{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3137", "width": "2431", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "i-\\no o\\n0^\\n.^_^^,^ .^1^, t.^^^,.^\\na V\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0n^.\\n-?f^ -v^ i^\\n*w Mk- i^ ^n/\\n-o^*^.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2y ^-%o X\\no^^--.\\n.G^ \\\\3 ^yf.,-- A\\nv-^\\ni\u00c2\u00ab Si\\n/^X w:^ ^W ,/X", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "1 -r-^\\n.V\\no\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2*c\\nMk .-afe --^fe- -1\\n-?r^. -0 v^-^ \\\\;VB-\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iP\\n.h^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "-i^\\n3 zr\\nITT-\\nI J 2f\\nI(TI(J|I1 j I^S\\nxt g\\nT\\nAlA\\n^^^y\\nL A], BUM i\\nil^\\nIf\\nLJ\\nk\\n1^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094OF\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nInsham and Livingston Counties,\\nCONTAINING\\nBiograpliical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens\\nOF THE COUNTIES,\\nTogether with Biographies of all the\\nlovGrnors of the IfaiG, and of tiic f iGsidcrits\\nOI= THE UNITED STMTES.\\nN\\nCHICAGO:\\n7 CHAPMAN BROS.\\n1891.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "m^(3^i^%\\n1^-\\n/d^\\nD", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "pF(Ep/^\u00c2\u00a7E.\\n^\u00c2\u00bbt\u00c2\u00bb ^-0H-\\nIIE greiilusl of Engli.sh liisluriaiis, MACAULAY,aiid one of the most brilliaul writers of\\nthe |)reseiit century, has said: The history of a couiitr\\\\ is l est told in a record of tlie\\nlives of its people. In conformity with this idea tlie Poktrait an d Biographicai.\\nAi.i .iM of this county has been preiiared. Instead of going to musty records, and\\ntaking therefrom dry statistical matter tliat can he appreciated by but few, our\\ncorps of writers have gone to the people, the men and women who have, by then-\\nenterprise and industry, brought the county to rank second to none among those\\ncomprising this great and noble State, 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 p n-erty, 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\\nintluence extending throughout 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\\nbecome famous. It tells of those in every walk in life who have striven to succeed, and\\nrecords how that success has usually crowned their efforts. It tells also of many, very\\nmany, who, not seeking the applause of the world, have pursued the even tenor of their wa\\\\% content\\nto have it said of them as Christ said of the woman performnig a deed of mercy they have done what\\nthey could. It tells how that many in the pride and strength of J oung manhood left the plow and the\\nanvil, the lawyer s office and the counting-room, left every trade and profession, and at their country s\\ncall went forth valiantly to do or die, and how through their efforts the Union was restored and peace\\nonce more reigned in the land. In the life of every inan and of ever^ woman is a lesson that should not\\nbe lost upon those who follow after.\\nComing generations will appreciate this volume and preserve it as a sacred treasure, from the fact\\nthat it contains so much that would never find its way into public records, and which w^ould 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 tiie i)iiblisliers flatter them-\\n.selves that they give to their readers a work with few errors of consecpience. In addition 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\\npublishers are not to blame. Not having a proper concepti(m of the work, some refused to give the\\ninformation necessary to compile a sketch, while others were indifferent. Occasionally some member of\\nthe family would opjiose the enterjirise, and on account of such opposition the su| ort of the interested\\none would be withheld. In a few instances men could never be found, tliougli repeated calls were m.idc\\nat their residence or place of business.\\nNovember. 1891. CIIAl .MAN BROS.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "yk^\\nm\\nIPGRAB\\n0-\\n^m^RnJ^.^mmt/-^\\nOF THE\\nGOVERNORS of MICHIGAN,\\nAND OF THE\\nr,\\nOF THE\\n^UM ffEl\\n^.fy^ ^ij^ j\\n^^m^^m^^^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": ".^-^=:^^^2=^t^^\\nL\\\\ ^y^h\\nm \u00c2\u00a7iUJ ^iu ji\\nRriFTi.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "^Xv", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "FIRST PRESIDENT.\\nf\u00c2\u00ab\\n*-e-\\n,T,\\\\:^_\\nsy^-.\\nl S w\\ni iii^^^I^Ii^.-,\\nM\\nHE Father of our Country was\\nhorn in Westmorland Co., Va.,\\nleb. 22, 1732. His parents\\nwere Augustine and Mary\\n(Ball) Washington. The family\\nto which he belonged has not\\nbeen satisfactorily traced in\\nEngland. His great-grand-\\nfather, John Washington, em-\\nigrated to Virginia about 1657,\\nand became a prosperous\\nplanter. He had two sons,\\nLawrence and John. The\\nformer married Mildred Warner\\nand had three children, John,\\nAugustine and Mildred. Augus-\\ntine, the father of George, first\\nmarried Jane Butler, who bore\\nhim four children, two of whom,\\nLawrence and .Augustine, reached\\nmaturity. Of six children by his\\nsecond marriage, George was the\\neldest, the others being Betty,\\nSamuel, John Augustine, Charles\\nand Mildred.\\nAuguitine Washington, the 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 lie left\\nsciiool, when he received private instruction in\\nniathemat cs. His spel!in(i v/as rather dffectiv?\\nRemarkable stories are told of his great physica.:\\nstrength and development at an early age. He was\\nan acknowledged leader among his companions, and\\nwas early noted for that nolileness of character, fair-\\nness and veracity which characterized his whole life.\\nWhen George was 14 years old he had a desire to go to\\nsea, and a midshipman s warrant was secured for him,\\nbut through the opposition of his mother the idea was\\nabandoned. Two years later he was appointed\\nsurveyor to the immense estate of Lord Fairfax. In\\nthis business he spent three years in a rough frontier\\nlife, gaining experience which afterwards proved very\\nessential to him. In 175 though only 19 years of\\nage, he was ai)ix)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 hiin. 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, wiiicli others had refused. This was to pro-\\nceed to the French [wst near Lake Erie in North-\\nwestern Pennsylvania. The distance to be traversed\\nwas between 500 and 600 miles. inter was at hai.d.\\nand th.e journey was to be made without mi!itar\\nescort, through a territory occupied by Indians. The", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "GEORGE IVASIIlNGTOiy.\\ntrip was a perilous one, and several limes he came near\\nlosing his life, yet he returned in safety and furnished\\na full and useful report of his expedition. A regiment\\nof 300 men was raised in Virginia and put in com-\\nmand of Col. Joshua Fry, and Major Washington was\\ncommissioned lieutenant-colonel. Active war was\\nthen begun against the French and Indians, in which\\nWashington took a most important i)art. In the\\nmemorable event of July 9, 1755, known as Brad-\\ndock s defeat, Washington was almost the only officer\\nof distinctior. who escaped from the calamities of the\\nday with life and honor. The other aids of Kraddock\\nwere disabled early in the action, and Washington\\nalone was left in that ca[)acity on the field. In a letter\\nlo 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\\ne.x|)ulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio,\\n10 resign his conmiission. Soon after he entered the\\nLegislature, where, although not a leader, he took an\\nactive and important part. January 17, 1759, he\\nmarried Mrs. Martha (13andridge) Custis, the wealthy\\nwidow of John Parke Custis.\\nWhen the British Parliament had closed the port\\nif 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 irginia, that a Con-\\ngress of all the colonies was called to meet at Pliila-\\ndcli)hia,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 Le.xington 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, l)Ut ui)oa the express condition that he\\nreceive no salary. He would keep an exact account\\nof expenses and expect Congress 10 pay them and\\nnothing more. It is not the object of this sketch to\\ntrace the military acts of Washington, to whom thj\\nfortunes and liberties of the people of this country\\nwere so long confided. The war was conducted by\\nhim under every possible disadvantage, and while his\\nforces often met with reverses, yet he overcame every\\nobstacle, and after seven years of heroic devotion\\nand matchless skill he gained liberty for the greatest\\nnation of earth. On Dec. 23, 17S3, Washington, in\\na parting address of surpassing beauty, lesigned his\\ncommission as commander-in-chief of the army lo\\nto the Continental Congress sitting at Annapolis. He\\nretired immediately to Mount ernon and resumed\\nhis occupation as a farmer and planter, shunning all\\nconnection wiih public lite.\\nla February, 1789, Washington was unanimously\\nelected President. In his presidential career he was\\nsubject to the peculiar trials incidental to a i.ew\\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 impoverislied condition of the country,\\nowmgto the war and want of credit; trials from the\\nbeginnings of party strife. He was no partisan. His\\nclear judgnient 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 nnd\\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, Init he absolutely\\nrefused a third nomination. On the fourth of March,\\n1797, at the expiraton of his second term as Presi-\\ndent, he returned to his home, hoping to pass there\\nhis few remaining yeais free from the annoyances of\\nl)ul)lic life. Later in the year, however, his repose\\nseemed likely to be interrupted by war with France\\nAt the prospect of such a war he was again urged to\\ntake command of the armies. He chose his sul\\nordinate officers and left to them the charge of mat-\\nters in the field, which he superintended from his\\nhome. In accepting the command he made the\\nreservation that he was not to be in the field until\\nit was necessary. In the midst of these preparations\\nhis life was suddenly cut off. December 12, he took\\n,1 seveie cold from a ride in the rain, wliich, settling\\nin his tliroat, produced inflammation, and terminated\\nfatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh-\\nteenth his body was borne wi h 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, and which we cannot but believe will\\nbe as lasting as the existence of man.\\nThe person of Washington was unusally tan, erect\\nand well proportioned. His muscular strength was\\ngreat. His features were of a beautiful symmetry.\\nHe commanded respect without any a[-.pearance ol\\nhaughtiness, and ever serious without l-v^iu^ dull.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "il", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "SECOND PRESJDENT.\\nV^\\n;feiS\u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00a3aj=_.\\n^mm ADAins.\\nw\\nI OHN ADAMS, the second\\nI resiilent and the first Vice-\\nPresident of the United States,\\nwas born in liraintree now\\nQuincy ),Mass., and about ten\\nmiles from Boston, Oct. 19,\\n9 1735. 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 wliich 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 orcester, Mass. This he found but a\\nschool of affliction, from which Iv; endeavored to\\ngain relief by devoting himself, in addition, to the\\nstudy of law. For this purjxjse 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 by what he\\ntermed the frightful engines of ecclesiastical coun-\\njils, 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\\n;/rofcssion, possessing a clear, sonorous voice, being\\nready and fluent of speech, and having quick percep-\\ntive jx)wers. He gradually gained practice, and in\\n1764 married Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister,\\nand a Lady of superior intelligence. Shortly after his\\nmarriage, (17^^5)1 the attempt of Parliamentary taxa-\\n^on turned him from law to politics. He took initial\\nsteps toward holding a town meeting, and the resolu-\\ntions he offered on the subject became very jxDpulai\\nthroughout the Province, and were adopted word for\\nword by over forty different towns. He moved to Bos\\nton in 1768, and became one of the most courageous\\nand prominent advocatesof the popular cause, and\\nA-as chosen a member of the General Court (the Leg-\\nlislature) in 1770.\\nMr. Adams was chosen one of the first delegate.-;\\nfrom Massachusetts to the first Continental Congrets,\\nwhich met in 1774. Here he distinguished himsel!\\nby his capacity for business and for debate, and ad-\\nvocated the movement for indejiendence against tht\\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\\napjx)inted June ir, to prepare a declaration of inde-\\npendence. This article was drawn by Jefferson, 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 thj\\nglow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife\\nwhich, as we read it now, seems to have been dictated\\nby the spirit of prophecy. Yesterday, he says, the\\ngreatest question was decided that ever was debated\\nin .America; and greater, perhaps, never was or wil\\nbe decided among men. 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 i)assed. The fourth of\\nJuly, 1776, will be a memorable epoch in the history\\nof America. I am aj^t to believe it will be celebrated\\nby succeeding generations, as the great anniversary\\nfestival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of\\ndeliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty\\nGod. It ought to be solemnized with jwrnp, show*", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "24\\nJOHN ADAMS.\\ngames, sports, guns, hells, bonfires, and illuminations\\nfrom one end of the continent to the other, from this\\ntime forward for ever. \\\\oa will think me transixjrted\\nwith enthusiasm, Init I am not. I am well awave ot\\ntiie toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to\\nmaintain this declaration, and support and defend\\nthese States; yet, through all thegloom, I 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 I\\nhope we shall not.\\nIn November, 1777, Mr, Adams was appointed a\\ndelegate to France and to co-operate with Bemjamin\\nFranklin and Arthur Lee, who were then in Paris, in\\nthe endeavor to obtain assistance in arms and money\\nfrom the French Government. This was a severe trial\\nto his patriotism, as it separated him from his home,\\ncompelled him to cross the ocean in winter, and ex-\\nIjosed him to great peril of capture by the British cruis-\\ners, who were seeking him. He left France June 17,\\n1779. In Septeniber of the same year he was again\\nciiosen to go to Paris, and there hold himself in readi-\\nness to negotiate a treaty of peace and of commerce\\nwith Great Britian, as soon as the British Cabinet\\nmight be found willing to listen to such proix)sels. He\\nsailed for France in November, from there he went to\\nHolland, where he negotiated important loans and\\nformed important commercial trealies-\\nFinally a treaty of peace with England was signed\\n[an. 21, 1783. The re-action from the excitement,\\ntoil and anxiety through which Mr. Adams had passed\\nthrew him into a fever. After suffering from a con-\\ntinued fever and becoming feeble and emaciated he\\nWIS advised to goto England to drink the waters of\\nBath. \\\\Vhilein England, still drooping anddespond-\\ning, lie received dispatches from his own government\\nurging the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to\\nnegotiate another loan. It was winter, his health was\\ndelicate, yet he immediately set out, and through\\nstorm, on sea, on horseback and foot,hemade the trip.\\nFebruary 24, 1785, Congress appointed Mr. Adams\\nenvoy to the Court of St. James. Here he met face\\nto face the King of England, who had so long re-\\ngarded him as a traitor. .\\\\s 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 i^ermission to return to\\n:iis own country, wliere he arrived in June, 1788.\\nWhen Washington was first chosen President, John\\nAdams, rendered illustiious by his signal services at\\nhome and abroad, was chosen Vice President. Again\\nat the second election of Washington as President,\\nAdams was chosen Vice President. In 1796, Wash-\\nington retired from public life, and Mr. Adams was\\nelected President, though not without much opjiosition.\\nServing in this office four years, he was succeeded by\\nMr. Jefferson, his opponent in politics.\\nVhile Mr. Adajns was Vice President the great\\nFrench Revolution shook the continent of Europe,\\nand it was upon this point whicii lie was at issue with\\nthe majority of his countrymen led by Mr. Jefferson.\\nMr. Adams felt no sympathy with the French people\\nin their struggle, for lie had no conl idence in their\\n[KDwer of self-government, and lie utterly abhored the\\nclassof atlicist pliilosoiihers wiio he claimed caused it.\\nOn the other hand Jefferson s sympathies were strongly\\nenlisted in behalf of the French people. Hence or-\\niginated the alienation between these distinguished\\nmen, and two powerful parties were thus soon orgai.-\\ni/.ed, Adams at the head of the one whose sympathieji\\nwere with England and Jefferson led the other in\\nsympathy with France.\\nThe worid 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 1824, his cup of haijpiness was filled\\nto the brim, l.iy 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 pilgrimrge, a coincidence so remarkable as\\nto seem miraculous. For a few days before Mr.\\nAdams had been rapidly failing, and on the morning\\nof the fourth he found himself too weak to rise from\\nhis bed. On being requested to naine 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 i;ttendants if he knew\\nwhat day it was? He replied, O yes; it is the glor-\\nious fourth of July God bless it God bless you all.\\nIn the course of the day he said, It is a great and\\nglorious day. The last words he uttered were,\\nJefferson survives. But he had, at one o clock, re-\\nsigned his spirit 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 h.\\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.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "?5^2^,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "THIRD PRESIDENT.\\n27\\nJ^X\\ni^ .g-vnT^H -ft- /g -OlT x .TTnf\\nHOMAS JEFFERSON was\\ng^, bum April 2, 1743. i\\n,.J#ux\\\\l, Atbermavle county, Va.\\nHis parents were Peter and\\nJane (Randolph) Jefferson,\\nthe former a native of Wales,\\nand the latter born in Lon-\\ndon. To them were born six j\\ndaughters and two sons, of\\nwhom I homas was the elder, j\\nWhen 14 years of age his 1\\nfather died. He received a\\nmost liberal education, hav-\\ning been kept diligently at school\\nfrom the time he was five years ol\\nage. In 1760 he entered William\\n^nd Mary College. Williamsburg was then the seat\\nof the Colonial Court, and it was the obode of fashion\\na.rd splendor. Young Jefferson, who was then 17\\nyears old, lived somewhat expensivelv. keeping fine\\nhorses, and much caressed by gay society, yet he\\n.,.as earnestly devoted to his studies, and irreproac:ha-\\n\u00c2\u00bbble in his morals. It is strange, however under\\nsuch influences.that he was not rained In the sec-\\nond year of his college course, moved by-^some un-\\nexplained inward impulse, he discarded his horses\\nsodety, and even his favorite viohn, lo-h-^^ ^e had\\nprevJtsly given much time. He often devoted fi teen\\nLu-s a day to ha.d study, allowing himself foi e.x-\\nyarunintheevemngtsvilightofani,leout\\nof the cty and back again. He thus attained very\\nhigh intellectual culture, alike excellence in philoso-\\nSy and the languages. The most difhcult Latin and\\nG reek authors he read with facihty. A fd\\nscholar has seldom gone forth from college halls, and\\nthere was not to be found, perhaps, in all Virginia, a\\nmore pureminded, upright, gentlemanly young man.\\nImmediately upon leaving college he began the\\nstudy of law. For the short time he continued m the\\npractice of his profession lie 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 lefferson had ever entertained, soon led\\nhim into active political life. In 1769 he was choseL\\na member of the Virginia House of Burgesses In\\n177 -he arried Mrs. Martha Skelton, a very oeauti-\\nful, wealthy and highly accomplished young widow\\nUpon Mr. leffersons large estate at Shadwell,thire\\nu-as a majestic swell of land, called Monticello, whicl-\\ncommanded a prospect of wonderful extent and\\nbeauty. This spot Mr. Jefferson selected for his new\\nhome- and here he reared a mansion of modest ye-\\nelegant architecture, which, next to Mount Vernon\\nbecame the most distinguished resort in our land.\\nIn 1775 he was sent to the Cclomal Congress,\\nj where, though a silent member, his abilities as a\\ni writer and a reasoner soon become known, and ho\\nwas -.laced upon a number of important conimitteeo,\\nand was chairman of the one appointed for the draw-\\nin\u00c2\u00ab up of a declaration of independence. Tins com-\\nmhtee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John .Adains.\\nBenjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert K.\\nLivingston. Jefferson, as chairman, was appointee\\nto draw up the paper. Franklin and .\\\\dams suggestea\\na few verbal changes before it was submitted to Con-\\ngress. On lune 28, a few slight changes were made\\nin it by Congress, and it was passed and signed July\\n4 ,77c What must have been the feelings of that", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "28\\nTHOMAS JEFFERSON.\\nman what the emotions that swelled his breast\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\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,\\nliovcrign and independent. It is one of the most re-\\niuarkable papers ever written and did no other effort\\ni,f 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, i,s 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 ye irs 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. J, 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,\\niiid George Clinton, Vice President.\\nThe early part of Mr. Jefferson s second adminstra-\\nI was disturbed by an event which threatened the\\nM|uility and peace of the Unior. this was the con-\\nir.icy of Aaron Burr. Defeated in the late election\\n;o the Vice Presidency, and led on by an unprincipled\\nimbition, this extraordinary man formed the plan of a\\nmilitary expedition into the Spanish territories on our\\nsouthwestern frontier, for the purpose of forming there\\na new republic. This has been generally supposed\\nwas a mere pretext and although it has not been\\ngenerally known what his real plans were, there is no\\ndoubt that they were of a far more dangerous\\ncharacter.\\nIn 1809, at the expiration of the second term for\\nwhich Mr. Jefferson had been elected, he determined\\nto retire from political life. For a period of nearly\\nirty years, he had been continually before the pub-\\n.10, and all that time had been employed in offices of\\nthe greatest trust and responsibility. Having thus de-\\nvoted the best part of his life to the service of his\\ncountry, he now felt desirous of that rest which his\\ndeclining years required, and u[X)n 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 \\\\\\\\v.\\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 fesv surviving signers of the Declara-\\ntion, to participate in their festivities. But an ill-\\nness, which had been of several weeks duration, and\\nhad been continually increasing, compelled him to\\ndecline the invitation.\\nOn the second of July, the disease under which\\nhe was laboring left him, but in such a reduced\\nstate that his medical attendants, entertained no\\nhope of his recovery. From this time he was perfectly\\nsensible that his last hour was at hand. On the ne.xt\\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 tha,\\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 courtenance intelligent and\\nthoughtful. He possessed great fortitude of mind as\\nwell as personal courage and ;.:s command of tem-\\nper was such that his oldest and most intimate friends\\nnever recollected to have seen him in a passion.\\nHis manners, though dignified, were simple and un-\\naffected, and his hospitality was so unbounded that\\nall found at his house a ready welcome. In conver-\\nsation he was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic and\\nhis language was remarkably pure and correct. He\\nwas a finished classical scholar, and in his writings is\\ndiscernable the care with whiiJi he formed his style\\nupon the best models of an iquity.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "i*\\njf .M\\n(Z/ Ocy^ ,cA^ ,\u00c2\u00bb,,..Z^C^ ^1^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "FOURTH FRFSIDENT.\\nn^ri]ES npDisoii.\\nAlii A.\\nAMES MADISON, Father\\n4) of the Constitution, and fourth\\n2,; President of the United States,\\nY was born March i6, 1757, and\\n!e dietl at his home in Virginia,\\njiuie 28, 1836. The name of\\nJames Madison is inseparahlx con-\\nnected with most of the important\\nevents in tiiat heroic period of our\\ncountry during which the founda-\\ntions of tliis great republic were\\nlaid. He was the hist of the fotniders\\nof the C^onstitution iif the United\\nStates to ije called to his eternal\\nreward.\\nThe iVIadison family were among\\nthe early emigrants to the New World,\\nlanding upon the shores of the Chesa-\\npeake but 15 years after the settle-\\nment of Jamestown. The father of\\nJames Madison was an opulent\\nplanter, residing uixin a very fine es-\\ntate called Mont])elier, Orange Co.,\\nVa. The mansion was situated in\\ntlie midst of scenery highly pictur-\\nesijue and romantic, on the west side\\nof .Sout!i-west Mountain, at the foot of\\nIt was but 25 miles from tlie home of\\nJefferson at Monticello. The closest personal and\\npolitical attachment existed between these illustrious\\nmen, from their early youtli until death.\\nThe early education of Mr. Madison wasconducteti\\nmostly at home under a private tutor. At the age of\\niS he was sent to Princeton College, in New Jersey.\\nHere he applied himself to study witli the most im-\\nI51ue Ridge.\\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\\n(pient career.\\nReturning to Virginia, he commenced the study of\\nlaw and a course of extensive and systematic reading.\\nThis educational course, the spirit of the times in\\nwhich he lived, and the society with which he asso-\\nciated, all combined to inspire him with a strong\\nlove of liberty, and to train him for his life-work ol\\na statesman. Being naturally of a religious turn of\\nmind, and his frail health leading him to think that\\nhis life was not to be long, he directed especial atten-\\ntion to theological studies. F^ndowed with a nimd\\nsingularly free from passion and i)rejudice, and with\\nalmost unecpialled ix)wers of reasoning, he weighed\\nall the arguments for and against revealed religion,\\nuntil his faith became so established as never to\\nlie siiaken.\\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(r777), he was a candidate for the General .AssembI)\\nHe refused to treat the whisky-lovir.g voters, and\\nconsequently lost his election but those who had\\nwitnessed the talent, energy and public spirit of the\\nmodest young man, enlisted themselves in his behalf,\\nand he was appointed to the E.\\\\eculive Comicil.\\nBoth Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were\\n(Jovernorsof X irginia while Mr. .Madison remained\\nmember of the Coimcil and their appreciation of his", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "32\\n/AMES MADISON.\\nmtelleclual, 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. iVIadison continued in Con-\\ngress, one of its most active and influential members.\\nIn the year 1784, his term having expired, he was\\nelected a member of the Virginia Legislature.\\nNo man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the\\nutter inefficiency of the old confederacy, with no na-\\ntional government, with no power to form treaties\\nwhich would be binding, or to enforce law. There\\nwas not any State more prominent than Virginia in\\ntiie declaration, that an efficient national government\\nmust be formed. In January, 1786, Mr. Madison\\ncarried a resolution through the General Assembly of\\nVirginia, inviting the other States to appoint commis-\\nsioners to meet in convention at Annapolis to discuss\\nthis subject. Five States only were represented. The\\nconvention, however, issued another call, drawn up\\nby Mr. Madison, urgmg all the States to send their\\ndelegates to Philadelphia, in May, 1787, to draft\\na Constitution for the United States, to take the place\\nof that Confederate League. The delegates met at\\nhe time appointed. Kvery State but Rhode Island\\n-vas represented. George Washington was chosen\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0president of the convention; and the present Consti-\\ntution of the United States was then and there formed.\\nThere was, perhaps, no mind and no pen more ac-\\ntive in framing this immortal document than the mind\\nand the pen of James Madison.\\nThe Constitution, adopted by a vote 81 to 79, was\\nto be presented to the several States for acceptance.\\nBut grave solicitude was felt. Should it be rejected\\nwe should be left but a conglomeration of independent\\nStates, with but little power at home and little vespect\\nabroad. Mr. Madison was selected by the conven-\\ntion to draw up an address to the people of the United\\nStates, expounding tlie 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. She was in person and character\\nqueenly, and probably no lady has thus far occupied\\nso prominent a position in the very peculiar society\\nwhich has constituted our republican court as Mrs.\\nMadison.\\nMr. Madison served as Secretary of State under\\nJefferson, and at the close of his administration\\nwas chosen President. At this time the encroach-\\nments of England had brought us to the verge of war.\\nBritish orders in council destioyed our commerce, and\\nour flag was exposed to constant insult. Mr. Madison\\nwas a man of peace. Scholarly in his taste, retiring\\nin his disposition, war had no charms for him. But the\\nmeekest spirit can be roused. It makes one s blood\\nboil, even now, to think of an .\\\\merican 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 i8th of June, 1812, President Madison gave\\nhis approval to an act of Congress declaring war\\nagainst Great Britain. Notwithstanding the bitter\\nhostility of the Federal party to the war, the country\\nin general approved; and Mr. Madison, on the 4th\\nof March, 18 13) was re-elected by a large majority,\\nand entered upon his second term of office. This is\\nnot the place to describe the various adventuras of\\nthis war on the land and on the water. Our infan\\nnavy then laid the foundations of its renown in grap-\\npling with the most formidable power which ever\\nswept the seas. The contest coinmenced in earnest\\nby the appearance of a British fleet, early in February,\\n1813, in Chesapeake Bay, declaring nearly the whole\\ncoast of the LTnited States under blockade.\\nThe FjUiperor of Russia offered his services as me\\nditator. America accepted England refused. A Brit-\\nish force of five thousand men landed on the banks\\nof the Patuxet River, near its entrance into Chesa-\\npeake Bay, and marched rapidly, by way of Bladens-\\nburg, upon Washington.\\nThe straggling little city of Washington was thrown\\ninto consternation. The cannon of the brief conflict\\nat Bladensburg echoed through the streets of the\\nmetropolis. The whole population fled from the city.\\nThe President, leaving Mrs. Madison in the \\\\Vhite\\nHouse, with her carriage drawn up at the doer to\\nawait his speedy return, hurried to meet the officers\\nin a council of war. He met our troops utterly routed,\\nand he could not go back without danger of being\\ncaptured. But few hours elapsed ere the Presidential\\nMansion, the Capitol, and all the public buildings in\\nWashington were in flames.\\nThe war closed after two years of fighting, and on\\nFeb. 13, 1815, the treaty of peace was signed at Ghent.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1817, his second term of\\noffice expired, and he resigned the Presidential chair\\nto his friend, James Monroe. He retired to his 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": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "H\\n^^^^^.^^-^T-T-T^ T^^c^- -i^i^^ =^^ZL,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "FIFTH PRESIDENT.\\n35\\nWW wwm-\\nAMES MONROE, the fiftli\\n.Frcsidtntof The United States,\\nwas Iwrii in Westmoreland Co.,\\n!.ih Va., April 28, 1758. His early\\nlife was passed at the place of\\nnativity. Hi^ ancestors had for\\nmany years resided in the prov-\\nince in which he was born. AVhen,\\nat 17 years of age, in the process\\nof completing his education at\\nA W iiliani and Mary College, the Co-\\nlonial Congress assembled at I hila-\\ndelphia to deliberate \\\\\\\\\\\\x)\\\\\\\\ the un-\\njust and manifold oppressions of\\n(ireat Hritian, declared the separa-\\ntion of the Colonies, and promul-\\ngated the Declaration of Indejjen-\\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 pouring\\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-\\nijnding 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 Ihiited States owe their\\npolitical emancipation. The young cadet joined the\\nranks, and esix)used the cause of his injured country,\\nwith a firm determination to live or die with her strife\\nfor liberty. Firmly yet sadly he shared in the mel\\nanclioly retreat from Harleam Heights and Whii\\nPlains, and accompanied the dispirited army as it fl.\\nbefore its foes through New Jersey. In four munt\\nafter the Declaration of Independence, the patrio.\\nliad been beaten in seven battles. At the battle of\\nTrenton he led the vanguard, and, in the actof charg\\ning upon the enemy he received a wound in the left\\nshoulder.\\nAs a reward for his bravery, Mr. Monroe was ])ro-\\nmoted a cai)tain of infantry; and, having recovered\\nfrom his wound, he rejoined the army. He, however,\\nreceded from tlie line of ])romotion, by becoming an\\nofficer in the staff of Lord Sterling. During the cam-\\npaigns of 1777 and 1778, in the actions of Brandy\\nwine, (lermantown and Monmouth, he continued\\naid-decamp; but becoming desirous to regain his\\nposition in the army, he exerted himself to collect a\\nregiment for the Virginia line. This scheme failed\\nowing to the exhausted condition of the State. Uiwn\\nthis failure he entered the ofilice 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 kna|)s.ack for the green bag;\\nbut on tjie invasions of the enemy, served as a volun\\nteer, during the two years of his legal pursuits.\\nIn 17S2, he was elected from King Cieorge 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 that abii;i\\\\\\nand aptitude for legislation, which were afterwaid-\\ncnii)Ioycd with unremiltipg energy fori he public good,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "36\\nJAMES MONROE.\\nlie was in the succeeding year chosen a member of\\nihe Congress of the United States.\\nUeeplyas Mr. Monroefelt the imperfettionsof theold\\nonfederacy, he was opposed to the new Constitution,\\nihinking, with many others of he Republican party,\\n.hat it gave too much power to the Central Government,\\nand not enough to the individual States. Still he re-\\ntained the esteem of his friends who were its warm\\nsupporters, and who, notwithstanding his opposition\\nsecured its adoption. In 1789, he became a member\\ncf 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\\ntlistinct. The two prominent iaeas which now sep-\\narated them were, that the Republican party was in\\nsympathy with France, and also in favor of such a\\nstiict construction of the Constitution as to give the\\nentral Government as little power, and the State\\n(Governments 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 i)ower to the\\nCentral Government as that document could possibly\\nauthorize.\\nThe leading Federalists and Republicans were\\nalike noble men, consecrating all their energies to the j\\ngood of the nation. Two more honest men or more\\npure patriots than John Adams the Federalist, and\\nJames Monroe the Republican, never breathed. In\\nbuilding u)) 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 e(iuilibrium. 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\\ni;s in the struggle for our liberties. All the despotisms\\nof Europe were now combined to prevent the French\\nfrom escaping from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse\\nthan that which we had endured Col. Monroe, more\\nmagnanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at\\nwhatever hazard, we should help our old allies in\\ntheir extremity. It was the impulse of a generous\\nand noble nature. He violently opposed the Pres-\\nident s proclamation as ungrateful and wanting in\\nmagnanimity.\\nWashington, who could appreciate such a character,\\ndeveloped his calm, serene, almost divine greatness,\\nby appointing that very James Monroe, who was de-\\nnouncing the policy of the Government, as the minister\\nof that Government to the Republic of France. Mr.\\nMonroe was welcomed by the National Convention\\niu France with the most enthusiastic demonstrations.\\nShortly after his return to this countrv, Mr. Mon-\\nroe was elected Governor of Virginia, and held the\\noffice for three yeais. He was again sent to France to\\nco-operate with Chancellor Livingston in obtaining\\nthe vast territory then known as the Province of\\nLouisiana, which France had but shortly before ob-\\ntained from Spain. Tneir 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 the largest transfer of real estate\\nwhich was ever made in all the history of the world.\\nFrom France Mr. Monroe went to England to ob-\\ntain froiri that country some recognition of oui\\nrights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against those\\nodious impressments of our seamen. but Eng-\\nland was unrelenting. He again returned to Eng-\\nland on the same mission, but could receive no\\nredress. He returned to his home and was again\\nchosen Governor of Virginia. This he soon resigned\\nto accept the position of Secretary of State under\\nMadison. While in this office war with England was\\ndeclared, the Secretary ot War resigned, and during\\nthese trying times, the duties of the ^Var Departnien;\\nwere also put upon him. He was truly the armor-\\nbearer of President Madison, and the most efficient\\nbusiness man in his cabinet. Ll^pon the return of\\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 adniinstratiou. At the elec\\ntion held the previous autumn Mr. Monroe himself had\\nbeen chosen President with but little opposition, and\\nupon March 4, 18 jy, was inaugurated. Four year?\\nlater he was elected for a second term.\\nAmong the important measures of his Presidency\\nwere the cession of Florida to the L^nited States the\\nMissouri Compromise, and the Monroe doctrine.\\nThis famous doctrine, since known as the Monroe\\ndoctrine, was enunciated by him in 1823. At tha^\\ntime the United States had recognized the independ-\\nence of the South American states, and did not wish\\nto have European powers longer attempting to sub-\\ndue 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 interposition for the purpose of oppressing\\nor controlling American governments or provinces in\\nany other light than as a manifestation by European\\npowers of an unfricndlv disposition toward the Ignited\\nStates. This doctrine immediately affected the course\\nof foreign governments, and has become the approved\\nsentiment of the L^nited States.\\nAt the end of his fecond term Mr Monroe retired\\nto his home in Virginia, where he lived until 1830,\\nwhen he went to New York to live with his son-in-\\nlaw. In tliat city he died, on the of July, 1831", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "is-\\n5w\\nV\\n=^\u00c2\u00a73!-^\\nJ, 5, Ai\\nGyy \\\\j", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "S.XTII PRESIDRXT.\\nm\\nI\\n30I}1] QaiI]6Y ^D:3n)s.\\nOHN OUINCY ADAMS, the\\nsixth President of the United\\nStates, was born in the rural\\nlionie of his honored father,\\nJohn Adams, in Quincy, Mass.,\\non the I ith cf July, 1767. His\\nmother, a woman of exalted\\nworth, watched over his childhood\\nduring the almost constant ab-\\nsence of his father. When but\\neight years of age, he stood with\\nhis mother on an eminence, listen-\\ning to the booming of the great bat-\\ntle on 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 ot hostile British cruisers. The liright,\\nanimated boy spent a year and a half in Paris, where\\nhis father was associated with F ranklin and 1-ee 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\\ncou :.try, in 1779, ere he was again sent abroad. Again\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ol .n Quincy accompanied his father. At Paris he\\nnp[)lied himself with great diligence, for six months,\\nto o udy; then accom[)ained his father to Holland,\\nvmere he entered, first a school in .\\\\msterdam, then\\nthe University at I.eyden. About a year from this\\ntime, in 1781, when the manly boy was but fourteen\\nyea i of age, he was selected l)y Mr. Dana, our min-\\nister to the Russian court, as his private secretary.\\nTn this school of incessant labor and of enobliiig\\nculture he si)cnt fourteen months, and then returned\\nto Holland through Sweden, Denmark, Hamburg and\\nBremen. Phis long journey he took alone, in the\\nwinter, when in his sixteenth year. Again he resumed\\nnis studies, under a private tutor, at Hague. Thence,\\nin the spring of 1782, he accom|ianied his father i;\\nParis, traveling leisurely, and forming ac(i .iaintanc\u00c2\u00bb\\nwith the most distinguished men on the t!oninci.t\\nexamining architectural remains, galleries of paintings\\nand all renowned works of art. At Paris he again\\nbecame associated with the most illustrious men ol\\nall lands in the contemplations of the loftiest temporal\\nthemes which can engross the human mind. Afte\\na short visit to England he returned to Paris, ano\\nconsecrated all his energies to study until May, 1785,\\nwhen he returned lo Xmerica. To a brilliant young\\nman of eighteen, v. lio had seen much of the world.,\\nand who was familiar wiih the etiquette of courts,\\nresidence with his father in London, under such ci-\\nciunstances, must have been extremely attractive\\nbut with judgment very rare in one of his age, he pre\\nferred to return to America to complete his educatio;.\\nin an American college. He wished then to stud\\\\\\nlaw, that with an honorable profession, he might b\\nable to obtain an inde|)endent sui)port.\\nUpon leavii g Harvard College, at the age of twent;\\nhe studied law for three years. In June, 1794, be\\ningthen but twenty-seven years of age, he was ap-.\\nIHiinted by Washington, resident minister at the\\nNetherlands. Sailing from Boston in July, he reachec\\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\\nGieat Brilian. After thus spending a fortnight i\\nLondon, he proceeded lo the Hague.\\nIn July, 1797, he left the Hague to go to Portiiga as\\nminister plenipotentiary. On his way to I ortugal\\nuijon arriving in London, he met with despatches\\ndirecting him to the court of Berlin, but requesting\\nhim to remain in London until he should receive his\\ninstructions. A\\\\ hile waiting he was married to ar\\nAmerican lady to whom he had been )ireviously en-\\ngaged, Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson, daughter\\nof Mr. Joshua Johnson, .American (onsul in london-\\na lady endownd with that beauty and those accom-\\nplishment which eminently fitted -.or to move In t ,i\\nelevated sphere for which she was S kr.cd", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "*o\\nJOHN QUINCY ADAMS.\\nHe reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797\\nwhere he remained until July, 1799, when, having ful-\\nfilled all the parixjses of his mission, lie solicited his\\nrecall.\\nSoon after his return, in 1802, he was chosen to\\nI he Senate of Massachusetts, from Boston, and then\\nwas elected Senator of the United States for six years,\\nfrom the 4th of March, 1S04. His reputation, his\\nability and his experience, placed him immediately\\namong the most prominent and influential members\\nof that body. Especially did he sustain the Govern-\\nment in its measures of resistance to the encroach-\\nments of England, destroying our commerce and in-\\nsulting our flag. There was no man in America more\\nfamiliar with the arrogance of the British court upon\\nthese points, and no one more resolved to present\\na firm resistance.\\nIn 1809, Madison succeeded Jefferson in the Pres-\\nidential chair, and he immediately nominated John\\nQuincy Adams minister to St. Petersburg. Resign-\\ning his professorship in Harvard College, he embarked\\nat Boston, in August, 1809.\\nWhile in Russia, Mr. Adams was an 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 importar t\\npart of his studies. It was his rule to read five\\nchapters every day.\\nOn the 4th of March, 18 17, Mr. Monroe took the\\nPresidential chair, and immediately appointed Mr.\\nVdams Secretary of State. Taking leave of his num-\\nerous friends in public and private life in Europe, he\\nsailed in June, iSig, forthe United States. On the\\n1 8th of August, he again crossed the threshold of his\\nhome in Quincy. During the eight yearsof Mr. Mon-\\nroe s administration, Mr, .-Vdams continued Secretary\\nof State.\\nSome tiiTie before .he 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\\n:ombined in a venomous and persistent assault upon\\nMr. Adams. There is nothing more disgraceful in\\n\u00c2\u00bbV\u00c2\u00bbe past history of our f:ountr\\\\ than the abuse whieli\\nwas poured in one uninterrupted stream, upon this\\nnigh-minded, upright, patriotic man. There never was\\nan administration more pure in principles, more con-\\nscientiously devoted to the best interests of the coun-\\ntry, than that of John Quincy Adams; and never, per-\\nhaps, was there an administration more unscrupu-\\nlously and outrageously assailed.\\nMr. Adams was, to a very remarkable degree, ab-\\nstemious and temperate in his habits; -always rising\\nearly, and taking much exercise. When at his home in\\nQuincy, he lias been known to walk, before breakfast,\\nseven miles to Boston. In Washington, it was said\\nthat he was the first man up in the city, lighting his\\nown fire and applying himself to work in his library\\noften long before dawn.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1829, Mr. Adams retired\\nfrom the Presidency, and was succeeded by Andrew\\nJackson. John C. Calhoun was elected Vice Presi-\\ndent. The slavery question now began to assume\\nlx)rtentous magnitude. Mr. Adams returned to\\nQuincy and to his studies, which he pursued with un-\\nabated zeal. But he was not long permitted to re-\\nmain in retirement. In November, 1830, he was\\nelected representative to Congress. For seventeen\\nyears, antil his death, he occupied the post as repre-\\nsentative, towering above all his peers, ever ready to\\ndo brave battle for freedom, and winning the title of\\nthe old man eloquent. Upon taking his seat in\\nthe House, he announced that he should hold him-\\nself bound to no party. Probably there never was a\\nmember more devoted to 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 subline\\nin Its moral daring and heroism. For persisting ii.\\npresenting petitions for the abolition of slavery, he\\nwas threatened with indictment by the grand jury,\\nwith expulsion from the House, with assassinatio\\nbut no threats could intimidate him, and his final\\ntriumph was complete.\\nIt has been said of President Adams, that when his\\nbody was bent and his hair silvered by the lapse of\\nfourscore years, yielding to the simple faith of a little\\nchild, he was accustomed to repeat every night, before\\nhe slept, the prajer which his mother taught him in\\nhis infant years.\\nOn the 2istof February, 1S4S, he rose on the lloor\\nof Congress, with a paiier in his hand, to address the\\nspeaker. Suddenly he fell, again stricken by paraly-\\nsis, and was caught in the arms of those around him.\\nFor a time he was senseless, as he was conveyed to\\nthe sofa in the rotunda. With reviving conscious-\\nness, he opened his eyes, looked calmly around and\\nsaid This is the end of earth \\\\.\\\\\\\\^Xi after a moment s\\n|)ause he added, I am coiifcnt These were the\\nl.isl words of the grand Old Man Eloquent.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "SEVENTH PRESIDENT.\\n*i\\n-m\\n^5^.o^^ xe?^\\nWff^\\nw\\n)RRW JACKSON, the\\nentli President of the\\nI nited States, was horn in\\nW axhaw settlement, N. C,\\nMarcii 15, 1767, a few days\\nafter his father s death. His\\nparents were poor emigrants\\nfrom Ireland, and took uj)\\ntlieir abode in Waxhaw set-\\ntlement, where they lived in\\ndeepest poverty,\\nAndrew, or Andy, as he was\\nuniversally called, grew up a very\\nrough, rude, turbulent boy. His\\nfeatures were coarse, his form un-\\ngainly; and there was but very\\nlittle in his diameter, 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 ca[)lured and\\nimprisoned for a time at Camden. A British officer\\nordered him to brush his mud-spattered boots. I am\\na prisoner of war, not your servant, was the reply of\\nthe dauntless boy.\\nThe brute drew his sword, and aimed a desperate\\nulow at the head of the heli)less young prisoner.\\nAndrew raised his hand, and thus received two fear-\\nful gashes, one on the hand and the other upon 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 quite\\ndisabled him, and which probably soon after caused\\nhis death. They suffered much other ill-treatment, and\\nwere finally stricken with the small-jxax. Their\\nmothei- was successful u- obtaining their exchange.\\nand took her sick Ijoys home. After a long iilnjs!.\\nAndrew recovered, and the death of his mother oon\\nleft him entirely friendless.\\n.\\\\ndrew supported himself in various ways, s k:!i 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)inteJ\\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\\nsupix sed herself divorced from her former husband.\\nGreat was the surprise of both parties, two years later,\\nto find that the conditionsof 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 encTnies to bring Mr.\\nJackson into disfavor.\\nDuring these years he worked hard at his profes\\nsion, and frequently had one or more duels on hand,\\none of which, when he killed Dickenson, was espec-\\nially disgraceful.\\nIn January, 1796, the Territory of Tennessee then\\ncontaining nearly eighty thousand inhabitants, the\\npeople met in convention at Knoxville to frame a con-\\nstitution. Five were sent from each of the elevsn\\ncounties, .\\\\ndrew Jackson was one of the deiegafes.\\nThe new State was entitled to but one member in\\nthe Natio.ial House of Re|)resentatives. .Andrew Jack-\\nson was chosen that member. Mounting his horse he\\nrode to Philedelphia, where Congress then held its", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "44\\nANDREW JACKSON.\\nitfssions, ^a diilaiice of about eight hundred miles.\\nJackson was an earnest advocate of the Deuio-\\ncratic party. Jefferson was his idol. He admired\\nBonaparte, loved France and hated England. As Mr.\\nJackson took his seal, Gen. Washington, whose\\nsecond term of office was then e.vpiying, delivered his\\nlast speech to Congress. A committee drew up a\\ncomplimentary address in reply. Andrew Jackson\\ndid not approve of the address, and was one of the\\ntwelve who voted against it. He was not willing to\\nsay that Gen. Washington s adminstration had been\\nwise, firm and patriotic.\\nMr. Jackson was elected to the United .States\\nSenate in 1797, but soon resigned and returned home.\\nSoon after he was chosen Judge of the Supreme Court\\nof his State, which ])osition he held f^r six years.\\nWhen the war of 181 2 with Great Britian com-\\nmenced, Madison occupied the Presidential chair.\\nAaron Burr sent word to the President that there was\\nan unknown man in the West, Andrew Jackson, who\\nvvould do credit to a commission if one were con-\\nferred u[X)n him. Just at that time Gen. Jackson\\njffeied his services and those of twenty-five hundred\\nvolunteers. His offer was accepted, and the troops\\nwere assembled at Nashville.\\nAs the British were hourly expected to make an at-\\ntack upon New Orleans, where Gen Wilkinson was\\nin command, he was ordered to descend the river\\nwith fifteen hundred troops to aid \\\\Vilkinsou. The\\nexpedition reached Natchez and after a delay of sev\\neral weeks there, without accomplishing anything,\\nthe men were ordered back to their homes. But the\\nenergy Gen. Jackson had displayed, and his entire\\ndevotion to the comrfort of his soldiers, won him\\ngolden opinions; and he became the most popular\\nman in the State. It was in this expedition that his\\ntoughness gave him the nickname of Old Hickory.\\nSoon after this, while attempting to horsewhip Col.\\nThomas H. Benton, for a remark that gentleman\\nmade about his taking a part as second in a duel, in\\nwhich a younger brother of Benton s was engaged,\\nhe received two severe |)istol wounds. While he was\\nlingering upon a bed of suffering news came that the\\nIndians, who had combined under Tecumseh from\\nFlorida to the Lakes, to exterminate the white set-\\ntlers, were committing the most awful ravages. De-\\ncisive action became necessary. Gen. Jackson, with\\nhis fractured bone just beginning to heal, his arm in\\na sling, and unable to mount his horse without assis-\\ntance, gave his amazing energies to the raising of an\\narmy to rendezvous at Fayettesville, .\\\\labama.\\nThe Creek Indians had established a strong fort on\\none of the bendsof the Tallapoosa River, near the cen-\\nter of Alabama, aliout fifty miles below Fort Strother.\\nWith an army of two tho isand men, Gen. Jackson\\ntraversed the pathless wilderness in a march of eleven\\ndays. He reached their fort, called Tohopeka or\\nHorse-shoe, on ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i 27th of March. 1S14. The bend\\nof the river enclosed nearly one hundred acres ot\\ntangled forest and wild ravine. Across the narrow\\nneck the Indians had constructed a formidable breast-\\nwork ot logs and brush. Here nine hundred warriors,\\nwith an ample suplyof arms were assembled.\\nThe fort was stormed. The fight was utterly des-\\nperate. Not an Indian would accept of quarter. Wher,\\nbleeding and d)ing, they would fight those who en-\\ndeavored to spare their lives. Fiom ten in the morn-\\ning until dark, the battle raged. The carnage vvas\\nawful and revolting. Some threw themselves into the\\nriver; liut 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 itsterriffic slaughter,\\nso appalled the savages, that the haggard remnants\\nof the bands came to the camp, begging for peace.\\nThis closing of the Creek war enabled us to con-\\ncentrate all our militia upon the British, who were the\\nallies of the Indi-ans No man of less resolute will\\nthan Gen. Jackson could have conducted this Indian\\ncampaign to so successful an issue Immediately he\\nwas appointed major-general.\\nLate in .\\\\ugust, with an army of two thousand\\nmen, on a rushing march. Gen. Jackson came to\\nMobile. A British fleet came from Pensacola, landed\\na force upon the beach, anchored near the little fort,\\nand from both ship and shore commenced a furious\\nassault. The battle was long and doubtful. At length\\none of the ships was blown 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 natne. 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 hundred.\\nThe name of Gen. Jackson soon began to be men-\\ntioned in connection with the Presidency, but, in 1824,\\nhe was defeated by Mr. Adams. He was, however,\\nsuccessful in the election of 1828, and was re-elected\\nfor a second term in 1832. In 1829, just before he\\nassumed the reins of the government, he met with\\nthe most terrible affliction of his life in the death of\\nhis wife, whom he had loved with a devotion which has\\nperhaps never been surpassed. From the shock of\\nher death he never recovered.\\nHis administration was one of 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 June 8, 1845. The last years of Mr. Jack-\\nson s life were that of a devoted Christian man.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "7 ^Z^^V ^c^/J", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "EIGHTH PRESIDENT.\\nIPPII] \\\\J^^ BUREI].\\nARPIN VAN BUREN, the\\ntiL;hlli President of the\\nUnited States, was horn at\\nKinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5,\\n17S2. He (lied at the same\\nl,n e, July 24, 1862. His\\nliody rests in tlie cemetery\\nat Kinderhook. Above it is\\na plain g .anite shaft fifteen feet\\nhigh, hearing a simple inscription\\nahout halt way up on one face.\\nI hc lot is ur.fenced, unbordered\\nor unbounded by slirub or flcwer.\\nThere is but little in the life of Martin an Buren\\nof r^^mantic interest. He fought no battles, engaged\\ni.i no wild adventures. Though his life was stormy in\\npolitical and intellectual conflicts, and he gained many\\nsignal victories, his days passed uneventful in those\\nincidents which give zest to biography. His an-\\ncestors, as his name indicates, were of Dutch origin,\\nand were among the earliest emigrants from Holland\\nto the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer,\\nresiding in tiie old town of Kinderliook. His mother,\\nalso of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel-\\nligence and exemplary piety.\\n-le was decidedly a [)recocious boy, developing un-\\nusual activity, vigor and strength of mind. At the\\nage of fourteen, he had finished his academic studies\\nin his native village, and commenced the study of\\nlaw. As he had not a collegiate education, seven\\nyears of study in a law-office were rei| -iired of him\\nhefore he could be admitted to the bar. Inspired with\\nJ. lofty ambition, and conscious of his powers, he pur-\\nsued his studies with indefatigable industry. After\\nbp.ending six ye.irs in an office in is native village.\\nhe went to the city of Xew York, and prosecuted hi*\\nstudies for the seventh year.\\nIn 1803, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty-one years ot\\nage, commenced the practice of law in his native vil-\\nlage. The great conflict between the Federal .niul\\nRepublican party was then at its height. Mr. Van\\nBuren was from the beginning a politician. He h-;d,\\nperhaps, imbibed that spirit while listening to. the\\nmany discussions which had been carried on in his\\nfather s hotel. He was in cordial sympathy with\\nJefferson, and earnestly and eloipiently espoused the\\ncause of State Rights; though at that time the Fed-\\neral party held the supremacy both 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 ilu.\\ncourts with some of the ablest men who have adorned\\nthe bar of his State.\\nJust before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, Mi.\\nVan Buren married a lady alike distinguished for\\nbeauty and accomplishments. After twelve shovl\\nyears she sank into the grave, the victim of consun)p-\\ntion, leaving her husband and four sons to weep ovei\\nher loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. Van Buren was\\nan earnest, successful, assiduous lawyer. The record\\nof tliose years is barren in items of public interest.\\nIn 181 2, when thirty years of age, he was chosen lo\\nthe State Senate, and gave his strenuous supiwrt to\\nMr. Madison s adminstration. In 1815, he was ap-\\npointed .Attorney-General, and the next year moved\\nto Albany, the capital of the State.\\niVhile he was acknowledged as one of the most\\np. ominent leaders of the Democratic party, he had", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "4S\\nMARTIN VAN BUREN.\\nthe moral courage to avow that true democracy did\\nnot reijiiire that universal suffrage which admits\\nthe vile, the degraded, the ignorant, to the right of\\ngoverning the State. In true consistency with his\\ndemocratic principles, he contended that, while the\\npath leading to the privilege of voting should be open\\nto every man without distinction, no one should be\\ninvested with that sacred prerogative, unless he were\\nin some degree qualified for it by intelligence, virtue\\nand some property interests in the welfare of the\\nState.\\nIn 1 82 1 he was elected a member of the United\\nStates Senate; and in the same year, he took a seat\\nin the convention to revise the constitution of his\\nnative State. His course in this convention secured\\nthe approval of men of all parties. No one could\\ndoubt the singleness of his endeavors to promote the\\ninterests of all classes in the community. In the\\nSenate of the United States, he rose at once to a\\nconspicuous position as an active and useful legislator.\\nIn 1827, John Quincy Adams beirg then in the\\nPresidential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected to\\nihe Senate. He had been from the beginning a de-\\n:ermined opposer of the Administration, adopting the\\nState Rights view in opposition to what was\\ndeemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. Adams.\\nSoon after this, in 1828, he was chosen Governorof\\nthe State of New York, and accordingly resigned his\\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 politicians.\\nIt was supposed that no one knew so well as he how\\n;o touch the secret spiings of action; how to pull all\\n.he wires to put his machinery in motion and how to\\norganize a political army wliich would, secretly and\\nrte. Uhily 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\\niii.\\\\ i thought then could be accomplished.\\nWhen Andrew Jackson was elected President he\\nappointed Mr. Van Buren Secretary of State. This\\nposition he resigned in 1831, and was immediately\\nappointed Minister to England, where he went the\\nsame autumn. The Senate, however, when it met,\\nrefused to ratify the nomination, and he returned\\nhome, apparently untroubled; was nominated Vice\\nPresident in the place of Calhoun, at the re-election\\nof President Jackson; and with smiles for all and\\nfiowns for none, he took his place at the head of that\\nSenate which had refused to confirm his nomination\\nas ambassador.\\nHis rejection by tlie Senate roused all the zeal of\\nPresident Jackson in behalf of his repudiated favor-\\nite; and this, probably more than any other cause\\nsecured his elevation to the chair of the Chief Execu\\ntive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. Van Buren re-\\nceived the Democratic nomination to succeed Gen.\\nJackson as President of the United States. He was\\nelected by a handsome majority, to the delight of the\\nretiring President. Leaving New York out of the\\ncanvass, says Mr. Parton, the election of Mr. Van\\nBuren to the Presidency was as much the act of Gen.\\nJackson as though the Constitution had conferred\\nupon him the power to appoint a successor.\\nHis O-dministration was filled with exciting events-\\nThe insurrection in Canada, which threatened to in\\nvolve this country in war with England, the agitation\\nof the slavery question, and finally the great commer-\\ncial panic which spread over the country, all were\\ntrials to his wisdom. The financial distress was at-\\ntributed to themanagement of the Democratic party,\\nand brought the President into such disfavor that he\\nfailed of re-election.\\nWith the exception of being nominated for the\\nPresidency by the Free Soil Democrats, in 1848,\\nMr. Van Buren lived quietly upon his estate until\\nhis death.\\nHe had ever been a prudent man, of frugal haljits.\\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, 184 1, 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-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "i^\\nyuJ //r fj^^yi^^^yt^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "NINTH PRESIDENT.\\nS\\nWlEiM4M HKNKY m^milil\\nILLIAM HENRY HARRI-\\nSON ilio iiintli PresideiU ot\\nllic United Stales, was born\\nat iicikeiey, Va., Feb. 9, 1773.\\nHis father, Benjamin Harri-\\nson, was in comparatively op-\\nulent ciicumstances, and was\\none of the most distinguisiied\\nmen of his day. He was an\\nintimate friend of George\\nWashington, w as early elected\\na member of the Continental\\nCongress, and was consijicuons\\namong the patriots of Virginia in\\nresisting the encroachments of the\\nBritish crown. In the celebrated\\nCongress of 1775, Benjamin Har-\\nrisijn and John Hancock were\\nboth candidates for the office of\\ns|ieaker.\\nMr Harrison was subsequently\\nchosen Governor of Virginia, and\\nwa; 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 comn.on-school education, he\\nentered Hampden Sidney College, where lie graduated\\nwiili honor soor. -fter tlie death of his father. He\\nt.ien repaired to Philadelphia to study medicine undtr\\nthe instructions of Dr. Rush and the guardianship of\\nI obert Morris, both of whom were, with his father,\\nsigners of the Declaration of Independence.\\nJl)on the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and not-\\nwithstanding the emonsttances of his friends, he\\nai)andoned his medical studies and entered tlie army,\\n.laving obtained a commission of Ensign from Presi-\\ndent ^Vashington. He was then but 19 years old.\\nFrom that time he passed gradually upward in rank\\nuntil lie became aid to General Wayne, after whose\\ndeath he resigned his commission. He was then ai)-\\npointed Secretary of the Nortii-western Territorv. 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 iwrtions. The\\neastern jxjrtion, comprising the region now embraced\\nin tlie State of Ohio, was called The Territory\\nnorth-west of the Ohio. The western jwrt ion, which\\nincluded what is now called Indiana, Illinois and\\nWisconsin, was called the Indiana Territory. Wil\\nliam Henry Harrison, then 27 years of age, was ap\\npointed by John Adams, Governor of the Indiana\\nTerritory, and immediately after, also Governor of\\nUpper Louisiana. He was thus ruler over almost as\\nextensive a realm as any sovereign ujxjn the globe. He\\nwas Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was in-\\nvested with [xjwers nearly dictatorial over the now\\nrapidly increasing white jjopulation. The ability and\\nfidelity with which he discharged these resixinsible\\nduties may be inferred from the fact that he was four\\ntimes appointed to this office first by John Adams,\\ntwice by Thomas Jefferson and afterwards by Presi-\\ndent Madison.\\nWhen he began his adminstration there were but\\nthree white setilementsin that almost boundless region,\\nnow crowded with cities and resounding with all the\\ntumult of wealth and traffic. One of these settlements\\nwas on the Ohio, nearly 0[)]X)site Ixjuisville; one at\\nVincennes, on the Wabash, and the ihiid a French\\nsettlement.\\nThe vast wilderness over which Gov. Harrisoh\\nreigned was filled with many tribes of Indian.s. Abo", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "52\\nWILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.\\nthe year 1806, two t-xtraordinary mer, twin brothers,\\nof the Shawnese tribe, rose among them. One of\\nthese was called Tecumseh, or The 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 wiiich he might\\nengage. He was inspired with the highest enthusiasm,\\nand had long regarded with dread and with hatred\\nthe encroacliment of the whites u[ioii the hunting-\\ngrounds of his fathers. His brother, the Propliet, was\\nan orator, who could sway the feelings of the untutored\\nIndian as the gale tossed the tree -tops beneath which\\nthey dwelt.\\nBut the Prophet was not merely an orator: he was,\\ni 1 the superstitious minds of the Indians, invested\\nwith the superhuman dignity of a medicine-man or a\\nmagician. With an eathusiasin unsurpassed by Peter\\nthe Hermit rousing Europe to the crusades, he went\\nIrom tribe to tribe, assuming that he was specially sent\\nliy 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, 1812, his army began its inarch. When\\nnear the Prophet s town three Indians of rank made\\niheir appearance and inquired why Gov. Harrison was\\napproaching them in so hostile an attitude. After a\\nshort conference, arrangements were made for a meet-\\ning the next day, to agree upon terms of peace.\\nBut Gov. Harrison was too well acquainted with\\nthe Indian character to be deceived by such proles-\\ntalions 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 l)y his side, and his bayonet fixed. The\\nwakeful Governor, between three and four o clock in\\nthe morning, had risen, and was sitting in conversa-\\ntion with his aids by the embers of a waning fire. It\\nwas a chill, cloudy morning with a drizzling rain. In\\nthe darkness, the Indians had crept as near as possi-\\nlile, and j lst 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\\nhttle army. The savages had been amply provided\\nwith guns and ammunition by the English. Their\\nwar-whoop was accompained by a shower of bullets.\\nThe camp-fires were instantly ext inguished, as the\\nlight aided the Indians in their aim. With hide-\\nlius yells, the Indian bands ruslied on, not doiibtir.g a\\nsjieedy 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 thp foe.\\nGov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked\\nto the utmost. The British desceiiding Irom the Can\\nadas, were of themselves a very formidable force but\\nwith their savage allies, rushing like wolves I rom the\\nforest, sear.hing out every remote farm-house, burn-\\ning, plu.idering, scalpi,;g, 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; bul\\nGeneral 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 sharino\\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\\nlaslied over his saddle Thirty-five British officers,\\nhis prisoners of war, supped with hirn after the battle.\\nThe only fare he could give them was beef roasted\\nbefore the fire, without bread or salt.\\nIn 18 16, Gen. Harrison was chosen a member ol\\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, wliich arrested\\nthe attention of all the members.\\nIn 1819, 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 hiin\\nforward as a candidate for the Presidency against\\nVan Buren, but he was defeated. At the close of\\nMr. Van Buren s term, he was re-nominated by his\\nparty, and Mr. Harrison was unanimously nominated\\nby the Whigs, with John Tyler for the Vice Presidency.\\nThe contest was very animated. Gen Jackson gave\\nall his influence to prevent Harrison s election but\\nhis triumph was signal.\\nThe cabinet which he formed, with Daniel Webstei\\nat its head as Secretary of State, was one of the most\\nbrilliant with which any President had ever been\\nsurrounded. Never were the prospects of an admin-\\nisl ration more flattering, or tlie hopes of the counti)-\\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 Ui^-ited States.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "VTL", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "TENTH PRESIDENT.\\n55\\nM JD1L^ JT\\nOHN\\nTYLER, the tenth\\n7,... Presidentof the United States.\\nHj was born in Charles-city\\nCo., V.-i., March 29, 1790. He\\nwas the favored child of af-\\nfluence and higli social po-\\nsition. At tlie early age of\\ntwelve, John entered William\\nand Mary College and grad-\\nuated with much honor when\\nI but seventeen years old. .\\\\fter\\ngraduating, he devoted him-\\nself with great assiduity to the\\nstufly of law, partly with his\\nfather and [jirtly 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-\\nI et of the court in which he was\\nivot retained. When but twenty-one years of age, he\\nwas almost unanimously e ected to a seat in the State\\nLegislature. He connected himself with the Demo-\\nrr.riic 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 the General ^overn-\\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 hj foind 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 jjublic 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 [wpularily secured his re-election.\\nJohn Randolph, a brilliant, erratic, half-crazed\\nman, then represented Virginia in the Senate of the\\nUnited States. A jxirtion of the Democratic party\\nwas displeased with Mr. Randolph s wayward course,\\nand brought forward John Tyler as his opponent,\\nconsidering him the only man in Virginia of sufficient\\npopularity to succeed against the renowned orator of\\nRoanoke. Mr. Tyler was the victor.\\nIn accordance with his professions, upon taking his\\nseat in the Senate, he joined the ranks of the opposi-\\ntion. He opposed the tariff; he sixake against and\\nvoted against the bank as unconstitutional he stren-\\nuously opjxjsed all restrictions upon slavery, resist-\\ning all projects of internal improvements by the Gen-\\neral Government, and avowed his sympathy with Mr.\\nCalhoun s view of nullification he declared that Gen.\\nJackson, by his opixDsition to the nullifiers, had\\nabandoned the piinciples 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\\n!iis profession. There was a :pl:t in the Democratic", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "JOHN TYLER.\\naity. His frieuds still legarded him as a true Jcf-\\niersonian, gave him a dinner, and showered comph-\\nnients upon him. He had now attained the age of\\nforty-six. His career had been very brilliant. In con-\\nsequence of his devotion to piiijHc business, his pri-\\nvate affairs had faben into some disorder; audit was\\nnot without satisfaction that he resumed the practice\\nof law, and devoted himself to the culture of his plan-\\ntation. Soon after this he remo\\\\ed to Williamsburg,\\nfor the. better education of his children and he again\\ntook his^eat in the Legislature of Virginia.\\nBy the Southern Whigs, he was sent to the national\\nconvention at Harrisburg to nominate a President in\\n839. The maioritv of votes were given to Gen. Har-\\nrison, a genuine Whig, much to the disappointment ot\\nthe South, who wished for Henry Clay. To concili-\\nate the Southern Whigs and to secure their vote, the\\nconvention then nominated John Tyler for Vice Pres-\\nident. It was well known that he was not in sympa-\\nthy with the Whig party in theNo;lh: but the Vice\\nPresident lias but very little power in the Govern-\\nment, his main and almost only duty being to pre-\\nside over the meetings of the .Senate. Thus it hap-\\npened that a Whig President, and, in reality, a\\nDemocratic Vice President were chosen.\\nIn 1 84 1, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice Presi-\\ndent of the United States. In one short month from\\nthat time. President Harrison died, and Mr. Tyler\\nthus -:und himself, to his own surprise and that of\\nthe whole Nation, an occupant of the Presidential\\nchair. This was a new test of the 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 \\\\Villiamsl)urg when he received the\\nur.expected tidings of the death of President Harri-\\nson. He hastened to Washington, and on the 6th of\\n/:ril v/as inaugurated to the high and responsible\\norfice. He was placed in a position of e.\\\\ceeding\\ndelicacy and difficulty. All his long life he had been\\nopijosed tc tb.e main principles of the party which had\\nbrought him into power. He had ever been a con-\\nsistent, hone t man, with an unblemished record.\\nGen. Harrison had selected a Whig cabinet. Should\\nhe retain them, and thus suiround himself with coun-\\nsellors whose views were antagonistic to his own? or,\\non the other hand, should he turn against the party\\nwhich had elected him and select a cabinet in har-\\nn.ony with himself, and which would oppose all those\\ns iews which the AVhigs 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 reccomni-nded 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 s\u00c2\u00bbus:gested. however, that he would\\napprove of a bill drawn uji upon such a plan as lie\\nproposed. Such a bill was accordingly prepared, and\\nprivatel} submitted to him. He gave it his approval.\\nIt A as passed without alteration, and he sent it back\\nwith his veto. Here commenced the open rupture-.\\nIc is said that Mr. Tyler was [irovoked to this meas-\\nure by a published letter from the Hon. John M.\\nliotts, a distinguished Virginia Whig, who severely\\ntouched the pride of the President.\\nThe opposition now exultingly received the Presi-\\ndent into their arms. The party which elected him\\ndenounced him bitterly. All the members of his\\ncabinet, excepting Mr. Webster, resigned. The Whigs\\nof C ongress, 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 \\\\Vhigs and President Tyler were at\\nan end.\\nStill the President attempted to conciliate. He\\nappointed a new cabinet of distinguished Whigs and\\nConservatives, carefully leaving out all strong party\\nmen. Mr. Webster soon found it necessary to resign,\\nforced out by the pressure of his Whig friends. Thus\\nthe four years of Mr. Tyler s unfortunate administra-\\ntion passed sadly away. No one was satisfied. The\\nland was filled with murmurs and vitujieration. Whigs\\nand Democrats alike assailed him. More and more,\\nhowever, he brought himself into svmpathy with his\\nold friends, the Democrats, until at the close of his term,\\nhe gave his whole influence to the support of Mr.\\nPolk, the Democratic candidate for his successor.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1845, he retired from the\\nharassments of office, to the regret of neither party, and\\nprobably to liis own unspeakable lelief. His first wife.\\nMiss Letitia Christian, died in Washington, in 1842;\\nand in June, 1844, President Tyler was again married,\\nat New York, to Miss Julia Gardiner, a young lady of\\nmany personal and intellectual accomplishments.\\nThe remainder of his days Mr. T3 ler passed mainly\\nin retirement at his beautiful home, Sherwood For-\\nest, Charles-city Co., Va. A polished gentleman in\\nhis manners, richly furnished with information from\\nbooks and experience in the world, and possessing\\nbrilliant powers of conversation, his family circle was\\nthe scene of unnsual attractions. With sufficient\\nmeans for the exercise of a generous hospitality, he\\nmight have enjoyed a serene old age with the few\\nfriends who gathered around him, were it not for the\\nstorms of civil war which his own principles and\\npolicy had helped to introduce.\\nWhen the great Rebellion rose, which the State-,\\nrights and nullifying doctrines of Mr. John C. Cal-\\nhoun had inaugurated. President Tyler renounced his\\nallegiance to the United States, and joined the Confed-\\nerates. He was chosen a member of their Congress;\\nand while engaged in active measures to destroy, by\\nforce of arms, the Government over which he had\\nonce presided, he was taken sick and soon died.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "ELE VENTir PRESIDENT.\\n59\\nAME^ K, POLK.\\nAMES K.POLK, the eleventh\\nSjPresidcnt of the Ur.i ted States,\\nwas born in Mecklenburg Co.,\\n,5 N. C.,Nov. 2, 1795. His par-\\nents were Samuel and Jane\\n(Knox) Folk, the former a son\\nof Col. Thomas Polk, who located\\nat tlie above place, as one of the\\nfirst |)ioneers, in 1735.\\nIn the year 1006, witli liis wife\\nand cliildren, ar.d soon after fol-\\nowed by most of tlie members of\\nthe I oik famly, Samuel Polk emi-\\ngrated some two or three hundred\\niP miles farther west, to the rich valley\\nof tlie Duck River. Here in the\\nmidst of the wilderness, in a region\\nwhich was subsequentK called Mau-\\nry Co., they reared their log huls,\\nand established their homes. In the\\nhard toil of a new farm in the wil-\\nderness, James K. Polk spent the\\nearly years of his childhood and\\nyouth. His father, adding the pur-\\nsuit cf a surveyor to thatof 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 comuK n\\nsense and earnest i)iety.\\nVery early in life, James developed a taste for\\nreading and expressed the strongest desire to obtain\\n:i 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 [Hnsuits.\\nThis was to James a bitter disapix intnient. He\\nhad no taste for these duties, and his daily tasks\\nwere irksome in the extreme. He remained in this\\nuncongenial occupation Ijut a lew 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 in the University of North Carolina, at Chapel\\nHill. Here he was one of the most e.xeniplaiy of\\nscholars, punctual in every exercise, never allowing\\nhimself to be absent from a recitation or a religious\\nservice.\\nHe graduated in 1818, witli the highest honors, bc\u00c2\u00ab\\ning deemed the best scholar of his class, both in\\nmathematics and the classics. He was then twenty-\\ntiiree years of age. Mr. Polk s health was at this\\ntime much impaired by the assiduity with which he\\nhad prosecuted his studies. After a short season of\\nrelaxation lie went to Nashville, and entered the\\noffice of l elix Grundy, to study law. Here Mr. Polk\\nrenewed his acquaintance wilh .Andrew Jackson, who\\nresided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few\\nmiles from Nashville. They had probably been\\nsliglilly accpiainted bel ore.\\nMr. Polk s father was a Jeffersonian Republican\\nand James K. Polk ever adhered to the same jwliii-\\ncal faitli. He was a jKipular public speaker, and was\\nconstantly called upon to address the meetings of his\\nparty friends. His skill as a speaker was such that\\nhe was iwpularly called the Napoleon of the stump.\\nHe was a man of unblemished morals, genial aid", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "6o\\n/AMES K. POLK.\\nMurterus in his bearing, and with that sympathetic\\nnatu ^e in the jo) s and griefs of others which ever gave\\nhim troops of friends. In 1823, Mr. Polk was elected\\nto the Legislature of Tennessee. Here he gave his\\nstrong influence towards the election of his friend,\\nMr. Jackson, to the Presidency of the United States.\\nIn January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah\\nChildress, of Rutherford Co., Tenn. His bride was\\naltogether worthy of him, a lady of beauty and cul-\\nture. In the fall of 1825, Mr. Polk was chosen a\\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 T lnnessee. In Congress he was a laborious\\nmemSer, a frequent and a popular speaker. He was\\nalwnys 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 withdrew on the 4th of\\nMarch, 1839.\\nIn accordance with Southern usage, Mr. Polk, as a\\ncandidate for Governor, canvassed the State. He was\\nelected by a large majority, and on the 14th of Octo-\\nber, 1839,100k the oath of office at Nashville. In 1841,\\nhis term of office expired, and he was again the can-\\ndidate of the Democratic party, but was defeated.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. Polk was inaugur-\\nated President of the United States. The verdict of\\nthe country in favor of the annexation of Texas, exerted\\nits influence upon Congress and the last act of the\\nadministration of President Tyler was to affix his sig-\\nnature to a joint resolution of Congress, passed on the\\n3d of March, approving of the annexation of Texas to\\nthe American Union. As Mexico still claimed Texas\\nas one of her provinces, the Mexican minister,\\nAlmonte, immediately demanded his passports and\\nleft the country, declaring the act of the annexation\\nto be an act hostile to Mexico.\\nIn his first message. President Polk urged that\\nTexas should immediately, by act of Congress, be re-\\nceived into the Union on the same footing with the\\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 017\\nthe western banks.\\nThe anticipated collision soon took place, and wai\\nwas declared against Mexico by President Polk. The\\nwar was pushed forward by Mr. Polk s administration\\nwith great vigor. Gen. Taylor, whose army was first\\ncalled one of observation, then of occupation,\\nthen of invasion, was sent forward to Monterey. The\\nfeeble Mexicans, in every encounter, were hopelessly\\nand awfully slaughtered. The day of judgement\\nalone can reveal the misery which this war caused.\\nIt v/as by the ingenuity of Mr. Polk s administration\\nthat the war was brought on.\\nTo the victors belong the spoils. Mexico was\\nprostrate before us. Her capital was in our hands.\\nWe now consented to peace upon the condition that\\nMexico should surrender to us, in addition to Texas,\\nall of New Mexico, and all of Upper and Lower Cal-\\nifornia. This new demand embraced, exclusive of\\nTexas, eight hundred thousand square miles. This\\nwas an extent of territory equal to nine States of the\\nsize of New York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen\\nmajestic States to be added to the Union. There were\\nsome Americans who thought it all right there were\\nothers who thought it all wrong: In the prosecution\\nof this war, we expended twenty thousand lives and\\nmore than a hundred million of dollars. Of this\\nmoney fifteen millions were paid to Mexico.\\nOn the 3d of March, 1849, Mr. Polk retired from\\noffice, having served one term. The next day was\\nSunday. On the 5th, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated\\nas his successor. Mr. Polk rode to the Capitol in the\\nsame carriage with Gen. Taylor; and the same even-\\ning, with Mrs. Polk, he commenced his return to\\nTennessee. He was then but fifty-four years of age.\\nHe had ever been strictly temperate in all his habits,\\nand his health was good. ith an ample fortune,\\na choice library, a cultivated mind, and domestic ties\\nof the dearest nature, it seemed as though long years\\nof tranquility and happiness were before him. But the\\ncholera that fearful scourge was then sweeping up\\nthe Valley of the Mississippi. This he contracted,\\nand died on the 15th of June, 1S49, in the fiftv-fourth\\nyear of his age, greatly mourned by his counirymen.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "(y^-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "TWELFTH PRESIDENT.\\n63\\n%^lJ^,%%^^Y f J^Yii^jR.\\nACHARY TAYLOR, twelfth\\nPresident of the United States,\\nwas b(3rn on the 24th of Nov.,\\n1784, in Orange Co., Va. His\\n3s father. Colonel Taylor, was\\na Virginian of note, and a dis-\\ntinguished [latriot and soldier of\\nthe Revolution. When Zachary\\nwas an infant, his father with liis\\nwife and two children, emigrated\\nto Kentucky, where he settled in\\nthe pathless wilderness, a few\\nmiles from Louisville. In this front-\\nier home, away from civilization and\\nall its refinements, young Zachary\\ncould enjoy but few social and educational advan-\\ntages. When six years of age he attended a common\\nschool, and was then regarded as a bright, active boy,\\ncather remarkable for bluntness and decision of char-\\nacter He was strong, feailess and self-reliant, and\\nmanifested a strong desire to enter tlie 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 1S08, his father succeeded in obtaining for him\\nthe commission of lieutenant in the United States\\narmy and lie 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 18 1 2, Capt. Taylor (for he had then been\\npromoted to that rank) was put in command of Fort\\nHarrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles above\\nVincennes. This fort had been built in the wilder-\\nness by Gen. Harrison.on his march to ri[)pecanoe.\\nIt was one of the first points of attack by the Indians,\\ned by Tecumseh. Its garrison consisted of a broken\\ncompany of infantry numbering fifty men, many of\\nwhom were sick.\\nEarly in the autumn of 181 2, the Indians, stealthily,\\nand in large numbers, moved ujxsn the fort. Their\\napproach was first indicated by the murder of two\\nsoldiers just outside of the stockade. Capt. Taylor\\nmade every possible preparation to meet the antici-\\npated assault. On the 4th of September, a band of\\nforty painted and plumed savages came to the fort,\\nwaving a white flag, and informed Capt. Taylor that\\nin the morning their chief would come to have a talk\\nwith him. It was evident that their object was merely\\nto ascertain the state of things at the fort, and Capt.\\nTaylor, well versed in the wiles of the savages, kept\\nthem at a distance.\\nThe sun went down the savages disappeared, the\\ngarrison sle|)t upon their arms. One liour before\\nmidnight the war whoop burst from a thousand lips\\nin the forest around, followed by tlie discharge of\\nmusketry, and the rush of the foe. Every man, sick\\nand well, sprang to his post. Every man knew that\\ndefeat was not merely death, but in the case of cai\\nture, death by the most agonizing and i)rolonged tor-\\nture. No pen can describe, 1.0 immagination can\\nconceive the scenes which ensued. Tlie savages suc-\\nceeded in setting lire to one of the biock-iiouses-\\nUntil si.\\\\ o clock in the morning, this awful conflict\\ncontinued. The savages then, baffled at every jwint,\\nand gnashing their teeth with rage, retired. Capt.\\nTaylor, for this gallant defence, was promoted to the\\nrank of major by brevet.\\nUntil the close of the war, MajorTaylor was placed\\nin such situations that he saw but little more of active\\nservice. He was sent far away into the depths of the\\nwilderness, to Fort Crawford, on Fox River, which\\nempties into Green Bay. Here there was but little\\nto be done but to wear away the tedious hours as one\\nbest could. There were no books, no society, no in-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "64\\nZACHARY TAYLOR\\ntellectual stitnulus. Thus with him the uneventful\\nyears rolled on Gradually he rose to the rank of\\ncolonel. In the Black Hawk war, which resulted in\\nthe capture of that renowned chieftain, Col Taylor\\ntook a subordinate but a brave and efficient part.\\nFor twenty -four years Col. Taylor was engaged in\\nthe defence of the frontiers, in scenes so remote, and m\\nemployments so obscure, that his name was unknown\\noeyond 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,\\niiac promised they should do. The services rendered\\nhe^c secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of\\nthe Government; and as a reward, he was elevated\\ntc :he 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\\ntmidst the everglades of the peninsula. Gen. Taylor\\nobtained, at his own request, a change of command,\\n;.r,d was stationed over the Department of the South-\\nwest. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi,\\nAlabama and Georgia. Establishing his headquarters\\nai 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,\\nrom the world, but faithfully discharging every duty\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2mposed upon him.\\nIn 1846, Gen. Taylor was sent to guard the land\\ni ween the Nueces and Rio Grande, the latter river\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0mg the boundary of Texas, which was then claimed\\nijy the United States. Soon the war with Mexico\\nwas brought on, and at Palo Alto and Resaca de la\\nPalma, Gen. Taylor won brilliant victories over the\\nMexicans. The rank of major-general by Ijrevet\\nwas then conferred upon Gen. Taylor, and his name\\nw iS 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\\niinplitity, secured for Gen. Taylor among his troops,\\nthe sobriquet of Old Rough and Ready.\\nTne tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena Vista\\n-pread 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-\\nf il popularity in bringing forward the unpolished, un-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ed, honest soldier as their candidate for the\\niresidency. Gen. Taylor was astonished at the an-\\nnouncement, and for a time would not listen to it; de-\\nclaring that he was not at all qualified for such an\\noffice. So little interest had he taken in politics that,\\nfor forty years, he had not cast a vote. It was not\\nwithout chagrin that several distinguished statesmen\\nwho had been long years in the public service found\\nO.iir 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 jMsition,\\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 9th of July, 1850.\\nHis last words were, I am not afraid to die. I am\\nready. I have endeavored to do my duty. He died\\nuniversally respected and beloved. An honest, un-\\npretending man, he had been steadily growing in the\\naffections of the people and the Nation bitterly la-\\nmented his death.\\nGen. Scott, who was thoioughly 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 innumerajjle 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 jjlirase,\\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 shorf\\nfew men have ever had a more comfurla n,.\\nsaving contempt for learnirg of every kind.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "J i-C^^^t-i^ocTu)", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "THIRTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n6?\\n1 MILLflRn FILLMnRE. i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0e-i-\\n4r^\\nILLARn FILLMORE, thir-\\ntcenth President of the United\\na States, was born at Summer\\nHill, Cayuga Co., N. Y on\\nthe 7th of January, 1800. His\\nfather was a farmer, and ow-\\ning to misfortune, in humble cir-\\ncumstances. Of his mother, tlie\\ndaughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard,\\nof Pittsfield, Mass., it has been\\nsaid that she |X)ssessed an intellect\\nof very high order, united with much\\npersonal loveliness, sweetness of dis-\\nposition, graceful manners and ex-\\nquisite sensibilities. She died in\\n1831 having lived to see her son a\\nyoung man of distinguished prom-\\ni!-e, ihough she was not permitted to witness the high\\ndignity which he finally attained.\\nIn consetiuence of the secluded home and limited\\nineans of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender ad-\\nvantages for educ.Ttion in his early years. The com-\\nmon schools, whi( h he occasionally attended were\\nverv imperfect institutions; and books were scarce\\nend expensive. There was nothing then in his char-\\nacter to indicate the brilliant career uikdu which he\\nwas about to enter. He was a plain farmer s boy\\nintelligent, good-looking, kind-hearted. The sacred\\ninfluences of home had taught him to revere the Bible,\\nand had laid the foundations of an upright character.\\nWhen fourteen years of age, his father sent him\\nsome hundred miles from home, to the then wilds of\\nLivingston County, to learn the trade of a clothier.\\nNeai the mill there was a small villiage, where some\\nenler|)rising man had commenced the collection of a\\nvillage library. This i)roved an inestimable blessing\\nto young Fillmore. His evenings were spent in read-\\ning. Soon every leisure moment was occupied v, ith\\nbooks. His thirst for knowledge became insatiate\\nand the selections which he made were continually\\nmore elevating and instructive. He read history,\\nbiography, oratory, and thus gradually there was en-\\nkindled in his heart a desire to be something more\\nthan a mere worker with his hands; and he was be-\\ncoming, almost unknown to himself, a well-informed,\\neducated man.\\nThe young clothier had now attained the age of\\nnineteen years, and was of fine personal appearance\\nand cf gentlemanly demeanor. It so happened tha*\\nthere was a gentleman in the neighborhood cf ample\\npecuniary means and of benevolence, Judge \\\\Valter\\nWood, who was struck \\\\ith the pre|)Ossessing a\\npcarance of young Fillmore. He made hisacquain\\nance, and was so much impressed with his ability an\\nattainments that he advised him to abandon hi\\ntrade and devote himself to the study of the law. The\\nyoung man replied, that he had no means of his ow..,\\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 delusion about\\na collegiate education. \\\\oung man is sup;;osed to\\nbe liberally educated if he has gr.:dualed at some col-\\nlege. 15ul many a boy loiters through university hal\\ntnd then enters a law office, who is bv no means as", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "G6\\nMILLARD FILLMORE.\\nwell prepared to prosecute his legal studies as was\\nMillard Fillmore when he graduated at the clothing-\\nmill at the end of four years of manual labor, during\\nwhich every leisure moment had been devoted to in-\\ntense mental culture.\\nIn 1823, when twenty-three years of age, he v/as\\nadmitted to the Court of Common Pleas. He then\\nwent to the village of Aurora, and commenced the\\npractice of law. In this secluded, peaceful region,\\nhis practice of course was limited, and there was no\\nopportunity for a sudden rise in foitune 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. Though he had never taken a very active\\npart in politics, his vote and his sympathies were with\\nthe Whig party. The State was then Democratic,\\nand he found himself in a helpless minority in the\\nLegislature still the testimony comes from all parlies,\\nthat his courtesy, ability and integrity, won, to a very\\nunusual degrte the respect of his associates.\\nIn the autumn of 1832, he was elected to a seat in\\nthe United States Congress He entered that troubled\\narena in some of the most tumultuous hours of our\\nnational history. The great conflict respecting the\\nnational bank and the removal of the deposits, was\\nihen 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 hrni stiength 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 lad 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\\nnamesof 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,\\nGen. Taylor was inaugurated President, and Millard\\nFillmore Vice-President, of the United States.\\nOn the 9th of July, 1850, President Taylor, but\\nabout one year and four months after his inaugura\\ntion, was suddenly taken sick and died. By the Con-\\nstitution, Vice-President Fillmore thus became Presi-\\ndent. He appointed a very able cabinet, of which\\nthe illustrious Daniel Webster was Secretary of State.\\nMr. Fillniore had very serious difficulties to contend\\nwith, since the opposition 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 inadequacy of 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 tlie 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 party or the other.\\nHe was thus forgotten by both. He lived to a ripe\\nold age, and died in Buffalo. N. Y., March 8, 1874.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "FOURTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n^Mi^Wl*!^^! 1-\\n^jLV *\u00c2\u00bbJ\\n^FRANKLIN PIERCE.\\nw|\u00c2\u00ab??\u00e2\u0082\u00acTB\u00c2\u00bb^\\nRANKLIN PIERCE, the\\nirteenth President of the\\nI nited States, was bom 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 finely-developed boy.\\nWhen sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, he\\nentered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me He was\\none of the most ]X)pular young men in the college.\\nThe purity of his moral character, the unvarying\\ncourtesy of his demeanor, his rank as a scholar, and\\ngenial nature, rendered him a universal favorite.\\nThere was something very peculiarly winning in his\\naddress, and it was evidently not in the slightest de-\\ngree studied it was the simple outgushing of his\\nown magnanimous and loving nature.\\nUpon graduating, in the year 1824, Franklin Pierce\\ncommenced the study of law in the office of Judge\\nWoodliury, 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\\nixjlitical career into which Judge Woodbury was en-\\ntering, all tended to entice Mr. Pierce into the faci-\\nnating yet perilous path of political life. With all\\nthe ardor of his nature he es[ oused the cause of Gen.\\nJackson for the Presidency. He commenced the\\npractice of law in Hillsborough, and was soon elected\\nto reiiresent the town in the State Legislature. Here\\nhe served for four yeais. The last two years he was\\nchosen s[5eaker of the house by a very large vote.\\nIn 18.33, 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 ever\\nstation with which her husband was honoied. Of the", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "72\\nf RANKLIN PIERCE.\\nthree sons who were born to them, all now sleep with\\ntheir parents in the grave.\\nlii 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,\\nverj 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 the North. He thus became distin-\\nguished as a Northern man with Southern principles.\\nThe strong partisans of slavery in the South conse-\\nquently regarded him as a man whom they could\\nsafely trust in office to carry out their plans.\\nOn the 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,\\nc-.:id 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 whicli 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 Pieice\\nwas therefore inaugurated President of the United\\nStates on tlie 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 eveiy 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 acce[)tably 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\\nkihed 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. (Sen\\nerous to a fault, he contributed liberally fcjr the al-\\nleviation of sufferingand want, and many of his towns-\\nl eople were often gladened by his material bounty.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "d\\nZl^7Z^^ (^^^^CCC\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^Z^Zy?Z\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^^%/^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "/\u00e2\u0080\u00a2IFTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\nfi\\nmf^~\\n::u iifi ^~t iti^ i\u00c2\u00bb^t, i^ i: i\\nAMES liUCHANAN, the fit-\\nicciilh I lesident of tlic United\\nStates, was horn in a small\\nfrontier town, at the foot of the\\neastern ridge of the Allegha-\\nnies, in Franklin Co., l enn.,on\\nthe 23d of April, 1791. The place\\nwhere the lunnble cabin of his\\nfatiier stood was called Stony\\nBatter. It was a wild and ro-\\nmantic s|)ot in a gorge of the moun-\\ntains, with towering summits rising\\ngrandly all around. His father\\nwas a :;ative of the north of Ireland\\na i)oor man, who had emigrated in\\n1783, 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, plunj^ed into the wilder-\\nness, staked iiis claim, reared his log-hut, opened a\\nclearing will) his axe, and settled down there to per-\\nform iiis 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, Ws\\nfather removed to tiie village of Mercersburg, where\\nhis son was |)laced at school, and commenced a\\ncourse of study in English, Latin and Greek. His\\n]irogress was rai)i(l, and at the age of fourteen, he\\nentered Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Here he de-\\nveloped remarkable talent, and took his stand among\\nthe first scliolars in the institution. His application\\nKo study was intense, and yet his native powers en-\\nabled him to master the most abstruse subjects w\\nfacility.\\nIn the year 1S09, he graduated with the highest\\nhonors of his clas-. He was then eighteen years cl\\nage; tall and graceful, vigorous in health, fond of\\nathletic sport, an unerring shot, and enlivened with\\nan exuberant flow of animal s|)irits. He immediately\\ncommenced the study of law in the city of Lancaster,\\nand was admitted to the bar in 1812, when he was\\nbut twenty-one years of age. Very rapidly he ro-,e\\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 sii.--\\ncessfuUy defended before the State Senate ore of liie\\njudges of the State, who was tried ujxin articles of\\nimpeachment. At the age of thirty it was generally\\nadmitted that he stood at the head of the bar; ar.d\\nthere was no lawyer in the State who had a more I 1-\\ncrative practice.\\nIn 1820, he reluctantly consented to run as a\\ncandidate for Congress. He was elected, and fot\\nten years he remained a member of the Lower House.\\nDuring the vacations of Congress, he occasionally\\ntried some important case. In ,1831, he retired\\naltogether from the toils of his profession, having ac-\\nipiired an ample fortune.\\nGen. Jackson, upon his elevation to the Presidency,\\napjjointed Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. The\\nduties of his mission he performed with ability, which\\ngave satisfaction to all parties. Upon his return, in\\n1833, he was elected to a seat in the United States\\nSenate. He there met, as his associates, Webster,\\nClay, Wright and Calhoun. He advocated tl .e meas-\\nures i)roix)sed by President Jackson, of m .ling repo-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "76\\nJAMES BUCHANAN.\\nsals against France, to enforce the payment of our\\nclaims against that country and defended the course\\nof the President in his unprecedented and wholesale\\nremoval from office of those who were not the sup-\\nporters of his administration. Upon this question he\\nwas brought into direct collision with Henry Clay.\\nHe also, with voice and vote, advocated expunging\\nfrom the journal of the Senate the vote of censure\\nagainst Gen. 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 petitions on tlie subject of slavery, he advo-\\ncated that they should be respectfully received; and\\nthat the reply should be returned, that 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 the\\nStates where it now exists.\\nUpon Mr. Polk s accession to the Presidency, Mr.\\nBuchanan became Secretary of State, and as such,\\ntook his share of the responsibility 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 Grande 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 the mission to England.\\nIn the year 1856, 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\\nr7 4, and was elected. The [Xjpular vote stood\\n1,340,618, for Fremont, 1,224,750 for Buchanan. On\\nMarch 4th. 1857, Mr. Buchanan was inaugurated.\\nMr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only four\\n-fears were wanting to fill up his threescore years and\\nten. His own friends, those with whom he had been\\nallied in ]X)liticaI principles and action for years, were\\nsoeking the destruction of the Government, that they\\nmight rear upon the ruins of our free institutions a\\nnation whose corner-stone should be human slaverv.\\nIn this emergency, Mr. Buchanan was hopelessly be-\\nwildered He could not, with his long-avowed prin-\\nciples, consistently oppose the State-rights party ir.\\ntheir assumptions. As President of the United States,\\nbound by his oath faithfully to administer the laws\\nhe could not, without perjury of the grossest kind,\\nunite with those endeavoring to overthrow the repub-\\nlic. He therefore did nothing.\\nThe opponents of Mr. Buchanan s administration\\nnominated Abraham Lincoln as their standard bearer\\nin the next Presidential canvass. The pro-slavery\\nparty declared, that if lie 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\\nparly was sucli, 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 Government 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. Tlli^\\nwas not the doctrine of Andrew Jackson, when, wiO.\\nhis hand upon his sword-hilt, he exclaimed. Tl l\\nUnion must and shall be preserved!\\nSouth Carolina seceded in December, t86o; 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 bei-ieged 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 rebellior.\\nH* died at his Wheatland retreat, June i, i863.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "/Il\\n-f\\nG^x /^2^ ^^T^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "SIXTEENTH FRES/DENT.\\n79\\nABRAHAM UNCOLN.\\nBRAHAM LINCOLN, the\\nsixteenth President of the\\nUnited States, was born in\\nHardin Co., Ky., Feb. 12,\\niSog. About the year 1780, a\\nman by the name of Abraham\\nLincobi left Virginia with liis\\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\\nittle children, three boys and two\\ngirls. Thomas, the youngest of the\\nloys, was four years of age at his\\nfather s death. This Thomas was\\nthe father of Abraham Lincoln, the\\nPresident of the United States\\nwhose name must henceforth fo ^ever be enrolled\\niviih 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\\nI he poorest of the jxior. His home was a wretched\\nlog-cabin; his food ihe coarsest and the meanest.\\nKd.ication he had none; he could never either read\\nor .\\\\rite. As soon as he was able to do anything for\\nhimself, he was compelled to leave the cabin of his\\nstarving mother, and push out into the world, a friend-\\ness, wandering boy, seeking work. He hired him-\\nself out, and thus s|)ent the whole of his youth as a\\niborer in the fields of others.\\nWhen twenty-eight years of age he buili a log-\\n1 abin of his own, and married Nancy Hanks, the\\nd.iughter of another family of poor Kentucky emi-\\ngraiils, who had also come from Virginia. Their\\nsecond child was Vbraham Lincoln, the subject of\\nthis sketch. The mother of Abraham was a noble\\nvonian, gentle, loving, pensive, created to adorn\\na ])alare, 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.\\nAbiaham soon became the scribe of the uneducated\\ncommunity around him. He could not have had a\\nbetter school than this to teach him to put thoughts\\ninto words. He also became an eager reader. The\\nbooks he could obtain were few but these he read\\nand re-read until they were almost committed tc\\nmemory.\\nAs the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly familj\\nwas the usual lot of humanity. There were joys and\\ngriefs, weddings and funerals. Abraham s sistei\\nSarah, to whom he was tenderly attached, was mar-\\nried when a child of but fourteen years of age, anci\\nsoon died. The family was gradually scattered. Mr.\\nThomas Lincoln sold out his squatter s claim in 1830\\nand emigrated to Macon Co., 111.\\nAbraham Lincoln was then twenty-one years of age.\\nWith vigorous hands he aided his father in rearin;;\\nanother log-cabin. Abraham worked diligently at thi;-\\nuntil he saw the family comfortably settled, and thei\\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 that fortune was to be. He saw tlie value ol\\neducation and was intensely earnest to improve his\\nmind to the utmost of his power. He saw the ruin\\nwhich ardent spirits were causing, and became\\nstrictly temi)erate; refusing to allow a drop of intoxi-\\ncating liquor to pass his lips. And he had read in\\nGod s word, Thou shalt not take the name of tha\\nLord thy God in vain; and a profane ex|)ression he\\nwas never heard to utter. Religion he revered. His\\nmorals were pure, and he was uncontaminated by a\\nsingle vice.\\nYoung Abraham worked for a time as a hired laborci\\namong the farmers. Then he went to Springfield\\nwhere he was employed in building a large flat-boat\\nIn this he took a herd of swine, floated them down\\nthe Sangamon to the Illinois, and thence by the Mis-\\nsissippi to New Orleans. Whati.-vcr Abraham Lin-\\ncoln undertook, he performed so faithfully as to give\\ngreat satisfaction to his employers. In this adven", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "8o\\nABRAHAM LINCOLN.\\nture his employers were so well pleased, that upon\\nhis return tney placed a store and null under his care.\\nIn 1832, at the outbreak of the Black Hawk war, he\\nenlisted and was chosen captain of a company. He\\nreturned to Sangamon County, and although only 23\\nyears of age, was a candidate for the Legislature, but\\nwas defeated. He soon after received from Andrew\\nJackson the appointment of Postmaster of New Salem,\\nHis only post-office was his hat. AH the letters he\\nreceived he carried there ready to deliver to those\\nhe chanced to meet. He studied surveying, and soon\\nmade this his business. In 1834 he again became a\\ncandidate for the Legislature, and was elected Mr.\\nStuart, of Springfield, advised him to study law. He\\nwalked from New Salem to Springfield, liorrowed of\\nMr. Stuart a load of books, carried them back and\\nbegan his legal studies. When the Legislature as-\\nseml)led he trudged on foot with his pack on his back\\none hundred miles to Vandalia, then the capital. In\\n1836 he was re-elected to the Legislature. Here it\\nwas he first met Stephen A. Douglas. In 1839 he re-\\nmoved to Springfield and began the practice of law.\\nHis success with the jury was so great that he was\\n20on engaged in almost every noted case in the circuit.\\nIn 1854 the great discussion began between Mr.\\nLincoln and Mr. Douglas, on the slavery question.\\nIn the organization of the Republican party in Illinois,\\nin 1856, he took an active part, and at once became\\none of the leaders in that party. Mr. Lincoln s\\nspeeches in opposition to Senator Douglas in the con-\\ntest in 1858 for a seat in the Senate, form a most\\nnotable part of his history. The issue was on the\\nilavery question, and he took the broad ground of\\n.he Declaration of Independence, that all men are\\ncreated equal. Mr. Lincoln was defeated in this con-\\ntest, but won a far higiier prize.\\nThe great Republican Convention met at Chicago\\non the i6th of June, i860. The delegates and\\nstrangers who crowded the city amounted to twenty-\\nfive thousand. An immense building called The\\nWigwam, was reared to accommodate the Conven-\\ntion. There were eleven candidates for whom votes\\nwere thrown. William H. Seward, a man whose fame\\nas a statesman had long filled the land, was the most\\norominent. It was generally supposed he would be\\nthe nominee. Abraham Lincoln, however, received\\nthe nomination on the third ballot. Little did he then\\ndream of the weary years of toil and care, and the\\nbloody death, to w!ii :h that nomination doomed him:\\nand aslittledid hedream 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\\nI place in the affections nf his countrymen, second\\ncnly, if second, to that of ^Vashington.\\nElection day came and Mr. Lincoln received 180\\nelectoral votes out of 203 cast, and was, therefore,\\nconstitutionally elected President of the United States.\\nThe tirade of abuse that was poured upon this good\\nand merciful man, especially by the slaveholders, was\\ngreater than upon any other man ever elected to tliis\\nhigh position. In February, 1861, Mr. Lincoln started\\nfor Washington, stopping in all the large cities ox\\\\ his\\nway making speeches. The whole journey wasfrought\\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. A detective unravelled\\nthe plot. A secret and special train was provided tc\\ntake him from Harrisburg, through Baltimore, at ai\\nunexpected hour of the night. The train started at\\nhalf-past ten; and to prevent ai.y possible communi-\\ncation on the part ot the Secessionists with their Con\\nfederate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train ha..\\nstarted the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr. Lincoln\\nreadied 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 op|)onents before the convention he gave\\nimportant positions.\\nDuring no other administration have the duties\\ndevolving upon the President been so manifold, and\\nthe responsibilities so great, as those which fell to\\nthe lot of President Lincoln. Knowing this, and\\nfeeling his own weakness and inability to meet, and in\\nhi-B 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\\ntriaU, bo h personal and national. Contrary to his\\nown estimate of himself, Mr. Lincoln was one of the\\nmost courageous of men. He went directly into the\\nrebel capital just as the retreating foe was leaving,\\nwith no guard but a few sailors. From the tinie he\\nhad left S|)ringfield, in i86r, however, plans had been\\nmade fjr his assassination, and he at last fell a victim\\nto one of them. April 14, 1865, he, with Gen. Grant,\\nwas urgently invited to attend Fords Theater. It\\nwas announced that they would Le present. Gen.\\nGrant, however, left the city. President Lincoln, feel-\\ning, with 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 Wilkes Booth\\nentered the box where the President and family were\\nseated, and fired a bullet into his brains. He died the\\nnext morning at seven o clock.\\nNever before, in the history of the world was a nation\\nplunged into such deep grief by the death of its ruler.\\nStrong men met in the streets and wept in speechless\\nanguish. It is not too much to say that a nation was\\nin tears. His was a life which will fitly become a\\nmodel. His name as the savior of his country will\\nlive with that of Washington s, ils father; hiscf^untry-\\nmc- i being unable to decide whirh is the greater.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "^^-:^-^^^a^{(^-^^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "SEVENTEENTH PRESIDEAT.\\nSj\\n^:kiyj\u00c2\u00a9iF^ W, \\\\H ,i DM C^^^^\\n^^1^\\nNDREW JOHNSON, seven-\\nteenth President of the United\\nStates. The early Hfe of\\nAndrew Johnson contains hut\\nthe record of poverty, destitu-\\ntion and friendlessness. He\\n7 was born December 29, i8oS,\\nin Raleigh, N. C. His parents,\\nbelonging to the class of the\\npoor whites of the Souili,Ti ere\\nin such circumstances, that they\\ncould not c ;nf!r ^.-er. the slight-\\nest advantages of education uiXDn\\ntheir child. When Andrew was five\\nI years of age, liis father accidentally\\nlost his life while herorically endeavoring to save a\\nfriend from drowning. r\\\\di ten years of age, Andrew\\nwas a ragged boy abour the streets, supjxjrted 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 tliere. He often\\nread from the speeches of distinguished British states-\\nmen. Andrew, who was endowed with a mind of more\\nthan ordinary native ability, became much interested\\nin these speeches his ambition was roused, and he\\nwas inspired with a strong desire to learn to read.\\nHe accordingly applied himself to tlie alphabet, and\\nwith the assistance of some of his fellow- workmen,\\nteamed 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 die boo\u00c2\u00ab.\\nbut assisted him in learning to combine the letters\\ninto words. Under such difficulties he pressed oi.\\nward laboriously, spending usually ten or twelve houre\\nat work in the shop, and then robbing himself of rest\\nand recreatio.- to devote such time as he could to\\nreading.\\nHe went to Tennessee in 1826, and located a\\nGreenville, where he married a young lady who pos\\nsessed some education. Under her instructions he\\nlearned to write and cipher. He became prominent\\nin the village debating society, and a favorite with\\nthe students of Greenville College. In 1828, he or-\\nganized a working man s party, which elected him\\nalderman, and in 1830 tlected him mayor, which\\nposition he held three years.\\nHe now began to take a lively interest in political\\naffairs; identifying himself with the working-classes,\\nto which he belonged. In 1835, he was elected a\\nmember of the House of Representatives of Tennes-\\nsee. He was then just twenty-seven years of age.\\nHe became a very active member of the legislature\\ngave his adhesion to the Democratic party, and in\\n1840 stumped the State, advocating Martin an\\nBuren s claims to the Presidency, in op{X)sition to thos^\\nof Gen. Harrison. In this campaign he acquired much\\nreadiness as a speaker, and extended and increased\\nhis reputation.\\nIn 184T, he was elected State Senator; in 1843, he\\nwas elected a member of Congress, and by successive\\nelections, held that important post for ten years. In\\n1853, he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and\\nwas re-elected in 1855. In all these res))ons;lile \\\\a%\\\\\\ntions, he discharged his duties with distinguished ab-..", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "84\\nANDRE IV 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, he had warmly advocated\\nthe annexation of Texas, stating however, as his\\nreason, that he thought this annexation would prob-\\nably prove to be the gateway out of which the sable\\nsons of Africa are to pass from bondage to freedom,\\nand become merged in a population congenial to\\nthemselves. In 1850, he also supported the com-\\npromise measures, the two essential features of which\\nwere, that the white people of the Territories should\\nbe permitted to decide for themselves whether they\\nwould enslave the colored people or not, and that\\nthe ree States of the North should return to the\\n3ouLh persons who attempted to escape from slavery.\\nMr. Johnson was neverasharaedof 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 i8i\u00c2\u00ab;, ne\\nwas the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for tlie\\nPresidency. In 1861, when the purpose of the South-\\n2rn 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 inconsistency 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 impotent!;-,\\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 Gree-nville, Tenn., taking no very active part in\\npolitics until 1875. On Jan 26, after an e.xciting\\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,\\nwitli every demonstration of respect", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "-0 C_-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "SIGH TEENTH FRESIBENT.\\n87\\n^V^^gi^f\\nLYSSES S. GRANT, the\\nighteenth President of the\\n5\u00c2\u00a7 United 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 Academy at West\\nPoint. Here he was regarded as a\\niolid, sensible young man of fair abilities, and of\\nsturdy, honest character. He took respectable rank\\nas a scholar. In June, 1843, he graduated, about the\\nmiddle in his class, and was sent as lieutenant of in-\\nfantry to one of the distant military posts in the Mis-\\nsouri Territory. Two years he ))ast in these dreary\\nsolitudes, watching the vagabond and e.xasperating\\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\\nResacade la Palma, his second battle. At the battle\\nof Monterey, his third engagement, it is said that\\n.ie performed a signal service of daring and skillful\\nhorsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its am-\\nmunition. A messenger must be sent for more, along\\n.1 route exposed to the bullets of the foe. Lieut.\\nGrant, adopting an expedient learned of the Indians,\\ngrasped the mane of his horse, and hanging uix)n one\\nside of the anip\u00c2\u00bb.-il, ran the gauntlet in entire safety.\\nFrom Monterey he was sent, with the fourth infantry,\\n10 aid Gen. Scott, at the siege of Vera Cruz. In\\npreparation for the march to the city of Mexico, he\\nwas appointed quartermaster of his regiment. At the\\nbattle of Molino del Rey, he was promoted to a\\nfirst lieutenancy, and was brevetted captain at Cha-\\npultepec.\\nAt the close of the Mexican War, Capt. Grant re-\\nturned with his regiment to New York, and was again\\nsent to one of the military posts on the frontier. The\\ndiscovery of gold in California causing an immense\\ntide of emigration to flow to the Pacific shores, Capt.\\nGrant was sent with a battalion to Fort Dallas, in\\nOregon, for the protection of the interests of the im-\\nmigrants. Life was wearisome in those wilds. Capt.\\nGrant resigned his commission and returned to the\\nStates; and having married, entered upon the cultiva-\\ntion of a small farm near St. Louis, Mo. He had but\\nlittle skill as a farmer. Finding his toil not re-\\nmunerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering into\\nthe leather business, with a younger brother, at (ia-\\nlena, 111. This was in the year i860. As the tidings\\nof the rebels firing on Fort Sumpter reached the ears\\nof Capt. Grant in his counting-room, he said,\\nUncle Sam has educated me for the army: though\\nI have served him through one war, I do not fee* that\\nI have yet repaid the debt. I am still ready todispharge\\nmy obligations. I shall therefore buckle on my iword\\nand see Uncle Sam through this war too.\\nHe went into the streets, raised a company of vol-\\nunteers, and led them as their captain to Springfield,\\nthe capital of the State, where their services were\\noffered to 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 15 th of", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "88\\nUL YSShS S. GRA NT.\\nJune, t86i, 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 M.njor-General, and the military\\niistrict of Tennessee was assigned to him.\\nLike all great captains. Gen. Grant knew well how\\nto secure the results of victory. He immediately\\nDushed 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 witli\\nGen. Banks in a movement upon Te.xas, 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\\niind enter upop. Ji duties of his new office\\nGen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge ol\\nihe army to concentrate the widely-dispersed National\\ntroops for an attack upon Richmond, the nominal\\ncapital of the Rebellion, and endeavor there to de-\\nstroy the rebel armies which would be promptly as-\\nsembled from all quarters for its defence. The whole\\ncontinent seemed to tremble under the tramp of these\\nmajestic armies, rushing to the decisive battle field.\\nSteamers were crowded with troops. Railway trains\\nwere burdened with closely packed thousands. His\\nplans were comprehensive and involved a series of\\ncampaigns, which were executed with remarkable en-\\nergy and ability, and were consummated at the sur-\\nrender of Lee, April 9, 1865.\\nThe war was ended. The Union was saved. The\\nalmost unanimous voice of the Nation declared Gen.\\nGrant to be the most prominent instrument in its 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 (j rant 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 tiie Army and retired by Congress. The\\ncancer soon finished its deadly work, and July 23,\\n1885, the nation wenf in mourning over the death of\\nthe illustrious General.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "s\\nc/U_^-o-Atf", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "NINETEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n9\\nRUTHERFORD \u00c2\u00aee HiiYES.\\nUTHERFORD B. HAYES,\\nfel the 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-\\ni acter. It can be traced, it is said,\\nas far back as 1280, when Hayes and\\nRutherford were two Scottish chief-\\ntains, fighting side by side with\\nBaliol, William Wallace and Robert\\nBruce. Both families belonged to the\\nnobility, owned extensive estates,\\nand had a large following. Misfor-\\n;ane ov .-i aking the family, George Hayes left Scot-\\n.and in i6!io, and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son\\nGeorge wai born in Windsor, and remained there\\nduring his liie. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, mar-\\nried Sarah Lee, and lived from the time of his mar-\\nriage until hJs 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 ai/d grandfather of President Hayes, was\\nborn in New Haven, in August, 1756. He was a farmer,\\nblacksmith and tavern-keeper. He emigrated to\\nVermont at an utiknown 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 stock-\\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, noi railways,\\nwas a very serious affair. A tour of inspection was\\nfirst made, occupying four months. Mr. Hayes deter\\nmined to move to Delaware, where the family arrived\\nin 1817. He died July 22, 1822, a victiin of malarial\\nfever, less than three months before the birth of the\\nson, of whom we now write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore be-\\nreavement, found the support she so much needed in\\nher brother Sardis, who had been a member of the\\nhousehold from the day of its departure from Ver-\\nmont, and in an orphan girl whom she had adopted\\nsome time before as an act of charity.\\nMrs. Hayes at this period was very weak, and the", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "92\\nRUTHERFORD B. HAYES.