivated land, which yields abund.antly\\nthe choice crops of this region, and upon tliis he has\\nerected a set of neat and substantial buildings and\\nadded the other improvements so essential to the\\ncompletion of the model farm. In common with\\nthe other primitive settlers of this section of coun-\\ntry, the early years of his life were made up largely\\nof incessant labor, while at the same time he pos-\\nsessed the broad and liberal spirit whicii induced\\nhim to take an interest in the welfare and progress\\nof the people around him. The establishment of\\nschools and the other enterprises calculated tobuihl\\nup the township found in him an ever ready and\\nsubstantial supporter. lie became prominent in\\ntownship affairs, and possessing sound judgment was\\nfrequently called upon to preside at those councils\\nwhich became a feature in every community in the\\ngeneral discussion of the matters pertaining to its\\nbest good.\\nOn the paternal side of his house the subject of\\nthis history is of Irish ancestry, his fatlier, Owen\\nO Hanlon, having been born in County Lowe, Ire-\\nland, about 1797. After coming to this country he\\nmarried Miss Ann Fitzsimmons, who was born in\\nNorthumberland County, Pa., and whose father was\\na soldier in the Revolutionary War. They settled\\nnear Elmira, Chemung Co., N. Y., but later re-\\nmoved to Horseheads, in that State, where the\\nfather died in 1865, and the mother in 1870. Their\\nfamily consisted of six sons, Thomas, our subject,\\nbeing the eldest. He was born in Elmira, Jan. 30,\\n1820, and when about two years of age was taken\\ninto the home of his maternal grandparents in\\nSouthport, Chemung County and lived with them\\nuntil reaching his majority. He left them in 1841\\nto seek his future home in the West.\\nMr. O Hanlon was first married in Reading Town-\\nship, this county, Feb. 4, 1847, to Miss Jane Shan-\\nnon, who was born in Baldwinville, Onondaga Co.,\\nN. Y., Dec. 2, 1823. Of this union there were born\\ntwo children only, a son and daughter, Owen and\\nMarj-. The former married Miss Eugenia Orr, and\\nis carrying on farming in Allen Township. Mary\\nis the wife of Daniel Daley, a well-to-do farmer of\\nReading Township. Mrs. Jane O Hanlon departed\\nthis life at her home in Allen Township, Jan. 26,\\n1863, after having been the faithful and affection-\\nate companion of her husband for a period of nearly\\nsixteen years.\\nOur subject, on the 4th of April, 1867, contracted\\na second marriage, with Miss Eliza A. Crocker, who\\nwas born in Hillsdale Township, this countj April\\n4, 1842. This union resulted in the birth of two\\nchildren, daughters Clara Belle and Jennie. The\\nlatter died when about five years of age. Clara\\nB. is a bright and interesting girl, continuing under\\nthe home roof of her |)arcnts. Mr. O Hanlon. po-\\npo- 1 r", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0761.jp2"}, "762": {"fulltext": "u\\n750\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nliticallj% is a Democrat. He has served his town-\\nship as High way Commissioner, and was first elected\\nSupervisor in the spring of 1886, being re-elected\\neach of the two years following. Socially, he be-\\nlongs to the Masonic fraternity, being a member of\\nLodge No. 117, at Reading.\\n\\\\i\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2w-i?#.^^l^^rt^\\nI AMES DIVINE, who is prominent among the\\nfarmers and stock-raisers of Woodbridge\\nTownship, lias a good [iropert} on section\\n6, comprising eighty acres of land, with\\nsuitable farm buildings. A native of Cayuga County,\\nN. he was born Oct. 21, 1827, and is the son of\\nJoseph and Esther (Wilmuth) Divine, natives of\\nLong Island, and the father a farmer b} occupation.\\nJoseph Divine during his early life entered the\\nFederal service as a Captain in the War of 1812,\\nin which he served from nearly the beginning until\\nthe end of the conflict. He possessed all the ele-\\nments of a good citizen, and was highly esteemed\\nin the community where he spent the greater part\\nof his life. He left the Empire State in 1842, and\\ncoming to Michigan, located in Woodbridge Town-\\nship, where his death took place in 1855. The\\nmother survived her husband seven years, her death\\ntaking place in 1862. She was a most excellent\\nlady, and a member in good standing of the Regu-\\nlar Baptist Church. The twelve children of the\\nparental family were named respectively: Lucinda,\\nSelah, Arminda, Samuel, John, Daniel, Josei)h.\\nMargaret, George, James (our subject), William and\\nAsa. Of these five are living, and mostly resi-\\ndents of Michigan.\\nOur subject was reared to agricultural pursuits,\\nand continued under the parental roof until twenty-\\none 3 ears of age. He was married, Oct. 29, 1847,\\nin Woodbridge Township, to Miss Sarah Stephens,\\nwho was born in Wayne County, N. Y., July 27,\\n1830, and is now the mother of five children, only\\nthree of whom are living Fiugene. William and\\nMinnie. The deceased are James W. and Melvin.\\nEugene married Miss Antoinette Bryan, April 21,\\n1872. This lady was born in Woodbridge Town-\\nship, Feb. 6, 1848, and is the daughter of Ezra\\nand Lucinda (Lockwood) Bryan, natives of Massa-\\nchusetts, and early settlers of this county. Of this\\nmarriage there are six children, namely: Ada,\\nEdith, Claude, Maude, Herbert and Josie. This\\nson commenced teaching when twenty-two years of\\nage. after having spent two terms in Hillsdale Col-\\nlege. As an instructor he was a marked success,\\nand also as a disciplinarian giving good satisfac-\\ntion. He has eighty acres of land on sections 5\\nand 6 in Woodbridge Township, and has been\\nprominent in his coraraunity, officiating as Town-\\nship Supervisor three terms, also serving as Clerk,\\nand votes the Independent ticket. He identified\\nhimself with the Masonic fraternity in 1871, and as\\na farmer is very successful, making a specialty of\\nthoroughbred cattle for several years.\\nWilliam Divine married Miss Mary Sholty, Or t.\\n31, 1875, and she died Oct. 15, 1884, leaving three\\nchildren Dora, Edna and Floyd; his second wife\\nwas Miss Carrie States, and of this union there are\\ntwo children. James W. Divine died in George-\\ntown, Ky., in 1884. He was finely educated, hav-\\ning graduated from the Hillsdale Union School, and\\nmarried Miss Jennie Allen, by whom he became\\nthe father of one child, a son, Eddie S. He pos-\\nsessed fine abilities, and gave promise of a bright\\nand useful career. His death was a deep affliction\\nto his family, in which they received the symp.athy\\nof the entire community.\\njr.., LONZO B. BEAN, one of the most highly\\n\u00c2\u00a9tLIII esteemed citizens of Fayette Township,\\ndeserves more than a passing mention in a\\nwork of this kind. In the building up of\\na good farm and the establishment of a credit-\\nable homestead he has done good service in the\\ndevelopment of his township, and added to its pres-\\ntige as the home of an industrious and intelligent\\nclass of people. Like many others of the solid men\\nabout him, he is a product of the Empire State, and\\nwas born in Livingston County, July 24, 1834. He\\ncontinued a resident there most of the time until\\n1874, then decided to cast his lot with the people\\nof Southern Michigan.\\nThe farm of our subject includes the southeast\\nquarter of section 8, and was only partially im-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0762.jp2"}, "763": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nproved when be took possession of it. He has\\nroiKiircd the fences, renovated the old buildingsand\\nput up new ones, added new farm machinery,\\ngathered together a goodly assortment of livestock,\\nand supplied the homestead with the various com-\\nforts and conveniences of modern life. The esti-\\nmahle lady who has been his companion and\\nhelpmate for a period of twenty j ears, was in her\\ngirlhood Miss Abbie Tilton, and became his wife\\non the 14lh of March, 1868, the wedding taking\\nplace at the home of the bride in Tecumseh Town-\\nship, Lenawee County. This union has been blessed\\nby the birth of two children: a son, Claud A., who\\nwas born Jnlj- 27, 1879, and is now a promising\\nyouth still making his home with his parents, and\\nLillian, who died when seven years old.\\nOur subject is the son of Jacob and Elizabeth\\n(Smith) Bean, who were natives respectively of\\nPennsylvania and New York, but after their mar-\\nriage settled in Livingston County, N. Y., where\\nthe^ spent the remainder of their lives. The\\nmother passed away in the fall of 1880, and the\\nfather in 1877. The parents of Mrs. Bean, William\\nand Matilda (Sisson) Tilton, were natives respect-\\nivelj of New Hampshire and New York, and came\\nto the Territory of Michigan in 1825, settling in\\nTecumseh, Lenawee County, where the mother died\\non the 27th of May, 1867. The father resides on\\nhis homestead purchased from the Government ou\\nhis arrival in the Territory. In politics Mr. Bean\\nis a Republican.\\n--v-\\nif OHN .1. WADE. The subject of this sketch\\nis a prominent man in his community on ac-\\ncount of his ability, and the fine property\\nof which he is owner, and which occupies a\\nportion of section 1 6, in Litchfield Township. As\\na farmer, he is thorough and skillful, and as a busi-\\nness man, prompt, correct and reliable. These\\nqualities have contributed to his success, and have\\nplaced him in an enviable position, socially and\\nfinancially, among his fellow-citizens.\\nOur subject is of Irish ancestry, his parents,\\nWilliam and Margaret (Jeffrej s) Wade, having\\nbeen born in Count}- Down, Ireland, whence they\\nemigrated early in life, after their marriage. The\\nfather was reared tt .agricultural pursuits, and lived\\nin Ireland until l.s. !6, when he was twenty-four\\nyears old, and then decided to seek his fortune in\\nthe New World. Upon reaching the United States\\nhe located in Lysandcr, Onondaga Co., N. Y., where\\nhe worked by the month, and saving his earnings,\\naccumulated some property. After an eight-3-ears\\nresidence in the Empire State, he made his way to\\nSouthern Michigan, and comingto this county, pur-\\nchased fifteen acres of land near David Young s\\nCorners.\\nUpon landing in this count}-, Mr. Wade had ujjou\\nhis hands a young family and a cash capital of ^1.\\nHe went in debt for his farm of fifteen acres, which\\nwas then an uncultivated tract of land, and upon\\nwhich he labored with persevering industry for\\nmany j ears, and in due time received the reward\\nof his toil and sacrifices. He became finally the\\nowner of 105 acres, which he improved with com-\\nfortable buildings, and here his death took place, in\\n1865, when he was fifty-three years old. The\\nmother is still living, making her home with her\\nyoungest son William, in Litchfield Township, and\\nis now aged seventy-six. Their family included\\ntwo sons and six daughters, all living, and of whom\\nJohn J. was the third in order of birth. He was\\nthe eldest son, and was born July 8, 1838. in Ly-\\nsander Township, Onondaga Co., N. Y.\\nOursubject wasa little boy five years of age when\\nhe came to this State with his parents, and at an early\\nage was taught to make himself useful around the\\nhomestead while he .acquired his education in the\\ndistrict school. He continued under the parental\\nroof until 1859, and in the fall of that year started,\\nvia New York to California, on board the steamer\\nUncle Sam. Upon reaching San Francisco he\\nmade his way up the Sac Valle} to Placerville,\\nwhere he engaged first in surface mining, and sub-\\nsequently worked in the Comslock Silver Mines in\\nNevada. He remained in that region six years,\\nand returned in the same manner, having with him\\na snug sum of money as the result of his experi-\\nment. During the voyage, however, they encoun-\\ntered a heavy storm, and the steamer becoming\\ndisabled they were obliged to turn back to San\\nFrancisco, and maile another start six days later.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0763.jp2"}, "764": {"fulltext": "4 752\\n.t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nMr. Watie, in 1865, came home to stay, having\\nreceived news of tlie deatli of his father. He pur-\\nchased fifty acres of the farm which he now owns,\\nand on the 22d of February, 1866, was married to\\nMiss Sylvia French, who was born in Wyoming\\nCounty, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1841, and was the third\\nchild of Burton and Mary (Fargo) French, the\\nfather a n.ative of Dorsej near Bennington, Vt., and\\nthe mother of Wyoming Count} N. Y. Burton\\nFrench was a farmer by occupation, and still lives\\nin Wyoming County, being now seventy-one years\\nold. The motiier died in 1882 at the .age of sixty-\\nthree. Their seven children included six sons and\\none daugliter, of whom one died in infancy.\\nMrs. Wade was twenty-four 3 ears of age when\\nslie came to this State. She had received a good\\neducation, having been a student of Alexander\\nSeminary in Genesee County, and subsequently\\nengaged in teaching in Wj oraing County. Of her\\nunion with our subject there were born four chil-\\ndren, of whom Franiv died in 1875, when six and\\none-half years old; Ina, born in 1872, died in in-\\nfancy Ella and Frederick are attending school in\\ntheir home district.\\nMrs. Wade visited her old home in Wyoming\\nCounty, N. Y., in 1875, accompanied by her son\\nand daughter, Frank and Ella. The children were\\nseized with scarlet fever, and B^rank died there after\\nan illness of one week. Palmer French, a brother\\nof Mrs. Wade, served as a soldier in the late Civil\\nWar, enlisting in a New York regiment, and gave\\ntwo years of his time to his country. He was per-\\nmitted to return home in safety, and is now a resi-\\ndent of Minneota, Minn. In 1860, while in Nevada,\\nMr. Wade was one of the volunteers who banded\\ntogether to defend the frontier against the Piute\\nIndians, who were plundering and murdering the\\nwhite settlers. The first company of 100 men was\\nnearly all massacred by the savages, only fifteen\\nescaping. Mr. Wade belonged to the second com-\\npany, and the affair was subsequent!} peaceably\\nsettled with the chief Winnemuck, and depredations\\nfor the time were suspended.\\nThe AVade homestead comprises 140 acres of\\nfinely improved land, with a very handsome mod-\\nern dwelling and a substantial barn, tiie latter\\noccupying an area of 56x78 feet, and admirably\\nadapted to the shelter of stock, in which industry\\n]\\\\Ir. Wade takes much interest. He h.as very little\\nto do with political affairs, but votes the Republican\\nticket, and has served as School Director and Drain\\nCommissioner. Mrs. Wade, a very estimable lady,\\nis a member in good standing of the Baptist Church.\\nJt^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00baHh-\\n/JWft ARt^US VAN, a resident of Jefferson Town-\\nship for over forty years, located first one\\nmile south of Osseo on forty acres of land,\\nfifteen of which are cleared, and the balance\\nimproved in the course of a few years by its present\\nproprietor. He now has sixt3 -two and one-half\\nacres under a fine state of cultivation, and which\\nconstitutes a snug homestead, where he is sur-\\nrounded with all the comforts of life. His posses-\\nsions are the result of his own industry, as aside\\nfrom the good he.alth with which nature provided\\nhim, he received no legacy whatever from any\\nsource.\\n.Saratoga County, N. Y., was the early tramping\\nground of our subject, he having been born in\\nBallston, where he remained until twenty-one years\\nof age. Thence he removed to Syracuse, where he\\noccupied himself at farming ten years, and next\\ntook up his residence in Huron County, Ohio. He\\nwas first married in Onondaga County when twenty-\\nfour years of age, in F ebru.ary, 1830, to Miss\\nSarah Bennett, and lived in the Buckeye State\\neng.aged in farming intil 1844, coming then to this\\ncounty.\\nThe father of our subject, Jacob Van, who\\nwas born in the State of Pennsylvania, was killed\\nin the War of 1812, when about forty years of age.\\nThe maiden name of the mother w.as Rachel Car-\\npenter. .She spent her last years in Ohio, dying some\\ntime after the death of her husband. His maternal\\ngrandfather lived to the age of ninety-nine years,\\nnine months and nine days. He spent his last days\\nin New York .State, and had been one of the old\\nsoldiers in the French and Indian War. Mrs. Sarah\\nVan dep.irted this life at her home in Jefferson\\nTownship about 1850.\\nMr. Van, our subject, contracted a second mar-\\nriage, M.^y 12, 1863, with Mrs. Julia Gilbert, who", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0764.jp2"}, "765": {"fulltext": "I\\nIt\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n753\\nwas born in Berkshire County. Mnss.. Nov. 30,\\n181.5, anfl wiiose fatiier, Elijaii Williard, also a\\nnative of the Bay State, was a direct descendant of\\nthe old New England Puritans. She was first\\nmarried. April 19, 1839. to Stephen L. Gilbert, in\\nOiiio, and became the mother of seven children,\\nnamely: Julia; Ellen and Oliver, deceased Elmira\\nliving in .Jefferson Township; Oliver, Charles and\\nAnnie, deceased. Julia married, in 1883, W. G.\\nLangford, who is no^v Judge of the Supreme Court\\nof Washington Territory; Elmira became the wife\\nof Amos French, March 23, 1878. Mr. Gilbert\\nfirst settled on the farm adjoining the home of our\\nsubject, which was willed to Mrs. G., and which\\nshe has given to her children. Mrs. French lives\\non the old homestead. Elijah and Roxy (Allen)\\nWilliard. the parents of Mrs. Van. spent their last\\nyears in Massachusetts and Michigan respectivelj*.\\nTo our subject and his wife there have been born\\nno children. Our subject, politicall} in his early\\nmanhood identified himself with the old Whig\\nparty, but on its abandonment cordially endorsed\\nRepublican principles. Both he and his estimable\\nwife are members in good standing of the Free-\\nwill Baptist Church, in Osseo.\\njf7 LTHER B. WOLCOTT, a successful general\\nI farmer of Cambria Township, located on his\\n/Ik^ present homestead on section 11 in the\\nspring of 1870. It comprises eighty acres of fertile\\nland, well cultivated, and supplied with good farm\\nbuildings. He became a resident of this township\\nfourteen years before, living then on section 12.\\nHe is a son of one of the earliest pioneers of Michi-\\ngan, and was born in Superior Township, Washte-\\nnaw County, April 28, 1836.\\nNelson Wolcott, the father of our subject, was a\\nnative of Wayne County, N. Y., and the son of\\nJohn Wolcott, a shoemaker by trade, who left the\\nEmpire State in middle life, and coming to the\\nTerritory of Michigan, settled among the earliest\\npioneers of O.ikland County. lie labored to good\\nadvantage in cultivating the soil, and rested from\\nhis labors in 1 832, aged about sixty years. He had\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00ba-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-4\u00c2\u00bb-\\nI\\nmarried in early manhood a Connecticut lady. Miss\\nSusannah Lamb, who after his death wedded a Mr.\\nSutton, and passed her last years in Ransom Town-\\nship, this county.\\nThis branch of the Wolcott family are descend-\\nants of Oliver P. Wolcott, one of the signers of the\\nDeclaration of Independence. Nelson Wolcott, the\\nfather of our subject, continued among his native\\nhills until twenty years of age, then migrated to the\\nTerritory of Michigan, and took up a tract of\\nGovernment land in the unbroken wilderness of\\nOakland County. He occupied himself here mak-\\ning preparations for the removal of his father s\\nfamily, and then, returning East, brought them to\\ntheir new home. Two years later he was married\\nto Miss Mary Wilcox, who, it is believed, was born\\nin AVashtenaw Count} and who is a daughter of\\nAmos Wilcox, a New Englander b} birth and par-\\nentage, and one of the earliest settlers of Wash-\\ntenaw Count} There a few j-ears later his wife\\ndied, and Mr. Wilcox removed to Calhoun County,\\nwhere he spent his last years, dying at an advanced\\nage.\\nThe parents of our subject continued residents of\\nSuperior Township, Washtenaw County, and after\\nthe birth of five children the mother jwssed away\\nin 1842. Mr. Wolcott subsequently disposed of\\nhis propertj there, and moved to Ransom Town-\\nship, this county, in 1854. In the meantime he\\nhad contracted a second marriage, with Miss Julia\\nA. Janes, niece of the celebrated Dr. Janes, whose\\nadvertisements as the dispenser of patent medicines\\nhave for years been familiar to the American\\npeople. This lady is still living and makes her\\nhome with her daughter, near Lansing, tliis State.\\nShe is now sixty-nine years of age. Nelson Wol-\\ncott died at his home in Ransom Township on the\\n8th of March, 1856. He was a soli*! Democrat,\\npolitically, and took an active part in local affairs.\\nA warm admirer of the principles of the Masonic\\nfraternity, he had early in life identified himself\\nwith this organization, of which he was a member\\nfor a period of seven years. He has left a record\\nto his children as a husband, father and citizen,\\nwhich they may look u[)on with pardonable pride.\\nLuther B. Wolcott began his education in the\\ndistrict schools of Superior Township. Washtenaw", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0765.jp2"}, "766": {"fulltext": ",t\\n754\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nCounty, being a j outh of eighteen years when the\\nfamily removed to Hillsdale. He continued under\\nthe parental roof until reaching his majoritjs and\\nthen, with very little capital, started out for himself.\\nAhout the first business of the young men of those\\ndays, who were content with the comforts of life,\\nand wasted little time in sighing for its luxuries,\\nwas to establish a home of their own, and, in accord-\\nance with this fashion, our subject, on the iOth of\\nDecember, 1866, was married to one of the most\\nestimable young ladies of Cambria Township, Miss\\nAdelaide Bates, who was born Feb. 24, 1849, and\\nwas the daughter of Horatio Bates, one of the\\nearliest settlers, and now a well-to-do farmer of\\nCambria Township. They commenced life togetiier\\nin a manner corresponding with their means, in\\nCambria Township, where our subject occupied\\nhimself in tilling the soil, and in due time became\\nthe proud father of three children. The eldest of\\nthese, Ada N., is now an intelligent and accom-\\nplished young lady, who has made the most of her\\nopportunities at school, and purposes to follow teach-\\ning. For this profession, Blanche, the second daugh-\\nter, is also perfected, and has already entered upon\\nher duties in one of the district schools in Cambria\\nTownship; she completed her studies in the Normal\\nSchool at Hillsdale. George Marvin, a lad thirteen\\nyears of age, continues at home with his parents.\\nMr. Wolcott. in August, 1862, under the call for\\n300,000 volunteers to aid in the maintenance of the\\nUnion, enlisted in Company D, 18th Michigan In-\\nfantry, under Capt. Van Vaylor and Col. D. C.\\nDoolittle, and went with his regiment to the front,\\nbeing assigned to the Army of the Cumber-land,\\nunder Gens. Sherman and Thomas. He was in the\\nbattles of Athens, Decatur, the siege and capture of\\nNashville, and comprised one of the fortunate few\\nwho escaped capture at the first-mentioned place,\\nalthough experiencing a hairbreadth escape. At\\nDecatur he was unhorsed, and for bravery and\\nefficiency was promoted to the rank of Second Ser-\\ngeant. After the surrender of Lee, at Appomattox,\\nhe received his honorable discharge, June 26, 1865.\\nHe has occupied many positions of trust and re-\\nsponsibility in his township, serving with the\\nCounty Board of Supervisors two years, and was\\neight years Justice of the Peace. He belongs to\\nthe G. A. R., and is a member in good standing of\\nBlue Lodge No. 32, A. F. A. M., at Hillsdale,\\nwith which he has been connected for a period of\\ntwenty-one years. Politically, he affiliates with the\\nDemocratic party.\\nORLANDO WHITE. This gentleman and his\\nhighly intelligent wife present the rare pict-\\nure of people, who, living in the rural dis-\\ntricts, have improved their fine opportunities for\\nreading and study, and probably are not exceeded\\nin this respect by any of the people in this section\\nof the State. They take the most wise and sensi-\\nble view of life, keeping pace with the progressive\\nideas of the present age, and find their chief happi-\\nness in the knowledge which they gather from day\\nto day from the works both of modern authors and\\nthose of an earlier period. There are few men bet-\\nter informed upon subjects of general interest than\\nOrlando White, and few ladies who excel his wife\\nin this respect.\\nThese excellent people occupy one of the pleas-\\nantest homesteads in Cambria Township, which\\nemltraces eighty acres of land under good cultiva-\\ntion and supplied with modern farm buildings. Mr.\\nWhite came to Southern Michigan in the fall of\\n1852, and soon afterward took up the land upon\\nwhich he now lives, and where he has since operated\\nwith uniform success. His early home was in Barre\\nTownship, Orleans Co., N. Y., where his birth took\\nplace Aug. 29, 1825. His father, Bryant White, of\\nMassachusetts, migrated to Herkimer County, N.\\nY., when but a lad, with his parents, where he de-\\nveloped into manhood and was married to Miss\\nRachel Bates, a native of Montgomery County.\\nThe young people commenced life together in Her-\\nkimer County, and soon changed their residence to\\nOrleans County. Subsequently Mr. White secured\\nland in the Holland Purchase, where the mother\\ndied, and he was married to her sister, Mrs. Lydia\\n(Bates) Allen.\\nBryant White after his second marriage removed\\nto Noble County, Ind., where, with his estimable\\nwife, he spent the remainder of his days, they dying\\nat the ages respectively of seventy-four and sev-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0766.jp2"}, "767": {"fulltext": "-4-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n755\\ni-\\nV\\ncntj -two yi ars. Tlieir son Oilnndo, of otir sketeli,\\nlived in the bouse where he was born until twent}\\nfivc years of age. He had all this time been learn-\\ning the arts of plowing sowing and reaping, and\\nnow considered himself fully competent to estalilish\\na home of his own. On the 28th of May, 1850, he\\nwas accordingly married to Miss Lydia .J. Allen,\\ndaughter of George L. and Sally (Bowen) Allen,\\nwho were natives of Greenfield Township, Saratoga\\nCo., N. and the father a farmer by occupa-\\ntion. Mr. Allen in 1833 took up his residence in\\nMontgomery County, where he lived eleven 3 ears,\\nand then removed to Farmington, Ontario County,\\nwhere he and his estimable wife spent the remainder\\nof their days. The father passed awjiy in 1874,\\naged seveuty-one years. The mother survived her\\nhusband twelve years, her death taking place in\\n1886, after she had arrived at the advanced age of\\neighty-five.\\nMr. and Mrs. White commence l life together\\nwith no capital save their willing hands and coura-\\ngeous hearts, and labored together in their effcn-ts\\nto secure a tr.ict of land which they coul i call their\\nown. They took up their abode in Wayne County,\\nand for a time worked her father s farm on shares,\\nliving economically and saving whatever thej could\\nin order to establish a home of their own. It was\\na proud day for them when the3 took possession of\\nthe eighty acres of land and set up housekeeping in\\nthe log structure which thej had built, and which\\nthej occupied thereafter for a period of sixteen\\n3 ears. and until their removal into the more modern\\nframe dwelling which the3 now occupy. This is\\nbuilt in a modern style of architecture, finely fin-\\nished and furnished, and with a view to the comfort\\nand convenience of its inmates. The farm is well\\nstocked with good grades of horses, cattle and swine,\\nand everything about the premises indicates the\\nthrift and prosperity which are so grateful to the\\neye, and which give evidence in a forcible manner\\nof the tastes and means of the proprietor.\\nTo our subject and his estimable wife there have\\nbeen born three children, all daughters, the eldest\\nof whom, Emil3 is the wife of John M. Warren,\\nJr., a well-to-do farmer of Hillsdale Township;\\nSarah married Mr. Frank F. Green, and lives with\\nher husband on a farm in Reading Township, this\\ncountv Mar\\\\ Mrs. .Job Cole, Jr., is the wife of a\\nprosperous farmer of Cambria Township.\\nMr. White, religioush is a radical Universalist,\\nand in politics gives his support to the Republican\\nparty. He has served as Justice of the Peace, and\\noccupied various positions of trust and responsibil-\\nity among his fellow-citizens. One of the attract-\\nive features of the pleasant home of our subject and\\nhis wife is the multiplicity of books man3 of\\nthem religious works which have a place in almost\\nevery corner. Mr. White has long been a student\\nof ancient and modern history, and there are few\\nsubjects in connection tlierewith upon which he\\ncannot intelligently converse. It is seldom that we\\nmeet a gentleman and lady so thoroughly in accord\\nin their tastes and capacities as Orlando White and\\nhis clear-headed and amiable wife.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2A-UGUSTA WHEELER. This lady is\\nthe owner of a neat homestead of fort3\\nacres on section ll, Litchfield Township,\\nand one of her distinguishing characteristics\\nis her love of and proficiency in music. To this\\nart she has given many years of her life, taking a\\nfull course in her youth, both in the seminar3 at\\nYpsilanti and Lime City. Iowa. stud3 ing in the lat-\\nter place under the instruction of the most able\\nProfessors of the college there. Next she went to\\nSt. Louis, where she was the pupil of Prof. Stabb,\\nand thereafter pursued her musical studies at Belle-\\nville, 111. The fact that she gave so close attention\\nto this art is sutficient evidence of her love of it,\\nand it is hardly necessary to sa3 that she is mis-\\ntress of tlie piano and organ, and a vocalist of no\\nmean qualities.\\nMrs. Wheeler is a native of Ypsilanti, this State,\\nand was born March 1 1, 1843. She was the young-\\nest of seven daughters who constituted the house-\\nhold of John and Elizabeth (Sherman) Swick, the\\nformer a native of New Jersey and the latter of\\nMassachusetts. Her father served under Gen. Win-\\nfield Scott, in the War of 1812. The parents set-\\ntled, after their marriage, first in New Jersey, then\\nremoved to Little Falls, N. Y., where the father\\npursued his trade of tailor, and was prosperous.\\nt-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0767.jp2"}, "768": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00baHl^^\\n756\\nHILLSDALK COIJNTV.\\nThe parents came to Michigan with their six chil-\\ndren, in 1843. settling in Ypsilanti, where the sev-\\nenth child, Augusta, was born. She was married to\\nHosea Wheeler, by whom she became the mother\\nof two children .lohnie and Ola. The former is\\nnow twelve j ears of age, and the latter ten. Mr.\\nWheeler was a native of Vermont, and a farmer.\\nMrs. Wheeler discloses in her manner and ad-\\ndress a good education, and much intelligence and\\nrefinement, and is a member in good standing of the\\nEpiscopal Church.\\n\\\\f) AMES EVANS. The subject of this sketch\\nis numbered among the well-to-do farmers of\\nAllen Township, who has pursued the even\\ntenor of his way there for many years, chiefly\\nattending to his own concerns, cultivating the soil,\\nand adding the improvements to his farm which his\\njudgment suggested, and his means justified. He\\nhas 120 acres of good land under fair cultivation, a\\nplain but comfortable dwelling, a good barn, and\\nthe appliances most essential to the comfort of his\\nfamily, and the successful prosecution of his farm\\nwork, the storing of grain and the shelter of stock.\\nMr. Evans is a native of Wayne Count} N. Y.,\\nand was born near the town of Arcade, Feb. 16,\\n1849. His parents were of Welsh birth and parent-\\nage, and emigrated to the United SUites soon after\\ntheir mirriage, settling in Wayne County, N. Y.,\\nwhere the father engaged in farming, and lived until\\ncomii.g to this county, about 1856. Here he settled\\nin Allen Township, and with his estimable wife,\\nspent the remainder of his days, the father passing\\naway March 4, 1873, and the mother Oct. 22, 188C.\\nThe parental family included two children only:\\nJames, of our sketch, and his sister Elizabeth. The\\nlatter became the wife of Norval Crane, and died at\\nher home in Fayette Township, Feb. 7, 1873.\\nMr. Evans came to this county with his parents,\\nin 1856, and since that time has been a resident of\\nAllen Township. He has been an interested witness\\nof the changes that have transpired during a period\\nof more than thirty j ears, taking an interest in the\\nprogress of his adopted county, and contributing his\\nshare in the development of her rich resources\\nthe cultivation of the soil and labors attendant upon\\nthe life of the agriculturist. He took unto himself\\na wife and helpmate from among the maidens of\\nthis county. Miss Esther VanZant, to whom he was\\nmarried Dec. 21. 1873, and who is the daughter of\\nPeter and Margaret (Sebren) VanZant, natives\\nrespectively of Virginia and New York State.\\nAfter marri.age the parents of Mrs. Evans settled in\\nSteuben County, the latter State, whence they came\\nto Michigan about 1854. Here they took up their\\nabode in Litchfield Township, where the father en-\\ngaged in farming, and where botli parents spent the\\nremainder of their lives. The mother, however, only\\nlived a comparatively brief time after coming to\\nher Western home, her death occurring two years\\nlater, Jan. 14, 1856. Mr. VanZant survived his\\nwife some years, dying Dec. 1, 1869. Mrs. Evans\\nwas the youngest of nine children born to her\\nparents, and began life in Steuben County, N. Y.,\\nMarch 17, 1840. She accompanied her parents to\\nthe West, and remained under the home roof until\\nher marriage. Of her union with our subject there\\nare six children, all living, the eldest thirteen years\\nold, and the j oungest one year old. They were\\nnamed respectively William M., Lillie M., Edward,\\nJennie, Charles W. and Nellie. Mr. Evans, politi-\\ncally, votes the straight Democratic ticket, and is\\nrated among his neighbors as a worthy member of\\nthe community.\\nJOHN STONE, a prosperous farmer and rep-\\nresentative citizen of Hillsdale County, is\\nlocated on section 24, Hillsdale Township,\\non 100 acres of well-improved land, on which\\nhe successfully conducts his agricultural occupa-\\ntions, devoting some attention to stock-raising,\\nwhile he also has met with considerable success in\\nthe industry of fruit-growing.\\nMr. Stone was born in this county, Nov. 26, 1843,\\nand is the son of David and Sarah (Evens) Stone,\\nnatives of England and Wales respectively. The\\nfather was born in Yorkshire, in 1813, and was\\nreared to the occupation of a farmer. He emi-\\ngrated to America in 1832, landing in New Y ork,\\nand after a residence of two years in that State", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0768.jp2"}, "769": {"fulltext": "m\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n757\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A\\nI\\ncame to IMichignn, and taking up forlv acres of land\\nfrom the Guvernmont, engaged in the improve-\\nment of a farm. As bis land was tlien in its primeval\\ncondition, and consequently for some time would\\nyield Utile or no reward for its cultivation, Mr.\\nStone engaged in clearing land by the acre for other\\npeople, and as he was alile added to his original\\npurchase, until he had 240 acres, which he brought\\nunder a fine state of cultivation. Upon becoming\\na citizen of this country, he identified himself with\\nthe Democratic party, and continued in its ranks\\nuntil the close of his life, in April. 1870, at the age\\nof fifty-seven years. The mother of our subject\\nwas born in 1808, and slill survives, in the enjoy-\\nment of good health, notwithstanding she has\\nexperienced all the trials, vicissitudes and priva-\\ntions incident to pioneer life in Southern Michigan.\\nShe is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nwith which she has been identified for many years.\\nThe family of David and .Sarah Stone included\\nfour children John, James, Mar} (deceased) and\\nElizabeth. John Stone is the eldest in order of\\nbirth of this family, and growing uj) under the pa-\\nrental roof was kept busilj employed assisting in\\nfarm duties, in the meantime availing himself of such\\nopportunity for education as the facilities of the\\ntime afforded. The log school-house with its primi-\\ntive furniture was by this time giving place to the\\nmore commodious frame building, supplied with\\nsuitable furniture and apparatus to aid the teacher\\nin his work, and Mr. Stone received a better educa-\\ntion than was common to those who had already\\nreached a school age in the early pioneer days of the\\ncounty. After seeing his wa} clear to the support\\nof a family, he was united in marriage, Fel). 1, 1874,\\nwith Miss Anna Beevers, who was born in this State\\nin 1854, and was educated at the High School. Her\\nunion with Mr. Stone has been blessed bj- the birth\\nof two children: Guy. B., who was born Feb. 10,\\n187G, and Lulu V., Dee. 1, 1880.\\nEighteen j ears ago Mr. Stone ventured into the\\nnursery business, and during the last two years he\\nhas also carried on gardening to a large extent.\\nHis enterprise has been attended with success, and\\nhe has an extensive patronage, supplying not only\\nthe immediate neighborhood, but sending the prod-\\nucts of his nursery to other parts. Politically, he\\naffliliates with the Detnocratic party, and is a repu-\\ntable citizen, enjoying the confidence and esteem\\nof his fellow-townsmen, as is proved by the fact\\nthat he has held the various offices of the township,\\nthe duties of which he has discharged with credit\\nto himself and satisfaction to all concerned.\\nOur subject and his amiable wife are members in\\ngood standing of the Metiiodist Episcopal Church,\\ncontributing of their time and means to promote the\\ncause of morality in the community in which their\\nlot has been cast.\\n(^^HOMAS J. RICHAKD.SON. The subject of\\n(iM^^\\\\ t) t o l y -I lks among the self-made\\nmen of Camden Township, and has l)y his\\nindustry and perseverance accumulated a com-\\nfortable property, comprising a good farm of 120\\nacres with substantial buildings, a fair assortment\\nof live stock, and the machinery necessary for the\\nprosecution of agriculture in a jirofitiible manner.\\nAs a member of the community he is generally re-\\nspected, is Democratic in politics, and in favor of\\neverything to improve the county and elevate so-\\nciety. Socially, he belongs to the Masonic fraternity\\nat Reading, and is also a member of Eureka Com-\\nmandery No. 3, of Hillsdale. Religiously, he is\\nidentified with the Presbyterian Church, in which\\nhe has served as Elder for several years.\\nSteuben Count} N. Y., was the earl} home of\\nour subject, and where his birth took place June\\n20, 1821. His father, John, and his mother, Cath-\\nerine (Smith) Richardson, were natives respectively\\nof Virginia and Maryland, and of English and Dutch\\nancestry. The parental household comprised a\\nlarge family of children, of whom the following\\nsurvive: Henry S., of Allegany County, N. Y.\\nThomas J., our subject, and Elizabeth, the wife of\\nJohn Norton, of Rochester, N. Y.\\nMr. Richardson was reared to manhood in his\\nnative State, receiving a common-school education\\nand becoming familiar with agricultural pursuits.\\nWhen nearly twenty-seven years of age he was\\nmarried, Jan. 14, 1848, to Miss Amanda Aber, who\\nwas born in Chemung County, N. Y., March 1,\\n1828, and is the daughter of Nathaniel and Ann\\nh", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0769.jp2"}, "770": {"fulltext": "4=\\n758\\ni\\nHILLSDALE COUMTY.\\n(Wass) Aber, who were also natives of the Empire\\nState, the father of French ancestrv- and the mother of\\nDutch origin. To Mr. and Mrs. Richardson there\\nwere born ten children, nine of whom are now liv-\\ning, namely: Charles M., of Lansing, this State;\\nGeorge RL, of Woodbridge Township, this county;\\nKate, the wife of Fremont Fowler, of Cambria\\nTownship; John M., of Lansing; E;ilzabelh; James\\nH.; Jennie, the wife of W. H. Adams, of Wood-\\nbridge Township, and Georgie E. and Thomas, Jr.,\\nwho are at home with their parents. Florence died\\nwhen about four years old.\\nMr. and Mrs. Richardson continued residents of\\ntheir native State over twenty years after their\\nmarriage, coming to this county in the fail of 1869,\\nand first taking up their residence in Reading\\nTownship. Four years later they removed to their\\npresent, farm.\\njissi\\nv^\\n^m^\\nT52.\\\\eiT\\nAM ES PERSON. The subject of this sketch\\noccupies a good position among the reliable\\nmen of Camden Township, and is in the en-\\njoyment of a comfortable home on section\\n11. By a life of industry and sobriety he has\\nacquired a good property, which came into his pos-\\nsession solely by the exercise of his own persever-\\nance, as he was thrown upon his own resources early\\nin life, having nothing to depend upon but his own\\nunaided efforts. He is the offspring of an excellent\\nPennsylvania family, the son of Isaac and Marj\\n(Rima) Person, and was born Jan. I J, 1829, in\\nNorthampton County.\\nThe parents of our subject were also natives of\\nthe Keystone State, and of German ancestry. His\\npaternal uncle, Jacob Person, fought in the War of\\n1812, and spent his last daj s in Pennsylvania. Of\\nthe thirteen children born to Isaac and Mary Per-\\nson, eight are living, namely Abraham and George,\\nin Pennsylvania; Isaac, in Ohio; David, Adam,\\nRebecca, the wife of Adam Rockel, and Mary A.,\\nMrs. J. P. Shaw, in Pennsj lvania. James, our\\nsubject, developed into manhood in his native\\ncounty, receiving a limited education, but was fond\\nof reading, and on account of this became quite\\nwell informed. Upon the outbreak of the Rebellion\\nhe enlisted as a Union soldier, Sept. 22, 18G2, in\\nConvpan^ D, lo3d Pennsylvania Infantrj which\\nwas assigned to the 1 1 th Corps, Army of the Po-\\ntomac. He was soon made a Corporal, and look\\npart in the battles of Chanccllorsville and Gettys-\\nburg, being at the latter place wounded in the right\\narm, on account of which he now draws a pension\\nof $G per month. He remained with his regiment\\nuntil the expiration of his term of enlistment, and\\nreceived his honorable discharge July 24, 1863.\\nAfter leaving the service Mr. Person returned to\\nPennsj lvania, where he was engaged in carpenter-\\ning, and was married, Nov. 28, 1865, to Miss Sarah\\nA. Beidelman, who bore him three children, of\\nwhom only one is living, a son, Walter, who was\\nborn July 11, 1880. In the spring of 1866 Mr.\\nPerson and his vvife came to this county and settled\\non their present farm. This embraces eighty acres\\nof fertile land, which he has operated to the best\\nadvantage, and besides bringing the soil to a fine\\nstate of cultivation, has a beautiful residence, a\\nfine barn, and other buildings convenient for the\\ncarrying on of agriculture after modern methods.\\nMr. Person is a Republican in politics, and in\\nreligious matters a member of the German Re-\\nformed Church. His inlired honestj of purpose\\nhas served to make him popular in his community,\\nwhere he is classed among its most useful citizens.\\nAs an ex-soldier he belongs to the G. A. R., being\\na member of Post No. 282, at Camden. His good\\nsense and judgment have often been a recommend-\\nation to the various township offices, which he has\\nuniforralj declined, preferring to give his time and\\nattention to his farming interests and his family.\\nWhen a J oung man he learned the carpenter s trade,\\nwhich he followed for about ten years, and on ac-\\ncount of this has lieen able to save hundreds of\\ndollars, not onlj in the erection of his buildings,\\nbut in keeping them in repair.\\nMrs. Person was born in Lehigh County, Pa., Sept.\\n13, 1842, and is the daughter of Ephraim and Sarah\\nA. (Folk) Beidelman, who also were natives of the\\nKeystone State. Her maternal grandfather, George\\nFolk, was a soldier of the War of 1812, and spent\\nhis last years in Pennsylvania. Her father s house-\\nhold included four children, namely Ei liraim, Jr.,\\n^h^_", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0770.jp2"}, "771": {"fulltext": "4\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n759 ik\\na iTsiflfiit of Philadelphia, Pa.; Alfred; Amanda,\\nthe wife of .Josiah Wilt, of Xortliainpton County,\\nand Sarah A., Mrs. Person; her parents are now\\ndeceased. The.v are most excellent and worthy peo-\\nple and members of tiie (iernian Reformed Church.\\ntiieji/fs-^^\\n^^^WCJTlt-\\nellARLES P. WmiE, of Litchfield, an ex-\\nsoldier of the Union army with a most\\nenviable war record, is the subject of a most\\ninteresting historj which is in its main points as\\nfollows: The scion of an excellent family, he is the\\nson of Abraham C. and (L elinda (Joslin) White, the\\nfather born in Connecticut near Long Island Sound,\\nand the mother a native of Otsego Countj N.\\nCanfield White, the paternal grandfather of our\\nsubject, followed the sea, and died on the ocean\\nwhile making his second trip around the world,\\nbeing consigned to a watery grave in the Gulf of\\nJlexico. This branch of the W^hite family sprang\\nfrom old Puritan stock, and their history in the\\nUnited Slates dates back to Colonial times. The\\nparents of our subject after their marriage settled\\nin Otsego Count}-, N. Y., of which the}- continued\\nresidents until their removal to the Black River\\ncountrj-. The father was a carpenter by trade, and\\ncame to the Territor}^ of Michigan in thesi)ring of\\n1833, locating in Scipio Township when there were\\nbut seven houses upon the present site of Jones-\\nville, none in Hillsdale, and but one in Litchfield\\nTownshii). He came alone and sent for his famil}\\nin the fall. He not only constructed his own dwell-\\ning, but that of his companion, Mr. H. Morris,\\nwhile the latter went back to the Empire State after\\nthe two families. Abraham W hite continued a\\nresident of Scipio Township, working at his trade\\nuntil 1840, and then invested the little capital\\nwhich he had saved in eighty acres of land among\\nthe woods of Litchfield Township. This he cleared,\\nand from the uncultivated soil constructed a fertile\\nfarm, which remained the home of himself and his\\nestimable wif(! the remainder of their lives. The\\nfather died in 1864 when sixty years of age. He\\nwas originally an old-line Whig, but upon the\\nabandonment of that party cordiall} indorsed Re-\\npublican principles. The mother after the decease\\nof her husband continued to live upon the old\\nhomestead, where her death took place in 1884,\\nwhen she was seventy-two years old.\\nOur subject was the sixth child of his parents,\\nwhose family included five sons and four daughters.\\nHe was born in Scipio Township, this count} Aug.\\n28, 1838, and was two years of .age when the fam-\\nily came to Litchfielil. He acquired a common-\\nschool education after the primitive methods of\\nthose days and completed his studies in Litchfield.\\nHe subsequently occupied himself as a teacher at\\nSandy Creek, being thus employed in the winter of\\n18C0-61. Upon the outbreak of the Rebelhon\\nsoon afterward he was one of the first to respond to\\nthe call for troops, enlisting with the three-years\\nmen, in Com[)any H, 4th Michigan Infantry, at\\nAdrian, Lenawee County, and leaving immediately\\nfor the scat of war. After a few months he was\\ntaken seriously ill, and comi)elIed to accei)t his dis-\\ncharge in November following. A year later he\\nagain joined the Union forces as a member of the\\n7th Michigan Cavalry. I)eing mustered into service\\nat Grand Rapids. They left for Washington in\\nMarch, 1863, and Mr. White participated in the\\nfight at Gettysburg as a member of Custer s brigade.\\nOn the 6th of July following he was captured by\\nthe rebels at Stanton, Va.. and confined to Belle\\nJsle Prison from .Inly 24 to February 19 following.\\nHe was then transferre(l to Andersonville, whose\\nhorrors he suffered from the 1st of M.arch to Sept.\\n8, 1864, being then taken to Savannah, where\\nhe remained until October 16, and was tiiis time\\ntransferred to Milan Prison November 23, was\\nparoled, and from Annapolis was permitted to go\\nhome on a fifty-days furlough.\\nWhen the time came to rejoin his regiment Mr.\\nAVhite was sent to Canij) Distribution at Arlington\\nHeights, thence to Richmond, and from there to\\nHarper s Ferry. His next destination was at Point\\nRock, at which place he was on picket duly at the\\ntime of Lincoln s assassination, and was sent out\\nwith 9.000 dismounted men to assist in capturing\\nthe assassin, Booth. They arrived at Cliai)el Point,\\nwhere they ca|)tured Booth seventy miles from\\nWashington, ami in the meantime Lee s army had\\nsurrendered ami |)eace was declared. Our subject\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0771.jp2"}, "772": {"fulltext": "760\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nrejoined his regiment and participated in the grand\\nreview at Washington, and was also present on the\\nnight of Sherman s review; and then the 7th, the\\n1st, the 5tb and the 6th Michigan Regiments\\nboarded the cars for Parkcrsburg, and thence went\\ndown the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to St. Louis,\\nand from there up the Missouri to Ft. Leavenworth,\\nwhere tlie brigade was remounted and refitted to\\nguard tiie United States mail route, scattering along\\nat the points requiring protection. Mr. White with\\nsome of his comrades was stationed at the summit\\nof the Rocky Mountains, being relieved by the reg-\\nular brigade, and mustered out on the 1st of\\nDecember, 1865, our subject having been in the\\nservice three years and seven months.\\nMr. White during his visit home, in 1862, was\\nmarried, in the month of April, to Miss Anna J.\\nHarris, of Litchfield, who was born in Washtenaw\\nCounty, and died at her home in Litchfield, April\\n12, 1865. Mr. White was sul)scquently married,\\nFeb. 23, 1868, to Miss Helen M., daughter of Job\\nand Amy Reed, who were both natives of New\\nYork State and are now residents of Hillsdale,\\nhaving attained to the ripe old age of eighty years.\\nTheir family included two sons and foui- daughters,\\nand Mrs. While, the fourth child, was born June 1,\\n1843, in Erie County, Pa. She acquired a common-\\nschool education, and was fourteen years of age\\nupon coming with her parents to Michigan. Of\\nthis union there were born four children, the eldest\\nof whom, Williard J., is a member of the class of 89\\nin the Litchfield Union School; Lena E. died when\\nfourteen years old; Fred C. is also in the Union\\nSchool, and Maude E., the youngest, continues at\\nhome with her parents.\\nIn 1883 Mr. White purchased the interests of the\\nother heirs in the old homestead, and in the fall of\\n1885 exchanged it for village properly in Litch-\\nfield, -where he has since lived. Both he and his\\nestimable wife are members of the Metiiodist Epis-\\ncopal Church, at Litchfield. They were identified\\nwith this church at Sandy Creek for a period of\\ntwenty-five years, and in which Mr. White offici-\\nated as Trustee the greater part of this time,\\nassisting in putting up their church building, and\\nbeing otherwise one of the chief pillars in the main-\\ntenance of the society. Politically, he is a solid\\nRepublican, and it is hardly necessary to state he\\nis a member of Stewart Post. G. A. R., at Litchfield,\\nof which he is Adjutant, and a charter member; he\\nis also a member of Baxter Post No. 219, of Jones-\\nville. His career has been an interesting and varied\\none, and he surely has reason to feel that his life\\nhas not been in vain.\\n*-\u00c2\u00bbI*-^-\\nARVEY N. PROUTY, one of the pioneers of\\nYi jit this county, arrived within its borders with\\n/lii^ his parents when a little lad six years of age.\\nHe is a native of Onondaga County, N. Y.,\\nthe date of his birth being Jan. 5, 1 833. His father,\\nDavid D. Prouty, was a native of Vermont, and the\\nmother, who in her girlhood was Mary Morey, was\\nborn in New York. The paternal grandfather\\nserved as a soldier in the War of 1812.\\nOur subject, when an infant of six months, was\\ntaken by his parents from his native State to Ohio,\\nthey settling on the Mauraee River, in Lucas County.\\nUpon emigrating to Michigan they located in Read-\\ning Township, where the father lived until his\\ndecease, in 1859. He was one of the early pioneers\\nof the western part of tliis county, an energetic and\\ncapable man, who lent his support to every enter-\\nprise tending to develop the resources of the soil,\\nand effect the progress of the people. In his death\\nHillsdale County lost one of her best citizens. He\\nidentified himself with the Whig party when a\\nyoung man, and upon its abandonment cordially\\nendorsed Republican principles.\\nSeven children completed the household circle of\\nDavid D. and Mary Prouty, of whom the following\\nsurvive: Harvey N., of our sketch, is the oldest one\\nliving; Martha is the wife of Hiram Gould, of\\nReading Township; Frank, and Ann, the wife of\\nAlbert Fuller, are also residents of Reading. David\\nProuty was instrumental in the founding of Read-\\ning Village, and probabl} did more to enhance its\\nprosperity than any other man at that time. The\\nmother is still living in Reading Township.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared to man-\\nhood amid the scenes of pioneer life, and was taught\\nthe habits of industry and economy which have\\nbeen the secret of his success. He received a fair\\n1\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0772.jp2"}, "773": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nrei\\neduention, and .added to his ijeiicral fund of informa-\\ntion b} a coiiiso of I oading, liich lie li.as kept\\nup all the years of his life. In ISiti) he visited Cali-\\nfornia, and subsequently traveled throui^h Cential\\nAmerica. He also spent four years in British Co-\\nlumbia, and three months in Alaska, besides travel-\\ning through many of the Western States, and also\\nTerritories. He was in all about ten years travel-\\ning around and making himself acquainted With the\\ngeneral character of the Wcstci n countr} and the\\nhabits of its people. This proved a rich experience\\nwith which he would not willingly part. When not\\ntraveling, he was mining and prosi)ecting. In the\\nmeantime also he assisted in building four miles of\\nthe military road in Washington Territory, between\\nChehalis and Newaukum. He returned to this\\ncounty in 1865, and settling down as an agricultur-\\nist, in due time acquired his present homestead of\\n213 acres, which he has brought to its present con-\\ndition by the exercise of persevering industry.\\nThe 3 ear of his return from the farther West,\\nMr. Prouty was married, June 20, 1865, to Miss\\nOphelia Rounds, who was born in 1848, and is the\\ndaughter of Lewis and Kmley Rounds, who were\\nnatives of New York, and are now deceased. Of\\nthis union there was born one child onlj a son,\\nArthur, Feb. 6, 1869. Mr. Prouty has been fre-\\nquently solicited to hold office, and was at onetime\\nthe candidate for Supervisor on the Democratic-\\nGreenback ticket. His party being in the minority,\\nhe was in consequence defeated, which, however,\\nwas not unexpected, but the vote which he received\\nindicated his standing with the people, ile holds a\\ngood position among the representative citizens of\\nCamden Township, and in religious views is an\\nagnostic.\\n-^\u00c2\u00bbt*^ 0,^4- \u00c2\u00ab5*f-.^j-\\niNA WILLETS. However brief the so-\\niW J*^^ Cambria Township, there are few\\n1^ who visit it to whom the names of this\\n91 highly respected gentleman and his worth3\\nwife will not become familiar. He was one of the\\nfirst settlers of this township, and is one of the\\noldest pioneers 3 et living to tell the tale of their\\nearly struggles. He now has a fine farm compris-\\nf ing 160 acres on section 19, the land of which\\nhe entered from tin; Government, and which\\nhas been owned consequently only by Uncle Sam\\nand himself. The transfer was effected from the\\nformer to the Jatter by a brother of our suliject, H.\\nB. Willets, in June, 1835, and Mr. Willets took\\npossession not quite two years later, in March, 1837.\\nThe country around was at that time mostly a tim-\\nber tract, with neighbors few and far between.\\nThe first business of the pioneer after he pitched\\nhis tent in the woods of Cambria Townsiiip was\\nto clear the trees from a space large enough to put\\nup a log cabin. This effected, he returned to Niag-\\nara County, N. Y., after his wife and child, and\\nin due time had them safely housed in their cabin\\nhome. They took possession on the 3d of August,\\n1837, now over fift3 years ago, and the anniversary\\nof this event was appropriately celebrated bj Mr.\\nand Mrs. Willetts and forty or more of the most\\nprominent old settlers of the count} It is hardly\\nnecessary to say that the contrast between the past\\nand the present could be better imagined than de-\\nscribed. The wilderness had been transformed into\\na beautiful farm, and the rude log cabin had long\\nago given place to the handsome modern residence,\\nreplete with all the comforts and many of the lux-\\nuries of life. While Mr. Willets stood a gracious\\nhost at his door to welcome his old friends, they in\\nturn tendered their congratulations, and as a slight\\ntoken of their esteem presented him with an ele-\\ngant gold-headed cane, l earing an appropriate in-\\nscription commemorating the occasion.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in P arm-\\nington, Ontario Co., N. Y., April 13, 1814. He is\\nthe offspring of an excellent old New Jersey fam-\\nily of Quaker stock .and English descent, and the\\nfirst representatives of whom in this country came\\nover with the pilgrims in the Mayflower. Jona-\\nthan Willets, the father of our subject, was also\\nborn in New Jerse} to which State his ancestors\\nhad emigrated from Long Island. The latter w.as\\none of a large family and, it was believed, migrated\\nto Monroe County, N. Y., when a young man un-\\nmarried. The lady whom he eventually invited\\nto his heart and home w.as Miss Rachel Bunn, who\\nalso came of a good family.\\nJonathan Willets after his marriage lived several\\nyears in Ontario County, N. Y., then with his wife\\n*t", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0773.jp2"}, "774": {"fulltext": "762\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nnnd childi pu effectcrl a chnnge of residence and\\nlocated among the hills of Niagara County, in the\\nvicinity of what is now the city of Lockport.\\nThen it was an unsettled region, before even the\\ndays of canals. The father, however, onij- survived\\na few ears. dying when his son Moses was a little\\nlad ten 3 ears of age. The mother followed three\\nyears later, and thus a family of six childien were\\nleft in orphanage. Of these but four are now liv-\\ning, nameh ,]onathan, a resident of Three Rivers;\\nGeorge, of Wisconsin: Phebe. Mrs. Frederick Fow-\\nler, of Reading, and Moses, our subject.\\nThere was left a small propertj valued at $1,800,\\nfor the children, and young Willets was thus thrown\\npartly upon his own resources early in life. He\\nlabored bard for light wages, .and by great exertion\\nacquired a limited education. It was in those days\\nthat he learned to economize, and acquired that\\nself-reliant and independent spirit which has been\\nthe secret of his success in b fe. He continued a\\nresident of Niagara County until reaching his ma-\\njority and was an interested witness of the slow,\\nbut sure, development of the Emjiire State. He saw\\nthe first canal- boat pass through the locks at Lock-\\nport, and also looked Ujion the face of the j Oung\\nand gallant Frenchman, Gen. LaFayette. who left\\nhis own delightful land to assist the struggling peo-\\nple of a foreign countrj\\nJlr. Willets was first married in Niagara County,\\nN. Y., Oct. 10, 1836, to Miss Angeline Alvord, a\\nvery capaliie and intelligent lady, who had been\\nreared well and received a good education. Not\\nlong after the wedding day they set out for the\\nTerritory of Michigan, and coming to this county,\\nlocated upon the land which our subject now owns\\nand occn[)ies, and where their six children were\\nborn. The mother performed well her part as the\\nwife and helpmate of the toiling pioneer, and lived\\nto enjoy the comforts of the home which she had\\nassisted in building up. Amid the tears of her\\nsorrowing famil3 and the regrets of the entire com-\\nmunity, she passed from earth on the 24th of Feb-\\nruary, 185-1. Three of her children are yet living:\\nLaviua P. is the wife of Samuel Messenger, a re-\\ntired farmer and a resident of Niles, this State;\\nHenry H. married Miss Luella Peck, a native of\\nNew York State, and is operating upon a part of\\nhis father s farm, in Cambria Township; like the\\nlattei he is thrift} intelligent and well-to-do, and\\nif permitted to live, will perpetuate in honor the\\nlabors and the name of his respected sire. Alice\\nG., an accomplished young woman of good educa-\\ntion and former!} a teacher in the public schools,\\nis now living at home with her parents. The de-\\nceased children are: Perraelia A., who died when\\nabout fourteen years of age; Charles M., when\\ntwentj -five, and Adaline, who became the wife of\\nA. C. Bctls, of Hillsdale, and died J.an. 24, 1871.\\nThe present wife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarrie l in Cambria Township, April 10, 1856, was\\nformerlj- Miss Sarah Bishop, and was born in Can-\\nandaigua, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1820. She is the daugh-\\nter of Stephen and Charlotte (.Smith) Bishop, who\\nare now both deceased. They were natives of\\nConnecticut, and upright, honest i)eople, loved and\\nrespected by a large circle of friends and acquaint-\\nances. They spent their entire lives in Ontario\\nCount\\\\ N. Y., where their remains were laid to\\nrest. They were the parents of eight children, and\\ntheir daughter Sarah, like the others, acquired a\\ngood education and received careful home training.\\n.She developed into a teacher at an early age, and\\nwhen a j oung lady came to the home of her brother\\nin Michigan, with whom she was living when mar-\\nried. She has proved a most efficient wife and\\nmother, and in all respects the wise counselor and\\nhelpmate of her husband. Of this union there\\nwere born two children, the elder of whom, Sarah\\nB., is a successful teacher in the schools of Marion,\\nOhio; C. Maude is the wife of Lieut. Byron L.\\nReed, son of the Hon. Marsh.all Reed, of Cambridge\\nTownship, Lenawee Count} and a sketch of whom\\nappears in the Lenawee County Album, recently\\npublished. Lieut. Reed is at present an attache of\\nthe United States Revenue Service. iNIr. Willets was\\nreared a Quaker, while his estimable wife, with a\\npart of the family, is a member of the Presbyterian\\nChurch. Politicall} Mr. W. inclines to Republican\\nprinciples, but reserves the right of a free American\\ncitizen to support the candidate whom he considers\\nbest qualified for the office.\\nThe career of this aged and honored pioneer of\\nHillsdale Count} indicates him to be a man of\\npeculiar characteristics, with decided views and fear-\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0774.jp2"}, "775": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n763\\ni\\nless in the expression of them. Possessed of un-\\nusual intelligence, he h.is been a keen observer of\\nwhat is going on in the world around him, while his\\nretentive memory has enabled him to gather a\\nstorehouse of knowledge, the value of which could\\nby no means be estimated in dollars and cents.\\nNever hasty in forming his opinions, when once\\nformed he clings to them with the tenacity of a\\nMarshal Ney. and his word among the men who\\nhave known him best has always been considered\\nas good as his bond.\\nWhen Mr. Willets came to this county the to\u00c2\u00bbvn-\\nship of Fayette included what is now the townships\\nof Woodbridge and Cambria. About 1840 it was\\ndivided and the present township of Cambria was\\nincluded in that of Woodbridge. Two years later\\nthe regular Congressional township of Cambria\\nwas marked by boun lary lines, and received its\\nname, which was given it by its first settler, Hiram\\nV. Weaver, who emigrated from Niagara County,\\nN. Y. He was long since gathered to his fathers.\\nSchool-houses were few and far between, and Mr.\\nWillets donated a tract of land, the products of\\nwhich were to be devoted to the establisliment and\\nmaintenance of the first school in his townsliip. He\\nassisted in the erection of the house, which was\\nbuilt of logs, and that land to this day is still sub-\\nservient for school purposes.\\nOur subject, in common with the other pioneers,\\nbrought with him his trusty rifle as a means of se-\\ncuring meat for the family consumption, but as a\\nhunter he was not an e.vpert, and during his very\\nfirst attempt was lost in tlic woods, and concluded\\nth.at afterward he had better relegate this duty to\\nsome man who understood the luisiness better. He\\nhung bis rifle upon a nail, and succeeded in buying\\nhis venison at a price which fully justified this\\nmethod of obtaining it. During liis labors In the\\nbuilding up of a homestead and tlie cultivation of\\nhis land ho neglected no opportunity to improve\\nhis mind, and possesses an almost inexhaustible\\nstore of practical knowledge, which has rendered\\nhim one of the most interesting of men to converse\\nwith. An affection of the eyes has prevented verj\\nmuch reading for the last few years, but he has en-\\nleavored to endure this misfortune with patience,\\natid to use his ears ;dl the more acutely.\\nThe farm of Mr. Willets comprises 160 acres of\\nland, which he has brought to a fine state of culti-\\nvation, and the primitive log house, in 1851), was\\nabandoned for the commodious and well propor-\\ntioned stone structure which is the admiration of\\nthe country around, and although standing for\\nnearly thirty 3 ears is in a i emarkal)le state of pres-\\nervation. Both within and without it bears the air\\nof comfort which is so pleasing to the eye, and is\\nflanked by the substantial barn and other out-build-\\nings required for the shelter of stock and the storing\\nof grain. Mr. Willets has always taken pride in\\nhis cattle, horses and swine, and has carried off\\nmany a blue ribbon from the county fairs.\\n.o^o-^y^^^-o^o. -i,^\\nOSCIUS SOUTHWORTH, a native of New\\nEngland, came to the Territory of Michigan\\nin 1836, and after a brief sojourn in Te-\\n^jcumseh, Lenawee County made his way to\\nthe northwestern part of thiij county and settled in\\nLitchfield Township, of which ho was a resident\\nuntil 1870. He then retired from active labor.\\nHe took up his residence in Allen Township in\\n1881, and the family is widely- known throughout\\nthis part of Hillsdale Counfy as representing its\\nbest elements.\\nThe father f)f our subject. Royal South worth by\\nname, wjis a native of New England, where he was\\nreared and married Miss Phebe Gleason, also born\\nthere. The} settled first in Connecticut, whence\\nthey removed to Massachusetts and from there to\\nOswego County, N. Y., settling in the town of\\nMexico. There the father engaged as a machinist,\\nand with his estimable wife spent man} j ears.\\nThe} finally followed their children to Michigan,\\nand the father died in Allen Township, this county,\\nat the residence of his son Roscius. The mother,\\nwho passed away after the decease of her husband,\\ndied at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William\\nPorter, in Allegan County.\\nTo Royal and Phebe Southworth there were born\\nsix children, and Roscius was the youngest son.\\nThree of these are now living and residents of\\nMichigan. Roscius was born in Thompson, Conn.,\\nAug. 27. 18|. and from the records, wisely pre-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0775.jp2"}, "776": {"fulltext": "i\\nr64\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nserved in the family, traces his ancestry baclj to\\nthe Mayflower. Upon tliat historic craft, in its\\naclvenlnrous journey across the Atlantic, was also\\na widow of a deceased Southworth. and who subse-\\nquently married George Bradford, the flrstGovernor\\nof Massachusetts.\\nDuring the younger 3-ears of Mr. Southworth he\\nwas employed in a cotton-mill in the town of Men-\\ndon, Worcester County, but left his native State\\nwhen a youth and removed with his parents to\\nOswego County, N. Y. There also he was occupied\\nin a cotton factory until 1836, when the familj\\ncame to this State. A few years later he became a\\ncontractor on the Lake Shore Michigan Southern\\nRailroad and its branches, with which he was con-\\nnected many years. In the meantime he invested\\nhis spare capital in land in Litchfield and Allen\\nTownships, the cultivation of which he carried on\\nin connection with his other business.\\nMr. Southworth was first married in Litchfield\\nTownship, in 1837, to Miss Lucinda Murdock, who\\nwas born in Oswego County, N. Y., and who died\\nthe year following at their home in Litchfield. She\\nhad become the mother of one child, a sou, John,\\nwho is now following the profession of law in\\nClarendon, Tex.\\nThe present vvife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarried in Litolitield, Aug. 10, 1841, was formerly\\nMiss Lucinda Wight, who was born in Hope, Cayuga\\nCo., N. Y., Nov. 20, 1819. This union resulted in\\nthe birth of five children. The eldest child, Abbie\\nN., is now the wife of John 11. Parish, of Allen;\\nThaddeus M. is occupied at farming in the same\\nplace; Royal A. is engaged in farming in Colorado;\\nWilliam VV. is farming iu Kalamazoo County, this\\nState; William R. died when twenty months old.\\nMrs. Southworth is the daughter of Thaddeus\\nand Lucinda (Washburn) Wight, both of New\\nEngland birth and parentage. The father, a native\\nuf Vermont, was born June 8, 1788, and the mother\\nwas born Aug. 9, 1792. After marriage they took\\nup their abode in the Green Mountain State, and\\nfrom there a few years later removed to Saratoga\\nCounty, N. Y. From the Empire State they changed\\ntheir residence to Ohio, settling in Cuyahoga Countj%\\nwhence in the spring of 1830 they migrated to the\\nTerritory of Michigan. Coming into Hillsdale\\nCounty, the Wight family settled near the present\\ntown of Jonesville, but a year later removed to a\\npoint two miles west, where the mother died Sept.\\n7, 1832. Mr. Wight continued to live on his farm\\nthere some j ears, then selling out, took up his resi-\\ndence in Litchfield Township, whence he returned\\nto Jonesville. where he made his home some years.\\nHis last days were passed at the home of his\\ndaughter, Mrs. Southworth, in Allen Township,\\nwhere his decease occurred Jul3 28, 1859. He\\nwas the father of nine children, six daughters and\\nthree sons, six of whom are now living, and mostly\\nresidents of Michigan.\\nThe subject of this sketch in early life was iden-\\ntified with the Whig party, but later became the\\nfirm supporter of Republican principles. Mrs.\\nSouthworth is a lady of fine capabilities, intelligent,\\ncultured and refined, and a most admirable repre-\\nsentative of one of the best families vvho emigrated\\nfrom New England during the early history of this\\nState. She has proved the able and efficient assist-\\nant of her husband in liis labors and business\\naffairs, and is universally respected throughout the\\nlarge circle of her acquaintances in Allen and\\nLitchfield Townships. In religious matters she is\\nprominently connected with the Baptist Church, in\\nAllen.\\nON. JOSEPH DIVINE is widely known and\\nhonored, not only as a pioneer of Hillsdale\\nLv^ County, but also as one of its representative\\n^j citizens. He has been a resident here for\\nover forty-seven j ears, and js prominently con-\\nnected with the interests of the fine agricultural\\nregion embraced within the limits of Woodbridge\\nTownship, where he ovvns a productive and well\\nmanaged farm. He was born in Cayuga County,\\nN. Y., April 1 1 820, and is a son of Joseph and\\nEsther (Wilmoth) Divine, who were descended of\\nEnglish ancestry, and were natives of New York\\nand Long Island, born respectively in 1756 and\\n1771. His father was a man of great force, physi-\\ncally and mentally, possessed gresjt practical sagac-\\nit} and was a great power for good wherever he\\nlived, and at his death was much missed in the\\ncommunity. He took an active part in the War of\\n^hM\u00c2\u00bb", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0776.jp2"}, "777": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n765\\n1812. holfling the rank of Captain, and, it is thought,\\nserved through the entire conflict, and although lie\\nwas entitled to a pension, he never received one.\\nHe married in 1 824, and settled in Sterling, Cayuga\\nCo., N. Y., where he improved a farm. In 1833\\nhe moved with his family to Ohio, and settled in\\nLucas County, where he made his home until he\\ncame to Michigan witli his wife and children in\\n1843, and settled in this township, where he spent\\nthe declining years of his life, dying in 1863.\\n.Shortly before his death he joined the church. lie\\nwas a raau of cxceedingl}- kind and generous im-\\npulses, and no one was allowed to go from his door\\nhungry, and the sorrowful always found in him a\\nready sympathizer. In politics he was an old-line\\nWhig, and a firm defender of his party principles.\\nHis wife survived him some years, dying in 1868.\\nShe was a noble type of womanhood, firm in char-\\nacter,kind and warm-hearted in manner, and she\\nwas for fifty years a consistent church member.\\nTo her and her husband were born fourteen chil-\\ndren, whose record is as follows: Lueinda married\\nLinas Frost, now deceased; Arminda married Mr.\\nJohnson Selah married Miss Betsy Kinney Samuel,\\ndeceased, married Miss Lucy Wiltsej John, de-\\nceased, married Miss Analeza Bell; Daniel married\\nMiss Pamelia French; Asa L., deceased, married\\nMiss JerushaBell; our subject; Margaret, deceased,\\nwas the wife of Levi Manly; George married Miss\\nAlmeda Young; James married Miss Sarah Ste-\\nphens, and still lives in this township; William\\nmarried Miss Rebecca Ransom.\\nJoseph Divine passed his early years in his na-\\ntive State, and was about thirteen years of age when\\nhe accompanied his parents to Ohio, wliere the re-\\nmaining years of his youth were passed. He w.as in\\nthe prime of early manhood when he came to Miehi-\\ngan, and first identified himself with its agricultural\\ninterests. His farm on section 6, Woodbridge Town-\\nship, comprises forty acres of choice land, inahighly\\ncultivated condition, and capaljjc of yielding large\\ncrops. He has a comfortable and commodious resi-\\ndence and ample barns, and his farm is well sup-\\nplied with machinerj and implements for carrying\\non agriculture with great facility and success.\\nMr. Divine has been three times married. His\\nfirst wife was Amelia Allen, a daughter of the f.amous\\npioneer and first settler of Hillsdale County, Capt.\\nMoses Allen, who located in this county in 1827.\\nThey were married in 1840, but their wedded life\\nwas of brief duration, as she died in 1842, leaving\\none son, Oscar A. Mr. Divine s second marriage\\nwas with Miss Dorothy Fish, and she was also a\\ndaughter of a pioneer family; she died without\\nissue. The third marriage of our subject, which\\ntook place Nov. 1, 1884, was with Mrs. Lois B.\\nStone, 7iee Melendy, widow of William B. Stone.\\nBy her first marriage she was the mother of two\\nchildren Charles A. and Fred W. The former\\nmarried Miss Sarah E. Kemp; Fred married Miss\\nCarrie B. Cass; both he and his brother are en-\\ngaged in farming. Mrs. Divine was born in\\nBainbridge, Chenango Co., N. Y., Jan. 15, 1831,\\nand was the daughter of Norman and Sally S.\\n(Welch) Melendy, natives respectively of Vermont\\nand Connecticut. The father was born in 1 806, and\\nwas a farmer by occupation: he came to Michigan\\nin 1845, and settled in Branch Count} where he\\ndied in 1855, and his wife, ^yho was born in 1810, is\\nliving at an advanced age. and is an esteemed mem-\\nber of the Presbyterian Church. She is the mother\\nof ten children, as follows: Richmond, deceased;\\nDaniel, living in Kansas; Squire W., deceased;\\nSarah S. Emery G.; Edward N. died in the hospi-\\ntal at Annapolis, Md.; Mary E., Abby M., John\\nM. Four of these were in the army, and Rich-\\nmond, who was Judge of the Circuit Court in\\nBranch and St. Joseph Counties, served four years\\nas Capt.ain and Adjutant General of the 29th In-\\ndiana Regiment.\\nIn his long and highly useful career our subject\\nhas shown himself to be in every respect above re-\\nproach, even in the searching light of public life;\\nhe is broad and liberal minded in his views, and his\\ngood capacities of mind and heart have fitted him\\nfor the leading part that he has been called upon to\\nplay, both in local and State affairs. He has been\\nprominent in education.il matters, and has held vari-\\nous township offices of trust and responsibility. In\\n1884 he was elected to the high office of Representa-\\ntive in the State Legislature, his constituencj em-\\nbracing the voters of three counties, and he served\\ntwo years, displaying the same zeal and devotion to\\nthe interests of his followinon that had always\\ni~", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0777.jp2"}, "778": {"fulltext": "u\\n766\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ncharacterized hira while in the service of the public.\\nHe was Chairman of the Committee on Religions\\nand Benevolent Societies, and also served on two\\nother important committees, those of Federal Eela-\\ntions and the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.\\nOur subject has been Justice of the Peace for some\\nyears. In his political beliefs he has been a firm\\nadherent of the Rei)ublican party since its forma-\\ntion, and he cast his first vote for Henry Clay. He\\nwas formerly a church member, but has severed his\\nconnection with the church, and it may be said of\\nhim as of others: The world is his church, the\\nneeds of humanity his creed, growth its founda-\\ntion.\\nJ]_^ ON. L. .S. PARI\\\\IKLEE..Iustice of the Peace\\nat Reading, and one of the prominent citi-\\nzensof the county, came to Southern IMiehi-\\ngan in 1856, and during his residence of\\nover thirt} years in this section of country, he has\\nbuilt up for himself an enviable reputation among\\nits people. Like many of the other solid men of\\nHillsdale County, he is a native of the Empire\\nState, having been born in the town of Spafford,\\nOnondaga Count3 Aug. 20, 1815.\\nJoshua Parmelee, the father of our subject, a\\nnative of Connecticut, was of New England parent-\\nage. The first representatives of the family crossed\\nover from England to America in 1C35, fifteen\\nyears after the landing of the Pilgrim fathers, and\\nsettled in the town of Guilford, Conn., where the\\nfamily lived for many years, and were regarded as\\namong the solid people of that region. In England\\nthe} were closely allied to royalty.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject died\\nwhen his son Joshua was quite young, and he was\\nreared bj his widowed mother. As soon as of\\nsuitable years he began an apprenticeship at the\\ntanning and shoemaking business, which, however,\\nnot being in accordance with his tastes, he aban-\\ndoned after serving his time, and engaged in farm-\\ning. Upon reaching manhood he was married to\\nMiss Eunice Smith, who was a native of Massachu-\\nsetts, and the daughter of an old and highly re-\\nspected family, who had been represented in the\\nBay State for several generations. Joshua Parme-\\nlee and his young wife left New England soon after\\ntheir marriage, and located in Spafford, N. Y., where\\nwere born their six children, three sons and three\\ndaughters, all of whom lived to be married. All of\\nthe sons and one daughter are yet living, and are\\nresidents mostly of New York and Michigan. L.\\nS., our subject, was the youngest of the boys. The\\neldest, Erastus K., is living near Pamela Station, in\\nBarry County, this State, and although seventy-\\nnine years of age, is hale and active. Joshua, Jr.,\\naged seventy -seven, is a resident of Cattaraugus\\nCountj N. Y., and a farmer b} occupation.\\nThe parents in their later years removed to\\nCattaraugus County, N. Y., where they spent the\\nremainder of their lives, the father dying at the age\\nof fifty-four j ears. He was a man of genial and\\ncompanionable disposition, kindl^ and hospitable in\\nhis nature, and was faniiliarl} known to all the\\npeople around as Uncle Joshua. His chief char-\\nacteristics were his honesty and integrity, and his\\nword was considered as good as his bond. The\\nmother survived her husband some years, and died\\nat the home of her daughter, when more than eighty\\nyears old. The family on both sides of the house\\nwere noted for longevity.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared under the\\nparental roof, acquiring a good common-school\\neducation, and being studiously encouraged by his\\nparents to avail himself of every opportunity for\\nthe reading of instructive books. Of these he has\\nlarge numbers, and would be entirely lost without\\nhis librar}-. When starting out for himself in life\\nhe served an apprenticeship at cabinet-making, and\\nsubsequently for a time worked as a carpenter.\\nThis, however, was not entirely in accordance with\\nhis tastes, and turning his attention to religious\\nmatters, he began to preach, and offlciated there-\\nafter as a minister of the Free-Will Baptist Church\\nfor a period of nearly fifty years. Although taking\\nkindly to the beliefs of the Free- Will Baptists, he is\\nliberal in his ideas, and in unison with all churches.\\nAt the time of the building of Hillsdale College, he\\nby his own efforts raised 118.000, and has been the\\nmeans of erecting many church buihlings in the\\nUnited States and Canada. About 1862 or 1863 he\\norganized the first Free- Will Baptist Church in\\nChicago. He has preached many funeral sermons", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0778.jp2"}, "779": {"fulltext": "u\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\nin tliis coiint3\\\\ and has ever stood on that broad\\nanil liberal platform which has made him welcome\\nas a minister with any clnirch or with anj people.\\nWhile a resident of Cattaiaugus Count.y, N. Y.,\\nMr. Parmelee was married, May 3, 183.5, to Miss\\nJulia A. Jones, wlio was born in Tioga C onnty,\\nthat State, June 20, 1816. Her parents. John and\\nNaomi (Whitley) Jones, subsequently came to the\\nWest, and died at Roekford, 111., when well ad-\\nvanced in j ears; the father was a farmer by occu-\\npation. Mrs. Parmelee was very carefully reared,\\nreceiving a good common-school education and\\nexcellent home training. Although now seventy-\\ntwo years of age, she is a very bright and active\\nold lady, more than ordinarily- intelligent, genial\\nand hospitable in her manner, and very pleasant to\\nconverse with.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Parmelee there were born two\\nchildren, one of whom, Martin, died in Reading\\nTownship, in March, 1878, when about thirty-two\\nyears of age. At the time of his death he was\\nAssistant Postmaster of Reading, lie had been\\nmarried to Miss Augusta Orr, who, after his death,\\nbecame the wife of A. J. Page, and now lives in\\nCalifornia. Of her first marriage there were born\\nthree daughters, two of whom are married, and liv-\\ning in Michigan and California; the other is un-\\nmarried, and in California. Horatio Parmelee is\\nengaged in the dry-goods and millinery trade at\\nHillsdale. He married Miss Mariila J. Perry, a\\nnative of Canada, and a graduate of Hillsdale\\nCtillcge. They have three sons, two of whom were\\nalso gradu. ited from this college; one is engaged as\\nassistant on the San Diego Bee, one in Des Moines,\\nIowa, in the book business, and tlie other is at home\\nwith his parents.\\nMr. Parmelee has been quite prominent in town-\\nship affairs, and was Postmaster of Reading for a\\nperiod of twelve years. He h.as served as Justice\\nof the Peace six. years, and has also officiated as\\nHigliwaj and Street Commissioner. probabl3- for\\ntwenty years. In 1867 he was elected to the State\\nLegislature, and while serving his term, he voted\\nfor tiic Fourteenth Amendment to the United States\\nConstitution. He was on several important com-\\nmittees, and was instrumental in securing the right\\nof way of the Ft. Wayne Jackson Railroad\\nthrough Hillsdale County. In politics, as in religion,\\nhe has ever distinguisiied himself as careful and\\nconscientious, allowing himself to be the tool of no\\nclique or party, but aiming to follow the line of\\nrectitude, whatever might be the result to himself,\\npersonally, lie distinguished himself as a lively\\nAbolitionist, and was one of the first men to bring\\nthe question before the people in this locality. It\\nwill thus be seen that his record is one of which\\nhis descendants will never be ashamed.\\ni^ jilRIAHC. FITZSIMMONS. It is said that\\nIII I a small farm well tilled is better than a large\\n^^i^^ll, one partially neglected. This appears to\\nbe true after an examination of tiie beautiful farm\\non which the subject of this sketch resides, on sec-\\ntion 24. of Reading Township. Although it con-\\nsists of only forty acres of l;ind, it has been brought\\ninto such a high state of cultivation, while its ap-\\npointments are so complete and its every foot of\\nland so systematically utilized, as to yield to its\\nowner a bountiful reward for his good management.\\nIt is supplied with a beautiful residence, flanked by\\ncommodious out-buildings, and is in all respects a\\nmodel country home. Here Mr. Fitzsimraons has\\nmade his residence since the spring of 1865, and\\nwith his amiable and accomplished wife is spending\\nhis days enjoying the happiness which a good con-\\nscience and a contented mind invariably bi ing.\\nThe subject of this notice was born on the old\\nF itzsimmons homestead, in this township, Dec.\\n11, 1837, and was reared to farm life, remaining\\nwith his parents until he reached his majority. He\\nwas the foster-son of Hon. George Fitzsimmons, of\\nwhom a sketch appears elsew here in this Album.\\nOur subject was educated in the common schools of\\nhis township, and was united in marriage, at the\\nhome of the bride, in Camden Township, Jan. 1,\\n1859. with Miss Elsie M. Dawson. Mrs. Fitzsim-\\nmons was born in Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 25, 1837,\\nand is the daughter of James and Margaret (Kyser)\\nDawson, both of whom are now deceased. The\\nfather died in Camden Township. Nov. 7, 1884,\\nat the age of seventy-four years, while the mother\\nV", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0779.jp2"}, "780": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\npassed away May 3, 1860, when forty-eight years\\nof age. Mr. Dawson came to Branch Count3% in\\nthis State, in 1842, and settled on a new farm in\\nAlgausee Township, but a few j ears later he re-\\nmoved to Camden Township, where he secured a\\nhome of eighty-seven acres of land, and there spent\\nthe remainder of his life. He was born in the State\\nof Pennsylvania, and when 3 et quite young removed\\nto Ohio with iiis parents, who settled near the city of\\nCleveland, where his mother died. The father sub-\\nsequently removed to Illinois, and made his home\\nat Mt. Vernon until his decease, which occurred\\nwhen he was within three days of being one hun-\\ndred years old his wife died at the age of forty\\n3 ears.\\nJames Dawson was reared to manhood near Cleve-\\nland, Ohio, and was there united in marriage with\\nMargaret .Jane Kj ser, a native of Pennsylvania, and\\nthe daughter of James Kyser. Mr. Kyser in later\\nyears removed to Cleveland. Oiiio, where he died at\\nthe advanced age of ninetj j ears. His wife, whose\\nmaiden name was Elizabeth J. Adams, was a\\nnative of Connecticut, and came of New England\\nparentage. She also died at Cleveland, Ohio, at the\\nage of eighty-seven j-ears. She was for many\\nyears a member in good standing of the Methodist\\nChurch, and was a good Christian woman, a living\\nexample of the faith which she professed. James\\nDawson and wife were active members of the United\\nBrethren Church for many years, and adorned the\\nsphere of life in which they were placed.\\nMrs. Fitzsimmons, of this notice, received a good\\neducation in the schools of this county, and was\\nfor some time before her marriage engaged in the\\noccupation of a school teacher. She has borne to\\nher husband three ciiildren, one of whom died in\\ninfancj Of the others, Vincent J. resides at home\\nand has completed his education in Reading, while\\nBernice is also residing at home, and will soon grad-\\nuate from the same institution. Mr. Fitzsimmons\\nhas a twin brother, Luther, yet living, and they are\\nthe only surviving members of the family. Luther\\nis a hardware merchant in Reading, where he car-\\nries on a good business.\\nMr. and Mrs. Fitzsimmons attend the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, and contribute of their means to\\nits support, while in politics Mr. F. is a Democrat.\\nHe and his amiable wife are genial and intelligent\\npeople, with whom it is a pleasure to converse, and\\nenjoy in a large degree the confidence of the good\\npeople among whom they reside.\\n^_^0N. GEORGE A. SMITH, of Somerset\\nTownship, represented the Republicans of\\nhis district in the Michigan Legislature, in\\n1863, and was twice elected State Senator\\nfor the districts comprising the counties of Branch\\nand Hillsdale. He is now one of the most exten-\\nsive farmers and stock-raisers of this section, and\\nthe owner of 1,000 acres of land, mostly under cul-\\ntivation. He is also interested in a store of general\\nmerchandise and a flouring-mill at Addison, and on\\nhis farm usually keeps 100 head of graded cattle,\\nbesides some fine horses. A man public-spirited\\nand liberal, progressive, and interested in the wel-\\nfare of the people around him. he h.as borne no\\nunimportant part in bringing this county to its\\npresent condition among the progressive commu-\\nnities of the State. A Republican in politics, active\\nin the maintenance of schools and churches, he has\\nalso officiated as President of the County Agricult-\\nural Society, and served as Postmaster of Somerset\\nfor a period of twenty years. He also operates a\\ngrain elevator at Somerset, and buys largely of\\ngeneral produce.\\nA native of New England, Mr. Smith was born\\nMarch 8, 18-2.5, in Danbury, Conn., and is the son\\nof Azariel and Mary (Andrews) Smith, natives of\\nthe same place, the father born Feb. 20, 1798, and\\nthe mother in 1797. They continued residents of\\ntheir native State until 1839, and then Azariel\\nSmith started with his wife and six children for the\\nundeveloped West. They traveled after the fash-\\nion of that day, bj canal and Lake Erie, arriving at\\nToledo June 4, 1839, being two weeks in making\\nthe journey. The father purchased 160 acres of\\nwild land from the Government in Somerset Town-\\nship, upon which he lived and labored until life for\\nhim was ended, passing away in May, 1874. The\\nmother had preceded her husband, her death tak-\\ning place in March, 1866.\\nOf the seven children born to the parents of our\\n9^\\nI\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0780.jp2"}, "781": {"fulltext": "u.\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n769\\ni\\nsubject five are j et living, and mostly engaged in\\nagricultural pursuits in Somerset Township. The\\nparents on botli sides of the house were of English\\ndescent. Their ancestors first settled in Connect-\\nicut, and were mostly engaged in agriculture. John\\nAndrews, the maternal uncle of our subject, became\\na large land-owner in Danbur^ and a man promi-\\nnent and highly respected in his community. The\\npaternal great-grand lather, Joseph Smith, was a\\nCaptain in the Revolutionary War, and served dur-\\ning the entire struggle of the Colonists for their\\nindependence.\\nThe father of our subject put up a frame house\\nthe first year of his residence in Somerset Township.\\nHis labors were greatly restricted by ill-health,\\nbut he was a man of energy and resolution, and\\nmanaged to accomplish considerable, notwithstand-\\ning this drawback. He was active in eliurch and\\nschool and successful in his farm operations, al-\\nthough before coming to tiie West he had had very\\nlittle experience in this field of industry, having\\nbeen a comb manufacturer, operating extensively in\\nthe parish of Bethel, near Danbury, and giving\\nemploj uient much of the time to fifty men.\\nThe subject of this sketch continued under the\\nhome roof until nearly thirty years of age, assisting\\nhis father in redeeming the soil of a new country-,\\nand becoming familiar with all the hardships and\\ndifficulties of pioneer life. In the meantime he\\nwas married. July 3, 1851, to Miss Catherine B.\\nSimonds, who was a native of Chautauqua Countj\\nN. Y., and who after the birth of six children\\ndeparted this life at her liome in Somerset Town-\\nship, Feb. 4, 18G4, at the age of forty-cme years.\\nThe offspring of this union are recorded as follows:\\nJulia O., Mrs. Augustus T. Daniels, is the wife of a\\nprominent real-estate man at Topeka, Kan., and the\\nmother of three children; Fred S., unmarried, is\\ncarrying on his own farm, and makes a specialt3 of\\nfine horses and cattle; Azariel is a miller bj- trade,\\nand cashier of the bank in Addison; he married\\nMiss Nellie Branch, and is the father of two chil-\\ndren. Mar3 A. is unmarried, and continues at\\nhome with her jjarents; George LeGrand is pursu-\\ning his studies at OI)erlin College, being educated\\nfor liie ministry; Stewart C, who continues to make\\nhis home with his father, also took a course at\\n.4m\\nOberlin College, and completed his studies in the\\nTroy Polytechnic Institute, graduating in full\\ncourse as civil engineer, which business he is now\\nfollowing;\\nThe present wife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarried on the 5th of April, 1865, was Miss Cath-\\nerine B., sister of R. A. Randolph. This union\\nresulted in the birth of a son and daughter\\nFrank R. and Catherine B. The son was graduated\\nfrom the Agricultural College at Lansing, and is\\nnow operating on the home farm. The daughter\\nalso continues with her parents. The family are\\nwidely and favorably known througiiout the north-\\neastern part of the county, and enjoy the esteem\\nand confidence of a hirt-e circle of friends.\\nr^^^-\\nJOEL SMITH, deceased, one of the earliest\\nsettlers of Cambria Township, and late a resi-\\ndent of the city of Hillsdale, was a native\\nof the Empire State, an i was born in the\\ntown of Benton, Ontario County, on the 4th of\\nApril, 1809. He had thus reached nearly his four-\\nscore years, and his rich and ripe experience of\\nmen and the world in genenal was turned to good\\naccount. It is not onlj- a pleasure, but a source of\\nprofit, to sit down by the man who began life in\\nthe early part of this century, and who h.as not\\nonly watched the growth of liis immediate sur-\\nroundings but has kept himself posted upon the\\nprogress of both continents. Mr. Smith saw many\\nof the old evils, the institution of slavery, and the\\nnarrow methods of education, giving place to free-\\ndom and bro.-ider views, and in the place which\\nProvidence allotted him was no unimportant fac-\\ntor in the establishment of those institutions, the\\nchurch and school, which have been mainly instru-\\nmental in placing the rising generation upon the\\npath which they have begun in honor, and which, as\\na natural result, cannot fail to be still onward.\\nNathan Smith, the father of our subject, who\\nwas a native of Ontario County, N. Y., was for\\nmany j ears connected with the ministr3 of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, in which he began his\\nlabors before his marriage. The mother, who in\\nher girlhood was Miss Jane Scott, was also a native\\nt-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0781.jp2"}, "782": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\n770\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nof New York State, and the parents settling first in\\nOntario County, removed when our subject was but\\na lad to Huron County, Ohio, locating in the town\\nof New London. The father while pursuing his\\npious labors also carried on farming in a modest\\nmanner, and the parents there spent their last years.\\nThe subject of this sketch was next to the young-\\nest in a family of eleven children, and in common\\nwith his brothers and sisters assisted in the labors\\nof building up a homestead from a tract of heavily\\ntimbered land which the father had taken up in\\nHuron County. Eleven of the children lived to\\nmature years, and of the eleven one now survives,\\nand lives in Lima, Ohio. One by one they fled from\\nthe home nest, our subject among the last of those\\nwho withdrew from the old rooftree. and which he\\ndid about the time of reaching his raajoritj Having\\nin view the establishment of a home of his own,\\nhe provided iiiniself with a wife and helpmate,\\nbeing united in marriage with ISIiss Nancy Beam,\\nMay 28, 1827. Theyoungcouple settled on a farm\\nin Huron County, but some years later changed\\ntheir residence to Steuben County, Ind., where Mr.\\nSmith purchased a tract of wild land, but soon\\nfound that the soil and climate were undermining\\nthe health both of himself and his wife, and about\\nnine months later they gathered together their\\nhousehold goods once more and started for South-\\nern Michigan.\\nThis later removal was made in the spring of\\n1 849, and Hillsdale was then an unpretentious village.\\nMr. Smith selected a tract of land in Cambria\\nTownship, and here repeated the process through\\nwhich he had gone in the Buckeye State, cutting\\ndown the trees, uprooting the stumps, and prepar-\\ning the soil for cultivation. Providence smiled\\nupon his labors, and the soil responded generously\\nto the efforts of the husbandman. Li due time 100\\nacres had been brought to a productive condition,\\nand Mr. Smith had erected suitable and convenient\\nmodern buildings. He occupied this farm for a\\nperiod of twenty-one years, then selling out, pur-\\nchased land east of the city of Hillsdale, upon which\\nhe lived and labored twelve years more, and effected\\nthe improvements which enabled him to dispose of\\nit at a snug round sum. In 1882, having novv\\nmore than numbered his threescore and ten ye.ars.\\nhe wisely decided to retire from active labor, and\\nselling the farm, removed with his family to the city\\nof Hillsdale, where he occupied a pleasant home on\\nNorth Manning street.\\nThe wife of our subject passed away on the\\nold homestead in Cambria Township in October,\\n1862, leaving six children. Previous to the death\\nof the mother the} had been called to mourn the\\nloss of three children who died in infancy, and one\\nchild has since followed the mother to the silent\\nland. Melissa, the widow of Ira McBain, is now a\\nresident of Modoc County, Cal., as is also Emilj\\nJ., the widow of J. Kesselring, and Loren A.;\\nLouisa, the wife of F. M. LaForgee, is a resident of\\nColusa County. Cal. Avery A. is Supervisor of\\nCambria Township; Albert Smith is a resident of\\nRed Bluff. Cal.\\nMr. .Smith contracted a second marriage, Aug. 10,\\n1865, with Mrs. Mary Woods, a native of Norfolk\\nCount} England, and who was born Sept. 5, 1815.\\nHer parents, Heurj- and Ursula Pett, were also of\\nEnglish birth and ancestry, and spent their last\\ndays in Norfolk. Mrs. Smith came to America in\\n1857. She vvas married in Downham, England, to\\nWilliam Woods, and of this union there were born\\nsix children: The eldest, Henry, is farming in\\nCambria Township, this county; John is a resident\\nof Cla} County, Kan.; Ursula is the wife of Rev.\\nMr. Mitchell, of Worcester, Mass. Anna C. is en-\\ngaged us a teacher in Decatur, III.; Earl L. is a\\npracticing physician at INIanitou Springs, Col., and\\nChristopher Woods died in Salt Lake City, Utah.\\nOf this union of our subject there were born no\\nchildren. Mr. Smith was quite prominent in all\\ntownship affairs. He identified himself with the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church during early manhood,\\nsince which time he continued a zealous and efficient\\nmember. His estimable wife was reared in the\\nPresbyterian faith, to which she still adheres. Mr.\\nSmith at the time of the building of Hillsdale\\nCollege contributed generously in work and timber,\\nand while a resident of Huron County, Ohio, as-\\nsisted materially in the building of Oberlin College.\\nNothing vvas more gratif3 ing to him than to note the\\nmarch of education, and that its advantages are\\nplaced within the reach of most of those who are\\ndesirous of availing themselves of them. In the\\n1", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0782.jp2"}, "783": {"fulltext": "-4^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n771\\nsummer of 188(5 Mr. Siiiitli mnrlc ;i trip to Califor-\\nnia, visiting his children, aiirl enjoying iiiniself\\ngreatly along the Pacific Slope. In the month of\\nMay, 1888, he passed to his long home, amid the\\nuniversal regrets of the communit3\\\\\\nRS. MARTHA WILSON, a very fine old\\nlady, born in Ireland, is living in comfort-\\nable circumstances on a good farm situated\\nin the south |iart of section 26, in Litch-\\nfield Township. She lins an intelligent family of\\nchildren, all in good circumstances, and is sur-\\nrounded by the comfortable and pleasant things of\\nlife. To these she is amplj^ entitled, her neighbors\\nclaim, as she has lived a worthy life and one emi-\\nnently worthy of imitation. Her husband, .James\\nWilson, departed this life at the homestead, Jan. 4,\\n1878, and was greatly mourned by his family and\\nfriends, on account of his excellent qualities as a\\nhusband, father and citizen.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in County\\nArmagh, Ireland, April 3, 1821. and is the daughter\\nof James and Rachel (McC^uoty) Carr, who were\\nalso natives of that region, and who spent their\\nentire lives upon their native soil. Their daughter\\nMartha was reared under the home roof, and when\\nfifteen years of age was confirmed in the Episcopal\\nChurch. About 1836 she came to America with\\nlior parents, two years after her sister Jane. They\\nembarked on a sailing-vessel, and after a voyage\\nof four weeks and three daj s arrived at Quebec,\\nCanada. Their destination was Dumfries, where\\nMiss Carr lived three years, maintaining herself,\\nand was then married to Mr. James Wilson, with\\nwhom she had attended school when a little girl,\\nand who had come to America about 1834. Their\\nwedding took place at Dumfries, Canada, Oct. 6,\\n183 J, and nine weeks afterward they made their\\nw.iy to this Stite, which was then young, and set-\\ntled in Litchfield Township, this county, where\\nMr. Wilson spent the remainder of his d.iys, and\\nwhere his excellent wife has since resided.\\nThe husband of our subject was the son of James\\nand Aiin Wilson, who were also of Irish birth and\\nparentage. He was born in County Armagh, March\\n4. 1811, and was earl^- in life taught the habits of\\nindustry .and the principles that made of him a man\\namong men, respected and honored by all who\\nknew him. Of this union there were born nine\\nchildren, the eldest of whom, William, died in\\ninfancy; Mary Jane is the wife of William Rainy,\\nand the mother of four children, namel3 Rachel,\\nHattie, Eddie and Anson; they live in Clarendon,\\nCalhoun Count} this State. Rachel A., Mrs. H.\\nL. VanZant, was the mother of two children, and died\\nin 1884, in Litchfield Township; Sarah E., the wife\\nof Joseph Warrick, is a resident of Litchfield Town-\\nship, and the mother of five children Mar}\\\\ Walter,\\nFanny, Frank and Annie; James H. has charge of\\nthe homestead with his brother William Maggie\\nA. lives with her mother; Thomas married Miss\\nCarrie Bailej and is farming in Eaton County; he\\nis the father of a son and daughter Willie and\\nFlossy. Martha is the wife of George Kelly, a\\nwell-to-do farmer of Litchfield Township.\\nMr. Wilson through his own honest labors became\\nthe owner of 140 acres of good land, most of\\nwhich lie cleared himself. He put up a beautiful\\nresidence, together with a barn and the other neces-\\nsary buildings, .and with his devoted wife was living\\nin Vjright hopes for the future, when his life was\\nsuddenly terminated by an accident. He was thrown\\nfrom his buggy, the horse becoming frightened by\\nthe cars, and received injuries from which he died\\na j-ear later. Mr. Wilson, like his wife, was a\\nmember of the Episcopal Church. Their children\\narc bright, active and intelligent, and have been\\ncarefully trained in those principles which con-\\nstitute them honored and valued members of society.\\nENRY GRAY, residing on section 10 of\\nAdams Township, is one of the representa-\\ntive farmers and enterprising men of Hills-\\ndale County. He w.as born in .Sheridan,\\nGeauga Co.. Ohio. March 23, 1839. being a son of\\nGeorge and Zyljjha Gra} His father, a native of\\nNew York, was but three years old when his par-\\nents removed to Ohio and settled in Geauga Countj\\nwhere his boyhood and early manhood were p.ossed.\\nIn 1846 he removed to Michigan with his family.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00ba-11:^\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0783.jp2"}, "784": {"fulltext": "772\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n4\\nand purchased a homestead on section 20 of Adams\\nTownship, whei-e he still resides. To him and his\\nwife were born three children, two of wliom are\\nnow living William and IIenr3 (For further pa-\\nrental history see sketch of George Gray.)\\nDavid Gray, the paternal grandfather of our sub-\\nject, died in Mentor, Ohio, the home of our late\\nlamented President, James A. Garfield, who was his\\nnear neighbor for nearly twenty .years. At the\\nreunion of the Gray family Oct. 20, 1880, when\\nchildren and grandcliildren gathered together to cel-\\nebrate the one hundred and first birthday of their\\nvenerable relative. Gen. Garfield, then Presidential\\ncandidate, was present and made the address of the\\noccasion. He spoke in the highest terras of the\\naged man, whom he truly honored for his sterling\\nciiaracteristics, and who had devoted the long j ears\\nof his life to benefiting his country; his efficient\\nwork in behalf of the oppressed slave was touch-\\ningly alluded to by the speaker, as were also many\\nother good causes which he had aided, and on the\\nfollowing election day, November 2 of the same\\nyear, the National hero sent his private carriage to\\nconvey the old gentleman to the polls that he might\\ncast his vote for the good man, whom he loved and\\nrespected. Mr. Gray had seen every President up\\nto that time, and, although he lived until after the\\nPresidential election in 1884, being one hundred\\nand fuur years of age when he died, his last ballot\\nwas cast for the martj red President.\\nThe subject of this sketch commenced his educa-\\ntion in his native State, remaining there until eight\\nyears of age, when his parents moved to Michigan,\\nand from that time his attendance was limited to\\nthe winter terms of school only. His parents being\\npoor in purse, Henry commenced to earn his own\\nliving when fourteen years old by working out by\\nthe month, and continued thus employed until\\ntwenty-three years of age. He had then, by indus-\\ntry and economy, accumulated sufficient money to\\nbuy eighty acres of land, on which he and his young\\nwife, to whom he had been married two years pre-\\nviously, at once settled. Thenceforth they worked\\ntogether, sharing alike the comforts and privations\\nof life with cheerfulness, until, the shadow of death\\ncrossing the threshold of their happy home, the wife\\nand mother was taken from her loved ones. The\\nmaiden name of his wife, to whom he was married\\nwhen he was twenty-one years old, was Lois Ful-\\nler, the daughter of an earl}^ pioneer of Adams Town-\\nship, Joseph G. Fuller. She was to hira a true wife,\\nand assisted him in all his efforts to establish a home,\\nand to her industry, frugality and wise counsels,\\nis a large part of his success due. She died at the\\nearl^ age of thirty-six years, having liorne him six\\nchildren, of whom the following is the record Su-\\nsan (deceased), William, George, Watson, Jane, and\\nJudson (deceased). William, who lives in Adams\\nTownship, married Nellie Lewis; the others reside\\nat home.\\nMr. Gra^ was a second time married, taking as\\na companion Mrs. Emma Shopard, the ceremony\\nbeing solemnized in 1879, December 3, that day\\nbeing the anniversary of his marriage with his first\\nwife. Mr. and Mrs. Higlej-, the parents of the\\npresent wife of our subject, were pioneers of Ran-\\nsom Township, this county, where their daughter\\nEmma was born April 12. 1849, being the youngest\\nof a family of three children, two daught ^rs and one\\nson. The latter enlisted in his country s defense\\nin the great Rebellion, and died from wounds re-\\nceived at the battle of Fredericksburg. The elder\\ndaughter is now the wife of Dr. Ditmars, of North\\nAdams. Mrs. Higley died when Mrs. Gray was\\nthree years old, and she was sent to live with an\\naunt, Mrs. Doubleday, of Scott, Cortland Co., N. Y.\\nShe attended the district school of that village, and\\nafter her aunt removed to Homer, in the same\\nState, she became a student at the Homer Aeaden\u00c2\u00bby.\\nSoon after graduation she married William H. Shep-\\nard, of Ransom Township, by whom she had one\\nchild. Addie, who lives at home. By her union\\nwith Mr. Gray one more child has been added to\\nthe pleasant home circle, a son. Harvey.\\nOur subject has met with more than ordinary\\nsuccess in his chosen calling. He commenced the\\nbattle of life at the early age of fourteen years, at\\nthe foot of the ladder, and has worked his way up-\\nward steadily and surely, and can now look back\\nupon his past struggles with pride and satisfaction,\\nhaving resolutely overcome all difficulties and ob-\\nstacles. He toiled hard to obtain his first eighty\\nacres of land, but, having succeeded, other acquire-\\nments came more readily, and he has been the", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0784.jp2"}, "785": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\nHILLSDALE COUKTY.\\n773\\nowner of nuich real estate. Having- deeded eighty\\nacres of land to his sons, and otiierwise disposed of\\neighty-five acres, Mr. Gray s farm now consists of\\n1H7 acres of higldy jjrodiictive land, on which he\\nhas erected a coniniodioiis brick dwelling, conveni-\\nently arranged with ample barns and out-buildings,\\nwhich, with the ne.atly kept grounds, are very at-\\ntr.active, and show the excellent taste and thrift of\\nthe owner.\\nOur subject has always taken a prominent part in\\nlocal and general affairs, and has been especially in-\\nterested in educational matters, having for sixteen\\nyears served as School Treasurer. In politics he is\\na stanch Republican. Both he and his amiable wife\\nare earnest and devoted members of the Congrega-\\ntional Church, and give liberally to its support.\\nTheir pleasant, genial dispositions, and many ster-\\nling traits of character, have won for them the high-\\nest esteem and confidence of the entire community.\\n21i\u00c2\u00a3 ^^^-^^P-\u00c2\u00bb^fS/ZTO\u00c2\u00bb.\\n^^EORGEJ. BROV\\nIII has spent his ei\\n^^J) he now owns an(\\n^^^EORGE J. BROWN, a native of this county,\\nentire life on the farm which\\nlul occupies. This comprises\\n120 acres of good land lying on section 26 of Cam-\\nbria Township, where he has good buildings, all\\nthe necessar3- machiner3 and a fair assortment of\\nlive stock. As a son of one of the earlier settlers\\nof this region, and who inherited in a marked de-\\ngree the resolution and industry of his forefathers,\\nhe is held in due respect by his fellow-citizens.\\nOur subject was born March 28, 18.53, and is the\\nson of Leander Brown, who was the son of George\\nBrown, and both natives of New York Stale.\\nGrandfather Brown was a blacksmith by trade, and\\nspent his early manhood near the place of his birth.\\nLater in life he emigrated to Ohio, where he took\\nup a tract of land, in the vicinity of which the town\\nof Mt. Vernon was built up, and there continued a\\nresident the remainder of his life, dying at the age\\nof sixty-five years. His wife, formerly Miss Mi-\\nnerva Enos, whom he had married in New York\\nState, lived to an advanced age, surviving her hus-\\nband several years.\\nLeander Brown was a small boy when his parents\\nremoved from New York State to Ohio. In addi-\\ni~\\ntion to becoming familial with the various em plo3\\nments of farm life he learned the trade of carpenter,\\nand in the fall of 1 844 left the Buckeye State to\\neast his lot with the jjioneei s of Michigan. He first\\nlocated in Jackson County, and was tliere mariicd\\nto the mother of our subject, Miss Ann M. Wilbur,\\nwho was a native of that countj^ and the daughter\\nof .fohn Wilbur, also one of its pioneers. John\\nWilbur spent the remainder of his life in .Jackson\\nCount} dying at an advanced age upon the home-\\nstead which he had built up from the wilderness.\\nThe maternal grandmother of our subject was in her\\ngirlhood Miss Luc^ Fisk, who also died in Jackson\\nCounty when ripe in years. Their daughter, Ann\\nM., was reared to womanhood in her native county,\\nand by her union witli Leander Brown became the\\nmother of two children, only one of whom survives,\\nnamely: George J., our subject; the other son, Will-\\niam, died when a little lad six years of age. The\\nmother passed awa^- at the homestead in Cambria\\nTownship in March, 187L\\nThe parents of our subject after their marriage\\nsettled in Hillsdale County, the father purchasing\\n120 acres of vvild l.ind in Cambria Township. Upon\\nthis he lived and labored until his death, which\\ntook place June 21, 1883. He was a good man in\\nthe broadestsense of the term, and was blessed with\\na most amiable and affectionate partner, who assisted\\nhim greatly in his struggles to maintain his posi-\\ntion as a man among men, and to build up a good\\nhomestead for themselves and those who should come\\nafter. Leander Brovvn, after the abandonment of\\nthe old Whig party became a solid Republican, and\\nofficiated as Justice of the Peace for a nu nber of\\nyears, lie left to his son the legacy of a good\\nname and the homestead, which possesses for our\\nsubject a far more than monej ed value.\\nGeorge J. Brown was reared to manhood on the\\nfarm, acquiring his education in the common school.\\nHe brought a bride to the old home in 1882, having\\nbeen married, September 28 of that 3 ear, to Miss\\nAlma Sturdcvant, who was born in Cambria Town-\\nship, Dec. 10, 1859. Mrs. Brown is the daughter\\nof Elias L. and Olive (Leonard) Sturdevant, who\\nare natives of New York State they came to Michi-\\ngan from Ohio in 18.50, and are still living, con-\\ntinuing residents of Cambria Township. The father\\nh", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0785.jp2"}, "786": {"fulltext": "A.\\n4^\\n774\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhas carried on farming principally and is numbered\\namong the highl3 respected citizens of tliis county.\\nMrs. Brown continued with her parents until her\\nmarriage. To our subject and his wife there has\\nbeen born one child, a son, Melvin L., Nov. 13,\\n1883. Mr. B., politically, votes the Republican\\nticket, and has no aspirations for office.\\nENRY L. PHILLIPS, one of the pioneers of\\nAmboy Township, first opened his e3 es to\\nthe light in Greene County, N. Y., Oct. 22,\\n1820. Benjamin Phillips, his father, was\\nalso a native of the Empire State, while the mother\\nwas of New England ancestry and born in Con-\\nnecticut.\\nBenjamin Phillips during the early 3 ears of his\\nlife served as a soldier in the War of 1812, and\\nafter his marriage settled in Greene Count} N. Y.,\\nwhere to him and his estimable wife there were born\\nsix children, namely: Irena, the wife of Rufus\\nBenedict, of Huron County, Oiiio; Sally A., the\\nwidow of a Mr. B.arnum, of Greenwood County,\\nKan.; Henry L., our subject; Harriet, the wife of\\nBenjamin Taylor, of Erie Countj Ohio; Edwin, of\\nMontcalm Count}-, this State, and Betse}-, who died\\nwhen middle-aged.\\nThe parents of our subject, when the latter was a\\nyouth of fifteen years, left the Emi^ire State and\\ntook up their abode in Huron County. Ohio, during\\nthe period of its early settlement. Young Phillips\\nthere developed into manhood, acquiring his edu-\\ncation in the primitive schools, and in 1845 was\\nmarried to Miss Mary J. Parkerton, who bore him\\nthe following children Louisa, now the wife of John\\nBoal.s, of Ambo} Township; Everet, of Hillsdale\\nTownship; Harriet, Mrs. T. D. Hull, of Pennsyl-\\nvania, and Wendell, of Amboj Township. The\\nwife and mother died at her home in this town-\\nship in 1873. Some time after the death of his\\nfirst wife he married Miss Susan Sa3er. of Michi-\\ngan. She died in 1885; she had no children.\\nThe present wife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarried June 29, 1886, was formerly Mrs. Jennie\\n(Hall) Thomas, wlio was born Nov. 12, 1829, in\\nWarren County, N. J., and is the daughter of Elijah\\nand Ann (Cummings) Hall, also natives of that\\nState. The famil} removed to Trumbull Count3-,\\nOhio, when Mrs. Phillips was a little girl of five\\nyears, and where she was reared to womanhood.\\nShe was married to Henry Thomas in 1850, and\\nbecame the mother of two children: Eva B., now\\nthe wife of Thomas Mullinix, of Wichita, Kan., and\\nElizabetii M., Mrs. Charles Waldorf, of Cambria\\nTownship, this county. Mr. Thomas died in San-\\ndusky Count3 Ohio, in August, 1873.\\n]Mr. Phillips came to this county in 1853 and\\nsecured the land which he now owns and occupies,\\naud where he has since resided. He built his farm\\nfrom an uncultivated waste, and may be ])roperl3^\\ntermed aself-m.ade man, having received no finan-\\ncial assistance whatever, carving out his fortune by\\nhis own efforts, and earning every dollar of his pos-\\nsessions. He felled the trees, cleared away the\\nbrush and stumps, and brought his land to a pro-\\nductive condition, so tliat it now yields him a hand-\\nsome income. He has made the most of his oppor-\\ntunities, educating himself to a great extent, and\\nb\\\\ a course of reading keeps himself thoroughly\\nposted upon matters of general interest. Polilicall3\\nhe is a reliable Democrat, and believes that the\\ntrue principle of Christianit} is to do unto others as\\nhe would have them do unto him.\\nAMU EL ORR departed this life at his home\\nin Cambria Township, Sept. 15, 1861, nearly\\nthirty 3-ears ago, l)ut on account of his esti-\\nmable qualities as a man and a citizen his\\nname is kept green in the memories of those 3 et\\nsurviving who knew him, and who bear grateful\\ntestimony to his worth. He came to Hillsdale\\nCounty in 1840, and settled in Cambria Township,\\nsection 30, taking up a tract of Government land,\\nfor which he paid $1.25 per acre, and which he had\\nsecured a few 3 ears previously.\\nOf all the elements necessary to the pioneer com-\\ning into a wild and unsettled countr}-, Samuel Orr\\nwas richly possessed. Hie first home was in a log\\ncabin planted in the midst of a dense forest, and it\\nrequired no small amount of courage to undertake\\nthe task which inevitably lay before him. if he\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0786.jp2"}, "787": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY,\\n-I;\\nwoulfl build up a home aud secure a competency\\nfor liis later ears. He was equal to tiie emergency,\\nhowever, and set himself about the work before him\\nwith all the natural cnerg} of his character, allow-\\ning nothing to dissuade him from his purpose. Grad-\\nually the forest trees fell beneath the stroke of his\\nax, and in due time the ground was brought to a\\nstate of cultivation, and before his death Mr. Orr\\nhad nearly a quarter-section of land in productive\\ncondition, and the log cabin had been replaced b3 a\\nsubstantial frame dwelling, witli a barn and the\\nother necessary buildings. While laboring thus for\\nhimself and his family, he ever kept in view the\\nwelfare of the community, which slovvlj grew up\\naround him, lending a helping hand to the enter-\\nprises calculated for the good of the communit3\\nand assisting as far as he was able all who were in\\nneed.\\nThe paternal ancestors of Mr. Orr were from the\\nother side of the Atlantic, and upon coming to\\nAmerica, settled in Vermont, where our subject was\\nborn April 2.5, 1810, and where the f.ather died\\nwlien Samuel was a small boj Upon the mother s\\nside Mr. Orr was of Irish descent. After the death\\nof his father, he was taken into the home of a worth}\\nand respoctalile family, who, when he was of suit-\\nable j-ears, sent him to the academy at Burlington,\\nwhere he completed a good education, and for a\\ntime afterward occupied himself in teaching. This\\nprofession he followed after coming to Michigan, at\\nDewey s Corners, Springvillo, and Cambridge, in\\nLenawee Count} and in Woodstock Township, that\\ncounty, met his future wife, Miss Miranda E.\\nSparks, to whom he was married March 1, 1840.\\nMrs. Orr had been one of her husljand s jjupils.\\nNine days after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Orr\\ncame to their new home on section 30, Cambria\\nTownship, where, bj their united efforts, the} built\\nup a good home, and Mr. Orr, after developing his\\nlaud into a productive farm, turned his attention\\nlargely to stock-raising. Nothing gave him more\\nsatisfaction than to watch his well-fed, comfortable\\nlooking cattle, and he expended much time in their\\ncare and shelter. He was a favorite among his\\nneighbors, on account of his hospitality and his\\ngenuine kindness of heart, and he was alwsiys ready\\nto make sacrifices to oblige them and to insure their\\ncomfort and well-being. He took an active interest\\nin political affairs, voted the straight Republican\\nticket, and officiated as Township Treasurer. School\\nInspector, and in other local offices. Religiousl}\\nhe was an Adventist.\\nMrs. Orr, after the death of her husband, assumed\\nthe management of the farm, which she continued\\nfor some years, then sold out, and for the last six-\\nteen years has been a resident of Reading, sustain-\\ning herself comfortably upon the snug property left\\nher, and making her home with her sister, Mrs.\\nDodge, who has a beautiful home in that cit} Mrs.\\nOrr, like her husband, is also an Adventist in re-\\nligious belief, and the daughter of Austin and Han-\\nnah (Cline) Sparks, the father a native of Sheffield\\nTownship, Berkshire Co., Mass., born June 25. 1798,\\nand the mother born in Columbia Township, Dutch-\\ness Co., N. Y., Sept. 1, 1799. It is believed they\\nwere married in the Bay State, and after the birth\\nof two sons they took up their residence in Rich-\\nland Townshi|), Oswego Co., N. Y., where three\\nmore children were added to the household circle\\nMarcus, who married Miss Louisa McArthur. died\\nat his home in Lenawee County, this State, leaving\\ntwo children Austin and Mary Norman married\\nMiss Sarah Gage, and died leaving no children;\\nOscar first married Aliss Harriet McArthur, who\\ndied after the birth of two children, at her honie in\\nBrooklyn, Jackson County he was then married\\nto Miss Kate Wright, and now lives in Reading\\nTownship. Catherine E. became the wife of Samuel\\nC. Dodge, who died Feb. 27, 1884, at his lion)e in\\nReading Township.\\nMr. Dodge was a man of fine business capacities,\\nand had been engaged in the book, stationery and\\ndrug trade for a period of twenty years, but at the\\ntime of his death had retired from active business.\\nHe left a fine property to his widow, including a\\nhandsome brick residence, beautifully located on\\nMichigan street, where she lives, having her sister,\\nMrs. Orr, with her. Mr. Dodge was born in Bliss-\\nfield Township, Lenawee County, Oct. 21, 18.T2.\\nHis parents removed to Adrian when he was but a\\nchild, remaining there until 1858, during which\\ntime he received a good education in the city\\nschools. He was a man of irreproachable character,\\nof the strictest integrity, and highly esteemed among\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0787.jp2"}, "788": {"fulltext": "776\\nHILLSDALE CUU^;TY.\\nhis fellow-iitizens. Though not a member of any\\ncbnich, he canitd outinliis daily life the true senti-\\nments of Christianity in striving to do unto his fel-\\nlovvmen as he would have them do to him. Mrs,\\nDodge is a memlier in good standing of the Presby-\\nterian Church. The two sisters live happily together\\nin the beautiful home of Mrs. Dodge, where they\\nare surrounded by all that makes life desirable, and\\nincluded among other good things is the friend-\\nship of a wide circle of acquaintances.\\n\u00c2\u00ab*p\u00c2\u00abl RASTUS LAKE, an aged and venerated\\njlU] citizen of Hillsdale County, and now having\\nJ I his residence in Allen Village, was born in\\nMilford, Otsego Co., N. Y., Oct. 28, 1794. His\\nparents, in the winter of 1800, moved to Paulet,\\nRutland Co., Vt., and in 1802 removed to Wash-\\nington County, now Warren County, N. Y., in the\\ntown of Chester, wheie Erastus spent twenty-eight\\nyears of his life. There also he vvas married, and\\nthence removed with his family in the fall of 1830\\nto Erie County in the same .State, whence in the\\nfall of 1837 he migrated to the young State of\\nMichigan, and here has since remained.\\nWilliam Lake, the father of our subject, was born\\nin Kent, Litchfield Co., Conn., Sept. 22, 1757. He\\nmarried in early manhood Miss Mary Perkins, a\\nnative of Canterbury, that State, and born July 21,\\n1707. After marriage they settled in Paulet, Rut-\\nland Co., Vt., where the father pursued his trade of\\ntailor, and where they lived several years. From\\nthe Green Mountain State they emigrated to the\\nvicinity of Milford, Otsego Co.. N. Y., locating\\nthere about 1793; they left the Empire State seven\\nyears later to return to their old home in Vermont,\\nand from there in the fall of 1802 returned to\\nNew Y ork, locating this time in Warren County,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0where the father exchanged the shears for farming\\nimplements, and where both parents spent the re-\\nmainder of their lives. They passed away ripe in\\nyears, the father at the age of eighty-nine and the\\nmother when ninety-three.\\nThe subject of this sketch was the fourth child\\nof his parents, whose family included eleven chil-\\ndren. Of these ten lived to be men and women,\\nand two are now surviving; the brother of our sub-\\nject lives in Garrettsville, Portage Co., Ohio. Eras-\\ntus was reared to manhood in Warren County, N.\\nY., where he learned the carpenter s trade, but upon\\ncoming to the West entered upon the more congen-\\nial pursuits of farm life, which he followed until\\nadvancing years and failing health compelled him\\nto retire. As a pioneer of this county he has been\\nno unimportant factor in its development and\\nprogress, having been endowed by nature with en-\\nergy and ability, and taking ever a warm interest\\nin the various enterprises set on foot for the wel-\\nfare and progress of the people.\\nMr. Lake at the outbreak of the troubles of 1812\\nwas a youth of nineteen years, and determined to\\nassist in the settlement of this difficulty before en-\\ntering upon the further business of life. Accord-\\ningly, shouldering his musket, he marched to the\\nscene of action in time to participate in the battle\\nof Plattsburg, and remained in the service until the\\nBritish were once more driven from American soil.\\nHe came light honestly by his patriotic principles,\\nas his father before him had served as a Revolu-\\ntionary soldier for a period of six years. Mr. Erastus\\nLake, on account of his military services in his\\nyounger years, has since 1878 received a monthly\\npension from the Government.\\nOne of the most important events in the life of\\nour subject was his marriage with Miss Erna Mead,\\nwhich vvas celebrated at the home of the bride in\\nChester, Warren Co., N. Y., Dec. 30, 1823. Mrs.\\nLake was born there April 30, 1801, and departed\\nthis life at her home in Allen Township, March 5,\\n1870. Of this union there were born four children\\nLaura A., the eldest, became the wife of L. D. Hal-\\nsted, of Cold water, and died there Sept. 24, 1857;\\nHansie L. is the wife of John W. Peirce, of Allen\\nTownship; William F. is carrying on farming in\\nOceana County Charles W. is engaged in merchan-\\ndising at Coldwater.\\nMr. Lake upon coming to this county was recog-\\nnized as a valued addition to the community of\\nAllen Township, and was elected to represent it in\\nthe County Board of Supervisors four successive\\nyears. He served two terms as Justice of the\\nPeace, was Assessor, Commissioner of Highways,\\nand occupied various other offices of trust and\\n*f", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0788.jp2"}, "789": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a24-\\nIIILLSDALK COUxXTY.\\n777\\nresponsibility. He cast his first Presidential vote\\nfor Monroe, and was a member of the Ro|jublican\\npart} at that period there wore two parties, the\\nFederalists and Republican. He snbsequently be-\\ncauiea Democrat. Although now in the ninety-fourth\\nyear of his age his faculties have been preserved to\\na remarkable degree, and he retains a vivid recol-\\nlection of the interesting and thrilling events of\\nbygone da3 s. The incidents which he is thus able\\nto relate in connection with the early times are\\noften listened to with profound interest by a later\\ngeneration, who look upon him with that peculiar\\nveneration and respect which are tacitly accorded the\\nmen who gave the best years of their lives to the\\nbuilding up of the Great West, and who will be\\nlield in remembrance long after the earthly tene-\\nment has crumbled into dust.\\n^\u00c2\u00abHiH*^\\n^s^ TEPHEN DEVILLE was born in Hanover\\nTownship, Columbiana Co., Ohio. Aug. 8,\\n183.i, and is the son of Andrew Devllle, a\\nnative of Wurteraberg, German} while his\\ngrandfather, Sebastian Deville, was born of French\\nparentage, and came to America in 1832, settling\\nin Columbiana County, Ohio, upon a tract of par-\\ntially improved land. There he and the father of\\nour subject eng.aged in farming in partnership, and\\nremained thus emplo3 ed until the death of the\\ngrandfather. His wife, surviving her husband two\\nyears, died at the same place.\\nThe father of our subject, who was an onl} child,\\nwas reared and married In his niitive Germany,\\nand ilirectly after marriage he set out with his\\nyoung bride for the New World. They embarked\\nat Havre, and landed after a voyage devoid of any\\nspecial Interest at New York. The metropolis was\\nnot their objective point, however, and they at once\\nproceeded by the Hudson liiver and Erie Canal\\nto Buffalo and thence to Cleveland, which at that\\ntime was but an insignificant village. Andrew\\nUeville was there offered land at $14 per acre,\\nwhich is now included in the heart of the cit} He\\nh.ad friends in Columbiana County, however, and\\nso he decided to go there. He liought a tract of\\nland, upon which he lived, engaged in Its cultiva-\\ntlon, until the death of his wife, after which he lived\\nwith his children, and died at the home of his\\ndaughter in Canton, that .State.\\nThe parents of our subject were blessed with a\\nfamily of ten children, who are recorded as follows:\\nJoseph lives in Canton, Ohio; Bridget, Mrs. Llght-\\nner, lives in Crawford County, Wis.; Stephen was\\nthe third in order of birth; Magdaline became the\\nwife of jNIr. Speldle, and lives In Columbiana County,\\nOhio; Sophronia married Mr. Selfert, and died in\\nYoungstown, Ohio; Hannah, Mrs. McKean, lives in\\nWheeling, W. V^a. Mary A. married Mr. Wernet,\\nand lives in Canton; Elizabeth became the wife of\\nMr. Gillespie, and lives in Wheeling. W. Va., and\\ntwo children died in infancy. Stephen grew to\\nmanhood in his native county, where he was reared\\nto farm life an l educated in the district schools.\\nHe resided with his parents until his marriage, and\\nthen, in partnership with his brother, purchased the\\nold homestead. The latter was at that time\\nengaged as clerk in a store, and our subject man-\\naged and operated the farm Until 1865. He then\\nsold his interest in the property, and coming to this\\ncounty visited in the township of Wright for some\\ntime. In April he commenced the work of redeem-\\ning a farm from the wilderness, a serious undertak-\\ning. The land was thickly covered with a heavy\\ngrowth of timber, without any road leading to it,\\nbut he rented a house until he could build one on\\nhis own place, which he did during the summer,\\nbesides clearing about three acres of lanil, and in the\\nautumn of that year he took up his residence on his\\nown farm, and has resided here continuously until\\nthe present time. His first purchase consisted of\\n100 acres, and he has since added to this until he\\nnow owns 1.30 .acres, the greater part of which is\\ncleared and under a good state of cultivation. In\\n1877 he erected a large frame barn, affording\\nample accommodation for tlie pu poses for which it\\nwas intended, and In 188G he built a beautiful\\nframe house of a modern style of architecture, and\\nprovided with the latest appliances for e.ase and com-\\nfort. This homestead is among the finest in the\\ntownship, and Invariably attracts the attention of\\nthose whom business or pleasure calls this wa}\\nWhen Mr. DcviUe had reached such a position\\nfinancially as warranted his assuming additional\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0789.jp2"}, "790": {"fulltext": "778\\nm\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nresponsibilit} he was united in marriage, April 14,\\n1863, with the maiden of bis choice, Miss Caroline,\\ndaughter of Lawrence Ling, who was born in Ger-\\nmany in August, 1818. His father died when he\\nwas very j oung, and his mother married a second\\ntime and came to America, settling in Columbiana\\nCountj Ohio, where the stepfather purchased land\\nin Hanover Township. There the father of Mrs.\\nDeville grew to manhood, married, and resided until\\nhis deatli. His wife, whose maiden name was\\nAgatlia Entress, was also born in Wurtemberg, Ger-\\nmanj and came to America when twentj-fourjears\\nof age. She spent her last years with her daughters\\nin Wright Township, and died Feb. 25, 1888. Mrs.\\nDeville s father died in Hanover, Ohio, in August,\\n1871. Their family included ten children, eight of\\nwhom grew to manhood and womanhood, and set-\\ntled in life for themselves.\\nThe brothers and sisters of Jlrs. Deville were:\\nWilliam, who lives in Middletown, Ohio; Catherine,\\nwife of John Bagiey, lives in Wisconsin; Joseph\\nlived and died in Hanover, Ohio; Mary, wife of\\nMr. Peffer, resides in Wright Township; Dennis\\nlived and died in Pittsburgh, Pa, Tracy, wife of\\nDavid Williams, resides in Ionia County, Mich.\\nCharles lives in Middletown, Ohio; two children,\\nLawrence and Elizabeth, died in infancy.\\nThree children have come to brigliten the home\\nof Mr. and Mrs. Deville Charles F., Minnie A.\\nand George Norman and altogether they form a\\npleasant family group, enjoying in a large measure,\\nby their industrious habits and sterling worth, the\\nconfidence of the community. In politics Mr. De-\\nville affiliates with the Democratic party, and can\\nbe counted on for his influence and vote on all\\nimportant occasions.\\nWhen we reflect upon the great undertaking in\\nwhich Mr. Deville engaged in his efforts to subdue\\nnature, when she appeared in all her ruggedness,\\nand the difficulties with which he had to contend in\\na country witliout roads, or the accommodation of\\nneighboring markets and mills, and then look upon\\nhis present homestead, the embodiment of beaut3\\nand comfort, and consider that it is the result of his\\nown industry and well-directed energy, we cannot\\nbut refer to him as an example of what may be\\naccomplished by a man who, with an object in view,\\nstrives with honesty of purpose for its accomplish-\\nment. He surmounted all obstacles, until finally lie\\nreached the goal for which he started, and though\\nstill in the prime of life, is prepared to pass the\\nremainder of his days in the enjoyment of a large\\nshare of creature comforts, the result of his well-\\ndirected energy.\\n(T^EV. WILLIAM F. PRESTON, Pastor of the\\nlUif Wesleyan Methodist Churcii, of Wright\\n!K\\\\ Township, is a native of Mt. Union, Stark\\n^;Co., Ohio, and was born Sept. 27, 1853.\\nHis father, Caleb M, Preston, a native of Lynch-\\nburg, Va., was born Nov. 21, 1817, and was the\\nson of Peter Preston, also a native of the Old Do-\\nminion. The familj is of English ancestry, and\\nearly settlers of Virginia. Peter Preston was\\na manufacturer of tobacco, and lemoved from Vir-\\nginia to Columbiana County, Ohio, where he estab-\\nlished a factory and spent his last years. The\\nmaiden name of his wife, the paternal grandmother\\nof our subject, was Abigail Hale, also a native of\\nVirginia, and of German ancestry. She accom-\\npanied her husband to Ohio and died in Colum-\\nbiana County. They were the parents of sixteen\\nciiildrcn, fifteen of whom became men and women.\\nCaleb M. Preston was seven years of age when\\nhis parents removed from the Old Dominion to\\nOhio. He grew to manhood in Columbiana County,\\nwhere he was reared to farming pursuits, and being\\nconverted in his youth, united with the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, and commenced preaching when\\ntwenty-five years old. His parents were both Abo-\\nlitionists, and he inherited their ideas. On account\\nof disagreements in the Methodist Episcopal Church\\non the question of slavery he left that denomination\\nand joined the Wesleyan Methodists at the time of\\ntheir organization. He was appointed to a circuit\\nwhich extended over 200 miles, and could visit\\neach parish but once in four weeks. He was fear-\\nless in the expression of his views, and earnestly\\nset forth the principles which he believed. While\\nin Virginia he had advocated his doctrines very\\nfreely, and on account of the enmity thus inspired\\ntoward him his friends advised him against visiting", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0790.jp2"}, "791": {"fulltext": "U-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n779\\nthe State. lie had one appointment t(3 fill before\\nthe meeting of the Conference, and deciding not to\\nevade his duty he went there. While preaching, a\\ndozen men rode up on horseback, entered the\\nchurch, took him from the pulpit, and started with\\nhim for the county seat to lodge him in jail. Sev-\\neral of his friends went along, mingling with the\\ncrowd. He watched his opportunity, and suddenly\\nturning his horse, put spurs to the animal and gal-\\nloped off in the opposite direction. His horse\\nproved more fleet-footed than those of his pursuers,\\nand he was soon out of their reach. He kept on,\\nhowever, and gained the foot of the mountain about\\ndusk. He knew that capture meant confinement in\\njail for an indefinite period, so he pushed on through\\nthe darkness and a narrow and treacherous road,\\nfrequently alighting to lead his horse and pick his\\nway.\\nAt 2 o clock in the morning this solitary horse-\\nman reached the house of a friend, where he secured\\nrefreshments, then, mounting again, reached the\\nPennsj Ivania line in safety-. He continued his\\npious labors until 1850, and then on account of ill-\\nhealth retired from the ministry, and settled upon a\\nfarm which he had bought in the vicinity of Mt.\\nUnion, Ohio. From there, in 1854, he came to\\nMichigan, purchasing a farm of 160 acres on section\\n33 in Wright Township. There was upon it a log\\nhouse, and about thirty-five acres were partially\\ncleared. Here the father of our subject spent the\\nremainder of his days, his death taking place on\\nthe 9th of December, 1883. He had in the mean-\\ntime cleared the greater part of his land and erected\\ngood buildings. Soon after going there he resumed\\npreaching, and joining the Wesleyan Methodist\\nCenference, continued an active member of that\\nchurch until he could labor no more. He was more\\nfrequently called upon than any other minister to\\npreach funeral sermons in this and adjoining coun-\\nties. He possessed a fluent tongue, was well edu-\\ncated and well informed, and a man whose influence\\nwas always felt in whatever community he lived.\\nMrs. Ann Eliza (Morris) Preston, the mother\\nof our subject, was born in Washington County,\\nPa., April 12, 1820. She is still living, .-ind makes\\nher home with her son, our subject, in Waldron.\\nHer father, Jonathan Monis, was liorn in Bucks\\n-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\nCount^ Pa., and was the son of Isaac Morris, who,\\nit is believed, was a native of the same State. The\\nlatter moved to Washington County during its\\nearly settlement, cleared a farm from tlie wilderness,\\nand there spent the remainder of his life. His sou\\nJonathan was reared to farming pursuits, and like\\nhis father was a (Quaker in religion, and an Aboli-\\ntionist in politics. In 1830 he went into Ueaver\\nCounty, Pa., where he purchased a farm, and his\\nhouse afterward became one of the principal stations\\nof the underground railroad. Many apoorslave\\ncalled upon this friend of the oppressed, and was\\nrested and refreshed on his perilous journe} to the\\nDominion of Canada. This excellent gentleman\\nand his wife both lived to a ripe old age, the former\\ndying when eighty -six and the latter when eightj\\nfonr 3-ears old. Their last years were spent with\\ntheir children in Columbiana County, Ohio, to\\nwhich they moved in 1850. The maiden name of\\nthe grandmother was Sophia Baker. She was born\\nin Chester County, Pa., and was the daughter of\\nAaron and Hannah Baker, who were also probably\\nnatives of the Keystone State.\\nTo the paternal grandparents of our subject there\\nwere born eleven children, all of whom lived to\\nreach j ears of maturit3 When death invaded the\\nfamily circle for the first time the youngest of these\\nchildren was fifty-two years of age. To Caleb M.\\nPreston and his wife there were born four children,\\nnamely: Almeda, who died in infancy; Mary Ella,\\nwho died when six j ears old; William F., of our\\nsketch, and Charles Lyndon, minister of the Wes-\\nleyan Church, now stationed at Grand Rapids.\\nOur subject was but one year old when his par-\\nents came to this county. He pursued his first\\nstudies in the district school, then took an advanced\\ncourse at New Lisbon, Ohio. Later he was a student\\nof Oberlin College, and at last entered Hillsdale\\nCollege, which he was obliged to leave before fin-\\nishing his studies on account of ill-health. In 1877\\nhe began his labors in the ministry as a local\\npreacher. In 1886 he was regidarly ordained, and\\nwas assigned to the charges at Waldron and East\\nWright. He was marrieil, Oct. 26, 1878, to Miss\\nLucy May Wilson, who was born in Wright Town-\\nshi]), Sept. 25, 1861, and is the daughter of Joseph\\nand Maria (Long) Wilson, natives of New York.\\n^j lf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0791.jp2"}, "792": {"fulltext": "ll\\n780\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nMr. Wilson wns a Captain in the late war, nnd was\\nkilled at tlie battle of Stone River. Mrs. Preston s\\nmother died when she was seven years of age. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Preston have five children\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lulu G.,\\nRubj B., Mabel E., Frank C. and Merna J. In\\npolitics Mr. Preston is a stanch Republican.\\nLBERT WALLS, a retired faimer in com-\\nfortable circumstances, and now a resident\\nof the flourishing little town of Reading, is\\nstill the owner of a large property in Hills-\\ndale County, while his wife has in her own right\\nabout 500 acres of land, mostly improved. This\\naltogether is the source of a generous income, from\\nwhich they are enabled to live in a manner decid-\\nedly in keeping with their standing as people promi-\\nnent in the community.\\nThe township of Orange, Hancock Co., Ohio,\\ncontained the boyhood home of our subject, where\\nhis birth took place Nov. 15, 1850. His father,\\nThomas Walls, w.as a native of the North of Ireland,\\nwhence he emigrated to the United States when a\\njoung man, and was married, in New York, to Miss\\nNancy D. Burns, a native of Vermont. After the\\nbirth of three children, the parents of our subject\\ntook up their residence in Hancock County, Ohio,\\nselecting a spot of land in Orange Township, when\\nthere were only three families within its limits.\\nThe}- lived and labored after the fashion of pioneers,\\nand six more children weie added to the household\\ncircle. I he father biought the land to a good state\\nof cultivation, and effected the improvements which\\nmade it valuable and salable, then disposing of it,\\ncame to Michigan in 1861, and purchased a farm\\nin Camden Township, this county. There was upon\\nit Some improvements, to which the father added\\nduring the few brief years of his after life. He was\\ncalled hence in July, 1873, at the age of sixty-seven\\nyears. He is remembered as a man successful in his\\nbusiness, and a citizen held in great respect. The\\nmother is yet living, having reached the advanced\\nage of eighty -three years, and makes her liome with\\nher son Albert. She has retained all her faculties\\nin a remarkable degree, and enjoys fair health.\\nMr. Walls, our subject, was the youngest of the\\nfive sons and four daughters born to his parents, of\\nP^^\\nwhom two sons and three daughters are yet living,\\nall married and settled in comfortable homes of\\ntheir own. Albert was a lad nine years of age\\nwhen became with his parents to this county, where\\nhe completed his education and became familiar\\nwith the various employments of the farm. Upon\\nsetting out to establish a home of his own, he sought\\nfor his wife one of the most estimable ladies of\\nCamden Township, Mrs. Delia C. (Chester) Young,\\ndaughter of Eason T. and Emeline (Olmsted) Ches-\\nter, who were natives of New York State, and on\\nthe mother s side of W^elsh ancestry. Mr. and Mrs.\\nChester were reared and married in Oneida County,\\nN. Y., where they lived until 1837, then came to\\nthis county and look up land in what is now Cam-\\nden Township, where the} were among the earliest\\nsettlers. Thoy struggled in common with the people\\naround them to build up a homestead in the wilder-\\nness, and in due time secured ownership to a large\\nand fine property. They battled with discourage-\\nments, privations and hardships, but lived to see\\nthe countrj around them transformed from the\\nwilderness into a highly civilized commuiiit} and\\nthe land which the father took up from the Govern-\\nment become a richly fertile tract, productive of\\nthe richest crops in Southern Michigan.\\nMr. Chester became prou.inent in township af-\\nfairs, holding the various local offices, officiating as\\nSupervisor for a [)eriod of ten years, and winding\\nup in 1844 as a member of the Michigan Legisla-\\nture. Polilicall} he was a Democrat, and his ex-\\ncellent partner a member in good standing of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. The mother departed\\nthis life at the old homestead in May, 1877. The\\nfather survived about four j ears, his death taking\\nplace there also, in 1881.\\nMrs. Walls was born in Camden Township, this\\ncounty, April 30, 1851, and completed her educa-\\ntion in the city schools of Hillsdale. She received\\ncareful home training from an excellent mother,\\nwho had besides herself two other daughters and\\none son to look after. These are all still living,\\nmarried, and settled in comfortable homes in this\\nvicinity. The first husband of Mrs. Walls was\\nJirah I. Young, of Sullivan County, N. Y., who\\ncame to Michigan when a young man. He had\\nbeen well educited, and employed himself as a\\n1^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0792.jp2"}, "793": {"fulltext": "^^\u00e2\u0096\u00ba41-^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n781\\nteacher much of the time until tiie outbreak of the\\nRebellion. He then enlisted in Company I, 143fl\\nNew York Infantry, in which he was jjjiven at the\\nbeginning the rank of First Lieutenant, and soon\\nafterward a Captain s commission. After a four-\\nyears service lie returned home, having escaped the\\nmissiles of the enemy, but contracting an incurable\\ndisease, from which he suffered until the 4th of\\nFebruary, 1873, when he was called home, at the\\nearl} age of thirty years. Notwithstanding his ill-\\nhealth, his energy of character would not allow him\\nto be idle, and he accordingly carried on general\\nmerchandising, which he was enabled to manage in\\na profitable manner. Of this marriage there were\\nborn two children M. Ophelia and J. I. Dell, who\\nare attending school at Reading.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Walls there has been born one\\nchild only, a daughter, Emel N., Nov. 10, 1880.