\\nsubject of this sketch was so feeWe at birth that he\\nwas not expected to live beyond a month or two at\\nmost. As the raontlis 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\\nuist night. On one occasion a neighbor, who was on\\nfimihar terms with the family, after alluding to the\\nijoy s big head, and the mother s assiduous care of\\nlini, said in a bantering way, That s right! Stick to\\nhim. You have got him along so far, and I shouldn t\\nvonder if he would really come to something yet.\\nYou reed not laugh, said Mrs. Hayes. You\\ntrait 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\\nister 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\\n\\\\Vesleyan University, in Middletown, Conn. He en-\\ntered Kenyon College in 1838, at the age of sixteen,\\nand was graduated at the head of his class in 1842.\\nImmediately after his graduation he began the\\nstudy of law in the office of Thomas Sparrow, Esq.,\\nin Columbus. Finding his opportunities for study in\\nColumbus somewhat limited, he determined to enter\\nthe Law School at Cambridge, Mass., where he re-\\nmained two years.\\nIn 1845, after graduatmg at the Law School, he was\\nadmitted to the bar at Marietta, Ohio, and shortly\\nafterward went into practice as an attorney-at-law\\nwith Ralph P. Buckland, of Fremont. Here he re-\\nmained three years, acquiring but a limited practice,\\nand apparently unambitious of distinction in his pro-\\nfession.\\n^x\\\\ 1849 he moved to Cincuinati, 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 uixsn his subse-\\nquent ife. One of these was his marrage with Miss\\nLucy Ware Webb, da\\\\ighter of Dr. James Webb, of\\nChilicothe; the other was his introduction to the Cin-\\ncinnati Literary Club, a body embracing among its\\nmembers such 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. Haye3 into\\nconstant association with young men of high char-\\nacter and noble aims, and lured him to display (ihe\\nqualities so long hidden by his bashfulneis 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 o)\\ncity solicitor becoming vacant, the City Council,\\nelected him for the unexpired term.\\nIn 1 86 1, when the Rebellion broke out, he was at\\nthe zenith of his professional l:f,. His rank at the\\nbar was among the the first. But the news of the\\nattack on Fort Sumpter found him eager to take md\\narms for the defense of his countr)\\nHis military record was bright ard illustrious. In\\nOctober, 186 1, 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 liis 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, for gallant 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.\\n\\\\w 1867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio^\\nover Hon. Allen G. Thunnan, a popular Democrat.\\nIn 1869 was re-elected over George H. Pendleton.\\nHe was elected Governor for the third term in 1875.\\n]n 1876 he was the standard beaier of the Repub-\\nlican Party in the Presidential contest, and after a\\nhard long contest was chosen President, and was in\\naugurated Monday, March 5, 1875. He served his\\nfull term, not, hcwever, with satisfaction to his party,\\nbut his administration was an average or", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "TiVENTIETH PRESIDENT.\\n0\\n^Sm\\n^^WWJ\\nf\\nAMES A. GARt IELU, twen-\\ntieth President of the United\\nStates, was born Nov. 19,\\n1831, in the woods of Orange,\\nCuyahoga Co., O His par-\\nents were Abram and EUza\\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-,ds about 20x30 feet, built of logs, with the spaces be-\\ntween the logs filled with clay. His father was a\\naard working farmer, and he soon had his fields\\njleared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built.\\nThe household comprised the father and mother and\\ntheir four children Mehetabel, Thomas, Mary and\\nTames. In May, 1823^ the father, from a cold con-\\n.racted in helping to put out a forest fire, died. At\\nthis time James was about eighteen months old, and\\nThomas about ten years old. No one, perhaps, can\\ntell how much James was indet.ted to his biother s\\ntoil and self-sacrifice during the twenty years suc-\\nceeding his father s death, but undoubtedly very\\nmuch. He now lives in Michigan, and the two sis-\\nters live in .Solon, 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 Ijring in a few dollars to aid his widowed\\nmother in he struggles to keep the little family to-\\ngether. Nor was Gen. Garfield ever ashamed of his\\norigin, and he never forgot the friends of his strug-\\ngling childhood, youtli and manhood, neither did they\\never forget him. Wiien in the highest seatsof honor\\nthe humblest fiiend of his boyhood was as kindly\\ngreeted as ever. The poorest laborer was sure of the\\nsympatliy 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 vmiil hi\\nwas about sixteen years old was to be a captain of\\na vessel on Lake Erie. He was anxious to go aboard\\na vessel, which his mother strongly opposed. .She\\nfinally consented to his going to Cleveland, with the\\nunderstanding, however, that he should try to obtair\\nsome other kind of employment. He walked all the\\nway to Cleveland. This was his first visit to the city\\nAfter making many applications for work, and trying\\nto get aboard a lake vessel, and not meeting with\\nsuccess, he engaged as a driver for his cousin, Amos\\nLetcher, on the Ohio Pennsylvania Canal. He re-\\nmained at this work but a short time when he wen\\nhome, and attended the seminar; 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, he entered Williams College, from whijb\\nhe graduated in 1856, taking one of the highest h v\\nors of his class. He afterwards returned to Hir.-im\\nCollege as its President. -\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Vs above stated, he early\\nunited with tlie Christian or Diciples Church at\\nHiram, and was ever after a devoted, zealous mem-\\niier, often preaching in its pulpit and places where\\nlie happened to be. Dr. Noah Porter, President of\\nYale College, says of him in reference to his religion", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"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\\nny judgment there is no more interesting feature of\\nIlls 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\\n;hurch 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 love our Lord in sincerity.\\nMr. Garfield was united in marriage with Miss\\nLucretia Rudolpli, Nov. ii, 1858, who proved lierself\\nworthy as the wife of one whom all the world loved and\\nmourned. To them were born seven children, five of\\nv/hom 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\\nI/ears 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 186 1 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 Lifantry, 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 infantiy\\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 witli Gen. Buell s army at Shiloh,\\nin its operations around Corinth and its march through\\nAlabama. He was then detailed as a member of the\\nGeneral Court-Martial for the trial of Gen. Fitz-John\\nPorter. He was tlien 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 Gee Garfield was\\nelected to Congress in the fall of 1862 from the\\nNineteenth District of Ohio. This section of Ohio\\nhad been represented in Congress for sixty years\\nmainly by two men Elisha ^Vhittlesey 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. Ther*; he remained by successive re-\\nelections until he was elected President in 1880.\\nOf his labors in Congress Senator Hoar says Sinct\\nthe year 1864 you cannot think of a question whicii\\nhas been debated in Congress, or discussed before h\\ntribunel of the American people, in regard to whict\\nyou will not find, if you wish mstruction, the argu-.\\nment on one side stated, in almost every instance\\nbetter than by anybody else, in some speech made in\\nthe House of Representatives or on the hustings by\\nMr. Garfield.\\nUpon Jan. 14, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elected to\\nthe U. S. Senate, and on the eighth of June, of the\\nsame year, was nominated as the candidate of his\\nparty for President at the great Chicago Convention.\\nHe was elected in the following November, and on\\nMarch 4, i88r, was inaugurated. Probably no ad-\\nministration ever opened its existence under brighter\\nauspices than that of President Garfield, and every\\nday it grew in favo. with the people, and by the first\\nof July he had completed all the initiatory and pre-\\nliminary work of his administration and was prepar-\\ning to leave the city to meet his friends at Williams\\nCollege. While on his way and at the depot, in com-\\npany with Secretary Blaine, a man stejiped behind\\nhim, drew a revolver, and fired directly at his back.\\nThe President tottered and fell, ^nd 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 ho|)e. For eighty\\ndays, all during the hot months of July and August,\\nlie 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.\\n19, 1883, at Elberon, N. J., on the very bank of the\\nocean, where he had been taken shortly previous. The\\nworld wept at his death, as it never had done on the\\ndeath of any other man who had ever lived upon it.\\nThe murderer was duly tried, found guilty and exe-\\ncuted, in one year after he committed the foul deed.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "^f", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "T IVEIV T V. Fins T PRESIDENT.\\n99\\nCM I Wt^^m H i\\\\ v^y BM iMlCf Ma\\nHESTER A. ARTHUR,\\ntwenty-first Presi ^.^iH of the\\nUnited States was born in\\nFranklin Com ty, Vermont, on\\nthe fifthofOc ober, 1830, andis\\nthe oldest of a family of two\\nsons and five daughters. His\\nfather was the Rev. Dr. William\\nArthur, a Baptist d .r gyman, who\\nemigrated to tb.s countr) from\\nthe county Aiit.im, Ireland, in\\nhis 18th year, and died in 1875, in\\nNewtonville, neai Albany, after a\\nlong and successful ministry.\\nJ. Young Arthur was educated at\\na^y Union College, S( henectady, where\\nj/j he excelled in all his studies. Af-\\nter his graduation he taught school\\nin Vermont for two years, and at\\nthe e-xpiration cf that time came to\\nNew York, with $500 in his pocket,\\nand Ciitered the office of ex-Judge\\nE. D. Culver as student. After\\nbeing admitted to the bar he formed\\na partnership with his intimate friend and room-mate,\\nHenry D. Gardiner, with the intention of practicing\\nin the West, and for three months they roamed about\\nin the Western States in search of an eligible site,\\nbut in the end returned to New York, where they\\nhung out their shingle, and entered upon a success-\\nful career almost from the start. General Arthur\\nsoon afterward niarr d 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. Arthurs\\nnommation to the Vice Presidency, leaving two\\nchildren.\\nGen. .\\\\rthur obtained considerable legal celebrity\\nin his first great case, the famous Lemmon suit,\\nbrought to recover possession of eight slaves who had\\nbeen declared free by Judge Paine, of the Superior\\nCourt of New York City. It was in 1852 that Jon.\\nathan Lemmon, of Virginia, went to New York with\\nhis slaves, intending to ship them to Texas, when\\nthey were discovered and freed. The Judge decided\\nthat they could not be held by the owner under the\\nFugitive Slave Law. A howl of rage went up from\\nthe South, and the Virginia Legislature authorized the\\nAttorney General of that State to assist in an apjieal.\\nWm. M. Evarts and Chester A. Arthur were employed\\nto represent the People, and they won their case,\\nwhich then went to the Supreme Court of the United\\nStates. Charles O Conor here esjx)used the cause\\nof the slave-holders, but he too was beaten by Messrs\\nEvarts and Arthur, and a long step was taken toward\\nthe emancipation of the black race.\\nAnother great service was rendered by General\\nArthur in the same cause in 1856. Lizzie Jennings,\\na respectable colored woman, was put off a Fourth\\nAvenue car with violence after she had paid her fare.\\nGeneral Arthur sued on her behalf, and secured 0.\\nverdict of $500 damages. The next day the compa-\\nny issued an order to admit colored persons to ride\\non their cars, and the other car companies quickly", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "lOO\\nCHESTER A. ARTHUR.\\nfollowed their example. Before that the Sixth Ave-\\nnue Company ran a few special cars for colored per-\\nsons and the other lines refused to let them ride at all.\\nGeneral Arthur was a delegate to the Convention\\nat Saratoga that founded the Republican party.\\nPrevious to the war he was Judge-Advocate of the\\nSecond Brigade of the State of New York, and Gov-\\nernor Morgan, of that State, appointed him Engineer-\\nin-Chief of his staff. In 1861, he was made Inspec-\\ntor General, and soon afterward became Quartermas-\\nter-General. In each of these offices he rendered\\ngreat service to the Government during the war. At\\nthe end of Governor Morgan s term he resumed the\\npractice of the law, forming a partnership with Mr.\\nRansom, and then Mr. Phelps, the District Attorney\\nof New Yoik, 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 apix)inted 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 sading politicians of the Re-\\npublican party, all able men, and each stood firm and\\nfought vigorously and with signal tenacity for their\\nrespective candidates that were before the conven-\\ntion for the nomination. Finally Gen. Garfield re-\\nceived the nomination for President and Gen. Arthur\\nfor Vice-President. The campaign which followed\\nwas one of the most animated known in the history of\\nour country. Gen. Hancock, the standard-bearer of\\nthe Democratic party, was a popular man, and his\\nparty made a valiant fight for his election.\\nFinally the election came and the country s choice\\n.vas Garfield and Arthur. They were inaugurated\\nvVlavch 4, 1 88 1, 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 ivas 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 j-ssume the responsibilities of\\nthe high office, and he took the oath in New York,\\nSept. 20, 1881. The position was an embarrassing\\none to him, made doubly so from the facts that all\\neyes were on him, anxious to know what he would do,\\nwhat 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 the\\nclose of his administration, March 4, 1885, and was\\na popular candidate before his party for a second\\nterm. His name was ably presented before the con-\\nvention at Chicago, and was received with great\\nfavor, and doubtless but for the personal popularity\\nof one of the opposing candidates, he would have\\nbeen selected as the standard-bearer of his party\\nfor another campaign. He retired to private life car-\\nrying with him the best wishes of the American peo-\\nple, whom he liad served in a manner satisfactory\\nto them and with credit to himself.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "O T^-in-^yr\\nOAy^f", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "TWENTY-SECOND PRESIDENT.\\n\u00c2\u00b03\\n*i;;;$*? s^-s;s*-\u00c2\u00a3:S j\u00c2\u00bb^;; *Sk^*i;Lir *\u00c2\u00bbi; g *f;fs*5;:s 8 -s^^\\no r\\nTEPHEN GROVER CLEVE-\\nLAND, thetwemysecond Pres-\\nident of the United States, was\\nl)Orn in 1837, in the obscure\\ntown of Caldwell, Essex Co.,\\nN. J., and in a little two-and-a-\\nhalf-story white house which is still\\nstanding, characteristically to mark\\nthe iuiinble birth-place of one of\\nAmerica s great men in striking con-\\ntrast with the Old World, where all\\nmen high in office must be high in\\norigin and born in the cradle of\\nwealth. When the subject of this\\nsketch was three years of age, his\\nfather, who was a Presbyterian min-\\nister, with a large family and a small salary, moved,\\nby way o: the Hudson River ascf Erie Canal, to\\nFayetteville, in search of an increased income and a\\narger field of work. Fayetteville was then the most\\nstraggling of country villages, about five miles from\\nPompey Hill, where Governor Seymour was borr..\\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 this\\nhis father decidedly objected. .Academies in those\\ndays cost money; besides, his father wanted him to\\nbecome self-supporting by the quickest possible\\nmeans, and this at that time in Fayette /ille seemed\\nto be a position in a country store, where his father\\nand the large family on his hands had considerable\\ninfluence. Grover was to be paid $50 for his services\\nthe first year, and if he proved trustworthy he was to\\nreceive $100 the second year. Here the lad com-\\nmenced his career as salesman, and in two years he\\nhad earned so good a reputation for trustworthiness\\nthat his employers desired to retain him for an in-\\ndefinite length of time. Otherwise he did not ex-\\nhibit as yet any particular flashes of genius or\\neccentricities of talent. He was simply a good boy.\\nBut instead of remaining with this firm in Fayette-\\nville, he went with the family in their removal to\\nClinton, where he had an opportunity of attending a\\nhigh school. Here he industriously pursued his\\nstudies until t!ie family removed wi .h him to a point\\non Black River known as the Holland Patent, a\\nvillage of 500 or 600 people, 15 miles north of Utica,\\nM. Y. At this place his father died, after preaching\\nbut three Sundays. This event broke up the fainily,\\nand Grover set out for New York City to accept, at a\\nsmall salary, the position of I .nder-teacher in an\\nasylum for the blind. He taught faithfully for two\\nyears, and although he obtained a good reputation in\\nthis capacity, he concluded that teaching was not his", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "S. GROVE R CLEVELAND.\\ncalling foi 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\\nthfire was some charm in that name for him; but\\nbefore proceeding to that place he went to Buffalo to\\nisk the advice of his uncle, Lewis F. Allan, a noted\\nstock-breeder of that place. The latter did not\\nrpeak enthusiastically. What is it you want to do,\\nmy boy? he asked. Well, sir, I want to study\\naw, was the reply. Good gracious! remarked\\nhe old gentleman do you, indeed What ever put\\nIhat into your head? How much money have you\\ngot. Well, sir, to tell the truth, I haven t got\\nanv.\\nAfter a long consultation, his uncle offered him a\\np ace temporarily as assistant herd-keeper, at $50 a\\nyear, while lie could look around. One day soon\\nafterward he boldly walked into the office of Rogers,\\nBowen Rogers, of Buffalo, and told Ihem what he\\nwanted. A number of young men were already en-\\ngaged in the office, but Grover s persistency won, and\\nne was finally permitted to come as an office boy and\\ntiave the use of the law library, for tiie 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\\nDut 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\\n;t, was practically his motto.\\nThe first public office to which Mr. Cleveland was\\nelected was tliat of Sheriff of Erie Co., N. Y., in\\nwhich Buffalo is situated and in such capacity it fell\\nlO his duty to inflict capital pi .ishment upon two\\ncjiniinals. 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 fiom one vetoing an iniqui-\\ntous street-cleaning contract: This is a time fo;\\nplain speech, and my objection to your action shall\\nbe plainly stated. I regard it as the culmination of\\na mos bare-faced, impudent and shameless scheme\\nto betray the interests of the peoplr. and to worse\\nthan squander the people s money. The New York\\nSim 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 i:i 1S82,\\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 al out 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, 18S5, 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 ot\\nMarch, 1SS5. 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, cf\\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": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "t,xV-,i2^ 7-v,^ l^^ ciitJ2-Z^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "TWENTY-THIRD PRESIDED.\\nJ07\\n^^ni^aitim ^..a^Ti^QTio\\n-r\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0o*o.@^ ^-.o*o..\\nENJAIMIN HARRISON, the\\n-wciity-tliiid rresident, is\\nthe descendant of one of the\\nhistorical families of this\\ncountry. Tlie head of the\\nfamily was a IMajor Jcnernl\\nHarrison, one of Oliver\\nCionnvell s trusted follow-\\ners and fighters. In the zenith of Crom-\\nwell s power it Ijecame the duty of this\\ni-j Harrison to participate m the trial of\\nL Charles I, and afterward to sign tlie\\ndeath warrant of tlie king. He subse-\\nquently i)aid for this wiiii his life, being\\nlunig Oct. 13, ICCO. His descendants\\ncame to America, and tiie next of the\\nfamily that np|)oars in iiistory is IJenja-\\n.Tin Harrison, of Virginia, great-grand-\\nfather of the suliject of this sketch, and\\nafter whom he was named. Benjamin Harrison\\nwas a member of the Continental Congress during\\nthe years \u00c2\u00bb774-. )-0, and was one of the original\\nsigners of the I)cclaration of Independence. He\\nwac three times elected Governor of Virginia,\\nGen William Ilrniy Harrison, the son of llie\\ndistinguished patriot of the Revolution, after a sue\\ncessful career as a soldier during the War of 1812,\\nand with -a clean record as Governor of the North-\\nwestern Territory, was elected President of the\\nUnited States in 1840. His career was cut short\\nl y death within one month after his inauguration.\\nPresident Harrison was born at North Bend,\\nHamilton Co., Ohio, Aug. r 0, 1833. His life up to\\nthe time of his graduation by the Miami University\\nat Oxford, Ohio, was the uneventful one of a coun-\\ntry lad of a family of small means. His father was\\nable to give him a good education, and nothing\\nmore. He became engaged while at college to tho\\ndaughter of Dr. Scott, Principal of a female schoo\\nat Oxford. After graduating he determined to en-\\nter upon the study of the law. He went to Cin\\noinnali and then read law for two years. At tht\\nexpiration of that time young Harrison receiv..d \\\\k\\nonly inheritance of his life; his aunt dying left hia\\na lot valued at ^800. He regariled this legacj as t\\nfortune, and decided to get married at once, akj\\nthis money and go to some E.istern town an ue-\\ngin the practice of law. He sold his lot, and with\\nthe money in his pocket, he started out witii his\\nyoung wife to fight for a place n the world. Me", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "108\\nBENJAMIN HARRISOiSk\\niceided to go fo Indianapolis, which was even at\\nI h.a time a town of promise. He met with slight\\niiicouragement at first, making scarcely anything\\nLlie first year. He worlied diligently, ai)plying liiin-\\nself closely to his calling, built up an extensive\\npractice and took a lea ling rank in the legal pro-\\n/ession. He is the father of two children.\\nla 18GC Mr. Harrison was nominated for tlie\\nposition of Supreme Court Reporter, and then be-\\ngan his experience as a stump speuke- He can-\\nvassed the State thoroughly, and was elected by a\\nhandsome majority. In 18G2 he raised the 17th\\nIndiana Infantry, and was chosen its Colonel. His\\nregiment was comjiosed of the rawest of material,\\nout Col. Harrison employed all his time at first\\nmastering military tactics and drilling his men,\\nwhen he therefore came to move toward the East\\nwitli Sherman his regiment was one of the best\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iirilled and organized in tiie army. At Resaca he\\nEspecially distinguished himself, and for his bravery\\n1 Peachtree Creek he was made a Brigadier Gen-\\neral, Gen. Hooker speaking of him in the most\\ncomplimentary terms.\\nDuring the absence of Gen. Harrison in the field\\nhe Supreme Court declared the office of the Su-\\npreme Court Reporter vacant, and another person\\nwas elected to the position. From the time of Jeav-\\ni; g Indiana v/ith his regiment until the fall of 18G4\\nne iiad taken no leave of absence, but having been\\nnomir.ated that year for the same office, he got a\\ntliirty-day leave of absence, and during that time\\nmade a brilliant canvass of the State, and was elected\\nfor another term. He then started to rejoin Sher-\\nVLCin, but on the w.ay was stricken down with scarlet\\n,ever, and after a most trying siege made his way\\n:o the front in time to participate in the closing\\nEcidents of the war.\\nIn 1868 Gen. Harrison declined z re-election as\\npporter, and resumed the practice of law. In 187G\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:,e was a candidate for Governor. Altho igh de-\\neaied, the brilliant campaign he made won lOr him\\nI National reputation, and he was much souglit, es-\\npeciai.y in the East, to make speeches. In 1880.\\nas usi .fll, he took an active part in the campaign,\\nr^nd w:. elected to the United States Senate. Here\\nhe served six years, and as known as one o: the\\ntb iest men, best lawyer^ ^nd strongest debaters in\\nthat body. With the expiration of his Senatonm\\nterm he returned to the practice of his profession,\\nbecoming the liead of one of the strongest firms in\\nthe State.\\nThe jiolitical campaign of 1888 was one of the\\nmost monioral)le in the history of our country. The\\nconvention whieii assembled in Chicago in June and\\nnamed Mr. Harrison as the chief standard bearer\\nof the Repulilican party, was great in every partic-\\nular, and on this .account, and the attitude it as-\\nsumed upon the vital questions of the day, chief\\namong which was the tariff, awoke a deep interest\\nin the campaign throughout the Nation. Shortly\\nafter the nomination delegations began to visit Mr.\\nHarrison at Indianapi)lis, his home. This move-\\nment became popular, and from all sections of the\\ncountry societies, clubs and delegations journeyed\\nthither to pay their respects to the distinguished\\nstatesman. The popularity of these was greatly\\nincreased on account of the remarkable speeches\\nmade by Mr. Harrison. He spoke dailj- all through\\nthe sunnner an l autunni to these visitins: delega-\\ntions, and so varied, masterly and eloquent were\\nhis speeches that they at once placed him in the\\nforemost rank of American orators and statesmen.\\nOn account of his eloquence as a speaker and his\\npower as a debater, he was called ujwn at an un-\\ncoii^monly early age to take part in the discussion\\nof the great questions th.at then began j agitate\\nthe countr} He was an unct)mpromising ant:\\nslavery man, and was matched against some of t .:e\\nmost eminent Democratic sijeakers of his Statt.\\nNo man who felt the touch of his blade de:ired t\\nbe pitted with him again. With all his eloq- ence\\nas an orator he never spoke for oratorical effect,\\nbut his words always went like bullets to the mark\\nHe is purely American in his ideas and is a spier\\ndid type of the American statesman. Gifted witli\\nquick perception, a logical mind and a ready tongue,\\nhe is one of the most distinguished impromptu\\nspeakers in tlie Nation. iiMany of these speeches\\nsparkled with the rarest of eloquence and contained\\narguments of greatest weight. Jlany of his terse\\nstatements have already become ajiliorisms. Origi-\\nnal in thought, precise i.i logic, terse m statement,\\nj et withal f.aultless in e!v; -;^uence, he is recognized as\\nthe sound st.atesman and brilUan^ orator o tn^. day", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "fe.-s=^\\nII\u00c2\u00aeOIi\\n3", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n05\\nliji^ j\u00c2\u00abj,a\u00c2\u00bb\u00e2\u0080\u009ec) j/gf5 /(7Jr?r\\nft^~j5^ oi J^i\u00c2\u00ab-c \u00c2\u00bb.^^ixOT?rax-\\nTEPHEN T. MASON, ihc\\nfirst Govcinorof Michigan, was\\na son of Gen. John T. Mason,\\nof Kentucky, hut was horn i;i\\nVirginia, in 1S12. At the age\\nof 1 9 he was appointed Secre-\\ntary of Michigan Territory, and\\nserved in that capacity during tlie\\nadministration of Gov. George b.\\nPorter. Upon the death of Gov.\\nPorter, which occurred on the 6th of\\nJuly, 1834, Mr. Mason became .Act-\\ning Governor. In October, 1835, lie\\nwas elected Governor under the State\\norganization, and immediately en-\\ntered upon the performance of the\\nduties of the office, although the\\n?tate was not yet admitted into the Union, .\\\\fter\\nthe State was admitted into the Union, Governoi\\nMason was re-elected to the position, and served with\\ncredit to himself and to the advantage of the Stale.\\nHe died Jan. 4, 1843. The principal event during\\nGovernor Mason s official career, was that arising from\\nthe disputed southern boundary of the State.\\nMichigan claimed for her southern boundary aline\\nrunning east across the peninsula from the extreme\\nsouthern point of Lake Michigan, extending through\\nj^ake Erie, to the Pennsylvania line. This she\\nclaimed as a vested right a right accruing to her by\\ncompact. This compact was the ordinance of 1787,\\n;he parties to whicli were the original 13 States, and\\n.he territory northwest of the Ohio; and, by the suc-\\ncession of parties under statutory amendments to the\\nordinance and laws of Congress the United States on\\nthe one part, and each Territory northwest of the\\nOhio, as far as affected by their provisions, on the\\nother. Michigan, therefore, claimed it under the prior\\ngrant, or assignation of boundary.\\nOhio, on the other hand, claimed that the ordinance\\nhad been superseded by the Constitution of the\\nUnited States, and that Congress had a right to regu-\\nlate the boundary. It was also claimed that the\\nConstitution of the State of Ohio having described a\\ndifferent line, and Congress liaving admitted the State\\nunder that Constitution, witliout mentioning the sub-\\nject of the line in dispute. Congress had thereby given\\nits consent to the line as laid down by the Constitu-\\ntion of Ohio. This claim was urged by Ohio at\\nsome periods of the controversy, but at others she ap-\\npeared to regard the question unsettled, by the fact\\nthat she insisted upon Congress taking action in re-\\ngard to the boundary. Accordingly, we find that, in\\n1812, Congress authorized the Surveyor-General to\\nsurvey a line, agreeably to the act, to enable the people\\nof Ohio to form a Constitution and State government.\\nOwnii; 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 oi)posed by Mr.\\n^Voodbridge, the then delegate from Michigan. The\\nresult was that the committee decided unanimously\\nin favor of Michigan; but, in the hurry of business,\\nno action was taken by Congress, and the question\\nremained open till Michigan organized her State gov-\\nernment.\\nThe Territory in dispute is about five miles in\\nwidth at the west end, and about eight miles in width\\nat the east end, and extends along the whole north-\\nern line of Ohio, west of Luke Erie. The line claimed\\nby Michigan was known as the Fulton line, ar.d\\nthat claimed by Ohio was known as the Harris line,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "io6\\nSTEFIJEA T. MASON.\\nfrom the names of the surveyors. The territory was\\nvaluable for its rich agricultural lands; but the chief\\nvaKie consisted in the fact that the harbor on the\\nMauniee River, where now stands the flourishing city\\nof Toledo, was included within its limits The town\\noriginally bore the name of Swan Creek, afterwards\\nPort Lawrence, then Vestula, and then Toledo.\\nIn February, 1835, the Legislature of Ohio passed\\nan act 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\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0uirvey. Acting Governor M ison, 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\\ncrimnial 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 LTnited\\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\\n)iieet the enemy in the field in case any attempt was\\nmade on the part of Ohio to carry out the provisions\\nof that net of the Legislature. On the 31st of March,\\n(rovernor Lucus, with his commissioners, arrived nt\\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\\nmaster a volunteer force of about 600 men. This\\nwas soon accomplished, and the force fully armed and\\nequipped. The force then went into cami) 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. L Ullman, of Con-\\nstantine. Quartermaster; William E. Broadman, of\\nDetroit, and Alpheus Felch, of Monroe, Aids-de-\\ncamp. When Governor Lucas observed the deter-\\nmined bearing of the Michigan braves, and took note\\nof their number, he found it convenient to content\\nhimself for a time with watching over the border.\\nSeveral days were passed in this exhilarating employ-\\nment, and just as Governor Lucas had made up his\\nmind to do something rash, two commissioners ar-\\nrived from Washington on a mission of peace. They\\nremonstrated with Gov. Lucus, and reminded him of\\nthe consequences to himself and his State if he per-\\nsisted in his attempt to gain possession of the disputed\\nterritory by force. After several conferences with\\nboth governors, the commissioners submitted pro\\\\X)si-\\ntions for their consideration.\\nGovernor Lucas at once accepted the piopositions,\\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 ix ssession 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 jxisse, suddenly made\\nhis appearance, and succeeded in arresting a portion\\nof the party. The rest, including the commissioners,\\ntook to their heels, and were soon beyond the dis-\\nputed territory. They reached Perrysburgh the fol-\\nlowing day in a highly demoralized condition, and\\nreported they had been attacked by an overwhelm-\\ning force of Michigan malitia, under command of\\nGeneral Brown.\\nThis summary breaking up of the surveying party\\n[iroduced 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 LTnion on the condition that\\nshe give to Ohio the disputed territory, and accept\\nin return the Northern Peninsula, which she did.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "SECOND GOVERNOR OF xMICHIGAA.\\n109\\nMfm. ^^ILLIAM Cx500DBr^IDGB.-:\\nm^\\nILLIAM \\\\VO()l)BRID(iE,\\niJ iiisecond Governor of Michigan,\\njjy was born at Norwich, Conn.,\\nyji- Aug. 20, 1780, and died at\\nDetroit Oct. 20, 1S61. He\\nwas of a family of thiec brothers\\nand two sisters. His father,\\nDudley VVoodbridge, removed to\\nMarietta, Ohio, about 1790. The\\nlife of \\\\Vm. Woodbridge, by Chas.\\nLauman, from whicli this sketch\\nis largely com piled, mentions notli-\\ning concerning his early education\\nbeyond the fact that it was such as\\nwas afforded by the average school\\nof the time, except a year with the\\nFrench colonists at GaIli[)olis,\\nwhere he acquired a knowledge of\\nthe French language. It should\\nbe borne in mind, however, tliat\\nhome education at that time was\\nan indisijensable feature in the\\ntraining of the young. To this and\\nand to a few studies well mastered,\\nis due that strong mental discii)line which has served\\nas a basis for many of the grand intellects that have\\nadorned and iieljied to make our National history.\\nMr. Woodbridge studied law at Marietta, having\\nas a fellow student an intimate pergonal friend, a\\nycung man subsequently distinguished, but known\\nat that time simply as Lewis Cass. He graduated at\\nthe law school in Connecticut, after a course there of\\nnearly three years, and began to practice at Marietta\\nin 1806. In June, 1806, ho married, at Hartford, Con-\\nnecticut, Juleanna, dauL;hter of John Trumbell, a\\ndistinguished author and judge; and author of the\\npeom McFingal, which, during a dark period of the\\nRevolution, wrought such a magic change upon the\\nspirits of the colonists. He was happy in his domes-\\nticrelationsuntilthedeathof Mrs. W., Feb. 2,19, i860.\\nOur written biographi .-s necessarily speak more\\ntuily of men, because of their active participation in\\nl)uijlic affairs, but human actions are stamped ujxjn\\nthe page of time and when the scroll shall be unrolled\\nthe influence of good women upon the history of the\\nworld will be read side by side with the deeds of men.\\nHow much success and renown in life many men owe\\nto their wives is probably little known. Mrs. W. en-\\njoyed the best means of early education that the\\ncountry afforded, and her intellectual genius enabled\\nher to improve her advantages. During her life, side\\nby side with tlic highest type of domestic and social\\ngraces, she manifested a keen intellectuality that\\nformed the crown of a faultless chaiacler. She was\\na natural poet, and wrote quite a large number of fine\\nverses, some of which are preserved in a printed\\nmemorial essay written upon the occasion of her\\ndeath. In this essay, it is said of her to contribute\\neven in matters of minor importance, to elevate the\\nreputation and add to the well being of her husband\\nin the various stations he was called uixsn to fill, gave\\nher the highest satisfaction She was an invalid\\nduring the latter ixjrtion of her life, but was patient\\nand cheerful to the end.\\nIn 1807, Mr. W. was chosen a representative to the\\nGeneral Assembly of Ohio, and in 1809 was elected to\\nthe Senate, continuing a member by re-election until\\nhis removal from the State. He also held, by ai\\npointment, during the time the office of Prosecuting\\nAttorney for his county. He took a leading part in\\nthe Legislature, andin 1812 drew upadeclaration and\\nresolutions, which passed the two houses unamiuously", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "lO\\n-IL LI A M 1 1 OOnBRIL) GE.\\nand attracted great attention, endorsing, in strongest\\nand nuist eni|jitatic terms, tlie 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 Territor) of Michigan under the historic (lOvernor\\nand Judges plan, with the indispensable requisite of a\\nSecretary of the Territorry. This latter position was,\\nin 181 4, 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 oftice of Secretary involved also tlie duties of\\ncollector of customs at the [wrt of Detroit, and during\\nthe frequent absences of the Governor, the dischargeof\\nof hii duties, also including those of Superintendent\\nof Indian Affairs. Mr. ^V. 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 tiieir numbers entitled them to a more popular\\nrepresentative system, they were allowed no delegate\\nin Congress. Mr. W., as a sort of informal agent of\\nthe people, by correspondence and also by a visit to\\nthe National capital, so clearly set forth the demand\\nfor representation by a delegate, that an act was\\npassedin Congressin iSigauthorizingone tobechosen.\\nUnder this act Mr. \\\\V. was elected by the concurrence\\nof all i)arties. His first action in Congress was to secure\\n.he passage of a bill recognizing and confirming the\\nold French land titles in the Territory according to\\nthe terms of the treaty of peace with Great Britain\\nat the close of the Revolution and another for the\\nconstruction of a Government road through the black\\nswamps from the Miami River to Detroit, thus open-\\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 LTpper Mis-\\nsissippi, projected by Governor Cass, was set on foot\\nby means of representations made to the head of the\\ndepartment by Mr. W. While in Congress he stren-\\nuously maintained the right of Michigan to the strip\\nof territory now forming the northern boundary of\\nOhio, which formed the subject of such grave dispute\\nbetween Ohio and Michigan at the time of the ad-\\nmission of the latter into the LTnion. He served\\nbut one term as delegate to Congress, de-\\nclining further service on account of personal and\\nfamily considerations. Mr. W. continued to discharge\\nthe duties of Secretary of the Territoiy 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, he was appointed by the\\nPresident, J. Q. Adams, to succeed Hon. James With-\\nerell, who had resigned as a Judge of what is conven-\\ntionally called the Supreme Court of the Territory.\\nThis court was apparently a continuation of the Terri-\\ntorial Court, under the first grade or Governor and\\nJudges system. Although it was supreme in its ju-\\ndicial functions within the Territory, its powers and\\nduties were of a very general character.\\nIn 1832, the term of his appointment as Judge ex-\\npiring. President Jackson appointed a successor, it is\\nsui)|)osed on political grounds, much to the disappoint-\\nment of the i)ubl)c and the b,ir of the Territory. The\\npartisan feeling of the time extended into the Terri-\\ntory, and its people began to think of assuming the\\ndignity of a State government. Party lines becom-\\ning very sharply drawn, he identified himself with\\nthe Whigs and was elected a member of the Conven-\\ntion of 1835, which formed the first State Constitution.\\nIn 1837 he was elected a member of tie State Senate.\\nThis sketch has purposely dealt somewhat in detail\\nwith what may be called Judge W s. earlier career,\\nbecause it is closely identified with the early his-\\ntory of the State, and the develojjment 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 T839, under a popidar impression that the\\naffairs of the State had not been prudently adminis-\\ntered by the Democrats. He serv ed 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 ^Vhig nonrination for Vice\\nPresident in 184S.\\nSoon after his appointment as Judge in 1828, Gov-\\nernor W. took np 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 fruitfid in simile and illustra-\\ntion, logical in arrangement, happy in the choice and\\ntreatment of topics, and terse and vigorous in expres-\\nsion. Tudge W. was a (!)ongregationalist. His opmions\\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.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICIIfGAN.\\nJOHN BARRY\\n^^c^\\nOHN STEWARD liARRY,\\n^Governor of Michigan from\\nJan. 3, 1S42, to Jan. 5, 1846,\\nand from Jan. 7, 1850, to Jan.\\nI, 1852, was born at .\\\\mhersl,\\nN. H., Jan. 29, 1802. His par-\\nents, John and Ellen (.Steward)\\nl!arry, early removed to Rocking-\\nKun, Vi., where he remained until\\n4 lie became of age, working on his\\nfather s farm, and pursuing his\\nstudies at the same time. He mar-\\nried Mary Kidder, of (irafton, Vt.,\\nand in 1824 went to Georgia, t.,\\nwhere he h;;d ciiarL .e of an academy\\nfor two years, nieamvhile studying\\nlaw. He afterward practiced law in\\nthat State. While he was in Georgia he was for some\\ntime a niemljer of the Governor s staff, with the title\\nof Governor s Aid, and at a somewh.at earlier period\\nwas Captaia of a comi)any of State militia. In 1831\\nhe removed to Michigan, and settled at White Pigeon,\\nwhere he engaged in mercantile business with I. \\\\W\\nWillard.\\nI our yc.irs after, 1834, Mr. Harry removed to Con-\\nstantine and continued his mercantile pursuits. He\\nbecame Justice of the Peace at \\\\Vliite Pigeon, Mich,\\nin 1831, and held the office i;mil the year 1835\\nMr. Barry s first jiublic ottice was that of a member\\nof tiie first constitutional convention, which assembled\\nand flamed 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 I nion\\nMr. Barry 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 [xjpular was his administration that, in\\n1842, he was again elected. During these years\\n.Michigan was embarrassed by great financial diffi-\\nculties, and it was through his wisdom and sound judg-\\nment that tlie State was finally placed uix)n a solid\\nfinancial basis.\\nDuring the lirst year of .lov. Barry s first term, the\\nUniversity at .-\\\\nn .Vrbor was opened for the reception", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "JOHN STEWARD BARRY.\\nof students. The Michigan Central and Michigan\\nSouthern railroads were being rapidly constructed, and\\ngeneral progress was eveiywhere 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 wi .li the charge and disposition of all\\nthe lands belonging to the State In 1S44, 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. Bariy s sec-\\nond term expired, the population of the State was\\nmore than th -ee hundred thousand.\\nThe constitution of the State forbade more than two\\nconsecutive terms, but he was called upon to fill the\\nposition again in 1850 the only instance of the kind\\nin the history of the State. He was a member of the\\nTerritorial Legislature, of the Constitutional Conven-\\ntion, and afterward of the State House of Represent-\\natives.\\nDuring Mr. Barry s third term as Governor the Nor-\\nmal School was established at Ypsilanti, which was\\nendowed with lands and placed in charge of a board\\nof education consisting of six persons. A new con-\\nstitution for the government of the State was also\\nadopted and the Great Railway Conspiracy Case\\nwas tried. This grew out of a series of lawless acts\\nwhich liad been committed upon the property of the\\nMichigan Central Railroad Company, 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 I, 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 jidge. The Rail-\\nroad Company employed ten eminent lawyers, m-\\ncluding David Stuart, John Van Arman, James A\\nVai D,- e, Ja:ob M. Howard, Alex. D. Fraser, Dan-\\niel Goodwin and William Gray. The defendants were\\nrei5res nte l by six menbers of the State bar, led by\\nWilliam H. Seward, of New York. The trinl occupied\\nfour mo Mhs, during which time the plaintiffs exam-\\nined 246 witnesses in 27 days, and the defendants\\n249 i 1 40 days. Mr. Van Dyke addressed the jury\\nfor the prosecution; William H. Seward for the\\ndefense.\\nJh? great lawyer w^s cortvincecl of (he innocence\\nof his clients, nor did the verdict of that jury and the\\nsentence of that judge remove his firm belief thai his\\nclients were the victims of purchased treachery,\\nrather than so many sacrifices to justice.\\nThe verdict of guilty was rendered at 9 o clock\\np. M., Sept. 25, 185 I. On the 26th the prisoners were\\nput forward to receive sentence, when many of them\\nprotested their entire innocence, after which the pre-\\nsiding judge condemned 12 of the number to the fol-\\nlowing terms of imprisonment, with liard labor, within\\nthe State s prison, situate in their county Arami\\nFilley, ten years; Orlando L. Williams, ten years;\\nAaron Mount, eight years; Andrew J. Freeland, eight\\nyears; Eben Faniham, 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 fidelity to the trusts\\nbestowed upon him, whether of a public or a ])rivate\\nnature, and he is acknowledged by all to have been\\none of the most efficient and popular Governors the\\nSlate has ever had.\\nGov. Barry was a man of incorruptible 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 position when a principle\\nwas involved. His attachments and prejudices were\\nstrong, yet he was neve: accused of favoritism in his\\nadministration of public affairs. As a speaker lie 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 acciuired a\\nthorough knowledge of history. No man owed less\\nto political intiigue as a means of gaining posi-\\ntion. He was a true statesman, and gained public 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 RepuMican party, and car-\\nried on his mercantile business at Constantine. He\\ndied Jan. 14, 1870, his wife s dealh having occurred a\\nyear previous, March 30. tS6o. They left no childv:", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "^d.cl^^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "GOVERiXORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n117\\nLPHEUS FELCH, the third\\nGovernor of Michimn, was\\n)orn in Limerick, Maine, Sep-\\ntember 28, 1S06. Hisgrand-\\nfather, Ahijah Felch, was a sol-\\ndier in the Revolution and\\nwhen a young man, having with\\nothers obtained a grant of land be-\\ntween the Great and Little Ossiiiee\\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\\ntiie 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 tlie death of\\nthe niothci, left the subject of this sketcli, tlien tliree\\nyears old, to the care of relatives, and he found a\\nhome with his paternal grandfather, where lie re-\\nmained vnitil his death. Mr Felch received his early\\neducation in the district school and a neighboring\\nacademy. In 1821 he became a student at Phillips\\nExter Vcademy, and, subsciiuently, entered liowdoin\\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. I he severity\\nof the i:limate impaired his health, never very goud,\\nand he fouiul it necessary to seek a change of climate.\\nHe disposed of his library and started to seek\\na now home. His intention was to join his frienil,\\nSargent S. Prentiss, at Vicksburg, Miss., but on his\\narrival at Cincinnati, Mr. Felch was attacked by\\ncholera, and when he had lecovered sufficiently to\\npermit of his traveling, found tliat the danger of the\\ndisease was too great to permit a journey down tlie\\nriver. He therefore determined to come to Miclii-\\ngan. He first began to practice in this State at Mon-\\nroe, where he continued until 1843, when he removed\\nto Ann Arbor. He was elected to the State Legisla-\\nture in 1835, and continued a member of that body\\nduring the years 1836 and 1837. While he held 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 prove beneficial to the public\\ninterests and that, instead of relieving the peo|)le\\nfrom the pecuniary difficulties under which they were\\nlaboring, it would result in still further embarrass-\\nment. He, therefore, opposed the bill, and ix)inted\\nout to tiie House the disasters which, in his opinion,\\nwere sure to follow its passage. The public mind,\\nhowever, was so favorably impressed by the measure\\nthat no otlier member, in either branch of the l.,egisla-\\nture, raised a dissenting voice, and but two voted with\\nhim in opixjsition to the bill. Early in 1838, he was\\nappointed one of the Bank Commissioners of the\\nState, and held that office for moie than a year. I )ur-\\ning this time, the new lianking law had given birth to\\nthat numerous progeny known as wild-cat banks.\\nVlmost 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 ixiint, which were fearlessly re-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "ALPHEUS 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 le-\\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, ^s\\nelected to the United States Senate for an unexpired\\nterm. In 1845 he was elected Governor of Michigan,\\nand entered upon his duties at the commencement of\\nthe next year. In 1847 he was elected a Senator\\nin Congress for six years and at once retired from\\nthe office of Governor, by resignation, which took\\neffect March 4, 1847, when his Senatorial term com-\\nmenced. While n member of the Senate he acted on\\nthe Committee on Public Lands, and for four years\\nwas its Chairman. He filled the honorable position\\nof Senator with becoming dignity, and with great\\ncredit to the State of Michigan.\\nDuring Governor Felch s administration the two\\nrailroads belonging to the State were sold to private\\ncorporations, the Central for $2,000,000, and the\\nSouthern for $500,000. The exports of the State\\namounted in 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 sailing vessels 18,528 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 appointed, 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 population 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-\\n|i,illy 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 lias always been\\nattached, being in the minority, he failed of an elec-\\ntion. In 1873 he withdrew from the active practice\\nof law, and, with the exception of a tour in Europe,\\nin 1875 has since led a Hfe 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\\nTa|)pan Professor of Law in the same. Mr. FelcJi 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 Stat? of Michigan,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "v^ f-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "GO VERNORS,\\n^^^P\\n4-3r\\nferS#3i \u00c2\u00abi\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00a3;;^-* -;-..-\u00c2\u00abB--;:::.-ST;:;: ^-\u00c2\u00a3;S*^;i;T*^;::s s:^ ih..:::-^!^.::i-i\\nI ILLIAM L. GREENLY\\nlovernor of Michigan for the\\nyear 1847, was born at Hamil-\\nton, Madison Co., N. Y., Sept.\\n18,1813. He graduated at Un-\\nion Cc .lege, Schenectady, in\\n1 83 1, studied law and was ad-\\nmitted to the bar in 1834. In\\n836, 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 1839.\\ni In 1845 lie was elected Lieut. Gov-\\nernor and became acting Governor\\nby tlie resignation of Gov. Felch,\\nwho was elected to the United\\nStates Senate.\\nTlic war with Mexico was brought\\nto a successful termination during Gov. Greenly s\\nadministration. We regret to say that there are only\\nfew records extant of the action of Michigan troops\\nin the Mexican war. That many went there and\\nfought well are points conceded but their names and\\nnativity arq hidden away in United States archives\\nand where it is almost impossible to find them.\\nThe soldiers of this State deserve much of th\\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\\ntiie infantry four companies were from Detroit, bear-\\ning the honored names of Montgomery, Lafayette,\\nScott and Brady uiKin 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 to 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 se.it of war.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "m%\\n^^^^^^-t^OJ^LUd JTJ^ CiyTyV JyO-^t^* i^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "GO VERNORS.\\n/-2^W\\n*?;;S*-sis*^;t;-r\u00c2\u00ab*\u00c2\u00ab*;;:s*-5;;:r*-?;;:j\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab-r:: j*-;\\nHE HON. EPAPHRODI-\\nI US RANSOM, the Seventh\\n(Governor of Michigan, was a\\nnative of Massachusetts. In\\nthat State he received a col-\\nlegiate education, studied law,\\nand was admitted to tlie bar.\\nRemoving to Michigan about\\nthe time of its admission to the\\nUnion, he took uj) his residence\\nat Kalamazoo.\\nMr. Ransom served with marked\\natjility 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 portioi^. of\\nthe State, and in this business lost the greater portion\\nof the property which he had accumulated by years\\nof toil and industrj\\nMr. Ransom became Governor of the State of\\nMichigan in the fall of 1847, and served during one\\nterm, performing the duties of the office in a truly\\nstatesmanlike manner. He subsequently became\\nPresident of the Michigan Agricultural Society, in\\nwhich position he displayed the same ab that\\nshone forth so jirominently 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 apix)inted receiver of the\\nland office in one of the districts in Kansas, by Pres-\\nident Buchanan, to whicli 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 land?,\\nand each of them placed in charge of a board of five\\ntrustees. The appropriation in 1849 for the deaf and\\ndumb and blind amounted to $81,500. On the fiist\\nof March, 1848, the first telegraph line was com-\\npleted from New York to Detroit, and the first dis-\\npatch transmitted on that day. he following 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 pounds;\\nmaple sugar, 1,774,369 pounds; horses, 52,305; cat-\\ntle, 210,268; swine, 152,541; sheep, 610,534; while\\nthe flour mills numbered 228, and the lumber mills\\namounted to 730. 1847, an act was passed removing\\nthe Legislature from Detroit to Lansing, and tempo-\\nrary buildings for the use of the Legislature were im-\\nmediately erected, at a cost of \u00c2\u00a712,450.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "*Aki\\n2f B ,\u00c2\u00bb-\u00c2\u00bb:_% ,^1^/-^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": ",.!(,-*\u00c2\u00bb.4J-.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n129\\ni^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 _v-\u00c2\u00ab4a.rf\\n4M^^\u00c2\u00bb#- ROBERT MeC LELLAXD..\\n^-^X\u00c2\u00ae) f \u00e2\u0080\u00a2t..t..t. ..t\u00c2\u00ab-\u00c2\u00bbtwt-/ife -t- fax- A .t.. -.,.t-.r. .Y. A .t. .1.-\\nOBERT McClelland,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\nan. I, 1852, to March 8, 1853,\\nwas born at Greencastle, Frank-\\nUn Co., Penn., Aug. i, 1807.\\nAmong his ancestors were several\\nofficers of rank in the Revohition-\\nary war,and someof his family con-\\nnections were distinguished in the\\nwar of 1S12, and that with AFexico.\\nHis father was an eminent physician\\nand surgeon who studied under Dr.\\nBenj Rush, of Philadelphia, and\\npracticed his profession successfully\\nuntil si.K months before his death, at\\nI the age of 84 years. Although Mr.\\nMcClelland s family had been in good circum-\\nstances, when he was 17 years old hj was throivn\\nupon liisown resources. After taking the usual i)re-\\nliininary studies, and teaciiing school to obtain tiie\\nmeans, he entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle,\\nPenn., from which he graduated among the first in\\nhis class, in 1S29. He then resumed teaching, and\\nhaving completed the course of study for the legal\\nprofession, was admitted to 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 removed to Monroe, in\\nthe Territory of Michigan, where, after a severe ex-\\namination, he became a member of the bar of Michi-\\ngan, and engaged in practice with bright prospect of\\nsuccess. In 1S35, a convention was called to frame\\na constitution for the proposed State of Michigan, of\\nwhich Mr. McClelland was elected a member. He\\ntook a prominent part in its deliberations and ranked\\namong its ablest debaters. He was apix)inted the\\nfirst Bank Commissioner of the State, by Gov. Mason,\\nand received an offer of the Attorney Generalship, but\\ndeclined both of these offices in order to attend to his\\nprofessional duties.\\nIn 1838, Mr. McClelland was elected to the State\\nLegislature, in which he soon became distinguished\\nas the head of several imixirtant committees. Speaker\\npro tempore, and as an active, zealous and efficient\\nmember. In 1840, Gen. Harrison, as a candidate for\\nthe Presidency, swept the country with an overwhelm-\\ning majority, and at the same time the State of Michi-\\ngan was carried by the Whigs under the popular 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 State House of Representa-\\ntives, and with others adopted a plan to regain a lost\\nauthority and prestige.\\nThis party soon came again into power in the State,\\nand having been returned to the State Legislature M/.\\nMcClelland s leadership was acknowledged by his\\nelection as Speaker of the House of Representatives", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "ROBERT McClelland.\\nin 1843. Down to this time Michigan had consti-\\ntuted one congressional district. The late Hon. Jacob\\nM. Howard had been elected aganist Hon. Alpheus\\nFelchby a strong majority, but, in 1843,50 tlioroughly\\nlad the Democratic party recovered from its defeat\\nA .840 that Mr McClelland, as a candidate for Con-\\ngrt -s, earned Detroit district by a majority of about\\n2,5LO. Mr. McClelland soon took a prominent po?i\\nlion in Congress among the veteians of that body.\\nDaring his first term he was placed on Committee on\\nCoff -jieice, and organized and carried through what\\n-verc known as the Harbor bills. The continued\\nconfidence of his constituency was manifested in his\\nelection to the 29th Congress. At the opening of this\\nsession he had acquired a National reputation, and so\\nif.Torably was he known as a parlimentarian that his\\nname was irentioned for Speaker of the House of Rep-\\niesentatives. He declined t e offer in favor of J. W.\\nDavis, of I.idiana, who was elected. During this term\\nhe became Chairman of Committee on Commerce, in\\nwhich position his leports 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\\nvhich 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 3olh Congress be-\\ncame a member of the Committee on Foreign Rela-\\naons. While 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\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ight of petition as maintained by John Q. Adams,\\nwhen tne petition, was clothed in decorous language\\n..nd presented in the proper manner. This he re-\\ns arded as the citizens constitutional right which should\\niiot be impaired by any doctrines of temporary expe-\\ndiency. He also voted for the adoption of Mr. Gid-\\naings s bill for the abolishing of slavery in the District\\nof Co umbi-;.. Mr. McClelland was one of the few\\nDemocrcts associated with David Wilmot, of Penn-\\njylva. iia. in bringing forward the celebrated Wilmot\\nProviso, with a view to jirevent further e.xtension of\\nslavery ii; new territory which might be acquired by\\nJie United States. He and Mr. Wilmot were to-\\ngether at the time in Washington, and on intimate\\n:.nd confidential terms. Mr. McClelland was in sev-\\neral National conventions and in the Baltimore con-\\nvention, which nominated Gen. Cass for President,\\n1848. doing valiant service that year for the elec-\\ntion of that distinguished statesman. On leaving\\nCongress, in 1848, Mr. McClelland returned to the\\npractice of his profession at Monroe. In 1850 a\\nconvention of the State of Michigan was called to\\nrevise the State constitution. He was elected a\\nmember and was regarded therein as among the ablest\\nand most experienced leaders. His clear judgment\\nand wise moderation were conspicuous, both in the\\ncommittee room and on the floor, in debate. In 1850,\\nhe was President of the Democratic State convention\\nwhich adopted resolutions in supix)rt of Henry Clay s\\nfamous compromise measures, of which Mr: McClel\\nland was a strong advocate. He was a member oi\\nthe Democratic National convention in 1852, and in\\nthat year- in company with Gen Cass and Governoi\\nFelch. he made a thorough canvass of the State\\nHe continued earnestly to advocate the Clay com\\npromise measures, and took an active part in the\\ncanvass which resulted in the election of Gen, Pierce\\nto the Presidency.\\nIn 185 I, the new State constitution took effect ant^\\nit was necessary that a Governor should be elected\\nfor one year in order to prevent an interregnum, and\\nto bring the State Government into operatic rnder\\nthe new constitution, Mr McClelland was elected\\nGovernor, and in the fall of 1852 was re-elected fc\\na term of two years, from JaU: i, 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 resigp.ed, in March, 1853,\\nthe State Treasury was well filled, and the State\\notherwise prosperous. So widely and favorably hat\\nMr. McClelland become known as a statesman that or.\\nthe organization of thecabinet by Pr sldent Pierce, in\\nMarch, 1 85 3, he was made Secretan/ cf the Interior, in\\nwhich capacity he served most creditably during four\\nyears of the Pierce administration. He thoroughly\\nre-orgar.ized his department and reduced theexpend-\\niture^ He adopted a course with the Indians which\\nrelieved them from the impositions and annoyances\\nof the traders, and produced harmony and civilization:\\namong tliem. During his administration there was\\nneither complaint from the tribes nor corruption among\\nagents, and he left the department in perfect ordei\\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 happy. 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": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nm\\nI ANDREW PAR^OX^.\\n-s^\\n1^\\nv^^f..^.\\nN1)RI-,W PARSONS, Gover-\\nnor of Michigan from March\\n8, 1853 to Jan. 3, 1855, was\\nhorn in the town of Hoosick,\\nCounty of Rensselaer, and\\nState of Now York, on tlie 2 2d\\n/j2 day of July, 1817, and died June\\n6, 1855, at the early age of 38\\nyears. He was the son of John\\nParsons, born at Newburyijort,\\n(Mass., Oct. 2, 1782, and who was the\\nson of Andrew Parsons, a Revolutionary\\nsoldier, who was the son of Phineas\\nParsons, the son of Samuel Parsons,\\na descendant of Walter Parsons, horn\\nill Ireland in 1290.\\n(Jf this Ucinie and family, some one hundred and\\niliirty years ago, Bishop Oilson remarked in his edi-\\ntion of Camden s Britannia: The honorable family\\nof Parsons have been advanced to the dignity nf\\nViscounts and more lately Earls of Ross.\\nhe following are descendants of these families:\\nS:r Joim Parsons, born 1 481, was Mayor of Hereford;\\nRobert Parsons, born in 1546, lived near Bridgewater,\\nIvngland. He was educatetl at Hallial College, Ox-\\nford, and was a noted writer and defender of the\\nRomish faith. He established an English College at\\nRome and another at Vall.^dolia. Frances Parsons,\\nliorn in 1556, was Vicar of Rothwell, in Notingiiam;\\nBartholomew Parsons, horn in 1618, was anotlici\\nnoted member of the family. In 1634, Thomas Parsons\\nwas knighted by Chailes 1. Josciih and Benjamin,\\nbrothers, were born in Great Torrington, England,\\nand accompanied tiieir father and others to New\\nEngland about 1030. Samuel Parsons, born at Salis-\\nbury, Mass., in 1707, graduated at Harvard College in\\n1730, ordained at Rye, N. H.,Nov. 3, 1736, married\\nMary Jones, daughter of Samuel Jones, of Boston,\\nOct. 9, 1739, died Jan. 4, 1789, at the age of 82, in\\nthe 53rd year of his ministry. The grandfather of 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, includir.g two Presi-\\ndents of the United States. The Parsons have be-\\ncome very numerous and are found throughout New\\nEngland, and many of the desccdants 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 age of 17\\nyears, and si)ent the first sutnmcr at Lower Ann\\nArbor, where for a few 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 assimiing\\nthe dignity of a State, and wlio, by their wisdom,\\nenterprise and energy, have develojjed its wonderful\\nnatural resources, until to-day it ranks with the proud-\\nest States of the Union. These brave men came lo\\nMichigan with nothing to aid them in the conquest\\nof the wilderness save courageous hearts and strong\\nand willing hands. They gloriously conquered, how-\\never, and to them is due all honor for the labots\\nso nobly performed, for the solid .md sure foundation\\nwhich they laid of a great Commonwealili.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": ".U\\nAMDREIV r.lRSONS\\nIn the fdU of 1835, he explored the Grand River\\nValley in a frail canoe, the whole length of the river,\\nfioni Jackson to Lake Michigan, and spent the following\\nUHiter 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, wlien lie went to Shia-\\nwasseCounty,then with Clinton County, and an almost\\nunbroken wilderness and constituting one organized\\ntownship. In 1837 territory was organized into\\na county and, at the age of only 19 years, lie (An-\\ndrew) was elected County Clerk. In 1840, he was\\nelected Register of Deeds, re-elected in 1842, and\\nalso in 1S44. In 1846, he was elected to the State\\nSenate, was appointed Prosecuting Attorney in 1848,\\nand elected Regent of the University in 1851, and\\nLieutenant Governor, and became acting Governor,\\nin 1853, elected again to the Legislature in 1854, and,\\novercome by debilitated healtli, 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 persuade 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 him to call an extra session of the Legisla-\\nture. Meetings were held in all parts of the State\\nfor that purpose. In some sections the resolutions\\nwere of a laudatory nature, intending to make him do\\ntheir bidding by resort to friendly and flattering words.\\nIn other places the resolutions were of a demanding\\nnature, while in others they were threatening beyond\\nmeasure. Fearing that all these influences might\\nail to induce him to call the e.xtra 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 sessioTi, but, immovable,\\nhe returned the money and refused to receive\\nany (avois, whether from any party who would at-\\ntempt to corru n nm by laudations, liberal offers, or\\nby threats, and in a short letter to the people, after\\ngiving overwhelming reasons that no sensible man\\ncould dispute, showing the circumstances were not\\nextraordinary, he refused to call the extra session.\\nThis brought down the wrath of various parties upon\\nhis head, but they were soon forced to acknowledge\\nthe wisdom and the justice of his course. One of\\nhis greatest enemies said, after a long acquaintance:\\nthough not always coinciding with his views 1 never\\ndoubted his honesty of purpose. He at all times\\nsought to perform his duties in strict accordance,\\nwith the dictates of his conscience, and the behests\\nof his oath. The following eulogium from a 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 habits, 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 Paisons, the Republican party, at least\\nas a State organization, was first formed in the LTnited\\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 (whic i\\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-staveiy\\nparties, pending the desolution of the old Democratic\\nand Whig parties :ind the organization of the new\\nDemocratic and Republican parlies of the present.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OP MICHIGAN.\\nm\\n.t i ifi^^f^ c^h: \\\\\\\\}i \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.nas. i5^i!^(^t% !g Sf ..\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i i \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0cm\\n13 KlNSUElY BiNQHAM.\\nINSLEY S. BINGHAM,\\nGovernor of Michigaii from\\n1855 to 1859, and United\\nStates Senator, was born in\\nCamillus, Onondaga County,\\nN. Y., Dec. 16, 1S08. 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\\n1 833, he married an estimable lady\\nwho had recently arrived from Scot-\\nland, and obeying the impulse of a\\nnaturally enterprising disposition,\\nhe emigrated to Michigan and\\npurchased a new farm in company\\nwitli his brother-in-law, Mr. Robert\\nWorden, in Green Oak, Livingston County. Here, on\\nthe border of civilization, buried in the primeval for-\\nest, our late student commenced the ardi^ous task of\\npreparing a future home, clearing and fencing, put-\\nting up buildings, etc., at sui h 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 the Territorial government, and was the\\nfirst Probate Judge in the county. In the year 1836.\\nwhen Michiga 1 I ecanie a State, he was elected to the\\nfirst Legislature. He was four times re-elected, and\\nSpeaker of the House of Re|)resentatives three years.\\nIn 1846 he was elected on the Democratic ticket, Re[~--\\nrescntative 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 ast Iron\\nPlow which he completely prevented. He was re-\\nelected to Congress in 1848, during which time he\\nstrongly opposed the extension of slavery in the\\nterritory of the United Sta es and was committed to\\nand voted for the Wilmot Proviso.\\nIn 1854, at the first organization of the Republican\\nparty, in consequence of his record in Congress as a\\nFree Soil Democrat, Mr. Bingham was nominated\\nand elected (rovernor of the State, and re-elected in\\n1856. Still faithful to the memory of his own format\\noccupation, he did not forget the farmers during his\\nadministration, and among other profits of his zeal in\\ntheir behalf, he became mainly instrumental in the\\nestal)li\u00c2\u00bbhment of the Agricultural College at Lansiiig.\\nIn 1859, Governor Bingham was elected Senator in\\nCongress and took an active part in the stormy am-\\npiign in the election of Abraham Lincoln. He wit-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a03S\\nKINSLEY 6. BINGHAM.\\niic-ssed tlie coiuinenceinent of the civil war wliile a\\nlueiiiber uf the United States Senate. After a com-\\n|).tratively 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 tlie\\nFalls of St. Mary. In 1852, August 26, an act of\\nCongress was approved, granting to the State of Mich-\\nigan seven hundred and fifty thousand acres of land\\nlor the purpose of constructing a sliip 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 ot 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 establishirient to a provision\\nof the State Constitution of 1850. Article 13 says,\\nThe Legislature shall, as soon as practicable, pro-\\nvide for tlie est.iblishment 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 i86i,it was under the control\\nof the State Board of Education; since that time it\\nhas been under the rnanagement of the State Board\\nof Agriculture, wiiich 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 tlie 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 compr ses 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 bj 72, 80 by 60, 52 by 72, and they con-\\ntain one-half more room than the original building.\\nThe State Reform School. This was established\\nat Lansing in 1855, in the northeastern portion 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 necessarily kept under the surveillance of\\nofficers, but the attempts at escape are much fewer\\nthan under the more rigid regime of former days.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "cr^jty^ j^^^^^^^-t-o^^^^^^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n(41\\n%1^ Michigan from 1859 to 1861,\\nwas born in hprnigport, Cayu-\\nga Co.. N Y., June 3, 1815.\\nHis earl) education was only\\nwhat could be obtained at a\\ncommon school. Agricultural labor\\nand frugality of his parents gave\\nhim a physical constitution of unus-\\nual strength and endurance, which\\nwas ever preserved by temperate hab-\\nits. In 1837 he emigrated to Michi-\\nVi^ gan and purchased a farm in Lapeer\\nCounty It was new land and he at\\nI P.ii once set to woik to clear it and plant\\ncrops. He labored diligently at his\\ntask for two years, when he gave up\\nthe idea of being a farmer, and removed to Pontiac,\\nOakland Co. Here he commenced the study of law\\nin the office of his brother, George W. Wisner, and\\nRufns Hosmer In 1841 he was admitted to tli^ b.ir\\nand established himself in his new vocation at the\\nvillage of I.apeer. While there he was appi ointed\\nby Cov. codbridge Prosecuting Attorney for that\\ncounty, in which capacity he acipiitted himself well\\nand gave promise of that eminence he afterward at-\\ntained in the |)rofession. He remained at Lapeer but\\na short time, removing to Pontiac, where he became\\na member of a firm and entered fully u]X)n the\\npractice.\\nIn politics he was like his talented brother, a Whig\\nof the Henry Clay stamp, but with a decided anti-\\nslaver) bias. His practice becoming extensive, he\\ntook little part in [xjlitics until after the election of\\nMr. Pierce to the Presidency in 1852, when he to(;k an\\nactive part against slavery. As a lawyer he was a\\nman of great ability, but relied less ui\u00c2\u00bbn mere book\\nlearning than upon his native good sense. Libeial\\nand courteous, was he yet devoted to the interest of\\nhis client, and no facts escaped his attention or his\\nmemory which bore upon the case. He was no friei^d\\nof trickery 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 [winted illustrations, and his logic\\nbecame a battling giant under whose heavy blows the\\nadversary shrank and withered. Nature had be-\\nstowed ujxjn him rare (pialities, and his powers as a\\npopular orator were of a high order.\\nOn the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of\\n1854, repealing the Missouri comjjroniise and opening\\nthe Territories to slavery, he was among the foremost\\nin Michigan to denoimcc ine shamful scheme. He\\nactively participated in organising and consolidating\\nthe elements opposed to it in that State, and wns a\\nmember of the popular gathering at Jackson, in July,\\n1854, which was the first formal Republicaii 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 oiliers ojv\\nl)osed to the extension of slavery and favorable to its\\nexpulsion from the Territories and the District of\\nColumbia. At this convention Mr. W. was mgeri to\\naccept the nomination for .Attorney Geneta! of th", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "MOSF.S iVJSNKK.\\nState, but declined. An entire State ticket was nom-\\ninated and at the annual election in November wa^\\nelected l.y an average majority of nearly 10,000.\\nMr. ^V. was enthusiastic in the cause and brought to\\nits siii)|)ort all his personal influence and talents. In\\nhis views he was bold and radical. He believed from\\nthe beginning that the [xjlitical jxjvver of the slave-\\nholders would have to be overthrown before quiet\\ncould be secured to the country. In the Presidential\\ncanvass of 1S56 he supported the Fremont, or Re-\\n|)ul)lican, 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,\\nlo Jan. I, 1861. His first message to the Legislature\\nwas an able and statesman-like production, and was\\nread with usual favor. It showed that he was awake\\nto all the interests of the State and set forth an en-\\nlightened Stale |)olicy, that had its view of the rapid\\nsettlement of our un ultivated lands and the devel-\\nopment of our immense agricultural and mineral re-\\nsources. It was a document that reflected the highest\\ncredit iqion the author.\\nHis term having expired Jan. i, 1861, he returned\\n;o his home in Pontiac, and to the practice of his\\nprofession. There were those in the State who\\ncounselled the sending of delegates to the peace con-\\nference at Washington, but Mr. W. was opposed to all\\nsuch temporizing expedients. His counsel was to\\nsend no delegate, but to prepare to fight.\\nAfter Congress had met and passed the necessary\\n.egislation he resoUed to take part in the war. In\\nthe spring and summer of 1862 he set to work to\\nraise a regiment of infantry, chiefly in Oakland\\nCounty, where he resided. His regiment, the 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 his 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 tu military studies and be-\\ncame proficient in the ordin.iry 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 sjjirit of command, and had he li\\\\ cd he would\\nno doubt have distinguished liimself as a good\\nofficer. He was impatient of dela)- and chafed at\\nbeing kept in Kentucky wnere there was so little\\nprospect of getting at the enemy. Rut life in camp,\\nso different from the one he had been leading, ana\\nhis incessant labors, coupled with 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 ot their cause and the necessity of their crush\\nng the Rebellion. But the source of his most poig-\\nnant gnef 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 W.\\nwas no more. The malady Ijaffled all medical treat-\\nment, and on the 5th day of Jan., 1863, he breathed\\nhis last. His reinains were removed to Michigan ai-.d\\ninterred in the cemetery at Pontiac, wliere 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, althougii 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 otheis he\\nsleeps the sleep of the martyr for his country.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n45\\nfS jfj,,^, s=\\nUSTIN BLAIR, Governor\\nof Micliigan from Jan. 2,\\n^1 i86r, to Jan. 4, 1865, and\\nji kown as the War Governor, is\\nand illustration of the benifi-\\ncent influence of republican in-\\nV stitutions, having inherited neith-\\ner fortune nor fame. He was born\\nin a log cabin at Caroline, Tomp-\\nkins Co, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1818.\\nHis ancestors came from Scot-\\nland in the time of George I, and\\nfor many generations followed the\\npursuit of agriculture. His father,\\n1 George Blair, settled in Tompkins\\nCounty in iSog, and felled the trees and erected the\\nfirst cabin in the county. The last 60 of the four-\\nscore and four years of his life were spent on that\\nspot. He married RhodaBlackman,who now sleeps\\nwith him in the soil of the old homestead. Thefirst\\n17 years of his life were spent there, rendering his\\nfatlier what aid he could upon the farm. He then\\nspent a year and a half in Cazenovia Seiiiinary |ire-\\nl)aring for college; entered Hamilton C ollege, in\\nClinton, prosecuted his studies \\\\intil the mIdillL- ut\\nthe junior year, wiien, attracted li)- the fame of 1 )r.\\nNott, he changed to Union College, from which he\\ngraduated the class of 1839. I pon leaving col-\\nlege Mr. Blair read law two years in the office of Sweet\\nDavis, Owego, N. Y., and was admitted ;o|iractire\\nic 1041, and the same year moved to Michigan, locat-\\ning in Jackson. During a teni[)orar_\\\\ residence in\\nEaton Rapids, in 1842, he was elected Clerk of Eaton\\nCounty. At the close of the official term he returned ,u\\nJackson, and as a Whig, zealously esix)used thecau e\\nof Henry Clay in the campaign of 1S44. He was chosen\\nRepresentative to the Legislature in 1845, at \\\\\\\\hit:li\\nsession, as a member of the Judiciary Committee, he\\nrendered valuable service in the re\\\\ ision of the gen-\\neral statutes also made an able rejjort in favor c;l\\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. 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, l)y the coalition of the Whig and Free-soil\\nelements, Mr. Blair was in full sympathy with the\\nmovement, and acted as a member of tlie Committee\\non Platform. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney\\nof [ackson County in 1852 was chosen State Senator\\ntwo years later, taking his seat with the incoming Re-\\npublican administration of 1855, and holding the\\nixjsition of parliamentary leader in tne Senate. He\\nwas a delegate to the National Convention whicli\\nnominated .\\\\braham Lincoln in i860. Mr. Eiair\\nwas elected Governor of Michigan in i860, and re-\\nelected in 1862, faitiifuUy and honorably diEchargi- t^\\nthe ard .ous duties of tlie office during that moiimo-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "146\\nA USTIN 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 186 1 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 Stales 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 liopes 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 purpose.\\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 II 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 with his ex-\\ntensive law practice. Mr. Blair married Sarah L.\\nFord, of Seneca County N. Y., in February, 1849.\\nTheir family consists of 4 sons George H., a postal\\nclerk in the railway mail service; Charles A., partner\\nwith his father; Fred. J. and Austin T., 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 Coi.Tt\\nof the State by the Republican pirty, but wns defeated-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n140\\nHENRY H. CRAPO.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-^^Mt^^-\\n4^;\\nS LAc\\nm\\nENRY HOWLAND CRAPO,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\n1865 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 (Howland) Crapo.\\nHis father was of French descent\\nand was very poor, sustaining his\\nfamily by the cultivation of a farm in\\nDartmouth township, which yielded\\nI nothing beyond a mere livehhood.\\nHis early life was consequently one\\nt?/j^ of toil and devoid of advantages for\\nJ intellectual 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 iioyhood, tiiough the n\\\\eans of carry-\\ning on his studies were e.vceedingly limited. He\\nsorely feltthc needof adictionary; and, neither having\\nmoney wherewith to purchase it, nor being able to\\nprocure one in his ni-ii;hborhood, he set out to L()m|)ile\\none for iiimselt. In order lu aicjuire a knowledge of\\nthe Knglish language, he i:opied into a book every\\nword whose meaning he did not comprehend, and\\nupon meelini; the same woril again in the newspapers\\nund li n)k-, whicli r.ime into his haiuls, from the\\ncontext, would then record the definition. Whenever\\nunable otherwise to olitain the signification of a word\\nin which he had become interested he would walk\\nfrom Dartmoutli to New Bedford for that purjwse\\nalone, and after referring to the books at the library\\nand satisfying himself thoroughly as to its derinition,\\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 ipiite an extensive dictionary in manuscrip\\nwhich is believed to be still in existence.\\nEver in pursuit of knowledge, he obtained jxjssej-\\nsion of a book upon surveying, and applying hiiusel\\ndiligently to its study became familiar with this art,\\nwhich he soon had an opportunity to practice. The\\nservices of a land surveyor were wanted, and he was\\ncalled upon, but had no compass and no money with\\nwhich to purchase one. A compass, however, he\\nmust and would have, and going to a blacksmith shop\\nnear at hand, upon the forge, with such tools as hs\\ncould find in the shop, while the smith was at dinner,\\nhe construc:ted 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. ^V hen, in the course of time and un-\\nder the pressure of law, a high school was to be\\nopened, he passed a successful examination for its\\nprincipalshi[) and received the apixjintment. 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", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "15\u00c2\u00b0\\nHENR HO IVLA ND CRAPO.\\na severe examination. Receiving a certificate that\\nlie was qualified, he walked back to his home the\\nsame night, highly elated in being possessed of the\\nacquire-iients 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 taxes, 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 carrj ing out\\nhis ideas he drained and reclaimed several acres of\\nrocky and swampy land adjoining his garden. Here\\nhe stalled a nursery, which he filled with almost every\\ndescription of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs,\\nflowers, etc. Li this he was very successful and took\\ngreat pride. He was a regular contributorto the New\\nEngland Horticultural Jo -irnal, a position he filled\\nas long as he lived in iVIassachusetts. 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 jironounced by the\\nPresident of the National Horticultural Society at its\\nmeeting in Piiiladelphia, 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 Commercial Insurance Company in New\\nBedford; and while an officer of the municipal gov-\\nernmenthecompiled and published, between the years\\n1S36 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.\\nfie took up his residence in the city of Flint, and en-\\ngaged largely in the manufacture and sale of lumber\\nat Flint, Fentonville, Holly and Detroit, becoming\\none of the largest and most successful business men\\nof the State. He was mainly instrumental in the\\nconstruction of the Flir.t Holly R. R., and was\\nPresident of that corporation uniil 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 cr 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, i860,\\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 j ear\\nafterwards. During much of this time he was an in-\\ntense sufferer, yet often while in great pain gave his\\nattention to public matters. A few weeks previous\\nto his death a successful surgical operation was per-\\nformed which seemed rapidly to restore him, but he\\noverestimated his strength, and by too much exertion\\nin l.)usiness matters and State affairs suffered a relapse\\nfrom which there was no rebound, and he died July\\n33. 1S69.\\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 Dartmoutli. 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 tlie walk for a good\\npart of the time was 20 miles each way, it is evident\\nthat at that period of his life no cummon 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 perfo-mance 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,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "I.-,?\\n^et^t^ ^c^oC^ i^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "GO Vl .RNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nhi\\n^Wf^-^\\n\u00c2\u00ab5\\n^^5^\\niM\\nENRY P. BALDWIN, Gov-\\nernor of Michi ja .i from Ian.\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ft\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24, 1869, to Jan. I, 1873, IS a\\nlineal descendant of Nathan-\\n_ iel Baldwin, a Puritan, of Buck-\\nVS--r. -:,;,!J-,f/ inghamshire, England, who set-\\ntled at Milford, Conn., in 1639.\\nHis father was John Pialdwin,\\na graduate of Dartmouth Col-\\nlege. He died at North Provi-\\ndence, R. I., in 1826. His\\npaternal grandfather was Rev.\\nMoses Baldwin, a graduate of\\nPrinceton College, in 1757, and the\\nfirst who received collegiate hon-\\nors at that ancient and honored institution. He died\\nat Parma, Mass., in 1813, where for more than 50\\nyears he had been pastor of the Presbyterian Church.\\nOn his mother s side Governor B. is descended from\\nRobert AVilliams, 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\\nlor 21 years he was pastor of the Congregaiionalist\\nChurch. The subject of this sketch was born at\\nCoventry, R. I., Feb. 22, 1814. He received a New\\nEngland common-school education until the age of\\n12 years, when, both his parents having died, he be-\\ncame a clerk in a mercantile establishment. He re-\\nmained there, employing his leisure hours in study,\\nuntil 20 years of age.\\nAt this early period Mr. B. engaged in business on\\nhis own account. He made a visit to the West, in\\n1837, which resulted in his removal to Detroit in the\\nspring of 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 Episcopalian in religious belief, he has been\\nprominent in home matters connected with that de-\\nnomination. The large and flourishing parish of St.\\nJohn, Detroit, originated with 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 ;he\\npast 40 years with which Governor 15. s name is not\\nin some way connected. He was a director in the\\nMichigan State Bank until the expiration of its char-\\nter, and has been President of the Second National\\nBank since its organization.\\nIn i860, Mr. Baldwin was elected to the State\\nSenate, of Michigan during the years of tS6i- 2 he\\nwas made Chairman of the Finance Committee, a\\nmember of Committee on Banks and Incorporations\\nChairman of the Select Joint Committee of the iw 1\\nHouses for the investigation of the Treasury Depuri\\nment and the official acts of the Treasurer, and oi\\nthe letting of the contract for the improvement\\nSault St. Marie Ship Canal. He was first elccteJ\\nGovernor in 1868 and was re-elected in 1870, serviny\\nfrom 1S69 to 1872, inclusive. It is no undeserved\\neulogy to say that Governor B. s happy faculty of es-\\ntimniiug the necessary means loan end the knowini;\\nof how much effort or attention to bestow upon the\\nthing in hand, has been the secret of the uniform", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "iri\\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\\nwit:-, 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\\nmessa;.,e 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 per-\\nmit a more equitable compensation to State officers\\nand judges. Thelawof 1869, and prior also, permitting\\nmunicipalities to vote aid toward the construc-\\nVion (if railroads 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. fell that the honor\\nand credit of the State were in jeopardy. His sense\\nof justice impelled him to call an e.xtra session of tlie\\nLegislature to propose the submission to the peo])le a\\nconstitutional amendment, authorizing the payment\\nof such bonds as were already in the hands of hona-\\nfide holders. In his special message he says The\\ncredit of no State stands higher than that of Michigan,\\nand the people can not afford, and I trust will not\\nconsent, to have her good name tarnished by the repu-\\ndiation of either legal or moral obligations. A spe-\\ncial session was called in March, 1872, principally for\\nthe division of the State into congressional districts.\\nA number of other important suggestions were made,\\nhowever, ard as an evidence of the Governor s la-\\nborious and thoughtful 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 187:\\nA 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.\\nsecond call was made asking assistance for the suf-\\nfering people of Michigan. The contributions for\\nthese objects were prompt and most liberal, more than\\n$700,000 having been received in money and supplies\\nfor the relief of Michigan alone. So ample were\\nthese contributions during the short period of abou\\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 retiiing message\\nof Governor B., will be read with interest. It is\\na characteristic document and possesFes the U:cid\\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 vmiversal 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\\ncapacity, Henrj P. Baldwin has shown himself to be\\nthe peer of any or all of them. The State has been un-\\nusually prosperous during his two terms, and the Stale\\nadministration has fully kept pace with the needs of\\nthe times. The retiring Governor has fully earned\\nthe public gratitude and confidence which he to-day\\npossesses to such remarkable degree,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "GO VF.RNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n57\\nJOHi^ J. IBA GI/EY,\\n^j^\\n\\\\1 fWN JUDSON 13AGLEY,\\nw (Jijvernor of Michigan from\\niJ^73 to 1877, was born in\\nn Medina, Orleans Co., N. Y.,\\n-V v^ ^v^ J y ^4 1^32- father, John\\nixisC^l/ Haglcy, was a native of New\\nHampshire, his mother, Mary M.\\nBagley, of Connecticut. He at-\\ntended the district school of Lock-\\n^V port, N. v., 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\\nm\\\\ parents removed from Eastern States\\nto the newer portion of the West.\\nHis father being in very poor circum-\\nJ^ri 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 a country store in 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 lie\\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-\\na\\\\ice 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 ap[K)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 Repu!)lican 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\\n!)Ound by any religious creed or formula. He held\\nin respect all religious opinions, believing that noone\\ncan be injured by a firm adherence to a faith or de-\\nnomination. He was married at Dubutjue, Iowa, Jan.\\n16, 1855, to Frances E. Newberry, daugliter of Rev.\\nSamuel Newberry, a pioneer missionary of Michigan,\\nwho took an active part in the early educational mat-\\nters of the State and in the establishment of its ex-\\ncellent system of education. It was principally", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "S8\\nJOHN J. BAGLEY.\\nL -.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 Slate by increasing\\nthe faculty of the University for more thorough in-\\nstruction in technical studies, by strengthening the hold\\nof the Agricultural College n^xm 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 the history of\\nMichigan a systematized organization upon a service-\\nable footing. It was uixin 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. \\\\\\\\ith a heart as\\nbroad as humanity itself; with an intelligent, able and\\nCL ltured brain, the will and tlie power to do, he\\nasked his fellow citizen to give him the opportunity to\\nlabor for them. Self entered not into the calculation.\\nHis whole life was a battle for others; and he entered\\ntlie conflict eagerly and hopefully.\\nHis State papers were models of compact, busi-\\nness-like statements, bold, original, and brimful of\\npractical suggestions, and his 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 must intimate friends, or even\\nto his family. Many a needy one has been the recipi-\\nent of aid at an opportuire 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 tim^s 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 Work of John Adams, in ten volumes.\\nIn all questions of business or public affatrs he\\nseemed to have the power of getting at the kernel of\\nthe nut in the least possible time. In reading lie\\nwould spend scarcely more time with a volume than\\nmost persons would devote to a chapter. 7\\\\fter 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 was a srudy 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. Everj- Christi.ias\\neve he gathered his children about hinr and, taking\\nthe youngest on his lap, told some Christmas story,\\nclosing tlie entertainment with The Night Before\\nChrisinias, or Dickens s Christmas Carol.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "J-Cv^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\ni6i\\nt i\\nii^\\nHARLES M. CROSWELL,\\n|\u00c2\u00a7j^ Governor of Michigan from\\nJan. 3, 1877 to Jan. i, i S8i,\\nwas bom 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-Irisli\\nextraction, was a paper-maker,\\nand carried on business in N cw\\nYork City. His ancestors on\\nhis mother s side were of Knicker-\\nbocker descent. The Croswell\\nfamily may be found connected\\nwith prominent events, in New York\\ni^i and Connecticut, in the early exis-\\ntence of the I\\\\.e[)ul)lic. Harry C ros-\\nwell, during the adniinisiration of\\nPresident Jefferson, published a pa-\\njjer called the Balatue, and was\\nprosecuted for libeling the President\\nunder the obnoxious Sedition Law.\\nHe was defended by the celebraled\\nAlexander Hamilton, and the decis-\\nk the case establised the important ruling that\\nthfc truth might be shown in cases of libei. Another\\nmember of the family was Edwin Croswell, the fam-\\nous editor of the Albany Argus also, Rev. William\\nCroswell, noted as a divine and poet.\\nWhen Charles M. Croswell was seven years of age,\\nhis father was accidentally drowned in the Hudson\\nRiver, at Newburg and, within three months preced-\\ning that event, his mother and only sister had died,\\ntlius leaving him the sole surviving member of tlie\\nfamilv, without fortune or means. Upon the death\\nof iiis father he went to live with an uncle, who, in\\n1837, emigrated with him to Adrain, Michigan. .At\\nsixteen years of age, he commenced to learn the car-\\npenter s trade, and worked at it very diligently for\\nfour years, maintaining himself, and devoting his spare\\nlime to reading and the acciuirement of knowledge.\\nIn 1846, he began the study of law, and was ap-\\npointed Deiuity Clerk of Lenawee County. The du\\nties of this office he performed four years, when he\\nwas elected Register of Deeds, and was re-elected\\nin 1852. In 1854, hetook 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 i)ut in the field the first Re-\\npublican State ticket in Michigan. In 1855, he\\nformed a law partnersliip with the present Chief-Jus-\\ntice Cooley, which continued until the removal of\\nJudge Cooley to Ann .Arbor.\\nIn 1862, Mr. Croswell was appointed City Attorney\\nof .Adrian. He was also elected Mayor of the city\\nin the siiring of the same year; and in the fall was\\nchosen to rei)resent Lenawee County in the State\\nSenate. He was re-elected to the Senate in 1864,\\nand again in 1866, during each term filling the ix)si-\\ntions above mentioned. Among various reix)rts made\\nby him, one adverse to the re-establishment of the\\ndeath penalty, and another against a proposition to\\npay the salaries of State officers and judges in coin,\\nwhich then commanded a very large premium, may\\nbe mentioned. He also drafted the act ratifying the\\nThirteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution,\\nfor the abolishment of slavery, it being the fi rst\\namendment to the instrument ratified by Michigan.\\nIn 1863, from his seat in the State Senate, he de-\\nlivered an elaborate speech rn rH or of the Procljm.a-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "I 62\\nCHARLES M. CRO SWELL\\nlio-.i of Emancipation issued by President Lincoln,\\nand uf his general policy in the prosecution of the\\nwar. This, at the request of his Republican associ-\\nates, was afterwards puljlished. In 1S67, 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 1868, Mr. Croswell was chosen an Elector on\\nthe P.tpablican 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 faitness 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 piartical 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\\nLy acclamation, without the formality of a ballot. At\\ntne 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 qualiiies 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 for years 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 jjrofession 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 The great riot\\nat Jackson occured during his administration, and it\\nwas only bv his promptness that great distraction of\\nboth life ar,d property was prevented at that ,time.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nr6^\\n\\\\TtiL^ S^ji\\n\u00c2\u00a3:r i~^ t\\n_5^\u00c2\u00bbfiA3fa^g~\\ny .-^^v- .A S^ -vi\\niriTSw\\nDAVID H. JEROME, Gover-\\n^;,v. nor of from Jan. i, 1881, to\\nJan. I, 1883, was born at De-\\ntroit, Mich,, Nov. 17, 1829.\\nHis parents emigrated to\\nMirhigaii from Trumansburg,\\nTompkins Co., N. Y., in 1828,\\nlocating at Detroit. His father\\ndied March 30, 1831, leaving\\nnine children. He had been\\ntwice married, and four of the\\nchildren living at the time of his\\ndeath were grown up sons, the off-\\nspring of his first union. Of the\\nfive children by his second marriage, David H. was\\nthe youngest. Shortly after Mr. Jerome s death, his\\nwidow moved back to New York and settled in\\nOnondaga County near Syracuse, where they remained\\nuntil the fall of 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 tlie\\nman iii the active duties of life. He was sent to the\\ndistrict school, and in the acciuisition of the funda-\\nmental branches of learning he displayed a precocity\\nand an application which won for him the admiration\\nof his teachers, and always placed him at the head\\nof his classes. In the meantime he did ciiores on\\nthe farm, and was always ready with a cheerful heart\\nand willing hand to assist his widowed mother. The\\nheavy labor of the farm was carried on by his two\\nolder brothers, Timothy and George, and when 13\\nyears of age David received his mother s permission to\\nattend school at the St. Clair Academy. While attend-\\ning there he lived with Marcus H. Miles, now de-\\nceased, doing chores for his board, and the following\\nwinter performed the same service for James Ogden,\\nalso deceased. The next summer Mrs. Jerome\\nmoved into the village of St. Clair, for the puri)ose 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 liis i6th year,\\nand the following winter assisted liis brother Timothy\\nin hauling logs in the pii:e woods. The next summer\\nhe rafted logs down the St. Clair River to Algonac.\\nIn 1847, M. H. Miles being Clerk in St. Clair Coun-\\nty, and Volney A. Ripley Register of Deeds, David\\nH. Jerome was 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 board\\nthe lake vessels.\\nIn i849- 5o, he abandoned office work, and for the\\nproper development of his physical system spent\\nseveral months liauling logs. In the spring of 1850,\\nhis brother Tiff and himself chartered the steamer\\nChautauqua, and Young Dave became her mas-\\nter. portion of the season the boat was engaged\\nin the passenger and freight traffic between Port\\nHuron and Detroit, but during the l.itter 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": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "1 66\\nDA VID Ji. JEROME.\\nv -ssels could carry only about to,ooo 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 tliem the subject of this sketch, Congress\\nremoved the obstruction above referred to, and now\\nvessels can jjass 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\\nlo raise the (ien. Scott, a ves iel 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,\\nov 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-\\niiiained 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 tunriel 600 feet into the mine,\\nbut when the water supply began to fail with the dry\\nseason, sold out his interest. He left in the fall of\\n1853, and in December sailed from San Francisco for\\nNew York, arriving at his home in St. Clair County,\\nabout a year after his departure. During his absence\\nliis 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,\\nal Saginaw, and David H. assumed the management\\nof the business. From 1S55 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. hen 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. Austii. B air tc raise one of the\\nsix regiments apportioned to the State of Michigan.\\nMr. Jerome immediately went to work and held\\nmeetings at various points. The zeal and enthusiasm\\ndisplayed by this advocate of the Union awakened a\\nfeeling of patriotic interest in the breasts of many\\nbrave men, and in a short space of time the 23d\\nRegiment of Michigan Volunteer Infantry was placed\\nin the field, and subsequently gained for itself a bril-\\nliant record.\\nIn the fall of 1862, Mr. Jerome was nominated by\\nthe Republican party for State Senator from the 26th\\ndistrict, Appleton Stevens, of Bay City, being his op-\\nponent. The contest was very exciting, and resulted\\nin the triumphant election of Mr. Jerome. He was\\ntwice renominated and elected both times by in-\\ncreased majorities, defeating George Lord, of Bay\\nCit) 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\\nconseciUive years. In 1873, he was apjjoinced by\\nGov. Bagley a member of the convention to prejiare\\na new State Constitution, and was Chairman of the\\nCommittee on Finance.\\nIn 1875, Mr. Jerome was appointed a member of\\nthe Board of Indian Commissioners. In I876 he was\\nChairman of a coi.imission 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 5th day of the\\nmonth received the highest honor the convention\\ncould confer on any one. His opponent was Freder-\\nick M. Hollowav of Hillsdale County, wlv was si,d-\\nported by the Democratic and Greenback partieb\\nThe State was thoroughly canvassed by both parties,\\nand when the polls were closed on the evening of\\nelection day, it was found that David H. Jerome had\\nbeen selected by the voters of the Wolverine State tc\\noccupy the highest position within thefi gift.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "^W-t^^^^i", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "GOVERXORS OF MICHIGAN\\n169\\nJOSIAH W. BEG^E^^\\nOSIAH W. BEGOLE, the\\nresent (1S83), Ciovernor of\\nMichigan was born in Living-\\nston, County, X. V., Jan. 20,\\n1815. His ancestors were of\\n^f/ French descent, and settled at\\nan early period in the State of\\nl^ij 11 Maiyland. His grandfather, Capt.\\nBolles, of that State, was an offi-\\ncer in tlie American army during\\n|l tlie war of the Revolution, .\\\\bout\\nthe beginning of the present cent-\\nury both his grandparents, having\\nbecome dissatisfied with the insti-\\ntution of slavery, although slave-,\\nholders themselves, emigrated to\\nLivingston County, N. V., tiien\\na new country, taking with them a\\nj number of tlieir former slaves, who\\nvolunteered to accompany them.\\nHis father was an officer in the\\n.\\\\merican army, and served during\\nthe war of 1S12.\\nMi. B. received his early education in a log .school-\\nhouse, and subsequently attended the Temple Hill\\n.\\\\cademy, ut Geneseo, N. Y. Being the eldest of .a\\nf imily of ten children, wliose parents were in tnoder-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ite though conifortaljle circumstances, he was early\\ntaught habits of industry, and when 2 1 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, 1836, he left the parental\\nroof to seek a home in the Territory of Michigan,\\ntiien 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 tiiis flourishing city now stands\\nwhen he selected it as his home.\\nthe spring of 1S39 he married Miss Harriet A.\\nMiles. The marriage proved a most fortunate one,\\nand to the faithful wife of his youth, who lives to en-\\njoy with him the comforts of an honestly earned com-\\npetence, Mr. Begole ascribes largely his success in\\nlife. Immediately after his marriage he commenced\\nwork on an unimi)roved 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. liegole being an anti-slavery man, became a\\nmember of tlie Republican party at its organization.\\nHe served iiis to vnsmen in various offices, and was\\nin 1856, elected County Treasurer, which office he\\nheld for eight years.\\n.\\\\t the breaking out of the Rebellion he did not\\ncarry a musket to the front, but his many friends will\\nbear witness that he took an active part in recruiting\\nand furnishing supplies for the army, and in looking\\nafter the interests of soldiers families at home. The\\ndeath of his eldest son near .\\\\tlanta, Ga., by a Confed-\\nrate bullet, in 1864, was the greatest sorrow of his life.\\nWhen a few years liter he was a member in Congress", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "170\\nJOS/AH W. BEGOLE.\\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 tlie day, and\\nwho sliould fare equally wiih 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 tlie 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 lie 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 tlie\\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 lo\\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 the 43d Con-\\ngress, in which he was successful, after competing for\\nthe nomination with several of the most worthy, able\\nand experienced men in the Si.xth Congressional Dis-\\ntrict, and was elected by a very large majority. In\\nCongress, he was a member of the Committee on\\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 tlie\\nonly subject recommended by the President in liis\\nmessage, which he did and the report was printed in\\nrecords of Congress he took an efficient though an\\nunobtrusive part in all its proceedings.\\nHe voted for the currency bill, remonetization of\\nsilver, and other financial measures, many of which,\\nliiough defeated then, have since become the settled\\nix)licy of the country. Owing to the position which\\nMr. Begole occupied on these i]uestions, he became a\\nGreenbacker.\\nIn tlie Gubernatorial election of 1882, Mr. Begole\\nwas the candidate of both the Greenback and Dem-\\nocratic parties, and was elected by a vote of 154,269,\\nthe Republican candidate, Hon. David H. Jerome,\\nreceiving 149,697 votes. Mr. Begole, in entering\\nupon his duties as Governor, has manifested a spirit\\nthat has already won him many friends, and bids fair\\nto make his administration both successful and pop-\\nular.\\nThe very best indications of what a man is, is what\\nhis own townsmen think of liini. A\\\\ f give the fol-\\nlowing extract fiom the Flint GMh\\\\ the leading Re-\\npublican paper in Gov. Begole s own county, and it,\\ntoo, written during the heat of a political campaign,\\nwhich certainly is a flattering testimonial of his ster-\\nling worth:\\nSo far, however, as Mr. Begole, the head of the\\nticket, is concerned, there is nothing detrimental to\\nhis character that can be alleged against him. He\\nhas sometimes changed his mind in politics, but for\\nsincerity of his beliefs and the earnestness of his pur--\\npose nobody who knows him entertains a doubt. He\\nis incapable of bearing malice, even against his l)it-\\nterest political enemies. He has a warm, generous\\nnature, and a larger, kinder heart does not beat in\\nthe bosom of any man in Michigan. He is not much\\ngiven to making speeches, but deeds are more signif-\\nicant of a man s character than words. There are\\nmany scores of men in all parts of the State where\\nMr. Begole is acquainted, who have had practical\\ndemonstrations of these facts, and who are liable to\\nstep outside of party lines to show that they do not\\nforget his kindness, and who, no doubt, wish that he\\nwas a leader in what would not necessarily prove a\\nforlorn hope. But the Republican party in Michigan\\nis too strong to be beaten by a combination of Demo-\\ncrats and Greenbackers, even if it is marshaled by so\\ngood a man as Mr. Begole.\\nThis sketch would be imperfect without referring\\nto the action of Mr. B. at the time of the great calamity\\nthat in 1881 overtook the people of Northeastern\\nMichigan, in a few hours desolating whole counties\\nby fire and destroying the results and accumulations\\nof such hard work as only falls to the lot of pioneers.\\nWhile the Port Huron and Detroit committees were\\nquarreling over the distribution of funds, Mr. Begole\\nwrote to an agent in the jburnt 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 nie. Let no man suffer while 1\\nhave money. This displays his true character.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "_ Z^- s", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICUIGAX.\\n173\\n/^i^^V^^ls\\n^^^vv/y^f^\\n^j\\n---_0S50_\\nUSSELL A.ALGER,Governor\\nof Blicliigau for the tcjrai coiii-\\nmonciiig Jan. 1, 1885, was\\nborn in Lafii^ ette Township,\\nI\\\\Ic(lin:i Co., Ohio, Feb. 27,\\nI) 18.jG. Having lived a tem-\\nsT i)eiate life, he is a comparative\\nyoung man in apiieanuice, and pos-\\nsesses those mental faenltius tliatare\\ntiie distinguishing ciiaractcrislics of\\nrobust, mature and cdnoated man-\\nWiien 1 1 years of age both\\nSrv^^^siyf liis [larents died, leaving iiim .vitlia\\nVdunger brother and sister to sup-\\nport and witliDUtaiiy if the substan-\\ntial means of existence. ;iciiing tiie oi)i)ortunit}-of\\nliettereni|)loyn)ent, he woriied uu a farm in Hiciifield,\\nOhio, for the greater part of eaeii of the succeeding\\nseven years, saving money cnougii to defraj his ex-\\npenses at Riciifield Academj^ during the winter\\nterms. He dlitaineil a verj- good English education,\\nand was enabled to teach schod for several subse-\\nquent wintci-s. In 1S, )7 he commenced tiie stud_v of\\nlaw in the odices of \\\\VoIcott Upson at Akron, re-\\nmaining until March, 1S. )0, when he was adiuittcd\\nto tlic liar 113- the Oiiio Supreme Court. lie then\\nremoved lo Cleveland, and entered the law dllicc of\\nOtis ife Coffinbury, where he remained sevcr:d\\nmonths. Here he continued iiis stu lies witii iii-\\ncrea.sed zeal, an l did much general reading. Ilanl\\nstudy auil close confinement to oflice work, however,\\nbegan to tell on his constitution, and failing health\\nwarned him lh.it he uiu.-t seek other occupation.\\nHe therefore reluctantly abandoned the law and re-\\nmoved to (irand Rapids, Mich., to engage in the\\nlumber business.\\nWhen Michigan was called upon to furnisli troops\\nfor the war, Mr. Alger enlisted in the Second Mich.\\nCav. and was mustered into the service of the\\nUnited States as Captain of Co. C. His record as\\na cavalry officer was brilliant and honorable to\\nhiuLsclf and his companj He participated in sonic\\nof the fiercest contests of the rebellion and wa.^\\ntwice wounded. His first injury was received ii\\nthe battle of Hoonevillc, .^liss., Jul^ IHOi\\nHis conduct in this engagement was so ilistiii-\\nguishcd that he was promoted to the rank ol\\nMajor. On the same occasion his Colonel, the\\ngallant I hil. Shuridan, was advanced to the lauk\\nof Brigadier General. A few months l.-iter, on the\\nl(;th of October, Major Alger became Lieutenant-\\nColonel of the Sixth .Mich. Cav., and was ordered\\nwith his regiment lo the Army of the Potomac.\\nAfter marked service in the early campaign of ISC.\\nhe was again .advanced, ;uid iu .Tunc 2 received his\\ncommission as Colonel of the Kifth Mich. Cav. His\\nregiment at this time was in Cnstci s famous .Alichi-\\ngan cavalry brigade. On the Cth of .Tuly occurred\\nthe battle of Boonesboro, Md. In this conflict lie\\nwas again wounded. His heidih received a more\\nthan lcm|)orary impairment, and in October, 1861,\\nhe wa oliliged to ictire from the service. His\\ncareer as a soldier included many of the most cele-\\nbrated contests of the war. He w.-is an active charac-\\nter in all the battles fought by the Army of the", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "174\\nRUSSELL A. ALGER.\\nPotomac, from tbe time of the invasion of Maiy-\\niand by Gen. Leo in 1S(J3, up to tlie date of his\\nretiienient, with tlie exception of tliuse engagements\\nwhicli occurred wiiile he was absent from duty on\\naccount of wounds. In all he took part in 66 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 duty, Gen. Alger was on\\nprivate service during tlie 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 18G5, 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 P. A. Alger Co. lie 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. lie 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 lieyond the duties of every good cit-\\nizen to his party and liis 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 i)rominent nose, an iron-\\ngray moustache and chin whiskers and a full head\\nof black hair sprinkled with gray. He is usually\\niltired in the prevailing style of business suits. His\\nfavorite dress has been a high buttoned cutaway\\nfrock coat, with the predominating cut of vest and\\ntrousers, made of firm gray suiting. A high collar,\\nsmall cravat, easy shoes and white plug hat com-\\nplete his personal apparel. He is very particular\\nas to his appearance, and always wears neat clothes\\nof the best goods, but shuns any display of jewelry\\nor extravagant embellishment. 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\\nhigh or low situation. His affable manners delight\\nhis guests, while his pleasing face and bright, dark\\neyes always animate his hearers.\\nGen. Alger is a hard worker. He is always at bis\\nofHce promptly in the morning and stays as long as\\nanything remains that demands his attention. In\\nbusiness matters he is always decided, and is never\\nshaken or disturbed bj^ any reverses. He has the\\nconfidence of his associates to a high degree, and al.\\nhis business relations are tempered with those little\\nkindnesses that relieve the tedium of routine office\\nlife. Although deeply engrossed in various T usi-\\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 iias been se-\\nlected with rare good taste, and contains some of\\nllie finest jtroductions of. modern artists. His team\\nof bays are pei haps the handsomest that 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,\\nIleury, of Grand Rapids, to whom he was married\\nA[)ril 2, 18G1. She is a slender woman of fair com-\\nplexion, bright and attractive, and a charming host-\\ness. She is gifted with many accomplishments and\\nappears quite young. Tlicre are six children. Fay.\\na lively brunette, and Caroline A., who is rather tah\\nand resembles her mother, have completed r. course\\nat an Eastern seminary, and during the past yeai\\ntraveled in Europe. The remaining members of\\nthe farailj are Frances, aged 13; Russell A., Jr.,\\naged 1 1 Fred, aged 9, and Allan, aged 3. All are\\nliright and promising children. Gen. Alger makes\\nhis home at his handsome and large new residence on\\nFort street, at the corner of Fii st street, Detroit,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nill\\nYRUS GRAY LUCE, the\\npresent Governor of Michi-\\ngan, combines in his charac-\\nter the snbstantlal traits of\\nthe Now England ancestry\\nof his father, and the cliival-\\nV rous and hospitable elements\\npecnliar to the Southerners, which\\ncame to him from his mother s side -of\\nthe house. The New Englanders, act-\\nive in the cause of American liberty,\\nafter this desired result was accom-\\nplished, turned their attention to the\\ngrowth and development of the\\ncountry which their noble daring had\\neonstitutea independent of foreign rule. The pri-\\nvations they endured and the struggles from which\\nthey had achieved victory built ui) in them those\\nqualities which in the ver3 nature of events could\\nnot be otherwise than transmitted to their posteritj\\nand this posterity comprises a large number of the\\nmen who to-day, like the subject of this history,\\nare making a record of which their descendants will\\nbe equally proud.\\nGov. Luce was born in Windsor, Ashtabula Co.,\\nOhio, July 2, ls-24. His father was a native of\\nTolland, Conn., served as a soldier in tiie War of\\n1812, and soon after its close emigrated from New\\nEngland and settled on the Western Reserve in\\nNorthern Ohio. His mother, who in her girlhood\\nwas INLss Mary Gray, was born in Winchester,\\nHer father, tinctured with Abolitionism, found his\\nhome in the Old Dominion becoming uncomforta-\\nble as an abiding-place at that time, and accord-\\ningly, with his wife and family of young children.\\nbe also migrated, in 1815, to the wilds of Northern\\nOhio. There the parents of our subject, in 1810,\\nwere united in mnrriage, and continued residents of\\nAshtabula County until 1836. There also were\\nborn to them six sons, Cyrus (i. of this sketch being\\nthe second.\\nThe incidents in the earlj life of Gov. Lnce were\\nnot materially different from those of other boys\\nliving on the farms in that new country. He was\\ntaught to work at anything necessary for him to do\\nand to make himself useful around tlie pioneer\\nhomestead. Wlieu twelve years of age his parents\\nremoved further West, this time locating in Steu-\\nben County, Ind. This section of country was still\\nnewer and more thinly settled, and without recount-\\ning the particular hardships and privations which the\\nfamily experienced, it is sullicient to say thatbut few\\nenjoyed or suffered a greater variety. Markets were\\ndistant and difficult of access, the comforts 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 land was improved.\\nHe attended three terms an academy located at On-\\ntario, Tnd., and his habit of reading and observation\\nadded essentially to his limited school privileges.\\nWhen seventeen years of age the father of our\\nsubject erected a cloth-dressing and wool-carding\\nestablishment, where Cyrus G. acqiiircd a full\\nknowledge of this business and subsequently had\\ncharge of the factory for a period of seven years.\\nIn the meantime he had become interested in local\\npolitics, in which he displayed rare judgment and\\nsound common sense, and on account of which, in\\n1848, he was nominated by the Whigs in a district\\ncomposed of the counties of DeKalb and Steuben\\nfor Representative in the State Legislature. 1U\\nj made a vigorous canvass but was defeated l)y eleven\\nj majority. This incident was but a transient bub-\\nble on the stream of his life, and that same year", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "178\\nCYRUS QRAT LUCE.\\nMr. Luce purchased eighty acres of wild land near\\nGilead, Brauch Co., Mich., the improvemeiit of\\nwhich he at once entered upon, clearing away the\\ntrees and otlicrwise making arrangements for the\\nestablishment of a homestead. In August, 1849, he\\nwas united in marriage with Miss Julia A. Dickinson,\\nof Gilead, and the 3 oung people immediately com-\\nmenced housekeeping in a modest dwelling on the\\nnew farm. Here they resided until the death of the\\nwife, wiiich took place in August, 1882. Mrs.\\nLuce was the daughter of Ohed 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 Novv^mber, 1883, Gov. Luce contracted a sec-\\nond marriage, with Mrs. Mary Tliompson, of Bion-\\nson, this State. He continued on tlie same farm,\\nwhich, however, by subsequent purchase had been\\nconsiderably extended, until after his election to tlie\\noffice of which he is now the incumbent. In tiic\\nmeantime he has had a wide and varied experience\\nin public life. In 1852 he was elected to represent his\\ntownship in the County Board of Supervisors, and\\ntwo years later, in 1854, was elected Representative to\\nthe first Republican Legislature convened in the State\\nof Michigan. He served his township altogether\\neleven years as a member of the Board of Supervisors.\\nIw 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]nadcamember( f\\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\\nGov. Jerome in 1881, serving in this capacity three\\nand one-half years. In the management of the\\nduties of this office he is entitled to great credit.\\nThe office was not sought by him, but the Governor\\nurged him to accept it, clniming that the office wa,-.\\nthe most difficult Ik; had to fill, and was one wliicli\\nrequired first-class executive ability. He organized\\nthe State into districts, appointed an adequate force\\nof deputies and no more, secured a reduction of the\\nfees by nearly one-half, and in everj way 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\u00c2\u00abi;32.000.49.\\nIn August of the year 1886 Mr. Luce was nom-\\ninated by the Republicans in convention assembled\\nat Grand Rapids, for the office of Governor O-\\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. Ii:\\n1874 he became an active membev of the farm-\\ners organization known as the Grange. Believing\\nas 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 farmei legislator\\nexecutive officer, and manager of county as well as\\nState affairs, as a private as well as a public citizen,\\nhis career has all along been marked with succes s\\nNo one can point to a spot reflecting discredit ii\\nhis public career or private life. He is a man of\\nthe people, and self-made in the strictest sense. His\\nwhole life has been among the peojile, in full sym-\\npathy with them, and in their special confidence and\\nesteem.\\nPersonally. Gov. Cyrus G. Luce is high-minder;,\\nintellectual and affable, the object of many\\nand warm friendships, and a man in all respects\\nabove reproach. To the duties of his high position\\nhe has brought a fittir.g dignit3 and in all the re-\\nlations of life that conscientious regard to duty of\\nwhich we often read but which is too seldom seen.\\nespecially among those having within their hands\\nthe interests of State and Nation.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "COi^tu^-L^L^ /Q Tryi^-Tn^a.^.t^v^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MJCtilGAAf.\\niSr\\n-t-fy*-\\nEUWIN B. WINANS,\\nrlio began his duties as\\niovernor of Micliigaii\\nJaiiuaiy 1, 1891, is a son\\njf the Empire State, of\\nwhich his parents also were\\nFrom German ancestry on\\ny;^ the father s side, he derives the in-\\nstinets of frugality and careful con-\\nsideration of ways and means, and\\nthese are strengthened by the sub-\\nstantial traits of the Puritan fore-\\nfathers of his mother. Botii lines\\nhave transmitted to him the love\\nof country and home that has led\\nthousands into untrodden wilds where they migiit\\nsecure tiiat which would be for tiie future good of\\ntiiemselves and posterity.\\nJohn and Eliza (Way) AV^inans remoi/ed from\\nNew York to this State in 1834, and settled on a\\nfarm in Livingston County, where the boyhood of\\nGov. Winans was passed. He was about eight\\nyears old at the time of the removal, having been\\nbcrn at Avon, Livingston County, N. Y., May IG,\\n1826. Up to the age of eighteen years he attemlcd\\nthe district school, and he then entered Albion\\nCollege, from which he was graduated in 18.50.\\nThe excitement attendant upon the discovery of\\ngold in California had not died out, and young\\nWinans felt a sti ong desire to visit the coast and\\ntry his fortune in the mines. He decided in favor\\nof the overland route, crossed the plains in safety,\\nand spent the ensuing eight years in seeking the\\nprecious metal a quest that was fairly successful.\\nReturning to Livingston County, this State, Mr.\\nWinans bought land and engaged iu general farm-\\ning. He has retained the farm as his home through\\nall the changes various ofllcial positions have\\nbrought him, and joyfully returned to it whenever\\nhis faithful disciiarge of public duty would allow.\\nHis estate now includes four hundred acres of land\\nunder a high state of cultivation and improved\\nwith buildings of the best construction and modern\\ndesign. In connection with general farming Gov.\\nWinans has given considerable attention to raising\\nstock of higli grades, and his understanding of\\nagriculture in its various dcparlments is broad and\\ndeep. He believes that his success in political life\\nis largely due to his thorough identification with\\nthe agricultural interests of the Stale and no doubt\\nhe is right.\\nThe public career of Gov. Winans began in 1860,\\nwhen he was elected to represent his county in the\\nState Legislature. He served two consecutive\\nterms, covering the period from 1860 to 1865. In\\n1867 he was a member of the Constitutional Con-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a32\\nEDWIN B WINAN-S.\\nvonlion of the State, and in 187G he was elected\\nI lobate Judge of Livingston County for a term\\nof four years. Tiic next imijorlant [josition occu-\\n|)ip(l by (iov. Win. ins was that of Congressman dur-\\ning tlie Forty-eighlii and Forty-ninth Congresses,\\nrepresenting llie Sixth District. It was always his\\nlot to he nominated for ollice wiien the Democratic\\nparty was decidedly in the minority, but sucii were\\nhis personal charncterislics and his reputation as\\none interested in the welfare of that great class,\\nthe farmers, th. it in every ease he niaile a successful\\nrace. When he was put up for C ongress the oppo-\\nsition had a majority in the district of three thou-\\nsand votes, but he was elected by a plurality of\\nthirty. While in Congress he took nn active part\\nin all measures tending to tin; public good and\\nserved on the Committees on Agriculture and Pen-\\nsions. In the fall of 1H91 his name headed the\\nDemocratic ticket and lie was elected Governor of\\nthe State.\\nIn his private life Gov. Winans has been as ex-\\nemplary as in his public career he has been useful\\nand influential. lie is a consistent member of the\\nEpiscopal Church and in his religious faith and\\npractice has the close sympathy of his wife, who\\nbelongs to the same society. His marriage was\\nsolemnized in Hamburg, Livingston County, in\\n1855, his bride being Miss Elizabeth Galloway, who\\nwas l)orn and I cared on the farm she still calls home,\\nas it was bought f)f licr father l)y (iov. Winans.\\nShe is a daughter of George and Susan (Haight)\\nGalloway, who are numbered among the early\\nsettlers of Livingston County, whither they came\\nfrom New York. She is an educated, refined woman,\\nwhose mental attainments and social (pLalities lit\\nher for the position which she occupies as hostess\\nof the Gubernatorial mansion. Governor and Mrs.\\nWinans have two sons, George G who is now act-\\ning as his f;ither s private secretary, and Kdwin H.,\\nJr., a graduate of West Point.\\nGov. Winans has in former jears shown himself\\ncapable of close application to the duties which l.ay\\nbefore him, and his judicious decisions and wise\\ncourse when attempting to bring about a worth}\\nobject, are well known to those who aie acquainted\\nwith the history of the State. Although it is often\\nsaid that it is scarcely safe to judge of a man until\\nhis career is closed, 3 et Gov. Winans has acted his\\npart so well thus far in life that he is confidently\\nexpected to add to the credit that already belongs\\nto the great commonwealth of Michigan, and which\\nto a certain extent lies in the hands of those who\\nhave been and aie its chief executives. Among his\\n|)ersonal characteristics are those of a love of truth,\\njustice and progress, and a cordial, kindly- sjiirit\\nwhich makes warm friends and stanch adherents.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "I:i|gl}i:in7 OQd LiviQy^loi] CoicqIIv:^^\\ni\\\\j.i(;i;[y i,Q", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "~-fsr4-\\n4^;\\nIN^rRODUCT^ORY\\n--e-f-\\nI IE time lias arrived wlien it\\nIncomes tlie duty of tlie\\ncnjile of this county to per-\\nl)etuate the names of their\\npioneers, to furnish a record\\nof their early settlement,\\nand relate the story of their\\ni.:(-gress. I he civilization of our\\nday, the enlightenment of the age\\nand the duly 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\\neafc vessel in which the names and actions of the\\n(Hiopie who contributed to raise this coujitry from its\\nprimitive state may be preservi;d. Surely and ra[)idly\\nthe great and aged men, who in their i)rime entered\\nI he wilderness and claimed the virgin soil as their\\nheritage, are passing to their graves. The number re-\\nmaining who can relate the incidents of the first days\\nif settlement is becoming small indeed, so that an\\nactual necessity exists for the collection and preser-\\nvation of events without delay, before all the early\\nsettlers are cut down by the scythe of Time.\\nTo be forgotten has been the great dread of mankind\\nfrom remotest ages. All will be tbrgotten soon enough,\\nin spite of their best works and the most e.irnest\\nefforts of their friends to perserve the memory of\\ntheir lives. The means employed to \\\\)revent oblivion\\nand to perpetuate their memory has l)een in propor-\\ntion to the amount of intelligence they possessed.\\nTh pyramids of Rgvpt were built to perpetuate the\\nnames and deeds of their great rulers. The exhu-\\nmations made by the arclieologists of Egy|)t from\\nV uried Memphis indicate a desire of those people\\nto perpetuate the memory of their achievements\\nThe erection of the great obelisks were for th.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 piling\\nup their great mounds of earth, had but this idea\\nto leave something to show that they had lived. All\\nthese w-ovks, though many of them costly in the ex-\\ntreme, give but a faint idea of the lives and charac-\\nters of those whose memory they were intended to\\nperpetuate, and scarcely anything of the masses 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, uudecaying, 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 systeno\\nof local biography. 15y this system every man, thougl\\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 cruml)le into dust and pass away; but his\\nlife, his achievements, the work he has accomplished,\\nwhich otherwise would be forgotten, is perpetuated\\nby a record of this kind.\\nTo preserve the lineaments of our companions we\\nengrave their portraits, for the same reason we col-\\nlect the attainable facts of their history. Nor do we\\nthir.k 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 asluimed only to\\npubHsh t-) the world the history of those wliose livf\\nare unworthy of iiublic record.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "y\\nC^. ^tJZt^.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "FOHTHAIT AND BI0(4KAPIIIC AI. Al^Hl.M.\\nI .M\\n-i-^-i-^^^s-r-i-s-\\n-.7\\nQ the liiuii of Ik llllciu lii.\\nIi:iii\\\\ ((Uiiitv. I;ircli\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0S( Al{ I.ITK. M.S.. 111.- Pie.s.\\nidem \u00c2\u00abit the ^Iifliii;;iii .Vu\\nlyl ri -ullui;il ColIciTf. i .-i hm-\\nO^ (i\\\\( (if \\\\i\\\\v Viiik. Iiiirn in\\nAl-\\n1 1-\\n1m;{7. Ili ;iiiccst( r wore .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiiKHii;\\ntlic i-aily settk isin Saratoif:) C (\u00c2\u00bbm)t\\\\\\nand cuine froiii Holland. Likf ninn\\\\\\n%/[^15^ of the men who have t. tkoii pionii-\\nncnt |io ition.- in (lucational m will\\nas iovi innii iital atfaii I lcr^idcnt\\n(lute is (U sci n k d fioni paients\\nho.M livo wci c dt (li -;iti- l tip till\\nMfrricultuial callint;. lli lather wa,- Hichaid lute\\nand Lis mother s maiden name was I.iiey Clements.\\nWhen our sulijeet wa.- ele\\\\en years of aije hi.-\\nmother died, and the family lieinu lirokeii up. he\\nwent to live in alatie. Columliia ount\\\\ N.\\nas I iini-i|.al of the Oak Street .School, where he\\nhad lieen a pupil. Theie he i-enuiiiied for one\\nyear and tiien feelinir the need of a more thoiousjh\\n|)ieparatioii for lii chosen profe.ssion. he entered\\ntill Sus(iueh,ainia Seminary, actinu .as assist.-inl\\nteacher and at the .same time taking; advanced\\nwork. The want of funds ajraiii compelled him to\\nseek a po.Mtion as teaeiier. and he liecame Principal\\nof the i)nl)lie school at Chenaniio Forks. N.\\nIII 1H. )7 I rof. (lute came West and located in\\nIonia. thi State, where he tau!,dit a private school\\nfoi- several months. In the fall of IM. |k entered\\nthe Sophomoic class of the .Viriicultural Collesre.\\nlull iluiinii the winter v.acalion of the same \\\\ear\\nlie lii came I rincip.al of the Ionia .schools. The\\ntie.xt year he returned to the colleire and was trrad-\\nuated with the (lass of 2. which was the .second\\nclass that was iiraduated from the Michiiran .Vo:ri-\\n-ultur;il t ollejiV. .Mr. (lute hears the distinction\\nin the iiome of .lulin oniinir: there he remained of deliveriuii the first oration that wa.- ever yiven\\ntwo and a half years attendini;- the distriet school.\\nafter which he entered the )ak Street School .-it\\nBingliampton, remaining there one year. When\\nseventeen years of age lie was cho.sen Principal of\\nthe First AVard School in Uinghamptun and the\\n.second year he seciired .i more res|)f nsihie position\\nl y a graduate fiom an agricultural college in\\n.Vmerica at a college (ommencenient. the lirst cia.s.s\\nnot having commencemenl exeivises as the major-\\nity of the graduates entered the army when the\\nlirst call was made for troops.\\n.\\\\fter linishintr his collpge course i rof. (lute", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "it 2\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nwas made Principal of the DeWitt schools, but was\\nsoon called hack to liis Alma Mater as instructor in\\nmathematics. In two year s time he was ijiven the\\nChair of ^[athematics and retained that position\\n\\\\nitil IS(j(). finally resignine; it to take a year s\\ncourse of study in tlie ^Sleadville, I a., Theological\\nSeminary. Becouiinu a Unitarian minister lie ac-\\ncc))lcd a pastorate in A ineland. X. .1.. and there\\nremained for six years. During the first \\\\ear of\\nhis ministry he returned to the Agricultural Col-\\nlege and entered into the matrimonial relations\\nwith ^liss ^Iar\\\\ Merrvlees, a sister of the wife of\\nex-1 resident Abbot. After the time of iiis pastor-\\nate mentioned above lie was called to Newark. N.\\n.1.. wliere lie remained for two years. His next pas-\\ntorate was in Keokuk. Iowa, wliere lie spent four\\nyears and then became pastor of a cluuc-li in Iowa\\nCity, remaining there for eight years. While in\\nIowa several eminent parishouers sat imder his\\npreacliing. Among the number may be mentioned\\nthe Iion.(ieorge W. McCrary, M. C., and Secretary\\nof War inider ex-President Hayes; also Justice\\nSamuel F. Jlilh-r, of the United States Supreme\\nCourt.\\nFrom Iowa City I rof. Cliite went to Pomona,\\nCal.. and tliere organized a new church over which\\nlie was pastor for one yeai At this time lie was\\nchosen President of the Michigan Agricultural\\nCollege liy the State lV)ard of Agriculture, and\\nassumed charge of the institution in INIay, \\\\WJ.\\nSince that time he has lieen exclusively engaged in\\nthe adniinistratix e work of the college. President\\nClute and his wife have been favored with a fam-\\nily of seven children. Tlieie are four Iwys and\\nthree girls whose names in order of liirth are as\\nfollows: William is now (18!)1) twenty-two years\\nold; Oscar twenty-one; Lucy eighteen; John died\\nat the age of three; Kathai ine is thirteen years old;\\nKdward eleven and Marian seven.\\nIn early life President Clute was a strong anti-\\nslavery man and naturallv joined the Republican\\nparly, but in 1872 he was an adherent of the party\\nwhich favored and nominated Greelej^and at that\\ntime accepted the nomination for Congress in the\\nfirst district of New Jersey. He was defeated in\\nthe campaign, since which time he has been inde-\\npendent iu politics, usually affiliating with the\\nProhibition party. While in Iowa he did some\\ntelling work for the temperance cause and was\\nPresident of the .bjhnson County Temperance .\\\\1-\\nliance during the great constitutional amendment\\ncampaign in that State. It was carried by thirty\\nthousand majority Imt the Supreme Court declared\\nit unconstitutional.\\nPresident Clute has always been strongly inter-\\nested in .agricultuial matters. When a student at\\nIMichigan Agricultural College he was editor of\\nthe J[est^rn liuraJ, a journal published in Detroit,\\nand while in Vineland. N. J., he found time to\\nconduct the agricultural de])artment in a weekly\\npaper theie ami was a woiker in the A ineland Dis-\\ntrict Fair .Vssociation. He w.as for some time\\nPresident of the ineland Farmer s Clul), at that\\ntime the lai gest in the United States and having a\\nmeinliership of four hundred. While in Iowa he\\nwas for a time editor of the Iowa Stock Journal of\\nIowa City, and in the last named ])lace he liecame\\ninterested in bee culture, first taking it up as a re-\\ncreation from the fatigue of his study, but finally\\nthe liusiness grew until he was al)le to realize a\\ncrop of seventeen thousand |iounds of honey dur-\\ning one season.\\nPresident (lute is a brother of the Hon. Lemuel\\nClute, a prominent lawyer of Ionia. Mich., and also\\nof .Tames ^lonroe Clute, an engineer living at\\nSchodaek Landing, N. Y. His father died in the\\nGOs; his motlier in 18,5(1. The degree of Master of\\nScience was conferred upon him some ears ago by\\nliis Alma Alater in recognition of his research and\\ndiscoveries in the scientific field. His busy life has\\nnot prevented him from becoming a popular lec-\\nturer on subjects pertaining to education, agricul-\\nture, temper.ance and other vital questions of the\\nd.av. He has also been a frequent contributor to\\nthe reviews and magazines of the United States, in\\nsubject matter covering the fields of S|)eculative\\nphilosophy, physical science and practical ethics\\nand education, lie lias written ;i nuiiilier of short\\npoems which have received praise from able critics.\\nDuring the brief administration of President\\nClute the college has reached the highest degree of\\nprosperity that it has ever enjoyed. A fair meas-\\nure of this success is due to his efforts and ability,\\nand from his wisdom, power and experience the", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlUCiRAPlIK AL ALIUM.\\nIH.H\\niii ii(i (if the Micliiuaii Auiicullunil olli uv mn\\\\\\nconfideiilly expect to see the interests uf this in-\\nstitution ndvanced to tiie hisriiest i ossiliit deuiec\\nThe hthoyrapliic portiait (if I lcsidcnl lute is\\npresented in conncclidii with liis lii(ii i:iphi( al\\nnotice.\\nI^-^MITII W. liOWKKS. The areatei- portion\\nof tlic life of llic ticntlcnian wliosc hioi;-\\nra|)liv we sliall attempt to give lu hiw, lias\\nl)een devoted to aurlcultui al eallinir. lie\\nhas now. however, retired from the active pursuit i\\nof this class of lalior and is (IcIiLjhtfully situated in\\ntlie ph-asant city of Iloweli. Mr. liowers. like so\\nmany otliers in tlic county, is a native (if the Em-\\npire State, lie wasliorn in Cayiisia County Feb-\\nruary H. IKTi. and is a .son of Wliitaniorc and Susan\\n(Ward) JJowers, natives (if criM(int and \\\\cw .h-r-\\nsey respectively. Tlie furmcr was a mcclianic.\\nbeini; a manufacturer of wrouijlit nails. lie was\\nin the War of 1H12, and haviiiir kept .-i popular\\nhotel in the city of New ^dik there met many\\n(if the prominent characters in .\\\\mcrican histor\\\\\\nand society. His decea.se took place in IHI.j. In\\nNew York Stale. I he mother came West and .set-\\ntled in Michigan with a sun in 1H35. She died in\\nWashtenaw County, this State. Her father was\\nJonas Ward, who is a natix c of New .lersey. and\\nwho had served as Cajitnin of the New .Icrsey\\nState Militia and also as a soldier in the Revolu-\\ntionary War. Mrs. Bowers was one of a family of\\nnine children horn to her parents.\\nThe gentleman of whom we are writing i one\\nof a family of eight children. Now. howevei he\\nis the only living representative of this geneia-\\ntion. lie was reared a farmer hul in ayug. i\\nCounty. N. V. There he received a good common-\\nschool education and after finishing his cour.se was\\nengaged as a teacher for a peritid of four vears,\\none year of which was spent in New ^drk :ind the\\nother three in Washtenaw Countx. this State,\\nhaving come here in IH8.T.,M ttling first in the town\\n(if Superior, where lie puicha. ed fifty acres of land\\nto which he later added other land, so that he was\\nthe owner of one liiindred and twenty acres.\\nI heie he lived for thirty-three years. In the\\nmeantime he acquired a lart;-e amount of other\\nlands in the .same count\\nThe years in which our suliject was a. -.-.ociated\\nwith the interests, of the town of Superior were not\\ncoiiline(| xilely to the accnmuhuion of propertv\\nfor himself !i!one. to the exclusion of other inter-\\nests, for he gave much time and attention to local\\ngovernment, hiiving been for a number of years\\nSupervisor and also filiingdthcr oflices. In \\\\H(ir\\nhe sold out his interest and c:inie to Howell, where\\nhe purchased one liiiMdred ;iii(l tifty acres of l;md\\nlying within the corporate limits of the village,\\nand here he has lived ever since.\\nThe original of our sketch was mai licd in .\\\\la\\\\\\nI 12. to Mi.ss Charlotte Warner, a native of (ien-\\nesee County, N. V. She was a daughter of Darius\\nUarner. She died in IHot; and oui- subject was\\nagain married two years later in .\\\\pril. IH. )8. to\\nMiss I olly P.lood. of M .a.shtenaw County, this\\nState. Two children are the fruit of this union\\nKllen and Frank. .Mrs. I olly liowers passed awa\\\\\\nfrom this life November 1. IS(!7.\\nMr. Ilowcrs fr.-iternizes with the b epubliean\\nparty, believing fully in the doctrines as held bv\\nthat party. He is a puhlic-.spinted man who is\\never ready to hel]) on .i worthy enterpri.se and has\\nbeen one of the chief jiromotei-s in the upbuildinsr\\nof cliurches. schoolhouses and roads. Havin\\n.almost attained his fourscore years, he is now one\\nof the substanti;il men in every sense of the word\\nin this count\\n_._-\u00c2\u00ae).\\ni\\nsy^\\nrZZFV .1. (.().s.s. .V man of recognized\\nliterary ability, of liberal ideas, .-ilw.avs\\nlooking forward into the future for .-i\\nbroader evolution of the understanding of\\nlife, our suliject is regarded as one of the most\\nintelligent, loyal citizens of this place. He was\\nborn in Windsor County. Vt.. December I, 1H21.\\nHis father. Daniel (Jos.*, was born in TreenHeld. N.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "194\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nH., May 20, 1775. His mother, whose maiden\\nname was Sally Tuck, was also horn in New Hamp-\\nshire in 1778. and died in Lorain County, Oliio.\\nin 1848. His father passed away in tlie same\\nState and county .hine 1 1, 1838. The latter was a\\ncarpenter and joiner, and the proprietor of a farm,\\nwliieh he conducted successfully.\\nOur subject s grandsire. Tuck (4oss, was a sea\\ncaptain, his ancestors coniinij originally from Eno-\\nl.and. Our subject worked on the farm owned l)y\\nhis father until lie was fourteen years of age attend-\\ning a district sclmol a portion of the time. He\\nremoved to Ohio in I 83 making a stay there of\\nfour years, fanning and attending a school. In\\n1842 he returned to New Hampshire and entered\\nan academy, where lie remained for one year. He\\nthen went back to Ohio and studied under the\\ntutelage of a brother, who had a collegiate educa-\\ntion and was a very skillful teacher. He remained\\nin Ohio until 1 8(5 1. working on the farm most of\\nthe time, l)ut that year he came to Michigan and\\nbought eighty acres of land on section 33, Meridian\\nTownship, Ingham County, the same farm which is I\\nnow owned by him.\\nAt the time Mr. (Joss came here there was only\\na small clearing on the place, he having made all\\nthe improvements which it now boasts. Married\\nJuly 4, 18.50. to Sarah I). Vincent, of Lorain, Ohio,\\nthe domestic life of our subject has been very\\nhappy. Three children have been added to the\\ndomestic realm: Elsie, who was born in 1855, still\\nremains at home witli her parents; Mary, born in\\n1859, married Benton Moore, who is now working\\nthe farm whicli Mr. (ioss owns; they have one\\nchild. Kittle, who is eleven years old; Helen, who\\nwas born in 1861, married Alplionso Bigelow; they\\nalso liave one child, Frank, who is one year old.\\nSince living on iiis present fai in, the original of\\noui- sketch frequently worked at his trade, which is\\nthat of a carpenter and joiner. He is a man of\\ncorrect literary tastes, although he never en-\\ntered college. He prepared for Oberlin, but was\\ndisappointed in pursuing his course. He purchased\\na small farm near the town and on this he lived\\nfor thirteen years, working at his trade. While in\\nOhio he studied medicine for two years under a\\npreceptor, with a view of becoming a physician,\\nHe was compelled to relinquish the project, but\\nfrom the knowledge obtained from the study of tlie\\nsuliject, he was enabled to prepare what is known\\nas (ioss Blood Cleanser, of which our subject is\\nthe proprietor. It is a popular remedy and has\\nvery large sales.\\n]Mr. (ioss is a Spiritualist and is well informed\\non the subject of the occult sciences and religions.\\nIn [H.ilitics he is a (ireenltackei having gone to that\\nparty from the Democratic ranks. While in Ohio\\nhe spent seven years teaching in the district schools,\\nmaking a si)ecialty of penmanship. iNIr. (ioss has\\nlieen a frequent contributor to various leading\\njieriodicals of the State, on subjects of general\\ninterest. He has contributed numerous articles for\\ntlie L.ansing papers. He has Iwen elected to till tiie\\noffices of Drain Commissioner and School Inspector\\nof Meridian Township.\\nV_\\nAIMES BOOAN. The farmer owning the\\nfine tract of land on section 15, Cienoa\\nTownship, Livingston County, is a native\\nof the Emerald Isle, being there born in\\nCounty Tyrone, November 1, 1826. His father\\nwas Patrick Bogan, who w.as liorn in the same\\ncounty August 11, 1803. His grandfather was\\nEdward Bogan, who was a farmer in Ireland and\\nthere died in middle life. The father of our\\nsubject came to America in 1830, being at that time\\nabout thirty years of age. He brought his wife\\nand family of five children with him and first\\nsettled in New York City where he lived for two\\nyears, thence moved to Hobletou, N. J., where\\nhe lived for a time, thence went back to New\\nYork. He traveled over Rhode Island and Penn-\\nsylvania, prospecting for a [)Iace to locate and\\nwas finally attracted by the glowing reports of the\\nnew State Michigan.\\nPatrick Bogan came to Michigan in 1836, first\\nstopping with his family in Detroit. He then pro-\\nceeded to Genoa Township, Livingston County,\\nand located a tract of land on section 15, In the", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "PORTKArr AM) HIOGRAPIIIC AL AIJU M.\\n195\\nspriiiif of 1H;!7 he lii iiiiilit lii- fiiiiiily liitluT. Iimv-\\niiifj taken ii|) forty a Mrs wliicli In- was engaged in\\nfarniinir. I lu ir lirst home was a log house in the\\nMiidsl of the wooils. I hei e were at the time nnin-\\nlicrs of Indians who would have begged tlu-in out\\nof house an l home had they nfit lieen (inn. Thei e\\nwere plenty of deer and wolves against which llu y\\nIkuI to guai d and manv arc the hears that our suli-\\nject has shot. Deer were seen in dro\\\\e as com-\\nmonly as sheep now are.\\n)in snliject s father was a hard worker and not\\na great while elajised before the foit acies as-\\nsumed the appearance of civilization, and to his\\noriginal purchase he added three eighty-acre tracts\\nanil these he farmed as fully as liis agricidtural\\nimi)lements and the limited aid that he coidd get\\nwould enable him. Those were the days of the\\nslow ox-team. Patrick Hogan died at the .age of\\nseventy-nine years August l!t. 1H7( lie was a\\nmi mber of tlu- Catholic Church and in politics a\\nDemocr. it. Ills wife was a fellow countrywoman\\nof hi own. She bore him six children and died\\nat the age of tifty-Bve years.\\nWhen only four years of age our subject crossed\\nthe three thousan l miles of wet. lie attended\\nschool in New York City and later in New .lersey\\nand after coming West spent one year in a school-\\nroom in Detroit, that being a memorable tjue, as it\\nwa- lielil in a logsehoolhouseand had slab benches,\\n(piill pens and was carried on by the rate bill .sys-\\ntem. He also attended one winter IH:)2 at\\nHowell. In l ).i our subject went to the copper\\nregions of Lake Superior. For sixteen months he\\nworked in the nnnes. In IH, his fathei- deeded\\nhim eighty acres of land and l:iler he bought hi^\\npresent line faiiii.\\nOur stdiject could nnl mi.iUc up lii mind to\\ndesert the bachelor ranks until late in life ami has\\nnow I81M) enjoyed marital felicity for.seven years,\\nhis marriage being celebrated February 12, 18\u00c2\u00ab4,\\nwhen he was united to Kate Milet, who w,as born\\nin California ind is now quite yining. They have\\ntwo children Mary and Helen and our subject\\nonly regrets that his happiness has been delayed so\\nlate. The owner of one hundred and fifty acres\\nof land, .Mr. ]!ogan has one hundred acres under\\ntho plow; lie engages in mixed farming, a good\\ndeal of his land being planted in cereals. He also\\nraises considerable stock, graded .sheep and cattle.\\nOur siil)ject and his wife are members of the Cath-\\nolic Church. .Ml Hogan is a Democrat in [jolilics\\nand is an ardent l elicver in the divine right fif\\nfree trade. In 1\u00c2\u00abH1 lie of whom we write built a\\nline frame resideine upon Ins place at a cost of\\n^IHDO. It is commodious and comfortable and is\\nthe happy home of a happy grou]) of people. Our\\nsubject well remembers when he was obliged to\\ntake his wheat to Detroit to find a market for it\\nand the way of getting there was by an ox-team,\\nso that the carriage was slow and expensive. Indeed\\nit took about a week to go and return. For eleven\\nyears the original of our sketch held the otflce of\\nPostmaster of what was (Icnoa Station. At the\\nI xpiiation of tliat time it ceased to be a mail sta-\\ntion.\\nGKOW.K HOI (iHTALI.NC.. The enter-\\nprising farmer and good citizen whose\\n^J nanu we now give is a native son of the\\nWolverine .stati being born August 31, 1K36,\\nin Lyons. Oakland County. Garrett and Kachel\\n(Thomp.son) lloughtaling were his ))arents and his\\npaternal grandfather was Richard lloughtaling.\\nwho was lioni in New York .and devoted him.self\\nthrough life to farming |)ursuits. He came to\\nMichigan about IK.S. i and p.as.sed the remainder of\\nhis days with his son. iarrett, ami soon after his\\ndecease his wid(^w also pasM d away.\\nThis worth} couple brought to years of maturity\\nand usefulness a large family of cliildreu as fol-\\nlows: .Tohn. David, Henrv, Garrett, Peter, Mahala,\\nHannah. Ik tsey and .Margaret, and all are married\\nexcept Peter and Mahala. The father of our\\nsubject had his birth in New York and was twice\\nmarried, lirst to Lydia (iales. liy whom he had Xwx\\nson. William O. and Samuel t;.,and after her death,\\nwhich occurred in Lyons, Oakland County, he\\nmarried the mother of our subject, who bore him\\none Mm, George. She died in IHGX.\\nGarrett Houghtaliug was a blacksmith by trade", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "196\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPmCAL ALBUM.\\nand came to Michigan about 1820, settling in\\nWayne County, where he followed his trade at\\nWaterford until lHo7, wlien he came to Green Oak\\nTowusliij). Livingston County, and establislied\\nhimself. He was prosperous iu his l)usiness, and\\naccumulated a comfortalile comjietency, acquiring\\na farm of about five hundred acres, all of it located\\non section 23. This he improved and cultivated\\nand made his home upon it until he was called\\nfrom earth at the age of forty-eight in the year\\n1845. His religious convictions brought him into\\nunion with the Christian Church and his political\\nviews allied him with the old Whig party.\\nThe mother of our suliject was born in Columbia,\\nHerkimer County, N. Y., and was a daughter of\\n]Moses and Margaret (Morris) Tliompson, who were\\nfrom Xew Jersey, their early home beiug near\\nMorristow^n. The father was a farmer and he\\nmoved to New York, and in 183.5 came with his\\nteam through Canada to Michigan, being two weeks\\non the road. He settled in the woods where Howell\\nnow stands and built a sawmill. He was a man of\\nmeans and took up some two thousand acres of\\nland in Livingston County and in Oakland County.\\nHis life in Michigan was cut short hy death as he\\nwas called away from earth in 1841, wliile living a\\nlittle noi th of Howell, rind his faithful wife who\\nwas the mother of nine children, survived him\\nuntil 1807. She died at the age of eighty-five.\\nThe happy married life of Mr. Houglitaling be-\\ngan August 21, 1862, and his bride was Maiy,\\ndaughter of Heniy and Olive (Carpenter) Randall.\\nThis lad^ was born in Huron, Erie County. Ohio,\\nand became the mother of seven children who liave\\nill evejy way ])i ove(l ;\\\\n honiir to their f.iithful\\nparents, who through their childhood and youth\\ngave them all necessary oppoitunities for self im-\\nprovement and development, .lennie M. is a grad-\\nuate of Albion College and a teacher in Howell;\\nMary A., who is an artist, is the wife of Clarence\\nPearce, while the remaining children arc: Edward\\nvS., Edith C., Girace O.. Bertha L., and Eva R. For\\nmore than thirty years our subject and his wife\\nhave been prominently identified with the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church Mini they mic Iciidcis in its\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0|\u00c2\u00bbork and social circles.\\nThe early training of our subject was received\\nupon the farm and in the schools of Oakland\\nCounty, and after th death of the father las\\nmother was united in marriage with Alva Preston.\\nThe son remained at home until he reached the age\\nof twenty-six, when he liegaii for himself upon one\\nhundred and twenty-six acres on section 23. He now\\nowns two hundred and forty-four acres although\\nhe met with a serious loss through endorsing for a\\nfriend and he was obliged to sell one hundred\\nacres in order to pay this debt; yet it is evident\\nthat he may fairly be called a successful man. He\\nhas served as Townshi)) Treasurer and Clerk and is\\nwell-known in every circle of life in Cohoctah\\nTownship where he has lived since 1847, with the\\nexception of four years which he spent in Albion,\\nto which he moved in order to educate his children.\\nHe and his household are among the most highly\\nrespected members of society in this part of the\\ncounty, and are worthy of the esteem which is\\nsrranted tliem.\\n]OHN II. MOYEU. We are gratified to be\\nable to present the life-history of the prom-\\ninent citizen of Locke Township, Inghain\\nCount} whose name appears at the head of\\nthis writing, and whose beautiful home may be\\nseen upon section 7. He is a native of Oxford\\nCounty, Ontario, Canada, and was boru .June 1 L\\n184(1. Ilis father, .loseph iMoyer, and his niothei\\nAsenath (Tuttle) Mover were natives of New York,\\nand his paternal ancestors were of (German blood,\\nwhile on the mother s side he comes of old Englisii\\nand Holland stock. His maternal grandfather wa\\na soldier in the War of 1812 and his paternal\\ngreat-grandfather was a German by birth and a\\nRevolutionary soldier in the American army, and\\nsuffered scalping at the hands of the Indians, who\\nwere in the service of the British.\\nOur subject emigrated with his parents to Ing-\\nham County, Mich., in 1855, and the family settled\\nupon the farm which is now occupied by him in\\nLocke Township. His father. .Joseph Moyer, estali-\\nlished his household in a log cabin and the remains", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALHUM.\\n1!\u00c2\u00bb7\\nof that abode are still standing upon the farm,\\nI lniiiinsj one uf tlic old pidiiccr l;iii(liii;irks if the\\niifii;lilKirlii) i l. Till Intlicr passed from eartli A|iiil\\n11. and liis aood wilV had lici-ii taki ii fnun\\nIlls sidi Nn\\\\ciiil)or I. \\\\XM. TIicn liad duiu a\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rcat aiiuiuiit of pioiu cr work and had lirnnii:li( up\\ntlu ir childivn amidst trials and hardships of wlii( li\\nthe pri siMit LftMU ratioii knows litth llicir\\nlionscliold of seven ehildren. six are now livinL\\nnamely: .lohn 11.. Peter, llaniiali, wife of Kzra\\nSpc.irs. .I. icoli. .lames, and Mary, wife of (ieoriic\\nPiper.\\n.Vniidst the seenes of pioneer life .John Mover\\niiiew to manhood. assistinsj his ]);irents in suliduini;\\nthe wilderni ss and eiiltivating the farm, and \\\\ipon\\nhim the laliors of the home were so severe as to\\nirreatl\\\\ limit hi edueational opportunities, lie\\nlieeame an extensive rea ler and his mental devel-\\nopment has lieen mostly that which he has attained\\nhy his own forethonijhl and effort, lie was mar-\\ni-ied .V|)iil 1. lf(72. to .Mary .1. Maxon. a native\\nof Livingston County and daughter of Klias and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Joanna Maxon, formerly of Livingston Count\\\\\\nIn their later years they made their home in Loike\\nTownship and here their life terminated.\\nThree children have brightened the home of\\nonr sulijeet. inimely: May. Emery, and .John II.\\n.Ir. Mr. .Mover has been a lesident of the farm he\\nnow owns sinee his boyhood, and he has a fine\\nestate of two hundred and sixty-seven acres. In\\nlii.s political convictions he is in sympathy with the\\nDemocratic party, and both he and his good wife\\nare leading members of the social circles of the\\ntownship. and are eminently useful in the Wesleyan\\nMethodist hurch. l- or one yeai he served as\\nHighway Commissioner of the township and is\\nuniversally recognized as one of it-s solid and in-\\ntluential citizens.\\n^ILLIAM H. SHOOK. This respected farmer\\nliving in Tyrone Township, Livingston\\nCounty, was born Novemlicr 2, i8.S! in\\nPhelps, Ontario County, 2v Y., where his pareute,\\nJohn and Delilah (Sehad) Shook then resided. The\\nfathei- was liorri in the western i)art of Allegheny\\nCounty. Pa., and was twice married; his lirst wife\\nwas a Mi.-^s Kenyon who bore him four sons inil\\none daughter and the second wife(whose name we\\nhave alread\\\\ given) was the mother of five chil-\\ndren, and died at the age of seventy-seven. Her\\nrliildren were illi;im II.. Amos. Peter. .Mai\\\\ and\\nI errv who died at the age of twenty-live, while\\nAmos died in infancy.\\n.lohn Shook emigrated from New York to .Michi-\\ngan in November. 18oK and here made his home\\nin the township of Tyrone, where he cleared and\\nimproved si.xt\\\\ acres of land and lived in tlii\\ntownshi] until his death which took place .March\\n2;i. 1.S77. lie was at that time seventy-five years\\nold and had long been an earnest worker and de-\\nvout communicant in the Meth(jdist K|)iscopal\\nChurch. His good wife also lived to about the\\nsame age. dying August 12. IKM9. She was born\\nin Pennsylvania and was a daughter of Peter .Scliad,\\nwhose family name was formerly spelled Schort.\\nHe was a fai-niei- in the Keystone State and later\\nlived in New York, and finally came to ^lichigan\\nabout the year 1844. He was the father of live\\nsons and three daughters.\\nThe district schools and the routine of farm life\\nsupplied the training of this boy and he remained\\nupon the farm until he reached his eighteenth\\nyear, when he began for himself upon a faim in\\nI8( 7. i)urcliasing one hundred and twenty acres on\\nsection 28. Tyrone Township, the ver\\\\- land upon\\nwhich he now resides. This [)r^)perty lie at once\\nproceeded to put in first-class condition for farming\\nand he has ma le it of great value. He has also\\ntaken time to serve his township as Highway Com-\\nmissioner and his term of service did much toward\\nimproving the roads of the township.\\nMr. Shook was married )ctober 21 I8( H. to .Miss\\n.Miiia A. Castor, a daughter of Christopher and\\nPolly (Hendricks) Castor, who came from New\\nYork. Mr. Castor was a carjienter by trade and\\ndied in Hollj- in June. 1889. His wife passed from\\nearth four years earlier while they were living in\\nRose Township. To them have been given four\\nsons and five daughters and all of them grew to\\nmaturity. One son, Albert, served bravely in the", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "198\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nWar of tlie Rebellion and Elisha E. is now^a Metli-\\nodist Episcopal clergyman of no little i-epute.\\nKittie May Sliool%, tlie only child of our subject,\\nwas born November 24, 1869. and is now a young\\nlady of culture and refinement. She is a graduate\\nof the Fenton Normal school where she pursued a\\nthorough course of education and did much to de-\\nvelop her talents. Mr. and Mrs. Shook are both\\nactive members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nand .Mr. Shook is a member and has been for thirty\\nyears, of the P ree and Accepted Masons, lie is\\nnow the only representative of his father s family\\nthat is left in this country.\\nOHN J. LIVERMORE. The pioneers who\\nbrought their families to Michigan in the\\nearly days of the 30s, traveling with ox-\\ni/J team and prairie schooner from the p]ast\\nand settling upon almost unbroken land with no\\nprospect of an immediate income, must have been\\npossessed of brave hearts and a wonderful capacity\\nfor enduring liaid hi|)s. and tlicv are worthy of\\nhonorable mention.\\nSuch an one was the father of the man who e\\nname appears at the head of this sketch, who\\npassed through all the hard times incident to fron-\\ntier life and with his brave companion forced nature\\nto give up her treasures and to provide a handsome\\ncompetency- for their declining years. This father.\\n.Tames Livermore, was a native of ^lassachusetts\\nwho when a lioy went to Maine and there grew uj)\\non a farm. lie Mas a soldier in the War of 1812.\\nbeing a young man at that time, as he was born in\\n1789. Ills wife, whose maiden name was Susan\\nWatson, was born in Massachusett in 1788.\\n.James Ijivermore. Sr., the grnndfather of our\\nsubject, was a farmer who died when his son James\\nw.as still a small child, lie therefore had to look\\nout for himself and early became independent.\\nThe parents of our subject were married in Tomp-\\nkins County. N. Y.. and resided there until the\\nfather came to .Michigan in 1836, making the\\njourney in a wagon, coming around through Illi-\\nnois, and being in Chicago when there were but a\\nfew houses on the site of what is now known\\nthroughout the world as the World s Fair City.\\nHe located in 183.5 upon one hundred and\\ntwenty acres of wild land, upon section 24, Una-\\ndilla Township. There was then no .settlement\\nwithin two miles of him but he bravely went to\\nwork and having built a log house, broke ten\\nacres of land and sowed half of it to wheat.\\nIn 1836 James Livermore returned to the East\\nfor his family, bringing them in a wagon drawn liy\\ntwo yoke of oxen, being about six weeks on tiie\\nway. He located them on his homestead and made\\nthat his home until death. He was a hard-working\\nman and .accumulated a handsome jiroperty. lie\\nadded to his farm until he had four hundred acres\\nand he cleared and fenced a large portion of this\\nand built a log house in 18;)0. The death of his\\nwife occurred in 1864, and he passed away in 1H72.\\nThey were the parents of seven children, four of\\nwhom are still living, namely: Julia, Mrs. .1. D.\\nReeves; our subject; Susan, Mrs. Silas Richmond;\\nand Emma, Mrs. John Richmond. The mother was\\nhighly esteemed for her genuine Christian charac-\\nter and was an active member of the Presl)yteiiaii\\nChurch.\\nThe birth of our subject took place in Tompkins\\nCounty, N. Y.. October 29. 1822. and lie received\\nvery little schooling after coming West, at which\\ntime he was fourteen years of age, for he had much\\nhard work to do in assisting his father. He used to\\ndrive six yoke of cattle in breaking the upland\\nsoil. His marriage took place in December, 1848,\\nwlieii he was married to Charity Ann .Sayles. a\\ndaughter of Benjamin and Abl)y (Pugh) Sayles.\\nthe latter lieing a native of New Jersey, and the\\nformer a Xew Y orker. After their marriage in Toini)-\\nkins County, N. Y., they came to Michigan in 1847,\\nand settled on section 26, Unadilla Township. Here\\nthey made a permanent home, adding foi ty acres\\nof improved land to their original eighty and here\\nMr. Sayles died December 19, 1889, at the .age of\\neighty-four years. His widow, who still survives\\nin good health, has reached the age of eighty-three\\n\\\\ears and of her three children Mrs. Livermore is\\nthe only survivor.\\nMrs. Livermore was horn March 22, 1829, in", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT. AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n199\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r( iii|ikiii Ciiiinty X. v.. mimI wm^ ciulitci M \\\\f:iis it\\n:iiri when slif (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiiu lii MicliiLr. iii. lliivilii; received\\na good eoinmon-.seliool I diicntion in tiie East, she\\nfound herself in demand as a teacher in tiii new\\noountrv and found enii)l()ynienl in this way for\\nsome time. Iler parents were active memliers uf\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Cluircli. in which her fa-\\nther was a Class- [^eader. One sister. Sarah, mar-\\nried a Mr. C. 1?. Ko.se, and died in 1H4H.\\nAfter spending one year with Mr. Liverniore s\\nparents the y jnn j couple l)egan life in their new\\nhome a log house upon tiie same site where they\\nhave now lived for forty-two years. Their eai-thly\\npossessions were then seventy-five acres of land,\\nall uncultivated, a log house, a yoke of oxen, a\\ncow. ten sheep and a pig. Their present beautiful\\nhome was built in 1870. at a cost of *2.0()0 and the\\nbarn, which cost ?5( 0, was erected in IK; 4. Two\\nhundred acres form the home faini. all of which\\nare improved with the exception of twenty-live\\n.acres which are still in timljer. They have both done\\ngenuine pioneer work and liave passed through\\nyears of hard labor.\\nThis worthy couple arc tlic ikuciUs of eight\\nchildren, six of whom are now living, namely\\nSarah Jane, born October 3, 18;j0, died October 13,\\n1852; Mary A, born February 12. 1854, now the\\nw^ife of James M. Packard, living at Lansing;\\nAbby A., born November 28, 18. )7, is the wife of\\nA. A. Wood of Ijinsing, and the mother of three\\nchildren; Susie E., born September 10, 1859, wife of\\nWilliam F. Dryei and living in Bath. Clinton\\nCounty. Mich, with her husltand and two children:\\nJulia A., born April 17. 1861. lives at Lansing and\\nis the widow of Clark Chapman, and the\\nmother of two children; James 15., born April \\\\9.\\n1863, still resides at liome; Eunice A., born Novem-\\nber3.186;\u00c2\u00bb. died February 5, 1878; Ch.attie K., born\\nNovember 3. 1872, resides at home. To all of\\nthese children has been given an excellent common\\nschool education, and their inolliei who is a mem-\\nber of the Presbyterian Church has conscientiously\\ninstructed tliem in the faith and duties of the\\nChristian religion. Three of the daughters have\\nbeen teachei s and Miss Chattie is now a student at\\nthe Business College at Lansing.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write has for many\\nyears been a nuiiilicr of the School Board and he\\ntake an active interest in politics, being an ardent\\nRe|)ublican, altiiough he was formerly a Whig and\\nthen a Know N(jthing. He has filled the office of\\nRoad ommissioner and for twelve years or more\\nwas an agent for the June threshing engine. He\\nworked at the carpenter s business when a young\\nman although he never served his time at that\\ntrade, lie w-as a member of the militia company\\nhere in whi -li .Mi-. NVinans, now Gov. Winans was\\none of his coniiades. In this company he held the\\nposition of .Second Sergeant. He is pleased to say\\nthat in tiie old days he and his neighbors had\\njolly good times in their log cabins and had no\\nreason to envy those who were housed in more\\npretentious homes.\\nOHN N. (JREENE, M. I). The young pro-\\nfessional men of Leslie, Ingham County\\nare an element in the development of this\\nprogressive little town, and are a centraliz-\\ning force in drawing within its boundaries the best\\nper)ple in that section of the county. By their\\ncharacter and repute they are adding to the repu-\\ntation of the town and giving it a standing among\\nthe other corporations in this county. None is\\nHKU c thor nigliiy respected for skill and charact ?r\\nthan he of whom we now write.\\nDavid Greene was the father of our subject and\\n.Mary (Olin) (ireene was the mother to whom he\\nowes so much for his early training and education.\\nThe\\\\ were both natives of Lawrence, Otsego\\nCounty, N. Y., whence they came to Michigan in\\n1851, and settled at Rochester. Oakland County,\\nwhere they sjjcnt the remainder of their days.\\nWhile in New York David (ireene was a woolen\\nmanufactiu er, but after coming to Michigan he de-\\nvoted himself to farming. He died in 1852. at\\nRochester. Mich., and his wife survived him for\\nmany years and finally p.i.s-ed away in .^|)ril, 188;i.\\nIn his early manhood the father was in very c(. m-\\nfortable circumstances, but later in life he met with", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "200\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nIiea\\\\\\\\ losses. IJis political views were such as to\\ncall him to sympathize with the Whig part_v,as did\\nmost of the Quakers, among whom they belonged.\\nThe grandfather of our subject was a Quaker\\nminister named Edwin R. Greene. He was a man\\nof great wealth and resided in Otsego County, N.\\nY. In 1843 he removed to Genesee County and\\nspent his last days at Batavia. The Greenes are of\\nEnglish ancestry, while tlie Olins, from whom the\\nmother of our subject came, trace their origin to\\nWales. The parents of our subject had nine chil-\\ndren, n.amely: Phoebe. Sarahette, Emily, Ellen,\\nEdwin R., Imogene, William H.,John H. and David\\nM. After the death of the father* the widowed\\nmother was again married to Jacob Cain, of Roches-\\nter, Oakland County, Mich., by whom she had three\\nchildren. Emily. Edgar and Carrie.\\nlie of whom we write had his nativity in Bata-\\nvia, Genesee County, X. Y., March 22, 1851, and\\ngrew up upon his father s farm, first in Xew York\\nand afterward in Avon Township, Oakland Countj^,\\nnot far from Rochester. His primary education\\nwas taken in the district schools and he afterward\\nattended the High School at Rochester, and later\\nhe spent two years in the Literary department of\\nthe University of INIichigan, although he did not\\nremain to take his dii)loma. Even before entering\\nthe university he had been reading medicine, and\\nin 1882 he entered the Medical department of the\\nUniversity of Michigan, and after stud_ying three\\nyears, graduated with high honors in the spring of\\n1886.\\nThe first practice of this young medical man was\\nin connection with his brother, Dr. David M.\\n(ireene, who was at that time located at Plain-\\nfield, Livingston County, and afterward went to\\nIosco, where he followed Ids i rofession until Octo-\\nber, 1888, when he removed to Ann Arbor and\\ntook a full nine months post graduate course in\\nthe Medical department of the university.\\nOur subject located at Leslie in .June. 1889. and\\ntook up the practice which his brother had laid\\ndown, as Dr. D.avid had been jjursuing his profes-\\nsion at Leslie for a year and a half pievious. The\\nyoung Doctor has built up an extensive practice\\nand is already considered one of the leading prac-\\ntitioners of the countv. He is a member of the\\nMichigan Medical Association and his views on\\npolitical questions have led him into sympathy and\\natliliation with the Republican party. Still, he\\npays little attention to political movements, pre-\\nferring to devote himself exclusively to his pro-\\nfession and his home.\\nIt w.as in September, 1882, that Miss Jessie M.\\nDoying, of Cass City, Tuscola County, this State,\\nand a native of that city, was united in marriage\\nwith Dr. Greene. This lady is the daughter of\\nJames and Joanna Doying and is possessed not\\nonly of a lilieral education and more than ordinary\\nculture, but also of good capabilities, sound judg-\\nment and admirable social qualities. One son has\\ncome to brighten this home, little Wilford. to whose\\ncare and education the Doctor and his wife are\\ndevoted with true parental solicitude.\\nci^^HOMAS A. WALKER. Amcmg the notable\\nfamilies which the Empire State has be-\\nqueathed to her younger sister, Michigan,\\nnone is more worthy of our consideration than the\\none represented b^ the name at the head iif this\\nparagraph. Both by character and connections this\\nfamily is entitled to rank along the best in Living-\\nston County, and has for many years lieen known\\nfar and wide by all who had any acquaintance with\\nOceola Township.\\nMr. Walker s beautiful farm is to be found on\\nsection 17, Oceola Township, and comprises five\\nhundred forty .acres of excellent land, where is\\ncarried on a general farming business. I pon it\\nmay be found two hundred and fifty head of\\nsheep, and some \u00c2\u00a512, (KM) Avorth of wool and sheep\\nwere sold from this farm last year. This gentle-\\nman was born in the township of M.anchester, On-\\ntario County. N. Y., January 23, 1830. His father,\\nHeuson Walker, was a native of Maryland, being\\nborn near Baltimore, where he had his early edu-\\ncation. He there married ilatilda Arnel, a native\\nof Maryland, and soon after that union removed\\nto New York, and located in Ontario County,\\nwhence he came to [Michigan in 183.J. He stopped", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nfor a ft months in Wixsliteiunv Cotinly. iiiui tluii\\nroniiuf; on to Livingstoji (uuiity. Inok up I iulity\\nacres of land on section 2 ,t.\\nThe tirst lionie of the family m this county was\\ntlie one that was liastily erected by them after\\ntheir arrival. It was the log shanty covered with\\nliarl measiiriiif;- l.j\\\\l. teet and had a slali lloor\\nand stick chimney. In this they lived for al)oul a\\nyear, after which they built another log house,\\nwhich Inid no floor and there they lived for two\\nj ears. The place was improved and in the course\\nof time a frame house was erected, in wliich the\\nfamily resided until the father s death in 1857.\\nHe was an earnest and active Republican and a\\nprominent man in those early days. The mother\\nof our subject lived to reach the extreme age of\\nninety-two years, and was the mother of ten chil-\\ndren, seven sons and three daughters.\\nHe of whom we write was five years old when\\nhe came to Michigan with his parentii. and his first\\neducation was taken in a log schoolhou.se, with a\\nstick chimney and slab seats in Oceola Township.\\nHe finished his schooling in the log schoolhouse on\\nsection 21, remaining with his father until after\\nhe gained liis majority. The happy married life\\nof Mr. Walker, began November 12, 1851, when he\\nwas married to Dorcas E.. second daughter of\\nFrancis and Dorcas (Smith) llard\\\\. This lady\\nwas born in Livingston County, N. Y., Octolier.30,\\n18.37, and was thirteen years old when she came to\\nMichigan with her parents, who settled upon sec-\\ntion 17, Oceola Townshi]j. Both parents lived to\\na good old age the father dying wlien seventy-two\\nyears old and the iiiother living to cdntplete eighty-\\none years.\\nThe first home of the ynung wedded conjilc was\\nin a log house, 2(1x22 feet in dimensions located\\non section 17. Oceola Township. After one year\\nin this house they removed to the present location\\nand made their home in antjther log house, .\\\\ftei-\\ndealing up and imi)i-oving the farm they began\\nto think of having a better residence, and erected\\nthe pleasant house in which they now live in\\n18()(t. He fenced his land, .\u00c2\u00abet out orchards,\\nbuilt barns, and put the i Iaoe in a fii-st-cla.ss con-\\nlitiiin.\\nWith the exception of two who died in infancy.\\nIhc seven ciiildrcn who bles ecl tlii\u00c2\u00bb primitive home\\nhave grown up to occup\\\\ positions of responsi-\\nbility in the community. They are as follows:\\nSarah Kiiiina was the wife of Charles Young, and\\nhas now passed from this life; Adelbert resides\\nupon a farm in tliis township and _ has taken to\\nwife .liilia Brown, wiio has presented to him two\\nchildren OUie and (ioldie; Phtebe J., who is the\\nwife of James Filkin, resides in Howell Township,\\nand is the mother of tlie following children .Arn-\\nold, Dexter and Herbert; Juddie resides at home;\\nand Elsie, now Mrs. Elmer Arm.strong, resides in\\nHartland Township.\\nOur subject has two hundred and ^i.xly acres of\\ngood land on his home place, one hundred acres on\\nsection 29. all under cultivation, as well as one liun-\\ndred acres of finely tdled land in Howell Townsiiip.\\nHe also has a half interest in a (louring mill in\\nHartland Township, known as the Parshall mill,\\nbesides property in the city of Howell. All this\\nhas been acquired by his own efforts, seconded by\\nthe helpfulness of his faithful companion, as they\\nbegan without capital. He has given his son\\nAdelbert eighty acres, a good house and barn and\\nall the other appurtenances of a fii-st-dass farm.\\nHe and his good wife are bringing up a little\\ngrandson. Herbert Walker Filkin, the son of their\\nsecond daughter. His political views have\\nbrought him into active co-operati(m with the\\nRepublican party, in which he has great con-\\nfidence, and for whicli he is glad to east his\\nvote.\\nc\\nHRI.STLVN BREISC H. The Northern Cen-\\nIL tral States are so productive of grain that\\n^to/ it is not surprising that the milling business\\nshould have representatives not only in the large\\ncities, which are the centers of trade, as in ^linne-\\napolis, .St. Paul, Diiluth and Chicago, but every\\ntown (\u00c2\u00bbf any pretentions whatever has mills that\\nare equipped with the latest and most approved\\nappliances for converting our cereals into the far-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "202\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ninacious products. Many of the largest of these\\nmills are owned and conducted by Germans, who\\nshow special aptitude for conducting the mechani-\\ncal portion of the business as well as the broader\\nmanagement of exporting, and finding a market\\nthat shall bring in the highest returns. The city\\nof Lansing, being so accessible to the grain dis-\\ntricts bj rail is an important point for shipping-\\ngrain to the mill, and of the mills of this kind none\\nare larger or more important than that of which\\nour subject is manager.\\nThe flnely-equipped mill in North Lansing en-\\njoys the general oversight of Christian Breisch,\\nwho was one of its organizers, the organization\\ntaking form and becoming an accepted fact in\\nMarch, 1889. It was oHicered as follows: J. F.\\nSchultz, President; D. C. Hurd, Vice-President;\\nCharles H. Osborn, Secretary and Treasurer and\\nMr. Breisch, Manager. He is also one of the largest,\\nin fact the principal stockholder. The North Lan-\\nsing Milling Com])any Iniilt their piesent mill in\\n1889. The building comprises four stories with a\\nbasement. It has a frontage of forty feet and is\\nsixty feet deep and has a capacity of turning out\\ntwo iiundred and fifty Ijarrels per day. The mo-\\ntive power employed is steam and also watei\\nMr. Breisch, who is one of the most energetic\\nof young men, is also a stoekluildei- aud Director\\nin the People s Savings Bank and in fact almost\\nevery entei-prise that has the least prospect and\\npromise Of a successful issue is not complete without\\nhis name as an active and interested agent. Be-\\nsides the mill above spoken of the North Lansing\\nCompany have leased tlie Pearl Mill. It also has\\na, capacity of two hundred and fifty l)arrels per day\\nind the motive power used here is also steam and\\nwater. Both these mills employ the full roller pro-\\ncess, by which tloui- is turned out so much moie\\neasily and quickly and is also liettei- and whiter\\nthan by the old process.\\n)ur subject is a native of this State and although\\nhe has come to the front so early as a liusiness man\\nof the best aud highest qualifications, he is still\\nvery young and much may he expected of him in\\nthe future in commercial life. He was born in\\nAnn Arbor, Mich., July 13, 1863. His father.\\nChristian Breisch, Sr.. was a native of Germany\\nand was there reared and educated. His grand-\\nfather, Gotlieb Breisch, was a butcher in the Fath-\\nerland, but brought his family to America at a\\nvery early day, after which he engaged in the\\nbutcher business. He came to Lansing Township\\nand bough a farm, settling at an early day in Ing-\\nman County where he remained for some years.\\nOur subject s father was also a butcher and he\\nengaged in his calling for a number of years. On\\nthe breaking out of the Rebellion he enlisted in the\\nwar, first serving as a private, but was advanced\\nto an officer s post in Custer s Brigade and served\\nuntil the close of the struggle, when he was hon-\\norably discharged and came to Lansing where he\\nengaged in the butcher s business. He was drowned\\nin (Trand Kiver at thehead of the race December\\n29, 1876, breaking through the ice while attempting\\nto cross the river. Oiu- subject s mother was Bar-\\nbara Goss. She was born in Germany and is now a\\nresident of Lansing where she enjoys the knowl-\\nedge that her children have become honored and\\nrespected citizens, her son taking a prominent\\njilace in the municipal and commercial interests of\\nthe city. She is the mother of two children. The\\nelder, Carrie, is now Mrs. Langenltacher, of this\\ncit\\\\ The younger is our subject. Our subject s\\nmother was married a second time to Andrew Lan-\\ngenbacher. By this marriage she became the\\nmother of one child whose name is Robby.\\nMr. Breisch was reared and educated to the age\\nof thirteen years in this city. At the age above\\nmentioned he went to Marshall and apprenticed\\nhimself to a cabinet and furnituie m.aker for a\\nterm of three years. During this time he worked\\nunder ^Ir. .1. F. (iauss. Then he returned and en-\\ntered the employ of D. W. M. .1. Buck, where he\\nremained for seven years. September 1, 1885, he\\nleft this employ and Mrs. Langenbacher being the\\nowner of the Pearl Mill early in 1886 our subject\\nrented it and at (mce engaged in milling, continu-\\ning to conduct it until ISKK on his own account.\\nIn 1888 the old plant was burned during the\\nmonth of Decemljer and soon after our subject\\nshowed his enterprise Ity immediately setting about\\norganizing a company to build up a new mill and\\nremodel the old. Both mills have a capacity of five\\nhundred barrels a day, which is the largest manu-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n205\\nfacture of (lour in the State outside of l)eti-oit. Tiie\\ncoinpany l)uy their wheatat the elevators aiul ship\\nto the Kasteiii markets, liavintf a lartre market in\\nLiveri)ool and (Jlasjiow. However, most of their\\nprofliK t.s are sent to Maine and M.issacliusetls and\\nthey enjoy a large loeal trade. Tlie leading lirand\\nwhii h is manufaetured here hears the attractive\\nname Jlornins (ilory and it is a favorite ijrade\\nof Hour with hoii.sewives in this |)ortion of the\\neountry.\\nPrulitinii: hy tiiea(lvi liiven in script\\\\nes, that it\\nis not iiDod for ni. iu to liveaU)ne. Mr. Hreiscli was\\nill the city of Lansing Septcmhcr 2(). 1888. to Miss\\nEmma Cushing. .She is a native of the Kmiiire\\nState, having been horn in that lieautifiil HttU\\nseminary t jwn C azenovia. .She is a daughter of\\nTlioiiias 1\\\\. Cushing. now a real-estate man in l)e-\\nIroil. Mrs. Hrei.sch received lier education for tlic\\nmost part in this city. She is a charming woman\\nwith attra(;tive persouelle and pleasing, affalile\\nmanners. One child has hles.sed this union a\\n(laugher who is called Irene.\\nThe original of our sketch is a Free and .Vc-\\neei)ted .Mason and has attained to the Koyal .\\\\rch\\ndegree. He is in liis pDlitical preference a Demo-\\ncrat and uses his iiitliiencc and vote in llic service\\nof that ])art\\\\ In religious matters he is liluijil:\\nhis wife, however, is a uiciiilier nf Ihc I irst Preshy-\\nterian Chnrcli.\\n4^\\n\\\\l^^ KNin 15. B.VKKH. .V. .M.. .M. I).. IVllow of\\njj, the Royal Meteorological Society of Lon-\\ndon, honorary nienilicr of the French\\nSociety ot Hygiene. l- ,x-l resident of\\nthe American Puhlic Hciltli Ass ieiation. .Sce-\\nretary of the Michigan State Board t)f Health,\\netc.. was horn at Hrattlelioro. t.. Deceinliei-\\n2 18:i7. He is a son of Kzra and Dcliorah\\nK. (Bigelow) Baker, hell twelve years of age\\nhe removed. lK)wever. with his stei -fathei to Mich-\\nigan, his own father having died when our sub-\\nject was but three years of nge. The family i t-\\ntled in Hunker Hill. Ingham Couiitv. aiicl there\\nlived about a year, when they removed to Mason\\nin the year 18r)(). Our subject s education liegan\\nin his native State, and was continued in Ma.s.sa-\\nchusetts and Michigan. He left home and Ijegan\\nwork for hiiiiself before he was fourteen years of\\nage. Mild worked and attended school at intervals.\\nAt the breaking out of the late war Dr. Baker\\nwas teaching school in .Southern Illinois. He re-\\nturned to Michigan and began the study of medi-\\ncine, reading with Dr. I. H. Bartholomew, at Lan-\\nsing. He attended medical lectures and pursued\\nthe study of chemistry in the rniversity of Jlieh-\\nigan in 18(;i-()2. In the summer of 1862. unal)le\\nto longer resist the zeal of jiatriotism, he enlisted\\nill the Twentieth .Michigan Infantry, in Company\\n-A, compo.sed of young men from the State capital\\nclerks and men of that st;i1ion in Lansing. He\\nserved during the first two years as Hospital\\n.Steward, and during the last year was As.sistant\\nSurgeon in medical charge of the regiment. His\\nfirst two years, however, were memorable ones to\\nhim in that he was enabled to gain iiiuch lU actice\\nand valuable information in .surgery, being in\\nreality an assist.ant at the operating tal le whenever\\nand wherever there were battles in which his di-\\nvision was engagi d. He was jiresent at about every\\nbattle in which his regiment took part. At the\\nclo.se of the war he received in honorable dis-\\ncharge and returned to l.iinsing. where he con-\\ntinued reading medicine.\\nThe next nine months of Dr. Baker s career were\\nspent in New York in work .at Bellevue Hospital\\nMedical College, in which he was a student: and\\nhe wjis graduated fitnn this institution in the\\nspring of 18(;(;. Immediately aftei- receiving his\\ndiploma, he returned to Lansing and began to\\npractice medicine with Dr. I. 11. Bartholomew,\\ni lie following two years were spent in the jirae-\\ntice of mcilieine in Weiuma. now called West Bay\\nCity. At the exjiiration of that time he again re-\\nturned to Lansing in 187(t. as uie of a coniinittee\\nfrom the .State .Medical St)eiety to superintend the\\ncompilation of vital statistics collected by the Sec-\\nretary of St. ite. Many of the forms of the tables\\nemployed in the statistics mentioned (hiring the\\n\\\\K\\\\-\\\\ twenty years have been d(\\\\signed by Dr.\\nIJaker during the thiiteeii vcars that he had charge", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "2i)(;\\nP(JRTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nIll the compilation of tliet^e statistics. When he\\ncame here, in 1870. he Iji ousiht with him a bill de-\\nsigned to create a State Board of Health, which at\\ntliat time was an innovation, there being only one\\nor two States in the I nion at that time wjiicii\\nwere tluis snpplied. The bill that Dr. Baker made\\ndift ereil fnini [treceding ones in that it ]n ovidc l\\nfoi- an advisory lioard. It was not intended to\\nusurp functi jns of local lioards. l)Ut to do a gen-\\neralizing work wliirli they couhl not perform, and\\nto collect tlie results of the work of each local\\nlioards. which could be compared with advantage\\nwith the slat istic- from otlier State boards. Dr.\\nBaker believed that liy tliis nu asure a more gen-\\neral knowledge could lie gained of disease and\\nsuccessful treatment of the ame. This |iriiliosed\\nbill was discussed with [jrominent members of tlu\\nmedical |)rofession and legislators, and other ])er-\\n.s .ins wlio were ca|jable ind cojiiiident judge.- of\\nthe fpiestion offered their suggestions and correc-\\ntions, so that the bill was made as |jeifect as pos-\\nsible. It was presented to the Legislature of IKTO-\\n71 bv Senator C ravath. then of this count\\\\. It\\ndid not, however. l ecaine a law. but doubtless its\\ndiscussion led to a dee|)er com-idi ration of this most\\nimportant matter.\\nInstead of returning to hi.- practice. n he lia l\\nintended. Dr. Baker remained in the ottice of\\nSecretarv of State and was engaged as Superin-\\ntendendent in the compilation of vital statistics\\nand also the general statistics of ^licliigan of\\n187(1. This last compilation was made from data\\ncollected for the Ninth I nited .States census, and\\nformed .-I \\\\(iliuiie comprising eight liundied and\\nthirty-five pages. At the laying of the corner-\\nstone of the State Capitol the lion. William\\nllowai d. who made the principal addi ess on that\\noccasion, based his remarks largely upon this sta-\\ntistical report, contrasting the resources of the\\nState in I i7(t with a report made to Congress by\\na commi.ssion that visited the State early in its his-\\ntory. They leported tt) Congress that there was\\nno land in Michigan lit for cultivation, it being\\none vast swam)). In stiiking contrast to this state-\\nment were the facts proved by the statistics in the\\nvolume which our subject comjiiled. and which\\nshowed Michigan to be one of the foremost .States\\nin the Union in farm |)roducts and commercial re-\\nsources. The numl)er of both public and private\\nschools and chnrehes compared favorably with\\nthose of older States, and most particularly wa\\nthe health of tlie jjcople proved to be exceptional.\\nAt the next session of the Legislattire, in 1872-\\n7;i. Dr. I. II. Bartliohimew. of Lansina-. first flavor\\nof the city, and many times re-elected, was elected\\nto the Legislature for the especial purpo.-^e of ad-\\nvocating the cstabli.-hment of the State Board of\\nHealth, according to the bill which our subject had\\npreviously submitted. His diligent labor through-\\nout the session w;is crowned with -ucces-. and the\\nboard became an established fact .luly H(i. 187;i.\\n.\\\\t its first meeting oni subject was unanimously\\nelected its pei-inauent Secretarv. which position he\\nhas tilled to the present time. Tlu design of the\\nboard, and the plan of its work had already been\\ndetcriniiie(l liy the hill, wliicli ha l hcen framed,\\nrevised .and perfected by Dr. Baker, therefore the\\ncarrying out of the jihin. while entailing much\\nwork, wa- .-it the .-:ime time pleasimt. the cause\\nbeing dear to him. Dr. Baker has brought much\\nenthusiasm to the work. For the tirst few years\\nthe Ikiard had i\\\\ desperate struggle for existence.\\n.Not only were the peoi)le at large antagonistic to\\nit through iiinorance of the scope and design of\\nthe work, liut theie was active o[)iK)sition from\\nmen who tlnjught their money interests antago-\\nnized. The movement for the control of danger-\\nous illuminating oil was met with jiersistent o|i[io-\\nsition from oil retiners. Dr. Baker ]ierformed\\nmany expei iments with oil lamjjs and testing ap-\\nparatus foi- the purpo-e of learning the facts as re-\\ngards the source of danger, and the results of\\nthese exjieriments are on record in the earlier re-\\nports of the State Board of Health.\\nOur subject has kejjt up his association with the\\nCity .Medical Society and the State .Medical As-\\nsociation, and ha- heen instrumental lu creating\\nither a- -OL-iatioii- especially designed for the pro-\\nmotion of iiublic health. He has been a member\\nof thr American I ublic Health .Association since\\n1M7;L and was President of the .V,-.-ociatioii in\\n1889-90. He was a delegate to the national con-\\nference of the State Boards of Health, which is in\\nrealitv a league of the State Boards which our", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n207\\nsubject has been iiistruinental in estal lishin^. To\\na certain limited extent it lills the ofliee tif what\\nsliouUl he a National 15oard of llealtli, which for\\na few years the National Government niaintainefl.\\nThe National Hoard of Health was estalilished\\nthiouirh a hill introduced in t onjiress hy the Hon.\\n.Inn:i II. Mc(iowan.of Michioan. at the instance\\nof Dr. Haker. who for years has lieen lalioiiiii; to\\nthai end. and because of a groat epidemic of yel-\\nlow fcvei- he was able to see his designs fulfilled,\\nt onirress. however, failing to supi)ort it. the Na-\\ntional IJoard came to an untimely end. Dr. Maker\\nis also an honorary member of .several medical so-\\ncieties, and for many years has lieeu the X iee-\\nI resident of the .American .Social Science Associa-\\ntion.\\nIn connection with the other work of the Stale\\nHoard of Health, Dr. Haker has used his odd mo-\\nments for the building up of a sanitary climatol-\\nogy. Some of the papers contril)uled are as fol-\\nlows: Causation of Cold Weather Di.sea.ses and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Cau alioii of I licuniouia. These papers appeared\\nin the annual report of the Michigan State Hoard\\nof Health in 1H,S(;. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Hclati )ns of certain meteoro-\\nlogical conditions to diseases of the lungs and air\\npassages as shown by statistical and otlu r evi-\\ndences. This appeared in the re|H)rt of I8H\u00c2\u00ab.\\nThe Climatic Causation of Consumption, which\\na|)peared in the journal of the .Vnieriean Medical\\nAssociation in the months of .lanuary and Febru-\\nary. 18!\u00c2\u00bb(i. Relations of Certain .Meteorological\\nConditions to Diseases of the Lungs and Air Pas-\\nsages in Colorado, which appear in tlu trans-\\nactions of the American limatological .\\\\s.sociation.\\nfor the meeting liehl at Denver, Col., in LSIIO.\\nCausation of Inlluenza. which appeared in the\\nreport of the proceedings of the .StJite Hoard of\\nHealth in .^pril. IHitl. The paper Notes on de-\\nlation of Hain Fall and Water Supply to Cholera\\nai)|)earc l in the transactions of the American Pub-\\nlic Health Association in volume 11. and has been\\nfavorably eonuiu Uled upon and u.sed l)y health\\nauthorities, and regarded with especi.il favor by\\nthe medical .sficicty in Cidciitt.-i. India, the Imnu of\\ncholera.\\nIn this series of papers should he mentioned one\\non the Scientific Collective Investigation of Dis-\\nease that appeared in the journal of the Ameri-\\ncan Medical Association in October, 1887. and\\nwhich gives an outline of the .system employed by\\ntlir .MichigaM .State Hoard of Health in making sta-\\ntistic s of sickness and disease. Also in 1888 ap-\\nl)eared an important paper in the joiu nal of the\\n.Vmerican Medicjxl Association on Malaria and the\\nCausation of Periodic Fever. .Vn article on Ma-\\nlaria and the Cau.satiou of Intermittent Fever\\nappeared in the journal of the ,\\\\merican Medicjil\\nAssociation October 18. 1890. A i aper on the\\nCausation of Inlluenza and some allied di.seases,\\nwith suggestions for tlieii- prevention was read\\nbefore a section of the American Medical A.ssocia-\\ntion at Nashville, Tenn., in .May. IK .IO. and is a\\nsunuuing up of the facts concerning the meteoro-\\nlogical conditions known to have existed diu ing\\nei)idi mics of inlluenza from the year I.JIO to May,\\nIJ^ .H). Also each one of the Miinual reports of the\\nMichigan State Hoard of Health has contained\\ncomparative tables showing the relations of mete-\\norological conditions to each of the important\\ndiseases for the year preceding.\\n.Another series of papers, on another to|iic. is\\nthat written b\\\\ Dr. Haker on the restriction and\\nprevention of dangerous conununicable diseases.\\nThese papers have been prepared and read at\\nvarious sanitary conventions that h.ave been held\\nin the St.atc of .Michig. in. More or less work h.as\\nat.so been done by o\\\\u- subject on the several special\\ntreatises issued by the State I .onid of llealtli on\\nthe restriction and prevention of small-pox. sear-\\nlet fever, diphtheiia. typhoi l fever. consum|)tion\\nand niea.sles. The thirty-eight (me thous: nd page\\nvolumes of copies of letters sent out from the\\notlice of the .State Hoard of Health contain ad-\\nvice to local olliivis throughout the Stale on pub-\\nlie health work. Duiing the existence of this\\nboard the public health laws of the .State have\\nbeen compiled at three dififerent times under Dr.\\nHaker s direction. The last volume is entitled\\nLaws of the .State of .Michigan relating to the\\npublic health in force in 18b(0.\\nDr. Haker was married to Jliss Fannie II. How-\\nard, a daughter of .Sanford Howard, who was\\nat the time Secretary of the .State Board of\\nAgriculture, at Lansing. The marriage was sol-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "o\u00c2\u00ab\\nPOKTIIAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nemiiised at Lansing. September 9. 1867. They are\\ntill- |i:irent8 of six eliildreii. (h C sons aiui (nic\\n(laughter. Two of the .-^oiis ;ire deceased. The\\nlivinu cliitdren are Howard K.. Henry B., Jr.. lUir-\\nlon .Vdaiiis and HeU-ii F. Our nlijeet helped to\\neslalili.sli the .ALisonir lodiic at West Bay City.\\nand is still a meniliei-; Imt was made a Jlasoii in i\\nLodge \\\\o. .S. i. ill lyansiiiy. haviiit; entered in\\n18.58. He is a inenilier of the .Masonir Chapter.\\n.No. 9. of Lansing, and of (nnniandei v, Xo. 11.\\nK. T., at Ionia. Socially hi- lieloiigs to tlie 1 and\\nI Clul of ansiiig.\\nl^lsewhere in this N-dhinie tlic reader will iiotiee\\na lithograiihie portrait of Dr. Baker.\\nCHARLES W. BE.\\\\RDSLEV. I hi^ popular\\ngentleman lias been engaged in tlic dry\\ngoods business for over twenty-li\\\\( yi .-irs\\nand is considered one of the leading merchants of\\nWilliamston. His father was Whitmore Beards-\\nley, son of Aram Beardsiey of erlnollt. who at an\\nearly day removed his family to(i( ui see County.\\nN. Y. After the death of his lirst wife he niarriiMJ\\na Miss Barker who became the mother if Whit-\\nmore Beardsiey. The grandfather of our ^ulijcii\\ntook part in the War of 1812. tint followed farin-\\ninu through life, sjiending his hisl years in Ivic\\nConnty.X. Y. Both he and his wife died in 187(;.\\nwhen each had reached the \\\\ciicralile aue of four-\\nscore and ten years.\\n(ienesee County was the iiatixe home of Whit-\\nmore Beardsiey. and there he was married to Diana\\nX edder a grand-daughter of .leremiah Spaulding.\\nTo this couple were born two sons, Charles W. and\\n(Jeoi ge B. In 18ofi the family removed from Eric\\nCounty. X. Y.. to Wheatfield Township. Ingham\\nCounty, and after ten 3 ears Mr. Beardsiey made\\nhis home in Perry Township. Shiawassee Count\\\\\\nwhere he resided for another decade and linallv\\ndie l wiiile with his son Charles at illiamston.\\nlie was a fur buyer and followed that business for\\na series of years. He belonged to the Order of\\n)dd Fellows and he and his wife were both at-\\ntached to the Presbyterian Church. His political\\nviews led him into sympathy with the Republican\\nparty and he was a Supervisor both in Wheatfield\\nand l err\\\\- for se\\\\ eral terms.\\nHe of whom we write had lii liirth in Erie\\nCounty. Y.. in 1841. and was twelve yeai old\\nwhen he migrated witli hi parents to ^Michigan.\\nI pon reaching his in. ijority lie took a position as\\nclerk with II. II. Spaulding of Williamston. and at\\nthe end of six years purchased Mr. Spanlding s in-\\nterest and carried on the Imsiness alone for a year.\\nAfter this he was at \\\\ariou tiiiies in jiaitnership\\nwith Mr. Bowermaii and witli Mr. Hortoii. his\\nfather-in-law. but is now carrying on the enter-\\nprise alone and has a well selected .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-tock of dry-\\ngoods, boots and slK es. He is also one of the\\nstockholders in the State Bank at Williamston.\\nHis inan-iage with ^lary A., daughter of Thomas\\nand Sophi.-i Hoitoii. took place in 1875 at William-\\n1on. Fuither mention is made of this po|mlar\\nand re^pecled family U|)oii another page of this \\\\-ol-\\niinie. l o our subject and his wife have been born\\nthree children George IL. Fred R. and Kate I.,\\nand all are still at home. The political principles\\nof Mr. ISeanlsley being in sympathy with the Re-\\npublican party, and his energy and entei prise, as\\nwed as the contidence which his neighbors repose\\nin him have made him a member of the School\\nlioard. a Trustee of the village ;iiid President of\\nthe CoMimou Council. He is an active ineinber of\\nthe AiK-ieiit Order of I nited Workmen and\\ndee])ly interested in the plans of that oruaniza-\\nlioii.\\nI 1\\nASOX I). ClIATTFirroX wa.- liorii in\\nMount I loll I!utl;ind ounty. \\\\t.. August\\n1\u00c2\u00ab;!8. .luiie 2. I8. )l. he came to Michi-\\ngan with his jiaients. two bi-others and a\\nsister, anil stopjied temporarily with C. I). Woleott\\nin X irtli Farmington. Oakland Unnty. while hi\\nfather prospec^ted for a home. On the 23d of the\\nsame month his father bought a farm of Horace\\nHa\\\\ ens. two miles west of the village of Okemos,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) mofiRAI lllCAr- ALHCM. 2(i!i\\nill Mil iili.in Tciwiisliiii. liiiiliMiii i)mil\\\\. Mini mi (iicuil mirl. riiiiiniissiuiiiT of Iii r|i:iiii (niiiin.\\n.Inly 7 fidliiwiiiji tin- tainilv rcniu\\\\c(l to tins |il;uc. mihI lu-ld thai position tor four voiirs. from \\\\Hti\\\\\\nTlu |);uviit. of our sulijct-t were Daniel and lolMCI). He was also i lc -tffl to llic (i(ticiM)f Judsic\\nl{i t i (.Ifwi It I liaUcrloii. The fallior ua lioni of llic j ldlialc ouii of Iiijiliain ouiit\\\\ ami\\nl-Vliruaiy 2. l ^(tH. and was \\\\\\\\h ouui Vst son of soivcd as sucli from .laiuiary 1. 187:5, to .lanuai\\\\\\nDavid liattcrton. AfK r Ilic dfatli of liis father 1. IM81. He was I lcsident of the villatre (now\\nhe iMirehased from the olhei lieir- tin ulil home- eily) of Mason for tlie vear IH72. l he honor was\\nstead where he was horn in Ciinont. and tiure lie ronferred ii|ii ii him of ie|\u00c2\u00bbi-esentin the Sixth\\nresided until .Inne. DS.jl. Tlieii home in Meridian (iniiressiona! District of Miehiiran in the National\\nwas for several yi ars in a lot; house in the midst i;e|mlilican dincnl ion which nomiuMled .Inmes\\nof heavily timliered land, lie continued tolisi (i. Hlaine for I resident. The additional lionoi-\\nthereuntil the time of his death. im|irovini; the was tendered him in IHSl of a|i|iointment as\\nfarm and iiiaUini; a home until it iiccamc.-i lieauli- I liilcd States (Oiisiil lo Aiicklaml. New Zeahind.\\nfill iilacc. Iiiit this honor was declined.\\nDaniel h.attcitoii was an eaiiicsl uoiUcr in the .Mr. Chatterton commenced the |iiactice of law\\niiaptist hiircli while residini;- in ermoiil .-md was at )kenios in IHdI. Thence he iemo\\\\( d to.Ma.son\\nan etlicient and aenerous liel|ier. lie died .\\\\|iiil in the spiina of llStiT) and came to Lansing in De-\\nIt. |H()(i. ;ui l his wife followed him eleven ye.iis ciinlier. \\\\XM. While a resident of Mason he whs\\nlater; both :ii e interred in the cemetery at .Meri- elected I resident of the l :irmeis liaiik. Iicina\\ndi.iii. Uoth lie ind his wife were j atly beloved elecle l to this oflice on the oroanization of the\\nin the locality in which they lived. They wer institution Iiine 7. IKHti. lie has held that jiosi-\\nli\\\\ie hiistiaiis and li\\\\cd closely to the |iiincilihs lion ever since. In 1X82 he s|penf one hundred\\nthat iiui l* II life of a follower of the iiiceU .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid days in Kurope. si ah t -see in a. at the .-anie time act-\\nlowly ()iic. in aj^ ^pt eial corres|)on leiit of the l,;insina S/nli-\\nMason 1). wa- one of a family of foni children. Republican.\\nwhose names arc as follows: (Jeoijie .V.. now of In 1888 .Mj-. hattertun cummeneed wiiliiii; a\\nMt. I leasant; Sarah K., the wife of .Vu^n.-^lvis I.. book on the law and iiraetiee in Probate oiirl*.\\nSlura \u00e2\u0080\u00a2kciiios. Inaham County; .md This is bcina puslied to conijiletion as fast as |JO!\\n.lewetf IC now a resident of .Mt. I leasant. sibli ami from the prospectus it will undoubtedh\\nOur subject w:u- the lirsl student examined ;iinl be a \\\\aliiable addition to legal libraries, .luiie 2.\\nadmitted to the Aaricultural CoUeae, where he I8(; I. he was united in niarriasje with Jliss Mary\\nremained for thicc years. Aftii- that he spent one .Morrison of Okenios. This union has been lilest\\nyear in tli\u00c2\u00ab St;itc Normal School, and M:ir li 27. by the birth of one child, a son. Floyd M.. who is\\nIKfil, a l fi om tin la\u00c2\u00ab dcp.-iitmcnl of the now attcndina the .\\\\ai ifiil ial Collejie. .Mrs.\\nMichiuaii I iiixersily. receivina tin dcaiec of hatteiton is a dauahter of Norris and .lane Mor-\\nHacheloi of Laws, and .-ifterwanl llic dej^ree of rison. who came to this county at .a very early\\n.Master of Science from the Aaiiciiltiir. il College. day and .settled on a farm south of Okenios. .She\\nHe determined to divote hiniscif to the leaal pro- was born in Ohio February 2 l. 18;i!\u00c2\u00bb.\\nfession and went into the study preparatorv for A\\\\ liatever success Mr. Chatterton has attained\\nthe practice of his chosen callina with ;dl the has been throuah his own exertions. Connneneina\\nenergy that has char.Mcterizcd his whole student at the bottom round of the ladder he has literally\\ncour. e. .March 2:i. 18(11. he was admitted to the noiked his w;iy tlirouah college. l)oardina himself\\nbar of Michigan, and September 2. 1871. to the and living in sk\\\\ parlors. Me knows allot the\\nbai of liuted States courts. He has held many advantages and disad\\\\antaai s of being poor, and\\ninumciiial ollices. ;uid was .an incumbeii of the entertains a true sympathy for those who are bat-\\notfiee of Town C lerk for the township of Meridian tliiig to overcome the ditliculties that lie along the\\nfor theyeais I SCI -(;2-(!;i: was ele l(i| to the otiice of patliwa\\\\ of one in ^tijiighteiied ciri umstaiK es.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "210\\nPOETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nHe has attained to the degree of Knight Templar\\nin the Jlat^onie order. He is a stockholder in two\\nbanks in the capital city and in one at Leslie.\\nThe greater part of his attention has been given to\\nthe practice of his profession, although he has\\ndealt more or less in moneyed securities for a\\nmini her of years.\\n^*L^ EXHY C. KLOC KSIEM. Among the promi-\\nnent liiisiness iirms of Lansing we are\\npleased to mention that of Klockseim A:\\n,j Bailey, dealers in real estate, who have also\\na loan office and insurance business in which our\\nsubject has been engaged for the last nine j^ears.\\nHe is one of our (4ermau- American citizens who\\nare a credit alike to the land of their birth and the\\ncountry of their adoption, and his characteristic\\n(ierman qualities have helped to keep him in the\\n\\\\;ui among the leading men of Lansing.\\nMr. Klockseim was born in Germany in Febru-\\nary, 1849, and is the son of John and Fredericka\\n(Miller) Klockseim. It was in 1854, when, having\\ncome to this country, he located at La Porte, Ind.,\\nwhere he remained for some time. While tliere\\nhis two elder brothers were in the Tnited States\\nniiiiy. and tot)k part in the AVar of the Rebellion.\\nAt the age of eleven years our subject entered\\nthe store of John Richter, which was a general\\nstore and grocery, and remained witli him for\\ntwelve years, growing up from a little errand boy\\nto l)eing the trusted and confidential clerk, and\\nfinally managing the business when his principal\\nwas away. ]Mr. Richter is the only man for whom\\nM r. Klockseim ever worked, as when he was t weiity-\\nllni c years old he engaged in Ijusiiiess for himself\\n:it l,:i Porte, continuing thus for eleven years,\\n:i It hough the last eight years of that time he was\\nin this city carrying on his business, having a full\\nline of groceries and crockeiy.\\nIt was in 1876 that Mr. Klockseim came to Lan-\\nsing, and having carried on his store for some time\\nsuccessfully he closed it out and with Mr. S. H.\\nMiller opened an office for the transaction of real\\nestate, loan and insurance business. This partner-\\nship continued until the death of Air. Miller in\\nISSS, wlien our suliject associated with him Mr.\\n.1. W. Bailey, and in this connection has remained\\nui) to the i)resent date.\\nAt the present time the gentleman of whom we\\nwrite is not officially connected with any corpora-\\ntion .although he has been connected with each of the\\nbanks. He has been the Alderman and Supervisor\\nof the Fiftli Ward for two years, and also of the\\nFouitli A\\\\ ard. which is in both cases quite remark-\\nalile. as both wards are strongly Democratic while\\nhe is an ardent Republican, and has been such from\\nthe time he cast his first majority ballot. He is a\\nmember of the Knights Templar of the Masonic\\norder, and of the Royal Arcanum, and is .also a\\nmember of the Blue Lodge of Masonry, having\\nbeen made Mason at the first meeting of the Lodge\\nafter Jie was twent3 -one years old.\\nThe happy marriage of our subject took place\\nFeliruary 1, 1870, and he w.as then united to\\nMiss Anna R. Walter, of Sandusky County, Ohio,\\nand to them have been granted one lovel) daugh-\\nter Lilly E. ;Mis. Klocksiem was born in San-\\ndusky Count}-, Ohio, and is the daughter of .John\\nL. AValter, a farmer in that region, and one of the\\nmost prominent men in that section of Ohio. The\\nbeautiful residence which was erected by our sub-\\nject in 1888 is in a delightful part of Lansing,\\nand is considered one of the finest residences in\\nthe citv.\\nrepresentative of one of t\\nof Livingston Count}-, as\\n]/,ILLlAM K. HOSLEY. We have here a\\nthe first families\\nthe grandfather\\nof our subject came hither from Madison County,\\nX. v., in 1836, and settled in Deerfield Township.\\nHere he took seven hundred and twenty acres of\\nGovernment land, all covered with heavj- timber,\\nand lived upon it for many years, subduing it\\nfrom the condition of a wilderness to that of a\\nhighly cultivated farm. His first home was a log", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBl.M.\\n21 1\\nhuiiM .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2mil lii.- ;iilit sl iH iirlili()r were lii(li;iii .\\\\li llo.-lox. Tlii?- uentleiiian i- :i Proliihitioni^t\\nwhile the licst i(i;i(l\\\\v;iys wliii-li lie Iniiiiii tc In- in hi.- political views mikI like his fiithcr is m I lii-\\n(lian trails and hiaziMl ticcs \u00c2\u00abirr llic milv ii;n \\\\cisalisl in rclisjioiis liflicf. lie came tu .Mii-liitran\\nposts at :iM c Mi l\\\\ (law lieilijT one of tlu 1ii t in Livii) r-\\nW illiani llosli v. a son of tliis pionctT. is now a 1 ston iimit\\\\. and settled at Oak drove where his\\nletiied farmer and has seen many years of exjier- son William K. was limn. He had six hundred\\ni nce and lalior. ;is he was liom in Snili\\\\:in. .M:\\\\di- and foity acics of hi-a\\\\y timher and estalilished a\\nson County. N. .Inly 7. \\\\X 2\\\\. and is the son of stoiv. besides the mills o| whi li \\\\vr liaxc ali eaflv\\n.Joseph .and S;irali Xorlhrop) llosley. who were spoken, and in I H\u00c2\u00ab 1 renio\\\\ I d to m t:irm on .-eetioii\\nnatives of ernmnl .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2md New York respectively. K!. wheic he resided until l.s!l|. when he removed\\nI hcy had two sons, our suhjecfs father. William to the \\\\illai;;e of Howell, lie. like man\\\\ othcis.\\nand Holland. His politi al views lirouiiht him into\\nalliance with the Demociatic |iMrty and his relifr-\\nioiis comictions made him a niemher of the I ni-\\nversalist Church, while his wife was .-in earnest\\nMethodist.\\nWilliam llosley recei\\\\ e(l liul .i limited education\\nand remained .at home lakinii chariic of the farm\\nuntil the death of his paient.s. when the property\\ni-ame into his po.ssession. He lived on the same\\nfor ni;in\\\\ years and tinalh purchased iirist mill\\nand a sawmill .-md now own- one hundred ind\\nforty acres of lan l hesides having- iven .a f.arm to\\neach of his sons. His seven children .arc Miner.\\nBetsey. Ivlij.ah. arric. William, l- .sthcr ami l-lmma.\\nThe chihlren are all mairied .and each one has pre-\\nteiited their proud father with beautiful i i;ind-\\nchildien. Aliner marrieil Iiss Clara Kneeland\\nand hi- three childicn are Lula. l [\\\\y and I .d.-i:\\nl-ula lieiiiL; now Mrs. Dickerson: l!etsc\\\\ is .Mrs.\\nhad a very decided touch of the uold fevei. and in\\npuisiiil of tli.at precious metal traveled to Pike s\\nI e.ak and New Mexico.\\nilliam K. llosley. who is LainiiiiL; on section\\nl;!, of Howell Township, has line tract of one\\nhundred and fort,\\\\ acres -111(1 is .also a liiiyer of\\nstock of all kinds which he ships to Detroit and\\nBuffalo. lie li.Ms a lie:iutifiil home o\\\\ er which pre-\\nsides the lady who liecaiiu his wife. Shi was\\nknown in in r maiden da\\\\s .as .lanet .Millar, .and\\nher home previous to marriau c w.as in Detroit.\\nThe liirthplace v( oui suhject w;is \u00c2\u00bbak (iidve. I,i\\\\-\\niiiiistiui County, and he tir. t saw the liiilit .lune\\n24. l8/)2. He had his eilncation in his new home\\nand started out when eiiihteen \\\\eais old selliiiii\\nnursery stock, and Ir.avcled for four \\\\fais.\\n.Somewhat later our suhject tia\\\\eled toC.alitVu-\\nnia as airent for a .sewing- machine and spent some\\ntwo years upon the co.ast. and it was upon his re-\\nMiller, who has two children. Belle .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iml Stephen. I luni 1o M ii-hig-.-iii that he estalilished his home .and\\nand as Belle mariied .Mr. I urdy and has one child.\\nClaude. William Hosley is now a trreat-uiandfalhci-.\\nKlijah mariied Maria I,!iw-tliei- and has three chil-\\ndren William. Nellie and May: C.arrie is now\\n^Irs. Nickel and has oiie child. Millrose: Msther.\\nnow .Mrs. llcardsley. h:is live children \u00e2\u0080\u0094l- ,tliel.\\nMaud. Claud. I-loyd. and an unnamed infant. and\\nKnima is Mrs. Oreen. whose two children are Clyde\\nand .Mabel.\\nThe mother of this famih. to whom William\\nlook Id himself a wife. Mrs. IIosle\\\\ s iiarent.-\\nWilli.-uii and .l;iuel .Mill.-ir. .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ire Scotch b\\\\- birth and\\ncame to Anieiica about IMdC. ;ind settled in De-\\ntroit where Mr. .Millar carried on .-i wholes.ale ui-o-\\ncery store, but has now retired from busine.-s. His\\nIhiee children are .Mrs. llosley. Belle. .Mr.-. M illiain\\nCross), and Lillia.\\nAftrr marriauc the origin.al of this sketch came\\n(into llie farm where he now re.-ides and has j-e-\\nmained here, except .is he has gone away oeeasion-\\nllosley was united in 1H|1. bore tlu maiden nann ally to buy stoi k. lie and his lovely wife are the\\nof Jliss Kliza Beach. She died in iHiMI. and Mr. h. ippy parents of four childi en (Jrace. Blanch,\\nllosley is now united with .Mrs. Deboi-.ah .1. :ii dell. airicaiid illi.am .M. The mother of these little\\nilaughter of Lemuel :ind Mary Fuller, who li;id I ones is a iiiadliate of the ||iir|i .School of Detroit\\nten ehildren. ()nly two of the uumbei- .-i re now I .and is hiirhly educated boi h in music and in a lil-\\nliving. Ml-. .M(d- ai-land of Jackson. .Mich., .ind erar\\\\ w:i\\\\ and is a woman of more th.an ordinar\\\\", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "212\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ntalent. Mr. Hosley is one of the prominent and\\nleading men in the county and thof^e who are\\nassociated with him in the movements of the\\nDemocratic partN- predict still greater success in\\nlife. lie has already filled several minor offices\\nand has been both successful and satisfactory in\\nthe discharge of his business.\\nAY C ADV. This ])rogressive, intelligent\\nand thrift\\\\- agriculturist, who enjoys the\\nconfidence of llie liusiness community re-\\nsides on section .S 1 Leroy To^vnship. Ing-\\nliani County. He is n native of AVayne County,\\n^lich.. and was liorn .Ianuar\\\\ 11, 1H34. His i)arenls,\\nDavid anil 3Iary (Ihitton) Cady. were Iwth natives\\nof the Empire State, who became early settlers of\\nWayne C iiuity. Mich., and had born to them a\\nlarge family of children, the following being the\\ns\\\\u-vivors; Lewis, David. Clinton, Jesse, (ieorge,\\nAruna, .lay and William. The grandfather Cady\\nwas a Revolutionary soldier and his memory is\\nhighly honored in the family. During the early\\nyears of Wayne County, the fatiier served as .Jus-\\ntice of the Peace and was iirominent in pulilic\\naffairs.\\n.lay Cady grow u)) amid the scenes of pioneer\\nlife and early took up llic \\\\v(^rk of a farm. His\\nearly education fitted him for practical life,\\nalthough he did not go beyond the curriculum of\\nthe district school. His wedding day was .June 29,\\n1856 and he was then married to Martha Coyken-\\ndall who was born in Xew York November 22,\\n1832. She was the daughter of W. Coyken-\\ndall of the Stale of New York and of (Ger-\\nman extraction. When a child Mrs. Cady emi-\\ngrated with her parents to Wayne Countw Mich.,\\nwhere they became pioneers.\\nTo our subject and his worthy wife have come\\nfour children, only two of whom are now living,\\nnamely: Omar and Nelson E., while the two who\\nhave passed on to the other world are Clara and\\nWells. Tlie brothers and sisters of Mrs. Cady are\\nJerome and Cyrus who lives in Branch County.\\nMich.; Nelson who lives in Montcalm County and\\nSophro nia, wife of George Rash, whose home is in\\nWashtenaw.\\nIn 1857 our sul)jectcame tolngham County and\\nmade his home in the forest, where now lies his\\nrichly cultivated farm. He first built a log cabin\\n18x24 feet in dimensions and lived therein until\\n1886. at which time he erected the attractive resi-\\ndence which is now the family home. He now has\\nfifty-five acres of rich and aralile land and in the\\naccumulation of this property he has been ably\\nseconded by his faithful helpmate. He is a Demo-\\ncrat in his political convictions, and is earnestly\\ndevoted to the ]nogress of that party, but has\\nnever been an otHce-seeker. Both he and his\\nworthy wnfe are highly esteemed among their\\nneighbors and his reputation for integrity and\\nfair dealing is known throughout the county.\\nI\\nc=1\\n~^3\\n#-f^\\nCS\\nANFIELD W. COLE. During the dark\\n.^AN.IL\\nOfXs\\nof the Civil War, Michigan did her\\nshare in supplying troops to defend\\nthe honor of the old flag and maintain that union\\nof States which h.as proved to be the strength and\\nglory of our nation. The record of those sf ns.\\nwhom she sent forth, forms a story of hardships\\nnobly I lorne. battles braveh fouglit, marches sturd-\\nily undertaken, and imprisonment nobly endured\\nfrom motives of purest patriotism, and it is with\\npleasure that the l)iographer takes up his pen to\\ngive a life sketch of any one of these heroes,\\namong whom we are glad to name the gentleman\\nwho is represented in this narrative.\\nMr. Cole was born April 12, 18;51,in the State of\\nNew York and is therefore now sixty years old.\\nIlis grandfather, Daniel Cole, was born in Connec-\\nticut and his father, Timothy Cole, was. like him-\\nself, a native of New York and a farmer. Betsey\\nCanfield became the wife of Timothy Cole, and\\nto them were granted ten children, three daughters\\nand seven sons and our subject is the seventh child\\nand fifth son.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n215\\nTill rliildrcn of Tiiiiotliy Mini lU tsey .le Mre\\nMS follows: ConlcliM. hoiii AiiLjiist 21. 1M19, the\\nwilt of II. Bnicc ami tin- iiiollu i of three sons:\\nCliMrles ((leccMsed). horn Ocfolier 1. IH-Jd Mnd\\ninMiriecl to MMiifMiet I Mtteison liy whom he had\\nt W(i eliihlren mIIsIm. horn Ailiiust 10. 1^21. who\\nmarried William T. .1. I ucki r of Wisconsin, is the\\nmothei of ten children; (u-ori^e II. who was horn\\nDecemhcr (J, 182;{ and married to Susan (iillett hv\\nwhom he is the fatherof three children; K. .M. horn\\nSeptemher 5. IHiC; William II. horn .Inly 2. 1H2H,\\nand lives in KMnsa.s; our suhject horn April 12.\\n11^31; .lames horn ^lareh 11, 1882 and live.s in\\nOhio; Temi)erMnce T.. deceased, horn April 19.\\nIH. VI and married Mr. ]{oper hy whom she had one\\nchilli: .Vlliert A. horn Novemher :W. IS. JG.\\nHe of whom we write had his hirtli in New Yoik.\\nHis first wife, Sarah Eli/.alieth \\\\anHuren, hy name.\\nwas a distant relative of President an]^uren. To\\nher he w-.as united ajxin Christmas Day, 1859, and\\ntheir wedded life extended over a (leriod of twenty\\nvears, as she died Septemher JO, 1H79. His second\\nunion hrou^ht to his home Mai v .V. Ila.-kin to\\nwhom he was married in ^liehiaan. She lived\\nsome ten ,vears after her marriage with him, dying\\nJune 14, 1H89. The present Mrs. Cole hore the\\nmaiden name of Kmily J. Coon, and she became\\nthe wife of our suhject in 1H90. Her social inter-\\ncourse is in\\\\icli restricted on account of her afflic-\\ntion hy deafness, which is a great drawback to her\\nenjo.yinent of society.\\nIn early life Mr. Cole learned the trade of a har-\\nne.ss-maker in A ew York, but has not adhered to\\nthat business through life. While in Pennsylvania\\nhe carried on a farm and after he returned to New\\nYork he learned the trade of a carpenter which he\\nworked at for some time after coming to Michigan\\nin 181)2. In 18(il he eidisted in the defense of his\\ncountry banner, joining Company (i. Tenth\\nMichigan Cavalry, and was a member of the arm\\\\\\nuntil the close of the war when he was mustered\\nout and received an honorable discharge.\\nOur subject is carrying on general farm work\\nand keeps upon his place the usual amount of good\\nstock which is to be found upon a tirst-class farm\\nbut does not make a specialty of this branch of\\nagricultui-e. In years past he has belonged to the\\n)rder of )dd Fellows, hut is not now- an active\\nmemher of any six iety except the (Jrand .\\\\rmy of\\nthe Ueiuihlic. He is upon the pension list of the\\nI nited States which he richly deserves on account\\nof the biave lighting he did dining the war. He\\nis a lirm believer in the doctrines embodied in the\\njilMtfoiin of the Ivcpuhliran pMrly but hi.- interest\\nin thecMU.-eof tcmperMnce leMils him to cast his\\notc foi- Piohihition whenever he has an op|)ortu-\\niiit\\\\. He attend the Free Methodist Church.\\nm^-^\\nOL. KKEDKHK K .SCIINEIDKH. This gen-\\ntleman is interested in several branches of\\nbusiness, viz: Notary public, conveyancing,\\nreal estate, insurance, foreign collections, exchange\\nMild passage agent, moneys loaned and invested,\\nami titles examined. His office is located at No.\\n224,1 .North Washington Avenue, Lan.sing. in his\\nown block, which comprises Nos. 2 2 2 and 224\\nNorth Washington Avenue. This block is an im-\\nposing building, having stores below and flats and\\noffices in the second and third stories. It is in the\\ncenter of the business part of the city, and is in\\ndemand for every department for which it was\\nbuilt.\\nCol. Schiieiiler is loyal to the State in which he\\nwas horn and feel- tli;it having given him life, it\\nwill also give him n maintenance among the peo-\\nple with whom for years he has been associated.\\nHe was born at .Saline, W.a.shtenaw County, Mich..\\nXovember21. 1811) and i.- a son of I eter .Schneider,\\nnow deceased, who wa? a farmer. and a man largely\\nengaged in business at and near Detroit where he\\nwas a resident from boyhood. Our subject spent\\nthe lirst three years of his life at .Saline, when with\\nhis parents he removed to the city of Detroit. His\\nmother was before her marriage. Mary Huehle.\\na daughter of John alentine Huehle and his\\nwife Susanne (Kronenwett) Huehle. Our subject s\\npaternal grandfather was Balthasar Schneider. Both\\njiaternal and maternal giaudparcnts and live other\\nGerman families came to this country in 1832 and\\nsettled at Detroit, they being, so far as is now", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "216\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nknown, the first German families who came there\\nto make tlieir liomeis, or iiidocd. who settled in\\nwhat was then the territory of Michigan. John\\nValentine Ruchle. .Sr.. was a distinguisiied citizen of\\nBaden, (kninany. having been an officer in the\\nWar with Najjoleon. and also .serving as Burgo-\\nmaster of liis native town for a number of years.\\nHe was a man of intelligence and energy, bound\\nto succeed wherever placed.\\nShortly after his marriage, Peter Schaeidcr re-\\nmoved to Saline. Washtenaw County, but soon re-\\nturned to Detroit where he again engaged in\\nousiness, living part of the time on his farm which\\nis now incorporated in the city. There he engaged\\nin dairying, stock-breeding, manufacturing and\\nbuilding. He remained until IKTfl, when he sold\\ntint all his interests and removed to White Bear\\nLake, Minn., ten miles nortii of St. Paul. There,\\nwith three of his sons, he engaged in farming on a\\nlarge scale and carried on his agricultural interests\\nver^ successfully until they were checked by his\\ndeath which occuried December 31, 1878. The\\ndeath of his wife had occurred three months before\\nhis decease. They left a family of seven children\\ncomprising four sous and three daughters, who are\\nas follows: Frederick, the subject of our sketch,\\nwho is the oldest member of the family now living;\\nJohn Henry, Peter and Charles William. Mary.\\nSophia and Caroline. Peter Schneider w.as a\\ncliarter memlier of the old Washington Lodge of\\nthe Indejiendent Order of Odd Fellows of De-\\ntroit, the first lodge that w.as organized in this\\nState, and an active memlier of the old Fire Depart-\\nment of Detroit and of the Detroit Scott Guards,\\nand was an ardent Free Soil AViiig.\\nOur subject received both a common school and\\nacademic education in Detroit and afterward grad-\\nuated from Biyant and SlrattonV Commercial Col-\\nlege, of the same city. AMjen he had tinished his\\neducation he went to Chicago, and was there em\\nployed .as a ti aveling agent, and later became a\\nshipping clerk for a wholesale grocery and com-\\nmission house. Before leaving iiome he had be-\\ncome a member of theDetioit Seott (iuards. an old\\nmilitary orgaiiization tlial iiad beiMi lirsl organized\\nby his uncle, .1. A Ruehle..h.. in 1840. lie being its\\nfust Captain, afterward Major in the First 3Iichi-\\ngan Infantry in the Mexican AVar. .and later a\\nLieutenant-Colonel in tbe Sixteentli Infaiitiy in\\nthe AVar of the Relielli(^in.\\nOur subject remained in Chicago as a shipping-\\nclerk until tlie first call foi- troops made by Pre.;ident\\nLincoln. April 1.5, 1861, on which day he enlisted.\\nHe was not an untrained soldier for he had [irevi-\\n(ju.-ly drilled witli the Detroit Scott Guards and\\nwith the Ellsworth Zouaves of Chicago and was\\nfamiliar with military drill. The next d.ay after\\nhis enlistment at Chicago he received a tele-\\ngram from the .Secretaiy of the company in De-\\ntroit, of which he was still .an honorary member,\\nstating that the whole company had enlisted, and\\ntliat he (the writer) had saved one jilace for Mr.\\n.Schneider. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Would he come. Our subject im-\\nmediately had bis Cliicago enlistment caiuelled -111(1\\nwired back tliat he would come to Detroit by the\\nnext train, which he did. The call was for three\\nmonths volunteers. The Chicago firm for wliom\\nhe had been working .-issured iiim that iiis salary\\nshould go on, which the}- paid him, .and if he came\\nback he sliould have his position again. Young\\nSchneider entered the company as a private and\\nwas soon after sent to the front, hiscomp.any being\\nthe second to offer its service in this State, follow-\\ning the Detroit l^iglit (iiiards liy only twent\\\\-\\nminutes. This early response to the call for volun-\\nteers gained his company the option of second place\\nin the First Regiment, or first place in the Second\\nRegiment, and it was decided to take the first posi-\\ntion ill the Second Regiment, which was being\\nformed simultaneously with the First Regiment.\\nIn the meantime, the War De|)artnient had ordered\\nthat only one regiment should be mustered from\\nAlichigan for three months. All others must enter\\nfor three years, or for the duration of the war.\\n,\u00e2\u0080\u00a2111(1 thus his (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0(impanv was the first that enlisted\\ntortile three years service.\\nMr. Schneider was mustered into the United\\nStates service on Alay \u00e2\u0080\u00a225, 1861. Prior to tliat time\\nhe was ))idinoted to be Company Clerk and from\\nthat |iost to Cor)ioral. He wasaihanced from that\\nposition toSergeant and a Mich wm mustered into\\nthe United States service in Company A. of the\\nSeconcl Michigan Infantry. He served with his\\nregiment Ihrough the entire war, particip.ating in", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n21;\\nall its niMrclu s. kiriiii lK and halllcs, with tin\\nI xc i ptiiiii of lw(i engafit inenls that took place\\nwhile lie was a piisoiior f war and at the same\\ntiniesiifferiii j from a wdund. lie held nearly every\\nposition in tiie rejjinient durintr its term of ser-\\nvice, from i)riv!ite to Colonel and was the last Com-\\nniauder of his regiment. During the war he was\\ntwice wounded in liattle, and once seriously hurt,\\nwhile t)n a march, at which time his regiment was\\nengaged in the famous seven da\\\\s light during\\n(Jen. McCellan s change of h.a.se on the peninsula.\\nCol. Schneider fell into the hands of tlie enemy at\\nthree different times, escajjing twice. The last time,\\nhowever, he wai* re-captured and held a jjrisonerof\\nwar at Petersburg, Liliby Prison. Salislmry Stock-\\nade and Danville, and was finally exchanged\\nFebruary 22, IHfil, rejoining his regiment tlie day\\nafter the storming of Petersburg. lie would have\\ntaken ])art in this engagement had he ni l been re-\\nstrained liy order nf the Provost Marshal, wlm\\ntirdered that all nu u arriving be held back until\\nthe first results of the grand advance were known.\\nAfter rejoining and a.ssuming command of his\\nregiment. Col. Schneider was ordered after the sur-\\nrender at Appomattox, to Wii-sliington, and was .ts-\\nsigned to duty with his regiment as Provost (uiard\\nat the Capitol. He remained at this post until\\nfinally mustered out of service with his regiment\\nJul^- 2^, 1865, after which he came home with the\\nmen who had been associated with him so inti-\\nmately throughout that desperate struggle. A\\njoyous and grand reception awaited them on their\\nreturn, and a few days after tlie regiment w.is paid\\noff and disbanded. Col. Schneider having .served\\nfor four and a liaif years.\\nOn returning again to the life of a civilian. Col.\\nSchneider was married .Viigust 22. 18( to Miss\\nl^izzie .Strengson, of Detroit, a daugliter of Chris-\\ntian .Strengson. He had made arrangements to soon\\nthereafter go into business at Kansas City. ^lo..\\nbut was induced lo relinquish the project and ac-\\ncepted the nomination of City Treasurerof Detroit.\\nHis acceptance was made by the urgent advice of\\nhis numerous friends and relatives (m the Republi-\\ncan ticket, but the ticket was defeated the follow-\\ning November in the siibseciuent election. In\\nJauunry, 1866, a clerkship was offered him in the\\nAuditor-Genciars office at Lansing, by Audit r-\\n(Jeneral Kniil .\\\\nneke. This he accepted and en-\\ntered on the duties of that olHce February 1, lH( fi.\\nand after being an incumlient of that position for\\none year, he w,is (domoted to the positi m \u00c2\u00abjf Chief\\nof the -Vbstract Department, which place he held\\nuntil December 31, 18 .MI. covering a period of\\ntwenty-five years, minus one month. There lieing\\na change of administration, he resigned, his resigna\\ntion to take effect December ;{1. He went out with\\nthe old administration, having served llic State for\\na (luartcr of a century.\\nIll lHfi7. Col. Schneider was appointed agent loi-\\nCentral Michigan of an old foreign exchange and\\nbaiikiiighou.se in New York, which aiiiiointment he\\nstill holds. Shortly afterward he was appointed\\ncorrespondent of the German Imperial Consulate,\\nand has ever since been engaged in making foreign\\ncollections, outside of his otlicial duties. In 1870\\nhe. in company with his father and two of his\\nbrothers, invested in wild lands at White Bear\\nL.-ike. Minn., and becairiC interested in farming\\non a large scale. In the year of 1885, he sold\\nout his land interests in the State of Minnesota and\\ninvested in Lansing city property, erecting the\\nSchneider Block on North Washington Avenue. It\\nis a. handsome brick and stone structure, three\\nstories and basement in height, having forty-four\\nfeet frontage and being one hundred feet deep. It\\nconi])ares favorably with any of the business lihn ks\\nof this city.\\nSince oursul ject s retirement from State service,\\nhe has greatly enlarged his business in foreign col-\\nlections, and has added real estate, lire and life in-\\nsurance, to whicii he devotes his attention at the\\npresent time. Socially Col. Schneider is as pop-\\nidar as lie is well known in the city of Ioni-\\nsing. His wife is a whole-souled, intelligent, .-iiid\\ncultured woman, whose presence would be in\\nitself a means of insi)iration and impetus to any\\ninaii. Slic w:i- liorn in iermany February 2. I8I(i.\\nat Tuttliiigen in Wurtemberg. and is a daughter\\nof Christian .Strengson formerly a niei-chant and\\nGovernment otlicial in his native city in fJermany.\\nHe emigrated to the I nited .States and settled in\\nDetroit about 18511, where he ciigageil in business\\nand remained until his decease which occurred in", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "218\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n1888, he being at that time eighty-five years of\\nage. Miss Siren gson vvlio came to Detroit in her\\ninfancy, was educated in Detroit in the same school\\nin which our subject was a student and remained\\nat liome with lier parents in that city until her\\nmarriage.\\nFive children have been the issue of the marriage\\nof our subject .and his wife but only two still\\nlive, namely: Charles Frederick, born at Lansing\\nAugust 14, 1866, who graduated from the Michi-\\ngan Agricultural College, and was awarded the de-\\ngree of Biichelor of Science in the Cl.ass of 85.\\nHe afterward took a post-graduate course, passed a\\ncreditable examination, and was admitted to the\\nUnited States Signal School at Ft. Meyer, Wash-\\nington, D. C, from which, after graduating he was\\nassigned to duty as oliserver in the United States\\nsignal service .at Colorado Springs and Pike s Peak.\\nHe there remained until October, 1888, when he\\nwas transferred to the station at Detroit, where he\\nis still on duty. He has a home and family of his\\nown, having been married May 6. 1890, to Miss\\nCarrie Kasl, of Detroit. The youngest of our\\nsubject s children is a davigliter, Elizabeth Helen,\\nwho w.as born .July 28, 1889. Col. and Mrs.\\n-Schneider are members of the Plynioutli Congre-\\ngational Church. They have u pleasant home at\\nNo. 716 Seymour Street, where they have lived\\nsince May 12, 1866.\\nThe attention of the reader is invited to the\\nlithographic portrait of Col. Schneider, which is\\npresented in connection with this sketch.\\n^1\\nh:^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0H\\nll*^-^-\\n1 OBERT M. LAMOREAUX. The prosperity\\nand progressiveness of Ingham County, and\\nindeed of Michigan itself, is largely due to\\nthe unllagging efforts of the newspaper\\nmen of this section, who from the time the first\\nprinting press was set up in the Wolverine State\\nhave persistently and intelligently called the atten-\\ntion of investors to the riches to be found in the\\nsoil, the waters, the mines and the cliniate of Mich-\\nigan. The resources of the State were here Just as\\nmuch in that early day as they are now, but of\\nwhat avail would they have been to the people of\\nthe overcrowded P .ast had they not been advertised\\nin the columns of these newspapers. It is therefore\\nwith peculiar pleasure that the biographer responds\\nto the call to give a sketch of the life of any one\\nof the newspaper fraternity.\\nMr. Lamoreaux, the editor of the Ingham County\\nRepublican, which is published at Leslie, was born\\nin Steuben Country, Ind., February 8, 1865, his\\nhonored parents being Henry and Martha (Jones)\\nLamoreaux, whose native Slates are New York and\\nOhio respectively. They are married in .\\\\ngola.\\nInd., and now make their home at Battle Creek.\\nJlich. Henry Lamoreau.x is in moderate circum-\\nstances and carries on a farm C)f eighty acres near\\nBattle Creek, Mich. He has been a Republican all\\nhis life but has never been in oHice as he pieferred\\nto devote himself to his cho. -cii vocation of .-i\\nfarmer. Both he and liis gu(.)d wife are earnest\\nand conscientious memljers of the ^lethodist Ei)is-\\ncopal Church and the parents of four childrin:\\nCharles, Robert JI., Lee and Anna.\\nThe subject of this sketch is tlie second child in\\nage in his father s family and grew u)) upon the\\nfiiriii in Scott Township, Steuben County, until he\\nreached the age of eight years, at which time his\\nparents moved to Fennvillc. ^Vllegan County, Mich.,\\nand four years later removed to Calhoun County.\\nThe district school gave this boy his elementary\\neducation, which was supplemented by attendance\\nupon the High School at Battle Creek. He re-\\nmained with his father, assisting him upon his\\nfarm, and learning practical lessons of industry,\\nperseverance and thrift until he reached hismajoi-\\nity, when he determined to learn the piinter s\\ntrade and entered the olHce of the Daily Moon. a(\\nBattle Creek, as an apprentice. He remained in\\nthat office for three years and subsequently work-\\ned at his trade in Kalamazoo, Decatur, and South\\nBend, Ind.\\nSomewhat later the young printer conceived the\\nidea of making an independent start in the news-\\npa])er line and going to Augusta, Mich., he pur-\\nchased the Augusta Chronicle, which he published\\nfor a year and a half, after which he sold out and\\npurchased the Galesburg Enterprise, at Galesburg,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n219\\nMich. .Vfter operating this paper for a few inuiitlis\\nMr. l,;iiiiorcaiix went to Detroit and worked on\\nllie Ecen.iig 2^etvii for a short time, after wliicii he\\ncame, on New Year s Day, 1891, to Leslie, and\\nl)ouglit out the Ingham County Republican^ the\\norgan of the Republican ])arty in this section, liav-\\nmg nt the tin\\\\c a circulation of live hundred. 15y\\nlii punhaM lie icmU t-iitirc cliarge of tlic papei\\nand is now sulc I ditor and proprietor.\\n.Ml I^aniurcaux, as is natural to one in hi- ])osi\\nlion, lako a Ui cn intcrol in pulilic affairs and i\\nspecially inteiotcd in the movements of the He-\\n(nililican party, which he I eprcscnts. Ileisa warm\\nMclvocate of temperance and ji member of the order\\nof (lood Templars. Ilis marriage which took place\\nSi ptemlier 8. 1891. brought to his home Clara I?., a\\ndaughter of William and Maria (Connor) Wick-\\nham, of Calhoun County. Midi. Two years prior\\nto her marriage, Mrs. Lamoreaux was graduated in\\nstenography and type-writing and has become a\\nfaithfid partner in Imsiiiess with her husband. On\\nNovember 1. 1891, Mr. Lamoreaux ventured still\\nfurther in the journalistic tide and established tlie\\nBattle Creek Tribune, a firm adv(x-ate of Republi-\\ncanism. Ilis lirst issue came out the week of elect-\\nion giving Oiiio s victory. In Battle Creek he has\\ntaken up liis permanent abf de with oflice and\\nhon.seliold, and already ranks among tlie foremost\\ncitizens of tlie place.\\nGEORtxK DINCKEL, the present efficient\\nand popular .Supervisor of Locke Town-\\nsliip, Ingham County, whose home is lo-\\nlated on section 28, was born in Ontario, Can.a la,\\n.luly 24, 1829. His parents were Nicholas F. and\\nCatherine Dunckel. and both were natives of New-\\nYork and of (ierman ancestry on both sides. Their\\nprogenitors settled along the beautiful Mohawk\\nValley in New York several centuries ago, and\\nmany of them were valiant soldiei-s in the Revolu-\\nliitionary War and also in the War of 1812.\\nWluMi Init a small boy oui- subject emigrated\\nwith his parents to Micliigan when it was yet a\\nTerritory, and for several years the family resided\\nin Wayne County, whence they removed to Liv-\\ningston County, and resided there for a lime,\\ncoming to Ingham County in the fall of 1842.\\nHere the family made its home in Locke Town-\\nship, and both parents died in this new home. Of\\na large family of children born to them the fol-\\nlowing survive, namely: .Mrs. Mcginenjii. (Jshea\\nO., Daniel, George, William and .Mrs. Cornelius\\nDiet/..\\nThe father of our subject was one of the repre-\\nsentative i ioneers of this county, and had reached\\nhis eighty-sixth year when he pa.ssed from earth,\\nhis loss being greatly felt in the neighborhood.\\nHis son George was reared to manhood in Locke\\nTownship, amid the scenes of pioneer life, and did\\nhis full share in the clearing of the forests and\\nbreaking up of the virgin soil. Ilis father was a\\ncarpenter and joiner, and at the age of eighteen\\nthe young man decided to learn his father s\\ntrade, and follow^ed it for over a quarter of a cen-\\ntuiy, becoming a contractor and builder, and em-\\nploying at times a large number of h.inds. It is\\nclaimed that he has built as many barns and mills\\nin Ingham County as any man who can be named,\\nand much of his handiwork is still to be seen in\\nthe residences and barns of Locke Township.\\nI For the last few years Mr. Dunckel has devoted\\nhim.self exclusively to agricultural jmrsuit.-i. He\\nreceived the rudiments of his education in the\\nearly district schools of this county. His own ef-\\nfort.* have made of him a well-read gentleman\\nand lie has earnestly co-oi)eratcd with every effort\\nto advance the best interests of the comniunilv.\\nHis marriage with Lydia Hill, September 30. 1855,\\nl rought him eight children, of whom the follow-\\ning survive: Marcena, Lina, Robert, Kdmi and\\nStanley.\\nThe present .Mrs. Dunckel became the wife of\\nour subject in July, 1884, and she has l)orne him\\none son, Moses. Before her union with him she\\nwas a widow, Mrs. Henrietta Fairbanks. Mr.\\nDunckel now owns two hundred and seventy-six\\nacres of land, most of which is well cultivated.\\nHe has served for a number of years as Treasurer\\nof Locke Township, and is now upon his third", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "220\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nterm as Supervisor, where lie is serving with credit\\nboth to himself and his constituents. He is one\\nof tlie leadino- agriculturists of Ingham County,\\nand is a public-spirited and enterprising man and\\nwarmly interested in the movement of public af-\\nfairs and the progress of the Republican party, to\\nwhich he is deeply attaciied.\\n[l^\\\\ RS. MARY A. CURTIS. Until within a\\nfew years there has been a cruel practice in\\nvogue in Hindostan in which the widow\\nof a deceased husband immolated herself\\nupon the funeral pyre of her deceased spouse in\\norder to pi jve beyond a doubt her fidelity and\\nloyalty. In more enlightened countries that same\\ndevotion is better proved bj- living, and taking up\\nthe dropped threads that have fallen from the\\nnerveless fingers of the departed, the loving sur-\\nvivor completes the. fabric, making it harmonious\\nand lovely. Thus has done the lady whose name\\nis above and whose biogra]jhy it is our pleasant\\nprivilege to here chronicle.\\nOur sul)ject is tlie vvidow of Benjamin Curtis,\\nwho was born in Madison County, N. Y., August\\n21, 181(). Ills parents were Victory and Mary\\n(Tucker) Curtis, natives of New Y ork, whence they\\ncame West in 1836 iind settled in the town of\\nHowell, where they spent the remainder of their\\nlives in farming, passing away at a good old age in\\nthis State. Mr. Curtis received his education in\\nhis native JState and came West with his family.\\nHe was reared a farmer and became the owner of\\ntwo hundred and eighty acres in this county. Dur-\\ning his life he was honored liy tlie appointment or\\nelection to various offices in the township of Handy\\nHe lived here fifty years and during that time his\\ninterests became entirely bound up in the place;\\nlie died in 1874. For many years he had been an\\nardent Democrat, adhering strictly to the original\\nprinciples of the i)arty. in their purity.\\nMr. Curtis and our subject were married .June\\n14, 1838. She wiiose name is at the head of this\\nsketch was prior to lier union with ]Mr. Curtis, Miss\\nMary A. Bush. She was born in Danby Township,\\nTompkins County, N. Y., February 26, 1816. She\\nis the daughter of John and Hannah (Dykeman)\\nBush, natives of Pennsylvania and Connecticut,\\nrespectively. They were married in New York\\nwhere he was engaged in farming and in 1H37\\ncame to Handy Township, where he first took up\\ntwo hundred and seven acres of land from the\\n(xovernment. He at once built a comfortalile log\\nlunise, which, however^ during the first summer\\nwas without doors or chimney. He cleared the\\nfarm and at the time of his decease owned over\\nseven hundred acr^ of fine land. On first coming\\nI to the State the country was very wild and the shy\\ndenizens of the forest had not yet learned to be\\nfearful of man. Mr. Bush frequently went out\\nbefore breakfast and killed a deer. Politically he\\nwas a Democrat. His death occurred June 19,\\n1862, his natal day having been November 4, 1793.\\nMrs. Curtis mother died November 17, 1879; she\\nwas born October 5, 1794. Of four children she\\nof whom we write is the oldest and only surviving\\none. The second one was Eilecta, who married Mr.\\nA. Barnard. David, and INIaria who became Mrs.\\nSylvester Tanner.\\nMrs. Curtis was educated in New Y ork at a dis-\\ntrict school and after completing her course .she\\ntaught for five terms in her native State. She\\ncame West with her parents, tliej taking the lake\\nroute to Detroit, and thence coming hither liy\\nprivate conveyances. They stopped im the way\\nBrighton, Livingston County, Mich., at a store and\\nwhile there Mrs. Curtis engaged to teach school,\\ntaking charge of the school two weeks, and having\\nbeen tlie first teacher in that village. She taught\\nfor three months and received 11.50 per week and\\nher board. Her first school was in Conw.ay Town-\\nship and w.is kept in a-shanty with a bark roof\\nand Hoor.\\nThe original of our sketch is a lady of unques-\\ntionable culture and refinement. After her mar-\\nriage and giving up her teaching she engaged in\\nfarming with her husband, being his co-partner and\\nworker until his death. Six children came as a\\npledge of their wedded .affection, four of whom are\\nnow living and all being men and women grown\\nwho have homes of their own. The eldest daugh-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "PoHTIJAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n221\\nter. .lustiiiii. i .\\\\Ir Kiios Sowli s. n( Howell Towii-\\njiliip; she is tin iiK^tliei- of two cliildivii Mary an 1\\nHosji. ArmiiUlia is Mrs. lIoi)kins and iias Hmk\\nchildren Eva, Lottie and Amelia. Uiial niaiiied\\nMiss Harriet Winer. By a former wife, Hannah\\nHyae, lie is the father of tiiice chihlreii Xellie.\\nMyrtle and Lloyd. Frank II. nuuricil .lulia Tomp-\\nkins and is the father of three ehihlren Fred.\\nClyde and Nellie. Permelia. who lieeame .Mrs.\\nAdams, died in lH(!;i, leaving oneehild. a daughter.\\nCarrie. Mrs. Curtis rents her homestead and re-\\nside in a beautiful home in Fowlerville. .She is\\nknown far and near and lier friends are man v.\\n_ A. D.ViaVIX. .Vniony the fainilie- who\\ncame to Miehiiran early in the 30s. is\\nthe one represented by the gentleman\\nwhose name appears at the head of this\\nparagraph. They went throuufh with the \\\\isual\\nexperienees of early settlers, and liravely endured\\nhardships and helped to luiild up a pio i)erous and\\nintelliirent eommunity for future fjeneralions.\\nSearccly enough praise ean be .said in honor of\\nthose early families wlio builded bettei- tli.in lhe\\\\\\nknew, and wliose worth ean only be appreciated\\nby Iheir ehihlren and by those who study deejiiy\\ninto the real root of the present we.allh and hitih\\ntanding of the Wolverine State.\\nSclli C. Darwin, the f.alhei- of our sulijeet, wa.~ a\\nnative of JIas.siehusetts. wlio married a woman of\\nhis own State, Wealthy .Merrill by name, and made\\nhis home with her in IH17 in Monroe County. N.\\nY. There they lixed until l^ ;i. when he eanu- to\\n.Michig.an and bought land in Maiion Township.\\nl-i\\\\ingstou Counl\\\\-. taking live liundred andsixt\\\\-\\nacres of wild l:nid. lie returned to New York and\\nresided theie for .-ieveral years, and then came lo\\n.Mi higan and nia le his home for a year with hi.-\\non S., after which lie moxcd into a log hou^e\\nin .M:nion Township, where he lived for a nnnilier\\nof year After thi,- he sold his property there\\nand moved li Ann Arlioi. where hi daughter was\\nmaking her home, having m.arrieil Dr. Iluttdii. of\\nthe I niversity, who, after leaving the University,\\npracticed medicine in Detroit. Setli Darwin had\\nlost his wife in IHl. i, and he survived her many\\nyears. They were the pai-ents of eight children,\\nfour of whom ari now living.\\nHe of whom we write was born in Pittslield.\\nMass., March 2 f, lHi;j. and was granted a common\\nschool education and such advantages a.s lii.s\\nfriends I ould secure for him, and came tf Michi-\\ngan when he was twenty-three years old. He -et-\\ntled upon one hundred and twenty acres in Mai ion\\nTownshi]). Livingston County, and here he\\nbrought lii.^ bride, to whom he was united in mar-\\nriage Marcii l.i. lH3(i. This lady. Sarah Ann I5ul-\\nlard by name, was born in Ontario County, N. Y..\\nin 1MI7. Before liringing iiei- on he had built a\\nlog house, and as they were very poor, and .Mi-s.\\nDarwin was anxious to help forward not only in\\nthe civilization of their new home, but in the\\nfamily expenses, she taught school at Ypsilanti foi-\\none term. Their log cabin was of the most ininii-\\ntive kind, as it had no floor and no gable end.\\nThey built the fire next to the logs, as they had\\nno regular cliimney. Indians and wild animals\\nabounded, and venison was easy to procure.\\nFight acres of land was soon cleared and wheat\\nsow-n in it. and in winter he jiroceeded to fence\\nhis land. They were a robust and healthy young\\neouiile. and greatly enjoyed this camping-out\\nkind of life. and. like the sparrows, tr\\\\isted in their\\nHeavenly leather that their food would not fail.\\nDuring the few years that they lived there they\\n|)Ut ixty acres under improvement, but linally\\nsold out and, coming to Putnam County, settled\\nupon (Uie hundred and twenty acres that had been\\npartly improved and had uinm it a oiiifortable\\nframe house.\\nIn 1H()3 they had the misfortune of losing their\\nhome and everything it contained by lire, luit Mr.