\\nTheir property l3 ing adjacent they occupied, and\\ncarried on farming successful!} until wisely resolv-\\ning to turn over into other hands the labors in\\nwhich there was no necessity for them to engage.\\nMr. Walls is a worthy member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, to the support of which he\\nhas been a liberal supporter, and the children com-\\nprising the household circle are unusually promis-\\ning and intelligent. Mr. Walls, politically, votes\\nindependent!} aiming to support the men whom he\\nconsiders best qualified for oflice. He has been a\\nliberal-minded and public-spirited citizen, indors-\\ning in a substantial manner the enterprises liaving\\nfor their object the general welfare of his township.\\n-KH- s9if:J:^ i^-HH.^\\nW.SRAEL WICKES, who owns a farm of I JO\\nI acres in Fayette Townsliip. was for a number\\nof years extensively occupied in general agri-\\nculture, but in 1880 left the farm, .and taking up\\nhis residence in Jonesville, engaged in the buving\\nand shipping of stock, a business which he has since\\nprosecuted with fine success. He still retains pos-\\nsession of ills farm property, which is now operated\\nby a tenant under his own supervision, and which\\nis the source of a handsome income.\\nOur subject is the scion of an excellent family,\\nhis fatlier being Daniel Wickes, a native of Albany\\ni\\nCount} N. Y., and his mother in her girlhood was\\nMiss Lufanny Selovor. who was barn in Tompkins\\nCounty, tliat State. Tliey settled in New York\\nafter their marriage, and thence removed to North\\nFairfield, Huron Co., Oliio, where their son Israel\\nwas born Aug. 3, 1834. The parental household\\nincluded three sons and two daughters, of whom\\nfour lived to mature years and are now residents\\nof Michigan. Israel, like his brothers and sisters,\\nwas reared on a farm and .acquired his education\\nmostly in the district school, but completed his\\nstudies by spending a brief time in Nor walk, Ohio.\\nMr. Wickes continued a member of his father s\\nhousehold until twenty-six years of iige, when he\\nbegan farming on his own account, which he carried\\non in North Fairfield Townsliip until the spring of\\n1865; then coming to this State and making his\\nheadquarters at Cold water, he engaged one season\\nin buying and shipping stock. In the fall he re-\\nturned to tlie Buckeye State, and upon coming b.ack\\nto Michigan operated in Branch County as a stock-\\ndealer until tlie fall of 1866. His next venture was\\nin the oil busiuess at Cleveland, Ohio, where he\\nlived two years, and in the fall of 1868 returned to\\nColdwater, where he spent the following winter.\\nIn March, 1869, Mr. Wickes came to Fayette\\nTownship and purchased a half interest in what was\\nknown as the Genesee Mill property, in Jonesville,\\nand which is now owned by Enos Poraroy Son.\\nHe engaged in milling thereafter for nine years.\\nIn the spring of 1878 he traded his interest in the\\nmill for the Lockwood farm in Fayette Township,\\nupon which he moved and lived two years, then\\npurchased his present residence in Jonesville. He\\nis recognized as one of the most efficient business\\nmen of this locality, and an important factor in its\\nagricultural and industrial interests. A thorough-\\ngoing temperance man, he carries out his principles\\nboth by precept and example, and has never in-\\ndulged himself with even a pipe or a cigar. Politic-\\nally, he has always been an ardent Republican, and\\nhas taken quite an active part in local politics,\\nalthough never an office-seeker.\\nMr. Wickes w.as first married in North Fairfield\\nTownship, Huron Co., Ohio, Feb. 14, 1862, to Miss\\nElizabeth, daughter of Abijali Prentice, who was\\nborn in Ripley Township, that county, in 1838, and\\nh", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0793.jp2"}, "794": {"fulltext": "h\\n782\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nwho by liei- union with our subject became the\\nmother of one cliiUl, wiio dierl in infanc.y. Mrs.\\nElizabeth Wickes departed this life at her home in\\nNorth Fairfield Township, Jan. 25, 1864. Our sub-\\nject contracted a second marriage, June 8, 1870, with\\nMiss Kittle Baker, who was born Oct. 13, 1849, in\\nJonesville, and is the daughter of A. J. Baker, of\\nwhom a sketch appears elsewiiere in this Album.\\nThe children of this marriage, three in number,\\nwere named respectively Gertru le M., Ella A. and\\nIsrael, Jr. The eldest is thirteen years of age and\\nthe youngest seven.\\nRANK OBERST is an enterprising and capa-\\nble farmer of Camden Township, with whose\\nagricultural interests he has, however, been\\nidentified only a short time, having come here in\\n1887, but by close attention to his business, friendly\\nand strictly honorable dealings with thijse about\\nhim, he is steadily winning his way to the trust and\\nconfidence of his fellow-intizens. and to an assured\\nplace among the agriculturists of Hillsdale County.\\nHe is a native of Sandusky County, Ohio, born Aug.\\n10, 1850, and his parents were John and Sarah J.\\nOberst, who were likewise natives of Ohio. They\\ndied when he was quite young.\\nThe early years of our subject were passed in his\\nnative State, where he was educated in the public\\nschools. When he was eight years of age he suf-\\nfered that saddest loss that can befall a child\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the\\ndeath of his devoted mother. When he was four-\\nteen years old he was depiived by death of the\\ncare of his father, and he was thus thrown on his\\nown resources. In that year, 1864, he went to\\nSteuben County, Ind., to live, and there grew to\\nmanhood. The early death of his father and\\nmother, causing him to face the world and its diffi-\\nculties at a youthful age, developed in him stabil-\\nity of character, and a manly, self-reliant spirit\\nthat greatly aided him in his endeavors to become\\nprosperous. Before he had attained his majority\\nhe found work in the employ of Mr. Ira Wilbur, of\\nClear Lake Township, Steuben Co., Ind., and by\\nhis faithful and efficient service he secured the\\nfull confidence of his employer, who in a short\\ntime trListed him in all things, and our subject\\nremained with him for seventeen years, the last\\nfourteen years occupying the responsible position of\\nforeman of his large farm. During these years, by\\nprudence and wise economj-, he managed to gather\\ntogether quite a sum of money, and in 1887, having\\ndetermined to lead a more inde|)endent life and\\nbecome a land-owner himself, he turned his foot-\\nsteps toward the rich agricultural region embraced\\nin Hillsdale County, Mich. Here he purchased his\\npresent valuable farm on section 5, Camden Town-\\nship, being pleased with its locat on and other\\nadvantages. It contains 100 acres under good cul-\\ntivation, and is amply supplied with substantial\\nfarm buildings, and has a good dwelling. He has it\\nwell stocked, and is doing a good business in that\\nline.\\nSince coming here our subject has assumed matri-\\nmonial relations, and by his marriage. March 28,\\n1888, to Miss Ida A. Snell, procured an amiable and\\naccomplished wife to preside over his comfortable\\nhome. She is a daughter of John and Elizabeth\\n(Worden) Snell, and a native of Cuyahoga County,\\nOhio. Mr. and Mrs. Oberst have received a cordial\\nwelcome to the social circles of this community,\\nand they have made many pleasant friendships\\nwith the people among whom they have come to\\nsettle. Mr. Oberst is a man of sound common\\nsense, good haliits, and marked decision of char-\\nacter. In his political views he strongly favors the\\nDemocratic party. Our subject owes his position\\nin life to his own energies, having had no one to\\nassist him in his start in life, and is indeed a self-\\nmade man.\\n3=\\nEBEN H. DUNTON owns and occupies eighty\\nacres of fine farming land on section 2, in\\nReading Townshi[), of which he has been in\\npossession for a period of thirtj -six years, having\\ncome here in the early part of 1852. His purchase\\nwas mostly an uncultivated tract, but beginning the\\nbusiness of his life in true pioneer style, after years\\nof arduous labor he began to realize the reward of\\nhis industry. He has now one of the most comfort-\\nable homes in the township, without perhaps any\\nH^^M^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0794.jp2"}, "795": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0U\\nIIILLSDALK COUKTV.\\n783\\ngveati pretensions to style, but lias simply lived as an\\nhonest man and a good citizen, meeting liis obliga-\\ntions promptl} and ocfu|iying a good position\\namong his neighbors.\\nOur subject was born in the city of Syracuse, N.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Y., Oct. 30. 1829, and came with his father to Mon-\\nroe County, this .State, when an infant of six months.\\nFor nine years they remained residents of that\\ncounty, and thence removed to Lenawee County,\\nwhich Eben H. left when a young man twenty-two\\n3 ears old, and took up his residence in Reading\\nTownship, this county. His i)aients, Winslow and\\nRoxana (Bailey) Dunton, were natives of New\\nYork, wliile his paternal grandfather came from\\nScotland, and his maternal grandfather was of En-\\nglish birth and parentage. The latter was named\\nJonathan, and his wife was Sylvia. To VYinslow\\nand Roxana Dunton there were born six sons and\\nseven daughters, nine of whom are living and scat-\\ntered pretty much all over the United States, and\\nare named Eben H., Austin W., Harriet B., Nellie\\nJ., Jerome B., Syria R., Daniel, Ransom, Amos T.\\nThe sul)ject of this biography was united in mar-\\nriage with Miss Emma A. Ferris, May 22. 1853, at\\nthe home of the bride in Reading Township. Mrs.\\nDunton is the daughter of Deacon and Hannah Fer-\\nris, who were natives of New York; the father is\\ndeceased, and the mother resides in Reading. Of\\nher union with our subject there were born four\\ndaughters and three sons, all of whom are living,\\nand with the exception of one daughter, who is a\\nresident of Texas, are all at home. The eldest,\\nNellie J., was married to William Mudget, in April,\\n1888; she is well educated, and was a teacher\\nin the district schools of Hillsdale County for a\\nnumber of years, being very successful .as an in-\\nstructor. Cynthia R. has also been a teticher In the\\npublic schools several years, and Julia A. is prepar-\\ning herself for the same profession. The others are\\nElvin A., Henry P., Edith R. and James A.\\nThe father of our subject carried a musket in the\\nWar of 1812, and participated in the battle at Bos-\\nton Heights when the British attempted to capture\\nthe city. His son, Eben H., imbued with the same\\npatriotic principles, after the outbreak of the Rebell-\\nion, enlisted in the fall of 1861, in Company G, 2d\\nMichigan Cavalry, and at the battle of Corinth was\\nunder the immediate command of Gen. Grant, and\\nin f.ict with him during the entire campaign of the\\nArmy of the Cumberland. Later he w.ts with Sher-\\nman in his famous march to the sea, and was in\\nmost of the principal battles of the war. He served\\nUncle Sam faithfully for a period of four years, and\\non account of physical disability now receives a\\npension. He also had one brother with the 1st\\nMichigan Engineers, who returned from the army\\nin safetj and is now living in Ark.ans.as.\\nAugustus Ferris, a brother of Mrs. Dunton, en-\\nlisted in 1863 with the 1st Michigan Sharpshooters,\\nwas captured by the rebels, and confined in Salis-\\nbury Prison, in Maryland, where he died. Mr. Dun-\\nton, politically, is a strong Prohibitionist, but is\\nsensible and temperate in the expression of his\\nviews, possessing that broad and liberal spirit which\\nhas respect for the opinions of others. In religious\\nmatters he is identified, with most of his famil3%\\nwith the United Brethren Church, while his wife be-\\nlongs to the Regular Baptist. Their home presents\\nthe i)leasant picture of quiet country life in the\\nmidst of plenty, and where they enjoy the society\\nof man} friends.\\n-^m^\\nHERON D. STONE, of the firm of Stone fe\\nSon, well known throughout Hillsdale as the\\ncompounders of its most popular drinks, is\\nthe son of Thomas Stone. He was born in Oneida\\nCounty, N. Y., A ig. 28, 1852, and is the eldest of\\na family of four children. His early education was\\ncarried on in the district schools of his native town-\\nship, and completed in the High School at Camden.\\nMr. Stone, in entering upon his business career,\\nserved an apprenticeship at carriage and house\\npainting, in which he became proficient, and which\\nhe pursued in this city after coming to Michigan, in\\nthe winter of 1873. In 1880 he became the partner\\nof his father in the bottling works, which the latter\\nhad carried on at different places for many j ears\\nwith marked success. The firm is now thoroughly\\nestablished, and manufactures a sui)erior article of\\nbeverages, which are shipped throughout this and to\\nadjoining States. The firm at its hcailquarters in\\nHillsdale gives employment to eight men, and runs\\nT-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0795.jp2"}, "796": {"fulltext": "-4*-\\n784\\n-A\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nfive wagons, tlnis forming no unimportant factor in\\nthe business and industrial interests of the city.\\nBeing n)en of the highest integrity and correct busi-\\nness principles, they occupy an enviable position,\\nboth in the business and social world.\\nThe marriage of Theron D. Stone and Miss Hat-\\ntie Huitt, of Allen Township, this county, was cele-\\nbrated at the home of the bride. Nov. 1.3, 1884.\\nMrs. Stone is the daughter of Alexander and Mary\\nHuitt, who were natives of New York, and are num-\\nbered among the most highly respected citizens of\\nHillsdale County. She was born July 15, 1856, in\\nHillsdale County, Mich., and by her union with our\\nsubject has become the mother of two children:\\nFlora, born Aug. 25, 1885. and Thomas A., Jan.\\n8, 1887. Mr. Stone, with his interesting little\\nfamily, occupies a neat and tasteful residence on\\nSouth street, and is rated among the rising young\\nbusinessmen of the city of whom much is expected\\nin the future.\\n*5^^H0MAS STONE, senior member of the firm\\nof Stone Son, bottlers of carbonated wa-\\nters .at Hillsdale, is a native of Rochester,\\nN. Y., where his birth took place Sept. 2.3, 1826.\\nHis pai-ents, Simon and Rebecca (Bedel) Stone,\\nwere natives respectively of Vermont and New\\nYork, and located after their marriage in Roches-\\nter, the latter State.\\nWhen our subject was a youth of sixteen years\\nhe removed with his parents to Oneida County, the\\nhome of the late Roscoe Conkling, and whom he\\noften met in after years. From there the Stone\\nfamilj- migrated to Minnesota, taking up tjieir resi-\\ndence in LaSueur County, where the parents spent\\nthe remainder of their lives. The household circle\\nincluded ten children, five sons and five daughters,\\nof whom, with the exception of one son, all lived to\\nmature 3 ears, and eight are still surviving.\\nThomas Stone was the second child of his par-\\nents and passed his early years in his native county,\\nacquiring his education in the district school and\\nbecoming familiar with the various pursuits of\\nrural life. After the removal of his family to the\\nNorthwest he was married, in July, 1847, to Miss\\nMary N. Tuttle, and the young people began life\\ntogether at a snug home in Camden Township.\\nThere Mr. Stone established his first bottling works,\\nand subsequently opened a branch house at Lyons,\\nin Wayne County. N. Y. For many years he car-\\nried on an extensive business, shipping both by\\nrail and by wagons throughout the country until\\n1875, when he changed his headquarters to Jack-\\nson, Mich.\\nIn 1876 Mr. Stone came to this county, and not\\nlong afterward established his bottling works in the\\nsouthern part of the city of Hillsdale. Here he lias\\nall the appliances necessary for the carrying on of\\nhis business after the most approved methods, in-\\ncluding a good steam engine and boiler, a complete\\nset of generators and fountains, with a capacity of\\n200 boxes per day. His transactions extend to\\nvarious towns in the surrounding .States, and the\\nexcellence of his productions has gained for him\\nan enviable reputation in this line of business.\\nThe home of Mr. Stone is located on Shar[)\\nstreet in Hillsdale, where he and his estimable wife\\noften entertain their many friends, who are com-\\nposed of the best people in the city. The house-\\nhold circle was completed by the birth of four\\nchildren. Their eldest daughter, Dora A., is the\\nwife of H. T. Forgham, of Grand Forks, D.ak.\\nTheron D. is married and the partner of his father;\\nWilliam D. is married and lives in Hillsdale; Ros-\\ncoe C. continues at home with his parents. Mr.\\nStone has little time to give to political matters,\\nbut is an earnest supporter of Republican princi-\\nples. Socially he belongs to the Masonic fraternity,\\nwith which he became identified many years ago in\\nCamden, N. Y.\\n-V-\\n-Ti.-^EV. SAWYER B. DOWNER, one of the\\nH^ eaily pioneers of Wriglit Township, came\\n/Inll to Michigan in the spring of 1837, and to\\nW^Hillsdale County in the spring of 1845; he\\nhas since continued his residence in this locality,\\nand is numltered among its most worthy citizens.\\nThe town of Macedon, Wayne Co., N. Y., was his\\nbirthplace, and he first opened his e3 es to the light\\non the 21st of March, 1816. His f.ather, George", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0796.jp2"}, "797": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n785\\nG. Downer, was a. native of Connecticut, ar.d the\\noffsprings; of a re|)rcsentative family of New KnglaniJ\\nwhom it is bolieved were of French ancestry.\\nFrom the dim records yet preserved, it is gathered\\nthat tiirce brothers crossed the Atlantic to America\\nin the Colonial times, and from them sprang the\\nDowners of the United States. However that\\nmay be, they proved useful and reliable citizens, of\\nwhom their descendants have no need to be ashamed.\\nGeorge G. Downer, the father of our subject,\\nwas reared in liis native State and received a col-\\nlegiate education, graduating from the storied\\nhalls of Harvard. He was engaged in teaching\\nschool for some time afterward, and married, in his\\nnative State, Miss Susanna Bullock, a native of\\nNew Hampshire, and the daughter of Sawyer and\\nSusanna (Reed) Bullock. After his marriage Mr.\\nDowner and his young wife emigrated to New\\nYork State, where the father bought a large tract\\nof timber land in the town of Perrinton, Monroe\\nCounty. Upon it there had not even been erected\\na shelter for his family, but this accomplished, they\\nmade their home there. While building his home\\nthey resided for about two months just across the\\nlino in AV^ayne County. At the time of his death,\\nin Februar3% 1824, he was owner of 300 acres of\\nland. 150 of which were under cultivation, with\\ngooil buildings.\\nThe mother of our subject upon becoming a\\nwidow was left with a family of ten children. She\\noccupied the homestead until 1840, then came to\\nMichigan with one of her married sons, and spent\\nher last years in the township of Medina, Lenawee\\nCounty. Sawyer B. was a little lad of eight years\\nof age at the time of bis father s death. He con-\\ntinued with his mother until eighteen 3 ears old, then\\nwent over into Canada, and engaged as clerk in a\\ngeneral store at St. Catherines. In 1 SS6 he returned\\nto the old homestead, remaining with his brother\\nthere one year, and then set out for the young State\\nof Michigan. This journey was made via tiie Erie\\nCanal and the lake to Toledo, and from there by\\ncars to Adrian. He secured employment in a hotel\\none year and the following winter taught school in\\nDover Townshii). The next summer he worked at\\nc. irpenteiing witii his brother, an I assisted in build-\\ning the hotel at Canandaigua. This hou.-e he also\\n**^~^P*1\\nopened, and officiated as mine host for a period\\nof two years. With the proceeds he secured pos-\\nsession of a farm in Seneca Township, upon which\\nhe lived until 1844, then removed to the land which\\nhe now owns and occupies.\\nThis land bears little comparison to the condition\\nin which it was found hy our subject. It was then\\ncovered with timber, and his first task was to cut\\naway the trees in order to make room for a log\\nhouse. This structure was built after the fashion\\nof those days, with a [juncheon floor and shake roof.\\nThe people of that day schooled themselves to be\\ncontent with the necessaries of life, wastir)g no time\\nin longing for its luxuries. Mr. Downer occupied\\nthe log house with his family for a number of years,\\nand about 1855 the primitive dwelling gave wa3 to\\na more modern residence. He now has sixty acres\\nin a good state of cultivation, with neat and sub-\\nstantial buildings, and all the appointments of a\\ncomfortable rural home.\\nMrs. Abigail (Pixley) Downer became the sharer\\nof the home and fortunes of our subject on the 15th\\nof December, 1839. She was born in the town of\\nScipio, Allegany Co., N. Y., Oct. 3, 1818, and is the\\ndaughter of Joseph and Triphena (Kellogg) Pix-\\nley, a sketch of whom will be found in the biog-\\nraphy of A. M. Burroughs on another page in this\\nwork. Our sid)ject and his wife have six children\\nliving: Susan V. is the wife of Ambrose Hinkle, a\\nwell-to-do farmer of Ransom Townsliip; Mary,\\nMrs. A. J. Young, lives in St. Joseph County, this\\nState; Adeline is the wife of John Fields, of Pitts-\\nford Township; Sawyer P. is farming in Wright\\nTownship; Amy is the widow of George Broom,\\nand lives with her parents; Lois is the wife of W.\\nH. Chivers, M. D.. and is a resident of Colon, St.\\nJoseph County; Diana R., the youngest, was born\\nMarch 27, 1853, and died Oct. 3, 1872.\\nMr. Downer was converted in 1843, and united\\nwith the Methodist E])iscopal Church, commencing\\nthe following year his labors in the ministry. In\\n1860 he severed his connection with that church,\\nand preached independently- until 1874, when he\\njoined the Congregational Church, and subsequently\\nthe Soutliern Methodist Episcopal Conference. He\\ncast his first Presidential vole for Martin Van\\nBuren, and affiliated with the Democratic party\\n^j k 4", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0797.jp2"}, "798": {"fulltext": "4-\\n786\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nuntil 1877, since which time his sympathies have\\nbeen with the Greenbacicers. He has served as\\nSupervisor, Treasurer and Clerk, of Wright Town-\\nship, and as Sciiool Director in his district.\\nMrs. Downer continued with her mother until\\nher marriage, being trained by that excellent and\\nworthy lady in all housewifely duties, learning to\\nknit, spin and weave, and becoming familiar with\\nall the other employments which have so much to\\ndo in creating the happiness and comfort of the\\nhousehold. She has in her possession a rocking\\nchair which she purchased before her marriage with\\nmoney earned by spinning. This article will prob-\\nably be handed down to her children s children, and\\ncarefully preserved, as it should be, for generations\\nto come.\\nOHN HALLKCK occupies the old homestead\\nof his father on section 28 in Wheatland\\nTownship, upon which the latter settled in\\n1838, and from which he removed to Pitts-\\nford Township, where, with his estimable wife, he\\nspent his last years. It is noticeable for the air of\\ncomfort and plenty which surrounds it, and our\\nsubject as a man and a citizen is held in high es-\\nteem throughout his communit3\\nA native of Ontario Township, Wayne Co., N.\\nY., our subject was born Sept. 11, 1829, and is the\\nson of James and Mehitable (Chambers) Halleck,\\nalso natives of the Empire State. They were mar-\\nried in Wayne County, where they lived until Oc-\\ntober, 1838, then James Halleck, disposing of his\\nreal estate, started with his household goods and\\nhis family for the new State of Michigan. He had\\ntraded some of his Eastern land for eighty acres of\\nwild land on section 28, in Wheatland Township,\\nand upon this he put up a log house, cleared two\\nacres of land, and lived until 1873. He then traded\\nfor the farm which his son John now occupies, but\\nlater sold this and {purchased twenty acres in Pitts-\\nford Township, which continued to be his home\\nuntil his death.\\nThe parental household included five children,\\nbut three of whom are now living. John, our suli-\\nject, remained under the home roof until twenty-\\nfive years of age, and then was married, in October,\\ni^j\\n1855, to Miss Henrietta A. Wood, who, like him-\\nself, was a native of Wayne County., N. Y., born\\nOct. 6, 1836. The parents of Mrs. Halleck, Asaph\\nand Alma (Beers) Wood, were natives respectively\\nof New York and Connecticut, both born on the\\n10th of June, the father m 1795 and the mother in\\n1799. They spent their last j ears in Wheatland\\nTownship, Asaph Wood dying Sept. 10, 1847,\\nand his wife. Alma, March 7, 1855.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Halleck there were born two\\nchildren only Wellington M., the elder, was born\\nin Wheatland Township, Dec. 19, 1856, and mar-\\nried Miss Maude Crittenden, also a native of this\\ntownship, and born April 5, 1861. Her father,\\nCarlton Crittenden, served as a Union soldier in a\\nMichigan regiment for a term of three years. Of\\nthis union there is one child, a daughter, Florence\\nA., born Oct. 20, 1886. Miss Hettle Halleck is a\\ngraduate of Hillsdale College, and now the wife of\\nRev. D. Jones, a minister of the Presbyterian Church\\nin Norwood, Mercer Co., 111.; they have two chil-\\ndren Henrietta M. and John L. Mr. Halleck\\ntakes a lively interest in politics and is a strong\\ntemperance advocate, but votes the straight Repub-\\nlican ticket. He makes a specialty of breeding fine\\nhorses, and takes pride in exhibiting at the county\\nfairs the animals, which uniformly carry off the blue\\nribbons.\\nARVEY E. JERRELLS, of Pittsford Town-\\nship, is comfortably located on a good farm\\nof 100 acres, situated on section 11. Upon\\nthis he has brouglit about most of the\\nimprovements which to-day attract the e3 e of the\\npassing traveler, and from the appearance of which\\nhe judges the proprietor to be a man of thrift and\\nindustry, who has been successful in his labors.\\nOur subject is a native of this State, having\\nbeen born in Rome Township, Lenawee County,\\nJuly 22, 1843. His father, David Jerrells, a native\\nof Connecticut, was born April 18, 1806. His\\npaternal grandfather, Ebenezer Jerrells, followed\\nthe sea for a number of years, and was also a\\nmechanic of considerable skill. After the invention\\nof the cotton gin he went South, and engaged in\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0798.jp2"}, "799": {"fulltext": "ll\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n787\\nf\\nthe manufacture of this implement. About 1823\\nhe made his way to New York State, and locating\\nin Monroe County, purchased a tract of timber\\nland, not far from which the town of Perrinton\\nafterward grew up. There )ie improved a good\\nfarm, and there spent the remainder of his days.\\nHis wife, formerly Miss Nancy Russell, was also a\\nnative of Connecticut, and died at the homestead\\nnear Perrinton.\\nDavid .lerrells, the father of our subject, was\\nreared in his native county, where he lived until\\n1832, and then emigrated to the Territory of\\nMichigan. He first located in Medina Township,\\nLenawee County, but in the fall of the 3 ear entered\\na tract of land on section 21, in Rome Township,\\nupon which he erected a log shanty, where he kept\\nbachelor s hall until his marriage. After this event\\nhe put up a substantial log house, and in this\\nprimitive dwelling the subject of this sketch was\\nborn. It was fashioned after the manner of those\\ndays, with a chimney of dirt and sticks, and the\\nmother did her cooking by the o|)eu fireplace. She\\nalso spun wool and flax, out of which was manu-\\nfactured the cloth for the use of the family.\\nThe father of our subject had no horses for a\\nnumber of years, doing his farming, milling and\\nmarketing with ox-teains. He fought his way\\nbravely with the difficulties of a new soil and an\\nundeveloped eountr}-, and lived to rejoice in the\\nadvance of civilization, with its attendant conveni-\\nences and blessings. His last days were spent in\\ncomfort on the homestead which he had labored\\nto build up, and he passed quictlj from earth in\\nthe month of Ma3 1884, at a ripe old age.\\nThe mother of our subject, who in her girlhood\\nwas Miss Alice Luther, was born in Plattsburg, N.Y.,\\nin 1812, and was the daugliter of William and\\nElma (Allen) Luther, who later came to this State,\\nand w ere numbered among the pioneers of Rome\\nTownship. She is still living, and makes her home\\nwith her son Charles, at Rome Center, on the old\\nhomestead. The seven children born to the parental\\nfamily included four sons and three daughters, six\\nof whom lived to mature years, and are all resi-\\ndents of this State.\\nThe subject of this sketch was tlie fourth child\\nof his parents, and, in common with his brothers\\nand sisters, acquired his education in the pub-\\nlic school. He was eighteen years of age upon\\nthe outbreak of the Rebellion, and the following\\n3 ear, on the 25th of August, 18G2, enlisted in\\nCompany B. 1 8th Alichigan Infantry, and served\\nuntil December, 18G3, when he was compelled to\\naccept his honorable discharge on account of dis-\\nability. He had in the meantime, however, seen\\nconsiderable of war, operating in the States of\\nKentucky, Tennessee and Alabama.\\nUpon his return from the arm3 Mr. Jcrrells\\nsought the Pacific Slope, and engaged at butcher-\\ning on Mormon Island, Sacramento, two 3 ears.\\nThen, returning to the old homestead, he worked\\nwith his father until his marriage. Soon afterward\\nhe set out to hunt a location, and after traveling\\nthrough the northern part of the State, rented a\\ntract of land near Sturgis, in St. Joseph Count3\\nwhere he carried on farming for three years. He\\nhad now a snug little capital, which he invested in\\nforty acres of land on section 27 in Pittsford\\nTownship, this county. Upon this he operated\\nthree 3 ears, then sold out and purchased eight3\\nacres in Rome Township, Lenawee Count3 This\\nhe also occupied three years, then removed to\\nHudson, and after a 3-ear s residence there, pur-\\nchased his present homestead.\\nThe farm of Mr. Jerrells, upon which he has\\nwrought great improvement since taking posses-\\nsion, embraces a fertile and well-cultivated tr.ict,\\nupon which he has labored witii excellent results.\\nThe lady who has shared his home and fortunes\\nsince the 4th of November, 1 8li{!, was formerly- Miss\\nMatilda E. Britton, who was born in Pittsford\\nTownship, Sept. 14, 1848. Their only child, a son,\\nOra B., was Ijorn May 22, I S74, and is now at\\nhome.\\nRichard Britton. the father of Mrs. Jerrells, and\\none of the earliest settlers of Pittsford Township,\\nwas liorn in the town of Ovid, Seneca Co., N. Y.,\\nand was the son of Richard Britton, Sr., who\\nwas a native of England. The latter emigrated to\\nNew York in the i)ioneer days of Seneca County,\\nthe moving being made with an ox-cart. Grand-\\nfather Britton drove a cow along, which kept the\\nfamily supplied with milk during the journe3\\nArrived at his destination, Mr. Britton purchased\\nI-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0799.jp2"}, "800": {"fulltext": "788\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\na tract of timber land, near which afterward sprang\\nup the town of Ovid, and where he resided until\\n1833. Then selling out, he started with his wife\\nfor the Territory of Michigan. Upon their arrival\\nat Detroit, to wliich they had made their way via\\nthe Erie Canal and the lake, they waited for their\\nthree sons, who were to join them, having come\\noverland by team. The family being reunited, theu\\nproceeded to Washtenaw County, this State, where\\nthe father purchased a tract of land in Superior\\nTownship. Upon this there was a log house, of which\\nthey took possession, and made themselves as com-\\nfortable as the circumstances would permit. In\\n1834, accompanied by his two sons, one of whom\\nwas Richard, Jr., Grandfather Britton started out\\non foot to explore the Bean Creek Valley. He\\nselected 640 acres of land in Pittsford Township,\\njourneyed on foot to Monroe to enter his iand,and\\nfrom there back to Washtenaw County for his\\nfamily. This land he occupied until his death,\\nabout 184.5. The maiden name of his wife was\\nAbigail Hand. She was also a native of New .Jer-\\nsey, and spent her last years at the home of her\\ndaughter, Fhebe DeLong, in this county.\\nRichard Britton, Jr., spent his early years amid\\nthe scenes of pioneer life in Washtenaw County,\\ncontinuing under the parental roof until his mar-\\nriage, which occurred on the 28th of August,\\n183G. The bride and groom at once started for\\ntheir new home in Pittsford Township, the land of\\nwhich at that time was heavily timbered. To the\\nplace which Mr. B. had selected for his future resi-\\ndence there had, as yet, never been even a road cut.\\nHe erected a \\\\og house, where the young couple\\nbegan life together, and then commenced in earnest\\ntlie clearing of his farm. After he had thus pre-\\npared a small tract, he walked to Adrian and pur-\\nchased some young apple trees, which he conveyed\\nhome on his back and planted. Some of these trees\\nare still standing, and in good bearing condition.\\nThe lapse of years effected a remarkable change in\\nthe face of the country as well as the condition of\\nthis sturdy pioneer. Here he lived and labored until\\nhis death, which occurred on tiie 19th of Novem-\\nber, 1875. During his career, which had been-\\nnotable for honest endeavor and uprightness of\\ncharacter, Mr. Britton had secured in a marked\\ndegree the friendship and respect of all who knew\\nhim. He was a very intelligent man, a great reader,\\nand tlKjroughly well informed. Tlie mother sur-\\nvived her husband, and was subsequently married.\\nHer sketch, as Mrs. Ellen Barkman, appears on\\nanother page in this volume.\\nVi^ERRY HOPKINS is prominently identified\\njj) with the industrial interests of Hillsdale\\nCounty, as a farmei-, stock-raiser and cooper,\\nI i being very prosperously engaged in these\\npursuits on section 11 of Woodbridge Township.\\nHe was born in New York State, Nov. 29, 1831,\\nand is the son of the late David and Olive (Larra-\\nbee) Hopkins, natives respectively of Connecticut\\nand New York, the fatlier born in 1800 and the\\nmother in 1804. In 1836 they came to Michigan\\nand located in Rome, Lenawee County, where Mr.\\nHopkins industriousl} pursued his occupation of\\nfarmer until his death in 1866. He had received\\nhis education in the common schools, and was an\\nintelligent man, much respected by all for his virtu-\\nous, upright life, and was a stanch adherent of the\\nQuaker society. His wife was a Close Communion\\nBaptist, and an earnest Christian; she survived him\\nsome years, dying in 1872. They had seven chil-\\ndren, namely: Perry (our subject), Trueman, Lo-\\ndema, Susanna, Polly, ALartha and Lucinda. Mr.\\nHopkins also had four children by a former mar-\\nriage David, Russell, Amanda and Nancy.\\nHe of whom we write, coming to Michigan when\\na small boy in the very early days of tlie settle-\\nment of the southern part of this State, vvas reared\\nin the pioneer home of his parents in the township\\nof Rome, Lenawee County. He endured with\\nthem all the privations and hardships of such a life,\\nwhere, though they had plenty to eat, as vvild\\ngame was abundant, many things now considered\\nabsolutely indispensable to comfort were sadly lack-\\ning. However, they were unneeded to develop in\\nthe young lad vigor of mind and body, and a manly\\nself-reliance, which enabled him at the age of eight-\\neen 3 ears to start out into the world, poor indeed\\nin purse, but rich in spirit and energy. He learned\\nthe cooper s trade and for ten years followed", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0800.jp2"}, "801": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nit very successfullj thus acquiring consiileral le\\nproperty, wliicli enabled him to cslablisii himself as\\na farmer, and in February, 1861, lie purchased\\neighty acres of forest covered land, which now\\nforms a part of his present farm. In the month of\\nMarch he commenced to fell tlie trees on his land\\nto make room and material to build a log house,\\ninto which he and his family moved in the month\\nof INLay, before it was provided with either door or\\nwindow. Since that time he has steadily made his\\nway to an assured success, until now he owns one of\\nthe finest farms in this county, and has increased its\\narea to 160 acres of rich and highlj- fertile land, on\\nwhich he has made man^ valuable improvements\\nHe has paid much attention to the breeding of high\\ngrades of horses and cattle, and is quite famous for\\nhis fine Hambletonians and Short-horns. He has\\nerected a fine, commodious brick house, at a cost of\\n$3,000, with a slate roof and handsomely furnished\\ninside; it has two cellars, and its dimensions are:\\nthe main part lGx24, two stories in height; two\\nwings, 16x16 and 18x21, and a kitchen lOx 21. Me\\nbuilt in 1884 a substantial barn at a cost of 11, 500,\\n44x68 feet in dimensions, with 20-foot posts, 33,000\\nshingles covering the roof, and a basement eight\\nfeet high under the center, in which are built thirty\\ncords of stone.\\nMr. Hopkins was married to Miss Betsy A. Bar-\\nnum, Jul}- 2, 18o3, and she has since been to him a\\nmost faithful and helpful wife, to whom much of his\\nprosperity is duo. She vvas born Oct. 18, 1830, in\\nNew York State, and was a daughter of Zar and\\nMargaret (German) Barnuui, also natives of York\\nState. They came to Michigan in 1 840, and are\\nnow both deceased. Her father was a farmer and\\nalso a cabinet-maker. He was an active and es-\\nteemed member of the Baptist Church. The mar-\\nriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins has been productive\\nof four children, of whom the following is the rec-\\nord Adolphus died at the age of twenty Madora,\\nwho died Aug. 4, 1880, was the wife of Dr. Stearns,\\nof Frontier, having been one of the first teachers iu\\nthat town, and was very highly educated; Elfred\\nwas born in Franklin Township, Lenawee Count}\\nOrson was born Sept. 10, 1864, and is married to\\nLuclla Pointer. Elfred married, Oct. 29, 1884, Me-\\nlissa Culbertson, who was born in Ohio, in 1859,\\nand came to Michigan in 1882; they have one\\nchild, Alice M., born Dec. 29, 1887.\\nOur subject and his wife occupy a good social\\nposition ill this community, and are greatly re-\\nspected by the people for their genuine worth and\\nintegrity, and their hospitable home is ever open to\\nnumerous friends. In his (lolitical views Mr. Hop-\\nkins is an advocate of the Greenback party, while\\nhis sons are Democrats.\\nAVID C. CLARK, Treasurer of Camden\\nTownship, is in the enjoyment of a pleas-\\nant country home on section 25. His\\nfarm of sixty acres has been brought to a\\nfine state of cultivation, and the neat dwelling, with\\nthe substantial l)arn and other out-buildings, flanked\\nby the thrifty orchard of choice apple and other\\nfruit trees, form a most pleasant picture in the land-\\nscape of that section. Everything indicates the\\nabode of peace and comfort, and our subject and\\nhis estimable wife have secured their right to these\\nblessings by the industry and economy of earlier\\nyears.\\nOur subject was born in Huron County, Ohio,\\nDec. 5, 1835, and is the son of Frederick and Au-\\nrilla (Burch) Clark, natives of Washington County,\\nN. Y. His maternal grandfather served as a sol-\\ndier in the Revolutionary War and spent his last\\nyears in New York State. Of the family of six\\nchildren, the survivors are named respectively:\\nCharles W., Oscar V., Perry, and David C, our\\nsubject, and are all carrying on farming in Camden\\nTownship. The latter was reared to manhood in\\nhis native county, of which his parents were among\\nthe earliest pioneers, and acquired his education\\nin the district school near his home. He became\\nfamiliar with the various einploynients of farm life,\\nand upon leaving the Buckej-e State engaged for a\\ntime in the boot and shoe trade at Camden.\\nThe m.arriage of our subject with MissSamantha\\nCartwright was celebrated at the home of the bride\\nin Huron County, Ohio, Oct. 31, 1857. Mrs. Cl.ark\\nwas born iu Lagrange Count}-, Ind., Nov. 29, 1842,\\nand is the daughter of Sluman S. and Betsy M.\\nCartwright, the father a native of New York State\\nr", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0801.jp2"}, "802": {"fulltext": "790\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nand the mother of Vermont. Her parents came to\\nOhio in their youth, wliere they were married, and\\nwhence they removed a few years later to Indiana.\\nMr. Cartwrighl had for manj years been a member\\nof tlie Christian Church, and departed this life at\\nhis home in Camden Township, June I, 1872.\\nMrs. Betsy M. Cartwright, the mother of Mrs.\\nClark, was a most lovable and amiable Christian\\nlady, and a member of the Christian Church for\\nseveral years. Her death took place in Clyde,\\nOhio, Sept. 24, 1885, at the home of her sister,\\nMrs. J. F. Brown, her age being sixt3 -flve years,\\ntwo months and twentj -four days. Upon the morn-\\ning of her death, Mrs. Cartwright and her daughter\\nDell were preparing to take the train for her home\\nin Camden, this county. She arose before any one\\nelse in the house and began making ready for her\\njourney. She was ver} jubilant in anticipation of\\nmeeting her chll li-eu and friends in a few hours,\\nand ate a hearty breakfast. While her daughter\\nDell went to the depot to get their hagg.ige checked,\\nMrs. Cartwright and her sister s family engaged in\\nworship, and while in the act of praying Mrs. C.\\nfell to the floor and expired.\\nMrs. Cartwright was born in Fairfield, Franklin\\nCo. Vt., June 30, 18-20. She was ten years of age\\nwhen her parents removed to Huron County, Ohio,\\nwhere she remained several years, and at the age of\\nfifteen married Sluman S. Cartwright, Dee. 27, 1835.\\nAfter the birth of two children Mr. and Mrs. Cart-\\nwright moved to Indiana, and there endured for\\nseveral years the hardships of pioneer life. After\\na time they returned to Ohio, and subsequently\\nmade several later removals from Ohio to Indiana\\nand Michigan, finally settling down in Camden,\\nwhich remained the home of Mrs. Cartwright for a\\nl^eriod of twenty -six years. She was the mother of\\nfourteen children, seven daughters and seven sons,\\nnine of whom are living, namely Milo A., of Wood-\\nbridge, this county Miles E., of Reading; Samau-\\ntha, Mrs. Clark; Susan M., Mrs. A. A. Abby, of\\nCamden; EIans(m, of Woodbridge; L^dia M., Mrs.\\nS. W. Drake, of Camden, and Almira, Mrs. Milton\\nHagerman, of Three Oaks, Berrien County; Miss\\nDell and Albert D., of Camden. This lamented\\nlady was a kind mother, genial in her nature, re-\\nspected by all who knew her, and untiring in her\\nefforts to make all around her happy. Four j-ears\\nprevious to her death she united with the Seventh-\\nDay Adventist Ciiurch, of which she continued a\\nworthy member until her death. Her remains were\\nbrought to this county and buried 1)3 the side of\\nher husband in Camden Cemetery, the services be-\\ning conducted by Elder Parmelee, at the Advent\\nChurch at Camden.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Clark there has been born one\\nchild only, a daughter, Lura, May 3. 1878. Mr.\\nClark in the spring of 1872 came with his family\\nto this county and settled in the timber on the land\\nwhich constitutes bis present farm. But a small\\nportion of it had been cleared at that time, he even\\nhaving to cut away the brush in order to put up\\nhis dwelling. He labored industriously for a num-\\nber of years, bringing the soil to a state of cultiva-\\ntion, and effecting the Improvements we see to-day.\\nIn his labors he was ably assisted by his most ex-\\ncellent wife, who has ever been his capable iielpmate\\nand counselor, and to whose good judgment and\\neconomy a large portion of his success is due.\\nMr. Clark is now serving his second term as\\nTreasurer, and in political matters usuall} votes the\\nDemocratic ticket. He Is public spirited and lib-\\neral, and has watched with warm interest the\\ndevelopment of his adopted county. Mrs. Clark,\\nfollowing In the footsteps of her beloved mother,\\nis a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church,\\nand attends services at Camden.\\n^4l^\u00c2\u00a3I2/GM@^|\\nl-y^^ SOety^ vy^^\\nIRAM ROOT, of Scipio Township, was born\\nin Stillwater, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., Aug. 10,\\n181G, and is theson of Isaac and Ruth (Hol-\\nlis) Root, natives of the same county, where\\nthey weie reared and married, and where the mother\\nspent her entire life. Isaac Root after the death of\\nhis wife contracted a second matrimonial alliance,\\nand came to Saginaw County, this State, where his\\ndeath took place. He was the father of four chil-\\ndren, one daughter and three sons.\\nHiram Root was reared on a farm, and has always\\nbeen engaged in agricultural pursuits. He con-\\ntinued a resident of his native county until settling\\nin Scipio Township in 1837, and of which he h.as\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0802.jp2"}, "803": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\na\\nr9i\\nbeen a resiflent now for over fifty years. He was\\nmarried in Jonesville, Marcli 31, 1840, to Miss\\nSaraii Wliited, who was born in Malta, Saratoga\\nCo., N. Y., Oct. 29, 1825. Of that union there\\nwere born four children Emma L., Euplicmia ftL,\\nElizabeth M. and Lottie E. Emma is the wife of\\nWilliam Watts, of Wood River, Neb.; Euphemia\\nmarried Lyman D. Proper, of Bloomington, Neb.\\nElizabeth, Mrs. George D. Walker, is the wife of a\\nwell-lo-do farmer of Scipio Township, and Lottie\\nE. is Mrs. W. M. Watts, of this townshi|) also. The\\nmother of these children died at the homestead,\\nSept. 12, 1881; she was a member of the Baptist\\nChurch. Mr. Root, politically, has voted the Demo-\\ncratic ticket for a number of years.\\n-if^f-^ti^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^iiS- ^i^-t\\nARIUS P. CRANE, well known as one of\\nthe most prosperous farmers and stock-\\nraisers of Hillsdale Township, came to this\\ncounty in 1864, and located on the tract of\\nland which he still owns and occupies. This em-\\nbraces 100 acres of productive land, embellished\\nwith a good set of frame buildings, a choice assort-\\nment of live stock, and equipped with the necessarj\\nmachinery for carrying on agriculture in a success-\\nful manner. Mr. Crane has been prominent in\\ntownship affairs, taking an interest in its growth\\nand development, and served as Justice of the Peace\\nfor a period of six years. He has also been School\\nDirector and Trustee, and is in all respects a respon-\\nsible and reliable citizen, who is filling his niche in\\nlife in a praiseworthy manner.\\nOur subject was born in Putnam County, N. Y.,\\nDec. 30, 1816, and is the son of Josiah and Keziah\\n(Hall) Crane, natives of the same county. The\\nfather was a cooper by trade, and also carried on\\nfarming. The family is of English ancestry, and\\nthe first representatives in this eountry settled in\\nRhode Island, whence the granrlfather of our sul)-\\nject removed at an early day to New York State,\\nand there spent his last days. His son Josiah, the\\nfather of our subject, departed this life in 1842,\\nwhen seventy-four years of age. The motiier sur-\\nvived her husband about six years, her death taking\\nplace in 1848. She was a member of the Presby-\\nterian Church, and reared her children to habits of\\nindustry and principles of honor. The twelve chil-\\ndren of the parental household were named respect-\\nively: Philander, Stella, Cornelia, Oliver, John,\\nSusan (who died young), Walter (who died when\\nseventy-nine years of age, in 1887). Deborah, Cla-\\nrissa, Daniel, Darius (our subject) and Sarah.\\nDarius Crane was the eleventh child of his par-\\nents, and in common with his brothers\u00c2\u00bband sisters\\nwas reared on a farm, and .acquired his education in\\nthe district school. While little more than a hid\\nhe entered a hat factory at Norwalk, Conn., where\\nhe worked three 3-cars, but not being quite satis-\\nfied with this emplo3ment, conmienccd teaching\\nschool, being then in the seventeenth year of his\\nage. In this latter business he was successful, be-\\ning endowed with peculiar tact and judgment, and\\nat one time liad for his pupil the boy wjio was subsc-\\nquentl3 Gen. Darius Couch, later of Massachusetts.\\nY oung Crane followed his profession of teacher\\nfour seasons thereafter, in the winter, and on the\\n28th of September, 1837, was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Hanna Forbes. This lady was born Nov.\\n4, 1818, on the island of Corfu, a beautiful spot\\nof land in the Grecian Archipelago, and was the\\ndaughter of a British soldier who died on the Isle of\\nMauritius, sometimes known as the Isle of France,\\nwhile in the prime of life. Mrs. Crane came to\\nAmerica when about twelve ^-ears of age to live\\nwith her aunt. Miss Forbes, and thereafter pursued\\nher studies in the academj^ at Lima, N. Y. On her\\nnative Isle she had become thorough!}- familiar with\\nthe French language, but has naturally forgotten\\nmuch that she then learned. She came to Michi-\\ngan with her husband in 1804, and of her union\\nwith our subject there have been born eight chil-\\ndren: Emily R. is the wife of James K. Fisher, a\\nbanker of Hillsdale; Kate II. married Spencer O.\\nFisher, a banker and Member of Congress from the\\nTenth District of this State. an l pros|)cctive candi-\\ndate for Governor on the Democratic ticket; Anna\\nE. is the wife of George W. Kuck, a banker of Ce-\\ndar Rapids, Iowa; Albert A. married .Miss Josephine\\nKeefer, and is engaged as a lumber dealer in Ba}\\nCity, this State; Ambrose W. married Miss Agnes\\nAbel, and is one of the druggists of Hillsdale; Mark\\nD. married Miss Cline, and otHciates as cashier of\\n11", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0803.jp2"}, "804": {"fulltext": "M^\\n792\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nthe First State Bank, of Hillsdale; Ella E. is de-\\nceased she was the wife of Charles Ford, a clothier,\\nof Bay Citj\\\\ Louie A. is the wife of Jerome G.\\nAbbott, a banker of Elkhart, Ind.\\nMr. Crane, politically, is a zealous Republican,\\nand with his excellent wife a member in good stand-\\ning of the Presbyterian Church, in which he has\\nheld the office of Elder for many years. He has\\nbeen identified with this denomination almost since\\nbis boyhood, and before coming to Michigan was\\nmany years a Trustee in the church atKnowlesville.\\nOrleans Co., N. Y. He is essentially a self-made\\nman. and a forcible illustration of the results of\\nfrugal living and a course of strict integrity.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6J^^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n/p^EORGE GRAY, of Adams Township, aged\\nIII g\u00e2\u0080\u0094 now nearly seventy and four j-ears, made\\n^^^jj his way to Southern Michigan from the\\nBuckeye State in 1846, accompanied- by his wife\\nand three children. He selected Wheatland Town-\\nship for the scene of his first operations, but two\\nyears later removed from there to Adams Town-\\nship, of which he has since been a continuous and\\nhonored resident. Ripe in length of da3-s and\\nexperience, he has acquitted himself creditably\\nboth in prosperity and adversity, and while ap-\\nproaching the sunset of life, is surrounded by the\\nesteem and friendship of his entire community. The\\nmain points in his family history are substantially\\nas follows:\\nThe parents of our subject, David and Esther\\n(Cluff) Gray, were natives of New York, where\\nthey were reared to mature years, and were mar-\\nried in the town of Genoa. They settled upon a\\ntract of land near Cayuga Lake, where they resided\\nuntil their son George was about three years of age.\\nThence they removed to Chardon. Geauga Co.,\\nOhio, where the father carried on farming until the\\ndeath of the mother, in 1850. She was seventy-\\neight ye.irs of age, and a woman who is remembered\\nas having been a model wife and mother, train-\\ning her children caiefully, and looking well to the\\nwa^s of her household.\\nAfter the death of his wife David Gray removed\\nwith his son Martin to Mentor, Ohio, the home of\\nthe late President, James A. Garfield, with whom\\nhe contracted a warm friend.^hip, and for whom he\\nlived to vote, being then one hundred years old.\\nThe lamented President was the last Presidential\\ncandidate for whom he was permitted to cast his\\nballot, although he lived through the following\\nPresidential campaign, and until after the inaugur-\\nation of President Cleveland. His death took\\nplace on the 2d of May, 1885, at the age of one\\nhundred and four years, seven months, and nine\\ndays, leaving five sons and two daughters. Of\\nthese three are living, and mostly residents of Ohio\\nand Michigan.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in New York,\\nDec. 18, 1814, and was the fourth child of his par-\\nents. At the time they left the Empire State for\\nOhio, Geauga County, in which they settled, was\\nin its infancy, the pioneers being few and far\\nbetween. It is hardlj necessary to sa3 that his\\nschool advantages were extremely limited, but he\\nwas trained to habits of industry and economy, and\\nadmirably fitted for the future struggles of life. He\\nremained a member of his father s household until\\ntwenty-two years of age, and in the fall of 1837\\nwas united in marriage with Miss Zilpah, daughter\\nof Gad and Lydia Stafford, who were natives of\\nRhode Island, whence they removed to Ontario\\nCount3 N. Y., and settled near the town of Man-\\nchester, where they lived until their removal to\\nMichigan, in 1846. Mr. Stafford died in Wheat-\\nland Township, this county, in the spring of 1860,\\nat the age of seventy years. Mrs. S. survived her\\nhusband a period of twenty years, and died at the\\nhome of her son, in W^healland, in J878, at the\\nadvanced age of eighty -eight. Mrs. Gray was the\\neldest of their nine children, five sons and four\\ndaughters. She was born May 1, 1820, in On-\\ntario County, N. Y., and was a little girl ten years\\nof age when her parents removed to Ohio. She\\nacquired her education in the common schools of\\nGeauga County, where she made the acquaintance\\nof her future husband, to whom she was married\\nwhen seventeen j-ears of age.\\nMr. and Mrs. Gray have traveled the journey of\\nlife together for a period of fifty-one years, and\\ncelebrated their golden wedding in September,\\n1887. This was an occasion of general rejoicing,", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0804.jp2"}, "805": {"fulltext": "H^\\n-A\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY\\n793\\nand was pnrticipated in li^- numerous friends and\\nacquaintances, from wlioiu they received man} con-\\ngratulations and wishes for their continued happi-\\nness. They are tlie parents of two sons oiil^\\nWilliam, who is now a resident of Adaius, and\\nHenry, of whom a sketch appears elsewhere iu this\\nwork.\\nMr. Gray carried on farming in Ohio until the\\nspring of 1846, then disposing of his interests there,\\nmade his wa^ to .Southern Michigan, and located\\nfirst in AVheatland Township. Here he lived two\\nyears, and in the meantime Mr. and Mrs. Gray\\nsuffered the loss of a dear little girl, Lydia Estiier,\\nfour years of age. They left Wheatland Township\\nto take up their residence on section 20, iu Adams\\nTownship, where at one time Mr. Gray was the\\nowner of 1 20 acres of land. Forty of this he has\\nsince sold, having now eighty acres, with a substan-\\ntial two-story brick residence, a good barn, and the\\nvarious out-buildings required for his use and con-\\nvenience.\\nMr. and Mrs. Gray are members in good stand-\\ning of the Congregational Church, at North Adams,\\nwith which they became identified thirty years ago.\\nMr. Gray cast his first Presidential vote for Clay,\\nbeing then a follower of the old-line Whigs, and,\\nsince 1856 has supported the Republican party.\\nHe has otficiated in the various school offices of his\\ndistrict, and was at one time Constable, which\\nposition he resigned. He has lived to see great\\nchanges in the Wolverine State, and his honest,\\nupright life affords an excellent example worthy of\\nimitation.\\nIfk A LOVINA HAINES, widow of the late\\nJosiah Haynes, of Wheatland Township,\\nowns and occupies a pleasant home on\\nsection 23, left her by her husband. Her\\nchildhood days were passed in Scioto County, Ohio,\\nwhere her birth took place May 30, 1821. Her\\nparents were Rev. Moses and Betsey (Winkler)\\nBennett, the former for naany years a prominent\\nminister of the Baptist Church. He was born in\\nNew Jersej in 1791, and sjjent the lastyearsof his\\nlife in RoUin Township, Lenawee County, this\\nState, where his death took place in 1844, when he\\nwas flft3 -three years of age. The mother, who sur-\\nvived Mr. Bennett man} years, was married the\\nsecond time, to John Greenlee, and died at the\\nhome of her son, in Greenville, Montcalm County,\\nthis State, at the advanced age of eighty-four\\nyears.\\nJosiah Haj nes was born in Franklin Count}\\nMass.. Aug. 24, 1808, where he lived until coming\\nto the Territory of Michigan, in 1834. He spent\\none year in looking ov r the country, then returned\\nto New Englanil, but a year later retraced his steps\\nwestward, and took up eighty acres of Government\\nland in Blisstield Township, Lenawee County. His\\nfirst marriage was to Miss Malona Osborn, who\\nwas born in January, 1818, and died at her home\\nin Cambridge Township, Lenawee Count} when\\ntwenty-eight years of age. Of this union there were\\nborn three children, two of whom are deceased, and\\nthe survivor, a daughter, Mary, the wife of Thomas\\nB. Bailey, is now a resident of San Jose, Cal.\\nThe marriage of Josiah Haynes an l Miss Lovina\\nBennett was celebrated at the home of the bride in\\nRoUin Township, April 4, 1844. They took up\\ntheir residence in Cambridge, whence they came to\\nWheatland Township in 1853. Two children were\\nthe result of this union: Jane A., who was born in\\nCambridge Township, Lenawee County, Aug. 11,\\n1848, and is the wife of Augustus Tabor, who lives\\nin Hudson; they have a son and daughter. Ida E.,\\nthe second child of Mr. and Mrs. Haynes, was born\\nin Wheatland Township, Aug. 24, 185G, and is the\\nwife of Oscar Havvley they occupy the homestead\\nwith Mrs. Haynes, and have three children, namely:\\nOla M., born May 27, 1875; Lulu B., April 27,\\n1880, and Lettie E., April 16, 1884. Mr. and Mrs.\\nHavvley are a very accomplished couple, in both\\nsocial and musical circles, and Mrs. H.. like her\\nesteemed mother, is prominent in every good work,\\nand like her also, an earnest and active member of\\nthe Baptist Church. Mrs. Haynes has always been\\ndeeply interested in the Sunday-school, and for two\\nyears was President of the Ladies Missionary So-\\nciety, of which she is at present Treasurer.\\nThe Haynes family were among the first settlers\\nof Hillsdale County. The husband of our subject,\\nwho departed this life on the lOili of May, 1873,\\nwas the son of Josiah, Sr., and Raua (Kemp-\\n*t", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0805.jp2"}, "806": {"fulltext": "-4^\\nr94\\nHILLSDALE COUKTY.\\nton) Hayiies, who spent tlioir last years in Massa-\\nchusetts. Tlic Imsband of Mrs. IL, of our sketeli,\\nwas a man of most excellent qualities of charaoter.\\nand his memory is held dear, not only by the mem-\\nbers of his own family, but bj- the entire community\\nwhere he had lived for so manj years, and in the\\ndevelopment and progress of which he took such an\\nactive part. In his i)ursuits as an agricnllurist he\\nwas thorough and methodical, and thus possessed\\nthe true secret of success. The property which he\\nhas left to his family constitutes the best monument\\nof his thrift and industry, and his worth as a father\\nand citizen.\\n^Tp^.ELSON P. NYE is a pioneer of Hillsdale\\nI County, who has been for many years oc-\\n/lyii^i cupying a prominent position among the\\nleading citizens of Pittsford Township. When he\\ncame to Michigan in the fall of 1838, this part of\\nthe countiy was in a ver3 wild condition, but five\\nyears having elapsed since the first land was entered\\nfor settlement in the township wheie he afterward\\nmade his home. Primeval forests abounded, which\\nseemed all the more grand and gloomy in contrast\\nwith the few spots cleared and cultivated by the\\nearl} settlers, and on which they had erected their\\nprimitive log cabins. Deer, turkey s and other wild\\ngame were abundant, and bears and wolves were\\noften seen. Our subject has been an active factor in\\ndeveloping Pittsford into one of the finest agricult-\\nural centers of Southern Michigan. His career in\\nlife is an excellent example of wliat a man can do\\nby persistent energy and pluck to elevate his posi-\\ntion and gain for himself an honorable place in the\\nworld. When he came to this State he had but $6\\nin his pocket, but he was strong, courageous, and\\nwilling to work, so that in the succeeding j ears of\\ntoil and hardship he persistently made his way to\\nthe prosperity that he now enjo3 s.\\nOur subject was born in Plainfield, Otsego Co.,\\nN. Y., Feb. 28, 1817, and is the son of Joseph\\nNye. His father was born in Connecticut, there\\ngrew to manhood, and subsequently moved to New\\nY ork, where he lived in Otsego County for a time.\\nAbout 1820 he moved to Herkimer Count} and\\nlater to Bridgewater, Oneida County, and there\\nbought improved land, and continued his residence\\nin that township until his death, Jan. 21, 1853.\\nThe maiden name of his worthy wife was Sally\\nClark, who was born in the State of New Y ork.and\\ndied there in April, 1858. There were ten children\\nborn of that union, nine of whom grew to maturity.\\nNelson P. was the seventh child in order of birth,\\nand was reared on a farm, continuing to live with\\nhis parents until twentj years of age, receiving\\nfrom those good people a careful training in good\\nhabits, and all that goes to make up a good man\\nand a true citizen. After he left the home roof he\\nworked out in his iiative State for awhile, being\\nemploj ed on a farm by the month. He then came\\nto Michigan, via Erie Canal and lake to Toledo,\\nthence on the railroad lo Adrian, wlience he pro-\\nceeded on foot to Bean Creek Valley, where his\\nbrother Austin lived. He worked for this elder\\nbrother for a year, and subsequently took jobs of\\nchopping fallow that is, chopping ready for log-\\nging and clearing land for about five years. After\\nhe had been lieie three years Mr. Nye bouglit sixt}\\nacres of land at $6 an acre, paying $150 cash and\\nthe rest at seven per cent interest. Our subject\\nmarried, Aug. 19, 1843, Mary A. Hale, who was\\nborn in Essex County, England. Her parents were\\nJohn and Rachel (Buck) Hale, natives of England.\\nThe} came to America about 1830 and settled in\\nPalmyra. N. Y. Mrs. Hale died in New Y ork soon\\nafter landing. In 1841 Mr. Hale came to Michi-\\ngan, bought timber land in Pittsford Township,\\nbuilt a log house, and cleared a farm from the wil-\\nderness, on which he lived till a short time before\\nhis death, spending his last years with Mrs. Nye.\\nMr. Nye did not locate on his land until after\\nhis marriage, when he and his wife commenced\\nhousekeeping in the little log house he had pre-\\nviously erected. He cleared his entire tract of land\\nand bought other land at various times, until he\\nnow has a valuable farm of 200 acres, all in Pitts-\\nford Township, and besides owns a residence lot in\\nHudson. He has been extensively and profitalily\\nengaged in general farming and stock-raising.\\nThe marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Nye has been\\nblessed by the birth of ten children, now living,\\nwhose record is as follows: Permilla married Sam-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0806.jp2"}, "807": {"fulltext": "u\\n-ii^l-4\u00c2\u00bb\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n795\\nuel Diekerson, now of Cincinnati, Obio; Louisa R.,\\nwidow of Fiuley Beazel, lives in Ligonier, Ind.;\\nAlfred F. lives in Pittsford lsal)elle M. nianied\\nFrank Gilbert, of Cleveland, Ohio; Tliercsa A. lives\\nin Ligonier. Ind; John IL lives in Cincinnati, Ohio;\\nIJavid V. lives in Pittsford; Nelson P. lives in\\nCleveland, Ohio; Nettie W. married Augustus C.\\nChilds, of Los Angeles, Cal. Eugene F. lives at\\nhome with bis parents.\\nThe substantial worth and ability of our subject\\nwere early recognized by his fellow-citizens, who\\nhave often called upon him to take an active part\\nin public affairs, and he has always responded to\\ntheir fai Ji in him by efficiently and honestly dis-\\ncharging the duties of the various offices he has\\nheld from time to time. He has represented the\\ntownship on the Board of County Supervisors;\\nhas been Township Clerk, Treasurer and School In-\\nspector; held the office of Justice of the Peace\\ntwelve yeaj S, and in 1884 was Census Enumerator\\nfor Pittsford Township. He has been a Republican\\nfrom the formation of tlie party, having jMcviously\\nbeen a Whig. Mrs. Nye is a consistent member of\\nthe Congregational Church, at Hudson.\\ny^lLLIAM H. BELCHER. The history of\\nthe present will be more highly prized by\\nW^ the descendants of the people whose record\\nlies herein than by those who are the more nearly\\ninterested at the present time; at least, we are led\\nto this conclusion by observing with what care and\\nsolicitude the men of the present generation collect\\nthe reminiscences of their forefathers, who then\\nhad not the facilities of to-day for preserving the\\nrecord of their deeds to posterity.\\nThe subject of this sketch is a son of one of the\\nearliest pioneers of tiiis State, and was born in Rol-\\nlin Township, Lenawee County, Oct. 17, 1847._\\nHis father, Henry Belcher, was a native of New\\nYork State, and his grandfather. Elislia Belcher,\\nwas first known of there as one of its early settlers,\\nand engaged in farming pursuits. There also he\\nsi)ent his last d.ays, and in tiie soil of the Empire\\nState was laid to rest.\\nHenry Belcher was renrcfl in his native State,\\nwhere he developed into manhood, and when leav-\\ning the home roof made his way to the Territory of\\nMichigan, and located among the early settlers of\\nLenawee County. Purchasing a tract of land in\\nRoUin Township, he put up a log cabin, and made\\nthat portion of the earth his home continuous!}\\nuntil departing hence. Under that lowly roof his\\nson William, the subject of this sketch, was born,\\nand when of suitiible years commenced .assisting in\\nthe improvement of the homestead.\\nMrs. Alraira (Parker) Belcher, the mother of our\\nsubject, was born in Pennsylvania, and probably\\nmet her future husband first in Lenawee County.\\nOf their union there were born nine children, all of\\nwhom lived to mature years, and seven are now liv-\\ning, being mostly residents of Michigan. AVilliam\\nH., like the others, acquired bis education in the\\npioneer school, and remained a member of the\\nparental household until after the outbreak of the\\nlate war. Then, although but a lad a little over\\nfifteen years old, he enlisted, March 26, KSG3, in\\nCompany A, 18th Michigan Infantry, and at once\\nproceeded to the front, passing through Louisville\\nand Georgetown. Ky.. to Nashville, Tenn., and\\nthence to Decatur, Ala., whence they went to\\nAthens, where our subject was captured liy the\\nrebels and taken to Andersonville Prison. There\\nhe suffered all the horrors which have been so viv-\\nidly depicted as forming one of the darkest feat-\\nures of that struggle which shook both continents,\\nand which need scarcely be repeated here. He w.as\\nthus confined until A|)ril 8. lSfi.5, and then, after\\nthe surrender of Lee, was taken to Annapolis, Md.,\\nand exchanged. Subsequentl} he was transferred to\\nCompany A, 9th Michigan Infantry, with which he\\nremained until his honorable discliarge.\\nUpon his return to his home in RoUin Townshii),\\n3 oung Belcher worked out by the month a j-ear in\\nthat vicinity, and then went up into the lumber\\nregions, where he was employed for nine winters\\nfollowing, and in summer was engaged in a meat\\nmarket in Kent County until 1872, when he went\\nto Pioneer, Ohio, and engageil in the provision\\ntrade until the spring of 1884. Then reluining to\\nMichigan be puicbascd the farm which be now\\nowns and occupies on sections 32 and b in Wright\\nTownship. In 1887 he erected a large frame house\\n1\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0807.jp2"}, "808": {"fulltext": "-IH^-\\n796\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nin modern style of architecture, and is adding the\\nimprovements one after anotlier which will make it\\none of the noticeable farms of this portion of Hills-\\ndale County.\\nThe wife of our subject, to whom he was mar-\\nried April 17. 1^73, was formeily MissJLiry Stuck,\\nwho was born in Wright Township. March 16. 1849.\\nHer parents were Samuel and Eliza (Silvernail)\\nStuck, who came to this township in its pioneer\\nda3 s. Samuel Stuck was born in Seneca County,\\nN. Y., March 10, 1815, and was the son of Michael\\nStuck, a native of Pennsylvania. The paternal\\ngreat-grandfather of Mrs. Belcher was a native of\\nGermany, whence he emigrated when a young man,\\nand located in Pennsylvania, where he lived a few\\nyears, then took up his residence among the pioneer\\nsettlers of Seneca County, N. Y. He secured a\\nlarge tract of timber land in Fayette Township,\\nand ini|)roved a farm, upon which he spent the\\nremainder of his life.\\nThe paternal grandfather of Mrs. Belcher was but\\na boy when Ills parents removed from Pennsylvania\\nto New ork, where he grew to manhood, was mar-\\nried in Seneca County, and settled in Fayette\\nTownship. Like his father before him, he cleared\\na farm from the wilderness and lived there until\\n1837. Then resolving to go West he came to Pitts-\\nford Township, this county, and purchasing forty\\nacres of land, here spent his last days, his death\\ntaking place about Feb. 20, 1888.\\nMrs. Susan (Smith) Stuck, the jiaternal grand-\\nmother of Mrs. Belcher, was also a native of Penn-\\nsylvania, and spent her last years in Piltsford\\nTownship. The father of Mrs. B. was reared in his\\nnative town, and resided there with his parents\\nuntil 1836. That year he first visited the Teri-itory\\nof Michigan, and maintained himself by taking\\njobs at chopping and clearing land. Li the fall of\\nthat year he returned to New York State, where he\\nspent the winter, and early in the spring following\\ncame back to Michigan, accompanied by his par-\\nents, besides a brother and two sisters. They made\\nthe journey via the Erie Canal and steamer to\\nDetroit, and thence overland with an ox-team to\\nthis county, and located in Pittsford Township.\\nINIr. Stuck here entcied forty acres of land, but\\nbeing unmarried continued making his home with\\nhis parents. He employed himself .is before, work-\\ning for diflferent parties, chopping and clearing\\nland until his marriage. Soon afterward he had\\noccasion to go to Lanesville, now Hudson, Lenawee\\nCounty, and started on his return home after night-\\nfall. He soon found the wolves upon his track, and\\nsought shelter in a vacant log cabin upon a high\\nbeam, upon which he cranled and sat there all\\nnight. The wolves, in the meantime, there being\\nno means of keeping them out of the cabin, sat on\\nthe ground looking wistfully at him, but being\\nunable to reach him, remained until daylight, and\\nthen silent!} stole away.\\nAt the time of his marriage Mr. Stuck settled in\\nWright Township, in the midst of a timber tract of\\nforty acres on section 4, where he built a log cabin\\nand commenced housekeeping. Deer and wild\\nturkeys were plentiful, also wolves. Mr. Stuck still\\nsecured his hard cash by working out for his neigh-\\nbors, and put in all his leisure time clearing his own\\nland and preparing the soil for cultivation. In\\n1845 he had about twenty acres in productive con-\\ndition, then sold out, and purchased the homestead\\nwhich his widow now occupies. There his death\\ntook place P eb. 20, 1888. He had in the mean-\\ntime cleared the greater part of this latter farm, and\\nprovided it with a good set of frame buildings,\\nbesides planting an orchard and trees of the smaller\\nfruits.\\nThe mother of Mrs. Belcher, who in her girlhood\\nwas Miss Eliza Silvernail, became the wife of Sam-\\nuel Stuck on the 20th of July, 1840. She was born\\nin Ontario County, N. Y., June 26, 1821, and al-\\nthough approaching the sunset of life, is in the\\nenjoyment of good health and all her mental facul-\\nties unimpaired.\\nEV. JOHN SCOTT COPP, A. M., Bun-\\nProfessor of Systematic Theology in Hills-\\ndale College, was born near the city of Ban-\\n^gor. Me., Jan. 17, 1843, and was the second\\nin the family of four children of John B. and Cyrena\\nM. Copp. His mother was a sister of Judge C. B.\\nIMills, of Tuscola C(junty, Mich. Both parents\\nwere natives of the Pine Tree St.ate, where they\\n*^hM", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0808.jp2"}, "809": {"fulltext": "i\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n797\\nI\\nresided until 1847, when they moved to Ohio, set-\\ntling in Ashtabula Count} The father and grand-\\nfather of Mr. Coppwere both ministers of the Free-\\nWill Baptist denomination, and labored faithfully\\nin the service of the Master. The father of our\\nsubject died in Genesee County, Mich., in 1855,\\nand the mother had died several years before, in the\\nState of Ohio.\\nIn Ohio Prof. Copp s early days were passed, in\\nthe midst of the great anti-slavery .agitation, which\\nresulted in the formation of the Republican party,\\nand the emancipation of the slave. During this\\ntime the fleeing black man often found asylum in\\nliis father s house, and was aided in his flight\\ntoward Can.ada. At the breaking out of the Civil\\nWar, Mr. Copp entered the army in defense of his\\ncountry, enlisting in Company C, 16th Michigan\\nInfantry, as a private, and was assigned to the Army\\nof the Potomac under Gen. McClellan. He took\\npart in the second battle of Bull Run, where he was\\nshot through the left shoulder, and was soon after-\\nward discharged, having participated in all the bat-\\ntles in which his regiment was engaged while he\\nwas in the service. His bravery and good conduct\\nhad won for him the regard of his superiors, and at\\nthe time he was shot he was acting as Orderly Ser-\\ngeant.\\nUpon his return to Michigan, Sergt. Copp en-\\ntered the preparatory department of Hillsdale Col-\\nlege, taking the classical course, and gradu.ated in\\n1869. He then entered A ndover Theological Semi-\\nnary near Boston, Mass., where he took a three-\\nyears course, and graduated in 1872. Returning\\nto Hillsdale, he accepted a professorship in the col-\\nlege, taking charge of the department of the He-\\nbrew langu.age, literature, and churcli history, which\\nposition he held some three years. He was then\\nelected Alumni Professor of Belles Lettres, which\\nhe held until the spring of 1887, when he was\\nelected to the Chair of Systematic Theologj- in the\\ntheological department of the college, and will\\nassume his duties in the fall of 1888. During the\\nyears 1882 and 1883, he attended lectures at the\\nUniversities of Berlin and Heidelberg, Germany, on\\nLiterature, Piillosopliy and Theology. L pon his\\nreturn he resumed his duties in Hillsdale College.\\nRev. John Scott Copp was married, in 1874, to\\nMiss fallen A. Cross, of Wisconsin, and they have\\nthree children, two sons and one daughter. Prof.\\nCopp was elected in 1886 a member of the Modern\\nLanguage Association of America.\\nj o\\nAMES W. FREED, senior member of the\\nfirm of Freed Bros., proprietors of the well-\\nknown flouring-mill in the western part of\\n(^^1/ the city of Hillsdale, has been instrumental\\nin establishing one of the most important industries\\nin this section of country. The mill was put up by\\nthe gentlemen who are operating it in the summer of\\n1886, and occupies an area of 34x50, and with\\nengine room 30x50, is three stories in height, with a\\nbasement built of brick, the upper part of the struct-\\nure being of wood. It is equipped with the most\\nmodern and approved machinery, including a com-\\nplete system of rollers and steam-power, with a\\ncapacity for putting out 150 barrels of flour in\\ntwenty-four hours. The product of this mill is of\\nvery superior quality, and finds a ready market in\\nboth the East and South, the wheat being mostly\\nraised in the State of Michigan, in Hillsdale and\\nadjoining counties.\\nJames W. Freed was born in Stark County, Ohio,\\nNov. 10, 1845, and is the second son and third\\nchild of William V. and Mary (Davis) Freed, na-\\ntives respectively of Pennsylvania and Virginia.\\nHis maternal grandfather, Henry Davis, was born in\\nDelaware, and dicil in 1856, in Ohio. William V.\\nFreed died in Stark County, Ohio; his widow sub-\\nsequentlj moved to Woodbridge Township, Hills-\\ndale Co., Mich., in the fall of 1858, where she reared\\nher famil} and died at her residence, Oct. 14, 1874.\\nOur subject, who was the third of eight children\\nborn to his parents, acquired a district school edu-\\ncation, and continued with his mother until reach-\\ning manhood. He and his brother Henry H. then\\nembarked in business together, securing possession\\nof a sawmill at Woodbri(lge, which they operated\\nuntil estiblishing their present industry. The} are\\nboth practical business men, and what might almost\\nbe called natural machinists, having, without serving\\na regular apprenticeship, an admirable knowledge\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0809.jp2"}, "810": {"fulltext": "r98\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nof machinery, discovering at once any imperfection\\nin its worliings, and usually Ijeing able, witliout ap-\\nplying to an}- outside party, to remedy the diflB-\\nculty.\\nThe marriage of James W. Freed and Miss Emma\\nC. Crawford was celebrated at the home of the\\nbride, in Eaton Count3% Mich., Nov. 22, 1884.\\nMrs. Freed was born May 22, 1864, in Ransom,\\nHillsdale County, and is the daughter of Ira E.\\nand Li deraia Crawford, natives of New York. Her\\nmother is deceased, and her father is living in Eaton\\nCounty, Mich. Of this union there has been born\\none child only, a daughter, Ora Mabel, who is now\\ntliree years old. Mr. Freed, politicaIl\\\\ is a solid\\nRepublican, and votes the Republican ticliet. He\\noccupies a snug home, and in his business, and all\\nother relations of life, has the best wishes of hosts\\nof friends.\\n-i^-i=CT=\\nOBERT RETLER. one of the highly re-\\nspected German citizens of Camden Town-\\ny^ ship, is fully worthy of the title of pioneer,\\nf^j as he came to this section of country dur-\\ning the process of its early development. A native\\nf)f the Grand Duchy of Badon, Germany, he was\\nborn Nov. 1, 1827, and is the son of John and Mary\\n(Garmeu) Retler, who were natives of the same\\nlocality and of pure German ancestry.\\nOur subject when a mere boy was orphaned by\\nthe death of both parents, and was then taken into\\nthe family of (ieorge Garmeu, with vvhom he re-\\nsided until a l.ad of nearly thirteen years. Then,\\ndetermining upon a change of condition, he boarded\\na sailing-vessel bound for America, and twenty-five\\ndays later landed in New York City, alone and\\namong strangers. He had been endowed by nature,\\nhowever, with a more than ordinary amount of cour-\\nage and resolution, and bravely set out to find em-\\nployment. This he secured with a farmer of Chester\\nCount} Pa., and was a resident there for a period\\nof fourteen years. From the Keystone State he\\nemigrated to Medina County, Ohio, where not long\\nafterward he was first mariied, in December, 1852,\\nto Miss Hannah Rich, a native of Pennsylvania.\\nThis union resulted in the birth of four children\\nJoseph, Stephen Elizabeth, now the wife of Leonard\\nGilmore, an(i Lonisa, the wife of AY H. Shineberger,\\nof this county. Mrs. Hannah Retler departed this\\nlife at her home in Camden Township, in March,\\n18,52.\\nOur subject contracted a second marriage, Jan.\\n28, 1873. with Mrs. Mary A. Kunkle. who was born\\nAug. 5, 1838, at Seneca Falls. N. Y., and is the\\ndaughter of Jacob and Saral) (Young) Kunkle,\\nnatives respectively of Pennsylvania and Vermont.\\nWhen in the eighth year of her age Mrs. Retler\\nremoved with her parents to Williams County, Ohio,\\nwhere the father died a short time previous to the\\noutbreak of the late war, and where the mother is\\nstill living. Their daughter Mary A. was first\\nmarried in Ohio, in 1858, to Benjamin E. Kunkle,\\nand they became the parents of five children, all of\\nwhom are deceased. Mr. K. served in the army as\\na Union soldier, and was killed in battle near At-\\nlanta. Ga., July 22, 1864.\\nMr. and Mrs. Retler are the parents of one child\\nonly, a daugliter, Sarah F., who was born in 1874,\\nand died in infancy. Our subject, politically, is a\\nstanch Republican, and has served as Township\\nAssessor and School Director. Socially, he is iden-\\ntified with the Masonic fraternity, and takes a lively\\ninterest in all projects for the welfare of the peo-\\nple and the maintenance of those institutions which\\nshall tend to their enlightenment.\\nIfelLLIAM P. NIBLACK, a prosperous repre-\\n\\\\/*J/ tentative of the agricultural interests of\\nWW Pittsford Township, may truly be denom-\\ninated a typical product of pioneer life, as he\\ngrew up under its influences, coming to Southern\\nMichigan in the very early days of its settlement,\\nwith his parents, who located in Washtenaw County\\nwhen this part of the State was almost a trackless\\nforest, save for the trail of the Indians or the paths\\nof the wild animals, there being then but one or\\ntwo settlements west of Lenawee County. Life\\nunder such (conditions, although it was oftentimes\\none of constant struggle for existence, and the\\nendurance of hardships of which the descendants", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0810.jp2"}, "811": {"fulltext": "h\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY\\n790\\nof those sturdy pioneers wlio to-flny enjoy life in\\ncomfortable and luxurious homes can have hut\\nlittle conception, nevertheless developed courage,\\nkeenness, resolution, and a liardy self-reliance which\\nboldly surmounted every obstsicle in the pathway\\nof civilization: felled the forests, turned the cleared\\ntracts of land into broad farms, busy towns and\\nflourishing cities; made the waters of the rivers\\nturn their machinery to grind their grain, cut lum-\\nber for their houses, and to manufacture other\\nnecessities.\\nOur subject was born in Sparta, Livingston Co.,\\nN. Y., Dec. 27, IS i.^. His grandfather, John\\nNiblack. was a native of Monaghan, Ireland, and\\nwhen a yoinig man came to America and settled\\nin New .Jersey, where he continued to reside until\\nabout 1795. Me then moved to Livingston County,\\nN. Y., and located in what is now the town of\\nSparta, being one of its earliest settlers. He bought\\ntimber land and commenced to clear a farm, but\\nhis sudden death, caused by a falling tree, brought\\nhis useful life to a close in its prime. His son John,\\nfather of William, was born in Sussex County,\\nN. J., his mother, grandmother of our subject,\\nHannah (Baxter) Niblack. also being a native of\\nthat .State. He was seventeen years old when he\\nleft the home of his birth and accompanied his\\nparents to Kew York. He married Hannah Harri-\\nson, of New Jersey, and settled on the tract of\\nland which his father had bought, continuing to\\nlive there until 1832. In that j ear the same rest-\\nless ambition and desire to improve his condition\\nthat had caused his sire to take up his abode in the\\nwilderness of New York, determined the son to\\nremove with his wife and four children to the\\nforests of the Territory of Michigan, and there\\nbuild up a new home, perhaps under more favor-\\nable circumstances. The removal was made by\\nteam to Buffalo, thence to Detroit by boat, where\\nMr. Niblack hired a team to convey the family and\\nhousehold goods to Washtenaw County. He entered\\n320 acres of Government land in .Saline Township,\\nand erecterl a log cabin with dirt and stick chimney,\\nand immedjalel3 commenced to clear his land. He\\nand his wife continued respected residents of that\\ncounty until death, he, in the meantime, being\\nextensively and prosperously engaged in farming.\\nThe subject of this sketch was but nine j ears of\\nage when he came with his parents to Michigan,\\nand amid the pioneer environments of his new\\nhome he grew to a manly, vigorous manhood. This\\nlife, though rude in some respects, was comfort-\\nable; they had plenty to eat from the grain and\\nvegetaliles that they laised, and deer and other\\nwild animals were abundant, and the father used\\noften to shoot them, standing at his cabin door; the\\nfood thus provided, which the mother cooked before\\nthe wide, old-fashioned fireplace, tasted most delic-\\niousl3 to appetites sharpened by the hard labors\\nnecessar}- in those days; they were |)lentifull\\\\ sup-\\nplied with warm clothing, which the bus}- mother\\nand daughter s|)un and wove. Nor was their life\\none long round of weary toil with no pleasures to\\nbreak its monotonj there were occasional gather-\\nings and mcrr3 -niakings, when the settlers came\\ntogether from a distance to celebrate a wedding or\\nsome other festive occasion, and the fun flew fast\\nand furious. Our subject has a distinct recollection\\nof his early life, and can relate manj interesting\\nincidents connected with it. His education was\\nconducted in the pioneer school in a primitive log\\ncabin. He lived with his jwrents until his marriage,\\nand then continued to reside on the old homestead\\nuntil 1859. He then moved to Hillsdale County,\\nand bought a farm in Wheatland Township, and\\nlived on it for seven cars. .Subsequentl}- he bought\\na farm on section 5 of Pittsford Township. In\\n1854 he puich.ased his present pl.ace, which com-\\nprises 120 acres of arable land on sections 5 and 8,\\none of the finest farming regions of PittsfonI\\nTownship.\\nOur subject was married, Dec. 15, 1851, to Miss\\nEunice Lewis, of New York State, who has been to\\nhim a wise counselor and a read} helper in his\\nwork. She is descended from a Massachusetts\\nfamily. Her grandfather, Benjamin Lewis, was\\nborn in that State, and moved from there to New\\nYork State, thence to Erie County, Ohio; from\\nthere to Macon Township. Lenawee Co., Mich.,\\nand finall} made his home in Wisconsin, where he\\ndied. His son Elisha, Mrs. N. s father, born in Barn-\\nstable Count} Mass., made the various moves with\\nhis parents until they had settled in Lenawee\\nCounty. He married Deborah Gibbs, of Barn-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0811.jp2"}, "812": {"fulltext": "A\\n800\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nAl\\nstable Count}-, Mass. She died on the homestead in\\nWheatland Township, Hillsdale County, whither\\nthey had removed from Lenawee County, and\\nwhere Mr. Lewis was for several years engaged in\\nfarming. He spent his last years with his daughter,\\nthe wife of our subject. The marriage of Mr. and\\nMrs. Niblack has l)een blessed by the birth of four\\nchildren, whose record is as follows: Maggie is the\\nwife of Allen Cunninghaii, of Silver Creek Town-\\nship, Merrick Co., Neb.; Ella lives at home with\\nher parents; Lewis lives in Pittsford Township;\\nEmma is teaching in Nebraska.\\nMr. Niblack is an eminently practical, sagacious\\nman, and is respected for his sound integrity of\\ncharacter; in politics he is a Republican; religiously,\\nboth he and his wife are identified with the Free-\\nwill Baptist Church.\\n0~ YRENUS M. PARKER. This gentleman\\nis a representative of one of the finest fami-\\nlies in Moscow Township, and is the pro-\\nprietor of an elegant country home embellished\\nwith all the appurtenances of modern life. The\\nfarm embr.aces 160 acres of land, which has been\\nbrought to a high state of cultivation, and which,\\nwith its tasteful and substantial buildings and their\\nsurroundings, indicating cultivated tastes and ample\\nmeans, foi ms one of the most attractive spots in\\nthe landscape of Hillsdale County. Everything\\nabout the premises is indicative of thrift and\\nindustry, from the finishing and furnishing of the\\nresidence, to the sleek and well-kept live stock, the\\nfarm machinery, the orchards yielding each year\\ntheir fruits in abundance, and the lesser appliances,\\nall of which contribute to the comfort and happi-\\nness of the home.\\nOur subject is the scion of an excellent old New\\nEngland family, his parents being Calvin and Ange-\\nline (Mason) Parker, the former born in Massachu-\\nsetts and the latter in Wayne County, N. Y.\\nCalvin Parker emigrated from the Bay State in\\nearly life, with his parents, to New York State,\\nwhere he found his future bride and helpmate.\\nAfter his marriage he resided In Wayne County\\nduring the brief period of his subsequent life, his\\ndeath taking place in 1831. This bereavement left\\nthe mother with four young children, one girl and\\nthree boys, the youngest of whom was but a j ear\\nold at the time of the father s death. Her eldest\\nson, George W., came to this county in 1845, and\\nJohn C, the youngest boj arrived here the year\\nfollowing. Cyrenus came with his mother in 1847.\\nThe sister was married in her native State and\\nsettled in Cayuga Count} where she died while\\nstill a young woman.\\nCyrenus M. Parker was born in Ca^ uga County,\\nN. Y., March 16, 1827, and received but a limited\\neducation, as his mother had been left without\\nproperty, and the school facilities of those days\\nwere ver} deficient in comparison with the present.\\nHe was nineteen years of age when he came with\\nhis mother to this county, and the first year worked\\nout by the month. At the beginning of the second\\nyear he rented a farm in Moscow Township, where\\nhe installed his mother as housekeeper, and re-\\nmained with her until she no longer needed his\\nfilial offices. July 2, 1857, he married a daugh-\\nter of one of the early pioneers of this count} Miss\\nSarah Amelia Simons, whose father, Schuyler Simons,\\nhad come to the Territory of Michigan from New\\nYork State, .and in this county spent the remainder\\nof his life. The name of Schuyler Simons was\\nwidely and favorably known among the people\\nwhere he settled and endured patiently the common\\nlot of those about him, while at the same lime\\nbattling with the elements of a new soil and a\\nstrange climate. This marriage resulted in the\\nbirth of four children, of whom Cora, the eldest,\\ncontinues with her father; Ella became the wife of\\nWilliam Merwin, of Moscow Township, and is the\\nmother of one child, a son, Clyde; Scott is also\\nunder the home roof; Grant died when three years\\nof age. The mother passed away when forty-four\\nyears old.\\nThe present wife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarried Dec. 25, 1873, was formerly Mrs. Lucinda\\n(Clapp) Wheelock, daughter of William and Abi-\\ngail (Smith) Clapp, and widow of the late Hilen\\nD. Wheelock. Mrs. Parker was born Feb. 26,\\n1840, in Hanover Township, Jackson Co., Mich.,\\nto which her parents had emigrated from the Empire\\nState in 1837, they having been natives of Dntchess\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0812.jp2"}, "813": {"fulltext": "h\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n801\\nanrl Ontario Counties respectively. Their family\\nincliuled four children, two only of whom are living,\\nMrs. Paiker anrl her sister, the latter a resident of\\nMoscow Township, this county. William Ciapp\\ncarried on farming successfully in Jackson County,\\nand died in 1882, when seventy-seven years of age.\\nThe mother survived herhusliand about six months,\\nher death taking place in 188; and her age being\\nseventj -nine.\\nMrs. Parker acquired an excellent education and\\nfollowed teaching some years in her native county.\\nThere also she made the acquaintance of Mr.\\nWheelock, who was a native of Ohio, a gentleman\\nof fine business capacities and sterling worth of\\ncharacter. He also had been well educated, having\\nbeen a classmate with James A. Garfield, in Geauga\\nSeminary. After completing his studies he was\\nemployed as a teacher for a period of seven years\\nin Michigan, but after marriage settled in Minnesota,\\nas a druggist, where his labors were crowned with\\nsuccess. He was stricken down in the prime of life,\\nhowever, dying when thirty-nine years old, July\\n20, 1871, leaving his widow with four children.\\nThe eldest of these, William C, is pursuing his\\nstudies in the Michigan State Universit3 being a\\nmember of the class of 89, in the pharmaceutical\\ndepartment; he was married, in 188r to Miss Ella\\nGregan, and they are the parents of a beautiful\\nlittle daughter. Hazel, born Sept. 3, 1886. Carrie\\nL. and Francis M. died .at the ages of twenty-two\\nand f(jurteen respectively. The former married\\nErnest Laird, in July. 1881, and died Feb. 14,\\n1884. She left two children, named Grace and\\nCarrie L. Grace died soon after the death of her\\nmother. Carrie makesherhome with horgi andfather,\\nJones Laird. Hilen D. Wheelock, Jr., is a pros-\\nperous and energetic young farmer, carrying on the\\nold homestead in Jackson County; he was mariied\\nin December, 1885, to Miss Alice Arnold, and they\\nalso are the proud parents of a bright little daugh-\\nter, Carrie A., born Nov. 25, 1886.\\nMr. Parker had also been engaged as a te.icher\\nduring the winter season in Jackson County. In\\n186;3 he i)urchased 120 acres of the old Uncle Aaron\\nSpencer farm, in Moscow Township, Hillsd.ile\\nCounty, the land of which had been greatly run\\ndown, and upon the part which he secured there\\nwere no buildings whatever. These latter he made\\nit his first business to suppi}-. and has bj a wise\\nprocess of cultivation brought the land to a highly\\nproductive condition, so that it now yields in abun-\\ndance the choicest crops of this section of countrj\\nThis has involved an outlay of hundreds of dollars\\nand years of time, and the result, should be looked\\nupon vvith satisfaction by him who has been the\\nmoving spirit. Mr. Parker, in 1884, added to his\\nfirst purchase forty acres on section 1 1 and in 1884\\ncompleted his present residence, an imposing two-\\nstory brick structure in modern style of architecture.\\nMr. Parker, politically, is a solid Republican,\\nand has served the public several 3-ears as School\\nDirector and Township Clerk, and in 1884 was\\nelected a member of the County Hoard of Super-\\nvisors, the duties of which position he discharged\\nwith credit to himself and satisfaction to all con-\\ncerned. Socially, he is a member of Moscow Grange,\\nin which he has held all the offices, and belongs to\\nHamilton Lodge No. 1 13, A. F. A. M., of Moscow,\\nin which he has officiated as Secretary, Senior War-\\nden, and has been Master of the lodge for two years.\\nHis estimable wife is a member in good standing\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church. A lady of\\nmore than ordinary ability, she displ.ays great re-\\nfinement and cultivation, and as the presiding\\ngenius of her beautiful home fills her position with\\nthe grace and dignity befitting it.\\nLEXANDER FREER, one of the most\\nOI prominent and wealthy farmers of Somer-\\nset Township, has distinguished himself as\\nfi^JI a business man of more than ordinary\\ncapacities, and from a modest beginning has accu-\\nmulated a snug fortune. His boyhood home was\\nin Allegany County, N. Y., where his birth took\\nplace July 4, 1815. and his parents were Jacob and\\nCatherine (Pike) Freer, who were natives of Hol-\\nland, whence they emigrated to this country.\\nJacob Freer upon coming to the United States\\nsettled in Allegany County, N. Y.. whence he\\nmoved to Ontario County, and died there about\\n1868. The mother had died in Allegany, when her\\nson Alexander was a child six years of age. The\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0813.jp2"}, "814": {"fulltext": "\\\\i 802^\\nHILLSDALE COUJSTY.\\nfather survived his wile many years, and was three-\\nscore and ten years old at the time of his death. The\\nhousehold circle included ten children, but two of\\nwhom are living, our subject and his brother, the\\nlatter of whom is now a resident of York State, and\\nengaged in farming.\\nOur subject spent his early years on the farm of\\nhis father in Allegany County, where he beeamc\\nfamiliar with ail rural pursuits, and upon reaching\\nmanhood was married, Jan. 1, 1839. to Miss Leah\\nVan Gorder, who was born in Sussex County, N. J.,\\nNov. 8, 181G. Mrs. Freer when an infant of six\\nmonths was taken by her parents to Steuben County,\\nN. Y., where she lived until fifteen years of age,\\nand then moved to Canandaigua Village, N. Y. Her\\nfather was a farmer by occupation, and passed\\naway in Bennington Township, when about eighty\\nyears of age. Her mother, wliose maiden name was\\nSally Loder, was born in Sussex County, N. J.,and\\nsurvived iier husband some years, passing away at\\nher home in Canandaigua, N. Y., when seventy-five\\nyears of age. Their family included ten children,\\nof whom nine are living, and five are residents of\\nMichigan.\\nJames Van Gorder, the paternal grandfather of\\nMrs. Freer, was also a native of Holland, and\\ncrossed the Atlantic in time to carry a musket in\\nthe Revolutionary War. Afterward he settled in\\nSussex County, N. J., where he had accumulated a\\nlarge property and a part of which should now be\\nin the possession of Mrs. Freer, but which on ac-\\ncount of a defective title she was deprived of. She\\nis also heiress to a large estate in Holland, but which,\\nlike the other, will probably never be in the posses-\\nsion of its rightful owner. Her maternal grand-\\nparents, John and Anna (Culver) Loder, it is\\nsupposed were natives of Scotland, but spent the\\nmost of their lives in New Jersey, where they were\\nprominent in church affairs, and one of their sons\\nhas been a Deacon in the Presbyterian Church for\\na period of over fort^ years. Mrs. Freer inherited\\nfrom her maternal ancestors her love for benevolent\\nwork, in which she was engaged for a number\\nof years until ill-health compelled her to retire.\\nWith her husband she is an active member of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, with which thej have\\nbeen identified thirty-three j-ears in Somerset Town-\\nship, and in which Mr. Freer has held the offices of\\nSteward, Trustee and Class-Leader, besides giving\\nmuch time to other interests connected therewith.\\nMrs. Freer was President of the W. C. T. U. three\\nyears, and is now Vice President, which oflice she\\nalso holds in the Ladies Foreign Missionary Societ}\\nbesides having been for a long time identified with\\nother organizations.\\nMr. and Mrs. Freer after their marriage settled\\nin a modest home in Canandaigua Count3 where\\nthey lived until they removed to this State. Their\\nunion has been blessed by the birth of four children,\\ntwo of whom, twin boys, died in infancy. Their\\ndaughter, Mary Jane, was born in Ontario County,\\nN. Y., March 22, 1840, and is now the wife of O.\\nD. Brown, a prosperous merchant of Somerset\\nTownship, this county, and they have one daughter.\\nThe son, Charles H., was also born in the Empire\\nState, Dec. 14, 1842; he married Miss Mary D.\\nStrickland, and they are the parents of five children,\\none of whom is deceased.\\nMr. Freer votes the straight Republican ticket,\\nand while he is an earnest sympathizer with the\\ntemperance movement, and works for it when\\nopportunity presents itself, he does not believe in\\na third party. With the exception of two years\\nengaged in the grocery trade, he has followed farm-\\ning all his life. Many years of industry and econ-\\nomy have placed him in a position so that there is\\nnow no longer a necessity for manual labor, but\\nbeing unable to break loose from the habits of years\\nand sit down in idleness, he still looks after his\\nlarge farm, and practically superintends all its\\noperations. This property is finely located on sec-\\ntion 4, and is provided with handsome and substan-\\ntial buildings, with a choice assortment of live stock,\\nthe most modern and improved machinery, and\\neverything required in the operations of the pro-\\ngressive modern agriculturist.\\nF;NRY LANE is an honored citizen of Pitts-\\n[(j l ford Township, where he is successfully en-\\ngaged in general farming and stock-raising.\\nHe was born in Aurelius, Cayuga Co., N. Y.,\\nSept. 20. 1820. His father, Archibald B. Lane,\\nwas born in Westchester County, N. Y., and there", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0814.jp2"}, "815": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n803\\n4i\\ngrew to inanliood. He removed to Caj na County\\nin its earlj settlement, and lived for a time in\\nAul)urn, where lie plied his trade of shoemaker.\\nSubsequently- he l)ouf;ht a farm in Aurelius, and\\nwas actively engaged in agriculture until 1828,\\nwhen he went to Onondaga County and bought a\\nfarm in the town of Clay. In the winter of 1 836-37\\nhe disposed of his propertj in New York and m jved\\nwith his family to Ohio, traversing the whole distance\\nwith teams, and settled in Geneva, Ashtabula\\nCountj where he bought a farm. Ihere was a\\nsawmill on the place, and he operated that while\\nhe managed the farm, and at leisure times made\\nshoes for his family and neighbors. He was a man\\nof an active, industrious temperament, and with his\\ngood wife was beloved and respected by those who\\nlived about them, and his death, which occurred\\nSept. 13, 1852, was mourned by many. The maiden\\nname of his wife was Alice Schofield. She was\\nborn near .Stamford, Conn., and spent her last years\\nwith a daughter in Flint, Mich. To her and her\\nhusband were born eight children, seven sons and\\none daughter.\\nThe subject of this sketch was the fourth child\\nborn to his jjarents. He was rather delicate in child-\\nhood, and when he was six years of age he was\\nafflicted with a fever sore, which made him a cripple\\nfor a few years. As soon as he regained his health\\nhe was old enough to render valuable assistance on\\nthe farm, and at the age of sixteen he commenced\\nto run the sawmill, having charge of it until he was\\ntwenty-two years old, when he started out in life\\nfor himself. He was first cmiiloyed by a carpenter\\nfor one month, working foi- $13, wages being much\\nlower then than now after that he agreed to work\\nfor the same man for $1.5 a month, but in the fall\\nall that he could collect was some homemade cloth\\nto make him an overcoat. He spent the following\\nwinter at home, and then resumed the carpenter s\\ntrade, and helped to build a church at Geneva. The\\nsucceeding winter he worked in a cabinet-shop, and\\nsubsequently followed carpentering and cabinet-\\nmaking for four years. He then turned his atten-\\ntion to the manufacture and sale of lumber, and\\nput up a steam sawmill at Geneva, which he oper-\\nated with good financial success for several years.\\nIn the meantime he bought a farm in that town.\\nand was also quite extensively- engaged in farming.\\nIn 1865 he concluded to retire from the lumber\\nbusiness, and sold his mill and disposed of all his\\nother interests in Ohio. In 1 866 our subject came\\nto Hillsdale County an l bought the pla?e where he\\nnow resides, and became exclusively engaged in\\nfarming and stock-raising. He afterward bought\\nother land, and at one time had a large farm of 430\\nacres, but he has since disposed of much of this and\\nhas reduced his farm to its present size of 140\\nacres, which forms one of the most valuable pieces\\nof property in this vicinitj It is highly cultivated,\\nwith ample farm buildings, and a neat and com-\\nmodious dwelling. Our subject ranks among the\\nleading stock-raisers of this localitj Short-horn and\\nHolsteins being his favorite breed of cattle, and in\\nsheep the Leicester and Shropshire strains are con-\\nsidered bj him the most desirable. Mr. Lane is a\\nshrewd, clear-headed, practical business man, but\\nhis prosperity is due not alone to these qualities,\\nbut also to his systematic and careful management\\nof every detail connected with his work.\\nOur subject was married, Nov. 19. 1849, to Miss\\nClotilda C. Sawyer, who was born in Manchester,\\nOntario Co., N. Y., March 26, 1816. Her father,\\nLuke Sawyer, and also her gr.andfather, Thomas\\nSawyer, were natives of Vermont. The hitter\\nmoved to Manchester in the early settlement of\\nthat town and county, and bought a tract of tim-\\nber land, where he spent his last years. The\\nfather of Mrs. Lane was quite young when his par-\\nents left their old home in Vermont and moved to\\nOntario County. He grew to manhood in that\\npioneer home, and there married Rhoda P. Cook.\\nShe was a daughter of Asher and Uhoda (Phelps)\\nCook. The entire wedded life of jNIr. and Mrs.\\nSawyer was passed in Ontario County*. After her\\nhusband s death Mrs. Sawyer came to Michigan in\\n1850, and spent the last days of her life in Medina\\nTownship.\\nMr. and Mrs. Lane .are the parents of three chil-\\ndren: Orville B., present Supervisor of Pittsford\\nTownship; Victor H., Circuit Judge of the Second\\n.ludicial District, resides in Adrian, and Willis H.,\\nat home. Esther Eliza, the only daughter, died at\\nthe age of four years.\\nOur subject is a Republican in politics; he is\\nT-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0815.jp2"}, "816": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n804\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nI\\npuhlic-spiriterl, and ever ready to lend a liel|)ing\\nhand to promote any scheme devised for the benefit\\nof liis fellowmen. He and his wife are people of\\ncourteous and genial manners, whose daily lives are\\nguided bj- principles of truth and right, and they\\nare justly entitled to the warm place that they oc-\\ncupy in the hearts of all in the community.\\nr^DMUND J. SM[TH was born in Peninton,\\nk) Monroe Co., N. Y., Nov. 17, 1825. The\\n,J^j^ subject of this sketch came to Michigan\\nwhen a young man twenty-one years of age, accom-\\npanied by his father, and they located first in Lena-\\nwee County, where the latter ])urchased 1^0 -acres\\nof land, paying therefor $1,200. The elder Smith\\nfrom this land built np a good homestead he died\\nMarch 13, 1882, at his daughter s home in Spring-\\nfield, Oakland Co., Mich. His wife died at the old\\nhomestead in Lenawee County, in October, 187L\\nOur subject from that time on labored in com-\\nmon with the men about him to secure a foothold\\nand [irovide for the future, and in this succeeded\\nso well that now, after having just passed his three-\\nscore years, he is enabled to retire from active\\nlabor and live in ease and comfort upon the pro-\\nceeds of his industry. He took possession of his\\npresent homestead on the 2d of April, 1867, and\\nbesides his farm of eighty acres has a house in\\nPittsford, which he occupies most of the time. He\\nwas not married until quite late in life, when about\\nthirty-eight years old, the wedding Uaking place\\nFeb. 22, 1864, in Jackson, Mich., his bride being\\nMiss Isadora C. Clark, of Jackson County. Mis.\\nSmith was born March 8, 1837, in Columbia, Jack-\\nson Co., Mich., and is the daughter of Archibald\\nS. and Betsy (Stranahan) Clark, who were natives\\nof New York, and are now both deceased,\\nMr. and Mrs. Smith have no chihiren, but reared\\na boy, William E. Shrum, who is in Dickey County,\\nDak. Our subject, like his father before him, votes\\nthe straight Republican ticket, and while attending\\nclosely to his own concerns, no man is better pleased\\nthan he to note the progress and development of\\nthe great State, which in the course of thirty years\\nhas been transformed from a wilderness to a highly\\ncivilized and intelligent commonwealth.\\nJohn I. and Hannah (Marks) Smith, the parents of\\nour subject, were natives respectively of Saratoga\\nand Rensselaer Counties, N. Y.. and h. id a family of\\nfive children. Two of the j ounger brothers of our\\nsubject, Ch.Trles II. and Tunis P., are residents re-\\nspectively of Gratiot and Isabella Counties, this\\nState, both farming; the latter served three years\\nin the Union army and participated in many of the\\nimportant battles of the war, including Gettysburg\\nand the siege of Atlanta. His sister, Mrs. Eliza-\\nbeth Covell, is a resident of Oakland County.\\nMrs. Smith was the second born in a family of\\neight children, three of whom died in infancy. Her\\nbrother William A. is a resident of Jackson County,\\nthis State, and the father of four children. The\\nothers .are Isadora C. Betsey, now Mrs. Culver;\\nFranklin and Sarah, now Mrs. Fritz.\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2w- taaar\u00c2\u00a9-^/\\n\u00c2\u00bb^^s^^*\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^^^\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bb-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2vv~-\\nIDNEY 0. FULLER. The well-appointed\\nfarm of this thrifty citizen of Cambria\\nTownship is finely located on section 34,\\nand comprises eighty .acres of good land,\\nwith convenient and sui)stautial buildings. It has\\nbeen the property of Mr. Fuller since the summer\\nof 1874. He came to this localit} from Pine River,\\nGratiot County, this State, to which latter place he\\nhad removed from Wood bridge Township, this\\ncounty, in 1862. In Pine River he improved two\\nfarms, and at one time had considerable property in\\nthe town of Homer, Calhouu County.\\nWashington County, N. Y., was the early tramp-\\ning ground of our subject, and where his birth took\\nplace in Washington Township, June 18, 1823. His\\nfather, Cornelius Fuller, a farmer and carpenter by\\ntrade, w.as also a native of the Empire State, and the\\nson of Vassel Fuller, an old Revolutionary soldier\\nwho officiated as Quarternmster during the time of\\nhis service in the army. After the independence of\\nthe Colonists had been established he located in\\nAVashington Countj N. Y., where his death took\\nplace at a ripe ohi age. He had married after set-\\ntling in New York a lady of that State, who sur-\\nvived her husband one year, and dietl near Ft.\\nEdward, also at an advanced age.\\nCornelius Fuller grew to manhood in his native", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0816.jp2"}, "817": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n805\\nStntp. and learned the trade of carpenter. During\\nthe War of 1812 he was drafted into tlie army, and\\nserved the required time. He married Wiss Lydia\\nFrench, of Washinnton, whose fatlier, Jolin French,\\nwas a Revohilionarj soldier, and was twice cap-\\ntured by the Indians, being with thcni three years.\\nDuring this time he exerted himself to make his\\nescape, and finally succeeded by creeping through\\nheavy timber and through swamps in the night\\ntime, going three days without food. He was not\\nlong a free man, however, being overt.Tl en by an-\\nother tribe of redskins, from whom he escaped in a\\nsimilar manner. He spent his last years in Schuy-\\nlerville, N. Y., wliere he was engaged as a miller,\\nand died at an advanced age. In the meantime,\\nliowever, he had shouldered his musket again, .ind\\nfought the enemies of his country in the War of\\n1812.\\nAfter marriage the parents of our subject settled\\non a farm near Lawrenceburg, Warren Co., N. Y.,\\nwhence they removed to Saratoga County, later\\nto Washington County, and finally to Wayne\\nCounty. About 1845 the parents and four of their\\nten children came to Michigan, and located on a\\ntract of new land near Woodbridge Township, where\\nthey lived a few years, then sold, and purchased\\nagain in the same locality. The mother died about\\n1853 in middle life, in Woodbridge Township.\\nCornelius Fuller spent his last years in Woodbridge\\nTownship, passing away in 1865. when about seventy\\nyears of age. He was a Republican during the last\\nyears of bis life, and the mother was a devout mem-\\nber of the Baptist Church. Three of their children\\nare now living, and residents mostly of Michigan.\\nSidney O. Fuller was the ninth child of his par-\\nents, and in common with his brothers and sisters\\nacquired a common-school education, and was\\nreared to habits of industry. He was married, in\\nNew York .State, to Jliss Marinda Fuller, who was\\nborn and reared in Wasliington County, N. Y., and\\nb3 her union with our subject became the mother\\nof two children, Danvers and Matilda, who both\\ndied young. They have now an adojjted son,\\nAlbert E. Fuller, who is married, and lives on a\\nfarm in Cambria Township.\\nMr. Fuller is a man of intelligence, and keeps\\nr himself well posted on current events, although\\nsteadily declining to become an office-holder, for\\nthe responsibilities of which his townsmen have con-\\nsidered him eminently fitted, and have often desired\\nhim to take. He votes the straight Republican\\nticket, and, with his estinial)le wife, is a member in\\ngood standing of the Baptist Church.\\n?\u00c2\u00abf-\\nOWARD A. MAX.SON, living on the old\\nhomestead where he was born, Nov. 22, 1864,\\nin the township of Pittsford, is a representa-\\ntive of the sturdy young men of the present\\ngeneration, who are zealousi} upholding the fame\\nof Hillsdale County as a great agricultural center,\\nand are faithfully performing the work so nobly\\nbegun by the brave pioneers of Southern Michi-\\ngan over half a cenlurj- .ago.\\nHis father, Austin O. Maxson, was born in Cen-\\nterville, Alleg.any Co., N. Y March 20, 1818, and\\nhis father, Joseph Maxson, was a native of .Stephen-\\ntown. Rensseliier Co., N. Y. The grandfather of\\nour subject grew to manhood in his native county,\\nand when a young man started West to seek a\\nhome. He penetrated to the wilderness of Western\\nNew York, and in Allegany County bought a tract\\nof land now included in the village of Centerville.\\nIt was heavily timbered at the time, and he being\\nin quite straightened circumstances, sold his shoes\\nto buy an ax, with which he soon after cut down\\nthe first trees from the present site of the village.\\nAn amusing incident is related of his experience in\\nthose pioneer times. One warm day after eating\\nhis dinner he lay down to rest, crawling into the\\nbark which he had stripped fron) a large hemlock\\ntree. While he slept the sun shone brightly, and\\nwarped the bark so closely about him that when he\\nawoke lie found himself a prisoner, and could\\nnot extricate himself; he called loudly for help, and\\nfinally some hunters heard his cries and rescued\\nhiiu. When he first went to live in that region he\\nwas a single man, and while making his first im-\\nprovements boarded about three miles from his\\nland. He afterward erected quite a large frame\\nhouse, and kept a hotel for some years in connection\\nwith his farm. He married Amelia Ward, a native", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0817.jp2"}, "818": {"fulltext": "806\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nof New York State, aiKl in 1837 eoiicluried to go\\nWest to look for a suitable location, tliat he might\\nsecure homes for his children. He drove with a\\nteam to Michigan, and here entered from the Gov-\\nernment the land which the subject of this sketch\\nand his mother occupy-. After taking up the land\\nhe pursued his journey westward, the Territory of\\nAVisconsin being his objective point. He entered\\nland in Walworth Count} and soon after returned\\nto New York State, settled up Ills affairs there, and\\nin 1840 removed to his future liome in Wisconsin.\\nHe built a saw and grist mill on liis land, and dur-\\ning the remainder of his lifetime was engaged in\\noperating his mills and managing his farm, also\\nrunning a store in connection with tliem. He sub-\\nsequently bought a residence in Whitewater. He\\nand his wife died on tlie old homestead in White-\\nwater at an advanced age. He was a man of strong\\nmental and physical powers, of much capability,\\nand full of enterprise and energy.\\nThe father of our suliject grew to maturity in his\\nnative State, and accompanying his parents to Wis-\\nconsin, resided with tliem for some years. In 1846\\nhe came to Piltsford Township to make iiis home\\non the land wliich his father had taken up liere\\nseveral years before. It was heavily timbered. but\\nhe soon cleared a space on which to build a log\\ncabin, in which he kept bachelor s hall until he\\nhad erected a frame house, and then he boarded\\nWilli a tenant. His abilit} and shrewd manage-\\nment were made manifest in after years by the fine\\nfarm that he wrested from tlie hand of Nature, and\\nby the pros|ierity that he attained. He built up a\\ncomfortable home, and was enabled to invite a good\\nwoman to share it as his wife and helpmate. He\\ndeparted this life Sept. 23, 1866. The mother of\\nour subject lives with him on the old homestead,\\nwhere she has resided ever since her marriage with\\nMr. Maxson, Jan. 8, I8C0. She is a woman of gen-\\nuine worth, and is devoted to the interests of her\\nson.\\nMrs. Maxson s maiden name was Helen Lasher,\\nand she was born in Germantown, Columbia Co.,\\nN. Y., March 4, 1834. Her father, German Lasher,\\nwas a native of the same town, where his father,\\nPhillip Lasher, moving from New York City, had\\nbought a farm and spent his last years. Mrs. Max-\\nson s father was reared in his native State, and mar-\\nried Catherine Phillips, who was born in the same\\ncount} as himself. He was a carpenter and joiner\\nby trade, and in 1856 was engaged to build a church\\nfor a Methodist Episcopal society in Walworth\\nCounty, Wis. After that he settled in Janesville,\\nbut after residing there a few years he removed to\\nOak Park, a suburb of Chicago, and still continues to\\nmake his home there. His wife died in 1840.\\nThe subject of this sketch is regarded as ayoung\\nman of much promise. He early showed stability\\nof character, enterprise, and steady self-reliance be-\\nyond his years, and at the youthful age of sixteen\\nbecame the manager of this farm. By persistent\\napplication to his business he has already gained\\na good position among the successful farmers in\\nthis neighborhood.\\n,^=^EORGE R. FITZSIMMONS. son of one of\\n(_- the earliest pioneers of Hillsdale County, is\\n^^^5l located on the old homestead on section 26,\\nReading Township, and operates 240 acres of good\\nland. He was born at this place, Aug. 23, 1849,\\nand is the son of the well-known .John Fitzsim-\\nmons, who came to Michigan with his father s fam-\\nily in March, 1837.\\nJohn Fitzsimmons was born in Dundee, Yates\\nCo., N. Y., Sept. 5, 1818. He was the son of\\nGeorge Fitzsimmons, who was also a native of the\\np]mpire State, and was nineteen years of age when\\nthe family came to Michigan; the grandfather,\\nGeorge, had already purchased a quarter-section of\\nwild land which is now included in the present farm,\\nand John came to this section, accompanied by his\\nfather. Later, the mother with the remainder of the\\nfamily, set out with ox-teams, taking with them\\ntheir earthly effects, and came via the Canada route,\\nthe mother engineering the train successfully, and\\nin due time joining her husljand and son, on the 2d\\nof June, 1837. A little log house had been pro-\\nvided for their reception. This was completed\\nApril 1 9 of that same year. John had the honor of\\ncutting down the first tree on the farm, while at the\\nsame time his father felled another, and the stump\\nof the first stood to show the first mark of their axes\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00baHl-^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0818.jp2"}, "819": {"fulltext": "i\\n_t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n807\\nin this coiinly until a few years ago. The log; cabin,\\na few jeais later, was suhslitiited by something of\\nmore modern style, but a hoard from it is still pre-\\nserved b3 our subject, as one of tlie old relics of liis\\ngrandfather s house. George Fitzsiminons con-\\ntinued a resident here until his death, whicli took\\nplace Oct. 10, 1870, after he had arrived at the ad-\\nvanced age of eighty 3 ears.\\nGrandfather Fitzsimmons li.ad been a hard-work-\\ning man, and became owner of 560 acres of land,\\nmost of which he brought to a productive con-\\ndition, and eighty- of which now lie within the\\nlimits of Reading Village. Upon it stands the\\ndeiiot of the Lake Shore ik Michigan Soutliern Hail-\\nroad, and also the sash, door and bliml factory\\nbuilt by the citizens of the town. Later, he and his\\nson Jolm gave the sum of $2,300, besides the right\\nof way, as an inducement for the railroad to pass\\nthrough this place. George Fitzsimmons was promi-\\nnent in township affairs, represented Reading Town-\\nsliip in the County Board of Supervisors for a num-\\nber of years, and officiated as Justice of the Peace\\nsixteen consecutive 3 ears. He was elected to repre-\\nsent the county in the State Legislature, and sub-\\nsequentl3 was a Senator. He was a lifelong Demo-\\ncrat, politicall3-, and possessed all the elements of\\nan honest man and a good citizen. In his death\\nthe county lost one of its best men.\\nThe paternal grandmother of our subject, whose\\nmaiden name was Lydia Raplee, died upon the\\nsame day that Zach Chandler died, and was past\\neight3 years of age. She was a remarkable woman\\nin many respects, as her journey from New York to\\nMichigan through a wild, unsettled countr3 and\\nalone, save for her children, fairly indicates. She\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was familiarl3 and affectionatel3 known as -Aunt\\nLydia throughout this section, and was a favorite\\namong both old and young. Both she and her hus-\\nband were \u00e2\u0096\u00a0members of the Regular Baptist Church,\\nand contributed largely to its establishment and\\nmaintenance in Reading. The church edifice is one\\nof the largest in this part of the county, and is\\nreall3 an imposing structure, and stands as a fitting\\nmonument to the liberality and piety of George\\nFitzsimmons and his estimable wife.\\nJohn Fitzsimmons, the father of our subject, in-\\nherited largel3 of the qualities of both parents, be-\\ning healthy both in body and mind, and growing up\\nthus amid the influence of pure home surroundings,\\nbecame well fitted f(jr the responsible duties which\\nfell to his lot in life. Ho was twice married, his\\nfirst wife being Rachel, the daughter of Roswell\\nMerryman, their wedding taking place in Hillsdale\\nCount3-. Of this union there was one child, who\\ndied young in 3 cars. Mrs. Rachel Fitzsimmons de-\\nj)arted hence over fort3 3 ears ago. His second wife,\\nCharlotte A. Merryman, b3 name, was a sister of\\nthe first, and became the mother of four children,\\nthree of whom survive, namel3 George R.. of our\\nsketch; John F. and a daughter, Georgia, now\\nMrs. Burch, of Reading.\\nDuring his entire residence in this county John\\nFitzsimmons was prominentl3 identified with its\\nvarious interests, and especiall) with those of his own\\ntownship. Being a Democrat in politics, and his\\nparty in the minority, he held public office but\\nseldom, aside from those within the gift of his fel-\\nlow-townsmen. His personal popularity, however,\\nwas great, and was particularly manifested upon one\\noccasion when he was the candidate for the Legis-\\nlature at a special election to fill a vacancy, and\\nwith the exception of three, received ever3 vote\\npolled in his township, and in the count3-, with a\\nRepublican majority of 2,800, was beaten by only\\ntwenty-three. One man boasted of having worked\\nhis wa3 five or six miles on a hand-car to cast his\\nvote for so good a man .is John Fitzsimmons.\\nIt was in the service of his community that the\\nhealth of Mr. Fitzsimmons first began to fail, and\\nthe disease contracted which ultiniatel3- resulted in\\nhis death, which took place Feb. 8, 1887, when in\\nthe sixty-ninth year of his age. In his efforts at\\nsecuring and building the railroad through this\\npl.ace. he was subje(;ted to exposure night and day\\nfrequently, and at times deprived of his natural\\nrest, and he gave fully as freel3 of his substance as\\nhe did his time and services in building up his\\nadopted count3 He was identified with evcr3 en-\\nterprise for advancing the interests of Reading\\nTownship, contributing toward the building of ever3\\nchurch and other public building erected in tlie vil-\\nlage of Reading, whicli in fact is indebted to him\\nfor its veiy existence, and it is a singular fact that\\nwhile he worked so arduously for the interests of\\nT", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0819.jp2"}, "820": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^f^\\n808\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\nthe community, no one ever attributed to liim a\\nselfish motive.\\nSo great was the confidence of the community in\\nthe integrity of John Fitzsimmons, tliatat the erec-\\ntion of the Colby Factory he was constituted one\\nof four comprising the building committee, from its\\ninception until its completion. From the laying\\nof the first Slate road to Hillsdale, on which he took\\na contract; the first plank road organization, the\\nsecuring of the railroad through Keading, the erec-\\ntion of all jiublic buildings, he was always the\\ntrusted, useful, active citizen, one of the first to be\\nconsulted in the inauguration of any new project,\\nand whose judgment was uniformly held in respect.\\nHe was several times President of the County Agri-\\ncultural Society, and at the darkest hour of its ex-\\nistence he and Col. Holiowaj were the two men\\nwho put their shoulders to the wheel and brought it\\nto success.\\nIn making tlie journey from New York to this\\ncourity, John Fitzsimmons, with his father, came on\\nfoot from Rose to Fairport, Ohio, thence by boat\\nto Detroit, aud thence, via Jonesville, to the spot\\nwhere is now the Fitzsimmons homestead, aud spent\\ntheir first night with the family of John Mickle,\\nnear by. The next morning they made their way\\nto their new location by aid of trees marked by the\\nGovernment survey, and selected as a building site\\nthe knoll a little to the southwest of the four cor-\\nners, one mile east of what is now Reading Village,\\nand commenced clearing a place to put up a log\\nhouse. Here Mr. Fitzsimmons elected to stay, and\\nhere commenced the career which was so honorable,\\nand the close of which was so deeply mourned by\\nthe entire ccmimiinity. Notwithstanding the da}^\\nof his funeral was very stormy, the air full of rain,\\nand the roads in some places almost impassable, a\\nlarge concourse of people gathered to pay the last\\ntiibute of respect to him who had been their friend\\nin such a marked manner. The large house and its\\nadjoining buildings were filled with people, and the\\nfuneral rites were taken part in by Eureka Comniand-\\nery, A. F. A. M., with which the deceased brother\\nhad been connected for many years as a member of\\nReadmg Lodge No. 1 1 7. The Knights Templar had\\ncharge of the funeral. An addiess was delivered\\nby Rev. G. M. Adams, of the Baptist Church, with\\nwhich Mr. Fitzsimmons had been identified since\\nearly manhood. He was created a Royal Arch\\nMason, Nov. 27, 1863, and a Knight Templar, June\\n17, 1864.\\nMrs. Fitzsimmons onlj survived her husband one\\nyear, a month and two days, her decease taking\\nplace March 10, 18S8. She was born in Clinton\\nCounty. N. Y.. March 15, 1828, and came to Michi-\\ngan with her father s family in 1839, they settling\\nfirst in Fayette Township, and thence removing to\\nReading the following year. She was one of a\\nfamily of eleven children, four of whom survive\\nher, namely: Edwin L. and Julia C. Merryman,\\nMrs. Cornelia Thompson, and Mrs. Mary Merry-\\nman, all of Reading. She was married to John Fitz-\\nsimmons in 1848, and as a pioneer wife and mother,\\nwas the fit companion of such a man as her hus-\\nband.\\nMrs. Fitzsimmons spent Sunday, March 4, with\\nher son. John F., in her usual health. On Thurs-\\nday following she was poorl} but went about her\\nwork as usual, preserving her old-time habits of in-\\ndustry. Fridaj morning she remarked to her\\ndaughter .she would not get up to breakfast, but\\ndid not wish a physician sent for. A physician was\\ncalled, how-ever, without her knowledge, although\\nno one believed her to be in a dangerous condition.\\nShe did not rise as she expected, and before 1\\no clock the same daj it was evident that she was\\nstricken with death. Her son, J. F., was telegraphed\\nfor, and all the children were with her at. the time\\nof her death, which occurred at 12:45, just\\ntwelve hours after she was believed to be in danger.\\nThus within the short space of little over one year\\nhad passed away two people, whose history had been\\nclosely interwoven with that of Reading Township,\\nand for whom the entire community mourned.\\nGeorge R. Fitzsimmons was reared in Reading\\nTownship, and completed his education at Hillsdale\\nCollege, after an attendance there of four j ears. He\\nhas always been fond of agriculture, in which he\\nexcels, both in general farming and stock-raising.\\nHe made his home with his parents until his mar-\\nriage, and took for his wife one of the most esti-\\nmable young ladies of Reading Township, Miss\\nClara B. Stone, to whom he was married Oct. 27,\\n1873. He brought his bride to the old homestead,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00baHI-*-\\nr\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0820.jp2"}, "821": {"fulltext": "i\\nHILLSDALE COUMY.\\nb09\\nand they are now the parents of six children,\\nnamely: Carrie C, Mande C, Mabel V., Grace R.,\\nHazel B. and Eva F. Thei are a bright and intel-\\nligent little grou[), and pursuing theirstudios in the\\nReading schools.\\nMrs. Clara B. Fitzsimmons was born in Burling-\\nton, Vt., Jul} 29, 1854; her education was com-\\npleted when she was eighteen years of age, at\\nWaterbury, Yt., and before that time slie was dc-\\nI)rived of the care of her father bj- death. He was\\na native of Vermont, and died in 18G9. The motlier\\nlives in Burlington, Vt.\\nJohn F. Fitzsimmons, the brother of our subject,\\nwas graduated, like the latter, from Hillsdale Col-\\nlege, and subsequently took a course in the law de-\\npartment of Michigan State University, at Ann\\nArbor. Having in view the practice of law, he was\\nadmitted to the bar, and practiced until failing\\nhealth compelled him to retire. He married Miss\\nLizzie Gilmore, of Hillsdale, and is now engaged in\\nthe .agricultural implement trade at Hillsdale, and\\nis also a successful farmer. They have one child,\\na son, Clare G.\\nOrville G. Burch, the husband of Georgia A., the\\nsister of our subject, operates a part of the home-\\nstead. Mrs. B. completed her education in Hills-\\ndale College, from which she was graduated with\\nhonors in the class of 72. She is the mother of\\none child, a daughter, Lora A. The sons of John\\nFitzsimmons, politically, have followed in the foot-\\nsteps of their honored father, being solid in Demo-\\ncratic principles.\\nARKER BUELL SHEPARD. The prop-\\nerty of this representative farmer of Mos-\\ncow Township embraces eighty acres of\\nfinely cultivated land, pleasantly located on\\nsection 21. He has a good residence, which he put\\nup in 1873, and remodeled the barn, besides ef-\\nfecting the other improvements naturallj- suggested\\nto a man of intelligence and enterprise. During\\nhis residence of over thirty years in this vicinity he\\nhas been prominent among the affairs of his com-\\nmunit} representing his tt)wnsliip in the County\\nBoard of Supervisors, and holding various other\\noffices of trust and responsibility. His agricultural\\noperations have been carried on with the judgment\\nand forethought necessary to success, and his entire\\ncareer has been eminently creditable and praise-\\nworthy.\\nMr. Sliepard is the offspring of an excellent fam-\\nilj being of English ancestry on his father s side,\\nand inheriting from his mother the best elements\\nof her forefathers, who were of Scotch descent. {lis\\npaternal grandfather emigrated to the United States\\nin time to participate in the War of 1812, while his\\nmaternal grandfather carried a musket during the\\nRevolution, arraying himself on the side of the\\nColonists. The parents, Aaron and Hettie (Parker)\\nShepard, were natives respectively of Connecticut\\nand New York, the former born near the city of\\nHartford, and the mother in Ontario County.\\nAaron Shepard, when a little la(1 four years of\\nage, emigrated with his parents from New England\\nto Madison County, N. Y., whence thej removed\\nafterward to Livingston County, continuing in the\\nlatter the remainder of their lives. The mother\\ndied when middle aged, in 1851, being fort\\\\-fonr\\nyears old. I he father, surviving a period of nine-\\nteen j-ears, died at his home in New York State in\\n1870, aged sixty-eight years. The family included\\nseven sous and two daughters, of whom Parker B.\\nwas the eldest. He was born near Minda, Living-\\nston Co., N. Y., Sept. 13, 1828, and while making\\nhimself useful about the homestead received the ad-\\nvantages of a common-school education.\\nWhen twenty -one years of age oui- subject com-\\nmenced working out by the month, and later he\\ninvested his cajjital in a farm near Dover, in his\\nnative county. He was married, Nov. 16. 1853, to\\nMiss Elmira Renox, who w.as the youngest child of\\nAndrew and Ellen (Blood) Renox, and was born\\nOct. 10, 182\u00c2\u00ab. Mr. and JL s. Shepard settled upon\\nthe farm of our sul ject in Livingston Conntj but\\nthree years later Mr. S. st;irted for the West, and\\ncrossing tlie Mississippi traveled over a goodly por-\\ntion of the State of Iowa, with the view of locating.\\nThe outlook in the Ilawkeye State, however, not\\nbeing what he desired, he returned east as far as\\nSouthern Michigan, and decided to settle in Mos-\\ncow Township. He soon afterward purchased the\\nfarm which he now occu[)ies, and where he has since\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0821.jp2"}, "822": {"fulltext": "810\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nlived, giving to its care and cultivation his close\\nattention, with most excellent results.\\nDuring the Centennial Exposition, in 1876, Mr.\\nhhepard, in company with Ids brother Myron, of\\nStillwater, Minn., journeyed to Philadelphia, took\\nin the wonders of that summer in tlie Quaker City,\\nand also visited the National Capital, Mt. Ver-\\nnon and the tomb of Washington, also New York\\nCity. He considers that this tour was fully worth\\nthe time and money expended, and proved an ex-\\nperience with which he would not willingly part.\\nPolitically, he is a stanch Democrat, and although\\nthere is in his county a large Republican majority,\\nhis standing in the community is indicated by the\\nfact that he was elected Supervisor twice in succes-\\nsion, and has held other offices under the same con-\\nditions.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Shepard, who are both de-\\nceased, spent the greater i)art of their lives in New\\nYork State. Her father was born in Schenectady\\nCounty, N. Y., where he engaged in farming. The\\nmother was born near the city of Dublin, Ireland,\\nand emigrated to America with her parents when a\\nchild of seven years. They settled near Princeton,\\nSchenectady Co., N. Y., where she was married to\\nMr. Ilenox, and lived until after his decease. She\\nsubsequently made her home with her daughter,\\nMrs. Shepard, for a time, but later returned to\\nPrinceton, N. Y., where her death took place at the\\nhome of her son, in 1864, when she was eighty-\\nthree years old. The parental household included\\nten children, six of whom lived to mature j ears.\\nFour are now living, and residents of Michigan and\\nNew York.\\nMrs. Shepard acquired a common-school educa-\\ntion, and under the careful training of her excel-\\nlent mother became amply fitted for her future\\nposition in life. The eight children born of her\\nunion with our suliject are recorded as follows:\\nElizabeth is the wife of James S. Winfield, of Mo-\\nsherville, Mich., and the mother of four children\\nMay I., Elmer J., Verne anil Myra; Mar^ died\\nwhen one j ear and three months old Francelia\\nis the wife of John Knapp, of North Adams, and\\nthe mother of two children Forest and Ella J.\\nDouglas continues the assistant of his father on the\\nfarm Minnie was married to Arthur Mumford, of\\nMoscow Township, and is the mother of two chil-\\ndren Etola and Jennie; Nellie, now Mrs. Eugene\\nStraight, of Stony Point. Mich., is the mother of\\nfour children\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Leon, Ross, Clyde and Ida Ma3\\nHarvey married Miss Minnie Cf.rne) of Hillsd.ile\\nCounty, Mich., and has chaige of the home farm;\\nLeona is the wife of William Straight, of Moscow\\nTownship, aijd the mother of one child, a son,\\nGlenn.\\nHOMAS C. CORTWRIGHT, a successful\\ngeneral farmer, residing on section 15, Read-\\ning Township, owns 120 acres of land,\\nmost of which is well improved and well stocked\\nwith good grades of domestic animals. Mr. Cort-\\nwright formerly lived on section 31, where he pur-\\nchased ninety-five acres of wild land, which he\\nmade his home for some time and developed into a\\nfair state of improvement, erecting thereon good\\nbuildings. In 1884 he removed to his present farm,\\nwhich is very advantageously situated, and contains\\na stream of living water, which much enhances its\\nvalue. After selling his first farm Mr. Cortwright\\nremoved to Atchison County, Kan., where he\\noperated a large farm very successfully for a period\\nof two years.\\nMr. Cortwright is a native of Owasco, Cayuga\\nCo., N. Y., where he was born Jan. 13, 1834, and\\nis the son of Isaiah Cortwright, a native of Orange\\nCounty, of the same State. Isaiah Cortwright was\\nunited in marriage, in Cayuga County, with Hannah\\nDepuy, a descendant of the celebrated stock of\\nthat name that figured in the history of York State.\\nHe followed the occupation of a farmer, and after\\nhis marriage settled on a farm in Owasco Town-\\nship, Cayuga County, where he made his home until\\nhis death, which occurred when he was about seventy\\nyears of age. His wife subsequentl3 came to Michi-\\ngan, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.\\nMaria J. Smith, of California, Branch County, when\\nalmost eighty years of age. In religion she was a\\nconsistent member of the Pi-esbyterian Church, and\\nshe and her husband were worthy and respected\\nmembers of society.\\nOur subject was the fourth son and sixth child\\nin order of birth of the ten children, seven sons and\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0822.jp2"}, "823": {"fulltext": "l~\\nII 4f\\nHILLSDALE COUJSTY.\\n811\\nthree daughters, inchideil in the parental family.\\nAll lived to attain their majority but two, who were\\naccidentally killed: James was kicked and killed by\\na horse in Camden Township, while Philip was\\naccidentally thrown from a buggy in Sacramento,\\nCal. Mr. Cortwrigbt was reared and educated in\\nhis native township, and came to Michigan in the\\nspring of 1855, purchasing his first land on section\\n31 of this township, after working in a sawmill\\nfor about three years.\\nFinding that it was not good for man to be\\nalone, and having reached such a condition in life\\nas warranted his assuming greater responsibilities,\\nMr. Cortwright was united in marriage with Cordelia\\nDopp, of this township. Mrs. Cortwright was born\\nin Geneseo, Livingston Co., N. Y., whence she re-\\nmoved when a child to Ohio. At the age of ten\\nyears she came to Michigan, and was educated In\\nthe common schools of tiie township of Reading.\\nThree children have come to brighten the home of\\nMr. and Mrs. Cortwright, though one, Florence\\nAdelle, died when young. Mary E. received a lib-\\neral education at Ft. AVayne, Ind., and is an experi-\\nenced school teacher; Newton 1. remains at the\\nhomestead and assists in the management of ihe\\nfarm.\\nIn politics Mr. Cortwright is a solid Democrat,\\nand can always be counted upon by his party. He\\nhas achieved his success largely by his own unaided\\nefforts, and affords a good illustration of what maj\\nbe accomplished by well-directed effort. Mr. and\\nMi s. Cortwright are worthy and respected citizens,\\nand give their support to Christianity.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Wi^\\nrnrssRsrsfft\\nid KkliUU U\\n^?5-?*\\nj^^ TEWART CRAWFORD, formerly a well-\\n^fe^ known and successful farmer of Reading-\\n(li\u00c2\u00a3_J|) Township, was a worthy and representative\\ncitizen. He was a resident of this town-\\nship from 1859 until his death, which occurred at\\nhis home, March 24, 1H\u00c2\u00ab7. The farm is located on\\nsection \u00e2\u0080\u00a225, and was secured at the time Mr. Craw-\\nford came to this county. It consists of 160 acres\\nwhich he brought to its present high state of im-\\nprovement, and erected thereon a good residence\\nand substantial and commodious otit-lMiildini;s. His\\nfarm alwaj s showed the hand of thrift and industry,\\nand was kept well stocked with the best breeds of\\nsheep, cattle and swine. His son, pydwin Crawfoid,\\nis now making a specialty of raising Poland-China\\nswine.\\nThe subject of this biography was a native of\\nErie County, Pa., .and was born April 13, 1826. He\\ncame of Scotch ancestrj-, who were noted for their\\nindustry and energy and for their almost invariable\\nsuccess in life, no matter what the vocation. In his\\nearly life Stewart received such an education as was\\nobtainable in the common schools of his native\\ncounty, and was reared to the occupation of a\\nfarmer. When quite young he had tlie misfortune\\nto lose his father, and was thus largely dependent\\nupon his own resources, but he bravely battled with\\nthe trials of life, and possessing in a large degree\\nthe qualities which characterized his ancestry, soon\\nattained success. While residing in Erie County\\nho met and led to the altar Julia M. Nash, of the\\nsame county, where she was born June 9, 1827. She\\nwas the daughter of J. J. Nasji, who lived and died\\nin his native State, where he was successful in ac-\\ncumulating a competency. He came of an old and\\nrespected family, and bj his exa?nplary life in\\npublic and private, won the esteem of his many ac-\\nquaintances.\\nMrs. Crawford was reared to womanhood at her\\nfather s home, and after her union with our subject\\nthey managed the old Crawford homestead in\\nPennsylvania for some time and subsequently re-\\nmoved to Williams County, Ohio, where they pur-\\nchased a farm, upon which they resided for a period\\nof nine years. He then sold his interests in Ohio\\nand came to Reading Township, where bj hard\\nwork and good management thej met with good\\nsuccess. Mr. Crawford was modest and unassum-\\ning in his manner, rather retiring from than seeking\\npublic notice. In politics he was a stanch Repub-\\nlican, and was a prominent and intelligent citizen,\\nthough he avoided all public recognition of his\\nmerits.\\nThe family of Mr. and Mrs. Crawford consisted\\nof four children, one of whom died in infancy,\\nwhile the others are recorded as follows: Clarence\\nE. is married, and is engaged on a farm belonging\\nto P. O. W.alker, in Ellis County. Kan.: William G.\\n^m", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0823.jp2"}, "824": {"fulltext": "I\\nfil2\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n.a\\nis coniHcterl with his biotiier. Clarence E., in man-\\naging tlie f anii, and nianicd ]\\\\]i?s Flora Harsh, a\\nresident of Ellis Connty, and a native of the\\nState of rennsylvania; Edwin R. manages the\\nold homestead in Reading Township, and is a\\nslcilled and practical farmer and stock-raiser. He\\nhas recently made some improvements on the farm,\\nerecting a large grain and stock barn, 36x60 feet,\\nand is well equipped for the successful prosecution\\nof the work in which he is engaged. He grows in\\nabundance all kinds of cereals common to this cli-\\nmate, and is a young man of great energy and\\npr(jmisc. He also owns in AValker Township, Ellis\\nCo., Kan., a partially improved farm.\\nlid win R. Crawford chose for his wife Miss Rosa\\nSayles, of Cambria, and Ihcir union has been blessed\\nbj the birth of one child, whom they named Artiuir.\\nIn polities Mr Crawford stands identified with the\\nRepublican party, to which he always gives his\\ncheerfu 1 support.\\nARTIN H. Ki^NYON, an enterprising and\\nskillful farmer of Pittsford Township, where\\nhe is worthily fultllling his obligations as\\nan honest man and a good citizen, is a\\nnative of this State, born in Hudson, Lenawee\\nCounty, Juh 31, 1842. He is of New England\\norigin, his father, .Syjvester Ivejyon, having been\\nborn in Hinesburg, Vt., Dec. 4, 1808. He was\\nreared in his native .State, and May 10, 1834, was\\nmarried to Eliza Goodrich, a native of Williston,\\nVt., born Feb. 22, 1814. Three days after their\\nmarriage they started for the Territorj^ of Michi-\\ngan, via Erie Canal and lake to Detroit, and there\\nMr. Kenyon hired a team to take himself and wife\\nto Tecumseh, where he obtained work on the Terri-\\ntorial road leading from Detroit to Chicago. A\\nshort time after his arrival he started on foot to\\nexplore Bean Creek Valley for the purpose of\\nselecting a suitable place for location. He visited\\nthe present site of HuJson Village, the only build-\\ning there at that time being a log house. He was\\npleased with the countrj-, and at once bought of\\nBeriah Lane a tract of timber land, adjoining the\\npresent site of the village. After pa_ying for the\\nsame, Mr. Kenyon had but a few shillings left, and\\nreturned to Tecumseh to earn money enough to\\nsupport himself and wife through the winter. Late\\nin the fall of that year he built a log house on the\\nwest side of his land, and moved into it before\\nthere was either floor or roof. Afttr completing\\nthe house, he commenced clearing the land, cutting\\nthe first ti ees, and raising a crop of corn and pota-\\ntoes among the logs and stumps in 1835. He\\nimproved a good farm from the wilderness, and\\nremained a continuous resident thereuntil his death,\\nMarch 2!), 1879. During that time he took an\\nactive interest in the welfare of his town and\\ncounty, and lived to see the almost trackless forests\\ndeveloped into a beautiful farming countr\\\\-, and a\\nthrifty village of nearl} 3,000 inhabitants spring\\nup beside him. His widow survived him but a\\nfew mouths, dying Dec. 24, 1879. They were well\\nand favorably known among the early pioneers of\\nLenawee County as people of rare capacity, intelli-\\ngence, and high moral worth. Of the children born\\nto this worthy couple three are now living Sarah\\nA., Louisa ami our subject. Sarah married G. G.\\nWilliams, of Vanderbilt, Mich.; Louisa is the wife\\nof J. V. Muuger, of Hudson.\\nMartin, of whom we write, was the youngest\\nchihl of the family*. He attended the pioneer\\nschools of his native town, and assisted his father\\nin clearing the land and cultivating the soil, thus\\nreceiving in early years a practical knowledge of\\nthe work which he was to make his life occupation.\\nHe remained an inmate of the parental household\\nuntil his marriage, when he built a house on the\\nhome farm, to which he took his bride. Her\\nmaiden name was Lydia Kellogg, a native of\\nColumbiana County, Ohio, born in the town of\\nPerry, June 16, 1844. Her grandfather, David\\nKellogg, was a native of New York State, and\\nbecame an early settler of Cleveland, Ohio, where\\nhe bought a tract of timber land, which is now\\nincluded within the limits of that large city. He\\nsubsequently* sold it, however, and bought another\\ntract of land in Stark County, where he re-\\nsided until after his wife s death. Ho then spent\\nthe remainder of his life with his son Oliver, the\\nfather of Mrs. Kenyon. Oliver Kellogg, who was\\nborn in the city of Cleveland, spent his early", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0824.jp2"}, "825": {"fulltext": "t\\n-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n813\\n4\\nj cars in his native State, and after marriage lo-\\ncated in Columbiana County, where he haci previ-\\nonslj bought a farm. In 1856 he removed to\\nMichigan, and settled in Hudson Township, where\\nthe death of his wife occurred Oct. 8, 1881. He\\nspent his last years with his daughter in Pittsford\\nTownshi|), dying Dec. 4, 1887. The maiden name\\nof his wife w.as Elizabeth Dunlap, daughter of John\\nand Nancy Dunlap, natives respectively of England\\nand Ireland. They came to America in 1806, and\\nsettled in Columbiana County, Ohio, where they\\nspent the remainder of their lives.\\nThe union of Mr. and Mrs, Kenyon has been\\nblessed by the birth of tiiree children Hiram, Syl-\\nvester and Lizzie. IMr. Kenyon remained in the\\nhome he had first established until 1872, when he\\nbought his present farm. He has greatly increased\\nits value by the many improvements that he has\\nmade since it came into his possession, and it now\\nranks among the best in the township. His resi-\\ndence, built in 1882, is a commodious brick struc-\\nture, and his large frame barn and f ut-buildings\\nmeet all the requirements of the modern and pro-\\ngressive farmer. He has been inius\\\\ially prosper-\\nous in his business and farming opcr.atious, and has\\nthe confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens.\\nON. LENARD MILLER, who resides in a\\ny] pleasant home in Fayette Township, near\\nJonesville, is a prominent citizen of Hills-\\ndale County, and is actively identified with\\nits agricultural and stock interests. As a clear-\\nsighted man, of rare energj- of character, well gifted\\nmentally and physically, he has always been influ-\\nential in shaping public affairs, and h.as often been\\ncalled upon by his fellow-citizens to fill positions of\\ntrust, whose duties he has discharged with conspic-\\nuous abilitj\\nThe father of our subject was Elisha Miller, who\\nwas born about the year 1780, in Pittstown, Rens-\\nselaer Co., N. Y. He married Miss Nancy Baldwin,\\nwho died in Seneca Count} when her son Lenard\\nwas about six years old, and as his father also\\ndeparted this life when he was young but little can\\nbe learned of his history, excepting that he w.as a\\nfarmer by occupation. They had three sons who\\nlived to grow up, but our subject is the onlj sur-\\nviving member of the family. He w.as born in\\nRomulus. Seneca Co., N. Y., March 3, 1820. He\\nwas reared on a farm in that county until he was\\nnineteen years of age. He attended the common\\nschools, but his education w.as completed by a short\\ncourse at Ovid Academy, in his native county. He\\nleft his native State at the age just mentioned, and\\nin the spring of 1839 came to Moscow, Hillsdale\\nCounty, and worked out the first season for the\\nsum of 112 a month, and he also taught school for\\nawhile. He was eng.aged in that profession until\\nhe bought a tr.act of eight} .acres of unimproved\\nlaud in Scipio Township. He, being then unmar-\\nried, had not established a home of his own, but\\nlived in different places, most of the time with\\nthe late O. B. Blackburn, a relative, in Moscow.\\nAfter the death of that gentleman he settled up\\nhis estate. He remained there until 18.52. when he\\nlocated on his farm in Scipio Township, where he\\ncontinued to live until he removed t(j his present\\nresidence, in 1864. He has been chicfl}- engaged\\nin agricultural pursuits; h:us dealt large I3 in stock,\\nand h.as carried on extensive farming operations on\\nhis large and valuable farm, comprising 360 acres\\nof land in Fayette and Scipio Township,s. He has\\nbought and sold stock for many 3 ears, and while\\nliving with Mr. Blackburn, in 1848, he bought the\\nfirst drove of cattle which was purchased in Hillsdale\\nCount} and drove them to the State of New York.\\nThe time consumed in going to that State and re-\\nturning from it was just three months to a day.\\nSince that day he h.as lived to witness wonderful\\nimprovements in the shipment of cattle from point\\nto point, and a marvelous extension of the cattle\\nbusiness into distant p.arts of the country that were\\nthen unsettled and scarcely known of. In 1865\\nMr. Miller purchased the Jonesville foundry, which\\nhe operated very successfully for eight years, in\\nthe meantime managing his agricultural interests.\\nMr. Miller was married, Dec. 3, 1854, in North\\nAdams, Hillsdale County, to Miss Abigail Pope,\\ndaughter of William H. and Hannah (Kendall)\\nPope. They were natives of London, England,\\nand emigrated to America about the year 1834,\\nand after staying for awhile in New York State,", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0825.jp2"}, "826": {"fulltext": "i\\n-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\n814\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ncame to North Adams, and were among the earliest\\nsettlers of that township, continuing to reside there\\nuntil death. The^ had five children, two sons and\\nthree daughters, of whom Mrs. Miller and her sister\\nEmma, the widow of Lewis Ostram, are the only\\nsurvivors. Mrs. Miller was born in Sj vacuse, N. Y.,\\nNov. 20, 1 834, and was but an infant when her par-\\nents removed to Hillsdale County. To her and her\\nhusbaml have been horn five children, namely Clara,\\nHarvej P]dgar, William and Mabel. Clara is the\\nwife of D. W. Winfleld, and lives in Butler County,\\nKan.; Harvey married Miss Laura Allen, and lives\\nin Scipio; Edgar married Miss Elizabeth Kesselring,\\nami lives in Scipio; William and Mabel live with\\ntheir parents.\\nMr. and Mrs. Miller are people of genuine cult-\\nure and worth, and occupy an honorable position\\nin the social circles of Hillsdale County. Mr.\\nMdler has been called upon to represent his fellow-\\ncitizens in the State Legislature, being elected to\\nthat position in the fall of 18(i0. He has also held\\nthe otKce of Supervisor of Scipio Township for\\nthree terms, and that of Justice of the Peace for\\none terra, besides tilling other minor offices.\\nD\\nELSON R. MASTERS is a farmer and an\\nextensive dealer in live stock, residing in\\ny^ Wright Township. He was born in thevil-\\nl.age of Mt. Gilead. Morrow Co., Ohio, Feb. 24,\\n1844. His father, the Hon. Ezekiel Masters, was a\\nnative of the same county, of which his father was\\na pioneer, spending his last years there engaged in\\nhis occupation of farming. The father of our sub-\\nject grew to manhood in his native county, and\\nthere married Miss Mary Oliver, likewise a native\\nof Morrow County, where the^ continued to reside\\nuntil 1840. They then moved to Fulton County\\nand settled in Franklin Township, where Mr. blas-\\nters bought a large tract of timber land, and built\\na log house for their residence; th.at continued to\\nbe their home for many j ears, and in the mean-\\ntime he cleared an extensive farm comprising 380\\nacres, erected substantial frame buildings, and\\nplanted an orchard. In that pleasant home he was\\nbereft of his amiable and talented wife, who. like\\nhimself, possessed fine musical tastes; she died in\\n1858. In 1809 Mr. Masters rented his farm and\\nmoved to Pioneer, where he became a railroad con-\\ntractor he had lived there but a short time, however,\\nwhen he vvas stricken with rheumatism, and during\\nthe last fourteen years of his life was confined\\nto his bed. He died in October, 1886. The Hon.\\nEzekiel Masters vvas a man of more than ordinary\\nabilit3-, dignity of characterand keenness of intellect,\\nwhich characteristics made him a leader among\\nmen, and during his long residence in Fulton County\\nhe was often called to t.ake an active part in the\\nadministration of public affairs; he filled various\\ntown and county offices, and represented his district\\nin the State Legislature two terms. In his early\\nyears he was a Whig, but afterward became iden-\\ntified with the Republican part^ as one of its\\nfounders.\\nThe subject of this sketch was two years old\\nwhen his parents removed from the home of his\\nbirth to P ulton County; he there grew to manhood\\nand received his education in the early schools of\\nthat county. His musical talents, which he inherited\\nin a marked degree from his parents, were carefully\\ncultivated, and he is a fine singer, plays with skill\\nmany different instruments, and when a young man\\ncommenced to teach vocal music. As soon as large\\nenough he began to assist in the farm work, thus\\ngaining a thorough practical knowledge of the call-\\ning which he afterward adopted. He lived with\\nhis parents until 1802. and then, though but eight-\\neen years of .age, he enthusiasticall_y determined\\nto enlist in the service of his beloved country to\\nassist in the preservation of her institutions, and on\\nthe 17th of August was enrolled as a member of\\nCompany A, 07th Ohio Infantrj he served in the\\nEastern division of the army for a j ear and a half,\\nand was then transferred to the Army of the James.\\nHe took part in twentj -two different engagements,\\namong which were the battles of Ft. Wagner,\\nHatches Run, Bermuda Hundreds, siege of Charles-\\nton, and the battles around Richmond and Peters-\\nburg. He was honorably discharged from the army\\nwith his regiment at Fortress Monroe, Va., in July,\\n1805, and returned home.\\nMr. Masters was married, in September, 1800,\\nto Miss Ruth Hannah Van Buskirk, of Loudoun\\nr^U", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0826.jp2"}, "827": {"fulltext": "IIILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n815\\nCoiintj Vn. lier father, Dnniel Van Buskirk, was a\\nnative of Ponnsylvanin. He married, in Monroe\\nCounty, Ohio, Miss Harriet Taylor, a native of Vir-\\nginia, and a daughter of Josejjh and Lydia Taylor,\\nalso natives of that State. After marriage Mr. and\\nMrs. Van Biiskirk removed to Loudoun County, Va.\\nand lived there until 1859 they then returned to\\nFulton County, Ohio, and settled on a tract of land\\nwhieh he had bought some years before, and im-\\nproved a farm. He now lives in Fayette. Ohio.\\nAt the time of marriage Mr. and Mrs. Masters\\nsettled in Franklin Township, Fulton County, and\\nresided there until 18G9, and then removed to Pio-\\nneer, lu that town Mr. blasters was extensively\\nengaged in milling, and buying and shipping stock\\nuntil 1877. In that year he bought a tine farm on\\nsection 7 of Wright Township, which he still occu-\\npies, and he has carried on quite a business in stock\\ndealing. During winter evenings he teaches sing-\\ning school, and is deservedly popular as an in-\\nstructor. The pleasant hoTue of himself and wife\\nis the center of refinement and culture, and is an\\nattractive resort to the large circle of friends that\\nthe} have gathered about them since their residence\\nhere. The household circle is completed by the\\npresence of three children Well)}- L., Hattie L.\\nand Luella M.\\nMr. Masters is a member of the Republican party,\\nand is a stanch sup|)t)rter of the principles which he\\nfought for, and which his father so ably advocated;\\nhe is identified with the DeGolyer Post No. 110,\\nG. A. R. He and his wife are members in good\\nstanding of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\neALVIN JOHN.SON, residing in his comfort-\\nable home on section 25, Camden Township,\\nis well worthy of the respect in which he is\\nheld, as, starting out in life with no other inheritance\\nor capital than stout muscles and a hardy frame, he\\nhas, by sheer force of will and steady toil, worked\\nhis way up to his preseut honorable position in the\\nfarming community of Hillsdale County. He was\\nborn in Greene County, N. Y., March 8, 1822.\\nIHs parents were He/.eklah and Cornelia Johnson,\\nnatives respectively of Connecticutand New York.\\nHis father was a v.aliant soldier in the War of I 81 2.\\nIn the spring of \\\\Xi]C he aud his wife left their old\\nhome in Ohio, where many years of their lives had\\nbeen spent, and, coming to Michigan, took u| their\\nabode in Branch County, where the father died in\\n1876, having rounded out a life of long duration\\nand usefulness. The mother of our subject still\\nniakes her home in Branch County, and has noiv\\nreached the venerable age of eighty-seven years.\\nIn an early period of the history of the settlement\\nof Huron County,, Ohio, they had settled in its\\nprimeval forests, and became identified with the\\nsturdy pioneers who were active in developing its\\nvaried resources, and for over thirty years they\\nwere respected and esteemed residents of that coun-\\nty. Theirs was the usual lot that falls to the early\\nsettlers of a new country, privations, sacrifices and\\nhardships, not unmingled, however, with pleasures\\nand comforts, and they weie quite successful in\\ntheir endeavors to build up a home. Eight chil-\\ndren were born to them, nil of whom are living,\\nnamelj Lewis, Jefferson, Addison, Aldcn P., Da-\\nvid, Mariette, Emcline S. and Calvin.\\nThe early life of our subject was passed in his\\nnative State, wheuce he removed with his par-\\nents to Ohio when he was in his ninth j ear, and\\nthere the reraaiuing days of his boyhood and early\\nmanhood were ()assed. His schooling was confineil\\nmostly to the winter sessions of the subscription\\nschools of Huron County, but b}- dint of hard study\\nhe gleaned a fair education. At other times he\\nwas obliged to .issist his f.atherin the hard task of\\nclearing his land and preparing it for culture. The\\nfree, active life of a farmer suited his vigorous\\ntemperament, and he chose th.at as his life work\\nafter he had attained manhood, and for several\\nyears was engaged in that occupation in Ohio, with\\ngood financial returns for his labor.\\nIn October, 1 845, our subject secured the active\\nassistance of a good wife by his marriage with Miss\\nPha be Showers, a native of Greene County, N. Y.\\nTo them have been born three children, of whom\\ntwo are living Albert A. and Lina 1).\\nIn 18(){5 Mr. Johnson moved with his family to\\nMichigan, and for four years rented land in Read-\\ning Township, Hillsdnic County. At the expira-\\ntion of that time he purchased the eighty .acres of\\n_^M", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0827.jp2"}, "828": {"fulltext": "816\\n-A\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nland that form his present farm. He has placed\\nfifty acres of it under good cultivation, and lias by\\nmany other improvements g.reatl} increased its\\nvalue, so that it stands among the best in the\\nneighborhood, and is provided with a good set of\\nbuildings.\\nTbe life record of our subject is exceedingly\\ncreditable to him, showing him to be industrious,\\nshrewd in the management of his interests, fair in\\nhis dealings, and of good repute among his fellow-\\nmen. In his political views, he strongly favors the\\nDemocratic party.\\n^j^^ AMUEL M. SMITH, an honored citizen of\\nMoscow Township, where he is engaged in\\nl\\\\l/\\\\u) agricultural pursuits on section 22, is an\\ninventor of some distinction, having in-\\nvented a horse-power drain-tile machine, the first\\nthat could be called a practical horse or steam-\\npower machine, and which made quite a revolution\\nin the manufacture of tile. He comes of good\\nQuaker antecedents, his parents, Edward and Eliza\\n(Mosher) Smith, being Quakers, and his father being\\na minister of that sect. They were of English\\ndescent, his father s ancestors being early settlers\\nof Massachusetts, and his mother s settling in Rhode\\nIsland aL a very early period of its Colonial history.\\nHis father was a man of high character and stand-\\ning in the conimunit} but he was cut off from a\\ncareer of usefulness in the opening years of man-\\nhood, being but twenty-six years of age when he\\ndied, leaving to our subject the precious legacy of\\na pure and spotless life. Mrs. Smith was subse-\\nquently twice married her second husband, Abra-\\nham Mosher, was killed by a runaway accident.\\nHer third marriage was to Greothnian Allen, who\\nalso preceded her. Mrs. Allen remained a resident\\nof New York until her death, which occurred at\\nUnion Springs, Ca^-uga Co., N. Y., at the age of\\nsixty-four. By her first marriage she had two sons,\\none daughter by her second, and another daughter\\nb} her third marriage.\\nOur subject was the eldest child of liis parents,\\nand was born July 7, 1820, in Nassau Township,\\nRensselaer Co., N. Y. When he was a year and a\\nhalf old his i) \\\\rents moved to Columbia County,\\nand there when he was four years old he suffered\\nthe loss of his father. He continued to live with\\nhis mother until he was twenty-one years of age,\\nreceiving from her careful instruction in the duties\\nof life, and forming good and useful habits under\\nher supervision that have made him a good, useful\\ncitizen. He received his education in the public\\nschools of Columbia County, where he remained\\nuntil he was fifteen. He was a lad of more than\\nordinary intelligence and versatilitj of talent, with\\na natural inclination for mechanical pursuits, al-\\nthough he also liked the life of a farmer, to which\\nhe was bred, assisting in tiie labors of the farm as\\nlong as he remained under the home roof. In 1840\\nour subject took unto himself a wife, who has been\\nto him an invaluable hel|)mate. Mrs. Smith s\\nmaiden name was Sophronia U. Huff, a daughter\\nof John and Elizabeth (Win.agre) Huff, natives of\\nRensselaer County, N. Y. Her grandfather Huff\\nwas of German extraction, and was a Revolutionary\\nsoldier, serving under the Marquis de LaFayette.\\nHer parents both died in Cayuga County, N. Y.,\\nthe father in 1840, at the age of sixtj -two, and\\nher mother in 1868, .aged eighty-four. They were\\nthe (larents of five sons and five daughters.\\nMrs. Smith was the seventh child in order of\\nbirth, and was born Sept. 26, 1822, in N.assau,\\nRensselaer Co., N. Y, and was brought up in the\\nplace of her nativity, receiving a substantial educa-\\ntion in the common schools. In 1836 her family\\nremoved to Union Springs, Cayuga Co., N. Y., and\\nthere she first met and subsequently married Mr.\\nSmith. Of their union the following children have\\nbeen born: Elizabeth, deceased; Edward. Seth\\nH., Mary, Sarah E., a child who died in infancy,\\nWillard H., Phoebe; John H., deceased; Asa P.,\\nNelson M., Lillian and Abel S. Edward is a manu-\\nfacturer in Battle Creek. He enlisted with the\\nEllsworth Zouaves of New York in 1862, was sub-\\nsequently captured by the rebels and sent to Ander-\\nson ville, where he was elected by the boys as\\noverseer. He is married, the maiden name of his\\nwife being Rebecca Creque, and has two children\\nEdia and Merritt. Seth married Ellen Pardee, and\\nto them have been born two children\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Etha and\\nLowell be is the inventor of egg crates and a butter\\n\u00c2\u00b0*^rf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0828.jp2"}, "829": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n817\\nplate niacliine, which lie sold on rojalty, the income\\nl)eing ^MO per nionlli. Mary is the wife of Milton\\nVeeder.of Gratiot Countj they haveseveii children\\nSarah, deceased; Llewellyn, Samuel. \\\\Villar l, So-\\nphroiiia, Eiuina and Seth. Sarah is the wife of\\nAlbert Buck, of whom see sketch in another part of\\nthis volume. Willard H. lives in iMoscow Town-\\nship; ho married Cornelia Smith, and they have\\nthree children\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bessie, Eddie and Arthur. Phcebe\\nis the wife of Justice Salter, of Gratiot County;\\nthey have four children, namely: Augusta, Luc}\\nEllen and Edith. Nelson M. is a manufacturer in\\nMancelona; he married Miss Minnie Pease, and\\nhas two childien Ralph and an infant unnamed.\\nA.sa is an engineer in an oremill, in Wauseon,\\nOhio; he has been twice married; the maiden\\nname of his first wife was Kate Beard; to them w.as\\nborn one child, Eugene. His second marriage was\\nto Miss A ldie Carter. Lillian is the wife of George\\nA. Smith, of Moscow. Abel S. lives at home with\\nhis parents.\\nAbout three or four years after his marriage Mr.\\nSmith liecame interested in the manufacture of\\ndrain tile, being the third man in the United\\nStates to eng.age in that now im|)ortant branch of\\nindustry It was while thus employed that his\\nactive, thoughtful mind conceived and |)Ianned the\\nmachine which we mentioned in the first part of\\nthis sketch, which was a great advance on the old\\nmachinery formerly used, and might almost be said\\nto have revolutionized the methods of making drain\\ntiles. He obtained a patent on his invention, .Jan.\\n10, 1860, and continued with great profit the suc-\\ncessful manufacture of drain tile until he closed\\nout his business in 1867. Shortly after he came to\\nMichigan, having decided to locate in this State\\nand turn his attention once more to agricultural\\npursuits. He arrived first in Mosherville. He\\ntraveled extensively through Kalamazoo, Calhoun\\nand Jackson Counties, but was most pleased with\\nthe beautiful scenery of Hillsdale County, and its\\nsalubrious climate, and at last decided to buy a\\nfarm in Adams Township and make his home there.\\nHe subsequently became engaged as a contractor,\\nand assisted in the construction of the Hillsdale\\nYpsilanti Railway, superintending the grading of\\ni several cuts from Hillsdale to Moscow, and also of\\nforty cuts in Washtenaw and Jackson Counties.\\nIlis son Seth was emplo3-ed as a contractor with\\nhim, and through some dishone.sty they lost |;l,200\\nby their contracts.\\nMr. Smith now confines his attention to the\\nculture of his farm, which contains eighty acres of\\nhighly fertile ami productive soil. He has a con-\\nveniently arranged, comfortable dwelling, and an\\nample set of farm buildings, and has been in everj\\nway highly prospered in his agricultural undertak-\\nings. Our subject is a very intelligent, well-in-\\nformed man, and occupies a high position in the\\nrespect of his neighbors. In his views of matters\\nin general he is liberal and independent, especially\\nso in politics, always voting for principle and the\\nmen whom he regards as best fitted for office, with-\\nout regard to their party affiliations. He has always\\ntaken an active interest in National and local affairs,\\nand while a resident of New York was a prominent\\nfigure in public life, and held several offices. He\\nwas greatlj interested in educational matters, anil\\ntaught school in Seneca (^ounty, and was a school\\nofficer in Adams lownship. Mrs. Smith is an\\nesteemed and worth} member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, and quietl} and unostentatiously\\ncarries her religion into her every-day life.\\n^EBULON WILLIAMS, who very nearly ap-\\nproaches being the champion stock-raiser of\\nHillsdale Count}-, has been located on section\\n1 6, Wheatland Township, for the last fourteen years,\\nand makes a specialty of English draft and coach\\nhorses, together with thoroughbred Short-horn cat-\\ntle. In both of these he exhibits some of the finest\\nanimals to be found in Southern Michigan, and is\\nin the habit of carrying off the blue ribbons at the\\nState and county fairs.\\nMr. Williams is the offspring of a fine old family\\nof Welsh ancestry, and was born in Monroe County,\\nN. Y., June 13, 1! 25. His fatlier, Hon. Zebulon\\nAVilliams, Sr., was one of the i)ioneer settlers of\\nthis county, and a native of Haverstraw. N. Y., where\\nhis biith took place Jan. 24, 1795. When little more\\ntlian a youth, he located in the town of Phelps, On-\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0829.jp2"}, "830": {"fulltext": "8U\\n,t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ntario County, where, in 1820, he was married to\\nMiss Eliza Lewis, who was born in Jlaryland, Dec.\\n25, 1799.\\nThe f.ather of our subject followed his trade of\\ncarpenter, but also carried on farming to some ex-\\ntent in his native State until 1834. In tlie spring\\nof that year, with his wife and six children, he\\nstarted for the Territory of Michigan, and located\\nfirst in the vicinity of Adrian, then but a hamlet.\\nFour years later he purchased nearl3 a section of\\nGovernment land, and in 1838 took possession,\\nand with the aid of his three sons, transformed a\\nportion of the wilderness into a highly improved\\nfarm. Here he spent the remainder of his daj s,\\npassing away at the ripe old age of seventy-seven\\nyears. He was a man valualile to his communitj\\ntaking an active interest in the welfare of the peo-\\nple around him. After holding the various local\\noffices, he was elected to the State Legislature, and\\nthere, as in the other relations of life, discharged his\\nduties in that careful and conscientious manner\\nwhich wns one of the distinguishing traits of his\\ncharacter. A small volume migiit be written of the\\nincidents in which he bore an important part, of his\\nenergy and enterprise, and the peculiarities which,\\nalthough a terror to his foes, tended to build up\\nfor him many warm and ardent friendships. In\\nearly life a Whig, he later became a Republican, and\\nwas never known to miss voting, being carried to\\nthe polls to deposit his last vote five days before his\\ndeath. He passed avvay on the lOtli of November,\\n1872, mourned by the entire community.\\nTo Zebulon, Sr., and Eliza Williams there were\\nborn the following cliildren: Louisa M., Julius,\\nZebulon, Jr., John L., Richard W. and Sally M.\\nOf these five are living, and residents of Wheat-\\nland. The mother died Aug. 19, 1844. The sub-\\nject of this sketch passed his boyhood and j outh after\\nthe fashion of the sons of pioneer farmers, remaining\\na member of his father s household until reaching\\nnianhood, and on the 18th of November, 1849, was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Lois, daughter of\\nJohn F. and Mary (Gilbert) Sawyer, who was born\\nin Brandon, Vt., Dec. 14. 1828. The father of Mrs.\\nWilliams was also, like his wife, a native of the\\nGreen Mountain State, and was born in Monkton,\\nJune 2, 1802. He died in Orleans County, N. Y.,\\nin 187. The mother was born in Brandon, Sept.\\n5, 1805, and died in Albion, N. V., Sept. 24, 1854.\\nIsaac Sawyer, the paternal grandfather of Mrs. Will-\\niams, was a native of New England, and was born\\nNov. 22, 1770. He was the son of Edward Saw-\\nyer, whose father was John, and whose grandfather,\\nThomas, a native of England, was born in 1619,\\nand came to America when a young man twenty\\nyears of age, in 1639. Some of the brothers served\\nin the Revolutionary War. The family were largely\\nrepresented throughout the New England and Mid-\\ndle States, where they possessed much vvealth and\\ninfluence.\\nThe seven children of our subject and his wife\\nare recorded as follows: John F., born Aug. 24,\\n1852, married Miss Mary Harford, and they have\\none son; Pollen, Mrs. Albert Campbell, was born\\nOct. 1, 1856, and is the mother of one son and five\\ndaughters; Eliza, Mrs. William Wood, was born\\nFeb. 28, 1 854, and is the mother of one girl Charles\\nH., born Oct. 14. 1858, married Miss Nellie Liver-\\nmore, anil is tlie father of one boy, Orpheus A.,\\nwho was born March 8, 1883; his wife was born\\nSept. 23, 1859, in Wheatland. Lincoln G., born\\nJuly 13, 1860, died June 14, 1884; Mary L., Mrs.\\nH. Pratrick, was born April 4, 1862, and is the\\nmother of one child, a girl; Carrie M. was born\\nNov. 26, 1867, and is at home with her parents.\\nMr Williams, politically, votes the straight Repub-\\nlican ticket, and keeps himself well posted upon\\nmatters of general interest.\\nylLLIAM R. KIDDER, of Reading Town-\\nship, came to this county during its early\\nsettlement and took up a tract of land on\\nsections 4 and 9 in Reading Township, and of\\nwhich he still retains possession. There has been a\\ngreat change over the lace of the country since\\nthat time, the transformation being effected by just\\nsuch men as the subject of this sketch, persevering,\\nenergetic and industrious, and who determined to\\nleave no stone unturned toward building up a home\\nfor themselves and attaining a good position in the\\nworld of men. Mr. Kidder began life in this region v\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00ba^1-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0830.jp2"}, "831": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n819\\n.1\\n(Imins: the Tenitoiinl days, in 1836, coming here\\nwith (I yoke of oxen nnd .i w.igtjn, whidi ccnvejtfi,\\nbesides his wife .inil two children, all his wf rklly\\neflfects. He is now among the jirominent and well-\\nto-do farmers, and has accumnlated from ihe soil a\\ncompetence, and is now practically retired frc m the\\nmore laborious duties of life. He occupies one of\\nthe pleasantesl homes in Heading, a good brick resi-\\ndence, with ample grounds, and which presents the\\npicture of comfort and plenty which is so delight-\\nful to look upon.\\nBesides his residence property Mr. Kidder re-\\ntains possession of his faim, which comprises 180\\nacres of prime land, which he brought up from the\\nwilderness to a good state of cultivation, and where-\\non he erected a substantial set of frame buildings.\\nUpon coming to this county, however, he first took\\nup his residence in Litchfield Township, where he\\npurchased eighty acres of wild land and paid for it\\nby cutting wood and making rails. Of the latter\\nhe split 13,600 the first winter, besides cutting con-\\nsiderable firewood. He occujiied his first purchase\\na period of four years, then desiring a better qual-\\nity of land, traded for eighty acres on section 9, in\\nHeading Township, receiving $200 to boot. With\\nthis surplus cash he purchased forty acres more on\\nsection 9, and subsequently made additions to his\\nreal estate until he was at one time the owner of\\n380 acres. He lived in the county and carried on\\nfarming until April, 1881, when he took up his\\nresidence in Reading, but has, as usual, the super-\\nvision of his farm, w Inch is operated now by a ten-\\nant.\\nMr. Kidder was one of the most industrious and\\nenergetic men of his time, working early and late,\\nand overcoming grievous obstacles in the pursuit\\nof his one idea to buihl up a homestead for his fam-\\nily, and at the same time make a worthy record for\\nthe after contemplation of his children. For this\\nlife tiisk he was eminently fitted, being the de-\\nscendant of a sturdy and vigorous race of people.\\nHe was born in Delhi Township, Delaware Co.,\\nN. Y., Sept. 4, 1812, and upon the very day\\non which he first opened his eyes to the light, his\\nfather, James Kidder, was fighting the British at\\nSackett s Harbor. James Kidder was a native of\\nConnecticut, and the son of John Kidder, who\\ncrossed the Atlantic from England prior to the\\nRevolutionary War, and arrayed himself on the side\\nof the Colonists, assisting them seven years, during\\ntheir desperate struggle for lilierty. Later he\\nfought with ihem against the French and Indians,\\nand again in the War of 1812. In the Revolution-\\nary War he was a drum major, and after la^-ing\\naside his weapons for the more peaceful pursuits of\\nagriculture, he took up his residence in New York.\\nHis last days were spent in Genesee County, where\\nhis death took place at the age of eighty-six years.\\nHe was a hale, hearty and vigorous old man, and a\\nfew days before his death walked fifteen miles on a\\npleasure trip. He was not only a valiant soldier,\\nbut a remarkable man in many other respects, his\\npredominant characteristics being his nerve and\\ncourage, which never failed him under the most try-\\ning circumstances. In early manhood he married\\nMiss Nanc} Curtis, a Canadian girl of English de-\\nscent, who also died in Genesee County when over\\nsixty years old.\\nJames Kirlder, the father of our subject, left\\nConnecticut, when ayoung mail, for Ontario County,\\nN. Y., where he was married to Miss Margaret Row,\\nwho was of Holland- Dutch ancestry. Her father,\\nWilliam Row, was also a soldier in the wars already-\\nmentioned, through which he went unharmed, and\\nafterward settled in Ontario County. Vt., where his\\ndeath was caused by the falling of a tree upon him\\nwhen he was over sixty years of age. The wife\\nand mother, whose maiden name was Polly Scher-\\nmerhorn, survived her husband many years, dying\\nalso in Ontario County when about ninety years\\nold.\\nJames Kidder and his wife after their marriage\\nlocated in Delaware County, N. Y., where they lived\\nfor a number of years, and where their four elder\\nchildren were born. William R., of our sketch, was\\nthree years old when his parents removed to what\\nafterward became Gainesville Township, in what\\nwas then Genesee, but is now Wyoming County, and\\na part of the Holland purchase. Here the house-\\nhold circle was completed by the birth of ten more\\nchildren, the family circle now embracing six sons\\nand eight daughters, of whom three sons and three\\ndaughters are yet living, and are now mostly resi-\\ndents of the United States.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0831.jp2"}, "832": {"fulltext": "820\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nThe subject of tin s sketch was born Sept. 4, 1 812,\\nand until nineteen years of age spent his early life\\nin his native county. Ho now purchased his time\\nof his father and started out on his own account,\\nemploying liiniself at whatever he could And to do,\\nworking hard and with little rest in liis dtsijerate\\nefforts to obtain a foothold. His leading idea was\\nto be somebody in the world; to have a home of\\nhis own, and to make for himself a worthy record\\namong his fellowmen. He was first married in\\nYork Township, Livingston Co., N. Y., to Miss\\nCaroline Wooster, who was born and reared near\\nPainted Post, in that State, and when a young\\nwoman went with her parents to Livingston County.\\nHere the young peoi)le lived until after the birth\\nof two children, then came to Michigan with their\\nox-team, as we have alreadj described.\\nIn their journey to tiie West Mr. Kidder and his\\nfamily were twenty-six days on the road, and landed\\nfirst in .Jonesviile, Fayette Township. Mrs. Kidder\\nworked side by side with her husband in building\\nup their pioneer home, and as tiie result, was for a\\nIjeriod of fourteen years a helpless invalid, and\\ndied Aug. I, 1865. She had become the mother\\nof six children, tlie eldest of whom, a son, William,\\nis now working in the mines of California; Caro-\\nline, the eldest daughter, is the wife of G. O. Her-\\nendean, a well-to-do farmer of Great Bend, Kan.\\nHomer married a Southern lady, and is carrying on\\nmerchandising in Doming, Nevv Mexico; Nelson\\nmarried Miss Celestia Reed, and is farming in Liv-\\ningston County, Mo. Ethan married Miss Nellie\\nSaxson, and is operating with his brother in Dom-\\ning, New Mexico; Arcena is the wife of Daniel\\nW. Mickle, a prosperous farmer of Reading Town-\\nship.\\nThe present wife of Mr. Kidder, to whom he\\nwas married April 22, 1862, .at the home of the\\nbride in Reading Township, was formerly Miss\\nSophia Southworth, who was born and reared in\\nChautauqua County, N. Y. When she was fourteen\\nyears of age she came with her parents, Eppaphras\\nand Hannah (Reed) Southworth, to Michigan, they\\nsettling in Reading Township, where they spent the\\nremainder of their lives, the father dying in 1868\\nand the mother in 1878 Of this marriage of our\\nsubject there are two children C. Belle, who is a\\nteacher in the scliools of Quincy Township, Branch\\nCounty, and Daniel G., who continues at home with\\nhis parents. Mrs. Kidder and her daughter are\\nmembers of the Free- Will Baptist Church. Politi-\\ncally, our subject is a Republican, and socially, is a\\nRoyal Arch Mason, belonging to Reading Lodge.\\nIMEON DUNN. The subjcctof this sketch\\nis in possession of one of the finest farms in\\n%J__M Hillsdale County. He came to Michigan\\nduring its Territorial days, arriving here in\\nthe spring of 1836, and first took up 240 acres of\\nland in Woodstock Township, Lenawee County, but\\ntwo years later sold out and purchased the same\\namount in Ingham County. With this .also he soon\\nparted, and coming to the embryo village of Mos-\\ncow, in this county, tried the experiment of black-\\nsmithing aliout eleven years, with excellent results.\\nHe invested his capital thus acquired in oigiity\\nacres of land in Somerset Township, of which he\\nhas since been a resident, and has increased his real\\nestate by the purchase of more land, until his farm\\nnow embraces 440 acres. He has given throe of\\nhis sons eighty .acres each, and has eighty acres re-\\nserved for another boy. As his children became of\\nsuitable age to leave the district school, and enter\\nupon a higher course, he leased his farm, and once\\nmore took up his residence in the town of Moscow,\\nwhere the children completed their studies, and then\\nall returned to the old farm, where the parents and\\nthe rest of the children now live. The first rude\\ndwelling, however, has been substituted for one of\\nthe finest residences in the county, which is set\\nin the midst of well-kept grounds, with an abun-\\ndance of choice shrubbery, and the embellishments\\nwhich naturally suggest themselves to a gentleman\\nof cultivated tastes and ample means.\\nThe Dunn family is of Scotch ancestry, one branch\\nof which settled in New Jersey during the Colonial\\ndays, and in Sessex County, of which State Levi\\nDunn, the father of our subject, was born and\\nreared. When twenty-two years of age ho removed\\nto Livingston County, N. Y., and there married,\\nfor his second wife. Miss Sarah HoUstander, who\\nwas born in that county, where her parents spent", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0832.jp2"}, "833": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALP: COUNTY.\\n821\\n4^\\n..1\\nI\\ntheir last years at tlie home of their rlaiighter Sarah,\\npassing awaj- at a ripe okl age. Grandfather lIoU-\\nstander served as a soldier in the French and Revolu-\\ntionary Wars, where ho received an honoralile wound.\\nand on account of which he subsequently drew a\\npension. Later, Levi Dunn carried a gun in the\\nWar of 1812. He continued in Livingston Countj-,\\nK. Y., until his death, which occuricd at the age of\\nfifty-seven 3 ears. The mother subsequently came\\nto this county, and spent her last d.ays in Moscow\\nTownship, with hei husband, where her death took\\nplace about 1 844, when she was sixtj years old. Of\\nthis marriage of Levi Dunn there were born five\\nchildren, of whom Simeon, our subject, is the only\\none living. His first wife was Ellizabeth Smith, by\\nwhom he became the father of eight children, who\\narc all now deceased.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject, Simeon\\nDunn, Sr., was also a native of New Jersey, to-\\ngether with his wife, Sarah. He spent his entire\\nlife in his native State. Grandmother Dunn, after\\nthe death of her husband, removed to Livingston\\nCounty, N. Y.. with her son Levi, and died at a\\nvery old age. The father of our subject was mostly\\neni|)loyed as a nailuiaker. Simeon Dunn, our sub-\\nject, who was born in Livingston Count}-, N. Y.,\\nOct. 1, 1815, continued under the home roof until\\na youth of eighteen years, then worked out by the\\nmonth three summers, and attended school during\\nthe winter season. A few days after reaching his\\nmajority he was married, Oct. 8, 1836, to Miss\\nilaiy A. Thatcher, who was born in New Jersey,\\nilay 14, 1816, and was the daughter of Daniel and\\nMarian Thatcher, the former of whom died in New\\nY ork State, and the latter in Michigan. Of this\\nmarriage of our subject there were born two chil-\\ndren: Sarah A., Feb. 5, 1838, and died April 22,\\n1839, and Mary A., born March 7, 1840, and who\\ndied three months later. The mother died in Liv-\\ningston County, N. Y., whither she had gone for\\nher health, on the 7th of March, 1840.\\nOur subject contracted a second marriage, March\\n22, 1842, with MissLuamy Weaver, who was born\\nin Niagara Count}-, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1824, and after\\nbecoming the mother of a family of four children,\\ndeparted this life at her home in Moscow Township,\\nthis county. The children of this marriage were:\\nAllen W., born April 27, 1844; John W., Sept. 6,\\n1847, and twin children, who died in infancy un-\\nnamed. One son of our subject is Superintendent\\nof Jackson Prison, and the other is a farmer in\\nJackson Count}-.\\nThe present wife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarried March 1, 1848, was formerly Miss Mary,\\ndaughter of Elias and Reltecca (Reynolds) Alley,\\nwho are natives of New York, and are now resi-\\ndents of Somerset. The children of this marriage,\\neight in number, are recorded as follows: Eliza A.,\\nborn Jan. 16, 184!), died Aug. 14, 1851; Scott S.,\\nborn March 18, 1851 died Jan. 27, 1856; Esther\\nA., born Feb. 7, 1856, is now the wife of George\\nEddy, a prosperous farmer of Michigan, and they\\nare the parents of one boy; Abbie L., Mrs. O.\\nDavison, who n-as born Dec. 3, 1857. is the mother\\nof a son and daughter; Mary E., Mrs. Dewit Kerr,\\nwas born Sept. 24, 1859, and is the mother of two\\nchildren; Thomas W. was born .Sept. 6, 1861, mar-\\nried Miss Mary Sutfin, is carrying on farming in\\nSomerset Township, and is the father of one child,\\na daughter; George B., born Aug. II, 1864, was\\nmarried to Miss Lucy Haskell, is farming in Somer-\\nset Township, and is the father of two boys; Joseph\\nB., the twin brother of George B., died on the 25th\\nof August, 1864, when fourteen days old.\\nMr. Dunn soon after his first marriage, in 1836,\\nmade his w.iy to the Territory of Michigan, and his\\nsubsequent course we have already indicated. In\\naddition to his handsome residence, he. in the sum-\\nmer of 1882, put up a commodious barn, and has all\\nthe other out-buildings and the farming implements\\nnecessary for carrying on agriculture after the most\\napproved methods. He cast his first Presidential\\nvole for Andrew Jackson, and has since advocated\\nDemocratic principles, although he has steadily re-\\nfused to confine himself to parly lines, having con-\\nscientiously given his support to the men whom he\\nconsiders best qualified for office. Many years ago\\nhe united with the Congregational Church in Som-\\nerset, in which he has offlciated as Deacon, and filled\\nother responsible offices, forming one of its chief\\npillars. Socially, he is a. member of the Masonic\\nfraternity, belonging to Fayette Lodge No. 16, in\\nwhich he has been Warden, and while a resident of\\nJonesville w-as also connected with the lodge there.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0833.jp2"}, "834": {"fulltext": "M^\\n822\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nA man liberal aiKl [)iiblic-spiiitefl, actively alive to\\ntlie welfare of hisconimuiiity, there liave been few\\nworthy enterprises to which he has not cordially\\nlent a helping hand. His eldest son, John W.,\\nserved as a Union soldier during the late war, in\\nCompany I, 7th Michigan Cavalry, which was\\nunder tlie command of Capt. Richards.\\nANIEL A. KELLY, of Reading Township,\\ncame to this county in 1874, and took up\\nhis abode on his present farm of 173 acres,\\nwiiieh is finely located on section 15. He\\nhas brought the land to a good stale of cultivation,\\nand during his residence here of fourteen yeais has\\nindustriously occupied himself in effecting the im-\\nprovements which to-day are viewed by the passing-\\ntraveler with unmixed respect for the hand and\\nthe will which have built up one of the most desirable\\nhomesteads in the western part of Hillsdale County.\\nOur subject is a native of Groveland Townshij),\\nLivingston Co., N. Y., and was born March 19,\\n1852. His father, Michael Kelly, a native of the\\nsame place, w.as there married to Miss Matilda\\nJohnson, whose birthplace was also in Groveland\\nTownship, and who was of Irish parentage. Dan-\\niel Kelly, Sr., the paternal grandfather of our sub-\\nject, was a native of Bucks County, Pa., and of\\nsubstantial .Scotch ancestry lie grew to manhood\\nin the Keystone State, and when twenty-tvvo j ears\\n(jld made his way to Livingston County, N. i\\nwhere he took up a tract of Government land, and\\nsettling there with his wife proceeded to build up a\\nhomestead. Grandmother Kell} was in her girl-\\nhood Miss Mary Roup, also a native of Pennsylva-\\nnia, and whose family for generations had been\\nresidents of that State. The grandparents spent\\nthe remainder of their lives in Livingston County,\\ndying at an advanced age, Mr. Kelly in August,\\n18G1, and his wife in Januar3 186 J, both having\\nattained their fourscore years. Grandfather Kelly\\nfor a short time carried a musket in the Revolu-\\ntionary AVar, and was at the city of Buffalo during\\nits destruction by the LJritish.\\nThe maternal grandfather of our subject, Mi-\\nchael Johnson by name, was a native of Ireland, and\\nmarried Miss Matilda Crossett, near the home of his\\nyouth. They emigrated to America when young\\npeople, and located in Groveland Township. Liv-\\ningston Co., N. Y., among the pioneer settlers of\\nthat region. Grandfather Johnson took up a tract\\nof Government land, and pnjceeded after the man-\\nner of the pioneers al)out him to battle with the ele-\\nments of a new counlr} Bears, wolves and deer\\nwere plentiful, and the savage beasts of the forest\\nfrequently carried off his pigs and other sm.all live\\nstock. Ml-. Johnson was not a man, however, to be\\ndismayed under any ordinary difliculty, and with\\nthe assistance and encouragement of his courageous\\nhelpmate he struggled successfully with the ele-\\nments about him, building up a good home, and\\nthere the grandparents spent the remainder of their\\nlives.\\nGrandfather Johnson is remembered as a man of\\nmore then ordinary capacity, and was prominent in\\nhis township. He and his estimable wife were\\nmembers of the Presbyterian Church, having come\\nfrom the North of Ireland, to which a [lortion of\\ntheir Scotch ancestors were driven during the time\\nof the religious persecution of an earlier daj-. The\\nproperty which Michael Johnson accumulated in\\nLivingston County, N. Y., is still held by one of\\nhis sous, who is now nearly eighty years of age.\\nWhat has been said of the Johnson family will\\nproperly apply to the Kellys as early settlers of the\\nEmpire State; they .acquired land from the Govern-\\nment, and it is now held by the youngest and only\\nsurviving son and child of Daniel Kelly, George\\nW.. who is now about seventy j ears old.\\nMichael Kell3 the father of our subject, was the\\nsecond son and third child of his parents, and de-\\nparted this life at his home in Groveland, in\\nAugust. 1880, at the age of sixty-nine ^ears. He\\nwas a successful farmer, and adhered loyally to the\\nreligious faith of his forefathers. The wife and\\nmother survived her husband a short time, her\\ndeath taking place in June, 1885, after she h.ad\\nreached the advanced age of sixty-nine years.\\nTheir family consisted of six sons and one dauglv-\\nter. With the exception of one they are all living.\\nMieh.ael J., during the late Rebellion, enlisted in\\nthe Union army, and was seriously wounded at the\\nbattle of Pea Ridge, from the effects of which he", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0834.jp2"}, "835": {"fulltext": "A\\nlULLSDALK COUNTY.\\n823\\ndied before being able to get home, and was buried\\nsomewhere in Missouri. He was first a member of\\nConipaii^y G, 4tii Missouri Infanlr} wiiich later\\nconsolidated with Company D, olHli Illinois In-\\nfantry. Mr. Kelly was shot through the leg, which\\nhe would not have amputated, and died from the\\neffects.\\nDaniel Kelly, the subject of this sketch, was the\\neldest son and third child of his parents; he w.as\\nreared and educated in his native township, becom-\\ning familiar with farm pursuits, and acquiring those\\nhabits of industry which have been the secret of his\\nsuccess. In August, 18G1, a few months after the\\noutbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in Company\\nL, 8th New York Cavalry, under command of Col.\\nSam Crook, and who was succeeded by Colonel,\\nand afterward General, B. F. Davis, of the Armj of\\nthe Potomac. This regiment was assigned to the\\n2d Brigade, and detailed very soon into active\\nservice. Mr. Kelly participated with his comrades\\nin about fifty engagements, including the battles of\\nGettysburg, Boonesboro, Spottsylvania. and was\\nalso in front of Richmond. These, it is hardly nec-\\nessary to state, were the hardest-fought battles of\\nthe war, and his regiment was in the thickest of the\\nfight. Mr. Kelly eidisted as a Corporal, and a few\\nmonths later was given the position of Sergeant,\\nwith which title lie was mustered out at the close of\\nthe war.\\nMr. Kelly received his honorable discharge at\\nClouds Mills, in Virginia, June 7, 1865. Although\\nexperiencing many hairbreadth escapes, he was fort-\\nunately neither wounded nor captured, and was per-\\nmitted to return home safel^ He now resumed\\nhis farming pursuits, and was married rather late in\\nlife, Nov. 25, I8G9, to Miss Frances Robertson.\\nThis lady was born in Tecumseh Township, Lena-\\nwee County, this Slate, June 24, 1842, and spent\\nsome of her youth in Indiana; she acquired a good\\neducation, and made her home with her parents\\nuntil her marriage. Of her brother, C. G. Robert-\\nson, a sketch will be found elsewhere in this volume.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Kelly there were born four chil-\\ndren, namely: [lenry R., Hattie M., Frank H. and\\nDaniel S., the eldest seventeen years of age and the\\nyoungest eight; thej are at home with their par-\\nents. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly continued residents of\\nNew York State until 1872, then removed to Indi-\\nana, and two jears later came to this county they\\nsettled upon their present farm in 1874. Our sub-\\nject, like his forefathers and with his estimable\\nwife, is a strict adherent of the Presbyterian Church.\\nPolitically, he is a solid Republican, and socially,\\nbelongs to Phil Sheridan Post No. 4, at Reading.\\nMITH WILBUR. The name of this gentle-\\nman is familiar to nearly all the residents\\n(ll/_^j of Reading Township, where he has a snug\\nfarm of eighty attres, pleasantly located on\\nsection 12. J lie land is mostly in excellent con-\\ndition, provided with good buildings, the residence\\nneat and comfortable, and the barns and outhouses\\nfinely adapted to the care and shelter of the Dur-\\nham cattle and Poland-China swine of \\\\vliicli the\\nproprietor makes a siiecialty. The air of thrift\\nand comfort about the premises indicates at once\\nthe energy and industry of the proprietor.\\nMr. Wilbur purchased his present farm in 1859,\\nof Warren P. Chaffee, lately deceased, and who\\npasse(1 away at his home in Adrian at the advanced\\nage of ninety-six years. He had been one of the\\nfirst settlers of Lenawee County. Our sidjject was\\nborn in Wayne County, N. Y.. Feb. 27, 1820, and\\nwhen fourteen years of age became a resident of\\nMontville Township, Medina Co., Ohio, where he\\nremained with his parents until 1859. His father,\\nSmith Wilbur, Sr., was born in Massachusetts, and\\nlived in the Bay State until reaching manhood.\\nThen, migrating to New York Stale, he was married\\nin the township of Fennor, Madison County, to a\\nlady who died at the birth of her first child, a son,\\nwho was christened Thomas. This son grew to\\nmanhood and followed farming, and married Miss\\n^Martha Palmer, after which he settled in the city of\\nRochester, where he became a successful business\\nman, dealing largely in real estate. He is still liv-\\ning, ripe in years, and is ranked among the wealthy\\nand prominent residents of that city.\\nSmith Wilbur, Sr., married for his second wife,\\nalso in Fennor Township, Jliss Nancj Faulkner,\\nwho was born and reared in Rhode Island. .She\\nthen removed to New York State with her grand-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00baHH^\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0835.jp2"}, "836": {"fulltext": "824\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nparents, who settled in Pittstown. Soon after their\\nmarriage the parents of our subject became resi-\\ndents of Waldron, Wayne Co.. N. Y., where the\\nfather began the cultivation of a tract of un-\\ndeveloped land, and where he succeeded in building\\nnp a good homestead. This he gave in exchange\\nlater for a tract of timber land in Medina County,\\nOhio, which comprised 325 acres, and for which he\\nreceived a difference of $G00 in tiie estimated value\\nof the land. He removed there in 1834, and in\\nthe wilderness of Medina County the second time\\nimproved a good faim. J his remained the home\\nof the family for a number of years, and until\\nafter the death of the father, which occurred in\\nAugust, 1865, in Reading Township, this county,\\nwhile he was making a visit to his son. He had\\nnumbered more than his threescore years and ten,\\nbeing at the time of his death seventy-six j ears\\nold. The mother after the death of her husband\\nleft the farm, and spent her last years at the home\\nof her son Oscar, in the town of Weymouth, pass-\\ning away in 1876 at the advanced age of eighty-\\nsix years.\\nOur subject was the fifth child of Smith and\\nNancy Wilbur, whose family included six sons and\\ntwo daughters, namely: Halsey, Gideon; Polly,\\nwho died when eighteen years of age; Desdemona,\\nwho is the wife of Riley Smith, of Medina County,\\nOhio; Smith, our sul)ject; Ransom, who is married\\nand a resident of Oniro, Wis.; Oscar, of Way-\\nmouth, Ohio, and Russell, of Coldwater. this State.\\nHalsey is married, and occupied at farming in\\nWayne Count} N. Y.,and Gideon lives near Way-\\nmouth, in Medina County, Ohio. They are all\\nwell-to-do and worthy citizens.\\nSmith Wilbur, our subject, was married before\\nleaving Ohio, Oct. 26, 1842, to Miss Rebecca Cur-\\nran, who was born iu Spencer Township, Tioga Co.,\\nN. Y., Jan. 27, 1824, and came with her fathei-,\\nJacob Curran, to Ohio. They located in the north-\\nern part of the State, near Cleveland, where the\\nfather engaged in farming, but later removed with\\nhis family to Medina Count} where Mrs. Wilbur\\nwas reared to womanhood. Mr. Curran spent his\\nlast years near Elyria, in Lorain County, where his\\ndeath took place in 1847, when he was sixt3-eigbt\\nyears old. The mother, Mrs. Lydia (Hugg) Cur-\\nran, survived her husband about ten years, her\\ndeath occurring in Michigan, in January, 1849, when\\nsixty-eight years of age. They were most excel-\\nlent and worthy people, and earnest adherents, re-\\nligiously, of the Baptist faith.\\nAfter their marriage our subject and his wife lo-\\ncated on a farm in Medina County, where they\\nlived until 1859. Mr. Wilbur then sold out, and\\ncoming to this county secured possession of his\\npresent farm, which he has since occupied. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Wilbur have no children, with the ex-\\nception of a foster son, Charles Wilbur, whom they\\nreared as their own, and who is now a resident of\\nHomer Township. Calhoun County, this State, where\\nhe owns a good farm. He married Miss Prudence\\nPeck, of Reading, this county, and they are the\\nparents of one child, a daughter, Mabel.\\nOur subject, politicall} is a conscientious member\\nof the Democratic party. He cast his first Piesi-\\ndential vote for Polk, is a man slow to make up\\nhis mind, but this done, clings to his convictions\\nwith the tenacity which has marked his career in all\\nhis other transactions. Mrs. Wilbur, who was\\nreared a Baptist, continues faithful to the doctrines\\nin which she was trained b} her honored parents,\\nand many years ago identified herself with the Free-\\nwill Baptist Church, of Reading.\\ns-\\ni^\\nW^ILLIAM DIVINE, a retired farmer in com-\\nfortable circumstances, is at present a resi-\\ndent of Cambria Mills, where he is taking\\nlife largely at his ease. He established himself in\\nthe business of general merchandising here in 1880,\\ncontinuing until 1885. Previous to this time he\\nhad been one of the most prosperous farmers of\\nWoodbridge Township, where he owned ii good\\npropert} and which he disposed of upon changing\\nhis occupation.\\nMr. Divine came to this county with his father\\nin 1843, from Lucas County, Ohio, having first\\nmoved there from New Y ork, where his birth took\\nplace in the town of Sterling, Cayuga County,\\nMarch 11, 1830. His father, Joseph Divine, a\\nwell-to-do farmer of the F^mpire State, traced his\\nancestry back to Germany. He was born in East-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0836.jp2"}, "837": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNT V.\\n\u00c2\u00ab2.\u00c2\u00bb\\neni New York, where he received a good education,\\nand during the troubles of 1S12 was Captain of a\\ncompan}- in tiic United States army, lie acquitted\\nhimself as a brave and faitliful soldier and met the\\nenem^ in several important engagements. In tlic\\nbattle at Otsego he was wounded in the leg by a\\nball from the enem} which, however, only disabled\\nhim for a brief time, but on account of which lie\\nafterward received a pension.\\nThe father of our subject, after laying down his\\nmusket, settled in the Black Kiver country, and\\nnot long afterward was married to Miss Esther Wil-\\nmott, who was a native of Long Island and of New-\\nEngland ancestry. .She traced her descent back to\\nthe old Pilgrims, and was justly proud of her line-\\nage. After their marriage Joseph Divine and his\\nwife continued residents of New York State for\\nsome j ears. From the eastern i art of the State\\nthey subsequently removed to Cayuga County,\\nwhere they sojourned for a period of twenty-five\\n3 ears. The father in the meantime built up a fine\\nfarm from an uncultivated tract of land. From there,\\nin lb32 or 1833, they emigrated to Ohio, settling\\nin the woods of Lucas County, near what was sub-\\nsequently the site of the cit}- of Toledo. There the\\nfather proceeded as before, battling with the ele-\\nments of a new soil, from which he improved a good\\nfarm, and which he lelt ten 3 ears later to cast his\\nlot with the early settlers of the young Slate of\\nMichigan.\\nThe father of our subject, locating in Hillsdale\\nCounty, purchased eighty acres of land in Wood-\\nbridge Township, in 1843, and here labored the re-\\nmaining years of an unusually active life. After\\nreaching the ripe old age of eighty-six, he passed\\naway about 1858. In his young manhood he was\\na stanch Whig and violently opposed to the institu-\\ntion of slavery. His aged partner survived him\\nbut three years, dying also at the homestead in\\nWoodliridge Township, at the age of sevent}\\nseven. They had lived respected by all who knew\\nthem, and left to their children a record of which\\nthey will never be ashamed. Religiously, they\\nwere members of the Free- Will Baptist Church.\\nWilliam Divine was the youngest of a family of\\nnine sons and three daughters, of whom onl^- five\\nsons are living. He attained his majority in Wood-\\nbridge Township, and was married there, in 1859,\\nto Miss Rebecca Ransom, who was born in New\\nj York about 1828. and came to Michigan with her\\nj parents, Ilubbel and Sarah Ransom, about 1841.\\nThey settled in tlie vicinity of the [jresent site of\\nj Jonesville, where they resided until their decease.\\n1 Mrs. Divine took kindl3 to her books in her child-\\nhood days, and began teaching when little more\\nthan fourteen 3 ears of age, being thus engaged un-\\ntil her marriage. Her death took place in 1873,\\nat Mendon, St. Joseph County, this State, where\\nshe had gone to receive medical treatment. Of her\\nunion with our subject there had been born two\\nchildren: Clara M., now the wife of Henrj Stum-\\nball, a well-to-do farmer of Woodbridge Township,\\nand Montgomery L., who married Miss Eva Cox,\\nand is engaged as a clerk.\\nThe present wife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarried in Cambria, was formerly- Miss Marah M.\\n(Cone) Seaman, who was born in New York State\\nand came with her parents to Michigan when but\\na child. She was married to Mr. Seaman, and be-\\ncame the mother of one cliil d only, a daughter,\\nStella, who is now the wife of Otis Marvin, a pros-\\nperous farmer of Cambria Township. Of her uniijn\\nwith our subject there have been born four chil-\\n]i-eu Myrtle M., Ruby M., Frank M. and Robert\\nA., the eldest of whom is twelve years of age, and\\nthe youngest one. Mr. Divine prides himself in\\nbeing a zealous member of the Republican party,\\nand has represented AVoodbridge Township in the\\nCounty Board of Supervisors four years, and served\\nas Township Clerk the same length of time. Both\\nhe and his excellent wife are members in good\\nstanding of the Free- Will Baptist Church, as also\\nw.as the first lady who bore his name.\\nBNER AV. PEARCE is now living in retire-\\nf\u00c2\u00ae0| meut from the active duties of his business\\n/Flfi IS an eminently successful farmer, stock-\\nimH raiser and dairyman, in his pleasant home\\non section 6 of Cambria Township. He was for-\\nmerly associated with the late William S. Hosmer,\\nand the record of their lives furnishes a most be;iu-\\ntiful example of a faithful and lifelong friendship,\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0837.jp2"}, "838": {"fulltext": "-4*-\\n8-26\\nB\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nm^\\nsuch as is seldom witnessed. Coming to this State\\ntogether in the prime of manhood, accompanied hy\\ntheir wives, who weie sisters, the^ woiked side by\\nside, and built up a home which sheltered both their\\nfamilies, vvjiere their days were passed quietly and\\namicably, and b} their united labors improveci one\\nof the fine.\u00c2\u00abt farms in this part of Hillsdale County.\\nThey were devoted to each other s interests, and\\nshared alike the gains and losses of their business.\\nTheir strong attachment and sincere friendship was\\nonly brokL-n bj the death of Mr. Hosmer.\\nThey were both of New Engl.and birth and par-\\nentage. Mr. Pearce was born in Torrington, Litch-\\nfield Co., Conn., Aug. 23, 1813. and was a son of\\nChristopher and Merc3 (Brownell) Pearce, of Rhode\\nIsland. His father s father was a farmer and a life-\\nlong resident of Rhode Island. After marriage\\nChristopher Peaice removed to Connecticut, and\\nmade his home for some years in Litchfield County,\\nwhere he was actively employed at his trade of\\nblacksmith. Our subject was reared in his native\\ncount} where he lived until he was seventeen years\\nold, when the whole family moved to Vienna Town-\\nship, Oneida Co., N. Y. In 1^58 Christopher\\nPearce and his wife came to Michigan, whence their\\nSon, our subject, had pieceded them several years\\nbefore. They took up their home in Jouesville,\\nthis counlj and there the remaining da3 s of their\\nhonored and useful lives passed quietly by, the\\nmother dying Oct. 30, 1851), at the .ige of seventy-\\none, and the father April 9, ISGO, at the age of\\nseventy-five. They were devoted members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church for many years, and in\\npolitics Mr. Pearce was a Democrat. Our subject\\nis the second son and child born to his wortliy par-\\nents, thej having had six children, five sons and one\\ndaughter; the latter and one son are deceased. Of\\nthe four surviving sons, two are living in Michigan,\\none in Iowa, and one in ilinnesota.\\nMr. Pearce, of this sketch, was married in Vienna\\nTownship, Oneida Co., N. Y.. Nov. 11, 1838, to\\nMiss Thankful TuttJe, a daughter of Deacon Orman\\nand Abbie (Barnes) Tuttle. Her parents were natives\\nof Connecticut, but married in Oneida County, N.\\nY., where the remainder of their lives was spent,\\nand there they reared a family of eleven children,\\nof whom five daughters and two of the three sons\\nare living, one of the daughters now being eighty-\\nthree years old. The parents were worthj mem-\\nbers of the Presbj terian Church, and in politics the\\ngood Deacon was for many years a stanch Repub-\\nlican. Mrs. Tuttle died at the home of her husband\\nin Oneida County, at the age of fifty-six years.\\nAfter the death of his wife the Deacon was again\\nmarried, and had one child by that marriage. His\\nchihiren were reared and educated in the county of\\nwhich he was so many years a prominent citizen.\\nHe died on the old homestead, having rounded out\\na life of seventy-eight years.\\nAs the lives of Mr. Pearce and Mr. Hosmer subse-\\nquently became so intimately connected, we will here\\nincorporate a short sketch of the latter. AVilliam .S.\\nHosmer was boin in Craftsburj Vt., May20, 1809,\\n.and when five years of age accompanied his parents\\nto Oneida County, N. Y., where the remaining\\nyears of his boyhood and early manhood were\\npassed, engaged first in helping his father in the\\nfarm work, and later in his trade of carpenter,\\nwhich he learned at an early age, and continued to\\nfollow until he came to Michigan. He married,\\nDec. 13, 1830, Alma Tuttle, daughter of Deacon\\nTuttle, of Vienna, N. Y., and of their union two\\nsons and four daughters were born, of whom one\\nson and two daughters are 3 et living. The following\\nis their record: Emile A. (deceased) was the wife\\nof Edwin Phelps, of Hillsdale, and was the mother\\nof two children Hiram married Miranda Vanda,\\nand is now deceased Sophia died at the age of fif-\\nteen Mary is the wife of Angus Abbott, and they\\nare now living on a farm in the township of Read-\\ning; Abner P., living on the homestead, marrieil\\nAlida Clay Juliette M. is the wife of W. Cooper,\\nand they are now living on a farm in the township\\nof Re.ading. The eldest daughter, Emile A., was a\\nschool teacher before her marriage.\\nIn 1844 these two brothers-in-law, of whom we\\nwrite, determined to cast in their fortunes together,\\nand with their families come to the young and\\ngrowing .State of Michigan, and here build up a\\nnew home. On their arrival here they settled on a\\ntract of land which forms the farm on which our\\nsubject still resides. It comprises 217 acres, all\\nunder the best cultivation, and on which they\\nerected a handsome and commodious residence, in", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0838.jp2"}, "839": {"fulltext": "u\\nM ^m\\n^r^^*\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n827\\nwhich both families still make their home, and the\\nplace is well supplied with substantial and conveni-\\nent farm buildings, and various kinds of machinery\\nfor successfullj carrying on farming. Thus the\\nlong years wherein they so faithfully toiled together\\nbrought them a full measure of success, and to-\\ngether they lived to enjoj it until the death of Mr.\\nHosmer, June 20, 1883, sundered the tie that had so\\nlong bound them together, only, perhaps, that it\\nmay be united where the broken circles of life\\nshall be rounded to the perfect orb. He was a\\ngood and true-hearted man, and is greatly missed\\nin this communitj as well as by the members of his\\nown household, to whom he was ever a devoted\\nhusband and kind father. Mrs. Ilosmer is still a mem-\\nber of the family, and a part owner of the farm,\\nwhich is still conducted under the name of Pearce\\nHosmer, and is under the skillful management of\\nher son Abner. It is but a just tribute to tlie wives\\nof our subject and his friend to say that tlio} had\\nin them faithful and cheerful helpers, to whom no\\nsmall part of their comfort and prosperit3 is due.\\nMr. Pearce is honored and respected in this town-\\nship as a man of unswerving rectitude, and he has\\noften been called upon to fill local offices. In poli-\\ntics he has for many years been a faithful member\\nof the Democratic partj as was also Mr. Hosmer.\\nv\\nS IfelLLIAM W. COOPER, who is now en-\\ngaged in general farming on section 1,\\nReading Township, where he has recently\\nlocated, is a native-born citizen of Hillsdale County,\\nScipio Township being the place of his birth, and\\nMay 30, 1854, the date thereof. His mother,\\nwhose maiden name was Eliza Banker, was also\\nborn in this count} her birthplace having been\\nHankers, which w.os named in honor of her father\\nand his sons, who were its earliest settlers. The\\nfather of our subject, Abraham Cooper, was also\\nan carl} settler of Hillsdale County, coming here\\nwhen he was quite a young man. He has had a\\nvaried, and in some respects, an exciting career,\\nand his character has been molded bj a wide ex-\\nperience and some bitter hardships, which men of\\nless determined will and less liiirdy physique would\\nscarcely have survived. He xvas born in the State\\nof New York, and there matured to a strong, steady,\\nself-reliant manhood, ever ready to do and to dare.\\nHe learned the trade of railway engineer in his\\nnative State, and is now engaged in that calling on\\nthe Eastern Minnesota Manitoba Railway, with\\nhis headquarters at Minneapolis. After locating\\nin Michigan, he opened a hotel, and also managed\\na farm in connection with it for some j ears, meet-\\ning with very good success. At one time he was a\\nsoldier in Ihe regular array, serving in that capacity\\nfor seven year.*. During that time he took an\\nactive part in many hard battles with the Indians,\\nnarrowly escaping destruction. His soldier life was\\none of bitter suffering at times, and often of ex-\\ntreme danger. His regiment encountered some\\nterrible snowstorms, in which niau} of his com-\\nrades were frozen. Atone time they were snowed\\nup in the Rocky Mountains for three da^ s, with\\nnothing to eat, and nearly every man and horse\\nwas frozen, and he lost all of his toes but one,\\nand otherwise was badly froz,eu, but his fine and\\nvigorous constitution triumphed, and he survived,\\nand recovered from the injuries received during\\nhis exposure in that awful time. His military rec-\\nord is an exceedinglj- honorable one, showing him\\nto have been courageous and faithful in the dis-\\ncharge of his duties, and would l)e full of interest\\nto our readers did we have s|)aco for it. He is now\\nsixty years old, and, notwithstanding all that he\\nhas passed through, is still very stout and rugged,\\nand as capable of acomplishing a good deal as\\nmany a younger man. In 1885 Mr. Cooper had\\nthe misfortune to lose his wife, who died at their\\nhome in Minneapolis, Minn., at the age of fiftj\\nthree. She had been to him a true and devoted\\ncompanion, and a wise mother to their children.\\nOur subject was reared and educated in this\\ncounty, and received a careful training from his\\nparents that well fitted him for a useful career.\\nHe was intelligent and active, and as he grew\\nto manliood evinced good talents for business.\\nHe started out in life for himself in the liverj- busi-\\nness at Homer, Calhoun County, this StsUe, and\\nvery successfuU} prosecuted that business in that\\ntown for four years; the rest of his life has been\\nspent in this count} although ho has an interest in\\nj w m", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0839.jp2"}, "840": {"fulltext": "i\\ni 8-28\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^T^\\nfin agricultural store in Homer. He has for some\\nnine years represented the firm of D. M. Osborne\\nCo., of Auburn, N. Y., as an agent for their\\nbinders and other machines. He has been very\\nsuccessful in that line of business, and has given\\nperfect satisfaction to tiie cfmipan} He devotes\\nmuch time to his farm, wliicii is located in a very\\npleasant part of the township, is exceedingly pro-\\nductive, and is admirably adapted to the purposes of\\ngeneral farming. Mr. Coojjer is proving himself,\\nb} his judicious management of his agricultural\\ninterests, to be as practical and wise a farmer as\\nhe has already shown himself to be shrewd and\\ncapable in other branches of business.\\nMr. Cooper was married, in Cambria Township,\\nto Miss Etta Hosnier, in September, 18\u00c2\u00ab2. She is\\nthe youngest daughter of William Hosmer (for full\\nhistory see sketch of Abner W. Pearce). She was\\nborn and reaied in this county, and leceived a\\ngood education. She is devoted to her husband s\\ninterests, and makes their home |)leasant and at-\\ntractive. One child, Kay, has been born to them.\\nMr. and Mrs. Cooper attend the Frce-Will Baptist\\nChurch, at North Reading, and contiibute liberally\\nto its support. Mr. Cooper is a Republican in\\npolitics. He is a fiee-iiearted, generous man, of\\ngenial and easy manners, of gooil habits, and fine\\nbusiness qualifications.\\n^=!^EORGE SCHRUTT. The pleasant farm\\nIII homestead of this gentleman overlooks Baw\\n^^il) Bees Lake, on the Steamburg road, and lies\\non sections 1 and 2 of Camliria Township. It\\nembraces 112 acres of fertile land under good cul-\\ntivation, with a substantial set of farm buildino s,\\nand in its appointments is indicative of thrift and\\nindustry and all the other comforts of modern life.\\nOur subject took possession of tliis proi)ertv in\\n1877, and has since made it his home. A native of\\nPennsylvania, he was born in Erie County, .Julj 4,\\n1833, and is the son of George .Schrutt, Sr., whose\\nbirthplace was in the sunny land of P rance, near\\nthe Switzerland line. He was reared in the latter\\nRepublic, and married there Miss Catherine Plague.\\nAfter the iiirth of one child, thej-. in 1831, set out\\nfor America, but the child, Frances, died, and was\\nentombed in an ocean grave. Upon landing on\\nAmerican soil they located in the vicinity of Mc-\\nKean, where the death of the father occurred in\\nJul} 1835, very suddenlj-, while he was mowing\\nwith a scythe. He was a very industrious, hard-\\nworking man, and probably had overtaxed his\\nstrength, dropping lifeless in the field.\\nAfter the death of her husband Mrs. Schrutt was\\nmarried to Frederick Shultz, who was born in the\\nMohawk Valley, and was probably of Holland par-\\nentage. He also died in Erie Count} and his\\nwidow then married John Miller. They came to\\nIllinois, and Mr. Miller died a few years later. The\\nmother of our subject then joined her son in Michi-\\ngan, and died at his home in Scipio Township, Dec.\\n28, 1870.\\nGeorge Schrutt, our subject, is the only surviving\\nmember of his family. He grew to manhood in\\nErie County. Pa., learning the trade of carpenter,\\nand was married, Jan. 5. 1854, to IMiss Emeline\\nC. Chellis. This lady is the daughter of Stewart\\nand Catherine (Foster) Chellis, natives respectively\\nof Vermont and Canada. They were married in\\nErie County, Pa., where the mother died. The\\nfather engaged in farming and also oper.ated a saw-\\nmill; in 1 8()4 he removed to Clinton, DeWitt Co.,\\nIII., where he married the second time, and there\\ndied ill the fall of 1881, having arrived at the age\\nof seventy-eight years. The second wife s maiden\\nname w.as Susan Krusucker; she died in Illinois.\\nBoth the grandfathers of Mrs. Schrutt served as\\nsoldiers in the War of 1812. Grandfather Chellis\\nwas subsequently murdered for his money, while\\ncrossing Lake Champlain. Mrs. S. was reared to\\nwomanhood in her native county, her birth having\\noccurred in Erie County, Dec. 5, 1830. Of her\\nunion with our subject there were born nine chil-\\ndren. Their eldest daughter, Elizabeth J., is the\\nwife of Oliver O. Stickler, and resides in Hillsdale,\\nwhere Mr. S. carries on blacksmithing; George S.\\nis engaged at home; Levi W. remains at home with\\nhis parents; Henry N. is at home; Carrie O. resides\\nin Albion Lewis A., Florence, Claude F. and\\nMinnie M. continue under the home roof.\\nMr. and Mrs. Schrutt, after their marri.age, lived\\nin Erie County, Pa., until 1803. During the sum-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0840.jp2"}, "841": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n829\\nnier of that year they made their way to this State,\\nand locating first in Scipio rownsliip, continued\\ntliere until Mr. Schrutt enlisted as a Union soldier\\nin the 27th Michigan Infantry, 2d Company of\\nSharpshooters, and which was assigned to the Army\\nof the Potomac. He participated in the battle of\\ntlie Wilderness, and met the enemy in various minor\\nengagements and skirmishes, and with his company\\nwas one of the foremost in the battle of Spottsjd-\\nvania. While behind a breastwork a shell struck\\nthe topmost log, which fell upon Mr. S., who has\\nsince been a cripple. He suffered greatly for about\\nfour years after his return from the service. Mr.\\nSchrutt has very little to do with public affairs, but\\nvotes the Republican ticket. His estimable wife is\\na member in good standing of the Baptist Church.\\nThe children have been subject to religious train-\\ning, and the famil}- are all Christians. Mrs. Schrutt\\nhas in her possession a wineglass of Scotch manu-\\nfacture, which was used by iier grandsire during\\nthe Revolutionary War.\\nl^DWARD E. CARTER is an industrious and\\nfel prosperous farmer owning a goodlj farm\\nj* pleasantly located on section 21, Moscow\\nTownship. He is the son of William and Almira\\n(Ooddard) Carter, who are now worthy citizens of\\nthis township. His father was born in Sussex\\nCounty, England, and his mother was born in Or-\\nleans County, N. Y. they are aged respectively\\nsixty-nine and sixty-three years. After marriage\\nthey settled down in Orleans Count3-, but subse-\\nquently moved to Canada. After a residence of\\nseveral years in the British Dominion they finally\\nreturned to the United States, and in 1868 located\\nin Hillsdale County. Of their marriage seven chil-\\ndren have been born, three sons and four daugh-\\nters.\\nOur subject was the eldest of the children born\\nto his parents, his birth taking place in Orleans\\nCounty, N. Y., Ang. 6, 1845. He was six years\\nold when his parents removed from their home in\\nNew York and took up their abode in Canada,\\nwhere he grew to a strong and vigorous manhood,\\nreceiving a careful training from his parents and a\\nsound education in the excellent schools of his Ca-\\nnadian home. He was twenty-two 3 ears of age\\nwhen he finally returned to the States, and became\\na citizen of the land of his birth. He made his\\nhome in Moscow, and for the first two years of his\\nresi lence in this State worked out. In 1871 he\\nhad accumulated sufficient property to justify his\\nmarriage and the establishment of a home, and he\\nwas united to Miss Emily Borden, daughter of Jo-\\nseph and Mary Borden, who were for many years\\nresidents of Moscow Township. They are now\\ndead, the father dying in 1883 at the age of seventy-\\nthree, and the mother in the year 1881 .at the age of\\nsixty-eight years. Mr. Borden was twice married,\\nand had four children bj his first m.arriage and three\\nb} his last, one son and two daughters. Mrs. Carter\\nwas his second child, and wjis born in Allen Town-\\nship, Feb. 4, 1852. She was educated in the com-\\nmon schools, is a woman of much intelligence and\\ncapability, and h.as been of much assistance to her\\nhusband in l)uilding up a comfortable and cosy\\nhome.\\nMr. Carter lias owned the farm he now occupies\\nfor ten years, and by the exercise of excellent\\njudgment, untiring industry and frugality, he has\\npl.aced it in a fine state of till.age. so that it j ields\\nhim large crops. His buildings are in good order,\\nand everything about indicates thrift and good care\\non the part of the owner. As a good citizen should,\\nour subject takes a deep interest in public affairs,\\nand does all that he can to promote the prosperity\\nof Moscow Township. He is a firm believer in the\\nl)rlnciples of the Republican party, giving them his\\ncordial and hearty support by voice and vote.\\n^p^iJEORGE H. Rn)OUT, who owns and occu-\\npies 140 .acres of land on sections 18 and 7\\n^^^1, in Wheatland Township, has here established\\none of the finest homes in Hillsdale County. He\\nis a gentleman in the prime of life, having been\\nborn Nov. 28, 1845, and is a native of Eaton\\nCounty-, this State. His father, Ezra Ridout, a\\nnsitive of New Jersey, spent. the early years of his\\nlife in that State, but upon reaching manhood\\nmade his waj- into the State of New York. In 1\u00c2\u00ab43\\nt\\n=T*", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0841.jp2"}, "842": {"fulltext": "830\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhe left the Empire State, and came to Eaton\\nCounty, Mich., whence after several years resi-\\ndence he removed to Wisconsin, and settling near\\nWhitewater, there engaged in mercantile business,\\nand spent the remainder of his life.\\nMrs. Jane (.Jennings) Ridout, the mother of our\\nsubject, died when tlie latter was onl} five j-ears\\nold, and the family record has not been preserved.\\nGeorge IL was roared mostly liy his maternal\\ngrandparents. His grandfather, William Jennings,\\ncame to this county in the pioneer days, settling in\\nWheatland Township, where he carried on farming,\\nand died at tiie ripe old age of eigiity-seven years.\\nHis wife, Bets}% was also well stricken in years\\nwhen called from earth.\\nYoung Ridout became familiar with farm pur-\\nsuits early in life, and when twentj -three years of\\nage was married to Miss Alice R. Tucker, on Kew\\nYear s Day, 1868. This lady was born in Wheat-\\nland Township, Sept. 7, 1850, and was the daughter\\nof Harry C. and Olive (Gallup) Tucker, the former\\na native of Connecticut, born June 8, 1803, and\\nthe mother a native of Canada, born Jan. 17, 1819.\\nMr. Tucker was also a pioneer of Hillsdale County,\\nand died at the homestead which our subject now\\noccupies, on the id of March, 1884. Coming here\\nin 1837, he took up a tract of wild land, which by\\na process of tiiorough cultivation was transformed\\ninto one of the finest farms of Southern Michigan.\\nHis wife, Olive, passed away some years before the\\ndecease of her husband, dying also at the old place,\\nApril 20, 1878. In politics he was a Democrat.\\nHe and his wife were both members of the Chris-\\ntian Church. He was well versed in the Bible\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nprobably few, if an} persons who ever lived in the\\ntownship were more familiar with that sacred\\nvolume than he. Alice R. was their only child.\\nHer paternal grandparents, Purley and Rebecca\\nTucker, were also natives of New England, and\\ndied in the State of New York, in Cayuga Count}\\nat an advanced age. They were the parents of\\neleven children, ten of whom grew to mature years.\\nMr. and Mrs. Ridout are the parents of one child\\nonly, a son, Earl H., who was born at their present\\nhome, Nov. 13, 1879/ Our subject, in addition to\\nhis general farming operations, makes a specialty of\\nfancy blooded carriage horses, and going quite\\nextensively into registered Merino sheep. His\\nchoice head of cattle is mostly of the Durham and\\nJersey breeds, and the swine are Poland-China. The\\nfarm buildings of the Ridout homestead .are .among\\nthe best in Whe.atland Township, and give abun-\\ndant evidence of the excellent taste of the pro-\\nprietor. The hospitable home of our subject and\\nhis amiable lady is the frequent resort of the intel-\\nligent people of the township, among whom they\\nare general favorites. Both are prominentl}- con-\\nnected with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr.\\nRidout, politicall} is a Prohibitionist, although\\nhaving little to do with politics. Mrs. R. is\\nPresident of the L.adies Aid Society, of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church, of AVest Wheatland, and of\\nthe Township Sund.iy-School Convention of Wheat-\\nland and Adams Townships.\\ni,^,EV. PETER JAMES SLANE, Priest of St.\\nijL^ Anthony s Catholic Church, at Hillsdale,\\n/Jli\\\\\\\\\\\\ where he has labored efficiently for the last\\nw\u00c2\u00a9ten years, w.as born in the North of Ireland,\\nin County Tyrone, Oct. 8, 1855, where he spent\\nthe early years of his life, and whence he emigrated\\nto America with his parents when a lad ten 3 ears\\nof age. The latter, James and Mary (Bradley)\\nSlane, were of pure Irish descent, and born in the\\nsame county as their son. The father was a grocer\\nand hardware merchant, and upon coming to the\\nUnited States settled in Philadelphia, where he re-\\nmained until 1873, and then returned to the old\\nhome in Ireland, where he now resides.\\nFather Slane commenced his regul.ar education\\nin the schools of the Quaker Citj and later entered\\nMt. .St. Mary s College, near Baltimore, Md., where\\nhe completed the common branches, and then be-\\ncame a student at St. Vincent s College, near Phila-\\ndelphia, a noted theological seminar} which was\\nconducted under the auspices of the Benedictine\\nFathers, where he prepared himself for his future\\ncalling. On the 29th of June, 1878, he was or-\\ndained Priest, and subsequently assigned to Hills-\\nd.ale. He also ofUciated a short time at Dexter.\\nFather Slane, a close student and extensive reader,\\nbecame noticeable for his erudition, and in 1878", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0842.jp2"}, "843": {"fulltext": "i:^ \u00c2\u00bbi**aaii6\u00c2\u00abw\u00c2\u00bbafei\\n51- Anthony s Church-P J. SlanEtRector, Res. 113. BroadSt., Hillsdale.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0843.jp2"}, "844": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0844.jp2"}, "845": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n833\\nwas appointed to St. Anthony s P.iiisli, Hillsdale,\\nwliic ii was greatly in need of an ellieient pastor in\\norder to erect the residence buildings, and which\\nhe effected in the course of a couple of years. His\\ncongregation had heretofore worshiped in an old\\nframe l)nilding on the site of the present one, and\\nthe next duty seemed to be tlie putting up of a\\nsuiUible church edifice. The erection of this was\\ncompleted in the summer of 1883, and both in rais-\\ning funds and the style of the structure Father\\nSlane has exhibited his eminent fitness for his posi-\\ntion. St. Anthony s Church is located on the east\\nside of tile pulilic square, and the church buildings\\naltogether probably cost not less than 830,000. The\\ncongregation is composed of 200 families, averag-\\ning six members each, and under the efficient man-\\nagement of Father Slane the parish is in a highly\\nprosperous condition. He is not onl}- popular\\namong his own people, but his intelligence, his\\nlearning, and his devotion to his life work, have\\ngained him the respect of the entire community.\\nA view of the church building is given on an adjoin-\\ning page.\\n3=\\n4-0-\\nf\\nT\\ns-^ AMUEL COLE is a worthy farmer of Pitts-\\nford Township, of which he is an early set-\\ntler. He was born in West Town, Orange\\nCo., N. Y., July 25, 1811, and is a son of\\nGeorge Cole, a native of the same town. His\\ngrandfather, Benjamin Cole, was a farmer, and\\nso far as known, spent his entire life in Orange\\nCounty. The father of our subject was reared in his\\nnative county, and there marrieil to Jane Loring,\\nalso of Orange County, and they continued their\\nresidence there until about 1815. They then moved\\nwith their family to Phelps, Ontario Co.,N. Y.,and\\nthere being then no railway s or canals, the removal\\nwas m.ade with teams. Mr. Cole bought a tract of\\ntimber land and cleared a good farm, on which he\\nlived until a few years before his death, which\\noccurred in Palmyra, whither he had removed after\\nselling his property in Phelps. He vv.as quite a\\ncapalile, shrewd business man, much given to\\nspeculation, and used to buy horses which he took\\nto Orange County, and there sold them orexchanged\\nthem for wagons, which he would take back to\\nOntario County, and there dispose of them very\\nprofitably. His widow si)ent her last years with her\\ndaughter in Indiana.\\nThe subject of this sketch was but four or five\\nyears of age when he went with his jjarents to On-\\ntario County to live, and there he grew up to a\\nhar 1} and vigorous manhood, continuing to reside\\nwith his paienls in that and Wayne County until\\n1834. In the meantime he was united in the bonds\\nof malrimon}- to Miss Mar^ Barnard, of Sodus,\\nAVayne County, Sept. 12, 1832, being the date of\\nthat important event. In the year 1834 Mr. Cole\\nleft his home in New Ycjrk, and with his young wife\\nstarted for the Territory of Michigan, coming by\\nthose noted highways of travel over which so many\\nof the pioneers of Southern Michigan passed, the\\n\u00c2\u00a5A-iti Canal and Lake Erie to Monroe, where the^\\nhired a teamster to take them to the Bean Creek\\nValley. Their way led through a wild, uninhabited\\nregion to land which Mr. Cole had entered from\\nthe Government on a previous visit to Hillsdale\\nCounty, and which he owns and occupies to-day.\\nOn their arrival at the present site of Hudson tliey\\ntook possession of a vacant log cabin belonging\\nto Mr. Lane, ivhioli tiiey occu|)ipd until Mr. Cole\\ncould build a house of his own, which he immedi-\\nately set about doing, and had it ready for occu-\\npanc} the following oth of February. When the^-\\nfirst came here there was no other settlement around\\nthem for miles, and wolves, bears, deer and other\\nwild game were i)lenty. There was no railway in\\nthe Territory at tiie time, and Adrian was the near-\\nest market, where wheat sold at thirty-seven and\\none-half cents per bushel, and oats at about ten\\ncents a bushel. Our subject and his wife were dis-\\nsatisfied with their rough surroundings, and in the\\nmonth of April, 183 retui-nedto New York State,\\noing with an ox-team to Toledo, from there on a\\nsteamer to Buffalo, and thence to Wayne County,\\nwhere Mr. Cole purchased a team and engaged in\\nteaming between Palmyra and Canandaigua. Three\\nyears later they came back to Hillsdale County. and\\nsettled in the log cabin that he had previously\\nbuilt, and which was still standing. Our subject\\nthen commenced the improvement of his laud, and\\nput in a cro|) on the small tract of five acres that he", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0845.jp2"}, "846": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n834\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n4\\nhad cleared when he first settled on it. He has been\\na resident here continuously since that time, and\\nwith the helpful assistance of his excellent wife has\\naccumulated a fine propert} He has about seventy\\nacres of land cleared, and has erected a substantial\\nset of frame buildings He and his companion are\\nspending the declining j-ears of their lives in the\\nease and comfort of a cosy home, beloved and\\nrespected b} all in the community for their kindly\\nways and sterling worth of character. They are\\nthe parents of three children, namely Philena, wife\\nof Jack Rush, of Pittsford Township; George, who\\nlives in tlie village of Pittsford, and Jane A., wife\\nof Aaron Conselyea. who lives with her parents.\\nThe wife of our subject was born in Sodus,\\nWayne Co., N. Y., June 6, 1818, and is a daugh-\\nter of Silas Barnard, who was born in Utica, Oneida\\nCo., N. Y., and moved from there to Sodus in the\\nearly settlement of that town, and died there about\\n1820. The maiden name of his wife was Kuth\\nCarey, a native of Utica, and daughter of Rufus\\nCarey. Her father was a native of Massachusetts,\\nand was for many years a sailor; he spent his last\\nyears in Wayne County. Mrs. Cole s mother mar-\\nried a second time, and resided in Lyons for some\\nyears. She spent her last days with Mrs. Cole,\\ndying here in 1857 at the age of eighty-one. Polit-\\nically, Mr. Cole is a Democrat. Mrs. C. is a mem-\\nber of the Presbyterian Church.\\nEUBEN STRAIT, residing in Moscow Town-\\nship, is the son of Thomas J. and Miria\\n(Powell) Strait, both natives of New York\\ngj State, where the latter was liorn in the city\\nof New York. Grandfather Strait joined the Colo-\\nnists in the Revolutionar} War, which wrested from\\nthe mother country this great heritage which we at\\npresent enjoy.\\nThe parents of our subject settled in Steuben\\nCounty, now Schuyler, in Tyrone Township, and\\nresided there until the birth of our subject. In\\n1837 they removed to Ohio, and settling on a farm\\nin Butler County, remained there five 3 ears, after\\nwhich they removed to Indiana, where they spent\\nanother five years in Jennings County. They then\\ncame to Michigan and settled in Jackson County,\\nwhere the father bought a farm in Hanover Town-\\nship, upon which the parents resided until their\\ndecease, the death of the father occurring Nov. 7,\\n1867, and that of the mother Jan. 22, 1872. They\\nbecame the parents of seven children, three sons and\\nfour daughters, of whom our subject w.as the second\\nin order of birth.\\nReuben Strait was born Oct. 27, 1834, in Tyrone\\nTownship, Steuben Co., N. Y., and was brought by\\nhis parents to Ohio when an infant of three years.\\nHere he attended the public school at Bloomfield,\\nButler County, and received the rudiments of an\\neducation, which he supplemented by his attend-\\nance at the common schools in Indiana, after his\\nremoval there at eight years of age, and subse-\\nquently in the schools at Hanover.\\nOn the 30th of ,Iune, 1853, Mr. Strait was united\\nin marriage with Miss Mary, daughter of William\\nand Abigail (Smith) Clapp, the former a native of\\nDutchess County, N. Y., and the latter of Ontario\\nCounty, in the same State. After marriage the\\nparents settled in Macedon Center, Waj ne County,\\nthence removed to Jackson County, Mich., in 1837,\\nwhere they settled on section 31. in HanoverTown-\\nship. Here they devoted themselves to the cultiva-\\ntion and improvement of their farm, and the care\\nand education of their family, and resided until\\ntheir death, which occurred for the father in 1882,\\nat the age of seventy-seven j ears, while the mother\\ndied in April of the next j ear, at seventy-eight\\nyears of age. Mr. Clapp was a prominent, liberal-\\nminded and public-spirited citizen, largely interest-\\ning himself in, and contributing of his means, as well\\nas aiding by his influence, all measures having for\\ntheir object the improvement of the condition of\\nthe people among whom he lived, socially and\\nfinancially. With a view to securing better facili-\\nties for market and travel, he donated the right of\\nwa\\\\f through his property to the Ft. Wayne\\nSaginaw Railroad Companj and contributed in\\naddition )fel,000.\\nThe parental family of Mrs. Strait included four\\nchildren, one son and three daughters, of whom\\nMary was the second child, and was born Jan. 27,\\n1H35, at Macedon Center, Wayne Co., N. Y. At\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Mh\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab:", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0846.jp2"}, "847": {"fulltext": "t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n835\\nthe tonfler nge of two and ono-hnlf years she marie\\ntlie fatiguing journey with lier parents, hj the usual\\nroute, to tliis State, where she received such educa-\\ntion as the facilities of the time and f)lac( afforded,\\nreceiving in addition those practical lessons in\\ndomestic economy from her excellent mother which\\nresulted in maiiing her so ca|)al)le and invaluable a\\nhelpmate to Mr. Strait. By her union with our sub-\\nject she became the mother of nine children: Will-\\niam, who died in infancy; Josephine B., Eugene\\nB., Thomas J., William U.. Jennie A., Levi S., De\\nWitt C. and Ralph Waldo E. Josephine became\\nthe wife of James Buchanan, and they are the par-\\nents of four children Wayne J., Marj A., Albert\\nand Ethel M.; Eugene B. is engaged in farming on\\nsection 31, Hanover Township, and chose for his\\nwife Miss Nellie Shepherd, by whom he has four\\nchildren Leon, Ross, Clyde and Ruby; Thomas\\nJ. resides on section 30, Hanover Township; he\\nmarried Effle Densmore, and the3 have one child\\nMary E. William H., who has the management of\\nthe homestead, married Leona Shepherd, and the}\\nhave one child Glen; Jennie became the wife of\\nWillard Conkling, of section 1, Scipio Township,\\nand they have two children Mark and Grove;\\nLevi S. is a teacher, and will attend college at\\nYpsilanti De Witt C. is a member of the class of\\n88 at Hanover, while Ralph Waldo is at home.\\nThrough the indomitable energy and persever-\\nance which seem to characterize in an especial\\nmanner the natives of the E-mpire State, coupled\\nwith that honorable dealing in the various relations\\nin life which also appears to be hereditary with\\nthat people, Reuben Strait has gained for himself\\nthe esteem and confiilence of all who have the\\npleasure of his acquaintance, while he has secured\\nfor himself and his family a large share of the good\\nthings of this life. He owns 178| acres of land on\\nsection 31, Hanover Township, eighty acres on\\nsection 30, and sixty on section 29; forty-five and\\none-half acres on section 31, IGl acres on section\\n29, fifty-six and one-half acres on section 6, Mos-\\ncow Township, and sixty-five acres on section 5 of\\nthe same township, making a total of 64G^ acres,\\nmost of which is well-improved land under a good\\nstate of cultivation, and nearly- all cleared. He has\\njirovided commnflious and convenient linildings.\\nand is equipped with all the modern appliances\\nwhich have so revolutionized the work of a farmer\\nin the conduct of his farm.\\nThe good judgment, straightforward business\\nprinciples, and the statesmanlike qualities of Mr.\\nStrait, have not been overlooked in his community.\\nHe has been a school ofTicer for man}- ^-ears. and\\nHighway Commissioner for some eight or nine\\nyears. He was elected Justice of the Peace over\\nthe Hon. G. C. Wyllis, and in the fall of 1S82 was\\nnominated bj the Democratic Senatorial Conven-\\ntion, running against Hon. Ezra L. Coon, of Hills-\\ndale. He was a candidate in 1884. and was\\nnominated by the United Greenb.ack and Demo-\\ncratic Convention, as a Representative in the State\\nLegislature, running against Des ine in the Ninth\\nDistrict, composed of Branch and Hillsdale Coun-\\nties. In politics he was a Democrat up to the time\\nof the National Greenback movement, when he\\nbecame identified with that body, and has since\\nbeen a member of the party that organized it.\\nSociall3% Mr. Strait belongs to the Pomona (Grange,\\nand has been through the Chairs in the Mt)SCOw\\nGrange. He was Master of Hamilton Lodge No.\\n113, F. A. M., of Moscow, and held this position\\nfor nine 3 ears.\\nIn the life of Reuben Strait we find an excellent\\nexample for young men just embarking in the field\\nof active life, of what may be accom[)Iished by well-\\ndirected effort with honesty of purpose. He relied\\nlargely upon his own efforts and judgment to win\\nfor him success, and while he has met his reward in\\nthe accumulation of wealth, he has won a large\\nmeasure of that more desirable qualit} the respect\\nand esteem of his fellow-beings. In the discharge\\nof his numerous |)ublic and official duties, as well\\nas in those of a domestic nature, he has ever been\\ncharacterized by that most important factor in the\\nsuccessful life of an^ man, honesty, adhering closely\\nto the dictates of his conscience.\\n(^T M. RI.SING, a successful general farmer\\n^jO of Hillsdale County, is i)leasantly located\\non ten acres of land within the limits of\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0mj Reading Village. He also owns fifty-one\\nacres adjoining the town, which he has brought to a\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0847.jp2"}, "848": {"fulltext": "836\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhigh state of cultivation. He has been in possession\\nof this property since 1880, at wiiich time he\\nremoved from his former home of 120 acres on sec-\\ntion 15 in the same township, where his family had\\nlocated May 31, 1837. At that time the father of\\nour subject settled on 640 acres of land, which he\\nhad obtained from the Government in 1835. This\\nland at that time was an unbroken wilderness, and\\nin 1838 he purchased 240 acres additional on sec-\\ntion 14, for which he paid $5 per acre.\\nJohn Rising, the father of ouf subject, was a\\nnative of Oneida County, N. Y., and came of an\\nold and worthy family, while his father, Josiah\\nRising, was a farmer by occupation, and was a\\nprivate soldier in the War of 1812. He married\\nHuldah Miller, a Connecticut lady, who came of\\nNew England parentage, as did also her husband.\\nSome years before their death the parents of our\\nsubject removed to Westmoreland Township, Oneida\\nCo., N. Y. This county was at that time com-\\nparatively new and undeveloped, and Mr. Rising\\ncontributed his full share toward its advancement;\\nhis death occurred at the advanced age of about\\nninety years. He served as a soldier in the Revo-\\nlutionary War, and wiien his son John was drafted\\nin the War of 1812, he himself answered the call,\\nremarking to his son tliat he was better acquainted\\nwith army life, and would take his place. His wife\\nsurvived him some years, and lived to be over\\nninety years of age. They were worthy and hard-\\nworking people, and though they did not accumu-\\nlate a great store of this world s riches, they had\\nthe enjoyment of a better heritage the esteem and\\nrespect of tlieir neighbors.\\nJohn Rising was the eldest of the large family\\nborn to his parents, .and was reared to agricultural\\npursuits, at the same time attending the schools\\nof his native county. He continued to reside in\\nOneida County until he came to this State, bring-\\ning with him his wife, whom he had married in\\nWestmoreland Township, and their family of six\\nchildren. Mrs. Rising, whose maiden name was\\nLucinda Wright, was born in Oneida County, and\\ncame of a good American family. She resided\\nchiefly in her native county, receiving such educa-\\ntion as was obtainable in the schools of her town-\\nship, until her marringe with Mr. Rising. In 1837\\nthey took their memorable journey to the West,\\nand began to hew for themselves a home in the\\nwoods of Reading Township, where the father had\\nentered a tract of land from the Government.\\nJohn Rising lived to see a well-improved farm\\ndeveloped from the wilderness, and died at the\\nhome of our subject, in 1872, at the ripe old age\\nof eight3 -two years. In religion he and his wife\\nin early years were Congregationalists, but thej\\nsubsequently transferred their allegiance to the\\nMethodist Church. In politics Mr. Rising was a\\nRepublican. Mrs. Rising died some years before\\nthe decease of her husband, at the age of fifty-one\\n3 ears. She was an industrious, prudent woman,\\nperforming well her part in tlieir efforts to pro-\\nvide a home for their growing family.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared at the\\nhomestead in his native county, and received his\\neducation in tlie common schools, while also being\\ninitiated by his father into tlie duties of farm life.\\nHe was united in marriage, Sept. 19, 1839, with\\nMiss Ann C. Morey, who was born in Cayuga\\nCounty, in the Empire State. March 25, 1813.\\nWhile still a young child her parents removed to\\nVan Buren Townsliii), Onondaga County and she\\nreceived a ver3 good education in tlie public\\nschools, which, even at that time, were noted for\\ntheir efflciencj When quite young she engaged\\nin the profession of teaching, which she resumed\\nafter her arrival in this county in 1838. She\\ntaught the first school ever conducted in Reading\\nTownship, in which she successfully labored during\\nthe first year after her arrival.\\nMr. and Mrs. Rising became the parents of two\\nchildren, whose loss by death they have since been\\ncalled upon to sustain. Ann became the wife of\\nHenry George, and died in 1886, leaving one child,\\nRodney R. Mary J. was also married, her husband\\nbeing F. Terpenning; she died about 1875, and\\nleft one child, a son, George A. Mr. and Mrs.\\nRising have been industrious and worthy members\\nof society, and have met with a large measure of\\nsuccess.\\nMr. Rising is the only surviving one of the\\noriginal members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nof Reading, and Mrs. Rising is also a charter niem-\\n))er of the Baptist Ciiureh. The practical qualities", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0848.jp2"}, "849": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00bb-\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\nS37\\nr\\nof uur subject hiive been appreciated and turned to\\ngoo(1 account by his fellow- townsmen, who have\\nelected him to some of the most important ofHces\\nwithin their gift, includinji^ those of Justice of the\\nI eaee and Commissioner of Ilighwaj s. Mr. Rising\\nwas formerly a Republican, but, believing in the\\nsuppression of the manuf.aclure and sale of intoxi-\\ncants, he has now entered the ranks of the Prohibi-\\ntion party.\\nERRY KNAPP, jirobably liio oldest living\\n)1) settler of Wheatland Tijwnsliip, is the son of\\nStephen Knajip, who came with his family\\nto the Territor}- of Michigan in 1834, and\\nput up the first barn in Wheatland Township, whicii\\nstructure is still standing, and located on the pres-\\nent farm of our subject on section 14. The father\\nfrom a tract of wild land built up the homestead\\nwhich his son Perry now occupies, and where he\\nspent the remainder of his life after coming to the\\nWest, passing away in March, 186(5, at the ripe old\\nage of nearly fourscore j ears. The mother had\\ndied when a young woman.\\nOur subject was born in Monroe County-, N. Y.,\\nAug. i2, 1822. His parents, Stephen and Jane\\n(Freelove) Knapp, were natives of Rockland County,\\nN. Y., where they were married, and in the Em|)ire\\nState became the parents of six children, four girls\\nand two boys. The mother of these children died\\nin Monroe Count} N. Y. Stephen Knapp was\\nafterward twice married, and by tiie two last wives\\nhad nine children, making by the three marriages\\nfifteen children. Both the paternal and maternal\\ngrandparents of our subject spent their last days in\\nNew York State.\\nThe paternal grandfather, Jared Knapp, was born\\nnear Horse Neck, Conn., Feb. 20, 174 J, and mar-\\nried Jane Williams, whose birth took place March\\n10, 1751. He died June 19, 1812, and she passed\\naway in Ju\\\\y, 1829. They had moved to Rockland\\nCounty, N. Y., where were born to them ten chil-\\ndren, nine boys and a girl, of whom Stejihen. the\\nfather of our subject, was the tiftli child, his birth\\ntaking place Aug. 18, 1786. All lived to mature\\nyears. Stephen Knapp followed wagon-making\\n___\\nthere al)out ten years, and was a man who naturally\\nbecame a leader in the community wherever he\\nlived. He was well posted upon political matters,\\nand although never as|)iring to ofliee, filled many\\npositions of trust and resi)onsibilit3 His death\\ntook pl!.ce March 29, 1866. James Knapp, the only\\nfull brother of our subject, is a well-to-do farmer of\\nWheatland Township, living about half a mile\\nnorth of Perry.\\nThe stibjeet of this sketch left home when eight-\\neen years of age, his father giving him his time,\\nand making his way to the 3 oung town of Adrian,\\nthis State, he commenced work in abrickj-ard. Two\\nyears later he took up carpenterii g, and thereafter\\nfollowed this for about twenty years in Toledo,\\nOhio, and Southern Michigan. In 1853 he crossed\\nthe plains to California, driving stock west of the\\nMissouri River, the trip occupying II.t days. He\\nremained on the Pacific Slope two and one-half\\nyears, then returned and located on the farm where\\nhe now lives the old homestead of his father\\nwhich he purchased of the heirs a few years after\\nreturning from California.\\nPrevious to this, however, Sept. 29, 1848, our\\nsubject had been united in marriage with JHss\\nSarah J. Church, who was born in Wayne County,\\nN. Y., Feb. 15, 1828, and is the daughter of\\nLorenzo and Susan (Halleck) Church. Mrs. Kna])p\\nwas reared to womanhood in the State of Michigan,\\nhaving come West with her parents in the year\\n1838. The four children born of her union with\\nour subject are recorded as follows Frank J., who\\nis now traveling in tiie interest of a carriage fac-\\ntor} vvas born Dec. 27, 1849, and married Miss Ella\\nBishop, by whom he has become the father of one\\nchild, a daughter, Mary, born Oct. 17, 1882; Jessie\\nF. was born Feb. 7, 1856, and married Elmer D.\\nSabin, of Wheatland Township; Fretlerick C, who\\nis manager of the National Tea Com pan} in P^ast\\nSaginaw, was born April 4, 1866, and remains in\\nsingle blessedness; Lydia was born April 10, 1864,\\nand died on the 4tli of August following. Mrs.\\nElla Knapp, the wife of Frank J., the eldest son of\\nour subject, was born in W.ayne County, Pa., Dec.\\n7, 1848.\\nThe present residence of our subject was put up\\nby him in 1866, and the improvements which are", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0849.jp2"}, "850": {"fulltext": "838\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nviewed to-da^ with admiration by the passing\\ntraveler have been mostly effected through his own\\npersonal supervision. The land, exceedingly fertile,\\nhas been carefull3 cultivated, yielding the richest\\ncrops of Southern Jlichigan. Mr. Kiiapp has been\\nconnected with the Hillsdale and Lenawee Counties\\nFarmers Union and Horticultural Society, of which\\nhe is now President, and has held every office\\nexcept that of Treasurer in Wiieatland Grange No.\\n272. In politics he is a Republican.\\nL. WEBB, who owns and occupies a farm\\nof 100 acres on section 24, in Allen Town-\\nship, where he has lived for the last nine\\nyears, is a native of this State, having been\\nborn in Hudson, Lenawee County, Sept. 12, 1849,\\nand is the fourth child of Hon. Martin H. and\\nSusan (Guy) Webb, who were natives of New York\\nState. ]\\\\Irs. Webb was tlie sister of Oscar F. Guy,\\nof this county, and a sketch of whom will be found\\nelsewhere in this work. The parents were married\\nin Jonesville, this State, and settled in Hudson\\nTownship, Lenawee County, where they lived about\\nthree years. Thence they came to Pittsford Town-\\nship, this county and after a residence of six years\\non the farm, took up their abode in the city of\\nHillsdale, where the death of the mother occurred\\nin April, 1875.\\nHon. Martin H. Webb survived his wife a little\\nover four years, his death taking phice in Novem-\\nber, 1879. He was a man of considerable force of\\ncharacter, and quite prominent in local aft aiis. Be-\\nsides holding other positions of responsibility and\\ntrust, he officiated as Judge of the Probate Court\\nof Hillsdale County for a period of twelve or four-\\nteen years. The parental household included live\\nchildren, three sons and two daughters, four of\\nwhom are living, and residents mostly of Michi-\\ngan.\\nThe early life of our subject was spent upon the\\nfarm, where he acquired the arts of plowing, sow-\\ning and reaping, and his education was completed\\nin the Union School at Hillsdale. AVhen nineteen\\nyears of age he started out for himself, working for\\nthe farmers of his neighborhood, and at the age of\\ntwenty-four was married, June 18, 1873, to Miss\\nAlvira White, at the home of the bride in Hills-\\ndale Township. He then purchased a farm in\\nJefferson Township, where he carried on agricult-\\nure six years, then, selling out, purchased the farm\\nof which he is now owner.\\nThe wife of our subject is the daughter of Eugene\\nH. and Alvira (Hart) White, who were natives of\\nthe Empire State, whence they removed in early\\nlife to this county, and settled upon a farm in Hills-\\ndale Township, where the death of the mother took\\nl)lace in May, 1850. Mr. White is still living, and\\nresides in Dakota. They were the parents of two\\nchildren, only one of whom, Mrs. AVebb, is living.\\nShe was born in Hillsdale Township, May 13, 1856.\\nShe acquired her education in the common schools,\\nand continued a member of the parental household\\nuntil her marriage with our subject. Of this union\\nthere have been born five children, namely: Martin\\nIL, Susan A., Edgar A., Floyd B. and Ernest E.\\nThe eldest is thirteen years of age and the 3 oungest\\ntwo.\\nMr. Webb gives most of his attention to his own\\naffairs, having little to do with politics, but uni-\\nformly votes the Republican ticket.\\nC!^EORGE W. FOOTE, who became a resident\\nof the city of Hillsdale in 1884, and is favor-\\n^J^ abl3 known to a large proportion of its citi-\\nzens, is a native of the Buckeye State, and was\\nborn in Huron County, July 11, 1842, being the\\nyoungest of a family of three brothers, the sons of\\nWalter and Tamezin (Ford) Foote, who were both\\nof New England birth and anccstr} AValter Foote\\nwas born in Connecticut, and his wife, the mother\\nof our subject, in Massachusetts. They were mar-\\nried in Wayne County, N. Y., and settled among the\\npioneers of Huron County, Ohio, where the father\\nengaged in farming pursuits, and where the boy-\\nhood of his son, George W., was spent.\\nThe parents of our subject continued residents\\nof Ohio until their death. George W. pursued his\\nfirst studies in the district school, and completed\\nhis education by an attendance of tvvo terms at", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0850.jp2"}, "851": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n839\\nT\\nthe far-fanierl Obcrlin College. He was a youtli of\\niiiiu teeii j ears at the outbreak of the late Rebellion,\\nan l enlisted as a Union soldier in Company E, .^otii\\nOhio Infantry, the regiment being under conunand\\nof Col. J. C. Lee. It was assigned first to West\\nVirginia, and then to the Army of the Potomac,\\nan l the company and regiment were subsequently\\ncommanded by Gen. John C. Fremont, when he\\nmade his first memorable tour of the Shenandoah\\nValley. Here young Foote encountered the enemy\\nwitli his comrades, in the fight at Cross Kej s, and\\nwas in the second battle of Bull Run under Gen.\\nPope. The regiment was next sent to Fairfax\\nCourt House and Munson Hill, in the vicinity of\\nWashington, D. C, and rested for the winter near\\nthe city of Fredericksburg.\\nIn April, I8G2, the .55th Ohio was assigned to the\\ncommand of Gen. Hooker, with whom they marched\\nup the Rappahannock in time to engage in the bat-\\ntle of Chancellorsville, and there our subject re-\\nceived a gunshot wound, which necessitated his\\nconfinement in the hospital, first at Brooks Station,\\nwhence he was later transferred to Washington,\\nwhere he remained until his honorable discharge,\\nJuly 9, 18G3.\\nUpon iiis return to his olil home in Huron County,\\nOhio, Mr. Foote, although incapacitated for hard\\nlabor, directed the operations of the farm, and made\\nhis home with his parents for six years following.\\nIn 18G9 he was married to Miss Sarah E. Eckel-\\nbery, whose parents were natives of Pennsylvania,\\nand settled in Huron County, Ohio, during its pio-\\nneer days. Mr. and Mrs. Foote began life to-\\ngether in a modest farm dwelling in Fitchville\\nTownship, Huron Countj an l continued residents\\nof Ohio until their removal to this State. There\\nalso were born their three children: George Wal-\\nlace, Dec. 30, 18(;9; Walter Ford, Aug. 24, 1875,\\nand Robert Everette, Dec. 14, 188G. Mr. Foote,\\npolitically, is a solid Republican, and socially, a\\nmember in good standing of the G. A. R., at Hills-\\ndale, and the A. F. A. M., at Hillsdale. He was\\nelected Justice of the Peace in the city of Hillsdale,\\nin April, 1888, and is acquitting himself with satis-\\nfaction to all concerned. His three sons are residents\\nof Hillsdide, and are at home with their parents.\\nThe family residence is pleasantly located on Howell\\nstreet, and its inmates are generally respected by\\nthe community.\\nWalter Foote, the father of our subject, was born\\nin Connecticut, Dec. 29, 1799, and departed this\\nlife at his home in Ohio, in IKGG. The mother Wixs\\nborn in Massachusetts, Oct. 28, 1810, and passed\\nawa}- six years after the death of her husband.\\nTheir eldest son, John M., was born in 1830, in\\nHuron County, Ohio, and ilied March 29, 18oG, in\\nOhio. The second son, Ira, was born in 1834, and\\ndied in Ohio on the 29th of March, 1862, leaving\\none daughter.\\nI^ENRY M. KEEFER, proprietor of the Ree-\\nfer House, is conducting the hotel which was\\nbuilt by his son, Charles E., in 1885, and with\\nyi which the latter is still connected. He was\\nborn in Monroe Count} N. Y., Sept. 13, 1828. and\\nis the son of George and Caroline M. (Seeley)\\nKeefer, who were natives of Pennsylvania and New\\nYork, and came to Michigan in 183G. The father\\npurchased land first in St. Joseph County, whence\\nhe removed in the spring of 1841 to Hillsdale\\nCounty, arriving in Allen Township on the 2d of\\nApril. Upon the forty acres of land which he pur-\\nchased from Abraham Keefer, he lived and labored\\nuntil 1860. During this time he took a trip to\\nCalifornia, where he remained three years, then\\nselling out, took up his residence in the city of\\nHillsdale, where his death occurred in 1864.\\nThe parental household of our sultjcct included\\nsix children, of whom Henry was the second son\\nand child. He remained a member of the home\\ncircle until a youth of sixteen years, and then com-\\nmenced an ajjprenliceship at the tailor s trade, un-\\nder the instructit)n of Elijah Ilatton, with whom he\\ncontinued four years. In 1850 he established in\\nbusiness in company with William Waldon, with\\nwhom he continued six jeais, as partner and em-\\nploye, and then purchased the entire business.\\nThis he conducted until the fall of 1860, when he\\nsold out, and two years later became a traveling\\nsalesman for the firm of W. S. Isherwood fe Bur-\\ndick, of Toledo, Ohio. At the expiration of a year\\nhe became similarly occupied for the firm of E. L.\\nh", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0851.jp2"}, "852": {"fulltext": ",t\\n840\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nBlock Co., of Cincinnati. In 1863, rteterniinerl\\nupon a change of dceupation, he moved with his\\nfamily upon a farm in Hillsdale Township, where\\nhe followed agriculture for a period of six years.\\nThen leasing the farm, he returned with his family\\nto Hillsdale, of which city he has since been a\\nresident.\\nThe next business venture of our subject was the\\npurchase of a restaurant, which he conducted until\\n1877. In 1883 he engaged in the coal and wood\\nbusiness, which he continued until 1886, then sold\\nout and took possession of the hotel with which he\\nhas since been connected. This is a fine three-story\\nbrick structure, and occupies an area of 80x150 feet.\\nThe rooms are commodious, elegant and well ven-\\ntilated, with a large and convenient office, on the cor-\\nner of Howell and North streets. The hotel contains\\nfifty-four good sleeping rooms, and is in all re-\\nspects conducted after m jdern methods. It is\\nceiitrall} located and illuininatefl with an arc elec-\\ntric light. The traveler once stopping here will\\nvisit it the second lime.\\nMr. Keefer was married, Oct. 20, 1850, to Miss\\nElraira C. Fowler, of Hillsdale, and the daughter\\nof Archibald Fowler, one of the earl^ settlers of\\nthis county. Her mother was formerly Miss\\nLucinda Clark, and the parents were natives of\\nMaryland and New York. They are now deceased.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. K. there were born two children,\\nboth sons. The elder, George H., was graduated\\nfrom the medical department of the University of\\nMichigan, and practiced four years, then went to\\nNew York City, and there graduated from the\\nAmerican Veterinary College, and is practicing as a\\nveterinary surgeon in Phoenix, Ariz., where he en-\\njoys a good patronage. Charles C. is the jjartner\\nof his father in the management of the Keefer\\nHouse. Our subject owns a good farm in Hillsdale\\nTownship, just west of the c ty, which is operated\\nby a tenant, and is the source of a snug income\\nannually.\\nJohn Keefer, the paternal grandfather of our\\nsubject, was born in the town of Bethlehem, Lu-\\nzerne Co., Fa., and was the son of a gentleman who\\nemigrated from the Fatherland, it is supposed, prior\\nto the Revolutionary War. He settled in Pennsyl-\\nvania, and there spent the remainder of his life.\\nJohn Keefer grew to manhood in his native State,\\nwhere he learned the trade of carpenter, and whence,\\nsome years after his marriage, he came to the Ter-\\nritory of Mieliigan, accompanied b} his son George.\\nThey arrived in St. Joseph County on the 16th of\\nMarch, 1836, and the father only lived until the\\nfollowing year, his death occurring Sept. 11, 1837,\\nwhen he was sixty-three years old. He had married\\nin early manhood Miss Catherine Hatts, who was\\nalso a native of Bethlehem, and who, after the\\ndeath of her husband, came to Michigan with her\\nson John, in 1839, and kept house for him, he be-\\ning unmarried, until his death in 1840. Grand-\\nmother Keefer then made her home with her\\nchildren the remainder of her days, and lived to be\\nninety-four years old. She passed away in 1871,\\nand her remains were laid to rest by the side of\\nthose of her son John, in Sand Lake Cemetery.\\nJohn Keefer and liis wife were the parents of thir-\\nteen children, ten of whom lived to mature years.\\nThe oldest daughter, Catherine, Mrs. Wulp, who\\ndied in Pennsylvania, in 1833, was the mother of\\nsix children; John died in Allen Township, this\\ncount} about 1840, and was buried in Sand Lake\\nCemetery; George and Henry died in the city of\\nHillsdale, the former Nov. 24, 1864, aged sixty-\\ntwo, and the latter in April, 1876. Sarah, de-\\nceased Abraham is a resident of Lawrence County,\\nKan. Elizabeth, Mrs. White, died in Hillsd.ale, in\\n1 875, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery\\nReliecca lives in Jamestown, Ind.; Phcebe died in\\nthe city of Rochester, N. Y., about 1867; and\\nSamuel died at Works Range, El Dorado Co., Cal.,\\non the 26th of August, 1851.\\nGeorge Keefer, the father of our subject, was\\nmarried in New York State to Miss Caroline Mi-\\nnerva Seeley, daughter of Dr. John Seelej who w.is\\na native of Elizabethtown, N. J., and died on the\\n4th of August, 1809, with 3 ellow fever, while on\\nhis way home from New Y ork City to Danbury,\\nVt. The maiden name of Mrs. Seeley was Sarah\\nBlanchard. She was born in Providence, R. I., in\\n1776, and was the daughter of William Blanchard,\\nwho was of French birth and parentage. The lat-\\nter married Miss Betsy Kyle, a native of Ireland.\\nMrs. Sarah Seeley, the maternal grandmother of\\nour subject, died in Milford, Oakland County, this", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0852.jp2"}, "853": {"fulltext": "HILLSDAJ.E C0U ;TY,\\na\\n841\\nStitc. Dec. 22, 1804. aged cislity-eigiit years. Of\\nlier in.iriiage with John Seeley tliere were Itoni Uvo\\nt hildren only, a son and daiigliter, the former of\\nwhom died at the age of three ye.irs. and the latter,\\nCaroline Minerva, was married to George Kcefer,\\nMarch 17, 1825, in Danville. Livingston Co., N. Y. I\\nThese latter were the parents of seven children,\\nnamely: Francis T.. Henry Martin. Saraii Eliza-\\nbeth (Mrs. Gregory Adaliza Eloda, Ophelia An-\\ntoinette (.Mrs.Whitmore),.Iohn Alexander and Jane\\nLove. Adaliza E. was horn in Scottsville, Monroe\\nCo., N. Y., in 1835, and died there at the age of\\none year; Jane Love died in Allen Township, this\\ncount3 when five years old; P rancis T. died May\\n18, 1852, at Mus(pieto Canyon, El Dorado Co.,\\nCal., at the age of twenty -six years. He left a widovv\\nand three sons George V., Harve3 and Francis.\\nJf OHN F. TAYLOR, familiarly known through-\\nI otit AVheatland Township as Frank Taylor.\\nis one of the honored pioneers of Hillsdale\\nCounty, to which he came late in the summer\\nof 1850. He purchased first eighty acres of unculti-\\nvated land, to which he subsequently added thirty\\nmore, and h.as now 100 acres thoronghly cultivated\\nami in a productive condition. The handsome\\nf.-iniiiy residence, which invariably attracts the eye\\nof the jiassing traveler, was erected about thirt^\\nonc j^ears ago, and continues in a remarkable state\\nof preservation. The barn and other ont-ljuildings\\nare substantial and fully adapted to the purposes of\\ngeneral farming an i stock-raising. Of the latter\\nindustry Mr. Taylor has made a specialty and met\\nwith fine success, being in the habit of frequently\\ncarrying off the blue ribbons at the various county\\nfairs. He takes pride in his cattle and horses, of\\nwhich he can exhibit some of the finest specimens\\nin this part of the county.\\nOur subject was born nearly seventy-four years\\nago, in Chautauqua County, N. Y., tlie ex.act date\\nbeing Sept. 4, 1814. His parents, Justus and Pa-\\ntience (Pierce) Taylor, were natives of New En-\\ngland, to which their ancestors had come, it is\\nbelieved, prior to the Revolutionary War. Justus\\nTaylor was born Aug. 7, 1786, and coming to the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-^h-^\\nWest during his early manh()od, took up his resi\\ndeuce in Warren County, Hi., where he followed\\nthe trade of carpenterand joiner, in connection with\\na moderate amount of farming, until resting from\\nhis eartlih labors. His death took pl.icc in Mon-\\nmouth, that county, on the 30th of August, 1839.\\nHis wife. Patience, was born Jan. 21, 1788, and\\ndied May 2H, 1826, when her son John F. was a lad\\ntwelve years of age.\\nAll the grandparents of Mi Tnjdor were natives\\nof New England, but during middle life came to\\nthe West, and it is supposed spent their last i\\\\siys\\nin the State of New York. John F., our subject,\\ncontinued a resident of his native county and a\\nmember of his father s householil until twenty-one\\nyears of age, at which time he had become a full-\\nfledged carpenter and joiner, under the instruction\\n(jf his excellent father. He comnienceil working in\\nthe shoj) at the age of fourteen, and early in life\\nbegan to la} his plans for the future. Upon be-\\ncoming his own man he left the parental roof, and\\nmaking his way to the Territoiy of Michigan in the\\nf:dl of 1835, settled in the embryo town of Adrian,\\nwhere he worked at his trade until changing his\\nresidence to this count} Li Adrian he had formed\\nthe acquaintance of Miss Barbara Hump, who be-\\ncame his wife on the 14th of August. 1837. the wed-\\nding being celebrated at the home of the bride in\\nWheatland Township. Mis. T:iylor was born in\\nColumbia County. N. Y., Jul} 2, 1819, and is the\\ndaughter of Barllett and Mary (Swift) Bump, who\\nwere also natives of the Empire State, whence tley\\ncame to this county during its early selllemenl.\\nThe father secured a tract of land in Wheatland\\nTownship, where he built up a comfortable home-\\nstead, and where he lived with his estimable wife\\nuntil both were well stricken in years. J lie mother\\ndied about 1 87 1 when seventy-six 3 ears of age, and\\nthe father in 1880, at the age of eightj -seven.\\nTheir fainil} iiuliided four children, all of whom\\nare living. Mr. Bump was for twenty -one years\\nJustice of the Peace in Vv lieatland Township.\\nOur subject and his wife commenced life together\\nin Adrian, where tliey lived for a period of thirteen\\nyears, aiifl then changed their residence to Wheat-\\nland. During the days of his acti\\\\e business life.\\nMr. Taylor was quite prominent in local aflfairs,\\nT", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0853.jp2"}, "854": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n|A 842\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\nrci)i( senting lii\u00c2\u00bb t( wii?hi|) in tlic County B i:iifl of\\nSiipeivisois. serving as School Director, and occiiiij-\\niiig other ijositions of trust and respousibilitj\\nOriginally a Whig, npon the aliandonment of the\\nold party he cordially endorsed the RepuWiean\\nprinciples, which he has since suppoited. Although\\nnot connected with any religions organization, he\\nand his faniilj- attend church, aiid are in all*!espects\\nthe friends and promoters of morality and good\\norder.\\nTo our suliject and his wife tliere were given\\nfour ciiildren, of whom the record is as follows:\\nPercival 11., who was born Dee. 1 1. 1840. is a rail-\\nroad man, and a resident of Merced, C al. Mortimer\\nF. was b(irn Apiil 7. 1 843, has for several j-ears been\\na farmer of Whitman County. W. T..and is engaged\\nextensivcl}- in stock-raising; Henry B. was born Kov.\\n15, 1844, and is farming in AVheatland Township;\\nbe married Miss Rose Bacon. and they arethepareiits\\nof a son, a bright boy twelve years of age. Addie\\nM. was born March 1, 1847, and continues at home\\nwith her parents. Mr. Taylor has been the witness\\nof many changes since coming to Southern Michi-\\ngan, and is regarded with that passive respect which\\nis involunlaiily accorded to those who are the\\nsubjects of such a long and most interesting experi-\\nence. A fine lithographic view of the handsome\\nhome and fine stock of Mr. Taylor is shown else-\\nwhere in this work.\\nSA L. C RAJSE. Prominent among the\\nW/lJi business men of Hillsdale County, and oc-\\n(Ij cupying a leading position among the most\\n^1 enterprising citizens of North Adams, is the\\nsubject of oursketch. He is of English origin, and\\nthe annals of the Crane family tell of an ancestor\\nwho came to America with the brave band of Pil-\\ngrims in lG20onthe Jlayflower, and settled in the\\nold Bay State. The maternal grandfather of our sub-\\nject, vvho was born, reared, and spent several years\\nof his married life in Massachusetts, removed to\\nLenawee County, Mich., with his family, in 1832,\\nand taking up Government land, became a pioneer of\\nAdrian, where he spent the remainder of his life.\\nAlbert Crane, the father of our subject, was born\\nin Taunton. Mass.. and came to Jlichigan with his\\nparents. He married Miss Dency Foster, a native\\nof Erie, Pa., and they estidilished a home for them-\\nselves in Madison Township, Lenawee County,\\nwhere they remained until 18.i4. 1 he following\\ntwo years thej spent in Pittsford 1 ownship, and in\\n1856, deciding to make another change, they moved\\nto Moscow Township, this county, and are still re-\\nsiding in their pleasant home in that place, spending\\ntheir declining-years in comfort, being nowseventy-\\nthree and seventy-one years of age, respectively.\\nThey have two children Mane A., wife of J. B.\\nNullen, of Moscow Township, and Asa L.\\nThe suliject of this biographical notice was born\\nJVIaj 29, 1851, while his parents were living in\\nMadison Township, and was consequently three\\nj-ears of age when the3 n.ade their first change of\\nresidence, and five years old when they settled in\\ntheii present home. He went to school one summer\\nin Pittsford Townslii)), and was a regular attendant,\\nwhen his health [lermitted, at the public schools of\\nMoscow during his boyhood. He became the head\\nof a household Oct. 17, 1870, being then united in\\nthe holy bonds of matrimony with Miss Alice,\\ndaughter of Enoch and Alice (Kenyou) Clegg, both\\nnatives of Lancastershirc, England. They were\\nmarried in Taunton, Mass., and remained there sev-\\neral years, and then removed to Providence, R. L,\\nwhere Mrs. Clegg died in 18G3 at the age of thirtj--\\nseven years, leaving seven children, two boys and\\nfive girls, of whom Mrs. Crane is fourth in order of\\nbirth. Mr. Clegg subsequently married Mrs. Ann\\nJally, by whom he had one child. He was a ma-\\nchinist by trade, and aself-made man in every sense\\nthat that term implies. He was very successful in\\nhis work, and at the time of his death owned con-\\nsiderable property in Providence, li. L, and in\\nTaunton, Mass.\\nAlice Clegg. the wife of our subji ct, was born\\nin Taunton, Mass., July 17, 1852. and received iiev\\neducation in the graded schools of that city. When\\nshe w^as eleven years old her mother sdeatli occurred,\\nand her elder sister having left home, the household\\nw ork devolved upon her, and notwithstanding her\\nextreme youth, she was soon mistress of the situa-\\ntion, and became a self-reliant and tidy little house-\\nkeeper, and the experience thus early acquired has", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0854.jp2"}, "855": {"fulltext": "m^\\n_t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n\u00c2\u00ab43\\ndevflopeil lier into a notable housewife. Slie was\\nmarried in lier native city, and afterward accom-\\npanied her husband to Miciiignn. The first twelve\\nyears of their married life Mr. and Mrs. Crane spent\\non a farm they then moved to North Adams, where\\nMr. Crane engaged in carpentering. He subse-\\nquently, in partnership with Mr. C. J. Knapp,\\nbought out Fuller Huff, and lins done a large\\nl)usiness in drugs, and also in the grocery trade.\\nMe is a man of progressive ideas, an energetic and\\nambitious temperament, and a good financier, m.aking\\nhim an important factor of his communit} where\\nhe and his wife occupy a high social position. To\\nMr. and Mrs. Crane have been born two children\\nArtiiur L. and Kditli A., both of whom are attend-\\ning school.\\nIn the winter of 1887-88, in company with two\\ncongenial companions. H. C. Langdon and O. C.\\nSmith, our subject made a most enjoyable trip\\ntiirougli the Pacific States and Territories, visiting\\nthe principal points of interest in Kansas, Colorado,\\nNew Mexico, Arizona and California. Mr. Crane\\nis a member of the Michigan I liarmacj- Association,\\nand in |)olilics is prominently identified with the\\nRepublican party.\\ne^VERY A. SMITH, Supervisor of Cambria\\n(SlO Township, and one of its most tlirifty\\n(H farmers and stock-feeders, and one of the\\nlargest shippers in the count} is finely\\nlocated on sections 9. 10 and 1,5, where lie has ICO\\nacres of land with good improvements, and all the\\nappurtenances of a first-class country- estate. He\\nhas spent the greater part of his life iii this vicinity.\\nand is one of its most progressive men. He began\\nat an early age to take an interest in the affairs\\nwhich most nearly concerned the welfare of the\\ncommunity, and while closely watching the best\\nmethods of carrying on agriculture, also kept him-\\nself tiioronghl} posted in regard to matters con-\\ncerning tlie welfare of the people about him. He\\nis endowed with th.Tt rare commcidit^ good com-\\nmon sense which is one of the best legacies which\\nnature can bequeath U her children.\\nMr. Smith makes a specialty of feeding and\\nshipping stock, and from this industr}- realizes an-\\nnually a handsome income. Recently, in comprinj-\\nwith a Mr. Wood, of Cambria, he rented a large ice\\nhouse, and exjjects to put within it 3,000 tons\\nannually. It will thus be seen that he possesses\\nthe broad and liberal ideas which have been the\\nmain source of the world s progress, and to such\\nmen as he is Southern Michigan indebted for her\\npresent position among the common wealths of tiie\\nWest. In the various other enterprises calculated\\nto develop her resources and lend credit to her\\nstanding, he hassignnlized himself as aleailing man,\\nand is thus rated in his community.\\nThe birth of Mr. Smith occurred near the little\\nhamlet of Fremont, in Steuben Count} Ind., forty-\\nseven years ago, on the ioth of .luly, 1,S4I. His\\nfather, Joel Smith, was likewise an agricullnrist\\nduring all the years of his active life, but retired\\nfrom its more arduous labors, and spent his l:\\\\st\\n(Lays in comfort and quiet in a pleasant home in the\\ncity of Hillsdale, dying May 25, 1888. He w.as\\nborn in the Empire Stale, whence he emigrated to\\nOhio when a young man. casting his lot with the\\nearly pioneers of Lorain County. He assisted in\\nraising the first house in the now im[)(irlant city of\\nOberlin, and for years was a prominent num in\\ncounty affairs. There alsi) he made the acquaint-\\nance of Miss Nanc} Beam, who was born in J^orain\\nCountj of which section of country her parents\\nwere early settlers, having emigrated there from\\nNew York State soon after their marriage.\\nJoel .Smith and his young wife not long after\\ntheir marriage made their way to Steuben County,\\nInd., and by their united efforts eliminated a liunic-\\nslead from a tract of its uncultivated land. Upon\\nthis, however, they only remained until 184G,\\nleaving a farm which is to-day worth $100 per\\nacre. While residents of .Steuben County, Joel\\nSmith was for a number of years oliliged to haul\\nhis wheat to Adrian, Mich, which was then his near-\\nest and best market. Frequently after a jourucj\\nconsuming six days he would receive but forty-\\nsix cents per bushel for his wheat, from which he\\nwas enable(] to save but ver^ little after his ex-\\npenses had been paid. Sometimes he would have\\nenough to buy a liaircl of .salt to bring Icu-k home,\\nbut this was an experience shared by all the pio-\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0855.jp2"}, "856": {"fulltext": "844\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nneci s. iiiifl liflvinp put tlieir liandstothe plow tliey\\nhad no thought of tmniug liack.\\n.loel Sniilli upon coming to tin s county, in 18IG,\\npuich!is(fl school land on section IG in Cambria\\nTovvnsliip, at Government prices, where he pitclierl\\nhis tent and resolved to remain. This proved\\na most wise determination, for after he had labored\\na series of years, tilling the soil, jjutting up build-\\nings, planting fruit trees, and adding all the em-\\nliellishments natural!} suggested to a man of sound\\nsense and industiy. he was enabled to sell his\\noi iginal purchase for the snug consideration of\\n$75 per acre. He next bought a farm in Hills-\\ndale Townshij). which he occupied until advanc-\\ning years adnmnishcd him it would be wise to\\nretire fx m active lalnr. and then sold out once\\nmore and repaired to the city of Hillsdale, where\\nhe passed away as above stated. Allhougli seventy-\\nnine years of age when he died, he was well pre-\\nserved in mind and body, and able to relate many\\ninteresting incidents which weie listened to with\\ndeep attention by the children of the present\\ngeneration.\\nThe devoted wife of Joel Smith and the mother\\nof our subject passed to her final rest at her home\\nin Cambria Township, in August, 1864, whenfift^\\ntwo years of age. She was an active member of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Cliurch, and possessed those\\nlovable and womanly qualities which endeared her\\nU) a large circle of fiiends. Three of the eight\\nchildren born to herself and her husband died in\\nchildhood, and four of the living are residents of\\nCalifornia. The eldest of the survivors, Melissa\\nL., is the widow of Mr. Deering, whom she married\\nin California, and who died in about 1880; she is\\nnow a resident of Modoc County, that State, and\\nowns a valuable lanch in the Sacramento Valley.\\nThe next chilil, Albert, is married and a resilient\\nof Red Bluff, Cal.: Emily J. is the widow of J.\\nKesselring, and is still a resident of the Golden State,\\nto which she emigrated after her marriage, in 1853;\\nLouisa is the wife of M. Laforgee, who is carrying\\non a prosperous business in Germantown, in the\\nSacramento Vallej\\nMr. Smith received a good common-school edu-\\ncation, and before reaching man s estate, the Civil\\nWar being then in progress, enlisted as a Union\\nsoldier in Cfimjiany K, 10th Micliignn Infantry, and\\nin due time waspr motcd to the rank of ir. t Lieu-\\ntenant. Owing to the .ibsence for some time of\\nthe Captain, Lieut. Smith was placed in command,\\nand going to the front with his coin|)aiiy took\\npart in all the battles of the t uniberiiuid cam-\\npaign. At the expiration of his fiistteim of en-\\nlistment he was veteranized. Duiinghis army life\\nhe participated in many of the im])ortant battles of\\nthe war, among them that of Shiloh, Chickamauga,\\nsiege of Corinth, the battle at luka. Miss., the engage-\\nments at Stone Kivei Missionarj Ridge and Buz-\\nzard s Roost, and although experiencing many hair-\\nbreadth escapes, the bullets often jiiercing his\\nclothing, he fortunately suffered no serious injury.\\nDuring the Atlanta campaign he, with his company,\\nwas under constant fire for 104 days.\\nLieut Smith, who was discharged in the fall of\\n1804, was married in December following to Miss\\nLotla A., the accomiilished daughter of Samuel\\nMorgan, a native of Connecticut, who emigrated to\\nMichigan and was for some years a resident of\\nRome Township. Lenawee County. In that township\\nhis daughter Lotta was born Aug. 12, 1843, and\\nwas but a little child when her parents came to this\\ncounty. The father, who during his years of active\\nlabor was engaged iu agricultural pursuits, u\\\\)on\\nhis retirement remained in Hillsdale Township,\\nwhere his death occurred in September, 1887, when\\nhe was well advanced in years. The mother is still\\nliving and makes her home on the old homestead.\\nShe is a bright and intelligent old lady, and able to\\ntell of many interesting occurrences concerning\\npioneer life in Southern Michigan.\\nMrs. Smith under the training of her excellent\\nmother developed those amiable and graceful quali-\\nties which have fitted her to adorn a handsome\\nhonie, and is greati} respected by all who know\\nher. She is the UjOlher of three children, of whom\\nthe eldest daughter. Fanny A., is the wife of John\\nBeatty, who occupies a good farm in Cambria\\nTownship; they have one child, a son, Arthur.\\nMyrtie, now an accomplished young lady living\\nwith her parents, was graduated from Hillsdale\\nCollege when sixteen years of age. Their son\\nCharles is now a student of that institution.\\nMr. Smith is a man of great energy, genial and\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0856.jp2"}, "857": {"fulltext": "u\\nII\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n845\\nconi|)ai)i()ii!ilile, aiu iiivaiialily makes a good im-\\npression upon strangers. I olillcally, lie is a solid\\nRepublican, and asi le from his present office lias\\nserved as Treasurer of Cambria Township two\\nyears, besides occupying other positions in which\\nthe people would only place a man in whom they\\nhad confidence. A member of the Mas(jnic frater-\\nnitj he belongs to the K. T. Commandery, and\\nhas been one of the most valued members of J.\\nDickinson Post, G. A. R., at Hillsdale.\\n^LBKRT CRANK. The country home of\\n@fLl this gentleman, which is pleasantly located\\n|l; on section 23 in Moscow Townsiiip, is espe-\\ncially noticeable for its highly cultivated\\nfields, its neat and substantial buildings, the Sue\\nassortment of live stock cattle, sheep and horses\\nthe thrifty apple orchard and the finer fruit trees\\nadjacent to the dwelling. It would be diflicult to\\nconceive a more desirable homestead, or one which\\nbears upon the face of it clearer evidence of the\\nthrift and prosperity of its proprietor. Mr. Crane\\nhas been endowed by nature with fine business\\ncapacities, and excellent judgment as an agricult-\\nurist, and in his career as a general farmer and\\nstock-raiser li.as been more than ordinarily suc-\\ncessful.\\nThe representative of an old and excellent family,\\nour subject was born Aug. IG, 181.5, in Taunton,\\nMass., and was the second of ten children, the off-\\nspring of Turner and Phebe (Arnold) Crane, who\\nwere also natives of the Bay State, the father born\\nin Taunton and the mother in Norton. Both were\\nof English ancestry, and after their marriage settled\\nin New Hampshire, whence, a few j-ears later, they\\nremoved to Wayne Count3 N. Y., and from there\\ncame to the Territory of Michigan as earl} as lJS3;i.\\nThe father had learned the trade of a tanner during\\nhis early life, but upon coming West necessarily\\nchanged his occupation, and settling upon a tract\\nof land in Madison Township, Lenawee County,\\nbegan the cultivation of the soil and the building\\nup of a homestead among the pioneers of .Southern\\nMichigan. He, however, did not live to fully carry\\nout his plans, his death taking place ten years later,\\nin .June, 1843, when he w.as fifty-four j ears of age.\\nThe mother survived her husband a quarter of a\\ncentury, her death taking place in 1SC8, when she\\nwas seventy-two years old.\\nOf the ten children born to Turner and Phebe\\nCrane, seven are now living and residents of Michi-\\ngan. The first recollections of our subject were of\\nhis early home among the Massachusetts hills, from\\nwhich he was taken when a little lad. He acquired\\na common-school education, and was seventeen\\nyears of age when the family started for the farther\\nWest. The journey from Palnij ra, N. Y., to Adrian,\\noccupied ten d.ays. Albert left the home roof soon\\nafterward and commenced working in a distillery\\nin the embryo town of Adrian, being thus engaged\\nuntil reaching his majoritj-. In 184.5 occurred one\\nof the most imijortant events of his life, luiniel}-.\\nhis marri ige with Miss Dency, daughter of Daniel\\nand Rebecca (Richmond) Foster, who were natives\\nof Ontario Count} N. Y., and Dighton, Mass.,\\nrespectively. This family also, like that of the\\nCranes, was of English descent. Daniel Foster\\nsettled in Ontario County, N. Y., after his marriage,\\nwhence they removed first to Pennsylvania and\\nfrom there to Medina County, Ohio, becoming resi-\\ndents of the latter State in 1825. They came to\\nLenawee Count} Mich., twelve years later, and the\\nfather settled first in Dover Township, of which\\nthe family continued residents until I8(!l. then\\ncame to this county, settling in Hillsdale Township,\\nwhere the father passed away in I 8G2, when seventy-\\nsix 3 cars old. The mother had died early in life,\\nin Pennsylvania, when Mrs. Crane w.as but eleven\\nyears old. The famil} circle included fourteen\\nchildren, ten sons and four daughters, thirteen of\\nwhom grew to mature years.\\nMrs. Crane was the third child of her parents,\\nand was born June 25, 1817, in Ontario County,\\nN. Y. She was a little girl of seven years when\\nher parents removed to Pennsylvania, and thirteen\\nwhen they became resiilcnts of the Bucke^ c State.\\nShe was a maiden of seventeen when they came to\\nthis State, and completed her education in the High\\n.School at Northville. She had made good use of her\\nopiiortunities, and being competent as an instructor,\\nengaged in te.aching for some time before ln r mar-\\nriage. She takes a pardonable pride in the fact\\n4~", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0857.jp2"}, "858": {"fulltext": "u\\nH i T^ II 4\\n846\\nHILLSDALE COUMTY.\\nlliat licr iiialeiiial graiulfallici-. nfler beiiiiigiailiiatod\\nfrom Yale Colli ge, entered the Kevolutioiiary aimy\\nand was Colonel of a regiment under Gen. Wash-\\nington. His brave and efficient service assured him\\na position in the front ranis, and lie enjoye 1 the\\nhonor and satisfaction of being cliieflj- instrumental\\nin the capture of Gen. Burgoyne, whose sword was\\nhanded over to Col. Richmond as his legitimate\\ntrophy. This relic is now preserved by the Rich-\\nmond family as an oliject of interest with which\\nthey woidd not willingly part.\\nThe two children who came to bless the union of\\nMr. and Mrs. Crane are recorded as follows: JLarie\\nA. is the wife of .lolin B. Nutten, a prosperous\\nfarmer of Moscow Township; they have seven chil-\\ndren, namely: Albert, George F., AVesley L., May\\nand Maude (twins.) Gertrude, and .lohn B., Jr. Asa\\nCrane married Miss Alice Clcgg, and they have two\\nchildren, a son and a daughter, Arthur and Edith.\\nThey reside in North Adams, and young Mr. Crane\\nis retired fiora business. The family is one of the\\nmost prominent and highly respected in this portion\\nof Hillsdale County, where Mr. Crane, by the\\nestablishment of one of its most creditable home-\\nsteads, constitutes no unimportant factor in the\\ndevehjpment of its resources.\\n^r LFRED GODFREY. Since coming to this\\n^//_\\\\ country from his native isle in 1M70, this\\njlflMi gentleman, by sheer energy, hard labor,\\ndetermination to succeed, has placed\\nhimself in an honorable position among the well-to-\\ndo farmers of Hillsdale County. He is now the\\nowner of one of the most productive farms in this\\nregion, beautifully located on section 20, Moscow\\nTownship, on which he has erected one of the\\nhandsomest dwellings in this vicinity, and a fine set\\nof barns and other out-buildings, his well-kept\\nplace being an ornament to the township. Mr.\\nGodfrey is of English parentage and birth. He is\\na son of Thomas and Alice (Hivens) Godfrey,\\nnatives respectively of Merlon and Scranton, Ox-\\nfordshire, England. During some period of their\\nmarried life they settled in the city of London,\\nand while he remained in his native country, for a\\nnumber of years Mr. Godfrey was employed in a\\nwire factor} In 1870 the family emigr.ated to\\nAmerica, and coming to Michigan, Mr. Godfrej\\nin the same year, bought a farm in Moscow, and is\\nnow |)rosper(jusly engaged in farming here. Both\\nhimself and his wife have gained the entire respect\\nand confidence of the community, as honest and\\nindustrious peo[)le. He is now sixty-three years\\nold, and Mrs. Godfrey is sixty-four years. Eight\\nchildren have been born to them, seven now living,\\nthree sons and four daughters.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born .lune 20,\\n1853, at No. 5 Peartree street, G(jswell Road, Lon-\\ndon, England. Ilis educational advantages were ex-\\ntremely limited, but his sound judgment, good\\ncomuK^n sense, and intelligent observing powers,\\nhave stood him in good stead. At the early age of\\nnine years he commenced to learn the carpenter s\\ntrade, and subsequently was employed at that and\\nvarious other occupations. He was a lad of more\\nthan oi dinary keenness and capability, and had a\\ngreat desire to better his condition and make a\\nhome for himself. Consequently he determined to\\ntry his fortunes on American soil, and sailed from\\nLiverpool, Feb. 12, 1870, landing in New York\\nthree weeks later. His destination was Hudson,\\nMich., where he had relatives, an uncle, who was a\\nfarmer, and he worked for him for one season,\\ngaining a good practical knowledge of farming.\\nHe afterward came to Moscow Township, where\\nhe rented land for six years, and was industriously\\nencaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1871 Mr.\\nGodfrey took an important step toward the ac-\\ncomplishment of his cherished desire to establish\\na home, by his marriage with Miss Jane Underhaj\\ndaughter of William and Jane Underliay, all natives\\nof Devonshire, England. She is an only child, and\\nwas born Nov. 18, 1851. She was but five years\\nold when she left her old English home and came\\nto this country with her parents, who located in\\nAllen Township, Hillsdale County. There she was\\neducated in the public schools. To her and her\\nhusband have been born nine children, namely:\\nJennie, Fred, George, Christine, Alice, Lottie,\\nHarry, Minnie and Frances Folsom.\\nMr. Godfrey, by unwearied industry and good\\nmana i^ement, together with the active assistance of\\nliU", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0858.jp2"}, "859": {"fulltext": "I\\nHILLSUALE COUNTY.\\n847\\nliis oxcclk iit wife, in a few j-ears had aceuinulated\\nenoiigii iiioiK V to buj a good fann, which conliins\\n140 acres of l;iii l. which he has brought into a high\\nstate of culture. lu 1885 lie erected a large and\\ncommodious resilience, full two stories in heigiit,\\nand also Imilt ample barns. lie has his farm well\\nstoeked, is engaged in general farming, and feeds\\nand ships stock.