\\nDarwin promptly rel)uilt and erected a jilea.sant\\nand commodious home, in which he has lived ever\\nince. One liundred of his broad acres are now\\nunder cultivation, and twenty still remain wood-\\nl;iiid. .Mthough now much past hi- threescore\\nyears and ten. he carries on the farm with the hel])\\nof a hueil man. Two daughters and one son were\\ngranted to thi.- excellent couple Fllen A. and", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "222\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nFrances A. have both taught, and Frances is now\\nthe wife of Charles Stickles. The son. Edwin A.,\\nwas killed bv a tree falling upon him when he was\\ntwenty-four years old. He left a wife and one\\nchild. The mothei- is .an earnest and etHcient\\nmember of the Congregational Church, lint is now\\nan invalid and confined to her bed. which is a\\nsevere trial to all the family.\\nMr. Diirwin has tilled a number of important\\nofficial positions, having been a member of the\\nSchool Board, and in Clarion Township he was a:\\nConstable for two years. He is a temperate man\\nin his habits, and in his political opinions .sympa-\\nthizes with the Republican party, in which he\\ntakes a great interest. He has been a hard worker\\nall his life, but still enjoys excellent health. He\\nbegan without means, as he received nothing from\\nhis father, and his success is entirely due to the\\ncombined efforts of himself and wife, who have\\nworked in harmony for the success of every\\nendeavor. He has some inventive genius, and has\\na bean planter which is entirely his own design,\\nand which he h.as been using this year, operating\\nit with a single horse, and planting ten acres jier\\nday with it, which is a great improvement upon\\nthe old methods.\\nifc i 1 1 1 I I I\\nif OSEPH FRANK. .Tust north of Fowler-\\nville may be seen a beautiful farm, which is\\nadorned by a handsome residence and has\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^g/ flrst-class farm buildings upon it. There is\\na beautiful orchard, and in its fields and its stock\\nbarns are to be seen the finest grades of stock, such\\nas Short-horn cattle, Shropshire sheep and fine-\\ngrade horses. This is the property of the gentle-\\nman whose name we have just given, who came\\nto Handy Township. Livingston County, in\\n1874, and purchased one hundred and twentj- acres\\nof land.\\nOur subject was l)orn in England. February 22,\\n1845. and his parents were .lames and .Sarah\\n(Bradlej-) Frank, who came to America in 1852,\\nand made their first home in New York, where for\\nthree 3ears they engaged in farming. After that\\ntime they concluded to try their fortune farther\\nwest, and coming to ^Michigan, purchased a farm\\nof eighty acres in Conway Township, Livingston\\nCounty. This new home was a heavily tim-\\nbered property, and they took up their abode in a\\nlog liou.se. This place is now finely impmved,\\nand upon it may be found as good a house and\\nbarns as may be seen in many a mile s ride.\\nThe father of .lames Frank was a farmer in\\nEngland, aftd bore the name of .John. Of his\\nfamily of five children two still survive Hawkins,\\nwho remained in the old country; and .lames, who\\nbecame the father of our subject. The niaternal\\ngrandfather of our subject was also, an English\\nfarmer, with a large family of children, only two\\nof whom. .Sarah. Mrs. Frank, and her brother.\\nJohn, have come to this country. James and. Sarah\\nFrank had thirteen children, and eight of those\\nare still pursuing their earthly career, namely:\\nOur subject, William. Hannah (Mrs. Cassiday),\\nAlice (Mrs. (xould). Elijah, James, Nelson and\\nSarah (Mrs. Kingsley). The father lielongs to the\\nUnion Lalior party, and is one of the i)rominent\\nmen of this belief in Conw.ay Townshii). He has\\nI held various township offices, and his services\\nhave been uniformly satisfactory to his constitu-\\nents.\\n.Joseph Frank was educated in the district schools\\nof Conway Township, .and lived at home until he\\nwas eighteen years old, when he began farming in\\nan independent waj and bought in Conway\\nTownship eighty acres of timber land, which he\\nproceeded to clear off. Somewhat later he sold\\nthat property and came to Handy Township. He\\nhas held various township and .school offices, and\\nhas been especially useful as Commissioner of\\nHighw.ays. It was in 1871 that he married Mi.\u00c2\u00abs\\nJoycie Tanner, daughter of John .V. and Nancy\\n(Gould) Tanner, both natives of IMichigan. Four\\nchildren iiave blessed this hajipy home lay. ^Fin-\\nnic, M.ay and G. I).\\nThe Democratic party embodies in its declara-\\ntions the principles which ;\\\\Ir. Frank believes to be\\nmost conducive to the prosi)erity of the country,\\nand he there ftue gives to it his vote .and voice. He\\nis prominently identified with the t)rder of Odd", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "Z2 7-2 ^Z^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n225\\n1-Vllows. Mrs. Frank is possessed of a liberal edu-\\ncation, liavin.ii- eonii)leted lier studies at Ilowell,\\nand slie is an aetive woriier in tiie Sunday-soliool\\nand clnircli. liemi;- connected witii tlie Metliodist\\nEpiscojial Cliurcli.\\nE0H(;K K. RANNEY, U. D.. Suifreon of\\nSecond Michigan Cavalry. Biography treats\\nof the individual; it is not history. His-\\ntory treats of men in the mass; it is not biography.\\nStill, tlu two are intimately and all but inextri-\\ncably intertwined. Twin sisters they are, looking\\non each other with the kindliest smile; both feed-\\ning the lami)S of knowledge, but pouring pure their\\noil from different vessels.\\nerv forcibly are we reminded of this remark of\\nBayne s in the present sketch. I p to a certain\\npoint it is biograi)hy, pure and simple; then it be-\\ncomes biography and liistory in about equal pro-\\njjortions; then once more it returns to biographw\\nand history disappears, still leaving behind it. like\\ntlie rivers of California, golden sands too precious\\nto remain ungatliered.\\nThe good State of Michigan has received the\\nbest of compliments for the excellence of its sol-\\ndiers in the great war of the I nion from that grand\\nold jjatriot, (ien. (ieorge II. Tlumias. We tmce\\nheard a dying Massachusetts otticei- say that siie\\nwas equally good in infantry, cavalry, artillery,\\nand the corps of engineers. But high as the com-\\npliment was, it does not give her the full meed of\\npraise tliat slie deserves. The green sash had its\\nhonors as well as the red; the yellow tlag its mis-\\nsion as well as the stars and stripes; tliei e were\\ntimes when the knife of the surgeon was as indis-\\npensable and required as much fortitude in its\\nproper use .is tlie sword. The writer of this sketch\\nwell remembers a day, after the greatest of all our\\nl)attles, as the wounded lay in thousands and the\\nsurgeons were few. when lie would willingly have\\ngiven up all other kinds of knowledge save one\\nto know how to make a proper u.se of a box of\\nsurgical instruments. With the modesty of true\\nscience, the results of their labor liave been re-\\ncorded, but too often we are without record as the\\ndanger and cost at which those results were\\nachieved. Only, then, has biography found its\\ntrue use when it possesses the power of transfusing\\ncharacter into the reader, and where it widens into\\nhistory, causing our homage to the nation to tran-\\nscend our homage to the man. We honor the phy-\\nsician who has bravely maintained his post during\\na pestilence, if he lives, as a hero; if he dies, we\\nlament him as a martyr, and erect an enduring\\nmonument to his fame. Why not similar honor be\\ngiven to the hero-surgeons of the war? and among\\nothers, to our modest friend and worthy fellow-\\ncitizen, Surgeon Ranney. of the Second Michigan\\nCavalry\\nIn modern sketches of biography we notice that\\nincreasing attention is given to the question of an-\\ncestry. As in animals, so in iimn, there is a general\\nlaw of heredit\\\\ that asserts itself too plainly to be\\ndenied. The time was when Coleridge remarked\\ntliat the history of a man for the nine months pre-\\nceeding his liirth would probably be far more in-\\nteresting and contain events of greater moment\\nthan all the threescore and ten years that follow\\nit. It was ridiculed as a siieculation far more\\ncurious than useful. But it is so no longer. The\\nreceived opinion now is that character is the result\\nof innumeralile influences from without and from\\nwithin, which act unceasingly thrbugh life. AVho\\nshall estimate the effects of these latent forces en-\\nfolded in the spirit of a new-born child forces that\\nmay date back centuries, and find their origin in the\\nlife and thought and deeds of remote ancestors\\nforces, the germs of which. enveloi)ed in the awful\\nmystery of life, have been transniittcd silently\\nfrom generation to generation and never jjcrish.\\nAll cherishing Nature, provident and unforgetting,\\ngathers up all these fragments that nothing maybe\\nlost, Init that all may ultimately re-a])pear in new\\ncombinations. Each new life is thus the heir of all\\nthe ages, the possessor of qualities which only the\\nevents of life can unfold. Especially in the life\\nof a ph^ sician, to give some particularsconcerning\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(Jen. Gartields Oration on the Life and Character of Gen. George\\nH. Thomas, p.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "22fi\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nlii |i;u eiitat;t i not hi iiuirli a luattfr of laudable\\npride as of seientitiu iiifoniiatioii. Many things\\nthat will liert uftei ajipear in this sketeli. arc thus\\nreadily aeeounted I oi that woidd not lie under-\\nstood otherwise.\\n(ieorge K. lianney was lioin .liuie 13. 1)^3 in\\nHatavia. N. the tounty town of (ienesee. and\\nalnnist e(|ui-distant from lUiffalo and Rochester.\\nIlls father, urandfatherand ureat-arandfather wen-\\nliorn in .\\\\shlield. .Mass. His father s name was Joel\\nlianney: that of the old jjatriareh. who eame to\\nNew Enuland from .Scotland in Ki id. Thomas Raii-\\nney. .Many of liis descendants liave been men of\\nintUience and position, and not a few of the family\\nare still found in their original county of Frank-\\nlin. It is something to come from a stock that has\\nsta\\\\ing qualities and does not run out; it is some-\\nthing more to inherit the perfpnu dinu iiujeiuiim\\nScoto niiii; aii l in this respect, as in so man\\\\ oth-\\ners, a g(^od nnin leaveth an inheritance to his chil-\\ndren and his children s children to the remotest\\ngeneration.\\nThe mother of l^r. Hanney was Klizabetii 1\\nC liami)lain, the daughter of Francis C hamplain.wlio\\ndied at the early age of thirty-two. from injuries\\nreceived m the War 1812. He was the direct lineal\\ndescendant of .Samuel Cimmi)lain. the celebrated\\nFrench naval otlicer. who. in lOO!!. discovered the\\nlake that still bears his name, founded (Jueliec in\\nllibf*. and to whose courage and enterprise France\\nwas indebted for the establisliment of lier Colony\\nof C anaila. Mis. Ranney still lives with her son\\nin a happ\\\\ and peaceful old age. and with a keen\\ni-elish and re -ollection of events pulilic and private\\nin the long, long ago. As often happens, the\\nson favors his mothei-. and to a practiced eye\\nthe French lineaments in his countenance are ol)-\\n\\\\ious. In the early days of our history the Scotch\\nand Fi-ench fre(piently united in marriage, each\\nhavinii a common Celtic origin.\\n.(oel Ranney received an excellent education,\\nand for some years turned it to good account .as\\nan intelligent farmei and dealer in stock. Then\\ncame the crash of 1887. a debased currency, stag-\\nnation in busines.s, and bankruitcv all over the\\nhuul. The long-continued hard times had at\\nleast one uood ettect it compelled multitudes to\\ngo West; .and but for this enforced liegii;i fi-om\\nthe Fast. Michigan would not lia\\\\clu eii themight\\\\\\ncommonwealth she now is.\\nMr. Ranne_\\\\-. with his wife and four children, re-\\nmoved to Kent County. Mich., and after their full\\nshare of malarial illness and oilier inevitable hard-\\nships of )iioneer life, he secured a good home and\\neighty acres n( land about three miles sontliwest of\\n(irand I^iiiids. Then came calamity indeeil. Long\\nIjefore the farm had been cleared oi rendered |n-ii-\\nductive. the good husband and fatlier died, and\\nieorge. now a lad of twelve, had to form the\\nbrave puriiose of lighting the battle of life ak)ne.\\nThe offer of work for wages on a farm, with the\\nprivilege of attending winter school, w.as at once\\naccepted, and from that time forward he went\\nthi-ough the young .Vmerican s regnlai- curriculum\\nof farming, driving team, clerkingand railroading.\\n\\\\t the early age of seventeen he found himself at\\nStafford. X. V.. as freight and ticket agent of the\\nlluffalo. Corning A- Xew York Railroad. In hisen-\\ndeavor to keej) order at his station, there weie\\nsome who despised his youth, and occasionally got\\nthe worst of it. One of them, the son of a Director,*\\ncom])lained to his father, and the Director insisted\\nthat (iecirge should be dismissed. X othing daunted,\\nhowever, he a])iH aled to the Superintendent and\\nasked him to incinire of the citizens as to the merits\\nof the case. The result of this inquiry was that\\n(ieorge was indeed removed from his positicm. Imt\\nonly to another and a better one in the Superin-\\ntendent s own ottice. Sucii an incident is as credit-\\nable to the young defender of his rights, as it is\\nmean and contemptible on the jiart of the cowardly\\naggressois. The victory was .something, but the\\ngood opinion of the Superintendent, that (Jeorge\\nwas cajialile of occupying a much better jiosition.\\nw.as a good deal more. It gave him a new impulse\\nin his attention to duty, and very soon he was pro-\\nmoted to \\\\Va\\\\land excepting two. the most im-\\nportant station on the roail. His determined cool-\\nness and pluck, and his abilitx to overcome oppo-\\nsition and to avail himself cif opportunities of\\n.achancement. were marked characteristics of our\\n\\\\()ung railroad agent, of which we shall see num-\\nerous illustrations in his future career. In an ebb-\\ning tide let us cast anchor and hold vn; the tide", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlOGKAl mCAL ALBUM.\\n227\\nwill soon (urn ai;aiii. Only a dead fisli lloats with\\ntlic stream.\\nMeanwhile, underlying all otlier things in young\\nKannev sniind was an intense desire for knowledge.\\nHence his saenfiees to attend winter school; lienee\\nhis exemplary diligence at Stafford Academy, under\\nParson Hadlev; at Rushford Academy, under Prof.\\nSaylles; at Cary Collegiate Seminary, undei Dr.\\nEastman. Hence his enthusiastic attachment to\\nsome if his fellow-students, especially to Thaddeus\\nPound, afterward t)f U isconsin, who.se sul)se-.\\nquent success in jxilitical life fully justified the ad-\\nmiration of his friend. This attachment was one\\nof the kind that tho.se only undeistand who have\\nhad the [irivilege of enjoying it. The union of\\ntwo minds. .says the greatest reflective thinker of\\nall time, from that sympathy which is the result\\nof unity of aim in the acquisition of truth, is the\\nhightest to which they can aspire. Like that of\\ncomrades in war, the attachment of classmates is\\nproverbial. This is the true Platonic love: what\\nso often goes under the name is luit a base and un-\\nworthy counterfeit.\\nIn addition to the desii e of knowledge, young\\nlianney had also a very definite ideal before his\\nmind of the kind of man he would like to be. Of\\nall the men with whom he had come into more im-\\nmediate contact, none had more deeply enlisted his\\nyouthful admiration than a certain beloved phy-\\nsician, in whom the code of ethics was most\\nhappily exemplified. Would his coming ever lie\\nwatched for with so much anxiety. the door be\\nopened with as much reverence for his opinion in\\nmatters of life and death. Would he ever have it\\nin his power to confer similar benefits on the sick\\nand suffering. The way did not seem to be easy,\\nbut there was a way, and he found it. The grim\\nlions that so often seem to be in the path of sloth\\nand cowardice are found by the brave and indus-\\ntrious to be chained ui either side. I hey are not\\nin the path itself.\\nOur biography now widens into history. In\\n1H, )JS young Kanney came to Charlotte, Mich., and\\nafter spending some time in a drug store, began\\nthe study of medicine under Dr. .loseph V. Hall.\\nIn l.s(;(i-i;i lie attended his first term of medical\\nlectures in the I liiversity of Michigan. Uut those\\nwere times in which men were studying the condi-\\ntion of their country more than anything else.\\nOh, sad and slow the weeks went by! Each held his anxious\\nbreath,\\nLike one who waits, in helpless fear, some sorrow great as\\ndeath\\nOh, scarcely was there faith in God, nor any trust in man,\\nWhile fast along the Southern sky the blighting shadow ran\\nIt veiled the stars one after one, it hushed the patriot s song,\\nAnd stole from man the sacred sense that parteth right and\\nwrong\\nThen a red flash\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the lightning across the darkness broke,\\nAnd with a voice that shook the land the guns of Sumter\\nspoke\\nWake sons of heroes, wakej the age of lieroes dawns again I\\nTruth takes in her hand her ancient sword, and calls her loyal\\nmen\\nLo brightly o er the breaking day shines Freedom s holy star-\\nPeace cannot cure the sickly time. --all hail the healer, war!\\nWar a healer .seems strange doctrine to many\\nwho do not distinguish between war and mere\\nbloodshed, but not to such philosophers as I)e-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-iuincej or to such poets as Wordsworth, There\\nare times when the body politic requires the sword,\\njust .as the body physical requires the knife. AVar\\nin a good cause is not the greatest evil which a na-\\ntion can suffer. If slavery will not give waj* to\\nfreedom, nor freedom to slavery, the sword is the\\nonly umj)ire that can settle the controversy.\\nIn September. 1861, young Kanney enlisted as a\\nprivate under Capt. H. A. Shaw, and a,\u00c2\u00absisted him\\nin recruiting a company for the Second ^lichigan\\nCavalry, His knowledge of medicine soon made\\nhim its third Hospital Steward, i he radical change\\nof habits in a thousand men recruited from their\\nhomes imposed arduous duties upon the surgeons,\\nand in the summer of 1862 the Hosjjital Steward\\nwas temporarily assigned the duties of an Assistant\\nSurgeon at New Madrid, Mo. By overwork and\\nexposure he was there taken ill. and the disease be-\\ning severe and long protracted, he wiis mustered\\nout of the service. During his convalescence he\\nattended another term at the Michigan Universit}\\n,and was graduated in March, 1863, But it was not\\nhis lot to lose time waiting fiu- ))atient.s I^etters\\nfrom his regiment to Gov, Blair, recommending\\nl)r, Raiiuey as their unanimous choice for .Second\\n.Vssistant .Surgeon, at once secured him the appoint-\\nment, and on the 13th of .lune he joined his old\\nreiciment at Triune, Tenn.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "22H\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nThosi who know what cm \\\\alry service is, as com-\\npared with that of iiifantn-. iiow desperate are tlie\\nraids, and how frequent the slvirmishing, can well\\nbelieve that Surgeon Ranney s position required\\nno little fortitude and self-possession. Take a few\\n(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0xani|)les: On the first day s advanee from Triune I\\nthere was a lio ht at Rover, in whicli a soldiei- lie- I\\nlongino to another brigade, was .severely wounded\\nill tlie arm. Ilis own surgeon confessing his utter\\ninability to oiierate on account of his trembling\\nnerves, the medical director himself was obliged to\\noperate, and took Dr. Ranney to assist him. The\\nti-einbliug surgeon was not alarmed witho\\\\it cause.\\nThe scene was exciting in the extreme. Bullets\\nwhizzing thick and fast; squadrons dashing here\\nand there; everything uncertain as to the result of\\nthe contlict; the wounded man just on tlie ground\\nwhere he fell, and no time to take him anywhere\\nelse these, it must be confessed, were not very de-\\nsirable conditions for a capital operation. But the\\ntwo surgeons, solely intent on their work, made\\nthe amputation .as reipiired. I roni tli.it liay on.\\ntlir(\u00c2\u00bbugh the entire campaign. Surgeon Hanney\\nfound a true friend and a kindred spirit in .Medi-\\ncal Director (xieer. Knowing that the post of honor\\nwas the post of danger, the Director took the full\\nmeasure of his calm and resolute assistant, and\\nthenceforward lost uo o|)portnnitv to give him bet-\\nter positions.\\nTake another example; In the Atlanta camjjaigu.\\nduring the hundred consecutive days in which the\\nl deral forces were under fire, a soldier of the brig-\\nade having lost his leg. it was, of course, the duty\\nof his own surgeon to operate, but when every-\\nthing was ready he confes,sed that he could not\\noperate under tire. .Vt his recpiest Di Ranney\\nmade the am|)Utation. and being seen by many of\\nthe comb.atants. it thus gained him a reputation for\\nnerve and self-possession that he never afterward\\nforfeited. Soldiers love and admire courage, not\\nonh in other officers, but in clia|ilains and sur-\\ngeons.\\nTake a third examitle; A Wisconsin brigade suf-\\nfered .severely in killed, wounded, and prisoneis.\\none of the prisoners lieing the Colonel himself.\\nTheir (jwn ambulances not being accessible, those\\nof Dr. liaunev s brigade were ordered u|i. .\\\\larined\\n))V the near ap])roach of the enemy, the Brigade-\\nMajor and his assistants tied U) the rear, reporting\\ntheir own hairbreadth escape, and the certain cap-\\nture of .Surgeon Ranney and his .assistant. (Jreatly\\nto the chagrin, however, there came an order from\\nDr. Ranney for more ambulances. They arrived\\nprom])tly. and with them an order from Director\\n(xreer for Dr. Ranney toassnmcthe duties of Brig-\\nade Surgeon. The promotion was a rajiid one, but\\nit was well deserved, and the Doctor held the posi-\\ntion with increasing honor during the remainder\\nof the very active and trying cainiiaign that cul-\\nminated in the capture of .Vtlanta.\\nBut it was at the memorable battle of C hicka-\\nmauga where Dr. Ranney was in the greatest ]ieril.\\nOne day in September, 1863, a telegram came to\\nthe War Office at Washington The army is in\\ntotal rout! By iiooii came another telegram\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(ieu. Thomas still holds the center! Never were\\nPresident Lincoln and Secretary Stanton in more\\ncomplete bewilderment. rnfortunately for Dr.\\nRanney. his place on this trying day was not the\\ncenter with Gen. Thomas. The right wing, struck\\nheavily in the Hank, was sent tlying in disorder\\ntoward Chattanooga. The cavalry covered the re-\\ntreat, first massing at Crawfish Springs, and then\\nretreating about half a mile and massing again.\\nWhile still near the sjirings the enemy were threat-\\nening and firing at long range. .V detachment\\nunder (ien. Rucker dashed up to get the |iositioii\\nand strength of the Federals, fired at them, and re-\\ntreated. Dr. Ranney thus far during the retreat\\nhad been in the immediate rear of his regiment,\\nbut meeting a wounded man making his way to-\\nward the hospit.al and quite exhausted from loss of\\nblood, he dismounted and a})iilied dressings to stop\\nthe bleeding. In the meantime the cavalry had\\nstarted, leaving Dr. Ranney a short distance in the\\nrear; he hastened to overtake them, .lust at thai\\nmoment, however. (Jen. Rucker s command charged\\nthe I deral cavalry from the tlank and rear, and\\nthe rebel cavalry having got in between the sur-\\ngeon and his lirigade. lie found himself in a very\\nditlicult position. Making his way to a road about\\nthree miles distant, and which ran jiarallel with the\\nroad to Chattanooga, he re.ached it in advance of\\nthe Confederates, but in the rear of (4en. Sheridan.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n229\\nwild \\\\v!is covering the rotivnt on tlir smiii roiid\\niu;ii the liaH of the ridgo.\\nRiflinji rsipidly aloiisj j pu mihI ion lidful nl\\nhis escape, lie came to a diauoiinl road crossiu the\\ntwo otliers. Hut tlie clalter of horses feet, the\\nreliel yell, and (he ciiiiiiiiand to hall IVoiii a eoin-\\npaiiy ol Texiis rangers charging down upon liiiii\\nnot twenty rods off, .showed him at once that his\\nhopes were disap|)ointed. (Quickly turning his\\nhorse, lie tiled to reach an undergrowth of oak.\\nwhich niiglil partially ohslrucl the rangers view.\\nThose at the head of the column having fired three\\nsh()t~ at him, to ax oid any nioic he jumped from\\nhis horse without checking his spet d. hoping the\\nanimal would continue its course on the road.\\n.Much to his surprise and alarm, the horse sto])ped\\nand endeavored to follow him into the Inishes.\\nThicc of the rangers halted to take him and his\\nliorsc, liut not ilaring to stop long enough, thc\\\\\\ngot the horse only.\\nThe liring of the rangers at Dv. Wanney having\\nlieeii noticccl by some rebel cavalry in the rear,\\nthey foi nicd a line across the open field in the im-\\nmediate vicinitN of the woods, where the Doctor\\nwas hugging the ground as clo.scly as possibh be-\\nhind a friendly r.ail cut, ;diout half the size of\\nhis body. Skirmishers came across the held ind\\ninto the woods, and one came ovci within ten rods\\nof his hiding place. Watching foi- him toraise his\\ngun and take aim before he cried for (luarter. the\\nDoctor concluded to wait until the very last mo-\\nment. Fortunately the skirmisher was lookinu\\nhigher and beyond him, and not finding any one\\nto shoot at. returned to his horse. From behind\\nhis slender |)roleclion the Doctoi- watched the\\nhorse s legs \\\\nitil he was glad to see those at the\\nend of tlic column.\\nIt was now evening, .and the sun was just going\\nout of sight. One thing was certain, the relielshad\\nfairly cutlum off from his own .army, lie had had\\na hard d.ay of it. Hearing the firing at the front,\\njust as he li.ad .sit down to breakfast, lie snatched a\\nhard-tack, and .-ifter the whole weary d.-iy of work,\\nthis was all he had to eat. Tired and liuiigr\\\\- ;ind\\ncold, heat last found a dead man s blanket soaked\\nwith blood, and wi;ipping himself up in it laid\\ndown in a fenee-conier and slept until morning.\\nW h.it could he do.- Between him and his own army\\nwas that of the lelicls. On his right were some\\ntwenty miles of liarren and inhospitable inount4rms.\\nlie did the only thing possible in tiie circumstances.\\nand reporte l him.self to Surgeon llawlev (now of\\nI eori.-i. 111.), who w as then in charge of the well-\\ntilled hospital at Crawfish .Spring, and where he\\nwas iinmedialely as.signed to duty.\\nSoon (ien. Hragg s Adjutant-Cicneral. and others\\nbelonging to his staff, including Dr. Fiuellin, hi\\nmedical director, visited the jiIjicc to p.arole the\\nwounded soldiers and some surgeons who had been\\ntaken prisoners. The surgeons were asked to sign\\nthe same parole as the soldiers. .Some did so with-\\nout hesitation. When Dr. Hanney s turn came to\\nsign, he said that according to the cartel existing\\nfietween the Federal and Confederate Oovernments\\nthe surgeons, as non-comliatants, could not legally\\nbe made prisoners of war. lie ;ilso aid that if the\\nFederal (lovernmelit were liolding onfederale\\nsurgeons who were ca])tured in the legitimate dis-\\ncharge of their luties he was willing to be held a\\na iiostage until the wrong was redressed, but he\\nwould not sign the parole. The contro\\\\ ersv grew\\nhotter and hotter, until the Adjiit:uit-( icneral told\\nthe Doctor he must either sign the p.aiole oi- be put\\nunder guard.\\nPut iiie under guard, then, said thepluckv\\nsurgeon. I will look to my own (io\\\\ einment to\\nsee that justice is done in the case.\\nFoitunately. at this critical juncture Dr. Fiuellin\\nsubmitted a paper, which is still in Dr. Kannev s\\npossession, an l reads as follow\\nWe. surgeons and assistant surgeons of the\\nInited States iovernnu iit, c:i|)turc l at the bjittle of\\nChickamauga. on Septemlier 20, ISti. i. do solemnly\\nswear that we will not bear aims against, or give\\nany information detrimental to. the Confederate\\nStall s iovernmenl. nor in an\\\\ wa\\\\ or manner as-\\nsist the Inited .States iovernment until we leave,\\nor are exchanged for such Confederate surgeiuis as\\nhave been captnreil in the legitimate discharge of\\ntheir duties ;ind lield by the I nited Stales (Govern-\\nment. .Vnd as we are only ])aroled to attend the\\nFederal wounded, we will i-eport to the conunand-\\nanl of the post ;it .Vtlanta. (ia.. as soon ;i.\u00c2\u00bb our sei-\\nices can lie^dis|iensed with.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "1\\n230\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nWlieii a man s head is in the lion s nmuth. it re-\\nquires some grit to objeet to the terms on wliieh\\nthe king of beasts may see lit to let the head out\\nagain: but this is just what John Knox did wiien\\na slave on board the galley, and what Dr. Kanney\\ndid when a prisoner at Crawfish Springs. In the\\nend. all were satisfied witli the jmper except the\\nAdjutant-General, who had to pocket the affront\\nfrom the sturdy Yank as best he could. The\\nsubsequent experience of the Doctor for forty-four\\ndays in the Libl)y Prison is, unfortunately, too\\nfamiliar to need detail. One thing, however, at\\nLililiy was quite characteristic. Having picked up\\na work on medical jurisprudence, he read it with\\nmore interest than one would expect in such un-\\nfavorable circumstances.\\nKarly in .July. 1864, the portion of the Second\\nRegiment then in the held, was ordered to return\\nto Franklin, near Nashville, and there join the\\nother part of the regiment, which had been absent\\non veteran leave. Arrived at Franklin, the post\\nhospital was \\\\n\\\\t in charge of Dr. Ranney, and\\nshortly after he received veteran leave of absence\\nfor thirty days.\\nReturning to his old friends at Charlotte, he cm-\\nployed his last eleven days in recruiting men to\\nfill the quota for the towns of Eaton and Carmel.\\nThe first two days he enlisted twenty-seven, and\\nbefore the exi)iration of his furlough the whole\\nquota of fifty-one. These recruits, equally to the\\nsurprise and delight of his old regiment, now re-\\nduced to a minimum, he marched into their camp,\\nthus securing for some t\\\\\\\\enty officers the rank to\\nwhicii their commissions entitled them. The Sec-\\nond Regiment soon had an opportunity of showing\\ntheir newly acquired strength by repelling a raid\\nof the rebel cavalry under Gen. Wheeler, and driv-\\ning him beyond the Tennessee. Almost immedi-\\nately the raid was repeated under Gen. Forrest, and\\nin the engagement at Pulaski, lasting a whole day,\\nthe Federals suffered the heaviest loss, but the Con-\\nfederates abandoned the field.\\nWhile at Pulaski, Dr. Kanney Avas called from\\nthe field to operate for the First Brigade. The\\nchuich used as a hospital, being full to overflow-\\ning, he was ordered to establish another hospital,\\nand furnished with assistants for that purpose. Be-\\ning the (Hily medical otKccr with his regiment, he\\nwas relieved from the hospital and allowed to ac-\\ncompany his command when it removed from Pul-\\naski. Forrest was driven across the Tennessee, but\\nonly to be succeeded by Hood and his entire army,\\nnow reinforced by the army of Dick Taylor. Af-\\nter some severe skirmishes with the Second Cavalry\\nand other regiments who were acting as pickets to\\nprevent Hood crossing the river, his overwhelming\\nnumbers soon enabled him to accomplish his design\\nwith much loss to the Federals.\\nA more intensely interesting moment than this\\nwas scarcely known during the war Sherman cut-\\nting loose from his base and starting southward\\nfrom Atlanta on his great march to the sea; the\\nsagacious Thomas keeping his own counsels and\\norganizing a new army out of ever\\\\thing on whicli\\nhe could lay his hand; Gen. Grant leaving Rich-\\nmond for ^Vashington on his way Westward to find\\nwhat it all meant; and Hood with characteristic\\naudacity determined to carry the war into Africa.\\nIn vain the Union cavalry contested the ground\\ninch by inch, felling trees, and fighting behind\\nbiu-ricadcs on every hill that would give them ad-\\nvantage; thect lumns of the enemy were too heavy.\\nSchofield fell back from I ulaski to Columbia, and\\nafter fighting all day and marching twenty-five\\nmiles at night, got into position early October 30,\\nat Franklin. Never were the rebels in better spir-\\nits. Hood had delayed his attack until all his\\nforces could lie brought uj), some fifty-five ilmu-\\nsand men. Opposed to him, under Schofield, were\\nonly twenty thousand men. Break those lines,\\nshinited the impetuous Hood, and there is nothing\\nmore to withstand you this side of the Ohio River.\\nOn to Nashville, and you will have nothing to do\\nthis winter but eat and drink and sit by the fire\\nand swa]) jack-knives.\\nThe Second Michigan Cavalry, occupying the ex-\\ntreme left and actively engaged from early morn-\\ning, were driven liy noon across the little Har[)etli.\\nWhile crossing, the rebel infantry rushed forward,\\nflaunting their flag, and shouting triumphantly,\\nYou are our prisonersi But their exultation was\\naltogether premature. Skillfully availing himself\\nof a little bend in the river and of .an adjacent\\nwoods, Gen. Croxton had placed there a regiment", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AMD BIOGRAPHICAL ALliLM.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2231\\nill auiliii.-li. ()|H iiiiii uiMiii tlu oui iiiN IV ojalling\\n:ind oiililndinu- tire upon liis Hank, the Second Cav-\\nalry 1() 1 111) tinif in iniprovint; tlicir ciiiportunit y\\nt(i tlu utiii() t, and u. to tlie jrivat eliajiiin of tlic\\nri licls. made good tlicir escape to the other ide.\\nTlie anilinlances were tliu.s lhro \\\\ni into a very\\nhazardous position on the Hats between Ihe two\\nrivers, and an orderly was dispatched hy (Jen. Crox-\\nton to Dr. Raiiiiey. telling him that his command\\nwould soon tall hack, and he must lookout for the\\nconse(iuences. Hut the order not being peremptory,\\nthe Doctor continued to gather up the wounded\\nmen ill the train now slowly moving to the rear\\n;iihI near the centre, which was in the village of\\nI- ianUlin. A si cond time the orderly galloped up.\\nwith positive ordeis to move on at once if he diri\\nnot cxiiect to be captured. P ut the order was more I\\neasily given th:in obeyed. I- 1. (.ranger, which the\\n.Second Ca\\\\alr\\\\ had helijed to build, and which\\nthey had called after their old C ilonel. now opened\\n1 heir b:i1 tcries on the enemy s line. The (.oiifed-\\neiate artillery returned the lire with eipLal spirit, j\\nWhile thus between the lircs the Federal center J\\ngave \\\\\\\\:w. and the enemy perceixing their advan-\\ntage, rushed in like a tor.rent. carrying the hill.\\ntaking eight of our guns, and planting the rebel\\nliau on our bieastwoik But again their rejoicing;\\nwas not to last. Col. ()pdyke, in one of the most\\nsplendid counter assaults of the cain|)aign. retook\\nour min and captured ten rebel Hags and three\\nhundred prisoners into the bargain.\\nIt was now night, and the train of .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2imbulanccs\\nwas still in very criticril circumstances. ()iir own\\ncavahv had galloiicd through Helds and woods.\\nmiles away to the left and rear, to guard oiirtlanks. i\\nlie soldiers about the fort were beginning to start\\ncamp- tires, when suddenly Dr. K. iiiney heard the\\ncommand, put out those (ires! ;iiid in the sten-\\ntorian voice recognized that of Col. Streiglit. whose\\nacquaintance he had m;ide a few months before in\\nLibby j riMin. At once making him.-^elf known to\\nthe Colonel, he asked for further orders. Moxc\\non to Xashville. wa.- the reply: for iinle.- s you\\nand \\\\()iii .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2unbulances occujjy the field alone, there\\nis no other way for you. I .-un now in i-omiii;in l\\nof the rear-guaril. and sli.all soon move then my-\\nself. Just in time to get in advance of the rear- j\\nguard. Dr. Uanney had tlie satisfaction of bring-\\ning every ambulance and every soldier .safe within\\nthe defenses of Nashville. That was a proud day\\nin the history of the young surgeon, which none of\\nhis friends, either in the army or out of it. are will-\\ning should be forgotten.\\nHut the work of the ambulance ind its \\\\arious\\nattendants is not et done. By December .I. Hood\\nhad established his lines oiitli of Nashville. I he\\n.season is against him. for it i a week of evei e\\ncold. Numbers are no longer in his favor, for the\\nFabian policy of T homas had been uccessfnl. The\\nbesieged were more than the besiegers, .and in\\nall respects in much better shape. To sit by the\\nlire at Nashville, they must pass through .another\\nlire nincli worse than that of Franklin. Thomas\\norders an advance. The first dtiy s work gives\\nhim sixteen guns .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0mcl twelve hundred pii on-\\ners; the second day s work gives him in all four\\nthousand four hundred .and sixty-two prisoners,\\ntwo hundred .-iiid eii;lity-se\\\\-eii otiicers. and (ifl\\\\-\\ntliree guns.\\nOne of llic-e prisoner.--, t.eii. F. Jiueker. in\\neomm.-uidof division of rebel ca\\\\alr\\\\. was known\\nby the Federal cavalry a the man on the ra\\\\-\\nhorse. who often dashed up to the I Vder.al lines\\nto get them, into a position to exchaiiire shots.\\nWhile lighting hand to hand with a I liion captain,\\nhis left arm was shattered just below the shoulder\\nby a ball. As the Mist Federal surgeon to see him.\\nDr. l{anney courteously offered the ienerars staff\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-urgcon lii assistance, and the professional cour-\\ntesy was returned by :i recpicst to perform the np-\\neration himself. The next morning he sent him\\nin a comfortable conveyance to Nashville. The\\nlast time Dr. K aiiucy saw the iii.an on the irra\\\\\\nhorse previously was just before the charge at\\nChickamaiiga. which resulted in his capture.\\nAfter Hood s defeat liy (icn. Tliom.as. ii hot piii-\\nuit was made by the ca\\\\alry. and coiisecpieutl\\\\-\\nmany Confederate wounded fell into the hands of\\nthe Federal surgeons for treatment. Hood -ot\\nover the Tennessee with a remnant of hisarnivand\\nthe los,- of hi last gun. The I nioii cavalr\\\\ hav-\\ning reacheil the Teiines ee. wintered .-it F lorence\\nand Waterloo. .Meantime. Dr. Rannev li.ad been\\ncommi.-sioned as a full suisieon. and the hospital", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "232\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ndepartments of his corps being organized into divi-\\nsions, lie was put in charge of the Urst Division\\nHospital Department, and a|i|ii inted its chief o))-\\nerator.\\nTennessee once more repossessed, now for Ala-\\nbama 1 While Gen. C anby was operating from the\\nSouth, the movement at the North was led by Gen.\\n.lames H. Wilson, det.ached by (ien. (irant from\\ntlie Army of the Potomac, and sent West with his\\nveterans for this particular purjjose. His command\\nconsisted of about fifteen tliousand men. and was\\nknown as tlie Cavalry Corps of the Military Divi-\\nsion of the Mississippi. His objective point was\\nSelma, where, after a long and fatiguing march, a\\ndecisive l)attle was fought, resulting in the capture\\nof many jirisoners and a large amount of army\\nstores. ilson |)ursued the enemy to ^Montgomery\\nwhich surrendered under a flag of truce, and then\\nl)uslied on to Columbus, and Macon, Ga.\\nIt may be well imagined that this was an ex-\\nceedingly active campaign, .and that the number of\\nsick and wounded requiring surgical aid was ver}-\\ngreat. At Macon the hospit.al departments of the\\nthree divisions constituting the corps were consoli-\\ndated. Dr. Ranuey was ordered to receipt for all\\nmedical stores to the surgeons in charge of the\\nother divisions, and to establish a corps hospital in\\ntin- building formerly used by the State of Georgia\\nas an asylum for the deaf, dumb and blind. About\\nthree Inindred patients were gathered here from\\nvarious pLaces on the line of march, and some ninety\\nsoldiers who had been under the care and treat-\\nment of the rebels. The case of the latter was pitia-\\nble in the extreme. Either through meagre facili-\\nties, or .actual neglect of rebel surgeons, their\\nwounds had been suffered to become gangrenous;\\narteries had sloughed and required ligation. In\\nsome cases amputation had to be resorted to to\\nsave life, l)ut in the end not one of that nuiiitier\\ndied.\\nMacon being only twenty miles from Anderson-\\nville, when the rebel armies surrendered the prison-\\ners at this murderous and ever-accursed place were\\nof course released. The poor starved and emacia-\\nted prisoners who were unable to join their own\\ncommands or bear transportation home were pro-\\nvided for in the corps hospital. The horrors of that\\nwell-known stockade or prison-pen will be re-\\nmembered long after those of the Old Sugar-\\nHouse, in the days of the Revolution are forgot-\\nten. It was just as much crossing the death-line\\nto go into Andersonville Prison as to go out of it.\\nSo indignant was Dr. Ranney at the enormous out-\\nrage here perpetrated on civilization and humanity\\nthat he comjjlained of Capt. Wirtz for his brutal-\\nity, and had liim .arrested and placed under guard.\\nIn this connection it ma} be .as well to remember\\nthat when the war was ended Capt. Wirtz was the\\nonly rebel that was legally hung, and most richly\\ndid he merit it. The only regret is that those in\\nhigher office who shared in his unparalleled crime,\\ndid not have a similar share in his well-deserved\\npunishment.\\nNor was this the only instance in which Dr. Kau-\\nney resented the abuse of ofHce. When he found\\nthose of our own army who were deliberately tak-\\ning advantage of their position for private and\\nmercenary purposes, at the expen.se of the iniblic\\ngood, he did not hesitate over his own name to\\nnotify Gov. Blair and other authorities at home,\\nand secure efficient measures for the remedy of such\\nabuses, l^ros Tyriuaw nilii nullo diacrimine agetur.\\nRebel or Yank, it was all one to him; where cor-\\nruption was, it must be cauterized and its progress\\narrested.\\nDuring the month of .luly, 18G5, the Second\\nMichigan Cavalry was mustered out of service, but\\nthe ability of Dr. Ranney as a surgeon was now\\ntoo well known to leave him without employment.\\nGen. C roxton, of Gen. Ed McCook s Division, un-\\nder whom he had served in the Chattanooga cam-\\npaign, offered him a commission as surgeon of the\\nOne Hundred and Thirty-sixth Colored Infantry,\\nwhich he accepted, and with which he remained\\nuntil it was mustered out, in .Tanuarj 1866. Dur-\\ning the latter part of his service he was at Augusta,\\nand, his duties with his regiment being light, he\\nattended a course of lectures in the Georgia Medi-\\ncal College.\\nAnd now, having gone through the war, as Lee\\nhas it in his farewell to his disbanded army, April\\n0, 1865, our history once more returns to bio-\\ngraphy.\\nIn February, 1866, Dr. Rauney established him-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRcVFHlCAI. ALHllvr.\\n233\\n.self as physician and siiro:eon in Lansinsj, IMicli.\\nHere he has luiill up a solid and stenflily increasina\\npractice, and now holds an enviahle position in liis\\nprofession, not only in the capital city, hut in all\\nthe adjacent country. In 1XG(! he assisted in the\\norganization ol tlic Michigan State Medical Society,\\nof which he was then elected, and of which he ha.s\\never since contimnMl to be. the Recording Secre-\\ntaiy. In 1873 he served as President of the Mich-\\nigan t entral Jledical Society. In the same 3 ear\\nhe was elected cones|)onding nieniher of the Old\\nWayne County Medical Society. In IHT i he was\\nC hairni. in of the Lansing Board of Health. He has\\nlieen Resident .Surgeon at Lansing to the Lake .Sjiore\\niVr Michigan Southern Railroad Company, and the\\nChicago iV Lake Huron and the Chicago it North-\\neastern Railroads. He is a member of the Ameri-\\ncan iledical Association, and has often been a dele-\\ngate to that body from the Michigan .State Medi-\\ncal Society, and served .as the Committee on Ne-\\ncrology for Michigan in 1879-80. Nor have liis\\nlabors been confined merely to the practical duties\\nof his profession. To its periodical literature he\\nhas contributed papers upon Bandaging for the\\nRelief of Inflamed ^lammiv; Lipera; Bad AVa-\\nter a Cause of Typhoid Fever; Progress of Medi-\\ncal Science, with Hints upon Vulgar P rors impend-\\ning it. etc.\\nDr. Rauney is an h(morary member of the Pere\\nMarquette Medical Society and the Saginaw Hos-\\n|)ital Staff; corresponding member of the Detroit\\nLibrary ^Vssociation; member of the American Pub-\\nlic Health Association; the American Medical As-\\nsociation and British .Medical As.sociation Fellow\\nof the British (iynecological Association, etc., etc.\\nIn 1886 he was a delegate so the British Medical\\nAssociation held in Brighton, England. He is Su-\\nperintendent of the J^ansing City Hospital, and is\\nnow (1891) President of the Michigan State Medi-\\ncal Society. He is also a member of the Associa-\\ntion of Railroad Surgeons of ilichigan. lie is\\nDivision Surgeon of the Detroit, Lansing North-\\nern I?iiilroad. and of the Chicago iV- Grand Trunk\\nRailnjad; belongs to the Pension Examining Board\\nof Lansing; and is a member of the Loyal Legion\\nof the I nited States.\\nAs a physician he is unusually quick and skillful\\nin his diagnosis of disease; simple, judicious and\\nconservative in his treatment; very gcntlemanlv\\nand conciliatory in his contact with his patients;\\nand just that kind of physician, wlio, when imcc\\nknown, is most valued, and loved alike bv rich and\\npoor. The men of all otheis for whom he seems to\\nentertain a most vehement dislike, are the various\\n(|uacks and pretenders to medical knowledge, whom\\na wise and stringent Legislature ought long since\\nto have driven from a State as intelligent as that\\nof ISIichigan.\\nIn politics, though Ijy education and choice a\\nRepublican, he is not of the noisy kind, or at all\\ninclined to make himself conspicuouson tlieslump.\\nIn religion he has equally decided opinions as in\\nmedicine. He believes that its tendencies and re-\\nsults ought always to characterize the medical man,\\nwho at every step in his career, in the very tissues\\nand organs of the human frame, should not fail to\\nsee sublime and beautiful evidence of the wisdom,\\npower, and goodness of the Great Creator. Its true\\ndemonstration he thinks is quite as often in the\\nlife as in the elaborate argiuueiit.\\nIt would natiu ally be expected that a man wIk)\\nhad gone through so varied and trying an experi-\\nence woidd endeavt)r to secure for himself a happy\\nhome. In September, 1869, Dr. Ranncy was united\\nin marriage to Isabella E. Sparrow, daughter of\\nBartholomew Sparri w, late of Kellebeg Euuis-\\ncorthy, Ireland, a woman of great tenderness of\\ndisposition, and admirably ada]ited l y her many\\nvirtues to dignify and adorn domestic life. They\\nhave one son, now 1891) eighteen yeai-s old.\\nIt was Dr. Ranney s misfortune to lose his\\ndaughter, Florence, I line 4, 1891, aged ten years\\nand three months. She was a child beloved by all\\nwho knew her. and of her Hisho)) Davies wrote,\\nthat she impressed him as one of the brightest and\\nmost beautiful girls he ever saw.\\n.Many oh. how inanyl were our unreturniiig\\nbrave who died on the battle-field, who perished\\nby the wayside, who wasted away their inestimable\\nlives in rebel hosjiitals and prison-pens through\\nstarvation and neglect. The evil which of all oth-\\ners has threatened the body politic of late has been\\n])overty of blood. It will lake more than tme gen-\\neration to make good the loss. Yet one thing is", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "234\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\never to be remembered: but for such surgeons as\\nDr. Rauney,who jeopardized their lives in the high\\nplaces of the field, ovir loss would have been incal-\\nculably greater. They have returned, indeed, many\\nof our Boys in Blue, without a leg or without an\\narm, tnit, thank God! they have at least brought\\nliack their undying love for the Union, and enough\\nof their glorious spirit has been left to save us from\\na Civil AVar far worse than Rebellion, and thus\\ngive us the grandest prospect of a national devel-\\nopment which has ever opened upon the human\\nrace. We close, then, our sketch in the same\\nspirit in which we commenced it, Honor to tiik\\nOKEEX .S.VSII \\\\S WELL AS TO THE RED.\\n(tEOKOE 1)i KKIKLU.\\n^T*^**\\njTpV, EV. HARVEY HODSKISS. This well-known\\nlt?if temperance orator and revered minister of\\nIAS the Gospel residing in Locke Township,\\nIngham County, was liorn February 12,\\n1818, in Pratts Town. Steuben County. X. Y. Gn\\nthe paternal side he is of Puritan descent and his\\nmaternal grandfather was for a short time a mem-\\nber of the Revolutionary army. When very young\\nhe removed with his parents to what is now known\\nas Orleans County, and when ten years old he re-\\nmoved to Chaiitauqua County, and tliere grew to\\nmanhood.\\nHaving arrived at manlmod, young Hodskiss\\nlearned the trade of a cooper, which lie followed\\nfor a number of years. His early life in the woods\\nand cm tlie farm had not been adapted to giving\\ngreat advantages in the line of education, but his\\nown love for learning and intense ambition led\\nhim (m. and he became a thorough student.\\nDesire Hill was the maiden name of the lady\\nwho became our subject s bride in Chautauqua\\nCounty, X. Y.. April i\u00c2\u00bb, 1837. .She was born De-\\ncember 9, 1817, in Genesee County. X. Y., and her\\nparents were R :)be t and Ilannali (Sullivan) Hill.\\nShe is of good patriotic stock as her grandfather\\nHill was a Rcvolutionnry soldier. By her union\\nwith Mr. Hodskiss tliere were horn five children.\\nonly one of whom is surviving: Louisa, wife of\\nLeander Wright, residing in this county, who has\\na .son, Harvey, who is working the farm of our\\nsubject. He has a son now six years of age.\\nThose who have passed away are: Nancy, Ann\\nM., Plimpton and one who died m infancy. The\\nfather joined the Jlethodist Ejiiscopal Church\\nwhen about eighteen years old, and began preach-\\ning and exhortuig at the age of twenty-three,\\nand has continued in the work up to the present\\ntime, part of the time serving in that churcli\\nand part of the time in the Wesleyan denomi-\\nnation. He has never had the advantage of\\ncollege learning, but studied at home, and many\\na night sat up until midniglit or 2 o clock in tlie\\nmorning, in order that he might gain the knowl-\\nedge which he felt was necessary for one who\\nwould speak acceptably to the people. He passed\\na successful examination before the Conference\\nand became a regular preacher in Ohio in 184.\\nHe came to Michigan in 18.55. and located in\\nLocke Township, this county. For nearly four\\n3 ears he officiated as Chaplain of the Jackson\\nState Prison, but he resigned that position to take\\na regular appointment from the M?thodist Epis-\\ncopal Church. He is now. even at his advanced\\nage, filling numerous pulpits in this vicinity.\\nThis reverend gentleman has been an extensive\\nlecturer on the theme of temperance and an active\\nworker in that cause. In his political views he\\nwas long attached to the Reinililican party, but\\nis now an active Prohibitionist, and both he\\nand his wife arc helpers for every good cau. ^e. In\\nthe early days in Ohio he was a strong Abolitionist\\nand a Free Soiler. He now owns one liiindred\\nand twenty acres of land, which he has gained b\\\\\\nstrict economy and persevering labor.\\nWhen the Republican party was first organized\\nMr. Hodskiss lectured extensively in its interests\\nthroughout Tngh.am County, and in 1860 he was\\na candidate for the Legislature on that ticket, but\\nwas defeated by a minority of fourteen votes. His\\nlectures have been well known throughout Ing-\\nham, .lackson, .Shiawassee. ^Manistee and Oceana\\nCounties. While he was residing in Ohio he was\\ninstrumental in helping to organize the Wesleyan\\nChurch, which seceded from the ^Methodist Epis-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n235\\neopal C liiircli on tlie (iiicstiiiii uf the abolition of\\nslavery. On tlie iltli of Ainil, IHK8, Air. Ilodsivi.ss\\nand Ills devoted eoni|ianion eele)iialed the ;olden\\nanni versaiv of tlieir wedding day, wliieli was a\\nliM|)|iy occasion tu all wlio iiiiow and love tliis\\nworthy couple. )iii Mihject is iiiiite active and\\nvigorous foi- a man of his years.\\nO.SKPII T. MrKiniUX is a son of Alexander\\n^IcKililiin who came to Ingham Connty in\\n18()1 and located in Lansing, owning aud\\neariying on a farm in l^ansing Township.\\nHe was a native of Pennsylvania and his wife,\\nwhose maiden name was JNIary Dunlap, was a native\\nof IMttsbui g, Pa., and lived in that city until they\\nlenioved to Detroit in 1841. He was at first en-\\ngaged in the grocery business and afterward under-\\ntook a wholesale hardware trade. This was pre-\\nvious to 18. )7, at which date he removed to Lan-\\nsing.\\n.\\\\lexander ^rcKilibin located on Washtenaw\\nAvenue, just south of where the (irand Trunk\\nRailway now runs, which section was then a solid\\nforest. He erected one of the first brick houses\\nthat were put up here, and he still owns on the\\nhonieslead eleven acres of land just inside the city\\nlimits. This ti act is finely shaded and comprises\\nsome of the best .acres within the limits. He still\\ncontinued to carry (m the farm even after he com-\\npleted his three-score years and at the time of his\\ndeath he had a large landed estate.\\n.Mrs. McKibbin also had a farm in I,;insing\\nTownship. This lady is still living. They weie\\nboth for ni. Uiy years members of the Presbyterian\\niiureh, and in it they were active In every good\\nwork, (lur subject had his nativity in Detroit.\\nJanuary lo. l.S4(). and had the advant.age of city\\nlife in his boyhood, taking a thorough drill in the\\nschools of Detroit and iinishing his education at\\nMt. Pleasant Military Academy at Sing Sing, X. Y..\\nafter which he engaged in a wholesale clothing\\ntrade at Isew York City with Lougstrect, Bradford\\nit Co., as salesman. He remained with this com-\\npany for one year after which he came here in\\n18(18, and engaged in farming. He is still the\\ntrustee of his own estate and gives it his entire\\nattention at the i)resent time.\\nThe subject of this life record was united in the\\nha|)i)y bonds of wedlock with Miss Emma Barnes.\\nTheir marriage w.as celebrated at the home of the\\nbride s parents, September 20. 186U. They have\\nbecome the parents of six children who are named\\nas follows: May E., Grace M., Jennie. I^aila, Frank\\nB. and Clifford. The gentleman of whom we write\\nis the only representative of the old and honored\\nMcKibbin famil} now living here, and lie is held\\nin the highest esteem by all with whom he has\\ndealings, and is considered as an unostentatious and\\nsquare-dealing man. In his political views he\\nattiliates with the Democratic party in a (juiet way.\\n3^/c;o_\\n^Mii ^l:^^\\n-J\\nF;ARUN BOTSFOHD. .V loving daughter\\ndictates the notes for the following bio-\\ngra])hical sketch of her father, who has\\nfrom childhood been her hero and model of\\nall excellence. Heisnow^the owner of a fine farm\\non section 2, of Williamstoii Township. Ingham\\nCounty. He is a son of Samuel F.otsford. a nati\\\\e\\nof Millfoid. Xew Haven Coiintx Conn. Thence\\nhe went to Xew York, where he was married to\\nLucy Bullcn, from which union six cliildren were\\nborn, four sons and two daughters. Mr. Botsford\\ncame to jMichigan October 21. 18. 5.3. and lived\\nin Washtenaw County until his death, which took\\nplace September 2(1. 1878. The mother died .Jan-\\nuary 28, 18(!1. ^Ir. Botsford w.as a carpenter by\\ntrade and w.as in the War of 1812.\\nAaron Botsford, was born .lunc l. 1M8. in\\nWyoming County X. Y., and w^as sixteen jcars of\\nage when he came to Michigan with his parents\\nand lived .at home until he was of age. He then\\nwent on a farm and bought ighty acres of land in\\nWashtenaw County. After his purchase on taking\\nan inventory of his possessions he found that he\\nhad just seven cents iu money, a team and a plow,", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "236\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nHe cleared and broke the ground and lived there\\nfrom 1840 to 1H61. His marriage took place No-\\nvember 27, 1.S42, at which lime he was united to\\nElizabetli Savage, a daughter of David Savage, a\\nnative of Orange County, N. Y. They were, how-\\never, early settlers in AVaslitenaw County.\\nTo our subject and liis wife were born the fol-\\nlowing children Henry, Eugene, Ann j\\\\L, Willard,\\nMary E., Irvin, .Julia A.,]\\\\Iinnie and Olin. In 186(1\\nour subject came to the tliis county and set-\\ntled on a farm of two hundred and twenty acres.\\nOf this he has given a portion to his children and\\nnow has but one hundred, lie has made most of\\ntlie improvements upon his farm. Politically he\\nis a strong adherent of the Republican part and\\nhas been Justice of the Peace for three years. The\\nwife of Mr.Botsford died March 21, 1887.\\nShe who dictates thisslvetch. Mrs. .Julia A. (Jill-\\nbert, a daughter of our subject was born .\\\\pril 14.\\n1861. She was married April 1, 1888, to Andrew\\nGilbert, a son of Daniel and Lucinda (iill)ert. the\\nformer a native of Alleghany County. X. Y.. and\\nand latter of Ohio. To tiiem have been born tun\\nsons and tluee daughters. ^Ir. (iilbert was a car-\\npenter liy trade and on lirst coming to the State\\nsettled in Eaton County, Benton Township, where\\nhe lived for a number of years, thence removing\\nto Midland County, and there died in 1882, the\\nmotlier |iassing aw.ay in 1886. To ^[r. and Mrs.\\n(iilliert lias been born one son. K(iy. vhose natal\\nday was Seiitemlier 29, 1889.\\n(T\\ne^+^i\\nA\\\\II) HOHISON. Tlic lu.norablc rec(,rd\\nI; in botli peace and war of tliis worthy\\n{nv^fr resident of Howell Township. Livingston\\nCounty, is a pleasant theme for the pen\\nof the biograplier. His life since his early years\\nhas been an ojien page to be read by all the citi-\\nzens of this county, and u|ion it tiiere is n jt one\\nblot nor l)lur and all are glad to do iionor to a\\nman whom they respect and whose career is worthy\\nof t!ie regard whicli lie icceives.\\nA splendid farm of two hundred and seveuty-\\nfive acres upon which can l e found graded stock\\nand Short-horn cattle, employs the energies of Mr.\\nKoliison. It is located on sections 4 and 9, of\\nHowell Township, and by its well-kept appearance\\nand productiveness shows to every pas.ser-by the\\nmaster hand of him whom owns and operates it.\\nCanada is the birthplace of our subject, who was\\nborn in 1839. His parents, John and Martha\\n(Funston) Robison, were natives of Ireland, wlio\\ncame to Canada after their marriage and there en-\\ngaged in farming. At an early day they migrated\\nto Howell and purchased the land now owned Ijy\\nour subject. Tliey improved the land and brought\\nit into a high state of cultivation and lived on the\\nsame until death intervened. The decease of tlie\\nmotlier took [)lace in 1876 when sjie had reached\\nthe age of seventy-six years, .t; lier birth was co-\\nincident with the beginning of this centuiy. Tlic\\nfather survived ten years longer, and reached the\\nage of ninety-one. Of their seven children four\\nare now living, namely: James, David, Mrs. Dunn,\\nand Catharine (Mrs. Roth.) Tiie father was a\\nDemocrat in his political views and one of the well-\\nto-do men in his township.\\nThe early education of David Robison was given\\nhim in Canada and he followed up his studies\\nafter reaching Livingston County. He had\\nthoi-ough practical training ujKin the farm and re-\\nmained on the old homestead taking charge of tlie\\nsame as his parents were in declining years. He\\n\\\\vA thus had the management of the estate from\\nthe time he was quite a young man, and .since that\\ntime he has added to it l)y purchase to a consider-\\nable extent.\\nIn the winter of 1863 Mr. Robison made up his\\nmind to leave home and enlist under the banner\\nof oui- country, and he enlisted as a private in\\nCompany I. Fifth Michigan Infantry, continuing\\nin service until July, 1860, when he received his\\nhonorable discharge. During the battle of Spott-\\n.sylvania Court-house, which took place May 12,\\n1864, this brave soldier was wounded by a ball\\nthrough the aim and was for some time in the hos-\\n|iital at Fredericks! uirg and later was sent toAVash-\\ningldii for treatment. The most .serious disaster\\nwhich befell him during his service was his captiv-\\nj ity. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Hatchiesj", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n239\\nUiiii ;ui(l W.MS k(_-|)t :l pi isonei in l.ililiy I lisou fniui\\nOctober 22, 1861, until March I. 186, He liecamc\\nvery much emaciated durinff his imprisonment,\\nlie is n man who stands five feet, nine and one-\\nli:ilf inches in heiiiht. and when he entered prison\\nlie wcisi hed some one liuudi ed and sixty pf)nnds.\\nhut dui-iuii captivity was reduced to seventy-five\\nponnds.\\nilavina I eceived an lionoralile discliarsjc .liil\\\\- 12.\\nI8(!, Mr. Uoliison now returned lionie and tooU\\ncliaroe of Ids f.nrni. lie is ;in cnthusi;istic inciniier\\nof the (irand ArMi\\\\ of tlie l{ei)ulilic. and lias no\\ngreater pleasure than in remiions with his old com-\\nrades, lie lieloni, s to the Waddell I ost of Howell.\\nHe is a Democrat in his political preferences and is\\nnow miinji the otHce of Justice of the Peace. His\\nlieautiful home which he erected in 1H72. is pre-\\nsided over by his niece, ^liss Mamie t ummisky,\\nas he h.as always remained single. The social,\\njiolitical and aiiricultural circles of the coiuity\\nesteem Mr. Hobison as one of their most prominent\\nmembers, and his ivealth and enterjn i.se make him\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a21 felt power in the community.\\nROBERT KEDZIE, A. M.. M. 1). The\\ngenealogy of the Kedzie family, to which\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i our subject belongs, reads within the last\\nthree generations as follows: His grand-\\nfather. Adam Ivedzie, was liorn in Hawick in 1746,\\nand passed a jjortion of his life in his native .Scot-\\nland, where he was occupied as a farmer, in the\\ns|)ring of 1795, accompanied by his family, he\\ncame to the I nited States and settled in Delaware\\nCounty. N. Y., where, in the village of Stamford,\\nhe and liis wife died. His son, William Kedzie,\\nfather of our subject, was also jiorn in Scotland\\nin 17Hl,in the .same place of wliicii Ids father\\nwas a native. He. too, was reared as a farmer and\\ncame to the United States when foiu teen years of\\nage witii his parents. He made his home for a time\\nin Stamford, X. Y.. thence removed to Delhi, and\\ncoming to Michigan in 182(!, .settled in what is\\nnow known as Deerfield, Lenawee County-. He\\nwas a Scotch Pre.sbyterian. and after living a life\\nof usefulness, he passed away in Deerfield, in 1828.\\nThe mother of our subject, wlio was known in her\\nmaideidiood as Margaret Telford, was V)orn in\\nCaml)ridge, N. Y.. .lune 29, 1792. and was the\\ndaughter of .himes Telfoi d. a farmer.\\nThe subject of this sketch was one of eight chil-\\n(ben lioin to his piu cnts, thi-ee of whom are living.\\nHu V ;ir( the Rev. Adam S. Kedzie, who is the\\nedildi- ind pro])i-ietoi- of the (!rand Haven Herald;\\nWilliam, of Adrian. .Mich., who is a retired farmer,\\nand {{obcrt t of this sketch. Dr. Kedzie lived in\\nDeei lield for lifteen years, during which time he\\nattended tlie district school. Wlien seventeen years\\nold he entered Oberlin College, and after a student\\nlife of six yeai s he was graduated in 1847. For two\\nyea IS he was engaged in teaching in Rochester\\n.Vcademy, Mich., and he then devoted himself to\\nthe study of medicine, being graduated fr(mi the\\nmedical department of the Michigan University,\\nat Ann .\\\\rbor, in 18r)l. He first located in Kala-\\nmazoo. iH maining there about one year, then spent\\neleven years in N crmonlville and one year in the\\narmy its Surgeon in the I welfth .Michigan In-\\nfantry.\\nIn 1863 Dr. Kedzie was ajjpointed Professor of\\nCiiemisti v in Michigan Agricultural College, anrl\\nhas ever since held that position. He has published\\na handbook on chemical analysis, which has been\\nof \\\\i.se in colleges and among scientific people. He\\nhas also written many jiapers in connection with\\nthe State Boaid of Health, of which he is a char-\\ntei- member, for four years its President, and foi\\neight years connected with the Board, declining\\nre-appointinent. He has also been President of tlie\\nAmerican Health Association and Vice-President of\\nthe American Medical A.ssoeiation. He is a Fellow\\nof the American Association for the advancement\\nof Science and Vice-1 resident of the Department\\nof Chemistry in said society. He is also Fellow of the\\nAmerican Academy of Medicine. A practical chem-\\nist, his interest is chietly in laboratory work and ap-\\nplied chemistry. In 1867 he was a member of the\\nState Legislature, representing the northern lialf\\nof Ingham County, being elected as candidate of\\nthe Republican paiiy.\\nOn .Ma\\\\- 2 i. \\\\x: i). Dr. Kedzie was married to", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "240\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nMiss Harriet E. Fairchild, a sister of the ex-Presi-\\ndent of Oberlin College. Mrs. Kedzie is a talented\\nwoman and a suitable companion for her scholarly\\nhusband. They are the parents of three children\\nWilliam K., who was born July 5, 1851, was a\\ngraduate of the Michigan Agricultural College in\\nthe Class of 70, at which time he took the degree\\nof Bachelor of Science, and in 1873 Master of\\nScience. In 187.3 he was a|)pointed Professoi- of\\nChemistry at the Kansas Agricultural College, at\\nManhattan, which position he held for five _years,\\nand was then appointed Professor of Chemistry of\\nOlierliu College, where he remained for two years.\\nHe died April 10, 1880, while in office. He was\\nmarried to Miss Ella M. Gale, of Manhattan, Kan.,\\nand left to his bereaved widow two children\\nElla Pearl and William Koscoe K.,aged fourteen and\\ntwelve years respectively. Our subject s second son,\\nRobert Fairchild, was a graduate of the Agricul-\\ntural College in 1871, took the degree of Bachelor\\nof Science, and subsequently the degree of -Master\\nof Science. He was Professor of Chemistry in the\\nAgricultural College of Mississippi for two years,\\nand died February 13, 1882, at the age of nearlj-\\ntwenty-nine years. lie left a widow, whose maiden\\nname was Nellie Sawyer, of Manhattan, Kan. The\\nthird son, Frank Stewart, was born in 18.57, and\\nW.1S graduated with the class of 77 from the Agri-\\ncultural College, like his brothers taking the de-\\ngrees of Bachelor of Science and subsequently\\nMaster of Science. He is now Adjunct Professor\\nof Chemistry in the Michigan Agricultural Col-\\nlege. After his graduation he spent six months\\nin Berlin, Germany, studying chemistry. He mar-\\nried Kate Marvin, of Lansing, this State, in De-\\ncember, 1887.\\nFor the past forty years Dr. Kedzie has been as-\\nsociated with the Congregational Church. The\\nlast twenty-five years he has been a member of\\nthat denomination at Lansing, as is also his wife,\\nand as were his two eldest sons. His membership\\nwith the Pcninusular Chapter of the Alpha Delta\\nPhi of the State I niversity of Michigan, and its\\nold members has been the source of much pleasure\\nas the years have passed. In jiolitics he has been\\na life-long Republican. The chief work of the\\nlife of Dr. Kedzie has been ffi^en to the State\\nAgricultural College. Dr. Kedzie has a very firm\\nhold on the students and graduates of the Michi-\\ngan Agricultural College, of which he has not only\\nbeen a finished instructor but a friend, and it is\\nsafe to say that no other professor is held in higher\\nesteem than he. His many student friends earn-\\nestly trust that he may be spared still many years\\nto grace the college hall with his presence.\\nA lithographic portrait of Dr. Kedzie accom-\\npanies this sketch.\\nV_\\nAMES PEACH. Among the i)rominent and\\nsuccessful farmers of Green Oak Township,\\nLivingston County, is the enterprising\\nEnglishman whose name appears at the\\nhead of this writing. His beautiful farm and at-\\ntractive home constitute one of the ornaments of\\nthe township and by his integrity, g(Kid will and\\nintelligence he has made himself a place in liis\\nadopted country.\\nThis farmer w.as born in Cambridgeshire, Eng-\\nland, November 17, 1833, and is the son of Charles\\nand Ann (Ankar) Peach. The mother passed\\nfrom earth in 1880, but the father is still living\\nand now at the age of eighty-four is enjoying the\\naffectionate care and comfort afforded him by his\\nson. These parents had eleven children, eight of\\nwhom are still in this life.\\nWhile quite young .James Peach enjoyed the ad-\\nvantages of good schools, but his school life was\\nnot long prolonged, as he began work at the age\\nof thirteen, and for his first endeavors received\\nonly the nominal stipend of -$15 a year. He\\nworked upon farms and in various ways from year\\nto year but did not make much headway in acquir-\\ning means until after he came to America.\\nIn 1854 James Peach and his parents came to\\nAmerica and landing in New York, journeyed at\\nonce to Ann Arbor. Mich., where the young man\\nengaged in various kinds of emplo.yments for a\\nshort time and then entered the service of William\\nSt. Clair, witli whom he remained for six years.\\nIn 1801 he came to Green Oak Township where he", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n241\\nImil |iuirliM t il f;ilin on x ctiiui X. ;niit licii- lie\\nli!i.- iiiMik Ills Ikhuo lioiii lliMt liinc 1 lliis. After\\neoiniiig to tliis countrv lie took an iiitelliii enl in-\\nterest in party niovemcnts and allied himself with\\nthe Hepuhlicniis, hut he is nt)\\\\v more actively in-\\nterested in Prohibition movements. The Preshy-\\nterian Church is the religious l)ody with which he\\nhas cDunected himself and he is looked upon as an\\nellicient helper therein.\\nIt was with exceedinii ly liniited means that this\\nijentleman began life l)ut he has gained a hand-\\nsome farm of one hundred and twenty acres of\\ntirst-class land. Ho devotes considerable time and\\neffort to the raising of stoclc and makes a si)ecialty\\nof slieei). Since his coming to this countrv he has\\ntw^ice revisited his (^Id home and finds much\\npleasure in thus reviving the memories of his\\nearlv davs.\\nILIAAU U. WENK. Of the many wide-\\nawake and progressive German-American\\n*f settlers in this State, no one is more re-\\nspected for his various good qualities than is he\\nwhose name adorns the liead of this sketch. Clear-\\nsighted, with a good reasoning faculty, and l)eing\\nl)nident and providential, he has succeeded in at-\\ntaining a most comfortable position in agricultural\\nlife. He was born Seiitemlier 28, 1820 in Longen-\\nsalya. in the province of Sachsea. Piiissia. and is a\\nson of .lohn C. and Mary Miuhold Wenk. who\\nwei c born in the same jilace as was our suliject.\\nThe father was a machinist by trade. He served\\nin foui wars, all of which weic directed agaiM l\\nNapoleon and his generals. His military experi-\\nt lice extends over a period of eleven years during\\nwhich lime he traveled over a great portion of\\n(iermany. .Australia and France and w.as subjected\\nto the severest military discipline, for Prussia is\\nnotorious for the severity directed against its sub-\\njects who are drafted into service.\\nOur subject s father was twice married, he of\\nwhom We write being a child of the first union\\nand one of three children Ixirn to his parents, of\\nwhom two grew to maturity William II., our suli-\\nject, and Christiana, wlio came to the I llited\\nStates. The second wife w.as Dorothea Marhold. a\\nsister of the first wifi She was the mother of two\\nchildren whose names were Christian and .loana,\\nthe latter of whom came to the United 8tate.s. Our\\nsubject s father died December 6, 1832. The con-\\nsort of his youth pa.ssed away in 182.5. and his\\nsecond wife departed this life in 18 1(1. All were\\nmembers of the Lnther.an church.\\nThe original of our sketch is a grandson of\\nChristopher Wenk, who was a carpenter and .served\\nin the Prussian Army under Frederick III. He\\nwas the father of two sons and two daugh-\\nters. She who gave our subject birth was a\\ndaughter of Andreas Marhold, who was a woolen\\nweaver. Reared in his native village, William H.\\nWenk received the advantages of a good education\\nin his native land. At the age of fourteen he be-\\ngan to learn the cooper s trade, at which he worked\\nfor four years without an} remuneration. This lie\\nfollowed until he came to the United States, Octo-\\nber 10, 1852, at that time leaving Germany on\\nboard the sailing vessel Hampton and landing\\nin New York City Februaiy 8, 18r)3. They suf-\\nfered a stormy and perilous voyage and more than\\nonce desiiaired of reaching land.\\nThe original of our sketch lirsl located at New-\\nstead. Erie county. X. Y., February 13, 18; )u. He\\ncame to ilichigaii and settled in Oceola where he\\nfollowed his trade and three years later invested\\nin his first real-estate venture in this country, it\\ncomprising ten acres which he farmed in connect-\\nion with his trade, tinally acquiring thirty acres\\nwhich he sold, and, April 12, 187; he located on\\neighty acres where he now resides on section 20,\\nI )ei iHeld township, Livingston County. This he,\\nhas gradually reduced to the most perfect slate of\\norder and ijroductivcness, at the same time con-\\ntinuing to run his coopering business. The fact\\nthat Mr. Wenk was without a dollar when he\\nlanded in Erie County is a coinnientarv in it.self\\nupon the unliriiiii indiistiy and hopefulness with\\nwhich he has devoted himself to accunnilating a\\n[)roiierty that shall supjiorl him in his declining\\nvears.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "242\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nOur subject was married September 26, 1847, to\\nMiss Rebecca Francisca Hertzer. who was born No-\\nvember 21, 1825, in tlie same city as was her hus-\\nband. She is a daughter of C hristiaji and Caroline\\n(Tahl) Ilertzor, who were also natives of her own\\nnative city. The father was a cooper and he gave\\nto his four children such advantages as were pos-\\nsible in his station of life. The names of the chil-\\ndren are, R. Frances, Mary F., Dr. August H., who\\nresides in North Abington, this .State, and Edward\\nII., all of whom came to the I nited States. Mrs.\\nWenk s parents came to this country in the year\\nof 1853, landing April 28, .after an ocean voy-\\nage of six weeks, Botli our subject and his wife\\nare adherents to the Lutlicran faith and are honored\\nand respected members of society, and are good\\nillustrations of what will, seconded by energy, can\\naccomjjlish for a man in this country.\\nMr. and Mrs. AVenk have no children of their\\nown, but on March 6, 1869, they adopted William\\nIlarman. He and his wife Nora House, in her\\nmaiden days, reside with our subject. They have\\none child, nanieil Flora Ilelmaine.\\nARRISON TOBIAS. The immediate gene-\\nalogy of our subject reads as follows: Har-\\nrison Tobias is a son of Henry and Henri-\\ny) etta (Lake) Tobias, natives of Livingston\\nCounty, N. Y. On beginning their domestic life\\nthey sought to raise their standard as high as pos-\\nsible, and the five sons and three daughters that\\ncame to them, if they did not have the luxuries\\nthat money could buy, at least had the advantage\\nof the valualile inheritance of an honorable and\\nunstained name. Our subject s father served as a\\nsoldier in tlie AVar of 1812. He was a farmer and\\nat quite an early day removed to Pennsylvania,\\nand after spending ten years in the (Quaker State,\\nhe removed to Livingston County, Mich.\\nFive years were passed by the original of our\\nsketch in the place to which he first came. He\\nthen removed to Ingham County and settled on a\\nfarm of twenty acres, whicli lie later sold, investing\\nin eighty acres, which he also sold. Mrs. Henrietta\\nTobias died in 1865. The old gentleman was\\nagain married to Elizabeth Plum, who did not sur-\\nvive a great while. Probably worn out by pioneer\\nlife which he had experienced in both Livingston\\nand Ingham Counties, Henry Tobias died in 1878.\\nHarrison Tobias was born May 25, 184.3, in Liv-\\ningston County, Mich., and remained at home\\nmost of the time until he reached maturity. His\\nbo.yhood and early manhood years were employed\\non the home farm. On reaching his majority he\\nworked out for a time by the month and Anally, on\\nSeptember 15, 1870, he persuaded Mi.ss Delia Haddy\\nto leave a life of single blessedness and take up the\\nthreads of a new existence with him. Their nup-\\ntials were solemnized in Williamston, Ingham\\nClounty. Mrs. Tobias is a daughter c f Jacob Haddy,\\na native of Germany and one of the early settlers\\nof Wheatfield Township. His first acquisition of\\nproperty here w-as forty acres, to which he later\\nadded one hundred and sixty acres, and to this he\\nbent his energies in clearing and improving. Mrs.\\nTobias mother was before her marriage Sarah\\nEeker and she and her husband were the parents\\nof nine children. Mr. Haddy has always been a\\nfarmer, being one of the progressive men who have\\nmade Ingham County notable for their fine farms\\nand good class of buildings. He came to Michigan\\nabout 1842-43.\\nMrs. Tobias was born June 4, 1847, in Wheat-\\nfield Township. Since her marriage with our sub-\\nject five children have been born to them. They\\nare Hattie, Mamie, Charles, Etta and Ida. The\\neldest daughter is now the Avife of George B. Has-\\nkell and resides on a farm in Wheatfield Township.\\nThe children are all bright and accomplished young\\npeople, who are greatly resiiected in the commu-\\nnity in which they live. Our subject in 1875\\nbought eighty acres of land, some of which he sold,\\nbut has added one hundred and twenty acres. He\\nhas cleared about forty acres and has erected some\\ngood buildings. Following in the wake of the\\nliojjular political belief, our subject is a Democrat.\\n]Mrs. Tobias great-grandfather, Isaac Haddy, was a\\nsoldier in the regular armv of Germany.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n245\\nR. GEORGE D. GREEN. The gentleman\\n)jl whose portrait appears on the opposite page\\nhas arrived at that age when one expects to\\nsee some evidence of his early work. Success rarely\\ncrowns tlie efforts until the second score of yeai-s\\nlias l)een reached, and indeed, a man s character is\\nnot really lixed until his fortieth jear has been at-\\ntained. Though jiaving as a young man to com-\\niiat with many obstacles that wei-e in the way of\\niiis progress, Dr. Green surmounted them all, and\\nis to-day one of the best men and most popular\\nphysician in the town of Mason. He is a follower\\nof the new scliool of medicine that was instituted\\nl y llalinemann, and which lielieves in that evasive\\nscientific theory, the potentiality of dilution.\\nl)r. (Ireen was born at Albion, Orleans County,\\nX. v.. December 13. 1851, and is a son of N elorus\\nand Cordelia (Olmstead) Green, both natives of\\nNew York, the father born in Oswego and the\\nmother somewhere in tiie ^lohawk Valley. His\\niiinthcr died when be was but nine years of age,\\nand thus the bond tliat made llie domestic life was\\nsevered and he was tliereafter ignorant of the real\\nmeaning of a binue until be formed one for him-\\nself, lie worked liy the month u|)()n a farm and\\nattended, school during the winters, keeping this\\nup until lie reached the age of sixteen years, when\\nhe came to Holt County, this State.\\nL pon his advent in Michigan. Dr. (Treen was\\nemployed at first as a farm laborer and thus he\\nwoiked until twenty-one years of age. attending\\nschool during the winter time. On reaching his\\nmajority, he went to est IJay Cit\\\\ where lie eii-\\ngaiied ill tlie Keystone Salt and Lumber Coiiipaii v.\\nscaling and inspecting luiiilier. and he remained in\\ntlie employ of this company for about four years,\\nafter which lie iTturned to Holt, where he was mar-\\nried to Miss Klieii K. Watson, Xovenilier Ifi, 1874.\\nShe is the daughter of William B. Watson, of Holt.\\nIngham County, this State. After taking upon\\nhimself this sacred obliiiation he began farming on\\nhis own account, and followed the calling of agi i-\\nculliire until the fall of lH8;i, when he went to\\n.Villi .\\\\rbor, Mieli.. and was there engaged in study\\nill the meilic. il depaitiiieiit of the college for two\\nyear He then went to Chicago, entering Ibe\\nHahnemann College. Here he was graduated in\\n1885, his earne.st work in this department receiving\\nits due reward by honorable mention.\\n.\\\\fter obtaining his dipbmia. Dr. Green lirsl be-\\ngan practicing his profession in Morrice, Shiawas-\\nsee County, this State, but in 1889, removed to\\nMason where he has since been and where he is\\nengaged in an extensive practice. He has a beau-\\ntiful residence upon one of the choice residence\\nstreets of the town, and this is presided over most\\ngracefully by his estimable wife. Their union has\\nbeen blessed by the advent of three children: Mabel\\nK., Mattie C. and Harold S. The eldest, who was\\nborn iu Delhi Township, June 1, 1876, is a bright\\nyoung girl and is advanced for her j ears, in her\\nstudies, being now in the eighth grade in the\\nMason public school. Mattie C. was born at Holt,\\nFebruary 19, 1881, while the son, Harold S., was\\nborn at Morrice June 1(1, 1889. Dr. (Ti-een is\\na progressive and aspiring nature that will not\\nrecognize defeat or discouragement and by these\\ncharacteristics his success in the future is assured.\\n^RANK C. BENNETT. It has often been\\n1 observed that business capacity is an in-\\nherited trait and that to one who has this\\ncharacteristic opportunities for success seem to\\ncome almost unsought. Social and educational\\nadvantages of course add to the capability of Mich\\na man, but lie must have these native traits in\\norder to succeed in life in a Inisiness way. Such\\neaiiabilities belong to our subject, who is engaged\\nin steam and hot water heating, iiliimliing and\\ngaslltting and who handles besides an extensive\\nstock of seneral furnishing liousehold goods.\\nMr. r eniietl. who is one of the Board of Alder-\\nmen of Lansing, Ingham County, was born in\\nBethlehem, now a part of the city of Albany.\\nX. v.. June L 1853. His fatlier. Sanford Bennett,\\nwas a native of the same city and his randfather\\nwho bore the same iianie. came from Connecticut.\\nHe took 1 f:inii of two bundled acres near Albany\\nwbieb he eultixated until he removed tol enn Yan\\nin Yates County, where lie died in 1859. Tlie", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a02-Hi\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nraiiiil\\\\ is uf Scotch descent and l)oasts the posses-\\nsion of lilue lildud. Tlie fatlici-. wlio was a gradu-\\nntf of thi department of hiw of tlic Iniversity of\\nNiw VoiU at Alliany, piaeticod liis profession for\\nMwliile and was Justice of thePeaceand Associate\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lustice of a lower court and durinj); the war acted\\nas enrollins officer. Later lie went into the mer-\\ncantile business and in isiTf came to Lansinii\\nwiiere he located and is li\\\\intr a ri tired life. He\\nwas strong in his conxictions, Ituth as to political\\nand reli.uious matters, and was identified with the\\nlve|nililican paity .and Presbyterian Church.\\nThe mother of our subject liore the maiden name\\nof Klizalieth .1. ongdon. and she was also a nati\\\\(\\nof .Vlliany. Her father. William T. Congdoii. w,-is\\nliorn ni-ar Boston, lie cari ied on a sawmill and a\\nknitting mill on the Norman Skill Cieek ne;n-\\n.Albany. His daughter, the mother of our T-ulijecl.\\nis now fifty-eight years of age and has three sous\\nAVilliam S., who is bookkee|)er with his biotlur:\\nI and Clinton C.. who is a ti aveling salesni.au\\nwith his heaihiuartersat Cleveland. Ohio.\\nlie of whom we write was reaicd .and educated\\nin .Vlbany. taking a course in the .\\\\ll)an,\\\\ llii^h\\nSchool and at the age of about sixteen years lie\\nlearned engineering, making a specialty of station-\\naiy enaines. I en before coming to Lansing lie\\nwas employed by the Walworth Manufacturing\\nCompany of lioston. It was in the winter of\\n\\\\x7\\\\-i2 that ln came to this city and engaged in\\nengineering here in the mills \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind look charge of\\nthe steam heatinu in the .Vgricultural College. He\\nwas still in the eniphy of the Walworth ^lanu-\\nfacturing Companx and while the ca])itol Avas\\nbeing finished he became foreman of the steam-\\nheating dep. irtnii nt. which he held until the close\\nof the job. lie then acted in the same capacitv\\nfor the woik on the Ionia Piison and also on the\\nPontiac ,\\\\syhim. .VU of these large con tracts gave\\nhim the benetit of a lirond experience. He le-\\nmained in the employ of this lioston tirm until\\nabout the year IST .t, when they closed their work\\nill JNIicliigan and our subject ceased his coniuH-tion\\nwith them.\\nMr. Bennett, in l\u00c2\u00bb.S(l. started the furnishing\\nbusiness in which he now is and took as i)artner\\n.Mr. Jacques for a short time and then Mr. AVhite\\nfor a few months, since which he has carried on the\\nliusiuess alone, gradually increasing it. In DSM; he\\nliought the ijluiiibing eslablishment of Charles\\nHcrrick, and took as his partner in that line of\\nwork George T. Gordon. The basement of his\\nestablishment is devoted to that branch of the\\nbusiness general plumbing and water and steam-\\nheating. He kee|)s from twelve to fifteen men at\\nwork and takes contracts for large job.s. In his\\nstore he keeps everything in the line of general\\nhouse furnishing and has a fine storeroom, 22x90\\nfeet. Besides other real estate, he owns a pleasant\\nresidence at o. M)7 A\\\\ aliiut .Street.\\nThe marriage of .\\\\Ir. Bennett, which took place\\n.May .io, l\u00c2\u00ab7si. united^ him with Miss Agnes .S.\\niley who was Ixirn in Lansing, her parents hav-\\ning been early settlers here. Their three children\\nare Frani-. Carrie and Aggie. Besides tilling the\\noffice of .Uderman as he is now doing for the Sec-\\nond \\\\\\\\ard. our subject was Supervisor for (,)ne\\nteiiii. lie was the only Republican Alderman elec-\\nted this year (ISIM) and there .are only two of\\nthat party now in the Council. He is identitied with\\nthe Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being now\\nNotile (iraiid in Lodge. No. 45. He is also a mem-\\nber of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and\\nof tile Kniiihts of Pythias. He is prominently ;h-\\nti\\\\e in the First Presbyterian Church at Lansing\\n.and is a very influential man in his party, being\\noften made delegate to county con vcntiiins.\\n^^^.l\\nmA\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0B\\n1^^^\\nOIIN .1. Tl TTLK. Those of us who liave\\nencountered dillicnlties in life, sui-li as come\\nto men who are striving to better their\\nfinancial condititni. imagine that we know\\nwhat hard times means, but if wt could conipai c\\nour experiences with those of the geiitleniau whose\\nn. inie we gi\\\\i we would conclude that we could\\nnot c\\\\ en spell the beyinniiig of this much-used\\nterm. When a man ha cut his road through\\ndense forests from the outer world to his farm, has\\nbuilt a log cabin and lived in it five years before\\nany team of either neighbor or traveler passed his\\ndoor, or before he could see the smoke from any", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "rOUTRAlT A^D BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n247\\ncabin but his own, and had stiuofffled tlirough\\npoverty and scarcity of opportunities to ;ain a\\nbare subsistence, we may well lielievc that lie\\nIcnows tiicfull definition of tlie terni, lianl times.\\nPhis pioneer farmer resides on section 7. of the\\ntownship of Leslie and was born in Mentz, CajHiga\\nCounty. N. Y., June 14, 1812, I)einjj the son of\\nJabez and Betsey (Ayres) Tuttic, natives of New\\nJersev and New York respectively. .labez Tuttle\\nfirst saw the light in Klizabetlitown, N. J., in 1701,\\nand wliile still a young man he removed after his\\nmarriage to Men tz,N. Y., where he and liis good wife\\nmade their home for the remainder of tiieir days. Me\\nwas a ])i(meer tliere and followed l\u00c2\u00bb tii carjjentering\\nand fanning, and also operated a distillery on\\nhis farm for many years, for in those days tem-\\nperance reform had not begun and distilling was\\nconsidered a very reputable calling. This pioneer\\nW.1S also a Revolutionary soldier for a short time\\nand also served in the War of 1812. He became a\\nWhig and upon the organization of the Hepulili-\\ncan party joined that liody, but never took any\\npart in public service. Notwithstanding his war-\\nlike experience, he was ever a faitliftil member of\\nthe Society of Friends, while his wife was an ear-\\nnest and zealous member of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Ciiurch. She was born on Long Lsland, N. Y.,\\nabout the year 1771 and died at the age of seven-\\nty-six years.\\nThese parents were blessed with Inin sons and\\nthree daughters, namely: Phd be, Sallie, Hannah.\\nBenjamin, James B., John J. and Samuel. James\\nB. and John J. aie the only survivors of the\\nfamily and they were reared upon tlicir father s\\nfarm. Our subject remained at home until he\\nreached the age of sixteen years, at which time he\\nwas bound out to learn the blacksmith s trade in\\nAuburn, N. Y., but not liking the man to wlumi\\nhe was apprenticed he ran away, and going to\\nWeedsport, N. Y., there served an apprenticeship\\nfor three years at the tanner s and currier s trade.\\nHe then engaged in the tanning business, using\\nhis father s old still-house on the home farm as a\\ntannery, and carried on this business for two years.\\nDuring the Black Hawk War he took a contract\\nfrom the Government to butcher and supply the\\nfriendlv Indians with meat and was located at\\nChicago, which was then a village of perhaps one\\nthousand inhabitants. He at that time owned a\\nhalf acre of land on which the Tremont House in\\nthat city, and which, if he had held it to the pres-\\nent time, would have made him immensely wealthy;\\nbut Chicago comer lots had not seen the advance\\nwhich they now hold and he disjjosed of his prop-\\nerty.\\nIn November, 1834, this gentleman retm-ned to\\nNew York and followed farming for two years,\\nwhen he decided to give u]) his work there and\\ncome West. It was in the fall of 1837 that he\\npurchased eighty acres of forest land where he\\nnow resides in Leslie, Ingham County, and in the\\nfollowing spring he brought his family to the new\\nhomestead. They came fioni .\\\\ul)urn to Detroit\\nby water and from Detroit to his farm by team\\nthrough the woods, cutting their way through the\\nheavy timlier.\\nNothing was so scarce as monc\\\\ in those days\\nand often when the family received a letter from\\nthe East it would be weeks before they could\\nobtain the two shillings which must be paid for its\\ndelivery. They struggled along through ditiicul-\\nties which to the modern man would seem insur-\\nmountable, but never faltered nor fainted by the\\nway. With his own right arm and his own trusty\\nax he cleared the timber from one hundred acres\\nof his farm, and with the help of others hiis cleared\\nanother one hundred acres. For scA cral j-ears he\\nwas surrounded by Indians and wild beasts, but as\\nhe was alwiiys friendly- and true in his dealings\\nwith the red man he had no trouble with him. He\\nhas added to his possessions until he now ha. one\\nthousand and fort^^ acres all in one bod3 ,a portion\\nof which he gives to his son.\\nMr. Tuttle is one of the wealthiest men in this\\ncounty and has made his property by hard labor\\nas he has never speculated. Besides his farm prop-\\nerty he also owns farm property in Leslie and is a\\nstockholder in the People s Bank, in which he has\\nbeen a Director since its organization. He is a\\nman of verj decided convictions and is strong in\\nhis preference for and belief in the Republican\\nparty. During tlie days of the Civil War he was\\nTownship Supervisor and has been Justice of the\\nPeace for fourteen vears, besides fillinsr various", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "i.S\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ntownsliiij oltiees. lie ha^ placed all the impiovc-\\niiK iit wliifli aio iiuw to 1)0 seen upon liit^ fanii\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0111(1 li:i a iaro:^ two-story IVamc lioiise. liesides\\nL xct lk iit liai iis, and his land is ainonu the Hiu ~t\\ntracts to lie found in Inaiiani ounty.\\nThe iiKiniaiie of this |piuneei iientlenian look\\nplace Maich 12, IH:U and he then took to wife\\n^liss Emma A. an\u00e2\u0080\u00a2en. of Palmyra. Wayne County.\\nX. v.. wlio was liorii in Camden. N. .1., April (J,\\n1\u00c2\u00ab12. .She was a danuhter of William and Mary\\n(Horn) Warren and uranddauiihter of (tcu. War-\\nren of Revolutionary fame. Mrs. Tuttle died .Sep-\\nl. uilier 2. lf*H7. leavini;- three children. Her eldest.\\nSarah .J. is now the wife of Daniel Frary. a farmer\\nill this township, and lie i the mother of three\\nchildren. Elizaheth. Ilmina and Blanche. The\\nnext child is )ud(Mi a farmer in this township\\nwho married ^Iis ]-;iizalietli INIc.Vrthur of New\\nYork and has two children. Artie .1. and (ii ace.\\nThe younoest child. Celestia. died when a beauti-\\nful younji lady of eii;hteeii years. The maunitit-cjut\\nrecord which this gentleman lias made and the\\nlionorable character which he sustains, form\\nliright siiot in the annals of Inoham County, for\\nhis wealth has not been made out of the necessities\\nand distiesses of his fellow-men but has been hon-\\norably acijuired and is his by evei-y rioht. hotli\\nhuman and dixinc\\nA\\nOX. CORXELIi:s A.(iOWER. the Sujieiin-\\ntendeut of the State Refortn Scliool at\\nl-ansino Injjliam County, was lioin in Ali-\\nbott. Me.. .Inly ;5. 1845. He is a son of\\nCornelius X. and Abioail (llawes) Cower, the\\nformer of whom was also horn in Maine and there\\nmade his home until his son and our subject had\\nattained years of manhood. Me of whom we write\\nreceived the fundamental portion of his education\\nin his boyhood s home and took the preparatory\\ncour.se for college at AVaterville. after which he\\nattended Colby University in the same city in his\\nnative State, lie eomiileted his cour.se. however,\\nat the Univer.sity of Michigan being graduated in\\n18(57. at which time the degree of liachelor of Arts\\nwas conferred uijon him. Prior to his graduation\\nand during the intervals of his college cour.se he\\ntaught three winters on the coast of Maine and\\nalso in Massachvisetts. His early life was spent on\\na farm.\\n.\\\\fter graduating he engaged in teaching f(M\\none year, during which time he was employed in\\nthe lligli School at .Vnii Arhor. the same time\\nhe was a student in the law department of the\\nUniversity. In 18()H he was in\\\\ited to become\\nl^ inci|ial of the |iiilihc school at Fenton. Mich.,\\nand there remained for three years, when he was\\nelected Suiierintcndent for (;ene. ee County. This\\nposition he tilled for three years during wliicli he\\ndiseharged the duties incident to the ottice most\\n.-satisfactorily. ,\\\\t the expiration of that time he\\nresigned in onler to accept the position of .Super-\\nintendent in the city scho(.)ls of Saginaw. Heentered\\nupon his duties in IK74. and in 1 ^7H while still so\\nengaged he was appointed hy (io\\\\-. Crosswell as\\nSuperintendent of Public Instruction to fill a\\nvat ancy made by the resignation of Hon. 11. S.\\nT.-irliell. The same fall he received a comiiliment\\n(laid to his alile liscliarge of the duties incident to\\nthat ottice by an election to the place, and again\\nin 1H\u00c2\u00ab(I was re-elected.\\nIn Feliruarv. 18H1 he was appointed Superin-\\ntendent of the State Reft)rm .School. Here he has\\nremained ever since, and the success of that insti-\\ntution is due in no small degree to his able admin-\\nistration. Mr. (lower was united in marriage at\\nF enton. .September 12. 1iH71. to .Miss Dora L.\\nWalton, of the same city in which their marriage\\nwas solemnized. They are the parents of three\\ncliihlren who are Helen 1).. Charles A. and t lara\\nThey are all young peoiile of whom their\\njiarents ma\\\\ well be [iroud. Xaturally bright and\\nsurrounded from e.-irliest years with those inllu-\\nences that would naturally develop the best side\\nof their natures, they early displayed an unusual\\nriclme-s of cli.-iracter. ^Iis. (iower is a native of\\nllartl. uid. Livingston (ounty. this State, and is a\\ndaughter of Earl E. and Helen alton. The\\nfather of our subject is still li\\\\ ing. residing in\\nWisconsin.\\n;\\\\Ir. (Jower is the Pre.sident of the Beacon Pub-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND I!I()( IKA IMIK A I. AI.15r r.\\n24!)\\nlisliiiitj (ini|):ui y, (if wliirli ;i lii tiiry iiuiy lie t liinnl\\nundfi- tlu liioiiriipliiivil sUctcli ul llic Ivcx II.\\nl)c;ili in .iiiollu i- ii;ii1 \\\\\\\\\\\\i Ai r.iM. I lir la l\\nnamed ;ontl( niaii i.s sccretaiy and editor oi tlii\\npaper, wliieli is the State oroaii nf the oiisiiviia-\\ntioiial Society. It was ])iircliased liy tlie present\\ncompany in 1887 and lias an extensive eireulation\\ntliroiijiiiout the State. Our subject has fin- the\\npast ei! :ht years heen intimately connected witli\\nMessi I I liincnt A- Sons, manufacturers. :uid\\nwlicn the lirm was incoi poratcd. lie -was elected tlie\\nlirst ice-President and he lias evei since licid\\nthat position, lie has ever taken a deej) interest\\nin reliiiious inntteis as may lie inferred from his\\nconnection witli so ini])ortant a leliirious ori an as\\nthe Beacon. For several years he h.as liccn a nieiii-\\nher of the Slate Committee on Home Mission of the\\non^re i;ational Church, and the work th;it he h.as\\naccomplishe(l while in this po.-ition has not been\\niiu onsidi ralilc. Mr. (iower is a nieniher and iicn-\\nerous .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\\\ip|)orter of the I lymoiith Cona re\u00c2\u00a3;ational\\nChui ch of this city, lie is a Kniaht rcmplar. hut\\nis not l.-irucly intcrc ti-(l in scciet ^ocieties. lia\\\\\\niui; all that he can attend to in his own jiiofes-\\nsional liiK an l hi church woi-k. Ih i a ni.an who\\nis held in the hiahe^t otccm by all the ])eoplc of\\nthe community. Politically he is a l{ei)ublican.\\nI I I I I j\\nI I I I I n\\nI AMKS W. riLLOTSON. Itioj/raphies of\\nsuccessful men are most iisefid as liuides and\\nincenti\\\\ cs to otlici ;ind hen -e a volume of\\nthis cliaract r. containini; the life rt cords of\\nthe most piomiiu ut and representat i ve -it i/,cn of\\nthe county, serves to stimulate the \\\\o\\\\uiaand in-\\nvite their em\\\\ilation. Mr. Tillotson is well known\\nthrouiihout lniih;im Comity as an inlluenli.al\\nfarmer and business man of Lansina Township,\\nwhere he resides on .section His line farm of\\niiiu hinidred .and forty-live .acres adjoins the cil\\\\\\nof Lansina and forms :i lie.autiful coutra t. with il-\\nw. ivina arain and areen orch.ards. to the iniposina\\nstructures of the capital city.\\nThe paternal grandfather of Mr. Tillot on boie\\nthe name of Zadock Tillotson. and was a nati\\\\e of\\nNew ^drk. of Knaiish extraction. The immediate\\nproacnilois of our subject were Krastus .V. and\\nPhidelia .Mathei-) Tillotson. the former a native\\nof the Kmpire .State and the latter born in Ohio.\\nIt was in the latter State that their destinies for\\nlife were unite(l in 1 I 1 the ceremony I)eing ]ier-\\nfornu d at the bride s home in Medina Count_\\\\\\nOnly two children ble.ssed their happy married life\\n.James W.. of this sketch, beina the elder, and\\nborn .\\\\uaust .t. 18i;i. His brother. ICrasl\\\\is. now\\nenaaiicd in the postal seivicc .and a resident of\\nOmaha. .Neb., was horn in IHl. i. on Octolier i.\\nHis wife bore the maiden name of Laura Williams.\\nOui- subject was reared on a farm and trained a\\ncommon -school education by taking advantajrc of\\nail the opportunities afforded by the district in\\nwhich he resided. In the meantime he a:ained a\\nthorouirh pi actical knowledae of aariculture in its\\n\\\\arious de|iartincnts and became well littcd to take\\ncharii c of a farm of own. .Naturally, when the\\ntime came bir him to select a calliui; in life he\\nchose aai icultui-e. .and the succe.s which has at-\\ntended his etforts [)i-o\\\\es the wisdom of his choice.\\nI litil he was nineteen \\\\ears old he remained with\\nhis father, but at that ai;i tarted out in life for\\nhimself.\\nIn 18(11. .Mr. Tillotson came \\\\\\\\e,-l to .Michia.an.\\nof whose adv.antaa es much w.as aid in those days\\nand from whose fertile soil it was predicted for-\\ntunes could be aaiiii d. .Vftei he located here he\\nlirst woike l by the month .and I areful econonn\\nen.ablcd him to soon make a purchase of properlv\\nfoi- himself. In IS?. he was mari ied to Miss Halil-\\nwin. .and one lauahter vva lioiai to them Xina\\n.\\\\l.. \\\\vhosc nat.al day was A|)ril 2(1.1x71. She is\\nnow .ittendina school in the city of Lansina and\\ni- (pntc proficient in her studio. She briahtens\\nthe home other father and is not only the object of\\nhis dexoted interest, but also that of her arand-\\ninotlicr. .Mrs. I hidelia Tillotson. who proide.- with\\ndig-nit\\\\ and ijraee over the household of hi r on.\\nsjravel mine or bank on Mr. Tillotson farm\\nfurnisho thousands ol tons of iiravel for t reel\\npuiposes in the city of I.ansina and is .a consider-\\nable .source of revenue. .Mr. Tillotson devotes his\\nattention to mixed farming and finds in the dis-\\ncharge of his varied duties as a citizen and agriiMil-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "250\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nturist. abundant opportunity for his energy and\\nability to be utilized. His father bought the farm\\nwhich is now his property, in 1851, it being then\\nall timber land, and containing few evidences of\\nits present prosi)erity. But the father survived to\\nsee a city grow up from a wilderness. He died\\n.luly 7, 1887, at the ripe old age of seventy years.\\nThe mother, as above stated, is still living in the\\nenjoyment of good health and with faculties un-\\nimpaired.\\nIn politics Mr. Tillotson adheres to the princi-\\nples of the Republican party and cast his first vote\\nfor Abrah.am Lincoln in 1864. Socially he belongs\\nto the Lansing Lodge, No. 33, A. F. A.M. The\\nmother is a devoted member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal C hurcli.\\nm\\nROF. ROBERT BARKER. One of the\\nmost touching tributes which was given\\nby the common people to our Saviour\\nwhen on earth was that He maketh the\\nblind to see. Men of benevolence and scientific\\nresearch have followed in His sacred steps in work-\\ning for those to whom sight has been denied, and\\nin alleviating the misfortune which has fallen upon\\nthem. Many skillful oculists have brought the\\nsweet light of day to those who sat in darkness\\nand where this has been imiwssible the benevolent\\nand wise have sought out means of mitigating the\\naffiiction Vjy giving such instruction as shall bring\\nthe unfortunate ones within the circle of human\\nintelligence, thus breaking down some of the bars\\nwhich had risen up between them and their fellow-\\nmen. To give a sketch of the life and work of the\\nSuperintendent of the Michigan School for the\\nBlind is a task to which we gladly respond.\\nThis gentleman was born in Berry Township,\\nOrleans County, N. Y., May 13, 1827, and there he\\ngrew to manhood. His father, Joseph Barker, was\\nborn in Lincolnshire, England, and the grandfather,\\nJohn, was an English weaver and a farmer after\\ncoming to America, which change of residence he\\nmade about the year 1812. He was a devout\\nmember of the Church of England and died La\\nOrleans County, X. Y., to which he had removed\\nfrom Ontario County. The father, who came to\\nAmerica at the age of thirteen followed farming,\\nas we have said, in Berry Township, until his de.ath\\nat the age of seventy-seven years. He was a sturdy\\nJacksonian Democrat in his political views.\\nTlie motlier of our subject came of an old New\\nEngland family, and was early made an orphan by\\nthe death of her father. She was born in Benning-\\nton. A t., and bore the maiden name of Submit\\nCowles. She died in Berry Townsliij) at the age\\nof fifty years having been the mother of nine chil-\\ndren, of whom our subject was the third in order\\nof age. He attended the common school and after\\nthat took a course of study in Melville Academy,\\nand when eighteen years old he began teaching.\\nHaving spent two terms at the teacher s desk he\\nentered the New York State Normal School at Al-\\nbany wliich was at that time the only normal school\\nin the country and for wliich he was so well,prepared\\nthat he was able to enter the junior class. He\\ngraduated in 1848 at the age of twenty-one.\\nTlie young man now entered the profession of\\nteaching in earnest and tauglit one year in Eagle\\nHarlior, one year in Palmyra, and three years at\\nGeneva. In 1853 he went to Tennessee and\\ntraveled in that State and Kentucky. At Paducah\\nhe had a i)Osition tendered him as Professor of\\nMathematics and Natural Sciences in Paducah\\nCollege. He accepted this chair and at the end of\\na year removed to the Paducah Female Seminary,\\nof which he became Principal, Imt after five years\\nwas offered the principalship of Winchester Female\\nInstitute which he accepted and held foi four\\nyears.\\nDuring Prof. Barker s sojourn in the South he\\nhad a varied experience and saw a great deal of\\nguerrilla warfare. He was a member of the Kentucky\\nHome Guards from the time of its organization\\nuntil it disbanded, and was ever fearless and out-\\nspoken in his loyalty to the Union flag. In August,\\n1864 he came to Lansing and engaged in mercan-\\ntile pursuits for a short time, and then undertook\\nfor about three years the work of a special super-\\nvismg agent for the ^Iitna Fire Insurance Company\\nin Michigan, and was also bookkeeper for the Ionia\\nLansing Railroad for one year, H^ was engaged", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(iijrii.ur AND 1 I()(;i;ai iii( Ai, aiju .\\\\i.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a22.jl\\nin llu inamifafturc of di iiiii tilr Mnil lirii-l nliitli\\nIm^inoss he I arrii d on from 1\u00c2\u00ab7I In l.s.ss. Mud in\\n.lamiarv. 18mt lie Ih cmhu Sir\\\\v;ii(l and Imm)Iv1 ci |)it\\nill the Mifliigan Scliool for llic lUind. i lu iiiaiiauv-\\niiK iit of tlii.- scliool was so picasi d witii lliifi ii i iillc-\\nnianV intelliiJjt iicf and a|i|)ri ciated .so liisjhly tlu\\nl)road cxperieiKc wliicli lie had ^aiiUMl tliat aftei\\nt.ix montlis ill tlie iiislitulioii in thi sidiordiiiaU-\\nt;ition lie was tendered llie Sii| eriiiteiideiK-\\\\\\nwhieh lie accepted in .Inly. is\u00c2\u00ab .i.\\nThe Mieliigan Scliool for the Blind was in its\\nI .-irh years connected with the Deaf and Dunili\\nInstitution at Flint, lint in l.sT .t steps were tiiken\\nto e.stalilisii a separate si liool and there were several\\nl)laces canvassed as proper locations, notably. De-\\ntroit and .Iones\\\\ille. It was finally decided to\\npnrt hase this place which was the old Odd Fellows\\nInstitnte. It was piircha.sed in 1878 and, l)einjr\\nremodeled, ha-s grown to its present tine propor-\\ntions. James F. McKlroy was its first .Snperinteiid-\\neiit, his snceessor being acting-Snpeiintendent\\nKaci Following him was (u oige Barnes .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid\\nthen the present Snpi rintcndent. our subject. The\\nschool is in a rtourishing condition, having eighty-\\nfive pnpils enrolled and the gidiin ls i-om|irise a\\ntract of forty-hve acres, all finely improved, being\\nin meadow and i)asture land. beautiful lawn of\\nten acres i ont:i ills the main iiall. Iiroom shop, en-\\ngine house and other bniUlings necessary for the\\n))roper carrying on of the .school.\\nThe inaniifactoi-y of In ick and tile which was\\nstarted by I rof. liarker at INIason is still in ojiera-\\ntion under the firm n.ame of Barker fe Co. .Since\\ncoming to Michigan he has taken ;in active interest\\nin organizing the Lansing .schools according to a\\ngrailed system and after he was elected a member\\nof the School Hoard he helped to organize the\\nschools on the most advanced plans. For eight\\nyears he w,as a member of the Board and during a\\n])Oi tion of that time jiresided over that body and\\nW as most of the time on the committee on schools\\nas well as the one on teachers.\\nThe marriage of I rof. Barker to .\\\\li\u00c2\u00bb Kmily\\nCornell took place in Bei-ry T(.)wnship. N. .May\\n12. 1H. )ii. That lady was born in Steuben ount\\\\\\nN. Y., and i^ a daniihter of .Stephen ind .Mai V\\nCornell, her father being well known in that re-\\ngion :is a mechanic. She w;is educated in the\\nAcademy at .VIbioii and became .-i teacher. Her\\nfour children are: Mary. .Mrs. B. 1). Northrup of\\nLansing: S.-illie .M.. a graduate of the psilanli\\nNormal School .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2imi a teachei in the city schools\\nhere. h.-irhs S.. who is in the cnipio\\\\- of the Chi-\\ncago A (irand Trunk Railway at Port Huron and\\nWilliam who resides at .Mason where he is\\ncarrying on the business eslablisheil by hi father.\\nI l of. Barker is an .active m.in in the I{epnblic;in\\nranks having been an old-time l- ree Soiler. and\\nhas the high respect of his confreres. He is in\\nevery w-a\\\\ a prominent. public- pirited and enter-\\n])rising man and his broad and rich education aiul\\nhis unfailing fund of information gives him .a con-\\ntroling influence over many minds. He is a mem-\\nber of the Franklin Street I resbyterian Church in\\nwhich he li;i\u00c2\u00bb been an lOlder for twenty years, and\\nwhere he superintended the Sunday-school for six-\\nteen years. He is now suffering in health on ac-\\ncount of a pai-alytie stroke which has effected him\\non the left side and he has a^ked ;i release from the\\nliea\\\\y responsibilities which lie upon liim.\\n^T/()SKI 1I .\\\\I. Mc(().\\\\IB. Our subje.l is a\\nfarmer and stock-rai.ser residing on section\\nI If), of evay Township. Ingham Connt\\\\,\\nwhere he is the owner of fiftv-three acres\\nunder most excellent culti\\\\.ation. lb was born\\nin Oenesee County. Mich.. )etober I.!, isl. He\\nis the son of (hcstt r .and I- ideli:i (L.-ike) McConib.\\nthe f.Mthei- a native of Canada and of Scotch origin,\\nthe mother a native of New York. Our subject s\\np.aients were married in (Jenesee County where\\nhe was born. Chester McComb, his father, was a\\nsmall farmer in (iene.see County, this St.ate. wlnre\\nour subject was reared. He was not an exception\\nto other boy of that day in either the way he was\\nbrought up or the advantages that he received, for\\nthere is ;i f;islii m in rearing chihlren as there is ;i\\nfashion in clothes and the food that one eats.\\n()iir subject received a fair common-school edu-\\ncation in his bo\\\\ hood days. He had liardh lin-\\nished school when the War of the Relxdlion broke", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "252\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nout and be enlisted in tlie Fifth IMicliigan Calvaiy,\\nCompany K, in January, 1864. He was detailed\\nto the Army of the Potomac and joined the regi-\\nment about the 1st of June, serving under that\\nveteran soldier wlio afterward lost liis life in the\\nencounter with the Indians. He has the most\\nvivid remembrance and imprtssion of Gen.\\nCuster s dignity and bravery under Are. The\\nyoung man was in every engagement that occurred\\nfrom the time he entered the war until its termin-\\nation, that is, in every engagement in which his\\nregiment took part, and had a numlier of very\\nclose calls, as it was his nature in the ardency and\\nimpetuosity of youth to always get into the thickest\\nof the fight, where shells were bursting around about\\nhim and the Are of musketry was onlj^ subdued b\\\\-\\nthe louder boom of the cannon. After the General\\nReview at Washington, the brigade to which Mr.\\nMcComb lielonged was transferred to Gen. Stagg,\\nwho led his men by the overland stage route\\nfrom Denver to Salt Lake, and during this period\\nthey saw much duty, although not so exposed to\\ndanger as in the thick of battle.\\nOur subject was mustered out of service March\\n10, 1866, having been with the army two years,\\ntwo months and ten da_vs. After his discharge he\\nspent some time roving around the West and be-\\ncame familiar with the physical and geographical\\ncondition of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, at\\nwhich time he saw much of frontier life, some of\\nit in its roughest and crudest state. On returning\\nto Michigan he staid at his home place for two\\nyears, but the Bohemian spirit was still upon him\\nand at the expiration of tliat time he went to Kan-\\nsas and then to Missouri where he carried on the\\ncooper s business. His fli st marriage occurred\\nwhile in the last named State. His wife was Miss\\nLucy E. Battle and their marriage was solemnized\\nChristmas, 1874. By this union there is one child,\\na daughter, whose name is Mabel L.\\nThe original of our sketch returned to Michigan\\nand settled in Cheboygan County, where he located\\nland from the Government. He remained here\\nabout seven years during which time he was mar-\\nried to Miss Emily B. Hill, their marriage taking\\nplace January 1. 1882. By this marriage there\\nhave been bom three children whose names are as\\nfollows: Fred G.. who was born July 7, 1885; Daniel\\nand Phrebe IMay, twins, who were born Sei)tembei\\n20, 1886. From Cheboygan Mr. Comb moved his\\nfamily to his present home in the fall of 1885.\\nHe of whom we write affiliates with the Repub-\\nlican party and has held many local offices under\\nits lead. He has been School Moderator both here\\nand in Cheboygan County and was Justice of tlic\\nPeace two years, also School Director for two\\nyears. He was formerly a member of the Indeiien-\\ndent Order of Odd Fellows, but has severed his\\nconnection with that society. Besides himself two\\nof his brothers served in the War of the Rebellion,\\nand although they were mere bo.ys in age at the\\ntime of their enlistment, they did good and honor-\\nable service. His brother, Charles, died at Bowling\\nGreen, Ky., a victim of black measles. Another\\nbrother, Ozro S., was several times refused on vol-\\nunteering for enlistment on account of his youth,\\nbut by a little strategy on the boy s part was\\nfinally accepted and enlisted in the Third Michi-\\ngan Cavalry, seeing much service and in his army\\nexperience, gaining a knowledge of men and of the\\ncondition and resource* of the great land in which\\nhe lives, that the ordinary man under ordinary\\ncircumstances would have required a lifetime to\\nlearn.\\nc^\\n~S3\\nri=i\\nRANKLIX F. RUSSELL. No man is more\\ntruly helpful in building up the best ele-\\nments of social and intellectual life than he\\nwho caters to the literary tastes of the people. It\\nmust be a great satisfaction to a right minded man\\nto feel that he is thus helping forward the educa-\\ntional processes bj which a city makes real progress\\nout of the commonplace into a higher life.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write has had the\\npleasure of supplying the public of Lansing, lug-\\nham County with their literary helps and has car-\\nried a full line of books until quite lately. He is\\nnow devoting himself more closely to a specialty,\\nand handles nothing except stationery, news and\\nperiodicals. He was born in Walpole, N. H., May\\n6, 1820. His father. Thomas Russell, Jr., was a na-\\ntive of the same place and his grandfather, Thomas,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "n\\nDTr", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "PORTliAir AND BIOGRArillCAL ALBUM.\\n255\\nwas a Coniieoticut farmer and hlacksiiiitli as well as\\na ropo-iiiakor. At an early day lie removed to\\nMlii( le where lie was very sneeessful in Imsiness\\nand lieeanie a rieli man for those days, altliouu:li he\\nwas a erijUjle from the age of sixteen, and had to\\nmake the journey of life on (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rutche until lie\\njiassed to a better world after eompleliiii; ninel\\\\-\\nsix years of upriiiht and usef\\\\d life.\\nThomas iJussell Jr., was a shoemaker by trade\\nand a farmer and he also lived toan idvaneed age,\\ndyinsr when ei :hty-seven years old. His ijood wife\\nwhose maiden name was Il.-mnah I lint, was a na-\\ntive of Massachusetts and heeame the mother of\\nlive I hildren, her son Franklin lieini next to the\\neldest in aire. lie was reared upon ihi farm in\\nNew Hampshire where he went to .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ehool during\\nthree months in the winter, hut this privilege ex-\\ntended over only three 3-ears, and from that time\\non what education he has received has heen gained\\nby his own efforts.\\n.Vt the age of. ten this boy began to work his\\nown way first on a farm and then learned tlu\\nsiioemaker s trade, at which lie worked for a num-\\nber of years. In 1838 he went to Schenectady.\\nX. Y., and liegan to learn the hatter s trade and\\nafter two years he went to Rochester and finished\\nlearning his trade. After working for oth(u-s awhile\\nhe started in the business for himself undertaking\\nthe finishing of hats and a retad business and in\\nthe fall of 18; )6 he came to Lansing and located\\nhere. He formed a partnership with V. Cannell in\\nthe letail hat and shoe business, but after one year\\nthis partnership was dissolved and our subject con-\\ntinued in the business alone for awhile.\\nSomewhat later Mr. Russell engaged as a clerk\\nwith A. J. Viele in the news, hook and stationery\\nline and remained with him for ten years. In\\n1871 he started in the business for himself at the\\npresent stand and has carried it on with good\\njudgment and success. He was married in Roches-\\nter, X. Y., in 184.5 to ^liss Ellen j\\\\I. Iline who was\\nborn in Catskill. X. Y., and died after their removal\\nto Lansing.\\nThe second marriage of our subject took place in\\nthis city in 1876. his bride being Mrs. Sophronia\\nil. Knott, widow of R. B. Knott. She is a native of\\nXew York and to her has been granted one child.\\nFrances F. The pleasant home at the corner of\\n(Jrand and Lenawee Streets is tlie seat of true\\ndomestic hiippiness. Mrs. IJussell is an earnest and\\ndevoted member of the Meth jdist Kpiscojial Church.\\nThe doctrines of protection and the other princi-\\nples of Kepiililieanism are dear to Mr. Russell, who\\nis ardent in his attachnu ut to his party. He is\\nprominently identified with the Free and Accepted\\nMasons, belonging to Lodge Xo. (iti at Lansing.\\nV OlLN W. TAYLOR. Xothing gives the jjal\\nriotie biographer more pleasure than to tell\\nthe story of the life of one of our -brave\\nboys in blue who .sacrificed all that he held\\ndearest upon the altar of our country, and the\\nsight of one of our maimed and crii)pled soldiers\\nwho has left a limb ujjon the battlefield, causes the\\nheart to thrill again with the emotions which made\\nlife so full and vital in the days of the Civil War.\\nThe gentleman whose name appears at the head of\\nthis paragraph and whose portrait is shown on the\\noi)posite page, is one whose jjatriotic record is of\\ninterest to everyone who will f)pen the covers of\\nthis volume.\\nMr. Taylor is one of the prominent business men\\nof Lansing, Ingham County, and is the proprietor\\nof Taylor s Bazaar of Confectionery, besides lieing\\none of the firm of the Michigan Folding Table\\nCompany, which manufactures an invention of his\\nown. This firm is com])osed of Mr. Tavlor and\\n3Ir. Barrett. Mr. Ta\\\\ lor wa born in Camden. Rav\\nCounty, Mo., April 30. 1810, and his father, .lolin\\nTaylor, w.as a native of Yorkshire, KngL-ind, and\\na wagon manufacturer. After coming with his\\nfamily to this country he located at Camden,\\nand estalilisheda wagon factory, but later ensaired\\nin fanning. He was one of the lirst settlers of\\nHay County, and wjis a famous huntsman. Durinu\\nthe war he was a strong L nion man although resid-\\ning in a neighborhood full of Secessionist*. Xot\\nfeeling at home among them he removed to AVau-\\nkesha County, Wis., where he engaged in farming\\nand still resides. He is a strong Republican in his\\npolitical convictions. His wife, Elizabeth Briggs.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "256\\nPORTRAIT AND BlOCiRArillCAL ALlilM.\\nis also a native of Yorkshire, and ovir subject is\\ntheir only child.\\nJohn \\\\V. Taylor was reared on the farm in Mis-\\nsouri and his school advantages were meager.\\n^Vhen the wnr liroke out there were two Rebel\\ncamps near their home, Wellington and Lexington.\\nand although the family was anxious to leave that\\npart of the counti-y they could not get through to\\nthe Union lines. The Confederacy offered all kinds\\nof inducements to our subject and his father to join\\ntheir service but the young man was able to escape\\nconscription, and enlisted in July. ISGl. in the\\nUnion forces, joining Company D, Fifth Mis.s(niri\\nInfantry. His three months of service in that body\\nwas spent in skirmishing and he was mustered out\\nAugust 31. The following day he enlisted again\\nin Company K, Eighth Kansas Infantry, being\\nmustered in at St. Louis, and taking a three years\\nterm.\\nThe military experience of ilr. Taylor brought\\nhim into the following general engagements, Chick-\\namauga, Perryville and fStone River as well as\\nother conflicts. On the 19th of September, 1863,\\nhe was wounded at Chickamauga, by a shell which\\nstruck his left leg, and he was taken prisoner at\\nthe same time. An operation became necessary\\nand his leg was amputated by Dr. Seeley of the\\nTwenty-second Illinois Regiment. Three weeks\\nlater he was jiaroled and entered the parole cam])\\nat Chattanooga, wliere he remained until one week\\nprevious to the battle of Missionary Ridge, when\\nhe was sent to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis,\\nand was mustered out of service May 24, 1864.\\nThis young hero next went to Milwaukee, and\\ntook a commercial course in Bryant cfe Stratlon s\\nBusiness College, studying telegraphy also, under\\nProf. Spencer. He then entered tlie em]iloy of the\\nChicago, Milwaukee St. Paul Raih-oad, being\\nstation agent first at Columbia, Wis., arid tlien at\\nFall River, Wis., until 1872, when he came to\\nMichigan in the service of the Detroit, Lansing cVr\\nNorthern Railroad. He was agent at Brighton\\nuntil 1874, when he took the agency at North\\nLansing for one year. The 1st of April, 1875, was\\nthe day when he entered the general office of the\\nAuditor General of the State as Clerk, and he re-\\nmained there just sixteen years to a day. During\\nall the time that he was employed in that office he\\nlost no time, but gave himself steadily and faith-\\nfully to the work of the office and became the liead\\nof the purcliasing and paying department. In\\n1881 lie built the block known as the Taylor Block,\\nWilli dimensions of 25x80 feet, furnishing accom-\\nmodation for two stores, and here in 1891 he en-\\ngaged in the confectionery business. He also built\\nin 1878, the Postofflce Block in North Lansing,\\n20x90 feet which is occupied by the postoffice and\\nalso by Hedges fe Reck, druggists, of whom more\\nmay be found under their respective names in this\\nvolume.\\nIn ^lay, IS Jl, Mr. Taylor patented his folding\\ntable and went into partnership with ;\\\\Ir. Barrett\\nin its manufacture. There are forty-four different\\nkinds of folding tables on tlie market, but Mr.\\nTaylor s friends think that his claim is just in call-\\ning this the best one offered to the trade on account\\nof its simplicity and durability. This gentleman\\nwas married in Milwaukee, in 1869, toMLss Joanna\\nM. Ryan, a native of that city. Their three children\\nare, Samuel W., Pierce R., and Marie. The eldest\\nson is a graduate of the Commercial College at\\nLansing, and is now in the United States mail ser-\\nvice at Chicago. The mother of these children\\nis a Roman Catholic in her religious views. The\\npolitical views of Mr. Taylor are strongly Repub-\\nlican, and he is prominent among the men of his\\njiarty, being a frequent delegate to county and\\nState conventions and acting as Chairman of the\\ncity and ward committees. He is a prominent\\nmember of the G. A. R., belonging to Charles T.\\nFoster Post, No. 42.\\nLBERT J. WILSON.\\nThe results of indus-\\ntry and unflagging ])erseveiance are shown\\n!ii in the life of the above-named gentleman\\nwho owns and occupies one of the most\\nbeautiinl homes of Leslie, Ingham County. His\\nlife iiftords a striking example worthy of imi-\\ntation liy ytiung men who are easily discouraged\\nbecause they have uo large capital and therefore", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n257\\ncontent themselves to dawdle on through life on\\nsmall salaries because they have not the enerjjy\\nrccjuisite to a greater success. A lirief outliiu of\\ntlic laliors in which Mr. Wilson has been enga^fcd\\nand in which for some years past he has been well\\nsupported by his better-half will be of interest to\\nour readers.\\nIn the pateriKil line Mr. Wilson is dcscendccl\\nfrom Enfflish ancestry who made settlement in New\\nJersey in Colonial days. His immediate progeni-\\ntors, William S. and Margaret (Shotwell) Wilson,\\nwere liorn and reared Quakers in New Jersey and\\nearly in life took up their residence in New York\\nand were married near Waterloo, in that State,\\nFebruary 2, 1842. They subsequentlj lived in\\nWayne County, N. Y., until early in the 40s when\\nthey removed to Michigan and settled on a piece\\nof wild land in Raisin Township, Lenawee County.\\nA few years later they made a visit to the old\\nhome in New Jersey and while on their return to\\n^Michigan Mrs. AV^ilson died, in Elba, N. Y., .June-\\n2.T, 1847, being then only twenty-six jears of age.\\nWilliam S. Wilson returned to his Alicliigan\\nhomestead soon after this event and in 1848 he\\nwas .again married, taking to wife Elizabeth Mott,\\nof Jackson County. ^Ir. Wilson has made his home\\nin Michigan, in the counties of Lenawee and\\nJackson, following the peaceful pursuit of agricul-\\nture. He has always been a money-maker Init has\\nmet with many reverses and is not a wealtiiy man,\\nalthough he has secured a comfortable conijietence\\nand now having completed threescore and ten\\nyears of useful and upright living is spending his\\nlater days in q\\\\iiet retirement in Adrian, Mich.\\nHe is a man well read and most interesting in con-\\nversation. In jxilitics he was originally a Whig\\nand was very tirm in his opposition to slavery.\\n.Since the organization of the Republican party he\\nhas supported it, although he is now a Prohibition-\\nist. He has never sought office and with the excep-\\ntion of .some minor township and village offices has\\nnever held any position.\\nThe father of our subject is one of the chief pil-\\nlars in the Free Methodist Church of Adrian, hav-\\ning been a Deacon and an active worker there for\\nmany years. He is a man of sterling integrity, has\\na keen sense of right and wi-ong and is helpful\\nin promoting any enterprise or institution which\\nhe believes will upbuild and better the community\\nin which he lives. His parents, Asa and Amy\\n(Shotwell) Wilson, were natives of New Jer.scy,\\nwho spent the greater part of their lives in New\\nYork but came to Michigan at an early date and\\nspent their last days in Lenawee County. The ma-\\nternal grandparents of our subject were Jose|)h and\\nMargaret (Elston) Siiot well, who were born in New\\nJer.sey and there lived and died. Only three of\\nWilliam Wilson s children lived Lo the age of\\nmaturity, namely: Albert J., Joseph S. and Edwin\\nM. The last named was a child of the second\\nmarriage who married Emma De (ireen and died\\nin 188 ,t, at the age of forty years. leaving a family\\nfour children.\\nHe of whom we write first opened his eyes to the\\nlight of da} in Marengo, Wayne County, N. Y.,\\nJuly 22, 1842, and came with his parents to Mich-\\nigan when an infant. His boyhood aniu.seraents\\nand school days were such as average farmer boys of\\nthat day enjoyed, and he completed his schooling\\nat the Raisin Institute where he .acquired a fair,\\ncommon-sense business education. As he was the\\neldest child much of the labor and responsibility\\nof sul duing the forest and cultivating the farm\\nfell uj)on him.\\nThis young man remained with his father, giv-\\ning him the lienetil of his labors until August 11,\\n1862, when he joined the aiiny as a private in\\nCompany A, Seventeenth Michigan Inlantry. which\\nwas attached to the Ninth Army Corps, then\\nknown as Burnside s Corps. Witliin two weeks of\\nthe day he left Washington he was taking part in\\nthe battle of South .Mountain, and he afterward\\nwas engaged in the great conllictsof Antietaiii and\\nFredericksburg. Entering uiK)n the Kentucky\\ncampaign he joined (iianf s army and was ])resent\\nat the siege of Vieksburg and numerous other bat-\\ntles and skirmishes of less importance. .Vl Fred-\\nericksburg he was wounded li\\\\ .m piece of shell which\\nStruck him [m the right hip. .Vfter the siege of\\nVicksliuig he was j)laced on detached duty in the\\nPaymaster s department at Louisville, Ky., and re-\\nmained there until June, 1865, when he received\\nhis final discharge.\\nThis brave 3 ouug veteran now returned lo Leu-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "258\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nawee County and resumed farming, but in 1868 he\\ncame to Ingham County and Itought sixty acres of\\nland one mile and a half southeast of the village\\nof Leslie. Upon this he settled and here he has by\\nhonesty, industry and perseverance accumulated\\nconsiderable property and established a reputation\\nwhich entitles him to the distinction of being one\\nof the representative men of Leslie. His landed\\npossessions now consist of one hundred and ninety\\nacres of splendid land, all well improved and in a\\nhigh state of cultivation. In 1886 he left his farm\\nand removed to the village, where he has since re-\\nsided as his sons have relieved him of the details\\nof farm work.\\nMr. Wilson is a stockholder in the People s\\nBank of Leslie and occupies a jiromiiient position\\nin social and financial circles here. He started out\\nin the world with willing hands and heart niid a\\nclear head, and his possessions are the result of his\\nown exertions. There is nothing reniMrkablc in his\\npersonality or liistory and he is a ])l:nii. uii(\u00c2\u00bbten-\\ntatious man, singularly free from :iiiy evidence of\\nthat gras|nng. over-reaching spirit by which many\\nmen luive made themsches ricli in a new conntry.\\nHe has never aspired to ottice, preferring the (piiet\\nof home to the strife and turmoil of public life,\\nbut moves along quietly, doing much good that\\nthe world knows not of. He is not connected with\\nany religious deuomination but is a believer in the\\nestablishment and maintenance of churches and\\ngives freely of his means to charitable institutions.\\nThis gentleman is a stanch Republican and an\\nardent supporter of the principles announced by\\ntliat party. He cast his lirst Presidential vote for\\nAbraham Lincoln and his last for Benjamin Harri-\\nson. He is a memlier of the Independent Order of\\nOdd Fellows and is one of the organizers and a\\ncharter member of the Dewey Post, 60.Ci. A. R.,\\nof Leslie, and has held the position of Comman-\\nder of the Post.\\nMr. Wilson was married, November 3, 1864, to\\nMiss Martha A. Wilson, t Raisin, Lenawee County,\\nMich. The place of her birth is Marengo, AVayne\\nCounty, N. Y., and she is a daughter of .Vmos and\\nAnna L. (Wq,res) Wilson. This lady possesses rare\\nqualities of mind and disposition and has been an\\nable assistant to her husband, taking a just pride\\nin his success and sustaining the standing and repu-\\ntation of the family, and were this record to fail to\\nperpetuate her good name in connection with her\\nhusband s it would fail in one of its chief purposes.\\nThe union of this worthy couple has resulted in\\nthe birth of seven children, namely; AVilliam A..\\nEdgar J., Bertram E., (reorge B., I rances M., Mary\\nG. and Herbert S. All are living except the\\nyoungest who died when eight years of age. Will-\\niam A. is married to Miss Lillian Hill; Edgar. I.\\nmarried Miss Nina JIanley and had one child\\nHarry now deceased; and Bertram E. married\\nMiss Jennie Watson. These sons are sustaining\\nmost manfully and nobly the high reputation\\nwliicli the family has held in ])ast generations.\\nr^\\n^p^^ENMS F. I ATRKK. White Oak I own-\\nr I ship. Ingham Counl\\\\. is i)uiely an agricnl-\\ni^ lural district and depends foi- its prospei ity\\nnot only iqion its soil lint upon its men. anil it is\\nrich in both respe\u00c2\u00ab-ts. foi- tlie land i arable and\\npi oductivc and its farmers are thoroughgoing, in-\\ndustrious, systematic and enterprising. Such a\\ncombination is .sure to result in inosperity and no-\\nwhere in Michigan can hapjiier home^ and more\\ntidy farms be found than here.\\nThe gentleman of \\\\\\\\hom we write was born on\\nthe 1st of May, 1829, in County Queen. Ire-\\nland, and was a little babe of only three months\\nwhen his parents brought him to Canada where\\nthey remained for some two years before removing\\nto New York. There they made their himie for\\nfive years so that Dennis had reached the age of\\nseven years when he came to Michigan.\\nThe father of our subject was Thomas F. I a trick,\\nwho was bom on the Emerald Isle in 1812 and\\nchose him a wife in his early manhood, being uni-\\nted when only eighteen yeais old with Bi idget\\nMcGinnis. To them were born four children, three\\nof them being sons and one a daughtei and our\\nsubject was the second in order of age. Their\\nnames are as follows: Bridget, who married Mr.\\nWilliam Lcnnni and is the mother of seven chil-\\ndren, and now lives in the far west in Washington;", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n259\\ntlie second is our subject, and the third Thomas,\\nwho married Hannali Bullis, to whom h:i\\\\f ln-i ii\\nborn two children. The youngest child died in\\niiif:uu-y and his name is not known to our subject.\\nL hc |i;iternal grandfather of our subject bore the\\nname of Thomas and lived and died in his native\\nIrehind.\\nMar\\\\ Havens is the maiden name of the lady\\nwho became the wife of our subject on Ai ril 1 I.\\nIM. jit. Her father, Stevens IIa\\\\ cns, was horn in\\nNew oik ;niil his daniiiiter was liorn in Miehiiian.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0riieie were ten ehildicn in the^a\\\\\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0n^ ianiilv. I o\\nMary (Ihncns) I atiiek. were Ixirn two ilaimhiers\\nami one on. namely: (athei ine. who was horn in\\nAN hite Oak Townslii|). )etol er I 1. 1M. )SI. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2nid mai-\\nried (leorge Barnell. Iiy whom she had one c-liild.\\nShe has now ])assed to tlie other wdild. Tin ohlol\\nSim. William F. Patrick, was horn November I.\\nlH(i2, and in IMMS was united in marriage to .\\\\n-\\ngusta .Miller, who has lieconie the niothei- of one\\nchild, (lay I atriek. deceased, the yonngi t son\\nwas lioin in 1867.\\nThe second mai ri.age of Mr. I atriek \\\\initril him\\nwith Mary (raft, a native of Xi w York State, who\\nwas born in 1K4. 3. Her father. William Craft, was\\nborn in theCiernian Fatherland, and he had twelve\\nchildren in his family. This union which took\\n|)lace in lM7 ,t. has l)een crowned by the birth of\\none cliild,. Millard Fillmore. With his son William,\\n,Mr. Patrick is carrying on a general f.-irming bn. ^i-\\nness, and takes a s])ecial interest in line ^tock and\\nkee])s Jiogs and sheep of excellent breeds, as well\\nas some fine specimens of the Jlcsscngei bii ed of\\nhor.ses.\\nIn former years Mr. P.atrick has been a radical\\nlve|)nlilic;ni. hut he and his son are now specially\\ninterested in promoting the interest of farmers and\\nb:)th belong to the Farmeis Mutual Benelit Asso-\\nciation in State, county and lown hip organiza-\\ntions. His son is now .School ^loderalor and he\\nha\u00c2\u00ab held the olHce of Highway Commi sioner. an l\\ngreat credit is due him for the splendid condition\\nof the roads of this townshiji. Where our subject\\nnow lives upon section 2, his property embiaccs\\nfarms which formerly belonged to Ha\\\\en.-, W.\\nWightman. .1. ISentlcy and .1. Paynor. This large\\nproperty was acquired partly by trade and |)aitly\\nby purchase. Most of this he has improved and\\nmuch of it is newly cleared land. Upon it he has\\nerected a haiulsome home which cost some *3,(K)()\\nand is one of the prettiest farm houses in White\\nOak Township. His half brother lives on the old\\nhomestead which is situated on section 31, in quite\\nthe opposite corner of the township. This family\\nbelongs to the Protestant Methodist Church and\\nthey are liberal and active in promoting the pros-\\nperit\\\\- of relioions institutions in their midst.\\nOIIN M. DKFssKIi. .Mthongh in the prime\\nof manhood and \\\\igor, the gentleman whose\\nname is at the head of this sketch has attain-\\ned the high standing in business and linan-\\neial life that his unceasing efforts and energy,\\nunited with sterling worth and high- business qual-\\nifications, deserves. He is at present Cashier in\\nthe Farmers Hank in Mason. He is a prime mover\\nhere in every measure that is sought to I e ad-\\nvanced for the interests and benefit of the com-\\nmunity at large, and his pleasant home is the\\nrendezvous for the be.st people of the place. His\\nwife studies to second the interests of her husliand\\nthat tend to the elevation and refinement of their\\nsocial life .and the welfare of the community. A\\nl.ady of striking personal attractions, she .adapts\\nherself admiralily to the position to which her hus-\\nband has risen.\\nOur subject was born in Rochester, N. Y,,\\n.lanuary 24, 1851. He is a son of John M. and\\nSu.san A. (Pierce) Dresser, the father a native of\\nPomfret, Windsor County, Conn., and being of\\nKnglish ancestry. He moved with his family to\\nMichigan when onr sniiject was but a small child,\\nonly four years of age. Although he was a nat-\\nural l orn mechanic, he followed various occupa-\\ntions. Karlv in his life he devoted himself to\\nfarminy;. Later he owned and operated a boat on\\nthe Frie Canal, and .after coming to .Michigan he\\nfollowed the carpenterV trade for some years, the\\nservice of builders and carpenters being at that\\ntime grejilly in demand. He afterward acquired", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "260\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nland in the vicinity of Mason and here he spent\\nthe remainder of his days. Our subject s fatiier\\nseems to have been a very popular man, as he was\\nelected Township Treasurer six or more times, and\\nno matter what majority the opposite political\\nparty might have, he was quite sure of election.\\nThe original of our sketch spent his boyhood\\ndays on what was known as the old Pixley farm\\nand had only liiiiited opportunities at that time\\nfor acquiring an education. But the boy was ambi-\\ntious to a degree, and underneath his patience\\nthere w.as a fixed detciiniuation that some day he\\nshould be looked u]) to for his mental attainments.\\nAt the age of fifteen he began to attend school in\\nthe village of Mason and there he studied for two\\nwinters, the last one under Prof. Vroman, now\\nof the Normal School. Although his school days\\nended here, he continued his efforts in self-cultiva-\\ntion. A lover of l) )oks and a natural student, the\\nmidnight oil was ccnistantly binned that he might\\nkeep up with the young men who were his ideals\\nin an intellectual respect.\\nAt the age of seventeen, the gentleman of whom\\nwe wiite left home and liegan doing for himself.\\nPrior to that time he had never been awa} from\\nhome and claims to have been very unsophisti-\\ncated. He started out canvassing and met with\\nvery good success, following the business for about\\none year, spending i)art of his time in 3Iichigan,part\\nin Illinois, and [lart in Iowa. In this way he ac-\\nquired an extended and intimate knowledge of\\nhuman nature, and also something that was even\\nof greater advantage to himself, for self-control is\\nto a canvasser of all things necessary. At the\\nexijiration of his year, he went as far south as\\nNew Orleans, expecting to join what was\\ncalled the filibustering exiiedition to Cuba.\\nThis, as is now well known, fell through. He next\\nsailed for Europe, starting out .Tune 17, 1869, on\\nthe St. .Tames for Havre, France. He was this\\ntime about eighteen years of age and went with a\\nfull determination of becoming a sailor and seeing\\nas much of the world as possible. He was at that\\ntime very thin in flesh, weighing but one hundred\\nand fifteen pounds. Prior to his shipping on the\\nabove-named vessel he was reduced to almost des-\\nperate straits, having .spent two days without food,\\nwhile hunting a place on a vessel, being entirely\\nwithout money and ashamed to beg. After a few\\ntrips he returned to Michigan, not rich in pocket it\\nis true, but having received great physical benefit\\nfrom his trip, for he returned a perfect athlete in\\nform and strength. He has never regretted his sailor\\nexperience though he did not care to repeat it,\\neven after the alluring offer of %2.5 per month,\\nwhich was made him if he would continue with\\nthe ship s ccunpany.\\nAfter returning from his voyage Mr. Dresser\\nattended a select school during the winter and\\nworked eight months on a farm, losing nf time\\nwhatever. Out of 1112 which he earned he\\nsaved 190 and in the intervals of his scholastic\\nwork during the winter he chopped wood and\\nfrom these earnings saved 140, which he put out\\nat interest.\\nOur subject purchased forty acres of land and\\nthen spent some time in the lumber regions, act-\\nnally pulling a cross-cut saw, and was well known\\namong the denizens of the lumber district as a first-\\nclass workman. Indeed, he has participated in\\nmany kinds of hard manual labor. In August,\\n1875, he of whom we write came to Mason and\\nbegan the study of law, walking back and forth\\nfrom his father s farm to the law office. Meantime\\nto meet current expenses, he began collecting and\\nalso soliciting insurance. This business increased\\nso rapidly that during the first year he was able to\\npay his expenses and lay up ^400. After the first\\nsix weeks in which his success was assured, he quit\\nwalking back and forth and added real estate and\\nthe lending of money to his other business.\\nOur subject never finished his law studies as his\\nother occupation had jiroved so remnnerati\\\\ e and\\nhis collecting and insurance business had developed\\nso rapidly. Being in a position to wed, he was mar-\\nried in November, 1876, to Miss Octavia A. Bush,\\na daughter of A. H. Bush, of Vevay Township. His\\nallegiance had been pledged to the young lady for\\nsome little time and they had only awaited the\\ntime when the young man could provide a com-\\nfortable and suitably home for his bride. By this\\nmarriage there are two children whose names are\\nrespectively Maud, who is twelve years of age, and\\nMabel, who is ten years of age. They are bright,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n261\\nattractive children, and are a ^reat comfort to\\ntheir parents whu luol forward to the future to\\ntheir hein inlelliijfenl aiid eultured women.\\nMr. Dresser s interest in banlving- he au l).v his\\nbeing: a stoekliolder in the First National Bank of\\nMason, after which lie became a Director and filled\\nthis position for some time. A man who is never\\nsalislied unless he tiiorousiiily iinderstands what-\\never he is interested in. the bankint; business soon\\nbecame entirely familiar to him, and as there\\nseemed to lie an excellent open ing for that branch\\nof Itusinos. Marcli 1. \\\\HHi. lu staiteda |)rivate\\nliank. The institution found its tirst quarteis in a\\nrented buildinsr. Tiiis he carried on Iiy himself,\\nand by fall one-half the deposils of tiu place were\\nmade in the Dresser Bank, lie continued in the\\nprivate bankinjj: business until June H, 188(5. and\\nlie was in the lead of the National Bank on dep-\\nosits to an amount of \u00c2\u00a5l. i,00().\\nAt the last named date oiu subject, witli others.\\noi-sj:anized a State Bank, with a paid up capital of\\n^To.OOO. and thirty of tlie best men in the town\\nand township ap|)cared as stockholders. The\\nprime mover of this orsiauizatiiui was Mr. Dresser,\\nand he still holds the position of Cashier in the\\ninstitution and h.as in it a laryc interest. Oursub-\\njcct ill hi politieal relations casts his vote with the\\nRepublican party. He has never been an ollice-\\nseeker. fi cling that other men who had an inclina-\\ntion ill that direction and whose time was more at\\ntheir own disjjosal than he felt his to be. were\\nbetter fitted for it. Mr. and ]\\\\Irs. Dres.^er are act-\\nive members of the Presbyterian Church in wlijcli\\nour snbjeet is a Trustee.\\nI ()ll.\\\\ .1. BlSJI. To be descended from hon-\\norable, talented .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iiid representative men is\\nin itself a tru.arantee of ability and honor\\nwhich any man who is ;i true \u00e2\u0080\u00a2renllenian\\nmay well lejoice in. Tiie proprietor of the Hush\\nRoad Cart oni])any at Lansinsj. lni;iiain ounty,\\nis the son and urand.son of prominent business\\nmen who were early settlers in that city and\\nwho helped to make it what it is to-d;iy. Ills fa-\\nther, John J. Bush, Sr., was born in Tompkins\\nCounty, N. V., as was also his father, the Hon.\\nCharles P. Bush, wlio.-^e natal year was 1809. He\\nwas a farmer and a speculator, and after marriage\\nbegan to think of coming West.\\nIn 18;?.j tlie Hon. Charles P. Bush made his first\\nvisit to Michigan and in 1836 he came again and\\nspent the summer, buying Government land in\\nFowler Township. Livingstcju County, where he\\nbuilt a log house and the following year brought\\non his family. In less than a year he sold that\\n])iopeity to Mr. Fowler, and located in the town-\\nship of ienoa, Livingston County, where he owned\\nthirteen hundred acres. He was successful 7iotonly\\nas a farmer but also as a speculator and a politician.\\nHe served in the State Legislature from 1840 to\\n184(j, and during the year 1847 belonged to the\\nState Senate. While a member of that body he was\\nI le.^ident of the Senate and acting Lieutenant-\\n(iovernor and adinini tcred the oath of office to\\nnew otlicials in the woods of Lansing before the\\nold capitol was built. Some vears later he .served\\nagain as State Senator for .several terms. He was\\ngreatly interested in the removal of the cajiital\\nfrom Detroit to Landing. He was a born leader, a\\ngcxid orator, and one of the foremost and promi-\\nnent men of the State.\\nIn 1847 .Senator Bush came to Lansing and\\nwi ut into iiartnershii) with Messrs. Thomas cVr Lee,\\nbuying and platting an addition and building the\\nBenton House which is now known as the Everett\\nHouse. In partnershij) with Mr. Thomas he en-\\ngaged in general merclijuidising under the firm n.ame\\nof Bush cV Thomas, and they were successful\\npioneer merchants. He died July 4, 1858. His\\nwife was Minerva Walker a native of Montgomery\\nCounty, N. V., who died in Lansing in 1886 at the\\nage of seventy-six years. She was an .active mem-\\nber of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nThe father, John J. Bush, .Sr., came to Michigan\\nwhen young and w.as reared at Long Lake, taking\\nhis higher education at the Normal School at Ypsi-\\nlanli mikI the Seminary at Northville. Before\\nleaching his majority he began a mercantile busi-\\nness at Howell, where he was married at the age of\\ntwenty-one and continued there in merchandising\\nfor M few vears. He then returned to his native", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "262\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nState and at Aurora, N. Y., went into a banking\\nand real-estate business, a business which extended\\nthrough Tompkins and Cayuga Counties. He had\\na successful business tliere involving over $200,000,\\nand in 1809 he came to Lansing and entered into\\na jjrivate liaiik whicli was operated for several\\nyears under the firm name of Isabelle lii Bush, and\\nwas finally luergcd into the Lansing National\\nBank. This new corporation he organized and was\\nits President for ten years, lieing also organizer\\nMild Directoi- of llic Central Michigan Savings\\nBank.\\nReal estate business at tiie same time absorbed\\npart of the energies of this gentleman and he\\nplatted the Bush, Butler cfe Sparrow addition, which\\nis now an important addition to the city of Lans-\\ninj;- lie also engaged in selling farm and pine\\nlands and manufactured shingles and lumber in\\nOceana County at Pentwatcr, where he also carried\\non merchandising. While making monej in his\\ngeneral business he lost some in indorsing for\\nfriends. He was a member of the Arm which was\\nknown as the Lansing Boot and Shoe jSIanufactur-\\ning Company and also had a mill and mercantile\\nbusiness in Ottawa County. He was a man of much\\npul)lic spirit and did all within his power to ad-\\nvance the interests of the city. The Butler Block\\nwas i)ut up by him and he was a member of the\\nSchool Board and for years acted as its Treasurer.\\nAt one time he was State Librarian. He died in\\n1886 on the 10th of October, having reached the\\nage of fifty-two years.\\nThe mother of our subject bore the maiden name\\nof Eliza Smith and was born in Kender, Tioga\\nCounty, N. Y., being a daughter of Hiram Smith,\\nwho was a representative of one of the best fami-\\nlies of Connecticut. He was a dealer in real estate\\nand lands and had milling interests in Tioga, being\\none of its most prominent citizens. Mrs. Eliza\\nBush still resides in Lansing. She is a devout\\nmember of the Episcopal Church and the mother of\\nthree children, two of whom grew to manhood,\\nbut the brother of our subject, Charles PL, died at\\nthe age of twenty-two, just after his graduation.\\nHe was born in Mottvi lie, Tompkins County, N.Y.,\\nMay 19. 1863.\\nThe aentleman of whom we write came to Lans-\\ning at the age of six years and here attended school\\nand never missed a day until he left the High\\nSchool which took place when he was sixteen. He\\nthen entered the State Agricultural College, where\\nhe took his degree of Bachelor of Sciences and tiie\\nsame 3-ear received a diploma from the High School\\nhei e. He had helped his father some in his busi-\\nness u\\\\) N jrth and after his graduation became\\nCori esponding Clerk in the Central Michigan Sav-\\nings Bank and was with them four years, being\\nl)romolccI to the responsible position of Teller. At\\ntins time he became administrator of his father s\\nestate and in order to attend to that business found\\nit necessary to leave the bank.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Bush with Miss Minnie F.\\nDay took place in Milwaukee, Wis., October 20,\\n1887. This lady is a native of that city and a\\ndaughter of Dr. F. H. Daj-, a prominent physician\\nthere and the President of the State Board of\\nHealth, as well as a well-known geologist. She\\ncompleted her higher education at the IMilwaukee\\nCollege and the conservatory of music. Mr. Bush\\nformed a partnership with Mr. L. Anderson, estab-\\nlishing the Road Cart Company, which was first\\nlocated at the foot of Washington Avenue at North\\nLansing, and a year later was moved up into the\\ncity, soon after which our subject bought out his\\npartner s interest in the business and continued it\\nalone.\\nThe lUish Road Cart Company manufactures\\njihaetons. speeding and skeleton carts and spindle\\nroad wagons. They have an output of two thou-\\nsand carts and a well established trade in every\\nState in the Union, keeping two men on the road.\\nTheir products are also sent to foreign countries\\nwhere they have an established reputation. The\\ncompany lias a side track leading up from the r.ail-\\nroad to the factory and is carrying on a reasonably\\nsuccessful business.\\nMr. Bush has considerable interest in Lansing in\\nthe re.al estate business and has ever been inter-\\nested in farming. He had at one time the largest\\nherd of registered and im]Kirted Galloway cattle in\\nthe State and still has a fine herd of these splendid\\nanimals. He is now closing them out, but still has\\nin addition to them a number of excellent Jerseys.\\nHis father was a lover of fine stock and cattle and", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "U^ H^-4^ /1.-0HW\\n^,[k,fk /^W^-- ^.s-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n265\\nowiumI sonic of the finest horses in the State, anionji\\nwhich were \u00e2\u0080\u00a2Roti.yih and Ready and Hay\\nPrince.\\nOur suliject is a niemlier of a nuniher of social\\nt)rders lieing identitied witii tlie Free ;nid .Xccejjted\\nMasons and Conunander of the I iiiforined Hank of\\nIvniiihts of Pythias and beinji tiie leadinji Knii :hl\\nin the Lodjie of Elks. He is Chairman of tlie\\nBoard of Directors of the (^rand Rivei- Boat Chili\\nand \\\\ici -President of Michigan for the I Cniiilils\\nof tlu (iiip, in which business organization he was\\nSecretary last year. He is a member and Director\\nin the Bicycle Club. He is now a niemlier of the\\nAldeiiuanic Board and was the President ])ro tern,\\nof the Council for two years. In connection with\\nthe City Council he is chairman of the coniiiiittee\\non city aflairs which is considered the most iniiior-\\ntant committee. He is standi in his adherence to\\nthe jirinciples and ])olicy of the Democratic part\\\\\\nand is generally sent as a delegate to the city,\\ncounty and ccmgressional conventions. One child\\nonly has l)le.s.sed his home, Howard Da\\\\ who was\\nborn Octolier 27, 1888, and gives fair pidinise of\\ninheriting the fine abilities of his father, grand-\\nfather, and great-irrandf. ither.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0099\u00a6H=*\\nIVILLIAJM AV. THORBURX, V.S. In Arabia\\n\\\\\\\\/j\\\\jf ii man s horses are a part of his family and\\n*y any ill to one of these gentle yet high-spir-\\nited bearers if burdens is con.sidered as much of a\\nfamily calamily as sickness or death even to a child\\nof the household. The tent that is the home of\\nthe sliiek with his wife and children, is also the\\nliome of the steeds that the wanderers of the deserts\\nguard as their most precious treasure, and cruelty\\nto their horses is regarded as disgraceful. It is to\\nbe questioned whether any people undcistanil the\\nnatures of tlu sc almost human animals better, but\\nmedicine and .~urger\\\\- h;ive develoiH d a branrh to\\nalleviate the suffering caused often b\\\\ the Ihoiight-\\nlo.ss and ignorant if not cruel abuse of man. There\\nis no more skillful pr-actitioner in this esjiecL-il\\nbranch in thi portion of the countr\\\\ than the\\ngentleman whose name is at the head of this sketch,\\nand whose portrait is shown on the ojiposite Jiagc.\\nHis is a humane nature and one that understands\\nthe lower animals, lie has the largest practice in\\nveterinary surgery of any one in this county.\\nOur subject is the iiroprictor of the institution\\nknow as Dr. Thorburn s A eterinary Infirmary which\\nis the i)lace of rest and tender, skillful care for in-\\njured or debilitated horses that the name would\\nindicate. Dr. Thorburn was born in Holt, Delhi\\nTownship, Ingham County, August 18, 1808. He\\nis of Scotch ancestry, his father being John Tlior-\\nbiirii, born in Scotland. His paternal grandfather,\\n.lames Thorburn, \\\\\\\\.as a weaver. Our subject s\\ngrandfather came to America on the death of his\\nfather and engaged in farming in this State, being\\nthus employed until his decease, which took place\\nin May, 1872. in Delhi Township. The father was\\na blacksmith by trade and w.as about twenty-five\\nyears of age when he came to this country, bring-\\ning his family with him.\\n.lohn Tlioibuin first located in Pittsburg, Pa.\\nafter coming to this country and was there engaged\\nin following his trade, and as a lior.se-shoer. In\\n1849 he came to Ypsilanti and there at once en-\\ng.aged in his trade. In 18, )2 he came to Lansing\\nand buying out the firm of Ferguson, of North\\nLausing.built the first brick block which was erected\\nin that jilace. There he located his shop and by\\nclose application to his business, in which he was\\noliliged to stand much of the time over the furnace,\\nhe lost his health and was obliged to give up active\\nbusiness. He then located on a farm in Delhi\\nTownshii), where he still resides. On first coining\\nto Ypsilanti our subject s father inircliased Govern-\\nment land and bent his eiieigies tt) imiiroving the\\nsame. He followed farming for some time most\\nsuccessfully and is now the owner of over one\\ntlnuisand acres of fine, ai able land in Ingham\\nCounty, seven hundred and twenty-five acres of\\nwliiih is includt-d in one farm. This is well im-\\n|)rnved and stocked and is one of the most valuable\\nas well as attractive farms in the county, as its\\nowner is one of the most prominent as well as\\nlargest fanners here. He is engaged extensively\\nill breeding Short-hoin cattle. Merino and York-\\nshire hogs.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "itw;\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nFur iiiiiii\\\\ years Mi Tlunlnuii. Si-. has identified\\ntiiiu.--elf witli elimvli work in the Pieshyterian de-\\niHiininiiliun liavinu- lieeii I ^lder in the eluircli of\\nwlii -h 111- i a iiienilier for niaii\\\\ \\\\eai Onr siili-\\njcti s niotlu i was. in liei maiden days, .Miss Hannah\\n.1. Olds. She was hoin in Biattlehoro. Vt.. and was\\na (laiiiiliter of Alanson Olds, who was also a nati^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2e\\nof ernioiit. He was a eabinet-nialver and loeated\\n:(l i.ansinii in I.si7. I ul after coming luthei he\\nenu-aged in the hotel husines of Xoi tli Lansing\\nand afterward hxated on a farm in Conway, Liv-\\nington County, where lie die l. )ur suhjeet s\\nmotliei- died in March. \\\\HH :it the ige of sixty\\nyears. She was a woman of sterling worth and\\nstrong i)ers(mality and bequeathed these tr.aits to\\nher son. She was the mother of three children.\\n\\\\V. W. Tliorburn was raised on the home farm\\nand received tlie rudimentary pt)rtion of his edu-\\ncation at the district seliool of Mason, aftei- which\\nhe attended the High .School, from which lie was\\ngraduated with honors. When iuit nineteen years\\nof age he began life for himself, working the home\\nfarm, then taking the adjoining farm under his\\nproprietorship and continuing the cultivation of\\nthis until he was twenty-two. In \\\\XHl he entered\\nthe Ontario eterinary College where he pursued\\nhis studies for two years, graduating in 18H3. at\\nwhich time he received the title of eterinary\\nSurgeon.\\nIn February. IHMl. Dr. rhorluirn located at Lan-\\nsing and has siiu e continued to practice his pro-\\nfession here. In IKH7 he puicha.sed tlie ground and\\nliuilt the infirmary of which he is at present pro-\\nprietor. This institution is complete in eveiv de\\ntail, having all the latest improvements and lieing\\nbuilt according to the most advanced .sanitary\\ntiieories in use in such places. It has fine liox\\nstalls, pneumatic troughs and is perfectly venti-\\nlated and lighterl. It is, moreover, well located, be-\\ning convenient and accessible, both by reason of\\nhigh road and railway advantages, to every jjortion\\nof the surrounding country. Dr. Thorburn was\\nthe first graduate of veterinar\\\\ surgery to locale\\nin Lansing, and is the oldest pr.acticing one now\\nhere. ]Much of his patronage is from adjoining\\ncounties, as well as from his own locality. Horse\\ndealers and owners in Katon. Clinton. Iiitrhani,\\nIonia and other counties find Dr. rhoriunn s In-\\nfirmary the safest and surest phici- to send line\\nanimals that jjerliaps ha\\\\e been hurt or lia\\\\e con-\\ntracted some disea.se.\\nOur subject adds to his veterinary piactiee farm-\\ning, being the owner of two hundred and forty\\nacres of fine land in Delhi Township, imly four\\nmiles from the city of Holt. It is devoted to stock-\\nfarming anil here one may find some of the finest\\nspecimens of ciiuinc be.-inties. He is engaged in\\nraising blooiled horses. Slioit-horn -attle and fine\\nwool sheep. His personal attention, however, is\\ngiven to his infirmary, having an exi)erienced fore-\\nman as supervisor of the stock farm. This last-\\nnamed place is well improved, having good build-\\nings and beautifully-tilled soil.\\nDr. Thorliurn was married in Morrice. Shi.awas-\\n.see County, October 20. 1886. His bride was a\\nMi.ss Marion Lany. who was a native of Scotland,\\nliaving been born in Lark Hall. Lanarksiiire. .\\\\ug-\\niisl l.s. |8{;i. She is a daughter of .lohn J.,ang,\\nwho is a iiati\\\\ e of the same place and was there a,\\ncarter. Her grandfather, Thomas Lang, was also a\\ncarter. Her father came to America in 188(1 and\\nlocated in Delhi Township where he engaged in\\nfarming. He is now in Alaiedon Township, this\\ncounty. ^Mrs. Thorburn s mother was in her\\nmaiden days. Miss Mary Cleland. also of .Scotch\\nliirtli and ancestry. .She was a daughter of Thomas\\nCleland. a farmer in Sciotland. Her family were\\nadherents of the Presbyterian Cliuich. which has\\nso large a following in Scotland, of the strictest\\nCalvinistic kinds. .Mrs. Thorburn is the fourth child\\nin a family of twelve children who li\\\\-ed to be\\ngrown. .She was reared anil educated in her\\nnative country and came to .Vmeric.-i in 1 \u00c2\u00abM in\\nthe steamer Bolivia, a delightful trij) of nine\\ndays from her starting jioint to New York. Their\\nsailing ijort was ireeiiock. .Vfter coining to this\\ncountry they at once located in Delhi Township,\\nwlicic she lived with her pan nts until her niariiage.\\n)uc child graces this union, a boy. who is the pride\\nand object of the fondest hopes on tlie part of\\nboth |iaient.s.\\nOur subject interests him.self in e\\\\ery way that\\ncan be of advantage to him in the acquiring ot\\nknowledge that pertains to his profession. He is a", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n267\\ninoiiihor of the Slate Veti i iiiarv Medical Associa-\\ntion and is uii the standing committee in regard to\\nlegislation in veterinary matters. He is a constant\\nattendant n[) )n all the State meetings and is an\\nactive worker in this society. In his church rela-\\ntions our subject is by inclination as by bringing\\nuj). ;i ln^ nllH\u00e2\u0080\u00a2l\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 of the Presb^yterian denomination\\nand has been Treasurer of the church in Holt for\\na number of years. In his political predilection\\nhe is a thorough Republican, finding in the tenets\\nand doctrines of that party the balance of what is\\nbest and truest in political life.\\nI I I I I I I I 6\\ni^ *i\u00c2\u00bb^\\nAMIKL W. HAMMOND. He whose\\nname is at the head of this sketch has\\nll\\\\\u00c2\u00a3_^) for twenty years been engaged in settling\\nthe dis])utes of peojjle whose frailty of\\ntemper or strained ideas of er|nity bring them into\\nthe .Justice C o\\\\nt. and during that time he has\\ncommended himself to the good graces of just\\nmen. and become the terror of offenders against\\noui laws. He was liorn in Ontario County, X.\\nv.. .lune 5(1, \\\\X2i. and is the son of I otter and\\nHuldah (Robin.son) Hammond, l)oth natives of the\\nEmpire State. The mother having died, May\\nI. 1h:37, our s\\\\ibject with his father soon after\\ncame to Michigan, locating in Hanover, .lackson\\nCounty, where tiie iattCL- entered some (iovernment\\nland.\\nSpendinu Ills boyhood d;iys in the i)rimitive and\\noften uncle. UiMl wilds of .lackson County, the lad\\ngrew ni ;i thoughtful young man, with a natural\\ntrend toward logical reasoning. He there began\\nthe stuil\\\\ of medicine, leading ;ill the Iiooks upon\\nwliicli he could lay hantls. He aftei ward attended\\nthe Medical (OUege at Cleveland. liio. where he\\ngraduated in the regular practice. He atti iw.-ird\\nlocated at Charlotte. Katoii County, where he\\npracticed for .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ibont two years. In the meantime\\nhe to(ik upon himself the respoiisiliilitio of\\nmarried life, his bride being .Miss Mary Liiidcr-\\niiian. a daughter of Peter and Caroline (Marlon)\\nl.iiiderman.\\nIn 18.52 our subject determined to go to Cali-\\nfornia, and uncertain .as to whether it would be\\nbetter to remain there, he moved his family to\\nMason until he should decide upon the best course\\nto pursue in regard to their following him. There\\nthey remained until he had been gone two years.\\nHis journey out was made by the overland route,\\nand his experience in crossing the i)lains is a mem-\\norable one. He came back, however, by way of\\nthe Isthmus, and found the variety of this trip de-\\nlightful to a degree. While practicing his profes-\\nsion in the land of the Golden Gate, he was also\\nengaged in mining. On his return he established\\nhimself at Okemos, in Ingham County, where he\\nlived until the breaking out of the Rebellion, when\\nhe joined the army, being appointed bj^ Gov.\\nBlair as Surgeon in the Twenty-second Michigan\\nInfantry. He was with that regiment until the\\nclose of the war, and was often placed in many\\ndangerous positions while in the line of duty on\\nthe field of battle. He was a participant in the\\ncampaigns before Atlanta, Nashville and in other\\nliattles. At Nashville the rebels fired upon the\\nhospital in the face of some half dozen yellow\\nflags, which were the recognized hospital emblem.\\nDuring his service he suffered a severe spell of sick-\\nness, which developed into spasmodic asthma, and\\nafter his return from the army he had to discontinue\\nthe practice of medicine, because of the shattered\\ncondition of his constitution.\\nMr. Hammond moved to the town of JLa.son,\\nIngham County, in l^ 7(i, and was .soon after\\nelected to the position of .lustice of the Peace, in\\nwhich capacity he has ever since served, with the\\nexception of one year. Many cases have been\\ntried before him, and the decisicni of but few has\\nbeen (luestioned or reversed. Our subject has\\nthree children, who have taken honorable positions\\nin professional and social life. The eldest child, a\\ndaughter, Kate M., married Dr. Ferguson, of Oke-\\nmos. He is a graduate of both the old school\\nand the school of homeoiiathy. uniting in the two\\nthe best theory and inaclice found in each. Ku-\\ngeno is a ))rinter, engaged in work at I liilndelpliia.\\nChailes Fremont is a rising lawyer in the city of\\nLansing, this state.\\nThe original of our sketch votes with the Re-\\npublican party. His first vote was cast in 1S44,", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ids\\nPORTliAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nfur lien IV (lay. lint since tin- formation of llic\\nl\u00c2\u00bbf|inl)lit-an party, lie has oiveii the weiolit of lii\\nvote and intiuencc to it. Mr. llaninuDid is a nuMii-\\nlii-r of the I rcsliyterian C huii h. and is a genert ns\\nsnp|)orter and nijholdei- of the same. In his social\\nlife he i a Mastei- Mason.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u0094^m\\nav-\\nNSKl. 1!. L. ()\\\\KHT. The uentleiuan of\\nwhom we write is jileased to trace his an-\\ncestors hack throuyh cnerations of honor-\\n((^1 able men and women to France, wheie the\\nname as oriuinally t oiivei The family was\\nlriven out of their native land and took refngc in\\nHolland where the ])reflx a]i was added to tlie\\nname. (Jeorae an( onver. thi distinguished na\\\\i-\\n5iator, was a meniher of the family durin that part\\nof its history. Those who came to America soon\\ndrojjped the Dutch prefix and finally chanijed the\\nname tt) Covert. The mateinal t;iandparents were\\nIsaac and Polly (handler, natives of New .lersev\\nwho settled in Seneca County. X. Y.. at an earl\\\\\\ndate and came to ^Iicliii an. settlina in N evay\\nTownship, Inoham County, early in the history\\nof that .section.\\nOur suhject was horn in Covert, Seneca County.\\nN. v.. .lune 2. 1h;S 1. his parents lieino- Mahloii\\nand Sallie (Chandler) Covert, natives of the same\\ntown. The jjaternal orandjiarents wereBergun and\\n.Vnn (overt, natives of New .lersey. who M ere\\nearly sottleis in Seneca County. N. V. The town-\\nship of Covei t in that ctmntx took its name from\\nthis family and at one time no one hut Coverts\\nlived within its bounds. The pai ents of oiu sub-\\nject orew u]) together from childhood being close\\nneighbors, and were married in Covert and made\\ntheir home there until 1)^87. when they cann to\\nMichigan and settled on a farm in what is now\\nLeslie Township. Insrham Cmuity. The land which\\nthey took was all in a wild condition and hea\\\\ily\\ntimbered and they did thorough pioneer work in\\nsubduing it and putting it in a state of cultivation.\\nThe widowed nnither who was bereaved of hei-\\nhusband in February, IHHK when he had completed\\nhis four-score years, .still lives on the old place\\nwhere she settled in her e.arly married life, lifty-\\nfoiw years ago. She has now completed eighty\\nyears of fiiithful and useful life. Her husband was\\n:i farmer all his lifetime and although he began\\nwithout means obtained a handsome property l)e-\\nfore his death. He worked his way up alone and\\nbeing a man of decided ojiinions and beliefs, pos-\\n.sessed of steiling integiity :iiid ii keen sense of\\nright and wiimg. he won the respect and admira-\\ntion of all who kncM- him and exerted a decided\\ninfluence o\\\\er those with whom he came in con-\\ntact. He was oi iginally a Whig bul finally became\\na Hepublican.\\nThe ottice of Su|)ervisor of Leslie Township was\\ntwice tilled by ^lahlon Covert, besides numeriuis\\nother township offices, liotli he and his wife found\\nleasure in active cluu cli work and were members\\nof the l);i|)tist Chui ch. Fo|- more than fifty years\\nhe was a Deacon in that body .-ind exerted a great\\ninrtuenct in the matters of icligion and was in\\nevery sense useful In his d.ay and generation. They\\nI h;i l foui children, namely Ansel R. L.. Sainan-\\ntha Mar\\\\ .V.. and Monmouth I. all of whom\\nare li\\\\ing.\\nThe farm in Leslie Townshij) w.-is tlie scene of\\nthe eai ly life of our subject after his parents re-\\nnni\\\\ed thither ill IS. I le recei\\\\ed his eiliicatioii\\nin the common .schools and took one term .-it wh;il\\nis now the I lillsdale College, then located at Spring\\nArbor. Mich. He remained on the farm with hi\\nfather, teaching school during the winter, until In\\nreached the age of twenty-six years, when he w.is\\nelected Count\\\\- Clerk of Ingham County by the\\nj Hepublicans in the fall of 1S,-|(;. ;ind hclil that\\nj office for four years.\\n.\\\\fter leaving his del ksliip .Mr. Covert came to\\nlA slie and engaged in general merchandising in\\nliartneishi]) with Thomas II. I{eed and at the same\\ntime held the ottices of .lustice of the I e.-ice and\\nTownship Cleik. After three years he gave up lii-\\nothei bnsiiie-.- .-ind devoted himself entirely to hi\\nwork a- ;i .lustice and after a year when the .lack-\\n.son. Lansing iV- Saginaw IJailroad was built through\\nLeslie he was made its agent, and has been railroad\\nand express agent ever since. He is now serving\\nhis twenty-sixth year in that capacity. The rail-\\nroad we have just mentioned is now known as", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "roiauAiT AM) i .i()(ii;Anii( ai. ai.iu .\\\\i\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a22() .t\\ntill SiiiiiiiMw l)i\\\\ i.- i(iii III tlip MifliiiJaii piitinl.\\nwith wlii( li idMil Mr. dx i it i now cimiicctcil. lip\\nowns sldck ill the l c i|iK li.-mk ol Li-lic .-11111 li:i\\n!ici|lliic(l tlu l)()\u00c2\u00bbp si(ili (it :i lini ciiillly-Mc-ir t.-il ill\\nill Leslie Pown. ^liiip.\\nThe hilly who .-in ur. ii-ii ii l\\\\ prcsiik s cr tlic\\nlioiisclHild of our siiliji ct licc. inif Mr.s Covert\\n.Sejiteiiilier 22. ISAH. Her iiiiiiileii name was ^[arv\\nliool .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0mil lier Imiiie \\\\va in M;imiI1. .Mieli. She is\\na iiati\\\\ e of the Wolverine State, liaxinji been horn\\nill I lyniouth. ayiie County, in IHHit and is a\\nilanuliter of Slejihen Kool. .\\\\li. .-iiiil .Mrs. Coxert\\nhave liad sixcliildreii. namely: .lohn 1- deeeased 1\\nCarrie. ernie (deeeasedl. (iertriide. (Jiaee and\\nKatie.\\nCarrie is the wife of Willis K. I iekett of the\\nSouth Omaha (Neli.) National l ank. .She i a\\nly jiewriler .-iiiil teiioi;r!iiilier. and is the only one\\nof the eliildreii who is away from home. .Mr.\\no\\\\ ert ;iiid his wife are active and intlueutial\\nnieiiiliers of the iiajitist liiireh. and tiu-irs is one\\nof the re|iresenlati\\\\ e f;imilie, of Iiiyhiim County,\\na~ their hmi; resideiiee here, their superior eliar-\\nai-ter. their hiuli iiitelliL;eiiee :iiiil aliility. as well as\\ntlit ir social inialities place them upon the hiirhest\\nplane. The political lews of oursuliject h:i\\\\f led\\nhim 111 alliliale wilh tin- Uepulilic.-in party and he\\nis respected as one of its stronii men. lie is also a\\ni-epresentative memlier of the Independent )rdcr\\nof Odd Kellows and is liiu hly respected hy the fia-\\nteniit\\n.U .KZ r.. 1.1 rilKU. is a farmer .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiiiUtock-\\nlaiser on ectioii .1. of Delhi Township.\\nInuhani (ounty. Mich. I le h;is pa.s.sed iiioie\\nthan the three.scoie and ten years usually\\nallotted to man. and yet his mental faculties areas\\nunclouded as ever. lie li.is here ninety acres of\\nland of which he himself is tlie active proprietor,\\nand which seem to suffer no diminution of e;iie\\nand attention from the early years when it was his\\npride to keep his farm on a par with the hest in\\nthe comity, lie is a natixe of the lunpin State,\\nhaving been horn in Clinton ountx N. Y.\\n.March 1. |M20. He is the son of William and\\nKnnice (.Vllen) Luther, the former a native of\\nU hode Island, thai little State that \\\\x a- a pioneer\\nin tlu Uevolutiouarx methods adopted toxvard the\\nmother country, and xvhicli sent out the first ship\\nto liallle for iiidepen leiice. The mother was a\\nnatixe of X ermont. xvhere ihex were married in\\nSouth lU ro. They moved to Nexv ^drk where\\n.Mr. Luther. Sr.. w;is eni aued in farniiii;; until he\\nremoxcd to Lenaxvee County, in I.S.i. i.\\nWhen our suhject s parents tiisl enteied Mieli-\\ni;.r:iii. they proceeded immediately to enter l;iiid\\nfrom the iovernnient. and to thereon make .a\\nhome, ((nrsuhject xva^ the yovini; -st of a faiiiilx\\noften childrin. all of whom ^rexv up .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2mil ni.-ide\\nhomes for themselves. There are ]iow. hut three\\nmemlieis of the familx lix inii It is lielieved lix\\nm;iiiy nieinlieis of the family .-iiid indeed, llicre is\\nevidence of the truth of the lielief. that the familv\\nare descendants of .Martin Luther, the father of\\nthe threat reform moxemeiit in l- .urope.\\nCol. Khenezer .Vllen. our siiliject s Ljrand-\\nfatlier. xvas a .soldier in the K ex oliitioii.-irx ar\\nand xvas an oxvn cousin of Lthtm .Mien, thai IJexo-\\nlutionarv hero xvlio xvon the victory of Ticondei-\\nH a. On the xer\\\\- day that the death of the old\\nhero occurred, he xvas at .Mr. Luther s sjrandfather s\\nhouse and jjurcliased a load of hay. XVIiile drix\\ninii home in the loaminu. he was suddenlx strick-\\nv\\\\] down, a xictiin ofai)oplex\\\\. ()nr sulijeet has\\nbeen three times married. His liist wife lixed\\nonly three months and ten days after their mai-\\nriaue. Two members of lii familx. his xvife and\\nhis father, xvere taken in two con.secutive months\\nof ISll.both victims of malaria, that dre.ad dis-\\nease of early settlers. His xvife expired in the\\nmonth of September and his fatlu-r in )etober.\\n.Mr. Luther came to his |ireseiit farm in IS 12. piir-\\nchasiuu one liundred and twenty acres of his\\nbrother, and tradinjj his interest therefor in the\\nhomestead in Lenaxvee County. The years since that\\ntime have been tilled xvith a constant improvement\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2md culture of hi place, and it is noxv one of the\\nprettiest plots in the toxvnship. Iiavino a uoorl cla.ss\\nof luiildinffs and the acres sjireadin^i on either side\\nlieing as xvell tilled ind fruitful is lliey are fertile.\\n1 Four children xverc born of Mr. Luther s", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0273.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "270\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL ALBUM.\\nsecond marriage. Only one of these is liv-\\ning, now residing on a farm in .Taekson County,\\nMich.; lie lias two children, a boy and a\\ngirl. One grandchild, a stm of Jane, whose\\nname is J. I. Shaw, survives, and is at the\\npresent time a boy of ten vears of age. By the\\nthird marriage there were no children. The land\\nof which our subject is jji-oprietor, is worth at least\\n$80 per acre, being under tlie best of cultivation\\nand having good ini])rovements. Politically, our\\nsubject has alwa\\\\s been a Democrat. Now, how-\\never, he is an Alliance man. believing that if there\\nis any advantage to be gained for the class of\\nwhich he is one and a representative, that his\\nbrother .agriculturists must unite and voice their\\ndesires through one of their own representatives.\\nHe has never had any ambition to fill public\\noffice and has always refused to serve in any such\\ncapacity.\\n^+^1=\\n^lf%, ERRY HENDERSON. Age has its prerog-\\nj JJI atives. No matter what the conditions of\\ni^ life or the social standing, there are some\\ni things before which youth instantly and\\ninvoluntarily uncovers in the presence of the\\nsilent appeal which gray hair and stooping should-\\ners present. One of its prerogatives should be\\nrest from the laliors for there are surely young\\nmen and women enough to take the burden from\\nthe shoulders that have so long borne them. He\\nof whom we write has shifted the burden, and is\\nnow living in retirement from the active duties\\nincident to business life, having formerly been a\\nmerchant and miller in the city of Mason, Ingham\\nCounty. Beginning at an early age the serious\\nInisiness of caring for himself, he continued through\\nlife to be prudent and industrious and in his old\\nac^e is able to retire with a comfortable conipctencv\\nthat insures him immunity from want or care.\\nMr. Henderson was born in the town of Tully.\\nOnondaga County, N. Y., October 1, 1815. He\\nis a son of Phineas and Rachael (Miller) Hen-\\nderson; the father was a Scotchman liy birth, and\\nsettled in New Jersey at an early day. The mother\\nwho was born in America, was of German descent.\\nOur subject was bereft of both parents when but a\\nmere child, his mother s decease occurring when\\nhe was but seven years of age, and the father pass-\\ning away when he was only eight. His oldest\\nbrother, Peter, was the first white child born in tlie\\ntown of Tully, Onondaga County, N. Y. Our\\nsubject was the youngest of a family of nine chil-\\ndren, of whom there were six boys and three girls,\\nand on his parents decease he was taken into his\\nbrother I eter s family and cared for by him.\\nPerry Henderson spent his bo\\\\ hood days on a\\nfarm which his brother Peter operated, until he\\nwas eighteen years of age. He received but a\\ncommon-school education, but liy close application,\\nhe was enabled to become a teacher at the age of\\nnineteen. He taught for several winters, spending\\nthe summer months in farming. He then worked\\nby the numtli for one year. The following year\\nhe operated a farm which he had hired and then\\ninirchased a small farm of seventy-five acres, and\\nthe fact that he was enabled so to do, proves that\\nhe had been economical, hoarding his earnings\\nuntil they aggregated quite a sum. He continued\\nto own the farm referred to. until he came to\\nMichigan in 184.^. He was married February. 1838\\nto Miss Huldah Christian, a daughter of John and\\nHuldah (Heath) Christian. By this marriage there\\nwere seven children, three of whom are still living.\\nThose who died left no families. The living\\nchildren are Henry P.. Wade J. and a daughter,\\nwhose name is Catherine E. Henry P. was born\\nin Tully Township, (hiondaga County. N. Y\\nFebruary. 1843. After coming to Mason with his\\nparents, he studied law and here married. He was\\nappointed by President Cleveland, Territorial\\n.ludge for the Territory- of Utah and served for a\\nperiod of four years. His home is now in Ogden,\\nUtah, where he is engaged in the juactice of his\\nprofession. He is married but has no children.\\nWade J. was born in evay Townshiji. Ingham\\nCounty. 18.t3. He has been engaged in the boot\\nand shoe trade in Portland, Mich. His partiiei- in\\nlife is decea ed and their only son, Richard 1{.\\nHenderson, makes his home with our subject. He\\nserved as a page during the last meeting of the\\nMichigan Legislature. He is but fifteen vears of", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0274.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "I olM KAl r AM) UMK.KAIMIK Al. AI.IUM.\\n271\\n!n;v. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2111(1 f;iiui (l 2. )ii. ((Ill- MihjcrlV uiilv liviiiL: wilhin licr lii un(taiii anil il is imivci Sallv mi-\\n(l:iui;liti. i-. Catliariiif I-). llt ii(U i ii. wjis lioni in iiiittiil ih.it no portion of tlio State has lieen iiii-\\nIM; Slu lias aiwaxs sulTcrcil llic disaihantaiic provi-d ton srreater exti iit than the vicinit\\\\ of thi-\\nof Imviiiii poor lieaitli. She iiiaki s hei lioine witli capital cit Business and pleasure often eall the\\nher father. liavcler to \\\\aiioiis portions of the township, and\\nMr. lIciidiTMMi i-aiiie to .M iciiiyaii in 1 M l. i. loi-at- as he pas.ses aloiit; the I iiie Lake lioad. he inva-\\niiii.;- in Leroy rownship. liiiihaiii oiinty. where he rialily pauses with aihniriiia tifaze at the lioine-\\npurehased a farm, livini;- upon il for i eriod of stead of Mr. .Smedley. which is plea. -autly loealeil\\nnine M ars. .\\\\t tlu expiration of that tinic he one-lnilf inilc north-east of thecitv limits of l.aii-\\nwas elected Sheriff, and it lieiuii necessary that he siiii;.\\nshould have a more central residence he reinoxed II is only tliroiiiih lonu coiitinueil effort th.at\\nto M. ison. .Mild was elected Sii|)eriiiti iident of the .Mr. Smedley has attained to his present ))ositioii.\\nCounty I oor. ser villi; in this caiiaeity two terms of where he can reflect upon tiie past with satisfac-\\ntwo ye. irs each. lie had previously lieen .Su|)ci- tiou and look forward to ;i future spent in the en-\\nvisor of Lerov Township for live \\\\ears. and after joymeut of a comfortalile coin|ieteiu-y. His fine\\ncoining to Mason, was elected Supervisor of X evay farm on section 2. comprises one hundred .acres, and\\nTownship four times. This was |)revious to its is emliellished with a suhstantial set of liiiildins s.\\nseparation from tlie citv iiroper. the most iioticealile amoiiL; them lieiiii; the commc-\\nI^ililically our snhjeet is a Deniocrat of the dious residence wherein he and his estimahle wife\\n.lefteisoniau stami) and tyjie. He was Ma\\\\iir of dis|)ense a ijeneroiis hospitality. The liariis are\\nthe cit\\\\- for oiu term :ind lias served as .\\\\ldeim:in conveniently ;irraiiiifd and a(l.a))ted to the storaue\\nfrom the first ward a nunilier of times, in his of araiii and shelter of stock, while the fertile soil\\nreliiiioiis connection he is a niemlier of the Uaplist yields to the careful husliaudmaii a liountifiil liar-\\nChiirch as i- also his wife, anil he performs the \\\\est of golden i;rain.\\nofliee of Deacon iiith.at liod\\\\. Our siilijeet was I he owner of this line property is the .son of\\nthe oi iii inator .and uplniilder of the Phienix Flour- Solomon (J. and I olly (W riiiht) Smedlev. native.-v;-\\niiiii .Mills, erectinu the huildiiiL; ;ind startiiiii il to of the State of \\\\eriiiont.who remo\\\\ed to Tios^a\\nrunniiii; in the fall of liS. ),s. He was connected County. X. V.. in 1.S22. and from there to Ouoii-\\nwitli the mill some ten years, at the .same time d.aii.a (ount\\\\. the sanu .State. In that count\\\\\\nli.avinii a partnership in the hardware liiisiness and Mlislia I!., of this sketch, was liorn .l.aii ii;irv 23.\\nSiivinu it a ieneral o\\\\eisieht from the \\\\eais IHd.s I,h27. and there his early ye.-irs were uneveiitfullv\\nto IHS. He has handled aLjriiultnral iinplements |ia.--sed. His fatlu r followed the trade of a lilack-\\nto some extent, and has also auctioneered. He smith, .-ind was also, -i farmer. He was a soldier in\\nfeels that at his aire he does not i^are to ai^ain the Warof l.s 1 2. and sei\\\\ed on Lake Ch.ainiilain\\nenter Inisine.ss and indeed, there is no necessity for as i .Minute .Man. .\\\\n honoralile inau. whose e\\\\erv\\nhis doinsi so. ;ielioii was char:icleri/.ed liy inteafritv. liv dint of\\nhis iiidustr\\\\- he raised himself front a Immlile rauk\\n_, 4.^.i.4.^a S i i-i position of intluenee in the conunnnity where\\n-i -5-*\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Sa\\nhe so long resided. His death oecurred in IHHU.\\nat the aire of niiiet\\\\ -one years. The ])ateriial iiiaiid-\\nLISILV 1{. S.MLDLKV. That per.si.steiit in- father of our siilijeet. .Samuel Smedley. w.a.s also a\\ndustry and ood jurtijmeiit almost iin.i- native of ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0el\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lllonl.\\nrialily win success is a fact whose truth li.i^ r]ion airiviiii; .-it man s estate. our siilijeet coin-\\nnever lieen disputed, and upon the possessor of meneed in life for himself .-is a farmer, and pur-\\nthese traits of eh.aracter fortune usually -howers sued the e\\\\en tenor of hi way. euaaufed in a\\nher hlessiiiiis. Laiisinii Township. Inah.ain (ouiitx. peaceful ecnilliet with the uiiimiiroved and weed-\\n)s noted for the many lieantifnl farms whii li lie prodiicina soil, for m.-iny years he worked alone.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0275.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "272\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nbut flnaUr concluded that he could accomplish\\nmore with the aid of an efficient helpmate, and ac-\\ncordingly he wooed and won as his wife Miss\\nSarah M. Russell, a dausihter of Nathan Russell, a\\nnative of AVayne County, N. Y. The bride was\\nliorn in tliat county, August 31, 1842, and was\\ncarefully trained by her parents for the duties\\nwhich afterward came to her. The ceremony\\nwhich united her with our subject was solemnized\\nSeptember 9, 1869, and of the happy union three\\nchildren have been born. Frank L., who was born\\nOctober 22, 1874, is now attending the Interlake\\nCommercial College of Lansing, and preparing\\nhimself ft)i a eonimercial life; Orriu E. and War-\\nren L., twins, were born January 14, 1879. War-\\nren died in infancy, and Orrin still remains under\\nthe parental roof.\\nIn 186G Mr. Smedley came to Michigan, pro-\\nceeding directly to the farm upon which he is now\\nlocated, and which he had purchased one year pre-\\nvious to his permanent location here. It was at\\nthat time timber land, and all the improvements\\nupon it stand as monuments to his industry and\\nenergy. In ])olitics he is a Republican, and has\\nserved his fellow-citizens in various positions of\\nresponsibility. He is an attendant of the Metho-\\ndist Episcopal Church, to whieh his wife belongs.\\nURTIS E. HAUGHAWOUT. The business\\n1 men of L.ansing, Ingham County, are a class\\nof whom the city may well feel proud, as\\nthey have added gre.atly, not only to her financial\\nstrength, Imt also toher rei)utation among the cities\\nof Michigan. Their pr )bity and enterprise, their\\nintelligence and united efforts for the upl)uilding\\nof business interests in the capital city have been a\\npower which cannot lie lightly estimated.\\n)ur suViject, who has one of the finest stores in\\nthe city and is a man of genuine and widespread\\np(_ pularity, is in the retail grocery trade. He was\\nborn in Brimfleld, Portage County, Ohio, January\\n7, 1856 and is the son of Charles Haughawout who\\nwas a farmer and an early settler in Brimfield.\\nThe grandfather, Peter, was a Pennsylvanian by\\nliirth Init died in Brimfield. The father came to\\n^Michigan in the fall of 1871 and located at North\\nLansing where he engaged in farming and still\\nowns a farm of eighty acres adjoining the corpora-\\ntion. The mother, who was Sarah, daughter of\\nJohn Boosinger, was born in Brimfield, Ohio, and\\ndied in North Lansing at the age of fifty-five years.\\nShe was a devoted member of the Fniversalist\\nChurch, and our subject was her only child by\\nthis union. By her first marriage she has one son,\\nE. D. Sawyer, who enlisted in 1861, in the Forty-sec-\\nond Ohio Infantrj and served until the close of the\\nwar, coming out of the army with the rank of a Ser-\\ngeant. He now resides in Cleveland, Ohio, and is a\\nprominent citizen of that city, being the ex-Sheriff of\\nthe county.\\nHe of whom we write was brought up as farmer\\nboys are upon the farm and attended the district\\nschool. He attended the North Lansing School\\nand later the High School and at the age of eigh-\\nteen years took a course in Bartlett s Business Col-\\nlege. He tlien olitained a situation as bookkeeper\\nfor B. E. Hart, a miller at North Lansing, and re-\\nmained with him for some time, finally taking\\ncharge of the l)usiness whenever Mr. Hart was awa^\\nAfter being manager of this concern for some five\\nyears, he started into business for himself. He had\\nmeanwhile engaged in buying wheat on the street\\nat North Lansing for Hart Bros.\\nIn 1883 o\\\\n subject started in the grocery busi-\\nness, becoming a partner with liis father under the\\nfirm name of Haughawout ct Son. They established\\nthemselves first in North Lansing on Turner Street\\nand afterward on Franklin Street. Three years\\nlater t\\\\wy started a liranch store on Washington\\nAvenue in Lansing, which was especially under the\\ncharge vf the son, while he still continued as part-\\nner in tlie original store. After an ex|ieriniental\\nsix months, the young man sold out his interest in\\nthe old store to his father and devoted liimself en-\\ntirely to his new stcire, enlarging it and improving\\nit and soon lieing able to buy out his father s in-\\nterest in the Lansing enterprise. Two years later\\nhe sold out the entire business and then began in a\\ndrugstore, in the Smith Block on AVashington Ave-\\nnue. Six months later he removed his stock to his", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0276.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0277.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "n S5", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0278.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "POiniJAIT AM) lUOORAPIIIC AI, ALBUM.\\nincsfiit st. inil and ;i(l(U (l :i liiicnf ijroccric-. lie\\nt oiiiid tliis til Ik- the nioiv |)i(iliUililc veiitiiic. mikI\\n(li.-|i \u00c2\u00bbini: of his dniu hii^iiness lias since tlicn iii-\\nlarsivd and inipiovcd liis irrooei v stoic, unlii lie has\\none of the l)cst cstalilishincnts in the city.\\nIda HIder wjis the name Uy which Mrs. II:in;:ha-\\nwoiit was known in her maiden days. She was\\nmanicd in IHTi) and isa daugliterof apt. Mathew\\ni ,hlc|-. an iuchitect liy l)l 0fC8.sion. who (HimI IVoni\\nthe I lTect of a wound which he received at (iettys-\\nl.nrii His wife departed this life in 1\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab1. .Mr.\\nllaiiu hawoiit has served one term a .\\\\ldci ni;in of\\nthe First Ward and has also Ijei n .Supervisor for\\none year. He is prominently identified with the\\nFree and .Accepted JMasons and the Kniulits of\\nP\\\\tliias. .Mthougli he does not devote niucli time\\nto politics he ladly serves his i)arty iqion the Ward\\noniniittee. and he has an unfailing conlideiice in\\nIhc future pros|)crity of the Democratic parly.\\n*^^^^i@\\nB,\\nr^HKDEHICK .1. Li:i:. On thcopiiosite page\\nr\\\\G) appears a portrait of I\\\\[r. Lei who is a\\n1 piomment capitalist located in Howell.\\nMich. He isa worthy rejjreseatativc of a ilistin-\\nguished family in whicli warriors, educators and\\nmen who have been potent in comniereial life lia\\\\e\\nlieen conspicuous. ^Ir. Ja c isa native bf (ireen-\\nvill, (ireeii County, N. Y.. and was horn .May 1^*.\\nlH-21. He is the son of (4iu^ and Sall_\\\\- (Kene-\\ny^ diet) I,ee, natives of Castleton. ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0t. and Danhurv.\\nConn. The former was a farnierand came to Michi-\\ngan in 1H;}() at which time he purcha.sed four hun-\\ndred acres of land in Marion Township, this county,\\nlocated on sections 7 and X.\\nFor twelve years (iuyC. I^ee resided upon the\\nfarm that he purchased on first m.aking his advent\\nin this State and then tr:idcd it for farm of two\\nhundre(l acrc~ lying within the village limits of\\nHowell. I pon this jilace he I nilt a home and\\nli\\\\ed until hi decease, which took plaic in \\\\X. i\\\\\\nHi wife dierl in 1H73. They had a family of live\\nchildren, whose names areas follows: Ceorge\\nHem v 1).. l.aurcUa. Clara and Fredeiick .L ()n!y\\ntwo of these arc now living, they licingour sulijtct.\\nof wlioni we .-iiall .attempt to give aeorreci though\\nconcise biographical sketcli, and Henry 15.. a wealthy\\nmiitlemau who lives in Ypsilauti.\\nOur sul)jeetin lii.s boyhood was surrounded with\\nthe best of inlluences. llis father, who was con-\\nsidered one of the very wealthy men of the county,\\nwhile not a church member w.as a strictly moral\\nman. Profanity was unknown to his lijjs, neither\\ndid he use tobacco or stimulants of an\\\\- kind. He\\nwas a railical temperance man and observed the\\nSabbath day very strictly, llis father and our sub-\\nject s grandfather was Col. Xoah Lee. his wife be-\\ning Dorcas (Bird) Lee. They were liolh natives\\nof Connecticut. The former was a fanner by\\noccupation .and served as Colonel in the Revo-\\nlutionary War. He also .served during the French\\nand Iiuliaii ar. having first enli.--ted when lifteen\\nvears of age, but was afterward rejected on account\\nof his youth. One of the staff of otticer.s standing\\nby when he went to enlist said, enlist him and I\\nwill take him as a waiter. Thus he was accejited\\nand sworn in as a soldier, this being in ITtil.\\n.Vfter the war Col. Xoah Lee with Amos Bird\\nw;is the first white man that ever stopped over\\niiiuht in Castleton Townshi|), Rutland County. \\\\t.\\nThey secured a large amount C)f land and became\\nsettlers of proininence. The gentleman was asso-\\nciated with .some of the Colonial heroes and the\\nfollowing is a letter written by Ethan Allen to ol.\\nLee:\\nFrom Kthan .Vllen,\\nTicoNDKKooA, May 2.i, 177.J,\\nC.viT. XoAii Lkk,\\nSKKKXnOROtlMl.\\nSir: i liis moment I lia\\\\e received yours of the\\n2. id. I rue, I am much encumliered in business,\\nnevertheless I am appri.sed that .Skeeiiborough is\\nan imjiortant post which must be occupied l)v the\\narmy for liberty. I am .satisfied that you have\\nconducted worthily in that station and am con-\\ntented you shoiilil command that post, exce|)t you\\ntake some adeciuate command with me in the front\\npart of the army. 1 expect shortly the Continental\\nCongress will ai i)oint a commander for this deiiart-\\nment, so that you need not hold your preferment\\nunder either the corps of L Jl. Boys or Col. .Vrnold.\\nIndotibtcdly we shall all be rewarded according to\\nour merits in this or the coming worhl\\nFrom your frienit.\\nIvniAN ,Vi.i.i;\\\\.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0279.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "276\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nCol. Noah Lee enlisted the Green Mountain\\nboys on his own accf)iint and was an active leader\\nin the eanipaia:n, supijlyinj:! the needs of the soldiers\\nfrom his own private resonrces. He was married\\nin 1772 and died May 5. 1840, at C astleton, Yt.\\nHis wife died in March, 1830. Their family com-\\nprised eight children. The first of this branch of\\nthe Lee family to come to this country was John\\nLee, who was horn in Essex County, England, in\\n1(J20. He crossed the ocean in 1634 and settled\\nat Hartford, Conn. Our subject belongs to the\\nfifth generation who have lived in this country.\\nFrederick J. Lee, our suliject, received his edu-\\ncation at C astleton and attended the academy in\\nCanastota. ]\\\\Iadison County, X. Y., and after com-\\ning West with his parents he attended the Ann\\nArbor academy and then returned to C astleton, Yt.,\\nwhere he entered the C astleton Seminary. After\\nfinishing his education he returned to Michigan\\nand was engaged in teaching school in the township\\nof Unadilla, Livingston County. C4ov. Winans\\nwas one of his pupils at this time and our subject\\nassures us that the (Governor was one of the bright-\\nest boys in school. The winter of 1844 our subject\\nspent as a clerk in the liou^e of F. Denison, in Ann\\nArbor.\\nOn returning to Howell our suliject engaged in\\nthe mercantile business with his brother, Cjeorge\\nW. Lee, under the firm name of Lee tt Bro. They\\nremained together for six years at which time\\nCieorge W. bought out the interest of our subject\\nwho took as his partner !Mr. Lemuel Spooner, en-\\ngaging in luisiness with him for two .years. At\\nthe end of that time they sold out their business\\nand our subject entered the real-estate business,\\nbeing one of the first to launch out in this direction.\\nThe Livingston Repvb/irau, which first appeared\\nin 1853 and was the first Republican paper of this\\ncounty, was largely indebted to the personal energ}\\nof Mr. Lee for its inception. In 1868 our subject\\nwas Revenue Collector of this district, which com-\\nprises six counties Livingston. Oakland, Lapeer,\\nMacomb, St. Clair and Sanilac. After serving for\\ntwo years he resigned his office. He has also been a\\nmember of the Council and School Board and during\\nthe war was most of the time Dejiuty United States\\nMarshal and also Marshal of the village for one year.\\nMr. Lee has added several additions to the town\\nof Howell. In 1887 he with L. S. Montague platted\\n111 addition, and with Mr. McPhersons, of tiiis\\ntown. i)latted an addition to the city of Buffalo,\\nN. Y. The addition comprised thirteen acres.\\nTills was in 1881. Mr. Lee is the owner of a large\\ntract of land in tiie Northern part of this State\\nand also was quite a large jjroperty owner in Mis-\\nsissippi. His residence on Walnut Street is un-\\ndoubtedly one of the finest places in the town, as\\nwell as one of the most pleasant homes. He also\\nlias a number of other houses in the village which\\nlie rents, besides business property.\\nIn 1847 Mr. Lee was united in mai rlage with\\nMiss Martha Alcott, of Rockingham. \\\\t.. the\\ndaughter of Elias Alcott. Only one child was the\\nfruit of this marriage, a daughter named Rosa E..\\nnow Mrs. E. G. McPherson. She is the mother of\\nfour children whose names are George, John. Wil-\\nliam and Belle. Mrs. JIartha Lee died in Septem-\\nber, 187.5. By a second marriage our suliject was\\nunited with Miss Harriet Norton, of Detroit, who\\npresented her hu.sband with one child, a daughter.\\nHattie. Mrs. Harriet Lee died September 22. IHHIi.\\nB\\\\- a third marriage our subject became the hus-\\nband of Miss Alice A. Lee, of Poultney, Yt. She\\nis a daughter of Cieorge L. and Eliza (Ciraham)\\n].,ee. Mr. Lee is a Republican and one of the\\nprominent men of the countv.\\nRED I). WOODWORTH, M. 1). Wo are\\npleased to give in our list of the best citi-\\nzens of Ingham County, the professional\\nmen who have made their mark therein, and we\\ntake special pleasure in presenting the name of Dr.\\nWoodwortli, of Onondaga, who was born in Black-\\nman Township. Jackson County, Mich., December\\ny, 1846. This gentleman, who has made for him-\\nself a name and place in the profession, is a son\\nof Geoige W. and EUzabeth (Mcintosh) Wood-\\nworth, both natives of the Empire State. wh i came", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0280.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "RJliTKAIT AxND lUUGRAPllK. AL ALDU.M.\\n27:\\nto Miclii :nn the 1st of Septcniher. 1H31. Tlie\\nliiu ajiv :iii(l fiirly liistorv of this iiitiMcstiiii;- family\\nis worth till iKTiisal of the reader, ami will lie\\nfouiul in eoiinectioii witli tlie sl eteh of .1. I).\\nWoodwoitli. M. I)., to lie found elsewiiere in this\\nvolume.\\niMUlit eiiildren of this family ijrew to maturity,\\nand Fred was the ^-oungest of the dock. He was\\nreared upon the old homestead in Blackman Town-\\nsliip, .Taek.sou County, and availed himself thor-\\nouiihlyofa common school education, attending\\nHigh School also at Jackson. He remained with\\nhis mother until 18(i(i. and for three years [)iU v to\\nthat date he had been stiidying civil engineering,\\nliut he linally decided t aliandon the pursuit of\\nthat branch of education and to give himself thor-\\noughly to preparaticm for the medical professsion.\\nHe was. no doubt, largely influenceil in this deci-\\nsion by the fact that he would be able to study\\nunder the superintendence of his brother, Dr. .1. 1).\\nWoodworth, of Leslie.\\nAfter reading for some time with his lirother he\\nentered the medical department of the I niversity\\nof Michigan, and after a two years course there\\nbecame a student of the Detroit Medical College,\\nwhere he took his dijjloma in the spring of 1869.\\nThe young Doctor then began his practice at Les-\\nlie, and after a year and a half located in 1872, in\\nthe village of Onondaga, where he has built up an\\nexcellent practice, having given himself entirely\\nto the pursuit of his professi(m. He ow^ns a small\\nfarm in the vicinity and takes a lively interest in\\nits culture.\\nThe Republican platform and declarations em-\\nbody the political views which are held by Dr.\\nWoodworth, and in the prosperity of that party\\nlie feels a deep interest. He has held sundry local\\noffices, such !is TowMiship Supervisor, Township\\nClerk, School Ins[)ector, and is a member of the\\nCounty Committee. He has attained to the third\\ndegi-ee in the order of Free and .Vccepted Masons\\nand is also idenlitied with the Ancient (\\\\)rder of\\nUnited Workmen.\\nDr. Woodworth was happily married to Miss\\nLouise C. Baldwin. October .t, 187.i. This lady\\nwas born in Livonia. Livingston County. Y..\\nMarch 2,183. .and previous to her marriage had\\nbeen a resident of Onondaga. Her parents were\\nThomas K. and Dorcas ((iieene) Baldwin, are na-\\ntives of erm nt. Xo children have brightened\\nthe home of Dr. and Mrs. Woodworth. lint their\\nkindly nature leads them to make life pleasant for\\nothers, ami (lieii- inlluence in the community is al-\\nways foi good.\\nOSEPII W. U.VILKV. One of the pleasant-\\nest homes in Lansing, Ingham County, is\\nthe one which is jointl\\\\ presided over by\\n^Ir. and Mrs. ISailey. whose intelligence and\\naffaliility create about them a delightful atmosi Iiere\\nof hospitality and genuine enjoyment. In their\\nsociety their friends find a pleasant respite from\\nthe cares and fatigues of business and home duties,\\nas well as an intellectual stimulus in the best di-\\nrection.\\nOur subject, who is carrying on Inisiness in the\\nline of real estate and insurance in connection\\nwith his partner, Mr. Klock.seim, was formerly an\\neditor in Portland, Ionia County. He was born\\nin Battle Creek, on the 11th of April, 1847, his\\nlumored father being .lames Bailey, a Yorkshire-\\nman, who was a fancy silkweaver and also a music\\nteacher. His weaving was of a superior kind and\\none of his specialties was the manufacture of hand-\\nsome vest patterns, which were at that time ex-\\nceedingly pojiular. He came to Battle Creek in\\n1842, and engaged in work, both at his trade and\\nas a teacher, but later acquired a farm in Eagle\\nTownship, Eaton County, which he carried on\\nfarming during the summers, and spent the win-\\nters in teaching.\\nIn 1856 he sold his )n-0])erty in Eaton County\\nand removed to Portland Town.ship, hmia County,\\nwhere lie took an improved f.arni of one hundred\\nand eighty-three acres, and remained there until\\nhis death, which occurred in 1884. His father,\\nRichard Badey, had come with him to Ionia County\\nwhere he spent the remainder of his days. He was\\na miner in England. Soviiia Pitchfortli, the mother\\nof our subject, who was also of Yorkshire birth,\\ncame hither with him and died in 188(1. Of her", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0281.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "278\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOCrUAPlIlCAL ALBUM.\\nnine children our subject was tlie next to the\\nyoungest and was brougiit u\\\\ upon :i farm and\\neducated in the disti ict schools until he reached\\nthe age of nine years, after which he attended the\\nPortland schools.\\nAt the age of nineteen our subject ))egan Imsi-\\nness life as a cleric in a dry-goods establishment.\\nbut after one year he decided to enter the news-\\npaper business in connection with the Portl.and\\nAdrertiser, which had already been inaugurated,\\nbut wliich was at that time printed in (irand\\nRapids. After nine months experience the young\\nman bougiit out his partner in tliis paper and con-\\ntinued it alone, and soon enlarged it and continued\\nit under the name of the Portland Observer. It\\nbecame a six-column quarto, and besides putjlish\\ning the paper the office became well known as an\\nefficient job office, where excellent work could be\\nliad upon prompt time. He gradually worked into\\ntlie real-estate business, and in 1882 sold out his\\npaper and devoted his time entirely to this new\\nline of work. He built the Observei- Block and\\ncontinued there until 1888, and finally bought out\\nMr. S. Miller, of the firm of Miller ct Klock-\\nseim, which now became Klockseim iVr Bailey. Vriiile\\nliving in Portland he platted eighteen acres, which\\nis known as Bailey s Addition to Portland. lie\\nstill owns Portland property and is also one of\\nthe largest real-estate dealers in this city. Besides\\nthis specialty the firm is largely interested in in-\\nsurance and represents some fifteen companies.\\nThe marriage of our subject, whicli took place\\nAugust 20, 1872, and which was solemnized in\\nEagle Township, brought to his home an amiable\\nand faithful helpmate, in the per.son of Miss Dana\\n.lenison, daughter of tiie lion. William F. .leni-\\nson. This lady was Vjoin at Eagle, t linton County.\\nwhere her family were early settlers, and she re-\\nceived iier education at Ypsilanti and taught in\\nthe Lansing schools before her marriage. Mr. .leni-\\nson is a prominent and wealthy farmer in Clinton\\nCounty and for some time acted as its Sheriff. Six\\nchildren have blessed the home of ^[r. and IMrs.\\nBailey, namely: Mary. Willie. l,fn:i. Slfll:i. l- .v:i\\nand Bessie.\\nThe fifteen years during which Mr. Bailey was\\nengaged in newspaper work in Portland were\\nyears of prosperity and progress in that little\\ntown, and liis work no doubt contributed largly\\nto promote many of the movements for mi-\\npiovemeut which were being forwarded at that\\ntime. That he Avas appreciated in this way was\\nevident from the fact that he was made President\\nof the village for two years, and was at the time\\nof his i-emoval from Portland and for several years\\nprevious Village Assessor. In his political views\\nhe is a decided Republican, and during the days\\nwhen he had the ear of the people through hi\\npaper his trum])et sent forth no uncertain sound.\\nHe is identified with the Free and Accepted ^la-\\nsons at Portland, and is connected with the I ni-\\nversalist Church. .Vs a citizen of thorough integ-\\nrity, enterprise and intelligence, he is highly prized\\nin Lansing.\\n^z^N OL. -lOllN (i. SNOOK. The honorable title\\n[I that prefixes our subject s name is an in.--ig-\\nnia of the loyalty with which he has sei ved\\nhis time and nation. Over a century ago, it would\\nhave been thought degr.ading to have taken up\\narms for wh;it manv people even to-day, consider\\nan inferior race, luit the essence of truth and [nin-\\nciple was lacking in our nation as long as there\\nwas a freedom restricted to certain classes, and\\nthose who were consistent and loyal to the Consti-\\ntution to which the wisest men of our nation gave\\ntheir approbation and countenance, could only be\\nmaintained b\\\\- concessions on one side or a forced\\nfight foi loe:il rights.\\nHe of whom we write now I esidesin .Mason, lug-\\nham County. .Mich., where lie has a pleasant and\\nattractive home. He was born .lune .5, 1815, at\\nWaterloo, Seneca County, N. Y., and is a son of\\nCasper and Caroline ((4roflf) Snook, natives of\\nSussex County, and Seneca County, N. Y.\\nres)iectively. His t alliei-. who was a larnier. uiovi d\\nfrom ^Michigan when our subjeel wm abo\\\\it three\\nyeai s old .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0mil located in .\\\\rgentiue Township,\\ntienesee County. Here our subject spent his boy-\\nhood days on a farm learning the duties incident", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0282.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT A SD BIOGRAPHICAL ALBl. M.\\n279\\nto tlie lifi of a faiiiier lad, and ciiiiaiivil in laying\\nduring- tin- winter months, tlii foundation for a\\ngood common-school education.\\n\\\\\\\\hen only a lad. Mr. Sn )ol enlisted in the War\\nof the Hehellion joining the regiment in Se|ilem-\\nher. 1\u00c2\u00ab(;2. lie was one of ompany I), of the Sixth\\n.Michigan Cavalry, and lirst served as a private in\\n(ien. Custer s Michigjin Hrigade. of Sheri lan s\\ndivision. He is [n-ond of the fad that he sei ved\\nin thirty-seven engagements. He was wounded at\\nthe battle of Falling Water, .luly 1 1. lH(!:i. ;dthough\\nprior to this he had a horse shot under him .at Ce-\\ndar Creek in 1864. At the time of Sliciidan s\\nfamous ride, their brigade was detailed to cover the\\nretreat. He was in the hospital about eight months\\nafter the l)attle of Falling Water, having been\\nwounded in the right thigh, a ball from an enemy s\\nrifle shattering the bone without breaking it. lie\\nwas at the time of liis wound, .serving as ori)oral\\nand was afteiward made Sergeant. At the close of\\nthe war. his time not yet Inning expii-ed, he was\\nsent West under (len, Custer, to have anovei-sighl\\nover the Indians. This occupied about six months,\\nduring wliich our subject was in one engagement\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2It Willow Springs, Dak. His time ex|)iring, during\\ntlie Indian compaign he was held over time and at\\nthe expiration of the outbreak at which the iiidi.-ins\\nwere sulidued. he was discharged.\\nAfter Mr. Snook s return fnmi the army it was\\nnecessary that he learn some busine.ss by which he\\ncould sujjport himself, and he at once bent his en-\\nergies to making himself familial with the harness-\\nmakers (rade. being so engaged in Linden, (ien-\\nesce County, Mich, lie worked at that trade for\\naliout five years, and in the meantime was married\\nDecember -i;?, IHGX, to Miss .Mary Beach, whose\\nhome w;is in the s. inie place at which he was occu-\\npied. .She is a daugliler of Chilion and Flizabeth\\nA. (S(|uires) Heach and was born May id. IH at\\nKochester. N. 1\\nTill oiiain.al of oui sket h tiansferred his atten-\\ntion to the business of carriage trimming which he\\nfollowed ill the town of Linden for about sixteen\\nyears and in .Vjjril. IHiS. |a removed to .Mason,\\nwhere he began the same work, and is yet thus en-\\ngaged, being successful to a gratifying degiee in\\nhis chosen callinii. and indeed, it could scarceh be\\notherwise, for so neatly is his work done, and so\\nperfect tiie finish that it could not fail to find pat-\\nronage. Oursnbji ct 1 1. as three children who have\\ncome to l righten the home of hini.self and wife.\\nCarrie K. was boi n in Linden, this .State. .lune 19,\\n\\\\X1 She. howcvi i. uniteil her fortunes with those\\nof a young farmer in evay Townshi|), by name,\\n.V. M. Young. William C. who w:is liorn .lanuary\\n30, in7;i. isa graduate of the High .Scliool, than\\nwhich there are none l)etter throughout the State.\\nTt prepares its graduates for the Freshman cla.ss in\\nany I niversity in the State. He has also taken one\\n\\\\ear in .VIbion College, and is ambitions to fit him-\\nself for a professorship in some of our higher insti-\\ntutions of learning. Casper .1.. the third child, was\\nborn at Linden. February o, 188.^.\\nCasper Snook, oni snliject s father, was born\\nMarch 17. ISI7. and his decease occurred February\\ni;?, \\\\H, )H. )\\\\u subject s mother was born Octolier\\n182(1. and is still living, making her home with\\nhim of whom we write. Formerly theoriginal of our\\nsketch affiliated with the Kepublican party, but\\nsince 1872 he has identified himself with the Pro-\\nhibition party, feeling that in the i)roniulgation of\\nthe principles not only of temperance, but in the\\nprohibition of the making and selling of intoxicat-\\ning liquors, is the safeguard to which we have to\\nlook to the future prosperity of our land. He is a\\nCa])tain of Company F, of the First Regiment of\\nthe .State ^lilitia. In his church relations lie has\\nbeen identified for many years with the Methodist\\nKpiscopal Church, in which ho s both Steward and\\nClass- Leadi r.\\nii I i j I\\nI OIIX F. HorsK. Our subject is a native\\nI of the city that ilicliigan is proud to claim\\nas her educational center, and one whose\\ncolleiic standing in many dejiartments ranks\\nwith the best universities in the land. .Mr. House\\nnow holds the |i()sitioii of County Clerk in the\\ntown of Miuson. Ingham County, and in this cajjac-\\nity finds many an opportunity to make hini.self of\\ntrreat service to the people and is always obliging,\\nattentive and readv to do what he can. He was", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0283.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "280\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nborn at Ann Arbor. .July 28, 1851. and is tlie son\\nof John and Catherine (Leadley) Rouse, both na-\\ntives of Germany. Mr. Rouse s parents were botli\\nchildren when they came to this country with their\\nparents. His father, who was a cooper, followed his\\ntrade in Ann Arbor and in Chicago, where lie lived\\nsome eleven years.\\nWhile living in the metropolis of Illinois, .Jcihn\\nRouse responded to the call for vt)lunteers in the\\nWar of the Reliellion, and enlisted in Company (i,\\nof the Fifty-first Regiment of Illinois Infantry, in\\n1864. He served .about eighteen months, and al-\\nthough in eleven battles, received only a few\\nslight wounds. The mother moved to Michigan\\nsoon after her husband s enlistment in order that\\nshe might lie among her own people in his absence.\\nAfter his discharge, our subject s father came to\\nthis State, and located in Lansing where he started\\na cooper shop of liis own. and followed his trade\\nuntil tlie time of his death, which occurred April\\n1, 1891, in the city of Lansing.\\nThe original of our sketch in Ins boj hood re-\\nceived a good practical education, enjoying the\\nadvantages offered by the public .schools of the city\\nof Chicago, and afterward taking an additional\\ncourse in the Commercial College of Lansing, this\\nState. After finishing bis education he learned\\ntelegraphy and served in the cap.acity of operator\\nfor about ten years in Lan.sing. While still man-\\nager of the telegraph office he was elected City\\nClerk, .and was re-elected at diffei-ent times until\\nhe served .seven terms in all. After the expiration\\nof his term on his last election, Mr. Rouse engaged\\nin the coal business, running a general retail trade\\nin which he was proprietor of several local of-\\nfices.\\nHe of whom we write was elected County Clerk\\nof Ingham Comity, Mich., 188H, and he served in\\nthis position for four years. May i;!. 188(1, he\\ntook the important step of uniting his fate for bet-\\nter or worse with that of Miss Catherine Sattler. a\\ndaughter of Charles L. and B.arbara (Hux) Sattler.\\n^Irs. Rouse was born at Freedom, Washtenaw\\nCounty, August 28, 18,53. Her parents were, like\\nher husband s, both f)om Germany. One child luas\\ncome to their home to brighten the domestic life\\nand to make stronger the bond that binds to-\\ngether husband and wife. She was born ]\\\\I. iy 23,\\n1881. and her name is Nellie B.. a bright attractive\\nlittle miss, who is the joy of her fiind parents.\\nAVhile in Chicago, Mr. Rouse met with an acci-\\ndent in .Jones Chapin s cooper shop, by which\\nhe lost his left arm. At the time he was only\\neleven years old and the accident was deeply de-\\nplored by himself and parents. He is the eldest in\\na family of eight children, all of whom are still\\nliving. Albert F., the second son in the family,\\nis at attorney-at-law in the city of Lansing; he\\nalso, strange to say, liy an accident similar to that\\nof his brother, is deprived of his arm. His loss\\nwas caused by the running away of a team. The\\nother children are Emma, Catheiine, William F,,\\nj\\\\Iary, Edward and George. Emma is now the\\nwife of C. Adelbert Cary, who is a clerk in Lan-\\nsing; Catherine married Arnold Brown, who w.as a\\nlarge lumber dealer in Jjansing; William F, also\\nmakes his home in Lan.siiig where he conducts a\\nlarge meat market; Mary married Frank Nice, who\\nis engaged as an engineer on the Michigan Central\\nroad, making his headciuarters and home at Lans-\\ning; Edward, who is a cooper by trade, and (ieorge,\\nwho is a clerk in a large clothing store, lioth reside\\nin Lansiuo\\n-\u00c2\u00bbJ-\\nm^\\n\\\\i/\\nOIIN D. WOODWORTH, M. D, It is not\\nmerely by a knowledge of drugs and nos-\\ntrums that a physician gains success. In\\norder to attain true eminence he must pos-\\nsess the spirit of patient research into the intricacies\\nof the human ftirm divine, and kindly sympathies\\nwhich will give to those who have called liini in\\ncounsel confidence in liis huinanity as well as his\\nskill. The career of l)i-. Wt)odworth of Leslie\\nTownslnp. Ingham Count\\\\ one of the leading\\npractitioners, has been creditable in the extreme,\\nboth professionally and iiersonally. A man of fine\\nattainments, intellectually, with broad and liberal\\nviews, he has fortified his mind with a store of\\nuseful knowledge both special and general through\\nhis habits of thought and observation. He com-\\nmands an extensive practice, stands high in social", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0284.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n281\\nand financial circles and is the occupant of a pleas-\\nant lioniX in tlic villaiii ol Leslie.\\nAnmnu Ilie liiessins^s wliicli Uiml i lovidenee lias\\nliestowed upon Dr. Woodvvortli is his aniialilo and\\nexcellent wife, a lady of rare qualities of mind and\\neli:uac(ci-. who h:is in all respects been his assist.-int.\\nlakiuii pride in his success and in sustaininu the\\nreputation and standinij of the family. The native\\nplace of l)i-. Woodworth was Pembroke, Genesee\\nCounty. N. V.. and the dale of his birth Fehi-uary\\n2H. 1 S2(i. His immediate piooenitors were teorjie\\nW. and Kliz.-ibeth (Mclnlosh) Woodworth, the\\nformer of whom was a native of Otsego County,\\nN. v., and the latter was born in Rensselaer Connt^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2,\\nthe same State.\\nThe paternal i;randparents of our subject were\\nSamuel and Sybil (i)aiiforth) Woodworth. natives\\nof New Knylanil. who .-.cttled in Western Xew\\nYork at an early day. Samuel Woodworth served\\nin the Revolutionary Army and our subject now\\nhas a relic \\\\vhii.-h was made by liini while in the\\nservice, at the time the troops were stationed at\\nalley Fori e. He died in Western New York and\\nhis widow came to Michigan many years ajjo and\\nspent the remainder of hci- days in .lackson (unity.\\nThe maternal iirandparents of Dr. Woodworth\\nwere Scotch |)eoi)le, both of whom were liorn in\\nKdinbnrjj The grandfather died in ^Vestern New-\\nYork and the grandniothcr in .l.ackson County,\\nMich.\\nGeorge and Klizabelli ^\\\\dodworth were reared\\nand married in Central New York and tocik np their\\nresidence in the Tei rittn v of Michigan in \\\\M\\\\\\nThey had been living in (ienesee County, N. Y.,\\nwhence in 18:50 Mr. W^oodworth came West and\\ntook np .-i tract of land which now forms the estate\\nof LaRiie H. AVoodworth, a brother of our subject.\\nThis land is filuated on section 22. RIackman\\nTownship, .lackson County. Kclnrning to the\\nKasl III broughl his family lo this homestead, which\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(intinued his place of residence from that lime\\nUTilll the middle of I i bruar\\\\-. \\\\Xi\\\\2. when he cldsid\\nhis eyes in death.\\nery few families wcic living in thi vicinity ;it\\nthe time cif Mr. oodwoith s arrival here, and\\nmany privati(, ns were endured by these pioneers.\\nThe journey was accom|)lislied by teams to Ruffahi.\\nthence across the Lakes to Detroit and the remain-\\nder of the journey was made with ox-teams. It\\nwas a trip of almost untold hardships, a.s they were\\nobliged to ford all the streams which were without\\nbridges and to remove many impediments w liich\\nwiTc in their way. I hey were constantly in dan-\\nger from wild beasts and the savages who still lin-\\ngered near. Mrs. Woodworth walked the whole\\ndistance from Detroit to .lackson, with a babe in\\nher arms as the roads were bad and the wagons so\\nheavily loaded that she could not ride.\\nAfter the arrival of this family in their new\\nhome they found the Indians very troublesome,\\nand at times the few white settlers were obliged to\\ngo to .lacksdii for protection. .Mrs. Woodworth\\nwas at one time severely injured b\\\\- being kicked\\naround the yard by an ln lian. With untlagging\\nenergy and sturdy determination ^L\u00e2\u0096\u00a0. and Mi s.\\nWoodworth struggled on amid privations which\\nwc can scarcely realize, instilling into the minds of\\nthi ir childicn the principles which animated their\\nown lives, and gradually gathered about them the\\ncomforts which they so richly merited. Mr. Wood-\\nworth erected a good house and made other sub-\\nstantial imiirovements upon his farm, iilacing the\\none hundred and twenty-live acres which comprised\\nit under excellent cultivation. Mrs. Woodworth\\nis still surviving at the advanced .age of eighty-\\nnine years, having lieen born April 28, 1802. She\\nnow makes her home with her son, LaRue H., on\\nthe old homestead in .lackson County, and is en-\\njoying the fruits of her arduous toil in earlier\\nyears. She retains her faculties remarkably well\\nand still reads without glasses in her declining\\nyears. The parental household consisted of a fam-\\nily of nine children, namely: .John D., Helen.\\nJeaniiette, Thomas .1., George Henry L., Corne-\\nlia, Frances, and Fred I).\\nlie of whom we write is the eldest of his father s\\nfamily and was brought to Michigan in 1831 by\\nhis jiarents. being then only live years of .age. His\\nboyhood was passed on his father s farm in IJlack-\\nm:in Township. .l;u-kson Couiily. in the way cus-\\ntoiu.uy in that early time. I If remained at home\\nlaboring with his father, until he reached the age\\nof eighteen when he went to .Jackson to attend\\nschool. His earlier studies had been ])ursued in", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0285.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "282\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nthe common district school and under the influence\\nof careful parental training he became imbued with\\nthose sentiments of honor and morality which have\\ngiven him so high a standing among his fellow-men.\\nAfter four years m Jackson which he spent in ac-\\nquiring an academic education he began reading\\nmedicine witli Dr. Abram Sager, then of Jackson.\\nIn 1848 he entered Rush Medical College at Chi-\\ncago taking his diploma from that institution in\\nthe spring of 1851. Very soon afterward he lo-\\ncated in Leslie, and since that time has been con-\\nstantly and actively engaged in the practice of\\nmedicine, having filled out forty years of profes-\\nsignal service.\\nThe Doctor is a plain, unostentatious man, who\\nmoves quietl\\\\- tlirougli the world, doing much\\ngood that most of those who know him know not\\nof. Following in tlie footsteps of his honored\\nfather, he is a decided Republican and without\\nneglecting his profession he has found time to in-\\nterest himself in the ]3ublic and political affairs of\\nhis county. After filling other positions of trust\\nand responsibility he was brought forward by the\\nRepublican party as their candidate to the State\\nLegislature, and was duly elected in 1861 and re-\\nelected two years later, serving in both sessions\\nwith credit to himself and satisfaction to his con-\\nstituents here. The position of Supervisor and\\nother minor town, village and school oftices have\\nbeen well filled by him. He is not connected with\\nany religious denomination, but believes in the\\nestablishment and maintenance of churches, and\\ngives freely of his me.ins to church and charitable\\norganizations, attending the Congregational Church\\nof Leslie of which his wife is a member. He has\\ntaken the Royal Arch Degree in the JMasonic order.\\nThe lady who became Mrs. Woodworth January\\n15, 1850, was known in her maidenhood as Mary\\nOrcutt, and was then living in Jackson. She was\\nborn near Rutland, Vt., in 1829 and is a daughter\\nof Zebina and Mary (Hall) Orcutt, both Yermont-\\ners. Mr. Orcutt died in Pennsylvania and Mrs. Or-\\nc utt u\\\\ Chicago, 111. Dr. Woodworth and his young-\\nwife began life together in a modest residence in\\ntiie village of I^eslie, forty years ago, and have\\nlaljored together to establish a pleasant home which\\nwithout pretentions to elegance, is encircled by an\\nair of culture and refinement and a delightful re-\\ntreat from the work and worry of the outside\\nworld. The Doctor has secured a comfortable com-\\npetence and owing to his advanced age, he is now\\ngradually withdrawing from professional duties,\\nand is preparing to spend the evening of his life in\\nquiet retirement. The union of this couple has\\nbeen blessed by the birth of five children, namely:\\nMary, Zach, Blanche, Ward and George. The last-\\nnamed child died at the age of two and one-half\\nyears, but the others are living.\\nDr. Woodworth is personally one of the most\\nagreeable of men, genial and companionable, a\\nman who never fails to make friends wherever he\\ngoes. The family occupies a high position in the\\nsocial circles of this county, and the Doctor s chil-\\ndren are helping to reinforce the social prestige\\nwhich their parents have established. Tiie name\\nof this skillful and useful physician will be held in\\nremembrance long after he has been gathered to\\nhis fathers.\\nV__\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07 ^v T M w 7^;^^ J J \u00e2\u0096\u00a0air Wi\\n5o~\\n[PT7/RANKLIN C. Mc EUEN is the owner of a\\nr~(G\\\\) very productive farm of one hundred and\\nl\\\\ sixty -three acres on sections 17 and 20,\\nAlaiedon Township. He was born in Delhi Town-\\nship, Ingham County, May 13, 1854. His father,\\nAlbert Mc Euen, was bom in Concord, Ohio, in\\n1825, and is a retired farmer now living in Ovid,\\nMich. In his younger days he was a Methodist\\nminister and preached in various places in the State,\\nhaving come here in 1853. Our subject remained\\nat home until he was twenty-five years of age,\\nworking on the farm and attending district school.\\nAV hile living in Ovid he spent two j-ears very\\njjrofitably in the Union schools, laying a solid\\nfoundation for a good English education. He then\\nworked on his father s farm for one .year, the fol-\\nlowing year purchasing seventy-five acres of the\\nfarm which he now owns, but running heavily in\\ndelit for the same.\\nThat our subject has not worked in vain during\\nthe years that have passed since his purchase is\\nshown by the fact that he has added to the original", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0286.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0287.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "^^7My^4L", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0288.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n285\\nfarm from time to time until he now owns one\\nluindrod and sixty acres of good land, that is well\\nimproved and all free from incumbrance. Febru-\\nary 28, 1877, he was married to .Joanna Keiuiedy, a\\n(laiiirliter of Willian Kennedy of Alaiedon Town-\\nship. From this union two children have been born:\\n(iracie, whose birthday is September 24, 1880; and\\n(icrtie, who was born .July 4, 1884. During the past\\neleven years, Mr. Me Euen and his wife liave done\\nan incredible amount of hard work and they have\\nmade more money in that time than any other\\nyoung couple in the township of Alaiedon. Start-\\ning with no assistance from any quarter they have\\nfrom the income derived from the farm alone paid\\nnff all indebtedness and made improvements, while\\nthe average farmer has found it difficult to pay the\\ninterest on liis indelitedness. Mr. ^Ic Kueu has lifted\\na large mortgage and secured a competency that is\\nusually acquired only after a lifetime of hard work\\nand economical saving.\\nIn jiolitics our subject is a firm Republican and\\nis recognized by his party as one of tlieii strongest\\nrejjrescntatives in Alaiedon. For the past three\\nyears he has lieen Supervisor of liis townshi]), and\\nwhen we remember that the township is solidly\\nDemocratic his continuance in othce sjieaks worlds\\nfor his standing in the township, lie is well in-\\nformed on all questions of the day. Personally\\nMr. Mc Euen is a very genial gentleman and has\\na host of warm friends in Alaiedon Township.\\nA lis. MAROARPyr CrSTKK CALllorX,\\nthe present State Librarian, was appointed\\nlii to the position JIarch, 1891; .-ihe is a sister\\nof (ieii. Custer and widow- of TJeut. .James\\n.illioiiii. heroes in the battle of the Little Big\\nHorn. The lady, who is distinguished not only\\nfor lier high connection with miritary heroes, but\\nalso for her fine presence, striking individuality,\\nculture and accomplishments, holds her friends and\\nadmirers by the magnetism of individual and jier-\\nsonal power. .She was born in Harrison County,\\nOhio, and is a daughter of Emanuel H. and Maria\\n(Ward) Custer. Her father was a farmer at the\\ntime of her birth, and removed from Ohio to Mon-\\nroe, Mich., when Jlrs. Calhoun was but a small\\nchild.\\nMr.s. Calhoun, whose ]wrtrait is presented on the\\nopposite ])age, was educated and spent her girlhood\\ndays in Monroe. One winter she spent with her\\nbrother, Gen. Custer, at Ft. Leavenworth. Kan.,\\nand at that time (1870) met Lieut. Calhoun.\\nThose who have read Mrs. Custer s charming book,\\nBoots and Saddles can understand how a woman s\\npresence is appreciated in camp life on the frontier,\\nhow every soldier, from general down to scullion,\\nwillingly bows before a charming woman and offers\\nher the delightful compliment of his devotion.\\nMiss Custer took the hearts of all by storm, but\\nafter two years spent in a courtship that was car-\\nried on chiefly liy correspondence she became the\\nliride of Lieut. Calhoun. After their marriage he\\nwas stationed in Elizabethtown, Ky., being with\\nGen. Custer s Seventh Cavalry. Later he was de-\\ntailed farther South to Lincolnton and Charlotte,\\nX. C, and in the spring of 1873, with their regi-\\nment went to Dakota. Mrs. Custer and Mrs. Cal-\\nhoun made the journey of five hundred miles up\\nthe Mis.souri River from Yankton to Ft. Rice,\\nin oceeding thence to Bismarck, the entire trip be-\\ning made on horsel)ack. During the summer of\\nthe .same year Mrs. Custer and Mrs. Calhoun re-\\nturned to Monroe, Mich., to visit the parents of\\nthe latter, while the regiment was sent to the\\nYellowstone to guard the engineers who were sur-\\nveying the route for the A orthern Pacific.\\nIn the fall of 1873, when the regiment went in-\\nto winter quarters, Jlrs. Calhoun went back to Ft.\\nAbraham Lincoln where she remained f jr the win-\\nter. The following summer the regiment went out\\non the Black Hills exiiediticm, during which time\\nMrs. Calhoun again returned home, going back to\\nher husband at Ft. Lincoln in the autumn of 1874.\\nTlie regiment did not leave tiie ensuing summer,\\nremaining near the fort in temporary camp. In\\n1876 the regiment for the last time took leave of\\ntheir dear ones and went forth to what proved to\\nbe a most terrible liattle, that of the Little Big\\nHorn in Montaii;i. They were surprised by the\\nIndians .June 2o, and the result of that expedition\\nis one that darkens the page of the annals of his-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0289.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "2\u00c2\u00bb(!\\nPOHTKAIT AND BIOGKAPHICAL ALBU:SI.\\ntorv oii^wliicli it Miipcais. In-iiit; well known to all.\\nThere Lieut. C mUhiUH. tlii ee ol the ln otliers of Ml\\nCillhiiiin Mini :i nephew were killed. Tlie hidies\\nreiiKiineil in llie e.sl until .^uyust. when they\\nreturiUMl to the lie;iit-liioken parents in Miehioau.\\nThe lolldwinu wintei Mr.--, t uster went to Xew\\nYork, and Mrs. Calhoun staid at lier home, givinji\\nher tindivided time and thouaht to earing for her\\niinalid mother whose sad life was prolonged until\\n.laniiarv. l lU-\\\\- fathei- is still (18i)l) living,\\naged eighty-roiii-.\\nThe family heiiigso i e luced in iiumliers only the\\nfather l)eing left besides lu rself. ari-angements were\\nmade liy wliiih he should make his home with a\\nbrother who lives on a farm not a great distanee\\nfrt)m Monroe. Mis. Calhoun, feeling that she\\nmust have some abstnbing occupation, went to\\nDetroit to study dramatic ekiciition under Mrs.\\nKdna haffe-Xoble. who is the head of the cele-\\nbrated training school of elocution liearing her\\nname. Her naturally tine talent being here ciilti-\\n\\\\ated and |iolishcd. she has since devoted her\\nattention to this liranch of art and has given read-\\nings throughout different parts of the country. She\\nwas thus engaged when her appointment of .State\\nLibrarian was made known to her. and although\\nshe has always been received most cordially .-ind\\ngraciously by the public, she has gladly taken the\\nposition to which she is aijpointed as a token of\\nres])ect that the citizens of her ulojitcd .State give\\nto the dear ones who are gone.\\n.Mrs. .Margaret Custer Callioun h:is made a great\\nsuccess as an elocutionist. She has much of the\\ndash and enthusiasm of her rlistinguished brother,\\nand personally is gifted with great ease, grace,\\npower and magnetism. I he press notices that ha\\\\ e\\nbeen given her throughout the c(mntry show her\\ntc) be an elocutionist of the highest order, and one\\nwho does not .ape the style or mannerisms of some\\none else, lint whose impersonations show a genius\\nin their originality of concejition. She is jjossessed\\nof a very sweet and clear \\\\-oice and her readings\\nare given with such power of expre.s.sion that one\\nloses his identity in listening to lier. She has imt\\nworked for herself alone but lias given various\\nbenevolent institutions the advantage of her splen-\\ndid talent. So gracious has been her submission to\\nto the great trouble to which she has been subjected\\nand so unseltisli her work, that we are reminded of\\nthe summing up of the character of Lucile.\\nThe mission of genius on earthi To uplift,\\nPurify and confirm by its own gracious gift.\\nThe world, in despite of the world s dull endeavor\\nTo degrade and drag down and opjjose it forever.\\nThe mission of genius: To watch and to wail.\\nTo renew, to redeem and to regenerate.\\nThe mission of woman on earthi\\nliorn to nurse.\\n.Vnd to .--oothe. and t i .solace, to help and to heal\\nThe sick world that leans on her.\\nK.MiV 1). BAUTllOLoMKW .\\\\l. It is\\niV .s:utl that the three ino.st po|nilar profes-\\nsions at the present day are medicine, law\\nand avil engineering, ami the weight of\\nfavor among the young graduates that are yearly\\nturned out from our colleges seems to be in the\\nlast-named direction. It was not so when our sub-\\nject took up this study, althongh perhaps the sup-\\nlily was fully eipial to the demand, for there were\\nnot then so many r;iilroads or mammoth public\\nbuildings that required the aid of the scieiitilic en-\\ngineei as at the |)resent time. Mr. IS.artholomew\\nwas born in Waddriiglon. then in ^ladiid Town-\\nship. St. Lawrence County. X. Y.. February l.\\nlH. il. and during his lifetime he has seen great ad-\\nvancement made in the piogress of lii cliosen\\ncalling.\\nThe gentleman of whom wc write is the son of\\nCh.Mrlcs I), llartliolomcu. a native of tlie same\\n[ilace with his .son and born .January ID. I.SdIi.\\nOur subject s grandfather wa s l.saac llartiiolomcw.\\na nati\\\\c of armiiigt iii. Conn., and there boin in\\n171)1. lie was in the lve\\\\ ohitionai War from\\n17H(I until the elose. and in 17^ (i remo\\\\ed to Tin-\\nmouth. t.. where he was engaged ill fa|-milig until\\nIHKl.aud then removed to \\\\Vaddington Town-\\nship. X. Y. He was the first militi.a captain com-\\nmissioned in St. Lawrence County. X. Y. He was\\na thorough-going Whig and greatly interested in\\npolitics. Our subject s great-grandfather was", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0290.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nAhraliam Hartliolomew who died in Connecticut\\nwhile yet in early manhood. His father was also\\nnamed Aliraham and his father was Isaac. The\\nnext ancestor was William and the one preceding\\nhim was also William Bartholomew, who was born\\nat Biiford, Eniiland, in 1602. The town of Bu-\\nford is only ei jhteen miles northwest of 1 lie old\\nUniversity City of Oxford. This last n.-imcd Will-\\niam Bartholomew came to America Septomhcr 18,\\n16: landino in Boston at that time. He made\\nthe journey hither on the sailinfr vessel (Jriffin\\nand soon after landing located at Ipswich, Mass.\\nHe was there engaged as a merchant and at that\\nearly d.ay was the hero of many adventures. His\\ndaughter, Abigail, was taken prisoner by the In-\\ndians when only four years old and with twelve\\nt tlier children was carried away to Canada. They\\nwere kept in the tribe until their parents had [jaid\\na ransom of \u00c2\u00a3200 sterling, their return home being\\nmade in May, lfi78, and having been prisoners for\\neight months. Tiiey were the first prisoners taken\\nliy the Indians from Ma.ssachusetts-to Canada for\\nthe purpose of exacting a ran.som. This ancestor\\nlit our uliiect was the general court representative\\nfoi- Suffolk County and received a commission as\\nLieutenant in command of the militia of the town.\\nCiiarlcs I). Bartholomew, the father of the orig-\\ninal of our sketch was reared on liic hoiiu farm in\\nSt. Lawrence County, N. Y. He followed iiis\\ncalling of agriculture steadily, never having been\\naway from the home farm for a whole month. He\\nwas considered well-to-do for the time, having\\nbeen the owner of four iiundred acres of good\\nland in Waddington and Lislion. He was Captain\\nof the State Militia and was elected major of the\\neinnpany, but refused the conunission. He died\\nl- clHu;n\\\\ 11. 188il. For M u UMil cr of years liefore\\nhis death he was Deacon in tlie I niversalist\\nChurch.\\n.\\\\s a young lady Mr. Bartholomew s mother was\\nBet.-;ey Hawlev. She also was born in Wadding-\\nton. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iltliouyii her father, John Hawlev, was a na-\\ntive of \\\\(TUiout. He. however, eniigratiMl at .-in\\nearly day to St. Lawrence County, locating on .a\\nfarm there in 18li;5. His first home here was on\\nthe lianUs of the St. Lawrence River at the n. U\\nrnws. hut six vears later he located in .Madrid i owii-\\n287\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ship and there resided until his decease. His father\\nwho was of English descent, was born in Con-\\nnecticut but died in Vermont, and his mother\\ndied in the year of 1862. .She was the parent of\\neight children, four of whom are still living. Of\\nthe eight he of whom we write is (he third in Ordei-\\nof birth. He was reared on the home farm and in\\nhis boyhood attended the common schools in the\\ndistrict and was thoroughly grounded in the Eng-\\nlish branches. He remained at home on the farm\\nuntil he was past twenty years of age attending\\nschool at the Ogdensburg and Canton Academy.\\nDuring the winter he pursued the study of the\\nLatin and French languages, following the same\\noutline of study that he had in .school. When\\ntwenty years of age he entered the New York Cen-\\ntral College at McGrawville, Cortland County,\\nand there attended over one year. In 1853 he\\nentered the University of Michigan with a determi-\\nnation to acquire a degree in the classical course.\\nHe entered the junior year and was graduated in\\n.lune, 1854, having the right to append to his name\\nthe lumorable initials A. B. He then became the\\nassistant of J. M. (iregoi y in his school at Detroit\\nand continued with him \\\\uitil 1856.\\nIn the spring of that year, he of whom we write,\\nwent to Chicago and became a teacher in the\\n(iregory Commercial School, remaining in that po-\\nsition for one year. The following yeai he became\\na book-keeper iu the |)acking estalilishment of\\nCrairin iV Co.. and the next year was engaged in\\nteaciiing in (Jregory s Kalamazoo Commcicial\\nSchool. January 1, 185SI, .Mi Bartholomew came\\nto J.,ansing, Ingliam County, and soon after went\\ninto |)artnership with Dr. I. H. Bartiiolomcw in the\\ndrug business. They were also proprietors of the\\ngrocery store. At the end of two years, however,\\n(jur subject sold out his interest and in 1861 be-\\ncame a clerk under John Owen, the .State Treas-\\nurer, and in 1867 hi succeeded James Turner as\\nthe Dei)Uty State I reasurer. and held that oltice\\nvintil April, of 1871, during which time he had en-\\ntire charge of tlic luisiness. These oftices were all\\ntendered him and were entirely unsought. In\\n187-1 he resigned his position and soon after went\\nto New York and went back to his old home C)n the\\nfarm where he remaineit for fiiur ears. His wife s", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0291.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "288\\nI-OKTRAIT AND BiOGHAPHlC AL ALBUM.\\nlu nitli t Miled in IHTis. :ind soon after in tlie fall lif\\nictumc il til .Miciiiti an, and in 1H7 was appointcil\\nCity Survt viir. whicli positidn In- has held with\\nlliat iif Civil KniiineC i ever siuee. In 1\u00c2\u00bb89 lie\\nliecanie Secietaiv nf the I nion IJuildini;- and Loan\\nAssutiatioii in this eity.\\nMr. llai tholonu w is called upon to do nearly all\\nthe |ilattiny tliat is done in and alioiitthe city and\\nalso in different parts (if the State and has been\\nspecial examiner of eity plats sinee 1885. Our stib-\\njeet was niari ied in Detioit in July. 18; to Miss\\n.lulia Spiauue. a native of New Yoik. She dietl\\nwithout i.ssue in the eity of lyansiny. lie was\\nsecond time united in marriage, his bride beinii\\nMiss .lane K. Howe. Their nuptials were cele-\\nbrated in Manchester, this State, in May. 18(i2.\\nShe also was a native of Xew York State, boin in\\nliainliridiie. ()neida laiiity. and came to Michi-\\nyan in \\\\M\\\\ with her jiarents. .SIieenjo\\\\s the dis-\\ntinction of being the oldest livint; white woman in\\nthe city of Lansing. She came here on a visit .m\\nweek after the caj)ital had lieen located here. Only\\ntwo children are the fruits of this union. The\\neldest, a danghter, Uessie, still lemains at home. The\\nyounger. George 1).. is a teacher in the Metropoli-\\ntan .Mu.seuni of Xvl in New York, being an archi-\\ntect of no .small reputation. Two Other children\\nare deceased Katie was drowned in the St. Law-\\nrence Hiver at the age of sixteen. The other child\\ndied in infancy. Air. liarlholomcw is a member (if\\nthe I niver.salist Church, in which denomination he\\nis a l)eac in. Politically he is a lie|)ublican and\\none of the stanchest soit. His wife is a membei\\nof the K|iisc(ipal liurch.\\n-y H.VNK DIJKW. The following is a clip-\\nS ping from a well-known daily paper: A\\ncurioiLS memorial stone ha.s recently been\\n|)laeed in an old cemetery at Kingston, Mass. It\\nis a rough block of granite live feet high, into\\nwhich is sunken a large slate talilet. bearing a\\ngenealogical inscription of the Drew family, the\\nfounder of which was knighted by (^ueen Klizabeth\\nin 1,)8;) The representatives of the Drew family\\nliving in the I nited States are all related. Those\\nof the .Vmeric.an branch of the family are de-\\nscended from an ancestor who came to this C-ountry\\nat an early day and settled in the East. That one\\nof the family of whom we shall endeavor to give\\ntlie salient points of his career, is a general farmer,\\nI esiding on a tine and feilile tract of land located\\non section \u00e2\u0096\u00a0id. .Vlaiedon Township, Ingham County,\\nand which compi-ises eighty aci cs of land. Me also\\nmanages two bundled .-ind sixteen acres of land\\nowned by his father. Isaac Drew, on section ill. of\\nthe same township.\\nThe original of our sketch was born in the town\\nof .Mason. Ingham County, this .State. December 28,\\n18. )8. His father. Isaac Drew, is a retiied farmer\\nnow living in Alason. lie isa native of New York,\\nand w.-is born .Se|itember 28. 1827. He c:inie to\\n.Michiu in when a young man and purchased the\\nfarm upon which his son is now H\\\\ing. His mother,\\nthat is the uiothci- of our subject. Alaria (Stillnian\\nDrew, came into the townshiii with her father.\\nDaniel Stillniau, at an early day and was early made\\nfamiliar with every phase of pioneer life. She w.as\\nborn October 2!). 1882, and died :Marcli 18(i.\\nHe of whom we write remained under the pa-\\nrental roof until he was twent,\\\\-one years of age.\\nand attended the Mason and district school. On\\nreaching his majority he moved ii|)on the farm\\nwilled to him by a friend, and has been engaged in\\nfarming ever since. .May II. 1880. Mr. Drew was\\nmarried to Miss Belle an Bianken. a daughter of\\n^Villiam an Branken. a merchant of .Mason, where\\nMrs. Drew was born. She was educated in tin\\npidilic schools of that town. Our subject and his\\nwife are the parentsof two bright children: Blanche,\\nwho w-as born .Vugust 18. 1882; and Bessie, born\\n.laiuiary 2(i. 188 1.\\nThe oi iiiiiial of our sketch is liberal in his relig-\\nions views. His wife isa member of the I resby-\\nlerinn Church of Mason. In politics he of whom\\nwe write is a st:incli Democrat, and has been hon-\\nored by his party in being elected Townsliip Clerk.\\na position he has held for three terms. I ersonaljy.\\nMr. and Mrs. Drew are very superior young |)eople.\\nThev are of the highest social .standing and no one", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0292.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "I Olil liAir AND HKXiKAl lIK Al, AI.UIM.\\nKH\\nin the townsliip li!is iiKnc warn) tVii iids. iir uli- .Inly 2. IMfifi. (iiir cliildieii Iimvc licen lioiii In\\njcct is ;it pro-fill siift iTJin; t luiii ill-licnitli mikI \\\\\\\\(irtli\\\\ cuuiilc. Tlu-y arc .Icimy S.. Nettie N..\\nmany fi leiid- ill llii section cMniestl\\\\ trust lliat lie Mamie anil Fi:iiil .1. The eldest was linrii\\nmay onjoy a speedy recdvery. lie is a yoiinu man Scptcnilier lit. IXt iX. After spendiiiii two leniis in\\n(if niurc than ;i\\\\-er.aue iiilelllyciicc and foresiiiht the Flint Ndrni.al .Sclioiil she went into tiainini;: to\\nand kecp wcll.infnrincil nii the events nf tlu day. liccniiie a iiiirx which she nnw i and has ae(Hlired\\na Hiitterint;- lepiitatinii in this line. Nettie, wliu\\nwas liurn .Inly 1 spent unc year in the Mason\\nIligli SfllOol and then iiradnated in tin- Kiiideii;!ii-\\nten department of the Ilailmann School of l.ai orte,\\nInd.. in ISKil. She is now eiiiiaucd a a piiiii!ir\\\\\\n^HKDKIUCK IIINl- .S i- the owner of a ^ood teacher in the pnMic scl I- of .M;im ii. Iia\\\\iiii; h.-id\\ntarin of eiii|it\\\\ .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0icrts. locali d on .section 21, an experience of three veais. Iainie K., who wa\\n.\\\\laiedon Township. He was horn Oct olier horn Se|itemlier 1!*. IX7I. was ijraduated from the\\n8, IStO, in Wurtemherg-, (lermany. Ills father Mason Iliiili School in 1Mk:i and is .i ncces fiil\\nwas also named Frederick Ilines and was native 1 teacher of tiiree ye;ir e.\\\\|)erieiHe. Frank, who\\nof Wiirtemhei i; and while a resident in his nati\\\\e w;i horn .Scptcnilier 12. IH7(i. resi(U at home,\\nland was eniiaijcd as a rope-maker, lie lirounht The whole family are nieniliers of the Methodi l\\nhis family to the liiited .States in IH48. and setth d Kpisc-op^l C huich of Ahisoii. .Mr. Ilines is coii-\\nwitli them in Huron Cotinty. )hio. The sniiject uecled with the Farmers Alli.-incc of Delhi,\\nof our sketch peiit one ye:ir In the pulilic school- )ur suhject is a Repulilican in hi- political atlilia-\\nof (ieriiiany lieforc cominu to this country and tious. He .-iiid Mrs. Ilinc- li;i\\\\c cle.-ired up the\\nafter locatini; here .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ittended the district school and farm they lion own and lia\\\\e secured a comfortalilc\\nalso the pulilic -cliools of Norwalk. more or les.-, lionie for tlieiiiseUe.- and their f.amily and are justlv\\nuntil h( was nineteen years of aL; e.\\nrp to the time of the lireakiiiy out of the war\\nthe oiii;in;il of oiii -ketch was engaged in woikiut; j clas- of literature. Nine o-ood pnlilicttions are\\non the I miiii :Mid in a lil.-icksmith shop in Norwalk. 1 l;iken and it is safe to say th;il ever\\\\ joninal re-\\nin which last-named lui-ine\u00e2\u0080\u0094 he wa- i mplo\\\\ ed for ceixes a careful pern.sal. They ari proun\\nproud of their liriuht ind interesting i roii|) of\\nchildi-eii. The family are all interested in a good\\ne-si\\\\-c ueo-\\ntwo and a half years. lien the war hi oke out\\nhe patriotically res])onded to the call of hisadopted\\ncountry and went to the front with the )ne Hun-\\ndred and Sixty-sixth Uegiineut of the N.ational\\n(iiiard.-. .U ter three month- service he was di--\\nchargeil liecaiise of disahility. Iiiit recovering his\\nhealth in a measure he afterw;ird responiled to a\\ncall for machini-ts to woik in Nash villc.Tciin.. and\\nwas there enaaged for aliout six inoutli,-.\\n.\\\\t the clo.se of the war ^Ir. Ilines and hi- fatliei-\\ncame to Al;iiedoii Town-hip. luL;liaiii oiint\\\\. .-lud\\npie in the liest sense of the term.\\n.\\\\.MFS II. IKlSll. (till- -llliject heh.ng to :i\\nj family that has made itst lf an honorahle\\nuanu in the ann;ils of .Vmei ican historv l v\\nIt- devotion to the cinintry and its lo\\\\alty\\nhouglil the farm now owned hy him. His father to the cause of freedom and right. Facli genera-\\ndieil ill I.HTis. ()ui- -iilijet-t was niairied to Chris- tion since the days of the Hevolntioii. has -ent rep-\\ntiaiia Siimmerx iilc. ;i d;Hightcr of Iliel:ite illi;im ie-i nt;ili\\\\-e- to light for the llag. .ind for union.\\nSuinmcrville. of Delhi Town-hip. .she wa- lioru He whose name is at the head of this -ketch has\\nnear (ilasgow. Scotl;iud. .lanuary II. ist .l. and not been in exception hut has added another page\\ncame to the liiilcd States with her parents when to the lioiioral le rec ird in the family archives, for\\nhut a -mail cliild. Their niarri.-iai wa- -olemnize*! he serxed thronufh the War of the Kelicllion. help-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0293.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "290\\nPORTRAIT A^ D BlOGRArillCAL ALBUM.\\ning- to put down the enslavement of hundreds of\\nthousands of human beings, and to preserve the\\nunity of the States. To-day he still bears evi-\\ndence that to every loyal American citizen must Ije\\na badcje that is most honorable for the owner to\\nwear.\\nMr. Irish is a farmer and stock-raiser residing on\\nsection 1, of Vevay Township, Ingham County,\\nwhere he has forty acres under cultivation. He\\nwas born in Logan County, Ohio, April 8, 1843,\\nand is the son of Talcott and Sara (Madison) Irish.\\nThe father was a native of Summit County. Ohio,\\nand the mother, of Pennsylvania. The family\\nmoved to ^liciiigan in 1X; 2 and located on section\\nSG, of Alaiedon Townshiij, Ingham County, where\\nhe purchased eighty acres of land, spending the re-\\nmainder of his life with the exception of the time\\nthat he was in the army, in cultivating his pur-\\nchase.\\nOur subject s father and a brother served\\nthroughout the war being volunteers in the\\nTwelfth Michigan Infantry, both in Company G.\\nThe father s service extended over a period of\\nthree years, and tlie brother served over four years.\\nBoth saw much hard fighting. Talcott Irish, our\\nsubject s father, was taken prisoner at Shiloh and\\nconfined at Macon, Ga, for a period of about\\nsix months. He was exchanged and returned to\\nhis regiment, where he served for nearly two years\\nlonger, his death finally occurring and was caused\\nbv disease which had been contracted in the army, i\\nThe old gentleman, although never a man of\\nwealth, was in comfortable circumstances and so\\nabhorred debt that his sons early learned to beware\\nof speculative dealings. The farm which he owned\\nwas never under mortgage duiwng his life.