\\nMr. Godfrey is regarded as in ever} way worthy\\nof respect, both as a j oung man of enterprise and\\nbusiness talents, and as a good citizen, wiio takes a\\nwarm interest in the affairs of his adopted country,\\nand in him the Democratic party has an ardent\\nsupporter. Socially, he is a Granger.\\n?!r*^*~w~\\nS[ I^ILLIAM CASE, one of the practical and\\nJ// l PSsive farmers of this county, is pleas-\\n\\\\y^ anlly situated on section 17, of Seipio\\nTownship. His father, Horace Case, was born in\\nCanandaigua Count} N. Y., in 1801, and S|)ent his\\nearlier years there, removing to Michigan in 182.\\nor 1826. He became a pioneer of Lenawee County,\\nbeing one of the very earliest settlers of Franklin\\nTownship. He remained in that place until l.s;5,i,\\nwhen he removed with his family to this county,\\nand settled in Seipio Township, thus becoming one\\nof its pioneer settlers. He |)urchased a tract of\\nland comprising 440 acres, and improved a valu-\\nable farm, remaining a resident here until his death\\nin September, 18(12. During his life of more than\\na rpiarter of a couturj- in this county, he saw many\\nand wondrous changes, and took an active part in\\nthe prouK^tion of its growth and development. He\\nwas a man of indisputable integrity, straightfor-\\nward in all his dealings, and had the c(\u00c2\u00bbnfiiience and\\nresiiect of all who knew him. He was a soldier in\\nthe Black Hawk War, where he did good service.\\nHe was twice married the maiden name of his first\\nwife, mother of our subject, was Cynthia Moore,\\nalso a native of Canandaigua, N. Y. She was a\\nfaithful helpmate to her liusband, and cheerfully\\ntoiled and slnred with him all the hardships of a\\npioneer life. She lived only a few years after their\\nremoval to Seipio, l3 ing in October, 1842. She\\nhad borne her husband eight children, namely:\\n4\u00c2\u00bb\\nWillis and William (twins Candace. Sarah, Edna\\nC. N., Horace D., Helen and Mary, the two latter\\ndying when quite young. Sarah is the wife of\\nHiram King, of .Jackson County, Mich.; Edna is\\nthe wife of Augustus Borden, of Hillsdale County;\\nHorace lives in Isabella County, Mich. After the\\ndeath of his first wife Mr. Case was again married,\\nbeing united in the bonds of matrimony to i\\\\Iiss\\nPriscilla C. Pearce, who bore him one son Charles\\nK.. a druggist in Jonesville. She survived her\\nhusband, and April 2. 1870, became the wife of\\nJudge Willard Richards, of Jonesville. (For further\\nparticulars concerning her see sketch of Judge\\nRichards on auotlicr page of this work.)\\nWilliam Case, of this sketch, was born July 9,\\n1829, during the residence of his parents in Frank-\\nlin Township. Lenawee Count} He remembers\\nbut little of his life there, having been only six\\nyears old when his parents moved to Seipio, where\\nhe was reared on his father s farm. He attended\\nthe district school, receiving a good knowledge of\\nthe branches taught in those days. With the ex-\\nception of four 3 ears p.ass eil in California, our\\nsubject has made Seipio his residence from child-\\nhood, and has a larger part of the time followed the\\noccupation to which he was reared. That he has\\nmet with success in his chosen calling maj readily\\nbe inferred from his fine farm, consisting of 200\\nacres of well-tilled laud, on which he has good\\nbarns and farm buildings, and on which he has\\nerected a comfortable house.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Case with Miss Martha A.\\nStookey was celebrated Jan. 8, 1855. in Homer,\\nCalhoun Co., Mich. Her parents. Benjamin and\\nMartha (G rover) Stot)key, were natives probabi}-\\nof Pennsylvania. They emigrated to Michigan,\\nand spent their last years in this State, Mrs. Stooke}\\nd^ ing in Pulaski, Jackson County, in the spring of\\n1868. Mr. Stookey survived her several years,\\ndying in Sci[)io Township, Dec. 25, 1873. Mr. and\\nMrs Case have one son, Frank C, who was born\\nin Sci|)io Township, April 13, 1858. He was mar-\\nried in his native town, Sept. 21, 1881, to Miss\\nElla I. Baker, a native of Michigan, born in Mont-\\ncalm County, Sept. 22, 1863; they have one child,\\nClio B.\\nOur subject isquite iiifiueiitial in township affairs;\\ni\u00c2\u00bb", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0859.jp2"}, "860": {"fulltext": "848\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nand is considered one of the solid men of Soipio\\nTownship, inhere he is highly esteemed for his\\ns.agacitj business tact, and high moral worth. So-\\nciallj otir subject is a member of the Masonic\\nfrpternity, and in politics is independent, voting\\nfor the men whf)m he thinks most likely to elevate\\nthe civil, social and moral status of the county, and\\nfor the measures that he thinks will do the most\\ngood to the greatest number.\\n-K| i^ ,..5,0=^^ _\\nAMUEL MORGAN. This late respected\\nresilient of Hillsdale Town. ^hip came to\\n.Southern Michigan rluring its early settle-\\nment, and settled first in Calhoun County.\\nHe was then but a youth nineteen years of age,\\nbut having early in life been thrown upon his\\nown resources, had acquired the habit of self-\\nreliance, and looking forward to a future which\\nlie must build up 1)3 his own efforts. Naturally\\nindustrious and enterprising, he was ambitious to\\nestablish a home of bis own. and being pleased with\\nthe face of the country here, determined to settle.\\nTwo years later he returned to his native State of\\nNew York, and fulfilled the pledge which he had\\nmade to a maiden of Barry Center, that State,\\nINIiss Sarah M. Roode, to whom he was married\\nApril 8, 1836.\\nThe young couple soon after marriage set out for\\nthe Territory of Michigan, and settled first near the\\nyoung town of Adrian, in Lenawee Count} where\\nthey lived about eight years. Their next removal\\nwas to the farm, one and one-half miles west of the\\ncity, which continued the home of Mr. Morgan\\nuntil his death, Sept. 13, 1887. The first dwelling\\nhere of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan was the second house\\nbuilt west of town, and it was then surrounded by\\ntin)ber. After the unflagging industry of a series\\nof years the wilderness begjin to blossom as the\\nrose, and Mr. and Mrs. Morgan found themselves\\nin possession of a competency which would enable\\nthem to spend their declining years in ease and\\ncomfort. They celebrated the fiftieth anniversary\\nof their marriage in 188G, upon which occasion\\nthey received the eongi atulations of many of their\\nold friends and neighbors, who had endured with\\nthem the privations and hardships of pioneer life.\\nThe lust illness of Mr. Morgan was excessively\\npainful, and the patience with which he endured\\nhis suffering was remarkable, considering the fact\\nthat it had been almost his first real sickness. AVhen\\nthe end came he was surrounded by all his chil-\\ndren and grandchildren to the third generation, to\\nall of whom he bade an affectionate good-by, and\\nfell peacefully asleep. It was a fitting close to an\\nhonest and faithful life, rich with integrity and\\nfidelity to dut} The funeral services were attended\\nb}- a large concourse of people, who, if not know-\\ning him personally, had knovvn him by re|)ulation,\\nand thus rendered their silent homage to his worth.\\nHis death and funeral occurred just forty j-ears\\nfrom that of his eldest son, who jiassed away when\\na lad nine years of age, and was the only death\\nwhich had occurred in the family of Mr. and Mrs.\\nMorgan since their marri.age.\\nSamuel Morgan was born in Albany, N. Y., Feb.\\n15, 1814. At the early age of seven years he left\\nthe parental roof, and thereafter battled with adverse\\ncircumstances until his resolution and perseverance\\nserved to gain for him a foothold, after which he\\nsteadily advanced on the highw.ay to prosperitj\\nHis parents were natives of Massachusetts, and\\nhave long since passed to their final home. Samuel\\nduring his boyhood daj s at one time attended the\\ndistrict school with the late Samuel J. Tilden,\\nof New York State. In the latter he remained\\nuntil his arrival in Michigan, and his subsequent\\ncourse we have already indisated.\\nThe wife of our subject, Mrs. Sarah M. Morg.an,\\nwas born in Cayuga Count} N. Y., June 11, 1818,\\nand was the daughter of Richard and Kledica\\n(Smith) Roode, who were also natives of the Em-\\npire State. The father spent his entire life in farm-\\ning pursuits, and died at his homestead, in Adrian,\\nMich., in 1837, when fiftj--one years of age. He\\nwas a prominent man in his county, a leader in all\\nworthy enterprises, a man of high integrity of\\ncharacter, and a member in good standing of the\\nPresbyterian Church, and, as a professed Christian,\\nmade it his highest aim to live up to the princi])les\\nof his faith. It is believed that the parents were\\nt\\n:??r#--^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0860.jp2"}, "861": {"fulltext": "I\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n849\\niimniod about 1812. and the mother, surviving her\\nhnsli.Miid nearly twenty-three yeai (lied in the oil}\\nof Adrian, tliis State, in ISOO.\\nMrti. Mtirgan was tlie fourth child born to her\\nparents. Through the training of a wise and excel-\\nlent mother she became profli ient in all housewifely\\nduties, and learned the secret of a cheerful and\\nhappy home. Of her marriage with our subject,\\nwhich has already been noted, there were born six\\nchildren, of whom the record is as follows: Emer-\\nson L., the eldest, died Sept. 13, 1S47. at the age\\nof nine years and twent3-one days: Oscar L. mar-\\nried Miss .Iose|)hine Adams, and is living in Cam-\\nbiia Township, this count} May E. is the wife of\\nJames Clark, of Hillsdale; Charlotte A. married\\nAvery A. Smith, who is occupied at farming in\\nCambria Township; Charles H. married Miss C eles-\\ntia Is utten. and is living at the old homestead;\\nSamuel O. married Miss Louisa yon.and is carr}\\ning on fainiing in Hillsdale Township.\\nMrs. Morgan, like her husband, inclines to the\\ndoctrines of the Presl yterian Church, and is a lady\\nof more than ordin r} business capacity and intel-\\nligence. The homestead, upon which she still\\nresides, includes 140 acres, and for the last twenty-\\ntwo years has been largely under the personal\\nsupervision of her son, Charles IL, who is at pres-\\nent giving his attention largely to the breeding of\\nPohiiid-China swine. Like his father before him.\\nhe is a gentleman of excellent abilities, both as a\\nfarmer and business man, and lias occupied many\\nl)ositions of trust and responsibility in his town-\\nship. He was Chairman of the School Board for a\\nperiod of six years, and has represented Hillsdale\\nTownship in the County Board of Supervisors.\\nCharles H. Morgan was the fourth child of his\\nparents, and was born upon the homesteail where\\nhe now resides on the 31st of May, 1845. He\\ncommenced attending the district school when a\\nlittle lad six years of age, in a log house with the\\nchimney built outside, and the floor and seats con-\\nstructed of slabs. To this edifice he was obliged\\nto travel a distance of one mile, and after he was\\nten j-ears of age he oid} pursued his studies\\nduring the winter season. When a youth of four-\\nteen he entered the village school, and four years\\nlater developed into a teacher. Subsequently he\\nattended the Hillsdale College for two terms, and\\nthereafter taught in the winter and farmed in the\\nsummer seasons for a period of seven years.\\nThe marriage of Charles H. Morgan and Miss\\nCelestia J. Nutlen, of Moscow Township, this\\ncounty, took place at the home of the bride, on the\\n1st of .lune, 1871, Rev. Thomas R. Wilkinson, of\\nthe Methodist E[iiscopal Church, odicialing. Mrs.\\nCelestia Morgan was born in that township, Oct.\\n28, 1849, and is the daughter of Jonathan and\\nSusan (Underwood) Nutten, natives respectively of\\nNew York and Rhode Island. Her father was born\\nApril 8, 1812. and came to Michigan in the fall\\nof 1843. He was a farmer by occupation, a Dem-\\nocrat in politics, and .accumulated a comfortable\\nl)roperty. lie died at the homestead in Moscow\\nTownship. Aug. 31, 1 884. The mother was born\\nin 1812. and passed aw;iy twenty-four j cars pre-\\nvious to the death of her liusl)and, in July, 18(;o.\\nShe was a lady of deep piety, and reared her chil-\\ndren to principles of honor, her chief solicitude\\nbeing to make of them honest and good citizens.\\nMr. and Mrs. Charles H. Mdrgan are the parents\\nof four children, namely: Charles L., Sarah L..\\nSa:nuel U. and Earl S. Mrs. Morgan, like her hus-\\nband, is well educated, having attended three 3 ears\\nat the Hillsdale College, and thereafter followed\\nteaching five years. Mr. Morgan, since 1870, in\\naddition to his farming interests, h.as been engaged\\nin handling agricultural implements, which experi-\\nment has proved very successful and profitable.\\n^^^EORGE W. MOSHER. President of Hillsdale\\nII (-_ College, is a native of the State of Maine,\\n^^i| where his birth took place in Kennebec\\nCounty, in the 3 ear 1844. He is the second son of\\nWilliam and Betsy (McLaughlin) .Mosher. The\\nsubject of this notice spent his youth in his native\\ncounty, where he enjoyed the educ^ational advant-\\nages for which the New England .States are noted,\\nand was fitted to enter college at New Hampton\\nInstitution, in New Hampshire, from which he was\\nin due time graduated. He then entered Bowdoin\\nCollege, at Brunswick, Me., and was graduated\\nfrom that institution in the class of 09. He at\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0861.jp2"}, "862": {"fulltext": "850\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nonce turned his attention to literaiy pui-suil?, be-\\ncoming editor of the Morniiuj Star, at Dover, N.\\nH.. and acting in that capacity until IfS.si. During\\ntliis time he was elected to tiie State Legislature,\\nand served two terms. Jn 1881 Hon. George W.\\nMosher was appointed by President James A. Gar-\\nfield, United States Consul to Nice, France, and\\nserved there two years, after which he was pro-\\nmoted to a Consulate at Sonneberg, Germany,\\nand held the office two and one-half years.\\nIn 1885 Mr. Mosher resigned his position under\\nthe United States Government, and returning to\\nthe United States, spent the next year in New\\nHampshire. In 1886 he came to Hillsdale County,\\nand was elected President of Hillsdale College,\\nwhich position he h.as held ever since. Mr. Mosher\\nwas united in marriage, in 1871, with Miss Frances\\nStewart, a native of Di ver, N. 11., and their union\\nhas been blessed by the birlL of two daughters\\nAlfricda M. and Bessie S.\\nJ ~:OSEPH A. WRIGHT. Among those who\\nhave passed the larger part of their busy lives\\nI in agricultural pursuits, and who, by assidu-\\nous labor and frugality, assisted by the act-\\nive co-operation of faithful helpmates, have won a\\nfull measure of success, is the subject of this sketch.\\nHe is a representative of the w.arm-hearted and\\nsturdy Irish element which makes up such a good\\nproportion of the population of the United States,\\nand takes an active part in all the industries of the\\ncountry. His parents, Robert and Margaret (Gil-\\nmore) Wright, were natives of the northern part of\\nIreland, born in County Tyrone. Ilis father was a\\nman of good business qualificatif)ns and undoubted\\nintegrity of character, but having unfortunately,\\nthrough the carelessness of others, lost his property,\\nhe determined to establish a home for himself and\\nfamily in America. Therefore, in 1843, being then\\nin the seventy-second year of his .age, he left his old\\nhome and sailed from Belfast to Liverpool, thence\\nto New York, leaving British soil April 21, and\\narriving in New York just one month later. Ho\\nproceeded directly to Cayuga County, where liis\\nwife s father. John Gilmore, an old soldier of the\\nWar of 1812. lived, and located in that place, liv-\\ning there until his leath. which occurred June 18,\\n1846. His widow continued living in that county\\nuntil 1860, when she cime to Adams Township, and\\nmade her home with her daughter, Mrs. Bell, until\\nher death in 1877, at the advanced age of eighty-\\nthree years. Of the twelve children, seven boys\\nand five girls, ten grew to m.aturity.\\nThe subject of this sketch was the sixth child\\nborn to his parents, his birth having taken pl.ace in\\nCounty Tyrone. Ireland. Jan. 1. 1830. He attended\\nschool in his native country, and after coming to\\nNew York with his parents, attended school in the\\nwinter season until lie came of .age. In 1862 Mr.\\nWright was united in marriage to Miss Mary J.,\\ndaughter of John and Julia ((Tlasgow) Bell, both\\nnatives of the Era[)ire State, born respectively in\\nHerkimer and Lewis Counties. After marriage\\nthey settled in Cayuga County, where tliey are still\\nliving, at the .advanced ages of eighty-four and sev-\\nenty-six years. They have had seven children, three\\ndaughters and four sons, five of whom are living.\\nMrs. Wright, the fourth child in orilert)f birth, was\\nborn Nov. 3, 1840. Her girlhood was passed at\\nhome, where she .assisted her mother in the duties\\ndevolving upon a farmer s wife, and attended the\\nneighboring school when it was in session. After\\nmarriage. Mr. Wright and his bride settled in New\\nYork, remaining in that Stiite until their removal\\nto Hillsdale County, in the year 1866, when he\\nlocated in Adams Township, where he now resides.\\nHe has been very fortunate in his undertakings,\\nand by perseverance, energ} and good manage-\\nment, is now the possessor of a clear title to a valu-\\nable farm of ninety-five acres, on which he h.as a neat\\nand tast} dwelling and convenient farm buildings.\\nThe household circle h.as been completed by the\\nbirth of five children, namely Anna B., Howard\\nJ., Libbie, Lewis C. and Mary. Anna is the wife of\\nF.ay W. Elliott, the miller of Hillsdale; Howard,\\nformerly a student in Albion College, is now en-\\ngaged in mining in Montana Territory; Libbie,\\nwho was graduated from the North Adams High\\nSchool, resides at home Lewis and Mary were .also\\ngraduated from the same school.\\nMr. Wright is a wide-awake, intelligent, well-in-\\nformed man, and a worthy citizen of this township,", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0862.jp2"}, "863": {"fulltext": "I\\n4*-\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n851\\nf\\nwIrto lio is lield in liiirh esteoin for liis many sler-\\nlinjT qiialilii s. He lias ahva3s boon in active sym-\\npathy with tiie temperance cause, beinjr in politics\\na stronj; Prohiliitionist, and in religions persuasion\\nhe and his family are consistent members of the\\nMethodist Kpiscopal Chinch, of Xoilli Adams.\\nJOEL AV^EBB. Too mueh honor cannot be\\ngiven the early pioneers of Hillsdale C ount3\\nThey were men of strong principles and won-\\nderful energ}-. They endured har(lshi|)S\\nthat are unknown to their children, and the least\\nthat their posterity can do is to think of them with\\ndue respect, while they enjoy the advantages of\\ntheir education and society, which their fathers in-\\ndustry and integrity secured for them. Many of\\nthem left their homes of culture and refinement in\\nthe more early settled States, and for the sake of\\ntheir families, cast aside all the comforts and enjoy-\\nment of society, and set out on the long journey to\\na part of the country in which tlie3- could secure\\nland and build up a heritage for their children.\\nHow well the} accomplished their task any one\\nwhom business or pleasure calls to Hillsdale Countj\\ncannot help noticing, as he gazes admiringly on the\\nlieautiful and neatly kept homesteads.\\nThe subject of this notice was born in Shelby,\\nOrleans Co., N. Y., Dec. 18, 1830, while his father,\\nSteven, was born in the same State. His grand-\\nfather, Peter Webb, was born in Delaware County,\\nof the same State, and subsequently removed to\\nOrleans County, where he spent the remaining 3 ears\\nof his life. The father of our subject was but a\\nboy when he accompanied his parents to Orleans\\nCounty, and there grew to manhood and married.\\nIn 1835 he left the comforts of his home in the Em-\\npire State, and taking a team, set out on his journey\\nfor the Territory of Michigan. He brought his\\nteam as far as Buffalo, and then came by lake to\\nDetroit, where he bought a yoke of oxen, and at-\\ntaching them to the wagon wliich he had brought\\nwith him, started for Lenawee Count} He pur-\\nch.ased ninety acres of timber land on the north line\\nof Fairfield Township, and built a log cabin, in\\nmarked contrast to the beautiful homes in the old\\nState which he had jnst abandoned. It h.ad what\\nwas called a puncheon floor, and could not even\\nboast ^f a stove, the cooking all being done over .a\\nhuge fireplace, from which the smoke ascended\\nthrough a chimney made of earth ami sticks; and\\nyet around this humble hearth the family passed\\nthe long winter nights, the mother teaching her\\ngirls all housewifely duties, and setting {hem an\\nexample which has made them capable of taking\\ntheir place in socii ty. while the lioys conned thi-ir\\nnext day s ta ks, or exercised their Yankee pro-\\npensity for whittling. The mother of our subject\\nused to spin, weave, and make up all the clothing\\nfor the family, thus reducing their cash outlay to a\\nminimum. There wi re 110 railro. ids in Michigan at\\nthat time, and Adrian was but a hamlet mostly of\\nlog houses. Deer, wild turkeys .nnd other small\\ngame, were to be had in abundance, while a bear\\nnot nnfreqnenlly crossed the path of the lonely\\ntraveler, and night was made hidetius with the howl-\\ning of the wolves, while the Indian still lingered\\nalong the line of the march of civilization. The\\nfather of our subject cleared a good farm, ii|)on\\nwhich he erected suitable buildings, and resideil\\nthere until 180. when he sold out, and removing\\nto Ingham Countj bought a farm (jf eighty acres.\\nIn 1874 he removed to Fulton Count}-, which he\\nmade his home for five years, and then returning to\\nIngham County, spent the last years of his life. His\\nwife, whose maiden name was Betsey Briggs, was\\nborn in New York Slate, and w.as the daughter of\\nJames and Poll} (llagerinan) Briggs; she also died\\nin Ingham County, Mich.\\nTo the parents of our subject there were born\\ntwelve children, five of whom are yet living, and\\nrecorded as follows: James resides in Sac County,\\nIowa; Joel is the subject of our sketch; Dorothy\\nlives in Cowley County, Kan.; Lydia M. lives\\nin Cloud, Kan., and Albert is a resi lent of Ing-\\nham County, Mich. Joel Webb was one and a half\\nyears old when his parents made the long journey to\\nMichigan, and as he grew to manhood he attended\\nthe pioneer schools taught in the log school-house,\\nand assisted his father in the cultivation of the\\nfarm. He remained with his parents until 1858,\\nand then went to Ohio, and farmed with his brother-\\nin-law in Fulton County. After being thus en-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0863.jp2"}, "864": {"fulltext": "4-\\n852\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ngajied for one year, lie returned to the parental home\\nand resided there until his marriage, when he pur-\\ncliased a tract of land in the southeastern part of\\nFairfleld Township, and engaged in housekeeping\\nin the regulation log cahin. At the time of pur-\\nchase, six acres of the land were cleared, and he con-\\ntinned to improve the farm and lived there until\\n1862. He then exchanged this properti for land\\nin Madison Township, Lenawee County, and re-\\nsided there until 1865, when he sold out and pur-\\nchased a farm in Gorman Township, Fulton Co.,\\nOhio, and resided there until 1880. He then sold\\nthat property, and once more came to Hillsdale\\nCounty, and purchased his present farm in Wright\\nTownship.\\nMr. Welili was united in marriage, -Tuly 4, I860,\\nwith Miss Jane Baylor, wlio was horn in Colum-\\nbiana County, Ohio. Ang. I 1, 18.33. and is the daugh-\\nter of Jacob Baylor, a native of VV^ashington County,\\nPa., and the son of Conrad Baylor. The father of\\nMrs. Webb vvas married, in Oliio, to Sarah .Stacker,\\na native of Washington County, Pa., and the\\n(laughter of John and Catherine (Muinbar) Stacker.\\nHe worked at his trade of a cooper until 1852, and\\nthen removed to Fulton Count}-, Ohio, and pur-\\nchased a farm in Royalton Township, where he\\nresided until 1864. He then removed to Kosciuski\\nCounty. Ind.. and bought a farm, upon which lie\\nand his family lived for some time. Thej subse-\\nquently removed to Jasper County, in the same\\nState, where the father died. The mother is still\\nliving.\\nMr. and Mrs. AVebb have two children Hattie\\nL. and Martin. The parents are members of the\\nBrethren Church, while in politics Mr. Webb is a\\nDemocrat.\\n1) ACOB K. CAMBURN is a pioneer of Hills-\\ndale Count} and is now, after seeing his\\nchildren settled in life, retired from active\\nlabor, and living with his daughter, Mrs. R.\\nB. Marvin. The parents of our subject were Levi\\nand JLargaret (Mount) Cambnrn. natives of Mon-\\nmouth County, N. J. After their marriage they\\nremoved to New York, in 1805, and settled in Can-\\nandaigua County, where the father engaged as a\\nlaborer. They afterward removed to Macedon\\nCenter, Wayne County, where he served his Mas-\\nter as a local minister in the Methodist Church.\\nIn the fall of 1 835 they came to Michigan, and set-\\ntling in Moscow Township, this county, he con-\\ntinued engaged m his holy calling until his ileath,\\nwhich took place at the home of our subject in\\n1844, at the advanced age of eighty-one years.\\nThe mother died in Lock|)ort, N. Y., while on a\\nvisit to a sou. Orthodox in his religious views,\\nbenevolent and kind, ever ready with sympathy,\\nand with his means as far as he was able, fearless in\\nthe service of his Master, hating sin but loving the\\nsinner, Levi Camburn earned for himself and pos-\\nsessed the coiifi lence of all with whom his calling\\nbrought him into contact. Those struggling under\\nthe pressure of poverty and [iiivation he cheerfully\\nassisted to the extent of his ability; in all measures\\ncalculated to promote the cause of morality, and to\\nadvance the interests of his community, be lent a\\nhelping hanil, and he has left behind him an exam-\\nple which the rising generation would do well to\\nemulate.\\nOur subject is the fifth in order of birth of a\\nfamily of eleven children, and was born Aug. 11,\\n1798, at Barnagat, on the sea coast of New Jerse}\\nWhen seven years old he accompanied his parents\\nto the Empire State, where he was reared to man-\\nhood and received his education in the common\\nschools. He secured a tract of land on which he\\noperated, while he also labored by the month for\\nfour or five years. Upon reaching his majority, in\\n1818, our subject was united in marriage with Miss\\nRebecca Champion, a native of York .State, and\\ntheir union has resulted in the birth of five chil-\\ndren Miron, Jacob, Arretta, Emery and Herki-\\nmer. The mother of these children, who nobly\\nseconded her husband s efforts to secure the com-\\nforts of life f r their growing family, was taken\\nfrom him by death in January, 1840, when forty-\\none years of age.\\nMr. Camburn came to Michigan in the fall of\\n1835, with a part of his family, and settled in\\nFranklin Center, Lenawee Count} where two of\\nhis brothers and three sisters had preceded him.\\nHe bought a farm of 200 acres, and settling there,\\nwas a second time united in marriage, in 1840,", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0864.jp2"}, "865": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n853\\nwidi lIis. Saral) Cnmlmrn. widow of Levi C. Cnrn-\\nbni ii. Jr.. and .1 daughter of Isaac and Ann (Lcac-li)\\nKsflow. l)oth natives of Kew Jersey. They were\\nmarried at Macedon Center. N. Y., and resided in\\nWayne County, that Slate, until they eame to\\nMiciiifian, in tiie fall of 1833, and settled in Homer,\\nCalhoun Countj where they continued until their\\ndecease, the father passing away in 1853, at the\\nage of seventy while the mother died at the same\\nage. five years later. Jlrs. Canilnirn was the eldest\\nof a family of six children, three girls and three\\nhoys, and was born Jan. 4. ISl 1. She grew up in\\nWayne County N. Y.. receiving her education in\\nthe district scIkjoIs of that countj Although she\\nlal)orc l under difficulties, having to walk two and\\none-half miles to the school-room, and assist in the\\ndomestic duties of the home, she was bright and\\nintelligent, and by her diligence she secured a\\ngood education. She was united in marriage, in\\n1828. with Levi Camburn, Ji and lliej became\\nthe parents of four children Eliza J., Julia A.,\\nM. irictta A. and Laura S. After the birth of their\\nthird child they came to Michigan, in 1835, and\\nsettled in Woscow Plains, this count} where Levi\\nCamburn worked at his trade of a blacksmith until\\nhis death, in 1838, at the early age of twenty-seven\\nyears. They were among the earliest settlers of\\nthis township, and exjicricnccd in common with\\ntheir fellow pioneers all the hardships and trials\\nincident to such life. The first religious meetings in\\nMoscow Plains were held at their house.\\nThis union of (nir subject has resulted in the\\nbirth of four children Rebecca 13., DrusilhtV., Fay-\\nette E. and Sarah A. Rebecca married .Moses\\nMarvin, and has two children: Elmer E., now in\\nKansas, married Agnes Hartly, and thej have two\\nchildren Octa B. and Amy D; Frank C., the other\\nchild of Moses and Rebecca Marvin, resides at\\nhome. Drusilla V^. is the wife of Dorr Conkling.\\nof Moscow, and has two children Guy and Fay;\\nFayette E. married Martha W. Clapp, and was sub-\\nsequently married to Lois Corielle, by whom he\\nhad one child Wade B; Fayttte is deceased and\\nSarah A. died in infancy.\\nMr. Camburn gave his farm in Lenawee County\\nto his eldest son. and also gave the next eldest a\\nfarm of 180 acres, botli of which be had brought\\nt\\nto a high state of cultivation. He then came to\\nthis county and settled in Moscow Township, which\\nhas since been his home.\\nMr. Camburn has given jiway all his land, and\\nh.as the satisfaction of seeing his children comfort-\\nably settled in life. His has been a long and event-\\nful career; coming to the West when Michigan was\\nyet a Territory, he has taken an .active i)art in the\\nstruggle to subdue nature and transform the wil-\\nderness into smiling fields and prosperous villages,\\nlie has now reached the ri|)e old age of ninety\\nj ears, and can look back U(.on a well-spent li. e,\\nwhich h.as brought him the esteem and confidence\\nof all who have enjojed the ple;isure of his acquaint-\\nance. Mr, and Mrs. Camburn are worth} members\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Moscow\\nPlains. Solicitous in the cause of education. Mr.\\nCamburn ilirectcd his best efforts in its promotion,\\nand served as a school oHicer tno years; he has\\nalso done duty as a juryman man} times. In poll-\\ntics he was connected with the Whig element until\\nthe organization of the Re|)ublic:iii party, when\\nhe cast his h)t with th.at body. He has been a\\nstrictly temperate man, and this, in connection with\\nhis freedom from other vicious habits, has been\\nconducive to his long life. Jlrs. Camburn is the\\nonly surviving member of the first Methodist class\\norganized in Moscow Township.\\nfcJ- \u00c2\u00ab.g^rM\u00c2\u00bb. ^v.T^\u00e2\u0080\u009ev.-r\u00e2\u0080\u009erT,y.-.r .:^*-a^\\nYRON NORRIS, a champion farmer and\\nstock-raiser of Hillsdale Township, is |)ar-\\nticularly well equi[)ped with the appliances\\nfor carrying on the l)usiiiess in which he\\ntakes great pride and labors to excel. He raised\\nhis standard high in the beginning, and has left no\\nstone unturned in Ins efforts to buihl up one of the\\nfinest farms in Hillsdale County. This is eighty\\nacres in extent, but every fool of it is under a high\\nstale of cultivation, and the buildings are a feature\\nof attraction to all who (liiss through this section of\\ncountry.\\nMr. Norris purchased this farm in the spring of\\n1880, and among the other noticeable improvements\\nerected, in 1884. the fine barn 30x51 feel in area,\\ntwo stories in height, and with a stone basement,", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0865.jp2"}, "866": {"fulltext": "85 4\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nwliich fiiriiislu s dry and ample slielter f(^r his cattle\\nand horses. This stnieture is finely finished. an( i\\nequijiped with everything requisite for the pnrpose\\nto which it isdevoteil. A never-fading spring fur-\\nnishes water for the farm, which is conducted\\ntlii-ough pipes to whatever spot required, but prin-\\ncipally to the barn, and entering through the drive-\\nway deposits the water in a tank, passing from\\nthere thi nigh the basement wall to another tank in\\nthe stock3 ard, an l thence to the tile drain or waste\\npipe. There is also a cooking house supplied with\\na tank, in which feed is cooked for the cattle and\\nhogs, and which is admirably arranged, excelling\\nanything of the kind wliich the writer has ever\\nseen. The building set apart for the swine has a\\ncapacity of fifty head, and Mr. Xorris fattens num-\\nbers of these each j-ear, for which he finds a ready\\nmarket at Hillsdale. He makes a specialty of the\\nbreeding of horses, and also buys and sells. Of\\ntliese animals he is an excellent judge and also of\\ncattle, and at times carries off the blue ribbons at\\nthe county fairs.\\nOursidiject, a son of one of the early pioneers of\\nSouthern Michigan, was born in Adams Townsliip.\\ntills county, Sept. 20, 1.S57. His parents, William\\nand Julie (Van Winkle) Norris, were n.atives of\\nWayne County, N. Y., whence they einigiated\\nWest after their marriage, in 1856, and located in\\nAdams Township, where they still live, and where\\nthe father is owner of a fine farm of 1C5 acres, with\\nsuitable buildings and machinery. Their family\\nincluded seven children, namely: Byron, our sub-\\nject; Ralph, Isabelle, Frederick, Gertrude, Dott and\\nRobert L. They were all given a common-school\\neducation, and constitute a family of which the par-\\nents may well be proud, five of whom are residents\\nof this county, and two of California.\\nMr. Norris, our subject, began laying his plans\\nearly in life for the establishment of a home of his\\nown, and before reaching the twenty -second year\\nof his age was united in marriage with Miss ILattie\\nE. Hanchett, the wedding taking place at the home\\nof the bride in Allen Township, on New Year s Day,\\n1879. Mrs. Norris, like her husband, a native of\\nthis county, was born in Allen Township, Oct. 13,\\n1857, and completed her studies in the Union\\nSchool at Litchfield. Her parents, James and\\nALirgaret (Cairnes) Hanchett, were natives respect-\\nively of Ohio and Scotland. James Hanchett was\\nborn March 4. 1818, is still living, and is comfort-\\nably located on a good farm of 1 20 acres in Allen.\\nHis wife, Margaret, was born in the year 182 J. and\\ncrossed the Atlantic with her parents when a mere\\nchild. They located first in Canada, and thence a\\nfew years later took up their residence in the State\\nof Nevv York, where tlu-y spent the remainder of\\ntheir days. Their children, five in number, con-\\nsisted of two sons and three daughters, all of whom\\nare married with the exce()lion of the youngest son,\\nRay, who continues at home with his parents.\\nJulia, Mrs. Lawrence, is a resident of Dakota Luther\\nresides in Allen Township; Hattie, Mrs. Norris,\\nand Carrie, the wife of Mr. Hanchett, are in Da-\\nkota.\\nThere has been given to our subject and his\\nwife one child only, a sou. Earl, who was born July\\n24, 1881, and is now a bright little lad, seven ^-ears\\nof age. He learns rapidly, and is far advanced in\\nhis studies, and it is hardly necessary to say is the\\npride and darling of his parents hearts. Mr. Nor-\\nris has very little to do with politics, but upon\\noccasions of general elections casts his vote with\\ntiie Republican part}-.\\nALCOLM E. DOW, a well-known and pop-\\nularcitizen of Cambria Township, ownsand\\noccupies a snug homestead of fifty-five\\nacres on section 22. He has operated upon\\nthe theoiy of Horace Greele} that a small area of\\nland well cultivated is more profital)!e than a larger\\nextent partially neglected, ami consequently has no\\nw.aste places, but has made ever} rod productive\\nand |)rofitable. The beautiful residence, which was\\nerected in 1888, invariably attracts the eye of the\\ntraveler, while the barn and other buildings are\\nentirel} creditable to the taste and skill of the pro-\\nprietor, who has superintended the work of build-\\ning, besides planning and executing much of it\\nhimself.\\nThe early years of our subject were spent in\\nCuyahoga County, Ohio, where his birth took place\\non the IGth of February, 1848. His father, John", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0866.jp2"}, "867": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nbJ5 I i\\nDow, \\\\v;is a iijitive of Scollniid, born near the city\\nof Glasgow, and is llii (jftVprinii of puri Scotch an-\\ncestry, being the son of Malcolm Dow. Sr., who\\nspent his entire life npon his niitive soil. The\\nfather of our siiliject was born I cb. 2. iMIf). and\\nemigrated to the United States when iwcnly-ninc\\nyears of age, in 1844. The year following he was\\nmarried in the Buckeye State to Wiss ]5cisy Black,\\nal.so a native of the land of liie thistle, and who\\nhad left her native land a shoil lime before her\\nmarriage. I hey continued residents of Ohio until\\nafter the birth of four children, of whom Malcolm\\nE., of our sketch, was the second. Then, in 18.50,\\nthe} came to Michigan and purchased land on sec-\\ntion 1.5, in Cambria Townshi)), where the father\\nentered vigorously upon the cultivation of the soil,\\nand where he continued a resident the remainder\\nof his life. The mother of our subject had died at\\nthe lujinestead in Cambria Township, in Iboo,\\nafter the dcfith of one of her children. .She was a\\ndevoted member jf the Presbyterian Church, a\\nfaithful wife and an affectitmale mother, and her\\nname is held in kindly remembrance by all who\\nknew her. The father was mai lied a second time,\\nand closed his eyes upon earthly scenes on the 4th\\nof January, 1.S77, aged seventy-two years.\\nThe three surviving children of the first marriage\\nof .John l:)ow are recorded as follows: Agnes P.\\nbecame the wife of Robert McDougall, of Hillsdale\\nTownship, and they are the parents of six children,\\nnamely: Andrew, Vinnie, John, Lilly. Rose and\\nJean. The third child. James B., took to wife Miss\\nEuphemia Hopkins, and is carrying on farming suc-\\ncessfully in Adams Township; he is the father of\\nthree children Willie, Christina and Myrtle. The\\ndeceased child was a little girl named Isabelle, who\\ndied when two years of age. John Dow was mar-\\nried the second time in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1850,\\nto Mrs. Margaret (Boyle) Craig, who was a native\\nof his own country, and came to the United Stales\\nwith one child, after the death of her first husband,\\nMr. Craig. Of her marriage with Mr. Dow there\\nwere born four children. The eldest son, Andrew\\nB.. married Miss Mary Cireene, and is farming in\\nCambria Township; Mtiggie is the wife of Prank\\nCortwright, and the mother of three children\\nWesley, Ray and a baby unnamed; Alexander eon-\\nlinues on the old homestead with his mother;\\nMatthew, the youngest, is traveling salesman for a\\ngrocery house in Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Margaret\\nDow is now si.Kty-six years old. Her youngest\\nson, Thomas, died when si.\\\\ years of age. Her\\nonly son by her first husband is John Craig, who\\nmarried Miss Sylvia Prink, and is farming in Cam-\\nbria; the} have one child, a son, liruce E.\\nMalcolm E. Dow was l)ul a child when his par-\\nents came to this county, and was educated in the\\ndistrict schools of Cambria Toivnshil). He served\\nan apprenticeship at the carpenter s t. ade, aixl when\\nready to establish himself in a home of his own,\\nwas united in marriage. Peb. IG, 1874, with Miss\\nMartha L. Hill, who was born under the roof wliere\\nshe njw lives, on the 2d of January, l\u00c2\u00abo7. She is\\nthe daughter of Jra Hill by his marriage with Miss\\nSarah Bagle} being their second child. Ira Hill\\nwas a native of Palmyra, N. Y., ami came West\\nafter his first marriage, with Miss.Sarah P. Arnold, of\\nthe same State. He located among the earliest\\npioneers of Adams Township, where the death of\\nhis first wife occurred in Augtist, 1853. Me came\\nto Cambria Township in 1853, after his marri.ige\\nWilli Miss]5:igley, and purchased land on section 22,\\nwhere he lived and labored until his death, in July,\\n1864. He was stricken down in the prime of life,\\nbeing not quite forty-nine years old. His widow\\nwas subsequently married to Hosea W. Polger, and\\nthey now live on a farm on section 4, in Camliria\\nTownship; they have two children, ;i son and\\ndaughter Charles au i May. Ira Hill by his first\\nwife became the father of live children, three of\\nwhom are living, namely: Prank. Alice T. and\\nEdward J. These are all married and comfortably\\nsettled in life. Mr. Hill served many years as\\nTownship Clerk in Cambria Township.\\nSince their marriage .Mr. and .Mrs. Dow have re-\\nsided upon the same farm, and here their four\\nchildren were born. They were named respectively\\nBessie M.. Maggie E., Agnes B. and John .M. The\\neldest is thirteen years of age and the youngest five.\\nMr. Dow, politically, is ji warm supporter of Re-\\npublican principles. He represented Cambria Town-\\nship in the County Board of Supervisors for three\\nsuccessive terms, and has held the ollicc of Town-\\nship J reasurer two years. He is a member of the\\nr", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0867.jp2"}, "868": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00bb56\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nB(jaril of Directors of tlie Hillsdale County Far-\\nn)ers Fire Insmance Company, wliicli was organized\\nin 1)S59, and wlileli has been extremely eareful in\\nthe seleitiiin of its officers.\\nSocially our subject and his estimable wife are\\nmembers of the Patrons of Husbandry, belonji;-\\ninfT to Cambria Grange No. 74. in which Mr.\\nDow is Gatekee|)er. and Mrs. Dow fills in a grace-\\nful manner her jjosition as Lecturer. Mr. D. iden-\\ntified himself with the 0.0. F. several years\\nago, and is a warm admirer of its principles. He\\nis Past Grand of the Subordinate Lt)dge No. 17, at\\nHillsdale, and in the Canton is Comtnissary of the\\nFirst -Separate Battalion of Michigan, which office\\nlie has held now over a year.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2mi\\nILAS DOTY, one of the progressive and\\nsuccessful men of Southern Michigan, is a\\nresident of the township of Cambria, where\\nhe has been engaged in active farm life for\\na I)eriod of forty jears. His farm consists of 110\\nacres of excellent land situated on section 19, while\\nhis home is a thing of beauty. Mr. Doty for-\\nmerly owned a quarter-section of land, but he has\\ngiven fifty acres to his son.\\nThe subject of this biogra| hy came to Hillsdale\\nCounty in 1810. and has since lived in Cambria\\nTownship. During three 3 ears he was in the em-\\nploy of 15. D. Willetts, one of the pioneer settlers\\nand most piomiiient men of the county; be is now\\ndeceased. In 1841 Mr. Doty purchased eight3 acres\\nof his present farm, which was then in a state of\\nnature, and in the fall and winter of 1842-43 he\\nbegan to make improvements. In his efforts he\\nhas been nobly assisted by his good wife, with\\nwhom he was united in marriage Oct. 26, 1842.\\nThe primeval foiest yielded gradually but surely\\nto the pioneers ax. and he soon brought his land\\nto a good slate of cultivation; he subsequent!}\\nbought another eighty acres, which he treated with\\nsimilar successful results. In the life of Mr. Doty\\nwe find an excellent example for young men just\\nembarking in the field of active life of what may\\nbe accomplished by industry and energy, combined\\nwith good judgment. Mr. Doty is eminently a\\nself-made man in the l)est sense of the term. In\\nearly life he enjoyed but few advantages, nor had\\nhe wealth or position to aid him in starting in life;\\nhe relied solely upon his own etforts and his\\nown conduct U win for him success, and these\\nqualities have borne their legitimate fruit. Nor\\nhas his been a success solelj in the sense of accumu-\\nlating wealth, but in doing good to others, in serv-\\ning them well, and in winning their respect and\\nesteem, and as a consequence he is one of the best\\nand most favorably known men of Hillsdale County.\\nSilas Doty was born in .Solon, Cortland Co., N.\\nY., July 13, 1817, and is the son of Isaac Doty, a\\nnative of Vermont, and a farmer by occupation.\\nFrom his native State Isaac Doty removed to Cort-\\nland County, N. Y., and .about that time he was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Charlotte Looniis.\\nMr. Doty was among the jMoneer settlers of Solon,\\nCortland County, and accuinidated a valuable .an l\\nwell-improved propeity. In 1828, with his wife\\nand eight children, of whom our subject was the\\nseventh, he left his home in the Empire Slate and\\nset out for the Territory of Michigan. They went\\nwith teams to Syracuse, N. Y., a distance of fort}\\nmiles, and thence on a canal-boat to Buffalo, where\\nthey took passage on a steamboat for Detroit,\\nMich.; they then came across the country by means\\nof ox-teams to Ypsilanti, VVaslitenaw County, which\\nwas then a mere hamlet. There the family lived\\nfor two 3 ears, and in 1830 they removed to near\\nAdrian, Lenawee Countj Young Doty had now\\ngrown able to contribute to the support of the\\nfamily, and upon their arrival in Adrian he en-\\ntered the em|)!oy of old Mr. Darius Comstock,\\none of the first pioneer settlers of Lenawee County,\\nand known to our subject as the best old gentleman\\nin Michigan. Early in the thirties the parents of\\nour subject, with part of their family, removed to\\nOakland County and settled in Highland Township,\\nwhere the} made their home until their decease,\\nthat of the father occin ring at the age of seventy-\\ntwo, and that of his wife when ten years younger.\\nBoth parents were consistent chuich members, and\\nworthy and respected members of society. In\\npolitics the father gave his hearty support to the\\nWhig party. Two of their sons. Enos and Elias,\\naccumulated a laige property in Oakland, and at r\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00baHH^-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0868.jp2"}, "869": {"fulltext": "4^\\nt\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n857\\ntlic time of their decease were wortli not less liian\\n$00,000 eacli. Our siilijeet and a sister, now INIrs.\\nEunice Biuk, of Beninngton. Midi., are tlie only\\nsurviving members of the faniily. Her husband,\\nIsaac liurk, is a successfid farmer of Shiawassee\\nCounty, in this State.\\nMr. Doty remained in the cmijloy of Mr. Corn-\\nstock until 1840, and in January of that year he\\ncame to Cambria and engaged to work for Mr. B.\\nB. Willetts, a kinsman of Mr. Comstock. Although\\nhis remuneration was only fifty cents per day Mr.\\nDoty saved some monej and made iiis first pur-\\nchase of eighty acres of land in Candiria Township,\\nhis present homestead, and from this humble begin-\\nning he has reached his present position of compara-\\ntive affluence.\\nThe wife of our subject, whose maiden name was\\nCatherine Van Vlack, w.as born in Fishkill Town-\\nshi|), Dutchess Co.,N. Y.,,Iune 18, 1822. Mrs. Doty\\nis the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Wright)\\nVan Vlack, natives also of Dutchess County, where\\nthe} were reared to maturity and married they are\\nboth deceased. Of the six children, two sons and\\nfour daughters, born to Mr. and Mrs. Van Vlack,\\nMrs. Doty was the fifth child in order of birth; she\\nwas a little maid of six j-ears when her family- re-\\nmoved to Genesee County, N. V., which they made\\ntheir home until 1838. when they all started for\\nthe young State of Michigan. They came to Buf-\\nfalo, N. Y., with teams, thence by Lake Erie to\\nToledo, and finally through the mucii dreaded and\\nalmost impassable cottonwood swamps. After a\\ntoilsome journey the weary travelers reached Cam-\\nbria Township, and there the parents resided until\\ntheir decease, that of the father occurring in the\\nautumn of 1871, at the age of eighty-six years,\\nwhile the mother had passed away some years\\npreviously, in the eightieth year of lier age. Mrs.\\nDoty was reared at the homestead under the judi-\\ncious tutorship of intelligent and conscientious par-\\nents, until the age of sixteen years, and then came\\nto Hillsdah; County.\\nI our children have come to brighten the home\\nof Mr. and Mrs. Doty Addie, Henry L., Edwin and\\nMarj-. Addie w.as the wife of Sylvester Lawrence,\\nwho is now living in Kansas, and died in Reading\\nin 187;i; Henry L. married Sarah J. DePuy, and\\nis now a prominent citizen of Reading; Edwin mar-\\nried Ellen Morris, and resides on part of the old\\nhomestead in Cambria Township, while Mary lic-\\ncame the wife of James Curran, of the village of\\nReading.\\nIn politics Mr. Doty affiliates with the Repub-\\nlican party, and is liberal minded and progressive\\nin his views on all public questions. He and his\\nestimable wife have a prospect of many bright\\nyears before them, during which they can enjoy\\nthose creature comforts and the society of warm\\nfriends their well-.spent lives have gathered around\\nthem.\\n-^*r o*o..\u00c2\u00aeX\u00c2\u00ae-\u00c2\u00ab*\\nAMES H. GTDLEY. This gentleman, who\\nis ranked among tiic worthy and reliable\\nfarmers of .Scipio Township, was born on the\\n(^g// other side of the ocean in Devonshire, En-\\ngland, Aug. 2, 18o8. He crossed the Atlantic with\\nhis parents when a lad of thirteen j ears, being of\\nan age to recollect the interesting incidents of the\\nvoyage, and how life appeared on the wide ocean\\nwhen days and days passed without a sight of laud.\\nHe is of pure English ancestry, being the son of\\nRichard and Dinah (Herbert) Gidle} who were\\nnatives of the same county as their son, where they\\nwere reared and married. They left their native\\ncountrj in 1851, accompanied by their eight chil-\\ndren, and settled in Sylvania, Lucas Co., Ohio,\\nwhere the father engaged in agricultural pursuits,\\nand where his death took place in the spring of\\n1870. The mother survived until April 8, 1878,\\nspending her last years in Michig.an. The house-\\nhold circle was completed by the birth of eight\\nchildren, all having been born in England. Of\\nthese six are still living, and residents of Michigan\\nand Ohio.\\nThe subject of this biography first opened his\\neyes to the light on the 2d of August. 1838. and\\nremained a member of the parental household until\\nhis twenty-fourth birthd.ay, and until after the out-\\nbreak of the late Rebellion. He had now become\\nfully identified with the interests of his adopted\\ncountry, and celebrated the twenty-fourth anniver-\\nsary of his birthday by his enlistment in the Union\\narmy, becoming a member of Comi)aiiy K, Jd Ohio\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0869.jp2"}, "870": {"fulltext": "i r^\\n858\\nHILLSDALE COUKTY.\\nCavalrj in -niiich be served nearlj tlnee years, and\\nuntil the close of the war. He was mustered out\\nafter the surrender of the Confederate forces, on the\\n25th of June, 1865. He had in the meantime, with\\nhis comrades, been assigned to the Army of the\\nCumberland, with Kilpatrick, and encountered the\\nenemy in all the principal engagements.\\nUpon his return from the army Mr. Gidley made\\nhis way to Toledo, Ohio, and engaged as brakeraan\\nfor the Toledo, Wabash Western Railroad. His\\nfidelity to duty resulted in his promotion, first to\\ntiie position of freigiit and then to passenger con-\\nductor, and he followed railroading with the com-\\npany until the spring of 1874. He then entered\\nthe employ of the G. R. I. R. R.. but six months\\nlater transferred his labors to the Chicago Division\\nof the Baltimore Ohio. His next headquarters\\nwere at Moberlj-, Mo., where he was employed as\\nfreight conductor on the St. Louis, Kansas City\\nNorthern, and was subsequently conductor and\\nbrakeman on the Wabash St. Louis, with which\\nhe remained four j ears.\\nMr. Gidley, now desirous of settling down and\\nestablishing a permanent home, came to this county\\nand secured possession of his present farm in Scipio\\nTownship, upon wliich he has since successfully oper-\\nated. Just before his enlistment in the army he was\\nmarried, in Sylvania, Ohio, in the fall of 1 862, to Miss\\nAnna McBride, who was born in Pennsylvania. Of\\nthis union there were born three children Irving J.,\\nwho died in Ohio, in Februarj 1885, when twenty\\nyears of age; R.-dph and Flora M. are residents of\\nToledo, Ohio. Mrs. Anna Gidley departed this\\nlife at her home in Toledo, Jan. 27, 1872.\\nOur subject, on the 22d of February. 1883, was\\nmarried the second time, in Hanover, Jackson\\nCountj this State, to Mrs. Agnes (Perrott) Cox,\\ndaughter of William and Mariah Perrott, and widow\\nof Henry R. Cox, late of Scipio Township. This\\nlady is a native of the same county in England as\\nher husband, having been born in Devonshire, Oct.\\n10, 1 838. She came to America with her parents when\\neleven years old. They settled in New York, but\\nspent their last years in this State, her mother dying\\nJan. 30, 1885. iii Jackson Counts wliere the father\\nstill resides. By her first marri.nge ]\\\\lrs. Cox became\\nthe motlier of three children Cliarles W., Ella M.\\nand Robert H., who are now living at home. Henry\\nR. Cox, who was a fanner Ijy occupation, died in\\nScipio Township on the 10th of M.arch, 1880. Mr.\\nGidley, politically, is a stanch supporter of Repub-\\nlican principles.\\nip^^jENJAMIN W. BROCKWAY, a prominent\\n\\\\[JC citizen of Allen Township, in the days long\\nsince passed by was one of the hardy, brave\\npioneers of Hillsdale County, who nobly\\nfaced the dangers and trials of life in the forest-\\ncovered land of Southern Michigan that they might\\nbuild up for themselves and their children comfort-\\nable homes, and in doing so were instrumental in\\ndeveloping this region into its present prosperous\\nand glorious condition. Our subject may be said\\nto be a truly typical pioneer, as he possessed, and\\nstill retains in a large measure, those traits of high\\ncourage, firmness of purpose, and sturdy self-\\nreliance, which are so essential to success under the\\ndiscouragements and difficulties to be encountered\\nin a newly settled country He was well endowed\\nwith mental and physical vigor, had good powers\\nof endurance, and was well fortified with sound\\nprinciples and sterling common sense; he is gen-\\nerous and open-hearted, and ever ready to extend\\nsympathy and lend a helping hand to those less fort-\\nunate than liimself. He has lived and labored in\\nAllen Township for fifty years as one of its leading\\nfarmers, and is now living in honorable retirement\\non tlie old homestead, universally beloved and re-\\nspected, not only for liis past record in connection\\nwith the early and more recent history of Hillsdale\\nCounty, but for his worth as a man and a citizen.\\nOur subject is a son of George and Polly\\n(Amsden) Brockway, who were born respectively\\nin Lyme, Conn., Jan. 21, 1787, and in Conway,\\nMass., Dec. 19. 1792. They married in Seneca\\nCounty, N. Y., where they lived for a time. They\\nthen removed to Ontario County, and settled in the\\ntown of Phelps, where the father died Jan. 6, 1827,\\nin the prime of life. The mother survived her hus-\\nband many years, came to Hillsdale County, and\\ndied at the residence of her son, Benjamin W.. Jan.\\n8, 1882, having rounded out a good life of nearly\\nninety years. They had six children, three sons and", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0870.jp2"}, "871": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n859\\ntliree daughters. Benjamin W. was their eldest son,\\nand was horn Oct. 22, 181G, in the town of Phelps,\\nK. Y. He was reared on a farm, and continued to\\nlive in his native town until he was nineteen years\\nold. In ia36, before he had scarce!}- .attained man-\\nhood, he decided to make his future home in Michi-\\ngan, on whose rich virgin soil he hoped by persistent\\nand energetic toil to achieve success in the calling\\nto which he had been bred. After his arrival in\\nthe Territory he spent eighteen months in Washte-\\nnaw Count} He tlien went back to his old home\\nin I lielps, N. Y., and after staying there a short\\ntime, in the spring of 1838 returned to Michigan\u00c2\u00bb\\nand located in Allen Township, Hillsdale County\\nwhere he h.is ever since made his home. In the\\nlong years that have intervened since then, his\\npatient labors, wise economy, judicious expendi-\\ntures and able management, have pl.aced him in the\\npossession of a good income, derived principallj\\nfrom his valuable farm, which originally comprised\\neighty acres, but has been increased to I J J acres by\\nfurtiier purchase. It is very pleasantly located on\\nsection 27, is well drained, under a high state of\\nimprovement, well stocked, and has an ample set\\nof commodious farm buildings. Mr. Brockwayhas\\nnow given up the control of his property to his son\\nThomas N., a skillful and intelligent farmer, and\\nlives a more retired life than formerl} free from\\nthe cares of business.\\nTo the devoted helpmate who has been the sharer\\nof his joys and sorrows for nearly half a century,\\nand has been his able assistant in the upbuilding of\\ntheir pleasant home, Mr. Brockway was married in\\nAllen Township, Feb. 18, 1841. She was formerly\\nMiss Sarah A. Pettibone, daugiiter of Roswell and\\nHarriet (Ball) I ettiboue. They came to Oakland\\nCounty, Mich., from near Batavia, N. Y., in 1827.\\nAfter living there some six or seven years they\\nmoved to London, Monroe County, in this State,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0where tiie mother died in 1835. The remaining\\nmembers of the family reu)oved to Hillsdale Count}\\nin 1839, and settled in Allen Township, where the\\nfather died at the residence of our subject. To him\\nand ills wife were born five cliildren. who lived to\\nmaturity. Sarah A., the wife of our subject, was\\nborn near Batavia, N. Y., April 28, 1822. To her\\nand her husband have been born two children who\\nlived to grow up: Harriet H., who is now the\\nwidow of A. B. Biford, of Benton Harbor. Mich.,\\nand Thomas N.\\nMr. Brockway has always exerted his influence to\\nforward any good project for the advancement of\\nthis county and township. He has ably served his\\nfellow-townsmen in the responsible position of\\nTreasurer, which oflice he held several terms, an l\\nhas also been Justice of the Peace and Highway\\nCommissioner. In politics he is independent, hav-\\ning the courage (jf his convictions, and votes as he\\ndeems best, without regard to party restrictions.\\nHe is an honored member of the Masonic fraternity,\\nand with his wife also belongs to the Allen Grange,\\nP. of H.\\nR. CHARLES K.PAYNE, prominent in the\\nmedical profession of Camljria Township,\\nhas his headquarters at the village, and has\\npracticed successfully in this locality for\\nthe past twelve years. He has been a resident of\\nthis county since the spring of 18C9. He is a gradu-\\nate of the Eclectic School of Medicine in Philadel-\\nphia, Pa., from which he received his diploma in\\n187(5. Later, wishing to perfect himself more thor-\\noughly in the matters pertaining to his chosen pro-\\nfession, he entered the College of Medicine at Ft.\\nWayne, Ind., and later took a course in Michigan\\nState University. He has been a close student, and\\nan extensive reader, and for some years was under\\nthe instruction of Dr. J. \\\\V. Niblock, of Cambria.\\nHere he also olliciated as clerk in a drug-store four\\nyears, and thus has become thoroughly familiar with\\nthe various branches of pharmacy, which experience\\nis necessary to success.\\nDr. Payne opened his first office at Cambria, of\\nwhich he had been a resident for some years be-\\nfore. His early home wjis in Portage County, Ohio,\\nhe having been born at Rootstown on the 26th of\\nJune, 184f). This also was the native place of his\\nfather, William Payne, who was a farmer by occu-\\npation, and the son of Wilkes Payne, a native of\\nConnecticut, and a stonecutter by trade. The lat-\\nter eventually abandoned the mallet and chisel, and\\nturned his attention to the more congenial pursuits\\nof farm life. He emigrate! from New England to\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0871.jp2"}, "872": {"fulltext": "IV^\\n860\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nf\\n0-ih^\\nOhio after his tiianiage, and located in the wilder-\\nness of Portage C ountj when the homes of the\\nsettlers were few and far between. He spent the re-\\nmainder of his life in Kootstovvn Township, dying\\nat the advanced age of ninety-six.\\nWilliam Payne, the father of our subject, grew to\\nmanhood in his native county, chose farming for\\nhis life occupation, and married one of the maidens\\nof that region. Miss Lucj- A. Smith, who M as the\\ndaughter of a New Jersey farmer by the name of\\nJames Smith. The latter migrated westward to\\nOhio during the period of its earl} history, where\\nhe lived a number of years in Portage Countj% and\\nthen made his v/ay to Van Buren Countj this State,\\nwhere, with his estimable wife, he spent his last\\nyears. William Payne survived the partner of his\\nyouth for a period of twenty years, and died in\\nRootstown, at the age of fifty-six years. They\\nwere the parents of one child only, Charles E. of\\nour sketch, who was a little lad of seven years at\\nthe time of his mother s death. His father con-\\ntracted a second marriage, and his wife is still\\nliving, making her home in Edinburg, Portage\\nCounty.\\nYoung Payne earlj in life was thrown upon his\\nown resources, and although the expeiience was\\ntrying at the time, as he looks back upon it now, he\\nfeels there is little to regret, as the necessity for ex-\\nerting himself implanted within him the independ-\\nence and self-reliance which has made him a man\\namong men. He secured his medical education by\\nhis own efforts, and says himself that he came to\\nthis county as poor as a church mouse. Those\\nda3 s, however, have gone by, and he is thus fully\\nprepared to enjoy his present prosperity. His snug\\nhome in Cambria Village is one of the favorite re-\\nsorts of the cultivated and refined people of this\\nsection.\\nOn the 1st day of Januarj-, 1873, Dr. Payne be-\\ngan the new year by celebrating his marriage with\\nMiss Anna Niblock, who was born in Warren, Trum-\\nbull Co., Ohio, Jan. 26, 1855. Mrs. Payne came to\\nMichigan with her mother, Mrs. Clementine Nib-\\nlock, in 1868, and since that time both have been\\nresidents of Cambria. Her father, John Niblock,\\nmet his death by accident while in Trumbull County,\\nOhio, having been run over by a train of cars. He\\nwas occupied as Yardmaster for the Erie Railroad,\\nand was killed while switching at Leavittsburg.\\nMrs. Payne completed her education in the schools\\nof Cambria Township, and remained with her\\nmother until her marriage. Her union with our\\nsubject resulted in the birth of three children, one\\nof whom, Ethel M., died at the age of eighteen\\nmonths; William De Forest was born Nov. 7, 1879,\\nand Edna P., Aug. 8. 1881. These are at home\\nwith their parents. The Doctor, politically, votes\\nthe straight Reiniblican ticket, and socially, belongs\\nto Blue Lodge No. 259, A. F. A. M., at Cambria.\\nMrs. Payne is a lady highly respected in her com-\\nmunity, and a member in good standing of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church.\\nRASTUS P. NORTON. The subject of this\\nbiography is one of those men, genial, kindly\\nand companionable, and possessed of that\\nstrict integrity of character which has made him\\nnot only honoi-cd bj- the business men with whom\\nhe has held relations for a period of thirty years,\\nbut as a friend and neighbor, regarded in his com-\\nmunity with peculiar confidence and respect. He\\nwas early in life thrown upon his own resources,\\nleaving the parental roof when a little lad, and\\nmost of the time afterward earned his own living\\nby employing himself at whatever he could find to\\ndo. Nature, however, had blessed him with the\\nqualities which made for him friends wherever he\\nwas known, and although his present position in\\nlife has not been attained without struggle and\\ndifficulties, he has, in the main, been smiled upon\\nby Providence.\\nA native of the Empire State, our subject was\\nborn in the town of Whitehall, May 2, 1821. His\\nparents, Philander and Lucy Norton, were also\\nnatives of New York State, and of their two other\\nchildren besides our subject, one is now deceased,\\nand the other living in Coldwater, Mich. Erastus\\nP. was bound out when a lad of six or seven years,\\nthe contract to continue until he reached his ma-\\njority. Seven years later it was made void by the\\ndeath of his guardian, and young Norton then went\\nto Chatham and began an apprenticeship at cloth\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00ba^ll-^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0872.jp2"}, "873": {"fulltext": "-L.\\n11 M\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n861 u\\nf\\ndressing and vvool carding. This, however, he\\nabandoned about oigiileen months later, preferring\\nthe more active life attendant npun farm labor.\\nHe thus spent the summer months for some years\\nafterward, and in winter attended school until\\nbecoming qualified for teaching.\\nMr. Norton taught school in Columbia County,\\nN. Y., about thirteen j-ears, much of the time in\\nand around the town of Claverack. In the spring\\nof 18.54, resolving to seek his fortune in the young\\nand rising West, he came to Southern Michigan,\\nand settling in Allen Township, this county, iias\\nlived here since that time, and engaged continuou.sly\\nin farming pursuits. He had before his removal\\nWest, been married in Hillsdale. Columbia Co., N.\\nY., Oct. 16, 1844, to Miss Hannah Crow, who was\\nborn in that town Aug. 28, 18-21. Mrs. Hannah\\nNorton became the mother of nine children, and\\ndeparted this life at her home in Allen Township,\\nDec. 9, 1862, at the age of forty-one years. Slie\\nwas a most estimable lady, and a consistent mem-\\nber of the Baptist Church.\\nThe children of the first marriage of our subject\\nare recorded as follows: William C. enlisted during\\nthe Rebellion as a Union soldier in Company A,\\n(new) 4th Michigan Infantry, Aug. 4. 1 864, and died\\ninTexas while in the service, Oct. 21, 1865, when but\\ntwenty years of age. George W., a member of the\\nsame company as his brother, died at Jefferson\\nBarracks, Mo., Dec. 17, 1864, at the age of eight-\\neen years. Charles E. and Lucy J. are carrying on\\nthe old home farm in Allen Townsiiip; Kezilda A.\\nbecame the wife of Eugene P. Eddy, and died at\\nher home in Manistee, this State, May 25, 1882;\\nMargaret I. is the wife of George W. Hill, uf Read-\\ning, this conntj-; vSamuel W. is a resident of Cedar\\nRapids, Iowa; Erastus P.. Jr., died April 26, 1864,\\nwhen four and one-hall j-ears old; A. Leroy is a\\nresident of Allen Township.\\nMr. Norton contraeteil a second marriage, in\\nFarnicrville, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Ajiril 4, 1S64, with\\nMrs. .lane R. (Remington) Slayter, who was born\\nJune 17, 182 J. in Cayuga County, and bj^ her mar-\\nriage with A. S. Sl.ayter became the mother of one\\nchild, who died in infancy. Mrs. J.ane li. Norton\\nwas a lady of good education, formerly a school\\nteacher, and also a nu iiilicr in good st.anding of the\\nM*\\nBaptist Church. She died at the homestead in\\nAllen Township, July 28, 1880.\\nMr. Norton, politically, is a warm supiwrter of\\nRepublican principles. He has been quite promi-\\nnent in township affairs, serving as School Director,\\nCommissioner of Highways, and for a period of\\nfour years represented Allen Township in the County\\nBoard of Supervisors. He officiated .as Justice of\\nthe Peace three years, and was Superintendent of\\nSchools, and Township Clerk several years. He\\nidentified himself with the Bai)tist Church in 1842,\\nin which he has long served as a Deacon, and been\\none of its chief pillars. Although perhaps he has\\nnot been the hero of any ver^ thrilling cxi)erience,\\nhis life has been eminently creditable, as that of an\\nhonest man and a good citizen, in whom his neigh-\\nbors and townsmen have the most implicit confi-\\ndence.\\n\\\\f/OHN MARVIN. This gentleman, though\\nborn across the ocean, settled in this county\\nin time to witness and take part in the de.\\nvelopment of the natural resoi\\\\rces with\\nwhich it is so largel} endowed. He has given the\\nbest efforts of his life to agricultural pursuits, and\\nas a reward for his industry and energy has a fine\\nfarm located on section 35, in Wright Township,\\nwhere he is successfully pursuing his peaceful\\nvocation.\\nMr. Marvin was born in the village of Edmund,\\nLincolnshire, England, Nov. 29, 1828, while his\\nfather, also John Marvin, was born in the same\\nshire, as was also his grandfather of the same name.\\nGrandfather JIarvin spent his entire life in his na-\\ntive count} and there the father of our subject\\ngrew to manhood, and learned the trade of :i wagon-\\nmaker. He engaged in business for himself in\\nEdmund, but after some time removed to Han-\\nthorpe, and o|)erated on quite an extensive scale.\\nHe also spent his entire life in Lincolnshire. His\\nwife, whose maiden name was Susan Watson, was\\nalso a native of Lincolunhiri Knglaiid. and died\\ntliere in 1808.\\nThe subject of our sketch was the \u00c2\u00bbnly son in the\\nl)arental family, and wa.s reared lo manhood in his", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0873.jp2"}, "874": {"fulltext": "u\\n862\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nnative shire. Soon after his mother s death he\\nstarted out manfully to earn his own living. Not\\ncaring to work in his father s shop, he found em-\\nployment on the farm of a neighbor, where he re-\\nceived for liis services a remuneration of sixpence\\nper day. As he grew stronger and his services he-\\ncame more valuable, his wages were increased until\\nat length he e.arned ten pounds a year. Accounts\\nof the advantages enjoj ed by farmei s in this country\\nreached him from time to time, and at length he\\nconceived the idea that in the New World there\\nawaited him greater opportunities for acquiring a\\nhome and a competency. Possessing the qualities\\nof careful calculation and jiromptness in putting his\\nplans into execution, which are prime character-\\nistics of the Marvin family, he embarked for Liver-\\npool in the spring of 1853, and coming to America\\nlanded at St. John, New Brunswick, on the 2d of\\nJune. Me at once found employment at St. An-\\ndrew s with a railroad coiupany, but he remained\\nthus engaged only four days. He tlien came by\\nboat to Portland. Me., and on by railroad to Bos-\\nton, whence he went to Barnstable, Mass., and\\nfound employment on a railroad then in course of\\nconstruction. At tiie end of two years he came\\nwest as far as Indiana, and engaged to work on a\\nfarm in Lima. He was thus employed during one\\nsummer, and then secured emploj-ment on tiie\\nAir Line Railroad, tiien in process of construction,\\nand worked on that road until the spring of 1856.\\nHe then removed to Hudson, Lenawee County, and\\nengaged with William Baker (he having worked for\\nMr. Baker on the Air Line Road) to work on a\\nfarm. Before coming to Hudson he had bargained\\nwith Mr. Baker for forty acres of land, for which\\nhe w.as to paj $4.75 per acre, working by the month\\nuntil he should liquidate the debt. His first work\\non his new purchase was to cut down trees to make\\nroom for a log cabin, and at the time of his settle-\\nment upon it he had but one acre cleared, and his\\nstock consisted of a pair of yearling steers. He\\nfirst exchanged work with liis neiglil)ors who had\\noxen, and thus got his plowing done until his ovvn\\nsteers were old enough to do the work. In this\\nway he also did his milling and marketing for sev-\\neral years. Though at the outset subjected to all the\\ninconveniences and privations incident to pioneer-\\ning in a new country, he has succeeded in clearing\\nup a farm, and has added to his original purchase\\nuntil he now has 100 acres of fine land, the greater\\npart of which is well improved and supplied with\\ngood grades of stock, besides being equipped with\\nthe most practical of modern machinery.\\nMr. Marvin has been twice married. His first\\nwife, to whom he was married in 1854, was Bridget\\nConnor, a native of County Louth, Ireland. She\\nwas left an orphan at an early age, and came to\\nAmerica with an uncle, settling in Paterson, N. J.,\\nwhence she afterward removed to Cayuga County,\\nN. Y., and from there she came west to Kendall-\\nville, Ind.; she died on the 9th of April, 1882. Mr.\\nMarvin, by his first wife, had six children, one\\ndaughter and five sons: James E. married Jane\\nBovee thej have two sons William Claude and\\nHenry. The other sons are John, William P.,\\nGamaliel and Charles H. The daughter died when\\n.an infant of five weeks. In politics Mr. Marvin\\naffiliates with the Democratc party, and in religion\\nhe is a Catholic, as was also his wife.\\nFor his second wife our subject chose Bridget\\nCatherine O Melia, and they were united in marriage\\nJan. 1884. She was born in County Ma\\\\ o,\\nIreland, July 14. 1842, and is the daughter of John\\nand Ann (Davitt) O Melia. Her father died in Ire-\\nland in 1846, and her mother married a second time\\nand came to America, where she lived at Fairport,\\nN. Y., for some time. In 1857 they came to Michi-\\ngan, and settled in Livingston Count} Mrs. Mar-\\nvin did not come to America with her mother, but\\njoined her at Fairport. in 1857, and earae with her\\nto Michigan in the fall of that year. She has one\\nbrother living, Patrick O lNIelia, who resides in\\nJackson County, Mich.\\nif? EYI J. HOAG. Among the honored and\\nI respected citizens of Hillsdale County is\\njj_ L-^\\\\ the subject of this sketch, who devotes his\\ntime to farming on section 17 of Scipio Township.\\nHe was born in Macedon, AVayne Co., N. Y.,\\nMay 28, 1820. His father, Benjamin L. Ho.ag,\\nwas a preacher in the Society of Friends, and died\\nin Macedon, N. Y., April 12, 1844. The maiden\\n:^i^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0874.jp2"}, "875": {"fulltext": "-U\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n863\\nname of his wife, tiic mother of our subject, was\\nMiriam Frj She survived her husband, living\\nuntil Aug. 6, 1857. when her death occurred in\\nFarmington, N. Y. To her and her husband had\\nbeen born four children, one son and three daugh-\\nters, namely: Ruth, Levi J., Hannah and Sarah.\\nLevi, of whom we write, was reared in his native\\nState, and after marri.age settled in Wayne County,\\nwhere he remained for several years. In 1854,\\nthinking to better his financi.il condition, our sub-\\nject removed with his family to Hillsdale County,\\nand estiiblished a new home in Scipio Township,\\nwhere he has since resided.\\nMr. Ho.ag hsis been twice ni.arried, the maiden\\nname of his first wife, to whom he was married in\\nhis native town, Jlarch 8, 1848, was Martha Tator,\\ndaughter of Gilbert, and Eliza Tator. She was\\nborn in New Y ork State, where she grew to\\nwomanhood and was married, remaining in that\\nState until she came with her husband and family to\\nScipio. She did not live long after settling in her\\nWestern home, her death occurring Feb. 18,1855.\\nShe was a faithful wife and devoted mother, iind\\nher death was sincerely mourned by her husband and\\nchildren. The latter, thus left motherless at an\\nearly age, were two iu number, Adelphine I. and\\nLouisa E.- The former is the wife of Charles L.\\nRiggs, of Scipio Township; the l.ittcr married G.\\nW. Hodges, who is also a resident of Scipio Town-\\nship. Mr. Hoag was again married, in Scipio, May\\n1 1, 1856, at the residence of the bride s parents, to\\nMiss Mary E.. daughter of Leonard and Dorcas\\n(Congdon) Proper (for parentjil history see sketch\\nof Leonard Proper). .She was born in Sparta,\\nLivingston Co., N. Y., March 5, 1830, but her\\nparents removing soon after to Groveland, in the\\nsame county, her earlier years were passed in that\\ntown, where she received a good education. She\\nwas an intelligent girl, of good intellectual ability,\\nand fitted herself for the duties of teacher, assum-\\ning the charge of a school in Groveland when quite\\n3 oung, continuing thus engaged in her native State\\nfor four years, when she came with her parents to\\nMichigan. She resumed her profession in .Scipio\\nTownship, and introduced manj advanced theories\\nand pr.actices in regard to teaching, which soon\\nwon for her the reputation of being a superior in-\\nstructor. Of her union with Mr. Ho.ag three chil-\\ndren have been born, of whom the following is the\\nrecord Sarah E. is the wife of Biou Miller, of\\nJonesville; George L. died in Scipio Township,\\nMarch 12,1874. when only fifteen years of age;\\nAnthony B. married Miss Dora M. Heath, who was\\nborn in Steuben County, N. Y., June 2, 1861, and\\nthey reside in Scipio Township.\\nThe homestead of our subject comprises 208\\nacres of land, on which he h.as erected a good\\nset of buildings, and made other valuable im-\\nprovements. In agriculture, as in other branches\\nof industry, intelligence is necessar3 to success,\\nand the greater the brain force brought to bear\\nupon the subject the more successful the results.\\nThe fine condition of the farm of Mr. Hoag\\nspeaks for itself of the skill and good judgment\\nhe has used in its improvement, and makes his suc-\\ncess in his occupation a self-evident fact. Our sub-\\nject is identified with the local affairs of his town-\\nship, and takes great interest in educational matters,\\nhaving been School Director for several years. In\\npolitics he supports the principles of the Republican\\nparty, and uniformly votes in favor of that ticket.\\nbHOMAS MEREDITH. This gentleman,\\nthough born across the ocean, came to this\\ncounty in time to take part in its early\\ndevelopment. Though not j et old in years, he\\nhas given the best efforts of his life to agricultural\\npursuits, and as a reward for his industry and\\nperseverance, he h.as an excellent farm on section\\n35, Wright Township. In the life of Mr. Meredith\\nwe find an excellent example for young men just\\nerab.arking on the voy.age of active life, of what\\nmay be accomplished by a man beginning poor but\\nhonest, prudent and industrious. Our subject is a\\nself-m.ade man in the best meaning of the term.\\nHe had neither wealth nor infiuonce to aid him in\\nstarting out to fight life s battle, but he relied\\nsolel3 upon his own efforts and his own conduct to\\nwin for him success, and while achieving success in\\nthe sense of accumulating wealth, he h.as also\\ndone his duty among his fellowmen, winning their\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0875.jp2"}, "876": {"fulltext": "I\\n864\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nrespect and esteem. He hns ever strictly observed\\nthat most important factor in the successful public\\nor business life of any man honesty. He is a\\ncai^eful, conscientious man, ever adhering to the\\ndictates of his conscience in matters both of a\\npublic and private nature.\\nMr. IVIeredith was born in England, on the border\\nof Wales. March 1 4, 1 833, and is the son of\\nEdward Meredith, who was born near the same\\nlocality. The father was for several years the gate-\\nkeeper over the River Wye, in the parish of Whit-\\nnej Herefordshire, England. In 1842, accompanied\\nby bis wife and three children, he bade good-by to\\nhis native land, and embarking at Livcr|)ool. set sail\\nfor America, landing at New York on the 22d of\\nNovember of that year, after a voyage of five\\nweeks and throe days. He spent one night in New\\nY ork City, and then went to Ballston Spa, where\\nhe worked at the tr.ade of a shoemaker. After a\\nfew years he purchased a tract of land seven miles\\nwest of that town, and caiij ing on agricultural\\noperations in connection with ins farm, lived there\\nuntil his death. His first wife, the mother of our\\nsubject, died when Thomas was but four or five\\nyears old, leaving two children besides, John and\\nElizabeth. John lives in Saratoga County, N. Y.,\\nand Elizabeth became the wife of George Cole,\\nand lived a number of years in Hudson, Mich.;\\nthey now live in New York.\\nThe subject of this sketch was nine years old\\nwhen he came to America with his parents, and\\nlived with his father two years at Ballston Spa,\\nthen went to live with a doctor in West Galwaj\\nHe took care of the horse and made himself other-\\nwise useful, and remained thus employed one year,\\nreceiving his board and clothing. He went to live\\nwith Deacon Schueber, in the same county, near\\nBurnt Hills, again receiving board and clothing, and\\nremained with him four and half years. He then\\nengaged in work by the month during the summer,\\nand in winter he did chores for his board and went\\nto school, in this way receiving the onlj- advan-\\ntage he ever had for acquiring an education. In\\n1849 he started for Western New York, and stopped\\nin Cayuga and Livingston Counties, spending the\\nintervening time until 1854. We next find him in\\nIndiana, employed on the Air Line Railroad, then\\nin process of construction, and he was thus engaged\\ntiie greater part of the time for two years. He\\nthen came to Hudson, Lenawee County, and entered\\nthe emplo} of William Baker, about the same time\\nbuying forty acres of land of that gentleman, which\\nhe still owns. It was then heavily timbered land,\\nwithout any im|)rovements, and he agreed to pay\\nfor it $.5.25 i)er acre, 120 cash, and the balance in\\nwork. He tiien worked for Mr. Baker by tiie day\\nand month to free his land, and in 1858 settled upon\\nit, first building a log cabin, into which he removed\\nwith his family, then commenced clearing the land.\\nAbout two acres of the timber had been deadened\\nwhen he moved upon the place, and he soon liad\\nthat cleared, and he then hired a yoke of oxen to\\nplow it. He had no team of his own, but at the\\ntime of his settlement on the farm he bought two\\ncalves, and hired his work done until they grew up.\\nThe change that he has already wrought in this\\nland appears almost marvelous. The wilderness\\nhas given place to the fruitful field, neatly fenced,\\nand furnishing abundance of food for man and\\nbeast, while the log cabin has been superseded\\nby a comfortable and convenient frame residence,\\nflanked with suitable out-buildings. He has added\\nby purchase to his original area until he now has\\nsixty acres, which bids fair to become one of the\\nmost valuable tracts of land in the county.\\nOur subject was united in marriage, June 5,\\n1843, with Miss Alice Connor, a native of Ireland,\\nwhere she was born in County Louth, and is the\\ndaughter of James and Elizabeth (Rafferty) Connor.\\nShe was still 3 oung when her mother died, and she\\ncame to America when a young lad3 and first\\nsettled in Paterson, N. J., but subsequently removed\\nto Cayuga County, N. Y., where she met her\\nfuture husband, Mr. Meredith.\\nThe union of Mr. and Mrs. Mereditii has been\\nblessed by the birth of nine children: Mar^ E.\\nEmily, the wife of R. S. Broom Marcus E. married\\nKate McNulty Alice, the wife of Frank Broom\\nOrilla J., J. Andrew and Anna E. Edward died\\nwhen four weeks old, and Thom.as, the eighth child,\\ndied at the age of four years and three months.\\nMr. and Mrs. Meredith have a pleasant home and a\\nlovingfamily, ever thoughtful of and attentive to the\\nwants of each other, charms which wealth cannot buy.\\n-t", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0876.jp2"}, "877": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n865\\nPolitically, Mr. Meredith is found in the rnnks of\\nthe Di iiHierntie party, while he and f.iniilj are asso-\\nciated with the Catholic Church, and cordially\\nendorse any .measure inaugurated for the liettcrmrnt\\nof the eoniiniinitj\\nr^HOM AS N. BROCKWAY, profitably engaged\\nin agricultural pursuits on section 27, of\\nAllen Township, is one of the most ener-\\ngetic, well-educated and practical farmers of Hills-\\ndale County. He is to the manor born, his\\nbirth having taken place on the homestead where\\nhe now resides, March 10, 1845. He is a son of\\nBenjamin W. and Sarah A. (Pettibone) Brockwaj\\nboth n.-itives of the Empire State. (For personal\\nhistory see sketch of Benjamin Brockway.) He\\nwas reared in his n.itive town and attended the pub-\\nlic schools, acquiring a substantial foundation for\\nthe further instruction he received in Hillsdale\\nCollege, which institution of learning he attended\\ntwo terms. When out of school he assisted in the\\nwork of the farm, and became thoioughly conver-\\nsant with the details necessary for its good manage-\\nment. After becoming well established in life, our\\nsubject took upon himself the cares of a family\\nman, and was married, in Allen Township, Aug. 25,\\n1869, to Miss Victoria Watkins, daughter of Sam-\\nuel and Jane (Perry) Watkins. Her father was\\nborn in England, while her mother was a native of\\nthe West Indies, wiiere they were married and lived\\nfor a few years later. They subsequently removed\\nto Nova Scotia, and from the latter place came to\\nHillsdale County, and settled in Allen Township\\nin 1837, thus being pioneers of this place. Here\\nthey jjassed their declining years, Mr. Watkins dy-\\ning in the spring of 1882. and Mrs. Watkins the\\nfollowing autumn. Their long lives were pleasantly\\nand usefully passed, and when called to tlieir long\\nhome, this excellent couple left many warm friends\\nwho will ever cherish and revere their memory.\\n(For further parental history see sketch of John\\nM. Watkins, a brulhor of Mrs. Brockw.iy.) The\\nwife of our subject was the eighth of the nine chil-\\ndren born to her parents who grew lo maturity,\\nand she was born in Allen Township, .June 25, 1845.\\nOf her union with Mr. Brockway five children have\\nbeen born, namely: Benjamin W.. Jr., YictoriaM.,\\nHiJttie M.. Mary E.. and Thomas N., Jr.\\nMr. Brockway well sustains the honorable record\\nof his f.-iniily. which has occupied an important po-\\nsition in at least the three States of Connecticut,\\nNew Yoik and Michigan, that are known of by the\\nwriter of this sketch. He is a wide-awake, pro-\\ngressive man, and a valued citizen of this town-\\nsiiip, in whose advancement and prosi)erity he is\\nmuch interested, and toward which he contributes\\nliberally. To men of like mental caliber and ster-\\nling worth is the further growth and development\\nof Hillsdale County to depend upon, and they are\\nworthy representatives of the preceding genera-\\ntion, who, by their early struggles, hardships and\\nprivatit)ns, have made it possible for these, their\\ndescendants, to place their native county in the van\\namong its sister counties, and the counties of the\\nother great commonwealths of the United States.\\nSocially, Mr. Brockway is a member of the Masonic\\nfraternity. His excellent wife is a member of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, while they are both\\nvalued members of Allen Grange, P. of II. In liis\\npolitical views Mr. Brock wa}- is independent, choos-\\ning to exercise his right of supporting the best men\\nand the best measures, irrespective of party lines,\\nrather than the nominee or measures of any political\\norganization.\\n--S\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n..o\u00c2\u00bbo.@S v\u00c2\u00ae-ofo-\\nAVID P. BUNTING. While all honor is\\ndue to the man who settles in a new coun-\\ntry .ind engages successfully with all the\\ndifficulties which beset him, bringing events\\nto a hapjiy issue, we must not forget those who\\nworthily bear the mantles of their honored sires.\\nMan s wants increase as his facilities for supplying\\nthem grow greater, and it perhaps requires as much\\nindustry and perseverance to maintain social stand-\\ning in this advanced age as were required half a\\ncentury ago, when the humble log cabin sheltered\\nits contented inmates, whose clothing wivs derived\\nfrom the wool of the slieep re.ared on their own\\nland, and woven into g.arnicnts by the industrious\\nhousewife. David P. Bunting, a prosperous farmer", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0877.jp2"}, "878": {"fulltext": "l l\\n866\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nlocaterl on section 12. Fayette Township, is acting\\nwell his part in providing for the wants of his fam-\\nily and for the improvement of the community in\\nwhich his lot is cast.\\nThe father of our subject, John Bunting, was\\nborn in England about 1809, and emigrated to\\nAmerica upon reaching his majority. The maiden\\nof his choice was in her girlhood Miss Frances M.\\nChapman, and the^ were united in m.arriage, in\\nJonesville, on the 25th of March, 1841. Their\\nhousehold included nine children, who are recorded\\n.as follows: AVilliam G. resides in Northern Michi-\\ngan Sarah A. is deceased Mary E. is tlie vvife of\\nGeorge Parks, of Hillsdale, and Sarah M., of Sam-\\nuel Fore, of Ohio; John S. is deceased; David P.\\nis the sixth in order of birth Jane A. is the wife\\nof Conrad Bone, of Manistee County, Mich.; Rhoda\\nA. is deceased, and John S. (2d) resides in Isabella\\nCounty, Mich. The parents finally settled in Fay-\\nette Township, where the} died, the father June 11,\\n1875, and the mother Aug. 26, 1865.\\nDavid P. Bunting was born in Fayette Township,\\nAug. 28, 1855, and h.as since remained a resident\\nof that township, engaged in .agricultural pursuits.\\nHe owns the old homestead of 1 20 acres, which he\\nhas brought under a good state of cultivation, sup-\\nplied with comfortable and convenient buildings,\\nand is prepared to prosecute to advantage the noble\\ncalling of an agriculturist.\\nOn Christmas D.ay, 1884, Mr. Bunting was united\\nin marriage, in Scipio Township, witii Miss Martha,\\ndaughter of Andrew and Matilda (Allen) Kennedy,\\nof the same township. Mrs. Bunting was the eld-\\nest of four children, and was born at South Hadley,\\nMass., Jan. 23, 1856. One child h.is come to\\nbrighten their household. In politics Mr. Bunting\\ncasts his lot with the Democratic party, giving it his\\ncordial support whenever occasion offers.\\nJACOB A. HANCOCK is one of the well-to-\\ndo and progressive general farmers and\\nstock-raisers of Cambria Township, and an\\nold settler of Hillsdale County. He now\\nresides on a beautiful farm located on section 30,\\nCambria Township, which he h.as recently made his\\nhome, and brought to a high state of improvement.\\nHe has erected a beautiful and substantial resi-\\ndence after a design of his own, and the traveler\\nthrough this part of the country g.azes with admir-\\nation on the beautifully appointed homestead. Mr.\\nHancock is one of those men we find so thickly\\nscattered over Southern Michigan, and who un-\\ndoubtedlj form the best element of her society.\\nThey were reared under the beneficent influences of\\nthe schools, religious institutions, and the culture\\nand refinement of the society of the older settled\\nStates. Such men were well equipped to go forth\\nand open up a new empire. They could lay its\\nfoundations broad and deep, so that the colossal\\nedifice of a great commonwealth might be reared\\nupon it without haz.ard to the highest pinn.acle to\\nwhich Government or human society reaches. To\\nthese people Southern Michigan Largely owes her\\ngreatness, and to this cJass the subject of this\\nsketch belongs.\\nMr. Hancock is a native of the old Empire\\nState, where his birth occurred in Genesee County,\\nJan. 18, 1832. His father, Jacob S. Hancock,\\nlearned the tr.ade of a shoemaker in early j outh,\\nserving an apprenticeship of five 3 ears at Pater-\\nson, N. J. He was born in New York City, but in\\nearly life went to New Jersey to live. When\\nbut a child of four 3 ears old he was orphaned by\\nthe death of his father, and his mother continued\\nto live in New York City until her death. Early\\nin life J.acob S. was thrown upon his own resources,\\nand earned his living for a time in the cotton-\\nmills of Paterson, before his apprenticeship. He\\nbecame a very skillful workman, and upon the\\ncompletion of his term of service moved to Pough-\\nkeepsie, N. Y., and worked there as a journeyman.\\nWhile following his trade in Poughkeepsie, Mr.\\nHancock was united in marriage with Jane Van\\nVlack, who was born and reared in Dutchess Coun-\\nty, N. Y. She was brought up under the tutelage\\nof good parents, who came of an old and worthy\\nfamily. Mrs. Hancock s parents subsequently came\\nto Michigan, and both died in Cambria Township,\\nthe father when seventy-six years of age, and the\\nmother, whose maiden name was Van Vlack, a few\\nj ears before the death of her husband she also\\nattained a great age. Shortly after their marriage,\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0878.jp2"}, "879": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n867\\nJacob S. Hancock and wife removed from Pough-\\nkeepsie to Stafford Township, Genesee County, and\\ntliere ^Ir. H. went into business for liimself as a\\nboot and shoe maker. After tiic birtii of three\\nel ildren our subject; Oscar, now of Hillsdale, and\\na daughter, Mary E., now Mrs. Corey, living at\\nCouncil Grove, Kan. the parents came with their\\nfamil} to Michigan in 1839. Leaving their Eastern\\nhome October 4, thej- journeyed by team to Buffalo,\\nand thence came across the lake in the old boat\\nCommodore Perry, to Toledo, from which they\\ncame to Adrian by the new railroad. The}- com-\\npleted their journey to Cambria Township by\\nmeans of teams, and erecting a primitive log house,\\nwere prepared to settle down to pioneer life. Jacob\\nS. Hancock engaged at his trade, and supplied the\\nneedy settlers with much needed foot wear, to\\nwithstand the inclement winter season. He applied\\nliimself diligently to his trade, frequently taking\\nwork in exchange for his services, and in this w. iy\\nobtained eighty acres of land, well improved. He was\\nappointed first Postmaster of the township at a time\\nwhen the postage on a letter iv.as twenty-five cents,\\nand so great was the scarcity of money, even among\\nthe best-to-do people, that he frequently had to\\npay the postage in order that his neighbors might\\nget their mail. By thus advancing money for\\nothers he was frequently embarrassed when the\\ntime came to make returns to the Government, as\\nthose whom he had favored were often unable in\\nthe limited time to procure the money. Mr. Han-\\ncock, however, lived to see great changes take\\nplace in the appearance of the country, and be-\\ncame the possessor of a well-im proved farm. He\\nfinally abandoned his trailc, and followed the occu-\\npation of a tiller of the soil during the last years\\nof his life, and p.issed away in 1885, when seventy-\\nsix years of age. His wife had died some years\\npreviously, July 28, 1879. In religion Mr. Han-\\ncock was a Baptist, and politically, he stood identi-\\nfied with the llepulilican party.\\nAfter Jacob S. Hancock and wife came to Michi-\\ngan they had five children, who are recorded as\\nfollows: John married Miss C elia Thompson, and\\nis engaged in farming in fiaton County; Albert\\nmarried Helen Boyce, of Eaton County, and is a\\nmechanic at Sacramento, Cal. Ellen beoame the\\n^K^\\nwife of R. D. Lane, a farmer of Cambria Township\\nCharles married Addie Allen, and is engaged in a\\nfurniture manufactory at Reading, and Harriet is\\nthe wife of Robert Weir, a clerk in a hardware\\nstore in Bay City, Mich.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared at the\\nhomestead until his marriage, which took pl.ace in\\nCambria Township, March 29, 1854, with Almira,\\ndaughter of Warren Smith, of whom a sketch\\nappears elsewhere in this Ai.hum. Mrs. Hancock\\nwas born in Lenawee County, Mich., March 2G,\\n1837, and received a good education in Cambria\\nTownship. She resided with her parents, and fol-\\nlowed the profession of a teacher until her mar-\\nriage, and is a very intelligent lady. She bore to\\nher husband one child only. Ida E., now the wife\\nof D. J. Gibbon. They have one child, Herbert\\nC, and are living at the home of our subject.\\nIn politics Mr. Hancock is a solid Republican,\\nand is a man of strong purpose, quick discernment\\nand good judgment. He and his amiable partner\\ncan look back upon a well-spent and successful life,\\nand forward to a hai)py and green old age of easj\\ncompetency, surrounded by the many friends whom\\ntheir merits have won.\\nENRY S. WALWORTH, a prominent citi-\\nzen of Jerome, in the township of Somerset,\\nwas born in the town of Shelb} Orleans\\nCo., N. Y Jan. 23, 1848, and is the son of\\nCalvin and Alurgra Walworth, natives of Orleans,\\nand now deceased. He spent his boj hood days\\nupon the farm in his native county, and acquired\\nhis education in the district school at Moscow, with\\nthe exception of two terms spent at Hillsdale Col-\\nlege. He was early in life thrown upon his own\\nresources, which fact tended to develop in him the\\nqualities of perseverance and self-reliance, and\\nwhich have doubtless been the secret of his later\\nsuccess.\\nOur subject left the parental roof when twenty\\nyears of age, and making his w.ay into Junction\\nCit3 Dickinson Co., Kan., secured employment\\nas clerk in the oflice of the Kansas Pacific Railw.ay.\\nThis situation he retained about five years, and\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0879.jp2"}, "880": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n868\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nthen corning to Somerset secured the position\\nof agent of the Lake Shore Road at Jerome,\\nand also engaged later in the handling of grain.\\nIn the meantime he accumulated some capital\\nduring the five years which followed, a part of\\nwhich he invested in general merchandise, and\\nestablished a store which he has conducted now\\nfor ten years. He is one of the founders of the\\nHillsdale Savings Bank, and has been Vice Presi-\\ndent of this institution since it was organized.\\nDuring the years 1878-79, he represented Somerset\\nTownship in the Count} Board of Supervisors, and\\nfor two years vvas Township Treasurer.\\nMr. Walworth, as a public-spirited and liberal\\ncitizen, has steadily kept in view the moral and\\neducational interests of his community, encouraging\\nthe establishment of schools, serving in his district\\nas Assessor from ten to twelve years, and ever\\ngiving a ready assistance to those projects tending\\nto the growth and development of the township and\\nvillage in which he lives.\\nNDREW J. TIFFANY, who is the owner\\nfi^ fUW of a good property on section 6, of Fayette\\nTownship, is the son of the well-known\\nBarton Tiffany, who was born in Canan-\\ndaigua, Ontario Co.,N. Y in 1811. The paternal\\ngrandfather, Olney J. Tififanj came to the Terri-\\ntory of Michigan in June, 1835, and settled with\\nhis faniilj in Scipio Township, this country, upon a\\ntract of Government land. Here, with his wife,\\nSarah (Canfield) Tiffany, he spent the remainder\\nof his days, passing away in August, 1855.\\nBarton Tiffany was the eldest of ten children,\\nand was twenty-four years of age when first com-\\ning to this county. The following year he was\\nmarried, in Pulaski, Jackson Countj to Miss Cor-\\nnelia, daughter of John and Harriet Howard, who\\nwas born in New Y^ork State, June 14, 1822. The\\nmother of our subject came with her parents to\\nMichigan when a child seven years of age. They\\nlocated first in Washtenaw County, whence they\\nremoved to Pulaski, Jackson County, in 1832.\\nThey spent the last years of their lives in Saline,\\nWashtenaw County. Mr. Howard is remembered\\nby many old residents of Jonesville and vicinity\\nas an extensive producer in corn and seed wheat,\\nwith which he furnislied the farmers for miles\\naround, and obtaining good prices realized from\\nthis a handsome income.\\nThe father of our subject in his younger years\\nwas one of the prominent business men of this\\ncounty, and always interested in the enterprises\\ntending to its growth and progress. In company\\nwith Lewis Emery he built the second carding-\\nmill in the county, which was familiarly known\\nas tlie Emery Mills. A few years later Mr. Tiffany\\ndisposed of his interest to his partner, and coming\\nto Jonesville invested a portion of his capital in the\\nestablishment of a foundrj which he conducted\\nfor a period of ten years. At the expiration of\\nthis time he settled on a farm in Fayette Townsln p,\\nwhich, after following agriculture a number of\\nyears, he finally sold, and retiring from active labor\\ntook up his residence in Jonesville, where he still\\nresides. The mother died here on the 27th of Janu-\\nary, 1886. The six children of the parental house-\\nhold were named respectively: Andrew J.; Harriet,\\nnow deceased; Olive C, Franklin, James and\\nCharles. The four younger are residents of Ham-\\nilton Count} Kan.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in Scipio\\nTownship, this county, Oct. 4, 1838; he passed his\\nboyhood and youth mostly on a farm, and contin-\\nued under the parental roof until twenty-four years\\nof age. He acquired a common-school education,\\nand upon leaving home engaged in farming in\\nFayette Townshi]), of which he has since been a\\nresident. He is now the owner of 1 20 acres on sec-\\ntion 6, upon which he has erected good buildings,\\nand where he has effected the other improvements\\nnecessar} for the successful prosecution of his call-\\ning.\\nThe first marriage of our subject took place in\\nAztalan, Jefferson Co., Wis., Nov. y, 1859, his bride\\nbeing Miss Anna M. Gillam, who was born in P ast\\nBloomfield, Ontario Co.. N. Y\\\\, Feb. 30, 1839.\\nThis union resulted in the birth of eight children,\\nnamely: Julia, now living in Wisconsin; Alice and\\nIlattie, deceased; Barton, Jr.; Lewis, deceased;\\nBertha, Anna and Charles, the latter twins. Mrs.\\nAnna M. Tiffany departed this life at her home in\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0880.jp2"}, "881": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY,\\n8C9\\nFa_yette Township, May 23, 1875. Mr. Tiff.iny\\ncontvacted a secuiid marriage. Aug 0, 1876. with\\nMrs. Frances (LeFevre) Guy, dauglitiT of Daniel\\nand Christina (Derr) LeFevre. Mrs. Tiffany w.ns\\nborn in Hopewell Towns hip, Ontario Co., N. Y.,\\nDec. 15, 1850, and by her first marriage became\\nthe mother of a son, Henry H., who is now at\\nhome. Of her union with our subject there was\\nborn one daughter, Myrtle C, who is now deceased.\\n]\\\\Ir. Tiffanj has held the office of Justice of the\\nPeace for several years, and politically, is a stanch\\nRepublican.\\nI\\nfe A. CARPENTER is one of the leading\\n\\\\/iJ// S isn of Bankers, Cambria Town-\\nship, where he is actively engaged as a\\ngeneral merchant, dealer in tile, coal. etc. He has\\nbeen established here in his present business since\\n1874, having then built the first general store in tliis\\nplace, and has been quite successful, building up\\nand carrying on an extensive trade. He was for\\nsome years prosperouslj engaged in buying and sell-\\ning grain, but competition became so great, the local\\nmills demanding all the grain raised in this vicinitj-,\\nthat he saw fit to withdraw from that line of busi-\\nness. When he first located here in 1871, he was\\nmaster mechanic of the D. H. S. W. R. R. and\\nthe Eel River Railroad, being at that time Division\\nSuperintendent and master mechanic of those\\nbrancbes, and was thus engaged until the consolida-\\ntion of those roads with the Ft. Wayne, when he\\nbecame master mechanic of the consolidated rail-\\nways. He was connected with the motor depart-\\nment of different railways for some twenty years,\\nand won a wide reputation for skill in mechanics,\\nacquiring by hard study a thorough knowledge of\\nall kinds of mechanical work, and was often called\\nupon to put in running order various classes of\\nengines, from raihv. i3 and steamboat engines to n\\nsawmill engine. He was connected with the Detroit\\nLocomotive Manufacturing Company- for many\\nyears, and with the Michigan Central in the me-\\nchanical department for three years.\\nMr. Carpenter is a worthy descendant of stanch\\nNew England stock, noted alike for physical and\\nmental power, among their descendants of the past\\ngeneration being the recently deceased well-known\\ndoctor and surgeon of New York City, Wesley M.\\nCarpenter, cousin of our subject, who was Secretary\\nof the late Medical College at Washington, D. C.\\nElij.ah Carpenter, the grandfather of our subject,\\nwas one of the original settlers of Central New-\\nYork, having located in Madison County in 1800\\nand there died at the age of sixty-three. He served\\nin the War of 1812 as a private. He was born in\\nVermont, May 11, 1774, and was a son of Jesse\\nCarpenter, a man of remarkable strength and powere\\nof endurance, who went ftirtii from the Green\\nMountain State, of which he was a native, to fight\\nunder the banner of Liberty or Death during the\\nentire Revolutionary War, at one time receiving a\\nslight wound bj an explosion of gunpowder. Later\\nin life he went to New York, and died at the home\\nof his grandson, William Carpenter, in Madison\\nCounty, at the venerable age of ninety-six. His\\nson Elijah w.is married in his native State to\\nPatience Salisbury, likewise a native of Vermont,\\nwhere she was born April 2, 1770. She was of\\nbrave New England ancestry and her father fought\\nin the Revolutionar3 AVar. It is related of her\\nmother, a stout-hearted, independent woman, full\\nof true courage, that during the battle of Benning-\\nton she took her small children in an ox wagon into\\na safe shelter in the woods, and then, with great\\nintrepidity, returned to the battle-field that she\\nmight be near her husljand. and do whatever her\\nwomanly lieart prompted her to do to relieve the\\nwounded and dying, and encourage and cheer on\\nthe brave soldiers by her presence. ]\\\\Irs. Carpenter\\naccompanied her husband to his pioneer home in\\nMadison County, N. Y., cheerfully shared with him\\nits privations, and assisted him in building ui) a\\nhome, d3 ing there in June, 1854, after a long and\\nuseful life of nearly fourscore years. She and her\\nhusband were members of the Regular Baptist\\nChurch, and in politics he w.as identified with the\\nWhig party.\\nWilliam Carpenter, the father of our subject, was\\nborn in Madison County, N. Y., Feb. 5, 1801, and\\nthere grew to manhood, and married Nancy Bur-\\nden, a native of Lancsboro, Mass., c f good Scotch\\nancestry. Her parents moved to New York when", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0881.jp2"}, "882": {"fulltext": "Ik 870\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n=lr\\n4\\nshe was a child, and there she grew to iiiatiirity and\\nmarried. Subsequent!} her father and mother went\\nto Steuben County, and there spent their ckising\\nyears. Mr. Carpenter spent his entire life in Madi-\\nson Count} and cleared up two good farms. He was\\nin many respects a man of more than ordinary\\ncaliber and force of character. Inheriting from a\\nsturdy ancestry a fine physique, he jjossessed a\\ngiant s strength; he was well gifted with a clear,\\ncool-headed common sense, and his geniality and\\nwell-known musical talents as a singer m.ade him\\nvery popular. He died much lamented, Aug. 7,\\n1869. His worthy wife, who shared with him the\\nesteem in which he was held, died in 1872. The}\\nwere valued members of the Baptist Church. Of\\nthe ten brothers and sisters of Mr. Carpenter, only\\none now survives. Mrs. Ruth Harris, of Madison\\nCounty, N. Y., aged seventy-tive.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in George-\\ntown, Madison Co., N. Y., Jan 30, 1832, being\\nthe younger of two children born to his parents.\\nHis sister Delia is the wife of Byron Poole, a dealer\\nin gr.iin and coal in Plymouth, Mich. Our subject\\nsjient his early life on a farm in his native State,\\nreceiving good educatioftal advantages in the public\\nschools. At the age of nineteen he commenced to\\nlearn the trade of carpenter, and later was con-\\nnected with some iron works. When quite young he\\ndisplayed quite an aptitude for drawing, became an\\nexpert draughtsman, and made many of the origi-\\nnal drawings for some of the best machinery in use\\nin Chicago and other important cities. He made the\\ndrawing and superintended the construction of the\\nfirst sawmill ever built in Ludington, Mich., which\\nwas erected for E. B. Ward, it having a capacity\\nfor the manufacture of 300,000 feet of lumber a day.\\nHe was thus engaged all his life after attaining man-\\nhood until he came to Bankers, we having before\\nalluded to his long connection with the various\\nrailways.\\nMr. Carpenter was united in marriage, Oct. 1,\\n1855, in the township of Nelson, ]Madison Co.,\\nN. Y., to Miss Ellen R. Richardson, daughter of\\nBenjamin and Patience (Carpenter) Richardson.\\nThe former was a native of New Hampshire, and\\ncame from a family noted for its endurance and\\ngreat muscular strength. His father, Benjamin\\nRichardson, Sr was likewise a native of the Gran-\\nite State, but spent his last years iu New York, dy-\\ning in the home of his son Benjamin, at the age of\\nseventy -eight. He was a good man and a worthy\\ncitizen. His estimable wife died in the State of\\nNew York, in 1870, at the home of her son, Ben-\\njamin Richardson, Jr., at a very advanced age. She\\nwas born in New Hampshire, Jan. 10, 1780, her\\nmaiden name being Dolly Olcott. Mrs. Carpenter s\\nfather migrated from his native State to New York\\nState when a young man, and there met and mar-\\nried Patience Carpenter, both herself and parents\\nbeing natives of New Y ork State. After marriage\\nthey resided on a farm in Madison County, N. Y.,\\nwhere he became a great influence for good and a\\ngreat worker in the reforms of the day. He worked\\nunceasingly for the cause of human liberty, was a\\nstanch advocate of the poor slave, and during the\\nAbolition period he kept a station of the -under-\\nground railw.ay, and thus helped many a poor\\nnegro to gain the longed-for freedom. He is still\\nliving atan advanced age, having been born Oct. 23,\\n1809, .and is beloved and venerated for his high and\\nnoble character. His worthy and devoted com-\\npanion passed from the scenes of earth July 2, 188G^\\nat the age of seventy-five years. She was a true\\nChristian, and a consistent member of the Methodist\\nChurch; her husband belongs to the Baptist Church.\\nTheir daughter, Mrs. Carpenter, of this notice,\\nwas born in Madison County, N. Y., March 28,\\n1837, was well educated in the schools of her native\\nState, and taught a short time before marri.ige.\\nShe is an accomplished and very intelligent woman,\\nand, withal, has an extensive acquaintance with the\\npractical things of life. To hei- and her husband\\nhas been born one child, Nellie P., the date of\\nwhose birth, at Poit Huron, Mich., was June 15,\\n1864. She was educated in this county, and was\\nmarried at Hillsdale, Oct. 30, 1881, to Mr. Gilbert\\nMills, of this township, who was born, reared and\\neducated in this county. They are now living in\\nBankers, and Mr. Mills is connected with Mr. Car-\\npenter in business.\\nSince becoming a resident of this town Mr. Car-\\npenter h.as taken an important part in public affairs;\\nhe is a solid Republican, and a leader iu local poli-\\ntics. He has been Su[)ervisor of tiiis township for\\n_", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0882.jp2"}, "883": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n871\\ntwo terms, is now .lustice of the Peace, and for\\neleven j-ears was Postuinstcr of the place under the\\nRepublican administration. He is widely known in\\nbusiness and social circles as a man of marked\\nenergy and decision of character, superior business\\ntact, and of unsullied reputation.\\nI~\\nS7 UCIL S RANNKY, a leading farmer of Allen\\nI Township, where he owns a farm on section\\njlL^ 28, is one in whom the agricultural com-\\nmunity of Hillsdale County llnds one of its most\\nintelligent and enlightened representatives. He\\ncomes of good Massachusetts stock, and is him-\\nself a native of that grand old State, having been\\nborn in the town of Ashfield, April 12, 181!). That\\nbeautiful mountainous town in the northwestern\\npart of the old Bay State was likewise the birth-\\nplace of his parents, George and Achsah (Sears)\\nRannej who after marriage continued to live in\\ntheir native town for some years. In 1 833 they\\nremoved with their children to Phelps,. Ontario\\nCo., N. Y., where the father died in 1842. The\\nmother, who survived her husband many years,\\ncame with the family to Hillsdale County in the\\nsummer of 1843, and settled in Allen Township,\\nwhere she died Aug. 7, 1869. To her and her hus-\\nband were born twelve children, eleven sons and\\none daughter.\\nOur subject was the fourth child born to his\\nparents, and from them he inherited good mental\\nand i)hysical endowments, and in their New England\\nhome was reared to honorable and useful habits.\\nHe was a lad of fourteen when his parents removed\\nto Phelps, N. Y., and he remained with them there\\nuntil the spring of 1842, when he came to Michi-\\ngan. He immediately- purchased a tract of 160\\nacres of land, which was forest covered, and re-\\nquired many long years of laborious toil to improve\\nit into the fine and highl} cultivated farm that it is\\nto-d.iy 12.i acres of it are cleared and under\\ntillage, and he has erected ample and conveniently\\narranged buildings for agricultural purposes, and\\nhas H neat and comfortable dwelling. Thus his\\nenergy, wise management, thrift and enterprise,\\nhave brought him a sure reward, and he is num-\\nbered among the substantial and reliable fanners\\nof Allen Township.\\nDuring the many years that have elapsed since\\nour subject first came to Michigan in the prime and\\nvigor of early inaiiliood, he has not always toiled\\nalone, but in a few years after coming here his per-\\nsistent industry and careful economy enabled him\\nto establish a home, and Oct. 17, 1849, he was\\nmarried to Miss Clarissa A. AVilcox. in Dover,\\nLenawee County. She has, indeed, proved herself\\nto be a faithful companion and an ever ready help-\\nmate, making his interests her own, and cheerfully\\nco-operating with him in the upbuilding of their\\npleasant home. She is, like liimself, of New England\\nantecedents, her parents, Albert and Mary (Conger)\\nWilcox, being natives respectively of Berkshire\\nCounty, Mass., and Connecticut. They first settled\\nin AVheeler, Steuben Co., N. Y., where the mother\\ndied. In 1836 the father removed to Michigan\\nwith his family, and settled in Dearborn, W.-iyne\\nCountj where he remained for three ears. Subse-\\nquently he removed to Bridgewater, Washtenaw\\nCo., Mich., whence he went in 1840 to take up\\nhis abode in Lenawee County, living in Cam-\\nbridge, and afterward in Dover Township. We\\nnext hear of him in Allen Township, Hillsdale\\nCounty, but he afterward returned to Lenawee\\nCounty, and has ever since remained a resident of\\nthat county, and is now living in Adrian at an\\nadvanced age. Mrs. Ranney w;u5 born in Wheeler,\\nSteuben Co., N. Y., July 31, 1830. The death\\nof their beloved child, Caroline E.. at the age of\\nseven years, w.as a sad blow to her and her hus-\\nband, but in their firm faith and trust in Him\\nWho doeth all things well, they mourned not as\\nthose without hope.\\nMr. Ranney has ever been active and influential\\nin promoting the advancement and best interests of\\nAllen Township, and his fellow-citizens, recogniz-\\ning in him a man of good business hal)its, probity,\\nand stability of character, have often chosen him\\nto fill some responsible ollice, and by his able and\\nconscientious discharge of the duties imposed upon\\nhim in public life he has fully justified their confi-\\ndence in him. At an early day he was one of the\\nTownship Assessors, has been Township Treasurer.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0883.jp2"}, "884": {"fulltext": "-I\\n872\\n~^B 4\u00c2\u00bb\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nand has also served as Highway Comraissioner and\\nDrain Commissioner. In politics he is allied with\\nthe Republicans.\\nMr. and Mrs. Ranne3 are prominent members of\\nAllen Grange, P. of H., of which he has been\\nMaster for several terms, and also Overseer and\\nChaplain. Our subject also belongs to Pomona\\nGrange, of Hillsdale County. Mr. and Mrs. Ranney\\nbelong to the Methodist Elpiscopal Church, in\\nwhich they have always been zealous workers, and\\nhave contributed largely to the support of the\\nGospel in this community, and Mr. Ranney has\\nserved the church as Steward.\\nm-^\\n*UDGE DANIEL L. PRATT came to South-\\nI ern Michigan and this county on the 25th\\nI day of October, 1S45. He at once opened a\\nv^/y law office in the embryo city of Hillsdale, and\\nthere began the career which has since been prose-\\ncuted with so much honor. He was at once recog-\\nnized as a man destined to become prominent in\\npublic affairs, and after tilling various positions of\\ntrust and responsibility, was, in the fall of 1856,\\nelected Prosecuting Attorney of Hillsdale County.\\nHe served two terms in this responsible position.\\nIn 1867 he was a member of the Constitutional\\nConvention, for the revision of the constitution of\\nthe State, and was Chairman of the Committee on\\nBill of Rights; was also a member of the Judici-\\nary Committee; vvas appointed by Gov. Blair a\\nTrustee of the Michigan Asylum for the Insane, and\\nre-appointed by Gov. Crapo, serving as a member\\nof this board for a period of twelve j-ears. For\\nmany years he has bf)rne a conspicuous part in the\\ncouncils of the Republican party.\\nIn 1869, our subject received the honorable title\\nof Judge, by being elected to preside over the\\nCourt of the First Judicial Circuit of Michigan,\\ncomprising the counties of Hillsdale, Lenawee and\\nMonroe. After serving six years, he was, in the\\nspring of 1875, re-elected without any opposition.\\nThe Democratic party made no nomination against\\nhim. He occupied the bench twelve 3 ears. and\\nthen retiring from the more active duties of official\\nlife, turned his attention to his law practice, in\\nwhich he still continues. His business affairs have\\nbeen admirably managed, and he invested a part\\nof ills capital in a good farm, a portion of wiiich\\nlies within the corporate limits of Hillsdale. The\\nsubstantial family residence, which is built of brick\\nand is of imposing proportions, stands on an emi-\\nnence overlooking the city, and is a point of at-\\ntraction to all vvho visit tliat vicinity. The Judge\\nhas been so closely identified with the various\\ninterests of this part of the .State, that his name is\\nas a household vvord among its people.\\nThe e.arly j ears of the subject of this sketch were\\npassed among the rugged hills of New England,\\nhis birthplace having been in Plainfield, Hampshire\\nCo., Mass., where he first opened his eyes to\\nthe light on the 24th of June, 1820. His father,\\nAVilliam Pratt, was a substantial farmer of the Bay\\nState, and with his wife, who in her girlhood was\\nMiss Lovina Coulson, vvas also a native there.\\nAfter uniting their fortunes, tlie3 emigrated to\\nthe young State of Ohio, locating near the little\\nhamlet of Chester, in Geauga County, about 1830.\\nOur subject, at the time of his removal, was a lad\\nten years of age, and assisted his parents in the\\nlabors of building up a home in that new region.\\nHis parents there si)ent the remainder of their lives.\\nTheir family included fourteen children, of whom\\nsix are yet living.\\nJudge Pratt pursued his studies in the pioneer\\nschools of Geauga Count} and later attended\\nGranville Academy, after which he occupied him-\\nself as a teacher. Later he took up his residence\\nin Lancaster, where, in connection with his duties\\nas teacher, he began the study of law in the office\\nof John T. Brazee. In connection with his law\\nstudies, he availed himself of the instruction given\\nat Greenfield Academy, under the tutelage of Prof.\\nWilliams, a noted linguist and scholar. In 1844\\nhe was admitted to the bar at Newark, Ohio, and\\nthe year following left the Buckeye State and took\\nup his residence in this county, as we have already\\nindicated.\\nBefore leaving Ohio, however, our subject had\\ntaken unto himself a wife and helpmate. Miss Jane\\nNewkirk, the wedding being celebrated at the home\\nof the bride, in the town of Bloom, Ohio, Oct. 25,\\n1844. Mrs. Pratt was born in January, 1821, in", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0884.jp2"}, "885": {"fulltext": ":t\\nIIILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n873\\n4\\nBloom, Ohio, .and is tiie daugiiter of Tunis .ind\\nSusannah Ncwiiirk, natives of West Virginia. Tliey\\nspent their l.a.st years in Oiiio. 1 o tlio .ludgeand liis\\nestimable lady there were born eight children, four\\nof vvhomarenow living, viz: Mary, wlio resides at\\nhome; Daniel L., Jr.,is a real-estate dealer at Sioux\\nCity, Iowa; Charles W. is practicing law at Edger-\\nton. Dak.; .lennie M. is tiie wife of Lieut. J.\\nGreen, of P t. Sissiton, Dak.\\nJudge Pratt is fond of agriculture and the de-\\nlights of rural life, especially stock-raising, and has\\nsome fine Jersej cattle. He has donated tliousands\\nof dollars to the educational institutions of Hills-\\ndale, besides giving largely of his time to their\\nestablishment and maintenance. Politically, he is a\\nstanch Rci)ublican. He and his family are mem-\\nbers of the Presbyterian (I hurch.\\n11^ AVID COPK, farmer and stock-raiser, by\\nhis careful and judicious ra.anagement of\\nhis agricultural interests on section .5, is\\ndoing his part to sustain the reputation of\\nCamden Township as one of the most productive\\nregions of Hillsdale County. He is a native of\\nIndiana, and was born in Steuben County. Jan. 1,\\n1852. He is a son of the well-known Dr. Thomas\\nand I.ucena Cope, natives of Pennsylvania, who\\nsettled in the primeval forests of Steuben County\\nin its early liistorj-, and are regarded as representa-\\ntive pioneers. The mother of our subject died in\\n1855. To her and her husband had been born\\neight children, two of whom are deceased. Their\\nreconl is as follows: Jlelvina is the wife of John\\nShell, of Nebraska; Lucena is the wife of Heiu y\\nCook, also of Nebraska; Sarah is the wife of Orin\\nOdell, of Camden Townslii[); Samuel lives in Iowa;\\nEleanor is the wife of John Oberst, of Nebraska;\\nDavid, our subject; Mary and Marie, deceased.\\nBy a second marriage Dr. Cope had three children,\\ntwo of whom are living, Simon and Millard; Fre-\\nmont is the name of the child who died. Dr. Cope,\\nnow in his sevent^ -ninth j ear, is living with his\\nchildren. He is one of the oldest and longest set-\\ntled physicians in Steuben County, having practiced\\nthere for many years, and is widely known and hon-\\nored. He also owns a fine farm in that county,\\nwhich he formerly managed in connection with his\\nprofession.\\nOui- subject was reared until his fourteenth year\\non his father s farm in Steuben County, receiving\\nthe advantages of a public-school education. As\\nhe grew up to be capable, active and strong, the\\nlife to which he h.ad been bre l possessed more at-\\ntraction to him than any other, so he decided to\\npermanently engage in agricultural pursuits, and\\nhas thus far met with encouraging success.\\nB^^ his marriage with Miss Eveline Smith. Dec.\\n14, 1874, Mr. Cope secured an able assistant and a\\ndevoted companion, one who sympathised with him,\\nand enteied into his plans for making a home. She\\nwas born in Williams Count} Ohio. Sept. 30, 1855.\\na daughter of Lester and Harriet Smith, pioneers of\\nthat count} Her father died there in 1855; her\\nmother is still living in AVilliams County. The\\nwedded life of Mr. and Mis. Cope has been blessed\\nby tlie birth of live children, of whom the eldest,\\nMyrtie. born Dec. 20, 1870, died Feb. 18, 1877.\\nThose living are: Earl, liorn Feb. 19, 1878; Floyd,\\nMay 14, 1880; Hoy, Sept. 16, 1882, and Harriet,\\nOct. 27, 1884.\\nIn 1875 our subject and his .young wife came to\\nCamden Township to make their home. Mr. Cope\\nbought his present f;irni at that time, which by\\nintelligent cultivation and incessant t(jil he has\\nbrouglit into a line state of tillage, so that it ranks\\nwith some of the most productive in the neighlmr-\\nhood. It com|)rises si.xty acres of land, adapted\\nboth to raising cereals and vegetables, or to rais-\\ning stock. To the latter branch of agriculture\\nhe litis paid much attention with good results, and\\nhis sleek, well-kept cattle compare favorably with\\nany others in this locality. He has a good class of\\nbuildings on his place and a comfortable dwelling,\\nwhich the cheerful greeting and ready hospitality\\nof his wife, and his own cordial welcome, render\\nvery attractive to the many frienils whom they have\\ngathered about them since the} took up their abode\\nin this township.\\nMr. Cope is a man of sterling worth and a high\\nsense of honor, with earnest and thoughtful views on\\nthe imporUuit questions of life. In politics he gen-\\n*T", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0885.jp2"}, "886": {"fulltext": "a.\\n874\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nerally votes for whom he thinks the best man for the\\noffice. In religion lioth lie and his wife are sincere\\nChristians, and are active memhers of the United\\nBrethren Church, of which he is Steward.\\nOHN DALEY, proprietor of a good farm of\\n100 acres on section 16 in Cambria Town-\\nship, came to this place in December. 1877.\\n^^1/ Here he has since operated with good results,\\nhaving liis land under a fine state of cultivation,\\nand is sup])lied with good buildings, a fair assort-\\nment of live stock, and the other adjuncts of a well\\nconducted home. For j ears he was a resident of\\nReading Township.\\nThe early home of our subject was on the other\\nside of the Atlantic, in County Cork, Ireland,\\nwhere his birth took place Aug. 11, 1833. His\\nparents. Cornelius and Mary (Fitzpatrick) Dale}\\nwere also natives of Count} Cork, but of Scotch\\nancesirj After the birth of three children, Ann,\\nJohn, and Patrick, Jr., the parents gathered together\\ntheir personal effects, and embarked on a sailing-ves-\\nsel for the United States. Upon reaching Ameri-\\ncan soil they located in Onondaga Countj% N. Y.,\\nwhere they lived about fifteen years, and where\\ntheir eldest child died about 1853. aged twenty-two\\nyears.\\nIn 1854 Cornelius Dale} made anothei removal,\\ncoming to this State, and locating first in Quincy,\\nBranch County. Later he removed to Reading\\nTownship, this county, where he passed his Last\\ndays, dying in 1802, at the age of seventy-eight.\\nThe mother is still living, having now reached the\\nadvanced age of eighty -three, and makes her home\\nwith her son John, our subject. She and her hus-\\nband were hard-working people, exerting themselves\\nto their full strength in keeping even with the world,\\nand making a good home for themselves and their\\nchildren.\\nJohu Daley was educated in the schools of the\\nEmpire State, and after coming to Reading Town-\\nship, this county, married Miss Lorain Comstock,\\nwho was born in Wheatland Township, Dec. 31,\\n1848. Her parents. Job and Anna (Holdridge)\\nComstock, were natives of New York, and early\\nsettlers of Lenawee Count} Mich. The father\\nlabored industriously at subduing the soil, and in\\ntime became the owner of eighty acres of land\\nwhere the city of Adrian now stands. He came\\nfrom a good family, being a cousin of Darius Com-\\nstock, the founder of that city. Job Comstock lost\\nhis first wife in Adrian, and was married again in\\nWheatland Township, whence he finally removed to\\nBranch County, purchasing a farm in Algansee\\nTownship, where he spent his last days, his death\\ntaking place March 20, 1871; he was born April\\n18. 1794. The mother of Mrs. Daley was born\\nMay 19, 1806, and died Oct 11, 1864. Mr. Cora-\\nstock was a Republican in politics, and religiously,\\na Universalist in belief. His estimable wife belongs\\nto the Methodist Church.\\nMrs. Daley was the youngest of six children born\\nto her parents, and was reared in Wheatland Town-\\nship, continuing under the home roof until her mar-\\nriage. Of her union with our subject there are five\\nchildren, namely: Marian, born Aug. 12, 1867;\\nRoss, March 26, 1869; Ernest, March 29, 1871;\\nLynn, May 7, 1873, and Grace, June 7, 1876. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Daley lived for some time after their\\nmarriage in Reading Township, whence they re-\\nmoved to Cambria Township. Our subject is a\\nRepublican in politics, and with his estimable wife,\\nis an active member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch. Their daughter iMarian is a very intelli-\\ngent and accomplished young lady, having pursued\\nher studies in Hillsdale College, and is now a teacher\\nin the district school.\\n^^8^\\n(t^ I^ILLIAM FRENCH. The name of this\\n\\\\rJ// honored old pioneer is widely and favor-\\n\\\\l^ ably known throughout the greater part of\\nHillsd.ile County, to which he came when Michigan\\nwas a Territory. His birthplace was on the other\\nside of the Atlantic, in Leicestershire, England, and\\nhe first opened his eyes to the light on the 5th of\\nOctober, 1812. His father, Thomas French, a\\nnative of the same county as his son, and of pure\\nEnglish ancestry, took for his wife Miss Sarah Payne,\\nwho spent lier entire life upon her native soil of\\nLeicestershiie. .She passed from earth in middle", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0886.jp2"}, "887": {"fulltext": "J*\\nI\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n875 V\\nlife, leaving a faiiiil} of seven ciiildren. The father\\nsiiliscqiienlly married Miss Harriet Pine, and emi-\\ngrated with his family to the United States in 182)S.\\nTliey located first in Erie County, Pa., near the\\ntown of the same name, where they resided six\\nyears, and where the father carried on farming. In\\n1834, not satisfied with his condition or his pros-\\npects in the Kej stone State, he made his way to\\nSouthern Michigan and located in Fayette Town-\\nsiiip, this county, upon a tract of Government\\nland.\\nThomas French, however, not j-et settlevl to his\\nsatisfaction, sohl this property also, and purchased\\na quarter-section in another part of the town-\\nship. Witli this also he parted not long after-\\nwanl, and going into Scipio Township, there\\nspent his last da^ s, dying at the advanced age of\\nseventy-eight years. His last wife survived him a\\nfew years, and then she too passed away at the\\nhomestead in Scipio Township. Both were mem-\\nbers of the Church of England, in the doctrines of\\nwhich they had been carefully trained lij their re-\\nspective parents.\\nThe subject of this sketch is pleasantly located on\\nsection 1 3, in Cambria Township, on a tract of\\neighty acres, which, when coming into his possession,\\nin the summer of 1836, was a solid piece of timber\\nland. lie did not locate upon it, however, until\\nnine years afterward, but lived in and around\\nHillsdale and .lonesville, occupying himself at what-\\never he could liud to do. In 1845 he removed to\\nhis land, the improvement and cultivation of which\\nhe began in earnest, and which now for many years\\nback has been a source of a comfortable income. In\\n1835 he also entered eighty acres on section 29 of\\nJefferson Township, which, however, he never lived\\nujion.\\nWilliam French was sixteen years of age when he\\nleft his native England. lie continued with liis\\nparents in Pennsylvania during six years of their\\nstay there, then determined to see something of the\\nWestern country, made his w.ay to Detroit, via a\\nlake schooner and thence overland on foot to this\\ncounty, via the Chicago Turnpike, and sought out\\nthe land which had been entered by the fatlier near\\nthe present village of .lonesville, which of course\\nh.ad not then been thought of. They did not see\\nthe smoke from a settler s cabin for miles and miles,\\nand to saj that no little courage was required to\\nventure out on such an expedition, is a very faint\\nstatement of the case.\\nWhen the French family settled in the wilds of\\nwhat was afterward Cambria Township, the first\\nbusiness was to clear a piece of ground large enough\\nfor a cabin and a garden spot, and the next to sow\\na small area of wheat and put in their crop of corn.\\nThe first winter wjis fraught with many hardships\\nand privations, but each twelve months that passed\\nlessened their difficulties, and in due time life\\nbecame easier for all concerned.\\nAfter the removal of the French family to Scipio\\nTownship, William, our subject, continued in Cam-\\nbria. He gained a thorough insight into the best\\nmethods of tilling the soil of a new country, and in\\nthe spring of 18G4 considered that he could with\\npropriety establish a home of his own. With this\\nobject in view, he was married, on the 5th of April,\\nthat year, to a maiden of Fayette Township, Miss\\nClarissa Hates, a native of Ohio, who had come to\\nMichigan with her parents in 1835. In the Huck-\\neve State her early home vvas the farm of her father\\nin Perry Township, Geauga County, where her birth\\ntook place on the 10th of August, 1820. Her\\nparents, Caleb and Maria (White) Bates, were\\nnatives of Mass.aciiusetts, whence they emigratetl\\nearly in life to the Terrritory of Ohio, and were\\nthere married. They settled in Geauga Countj\\nwhence after the birth of several children they re-\\nmoved to Michigan Territory, arriving in this\\ncounty in February, 1835. Their journey was pros-\\necuted in a manner similar to that of the French\\nfamily, and Mr. Bates took up a tract of land of 240\\nacres in extent in Fayette Township. There he\\nlived and labored to establish a comfortable home\\nfor his family, and was permitted to see the coun-\\ntry develop around him, and the wilderness trans-\\nformed into pnxluctive fielils and fine homesteads.\\nHis ileath took place in Fayette Township in the\\nyear 1 854. wlien he w.as sixty-three j-ears old. The\\nmother survived her husband a few yeai-s, and also\\ndied under the old rooftree, aged sixty-four.\\nMrs. French was the eldest daughter and fourth\\nchild of her parents, and became well fitted to share\\nthe labors and struggles of the pioneer. She proved", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0887.jp2"}, "888": {"fulltext": "876\\n11\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nthe able assistant of her hushand. and has done her\\npart toward accumulating tlie comfortable property\\nwhich they now enjoy. Although no children\\ncame to bless their union, they have gained much\\nsatisfaction from life, and enjoj in a marked de-\\ngree the confidence and esteem of their neighbors.\\nair. French cast his first Presidential vote for Jack-\\nson, and since that time has been an uncompromising\\nDemocrat. He has represented Cambria Township\\nin the County Board of !-lupervisors three terms in\\nsuccession, held the office of Highway Commissioner,\\nand in other respects has been the object of trust\\nand confidence by his fellow-citizens.\\nThe experience of Mr. and Mrs. French, if detailed\\nat length, would form a good-sized volume of won-\\nders and interesting incidents. At the time of\\ntheir settlement in this county wild animals were\\nplentiful, and roamed unrestrained through the for-\\nests, where not even a road had been laid out. Mr.\\nFrench, having a sweet tooth in his head, traveled\\nover the greater part of the township through the\\ndense timber over the snow looking for bee trees,\\nwhich at that season of the year would be marked by\\nthe dead insects Ij ing on the white ground around\\nthem. While on one of these expeditions Mr.\\nFrench espied a large hollow tree, to which he has-\\ntened, fully expecting to find the busy little insects\\nor their honied store, but as he approached the tree\\nhe was confronted by a large she bear, who looked\\nat him and challenged his further advance. He\\npointed his trust} rifle and pulled the trigger, but\\nthe manner in which the animal made off led him\\nto suppose he had failed to hit his mark. She passed\\nout of sight and he supposed she had escaped,\\nbut a short time later, to his surprise, found her lying\\ndead a few rods away. No sooner had the old bear\\nleft the spot than four more not quite fully grown\\ncame to the front, but as Mr. Frencli had only an\\nempty gun with which to fight them he decided\\nthat discretion would be the better part of valor,\\nand allowed them to make their escape. They\\nmade no effort to attack him, but trotted off over\\nthe snow, which, being covered with ice, in most\\nplaces bore their weight. 1 his happened on school\\nsection 16, in the township of Cambria.\\nMr. French at one time lived upon ground which\\nnow comprises the present city of Hillsdale, when\\nhe was the onl} settler in that locality for miles.\\nTlie Lidians had n( t left the country, and he be-\\ncame well acquainted with the half-lirecd chief Bob\\nBees, who was well known by the early settlers.\\nWhere the Sutten Block now stands in the city of\\nHillsdale, Mr. French once cut down a tree to get\\na coon, the hide of which he sold for fifty cents, a\\nsum of money which went a long way in those daj s.\\nTo the intelligent individual of to-day there is no\\nmore pleasing entertainment than to listen to the\\nrecital of a living witness of pioneer life in the\\nTerritory of Michigan, and Mr. French, in his quaint\\nmanner of detailing the events of, that time, never\\nfails of finding an interested audience.\\nALEB A. MAPLE.S isapnmiinent farmer of\\nI iltsford Township, of which he has long been\\n^^iiJl a respected citizen. He is a son of one of\\nthe earliest settlers of Lenawee County, and his own\\nresidence in Southern Michigan dates farther back\\nthan that of most of the pioneers of this part of the\\nState. He was born in the town of Ontario, Wayne\\nCo., N. Y., June 28, 1827, and is a son of Samuel\\nL. A. Maples, who was born in Connecticut, Sept.\\n17, 1803. William M.iples, the grandfather of our\\nsubject, also a native of that New England State,\\nand a farmer, was a Revolutionary sohlier. In\\n1815 he moved to the State of New Y ork, and\\nbought a tract of timber land in Ontario, an im-\\nproved a farm. After the death of his wife, he\\nlived with his son. father of our subject, and died\\nat his home in what is now Madison Township,\\nLenawee Countj-.\\nThe father of our subject was twelve years old\\nwhen his parents moved to the State of New York,\\nwhere the remaining years of his boyhood were\\npassed, and was there subsequently married to\\nAchsa Iloisington. daughter of Velona Hoisington,\\na soldier of the Revolution. She w.as born in\\nOneida County, N. Y Aug. 6, 1805. After mar-\\nriage they continued to reside in Ontario Township\\nfor some years. In the fall of 1829 they resolved\\nto make a new start in the world, and try life in one\\nof the settlements that were springing up in the for-\\nests of Southern Michigan, so they started with their\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0888.jp2"}, "889": {"fulltext": "u\\nII\\nhillsdalp: coumty.\\n877\\ntwo children, in a wagon drawn by two horses, for\\ntiielr future iiome, making the entire journey in\\nthat manner. On their arrival in Lenawee County,\\nMr. Maples took up a tract of land which is now\\nincluded in the city of Adrian, a part of it being the\\nland on which the depot is uow located. After en-\\ntering the land at the land-oflice in Monroe, he com-\\nmenced its improvement, his first work being to\\nbuild a shanty with a roof of shakes to shelter his\\nfamily, who, in the meantime, had been staying\\nwith a brother-in-law. After living in Adrian for\\nfive years, Mr. Maples traded his place there for a\\ntract of land in Pittsford Township, but rented a\\nfarm for two years in Adrian before locating here.\\nAfter moving here he built a log house, and im-\\nmediately commenced to cut off the trees from his\\nland, which was situated on sections 25 and 26,\\nand was then heavily timbered. Four or five years\\nlater he sold that farm and bought one on section\\n27, a few acres of which were cleared, and a log\\nhouse stood thereon. He lived in this townslii|) for\\nseveral years, but spent his last years in Cambria\\nTownship, and his wife passed her declining years\\nwith the subject of our sketch. They were singu-\\nlarly upright, honest and industrious people, and\\neasil} won the respect and confidence of those about\\nthem.\\nTheir son. Calcl) A., of whom we write, was but\\ntwo years old when his parents brought him to\\nMichigan, so tiiat almost his entire life has been\\npassed in this .Stale. The tovvn of Adrian, in which\\nhis parents first made their home, was tiien but an\\ninsignificant hamlet, with only a few log houses,\\nand one small grocery store. Tecumseh was the\\nnearest milling point, and when a large amoinil of\\n.supplies was wanted, they were procured at Detroit,\\nwhich then seemed a long journey from Adrian,\\nthrough dense and sometimes almost pathless for-\\nests, and where there were roads they were gener-\\nally very poorly constructed. The mother of our\\nsubject used to spin and weave flax and wool for\\nall the clothing of the family. Calel) A. lived with\\nhis parents until nineteen j-ears of age, and, molded\\nby the stern influences of a pioneer life, grew to be\\na strong, self-reliant, manly, energetic young man,\\nand at the age nieulioned set forth to face the\\nworld, and unaided fight for himself the battles of\\nlife. He first proceeded to Calhoun County, where\\nhe worked eight months on a farm, and he then re-\\nturned to this county. Two 3 ears later, by pru-\\ndence, industry and wise management, he had m.adc\\nsuch a good start that he was enabled to establish\\na home, and married, Dec. 24, 1848, Miss S. E.\\nSmith, who was born in Wheatland, Monroe Co.,\\nN. Y., March 3, 1830, and came to Michigan with\\nher parents in 1837, remaining with them until her\\nmarriage. Of this union three children have been\\nborn, as follows: Fidello D. lives in Pittsford Town-\\nship; Salinda is the wife of Franklin Day, and they\\nlive in Pittsford Township; Etna A. is the wife of\\nFernando D.ay, and they live in Hudson Township.\\nMrs. Maples father, William C. Smith, was born in\\nDalton, Berkshire Co., Mass. His father w.-is a native\\nof German} and came to America with his parents,\\nand settled for a time in Massachusetts. From there\\nhe removed with his famil} to Wheatland, N. Y.,\\nwhere he bought land, and remained a resident of\\nthat town until death. Mrs. Maples father grew to\\nmanhood in his native State, .alid afterward bought\\nland in Wheatland, whence he came with his wife\\nand seven children, in 1837, to Michigan. He\\nlocated on the fort} acres of land which he had\\npreviously purchased on section 27, Pittsford Town-\\nship. The land w.as heavily timbered, and there\\nwas a small log cabin on it, which he soon replaced\\nby a good log house. He and his wife continued to\\nreside on tlie homestead, which by their unceasing\\ntoil they had improved from a wild condition to a\\nvaluable farm, until death, his occurring Sept. 14,\\n1864, and hers May 4, 1861. Her maiden name\\nW!is Betsy Richmond, and she w.as born in Massa-\\nchusetts. When they became pioneers of this county\\nit was very sparsely settled, and the few roads\\nconnecting the different settlements were of the\\nvery roughest description, sometimes degenerating\\ninto mere trails, and as an illustration of the length\\nof time that it took to journey from one place to\\nanother, we will instance their journey from their\\nold home in New York to their future home. They\\ncame by the way of canal and lake to Toledo, it\\ntaking days to go the distance that may now be\\ntraversed in a few hours; from there they embarked\\non the primitive railway for Adrian, its western\\nterminus; thence with horses to Medina, whence\\ni~", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0889.jp2"}, "890": {"fulltext": "I\\n4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\n878\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nthe i-eraainder of their journey was aceoniplished\\nwith an ox-le;un from that town to their destina-\\ntion in Pittsford Township the distanee was seven\\nmiles, and they were two days in traversing it.\\nAfter marriage our subject bought forty acres\\nof land on section 34. southwest of the northeast\\nquarter, and there lieing a log house on the place,\\nin that hundilc abode he and his young bride com-\\nmenced their wedded life together. With her hearty\\nco-operation, he became very prosperous, and was\\nsoon enabled to add to his landed estate by other\\npurchases, and now he has a fine farm of ninetj\\nacres, which is not surjiassed in productiveness and\\nvalue by any other in the township. He has erected\\nan ample set of frame buildings, and built liis pres-\\nent neat and comfortable residence in 1872.\\nMr. Maples life record thus far has been an hon-\\norable one; as a citizen he is faithful and patriotic,\\nearnestly desiring to promote the best interests of\\nthe township of wliich he has so long licen a resi-\\ndent; as a neighbor he is eminently trustworthy, is\\na safe counselor, and has won the confidence and\\nfriend hip of all who liave h.ad dealings with him;\\nin his own houseiiold he has ever been a kiiLd hus-\\nband and an indulgent father. In politics Mr. M.\\nis a Democrat.\\n?KH\\n4\\n^IIDKON L. AND MARCUS D. EMERSON,\\n11 !_-. who have lived together many years in\\n^^^/J) Wright Township, are natives of Paines-\\nville, Ohio, the former boin April 28, 1818, in a\\nlog cabin, and the latter .Tuly 26, 182o. in a frame\\nhouse. They are the sons of George W. Emerson,\\na native of Wendell. Mass., whose father, Jesse\\nEmerson, is believed to have been a native of the\\nsame State, and of English ancestry. He owned a\\nfarm in the vicinity of Wendell, from which he re-\\nmoved, in 1810, with his three sons to Ohio, and\\nspent his last j cars at Painesville, that State.\\nThe lather of our subject grew to manhood in\\nhis native State, where he was married before set-\\nting out for Ohio. Besides his parents and his two\\nbrothers, he was accompanieil by three other fami-\\nlies, and the entire journey was made overland\\n^1\\nwith horses and wagons. Lake County at that time\\nwas but thinly settled and was largely a timbered\\ncounti-y. George Emerson had traded his farm of\\nseventy acres in Massachusetts for 400 acres of\\nland in Ohio. 200 of which were in the vicinity of\\nPainesville, then a very unpretentious town, and a\\npart of which is now included in the city limits.\\nHis first business was to put up a log house, and in\\nthat humble dwelling were born the brothers of\\nwhom we now write. The father possessed the true\\npioneer si)irit, and entered with courage and resolu-\\ntion upon the tvork of clearing the land and bring-\\ning the soil to a productive condition. After a\\nresidence there of a little more than twenty years,\\nat the end of which he was still hale and vigorous,\\nhe resolved to change his residence to the Territory\\nof Michigan, and settled upon the ground which\\nnow constitutes a part of the town of Erie, in Mon-\\nroe Count} He proceeded as before, battling with\\nthe elements of a new soil and clim.ate, until the\\nspring of 183C, when he sold his land with the in-\\ntention if removing to the western jwrt of the Ter-\\nritory. The mother, however, being taken ill, he\\nabandoned his plans for the time and rented a place\\nnear by, thinking to make a removal the following\\nyear. In the winter, however, he was himself\\nseized with fatal illness, and died in February,\\n1837. The mother survived her husband many\\n3 ears, and spent her last days with her sons of this\\nsketch, her death taking pl.ace April 19, 1860. Her\\nmaiden name was Lucy Lee. the daughter of Gid-\\neon Lee, of Amherst, Mass, where she was born.\\nThe Lees were for many generations born and\\nreared in the Bay State, and were, it is believed, of\\nEnglish descent.\\nGeorge AV. and Lucy (Lee) Emerson, became\\nthe parents of nine children, five sons and four\\ndaughters. Seven of these grew to mature years.\\nLucy, the eldest daughter, was twice married, first\\nto N. G. Palmer, and sul)sequently to Alexander\\nliivingston, and died in Kewanee, III.; Jesse W. is\\na resident of Concord, Lake Co., Ohio; George\\ndied in North Toledo, that State; also Gideon L.\\nand Aaron; Martha died in Erie, Monroe County,\\nthis State.\\nGideon L. Emerson w.as a hul of thirteen years\\nwhen he came to the Territory of Michigan with his", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0890.jp2"}, "891": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n879\\nf\\nparents. Deer, wolves and wild turkey were plenti-\\nful, and Bean Creek Valley was then a wilderness,\\niininliabiled by man. The boundary line had not\\nyet been established between Michigan and Ohio,\\nand the questions arising as to its location precipi-\\ntated what was then called the Toledo War, and\\nill which Gideon L. engaged, although but a boy.