\\nOur subject s boyhood days were spent on tlie\\nfarm, and his opportunities for education were\\nvery limited, as he was the oldest son left at home\\nand the responsibility of caring for the family and\\nof promoting the resources of the land fell on him.\\nHis youthful blood was fired by the letters that\\ncame from his father and brother containing des-\\ncriptions of battles and camp life, and in 1864, he\\ncould stand it no longer, but enlisted in the Eighth\\nMichigan Cavalry, in Company L. He was cap-\\ntured by Forrest s Cavalry, soon after he was sent\\nto the front and was confined in Andersonville\\nPrison about five months. He has ever since been\\ndisabled, having suffered intensely from the priva-\\ntions and cruelties to which he was then subjected.\\nAfter his liberation at the close of the war, Mr.\\nIrish was sent to Camp Chase, (3hio, and there re-\\nmained some four weeks, after which he returned\\nto Michigan, and within a year after his home com-\\ning he purchased eighty acres of laud.\\nHe of whom we write was married September 1.5.\\n1868 to Miss Eva Stroup. She is a daughter of\\n.Tolin and ;\\\\Iary (Linden) Stroup and was liorn in\\nWashtenaw County. .Tiily 16, 1848. Our sul)jcct\\nwitli his wife and family, lived on the farm which\\nhe inuvhased directly after the war for a jjeriod of\\nten years. He then sold his place and with the\\nproceeds purchased his present home. Four children\\nhave graced oiu- subject s home by their advent\\nand i)resence. They are bj- name, Blanche L.,\\nBertha S., Madge A. and J. Fred. Blanche was\\nborn August 1, 1869. She is a graduate from the\\nMason High School and has since devoted herself\\nto the work of teaching, in which she has been very\\nsuccessful. She lirings to her work a zeal and con-\\nscientiousness that cannot but have an effect for\\ngood upon the young minds that she is developing\\nand forming. Bertha was born September 29, 1871,\\nand is just blossoming into the beauty of perfect\\nwomanhood. Madge was born November 11. 1875,\\nwhile the only son made his appearance in the\\nworld March 9, 1884.\\nOur subject atliiiates with the Repul)lican jjarty\\nin whose executive power he has all conlidence and\\nfaith. He has been School Inspector for three terms,\\nand has lirought to the work an intelligent over-\\nsight and judgment that have redounded greatly\\nto the advantage of educational affairs in the town-\\nship. He himself has been engaged in the work of\\nteaching, having thus been occupied for sixteen\\nconsecutive winter terms. After returning from\\nthe war, he determined to gain more of an educa-\\ntion and to feel himself on a par with men who\\nhad learned to think in accordance with advanced\\nmethods, and he had strength of inu-pose enough,\\nman as he was, to attend the school at Mason, and\\n]ty diligent study both in and out of school, he ac-\\nquired a good common-school education, and is", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0294.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "POiri liAl l AM) I .KH.l; Al lIK Al, AI.IU .\\\\l.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0291\\nri i-osiiiizi d in liis t wiislii|) ns lieiiiu m 111:111 lA ihdic i|iii(tii(lf ut lioiiic 1 tlii tuiinoil ol |nililic lifi lli-\\nthan ordiiiaiy attaiiinu iils. His cxaiiiiilc liiiiil(i\\n111 an ciUMiuraiji nuMit In yuuiii; iiicu wIki. like liiiii-\\nself, have been di inivcd of advantaues in their\\nand his wife were consistent inenihers of tlie liap-\\ntisl lilii -h :ind he was a Deacon in Iheliethany\\n(liniili for almost liftv ais. ilc lived a life\\nearly veais. With only the ri lit kind of aniliition. aliove repioach anil died mourned liy a wide circle\\nand an uiiswerviiiii ener a man can make of of friends, who a|i|)rci iated his worth of character\\nhimself what he wishes. Mr. Irish is a memlicr of ;ind his integrity. His death, as well as that of his\\nthe (Jrand .Vrnn of the lve|)iililic. .-iiid is Scrueant wife, occurred in (ienesee County, where they had\\nMajor ill Ihc I hil ^IcKernaii I osl. and lie li.as .-ilso lieen iiianieil ni.any years liefore.\\niH eii Senior \\\\ice Commander. I he patern.al uraiidi aren ts of oui- suliject were\\nThe urandfather of the ucnllenian of whom we .Icsse and .\\\\nna .Vshley IJumsey. who were nat-\\nwi ite. whose name was Aliel Irish, w.as liorn in ives of ei-iiioiit anil mo\\\\ eil thence to Western\\nermont. lie served as a .soldier in the War of New Yoi-k at an early da\\\\ The maternal u land-\\nIHTi and was one of the pioneers of Summit parents were Daniel and llulda (Main) Cantield.\\nCoiint\\\\ )hio. scltlini; near the present town of ii:itives of Connecticul. The lion. .Mr. Kiinisey is\\n.Vkron. which is so noted for its manufactures of one of six children, who were named as follow\\nvarious kinds, lie died in .Maii don Township. Morilla M.. Daniel ieoii e W.. Jr.. .Marshall V...\\nInijhani Countv. this .State, .al the .aue of .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ilioiit Allicrt .Land Xalhaii I- The fourth cliilfl. our\\n.seven tv-eiaiit vears. One of Mi Irish s hrotliers. suliject. passed his lioyhood on his father s farm in\\n.Vnilirose, was taken prisoner in the early part of Itethaiiy. (Jeiiesee County. N. Y.. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2mil received an\\nthe War of the licliellinn and shot in cold lilooil academic cduc.-ition .il Hethans Centre and (ien-\\nMav l!^()2. lie was taken liy Stewart s irf; inia esee. Liviiiii ston County. I iitil he w.-is\\nBlack Horse Caxalrv. )iir suliject is the recipient twenty-one ye.ars of aiie he reiiiaiiied under the\\nof a pension of l(i per month liy the Covcrii- luirental roof, teachini; school durinii the winter\\nnient in rei oiriiition of the services ilmic and the and workiiii; on the home fMiiii in the sumnier\\nsufferinii endured duriiiii the war. season.\\n.Vt the au e of twenty-two ycais. nui -uliject left\\nthe Kini)ire Stale and aoinji to hieajio. eni aged\\nin trade in hides until IHf)7. when he came to this\\nSlate. Here he at once located in Leslie, and em-\\nliaikcil in linsiness in hiinheriiiii farming, real-\\n[(__ ON. M.\\\\liSll.U,L K. lU.MSKV. I resident estate and liankiiia. Succe.-s has crowned his\\nof till People s IS. ink of Leslie. Inirham efforts in liiiiham (onnty.and he is now the owner\\nCouiitw was liorn in liethany. (icnescc of i tine farm of three hundred and forty acres\\n(ouiil\\\\. N. v.. .Iaiiuar\\\\ 17. I .S Id. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind is the .-iiljoininii the Leslie Corporation. He also owns con-\\nson of (icoiuc and Fannie .M. (Cantield) liuiii- sideralile land in different parts of llie country and\\nse\\\\. natives i es])ectively of New York and (on- has done l;iri;e lumlieriny; hu.siness in the Michigan\\nnecticnt. The father was very proniinent in the pineries. His laliors as a real-estate dealer have\\naffairs of the coniniunity where he jia.s.sed hisentiri liecn marked liy shrewd jndsi ment and keen fore-\\nlife and became well-to-do. Politically, he was lirst siuht. and in f.-ict. in whatever direction his ;itten-\\nn Whiff, lint upon the oriianizatinn of the L epuli- lion li:is lieeii turned, he has always li iveii to the\\nlican partv liecanie identilied therewith, .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0mil relaiii- duties attendinu it hi lic ^t etfoi ts.\\neii the comiection until liis death in l.s.^l. )ii :ill The lirst hank in Leslie \\\\va Walker. .Vlleii .V\\ntopics of local and natimi. il importance he was o. s private hank and the Hnii. .Mr. Uum.-ey was\\nwell informed and w.-i- tirni in lii opposition to one of its organizers. Later the National Rank i.if\\nslavery. lie followed the calliiii; of a farniei .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0md Leslie was organized with him as ice-President. a\\nwas ver\\\\ domestic in his iiatnre. pi-eferriiiL; the po itioii he retained until in .\\\\u rust. ISSM. when", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0295.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "292\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nhe was elected President of tlie hank. He remain-*\\ned in that caiiacity until January, 18JS7, when the\\nbank surrendered its charter and was organized as\\nthe People s Bank with our subject as President.\\nHe is studious in matters relating to his profession\\nand has made It his life habit to do tliorouoh and\\nsystematic readiusj, both professional and miscel-\\nlaneous. He has a good private library and from\\nthat and other sources has kept himself abreas-t\\nof the times upon all current topics, especially\\nthose pertaining to economic, social and political\\nwelfare. He is a typical self-made man. having\\ncommenced in life with no other capital than a\\nclear head and willing hands, and maj feel justly\\nproud of the success which he has attained.\\nThe first Presidential vote deposited bj- Mr.\\nRumsey was for Abraham Lincoln in 1864 and he\\nis still a strong Republican and a leader in the\\nparty. In every campaign since he became a voter\\nhe has been active for the political principles of his\\nadoption, _ et he is aloof from party prejudice and\\nallows it to have no weight in his social and busi-\\nness relations. His varied experience long ago\\ntaught him to accord to others the same enjoyment\\nof opinion which he demands for himself. He is\\nespecially qualified for [luhlic life, and this fact\\nbeing recognized by his fellow-citizens he has been\\ncalled to several important and responsible posi-\\ntions. For several years he served as a member of\\nthe Common Council of Leslie, and for fifteen\\nyears he was on the School Board.\\nIn 1884 the Hon. Mr. Rumsey was elected to the\\nLegislature from Ingham County on the Repub-\\nlican ticket and was re-elected to the House of\\n1887-88. During both sessions he was Chairman\\nof the Committee of Ways and Means, and was\\never found faithful to the interests of his constit-\\nuency. He came within four votes of being made\\nSpeaker of the House in 1887. He has never as-\\npired to office, and in fact, the positions filled bv\\nhim have always been accepted reluctantly and\\nalmost forced on him. He is a genial companion\\nand a man of fine physique. Socially, he\\nbelongs to the Masonic fraternitj-, and is a\\nKnight Templar. In his religious belief he is a\\nBaptist, although he is not connected with the\\nchurch. In 1872 he and Arnold Walker built\\ntwenty-two miles of the Detroit Bay City Rail-\\nroad from Vassar to Bay City, Mich.\\nOn May 15, 1865, the interesting ceremony was\\nperformed which united in marriage the Hon. Mr.\\nRumsey and Miss llattie X. Wickwire. The bride\\nwas born in Akron, Erie County, N. Y., and is the\\ndaughter of Rensselaer and Sarah (Wliipple) Wick-\\nwire, n.atives res] ectively of Connecticut and Ver-\\nmont. Her father still survives at the venerable\\nage of eighty-six years, but the mother died in\\nFebruary, 18 J1, aged eighty-two. The eleg.ant\\nhome of our subject and his wife was brightened\\nby the presence of two children, one of whom\\nEdward SI. died when seventeen years old. The\\ndaughter, Fannie M., is the wife of Fred Haynes.\\nof Leslie.\\nZ \u00e2\u0099\u00a6^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2j.\\nVf]AME.S W. TWAITS, Jk. Many of tlie\\nmost able and efficient business and profes-\\nsional men of IMichigan are English by\\nbirth and parentage, but have made them-\\nselves by training and in their sympathies thor-\\noughly American. We have small appreciation\\nc f those who come to America from foreign lands,\\nand retaining all their Old- World prejudices and\\nnotions, hold themselves aloof from the interests\\nand institutions of our country, refusing to be\\nnaturalized or to help in conducting and inijjrov-\\ning. according to their best judgment, our pul)lic\\naffairs; l)ut to those who come here, realizing that\\nthis a composite country and that we were all once\\nforeigners, yet seeing the grandeur and appreciat-\\ning the spiiit of Americanism, and having the full\\nintent to become one of us, we give a most hearty\\nwelcome.\\nMr. Twaits, who is one of tlie most (prominent\\nmen of North Lansing, is such a man. He was\\nborn in Norfolk, England, December 1, 1849.\\nHis father, James W. Twaits, and grandfather,\\nJames, were both natives of England, who trace\\ntheir lineage back to France and the Huguenots.\\nTheir ancestors escaped from France by crossing", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0296.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n293\\nt te channel in boats, and finally, after ^fenerations\\nof livintf in Enirland, liave sent some vepreseiilii-\\ntives to America. The grandfather of our suh-\\njcct was an officer in the Knsrlish ii;i\\\\y. and one\\nof his sons was also with him in that line of\\nservice.\\nThe father of our subject was a baker by trade,\\nwliicli he followed f n a number of years in early\\nlife, lie linally decided to locate permanently in\\ntills etmnliv. and brouffht his wife and family with\\nhim. Before cominc; here he became mixed up\\nwith tlie Chartist party, and the liritisli soldiers\\nsuriomided the bnildini; where they held their\\nnieeliiiir, to arrest the deleijates, but he with a few\\nothers made his escape. Later, however, he w.as\\narrested, and after underijoina; an examination, he\\nwas put tinder surveillance by the Britisii Govern-\\nment. This grated upon the feelings of the\\nhonest and sturdy Kiiglisiiman, and he made\\nup his mind that in America he would find\\nlarger liberty and a riglit to exercise his own\\no])inions.\\nThe senior Mr. Twaits located in Cleveland, and\\ntook a ])osition to run on the lake as cook. .Vfter\\nseveral years experience in this line, he had man-\\naged to gain a knowledge of lumber, and entered I\\nthe emi)loy of Harmon it Crow], linnlier dealers,\\ntaking the jiosition of lumber inspector. He soon\\ntook chiirge of the yards at St. Charles, ^lich., as\\ninspector, and followed it there foi- ;i number of\\nyears, after which he went to Saginaw, where he\\nstill resides and is in the same line of work, al-\\nthough he is past seventy-five years of age. He is\\na man of sti-ictly temperate hal)it,s, and has ever\\nbeen in favoi of all movements in this line. He\\nis connected with the Congregational Church, as\\nwas also his wife, the mother of our subject, whose\\nmaiden name was Mary Leggett; she died in S,agi-\\nnaw at the age of forty-nine years, having been\\nthe mother of nine children, of whom our subject\\nis the oldest now living. After her death\\nMr. Tw.aits married for his second wife a Mrs.\\nMason.\\nThe subject of our sketch was so young when\\nhe came to this country that he remembers only\\ntwo or three incidents of his life in Merrie Eng-\\nland. The pass.age across the Atlantic Ocean,\\nwhich was made in a sailing vessel, made a deep\\nimpression upon his mind, as it was a long trip,\\niiid the winds and waves were boisterous. He\\nwas reared in Cleveland until he reached the age\\nof about six years, when the family removed to\\nSt. Charles, Mich., and in IHH. i they came to East\\nS.aginaw, where he faithfully attended the city\\nschools, and was within a few weeks of graduation\\nat the High School when he ceased his studies. He\\nwas not much more than thirteen years old when\\nhe began hustling for himself, and has been ever\\nsince.\\nThe youth now became clerk in the ])Ost-oftice at\\nEast Saginaw under Hon. DeWitt C. Gage, ex-\\nSecretary of State, and after three years service\\nhe came, in the fall of IHGH, to work at Lansing\\nfor the corporaticm which is now known as the\\nMichigan Central Railroad, but which w.as then\\ncalled the .Tackson, Lansing Saginaw Railroad.\\nHe c(mtinued in their emi)lo\\\\ for some three or\\nfour years.and then served various parties .as book-\\nkeeper, being at different times in the establishment\\nof Ml-. A. Turner, with .1. I-;. arner it Co., and ,1.\\nF. Schultz A Co.\\nIt was not until a year liefoi c this young man\\nl)ecaine a clerk in the law department of the State\\nLibrary that he became interested in legal matters,\\nand determined to turn his attention and energies\\nin that direction. In the spiiiig of 1 M,S(; he was\\ngiven the entire charge of that department of the\\nlibrary-. He began to study under C. E. Hammond,\\nand finished in the law department of the State\\nLibrary, and was admit IimI to tlie bar .June Ifi.\\n1K87, receiving liberty to practice as an attorney,\\nsolicitor and counselor in all the com ts of Michi-\\ngan, his admission Ijeing granted by lion. .Tames\\nV. Campbell, then Chief .Justice of the Suin-eme\\nCourt, after examination by a coinmittee of attor-\\nneys in open court. He continued as clerk in the\\nlibrary until May L). 1891, when he retired from\\nthat pf)siti(ni that he might devote himself to the\\npractice of law in Lansing. He has built for his\\nfamily a beautiful home at Xo. 627 Cedai .Street.\\nHis wife, who bore the name in maidenhood of\\nLizzie Price, was born in Lansing, and is a daugh-\\nter of Cajit. John H. Price, who was a Captain in\\nthe armv during the Civil War. More mav be", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0297.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "294\\nFORTHAIT A2s D BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nlearned of this interesting family in the sketch of\\nC apt. Price, which appears elsewhere in this\\nAi.BUJi. This lady, who became Mrs. Twaits May\\n25, 1882, is a graduate of the Lansing High School\\nand taught in different places in 3Iichigan for a\\nnumber of years before her marriage. Both she\\nand her excellent husband take an earnest interest\\nin all matters of education, and he is now a mem-\\nber of the School Board. Two children have lilessed\\nthis home Bessie E. and Ford .1.\\nA number of the social orders claim Mr. Twaits\\nill their membership, as he belongs to the Free and\\njVccejjted Masons, the Royal Arch Masons, the\\nRoyal Arcanum, and w.as an Odd Fellow, lint is\\nnot now an active one. He is a true-blue Reinib-\\nlican, and besides being a member of the City Cen-\\ntral Committee and tlie County Committee, is\\nChairman of the Fii St Ward City Committee and\\na frequent delegate to county and State con\\\\ en-\\ntions. He is a man of unusual intelligence and\\nenterprise and liberal and broad in his tliought\\nand life. His lovely wife is a prominent mem-\\nber of social circles in Lansing and an active\\nworker in the Presbyterian Church.\\nJ I I I i I\\nI I I t I T\\nANIEL BARRINGER. Tlie beautiful cap-\\nital of Michigan, with its stately public\\nbuildings, its business streets lined witli\\nhandsome stores and manufactories, and\\nits avenues of beautiful homes where dwell the in-\\ntellect, wit and beauty of the city, resembles nu\\nthe map nothing so much as a fat spider with nu-\\nmerous legs of railway sprawling in ever\\\\ direc-\\ntion. The fact of its being a railroad center i, t()\\na student of ethics a most important item, for it\\nproves the place to be an important manufactur-\\ning as well as distributive point, where the brawn\\nand sinew that make the social structuie integrally\\nstrong is to lie IV)und. )f the iiu n who have worked\\nwith the single \\\\iew t i the upbuilding and sup-\\nport of the city, none are more deserving of credit\\nthan he whose name is at tlie head of this sketch.\\nUnassuming and simple, doing conscientiously his\\nbest in his own line of business, at the same time\\nhe has always held a broad outlook over general\\nimprovement and evolution, never omitting to\\nsay the word that would cast the balance in fnvf r\\nof Lansing.\\nMr. Barringer. who by lilrth owes allegiance to\\nEngland, is well and favorably known in Lansing\\nas being the efficient incuml)ent of the position of\\nDeputy City Treasurer. He is now serving his sec-\\nond term in this capacity. He was born in IMid-\\ndlesex, England, in the Parish of Ilillingdon,\\n.hnni.iiy 25, 184 J. His father, Daniel Barringer\\nSr., was a native of the same country. He was a\\nwheelwright by trade and died in his native laud.\\nThe maiden name of oui- subject s mother was\\nElizabeth Goodall, like lier Imslmnd. a native of\\n^Middlesex, England.\\nOur subject was reared and educated in New\\nMarket, Canada, arriving here in the spring of\\n18(55. He first was in the employ of a Mr. Buck,\\nwith wlK)m lie learned the trade of a cabinet-\\nuiaker. He liegan at the fnot of the ladder but\\nworked his way up to the position of foreman,\\nand continued in that position for eight ^cars,\\nsuiieriutending the entire shop. In the spring of\\n1H,S!S Ih was elected City Treasurer on the Demo-\\ncratic ticket, and officiated in this capacity for two\\nyears. In 189(i he became Deputy Treasurer, and\\nsince thus employed his time has been entirely oc-\\ncupied by attention to his official duties.\\nAfter thoroughly establishing himself in busi-\\nness in the city, our subject found life incomplete\\nwithout a home, and in 1874 he established a do-\\nmestic relation, placing over his house as sover-\\neign ruler ^liss Sarah Patten. Their marriage was\\nsolcniiiizt il ill ls7t. The l;iily was boiii in Ilaiiiil-\\nton. Canada, luit was reared and educated here.\\nI or four years ^Ir. Barringer has served as Al-\\nderman in the city from 1883 to 1887 inclusive\\nand foi one year he held the chair as President\\npro tern. .Socially he belongs to the Independent\\nOrder of ()dd l-Vllow lie also belongs to the\\nForesters, and has .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2is,so -i:i1ed liimself with the\\nKniji hts of L.-ilioi in Nvhicli ordei- he is a l ;ist Mas-\\nter Workniati. and has been Representative to the\\n.State bodies of the snid orders. Politicalh he\\nfraternizes with the Deinocratic party an l is one", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0298.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "POUTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n295\\nof the best representatives of that political body in\\nthis city. l)eiiijj noted for hi;* intcurilN niid adiipr-\\nence to princiijk ratlier than to |)nrty |)iv)udii f.\\nJlr. Baninsjer is a most ciitci prisiny: ijcntU-nian.\\nand is lilieral and liroad-niiiidffl hoih in hi socImI\\nand piilitical rchitions.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00945^-\\n^r^%\\nSr-^\\nny--\\nI/OSKIMI H. LAROSK. This orontleman. who\\nis a jiartntM with Mr. Voiselh in tlie deco-\\nratinsi and freseoinu- linsine s, cxliibits some\\nof Ihi tincst traits of the French nation,\\nfrom which lie has sprunij. His marked intelli-\\noence, acumen and shrewdness, his facility in lan-\\n):uaji:c and the taste which lie has disi)hiyed in\\nbusiness all mark him as lielonging to the F rench\\npeople. He was born in Oswego, N. Y., May 22.\\n1850, and his father, whose name was Francis\\nXavier, was a native of Quebec, while his grand-\\nfather, Fournie De La rose, was a native of France.\\nThe father droi)i ed the title, and as the grand-\\nfather died in (Quebec some years ago. the prefix is\\nHOW extinct.\\nThe father of our subject was a ship carpenter,\\nwho learned his trade in youth and located at Os-\\nwego, where he was engaged in building the canal\\nboats, and at various times was working at his\\ntrade in Buffalo, Toledo, Milwaukee, Chicago and\\nt^uebec. He also took contracts to build bridges,\\nmills and houses, and his last days were spent in\\nTroy, N. Y., although he had passed some time at\\nPortland, Me., and was in the I nited States serv-\\nice in the Department of Engineers aiul Mechanics\\nall thrcnigh the war. AVhen he jiasscd away, in\\n]87. 5, he had completed fifty-three years of life.\\nThe nidtlur of our subject, Leonore De Lisle by\\nnann was born in (Juebec, her father, Antonias\\nDe Lisle, being ;i farmer. She died in Troy and\\nleft thirteen cliildren, seven of whom grew to ma-\\nturity and six are still living. The son of whom\\nwe are writing was in Milwaukee from the age of\\nfour until lie reached the age of ten. .Mnd then was\\nin (^ueliee for some years, ln ing educated in Kng-\\nlish, (German and French, When eleven years old\\nhe was apprenticed to the painter s trade, and after\\nfour years of service he went to Troy. When only\\nsixteen years old he was so good a workman as to\\nreceive *2., )0 a day. He traveled and found work\\nIII xaiioiis cities, visiting Savannah. (;a.,and after-\\nward Detroit. In December, 1877. he came to\\nLansing, Ingham County, and was employed upon\\nthe State Capitol. Here he worked with Mr. Voi-\\nselle, as they two did all the best work in the fresco-\\ning of this magnificent building, after which they\\nformed a partnership, which .still stands.\\nThe pleasant home of ]Mr. Larose, which is at\\nXo. 719 Allegan Street, is presided over most gra-\\nciously by the lady who became his wife in Detroit\\nin 1876. She bore the maiden name of Melvina\\nRobarge, and her birth])lace was (Quebec, although\\nshe grew to womanhood in Detroit. They have\\nthree lovely children^Mary Maud, Ervy Emerson\\nand Edith Rose. Mr. Larose Ijelongs to the order\\nof the Royal Arcanum, and both he and his part-\\nner aie members of the National Builders Ex-\\nchange and of the Master Painters of the United\\nStates, in which a.ssocialion .Mr. Larose is Sergeant\\nat Arms. Like his partner, he afhliates with the\\nDemocracy, and like him does not take an active\\npart in public affairs, being content to cast his vote\\naccording to his conscience and best judgment.\\n!3si^2$_\\nSo~\\n^^EORGE A. EARLE. Our subject is a man\\nfl| who has had much exi)erience in various\\n^^^ij! directions although he is comparatively a\\nyoung man. Few men fall into a position :it the\\noutset of their career which is suited to them in\\nevery way, and few men really settle down to the\\nserious bu.siness of life, making anything of it that\\nin the least resembles a success, until they aie about\\nforty years of age. It is no sign that becau. e a\\nyoung ni;in changes his occupation that he is vacil-\\nlating liy nat\\\\ire, for he who knows how to get\\nout of wrong position ;ind one to which he is not\\nadapted. liows more (li eretion lli;\\\\n he who. know-\\ning lie has made a mistake, is loo stnlil)orn to ac-\\nknowledge it bv making a change. Previous to", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0299.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "296\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nsettling down in his present lucrative and large\\nbusiness Mr. Earle occupied himself in various\\nways, and in each he gained an experience that\\nwill be of value to him in the general current of\\ncommercial life. He is now a member of the firm\\nEarle Lewis, the largest hardware house in the\\ncity of Mason, Ingham County.\\nOur subject was born in Ontario, March 21 1. 1X5.3.\\nHe is a son of George and Jane (Maxon) Earle, the\\nformer a native of New York and the latter of\\nCanada. Our subject s boyliood days were si)ent\\non a farm, and from the district school in the neigli-\\nborhood lie was early trained in the branches com-\\nmon to an Englisli education. After lie had finished\\nschool he began for himself, first engaging in teach-\\ning, but he soon found he was not adapted to this\\nwork. He then followed railroading, being station\\nagent on the Micliigan Central road for a nntnbei\\nof years. He then was a partner in an elevator\\nfor a period of four years, at the end of which time\\nhe began clerking in the hardware store in which\\nhe is now a partner. He was thus engaged for\\nabout three months wlien he liecame a partner\\nunder the firm name of DuB(^is A Earle. He li.-is\\never since remained in the firm, it being now run\\nunder the name of Earle iV Lewis, Mr. Lewis\\nhaving purchased Mr. DuBois interest .lune 1.\\n1891. The Arm carry a very good stock of hard-\\nware and farming imjilements, the latter being of-\\nthe latest and most approved styles.\\nThe original of our sketch was married in Novem-\\nber, 1887, to Miss Mary vSeeley, a daughter of Col.\\nJohn and Caroline (Frederick) Seeley. The lady\\nwas born in Ingham County, in June, 1802. By this\\nmarriage one little girl has made her advent into\\nthe household and is one of the most important\\nmembers therein. Her name is Earnestiue and she\\nwas born in Mason December 26, 188 Our .sub-\\nject is a Repulilican in i)olitics and has once been\\nAlderman in the first ward of the town. He filled\\nthe position of City Clerk for two years, and is now\\nSupervisor of the Seccmd Ward.\\nMr. Earle is the oldest of a family of twelve\\nchildren, nine of whom are still living. Four\\nbrothers reside in this State. John runs a bakery\\nin Owosso. (Iliarles and Frank run a bakery in\\nAdrian, and James is in a bakery at Flint. Mv.\\nEarle s mother still survives, making her home in\\nCanada. His father died in 1878. Mr. Earle is\\none of the brightest and most progressive business\\nmen of Mason and well deserves the confidence\\nand respect of the citizens which are rejioscd in him.\\nThe offices that he has held in the gift of the town-\\nship haveJieen confen-ed by reason of his superior\\nintelligence and his good executive ability, and\\nthat confidence has never been found to have been\\nmisplaced.\\n]OB T.CAMPBELL, was lH)rn in the town-\\nI shii) of Onondaga. Ingham County, .luly 9,\\nI 18; and is a son (if ^larshall and Maria\\n^j! Campbell, who moved to that township from\\nBuffalo, X. v., in 185(1. At the tender age of\\nseven years he suffered the loss of iiis mother\\nwho died in 1862. and the family of twelve chil-\\ndren, of which he was one, was soon scattered. At\\ntwelve years of age he liegan the work of maintMin-\\ning himself, and was engaged by tlie month in\\nworking upon a larni dnring the suininer and in\\nthe winter lie attended district school, working lic-\\nfore and after hours in order to pay for his lioaid;\\nhis first six months work bringing him ?42.\\nIn Decemljer, 187;i, our subject went to Erie\\n(uinty, N. Y., and tliere dwelt one year, during\\nwliicli he spent three months in school in a district\\non what is known .as the Transit road, and dnring\\nlive months of that year he was engaged in work\\non North Buffalo dock, handling wood and coal for\\nthe firm of Chester tV Esser. and the remaining four\\nmonths he was employed as an apprentice molder\\nin the Malleable Iron Works of Pratt tfe Letch worth\\nin that city. Tlie financially hard winter of 1874\\nand 187; reduced wages to sucli a degree that he\\ncould not earn liis lioaid there, and he returned to\\nMichigan and was employed as a hired hand on\\ndifferent farms, as before spending his winters in\\nattendance at the district schools.\\nIn the winters of 1878 and 1879, he taught\\nschool at the brick school house three miles east of\\nEaton KMnids. and .Tunc 27. 1879. he griiduated", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0300.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n2a7\\nI ldiii Ia .-Ho llijili ScliDol nfter eiglit nunitlis spent\\n:it difft R iit tiiiu snt llic institution. In Ihc sijiinir\\nof 1H8(), lie wa.s appointed Deputy Clerk of Ing-\\nham t ountv, which position he held for tiiree years,\\nliaviufT full ehai ge of the olliee for two years,\\nwhile his prineipal Walker, was ensraged ex-\\nollicio. as elevk of the .Supreme Court at Lausinij.\\nApiil K). 1883, Mr. Cami l)ell heeame the ownei-\\n;inil pulilisher of the Leslie Local, published .-it the\\nvillaii e of Leslie, lie was very siieeessful in this\\nventure, and August 20, IKSd. niort tlian three\\nvear.s after lie had purehnscd the paper, he sold\\nout his business at a largely advaneed prii e. .Soon\\nthereafter he piuehased the I inekney Despatch of\\nLivingston County. This he sohl in .buniary ISHU\\nand then entered the L;uv .School at Ann Arbor,\\nhaving given considerable attention to the study\\nof law during his other occu])ations.\\n.Vfter spending live months at \\\\uu Aibor, he of\\nwhom we write returned to JLi.son where he was\\nadmitteil to the bar b\\\\ .ludge Kra tus Peek. .Inuc\\nlit. IKK lie pr.Mcticed his profession very suc-\\ncessfully at ;\\\\Iason, until November 11, 18K when\\nllnding newspaper woik more -ongenial an l an op-\\nportunity offering itself he puivhascd the Ingham\\nCounlv J^eim. ii pioneer papei- devoted to the inter-\\nest8 of the county, and this he now publishes most\\nsuccessfully, .lune Hi, 1884, ,Mr. Campbell was\\nmarried to Miss Kva .M. Huntington, of Ma.son. .She\\nwas born in that city October 21. 18. ):i. Her father.\\nCollins I). Huntington, was b(, rn at .st. .Vlbans.\\nVt., February 2. 18:51, and came to Ingham\\nConntv in his boyhood, lie is ;i member of one\\nthe oldest .and best known families in this county.\\n.Mrs. Campbell s mother, Margaret (Lewis) Hunt-\\nington, was born in ()nondaga County, X. Y.. Dec-\\nember:!!, 18:34, and came to Michigan with her\\nparent.- who settled in Ingham County, when but\\ntlii ee years of age. The\\\\ wei c ni.-iiried .March\\n2(), I8. )4. .Mrs. Campbell is one of the most busy\\nan l ind\\\\istru)Us little hou.sewives. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind a decided\\nlielpuiale to the subject of thi sketch. heiever\\nIheir home has been he has enjoyed the eonlidence\\nof the jieople who have tendered him important\\nposiiiiins of lru l.\\nIn the fall of 1882 .Mr. Campbell was nominated\\nby the Uepul)licans to the olliee of County Clerk.\\nHe ran far ahead of his ticket but with all the\\nothers was defeated by a wmibination of the Dem-\\nocratic and (Greenback parties of the county. While\\na resident of I^ slie, he was three times elected\\nClerk of the township, and w:is a member of the\\nCommon Council of the village for a time, and was\\nat the time of his removal, a memlier of the School\\nHoard. ^lay 17, 1889, he wiui appointed Circuit\\nCourt Commissioner of Ingham County by Gov.\\nLuce, the term of office expiring December :i 1 1890.\\n.\\\\t the present time our subject is President of the\\nMason Board of Education, and Supervisor of the\\nFirst Ward of that city, having been elected to the\\nformer position September 2, 1889, and to the lat-\\nter April (i. 181)1.\\nSoci.ally his associates testify to his usefulness\\nand draw upon him in many ways. He is M.aster\\nof the Masonic Lodge, a trustee of the first Pres-\\nbytei-ian Clnireh of Mason, .and has for years been\\nactive in forwarding Sunday-school work. While\\nl)eople of the vicinity frequently call him out for\\npublic addi esses on social, memorial and patriotic\\noccasions. Since leaving home .as a boy, he has\\nbeen deiiendent entirely upon his own lesources,\\nand the good practical education he enjoys has\\nbeen obtained at the expense of m.any privations\\nand hard knocks.\\nIt will not be amiss here to give a short sketch of\\nour subject s fathei Marshall Campbell. He was\\nborn in lierks County, Pa., October 1:3, 1808, and\\nis still li\\\\ ing. now a resident of Onondaga, Ingham\\nCountv. His fathei- was JIatthew Campbell, born\\nin 1771), wlio was left an orphan at a very tender\\nage, having had but little i-ecollection of his parent.s.\\n.Marshall Cam|)beirs mother was Catherine Loyer,\\ni who was born in Montgomery County. Pa., and\\nwho was one of a large family who.se members and\\nconnections are .scattered throughout the State, and\\nwhose ancestors emigrated from Prussia soon after\\nPenn s Treaty. Matthew Campbell w^as early bound\\nout as an appientice to leain the manufacline of\\nspinning wheels, and servcil s\\\\ich apprenticeship\\nuntil he was twenty-one yeais of age. In the year\\n!8()(). he started out in life for himself, working\\nhard at his tr.-ide an i in l.S(i7 was mai iicd to the\\nabove name(l Catheiine Loyer. As man and wife\\nthey struggled hard for a fortune but the passing", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0301.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "298\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nyears biciuglit them but little and in 1825, with\\nMarshall and seven other children, they emigra-\\nted to Williamsville, Erie County, N. Y., where\\nthey arrived afler a hard jaunt of fourteen days\\nover the hills and mountains. In 1827, Marshall\\nlearned tlie cooper s trade, at which he worked for\\nseveral years. In 1831, he went back to Pennsyl-\\nvania and taught school that winter at a place\\ncalled Skii)])ackville, near Humneytown. He was\\na IJaptist in faith, but from the Dunkards and Qua-\\nkers who lived there, he imbibed a more liberal\\nview of Christiauily than he ever before had, and\\nhas ever since believed that where true and\\nliving faith exists, there is the Church of God.\\nIn 1832, Marshall Campbell began clerking for a\\ncoal, lumber and ])roduce dealer cm Schuylkill\\nCanal, but th.at year the Asiatic cholera made its\\nfirst appearance on this continent, and was particu-\\nlarly seveie at Pliiladel|ihia ilr. Camiibell was taken\\nsick and fearing the results lie went to his home\\nin New York. He soon returned to Pennsylvania,\\nhowever, and entered the employ of his uncle Dan-\\niel Boyer a general mcrciiantat Boyerstown. From\\nthere he entered tiie employ of the keeper of the\\nl)Oor house of that county, keeping the books of\\nthe institution and looking after tlie wants of the\\none hundred and fifty paui)ers. He was there about\\nfive years, and was dining that time married to\\nMiss ^laria Boyer.\\nIn 1.S41. the young couple moved to Black Rock\\nnow known as North Buffalo. N. Y.. where he\\nworked at his trade as a cooper and in the meantime\\ndischarged the duties of village and township\\nClerk. In 1850 they canu to Ingham County, Mich,\\nand settled on land in Onondaga, where they built\\na log house and cleared up a good home. Twelve\\nchildren were born to them, whose names in order\\nof ages are as follows: Boyer II., Catherine, Sarah,\\nDaniel, Matthew, Willi.am, Homer II., Angeline,\\nCharlotte. .lob T., :Marshall L. ;uid Maria. They\\nare all still living with the exception of Matthew,\\nwho was drowned in the Kankakee River, in Ill-\\ninois, March i), 1H!)0. and :Maria (Mrs. Davis), who\\ndied in Leslie Township, Feliruary 16. 1891.\\nAfter the family came to Michigan they dwelt\\nliapjiily and prosperously at the homestead until\\nthe death of the mother in October. 1862, whose\\ncares, augmented by the enlistment of her three\\neldest sons in the Rebellion, bore her to her grave\\nand deprived the family of her whom they most\\nneeded. The three sons served through the War\\nand returned but from the hour of their going and\\nthe death of their mother, the family was scattered\\nforever on earth. Mr. Campbell afterward married\\nMrs. ashti Cochran, who is still living and who\\nbrought with her to the family a daughter, Ella. His\\nlife has lieen one of hard work but a good examjile\\nto all. Honesty and industry are his virtues and\\nin his declining years, he looks with pride and aff-\\nection u])on his remaining children and iiopes for a\\nbles.sed futurity. Within his recollections are the\\nWars of 1812. 1845 and 1861, and wherever he\\ncould by thought, deed or sacrifice, he has exercised\\na noble pati iotism. In the Township of Onondaga,\\nwhere his hard work for his county was done, he\\nwas a member of the To\\\\^^lshil) Board for many\\nyears, and as an early Justice of the Peace, settled\\nmany a controversy between his neighbors. By\\nworking at his trade, and making his adz and ham-\\nmer ring from four o clock in the morning to ten\\no clock during the winter, and in tlic farm fi om\\ndaylight until dark during the summer, he succeeded\\nin rearing his family to take care of themselves\\nand in paying for the farm purchase. At the age\\nof eighty-three he is still hale and hard at work.\\nARTIN .1. STABLER. The future of otu-\\ngreat ccmnnonwealth depends upon the\\nstability and integrity of the young peo-\\nple of to-day, and among those who are\\ncontributing to the general progress is the gentle-\\nman whose name introduces these paragraphs and\\nwhose life thus far has been crowned with success.\\nOne of the young and enterprising agriculturists\\nof Lansing Township, Ingham County, his pleasant\\nestate is located on section 7, where he is the for-\\ntunate owner of seventy-six acres of fine land. He\\nhas emliellished his farm with a commodious resi-\\ndence of modern style of architecture, and elegantly\\nfurnished with everything that can contribute to", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0302.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n299\\nthe i-Diiifort iif llic li in clnil(l. Mr. Stabler devotes\\neonsideralile alleiitiuu to llie lireediujr of .slcick and\\nlia.-- large Itarii.s and u;ood stalilinjr, as well iis oilier\\nnitl)iiildiiifrs wliieli a i)ro j;res.sive fanner now\\ndeems essential to the |ii o])er management of his\\nestate.\\nMr. .Stabler is now in the early ])rinie of lil c.\\nhaving been born .binmuv 28, 1H()((. His parents.\\nCharles and llarbara (Holler) .Stabler, were natives\\nof (ii rmany. and jiosscssed those ((ualities of thrift\\nand fnei gv which are |)ron)inent eharacteristics of\\nthat nation. About the year of LSI they enii-\\ngrated to Anieriea. and immediately after landing\\nproceeded to .Michigan and settled in Ann .\\\\rbor.\\nThat city then bore 1ml few indications of its\\njiresent liigli de\\\\ elo|)meiit and was only a little\\nhamlet in the midst of uncultivated surroundings.\\n.After residing there three years the parents re-\\nmoved to Lansing, where Martin .1.. of tliis sketcli,\\nwas liorn. lie is proud to claim the ea|iital city\\nas his birthplace and now ranks among the most\\niiiduential native-born citizens ^f Ingham County.\\nAt the age of three years our suliject accom-\\n])anicd his parents in their renio\\\\al to Clinton\\nCounty, where he was reared to manhood, lie le-\\nceived a good education of which he is making\\npractical use, and keeping thoidUL;lil\\\\ posted upon\\nall events of interest he ranks among the well-iu-\\nfoimed men of the community. I ntil he was\\ntwenty-four years of age he \\\\\\\\orked for his father.\\nin the meantime acquiring habits of thrift and\\nprudence. On October -I. lHX;i, lie was liappih\\ninarrii il to the lady who now gracefully presides\\nover his household. .She bore the maiden name of\\nMary L. Burke jind is the daughter of John and\\nElenora l urke. natives of (Germany. In tli.at\\ncountry Mrs. Stabler was born Se|)tember IHtil.\\nand thence at the age of four years she accompanied\\nher parents to the New World. They .sojourned\\nin Ohio until IS72. when the\\\\ removed to Clinton\\nCounty, Mich., where they still reside. One child\\niuis been born to .Mr. and Mrs. .Stabler, a daiighler.\\nFlorence K.. who was born .May IG. 1887.\\n.Uways interested in evei V movement calculated\\nto adxauee the general welfare of the count\\\\. .Mr.\\nSt, ililer feels that the best interests of the common-\\nwealth are sub ei\\\\ed liv the Republican ijartx and\\nhis vole and .sympathies are usually with the can-\\ndidates pledged to the principles of that party.\\nHealizing his ability his fellow-eitizeus have often\\ncalled upon him to aid in the carrying on of pub-\\nlic affaiis and these duties he has always discharged\\nto tli e -satisfaction of all. lie was Treasurer of\\nLansing Township tw(^ years and was there as else-\\nwhere faithful to the trust reposed in him. lie and\\nhis amiable wife are members of the (ierman Melli-\\nodist Church and enjoy the e.steein of those who\\nha\\\\c been associated with them since they first lo-\\ncated on section 7.\\nSETH A. PADDOCK. One of the repre-\\nsentative men of Mason, Ingham County,\\nwhose financial growth has been synony-\\nmous with the history and growth of the town\\nis the gentleman whose name is at the head of this\\nsketch and who is so intimately connected with\\nmany of its interests. He is a member of the firm\\nof S. A. Paddock iV .Son. dealers in lumber, lime,\\ncoal. etc.. and also of the Klectric Lighting Compan3-\\nof Paddock iV Henderson. Mr. Paddock has a\\ncharming home in the city that is made ideal by\\nthe presence of his gracious and lovely wife, and\\nthe love that is shed between the members of the\\nf.unily. and the appreciation of each individual\\neffort to liriiig about the happiness and content of\\nothers.\\nSetli A. I addoek was born in Commerce Town-\\nship. O. ikland County. Mich., January (J, 183t). He\\nis the son of Charles II. and Iluldah M. (Gates)\\nPaddock, both natives of Herkimer County. N.\\nY. They came to Oakland County in 1834.\\nThe head of the family w. is a merchant and miller.\\nHe built the rtourishing mills in Oakland County\\nand after they were burned he rebuilt, eventually\\nselling tliem. In 18. )2, he with his family moved\\nto Huilson. .St. Croix County. Wis.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write, served an\\n.ipprenticeship of about three years to the trade of\\na c;irpenter and builder, and was then engaged iu", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0303.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "300\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\njourneyman s work for a similar space of time,\\nafter which he went to contracting and jobbing,\\nin which he was reasonably successful. He was\\nmarried September 11, 1860 to Miss Mary A.\\nAyres, of ew York City at the time when they\\nwere married, although she had formerly livc d in\\nOakland County, Mich., where Mr. Paddock formed\\nher acquaintance previous to going to Wisconsin.\\nOn beginning their married life he took his wife\\nto AVisconsin and there tliey lived until 1863, his\\neldest child being born tliere. At the la.st named date\\nhe moved to Jackson, Mich. He followed selling\\nterritory for a patent right, and at the same time\\nwas engaged in recruiting for the army. He cleared\\nthe second and third ward of Jackson, Mich., of\\ndraft under contract, and in the fall of 186.5, he\\nremoved to iSIason, and here became engaged in\\nthe work of architectural drafting and contracting.\\nHe has been the architect for the principal build-\\nings erected in this city. He supeiintended the\\nbuilding of the first Baptist Church at Portland,\\nIonia County, and finally became a partner of the\\nfirm of Brown. Paddock Co., builders and con-\\ntractors, and specialists in architectural drafting.\\nMr. Paddock was naturally gifted in the line of\\narchitectural and artistic drawing and had culti-\\nvated this gift assiduously making special )irepa-\\nration for his architectural work.\\nOur subject hiis l)een particularly fortunate in a\\nbusiness way. A genial, whole souled man, he\\nhas commended himself kindly and favoralily to\\nall classes of business men. He prides himself on\\nthe fact that he never had to ask for a day s work\\nin his life and vet always received the liighcst\\nwages. After a time he bought out one partner\\nin the firm of contractors to which he belonged,\\nand aliout five years later he bought out the other.\\nHe is not only the luiilder, but also the owner of\\nthe Paddock Block of Mason, which is a fine Ijrick\\nstructure that is imposing in dimensions and style\\nof architecture.\\nMr. Paddock is tiie father of six children, of\\nwhom three died young. Those living are Minnie,\\nborn ISIarch 14, 1865. Harry E. and Fred PI The\\nonly daughter and eldest child, Minnie, is now the\\nwife of G. J. Charles, of Lansing, who is engaged\\nin the real-estate and insurance business. They\\nare the parents of one child, Harrj- E. who was\\nborn in April. 1867, is a partner with his father.\\nHe has made himself a home, and has a wife to\\nwhom he is entirely devoted. He is a pleasant\\nyoung man and successful in business. The young-\\nest son, Fred E. was born December 16, 187;3.\\nOur subject was formerly a Democrat, but of\\nlate years he has been a Republican, the stand that\\nthat party has taken in the advancement and per-\\nfection of commercial life, suiting his ideas of gov-\\nernment. Mr. Paddock has served two terms as\\nSupervisor of the Second Ward, and also lieen a\\nmember of the School Board for several years.\\nHe has been one of the main sujjports of the Pres-\\nbyterian Church, aiding it greatly, not only pecu-\\nniarily but by example and precept. He is also a\\nmemlier of several secret societies and is a Royal\\nArch Mason. Although the original of our sketch\\nacquired nothing by inheritance, he has been able\\nto accumulate a handsome little fortune, and this\\nhas been accumulated by his own efforts. Mr.\\nPaddock s father s decease occurred at Santa Bar-\\nbara, and there his mother, onl\\\\- sister, and three\\nbrothers still reside. One brother is in Imsiness in\\nWisconsin.\\n-^^s=-\\nyVlLLIAM M. DOBIE, The gentleman whose\\nname is at the head of this sketch is a gen-\\n^^J eral farmer, owning a fine tract of land\\ncomprising two hundred and forty-five acres on\\n.sections 15, 16 and 22, Alaiedon Township, Ingham\\nCounty.. He was born in Adrian, Lenawee County,\\nMich., October 28, 1838, and is a son of Alexander\\nDobie, one of the old pioneers of Alaiedon Town-\\nship. ()nr subject s mother was previous to her\\nmarriage, a Miss Maria Willey, Her decease took\\nplace October 20, 1848. Sir. Dobie remained at\\nhome until he was nineteen years of age, at which\\ntime he went to the Pacific Coast, where he re-\\nmained for seventeen years, spending most of the\\ntime in farming and stock-raising.\\nTlie first years spent by our subject on the coast\\nwas given to California, but the rest of the time", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0304.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0305.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "itSf.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0306.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n303\\nwas s])ent in Nevada. He was very successful iu\\nliis stock business and also liad a short exijerience\\n(if uiiiiina. On rcturninsi from tlie West he came\\nlionic and assumed the proprietorship of his father s\\nfarm, wiiicli lie worlied for a year or so and tlien\\nhouuiit the nucleus of his present farm, making the\\njiurcliase of forty acres in 1877, and to this he\\nadded from time to time until he is now the owner\\nof a tinely-iiroductive farm of two iiuudred and\\nforty acres of land lyins; in a body.\\nMr. Dobie was married April HI, 1877, to ^liss\\nLouisa C. Mayer, of Lucas County, Oiiio, and a\\ndauuliter of .lohn Mayer, a farmer and an old pio-\\nneer in that section of the country. He was a\\nnative of Wurtemberg, Germany. )ur sulijeet and\\nhis wife are the parents of four ciiildren, whose\\nn. imes wei e as follows: Lulu A., liorn M.ay 7, 1880;\\nLaui-. i Ann, February 7, 188;5; William A., Febru-\\nary 21, 188.5; and Elmo, .January 1!). 1888. Mr.\\nDoliie has made a success in his efforts in agricul-\\nture. He enjoyed the advantage of aid from his\\nfatlier at the outset, but tlie gre.at portion of his\\nIjroperty h.as been acquired by his individual\\nefforts and constant attention to his calling. Polit-\\nically, lie is a Democrat and h.as been honored l)v\\nhis party in having been elected .lustice v{ tlie\\nIVacc. an otHce which he held during one term,\\nlie has made many improvements on tiie farm since\\ncoming here, having brought the liest of judgment\\nand taste to bear in his man.agement. Personally,\\nhe is a jileasant man, thoroughly reliable in every\\nway and one of Alaiedon s best citizens.\\n-J Z_Jl\u00c2\u00a3\\n.j^^k-iSli\\nHARLE.S S. FITZ SIMMONS. Tlie extent\\nto which a community indulges in the de-\\nlights of the tloral world may well serve as\\na measure of its culture and progress. Lansing,\\nIngham County, is not behind in this matter and\\nattests, not only in its beautiful homes and the\\nhigiily cultivated grounds wliich surround them,\\nbut also in its patronage of those who engage in\\nfloral culture, to the love of its jieople for true\\nbeauty and the best things of nature. A fine trade\\nhas been built up by our subject in the line of a\\nflorist s business, as he is the proprietor of the\\nRiverside Greeniiouses which is a flourishing insti-\\ntution and supplies a large amount of first-class\\nwork to the peoiile of Lansing. Besides his trade\\nin flowers he lias an excellent business in market\\ngardening, having ten acres of gai-den one mile\\nsouth of Lansing.\\nMr. Fitz Simmons was born .lune 26, 1854, iu\\nCamden Township, Hillsdale County, Mich. His\\nfather, Stephen, was liorn iu Chemung County,\\nN. Y, The grandfatiier.Tliomas, was also a native\\nof Chemung County and in 1837 came to ilichi-\\ngan and located in a log house in the woods near\\nAVheatlaiid, Hillsdale County. With him in this\\nhouse (measuring l()x20 feet) lived also the juoneer\\nwho has been familiarly known as old Uncle Henry\\nHumphrey, They were farmers and hunters and\\nat first lived by their guns, Aliout a year later\\nthey removed to Camden in the western part of\\nthat county, and going into the woods Mr. Fitz\\nSimmons hewed out a farm of one hundred and\\nsixty acres. He was a prominent man in his day,\\nbeing Supervisor, .lustice of the Peace, ^lethodist\\nEpiscopal Class-Leader, and served as a delegate to\\ntlie famous convention which was held under the\\nold oaks at .Lackson in 18.54, at the time the Re-\\npublican party sprang into existence. The family\\nis of Xorman-French extraction.\\nThe father of our sulijeet spent his boyhood\\ndays in New York. He began working on the Erie\\nCanal as a tow boy and came to Michigan when a\\nyoung man. He took a course of study in civil\\nengineering and became the County Surveyor of\\nHillsdale County. At the time when he went into\\nthe army he owned a farm of one hundred and\\nsixty acres which he had entered from school lands\\nwhen he was twenty-one years old. It w.as in the\\nspring of 1864 that Stephen Fitz Simmons enlisted\\nin Company I, Eleventh Michigan Cavalry. His\\nregiment was ordered South and he never returned\\nhome, as he died of pneumonia at Lexington. Ky.,\\nin 1865. He w.as an earnest Rei)ublican in his po-\\nlitical views and a warm supporter of the Govern-\\nment for which he gave his life.\\nElizabeth .Stevens was the maiden name of her", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0307.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": ";^0l\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nuiiu liecanie tlie niothpr of our subject ami ]\\\\Ias^a-\\nrliusi tts was the State of her uativity. Her father\\nwas a farinei in the ohl Hay State, who removed to\\nNew Voik and hiter to Michigan, where lie was\\none of the early setth rs in Lenawee (ounty, h)eat-\\niui; on Ihe (liieauo I ike. west of reeuniseh. After\\nreinaininu there a few years he renioved to ^Vood-\\nliridii e. Ilills(hile County. where lie improved eiglity\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0leres of (iiie land. I liis family of Stevens was of\\nllie liest stoek of Xew England and lioasted that\\nill their x eins ran blue hlood. whieh assertion was\\nwell earried out liy their true and upright lives\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2md their lose for all of the liest thintl s of life.\\nThe mother dieil in D^. id. )ur siihjeet was the only\\nehild of his jiarents, hut his father was married a\\nseeond time to .Miss Adeline Heem who was born\\nin Xew York, and had three dausihters. She now\\nresides in Sturgis, this State.\\ndiaries S. Fitz Simmons was born June 26, 18. 4,\\nand liad his early training and education upon a\\nfarm, taking what schooling he could acquire in\\nthe log schoolhouse with slab benches. After his\\nfather s death he remained at home until he was\\nsixteen years old. as from the age of ten years he\\nhad the responsibility of looking after the home\\nfarm. The old home was disposed of by sale and\\nthe family lived on eighty acres in AVoodbridge,\\nwhere the youth remained until he reached the age\\nof eighteen years. He spent one winter in the pine\\nwoods at Xewaygo. working in hnnber. and then\\nwas for awhile with an uncle in Tecumseh, Lena-\\nuee County, lie attended .school at that place in\\nthe old Inioii High School and |)iit a four years\\ncourse into three years, taking Hfteen months tui-\\ntion in Latin extra, and at the same time learned\\nthe })rinter s trade, by means of whieh he supported\\nhimself and paid his tuition, lie was graduated\\nfrom that school in 187(\\nAfter leaving school the young man engaged in\\nvarious lines of business, in store, saw-mill and other\\nways until 1H79. and then with what money he had\\naccumulated purchased a manufacturing busines.s.\\nThis, however, did not prove remunerative, so in\\nIHHl he came to Lansing as he already had con-\\nnections here \\\\\\\\hicli drew him to this place, lie\\nhad married m December, IS^i). Miss Delia A.\\nDiiiuinan. dautfliter of William K. Dinanian. from\\nSchoharie Connty, X. V. lie was a manufacturer\\nof |)aper and also had chaiiie of a woolen factory\\nat Leeds, (iieeiie County. X. V..als j at Sliiy\\\\esant\\nFalls, where he was an enterprising and successful\\nmanufacturer. Later he came to Michigan and\\nlocated in Tec\\\\miscli and a few years latei- retired\\nfrom business and came to Lansing, where for sev-\\neral vears he w:is in the grocery liusincss. lie\\nfinally retire(l from acti\\\\-e work and died here in\\n1\u00c2\u00ab84 at the age of seventy years. His excellent\\nwife, I hebe Kmeline Hinckley, was liorii in Lee.\\nBerkshire County. Alass.. and passed from life in\\nTecumseh in IM\u00c2\u00ab,s. )f their eight childi-en four\\ngrew to ni;iturity. and the wife of our subject is\\nthe I Idi st now li\\\\ing. She was lioni in Lee. .Mass..\\nreared in Xew Yoi k and completed her education\\nat .Vshland Seminary, after wliicli she taught for a\\nshort time.\\nThe young couple located on a farm in ^Meridian\\nTownship where they carried on general farming\\nand yardeiiing. and it was while li\\\\ing there they\\nthat they conceived the idea of starting a green-\\nhouse for the Lansing trade. In 1!^H!) .Mr. Filz\\nSimmons obtained a lot on Kalamazoo Street, lint\\ncould find no building here which he could make\\nuse of as a greenhouse. He began with .a small\\nbusiness and has enlarged his place from what it\\nwas at Hist. lHx72 feet, until he now has a plant\\nwhich covers eight thousand square feet and is\\ngradually increasing it. The raising and propaga-\\ntion of plants and cut Howers occupies his energies\\nand he keejis (lowers on hand to sup|)ly room dec-\\norations and floral designs. His greenhouse is\\nheated by hot water and hot air. and he has a tine\\ngarden of ten acres to siqiply stock for his market\\ngarden business, as well as a beautiful tlower gar-\\nden in connection withthe greenhouse. He devotes\\nthree acres to celery, in which he is unusually suc-\\ncessful and he is said to ha\\\\ e the largest celery bed\\nin the county. lie owns a lioat house which he\\nrents and also another house.\\nA leriilile .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iltlielion befell this excellent couple in\\nwhen, upon .lanuary HI and 23, their (nily\\nchildren. Madge I), and Alvin C., were snatched\\nfrom their arms by that terrible scourge scarlet\\nfever. Mrs. Fitz Simmons is a devoted member of\\nthe Plvmouth Congregational Church and is active", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0308.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n305\\nin tlie Ladies Society and otlier clmrcli lienevo-\\nlencc*. Like his fatlier and irrandfatiier, our sul)-\\nject is attached to the Republican party. In IHTI!\\nhe joined the First Rcii-iment in the Micliii^ an\\nMilitia, in wiiicli lie did service until \\\\W-), and\\nleft it with tlie rank of Sergeant. This regiment\\nwas in I87it called out to quell the lahoi riot at\\nJackson and then proved itself etlicient and ready\\nfor action.\\nElsewhere in this volume will be found a litho-\\ngraphic portrait of Mr. Fitz Simmons.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^i\\nwm\\nKh\\n1^\\nLONZO B. IIAYNES. One never feels the\\ntruth of the saying that the ways of\\n4 truth are devious, so much as when con-\\nsidering the intricacy o the simplest case\\nthat is .under the legal jurisdiction. Yet of all the\\nliberal professions, in no other is there such mental\\nacumen, such quickness and clearness of perception\\nnecessary as in the legal profession. It is of all\\nother callings the one most dependent upon nat-\\nural endowments, and a man if not having a logical\\nreasoning power, with a ready or facile understand-\\ning. might study Blackstone and the whole libiary\\nof legal lore, without ever becoming n lawyer.\\nThere are lawyers and lawyers, hut the only true\\nlawyer is he who unites with skill in his calling,\\ntruth and humanity.\\n.\\\\lonzo 15. llaynes, who is a most successful jjiac-\\ntitioner in the town of Mason, Ingham County,\\nthis Stale, is an honor to his profession, being a\\nman with inherent principles of honor, and one\\nwhose opinions are not to be moved liy any nie:nis\\nof corrupti(m. He was born in Steuben County,\\nN. v., February 7, 18r\u00c2\u00bbl, and is the son of C. Amos\\nand Mary (Gray) Haynes, both natives of the Kni-\\npire State, where the former followed the calling\\nof a farmer. Our subject was raised on a farm,\\nand as a young man his athletic pursuits and work\\nin the open air developed a physical freedom that\\nleft his mental [uogress (jerfectly unchecked and\\nunrestrained. His mind developed under the (piiet\\nintlnenies li\\\\ whicli he was earlv surrt)unded, into\\nthe perfect intellectual blossom. He sustained a\\ngreat and irreparable loss in early childhood in the\\ndeath of his mother who was taken away when he\\nwas but four years of age, and later, when he had\\nreached the age of ten he was doubly ori)haned by\\nthe loss of his father.\\nIn a family of seven children, the original of\\nour sketch was next to the youngest, but notwith-\\nstanding this fact, on his father s death, young as\\nhe was, he was thrown on his own resources. He\\nhowever, received a good common-school educa-\\ntion, which he pursued to such purpose that after\\nleaving his studies he was enabled to obtain a good\\nposition as teacher, which calling he followed for a\\nnumber of years. He then studied at the Normal\\nSchool of Gcneseo, Livingston County, N. Y. At\\nthe age of nineteen he came to Michigan, deter-\\nmined to make for him.self a recognized position\\namong the legal fraternity-. Prior to coming to\\nthis State he had studied law while teaching, his\\nlegal preceptor being John Wilkinson, of Dansville,\\nN. Y., and after reading extensively with this gen-\\ntleman, he entered the law school of Alliany.N. Y.,\\nfrom which he graduated in September, 1871. He\\nalso studied in the law de])artment of the Union\\nUniversitv, the Dean of which, Lsaac Edwards, was\\nauthor of several text books in the use of the law\\ndepartment of various schools. Mr. Haynes had\\npracticed prior to eventually settling in ^lason, at\\nDansville, N. Y., for a period of about three years.\\nAVhile pursuing his course of studies in .\\\\lbany,\\nN. Y., he met jNIiss Jennie A. Bellows and was\\nmarried to her .September 6, 187(5.\\nHaving come to Mason, Ingham Count} this\\nState, in 1879, our subject has here built up an\\nextensive and lucrative jniictice. He is licensed\\nto i)ractiee l)otli in the Supreme and United States\\nCourts, and his .-ippcals and arguments have ever\\nbeen noted for their lucidity and ingenuity. Mr.\\nHaynes h.as served as City .Attorney for three\\nyears, which time has lieen fully occupied with\\njjublic work, many demands having been made\\nupon him in a public way. He of whom we write\\nis a direct lescendanlof the same family of Haynes\\nwhose great legal representative debated with the\\norator and statesman, Webster.\\nThe domestic life of Mr. Haynes is very pleasant.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0309.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": ";l()tj\\nI ORTRAITOAND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nhi.- ill lieiiisi :i woman noted foi her inU lleetual\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iltiiiiiiiR iit as well a.- her marked |jeixinal attrac-\\ntions. .Vs they have no family, tiieir attention\\nand interests are more liroadly distrihnted than that\\nof the majority of married iieople. and the social\\ndemands made upon tliem are not few. nor are\\nthey slow in doinji what they can to form and\\nperfect wiiatexcr spirit is apparent in the com-\\nnninity that promi.ses to be to the uplifting of the\\npeo|ile. In his i^olitical views, preferences and re-\\nlations, our suliject is a liepulilican, co-operatinii\\nwith tliat pai ty most actively in its loi al political\\ninterests. He has lieen a Senior Deacon and Senior\\nWarden in the ^Masonic fi-aternitv.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6s^-S-ss*\\n,^s HAKLES 11. LEMON. Wlnle formerly it\\nwas almost considered an opprobrium to\\nspeak of a man as a traveling man, to-day\\nthey have so strong and firm a footing in commer-\\ncial life and seem so absolutely indispensable that\\nin spite of their I eputation for being the joUiest\\nmen on earth and the best livers, as many gentle-\\nmen ai e found there as elsewhere. Our subject is\\nan ex-traveling salesman and no exception to the\\nrule of traveling men in his temperament and na-\\nture. He is now engaged in the dry-goods busi-\\nness, and also deals in clothing, lioots, shoes, etc.\\nHis two sons are his partners in the business, and\\nthey conduct the liusiness \\\\inder the lirm name of\\nLemon Bros.\\n)ur subject is a native of this State, ha\\\\ing\\nlieen li(jrn in )akland County, November 27, 1H3,\\nHis father was .lohn Lemon, who w.as born in the\\ncity of Dublin, Ireland, where he made his living\\nby weaving, being an expert in this business, and\\ndoing all sorts of fancy weaving. Mr. Lemon s\\nparents came to Steuben Comity, X. V.. and .set-\\ntled in the town of Painted Post, when the father\\nwas a very young man. He was one of the very\\nlirst settlers in Avon, taking boat to Detroit, and\\nfrom there proceeded b\\\\- ox-team to Avon, where\\nhe located on a farm, lieintr an agent for Mai.\\nKearslev.he had an excellent opijorl unity to exam-\\nine the liest land and procure a line farm, engaging\\nill his trade, which is that of weaving, and finding\\nhis .services at that early day in c mstaiit demand.\\nHe raised tlax and wove it into cloth. In 1S42 he\\nremoved from on and located in Shiawassee\\nTownship. .Shiawassee County, and there he did\\nthe work of weaving for the whole county, and\\nfound his business so remunerative tliat he was\\nable to purchase some of the finest land in the\\ncouiitrv, and at the time of his death, which oc-\\ncurred in lfi-4;5, he was the owner of fi\\\\c liundied\\nand si.xty acres of land.\\nOur subject s mother was before her marriage a\\n.Miss .lulia .Villi Trowbridge, a native of ew Jer-\\nsey, though when a child her parents had taken\\nher to Steuben County. N. V. Her father was a\\nfainier. He .-ilso was an early settler in ,\\\\von and\\nthere died. Our subject s parents, although both\\nearnest and ardent Christians, were brought up in\\ndifferent churches, the father worshiping witli tlit\\nPresbyterian denomination, and the mother at-\\ntending the Metluxlist Church. They were the\\nparents of tweh c cliildren. nine of whom ai c\\nstill lix ing. and of these oiir subject is the young-\\nest.\\nFiom the age of .six years Mr. Lemon was reared\\nin Shiawa.ssee Township, and there received what\\neducation, in the way of .school advantages, he\\nenjoye l. During his boyhood there w* rc still\\nplenty of Indians in the State, and from them he\\nlearned is much of woodcraft as he learned of\\nfarming from his father. The school he .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ittendcd\\nwas of the rudest sort, built, as most of them were\\nin tho.se early d.ays. f)f the most accessible material\\nlogs, with M slick chiinncv. It was furnished\\nwith slab seats and a heterogeneous supi)l\\\\- of tcxl-\\nbooks. The jjens that they used were of (piills.\\nand one of the earliest arts and .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2uromplisliiiu iils\\nthat they were rei|uired to learn was that of cut\\nting and pointing these (|iiills and making tlieiii\\nready for use.\\nWhen about nine years of age, the original of (jur\\nsketch went and made his home with a married\\nsister, Mrs, C. Seargent Shari). and there he re-\\nmained until sixteen years of age. Jn those earl\\\\\\nda\\\\s sixteen vears was considered an age at which", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0310.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "POHTK AIT AM) lil( I; A IM 1 1( A I, Al.lil M.\\n.1117\\n!Uiy nlil\u00c2\u00ab -l\u00c2\u00bbi Iii il ytiuiit; man lunild In iililc to siip-\\n|)()rt hiiiisi lf. :iltli iii;li lu \\\\v;i iiol siippost d In\\nli;i\\\\f fit her (liM-rt tiuii or juiliiiufnt riHiu;;li Id lie\\nIciiiilly r( .-|)()ii^ilik t )iii .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iil)i(. i-t. like most yoiiiii;\\nmen. \\\\v;i.- ;it tliiit timi tlirown upon liis own rc-\\nM)ui( c~. Mini he wi iit to liyrdii. liiiiiis ro\\\\vii lii|i.\\n;iii(l ciiti ii il ;i stole n cliTk. leiiiaiiiiiii; tlii-rt for\\ntlirci years, diiriiiii wliicli he aaiiifd an iiisiiilit\\ninto llic ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0l\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lll\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^al nicicliaiKUsc luisini ss. At tln a ;i\\nof iiincti i ii lie lii iiaii Inisiiu ss for himself. i oiii\\ninto ufeneial niereliaiHlisiii and liavinji as part-\\nner ;ipt. I), (i. I{oyee. This gentleman went to\\nthe war on the lneaUinii out i f the Keliellion. and\\nwas killed.\\nMr. I.i inon.in is. il or went into the grist-\\nmill Imsiness, and also hiiilt a sawmill. These lie\\nran until I ()l,and then sold out. In {K( r2 he\\nhad lieeu appointed Postmaster of liyron. and\\nkept that ])ost foi sixteen years. In lisT .t he pur-\\nchased the mill and store liloek. ninning the former\\nuntil IS.Sd. Mild diiriiii; that lime lie put in the\\nnew roller .-iystein, produeing one liiiiidrcd mihI\\nlifly thousand barrels of Hour in a Near. .Most of\\nhis product wms sliijiped to Portl. uid and to the\\nEast, his shipping rale lieiii i at one timi ;is low ;is\\ntwenty-eiuhl cents a lijiircl. ;iiid .-it one time as\\nhigh as cii;hly-live -eiits. In l.H.Sd he sold out his\\nmilling intere.-t and went upon the roatl as a trav-\\neling salesinan, represent ing .lacoJp Brown A Co..\\nof Deti oit, dealers in furnishing goods and\\nnotions, lie traveled for this company for ten\\nyears, his r iut lieing chiefly through the Sljile of\\n.Mieliiyan.\\nriavelini; having lieconie inonotonous to our\\nsiilijeel. In the fall of IHSHI he retired from the\\nroad, and ha since engaged in the liusine.ss with\\nhis sons, mentioned at the lieginniiig of the sketch\\nIn 1882 he located in the city of Lansing, and in\\n1887, in the month of May, he o))ened a drv-goods\\nstore, also selling 1 loots and shoe Ili mhis, who\\nare engaged with him in business. are twin,*, and\\nare :iiiioni; ihe most popular business men in the\\ncity. ienial. courteous .-iii l wliole- oiiled. ii i.. m\\npleasure to ii.atronize such a linn.\\nThe uentleman of whom we write owns a \\\\er\\\\\\npleasant lionic in Lansiny. on Willow Street, and\\nit is presidecl o\\\\ ci most bcrnilifnlh b\\\\ hi~ .amiable\\nand accomplished wife. Their marriage took place\\nill the town of IJyron in Itstid, the lady being a\\n\\\\li\u00c2\u00bb I Mi/.abelh Kelsey. who was a native of the\\nplace in which she was married. .She is a daughter\\nof .Judge Kelsey. who was I roliate .ludge of Shia-\\nwassee County for twelve years. Tht ir union h;is\\nbet ii lile.ssed by the advent of live childien. who\\nare all bright .and accomplished. The sons who\\nare in partneishi|i with .Mi l.einon. and who .are\\ncommoiily spoken of :is the twins, aie Ivail and\\nKiMiik. The eldest daughter. Lizzie, is employed\\nalso in Ihestore, while the two youngest daughters,\\n(irace and Fanny, remain at hoiiu^.\\nTrior to coming to I^ansing. .Mi-. Lemon had held\\nseveral local offices, having been the Sujiervisor of\\nllurns Township, and also Township Clerk. He\\nalso has the honor of having been the first l ie.~i-\\ndent of the village of Hyron.aiid was siibse(|iiently\\nChairman of the \\\\illage Hoard. During the war\\nhis patriotism and zeal were so fired that he was\\nanxious to enlist, but was debarred from doing .so\\nby an imperfection in his eye-sitrht. lie. however,\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2icted as drill master for three yeai liitil going\\non the road he belonged to the Independent )rder\\nof ()d l Fellows. Politically he attiliates with Ihe\\nRepublican party, being one of its st.-uiclicst .and\\nmost loyal followers in this city. In religious\\nm.-itlers he is liberal. His wife is a member of the\\nPresbyterian Chuich, and lie himself is ;i generous\\nsupporter of the .same.\\nii I\\nI I I\\nWILI.IA.M II. POST. Most -if the faniilio\\nwho have settled in White ();ik Township\\nhave their descent from lines whiih have\\nfor generations been residents of this countrv and\\niii.ay be classed anions; the old families of Ahh IK M.\\nThat which is re|)resented by the name at the head\\nof this sketch is one of these, as he traces his line-\\nage iii hi iiiothei side back to the early olouists\\nof oniiecticut and feels that in the making of the\\nhistory of that .-ection of the country his fore-\\nfathers had their shar\\n)iir subject, who was born in l. ^.i. i. has since", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0311.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "308\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRArillCAL ALBUM.\\n1854 lived on the old homestead on section 32,\\nhaving been born on section 13, in AVhite Oak\\nTownship. His father. W. Post, was born in 1811\\nin Connecticut and died June 30, 1875. and his\\nearly years were sjient there with his parents before\\nthe removal of the family to New York. In the\\nKmpire State they remained for some live j ears,\\nduring which time the boj received his education\\nbefore removing lo Iosco Township, Livingston\\nCounty, Mich.\\nThe father of our siiliject was in 1840 united in\\nthe bonds of niatriiiiDiiy with I rsulla Smith, a na-\\ntive of New York who w.as residing in White Oak\\nTownship. Our subject was the youngest of the\\nfour children who came to his parents. The two\\nfirst-l)orn were Corcnna and Emma, twn sisters.\\nCorcnna married J. A. Sly .and is the mother of\\nthree children, and Kmnia married C. H. Wood and\\nresides at Leslie with her husband and five children;\\nthe third sister of our subject was named Sallie and\\nshe became the wife of James Paddock who resides\\nat Detroit, and is the mother of four children.\\nAV. II. Post ui)on reaching maniiood agreed\\nmost heartily with the Holy Scriptures where it I\\nsays that it is not good for man to live alone, and\\nunited his life with Klla Dakin, who was born in\\nIngham Township, Ingiiam County. One child\\nonly has liiightened this home, and her name is\\nLottie. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Post was\\nRobert Smith, who was also the progenitor of ]Mr.\\nWillard Smith, whose sketch is foiuid elsewhere in\\nthis volume. The great-grandfather Iwre the same\\nname, Kobert Smith, and was a native of England.\\nThere were nine children in this old country fam-\\nily, of whom five were sons, who bf)re the names\\nof John, William. Kobert. Aliram and Isaac. Itis re-\\ncorded in the annals of the family that some of these\\nbrothers were among the early settlers of James-\\ntown, N. Y in lfj07. The old family Bible of the\\nSmith fainily bears the date of l(i20. This Bible is j\\nin the possession of Willard Smith and is a choice\\nheirloom. j\\nA nourishing liusiness in general farming is car-\\nried on by our subject, and his farm is well stocked.\\nHe devotes himself exclusively to Ills business and\\nhas never consente(l to occupy any township or\\ncounty olUces, althc)ugh he is sincerely interested in\\npolitical matters and an intelligent observer of the\\npublic movements of the day, being a stanch Dem-\\nocrat and warmly devoted to the prosperity of that\\nparty. He is a member of a number of social orders,\\nbeing identified with the Odd Fellows, the Farmers\\nMutual Benefit Association, the Knights of the\\nMaccabees and the Grange. His f.amily are con-\\nnected with the Protestant Methodist Church and\\nin its work Mr. and Mrs. Post are actively inter-\\nested.\\nia\\nSIDNEY O. RUSSELL. It is of interest to\\nrecord the life of the oldest settler in the\\nvillage and township of Leslie, who lias\\nbeen one of the most active jiromoters of\\nthis part of the county and h.as achieved excellent\\nsuccess in business in Leslie. His days of activity\\nare over now, as he suffered a stroke of jjaralysis\\nand is now confined to the house and is quite fee-\\nble, so that he has to i)lace his business in the hands\\nof a foster son. His superior character, ability\\nand record since coming to this county make him\\nworthy of a prominent place in our annals.\\nOur subject w.as born in East Bloomlicld, N. Y\\nOctober 1, 1812, his honored parents being J.ames\\nand Electa (Scpiares) Russell, natives of New\\nJersey. The family removed to ^Michigan about\\nthe year 1838 and settled in Saline, Washtenaw\\nCounty, where they spent the remainder of their\\nd.ays. They had eight children and our subject\\nremained at home until alK)ut the .age of sixteen,\\nwhen he went away to serve .an apprenticeship at\\nthe cari)enter s trade near Seneca Falls. His ear-\\nlier years were sjient on the farm near Seneca\\nFalls and lie received a common-school education.\\nHe worked at his trade until 1836. when he came\\nto Michigan and settled on a farm on what is now\\nsections 17 and 18, in the townshiji of Leslie.\\nThere were only two other white settlers in the\\ntownship at that time,\\nIII making the jonrne\\\\- to the new West l\\\\lr.\\nKusscll came ity water to Detroit and completed\\nthe trip with an ox-team, fording all the streams", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0312.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "I ouritAir AM) i;I()(.i;ai III( Ai. ai.i;i .\\\\i.\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i(i;i\\n;iii(l iifti ii liccdiniiiii s inki (l on !ici imil iif rMiii Siiiccii (uiiiity. N. \\\\v:i ;i iiiit i vc of tliiit cuuiiU\\nMliil liiirli .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2il i Ilrlii l liiiill M liiii hMnly 1 l\\\\IS :iii(l Ikhi llir iiiniclcii n;unc iiC Mmi\\\\ I i\\\\. I Ici pMi-\\nfi fl ill (liiiu ii^ioii.- Miitl ill i1 lie f.-l:ilili lif(l lii \\\\vilV cut.--. \\\\Nilli;iiii and I liilda Kox. wi iv unlive- of New\\n111(1 (iiif liltFc child. Matilda. W ilil uiinic :ind .Iciscv. ;ind li\\\\cd for iiian\\\\ vi ar. i in Scncc.-i\\nIndians .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iliuiiiiijcd lliroiiiih all lli.al icuiuii .-iiid llic (Minl\\\\, Mi. :ind Mrs. IJussi ll had six (.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0liildicn.\\nold Indian chii f. )k(in()s. w.as a fr( (Hii iil must .Matilda. .Mary, l-jnina. .Myioii. .Seward, and a twin\\nin this caliiii. Mr. Uiisscll |iroci i dcd to clear liis whodicd in early inlancw The niotheidf thesecliil-\\nf:iriii .-iiid iiii|iid\\\\e it. j A I li ill that .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Illy day he dieii die(| sonic years ;iL;o ;iiiil .M r. liussell was mar-\\nwas full of deteriniii.ation to succeed, as lie came to ried a .second time to Miss l!iiiiiiii:i ll.aynes. .\\\\uuusl\\n.Micliii;!iii witli the full intent to make a home and 1. IH(;;i. This lady waslix iiiu in Laiisiiii ;it the time\\nlie w illinu ly worked .and siilfered |iri vat ions which of licr union with .Mr. Kussell. Siie was horn in\\nwe of this later i;eiiernlioii can scarcely realize. .Meiitz Towiishii). .-lyusia ount\\\\. N. V.. Keliru:ir\\\\-\\n.\\\\fter farmiiit; a few years our subject iiio\\\\ ed 1 M I H. lieiiiii- a (Laiiirhter of William and .Mihv\\nhis faiiiilx to Leslie .and .afterward lioiii;lil aii l (.\\\\iiiiahle) ilayncs. natives of New .lerse\\\\- and\\no|icrated a sawmill Init .soniewh.at later sold that Massachusetts res|)ecti\\\\-el\\\\ .Mr. ;iiid .Mrs. Ila\\\\nes\\n|Mo|)eity and cii^aiicd in the mercantile linsiness. came to New York when youiiii and there were\\nlieinij one of tlic-\\\\crv first iiirichaiits of the |il;ice. married and resided until his death, after which\\nand contiiuiiii;^ in liusiiies in Leslie for almost his wife and chiidrcM came to .Micliiu .an and set-\\nlifl\\\\ ye.ais. Ih lie;;;iii life with nothiiii;. .as his tied in )iioiidat. :i i owii,~hi|i. iiiiili.aiii ouiitv. in\\nfather was :i man of small me.aiis. .and he has made\\nall he now io.sse.s.ses hy his own efforts, siipple-\\nni(aite(l li\\\\ the wise eo-o|icr;it ion of his f.aithful\\n:iiiil ellicieiil hel|iiiiale. liis luisiiiess hasslcadih\\nyniwn and is now the laraest mercantile house and\\nthe only dry-iiooils house in lA-slie.\\nThis pioneer neiitleiii.an has .acquired coiisider-\\nalile pro|i(Mt\\\\ ill real estate and i- a heavy stock-\\nholder in the reople s Hank :it Leslie. jn his\\nearU life he w.as ;i stroliu .lackson iii.aii .and aftei-\\nu.aiil lielon-icd to the liii; parly .and w.as an e.ar-\\nIH. iT. Mrs. Ilayncs, liowe\\\\-er. came to make her\\nhome with her d.ail^iiter. .Mrs. i\\\\Us ell. a few\\nmonths lii forc lua- deiiartiire to the other world.\\nFliKDKIMC K riK\\nLansiiiL; in^lian\\nculahle d. hl to\\nliKDKIMC K TilO.M.VN. Mich a city as\\nnil Ouiity. owe.- an iiic.al-\\ntlio.se of her Inisiness men\\nuesl Aholitionisl later he hecame a decid d who have liei ii siilliciently liroad mid fuivsitflited\\nIvepulilicaii. lie held some minor town ollice- and to pl.an such c niveiiiciices and improveilieutsin file\\nwas .a dele .^ale to I lie con cut ion that ort;aiM/.ed city:!- conduce to the prt.isperity of Imsiuess and\\nliiiiham County, and also hilped to lay out the tluai-fore to the u li ^th of the town. .Such ;in one\\nvillajfeof Leslie, i le has li cd in this township for is he id whom we write, who was one ot the prin-\\nliftv-tivc \\\\earsaiid has .acciiiniilated a laru c prop- cipal promoters of tlu liiiihlini! of the I lansit\\nerty. Iiavinj; lieeii a man of unu.-iial eiieri;\\\\ .and IJailroad track wiiicli iiiii aloiiu li\\\\ the side of his\\nsteriinjJT inteii vity. mill and .all other factories of the West Side. con-\\nIn the early d.ays llie ne.aresl tradiiii; point was nectinu them with .all the railroads of the cit\\\\ This\\n.lack.-oii. which Lay .at .a distance of tifteen miles is one of the most xalnaljle im])rovement.- to the\\ntlirouiih the forest. .Mr. ivus.sid! erected his pres- cil\\\\ and i;a\\\\e a luiich needed stimulus to the iiian-\\neiit residence, .a li.andsome lirick stiiictiire. in \\\\SS .i. 1 1 fact u lint; interests of the West Side,\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind it is one of the most heaiiliful home- in the Thi- neutlemaii. who lieloii; s to the tirm of\\nvillaiTc. In his youimcr daxs he u.a- :i i;re:il I hoinaii .V I .ro.. proprietors of the )rieiitai .Mill at\\nhmit.sinan and -till delights in recount iiii; the l^aiisinu. w.as lioiii al old t. Il.amilton in New\\n|)leasnres of the cli.ase. Vork llarhor. .May I.s(l.f. .Vliout three \\\\eais\\nTlie wife of liis youth, to whom he wa.- united in later he w.as lir niL;ht hy hi- parents to t rawfofd", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0313.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "310\\nPORTRAIT AXD BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nCounty, Ohio, where he received his education in\\nthe common schools of Crestline. His father, John\\nA., was born at Rhine Falls, Germany.\\nAt the age of sixteen our subject became fireman\\non the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne Chicago Railroad\\nand two years later took charge of an engine as\\nengineer l)etween Crestline and Pittsburg. During\\nthe last year of the war he was in the Government\\nemploy as engineer in the South. He was married\\nin Brooklyn, N. Y., in October, 1866, to Miss Mary\\nE. Reitz who was born in Brooklyn, and was there\\nreared and educated. After this event Mr. Thoman\\nwent to Indiana as an engineer.still making his home\\nin Crestline until the spring of 1868 when he came\\nto Lansing with his brother-in-law, Mr. F. A. Reitz,\\nwith whom he foi med a partnership under the flrni\\nname of Reitz Thoman. In IMay of that year they\\nbegan the con.struction of the present mill which\\nwas finished during the fall and put in operation\\non New Year s day.\\nThese gentleman remained in partnersliip for\\neighteen months and then Mr. Thoman sold out to\\nMr. Reitz, and six months later the latter died,\\nafter which our subject purchased the whole prop-\\nerty and continued sole proprietor until 1885,\\nwhen he took his brother, J. P. Thoman, into part-\\nnersliip with him under the firm name of F. Tlioman\\nit Co. The mill is located in the heart of the citj^\\nand has a capacity of two hundi cd barrels a day.\\nThey ship large quantities of flour to the Eastern,\\niSouthern and foreign markets.\\nMr. Thoman was elected Alderman of the sec-\\nond Ward in 1878 and 1879, and he is now Alder-\\nman and Supervisor C)f the Sixth Ward. He is Vice\\nPresident of the Central Michigan Savings Bank,\\nhaving held the office for some eight or ten years.\\nHe is one of the incorporators of the Lansing\\nWagon Works and has been President of that\\ncompany from 1877, when it was organized into a\\nstock companj He is a member and Director of\\nthe Capital Investment. Building and Loan Asso-\\nciation, and is also a Director of the Lansing-\\nWheelbarrow Works. He was one of the incorpor-\\nators of the Lansing Electric Light Company,wliich\\nwas merged with the Gas Com])any,of which he is\\none of the Directors. He was one of the prominent\\nmen iu organizing the Millers Mutual Fire Insur-\\nance Company of Michigan and has been its Treas-\\nurer for the past six years. He is also considerably\\ninterested in real estate in Lansing. Mr. Thoman\\nis a member of the Masonic order, which he joined\\nupon reaching his majority, and is a member of\\nCapitol Chapter. No. i). Royal Arch Masons, which\\nhe joined in 1873. His political views have led\\nhim to aftiliate with the Democratic party, and he\\nis deeply interested in its national issues.\\n\u00c2\u00a7^-f^\u00c2\u00a7\\nUILLIAM F. HAllN is a gentleman who dis-\\nplays at once marked intelligence, sagacity.\\n^J^/ keenness and ready wit. His affaliility\\nwins him friends and his tliorough culture and\\nwell-informed mind gain for him the respect and\\nesteem of .all who know him. He is an experienced\\nand practical workman, being one of the finest\\nwatchmakers .and jewelers in Lansing, Ingham\\nCounty, or Central Michigan. Besides carrying a\\nbeautiful and well-chosen stock of jewelry he han-\\ndles clocks .and silverware and is agent for some of\\nthe principal European Steamship companies, the\\nGerman Lloyd Line, the Hamburg and American\\nPacket Company, the Inman Line, the Red Star\\nLine, the White Star Line, besides the AU.an Line,\\nthe Union Line, and several otiiers.\\nThis gentleman w.as born in Jauer, in the Province\\nof Silicia, Prussia. His father, William F. Hahn,\\nhad his nativity in 1809, in Scliweitnitz, Silici.T,\\nPrussia, and his grandfather, who also bore the\\nname of William F., was a native of the same place\\nwhere lie owned a farm, and lived to complete\\nalmost fourscore years. The father entered the Ger-\\nman army when a young man and was in the ser-\\nvice of the Government for fifty years, thirty years\\nas a soldier and twenty years as an officer of the\\ncivil government. He entered as a private, be-\\ncame Paymaster, and before he had comjileted his\\nterm of service he was placed in a jjosition corres-\\nponding to our otHce of Auditor CJeueral. He was\\na Lutheran in his religious belief and died about\\nthe year 1882.\\nThe mother of our subject was Fredericka Hess^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0314.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOaRAPIIICAL ALHUM.\\nHll\\nby name, and was born in .Taner, where her father,\\nWilliam Ilesse. was a dcMlfr in iiriiiliicc. Tin\\nmfitlier was t diifaU d as a Catliolif, and dic(l in\\n18H1. Slie had four children mr sulyoct wlio is\\nthe youngest, being the onl.\\\\ one wlio came to\\nthis country; Eniil. Mary and Seinia all reside at\\nl.iirnitz, Ciermauy, where Kniil is the Postmaster.\\nMr. Ilahn attended first the pulilic school and\\nthen the gymnasium at Jauer, in which latter insti-\\ntution he spent four ^-cars and took a course in\\nLatin and French. \\\\i the age of sixteen he was ap-\\nprenticed for four year.s to the jeweler s trade at\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Tauer and after becoming a journeyman he trav-\\neled through Germany in different provinces, also\\niMigland and France. lie was in Paris during the\\nFranco- Prussian War, and when in England spent\\nmuch time in London, Oxford and Liverpool.\\nIn .luly 1872, this gentleman left Liverpool by\\nthe steamer Cit3 of Berlin of the Cunard line.\\nand after a V03^age of twelve days landed in New\\nYork. He came at once to Lansing and started in\\nthe jewelry business here, working up his trade\\nfrom small beginnings to his pi csent pros|)erity.\\nHe has the experience of a lifetime and is one of\\nthe oldest jewelers in Lansing. He keeps on hand\\na fine display of rich and rare gems. He is a\\nmember of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows\\nat Lansing and in politics is independent, as he\\ndoes not care to be trammeled I)}- party ties and\\n])refers to cast his vote for the man whom his judg-\\nment approves, and whom he considers best fitted\\nfor tlie otHce in qirestion.\\nH**^\\nH**** \u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a25 H\\n:n\\nir^ EV. EDWIN HARLEIGH BROCKWAY is\\n^;*f now a general farmer on a fertile tract of\\nlis \\\\V of sixty-five acres, located on section 3 1\\n*^9) Alaiedon Township, Ingham County. He\\nwas born m Dansville, Steuben County. N. Y.. May\\n21, 1825. His father. Elisha AVade Brockway. was\\nborn in Lyme. New London County. Conn.. Sep-\\ntember 1, 17SHI. He was a faiincr liy c.nllini;.\\ntlKuigli in earlier days he wnseniployiMi as a school-\\nteacher and gained an enviable rejiutation in that\\ndirection. He removed to New York in 1796 and\\nlive there until 18211, dealing up a farm of wild\\nland.\\nIn 18211 oui suliject s father removed to ^licln-\\ngan and settled ni nr Ann Arbor, Avliere he lived\\nfor five years. In 18;it he i-emoved to Livingston\\nCounty and located near Wliitmore Lake, here he\\ncleared up a farm of one hundred acres of wild\\nland. During the first year spent by the family in\\nJlicliigan the members subsisted principally on\\ncorn bread. They had lUl the hardships incident to\\npioneer life. Ann Arbor was at that time a village\\nof only a few buildings. Our subject s mother,\\nMary Lemen, was also a native of Dansville, N. Y.,\\nbeing born there September U, 18(12. She was a\\ndaughter of Samuel Lemen, a farmer of that place\\nand died in 1874. at Byron, Shiawassee County.\\nHer husband preceded her by several years, his de-\\ncease having taken place July I, 1861, passing\\naway in Constantine, Mich.\\nEdwin II. Brockway remained under the paren-\\ntal roof until twenty-two years of .age, his atten-\\ntion licing divided between his school duties and\\nthose of the farm. After the years above men-\\ntioned he worked out for three and a half years on\\na farm and then entered Albion College, where he\\nremained for two \\\\ears and then was admitted to\\nthe Detroit Methodist Ei)isco])al Conference in the\\nfall of 1804.\\nThe first charge given to our subject as a minis-\\nter of the Methodist E])iscop.aI Church wa,s at\\nMason, where he remained for one year. He then\\nwent to Chelsea, where lie was located for two\\nyears, after which he spent two years in Blissfield,\\ntwo years in Rome, two years in Medina, two years\\nin Franklin and then was variously stationed at\\nMilford, Oakland County, and at Unadilla and\\nFowlcrville, then at Byron, Swartz Creek, Gaines\\nand Albion, where he remained three years in\\norder to give his daughter educational advantages.\\nHe then spent three years in Medina, when he en-\\ntered the list as a superannuated preacher in 188:5.\\nnnd purchasing the farm wliereon he now resides,\\nhas devoleil himself toagricultural work the greater\\npMi l of the time since thi ii.\\n.Mr. r roekwa\\\\- was niairied .Vugust 24, 18.55, to\\nMiss Cordelia S. Thompson, a daughter of Henry", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0315.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "312\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nThompson, and a sister of J. Q. Thompson, of\\nAlaiedou. Two children liave been the result\\nof this union; Mary E., was born April 24. 18.58.\\n.She has marked abilit^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 in a musical direction and\\nis a graduate from the conservatory of Albion\\nCollege, where she spent four years. She is now\\nvery successfully engaged as a teacher of music.\\nIda who was born July 18, I860, is with her sister,\\nthe life and light of the home. In 1852 Mrs.\\nBrockway came to Mason as an assistant teacher to\\na gentleman who had charge of the Mason schools.\\nIn a short time the gentleman resigned in lier\\nfavor. She had seventy pupils and taught for a\\n-$1.50 per week, boarding around in the district.\\n^^ANIEL B. JOHNSON. Those men who\\ncame to Ingham County in the very early\\ndays and made the first settlements here\\nwere men of more than ordinary calibre,\\nbroad in their views, earnest in their life aims and\\nfull of enterprise. They builded better than the^-\\nknew and laid the foundation for the splendid\\ndevelopment which we see to-day. Their early\\nwork prepared the way for those who came after\\nthem to liuild up the institutions of education,\\nbusiness and society which make Ingham County\\nso desirable a home.\\nMr. Johnson, who is now a retired farmer resid-\\ning at Lansing, was born in the township of Lans-\\ning, Tompkins County. N. Y.. February 15. 1821.\\nand remained there until he reached the age of\\neighteen years. Ilis father. Dr. Daniel 15. Johnson.\\nSr.,wasboni in Canterbury, (unii.. (K-tubcr 1. 1795,\\nand the grandfatlier. Dr. Rufu^ .lohnson, who had\\nhis nativity in Canterlniry. Windham County,\\nConn., November 24. 17(!;i. was a physician and\\nsurgeon and died in Conneclicul November 2,\\n18;5li. During the :\\\\v if the Revolution, he\\nserved under his fathei-. :i Colonel in Washington s\\nArmy. This otticer who was badiah (third), was\\nlioi-nin ^lassachusetts. February 18. 1785, and his\\nfather, Obudiah (second), was born January 24,\\n1701. He was married November 6, 1723 to Lj dia\\nCleveland an immediate ancestor of ex-President\\n(i rover Cleveland; then we come to Obadiah John-\\nson the first whose birth is not given. The family\\nrecord can be traced back for one genpratic)n more\\nto Isaac Johnson who was born in Engl. ind and\\ncame over in the \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Arabella in 1628.\\nThe father of our subject was a graduate of the\\nMedical Department of Yale College, through\\nwhich he made his own way by hard work. In the\\nbeginning of his practice he removed to Lansing\\nTownship, Tompkins County, which was then\\nalmost a wilderness, there he found the lad}- who\\nbecame his wife. In January, 1839, he removed to\\nAurelius. Cayuga County, and located on a farm\\nto be relieved from practicing his profession, which\\nwas becoming too heavy for him in his declining\\nyears. He came to Lansing, Mich., in 1848 and\\ndied here at the age of seventy years. He w.as a\\nUniversalist in his religious belief.\\nSarah S. Bacon was the maiden name of the lad\\\\-\\nwho became the mother of our subject, and she\\nwas born in Lansing, Tompkins Count}-, N.\\nbeing a daughter of Daniel Bacon, a native of\\nConnecticut, who was an early settler in Lansing\\nwhich was called Milton at that time. He was\\nJustice of the Peace for a number of years and a\\nfarmer, and died at the age of forty years. He\\nwas a .son of Pierpont Bacon a native of Connecti-\\ncut. Mrs. Sarah Johnson died in Lansing, when\\n.she had reached the age of three-score and ten.\\nHer two children were our subject and Frances P.,\\nwho is now INIrs. 1). 11. B. Sliank. residing in Lans-\\ning.\\nOur subjc -l was reared in Lau. ing. Y.. until\\nhe reached the age of eighteen years, taking liis\\neducation in the district schools and helping his fa-\\nther in thi ilrug store, \\\\\\\\lien the family removed\\nto Cayuga County he took further scholastic ad-\\nvantages in the Cayuga Academy and the .\\\\ubiu n\\nAcademy and two or three years later settled (\u00c2\u00bbn\\nhis latln rV fanu of one hundred and fifty acres\\ntwo :\\\\)\\\\i\\\\ one-half miles east of Cayuga. That\\npr(i|iiil\\\\ was located on tlie main turnpike, com-\\ning from llic A\\\\ est. which was then the great thor-\\noughfare for emigiation. He operated this faini\\nuntil 1848 when became to Lansing, traveling by", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0316.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n313\\nstage from Dexter to this city. Here he spent the\\nwinter and in thespring of 1849 he purcliased and\\nmade his lionie on a farm of two liiindi-ed and\\nseventy acres upon section 7, DeWitt Township,\\nClinton County. Tliis property was only partially\\nimproved and he began farminu; in true pioneer\\nstyle. He placed excellent buildings on this prop-\\nerty and had a fine flock of three hundred sheep and\\nhaving it well improved liy 18(11, he sold it and\\ncame to Lansing where he purchased one hundred\\nand twenty acres in the south part of the city in-\\nside th(! corporate limits. Here again he built and\\nmade improvements and again located on Grand\\nRiver, wlierehe followed farming and stock-raising\\nfor thirty years until 1891, when he sold his prijp-\\nerty and retired from active business to a beau-\\ntiful ho7ne whuli he purchased in the city of\\nansino.\\nIn Montezuma, X. Y., Mr. .lohnson was married\\nMay 31, 1848 to Miss C. Elmina Topping who was\\nborn In that town December 1, 1825. Her father.\\nDeacon Topping, was born in Morristown, X. .1..\\nand lived there until he reached the age of nine\\nyears when he came to Caynga County and gi ew up\\nto he a farmer there and a Deacon in the Baptist\\nCliurch. He w-as a surgeon in the War of 1812\\nand was stationed at Lewistown, Canada, where\\nhe died at the age of fifty-six. The grandfather,\\nHarris Topping, was a New Jersey farmer, who in\\nhis early life settled in New York. He was of\\nEnglish descent and was active in the Revolution-\\nary A\\\\ ar.\\nThe mother of oui snl)ject s wife who was known\\nin maidenhood as Betsey Atwood, was l)orn in\\nRensselaer County, X*. Y. Her father, Isaac Atwood\\nwas an Englislunan who died in New Voi k when\\nshe was quite young. She died at the age of eighty-\\nthree at the house of her son Dr. Tojiping at De\\nWitt. She was an earnest and .active member of\\nthe Baptist Cliurch. Of her nine children five\\ngrew to maturity and Mrs. Johnson was the young-\\nest daugliti r and was educated in .Montezuin.i and\\nat tile Oswego College.\\nTlic cliildren of .Mr. and Mrs. .lohiiMin have (h--\\nveloi)ed traits of elijiiMcter and abilities whieli may\\nwell make their parents rejoice that tliey have been\\nable to give them op[)ortunities in life. Tlieir\\neldest, Helen S., is now Mrs. L. H. Briggs of Mar-\\nquette; Frank B. is the Mayor of Lansing and be-\\nsides his oilicial duties still keeps an interest in his\\ngrocery business; Charles T. is a fruit grower in\\nthis city and Herbert E. their youngest is a busi-\\nness man here.\\nLucius D., who was next to the youngest in age\\nwas a youth of precocious ability. He graduated\\nbefore he was twenty-one and was admitted to the\\nbar at the age of eighteen. He took the degree of\\nBachelor of Laws in the Law Department of the\\nUniversity of Michigan and engaged in practice\\nhere, serving as City Attorney two tei-msand also\\nas Circuit Court Commissioner. He was considered\\nNature s Lawyer and was, as he has been called\\na complete bundle of law. He died at the age\\nof thirty-two Feltruary 2.j. ls;91. passing awav at\\nthe home of his father. No man stood higher in\\nthe community than did this young man as lie had\\nthe confidence of the people and also of the pro-\\nfessional men and it was a common saying that\\nLucius Johnson knew everything. Between the\\nages of eighteen and twenty he assisted Judge\\nCooly of Ann Arborin compilinglaw books, which\\nare now published under the name of Cooly s Edi-\\ntion of Criminal Law Pleadings. He was a Demo-\\ncrat in his political views.\\nHe of whom we write has been a surveyor and\\ncivil engineer and laid out many roads in DeWitt,\\nClinton County, lie and Dr. Slunik was the first\\nMasons to enter tlie order in Lansing. He is a\\nDemocrat in politics and a Iniversalist in his\\nchurch connections and a iiiaii whose ])rosperil\\\\ is\\nrejoiced in by .ill who know him.\\n4^\\n1^ EDW.VRD ROE. It has often been said\\nthat the live young business men of any\\ncity are wliat keeps the blood of the com-\\n_^ iiuinity in circulation. Tlie men wlio :ire\\nwell est.ablislied in years and wealth are often con-\\nlent to sit back and enjoy the pros|)erity which\\nthey have M) hardly eaiiied in their yonnger d.avs.\\nand they are not so active ami .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0dive to the inter-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0317.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "314\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nests of the community nor so ready to push with\\na good will any enterprise for the upbuilding of\\nthe town. To the young man we must look for\\nsuch aggressive action, and in such as our subject\\nLansing, Ingham County, i.s rich.\\nMr. Roe, wlio is the Secretary and Treasurer of\\nthe Lansing Iron Engine Works, was born in\\nIthica, N. Y., March 24, 1862. His father, Nathan-\\niel .1. Roe, had his birth in Caroline, Tompkins\\nCounty, N. Y., May 14, 1833, and the grandfather,\\nJohn M., was born near Owego, N. Y. He was\\nthe son of Capt. William Roe, who was born on\\nLong Island and served with Gen. Putnam in the\\nIlighlnnds through the Revolutionary War and\\ndied in Caroline, Tompkins County. The family\\nwas originally from French Huguenot stock and\\ncame with William Warren to England, whence\\ntliey migrated to this countr\\\\- generations ago.\\nThe name was formerly spelled DeRoe.\\nThe grandfather of our subject was engaged in\\nthe manufacture of pine lumber in Caroline and\\nwas a successful business man and a AN liig in his\\npolitical views. His son Nathaniel was his assist-\\nant in the business and became a jjractical sawder.\\nSomewhat later he took charge of the mill and\\nfarm and managed them until the water power was\\nlost on account of a Hood. He then continued\\nfarming until 1869, when he put a tenant ujion the\\nplace and engaged as a clerk at Ithica until he\\ncame AVest. In 1874 he came to Lansing and here\\nengaged in the grocery business which he is still\\ncarrying on. His excellent wife, who bore tlie\\nname of Sarah Green and was a native of the same\\ntown as himself, is a daughter of Samuel E. Green,\\na hotel man and farmer at Caroline. Both she and\\nthe father of our subject arc active members of the\\nCongregational Church and the father, who is a\\nDemocrat in his political views, served as Alder-\\nman for one year.\\n.1. P^dward Roe was the second child in a family\\nof three and was reared in Ithica until his twelfth\\nyear, when he accomjianied his parents to Lansing\\nin May, 1874. He attended Ihe High School here\\nuntil just Ijefore the time tor his graduation, at\\nthe age of sixteen years, when he became Collec-\\ntion Clerk for the Lansing National Bank. After\\nserving in that capacity for eighteen mcniths lie\\nbecame bookkeeper for one year and then teller,\\nwhich office lie occupied for two years.\\nIn 1883 our subject liecame interested in the\\nIron i Engine works of Lansing, which are oper-\\nated l)y the firm of -larvis. Barnes (t Co., and\\ntaking a position with them, undertook the care of\\ntheir books and their financial affairs. At tlie time\\nI of the re-incorporation of this company in Janu-\\nary, 1 885, Mr. Roe liecame its Secretary and Treas-\\nurer and since that date has held the position just\\nnamed in tiiis rapidlj -growing enterprise.\\nIt was in 1871 that the business with which Mr.\\nRoe is connected was started on a small scale and\\nj was not at first very successful. The original cor-\\nporation failed and in 1880 it was revived in a\\nsmall way and two .^ears later it was considerably\\nj enlarged. These works are engaged in the manu-\\nfacture of engines, making a specialty of compound\\ni engines for electric light purposes, and furnish a\\nlarge number every year of these valuable adjuncts\\nto our civilization. They also build boilers and\\nengines of all kinds, making many for sawmills and\\nmanufacture the double-acting Maud S. pump\\nfor windmills and ordinary wtlls and Picket\\nMills. Their building occupies over a block and\\nis the second largest manufactory in the city, em-\\nbracing among Its other works a foundry and\\nother necessary adjuncts. It is one of the largest\\nmanufacturing establishments in Michigan and the\\n^econd largest of its kind in the State. They\\nbuild the only first-class compound steam engine\\nmade in Michigan, and i)roudly claim that the\\nproduct of their manufacture uses the least fuel\\nfor acquiring the greatest power. They also l)uild\\nstand-pipes and other items too numerous to men-\\ntion. The business extends over the entire CnitiMl\\nStates amounting to over \u00c2\u00a730(t, a year.\\nThe subject of our sketch has a beautiful resi-\\ndence on Capitol Avenue which is presided over\\nmost charmingly by his accomplished and amiable\\nwife. Mrs. Roe takes a special pleasuii in lieaiiti-\\nfyiiig hci- lioiuc nnd mlding to its attractiveness in\\nevery way. Mu i ;i delightful elocutionist and\\nher sjeneral i ultur (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2o^re^p^llld^ wi-U with the iiiic\\neducation of lici husband. They were married in\\nTroy. Ohio, .luly 25, 1888, and her maiden name\\nwas Rosan L. Sage. Her native town was Piqua,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0318.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n31a\\nOhio, and lluMo Ih \\\\v;i tthioitcd. t^oinplotiiij; her\\nstudies ill tlii Ada Noiiiial and iiiaduatiiiii- also at\\nthe Clevehiiid .School of eloiulion in lf Hl. Pro-\\nvioiis to in i- inaniaLjc she jiavo roadiiiiis in many\\nproiniiuMit towns tiirough Ohio and Michiu:an. Siic\\nis a iikmiiIkt of the Congregational Cliurch and\\naetive in diffeieut I liiircli lieiievolciK ii s.\\nIJesidi s his lioiiie (iropc rty.Mr. Koc o\\\\vii-a nuinlicr\\nof excellent luiildiiig spots in l^ansinji. He travels\\nsome for tiie coiii|)aiiy, ,i; ing out upon the road to\\ninterest purchasers in tlie product of their factory.\\nHe is a member of the l and I Club and is Senior\\nAVarden in the Order of Kniiihts Templar liesidcs\\nbeing a ineinber of the Free and Accepted Masons\\nand of the Hoyal Arch Masons. His political affi-\\nliations are with the Democratic party, but he lias\\nlittle time to devote to politics otherwise than to\\ndo his duty al the polls as a man and citizen.\\nARC^llS 1). TODD. Anioiiii- llie prominent\\nand enterprising business men and finan-\\nciers of Lansing we are pleased to mention\\nMr. Todd, who is Cashier of the Ingham\\nCounty Savings Hank one of tlic shrewdest and\\nmost successful men in this city. He was born in\\nOtsego County, N. Y., at Toddsville, April 1. 1834.\\nHis father, Zcrah, was liorn in New England and\\nwas an early settler of Otsego County, and the\\nvillage in which our suliject was born received it.s\\nname from his family.\\nThe fatlier of this gentleman took part in the\\nWar of 1812 and when (piite young did signal ser-\\nvice for tlie American army, riding a horse from\\nSandy Creek to Hilllown, carrying the informa-\\ntion that the English were coming, that it might\\nreach Sackctt s li.irlior in lime to save the day.\\nLike the good horse, Koland. who lirought the\\ngood news from (ihent to Aix this noble steed\\nfell dead at the end of his journey.\\nZerali Todd afterward engaged in woolen iiiaii-\\niifacture and set u|) tlie tirsl loom which was placed\\nin Otsego County. About the year |.s:i. he re-\\nmoved to I oitlanilville and otablislied a woolen\\nfactory and in 1814 went to West Lawrence where\\nhe engaged in the same business, in which he was\\nvery successful, being a hard worker and a good\\nliiiancler. He helped to build the first dam in the\\nSiiscpiehaniia River at Portlandville. A tanner\\\\\\nbelow drew olT the water and he began a suit which\\nlasted ten years, but which he finally won. About\\nthe year 18o(i he went to Oriskiny Falls, Oneida\\nCounty, to enter upon the woolen business with a\\nson. He died there in 18,53 at the age of fifty-four\\n3 ears from a carbuncle. One of his brothers was a\\ndcM tor in I ultnev, !lyne County, X. Y., one is a\\nfarmer and merchant at Toddsville. The son of\\nanother brother, Charles, is a prominent attorney\\nin St. Louis, Mo. His political sympathies led him\\ninto the Whig party and he was prominent in the\\nMasonic order. Me traced his ancestry from some\\nof tlu best blood of New England and trained his\\nchildren to believe that the honorable lineage from\\nwhich they came demanded of them true and noble\\nlives.\\nThe mother of our subject w.as known in her\\nmaidenhood as Almira M. McKey. .She was born\\nnear I tica, X. Y., and when sixteen years old rode\\non horseback behind her father to .Jefferson County,\\na tri]} of one hundred miles. They located there\\nnear Ellisville, on Sandy Creek, a point which was\\nmuch sought by the Indians during the War of\\n1812, and during the times of conflict they used\\n(Grandmother ]McKey s stores of linen to bandage\\nthe wounded. .lotham McKey, the father of Al-\\nmira, was a large fanner on Sandy Creek, and he\\nlived to (luite an advanced age. He belonged to\\nan old Eastern family of Scotch descent. After\\nthe removal of the family to Oswego- it became\\ntheir permanent home and the mother of our sub-\\nject remained there through life. She passed awa.\\\\\\nin 1890 having reached the age of almost ninety-\\nfour years. She was a devout member of the\\nEpiscopal Church and a woman of great benevo-\\nlence, which is shown by her rearing two orjihans\\nbesides her own nine children.\\nThe children of this hou.seliold were, Lodema,\\nMrs. Welsh, who resides in Iowa; Zerali A., a lum-\\nber dealer and merchant who makes his home in\\nMadison County, X. Y.; Ardelia, Mrs. Riciiards,\\nwho lives ill Oswego C iiiiity; Maria, Jh s. Curtis,", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0319.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "316\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nof Seattle; Julia, Mrs. Sanborn, who died in Oswego\\nCounty-, N. Y.; Franklin, who died in Leelanaw\\nCounty, this State; Horace, a farmer in Oswego\\nCount_y. N. Y.; Marquis D., our subject; and Mary.\\nMrs. Brand, who died in Utica, N. Y.\\nHaving been reared in Portlandville, Otsego\\nCounty, N. Y., after ten years the boy removed to\\nWest Lawrence, same county, and resided there for\\nfive years before going to Oriskiny Falls. After\\nattending the common district schools he completed\\nhis education at Eastman s Commercial College,\\nOswego, and worked in a factory learning the busi-\\nness of a woolen manufacturer. At the age of twenty\\nhe took charge of a jack of two hundred and forty\\nspindles which he worked himself. This was too\\nmuch for him and leaving this work he began\\nclerking in a general store at Oswego and also\\ntook a complete course at Eastman s Commercial\\nCollege in that city. In 1855 he came West and\\ntried to get a job as bookkeeper in Ottawa, LaSalle\\nCounty, 111. Not succeeding in this he went into\\nthe carpentry business with his brothers, working\\nin this way for some eighteen months.\\nReturning to Oswego, N. Y., in the fall of 1867,\\nhe acted as clerk in his brother s hotel for one year\\nand then availed himself of an opportunity to buy\\nsome land in Leelanaw County, Mich., and removed\\nthere October 6, 1870. lie also bought some tim-\\nbered land at Glen Arbor, going there with some\\nS 1,000 in cash. He started a store and kept it in\\noperation for seven years and came out with\\n149,000, with liabilities to the amount of 112,000.\\nHe disposed of his entire property and returned\\nto New York. Previous to his removal to the\\nEast he built the bridge across the Narrows which\\nare one hundred and twenty rods long at (ilen\\nLake, doing this in ninely days, and he made\\n$3,000 in three months.\\nIn 1868 Mr. Todd was united in marriage in\\nOneida County, N. Y., to Miss Lizzie J. Holmes,\\ndaughter of Philo Holmes, a farmer in that county.\\nThis lady had taught after completing her school\\neducation up to nearly the time of her marriage.\\nThe young couple now came West and settled\\nat Farwell, Claire County, this State, where Mr.\\nTodd engaged in the hardware business. After\\nsix years he was urged by Mr. Scott Garrish to ao\\ninto the mercantile business with him. They es-\\ntablished the finest store on that road and had a\\ntrade which reached #2.300 in one day, carrying\\ngeneral stock and lumber supplies. This business\\nwas continued for one year only at a profit of\\n$20,000 although they had to run accounts with\\nmany of their customers. They sold out to Little\\nJake, of East Saginaw, and disposed of the whole\\nbusiness, real estate and all, in the fall of 1879.\\nMr. Todd then came to Lansing and bought out\\nHibbard Klocksiem and engaged in tLe grocery\\nbusiness with a nephew, under the firm name of\\nTodd (k Sanborn. After operating it for six\\nmonths they sold, and bought the grocery store of\\nAllen Nichols which they placed under the man-\\nagement of Mr. Klocksiem for three years, part of\\nwhich time om- subject spent in Dakota where he\\nwas engaged in buying and selling land. He\\nbought property in the counties of Cass and La-\\nMoure from the Northern Pacific Railroad and\\noperated farms, each of which comprised a section\\nof land, and upon them he raised wheat and other\\ngrains. He at one time owned four and a half\\nsections of land in LaMoure County and remained\\nthere for nearly three years. He still has land in\\nboth of those counties as well as real estate at\\nFargo and at Morehead, and there is said to be no\\nfiner land in Dakota.\\nIn June, 1885, he of whom we write helped to\\norganize and inaugurate the work of the People s\\nSavings Bank of North Lansing, and for the first\\nyear he was one its Vice-Presidents and Directors.\\nHe then withdrew from that bank and upon No-\\nvember 1, 1886, he started the Ingham County\\nSavings Bank, in which he became Cashier and\\nDirector. This institution has been remarkably\\nsuccessful as it has nearly doubled its money in\\nfive years besides paying five per cent, interest on\\ndeposits. It is called the most successful bank in\\niu the county, having a eapit.al of $50,000 and a\\nsurplus of $40,000 made in four year s business.\\nThe President of this institution is the Hon. H. H.\\nSmith, of Jackson. In connection with their bank-\\ning business they also have a safety deposit vault\\nfor the accommodation of the citizens.\\n]Mrs. Todd is a lady of more thau ordinary abil-\\nity and efficiency and is a prominent worker in the", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0320.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND HIUGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n;ii:\\nSiiiulay-.sfhool and Ladies Society of the Coiifrre-\\ngational Church, to wliich they l)elong, and for\\nthe building enterprise of which they gave gener-\\nous assistance. She presides with grace and dig-\\nnity over the pleasant home on (4rand Street, one\\nof the handsomest residences in Lansing. His\\n|)()Iitical convictions ally him with the Republican\\nparty and he is an earnest worker for its success.\\nHis one child, Juna May, is studying in High\\nSchool and will graduate in the Class of Slic\\nis also pursuing the stnd\\\\- of music in which she\\npromises to be a proficient.\\n^-^N^H^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\y\\\\ RS. LYDIA A. SWKKT. A srood woman is\\nV one of the most gracious gifts of (Jod to\\nmankind. She v f whom we write has been\\nnobly endowed by nature and her native\\ntalents have been polished and beautified by ecluc-\\nation and culture, and as the years have p.-isscd\\nand chastenings have conic lo her as to otliers,\\na sweet spirit of resignation has settled like a\\nbenediction over her character, giving it a gentle\\ndignity and sweet reserve. She has known the\\nblessings of wifehood and motherhood, and lias\\ndignified her position in either case. She is the\\nwidow of iL A. Sweet and now makes hoi resi-\\ndence in the town of Mason, Ingham County,\\nwliere she is iiighly respected and esteemed.\\nMrs. Sweet is a daughter of .losej)!! K. Williaiiis.\\nShe was lioni in Xortln ille. Livonia rowiishiii.\\nWayne County, this State, April l. L l^t3;\u00c2\u00bb. If tiieie\\nis anytiiiiig in pre-natal influences, her predilection\\nfor inlcllectiial pursiiils is ;iccouiitcd for by tlie\\nfact that her (larents were both teachers, her mother\\nb^^ing so engaged in tlie town of Xortliville on be-\\ncoming .acquainted with .Mr. illialns. They were\\nmarried at Nortlnille and there liegaii lioiisekeep-\\ning. tiic father continuing his work .as a teacher.\\nAn irreparable loss was sustained in tlie eliildhood\\nof our suliject by the decease of her mother, wlieii\\ntlie child was mly two years of age. Thereafter\\nhe made her home in various t ainilies. ;ind al-\\ntlioiigli her f. itlier was -^till enir. m ecl in ivlui-atioiiMl\\nwork, she was under his loving guardianship. In\\nthose days it was not thought so essential that a\\nwoman should receive the advantages of higher\\neducation, and Miss illiams did not enjoy excep-\\ntional opportunities in an educational wa} and\\nwhen only sixteen yejirs of age u mere child, as\\none would say she was married, her wedding\\nbeing celebrated on Thanksgiving Day, November\\n25, 1855. Her husband was a Mr. Henry S. Ben-\\nnett, who was by occupation a carpenter and\\nfarmer.\\nHenry S. Bennett, our subject s first husband,\\nwent to California in 1852 or 1853. Losing his\\nhealth there he returned to Michigan and his\\ndecease took jilaee in 18Gtl. There are no surviv-\\ning children as the issue of the first marriage\\nalthough our subject lost one son at about the\\nage of four years. His name was Adelbert and the\\nblow was a severe one. The original of our sketch\\nwas married a second time, February 2, 1861, to\\nMr. E. A. Morgan, who had been a soldier in the\\nMexican War. and was also in the Civil AVar, hav-\\ning enlisted as a private in the Fifth Michigan\\nInfantry in l.sCl. He died in May. 18( 2, of\\nrheumatism. There were no children of the sec-\\nond marriage.\\nIt seemed that our subject had seen enough of\\ntrouble .and woe, and she hoped that some happi-\\nness was yet in store for her in the companionship\\nof a true and good man. She was again united in\\nmarriage, March 9, 1865, to Mr. ^I. E. Sweet, who\\nwas a prosperous and prominent grocer of the town\\nof Mason, lie was a self-made man in every sense\\nof the word, and the striking eimtrast between his\\nslender resources at the beginning of his first ven-\\ntui e and his striking financial success before his\\ndecease marks him to have been a person of ability\\nand judgment. He started out with only *35, but\\nthis pid\\\\ed to be like Aladdin s magic coin that\\nturned into gold everything it touched. Before\\nhis decease he built the block which is now known\\n.as the I ioneci Block, and which at present is owned\\nby his widow, our subject. Two children were\\nthe outcome of this marriage, by name. Nettie and\\nAUie M. Nettie was born in Mason. ,Iune 1, 1867.\\n^he was graduated from tlii Mason High School\\nI when she was eighteen years of age. and soon", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0321.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "318\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nafter became tlie wife of Thomas McMauaman, a\\nbuilder and eoiitraetor in his busi7iess calling, and\\nshe makes her home at present in Middlesboro,\\nKy. She is the mother of two bright and inter-\\nesting children. The second child, Allie M., was\\nborn in Mason, March i), 1877. She is a bright\\nand i)rogressive young lady deeply engaged in the\\npursuit of her studies, being a student in the JIason\\nHigh School.\\nOur subject s [)alernal grandfather was a soldier\\nin the Revolutionary War, and was taken ])risoner\\nby the British. A souvenir of his prison experi-\\nence has been treasured by his descendants. It was\\na box, elegantly carved by hand, with the work of\\nwhich he employed himself during the long days\\nof his confinement in i)rison. This was owned by\\nMrs. Sweet, who regarded it as one of her most\\nprecious keepsakes, until the year 1872, when it\\ndisappeared from the house, probably stolen. Mrs.\\nSweet was again subjected to the grief of bereave-\\nment, her husband passing away February 21,\\n1880. Mr. Sweet had been a Democrat all his life,\\nbut was never an otHce-seeker.\\nIV-ILLIAM LEE CLARK, was born in Wil-\\n\\\\rs,j// mington. 111., .lanuary 1, 1859, and when\\nbut one year old his parents removed to\\nYorkville. in the same State. On the breaking out\\nof the war his father enlisted in the army, and\\nwhile away from home our subject being at the\\ntime about four years of age, the mother died,\\nwiiereupon he was brought to tiie Inmie of his\\ngrandparents in Bunker Hill Township, Ingham\\nCounty, and here he remained until January 2,\\n1865, when he came to his ])resent residence in the\\ntown of Mason.\\nAs a boy, he of whoni we write attended the\\npublic schools of Mason until .July 5, 1870, when\\nhe commenced to learn the art preservative in the\\nTiigham County News printing oflice under Ken-\\ndall Kittridge, Esq., where he continued with the\\nexception of a short time spent at school, until\\nMarch 31, 1873, when he went to Lansing and\\nwas employed on the Lansing Journal under Col.\\nGeorge P. Sanford, where he set the first type\\nplaced in a stick in the building now occupied by\\nthe iState Democrat. In 1875 he returned to Mason\\nand again entered school, where he continued\\ngreatly interested in his studies foi one year.\\nIn .lanuary, 1K7(J, he went to Charlotte, Eaton\\nCounty, and was there employed on the liepubli-\\ncaii foi- three years, under his first preceptor in the\\nbusiness, Mr. Kittridge, and the following year he\\ncoiitiniK il under Mr. Kittridge s successor. Gen.\\nD. B. Ainger.\\nMr. Clark in .January-, 187;\u00c2\u00bb, went to I .aton\\nRapids and again entered the employ of Mr. Kit-\\ntridge as foreman of the Eaton Rapids Jovriial, in\\nwhich jiosition he remained for eighteen months.\\nAbout this time, a very imi)ortant event occurred\\nin his career, which was no other than that of tak-\\ning to himself a wife. His bride was INIiss Millie\\nBrosseau. of Charlotte, and their nuptials were\\nsolemnized September 23, 1880. Immediately after\\nmarriage oui- subject went to North Lansing, where\\nfor two months he was in the em|)loy of the firm\\nof Clark Lewis,who were engaged in the drug and\\ngrocery business. This firm failing in business he\\nreturned to his old home in Mason, and in the\\nlatter part of February, 1881. again commenced\\nwork upon the paper where he began to learn his\\nprofession l)ut this time taking a position as fore-\\nman instead of apprentice. Thus he was engaged\\nfor nearly nine years.\\nDuring his residence in Mason Mrs. Millie Clark\\ndied .January 22, 18^12. and was interred at (irand\\nRapids. December 3, 1 88, he was married in Mason\\nto Mi.ss Delia Barber and lives pleasantly in a com-\\nfortable, though not expensive home in that city.\\nIn September, 1881), the original of our sketch\\npurchased the interest of D. I AVhitmore in the\\nInylmm Covnti/ Democrat, the firm now liearing the\\nname of AV. L. Clark it Co., ]Mr. A. L. Rose, who\\nlearned his trade in the oflice and who has held all\\nthe positions from devil to proprietor, lieing the\\nCompany. The business of the paper h.as con-\\nstantly increased under its present management,\\nlast year being the most prosperous in its history\\nand this year promises to be a still better one.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0322.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0323.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "Y ^^/a^-^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0324.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n321\\nMr. Clark is FinaiiL-ial Secretary of the Mason\\nBiiildiiiiT and Savingfs Association, wliere he is\\nsorving iiis fourth year. He has been an ollicer of\\nthis association from its organization, liaving been\\nboth Vice-President and President. He of wliom\\nwe write has a reputation in tlie comnuinity of\\nl)eing an all round good fellow, with whom\\neverbodv likes to associate.\\n^1 AYTOX ,1. BUCK. The stirring young\\nbusiness men of Lansing, Ingham County,\\nA are a power which cannot be ignored in\\nstudying the history either commercial,\\nsocial or educational of the city of Lansing. They\\nimiwrt to its every de|)artment of activity a vital-\\nity which is pniductive of great results. It is not\\naliiiic what tliey do, although that is worth our\\nobservation, but more than that is im|)lied in tlie\\nintluence which they exert anil the atnuispliere\\nwhich they create.\\n.Mr. Buck, who is the present City Treasurer and\\none of the most prominent of our active luisine.^s\\nmen, is the son of Daniel W. Buck of whom our\\nreailers will be [jleased to know more by icferring\\nto ins biogiaphy which will lie found in this\\nvolume. The son was born in Lansing, August\\n22, lnr)4, and having grown to manhood here is\\nknown to every one in the city. He completed\\nhis schooling at the city High .School and Bartlett s\\nBusiness College. In 1872 he bought a stock of\\nfiiinitiirc in North Lansing and engaged in the\\nsale of tli. it class of goods. For eight months he\\ncarried on this business and then sold it out to\\nenter the employ of his father, serving him as\\nbookkeeper until 1X7; when he formed a partner-\\nship with his f;ither in the furniture business and\\nin IHH.) became the sole proprietor of the establisli-\\niiieiit. Besides this branch of business he also acts\\nas funeral director and is building up an excellent\\nbusiness in this line, for whii h he is well adajitcd.\\nThe building in which Mr. F uck s business is\\ncarried on was erected some years ago, but it was\\nimproved and a new front added in 18SKI. In May\\nof the same year Mr. Buck took as a partner in his\\nbusiness his brother Bailey M. thus making the\\nfirm M. .1. it 15. JI. Buck. He h.as a double store,\\nmeasuring 44x267 feet upon the ground and it is\\nwell filled with a fine line of goods; an elevator\\nadds to the conveniences of the establishment\\nwhich covers three floors and other modern con-\\nveniences are added to make this store popular\\nand commodious. The arrangement is exception-\\nally good and it is by far the largest establishment\\nof its kind in Central Michigan, outside of (irand\\nRapids. Up to 1889 the firm also carried on the\\nmanufacture of furniture, making a large variety\\nof excellent wares, but closed out this branch of\\nthe business at that time.\\nIn times of afflictiim an added pang is often\\ninflicted upon those in sorrow through the mistakes\\nand awkwardness and possible lack of consideration\\non the part of one who has the funeral in charge,\\nand for this reason a man like Mr. Buck, who\\nmakes a study of his business and whose kindly\\nheart impels him to lighten the burden of others,\\nis doubly welcome in the house of sorrow. Mr.\\nBuck is alwitys sought for in this capacity, as his\\nthoughtfulne.ss is thoroughly appreciated by those\\nwho have had to pass through the dark shadows\\nof life. In this connection it is well to remark\\nthat Mr. Buck has been made the l^resident of the\\nState Association of Funeral Directors, which met\\nin Traverse City in .Viigust, 1891.\\nThe marriage of ^Ir. Buck to Miss Lizzie A.\\nAllen, daughter of .Vbraham Allen, took place\\nFebruary 8, 1878, but their happy wedded life was\\nbrief as the beloved wife was taken away by death\\nNovember 7, 188(l. liailey M. Buck the junior\\nmember of the firm was liorii in Lansing, December\\n28, 180.5. and was here reared and educated, grad-\\nuating at Bartlett s lUisiness College. He then\\nbecame book-keeper for his father and brother\\nuntil 188,s, after which he entered into partner-\\nship with \\\\Villiam anBuren (now United States\\nMarshal) m the niaimfacturing of furniture at the\\nBuck Furniture Factory. After operating this bus-\\niness for a year, they sold it (lut and in May. 1890\\nBailey M. became a partner with his brother in the\\njjrescnt firm.\\nM. J. Buck is ideulilicd with the .Masonic lodges", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0325.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "M2\\nfOBTKAJT A.\\\\b BltJUKAJ HlCAL ALi5l .\\\\J.\\n:iii(t Kiiiiilils IVinplMr in wli iclr order he lias for\\nflc\\\\rii yc;il lu-lil ottiuc. ;ni(l now i I jisl Kiiii-\\nluiit (iiimi.-iiKlcr. lie is ;i cluirtcr iiifiiiln r mid iiu\\niilli(i;d ill Ihe Order of Klks ;iud is the t litlier il\\nllie lldjit lull vvliieli he iv-orwanized in 1.SM2 .iiid\\nIII which lie has lieeii President I ur two years. The\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rand lJi\\\\er IJoat C liili was lirst oiuanized in 1H72,\\nwliieli organization is a ineinher of the North-\\nwestern Amateur Iiowiiii; Association. .Mr. IJiick\\nis the iee-l residcnt of the Executive IJoard. lie\\nhas lieeii lillini; the oltiee of City I l-easurer for two\\ntei-nis, which |io iiion was forced n|ioii him. as lie\\nreferred to dc\\\\ ite hiin.self entirely to liis]i)rivate\\nbusiness. His |iolitical attiliatioiis arc with the\\nDemocratic party .-iiid in its future he feels .-i\\nstrouji: eontideuce.\\nhi connection with his ketch may lie found a\\nlillii i;iapliic portrait of .Mr. lluck.\\n11 AUI.KS 1). 1)()1 I lieiientleman who.se\\nname heads this sketch is a man who has\\nattained coiisidei;ilile prominence in the\\nea])ital city liy reason of his intelljoence and pro-\\nijressive tendencies and also his genial, frank and\\nwinning wa\\\\s. lie is the engineer of the city\\nw.atei-works and has lieen so engaged since 1S,S,\\nlie has a very pleasant home at 117 Larch .SIreel,\\nN. lie was horn at Ipswich. .Mass.. No\\\\enilier 10,\\nIHi:*. (oming to this cit\\\\- in the meridian of his\\nmanhood lie was well fitted to take a leading place\\nin the conduct of municipal .Mffairs.\\nOur subject s fat her. llervey Dodge, was a native\\nof IJeveily, .Ma.ss., and his grandfather. Samuel\\nDodge, who was also liorn in .Mas.s,\u00c2\u00abuhusetts. was of\\nKnglisli descent, lie was in the Mar of \\\\H\\\\-\\nthough lie had followed the .sea from boyhood.\\nIll was owner and captain of a vessel that ])liod\\nbetween lloston and the West Indies. On the i-e-\\ntiirn from one of liis trips he was taken sick and\\ndied, while still comparatively oung. Ilis wife,\\nwhose name before her marriage w;is Klizabetli\\nDane and :i luUiveof .Ma.s.saeliusetts, was a sister of\\nNathan Dane, a prominent attorney in that .State.\\nThe father of our sufiject u.-is a cabinetmaker ;ind\\na iiianufactiirer of furniture .-it I tica. N. Y.. iiid\\nfrom there he went to .\\\\kroii. Ohio. Ilieiicc lo\\nOberlin :is a pioneer, and he and his wife were\\nthe (irst couple married in Oberlin, Lorain County,\\nOhio, by President .Malum. L. iter he bec-ime .-i\\nmanufacturer of furniture in Oberlin. wjis burned\\nout three times and suffered heaxy losso. He\\nalso ran a sawmill and at last became blind, tak-\\ning cold wliile at work In the sawmill. liillam-\\nnialion set in in liis cyesand byt.-iking ox er-doses\\nof calomel, he becMiiie sali\\\\aled and liliiidiiess re-\\nsulted. He was, howex er, so ambitious that he still\\ncontinued to work at his trade and so delicate did\\nhis sense of t iuch become that he was cnaliled t i do\\nthe tinest work. He joined hi children in Mich-\\nigan in IKMO and here died in \\\\XX:i ;it the age of\\n.se vent -se veil years. He ii.-id formally years been\\na inemhei of the Congregational Church.\\nMr. Dodge s mother was. in her maiden days.\\nMiss Angeline Stevens. She was born in P.ratllc-\\nboro, N. II.. anil wa a daughter of l rad trecl\\nStevens, who w.as a ii.-iti\\\\cof New llanipshire or\\nConnecticiil. He w;i.- t\\\\ fainicr in the northern\\npart of X ermont and one of the earliest settlers at\\nOberlin, Ohio, where he cleared a farm. The gen-\\nth iii. ui was one of the princiiials in org.anizing tin\\nOberlin College, being a.ssociated with President\\n.M.alian. and was ime of the lirst Directors. He\\nwas of .Scotch descent and a member of the (dn-\\ngregational Cliiirch. His wife was. before lii r\\nmarriage, a .Miss lietsey Hartwell. also of Scotch\\ndescent .and a reiireseiitative of a prominent family.\\nThe mother if the original of our sketch went\\nto()liiowhen about si.\\\\teeii yi ars of age and was\\neducated at Oberlin College. .She taught .school\\nfor years and died in l)SM(i while on a visit lo\\nCleveland. ()hio. to her daughter. She was at thai\\ntime an octogenarian; she was buried :i I Lansing.\\nMr. Dodge is one of six children, there being live\\nsons anil one daughter. .\\\\li are still living and\\n.all reside in .M icliig;iii excepting the daiigliter,\\nwhose home is in Cleveland. He of whom we\\nwrite is the second youngest child and tlu only\\none born in ilassachusetts. He was reared in\\nOberlin.\\nThe metal of which our subject is iinnle is shown", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0326.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n323\\nin the fnrt tliit diirinff war times he left lioine and\\ndetpnniiiinij to yet as near llie field of lialtle as\\npossible, ran as newsboy when only fourteen years\\nof ati e on the Wabash and Michijian Southern\\nKailroad. lie ran between Toledo to the State\\nline of Missouri and from Toledo to Chicago. He\\nwas so employed for about two years and then lie-\\neanie brai enian on the Lake Shore iV Mieliiiran\\nSontliern between Cleveland and Toledo. Kigh-\\nteen months were sjjent in this way and he was\\nthen |)Ut on as an extra l)au;gag ema\u00c2\u00bbter on the same\\nlK)int and rMilroa l. During this time he witne.ssed\\nsome terrible casualties, having been in two acci-\\ndents, one at Bellevue, Ohio, in which several of\\nthe passengers were killed, and the other the mem-\\norable accident of the Lake Shore A- Michigan\\nSouthern at Elkhart, Ind.\\nWhen a little over eighteen our subject was ad-\\nvanced to the position of llreinan on the Cleve-\\nland At Pittsburg Railroad and remained in this\\nposition for four years and eight months. He\\nthen became engineer and was thus employed for\\neleven yeai At the end of that time he resigned\\nand entered the employ of the Nlekle Plate road\\nbetween Buffalo, New York and Chicago as engin-\\neer on a construction train. After a short time he\\nran as engineer between Bellevue and Ft. Wayne,\\nand remained there until he left railroading, re-\\nsigning in 18H2. He was about twenty-one years\\non the road and although in three different acci-\\ndents he had collided with other ti ains he was\\nnever hurt.\\nIn \\\\XH2 the original of our sketch started in tiie\\ncoal and wood business in this city. For one year\\nhe conducted the business alone anil then took in-\\nto pai tnership Lawrence Price, and the business\\nwas done under the lirui name of Price Ar Dodge\\nuntil IJSS, At that time he sold out his intert st\\nand soon after was appointed by the Board of\\nWater Works as engineer and has since had charge\\nof this branch of the city government. The\\nWorthington pump is I lnployed in tlu se water\\nworks wiiich art of high and low pressure and are\\nsupplied with two independent condensers. They\\nhave a cai)acity of three million gallons and have\\na motive power of two hundred ind eighty horse\\npower. The stand-pipe is one hundicd aiul liftv-\\ntwo feet in height, while the diameter inside is\\neighteen feet. It has a I apacity of two thousand\\ngallons to the foot. The care of these interests\\ntake all of his time and attention. Mr. Dodge i)at-\\nented a boiler cleaner in .\\\\ugust, IMIMi. It is called\\nthe Dodge Automatic Boiler Cleaner. He has also\\naltered the condensers used in the city so that they\\nmake a different style of spray.\\n.Mr. Dodge s marriage took place in Salem, Col-\\numbiana County. Ohio, in 18711, at which time he\\nwas united in nialrimony to Miss Arta Snyder,\\nwho was a native of Pennsylvania, but reared and\\neducated in Salem, Ohio, where she taught school\\nnine years previous to her marriage. Our subject\\nand his wife are the parents of five children\\nCharles Frederick W., Frank II. and Helen E.\\nDon M. died in early childhood at the age of\\neighteen months.\\nThe original of our sketch behmgs to the Free\\nand Accepted Masons and the Royal Arcanum, and\\nfor many years he has belonged to the Division of\\nBrotherliood Locomotive Engineers. Dr. Dodge\\naffiliates with the Democratic element and has been\\na frequent delegate to both county and State con-\\nventions. He is a member of the Fifth Ward City\\nCommittee and whether in politics or the particular\\nline of his own business, he is an ardent and en-\\nthusiastic worker.\\nIt may be of interest to ni. iny to know that the\\nwater that is supplied by the city of Lansing is\\nobtained from artesian wells. There are fourteen\\nin all that vary in depth from thirty-five to one\\nhundred and fifty feet deep. The water that is\\nobtained from these sources is exceptionally pure\\nand is quite .as .satisfactory as any system in use in\\nthe State. The water that is kept in the pijjes is\\nonly sufficient for force itressiire and (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2m be readilv\\nshut off.\\nS\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0=^3\\ncrLl.^3\\nha:\\nAMES A. SHERWOOD. It must be a great\\nsatisfaction to a man in going through so\\nlicMufiful a town as is Mason, located in\\nIngham County, this State, to feel that he\\nbeen instrumental in uplmildiug the jdace.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0327.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "321\\nPORTRAIT AND BK^GRAPHICAL ALBUJI.\\nIliat its -iilist;iiiti!il iiildiiii;s iire in a real (Icait c\\ntill work i)l liis hands and that the ideas of cdni-\\nlurt in the nianniM- of li^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2in^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0. ha\\\\f lieen liis own\\nsniiiivstions. Our subject is a i-ontraotor and\\nliuilder. niakiuir his home in Mason, and lie. in\\nconnection with the tinn with which lie is asso-\\nciated, has put up the lar;;esl nnnilier of l)uildiny;s\\nand of the licst class, that the town lioasls. lie\\nhimself owns a eiv ))leasant home in the town and\\nis the head of a family that adds )reatly to the so-\\ncial standiuy of the place.\\nMr. Shei wood was horn at liyi on. (ienesce\\nounty. N. v.. :May 27. IH:!!. lie the son of .lohn\\nand Ann \\\\;in lirunt) Sherwood, the former a n. i-\\nti\\\\ e of Connecticut and the latter of New ork.\\nThe father was a carpenter liy trade, and tlie first\\nideas that our suhject received of the liusiness to\\nwhich lie now devotes himself were acciuired un-\\nder the iiiiidiiiii hand of that skilled workman,\\n.lohn Sherwood was a sfildier in the AVar of 1H12.\\nHe resided near Buffalo and offered his services at\\nfoui different times to protect tiie State from the\\nincursions of the British. He survived until 1H(!(I,\\nand was ahoiit seventy-three years of age at the\\ntime of his decease. He left a widow and eiyht\\nchildren, of wliich our suliject is the thii d in order\\nof birth. Six of the family .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ire still livint; and\\nwherever they are located, have made useful and\\nhonorable members of society. One of our sub-\\nject s brothers. (Jeoriic W.. who now lives in .l;ick-\\nson County, served in the War of the Rebellion\\nfor four years and a half, and the |)aternal Grand-\\nfather. Nathan Slierwood. served in the Uevoln-\\ntionary War for a period of seven years, and was\\nwith Washinjiton s Army diirinu the menioi able\\nwinter spent at X alley Forsje.\\nThe original of our sketch worked with his\\nfather at liis trade for a period of a year or more\\nafter lie was orown. His marriage took place De-\\ncember 1. I(S; )8, his bride being Aliss Matilda K.\\n.Smith, a native of Kngland. in which country she\\nwas liorn .laniiary 1H8(;. .She nas a daughter of\\n(ieorge K. Smith, and came to Ameiica with her\\nparents when about seven years of age. .lames\\nSherwood followed his occuitation until his eiilist-\\nnient m the War of the lU-bcllion which occurred\\nin Decembei I8(il. .Vfterabout fourteen months\\nser\\\\ ice he was disi-harged on .-iccount of disability.\\nHe was in the battle of Cellar Mountain, also at\\nKappahaiiiiock Bridge, at Thoroughfare (iap. at\\nthe fight of the second Bull Hun. and at Cliantilly.\\nHe enlisted again in December 1H7;!. and this time\\nhe remained with the army until ()ctobcr IS(l. i.\\nand diii ing this |ieriod x\\\\a in llic battle of (Old\\nHarbor, and then in front of rctcrslnirg. ;iiid at\\nReams Station, where one-half of their corps were\\ncaptured. He was a participant in many skir-\\nmishes, too numerous to mention, and it was a fa-\\nmiliar trick to dig holes in the ground to kcc]) out\\nof range of linrsting shells. The (iist time he en-\\nlisted he was a member of the )iie Hundred and\\nl iftli Infantry. Coniiiany K, and the second lime\\nhe belonged to Company I. of the I ^ighlh Heavy\\nNew York .Artillery. He who so loyally gave his\\ntime anil took the chances if war. is the recipient\\nof a pension, of which he is more than deserving.\\nThe month .after returning to his family from\\nthe war. he iiio\\\\ed his household gods and goods\\nto N evay Township, Ingham County, this State,\\nwhere two children were born, two having pre-\\nvionsh been born in New York State. Carrie H..\\nthe eldest daughter, liorn October 1. ix. ili. is a\\nteacher in the schools of ^lason. from which she\\ngiadiiated. She has been very successful in the\\neducational work, as is [iroven by her continued\\nemployment in the schools of ^lason. where she\\nhas been teaching for several years. Ni llic who\\nwas born September ^t. IM()(i. became the wife of\\nWilliam Woodbine, and died February 2K. IHM;\\nAda. born in Michigan. .Inly li. ISOS. is the wife\\nof .lohn N. Smith. She is the mother of two\\nbright and interesting children. Her family makes\\ntheir home in Mason; Irene, born .Iiily iSTd.\\ndied at the age of nineteen and was greatly\\nmourned by her young friends with whom she had\\nbeen associated in school and society as well as her\\nown immediate family. She had graduated from\\nthe Mason High School the same year in which\\nshe died.\\nOur subject entered the partnership of Peek A*\\nSherwood, in 1.S74, the linn having been instiai-\\nmental in erecting some of the best Imildings in\\nMason. They handle all manner of building ma-\\nterial, .-ind are closelv connected with the growth", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0328.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "POKTK Air AND I .KX il! A I lIK AL AI.IU .\\\\r.\\n:M.-\\not the IdWli. lie \\\\\\\\hnlll \\\\vc wiitc liMS cvi l lilkfll\\na lively iiitcivsl in |iiilili( I avoiiiiii the tactio of\\nthe DiiiKicrMlic imrtv. Ili- has hfcii TroaMiivr in\\nMaMin t lir Ihice teiHi lie i a iiiciiiluT ot lhi\\nMasonic trati iiiilv. and like most iif tliose who\\nlook part in the leiriMe strn^aie lietween North\\nand Sonlh. i.- :i nu inlier of the (Iraiul Ainiy i the\\nl{ei)ul)lie. lie is a Knight of Pythias, a lvnii;ht of\\nllonoi and also lielonu to the Koval Areanuni.\\n)rp\\\\ Kll .KN 1!. IIII.I.IAI. I). Our sul.je.l. al-\\nthouuh the pidprietoi of one hun(|i e(l and\\nforty aeies of yood land on st-ction x. Del-\\ny phi Township. Injihani Comity. h.i~ foi-\\nmany year~ de\\\\oted himself to Ihe nohle c dlini; of\\nteaehiiiii. His has been the saered prixilejie to take\\nyonnu minds and develop and cultivate them, see-\\niiiii them l;i ow from fol\u00e2\u0096\u00a0mles^ disembodied hapes\\nto thinys of loveliness, and the Iraiiiiim of the\\nmoral life he has always considered, not of secon-\\nilar\\\\ im|iort:ince lint the prime olijeel in his work.\\nFirst of all. a child mnsl have principles of honor\\nami hiiih-loned pinity iiiiirained into its whole\\nknowleilLi e and liein i lufor( any kind of a lieanli-\\nful slnictnie of intelliyvnce can lie erected. This,\\nhe of whom we lia\\\\e the pleasure of writiiiji this\\nshort sketch, has (hnu\\n.Mr. Ililli.Mrd was horn in henanjro Connly.\\nN. v.. M;irch 2. IHI i. and is the son of Dennison\\n11. and I Ian iiali I lar\\\\ i 1 1 illi. ird. the fat her .a na-\\ntive of (dnnectienl. Iioi II April i. I 7M .t. and of\\nKiiiilish ancestry, and llie mother lieini; liorii No-\\nveiiihei- 2\\\\. isns. li;i\\\\iiiL; her nali\\\\-e place in New-\\nYork Stale. lie of whom we wiitt W.as alioiit four\\nyears of tio c when hi ])ai-ents renioxcd fi-om their\\nlirst home to Delphi rownshiii.;iliont theyeai IX|(i.\\nHere he was rearecl on n farm, reeeivinff the liasis\\nof his ednc.alion in the common schools, a flci which\\nlie attended a .select school and lini-hed :il llie\\nlliiili School at Lansina this Siati\\n.Mr. lUlliard heiian his career a~ .-i tetuhei al the\\nage of eighteen year his tiist effoits in this direc-\\ntion lieini; in Iheconnlrv cliool of hi~own(own-\\nhip. His winters were occupied in pedairogic work\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind the sumineis in the work incident to a farm,\\nin plantinir. cullivatiiii; and harvestiui;-. foi- which\\nhe had a ;creat likiliii He lin.-dly. however, alian-\\ndonecl country teaching and for the past twentv\\nyears has been eniiaged in teaching in the graded\\nschools in different cities. The perfecth outlined\\ncourse of study employed at the ])resenl time, with\\nthe new theories in vogue in regJiid to mental\\ntraining, have ;i fascination for one who h;is en-\\ngaged for some time in the work of a teacher, for\\nit has greatly improved, .-it least in the scope t f\\nwoi k if not dways in ii enei .al lhoidnL;hnes upon\\nthe young mind.\\nOur subject s marii.aiic took place August 2.\\nIHT .t. his bride beinu Miss .\\\\u?^nsla M. Smllli..M\\nilauu hter of Frederick F.and .lane F. l{os Smith.\\nShe was born in Ionia County. .Mich.. Deceinbei-\\nIH. )S. Her parents were natives of Ni W York, hy\\nthis marriage there are two children who have\\ncome to irla lden the homes and hearts of their\\nparents. The eldest. I l cd S.. w;is born .lanu;ir\\\\ 21.\\nMH2. and the younuer. IJobert H.. Hr.-t opened his\\neyes November id. \\\\HM. They are both bright\\nand inlelliai ul lads. ha\\\\ iny for their years made\\nmarked progre s both in getting strong ph\\\\siipie^\\nand in the developuu iit of their minds.\\nThe oriiiinal of oui- sketch was formeily .-i Dem-\\nocr.at liut of late years he has atliliated with the\\nmembers of the Farmer s .Mliance: striving to seek\\nftu himself. well as to help his brother farmers\\ndo the same, a deiper appreciation among the peo-\\nple at lariic of the imi)ortance of the agricilllur al\\nclass. Mr. Ililliaid ha sexcial times served as\\nSchool Inspector. and h;is been the means of bring-\\ning about many refoims and much improvement\\nin the distrit-! scliool in the county 1o which he\\niieloini,-. Althonah interested that the eoiiuty. and\\nespecially the p.art of it in which he resides, should\\nha\\\\i llie best local ii i vernmcnt anil the men be t\\nlilteil for the places to be al tlu head, he has never\\nin .Mny sense been a politician. He is a member of\\nthe Diseii)les Cliurcli anil isa generoujiand devoted\\nujiliolder of the belief anil doctrines of that bod.\\\\\\nOur subject father wa.\u00c2\u00bb twice marrieil. (Irst .lunc\\nU), 1^17. to I olly .\\\\nn .Miner who w.as born May\\n22. 1 7 .i7. ind died .l.niuarv lo, IH37. haviug", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0329.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "326\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nbeen tlie mother of eleven children. Mr. Hilliard\\nwas again married February 5, 1838, to Hannah\\nHarvey by whom he had eight children. He de-\\nparted this life April 25, 1871, aged eighty-two\\nyears, and his wife died some years later. In this\\nlarge family of nineteen children Reuben was the\\nfourteenth in order of birth. Their names and\\ndates are as follows: Diantha, born January 9, 1818,\\nLydia, December 29, 1819; Amos, June 21, 1821;\\nDenison M., May 2, 1823; Nelson, November 6,\\n1824; Cynthia Eunice, Decemher 8, 1826; Polly\\nAngelina, M.ay 14, 1829; Martha S., January 30,\\n1831; Jackson M., September 16, 1832; Henry R.,\\nSeptember 5, 1835; Charles M., January 6, 1837;\\nAmanda, July 25, 1839; Lee, February 4, 1841;\\nReuben B., our subject; Emily C, December 22,\\n1843; James K. P., May 3, 1845; Lucy M., April\\n10, 1847; Arabella A., November 7, 1849; Lienor\\nA., J.anuary 30, 1852.\\nMr. Hilliard s wife is the second in a family of\\nfour cliildren, all of whom are girls. They are El-\\nvira 8., Mrs. Hilliard, Amelia and Elenore. The\\neldest daughter married John McCarthy and\\nmakes her home at Grand Rapids; Amelia married\\nThomas McCarthy, a brother of her eldest sister s\\nhusband, also of Grand Rapids; Elenore married\\nHerbert Hartsufif and lives in Livingston County.\\nb-\\nc!^^\\nAPT. GEORGE FOAVLER. It is with sincere\\nl( _ pleasure that the biographer responds to\\nthe call to give the life facts in regard to\\nany of our fellow citizens who fought for the honor\\nof the old flag, during the dark days of the Civil\\nWar. The old blue coat, which is now becoming a\\nthing of the past upon our puljlic thoroughfares,\\never awakens a throb of genuine exultation and\\nthe spirit of reverential admiration, and in our\\nhearts if not in the e3 e of man the empty sleeve\\nand the faded old coat receive our homage.\\nThe good captain whose name aj pears at the\\nhead of this paragraph, is one of tlie citizens of\\nLansing who has the respect of ,ill who know him.\\nHe was born in Gcneseo, Livingston County, N. Y.\\nupon the 22d of July, 1835, and in the spring of\\nthe following year he came AVest witli his parents\\nto this place now known as Fowlerville, Mich. His\\nfather Hon. Ralph Fowler, was born in Trenton, On-\\neida County, N. Y., October 26, 1808, and his grand-\\nfather Walter, who was a native of Massachusetts\\nand a Major in the war of 1812, was a son of Capt.\\nDavid, who served in the Revolutionary AVar. Maj.\\nWalter was a lumberman in Oneida County, N. Y.\\nand he married Lucy Campbell, who was born in\\nSouthwick, Mass., in 1772 and became Mrs. Fowler\\nin 1792.\\nThis wedded pair journeyed to Oneida County,\\nin 1798 and settled in Steulien and in 1808 tliey\\nlocated in Trenton, where the Major died about\\n1841. Ralph Fowler grew up on the farm, attend-\\ning school during the winters, .^nd at the age of\\ntwenty-two began life for himself. After one year\\nhe rented a farm with his brother-in-law and car-\\nried on a dairy business for two years successfully.\\nUpon the 14th of April 1832, he was married to\\nMartha Smith. In 1833 they came to (ieneseo,\\nLivingston County, N. Y., and for one year rented\\na farm of Gen. Wadsworth, after which Mr. Fowler\\nbecame home agent for the General, having charge\\nof a part of his largest estate. He spent two years\\nin his service and acquired during that time a fair\\neducation as the General sent him for three nights\\nof each week during half of the one year to night\\nschool.\\nIn 1835 Ralph Fowler found himself possessed\\nof f 2,000, and coming to Michigan made a home\\nfor himself by buying one section of (Tovernment\\nland at Fowlerville, and the following year he\\nbrought his family. Two other families then fornj^d\\nthe population of this township, namely the ILm-\\ndys and the Metcalfs. Mr. Fowler took an active\\npart in organizing the township of Handy and w.as\\nits first Supervisor, holding that office for many\\nyears and becoming one of its prominent men. He\\nimproved his land and laid out and named the vil-\\nlage of Fowlerville. He was active in the construc-\\ntion of the wagon road between Fowlerville and\\nHowell and was very liberal to all church and ben-\\nevolent olijects.\\nThe father of our subject represented his district\\nin this Legislature in the session of 1843-44", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0330.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "poirriJAiT AXi) iu(k;t;aimii( Ai, ALHor.\\n327\\nand lijMin in tliMt \\\\X. \\\\-.i 2 mikI nlso in pliiccd u|)i n |i;ii ir was t XC liaiia* fl i October,\\ntill special si s i( 111 of l.H, )l. .-nid u.-is cliaiiiniiii of \\\\Hit- l ii ions to tliis cxcliaiiijc lie was promoted\\nvaiious important coiiiiiiitlco\\nIc was a I rc\\nliiil 1(1 the rank of First Lieutenant in (oiiipaiiv II.\\nDemocrat and inllneiitial in his parly, and lie was\\nan ;ictive woikci and Class- Leader in llie .Methodist\\nKpiscopal Cliiirch. In l.ivins;- out l- owlcrville he\\nplatted forty .acres in the \\\\illaiie and liave awa\\\\\\nevcr\\\\ othi r lot to an\\\\ man who w(Mild Imild a\\nhome upcm it. Ilcliuiil Ihr hrsl store and follow d\\nit up with nuincr()U.s other edifices, lie continued\\nfarmiim: and dealing in real estate until his death\\nwhich took place. Sejitemher ifi. 1HH7.\\nThe mother of our sulijcct. who liore the maiden\\nof Lartha Smith. w:is a daujihter of .lohn Smith a\\nfarmer and a burner of limestone in Herkimer\\nCounty. V. After her death which took place\\nin 1\u00c2\u00abJ1. Mr. Fowler married Mrs. .Mary (Smith)\\nFowler, who was horn in N. V.. .and died Octoher\\n1SS7. 1 the first marriau c there were the fol-\\nlowini;- children, (ieorue. Liic\\\\ who died in \\\\H(ui;\\nCh.arles. who resides in Fowlerville: .loanna. Mrs.\\nI .alineiton: Walter li. who died in in fancy and\\nWalter the seconil. who also died.\\nThe hovhood of our suliject was pa-^scd in l- ow-\\nleivil le aniiiKl the suridnndiuu of pioneer life.\\nlie reniemliei s when this part of the country was a\\nwild waste and iiaiiie was |)lentiful. He was eaily\\nM l to work. Iiut had the privileue of allendiui;-\\nschool in the winter at the loii sclioolhoiisi s whose\\nslab lienches and (piill pens have gone (piite out of\\ndate. While -till cpiile a little lad he used to haul\\nwhe.at to Detroit, .and liiiut; goods hack lo p owlei-\\nville.\\nHenrietta S. L. I less a native of oa m.auy. became\\nthe wife of oui subject at (ienoa .Midi.. .Inly\\nIM. i. Her fatlu r Dr. .\\\\iidrew I less. was ;i surgeon\\nin the (oain.an Army, who c.aine lo l,i\\\\iugslon\\nCounty. Mich., and bought a farm in (ieuoa Town-\\nship. The vouiig couple made their lirst home to-\\ngether upon a farm in ll.andy Township, .and then\\nfor two vears had charge of a hotel at ISriuhton.\\nThe aniiv record of .Mr. l- owler beii;iii August I.\\nIHdI. when he eiilistol in Compauy K. Ninth\\nMicliigaii Infantry. His lirst battle was at .Mur-\\nfreesboro. Teiiii.. .and .luly l. i. he w.as woundeil\\ntliroUL;h the riiiht hip by a iiiinie b.all. He was\\ntaken prisoner and received good care, and being\\nFirst .Michigan Sharp Shooters, which he had lielpe l\\nto raise. He spent .seven inontlisat Cam]) Dfniglas\\nChicago, guarding the rebel prisoners, and then\\njoined the Ninth .\\\\riiiy Corps, at its le-oiganizatioii\\nat .Viiimpolis. Ind.\\nSuhse(|ueiit lo this he w.as a participant in the\\nbattles of the Wilderness. Castleview. .and Spolt-\\n.sylvania ourl-house. doing ten days lighting in\\nthese three hattles.and iijion .May l. 5. was |)roinoted\\nto the rank of Captain. The previous da\\\\ he\\nw.as wounded in the left hip by a iniuie ball which\\np.assed through his hip. .and the s.ame da\\\\ another\\nminie h.all p.assed llirouiih the palm of his riirlit h.aiid.\\nHe wa- carried from the (iehi on a stretcher hv four\\nmen. and was taken to Washington and thence .sent\\nhome to stay till his recoxiay. which wasonh par-\\ntial as it lett him a laippU He I cported to De-\\ntroit and wa- placed upon provost guard dnl\\\\ in\\nassisting 111 gn.ard dcserter-s. He wa mustered out\\nat the close of the war. .luiic 2!l. IMIi. i. .and heiin;-\\nin a badly laippled condition he came to Lansing.\\nwhere his wife had lix cd since the war broke out.\\nIn IS(i7 (apt. Fowler became foreman for Huck-\\nl.aud. .\\\\lleu A- Wise, remaining with the tiiiii till\\nIKMd. when he lost his right hand by an accident\\nin the machinery. He now had to learn to write\\nwith his left li.and. which was an arduous task. In\\nl.S7 .l and 1 .s.Sd. he served in the Seiiati as second\\n.Vssislaiit Seigi-ant .at .\\\\riiis. anil in l\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abl and 1H\u00c2\u00ab2\\nbe was First .Assistant in the same capacity. Before\\nhis term of ser\\\\ice had expired he w.as .appointed\\nCity .Marshal of Lansing, for two years, and before\\nthat time had p.assed he was made Deputy Sheriff\\nfor foui- years, iimler Thomas .McKernon. lie also\\nserved two and one half years as Const.ahle. after\\nhe had acted for some time as a policeman. While\\n.actiliea- Deputy-Sheriff he took up the bii ine.s.s\\nof collecting.\\nCapl. l- owler li.a a (iroperly comprisiui; half .an\\n;i(ae on the corner of l{i\\\\er and Cherry Streets\\nwhere he has just I ompleteil three luindsome resi-\\ndences. His home has been blessed liy the liirth of\\nthree dailL htcis: .Maltie. who died .at the age of\\nseveutecii: Flora who is a i;r.adiiale of ihe Hieh", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0331.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "328\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nSchool and was the assistant engrossing and enrol-\\nling clerk of the house of Representatives but is now\\nholding a lucrative position in the department of\\nthe Labor Bureau; and (irace. He is identified\\nwith the Free and Accepted ^lasons, and witli the\\nRoyal Arch Masons and has been connected witli\\nthe Independent Order of Good Templars. He has\\nheld nearl\\\\ all the oftices in the gift of Charles T.\\nFoster Post, No. 42, (i. A. K. of which he is a char-\\nter memlier. The Methodist Episcopal Church is\\nhis religious home and he is active in its service,\\nhaving l)een Steward for twelve years. He is strong\\nin his belief of the policy and future of the Demo-\\ncratic part^ and is a delegate to many county.\\nCongressional and State Conventions, as well as\\nbeing a member of the Democratic ward and city\\nct)mmittees. He is a gentleman whose character\\nand abilities give him the respect of the community,\\nand his enterprise and progressive ideas place him-\\nin the front rank among business men.\\nJ\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2il? AWRENCE PRICE, who is Chief of Police\\nand the Mar.shal of Lansing, is one of the\\nmost prominent me)\\\\ in the city, not onlj on\\naccount of his natural abilities ajid success in\\nbusiness, but also because of his war record, which\\nshows him as a true and loyal son of his adopted\\ncountry. He was born in County Tipperary, Ire-\\nland, at Tempomore, upon the 27th of May,\\n1 843. His father, JNIartin Price, was a farmer in\\nTipperary, and remained tliere until 1849, when\\nhe brought his family to America. They left\\nWaterford, embarking upon a sailing vessel, Cur-\\nrimore, and having been five weeks and three\\ndays upon the ocean, landed at Quebec. They\\nmade their first liome at Lewiston, Niagara\\nCounty, N. Y., which was at the head of naviga-\\ntion.\\nMartin Price, having the command of the trade\\ni f a mason, was able at once to find work in this\\ncapacity, but flnally drifted into agricultural pur-\\nsuits. In 1867 he came to Michigan and located\\nin Lansing Township, Ingham County, where he\\nbought a farm of eighty acres of well-improved\\nland, adjoining the Agricultural College. His ex-\\ncellent and faithful wife was a native of the same\\ncounty as himself, and bore the name of Ann\\nPiagan. She was a daughter of Low Kagan, and\\nbecame the mother of nine children, of whom our\\nsubject was the third, Ijeing six years old when\\nhe came to America.\\nThe boy took an rdinary common-school edu-\\ncation at his home in Niagara County, N. Y., and\\nafterward attended the academy at Lewiston. He\\nremained at home until after the breaking out of\\nthe Civil War, and enlisted in the service of the\\nUnion army in August, 1862, entering Battery M,\\nof the First New York Light Artillery. He went\\nfrom Buffalo to All)aiiy, and from there was sent\\nSouth, his batter} being assigned to the Army of\\nthe Potomac. These raw recruits were at once\\nsent into the thickest of the fight, and took part\\nin the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg and\\nChancellorsville. At this last battle the young sol-\\ndier was wounded by a shell which exploded very\\nnear liim. llis arm wa-^ badly wounded, and he\\nconsiders it a miracle that he did not lose it. For\\na short while he was in the field hospital, and then\\nas he was doing well, he returned to cam[) instead\\nof going on to the permanent hospital. At Get-\\ntysburg, again, he was slightly wounded in the\\narm and after that battle his Ijattery followed\\nLee in his retreat into Virginia, as far as Raccoon\\nFord.\\nThis battery was now ordered back to Washing-\\nton, and was thence sent West to reinforce Rose-\\ncrans at Chattanooga. It was in action at\\nWahatchic Valley and at Missionary Kidge, and\\nwintered at Bridgeport, Ala., and in the si)ring\\njoined Sherman in (xeorgia, being with him at Re-\\nsaca, Dallas and Ringgold, and also at Fumpkin-\\nvine Creek, Culp s Farm, and Kenesaw Mountain.\\nIt was among the first troops which entered At-\\nlanta and then went on with Sherman to the sea,\\nentering Savannah upon December 21. After that\\ncampaign they turned North, passing through\\nthe Old North State, touching Raleigh, Avervs-\\nboro and Beiitonville. At this point our subject\\nwas wounded in the face, although not severely,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0332.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n329\\nlull had the frrent misfortune of being taken i)ris-\\noner by the reln-ls and seul to the loallisonie\\nand terrilile [ilaee of eaptixity known as Lihliy\\nPiison.\\nThe war was now neaily at an end. and liy rea-\\nson of tills the eity of Ricliinond was soon evaeu-\\nated by thi Confederate forces, and tlie prisoners\\nwere released. Mr. Price entered tlie parole eainp\\nin Maryland, and was soon s-ranteil thirty days\\nfnrlous^h to go home, l)Ut his intense desire to be\\nin at the end prevented his takinu^ full advantajje\\nof this leave of absence, and after six days lie was\\najcain with his regiment and took part in the\\n(xrand Review, subseiiuent to wliich they went to\\nRochester. N. V., and upon .lune 2 .l. ISC they\\nwere mustered out.\\nFollowing lii.s war experience, Mr. Price decided\\nto go to the oil regions to work and speculate, and\\nthere he continued until the spring of 1866, when\\nhe came to Lansing, reaching this city iii)on the\\n2()tli of April. He commenced work on a farm\\nwithin the city limits and afterward purchased im-\\nproved property in Bath Township, Clinton\\nCounty, and also one hundred and sixty acres\\nof wild land, which he improved. Here hav-\\ning placed buildings upon his farm, he engaged\\nin general farming operations, eight miles from the\\ncity.\\nThe grocery and [iroduce business now attracted\\nthe attention of this young man, and removing\\nto Flint in 1879, he went into that business for\\nthree years, after which he came to Lansing and\\npurchased property. He now undertook dealing\\nin stock, which he shipped to the F^ast, and also\\ntook up the lumber business at North ansing,\\nl)uying out F. I. Moore. Two years later he helped\\nto organize the Capital Lumber C orapany and be-\\ncame for two years its Vice-President and Manager.\\nLater this company was reorganized, .-ind in the\\nspring of 1891, after the death of .1. .S. Ayres, he\\nwithdrew his stock. He owns a one-half in-\\nterest in the hardware stock of Dunham y\\nPrice, at North Tjansing. and a half interest\\nin the drv-goods house of T. Kork A- Co. of Xortli\\nf.ansing.\\nIn the spring of 18!M Mr. I licc received the\\nappointment of Chief of I olict and Marshal f f\\nthe city of Lansing, which office he lias now en-\\ntered upon with energy and zeal, and it is already\\nseen that his iiicniiilieiicy in the ollice will be for\\nthe good of the law -abiding part of the citizens\\nof this town. He is a stiong Democrat in his\\npolitical views and sy inpat hies, .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iiid is a frequent\\ndelegate to county and .State conventions of that\\n|)arty. lie has served for some time as Treasurer\\nof the City Committee, and is a member of\\nCharles T. Foster Post. No. 4 2, (i. A. R., in this\\ncity.\\nWe are pleased to record the happy though brief\\nmatrimonial alliance which was effected between\\nLawrence Priss and .Miss Mary A. Ryan, in Lewis-\\nton, X. Y.. on the 28th of November, 1868. This\\nlady was born in Tipperarv. Ireland, and died in\\nLansing, leaving no children. The second marriage\\nof Mr. Price took place in this city on the 8th of\\nNovember, 1888, and he was then united with\\nJliss .Julia A. Bradford, who w.as born in Pcmtiae,\\n^licli., and leceived her education there and at\\nDetroit, after which she taught for some time pre-\\nvious to her in.arriage Mr. Price is an active and\\nearnest nu iiibcr of the Catholic Church, in which\\nhe is efficient as a Trustee, and was also active u])on\\nthe Building Committee during the erection of\\ntheir house of worship.\\n_^l\\nh^-R-\\ncs_\\nS,(il,(\u00c2\u00bbN 1). NKKLV. The pretty town of\\nMason, which is the county seat of Ingham\\nCounty, and which contrary to the general\\nrule, is a live, wide awake, bu.siness place,\\nis the residence place of the gentleman whose name\\nis at the head of this sketch, lie has here made\\nhis home for a number of years, although he is a\\nnative of the Kinpire .State, having been born in\\nNaples, Ontiirio County. N. Y.. November 18, 1839.\\nHe is a son of .lustice II. .-ind Melvina (Nellis)\\nNceh. both nati\\\\ cs of New York. The father was\\na dairviiiaii b\\\\ occu|iation .lud the early home of\\nour subject was the farm upon which dairy sup-\\nplies wen the slock in trade. He left home at the\\nage of eleven veai s, and came to .Miehigan, and be-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0333.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "330\\nPORTRAIT AND. BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ning a stuicly and enersretie little fellow, succeederi\\nin getting work on a farm at (rrass Lake where he\\nremained for three years.\\nOur subject, as a lad, had gaineu experience far\\nbeyond his years, and at the age of fourteen he\\nwas taken upon the force of workmen for the\\n^Michigan Central Hailroad (^nipany and there he\\nworked until he was eighteen, first being engaged\\nin the freight house, then becoming a brakeman\\nand later advanced to the jjosition of a fireman,\\nwhich position he had when he was but seventeen\\nyears of age. lie continued liring for about one\\nyear and then left the railroad company and\\nstarted to leaiii lilacksmithing at Grass Lake, lie\\ncontinued there for about one year and then went\\nto St. .John s. Midi. Blacksniithing, however, was\\nnot all that his youthful imagination had painted\\nit, and at the age of twenty he gave it up, but as\\nhe had taken upon himself the obligations of mar-\\nried life, having tieen united in Ingham County.\\nDecember 3, 1859, to Miss I\\\\Iary E. Templer, a\\ndaughter of Jonathan and Prudence Ann Templei.\\nthe necessity of following some business perma-\\nnently was pressed home upon hiin. He purchased\\neighty acres of land in Alaiedon rownshi)). and\\nthereafter followed farming until his enlistment in\\nthe army, on August 2, 1H( 2. lie jt)ined Cunipain\\nA. Twentieth Michigan Infantry and was in\\nthe Ninth Arni\\\\ Corps under Buiiiside s Aimy of\\nthe Potomac. He engaged in the most desperate\\nl altles of that terrible period participating in the\\nengagements at Fredericksburg, Antietani. South\\nMountain, Vicksburg, Jackson. Miss., Knox^ille,\\nTenn., Cumberland (iap, and Louden. The regi-\\nment to which our subject belonged was intrenched\\nbehind breastworks at the siege of Knoxville when\\nthey received the charge of the rebels. He here\\nlearned the advantage of building breastworks,\\nand says it is the only time in his war experience\\nthat he had occasion to congratulate himself upon\\nbeing thus intrenched. He fought at the battle of\\nthe Wilderness and was wounded at Spottsylvania,\\nMay 12. 18(54. He had nevei missed a day s dntv\\nuntil he met with this misforluiie. .Although\\nwounded aliout two o clock in the afternoon, he\\nremained on the field of battle until four, and in the\\njctreat of the armj* leaving the wounded behind,\\nhe was supposed to be dead and it was so reported\\nto his family at home. His wound was in the\\nright hip and groin and both cords were severed.\\nHe was in hospital about eight months, and after\\nabout three months his family heard of his escape\\nand when linally he came home it uas like receiv-\\ning a dear t ne b.ack from the grave. He was\\nhonorably discharged April 7, 186.5. He returned\\nto his farm but being unable to actively conduct\\nthe work, sold it and removed to ^lason. JMr.\\nXeely is a Republican in party preference and has\\nheld a number of local offices under his jjarty. He\\nhas been Marshal and in 1891 w.as elected Alder-\\nman of the First Ward. He has also served .as\\nConstalile and Deputy Sheriff for the past eleven\\nyears. In l!^8- 3. he started the ai)ple-drying busi-\\nness, and in IMH4. took !Mr. Huntington in as part-\\nner and since that time the firm has conducted a\\nlarge and paying business.\\n)ur subject has three children. laiM. who was\\nborn in Mason Township. .laiiio and Coi-a. in\\nAlaiedon Townshii). this county. The dangliter\\nhas received excellent educational advantages and\\nis an accomplished and attractive young woman,\\n.lames, who wa-- born Ma\\\\ 5. 1870. is a .-iailor on the\\nLake.-. Ill enjoys the sailor s life, .seeming to\\ninliciil th. it tcmlency from hi mother s family.\\nse\\\\eial if whom arc captains on the ocean. Mr.\\nXceh is the owner and proj)rietorof a di yer in\\nllath. .Mich., which his son runs during the a))plc-\\niliying season. Our suliject is a (iraiiil .\\\\riny man\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind is (,)u;irterinaster of his Post.\\nI\\n^*A\\nHi\\nUMLLK F. MILLKIi. Secretary of the Farni-\\nir Mutual Fire In.surance Company, of\\n\\\\g/ Ingham County, was born in Napoleon,\\nJackson County, Mich.. September 24. 1840. He\\nis a son of Tobias and Lavina ((irittin) Miller,\\nnatives of Sandy Hill. X. Y. Our subject s father\\nnia\\\\ lie iiuiiiliered among the i)ioiu ers who came\\nto Miehiuan at an early day. lie wa a carpenter\\nand wagon -maker by trade and when he made his\\nadvent into the State in 1835, and located where", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0334.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRArillCAL ALBUM.\\n331\\n()\\\\ir suliject was liuiii, liis servicos aiul iiisjeiiuity\\nwere in c-oiistant ii (|uisiti( ii anioiijLf tiio settlors, not\\noiilv Id make and iiieiid wagons and to build\\nhouses, but to suggest and make shifts as sub-\\nstitutes for the necessities of daily life. lie eame\\nhere a poor man, in fact, with nothinir, whatever,\\nexce|)tin i a coulidence m the strength of hi.s own\\nright arm and his ;iliiding faith in the future pros-\\npects of the coiinlry in which he had settled. He\\nand his wife were the parents of three children of\\nwhom our subject is the youngest. The oldest son,\\nOscar E., was born September 23, 1838. He en-\\nlisted in the Seventh Michigan Infantry in 1861,\\nand one of the Army of the Potomac, he engaged\\nin ni.iny battles and was killed at .\\\\ntietani. His\\nboily w;ts lirought back to his home and lies inter-\\nred in the cemetery at Napoleon. He had been\\nadvanced to the post of First Sergeant at the time\\nof his death.\\nOur subject s oldest sister who was born October\\n1, 1836, married G. W. Polar. She died in .Inne,\\n1878, in ^Nlason. She had uo issue. Our subject s\\nparents died near Mason, the mother, June 23, 1873.\\nThe father survived hei by five years, passing away\\nApril 5, 1878. They too, with their daughter, are\\nl)uriod at Napolecm, this State.\\nMr. Miller s boyhood days were spent much like\\nthose of other boys, in acquiring the rudiments of\\nan educati(m at the common schools, after which\\nhe attended for one year, the Wesleyan Methodist\\nCollege at Leoni, ^Vlicli., which w.as aftcrw.ard re-\\nmoved to Adrian of the same State. He also spent\\ntwo terms at the I nion School in J.ackson, Mich.,\\nand then felt himself prepared for the work of\\nteaching which he began at the age of seventeen.\\nHis winters for a period of ten years, were devoted\\nto teaching and during the summer he followed\\nfarming.\\nMr. Miller wa^ married .January 3, 1864 to Miss\\nLydia Newman, of Downsville, Md., where she was\\nborn Februar\\\\ 24. 1840. She is a daughter of\\nJ.acob and Catherine (Long) Newman, her ])arents\\nbeing of frerman origin. By this marriage there\\nhave l een two chililren, Myrlie, who died at the\\nage of five years, and Hoy N., born in evay\\nTownship, I cbiuaiy ;i, I.S71. He is an anibilious\\nand studious young man, he acquired the basis of\\nhis education in the home schools at ^fason until\\nhe finished his junior year. He is now attending\\nihc Albion College at Albion. Mich., in which insti-\\ntution of learning he has been at work for thi ee\\nyears being now in his junior year and expecting\\nto graduate the coming year.\\nIn 1868 and 1869, Mr. Miller sjjent his last\\nMionlhs in the school-room and in the s])ring of\\nlS6 .t he moved on a farm in e\\\\a\\\\ Township.\\nThis he had purchased from the pr(X ccds of his\\nl)c(lagogic and farming eflforts. He is still the\\nt)wner of this tract which comprises eighty acres\\non section 27. While in .lackson County, the\\noriginal of our sketch served as School Inspector\\nfor about eight years and in Vevay he was Clerk\\nof the township for over two years, and served as\\nJustice of the Peace in Vevay for ten years, Dec-\\nember, 1877, he was elected Seci etarv of the Farm-\\ners ^lutual Fire Insiuance Company, of Ingham\\nCounty, and thereupon he removed to the town of\\nMason, in 1881. as the business of his office de-\\nmanded his whole time. He has been re-elected\\neach year since his installation in that office.\\nOur subject h.as been a menibei- of the Masonic\\nfraternity about eight years, and has attained the\\nseventh degree in the Chapter to which he belongs,\\nhaving filled several chairs in the body. For two\\nyears he acted .as Secretary of Blue Lodge. lie is\\nalso a Chartci member of the Hoyal Arcanum, and\\nenjoy the anu distinction in llic Knights of\\nI ylhias. Since being in .Mason, our subject has\\nbeen a Justice of the Peace foi- f iui- \\\\c:ir.~.\\n^^1@^\u00c2\u00a9I^^^\\nHAHLFS. P. LESIIFH. The pursuits of\\npeace and of war are alike acceptable to the\\nJ loyal citizen, who would serve his country\\nas she may need; and a man who has shown his\\nvalor on the battle field is the one who will most\\ncordially and perhaps most wisely respond to the\\nneeds of civil life and be able to adjust matters\\n(if dispute so as to jirevent disaster and contentit)n\\namong his fellnw-citizens. It follows therefore\\nnaturallv that an old soldier should fill the otUcc", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0335.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "332\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nof Justice of the Peace and slioukl do it so well as\\nto add to tlie prosperilv and liarniony of the peo-\\nple among whom he acts in liis otHcial capacity.\\nCharles P. Lesher, who is the .Justice of the\\nPeace at Lansing, was born at Cincinnati, Oliio,\\nJuly 1835, and was reared in Piiiladelphia,\\nwhere his parents, Charles and Elizabeth (Slieaff)\\nLesher, resided. His grandfather also bore the\\nname of Charles and was active in the Revolution-\\nary War. He was a carriage manufacturer in\\nPhiladelphia, as was also the father of our subject,\\nwho was at one time iironiiiicut in that line of\\nbusiness in Cincinnati, aiul was a Colonel there in\\nthe War of 1812 and died in 184(1 while the mother\\nwas away on a visit. The family is of Cerman,\\nFrench and Dutch descent and originated with\\nthree brothers who came to this country two hun-\\ndred years ago from Alsace.\\nMr. Lesher remembers well seeing Prof. Jlorse.\\nwho came to the school which he attended (the\\nNew Street school) at Philadelphia, in the year\\n1842 or 1843, and gave an exhibition of his new\\ninvention of telegraph^-, which came into use in\\n1844. Philip Sheaff, grandfather of o u- subject,\\nwas an old settler in Philndeli)hia and a Revolu-\\ntionary soldier. He came of Holland descent and\\nwas from the colony which settled there in the\\nearly days. Elizal)eth (Sheaff) Lesher. who has\\nnow reached the veneralile age of ninety years,\\nhaving been born September 8, 18(11, still resides\\nin Philadelphia. She has been a woman of more\\nthan ordinary ability in a literaiv vvay and wrote\\nlargely in her best days for magazines and period-\\nicals, lieing the author of both prose and poetry.\\nOf her five children our subject is the onngcst.\\nand althiiugh he was tiorn in Ciiiciunati. he went\\nwith his parents lo I liiladelpliia at the age of three\\nmonths and theie remained, attending school until\\nhe reached the age of twelve years. After servini\\nfor a short time in a jeweler s store he was apjiren-\\nticed as a wood carver for eighteen months, and\\nthen was in a cigar factory nnfil lie reached the\\nage of eighteen, after whicli he bi gan traveling,\\ndoing jonrnevmau work and making Huft alo,\\nv.. heaihpiarters.\\nIll 18()2 this young man determined t enlist\\nin the L niou cause and joined the Twenty-seventh\\nNew York Light Artillery, being mustered in at\\nBuffalo in August, and seiving in the following\\nconflicts: the Wilderness, Spottsylvania. South\\nAnna, Cold Harbor and other engagements. He\\nbecame the Sergeant and was mustered out of the\\nI .service on account of physical disability in Octo-\\nber, 1864. He came liack to Buffalo and waited\\naround for a year to die, but by careful attention\\nto health and being careful in his habits, he recov-\\nered, contrary to the expectations of his friends.\\nSergt. Lesher was married in Buffalo, N. Y., in\\n1866 to Miss Flora Rose, who was born near Col-\\nchester, Essex, England. He engaged in the man-\\nufacture of cigars and in 1872 came to Lansing.\\nMich., to take charge of a contract at the Keform\\nSchool which then had one hundred bo^ys under\\nits instruction. He continued there for three\\nyears and then went to .lackson, where he took a\\ncontract to take charge of one hundred convicts\\nfor two years.\\nIn 1875 our subject went as a traveling salesman\\nthrough the South and West of our country,\\nre[)resenting Suiter Bros., of Chicago, and after\\nthree or four years in their service took a similar\\nposition for a Philadelphia house which handled\\nleaf tobacco. He did well in this line of work, as\\nhe is a good judge of the weed, and traveled in\\nthirty-one States. In 1882 he started a cigar fac-\\ntoi v here, the largest ever operated in Lansing, as\\nj it employed twenty hands. It was known as the\\nLesher Ar Co. Cigar Factory. On accc unt of rheu-\\nmatism he was obliged to stop this businos and he\\nafterward became .lustice of the Peace.\\nFor four years ,^Ir. Lesher has been a member of\\nthe City Council and for four years was Supervisor,\\nboth in the l ifth Ward, which i a Democratic\\nward. For one ye.Mr iu served as President pro\\nteni. of tlie oiincil and this spi ing (1891) he was\\nelected .lustice of the Peace. He is a memlier of\\nthe Knights of Pythias and is Past Post Comman-\\nder of the Charles T. Foster Post. No. 42. (L A. R.\\nand was a delegate to the X:itioii,-il Fncanipment\\nat .Minneapolis. 1 le has also .servo d as a cU legale\\nin coiuityand State conventions of the Deniorratic\\n|iart\\\\. .Mrs. Lesher is a ilc\\\\diit member of the\\nEpiscojial Church and their six children are. Eliza-\\nbeth, Mrs. N etter, of Lansing; Thomas .1., who is a", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0336.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) HK)GRAPHR Al. Al.llLM.\\n333\\ntravi-liiiu iii;iii iiiiii ivpreseuts the Elder-Todd\\nChewinjj (iiim Company; Jolin who i^ a printer\\nat Huffah). X. Y.; Louis S.. Williaiii R. anil liaiU\\n1 .Ir. are at home.\\nHS. HARRIET A. TKNNKV. IVu women\\nin Miehi\u00c2\u00aban have imd a hroailei- tiehl of\\ninfluence and more tlioroutjhly proved\\nthemselves worthy of public esteem and\\nappreciation than she wliose name we now give.\\nHer early experiences in this State which were in\\nin llie educational line in connection with her\\nhusband at Homer and Marshall, brouffhl forth\\nthe following warm enccmiium whidi apjieared in a\\nsitetch entitled Homer and its I iimeers. After\\nspeaking of ^Ir. Tenney and his thorough and\\nsometimes severe methods of discipline, tlie writer,\\nDr. William A. Lane, proceeded to say. Rut what\\nsliall be said of .Mrs. Tenney? If under severe prov-\\nocation Mr. Tenne\\\\- was sometimes tiie tempest she\\nwas ever the sunshine. If his severity sometimes\\ncaused fear her rare and ra li;nit sweetness ever\\ninspired love. And for Mi-. Tenney and his lovei^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\nwife there is still cheiislied a very warm jilace in\\nthe hearts of all their old pu|iils.\\n.Mrs. Tenney was liorn April 1. 1\u00c2\u00ab34. at Kssex,\\nVt.. being the daughter of .lohn Leffingwell and\\nI)elia(I)oude) Edgerton. She received an academic\\neducaticm at Franklin, t., and in March, 1H; )4,\\nwas married to .lesse Eugene Tenney and came\\niiiniiediatcly with her husband to Honiei Mich.,\\nwhere both were engaged in teaching until the fall\\nof IH. when Mr. Tenney accepted the supeiin-\\ntendeiicy of the Marshall City .Schools .uid iiioved\\nto that city. In .Vpril. I8. )9, Gov. Moses Wisner,\\nrecognizing the adaptability of the man for the\\noffice, appointed .ludge Tenney .State Librarian,\\n.and during the ten years that he held this position\\nhis wife spent much of her time in the library.\\n(iov. II. 1 ISaldwin appointed Mis. Teiiney in\\nIKfi .t to the |)osition which liad been so ably tilled\\nliy Mr. Tenney and she was successively ai poiii1ed\\nby Govs, Baglcv, Croswell, .leronie, liegole, Al-\\nger and Luce, filling the position with honor to\\nlier.self and credit to the State for twenty-two\\nyears. She twice had charge of removing the\\nlibrary, liist in the tall of IH7I fiom the old Capi-\\ntol to the State )lliee IJloek. and again in 1H78 to\\nits present elegant and commodious rooms in the\\nnew Capitol.\\nThe following graceful testimonial we quote\\nfrom .hiines Campliell s Political History of Mich-\\nigan. The choice of a lad} Mrs. Harriet A, Ten-\\nney, to till the oflice of .State Librarian, was cheer-\\nfully ratified by the Legislature and has been\\nabundantly justifieil by the result. The neatness\\nand care with which the library room and its con-\\ntents have been arranged and kept and the quiet\\nand decorum prevailing, are in themselves a great\\nadvantage. The librarian has shown a thorough\\nknowledge of books and their selection and an\\nenthusiiistic desire to make her charge a literary\\ntreasure house. A Department of American An-\\ntiquities and valuable relics li.as also been planned\\nand several collections already made of documents,\\npictures and other articles of historic value, not\\nthe least of which is the roll of honor of the\\nMichigan Soldiers who died during the Civil War.\\nIn addition to the arduous duties which devolve\\nupon one in so important a position, outside inter-\\nests have also received ^Irs. Tenney s attention.\\nShe has been Recording Secretary of the Jlichigan\\nPioneer and Historical Society since its organiza-\\ntion, as well as its .Secretary of the Committee of\\nHistorians. She is also a member of the National\\nAssociation of Librarians, a corresponding member\\nof the Chicago Historical Society; is identified\\nwith the American Academy of Political and Social\\nScience, was President of the Lansing Soldiers Aid\\nS jciety during the War, and of the Lansing\\nWomen s Soldier s Monument As.sociation, since\\nthat time. She has also served .as President. De-\\nIjartment Counselor and Treasurer of the Women s\\nRelief Corps at v:nious times and has been promi-\\nnently identified with the Order of the Ea.stern Star.\\nThe Lansing Library and Liti rary Association\\nand the Laiisiiiir Woman s Club liave felt the\\nlienetil of her guiding hand and counsel and in the\\nPhinouth Congrcirational Church to which she", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0337.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "334\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nbelongs, she is greatly beloved and most useful.\\nOn March 29, 1879 the Woman s Club tendered tu\\nJudge and ^Irs. Tenney a silver wedding reception,\\nat the elegant home of Sir. and Mrs. O. M. Barnes.\\nMild tlnis showed their l()\\\\i and esteem for their\\nco-worlcer.\\nThe ancestry of Mrs. Tciiuey is full of interest,\\nas on her motlier s side she is a direct descendant\\nof Ih iiry Doiuh wlio settled in Connecticut in\\n1(J89 witli Wliittield s Colony. Her great-grand-\\nfather, Capt. (iiles Doude was at the battle of\\nQuebec and took i)art in the scaling of the Heights\\nof Aliraliam. Her great-grandfatlier and her grand-\\nfather on tiie parental side served as Captains in\\nthe Revolutionary Army. Her father was in the\\nWar of 1M12 and her eldest lirother served with\\nmuch lionor and credit in the last Civil War. She\\nis a direct descendant of Richard Edgerton. wlio\\nsettled in Saybrook, Conn., in l(!o3, and was one of\\nthirty-five of the original jiroprietors of Norwick,\\nConn., in l(i. )9. Alay 1. 1891, ^Nlrs. Tenney resigned\\nher position as State Librarian and was succeeded\\nliy Mrs. Margaret (Custer) C alhouu. Although\\nlier husband, .Tudge Tenney, had died the previous\\nXovemlier, she still decided to remain in Lansing,\\nand will probably continue to make that her home\\nthrough life as it is the place where her best life\\nwork has been done.\\nJudge Jesse E. Tenney, the husband of this\\nlady, was born in Orwell, t., July 23, 181G and\\nreceived his education at the Brandon Academy\\nand Middlebury College, where he graduated in\\n1838. He studied law with Judge Phelps, father\\nof Edward J. Phelps, minister to England, and\\namong his college classmates were John G. Saxe,\\nthe poet; William A. Howard, memlier of Congress\\nfrom Michigan and Governor of Dakota; E. T.\\nWadhams, Catholic Bishop of Ogdensbuig, and the\\nRev. Byron Sunderland, Chajilain for several years\\nof the I nited States Senate.\\nJudge Tenney was admitted to tlie bar of the\\nSupreme Court of Alaliama in 1839. He traveled\\nextensively in Europe and acted as Commercial\\nagent at Padua, enice, Marseilles and Lyons,\\nreturning in 1845, and engaging in the practice of\\nlaw at Franklin, Vt. In 1854 he married Harriet\\nA. Edgerton, and came to ^Michigan where, as we\\nhave seen, he was engaged in educational work,\\nuntil he took a position in -the State Library, .and\\nsubsequently practiced law in Lansing. He was\\nacting Mayor of Lansing for nine months, in place\\nof George W. Peck, and was Judge of the Recorder s\\nCourt at L.ansing for three years and member of\\ntile Hoard of Education for six years. He was an\\nactive Repulilican from the organization of that\\nparty and jirior to that was a Whig. He was\\na man of extraordinary ability with an almost\\ninexhaustible fund of general information and iiad\\nunusual literary taste and fine cultivation. He\\nwas an active friend of the soldiers and did all that\\nhe could during the war to aid them, by shipping\\nsupplies to tlie hospitals and battle fields. For\\nmore than twenty years Judge Tenney held the\\nottice of United States Circuit Court Commissioner\\nof his district and was engaged in the real estate\\nand insurance business for several years. The life\\nwork of these two valuable citizens has been of\\ngreat value not only to the city of Lansing, but\\nalso to the State with which they have lieen iden-\\ntified for so many years.\\n-j,!.^.}.,}.^\\n^\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0080\u00a2$\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a25*^\\nEV. HARVEY S. JORDAN, who is the pas-\\ntor of the First Presbyterian Church, Lan-\\nsing, Ingham County, is a man, who while a\\nteacher of the people in Scriptural work, is\\nstill of the i eople,assumingno superiority l)y nature\\nbut relying on the support of the Master whom he\\nserves for success in his chosen calling and has been\\ngifted in such a way as to make him peculiarl\\\\- fit-\\nted for the ministerial work, having a fine presence.\\nHe is also a fine elocutionist. The orotund quality\\nof his voice appeals iileasantly to the ear. While\\nhe condescends to no dramatic tricks of oratory\\nthere is an understanding of the effective jjower\\nthat makes itself felt on his hearers.\\nThe Rev. II. .S. Jordan was born in Concord\\nMorgan County, 111., April 9. 1854, He is a son of\\ntlie Hey. W. H. .lordan, I). D., who was born in Bir-\\nmingham, England, in 1832. His grandfather, Wil-\\nliam Jordan, who was also English, was a cabinet-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0338.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n33c\\niiiMkcr Mini Imiiiii;Ii1 lii tMinily lo Aniurica about\\nISI.s. lie liic:ilc(l ncMi- .l;irks(iiivillf, III., iiiul ;il\\nDiK i- I liiiayod ill till i r:Kticc i f liis trade. Ih tliiMi\\ntook ii|i ;i t jinii iif. ir Lyiiiivillc. near what is now\\nMaikliMiii. anil llit ic lie loidcd. ;il the same lime\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2irrviiiu on his Iradc. until his death, lie ur(.;itl\\\\\\niiiiliroved liis lariii .-iiid ereeted oimkI liiiildiiios\\nthereon. His death oeriiired while on a \\\\isil to\\n.Missouri to his daiiiiiitei-. Mrs. Ann Taylor, who\\nlived near Kansas City.\\n)ur siilijeet s lather was educated in JMiulaiid.\\nleiiiainint; there until he was about sixteen years\\nof aiie. While still in his native land he leanu d\\nthe carpenter .s trade and followed it until he\\nreached his majority. In IM.iiohe began preaehinii\\nin the .Methodist Protestant Cliuich of tin S]jriu j;-\\ntield ireuit. h was a large eireiiit and he wati\\nobliued to travel two hundred miles in order to\\nvisit all his charges. He at first worked on a sal-\\nary that was less than ifoO a year. After that he\\nwas .sent to the Fir.st Chureli in (^uincy. 111., and\\nfrom there went to Decatur, thence took charge of\\nthe pastorale at DeWitt. He was not educated\\nfor the ministry, being a purely self-made man and\\nhi.s knowledge was gained by constant and .severe\\nstudy, in which the midnight oil was often con-\\nsumed. .Vfter his iiastorate at DeWitt he was for\\ntwo years President in the Conference of Southern\\nIllinois. He was obliged to travel around in a\\nliuggy and he had many adventures, and escajjades\\nduring this period of his life. rom that time he\\nwas sent to Bethel and the title of Doctor of Di-\\nvinity was conferred liy the Westminster College\\nof Maryland. The degree was con ferred upon him\\nby virtue of the trenchancy of his pen in theolog-\\nical writings. He has also written extensively for\\nSunday-school pajjer-s. During the war he was one\\nof the most active Abolitionists and never hesitated\\nto express his views in any assembly. He was\\niustrnniental in laising troops that fought for the\\nUnion and did not escape persecution beeau.se of\\nhis fearlessness, for he was threatened by mob vio-\\nlence. He himself enlisted in the Ninety-fifth Ill-\\ninois Regiment, but when he arrived at Siiriiiglield.\\nGov. Yates sent him home with the remark, .lordaii.\\nyou can do a good deal more down in Southern\\nIllinois with your mouth than vou can in (Jeorgia\\nwith a musket. On returning to his charge he\\ncolli ill lied ]ireacliing.at the same time raising troops\\nto go to the South. Later he went out as Chaplain\\nfor the One Hundred and Fiftieth Illinois Infantrv\\nand was coiiunissioiied in 1H(!. After the fall of\\nAtlanta while with (ien. Thomas on the (ieoigia\\ncampaign he was taki ii sick and .after a stav of six\\nui cks in the hospital he was honorabh diseh;irged.\\nIll .Septeinber. IHd. No one was more trusted nor\\nrespected by the superior ollicers th;iii himself.\\nAlter the war our subject s father returned lo\\nBethel where he remained for a few yearsand then\\nremoved to Maroa. then went to Limerick, a small\\ntown north of Princeton and there he remained\\nfor two years. He then went to Princeton and\\nhere remained for four years, after which he re-\\nmo\\\\ed to La Harpe and there remained for tlirei\\nyears. He then returned to Limerick where he was\\nin charge of a church for two years and. at that\\ntime w as President of the Jlethodist Protestant\\nConference, .\\\\fter that he was sent to Castleton,\\n.Stark County. Then he ceased to preach in the\\n.Methodist Protestant Church and became a mem-\\nber of the Congregational Church, and for the last\\nthree years has been stationed at Wyoming, 111. He\\nis an ardent Republican and cast his first Presiden-\\ntial vote for James C. Fremont.\\nThe Rev. Mr. Jordan s mother was before her\\nmarriage Miss ISIary J. Kirkpatrick. She was born\\nin Chapin Township, Morgan County, and was a\\ndaughter of Rev. John Lane Kirkiiatrick, who was\\nborn in 1799 in North Carolina. He was the one\\nto haul the fir.st cannon across the Mississip])! into\\nIllinois. He w-as Lieutenant in (apt, Nathan\\nWinter s regiment which is better known as the\\nThird Illinois Regiment and .served in the Black\\nHawk War. He was reared in the South, although\\nthe Ivirki)atrick family came from the North of\\nIreland to this country, making their entrance\\nhither i)rior to the Revolutionary War. ^Irs. Jor-\\ndan s great-grandfather served in that war, his\\nbrother being shot by the Tories. Mr.s. Jordan s\\ngreat-grandfather was a slaveholder, Init at heart\\nhe w.as a believer in the principles of Abolition and\\ng.ave his slaves their freedom. He sold his farm\\nand removed to Illinois, lieing among the earliest\\nsettlers of that State. He located in Morgan Coiintv", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0339.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "33ti\\nPORTRAl J ANJJ BlU(iKAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nand was one of the flrst to be interested in the open-\\ning of the (ralena k-ad mines. He traveled by ox-\\nteam and was a pioneer preacher in the Methodist\\nl^rotestant Church. For fifty years or more he\\nengaged in jireaching, never liaving received any\\nrenumcration for his services. His home was in\\nMorgan County untd 1868. when he removed to a\\na place near Macomb, where he died at about\\nseventy years of age. He was a Repulilican in his\\npolitical views and a stanch supporter of the cause\\nof freedom and independence. He is known\\nthroughout the country which he has served so long\\nand faithfully b.y the affectionate title of old\\nUncle .Johnny. His wife s father, the Rev. .lames\\nSimms of Kentucky, was the first Methodist minis-\\nter who was ordained in that State and was one of\\nthe founders of the Methodist Protestant Church.\\nFor a fuller l)ic graphy of the Rev. Sir. Simms, re-\\nfer to Stephen s History of Methodism. There were\\n.six brothers in the Kirkpatrick family and some\\nwere in the war and all were ministers. Three of\\nthem were ^[etllodist Protestant and three belonged\\nto the Methodist Episcopal Chunli.\\nThe subject of this sketch is one of a family of\\nseven children. There were six l)oys and one girl.\\nThe hoys are all still Hving .and of these our sub-\\nject is tlie eldest. His rearing was accomplished in\\ndifferent places and he received tlie best education\\ntliat could be afforded at their various homes.\\nWhen about eighteen years of age he began teach-\\ning and continued so employed until lie had reached\\nhis majority, when he went to Adrian College.\\nMich., and was licensed to preach. May 19. 1875.\\nHe then supplied Congregational pulpits and gave\\nhimself to study for three years. The last year of\\nhis supply work was blest liy a great revival at\\nRome Center and he succeeded in there organizing\\na strong church in the close of his junior year.\\nHe then went to Beloit, Wis., and jircaehed one\\nyear and four months in the Methodist Protestant\\nChurch. From there he was transferred to ]\\\\Iorri-\\nson. 111., where he remained for one year and after\\nthat he left the Methodist Church and joined the\\nPresbyterian denomination. After this step he was\\nengaged in te.acjiing for one year in the High\\nSchool and supplied the Presbyterian Church of\\nFranklin and .Vshtou. After that he went to Shel-\\nbj ville and was there pastor for two years. Then\\nan important ste|) was taken by him and all familiar\\nties were broken by his going to the Sandwich\\nIslands, where he w.as pastor of the White Ameri-\\ncan Chuicii, Kaliohi. In 188(i he removed to Ill-\\ninois where he was pastor of the Presbyterian\\nCiiurch at Taylorville for three years.\\n.lanuary 1. 1K89, Mr. .lordan became pastor of\\nthe First Presliyterian Church at Lansing and com-\\npleted the building that he had started to erect and\\npreached his dedicatory sermon June 8, 1889. Our\\nsubject was married in the pretty city of Beloit,\\nWis., .June 4, 1879, to Miss ^lary L. Munger, who\\nwas born and brought up in the place of her mar-\\nriage. Three children have already blest this\\nunion; they are: M. Edith, Hattie A. and Mar-\\nguerite I. The last named was born in Lansing.\\nOur suliject is in great demand in all social\\ngatherings and societies. He is Chancellor Com-\\nmander of Gauntlet Lodge, No. I 2, Iv. of P.; also\\nbelongs to the Sons of Veterans of this city. He\\nis Chaplain of the Fourth Regiment of Lniformed\\nRank, Knight of Pythias. He is moreover Pres-\\nident of the Michigan State .Salil)atli-school Asso-\\nciation and spends a great deal of time in Sabl)ath-\\nschool work throughout the State. In his political\\nbelief and following !Mr. .Jordan is a Repul)lican.\\nHe is a strong temperance man. In preparing his\\nsermon he writes them out in full, but delivers\\nthem without manuscript. During a part of his\\nministry in Illinois our subject was special corre-\\nspondent of the Chicago Inter Ocean and while in\\nthe Sandwich Islands wrote a series of letters regu-\\nlarly to that paper.\\nyM\\nILLARD SMITH. The gentleman of whom\\nwe write claims to be almost a native of\\nW\u00c2\u00a5/ White Oak Township, Ingham County,\\nwhere he resides, as he was brought by his parents\\nto this township when he was cmly four years old.\\nTherefore all his life from infancy has been passed\\nhere and he feels as much at home as though it was", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0340.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlOGRAPHrt Al, AI.HIM.\\n:?3!i\\nhis native town. His birth took place in 1832 in\\nVirgil, Cortland County, N. Y., and wlien his\\nparents first landed at Stockbridae they made a\\nstiort stop there until they eould l)uild a log shanty\\nin White Oak Township, about twenty-five rods\\nfrom wliere Mr. Smith now lives.\\nThe father of our subject bore the uanie of\\nRobert Smith and he was born in the Empire State.\\nHe was united in marriage with Amity Smith, a\\nnative of Connecticut. They became the heads of\\na patriarchal family, of seven sons and six daugh-\\nters and their son Willard was the latest born of\\nthe tlock. Their eldest bore the name of Chauncey\\nand was born in 1806. After him came two sons\\nSquare J. and I riahK., born respectively March 11,\\n1808 and April 25. 1810. These were followed\\nby a little child who died in infancy unnamed\\nbeing born March 1. 1812 and dying May 3, 1812.\\nThe next daughter, Polly II., came to them July\\n3, 1813 and following her was Enoch, August\\n10. 181,5, and Pluebe who was born August 28,\\n1817. The next two daughters were Ursula C.\\nborn October 31, 1811) and Deliah Augu.st 22, 1821.\\nThen came Robert E., August 27, 1823, and Lj dia\\nL. May 1, 1827, and the list closed with William\\nH. born May 19, 1829 and our subject. Willard,\\nborn August 27, 1832.\\nThe subject of this sketch was married in 185.5\\nto Gertrude, daughter of Wilson (iarner of New\\nJei-sey. To this union has been granted five chil-\\ndren. The eldest, liittle .Tay, who came to them\\nOctober 4, 185(1 died .January 24, 1858 and the\\nnext was a daughter, Katie A., who was born\\nMarch 7, 1860 and married Eugene X. Stowe. She\\nh.as beccmie the mother of two children, Leon and\\nLucie O. The third child of our subject is Nettie\\n(i. who was Ijorn .lune 29, 1863 and mai iied (irant\\n(r. Carter. .She is the mother of one child. After\\nher came Hubble .Spfucci- who was liorn .\\\\|iril 25,\\n18(), and is now in Idaho, where he is carrying on\\nmining sju culations and engaging in various\\nbranches of corporate business. Marcus AV. the\\nyoungest son, was born October 7, 1872 and as he\\nis still in his minority he is remaining with his par-\\nents at home.\\nMr. .Smith is a father who t.akes more than tlie\\nordinary interest in the education of his children\\nand has given them the advantages of good .schools\\nwhich have been held at P^owlerville and Howell,\\nLivingston County. He is doing a general farm-\\ning business and has his farm well stocked. His\\nplace on section 24, has long been known as the\\nSmith homestead. The family is connected witii\\nthe Protestant Methodist Church and the father is\\nearnest and liberal in the support of the Gospel and\\nin tiie Sunday-school to which he has always taken\\nhis children. In their home they have an old Bible\\nwhich is a choice possession as it has been in the\\nfamily since the time of Mr. Smith s great-great-\\ngrandfather, Robert Smith. That progenitor had\\nfour brothers, John, William, Abram and Isaac.\\nThis ancient volume is printed in the English\\nlanguage and bears the date of 1602.\\nThe doctrines which were pnmiulgated by the\\nauthor of the Declaration of Independence are the\\npolitical convictions of Mr. Smith and he is a\\nstanch supporter of the Democratic party. He has\\nheld a number of township offices such as School\\nModerator, Pathmaster and Supervisor and in these\\noffices he has done efiii ient .service to his neighbors,\\nand under his superintendency the highways of his\\ntf)wnshi]i have improved. His fine tract of one\\nhundred and twenty acres is well cultivated and\\nhighly productive.\\n7/RANK D. WELLEL The young men of\\nL.ansing, Ingham County, are the pride and\\npower of the city and have given to its\\nbu.siuess entei])rises a vitality and strength wliicli\\nmake it prominent among tlie industrial towns of\\n^Michigan. Tiiey have created a demand not only\\nfor the plain necessities of life. Imt also for the\\nadornings which culture craves and woulil suinjly.\\nThe decorator and dealer in wall paper whose\\nname initiates this sketch, ami whose ])ortrait ap-\\npears on the opposite page, has his jilaee of Inisi-\\niiess at No. 330 Washington Avenue .South, and is\\na native of this i.-\\\\ly. having been born here Sep-\\ntember 19. 18.55. He is a son of .\\\\ugustus E. .and\\nAnn (Thomas) Weller. His fatiier was born in", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0341.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "a4o\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nOranjje County. X. Y., in 1828, and came to Lan-\\nsiuii ill 1M17. llf w:ts ;i son of l\\\\ tt r F. Weller.\\nwlio was one of the very lirst settlers in Lansiutf\\nafter the k)ealion of the eity. iiavint;- come West\\nwith the Conunissioners from Adrian in tlie com-\\npany of Austin Blair and others.\\nThis ijrouenitor of our sulijeet oi)ened a genuine\\nfrontier store in the line of yroeeries and general\\nutilit\\\\. lie lirst opened on what was at that time\\nknown as Mackerel Point, there being tiien no\\nliuildings in the city of I^msing except one log\\nhouse and a sjiwmill. The family had some timi\\njirevious to this Keen at Adrian and came up t i\\nthe new capital to make their iiome. Mr. Weller\\ncontinued in business here until 1871. and tlnring\\nthe later years transferred his interests to the dry-\\ngoods line, coming lip from his original situation\\nto Washington Avenue. He served for four years\\nas Justice of the Peace and soon aftei removed to\\nDetroit, wheie. in IHHJ. he engaged in the Equi-\\ntable Life Insurance Company, and remained with\\nthat company until the time of his death, in IHHy.\\nHe was a menibei of tlu^ Independent Order of\\nOdd Felkiws and also of the Ma.sonic fraternity.\\nAnn (Thomas) Weller, the mother of oni- sub-\\nject, was formerly fioni Penns\\\\ hania, and came\\nhere with her parents. Her father, .lohn Thomas,\\nwas a member of the llrni of Bush A Thomas, of\\nwhom our leaders will be pleased to learn in the\\nbiograi)hical sketch of Mr. Bush, to be found else-\\nwhere in this Ai.r.r.M. .Vugustus and Ann Weller\\nwere united in marriage in the fall of IH; and\\nhere they reared a family of three childien: our\\nsubject; Charles .V., now of Chicago; and Anna\\nT., wife of Mr. Spaulding. of Boston. The mother\\ndied in IMCl.\\nFlank 1). Weller received his education in the\\neit^ .schools of Lansing, after which he went to\\nDetroit and learned the trade of a decorator and\\nfrescoer. He remained there for six years, and\\nupon returning to this cit opened an establish-\\nment of his own in 1\u00c2\u00ab77, and has now worked up\\na large business. Ho has a store on the principal\\nbusiness street which occupies a Iniilding 22x;)(l\\nfeet, and includes both the first Hoor and the base-\\nment. Although a young man in reality, Mr.\\nWeller is from a l)usine.ss standpoint the oldest\\nman in that exclusive line in the eity. He de-\\nvotes himself persistently to his business and takes\\nhis recreation in looking after his hor.ses. He is\\nlirccding a line line of stan(kird trotters and has a\\nlarge number of good voung horses and marcs.\\nHis jjolitical views have inclined him to altiliate\\nwith the Democratic part\\\\, and he votes that\\nticket.\\nMiss .Sarah Bates, of this city, became the wife\\nof Mr. Weller .Vugust 1 1. 187S. This lady is a\\nnative of Canada, but came here with her parents,\\nher father being well known in tlie city as Thomas\\nBate.-. One child, Ava. has blessed tlieir union.\\nMr. Weller remembers well jhe pioneer times of\\nhis childhood and the game which was plentiful,\\nwhen the streets of this city were in their |)rimi-\\ntive cc)ndition. before the hand of man had low-\\nered the giants of the forest.\\n==i=:v.t^-j\\n!f:^ t)j\\nAPT. .lOlI.N K. PRICK. If modest worth\\nli will not blow its own tnunpet, the pen of\\nthe biographer must speak its prai.ses. Tho.se\\nwho are loudest in their own liehalf are not always\\nappreciated most highly by their neighbors, and\\nthe reverse of this fact is also true, as may be at-\\ntested to by every one who knows the old Mar-\\nshal of Lansing, Ingham County, (apt. Price,\\nwho was the Marshal of this city in its lirst days\\nand held the otHce until within the last few years,\\nis not a man who speaks his own prai-ses, but he is\\nwarmly appreciated by every man. woman and\\nchild in this city and his resignation from that\\noffice on account of age was deei)ly regretted. His\\n.services to the country are .apijreciated by those\\nwho know his story and genuine regret is felt that\\ntechnicalities should have deprived one who is so\\nworthy from receiving a pension as a token of a\\nnation s gratitude.\\nCa|it. Price was liorn.liily 1. IMKi. in .South .Viii-\\nbo\\\\- Township, Middlesex County. X. .1. His father.\\nXer.xes Price, was a native of Connecticut, bom\\nSeptember 24, 1777. The grandfather of our sub-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0342.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n541\\njeot, Ebenezer Price, li.ifl his nativity September\\n13, 1748,1111(1 wa.s n iiuinufactuvei- v{ briciv iiiul\\nstoneware in New .Jersey, and lived to tlie aije of\\neight_v-one years. The father, who was also a niau-\\nufacturer in the same line, dealt extensively in\\nthese waies and remained throughout life in New\\nJersey, dying October 21. 1H4;3. He was a .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0stir-\\nring business man hut during his last years\\nlived a retired life. His wife bore the maiden\\nname of Nancy Letts and was a native of\\nNew Jersey. Her father, Francis Letts, was a\\nNew Jersey farmer of Welsh descent who took part\\nin the War of the Revolution. The mother died\\nin 1829.\\nOf the nine children of Xerxes and Nancy Price\\nfour are now living. Our subject, wlio w.as next\\nto the youngest in age, remained upon the farm\\nin Middlesex County until he reached the age of\\nfifteen years, wlien he took a position as cook upon\\na boat and thought some of shipping in the gen-\\neral service upon the high seas. He went to Brook-\\nlyn and was acccjited to go on a three years cruise\\non the ship Hornet, but through the influence\\nof his brother-in-law who advised him to learn bis\\ntrade he withdrew from this engagement, although\\nhe dearly loved the water and could ail a boat\\nwhen he was fourteen years old. He was now a])-\\nprentictd to the carpenter s trade and came to 15a-\\ntavia, Genesee County,N. Y., in 1831, and there\\nremained three years and six months.\\nIn 1834 Mr. Price came to ^Michigan and located\\nin Sandstone, Jackson County, where he continued\\nto work at liie caipenter s trade. In 1837 he went\\nto All)ion, Calhoun County, where he engaged in\\nthe maniifactuic of ranning-niills and there con-\\ntinued vHitil Ills marriage in 1813. This great\\nevent took phice in JNIarengo Township, Calhoun\\nCounty, his l)ride being Miss .lane Powell, who was\\nliorn in Ineida Count N. V. He now decided to\\ngo upon a farm, and renting one in Marengo\\nTown.ship, continued tiiere for four and a half\\nyears, raising wheat which lie sold at fort\\\\ -eight\\ncents per bushel.\\nIt was in April. 1817. that .Mi I lice (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiiic lo\\nLansing and in .hine lie liought a tract of laiiil all\\ncovered with tiiiilier. upon which he built a house\\nand in Februarv of the ne.vl ear removed hither.\\nThis is the same place where he now resides and it\\ncomprises four acres within tin; limits of Lansing\\nand near to the business [lortion of North Lansing.\\nHe also owns a nice farm in Olive Township, Clin-\\nton County, which is finely improved. Here he\\nengaged in the manufacture of fanning-mills and\\nfor a year and a half operated a Seymour saw-\\nmill in North Lansing. He had lumber enough to\\nsupjily a hundred mills and was rapidly making\\nmoney, when he left home and all, in 18()1, at the\\nfirst tap of the drum, and raising a company, which\\nwas known as the Williams Rifles, tendered himself\\nand his company to Gov. Blair.\\nCapt. Price was at that time lifty-one years old\\nand therefore beyond the legal age for enlistment,\\nbut his patriotic devotion to his country and his\\nstrong sense of the justice of the Union cause, caused\\nhim to overcome the obstacles in the way of his\\nenlistment. His company was made part of the\\nThird Regiment, Michigan Infantry, under the title\\nof Company (i. They were mustered in at Grand\\nRapids and the company was tendered the electing\\nof their own Captain, which he received by an\\nunanimous vote. He was also appointed Captain\\nof the camp at (Ti-and Rapids and after a short\\ntime went on to Washington with his company.\\nHe remained in .service until the marching caused\\nhim to give (.lut, .as he had taken sick in Detroit\\nand could not endure such hardships. They were\\non their w.av to the battle of Bull Run when he\\nwas prostrated by sickness and remained in camp\\nuntil he resigned, in .\\\\ugust, 18()1. his term of ser-\\nvice having lacked just eight days of three luoaths.\\nwhich excludes him from olitaining a pension. He\\nwas in feeble health foi some time after his return\\nand since that time has folloufd fainiiiig. The\\nfarm which he now has is as tine land as can be\\nfound ill Clinton County and since he has come to\\nso venerable an age, he rents it out and lives a re-\\ntired life. He owns the stock upon his farm and\\nhas half the increase of it.\\nThe four cliildrt ii of our subject are Clara. Mrs.\\nWood, of Lansing; Mary .1., Mrs. Twait, of Lan-\\nsing; Klla J., who died at the age of six years, and\\nWilliam A., who is in .Mississipjii. (apt. I lice has\\nheld various positions of trust and responsibility,\\nhaving served one term on the School Board and", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0343.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "M-i\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nwas Commissioner of Highways for several years\\nin Lansino Township and Treasurer lor one year,\\nlie i-^ an Elder in the Franklin Street I l-esliyterian\\nliurcli and has been Sunday-school Superintendent\\nliaviniT served in tliat capacity in the first Sunday-\\nschool wliicli was oiiianized in this city, and being\\nline of the organizer.- of that Sunday-school and\\nthe Presljyterian Cliiircli. He is conceded to be\\nthe oldest settlei- m Xorth Lansing. He is an ar-\\ndent Republican of the old-fashioned kind and a\\ntrue patriot in every sense of the word. He has\\nserved upon both the grand and petit juries and\\nwas the first Marshal of Lansin u. He is remembered\\nas being the Marshal on the occasicm of the first\\nFourth of July celebration and the first Hepubli-\\ncau rally .and proce. sion in lHiJ4. Tntil within :i\\nvery few years this venerable and beloved citiz.en\\nhas been induced to act as Marshal upon all great\\noccasions, as Lansing people do not think a grand\\nl)rocession quite complete unless he is at the head.\\nM m=^\\npj\\nHUBERT \\\\V. LEWIS is a iiienibcr of the linn\\nof Earle (\\\\r Lewis, hardware merchants at\\n^lason, Ingh.am County. .V .-iketch will be\\nfound of the senior member of the firm in another\\npart of this volume. The young men are both\\nenterprising and ambitious and have already built\\nup a good reputation and Imsiness in the place of\\ntheir i hoice. ()ui- subject is a native of the Em-\\npire State having been born in Oakfleld, (ienesee\\nCounty. N. V.. February He is the son of\\nlr\\\\ in and Emeline (lieardsley) Lewis, the former\\na native of Connecticut although of English ances-\\ntry, and the mother having been born in Alexander.\\nY., and being of mixed Scotch and French aii-\\ncestrv. The elements that he gets from this mixed\\nancestry are evident in the sturdy independence,\\nthe speculative insight that he is determined to\\nhave into every subject in which he is interested,\\nand the Yankee ingenuity that he brings to bear\\nill argument and trade.\\nI p to the age of fourteen the original of our\\nsketch spent most of his time in the school room\\nand then graduated from Carey Scmiuaiy, New\\nVork. His father had died when he was but a lad\\nof ten years of age, and his mother, who married\\nagain. came with herhu.tband to ^llcliigau. locating\\nin Hillsdale County in 1M72. Here they located\\non a farm which they continued to operate until\\nour .-ubject had attained his eighteenth yeai\\\\ He\\nthen left lioiiie to gain a living for himself iiid\\nspent one year in Logan County, 111., where lie\\nworked in an elevator. He then returned to llill\\ndale County, and from there went to his old home\\nin Xew York where he re-visited familiar scenes,\\nremaining some six months. lie then retuiiied to\\nHillsdale County, this State, and at the age of\\ntwenty-one united his fate for better or worse with\\nthat of INIisslda M. Linsday. of Litchfield, Hillsdale\\nCounty. Their marriage was celelirated October\\n30. 187\u00c2\u00ab. The lady is a daughter of .1. R and\\nF]meline (Mead) Linsday. She was born Ajnil 11,\\n1H57, in Hillsdale County, Mich.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Lewis accepted a jiosition\\nas freight agent at Lansing f n the .Michigan\\nSouthern railroad. He occupied this post for\\naliont eight months and then engaged as clerk in\\na hardware store belonging to Dart et Howen. in\\nLansing. There he remained for three and a half\\nyears, when he changed his iiosition and was em-\\nployed with W. D. Sabine, aLso a hardware merchant,\\nfor one year. He then traveled for six months as\\na salesman, after which time he was engaged in the\\ncity of Indianapolis as a clerk in a hardware store\\nfor a space of one year. From there he came to\\nMason and for one and a half years clerked in the\\nhardware store of A, O. DuBois, and then tr.-iveled\\non the road for a Cleveland hardware firm for four\\nyears. This brings him up to .T.anuary, IHill. when\\nhe puichased the interest of his old employer. Mr.\\nA. Duliois. and the firm was re-established under\\n(he name of Earle A Lewis.\\nMr. Lewis is a follower of the Uepublican party,\\nin spite of the duty on tin. Socially he is a ineiii-\\nber of the Knights of Pythi.as and has found that\\nhis fraternizing with the men in this society has\\nbeen of great advantage to him. not only in a social\\nway, but from a business standpoint. The firm of\\nwhich Mr. Lewis is a junior member enjoys a good\\ntrade. They sell very close and are enabled so to", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0344.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND lUOORAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n.u;\\n(1(1 li\\\\ their UiKiwli djif (if tlic licst markets in wliicli\\nt(i |iureli:fie, niid liy tlieir iipiiijlit liiaiiiiei iif doilisi\\nluisiiies.-. I liey enjoy the eonfidenee of the eoin-\\niiiuiiil\\\\ .-ind all other luisine.--* iioiises have a ^ood\\nword to say for the youni; lirni. Mr. Lewis has\\nImt one lirotlier whose nanu is A[prrill L. Lewis,\\nlie tr:ivels foi a Cleveland hardware house and liis\\nhome is loealed at .Marion. Ind.. wheic he has a\\ndeliahtful residence that is |iresided over liy a\\n;entle. relined little woman and two ch.armini;\\nda ni; liters.\\nm\\nJOMAII W. DOWN S. .\\\\in(mg the well-known\\ncitizens of Lan.sini; luiiiiam Connty, wlio\\n1 were early settlers herein the pioneer days,\\nwe are plea.sed to |)resent the sketch of a\\n.se])tnasi:enaiian of snch character and worth as Mr.\\nDowns, who has now ivtirc(l from active life in l\\nis spending; hi l. ist days in the lovely home in the\\neity. whicli was the scene of his laliors in his early\\nmanhood. His home is nrrounded liy a lieanlifnl\\nlittle fiiiit farm of two and one-half acres, in whicli i\\nthe old uentlem;in ikdiahls. and which he is alile\\nto superintend prolitaMy. lie ha-- lieen a re.-ident\\nof tins cit\\\\ ince New ear s Day. \\\\X. tl.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Manslield. L ichland Coinity. Ohio, is the native\\nhome of t his uentlcinan. who was liorn .lnl\\\\ .K\\nl^(\u00e2\u0080\u00a22l. His father, .lames Downs, was hoin ne. irthe\\nold Natnral l!ridsic in ir iinia and his f;ither. .lolin\\nII.. was the son of a Protestant Irislim. in from the\\n.North of Ireland. The f:imil\\\\ liniauc is traced to\\nthe Scotch noliility. The arandtather was a shoe-\\nmaker liy tr.-ide. lirst in N irifinia and afterward in\\nMaryl.-ind. and in IMI2hc removed to Ohio and\\nlocated eiirht miles finm .Manslield. on a farm, which\\nhe impro\\\\ed and sonu wh.-il latei sold tiefore retinii-\\nin;j to Manslield.\\nThe father of our sulijecl w;i a miller li\\\\ ti;ide\\nand operati d a mill for .Mi. .M.-irshall on lear I ork.\\nKichland County. Ohio, and later liouirhl a farm\\nadjoininii and carrieil it on while ciiritiiiuin his\\nmilling. In 1830 he soUl this property and removed\\nto .Manstield. where he took up the makiny of lirick.\\nin which he was suecessfiil. and died there in .Vi)ril.\\nIH.ils. at the aire of forty two years. He was a de-\\n(lilt ;iik1 earnest member of tlie .Methodist Kpi.sco-\\n|ial Cliiirch.\\nThe mother of oiii- iiliject was Deborah, daiiijli-\\nter of William \\\\anD(iiii. and belonged to one of\\nthe old Dutch families of Kastern New- York, beinir\\nborn in Saratoga County. Her father at the age\\nof fifteen entered the Revolutionary .\\\\rniy and\\nfierved throughout the contiiiiiance of the war. after\\nwhich he resumed farminu. .\\\\bout the vcar IHI2\\nhe located in Washingt in Township. Richland\\nCounty, Ohio, two miles fnmi where the grandfather\\nof our subject. John Downs, made his home. Theic\\nwas longevity in the family on both sides iind the\\nmother lived to complete eitihty years and then\\n])a.ssed away in Ohio, in IM7\u00c2\u00ab. She had nine chil-\\ndren in her household .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iiid .losiah was third in\\norder of age. He is the only one of the lirothers\\nwho is now livinii .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ilthouuh none of the i ter\\nhave pa.ssed awa\\\\.\\nIn Richland Cotinty. liio. this boy liiew to the\\nage of nine years upon the farm, after which he\\nwent to .Manslield three months each winter to at-\\ntend school, and bcuan helpiiii; also in the Ivrick-\\nyard. his earliest task beiiii carrying brick, and\\nwhen sixteen years old in moldinu lirick. Iii^\\nusual task beini; three thousand :i (l;i\\\\. When\\nthe father died the sons carried on the business\\ntliroiiii:h the next season, getting out some sixt\\\\-\\nthousand Inicks.aud then deci(le(l to drop thi\u00c2\u00bb luisi-\\nness and learn trades.\\n.losiah was apprenticed to .-i tailor- in .Mansliild\\nand after three scars .-it the trade he worked as a\\njourneyman at .Vshland and .New Il;i\\\\-en, and sub-\\nserpienlly returne l to .Manstield and st.nited a shop.\\nRut this was not of long duration, .-is in .Ma\\\\. is Hi\\nhe joined the volunteer army, enlerini; oinpain-\\nA. Third Ohio Infantry, and serving for one year\\nin the .Mexican ar. with the rank of Second Ser-\\ngeant. Ilewassent to Cincinnati under Col. Cur-\\ntis, and next went to .New Orleans, and joining\\nTaylor army sailed in (ien. H. 1 liutler s Divis-\\nion to .Mexico.\\nThe regiment was kepi at the garrison at .\\\\Iala-\\nmora on duty for ti\\\\( months and then \u00c2\u00abpfint one", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0345.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "344\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nmonth at C omargo, whence the.y marched to Mont-\\nerej and Buena Vista, where his regiment took a\\ntrain of two luindred wagon loads of provision\\nencountering parties of Urears Mexican plunder-\\ners, all along the way but they made their way\\nthrough in safety. They remained in Buena Vista\\nuntil after the lialtle of A era Cruz, when, their\\nterm of service liaving expired, they were dis-\\ncharged, being mustered out at New Orleans,\\nJune 25, 1847 returning by boat to Cincinnati.\\nSergeant Downs now settled down to work at\\nhis trade and to establish a home of his own and\\nwas married October 28, 1847, in Ohio, to Miss\\nLvdi-i Spiteler, a native of that State and daughter\\nof Daniel Spiteler. who was a potter by trade. Our\\nsubject continued in tlie tailoring business, until\\n1855, when he removed to Auburn, Ind., where he\\ncarried on l)usiuess in clothing and furnishing\\ngoods, and eighteen months later removed to Crest-\\nline, Ohio, where he entered into partnership with\\nMr. Greenfield, and enlarged his stock. Five\\nmonths later he removed to Goshen, Ind., and the\\nfollowing .Tanuary, in 1857, he located in Lansing,\\nopening a fine line of clothing and piece goods as\\na merchant tailor. His partnership here with Mr.\\nGreenfield lasted for eighteen months, and then\\nMr. Downs sold out his interest and rentinga room,\\nstarted in as a custom tailor and did well at it for\\ntwelve years, after which he sold his business to\\nMessrs. Murray and Dixon.\\nWhen this gentleman first came to Lansing he\\npurchased an acre of land where the Lansing Wheel\\nWorks now stand, and resided on that spot during\\nthe days of the war, when he sold it and bought\\nsomething over five acres adjoining the corpora-\\ntion. Here he built a house and set out an orchard.\\nAfter .selling his shop he still continued as a cutter\\nand filter, and his old customers still sent for him\\nto do their special work. He finally sold his little\\nplace and bought two and one-half acres where he\\nnow resides, building his present home in 1874.\\nDuring tliis time he was superintendent of the\\ntailoring department at llie Reform School for\\nseven years, while .lohusou iV Howe were superin-\\ndents of the .school. At that time he was so\\nmuch troubled with neuralgia in the head that he\\ngave up his in-door work and devoted himself to\\nhis garden and fruit farm, until he entirely over-\\ncame this trouble.\\nTen children form the household of our subject\\nand his faithful companion, whom we will enum-\\nerate as follows: Oscar B., a baker in Saginaw;\\nJames, who resides in Lansing; Carrie, now Mi-s.\\nMark Aldrich, of Grand Fork County, Dak.; Mil-\\nton B., a cal)inet-maker and the finest workman in\\nthe city; Franklin, who died at the age of six years;\\nJulietta married Mr. Durand, who is in the em-\\nploy of the Michigan Central Railroad at Ypsi-\\nlanti; Mary married William C. Hinman, the City\\nClerk; John is a member of the Metroplitan Police;\\nWilliam M., a carriage trimmer; Minnie is attend-\\ning school at Ypsilanti and Bertha is a member of\\nthe Class of 83, in the High School at Lansing.\\nDaniel .Spiteler. the father of ^Irs. Downs, was\\nborn near Fredericksburg, Pa.,and his father, Simon,\\na Hollander, came to Pennsylvania, where he car-\\nried on a farm and died in Canton, Ohio. Daniel\\nSpiteler had a pottery at Mansfield, and afterward\\ncame to DeKalb County, Ind. where he bought a\\nfarm of eighty acres near Spencer and carried on\\nthe double vocation of farmer and potter. His\\ndeath took place when he was sixty years old. His\\nexcellent wife bore the maiden name of Carolme\\nNeagent and had her birth in Greencastle, Pa., and\\nher father, William Neagent, was a native of Eng-\\nland, who made his home in Greencastle, where he\\nwas a prominent man and a leader in the Masonic\\norder. He was one of the committee who came to\\nDetroit to form the first Masonic lodge in Michigan\\naiid during that trip died on the River Raisin.\\nThe mother died in F^t. Wayne after reaching her\\nseventy-eighth year. They were both earnest and\\ndevoted members of the Baptist Church, and the\\njudicious and faithful parents of nine children.\\nMrs. Downs was their first-born and first saw the\\nlight July 1, 1828 near Mansfield which was her\\nhome until 1856, when she removed to Spencer,\\nInd., where she resided until her marriage.\\n^Ir. Downs has served his township erne year as\\nclerk, and has also been School Director a year. He\\nis identified with Lansing Lodge, No. 33. A.FiVr.A.M.\\nHe joined the Independent Order of Odd Fellows\\nat Auburn, and is also a member of the Association\\nof Mexican Veterans. His political views ally him", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0346.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) lilOdRAI lIICAI. ALBl^M.\\n34o\\nwith tlif DcmociMtic pMilv :iii(l in rcliaioii lie i a\\nI liivcrsMlist. hfiiii; Deai-on and rriistft- in thai\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2h\\\\ii(li. while his wife inclines to the S|iiiitiialistic\\nlaitli. It is a flelijiht to visit this xalued and ex-\\npeiienced citizen, who make,- evi i V ifiicst his friend\\nhv virtue of hiscoiiitesy. affahilit y and iutelliiience.\\ne-^-f^i\\ni/i\\nILl.lA.M A. DKVKlx When one inv. sti-\\nsrates the heifinniuirs of liistor\\\\. coiisid-\\nif erahle reseafch is necessarv in order to\\nmake clear the first settlements and the early\\nrecords. It is believed that the lirst settlement in\\nInjj haiii Coniity was maile hy .Mr. l\\\\oiI ;ers n|)on\\nsection 3f), Stockhridjje rownship. in IK. i. luit the\\ngentleman whose name appeals at the head of this\\n.sketch is the olde.st settler now livi ig within llie\\nIioiuhIs of the county, lie is well known all oNcr\\nthe county. Mild espcciiill\\\\ in Lausini; and \\\\icinity.\\nwlieic lie has lieen prominent in the township .-is\\nSui)ervisoi- and the other |)ositions of trust, lie is\\na most delightful and entertaining talker, as he\\nknow .ill the stories of the early ])i(meer life. At\\nthe time of his first settlement here he had to pro-\\ncine uoik in the more settled portions of the Slate,\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iiid he more than once walked a distance of thirty-\\nlive miles to get w jrk. At one time he ohtained\\nwork at Dexter, laboring seven and one-half da\\\\s\\nin haying and harvesting to procure one hundred\\nl)ounds of flour, and then he walked home again\\nthe twenty-five miles dist;iiicc \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid i-etnrned with\\nhis ox-teaiii to haul it hack, tnakiiiy in .all ele\\\\eii\\nand oiie-li. ilf days of work for one hundicd\\npounds of Hour. lie is m.-iii of reiiiaikalilc\\nmind. keenlyali\\\\ e to all the issues of the d. iy.aiid\\nwith a rich fund of experience.\\nMr. Dryer had his liirth in azt iio\\\\ ia. .\\\\l:idi.-oii\\nCounty. N. V.. March .i. IHi:?. his father. Allen\\nDryer, and his grandfather, who bore the same\\nname, both Ixing natives of the old Hay State.\\nThe name was formerly Dwyer. and the origin.al\\nancestor was a Hollander, but when he was in Kng-\\nland he was conscripted and to e.\u00c2\u00abcape the draft he\\nemigrated to America, where he located in M.issa-\\nehiiselts and cliange l the name to Dryer. Thi\\ngr. indfallier canu from .Massachusetts and became\\nan early settler of .Madison County. N. V.. wliere\\nhe carried on a farm. liis fatluT also bore the\\nname of .Vllen.\\nThe p.arents of our subject lenioved from .Mas-\\nsachusetts to New York after llieii- marriage, and\\nhis father became I ostmaster and .lustit c of the\\nPeace in Ca/enovia, and having reached the :ige\\nof seventy ye.Mis. died there in 1K42. lie had a\\nbiothei who lived to the remarkable age of one\\nhinidred years and nine days. He was a Whig\\nin his political attachment.-. His wife. Ksther\\nBullock, was a d.aughter of lienjamin ISiillock. .a\\n.Massachiisells farmer, .and she die(l at the age of\\nsixty-six years, in the same yi ar which -aw her\\nhusliand s demise. They were earnest and active\\ninenibers of the Presbyterian Church, and had the\\nremarkalile and blessed experience of s eing all of\\ntheir thirteen children grow to years of inatiirit\\\\.\\nThere was not a death in the family until after\\nthe youngest son had reached the age of twenty-\\nthree years. lnring which year the lather and\\nmother and four of the sons were carried to the\\ngrave in three months by a fever.\\nThe children of this family were of follows:\\nH. irzill.a. who died in IH12; .Vdelia is now ninety-\\nfour years old. anil has her home iii liath Town-\\nship. Clinton County; Kstherdied at Battle Creek:\\nLucy passed away at Fenner. N. Y.; .Vlniira died\\nin Clinton County. .Mich.: Hufns died in Ne\u00c2\u00ab\\nYork: David resides in Bath. Clinton County:\\n.Maigaret is with tmr subject; Mary died in Lan-\\nsing in l^t\u00c2\u00bb William our snbject; .lames died\\nin 1 42; Matihia s death occuricd in C:iii:ida: .iiid\\nBenjamin died in 1H12.\\nWilliam Dryer was educati d in tlu district\\nschools of Cazenovia. and at the age of sixteen\\nwas a|)prenticed to the carriage builders tr.ade. .at\\nhicli he served for four years, and then worked\\n.It the business until he reached the age of twenty-\\nthree. In IM. iii he came to Michigan, reaching\\nthis point in .Iiiiie. He traveled by boat to Buf-\\nfalo, by the )ld .Michigan to Detroit, and then\\ncame prospectinii on foot, and tinall\\\\ decided to\\nlocate in .Michigan, .although he had intended to\\nmake Illinois his home. When he left ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0|isilanti", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0347.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "346\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nhe was taken very sick, and as his partner had\\ngone to Illinois, he was in quite a desolate condi-\\ntion; however, he entered eighty acres of land in\\nAVhite Oak Township, on section 21, which was a\\ndense forest. He went on foot back to Detroit,\\nand in the fall lirought his wife and one child,\\nand building a log house, began to climb the lad-\\nder of life on the very bottom round. His resi-\\ndence was a log shanty with a roof made of split\\nred oak shakes, and the floor of split basswood,\\nevened by an adz. He proceeded to clear the\\nfarm, and found his nearest market at Ann\\nArbor, and his most numerous neighbors In-\\ndians, with whom he learned to talk in their\\ndialect.\\nIn 184, Mr. Dryer sold his property in White\\nOak Townshi|), and bought land in Pinckney, Liv-\\ningston County, where he kept a shop and worked\\nat his trade for three years. In 1848 he removed\\nto Lansing, making his home here on the 2d\\nof November, and putting up a shop. He made\\nthe first wagon that was ever manufactured in\\nLansing, and also the first carriage. The axles of\\nthis vehicle were made out of iron-wood poles\\nwhich were taken from an old log house. For two\\nyears he carried on the manufacture of wagons\\nand carriages, and then entered the eniploj of\\nSmith, Turner fe Seymour, in building the plank\\nroad between Lansing Howell. In their inter-\\nests he had charge of the store at Leroy and also\\nof a sawmill, where the planks for the road were\\nmanufactured. This work occupied him for two\\nyears, and subsequently he entered the mercantile\\nbusiness, into which he was aided by Zach\\nChandler, who helped to establish his credit for\\nthe purchase of goods. He carried on this store\\nfor four years upon Center Street, North Lansing,\\nand made a success of it, but he then sold out this\\nl)usiness and purchased a farm.\\nTJie property wliich Mr. Dryer now bought com-\\nprised one hundred and eighty-five acres, all in\\nthe woods, situated upon section 7, Lansing Town-\\nship. He located upon this land and proceeded to\\nimprove it, and in 18.56 hewed out and built a log\\nhouse. He was nominated by the Republican\\n])arty as Representative in the Legislature, but was\\ndefeated by the Hon, 0. M, Barnes. He continued\\nto re.side upon his farm until November 1889,\\nwhen he retired from active life, and selling that\\nproperty came to live in Lansing. He was the\\nfirst citizen of Ingliani County to introduce fine\\nsheep here. Merinos being his hobl^y, and he had\\nover four hundred head in his flock. He al.so in-\\ntroduced ftiorough-bred Sh(irt-horn cattle, and was\\none of the originators of the Central Michigan\\nAgricultural Association, of which he was the first\\nPresident, an office he held for two yeans. He is\\nstill one of its firm friends, and was a Director\\ncontinuously until his retirement from active\\nduties. At its fairs he has taken man} pre-\\nmiums, and was ever active in promoting its in-\\nterests.\\nThis venerable gentleman was, on the 24th\\nof October, 1834, united in marriage with the\\nwife of his youth, in Hamilton, Madison County,\\nN. Y. Tliis lady was Miss Betsey H. Newell,\\na native of Morrisville, and she passed from\\nearth in 1861. Her nine children are: Mary,\\nMrs. ,1. E. Warner, of Lansing: Dr. Newell en-\\nlisted in 1864 in the Seventeenth Michigan Infan-\\ntry, and served as Assistant Surgeon until the\\nclose of the war; Elbridge, a farmer in Lansing\\nTownship; Esther was Mrs. G.W. Christopher, and\\ndied in 1887; Adelaide and James W. both died\\nin infancy; Helen A. died in 1880 at the age of\\ntwenty-four; William F., a farmer in Bath Town-\\nship; and Betsey K. is Mrs. E. M. .Johnson, of\\nOwosso. Newell Dryer enlisted as a private, and\\nhis father went to Gov. Crapo and obtained for\\nhim (ahead of forty-seven other applications) a\\ncommission as Assistant Surgeon. This able\\nphysician, who is now practicing in Bath, Clin-\\nton County, is a graduate of the Buffalo Medical\\nCollege.\\nThe second marriage of the gentleman of whom\\nwe are writing took place in 1861, and he was then\\nunited with Mrs. Sarah Britton, who was born in\\nSteuben County, N. Y..and came to Michigan with\\nher parents in 1879, locating in Wayne County,\\nwhere they lived upcm a farm. Her first marriage\\ntook place in Ann Arbor, and she afterward lived\\nin I inckney, where Mr. Britton died, and sub-\\nsequent to that event she located in Lansing in\\n1852,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0348.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n347\\nWlien Mr. Dryer wa.s rosidinsr in White Oak\\nTt)wiisliip. lie served as Supervi.sor mikI Towiisliii)\\nClerk as well as School Inspeetor. lie hel|n (l to\\norfjaiiize the towiishii) and tiie eounty. and served\\nas County Commissioner, heiiig also Chaii nian of\\nthe lioard for two years. In Lansing Towii hi|i\\nhe was Supervisor for fourteen years, and duriui;-\\nmost of that time was Chairman of the Couiity\\nHoard. He helped to build all the hIiooIIiouscs,\\nand had a liroad acquaintance throughout the\\ncounty. lie is a memlier of the State Pioneer\\nAssociation, as well as of the Ingham County\\nPioneer Association, and was its honoied President\\nfor many years.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal Church is the religious\\nbody with which our subject is in sympathy, and\\nhe has been an otiicial member of it for many\\nyears, but he also synijiathizes warmly with all re-\\nligious movements, and has aided in the erection\\nof every church in Lansing. In his early days he\\nwas a Free-soil Democrat, but when the Fugitive\\nSlave Law came into force, it sent him with many\\nothers into the newly formed Republican party in\\n1854. His first Presidential vote was cast for M.-ir-\\ntin an Buren, and his second for .lohn C. Fre-\\nmont. Since that time he has been a pillar in the\\nRepublican party, and until recently he has at-\\ntended nearly ever\\\\- county and congressional\\nconvention, and was a member and Chairman in\\nthe Republican Committee of Ingham County for\\nyears.\\nI I I I I\\nr\\n!#;ILLIAM IIKNRY l;A^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0|\u00e2\u0080\u00a2:R. is a t.nnicr\\nand stock-raiser, who owns two huiidie l\\nY W ind eighty acres of land within the cor-\\nporate limits of Mason. His farm is located on\\nsection 9, of Yevay Town.ship. Ingham County,\\nbut his residence is in the city proper. The dis-\\ntance between his residence and the farm which lie\\noperates being so short that he can readily go from\\none place to the other. .Mr. Rayner was born in\\nthe town of Brutus, Cayuga County. N. April\\n24, lU dG. lie is the son of John and Kniily\\n(Meech) Ravnor. the father a native of Oranegc\\nCounty, N. V.. and the niotlier of the town of\\nHrutus, where nir subject was born.\\n)ur subject s jiarents came to ^lichigan when\\ntheir son was but three years of age, and they lo-\\ncated In the village of M.ason, at a time when there\\nwas liut a limited chance for the lad to obtain\\nmany educational advantages, as they were in\\nsucli liii:iiicial position that he had to work on the\\nfarm at the time when he should have been in\\nschool. He had a great desire to become a sur-\\nveyor and althougli he never had any opportunity\\nof studying the science of surveying in school, yet\\nhe gave w hat time he could to the study, while en-\\ngaged in farming until he became quite an expert\\nat the business, even going so far as to construct\\nsome of his leveling instruments. He was rec-\\nognized in the neighborliood in which iie lived as\\nbeing an ingenious young man, and his services\\nwere frequently in requisition as a surveyor. He\\nstill possesses an instrument for leveling that he\\nhimself made, that cannot be surpassed by any in-\\nstrument made at the present time. He served\\nfaithfully upon his l ;itlier s place until the age of\\ntwenty-one, giving his time to the very day. but\\nimmediately after began to do for himself.\\nWilliam Henry Rayner began to work by the\\nmouth or day, or any other way in which he could\\nearn money, and in a short time he had made a\\npositic)n fur himself and was recognized through-\\nout the township ;is a progressive, go-ahead j oung\\nman. In two or three years he was elected Con-\\nstable, in which capacity he served for eight years\\nand he has served as (onnty Surveyor some twelve\\nor sixteen years, although not consecuti\\\\ely. He\\nhas also frequently perfoniicd (he duties of City\\nFngineer.\\nOur subject began to feel himself in a position\\nin which he could have a home of his own. and ou\\nSeptember li. l.S(!(i, he made Miss I- rances Robbins\\nthe presiding genius over his domestic affairs, as\\nwell as the custodian of his best affections, his\\nconqianioii .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid liel|)mate. She was born in .Mai-\\nedoii Towiisliip, liii;h;iiii ouiilv. March I. ISKJ.\\nand is n daughter ol W illiain P. and Lydia M.\\n(Wells) Roliliiiis. )iir suliject and his wife are the\\nparent* of three cliiUhen; Robbins B. Rayner,", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0349.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "348\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nliorn December 4, 1H7;?. Ric SL. lioin May 13,\\n1875, .iiid William 1 lioni .lainiary 16. 1881.\\nOur subject is a l)eliever in tlie Biltle, of whicli he\\nhas always been mm nidcnt, studeiil, helievinir it to\\nbe the Book of huoivs, and from a literary stand-\\npoint, without parallel. In i)olitics he is a Re])uli-\\nlican. givinji his vote and inlluenee to that i)arty\\nin its ])vuitv of principle. JNIr. Hayner owns a\\n;ood home in Mason, Init talvcs jjreat delisilit in\\nliis farm and farm hfe. His placi in tlie country\\nliears evidence of intcllij^ent and skillful manage-\\nment. Me has on his pltice a little log cabin to\\ncommemorate loji cMhin cainp:!!!;!! times. Mr. Hay-\\nner lias on liis phice a tine park and ground^, wliich\\nis the only park in tlie village.\\nLh/\\nSi\u00c2\u00a3\\nM. N()TTIN(;iI.\\\\M, M. I). The stand-\\ning of a right-minded and skillful pli3 S-\\nician in .an intelligent coiiimunity is one\\nof great honor and repute, hut it is one\\nwhich must be attained through years of hard laljor\\nand conscientious pursuit of the work which came\\nto hand. Xo one, more than a physician, knows\\nhow true it is that a man who would obtiiin a good\\nstanding in his profession must work liaid and de-\\nvote himself untlinchingly to duty through all the\\nyears of his career. Negligence in such a one is\\ncrimin.al and is justly considered iui])rofessional,\\nwhile the devotion of his Itest knowledge and high-\\nest powers to every case wliicli comes to his h!ind\\nis only his duly. Such devotion lias Inouglit l)i\\nN oltingliani to the foreiiio. ~t rank among the llonie-\\nopatliic pliysicians of Ingliani onnty, and has\\nbrought to him the largest pi-actice of any phys-\\nician of his school, and Lansing is proud to claim\\nhim as one of her prominent citizens.\\nDr. Nottingham, who is the ex-1 resideiit of the\\nMichigan Stale Medical So icty. is the miii of\\n.laiiio Nottingham, a ii-ginian, and (he grand-\\nson of an Kiiglishman who cmiiic from Xottingham-\\nshire, England, to America, where lie located in\\nVirginia h v a short time before removing to Dela-\\nware County, Ind., where he died, when the father\\nof our subject was liut a little boy. The grand-\\nfather was a man of means and connected with\\nthe Knglish nobility, yet in some way the mother\\nwas h ft in destitute circumstances at his death,\\nand was obliged to struggle hard to rear her fam-\\nily, who lived according to the pioneer w.ays of\\nthat day in Indiana.\\nlien the father of our subject was ten years\\nold he was bound to a shoemaker, and after learn-\\ning that trade he drifted into cabinet-making, and\\nengaged in the manufacture of furniture under the\\nfirm name of N ittingham A Kirby, which firm is\\nstill carrying on busiiiess at Miineie, Inil. .lames\\nXottingliam was one of the first settlers at Muneie,\\nand he helped to clear the ground where the Court\\nHouse now stands, lie was successful in business,\\nand owned some farming land there, which he\\nlinally traded for a farm at .lonesboro, Grant\\nCounty, Ind., where he followed farming until his\\ndeath, in IHSti, at the .age of seventy-six years.\\nDuring thi late war, when copperhead views\\nwere rampant in Indiana, .lames Nottingham was\\ncalled ujion to act as enrolling officer in (Jrant\\nCounty. .\\\\s there was then a very strong senti-\\nment against the draft amiuig those wlio did not\\nsympathize with the Union cause, there were ef-\\nforts made at resi.-tance and it made his ollice a\\nver\\\\ laiii;cidu one. They tlircatencd to liaiig\\nOld .lim Nottingham and Inirn U\\\\ propi rty.\\nThis gentleman was a prominent man in many\\nways, being a Trustee of the township, and a mem-\\nber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for\\nfifty-four years, and was at the time of his death\\none of llie ol(lc t members of that order. l or\\nforty years lie was a member of the Metliodist\\nKplsco)ial Church and did good service, both as a\\nCLass-Leader and .-is Superintendent of the Sunday-\\nschool. He was a man of mark in the .Vgricultural\\nSociety and as a sheep owner, .as he raised fine\\nsheep of all kinds. His good wife, who bore the\\nname in maldiiihood of Sarah .1. Heal, was horn\\nnear Man^licld. (\u00c2\u00bbhio: her father came from\\n.Maini aiul hccaine an earlN setth i ot )lii i. She\\nnow roides on the old homestead. All hut one of\\nher fourteen children are now living.\\nThree brotliei of our subject were in the Civil\\nWar, mimely: J, C., who served for four ye.ars in", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0350.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n349\\nEiijlitli IiHlijiii;! Infantry, niid was llicn wdiiiiilcd\\niiiid l. ikcii piisoiu r. hut after lii iiii,^ four days in tlic\\nhands of tlio ioIk-Is w.is I xchaniicd just t)efore\\nivaoliini, l,ilili Piisini; Owen 1 wlio was in llic\\nThirty-foui-tli Indiana Infantry for about tincc\\nyears, and .Tolin who was one of the Ninety-\\nday lioys in the One lluudicd and Thirty-fourth\\nIndiana Infantry.\\nI). iM. Xdttinjjliam was one of the youiiycr\\nmembers of his father s family anil was horn in\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2loneshoro, (Jrant County, Ind., .lanuary lis.\\nHe was reared on the farm and atteiuled tin dis-\\ntrict seliool. and wlien twelve years old was sent\\nto Fairmount Academy. Ind.. to prep.are for col-\\nh ge. When sixteen he entered the Indi;iiia State\\nNorin.al School, at Terre Haute, where he studied for\\ntiu ee years, spending- his vacations in learnint; the\\nluirness trade witli his l)rother. At the same\\naifc lie heijan teachino;. and after two years in\\nthis profes.sion in Grant t ounty. Ind., he then,\\nin 1870, engaged in the harness husiness in Fair-\\niiiount, Ind.\\nIt was in that city that Mr. Nottingham met\\nand married, on the iHtli of May, 187(1. IMiss Kliza-\\nhetli lialdwin. a native of Fairniount, who was\\na graduate of the Weslevan College, at Wlieaton,\\n111., and who had heen teaching for two years in\\nWabash County, Ind. She was the daughter of\\n.loiiathan lialdwin, who founded that town and\\nlaid it out and named it after Fairmount Park, at\\nPtiiladel])liia, that beautiful tract of land where\\nour Centennial Exposition wa.s held. .lonatlian\\nBaldwin was born in PeniKsylvania and w.is a\\niuaker, hut married out of meeting and was ex-\\n|)elled. as the church ier|uire(l its nieinl)crs to marry\\nill llic church.\\nAlthough young Noltinghaiii coritiniied after\\nmarriage for about a year in the harness business,\\nhe could not quell his earnest desire, which he\\nhad cherished from early boyhood, to study anat-\\nomy and chemistry and thus fit himself for a med-\\nical c;ireer. He therefore began the sturly of medi-\\niiie under Dr. .1. C. Nottingham, now of l a\\\\( ity.\\nand in 18711 entered Hahnemann .Medical College,\\nat Chicago, taking his diploma in 18H1. He lirst lo-\\ncatedat Bronson, Mich., and there continued in the\\npractice of medicine tmtil 1881, when he removed\\nto Lansing. During the seven yeai-sof his sojourn\\nin this city he lm,s liuilt up a splendid practice,\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind now owns a tine residence at the corner of\\nWashington venue and Lenawee .Streets, which\\nhe built in 188;).\\nThe two children of Dr. and Mrs. Nottingham\\nliret .1. and Ki a L. Wliile living in Bronson\\nthe Doctor was Picsident of the School Board and\\nresigned that position upon his removal to Lan-\\nsing, lie has heen Supervisor for one year and\\nfor two years was .Mdernian of the Sixth Ward.\\nHe is prominently idcntilied with the Free and\\n.\\\\ccepted Masons, the Hoyal .Vrch Masons, the\\nKnights of I vtliias .and the Royal Arcanum. He\\nis exaniining physician for different insurance\\nconipanies. He is the ICx-l rcsidcnt of the .State\\nMedical .Society .and .active in the Republican lauks.\\nThe Congregational Church is the religious body\\nwith whiili Dr. and Mrs. Nottingham tind them-\\nselves in .sympathy, and their position in the social\\ncircles of Lansing is exceptionally good.\\nO.SEPII W. HAUKER. Everyone has a\\ngood word to speak for the veteran grocery-\\nman of Lansing, Ingham C ninty. He is\\nnot only up to standard in his weights and\\nmeasures hut .also in good fellowshi]). being genial,\\nintelligent .and well informed. He is the oldest\\ngrocery dealer here and his faith in the capital\\ncit\\\\- and its desirability as a business location has\\nheen rewai ded. for he is now the po.ssessor of a\\n\\\\erv comfortable fortune which he has amassed in\\nhis legitimate business. He deals exclusively in\\nthe articles that are used m the household, table\\nstaples and luxuries.\\nOur subject came to Michigan in 1844 and lo-\\ncatecl ill )iieida Township. IJiton County. Four\\n\\\\i ;il Later, in .luiic. 18|8. he came to L!in ilig and\\nlia sinci made this his home, catering to the appe-\\ntites of ejiicnres in all sorts of tempting delicacies.\\nHe was born in Byron, (Jenesee County, N. Y.,\\nNovember 7, 182 He i.-- a .son of Augustus", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0351.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "360\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nBarker who was a native of Oneida County, N. Y.\\nOur subject s paternal grandfatlier was Josepli\\nBarker, born in Oneida County where he was en-\\ngaged as farmer. He, however, located in (ieucsee\\nC ounty in an early day, settling in Byron Town-\\nship. The father of our suljject served in the War\\nof 1812, in which he was a musician in the Conti-\\nnental Army. He was at Buffalo when it was\\nburned. Our subject s father came to Michigan\\nand settled in Oneida Township, Eaton County, in\\n1845. He bought an improved farm there, but\\ntwo years later while on a visit to New York for\\nhis health he died in his native county. He was a\\nstrong anti-slavery man and also an ardent temp-\\ner.anee advocate. Throughout the greater portion\\nof his life he was a member of tlie Free-Will I y.iy)-\\ntist Cliurch.\\nMr. Barker s mother was previous to her mar-\\nriage a Miss Poll} Eastman. She, like hei- hus-\\nband, W.1S a native of (ienesee County, N. Y., and\\na daughter of Hiram Eiistman, a farmei- at that\\nplace. He died near London, Canada. Oui- suli-\\nject s mother brought into the world five cliildreii,\\nof whom he of whom we write was theyounge-st in\\norder of birth. He was reared in New York State\\nuntil he was sixteen years of age and in the fall of\\n1845 they came West, bringing their household\\ngoods by te.am and wagon. He had shipjjed to\\n(Trand Rapids and intended to locate there. ))ut\\nstopped at the home of an aunt, who induced them\\nto stay in Eaton. The journey hither occupied\\nthree weeks and when they reached it* end the\\ncountry was indeed wild enough. Tliere were\\nunbroken forests that seemed almost impenetrable,\\nwith their closely-growing trunks of huge trees and\\nthick tangled underbiMisli through which only tlie\\nwild iinimals of the forests couhl force a p;i.-sage.\\nI here were (ilenty of wol\\\\(s ntid plenty of Indians\\nand our subject became familiar with several of\\ntlie noted chiefs. He attended school at the log\\nschoolhouse in the district. The seats that they\\noccupied were only slabs with pegs in the ends for\\nlegs. The books nml olhcr m liool .ipiiliiuices weri\\nvaried and crude.\\nIn 1848 the original of our sketch came to Lan-\\nsing and began to work at the mason s trade under\\nJohn N. Bush. He remained with him for three\\n.years and then continued the same work with Mr.