\\nHe cidistcd in a company of artillery under Capt.\\nMcBride, and they repaired to Toledo, which was\\nthen but a hamlet of a few log and frame houses.\\nThey camiied amid the stumps and logs on the\\npresent site of the cit3^ In a short time the trouble\\nwas adjusted .ind the volunteers dispersed and re-\\nturned home.\\nAt the time the Emerson brothers settled with\\ntheir parents in Monroe County there were no rail-\\nroads in Michigan, and but little prospect of the\\npresent importance of this State. Gideon L. was a\\nyouth of eighteen years at the time of his father s\\ndeath, and the year following, acconi])anied by a\\nbrother, he went into Van Bureu County and lo-\\ncated on a tract of land which his fatlier had pur-\\nchased. The embryo toivn of Detroit was then\\n100 miles distant, and constituted their nearest\\nmarket and depot for supplies. Indians still lin-\\ngered in this section of countr)-, and looked with\\ncurious, and not always friendly, eyes upon the en-\\ncroachments of the white man. Young Emerson\\nremained a few months on this land, his shelter\\nbeing a log house, then returning to Monroe County,\\nhe continued with his mother until the spring of\\n1852. He now came into Wright Townsliip and\\npurchased twenty acres of land on section 33, upon\\nwhich was a log house and stable, and space enough\\ncleared for a small garden spot. He was .accom-\\npanied to this place by his famil} and taking pos-\\nsession of the best shelter afforded them, they\\ncommenced clearing the land, and in due time began\\nto feel considerably encouraged as to the prospect\\nbefore them. Mr. Emerson added to the first pur-\\nchase until he became the owner of eighty acres,\\nwith which he subsequently parted and purchased\\nthe farm which he now occupies. Here he has\\nmade his home since 1866, and brought about\\nthe improvements which arc highly creditable to\\nthe labors and good judgment of both the brothers.\\nThe homestead includes a good set of frame build-\\nings, a fair assortment of live stock, and the farm\\nmachinery necessary to operate in a prolitalile and\\nadvantageous manner.\\nGideon L. Emerson, on tlu^ Titli of November,\\n1848, was united in marriage with Miss Emoline\\nD. Sexton, who was Ijorn in Vermont, Dec. 8,\\n1828, and is the daughter of Earl and Ester Sex-\\nton, who are s;!i)p()sed to have been natives of the\\nsame State. In 1829 they took up their residence\\nin Bethanj Genesee Co., N. Y., whence two years\\nlater they emigrated to the Territory of Micliigan\\nand settled in Monroe County. There Mr. Sexton\\ndied in 1834, five days after the decease of his\\nwife. Their family consisted of five children. Mrs.\\nEmerson after the death of her parents returned to\\nErie County, Pa., and made her home with an aunt\\nuntil reaching womanhood, when she came a second\\ntime to this State, and lived with her uncle in Mon-\\nroe County until after her marriage.\\nMarcus D. Emerson was in the twelfth year of\\nhis age at the time of his father s death, and con-\\ntinued with his mother until reaching manhood.\\nHe has never married, but since coming to this\\ncounty, in 1852, has been carrying on farming\\nmostly with his brother, Gideon L., with w hom he\\nhas made his home. The Emerson brothers since\\nthe organization of the Republican partj have fol-\\nlowed its fortunes, and given their inlluence in\\nsupport of its principles.\\n^S^ JS\\nsfJStf^-**^**?\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n\u00c2\u00ab^;LEXANDER TOPE. The subject of this\\n^//J V sketch was born in Troy, N. Y., Nov. 19,\\nll\\\\ 1820, and in the fifteenth year of his .age\\ncame to this county with his parents, set-\\ntling in Scipio Township, of which he has been a\\nresident now for a period of over fifty years. His\\npresent home is on section 23, where he owns\\neight} acres of the original farm which was taken\\nupby his father from the Government. The latter,\\nCapt. Oliver C. Pope, was born May 1, 1793, in\\nMassachusetts, and during his earlj life followed\\nthe sea, making his first voyage when about eight-\\neen years old. Subsequently, during the War of\\n1812, he shipped in the United States service, on\\nthe brig Cvrene, and when off the coast of\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0891.jp2"}, "892": {"fulltext": "-U\\ni^h-^\\n880\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nt\\nAfrica, was, with the balance of the crew, captiived\\nby the British and sent to the Cape of Good Hope,\\nwhere he was held a prisoner a year, then sent to\\nDartmoor Prison, England, where he was confined\\nuntil peace w.as declared between the United States\\nand the mother conntr} For some years after\\nbeing released he vvas engaged in the merchant\\nservice, and finally followed the Hudson River as\\nCaptain of a packet for several years. He gradu-\\nally migrated to the business of a landsman, en-\\ngaging first in the lumber trade in New York City\\nuntil the latter part of 1 835.\\nIn August of the j^ear mentioned, Capt. Pope,\\nresolved upon seeing st)incthing of the Great West,\\nmade his waj to the Territory of Michigan, and\\ntaking up a tract of land on section 23, in Scipio\\nTownship, followed agricultural pursuits until his\\ndeath, which occurred June 1, 1878. The mother,\\nwho in her girlhood w.as Miss Catherine Ham, was\\nborn in Brunswick, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., July 6,\\n1801, and became the wife of Ca|)t. Oliver C. Pope\\nin the city of Troy about 181 J. Of the three chil-\\ndren born of this union only one lived to mature\\nyears, Alexander, the subject of this sketch. The\\nelder Pope was a man of great force of character,\\nand after coming to this county fully identified\\nhimself with its interests and its people. He was\\nJustice of the Peace in Scipio Township, and at\\none time took the census of the entire county.\\nResolute and energetic, he never evaded any known\\nduty, was prompt and reliable in his business trans-\\nactions, and in all respects a good man in the\\nbroadest sense of the term. lie is kindly remem-\\nbered by the older residents of Hillsdale County as\\na valued member of the community and one whose\\ndeath caused a vacancy most difficult to fill.\\nAlexander Pope acquired his education in the\\ncommon schools of his native State, and after com-\\ning to this county, gave his attention exclusively\\nto farm pursuits. When prepai-ed to establish a\\nhome of his own, he chose for his wife one of the\\nmost estimable young ladies of Scipio Township,\\nMiss Esther A. McCarthy, to whom he was married\\nat the home of the bride there, Nov. 6, 1844. The\\nwife of our subject was born in New Berlin, Che-\\nnango Co., N. Y., March 25, 1830; her father died\\nwhen she was quite j^oung. The mother, whose\\n4*\\nmaiden name was Catherine D. Scimons, subse-\\nquently married James Foreman, and died in Jones-\\nville, this county, Jan. 8, 18G4.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Pope there were born five\\nchildren, namely: Oliver, who died when seven\\nyears old; William and Lois, at home with their\\nparents; John, who married Miss Victoria Granger,\\nand is living in Scipio Township; and Clara, the\\nwife of Frederick A. Dryer, of Jonesville. Mr.\\nPope, politically, is a solid Democrat, but has care-\\nfully avoided the responsibilities of office, serving\\nthe public only one season as Assessor. In his\\nfarming and business affairs he has labored much\\nafter the methods of his honored father, and, like\\nthe latter, enjoys in a marked degree the esteem and\\nconfidence of all who know him.\\nENRY H. FREED, senior member of the\\nl*f^ firm of Freed Bros., proprietors of the well-\\nknown flouring-mills in the western part\\nof the city of Hillsdale, may be most prop-\\nerly termed an Ohio man, and among the hills\\naround his birthplace in Stark County imbibed the\\nhealthy air from which was built up his excellent\\nconstitution, and which conduced also to the growth\\nof his mental capacities, which have developed in\\nhim a good head for business, and made of him an\\nenterprising and valued citizen.\\nOur subject was born near the now lively town\\nof Canton, on the 23d of September, 1 840, and was\\nthe fourth of eight children, two daughters and\\nsix sons, the offspring of William V. and Mary\\n(Davis) Freed, natives respectively of Pennsylvania\\nand Virginia. William Freed after his marriage\\nsettled in Columbiana County, Ohio, his death\\ntaking place in Stark County, whither he had moved\\nwhen Henr3 II., our subject, was a lad eight years\\nof age. The mother with her little family not long\\nafterward took up her residence in Woodbridge\\nTownship, this county, to which she came in the\\nfall of 1858. Upon reaching manhood our subject\\nbecame interested in a sawmill, and later, with his\\nbrother and his uncle, William Davis, operated one\\nof these institutions in Woodbridge several years.\\nThe brothers then purchased the interest of their", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0892.jp2"}, "893": {"fulltext": "t\\n-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n881\\nimclo. nnd (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(intimioil the business alone fioiii that\\nlime forth. Tliey put up llieir present mill in Hills-\\ndale in 188(;, and it is scarcely excelled 1)3 an y-\\ntbing of the kind in this section. It is equipped\\nwith all the necessary machinery, including a com-\\nplete roller system and steani-])owcr. and they give\\nemployment to five nun. J he Imilding is three\\nstories in height, erected in a compact and suhstan-\\ntial manner, and covered with a slate and tin roof.\\nThey receive orders from all over the southern i)art\\nof the State, and frequently from other jxiiiits.\\nOur subject, while a resident of Woodhridge, was\\nmarried, Nov. 30, 1873, to Miss Ellen Klotz, of this\\ncounty, whose father was John Klotz, a native of\\nthe State of New Yoik. and now living in Wood-\\nbridge. The family residence is pleasantly located\\non Spring street, and, together with our subject and\\nhis estimable wife, forms the home of four bright\\nchihlren, namely: Myrtle M., Edith L., Ida M. and\\n15essie B. The eldest is twelve years of age and\\nthe oungest two.\\nMr. Freed during the late war served eighteen\\nmonths in Company D, 2d Michigan Infantry,\\nbeing assigned to the Army of the Potomac, and\\nfought in the battles of Northern Virginia; was also\\nat Cold Harbor, and at the front in the two-days\\nfight nt Petersburg, lie fortunately escaped wounds\\nnnd capture, and received his honorable discharge\\nafter the close of the war, in August, 1805. In\\npolitics he is a stanch Republican.\\nrr ON. HENRY WALDRON, late of the city\\nof Hillsdale, came to Michigan in 1837, the\\ny j ear of its admission into the Union as a\\n^tate, and, within the period of a few 3 ears,\\nsuch was his energy, enter|irisc and usefulness, he\\nwas numberetl among the leading men of this county.\\nThere were few enterprises during the development\\nof this section of country with which he was not\\nidentified, and he was among the first to encourage\\nthe measures set on foot for the progress and wel-\\nfare of the pe( le of this region. His name is held\\nin grateful remembrance by the public, whom he\\nserved faithfully and conscientiously for a period\\nof more than forty years. In a published notice\\n*i^^^\\nof him, after his decea.se, the statement was made\\nthat he was literally without reproach throughout\\nhis entile business and political life.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Albany,\\nN. Y., Oct. 11, 1819. His father was a merchant\\nof that city, and died when the son was a lad of\\nthirteen years. The latter jxirsued his studies in\\nAlbany Academy until fifteen years of age, then\\nentered Rutger s College, from which he was grad-\\nuated two years later, and in 1837 came to\\nMichigan and was employed as Civil Engineer in\\nthe preliminary surveys of the Jlichigan Southern\\nRailroad. He continued in this service until the\\ncompletion of the road, and then, in 1839, took\\nup his residence in the city of Ilillsilale, which con-\\ntinued his home ftir the remainder of his life.\\nMr. Waldnju, in 1843, put up the first warehouse\\non the line of the Michigan Southern Railroad, and\\nofliciated as one of the Directors of this road from\\n1846 to 1848. He was active in the construction\\nof the Detroit, Hillsdale Southwestern, of which\\nhe was its first President, anc^ served in this same\\ncapacity with the Second National Hank, of Hills-\\ndale, from the date of its organization until l.s7G.\\nHe then became President of the First National\\nBank, which position ho held until the time of his\\ndeath. The latter years of his life were devoted\\nmainly to banking and real estate.\\nA Whig in politics until that organization dis-\\nbanded, and a Republican thenceforward, Mr. Wal-\\ndron, in 1842, when but twenty -three years of age,\\nwas elected a Representative to the State Legisla-\\nture, and in 1848 was one of the electors on the\\nTaylor and Fillmore ticket. In 1854 he was elected\\nRepresentative to Congress from the Second Dis-\\ntrict of Michigan, and served for six consecu-\\ntive years a most important epoch in the history\\nof this country which witnessed the great strug-\\ngle of the slave oligarchy in Congress to obtain\\ncontrol of the country a struggle which culmi-\\nnated in the rebellion of the .South.\\nIn 180.S Mr. Waldron was chosen Vice President\\nfrom Michigan to the Republican National Conven-\\ntion, which nominated Gen. Grant for his first Presi-\\ndential term. In 1870 he was again elected to\\nCongress, again serving six consecutive years, and\\ndeclining a rcnomination for a fourth term in 1876,\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0893.jp2"}, "894": {"fulltext": "882\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\non account of the pressing deraanrls of his private\\nbusiness. In the halls of the National Legislature,\\nas elsewhere, Mr. Walflron evidenced the same\\nsound judgment, the calm and equable disposition,\\nand the boundless energy in the discharge of his\\nofficial duties, which had characterized him in his\\nprivate affairs. He was one of the few men who\\nenjoyed the respect and confidence of his political\\nadversaries as well as friends, and was regarded by\\nthe constituents whom he had served so faithfully\\nand conscientiously with feelings of the warmest\\nesteem. Among the men who were fcjremost in\\ndeveloping tlie rich resources of Southern Michigan\\nand aiding it in its struggles for recognition among\\nthe rising communities of the West, none have a\\nmore enviable record than Hon. Henry Waldron.\\nEONARD PROPER, who is well linown\\nthroughout Scipio I ownsliip and vicinity,\\nhas otticiated as Justice of the Peace twenty-\\nfive years in succession, and occupied otlier offices\\nof trust and responsibility. His record has been\\nthat of a good man in the broadest sense of the\\nterm, and one which his children will be jjroud to\\nreflect upon in after years.\\nMr. Proper is the offspring of excellent ancestry,\\nbeing the son of Baldus Proper, who was born in\\nwhat is known as Livingston Manor, near the Hud-\\nson River, N. Y. He was of German ancestry, and\\nmarried Miss Margaret Myers, a native of the same\\nlocality as her husband, and who was of German\\nand French descent. They settled at Livingston\\nManor, where they lived, iiowever, only a short\\ntime, and then removed into Delaware County,\\nsettling in Harpersfield, whence, in 1817, they re-\\nmoved to Ontario County. Five years later they\\ntook up tlieir residence near Danville, in Living-\\nston County, vviiere the father purchased a farm,\\nu|)on which he operated until 1834. That year he\\nsold out, and removing to Wyoming County, settled\\nabout tvventN miles from Buffalo, at a place called\\nStrykersville, where his deatli took place ton years\\nlater, Jan. 3, 1844.\\nMrs. Margaret Proper survived her husband a\\nperiod of twenty-eight years, her death taking\\npl.ace Sept. 5, 1872, at the home of her son, our\\nsubject, In Scipio Township, this county. She had\\ncome to Michigan in 1861, and had lived with him\\nfrom that time on. She was the mother of eight\\nchildren, four d.aughters and four sons, of whom\\nLeonard was the eldest born. He first opened his\\neyes to the light in Harpersfield, Delaware Co.,\\nN. Y., May 8, 1805, and was brought up on a\\nfarm, making his home with his parents until after\\nreaching his majoritj He was then married, and\\nsettled in Livonia, Ontario County, where he was\\nvariously employed, and a year later moved to a\\nfarm in the vicinity of Sparta, Livingston County,\\nwhere he worked upon shares for a period of\\nseven ye.ars. At the expiration of this time he\\nmoved from this to another farm in Groveland\\nTownship, the same county, where he resided fifteen\\nyears. In April, 1852, he came to Southern Michi-\\ngan, settling in Scipio Township, this county, where\\nhe purchased 184 acres of land on sections 20 and\\n29. Here he h.as since made his home, and witnessed,\\nwith the interest which only an intelligent man can\\nfeel, the progress and development of his adopted\\nState.\\nThe marriage of Leonard Proper and Miss Dorcas\\nCondon was celebrated at the home of the bride in\\nSparta, Livingston Co., N. Y., March 28, 1828.\\nMrs. Proper was born there, Oct. 10, 1812. and is\\nthe daughter of Robert and Esther (Martin) Con-\\ndon, who were natives of Vermont. The parents\\nspent the greater part of their lives in New York\\nState, being many years residents of Sparta, and\\nthence removed to Erie County, Pa., where they\\nspent the remainder of their lives.\\nMrs. Proper continued a member of her father s\\nhousehold until her marri.age, acquiring a common-\\nschool education, and becoming familiar with all\\nhousehold duties. Of her marriage with our sub-\\nject there were born nine children, the eldest of\\nwhom, a son, Roljert, died June 1, 1838, when a\\npromising lad of fourteen years. The others, with\\none exception, are residents of Scipio Township,\\nwhere they are settled in comfortable homes of\\ntheir own Lyman, next to the youngest son, is\\ncarrying on mining in Nebraska; Mary E., Louisa,\\nGeorge W., Henry, .Sarah, Myeis and Esther are\\npursuing the peaceful occupations of farm life.\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0894.jp2"}, "895": {"fulltext": "I-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nT.\\n883\\nMrs. Dorcas Proper flepnrted this life at lier liome\\nin Scipio Township, Oct. 5, 18G0. Mr. Proper,\\npolitic.illy, is a strong Rcpulilican, upholding his\\nprinciples vvith all the natural strength of his char-\\nacter. He has rlistinguisherl himself among his\\nfellow-citizens as a man of souiifl judgment, even\\ntempered, prompt and reliable in his dealings.\\nIndustrious and frugal, he is fully entitled to the\\ncomforts of life, bj which he is now surrounded in\\nthe home which ho has built up by his own thrift\\nand industry. His farm comi)rises 184 acres of\\nland, upon which he has erected neat and sub-\\nstantial buildings. an l provided all the f.acilities for\\nthe carrj ing on of agriculture after the most ap-\\nproved nietlKjds.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ria 4\\nJ^\\nB. PRENTICE. Among the solid citi-\\nzens of Cambria Township none are more\\nwortiiy of repiesculation in a work of this\\n^fi kind than the gentleman whose name\\nstands at the head of this sketch. He has a beau-\\ntiful and well-appointed homestead on section 23,\\nwhere he has been locatcrl now for over tweut}\\nthree years, having taken possession of the land\\nin 18G5. It is hardly necessary to saj that it then\\nbore little resemblance to its present condition.\\nThe land has been brought to a good state of culti-\\nvation, and the farm buildings, tasteful and substan-\\ntial in character, rank well among those of the\\nother enleiprising farmers of Hillsdale County.\\nA native of Onondaga County, N. Y., Mr. Pren-\\ntice was born March 5, 1833, and thence removed\\nwith his parents, when a lad, to Huron County,\\nOhio. His father, Asa Prentice, was also a native\\nof the Empire State, where he carried on farming\\nsuccessfully during his residence there, but died in\\nHuron County, Ohio, when thirty-seven years of\\nage, on the 10th of October, 1844. He was first\\nmarried to Miss Mercy IJcnson, who was born and\\nreared in Ouou laga County, N. Y., and who, re-\\nmoving with her family In Huron County, Ohio,\\ndied two years later, in 183;\u00c2\u00bb; she left two children,\\na son and daughter, our subjet t and his sister\\nElizabeth, who became the wife of Israel Wicks,\\n.and died in Fairfield Township, llumu I o., Ohio,\\n-M\u00c2\u00bb\\nFeb. 26. 1865. She was a lady greatly beloved by\\nher family and friends for her excellent traits of\\ncharacter, and was a conscientious member of the\\nBaptist Church.\\nAsa Prentice married for his second wife Miss\\nL3-dia Adams, w-ho is still living, aged seventy-four\\nj ears. and makes her home in the city of Hillsdale;\\nshe also is a member in good standing of the Baptist\\nChurch. Asa Prentice, during the years of his earl}-\\nmanhood, was identified with the old Whig party,\\nand became quite prominent in the affairs of his\\ntownship and county. A. B. was the only son of\\nhis father s first marriage, and by the latter s death\\nwas at an early age invested with the responsibili-\\nties of the family and the estate; he man. iged the\\nhome farm successfully-, and while a resident of\\nHuron Count}-, Ohio, was mairied, Se] t. 14, 1856,\\nto Miss Harriet E. Wadsworth. who w-as born\\nin New 1 ork State on the 26th of April, 1836.\\nHer jiareuts. Rev. Samuel and Sarah (.leffers)\\nWadsworth, were of New England ancestr}-, and\\nthe father a native of Cornwall, Conn. After their\\nmarriage in that place, in 1825, Mr. Wadsworth,\\nwho possessed rare musical talent, occupied him-\\nself as a teacher of vocal and instrumental music.\\nLater thej- removed to New York State, where Mr.\\nWadsworth became identified with the Baptist\\nChurch, and subsequently entered the ministry, in\\nwhich he spent his last days; they had located in\\nHuron County as early as 1836, and Mr. Wads-\\nworth was one of the first expounders of the Bap-\\ntist doctrines in that section of country. He was\\nthen stationed at Dundee. Kane Co., III., and there\\ncarried on his pious labors until his death when\\nfifty-five years old. He was devoted to the service\\nof his Master, and was ever re.ady to make sacrifices\\nfor the support of the Gospel and the general pros-\\nerity of the cause which lay nearest his heart. His\\nexcellent wife is still living, and has now attained\\nthe advanced age of ninety-three years; she ])os-\\nsesses in a remarkable degree the strength and vigor\\nof her youthful days. She is still able to read and\\ndo fine sewing without ttie aid of gl.asses; she was a\\ncheerful supporter and encourager of her husband\\nin his chin-ch work. She now makes her home with\\nher da\\\\ighter, Mrs. Prentice.\\nThe wife of our s ilijcct was reared to woman-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0895.jp2"}, "896": {"fulltext": "i\\n884\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhood in her native township, and remained there\\nwith her parents until her marriage. Of her four\\nchildren one is now deceased. The eldest son,\\nArthur D., married Miss Ruth Hadley, of Pittsford\\nTownship, and is Principal of the High School in\\nthe city of Hillsd.ale, which position he has occu-\\npied for the last three years. His wife also is well\\neducated, and before her marriage was employed\\na.\u00c2\u00ab a teacher; they have one child only, a daughter,\\nEdith L. Frank W. married Miss Myrtle Bernard,\\nof Hillsdale, and occupies the position of Teller in\\nthe First National Bank, with which he has been\\nconnected for three years; Elizabeth, an intelligent\\nand highly educated young lady, is at home with\\nher i)arents. The deceased child, William, was\\ntaken from the home circle in infancy.\\nMr. and Mrs. Prentice, having been reared in the\\nprinciples of the Baptist Church, still adhere to the\\ndoctrines taught them in their childhood, and in the\\nchurch at Hillsdale Mr. Prentice has officiated as\\nDeacon and also Sunday-school Superintendent for\\nsome years. Politically-, he is a solid Republican. He\\nwas Justice of the Peace up to 1886, and both as\\na business man and an agriculturist has reason to\\nbe satisfied with the result of his labors.\\ni-\\nT\u00e2\u0080\u0094 r\\n\\\\lJAMES A. BURNS, late of Hillsdale Town-\\nship, will be long remembered by a large pro-\\nportion of its best citizens as a man worthy\\nin every respect of their highest and most\\nlasting regard. A descend.ant of excellent Scotch\\nancestry, he was himself born in the land of tiie\\nthistle near the city of Greenwich, on the Sth of\\nApril, 1830, and departed this life at the family\\nresidence on the 12th of February, 188.5. He w.as\\na noble illustration of a true Christian gentleman, a\\nwise, kinil and indulgent father, and a faithful and\\naffectionate husband. Enterprising and industrious,\\nhe built up a fine homestead in Hillsdale Township,\\nwhich stands as a monument to his worth, both as\\na man and a citizen.\\nThe father of our subject was of the same stock\\nand lineage as Robert Burns, the poet. His entire\\nlife was spent u|)on his native soil. His son, James\\nA., when a young man twenty-two years of age,\\nemigrated to America in 1853, landing first in the\\ncity of Philadelphia. Thence he proceeded to\\nPittsburgh, of which he remained a resident for a\\nperiod of nearly nine years, being employed as head\\nshipping clerk in McKnight Bros. wholesale iron\\nstore. His next residence was in Cuyahoga County,\\nOhio, where he purchased a farm, but subsequently\\nrepaired to the city of Cleveland, where he en-\\ngaged as a builder and contractor for the period of\\neight years.\\nMr. Burns moved into this portion of Southern\\nMichigan about 1870. He located first in the town\\nof Jefferson, this county, but four years later pur-\\nchased 103^ acres of land in Hillsdale Township, to\\nwhich he sul)sequently gave his close attention, im-\\nproving and cultivating the land and erecting such\\nbuildings as were necessary for the needs of the farm.\\nMr. Burns, while a resident of the city of Belfast,\\nIreland, was united in marriage with Miss Mary\\nStandfield, the wedding taking |)lace at the home of\\nthe bride in that city, on the 28th of April, 1853.\\nMrs. Burns was born near Belfast, Ma} 30, 1817,\\nalthough her parents, Brertonand Elizabeth (Fettes)\\nStandfield, were of English extraction. The f.ather\\nwas a ship carpenter by trade, a member of the\\nChurch of England, and spent the greater part of\\nhis life in Ireland, where his death took place in\\n1860. The mother survived her husband about\\nthree years, dying in 1863. They were the parents\\nof eight children.\\nThere were born to Mr. and Mrs. Burns five chil-\\ndren: Their eldest son, William C, now pastor of\\nthe Congregational Church at .Stanton, this .State,\\ntook a collegiate course at Hillsdale College, and\\ncomi^leted his education at the Theological Semi-\\nnary at Auburn, N. Y. He entered the ministry in j\\n1881. In September, 1885, he married Miss Alice\\nM. Collins, of Macon, Mich., a lady of Quaker an-\\ncestry and rare worth, and for two years had charge\\nof the Free Baptist Church at Fairport, N. Y.\\nRobert B., completing a commercial education, .and\\nspending some time in reading, married Miss Lil-\\nlian Armitage, and occupies the position of book-\\nkeeper and cashier for the large flouring firm of\\nLewis Emery, Jr., Co., at Three Rivers, this\\nState; Albert J. married Miss Gertrude, the only", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0896.jp2"}, "897": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00ab-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n885\\n-\\\\r\\n(laughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Watson Pentield he\\nis now a resident, and the leading dentist of Fair-\\nport, N. Y. Tiie two daughters. Elizabeth L. and\\nLettie A., were educated at Hillsdale High School\\nand College, and arc both J oung ladies of culture\\nand refinement. Miss Lettie has occupied herself\\nas a teacher for about six years, and has now a\\npleasant position in the Stanton Union Schools.\\nThe family, formerly Presbyterians, are identified\\nwith the Free Baptist Church, and are classed among\\nthe leading spirits in a community more thaii ordi-\\nnarily cultured and intelligent.\\nJames A. Burns cast his first vote with the old\\nWhig party, but upon its abandonment soon after-\\nward bec.Tme a warm supporter of Republican prin-\\nciples, with which he remained in accord until the\\nday of liis death. He was chosen Senior Deacon of\\nthe Free Baptist Church, in Orange, Cuyahoga Co,,\\nOhio, and was instrumental in securing funds to\\nerect the beautiful little edifice which stands as a\\nfitting monument to him who labored so faithfully\\nin tiie cause of the JMastei-. He had in early youth\\nbeen (U |)rived of a liberal e hication, butdetermined\\nthat his children should not suffer under the same\\ndisadvantage. Tliis was the main cause of his loca-\\ntion in the immediate vicinit} of Hills lalc city and\\ncollege. He lived to see his cliildreu growing up\\naround him to Iionored maiiliood and womanhood,\\nand to be interested in the churcli and the cause\\nwhich he had served so well. It was truly said of\\nliim that his last days were his best, as he was more\\nthan usually gentle, patient and charitable, and thus\\nis most affectionately rerniMiibered by his family\\nand all who had the privilege of the friendly and\\npleasant intercourse which was one of tlie comforts\\nand delights of his life.\\nBENJAMIN FRANKLIN. a retired farmer in\\ncomfortable circumstances, and now making\\nhis home in the village of Moscow, began\\nhis hand-to-hand struggle vvith life under\\nmany disadvantages, and with very limited oppor-\\ntunities for securing an education. Providence,\\nhowever, had kindly supplied him with c(nirage\\nand resolution in a reniaikalile degree, and from\\nthe time that he set out to construct a home and win\\na competency, he never lost sight of the object in\\nview. For a number of years he worked early and\\nlate, oftentimes beyond his strength, from wiiich he\\nhas since suffered mucli, but he has nevertheless\\nbeen rewarded in proportion. He is now in the\\nenjoyment of a good property, with a pleasant mod-\\nern home, and a snug bank .account. The early\\npartner of his joys and sorrows passed away some\\nyears ago, and he now makes his home with a mar-\\nried son, to whose wife he is as much atUiched as if\\nshe were his own daughter.\\nThe subject of this biography was the sixth child\\nof John and Rachel (Richardson) Franklin, who at\\nthe time of his birth, April 1 1, 1820, were residents\\nof Pennsylvania. A few years after marriage they\\nremoved to Ontario County, N. Y., where the\\nfather secured a Ufict of land, and labored success-\\nfully as an agriculturist until his death, in 1826.\\nThe mother survived her husband a period of twen-\\nty-two years, her death taking place in 1848, when\\nshe was sixty years of age. Their family consisted\\nof seven sons and two daughters, four of whom are\\nliving, ami mostly residents of New Y ork State.\\nMr. Franklin was but six j ears of age at the time\\nof his father s death, and two years Later w;us put in\\nthe field at plowing. When a lad of thirteen he\\ncommenced working out by the month, and was\\nthus occupied for twelve successive years. Li the\\nmeantime his schooling w.as conducted principally\\nin the winter season, and he continued a resident\\nof Ontario County until nearly twenty-six years of\\nage, and after his niai-ri;)ge. This interesting event\\nwas celebrated at tiic home of the bride, Miss\\nMinerva Ellen H(ii)pough, Dec. 11, lS4o. Mrs.\\nFranklin was the youngest of thirteen children born\\nto her parents, Peter and Margery (Westbrook)\\nHoppough, who, at the time of her birth, Feb. 4,\\n1827, were residents of Ontario Ci unty.N. Y. She\\nwas given the advantages of a good education, and\\nmade her home with her parents until reaching\\nwomanho(Ml. The latter were natives of Connecti-\\ncut, whence tliey removed to New York State early\\nin life, and are long since deceased.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Franklin there were born three\\nchildren Margery R., Adelbert D. and Marquis\\nDillons Horace Fayette. JLargery became the wife\\nt\\n-4^\\nlie", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0897.jp2"}, "898": {"fulltext": "886\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nof Pliilo Little, of Moscow Township, and died at\\nher home in Moscow, July 21, 1871. at tlie age of\\ntwonty-fonr years; Adelliert D. died in infancy.\\nThe youngest son married Miss Nina Cady, and is\\noccupied in business in Moscow. Mrs. Minerva E.\\nFranklin departed this life at her home in Moscow\\nTownship, Feb. 3, 1886, at the .age of fifty-nine\\nj ears.\\nMr. Fr.anklin is the owner of 160 acres of land on\\nsection 22, Moscow Township, where he has put up\\na good set of fiirm buildings, and has all the ma-\\nchinery necessary for carrying on agriculture after\\nthe most approved methods. It is now oper.ated by\\na ten.ant, and is the source of a handsome income.\\nHe also owns consider.ible village property in Mos-\\ncow. In 1856 he identified himself with the Lide-\\npendent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he has\\nsince been a member, and a zealous advocate of the\\nprinciples of the order. He is also a M.ason in\\ngood standing, belonging to Lodge No. 113, at\\nMoscow, and this fraternity h.as no more faithful\\nadherent or wanner admirer of its workings and\\nthe sentiments upon which are based its foundation\\nstones.\\nWILLIAM G. BARNUM, Late of Cambria\\nTownship, was born in Seneca County, N.\\nY., Aug. 25, 1827, and departed this life\\nat his home on section 1 1, this townsliip, March 30,\\n1 883. He was one of the early settlers of Southern\\nMichigan, within whose limits he first came when a\\nlad of eleven j ears. He settled with his parents\\namid the timber of Franklin Township, Lenawee\\nCounty, whence not long after his marriage he\\nremoved to this county, and purchased a tract of\\nland in Cambria Township, fi-om which he built up\\none of its most desirable homesteads. A man\\nupright and honorable in all his dealings, and one\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0who look a deep interest in the welfare of the\\ncommunity around him, he was recognized as one\\nof its most valued citizens, and his name is held in\\nkindly remembrance by hosts of friends.\\nOur subject was the son of Zar and Margret\\nBarnuni, who were natives also of the Empire\\nState, and who spent the last years of their lives\\nin Franklin Township, Lenawee County. They were\\nwell fitted bj nature for pioneer life in a new country,\\nbeing courageous, resolute and patient, and possess-\\ning the elements most needed in those times of\\ntoil and struggle. Their career was one eminently\\ncreditable to themselves and reflects honor upon\\ntheir posterit}\\nThe subject of this sketch developed into man-\\nhood under the home roof, and learned from his\\nfather the trade of cabinet-maker, developing later\\ninto a carpenter under Mr. Teachout, of Franklin\\nTownship. He subsequentlj took up farming pur-\\nsuits, and to these devoted his best efforts the\\nremainder of liis life. He was married first in\\nRidgway Township, Lenawee County, to Miss\\nHester A. Sanford, the wedding being celebrated\\nat P^squire Hunter s home in the spring of 1851.\\nThey settleil in Cambria Township, this count}\\nabout 1853, taking up a tr.act of uncultivated\\nland, where husband and wife worked together with\\none common interest, almost day and night, to\\nbuild up a home for themselves and their children.\\nMr Barnum still carried on his trade of carpenter\\nduring the day and worked his farm often after\\nnightfall. Within a few jears he had brought 120\\nacres to a good state of cultivation, and effected\\nthe improvements so necessary to the comfort and\\nhappiness of the household.\\nOf this marriage there were born four children,\\nthree of whom are now deceased. The wife and\\nmother pjissed away at the homestead on the 8th\\nof December, 1860. The only living child, a son,\\nElmer, married Miss Lilly Rivers, of Araboj Town-\\nship, and is now living on a farm of seventy .acres\\non section 26, in Cambria Township. Those de-\\nceased are: Adelphia, Almina and Alcy.\\nMr. Barnum contr.acted a second marriage, Aug.\\n7, 1801, in Jefferson Township, this county, with\\nMiss Electa A. Gillett, who was the daughter of\\na pioneer of Lenawee County, Gilbert Gillett, now\\ndeceased, and was born in Madison Township, Lena-\\nwee County, Sept. 2, 1838. The maiden name of\\nher mother was Laura M. Bowen. She is still liv-\\ning and a resident of Reading Township. Mrs.\\nBarnuni was well educated and followed teaching\\nbefore her marriage. She is the mother of two sons,\\nFrank G. and William Z., who were both born on\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00baHH^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0898.jp2"}, "899": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n887\\nthe ()I 1 homestead where they now live, the former\\nApril iO, I80:!, ami the latter June iS, 1864.\\nSince the death of their fallier the boys have\\nconic into possession of the homestead, to which\\nthey have added eighty acres, besides various im-\\nprovements in the way of farm I)uildintrs. They\\nare young men of excellent judgment, enterprising\\nand industrious, and like their father before them,\\nare bound to succeed in life. William Z., on the\\n2r)th of September, 1887, was united in marri.age\\nwith JNIiss Anna Lamb, who w.as born in Yorkshire,\\nEngland, Oct. 30, 186!l. and who came with her\\nparents to America when a little girl six years\\nof age. These latter were John W. and Mar^^ Ann\\n(Stone) Lamb, who are now residents of Cambria\\nTownship. Mr Lamb is a blacksmith by trade,\\nwhich he is following successfully, and is numbered\\namong the worthy and well-to-do men of this\\nsection. William G. Barnum uniformly voted the\\nstraight Democratic ticket.\\n:^;=SSS=^\\nI^ILLIAM W. MERCKR. Many of those\\n\\\\jjj// who have contributed to the development\\nWW of Southern Michigan are either natives of\\na foreign country, or the sons of those who were so\\nborn, and it is a noticeable fact that this infusion\\nof foreign blood, with the habits and ideas born of\\ndifferent environments, has to a marked degree iu-\\nUuenced the progress of this country. Our subject\\nis the son of Judge William Mercer, a native of Ire-\\nland, and was born in Somerset Township, March\\n10, 1 853, and has given the best efforts of his early\\nlife to agricultural pursuits. As a reward for his\\nindustry and good judgment, he has an excellent\\nfarm, pleasantly situated in Somerset Tt)wnship,\\nand provided with buildings and machinery suit-\\nable for the suceessfid prosecution of his chosen\\nvocation as a general farmer.\\nThe parents of our subject, William and Sarah\\n(Gamble) Mercer, were natives respectively of\\nCounty Donegal, Ireland, and Livingston County,\\nN. Y. William Mercer came to this country with\\nhis parents, Samuel and Hannah (Culbert) Mercer,\\nin 181!), when he was a lad of eight years, and set-\\ntled in Livingston County-. N. Y. In the fall of\\n1835 they migrated to this county, and purchased\\nfrom the Government 400 .acres of land in Somer-\\nset Township, upon which Samuel Mercer resided,\\nimproving his faiin and gaining the respect of the\\npeople among whom his lot was cast, until his\\ndecease, which occurred in 1852. William Mercer\\nremained under the parental roof until he was thirty-\\ntwo years of age, when he started out for himself,\\npurchasing 130 acres of his father s farm, to which\\nhe afterward added until his landed possessions\\ncomprised an area of 240 acres. B3- his statesman-\\nlike qualities and strict integrity, he soon became\\nprominentl} identified with the imblic interests of\\nthis section of countrj and in 1844 was elected\\nAssociate Judge of the Circuit Couit, which posi-\\ntion he held four years. In 1850 he w.is elected\\nCounty Judge, and filled the position with credit to\\niiimself and .satisfaction to the people until the\\noffice was abolished. Judge Mercer has also filled\\nmany of the minor ollices within the gift of the peo-\\nple, who alw.ays felt that while he was at the helm\\nthe political ship would be guided safely to the\\ndesired haven.\\nThe subject of this notice is the fourth in twder\\nof birth of a family of six children born to Judge\\nW illiam and Sarah (Gamble) Mercer, and grew up\\nto manhood on his father s farm, alternating be-\\ntween his domestic labors and attendance upon the\\ndistrict schools until his marriage, Jan. 17, 1877,\\nwith Miss Betsey Voorheos, who was also a native\\nof this township, where she was born May 20, 1859,\\nand is a daughter of John W. Voorhees, of whom a\\nsketch appears elsewhere in this work. Her mother,\\nwho in her girlhood was Miss Mary Bross, was\\nborn in New York, and came to Lenawee County,\\nMich., in 1837. Mr. and Mrs. Mercer have been\\nblessed by the birth of one child, Leon A., who\\ncame to gladden tlieir home Eeb. 19, 1879.\\nLike his father, our subject is Democratic in poli-\\ntics, and is distinguished by many of those quali-\\nties which characterized his father, and gave him a\\nwell-merited reputation. Mr. IVfercer w as elected\\nSupervisor on the Democratic ticket in 1882, ar.d\\nserved three 3 ears, and has also held other local\\nofHces in the township, among which was that of\\nmember of the School Board, which position he\\nfilled for several years. He has built a handsome\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00baHh-^-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0899.jp2"}, "900": {"fulltext": "a\\n4\\n888\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nand commodious residence, with suitable out-build-\\nings for carrying on liis work, and has the prospect\\nof a long and useful life, in the enjoyment of ample\\nmeans, and surrounded l)y appreciative friends and\\nacquaintances. Mrs. Mercer is active in church\\nwork. She is identified with several Ladies Socie-\\nties, and is popular with all classes.\\nf\u00c2\u00a5) OHN FRENCH, well known throughout Cam-\\nI I bria Township, is a son of one of the earliest\\npioneers of Hillsdale County, Joseph French,\\nwho came to tlie Territory of Michigan in\\n1834. For the last year he has been industriously\\noperating as a farmer and stock-raiser in Cambria\\nTownship, occupying the old homestead built up by\\nhis father on section 23.\\nJohn French was born in Cambria Township,\\nSept. 19. 18a 2. His boyhood and youth were passed\\nunder the parental roof, where he became familiar\\nwith agricultural pursuits. His father, Joseph\\nFrench, improved a large farm. 19.5 acres, grubbing\\nout the stumps, preparing the soil for cultivation,\\nand erecting the buildings which are now noticeable\\namong those of the otiier homesteads in the town-\\nship, as being the result undeniably of great per-\\nseverance and industrj Joseph French is still\\nliving, retired from active labor, and occupies a\\ncomfortable home in the city of Hillsdale. The\\nmaiden name of the mother was Seaman, and the\\nparental liousehold included eight children. The\\nmother is now deceased, and the surviving children\\nare seven.\\nMr. French has spent most of his life upon the\\nhomestead where he now lives. He acquired his\\neducation in the district schools, and upon reach-\\ning manhood was united in marriage witii a maiden\\nof his own township, Miss Alice C. Osborn, Feb.\\n21, 1875. Mrs. French was born in Cambria Town-\\nship, Sept. 28, 1857, and is the daughter of Will-\\niam H. and Margaret (Lewis) Osborn, the father a\\nnative of Ohio, and the mother of this State. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Osborn were married in Amboy Town-\\nship, this county, where they still live upon the\\nfarm of eighty acres upon which they settled about\\n1877. Their children included three sons and one\\ndaughter, of whom the latter, Mrs. French, was the\\neldest born. Her brothers are residents of Michi-\\ngan, and occupied as fai mers.\\nMrs. French vv.as reared under the parental roof,\\nand received her education mostly in the schools of\\nher native township. After their marriage our sub-\\nject and his wife located on a farm on section 27,\\nwhere they lived until 1887, and then took posses-\\nsion of the old homestead, where our subject is now\\noperating successfully as a general farmer and stock-\\nraiser. They have two interesting children: Will-\\niam J., born May 13, 1877, and Arthur B., March\\n4, 18.S4. Mr. French, politically, affiliates with the\\nRepublican party.\\nV\u00c2\u00a5/AMES KAY. a prominent and prosperous\\nI farmer residing on section 28, AVright Town-\\nship, was born near New Lancaster, Ohio,\\nAug. 17, 1817. His father, Moses Kay, was\\nbrought to Crawford County, Ohio, when an infant\\nby his father and mother, the former of whom was\\na native of Wales.\\nThe father of our subject removed to Crawford\\nCounty, Ohio, when James was but an infant, and\\npurchasing a tract of timber land, resided there\\nengaged in its cultivation until 1827. when he sold\\nhis property and removed across the county line\\nto Marion County, and there purchased a tract of\\nland, which bordered on the little Scioto River.\\nTo this farm he devoted the remainder of his life.\\nengaged in its cultivation, his death occurring\\nabout 1830. His wife, whose maiden name was\\nAnn Bickett, was born in Maryland, and her parents\\nsubsequently removed from that State to Pennsyl-\\nvania. She was married in July, 1789, and by the\\ndeath of her husband was left a widow with six\\nchildren. She remained on the homestead in Marion\\nCounty until 1833, and then removed to that part\\nof Sandusky County now included in Ottawa\\nCounty, where she was among the pioneer settlers.\\nShe enteied a tract of Government lajid and built\\na log house, into which the famil^^ removed. James\\nwas at that tin)e a boy of sixteen, and, taking the\\nmanagementof the place, engaged in the manufacture\\nof staves, for the immediate support of the family.\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0900.jp2"}, "901": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00ab-\\n=1.\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n889\\nThus they piissccl their time, our subject dividing\\nhis lime between liis traile and the iniprovonu nt of\\nhis mother s farm until 1S4S, when i\\\\Irs. Kay re-\\nmoved to Hillsihde County with her son, and spent\\nher last j ears among her cliildreu in Wrigiit and\\nKansom Townships, dying after a well-spent life, at\\nthe age of eight^ -tour years.\\nIn 1849 James Kay came to Hillsdale Count}-,\\nand purchased the tract of land he now calls home.\\nIt was at that time covered with a heavy growth of\\ntimber, and that section of country was a wilderness,\\nthrougli which wild anim.als still roamed unmolested\\nand the smaller varieties of game were in abundance.\\nOur subject had had experience as a hunter in his\\nOhio home, and being a good shot, kept the family\\nwell sui)plied witli the best of wild meat. His first\\npurch.asc of land consisted of forty acres, located\\non the northeast quarter of section 28, Wright\\nTownship, and he first built a log cabin in keeping\\nwith his surroundings. The forest has now fallen\\nbefore his ax, and the log structure has given\\nplace to a commodious and substantial frame house,\\nflanked by convenient and suitable buildings for\\nthe shelter of his stock and the storing of the prod-\\nucts of his farm. He h.as added to his real estate\\nb} buying sixty acres in the northwest quarter of\\nthe same section, and now, surrounded by all the\\ncomforts to be found in an Eastern home, Mr. Kay\\nmust feel a thrill of satisfaction in recounting the\\nsteps by which he has reached his present position.\\nHe has accomplished his life work by the exercise\\nof that thrift and energy for which those pioneers\\nwho have been furnished by the Eastern States\\nwere noU;d, and he can look forward to spending the\\nremainder of his life in the enjoyment of those\\ncreature comforts which he has so well earne l.\\nOur subject was first united in marriage. May 8,\\n1842, with Elizabeth Wilson, a native of Ohio, and\\nthe daughter of James and Elizabeth Wilson; she\\ndeparted this life March 28, 18G1. Mr. Kay was a\\nsecond time married, July 19, 1863, to Mrs. Mar-\\ngai-et (Pluck) DeLong, who was born in Mansfield,\\nRichland Co.. Ohio, Aug. 15, 1822, and is the\\ndaughter of Nathaniel Pluck, a native, it is supposed,\\nof Pennsj lvania. Her grandfather, Nicholas Pluck,\\nwas born in Germany, and spent his last 3 ears with\\nthe parents of Mrs. Kay near Mansfield. The father\\nof Mrs. Kay w.as an earl} settler of Richland County,\\nwliere ho purchased .a tract of tiinlx r land, which he\\nafterward lost on account of a defective title, and\\ndied tiiere alK)Ut ISS.j. The mother of Mrs. Kay,\\nwhose maiden name w.is Mary John, was born in\\nPennsylvania, while her father was Thom.as John,\\na native of Wales. He came to this country, settling\\nin Richland County. Ohio, among its earliest pio-\\nneers, and there spent his last years; the mother of\\nMrs. Kay died there also. Mrs. Kay has been\\ntwice married, her first husband being John De-\\nLong, a native of Pennsylvania. At the time of\\ntheir marriage he located near Mansfield, Ohio, and\\nin 18.31 he went to California, taking the overland\\nroute. After a time he returned to visit his family,\\nand then going back to the Pacific Coast, his wife\\nsoon afterward received tidings of his death.\\nMr. and Mrs. K.\\\\y have had one child, a daughter,\\nMinnie E.. who became the wife of Montgomery\\nMackey, of Wright Township, who assists in carry-\\ning on the homestead of his father-in-law. By his\\nfirst marriage Mr. Kay had seven children, recorded\\nas follows: Sarah is the wife of George Rutle lge,\\nand lives in California; Moses died in Harrison\\nCounty, Iowa; .lames lives in Wright Township;\\nMary is the wife of William Weaver, of Waldron;\\nOliver resides in Harrison County. Iowa; Parker\\nlives in Pawnee County, Kan.; and Jacob died in\\nWright Township. Mrs. Kay has one child by her\\nmarriage with Mr. DeLong, Emma Rosette, the\\nwife of .Samuel Stublefield, residing iu Wright\\nTownship.\\nPolitically, Mr. Kay is identified with the Demo-\\ncratic party, while in religion he is a member of the\\nWesleyan Metiiodist Church, an l Mrs. K.ay of the\\nDisciples Church.\\nj^^j AMUEL P. JACKSON. This respected old\\npioneer of Hillsdale County owns and occu-\\n(ft/\\\\M) pies a snug little homestead of fifty acres in\\nCamden Townshi(). on section 3. His early\\ntramping ground was in W.ayne County, N. Y.,\\nwhere his birth took place May 14, 1824. His par-\\nents, David E. and Keziah (Myers) Jackson, were\\nnatives respectively of Connecticut and New York\\n1 r", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0901.jp2"}, "902": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\n890\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nState. His paternal grandfather, Joseph .lacksoii,\\ncarried a musket during the Revolutionary War,\\nand was under the immediate command of Gen.\\nWashington, i he parents of our subject had a\\nfamily of eight children, of whom the following\\nsurvive: Annie, Mrs. Wyman, and Cynthia, Mrs,\\nBenjamin Blown, both of this county Mary, the wife\\nof John Hougiitaling, of BuiTalo, Mr. H. being a\\nconductor on the Lake Shore RaUroad, running be-\\ntween Buffalo and Erie, and Henry, of Jackson\\nCounty, this State. The deceased are: Christopher,\\nEdmund and Jane. The father died in 1881 in\\nNorth Adams Township, and the mother iu March,\\n1888, in Reading Township, this county.\\nThe mother of our subject being in feeble health,\\nSamuel P. when quite young was taken into the\\nhome of Mr. Christojiher, of Wayne County, N.\\nY., with whom he lived until twenty years of age.\\nIn the meantime he acquired his education in the\\ndistrict school, which, however, he did not attend\\nregularly, but lieing fond of books he has followed\\na course of instructive reading which has been the\\nmeans of furnishing him a useful fund of iufor-\\nmation.\\nMr. Jackson, when a youth of nineteen years,\\ncame in 1843 to this county, and since that time\\nhas been a resident here. He was first married, in\\n1846. to Miss Bethia A. Johnson, who died about\\nten years later without children. Mr. Jackson was\\nagain married, April 22, 1860, to Miss Melvina R.\\nMcConnell, who was born in Wayne County, this\\nState, Dec. 2, 1838, and is the daughter of Charles\\nand Susan (Gilson) McConnell, the father a native\\nof Scotland, and the mother of Kew Jeisey. There\\nwere born to them eleven children, of whom but\\nfive are living: Mary J. is the wife of Albert Kings-\\nley, of W\\\\ayne County; Charlotte, Mrs. Brooks,\\nlives at St. Ignace, Mich.; William and Albert are\\nin Missouri, and Caroline, Mrs. Updike, of this\\ncounty. The deceased are: Jeanette, Cynthia,\\nEleanor, David, and two who died in infancy un-\\nnamed.\\nTo our subject and his present wife there were\\nborn five children. The eldest son, Ovid, is a resi-\\ndent of Camden J ownship; Ellen is a young lady\\nof excellent education, and has taught school\\ntwo years in the districts of this county; Omar,\\nFcn-est and Rhoda continue under the home roof.\\nMr. Jackson upon taking possession of the land\\nwhich he now occupies, was obliged to cut away a\\nplace in the woods before he could erect a building,\\nfirst a shanty, which in the course of a few 3 ears\\nwas replaced by the pleasant, convenient and sub-\\nstantial residence. He has done much hard labor\\nand is intimately acquainted with the privations\\nand struggles of a pioneer life. He generously\\nadmits that his prosperity has been greatly owing\\nto the good sense and industry of his excellent wife,\\nwho for nearly thirty years has labored faithfully by\\nhis side and borne with him the heat and burden of\\nthe day.\\nPolitically, our subject is a Prohibitionist, and\\nmay be termed a selfmade man in the truest sense\\nof the word. He began in life without other re-\\nsources than his own industry and determination,\\nand is now in the enjoyment of a comfortable home,\\nwhile at the same time he has the esteem and confi-\\ndence of his neighbors. He has served as Treasurer of\\nthe School Board three years, and filled other posi-\\ntions of trust and responsibilitj among his fellow-\\ncitizens.\\nt\\nISS LOVINA R. SCOVELL, a lady closely\\nidentified witii the early history of Hillsdale\\nCount} has been a resident of Litchfield\\nTownship for the last fort} -six years, and\\nis well known to most of its people. She was early\\nin life deprived of a mother s care and counsel, and\\nbeing the eldest daughter, assumed charge of her\\nfather s household and performed her filial and sis-\\nterly duties in a most faithful and praiseworthy\\nmanner. She is now in the enjoyment of a com-\\nfortable home on section 36, and often reviews the\\nscenes of the past, being al)le to relate to the rising\\ngeneration many interesting and remarkable inci-\\ndents of the times of forty years ago.\\nDavid and Sally (Wells) Scovell, the parents of\\nour subject, were natives of Colchester, Conn., but\\nafter their marriage settled in New Hampshire,\\nwhere they lived seven or eight years. They then\\nremoved to Livingston County, N. Y., settling in\\nLima Township, where the father followed farming\\nsuccessfully, and where the death of the mother\\n^\\\\:^-_\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0902.jp2"}, "903": {"fulltext": "11\\nI\\nH1LL8DALK COUNTY.\\nb Jl\\ntook place vvlion slie was sixty-six j cars old. Mr.\\nScovoll, after tlie death of his wife, came West with\\nhis children, locating in Macon Township, Lenawee\\nCounty, where his deatii tooiv place in 1835, when\\nhe was seventy years of age. His son then sold the\\nfarm there, and accompanied by his sister Lovina,\\ncame, in 183G, to this county, which has since been\\ntheir home.\\nMiss .Scovell was born in Halifax Township,\\nWindham Co., Vt, .Ian. 2, 1812, and was ten years\\nof .age when her parents removed to New York\\nState. She had been a pupil in the common schools\\nin both places, and on coming to this county com-\\npleted her studies in the High .School at Jonesville.\\nShe vvas occupied as a teacher thereafter two or\\nthree terms, and has been an interested witness of\\nthe changes transpiring from the time of her com-\\ning to the Territory of Michigan to the present.\\nShe kept pace with the march of political events\\nalso, and was warmly in sympatli} with the anti-\\nslavery movement, rejoicing vvith great joy when\\nthe Emancipation Proclamation was issued by the\\nmartyred President. Abraham Lincoln. The per-\\npetuation of the Union was no less a subject en-\\ngaging her attention, and the subject likewise of no\\nless rejoicing.\\nThe Scovell farm is operated by lieli) employed\\nby Miss Scovell, and makes a comfortable home for\\nthe subject of this sketch, who has lived here now\\nfor a period of fort3 -four years, and which possesses\\nfor her a far more than moneyed value. Although\\nnot elegant, the dwelling is comfortable in every\\nrespect, and the homestead forms the quiet picture\\nof peaceful countrj life, extremely gratifying to\\ncontemplate.\\nAUL BEKLEEN, one of the influential citi-\\nI,. zens of Wright Township, is the sid)ject of\\nYa ver^ interesting history, the main points\\nof which are substantially as follows: A\\nnative of Westmoreland County, Pa., he was born\\nJune 17, 183U,and is the son of Michael Jierleen, a\\nnative of the same State, and born Feb. 8, 1808.\\nHis paternal grandfather, Jacob Herleen, also a\\nPennsylvanian l)y birth, was reared to agricultural\\npursuits, and carried on farming on his own land\\nin Franklin Towushii), Westmoreland County, the\\ngreater part of his life, and there spent his Last days.\\nThe father of our subject w.as reared and married\\nin his native county, and settling upon his father s\\nhomestead, lived there until 1850. Then removing\\nto another part of the county, he farmed on rented\\nland until the spring of 1852, when he determined\\nto seek his fortunes in the West. Accordingly he\\nset out, accompanied b} his wife and seven children\\nwith three horses and a wagon, and driving into\\nCarroll County, Ohio, there left his family with his\\nbrother, ami proceeded In a buggy to Wyandot\\nCounty, near the eastern line of Indiana. Here he\\npurchased eighty acres of land for \u00c2\u00a7300, and in the\\nmonth of June following brought his family to their\\nnew home.\\nAbout one acre of this was cleared, and upon it\\nstood a log cabin, into which the famil} removed\\nand made themselves as comfortable as possible.\\nThe father cleared about sixty acres and resided\\nthere eleven years. In 18G4 he came to Lenawee\\nCount} this State, and purch.asing land in Medina\\nTownship, has since made it his home. Although\\nnow having reached the advanced age of eighty\\nyears, he is still quite active and enjoys a fair de-\\ngree of liealth. He has been twice married. His\\nfirst wife, the mother of our subject, was Miss\\nSusan Everhart, of Westmoreland County. Pa., who\\ndied there in 1838.\\nMr. Berleen, our subject, was sixteen j cars of\\nage when his father removed from Pennsjlvania to\\nOhio, and he continued with him three years longer,\\nassisting in clearing the land and tilling the soil of\\nthe new farm. At Iht^ expiration of this time, de-\\nsirous of commencing for himself, he started out\\nto work by the month in Hancock Count} receiv-\\ning therefor 810. He was soon attacked with ague,\\nthe prevailing trouble of that region, and on this\\naccount lost so much time that his .assets were very\\nsmall at the end of the lirst year. That winter\\nhe returned home to Wyandot County, and next\\nmade his way to Marion County, where he hired\\nout at $1G per month. This venture proved more\\nfortunate, and he was thus occupied until after the\\noutbreak of the war.\\nOur suljject was among the first to respond to", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0903.jp2"}, "904": {"fulltext": "892\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nthe call for troops in defense of the Union, enlist-\\ning in April, 1861, in Company K, 15th Ohio In-\\nfantry, and for a brief time remained in camp in\\nthe vicinity of Colurabus. Thence they were or-\\ndered to Virginia, and Mr. Berleeu was for some\\ntime on detached duty, guarding the Baltimore\\nOhio Eailroad at Grafton, W. Va. At the exiiira-\\ntion of his first teim of enlistment, in August fol-\\nlowing, he returned home, and, in company with\\none of his comrades, opened a harness-shop at Lit-\\ntle Sandusky. There being, however, little prospect\\nof a cessation of hostilities between the North and\\nthe South, our subject, in February, 1 862, once\\nmore proffered his services to the Government, en-\\nlisting this time in Companj- I, 61st Ohio Infantry,\\nwhich was assigned to the Army of the Potomac.\\nHe was now destined to fight in earnest, participat-\\ning in the battles at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg,\\nbesides other minor engagemeuls. and was then\\ntransferred to the Army of the Cumberland, which\\nmarched with Sherman from Chattanooga to At-\\nlanta, and thence to the sea. After that had been\\naccomplished, they passed up through the Carolinas\\nto Washington, participating in all the battles of\\nthat memorable campaign, and being present, finall}\\nin the grand review at Washington. From there\\nMr. Berleen, with his comrades, was sent to Louis-\\nville, where he received his honorable discharge,\\nin August, 1865. He was afterward at the reunion\\nof his regiment at Columbus, Ohio, the same month.\\nAfter his retirement from the service, Mr. Ber-\\nleen visited the old home in Wyandot County,\\nOhio, then came to Michigan to visit his parents,\\nand which was his first trij) to this State. He was\\nso well pleased with the outlook that, in com))any\\nwith his brother, he purchased the tract of land ad-\\njoining the village of Waldron, where he now\\nresides. There was then little prospect of a town, no\\nbuildings, and only about five acres of the land had\\nbeen cleared. The youngmen were unmarried at this\\ntime, and not being overstocked with money, worked\\nout for a tinie. not being in a condition to give\\nall their efforts to the impiovement of their land.\\nIn 1866 the} erected a substantiallog house, where\\nthe} kept bachelor s hall until the marriage of our\\nsubject.\\nIn the fall of 1869 Mr. Berleen brought to his\\nunpretentious home a bride, having been married\\non the 29th of September to Mrs. Lucetta (Battin)\\nPerry, who w.as born in Columbiana County, Ohio,\\nFeb. 19, 1836, but was at this time a resident of\\nWright Township. The pair commenced life to-\\ngether in the log house, which constituted their\\nhome for several years, and where their only living\\nchild, a daughter, Clara Bell, was born .June 18,\\n1878. They had three children older than her, all\\ndeceased. Mr. Berleen continued the improvement\\nand cultivation of his farm with little interruption\\nand fine success, gathering gradnalij the appurten-\\nances of the modern country homestead. He has\\nnow a comnKidious frame dwelling. built in modern\\nstyle of architecture, while his barns, other out-\\nbuildings, live stock and machinery, bear fair com-\\nparison with those of the enterprising men about\\nhim. He is ranked among the solid .and reliable\\nmen of Hillsdale County, selfraade and self-edu-\\ncated, and has improved vveil the talents given\\nhim.\\nMrs. Beileen is the daughter of Joshua Battin,\\na native of Pennsylvania, who, with his father, John\\nBattin. emigrated to Columbiana County, Ohio,\\nduring its early settlement. Purchasing a tract of\\ntimber land, his subsequent life differed little\\nfrom that of the sturdy pioneers about him, he\\nhaving labored industriously and lived worthily,\\nuntil his death. His son Joshua was but a boy\\nwhen he left his native State, and developing into\\nmanhood in Columbiana County, Ohio, married\\nthere, and made it his home until 1853. He then\\njoined the caravan making its way to this State,\\nand settling in the southeastern part of this county,\\nin Wright Township, purchased a tract of partially\\ncleared land on section 28, where he carried on\\nfarming until the illness which terminated his life,\\nin 1880.\\nJoshua Battin, with his family, for some years\\noccupied a log house, but before his death erected\\na good set of frame buildings. His wife, in her\\ngirlhood, was a Miss Martha Pettit, also a native of\\nPennsylvania, and daughter of Jacob and Jemima\\n(Williams) Pettit, who spent their entire lives in\\nthe Keystone State. Mrs. Martha Battin passed\\naway some years previous to the death of her hus-\\nband, at the old homestead. Her daughter, Lucetta,\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0904.jp2"}, "905": {"fulltext": "L.\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n893\\nwas first married in October. 1865, to Rufus Perry,\\nwho was born in Oliio, and was tiie son of Alexan-\\nder and Eunice Perry. He came to IMicliigaii when\\na young man and settled in Wright Townslu|),\\nwhere he was married to Miss Battin,and died four\\nmonths afterward. The paternal grandmother of\\nMrs. Berleen was, in her girlhood, Miss Ann White,\\na native of Pennsylvania. She died in Harrison\\nCounty, Ohio, at the home of her daughter, after\\nreaching the advanced age of ninety-five years.\\nHer father, the great-grandfather of Mrs. Berleen,\\nwas a native of Ireland, and coming to America\\nwhen a 3 oung man, and without means, was sold\\nto pa}- his passage. Before he had served his time,\\nhowever, he married the daughter of his purchaser,\\nand bj this stroke of policy secured his freedom\\nupon eas\\\\ terms.\\nMiss Clara Bell Berleen, the daughter of our sub-\\nject, was born June 18, 1878. Mr. and Mrs. B.\\nhave also an adopted daughter, Maggie, now the\\nwife of Dr. W. F. Barnes, of Waldron. In politics\\nMr. Berleen is a Prohibitionist.\\n..ILLIAM G. WHITNEY, of Allen Town-\\nshii), is the son of that well-known old resi-\\nIcnt, Jonathan Whitney, whose sketch\\nappears elsewhere in this volume. He w;is born in\\nthis township, Dec. 13, 1840. and while being reared\\nto farm pursuits, his early education, begun in the\\ncommon schools, was completed by attendance at\\nboth Hillsdale and Albion Colleges. He spent the\\nwinter of 18 J0-()1 in Illinois, then returning to his\\nnative township, enlisted on the 24th of August fol-\\nlowing in Company B. 1 1th Michigan Infantry, in\\nwhich he was promoted first to the rank of Sergeant,\\nand subsequently, Jan. 7, l.SG;3, received the com-\\nmission of Second Lieutenant.\\nLieut. Wiiitney commanded his companj at the\\nbattle of Mission Ridge, and on the 3(1 of July,\\n1864, was promoted in front of Atlanta, Ga., to the\\nrank of First Lieutenant. At the first- mentioned\\nbattle he was complimented in the presence of his\\nbrigade for meritorious conduct before the lire of\\nthe enemy. After the fall of Atlanta he was ap-\\npointed military conductor on the Chattanooga\\nKnoxville Railroad, in which capacity he served\\nuntil the 1st of March, 1865. He was then given a\\nCaptain s commission, and also made Provost Mar-\\nshal of Clevel.and, Tenn., which position he held\\nuntil in August, 1865.\\nCapt. Whitney now rejoined his regiment, whicli\\nwas stationed at Knoxville from that time until\\nbeing mustered out. He was in all the engagements\\nof his regiment, including the battle of Chioka-\\nmauga, where he was wounded slightly in the right\\nhand. Upon receiving his discharge he continued\\na resident of Knoxville two years, -engaged as\\nbaggagemaster and conductor on the Knoxville\\nChattanooga Railroad. This contract ended, he\\nreturned to his native township, and engaged in\\nfarming until the spring of 1887, having a body of\\nland 130 acres in extent. At that date he trans-\\nferred this to the care of a tenant, and removed to\\nAllen Village, where he now resides.\\nOur subject was married in Allen Township,\\nApril 23, 1874, to Mrs. Bessie Kay, daughter of\\nCharles and Elizabeth Marshall, and widow of\\nThomas Kay, who died in London, England, July\\n7, 1870. Mrs. Whitney had by her first marriage\\none child, a daughter, Lottie, who is now living in\\nAllen Township. Of her union with our subject\\nthere are three children living Anna L. M., H.\\nJennie Ma} and Frederick W. G. One child, a\\ndaughter, Mary, died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs.\\nWhitnej are members of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, and politicallj our subject votes the\\nRepublican ticket. Socially, he belongs to C. J.\\nDickinson Post No. G. G. A. R., of Hillsdale.\\nR. GEORGE W. MOSIIER, who for the\\nlast fifteen years has olliciated as mine\\nhost of the well-known Mosher House, of\\nHillsdale, purchased this property in 1873,\\nand has been extremely fortunate in his connection\\ntherewith. A gentleman of excellent business ca-\\npacities, and having a natural insight into the\\nrequirements of the traveling [jublic, those who visit\\nhis hospitable house once are sure to repeat the\\nexperiment.\\nA native of Dutchess County, N. Y., Dr. Mosher", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0905.jp2"}, "906": {"fulltext": "894\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nf\\nwas born Sept. 30, 1 823. and is the son of Stephen\\nM. Mosher, a native of Massachusetts. His pater-\\nnal grandfather, Maxson Mosher. also a native of\\nthe Bay State, was tiie son of Israel Mosher, who\\nwas a direct descendant of pure Englisii ancestry.\\nThe mother of our subject was in her girlhood Miss\\nPhebe Gifford, a native of Massachusetts. Soon\\nafter their marriage the ])areuts settled near the\\nplace of their birth, wlience they removed to Dutch-\\ness County, N. Y.. and thence to Tioga County.\\nIn the latter they remained but a few years, subse-\\nquently taking up their residence in Ca3Higa Count}\\nwhere our subject developed into manhood. They\\nare now deceased.\\nDr. Mosher pursued his first studies in the dis-\\ntrict school, and later took a course at Mariana\\nAcademj after wiiich he eniployed himself as a\\nteacher. He commenced the stud} of medicine in\\nthe office of Dr. Cyrus Powers, at Moravia, N. Y.,\\nwith whom he remained three years, and finished by\\ntaking a course in the medical department of the\\nUniversity of New York, from which he was gradu-\\nated, and entered npc n the practice of his profes-\\nsion in Pennsylvania. It was not long liefore he\\nsecured an excellent patronage, and he was there\\nestablished for a period of twenty years.\\nAt the expiration of this time Dr. Mosher s\\nattention becoming attracted to the advantages\\nof Southern Michigan, he came in the fall of 1869\\nto this county, taking up his residence for a year in\\nLitchfield Township. Thence he removed to Jones-\\nville. where he practiced in the fainilies of his\\nacquaintances, having his office in the building\\nwhich he now conducts as a hotel. About this time\\nhe was induced to believe that he had a talent for\\ncarrying on a public house, and, securing posses-\\nsion of the premises mentioned, conducted this\\nhouse two years, and then removed to .\\\\llegan, this\\nState, where he conducted the Chaffee House one\\nyear. Next he purchased the building which he now\\nowns and occupies in Hillsdale, and in the course\\nof time gradually retired from pr.actice, finding this\\nlatter occupation better suited to his tastes and\\ninclinations.\\nWhile a resident of Pennsylvania Dr. Mosher was\\nmarried to Miss C. .Tcaunctte Rea, the wedding tak-\\ning place at the home of the bride, in Mill Grove.\\n///ILLIAM S.\\n\\\\^ys!j manufacture\\nPa.. Jan. 25, 1855. Mrs. Mosher was born June\\n8, 1830, in ;\\\\Iill Grove, and is the daughter of\\nWalter and Mary Rea, n.-itives of Scotland and New\\nYork, now deceased. Of this union there has been\\nborn ,one child only, a daughter, Georgie J. who\\nmarried A. B. Flagg, of Rogers Park, III.\\nj^ILLIAM S. PETTIS, who is successfully\\na sawmill, and carrying on the\\ne of cider, jelly, butter, etc., has\\nhis headquarters at Stearaburg, on section 12, in\\nCambria Township, in the vicinity of which he has\\nbeen a resident for nearly forty years. Coming\\nhere in 1851 he remained fifteen j ears engaged in a\\nsawmill, and then repairing to Hillsdale em-\\nbarked in the foundry and machine business, at\\nwhich he occupied himself until 1879.\\nMr. Peltis th.at year, returning to hisold haunts,\\nestablished his present industry, which he has since\\noperated to most excellent advantage. He has a\\nthirty-horse power engine, and all the other ap-\\npliances necessary to cari ying on an extensive\\nbusiness in a profitable manner, and from his saw-\\nmill turns out 5,000 feet of lumber per day. The\\nproducts of his other enterprises find a ready\\nmarket thi-oughout this and adjoining States.\\nOur suhject is one of the pioneer settlers of this\\nsection, having made his way to Hillsdale County\\nin 1839, and locating first in Jefferson Township.\\nHe came to Michigan while it was still a Territory,\\naccompanj ing his father here in 1831, when six\\nyears of age. The latter settled in Blissfield Town-\\nship, Lenawee Count} and |)ut up the first grocery\\nstore in the village of Blissfield, which he operated\\nfrom 1834 to 1837, and upon retiiing began keep-\\ning a hotel in Blissfield. From there he came to Jef-\\nferson Township, this county, and later operated a\\ndistillery in Hillsdale Township. He afterward\\nlived one year at Allen, but finally returned to\\nJefferson Township, where his death took place\\nabout 1853. The mother had died in Blissfield, in\\n1837.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Wayne\\nCounty, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1826, and is the son of\\nPeleg and Lavina (Powers) Pettis, the former a", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0906.jp2"}, "907": {"fulltext": "I*\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n895\\nnative of New York State, and the latter of New\\nEngland. Peleg Pettis acquired a good common-\\nschool education, and during his early manhood\\nengaged considerably in teaching. He also oper-\\nated a distillery for some time. The parents\\nwere married in Wayne County, where they lived\\nuntil after the birth of four children, and then re-\\nsolved to emigrate to the West. They made their\\nway via the lake and overland, and soon after\\nlanding in Monroe Count3% this State, one of tlieir\\nchildren died, making the second child which they\\nhad lost, one having died in Wayne Count} N. Y.\\nOf the two remaining, William S., our subject, was\\nthe younger, and was next to the eldest of their\\noffspring. Peleg Pettis was a man of considerable\\nforce of character, and became quite prominent in\\nlocal affairs, officiating as Captain of the Lenawee\\nCounty Militia, and led his forces against the In-\\ndian warrior, Black Hawk, during the troubles of\\nthat time, and hater in the Toledo War.\\nThe father of our subject, upon coming to this\\ncounty, occupied himself rn running a stage from\\nAdrian to Monroe, and was married the second\\nlime, to Miss Minerva Young, who only lived a\\n3 ear afterward. His third wife was Miss Melissa\\nFraker, who survived him some years, and died in\\nJefferson Township in 1853. Of his last marri.Tge\\nthere were born six children, three of whom are\\nliving.\\nWilliam S. Pettis continued a member of his\\nfather s household until reaching his majority, and\\nthen started out in business on his own account.\\nBeing of an enterprising turn of mind, he engaged\\nin the manufacture of shingles from 1842 to 1851 in\\nthis county, and other places in the State. During\\nthe latter year he put up a sawmill in Cambria Town-\\nship, and in 1880 added the cider mill, from which\\nhe now manufactures about 1,000 barrels of this\\nfavorite beverage annually.\\nThe lady first chosen .as the wife of our subject,\\nand to whom he was married .at Osseo, .Jefferson\\nTownshii), July 4. 1851, was Miss Mary J. Hindes,\\nwho was born in New Jersey, June 1 1, 18.30, and\\nwent to Ontario County, N. Y., with her parents\\nwhen a mere child. Thence, in 1K37, they came to\\nthis State, locating in Monroe Count} The father\\nis deceased, and the mother resides with our sub-\\nject. Mrs. Mary J. Pettis becirae the mother of\\ntwo children, and departed this life at her home\\nin Stearaburg, March 8, 1861. The sou Walter\\nmarried Miss Margaret Edwards, and is a resident\\nof Hillsdale, being an emplo^ e of the Lake Siiore ife\\nMichigan Southern Railroad. The daughter, Jennie,\\nis now engaged as a teacher in the public schools of\\nEast S.aginaw.\\nOn the I4th of September, 1861, .Mr. Pettis con-\\ntr.acted a second marriage, with the sister of his first\\nwife. Miss Catherine Hindes, the wedding taking\\nplace in Cambria. These ladies were the daughters\\nof John and .Sarah (Perry) Hindes, who were natives\\nof New Jersey, and the father a farmsr by occu-\\npation. The latter died in 1883 in Hillsdale, at\\nthe .age of sevent3 -eight years. The mother i s\\nstill living, and makes her home with her daugh-\\nter, Mrs. Pettis, being now se vent} -seven years\\nold. Mrs. Pettis was born in Adrian Township,\\nLenawee County, Jan. 12, 1840, and by her union\\nwith our subject became the mother of four ciiil-\\ndren, two of whom died in early childhood. The\\nthird child, Frank J., is a teacher in the public\\nschools of Cambria. Cora, the daughter, is com-\\npleting her studies at home; Edward S. was acci-\\ndent-ally drowned while skating on the ice at the\\nmill pond in Hillsdale, in 1877, when a bright boy\\nthirteen years of age; Freddie P. died when two\\nyears old.\\nThe home of Mr. Pettis is pleasantly located, and\\nthe family are enjoying all the comforts of life and\\nmany of its luxuries. Mr. Pettis devotes most\\nof his attention to his business interests, but when\\ncasting his vote at the general elections uniformly\\nsupports the principles of the Democratic party.\\n\\\\f7 EMUEL GIBBS. There are scores of men in\\nI a community who, perhaps, liave made very\\n/IL^ little stir in the world, yet underneath a\\nquiet surface have pursued the even tenor of their\\nway, exerting a good influence, and proving serv-\\niceable in upbuilding its general tone, sustaining\\nits morality, and fixing its foundation stones. Simi-\\nlar to this has been the life of the subject of this\\nsketch. He is of American birth and parentage.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0907.jp2"}, "908": {"fulltext": "u\\n896\\nHILLSDAL?: COUNTY.\\nthe descenflant of a family wbicli was first repre-\\nsented in this country generations ago, and wliose\\nlineal descendants were traced back to England.\\nThe typical three brothers, in the early Colonial\\ntimes, crossed the Atlantic, settling probably first\\nin New England, and then drifting westward into\\nthe Empire State.\\nAugustus and Eslher (Stedman) Gibbs, the par-\\nents of our subject, were natives of Litchfield, Conn.,\\nand before their marriage migrated to Livingston\\nCounty, N. Y., the father settling thereabout 1800.\\nThey were there married, and Augustus Gibbs fol-\\nlowed agriculture successfully. The mother passed\\naway in middle life, d3ing in Ai)ril, 1846, at the\\nage of foily-eight years. Mr. Gibbs survived his\\npartner for a period of twenty-eiglit years, his\\ndeath taking place at his home in Livingston\\nCounty, in 1873, when lie was seventy-eight years\\nold. Their six children consisted of three sons and\\ntliree daughters, of whom i^emuel, our subject, was\\nthe fourth in order of birth.\\nLemuel Gilibs was born Feb. 3, 1832, in Livonia,\\nLivingston Co., N. Y., where, after leaving the\\ncommon school, he pursued his studies in the Wes-\\nleyan Seminary, and later was a student of Temple\\nHill Academy, at Geneseo. Subsequently he en-\\ngaged in teaching for a brief time, afterward occu-\\npied himself in mercantile pursuits two years, and\\nthen going back to the old homestead, was mar-\\nried, Oct. 16, 18. 5, to Miss Ellen Thurston, one of\\nhis old schoolm.ates. Mrs. Gibbs was born in June,\\n1833, in Livingston Count} N. Y.. and is the\\ndaughter of William and Abbie (Hannahs) Thur-\\nston, who were natives resjiectively of Rhode Island\\nand Connecticut. They also spent their last years\\nin Livingston County, N. Y., where the father fol-\\nlowed blacksmithing and died in 1858, when sixty-\\nfour years old. The mother survived twenty-five\\nyears, remaining a widow, and died in Livingston\\nCounty when about seventy-eight years old. Thej\\nwere the parents of three children, one daughter and\\ntwo sons.\\nMrs. Gibbs, like her husband, received a good\\neducation, completing her studies in the academy\\nat Livonia, and the Ligham University at Le Roy.\\nOf her union witli our subject there were born two\\nchildren, Mettie U. and William T., who are both\\nat home with their parents. The children have also\\nbeen well educated, completing their studies in the\\nLitehlield LTnion School, in 1885.\\nThe farm of our subject includes eighty-seven\\nacres of well-cultivated land, upon which he located\\nin 1876. He came to this State in 1868, and for\\nten years was a resident of Litchfield Village. He\\nhas been fairly prosperous, alw.ays managing to\\nmake a good living for his family, has limited his\\nexpenses to his income, is possessed of the strictest\\nintegrity, and in all respects is a praiseworthy citi-\\nzen. He is strongly imbued with temperance prin-\\nciples, and politically, aria3 s himself on the side of\\nthe Prohibitionists.\\n\\\\fi\\\\^ ORR CONKLIN is a prominent and repre-\\nsentative farmer of Hillsdale County,\\nlocated on section 6, Moscow Township, on\\na fine farm of eighty acres of land, which\\nhe has brought to a high state of cultivation,\\nprovided with convenient and commodious farm\\nbuildings, and supplied with modern conveniences\\nfor carrying on successfull} his calling of an agri-\\nculturist. He is also in the possession of eighty-\\nacres of land on sections 7 and 8 of this township,\\nand twenty acres of meadow land in J.ackson\\nCounty. Mr. Conklin derives his origin from the\\nhardy sons of the Emi)ire State, whose character-\\nistics appear to have been hereditar} as wherever\\nwe find their descendants in this section of coun-\\ntry we find the same indomitable energy and perse-\\nverance; the will to do, the brain to plan and the\\nenergy to accomplish. Mr. Conklin is no exception\\nto this rule, as a visit to his well-kept homestead\\nwill prove.\\nThe parents of our subject, N. L. and Lucy\\n(LaZelle) Conklin, were born in Cayuga County,\\nN. Y., and there they grew to mature years and\\nwere united in marriage. Soon after this event\\nthey removed to Bridgewater, Washtenaw County,\\nwhere they were among the very first settlers, and\\nlocated on 160 acres of Government land. In his\\nnative State Mr. Conklin enjoyed the advantages\\nof its excellent school S3stem, and acquiring a good\\neducation engaged in the prc)fession of a school", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0908.jp2"}, "909": {"fulltext": "i\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n897\\nteacher in those early pioneer timeos. Here, in ad-\\ndition to their efforts in subduing nutni c, clearing\\nland, breaking prairie, etc., the pioneers made pro-\\nvision for the education, and had a care for the\\nmorals of their growing families. Teacher as well\\nas pupils lal)ored under great difliculties in uncom-\\nfortable scliool-i ooms, without any of theniodern\\nappliances which so much assist tlie teacher in his\\narduous work, with small remuneration and a scat-\\ntered population; yet many of these children grew\\nto be noble, high-minded men and women, and\\nhave taken a foremost rank among the people of\\ntheir da^- and generation. Here the parents of our\\nsubject reside l until they came to Michigan, in\\nabout 1828, and are still living in Washtenaw\\nCount} at the ripe ages of eighty and seventy -nine\\n3 ears.\\nThe parentrd family of our subject included six\\nboys and two girls, who all grew to mature years.\\nOur suliject, who was the fourth child in oi der of\\nbirth, first saw the light April 17, 1838, in Bridge-\\nwater Township. Washtenaw Count} His earlj\\nlife was spent in the manner usual to the sons of\\nthose early pioneers, alternating between the labors\\nof the farm and attendance at the district school.\\nInspired by the counsel and example of his honored\\nfather he became ambitious to acquire a broader\\neducation, and succeeded in attending the Normal\\nSchool at Ypsilanti, where he pursued his studies\\nduring one terra. At the age of twenty-four, in\\n1861, he came to Moscow Township, where his\\nbrother Day had i)receded him two years, and pur-\\nchased forty acres of land. In partnership with his\\nbrother he also bought eighty acres of unimproved\\nLand on section G, and there continued to labor in\\nthe improvement of his purchase.\\nBeing now in a conditicjn to take upon himself\\nthe responsibilities of a family, our subject was\\nunited in marriage, Nov. 1!), 18G3, with Miss Don-\\ncilia, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Camburn, of\\nwhom a sketch appears elsewhere in this work. Mrs.\\nConklin was the second in order of birth of five\\nchildren born to Jacob and Sarah Camburn, and is\\na native of Moscow Plains, where she was born\\nJuly 11. 1^!41. She received her education in the\\ncommon schools of the township, and remained\\nwith her parents assisting in domestic duties until\\nher marriage. Of her union witH our subject there\\nwere born three children, recorded as follows: Guy\\nmarried Nora Church, and lives in Moscow Town-\\nship: Maude is deceased, and F.a5 ctte resides at the\\nhomestead.\\nMr. Conklin s desire to promote the cause of\\neducation led to his acce])tance of offices in connec-\\ntion with the schools of his township, the duties of\\nwhich he efficiently discharged for a period of si.x\\nj ears. He was also Tieasurer of the school in his\\ndistrict. The Democratic i)art3 voices the senti-\\nments of Mr. Conklin. while socially, he is a mem-\\nber of the Masonic fraternity, identified with\\nHamilton Lodge No. 113.\\ns?\u00c2\u00bb^\\n\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab?itf-.\\n^?=^EORGE W. PROPER. Conspicuous among\\nfj f^^ the prosperous and substantial agriculturists\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^J^ of Hillsdale County, and holding an impor-\\ntant position in the business community, ma} be\\nquoted the name of the subject of this biography,\\nwho resides on section 29 of Scipio Township. He\\nclaims New York as his n.ativc State, his birthplace\\nbeing Groveland, Livingston Count} and the date\\nof his birth Aug. 11, 1833. He is a sou of\\nLeonard and the late Dorcas (Condon) Proper,\\nboth natives of the Empire State. After their\\nmarriage his parents settled in Livingston County,\\nin the town of Sparta, but subsequently moved to\\nGroveland, where his father engaged in farming.\\nIn 1852 he decided to move West, and chose Michi-\\ngan .as his point of destination. Therefore, in June\\nof that year, accompanied by his famil} he came\\nto this count} and settled in Scipio, where he still\\nlives at a ripe old age. His worthy companion\\ndeparted this life several years ago, her death hav-\\ning occurred Sept. 5, 1872. To them had been\\nborn five sons and four daughters, of whom George\\nw.as the third child. (For further parental history\\nsee sketch of Leonard Proper on another page of\\nthis work.)\\nOur subject was reared on a farm in his native\\nState, and received an excellent education in the\\npublic schools. In youth he showed a marked\\naptitude for business, and the early promises for his\\n_^M", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0909.jp2"}, "910": {"fulltext": "11\\n898\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nfuture success have been amply fulfiUcfl. In 1852\\nhe came to this count} with his parents, and the\\nfollowingyear he visited Kankakee County, 111., with\\na view of establishing himself there; the country,\\nhowever, proved not so attractive to him as Michi-\\ngan, and he soon returned to Scipio, where he\\nbecame engaged in agricultural pursuits. In the\\nmeantime, tiring of his bachelor freedom, he wooed\\nand eventually won as a life companion an accom-\\nplished young lady of high mental gifts, to whom\\nhe was wedded April 5, 1859. Her maiden name\\nwas Carrie P. Richards, daughter of Judge Willard\\nRichards, formerly a prominent citizen of Scipio,\\nnow a resident of Jonesville. (See sketch of Judge\\nRichards in another part of this volume). Mrs.\\nProper was born in Perrinton, Monroe Co., N.\\nY., June 28, 1834. She inherited the best qualities\\nof her parents, and grew to womanhood in her\\nnative town, receiving an excellent education in its\\nschools, and fiora her good mother a practical\\ntraining in domestic duties which fit her to preside\\nwith dignity and efficiency over her household.\\nMr. and Mrs. Proper are the parents of three chil-\\ndren Willard A., Walter G. and Hattic E. The\\neldest son, Willard, married Miss Juua MacNeal,\\nand they live in Scipio Townshi[).\\nThe subject of our sketch has been prospered in\\nall his undertakings. His farm, which is located\\nin the midst of one of the most fertile and pro-\\nductive agricultural regions of this county, is well\\nadapted to the raising of all the cereals, vegetables\\nand fruits common to this climate. In addition to\\nthe care that he bestows on his broad acres, Mr.\\nProper pays much attention to dealing in stock,\\nhis good judgment in buying and selling making\\nthat branch of his industry pecuniarily profitable.\\nHe owns 380 acres of valuable land, the major part\\nof it lying in Scipio Township, on which he has\\nmade many improvements, having a good dwelling\\nand all necessary barns and out-buildings, evur}\\nthing in and about the premises betokening thrift\\nand skillful management.\\nMr. Proper has been intimately connected with\\nthe growth of his adopted township, and has con-\\ntributed his quota toward the advancement of its\\ninterests. Socially, he is a valued member of the\\nMasonic fraterisit^ and in politics is a stanch\\nRepublican, upholding the principles of that party\\nearnestly and conscientiously. He is a well-informed\\nman, of unimpeachable character, and one of the\\nbest citizens of an intelligent community, where he\\nis held in high esteem.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.o^.g)Jv v\u00c2\u00ae-o*o s-*-\\nij[^ MANUEL BENTZ, deceased, was born in\\nGermany in 1802, and came to America in\\n1810, settling in New York State, where he\\nlearned the trade of miller, and whence he came to\\nthis county with his family in 183G. He settled\\namong the pioneers of Allen Township, taking up\\na tract of Government land, where he labored for a\\ntime, then removed to Litchfield Township, and\\nengaged in milling with George C. Munro, the firm\\nbeing Munro Bentz.\\nThis partnership continued a number of years,\\nprobably twenty, and Mr. Bentz continued a resi-\\ndent of Litchfield until 18G3. He then removed\\nto Hillsdale, where his death occured April 10, 1881.\\nWhile a resident of New Y ork State he was united\\nin marriage with Miss Sarah Kiefer, and they\\nbecame the parents of seven children, four of\\nwhom lived to mature years, namely: William,\\nJohn, Charles and Louisa. This lady died in Litch-\\nfield Township, this county, and Mr. Bentz was\\nsubsequently married to Mrs. Emily A. (Paddock)\\nLeets, and of this union there were born two chil-\\ndren Ira R. and Edward S. Mrs. Emily Bentz\\ndied in Jonesville, Jul}- 23, 1886. Both she and\\nMr. B. were members of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, and Mr. Bentz was especially devoted to\\nreligious work. He was at one time Postmaster of\\nLitchfield, and Justice of the Peace.\\nAMUEL E. JOHNSON, farmer, occupying\\na prominent position among the citizens of\\n\\\\\\\\J_M cipio Township, is a man universall}^ es-\\nteemed for his sterling worth and upright\\ncharacter. He was born in the township in which\\nhe resides. Feb. 19. 1842. His father, Lyman\\nJohnson, was a native of St. Lawrence County, N.\\nY., born Dec. 12, 1812. He was reared in his", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0910.jp2"}, "911": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nnative State and chose farming as his occupation.\\nlie was an energetic, industrious joiing man, and\\nbefore lie liad attained his majority tool; upon him-\\nself the duties pertaining to the head of a househt)ld,\\nl)y liis marriage in Mendon, N. Y.. June 22, 1832,\\nto Miss Fannj Benedict, a native of the P^mpii-e\\nState, born in Saratoga County in September, 1813.\\nAfter marriage Mr. .ind Mrs. Johnson remained in\\ntheir native State lialf a dozen years or so, during\\nwhich time Mr. Johnson was engaged in agricultural\\npursuits, and was also Captain on the Erie Canal,\\nwhere lie owned a line of boats. In the spring of\\n1837 he visited Hillsdale County, and being pleased\\nwith the country took up a quarter-section of land\\nin Scipio Township. He then returned home, and,\\nsettling up his affairs in New York State, in March\\nof the following year brought his family, which\\nthen consisted of his wife, to Michigan, and located\\non his homestead on section 10 of this township,\\nremaining there until his dcatii, Fel). 27, 1869.\\nThe subject of this sketch is the only child born\\nto his i)arents now living. lie attended the public\\nsciiools of his native township, and afterward studied\\nfor asiiort time in the Baptist College at Kalamazoo.\\n.Since becoming a self-su|)[)orting member of society\\nbe has devoted his time and attention to agricult-\\nural |)ursuits, wherein his ability skill and judicious\\nmanagement have won for him undisputed success.\\nHe is the owner of a farm consisting of 222 acres\\nof highly cultivated land, of which he may justlj-\\nbe proud. Uiion it stands a handsome residence,\\nlarge and convenient barns, and other good farm\\nbuildings, the whole forming an attractive feature\\nof tlic landscape. Mr. .lohnson has always resided\\nin Scipio, but not alone lias he enjoyed the good\\nthings of life that have befallen him, for Oct. 13,\\n1804. he was united in marriage with Miss Jane A.\\nMorford.in his native townshi[). Mie is a native of\\nHillsdale C( unty, born in Moscow Townsliip, Sept.\\n5, IS-iC). Her parents, William and Zelphia L.\\n(Jackson) Jlorford, natives of New York, were of\\nOernian and English origin respectively. After\\nmarriage they removed to Hillsdale Count} and\\nlocated on a farm in iloscow Townshi|), where they\\nspent the remainder of their j ears. They were the\\nparents of three children Diantha, Jane and Addie.\\nTheir second d;iughter is the wife of our subject,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^a\\nand is the happy and devoted mother of two chil-\\ndren Minnie B. and Nona B.\\nMr. Johnson is an influential citizen and one of\\nthe representative men of his townshij) and county,\\nhaving tlie confidence of his fellowmcn, whom he\\nhas satisfactorily served in nearly all the minor\\noffices, and he has also served one term .as .Super-\\nvisor of the township, and at present is Justice of\\nthe Peace. He is a leading member of the Masonic\\nfraternity, belonging to the Jonesville Lodge and to\\nthe Commandery in Hillsdale. He h.as likewise\\nbeen a Granger since the association was organized.\\nOur subject is an earnest worker in all good and\\nnoble causes, and is .a consistent temperance man.\\nIn political belief he is a firm adherent of the Re-\\npublican party.\\nON. DANIEL KINNE, who w.as prominently\\nidentified with the early history of Reading\\nTownship, died in Waterbury, t., Jan. 2I\\n1 872, while there on business in the interest\\nof the Colby Factory, and to which place he had\\nbeen sent bj the citizens of Reading as a commit-\\ntee of one to confer with Mr. Colby in reference to\\nthis enterprise, the matter of whose construction\\nw.as being agitated at that time. His illness was\\nbrief and his death unexpected. It consequently\\nw.as a shock to the people around his old home,\\nwhere he had followed the career of a successful\\nfarmer and stock-raiser since 1838.\\nIn May of the j-ear mentioned Mr. Kinne began\\nhis manhood s career by purchasing a tract of un-\\nbroken land on section 28. in Reading Townshii).\\nHe came to this section of country poor in purse,\\nbut with an abundance of resolution and persever-\\nance. Upon his land he put up a small shanty\\nwith a bark roof, and thereafter proceeded after the\\nmanner of the earlj- pioneers to bring the soil to a\\nstate of cultivation and build up a liome in the\\nwilderness. As he approached the prime of life he\\nwas ranked as among the prominent and useful\\nmen of the conununity, one whose energy and en-\\nterprise had not only elevated him to a good ])osi-\\ntion, but had great influence in the building up of\\nhis township and the welfare of its people.", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0911.jp2"}, "912": {"fulltext": "900\\n4\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nMr. Kinne when a young man officiatefl as Super-\\nvisor, Justice of the Peace and Commissioner of\\nHighways, and in 1845 was elected Associate Judge\\nof the county, which position he filled with so much\\ngood judgment and discretion that he was, in 1847,\\nelected a representative of the count} to the Michi-\\ngan Legislature as the candidate of the Democratic\\nparty. In 1851 he was a member of the Constitu-\\ntional Convention, having for its object the revis-\\nion of the statutes, and acquitted himself here as\\nelsewhere with uniform ability. He was instrumental\\nin causing the construction of the Lake Shore A;\\nMichigan Southern Railroad, Ft. Wayne Branch,\\nthrough this part of the county, and also in the\\nlaying of the plank road from Reading to Hillsdale.\\nThe closing work of his life was to secure the loca-\\ntion of the Colby Factory in Reading, and which\\nhas become one of the indispensable institutions in\\nthis part of the county. Here all kinds of house-\\nhold articles are manufactured, not alone giving to\\nthe people of the county said articles at a reduced\\nprice, but furnishing employment to a large number\\nof operators. In the furtheiance of this enterprise\\nMr. Kinne exerted himself greatly, whi -h no doubt\\nresulted in his death, as he contracted a se-\\nvere cold, which terminated fatally before he could\\nreach his friends. His last act was to telegraph to\\nhis fellow-townsmen at Reading that he had adjusted\\nthe matter successfully with Mr. Colby, and thus\\nhad secured the location of the building here. As\\nthey look upon it they are often reminded of him\\nwho made such a great sacrifice.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Hebron,\\nWashington Co., N. Y., April 17, 1814. His par-\\nents, Daniel and Betsy (Spencer) Kinne, were na-\\ntives of Vermont and of old New England ancestry.\\nThey were married in the Green Mountain State,\\nand the father died in Hebron, N. Y.. in 1828, in\\nmiddle life. His wife subsequently came to this\\nState to live with her son, Daniel, Jr., and died at\\nhis home in Reading Township, Feb. 16, 1871, at\\nthe advanced age of eighty-four years. She was\\ntor years a consistent member of the Presbyterian\\nChurch.\\nDaniel Kinne, Jr., remained with his mother until\\nhis marriage. At an early age he was trained\\nto habits of industry and when a youth under-\\nstood that he had to make his own way in the world.\\nHe was married in Collins Township, p]rie Co., N.\\nY., Feb. 11, 1836, to Miss Myrtilla Fritts, who was\\nthe only daughter and second child of Francis\\nFritts, a sketch of whom will be found elsewhere in\\nthis work. She was born at Queensbury, Warren\\nCo., N. Y., Feb. 22, 1816, and was taken by her\\nparents to Collins when quite young. She died at\\nher home in Reading Township, this county, Dec.\\n27, 1866. She was a lady of many estimable quali-\\nties, industrious and economical, and became the\\nmother of five daughters, three of whom are de-\\nceased, namely: Helen, Mrs. Benjamin F. Moss;\\nLouise, who died at the age of thirty-four j cars,\\nand Mattie, an infant. Those living are Mrs. Betsy\\nS. Russell, who was born in Reading Township,\\nApril 5, 1844, and Ann E., the wife of Samuel Orr,\\na well-to-do farmer of Reading Township, who has\\na farm of 120 acres on section 21. Mrs. Betsy\\nRussell completed her education in Hillsdale Col-\\nlege, and subsequently took a course in the State\\nNormal School, at Ypsilanti, where she prepared\\nherself for a teacher, and entered upon her duties\\nas such when but sixteen years of age. She taught\\nthereafter in the schools of Reading Township until\\nher marriage, which took place in Reading, Oct.\\n30, 1867. Her husband, PiUis Russell, is a native\\nof Orleans County, N. Y., born Nov. 8, 1838, and\\nis the son of Newton and Esther (Dinsmore) Rns-\\nsell, the former of whom died in 1864. The elder\\nRussell followed farming in Reading Township\\nfor some years before his death. He was born in\\nMassachusetts, Sept. 3, 1801. His wife is still liv-\\ning at the old farm, and has now arrived at the ad-\\nvanced age of eighty-one years, having been born\\non the seventh day of the seventh month of the\\nseventh year of this century, in Ontario County, N.\\nY. Both she and her husband were Spiritualists in\\nreligious belief.\\nThe eighth child of his parents and their seventh\\nson, Ellis Russell, who was familiarly called Doc,\\nwas one of twelve children, nine sons and three\\ndaughters, who with two exceptions are living, one\\nhaving died unnamed in infancy, and Asa, who died\\nin 1879, at the age of forty-five years, having been\\nborn in 1834. He left a wife and two children.\\nDoc Russell, now occupying the Kinne homestead,", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0912.jp2"}, "913": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n901\\nhas been well eflucatecl anrl was a teacher for some\\ntime; he is now intcrcf^ted in the manufacture of\\ncheese, at Reariin j. His wife, Betsey Russell, owns\\n148 acres of the Kinne homestead, and is the mother\\nof three cliildren, two of whom, D. Kinne and\\nClara, died in early childhood. Helen, the daugh-\\nter surviving, was educated in Reading and re-\\nmains at home with her parents. Mr. Russell, in\\npolitics is a Greeubacker.\\nMrs. Ann E. Orr, the j ounger daughter of Hon.\\nDaniel Kinne, was born on tlie old homestead in\\nReading Township, Oct. 7, 1849. Her early life\\nwas spent under the home roof, and her education\\nwas acquired in the schools of Rending and supple-\\nmented by attendance at Hillsdale College. .She\\nremained with her parents until lier marriage with\\nMr. .Samuel Orr, which occurred at her home April\\n12, 1876, and they commenced the journey of life\\ntogether near the village of Reading on a farm, a\\npart of the old homestead. Mr. Orr was born in\\nMadison. Ind., Oct. 27, 1848. and is the son of Jo-\\nseph and Elizabeth (Frick) Orr, the former of\\nwhom died in Reading Township in 1887. The\\nlatter is still living here, and has attained her three-\\nscore j-ears.\\nSamuel Orr was reared chic^fly in Cambria T(jwn-\\nship, having been brought by his parents to this\\nState when but a year old. He also was well edu-\\ncated, and in polities is a Democrat. He under-\\nstands farming thoroughly, and is making of life a\\nsuccess, both as a business man and a member of\\nthe community.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24-\\n^1^ ENRY W. WOODS, a successful general far-\\ny mer, feeder and shipper, of Cambria Town-\\nship, is also agent for the Northwestern\\nW Fertilizer Company, of Chicago, for this\\ncounty, in the interests of which he is building up a\\ngood patronage. His property includes 120 acres\\nof land on sections 9 and 10. and he has a first-class\\nset of farm buildings, most of which have been\\nerected by himself, and are entirely creditable\\nto his taste and skill. He has been the owner of\\ntliis farm for a period of twenty-two years and a\\nresident of Hillsdale County since January, 1858.\\nHe at that time settled in Cambria Township, among\\nwhose people he has lived for a period of more than\\nthirty years, and has fully established himself in\\ntheir confidence and esteem.\\nThe early home of our subject was on the other\\nside of the Atlantic, in Norfolk County, England,\\nwhere his birth took place Aug. 31, 1841. His\\nfather, William Woods, was also of English birth\\nand ancestry, and a native of the same county as\\nhis son. The paternal grandfather was born, lived\\nand died in Norfolk County, passing from earth at\\nthe ripe old age of ninetj -eight years. His son\\nWilliam spent his boyhood and youth near the\\nplace of his birth, and was married to a young\\nwoman who became the mother of ten children, .and\\ndied in England about 1837. His second wife, the\\nmother of our subject, was Miss Mary, daughter of\\nHenry Pett, who was a native of the same county\\nas the AYoods family, where he spent his entire life,\\nand died when eighty-six years old.\\nWilliam Woods after his second marriage and the\\nbirth of four children, not being content with his\\nprospects upon his native soil, started with his fam-\\nily for America in the spring of 1851. Embark-\\ning on a sailing-vessel from London, lhe3 landed in\\nNew York City, and for sis years following were\\nresidents of Buffalo, where a son and daughter were\\nadded to the family circle. In 1857 they came to\\nSouthern Michigan, locating at once in Hillsdale\\nTownship, but later removed to Cambria Township,\\nwhere the father died in 1858, at the age of sixty-\\nfour years. The mother contracted a second mar-\\nriage, with Joel Smith, of Hillsdale, and is now liv-\\ning in lliat city.\\nThe subject of this biography was the eldest of\\nhis mother s children, and was ten years of age when\\nhe emigrated from his native land. He completed\\nhis education in the schools of Cambria To^vnship.\\nand was seventeen years of age at the time of his\\nfather s death. He then became practically the\\nhe.ad of a household, and continued with his mother\\nuntil his marriage. This most iinporUint event of\\nhis life was celebrated at the home of the bride.\\nMiss Mary O Donoughuc, of Reading Township,\\nwho was born in New York State and came with\\nher parents to Michigan when a child. She was\\nreared and educated in the townships of Reading", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0913.jp2"}, "914": {"fulltext": "902\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nand Hillsdale, and occupied herself as a teacher\\nbefore her marriage. She became the motiier of\\nfour children, two of whom are deceased, and de-\\nparted this life at her home in Cambria Township,\\nin June, 1870. Her daughter. Agues M., and the\\nson, Robert IL, are attending school at Hillsdale.\\nThe former is a graduate of Hillsdale High School.\\nThe present wife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarried in Franlilin Township, Lenawee County,\\nJune 21, 1881, was formerly Miss Mary J. Taylor,\\nwho was born in that township, Dec. 4, 1848, and\\nis the daughter of Rodman and Cynthia Taylor,\\nwho came to Lenawee County from York State in\\n1829 and 1832 respectively. This lady acquired a\\ngood education, and followed teaching before her\\nmarriage. The two children of this union are Fi-ank\\nR. find Carlton, bright little boys of Ave and one and\\na half years. Mr. Woods is a man of excellent busi-\\nness capacities, and in his farming operations has\\nuniformly met with success. He votes the straight\\nRepublican ticket, and with his estimable wife, is\\na member in good standing of the Presbyterian\\nChurch.\\nAEON A. HOWARD, M. D., one of the most\\nI poi)ular men of Litchfield, and thoroughly\\n/J L^ successful as a physician and surgeon, came\\nto tliis county with his father when a lad twelve\\nears of age, and since that time has made his home\\nin the West. Dr. Howard w.as born in Livingston\\nCounty, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1841, and was the second\\nchild of Labon and Jane (Witter) Howard, the\\nlatter the second wife of her husband. They were\\nthe parents of four children, three sons and one\\ndaughter; one son died in infancy, and our subject\\nand his sister are residents of Michigan.\\nOur subject when an infant was taken by his par-\\nents to Avon, N. Y., where he spent his childhood\\nyears, and conned his first lessons in the village\\nschool at Perry Center. His studies were continued\\nin the schools of Allen Township, this county, and\\ncompleted in the Union School at Jonesville, where\\nhe attended several terms. Subsequently he worked\\non a farm in the summer and taught during the\\nwinter terras, for a period of six j ears. At the\\nexpiration of this time he made up his mind to\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^b^:\\nenter the medical profession, and for this purpose\\nwent into the offlue of Dr. E. M. Shaw, of Allen\\nVillage, where he read medicine ten months, and\\nin August, 18C4, enlisted in the army as Hospital\\nSteward, with the 4th Michigan Infantry. He took\\nhis books with him and pursued his studies as he\\nliad opportunity, while the practice which he gained\\nwas a material beneBt. Nine months from the\\ntime of entering the service he was promoted to the\\npost of Assistant Surgeon of the 3d Michigan In-\\nfantry, and continued at his post until the close of\\nthe war, when he received his honorable discharge.\\nThe month of June, 186G, found Dr. Howard on\\nthe plains of Texas, where, with the 4th Michigan\\nInfantry, he marched thirty miles without water,\\nand during which time forty men were felled by\\nsunstroke for the want of this indispensable bever-\\nage. This expedition was undertaken after Lee s\\nsurrender. Gen. Kirby Smith still holding out in\\nTexas.\\nIn the fall of 1866 Dr. Howard returned to the\\nbounds of civilization, and entering the Eclectic\\nMedical College, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was graduated\\nwith the class of 67. He commenced the regular\\npractice of his ])rofession in June of that 3 ear, and\\nhas since continued a resident of Litchfield. He\\nfound his wife among the maidens of Litchfield\\nTownship, Miss Carrie E. Stilwell, to whom he was\\nmarried May 10, 1868. Mrs. Howard was born\\nApril 19, 1859, in Scipio Township, and was the\\nyoungest child of her parents. They removed to\\nthe village not long afterward, and Mrs. H., after\\nattending the Union School, of Jonesville, spent\\nseveral terms in Hillsdale College, and taught, a\\nyear before her marriage. Her father was also a\\nnative of Livingston County, N. born in the\\ntown of Sparta, and came to this county during its\\npioneer days, where he was in due time the owner of\\na good farm. Later he went to California, and was\\naccidentally killed by a team running away, in 1885.\\nThe mother, formerly Miss Cornelia C. Culver, was\\nalso a native of the Empire State, and is still living\\nin Litchfield, being sixty-five years of iige. Their\\nfamily of five children included three sons and two\\ndaughters.\\nThe parents of our subject were natives of New\\nYork State, the father born in Livonia, Livingston\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0914.jp2"}, "915": {"fulltext": "-4*-\\nIIILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n903\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2T\\nCounty, anfl the mother in LaGrange. Wyoming\\nCounty. After marrijige they settled in Living-\\nston County, where the elder Howard carried on\\nfarming until 1843. when he removed to LaGrange\\nand conducted a hotel two years. He then pur-\\nchased a farm in the vicinity of Avon, and two\\nj ears later took up his residence in Perry, where\\nhe remained until the ear 1854, and then came to\\nthis count} The mother died when comparatively\\na young woman, in 1848, at the age of twenty-\\nseven years. Labon Howard survived until 1868,\\nhis death taking place in Allen Village when he was\\nsixty -eight years old. In earlj life he was a mem-\\nber of the old Whig party, and at its abandonment\\naffiliated with the Republicans, and held the various\\ntownship offices. The mother of our subject was\\nhis second wife, Mary J. Witter, his first liaving\\nbeen Miss Mary Shepard, who died, leaving one\\nchild, a daughter, who is now de.ad. His third wife,\\nMrs. Mary Anna Rogers, bore him five children,\\nfour of whom are now living in this county. To\\nthe Doctor and Mrs. Howard there were born four\\nchildren, of whom Loie E. died when two years old.\\nThe others, also sons, are: Clifford G., a lad of fif-\\nteen; Walton W., thirteen jears old, and Harry W.,\\na little lad of six j ears. The first mentioned are\\nattending the Union High .School in Litchfield,\\nbeing members of the cl.iss of JO. The practice\\nof Dr. Howard has steadily increased, and he now\\ncommands the patronage of a large jn oportion of\\nthe best residents of the northwestern part of this\\ncounty. He and his excellent wife are members of\\nthe Baptist Cliurch, in Litchfield, in which our\\nsubject officiates as Trustee, and has been Sunday-\\nschool Superintendent for a period of eight or ten\\nj ears. He is warmly interested in the success of\\nthe temperance movement.\\nDr. and Mrs. Howard are cultured and intelli-\\ngent, licing members and graduates of the Chau-\\ntauqua Literary Course. The Doctor is connected\\nwith the State Eclectic Medical and Surgical Asso-\\nciation, of which he was at one time President. He\\nwas also Medical Director of the State G. A. R. one\\nyear, and the Post at Litchfield was organized\\nmainlj througli his effdrts, in 1884, and of which\\nhe is a charter member. He was its first Com-\\nmander, and has been regularly elected each j-ear\\nsince. He was President of the Village Board four\\nyears, with an intermission of one ye.ar. and in his\\ndistrict h.as served as a member of the board three\\n3 ears. and again a term of two years as Director.\\nPolitically, he has identified himself with the Prohi-\\nbitionists. His pleasant home on Chicago street is\\nindicative of cultured tastes and ample means, and\\nis the frequent resort of the refined and educated\\npeople of the town.\\nWjARREN JACKSON, Justice of the Peace,\\ninsurance agent and general collector, at\\nLitchfield, is a gentleman of more than\\nordinary intelligence, well educated, and having a\\nthorough knowledge of common law. He is a man\\nof the liighest moral principles and strict integrity,\\nfaithful as a friend, a man who loves his home and\\nhis family, and is in all respects fulfilling the ideal of\\nthe model citizen.\\nOur sulijcct is the offspring of an excellent familj\\nbeing the son of Obed and Lydia (Varnnm) .lack-\\nson, who were both natives of New York State, the\\nfather born in Jefferson County and the mother\\nin Delaware County. He traces his ancestry back\\nto three brothers, John. James and Andrew, who\\nemigrated from England during the Colonial times,\\nand were of German and English descent. Obed\\nJackson assisted in driving the British from Ameri-\\ncan soil during the troubles of 1812, and his father,\\n.an old frontiersman, did good service in the Revo-\\nlutionary War. After his marriage Obed Jackson\\nsettled in Brownsville, near Sackett s Harbor, in\\nJefferson County, N. Y., where he carried on farming\\n.and coopering until setting out for the Territory of\\nAUchigan, in 1837.\\nU|)on Ills arrival in Southern Michigan, the\\nfather of our subject secured a tract of land in\\nRidgeway Township, Lenawee Conntj ui)on which\\nhe lived and labored for a period of thirty years,\\nthen retiring from active labor lenioved to Char-\\nlotte, in Eaton County, where his death took pl.ace\\nin 1881. when he was eighty -five years old. The\\nmother had died in 187.5, .aged seventy-eight years.\\nTheir nine children consisted of six sons and three\\ndaughters, Warren, our subject, being the seventh", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0915.jp2"}, "916": {"fulltext": "1\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a04*-\\n904\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nin order of Ijirth. He began life in Brownsville,\\nJefferson Co., N. Y., Nov. 4, liS28, ind afqiiired\\nLis education in the district school, mostly during\\nthe summer season. He was a lad eight years of\\nage when coming to Michigan, and completed his\\nstudies in one of the first school-houses in Lenawee\\nCounty, which he also assisted in building. The\\nacademy at Tecumseh was a branch of the Univer-\\nsity of Michigan, and this young Jackson also\\nattended one term. He afterward became Prin-\\ncipal of what was known as the old Academy at\\nAnn Arbor. Always found of study he acquitted\\nhimself creditably as a student, and made the first\\nspeech in favor of organizing a Union School at\\nAnn Arbor, under special legislative enactment.\\nThis project, which at first met with ridicule and\\nopposition, was finally carried out, and found to be a\\nmost wise proceeding.\\nMr. Jackson was Piincii)al of the Academy at\\nAnn Arbor four years, and when the Union School\\nwas finally organized, became Principal of its gram-\\nmar department, whicli position he held for a\\nperiod of eight years. He declined the honor of\\nentire Superintendent, which he was solicited to\\nbecome. While connected with the Union School\\nat Ann Arbor, he was united in marriage with Miss\\nChloe Smith, the wedding taking place March 15,\\n1857, at the home of the bride in Adrian, Micii.\\nMrs. Jackson is the daughter of Alanson D. and\\nHannah M. (Brown) Smith, who were natives of\\nOntario County, N. Y. After marriage they set-\\ntled at Macedon, that State, where they continued\\nto live until 1837, when they cast their lot with\\nthe pioneers of Southern Michigan. Mr. Smith\\nwas a (Quaker in religious belief. He acquired a\\ngood property in real estate and Government bonds.\\nHe spent his last years near the city of Adrian,\\ndying at his home there on the 3d of March, 1880\\nwhen sixty-nine years old. The mother is still\\nliving, and makes her home with her son-in-law,\\nWarren, our subject, and has now spanned her\\nfourscore years. They were the parents of eight\\nchildren, throe sons and five daughters, of whom\\nMrs. Jackson, the ehlest, was born July 22, 1835,\\nin Macedon, N. Y She was a child two years of\\nage when brought to Michigan bj- her parents, and\\nafter leaving the district school, in Adrian Town-\\nship, returned to her native State and attended the\\nAcademy at Macedon. Her studies were resumed\\nat Raisin Valley Institute, in Lenawee County, this\\nState. Mrs. Jackson then engaged as a teacher in\\nthe Third Ward school with her husband three\\nterms .as his .assistant after their marri.age. After\\nthis event they settled down in a pleasant home at\\nLitchfield, and became the parents of six children,\\ntwo of whom, Frederick and Charles B., died at\\nthe .ages of iiifancy and seven respectively. Their\\neldest son living. Elwood W., attended Hillsdale\\nCollege three years, and is now stud} ing law with\\nA. B. St. John, of that city; Sarah Lillian, also\\nfinely educated, was graduated from the Conserva-\\ntory of Music, at Albion, and is now at home with\\nher parents; she occupies herself as a teacher of\\ninstrumental music, and has been organist of the\\nCongregational Church five years. Grace C. is the\\nwife of Lawrence G. Avery, a graduate of the law\\ndepartment of the Michigan University, and now\\na practicing attorney of East Saginaw; William S.\\nis pursuing his studies in Litchfield in the class\\nof 91.\\nMr. Jackson came to this county in the fall of\\n18(55, and for thirty -three consecutive terms there-\\nafter had charge of the Litchfield Union School,\\nwhich he established upon a firm foundation, and\\nincreased the attendance from 1 50 to 300. As a\\ndisciplinarian he is acknowledged to be first class,\\nand it was through .his instrumentality that music\\nwas instituted, an organ was placed in the school-\\nroom, a bell upon the building, and numberless\\nother improvements brought about which added\\ngreatly to the standing and importance of the\\ninstitution. In addition to his erudition, his re-\\nfined and cultivated tastes were of great service in\\neducating the rising generation upon the higher\\nplane which will have its influence upon all their\\nafter life.\\nMr. Jackson commenced the regular study of\\nlaw at Ann Arbor in a private class of four stu-\\ndents, and there attained a fine insight into the best\\nn)ethods adopted in the practice of the profession.\\nHe h.as served now as Justice of the Peace five\\nterms, a period of about twenty years. A Repub-\\nlican in politics, he was twice elected delegate to\\nthe State Convention at Detroit, and has repre-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0916.jp2"}, "917": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n905\\n1\\nsented his townsliip in the County Board three\\nterms. He :ukI his estiniablu wife are members of tiie\\nPresbj terian Chiircli, at Ann Arbor. Socially. Mr.\\nJackson belongs to Franklin I^odge No. 40. A. F.\\nfe A. M., in which he has lield several ofTiecs. He\\nis a warm advocate of temperance principles and\\nshares the National veneration for the name of\\nAbraham Lincoln.\\nThe home of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson is pleasantly\\nlocated on Chicago street, in the northern part of the\\ntown, and in all its appointments indicates the\\nrefined tastes of its inmates. The wife of pur sub-\\nject is a most amiable and accomplished lady, one\\nwhoni her husband and children delight to honor.\\nShe has been a most efficient helpmate and com-\\npanion to her husband, strengthening him in his\\nworthy ambitions and standing bravely by his side\\nthrough both storm and sunshine.\\n_ .^K^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0it/ AMES McDOUGALL. This gentleman is\\nnumbered among the earlj pioneers of Mich-\\nigan, who, during their younger years, la-\\nbored incessantly and endured privation and\\nhardship, liut who now in life s decline are per-\\nmitted to enjoy the fruit of their toils. He aban-\\ndoned active labor in 188. removing from his farm\\nin Woodbridge Township in the month of April,\\nand taking up his residence in Cambria Village,\\nwhere he now resides.\\nMr. McDougall celebrated New Year s D.ay. 18.50,\\nby his arrival in this county, ;ind shortly afterward\\ntook up a tract (jf laud in Woodbi idge T(iwnshi[),\\nwhere he labored after the fashion of the men of\\nthose days in this locality cultivating the soil, and\\neffecting one imi)rovemeul after another, until he\\nwas owner of one of the best farms in the southern\\npart of the county.\\nOur subject was born on the other side of the\\nAtlantic, near the citj of Glasgow, Scotland. Dec.\\n27, 1819. His father, Robert McDougall, was for\\nyears a newspa|)er reporter for several of the\\njournals of Glasgow, among them the Chronicle,\\nand later the Edinburgh Scotchman. He ilied dur-\\ning his connection with the latter paper, in 1838,\\nat the .age of forty-one years. Of pure Scotch\\nancesUy. he was reared and married near the early\\nhome of his soh. our subject, and the maiden whom\\nhe chose for his life partner. Miss Jane Moore, was\\nalso of Scotch birth and ancestry and the offspring\\nof one of the best families of th.at region. She was\\na lady of great strength of character, highly intelli-\\ngent, and lived to an advanced age, spending her\\nlater days at the home of her daughter in Scotland,\\nwhere she passed away about 1870. After the\\ndeath of her first husband she was married to John\\nCampbell, whom she survived ten years.\\nTo the parents of our subject there were born\\nsix children, three sons and three daughters, of\\nwhom James and his sister Margaret are the only\\nsurvivors. The latter is the wife of John Brown,\\na shoemaker by trade, and they continue residents\\nof their native Scotland. Our subject w.as the\\nfourth child of the family, and started out to make\\nhis own living when a lad ten years of .age. He\\ncame to this countr}- in 1848, $100 in debt, but\\nfortunately he had married one of the best of women,\\nwho stood bravely b}- his side and labored with\\nhim in releasing themselves from their obligations,\\nand i rovidiug a home for the future.\\nMrs. McDougall, who in her girlhood was Miss\\nAgnes Boyle, was born near the boyhood home of\\nher husband in .Scotland, in Fehruaiy, 1817, and is\\nthe daughter of Andrew and .lanel (Mann) Boyle,\\nwho were als(j of Scotch birth and [tarentage. Her\\nfather spent his entire life upon his native soil, and\\nthere his remains were laid to lesl. He was si.\\\\ty\\njears (jld at the time of his death. The mother\\nemigrated to America about 18.j4, and during the\\nlate Civil War died .at the home of her daughter,\\nMrs. Dow, in Cambria Townshi|), when seventy-\\nseven years of .age.\\nMrs. McDougall was reared to womanhood under\\nthe [taienlal roof, and became the wife of our sub-\\nject in March, 1 831), before crossing the Atlantic.\\nHer four eldest children were natives of her own\\ncountry. Of these Janet, the eldest daughter, is\\nthe wife of Rol)ert Moore, a well-to-do farmer of\\nWoodbridge I ownship, this county; Robert mar-\\nried Miss Agnes Dow, and is farming in Hillsdale\\nTownship; James took to wife Miss Elizabeth Bole,\\nand has charge of the old homestead in Wood-\\nbridge Township; Andrew m.arried Miss Delia Hub-\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0917.jp2"}, "918": {"fulltext": "906\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f\\nl)le, and is carrj-ing on agriculture in Woodbriflge\\nTownship; Jenn, who. with the younger children,\\nwas born in America, is now the wife of Eobert\\nCarruthers, and with her brother and sister, .lohn\\nand Agnes, resides in Woodbridge Township; John\\nmarried Miss Cadis Root, of Ohio, and Agnes is\\nthe wife of Hosea Curtis, who, in addition to farm-\\ning, opeiates a threshing-machine; Maggie, the\\nyoungest of the family living, makes her home with\\nher parents. Three children died in infancy un-\\nnamed.\\nUpon the outbreak of the late Rebellion, Mr.\\nMcDougall and his eldest son, Robert, who had\\ninherited from their liberty-loving ancestry the\\nprinciples of freedom, and who had become fully\\nidentified with the interests of their adopted country,\\nlaid down the implements of agriculture, and prof-\\nfered their services to assist in the maintenance of\\nthe Union. Robert, who was but eigliteen years\\nold, enlisted in the 2d Michigan Cavalrj-, and was\\nin many active engagements, and for a time was a\\nmember of a scouting party sent out to watch tiie\\nmovements of the enemy in the vicinity of Cleve-\\nland, Tenn.; he received a wound which resulted\\nin the loss of his left leg, on account of which he\\nnow receives a pension from the Government.\\nMr. McDougall became a member of Com| an}\\nC, 1st Michigan Infantry, commanded by Capt.\\n.Sanford, with Col. Robertson at the head of the\\nregiment. The 1st Michigan was assigned to the\\nArmy of the Potomac, and with the exception of\\nthe fight at Gettysburg, Pa., Mr. McDougall was\\njjresent in all the battles of his regiment. His\\nabsence upon this occasion was due to a serious\\nattack of fever, during which he was compelled to\\nremain in the hospital. He afterwaid met the\\nenemy at Gaines Mills. IMalvern Hills, the Wilder-\\nness, and participated in the various minor eiig.age-\\nments, from all of which he escaped both wounds\\nand capture. Feeling that his whole duty was not\\nj et accomplished, Mr. McDougall, in 1863, sent his\\nsecond son, James, into the army, this boy also\\nbeing but eighteen years of age. James enlisted in\\nthe 27th Michigan Infantry, and was in both the\\nArray of the Potomac and the Armj of the Ten-\\nnessee, his regiment joining the latter upon the day\\nthat fire was opened in the battle of the Wilderness,\\nand of which the 1st Michigan, heretofore spoken\\nof, was at the frcmt. James also escaped wounds\\nand capture, and was returned unharmed to an\\nanxious mother, who had suffered all the apprehen-\\nsion during the absence of her husband and sons\\nwhich was the lot of so many mothers dniing that\\nmemorable period.\\nMr. McDougall upon becoming a naturalized\\ncitizen identified himself with the Republican party,\\nof which he has still continued a zealous supporter,\\nand it is hardly necessarj* to say that the sons in\\nthis respect follow in their father s footsteps.\\nvrv, -vtaec/\u00c2\u00a9-^\\n*^s5J/jra?r\u00c2\u00bbv.\\nOHN W. LAMBERT, of Hillsdale, is pro-\\nprietor of one of the best regulated meat\\nmarkets in the city, and probably in the\\nwhole count} He has the true and proper\\nconception of the manner in which this important\\nbusiness should be conducted, and his methods\\nshould be a standing rebuke to a majority of the\\ninstitutions carried on for the purpose of supply-\\ning the people with this most essential article of\\nfood. He occupies a neat two-story brick build-\\ning, which is amplj equipped with all the fixtures\\nand appliances for the proper transaction of a busi-\\nness of this kind, and which is light, commodious\\nand clean, and well stocked at all times with the\\nfreshest of choice meats and their concomitants.\\nOur suliject was born on the other side of the\\nAtlantic, in the county of Kent, England, Sept. 20,\\n1832. He acquired his education in the com-\\nmon schools of his native county, where he con-\\ntinued to live until the spring of 1858. Then\\ndeciding to seek his fortunes in the New World, he\\ncrossed the Atlantic, landing in the city of New\\nYork, and from there came directlj to this county.\\nIn Januarj-, 1863, he began the business which h.as\\nsince afforded him a comfortable income, and in\\nwhich he has been the leading man for many years.\\nHis first location was on Broad street, which stand\\nhe occupied a number of years, and then being\\nobliged to enlarge his facilities, removed to the\\nsite of his present building. The structure which\\nhe first occupied was destroyed by fire in 1872.\\nFrom this loss he recovered in a short time, and put\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0918.jp2"}, "919": {"fulltext": "a\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n907\\nup his present fine brick store, which occupies an\\narea of 22x100 feet, and is two stories in height.\\nThere is also a good cellar with all the facilities for\\npreserving meats. In addition to this industry\\nMr. Lambert has a steam chopper for the manu-\\nfacture of sausage and all the other necessary\\nmachinery. A market garden and hot-house pro-\\nvide the delicacies of the season.\\nMr. Lambert in the prosecution of his large busi-\\nness gives employment, in the summer time es-\\npecially, to about twent^ -five men, and for tlie\\nsupply of his regular trade butchers twelve head\\nof cattle weekly, besides the sheep, calves and\\nsmaller animals. His excellent judgment and\\nadaptation to tiiis industry have secured him the\\npatronage of the best residents of Hillsdale and\\nvicinity. He commenced in life at tiie foot of the\\nlad ler, comparatively without means, and his suc-\\ncess is solely the result of his own industr} perse-\\nverance, and the good judgment with which nature\\nhas endowed hiui.\\nKXRY INGALSBEP:. The neat farm of\\nthis gentleman is noticeable among the other\\nhomesteads of Woodbridgc Township for\\nthorough cultivation to which the land\\nhas been subjected and the neat and substantial set\\nof farm buildings. In all its appointments there is\\nevidence of the thrift and industry of the propri-\\netor, who has let nothing run to waste, and from\\nthe rich resources of the soil has leveloped a valu-\\nable farm which is the source of a fine income, and\\nfrom which he will gather the wherewitlial for\\nfuture years when he siiall be less inclined to labor.\\nOur subject was born in Deerfield Township,\\nLenawee County, this Slate, .Ian. G, 184.5, and is\\nthe son of John and Sibbel (Farmer) Ingillsbee,\\nwho were natives of New York State. They were\\nthere also reared and married, then came to Michi-\\ngan, lived iiere only a few years, then returned to\\nthe Empire State, but in IHoGonce more Sf)ughtthe\\nWest, and here sjient the remainder of their days.\\nThe family is a mixture of Holland-Dutch and New\\nEngland ancestry.\\nThe subject of this sketch accpiired his education\\nin the common schools, and early in life became in-\\ntimately acquainted with the various employments\\nof the farm. After becoming of .age he was mar-\\nried, Sept. 22, 1867, to Miss Mary J. Hollinshead,\\nwho was born near West Unit^ Ohio, .Jan. 8, 18.52.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Ingalsbee were James and\\nPermelia (Jenkins) Hollinsheail, who were natives\\nof Ohio. The mother died in that State a number of\\nyears ago. Of this union there were born eight\\nchildren, namely: John, who died in childhood;\\nWilliam, a resident of Cambria Township, this\\ncounty; Francis M., a resident of Jamestown. Ind.;\\nJlartha A., the wife of Ara Ingalsbee, of Grand\\nRapids; Mary J., the wife of our subject; Burton,\\na resident of Colon, Mich., and Henry, of Grand\\nRapids. The father subsequently married Miss\\nMary Jenkins, and is jjroprietor of a fine flouring-\\nmill in Colon, where he resides. Of hissecond mar-\\nriage there were born the following children Ells-\\nworth and Ellwood (twins), Adolia li. and Lillj E.\\nTo our subject and his wife there were born four\\nchildren: Cl.ara, the eldest, is the wife of Clarence\\nStevens, and resides in Woodbridge; Lily E., Flor-\\nence and Myrtie are at home with their par-\\nents, and pursuing their studies in the district\\nschool. Mr. Ingalsbee has taken an ictive interest\\nin educational matters, and has been a member of the\\nSchool Boiu d of his district. He served three terms\\n!is Township Treasurer, but declined a reuomina-\\ntion. and lias occupied other positions of trust and\\nresjionsibility. He niiiforinly votes the Republican\\nticket, and is also a I lol .iliitionist. The brothers\\nof our subject are living in Michigan. Siinuel\\nmarried Miss Rlioda Divine, and Ara married Miss\\nMartha Hollinshead. The parents of Mrs. Ingals-\\nbee were of English descent.\\nEROY T. GARDNER is an industrious far-\\nmer and worthy citizen of Scipio Township,\\nwhere he is the owner of a good farm\\non section 7. He is a native of the Empire State,\\nborn in Oakflcld. Genesee County, Jan. 11, 1850.\\nHis father, George Gardner, was born near Seneca\\nLake, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1808, and remained there\\nuntil nearly twelve years of age, when he went", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0919.jp2"}, "920": {"fulltext": "908\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nto live in Genesee County. After he grew to\\nniauhoocl he became a carpenter and millwright,\\nand followed those occupations in his native State\\nuntil the spring of 1869. Then desiring to invest\\nhis money in farming land, Mr. Gardner came to\\nMichigan and purchased 140 acres in Scipio Town-\\nship, where he settled with his famil) He at once\\ncommenced to work on his farm, and found plenty\\nto employ his time and energies, remaining there\\nbusily engaged until his death, March 6, 1880. He\\nwas a just and honorable man, and a good citizen\\nin every sense of the word. The maiden name of\\nhis wife, the mother of our subject, was Mary\\nPugsley, who was born in Hector, Schuyler Co., N.\\nY., Jan. 29, 1815. Her marriage to Mr. Gardner\\ntook place in Genesee County, Dec. 23, 1835. She\\nsurvives her husband at an advanced age. To them\\nwere born five children, namely Jane E., the eldest,\\nis the wife of G. M. Gardner, of Litciifield Town-\\nship; an infant and Lafaj ctte, deceased; Leroy T.,\\nand Samuel A., deceased.\\nThe subject of our sketch si)ent his early years\\nin his native county, where he attended the district\\nschool, remaining in New York until his removal to\\nthis county in 18G9. Since starling in life for\\nhimself he has been actively eng.nged in agricultural\\npursuits, and by well-directed toil and thrift, has\\nmet with good success in his chosen occupation.\\nHe has a valuable farm, on which he has made\\nmany substantial improvements; the fields are care-\\nfully tilled, and the buildings are neat and well\\nkept. In all his labors he has had the hearty co-\\noperation of the good woman whom he was so fortu-\\nnate to secure for his wife. Her maiden name was\\nEmma Van Wert, and their marriage was celebrated\\nin Calhoun County, Mich., Jan. 18, 1871. Her\\nparents, William and Temperance (Tiffany) Van\\nWert, were natives of New York, who left their\\nearly home and became pioneers of Calhoun County.\\nAfter settling in Michigan they entered actively\\ninto the work of developing the resources of the\\ncounty, and became closely identified with its\\ngrowth. They spent their last years in that county,\\nMr. Van Wert dying in 1852, and his good wife,\\nwho survived him a quarter of a century, passed\\nquietl}^ away in Ma3 1877. They were the par-\\nents of twelve children, nine daughters and three\\n-bo-\\nsons, of whom the wife of our subject, the oungest\\nof the family, was born in Homer, March 23. 1851.\\nSince becoming the wife of Mr. Gardner she has\\nproved herself to be one of those women of rare\\nability and excellence, who can give due attention\\nto household matters, care for her children with\\ntender devotion, find time to interest herself in her\\nhusband s affairs, assisting him with her counsels\\nand encouraging him by her sympathy, and still\\nhave requisite leisure for her social duties. To her\\nand her husband have been born four children,\\nnamely Wilbur L., Bessie, Lena M. and Arthur B.\\nIn politics Mr. Gardner is a Republican, and con-\\nscientiously casts his vote with that [larty. He is\\nhonest and straightforward in his dealings, and is\\nconsidered a good neighbor and kinil friend.\\n:i^\\niflOHN G. McWILLIAM is one of the oldest\\nsurviving settlers of Hillsdale Count} and\\noccupies an honorable place in its history.\\nHe has for man}- j ears been a prominent\\nfactor in develoi)ing and promoting its farming\\ninterests, owning and managing a valuable farm of\\n107 acres on section 29, Camden Township. This\\nforms a part of the 146 acres which his father, one\\nof the early pioneers of Lenawee Count}-, entered\\nfrom the Government, and our subject commenced\\nits clearance from the heavy growth of timber which\\ncovered it in 1842, but did not settle on it perma-\\nnently until after his marriage, two or three years\\nlater.\\nMr. McAVilliam is a native of Saratoga Count}-,\\nN. Y., l)orn Aug. 9, 1822, and a son of Abner J.\\nand Agnes McWilliam. When he was eleven daj s\\nold he was bereft of a mother s care. His father\\ncontinued to live in New York until 1832, when\\nhe migrated with his family to the forest wilds of\\nthe Territory of Michig.an, and located in what is\\nnow known as the township of Deerfleld, and actively\\nassisted in its development. He was a sturdy,\\ncourageous, hard-working man, and bravely faced\\na life of toil and self-denial that he might leave his\\nfamily in prosperous circumstances. After coming\\nto Michigan he made his home in Lenawee County\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0920.jp2"}, "921": {"fulltext": "ll 4t\\nHILLSDALE COUJSTY.\\n909\\nuntil his death, and by his honorable course won\\nthe entire respect and esteem of the people among\\nwhom he had settled.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared to manhood\\non his father s homestead, developing a strong and\\nself-reliant character under the hardships and pri-\\nvations of the primitive mode of life necessitated\\nby the condition of the country in those pioneer\\ndaj s, which, with the inheritance from the hardy\\nScotch ancestry from whom his father was derived,\\nof thrifty habits, keen foresight and a vigorous\\nconstitution. Lave enabled him to become prosper-\\nous and successful in the calling of a farmer, to\\nwhich he was bred and which he has always pur-\\nsued. The educational advantages of those da3 s\\nwere not such as the youth of the jM-esent genera-\\ntion enjo3 but he eagerly availed himself of such\\nschooling as was afiforded by his early home, and\\nhis later one in Lenawee County, lie remained an\\ninmate of his father s home in Ueerfield Township,\\nactively assisting him in the conduct of his farm\\nuntil 18-12, when he started out in the world for\\nhimself, and, as before stated, came to Hillsdale\\nCounty and commenced the difficult task of felling\\ntrees and uprooting stumps to prepare his land for\\ntillage.\\nOn the 27th of April, 1845, Mr. McWilliam was\\nunited in marriage to Miss Sallie Westfall, daughter\\nof Jacob U. and Mary Westfall. For over forty-\\nthree years they have worked together hand in\\nhand, mutually assisting each other in the upbuild-\\ning of their pleasant and commodious home,\\nand equally sharing life s burdens and joys. She\\nwas born in Ontario County N. Y., March 17,\\n1819, and it was while on a visit, in 1844, to her\\nbrother, Eli Westfall, in Camden Township, that\\nshe made the acquaintance of our subject, which\\nresulted in their subsequent happy union. Of the\\neleven children born to the parents of Mrs. McWill-\\niam, the following are known to survive: Charles,\\nL^ dia, .lane, Cenia, Eli, David, Sallie and Albert\\n\\\\Y. To Mr. and Mrs. McWilliam have been born\\nthree children Estelle, the wife of S. W. Huggett,\\nof Camden Township; Abner J. and Albert W.\\nTheir two sons are now dead.\\nAfter marriage Mr. and Mrs. McWilliam imme-\\ndiately settled on their present farm, which he has\\ni\\nsteadily and continuously improved until it ranks\\nwith the best cultivated and best managed farms\\nin this neighborhood, and is well supplied with\\ngood farm buildings and the ncccssaiy farm ma-\\nchinery for successfully conducting agriculture.\\nThe sturdy, practical common sense of our sub-\\nject has made him a desirable township official in\\nthe e3 es of his fellow-citizens, who have honored\\nhim and themselves by electing him at various\\ntimes to responsible positions, whose duties he has\\ndischarged with honestj and fidelity, and an ear-\\nnest desire to promote the best interests of this\\ncommunity. He has been Township Treasurer,\\nhas served as Justice of the Peace for about eight\\nyears, and as Road Commissioner for a number of\\nterms. In politics he is a stanch Democrat, and\\nuses all his influence in favor of the candidates and\\nmeasures of that party.\\n5f?0HN MILLER, late a well-known resident\\nof the city of Hillsdale, departed this life\\nat his residence on Howell street, Dec. 26,\\n^^y 1887, aged sixty-five years. He was born\\nin Northampton, i\\\\Lass., in 1 822, and in early life\\nremoved to Newark, N. Y., where he was married\\nto Mrs. Anna Furman, who survives him. They\\nhad no children. The year after his marriage Mr.\\nMiller, accompanied by his wife, came to this\\ncounty, and was a resident of Hillsdale thereafter\\nuntil his decease. He was a wood-turner bj trade,\\nand soon after coming West purchased the turning\\nand planing mill of Dewitt C. Peck, on Bacon\\nstreet, and which is now occupied by George P.\\nAVolf. There he carried on business until 1865,\\nwhen he sold out.\\nAbout that time Mr. Miller met with an acci-\\ndent which destroyed the sight of one eye, and\\nfrom which he suffei ed so much as to seriously\\nimpair the sight of the other eye, and probably\\nshortened his life. As a business man he was emi-\\nnently successful, and by the exercise of industry,\\neconomy, and judicious investments, accumulated\\na good property, which he left to his wife. For\\nher also he purchased a farm in Penfield, N. Y.,\\nwhich included the homestead of her father, and at", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0921.jp2"}, "922": {"fulltext": "i\\n-t^\\nJIO\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nf\\nhis requpst his icmains vicre taken tlieie for burial,\\nin a lot selected by Mr. and Mrs. Miller for their\\nlast resting-place.\\nThe deceased was a Master Mason, belonging to\\nFidelity Lodge, and a member and one of the\\nTrustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church. On\\naccount of his correct business methods and strict\\nintegrity, he was made the conservator of important\\ninterests, and besides occupying other positions of\\ntrust and responsibility, was a stockholder in, and\\none of the Directors of, the National Bank of Hills-\\ndale. A useful and highly rcsjiccted citizen, his\\nloss is regretted both in the business and social\\ncommunity.\\n/i^/\u00c2\u00ab, IRTT W. GREEN. Among the many fer-\\ntile farms of Hillsdale County is that of\\ntlie subject of this sketch, which is pleas-\\nantly situated on section 28 of Scipio Town-\\nship. Mr. Green is a native of New York, hav-\\ning been born in Hamburg, Erie County, Aug.\\n27, 1818. His parents, George B. and Philinda\\n(Woodhouse) Green, were natives of Vermont,\\nborn in Burlington, where they were reared and\\nwedded. After marriage they removed to Erie\\nCount}-, N. Y., where the remaining years of their\\nlives were spent. The f.ither was quite a promi-\\nnent man of Erie County, and for several years\\nserved as Under Sheriff. He was also a dealer in\\nreal estate, and acted .is agent for the Holland\\nPurchase Company for a long time. He was a man\\nof good business capacity and sound integrity. To\\nhim and his wife were born seven children, three\\nsons and four daughters.\\nMirtt Green, of whom we write, was the eldest\\nof the family, and spent many years of his life in\\nErie County. His education was received at Ham-\\nburg and at the academy of Springville, in Erie\\nCounty. After leaving school he turned his atten-\\ntion to agricultural pursuits, and in addition to\\nfarming, served for six years as Deputy Sheriff of\\nErie Countj*, and during the time of his residence\\nin his native State transacted a good deal of public\\nbusiness.\\nThe union of Mr. Green with Miss Lucy A.\\nWells took place in New Yoik State, in the citj- of\\nBuffalo, May 4, 1848. She is a daughter of\\nJohn and Aniarilla (Sackett) Wells, who were born\\nand spent their entire lives in Erie County. They\\nwere the parents of four children, two sons and two\\ndaughters, of whom Mrs. Green, the second child,\\nwas born in Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1831. By her\\nmarriage with our subject she has become the mother\\nof six children, of whom the following is the record\\nLucy J. is the widow of James Redfern William\\nP.; Elizabeth is the wife of George ISleistein;\\nAldrich W. and Charles E. Chandler, the second\\nchild, is deceased.\\nMr. Green left his native State in 18Gl,and com-\\ning to Hillsdale Countj with his family, settled in\\nScipio Township, where he is still living. He pur-\\nchased a farm of 120 acres, and has since devoted\\nhis time to improving his land, which is now in a\\ngood state of cultivation. He is a capable, efficient\\nfarmer, and has met with good success in his chosen\\ncalling. That they have a pleasant and comfort-\\nable home is partly due to the assistance of his\\nwife, who has worked with him and for him since\\nbecoming a sharer of his fortunes. In politics Mr_\\nGreen is a strong Republican, and stanchly upholds\\nthe principles of that party by his voice and vote.\\nSocially, he is identified with the Masonic frater-\\nnitj His industry and enterprise have won for\\nhim an honorable position in the agricultural com-\\nmunity of Hillsdale Count}-.\\nLMOND DANIEL WAY, manufacturer of\\n(^^JJI and dealer in lumber, at Waldron, is a\\nnative of this county, having been born in\\nJefferson Township, July 27, 1849. His\\nfather, AVilliam W.ay, was born and reared in New\\nYork State, whence he came to the Territory of\\nMichigan in 1836, and located among the early\\nsettlers of Jefferson Township. Purchasing a tract\\nof timber land, he put up a log house, which the\\nfamily occupied for a number of years, and under\\nwhose humble roof the subject of this sketch first\\nsaw the light.\\nThe father of our subject labored for years after\\nthe pioneer fashion, the nearest marketing and mill-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0922.jp2"}, "923": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0923.jp2"}, "924": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0924.jp2"}, "925": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE CUUKTY.\\n911\\ning point beino; the unpretentious hamlet of Adrian,\\ntwenty-seven miles distant. The state of the roads\\nand the slow means of locomotion frequently with\\nan ox-team involved a journey of three days to\\nmake the round trip. William Way cleared a good\\nfarm, erected neat and substantial buildings, and\\nlived to see the wilderness transformed into smiling\\nfields and beautiful homesteads, lie entered upon\\nhis final rest on the Cth of February, 1885.\\nThe mother of our subject, who in her girlhood\\nwas Miss Orselia Ferguson, was the second wife of\\nAVilliam Way, and also a native of New York State.\\nShe is still living on the old homestead in Jeffer-\\nson Township. Three children were horn of the\\nfirst marriage, and five of the second. Almond D.\\nwas reared in his native township, and acquired his\\neducation in the district school. He was bright\\nand ambitious to learn, and upon reaching man-\\nhood became a student of Hillsdale College, and\\nafter taking a thorough course, occupied himself as\\na teacher four terms during the winter season; the\\nremainder of the year he employed himself on the\\nfarm. In 1874 he made his way to Fulton Count}\\nOhio, where, with his brother-in-law, William Sel-\\nleck, he engaged in the lumber business, at which he\\ncontinued three years. Then returning to Waldron\\nthey put ui) a mill, which Mr. Way still operates.\\nA few months later they dissolved partnership, and\\nour subject became sole owner and manager of the\\nWaldron enterprise, which he still continues. He\\npurchases standing timber and hauls the logs to the\\nmill, which is operated by steam-power, with a\\ncapacity of 8,000 feet per day. This has become\\none of the solid institutions of the count3% and\\nproves a great convenience to the people for miles\\naround. Strict attention to business and fair\\ndealing have placed Mr. Way in an enviable posi-\\ntion among his fullovv-cilizens, and he enjoys a com-\\nfortable income.\\nMrs. Olive (Lester) Way, the wife of our subject,\\nwas born in the vicinity of Gorham, Fulton Co.,\\nOhio, May 7, 1848, and became the partner of his\\njoys and sorrows on the 21th of November, 1877.\\nShe is the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Lepard)\\nLester, the father a native of New York State, and\\nthe mother of Seneca County, Ohio. Mr. Lester\\nwas taken to Ohio by his parents when quite young,\\nand thereafter made his home with them in Seneca\\nCounty until his marriage. Then, with his bride, he\\ntook up his abode among the pioneers of Fulton\\nCounty, purchasing a tract of land in Gorham\\nCounty, and opening up a farm from the wilder-\\nness. Upon this place he still resides with his wife\\nand family.\\nOur subject and his wife are the parents of five\\nchildren, namely: Milly B., Lena A., Charles L.,\\nFrederick W. and Bern ice. Mr. Way votes the\\nstraight Republican ticket, in the principles of\\nwhich party he was trained by his honored father,\\nwho became a member of it at its organization. In\\nhis business transactions he is rated as a first-class\\ncitizen. In 1886 he erected a handsome frame\\ndwelling in modern style of architecture, and has\\none of the most desirable homes in Waldron and\\nWright Townships.\\n^H LBERT J. BAKER, prominent in Fayette\\n@y/J[ Township and vicinity, is the central figure\\n111 of a history of considerable interest, the\\nmain points of which we subjoin as fol-\\nlows: A native of New Y^ork, he is the son of\\nJesse W. and Sally (Draper) Baker, natives re-\\nspectivelj of Connecticut and New York State.\\nHis paternal grandfather, William Baker, carried a\\nmusket during the Revolutionary War, and there-\\nafter employed himself as a minister of the Baptist\\nChurch. The Baker family is of pure English an-\\ncestry, while the Drapers were of English and Irish\\ndescent.\\nThe parents of our subject after marriage settled\\nin Brighton, Otsego Co., N. Y., where the father\\ncarried on blacksmi thing, and subsequently re-\\nmoved with his family, first to Akron, Ohio, thence\\nto Junius, Seneca Co., N. Y from there to Vol-\\nney, in Oswego County, and in the latter spent his\\nlast years, passing from earth in 1843. The mother\\nhas survived her husband many years, is still in\\nfair health, and now in the ninety-first year of her\\nage, and resides with her son, Albert J., the sub-\\nject of this sketch Her family included six sons\\nV", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0925.jp2"}, "926": {"fulltext": "h\\n912\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nand one daughter, of whom six are living, and resi-\\ndents of New York.\\nOur subject, who was the eldest child of his parents,\\nwas reared in his native town of Brighton, N. Y.,\\nwhere he acquired his early education in the com-\\nmon schooK and at an early .age evinced considera-\\nble skill in the use of tools. When a youth of\\neighteen he left home, and repairing to different\\nplaces, eng.aged in carriage-making about two years.\\nHe then migrated to Syracuse, and thence to\\nPenn Yan, where he lived until the summer of\\n1843. In the meantime he had been married, and\\nbecome the father of one child, and now with his\\nlittle family came to Southern Michigan, and took\\nup his residence in Jonesville. The town was then\\nin its infancy, and after a residence here of six\\nyears he started overland to California, for the\\npurpose of seeking his fortune among its gold\\nmines. Nine months later, however, found him\\nreturned to Jonesville, having seen sufficient for\\nthat time of Western life, .although he had no reason\\nto complain of his success financially.\\nMr. Baker now set about the erection of a fine\\nresidence on a tract of land which he liad purchased\\npreviously to his adventure on the Pacific Slope.\\nThis accomplished he began giving his entire atten-\\ntion to agricultural pursuits, and in c(.)nnection\\nwith this, being of a progressive mind and believ-\\ning in the introduction of the best methods of\\ntilling the soil, began dealing in agricultural imple-\\nments quite extensively. For two 3 ears, in con-\\nnection with his farming and other labors, he\\nengaged in the grocer} trade at Jonesville. His\\nland, embracing 114 acres, lies just outside the\\ncorporation, and on this account is valuable.\\nThe career of Mr. Baker has been that of a self-\\nmade man, who commenced life dependent upon\\nhis own resources. Upon going to Penn Yan he\\nworked for a very small salary, but being industri-\\nous and persevering, made good progress, and\\nfinally secured eighty acres of land in Jackson\\nCounty, this State, by trading a house and lot\\nwhich he had earned and paid for in New York. He\\nknew but little about this latter acquisition, and\\nmany of his friends endeavored to dissuade him\\nfrom coming to the West. He was determined to try\\nthe experiment, however, and starting out by him-\\nself made his vfay to Jackson, and from that city\\non foot to Hanover, and was favorably impressed\\nwith the appearance of the country.\\nUpon coming into Jonesville with his wife and\\nchild Mr. Baker had but just $0.08, and in addition\\nlost his first two months work, with the exception\\nof his board. He was blessed, however, with the\\nqualities of resolution and perseverance, and soon\\nobtained a foothold, finally becoming the possessor\\nof a goodly assortment of tools, which later he was\\nenabled to place in a shop which he called his own.\\nMr. Baker was first married at Syracuse, N. Y.,\\nJan. 1, 1840, to Miss Lucy Bicknell, who was born\\nat Hamilton, that State, and by her union with our\\nsubject became the mother of one child Albert\\nH. IMrs. Lucy Baker departed this life at her\\nhome in Jonesville, in January, 1844. Her son\\nlived until reaching manhood, and in June, 1861,\\nsoon after the outbreak of the liebellion, enlisted\\nin Company II, 4th Michigan Infantiy, in which he\\nserved until January following, and then on account\\nof ill-health w.as compelled to return home. His\\ndeath took pl.ace in June, 18G2, when he was\\ntwenty j cars of age.\\nOn the 10th of September, 1844, our subject con-\\ntracted a second marriage, with Miss Cornelia M.,\\ndaughter of William N. and Eliza (Erven) Guy,\\nand who was born in Aurelius, Cayuga Co., N. Y.,\\nNov. 25, 1820. The father of Mrs. Baker was a\\nnative of Cayuga County, and the mother of\\nMonmouth County, N. J. They settled after mar-\\nriage in the first-mentione l county, whence they\\nremoved a few years Later to Livingston County,\\n.and from there to Jonesville, this county, in June,\\n1836. They continued residents of Fayette Town-\\nship the remainder of their lives, the father dying\\nin December, 1864, and the mother in April, 1873.\\nTheir family included five sons and two daughters,\\nand Mrs. Baker was the second child.\\nOf this latter marriage of our subject there were\\nborn five children. The eldest. Kittle, is the wife of\\nIsrael Wikes, of Jonesville; Charles H. died Aug.\\n20, 1887, in his thii-ty-fourth year; Edgar M. is\\na resident of Decatur, Neb., and Alice J., Mrs.\\nF. E. Bellamy, lives in Sumner County, Kan.;\\nSarah E. died in 1847, at the age of four and one-\\nhalf years; Charles G., a druggist, died in Pierce-\\nT", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0926.jp2"}, "927": {"fulltext": "4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n913\\nton, Incl., on the 20th of AugiiSD, 1887. Mr. Baker,\\nin 1880, was elected Justice of the Peace, wliich\\noffice lie iield four 3 ears. He identified Iiiniself\\nwith the Abolitionists during tlie days of slaver}\\nand was the fervent admirer of such men as Gar-\\nrett Smith, Wendell I liillips, Elon Gehisha, and\\nother eminent characters who distinguished them-\\nselves at that daj as the friend of the oppressed.\\nIlis first vote was east in Penn Yan, N. Y.. for\\nJames G. Birne^ who was the first candidate for\\nPresident on llie Abolition ticket.\\nMr. Baker was one of the delegates sent from\\nHillsdale County to the convention at Adrian,\\nwhich nominated Judge Levi Baxter for State\\nSenator. He has since taken a jirominent part in\\nthe Greenback movement, and received the nomina-\\ntion in Hillsdale onnlj in the fall of 188() for\\nthe Legislature, being defeated by Mr. Pettit, of\\nReading.\\nThe father of Mrs. Baker was the second white\\nchild born in the town of Aurelius, N. Y. Her\\nparents made the journey from Livingston County,\\nthat State, to Jonesville, Mich., in 1836, with an\\nox-team, being one of five families which included\\ntwenty persons who came from that region at the\\ntime.\\nri. ^^ALPH LEAVITT, deceased, was formerly\\n\\\\jL^ prominently connected with the industrial\\n/ii \\\\V interests of Pittsford Township as a farmer\\n^and manufacturer and dealer in lumber,\\nhaving located here in the year 1849. He was\\nborn in December, 1812. When a young man he\\nbecame an early settler of Oakland County, and\\nremained a resident until his removal to this town-\\nship. His first purchase of land here was a 40-\\nacre tract on section 7, which was at that time\\nheavily timbered, and Mr. Leavitt, being an enter-\\nprising man with an eye to business, erected a saw-\\nmill and made a profitable use of the timber,\\nat the same time clearing his farm and getting it\\nready for culture. After a few j cars he bought\\n108 acres of land on section 6, joining his first pur-\\nchase, and, having disiiosed of the first sawmill, he\\nput u|) another on that i)lace. He continued to man-\\n4\u00c2\u00ab\\nage the lumber business in connection with farming\\nfor many years, with ver} prosperous results, and\\ncontinued to reside here until his death in October,\\n1883. at a ripe ohl age. He and his wife were both\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nIn the meantime, Mr. L. brought his farm into an\\nadmirable state of tillage and erected a good set\\nof buihlings on the land that he bought when he\\ncame here to make his home. This place is now\\noccupied by his living child, Mrs. Norris. The\\nmaiden name of his wife was Fallie Helen Foster,\\nwhose father, Daniel Foster, was an early settler of\\nDover Township, Lenawee County, He was a\\nfarmer a few years before his death. He removed\\nto Pittsford Township, where he died. Two chil-\\ndren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Leavitt\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Louisa\\nand Daniel W. Their son, a talented j oung man,\\ndied at the age of twent3 -six. He was a graduate\\nof Hillsdale College, and at the time of his death\\nwas pursuing a law course in Albany, N. Y. Mr.\\nLeavitt \\\\ras of an active, energetic temperament,\\nendowed with keen business qualities, and, with his\\namiable wife, was held in high esteem by the peo-\\nple among whom they had settled.\\nLouisa, the onl^ daughter of Mr. .and Mrs. Leav-\\nitt, was born Feb. 16, 1845, in Oakland County,\\nMich. She was married, March 14, 1869, to Joseph\\nNorris, son of Isaac and Hannah (Green) Norris.\\nHis father was born in Dutchess Countj N. Y.,\\nand was a son of Henry Norris, who afterward\\nsettled in Savannah, W.ayne Co., N. Y., where,\\nafter renting land for;i time, he bought twenty acres,\\nand continued his residence there until his death.\\nHis son Isaac, father of Joseph, was twenty-\\nthree years old when he went to W.iyne County\\nwith his parents. He married there and engaged\\nin farming until 1865, when he came to Ilillstlale\\nCounty and settled in Jefferson Township. He\\nbought a farm on section 11 of that township, and\\nmade his home there until his death, March 14, 1871.\\nHe was a man of tireless industry, good common\\nsense, and undoubted probity of character. His\\ngood wife is still living at an advanced age, having\\nbeen born in the town of James, Seneca Co., N. Y.,\\nApril 9, 1812. Her father, John Green, was a\\nnative of New England, and an early settler of the\\ntown of her birth. In 1817, however, he moved", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0927.jp2"}, "928": {"fulltext": "914\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^TT^\\nY th\\nwith his family to Wayne County and settled in tiie\\ntown of Savanna!), and there spent his last years.\\nThe maiden name of his wife, grandmother of Mr.\\nNorris, was Sally Clise, and her father was Heniy\\nClise, who moved from Virginia to Maryland, and\\nfrom there to Hopeton, N. Y. He had a large\\nflouring-mill there, besides a large landed estate.\\nSix children were born to Isaac and Hannah Norris,\\nof whom the following is the record: Amanda\\nmarried Mr. Wadsworth, and they live in Wayne\\nCounty; William lives in Hillsdale Township; Na-\\nthan lives in Jackson County Marion lives in Hills-\\ndale County; Joseph and John, twins, are living in\\nHillsdale County; Augustus resides in Hillsdale\\nTownship.\\nJohn Norris was born in Savannah, Wayne Co.,\\nN. Y., on the 14th of November, 1847. His boy-\\nhood was passed in his native town, where he\\nreceived good educational advantages. He was\\neighteen years of age when he accompanied his\\nparents to this State. They settled in Jefferson\\nTownship, Hillsdale County. He is a practical,\\nwide-awake man, and by good management and\\nindustrious habits, has become quite successful in his\\nchosen calling, and does his full share in sustaining\\nthe agricultural interests of Pittsford Township.\\nHe and his wife occupy a prominent social position\\nin this community, and their hospitable home is\\nmade very attractive by the geniality and courtesy\\nof the host and hostess. In politics he is a Repub-\\nlican. Mrs. Norris inherited the old homestead of\\nher f:\\\\ther in this township, where she is now\\nresiding.\\nRCHIBALD STORMS. The homestead of\\nu\\\\ this gentleman is noticeable among the\\nfinely cultivated farms of Scipio Town-\\nship, being pleasantly located on section 11,\\nthe land under a good state of cultivation, and the\\nbuildings substantial and in modern stjie of archi-\\ntecture. The hand of thrift and industry is appar-\\nent on all sides, and the premises form a pleasant\\npicture in the landscape of this region.\\nOur subject is the scion of an excellent family,\\nboth parents having been born in New York State,\\nthe father, David Storms, in Redfleld, Livingston\\nCounty, June 3, 1813, and the mother, Anna\\n(Piatt) Storms, in Oneida County, July 28, 1812.\\nAfter marriage they lived for a time in RedSeld,\\nthen emigrated to the northern part of Ohio,\\nwhence, six months later, in 1841, they came to\\nMichigan, and settled in the vicinity of Kiuderhook,\\nBranch County. The father, however, not yet\\nsatisfied with his surroundings, made several other\\nremovals until pitching his tent in the township of\\nScipio, this county, where he lived from 1853\\nuntil his death, in April, 1856. The mother sur-\\nvived her husband a period of twenty-tliree 3 ears,\\nremaining a widow, and passing away at her home\\nin Scipio, March 17, 1879.\\nThe parental household included four children,\\nof whom the record is as follows: Cordelia be-\\ncame the wife of Martin Dennis, and died in Scipio\\nTownship in September, 1776. Archibald, of our\\nsketch, was the second child Frederick L. is carry-\\ning on farming in Hanover Township, Jackson\\nCounty; Alzina P. is the wife of Dorr Darling, of\\nJonesville. Archibald, our subject, was born in\\nKinderhook, Branch County, this State, July 6,\\n1842, and from his earliest recollections has been\\nfamiliar with farm pursuits. He acquired his edu-\\ncation in the common schools, and coming to\\nScipio Township with his parents, in 1853, has\\nsince that time been a resident of this locality.\\nOur subject continued under the home roof uutil\\nwithin three days of the twenty-fifth year of his\\nage, having been married, July 3. 1866, to Miss\\nMary Addie, daughter of Elijah and Mercy (Fitch)\\nWhedon, who were, like his own people, natives of\\nNew Y ork State. They came to Michigan in 1849,\\nsettling in Trumbull, Calhoun County, where they\\nlived several years, then moved to Scipio Town-\\nship, of which they have since been residents.\\nElijah Whedon was born March 24, 1823, and his\\nwife, Mercy, Nov. 30, 1822. They were the parents\\nof three children only, one daughter and two sons.\\nThe elder son, Edwin C, died when a promising\\nyouth of eighteen years; Allen M., the younger, is\\ncarrying on farming in Scipio Township.\\nMrs. Mary Addie (Whedon) Storms was born in\\nFulton, Oswego Co., N. Y., Jan. 8, 1849, and like\\nher husband acquired her education in the common\\nschools. She came with her parents to Michigan,", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0928.jp2"}, "929": {"fulltext": "i\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n915\\nand coiitimicd .a nicmlu-r of tlie lioiifphold circle\\nuntil lier inaiiiiiyc. Of iicr union with our subject\\nthere iiave heen born six ciiildren: i heir ehicst\\nson, I ranlv A., died nlien a little over two years\\nold. The others Ernest G., Mercy A., Dee, Jay\\nand Bessie L. are at home with their parents.\\nMr. Storm, jwliticallj is a solid Republican, and\\nas an ex-soldier, a member of Henry Baxter Post\\nNo. 219, of Jonesville. Socially, he belongs to the\\nMasonic fraternitj Not long after the outbreak\\nof the late Rebellion he enlisted, Aug. 19, 18G1,\\nin the company called Berdan s .Sharpshooters,\\nwith whom he remained four months, receiving his\\nhonorable discbarge at the expiration of tliis time.\\nSoon afterward, Aug. 19, 186.5, he re-enlisted in\\nthe new 4Lii Michigan Lifantr^ in which he served\\nuntil the close of the war. He became familiar\\nwith all the phases of armj^ life, enduring hardship,\\nprivation and poor fare, and contracted an incura-\\nble disease, on account of which he now receives a\\npension. He fortunately escaped wounds and cap-\\nture by the enemy, but was considerably injured\\nupon one ocx^asion while in Decatur, Ala., by fall-\\ning from a train of cars. After the close of the\\nwar he i-eturned to Scipio Township, and resumed\\nhis farming operations, which he has carried on\\nuninterruptedly since that time.\\nIRA T. WIGHT, one of the most thrifty farmers\\nof Allen Township, came to this section of\\ncountry with his parents when a little lad six\\nyears of .age, in 1 830. He is consequently one of\\nthe oldest living settlers of the county. He was\\nborn in Euclid, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, and from his\\nearliest childhood has been familiar with agricult-\\nural pursuits. His property embraces 129 acres of\\ngood land on section 5, where he h.as erected neat\\nand substantial buildings, brought the soil to a good\\nstate of cultivation, and in other ways distinguished\\nhimself as a most intelligent and progressive agri-\\nculturist.\\nThe father of our subject, Thaddeus Wight by\\nname, was born in Vermont, June 8, 1788. He\\nmarried Miss Lncimla Washburn, also a native of\\nNew England, and who was born Aug. 9, 1792.\\nAfter marriage the parents settled in Vermont,\\nwhence they soon removed to Saratoga County, N.\\nY., and a few years later to Ohio. Thence in the\\nspring of 1 830 they came farther west, easting their\\nlot with the pioneers of this county, and settling\\nupon a tract of land near the present site of Jones-\\nville, April 12, 1830. A year later they removed\\nto a farm two miles west, where the mother closed\\nher brief life on the 7th of September. 1832. The\\nfather survived his wife some years, finally selling\\nhis farm .and removing, first to Litchfield Township,\\nthen to Jonesville, .and finally spent his last days at\\nthe home of his daughter, Mrs. Roscius Southworth,\\nin Allen Township. His death took place July 28,\\n1859.\\nThe parental household of our subject included\\nsix daughters and three sons, Ira T. being the sec-\\nond sou. He distinctly remembers many of the\\nearly incidents of life in a new country, and grew\\nup amid the pioneer scenes of Hillsdale County,\\nwith industrious habits and well fitted to perform\\nhis future part in life. In \u00c2\u00a7etting about the estab-\\nlishment of a home of his own, he w.as first married,\\nMarch 23, 184G, to Miss Adeline S. Bon, who, like\\nhimself, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July\\n28, 1829. This marriage resulted in the birth of\\nsix children. The eldest son, William A., is now a\\nresident of Chicago, 111. Henry T. is in Gr.and\\nRapids, Mich.; Jeremiah died in early childhood;\\nSamuel A. is a resident of Chicago; Ellen A. is the\\nwife of Luther J. Hanchett, of Allen Township, and\\nEdwin W. makes his home in Kalamazoo. Mrs.\\nAdeline S. Wight departed this life at her home in\\nAllen Township, M.ay 3, 1870.\\nThe present wife of our subject, to whom he was\\nmarried in Woodbridge, this county, Aug. 30, 1870,\\nwiis Mrs. Anne E. Lower, daughter of Rev. Joseph\\nand Mary A. Waldorf, and widow of Henry Lower,\\nwho died in Columbiana County, Ohio, Jan. 16,\\n1869. Mrs. Wight was born in IMediua, Ohio,\\nApril 15, 1847. There are no children of this union,\\nbut Mr. Wight has an adojjted son, Charles L., who\\nbecame a member of his household when one year\\nold and is now a promising boy of ten yeare.\\nMr. Wight cast his first Presidential vote for\\nJames K. Polk, but since the organization of the\\n_;\u00c2\u00bb L^", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0929.jp2"}, "930": {"fulltext": "4\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n916\\n4\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nRepublican party has most cordially supported its\\nprinciples. He Las held the minor offices of his\\ntownship, among them that of Highway Commis-\\nsioner, and socially, is a member of tlie Masonic\\nfraternity.\\nThe fatlier of our subject, Thaddeus Wight, after\\nthe death of his first wife, was again married, in\\nFebruary, 1834, to Mrs. Agnes McVay, of Cuya-\\nhoga County, Ohio, who onl} survived her husband\\na month. They had no children by this union.\\n\\\\T]OHN G. WOLF, druggist, and one of the\\nactive business men of Hillsdale, was born\\nin New York City, Jan. 8, 1854. His father,\\ni@7/ Dr. Frederick Wolf, was an old and noted\\nphysician of that city, and a native of Vienna,\\nAustria, where he had been reared and fitted him-\\nself for his chosen vocation. The mother, Bertha\\n(Klaut) Wolf, was born in Frankfort, Germany,\\nand was the daughter of a prominent General in the\\nGerman army. At the Revolution in 1848 Gen.\\nKlaut was forced to flee to America, accompanied\\nby one of his eight daughters, Bertha, where he\\ndied in St. Louis. The parents of Mr. Wolf are\\nstill living and residents of New York Cit}\\nThe boyhood of our subject was spent in his\\nnative city and he acquired his education in the\\npublic schools. When only ten years of age he\\nentered tlie drug-store of C. C. Curtis, with whom\\nhe remained for a period of sixteen years. Mr.\\nCurtis then came to this county, accompanied by\\nyoung Wolf, who remained with him until 1881,\\nand until he sold out. Mr. Wolf then engaged in\\nbusiness on his own account, establishing himself on\\nthe corner of Howell and Beacon streets, which still\\ncontinues his headquarters.\\nThis house carries a full line of drugs and all the\\narticles pertaining to this department of business,\\nand from which the proprietor has built up an ex-\\ntensive and lucrative trade. AVhile in the employ\\nof Mr. Curtis in his native city he studied and\\npassed his examination before the Board of Phar-\\nmacy, from which he received his diploma and\\nmany flattering commendations on account of his\\nproficicnc3 In January, 1888, Mr. Wolf put into\\nhis store a Tufts Soda Fountain, at a cost of 11,960,\\nfrom which he draws the finest beverages of the\\ncity to refresh the thirsty wayfarer. The establish-\\nment is first-class in its furnishings and appoint-\\nments, and the business is conducted in the most\\nmethodical and praiseworthy manner.\\nOur subject was married in Hillsdale, Jan. 19,\\n1881, to Miss Lilly Beckhardt, who was born Oct.\\n6, 1860, in Hillsdale, and is the daughter of Adeline\\nand David Beckhardt, natives of New York and\\nGermany, and now of Hillsdale. This union re-\\nsulted in the birth of two children, a daughter and\\nson: Ethel D., born July 19, 1883, and Louis E.,\\nAug. 5, 1886. They occupy a snug home in the\\nsouth part of the city, and enjo} the companionship\\nand esteem of its best residents. Mr. Wolf was\\none of the charter members of the State Pharma-\\nceutical Association, which was organized at Lansing\\nin 1883. He was upon that occasion also elected a\\ndelegate to the National Convention of Druggists\\nheld at Philadelphia in 1884. He is one of the\\nfounders of the Boat Clubs of Hillsdale, which has\\nsince become famous throughout the country.\\nPolitically, he affiliates with the Democratic party,\\nand has always signalized himself as a liberal-minded\\nand public-spirited citizen, supporting in a substan-\\ntial manner the enterprises calculated to benefit the\\npeople at large.\\nimi\\n|^?5rfru\\nAVID M. LYONS, Jr., is a prominent rep-\\nresentative farmer, located on section 6,\\nSomerset Township, where he owns a fine\\nfarm of 120 acres, and is successfully en-\\ngaged in mixed husbandry. His farm is adorned\\nwith a handsome residence, and well provided with\\nout-buildings and the machinery required for the\\nsuccessful prosecution of his calling.\\nMr. Lyons was born in Allegheny County, Pa.,\\nFeb. 14, 1830, and is the son of David M., Sr., and\\nMargaret (Gilmore) Lyons. The father was also born\\nin Allegheny Countj and subsequently removed to\\nOhio, where he died at the early age of thirty-six\\nyears, when his son David was but an infant of two\\nyears. He was a man of great industry and de-\\ntermination, and on coming to Ohio, he took up a\\n1", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0930.jp2"}, "931": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00bb-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n917\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A\\ntract of Government Innd. upon wliich lie exerted\\nhimself beyonrl his powers of endurance, and thus\\nkilled himself hy overwork. The mother of our\\nsubject was born in the same place as her husband,\\nand spent the last years of her life in this countj\\ndying at the home of her son, W. T. Lyons, after\\nattaining her fourscore and four years. She was a\\nwoman of great strength of character and good\\nconstitution, and came of a long-lived family.\\nThe parental family of our subject included seven\\nchildren, five of whom still survive, and are nearly\\nall engaged in farming. As our subject giew to be\\nof use on the farm, his services were utilized in as-\\nsisting his mother, and he was thus erajjloyed until\\nthe age of fourteen years, securing at intervals in\\nthe meantime such education as the facilities of the\\ncommon schools of that day afforded. In 1845 tbey\\nsold out their interests in Ohio, and came to this\\ncounty, where David M. lived with his elder brother\\nuntil 1853. They then started for California with\\na herd of cattle from this county, and sold them so\\nsatisfactorily that he continued in the stock busi-\\nness until 1858. He then sold out cver3 thing, and\\ncame to Moscow Township, and lived with a brother\\ntwo years.\\nIn 1860 Mr. Lyons was united in marri.age with\\nMiss Miria Moffett, but she died in October, 1S63,\\nand he was a secon l time married, Jan. 10, 18G5,\\nto Miss Mariette Turner, a native of Monroe County,\\nN. Y., where she was born May 30, 1842, and is the\\ndaughter of Horace and Deborah Turner, of whom\\nA sketch ma^ be seen elsewhere in this work. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Lyons have had born to them one child,\\nMilton, the date of whose nativity was Feb. 9, 1867.\\nHe acquired the rudiments of an education at the\\ndistrict schools, and subsequently spent two years\\nat Hillsdale College, taking a philosophical course.\\nAt present he is engaged in teaching, but he is fit-\\nting himself for a thorough commercial course.\\nMrs. Lyons is a self-educated lady, and one of the\\nmost prominent in the community in which she\\nlives. At the early age of fifteen years she en-\\ngaged in sciiool teaching, which profession she fol-\\nlowed during a total of nine terms, and is an\\naccomplished and exemplary woman.\\nAfter marriage the young couple settled in Som-\\nerset Township, in a part of their present beautiful\\nhouse on a farm of eighty acres, which Mr. Lyons\\nthen owned. At that time it was considered almost\\nworthless, but under Ills skillful manipulation it has\\nbecome one of the best farms in Hillsdale County.\\nHe subsequent!} added forty acres to his original\\npurchase, which makes the fine farm of 120 acres as\\nabove staled. In politics Mr. Lyons is a Repub-\\nlican, but he is strongly in s^ mpathy with the Pro-\\nhibition movement, and is an advocate of temperance\\nin every form. He lias been quite active in\\nlocal politics, and his integrity and good judgment\\nhave lieen recognized and appreciated by hisfellow-\\nto\u00c2\u00abnismen, who have appointed him to the most im-\\nportant offices within their gift. They have made\\nhim their delegate to different conventions, while\\nhe has been Ilighwaj Commissioner, and has been\\nconnected with the schools for nearly twenty years.\\nHe claims fellowship with the brethren of the -Mys-\\ntic tie. belonging to Hamilton Lodge No. 113, at\\nMoscow, with which he has been identified for twen-\\nty-four years, while he has been Treasurer of the\\nlodge for many years, and has also held the office\\nof Junior Deacon.\\n-^m^\\nii^\\\\ ARVIN E. HALL, Mayor of the city of\\nHillsdale, and a man unusually well edu-\\ncated and intelligent, came to this count}\\nin April, 1884, and the present position\\nwhich he occupies indicates how thoroughly he has\\nestablished himself in the confidence and esteem of\\nthe people during his comparatively brief residence\\nhere. The main points in his busy career are\\nessentially as follows:\\nOur subject, a native of this State, was born in\\nCalhoun County, Se])t. 1, 1853. He was the 3 oung-\\nest of ,the four children of Horace and Lucetta\\n(Faurote)Hall, the mother a native of New York\\nState and of French ancestry. Horace Hall was\\nborn in Essex County. N. Y., where he lived until\\nreaching manhood, then made his way to the Terri-\\ntory of Michigan, U catlng in Tekonsha Township,\\nCalhoun Count} where he was married. Here he\\ncarried on sawmilling until sometime in the fifties.\\nThe mother departed this life in 1855. The father\\nis now a resident of Hillsdale. Four of their", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0931.jp2"}, "932": {"fulltext": "l(^\\n918\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ni-\\nchildren are living, being residents of Michigan and\\nKansas.\\nThe subject, of our sketch pursued his early\\nstudies in the common schools, then entered first\\nNewville Aeademj-, and subsequently Hillsdale Col-\\nlege. Afterward he became a student of the State\\nUniversity at Bloomingdale, Ind., but two months\\nlater entered upon a commercial career, being amply\\nfitted for business. We next find hira engaged as\\na traveling salesman, and in April, 1884, he came\\nto this county in the pursuance of his duties as the\\nrepresentative of the Edison electric light, having\\nthe State agency. In this he was much interested,\\nand was the first man to adapt the instantaneous\\ndry plate to commercial photography. Later he\\nengaged in the nursery business. In 1884 he sold\\nout his interest in this enterprise and engaged in\\nhis present business, as a dealer in military and\\nsociety supplies.\\nThe correct business habits of Mr. Hall, coupled\\nwith his energy and ability, at once secured him\\nthe favorable notice of the community, and he was\\nsoon called upon to fill various positions of trust\\nand responsibility. He has always maintained a\\nwarm interest in educational institutions, serving\\nas School Inspector, and uniformly being the en-\\ncourager and supporter of every measure calculated\\nto advance the rising generation in knowledge.\\nHe was elected Mayor of Hillsdale in the spring of\\n1887, and is discharging the duties of this office in\\na praiseworthy manner.\\nMr. Hall cast his first Presidential vote for Gen.\\nGrant, .and politically, is an active Republican, of\\ngreat service to his party in this section. He has\\nofficiated as Secretary of the County Republican\\nCommittee, and is now a member of the staff of\\nGov. Luce, holding a Colonel s commission since\\nthe latter s incumbency of the Executive office.\\nSocially, Mayor Hall is Chancellor Commander of\\nHillsdale Lodge No. 45, K. of P., and is a Knight\\nTemplar in the Masonic fraternity. He is also\\nprominent in the Sons of Veterans, having served\\nfor two years as Colonel, commanding Michigan\\nDivision, and is at present Inspector General of the\\norder.\\nThe marriage of Marvin E. Hall and Miss Lena\\nHass was celebrated at the home of the bride in\\nRome, N. Y.,in 1880. They commenced the journey\\nof life together in a modest home in Cambridge,\\nMass. Mrs. Hall was born in New York City in\\n1853. They have no children.\\ns?t^-\\n4^K-\\n?i\\nARREN SMITH, one of the best and favor-\\nably known men in Hillsdale County, is a\\nthorough-going and [jrogressive general far-\\nmer, located in Cambria Township. In addition to\\ngeneral farming he makes a specialty of stock-rais-\\ning, in which he has met with that success which\\nmen of his ability almost invariably attain. Nature\\nhas endowed Mr. .Smith with rare gifts, among\\nwhich are a vigoi ous physical constitution and an\\nintellectual ability of a high order, logical, dis-\\ncriminating and comprehensive. He is a gentle-\\nman of conimandin\u00c2\u00a3 presence, and is fitted to adorn\\nthe highest positions in society.\\nMr. Smith came to this county in 1839, and his\\nfirst purchase consisted of 120 acres of land on\\nsections 29 and 30 of Cambria Township. It was\\nthen frfsh from the hand of nature, and his first\\nemployment consisted in building a cabin, clearing\\nland and bre.aking the stubborn soil. In order to\\ncast his vote it was necessary for him to goto Jones-\\nville, vvhere most of his trading was also done, with-\\nout any of the facilities of modern travel, and over\\nroads frequently almost impassable. But Mr. Smith\\ncame here to stay, and h.is since accumulated a\\ntine property including 280 acres of land, which is\\na monument to his industry and good judgment.\\nHis residence is a two-story brick structure with\\nbasement, and is elegant in design and perfect in\\nappointment. It is heated by means of a furnace,\\nand is in every respect an ideal country home, sug-\\ngestive of the taste an l refinement of its projectors.\\nNo more convincing illustration of the marvelous\\ntransformation which Southern Michigan has under-\\ngone can be found than in a compaiison of this\\nmansion with the little old log cabin of the early\\npioneer.\\nThe subject of this biographical sketch was born\\nin Bangor Township, Franklin Co., N. Y., March\\n22, 1814, near the birthplace of the ex-Vice Presi-\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0932.jp2"}, "933": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n919\\ndent, Wheeler. His fniher. Jesse Smith, was a na-\\ntive of Vermont, where he was born near Brandon,\\nDec. 4, 1790. and came of worthy and respected\\nNew England parents. He was reared in his native\\ncounty to the occupation of a farmer, l)nt while\\nyet a yonnjr man removed to New York and lo-\\ncated in Franklin County. Ihere it is supjjosed\\nhis marriage took place, the maiden of his choice\\nbeing Rhoda Davis, who was born Feb. 17, 1792,\\nin one of the New England Slates, and came of fine\\nold English and Scotch ancestors. After their mar-\\nriage the jjarents of our subject settled in the old\\ntownship of Bangor, Franklin County, and engaged\\nin agricultural pursuits. Here they accumulated a\\nfine property, although they had but little with\\nwhich to start in life, and made this place their\\nhome almost all their lives. Mr. Smith finally passed\\nawaj- at the home of one of his daughters, Jan. 27,\\n1873. He was for manj- years an active and wor-\\nthy member of the Christian Church, and in poli-\\ntics was formerly a Whig and subsequcntlj- a Re-\\npublican. Mrs. Smith had preceded her husband\\nto the silent land several years, leaving behind her\\na record worthy of imitation.\\nThe parental family of our subject included six\\nchihlren, four sons and two daughters, and although\\nthe parents were not remarkaljle for ])hysical strength,\\nthe children were all noted for that quality, their\\naverage weight after reaching maturity being nearl}\\n220 pounds each. Our subject is the eldest bom\\nof this remarkable family, of whom there are three\\nnow living, though Warren is the only representa-\\ntive of the family in this count}-. He was reared\\nto manhood and received his education chiefly in\\nhis native count} and was united in marriage in\\nthe township of his ntitivity. April 20, 1836. with\\nMiss Mary Wilson, who was born in that township.\\nMay 27, 1817, and is the daughter of James and\\nDorintha (Sawyer) Wilson, both of whom are now\\ndeceased. The father was born in the Granite\\nState, Jan. 17, 1788, and came through New En-\\ngland ancestors from English and Irish stock. He\\nfollowed the occupation of a farmer, and was a man\\nof sterling principles and industry. Mv Dorintha\\nWilson was born Nov. 22, 1790, in Cayuga County.\\nN. Y., and was married to James Wilson at St.\\nAlbans, Vt. They immediately took up their resi-\\ndence in Bangor Township, Franklin Co., N. Y.,\\nduring its early settlement, and improved a farm.\\nIn 183G Mr. and Mrs. Wilson came to Tecumseh.\\nMich., and about three years later removed to the\\ntownship of Cambria and settled on a new farm,\\nwhere the mother died Dec. 29, 1801. The death\\nof Mr. Wilson occurred very suddenly, and without\\nthe slightest pain, Dee. 7,1808. In politics he was\\nformerly connected with the Whig |iarty, and upon\\nits dissolution he entered the ranks of the Demo-\\ncratic party.\\nMrs. Smith was reared by cultured and loving\\nparents, and received a liberal eilucation, learning\\nto do to others as she would that the} would do to\\nher. She is a most amiable and intelligent woman,\\nshedding a beneficent influence upon all with\\nwhom she comes in contact, and has been in every\\nway the worthy complement of her husband. To\\nthis couple it is appropriate to apply Milton s lines\\non our first parents\\nFor contemplation he and valor formed\\nFor beauty she and sweet, attractive gr.ace.\\nOn the 20th of April, 188G, was celebrated the\\ngolden wedding of this hapi y pair, when about 100\\npersons assembled to present tlieir congratulations.\\nAmong the number was Gov. Luce, who presented\\nthem with a cane, appropriately inscribed for the\\noccasi(jn. It is an elegant, gold-headed, ebony\\nstick, beautifully embellished, and is one of the\\nmany suitable presents received on that occasion.\\nThe- union of Mr. and Mrs. Smith 1ms been\\nblessed by the birth of two children Almira and\\nCharles E. Almira became the wife of Anthony\\nHancock, a successful farmer owning 160 acres of\\nland in Cambria Township. Charles took to wife\\nDelia Van Vlack, and they live with our subject at\\nthe homestead and operate the farm. Believing\\nthat education is a better safeguard of a nation\\nthan a standing army, Mr. and Mrs. Smith have\\ngiven their children the benefits of a good educa-\\ntion, while their contact with the culture arid\\nrefinement of a home such as any wom.an like Mrs.\\nSmith will make, has fitted them to adorn anj posi-\\ntion in society.\\nMr. Smith is a well-read man, both in history\\nand theology, and is a close reasoner and a verj\\nliberal and broad thinker. He h.as kept well abreast\\nT ^^:M^", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0933.jp2"}, "934": {"fulltext": "n\\n920\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nof this progressive age, and lias been quite promi-\\nnent in the public affairs of his township, serving\\nin many of the local offices, the duties of which lie\\nfaithfully and conscientiously discharged. Mr. .Smith\\nis a very reliable Republican, but never devoted\\nmuch attention to politics, his domestic disposition\\ninclining him to the companionship of his family.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6S?\u00c2\u00bb^ \u00c2\u00bb^!\u00c2\u00bbSi\\ntf5\u00c2\u00abf\u00c2\u00bbi^5^\u00c2\u00ab\\ni( ON. CHARLES T. MITCHELL, capitalist,\\nbanker and merchant, and widelv known\\nthrough Sruthern Micliigan. has been an\\n(^5) im|)ortant factor in tiie development of\\nHillsdale CVnint} His great wealth, .accumulated\\nwhollv by his own efforts, has been the means of\\ninaugurating various useful enterprises which have\\ntended to build up the county, develop its natural\\nresources, and increase its standing among the grow-\\ning communities of the West. In the career of this\\ngentleman is illustrated the results vf a spirit of\\nenterprise and liberality, and which have been felt\\nfar beyond his own pers(jnal interests and his sphere\\nof action. Coming to this section of country in its\\npioneer d.ays, he proved just such a man as was\\nneeded when Hillsdale County was struggling for\\nrecognition, and when its people were laboring\\namidst numerous difficulties, but still hoping for\\nbetter things.\\nThe subject of this record, a native of the Em-\\npire State, like so man} of his compeers, was born\\nin Montgomer} Count}-, June 29. 1817, and is the\\nfifth of eight brothers, who were included in a fam-\\nily of twelve children. The father, Charles iMitch-\\nelL, Sr., was also a native of New York, born in\\nSaratoga County, July 22, 17G3. He married Miss\\nLydia Brown, a native of Saratoga County, who\\nwas born Feb. 19, 1782. The Brown family were\\nof Dutch ancestry, and were first represented on\\nthis side of the Atlantic during the Colonial days.\\nThey settled in New Jersey, and became widely and\\nfavorably known as people well-to-do, and in all\\nrespects most excellent citizens.\\nCharles Mitchell, Sr., after his marriage emigrated\\nwith his bride to IMontgomery County, N. Y., and\\nsettled in the valley of the Mohawk, where he fol-\\nlowed first the occupation of a miller, but later\\nengaged in agricultual pursuits. There his children\\nwere born and reared, and there the p.arents continued\\nthe remainder of their lives, passing away at a ripe\\nold age, the father in 18,:i7,and the mcjther in 18G.5.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject, Andrew\\nMitchell by name, served as Lieutenant Colonel in\\nthe Revolntionar} War, and was subsequently a\\nmember of the Colonial Legislature. He spent the\\ngreater part of his life in Sar.atoga County.\\nMr. Mitchell, of our sketch, spent his boyhood days\\nin his native county, acquiring his education in the\\ndistrict schools. When fourteen 3 ears of age he\\nwas given the position of clerk in a store of general\\nmerchandise in Schoharie, where he spent three\\nyears. In the spring of 1838 he came westward\\nto Michigan, and the following year was employed\\nwith the firm of Bid well and Wilcox, of Adrian, as\\nclerk. He was subsequently employed as con-\\ntractor in the construction of the Michigan South-\\nern Railway.\\nMr. Mitchell in the spring of 1843 came to the\\nembryo city of Hillsdale, which was then the west-\\nern terminus of the railroad above mentioned, and\\nengaged in the commission business. His next\\nventure was the purchase of a stock of hardware, in\\nwhich he built up a good trade, and w.as actively\\nengaged in connection therewith until 1865. He\\nhad long ere this been recognized as a young man\\nof more than ordinary business cap.acity, and was\\nrapidly winning the confidence and respect of the\\nleading men of the county. At the time he had\\naccumulated a good capital, and in connection with\\nthe late Henry Waldron and John P. Cook, set\\nabout the establishment of the first banking institu-\\ntion in the city, and which w.as subsequently oper-\\nated under the firm name of Mitchell. Waldron\\nCo. The firm wound up its business in 1803, and\\nin 18G5 Messrs. Mitchell Waldron established the\\nSecond National Bank, of Hillsdale. In Januar}-,\\n1878, Mr. Mitchell purch.ased the interest of his\\npartner, who h.ad already taken charge of the\\nFirst National Bank, and Mr. Mitchell soon found\\nhimself at the head of one of the most solid and\\nreliable institutions in the State. He w:is continu-\\nally occupied in connection with this until 1884.\\nand then, on account of failing health, was advised\\nby his physician to retire from .active business. He\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0934.jp2"}, "935": {"fulltext": "dJ QujM^^-^^", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0935.jp2"}, "936": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0936.jp2"}, "937": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n921\\nflisposed of his entire interest in the bank, and since\\nthat time lias devoted his attention to his |)prsonal\\nand iii(livi hial interests.\\nMr. Milchell. wiien little over thirty years of age,\\nwas nnili d in marriage witli .Miss Harriet S. \\\\Ving,\\nthe wedding being celel)rated at the home of the\\nbride in Monroe, on tlie 5d of September, 1847.\\nMrs. Mitchell vvas born April 20, 1824, in Detroit,\\nand is the daughter of tiie late Hon. Austin E.\\nWing, who came to the Territory of Micliigan in\\n1816, with Gen. Cass and the late Gov. Woodbridge.\\nA man of fine mental capacities, coupled witli great\\nenerg} of charactei Mr. Wing, after filling various\\npositions of trust and responsibility, was sent as\\ndelegate to Congress from this Territory two terms\\nin succession, and formed no unimportant factor in\\nthe building up of the Democratic parly in this\\nState. He died after a short illness, in Cleveland,\\nOhio, in the summer of 1849. He had served as\\nUnited States Marshal; he made his home at Mon-\\nroe, Mich. The maiden name of the mother of\\nMrs. Mitchell was Harriet Skinner.\\nThe six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Mitcliell\\nincluded four sons and two daughters, but three\\nof whom are living. Frank died in infanc}-; Mrs.\\nC. M. Bane died in March, 1885, at her home in\\nHillsdale; Austin and William are residents of\\nCadillac, this Slate, and both are engaged in the\\nlumber trade; Charles T., Jr., died in November,\\n1882, when twenty-four 3 ears old Harriet B., Mrs.\\nDr. W. II. Sawyer, is residing in Hillsdale.\\nMr. Alitchell cast his first Presidential vote for\\nGen. Harrison in 1840, and since that time has been\\na warm supporter of the Republican party. In\\n1888 he was a member of the Chicago Convention\\nthat nominated Harrison and Morton. He was\\nlargely instrumental in the establishment of the\\nReform .School at Lansing, and in 1864 was sent as\\na delegat b^ the Republicans of his district to the\\nNational Conventional Baltimore when Jlr. Lincoln\\nwas nominated for President. He was appointed\\nby Gov. Baldwin, Chairman of the -State Board of\\nCh.arities in 1872, and later by Gov. Bagley, as\\nTrustee of the Michigan Asylum for the Insane at\\nKalamazoo. Of this board he still continues a\\nmember and Chairman. No man has been more\\nwarmly interested in the establishment of schools\\nand other institutions which would tend to elevate\\nthe people, both mornlly and educationall3 For\\ntwenty years he h:i.s licen a menilicr of the School\\nBoard of the city of Hillsdale, and the Trustee of\\nHillsdale College for a perioil of twenty-live years.\\nHe was reared in the doctrines of the Dutch Re-\\nformed Church, but with his estimable wife, united\\nwith the Presbyterians in 1 843.\\nThe family residence, a handsome and im|)f)sing\\nstructure built of brick, stiinds in the midst of beau-\\ntiful grounds on Manning street, and both within\\nand without gives evidence of the cultivated tastes\\nand ample means of the proprietor. Mr. Mitchell,\\npersonally, is of commanding presence, with hand-\\nsome features and a fine physique, a man who would\\nat once be singled out in a throng as a mark for\\nespecial notice.\\nANIEL McNABB, a farmer living on sec-\\ntion 4, JIoscow Township, is an honored\\npioneer and a representative man of Hills-\\ndale County. He comes of respectable\\nScotch ancesUy, and his father, Peter JMcNabb, was\\nborn in Scotland, near the citj- of Edinburgh, some\\ntime during the List centur}-. and migrated from\\nhis old home in Scotland after he became a young\\nman, about the j-ear 1 803, and settled in Johnstown,\\nFulton Co.. N. Y. He was subsequently married\\nin this country to Miss Margaret Camjjbell, a Scotch-\\nwoman, who came over to the United States in the\\nsame vessel in which he was a i)assenger. In 1860\\nhe came to Michigan and made his home with our\\nsubject until death, dying Feb. 2, 1862, .at the\\nage of ninet3--three. and the mother dj-ing in 1878\\nat the age of ninety-one years. To them had been\\nborn three children, two sons and one daughter,\\nDaniel being the youngest child. Their son John\\ndied at the home of our subject Nov. 27, 1867.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Johnstown,\\nFulton Co., N. Y., Aug. 18, 1814. On account of\\nhis f.athcr s insanity he went with his mother,\\nbrother and a sister to the home of his maternal\\ngrandparents, Campbell, and w.as there reared to\\nmanhood, remaining with them until he was twentj\\none. His education was conducted .at a common\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0937.jp2"}, "938": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n922\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nMrs\\nrate school. He started out into the world to\\nmake his own waj with limited means, hut with a\\nst.alvvart frame, a fine constitution, and an unlimited\\nsuppl} of courage and energy. In the spring of\\n1835 he started for the Far West, as the then\\nTerritory of Michigan was considered, and arrived\\nhere on the 1st of May, coming overland to Buffalo,\\nthence hy steamer across Lake Erie to Monroe, and\\nfrom there to Moscow Township, where he subse-\\nquently decided to locate. He afterward went back\\nto his old home, and on his return to Moscow\\nbrought with him his mother, widowed sister, and\\nher two children. He erected a log house for their\\nshelter, and industriously commenced to clear his\\nland and to prepare it for culture. He hravel}\\nendured the hardships and privations of pioneer\\nlife, and while greatly aiding in the development of\\nHillsdale Count}-, has shared its prosperit} He\\nnow owns a valuable farm of 200 acres, and with\\nthe assistance of his devoted companion and help-\\nmate, has been enabled to lay up a competency and\\nbuild up a pleasant home, where thej can live in\\nease and the comfortable enjo3 ment of the good\\nthings of this world that have been bestowed on\\nthem in such abundance.\\nMr. McNabb was married, in 1838, to Miss\\nJoanna, daughter of Daniel Rowley, Esq., one of\\nthe first settlers of the town of Moscow (for pa-\\nrental history see sketch of her brother, H. K. Row-\\nley). She is the oldest sister and the oldest one of\\nthe familj now living. She was born in Wales,\\nErie Co., N. Y., Kov. 29, 1815, and was educated\\nin a common rate school. She and her husband\\nhave reared three children .John Simpson. Mar-\\ngaret and Elizabeth Ann Parker. John is in Peru,\\nSouth America, mining gold and silver; he is a\\nprominent and influential man. and has a wife and\\nfamily. Margaret married William Brazee, of Mo-\\nrenci. and they have two children J. Loj d and\\nMinnie; Elizabeth married Dr. William George, of\\nCanton, Kan., and at her death left one child,\\nElizabeth.\\nMr. and Mis. McNabb are beloved and respected\\nby all the comniunitj-, and their long lives have\\nbeen filled with deeds of usefulness and countless\\nacts of kindness and consideration toward others.\\nMrs. McNabb is identified with the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, at Hanover. Mr. McNabb is\\ninfluential in town affairs, and has held the office of\\nTownship Treasurer two terms. Justice of the Peace\\nfor over eight years, and has been school officer sev-\\neral terms he has al w.ays been faithful to his trusts in\\nwhatever position he has been placed. He is a\\nmember of the Grange in Moscow. In politics he\\nwas formerlj a Republican from the formation of\\nthe party up to the time of the Greenback move-\\nment, when he supported that partj lie believes\\nin belonging to a ])olitical organization for the sake\\nof definite good to the people, and for the purpose\\nof bringing about needed reform.\\n\u00c2\u00ab!^/NDREW B. FLEMING, late a highly\\nJ\\\\\\\\ respected farmer of Cambria Township,\\n111 departed this life at his country home on\\nthe 11th of October, 1884. He is remem-\\nbered as having been a straightforward and indus-\\ntrious man. and was the owner of a good farm of\\nninety-six acres, occupying a jjart of sections 25\\nand 2G. A native of Michigan, he was born near its\\nsouthern line, in Whiteford. Monroe County, Feb.\\n7, 1839, and was but a child when his father, Sam-\\nuel Fleming, purchased a new farm in Ransom\\nTownshij), this county, to which he removed, and\\nlived there several years. In 1852 lie sold out and\\npurchased a good farm in Cambria Township.\\nSamuel Fleming was a carpenter by trade, which\\nhe followed in connection with farming. He was a\\ngood man in the broadest sense of the term, a true\\nChristian and a highl}- respected citizen. He met a\\npainful death, being thrown from a fractious horse\\nand sustaining internal injuries, his death taking-\\nplace seven hours after the accident, in the fall of\\n1856. The mother, whose maiden name was Cather-\\nine Tanner, is still living, and has arrived at the\\nadvanced age of eighty-one years. She makes her\\nhome with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wyllys.\\nMr. Fleming was reared and educated in this\\ncounty, and was first married in Cambria to INliss\\nJulia A. Sebring, who died in Cambria Township in\\n1873, leaving one child, a son Clarence; he married\\nMiss Luhi Slack, and is living in Cambria Mills. The\\nsecond wife of Andrew B.Fleming, to whom he was\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0938.jp2"}, "939": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY,\\n4\\nmarried in Jefferson Towiisliip, this connt3 Dec.\\n;i. liS77. was Miss Kate M. Sutton, who was horn\\nin liiat township. Sept. 2 IH. il. Mrs. Fleming is\\nthe (huighter of Henry. F. anil Elizabeth (Phillips)\\nSutton, who were natives of Seneca County, N. Y.,\\nan l who were reared and married in 1843, in Rom-\\nulus Township. Li 1844 they came to this .State,\\nlocating first in Washtenaw County, Init in 1851\\nsold out and came to Jefferson Township, this\\ncounty, where the}^ lived until 1803. Thence thej\\nicmoved to the city of Hillsdale, of which thej were\\nresidents for a period of twelve years, and where\\nthe death of Mr. Sutton took place Feb. 4, 1867,\\nat the age of forty-six years. He was a capable\\nbusiness man and an honored citizen, but during\\nthe later j-ears of his life suffered much frotn ill-\\nhealth. Mrs. .Sutton is still living, being now sixty-\\nthree years old, and makes her home with her\\ndaughter, Mrs. Wyllys. She is a member of the\\nEpiscopal Church. Mr. Sutton belonged to the\\nMasonic fraternity. They were the |)arents of five\\nchildren, three of whom arc now living. The eld-\\nest son, John Y.,died of ty|)hoid fever in the army,\\nat Lexington, Ky.; he was nineteen j-ears of age\\nand had seen considerable active flighting.\\nMrs. Kate (Sutton) Fleming, now Mrs. Wyllys,\\nwas the mother of two children by her first hus-\\nband, namely: Maude L. and ArimintaB., who are\\nnow with their mother. She was married to Mr.\\nRufus J. Wyllys Sept. 24. 1887. Mr. Wyllys was\\nborn in Cambria Township, April 22, 1802, and\\nhere has spent the greater ])urt of his life, acquiring\\na i)ractieal education and becoming familiar with\\nfarm [Mirsuits, which he still follows. He meddles\\nvery little with politics, but uniformly votes the\\nRepublican ticket.\\nJip\u00c2\u00ab) DG AR A. SHATTUCK-. The subject of this\\nm biography is one of the most prosperous and\\nI \u00e2\u0080\u00a2H energetic young farmers of Litchfield Town-\\nship, a thoroughlj good man, a kind husband and\\nfather, and is in the enjoyment of the comforts of\\na modern home, the companionship of a cultivated\\nand amiable wife and a family of unusually bright\\nand intelligent children. He h.os happily m.adc\\ngood use of his time; and talents, and is looked\\nupon by the community around him as one of their\\nbrightest lights.\\nIn noting the history of a man s life, especially\\nif it has been one worthy of attention, it is natural\\nto revert to bis antecedents. Our subject is the\\noffspring of an excellent family, being the son of\\nCharles A. and Emeline E. (Gaines) Shattuck, who\\nwere natives of Leyden Township, Franklin Co.,\\nMass., and of New England ancestry for several\\ngenerations. F^dgar A. is of the eighth generation\\nfrom William Shattuck, who w.as born in England\\nin 1621 or 1022, and crossed the Atlantic about the\\ntime of reaching his m.ajority, settling in the Bay-\\nState. There he married, and his descendants lived\\nin that region for a long period of years. Luther,\\nthe paternal grandfather of our subject, was pro-\\nprietor of the Shattuck Mills, of Leyden, Franklin\\nCo., Mass., where he [)asscd away in the prime of\\nlife, at the age of forty-six years. Charles A. after\\nhis marriage settled in Livingston County, N. Y.,\\nw here he followed farming HVo or three years, then\\nmigrating westward took up land in the vicinity of\\nwhat is now Fond du Lac, Wis., but on account of\\nthe ill-health of the mother he came to this county,\\nwhere the parents were, and settled in Cambria\\nTownship in 1848. The father of our subject was\\na very capable and intelligent man, gonial and\\ncompanionable in disposition, an l made friends\\nwherever he went. He was also a good financier,\\nand accumulated a comfort;U)le property. He was\\nof a religious turn of mind, an active member of\\nthe Free-Will 15a|)tist Church, and for the last fif-\\nteen years of his life ofliciated .asa minister, having\\nbeen ordained about 1872. He spent his last days\\nat the home of his son Edgar A., in Litchfield\\nTownship, passing away April 9, 1887. when sev-\\nenty-two years old. The mother had died in New\\nYork in the year 1840. when thirty-one years old.\\nTheir three sons and one daughter all lived to ma-\\nture years, and all arc now living. Edgar A., our\\nsubject, w.as born Aug. 28, 1841, in Diantha, N. Y.,\\nand among his first recollections was being brought\\nto Wisconsin when a child four years of .age, in\\n1845. He began his studies in the schools of Hills-\\ndale Count} and also received instruction in a\\n-t", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0939.jp2"}, "940": {"fulltext": "924\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nprivate school. After the death of his mother he\\nhecame an inmate of the home of Mr. Shelters, of\\nScipio TownsliiiJ. with whom it was agreed he\\nshould remain until reaching his majoritj They\\nremoved to Litchfiekl Township later, where j oung\\nShattuck pursued his studies in the common schools\\nduring the winter season and remained under the\\nroof of his foster father, where he received great\\nkindness, especially from Mrs. Shelters, wliose name\\nhe will lK)ld in grateful remembrance to the day of\\nhis death for the motherly care which she exercised\\nover him.\\nUpon the outbreak of the late Rebellion our sub-\\nject, then a youth of twenty years, being inspired\\nwith the patriotism of the young men around him,\\nenlisted as a Union soldier with Company A, 1st\\nMichigan Engineers and Mechanics, for a term of\\nthree years, being mustered into service at Marshall,\\nMich., Sept. 2, 1861. He started with his regiment\\nfor Louisville, Ky., and spent several months\\nmarching over that State and Alabama, and has the\\nproud satisfaction of being able to tell that he was\\nwith the army of Gen. Sherman on its journey to\\nthe sea. He saw much active service and was fre-\\nquently called upon to resist the attacks of the\\nenemy while guarding prisoners at Leverne, Tenn.,\\nduring the battle of Stone River. He continued\\nwith the army until the close of the war, and was\\nfinally sent to Nashville, Tenn., and mustered outa\\nfew weeks later at Jackson, Mich.\\nOur subject was the first man in his company to\\nreceive an officer s commission, being promoted to\\nthe post of Commissary Sergeant, which position he\\nheld until his services were no longer required. At\\nthe expiration of his first term of enlistment he\\nveteranized, Dec. 31, 1863, and made for himself\\na creditable record in all his army life.\\nUpon retiring from the serv ce Mr. Shattuck\\nsought his old tramping grounds in this county, and\\npurchased a small farm of sixty acres in Litchfield\\nTownship, where he labored successfully, paid the\\nlast dollar of indebtedness, and purchased a farm of\\n100 acres which constitutes his present homestead.\\nNow being fully equipped for the more serious\\nbusiness of life, he was married that same year,\\nDec. 30, 1867, to Miss Sarah E., daughter of\\nGardiner C. and Kmeline (Bimmer) Tripp, and who\\nwas born in Westlow, Albany Co.. N. Y.. April 28,\\n1802. The father of Mrs. Shattuck was born in\\nBerlin, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., and the mother in\\nPetersburg, that county. After marriage thej set-\\ntled in Petersburg, where the father was ordained\\na minister of the Regular Bajjtist Church, and occu-\\npied the pulpit in M.assachusetts and New York\\nuntil his removal with his famil^y to this State, in\\n1852. He settled in Litchfield as pastor of the\\ncongregation there, where he labored faithfully four\\nyears, and then on account of ill-health was obliged\\nto retire. Soon afterward he wont to California,\\nvia the Isthmus, and remained upon the Pacific\\nSlope a period of seven 3 ears, which had the effect\\nof greatly improving his health. After returning\\nto tills county he resumed his former labors to a\\nconsiderable extent, bnt is now living retired, and\\nmakes his home with his daughter, IMrs. Shattuck.\\nHe is now seventy -eight years old. The mother\\ndied June 17, 1856, in Litchfield.\\nEdwin G. Tripp during the late war was a mem-\\nber of Company H, 4th Michigan Infantry, and at\\nthe battle of Gett3-sbuig received six wounds,\\nwhich resulted in his death thirteen days later. His\\nremains now fill a soldier s grave. Two of the other\\nchildren of the parental household .ire in Chicago,\\nand one in Massachusetts.\\nThe wife of our subject was an infant of eight\\nmonths when brought by her parents to Michigan,\\nand was but four years old when her mother died,\\nin June, 1856, at the age of forty-three years. At\\nthe mother s request her little daughter Sarah was\\ntaken into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Shelters,\\nher intimate friends, where the child was in all\\nrespects treated as one of their own famil} receiv-\\ning good educational advantages and being care-\\nfully trained to a true and useful womanhood. Of\\nher union with our subject there have been born\\nfour children: The eldest, Phillip Eugene, is at-\\ntending school at Litchfield, from which he expects\\nsoon to be graduated; Charles Gardner died at the\\nage of seven years; Jessie Belle and Roy J. are also\\nat school in Litchfield, the former being a member\\nof the class of 94.\\nThe Shattuck homestead includes 200 acres on\\nsection 14 in Litchfield Township, and our subject\\nis owner of 140 acres of the old homestead in\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0940.jp2"}, "941": {"fulltext": "-h\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n925\\nLitchfield on section 11. He has remodeled his\\nresidence, put the out-buildings in good repair, and\\nis carrjing on general fanning after the most ap-\\nproved methods. Politically, he votes independ-\\nently, aiming to support the man most worthy to\\nhave in charge the interests of the people. Socially,\\nhe and his estimable wife are members of Pomona\\nGrange, in which Mr. S. has been Overseer, and he\\nalso belongs to Franklin Lodge No. 41, A. F. A.\\nISI., and the G. A. R. at Litchfield, in which he is\\n(.Quartermaster Serjeant. Among his neighbors and\\nfellow-citizens he stands high, and is a man of whom\\nhis township is eminently proud.\\nRANK S. WIGENT, the youngest member\\nnow practicing at the bar of Hillsdale\\nCounty, first opened his eyes to the light on a\\nfarm in Camden Township, in the southwest corner\\nof the county, Oct. 1, 18(53. He is the second son of\\nA. J. Wigent, one of the earliest pioneers of South-\\nern Michigan, who was a native of New York, and\\nwas brought by his parents to the Territory of\\nMichigan when a child four years of age.\\nUpon reaching manhood the father of our subject\\nwas united in marriage with Miss Belinda, daughter\\nof Samuel Foust. and became the parent of seven\\nchildren. Mr. Wigent, as a man of industr3^ and\\nenerg} intelligent and progressive, held the various\\ntownship offices, serving as Justice of the Peace a\\nnumber of years, and representing Camden Town-\\nship in the County Board of Supervisors four\\nterms. He was a pronounced Democrat and up-\\nheld his principles with all the strength of his\\ncharacter. He and his estimable wife are still liv-\\ning. About 1859 they removed from Reading to\\nCamden Township, where they now reside.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject, Martin\\nWigent by name, was of German descent, and re-\\nmoved from New York State to Ohio in 1834,\\nwhere he lived two years on a farm, and thence\\ncame, in 1836, to this county, where he spent his\\nlast days. He settled in Reading J ownship, cleared\\nand cultivated a tract of laud, and built up a com-\\nfortable homestead.\\nThe subject of this sketch spent his earl}- life\\nl~\\nafter the manner of the sons of pioneer farmers, ac-\\nquiring his education in the Reading school, four\\nmiles from his home, to which he vvas obliged to\\nwalk each morning and return in the same manner\\nin the evening. In the fall of 1883, when a youth\\nof eighteen years, he had made such good use of his\\ntimeand opportunities, he entered Hillsdale College,\\nwhere he pursued a course of study two years.\\nUpon leaving college he entered the law office of\\nMessrs. Weaver Shepherd, of Hillsdale, under\\nwhose instruction he continued eighteen months,\\nand w.as adinitte l to the bar in August, 1887. He\\nsoon afterward opened an office in Hillsdale, and\\nbegan alone the practice of his chosen profession.\\nHe is a close student, and ambitious to excel, and\\nis already in the enjoyment of a good business. He\\nis especially proficient in criminal practice, and\\nhas taken part in some of the most noted cases of\\nthe county. He was appointed City Clerk Jan.\\n19, 1888, which office he still holds, and has taken\\nan active part in jwlitics, affiliating with the Demo-\\ncratic party. He was Deputy Sheriff under M. G.\\nWood six months, and evinces the energy and per-\\nseverance which are not only essential but can\\nhardly fail to yield him entire success. His career\\nis watched with interest b^- hosts of friends, who\\npredict for him an enviable future.\\njf/ EWIS WALES, a resident of Jonesville, this\\nI county, is the son of Samuel Wales, who\\njl 2^ was born in Nortliami)ton, Mass., while his\\nmother, whose maiden name was Marv Bradley,\\nW!is born in New Haven, Conn. They finall}- re-\\nmoved to Vermont, where they resided until their\\ndeath.\\nThe parental family of our subject included\\nseven children, of whom Lewis, the youngest, was\\nborn in Westminster, N. Y., on the Uth of May,\\n1806. When si.vteen j-ears of age, he w.as appren-\\nticed to learn the trade of a shoemaker in AYalpole,\\nN. H., and w.as thus occupied three years, after\\nwhich he removed to St. Lawrence Count} N. Y.,\\nwhich became his residence for the ne.\\\\t fifteen\\nyears. In 1 839 Mr. Wales came to Hillsdale County,\\n.Mich., and settled in Jonesville, where he plied his\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0941.jp2"}, "942": {"fulltext": "I\\n926\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nh\\nvocation. He afterward settled on a farm in Scipio\\nTownship, where he lived ten years, carrying on\\nshoeroaking in connection with his agricultural pur-\\nsuits. He then returned to .Jonesville and engaged\\nin tiie boot and shoe business, which he followed\\nfor about twenty years, and has continued to make\\nJonesville his residence to the present time.\\nIn 1831 Mr. Wales was united in marriage, in\\nMadrid, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., with Jliss Betsey\\nWilson, who was a native of Middlebury, Vt. Of\\nthis nnion there have been born six children, five\\nof whom lived to maturity. Onlj two of these\\nchildren are now living, a daughter and son. In\\n1869 Mr. Wales sustained a serious loss in the\\ndestruction by fire of his entire stock of goods, but\\nhe did not lose courage, and is recovering from its\\neffects. Mrs. Betsey Wales departed this life at her\\nhome in Jonesville, on the 2il of December, 1865.\\nOur subject has held the office of Township\\nTreasurer, while he has also been President of the\\nvillage and one of the Councilmen. He has held\\nthe office of County Superintendent of the Poor for\\nsixteen years, and in these responsible positions has\\nacquitted himself creditably. Mr. Wales is a mem-\\nber of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics was a\\nDemoer.at until 1848, after which he became identi-\\nfied with the Free-Soil paity, to which he gave his\\nsupport until the organization of the Republican\\nparty, which has since been the exponent of his\\njiolitical views.\\nX[ I^ILLIAM A. ARMSTRONG, Supervisor of\\n\\\\rJ// Moscow Township, owns and occupies a\\ngood farm on section 4. He is of Scotch\\ndescent, being the son of Andrew an^ Jeanette\\n(C am[ibell) Armstrong, who came to America when\\nquite young, in the early part of the present cent-\\nury. The} were married in Wheatland Township,\\nMonroe Co., N. Y., and settled with the colony\\nin Caledonia, where they spent the remainder of\\ntheir lives. The father died in 1834, when tliirtj\\nsix years old, and the mother in 1854, at the age\\nof fifty-six.\\nThe subject of this sketch was the eldest of the\\njjarental family, wliicli included two sons ancl three\\ndaughters. He was born March 26, 1827, in Cale-\\ndonia, N. Y.. and was but seven 3 ears of age at\\nthe time of his father s death. He received a good\\neducation, taking an academic course at Geneseo,\\nand at an earlj age assumed charge of the home-\\nstead, remaining there while his mother lived. Sub-\\nsequently he eng.aged in the sbip[)ing of grain. In\\n1856 he was married to Miss Jane A., daughter of\\nJohn B. Blue, and they became the parents of a\\ndaughter, Jane Ann, who lived to be twenty-seven\\nyears of age. Mrs. Jane Armstrong died in 1858.\\nOur subject contracted a second marriage, in\\n1859, with Miss Elizabeth, daughter of William\\nMcNaughton, of Livingston County, N. Y., and to\\nthem were born three children: Nettie, the wife of\\nClay Cole, attorney -at-law at Petoskey; Margaret\\nE., a teacher in Jackson County, and Alva, de-\\nceased. Mrs. Elizabeth Armstrong died in 1872.\\nOur subject came to Moscow Township, this\\ncounty, in 1859. He had previously owned a farm in\\nJackson County, which he sold upon coming to this\\ncounty, and now confines his operations to 200\\nacres of the farm of Daniel McNabb. His present\\nwife, to whom he was married June 6, 1877, was\\nformerlj- Mrs. Sylvia Simmons, daughter of George\\nW. and Sarah L. (Dye) Parker, natives of Cayuga\\nCounty, N. Y.,and widow of the late Seneca W. Sim-\\nmons. Her parents first settled in Onondaga County,\\nthat State, whence they came to Michigan in the\\nfall of 1844. The mother died in 1849, and the\\nfather was subsequently married to Miss Phebe\\nRowley. He is still living in Pulaski Township,\\nJackson County, and is sixty-six j-ears old. Mrs.\\nSylvia Armstrong was born March 7, 1845, in Fay-\\nette Township, this county, and was married to\\nMr. Simmons in 1868. They settled on a farm in\\nHanover Township, Jackson County, and became\\nthe parents of three children: George E., a mem-\\nber of the cl.ass of 89 in Hanover Union School\\nErvin L. and P^lizabeth M., the latter two attending\\nschool in the home district. Mr. Simmons died in\\n1876, when thirty-six years old.\\nOf the present marriage of our subject there\\nliave been born three children C. Maude, William\\nC. and A. Scott. Mr. Armstrong has served as\\nSupervisor five or six years, wiis Justice of the\\nPeace four years, and Sclmol Director several years.\\nt\\nT", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0942.jp2"}, "943": {"fulltext": "u\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2a^i-M*\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n927\\nbeing espocially interested in educational matters.\\nTinougL his instrumentality a gra led schoul was\\nestablished in District No. 1, Moscow Township,\\nwhich is rated as the best school within its limits.\\nIn religious matters he belongs to the Methodist\\nChurcli.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0SA P. M0SHP:R. In making note of the\\n(CSlOl Pai ly settlers of Scipio Township, the sub-\\nject of this sketch sliould bj no means be\\nomitted, as he came to the northern part\\nof this county when a goodly proportion of it was\\nstill uncultivated, and the homes of the pioneers\\nwere few and far between. He first purchased\\nforty-eight acres, to which he subsequentlj added\\na like amount, and has now a good farm of ninety-\\nsix acres, whicii is provided with suitable buildings\\nand which comprises a comfortable homestead.\\nMr. Mosher was born in Columbia County, N.\\nY., July 2.5, 181.5, and is the son of Esek and\\nEli /.abeth Mosher, who were natives of New York,\\nand who spent their last j ears in that State and i)assed\\nto their long home many years ago. Asa P., when\\na youth of seventeen years, began learning the trade\\nof chairmaker, which he followed a short time, and\\nhaving a good understanding of the art of wood-\\nturning, he was in connection with this subsequently\\nengaged iu the manufacture of tubs and pails,\\nfor which there was a ready market at Galway. He\\nleft his native count3 in 1838, and took up his\\nresidence at Union Springs, in Cayuga County,\\nwhere he followed chairmaking, and where he re-\\nmained until tlie si)ring of 18J4.\\nIn the meantime Mr. Mosher was married, Oct.\\n18, 1838, iu Galway, Saratoga Co., N. Y., to Miss\\nDiana .Seaver, who was born in that count3 Jan.\\n23, 1819. After the birth of two children. Mr.\\nMosher, desirous of bettering his condition finan-\\ncially, made his way to Soutiiern Michigan, and\\nsettled with his little family iu Scipio Township, of\\nwhich he has since been a resident. Here the wife\\nand mother died Sept. 11, 1872, at the age of fifty-\\ntwo years. She was a ladj of much worth and in-\\ntelligence, liberal in her religious views, a devoted\\nwife, a kind mother and a good neighbor.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Mosher there were born five\\nchildren: Mary E., now deceased; Charity, who\\ncontinues at home with her father; Emily A., who\\nis engaged as a teacher in the district schools;\\nAngelnie and P lorance A. Angeline is the widow\\nof Oscar II. Andrews, who died in Mosherville about\\n1875; Florance married Marvin Palmer, of Scipio\\nTownship, and died at her homo in J.ackson, Mich.,\\nFeb. 28, 1885, leaving two children Jossie I. and\\nFloyd O.\\nMr. Mosher became identified with the Society\\nof Friends in his native Stale of New York, and\\nstill holds to their simple faith and peculiar views.\\nPolitically, he is now a Prohibitionist. He cist his\\nfirst Presidential vote for Martin Van Buren, and\\nfor a number of years was a member of the Free-\\nSoil party. He has served as Highw.iy Commis-\\nsioner and School Director, and has built up for\\nhimself a record of which his children will be glad\\nto read iu future years.\\nf\\nOSEPH L. LUKE. Tlie snug farm of eighty\\nacres occupying a part of section 12 iu\\nCamden Township, and belonging to the\\nsubject of this biography, is one of the finest\\nin all its appointments in the southwestern part of\\nHillsdale County. The land, through a process of\\ncareful cultivation, is highly productive, and the\\nbeautiful dwelling, with the neat and tasteful out-\\nbuildings, forms not only an ornament to the land-\\nscape, but a most inviting, cheerful and luxurious\\nhome to its inmates. This condition of affairs could\\nonlj have been brought about by persevering in-\\ndustry and the exercise of refined tastes and ample\\nmeans. In addition to the general farming carried\\non in a most profitable and successful manner, the\\nproprietor has also given considerable attention to\\nstock-raising, and exhiliits some of the finest animals\\n.along the southern line of the county.\\nOur subject, a gentleman in the prime of life, is\\na native of this county, and was born iu Wood-\\nbridge Township, Aug. 18, 1845. He is of Scotch-\\nIrish ancestry, but his parents. Will i.am and Jane\\n(Lowery) Luke, were born in Ireland. They emi-\\ngrated to America after their marriage, and in 1842\\nsettled in Woodbridgc Township, where they lived\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0943.jp2"}, "944": {"fulltext": "u\\n928\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nuntil 18-18. Thence they came to Camden Town-\\nship, where the father purchased land on section 13,\\nand there spent his last days, his death taking place\\nJan. 8, 1874. The mother died in May, 1888, in\\nCambria Townsliip.\\nTo the parents of our subject there were born\\nfive ciiildren, of wliom Roliert died wiien quite\\nsmall; Mary is the wife of Levi Ilaines, of Hillsdale\\nTownship; Jennie R. married Herbert Curtiss, a\\nwell-to-do farmer of Camden Township; Sarah A.\\nis deceased, and Joseph, our subject. William Luke\\nwas one of the early pioneers of Camden 1 ownsliip,\\nand suffered in common with the jieople about him\\nthe liardships and struggles of that time. About\\none year after coming here a tree fell upon him\\nand broke three ribs and one of his hips, from wiiicli\\ncatastrophe he was laid up for a period of fifteen\\nmonths, and left a cripple for life. He died in Janu-\\nary, 1874. He was a good man in the broadest\\nsense of the term, honest and industrious, and is\\nstill remembered kindly by the old settlers who are\\nlivin He served on the Scliool Board a number\\nof years, and had been frequentlj solicited to accept\\noffice, but was of that retiring disposition which\\ndeclined coming before tlie public. He was a\\nstrong Democrat, politically, and adhered to his\\nprinciples with great tenacity, pursuing the course\\nwhich he believed to be right under all circum-\\nstances. His widow made her home with her\\nyoungest daughter. Sarah A., in Camliria Town-\\nship, until her death in May, 1888.\\nMr. Luke, our subject, acquired such education\\nas the district schools of his neighborhood afforded,\\nand early in life began assisting his parents in build-\\ning up the pioneer home. He has seen much hard\\nlabor, and assisted in the work of clearing two\\nfarms. He has been a useful man in his community,\\nand, like his honored father, is the object of esteem\\nand confidence bj his neighbors and fellow-citizens.\\nHe votes the straight Democratic ticket, and has\\nserved as School Director and Assessor a number\\nof years.\\nThe marriage of our subject with Miss Louisa\\nHannah was celebrated at the home of the bride,\\nin Reading Township, Jan. 20, 18G7. Mrs. Luke\\nis the daugiiler of William and Rachel (Skelly)\\nHannah, who were natives of Renusylvania, and\\nemigrated to this county during its earlj settle-\\nment. They passed their last years in this county,\\nbeing now both deceased. To our subject and his\\nwife there was born one child only, a daughter,\\nAlta, Dec. 4. 18G8, and who is now living at home.\\nMr. Luke, in 1882, became identified with the I. O.\\nO. F., and still continues a member of the lodge\\nat Camden.\\nA. i\\n^E\\nTi\\n-3=f\\nf?ACOB ALONZO DeBOW. The name of\\nthis gentleman is widely and favorably\\ni known throughout Litchfield Townsiiip as\\none of its oldest living pioneers, who has\\nbuilt up for himself a good record, and has fulfilled\\nthe highest ideal of a true manhood. He has not\\nbeen without his struggles and difficulties, and in\\ncommon with his fellowmen he has had his deep\\nafflictions, but has borne them with that patient\\ndignity which has ever commanded the respect and\\nadmiration of those about him. While great and\\nstrong, physicall}-, being possessed of a powerful\\nframe, he is also well balanced mentall} with a\\nlarge and generous heart that has ever been open to\\nthe call of distress, while his hand, as he was able,\\nhas lent assistance to those in rjeed.\\nOur subject is of excellent ancestry, being of\\nP rench descent on his father s side, while the pro-\\ngenitors of the mother originated in Scotland. The\\nformer, John DeBow, was born in New York, and\\nthe latter, Jane (Selferidge) DeBow, was a native of\\nAVayne County, that State, where the3 were mar-\\nried, and settled in Galen Township. The father\\nwhen a young man did good service in the War of\\n1812, and the maternal grandfather of our subject\\nserved the country of his adoption in the Revolu-\\ntionary War.\\nThe mother of our subject died while a young\\nwoman, in Wayne Countj N. Y., about 1 822, at\\nthe age of twenty-eight or thirty years. Of this\\nmarriage of John DeBow there were six children,\\nthree sons and three daughters, two of whom died\\nyoung. Jacob Alonzo, our subject, was the third\\nchild of this marriage, and was born April 8, 1816,\\nin Galen Township, Wayne Co., N. Y. He was a\\nlittle lad of six years at the time of his mother s", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0944.jp2"}, "945": {"fulltext": "h\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n929\\ndeath. Two years later the father married Miss\\nPolly Morris, and removed to Tompkins Connt}\\nwhore he resided for six or seven years, .and on\\naccount of a defect in the title lost all his property,\\nthereafter going into Pennsylvania a penniless man.\\nOf his second marriage there were also liorn six\\nchildren. Our suhject was twelve j ears of age\\nwhen the family removed to Pennsylvania, and set-\\ntled ill Jackson Township. Tioga County, where\\nhe developed into manhood. In the meantime his\\neducation had been sadly neglected, as there were\\nno schools for miles from his home. At the age of\\neighteen ho left the parentjil ri)of, and engaged to\\nwork for his board, so that he could attend a dis-\\ntrict school in a more thickly settled pait of tiie\\ncountry, along the Tioga River Valley.\\nDuring the year of Harrison s election, 1.S40,\\n3 oung DeBow went to Huron Counl3 Ohio, locat-\\ning in Fairfield Township during the early settle-\\nment of that region. There he employed himself\\nas a farmer and wheelwright, being a natural me-\\nchanic, and able to handle tools to good advan-\\ntage, without serving a regular apprenticeship. In\\nthe Buckej-e State he also met his fate in the person\\nof Miss Mary Packard, to whom he was married\\nJan. i 7, 1844. Mrs. DeBow was born Oct. 3, 1827,\\nin New York State, and was the daughter of Alan-\\nson Packard, a cloth dresser and carder, who after\\nremoving from the Empire State to Ohio, employed\\nhimself at the same business. The parental house-\\nhold included six children. The father died in\\nJonesville, Hillsdale County, and the mother in\\nNew Y ork State. Their daughter Mary, like her\\nhusband, received only a limited education, but\\nlike him vvas courageous, economical and industrious,\\nand proved the efficient helpmate of her husband in\\nhis struggles for an honest livelihood. This excel-\\nlent lady came with her husband to the farther West,\\nand passed away at her home in Litchfield Town-\\nship, this county, March 19, 1876, at the age of\\nforty-nine years.\\nOf this marriage of our subject there were born\\nsix children, of whom George, the eldest, died when\\na promising youth of nineteen years, Sept. 1 6, 1 805\\nHenry married Miss Ella Hobinson, of Hillsdale,\\nand during his younger ^-ears taught school several\\nterms; he is now a i)ros|)erous farmer of Poineroy,\\nGarfield Co., \\\\V. T., arid the father of one child, a\\ndaughter, Leila; Willie married Miss Emma Ledger-\\nwood, and also engaged in teaching during his\\nyounger years; he is now carrying on jigriculture\\nsuccessfully in Garfield County. W. T., and is the\\nproud father of a son and daughter George and\\nEdna. Matilda died when a little child four years\\nof age; Clark is operating a ranch in Washington\\nTerritory; Lida remains on the homestead with her\\nfather, and has charge of his household affairs.\\nOur subject and the wife of his 3 outh came to\\nthis count} in August, 1848, settling at once in\\nLitchfield County, of which our subject h.as since\\nbeen a resident. His forty years experience in the\\nWolverine State has been one with which he would\\nnot willingly part, as he has obtained a full realiza-\\ntion of what may be accomplished by the hand of\\nman. In common with the courageous men about\\nhim, he bent his energies to subduing the soil, and\\nbuilding up a homestead as a legacy for his children.\\nHe still continues in possession of the land which he\\nthen secured. He contracted a second marriage, on\\nthe 5th of March. 1878, vri\\\\h Mrs. O. A. (Curtis)\\nBruce, daughter of Ira .and Orrilla Curtis, and widow\\nof Lanson Bruce, who died in 1869, in Penn-\\nsylvania. This lady departed this life at her home\\nin Litchfield Township, April 7, 1888. A few d.ays\\nafter Mr. DeBo} experienced another affliction in\\nthe loss of his stepdaughter. Mar} Bruce, who died\\nApril 29, 1888. Under this visitation of Provi-\\ndence he has received the symp.athy of the entire\\ncommunity.\\nMr. DeBow commenced life at the bottom round\\nof the ladder, his possessions being the result of his\\nown determined energy and perseverance. He has\\nbeen the interested witness of the progress and\\ndevelopment of two of the greatest States of the\\nUnion, Ohio and Michigan, and as far as he was\\nable contributed his quota toward liringing about\\nthis result. Every man who has thus deported\\nhimself .as a good citizen has licen of service to his\\nState and his community. The National reform\\nmeasures that have been brought about have been a\\nsource of gr.atification to him as to all other intelli-\\ngent men. He was a decided anti-slavery man,\\nand has been an earnest Republican since the birth\\nof this party, casting his vote for its lirst Presidcn-\\ni~", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0945.jp2"}, "946": {"fulltext": "930\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ni\\ntial candidate, Joliii C. F lemont, in 1856. He has\\nbeen for a number of years School Director in his\\ntownship, and always the friend of education, and.\\nmaterially assisted in the building of Hillsdale Col-\\nlege. When a j outh of sixteen 3 ears lie identified\\nhimself with the Methodist Episcopal Church, later\\nbecoming connected with the Congregationalists, but\\nis now a Free-Will Baptist, having been identified\\nwith this church at South Litchfield since its organi-\\nzation, and has served as Deacon for a period of\\ntwelve years. His career has been eminently one\\nof which iiis children will be proud, as he will leave\\nto them that best legacy an untarnished name.\\n5-\\nILLIAM T. L\\\\ ONS. one of the most highly\\nrespected citizens of Hillsdale Township,\\nis a stock-grower of considerable reputa-\\ntion, and carries on general farming on a fine tract\\nof land, occupying a part of section 32. He comes\\nof stanch Pennsylvania stock, and was born in\\nWestmoreland County, that State, Jan. 1, 1818.\\nHis parents, David M. and Margaret (Gihnore)\\nLj^ons, were also natives of Pennsylvania. They\\nsubsequently settled in Wood County, Ohio, where\\nthe father died in 1 834, at the a,ge of thirty-five\\nj ears. He was a farmer by occupation, and botli\\nl^arcnts belonged to tiie Seceders or Scotch Re-\\nformed Church. The mother survived her husband\\nfor a period of forty years, remaining a widow,\\nand p.assing avvaj- at lier home in Hillsdale Town-\\nship, at the residence of her son, William T., in\\n1874, at the age of eighty-four years, having been\\nborn in 1790.\\nThe parental household of our subject included\\nseven children, namely: William T., Gilmore G.,\\nMary. Barbara, Jane, David M. and Nancy. Of\\nthese six are living, and residents of Michigan, ex-\\ncept Jane, who lives in Missouri. Mr. L3-ons left\\nhis native State when thirteen years of age, and\\nsettled in Ohio. In the year 1844 he came to Hills-\\ndale County, and settled in Moscow Township.\\nWhen a little past thirt} years of age he was united\\nin marriage with Miss Catherine S. Depne, the\\nwedding taking place April 13, 1848, in Moscow\\nTownship, Hillsdale County. Mrs. Lyons vvas born\\nin Seneca County, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1831, and is the\\ndaughter of Benjamin and Betsy (Martin) Depue,\\nalso natives of that State, the father born in 1788,\\nand the mother in 1793. Benjamin Depue followed\\nagriculture all his life, and rested from his lalwrs\\nat his home in Adams Township, this county, on\\nthe 4th of April, 1872. He was a devoted mem-\\nber of the Blethodisl Episcopal Church, in which\\nhe served efficiently, and was one of its chief pil-\\nlars. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He left\\nthe Empire State in 1840, and took up his abode\\namong the pioneers of Southern Michigan, where he\\nbecame well known by the people of this county, and\\nthoroughly respected. A man of decided views, he\\ntook an active part in politics, and was a zealous\\nsupporter of Democratic principles. The uiothei-\\nsurvived her husband about five 3 ears, her death\\ntaking place in Moscow Township, Jan. 1, 1877,\\nafter she had arrived at the advanced age of eighty-\\nfour years. She differed somewhat from her hus-\\nband in religious belief, being an adherent of the\\nPresbyterian faith, and labored actively for the\\nwelfare of her church. Of the twelve children\\ncomprising the fainih four died in infancy. Mar-\\ngaret married Mr. Sutfin, of Adams Township, now\\ndeceased; Henry is a resident of Reading; A. F.\\ncarries on farming in Hillsdale Township; Elizabeth\\nis the wife of Oliver Carruthers, of Hillsdale;\\nCatherine is Mrs. Lyons.\\nMr. Lj ons after coming to this county was a\\nresident of Moscow Township for a period of six-\\nteen years, when he sold out and took possession of\\nhis present farm. He now has 230 acres of fertile\\nland, which he has brought to a high state of culti-\\nvation, and upon which he has built a handsome\\nand commodious brick residence. His barn is one\\nof the finest in the eountj a windmill does efficient\\nservice in distributing water to various parts of the\\nfarm, and in his fine stock operations our subject is\\neminently successful. He is a gentleman possessing\\na fine fund of general information, keeps himself\\nwell posted upon matters of general interest, and is\\na stanch supporter of Democratic principles.\\nBoth our subject and his estimable wife are\\nmembers in good standing of the Baptist Church.\\nTheir union resulted in the birth of six children,\\nof whom l)ul three arc living: William H. died\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0946.jp2"}, "947": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n931\\nwhen eighteen montlis old Louisa is the wife of\\nSamuel O. l\\\\Iora;aii, of Hillsdale Township; Eliza M.\\nmarried Rev. W. K. Jackson, a minister of the Bap-\\ntist Church, and presiding over a congregation at\\nGrand Prairie, Wis.; William married Miss Mary\\nUnderwood, and resides in Hillsdale. The chil-\\ndren received a good education, and, like their\\n[jarcnts, occupy good positions in life.\\ni=\\n\\\\V^^ GRACE M. WARD, ex-Supervisor of Fay-\\n1/ Nil cite Township, is a resident of section 11\\nof that township. Ill s father was the Hon.\\nAlartin C. Ward, who w.as bom in Guilford,\\nConn., Dec. 17, 1794. His grandfather was Deacon\\n.lohn Ward, a native of the same place, where he\\nwas horn in 1769. Deacon Levi Ward, the great-\\ngrandfather of our subject, was born in Killing-\\nworth, Conn., in 174C, and w.as a Lieutenant in the\\nConnecticut Militia during the Revolutionar3 War.\\nThe mother of our subject, whose maiden name\\nwas Silence Orriet, was a daughter of James Cramp-\\nton, who was a native of Guilford, Conn. She\\nmarried M.artin C. Ward, the father of our subject,\\nand settled in Bergen, Genesee Co., N. Y., Oct. 24,\\n1820. The father was a contractor and builder,\\nand engaged in operating sawmills quite exten-\\nsively; he also had the management of the telegraph\\nline between Albany and Buffalo, which it was part\\nof his dutj to keep in order. The parents of our\\nsnbject resided in Bergen until their death, which\\noccurred for the mother Oct. 7, 1 8. )7, and for the\\nfather. Feb. 6, 1883. Hon. Martin C. Ward served\\nin the General Assembly of 1849, and again in\\n1850, being twice elected, and held many impor-\\ntant offices; he also held several important commis-\\nsions from the Governors from York .State. He\\nwas Lieutenant, Captain and Major of infantrj and\\nwas three times elected Justice of the Pe.ice, while\\nfor two years he was .Supervisor of the town of\\nBergen, and Postmaster of Stone Church for sixteen\\nyears.\\nThe parental family of our subject included\\nnine children, as follows: Henry M., deceased;\\nJeanette O. Amanda M., deceased; C3 nthia M.,\\ndeceased; Charles L., Cynthia A., Levi O., Horace\\nM. and Jerome C. Our subject was born in Bergen,\\nGenesee Co.. N. Y.. Nov. 6, 1837, and lived on the\\nfarm until sixteen years of age. receiving first a\\ncommon-school education, and in addition a com-\\nmercial course in Bryant Stratton s College, at\\nBuffalo. N. Y.. where he was gr.adnated. Young\\nWard was then employed as clerk in a store in\\nBeigen for seven years, and was afterward en-\\ngaged in the commission business in New York\\nCity for about one year, when he returned to Ber-\\ngen, and with his brother, Jerome C, bonghta farm\\nand engaged in agricultural pursuits five years.\\nDuring that time he patented a gate, known as the\\nAutomatic Farm Gate, which proved quite valua-\\nble. He remained there until 1868, and in ti)e\\nspring of that year came to Hillsd.ale County,\\nwhere he bought a farm in Fayette Township, u])on\\nwhich he has since resided. While living in Bergen\\nhe held several important offices, including that of\\nJustice of the Peace one term, and Inspector of\\nElections. Since coming to Hillsdale County Mr.\\nWard has held tiie office of Supervisor of Fayette\\nTownship five years, and has also been Director of\\nSchools and Ilighwa}- Commissioner for one year.\\nHorace M. Ward was united in marriage, while a\\nresidence of Bergen, N. Y April 10, 1862, with\\nMiss Ann M., daughter of Benjamin F. and Olive\\n(Dudley) Johnson. Mr. Johnson was born in\\nWatertown, N. Y., and Mrs. Johnson in North\\nGuilford, Conn. They settled in Burton, Geauga\\nCo., Ohio, where they lived for some time, after\\nwhich they removed to Illinois, and subsequently\\nto Iowa, wliere Mr. Johnson died in 1843. His\\nwidow was afterward married to Abel Crampton,\\nand died in F.ayette Townsliip in March, 1883.\\nBy her union with Mr. Johnson there were born\\nthree children Ermina L., Ann M. and t^lsie F.\\nMrs. Ward was born in Burton, Ohio, Jul}- 31,\\n1838, and her union with our subject residted in the\\nbirth of four children Nellie V.. Edson IL, Robert\\nA. and Perley F. These children received a liberal\\neducation, and the two eldest are following the\\nprofession of school teacher in the neighboring dis-\\ntricts, while Robert A. is a professor of penmanship\\nin Hillsdale College; Nellie V. is a graduate of\\nHillsdale College. Their mother is an intelligent,\\neducated woman, and also was engage(l in teaching\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0947.jp2"}, "948": {"fulltext": "932\\n:A\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nbefore her marriage. Mr. Ward is a charter mem-\\nber of Fayette Grange No. 251, and Hillsdale\\nCounty Pomona Grange No. 10.\\nMr. Ward learned from his grandfather, Deacon\\nLevi Ward, that about the year 1635, J. Ward, with\\nhis associates, emigrated from England and settled\\nin New England, near Boston; the records shows\\nthat Peter Ward, his grandson, was born in Killing-\\nworth, and in 1743 settled on the northeast corner\\nof North Killingworlh. This was gleaned from\\nDeacon Levi Ward, by his grandson, Martin C,\\nthe father of the subject of this sketch.\\nAN C. VAN ALLEN. For the last twenty-\\nthree years the subject of this sketch has\\nbeen pursuing the even tenor of his w.ay\\nin Fayette Township, attending chiefly to\\nhis own concerns, which have been most closely\\nconnected with the cultivation of a good farm on\\nsection 17, of which he became owner in 1865. He\\nwas born near the town of Starkey. Yates Co., N.\\nY.. Dec. 30, 1 834, and when but a lad came with\\nhis parents to this county. He received a com-\\nmon-school education, and was reared to farming\\npursuits, in which he has been mostly engaged his\\nentire life.\\nThe parents of our subject, Cicero P. and Mar-\\ngaret (Sulfin) Van Allen, were also natives of the\\nEmpire State, the father born Maj 17, 1813, and\\nthe mother in July of the same j ear. They came\\nto Michigan about 1841, settling first in Clinton\\nCountj then moved back to New York State, whence\\nthey came to this county in the j^ear 1842. but sub-\\nsequently removed to Jackson County. They finally\\ntook up their residence in Jonesville, where the\\nmother departed this life in 1884. The father is\\nstill living and a resident of Jonesville; he subse-\\nquently married Mrs. Emily Williams. The nine\\ncliildren of the parental household were named re-\\nspectively: Dan C, Darwin G., Laura, Lois J.,\\nCicero, John, George, Eva and Homer. The sec-\\nond son, Darwin, during the late war served as a\\nsoldier in the 4th Michigan Infantry, and afterward\\nin the 27th. He was wounded at the battle of the\\nWilderness, and suffered imprisonment at Anderson-\\nville, but was exchanged. His father brought him\\nhome, but he only lived about a year. Laura is the\\nwife of Elder L. B. Tompkins, of Jonesville; Lois,\\nMrs. Alexander Stewart, lives near Socorro, N. M.\\nCicero was also a member of the 27th Michigan In-\\nfantry with his brother, and like him, suffered the\\nterrors of Andersonville, but was subsequentlj- trans-\\nferred to another prison, where he died; John, also\\na soldier in the Union array, lived to return home,\\nand is farming in Somerset Township, this county;\\nGeorge is also a resident of this township; Eva died\\nwhen about nineteen years of age; Homer is living\\nin New Mexico.\\nDaniel Van Allen, the paternal grandfatlier of our\\nsubject, was born in Rensselaer County, N. Y., and\\nwas of German ancestry. He spent his last years\\nin the Empire State, and passed away at the ad-\\nvanced age of eighty-one. He was a man of deep\\npiety, and consistent!} followed the religion which\\nhe professed. He was in many respects a remark-\\nable man during the greater number of years of\\nhis life he was a man of strong religious convic-\\ntions, and in looking over an obituary notice writ-\\nten of him by Rev. C. Z. Case, and printed in the\\nDaily Advertiser, of Elmira, N. Y., the reader can-\\nnot but conclude th.at he was a man of sterling\\ncharacter and pure principles. By industry, econ-\\nom} and enterprise, he acquired a competency, but\\nby far the richest legacy that he left to his children\\nand grandchildren was the record of a pure and\\nunspotted life. Dan. C, of our sketch, was a sub-\\nject of the military draft, March 15, 1865, but\\nthis being near the close of the war, was required\\nto serve onlj a short time, being mustered out on\\nthe 15th of May following. Not long afterward he\\nl)urehased his present farm in Fayette Township,\\nwhich embraces ninety acres of good land, with fair\\nimprovements. He is a Democrat, politically, and\\nsociallj a member of the Masonic fraternity.\\nOur subject was married in Somerset Township,\\nthis county, on the 10th of December, 1859, to\\nMiss Maria, daughter of Abel and Anna (Howard)\\nScott, and who was born near Grass Lake, Jackson\\nCounty, this State, M.arch 3, 1 842. The parents of\\nMrs. Van Allen were among the pioneers of Jack-\\nson County, where Mr. Scott cleared up a large\\nfarm, and erected a substantial brick residence.\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0948.jp2"}, "949": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n933\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A\\nhut just before it was ready to move into lie sold\\nit. anil sottli d in Soniorset Township, this c-oniil^\\ntlien moved to Jonesville, and kept a grocery store\\nabout two years. Thej later moved to the farm in\\nF.ij ette Townshijj where Mr. \\\\:\\\\u Allen lives. In\\n1867 he returned to Jonesville, and iUmI a year\\nlater. He had at different times served as Justice\\nof the Peace. He was a Democrat in politics, and\\nreligiously, was inclined to the Methodist belief.\\nHis widow is still living in Jonesville. in comfort-\\nable circumstances, and is yet hale and hearty.\\nThis marriage of our subject resulted in the birth\\nof two children, a daughter and son. The former,\\nEva, is the wife of James Riley, of Fayette Town-\\nship, and the mother of one boy, Dan C, named\\nafter his grandfather, and born Oct. KJ, 1880. Scott,\\nthe son, continues under the parental roof.\\nfi\\\\ERNON H. LOCKAVOOD. a son of one of\\nthe most honored pioneers of this conntj\\nhas his home on section 17, Jefferson Town-\\nsliip, and still occu|)ies the house in which he was\\nborn on the 13th of August, 1853. His father,\\nJehial H., and his mother, Adaliza (Jenkins) Lock-\\nwood, were natives respectively of Vermont and\\nNew York, the former born June 29, 181G.\\nJehial Lockwood when a small boy was taken by\\nhis father, Nathaniel Lockwood, to St. Lawrence\\nCounty, N. Y., aiid Tlience, in 1837, to this State,\\nthey settling west of the present site of Hillsdale,\\nof wliich flourishing city there was then not the\\nremotest indication. The younger Lockwood, in\\n1 844, was m.irried to the mother of our subject,\\nwhose parents had left the Enii ire State and settled\\nin this countj at an earl^- day. Jehial Lockwood,\\nin 1853, purchased the present homestead of 160\\nacres, a few months before the birth of our subject,\\nand here lived and labored until the close of his\\nuseful life, departing hence Jan. 27, 1888. He was\\na man of more than ordinary intelligence. Demo-\\ncratic iu politics, but never an ollice-seeker, al-\\nthough possessing the elements of character and\\nthe ability which admirably fitted him for positions\\nof responsibility and trust. He was essentially a\\nfriend of the people, with a keen sympathy for the\\ndown-trodden and oppressed. He did not identify\\nhimself with any church organization, but believed\\nthat his religious duties were all involved in the\\nGolden Rule, namely to do unto others as he\\nwould have them do unto him. His early educa-\\ntion had been extremely limited, but by a course\\nof reading and his habit of thought and observa-\\ntion he kept himself well informed, and could ex\\nl)ress his views easily and |)leasanlly, being a most\\ninteresting man to converse with, and of that genial\\ntemperament which gained linn many warm friends.\\nThe mother of our subject, a most worthy and\\nexcellent lady, preceded her husband to the\\nItetter laud, her death taking place in the same\\nhouse as that of her husband, Oct. 28, 1884. The\\nparental household included six children, one of\\nwhom died in infancy, and five survive the parents.\\nOne, a daughter, Amanda A., who was born Jan.\\n17, 1851, and was the wife of Henry O. Briggs, died\\nMarch 4, 1888, without children. The eldest child,\\nBenjamin, was born Aug. 22, 1845, is married, and\\nthe father of two children, and is farming in Me-\\ncosta County, this State; Vernon IL, our subject, was\\nthe third child Ida F. was born in January, 1857,\\nand is now iu Jackson, Mich. Lillian F. was born\\nNov. 26, 1859. and is married to Frank Blakeman,\\na resident of Osseo; they have no children.\\nMr. Lockwood was taught to make himself use-\\nful at an early age, there being much work to do\\nin clearing up the new farm, and his school advant-\\nages were exceedingly limited, he attending princi-\\npally during the winter season. Like his father\\nbefore him, however, he read the books which came\\niu his w.ay, and gained a .useful fund of informa-\\ntion. AVhen twenty j ears of age he was married,\\nOct. 14, 1873, to Miss Harriet, daughter of .lohn\\nW. and Jane E. (Fraker) Bates, and who w.as born\\nin Jefferson Township, this count} Aug. 10, 1854.\\nThe parents of Mrs. L. were natives of Michigan\\nand are now in Dakota. She was the seventh iu a\\nfamily of ten children. Her eldest sister, Mary E.,\\nwas born Nov. 24, 1840, is now the wife of John\\nHodges, a resitlent of Hillsdale, this county, and\\nthe mother of two children Erastus, during the late\\nwar, entered the army when but a youth, serving\\nthree yeare and returning home unharmed; he is\\nnow a resident of Adams Township. Josephine is\\nr", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0949.jp2"}, "950": {"fulltext": "i r^ r.\\n934\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nthe wife of William Plum, of Ilillsflale, and the\\nmotber uf two children; Olive. Mrs. Jasper Mc-\\nLaughlin, is the mother of two children, and lives\\nin Hillsdale; Electa married James Rowse. and died\\nat her home in Jefferson Township in 1S75, leaving\\none child, a son, ]Janiel; Harriet. Mrs. Lockwood,\\nwas the next child; Clarissa, Mrs. Warren Briggs,\\nlives in Hillsdale, and has no children; Josina mar-\\nried Nathan Shorman. of Emmons County, Dak.,\\nand is the mother of three children B^ron also\\nmakes his home in Hillsdale.\\nMr. and Mrs. Lockwood are the parents of one\\nchild only, Fred C, who was born Oct. 22, 1875.\\nHe is a very promising youth, and has been endowed\\nby nature with extraordinary musical talent, which\\nhis parents are fostering, giving him every oppor-\\ntunity of perfecting himself in this art. He is\\nahead} a fine performer on the organ. Mr. Lock-\\nwood is a strict temperance man, a Democrat politi-\\ncally, and is not ashamed to have it known that\\nhe votes for Prohibition. His record has been with-\\nout blemish, and he is numbered among the solid\\nmen of his community.\\n3-*-\\nHRI.STOPHER STRAYER. The subject of\\ne-\\nsketch is fullj entitled to a place among\\nthe selfmade men of Hillsdale Count}-, as\\namidst the more than ordinary disadvantages of liis\\nyouth and the lack of education, he has struggled\\ninto a good position, socially and financially. By a\\ncourse of reading he has become master of a good\\nfund of general information, and liis habit of thought\\nand observation, together with his rich experience\\nof life, has formed within him a strong and coura-\\ngeous character wliich has done him good service\\nin his struggle with the world.\\nMr. Strayer has witnessed the growth of two of\\nthe most important States of the Union. Michi-\\ngan and Ohio, from a wilderness into great and\\ncivilized commonwealths. He was born in Penn-\\nsylvania, May 6, 1835, and was taken by his parents\\nwhen an infant to Lucas County, Ohio, when within\\ntwo miles of his father s dwelling there was not the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Mt^\\nhouse of a white man. the playmates of little Chris-\\ntopher being the Indian boys. He never saw the\\ninside of a school-room until he was a lad of twelve\\nyears. His father was a poor man, and the children\\nwere all put to work at an early age. The educa-\\ntion of Christopher was mostly carried on by the\\nevening fireside, and his first text books were a New\\nTestament and a spelling book. He worked out\\nuntil reaching his majority, and his father com-\\nmanded his wages.\\nThe parents of our subject, Michael and Barbara\\n(Walters) Strayer, were of New England birth and\\nparentage, and of German ancestry. The paternal\\ngrandfather served in the Revolutionary War, and\\nspent his last j ears in New Jersey. After marriage\\nthe parents settled first in Pennsylvania, whence\\nthe} removed to Lucas County, Ohio, where they\\nwere burned out, and then removed to Williams\\nCounty, same State, where the father died in 1874,\\nwhen seventy-two years old. The mother is still\\nliving there at the advanced age of eighty-flve\\n3 ears, making her home with her son. The thirteen\\nchildren of the parents included nine sons and four\\ndaughters, of whom our subject was the seventh\\nchild.\\nWhen twenty-three years of age, young Strayer\\ncame to Jackson County, this State, settling in\\nConcord Township in 1851, where he worked by\\nthe month until 1859. Then, at the ago of twenty-\\nfive, he was married to Miss Sarah Cox. who was\\nb(iru in England, June 10, 1836, and came to\\nAmerica with her parents when a child five years of\\nage. She commenced working out early in life,\\nthus supporting herself until her marriage. Her\\nparents, Charles and Diana (Dunning) Cox, were\\nalso natives of England, and came to America in\\n1841. In 1852 they came to this State. The\\nfather is still living, making his home in Scipio\\nTownship, and is seventy-nine years old. The\\nmother died about 1887, at the .age of seventj -eight.\\nThey were the parents of eight children, six of\\nwhom are living.\\nOur subject and his wife commenceJ the journey\\nof life together in Litchfield, and in due time were\\nthe parents of three children, two of whom died in\\ninfancy. Their only child living, Delia Ann, is the\\nwife of John Uhinard, and the mother of two chil-\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0950.jp2"}, "951": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n935\\nf\\n(Jrcn Ilaivoy E. jiiul Vo:x\\\\\\\\ M. Tlicsc cliildion arc\\nthe pride and joj- of tlieir i,naii(lfallici-. and spend\\nnineli of tlieir time with iiini.\\nMr. Strayer came to Michigan empty handed, and\\nfollowing the example of the pioneers aronnd him,\\nsecured a tract of land and at once set aliout its im-\\nl)rovement and cultivation. He is now the owner\\nof eighty acres in Hillsdale County, and fifteen acres\\nin Calhoun County. The former constitutes his\\nhomestead, where he has put up good buildings, and\\nhas everything convenient an l comfortable for the\\ndeclining years of himself and his estimable wife.\\nIn early life, iiolitically, he afiiliated with the\\nKei)ul)lican part3 and has supported its princi|)les\\nsince the biith of the party. Asa man and a citizen\\nhis course has been irreproachable, and he is amply\\nentitled to representation in a work of this kind.\\n^Ci^SmiM\\nONAS LAIRD is a piomincnt farmer and\\nrespected resident, located on section 8, Mos-\\ncow Township. His parents were Jonas and\\nLucy (Abernathy) Ltiird. the former of whom\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was born in Massachusetts, and the latter in Ver-\\nmont. Mr. Laird traces his ancestr3 back to Richard\\nT. Laiid. who came from Scotland in the latter\\npart of the eighteenth century, near the time this\\ncountry had secured an acknowledgment of its in-\\ndependence.\\nAfter their marriage the parents of our subject\\nlived in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., for some time,\\nafter which they removed to Monroe County, and\\nsettled there in 1831. There they remained until\\nthe death of the father in 1833, at the early age of\\nforty-five years; the mother died in 1837, also at\\nforty-five years of age, leaving eight children, be-\\ntween the ages of twelve and two years. During\\nthe latter years of his life the health of the father\\nhad been much impaired, and upon his death all the\\nchililien except the 3 oungest were thrown for\\nsupijort ujjon the town, while the mother worked\\nout and sustained herself and this child. She was\\nmarried a second time, but her death occurred\\nshortly after marriage.\\nOf the five sons and three daughters included in\\nthe parental family, Jonas Laird was the third in\\norder of birth, and was born in St. Lawrence County,\\nJune 2 J, 1S2.J. He has faint recollections of his\\nn.ative place, as at his father s death, when the boy\\nwas but eight years old, he went to live wiili the\\nfamily of William Wooden. These [jeople, who\\nwere in good circumstances, were kind to our sub-\\nject and gave him the advantages of a common-\\nschool education, though he w.as obliged to walk\\none mile each w.ay to the school-house. He re-\\nmained with this faniil} until he was twenty-one\\nyears of age, regarding Mr. and Mrs. Wooden as if\\nthey were hisown parents, and will never forget\\nthe kindness shown him throughout those years.\\nUpon leaving them at twenty-one years of age, he\\nwas given $100 in money and provided with two\\ngood suits of clothes, and he remained in liie\\nneighborhood, engaged in labor at whatever he\\ncould find to do by the month, for a period of two\\nyears, most of which time he was in the employ of\\na Quaker by the name of William Cornell.\\nHere Mr. Laird met the niaiden who afterward\\nbecame his wife, Rebecca T. Smith, who was work-\\ning for the same employer, and was a daughter of\\nJacob Smith, of Livingston County. Of this union,\\nwhich took place in October, 1848. there were born\\neight children, three of vvh(mi came to the house-\\nhold prior to the removal of the family to this State.\\nMr. Laird purchased from William Wooden forty\\nacres of land, upon which after his marriage he re-\\nsided until 1855, when he left it in the care of a\\ntenant, so that in case he should be dissatisfied with\\nhis condition in the West, he might return to his\\nold home. He then set out for Michigan, leaving\\nRochester on the lOtli of May. and arriving in\\nJonesville. this county, five days later. When Mr.\\nLaird left Livingston County cattle had still to be\\nfed in the farmyard, and there was little appear-\\nance of spring, and he w.as therefore surprised on\\nhis arrival in this countj to see the trees and shrub-\\nbery in full bloom, and to be treated to green cur-\\nrants for his first breakfast in Michigan. F or a\\nman engaged in agricultural pursuits it is unneces-\\nsai-y to say that he was well pleased with blooming\\nMichigan, an.l it did not require much time for him\\nto make up his mind that this should be his future\\nhome. He settled on a farm in Scipio Township,\\nwhich he occupied two years, and then coming to", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0951.jp2"}, "952": {"fulltext": "M^\\n936\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nMoscow he rented land for two j-e irs, after which\\nhe bought a tract in Jacl son County, which lie\\nheld eighteen months. lie then returned to RIus-\\ncow Township, and purchased 100 acres of his\\npresent property. Here he was successful in his\\noperations, and in a short time added fifty-eight\\nacres to his (original purchase.\\nThe nine children born to Jonas and Reliecca\\nLaird are named as follows: Valedia C, Charles\\nG., Mace J.. Sarah Isabella, Ernest S. and Susan E.\\n(twins), Elsie, Addie M. and flattie I. Susan died\\nwhen an infant of two 3-ears; Valedia C. became\\nthe wife of Stephen Underbill, and to them were\\nborn two children, Claude and Belle, the latter\\nof whom resides with our subject; Mrs. Under-\\nbill afterward married Charles Nutten, and by him\\nalso became the motlier of two children, Maud\\nand Leda, and died on the 2yth of March, lb88,\\naged thirty-nine years. Charles G. resides in Mos-\\ncow Township; Mace J. married Agnes Woolcott,\\nand resides iu Scipio Township, where they have\\nthree children Leona, Clem and Arthur. Bell be-\\ncame the wife of Augustus Linch, to whom she\\nbore two children. Mace A. and Charles Mace resides\\nwith our subject; Mrs. Linch died May 23, 1X83.\\nEinest married Carrie Wheelock, and operates a farm\\niu i\u00c2\u00bbrtnership witii his brother Charles; they also\\nhad two children: Giace, who is now deceased, and\\nCarrie L., who resides with our subject, as her\\nmother died in 1884. Elsie married Moses Aukles,\\nand became the mother of two children George\\nand Jay; Mrs. Ackles is keeping house for two\\nbrothers. Addie M. was graduated in Lima, N.\\ny., and has been identified with the educational\\nprofession as teacher in New York and Michigan\\nfive or six years; Hattie I. married Frank Sullivan,\\nand they are both school te.achers.\\nRebecca Laird, the wife of our subject, died in\\n186G, and he was a second time united in marriage,\\nin 18( )8, with Miss Susan M. Van Sickles, daughter\\nof Richard H. and Susan (Smith) Van Sickles, the\\nformer a native of New Jersey, while the latter was\\nborn in Pennsylvania. Her grandparents on the\\nmother s side were natives of Pennsylvania, and\\nwere of prominent German ancestry. Her jjareiits\\nwere married in Scottsburg, Livingston Co., N. Y\\nwhere the father worked as a carpenter and joiner\\nuntil they came to Ohio, where they resided until\\n1871. Tliey subsequentl3 removed to Saunders\\nCounty. Neb., where the father was successful in\\nbusiness, and they resided there until the death of\\nthe mother in 1882, at the age of seventj -nine.\\nRichard Van Sickles had been married previously\\nto Mary Ann Cool, and of that union there were\\nthree children. His union with the mother of Mrs.\\nLaird resulted in the birth of six children, of whom\\nMrs. Laird was the third, and first saw the light\\nMay 15, 1839, in Scottsburg, N. Y. When her\\nparents removed to Ohio, she remained behind with\\nher grandparents, and enjoying good educational\\nfacilities in the High School at Danville, she re-\\nceived a liberal education, and engaged in the\\nprofession of school teacher which she followed\\nsuccessfully for five years. Mrs. Laird came to\\nMichigan on a visit at the age of eighteen years,\\nand became acquainted with her future husband.\\nShe has in her possession a china cup and saucer,\\nwhich have been handed down from generation to\\ngeneration for 200 j-cars, and also a silver si)oon\\nmade from the knee buckles of liergreat-great-gniud-\\nfather, Richard Van Sickles.\\nMr. Laird is at present the owner of 158 acres of\\nexcellent land, which he has brought under a high\\nstate of cultivation, and here he carries on his noble\\ncalling, with a large measure of success. His resi-\\ndence, which was erected in 1885, is a commodious\\nand substantial frame building, while his farm is\\nsuitably provided with out-buildings for the shelter\\nof his stock and the stonige of the fruits of his\\nfarm. In leligion he is a member of the Univer-\\nsalist Ciiurch, while his wife is identified with the\\nChristian Church. In politics Mr. Laiid exerts\\nhis influence and casts his vote with the Democratic\\nparty.\\n~s\\nbEVI WOOLSTON, bricklayer, mason and\\nfarmer, is a representative of the industrial\\nand agricultural interests of this county,\\nand most highly esteemed as a man of substantial\\nwo: th. He is identified as an active working\\nmember of society, and is popular because of his\\nstrictly upright dealings in all transactions; he is a\\nnative of this county, born in Wheatland, Aug. 29,\\n*f", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0952.jp2"}, "953": {"fulltext": "_t\\nIIILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n937\\n1842, ;iii l is the son of Joscpli and iSIaiia (IVck)\\nAVoolston. Ilis father was liorii in Monroe Conntv,\\nN. Y., and liis niollicr in Vermont; tlioy wore niar-\\nlied in the latter State, and after remaining; tlierc a\\nshort time removed, in 183S, to this connty, where\\nthe} bought eighty acres of land in Wheatland\\nTownship.\\nLevi ^Voolston, of wiiose life we give a brief\\nsketch, was tlie second son and third cliild of a\\nfamil} of six sons and three daughters born to his\\nparents. He w.as reared on his father s farm, and\\nreceived the educational advantiges of the district\\nschools, reoiaining at home until nineteen years old,\\nwhen he commenced working at his trade. After\\nthat he spent the winter seasons only with his ])ar-\\nents until twenty-two years old, when he com-\\nmenced working on large contracts wliicli employed\\nhis time during tiie entire 3 ear. Tlien, although a\\nyoung man, he had won a reputation for skill and\\nsuperior workmanship, and his time was fully occu-\\npied. His field of labor extended beyond his\\nnative count} and even State, he having among\\nother buildings worked on the Union School-house\\nof Angola. Ind., the Colliy factory at Reading,\\nMich., and in fact on nc.arl} all the large buildings\\nin the latter place; he was also emploj ed on the\\npublic liuildings in Eaton County, where, in Char-\\nlotte, he worked on the County Poor House, the\\nArcade building, the Union School building in the\\nFirst Ward, on Bacon and Burnett Blocks, besides\\nworking in erniontville. Olivet and Lyniandale.\\nIn Lenawee County he was emploj ed on the bank\\nbuilding at Addison, and in Hillsdale County on\\nthe Gillette House, of .lonesville, and on the\\nTrader building, of Hillsdale; he was also employed\\none se.ison on the cai)itol building at Lansing, and\\nh.as worked on large contracts in Lidiana and Ohio.\\nMr. Woolston was married, Aug. 5, 1875, to\\nMiss Clara, daughter of James K. and Mary Thomp-\\nson, both natives of New York, where they were\\nmarried .and lived until 185G. Mr. Thom|)son, who\\nwas a mason and plasterer by trade, decided at\\nthat time to come to Michigan, where there were\\nmany fast growing towns and constant demand for\\nartisans of his trade. He came directl}- to this\\ncounty and located in Scipio, but subsequently\\nmoved to Mosherville, where he and his wife are\\nliving at the .ages of sixt3--ono and lifty-eight yeare.\\nTo them have been born four sons and three daugh-\\nters, of whom the wife of onr subject was the third\\nchild. She w.as born in New York, Jid} 2-1, 185C,\\nbeing an infant when her parents brought her to\\nthis State; she was an energetic, capable girl, and\\nbeing of an independent spirit commenced at the\\n.age of fifteen years to earn her living bj working\\nout bj the week, continuing thus employed until\\nher marriage. To the household circle of Mr. and\\nMrs. Woolston have been added three daughters\\nNellie, Pearl and Lula.\\nAfter becoming well establisheil in his tiade Mr.\\nWoolston s business called him away from his early\\nhome, and he located in Charlotte, Eaton County,\\nremaining there until 1881. At that time his par-\\nents, feeling the infirmities of age creeping over\\nthem, needed his presence, and lie went back to the\\nold homestead in order that he miglit return to\\nthem in their declining years, in some measure, the\\ncare and devotion which they had in his earl} j ears\\nbestowed on him. He rented the farm at first, but\\nin 1885 purchased the entire ijro|)erty, and will\\nm.ake it his ])ermanent home! His parents still con-\\ntinned to reside with him; his father is now sev-\\nenty-four years of age. The mother of our subject\\ndeparted this life Ai)ril 23, 1880, at the age of\\nseventy-three years. Our subject has proved him-\\nself as successful a farmer as ninson, and is extremely\\npros|)erous in his agricultural work, having ably\\ndemonstrated the good results to l e obtained by\\nenergy and unremitting pei severance. He and his\\nexcellent wife have the good-will of the entire\\nneighl)orhoo l, and their home is a pleasant, place\\nof resort to their many friends. Li politics Mr.\\nWoolston affiliates with the Republican part}\\nEWITT C. KIES. The life record of this\\nI) gentlem.an is to a certain extent inter-\\nwoven witii the history of Moscow, as he\\nhas literally grown np with the town, his\\nbeing the distinction of having been the first boy\\nborn within its borders, and he is now prominently\\nidentified with its .agricnitnral interests, owning and\\nman.aging a valuable farm on section 18. He was\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0953.jp2"}, "954": {"fulltext": "938\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nborn here July 25, 1834, being tlie son of Aloiizo\\n.ind Sally Ifiylor) Kies, pioncoss of Moscow Town-\\nship (for tlieir record se sketch of Alonzo Kies).\\nHis parents had but shortly before that time re-\\nmoved to Wichigan from their early home in the\\n.State of New York, and lie was born before his\\nf.nther had built his first house. He received a\\ncareful tiaining from his worthy jiarents on the old\\nhomestead, and they further fitted him out for a\\nlife of usefulness by giving him the benefit of a\\nsound education. In his earl^ years he attended\\nthe district school, and was then sent to the Union\\nSchool at Jonesvilie. and iiis education w.as finally\\ncomi\u00c2\u00bblcted at an excellent select school in Clinton.\\nHe was an ambitious, active youth, and inherited\\nfrom a thrifty Scotch ancestry a sturdy independ-\\nence of character, and habits of industry and pru-\\ndence that have been important factors in making\\nhis life a successful one. At the age of eighteen he\\nm.ade his first purchase of land, a tract containing\\neighty acres, the same on which his house now\\nstands; he continued, however, to work with his\\nfather. In 1858 he was married to Miss Frances\\nStookey, who has since been to him an invaluable\\nhelpmate. She is a daughter of Benjamin and\\nMartha (Grover) Stookey, natives respectively of\\nNew Jersey and Pennsylvania, her father being of\\nAnglo-Scotch descent; his ancestors were distantly\\nrelated to King Erwin, of Scotland, and her mother\\nwas of English ancestry. After marriage Mr-\\nand Mrs. Stookey settled in Luzerne Count} in the\\ntownship of Salem, where they continued to reside\\nfor many yeais, and there their eleven children,\\nfive bo3s and six girls, were born to them, of whom\\nMrs. Kies w.as the youngest. In 1839 Mr. Stookey\\nremoved with his family to Michigan, and settled in\\nPulaski, Jackson County, where he liecame the pros-\\nperous owner of 300 or 400 acres of land. He finally\\ndisposed of his property and went to live with his\\ndaughters. His wife died in 18G4, at the age of\\nseventy-one years, and he died Dec. 25, 1873, having\\nrounded out a period of ninety years. Mrs. Kies\\nwas born on the old homestead of her parents in\\nLuzerne County, Pa., Feb. tJ, 1837, and was but a\\nbabe when bruught to Michigan by her pai-ents.\\nShe receiveil the [Hcliminarics of her education in\\nthe common schools of the Michigan town where\\nshe grew to womanhood, and later became a pupil\\nin a select school at Homer. To her and her hus-\\nband have been born two children: Fred Alonzo\\nand an infant daughter, deceased the son was a stu-\\ndent of the High School at Concord, Jackson\\nCounty, being a member of the class of 88.\\nMr. Kies has been generally very prosperous in\\nhis chosen calling, and is now the owner of 239\\nacres of land, which he has developed into one of\\nthe most valuable farms in this neighborhood. He\\nis a practical farmer, using intelligently the sound-\\nest and most modern methods to produce the\\ndesired results in tilling the soil. A few years ago\\nhe met with a severe loss by fire, his buildings be-\\ning destroyed while burning out lime. He replaced\\nthem with a commodious dwelling and ample barns\\nin 1884.\\nMr. and Mrs. Kies are peojjle of strong charac-\\nters, broad and liberal-minded in their views, and\\nin religion are in favor of Universalism; their son\\nhas been identified with a Sunday-school. They\\nare both strongly in favor of the strict enforce-\\nment of the temperance laws. They are worthy\\nmembers of the township Gr.ange of Moscow. No.\\n108. Mr. Kies is prominently identified with the\\nMasonic fraternity, Fayette Lodge No. 16, of Jones-\\nvilie, has been Junior and Senior Deacon, also\\nJunior and Senior Warden, and Master, holding that\\noHice for one year, and Mrs. Kies is a member of\\nthe True Kindred. Mr. Kies was a member of the\\nRepublican party up to the time of the National\\nGreenback movement, when he became identified\\nwith that body and has since been a member of the\\nparly that organized it. He cast his first vote for\\nGen. John C. Fremont.\\n^s^ [MON B. HADLEY cast his lot among the\\npioneers of Southern Michigan in 1847,\\nlv^-3i when a young man twenty-one years old.\\nHe emploj ed himself at farming for a period\\nof four years, then, desirous of visiting the P.acifio\\nSlo|)e, started on his journey Oct. 15, 1851, mak-\\ning his way first to New York City, in order to go\\nby way of the Isthmus of Panama. He reached\\nSan Francisco, after ueail^ a month s voyage, on\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0954.jp2"}, "955": {"fulltext": "-4^\\nI\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n939\\nJ i^j g-\\nthe lOtli of November, and continued his journey\\nup the Sac Vidicy to Stockton and Sonora City. In\\nthe latter place lie engaged at mining, in company\\nwith Brooks Gale, Milton and Fairbanks, who were\\nalso of Michigan. He was thus occupied for the\\ntwelve months following, and was subsequently em-\\nplo3 ed l)y the raontli, cutting ditches, and later was\\nappointed mauiiger of the company, which position\\nhe occupied until setting out u()on his return home.\\nHe arrived at his old tramping grounds on the 28th\\nof June, 18.i4, with a snug sum of money, resumed\\n.agricultural pursuits .as before, and thereafter re-\\nmained a resident of this county.\\nThe subject of this biography, a native of Oswego\\nCounty, N. Y., was born Feb. 12, 1826, and was\\nthe third child of Cornelius and Elizabeth (Briggs)\\nHad ley, who were natives of Vermont, the father\\nborn in Brattleboro, and the mother in Dummerston.\\nHis maternal grandfather served directly under\\nGen. Washington in the Revolutionary War for a\\nperiod of seven years. The parents, after their\\nmarriage, settled at Sandy Creek, Oswego Co., N.\\nY., where the father followed farming until setting\\nout for the young State of Michigan, in the early\\npart of 1847. lie was accompanied by his family,\\nand secured IGO acres of land in Litchfield Town-\\nship, which is now the property of our subject.\\nHere he lived and labored until folding his hands\\nto his final rest, his death occurring in 18G4, when\\nlie was sixty-nine years old. The mother died in\\n.June, 187. at the age of seventy-nine years. They\\nwere the |)arents of eleven chihlren, and the sur-\\nvivors arc residents mostly of Michigan.\\nMr. Iladley, our subject, after leaving the com-\\nmon school, attended the academy at Mexicoville\\ntwo terms, then returning to the farm, assisted his\\nfather until setting out for California. After his\\nrcluni from the Pacific Slope, he was married, Aug.\\n27. 18.j. to Miss Susan Slivers, who was born Aug.\\n8, 1839, and was the only child of Daniel and Lucy\\n(Tripp) Stivers, natives of Cayuga County, N. Y.,\\nthe father born in Sempronius Township in 181.\\njiiid the mother in Sci|)io Townshii). Cayuga County,\\nin 1817. They came to Michigan in 1839, settling\\nfirst in Tecumseli, Lenawee County, where the father\\nfollowed farming until 1841, then took up his resi-\\ndence in Scipio TownshijJ. this county, and later\\nremoved to Litchfield. Both i)arents are now liv-\\ning with their cljuighter, Mrs. Il.adley.\\nGenesee County, N. Y., was the early home of\\nMrs. Hadley, and where she acquired a very good\\neducation, which was completed in the High School\\nat Albion, this State, and she occnpied herself as\\na teacher one term thereafter. Upon her marriage\\nwith our subject they settled upon the farm which\\nstill remains their home, and where their five chil-\\ndren were born: Their eldest son, Walter S., was\\nmarried to Jliss Il.atlie King, and has charge of the\\nhomestead; Abliie is the wife of Vestus Riker, .and\\nthe mother of one child, a son, Guy; Asa assists\\nhis brother on the farm; Fddie and ShirJey are pur-\\nsuing their studies in the district school.\\nAfter the outbreak of the Rebellion, Mr. Iladley\\nproffered his services as a Union soldier, enlisting in\\nCompany H, 4tli Michigan Infantry, upon the very\\ndiiy that the first gun was directed upon Ft. Sum-\\nter. He wjis mustered into service at Adrian, and\\ndeparted at once for the scene of conflict. Going\\nby the way of Washington, he arrived in time to be\\npresent at the battle of Bull Run, and soon after-\\nward was im.animonsly elected First Lieutenant of\\nhis com|)an In December following he tendered\\nhis resignation, and returning home, remained until\\nJuly. 1862. when he re-enlisted in Company G, 4th\\nMichigan Cavalry, leaving Detroit in September fol-\\nlowing. The regiment was in camp at Jeffers(m-\\nville, Ind., until the 14tli of October, then joined\\nthe Union forces at JVIurfieesboro, and with his\\ncomrades Mr. Hadley participated in the desperate\\nconflict at Chattanooga, and went all through the\\nTennessee cam|)aign. He was one of the small\\ncompany of Union cavalry which at one time cap-\\ntured COO rebels, together with their wagons and\\nammunition, and which brave encounter is a sub-\\nject of history.\\nAt the battle of Atlanta, the horses belonging to\\nthe brigade of which Mr. Hadley was a. member\\nwere given to Gen. Kilpatrick s men, and our sub-\\nject, with a number of his comrades, returned to\\nLouisville to be reniouiited. Mr. II. was soon after-\\nward given the aiipninlinent of Assistant Divis-\\nsion Quartermaster, and stationed at Kastiwrt,\\nMiss., where he remained until the close of the war.\\nHe was mustered out of service at Nashville, and\\nn", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0955.jp2"}, "956": {"fulltext": "940\\nu\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nreceived his honorable discharge there in July,\\n186S. In bis regimental record he is accredited\\nwith ninelj -six ha tiles and ^kirniiflies. He- was\\nnever excused on account of sickness or disabilit3\\nbut sustained permanent injury to the brain by the\\nexplosion of a bomb one night in ennip. After his\\nretirement from the army he resumed his farm pur-\\nsuits in this county with fair success. He cast his\\nfirst Presidential vote for Fremont, identifying him-\\nself with the Republican party, of which he has since\\nremained a firm adherent. Socially, he belongs to\\nPost No. 259, G. A. R., at Litchfifld. Nature en-\\ndowed Mr. Hadley with fine capacities, but his\\nbright, intellectual faculties suffered greatly on ac-\\ncount of the injury which he received while giving\\nhis services to his countrj\\nmOMAS C. M0NTG0MP:RY, Station Agent\\nof the Lake Shore Wicliigan Southern\\nRailroad, at Hillsdale, is a native of this\\ncounty, having been born in Camden Township,\\nAug. 24. 1847. He is the second son and child of\\nWilliam R. and Amanda (Mills) Montgomery, who\\nwere natives of New York, and came to this county\\nduring its early settlement. A sketch of them will\\nbe found on another page of this work. William\\nRochester Montgoraerj-, Sr., married Agnes Treat\\nWillard. daughter of John M. and Susan (Lamb)\\nWillard, and granddaughter of Gen. Anthony\\nLamb, Jan. 21, 1869, at Hillsdale, Rev. G. E. Peters\\nofficiating.\\nThe subject of this biography passed his boyhood\\non the farm in Camden Township, and in the vil-\\nlage (now cit} of Hillsdale, Mich., acquired his\\neducation in the Union Schools, and college at\\nHillsdale. At the age of twenty-two he entered the\\nsorvice.of the Lake Shore Michigan Southern\\nRailroad, as clerk in the freight office at Hillsdale;\\nfour months later he retired from this to a more\\ndesirable berth with the same company in their\\nfreight office at Burr Oak Station, in St. Joseph\\nCounty, where he remained a period of fifteen\\nmonths. From this point he repaired to Blissfield,\\nin Lenawee County, where he was |)romoted to Sta-\\ntion Agent; he was at this place one year, and then,\\nstill in the emplo} of the same companj was sta-\\ntioned at ftLanchester in the same position, and a\\nyear later was promoted to the nicire responsible\\npost of Agent at Hillsdale; two and one-half years\\nlater he resigned, and accepted a position with the\\nsame comjiany as clerk in the freight office at Chi-\\ncago; three months later wenttoBr3an, Ohio, on Air\\nLine of the same road, where he officiated as Station\\nAgent one year, and from there went to Ligonier,\\nInd. three and one-half years later he completed the\\ncircle by returning to Hillsdale, and assuming charge\\nof the station as Station Agent, and in the dischai ge\\nof his responsible duties is acquitting himself with\\nsatisfaction to all concerned.\\nMr. Montgomery was married in Hillsdale, on the\\n3d of March, 1809, to Miss Julia F., daughter of\\nAmbrose Spencer, Esq., vvho is a native of New\\nYork, and came to Southern Michigan with his\\nfamily in 1857. The mother of Mrs. Montgomery\\nwas in her girlhood Miss Roxy Ransom, and her\\nparents are now living. Mrs. M. was born Nov. 26,\\n1848, in Lockport, N. Y..and of her union with our\\nsubject there are two interesting children, Nellie\\nA. and Hugh R., who are students at Hillsdale\\nHigh School. They occupy a pleasant home on\\nNorth street, and enjoy the friendship of the best\\nresidents of the city.\\nyv\\\\.- \\\\tjma/S-^^i\\n^-3/ !)di3*^ \\\\/v~-\\nRS. MERIAH HUNT, an aged and vene-\\nrated ladj who has for the last twent^\\nfour jears been favorably known to the\\npeople of Litchfield Township, came here\\nin the pioneer days, and as a wife and mother\\nacted well her part among the scenes of early life in a\\nnew settlement. She reared a fine family, and\\nstood by the side of her husband in his struggle\\nwith the elements of a new soil, and now, in her\\ndeclining years, is sheltered by a comfortable home,\\nand is the owner in her own right of seventy- five\\nacres of fertile land.\\nMrs. Hunt is the daughter of William and Anna\\n(Hiscock) Howard, who were natives of New York\\nState, the father born in Columbia County, and the\\nmother in Onondaga County, in the town of Mar-\\ncellus. They continued iu their native county fif-\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0956.jp2"}, "957": {"fulltext": "l l\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nJ41\\nteen years after their inarria ;c, tlien removed to\\nLivingston County, and in IJSa. made tlieir way to\\nMichigan, becoming residents of Branch County,\\nwliere the father followed farming, and where iiis\\ndeath took place in 1803. The mother died in\\n1811.\\nTo William and Anna Howard there was born\\none child onl^ tlieir daughter IMeriah, who first\\nopened her ej es to the light in Onondaga County,\\nN. Y., Oct. 2, 1809. She .ic-quired but a limited\\neducation, and remained at home until her marriage\\nwith Philo 11. Hunt, which took place Jan. 1, 1834,\\nin Livingston County, and where they continued\\nto live until 1855, when the two families came to\\nMichigan. Mr. Hunt was horn in Lewis County,\\nN. Y., June 2 J, 1812, and died at his home in\\nLitchfield Township, this county, in October, 1875.\\nHe followed farming his entire life, and was an\\nhonest, industrious man, wlio lived at peace with\\nhis neighbors and perfomed conscientiously his\\nduties in life.\\nMr. and JMrs. Hunt became the parents of six\\nchildren. Their eldest son, William, married Miss\\nSarah Warner, is the father of one child, and lives\\nin Girard, Branch County, this State; he enlisted\\nas a soldier of the Union army in 18G2, serving\\nuntil 1865, and escaping the dangers and hardships\\nof a soldier s life to return in safety to his friends.\\nHiram died in Litchfield Township in 1875, at the\\nage of thirty -eight 3 ears; Horatio, who has charge\\nof the homestead, was born in 1843, and married\\nMiss Jennie Whitney, of Litchfield Township; they\\nare the parents of tiirecciiildren, two sons and one\\ndaughter, namely: KImer, Myrtle and Earl. This\\nson has been the main reliance of his aged mother,\\nand upon whom she i)rinoipally leans for sujjport\\nand counsel. Elizabeth died in (iuincy. Branch\\nCounty, in 1857, when a child fourteen years of\\nage; Frank married Miss Emma Jones, and is\\nfarming in Litchfield Township; Eugene died in\\n1855, aged two years.\\nMr. Hunt through great industry accumulated a\\ngood property, being the owner at the time of his\\ndeath of 225 acres of land. The most of it, however,\\nhas been divided up among his children. The sub-\\nject of this biography is a member in good standing\\nof tlie Baptist Church, at Litchfield, while her son\\ni~\\nHoratio is identified with the Eree-Will Baptist, of\\nTodd Town, Litciifield Township. Mrs. Ibjratio\\nHunt adheres to tiic Preshj^terian faith. Horatio\\nHunt, politically, is a stanch Ueptd)lican, an un-\\nobtrusive and modest-mannered gentleman, who,\\nin a quiet way, keeps himself posted on matters of\\ngeneral interest. He is the owner of ninet\\\\ -seven\\n.acres of land, which he cultivates to good advan-\\ntage, and where he has a neat farm dwelling and\\nthe other buildings necessary for his comfort and\\nconvenience. The family is well and favorably\\nknown throughout this section, and eniinenti}\\nworthy of representation in a work of this kind.\\nYRON G. WOOD, Sheriff of Hillsdale\\nCounty, among whose people he has spent\\nhis entire life, was born in AVheatland\\nTownship, on the eastern line of the county-,\\nApril 23, 1843, and is consequently in the prime of\\nlife and in the midst of his .activity and usefulness.\\nHe early developed more than ordinary intelligence\\nand capacities, and when but a youth began the\\ncareer which has placed him in an enviable position,\\namong his friends and fellow-citizens.\\nOur subject is one of the pioneers of Southern\\nMichigan, his parents being Seth and Lydia (Gates)\\nWood, who were natives of ]Madison and Wash-\\nington Counties, N. Y., whence the^ I emoved first\\nto Ohio, and, after a residence of probably nine\\nyears in the Buckeye State, migrated to this county.\\nThe father secured a tract of land, but was not\\npermitted to carry out his plans in regard to his\\nhomestead and family, being cut down in middle\\nlife when Mjtou G. was but a little lad twelve\\nyears of age.\\nYoimg Wood, after this bereavement, became\\nthe principal stay of his widowed mother, remaining\\nwith her and assisting in the labors of the farm\\nand the care of the family. Upon reaching his\\nmajority he purchiised the interest of the other\\nheirs, and in connection with general farming en-\\ngaged quite extensively in stock-raising, and witii\\nexcellent success. He; Iirought a lu ide to the old\\npl.ace in the spring of 18CG, being married on the\\n24th of May, that year, to Miss Susan Crater, a", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0957.jp2"}, "958": {"fulltext": "u\\n042\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY,\\nHr\\nnative of bis own townsliip. wbo was born Jan. 29,\\n1848, nn l is the rliuightfr (if Mnthins and Mary\\nCrater, wbo came to Micliigan iu 1838, and are now\\nin Wbeall.and Townsbip. Of the union of our sub-\\nject and his wife there were born four daughters,\\nwho are recorded as follows: Mary, born Nov. 23,\\n1868; Hattie, Jan. 5, 1873; Klsic. April 20, 1876;\\nBessie L.. July 27, 1878. They are all living at\\nhome with their parents, attending the Union School,\\nwith the exception of the eldest, wbo was graduated\\nin the class of 88.\\nSheriff Wood has always taken a lively interest\\nin the growth and welfare of his township, and\\nthere are few men who have more and warmer\\nfriends. He was elected Sheriff in the fall of 1884,\\nand assumed the duties of bis office on the 1st of\\nJanuary following. In 1886 he was re-elected to\\ntlie same office, and the people of Hillsdale County\\nhave bad no reason to regret their choice of the\\nman for this most important and responsible posi-\\ntion. In the various enterprises inaugurated for\\nthe [)rogress of morality, education and sociability,\\nMr. Wood is a leading spirit, being a member of\\nthe Knights of Pythias and also of the Independent\\nOrder of Foresters. He contributes cheerfully of\\nbis time and means, wheie there is labor to be per-\\nformed or money required for the edification or\\ngratification of the people of the communit} and is\\nefficient as a leader where good judgment is most\\nneeded as well as tact and ingenuity.\\n5^^ TEPHEN II. WOLCOTT has the jiroud\\ndistinction of deriving his origin from one\\nof those men wbo affixed their names to\\nthat immortal document, the Declaration of\\nIndependence, which marks an era in the history of\\nthe progress of the world. It is a just remark that\\nno people on earth owe more to their ancestors than\\nthe descendants of the early New England families.\\nThe courage and devotion manifested by the zealous\\nand freedom-seeking people, throughout all the\\nAmerican colonies during the opening scenes of the\\nRevolution and the long-continued trials of war,\\nare entitled to the profound respect and admiiation\\nof all. Against the [iressure of social influence\\nin the large Colonial towns, where bribes and offers\\nif emolument were freely made by the emissaries of\\nthe Crown, and where predictions of anarchy and\\nruin were consbintlj poured forth by the timirl and\\nmercenary; against the temptations lield out by the\\nwealthy ruling classes, and threats hurled at them\\nby the most powerful of the Royalists, these New\\nEngland born men and those noble woman were\\nproof. Mr. Wolcott, a prosperous and represent-\\native farmer, situated on section 5, Moscow Town-\\nship, is such a man as we would expect to find\\nfrom a perusal of his history and that of his ancestry\\nThe parents of our subject, Jason B. and Lydia\\n(Iloxsie) Wolcott, were born in Massachusetts, the\\nfather in Berksbiie County, and the mother near\\nNorth Adams. The father is a direct descendant\\nof Oliver Wolcott, one of the signers of the\\nDeclaration of Independence, while his grandfather\\nassisted to maintain what they so nobly asserted.\\nAfter their marriage the parents of our subject re-\\nsided for a short time in Massachusetts, after which\\nthey removed to IMacedon Center, Wayne Co., N.\\nY., and then migrated to Ohio, settling in Portage\\nCounty, in Cbarlestown, and remained for a period\\nof two years. They then removed to Lenawee\\nCounty, Micb., and purchasing a farm two miles\\neast of Ailrian, Mr. Wolcott devoted his energies\\nto its cultivation, an l resided there nine years. He\\nfinally came to Hillsdale County in 1844, and\\nsettled in Moscow Township, where he bought eighty\\nacres of land, to which he afterward added eighty\\nacres more. He was a cabinet-maker by trade,\\nserving seven j ears apprenticeship to this business\\nin Nortbaniijton, Mass. After his arrival in this\\nState he worked at the joiner s trade in connection\\nwith the cultivation of his land, and finally took up\\nhis residence with bis son Jesse, where he remained\\nuntil his decease in 1871, at the ripe old age of\\neighty-four years; the mother had died several\\nyears previor.sly, in 18G3, at the age of seventy-\\nthree.\\nThe subject of this sketch is the youngest of the\\nfour children, two sons and two daughters, who\\ncomprised the parental family, and w.as born Sept.\\n29. 1831, iu Macedon Center, Wayne Co., N. Y.\\nHe was bat a babe of two years when bis parents\\nremoved to Ohio, and four years old when they\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0958.jp2"}, "959": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n943\\ncame to Lenawee County, where his childliood and\\nyouth were passed in tiie manner common to far-\\nmers sons of that time until he was thirteen years\\nof age, when he came to Ilillsihilo County with his\\nparents and attended the common schools of his\\ntownship. The knowledge gained in this w.ay he\\nafterward suitplemcnted by an attendance at the\\nHigh School at Joncsville, and by the [lerusal of\\nsuch books .ns he was able to procure.\\nIn 1853 Mr. Wolcott w.as united in marriage, in\\nMacomb County, Mich., with Miss Eliza Woodard,\\nbut their married life was of short duration, as\\nshe w.as called to her reward in 1854. In 1862 our\\nsubject was a second time married, to Miss Cora E.,\\ndaughter of Cornelius and Maria (Coville) Under-\\nhill, the former a native of Dutchess County, N.\\nY., and the latter of Fairfield, Conn. Her great-\\ngrandfather on the paternal side was a soldier in\\nthe Revolutionary War. After their marriage her\\nl)arents settled in Ontario County, N. Y., where they\\nremained until 1844, when they came to Michigan,\\nand settled in Palmyra Township, Lenawee County,\\nwhich became their home for four years. They\\nthen removed to Scipio Township, in this county,\\nwhere the father followed the occupation of a far-\\nmer, but in 1867 he sold out his interests in that\\ntownship, and removed to Moscow Township, where\\nhe accumulated a substantial pro[)erty, and died in\\n1875, at the age of sixty-nine years. The mother\\nsurvives, and is living on the homestead at the age\\nof eighty-one years. In politics the father affiliated\\nwith the Democratic party. Four children, one son\\nand three daughters, were born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nUndcrhill, of whom Cora, the wife of Mr. Wolcott,\\nwas born Oct. 12, 1842, in Bristol, Ontario Co., N.\\nY. Her parei.ts came to Lenawee County when\\nshe was at the tender age of two years, and three\\nyears later they came to Hillsdale County, and here\\nshe grew to womanhood, receiving her education\\nin the Ufnion School ;it Jonesville, and engaged in the\\ndomestic duties which fell to the lot of the daugh-\\nters of the settlers of this county.\\nFour children have come to brighten the home\\nof Air. and Mrs. Wolcott A. Clare, Jesse B., Clif-\\nford H. and May. A. Clare is a member of the\\nclass of 88, of the Hanover Union School, and\\nJesse B. of the class of 81t; Jesse began to teach\\nschool when fifteen years of age, and A. Clare at\\nthe age of seventeen. Clifford H. and May reside\\nat home with their parents,\\nMr. Wolcott owns 110 acres of excellent land,\\nwhich he has cleared and brought to a high state of\\ncultivation, and on which he carries on successfully\\nhis independent calling. He has erected a substim-\\ntial and commodious residence, and all the farm\\nbuildings required, together with the machinery\\nthat enables him to compete with the modern agri-\\nculturist. Having a warm interest in the cause of\\neducation, he has accepted school offices, which he\\nhas held six years in succession. In politics the\\nDemocratic party most nearly voices his sentiments,\\nthough he voted for Lincoln and represented Grant\\nfor his first term.\\nON. J. B. GRAHAM, who is well known\\nthroughout Fayette Township, came to this\\nsection of country while Michigan was a\\nTerritory, in 1836. After selecting his loca-\\ntion he brought his family the following year, mak-\\ning the way by carriage, the trip occupying a period\\nof thirty-seven daj s. Since that time he has been a\\ncontinuous resident of the township and quite prom-\\ninent in local affairs, serving as Supervisor, Justice of\\nthe Peace, Township Treasurer, and occupying\\nother positions of trust and responsibility. In the\\nfall of 1843 he was elected to the Michigan Legis-\\nlature.\\nOur subject is the son of Benjamin and Candace\\n(Bidwell) Graham, the latter a daughter of Jona-\\nthan Bidwell. The Grahams descended from the\\nScotch and settled where the city of Il.artford.\\nConn., now stands, where they reared their family\\nand spent the remainder of their lives. The Gra-\\nhams arc now scattered all over the United States.\\nBenjamin Graham was the father of ten children,\\nfour sons and six daughters, of whom our subject\\nwas the ninth child. He and his younger brother,\\nof Hartford, Conn., are the only survivors.\\nMr. Graham was married, on the 19th of August,\\n1835, to Miss Maria J., daughter of Jacob and Je-\\nrusha (Gillett) Looniis, who was born April 23,\\n1813. in Bloomficld, Conn. Her mother w.as a", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0959.jp2"}, "960": {"fulltext": "i\\n944\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ni\\ncousin of Senator Marion Gillett, of Connecticut.\\nMr. Looniis was a farmer I13 occupation, .and with\\nhis estimable wife lived and died within five miles\\nof the city of Hartford. Mr. and Mrs. Graham\\nbegan life together in a modest home, and in due\\ntime were the |)arents of four sons: Malcolm is a\\npracticing physician of .lonesville; Frank M., a\\nbright and promising young man. fitted himself for\\nthe profession of law and entered n[)on his practice\\nin Kansas. He was married; his death took place\\nin Jonesville on the 14th of June, 1S74. The\\ngreatest efforts were put forth to save his life, but\\nproved unavailing. The third son, Guslavus Mills,\\nis farming in Rook County, Kan. The j oungest,\\nJohn, died very suddenlj of heart disease, in Ellis\\nCounty, Kan. The first wife of our subject passed\\naway at her home in Jonesville, on the 17th of\\nFcbruar}\\\\ 18.S1\\nMr. Graham contracted a second niairiage, on\\nthe 6th of December, 1881, with Miss AnnaThomp-\\nson, who was born in Butler, Branch County, this\\nState. The wedding took place at the home of the\\nbride, in Spring Arbor, Jackson County. Of this\\nunion there are two children Lilly and Jonathan\\nB., Jr. Mr. Graham was the candidate for his\\npart} two or three times for State Senator, but be-\\ning on tlie minority ticket, was defeated with the\\nbalance of the candidates.\\nENJAMIN FISHER, Esq. Prominent among\\nC. the pioneers of Hillsdale County stands the\\n#name of Benjamin Fisher, of Hillsdale Town-\\nship, and although he has passed away to\\nthe recompense due his long and useful life, his\\nmemory still lives and is cherished, and his honora-\\nble and successful career stands forth as a fitting\\nexample of what can be done by earnest and con-\\nstant effort.\\nThe subject of this notice was born at Lyons,\\nWayne Co., N. Y., Dec. 17, 1811, and is the only\\nson of three children included in the parental fam-\\nily. Our subject first came to Hillsdale County in\\n1832, on a prospecting tour, and subsequently lo-\\ncated a farm in Camden Township, settling there\\npermanently in 1 837, or the following year.\\nMr. Fisher was united in marriage, Dec. G, 1841,\\nwith Miss Rozettc B., daughter of Robert B. Sut-\\nton, Esq., who died in this county in 1876. The\\nchildren of this marriage who survive their parents\\nare recorded as follows Spencer O. resides in West\\nBay City. ]\\\\Iich. James K. is doing business in this\\ncity; Benjamin B. resides in Wahpeton, Dak.; Mary\\nE. is the wife of Charles E. Underhill, of this city,\\nand Rose is the wife of George W. Thompson, of\\nGrand Rapids, in this State. The mother of these\\nchildren departed this life on the 18th of April,\\n18.53, and Mr. FisLer was a second time married,\\nin 1854, to Adeliza Leach, a native of the same\\nplace as her husband. This union resulted in the\\nbirth of one daughter, Sarah. On the 13th of\\nAugust. 1808, the faithful wife and mother was\\nremoved from his side, and Mr. F isher was left in\\nhis declining years deprived of her counsel and\\nsolace, hi 184.5 Mr. Fisher removed from Camden\\nTownshi[) to this pl.ace, where for ujjward of ayear\\nhe was proprietor of what was then known as the\\nAVestern Hotel, since replaced by the new Smith\\nHotel. He then removed with his family to Can-\\naila, where he engaged in the lumber business and\\nremained until 1852, when he returned to this\\ncounty and took up his residence in Hillsdale, which\\nhe continued to make his home until his death.\\nFrom his arrival in 1852 until 1856, he lived in a\\ndwelling located in what is now the principal busi-\\nness part of the city, and at the latter date he re-\\nmoved upon a farm, which he improved to a high\\nstate of cultivation, and beautified until, including\\nits fine residence .and out-buildings, it is as fine a\\nhomestead as can be found throughout the county.\\nMr. Fisher was a thoroughlj active business man\\nall his life, and was closely identified with the prog-\\nress of this community. He held at various times\\noffices of trust in the county and in the cit} For\\na number of years he was associated in business\\nwith Mr. R. B.Sutton, under the firm name of Sutton\\nFisher, and did a very extensive and lucrative\\nbusiness in the lumber trade, not only in this State\\nbut in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Some time\\nbefore his death it was evident that his end was\\napproaching, and all his children gathered around", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0960.jp2"}, "961": {"fulltext": "-U\\nHILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n945\\ni\\nhim to pay the last filial tribute to a kind anil in-\\ndulgent parent. His death occiirreil on llie 2d of\\nJune, 1882, and was deeply mourned by the com-\\nmunity as that of a man whose place it will liedifll-\\ncult to fill. Few men have shown more business-\\nlike ability tiian he; while he was honest and\\nstraightforward in all his dealings, he was not loud\\nin his professions, but he set an example which his\\ndescendants may follow with credit. lie has gone\\nleaving a large circle of friends and acquaintances,\\nby whom his acts will be remembered and his mem-\\nory cherished as long as life shall last.\\nf^ILLIAM L. LORDS, an enlightened and\\nprogressive farmer of Camden Town-\\nship, is well worthy of representation in\\nthis work iis one whose life record is honorable and\\nuseful to himself and his fellow-citizens. He maj\\nwell be classed among that noble army of so-\\ncalled selfmade men who have been such im-\\nportant factors in the upbuilding of this glorious\\nI{ei)ublic, and who are to-day doing their part to-\\nward its maintenance in the fiont ranks of the\\ngreat nations of the earth, as he started in life a\\njjoor man. and has steadily worked his way up to\\nhis present jrosition of influence and comparative\\nwealth 1)3 unremitting toil, frugality, and the ex-\\nercise of excellent judgment and forethought.\\nMr. Lords is a native of Ohio, Athens County the\\nplace of his birth, and May 31, 1821, the date. He\\ncomes of good stock, originating in the State of\\nMaine; his parents. John and Wealthy Lords, were\\nboth natives of that Slate. When our subject was a\\nchild, his parents removed from the county of his\\nbirth to Richland County, in the same State, where\\nthey lived several years. Subsequently they re-\\nmoved to Van Wert Count} and afterward left\\nOhio, in which they had made their home for many\\nyears, and took up their residence iu Steuben\\nCounty, Ind., where they continued to live for\\nseveral 3-ears. They spent their declining 3-ears in\\nHillsdale County, this State. The father died in\\nBerrien County, Mich., about 18G7; the mother\\ndied in Richland County, Ohio, in August, 182.3.\\nThe father had been twice married, an l was the\\nM\u00c2\u00bb\\nparent of ten children, four of whom are now living,\\nnamely: Waldon, Iia. Mary (the widow of Fred-\\nerick Perrin) and William L.\\nThe 3 ears of his childhood and 3 oiith were passed\\nby our sulijeet mostl} in Richland County, Ohio,\\nwhere his parents made their home when he was\\nquite young. He received the rudiments of an\\neducation in the early schools of the time (^f his\\nboyhood, and was reaied to a farmer s life under\\nthe practical training of his father, who was an\\nexperienced and able farmer. Shortly before he\\nattained his majority, his parents moved to Van\\nWert County, whence iu the fall of the year 1 8 12 he\\ncame to Hillsdale County. Mich., and was here en-\\ngaged the following tiuee years in the laborious\\ntask of clearing land. He Ihen went to Indiana\\nand settled in Steuben Count} where his parents\\nhad a home, and for many 3 eais was profitabi} and\\nindustriousi} engaged in agricultural pursuits. In\\n1882 our subject decided to return to Hillsilale\\nCount} of wiiose rich and fertile soil lie liad gained\\na ver} favorable impression during his residence\\nhere many years previously. He was soon settled\\non his present farm in Camden Township, and has\\never since made his home here, and is numbered\\namong the most substantial citizens of the place.\\nHis farm, which is beautifully located on section\\n32, is one of the most valuable in this district, and\\nis unsurpassed in productiveness and careful culti-\\nvation b3 any other around it. It is supplied with\\na commodious set of buildings, and he h.as made\\nman} good improvements since it came into his\\npossession.\\nMr. Lords h. is been tiin^e times married. His\\nfirst marriage was in 1841 to Miss Esther Brown,\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2md to them were born two ehihlren Alonzo and\\nMortimer. They are still living; Alonzo makes his\\nhome with his fiither, and Mortimer is living in\\nSteuben County, Ind. Mr. Lords second marriage\\ntook place in 1870, and was to M iss Margaret Corry.\\nShe was a native of New York .State; she had no\\nchildren. Mr. Lords marriage to his present wife,\\nformerly Miss Harriet A. Burk, took place Jan.\\n24, 1885.\\nWherever the lot of our subject h.as been cast\\nhe h.as taken a promient part in the administration\\nof public affairs. He is very piil)lic-si)iritcd, and", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0961.jp2"}, "962": {"fulltext": "946\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nis always anxious to promote in every wny that he\\ncan any project for the material advancement of\\nhis township, and seeks its moral and social ele-\\nvation. In politics he is well known as a stalwart\\nRepublican, lending his influence and vote to pro-\\nmote the interests of his party. While a resident\\nof Clear Lake Township, Steuben Co., Ind., he\\nwas for two years its Supervisor, and since making\\nhis home here he has served his constituency\\nin Camden Township very acceptably as Super-\\nvisor for three terms, his administration of the\\naffairs of this responsible office having been char-\\nacterized by wisdom, soundness and integrity.\\nHe is a man of advanced ideas, is high-minded, and\\nstraightforward in all respects; he has never con-\\nnected himself with any society, has never taken\\nan oath in his life, and is exceedingly temperate in\\nall things; he enjoys the esteem and confidence of\\nhis neighbors and friends to a ^reat extent.\\nJAMES LEONARDSON, a retired farmer now\\nliving near the village of Pittsford, on sec-\\ntion 3, in Jefferson Township, owns and oc-\\ncupies a fine brick residence, and on the same\\nsection has a valuable farm, comprising 200 acres\\nunder a high state of cultivation, and equipped wiih\\ngood buildings. He has been a resident of Jeffer-\\nson Township since 1843, having come to this\\ncountj in tlie fall of that year, and jjurchasing first\\neighty acres of land on section 12.\\nThe face of the country in this locality at that\\ntime was wild in the extreme, and Mr. Leonardson\\nwas among its first settlers. He put up a little log\\nhouse 18x22 feet, which constituted his home for\\nnine years following. In 1852 it was replaced by\\na more modern residence, and not long afterward\\nMr. L. purchased first twenty acres and after a time\\nanother twenty on section 13 in the same town-\\nship, where he continued to make improvements,\\nand kept good grades of live stock, including cattle,\\nhorses, sheep and swine. His thrift and industry\\nmet with their legitimate reward, and his neighbors\\nsoon began to look upon him as one of the leading\\nfai-raers of Jefferson Township. In the course of\\ntime he had two houses on his farm, and his son now\\nhas the man.agement principally of the land.\\nOur subject was born in Root Township, Mont-\\ngomery Co., N. Y., April 12, 1817. His father,\\nWilliam Leonardson, was also a native of the Em-\\npire State, and the son of John Leonardson, who\\nwas the son of one of the original settlers of this\\nname in the United States, who came over from\\nHolland during the Colonial days, and purchased a\\ntract of land in Montgomery County. John Leon-\\nardson followed farming all his life, which he spent\\nentirely in Montgomery County. He did not, how-\\never, live to be aged. His son William, the father\\nof our subject, was also reared to agricultural pur-\\nsuits, and upon reaching manhood was married, in\\nRoot Township, to Miss Polly Flint, a native of the\\nsame count\\\\ and where she also spent her entire\\nlife, dying when her son, our subject, was a little\\nlad six years of age. The father onh survived his\\nwife five or six years, and their family of seven\\nchildren were thus left wholly orphaned. Of these\\nsix lived to mature years and were married. One\\ndied later in the Mexican War, and two died in\\nOhio. The two living besides our subject. Ester\\nand Louisa, are residents of Ohio, and of whom\\nJames is the eldest.\\nOur subject was a lad twelve years at the time of\\nhis father s death, and was then thrown entirely\\nupon his own resources. Being bright and intelli-\\ngent, he found plenty of friends and work, and\\ncontinued his education for a time in the common\\nschool. At the age of seventeen he left his child-\\nhood haunts, and made his way to Toledo, Ohio,\\nwhere he lived most of the time from 1836 to 1843,\\nalthough some of this time was spent in his native\\ncounty. In the latter he became acquainted with\\nhis future wife. Miss Lucinda Hilts, to whom he\\nwas married June 22, 1843.\\nThis lady was born in Montgomery Count} N. Y.,\\nMarch 14, 1819, and was the daughter of John and\\nEffle (Schuyler) Hilts, who were natives of New\\nJersey, and were there reared and married. The\\nfather was of German ancestry, and on the Hilts\\nside of the house, of Gen. Schuyler stock. After\\nthe birth of three chiklren, Mr. and Mrs. Hilts left\\ntheir native State and took up their residence in\\nGlynn Township, Montgomery Co., N. Y., where\\nwp^\\nI\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0962.jp2"}, "963": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00ab-\\nIIILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n-^r^\\n947 t i\\n4\\ntlicre were added to their liousehold six more cliil-\\ndren, they tiius being the parents of two sons and\\nseven dangiitors. Of tliese Mrs. Lconardson was\\nthe sixth child and filth daugliter. She was reared\\nunder the home roof, acquiring a common-school\\neducation, and remained witli lier parents until her\\nmarriage.\\nOur subject and his wife are the parents of two\\nchildren only: Warren I), mariied Miss iola Haw-\\nkins, and is practicing law in Fremont, this State;\\nthey have one child, a son, James, named after his\\npaternal grandfather. Warren was graduated from\\nHillsdale College, and pursued his law studies with\\nthe eminent attorney, K. L. Koon, of Hillsdale;\\nSanford, the j ounger son, lives upon and oi)erates\\na part of the homestead belonging to his father; he\\nmarried Miss Nellie McNeal, of Jefferson Township,\\nand they have four children Sarah, Frederick,\\nWatson and Anna. This boy, like his brother, is\\nwell educated, and a practical farmer and business\\nman.\\nMr. and Mrs. Leonardson commenced the jour-\\nney of life together with ver} little cajjitiil save\\ntheir willing hands and courageous hearts. In fact\\nthej had no money at all, but the qualities of in-\\ndustry and perseverance with which nature had\\nendowed them both, served them perhaps better\\nthan a moneyed inheritance. The second year was\\neven harder than the first, on account of their taxes\\nbecoming due, and which reached the enormous\\nsum of ^1.25, which to obtain Mr. Leonardson was\\nobliged to send back to his friends in New York\\nState. This he paid back as soon as possible. His\\ntaxes now aggregate more than $200 annually, anrl\\nhe has far less trouble to raise that than he did\\nthat first insignificant sum.\\nDuring the late war Mr. Leonardson was ap-\\npointeil Provost Marshal of Hillsdale County, and\\nwas the only official of this kind in the State not\\nsubjected to reprimand at some time during their\\nterm of service at headquarters. He was also en-\\nrolling oflicer in Pittsfordand Wheaton Townships.\\nHe has represented Jefferson Township in the\\nCount}- lioard of Supervisors eigiit terms in suc-\\ncession, was Road Commissioner six years. Under\\nSheriff twelve years, and has filled other offices of\\ntrust and responsibility. Politically, he is a solid\\nRepublican, and takes a live!} interest in every-\\nthing pertaining to matters of public moment. As\\na man well balanced, and of fine judgment, he is\\nuniformly called into the counsels of his fellow-\\ncitizens, and his opinions are invariably held in\\nrespect. He is public-spirited and liberal, and will\\ndo any reasonable amount of work in support of\\nthe enterprises calculated for the best gooil of his\\ncommunity.\\no^S^\\nT^f^T\\n\u00c2\u00ab4*C-\\nfF_^KNRY LYON, farmer, section 24. Adams\\nTuwnsiiip. Among tiie many fine farms in\\nthe agricultural region of Southern Michi-\\ngan, that of our subject occupitis a promi-\\nnent position. l)eing one of the best improved in\\nHillsdale Count} and the most extensive in that\\ntownship. It is pleasantly located, and with its\\nlarge, convenient barns and the spacious dwelling\\nof brick, which was erected in 1870, inevitabl}- at-\\ntracts the attention of the passerby. One glance,\\nhowever, does not suffice the beholder, who, if he\\nhas anj interest in or natural liking for fine blooded\\nstock, pauses to .admire the large numbers of iiorscs,\\ncattle and sheep that are seen in the fields and\\nalong the hillsides. Mr. Lyon is the owner of\\ntwenty-one horses, among which are two celebrated\\nEnglish shire or English draft stallions, imported\\nand pedigreed. Fils du John and Ed(U-stonc.\\nHis herd of fifty cows is of the Short-horn breed,\\nthe bull being registered as 29lh Duke of Hills-\\ndale. Among his other fine stock, our subject is\\nquite proud of his I oland-China hogs, the best to\\nbe found in the vicinity. In stock-raising Mr.\\nLj on has been unusually successful; he commenced\\nat first twenty-five years ago with a flock of sheep,\\nbuying a high grade of Merinos, and has raised\\nmore sheep and a larger amount of wool than any\\nother man in Adams Townshi|), selling annually\\nfrom 1,000 to 3,000 pounds of wool.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Allegany\\nCounty, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1822, his parents having\\nbeen Simeon and Diana (Ta^ lor) L^ on, of Irish\\nand Scotch descent respectively. They located in\\nAllegan}- County. N. Y., after their marriage, liv-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0963.jp2"}, "964": {"fulltext": "948\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ning there six years, then renioverl to \\\\V3 oming\\nCounty, the same State, where thoy remained until\\ntheir removal to Michigan in the fall of 1843.\\nThey came directly to Hillsdale County and settled\\non section 24 of Adams Township, where they re-\\nmained engaged in agricultural ptirsuits until the\\ndeath of Mr. Lyon in June, 1877. He had spent a\\nlong and useful life of eighty-one years, and his\\nwidow, who is still living at the venerable age of\\neighty-three 3 ears, makes her home with her daugh-\\nter Clara in Adams Township. They were the par-\\nents of five children, three boys and two girls, of\\nwhom Henry is the eldest.\\nOur subject was five 3 ears old when his parents\\nmoved to W_yoniing Countj N. Y., and can remem-\\nber but little of the town of his nativity. One incident\\nth.at happened during his residence there is indeli-\\nbly impressed on his memory. Slavery was tol.er-\\nated at that date In Allegany County, and he\\ndistinctly recollects the punishment of a colored man,\\nbelonging to his uncle, for stealing maple sugar.\\nThe education of our subject was received in the\\ndistrict schools of Wyoming County, he having re-\\nmained in that county until twentj -one j-ears of\\nage. He then came to Michig.an with his father,\\nwho purchased IGO acres of land, which he assisted\\nin clearing. A few years after his father gave him\\nsixty acres of heavily timbered land, which our sub-\\nject at once commenced to improve. He labored\\nassiduously and by industry and strict attention to\\nbusiness, he has been enabled to add to his first\\nsixty acres many times the original number, so that\\nnow he owns a valuable farm of 480 acres, 360 of\\nwhich are on section 24 and 120 acres on section 13,\\nall under a good state of cultivation, with a mag-\\nnificent set of buildings and all the modern appli-\\nances for conducting his business.\\nMr. Lj on has been twice married. The maiden\\nname of his first wife, to whom he was united in\\n1851, was Miss Fanny Elizabeth, daughter of Brad-\\nstreet S. Hicks, of New York. She died in 1882,\\nleaving five children, namely: Lorana E., Amelia,\\nIda M., Jane and George W. Lorana is the wife of\\nGeorge Jackson, of Adams Township; they have\\nthree children Lottie, M3 rtie and Arthur. Amelia,\\nthe wife of Benjamin Lamb, of Adams Township, has\\nthree children Iva, Bertha and Berlie. Ida is the\\nwife of C. Church, of Adams Township they have\\none child. Jane is the wife of Austin A3 res, of\\nReading Township; George W. is at home.\\nOur subject was .again married, taking for his\\nsecond wife Miss Ida M. Sober, of Ypsilanti. Mr.\\nLyon is a man of ability and influence in his com-\\nmunity, keeping pace with the times in regard to\\nall things pertaining to local and general .affairs, and\\nis especially interested in the education of the\\nyoung, and has been a school officer the m.ajor part\\nof the time since becoming a citizen of Adams\\nTownship. In politics he is a strong Democrat.\\n^UDGK JOHN MICKLE is a noble represent-\\native of the sturd3 pioneers who prepared\\nthe wa3 for the settlement and development\\nof Southern Michigan, fearlessly and with\\nunfaltering courage encountering the severe priva-\\ntions, and even dangers, of a life in the forest cov-\\nered land, that they might possess it, and from its\\nrich virgin soil provide the means of obtaining\\ncomfortable homes for themselves .and their chil-\\ndren. Our subject was the first settler of Reading\\nTownship, and although more than half a century\\nwith its marvelous changes has rolled by since he\\nfirst took up his abode here, he is still spared to\\nbless and honor this community with his kindly and\\nvenerable presence. No man did more than he in\\nthose early da3 s to promote the growth of this town-\\nship and of Hillsdale County, and he has ever since\\nexerted himself to promote their welfare. When\\nhe first came here, long 3 ears ago, he bought up\\nlarge tracts of land to keep them out of the hands\\nof grasping speculators, and sold them to men desir-\\ning settlement at a fair price and within their means,\\nand thus in a short time gathered a communit3 of\\ngood, steady, hard-working settlers about him.\\nThese he encouraged and helped by his wise coun-\\nsel, his ready sympathy and generous aid when\\nthey were needy. Many a poor man who was strug-\\ngling to gain a foothold had ample reason to be\\ngrateful to him for the help freely given in aiding\\nhim to build up a home.\\nJudge Mickle was born in Phelps Township, On-\\n*t", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0964.jp2"}, "965": {"fulltext": "IIILLSDALE COUNTY\\n949\\ntario Co., N. Y., Sopt. 2, 1804, being .a son of .John\\nand Catherine (Sniitli) Miokle, natives of New Vorli\\nState; liis fatlicr wiis of mingled Scotch and Dutch\\nancestiy, and bis mother was of Dutch descent.\\nThe first Mickle in this country came from Scot-\\nland during the religious wars, and joined a colony\\nof Dutch settlers in New York City, and of that\\ngood old stock came our subject. John Mickle, Sr.,\\nwas born and reared on the banks of the Hudson\\nRiver, but married and settled in Ontario Count}\\nremaining there for several j ears, prosperously en-\\ngaged as a tanner and currier, and also running a\\nshoeshop in connection with that business, being a\\ngood workman as a boot and shoe maker. After\\nthe birth of nine children he and his wife removed\\nwith a colon} to Oswego Count} and settled in the\\ntownship of Oswego in the early part of this cent-\\nury. He there turned his attention to farming,\\nand, with the aid of his sons, imi)roved a farm of\\n135 acres. The years remaining to himself and\\nwife were passed in that home, and by their sim-\\nplicity, industry, and genuine worth of character,\\nthey won the esteem and confidence of the i)eoi)le\\namong whom they had settled.\\nOur suliject grew to manhood on the homestead\\nof his parents in Oswego, guided l)y their kind\\ninfluence to habits of sobriety, industry and honesty,\\nwhich have since been to him the controlling prin-\\nciples of his life. When nearly of age he left the\\nparental home to make his own way in tlie world,\\nhaving but nine cents in his pocket, but, what\\nserved him better tiian money, having a vigorous\\nconstitution, a strong will, and a manly self-reli-\\nance, by which lie overcame every obstacle in his\\npathway, and in the course of years became exceed-\\ningly ])riisperous. Many a young man of to-day,\\nstalling vut in life with no better i)rosi)ects, might\\ndespair of success in encountering such hardships\\nand dangers as fell to his lot. Our subject worked\\nhard at cutting wood and in other employment until\\nhe got a good start, gathering together sufficient\\nincome to enable him to marry, and he was united\\nto his first wife in Oswego County, N. Y.,her name\\nbeing Elizabeth S. DeMott.\\nMr. Mickle came to Michigan in 1 831 .and setlle l\\non Government land which formed a [lart of the\\ndisputed territory between Ohio and Michigan, and\\nduring the four years that he lived there, he took a\\nconspicuous part in all the conflict for tlie possession\\nof that territory, said conflict being known as the\\nToledo War, and he served as a fifer, being the\\nonly one in the regiment in that struggle. Having\\nheard of the beautiful eounli-y around .lonesville\\nthrough a surveyor, he sold out his property there\\nand set out for the coveted spot. After selecting\\na desirable location, in September, 1835, he went to\\nMonroe and purchased of the Government the\\nnorth half of section 9 and the south half of sec-\\ntion 3. all in what is now the township of Heading,\\nthen known as Allen. He has since purchased large\\ntracts of land, and at the time bought all he could\\nto keep it out of the haixls of speculators. He\\nfound the surn)unding country a dense wilderness,\\nand it took a man a week to cut a road to his land,\\nthe distance to any opening, or to any neighbors,\\nbeing at that time six miles. His first work was\\nto build a tempoiary log cabin, which he afterward\\nreplaced by a more commodious block-house, built\\nof black walnut logs, and which was fo several\\nyears the finest dwelling in town. It took many\\nyears of steady, hard labor to clear the forest trees\\nfrom his land, but with the assistance of his sons he\\nimproved inO acres of it, having disposed of agre.at\\ndeal of his land, and has since further reduced its\\narea by giving some of it to his sons, until his farm\\nnow comprises only 130 acres of land, all highly im-\\nproved by the erection of comforUible and commo-\\ndious farm buildings, dwelling, etc., and under a\\nfine state of culture and well stocked. He has paid\\na great deal of attention to raising and selling sheep,\\nswine and cattle in large numbers, and, in f.act, has\\nalways been excee 1ingly thrifty and prosperous\\nin everytliing that he has undertaken. Ue is now\\nliving in retirement from the cares of an active\\nbusiness life.\\nThe Judge has been not only an important factor\\nin developing the great agricultural interests of\\nHillsdale County, but he has from the very first\\nyears of his setllenienl here been actively identified\\nwith its public interests, and with the local affairs\\nof the place of his residence, Reading Township.\\nIn 1842 he was a member of the State Legislature,\\nrepresenting the county .as a representative. He\\nwas for several years Associate Judge of the Cir-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0965.jp2"}, "966": {"fulltext": "950\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n^K*\\ncuit Court, and siibseqently liekl the office of\\nCounty Court Judge for some time. He was Jus-\\ntice of the Peace for thirteen years and Notar3\\nPublic for six years. He earnestly and faitiifidly\\ndiscliarged the duties imposed upon liim in those\\nhigh positions vvitli becoming dignitj firmness and\\nwisdom. It is said that in all the years that he\\njjresided over a court, only one case was appealed,\\nand then his decision was sustained in the higher\\ncourt. In politics the Judge was for many years\\nthe leading Whig in Reading Townsliip, until the\\nformation of the Republican part} when he joined\\nits ranks, and has ever since acted in harmony with\\nit, his sons also being stanch supi)orters of that\\nparty. Oni- subject is a true Christian, and for\\nmany years has been numbered among the mem-\\nbers of the Regular Ba))tist Church, being one of\\nits most active workers.\\nJudge Mickle has been twice married. His first\\nwife, who was reared at Newburg, on the Hudson\\nRiver, departed this life in Reading Township on\\nthe old homesteail, in 1838, dying in childbirth.\\n.She shared vvitli him the early trials and privations\\nof their pioneer home, and with her husband often\\nextended its generous and vvidel^ -known hospital-\\nity to the new-comers who had no shelter of their\\nown. She was a good Christian woman, and a lov-\\ning wife and mother. Five children were born of\\nthat marriage, .all dead. Our subject was a second\\ntime married, Sept. 8, 1839, in Reading Township,\\nto Miss JMarj Fitzsiramons, daughter of George\\nand Lydia Rapelee) Fitzsimmons, early settlers of\\nthis township and county. She was born Dec. 3,\\n181 G, in Yates County, N. Y., an l after attaining\\nwomanhood came with her parents to this county,\\nremaining with them until her marriage. She was\\nvery industrious and energetic, and her kindness\\nand sympathy won for her the regard of all with\\nwhom .she came in contact. She was a sincere Chris-\\ntian, and for many years a devoted member of the\\nRegular Bai)tist Church. Of her marriage with our\\nsubject ten children were born, of whom two are\\nnow dead: one who died in infanc}-, and George.\\nThe latter was very well educated, and was a prom-\\nising teacher; he died from an aeci lental wound in\\nthe leg. The record of the eight living is as fol-\\nlows: The first-born living is John Q., who married\\nPhebe Chappell, and lives in Reading Village, where\\nlie carries on the trade of painter and grainer;\\nHenry C. married Louisa McNeil, and now lives in\\nArthur, Saginaw Co., Mich., and is Supervisor of\\nthe township; D. Webster is a mechanic and\\npainter living in Reading Village; he married Sena\\nKidder; B. Franklin married Flora S. Hughbone,\\nand they live on a farm in Reading Township;\\nLuther S. is a mechanic, jiainter and farmer, living\\nin Reading Village; he married Mary Westgate.\\nGeorge Lee married Jessie Whitney, and they live\\non a farm in Osceola County, Mich., where he\\nfollows the trade of mason; Eugene O. married Hat-\\ntie Bowman, and they live in Reading VilKage,\\nwhere he is engaged as a mechanic and a painter;\\nElias R. married Kldora Eyrs, of Reading, and they\\nlive with his father, he having the management of\\nthe hitter s farm. Mrs. Mary Miekle, the second\\nwife of our subject, departed this life Feb. 29,\\n1888.\\n-SG=\\n=E\\nOSEA W. FOLGER, a settler of 1839 in\\nij Hillsdale County, and who has now a fine\\nfarm on section 4 in Cambria Township,\\nsettled first in Allen Township upon a tract\\nof unbroken land, 100 acres in extent. This he\\nlabored upon a number of years, bringing it to a\\ngood state of cultivation, and effecting various im-\\nprovements, and ill 1864 sold out and took up his\\nresidence in the village of Hillsdale. A j ear later,\\nbeing dissatisfied with town life, he secured posses-\\nsion of a farm in Reading Township, and lived there\\nand in Hillsdale until 1884, when ho settled upon\\nhis present farm. He is now one of the landmarks\\nof this section, a responsible and enterprising man,\\nwho has proved a valued citizen and stands well\\namong his neighbors. His present farm comprises\\nnearlj seventy acres, is well stocked, and furnished\\nwith a good set of frame buildings.\\nOur subject is a native of the Province of On-\\ntario. Canada, and was born May 23, 1818. His\\nfather, Daniel Folger, was a product of the Green\\nMountain State, and of New England ancestry.\\nHe married Miss Sarah Williams, of V^ermont, who\\nwas of descent similar to his own, and the} began\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00baHh^\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0966.jp2"}, "967": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n951\\nlife together in New York State, where the father\\nfollowed his trade of carpenter. From there he\\nremoved to Canada, where iiis two 3^oungest chil-\\ndren were born, but spent his last days with his\\nexcellent wife in Niagara County, N. Y. Both ])ar-\\nents lived to a ripe old age. I heir family consiste l\\nof five sons, of whom 11. W., our subject, was the\\nfourth in onler of birth. There are now only two\\nsurvivors, t)ur subject and bis brother Alonzo, and\\nthe latter is carrying on farming in Allen Town-\\nship, this county.\\n]Mr. Folger, of whom we write, from the time he\\nwas five years of age, made his home in Pendle-\\nton Township, Ontario Co., N. Y., where he was\\nreared and received his education. He was mar-\\nried in the town of Litchfield, that county, to Miss\\nEliza Worden, who was born and reared in that\\nlocality, and whose father died when she was quite\\nyoung. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs.\\nFolger emigrated to Michigan, and the wife of our\\nsubject died in Heading Township, this counl3 in\\n1870. when fifty-one years old. They had become\\nthe parents of three children, two of whom are\\ndeceased. The surviving son, Oscar, married Miss\\nLucy Cane, and is carrying on farming in Katon\\nCount3 The deceased children were Sai ah and\\nJames.\\nMr. Folger contracted a second marriage, with\\nMrs. Sarah E. (Bagley) Hill, in Cambria Township,\\nOct. 27, 1872. This lady was the daughter of\\nDavid and Louisa (Penoyer) Bagle^ who were\\nnatives of Connecticut, and the descendants of\\nfamilies who had settled in New England, it is sup-\\nposed, prior to the Revolutionary War. Her fa-\\nther was a cousin of ex-Gov. Bagle^ of this State,\\nand a cabinet-maker by trade. He followed this\\noccujiation during his residence in liis native State.\\nB.v a previous marriage he had become the father\\nof five children. After his marriage with the motlier\\nof Mrs. Folger he moved to New York with his\\nfamily, settling in Cayuga County, where hisiiaugh-\\nter Sarah WHS born. ,Iul3 12, 1835. She was the\\nfourth child of the second marriage, and was one\\nyear old when she was brought by her parents to\\nthis State. They settled first in Adams Township,\\nwhere the father secured a large tract of unbroken\\nland, u[)on which belabored with his estimable wife\\nuntil life for them was over. The mother, hciwever,\\ndied in 1840, and Mr. Bagley was the third time\\nmarried. His death took place when he was nearlj\\nseventy years of .age. He was a man of much force\\nof char.acter, and held the minor offices of his town-\\nship, while at one time he was Probate Judge of\\nthe county. He improved a large tract of land\\nand accumulated a fine propert3\\nMrs. Folger was reared and educated in Adams\\nTownship, where she met and married her first hus-\\nband, Ira Hill. The latter was born in AVavne\\nCounty, N. Y., and during earl3 manhood served\\nan apprenticeship as carpenter and wagon-maker.\\nUpon coming to the West he al)andoned mecliani-\\ncal pursuits for farming, and taking up a tract of\\nland in Cambria Tt wnship, resided there until his\\ndeath, which occurred July 7, 18G4. Mr. and iNIrs.\\nHill became the parents of three children, of whom\\nonl3 one is living, a daughter, Martha, who is now\\nthe wife of M. E. Dow, a sketch of whom will be\\nfound elsewhere in this Aluum.\\nTo our subject and his wife there have been born\\ntwo children, a son and daughter. Charles W. and\\nMay C, who continue at home with their parents.\\nMr. Folger, politically, is a solid Republican, and\\nboth he and his estimable wife are ver3 intelligent\\npeople, generous and hospitable, .and have one of\\nthe pleasantest homes in Cambria Township.\\nLBH;RT ken YON, a prominent farmer and\\n(@rJJ| representative citizen of North Adams, is\\nill the son of Benjamin I. and Susan (Stowe)\\nS^JI Kenyon, the former of whom was born in\\nWashington County. N. Y., and the letter in Sulli-\\nvan County, N. H. The father was a farmer by\\noccupation, and after his marriage settled in Cayuga\\nCounty, where he held the position of Overseer of\\nthe Auburn State Prison for a (leriod of about\\ntwelve years. In the year 183G became to Hillsdale\\nCounty, and located and bought 400 acres of (gov-\\nernment land. He then returned to his home, which\\nhe h.ad left on leave of absence to come to this State,\\nand resumed the duties of his position, which he\\ndischarge I until political differences caused by his\\nanti slavery principles were the means of removing", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0967.jp2"}, "968": {"fulltext": "952\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nw\\nhim from office. He then rlisposed of liis interests\\nin the Empire State, and bidding good-hy to tlie\\nscenes of his cliildhood, with liis wife lie started for\\nthis State, to whieli liis son Albert had come some\\nfive years previously. Here the parents made their\\nhome until their decease, the mother passing away\\nJune 14, 1861, aged sixty-foiiryears, while the father\\ndied Jan. 31, 1873, in the seventy-eighth year of his\\nage.\\nAlbert Kei\\\\yon was the only child horn to his\\nparents, and first saw the light Feb. 20, 1823. on the\\nfarm in New York State, where he was reare l until\\nabout twelve years of age, when the family removed\\nto Auburn. While on the farm he began his edii-\\ncation by attending the district school, and afti rliis\\nremoval he entered Auburn Academy pursuing his\\nstudies there for about six years, and receiving a\\ngood education. He then conceived the idea of\\ncoming to the West, and promi)tiiess in executing\\nhis plans being one of Air. Keiiyon s prime qualities,\\nhe at once set out for Hillsdale County, and arrived\\nhere Oct. 8, 1841. Availing himself of the educa-\\ntion received in liis native State, he engaged in the\\nprofession of school-teaching, which at that early\\nperiod was greatly in demand, and which he fol-\\nlowed for ten winters in succession. I he pioneer,\\nbe it said to iiis credit, no sooner made ready his\\nlog cabin for the reception of his family than he\\nsought means to secure educational advantages for\\nhis children. A log house, similar to that in which\\nhe lived, was erected, equally guiltless of furniture,\\nand here some noble man, a lover of his race, gen-\\nerall3 for a mere pittance, would spend the prime\\nof his life engaged in imparting knowledge, and\\nsucceed in sending abroad noble men and women,\\ncapable of doing their duty in any walk of life and\\nadorning anj position. From such schools have\\ngone forth some of the greatest men that this or\\nany other country has ever seen, notably Abraham\\nLincoln, our martyred President. In such a school\\nMr. Kenyon laliored, and his first section comprised\\nwhat is now three districts, with an enrollment of\\nsixty pupils, five of whom were older than their\\nteacher, while one was a married woman. His\\nremuneration was 850 for four months of twenty-six\\ndays to the month. During the summer he was\\nengaged in farm work, and thus alternated in his\\nemployment for a number of j ears. He then traded\\neighty acres of land, which had been given him by\\nhis father, for another eight} acres, partially im-\\npr(_)ved. which he has made his home ever since.\\n(^n the rith of December, 1847, i\\\\lr. Kenton was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Grace, daughter of\\nJames and Grace (Barker) Fitten, natives of Lan-\\ncaster, England, who came to America when Mrs.\\nKenyon was a child of two years. They settled at\\nLowell, Mass., where her father engaged in the man-\\nagement of a woolen factory for some time, after\\nwhich they came to Hillsdale County, in 1835. The\\nfather departed this life June 15, 1807, while the\\nmother followed him to the silent laud Nov. 20,\\n1808. The parental famih of Mrs. Kenyon in-\\ncluded eight children, five girls and three bo^ s, of\\nwhom Mrs. K., the fourth in order of birth, was\\nbovn Aug. 28, 1821. At the age of thirteen ^ears\\nshe came with her parents to this State, and received\\na common-school education in the public schools of\\nthis count}\\nIn politics Mr. Kenj on engages heart and hand\\nwith the Democratic party, with which lie has had\\na lifelong connection, and his popularity with all\\nclasses is so great that he was elected for the high-\\nest position in his townshi|), when the Rei)ublicans\\nhad a majority of eighty votes. This is due to his\\ncharacter as a reputable man and his sterling busi-\\nness qualities, together with the fact that during the\\nwar no man was more interested in the maintenance\\nof the Union. About fifteen years ago, after a suc-\\ncessful career as an agriculturist, he retired from\\nactive life, and has since made his home at North\\nAdams, while he still owns seventy acres of good\\nland in Moscow Township. Since locating at North\\nAdams he has held various offices of public trust,\\nhaving been elected Supervisor in 1875, and serv-\\ning for one year. In 1882 the village of North\\nA lams was incorporated, and Mr. Kenyon was\\nelected its first President. He was also elected\\nPresident and Treasurer of the Farmers Mutual\\nInsurance Compaii} and w.as re-elected five times,\\nserving twelve consecutive years, lie was also for\\na time freight and ticket agent, dealing at the same\\ntime in lumber and building supplies. In 1870 Mr.\\nKen^ ou was candidate for State Senator, running\\nagainst his personal friend, Whittier J. Baxter.\\nH", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0968.jp2"}, "969": {"fulltext": ",t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00ba-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i-4*\\nt)53 ik\\nHillsdale County, then the Second Senatorial Dis-\\ntrict of Mifliigan. wasstronsjjly Republican, so much\\nso as to earn the name of the Hanner Ropiiljlican\\nCounty of the State. Our subject recciveil more\\nthan his party v ote, but of course the Republican\\nelement was too strong, and he was unsuccessful.\\nHe was also candidate for the State Legislature in\\n1868.\\nIn the autumn of 1876 Mr. Kenj-on visited the\\nCentennial Exhibition, but while on his way to\\nPhiladelphia with Dr. Noyes. George Marsh and\\nOrrin Smith, from North Adams, he was taken ill\\non the cars, and was obliged to remain at Waverly,\\nN. Y., until he recuperated, after which he resumed\\nhis journey to the Quaker City. He afterward vis-\\nited AVashington, Mt. Vernon, New Y ork City,\\nNiagara Falls, and many other places of interest.\\n\\\\f? AMES Mc DOUG ALL. .Ii!. The agricultural\\ninterests of our country are not better sus-\\ntained bj people of any nationality than the\\nthrifty Scotch, and Hillsdale County has a\\ndue proportion of that element among its farmers.\\nOccupying a loading position among these sturdy\\ntillers of the soil stands the subject of our sketch,\\nwho is an enterprising farmer and stock-grower on\\nsection 17 of Woodbridge Township. He was born\\nin Scotland, near Glasgow, July 18, 1815. being the\\nson of James and Agnes (Boyle) McDougall, who\\nwere of Scotch blood, pure and undefiled. In 1848\\nthey emigrated to America with their family,\\ndisembarking in New York City, whence they\\nl)roeeeded to Cayuga County, where the} remained\\nfive years. Mr. McDougall worked by the day, or\\nas a well-digger the first three years, and then\\nengaged in farming. In 1858 he removed to Michi-\\ngan, and bought eighty acres of land in Woodbridge\\nTownship, three acres of which were cleared; he\\nlabored hard to accomplish much in the way of\\nimprovement, devoting his entire time and atten-\\ntion to his farm until after the breaking out of the\\nRebellion, when, insi)ired by patriotic devotion to\\nhis adopted country he enlisted as a private in\\nCompany C, 1st Michigan Infancy; he served\\nfaithfully untd the expiration of his term of enlist-\\nment, wlien he veteranized and continued to lake\\npart in the war, serving in all more than four yeai s.\\nHe is still living. His wife is a most excellent rep-\\nresentative of the noble women of her native\\ncountry, as well as of America, who have bravel}\\nand cheerfully assisted their husbands in their strug-\\ngles for independence, proving hcli)mates in the\\ntruest sense of the word. She is a consistent mem-\\nber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and much\\nesteemed in her neighl)orhood for her kindly spirit\\nand Christian virtues. To her and her husband\\neight children were born, of whom the following is\\nthe record: Jeannette married Robert Moore;\\nRobert married Agnes Dow; James, Jr. Andrew\\nmarried Adelia Ilubbcll; Jane married Robert\\nCarruthers; John married Cadis Root; Agnes mar-\\nried G. H. Curtis; Margaret E. is at home with\\nher mother.\\nThe subject of our sketch was reared on a farm\\nand received a common-school education. In\\nDecember, 186^, he enlisted in Conipan}- K, 27th\\nMichigan Infantr} and served bravely in defense\\nof the institutions of this countrj until the close of\\nthe war. being honorably disehai-ged Aug. 27, 18C5.\\nHe was with the Army of the Potomac, took an\\nactive part in the battles of the Wilderness and Cold\\nHarbor, and at the former place received severe\\nwounds, having had his ribs broken; he was sent to\\nthe hospital, and after recovering from his injuries\\n.again joined his regiment at People s Farm, Va., in\\nseason to take part in the siege of Petersburg,\\nafter which he was detailed to bury the dead, and\\nwas near Lee when he surrendered. He then ])ro-\\nceeded to Washington, where he was mustered out of\\nservice, and he is now drawing a pension of $4 a\\nmonth.\\nMr. JMcDougall was married, Jan. 11, 1864, to\\nMiss Elizabeth Hoals, a most estimable young lady,\\nwho was born in Richland County. Ohio, May 2,\\n1843. She is a daughter of John and Sarah (Hart)\\nBoals, natives respective!} of Ohio and Pennsyl-\\nvania. To our subject have been born three chil-\\ndren, of whom the following is the record: Nettie\\nB. married Arthur Hinkle; Myrtie A. and Charlie\\nare at home.\\nThe homestea I of our subject consists of eighty\\nacres of well-improved land, and near by he owns", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0969.jp2"}, "970": {"fulltext": "=L.\\n954\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\na tract of forty acres, all of which is in a fine\\ncondition for tilling or grazing. Mr. McDoiigall\\nmakes a specialt} of fine blooded horses and cattle,\\nhaving six head of the foimer and eight of the\\nlatter, besides seventy head of sheep, all of high-\\ngrade stock. His success in his business is un-\\ndisputed evidence of the judicious manner in\\nwhich his labor and time have been expended, and\\nshows what can be accomplished by industry, fru-\\ngality and perseverance, coupled with the good\\ncommon sense that readily takes a lesson from ob-\\n.servation and experience. In educational matters\\nour subject takes much interest, and has served\\nacceptably to all as School Director for many years.\\nHis ever readj courtesj and probity of character\\nhave won for him the full trust and esteem of his\\nfellow-townsmen, and when he was elected to his\\npresent responsible office as Township Treasurer,\\nhe leceived the largest majority of any candidate\\non the ticket. In politics he is a stanch Repub-\\nlican, and a firm adherent of the party. Socially, lie\\nis a member of the G. A. R.\\n^^8^\\nLMON DAY, Justice of the Peace in Cam-\\nbria Township, and also carrying on gen-\\nIJl eral farming on section 1 purchased his\\npresent homestead of 100 acres five years\\nago, in 1 882. He has been a resident of this county\\nfor a period of over forty years, and prominently\\nidentified with its various interests, discharging the\\nduties of many of its offices, and signalizing him-\\nself as a reliable and piaiseworthy citizen. He was\\niSherifl and Under Sheriff for about six years, and\\nwhether in great or little matters has exercised the\\nsame care and fidelity to duty which have gained\\nhim the esteem and confidence of his fellow-citizens.\\nThe boyhood of our subject was spent in Bur-\\nlington Township, Otsego Co., N. Y.. where his\\nbirth took place on the 27th of January, 1819. His\\nfather, Charles Day, was a native of Connecticut,\\na full-blooded Yankee of stanch New England\\nancestry, whose first representatives in this country\\ncrossed the Atlantic from the Principality of Wales,\\nand consisted of two biothers, Robert and John,\\nwho came over as soldiers of the British army. After\\nthe close of the war they decided to remain in the\\nNew World, and settling in New Ensland. there\\nspent the remainder of their lives. The family\\npatronymic in their native country was spelled\\n-Dey.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject, Charles\\nDay, Sr., spent his entire life upon the rocky soil of\\nthe Nutmeg State, where he carried on farming to\\nthe best of his ability, and was a highly respected\\nand honored citizen. The great-grandfather, also\\nnamed Charles Day, was the son of Adonijah Day,\\nthe latter being a near descend.int of the original\\nbrothers. Religiouslj tlie3 were Presbyterians of\\nthe sternest type, and in political matters the later\\ngenerations identified themselves with the old Whig\\nparty. Charles, the father of our suliject. was a\\nnative of Otsego County, N. Y., where he was\\nreared to manhood, and married Miss Eunice King,\\nwho was born in the same locality. After they had\\nbecome the parents of several children, they changed\\ntheir residence to Oneida County, taking up their\\nabode in Paris Township, where both parents died\\nat an advanced age. the mother when eighty-one\\nand the father when ninety-one years old. They\\nalso were Presbyterians, and carefully trained their\\nchildren in the doctrines which they believed would\\nprove for their ultimate good both in this world and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2the next.\\nAlmou Day was reared at the home of his par-\\nents in Otsego County, where he developed into\\nmanhood, and became familiar with farm pursuits.\\nUpon leaving the jwrental roof he repaired to the\\ncity of Rochester, and engaged in boating. He was\\nmarried in 1844, and remained a resident of that\\ncity until 1848, in the spring of which year he\\ndetermined to seek his fortunes in the young State\\nof Michigan. Making the journey by a lake steamer\\nfrom Buffalo to Toledo, and thence by rail to Cam-\\nbria Township, this county, he purchased 1 60 acres\\nof wild land on section 10, and there began the\\nimprovements which to-day attract the admiring\\neye of the passing traveler. He was soon recog-\\nnized as a valuable addition to the community, and\\nin due time was elected Sheriff of Hillsdale County.\\nHe also re|)resented Cambria Township in the\\nCounty Board of Supervisors five years, and has\\nfor a period of twelve years held his present oflSce\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0970.jp2"}, "971": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n955\\nf\\nl\\nas Justice of the Peace. In early life a Whig, he\\nlater became identified with the Repiibh caii party,\\nand has alw.ays taken a lively interest in kjcal\\njwlitics.\\nMr. Day was first marrleil, in 1844, to Miss Pau-\\nlina Streeter. They became the parents of four\\nchildren, one of whom died at the age of one year.\\nJIdwin S. married Miss Ruth Chappell, and is\\nengaged in the grocery and provision trade at Lud-\\nington, this State. William E. took to vvife Miss\\nMary Holmes, and is carrying on general merchan-\\ndising in Ludington; Everet is in the store of his\\nbrother in tlie latter place; Alice S. died in earl^\\nchildhood. The mother of these children passed\\naway at her home in Cambria Township, on the 7th\\nof April, 1857.\\nMr. Day contracted a second marriage, Oct. 19.\\n1862, with Miss Mary E. Sweetraan, of Grand Rap-\\nids, and they are the parents of five children, one of\\nwhom, a little son, Frank, died in infancy. The\\neldest daughter, Mary C, is the wife of Floyd J.\\nCampbell, an extensive grain dealer of Rock Valley,\\nIowa; Cassius A. is engaged in the boot and shoe\\ntrade in Kendallville, Ind.; Alberts, and Roscoe\\nA. are at home with their parents. Our subject and\\nhis wife, usually accompanied by sonic of their\\nchildren, attend regularly the Presbyterian Church,\\nat Hillsdale.\\n;NDREW McDOUGALL. The finely cul-\\n(fei^Ol tivated farm of this gentleman, comprising\\n140 acres on section IG in Woodbridge\\ny/ Township, is a remarkable illustration of\\nthe results of energj^ and perseverance. The sub-\\nject of this sketch commenced life without any\\nmeans whatever except his strong hands and willing\\ndisposition, and h.as the satisfaction of looking\\naround ni)on his possessions, and feeling that for\\nthem he is indebted to no man. Among his neigh-\\nbors he is the synonym of all that is honest,\\nstraightforward and trustworthy, and a man whose\\nword is :is good as his bond.\\nMr. McDougall was born in Glasgow, Scotland,\\nDec. 31, 1847, and was brought by his parents to\\nAmerica when an infant six mtjnths old. They\\nlanded in New York Cit} whence the father pro-\\nceeded to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where he lived\\na number of years engaged in agricultural pursuits.\\nIn 1858 he came with his famil} to Michigan, and\\npurchased eighty acres of land, nearly all timber,\\nin Woodbridge Township, Hillsd.ale County, where\\nhe labored early and late, and built up a good\\nhome from the wilderness. Upon the outbreak of\\nthe late war, he was one of the first to fly to the\\nrelief of his adopted countr} joining a Michig.an\\nregiment in the fall of 1861. Of his war record\\nthere is further notice in his sketch, which will be\\nfound on another page of this work.\\nAndrew McDougall was a lad of eleven j ears\\nwhen his father came to this State, and has all his\\nlife been familiar with agricultural pursuits. Upon\\nreaching manhood he lived in this township, and\\nwhen twenty-five years old was married, Aug. 25,\\n187-2. to ]\\\\Iiss Delia Elubbell, a lady of fine capa-\\nbilities, and a teacher who had been educated at\\nToledo and in Hillsdale College, and who had\\ntaught in Ohio and Michigan for about twenty-\\nfour terms, being very successful. Her parents,\\nVernon and Nanc^ (Dake) Hubbell, were natives\\nof New York State, where their daughter Delia\\nwas born. M.ay 3, 1847. Her paternal grandfather\\nwas a minister of the Baptist Church. Her father\\nwas a farmer bj occupation, and died in 1872, the\\nyear of her marri.age. The mother is still living,\\nmaking her home on the old homestead in Cambria\\nTownship. The parental household included eight\\nchildren, namely: Vernon, Jr., Marietta, Joseph 15.,\\nHarrison; Mary J., Mrs. S. Rugg; Nancy A., Mrs.\\nDeniott; Hannah, the wife of Ed Fitzsimmons, .and\\nDelia, the wife of our subject.\\nMr. and iMrs. McDougall after their marriage\\nlived two years on a rented farm in this township,\\nand then our subject worked his father s farm two\\nyears. He then purchased twent3 -five acres of\\npartially cleared land in Woodl ridge Township, for\\nwhich he paid ^43 per acre. His next (jurchase w:is\\nfive acres, for which he paid $150, and after several\\nmore additions to his real estate and struggling\\nhard to liquidate his indebtedness, he found himself\\nonce more with his head above water, and the\\nowner of the fine body of land u|)on which he h:is\\noperated with such good advantage, making a good\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0971.jp2"}, "972": {"fulltext": "956\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nliving for his family nnd accumulating something\\nfor a rainy day. He has two cliilrlren only: Carrie\\nA., born July -20, 187ti. and Algia, Dec. 12, 1878.\\nThey are at home with their parents. Mr. Mc-\\nDougall is a stanch adherent of the Republican\\npartj but has little time to give to politics, being\\nmostly interested in his farm and family.\\nGEORGP: p. wolf, proprietor of the plan-\\ning-mill which stands conspicuous in the\\nwestern part of tlie city of Hillsdale, carries\\non extensively the manufacture of doors, sash, blinds,\\netc., and established his present business in 1874.\\nDuring his residence of fourteen 3 ears in this locality,\\nthe people among whom he has lived have learned to\\nregard him with iiigh favor, as being a responsible\\nbusiness man and a worthy and reliable citizen.\\nHis birth occurred in the little Kingdom of Saxony,\\nGermany, on the 2 3 day of March, 1827, and his\\nancestors were of pure German stock, possessing in\\na marked degree all the substantial and honest\\ntraits of that nationality.\\nJohn Peter Wolf, the father of our subject, was\\na carpenter bj trade, and as a natural consequence\\nhis son George, after being released from school\\nwhere he had spent his time since he was a little lad\\nof six years until he became a youth of fourteen,\\nentered the shop of his father, under whom he served\\na thorough apprenticeship, and with whom he re-\\nmained until reaching bis majority. Then, in accord-\\nance with the requirements of the Government of\\nthe Fatherland, he served a j-ear in the German\\narmj At the expiration of this time he set sail\\nat the port of Bremen, bound for America, in\\nwhich he arrived after a voyage of four weeks. He\\nstaid a brief time in New York City, then made his\\nway to Sandusky, Ohio, where he soon secured\\nemployment, and where he lemained until the spring\\nof 1874.\\nOur subject now determined to seek the farther\\nWest, and coming to this county continued em-\\nployed as heretofore, and soon discovered the\\nurgent need of better facilities for carrying on the\\nmanufacture of the articles which he now puts forth\\nfrom his factory. He accordingly established a\\nplaning-mill on a small scale, and greatly to his\\nsatisfaction was soon in the enjoyment of a thriving\\nlittle business, which increased so rapidlj that he\\nwas soon obliged to enlarge his facilities. He has\\nnow a fine two-story building, equipped with all\\nmodern machinery, including a steam engine of 25-\\nhorse power, and all the other improvements natu-\\nrally suggested in order to meet the constant pres-\\nsure of orders received from all parts of this .and\\nadjoining counties. Nature provided Mr. Wolf\\nwith excellent business cap.acit}-, which, coupled\\nwith his industry and perseverance, has resulted in\\nsetting him on the highway to a competenc3\\nMr. Wolf has been twice married. His first wife,\\nMiss Elizabeth Fisher, was born in Saxony, Cob.alt,\\nand departed this life at her home in August. 1863.\\nShe was the mother of one son and three daughters\\nErnest, Margaret. Caroline and Emma, who are\\nnow in Michigan and Lidiana. The present wife\\nof our subject was formerlj Miss Christina Sei-\\ngle, a native of North Baden, and who is the mother\\nof two children George C. and Christina. This\\nson is the assistant of his father in the mill, and\\nthe daughter continues at home. Mr. Wolf upon\\nbecoming a naturalized citizen identified himself\\nfirst with the Republican partj but considered that\\nhe had reason to change his politics, and now atfili-\\natcs with the Democracy.\\nD\\nEUBEN B. MASON, the leading merchant\\nlui-} of Frontier Village, Hillsdale County, car-\\nlJL\\\\ ri^s a large general stock of dry -goods,\\nW^boots, shoes, hats, caps, hardware, drugs,\\ndyes, etc. His is the oldest established house in the\\nvillage, and his store is in a fine building, ne.atly\\nand tastefully fitted up, and admirably adapted to\\nits purposes. His wide experience in the mercan-\\ntile business enables him to judge of the demands\\nof the trade, and of the class of goods suited to the\\nwants of his patrons, and he controls the largest and\\nbest custom of the place. Mr. Mason comes of a\\nmixed Anglo-Celtic ancestry, and was born in Bur-\\nlington County-, N. J., March 4, 1826. His parents\\nwere natives of New Jersey, and are now deceased.\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0972.jp2"}, "973": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n957\\nThe early years of our subject were passed in his\\nnative State, where he acquired the rurtiinents of\\nhis education in tlie public schools. Wlien lie was\\nthirteen years of age he accompanied his parents to\\ntheir new home in Lucas County, now Fulton\\nCounty, Ohio, where he attended school and com-\\npleted his education. When quite young he estab-\\nlished himself in business there .as a peppermint\\ndistiller, and he afterward ran a pearl ashery and a\\nsaleratus factory. He w.as very enterprising and\\nenergetic, and did not, by any means, confine his\\nattention to those branches of business, but branched\\nout in other directions, and we next hear of him as\\nmanaging a store in the town of Blanc, Fulton\\nCo., Ohio, and he also conducted the post-olDce in\\nconnection with his store, serving as Postmaster for\\neleven years.\\nMr. Mason w.as niairicd, March 15, 1849. to Miss\\nSarah Oldham. She comes of a good old German\\nfamily, and was born Dec. 17, IScJO. Iler parents\\nwere honest, sober-minded. God-fearing people, who\\ntrained her in habits of industry; they reared her\\nin the faith uf the Methodist Episcopal Church, but\\nshe is now a devout and highly esteemed member\\nof the United Brethren Church. To her and her\\nhusband have been born nine children, all of whom\\nhave grown to maturity and married, with the ex-\\nception of one, and their record is as follows:\\nRhoda A., born Dec. 27, 1S49, married Allen\\nAgnew; Freeman C, born Aug. 1, 1B51, is a phy-\\nsician; Rebecca B. was born .June 7, 1853; John\\nR., born Jan. 14, 1855, is a clergyman; Reuben B.,\\nJr., was born Nov. 10. 1857; he is a stonemason.\\nGeorge W. was born Jan. 1, 18G0; Sarah C, Aug.\\n5, 18G3; Emett C, Dec. 24, 18(J5; Abraham, Oct.\\n12, 18G7.\\nIn 18G() Mr. Mason came with his family to\\nthis county, and settled in the tovvnshii)of Ransom,\\nwhere he purchased 1184^ acres of fine, arable land,\\nand devoting himself assiduously to agricultural\\npursuits for some years, improved a very fine farm.\\nIn 1879, however, he decided to enter the mercan-\\ntile world once again, and accordingly established\\nhis present business in Frontier, and has since suc-\\ncessfully conducted it. He carries a large stock,\\nvalued at about $5,000, and has an extensive and\\nconstantly growing trade. He also carries on quite\\na large commission business in connection with his\\nother trade, and in the month of April shipped\\nseventy-five barrels of eggs to the New York mar-\\nket. He has erected two fine residences, and owns\\nother valuable property.\\nMr. Mason is one of the stand-bys of the Demo-\\ncratic party in this vicinity, and uses his influence\\nto promote the success of that party. While he\\nresided in Ransom Townshij) he held the ollice of\\nJustice of the Peace for some years. He is a peace-\\nable and law-abiding citizen, and his genial and ever\\ncourteous manners and obliging disposition have\\ngained for him .many friends. He comes from a\\ngood old (Quaker family and in his religious views\\nespouses the faith of his fathers.\\n-o\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bb-\u00c2\u00aev\u00c2\u00abv\u00c2\u00ae-\\nWILLIAM T. BUCHANAN, of the firm of\\nW. T. Buchanan Son, manufacturers of\\ndoors and window screens, established in\\nbusiness in 18G7 at Hillsdale, operating a planing-\\nmill at first about five years, and then began the\\n7nanufaclure of milk safes and fanning-niills, and\\ncarried on quite an extensive business in lli;it line\\nfor a period of some ten years In 1882 he began\\nthe manufacture of screen doors, and the year fol-\\nlowing was obliged to enlarge his facilities, and now\\nreceives orders from points throughout Michigan\\n.and the States adjoining.\\nMr. Buchanan, like many of the enterprising men\\nabout Inn), is a product of the Buckej e State, and\\nwas born in the town of Reed, in Seneca County,\\nNov. 6, 1833. His parents, John, Jr.. and Lucy B.\\n(Rice) Buchanan, wore natives of New York State,\\nwhence they removed to Ohio, locating among the\\nearlj^ settlers of Seneca County. The father took\\nup a tract of land, from wiiich he eliniinati d a good\\nfarm and carried on .agriculture until his death.\\nThe parental household included three children, of\\nwhom William T. w.os the second born, and in com-\\nmon with his brother and sister, acquired his early\\neducation in the district schools, and learned to\\nplow, sow and reap.\\nOur subject came to Hillsdale County in 1838,\\nin company with his uncle, and for a time was vari-\\nously employed. Later he commenced an appren\\ni~", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0973.jp2"}, "974": {"fulltext": ";h\\n968\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ntieeship as a earpcntei- and joiner, and followed this\\ntrade for a number of years, and until after the\\nlate Civil War. In August, 18G1. he determined\\nto become a soldier of the Union army, and accord-\\ningly enlisted in Company C, 1st United States\\nSharpshooters, which regiment was assigned to the\\nArmy of the Potomac, and did considerable picket\\nduty in and around the city of Washington and at\\nYori town, in the District of Columbia.\\nAbout the time ot the evacuation of Yorktown,\\nMr. Buchanan was taken ill with typhoid fever, was\\nconlined in the hospital for a time, and finally sent\\nhome. Upon his recovery he rejoined his company\\nat Harrison Landing, in Virginia, but on account\\nof the exposure he suffered a relaiise, and found\\nhimself in the hosiiital a second time. When par-\\ntially recovered he was assigned to the convalescent\\ncorps, liut on account of continued ill-health was\\ncompelled to accept his discharge in March, 1863.\\nHe now returned to Hillsdale, and commenced the\\nbusiness career to which we have .-dready alluded.\\nMr. Buchanan was married in Adrian, Mich.,\\nDec. 24, 1803, to Miss Louisa A. Warren, of Nor-\\nwalk, Ohio, whose paients, Thomas and Martha\\nWarren, were also residents of that city. The\\nfather is dead, the mother living in Hillsdale. Mrs.\\nBuchanan w.as born Oct. 4, 1837, in Korwalk, Ohio,\\nand by her union with our subject became the\\nmother of one child only, a son, Harry T., who was\\nborn Oct. 13, 1864, and is now the partner of his\\nfatiier. He was married, Nov. 11, 1886, to Miss\\nLouisa Snyder, of Montpelier, Ohio, and they have\\none laughter, Minnie, who was born March 15,\\n1888. Our subject, politically, is a solid Repub-\\nlican, and a member in good standing of the G.\\nA. U.\\ni^vOLNEY A. SEBRING. Tiiis gentleman is\\ncomfortably located on section 20, in Cam-\\nbria Township, where he has a snug farm of\\neighty-nine acres, with excellent buildings, a fair\\nassortment of live stock, and all the appurtenances\\nof a prosperous country estate. He purchased this\\nproperty in 1882, but had worked the land on\\nshares for several years previously. Its condition\\nreflects reat credit u|ion his skill and industry.\\nMr. Sebring is a native of Southern Michigan, hav-\\ning been born in Ogden Township, Lenawee County,\\nNov. 10, 1844. His parents. Perry and Dorcas\\n(Jewell) Sebring, were natives of Sodus, N. Y.,\\nwhere the father carried on farming during his\\nyounger years, but after his marriage came to this\\nSlate, as early as 1840, and settled in the swampy\\nwilds of Ogden Township, where he succeeded in\\nmaking some improvements on the land which he\\npurchased, and whence he removed in 1852, to Fay-\\nette Township, this county. He improved a very\\ngood farm there, but in 1854 sold out and took up his\\nabode in Cambria Township, on section 34, wliere\\nhe made his home several years. Then selling his\\npropertj there also, he purchased on section 27, in\\nthe same township, and followed farming as before\\nuntil his death. Dee. 6, 1881, when past sixty-\\nthree years of age. He had been quite active in\\nlocal politics, endorsed the principles of the Rei)ub-\\nlican party, and had held most of the offices of the\\ntownshii), from Supervisor down. In religious mat-\\nters he was a Uni versalist. The wife and mother dieil\\nin middle life, in 1805, at their home in Cambria\\nTownshii). She was a lady of many excellent quali-\\nties, and her name is held in tender remembrance\\nby her children.\\nThe parental household included four sons and\\nthree daughters, of whom Volney A. was the second\\nchild, and is the oldest one living. The two other\\nsons and the two daughters surviving are all mar-\\nried and comfortably settled, making their homes\\nmostly in Michigan. Volney A., when reaching man-\\nhood, was married in Woodbridge Township, Aug.\\nJ, 1868, to Miss Dorcas E. Wyllys, who was born\\nin Ridgeville, Lorain Co., Ohio, Nov. 14, 1844.\\nHer parents, Rufus and Dorcas (Darling) Wyllys,\\nwere boin, reared and married in Cattaraugus\\nCounty, N. Y., whence they removed to Lorain\\nCounty, Ohio, during its pioneer days. The father\\nfrom the unbroken wilderness built up a good farm,\\nbut in 1849 sold out, and coming to this county,\\npurchased forty acres of land on section 2, in Wood-\\nbridge Township. Upon this he labored industri-\\nously with excellent results, and added by degrees\\nto his real estate until at the time of his death he\\nwas the possessor of a lialf-section. with good build-\\nin ^s. Here his death took [ilace in 1802. when he", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0974.jp2"}, "975": {"fulltext": "M^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n959\\nwas fifty-eight years of age. The mother survived\\nher husband a period of lliirtcon years, and was\\nabout the same age as he at the time of her decease.\\nMrs. Scbring was one of tiie younger of eight\\nchildren born to her parents. Of her brothers and\\nsisters, six are now living and residents of Michigan\\nand Virginia. Mrs. S. attended the district schools\\nof her native township, and completcci her studies\\nin the city of Hillsdale. She began teaching when\\neighteen years of age, aTid was thus occupied until\\nher marriage. Our sulijcct and his wife have two\\ninteresting children, Thom;is 0. and Erma D., who\\narc seventeen and six years of age respectivelj\\nTheir otiier two children liufus and Lewis died\\nyoung. Mr. Sebring gives most of his attention\\nto his farm, but at the times of general election\\nvotes the Republican ticket.\\n-^-s-\\nfrr o o o\\neral agriculture on section 1 1 in Cambria\\n(l\\\\/jj) Township, makes a spocialt} of fruit grow-\\npr chu\\nOLOMON DAVIS, who is engaged in gen.\\nia\\nw-\\ning,and owns a well conducted little farm\\nof eighty acres in a good state of cultivation and\\nsupplied with good buildings. Seven acres of the\\nland are devoted to fruit trees of the better grades,\\nand of tliis industry Mr. Davis has made a success,\\nrealizing each year from this department of his\\nfarm handsome returns.\\nMr. Davis took possession of the land which con-\\nstitutes his present homestead in the spring of 1849,\\nwhen the question of its successful cultivation\\nseemed a doubtful matter. Nature had, however,\\nblessed hini with great perseverance and resolution\\nof character, and he is now, or should be, well satis-\\nfied with the results of his labors.\\nA native of Locke Township, Cayuga Co., N.\\nv., Mr. Davis was born Ot^. 27. 1822, and is the\\nson of Solomon Davis, Sr., who was born in Massa-\\nchusetts, and whose ancestors have been natives of\\nNew England for many generations. He carried\\non farming during his younger years in his native\\nState, and there m.arried Miss Sallj A. Bancroft, a\\nnative of his own county, and the daughter of an\\nold and highly respected family of Eastern M;issa-\\nchusetts. They emigrated to New York and set-\\ntled among the early pioneers of Cayuga County,\\nwhere they were married. They subsequently re-\\nmoved to Wayne County, settling upon a small\\ntract of land, where the mother died in middle life,\\nabout 1828. Solomon Davis, Sr., survived his\\npartner many years, and passed away after reach-\\ning his threescore years and ten.\\nThe subject of this sketch was the youngest but\\none of his parents family, and was a little lad five\\nyears of age when they removed from his native\\ntownship to Wayne County. From there, in 1814,\\nafter reaching manhood, he made his way to South-\\nern Michigan, and purchased forty acres of land in\\nJefferson Township, this county. Six years later\\nhe returned to Wayne County, N. Y., and fulfilled\\nthe pledge which he had m.ade to a maiden whom\\nhe had known from boyhood, their marriage taking\\nplace on the 1st of October, 1850. This lad^ Miss\\nRoxsena Strickland, was born in Walworth Town-\\nship, Waj nc County, Dec. 28, 1824, and was the\\ndaughter of Joseph and Roxsena (Bancroft) Strick-\\nland, who were natives respectively of Connecticut\\nand M.assachusetts. Her f)arents came to New\\nY ork early in life, and were marrietl in Walworth\\nTownship, of which their parents were earl} pio-\\nneers. The} were of quiet and contented disposi-\\ntions, and settling down near the scenes of their\\nchildhood d.ays, there spent the remainder of their\\nlives, the mother dying at the jige of fift^ -two.\\nThe father, surviving many years, passed away at\\nthe age of eighty-six.\\nI o the parents of Jlrs. Davis there were born\\nfive sons and six daughters, and of these three sons\\nand four daughters are living. Miss Mar} Strick-\\nland makes her home with her sister, Mrs. Davis.\\nAll are provided with a practical education, and are\\ncarefully trained in those principles which have\\nmade them honored and valued members of the\\ncommunity.\\nOur subject and his wife, after their marriage,\\ncommenced life together in a modest dwelling in\\nCambria Township, where Mr. Davis carried on the\\nfarming pursuits with which he had been familiar\\nsince his earliest recollections. Of this union there\\nwere born five children, all of whom are deceased.\\nMartha L. died at the age of seven yeivrs,and Ettie\\nV. when two yeare old Augusta V. became the wife", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0975.jp2"}, "976": {"fulltext": "i\\n960\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nof William Butler, anrl died at her home in Hills-\\ndale Township when twenty-five years of age Cora\\nD. was taken from the borne circle when three years\\nof age; the next child died in infancy, unnamed.\\nThey adopted a boy, Herbert Lawrence, who re-\\nmained with thera until nineteen years old, and is\\nstill in the county.\\nMr. and Mrs. Davis set out for Michigan soon\\nafter their marriage, and settled upon the eighty\\nacres of land which Mr. D. had previously purchased.\\nDuring the thirty-eight j-ears which he has lived\\namong the people of Cambria Township, he has\\nfull} established himself in their esteem and confi-\\ndence, proving a most worthy representative of his\\nsturdy New England forefathers. He cast his first\\nPresidential vote for Fi-emont, and has held the\\nminor offices of his township, discharging the duties\\nof each in a careful and conscientious manner. Mrs.\\nDavis is a zealous member of the Free-Will Baptist\\nChurch, in which her father served as a Deacon for\\nmany years.\\n-^-^m-\\nJYl F. FITZf5lMM0N.S,a farmer who resides on\\nsection 36, in Hillsdale Township, is a native\\nof Hillsdale County, having l)een born in\\nReading Township, June 16, 18.iL He is a\\nson of John and Charlotte A. (Merriman) Fitzsim-\\nmons, both natives of New Yoik, the former hav-\\ning been born in Dundee, Yates County. .Sept. 6,\\n1818, and the latter in Chazy, Clinton County,\\nMarch 15, 1828. They were married at Reading\\nin 1848.\\nJohn Fitzsimmons c.Tine with his father to Michi-\\ngan in April, 18o7, and settled with his father s\\nfamily on the farm, where he died Feb. 8, 1887.\\nHe had been identified with every enterprise and\\nimprovement conducive to the welfare of his town-\\nship and county from the days of the earliest pio-\\nneer until his death. He first lost his theretofore\\nrobust health in 1869, by overtaxing his strength\\nin aiding in laying out and building the then Ft.\\nWayne, Jackson Saginaw Railroad. From that\\nlime until his death he suffered with a disease of the\\nheart. He was stricken with apoplexy on the 3d\\nday of February, 1887, and never spoke afterward.\\nt\\nalthough at times he was thought to be conscious,\\nand died on the 8th. His funeral was conducted\\nby the Eureka Commandery, Knights Templar, of\\nHillsdale\u00e2\u0080\u0094 of which organization he had been a\\nmember for many years on Tuesday, Feb. 10,\\n1887. His death was mourned as a public calam-\\nity, and his funeral, although the day was exceed-\\ningly stormy, was attended by a very large number\\nof people. There were hitched at the time of the\\nfuneral ceremonies, in and around the yards of his\\nlate residence, over 250 teams, and the several Ma-\\nsonic organizations and many others came from\\nthe railway station on foot. A more extended\\nnotice of Mr. Fitzsimmons affairs is given in the\\nbiographical sketch of George R. Fitzsimmons, of\\nReading Township.\\nMrs. Fitzsimmons survived her husband only\\na short time, she having been called to her final\\nrest on the night of the 9th day of March, 1888,\\nafter only a few hours illness. The cause of her\\ndeath was paralysis of the heart. Thus both father\\nand mother were called away very suddenly.\\nMr. and Mrs. Fitzsimmons were liberal contrib-\\nutors toward the support of the Regular Baptist\\nChurch, although the family of Mrs. Fitzsimmons\\nhad been of the Presbyterian school. The family\\nof Mr. and Mrs. John Fitzsimmons consisted of four\\nchildren, viz: George R., who was born Aug. 23,\\n1849, and now resides on the old homestead; John\\nF., the subject of the present sketch; Georgia A.,\\nwife of Orville G. Burch, born Nov. 18, 1852, who\\nalso resides on the homestead, and Vincent E.,\\nborn March 2, 1860, and died July 6, 1862.\\nJ. F. Fitzsimmons was united in marriage, Dec.\\n24, 1874, with Miss Ann E. Gilmore, who was\\nboin Nov. 14, 1851, on the farm of which the one\\nnow occupied by them is a part. She is the daugh-\\nter of Samuel and Mary (Swift) Gilmore, also na-\\ntives of New York. Samuel Gilmore was born in\\nCayuga County, Jan. 17, 1814, and Mrs. Gilmore\\nwas born in Seneca County, Nov. 25, 1816. They\\nwere married April 5, 1842. They are living in\\nthe city, having literally worn themselves out on\\nthe farm. Mr. Gilmore came to Michigan in Octo-\\nber, 1836, in company with his brother, John Gil-\\nmore, who was two j ears his senior. John never\\nmarried and always lived with his brother, owning", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0976.jp2"}, "977": {"fulltext": "-U\\n1 1\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n9Gi\\nthe farm nnd oilier jjroperty in coiiimon witli him,\\nuntil his death, wliicii uccuired Sept. 7, 1870. Both\\nof them were pnniiineiit in the formation of the\\nearly history of the county.\\nAlthough not ineinliers of any church, IMr. and\\nMrs. (iilmore are Christian pec)[jle, ever ready to\\nlend a helping- hand in all undertakings inaugurated\\nfor the promotion of the cause of morality in the\\ncommunity, and as far as declining years and\\nfeelile health will permit, are regular attendants at\\nthe Methodist Church. i\\\\Ir. and Mrs. Gilmore are\\nthe parents of two children Margaret, now the\\nwife of Hon. L. S. Kaincy, horn Jan. 29, 1S4;3, who,\\nwith her husband and son, resides with her parents\\nin Hillsdale, and Ann E., wife of J. F. Fitzsiramons,\\nas stated.\\nMrs. Fitzsimmons was educated in the public\\nschools of Hillsdale, and at Hillsdale College. Her\\nunion with Mr. Fitzsiraiuons has been blessed with\\none child, Clare Gilmore, who was born on the 2oUi\\nof September, 1\u00c2\u00ab79, and is a bright boy attending\\nschool. They now have in process of erection a\\nfine stone residence two stories high, built from\\nstone on the farm, and it is verily a house with many\\ngables. The interior is finished in natural woods,\\nand altogether it is a fine specimen of architecture;\\nMr. Fitzsimmons is the architect, and has been\\nhapiw in superintending its construction in every\\ndetail.\\nMr. Fitzsimmons was educated at the district\\nschools and at Hillsdale College, where he was grad-\\nuated in 1870 on his ninteenth birthday, with the\\nlargest class ever graduated at that institution. He\\nthen attended the law department of the Michigan\\nUniversity at Ann Arbor. He was admitted to\\nthe bar in 1874, and practiced law in Hillsdale for\\neight years with success, but having been reared\\nupon the farm and being used to vigorous exercise,\\nhis odice duties and indoor work so undermined\\nhis health that he was compelled to relinquish his\\nprofession and return to the occupation of his fathers.\\nMr. Fitzsimmons still keeps his law librarj so it is\\nevident he has by no means lost sdl interest in his\\nprofession, although he steadily refuses to practice.\\nMr. Fitzsimmons has been for many years promi-\\nnently identified with the Hillsdale Count} Agri-\\ncultural Society. Very few persons have worked\\n4\u00c2\u00bb\\nso arduouslj for its success as he, and very few\\nindeed are more attentively listened to in its coun-\\ncils. In politics Mr. Fitzsimmons holds the faith\\nof his fathers, and is a Democrat, and having al-\\nways lived in Hillsdale County, he has not held\\nmany otlices.\\n-j-^^^^- s.-^||^o^^-\\n0-^- HAliLES E. SWIFT. There are few men of\\nWoodbridge Township who are more enter-\\nprising than the subject of this sketch. He\\nowns a fine farm on section 14, where he put up a\\nsawmill in 1887. and that year alone got out 200,-\\n000 feet of lumber, besides which he also runs a\\nstave and heading factory, in addition to the saw-\\ning of shingles and lath, and the manufacture of\\napple barrels. He has just completed a line barn,\\n40x50 feet in area, with a stone basement under the\\nentire structure, and the coming year proposes to\\nbuild one of the finest dwellings in the county.\\nMr. Swift is a native of this county, and wsis\\nborn in Hillsdale Township, Oct. 31, 1852. His\\nparents, .lohn C. and Huth (Davis) Swift, were na-\\ntives of Jvew York, the father born iu 1820. The\\nlatter was a farmer by occupation, and one of the\\npioneers of this county, coming West with his par-\\nents when a lad eight or nine years old. He ac-\\nquired a practical education, and in 1873 purchased\\n160 .acres of land, upon which he erected a stave\\nand heading factory, and besides clearing his land,\\noperated his mill four years, realizing therefrom a\\ngood income. He was known as a straightforward\\nbusiness man, and enjo3 cd the confidence and es-\\nteem of his neighbors. After a long and useful\\ncareer, he departed hence June 7, 1877. The\\nmother of our subject, after the death of xMr. Swift,\\nbecame the wife of Hugh Loughery, and is still liv-\\ning. Of her first marriage there were born five chil-\\ndren, namely: Ernest, Matilda, Wellsie, Nellie and\\nCharles E. The latter was the eldest child.\\nOur subject continued a member of his father s\\nhousehold until 1 87 J, being married, February 27 of\\nthat year, to Miss Elizabeth Dow, who was born in\\nOhio, Oct. 13, 1853. Her parents, Alexander and\\nElizabeth (Cowen) Dow, were both natives of Scot-\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0977.jp2"}, "978": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\n962\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nl\\\\\\nland, and born near tlie city of Glasgow. Tiie\\nfather was a farmer bj oecupaiion, an l tliej came\\nto America in 1845, settling in Ohio, where the\\nfather became owner of a farm. In 1 854, however,\\nhe sold out, and coming to tliis county, purciiased\\neighty acres of wild land, where he lived and labored\\ntwelve years, his death taking pl.ace Oct. 18, 186(),\\nin Cambria. The mother is still living at the old\\nliomestead, and is now seventy years of age. Their\\nchildren were named respectively: Christina, Isa-\\nbellc, Elizabeth, Agnes .and two Williams, the first\\none having died in infancy.\\nMr. and Mrs. Swift have one child only, a son,\\nDean, who was born Feb. 5, 1882. Mr. Swift h.as\\nvery little time to give to political affairs, but l eeps\\nhimself well posted upon matters of general inter-\\nest, and uniformly votes tlie Republican ticket.\\nThe products of his mill are shipped largely to the\\ncity of Hillsdale, and he employs from five to fifteen\\nmen. He has a thirtj -horse power engine, and all\\nthe other appliances for carrying on his mill busi-\\nness to tlie best advantage. The mill is likely to\\nbecome one of the indispensable institutions of this\\npart of the county. The barrel headings are manu-\\nfactured mostly from basswood and the staves of\\nelm and oak.\\n-Ha-\\n-7jj~\\nDWARD E. MOORE, M. D., a worthy mem-\\nEber of the medical profession of Hillsdale\\nCounty, has, since the beginning of his prac-\\ntice in 1883, made good headway, and is numbered\\namong the rising young physicians who are evi-\\ndently destined to a successful future. His early\\nhome was in Marshall County, 111., his birth taking\\nplace in the city of AVenona, Oct. 26, 1855. His\\nfather, Hon. Nathaniel Moore, was one of the\\nactive business men of that section, merchant,\\nbanker and capitalist, a man of excellent educa-\\ntion, more than ordinary ability, and taking a\\nlively interest in politics. After filling various\\npositions of trust and responsibility in his county,\\nhe was elected a Member of Congress from the\\nEighth Senatorial District of Illinois, and served\\nacceptabli being always the supporter of those\\nentcri)rises tending to the general welfare of his\\ndistrict, and introducing measures calculated to\\nadvance the interests of its people.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject, David\\nMoore by name, was a native of New Jej-sey,\\nwhence lie emigrated to Ohio early in life, and there\\nspent the remainder of his d.ays. Coming from a\\nfamily noted for its longevity, he was in nowise\\nbehind his ancestors, and rounded up the ripe old\\nage of ninety-nine years. The mother of our sub-\\nject was in her girlhood Miss Julia Banta, of Ger-\\nman ancestry, and the daughter of Abraham Banta,\\nwho was born, reared and married in the Father-\\nland, and subsequently emigrated to the United\\nStates, settling in the Territor} of Illinois at an\\nearl} day. Both Nathaniel Moore and his esti-\\nmable wife are still living, and residents of Wenona.\\nOf their nine children, comprising eight sons .and\\none daughter, five survive, and are residents mostly\\nof Illinois, Michigan and Arizona.\\nThe subject of this biography was the third of\\nthe family living to maturity, and, like his brotheis,\\np.assed his boyhood in his native town, pursuing his\\nfirst studies in the common school. Subsequently\\nhe entered the Northwestern University, at Evans-\\nton, from which he was graduated in 1878, and\\nafterward became a student of Dartmouth C(jllege,\\nfrom the medical department of which he was\\ngraduated in the fall of 1882. From there he\\nrepaired to New York City, where he was graduated\\nfrom the New York Polyclinic College, in 1884,\\nand served for nine months as Assistant in the\\nCiiair of Gynecology and Ophthalmology in the\\nNew York Polyclinic, and three months Assistant\\nSurgeon in Chambers Street Accident Hospital,\\nNew York Cit} and for nine months .as Assistant\\nin the Department of Heart and Lungs, in the Uni-\\nversity of New York. In the fall following he\\nmade his way to this county, and opened an office\\non Howell street, in the city of Hillsdale, where lie\\nhas since been located, and is gradually, but surely,\\nworking his way to a good position among his\\nCompeers.\\nDr. Moore, while a resident of New York City,\\nwas married to one of the most estimable young\\nladies of Saybrook, Conn., Miss M. A. Ingham,\\nthe wedding taking place at the home of the\\nbride in Saybrook, in 1883. Mrs. Moore was", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0978.jp2"}, "979": {"fulltext": "i\\n-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n963\\nI\\nborn in Snybrook. *^onn., March 8. 18fi 2, and is\\nliie (laughter of IL F. and Jennie Ingham, whose\\nancestors settled in New England, it is believed.\\nl)rior to the Revolutionary War. Her parents are\\nnow residents of Saybrook, Conn. Of this union\\nthere have been born two children Blanche B. and\\nHeiir} L The3 occupy a neat and comfortable\\nhome on Manning street, and enjoy the friendship\\nof the best people of the city. Dr. Moore belongs\\nto the Southern Micliigan Medical Association, and\\nis Surgeon for the Lake Shore Micliigan Southern\\nRaiht)ad Company.\\nLBERT MOORE, a prosperous farmer liv-\\ning on section 36 of Adams Township, is\\na native of New York, born in Lockport,\\n^J Niagara County, April 6, 1827, being the\\nyoungest of the seven children who grew to matur-\\nity born to Levi and Lucretia Moore. His father\\nwas reared in Albany- County, N. Y.. which was\\nthe birthplace of his mother. Thej married and\\nsettled in Broome Township, where they lived for a\\nfew years before moving to N iagara County. From\\nthe latter place they came to Michigan in Novem-\\nber, 1836, and bought a fai m in Lenawee County,\\nPalm3 ra Township, where tliej remained until 1844.\\nMv. Moore then bought a farm on section 25, Ad-\\n.ams Township, which he soon afterward traded for\\na part of the farm on which his son Albert now\\nresides. He commenced clearing the land, and\\nmade that his home until his death, in 1849, when\\nhe was sixty-seven years of age. His widow was\\nafterward married to Judd D. Tucker, who lived\\nbut a short time after the marriage. Mrs. Tucker\\nspent the remainder of her life with her son, of\\nwliom we write, dying in October. 185. at the .age\\nof sixty-seven years.\\nOur subject was eight and one-half years old\\nwhen he came with his parents to Micliigan, just at\\nthe age when an intelligent child receives and re-\\ntains iniiircssions. The journey was an exciting\\nand fascinating one for him; traveling overland with\\na team of horses, a wagon containing the family and\\nthe househohl utensils, and a cow, from Lockport\\nto Bufl alo, thence by the tcanicr Coluniiius to\\nI\\nDetroit, then with the team again through the long\\nan l almost pathless woods to pMlniyra, where the\\nfamily settled. The educational facilities of New-\\nYork, where our subject first attended school, were\\nvery good, but after coming to Michigan there was\\nno public school that he could attend for the first\\ntwo or three years, and after that no sessions except\\nin the winter seasons. He was sixteen years old\\nwhen his parents removed to Hillsdale Count} and\\nhe afterward remained at home, assisting on the\\nfarm until his marriage. That impoiUaiit event in\\nhis life took place in 1855, when he was wedded to\\nMiss Lucy J., daughter of Royal and Phebe Con-\\nverse, natives respectively of Vermont and New\\nYork. Their marriage took place in the latter\\nState, where they settled and remained until 1846,\\nwhen they followed the tide of emigration to Michi-\\ngan. The following 3-ear the death of the father\\noccurred, he being then only fift^ -one years of age.\\nThe mother survived until 18GG, when she died at\\nthe age of sixty-six years. They were the parents\\nof twelve children, seven daughters and five sons,\\nof whom Mrs. Moore is tho eighth child in order of\\nbirth. She was born in Wayne County, N. Y., Dec.\\n19, 1835, .and was therefore eleven years old when\\nshe came to Michigan. She attended the public\\nschools of her native and adopted States, and re-\\nceived from her mother a most excellent training\\nin the duties of a housewife, thus preparing her in\\nearly life for the responsible position she was so\\nsoon to assume. To her and her husband have\\nbeen born si.^ children, namely: Fremont C, Frank\\nL. and Fred A. (twins), Faj R., Louisa E. and an\\ninfant. Fremont is a farmer in Ransom Count}\\nDak.; he married Emma Moore, and they have one\\nchild, Albert Leroy. Frank, Fred and Fay arc at\\nhome. Louisa E. married Charles R. Marvin, the\\nwedding taking jilace at the residence of Elder Wil-\\ncox, in Adams Township, Aug. 21, 1887.\\nDuring Mr. Moore s residence of more than half\\na centurj in Michigan, he h;is seen its rapi l develop-\\nment from a forest covered land to a thriving agri-\\ncultural region, supporting busy towns and popidous\\ncities. In all of this progress our subject h.is been\\nan important factor, and has materially aided every\\nenterprise conducive to the welfare of his county or\\ntown. He is an industrious and capable agricult-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0979.jp2"}, "980": {"fulltext": "-H^-\\n964\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\niirist, whose labors have produced most excellent\\nresults, which are visible to the observer in the well-\\ntilled farm of eighty-nine acres, on which he has\\nerected ample farm buildings and a good dwelling.\\nThe latter, which w.as built in 188.5, stands not far\\nfrom their previous home, the old log house built\\nin 1843. Our subject has always taken an interest\\nin securing the best educational advantages for his\\ntownship, and for nine years h.as been one of the\\nschool officers. Socially, he is a member of the\\nIMasonic fraternity. In politics he is a devoted\\nKei)ublican, and h.as been since the formation of\\ntliat party, when he cast a vote for Gen. John C.\\nFremont.\\n\\\\f| OHN F. McBAIN, senior partner of the firm\\nof McBain Harris, dealers in dry-goods,\\nI notions, etc., is one of the leading merchants\\nof North Adams, and altliongh still a young\\nman, has established himself in a good position,\\nsocially and financially, among his fellow-citizens.\\nHe is the scion of an excellent old family, his par-\\nents having been Charles and Permelia (Blackmer)\\nMcBain, the former a native of Edinburgh, Scot-\\nland, and the latter of the State of New York.\\nCharles McBain left his native hills in the spring\\nof 1855, and crossing the Atlantic, made his way\\ndirectly to Michigan, and locating in Faj-ette\\nTownship, engaged as a farm laborer in the vicinity\\nof Jonesville. His sturdy honesty and fidelity at\\nonce secured him friends among all who knew him,\\nwhile the resolute and determined spiiit of industry\\nwhich he luad inherited from his ancestors in due\\ntime yielded its legitimate fruit. He lived eco-\\nnomically and saved his earnings, and in due time\\nbecame owner of one of the best farms in Adams\\nTownship. Socially, and as a citizen, he occupies no\\nsecondary place among the responsible men about\\nhim, and, with his estimable wife, is still living at his\\ncountry residence north of the town of North\\nAdams, his age being fifty-eight years, and that of\\nthe mother fiftj--four.\\nTo Charles and Permelia McBain there were born\\nthree children Eugene, John F. and Edwin. The\\neldest and youngest sons are residents of North\\nAdams and Toledo, and occupied in the mercantile\\nbusiness. John F., our subject, w.as born in Scipio\\nTownship where his parents then resided, April 23,\\n1863. His education wiis conducted inthecommon\\nschools, and when a j outh of sixteen years he began\\nhis experience in the dry-goods trade as clerk for\\nC. E. Upham, of North Adams, who was located\\nin the same building which Mr. McBain now occu-\\npies. He continued with this house until the failure\\nof his employer, and when the business passed into\\nother hands was retained at the old stand which\\nnow came under the control of Col. Edwin J. March.\\nFor the latter young McBain was principal manager\\nsix and one-half years.\\nOur subject, by the exercise of economy and\\nsteady attention to his business, in 188G luad accu-\\nmulated sufficient means to purchase a half-interest\\nin the store of Col. March, who the spring following\\nsold out to Mr. Ira Harris, since which time the firm\\nhas been McBain Harris. They are both business\\nmen of more than ordinary capacity and stand at\\nthe head of the trade in North Adams. Taking\\ninto consideration the youth of Mr. McBain, and the\\nfavors which he has already received from the pub-\\nlic, there appears little doubt that he will continue\\nto command the bulk of tiie dry-goods business in\\nthis section, and is already rated among its most\\nresponsible and solid citizens. In the spring of\\n1887 he w.as elected Tovvnship Treasurer, and it is\\nexpected that if spared and prospered he will occupy\\nno unimportant position among the business and\\nindustrial interests of the county.\\nThe snug and tasteful home of our subject is\\npleasantly located in the central part of the little\\ncity of North Adams, he having been married, on\\nthe 5th of January, 1887, to Miss Nora Moorehouse,\\nwho was born July 20, 1866, in Litchfield, and is\\nthe daughter of Isaac and Eliza Moorehouse, natives\\nof Steuben County, N. V., and the father a carpen-\\nter by trade. Mr. Moorehouse is also one of the\\nsolid citizens of Adams Township, a man of more\\nthan ordinary intelligence and greatly interested in\\neducational matters. Mrs. McBain is a member in\\ngood standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nand in politics our subject votes the straight Re-\\npublican ticket. He h.asservedas Village Treasurer,\\nand is frequently called upon to preside at the local\\nm\\n-t", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0980.jp2"}, "981": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n965\\nmeetings called to discuss the matters relating to\\nthe general welfare of the conuiuinlty. His present\\noffice of Township I ronsurer was given him over the\\ncombined vote of Democrats, Grecnbackers and\\nProhibitionists.\\nBNER BALCOM, deceased, was formerly a\\nTlII I farmer of Reading Township, where he is\\nheld in respectful remembrance as an lioii-\\nest man and a good citizen. He was a\\nnative of New Yoik State, and was born Sept. 19,\\n1819. He was reared to manhood in Ontario\\nCounty, and in boyhood learned the trade of shoe-\\nmaker, which he did not, however, adopt .as his life\\nwork, preferring agricultur.al pursuits, but in after\\nyears occasionally worked at his j outhful trade\\nquite profitably for the benefit of his neighbors.\\nOur subject met and married Miss Harriet Aldrich\\nin Hopewell, Ontario Co., N. Y., and to her good\\ninfluence, able assistance and unselfish devotion to\\nhis interests, he owed much of his success in after\\nlife. Her parents were David and Nancy (Harring-\\nton) Aldrich, both now deceased. They were na-\\ntives of New Y ork State, where the father died in\\nmiddle life, having been a farmer there for many\\nyears. His widow lived to come to Michigan, and\\nfinally died in Reading J ownship. At the time of\\nher death she was the vvife of John Rising, her third\\nhusband, her second husband having been Robert\\nR. Russell. Mrs. Balcora of this notice was born\\nin Hopewell, Ontario Co., N. Y., Aug. 7, 1819.\\nHer father dying when she was but seven years of\\nage, her training and education devolved upon her\\nmother, and she still continued to reside in her\\nnative town until her marriage with our subject,\\nand even after that, as the first few years of their\\nwedded life were spent in Hopewell. In 1846 they\\nleft their native State and came to Michigan, that\\nthey might secure for themselves the benefits of its\\nwonderful agricultural resources, and build up anew\\na home in which to rear their children. They lo-\\ncated in Allen Township, where Mr. Balcom pur-\\nchased a farm, which he subsequently sold, and\\npurchased the farm on section 3 of Reading Town-\\nship, which his widow now owns. It comprises 100\\n4*\\nacres of land very pleasantly located in a most fer-\\ntile and iMoductive region, which b} his care and\\nintelligent management in the 3 ears of patient toil\\nthat followed his settlement ujion it, Mr. Balcom\\nbrought to a high state of cultivation, not exceeded\\nby that of any other farm in the neighborhood.\\nOn the 8th of December, 1871, our subject de-\\nparted thij life, although not then past middle age.\\nBy his death his family was deprived of a loving,\\nthonglitful husband and a devoted father, and the\\ncommunity lost one of its most valuable members.\\nHis character and conduct were above reproach; he\\nwas a sincere and manly Christian, and an active\\nmember of the Free-Will Baptist Church, with\\nwhich he had been oflicially connected. In politics\\nhe favored the Republican party. To him and his\\nwife were born five daughters, of whom one is noW\\ndeceased, Mariette; she was the wife of W. II. Mur-\\nray, who is now living in Reading Township. The\\nrecord of those surviving is as follows: Angenette\\nis the wife of J. O. Smith, and the} now live in\\nAtchison, Holt Co., Neb.; Ellen is the wife of Rev.\\nH. H. Whittaker, and thej live in Dover. Mich.;\\nEmma is the wife of R. Baggarjy, and they live on\\na faim in Eaton County, Mich.; Carrie A. is the\\nwife of Chauneey F. Rising, a hardware merchant in\\nAllen.\\nSince the death of her husband Mrs. Balcom has\\nsuccessfully managed the farm that he bequeathed\\nher, showing marked judgment ar.d ability, and\\nkeeping the farm up to the same high standard that\\nit had attained in her husband s day. She is uni-\\nversall} esteemed for her kind and amiable disi)o-\\nsition an l her gre.at worth. She has been a valued\\nmember of the Free-Will Baptist Church for several\\nj ears.\\nhS. ONTGOMERY MACKEY. Among the\\nprominent and enterprising men which the\\nEmpire State has contributed to the great\\nWest, and especially to Hillsdale Count}\\nthe subject of this sketch occupies a most excellent\\nposition. His present homestead occupies a partof\\nsection 32, Pittsford Township, and whicli he built\\nup from the uncultivated soil, working diligently\\nfor many years, and achieving results which should", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0981.jp2"}, "982": {"fulltext": "966\\na\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nbe eminently satisfactory to him. His resilience,\\nbarn and out-buildings have about them the air of\\nthrift and comfort. He has a fair assortment of\\nlive stock, a good orchard, creditable farm machin-\\nery, and all the other appliances necessary for his\\nconvenience and comfort. A selfmade man, indus-\\ntrious and enterprising, he may be classed as a good\\ncitizen in the broadest sense of the term.\\nThe birtliplace of our subject was near the town\\nof Roxbury, Delaware Co., N. Y., iind the date\\nthereof. May 27, 1826. His father, Urion Mackey,\\nwas born in Marlboro, Dutchess County, that State,\\nin August, 1772, where he was reared and married,\\nand whence he soon afterward removed to Delaware\\nCounty. He purcliased a farm near the village of\\nRoxbury, upon which he lived and labored until\\n1853. Then, although quite an old man, he turned\\nhis face toward the setting sun. and coming into the\\nnew State of Michigan, located in Pittsford Town-\\nship, this county, where he spent his last days, pass-\\ning away on the 8tli of June, 1862, at the residence\\nof his daughter, Mrs. Alanson Bangs, of Tecumseh,\\nLenawee County, while there on a visit.\\nThe wife of Urion Mackey, the motiier of our\\nsubject, was in her girlliood Miss Sarah Jenkins,\\nwho, like her son, was a native of Roxbur3 Dela-\\nware County. Her father, Sniffiu Jenkins, followed\\nagriculture all his life, and spent his last years in\\nRoxbury. Mrs. Sarah Mackey ]5assed away in\\nAYright Township. Hillsdale County, in November,\\n1855, when sixty-two years of age. She had spent\\nthe latter part of her life in Delaware Countj N. Y.\\nMr. Mackey was twice married, and with both wives\\nhad eighteen children. Of these latter, fifteen lived\\nto mature years, and ten are still surviving.\\nOur subject was reared to manhood in his native\\ncounty, acquiring his education in the district\\nschool, and m.aking himself useful about the home-\\nstead, plowing, sowing and reaping. In 1 849 he left\\nDelaware and went into Otsego Countj^N. Y^., where\\nhe was employed on a farm until the year follow-\\ning. Jan. 1, 1850, he took unto himself a wife\\nand helpmate, and soon afterward the young people\\nstarted for Michigan, and made their first location\\nin Hudson Township, this county. They com-\\nmenced housekeeping in a modest dwelling, and\\nMr. Mackey for two years thereaftei continued to\\nlabor at whatever his hands could find to do. They\\nlived economically, saving something each year, and\\nin 1853 our subject purchased eighty acres of tim-\\nber land, one mile south of Main street, in Hudson.\\nTlioreon he erected a log cabin, cleared fifteen acres,\\nand after the space of two 3 ears sold out and pur-\\nchased a farm in Wright Township. This also\\nwas mostly in timber. Mr. M. here put up a plank\\nhouse, cleared forty acres, and after occupying it\\ntwo j ears, sold out again, and purchased the land\\ncomprising his present homestead.\\nOf this, when our subject took possession, there\\nwere about twenty acres from which the trees had\\nbeen partially cleared, and the log house which, the\\nfamil} occupied for some j ears. In 1862 they re-\\nmoved from this into a fine, new frame dwelling,\\nand Mr. Mackey has 100 .acres under a good state of\\ncultivation. The lady who has been his faithful\\ncompanion and helpmate nearlj^ forty 3 ears, was in\\nher girlhood Miss Jane Morenus. and their wedding\\nw. is celel)rated at the home of the bride in Otsego\\nCounty, N. Y., on the 1st of January, 1850. Mrs.\\nMacke3^ was born in Oneonta, Otsego Co., N. Y\\nMa3 19, 1832. Her father, Martin Morenus, was\\nalso a native of Otsego County, and born in 1800.\\nHer paternal grandfather, Thomas Morenus. a native\\nof Schoharie Count3 was one of the pioneer far-\\nmers of that region, and spent his last years on the\\nhomestead which he had built up at Oneonta.\\nMartin Morenus also followed .agricultural pursuits,\\nand died about 1854. on the farm which his father\\nhad cleared from the wilderness. Grandfather\\nMorenus served .as a soldier of the Revolutionary\\nWar, and being captured by the British, was taken\\na prisoner to England. He succeeded in making\\nhis escape to France, an l returned to America after\\nan absence of fourteen years.\\nThe maiden name of the mother of Mrs. M.acke3\\nw.as Almena Palmer; she was born in Salem, Cort-\\nland Co., N. Y .,May 8, 1805. Her father. Solomon\\nPalmer, was born in Connecticut, and was the son\\nof .Solomon Palmer, Sr., a wheelwright by trade, the\\nrecord of whose birth is lost, but who spent the\\ngreater part of his life in Connecticut. Solomon,\\nJr., married a lady of his own State, and removed\\nto Salem, Cortland Co., N. Y in the vicinity of\\nwhich he purchased land, but a few 3 ears later, in\\n-i", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0982.jp2"}, "983": {"fulltext": "-4\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n967\\n1808, went into Delaware County. There he set-\\ntled near the town of Davenport, where liis death\\ntook place. His wife was Miss Hannah Williams,\\nwho was born in Pcnnsylvanin, and whose father\\nwas killed afterward in the AVyoming massacre.\\nHer nioliier, the paternal great-ijrandmother of Mrs.\\nMnckey, esca[)ed with her children, fleeing to Con-\\nnecticut, where she settled and spent the remainder\\nof her life. Grandmother Morenus died in Dela-\\nware County, N. Y. After the death of her hus-\\nliaiid, the mother of Mrs. Mackey was married, in\\n18;j6, to Eliallia Stock well, and they resided in\\nDover, Lenawee County, this Slate, until the death\\nof Mr. S., six j cars later. Mrs. Stockwell now\\nmakes her home with her daughter, Mrs. Mackc3\\nMonlgonury Mackey ca.st his first Presidential\\nvote for Taylor, and since the organization of the\\nRepublican party has been a stanch supiwrter of\\nits principles. Reliable in business, prompt to meet\\nhis obligations, a man of integrity and forethought,\\nhe enjoys the esteem and confidence of the entire\\ncommunity. He began in life dependent upon his\\nown resources, and this excellent school developed\\nin him the traits of character which have no doubt\\nbeen the secret of his success.\\nON. LEVI BAXTER was the father of the\\nlate Hon. Witter J. Baxter, and the son of\\nLevi Baxter, who was born at East Wind-\\nV sor. Conn., Oct. ,5, 1778. While a child he\\nremoved with his father s family to Delhi, Dela-\\nware Co., N. Y., and again in 1 803, to Sidney Plains,\\nin the same county. Mr. Baxter was united in mar-\\nriage at Sidney Plains, Jan. 12, 1 81 1, with Lois, eldest\\ndaughter of Col. Witter Johnston, who had served\\nwith this rank during the Revolutionary War, and\\nwas one of the first settlers of Sidney Plains, hav-\\ning come there when a child, with his father, the\\nRev. William Johnston, of Scotch-Irish descent, as\\nearly as June, 1812. He was engaged in farming,\\nlumbering and merchandising until 1831, when he\\nremoved with his family to Tecumseh, Lenawee Co.,\\nMich., arriving there July 4 of the same year.\\nHere, in connection with his partners, Sellcck C.\\nHoughton and Gen. Joseph W. Brown, he built the\\nfirst flouring-mill of much importance west of Mon-\\nroe, in the then Territory of Jlichigan. During his\\nresidence at Tecumseh, he was apjjoinled Chief Jus-\\ntice for the county of Lenawee, and thus obtained\\nhis familiar title of Judge. In 1 834. lie. with Cook\\nSisson, built the flouring-mill at White Pigeon,\\nMich., and another in connection with Henry L.\\nHewitt, at Jonesville. Heremoved to White Plains\\nin 1835, and during the making of extensive re-\\npairs on his mill at Jonesville, in 1840, he received\\nan injury from a stick of timber falling upon and\\ncrushing one of his limbs, from which he never\\nfully recovered. Previously to this, on the 26th of\\nOctober, 1834, his wife, Lois, died at Tecumseh,\\nand he was a second time united in marriage, with\\nMiss Elizabeth M. Orton, at Albany, N. Y.,and re-\\nmoved from White Pigeon to Jonesville in 1848,\\nwhere he coutinueil to reside until the time of his\\ndecease in 1862.\\nMr. Baxter was prominently connected wiih the\\nWhig i)arty until the organization of the Eree-Soil\\nor Republican party in 1848, and was made their\\ncandidate for State .Senator; being endorsed also by\\nthe Whigs, he was triumphantly elected. He was\\nregarded as a ready debater, and a close reasoner,\\nand was in reality one of the leaders in the .Senate.\\nBy his first wife Hon. Levi Baxter had ten chil-\\ndren Benjamin L., Witter J., Mary J., Lois F.,\\nGeorge Harvey, James Henry, Francis, Mary Ann,\\nNarcissa, and an infant who died unnamed. Ben-\\nj.amin L., who vvas Regent of a university, and ex-\\nmember of the Legislature, resides at Battle Creek,\\nMich., where he is an attorney -at-law; Mary J. is\\nthe wife of George Kellogg, of Jackson, Mich.;\\nLois F. is the widow of Robert Self ridge; George\\nHarvey died in Sidney Plains, N. Y., when quite\\nyoung; Henry is written of elsewhere in this work,\\nwhile Francis. Mary Ann and Narcissa died in Sid-\\nney Plains.\\nMr. Baxter was temporary Chairman of the Re-\\npublican Convention at J.ackson, loorganize the Re-\\npublican party in 18i)4. He was a man of very\\ndecided opinions,and a practical speaker. In 1845\\nand 1846 he was candidate for State Senator in the\\ndistrict in which St. Joseph County is located, and\\ntaking the stump, lie w.os regarded as a strong op-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0983.jp2"}, "984": {"fulltext": "i\\n968\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I\\nponent in debate. His aim was to exercise rigiit-\\neousness and justice, and by lliese qualities he\\nattained that social, political, industrial and re-\\nligious influence which he possessed in an unusual\\ndegree. He was a man of influence in all public\\ncapacities, and while he was vigorous in defense of\\nhis friends, he was also greatly respected by his\\nopponents.\\nif/OHNSON MEIGS, Supervisor of Reading\\nTownship, has been widely and favorably\\nknown to the citizens of this part of the\\n(^^7/ county for the last twenty-two years, having\\ncome to this section in the spring of 1866. He is\\nserving his second term as Supervisor, and during his\\nlong residence here has filled many other positions\\nof trust and responsibility. His farm of twelve\\nacres is pleasantly located on section IG and is in\\na good state of cultivation. He has also several\\nacres in timber, and utilizes the sawmill which was\\nestablished on his farm in 1860, and which he has\\noperated most of the time since taking possession\\nof the property The mill has a thirty-five-horse\\npower engine, with a capacity of 10,000 feet of lum-\\nber per day, and has proved an institution quite in-\\ndispensable to the people in the western part of the\\ncounty.\\nOur sul)ject is a native of the Empire State, hav-\\ning been born in Van Buren Township, Ouond.aga\\nCounty, March 30, 1 829. His father, Phineas Meigs,\\nwas a brotlier of Capt. Lucien Meigs, a sketch of\\nwhom will be found elsewhere in this volume.\\nJohnson was the eighth child of the family, which\\nconsisted of seven sons and five daughters. He\\nwas reared and educated in his native township, and\\nwhen a youth of eighteen years began his appren-\\nticeship at the carpenter trade, under the instruction\\nof Silas H. Nicholas, with whom he remained for a\\nperiod of four years. He then started out on his\\nown account, and followed his trade in the Empire\\nStale until starting for the West. In the meantime\\nhe had become skillful and was accounted one of\\nthe best workmen in Onondaga County.\\nMr. Meigs chose for his wife one of the maidens\\nof his own county. Miss Susan C. Howe, to whom\\nhe was married at the home of the bride in Van\\nBuren Townsliip, Dec. 3, 1851. JMrs. Meigs was\\nborn Nov. 4, 1832, and is the daughter of Sam-\\nuel and Catherine (Cunningham) Howe, who died\\nin Van Buren Township, Onondaga Co., N. Y., many\\nyears ago, the father, Sept. 29, 1849, aged fifty-\\neight years, and the mother, Jan. 17, 1864, at the\\nage of sixty-nine years and six months. Mr. Howe\\nwas of New England birth and ancestry, a Demo-\\ncrat politically, and was reared in the strictest prin-\\nciples of the Puritans. He emigrated to New York\\nState when a young man, and was there married to\\nMiss Cunningham, who was of Scotch-Irish .incestrj-.\\nShe was also carefully reared, and was a devoted\\nmember of the Baptist Church. There were born\\nto Mr. and Mrs. Howe ten daughters and one son,\\nof whom five daughters and the son are now de-\\nceased. All of the children lived to mature years,\\nand the daughters surviving are all married and\\nsettled in comfortable homes of their own with\\ntheir children about them.\\nMrs. Meigs vvas next to the youngest of her par-\\nents family, and received that kind and loving\\ntutoring which developed in her those qualities\\nwhich have enal)led her to fulfill the duties of a\\nwife and mother in a most praiseworthy manner.\\nShe vvas educated in the same school as her husband,\\nthey being associates from early childhood. She\\nwas in her youth noticeable for her quick intelli-\\ngence and amiable disposition, and these qualities\\nremaining with her during her life have constituted\\nher the idol of her family and friends.\\nMr. and Mrs. Meigs became the parents of two\\nsons and two daughters, the former of whom died\\nyoung, one in infancy an l one at the age of eight\\nyears. The elder daughter, Emma J., is the wife\\nof George W. Terpening, who occupies the old\\nhomestead. She was graduated at the High School,\\nof Hillsdale, at the age of seventeen, and received\\nher diploma. The younger daughter, Maude, is\\ncompleting her studies at Reading, and is especially\\ndistinguished for her intelligence and love of studj\\nMrs. Meigs, in religious belief, is a Methodist, and\\nhas exhibited in her daily life that true Christian\\ncharacter that is everywhere recognized as the sin-\\ncere emanation of a pure heart and a guiltless con-\\nscience. Mr. Meigs has been prominent in his\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0984.jp2"}, "985": {"fulltext": "-4*-\\n4\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n90!)\\ntownship among tlie local offices, serving as School\\nDirector and Hoad Commissioner, and was elected\\nSupervisor two years ago, in wliicli position lie is\\nacquitting himself with satisfaction to his townsmen\\naixd credit to himself. Politically, he is a solid\\nKopubiican, and takes a lively interest in all mat-\\nters pertaining to the general welfare of the people\\nabout him. He has a well-conducted farm, a desira-\\nble homestead, and holds a good position among\\ntiie representative men of Hillsdale County.\\n-\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abStf-\\nS^LISHA C. L. MUMFORD, a inominent\\nlU] member of the farming community of Mos-\\nllL^ cow Township, has a fine estate on section\\nIG, in the building up of which he has given the\\nbest years of an active life. He is the offspring of\\nan excellent familj his parents having been Ira\\nand Eureta L. (Mann) Mumford, the former a na-\\ntive of Herkimer Count} and the latter of Yates\\nCounty, N. Y.\\nIra Mumford spent his childhood days in his\\nnative county, then removed to the town of ItiUy,\\nYates County, where he engaged in farming pur-\\nsuits, and where he was married. In 1S35 became\\nto the Territory of Michigan and took up 120 acres\\nof Government land, besides securing forty acres\\npartially improved. The mother died five years\\nlater, in 1840, wIhmi but thirty years of age, leav-\\ning three children, of whom our subject was the\\neldest. His brother, Robert T., died when four\\nyears of age; Lucy L. became the wife of Peter\\nWilliamson, of Moscow Township, and died there\\nin 1868.\\nThe father w. is subsequently married, in 1842, to\\nMiss Mercy Morford, of Moscow, and by this union\\nthere were added si.x more children to the liouse-\\nhold circle, five girls and one bo^ Ira Mumford\\nis still living, having reached the advanced age of\\neighty-three years, and is a resident of Hanover,\\nJackson Count} Elisha C. L. was born July 31,\\n1827, in Italy Township, Yates Co., N. Y.,and was\\na lad of seven years when he came to Michigan\\nwith his parents. He still recollects something of\\nhis old home in the Empire State, and how, after\\nselling the farm, the father loaded the household\\ngoods into three wagons and started out for the\\nTerritory of Michigan. They traveled first by the\\nErie Canal to Buffalo, and from there took a steamer\\nto Detroit, making the balance of tiie journey over-\\nland by team. The father was induced to locate in\\nWashtenaw County, near the embri o town of Saline,\\nwhere he farmed two years, then disposing of his\\ninterests in that region, moved to Moscow Town-\\nship, this county, pressing into the service as before\\nhis OS-teams and wagons.\\nThe woods at that time abounded with Indians\\nand wolves, while deer, wild turkeys and other\\ngame sufficed to furnish the family larder with the\\nchoicest of wild meats. The children attended the\\npioneer school, which was carried on in a log cabin,\\nand our subject .as soon as old enough was required\\nto make himself useful on the farm. When twenty-\\nyears of age his father gave him his time, and be-\\ning anxious to secure a better education, young\\nMumford entere l Albion College, taking a course\\nof stud} which greatly brightened up his knowledge\\nand gave him a better preparation for the duties\\nof the life before him.\\nOn the 3d of October, 1.S48, our sul)ject being\\nnow ready to establish a home of his own, was\\nunited in marriage with a maiden of Moscow Town-\\nship, Miss Julia A., daughter of Levi and Sarah\\n(Eslow) Camburn, who were among the i)ioneers\\nof Calhoun County, this State, to which they had\\nemigrated about 1 834, from their native New Jersey,\\nWith their family of five daughters they took up their\\nresidence in Moscow Township, where the father\\ndied two years later, in 183G. The mother is still\\nliving witii her second husband, and has now reached\\nthe advanced .age of seventy-seven years.\\nMrs. JIumford was born near Macedon Center,\\nWayne Co., N. Y., Feb. 10, 1831, and was five years\\nof age when her parents came to Michigan. Her\\ngirlhood was spent in the counties of Calhoun and\\nHillsdale, where she obtained a good education in\\nthe common schools, and for some time before her\\nmarriage was eng.aged in teaching. After this event\\nour subject and his wife settled on a portion of tiie\\nhomestead in Moscow Townshi|), wlitMe they have\\nremained, and become the parents of eight children.\\nTheir eldest son, Charles L., married Miss Esther\\nRowley, and is the father of nine children, namely:\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0985.jp2"}, "986": {"fulltext": "4\\n=L\\n970\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nBlanche, Julia, Flora (deceased), Wheeler, Howard,\\nLena, Bartlett, Ada and Bernice. William B. mar-\\nried Miss Ada Peters, of Tecumseh, and is engaged\\nin a book store at Cleveland, Ohio; of the three\\nchildren born to them but two are living Ida and\\nEdgar. Sarah is the wife of Edgar Gregory, a boot\\nand shoe merchant of Jonesville, and the mother of\\none child, a son, William; Jennie is the wife of C.\\nF. Ward, of Moscow Township, and the mother of\\ntwo children Floyd and Bessie; Lizzie, Mrs. Frank\\nMillis, is a resident of Lapeer, this State; her hus-\\nband was formerly of Wheatland Township, and is\\nnow Pi osecuting Attorney of Lapeer County they\\nhave three children Emerson, Edgar and Ethel.\\nArthur married Miss Minnie Shepherd, of Moscow\\nTownship, and is the father of two children Etola\\nand Jennie; Frederick B. is a student at Albion\\nCollege, taking a scientific course in the class of DO.\\nThe younger son, Herbert, is also attending the\\nsame institution.\\nThe Mumford homestead includes 300 acres of\\nvaluable land, with good buildings, a choice as-\\nsortment of live stock, and all the farm machinery\\nrequisite for the prosecution of agriculture after\\nthe most approved methods. The proprietor began\\non the lowest round of the ladder, and for the first\\nthree years of his residence here farmed on shares\\non rented land. His progress has been gradual but\\nsure, and in addition to his real estate he has a\\nsnug bank account. To such men as he, with his\\nplodding industry and strict sense of honor, is the\\npresent generation indebted for the creature com-\\nforts and the institutions which have sprung up,\\naffording facilities for an easier life and more of its\\nluxuries than the pioneers could enjoy.\\nMr. Mumford has watched the growth and de-\\nvelopment of Southern Michigan with paternal\\nsolicitude, and has occupied the various offices of\\nhis township, serving in some capacity on the School\\nBoard for a period of twenty-five years. He rep-\\nresented Moscow Township in the County Board\\nof Supervisors five years, and during his residence\\nin Jackson County was the Assessor of Hanover\\ntwo years. In all the enterprises tending to the\\nmoral and financial welfare of the people he has\\nbeen a leading spirit, and given cheerfully of his\\ntime and means. He ar,d his estimable wife are\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at\\nHanover, and Mr. M. belongs to the Granges of\\nboth Jackson and Hillsdale Counties. He east his\\nfirst Presidential vote for John C. Fremont, at the\\ntime of the organization of the Republican party,\\nand has been since that time a fervent supporter of\\nits principles.\\nIn February, 1884, Mr. and Mrs. Mumford, with\\ntheir two youngest boys, took up their residence in\\nHanover Village, but in the spring of 1 888 returned\\nto the old homestead endeared hy many associa-\\ntions, and probably will here spend the remainder\\nof their days. Here it is that they have gathered\\naround them their nearest and dearest friends, and\\nhere have expended their best efforts in roaring and\\neducating their children, and building up the home\\nwhich is not only a credit to themselves, but one\\nof the most attractive spots in the landscape of\\nMoscow Township.\\n;REKLAND G. VARNUM. The father of\\nthe subject of this sketch was Richard S.\\nVarnum, who was born in Haverhill, Mass.,\\non the 12th of April, 1817. His early life was\\nspent in school and college in the East until the\\nyear 1840, when he came West, finally settling in\\nJonesville, Hillsdale Co., Mich. He married Miss\\nPotter, but their married life was short, she living\\nbut about a year thereafter. June 29, 1854, he\\nmarried Miss Harriet Champlin, who is a daughter of\\nthe Hon. Elisha P. Champlin, of whom a sketch ap-\\npears elsewhere in this work. After marriage the\\nparents of our subject first settled in Jonesville,\\nwhere they continued to reside until the death of\\nthe father, which occurred Dec. 26, 1880. He held\\nthe office of Postmaster of Jonesville for about\\nthree years, and socially, belonged to the I. O. O.\\nF. Shortly after he settled in Hillsdale County he\\nwent into business for himself in the drug and book\\ntrade, in which business he continued until the time\\nof his death.\\nThe parents of our subject had a family of three\\nchildren Grosvenor C, Freeland G. and Edward\\nC. Grosvenor C. married Miss Ida M. Benner, and\\nthey are the parents of one child, whom they named", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0986.jp2"}, "987": {"fulltext": "HILL.SDALK COUNTY.\\n971\\nHarriet; Edward married Miss Rlarj Carr; Freciand\\nG. is also married. After llie deatli of Ricliard .S.\\nVariuiin, tlie hLisinesis was carried on iirider the firm\\nname of H, fS. Varnuni Co.. tiie members of wiiicli\\nwere Mrs. R. 8. Varnum and G. C. Varnuin. Tlie\\nbusiness was tlius conducted until 1884, wlien in\\nMarch of that year a new firm was organized, com-\\nprising the sons of R. S. Varnum, and is now known\\nas R. S. Varnum s Sons. The father was a gener-\\nous and upright business man, and by liis liberality\\nand fair dealing he won the respect of the entire\\ncommunity in which he so long resided. The sons\\nnow carry on a drug-store, and in connection with\\nit they have also a book -store, and receive liberal\\npatronage. The brothers are members of the Pres-\\nbyterian Church, and because of their straightfor-\\nward and business-like methods and fair dealing\\nwith their patrons, they are esteemed as valued\\nmembers of their community.\\nRichard 8. Varnum commenced business in Jones-\\nville with the Hon. E. O. Grosvenor, who married\\na sister of Mrs. Varnum. Mrs. Varnum is a mem-\\nber of the Presbyterian Church.\\n-S-\\n-i-\\njf? 1V1NG8T0N D. WOOD WORTH was born\\nI Greenville, R. I., Aug. 23, 1859, and is\\nilL^!^ the son of Richard and Lucy (Gilmore)\\nWoodworth. natives of Ohio. The father was born\\nin Wayne County, June 4, 1825, and the mother\\nin Geauga County, in 1826. Siie died at her\\nhome in Rhode Island on the 21st of November,\\n18G7. The paternal grandparents of Mr. Wood-\\nworth were from Vermont, and his mother s people\\nwere from Massachusetts. Grandfather Woodworth\\nwas a very capable and worthy man, and lived to\\nthe advanced age of ninetj ^-six years, spending his\\nlast days in Ohio.\\nRichard Woodworth, the father of our subject,\\nwas reared to follow agricultural pursuits, but pre-\\nferring to educate himself to work in a new field,\\nat the age of nineteen he began the profession of\\nteaching. After a somewhat broken course of eight\\nyears study, during which time he taught ten terms\\nof school in Dauiclsonville, Conn., he was ordained\\na minister of the Kree-Will Baptist Church, iu which\\nhe has labored faithfully and with most excellent\\nresults. He has since become a member of the\\nCongregational Churcii. His present home is in\\n8alcm, Mich.\\nOur subject was married, on the 28th of Septem-\\nber. 1881, to Miss Marcia Church, the.accomiilishcd\\ndaughter of F. G. and Mary Church, a sketch of\\nwhom appears elsewhere in this volume. The mar-\\nriage was celebrated at the home of the bride, at\\nChurch s Corners, Wheatland Township, and they\\nhave had born to them one son Rey Church Wood-\\nworth. The mother is an active member of the\\nBaptist Church, and the father is, politically-, a\\nmember of the Republican party. Our subject had\\ntwo sisters. Ella and Matie, both now deceased.\\n\u00c2\u00bbr^i\\nHARLES W. WALDRON, a prominent\\nbanker and capitalist of the city of Hillsdale,\\nrepresents one of the old and wealthj- fami-\\nlies of the county, being the son of William AVal-\\ndron, who was a native of Albanj N. Y., and\\nsettled in Hillsdale in 1843. He engaged in the\\nmercantile business and subsequently became a\\nbanker. (P or further information see biography\\nin this volume.)\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in the city\\nof Hillsdale, Aug. 31,1 855. He was the eldest son\\nof his parents, and his mother, who in her girlhood\\nwas Miss JMar3 E. Moon, was a native of Waterloo,\\nN. Y., and is now deceased. He acquired his edu-\\ncation in the city schools, and early in life evinced\\ndecided business talent, and when but a youth of\\neighteen years started in business for himself, open-\\ning a store of general merchandise in North Adams,\\nwhich he operated successfully for a period of four\\nj ears. Then selling out he purchased the Exchange\\nBank owned by Chapman Co., of Reading, of\\nwhich he took possession in 1879, and which he\\nstill owns.\\nOn March 15, 1)S84. Mr. AValdron became con-\\nnected with the Second National Bank, which was\\nsubsequently changed to a private bank and in\\nwhich Hon. E. L. Koon became his partner, the\\nlirm name being C. W. Waldron ik Co. The career\\nof our subject had been uniformly successful, and", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0987.jp2"}, "988": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^f^\\n972\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhe invested a portion of his capital in land in dif-\\nferent portions of Hillsdale County, the most val-\\nuable tract being- the Underwood farm west of the\\ncity, which once obtained a jMize for being the model\\nfarm of the county. This lies three miles from the\\ncity limits, and in all its appointments is admirably\\nadapted to the raising of fine stock, of which Mr.\\nWaldron makes a specialty, giving particular atten-\\ntion to coach horses, of which he has some very fine\\nspecimens imported from France, and one of which\\nis known as the French coach horse Epron, which\\nwas bred and owned by the French Government.\\nThe buildings and grounds of this estate are h.and-\\nsome and substantial, and the latter, which have\\nbeen very tastefully laid out, indicate at once the\\nexercise of cultivated tastes and abundant means.\\nMr. Waldron has given to this his own personal\\nsupervision, though he does not reside on the farm,\\nhis intention from the tirst being to make it the\\nmodel farm of Southern Michigan, and no one will\\ndispute his claim. A busy man, like his father before\\nhim, the enterprises which he has taken hold of he\\nhas alwaj s made a success.\\nFor several years Mr. Waldron was a Director of\\nthe First National Bank, of Hillsdale, which busi-\\nness was established by his father, and which has\\nbecome one of the solid institutions of the county.\\nDecember 31, 1878, Mr. Waldron was united in\\nmarriage with Miss Alice Murphy, who was born\\nFeb. IG, 1859, in Hillsdale, and is the daughter of\\nJohn and Margaret Murphy. The household circle\\ncomprises a son and daughter, GraceF. and Charles\\nW., Jr. In polities Mr. Waldron is a stanch Re-\\npublican.\\n-t\\n1^^ AMUKL RIBLET. a worthy and respected\\nJ^^^ pioneer of this county, residing in Litch-\\n|fl^3) field Township, is the son of Solomon and\\nMary (Kiper) Riblet, natives respectively\\nof Missouri and Pennsylvania, and the former of\\nFrench ancestry. The parents settled in Erie\\nCounty, Va., where the father became a successful\\nfarmer and resided there until 1835. He served\\nin the War of 1812 with the rank of Captain over a\\nparty of minute men, who enlisted to protect the\\nbuilding of Perry s fleet, and the grandfather of\\nour subject commanded Perry s bodyguard.\\nIn 1835 the parents of our subject removed to\\nHuron County. Ohio, where thej- resided until their\\ndeath, that of the father occurring in 1847, at the\\nage of sixty-four years, while the mother died in\\n1858. They left a family of nine children, four\\nsons and five daughters, of whom our subject was\\nborn on the anniversary of Washington s birthda}\\nFeb. 22, 1811. He received his education in the\\ndistrict schools of his native place and at Erie\\nAcademy, a scientific school, where he completed\\nthe course. By the desire of his mother he began\\nthe stud}- of medicine, but not liking the work he\\nabandoned it and engaged in the educational pro-\\nfession, the scene of his labors being in a select\\nschool near Pittsburgh, which he bro\\\\ight to a high\\nstandard and received a good patron.age.\\nIn 1833 Mr. Riblet was married to Deborah\\nWoods, .and continued teaching until 1834, and\\nthen with his wife and child came to Michigan, and\\nwas the second man to settle in Litchfield Town-\\nship, and to-day he is its oldest living pioneer. He\\nwas just the type of man to cope successfully with\\nthe hardships and privations of a new country;\\nstrong, physically, mentally and morally, while his\\nyoung wife was likewise gifted with many graces,\\nand was a potent force in l)ringing about the de-\\nsired result. Mr. Riblet took an active part in\\nbringing the railroad to Litchfield, and in 1872 he\\ndelivered a speech before the Senate Committee,\\nwhich was largely instrumental in bringing about\\nthe desired result. He became one of the Directors\\nof the road, and served as such until it was sold to\\nthe Lake Shore Michigan Southern Railroad. Of\\nthe union of Mr. Riblet and Deborah Woods there\\nwere born five children Solomon K., Mary Jane,\\nDeborah A., Martha and Cyrus. The mother of\\nthese children died Dec. 21, 1878. and our subject\\nwas a second time married, Jan. 10, 1881, to Mrs.\\nClarinda Hartwell, of Vermont. Hy her first mar-\\nriage she had two children, James A. and Lillie,\\nthe former of whom is a merch.ant of Litchfield, in\\npartnership with our subject, under the firm name\\nof S. Riblet Co.\\nMr. Riblet is authority upon all matters pertain-\\ning to the history of Litchfield and adjoining town-\\n*r", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0988.jp2"}, "989": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n973\\nships, and rcnrlered invaluable assistance in the\\nliri panvtion of the History of Hillsdale County, in\\n1879. He was Justice of the Peace while Litchfield\\nand Ollin Townships were still united, and it fell to\\nhis lot to organize Litchticld Township and to qual-\\nify its first board. He has also been School In-\\nspector and Highway Commissioner, and in politics\\nwas an Abolitionist, voted for Lincoln, and is a\\nProhibitionist. His history is that of progress, and\\nin politics his motto is Justice and Reform.\\nFRANKLIN DUSH is classed among the\\nmodel and well-to-do farmers and stock-\\nraisers of Hillsdale Count) and he owns\\nand successfully manages on section 9, Wood-\\nbridge Township, one of the finest farms in this\\nvicinity. He was born in Licking Count) Ohio,\\nJuly 2, 1841, and is a son of John and Drusilla\\n(Woodruff) Dush, who were also natives of Ohio,\\nthe father born in 1817 and the mother in 1820,\\nthe former being of German descent. He was a\\nfarmer by occupation, and a Democrat in politics.\\nHe died May 12, 1864, of consumption. He was\\ntwice married. His first wife, mother of our sub-\\nject, died in Licking Count) Ohio, in 1848. Of\\nthat union eight children were born, whose record\\nis as follows: Two died in infancy; Henry died in\\nchildhood Isaac, who has been twice married.\\nMiss Mesina Harding having been his first wife, and\\nafter her death he married Miss Mary Pettitt; our\\nsubject; Elgia died in infancy; Alexander and\\nWilliam. The second marriage of Mr. Dush was\\nto Miss Sarah Tuttle, by whom he had seven chil-\\ndren, some of whom died in infancy the record\\nof the otliers is as follows: Benjamin; Catherine\\ndied at the age of nineteen; George; John, Mary\\nJ. and Sarah J., twins.\\nFranklin Dush grew to manhood in his native\\nState, and early startetl out in the world to make\\nhis own living, with no money in his pocket, but\\nplenty of pluck and determination to succeed in\\nlife; he is thus a self made man, and a self-educated\\none as well, as his opportunities for schooling were\\nI very limited, but he managed to secure a fair busi-\\nly ness education. Kor several years he w:is eng.agcd\\nV\\nin working by the month or by the job. and at last\\nhis steady industry and hard toil were rewarded;\\nhe had gained a competency, and could now marry\\nand establish a comfortable home with the woman\\nof his choice. Miss Melissa A. Miles. Accordingly\\ntheir union was celebrated March 16, 1869. She\\nwas born May 18, 1853, and is a daughter of\\nStephen W. and Lovina W. (Gray) Miles, natives\\nof Ohio. The father was born in 1821, and is still\\nliving in Licking County, Ohio, pursuing his voca-\\ntion as a farmer. He was twice married. His first\\nwife, mother of Mrs. Dush, to whom he was married\\nin 1851, died in 1856, leaving but one child. He\\nwas subsequently married, and by this union has\\none child, William, who lives in Ohio. To Mr.\\nand Mrs. Dush have been born four children,\\nnamely: Alice M., Albert S., John F. and AVill-\\niam H.\\nAfter marriage our subject purchased a farm in\\nhis native State, which he successfully and profit-\\nably managed for several years. In 1882 he dis-\\nposed of his property in Ohio, and removed with\\nhis family to this State, locating at that time on his\\npresent farm, and has ever since been a valued resi-\\ndent of Woodbridge Township. He has a good\\nfarm of 1 20 acres, which he has brought to a fine\\nstate of cultivation, and has erected a substantial\\nand roomy dwelling; he also has a very large brick\\nbarn in process of erection it is 30x56 feet with\\n18-feet posts, and with a gamlirel roof.\\nMr. Dush is justly regarded as fair-minded and\\nhonorable in his dealings with others, and is well\\nworthy of respect. In his political views he strongly\\nfavors the doctrines promulgated by the Demo-\\ncratic party.\\nJl ASPER A. WATERMAN, one of the old and\\ni rolialilc citizens of Reading Township, is\\nlocati d in the village limits, and is familiarly\\nknown as the manufacturer of the popular\\nWaterman Pumps, which he inanuf.actured up to\\n1875. Mr. Waterman is the inventor of, and holds\\nthe patent for the construction of loose barrels.\\nAside from inventing the barrel Mr. Waterman\\nalso invented the machinery for its construction.\\ni", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0989.jp2"}, "990": {"fulltext": "974\\nHILLSDALP] COUNTY.\\nIt\\nI\\nHe carried on the maiuifaetuie of these barrels until\\nhe transferred his interest to a Detroit company,\\nwho are making of it a financial success.\\nMr. Waterman has been a practical mechanic for\\na period of forty years, and has jilaced before the\\npeople other inventions of note, including a ma-\\nchine which appears destined to effect a complete\\nrevolution in the art of barrel malsing. This is\\nnow being manufactured b} the Waterman-Chap-\\nman Barrel Company, of Detnjit, the machinery of\\nwhich has a capacity for turning out 4,000 barrels\\nper day. Mr. Waterman produced his first barrel\\nby means of a very imperfect machine, and then the\\nbusiness rested until 1885. In the meantime bis\\nliusy brain had not been idle, and he kept work-\\ning at his project as time and opportunity per-\\nmitted, and during the year mentioned secured\\na patent on the very practical machine which\\nis now being operated with such satisfactory re-\\nsults. He is also the inventor of a force pump,\\nwhich if it could be brought out would doubtless\\nprove of great utility, but of which he has not yet\\nsecured the patent. He is a man very quiet and\\nunobtrusive in his manners, unwilling to make much\\nstir In the world, and has devised various imple-\\nments which have sullicient merit to entitle them to\\na prominent i)lace in the patent office.\\nMr. Waterman came to Reading in J 855, while\\nthe town consisted of but a few poorly constructed\\nhouses and no stores. His first venture in the build-\\ning line was his pump factory, and after acquiring\\nasmall tract of land he put up a brick house, which\\nis still standing in a good state of preservation\\nalthough constructed ov^r thirty 3 ears ago. His\\noperations, like those of many othei- men, were\\ninterrupted by the outbreak of the late Rebellion,\\nand in September, 18G1, he enlisted as First Lieu-\\ntenant of Coujpany G, 2d Michigan Cavahy, being\\nthen its only oflicer who understood the art of drill-\\ning soldiers. He was accordingly, in addition to\\nhis duties as Lieutenant, installed as Drill I\\\\Laster,\\nan l showed a peculiar aptitude at training his men.\\nHe had previously acquired considerable experi-\\nence during his connection with a company of New\\nYork Militia of which he was Captain. During his\\ncunuection with the United Slates service he w;is\\nsitigulai ly fortunate iii being able to report for\\nduty every day, and although meeting the enemy\\nupon numerous occasions, being in the Army of the\\nCumberland, he miraculously escaped both wounds\\nand capture. Undei- the command of Gen. Halleck\\nthe \u00e2\u0080\u00a22d Michigan participated in the battle of Farm-\\nington, at vvhich time Lieut. Waterman was given\\norders by the commanding General to hold a line\\nof the enemy at all hazards, and which he accom-\\nplished by a piece of strategy, with the assistance of\\nforty good cavalrymen, and kept in abeyance for\\nsome time 5,000 of the eneni}-.\\nThe entire regiment subsequently was at the bat-\\ntle of Booneville. and a detachment of sixtj cavalry-\\nmen was single^l out b} Gen. Sherman and given\\nin charge of Lieut. AVaterman, and with which he\\nbroke the ranks of a line of 2,000 of the enemy\\nthe Union soldiers l)eing armed simply with Colt s\\nNavy rev(ilvers. While at Rienzi, Miss., Lieut.\\nWaterman was disabled for a time by a severe\\nsunstroke, in consequence of which he was com-\\npelled to accept his discharge, Sept. 7, 1862. From\\nthe effects of this he has never fully recovered. Heat\\nthe time refused to be taken to the hospital, and for\\nthis reason probably has been unable to secure the\\npension which he deserves.\\nMr. Waterman has now passed beyond his three-\\nscore years and ten, having been born May 4,\\n1815, in Cattaraugus Count} N. Y His father,\\nCol. Benjamin Waterman, was connected with the\\nmilitia of the Empire State, and there spent most\\nof his life engaged in farming pursuits. He was\\nof New England birth and parentage, bemg a na-\\ntive of Vermont, and married a Connecticut lady,\\nMiss Sarah Metcalf, whose ancestors settled in New\\nEngland probably during Colonial days. The\\nmother died in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., where\\nshe had made many friends on account of her\\nwomanly Christian character. She vvas a Pres-\\nbyterian in religious faith, while the father was a\\nmember of the Regular Baptist Church. The latter\\ntook a lively interest in politics, and was one of the\\nstanchest adherents of the Whig party. Both par-\\nents passed away when ripe in years.\\nMr. Waterman was reared to manhood in his\\nnative county, and there also was married, Oct. 11,\\n1851, to Miss Mary, daughter of Thomas and Hen-\\nrietta (Blackwood) Wright, who were natives re-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0990.jp2"}, "991": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n97\\nspectivoly of Irclsind and Scotland, and were of\\nScotch ancestry. They were married in County\\nAntrim, and after the birth of seven cliildren, four\\nsons and tiiree daughters, emigrated to the United\\nStates and made their way directly to this county.\\nMr. Wright died at the home of liis daughter at\\ntiic age of seventy-one years. The mother is still\\nliving, and makes her home with our subject in\\nReading. She also is well advanced in years.\\nDuring the late war the wife of our subject fol-\\nlowed her husband to thefi ontand rendered kindly\\nofHces among the sick and wounded on the field.\\nShe is a lady of great kindness of heart and hospi-\\ntality, finding her chief satisfaction in doing good\\nto others. Our subject and his wife were not\\nblessed with children of their own, but have per-\\nformed the office of parents to others, all of whom\\nare living and resjiected citizens. Three of these\\nare married and have comfortable homes. Mr. and\\nMrs. W. arc connected with the Presbyterian\\nChurch, in which our subject has officiated as Dea-\\ncon, Sunday-school teacher and Superintendent\\nfor many j ears. He has in his possession a sword\\nwhich was captured by one of his soldiers at the\\nbattle of Booneville, and which from its size and\\nconstruction has been recognized as the regulation\\nsword of a Lieutenant General.\\nMr. Waterman has been one of the most pro-\\ngressive and enterprising men of this county, con-\\ntributing largely of his means to build up his town-\\nship, giving at one time $1,000 in order to effect\\nthe passage of a railroad tiirough its borders. Prob-\\nably !$5.000 would not exceed the limit of his con-\\ntributions to the general welfare of the people.\\nOf)AMES H. LINSDAY. Tiie late James H.\\nJ insday, who died May 21, 1!S88, was a\\nl)rominent citizen of Litchfleld Township.\\nIJe became identified with the people of\\nSouthern Michigan in 1837, while it w:is still a\\nTerritory. As the son of a pioneer farmer, he was\\nin early life trained to habits of industry, and ivjjon\\nreaching his majority started out for himself de-\\nI I pendent upon his own resources for his future suc-\\nIX cess. Nature had endowed him with a courageous\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00ba-i-4-\\nspirit and willing hands, and after manj years of\\ncontinuous labor he found himself considerably\\nabove the foot of the ladder and on the highwaj to\\nprosperity. He was numbered among the solid\\nresidents of tiiis county, and proved no unim-\\nportant factor in the develoimient of its resources.\\nThe family history of our subject is in its main\\npoints as follows: His parents, David H. and Anna\\n(Dayton) Linsdaj were natives respectively of New\\nork State and New England, and after their mar-\\nriage settled in Van Buren Township, Onondaga\\nCo., N. Y., near the birthpl.acc of the fatiier, and\\nwhere they lived until 1830. David Linsday then\\ndesiring to better his condition, came with his fam-\\nily to Branch County, Mich. His first wife had\\ndied in 1826, and in this journey he was accom-\\npanied by his second wife and six children, among\\nwhom was James B., our subject, then a lad twelve\\nyears of age.\\nThe father of our subject took up a quarter-\\nsection of land in Butler Township, Branch Count}\\nand while operating as a tiller of the soil, also offici-\\nated as a local minister of ^the Christian Church.\\nAfter a worthy and useful life he departed hence,\\nMarch 24, 1862, at the age of sixty years. He had\\nbeen deeply interested in the progress of the war\\nwhich was then pending, and the only thing he\\nregretted at the time of his death was that he was\\nnot permitted to see the abolition of slaverj and\\nthe independence of the Union niaint.aincd. Of\\nthe three children born of his first marriage, one\\ndied in infancy. The one remaining, Joel D., is a\\nresident of Michigan. Of the second marriage\\nthere were born two sons and three daughters. The\\ndaughters are the only ones living.\\nJames B. Linsday was born March 11, 1825, in\\nVan Buren Township, Onondaga Co., N. Y. His\\nparents lived in Oswego County about nine years\\nafter their marriage. James B. there conned his\\nfirst lessons at school, being in the tenth year of his\\nage when the family removed to Onondaga County*.\\nHe enjoyed very little schooling after the removal\\nto Michigan, his services being required in the cul-\\ntivation of the farm and the building up of the\\nhomestead. Seven j ears after attaining his m.ajor-\\nity he was married, Nov. 4, 1852, to Miss Emeline\\nMeade, who was born Dec. 5, 1826, in Wayne\\ni\\nf", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0991.jp2"}, "992": {"fulltext": "h-\\n-ti^\\n976\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nCounty, N. Y., and was tlie (laughter of Levi and\\nOlive (Graves) Meade, natives of New England,\\nthe father horn in Mt Washington, Conn., and tiie\\nmother near Prattsburg, Vt. Her paternal grand-\\nfather seived in the Revolutionary War and spent\\nhis last years in New York.\\nLevi Meade served his country later in the War\\nof 1812. He was first married to a Miss Smith, and\\nthey became the parents of four children, only one\\nof whom lived to mature years. Of his second\\nmari iage there were born eight children, of whom\\nMrs. Linsday was the fifth. These all grew to ma-\\nture years. The eail} home of Mrs. L. was in\\nGalen, Wayne Co., N. Y., where she was reared to\\nwomanhood. In the meantime Levi Meade de-\\njjarteil this life, in 1842, when his daughter was a\\nmaiden of sixteen 3 ears. He had been prosperous\\nas a farmer and business man, and at the time of\\nhis death, at the age of sixty-three 3 ears, was the\\nowner of 120 acres of good land. Emeline con-\\ntinued with her mother until twenty-one years old,\\nand on leaving the district school finished her studies\\nin the college at Albion. She was subsequenily\\noccupied as a teacher two terms. Of her marriage\\nwith our subject there were bora three cliildren, the\\neldest of whom, Elton A., married Miss Ada Allen,\\nand is carrying t n farming in Litchfield Township;\\nthey have one child, a son Allen. Eldorus J. is now\\nat home with his mother, conducting the farm he\\nmarried Miss Kate Reese, and tliej have had one\\nchild, Vera, who died at the age of two years. Ida\\nM. is the wife of Gilbert Lewis, a commercial man,\\nof Cambridge, Ohio.\\nMr. Llnsda} upon becoming of age was given a\\nsmall piece of land by his father, but it not being\\nverj profitable, he sold it and occupied himself at\\nfarm labor until his marriage, when he invested his\\ncapital in 130 acres in Litchfield Township. His\\nwife also had some means whicli, together with their\\nmutual labors, formed a very good basis upon which\\nto build for the future. He left acomfortable home\\nand considerable property besides. He did much\\nhard labor in clearing his laud, and had upon it a\\nsubstantial farm residence, with a good barn and all\\nthe other necessary out-buildings for the shelter of\\nstock and the storing of grain.\\nOur subject was a very warm advocate of tem-\\nperance, as also is Mrs. L. Mr. L., following in the\\nfootsteps of his honored father, took a firni stand\\non the slaver} question, and rejoiced with all his\\nheart when it was finally settled by emancipation.\\nHe cast his first Presidential vote for Zachary Tay-\\nlor, and continued a member of the old Whig party\\nuntil its abandonment in 1856, when he threw up\\nhis hat for John C. Fremont, and until his death\\nwas a firm supporter of Republican principles.\\nSAUNDERS is a successful general farmer\\nresiding on section 30, Cambria Township,\\nwhere he owns eighty acres of finely im-\\nproved land. Mr. Saunders has been in possession\\nof this propertj since 1855, at which date he came\\nto tliis county from Palmyra, Waj-ne Co., N. Y.\\nThe subject of this narrative was born in Palmyra,\\nWayne Co., N. Y., Feb. 23, 1829, and his father,\\nOrlando Saunders, is a native of the same place,\\nwhere he still survives, at the age of eightj -five\\n3 ears. He was reared to farm pursuits, and has\\nconstantly followed the occupation of an agricult-\\nurist, in which he has been successful. His wife,\\nwhose maiden name was Balina White, was born\\nand reared in Wayne Countj N. Y., and died at\\nthe homestead there after she had attained the age\\nof sixty-two years. The grandfather of our subject,\\nEnoch Saunders, was a native of Connecticut, and\\ncame of an old New England family of pure En-\\nglish ancestry. Enoch Saunders was a farmer by\\noccupation, .and settling in New York State soon\\nafter marriage, purchased land from the Govern-\\nment in Palm3 ra Township, Wayne Count} and\\nthere spent the remainder of his da3 s on the farm\\nwhich his son Orlando now owns. The wife of\\nEnoch Saunders, a Connecticut lad} whose maiden\\nname was Abigail Holmes, came of an old and wor-\\nth3 famil} of English descent. She died at the old\\nhomestead in Palmyra Township when she had at-\\ntained the age of sevent3 -seven years. The old\\nSaunders stock were old-line Whigs during the\\nentij-e existence of that political party.\\nE. Saunders is the eldest of the famil3- of four\\nsons included in the parental family. All of these\\nbo3 s are yet living two at the old homestead in\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0992.jp2"}, "993": {"fulltext": "I\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n977\\n*t\\nllio Empire State, and two in tlie Wolverine State.\\nOur suliject grew to manhood in his native town-\\nship, and there contraclt d a matrimonial alliance,\\nNov. 18, 18.o7, with Miss Marj- F. Young, who w.ns\\nborn in the city of New York, Oct. 13. 1835, and\\nis the third daugiiter and fourth ciiild of Daniel and\\nAbbie J. (Fields) Young, both of whom are now\\ndeceased. The father died iu Joncsvillc, in 1880,\\naged seventy-five years, while the mother passed\\naway in Ulster County N. Y., in the prime of life,\\nwhen only twenty-nine years of age. She was by\\nbirllnight a (Quaker, and was ciiaracterized by the\\nunostentation and sterling qualities of that sect.\\nJ^aniel Young was for many years a banker in New\\nYork, and was a man of good education and large\\nexperience. He was a graduate of a collegiate\\ninstitution, and was well versed in current topics,\\na deep thinker and a close reasoner. Among the\\ngifts with which nature endowed him were a fine\\nphysical development and a genial and sprightly\\ndisposition, which gave him prominence among his\\nfellows, .and contributed in a large measure to his\\nsuccessful business career. He wiis twice married,\\nand survived his last wife .about eight years. In\\npolitics he was always active in the advocacy of\\nRepublican principles, believing these to be best\\ncalculated to perpetuate and improve our n.ational\\nexistence.\\nMrs. Saunders was reared in her native city of\\nNew York through eleven years of her girlhood,\\nand then removed to Palmyra, in the Empire State,\\nwhere she resided until her marriage. Many of our\\nmost prosperous .and intelligent farmers owe their\\nposition and influence in a large measure to their\\nheroic wives. Although many of these ladies came\\nfrom homes of culture and refinement in the earlier\\nsettled States, whore they had been reared among\\nthe comforts and the luxuries of life, they willingly\\nturned their backs upon so much that the heart holds\\ndear, and accompanied their husbands to the west-\\nern wilds, where they cheerfully endured all the\\npioneer trials and privations in order to Iiuild up\\nwith their husbands a home where their children\\nmight have a wider field for the exercise of their\\ntalents. To this class belongs the heroine of our\\nsketch, who has nobly seconded her husband in his\\nlaudaljlc efforts to carve out a name and fame in\\nthe great western country; and, as is ever the case,\\nwiiere the aims and desires .are mutual, they have\\nsucceeded in realizing more than their most s.an-\\nguine anticipations.\\nThe home of Mr. and Mrs. Saunders has been\\nbrightened by the birth of six children, all boj s,\\nwho are recorded as follows: Alton C. resides at\\nToledo, Ohio, and is a painter b} trade, and master\\nof the art ornamental; George O. also lives at To-\\nledo; Orson took to wife Josci)hinc Bryan, and oper-\\nates a wine and liquor store in (Joslien, Ind. Luther\\nD. and L. Alfonzo reside at home. Luther assists\\nin the management of the farm and is a musician by\\nprofession he is in Toledo for the se.ason.\\nOne year after their inarri.age Mr. and Mrs. Saun-\\nders came to their home here in Cambria Township,\\nwhich place Mr. S. had owned four years before\\nhis marriage and had improved to some extent.\\nThey are liberal-minded and broad in their relig-\\nious belief, while in politics Mr. .Saunders is a solid\\nRepublican.\\nyARREN STURDEVANT, a gentleman in\\nthe prime of life, actively engaged in .agri-\\ncultural pursuits in Cambria Township, has\\na finelj improved farm of 120 acres on section 24.\\nBesides this property ho owns ninetj acres on sec-\\ntion 25, the greater part of which is in a productive\\ncondition. He has been a resident of this county\\nfor over thirty years, and is numbered among its\\nsolid and reliable men.\\nOur subject was born in Tompkins County, N.\\nY., April 2, 1844, and is the son of Eli.as L. and\\nOlive (Leonard) Sturdevant, who were also natives\\nof the Empire State. The paternal grandfather,\\nJoseph .Sturdevant, w.as also born there, but spent\\na good share of his life in Pennsylvania, where he\\nfollowed the trade of shoeni.aker; when a young\\nman he served as a soldier in the War of 1812.\\nQuite late in life he came to Michigan, and died in\\nWoodhridgc Township, Hillsdale Countj in 18C3,\\nwhen seventy-seven ^-ears old. He had been twice\\nmarried, and was iu all respects a most estim.able\\ncitizen.\\nElias L. Sturdevant, the father of our subject,\\n^ji f", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0993.jp2"}, "994": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00ba^1-\\n978\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nspent his boyhood and youth in liis native State, and\\nwas married in Tom i)kins County. After the liirth of\\nfive children tlie parents removed to Fulton County,\\nOhio, living tiiere one year, during which time they\\nlost one son by death. About 18.53 they came to\\nthis State, locating first in Medina Township, Lena-\\nwee County, whence later they removed to a new\\nfarm in Wright Township, this county, which the\\nfather purchased, made some improvements, and\\nthen selling out invested a part of his capital in\\nforty acres in Woodbridge Township. This prop-\\nerty, a few years later, he traded for a farm in Ran-\\nsom Township, which he occupied two years, then\\nreturned to Woodbridge Township, whence he\\nagain removed to Caml^ria Township, settling this\\ntime on forty acres on section 24, where he still lives.\\nHe is now seventy-five years old, a hard-wurking,\\nhonest man, in early life a Whig, politically, and later\\na Republican. J he wife and mother still continues\\nthe faithful partner of her aged husband, and is\\nsixty-seven years old.\\nTo Elias L. and Olive Sturdevant there were born\\nnine children, five sons and four daughters; one of\\nthe former and two of the latter are deceased. The\\nliving children are all married and settled in com-\\nfortable homes. Warren, our subject, acquired his\\neducation in the district schools, and in early man-\\nhood served an apprenticeship at the carpenter s\\ntrade; he followed this some years, and put up many\\nexcellent houses both in this county and in Eaton.\\nHe was first married, in Cambria Township, to Miss\\nHelen Reynolds, who was born in Branch County,\\nthis State, in 1849, and a history of whose father.\\nChancy Reynolds, will be found on another page in\\nthis volume. Mrs. Helen Sturdevant died at her\\nhome in Cambria Township, Sept. 9, 1871. She\\nhad no children.\\nOur subject contracted a second marriage in\\nCambria Township, this county, Nov. 20, 1875,\\nwith Mrs. Esther (Miles) Hall, who was born in\\nCalifo)nia Townshij), Branch County, this State,\\nMarch 18, 1849, and is the daughter of Chancy\\nand Mary A. (Reynolds) Miles, who died some\\nyears ago, the father at Pilot Knob, Mo., about\\n1802, when forty -six years of age. The mother\\npassed away some five years before the death of her\\nhusband, her death taking place in Branch County\\nabout 18.t7, when she was forty ears old. They\\nwere natives respectively of Connecticut and New\\nYork, and were married in Branch County, this\\nState. Mr. Miles was a well-educated man and fol-\\nlowed teaching considerably during the younger\\nyears of his life. Later he engaged in farming.\\nThe wife of our subject was first married in\\nAdrian, Mich., to Andrew Hall, a farmer by occu-\\npation, and who, during the late war, served as a\\nUnion soldier about three years in Companj^ F, 2d\\nMichigan Infantry. After receiving his honorable\\ndischarge he returned to Cambria Township, from\\nwhich he had enlisted, and died on the 28th of May,\\n1873. He left a wife and three children, one of\\nwhom, Eugene, died at the age of fifteen years;\\nHarry and Bert, twenty-one and seventeen years of\\nage, are living with their mother and stepfather.\\nBy this marriage Mr. Sturdevant is the father of\\nthree children Andrew W., Elias L., Jr., and Mi-\\nnerva E. The family residence is a well-built\\nstructure, convenient and suDstantial, and the other\\nimprovements of the homestead bear fair compari-\\nson with those of the intelligent farmers around.\\nMr. S. gives most of his attention to his agri-\\ncultural pursuits and his personal affairs, having no\\ndesire for the responsibilities of office. He keeps\\nhimself well posted, however, upon current events,\\nand uniformly votes the Republican ticket.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094i9\u00c2\u00bb^k\u00e2\u0080\u0094^\\nfM^ ^i^^\\n(l^ ORACE WEAVER. Southern Michigan is\\nlargely indebted for its progressive element\\nto the New England and North Atlantic\\nStates, particularly the old Empire State,\\nwhich has furnished its full complement of the men\\nand women who have witnessed and taken their\\npart in the development of the natural resources of\\nthis section of the country. They are of a class of\\npeople in whom a regard for the dictates of con-\\nscience appears to have been transmitted just as\\nclearly and forcibly as are the thrift and enterprise\\nfor which the original settlers of those States were\\nnoted. It was there, in Wayne County, the sub-\\nject of this sketch first saw the light, Oct. 22, 1829.\\nJames Weaver, the father of our subject, re-\\nmoved from Wayne County, N. Y., to the Terri-\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0994.jp2"}, "995": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n979\\n4.\\ntory of Mieliigan in 1834, and located upon rented\\nland in LaSalle. Monroe County, and continued a\\nresilient of that neighborhood until his deatii, in\\n1845. The mother of our subject, who in her girl-\\nhood was I hebe Ilaight. died in Wayne County,\\nN. Y., when her son Horace was but an infant. He\\nwas a little lad of five years old when he accom-\\njmnied the family to Michigan, and locating in\\njlonroe County, resided tliere until 1848. lie\\nthen came to AVright Township, this county, when\\na young man, and engaged in various occupations,\\ntaking contracts for chopping and clearing land.\\nSoon after his arrival, and when he had saved a\\nlittle of his earnings, lie bought forty acres of tim-\\nber land at 1200, giving i!20 in cash, a rifle valued at\\n$14, and his note for $6; the remaining $100 was\\nto be paid in three years. There was already a\\nlog house on the place and a few acres of the land\\nwere cleared, but the house burned down soon after\\nthe time of purchase. Prior to his marriage Mr.\\nWeaver erected a frame house, and there he re-\\nsid(Hl, engaged in the improvement of liis purchase,\\nuntil 1870, when he sold that propert} and bougiit\\nhis present farm of sixty acres on section 27,\\nWright Township. At the time of i)urch.ase tiiere\\nwere on the place a log house and shed, but\\nthese have been superseded by a substantial and\\ncommodious brick residence, and a good frame\\nbarn, with other necessary out-buildings.\\nEarlj in the history of the war of the Rebellion\\nMr. AVeaver s sympathies were enlisted in the cause\\nof the Union, and he enlisted, Sept. 11, 18Gl,in\\nCompany F, 11th Michigan Infantry, for tiiree\\nyears, and marching to the scene of action with his\\nregiment, served in the Army of tlie Cumberland.\\nIn tiic battle of Stone River the 11th Michigan\\nand the 1 IHh Illinois crossed the river and made\\nthe charge that gained the battle. Mr. Weaver was\\nin the battle of Chiekamauga, where he was cap-\\ntured .Sept. 20, 18(j3, and was subsequently con-\\nlined in the rebel [irisons at Richmond and Danville,\\nVa. He remained in prison until the 8th of Maj\\n18(54, and was then i)aroled and discharged with\\nthe regiment at Sturgeon, Mich., Sei)t. 13, 1804.\\nUpon obtaining his discharge, he returned to his\\nhome, and resumed his agricultural operations.\\nMr. Weavi r was united in marriage, May 5,\\n1872, with Mrs. Lucinda M. Allen, who was a\\nnative of New York. By her marri.ige with her\\nfirst husband, Mr. Allen, she had one daughter,\\nOra Dell, wife of Levi Baker; they have five chil-\\ndren. The first wife of Mr. Weaver was .fuditb\\nA. Vanschaick. By this marriage Mr. Weaver\\nhad one child, Emma D.. who first married George\\nE. Soper, by whom she has one child she is now\\nthe wife of Henry Owen, and lives in Bcllaire,\\nMich.; she has three children.\\nMr. and Mrs. Weaver are members of the Dis-\\nciples or Christian Church, and are reputable people,\\nenjoying the confidence and respect of their friends\\nand .acquaintances. Mr. Weaver was a Republican\\nuntil the formation of the Proliibition partj which\\nhis strong temperance i)rinciples induced him to\\njoin.\\nLVIN S. AVILSON, son of one of the hon-\\nored pioneers of Hillsdale County, and a\\ngentleman in the prime of life, was born on\\nthe farm which he now owns and occupies\\nin Wright Township, three-quarters of a mile\\nnorth of Waldron, on the 7th of November. 1844.\\nHis father, James Wilson, was a native of Monroe\\nCounty, N. Y., where he was reared to manhood,\\nand where he married Miss Mary Allard. After\\nresiding there some time after his raarrijige he came\\ntothe Territoiy of Michigan and located in Wright\\nTownshi]), on the southwest quarter of section 27.\\nHe had made the journey via the lake to Detroit,\\nand from there overland with a team to his future\\nhome. It was then butatr.act of uncultivated land\\ncovered with timber. His first work was to erect\\na log cabin, into which the family removed, and\\nwhich they occupied for some 3^ears. The face of\\nthe country was flat and low, and the beavers had\\nl)uilt a dam which prevented the water from es-\\ncai)ing. thus constituting a swamp at least in ap-\\npearance, which involved no small amount of labor\\nin converting it to a sUite of cultivation.\\nThe father of our subject, in common with his\\nneighbors, could not afford the luxury of horses,\\nand for a number of yeai s carried on his farm\\nwork, milling and marketing, with oxen. The", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0995.jp2"}, "996": {"fulltext": "J^\\n-A\\n980\\nHILLSDALE COUMTY.\\nland was covered with heavy timber, and in order\\nto get rid of this the trees were cut down and de-\\nstroyed by fire. In this manner thousands of\\n1 flne blaciv walnut logs were burned, which, could\\nthey now be obtained, would bring a handsome\\nsum of nionej The nearest milling point at that\\ntime was the unimposing hamlet of Tecumseh, in\\nLenawee County. It was the custom when one\\nneighbor went to mill, to talie a grist along for each\\nof tiie others, and this changing about was a great\\naccommodation, as tlie distance was about forty\\nmiles, and covild not be traversed in much less than\\na week on account of the bad roads and tbe slow\\nmeans of locomotion.\\nAbout 1845 James Wilson decided upon a re-\\nmoval to Hillsdale, which was also but a hamlet,\\nand engaged in keeping a hotel. One year s ex-\\nperience, however, sufficed, and he returned gladly\\nto his farm. Soon afterward he became interested\\nin the lumber trade, and believed there was a better\\nway to dispose of those magnificent trees than to\\nburn them. He determined at least to make the\\nexperiment, and put up the first sawmill erected\\nin this section. This structure was located on a\\nsmall stream on section 3, in Wright Township, and\\nfrom that time until his death the father of our\\nsubject was engaged in the lumber business, which\\nyielded him handsome returns. For his first\\nthousand feet of black walnut delivered at Adrian\\nhe received 110. The stream upon which the mill\\nwas located did not furnish sufficient water-power\\nthe entire year, and he built a steam-mill on his own\\nfarm. When timber became scarce here, he went\\ninto Midland Countj and engaged in the manu-\\nfacture and sale of pine lumber, making his head-\\nquarters at Midland City. There his death took\\nplace March 1, 1875.\\nThe mother of our subject fulfilled in her life\\nand character all the virtues of the matrons of those\\ndays. A careful wife and helpmate, she spun and\\nwove wool and flax, and like the women of Scrip-\\nture, looked well to the wa3S of her household.\\nThe paternal grandmother of Alvin S. Wilson came\\nto Michigan with his parents, and made the cloth\\nfor the family wear. Sbe died at the home farm\\nabout 1862, and the mother of our subject passed\\naway in the spring of 18o2. When James Wilson\\nand his family first settled in Wright Township,\\ndeer, wild turkeys and other game were plentiful,\\nwhile bears and wolves in real form sufficed to\\nkeep the children from going very far from home.\\nTwo hunters used frequently to come from Adrian\\nwith their guns, and employing the mother of our\\nsubject to do sewing for them, they in return kept\\nthe family supplied with fresh wild meat.\\nOur subject is the only surviving child of the\\nparental family. His education was acquired in\\nthe pioneer school, which was first held in a log\\nhouse. This structure was located on the present\\nsite of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, in Waldron.\\nAs soon as old enough he was required to make\\nhimself useful about the homestead, and when but\\na little lad, could manage a team to perfection.\\nWhen eleven years old he officiated as fireman in\\nhis father s steam-mill, at which he was occupied\\nseven years, then became engineer in the flouring and\\nsaw mill at Waldron. He occupied this position\\nthree years, then changing his vocation somewhat,\\nengaged as clerk in a store of general merchandise\\nnine years.\\nAt the expiration of this time our subject re-\\nturned to the old farm, which he operated one\\nyear, and then, in company with Dr. A. C. Bates,\\npurchased a stock of general merchandise, and en-\\ngaged in trade until in February, 1888. The new\\nrailroad now being completed, he sold his interest\\nin the business to his partner, and became the pio-\\nneer grain buyer of Waldron. He still, however,\\nmakes his home at the old farm, which possesses for\\nhim a far more than moneyed value with its many\\nand precious associations.\\nOne of the most important events in the life of\\nour subject w.as his marriage, which occurred on\\nthe 5th of January, 1864. The maiden of his choice,\\nMiss Annis Smith, was born in Delaware County,\\nOhio, April 15, 1847, and is the daughter of James\\nH. and Eunice (Foust) Smith, natives of the State\\nof New York. Mr. Smith died in July, 1887. The\\nmother of Mrs. Wilson is still living. Their two\\nliving children are Leroy, who married Miss Adelle\\nBoyd, and vvho is carrying on tbe business of grain\\nbuying with his father at Waldron, and Ernest, who\\ncontinues at home with his parents. Their first\\nborn son died March 11, 1 872, when six years\\nB ^j\\nnrst-\\njars of W", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0996.jp2"}, "997": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n981\\nnge. Mr. and Mrs. WiKsoii .are niemliers in gooil\\nstanding of the Wesleyan IMetliodist C huich, in\\nwhich our subject has officiated as Superintendent\\nof the Sund.ay-scliool for eiglileon years. lie has\\nalways been warmly interested in the religious\\ntraining of the young,and isPresidentof the Hills-\\ndale (bounty Sunday-School Association, also\\nSecretary in Wright Township of the same. In\\npolitics he is a Prohibitionist.\\nRS..1ERIJSHASTURGES. This very intelli-\\ngent and capable lady came to the Terri-\\ntory of Michigan when a newly married\\nwife, in the fall of 1 8.3;}, and settled first\\nwith her husband in Tecuniseh Township. Two\\nyears later they changed their residence to Scipio\\nTownsliii), this county, locating on section 0, where\\nMr. Sturges died on the 14th of May, 1864, and\\nwhere his widow has since lived. The Sturges\\nhomestead is noticeable for the air of thrift and\\ncomfort around it, the neat and substantial build-\\nings, and the laud which has been brought to a good\\nstate of cultivation. There were originally 240\\nacres in the farm, and of this Mrs. hturges now\\nowns 1 20 acres, which is the source of a snug\\nincome.\\nThe subject of this biography-, who w.as in her\\ngirlhood Miss Jerusha Steele, was the eldest daughter\\nof Perez and Clarissa (Brainard) Steele, who were\\nnatives of Connecticut. They settled after their\\nmarriage in Greene County, N. Y., to which the\\nparents of Mr. Steele had removed when he was but\\na lad six or seven years of age. To Perez Steele\\nand his wife there were born seven children, Jeru-\\nsh.a, Feb. 23, 1811. Of her brothers and sisters,\\nthree are now living.\\nMiss Jerusha Steele continued under the parental\\nroof during her childhood and 3-outh. acquiring her\\neducation in the common school, and being trained\\nby a good and sensible mother to all housewifely\\nduties. Her marriage with James Sturges vvas cele-\\nbrated at her home in Greene County, N. Y., in June,\\n1833. The seven children who came to bless their\\nunion were all born at the homestead in .Scipio Town-\\nship, except the eldest, who was born in Tecuniseh,\\nMich., and, with the exception of one who died\\nin infancy, and one at the age of ten years, .are all\\nliving. Mary F. is the widow of F. M. Culver,\\nlate of Scipio Township; Mrs. C. lives on her hus-\\nband s estate. Martha C, the second wife of F.\\nM. Culver, died at her home in Scipio Township,\\nApril 11, 1881; David B. is engaged in teaching\\nin California; Hannah K. died Sept. 9, 1851, at the\\nage of ten years; Selina W. is the wife of John\\nRiggs. of Jlosherville; Ellen continues at home\\nwith her mother; James died in infancy.\\nMrs. Sturges since the death of her husband has\\nhad charge of the farm, the operations of which she\\nhas superintended with rare good judgment, being\\nfortunate in her investments and effecting the im-\\nprovements most needed. Both she and her husband\\nidentified themselves with the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch in early life, of which Mr. S. remauied a\\nmember until his death, and with which Mrs. S. is\\nstill connected, and has always proved a cheerful\\nand liberal contributor to the many calls for benevo-\\nlent work. The faniil3 are widely and favorably\\nknown throughout the northern pait of the county,\\nand have formed no unimportant factors in its\\ndevelopment and progress.\\nANIEL D. DIVINE, a farmer and stock-\\nbreeder, and one of the pioneers of Wood-\\nbridge Township, is comfortably located on\\nsection 5. He was born near Oswego,\\nCayuga Co., N. Y., May 1, 1814, four days before\\nthe battle of Oswego, which was fought during the\\nWar of 1812, and in which his father, Josei)h Divine,\\np.articipated as Captain, which rank he held in the\\nState Militia for a i)eriod of eleven years. He was\\nalso a Major of militia ten years, but after liis mili-\\ntary services were no further required turned his\\n.attention to agriculture.\\nJoseph Divine moved to Ohio in 1833 and to\\nMichigan ten years later. He died in March, ISS.\\nHe was a man i)iominent in his comnuinity and a\\nchurch member. The parents of our subject were\\nmarried about 1800. The mother died about 1861\\nor 1862; she was a very amiable and excellent lady,\\nand a true Christian. The family included three", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0997.jp2"}, "998": {"fulltext": "i\\n982\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ndaughters and nine sons, namely Lucinrla, Arminda,\\nISelali, Samuel, John, Daniel D. (our subject). Asa,\\nJoseph, Margaret, George, James and William.\\nSeven of these are deceased. John died at the age\\nof seventy years.\\nMr. Divine, our subject, came to this State in\\n1849, and settled upon the farm where he now livesi\\nsixty acres of which are in a fine state of cultivation\\nand which yields a comfortable income. He has\\ndone much hard work during his lifetime, and bears\\nthe reputation among his neighbors of an indus-\\ntrious and responsible citizen. He has two sons\\nand two daughters Lafayette, Joseph L., Louisa\\nand Rhoda all married and comfortably settled.\\nThe mother of these was in her girlhood Miss Per-\\nmelia French, who was born in Saratoga County,\\nN. Y., in June, 1820, and is the daughter of Ben-\\njamin and Lydia (Wilbur) French, also natives of\\nthe Empire St.ate, and the parents of twelve chil-\\ndren. The} died near Toledo, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs.\\nDivine vvere married Nov. 17, 1839.\\nOur subject is a man of much intelligence, and\\npolitically, a solid Republican. He has studiously\\navoided the responsibilities of office, and although\\nelected Township Treasurer refused to qualify.\\nHe was at one period of his life a church member,\\nbut is not now identified with any religious denomi-\\nnation. He aims to follow the precepts of the\\nGolden Rule, and to do good as he has opportunity.\\nAs one of the old settlers of this county who has\\nfaithfully performed his duties in life, he is held in\\ngeneral respect.\\nLEXANDER CAMPBELL RIDEOUT,\\nfuW LL. D., Principal of the Commerci.il and\\nTelegraphic Department of Hillsdale Col-\\nlege, was born at Brilliant, above Wheeling,\\non the west bank of the Ohio River. Feb. 8, 184L\\nHis parents were Mark and Rachel (Wherry) Ride-\\nout, the father a native of Maine and the mother\\nof Pennsylvania. Mark Rideout left his native\\nState after his marriage to Irene Barton, his first\\nwife, and settled in Washington County, Pa., where\\nabout 1840 his wife died. He subsequently settled\\nin Jefiferson County, Ohio, where the subject of\\nthis sketch spent his earlier years and pursued His\\nprimary studies in the common school.\\nProf. Rideout, when twenty years of age, the\\nCivil War being in progress, entered the army as a\\nmember of Company G, 110th Ohio Infantry, com-\\nmanded by Col. Keiffer, afterward General, and\\nSpeaker of the House of Representatives, and was\\nassigned to the 6th Army Corps, which took part\\nin all the battles under Gen. Sheridan in the Shen-\\nandoah Vallej This campaign included the fight\\nat Winchester, Fisher s Hill, and various other minor\\nengagements with the enemy.\\nYoung Rideout came out safely from the service,\\nreceiving his honorable discharge in July, 1865.\\nReturning to his home in Ohio, he soon entered\\nupon a commercial course at Oberlin, from which\\nhe was graduated in the class of 66. In Septem-\\nber following he came to this county A branch\\nof the Oberlin school having previously been estab-\\nlished at Hillsdale, Prof. Rideout was employed as\\na teacher, which position he filled eighteen months.\\nHe was then made Principal of the school, also\\nproprietor of the interest held here by the Oberlin\\nCommercial College. Under his wise management\\nthe school has been raised to its present standing.\\nFrom the time of his connection with Hillsdale\\nCollege, Prof. Rideout gave to it his best thoughts\\nand attention. During the j ears 1876 and 1877\\nhe erected the four-story building in which to con-\\nduct his department of the school, and by degrees\\nintroduced new features which proved the basis of\\nits present success. The branches now taught are\\nprincipally book-keeping, commercial law, political\\neconomy, commercial arithmetic, shorthand, type-\\nwriting, telegraphy and electrical engineering; the\\ncollege, which is now the pride of Southern Michi-\\ngan, numbers among its students young men from\\nall parts of the Union. It is generously furnished\\nwith all the appliances necessary for the successful\\nprosecution of a thorough course of commercial\\nstudy, and various other departments furnish the\\ninstruction so essential to the proper equipment of\\nthe enterprising business men of the present time.\\nProf. Rideout was one of the principal movers in\\nthe establishment of the College Herald, a weekly\\npaper, published throughout the entire year, and\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0998.jp2"}, "999": {"fulltext": "M^\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n983 Ij\\nwliicli is now in its timtli volume, having a circula-\\ntion of 1,200. Prof. Ricleout suggested the plan by\\nwhich ^25.000 wei e raised to add to the eiidow-\\nnient fund and pay an indebtedness on the college\\nbuildings, and was largely instrumental also in\\nraising the $10,000 required for the college church.\\nThe Professor was married, June 3, 18C8, in Ober-\\nlin, Ohio, to Miss Bessie B. Brewster, who was at\\nthe time one of the accomplished teachers of Ober-\\nlin public schools, and the daughter of Calvin\\nBrewster. Both her parents are deceased. Mrs.\\nRideout was born in 1845, in Portage County, Ohio,\\nand came to Michigan with her husband in 1SG8.\\nOf her union with our subject there is one child\\nliving, a son, Paul, aged nineteen, who is now pur-\\nsuing a classical course in Hillsdale College.\\nLi 1876 Prof Rideout was honored by Muskin-\\ngum College, Ohio, with the degree of Doctor of\\nLaws, a title for which he is amply fitted by vir-\\ntue of his erudition and natural capabilities.\\nr\\n^^EORGE W. CUTLER, engaged in a general\\n[l| s^ banking business in North Adams, is also\\n^^5) the owner of eighty acres of land on section\\n14, in Adams Township, which is very valuable\\nanil under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Cutler\\nerected for himself a fine residence in the village of\\nNorth Adams, in which he and his family are\\nenjoying the comforts of life, with which he has\\nsurrounded himself by a life of honest industry and\\nenergy.\\nThe parents of our subject, William and Esther\\n(Van Aiken) Cutler, were natives respectively of\\nNiagara County, N. Y., and Sussex County, N. J.\\nThey united their lives and fortunes in Niagara\\nCounty, N. Y.. and came directly from the Empire\\nState to this county in the year 1835. He was\\namong the very first settlers in Adams Township,\\nand took up land directly from the Government,\\nwhile he has in his possession letters patent for 120\\nacres, signed by Andrew Jackson. Here, it niay be\\nsaid, the country grew up around him as truthfully\\nas that he grew up with the country. He was a\\n4\u00c2\u00bb\\nman of great energy of character, and became well\\nand favorably known in Adams Township, where\\nhe accumulated between 300 and 400 acres of land,\\nwhile he was also the owner and proprietor of the\\nhotel known as Cutler s Corner, from 1835 to\\n18C2. In his character of mine host he became\\nacquainted with all whom business brought to this\\nsection of countrj-, and gained a shrewd insight\\ninto human nature. He figured conspicuously\\namong his folio wmen, and became a leader in all\\nmatters of a public nature, securing in a large\\nmeasure the confidence and esteem of all his ac-\\nquaintances, as is proved by the fact that he has\\nheld all the public offices of his township. After\\nwitnessing in his residence here of a third of a\\ncentury those marvelous changes which have trans-\\nformed Southern Mich.igan from a vast wilderness\\nto one of the most fertile tracts in the country, and\\ndoing well his part in bringing about these devel-\\nopments, he ceased from his labors in 18G9, d^ ing\\nat the age of sixty years; the mother survives, and\\nresides in Hillsdale at the age of seventy-one.\\nThe family of William and Esther Cutler com-\\nprised seven children, four sons and three daugh-\\nters, of whom the subject of this sketch was\\nthe third in order of birth. He was burn in this\\ncounty, Aug. I J, 1842, and his boyhood was passed\\non a farm until 1862. His experience in the pio-\\nneer schools of his townshii) and in the labors in\\nconnection with farm life, as soon as he was of an\\nage to assist in those duties, was similar to that of\\nfarmers sons of that tiuic. They were happy in their\\nfreedom from care, and in that rugged health which\\na life of healthful exercise wiihoul unnatural stim-\\nulus always brings. In 1S62, when twenty years\\nof age, Mr. Cutler res|)onded to the call for assist-\\nance in defense of the Union, and enlisted as a\\nprivate in Company G, 18th Michigan Infantry,\\nbeing marched directly to the front. He served\\none year in that capacity, after which he was pro-\\nmoted to the position of Lieutenant, in Company\\nL, 11th Michigan Cavalry, and served in that rank\\nuntil the close of the war in 1865. His regiment\\ntook part in the battles of Mt. Sterling and Cynthi-\\nana in Kentucky, and as a cavalryman with his regi-\\nment he skirmished through Kentucky, Tennessee,\\nVirginia and North Carolina. At Salt Works, W. Va..", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_0999.jp2"}, "1000": {"fulltext": "i\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24^\\n984\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nthe Union forces under Gen. Burbridge encount-\\nered a division of the rebel army, commanded by\\nGen. Brecliinridge, and a hotly contested battle en-\\nsued. Lieut. Cutler was shot through the right knee,\\nand was captured with the rest of the wounded and\\nconfined in Libby Prison six months; he was then\\nreleased, being exchanged in March, 1865, and did\\nnot again engage in active service, but was Assist-\\nant Provost Marshal at Louisville, Ky., serving in\\nthis capacity until the close of the war. He was\\nmustered out at Louisville, and lionorably dis-\\ncharged at Detroit in the same year.\\nLieut. Cutler then converted his sword into a\\nplowshare, and returning to his home resumed\\nagricultural occupations, which he continued some\\ntwo or three years. In the meantime he was united\\nin marriage with an amiable and accomplished lady,\\nMiss Mary, daughter of Jabez and Harriet (Knapp)\\nLangdon, natives of Wayne County, N. Y. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Langdon were married in Michigan, set-\\ntling in Hillsdale County in its early pioneer days,\\nin 1835. The father was successful in his efforts\\nto subdue nature, redeeming from the wilderness a\\nfarm, which became a goodly heritage for his chil-\\ndren, and died in the midst of his usefulness in\\n1866, at fifty-eighi years of age, while the mother\\ndied in 1874, aged sixty years. Of their children two\\ngrew to years of maturity Mary, Mrs. Cutler, and\\nHenry C, who is engaged in the hardware business\\nin North Adams, and has an extensive patronage.\\nMrs. Cutler was born June 2, 1849, and passed her\\ngirlhood in Lenawee County, ne.ar Adrian, where,\\nunder the improved school sj Stem which had been\\nbrought about by the worthy veterans of .Southern\\nMichigan, she obtained a good education.\\nAfter having farmed for three years Mr. Cutler\\nwent into business at North Adams, being the junior\\npartner of the firm of Williams Cutler, dealers in\\ndrugs and medicines. His next enterprise was in the\\ndry-goods business, in company with E. E. Upham.\\nAt the end of a year they closed out this business\\nand Mr. Cutler engaged in the hardware business, in\\ncompany with his brother-in-law, Henry C. Lang-\\ndon, in which he remained until starting his present\\nline of business in 1886. He has been successful in\\nthis as in other business ventures, and carries on a\\nbanking business in its various branches, affording\\nexcellent accommodation for the people of the sur-\\nrounding country to carry on their m dietary trans-\\nactions.\\nPolitically, Mr. Cutler is identified with the Re-\\npublican t)arty, to which he uniformly gives his\\ncordial support. He was Depul} Sheriff of Hills-\\ndale County for a period of six ye.ars, discharging\\nthe duties of his office with that dispatch which has\\never been one of his prime qualities; he has ever\\nbeen forward in the cause of education, ready to\\nassist by counsel, or more tangible means, in any\\nmeasure inaugurated for its advancement, and iden-\\ntifying himself closely with its interests by serving\\nas a member of the Board of Education for a period\\nof fourteen years, while he is now a member of the\\nBoard of Trustees of North Adams. Lieut. Cutler\\nis a member of the G. A. R., T. S. Meade Post No.\\n189, of which he is at present Adjutant, and he is\\nalso a member of the Masonic fraternitj\\no ss\u00c2\u00bbHBI) -9^o\\nE^\\nSHER B. LaFLEUR. This gentleman is\\nf ^TLJl l well known throughout Hillsdale County,\\nand is the subject of a history at once filled\\nwith the sadness of a homeless orphan, the\\nromance of chivalry, the glory of a soldier, and the\\npatriotism of a LaFayette. As near as can be\\nlearned from legal documents obtained from his\\nguardian, he was born in New York State, July 1,\\n1841. His parents died when he was very young, in\\nfact, he was but four years of age at the time of his\\nmother s death, when he was thrown upon the\\nmercies of a cold world, falling into the hands of\\nthe Superintendent of the Poor, who bound him\\nout to a farmer, James Henshaw by name, in Erie\\nCounty, N. Y., to serve until he should reach his\\nmajority. He received cruel treatment at the hands\\nof this man, which he endured until sixteen years\\nof age, then fled from his oppressor, and worked\\nfor the neighboring farmers by the month during\\nthe summer season and attended school in winter.\\nYoung LaFleur, taking advantage of every oppor-\\ntunity for obtaining useful information, succeeded\\nin acquiring a practical education, and saved what\\nhe could of his wages. In the fall of 1860 he came\\nto this county with the purpose of attending Hills-\\ndale College and working his way through. He\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1000.jp2"}, "1001": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0099\u00a6-i-*.\\n,t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n985\\nliarl been in attendance bnt two terms, and in the\\nmeantime had kept a close watcli upon the progress\\nof liic R(^l)ellii)n, and could now no longer resist\\nthe sense of dut3 wliiuli seemed to call him to the\\nfield. He accordingly enlisted in Company H. 4th\\nMichigan Infantry, and was mustered into service\\nat Adrian. His regiment was assigned to the Army\\nof the Potomac, and he was present subsequently\\nat the battles of Bull Run, the siege of Yorktown,\\nMalvern Hill, Antietam, Chancellorsville and Get-\\ntysburg, being at the latter place wounded, and\\nsuffered confinement in the hospital for five months.\\nAt the expiration of his first term of enlistment\\nMr. LaFleur veteranized in the same regiment for\\nanother three j-ears, or during the war. He joined\\nhis comrades at Rappahannock .Station, in time to\\nparticipate in the battle of the Wilderness. On the\\n10th of May, the fifth day of this figlit, while\\ncharging a rebel battery, he was struck in the right\\nleg by a volley of grape shot which shattered it\\nbelow the knee so badly that the limb liad to be\\namputated upon the field. As soon as possible he\\nwas conveyed to a hospital at AVashington, and\\nlater gangrene set in, in consequence of which two\\nmore operations were rendered necessary, first at\\nWashington and later at Detroit. From this he\\nsuffered a whole year. At the close of the war he\\nreceived his honorable discharge, June 21, 1865,\\nin the meantime having been promoted to a Ser-\\ngeant.\\nReturning now to Hillsdale Mr. LaFleur em-\\nployed himself at farming, and fulfilled the pledge\\nwhich he had made to a j oung lady there, Miss\\nLaura E. Hadley, to whom his misfortune had\\nmade no change in her affection, and thej were\\nmarried Feb. 22, 1864, and not long afterward\\npurchased a farm in Butler, Brancli County, upon\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0which the} removed and continued to live until\\n1876. That year Mr. LaFleur came to this county,\\nand purchased a little farm of forty acres on sec-\\ntion 15. in Litchfield Township. He now began\\nto realize the importance of gaining some clew to\\nhis family antecedents, and decided to use the\\nsmall amount of his surplus funds in returning East\\nand gaining what information he could of his par-\\nents in Erie County, N. Y.\\nUpon reaching the Empire State our subject for\\ntlie first time learned that he was Itorn in Cattarau-\\ngus County. He went back to his birthplace, and\\nthere learned thrttiiis father s name was Ainltrose\\nLaFleur, that he was born in France, was a tanner\\nby trade, and had been accidentally killed while in\\npursuance of this occupation. He also learned that\\nhis mother, Elizabeth LaFleur, w.as a native of\\nWales, and had been twice married, being the\\nmother of four children by her union with Mr. La-\\nFleur, and one daughter by licr other marriage.\\nThese children at a tender age had been placed\\nwith different families and kept in ignorance of\\ntheir parentage, so that to-day our subject does\\nnot know the whereabouts of his three brothers and\\nsister. He traced up his half-sister and made her\\nacquaintance; she is now a resident of New York\\nState. Returning to his home in Litchfield Mr.\\nLaFleur was occupied in farming until the fall of\\n187 J, when he was elected County Treasurer, serv-\\ning two terms of two years each, during which\\ntime he was a resident of Hillsdale. He was\\nafterward appointed Deputy Collector of Inter-\\nnal Revenue, holding this position two and one-\\nhalf years, and until the incoming of the present\\nadministration. Then returning to Litchfield he\\nengaged in genenal merchandising one year, and\\nin the spring of 1888 purchased the McDougall\\nfarm, which consists of 120 .acres, lying on section\\n15, and which under his judicious man.agement will\\nin time become a valuable piece of property.\\nThe wife of our subject is the daughter of Cor-\\nnelius and Elizalteth (Briggs) Hadley, natives of\\nVermont, and married in the town of Brattleboro.\\nThe) came to Michigan in 1847, settling on a farm\\nnear Litchfield, where the death of the father took\\nplace in 18G4, when he was sixty-seven years old.\\nThe mother survived her husband until 1875, con-\\ntinuing at the old homestead, and died at the\\nadvanced age of seventy-nine years. The Hadle)\\nestate was quite valuable, and besides the personal\\nproiierty included a good farm of 320 acres. The\\nfamily included eleven children, four sons .and seven\\ndaughters, of whom Mrs. LaFleur, the j oungest,\\nw.as born .Sept. 16, 1845, in Sandy Creek Township,\\nOswego Co., N. Y. She w.as little more than an\\ninfant when brought to Michigan by her iiarents,\\nand after leaving the district school attended Hills-\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1001.jp2"}, "1002": {"fulltext": "i r^\\n986\\nHILLSDALE COUNTT.\\ndale College, and eDgaged in teaching a short time\\nbefore her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. LaFIcur became the parents of five\\nchildren. Their eldest son, Hubert D., was gradu-\\nated from the Hillsdale High Schcol, and now has\\ncharge of the faini; Asher B. attended Litch-\\nfield Union School as a member of the class of 88;\\nClara and Winnifred are also students there, the\\nformer in the class of 93 and the latter in the\\nprimary depai tnient; Chancy Cook, the youngest,\\nremains at home with his parents. It is hardly\\nnecessarj to say that Mr. LaFleur is a stanch\\nsupporter of Republican principles. Considering\\nthe circumstances of his early life and the dif-\\nficulties thrown around his path, the position\\nwhich he holds to-day is a remarkable illustra-\\ntion of energy and perseverance. Few of those\\neven who have been upheld by the encourage-\\nment and assistance of friends have arrived at the\\npoint to which he has attained, as a man among\\nmen and a valued member of society. His intelli-\\ngence and true worth have received ready recog-\\nnition from the people of Litchfield Township,\\nwhere his career has been unmarked by a dishonest\\nact. He served as Township Treasurer ten years\\nin succession, and is a charter member and Director\\nof the Hillsdale Savings Bank. Liberal-minded and\\npublic-spirited, he is ever willing to aid by his\\ninfluence and his means every worthy project strug-\\ngling for a foothold, and which will result in good\\nto the people. Socially, he is a member of Frank-\\nlin Lodge No. 40, A. F. A. M., and in the G. A.\\nR. at one time was Commander of Hillsdale Post,\\nwhich he was largely instrumental in organizing.\\nHe cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham\\nLincoln. Among the selfmade men of Southern\\nMichigan he is one of the brightest lights.\\n-^s-\\nRTHUR EDWIN HAYNES, Professor of\\nfuW Mathematics and Physics in Hillsdale Col-\\nlege for the last eleven years, during\\nwhich time he has distinguished himself for\\nhis erudition and his thoroughness as an instructor,\\nwas born near Baldwinsville, N. Y., on the 23d of\\nMa} 1849. He was the second son in a family of\\n1\\nsix children, the offspring of Horace and Adalinc\\n(Sweet) Haynes, who were also natives of the Em-\\npire State, being born near the birthplace of their\\nsou, in Onondaga County.\\nThe parents of our subject came to IMichigan in\\nJune, 1858. They located near the village of Read-\\ning, in the southwestern part of Hillsdale County,\\nwhere the father carried on farming successfully,\\nand where he, his faithful wife and their eldest\\ndaughter still live. Their children received a com-\\nmon-school education, and the boyhood of Arthur\\nwas spent upon the farm until he had reached the\\nage of twenty years. Then, his tastes inclining\\ntoward the professions, he returned to his native\\nState, and entering the academy at Baldwinsville,\\npursued his studies there two terms, while in sum-\\nmer he was employed upon the farm of his uncle.\\nCol. Thaddeus Haynes. Upon returning home he\\nsoon entered the employ of the Ft. Wayne, Jackson\\nSaginaw Railroad Company, and after being oc-\\ncupied here for a short time, was appointed to the\\nposition of assistant foreman of a gang of section\\nmen.\\nIn the fall of the year 1870 he entered Hills-\\ndale College, where he remained a student, closely\\napplying himself to his studies until he was gradu-\\nated from the institution in June, 1875. He taught\\nseveral terms of district scliool very successfully\\nbefore graduation, and was emplo3 ed more or less\\nduring his college course as tutor in mathematics in\\nthe college. During the vacation between the junior\\nand senior years he assisted in the erection of the\\nCentral College building, in order to earn money\\nto continue his studies, carrying a hod from the first\\nstory until the completion of the fourth, shoulder-\\ning eighty pounds of brick, and walking from the\\nbottom to the top of the ladder (20 feet) without\\ntouching the hod-handle, a feat that he was justly\\nproud of. The brick in those walls echo back the\\nwords that he now repeats during the recitations of\\nhis pupils. Immediatel} following his graduation\\nhe married Miss May Hewitt, the daughter of Hon.\\nAlexander Hewitt and Mary Hewitt, of Allen. He\\nwas a|)pointed instructor in mathematics in his\\nAlma Mater (Hillsdale College) in the fall of 1875,\\nand two years later was elected to the full Pro-\\nfessorship, which position he still holds. The very\\ni\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1002.jp2"}, "1003": {"fulltext": "1\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n987\\nmanner in which he secured liis education is suffi-\\ncient evidence of tlie character of tlie man, his\\napplication, liis resohition and his love of learning.\\nIn the sunnncrs of 1877 and 1878 he was a student\\nin mathematics under the instruction of the late\\nDr. Edward Olnuy, of Michigan University, one of\\nthe ablest educators of the Northwest. In 1885 he\\nwas elected a member of the London Mathematical\\nSociety, anil has received many marks of honor in\\nrecognition of his qualifications and his eIRciency as\\nan educator. Professor Haynes is a believer in and a\\nworker for Prohibition, and hopes that his whole\\ncountry ma\\\\- finally be blessed by its benign\\ninfluence.\\nICHARD FOGG, farmer, is a fair reprcsent-\\nV^/ ative of the industrial element of Hillsdale\\ni/I^\\\\V Count.y. He is of sturdy English stock, and\\n^jwas born in Yorkshire, England, Oct. 21,\\n1809. He grew to manhood in his native countr}\\nwhere he learned the trade of cartwright, which,\\nhowever, he has never made an^ practical use of.\\nAt the age of twenty-three j-ears he decided to\\nemigrate to America, therefore, in the spring of\\n1831 we find him en route for Quebec. His stay in\\nthat city was short, his next stopping-place being\\nMontreal. From there our subject proceeded to\\nFulton, Oswego Co., N. Y., where he remained\\nthree or four j-ears, engaged, first in building canal\\nboats, and subsequently as a millwright. In 1835\\nMr. Fogg turned his steps westward, and coming to\\nthis Stale secured work in Manchester, Washtenaw\\nCounty, as a millwright, and assisted in building\\nthe first flouring-mill of that place. The next season\\nthat work was repeated in Jackson County, the town\\nof Concord, where he assisted in the erection of a\\nsimilar structure, the first in that place. He fol-\\nlowed that trade for some years, and during the\\nlime assisted in building thirteen mills in Southern\\nMichigan. In 1842, desiring to establish himself\\npermanently, where he could enjoy the comforts of\\na home, Mr. Fogg came to Hillsdale County, and\\npurchased IGO acres of land on section 19, Scipio\\nTownship, where he settled and has since resided.\\nAs mistress of his household, our subject installed\\na most estimable j oung lad^ Miss Ann Welbourn,\\nto whom he was united in marriage in White Pigeon,\\nMich., Feb. 8, 1844. She was born in Yorkshire,\\nEngland, March 3, 1818. and came to the United\\nStates with her parents in 183(1. J1iey landed in\\nNew York, and proceeded by the Erie Canal and\\nlake to Detroit, and from there to AVhite Pigeon\\nby wagon, the latter part of their journey consum-\\ning nine days. By their union Mr. and Mrs. Fogg\\nhave become the jjarents of two children William\\nT. and John F. William married a Miss Delbridge, of\\nAlbion, and they reside in Scipio Township; John\\nF., who resides in Fayette Township, married Miss\\nAnna Sheldon.\\nSince becoming possessor of his farm, Mr. Fogg\\nhas erected substantial and commodious buildings,\\nand made many other valuable iuiprovenienls, hav-\\ning now 100 .acres of his land cleared, which yields\\nhim rich returns for his labors. In the pursuance\\nof his chosen occupation our subject has used good\\njudgment and skill, and has shown himself to be an\\nable and practical farmer. He is now passing his\\ndeclining years in the enjoyment of a competency,\\nwhich he has secured by prompt and careful atten-\\ntion to business and unremitting toil. His good\\nwife, who, during the long 3ears of their wedded\\nlife, has faithfully labored by his side, is now shar-\\ning with him the recompense of their work. By\\nthe people among whom they have lived for so\\nman} years they are truly respected and esteemed\\nfor their m.iny sterling traits oi character. In poli-\\ntics the Republican party finds in Mr. Fogg an\\nearnest advocate of its principles.\\nENJAMIN B. WELLS is one of the sub-\\nstantial, well-to-do citizens of Allen Town-\\nship, who has for many years actively assisted\\nin the maintenance of the farming interests\\nof Hillsdale Count}-. His father, Alexander D.\\nWells, was a pioneer of Southern Michigan, and at\\none time quite an extensive land-owner in Allen\\nTownship, of which he was an early settler. He\\nw.is born in England, and came to America at an\\nearly day. He married Miss Julia Bishop, of Con-\\nnecticut, and they first settled in New York, near\\nthe beautiful Lake Champlain. They subsequently\\n4\\n*r", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1003.jp2"}, "1004": {"fulltext": "it^\\n988\\nHILLf^DALE COUNTY.\\nremoved from Washington County to Cohocton,\\nSteuben Co., N. Y., where thej lived for eleven\\nyears. The father of our subJL-ot was of an adven-\\nturous, enterprising disposition, and not being quite\\nsatisfied with his surroundings in his home in New\\nYork .State, he determined to see if life did not hold\\nsomething better for him in the forest covered\\nlands slowlj- being opened up for settlement in the\\nsouthern part of the Territory of Michigan. Accord-\\ningly, in 1833, he started on the then toilsome jour-\\nney to this part of the country, accompanied by his\\nwife and cliildren. On their arrival here they set-\\ntled in the township of Raisin, Lenawee County,\\nwhere they remained until 1837. In that year Mr.\\nWells decided to make still another move, ha\\\\ing\\nbeen attracted by the many advantages of Hillsdale\\nCounty, and coming to Allen Township, he pur-\\nchased here a large tract of wild land, comprising\\n345 acres, and with his family made his permanent\\nhome in this place until his death, which occurred\\nSept. 16, 1854, aged fifty-seven. lie was a man of\\nmuch ability, keen foresight, and by his persistent\\nlabors did his share in developing Lenawee and\\nHillsdale Counties. His worthy wife died at the\\nhome of their daughter, Mrs. Julia Forster, in\\nLitchfield Township, June 28, 1876, aged seventy-\\ntwo years. They were the parents of six girls and\\nfour boys.\\nThe subject of this sketch was the second son born\\nto his parents. His eldest brother was killed by a\\nstallion in Allen Township. He (our subject) was\\nborn in Camillus, Washington Co., N. Y., Dec. 30,\\n1820. He was thirteen years of age when he came\\nwith his |)areuts to Michigan, and seventeen years\\nold when he accompanied them to Hillsdale County.\\nHe obtained a common-school education, as good\\nas was afforded in those early days. He grew to a\\nstalwart and energetic manhood, amid the primitive\\nsurroundings of his pioneer home, in the then wild\\nand uncivilized state of this part of the country, so\\nthat it has been his good fortune to witness the\\nwondrous development of Southern Michigan from\\nn forest covered, swampy land to one of the richest\\nand most prosperous agricultural and industrial re-\\ngions of the country, second to none in religious,\\neducational or social advantages. Mr. Wells has\\nbeen a resident of Allen Township for over half a\\ncentury, and has always devoted himself to agricult-\\nural pursuits. His fine farm in the northern part\\nof Allen Township, on section 3, once formed a\\npart of his father s old homestead. It comprises\\n105 acres of valuable land, under an admirable state\\nof tillage, with neat and comfortable buildings, and\\nmany other valuable improvements, all betokening\\nthe utmost care and skillful management on the\\npart of the owner. His prudence, clear-sighted\\nbusiness policy, and close attention to his duties,\\nhave made our subject very successful in his chosen\\ncareer.\\nMr. Wells was first married to Miss C^ntherine\\nKelly, daughter of James and Catherine (Wood-\\nruff) Kellj who were natives of Connecticut.\\nAfter marriage her parents settled in New York\\nState, where they died. She was born in June,\\n1824, in Connecticut. Being left an orjihan at a\\nvery early age, she fell to the care of Joshua M.\\nLindsley, with whom she came to Hillsdale when\\nshe was seven years of age. She was married to\\nour subject in Allen Township. By that union\\nseven children were born, whose record is as fol-\\nlows: Mason B. is a conductor on the C. W.\\nM. R. R. Alton D. is an engineer on the W. R. R.\\nJulia died at the age of eighteen; Abby is the wife\\nof Charles Hawes; Byington is a resident of Jones-\\nville, Mich.; Herbert is station agent and telegraph\\noperator on the C. A. R. R. Catherine died at\\nthe age of nineteen years. The devoted wife and\\nbeloved mother departed this life in Allen Town-\\nship, Nov. 28, 1870.\\nMr. Wells was a second time married, in Allen\\nTownship, Oct. 14, 1872, his second wife being\\nAmanda Kelly, a sister of the first wife. After a\\nbrief uiarried life she too passed away, her death\\noccurring April 2, 1884. The third marriage of our\\nsubject, in Allen Township, took place Oct. 12,\\n1884, at which time he was united to Mrs. Emily\\nA. Nellis, daughter of Jared and Emily (Stone)\\nTyler, and widow of David Nellis. She was born\\nin Lockport, Niagara Co., N. Y., June 2, 1828.\\nShe had been twice married before her union with\\nour subject. Her first husband was James Austin.\\nHer second husband was born in Ridgeway, N. Y.,\\nMarch fi, 1820, and came to Hillsdale County when\\ntwenty years of age. He made his home in Allen", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1004.jp2"}, "1005": {"fulltext": "HILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n989\\nTownship most of the time till his death, which\\nocciirioc) Maicli 7, 1882. To liiiii and his wife were\\nborn two children George (deceased) and William\\nH.\\nMr. Wells has taken an honorable part in the\\nadministration of the public affairs of Allen Town-\\nship. He has held various local offices; has been\\nJustice of the Peace for three years, and is still an\\nincumbent of that oHice, and hiis been Road Com-\\nmissioner for three years. In his politics he is a\\nstanch Republican, and also a firm advocate of Pro-\\nhibition. In every respect he is a thoroughly good\\ncitizen and an upright man, in whom his fellowmen\\nplace implicit trust and confidence.\\n1^\\nj^OHN P. KMENS, who for a period of twenty-\\ntwo years has moved among the people of\\nWright Township, securing a large measure\\nof their esteem and confidence, is the owner\\nof a good farm on section 14, upon which he located\\nwhen the soil was mostly in its original condition.\\nLike many of the enterprising men of this section,\\nhe is a native of the Empire State, having been\\nborn in the town of Romulus, Seneca County, Aug.\\n5, 1833. He was reared, educated and married\\nnear the place of his birth, and resided in that local-\\nity until 18GG, engaged in agricultural pursuits.\\nThat year witnessed his arrival in this county, and\\nhe soon afterwaid purchased the land which he has\\nsince transformed into a valuable farm.\\nFrancis Emeus, the father of our subject, was\\nborn in Freeliold, Monmouth Co., N. J., March 9,\\n1807. and was the son of John P. Emeus, Sr., a\\nnative of the same State. The paternal great-grand-\\nfather of our subject w.as Peter Emens, whom it is\\nbelieved was of English birth and ancestry-. The\\nearliest record of him places him in Monmouth\\nCounty, N. J., where he carried on farming until\\nafter the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, when\\nhis buildings were destroyed by tlie British soldiers.\\nHe continued a resident of that State, probably, until\\nhis death, and his son, John P., Sr., spent his entire\\nlife there.\\nThe father of our sul)ject continued in his native\\nStale until leaching his majorit} and when starting\\nout for himself proceeded to Seneca County, N. Y.,\\nwhere he began to till the soil and w.as married to\\nMrs. Anna (Roberts) McClelan, also a native of\\nNew Jerse3-, and born Feb. 18, 1802. Her parents\\nwere John and Rebecca (Phillips) Roberts. After\\nmarriage Mr. Emens and his bride continued to live\\nin Seneca County until 186G, when they came to\\nMichigan with their son, our subject, settling first\\nin Prattville, but for the last two years the} have\\nmade their home with their son, John P.\\nOur subject, while a resident of his native county,\\nwas united in marriage with Miss Penelope Smith,\\nFeb. 10, 1858. Mrs. Emens was born in the same\\ntown as her husband, on the 19th of January, 1836.\\nHer father, Coe B. Smith, was also a native of\\nRomulus, N. Y., and was the son of Gilbert Smith,\\nof Orange County. The latter was the son of Henry\\nSmith, whom it is supposed was a native of the\\nsame county, and it is known that he .at one time was\\nan extensive land-owner. Subsequently, on account\\nof signing notes for friends, he lost the larger por-\\ntion of his property. His death took place in\\nOrange Count} Grandfather Smith removed to\\nSeneca County early in 1800. and was one of the\\npioneer settlers of Romulus Township. Upon Iiis\\nremoval he had a little capital of $500, and in com-\\npany with his father-in-law, purchased land there.\\nThe title, however, proved to be defective, and\\nthey lost the whole of it. Mr. Smith came to Michi-\\ngan with Mr. and Mrs. Emens, and made his home\\nwith his children and grandchildren until his death,\\nin 1871.\\nThe maiden name of the paternal grandmother of\\nMrs. Emens w;is Penelope Caton. She died in\\nRomulus, N. Y., about 1841. The father of Jlrs.\\nE. resided in Seneca County until 1866, then com-\\ning to Southern Michigan purchased, in company\\nwith Mr. Emens. a farm in Hillsdale County, which\\nthey operated together several years. Mr. Smith\\nthen disposed of his interest to our subject, and is\\nnow living in Hudson, Lenawee Count} His wife\\nwas in her girlhood Miss Fanny Hagaraan, and was\\nl)orn in Seneca County. N. Y., April G, 1812. Her\\nparents, Francis and Catherine (Waldron) Hag.a-\\nraan, were natives of New Jersey and early settlers\\nof Seneca County, N. Y., where they spent their\\nlast years. The motlicr of Mr.s. Emens died in\\nv^", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1005.jp2"}, "1006": {"fulltext": "I\\n090\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nr\\nWright Township on the ICth of March, 1870.\\nMr. and Mrs. Einens have had born to tiiem eight\\nchildren, namely: Minerva, wife of Clarence IL\\nJohnson, residents of Wright Township, and who are\\nengaged in fanning; they have one daughter, Bes-\\nsie E. Famy Anna married Willis Johnson, and they\\nare also farmers of Wright Township, and have one\\nchild, Clifford M. Coe F. lives at home and is a\\nteacher, as were also Minerva and Famy; Addie,\\nwho is also a teacher, resides at home, as do Matie\\nJ., Ruble, Cora and Alfred J. Mr. Emens has\\ngiven his children the benefits of a good education.\\nSamuel Waldron, the maternal great-grandfather\\nof Mrs. Emens, was a native of New Jersey, and the\\nson of Francis Waldron, the son of Samuel Wal-\\ndron. The fatlier of the latter, a native of Holland,\\nand one of the nobility, was a Baron in his own\\nright, and after emigrating to America settled in\\nNew York State, securing the grant to a portion of\\nthe land now included within the limits of New\\nYork City, wliere it is supposed he spent the last\\nyears of his life. The father of Penelope Caton,\\nand the maternal great-grandfather of Mrs. P^raens,\\nwas a Baptist preacher, and also one of the pioneers\\nof Seneca County. He also lost a large amount of\\nproperty by the purciiase of land to which he could\\nnot obtain a clear title. He, however, recovered a\\npart of his losses, and spent his last years in com-\\nfortable circumstances in the State of Ohio. In\\npolitics Mr. Emens is a Republican. He has\\nrepresented Wright Township in the Board of\\nSupervisors four years, and is now one of the Di-\\nrectors of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance\\nCompany, of Hillsdale Count} He and his wife\\nare members of the Wesleyan Methodist Church.\\n,RIG. GEN. HENRY BAXTER was the\\nthird son of Hon. Levi and Lois (John-\\nston) Baxter, and a brother of the Hon.\\nWitter J. Baxter, of Jonesville, Mich, (see\\nsketch of Hon. Witter J. Baxter elsewhere in\\nthis work). Mr. Baxter was born Sept. 8, 1821, at\\nSidney Plains, Delaware Co., N. Y. His paternal\\ngrandfather, Levi Baxter, Sr.. was a Captain in the\\nRevolutionary War, serving until peace was de-\\nclared, while his maternal grandfather. Col. Witter\\nJohnston, also served during tiio entire struggle.\\nIn 1831 Henry Baxter came to Michigan with\\nhis father, and settled at Tecuraseh, where he re-\\nmained until 183C, and then removed to White\\nPigeon. In 1845 or 1846 he settled at Jonesville,\\nwhere, in connection with his father, he bad an in-\\nterest in a store and mill, which he conducted until\\n1849, when, in company with a number of other\\nyoung men, he went across the plains to California,\\nacting as Captain of this semi-military organization\\nduring their journej On his return in 1852 Mr.\\nBaxter made Jonesville his home, and engaged in\\nmilling and other business until the commencement\\nof the Civil War. In connection with Capt. S. B.\\nVroman and others he assisted in raising a company\\nwho were to choose their officers from their own\\nnumber. Mr. Baxter was chosen Captain, and\\nwith the other officers of the compfiny. passed the\\nspring of 1861 at the camp of instruction at P t.\\nWayne, Detroit. They were organized as Com-\\npany C. 7th Michigan Infantrj and went into\\ncamp at Monroe, under Col. Ira R. Grosvenor;\\nthey left for the front on the 5th of September,\\n1861. The 7th Regiment was with Gen. McClellan\\nduring the entire Peninsular campaign, and was\\nactively engaged during the battle of Fair Oaks.\\nDuring the campaign Capt. Baxter was promoted\\nto the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and acted in this\\ncap.acity in all its memorable battles. At the battle\\nof Antietam he was wounded in the abdomen by\\na musket ball, and considering his case hopeless he\\nremained in his saddle until exhausted, and was\\nthen borne off the field, as he supposed to die. The\\nball had, however, passed around the vital parts\\nand lodged in the hip, and though it could not be\\nextr.acted, his excellent habits and strong constitu-\\ntion Ijrought him safelj through.\\nIn December, 1862, Col. Baxter was on duty in\\ncommand of the 7th Regiment at the battle of\\nFredericksburg. He volunteered to cross the\\nRappahannock, and dislodge the Confederate sharp-\\nshooters from their works, so that Gen. Burnside s\\nforces could throw pontoons across the river to at-\\ntack the stronghold, but he was not permitted to\\nlead his gallant regiment in that daring undertak-\\ning. After embarking his men and while standing\\nr*", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1006.jp2"}, "1007": {"fulltext": "4\\nIIILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n991\\nin his boat, directing tiieir movements, he was\\nstruck in the left sh )ul lei by a bullet, which\\nshattered the lione and paralyzed liiui for several\\n(hiys. Again he was supposed to be fatally wounded,\\nand he was returned to the shore, but his men,\\ninspired by his daring example, effected a crossing\\nand accomplished their object. He was promoted\\nto the rank of Brigadier General, and in the battle\\nof Gett3 sburg commanded a brigade in the 1st\\nCorps under Maj. Gen. Reynolds. In that engage-\\nment Gen. Baxter lost every member of his staff\\nby woundst capture or death, and more than one-\\nhalf of his men. He was with the Army of the\\nPotomac during the entire time it was commanded\\nbj Gen. Meade, and was severely wounded in the\\nleg above the knee the second day of the battle of\\nthe Wilderness. The same ball killed his horse,\\nand the second horse was killed under liim during\\nthe engagement. For the third time he was unable\\nto assume command, and after his recovery in\\nabout a month, he again took the field, and was\\nwith the 5th Corps in all the battles preceding the\\nfall of Richmond, and after the surrender of Lee\\nand Johnston he was put in command of a brigade\\nin the provisional corps. For his brilliant services\\nthe Government presented him with a valuable\\nsword, and promoted him to the rank of Brevet\\nMajor General, an honor worthily bestowed and\\nhonorably earned.\\nOn leaving the service Gen. Baxter returned\\nto Jonesville, and served two years as Register of\\nDeeds, and in 1869 President Grant appointed him\\nUnited States Minister, resident at Honduras.\\nThere he remained until the consolidation of the\\nCentral American Republic under one head dis-\\npensed with the odicc. On his return in 1872, he\\nengaged in the lumber business, but a cold which\\nhe contracted developed into a severe attack of\\npneumonia, and after a very short illness he died,\\nDec. 30, 1873. He became a member of the Pres-\\nbyterian Church, and died peacefuUj in the assur-\\nance of Christian faith. Gen. Baxter s religious\\nexperience was clear and marked from the first.\\nFrom a loving and sainted mother he received\\nGodly training, and her example, with its silent but\\nmighty and ever-working force, was a coiistiint\\nvoice urging to a Christian life. In 1866 he com-\\nmenced his religious life, entering upon it with the\\nsame bold-hearted spirit that cliaracterizeil his\\nacts. His was no halting, half-way devotion with\\nno wish ever to leave the Master s service, all Chris-\\ntian duties were promptly performed. While in\\nCentral America, when his family was deprived of\\nthe privileges of public worship, he held household\\nworship, and so he lived everywhere, ever seeking\\nto know and serve the Master he loved.\\nMr. Baxter was united in marriage, May 4, 1854\\nwith Miss Elvira E., eldest daughter of Austin\\nGeorge, Esq., an old resident of Hillsdale County.\\nHe left four children, three daughters, and a son,\\na Lieutenant in the San Salvador Army, in Central\\nAmerica. The local papers in mentioning Gen.\\nBaxter s death said He was one of the best of men,\\nsocial, unassuming, honest and generous to a fault.\\nNot many who have passed through so many of\\nthe varied scenes of life have had so few enemies,\\nor been so universally beloved as Henry Baxter.\\nl!.-\\nJOIIN MILLER. It has been the privilege\\nof this old and honored pioneer of Hillsdale\\nCounty to witness the development of Cam-\\nden Township from nearly first princii)les\\nto its present flourishing condition. He came to\\nthis section of country when a young man, with his\\nlittle family, and settled practically in the wilder-\\nness upon the land which he has since transformed\\ninto a valuable farm. In his labors and struggles\\nhe was assisted by the most excellent of wives, who\\nstill continues his loving companion and helpmate,\\nand who now with him is enjoying the decline of\\nlife, surrounded bj- all its comforts and many of its\\nluxuries. Thej have built up for themselves a\\ngood record, one which will be remembered to\\ntheir credit in the years to come.\\nOur subject is a native of the now great and\\npopulous State of Ohio, his birth taking place in\\nColumbiana County, Sept. 10, 1826. His parents.\\nJohn and Barbara (Keller) Miller, were natives of\\nPennsylvania, and his paternal grandfather, John\\nMiller, wa.s killed by the Indians fifteen miles west\\nof Ilarrisburg, during the early days before the\\nIndians had been removed from that section of", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1007.jp2"}, "1008": {"fulltext": "992\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ncountry, and when iLey were continually enemies\\nto the peace and inosiieiity of the while settlers.\\nAt the time of Grandfatlier Miller s taking cff two\\nof his sons barely escaped with their lives, and the\\nrest of the family were all massacred. From those\\ntwo sprang this luanch of the Miller family of the\\nUnited States.\\nJohn Miller, Sr., was one of the pioneers of\\nColumbiana County, Ohio, where he lived until\\n1845, then sold out and moved to Ft. Wayne,\\nInd. There he engaged as a tiller of the soil, and\\nremained until his decease, which occurred about\\n1858.\\nJohn Miller, Jr., the father of our subject, took\\nup his residence in Portage Count} Ohio, five\\nyears after the birth of his son John, and where he\\nspent the remainder of his life, liis death occurring\\nin 1872. He settled upon a tract of Government\\nland, and was subjected to the common lot of the\\npioneer, building up slowly from the uncultivated\\nsoil a comfortable homestead. He was a man\\nactive, industrious and energetic, and became widely\\nand favorably known throughout that section of\\nthe Buckeye State with whose interests he was\\nclosely identified, and was foremost to encourage\\nall the projects set on foot for the general progress\\nand welfare of the people. In religious matters he\\nbelonged to the Lutheran Church. The mother\\ndied man} years before her husband.\\nTo the parents of our subject there were born\\nfourteen children, twelve of whom survive, being\\nall quite aged and enjoying excellent health. Joshua\\nresides in Kosciusko County, Ind.; John, our sub-\\nject, is next to the eldest living; Elizabeth died\\nwhen about thirt} years old; Susan, Mrs. Porter,\\nis a resident of Stark County, Ohio; Catherine,\\nMrs. Snyder, is also a residentof that State; Normal\\nlives in Indiana; Sarah A. in Wisconsin; Mary A.\\ndied when thirty-five years old Henry, Edwin,\\nLevi, and Samantha, Mrs. Richard Dipple, are all\\nliving in Portage County, Ohio; Melvin lives in\\nAkron, Summit County, that State; Frederick died\\nwhen about three years old, and one infant died\\nunnamed.\\nMr. Miller, our subject, spent his early life iii his\\nnative county, and as soon as old enough com-\\nmenced helping to clear the land and build up the\\npioneer home. He received a limited education in\\nthe subscripticm schools, and at the age of twenty-\\nseven years was united in marriage, Nov. G, 1853,\\nwith Miss Catherine Stambaugh, who was a native\\nof Stark Coimty, tiiat .State, and born Dec. 16,\\n1830. Mrs. Miller is the daughter of Moses and\\nBetsy (Cop) Stambaugh, who were natives of Penn-\\nsylvania, and eaily settlers of Stark County, Ohio.\\nHer father was twice married, Mrs. M. being the\\nchild of the first marriage. He was the parent of\\neight children, namely: Catherine; Mary A., Mrs.\\nWalter Kellogg, of Woodbridge Townshi)), this\\ncount} Henry, who died when nine months old;\\nMelinda, Mrs. David Shook, of Portage County,\\nOhio; Albert, of Cleveland, Ohio; Henry T., of\\nWoodbridge Township, this county Alpheus, of\\nKent, Ohio, and Alice.\\nOur subject and his wife after their marriage\\nsettled in Portage County, Ohio, whence they re-\\nmoved in 1854, coming to this county, of which\\nthey have since been residents. They are the par-\\nents of one child only, a daughter, Alice A., who\\nwas born Nov. 7, 1854, and is now living with her\\nl)arents. Mr. Miller, politically, is an uncompromis-\\ning Democrat, and has held the various township\\noffices, being particularly interested in the establish-\\nment and maintenance of schools. He is in favor\\nof everything to improve the county and elevate\\nsociety.\\nORATIO NELSON ROWLEY. The pa-\\nil ternal ancestrv of this gentleman dates back\\nto the Rowley family who emigrated from\\nWales during Colonial times, and the an-\\ncestry on the maternal side also dates back to th.it\\nearly period, they having been former residents of\\nEngland. The grandfather of our subject, Daniel\\nRowley, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War,\\nat that time a native and resident of Connecticut,\\nafterward moving to Wyoming County, N. Y., in\\nwhich place he died at the age of eighty years,\\nleaving a large circle of friends to mourn his\\ndecease. The father of our subject, Daniel Rowley,\\nJr., was born in Washington County, N. Y., and\\nthe mother of our subject, Lois (Holmes) Rowley,\\nwas born in Saratoga County, of the same State.\\n=r", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1008.jp2"}, "1009": {"fulltext": "t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n993\\nA\\nShortly after their marriage war was declared against\\nGreal Britaiii.and the husband enliste.l as a soldier,\\nparticipating in many of the battles of the War of\\n1812. After the war closed they settled in Lric\\nCountv, N. Y., where they remained until their\\nemi ration to Hillsdale County, Mich., which oc-\\ncurred in 183C. They bought 158 acres of Land\\nin Moscow Township, and made their home on the\\nfarm the remaining days of their earthly career, the\\nmother s death occurring in the year 1860, and that\\nof the father in 186G. They were the parents of\\nnine children, four girls and five boys.\\nOur subject, the fifth child of the family, was\\nborn on the 15th of September, 1819, in Erie\\nCounty, N. V., where he passed his boyhood days.\\nWhen his parents came to Michigan he was seven-\\nteen years old, receiving his education in the com-\\nmon schools of the day. On the 19th of February,\\n1843, he was united in marriage to Miss Betsey\\nAnn McKercher, a daughter of Duncan and Kath-\\nerine (Campbell) McKercher. Her father was born\\nin Montgomery County, N. Y., and was a soldier in\\nthe War of 1812, but having been accidentally\\naiven poisoned food, he suffered for many years\\nfrom the effects of it, which finally resulted in his\\ndeath iu the year 1824. The mother was bom in\\nScotland, and died in the year 1830, aged forty-\\nseven years. They had six children, three boys\\nand three girls, two of whom died when young.\\nMrs. Rowley, the wife of our subject, was the\\nyoun-est of her father s children, having been born\\non the 23d of August, 1824, in Montgomery\\nCounty, N. Y. She remained there until seven\\nyears old, and then moved with her brothers and\\nsisters to Livingston County, N. Y. She attended\\nthe common schools and was fifteen years old when\\nshe came to Michigan with her brothers and sisters,\\nin the year 1839, where her brother John, who was\\nthe guardian of the rest of the children, bought a\\nfarm in Moscow Township, on which they settled.\\nMr. and Mrs. Rowley are the parents of eleven\\nchildren: Marion and John M., since deceased;\\nDaniel D. Ransom A., deceased Horatio N. Dian-\\ntha V. and Osman D., deceased Elizabeth A. Will-\\niam C, deceased; Josephine L. and James W.; the\\nlatter is decease.]. I aniel D. married Miss Kranccs\\nHaynes, and resides at Hanover; he is a dealer m\\nagricultural implements, and has four children-\\nHoratio H., Edith M., Josephine F. and Arthur V.\\nHoratio N. is engaged in business at Hanover, .-vnd\\nmarried Mary E. Finch, by whom he has one child\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Elizabeth A. Elizabeth A. married Clarence T.\\nRogers, an attorney-at- law, residing at Sycamore,\\nIII. Josephine L. is at home. The children who\\nsurvive in this family have received excellent edu-\\ncations, Daniel D. having taken the classical course\\nat Hillsdale College; Horatio, a graduate from the\\ncommercial department of the same college, and\\nElizabeth, who graduated with the degree of P. D.\\nin the class of 83. She is also a graduate from\\nMrs. Noble s School of Elocution, of Detroit, in the\\nclass of 85. Josephine was a member of the class\\nof 83 at Hillsdale College, but did not graduate.\\nMr. Rowley is the owner of 340 acres of land in\\nMoscow Township, 100 acres in Crawfor.l County,\\nand is also the owner of valuable village property\\nin Hanover. He has left the care of his farms to\\nothers, and is now successfully engaged in the\\nbanking business at Hanover. When he was a\\nyoung man of twenty-one years he wished to locate\\na tr.act of Government land in Kent County, but\\nhis parents refused permission for him to do so, and\\nhe reluctantly gave up his own plans and remained\\nat home. Fortune has since smiled upon him, and.\\nwithout self-conceit, he bestows upon Providence\\nthe honor of his success, though doubtless most\\nof it is due to his own good management and splen-\\ndid business qualifications.\\nOur subject must not only be remembered as a\\npioneer of Michigan who helped to subdue the\\nforests and cultivate the land, but also as one of\\nthe foremost workers to the advancement of religion\\nand temperance. To him is due the honor of hav-\\ning conducted the first barn raising in Moscow\\nTownship without the stimulus of whisky being\\ngiven the workmen. He has cleared and improved\\nhis farms nicely, having constructed 900 rods of\\nstone fence, also good houses and barns, which com-\\npare favorably with any in the county.\\nMr. and Mrs. Rowley are members of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church, of Hanover, having been\\nchurch members for forty-five years, and they are\\nalso strong a.lvocates of the temperance cause. At\\nthe breaking out of the war our subject was receiv-", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1009.jp2"}, "1010": {"fulltext": "994\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ning medical treatment in Chicago, and wiiile there\\nit was that the first gun of the war was opened on\\nFt. Sumter. The last three years of the war he was\\nTreasurer of the Soldiers Fund of the First Con-\\ngressional District of Michigan. He was originally\\na member of the Whig party, but upon the birth of\\nthe Republican party he voted for John C. Fre-\\nmont. He has always voted and will continue to\\nvote for principle and reform. At the age of\\ntwenty-one he was elected Constable, and since\\nthen has filled the office of Justice of the Peace,\\nwith credit to himself and his constituents, for many\\nyears. He has been five times elected Supervisor.\\nHe may well be gratified with the success that has\\nuniformly attended lus business, and the esteem in\\nwhich he is held bj- the residents of his community.\\nM;i]_^ ON. WITTER J. BAXTER, A. M., sou of\\nLevi and Lois (Johnston) Baxter, was born\\nat Sidney Plains, Delaware Co., N. Y..\\n1 June 18, 1816. The Baxter and Johnston\\nfamilies were among the first settlers in the valley\\nof the Susquehanna, and were strongly imbued\\nwith the pioneer enterprise and stanch patriotism\\nwhich have won for that section an honorable place\\nin our early history.\\nThe paternal great-grandfather of Mr. Baxter\\nserved during the entire Revolutionary War, enlist-\\ning as a private, and attaining the rank of Captain.\\nMr. Baxter s maternal great-grandfather, the Rev.\\nWilliam Johnston, was of Scotch-Irish nationality,\\nand settled in Sidney Plains, N. Y^., in 1772 he died\\nat Cobleskill, N. Y soon after the termination of\\nthe war. His son, the grandfather of our subject,\\nwas born in Ireland, and when sixteen years of age\\nremoved with his father to Sidney Plains. During\\nthe whole period of the Revolutionary War, in which\\nhe acquired the rank of Colonel, he served liis\\nadopted country with unswerving devotion.\\nIn 1831 the subject of this sketch came with his\\nfather s family to what was then the Territory of\\nMichigan, making a home first at Tecumseh, where\\nthey remained for five years, when they removed to\\nWhite Pigeon, and thence, in 1848, to Jonesville.\\nMr. Baxter received his education in the common\\nschools of Sidney Plains, N. Y., and Tecumseh,\\nMich., and at the branches of the Michigan Uni-\\nversity in Tecumseh, White Pigeon and Detroit.\\nThe honorary degree of A. M. was conferred ujjon\\nhim by the university, and in 183C he engaged in\\nteaching, spending a number of years in this voca-\\ntion, and being at different times connected with\\nseveral branches of the State University; he was for\\none year Principal of the Collegiate Institute at\\nOntario, Ind. In 1841, while teaching in Detroit,\\nhe commenced reading law in the office of Barston\\nLockwood, and continued his legal studies with\\nZephaniah Piatt, then attorney of the State. He\\nwas admitted to the bar in 1844, and formed a\\npartnership with Andrew Harvej which was main-\\ntained for four years. During Mr. Baxter s resi-\\ndence in Detroit, he was a working member of the\\nYoung Men s Society, and served upon its board as\\nDirector and President. In 1848 he removed to\\nJonesville, and entered into business with W. W.\\nMurphy, the partnership existing until 1874. Mr.\\nBaxter from its organization wiw a member of the\\nbanking firm of Grosvenor Co., Jonesville, and\\nwas actively identified with the social, educational\\nand business interests of that progressive town.\\nIn 1852 the subject of this notice was united\\nin marriage with Miss Alice, daughter of Dr.\\nAbraham and Clarissa (Holly) Beaumont, and\\no-randdaughter of Myron Holly, who will long be\\nremembered as prominent among the earnest and\\nuncompromising advocates of the abolition of\\nAmerican slavery. Dr. Abraham BeauuKjut was a\\ncontractor in building the canal through Lyons, N.\\nY. The family came to Monroe, Mich., and re-\\nmoved to Tecumseh in 1849, and to Jonesville in\\n1851. They made their residence in Jonesville, but\\nat the same time Dr. Beaumont was Station Agent\\nat Burr Oak, St. Joseph County, in this State, and\\ndied there March 31, 1852. His remains were\\nbrought back to Jonesville for interment. The\\nwidow survives, and resides in Iowa.\\nThe parental family of Mrs. Baxter included ten\\nchildren, recorded as follows: Ellen is the widow\\nof the late Hon. William W. Murphy Alice, Mrs.\\nB.axter, was born Sept. 18, 1831 Sallie is the wife\\nof Prof. J. M. B. Sill, Princii)al of the State Normal\\nSchool at Ypsilanti; Gertrude is the widow of Wal-", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1010.jp2"}, "1011": {"fulltext": "i\\n-4*\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\ntev Aikenl.ead. and resides in Louisiana; Myron\\nH served during Ihc laie war, in wlncl. lie attained\\nthe rank of Colonel, and is deceased Oliver, who also\\nserved in the army, and Mary are deceased Mary H\\nis the wife of Prof. A. S. Welch, of the Iowa State\\nAgricultural Society, Elizabeth B. is the w.dow o\\nFr-ink li. Graham, and resides in Ypsilantu and\\nRobert H. is a business man of Port Huron, this\\nState.\\nHon Witter J. and Alice Baxter became the par-\\nents of four children, recorded as follows: Lev.\\nBenjamin died in infancy; Nellie B. is the wife of\\nGeorge P. Peabody Walter M. died in Jonesvde,\\nMarch 7. 188.5, aged twenty-eight years, and Wittei\\nJ Ir is Uving at home. Alice (Beaumont) Baxter,\\nthe faithful and loving wife, the kind and indulgent\\nmother, an.l the true and affectionate fr.end, de-\\nparted this life April 2, 1872. She possessed ,n an\\nnnusual degree both mental and personal attrac-\\ntions, and her death was widely felt as an irrepara-\\nble loss.\\nHon Witter J. Baxter was one of the organizers\\nof the Joint Exchange Bank of Grosvenor Co.,\\nwhich was established in lSo4, first doing business\\n,\u00e2\u0080\u009eKler the name of W. W. Murphy Co. He was\\nconnected with this institution until 187/, when he\\ndisposed of his interest to his associates. Mr. Bax-\\nter was a very generous man, though h.s gifts to\\nthe poor were in most instances known only to the\\n,eeipients of his bounty. He was extremely liberal\\nin church affairs, ..nd he contributed several thou-\\nsand dollars toward the building of radroads, the\\ncotton and woolen factories, and other enterprises\\nwhich it was thought would add to the welfare of\\nthe town he called home. He invariably contrib-\\nuted his share to every movement set on foot or\\nthe benetit of his community, and continued h.s\\n.ood wo,k up to his death, which o---\\ndenly at his residence in Jonesv.Ue, leh. G, 1888.\\nThe funeral took place from the Presbyter.an\\nChurch in the afternoon of February 9, -f^^f^^\\nof the Knights Templars, and was la.gely attended\\nby all classes, the business houses be.ng closed dur-\\ni,;. the funeral service. His death was consnle.e.\\na m.blic loss, as that of a man whose place .t would\\nbe hard to fill, and friends and acquan.tances far\\nand near united in tendering their heartfelt sym-\\npathy to the family in their bereavement.\\nConnected from his boyhood with the Presby-\\nterian Church, Mr. Baxter was ever a stanch ad-\\nherent to its principles, and was well known as a\\nfaithful and efficient Sunday-school wo.ker. J.i\\n1857 he was appointed by Gov. Bingham a member\\nof the State Board of Education, and was elected\\nto the position for four conscotive terms of six\\nyears each, serving for twelve years as President\\nHe was Secretai-y of the State Board of Geological\\nSurvey from its establishment until his res.gnat.on,\\nin 1881. Originally a Whig, he was connected\\nwith the Republican iiarty after its o.-ganization,\\nand was unswerv.ng in his political alliliations. He\\nwas elected State Senator from the Ninth District\\nfor the biennial term beginning in 1887, and was\\ndurino- his residence in JonesviUe a member of\\nthe St ate Agricultural Society, serving for one t\u00c2\u00abrm\\nas President. He was an active member of the\\nMasonic fraternity, having atUxined the degree of\\nKni-ht Templar. He also belonged to the I. O.\\nO F In March, 1881, he was elected Sec.-etary\\nof the State Board of Cor.ections and Chant.es.\\nCordially interested in Hillsdale County P.oneer\\nSociety, a.id in the State Pioneer Association, he\\nwas a member of each from the time of its o.gan.-\\nzatio..,and in each as President rendered faithful\\nservice.\\nILLIAM H. CAN N IFF. George Stephen-\\nson did n,ore for the world than he or the\\nmost sanguine of his colleagues dreamed\\nwould ever be possible. The commerce of the\\nworld would be an impossibility without h.s d.scov-\\nery an.l application. With this it is a miracle. Ihe\\npreset sketch is a brief co.npen.lium of one who .s\\n,tncially connected with one of the great ra.lroads\\nlinkin- the Eastern market with the Western pro-\\nduceiCandsofar as his intelligent ability allows,\\naids in producing the marvelous results of the\\nWilUam II. Canniff, Division Superintendent of\\nthe La.ising Division of the Lake Shore Michi-\\ngan Southern Railroad, who makes his headq..arters", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1011.jp2"}, "1012": {"fulltext": "996\\nh\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n-a vt\\nat Hillsdale, is a native of this district, and was born\\nat Litchfield on the 2-2d of October, 1847, and is\\nthe eldest son of a family of three children born to\\nLewis B. Canniff and wife, both natives of New\\nYork State. The maiden name of his mother was\\nMatilda L. Hatch, who, like her husband, was born\\nin Orleans County, in the above State. Not long\\nafter their marriage, however, they removed to\\nEaton County, Mich., which was their home from\\nthe year 1846 until, perhaps, two years later, when\\nthey removed to Hillsdale County, and made their\\nhome at Litchfield.\\nHaving some aptitude and desire toward mechan-\\nics, the father of our subject went into the mills\\nnear home, but later turned his attention to rail-\\nroading, went to Lenawee Count} and was em-\\nployed in what was then known as the Miciiigan\\nSouthern Northern Indiana Railroad, and was sta-\\ntioned at Clayton, acting as agent for several yeai s,\\nbut for the past twenty years has been living upon\\nhis farm near that city.\\nOur subject attended the school at Clayton, and\\nafter completing its curriculum, entered the railroad\\nservice in 1863, being then about sixteen years of\\nage. In 1865 he was appointed Station Agent at\\nTrenton; in August, 1868, was promoted to be joint\\nagent at Salem Crossing, and in August of 1882\\nwas appointed trackmaster at Kendallwell upon the\\nAir Line of the Lake Shore Michigan Southern\\nRailroad; in December, 1879, was appointed track-\\nmaster of the same road in another district, and in\\nNovember, 1880, was promoted to his present posi-\\ntion. The year following his appointment the\\ncompany placed under his charge lines of the De-\\ntroit, Hillsdale Southwestern Railroad, and some\\ntime later added to this the Ft. Wayne Jackson\\nRailroad.\\nUpon the 1st of June, 1868, our subject was hap-\\npilj married to Miss Grozelia Simmons, of Tren-\\nton, a lady of refinement and culture, and eminently\\nfitted to occupy any position in life, whether in the\\nhome or in the larger circle of general society.\\nThis lady is the daughter of John Simmons, f^sq.\\nThis marriage has i)een happily fruitful in the birth\\nof one son, and in him his parents center hopes of\\nfuture success, and have been glad to watch the de-\\nvelopment of character, anil traits that point toward\\na noble manhood. He has been named Charles,\\nand will doubtless wear it with honor and dignity.\\nSocially, our subject is connected with the order of\\nthe Knights Templar, and by them most highly\\nesteemed. This is equally true of his companion-\\nship and brotherhood in the Chapter of Blue Lodge.\\nTrue manhood and nobility of character always de-\\nmand and will receive admiration and respect from\\nthose whose regard is worth receiving.\\n38^\\nNDREW J. SPEER is one of the prosper-\\nMIU\\\\\\\\ ous farmers of Fayette Township, whose\\nll\\\\ position socially and financially, and whose\\neminent respectability and high moral char-\\nacter require for him some mention in a volume of\\nthis description. His highly cultivated and fertile\\nfarm is situated upon section 32 of the above town-\\nship. He is the son of Henry T. and Abigail (Du-\\nbois) Speer, both natives of New York. His father\\nwas born in Essex County, June 4, 1792; his mother\\nin Ulster County, on the 30th of June the year fol-\\nlowing. They settled in Seneca County of the\\nsame State upon their marriage, and continued to\\nreside there until 1829, when they went to Michi-\\ngan, and settled at Lodi Plains in Washington\\nCounty, whicli was their home until their death.\\nThe mother of our subject died on the 30th of March,\\n1863; his father, April 20, 1867. Their family cir-\\ncle included five sons and one daughter.\\nOur subject was the j oungest member of the\\nfamily, and was born at the homestead at Lodi\\nPlains on the 2d of September, 1837. He was reared\\nui)on his father s farm and was early initiated into\\nthe work incidental to such life, and which has be-\\ncome far from uncongenial to him, and he has made\\nit his life occupation. What education he received\\nwas obtained in the common school of his native\\nplace, which was, however, very inferior to that\\nwhich would be obtained to-day.\\nUntil the year 1872 our subject continued to\\nmake his home at Lodi Plains, but early in that\\nyear he removed to North Atlaras, Hillsdale County,\\nwhere he purchased a farm known as the -Cutler\\nFarm, which is novv occupied for the most part\\nby North Adams Village. Our subject operated\\n*t", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1012.jp2"}, "1013": {"fulltext": "IIILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J97\\ntliat farm for about four years, lint continued to\\nlive in North Adams till the year 1884, when he\\nremoved to Fayette Township, and there iiurcliased\\na property comprising 13G acres, in close proximity\\nto the village of Jonesville.\\nAt Lodi Plains, on the 22d of April, 1857, Mr.\\nSpeer entered into a matrimonial alliance with Miss\\nSarah E. Ilamlin, a daughter of Oliver and Mary\\n(Bailey) Hamlin, who was born near Danbury,\\nConn., where they were married and settled until\\nthe death of Mr. Hamlin. Jan. 7, 1844. Some time\\nafter the death of her husband Mrs. Hamlin be-\\ncame the wife of Joseph Ball, and still resides with\\nher husband at Columbia, Jackson Co., 3Iieh. The\\nmother of our subject, by her first marriage, be-\\ncame the mother of a son and daughter. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Speer have had the happiness of see-\\ning three children born to them, grow up and de-\\nvelop characters which promise large returns in the\\nhigh attributes of character, and proportionately\\nsatisfactory and successful lives. The names of Mr.\\nSpeer s children are as appended: Clarence E.,\\nFrank H. and Edith B. The eldest son is married\\nto Jessie M. Farmer, and has a very pleasant and\\nhapp3- home in Hillsdale; this son is by profession\\na dentist. The other children are still at home.\\nOur subject is connected socially with the Ma-\\nsonic fraternity. He is not a man prominent in the\\npolitical arena, but is at the same time diligent to\\nperform to the best of his power every obligation\\nas a citizen and patriot. For many years he stood\\nin the ranks of the Democratic part3 but latterly,\\nbelieving that the times demanded some such meas-\\nures as those proposed by the Prohibition party, he\\nhas had the courage of his convictions and joined\\nthat party.\\nLBERT J. WHITNEY is a prominent far-\\nmer residing on section 20, Litchfield\\nTownship. His father, Isaac A. Whitney,\\nwas boiii in Seneca Township, Ontario Co.,\\nN. Y., and his mother, Jane (Moore) Whitne} was\\nborn in Phelps Township, Ontario Co., N. Y. The\\nmaternal grandfather of our subject, Washing-\\nton Moore, lived in Massachusetts, and served in\\nIT the War of 1812. The parents of our subject lived\\n1^\\nfor awhile in Genesee County, N. Y., where they\\nwere engaged in farming until the fall of the year\\n18()G, when tlie3 came to Michigan, .settling in\\nHillsdale County. Here the father died, in the year\\n187C, aged seventy-one years, but the mother still\\nlives with our subject, being eighty-two j cars old.\\nOur subject dates his ancestrj- back to the time\\nof the Mayflower, to the person of John Whit-\\nney, a Puritan, who left his home on Whitney street,\\nLiverpool, and came to Massachusetts in 16.34. at\\nthe age of thirty-five 3 ears. In the immediate\\nfamily of our subject there were nine children, all\\nof whom lived to the years of manhood and woman-\\nhood. His two brothers, Loran and Frank, enlisted\\nin the Civil War, the former in the 18th Michigan\\nInfantry and the latter in the Ifjlh New York Cav-\\nalry. Loran was taken seriously ill and died in the\\nhospital to which he had been removed. Frank\\ndied at Milan Prison, in Georgia, after having been\\ntransferred, confined and tortured in the following\\nprisons: Belle Island, Andersonville, Savannah and\\nMilan.\\nOur subject, the youngest of the children, was\\nborn in September, 1847, in Alabama, Genesee Co.,\\nN. Y. He had two brothers who participated\\nin the battles of the late Civil War. but who were\\npermitted to return to their homes in safety. Wash-\\nington enlisted in the 11th Michigan and served\\nfor three years, and Ami enlisted with the 27th\\nNew York Infautrj and served two j cars. Albert\\nwas a boy of nineteen when he came to Michigan\\nwith his parents, and he remained with them until\\nhe was married, which event occurred on the 3lst\\nof July, 18G J.\\nMrs. Laura A. (Waite) Whitney is a daughter\\nof Joseph and Caroline Waite, her father having\\nbeen born in Lima, N. Y., and her mother in New-\\nstead Township, Erie Countj of the same State.\\nThey settled in Crittenden, in which place the father\\nfollowed the oecu[)ation of a farmer, and then com-\\ning West thej lived for five years in Illinois, after\\nwhich they moved to Michigan and settled in But-\\nler, Branch County. The ni(\u00c2\u00bbther died in New\\nYork, aged sixty-three years, and the father died\\nin 1877 at the age of fifty-five 3 ears. They had\\ntwo children Cerrissa A. and Laura Ann.\\nThe wife of our subject was born on the 27lh of\\n1\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1013.jp2"}, "1014": {"fulltext": "998\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nMarch, 1850, in Newstead Townsliip. Erie Co., N.\\nY., and wlien her parents came to Michigan she\\nwas not quite a year old. At the age of thirteen\\nj ears she began to work out for her living, which\\nshe did until she was nineteen years ohl. The edu-\\ncational facilities being limited, and she iiaving to\\nsupport herself, she was unable to attend school\\nafter she was fourteen years old. Our subject also\\nreceived his education in the district schools of that\\ntime. He and his wife have been granted four chil-\\ndren: Jennie L. Emma O., who died in infanc3\\nEmmett A. and JNIabel E. Jennie is attending the\\nLitciifield Union School, and will be a graduate in\\nthe class of 89; Emmett A. is at home, and Mabel\\nE. is attending school.\\nMr. Whitney is the owner of eighty acres of\\nfarming land, and is industriously engaged in agri-\\ncidtural pursuits. He is a member of the First Baptist\\nChurch, of Litchfield, a member of the A. O. U. W.,\\nof Homer, and has served seven years as School\\nDirector. He has enjoyed a reasonable amount of\\nsuccess in his business, and has won the respect and\\nesteem of the residents of his community. He is\\nstrongly in favor of the strict enforcement of the\\ntemperance laws of the land, and is closely identi-\\nfied with the Prohibition party.\\nm\\n^T^lLMORE A. CAHOW, farmer, living on\\nIJU] section 5 of Camden Township, occupies a\\nl} prominent place among the representative\\nagriculturists of Hillsdale County. He is a native\\nof the Buckeye State, born in Summit County,\\nMarch 9, 1842. His father, David Cahow, was also\\na native of Ohio, and married Harriet Gleason, who\\nwas born in New York State, her ancestors, both\\npaternal and maternal, being of New England\\norigin, and probably early settlers of that section\\nof the country. After marriage the parents of our\\nsubject located in Ohio, remaining there until 1850,\\nwhen they removed to Michigan. They came\\ndirectly to Hillsdale County, and became pioneers\\nof Reading Township, buying the farm now owned\\nand occupied by their son John. They were in-\\ndustrious, hard-workingpeople, and by their energy\\nand perseverance succeeded in clearing a fine farm\\nfrom the dense forest covered land, which was in\\nits primeval wildness when Mr. Cahow purchased\\nit. Both he and his wife were noted fi)r their\\nneighborly spirit, kind acts and wortliy deeds, and\\nwere well and widely known through this section\\nof the county. Mr. Cahow had learned the trade\\nof carpenter, and after coming to Michigan, engaged\\nin it to a considerable extent, besides attending to\\nhis agricultural work. He was an enterprising man\\nwith progressive views, and assisted by all the\\nmeans within his power the advancement of his\\ncommunity and his county. His death, which oc-\\ncurred in 1872. was a sad loss to Reading Town-\\nship, .IS well as to his immediate family. In religion\\nhe was a member of the United Brethren Church,\\nalways taking an active part in church work,\\nand contributing liberally toward its support. His\\ngood wife preceded him to the better world, dying\\nin 1857. She was a woman of rare Christian\\ncharacter, and an earnest member of the Methodist\\nChurch, and for years walked three miles that she\\nmight attend divine service. To her and her hus-\\nband had been born five children, three of whom\\nare now living, namely John and Myron, residing\\nin Reading Township, and Elmore A.\\nThe subject of this sketch was about eight years\\nold when his parents removed to Michigan, and his\\nsubsequent boyhood and youth were passed amid\\nscenes of pioneer life. His education was acquired\\nin the schools of Reading Townsliip, and his practical\\nknowledge of the different branches of agriculture\\nwas obtained at home, where he assisted his father\\nin clearing and improving his farm. In January,\\n1862, inspired by patriotic motives, our subjecten-\\nlisted in his country s defense in Comp.iny G of\\nthe (J8th Ohio Infantry, as a private, but for\\ngallant conduct was afterward promoted to the\\nrank of Corporal. His regiment was organized\\nOct. 7, 1861, and mustered into the United States\\nservice Nov. 28 following. It was first placed under\\nthe command of Gen. Grant, but was subse-\\nquently transferred to Gen. Sherman s division.\\nMr. Cahow did brave service in the Union army,\\nserving faithfully until the close of the war, re-en-\\nlisting as a veteran at Vicksburg, Dec. 16, 1863.\\nHe participated in the following engagements:\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1014.jp2"}, "1015": {"fulltext": "mM\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n999\\nFt. Donelson, M.arch 18, 1862; t-hiloli, April 7;\\nseige of Corinth in Muy liikii, S\u00c2\u00ab pt. 2\\\\ Mclaniora,\\nOct. 5; Thompson s llill.Fcl). 3. 1SC3; Knjniuiid.\\nMny 12; Champion Hill, W.iy IG; Jnclison, IMay\\n19; Ft. Hill, June 22; Vicksburg, July 4; Mon-\\nroe raid, July 21; siege of Atlnnla, July 21,\\n18G4; Big Shanty, June 10; Eu. h Mountain,\\nJune 18; Kennesaw Mountain, July 4; Nickejack,\\nJuly 10; Atlanta, July 22; Atlanta, July 28;\\nJonesboro, Sept. 1 Lovejoy, Sept. 3; Milledgeville,\\nNov. 15; Savannah, Dec. 21; Pocotaligo, Jan. 16,\\n18G, Saltcatciier Creek, Feb. 3; Orangeburg, Feb.\\n12; Fayctteville, March 11; Columbia, Feb. 17;\\nCheraw, March 3; Bentonville. March 19; Golds-\\nboro, March 24; Raleigh, April 14; participated in\\nthe capture of Johnston s army, April 28, 1865.\\nHe was also at Ocanee Ferry, Broad Kiver Ferry,\\nKangaroo Bridge, Began Chitto and Meridian\\nraid. He was honorably discharged from service\\nJuly 11, 1865, and now receives a pension of $4\\na month.\\nAfter leaving the army, our subject returned to\\nHillsdale County, and Feb. 27, 1866, was united\\nin marriage to Miss Maiy Shafer, a native of San-\\ndusliy County, Ohio, born Jan. 16, 1848. Her\\nfather, the late John Shafer, was born in Pennsyl-\\nvania, being of German descent. He married\\nSarah Huston, who was of New England ancestry,\\nbut was born in Ohio. Mr. Shafer s death occurred\\niu Michigan Sept. 5, 1880. and his widow, who sur-\\nvives at an advanced age, lives in Three Rivers,\\nMich. This excellent couple were the parents of\\nnine children, seven of whom are living, the fol-\\nlowing being their record: Samuel lives at Three\\nR vers; Adam is a resident of that township also;\\nJohn lives in Kansas; Freeman and Clinton live .at\\nThree Rivers; Sarah is the wife of Clark Rice, of\\nthe same place; Mary married our subject. Of\\nher union with Mr. Cahow three children have been\\nborn: Freeman and Helena, and one who died in\\ninfancy.\\nTwo years after marriage our subject decided\\nto make a permanent settlement, and looking about\\nfor a suitable locality. Camden Tt)wnshi| seemed to\\nliim a most desirable place, lie therefore purchased-\\nthe homestead where he now resides, and in the\\nspring of 1868 took possession of it. Our subject\\nhas spared neither time nor labor in bringing his\\nfarm to its present fine condition, and his seventy-\\nfive acres of well-cultivated and well-improved land\\nshow him to be an adept in his occupation. His\\nuntiring energy and frugality, assisted by his good\\nwife s able management of the household affairs,\\nhave been productive of good results which are\\neverj where apparent to the observer, and the career\\nof our subject presents a striking exemplification\\nof the success to be gained by any one, however\\npoor in this world s goods, if persevering and at-\\ntentive to business. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cahow\\nare esteemed members of societ} and give their\\naid and influence toward improving the intellectual,\\nmoral and material welf.are of the township. Our\\nsubject is honored and respected by his fellow-\\ntownsmen, not onlj for his integrity and sterling\\nwortii as a man and a citizen, but for his bravery\\nand patriotic conduct as a soldier who fought well\\nfor his country. He is a valued member of the\\nEli Oliver Post No. 209, G. A. R., Montgomery,\\nMich., and has served as .Sergeant .Major of the\\npost. In politics he is a.true Republican.\\n;i,UDSON A. CHURCH, who is well known\\nthroughout Whe.ntland Township and vicin-\\nity as one of the pioneers of .Southern\\nMichigan, came to this county during its\\nearl} settlement and Ik-is since been closely iden-\\nj tified with its agricultural interests. A native of\\nAVayne County, N. Y., he was born Dec. 28, 1819,\\nand h:is consequently nearly spanned his threescore\\nyears and ten. He comes of an excellent old famil^y,\\nhis parents being Lorenzo and Susan (Halleck)\\nChurch, and his p.aternal grandparents, Willard and\\n.Sally (Davis) Church.\\nWilttird Church was a native of Connecticut,\\nwhere he siH nt his childhood, and when a lad of\\nfourteen years was persuaded to leave the paternal\\nroof and free himself from its natural restraints.\\nHe regretted this step, however, not long afterward,\\nas he was captui ed by sailors belonging to a British\\nman-of-war, and he d a prisoner for some time.\\nTwo years later, at the age of sixteen, he enlisted", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1015.jp2"}, "1016": {"fulltext": "i\\n-4^\\n1000\\nA\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nin the Revolutionary War, serving all tlirough the\\nstruggle and until the Colonists had secured their\\nindependence. Willard Church was a distant rela-\\ntive of the noted Capt. Church who settled at an\\nearly d.ay in Connecticut the Capt. Church who\\nparticipated in King Philip s War. The Church\\nfamily are of English ancestry, several members of\\nthe family having borne an honorable part in the\\nRevolutionary War, and some of whom were pris-\\noners for the length of nine months on the British\\nprison ship Jersey, at the expiration of which\\ntime they were exchanged, and re-enlisted in the\\nregular armj\\nGrandfather Church, in 1842, left New York\\nwhere he had previously settled, and made his way\\nto the j oung State of Michigan, where he took up\\nhis residence with his youngest daughter for a time,\\nwho was living in Whe.atland Township, this county.\\nLater he left home to visit with a daughter in Oak-\\nland County, this State, but died on his way home,\\naged eighty-five years. His wife, Sally, was also a\\nnative of New England, and spent her last 3 ears in\\nWayne County, N. Y., having died many years\\nbefore her husband, at the age of sixty-five. They\\nwere the parents of nine children, of whom Lorenzo,\\nthe father of our subject, was the eldest of the seven\\nboys. He was born in Ontario County, N. Y.,\\nMarch 2t), 1799, and remained with his father until\\ntwenty years of age. He was then married to Miss\\nSusan Halleck. The young peoi le took up their\\nresidence on the old homestead, and a few years\\nlater Lorenzo Church purchased a portion of this,\\nand continued a resident there until his removal to\\nMichigan in January, 1838. He came on horse-\\nback, his family coming in June, 1838, as indicated\\nabove. He had visited the Territory in the summer\\nof 1834 and located 280 acres of Government land,\\nthen returned home and waited until the country\\nshould become more fully developed.\\nThe father of our subject, upon his removal from\\nthe Empire State, disposed of all of his property\\nwith the exception of his household goods, and\\nstarted on the journey via the canal to Buffalo, and\\nby lake to Toledo, and from that then small town\\nover the first railroad built westward to Adrian.\\nThence he proceeded by w.igon, and was two d.ays\\non the road from Adrian to Wheatland Township,\\nthis county. Tiie family took up their abode in a\\npartially finished log house, and the father at once\\ncommenced to clear the land, and succeeded that\\nfirst year in putting a few acres under cultivation.\\nThe mother did Irer cooking out of doors by the\\nside of a log for about six weeks, using for an oven\\nan old-fashioned reflector.\\nThe second year Lorenzo Church made very\\ngood progress in the clearing and cultivation of his\\nland, and thirteen years later had nearly the whole\\nin a productive condition. He was very active and\\nenergetic and a hard worker, not only for himself\\nbut in the community around him, assisting in the\\nestablishment of schools and the erection of school\\nbuildings. He officiated as Tovvn Clerk, was active\\nin polities, and served as Justice of the Peace four\\nyears. He was a man whom ever) body trusted\\nand respected. Like his father before him, Lorenzo\\nChurch identified himself with the old Whig party,\\nand upon its abandonment supported Republican\\nprinciples. It is to just such men as Lorenzo Church\\nthat Hillsdale County is indebted for its present\\nposition among the communities of the West. A\\nself-educated man, he fully realized the importance\\nof knowledge, and by his own efforts became thor-\\noughly well informed and familiar with the various\\ntopics of the day. After a long and well-spent life\\nhe departed hence, June 27, 1851.\\nMrs. Susan (Halleck) Church, the mother of our\\nsubject, was born in Greene County, N. Y., Jan.\\n18, 1798, and married March 4, 1819, in Ontario\\nCounty. She was of New England ancestry. Her\\nfather, Nathan Halleck, was a tailor by trade, and\\nthe parental household included a large family of\\nchildren. Mrs. Church accompanied her husband\\nto the West, and with him shared patiently and\\ncheerfully all the hardships and privations of pio-\\nneer life. She died at the home now occupied by\\nour subject on the 1st of June, 1875.\\nJudson A. Church, after the death of his father,\\nassumed charge of the homestead, which was left to\\nhim as a portion of his lierit.agc, and the mother\\nand children all lived there for some years. Frank\\nChurch, the youngest brother of our subject, has\\ncontinued with him since that time, the two labor-\\ning together with a common interest. Judson A.\\nwas married, on the 24th of March, 1809, to Miss\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1016.jp2"}, "1017": {"fulltext": "T\\nIlILLSDALK COUNTY.\\n1001\\nCaiolinc Liveniiofc, who was born in Ontario\\nCounty, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1840. Iler |)arents. John\\nand Mary (Martin) I^ivcrmore, were natives of New\\nYork, and long since passed awa} Tliey had a\\nl ;in)ily of eleven ehildrcn.\\nMrs. Church is a Iad\\\\ greatly respected in her\\nconnnunity, active, earnest and intelligent, a de-\\nvoted niemlier of tiic Baptist Ciiurch, and has been\\nPresident of its Home Missionary Society, with\\nwhicii she has been connected for years. She is\\nalso one of the Vice Presidents of the W. C. T. U.,\\nand is active in Sundaj -school and temperance\\nwork. They have no children.\\nMr. F. G. Church is connected bj niembershii)\\nWilli the Baptist congregation, and uniformly votes\\nthe Kepublican ticket. He has held various local\\noflices in Wiieatland Township; was Postmaster for\\na [leriod of over ten years, and served as Township\\nClerk for live years; he is at present Assistant\\nI ostmaster and a .School Director in his district.\\nFor several yeai s he was Secretary of the Ceme-\\ntery Association. He and his son-in-law, Mr. Wood-\\nworth, have considerable capital invested in a store\\nof general racrehandise at Church s Corners. The\\nChurch s Corners post-office occupied a room in the\\nhouse of IMr. F. G. Church for a period of eighteen\\nyears.\\nFrank G. Church was born in Wayne County,\\nN. Y., Sept. 5, 1830. He continued with his mother\\nafter the death of his father until his marriage, and\\nafter bringing his bride to the old homestead,\\nerected a house for himself, and still occupies a part\\nof the land which his father took up from the Gov-\\nernment. His wedding with Miss Mary AYood was\\ncelebrated on the 20th of October, 18.58, at the\\nhome of the bride in Wheatland. Mrs. Mary Church\\nwas born May 6, 1838, in Columbia, Lorain Co.,\\nOhio, and is the daughter of Seth and Lydia (Gates)\\nWood. Mr. Wood was born in Madison, N. Y.,\\nhis wife in A ermonl. Mr. Wood died Jan. 1,\\n1855; Mrs. Wood is still living. Of JMiss Wood s\\nunion with our subject there is one child only, a\\ndaughter, Mercia, who was born at the homestead\\nin Wheatland Township, .Tan. 1, 1863. She was\\nmarried, Sept. 28, 1881, to Mr. Livingston 1). Wood-\\nworth, of AVhcatland, and they arc the i)arents of\\noue child, a son. Key C, l^orn July 1 1882. Mrs,\\nWoodworth was given a thorough education, com-\\npleting her studies in the Adrian High School, and\\nalso received tuition for several terms. .She ofliciated\\nas teacher one term before her marriage.\\nThe parental household of Mr. F. G. Church in-\\ncluded ten children, Ijrothers and sisters, si.v of\\nwhom are living and all residents of Wheatland\\nTownship. T liey are a family peculiar in their affec-\\ntion for each other, and have always managed to\\nkeep together. They occupied the old log house\\nfirst built on the land for manj- 3 ears, the present\\ndwelling being built in 1881. Of the ten children\\nthe record is as follows: Mercia was born Maj- 18,\\n1824, and was married to Chancy Treadwell on the\\n3d of February, 1845; they are the parents of two\\ndaughters: Mar^ the wife of Bartlelt Bump, and\\nthe mother of a son and daughter; Susan marrieil\\nMr. James iMoreland, and is living in Adrian, Mich.\\nMiss Sarah Church was born Feb. 15, 1826, is the\\nwife of Perry Knapp. being married Sept. 28, 1848,\\nand the mother of three children: Amanda M. was\\nborn Dec. 20, 1828, and w.as married, Dec. 3, 185(\\nto John Clark; they have one son and three daugh-\\nters. The son married Miss Lydia Evans, and the\\ndaughter, Minnie, is the wife of Jerome AVitlicrill,\\nof Wheatland. L3-dia was born Maj- 1, 1833, and\\ndied in California on the 23d of June, 1857; she\\nwas married, on the 1 2th of October, 1 853, to James\\nHumi)hrcy, and became the mother of one daughter\\nwho died young; Jane H. was born Feb. 8, 1834,\\nand died in Wheatland, Feb. 27, 1864; Bethia was\\nborn Sept. 26, 1836, and died July 29. 1837 Alonzo\\nW. was born March 4, 1838, and was married to\\nMiss Helen A. Potter, Sept. 19, 1865; they have\\ntwo children, a son and daughter. JIary II. was\\nborn May 17, 1840, and died June 3, 1812.\\neHARLES F. WADE, the subject of our\\nsketch, is the son of James H. Wade and\\ngrandson of John Wade, a native of Ireland,\\nwho emigrated to America in 1842, md with his\\nfamily of six children, four sons and two daughters,\\nsettled on a farm in the township of Litchfield; he\\nsubsequently removed to Joncsville, where lie re-\\n.sidcd until his death, which occurred in 1872. His", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1017.jp2"}, "1018": {"fulltext": "I\\n1002\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nwife, whose maiden name was Mary Parker, died\\nin Jonesville in 1863.\\nJames IL Wade was tlie fiflli child in order of\\nhirth of his parents family-. He was born in 183o.\\nHis early life was spent npon the farm in Litciilield\\nTownship, and he received a common-school edu-\\ncation in tlic neighboring schools. Upon leaving\\nthe parental roof he obtained a clerliship in a drug-\\nstore in Jonesville, where he remained until 1852,\\nwhen he was seized with llie gold fever, and took\\nthe overland route to California for the purpose of\\nraining, but on reaching the Golden State lie went\\nimmediately into the service of a liydraulic water\\ncompany as agent and collector, and a part of the\\ntime was engaged in surveying. He returned to\\nJonesville after an absence of four j ears, and en-\\ngaged in the dr3- -goods trade under the firm name\\nof Babcock Wade.\\nIn 18G5 we find Mr. Wade in the hardware busi-\\nness, in company with Silal C. Baker and his\\nbrother, William W. Wade. In 1871 he disposed\\nof the business and was appointed agent of the Ft.\\nAV., J. tk S. R. li. Co., and at the same time was\\nengaged with his brother William in the grain\\nbusiness; he was thus employed until February\\n1883, when he was appointed Secretary and Steward\\nof the State University, at Ann Arbor, Mich., which\\nposition he still retains.\\nWhile a resident of Jonesville, James II. Wade\\nwas alwa3 s identified with every effort introduced\\nfor the good of the community; he was chosen\\nPresident of the villiage, was Supervisor of the\\ntownship, and held other local offices. For four-\\nteen years he was a member of the Board of Edu-\\ncation, and took an active interest in all measures\\ninaugurated for the promotion of the cause of edu-\\ncation. He was a member of the Presb3 -terian\\nChurch, and for several years served the society as\\nTrustee and Elder; he is also a member of the Ma-\\nsonic fraternity, and of the A. O. U. W.\\nJames H. Wade was united in marriage, in Jones-\\nville, in January, 1859, with Miss Elizabeth A.,\\ndaughter of Thomas and Anne (Dickson) Sibbald,\\nwho was born in the township of Allen, in 1841.\\nThey became the parents of three children: Charles\\nF.; Bertie, deceased, and Gertrude S., who is now\\na student at the State University, Mrs, Wade, like\\nher husband, is a member of the Presbyterian\\nChurch, a highly respected Christian woman, zeal-\\nous in all good works.\\nCharles F. Wade, the subject of this sketch, was\\nborn in Jonesville, May 9, 1860, and was educated\\nin the common schools of that village. In 187 J he\\naccepted the position of cleikand bookkeeper in the\\ndry-goods house of J. A. Sibbald fe Co., where he\\nremained until 1881; he then entered the employ\\nof Grosvenor Co., bankers, in the capacity of\\nbookkeeper. At the end of one and one-half yeais\\nCharles E. White, then cashier of the bank, retired,\\nand Mr. Wade was appointed cashier, the duties of\\nwhich he has since discharged.\\nOn the 26th of October, 1881, Mr. AVade was\\nunited in marriage to Miss Minnie A., daugiitei- of\\nWilliam S. Curtis, of Scipio Township, of whom\\na sketch is presented elsewhere in this volume. J lie\\nhome of Mr. and Mrs. Wade has been brightened\\nby the advent of one son, whom they named Harry\\nCurtis. Mr. AVade is a member of the A. O. U. AV.,\\nand the United Legion of America, and has been\\nTrustee of the village, and also Recorder. Though\\njust entering the arena of life Mr. AA^ade has\\nalready won his way, by his manly qualities and\\nstraightforward business habits, into the esteem of\\nall with whom he comes in contact, either socially or\\nin business relations.\\nELIZUR AVRIGHT. Camden Townsliii) has\\nfew more patriotic, respected and prosperous\\ncitizens than the gentleman whose name and\\nbiography are herewith presented, and whose ad-\\nmirably worked farming property and home are\\nsituated on section 4 of the township. He is a\\nnative of Portage County, Ohio, and was born ou\\nthe farm of his parents on the 9th of September,\\n1830. He is the son of Elizur and Celinda AV^right.\\nThe family of which our subject is a member\\nincluded beside the parents seven children, of whom\\nfive are still living: Elizur, our subject; Annie is\\nliving in Portage County, Ohio; Sarah, whose home\\nis in Trumbull County of the same State; Charles\\nand Edward, of Portage County. The family is\\ndescended from an old English family upon the\\nr^=^", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1018.jp2"}, "1019": {"fulltext": "j i\\n.t\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\n1003\\n^;,;;;;;;:7^ ^vho we.e of eaVly Eastern settlers,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0xiid of very honorable record.\\nOur subject was reared to manhood in his native\\nSt-ite and received a rudimentary education in the\\nsomewhat crude and primitive common schools of\\nthat time, in places so far removed from the centers\\nof society, commerce .-.nd education. He was\\nearly inured in the trials and familiarized with the\\nscenes of pioneer life, which would seem both\\nslran-e and hard to ns who have been reared amid\\nmore favorable surroundings and brighter influ-\\nences. .1\\nUpon June 26, 1859, Mr. Wright led to the\\nnntrimonial altar and was married to Elizabeth\\nProcter, a native of Ohio. The happiness of their\\nmarried life has been deepened, and their union\\nmore strongly welded, by the birth of four children,\\nwhose names are recorded as follows: Amanda,\\nElizur, Edward and Irene.\\nMr Wright removed from Ohio about the year\\n1865 and s\u00c2\u00b0ettled in Hillsdale County upon his pres-\\nent property, which comprises eighty acres of arable\\nland exceptionally suited in its composition for\\nagricultural pursuits, and yielding, other things\\nbein- equal, most abundant harvests. The success\\nthat has come to our subject is due to his own\\nearnest effort and continued perseverance, dictated\\nby a laudable ambition.\\nSocially, our subject is a member of the A. F.\\nA. M., and connected with the local lodge, where\\nhe is received with every respect as a true and\\nfaithful brother. In political matters his sympathies\\nare with the Democratic party, of which he has long\\nbeen an ardent supporter. Both Mr. and Mrs.\\nWri ht take deep interest in all matters of local\\nimport, and are earnestly in favor of every project\\nwhich promises to benefit the county or State, and\\nare accorded the cordial esteem of the community,\\nas is warranted by their high character and social\\nposition.\\ni-O-i\\nENJAMIN F. MOSS is a .very thrifty and\\nprogressive farmer and mechanic, and is at\\npresent associated willi tiie D. C. Atkins\\nSaw Company, of Indianapolis, Ind., which\\nmanufacture the Diamond Tooth Saw, it having\\nfirst been made and brought into practical use by\\nMessi-s. Moss Abbott of this township in 1872.\\nOur subject has since received considerable remun-\\neration from the company in return for the privi-\\nlege which he granted them of manufacturing the\\nsaid saw, though there has never been a patent\\n.rranted on it. The aforementioned company\\nmanufacture the saws from three to twelve feet in\\nlength, and they have had the most extensive busi-\\nness in that line in the AVest for a number of years.\\nMr. Moss is a native of Kingsbury, Washington\\nCo., N. Y., his birth having occurred on the 4lh of\\nApril, 1830. His father, William Moss, was a na-\\ntive of the same place, having come from an old\\nfamily which had located in that .State before the\\nRevolutionary War, and some members of which\\nfamily had served through the struggle for Ameri-\\ncan liberty. The paternal grandfather of our sub-\\nject John Moss, was an extensive land and mill\\nowner on the Hudson River. He was for some\\nyears the keeper of the public hotel situated at the\\nhead of Moss street, in Sandy Hill, Washington\\nCounty. The building is an old landmark in the\\nMoss family history of Ih.at county. John Moss\\ndied in that place at quite an advanced age.\\nThe father of our subject followed the occupa-\\ntions of a mechanic and farmer, and was at one\\ntime the owner of a very large amount of land. He\\nlived to a ripe old age, enjoying his last days in the\\nhomes of his sons. He had married Miss Betsey\\nFritts, an aunt of John Fritts, of whom a sketch\\nwill appear in this work. Betsey Moss, tree Fritts.\\nwas a woman of remarkable vigor and physical\\nstrength, and she also died at an a.lvanced age, at\\nthe home of her son in Erie County. She was the\\nmother of ten children, seven sons and three daugh-\\nters, our subject being the youngest son, and next\\nto the youngest child of the family.\\nWhen our subject was thirteen years old, his par-\\nents moved to Erie County, N. Y., and lived there\\nfor about twelve years. He received a good prac-\\ntical education from the schools, and having natur-\\nally acquired an interest in mechanical work, he\\nbe ran to apply himself to the use of tools as early\\nas^thirteen years of age. So thoroughly did he\\nunderstand the different departments of mechanics,\\nthat when he was nineteen years uhl he could draft\\nI", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1019.jp2"}, "1020": {"fulltext": "-4^\\n1004\\nHILLSDALE COUNTY.\\nhis plans, etc., and build a house from his own archi-\\ntectural and mechanical designs. Li the ye.ar 1853\\nhe came to Michigan and located in this township,\\nwhere, as a thorough draughtsman and builder, he\\nerected a large number of the houses. In 1855 he\\npurchased eight} acres of land, and later added\\nforty-one acres to it; he has it well improved and\\nadorned with good farm buildings.\\nHe was married in Reading Township, on the 18th\\nof November, 1855, to Miss Helen M. Kinne, a\\ndaughter of Daniel Kinne, of whom a sketch ap-\\npears in this woi-k. INIrs. Helen INIoss was born in\\nErie County, N. Y., in 1837. She was onlj a year\\nold when she was bronght to this county, where she\\nwas reared and received a very good education.\\nShe was the mother of one child, Carl D., who died\\nat the age of nine years, her own death occurring at\\nher home in 1871. Mr. Moss was a second lime\\nmarried, in Adams Township, on the 13th of March,\\n1872, to Miss Hattie E. Anthony, who was born on\\nthe Cth of October, 1850, in Wayne County, N. Y.\\nShe is a daughter of Walter L. and p]liza (Sherman)\\nAnthony, both of whom are living in Quinc} Town-\\nship, Branch County. They came from New York\\nto this State in 1857, and lived in Adams Town-\\nship until the year 1870, when they moved to their\\n[)resent place of residence, where they are success-\\nfully engaged in farming.\\nMrs. Hattie E. Moss received a very fine educa-\\ntion in her native State, and before she was sixteen\\nj ears old began the profession of teaching, in\\nwhich she was engaged until the time of her mar-\\nriage, having in the meantime made a visit to Cali-\\nfornia. She is the mother of three children Blanche\\nH., Daniel K. and Jlarlin B. Our subject and his\\nwife arc very prominent society people of this place,\\nthe former l)einga member of the F. d- A. M., Blue\\nLodge No. 117, and Chapter No. 49, both of Read-\\ning. He is Treasurer of the Blue Lodge, and\\nis a member of the Democratic part} As an en-\\nterprising and successful businessman, he is entitled\\nto rank among the first of his community.\\nifcS^ia\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r\\n4", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1020.jp2"}, "1021": {"fulltext": "-4\u00c2\u00bb-\\nAl.bcy, Albert A 718\\nAblmtt, Angus H 515\\nAbbott, H.K 649\\nAbbott, Lorenzo 300\\nAdams, John 23\\nAdams, J. Q 39\\nAdams, S. K 539\\nAldrich, Benjamin F ..316\\nAldrich, Mrs. Delia F 521\\nAlger, Russell A 173\\nAUeger, E. 1 261\\nAllen. W. S 518\\nAller. W. H 514\\nA His, Lemuel A 551\\nAnderson, Charles W 295\\nAnderson, George F 508\\nAnderson, Seth 548\\nAndrews, Theron 291\\nAndrus, Cassius M. C 505\\nArmstrong, George 314\\nArmstrong, Hon. John H 297\\nArmstrong, W. A 926\\nArthur, Chester A gg\\nAsliworth, John 294\\nAtwood, Warren 329\\nAvery, Taylor M 301\\nB\\nRacon, Jesse 555\\nHaglcy, John J .157\\nHaglcy, Joseph L --431\\nHailcy, Edward 624\\nP.ailcy, Hcman D 406\\nHailcy, H. G 426\\nHailcy, L. H 445\\nBailey, Washington 298\\nBaker, A. J 911\\nRaker, Isaac ..430\\nRaker, James 437\\nRnker, John K 597\\nRaker, Willis 4U\\nHalcom, Abner 965\\nRaldwin, Henry P 153\\nRan, John T 615\\nR.anks, George 1 554\\nBansill, George 5 7\\nRarkdall, Daniel 559\\nBarker, James 386\\nR.arkman, Mrs. Ellen. 439\\n4\u00c2\u00bb\\nBarnes, Amos 416\\nBarniim, W. G 886\\nBarry, John S 113\\nRassett, J. H S16\\nBaxter, Andrew A 536\\nBaxter, Henry 990\\nBaxter, Hon. Levi 067\\nBaxter, Hon. Witter J 994\\nBean, Alonzo B .-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a075\u00c2\u00b0\\nBeatiie, James 573\\nBeatty, J. T 248\\nBeckhardi, David 5^7\\nBeer, William 495\\nBegole. Josiah W 169\\nBelcher, William H 795\\nBcmcnt, Oliver S 575\\nBenedict, T. W 204\\nBenson, Lorenzo 491\\nBcntley, C. A 500\\nHentley, George W 453\\nBentz, Emanviel 898\\nBerleen, Paul S91\\nBeriy, R. J 494\\nBerry, Thomas 583\\nBibbins, Amaziah 563\\nBingham, Kinsley S 137\\nBishop, H. 1 741\\nBishop, William 562\\nBlack, M D 550\\nRlackman, A\\nRlair, Andrew 558\\nRIair, Austin 145\\nBlurton, Jonathan 244\\nBoaU, John 451\\nBoone, James 203\\nBooth, Eli L 565\\nBorton, Rev. J. P 415\\nRow, Horace 538\\nRradley, Renjamin C 307\\nRranch, Walter R 411\\nBrandon, George 414\\nBrewster, E. C 4?9\\nBrockway, B. W 858\\nBrockway, T. N 865\\nBrooks, R. H 360\\nBrown, Dr. A. R 370\\nBrown, Avery 564\\nBrown, Cornelius 421\\nBrown, George J 773\\nBrown, Immanuel 39?\\nBrown, Jonas 4^9\\nBrown, Joseph C 577\\nRrown, Lemuel D 537\\nRrown, Parley 613\\nBrown, W. E a?\u00c2\u00a9\\nBruen, Charles H 420\\nBryan, William 409\\nBryant, Ira N 5\u00c2\u00bb2\\nBuchanan, James 75\\nBuchanan, W. T 957\\nRuck. Albert B 552\\nBuck, E. D 59^\\nRuck, Hon. J. J 570\\nHunting, David P 865\\nBurgan^S. R 745\\nB urges, Arnold 375\\nBurnett, W. E 5^7\\nBurns, James A 884\\nBurroughs. Ambrose M 427\\nBushnell, A. K .746\\nRushong, Andrew 217\\nRutton, James W 5*^\\nButts, A. T sCi^\\nCahow, Elmore A 998\\nCamburn, Jacob K 852\\nCampbell. E. C 590\\nCanniff, W. H 995\\nCard. Ira B 69^\\nCarncross, J. A 275\\nCarpenter, W. A 869\\nCarr, Henry T 7\u00c2\u00bb7\\nCarruthers, Robert 606\\nCarruthers, Robert R 695\\nCarter, Edward E 829\\nCarter. William 680\\nCase, William 847\\nCase, William N 233\\nCase, Willis 616\\nChamplin, Hon. Elisha P... 685\\nChapman, H. B 706\\nCheney, Paschal 57^\\nChilds, W. B 266\\nChurch, J. A 999\\nClark, David C 789\\nClark. Mrs.C.C 7i5\\nClark, Vrtlentinc 7*9\\nClarke, John 263\\nClemans. Dr. Asa 37\u00c2\u00bb\\nClement, Ch ristophcr 743\\nCleveland. S. G rover 103\\nCobb,D. T 643\\nCohn, Moses 6S9\\nColburn. Harvey 2*5\\nCole, Samuel 833\\nCollins, N. R 635\\nComan, Lncian B 7\\nConiar, F, M 71-^\\nConcer, D. J 665\\nConklin, Dorr 896\\nCon ley, John 2^8\\nConverse, R. E 271\\nConvis. Philo D 667\\nCook, James 634\\nCooper, James C 6^9\\nCooper, William W 827\\nCope, David 873\\nCopp, Rev. John S 796\\nCoryell. Charles R 702\\nCortright. C. C aiS\\nCortwright. T. C 810\\nCouzens, Abraham 725\\nCox, Hon. Robert i... 657\\nCox, Robert M 191\\nCrane, Albert 845\\nCrane, Asa L 842\\nCrane, D. P 791\\nCrane, Hon. H 223\\nCrane, W. W 720\\nCrapo, Henry H 149\\nCrawford. Stewart 811\\nCioswell, Charles M 161\\nCrow, Jesse 303\\nCunningham, P 739\\nCurtis, William S 617\\nCuller, George W 983\\nD\\nDaley, John 874\\nDarling, R. L 580\\nDavies, Edward 630\\nDavis, E. C aOq\\nDavis, L. R 53O\\nDavis, Solomon 959\\nDay, Almon 954\\nDay, Willard F 2.17\\nDay, Wilson 58^\\nDay, Winslow H ji/S\\nDeal, Jacob J 487\\nDeRow, J. A 928\\nDennis, James I 636\\nDePue, A. F 6to\\nDerby, Daniel J 240\\nDeuel, Alfred 622\\nDevillc, Stephen 777\\nDickinson, Andrew J 648\\nDillon, James K 74\\nDillon, Joshua 493\\nDiimars. Dr. W. R 483\\nDivine, D. D 981\\nDivine, Jamc; .750", "height": "2974", "width": "2221", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1021.jp2"}, "1022": {"fulltext": "11\\nINDEX.\\n1\\nDivine, Hon. Joseph 764\\nDivine, William, S24\\nDonaghy, W. W 585\\nDoty, Silas 856\\nDow, M. E 854\\nDowner, S. B 784\\nDrake, W A 545\\nDrinker, R. W 600\\nDnBois, A. C 443\\nDunn, Rev. Ransom 584\\nDunn, Simeon 820\\nDnnton, Eben H 782\\nDtisli, Franklin 973\\nE\\nEddy,H. H -.273\\nEidenier, H. W 246\\nEllis, Stephen W 480\\nEllison, James C 294\\nEmens, J. P gSe\\nEmerson, G. L 878\\nEmerson, M D 878\\nEnglish, A. H 49=\\nEvans, James 756\\nEverett, R. A., M. D 277\\nEwing, Henry McKendree. .312\\nEwing, William J 724\\nFalley, John W 240\\nFast, lonathan 714\\nFekh, Alpheiis 117\\nField, Daniel 610\\nField, John 661\\nFillmore, Millard 67\\nFinch, O. D 732\\nFisher, Benjamin 944\\nFitch, John 646\\nFitzsimmons, George R 806\\nFitzsimmons, J. F 960\\nF itzsimmons, U. C 767\\nFleming, Andrew B 922\\nFloyd, R. U .529\\nFogg, Kichard 987\\nFolger, H. \\\\V 9ro\\nFoote, E. B 461\\nFooie, George W 838\\nFoster, John S 690\\nFoiist, Edwin 695\\nFonts, Charles 704\\nFowler, Col. Frederick 730\\nFranklin, Benjamin 885\\nFreed, Henry H 880\\nFreed, James W 797\\nFreer, Alexander 801\\nFrench, John 888\\nFrench, William 874\\nFrishie, Abraham 462\\nFrisbie, John L .266\\nFrilts, John 710\\nFuller, Freeman 222\\nFuller, S. 804\\nG\\nGaige, P. S 744\\nGamble, Edward 394\\nGardner, John G 368\\nGardner, Leroy T 907\\nGardner, Ransom. 359\\nGarfield, James A 95\\nGates, IsaacS 402\\nGibhs, Isaac H 727\\nGiiibs, Lemuel 895\\nG id ley. James H 857\\nGier, Dr. Frank M 694\\nGilbert, Michael 265\\nGilbert, Mrs. Jane 668\\nGilohrest, J. H 384\\nGlasgow, John 688\\nGlasgow. S. W 383\\nGlasgow, William 395\\nCleason, Eleazer 271\\nGodfrey, Alfred 846\\nGoodrich, Edgar 682\\nGould, Albert 392\\nGraham, Hon. Jonathan B...g43\\nGrant, U. S 67\\nGray, George 792\\nGray, Henry 771\\nGray, John 474\\nGreen, M. W gro\\nGreen hoe, John 377\\nGreenly, William L 121\\nGrosvenor, E O 390\\nGrosverior, Hon. E. O 185\\nGuggenheim, Levi 726\\nGuise, Henry 72S\\nGuy, O. F 378\\nH\\nHadley, Simon H 938\\nHall, Marvin E -917\\nHall, Mrs. Louisa 568\\nHall.Seth 641\\nHalleck. John 786\\nHambhn, W ard 659\\nHancheit, James M 319\\nHancock, J. A 866\\nHarding, George D 322\\nHarding, S. S 195\\nHarrington, L. W 531\\nHarris, Ira 748\\nHarri Mrs. J. W 498\\nHarrison, William Henry 51\\nHart. Ciilbert Z 572\\nHart, Harmon 341\\nHart, Samuel 533\\nHartley William 502\\nHaskell, John B 582\\nHaskell. S. A 511\\nHawkins, r)r. W. B 536\\nHawley, Levi 229\\nHayes, Rutherford B gi\\nHaynes, A. E 986\\nHay nes M rs L 793\\nHecox, William 393\\nHenry, Horace 478\\nHerring, John 331\\nHerrin^j. W illiam A 318\\nHess, Joseph 411\\nHesse, E. R 348\\nHe wett. Philander 464\\nHewitt, Hon. Alexander 334\\nHibbard, R. D 514\\nHickerson, Thomas 433\\nHicks, George W^ 675\\nHicks, William 463\\nHigley, Harvey 541\\nHile, William 250\\nHill, Myron E 252\\nHill, Robert 530\\nHilton, John 338\\nHoag, L. J 862\\nHoard, Andrew 230\\nHodges, A.J 471\\nHollo way, F. M 619\\nH opk ins Perry 788\\nHopkins, S. D 645\\nHouseknecht, W ilson. 346\\nHoutz, John E 468\\nHoward, B. B 199\\nHoward, Goodwin 189\\nHoward, L. A M. D 902\\nHowe, Jared B 516\\nHow land, Gilbert 343\\nHowiett, Thomas 542\\nHoxie, James 497\\nHubbell, Joseph B 224\\nHuggett, Edward. 470\\nHuggett, Silas \\\\y 4 8\\nHuggett, William 429\\nHuggette, Richard 278\\nHughes, William 488\\nHunt, Mrs. Meriah 940\\nHursh, Jacob 465\\nH uston, Alexander 347\\nHuston, James 609\\nI\\nIngaUbee, Henry .907\\nJ\\nJackson, Andrew 43\\nJackson, Samuel P 889\\nJackson, Warren 903\\nJanes, Hon. O. A 684\\nJefferson, 1 homas 27\\nJerome, David H 165\\nJerrells, Harvey E 786\\nJohnson, .Andrew 83\\nJohnson. Calvin 815\\nJohnson, C. C, M. D 686\\nJohnson. S. E 898\\nJones, Walter R 699\\nK\\nKane, John 447\\nKay, James 888\\nKeefer, H. M 839\\nKeith, M. S 638\\nKellogg.T. H 738\\nKelly, Daniel A 822\\nKelsey, Camp 660\\nKenyon, Albert 951\\nKenyon, M. H 812\\nKerr, -Samuel B 506\\nKesseiring, G. L 607\\nKesselring, Mrs. Elizabeth ..574\\nKester, George 601\\nKidder, W. R 818\\nKles, Alonzo 496\\nKies, D. C 937\\nKies, Eugene 473\\nKing, John F 467\\nKinne, Hon. Daniel 899\\nKinne George 602\\nKir by, James K .454\\nKirkwood, JohnS 412\\nKllngensmith, C. P 435\\nKnapp, Perry 837\\nKoon, H.J 614\\nKroh, Daniel B 652\\nKunkle, W^illiam 434\\nL\\nLaFIeur, A. B 984\\nLaird. Jonas.. 935\\nLake, Erastus 776\\nLamb, Morris 709\\nLambert, J. W go*)\\nLane, Henry So?\\nLangdon, Henry C 463\\nLawrence, Edmund 716\\nLa;;enby. Thomas 349\\nLeavitt, Ralph 913\\nLeonardson, James 946\\nLewis. John S 231\\nLickly, George W 676\\nLickly, William 697\\nLincoln, Abraham yg\\nLindsey. Robert -705\\nLinsday, J. B 975\\nLockwood, V. H 933\\nLords, William L 945\\nLovejoy, Samuel... 200\\nLuce, Cyrus A 177\\nLuke, Joseph L 927\\nLyon. Henry 947\\nLyon, Set h W 711\\nLyons, David M gi6\\nLyons, William T 930\\nM\\nMackey, Montgomery 965\\nMadison, James 31\\nMaples. C. A 876\\nMarvin, John 861\\nMason, R. B 956\\nMason, Stephen T 105\\nMasters. N. R 814\\nMathias, Henry H 535\\nMaxson, Howard A 803\\nMaxson, Man ley M 365\\nMayer, Christian 651\\nMcBain. John F 964\\nMcClelland, Robert 129\\nMcCowan, Mrs. H\\nMcCrecdy, James M 639\\nMcDonough, John 504\\nMcDougall, Andrew 955\\nMcDougall, James 905\\nMcDougall. James 553\\nMcDougall. John 666\\nMcDougall, Robert 671\\nMcEnally, Capt. C. P 289\\nMcFarland, A. F 210\\nMcGee, Harvey 268\\nMcLouth, John 259\\n4^\\nt", "height": "2974", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chpm_1022.jp2"}, "1023": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nMcNabb, Daniel 9\\nMcWilliam, John G 9\\nMeigs, Cnpt. I-ucicn =20\\nMciss, Johnson 9\\nMcijs, Morton 580\\nMercer, William ^u\\nMercer, William W 887\\nMeredilh 1 homas 863\\nMerrill, VVilli.Tni H 629\\nMickle. Judge John 94^\\nMiller, Hon. 1 3\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Miller, John 909\\nMiller, John 99\\nMiller, Mrs.Phebe S\\nMiller, Russell D *f i\\nMi ls,D. H 534\\nMills, James 595\\nMiner,C.K ^37\\nMiner, Luther 734\\nMitchell, Hon. C.T 9=0\\nMonroe. George C 4 7\\nMonroe, James ^5\\nMontgomery, T.C 940\\nMontgomery, Hon. Wm. R...647\\nMontgomery, \\\\V. R 211\\nMoore, Albert 9*3\\nMoore, Dr. E. E 9\\nMoore. F.nos S^o\\nMoore, J. E 52*\\nMorey, Chester 24a\\nMorey, William H 5*9\\nMorford, Garret -28\\nMorgan, Samuel 848\\nMorton, Benjamin 655\\nMosher, Asa P 9=7\\nM oshcr, George W 849\\nMosher, Dr. George W 893\\nMosher, Hon. Charles 525\\nMoss, lienjamin K 1003\\nMumford, E. C. L 9*9\\nMurray, D. E 2 9\\nOsborn, John M...\\nOsius, Charles P..\\nO.venham, Kobcrl.\\n255\\n444\\n596\\nMurray\\nMyer\\n\\\\V. H\\n.362\\nW.H 285\\nN\\nNil.lacli, William P 79?\\nNichols, Robert L 605\\nNicholson, Franklin 4^6\\nNickerson, S. 587\\nNoble, J ames 45\u00c2\u00b0\\nNorris, Byron 853\\nNorris, Jason B... 280\\nNorris, Joel B 45*\\nNorthrnp, C. L 625\\nNorton, E. P 860\\nNutten, Fayette 524\\nNutten, George 448\\nNutten, Mrs. Sarah J 532\\nNye, NeUon P 794\\no\\nOaks, S. H 382\\nOberst, Frank 782\\nO Hanlon, Thomas 749\\nOldfield, S. A 286\\nO Neil. James 30\u00c2\u00bb\\nOrr, Samuel 774\\nOsborn, John C 479\\nPacker, Hon. Henry 624\\nPage, John T 663\\nPalmer, A. E 3 o\\nPalmer, C.G t^\\nPalmer, W. H 489\\nParker, C. M 800\\nParmelee, Hon.L. S 7*6\\nParsons, Andrew t33\\nPatrick, .Austin 284\\nPatterson, Robert C 664\\nPayne, Dr. Charles E 859\\nPearce, Abner W 825\\nPeirce, J. W 687\\nPerry, Myron ^S*\\nPerson, James 758\\nPettis, William S 894\\nPfau, Earnhardt 747\\nPhillips, A 665\\nPhillips, Henry L 774\\nPierce, Franklin 7t\\nPixley, Hiram 503\\nPolk, James K 59\\nPomroy, Hon. E. A 703\\nPope, Alexander 879\\nPowers, Hiram M 455\\nPra:t, Daniel L 872\\nPrentice, A. B 883\\nPrentiss, Albert 689\\nPreston, W. F 778\\nProper, George W 897\\nProper, Leonard 882\\nProuty, Harvey N 760\\nPnlver, Frank R 723\\nPulver.J. H 698\\nPulver, William 7 4\\nR\\nRanuey, I-ucius 871\\nRansom, F.paphroditus 125\\nRansom, William M 3.35\\nRaplee, A.J 718\\nRaymond, John M 35\u00c2\u00bb\\nReckerd, A. B 35\\nRctler, Hoberl 798\\nReynolds, .Andrew 389\\nReynolds, Barney 272\\nReynolds, ElonG 308\\nReynolds, Lorenzo P 323\\nRiblet, Samuel 972\\nRice, John L 353\\nRice, W. H 372\\nRichards, Judge Willard 333\\nRichards, Mrs. Harriet 213\\nRichardson, Thomas J 757\\nRichtmyer, Peter 345\\nRickerd, Alanson B 351\\nRickerd, L. H 336\\nRideout.A.C 982\\nRidout,*;. H 829\\nRiehm, George 355\\nRiggs, J H 336\\nRiggs. John J *9\\nRising, A. M 835\\nRobertson, C. G 7\\nRoche lie. Benjamin. 281\\nRogers, Kli B 363\\nRoode, W. W 332\\nRoot, Hiram 790\\nRoot. John P 349\\nRool.Libctis H 33\\nRo\u00c2\u00bbley, H. N 992\\nRowlson, H. B .679\\nRozell, Charles 35*\\nSalmon. Robert 561\\nSampson. J. B 369\\nSarles. Garry 99\\nSaunders. E 976\\nSawdey, Calvin 326\\nSawyer. W. H 643\\nSchafer, Henry C07\\nSchermerhorn, C- D 283\\nSchermerhorn, W illiam S 385\\nSchrntt, George 828\\nScovelLMrs. LovinaR 8yO\\nSebring, Volney A 958\\nSeeley, Peter 368\\nSelfrid;e,J. 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