\\nAlcott as a partner, then went back to Mr. Bush,\\naftei which he was engaged in work alone and then\\nthe firm became that of Bush A Alcott. He work-\\ned on the old offices of the capitol and if there is\\na good foundation to the legislative halls that will\\npreserve the old building from rocking in times of\\ntrouble it will no doubt l)e due to the careful and\\nconscientious workmanship of our subject. In\\n1871, Mr. Barker left the mason s business and\\nentered the furniture l3usiue,ss in North Lansing,\\nwhich was run under the firm name of Barker it\\nAVilbur. In 1873 he sold out his interest and\\nformed a partnership with Daniel Parker in the\\ngrocery business. They started their business in\\nthe ojjera house block and the firm continued\\ntogether under the name of Barker Parker until\\nthe former was stricken with writer s paralysis. Six\\nmonths later he was so much better that the firm\\nbought out the Bunn Ar .John grocery adjoining\\nthe post-office. There they continued for one\\nyear, in the meantime erecting a fine double brick\\nstore of their own. This our subject is now the\\nowner of, and they continued in the grocery busi-\\nness here until Mr. Parker died, February 16, 1889.\\nHe had purchased t ne stock one month pre^ ious to\\nhis decease. This grocery hou.se is the one tliat\\nhas l)een hjngest estalilished in the city.\\nMr. Barker owns a fine residence on Capitol\\nAvenue and Saginaw Street; he is also the owner\\nof other property that is very valuable. His mar-\\nriage took place in this city in 1854, he was united\\nto Miss Elsie Maiden, a native of Ftica. N. Y.,\\nwho came to Wayne County, ^licli.. with her\\nl)arents when three years of age. tiience all came to\\nthe city of L;i using in IH-17. This marriage lias\\nbeen blest by the aihenl of three eliildien wlniare\\nArllinr A.. Inn L. nnd Willinni II. The eldest wa.s\\nborn in Voungslown. Niiignra County, X. Y.; lua L.\\nisnowlSIrs. Dr. Cameron, of Lansing; William H.\\nenlisted in the regultR- army April 30, 1889, when\\ntwenty-five years old. He belongs to Company\\n1-:.. of the Fifth Fnited Stntes Artillery, ami is\\nstationed at the month of the Cohnnliia Hiver.\\nThe eldest son also served Mac years in the regular\\narmy.\\nOur subject has been an Alderman from the", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0352.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBL M.\\n351\\nI ouitli Mril t\\\\ir two years niiil Supci visoi one\\nVt jir. I or two \\\\oni he was :i incinlicr of llic\\nfSeliool IJoai l and while thus in ofliee did eilicienl\\nwork. Socially he belonsfs to Capitol Lodjfe.\\nNo. F. A A. and was Master of his\\nlo(|ue durinu tlie wai He lieloniis to llie Hoyal\\n.Vi eanuni an l in his ehureh relations is a nienilier\\nof the Fice-\\\\\\\\ ill liaptist denomination .-iiid has\\nheld vaiious positions in this body, lie was on\\nthe biulding eoininitlee as Chaii-man and Is and\\nhas for years been a Deacon in the hureli. lie has\\nfof many years been Superintendent of the Sun-\\nday-school and is a stronsj Prohibitionist.\\ni\\nr****\\nKXRY 11. DARIJV, M. D. Of the younuer\\nfollowers of Esculapius practicing in the\\ncity of Lansing, Ingham County, none are\\nmore progressive in their ))rofessional ideas\\nand tendencies than our subject. The tendene\\\\-\\nof the time in professional circles is a dissatisfaction\\nwith one s aci]uirements and a feverish anxiety\\nto rend the veil of future discoveries and niven-\\ntions. taking to one s self all the advantages that\\nmay be utilized. On the whole the writer believes\\nthis to be a wholesome condition of affairs. Dr.\\nDarby is no exception to tlie rule, lieing ainbitious\\nto stand at the head of his profession. He unites\\nto his medical jjractice.a knowledge of snrgeiy.\\nlie is located at North Lansing and there has a\\nvery remunerative practice.\\nThe Prairie State was the scene of the nativity\\nof the subject of this sketch, he having been boiii\\nin the vdl.age of Paris, llunk r Township. Kdgar\\nCounty, the year i)revions to the firing of the first\\ngnn at Sumter. His natal day occuiied .\\\\pril\\nIHG((. He is a si)n of Dr. P.enjainin F. Darby,\\nwho was born in Hampshire County. W. Wa.. where\\nonr sid)ject s grandfather was a farmer. The old\\ngentleman removed at an early day to Nebr.aska\\nand there died. Soon after attaining his majority\\nour siil jeet s f.Mther came to Illinois. He was a\\nphysician and surgeon and located in llinitei-\\nTownship, Kdgar County, where he is still one of\\nthe most proniineul and skilled praelitiouei of\\nthe locality. He is an ardent worker in the church,\\nbelonging U the Methodist Episcopal persuasion.\\nHis wife was prior to their marriage, Miss .Susan\\nKerns. lik himself a native of West Virginia. She\\npassed away from this life in Hunter Townshi])\\nand was there Laid away with the greatest tender-\\nness and respect, for she was much beloved by\\nfriends and neighbors, being an estimable woman\\nof striking iinalities. She was the mother of eleven\\nchildren. Only four of these, however, are now\\nliving, and of these our subject is the youngest.\\nDr. Darliy was reared in his native place and from\\n1(^77 to l)^7:i he was an attendant at Prof. Ilurty s\\nAcademy, formerly known as Edgar Collegiate In-\\nstitute at Paris and then went to Valparaiso. Ind.,\\nwhere he was a student for one year, after which he\\nbegan the study of medicine, reading under his\\nfather s direction until IMHl. Early influences\\nand surroundings had their effect upon our suliject,\\nfor he was in a manner prepared for his work\\nliefoie he began it, and when he entered college\\nwas enabled to accomplish three years work in two\\nyears. In 1K8I he entered the College of Physi-\\ncians and Snrgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, and was grad-\\nuated in 1883 and thus was entitled to add the\\ninitials ^I. D. to his name. After graduating he\\nat once began the practice of his profession in part-\\nnership with his father in Hunter Township and\\ncontinued to be thus a.ssociated and engaged until\\n18K(;.\\nAt the date above mentioned our snbjeet came\\nto ^Michigan and located in Moiiice, Shiawassee\\nCounty. There he built nj) a g(X)d practice and\\nstood high in the estiniati(m of the pcojile of the\\ncommunity, rem.aining with them until 1890. De-\\nsiring a broader fiehL not only for practice, but\\nfor self progress, he at that time removed to North\\nJ ansing and has since been engaged in his profes-\\nsion at his jnesent l(K-ality. lie is a pronunent\\nyoung physician and already has a good patronage.\\nIn college he was an indefatigable student and\\nevery spare moment outside of his regular course\\nwas given to special studies. He has made the dis-\\neases of women and children a specialty and is\\n])aiticularly successful in that branch of treatment.\\nIn surgery he is conversant with the latest and", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0353.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "352\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nmost approved methods, having a perfect equip-,\\nmeiit in the way of instruments for any operation.\\nOur subject s marriage took place in this city\\nDecember 15, 1886, at whicli time he was united\\nto Miss Mai garet Cameron, a daughter of Capt. A.\\nCameron, a veteran of the late war. She was born\\nin Lansing, and was here educated. One child\\nhas been born of this union, a daughter, whose\\nname is S. Beatrice. The Doctor is a member of\\nthe Knights of the Maccabees. Liberal in religious\\nmatters himself, his wife is a member of the Pres-\\nbyterian Church.\\n\\\\i\\n08EPH W. COLLINS is a general farmer own-\\ning and occupying a fine estate of two huu-\\nI dred and ninety acres of land located on sec-\\n^^f tion 3.i, Lansing Township, Ingham County.\\nMr. Collins was born in the township of Rose.Wayne\\nCounty, N. Y., September KJ, 1818. His father,\\nMoses F. Collins, was for many years a resident of\\nthe same county and a farmer by occupation. The\\nmaiden name of the mother of our subject was Mary\\nWade; she also was a native of Wayne County,\\nN. Y. Mr. Collins made his home with his parents at\\nRose until he was eighteen years of age, helping\\nwitli the farm work and during the winters attend-\\ning the district school.\\nWhen in his eighteenth j^ear our subject s family\\nmoved to Michigan and settled in Washtenaw\\nCounty at a distance of three miles from Ann Ar-\\nbor. Mr. Collins entered the academy at Ann Arbor\\nand took the preparatory course for the Uni-\\nversity, which he entered with the second class that\\nwas formed after the organization of the University.\\nAfter taking a limited course of study our subject\\nbegan teaching. His work in this respect was\\nmarked with success. He continued teaching for\\nseveral terms in different parts of the county.\\nMr. Collins was early converted to Christianity\\nand was a diligent student of the Scriptures. So\\ndevoted had he been to the study of the Word of\\n(iod that he was licensed to preach at the age of\\ntwenty-five, and became a Wesleyan Methodist\\nminister. He followed the calling of a preacher\\nfor eight years consecutively, but he has been en-\\ngaged in the work more or less regularly for a\\nperiod of twenty years.\\nThe original of our sketch was very happily mar-\\nried when in his twenty-seventh year to Miss Lucy\\nAnn Raymond, who at that time was twenty-three\\nyears of age. Their nuptials were solemnized in 1835.\\nOf this union two children were born Florence\\nwho died when she was three years of age, and\\nEvangeline, born in the year of 1850, married Albert\\nFelton. She is the mother of four children Ray\\nwho is seventeen years of age; Alfred, tiiirteen;\\nFloyd, ten; and Winnie three years old (1891).\\nI Mr. Felton s family are residents of Alaiedon Town-\\nship, Ingham County.\\nMr. Collins moved to Lansing in 1850 and owned\\na farm of sixty acres within what is now the city\\nlimits. The farm was situated where the school for\\nthe blind now stands, our subject having donated\\nthe land now occupied by the school for that pur-\\npose. His first wife died October 19, 1855 and he\\nwas again married to Laura Glines, February 7,\\n1857. They moved cm a farm near Alaiedon where\\nthey remained for five years. He then purchased\\nthe farm whereon he now resides. Ten children\\nhave been the result of this marriage; four died in\\ninfancy. Florence Collins, born in 1861, is the\\nwife of A. Black of Delhi; they have one daughter,\\na child two years old. Arthur, who was born in\\n1868 isascliool teacher and telegraph operator, now\\nliving at Plymouth where he is in charge of the\\ntelegia|)li station at that place. He married Mary\\nFoote and is the father of two children Clifford\\nand Zoah four and two years old respectively.\\nErnest J. born in 1868 married Miss Edna Darrah\\nand lives in LansingTownship; their union has been\\nblest by the advent of one child still a babe. .Tudson\\nD., who was born in 1871; Franklin N., in 1876;\\nand Alice, who was born in 1878, are still at home.\\nIn politics Mr. Collins is a Republican. Dining\\nthe war he was a strong Abolitionist. As a mini-\\nster of the (iospel he was blest with a great degree\\nof success in bringing souls to their Master and was\\nnever happier than while engaged in ministerial\\nwork. An intelligent and well-informed man\\nreading all that comes within reach that bears upon", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0354.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "PORTHAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n353\\nIhf iHii- tHMi (iC tin iIm\\\\ 111- i~ iiitcit .-Uil In tin\\nprt)i iL ss and adviuieemeiit of llu tiiiu s. He is\\nwoll !ind favorably known throughout Iiiu;hain\\nCounty as being a man of unimpeachable integrity\\nand lionor.\\n/J?\\nAJIES WATERMAN HOPKINS. Tlio ocn-\\ntlcman vf whom we shall attempt to give a\\nbiographical sketch in outline, was born in\\n5^^ Argyle. Washington County, N. Y.. May\\n14, 1840. Me has naturally an executive ability\\nthat has pushed him to the front so that he is well\\nknown wherever he happens to be. In the words\\nof a breezy account given of the gentleman in one\\nof the Lansing papers, not to know .liin i- up-\\npopular. He is the Grand Keeper of Records and\\nSeals of the Knights of Pythias, of Michigan.\\nThe father of Mr. llo|ikins was Dr. Freeman\\nHopkins, who w;is biiin in Argyle, Washington\\nCounty, N. V. His paternal grandfather, James\\nHopkins, wlio was a native of Rhode Island, w. is a\\nblacksmith by trade. At an earl\\\\ day lie rcnxivi d\\nto Washington County, N. V., an l there located\\non a farm of live hundred and sixty-five acres that\\nis still in possession of the Hopkins family. Later\\nhe removed to Wayne County, N. Y., where he\\nwas a pioneer in the township of Sodus. He es-\\ntablished the fashion there for gentlemen of wear-\\ning a shawl, by wearing a checked blanket over\\nhis shoulders on one of his trips from AW iyne to\\nWashington County. Interestingly original, he\\nwas amiable and companionalile and liked by all\\nthe early settlers in the [lortion of the county where\\nhe lived. He graduated at Kairlield, N. in\\n1H;H, and later took his degree as |)hysician from\\na New York ^ledical College. Soon after he came\\nto Michigan where he remained a short time at\\n.Mbion and K.-damazoo, but he returned to Wash-\\nington County, N. Y., and later to Wayne County.\\n-Vli this time he was engaged in the practice of his\\n|)rofe.ssion.\\nIn IHl. ovir subject s father came again to .Mich-\\nigan and ifter a short stav at Albion he loc. ited at\\nKalamazoo and there practiced medicine until the\\nfall of the year of 1866. At this time he re-\\nmoved to Otsego, and there his death occurred\\nJuly !l, 1873. He was deeply mourned by many\\nfrii iids and actjuaintances. Throughout life he\\nwas a strong adherent of the Republican party.\\n\u00c2\u00bbui- Mibject s mother was Adeline M. Potter in her\\nmaiden days. She is a native of Argyle, Washing-\\nton ounl\\\\-, N. Y., being there born ^Covember\\nIHdlt. Slu- is a daughter of Abel and Mary\\n\\\\Vatcrman) Potter, natives of Rhode Island. Later\\nlicr father became a farmer in Washington County,\\nN. .Mrs. IIo|)kin s paternal grandfather was\\nSand I otter, who was a native of Hanbury, Conn.\\nHer great-grandfather was Thomas Potter. aL^^o\\nborn at Danbury, Conn., and her great-great-grand-\\nfather was Daniel Potter, born at New Haven, Conn.\\nHe was the oldest son of Nathaniel Potter, who was\\nborn in New Haven. Conn., and Nathaniel s father\\nwas William Potter, who i-ame from England to\\nthis I ountry about the year 1735 in company with\\nhis brother John. Together they .sailed from Lon-\\ndon on the sailing vessel Abigail. On landing\\nin this country they settled at New Haven, Conn.,\\nand there were the Hrst settlers in America of this\\nbranch of the Potter f. imil\\\\-. Our subject s motliei-\\nstill resides in .Vrgylc, X. Y. She is a woman of\\nstriking personality and is foremost in every good\\nand progressive work that is undertaken at her\\nhome. She is a Baptist in her church preference.\\nWhen Mr. Hopkins was only five years of age\\n111 removed with his parents from the county\\nof his birth over to Wayne County, same State,\\nand there he remained until he was thirteen\\nyears of .age, at whieli time he with the whole fam-\\nily came to Kalamazoo, Jlich.. and that city he has\\nc. illed his home until moving to Lansing. The\\nrudinunts of his e lucation were acfiuired in the\\ndistrict school of his luitixc place, after which he\\ngiaduated at the Kalamazoo College. He then\\nwent to Iiiion College of Schenectady, N. Y.. and\\ngraduated in the Class of 61, taking the degree of\\nA. I in the classical course. He took his degree\\nof .M. at the same college in iJ^til.\\nWith his sheepskin under his arm our subject\\ncame from college to .ludge (Jiddings law otlice in\\nK. ilam. izoo and tried to master the abstruseness of", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0355.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "Jo 4\\ni\\\\jktrait and biographical album.\\nBlackstuiR De(. i(liiig that his affection for legal\\nlore was not so great that he could spend his life\\nover musty law liooks. he drifted into journalism\\nand took a reportorial ijosition on the Kalamazijo\\nDaily Telegraph where he remained three years.\\nDuring that time he was elected Clerk of the town-\\nship which at that time included the city. He\\nheld tliat office until IHGf! and so well did he per-\\nform the duties of the oHice that his constituents\\ndecided that he was fitted for a more exalted po-\\nsition, and in accordance with this decision the_y\\nmade him Clerk of the county, which office lie held\\nuntil 1873 and in April of that year he was elected\\nJustice of the Peace. This offlce he held for four\\nyears. In 1877 he was appointed village Clerk\\nand Water Commissioner of Kalamazoo and con-\\ntinued in this otiice until 1883, at which time many\\nof his friends concluded that such ability as his\\nwould develop l)etter in the service of the State\\nat large and so secured his appointment in the\\nSecretary of State s office at Lansing, and this pos-\\nition he continued to fill until December 3, 1890,\\nwhen the change in local government occurred\\nand he was put upon the retired list.\\njNIarch 21, 1871, ~S\\\\\\\\\\\\ James W. Hopkins was\\nmarried to Miss Cora L. Eaton, daughter of the\\nlate Col. Willard (i. Eaton, late of the Thirteenth\\nMichigan Infantry. Mrs. Hopkins is a native of\\nOtsego, Allegan County. ISIich.. and was educated\\nat Kalamazoo College, that State. Col. Eaton,\\nw.as killed during the late war at the liattle of\\nBentonville. S. C. Our subject and his wife are\\nthe proud parents of two interesting children who\\nare just now verging upon manhood and woman-\\nhood. The daughter, Bessie Lee Hopkins, is a I\\ngraduate at the Michigan Female Seminary at Kal-\\nam.azoo. She is a very lovely and attractive young\\nwoman and has inheiited from both jiarents the\\nbest intellectual qualities as well as a pleasing and\\nagreeable temperament. Willaifl F., the sou, is a\\nstudent at the Agricultural College at Lansing,\\nand his friends will be greatly disappointed if he\\ndoes not fulfill their high expectations for him for\\na brilliant future.\\nOur subject s present otlicial position occupies\\nall his time. He travels a great deal in the interest\\nof the societ} He is a member of the Capital Lodge,\\nS. 0., No. 66, of Lansing and is Past Master; he\\nalso belongs to the Kalamazoo Chapter No. 13, R.\\nA. ;\\\\I. and Peninsular Commandery, No. 28, at\\nKalamazoo. He became a ilason of the Thirty-\\nsecond Degree October 30, 1866, and is a member\\nof the Northern jurisdiction in the valley of Grand\\nRapids. For many years he has been on the stand-\\ning committee of I eturns of Subordinate Chapter\\nand is a memlier of the Modern Woodmen of\\n^^meriea at Lansing. Mr. Hopkins has attended\\nthe Supienie Lodge sessions at Cincinnati. Ohio,\\nand ahso at Milwaukee, and has thereby gained an\\nextensive acquaintance throughout the Supreme\\njurisdiction. At one of the sessions of tlie Grand\\nLodge at Michigan, held at Grand Rapids, our sub-\\nject s duties were extended and he was made an\\nInspector of Lodges, or rather a (irand Lecturer\\nand his friends anticipate that under this new or-\\nder of affairs the lodges of Michigan will l)e greatly\\nstinudated and spring forward into new activity.\\nAside from being an active Pythian Mr. Hopkins\\nranks high in the Masonic order. In his political\\npreference he is strongly Republican, indeed, so\\nradical is he that his party consider him one of the\\nsafest delegates that the^ can send to county and\\nState conventions. Our subject has sustained a\\nsevere blow in his domestic relations by the loss of\\nhis wife who died August 6. 1880. She was a\\nmost estim.able woman and a perfect lady.\\n/^4 R^- t ARRIE LANGENBACHKR. The\\nlady of whom we write is intelligently and\\nsuccessfully supervising the estate which\\nwas left to her by her husband, and is\\naccumulating year by year more property and mak-\\ning herself more fully felt as a prosperous property\\nholder.\\nOur suliject is the owner of the Pearl Mills at\\nNorth Lansing which she rents to the North Lan-\\nsing ^Milling Company. She is also a large stock-\\nholder in the People s Savings Bank and also a\\nstcickholder of the City National Bank of Lansing.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0356.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0357.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "x\\\\,^f\\n1\\n?\u00c2\u00bb4\\nJ. W. HINCHEY", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0358.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n357\\nShe was born at Ann Arbor May 21, 1861, her\\nlionored parents being Christian and Barbara\\n(Gauss) Breiseh. of whom our readers may learn\\nmore in tlie sketch of Christian Breiseli, wliich is\\nto lie found elsewhere in this Albi .m.\\nThe earl.v eliildliood of Carrie Breiseh was sjient\\nin Ann Arlnir and when she was four years old\\nshe removed to this eity and here received her edu-\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ation. She was married to Mr. Andrew Langen-\\nhaeher. who was born in Liverpool, Ohio, the date\\nof their wedding being January 2(1. IHHJ. The\\nfather of Jlr. Langenl)acher also bore the name\\nof Andrew and he had his nativity across the sea\\nin tlu (lerman s Fatherland. He came to America\\nmany years ago and locating at Liverpool, Ohio,\\nbegan a mercantile life there. It was about the\\nyear \\\\H76 when he removed West, and locating in\\nNorth Lansing, engaged in genend merchandising.\\nIn this line of businesshe continued until he bought\\nthe old mills at North Lansing from iMr. Rauser,\\nand removing them to a diffcient site rebuilt them\\nand engaged in the milling business, |)utting in\\nthe new process roller machinery. He lost his\\nwife and was married a second time to Aliss Anna\\nLouisa Graf and his third marriage united him\\nwitii Mrs. Breiseh, who since his death in .January,\\nIHM; has resided with Mrs. Langcnbacher.\\nThe husband of our subject was born .luly 7,\\n1860, and had his early education and training in\\nLiverpool, Ohio. After coming to Michigan he\\nhad the advantages for two years of the Agricul-\\ntural College, after which he attended Bartlett s\\nBusiness College and then took charge of the Pearl\\nMills at North Lansing. He worked his way up\\n;ind in 1884 had become the proprietor of the mill\\nMild ingaged in the business independently. Up\\nto tlie time of his death, which occurred Septem-\\nber 1886, he was considered the principal miller\\nin Lansing. l or a man of his time of life he was\\nvery jjrominent and remarkably popular and had\\nalready achieved financial success in his business.\\nHe belonged to the Royal Arcanum and in his\\npolitical views and vote was in alliance with the\\nDemocratic pai ty.\\nThe widow of this prosperous gentleman took\\ncharge herself of his business at the time of his\\ndemise and operated the mills for the first year.\\nsince which she has put in the hands of others.\\nShe first rented it to her brother, Christian Breiseh,\\nand since then to the North Lansing Milling Com-\\npan3\\\\ In 1888 she erected the pleasant home in\\nwhich she resides on Capital Avenue, and there\\nshe and the two children, Andrew and Edith, form\\na harmonious and beautiful household. She is a\\nlady of unusual refinement in taste and feeling\\nand is of more than ordinary intelligence and\\noccupies a position of infiuence in the social cir-\\ncles of Lansing.\\nAMES WESLEY HINCHEY. On the op-\\nposite page is jMesented a portrait of this\\ngentleman, who p.assed from earth on Sep-\\ntember 9, 1891. Altera broad experience in\\nthe line which has been made illustrious by Phineas\\nT. Barnuni, he decided some years ago to settle in\\nLansing and devote himself to more cpiiet avoca-\\ntions. At the time of his death he was engaged in\\nthe business of real estate, both in the city and in\\nlands outside, and was proi)rietor of the Franklin\\nHouse of Xt)rth Lansing. He also owned a farm of\\ntwo hundred and three .acres in AVoodhull Town-\\nshij), Shiawassee County, and one hundred and\\nfourteen acres in ^Meridian Township, Ingham\\nCounty, as well as property in Pinckney and\\nBrighton. He filled the oflice of Alderman of the\\nFirst Ward and was a man of abundant means,\\nhaving properties to the amount of some ifSO.OOO\\nor $100,000.\\nMr. Hinchey was born in Rochester, N. Y., Sep-\\ntember 10, 1821, upon the d.ay of Perry s victory.\\nHis father, Samuel Hinchey, was, born at VI. Ed-\\nward on l^ake Champlain, in Washington County,\\nand the grandfather took ()art in the Revolution-\\nary War. The father purchased a farm in Monroe\\nCounty in the early days from Esq. Ilawley, who\\nlaid out the Erie Canal. He became a successful\\nfarmer and a man of influence and died in Buffalo\\nafter reaching the age of four-score years.\\nLucy King was the maiden name of the mother\\nof our subject. .She was the daughter of William", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0359.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "^ijH\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nIvini! ;in(l was l.iorn in l L iiii,-;yl\\\\ :iiiiii on the Sus-\\n(|iifliaiiiia Kivfi. Her fatlici- wat* an Kiiulisliinaii\\nli\\\\ liiiUi. and afUn- fainiina in I finisyhania lie\\nliiianu an early settle) in Munnx* County, N. V.,\\nwlieie he had a large laini adjuining lioehester. lie\\nalso had been a soldier in the Revolutionary Wai\\nHis daughter. .Mrs. Ilinehey. died in Michigan,\\nwheie she was then living witli her son in i^iving-\\nsloii County. Of hei- five children he is the young-\\ne t. and was reare(l upon a farm and went to.school\\nin a log sehoolhouse.\\nIn 1H37. when .Mr. llinehev came to Michigan,\\nthe family accompanied hiui. traveling liy the\\npacket Red liird to Detroit, then to Ypsilanti\\nhy rail, whence they teamed it to Scio. Washtenaw\\n(lunty. In IK. U), the mother liought a farm in\\nPickney Township, Livingston County, and he\\nhelped to impiove and cultivate it until he reached\\nthe age of twenty years. He then removed to\\nDexter Township, where he opened a general store\\nat Hudson; he alsoopeiated a eooiiei sliop. employ-\\ning eiglit hands and supplying with barrels the\\nHudson ^lills. .\\\\fter selling this properly he\\nstarted in the show business, which he followed\\nuntil 187. The exhiliition was classed under\\nnecromancy and ventrilo(|uism and he exhibited\\nin both halls and tents. He followed this business\\nin various lines for a number of years, during\\nwhich time he made a fortune, niueli of which he\\nhas given away. He was alw-ays generous in giv-\\ning benefits to worthy objects and when the citi-\\nzens of Pinckney wished to erect a house of wor-\\nship, he gave the land and nearly one-half of the\\nsuliseription.\\nThroughout the years when he was in the show\\nbusine.ss, Jlr. Hincliey made his headquarters and\\nhome in Pinckney; there he laid out some sixty\\n.acres of land which he disposed of by sale and\\ngift. T his land is known as J. W. HiiH he\\\\ s First\\nand Second .\\\\dditions to Pinckney. He buiit up\\nthat town to a considerable extent and donated to\\nthe village what is known as .\\\\ustin Park. In that\\ntown he was Justice of the Peace for twelve years\\nand built the (ilobe Hotel at an expense of \u00c2\u00a512,-\\n(MKI during the days of the wai-. He traveled all\\nover the United .States and Canada and had a vei-y\\nwide aci|Uaintanc( with all parts of oiu country.\\nBesides pro|)erty in Piu(knr\\\\. Mi-. Ilinehey\\nowned live hundred acres adjoining, which he cai-\\nried i n as a farm. In IK()(l he began buying [irop-\\nert\\\\ in J^ansing, where, in 1 7. he located and\\nestalilished a real-estate iitlice, making his home at\\nthe Franklin House, of which he was the manager.\\nHe built three tores on AVashington Avenue, and\\na tine store in North Lansing. Besides the Frank-\\nlin House he owne l other proijerty and a number\\nof lots in the city. He was a fine drix er and a\\nlover of horses, and \\\\vlieii hi wa in the business\\nof veiitrdo(|uism he was said to excel any other\\nman ui tluil curioLi,- art. lie had ti iiants upon all\\nof his farms, which are finely injproved.\\nMi.ss Cordelia .1. .Vustin. who was boin in .\\\\lun-\\nday. N. Y., became the wife of Mr. Hincliey in Y|)-\\nsilanti, but her wedded life was short, as she died\\nin 1M7(), at Lansing. The second marriage of Mr.\\nIlinehey took place in in Spring|)ort. .laekson\\nCounty. May \\\\XT.K where he was married to\\nMiss Mary Kleine. who was Imrn in \\\\Vestphalia.\\nClinton County, this State. Her fatlier. (^uerin\\nKleine. was born in (ieiinany and came to America\\nwhen a boy of twelve, locating with his parents in\\nAVest])halia, where he was engaged in farming. He\\nis now residing in AVoodhull on one of the farms be-\\nlonging to the estate of our subject. His wife, whose\\nmaiden name is X ictoria .Vckcman. was born in um-\\nmanyand met her husl)and after coining to Clinton\\nCounty. She is a Catholic in hei- religious belief.\\nOf her eight children, Mrs. Ilinehey is next to the\\noldest and was born in IHfjK.\\nThree children have l lessed the home of our\\nsubject lohh Cordelia and .1. esle\\\\. I or\\nabout twelve years Mr. Hincliey was Alderman and\\nfor two years served as President jim tem of the\\nBoard. For six years he was Supervisor of the\\nFirst \\\\Vard and was nlw;iys phu cd upon im|iortant\\ncommittees, being on tin- atcr Comniittee and\\nthe committee on I^lectrir Light-. He was always\\nin faxor of iiiipri)\\\\ ement- foi the city and was a\\nprominent iii. iii in his party, being a freqtient del-\\negate to the Deiiiijcratir (iinnty .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid State conven-\\ntions. He was identilied with tlic Free and Ac-\\ncepted .Masons and the Royal Aiih .Masons at\\nPinckney, the Knights Templar at Howell, be-\\nlonoed to the C onsistoiT at Detroit, and was also", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0360.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHIC Al. ALWM.\\n;5y9\\nconnected with the Independent Order of Odd\\nFellows. Mrs. Hinchey, wlio is a nienibei- of llie\\nMethodist Episcopal Cliuroli here, is a ijreat worker\\nin tlie Ladies Aid Siiciniy and the Missionary .So-\\nciety as well as the Woman s Christian Temper-\\nance Union, and is Mce- President of the first-\\nnamed of these organizations. .She is a lady of\\nmore than ordinary ability and efticiency and is\\nmuch beloved by tliose who come within the\\nbounds of her influence.\\nJ\\n\\\\TRA EDMONDS RANDALL. A man who in\\nJ his boyhood worked his wa^ through college\\n(ii and his professional course, and by dint of\\nhard work and determination has attained to a\\nhandsome projierty, while at the same time he has\\nbuilt up a reputation for character and probity, is\\na citizen worth having, and the story of his life is\\nworth recounting. Such a one do we find repre-\\nsented by the name at the head of this paragraph.\\nMr. Randall was born in Erie County, N. Y., in\\nthe township of Concord, on tiie iA \u00c2\u00abif June, 1850.\\nThe father, Robert G.Randall, was born in Rut-\\nland County, Yt., where his father, Caleb, was a\\nt^uaker farmer, of Eugli.sh descent. The family\\noriginated with three l^-others who came from Eng-\\nland and settled in Yermont and vicinity.\\nAt the age of thirty yeare the father of our sub-\\nject removed from Yermont, where he had been a\\nfarmer, to Erie County, N. Y., and taking an im-\\nproved farm he engaged in the d. iiryiiig business,\\nbut in 1865 removed to Ripley Townsiiip, Chau-\\ntauqua County, and farmed there until 1885, when\\nhe sold his property. In 1K\u00c2\u00ab7 he decided to come\\nWest, and lie now, at the age of eighty years, re-\\nsides at Lansing. His early political altiiiations\\nwere witli the Whig party and he became an ardent\\nAbolitionist and finally developed into a iin iiiber\\nof the Hepulilicaii party.\\nRuth Edmonds was the maiden name of her who\\nbecame the mother of our subject, and she was\\nborn in Rutland Conntv, Yt., being a daughter of\\nIra Edmonds, a Quaker farmer of English descent.\\nShe died in New York, in Riplej Township, Chau-\\ntauqua County, at the age of forty-nine. Of her\\nfour children, Ira, who bore her father s full name,\\nwas next to the eldest.\\nThis boy was reared in Erie County, where he\\nhad the advantages of the ordinary district school,\\nand later when the family removed to Ripley, he\\nattended the Ripley Academy, in which he con-\\ntinned until he readied tlie age of twenty years.\\nIt was in the year 1870 that he turned his face\\nWestward and made ^lichigan his home, locating\\nat Kalamazoo and working his way through Kala-\\nmazoo College, which he attended for two years,\\nteaching during the winters. He then engaged in\\nthe stud} of law at Kalamazoo with H. F. .Sevar-\\nance, Esq., now Supreme Judge of the L nited\\nStates District Court at Grand Rapids, and in 1875\\nhe was admitted to the bar.\\nThe 3 Oung attorney now located in Marshall,\\nMich., and formed a partnership with a Mr. Adams,\\nuntil 1877, when he removed to Lansing and estab-\\nlished his practice here. His legal business has\\nfin.ally given way to a considerable extent to his\\nreal-estate dealings, as he has accumulated a large\\nproperty of his own in lands, and it takes most of\\nhis time to attend to those interests, besides hand-\\nling to some extent pine lands and farm lands. He\\nis now interested in farm lands in the North which\\nhe is improving, having improved three thousand\\nacres, all of which belongs in one farm in Saginaw\\nCounty. After putting it in excellent condition\\nhe sold it to H. P. Smith h Co., brokers of Saginaw,\\nand he still owns some five thousand acres in the\\nnorth of ^lichigan, in different counties. He is an\\nenterprising man, and was the pioneer of the move-\\nment to drain the marshy prairie and farm above\\nmentioned.\\nMr. Randall put considerable money and thought\\nat one time into the raising of Holstein cattle, hut\\nhe is not now interested in that. He has done\\nwell also in liandliiig liiiiilur interests, and now\\nowns several dwelling houses which he has built,\\nbesides his own lieautiful home at No. 314 Chestnut\\nStreet N.\\nThe hajipy marital union of Ira E. Haiidall and\\nAlice E. Farnhain was -solemnized in Hrockton,", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0361.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": ".\u00e2\u0080\u00a2UK I\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nli!nit;iii(|u:i n\\\\iit\\\\. V.. in 1877. This lady\\nw:i liiiiM ill tli:it |ilf:is!iii1 villauf :iii(l is a daUjafhter\\n(it A. .1. arniiaiii. a |ii iiiiiu iil faiincr there. Two\\ncliildien have Messed tliis union, (ias LaA eiiine\\nami Mereilitli Snou. Mr. Kaiidall is a member of\\nthe Kniuiils of I vtliias of tlie I nifornied Rank and\\nalso of the .Vncient Order of I nited Workmen and\\nof the Noyal Areanuni. He is strong in his at-\\nlaehiiient to the iirineiples of t he Reinililioan jjarty.\\ni^-f^P=\\nl.l .Kin A. Lr.MHAlil). The village of\\nLeslie. Ingham County, ean lioast ainonu\\nlier citizens a roodly number of men\\nwhose activity, aliility and broad experi-\\nence make them of value to tlie comnuinity and\\nbiing to them the ]es|)ecl of theii fellow-citizens\\nill other parts of tlie county, and perhaps there is\\nno one of them more deservedly popular and in-\\ntluential than .Mr. Lumbard who is Justice of the\\nPeace and Pensicm Claim Attorney at Leslie, and\\nwhose war record during the days of the Civil War\\nis an added factor in bringing to him the good\\nwill of all wild know him\\nThis gentleman was born in Stafford, (ieiiesee\\nCounty. Y.. December itt. 1H4L and is a son of\\nKrastiis and Kliza (Armstrong) Lumbard. natives\\nof ermont and New York respectively. The\\nparents were married in 15atavia. (4enesce County.\\nN. Y. and later took u)i their residence in Stafford,\\nwhere they lived until IKLi. when they caine to\\n.Michigan and settled on a farm in Leslie Town-\\nslii]j. this county, where they both died. The\\nfather was a farmer all his life and a man in mod-\\ncrate circumstances. lie served his townsliiii faith-\\nfully and creditably in several minor offices, and\\nwas first a hig and afterward a Republican.\\nSeven children made uji their liou.sehold. namely:\\nWiliiam. Albert Klizabcth. .lulia. :\\\\Ielvina. Or-\\nville and Jeorge.\\n.Albert Lumbard was only an infant when his\\nparents removed to this township, and therefore\\nhi life has lieeii mostly spent within the contines\\nof Ingham oiiiity. His home training on the\\nfarm and his district school education occupied\\nhim till manhood, and he was still helping his\\nfather U|joii the fanii when the Ci\\\\il ;\\\\v burst\\nupon (.lur country.\\nYoung Lumbard enlisted as a |irivale in t ompany\\nr.. Seventh Michigan Infantry. .\\\\.ugust II. 18(51\\nand his regiment was made a part of the Army of\\nthe Potomac. Secc.nid Army Corps. First Hi igade\\nand Second Division. He particijrated in iiumei-\\nous skirmishes and on the 31st of May. lH(i2,at the\\nbattle of Fair Oaks. a.. he was wounded by a giin-\\n-shot and his left hand was so injured as to render\\nhim unfit for .service and he received his discharge\\nin September.\\nThis disabled soldiei- now returned li ^nie and\\ni-eceived from (iov. lilair a leci-uiting coniini.ssioii\\nanil during the remainder of the war he served\\nhis company as Recruiting Ofiicer. .Vfterthe close\\nof the coiiUict he was elected Constable when only\\ntwenty-one years old. and has ctintiniied to serve\\nhis township in thai capacity for twenty-one years\\nlieing re-elected each year and is now serving his\\neighth year as Justice of the Peace.\\nThis gentleman began life with nothing and has\\nmade all that he now posses.ses. Me is interested\\nin the Leslie Building and Loan Association and\\nis a leading man. He is universally popular, and\\nyet his popularity is of the kind that does not in-\\nfringe 11)1011 his business capabilities as his fre |iient\\nre-elections to positions of jniblic service have\\nshown. His record is really remarkable in this\\nrespect, as he has served his township e\\\\ev since )ie\\nreached his majority. He is a Republican in his\\npolitical views and is cimnected with the Masonic\\norder and also with that of the Odd Fellows, being\\nidentified with liotli the Kmcain|iment and Sub-\\nordinate Lodge. Hi is Past Commandci- of the\\nAlbert Dewey Post No. MK .V. R. at Leslie and\\nhas been an Adjutant for nine years.\\nMr. Lumbard wa^ m.airied March 20. 1x72. iicinii\\nunited with .Mi\u00c2\u00bb Sar.ali Wood worth, of tlii count\\nwho was born February 2H. 1H47. This lad_\\\\ is\\ndaughter of Solomon and IJetsey (Blake) Wood-\\nwortli. who are natives of New York and N ermont\\nrespectively and who became early settlers in this\\nsection of ilichigan when all was a vast wilder-\\nness. They remained here throughout their life-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0362.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "POHTHArr AM) HKX^RAPMICAI, ALlU r.\\n:!(;i\\ntiiiir ,\u00e2\u0080\u00a2111(1 tiK ir iiu iiu i-v i.- resjH cttMl liy all wlio\\nUiiiiv tin-Ill. liotli Mr. and .Mr. I.iiiiihani ;iic\\nearnest ami activi iiuMiilicis of iIk I a))tiNl (liiiicli\\nand tlii ii iiithn iifi in i \\\\t i\\\\ wav is used for Ilir\\niiljiiuildiiiij of socii l y and tlic fniw.ardiii^ of llic\\nhilere.^ts of nioralitv and ii liyion.\\nf h r-i m F\\n^T^*,^r^^-^ ^^\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abi5\\nri Iv.NKIi. l.an.-inu i now so old a\\ncity as to count anionj; her liciininc business\\nmen hoys vvlio were Iioiii and liroiisilit nji\\nwithin her conliiies. anil she is iiroiul to\\nclaim that there are none inoietrul\\\\ enterprising,\\nand nioie thoroughly e(|uii)|)ed for the hattle of life,\\nthan tliosi which she has thus nurtured froiii the\\nhour of their nativity. l erha|is there is no one\\nto w lioiii she may point with more just pride than\\nthe man of wlioiii we are now wiitinu. who is\\nuniversall conceded to he an enterprising and\\npuhlic-spirite l \\\\duiig man. and tin most e\\\\tensi\\\\c\\ngrocer on Michigan A\\\\eiiiic.\\nOur suhject was horn in Lansing. )ctolier 22.\\nISIiO. his father heiiiii .\\\\nios rurner. a u.-itiveof\\nWashtenaw ounty. .Mich., and his giandfather, .1.\\nA.. Sr.. lia\\\\ing hecn a farmerand an early settler in\\nWashtenaw CouiitN His father was reared upon\\nthe farm and came to Lansing when still a young\\nman with his uncle, .lames Turner, who made\\nNorth Lansina liis rionie ahoiit the \\\\ear 1MI7. I lic\\nvoung man engaged as a clerk in his uncle s em-\\nploy in ;i generai store, and later went into nier-\\nch.andise and produce husiness in North Lansing,\\nhuilding two hiick hlocks there. In l ^7 .t he sold\\nout this husiness and icmoxed to I crry. Slimwas-\\nsee C ountN.\\n.\\\\fter three years in I erry .Vmos I m ner relurnecl\\nto Lansing and engaged in husine.ss here, imtting\\nin a stock of dry-goods and groceries at Nos. I 17\\nand ll;t .Michigan .Vvenne. In I KHH he sold out\\ntli( grocery department ot hi~ husiness to his son,\\n.1. .v.. and (Miiitinued himself in the dry-goods\\nhusiness. transferring it to Seattle. Wash., where\\nhe feinained until he took the position of travel-\\niug sale-snian for the Michigan ondcnsfd Milk\\nCompany, which he is still .serving, lie wa.s .\\\\ldei-\\ninan anil Supcixisor of the First Ward for one\\nterm and was prominent in the Masonic order.\\nThe mother of our suhject. who hore the maiden\\nname of Fhilena liarker.was horn in Orleans County.\\nN Y.. and was a daughter of an Knglishnian, .lames\\nHarker. who located in that county. She is :i\\ndevout and earnest mcmher of the Freshyterian\\nChurcli. ;ind the faithful and judicious mother of\\nfoui children, of whom our suhject is the eldest.\\nIhning received the full ailv.aiitages of the puh-\\nlic .schools of Lansing, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind also having taken\\ncuiir.se ill the High .School. .V. Turner entered\\nhis father s store ;it the age of seventeen, as a clerk.\\nHe had hcen in the store more or less fj oni a hoy\\nup. and was Ihoroiiglily well |jrepared to take his\\nplace and to jnove of value in the estalilishinent.\\nHis lirst iudi pendeiit endeavor was made at Perry.\\nhefoi-e hnying out his father s line of groceries\\nhere, which, as we lia\\\\e said, he did in 18HH. He\\nhas continued to handle groceries exclusively ami\\nis huildini; up .a line trade, so th.al lie i~ now nsiiiir\\ntwo deli ciy wagons.\\nThe ch;irmiiig yining l.ady who hecinic the\\nhappy wife of this gentleman, in IISS.S, was called\\n.Ma\\\\ am|)hell in her lliaidenhood. and she he-\\nlongs to a Hattle (reek family. To their home\\nhave come two little daughters Haltieand Helen,\\nwho.se care and culture is the joy of their parent.s.\\nI liis ung ni. in is a popular luemher of the order\\nof Odd Fellows .111 d .also the Kniglit-s of Pythia,s.\\nand his political views lead him to atHliate with\\nthe Democratic party.\\nylLLI.V.M IHN.M.VN. The advantages of\\na coiiiiect ion with and descent from peo-\\nple of character, culture and ahility is not\\nperhaps as thoroughly considered m this country\\nas it is in l.-inds where the heredity of propert\\\\\\nemphasizes the hereilil\\\\ of personal traits and\\ncharacter. The rehound from the tendencies of\\nEuropean institutions has led our peo])le tounder-\\nvalnr the wi allh of inheritance and association", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0363.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "362\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nwhicli comes in this way until they have been called\\nto an appreciation of its value through the re-\\nsearches and declarations of social philosophers.\\nThe gentleman whose name appears at the head\\nof this sketch is connected on both his father s and\\nmother s side with some of the best families who\\nUaire made their mark upon the development of\\nthe State of Michigan, and he is not unappreciat-\\nivc of that fact and realizes that he is the recipient\\nof benefits which have come in this way. He is now\\nthe City Clerk of Lansing, Ingham County, in\\nwhich office he is serving his third term. He was\\nborn in this city December 15, 1849, his father,\\nWilliam Hinman, being a native of Mt. Morris,\\nLivingston County, N. Y., in 1819, and his grand-\\nfather, Theodore, having come from his native\\nState, Connecticut, to Livingston County, N. Y.,\\nwhen a young man and remained there through\\nlife.\\nThe father of our subject was the youngest of\\nnine children, only one of them being now alive.\\nAfter being educated in the common schools of\\nMt. Morris he came to Michigan in 1838 and lo-\\ncated in Ypsilanti, where he clerked for Mr.\\nThompson. Later he went to Brighton as a clerk\\nand later to Howell. In 1847 he came to Lansing\\nand became a clerk for Bush Thomas, merchants\\nand real-estate men. Mr. Hinman sold all the lum-\\nber and material which went into the Everett\\nHouse,which was then known as the Benton House,\\nand also for the old capitol, as the firm then car-\\nried the largest stock outside of Detroit. May 18,\\n1849. the young man took the management of the\\nBenton House, which was the leading hotel of the\\ncity, and managed it for ten years and finally pur-\\nchased it and then sold it to Mr. Packard who\\nchanged the name to the Everett House. After this\\nMr. Hinman eng.aged in the dry-goods business\\nalone on Washington Avenue and built a brick\\nblock adjoining the Hudson House, which is known\\nas the Hinman or Union Block.\\nOur subject s father continued in the dry-goods\\nbusiness up to 1871 when he sold it and has since\\nengaged in farming and real estate. He owns thirty\\nacres in the corporate limits of Lansing and one\\nhundred and twenty acres in Leroy Township,\\nwhich IS a finely improved farm. He was maiTied\\nin the old Benton Hoxise, February 21, 1849. to\\nMiss Sarah E. Bush, who was born in Danby,\\nTompkins County, N. Y., August 5, 1830. She is\\na daughter of the Hon. Charles P. Bush, who was\\nborn in Danby in 1809. The great grandfather of\\nour suljject is Richard Bush who was born in\\nStroudsburg, Pa.,and located in Tompkins County,\\nN. Y., where he died. His father was John Bush,\\nand it is said of him that he fought twice for his\\ncountry and once for his king.\\nThe Hon. Charles P. Bush was a farmer and\\nspeculator and he married before coming to Mich-\\nigan. His first trip to the West was in 1835, and\\nin 1836 he came again and staid through the sum-\\nmer, buying Government land where Fowlerville\\nnow is. Having built a log house he returned to\\nthe East and in 1837 brought his family to the new\\nhome, but remained there less than a 3 earwhen he\\nsold out to Mr. Fowler and located in Genoa\\nTownship, Livingston County where he took a\\nsplendid farm of thirteen hundred acres and car-\\nried it on successfully, while at the same time he\\nengaged in speculation and i)olitics. He served in\\nthe State Legislature during the sessions of 1840\\nto 1845, and in 1846 became State Senator, serv-\\ning during 1847 as President of the Senate, and\\nby virtue of that office acting as LicutenantrGov-\\nernor. He administered the oath of office to the\\nofHcers elect in the woods of Lansing before the\\nold capitoi was built. Some years later he was again\\nsent to the State Senate and served for several\\nterms. He was greatly interested in the removal\\nof the capital from Detroit to Lansing. He was a\\nborn reader, a good orator and had a good store of\\ninformation, being looked upon universally as one\\nof the most promising men in the State.\\nIn 1847 Senator Bush came to Lansing and en-\\ntered into partnership with Messrs. Thomas Lee,\\nbuying a portion of land and platting it as an ad-\\ndition to Lansing, and built the old Benton House.\\nIn partnership with Mr. Thomas under the firm\\nname of Bush ct Thomas he engaged in general\\nmerchandising and they became the pioneer mer-\\nchants of Lansing. Later he retired from business\\nand died July 4, 1858. His political attiliations were\\nwith the Democratic party, in which he was con-\\nsidered one of the strong pillars. His wife was", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0364.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "PORTHAIT AND liKXiKAI llK A I, AI.KI M.\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a25(i:?\\nMiiu iv:i Walkc i- :\\\\n(l she was lioni in Nfonltroinery ix. IIi i :i tint and faithful ])iiblic servant and\\nCounty. N. v.. and dii d in i,ansin i in IHMC. licinii \\\\tr\\\\ iMlicicnl in liis otHce. and roccivcs tlic jii.~l\\nllicn sc\\\\i nt\\\\ vcars old. She was an ai-tivt* and piaisc of liis^ fellow-citizens.\\ncaiiirst hic IuIht of llic .Mctli(idi~t Kpiscopal Clnircli\\nand was looktMJ upon as a \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2niollicr in Israel.\\nTlic Mianiam of Mr. Ilininan in .lunc. IHM. ).toolv\\nplace in Lansina. I lie lady wlio then united with\\nThe mother of our suliject was the eldest in a him her fortunes and her lot in life hole the maiden\\nlaniih of li\\\\i i liildi i u .and was cafefully and ju- name of Mary K. Downs. .She is a native of tlii\\ndieiouslv educated, reeei\\\\ inu; her advance school- city and her lather..!. W. Downs, is an early settler\\ninir in the private school of Mrs. K. .1. Kolierts, in here ami is a well-known fruit-aiower. lie is aii\\nDeti oit. She liec.anic the mother of live children. old \\\\-etei-an of the Mexican War ami is hiirhlv ic-\\nWilliam ln in i her eldest and followinsi him spected hoth for his ])alriotic services anil his ex-\\ncame .lennie. Addie 1... .S.arah K. and Kliza who cellent character. Mi. and .Mrs. William Ilin-\\nare all at home with theii parents with the excep- m;in have two lovely dauuhters Ad lie and Sjirali.\\ntion of Sarah who died when very youuy. The who are the joy and deliitht of theii- fond parents,\\nedueatiini of our suliject was ijfained in the Inion The family worship at St. Paul s Kpiscopal Church\\nSchool of Laiisiui; and in IMd .l he liciian work as with wlii h the parents .Mrc connected. The polil-\\n;i freiiiht lirakeman on the old Peninsular Hailrond ical views of .Mi-. Ilinimin lead him t i rank liiiiL-^elf\\nnow known as the Chicaiio A- (Jiand Trunk. Two with the Democratic |)arty. in which he has ixwat.\\nve. irs latei he liecame a fieiijht conductor and had f.aitli and foi- whose success he is active,\\nhis run between Laiisiiiir and South ISeud. Ind.. and\\nlater took service in the same cajiacity with the j\\nLake Shoi c A- Michiu.an Soulliern Ko.ad. Aftertive\\nmonths he wa~ |)romoted to the condui toishi)) of a\\nfreight train in which he was haviii i aood success\\nwhen upiin Oi-loln r 11. ISSC. he met with a serious\\nand terrilile disaster.\\nWhile enuaii t il in cuuplinu cai ((inductor Ilin-\\ninan ciiuiiht hi~ lefl fool ill the fro^, thai death\\nliap of so many uood railroad men. hi his des-\\npi rate effort-^ to free liim.-elf he pulled his fool\\nNDWKW (i. .M.VHKII.V.M. The s;eiitleiiian\\nwhose name is at the head o* this sketch\\nis a fanner and stock-de.aler. resident on\\nsections 27 and ;{4. evay Township, Ini;-\\ni. iiii oiiiily, and here he carries on a lari;c and\\nfrom tlu l)[)ot with such force that the riiilit foot liicr;ili\\\\e hiisiness in eiieral farniiiiit and in the\\nswiina o\\\\ei the tr. U k and in a moment thecriicl lircedini;. luiyiiia and si Uiim of fine stock. Mr.\\nwheels had crii^heil it. lie wa- taken to the lios- M.arkham is a native of New ^drk St.ate. lia\\\\ iiii:\\npital at .\\\\l ishaw aka. hid., whcri he remained for lieeii there liorii in (ntario (ounty. l- arniinyton\\nei!i:ht week-^ and where he wa-^ under the necessity Township, .\\\\uiiust 1, 188(;. lie is the son of Klislia\\nof having Ids lea ani|mtated six inches lielow the W .and ()li\\\\-e ((Jardner) Markliam, both natives of\\nhip. This put an end to his career as a conductor New ork. The father was a farmer in his n.ative\\nand he returned to Lansiiiii and eniriisied in the Stateand our subject was reared on a farm, receiv-\\neliiploy of the Lake .Shore A Michiiraii Southern inir in the intervals of farm work what education\\nRailroad for ti\\\\e vears as ai ent. after which he lie could acipiire by attendance at school durintr\\nentered the .service of the l.aiisini; Lumber Com- the winter months.\\np.anv until Ajiril. ISiss. when he recei\\\\ed the elec- When our ubject set out in life for himself, he\\ntioii to the ollice of ity lerk. which he has liehl liei;an at first by famiina on shares, which broiiirlit\\nfrom tliat late lo thi IIi tirsi election w;i by him in enouijh to live 11)1011. To s))ur him on to\\nmajority of one hundred and ^ix. his ccond by ,1 the necessity of harder work, he was m.arried .No\\\\\\na majority of seven hundred and ciLihty-one, and ember 2 i. |si. )7. to .\\\\[i s Priscilla II. Kniirht. a\\nhis third b\\\\ a majority of ix liundreil and ~^ixtv- daiiuhtei of .bilin and l, Mella (Moslier) Kniffht.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0365.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "1\\n364\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nThe young couple felt the necessity of prudence\\nauv^l economy and laid by enough out of their earn-\\nings to purchase a tract of land. Those wlio have\\nstruggled as did he of whom we write, to acquire\\na bit of real estate, know how sweet is the sense of\\npossession, and when he removed to Michigan in\\n1878. he was stengtliened and encouraged to hard\\nlabor by the knowledge that there was a nest egg\\nof forty acres back in Ontario County, N. Y.\\nOn seeing a promising tract that he could pro-\\ncure in his adopted State, he sold his first forty\\nacres and purchased his present home place on sec-\\ntion 27. which comprises eighty acres. He has\\nsince, at different times, added land to his original\\npurchase until he now is the owner of one hun-\\ndred and sixty acres of as fine and fertile Lindas\\nthere is in the tow-nship. Our subject, like the\\nmajority of property owners to whom the political\\ninterest at large is also an individual interest, has\\nbeen the greater portion of his life allied to the\\nRepublican party. He is now, however, a member\\nof the Industrial party, feeling that the laboring\\nclass, being largel} in the majority, should have all\\npossible advantages of legislation.\\nWhile in New York Mr. ^larkham served for\\n.several terms .is Township Clerk, and he has several\\ntimes been elected to office in this township, but\\nliaving no ambition to hold public office, refused to\\nqualif\\\\ until the spring of IS .U, when he was the\\npopular and successful nominee of the Industrial\\nparty, insuring for it victory in his township. Our\\nsubject s wife died May 28, 1885. She had no\\nissue.\\nThe original of our sketch is the oldest member\\nof his father s familj-. One brother, William P.,\\nwho lives in this township, is a farmer, having a\\ngood home, presided over pleasantly by an amiable\\nwife. The^ are the proud parents of one child, by\\nname Leeman, who is a young man having a home\\nof his owm in Monroe County, N. Y. He and\\nhis wife are the parents of two children. Elisha\\nMarkham, our subject s father, died in his native\\nState, April 1, 1882. The mother s decease occurred\\nJune 14, 187G.\\nAndrew Marivham is what ni.iv be te^ J a self-\\nmade man, having had but few advauta^^ and no\\nmaterial pecuniary assistance from his f.iiher. By\\nindustry, prudence and good management of bis\\nagricultural and financial affairs, he has become\\none of tlie prominently successful men of Vevay\\nTownship. He is highly respected in his township\\nand amonaf his fellow-citizens.\\nRED J. BROAVN. Our subject, who is com-\\nparatively a young man, h.is been en-\\ngaged for some time in business in which\\nhe has proved very successful. Energetic and in-\\ndustrious, to him in no small degree belongs the\\nhonor of making the success of the firm of Brown\\nBros., who are dealers in boots and shoes in Jl.ison,\\nMich. The Ijrothers are of (ierman parentage, be-\\ning sons of Charles F. and Mary (Stuth) Brown,\\nboth natives of Mechlenburg, (iermauy. Tliey came\\nto America in 18.5.3 with their four children. Those\\nwho were born in Germany are Augustus F.,\\nCharles F., Fannie Louise and Frederick J. Au-\\ngustus was born August 13, 1844, and having\\nmade Catherine Furtah his wife lives in St. Joseph,\\nMo.; he is a traveling salesman for a firm selling\\nboots and shoes, and has been a manufacturer. He\\nis the father of eight children. Charles F. and\\nFannie Louise are twins; the latter married F]nos\\nFurtah who is a wood worker and lives at New\\nBaltimore, Mich. Our subject was born December 6,\\n1850; his father was a forester in Germany, which\\nwas considered there a very honorable position\\nand one ranking high among the middle classes.\\nAfter coming to this countiy he was employed as\\na laborer and farmer.\\nDetermined to give his children every chance\\nthat this country of freedom and equal rights\\noffers to young men and women, he placed them in\\nschool and our subject had the privilege of gain-\\ning a fair education. They also ,icquired outside\\nof school much that has been of practical use to\\nthem and the sons have through industry and ob-\\nservation made themselves substantial business\\nmen. In 1858 tlie family came to this State and\\nlocated at New Baltimore. He t)f whtim we write\\nbegan working in a mill and so employed himself", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0366.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUJI.\\n365\\nuntil twenty-one- years of a re. when lie hesjan\\nclerkinjj at New Baltimore, in which position he\\ncontinued for some six years, acquirinsi duriuii\\nthat time a reputation for attention to Imsiness\\nand ease with customers that made him a desirable\\nsalesman and a valuable acquisition to a business\\nhouse.\\nFred .1. Brown was married ^larch l!S, 187; to\\nMiss Sallie M. Leonard, of Middleboro, Mass; she\\nis a daughter of Fred and Pluebe I). (Sampson)\\nLeonard, and was born in 184(). In 187() our sub-\\nject removed to Almont, where for two years he\\nwas engaged as a clerk. Then he went to Imlay\\nCity and clerked for one year at that jjlace, after\\nwhich he went into partnership with Herbert G.\\nThurston, and together the firm carried on general\\nmerchandising successfully for about two years.\\nAt the end of that time our subject became propri-\\netor of a store at Lapeer, the county-seat of Lapeer\\nCounty, and remained there for about five years .is\\ngeneral manager. In 1886 he entered the present\\nlirni in equal partnership.\\nOur subject s maternal grandfather, .\\\\ugust\\nIStuth, was a soldier in the German army during\\nthe trouble between France and Germanj^, at which\\ntime Xapoleon led the French forces. The junior\\ninemljer of the firm of which our subject is one is\\nHenry L. Brown, and he was Iwrn after his pareiit\\nhad come to this country, in Sandusky, Ohio, his\\nbirth taking place .Vpril 30, 1856. The young\\nmen are progressive and talented in a business way\\nand show that they have received a good inheri-\\ntance of brains as well as physical strength from\\ntheir parants.\\n(k^A RS. LOUISA KEIHM is the owner of a\\nfine farm of forty-eight acres located on\\nsection 31, Alaiedon Township. Slie was\\nborn April 3, 1838, in the province of\\nWurtemberg in the town of Marl arch, Germany.\\nHer father was Frederick Hines. a native of\\nthe same place, and there born September\\n10, 17 JO. Louisa was a child uf nine years\\nof age when her father came to the United\\nStates, but the voyage over, which occupied three\\nmonths, made a deep impression upon her young\\nmind.\\nOn the landing of the limes family in thiscoun-\\ntrv they proceeded immediately to Huron County,\\nOhio, and settled in Norwalk. The father was a\\nrope-maker by trade and unfamiliar with the con-\\nditions of American labor, he supposed that he\\ncould find employment in any place, but disap-\\npointed in his expectations he worked as a day\\nlaborer in order to support himself and family,\\nand from the time our subject was ten j-ears old\\nshe added her strength and supported herself by\\nworking at various occupations. She finally\\nbecame a seamstress and continued in this occupa-\\ntion until she came to Michigan.\\nOn November 4. 1862, our subject was married to\\nConrad Keihm, a native of Baden, (Termany, there\\nborn January 30, 1839. His father w.as John\\nKeihm and he was born in Hartershansen, Ger-\\nmany. 1 le was a linen-weaver by trade and his son\\nhad partially learned that occupation before com-\\ning to the United States, which he did in his six-\\nteenth year. Before thai time he attended school\\nin his native land. n c jining to America he first\\nwent to Canada, where he lemained for one year\\nand wluTc he Icai-ncd tlie blacksmith s trade. He\\ntln ii proceeded to lluion County, )hio, and work-\\ned as a blacksmilh. at tlu same time doing farm\\nwork until the IncMking out of tlic war, when he\\nenlisted in Company 1 Tliiril Ohio Cavalry.\\nIn 1862, Mr. Keihiii was discharged from service\\non account of phj-sical disability, but after recover-\\ning to a great e.xtent, he responded to a call made\\nfor mechanics, and went to Nashville, Tenn.,\\nwhere he staid for about six months. On return-\\ning to Michigan he bought the farm now occupied\\nbv Mrs. Keiiini. It w.as almost entirely unimpro-\\nved at the time and he at once bent his energies to\\nclearing it and adding the best of improvements,\\nso that at the time of his decea.se, which occurred\\nMarch 13, 187; the place was in excellent order.\\nMr. Keihiii was a member of the (icrman IMetiiod-\\nist Ciu at Delhi.- Politically, he was a Repub-\\nlican.\\nTwo c ildreu have been born to bless the union", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0367.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "366\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nof the worthy couple of whom we have written.\\nThe eldest is Ella L., who was liorn November 2,\\n18t!8; she spent one term in the Flint Normal\\nSchool in 1889 and 1890 she spent in Albion\\nCollege. She is now interestec? in musical art and\\nmakes the home attractive by her pleasing presence\\nand marked taste. The younger cliild is a son,\\nWillie Keihm, who was born in 1874; he died in\\ninfancy. Since the death of her liusband Mrs.\\nKeihm has managed her place with great ability\\nand with marked success. She built a commodio\\\\is\\nbrick residence in 1879 and her house is fitted up,\\nnot only with the comforts of life, but also with\\nits elegancies. She and her daughter are members\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church of Mason.\\nThey are hospitable and social and have many\\nwarm friends in Albion.\\n\\\\T) ACOH (i. BAUM(;RAS, the fortunate owner\\nof one hundred and eighty-four acres of\\nfine land adjoining the limits of the city of\\nLansing, resides on section 3. Lansing Town-\\nshi|). Ingham County, and is .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ictively engaged in\\nthe pursuit of the varied duties which fall to liini\\nas an agricultiu-ist. Not only has he been suc-\\ncessful financially, liut in the better sense of that\\nword, he has been successful in gaining the esteem\\nof all his acquaintances, and it is the testimony of\\nall who know him that lie enjoys to an unusual de-\\ngree the respect of his associates. His o])era1ioiis\\nin business are characterized liy good judgment\\nand shrewd discernment. wliii in ~oci:il ciicic.^ hi\\ngenial disposition muiI kindliness of hcaii i^ain I or\\nhim an admiring circle of friends.\\nMany years ago there resided in Bavaria, ier-\\nmany, near the border of France, a worthy couple\\nwho bore the names of, .Incob nnd Mary C.\\n(Trumm) Bauingras. In tliMl. their native lace.\\nthey abode until 184(i. wlu-n in their niaturit\\\\- they\\nemigrated to the New World and located in Syra-\\ncuse, N. Y. The father followed the occu[)ation of\\nan ornamental painter, and was a man of sterling\\nprinciples and unswerving industry. It was diu\\ning the residence of the family in Sj racuse that the\\nsubject of this biographical notice was lK)rn No-\\nvember 21, 1848. He was reared in his native\\ncity, receiving the advantages of a very liberal\\neducation, and was graduated from the High School\\nin 1865. He entered upon his studies with earnest-\\nness and enthusiasm, and early in life manifested a\\npredilection for a deeper insight into history and\\n))hilosophy. To say that he improved all his op-\\nl)ortunities to their fullest extent, is but relating\\nwhat actually occurred.\\nIn the spring of 1865, the father, feeling that bet-\\nter opportunities would be afforded to him and his\\nchildren, of whom he had seven, named Henry,\\nPeter Louis, Daniel N., Elizabeth, .Jacob (4.. Cath-\\nerine and .Tosephine, in the rapidly growing West,\\ndecided to locate in this State. Accordingly he\\ncame hither and at once |)urchased a tract of one\\nhundred and fifty acres. After .lai ob was gradu-\\nated he worked for his father until he was twenty-\\none years of age. and in the meantime gained a\\njiractical knowledge of agriculture in all its de))ait-\\nnients. When he attained to his majority, his fa-\\nthi i gave into his charge the home farm, and lu\\nwas its manager until the de.atli of .lacob Bauin-\\ngras. Sr.. when the old lioiiiestead passed into the\\nposx s -iuii of tlir soil. It was September 21. IMIHI.\\ntli.-it tlic tatlicr closed his eyes to the scenes of\\nearth. leMviug to his descendants the precious leg-\\nacy of an honorable life. The wife and mother\\nstill survives, and makes her home in Lansing.\\nThe pleasant home of our subject is ]iresided\\nover liy a lady whose refinement and i-ulturc uive\\nto lier an open ses^imc to the most cultured s(.)-\\nciety of the nipital city, and whose noble (pialities\\n(|nalify her to admiralily discharge her duties as\\nife and mother. She was known in maidenhood\\nas Caroline E. Stadle. and is the daughter of Will-\\niam and Laura (Kraus) Stadle, natives of (Termany\\nand Michigan resjiectively. who now reside in lin-\\nton County. Mich. l\\\\lrs. Baumgras was ovu in\\ntlic city of Lansing. .lanuary 9. 1S59. and grew to\\nwomanhood under her falliei V roof which she left\\nonlv to go to the home of her husband. The con-\\ngenial union whicli was solemnized Septembei lit,\\n1879, has been blest by the birth of five children,\\nas follows; Cecelia L., born July 13, 1880; Julius P.,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0368.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n367\\n.laiiuaiy 11, 1882; Elenora, horn Auiriist 17, 1H8.\\n(lic(l at the age of three years; William J., horn\\nSepteniher 15, 1888. and Peter Louis, the yountr-\\ncst. Iiorii August 1, 188!l, died at tlic auc of niiif\\nmonths.\\nIn polities JMr. l auniL;ras adheres to the priiici-\\nph s of tlie Democratic party, allhouiih he is not a\\nradical partisan. He has filled many positions of\\nresponsiliility. has heen Superintendent of the com-\\nmon seliools two terms. Township Treasurer, and\\nal.so held various other minor otticcs. Helisiiously\\nhe is a memljer of the Methodist Kpiscopal Cliurch,\\nand socially belongs to the Koval .Vrcaniim.\\n\\\\f?OHN SPANIER, one of the old and well\\nestahlislied business men of Lansiiig, Ingliam\\nCounty, has heen in the meat husiness in\\ntliis city since 18. ,l and is the oldest dealer\\nin that line in the city. lie was horn in Prussia,\\nGermany, August 18, li :i.j. and wlien eighteen\\nyears old came in 18.53 to Detroit. His father had\\nlieen a butcher in (iermany and he learned the\\ntrade theie in his boyhood. Coming to Detroit\\nhe first obtained a position in a slioji where he\\nlearned the American way of working. Me con-\\ntinued there for six years before coming to Lan-\\nsing and in 18.59 began work at his trade for A.\\nBurch remaining with him for nearly twelve years.\\nHe is probahly the only man in L.ansing whoever\\ntlioroughly learned the trade of a butcher, .as most\\nmen i)ick up theii ex])enence in this line of work\\nirregularly.\\nIt was in the ^ear of 1881 that Mr. Spanier\\nstarted in husiness for himself, locating on the spot\\nwhere he is still doing business at No. 310 Wash-\\nington .\\\\venue North. He has a fine location and\\na shop sixty-six feet deep. When he first began\\nhe bought cattle and .slaughtered for himself. Imt\\nhe now buys dressed beef and other meats and ha\\nbviilt up an excellent trade, giving his whole atten-\\ntion to his business. The lady with whom he\\nunited his fortunes in 18G1. is a native of his\\nF.atherland, and was horn in Wurtemberg. She\\ncame to this country when three years old, and\\nreached Lansing in 18o(), her parents Ix ing among\\nthe early settlers here. Her maiden name was\\nWilhelmina Crobby, and she wa-s united in mar-\\nriage with oui- subject upon Christmas Day, 1861.\\nFive children have blessed this union, Charles,\\nwho now has a market on Washington Avenue\\n.South; Frank, who is with his father; William, who\\nhas a market on Michigan Avenue; Eva, now the\\nwife of Lewis Critchai-d; and John, who is also\\nwith his father in business. The father is a mem-\\nber of the Uoyal Templars of Temperance which is\\na social and insurance organization. He attends\\nchurch regularly although he was brought up a\\nCatholic and he is a man who is highly spoken of\\nby his neighbors as ])Ossessing a character worthy\\nof admir.ation. His handsome brick hou.se and\\nexcellent brick barn on Washtenaw Street West,\\nadorn a beautiful property which may well be\\ncalled one of the ornaments of Lansing. The\\ngrounds com])rise three fine lots and are beauti-\\nfully situated and the house is one which he built\\nhimself and is well adapted to the comfort and\\nenjoyment of his family.\\n^^^m\\nr\u00c2\u00bb^\\n^^UY H. STOWKLL. There is (mly one thing\\nbetter than iiaving a reputation for integ-\\nrity and honor. ible dealing, and that is to\\nhave such a chai-acter: and when a ni.an ha- licitli\\nthe character and the reputation he has something\\nof which the world cannot rob him. and which\\nmen of wealth who are del uh iit in these respects\\nmay well desire. The gentleman of whom we write\\nis known all over the State, as he has been for .*t me\\ntime Curator of the Michigan Slate Fan- (^rounds\\nat Lansing. He received that appointnu nt. April\\n1. ISHl. liy a eoinmittee who liad tin- matter in\\ncli;iri;e. who were Messrs. .1. X. Smith. 1!. H. Ilaker\\nand 1). Woodcock. He lia^ filled his office to tin-\\natisfaction of all eoncei neil, and has also earned\\nfor himself an enviable reputation in the city and\\namong the ofticevs and members of the State Agri-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0369.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "368\\nPORTRAIT AND BlOGRArillCAL ALBUM.\\ncultural Sot iety. It is unfoi tuiiate that liis health\\nis not rohust, and in consequt iu e of tlii;* it is prob-\\nable tliat lie will resio n his position in October.\\nDuring the busy season Mr. Stowell lias from\\ntliiit\\\\-tive to forty men constantly working under\\nhis directions, and tlie resi onsibility of keeping\\neverything in good condition and -in first-class\\norder, is more than lie feels that he can longer un-\\ndertake. There are sixty-three acres in the grounds\\nand fully forty Iniildings besides the race track and\\nother appurtenances, and the responsibilities are\\nmore than he cares to retain.\\nMv. Stowell was born in ^larcellus, N. Y., .July\\n10, 1^. )5. His beloved and lionored parents. Dr.\\nHiram and Olivia (Bowen) Stowell. brought him\\nwith iliem to ,Vnn Arlior wlien he was about six\\nmonths i- ld, and in a short time they removed to\\nClinton County, wliere the f;ithcr jiracticed his\\nmedical profession and also carried on a farm. In\\nthose days there were no roads except Indian\\ntrails, and a country doctor had long and tedious\\nrides, traveling tlirough the woods to reacli the\\nscattering settlers. Kverybody liad the ague in\\ntho.se days, and it kept tlie doctois liu.-y. At the\\nsame time the farm was to be cleared up and cul-\\ntivated. It is within the easy iccollection of our\\nsubject when not a tree was eiil wheie the city of\\nI-ansing now stands. He also rememliers many of\\nthe frights which tlic\\\\ experienced when the In-\\ndians were all aliout them, and they feared an at-\\ntack from hostile bands. The lathi-i- lived foin-\\nmiles east of DeWitt, and after a number of ears\\nhad passed he erected tlie first frame building which\\nwas ever put up in that village. Jle continued\\nin practice up to the time of his death, and was\\nfor years botli the Township and County Treasurer.\\nOur subject li\\\\ e l to the age of seventeen years\\nin Clinton Counl.\\\\ and made good use of the edu-\\ncational advantages afforded him in the district\\nschools. He then went North to Minnesota, loca-\\nting for three years near the citj of St. Paul, after\\nwhich he returned to DeWitt and engaged in farm-\\ning for a number of years. He w;is united in mai\\nriage with Miss Mar\\\\ .1. Holmes, of DeWitt. her\\nfather, David Holmes, being a fannei- of Unadilla\\nTownship. The young couple renio\\\\-ed to Sagi-\\nnaw, where they lived upon a farm for fifteen years,\\nand then purchased a farm in Delta. Eatcm County.\\nFive years later ^Ir. Stowell received the apiioint-\\nment to the office which he now holds, and which\\nhe has filled with much satisfaction to all con-\\ncerned. The five children who have come to his\\nhome ai e KImer I)., William (J., Minnie Ettie .1.\\nand Cora, Minnie is the wife of Mr, R, Oarber,\\nnow living in Middleville, Barry County, and all\\nof the children are giving great satisfaction to\\ntheir worthy parents who feel that in the.se young\\nlives they are renewing their youth.\\nV\\n,y\\n+^=*^s^\\nJr^|01$EKT 11. SHA.NK is a good tyi)e of the\\nmen that the city if hansing, Ingham\\nCount\\\\. is proud of producing. He was\\nborn here .lanuarv i, 1856, and has received\\nhis education both in .school and out of school in\\nthis city. He grailuated ;it the High ScIkioI and\\nsoon after went into the store of .1. .1. Sidwaw\\ngrocer. He remained with him for five years,\\nafter which he engaged in busine.ss for himself,\\nstarting out in his career as an indepentient\\nmerchant when only twenty years of age. He has\\ncontinued in that line ever since. He has occupied\\nthe corner store of the Government building for\\nthe past twelve years and is certain, Provitlence\\nperinittiiig. to occupy it at least two years longei-\\nas he holds the lease for that length of time.\\nMr. Shank is the proprietor of the largest staple\\nand fancy grocery house in Lansing. He also\\ncarries on a fine jobbing trade in connection with\\nhis business, having in his employ ten men and a\\nbook-keejier. His beginning in this line was very\\nmodest, as he had but small cajjital and was so\\nyoung he could not presume to ask for heavy\\nbacking. However, he has never been discouraged\\nand his trade has grown until it is now doubtless\\nthe largest in the t ity.\\nIt is gratif.ying to be a. -sured by traveling men\\nwho are constantly visiting the largest stores\\nthroughout the State that Mr. .Shank is doing as\\nlarge a business as an^ house iji the State of JNJicU-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0370.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "rORTR.UT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n369\\niofaii. wild iwc (loino; n trietly grocery business\\nIlial iliio iiol iiicluili lii|ii(irs or moats. His siio-\\nI os li:is Ix-eii a.ssnrcil liv llic fact that he ilcal on\\na strictly cash lia is. Nut (inly docs he require\\ncash ijaynicnl tidni lii cii-stomers. but by liis ewn\\nl)r()ni|)t cash payments he is enabled to uct the\\nlicst articles in lioth staple and fancy sjoods at the\\nl(i\\\\ve t prices. He carries a \\\\ery large lyic of the\\nline t lock .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2md his store, which has a tweiilx-\\ne\\\\en foot fioMlauc and is one hundred and thiity-\\nlivc feel deep, is lillecl to overflowilli; with the\\nchoicest supplies, lie also uses the cellar. Our\\nsubject doe.s not find a great deal of time for secret\\nsocieties or work outside of his legitimate business.\\nHe is, liowe\\\\ cr. a Knight of Pythias and a very\\np(jpular man in his lodge, lie has been Aldernian\\nfor the .Second Ward for two years, having for hi-\\nopponcnt hi lirother, Dr. IJu h .1. Shank.\\n.Mr. Sh:ink has a very ijlea. ant home which is\\nlocated on .\\\\llegan Street. His wife was. prior to\\nher marriage, a Miss Ella Hdw.ards, a daughter of\\nB. F. Edwards of this city, who is now a resident\\nof Reed City, riieir nuptials were solemnized\\n.Tanuary 21. lissl. Two children are the fi uit of\\nthis inairiage. The\\\\ arc liy name Eva and Jessie,\\nbriglit.vivacious young people who promise to equal,\\nif not excel, their parents business capacity. Mrs.\\nShank is a woman with jirogre.ssivc ideas and ten-\\ndencies. She has not allowed herself to be isolated\\nin her home because of the advent of her little ones,\\nalthongli she cares for them most tenderly. She\\nis a member of the Ladies Library Cluli. which\\nhas been instrumental in accomplishing mucli\\ngood in the city. Hotli Mr. and ^Ls. Shank\\narc members of the Episcopal Church.\\ne^H-^[\\nC. HEIXiES, a prominent ph:u macist of\\nj|i North Lansing, and an enterprising and\\n^)y^ l)ublic-spirited citizen, was born in Owosso,\\nS^) Shiawassee County. July 31, 1849, and\\ntherefore calls the Wolverine State his native\\nhome. His father, Jo-^eijli L. Hedges, was liorn in\\nV^ Trnxton, N. Y., was a son of Lewis Hedges, a er-\\nmonter by birth, who removed to the F^rapire\\nState many years ago and in 1824 came to Oak-\\nland County, where he located and engsiged in the\\nbusiness of a t.Miiuer and ciiri ier. Me there remained\\nuntil his dc.-ilh. uliirli oci-uricil in lS2i;.\\nThe father of uur sulijcct was :i clothier and\\nmannfactuier of woolens in Ponliac, whence he\\nWent to l- enton. then to )\\\\vosso. becomin r one of\\nllu- cai-ly settlers there in 1S4S. He enteied into\\np. iituership with Daniel (iould. by whom he suf-\\nfere l losses, and he lali r I cmovcd his woolen mill\\nto Cornnna. where he continued his Imsiness.\\nAfter residing there for some time he removed\\nfirst to Lansing, then to Pontiac, and then back\\nagain to Lansing. He was an active member of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church and while living\\nill ()\\\\vos^ii lilled the ollice of .lustiee of the\\nPeace.\\nEmily C iilister is the maiden name of her who\\nbecame the mother of our subject. She was born\\nin Honeyoc, X. V.. and was the daughter of Robert\\nColister, who came from Scotland to this country\\nwhen nineteen years of age. He became an early\\nsettler lu-ir Laiugsbnrg, taking a rough farm in\\nN ictoi- Ttiwiishij), Clinton County, and devoting\\nhimself to its imiirovement and culture. She was a\\nwoman of earnest religious character and a mem-\\nber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the\\ndoctrines and inacticcs of which she faithfully\\nbrought iiji her four cliildreii. of wliom our subject\\nis the youngest.\\nA\\\\ lien young Hedges was ten years obi he went\\nto Corunna. where he at once entered the woolen\\nfactory, and although he was so young he learned\\nthe business, because help was then so scarce on\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iccount of the war. .\\\\fter this he came to Lan-\\nsing for a short time and thence went to Pontiac\\nwhere his father had charge of the Paddock fac-\\ntory, with whicli lie remained until it was Organ-\\nized into a slock c-oin])any. Judge Paddock, whose\\nname the factory bore, was a brother-in-law of\\nJoseph Hedges. In 18(J8, the young man took\\ncharge of a department in the factory, superin-\\ntending the weaving and spinning for five years,\\nexcept during one year when he was at Flint,\\nwhere he served the Stone i Willard Mill.\\nM Hedges came to Lansing in 187:?. and bought", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0371.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "370\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\na half intticst in ;i drug stove, forming a partner-\\nship witli Samuel C. Smith, under the firm naine\\nof Smith cV Hedges. With this partner as an ex-\\npert, he set to work to learn the business, and\\nthey remained together for eighteen months when\\nF. I. Moore came into the business as apartnerand\\nremained with hini until .June, 1879, at which time\\nhe changed partners, taking Mr. J. A. Keck. The\\nfirm name was now Hedges Reck, and at the\\ntime of the formation of that partnership the busi-\\nness was moved into the stand where it now ex-\\nists, with a fine line of general drugs.\\nAt the time Mr. Hedges started in business, in\\n1873, he had been intending to open a book store\\nin Ludington, and had purcha.sed a stock, but\\ncould not find a suitalile place there and in order\\nto open, decided to buy a drug store which was\\nthen standing, and to its stock add books and sta-\\ntionery. Besides the stock of a pharmacist, our\\nsubject and his partner, Mr. Reck, handled paints\\nand oils and other incidental goods which are usu-\\nall,v found in a first-class store of this kind. He\\nhas prospered so as to place his family in a pleas-\\nant home at No. 915 Washington Avenue, and lie-\\nsides this property owns two other residences.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Hedges to Miss Louisa J.\\nGibson took place in Lansing in 1875. This lady\\nis a native of the Empire State, but having been\\nbrought hither in early childhood, received her\\ngirlhood training and education here. She was\\nearly fitted for the position of a teacher and offi-\\nciated in the Lansing schools previous to her mar-\\nriage. Two interesting children l)less this home\\nFlorence and J. Harold.\\nThe interest which Mr. and Mrs. Hedges have\\nevinced in educational matters has ever been a\\nbenefit to the schools of Lansing, and for five years\\nMr. Hedges was on the Board of Education, during\\nwhich time he filled the Chairmanship of the com-\\nmittee on finance. He is identified vvith the Inde-\\npendent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Royal\\nArcanum, in which organization he has been Sec-\\nretary since 1879. He belongs to the Grand Coun-\\ncil of Michigan, and has seen steady promotion in\\nthe order, as he has worked his way from Grand\\nSentry through the line to Grand Orator. He also\\nbelongs to the Modern Woodmen of America, in\\nwhich he holds the see md highest office in the\\nLiiited States, being Head Advisory in that body.\\nHe was a delegate to the meetings at Des Moines,\\nIowa, and Springfield, 111. Besides the orders just\\nnaipcd he lielongs to the Knights of the Macca-\\nbees.\\nIn jiulitics Mr. Hedges is a Republican of the\\ntrue-blue ariet\\\\- and adheres to that party first,\\nlast and always. He has been identified with the\\nfire dei)artmcnt of Lansing since 1873, and is Cap-\\nlain of Department No. 2. His excellent wife is\\nan earnest and etlicient member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church. The hunter s and fisher s\\nsports are very attractive to this gentleman and in\\nthem he finds a needed relief from the perplexities\\nand cares of business life.\\n^*?*\u00c2\u00bb*W* *^T^\\nI I I I\\nSDWIN H. WHITNEY is Grand Scril)e of\\nthe Grand Encampment of the Independent\\nOrder of Odd Fellows and is also the Grand\\nSecretary of the (4rand Lodge of tiie same society.\\nThis position he has held continucjusly since 1874,\\nat which time the membership numbered eleven\\nthousand two hundred and eighty, there being\\nsixty-one encampments and one hundred and\\neighty-seven lodges. There are now four hundred\\nand six lodges and a membership of twenty-two\\ni^housand.\\nMr. Whitney was born in Ontario County, N. Y.,\\nAugust 5, 18 27. His father was Dennis Whitney,\\nwiio was a farmer and until twelve years of age\\nour subject lived on the home place. Then the\\nfamily moved to Niagara County, N.Y., and there\\nthe original of our sketch received his education,\\nfirst attending the Allen s Hill (Ontario County)\\nAcademy, and later the Royalton Center xVcademy\\nof Niagara County. After that he remained until\\n1845 at Royalton Center when he came alone to\\nPontiac, Mich.\\nSoon after his advent into this State Mr. hit-\\nney was fortunate enough to secure a position in", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0372.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ill\\ntill oflicc of tlie County Trcasiiier. He reniained\\ntlicri t of 1 wo i Mi Mild 1 lull u en 1 inld llu imimI v\\n|{eui ti:irV ollii i wlu-iv lie iciimiiUMl for four years,\\njifti i- wliicli lie cnniu to LiiiisiiiL; in IK and this\\ncitv \\\\k\\\\ ever sinci- hct ii lii.- lionic. )n coining\\nlii it lu st cuivd a position in the State Trea ni-er s\\niilliee aiKi later in tlie State {.and tlliee until\\n1H. )7.\\nIn l^t.JT the gentleman of whom we are writing\\nwent to Detroit ami foi three years was engaged\\nin the I nited Staler nstoiii llou e and for one\\n\\\\ear was I liiled States .Marsiial. sharing the olliee\\nwith U. W. Davis, who was at that time .Marshal.\\nIn 1H(!1 .Mr. Whitney ietuine(i to Lansing and\\nti-ansferi etl his interests from State work to mer-\\nehandise. de.-iliiig in the hardware Inisines,- until\\nIH77 when he sold out. Three years |)reviou\\nto the sale of his hardware intere.sts he had\\nlieeii elected to his present ottices and siiiee that\\ntime he has been giving his attention e.Kflusively\\nto this. The eity hears a veiy different aspect now\\nfrom what it did when the sulijeet of this sketch\\nmade his entrance here. .\\\\t that time it was hut\\npartially cleared and iiresentetl for the most part a\\ndreary waste of stunip.s, there being logs in every\\nstreet, lie purchased land, however, which he was\\nwise enough to hold and now li.\\\\ a valii.alile tr.act\\nand a very |)leasant home.\\nFor four years Mr. \\\\Vliilu(\\\\ was a mem her of\\nthe Common Council, representing the Fourth\\nWard, lie has also lieen on the Board of F^duca-\\ntion for the same length of time and representing\\nthe same ward, Altliongli such an enthusiastic\\nmember of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows\\nour subject is also a Knight Templar. In churcli\\nrelations he is an Kpi.scopaliaii, having been a\\nVestry m:iii for some time. He was so elected on\\nthe first Board in IHo. and with the exception of\\nthe time of his absence in Detioit he has lieen in\\nservice for twenty years.\\nF eeling that it was not goo l for man to live\\nalone Mr. Whitney was united in m. irriage to\\nMiss Jennie Dodge, of Vpsilanti, their marriage\\nbeing solemnized .May 17. 18r Since that time\\nthree chililren li;i\\\\e come to them. They have\\nhow reached the estate of manhood and woman-\\nhood and are resiiected and honored citizens. The\\neldest is Edwin D.. now a resident of IVjrtland,\\nOre.: .leiinie F. i the wife of W. K. I rudeii and\\nhas a deligiittul liomi- in this city; Lewi^ 1). i also\\na resident of this cilv.\\n0.\\\\. MAIM IS .\\\\1. ATWOOl). the time\\njV when the |);ireiils of our subject eaiue to\\nMichigan there were only live log cabins in\\nwhat is now Ingham Township, two of\\nwhich were u[ion the .Vtwood Homestead, and seven\\nfamilies constituted tlu- population of the town-\\nship. It was all an unliroken and dense forest and\\nnot a tree had been felled nor a S(jd luined. Indians\\nwere .scattered all about and wild game aliounded\\nand here they endured many hardships and did\\nthorough and genuine pioneer work.\\nMr. -Vtwood, who is a lawyer at Dansville, Ing-\\nham County, wa.s born in Homer. Cortland County\\nX. v.. .lanuaiN 3, 1826, His parents were Zenas\\nand Hulda (I urintoii) Atwood, natives of F rank-\\nlin CouiitN Ma.ss., where they passed their youth\\nand were married. Their first wedded home was\\nin (Jraton, Tompkins County. N, Y,, where they\\nsettled in 181;) and later removed to Homer, In\\n1836 they made their removal to .Micliigan, he\\ncoming early in the spring by way of the lakes to\\nDetroit, and tlieii taking ox-team from that city to\\nthe new homestead. He located upon eighty acres\\nof (iovernm jiit land in Ingham County, and liuilt\\nn log house, to which he brought his family in the\\nfall. Both .Mr. and Mr.s, Zenas .Vtwood spent the\\nremainder of their lives in this township, remain-\\ning on the farm most of the time. The father died\\nat the age of fifty-nine years, in October, 1850, and\\nhis wife survived until 1875. when she pa.s.sed\\naway at the age of eighty-four years.\\nThe father of our subject was a plain hard-\\nworking man, who was faithful in all his duties\\nbut was not one who accumulated much property,\\nneither did he give his time to (niblic service, ex-\\ntrpt on one occasion when he acted as Assessor of\\nhis township. He was a strong Abolitionist, even\\nat the early date previous to his death, and was", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0373.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "372\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nman of firm convictions. Both he and his wife\\nwere active and efficient members of the Baptist\\nChurch, in which lie was a Deacon from the date\\nof the organization of tlie JXansville Church, until\\nhis death. His parents were New England people\\nof Enalish oriiiin. and his wife s parents came from\\nthe same section and were descended from English\\nand French stock. .loseph Purinton, his wife s\\nfather, was a Revoluti(marv soldier and he himself\\nserved in the AVar of 1\u00c2\u00ab12. Eight childien were\\ngranted him and his wurtliy helpmate, namely:\\nPearly, Almira, Lucy, Horace, Henry P., Mercy C.\\nMartin S., and ]Mareus M., the two latter being\\ntwins.\\nThe first ten years of our subject s life were\\nspent upon the farm in New York and he came\\nwith his parents to Michigan in 1836, remaining\\nwith them until he reached the age of seventeen.\\nAfter leaving home he supplemented the studies\\nwhich he had taken in the district schools by at-\\ntending the Leoni Institute and the Grass Lake\\nAcademy in .Lackson Count\\\\-. Later he went to\\nAnn Arbor and read law with Norton R. Ramsdel,\\nremaining with him for two or three years. He\\nthen began teaching and remained for twenty-two\\nterms at the teacher s desk. In 1852 he settled\\ndown upon a farm in Ingham Township, and for\\nseveral years gave his attention to farming and the\\nrest of the time to the practice of law, being ad-\\nmitted to the bar at Mason, Mich. In 1858 he gave\\nup farming and has since devoted his attention en-\\ntirely to the practice of the law at Dansville. Hav-\\ning won the confidence of the people he now\\nenjoys a large and lucrative practice, and is ad-\\nmitted to all the courts in the State. Mr. Atwood s\\nfirst Presidential vote was cast on the Democratic\\nticket for Zachary Taylor. His earliest official po-\\nsition was that of township Clerk of Ingham\\nTownship, to which he was elected in 1849, and in\\n1850 he held the same office in Stockbridge Town-\\nship.\\nIn 1856 Mr. At wood was elected Justice of the\\nPeace of Ingham Township, and held that office\\nfor twenty consecutive years, although he did not\\ndevote himself exclusively to it. It was in 1860\\nthat the Democratic party elected him to the Michi-\\ngan State Legislature and he was re-elected to the\\nsame office in 1870. He served in both sessions\\nwith honor to himself and profit and satisfaction\\nto his constituents. During the first session he was\\n:i member of the Committee on Supplies and the\\n.ludiciaiy Coniinittee and in the last session he\\nlicldiiged til the Committee on State Affairs and\\nElectioiis. He has been for thirty-three years\\nPresident of the village of Dansville, and since his\\nservice in tiie Legislature has been giving his en-\\ntire attention to his professional duties. He is a\\nmember of tiie Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and\\nCommandery of the F. ife A. M. and is also a mem-\\nber of the Odd Fellows order.\\nThe ladv who became Mrs. Atwood in the month\\nof April 1863 bore the maiden name of Louisa ,J.\\nSkadan. Her home was in the township of Ing-\\nham, this county and she was born in Sennett,\\nCayuga County, December 25, 1836. Her parents.\\nSamuel and Irene (Shedon) Skadan, were both na-\\ntives of the Empire State who settled in this town-\\nship in 1840. The social position of the Hon. M.\\nM. Atwood and wife is exceptionally good and\\ntheir home is the center of a true and genuine\\nhospitality. He has been a member of the village\\ncouncil twelve j ears and was President of the vil-\\nlage eleven years.\\n^if] AMES H. SHAFER. It is sometimes thought\\nby superficial people, who know nothing of\\nagriculture, that no special intelligence is\\n^1// required to till the soil, and indeed, if the\\nmechanical work were all that is necessary, this\\nwould be so, but, as in every branch of industry,\\nthe thoughtful and logical carrying out of theories\\nthat have been proved by experiment and science\\nis found to be advantageous and to the profit of\\nthe farmer. He of whom we write is of the class\\nwho believes in progression and ad\\\\ anceinent. He\\nis the owner of a fine farm on section 3, of Vevay\\nTownship, Ingham County, and although a general\\nfarmer, devotes himself especially to the work of\\nstock-raising.\\nOur subject was born in the city of Mason, Ing-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0374.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n375\\nham County-, tliis State, July 11, 1849. He is the\\nson of George W. and Deborah (Horten) Shafer,\\nnatives of New Yorii. The fatlier, whose iiome\\nwas in Mason. owned some two liundred and twenty\\nacres of land near the city, so wliile our subject\\nlived in the city until he was about twenty-one\\nyears of aue he was at the same time engaged in\\nfanning. He received a good common-school edu-\\ncation, and a])preelating the value that a knowl-\\nedge of books and sciences has for men, he made\\nthe best of his opportunities, and is to-day a man\\nof crlture and education.\\ni\\\\L Shafer s marriage took ))lace November 8,\\n1870, at which time he was united to Miss Lucy\\nK. Saxton, a daughter of N. S. and Eliza (Fuller)\\nSaxton. .She was bom in Knox County, Ohio,\\nSeptember 4, 18.51. Her parents were natives of\\nNew York. About two years after his marriage\\nMr. Shafer went to the State of Kansas, where he\\nmade his residence for some two years. On his re-\\nturn he removed to tlie farm, and has here since\\nlived. Although our subject is independent in\\npolitics, voting for the man that he thinks best\\nfitted for the position in question, his sympathies\\nhave been, as a rule, with the Republican party,\\nand that political body has received the weight of\\nhis vote and influence. He has his preference by\\ninlieritance as well as choice, as his fatlier was also\\na Rei)ublican. In 1882 our subject received the\\nhonor of an election to the post of Supervisor of\\nA evay Township, and has been re-elected to the\\notlice seven times since.\\n^f/LFRED WISE. One of tiie ijroniinent\\nmen in the city of Lansing, Ingham\\nCounty, who has been active in encour-\\naging industries of intrinsic worth to the\\ncity, as well as the upbuilding and perfecting of\\nolder institutions, is the gentleman whose jiortrait\\nappears on the ojiposite page. By parentage, birtii\\nand education he is an Englishman. Tiie jilace of\\nliis nativity was the county of Kent. England, and\\nhis natal day December 20, 1827. He received his\\neducation in England and came to the United\\nStates in 1849, first locating in New York City.\\nThence he went to Ohio and in 1856 came to this\\ncity and made a permanent location, engaging as\\na contractor and builder.\\nMr. Wise is the Presidcntof the Union Building\\n(te Loan Association and also President of the city\\nwater works during their construction and for\\nthree years after their completion. Considering\\nthe age of the place he is an old settler here and\\ntaking into account his energy has accomplished a\\nveiy great deal for the city. At an earlj^ day he\\nwas connected with the building of many of the\\nprominent edifices in the city, turning his atten-\\ntion to that line until 1889. In the meantime the\\ngreater portion of his time was given to the erect-\\ning of mills for the making of sash, doors and\\nblinds and also planing mills.\\nWhen our subject came to Lansing it was a mere\\nvillage, not being organized as a city until 1858.\\nAfter its incorijoratioii as a citj^ Mr. Wise held a\\nnumber of minor offices. He was for three terms\\nelected as Alderman for the Fifth AVard, each term\\nbeing for two years. When the water works were\\nerected in 1885 our subject was elected President\\nand maintained this i)o.sition, being also General\\nSuperintendent of Construction for three years. A\\nstandpipe one hundred and twenty feet in height\\nwas built. He also superintended the putting in\\nof the mains on the principal streets, which en-\\ntailed an expenditure of a large amount of money.\\nSocially Mr. Wise is a member of the Masonic\\norder, in Lodge No. 33, of Lansing. He married\\nMiss Elizabeth Whitefleld of Kent, England, their\\nwedding lieiiig celeliratcd May 13, 1849. Two\\nchildren, who are still living, are the fruit of this\\nmarriage. They are Samuel Lord, who is an artist\\nin this city, and Williain W., who is engaged in the\\nmanufacture of sash, doors and blinds in Chicago,\\n111. Mr. Wise is an ardent Prohil)itipnist, its prin-\\nciples having been iiis for many years. He was\\none of the organizers of that party in this State and\\nnever fails to use his influence in this direction.\\nThe honor has been paid our subject of a nomina-\\ntion to tlic Mayoralty of the city. He has, how-\\never, declined to serve in this cajiacitw his private\\naffairs consuming all his time. He has, however,", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0375.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": ";!7(;\\nPORTKAIT AXD lilOGKAPHK AJ. ALIU\\n:K-te(l upon the Board of Health and in this ca-\\n|i!icil\\\\ lia doni ctticicnt work. Mr. Wix i ;i mini\\nof line literal V lai^leis and i. llie owner of a large\\nand well-;?eleeled lihrarv that eoniprise.-; the works\\nof the .^tandard Knuli.sh and Anieiiean writers.\\nHis lieautifnl home is loeated on Townsend Street,\\nopposite Central Park, one t)f the finest k)Oations\\nin the eity and llie house in itself is perfeet in all\\nits Hp])ointinents and furnishin\\nThe Inion liuildini; A l oan .Vssoeiation of\\nwliioh oni- sulijeet is Presichnil was or anized June\\nI. 18\u00c2\u00ab(;. with a eapital stock of *l.(MII).(iO(l. Our\\nsuhjeet as vnv of its most active organizers w as\\nelected its first President, the other officers being-\\nNelson Uradley wiicp is Tieasurer and Mr. R. .V.\\nClark, who held the position of Secretary for two\\nyears. He was followed liy ^Mr. E. I. Foster who\\nheld tlie position I or one year. The present in-\\ncumlientof tlie position is H. 1). Bartholomew, who\\nhas l een Secretary for two years. Their jjlace of\\nliusiness is located on .Michiuan Avenue and they\\nhave a most satisfactory and prosperous local\\nbusiness.\\nKHT .M. (lOl LJJ. The -moulders of i)ub-\\nlic opinion in Michigan are a class of men\\nif^jjlj f whom the State may well feel proud, as\\nthey have shown themselves citizens of value\\nand helpers in every plan for promoting tlie prog-\\nress and welfare of the State. Even the younger\\nmembers of the newspaper fraternity in the Wol-\\nverine State while they have not had the experience\\nand perhaps do not possess the sagacity of their\\nolder brothers, do evince a spirit of enter|)rise and\\na hearty good will which is a positive factor in the\\ndevelopment of our resources and a stinnilus to\\nprogress.\\nTlie eflitor of the Leslie Xoca/ was born in Tomp-\\nkins Township, Jackson County, Mich.. October\\n2(t. 183; His worthy parents. Oeorge and Boann\\n(Bannister) (iould, were natives of New York who\\ncaine to ^lichigan in earlv days. (George (rouid\\nwas only ten years olil when he ;iiii ved here in 18:5;j,\\nand the young girl wlio was dotined to lieeonie\\nhis wife was brought there by her parents in 18. i7.\\nIn roinpkiiis Township they grew to maturity, met.\\nloved and wetlded and tliere they still live, lieiiig\\nin comfort. ible circumstances, they have farmed all\\ntheir lives. bfgiuiiing with nothing and gaining their\\nexcellent faini by their own efforts. )ur subject s\\nfather was attached to the I{ei)ulilieaii party until\\nI eter Coo|)er originated the (Jreenback party, sinee\\nwhieh time he has brcn a ireenliaeker and a labor\\nman. For several terms he has served his fellow\\ncitizens as .lustice of the Peace and he is a piomi-\\nnent iiieinber of the Masonie order, the Odd Fel-\\nlow and the (Grangers. Three children constitu-\\nted his household: ICdgai-. Bert and Cora M.\\n(poll lii^ father s farm, young (iould gic to\\nmanhood taking his schooling in the district school\\nof Tompkins Township. Jackson County, coming\\nto Leslie. Inghani County to take his High School\\ncourse. In 1883. he entered the ottice of the Leslie\\nLocal und there he learned the |)riiiter s trade, pre-\\nparing himself practically and th(jroughly for the\\nwork which he now has in hand. For about two\\nyears he read la\u00c2\u00ab in the ollice of F. (iodworth\\nbut before being admitted to tin bai an opening\\npresented itself tV r iiim to become the proprie-\\ntor of the Local and he at once .seized this ojipoi\\ntunity whieh was directly in the line of his inclin-\\nations aiKJ became the proprietor and editor of this\\n|)aper. His first eoiinection nith the Local in this\\nway was in the fall of 188(1 as he entered into part-\\nneishi]) with Mr. Woodworth but he sub, eipienl Iv\\npurchased the entire paiier.\\n.Mr. (bnild is independent in politics .-iiid his\\npajier is of the same stripe. He has woiked up a\\ngood circulation and lias brought himself unaided\\nto the excellent position which he now holds. Be-\\nsides this newspaper business he finds time to attend\\nto the duties of hisotlice as Village Clerk. He has\\nreached the third degree in the Free and Accepted\\nI .Masons and belongs to the Independent )rder of\\nOdd Fellows.\\nhappy home life ojiened iiefore our subjccl.\\nwhen he was united in mairiage Decemiier il. I88().\\nwith Mi.ss Nellie .\\\\ustin, of Leslie, a native of Les-\\nI lie Township, and a daughter of Thomas Austin.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0376.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT ANJ) BKXiRAPHK AL AI.Hr\\nand his liappincN-? liii hci ii clouded only by the\\ndeath of their one cliild, little Jay, who was born\\nOctober 15, 1887, and died .July 12. 1890. Mr.\\nGould gives promise of becoming one of the most\\nuseful citizens not only of Leslie but also of Ing-\\nham C ouiitv.\\n^^i\u00c2\u00a3mm\\nso-\\nl ICHAEL J. MLRRAY. lie nf whom we\\ni\\\\ write is Jlayor of the beautiful .city of\\nIII A Mason, the county seat of Ingham County,\\ntills State. lie is also station agent on the\\n^lichigan Central road. He has lieen elected to his\\npresent high position in the municipality, not be-\\ncause of nionied iulluencc. hut because of fitness for\\nthe place tliat he occupies. It is fitting that the\\ntowii should |)lace in its highest otlices those who\\nby birth have tlie interests of the locality most at\\nheart, and as our subject is a native of this .State,\\nhe naturally takes a i)ride in its welfare that an\\nalien would not readily feel. He was born at Bat-\\ntle Creek. Mich.. April IH. 1847. and is the son of\\nJohn and Anna (.Mc(iraw) Murray, natives of Ire-\\nland, who came to tiiis .State and settled in Ann\\nArbor where they were married. Tiie mother came\\nhither to Ann Arlior on the first railroad train\\nthat ever ran into the city.\\nMi: ilurray s boyhood days were sjient on a farm\\nin Livingston County which his parents had pur-\\nchased upon coining into this State. He received\\na good ccmimon-school education, educational ad-\\nvantages being a feature to which the young\\n.State early devoted herself to i)erfecting as full}\\nas possible. He remained at Inmie until twenty-\\nthree years of age and then began to do for himself.\\nHaving in his young manhood suffered intensely\\nfrom rheumatism, he was induced to abandon farm-\\ning and went toToronto, Canada, at which place he\\nattended a school of telegraphy, after which, being\\nan expert operator, he went into an olHce in How-\\nell. Livingston County, Mich., where he finished\\nhis practical course, and became a night o[)erator.\\nholding this position for alK)ut one year.\\nOn removing to Metamora, Lapeer County. Mich.\\nour subject became .-tation agent, in which place\\nhe remained for three j-ears in the emplo} of the\\nMichigan Central railroad. He then removed to\\nColwell, where he remained for one year, then\\nagain moved to North Lansing, being at that place\\nchief clerk for the Jlichigan Central for a period\\nof three years. While there he was married to\\nMiss Anna L. Merriam.a daughter of .John and Sara\\nMerriam. She was born in Green Bay, Green Bay\\nCounty, Wis., .September 16, 1849. Their marriage\\ntook place October 23, 1875. Three years later,\\nMr. Murray moved to JIason, where he has ever\\nsince had the position of station agent.\\nOur sul)ject has a fine residence property at the\\ncorner of Oak and B. .Street, worth 82500. The\\nhome is comfoital)le and attractive and is charm-\\ningly located and surrounded In a beautiful lawn\\nand fine shade trees. Mr. ]\\\\luriay is a Democrat in\\nhis political faith and following, but has never in-\\nterested himself in politics. The post that he now\\nholds was unsought and unsolicited, his party mak-\\ning him a candidate for the ^layorality.and he has\\nfilled the position to the best of his aliility since that\\ntime, having been re-elected for the tiiird time, and\\nreceiving the compliment and hc)nor the List lime\\nof a greater m.ajority than at either prceeeding\\nelections. Mr. Muriay lias ever been ready out of\\nhis means and substance to lielj) those in trouble\\nor need, making the gift a gracious one liy the kind\\nand syniiiathetic words that accom|i:iined it. lie\\nhas never been able to lay by any amount of this\\nworld s goods because of the fad that he has always\\nfound some one who needed what w.as not neces-\\nsary to him.self.\\n,EV. CllAKLES II. HE.VLE. pastor of the\\nPlymouth Congregational Church of Lan-\\niS \\\\V sing, Ingham County, is a man of high\\nattainments. Of a finely and delicately\\nbalanced nature, spiritually and morally, he has\\nalways taken the highest stand. A man of fine\\neducation and good address, he is fitted as an ora-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0377.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "37fi\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ntoi- to it( ct the youil woik that liis example a;* a\\n(liiistiMU sets before his |)(o|)le. He ides ent;a iiiiii\\nill |):i toi;il \\\\voil lie is Secretary of tlie Beaeon Fub-\\nlisliiiiu oiii|)aii\\\\ is editor of the paper entitled\\nThf Bciwdii. wliieli is a jouiiial devoted to tlie\\niiiteiestsaiid i^rowth of the oimreaatioiial ciuiiclies\\nill the State of Mieliiiiaii.\\nOur subjeet was born in I atcliosiue. I,. I., N. V..\\nAugust 2(1. lf r)4. His father was Prof. David B.\\nIk-ale, also a native of tlie same place with our sub-\\nject, as was his wife. The Beales came from Knu-\\nland about l7 io. Our subject s paternal s;rand-\\ntatlicr. A\\\\ illiani lleale. was a farmei in Long Island\\nand there died in IH, Pi of. Beale. our subject s\\nfather, was ;i teacher and wa~ the reater portion\\nof his life eiiiplo\\\\ed in educational work. He was\\nSuperinti iidenl of m number of schools, but liis\\ndistinction as jiii educator was attained at the ini-\\nvate academv of which he was President at North-\\n])ort. L. I. It was called Hillside Seminary. hen\\na younii man in the earl\\\\ part of 1\u00c2\u00ab(I2 he enlisted\\nas a Sergeant in (_ oni|iany 1, of the One Hundred\\nand Thirty-ninth New York Infantry and was in\\nthe eani|)aign of the .lames River, when his health\\nfailed. He received his discharge while yet in\\niHispital after two years service and on returning\\nto his home continued conducting Ins jirivate\\nschool. The last four years of his life lie had to\\nretire from active duty and made his home with\\nour subject. He died .Inly 1. 1H7(). at a |iicnic.\\nimmediately after his son had delivered an address,\\nhaving strained himself in getting into a wagon\\nto return home. For many \\\\eai he was an active\\nniembei of the CongregatioiiMl Church and otlic-\\niated as a lay |)reaiher.\\n)nr subject s mother was. previous to her mar-\\nriage, .Miss Ksther Hallock and born in Smith-\\ntown, L. I. She was a daughter of Thomas Hal-\\nlock, a native of (he same locality and was des-\\ncended from I eter Hallock, said to be the tiist\\nwhite settler from Connecticut on Long Island.\\nThey trace their ancestry to the founders of the\\nNew Haven Colony and back to Kngland. Thomas\\nHallock was a farmer and a well-informed and able\\nman. Mrs. lieale resides with her sons. )ur sub-\\nject s fathei- had been married jjrevious to his\\nunion witli the present Mrs. Beale and by that\\nmarriage he was the father of six children. The\\nsecond marriage resulted in the birth of four cliil-\\nlren, our subject being the second one of these.\\nTwo of the liiotliers of the family served through\\nthe Civil Wai one having been made a Lieutenant,\\nanothei enlisting at sixteen and serviiiu tlii(Migli-\\nout the war.\\nThe original of this sketch received the greater\\npart of his education under his father, graduating\\nat the Hillside Academv when eighteen years fif\\nage. He then assisted his fathei in the charge of\\nthe school by becoming one of the teacher.^i and\\nafterward was called to the jiosition of Princi|)al\\nof the Hayi)ort school, where he remained for two\\n\\\\-ears. While there he was licensed to preach in\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church, having joined\\nthat body in 187(1 as a probationer and in IHKO\\nuniting with that body in full membersliip. In\\nlH7r) he became pastor at (iood (iround. L. L.aiid\\nremained there for two years. He was the iiiciini-\\nbeiit if his next charge for t .iree years and then\\nwent lo U ockville (enter where he remained for\\none ar. I lie next year he was pastor of the\\nCarroll Park Cliur( li in lirooklyn and in I 8X2 he\\nwithdrew from the .Methodist Kpiscopal Church\\nand came to .Michigan where he joined the Con-\\ngregational .Association. He oi ganized the church\\nat Cadillac. Mich., and erected an edifice there. In\\nthe spring of I MHt!, he became pastor of the Pl\\\\-\\niiioiilh Church. Lansing. In 18HH|ie was one of\\nthe iiumlier to organize the Beacon Publishing Com-\\npain which had originally been published in l)e-\\nti oit. Pemoving the business to Lan.sing it has\\nsince been carried on in this city. He is the .Secre-\\ntar\\\\ of the comi)any and editor of the organ which\\nhas changed its form from a folio to ;i (pi.arto\\njournal. It is a weekly jiajier which enjoysagood\\ncirculation, having increased from two thousand\\nto thirty-live hundird .^ince he lia.-~ had charge.\\n.Mr. Ueale is a member of the Kxeciitive Com-\\nmittee on home mission-^ of the State of Michig.an,\\nbeinu Sei retary f hi committee. In fact every\\ngood work that iiromi-^e- to help humanity ap|ie. ils\\nto his large and generous heart. The Rev. Mr.\\nBeale s first marriage took place at i )W!iylon.\\nConn.. .Line 11. 1880, at which time he was united\\nto Miss Marv E. Smith. She died in Rockville", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0378.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "PORTH.Vri AM) l!I()(;l^Vl\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ll]CAL ALIU .M.\\nMil\\nCciilcr. Ii in iii^ ti Ikt lifi ciivcd liu linnil iinc cliilil.\\nM Mill. Ai thur S. His si-foiid iii!iiri;iuc \\\\v;is iiiikIc\\nwith .Mi\u00c2\u00bb l.urv M. licrvc. wild i- :i ii:ili\\\\i cil Limu\\nI^ImihI :iii(I m li. iiiulitcr ol lln lii-v. 11. I Ilcrxc. ;i\\niiiiiii lcr ill llic .Mclliodist Kpi.scoiiai Clmicli. I lic\\niii;illi;ii;i (if iiiir iiliji ct mikI lii witr w;i^ Sdlcnili\\nizcd ;it Smi; I lailuir. I.. 1.. in 1MM7. .Mr. Iloalc i.-\\niii(li |)fii(U iit ill ilitic lielieviiiii it iiotoiily riuiit\\nliiit |i(ililic In Niilf I lir llic iiinii lu st littcil \\\\i Mil\\nliu ullicc ill (iiic.siidii ralluT than a man wIki i\\ntill tool of iiiiscnipuhnif- |)nliticiaii\\nSince cuiiiin^ tn l,aiisiii;i (iiir siilijcct lia. hail a\\ncall froiii llif (iniii-fi)-ati(iiial Chnich at .Madisnn.\\n\\\\Vi liiit |nvfi i to remain here, feelina tluit he\\niia.-* work lit llic hi^liest im|iurtaiice at ricliii;;in\\nc!l|iital eltv.\\nAMKS TOIU.V.S. IIaii|)y is the man who has\\nlived a lone- life tliat has lieen chaiacteiized\\nliy ii|iiii;lil ness of |ini|iose. iiitei;rit\\\\ of\\nliriiicijile and whose hiii li mental and moral\\n.-iMiidiiiii is ii|iitefnll\\\\ ieeoi;nized liy his fellow-\\nmen. Such .-I man is .lames Toliias and the imli-\\nlisliei- of thi .Vila M would tail of their iinipose\\nof lecordiliL! li\\\\ es Iluit lia\\\\c lieeii iisefnl and\\nwortli\\\\ of note were the\\\\ to omit mention of his\\nsnccessfnl eaicer. Inyham Connly prondly claims\\nhim :is one of her liest ind most eiiteilirisint; citi-\\nzens, and he is the fort i mate owikt of t wd liniidred\\nacres on .section 2(i. LansinoTownship. U\\\\- a pioper\\nrolalion of crops the land lias been lirouuht to a\\nliifjll (letfree of cnltivation. while \\\\aiioiis liuildinsis\\nhave lieen erected such a liest Ml ser\\\\-e the piir-\\npo.Ms of ayricnltnie.\\nThe paieiit of .Mr. Toliias were .iiiliu \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid Laura\\nToliias. natives of the .State of ()hio. Their son\\n.lames was liorn in .Medina Connty. that State, )c-\\ntolier 2. i. Ix;i2. ;iiid it the early ape of lh|-ee ve. irs\\nhe WM oipliaiied liy the death of lii.- mother.\\nlie wa then yi\\\\ eii to the cue of .Mis. .Simon\\nan isdall. who was always (|e\\\\ died and kind to\\nhim. He attended school, .-iciiuirinii a conimon-\\nsi hooj education and durinu the inleivnN of -tnd\\\\-\\na.ssisled Ills fo,ster father on tiie farm. .\\\\t the a.i -e\\nof sixteen years he was apiirenticed to learn tiie\\ntrade of .a lilacksmith and :ifter the term of his ap-\\nprenticohip li.nl expired he followed his trade\\nuntil ISCll.\\nOn Decemlier (I, IM. i. i. .Mr. Toliias .iiid .Miss .lane\\nliuchaiian were united in marriaiie: the liride was\\na daughter of .Nilin liiielian;in. of .Vshland County.\\n(tliio. She died in liS72 lea\\\\iiiu- three chihlren.\\nwho art still Iniiii;: .lolin .1. married .M.at lie T oster\\nand resides in illiamston. .Mich.: K .ichel .\\\\delia\\nlieeame the wifi of .Vdelliert .Moore ind also iii;ikes\\nher home in Williainstdii; I(ia .M. is sinjile and is\\na teacher by profession, althouji li at present she is\\nan art student. .Vfter ri m.-iiiiiiia; a widower until\\nIXMtl .Mr. I oliias was happil\\\\- wedded on .lune 2H\\nto his present wife, whose m.aiden name w.as INtliei\\n.1. Mead. She was the widow of .Austin Harker. Her\\nfatiu r was a nati\\\\e of the St.ate of New York. This\\nestiin. dile lady presides with dij^nity over the ele-\\nIjant home of her husliand and li\\\\ her iiracioiis\\nwa.\\\\s wins friends of all who meet her.\\nThe career of .Mr. Tobias is certain ly woith\\\\ of\\neiiiiil. ition. ;is 111 started in life without a doll.-ir ami\\nby persistent indnslr\\\\ has attained to a conifoila-\\nble competeue\\\\ His farm being inly one and one-\\nhalf miles from the city limits of Lansiiii; is vei\\\\\\nvaluable pi-opert\\\\ furnisliint;- at the .same time all\\nthe advanlaifes of city life and the comforts of\\nrural .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2diode. In political matti is he adheres to the\\nprinciples of the Democratic party and ranks liiirli\\nill the councils of his |iarly. Socialh he belonjis\\nto the l{ i\\\\al ,\\\\rcanniii. and Lodue No. ;!;i. A-\\nM.. of l.aiisiiia.\\n^S\\\\ I TL.VN1) 15. STKJU51NS. Prominent amonir\\n(II _ the manutacturinji men of Lansiiiir is the\\n^^f uentleman whose n:ime we have just jriven.\\nHe is ice-l resideiil of the Lausina Wheelbarrow\\nWorks, and an old and honored resident of this c\u00e2\u0096\u00a0it^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.\\nto \\\\vlii h lie i-ame in \\\\X. lie was born in \\\\Vill-\\niainstown. ()iani!-e nunlv. t.. Februar\\\\ 17. I812,", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0379.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "380\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nand is the son f)f Bliss Steb})ins, a native of Massa-\\nchiisettji who went to Vermont when young, and\\nmarried Miss Betsey Cole, of Clcrnmnt. N. Y. He\\nwiis by occupation during the latter years of his\\nlife, what was then known as a clothier th.at is, he\\nmade a liusiness of dressing clotli tliat had Iteen\\nwoven liy farmers. His death took place in 1826,\\nand he left a family of live children. The only one\\nnow living Ijesides our subject is Francis R.. who\\nis a leading dealer in carpets and general house\\nfurnishing goods at Adrian, Mich. A good educa-\\ntion was given to his children by this faithful\\nfather and every oiiportunity that lay in his power\\ngiven them to tiecome proficient in the best branches\\nof learning.\\nWhen fourteen years of age our subject was as\\ncompetent to teach, except for government, as any\\nteacher in that part of the country, but after this\\nhe took a few terms at an academy. Before he was\\ntwenty -one he Ijcgan writing for papers, bringing\\nout l)Oth prose and poetry, but not being able to\\ncomplete his education, he apprenticed himself to\\na cabinet-maker and became an accomplished\\nworkman in four years.\\nThe year after reaching his majority Sir. Steb-\\nbins received an oflice under the S|)eaker of the\\nHouse of Legislature which he held for four years\\nunder succeeding administrations. It was a pecu-\\nliar way in which he came into this ottice, as he had\\nnot i)lanned to make an effort in that direction,\\nbut a report got alnoad the d.ny before Legislature\\nmet that he was a candidate for the ottice of mes-\\nsenger to the Governor and Council, upon the anti-\\nMasonic ticket. lie was much siuprised, but upon\\ndue consideration concluded he might as well run\\nfo the oflice, for if he did not he would get the\\ncredit of being defeated, and so he made a short\\nbut gallant run for the place and received it. Mr.\\nL. B. Vilas, father of Secretary Vilas of Wisconsin,\\nwas at that time Secretai .v to the Governor and he\\nand the Governor both gave their intluence for\\nthe young man. After holding this position for\\nfour years he decided to go West, and as West in\\nthose days was not as near the Pacific as it is now\\nhe settled at Buffalo, N. Y. in the fall of 1836, and\\nfor several months stvulied law there.\\nIn 1837 Mr. Stebbcns was united in marriage\\nwith Susan E. Burlev of Salem, Mass., and soon\\nafter mairiage they came to Michigan and made\\ntheir home in Adrian, where Mr. Stebbins went into\\nthe furniture business, in wiiich for several years\\nhe was associated with his brother. In 1844 he\\nliegan editing the Michigan Expositor, a Whig\\npaper which he carried on foi- foiu years and part\\nof that time conducted a weekly temperance i)apei-.\\nPrevious to the election of Taylor and Fillmore he\\nwas the first man in the United States to place the\\nname of Fillmore at the head of his columns as can-\\ndidate for the Presidency. During that adminis-\\ntration, and after Fillmore came into power through\\nthe death of ^Ir. Taylor, Mr. Stebbins became\\nSpecial Agent of the Postofflce Department by\\nappt)intment under Fillmore and in order to attend\\nto the duties of that position he sold out the fur-\\nniture business to his brother and served in the\\nPostofflce Department until the close of Fillmore s\\nadministration.\\nAfter he had closed his official duties, his wife,\\nwho had been his companion for many years, died\\nj in 1854, and by his next marriage he was united\\nI with Miss Eliza Smith of Adrian. In the year of\\n1857 he removed to Lansing to edit the Lansing\\nliepublican, and July 1, 1858, he entered the office\\nof Public Instruction, being the Deputy Sujjerin-\\ntendent of Pul)lic Instruction, which position he\\nheld for twenty- years under five different superin-\\ntendents. After leaving that office he retired from\\nactive life and contented himself with the general\\noversight of business.\\nHe of whom we write was one of the original\\nmembers of the company which organized the\\nWheelbarrow Works, being an original stock-\\nholder and Director and the Vice-President from\\nits inception, his son being also Superintendent for\\nseveral years. This business has been excellently\\nmanaged and has been subject to steady growth\\nuntil it now ranks among the largest institutions\\nof the kind in the country. He is also a stock-\\nholder in the Lansing National Bank, as well as in\\nthe gas works. In 1865 he purchased the projjerty\\nat Xo. 219, Capitol Avenue, N., and has remodeled\\nand rebuilt this residence until he now has a beau-\\ntiful and commodious home which is an ornament\\nto that part of thecit His wife died in the win-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0380.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "I ORTHArr AM) IJKHiHArilK Al, ALUl.M.\\ntcr of IHHH. leaviiiii tlirei- children. I luy were\\nnaiiu d. Artliin wlio i SupcriiilfiKU iit tlii\\nWlioolliai-niw Wdrks: Susan and I .liss. wlm i\\nnow travi linii for tlic t onipany and isaliont t went\\\\\\nfive yoai s of agi-. Dnrini;- the artivity of llif\\n.Mcclianic .s ^Iiitual I l-otcttion Society lie was a\\nihcuiIki- of llial liody and I veisinco his early youth\\nhe lias Keen identified with the on rc i ;atif nal\\nChurch, lie has always lieen a stronjj advocate of\\nleni|ieiance measures and is willing at any lime to\\naid in promolinomeasures which look to the nu)ral\\nand linsiness uphuildins; of lyansing.\\nSi; ^il^\\nLHKIM I!1!I)\\\\VN. Auionu the faruuMs of\\n(\u00c2\u00a9/lJI i White )ak Towiishi|i. we aic pleased to\\n4) mention the ufentleman whose name we\\nha\\\\e just given, who is a n.atix e of Ing-\\nh. Oi] I liw nship. Iniihani ounty. where he was hoiii\\nin IKfl. lie is of J-lnglisli |iareutage. his father.\\n.1. \\\\V. JJrown. ha\\\\ ingliein liorn Septembei- I .l. 1\u00c2\u00ab| I.\\nin (Jrcal Uritain. wheuci he icmo\\\\ed ti New oik\\nand afti rward to Michigan, making his home in\\nOakland ounty. In llie family there wei c six\\nchihlreu. e(|Uall\\\\ divided lietween sons and daugh-\\nters. His wife, .lane Uurge.ss. was .\\\\Tnerican liy\\nhirth. New ork lieiiig her native .st.ite .and she\\nwas there horn Fehrnary 27. 1S1 Her marri.age\\nwith Mr. Hrown look place .lanuary 12, \\\\X M.\\nTo these parents were horn two dauglileis and\\nthree sons, namely: Klizaln th. who was horn .l.anu-\\narv 22. \\\\Mx. and marrie(l 1*. Oshoi n and is the\\nmother of foui- children. S.amuel K. was horn\\nOctoher .l. is:! .l. aii l marrie(l Adilie llilihs. who\\nhas one child and resides in the State of ashing-\\nton: Kmily .1.. was horn Marcli 2 1H)2. and also\\nlives in Washington, and onr ^ul)ject. who was the\\nfouitli in order of .age and was iiorn .March 22. IHIl.\\nwhile the yoimyest lirother. .losepli K.. whose liirtli\\noccurred Au jusi 21. IH, )(l. i cst.aMishcd in ;i home\\nof his own with a wife whose maiden iiami w.as\\nMinnie I utnam.\\nMr. Hrown w;is hi rn Maich 22. isll. ||c m:n\\nrieil Miss S. .1. I.iiwc. and In them was hnin upon\\nthe nth of May. IHCH. a son. Kdward .1. Hrown.\\nOur suhject is a man wlio is univer.sally re-\\nspected as an honorahle farmei and liusiliess man.\\nHe an l his fainil\\\\ lieloug to the .Methodist Kpisco-\\np,al Church and ai c active in .seivice in its liehalf.\\nheiuii e\\\\ er read\\\\ to lend a hand to liuildin f \\\\ip its\\ninterests.\\n.1. lirown. the gr.andfathcr of our -~uhject. was\\nlioiu in l ,nglaud. Novendier 2. 17n7. and was nni-\\nteil in m.-irriage Octoliej- 1(\u00c2\u00bb. IKOil. with .Vnn Ward,\\nwho w.as horn )ctol)er 5. I77!t. This progenitor\\ncame to .Vnierica in lH27.and made his home in\\nthe West, dying in Ingham l ownshi|). in 1K4I.\\nHis wife died in Walled Lake. )akland County, ex-\\npjiing N ovtniher 2(1. 1H. h.aving outli\\\\( d her\\nhusband some nine years, and being then past her\\nthree-score years and ten. )ur subject is doing .a\\ngeneral faiining business, .and h.a^ line st ick. He\\nbuilt his new home in IHKO and his excellent barn\\neight years Later. He devotes himself entirely to\\nthe piu-suit of his business and has steadfastly de-\\nclined til liohl any of the county oi- township\\nollico. He lichings to the onler of the I ations of\\nlndn.-tr\\\\ and in his political views is strongl\\\\ Re-\\npublican, .as he claims th.at the party which su])-\\npoited the adininistr.ation throngh the awfid days\\nof the Ci\\\\ il War should now receive tiie support\\nof loval men.\\n-^J^\\nES. IS.VrKS. ex-( hief of i olice and .Mar.-hal\\nof Lansing and ex-Deputy Sheriff of Ing-\\n_ ham County, was born in .ALanlius. Onon-\\ndaga (ounty. N. Y.. .March II. 1H4.H. His father.\\nl ,li r.. was .also a native of New York, .and his\\ngrandfather. D.aniel I)., of .Spriiiglield. Mass.. at\\nouctiuu- in his life lived in (Jeorgia. where he\\nowiud slaves, but as this was contrary to his love\\nof freedom, he liberated them. He went to ()non-\\nd.aga County in ixos. where he worki il at his tradi\\nas a wagonmaker. in .lanuaiy. l^ he came to\\nMichigan and lo -ated in Stockliridge. Ingham\\n(iunt\\\\. whei c he worked at his trade until about\\nthe time of hi- de.ath in isx. i. Diuint: the Civil", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0381.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "382\\nPOETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nWar he enlisted in 1861 in the Sixty-first New\\nYork Regiment as a nurse, and served for two\\nyears in the hospital, after which he was discharged\\non account of physical disability.\\nThe father of our sul ject was reared in New\\nYork and became a painter by trade, and being\\nmusical in his tastes and education, also taught\\nmusic, both vocal and instrumental. In 1861 he\\nenlisted with his father in the Sixty-flrst Regiment\\nNew York Infantry, and served for three years,\\nafter which he re-enlisted in the Twenty-second\\nNew York Veteran C orps as Sergeant. At the\\nbattle of the Wilderness he was captured and sent\\nto Andersonville Prison, where he spent eight\\nmonths and three days. He was then paroled, but\\nhis health had been so broken down by the hard-\\nships and agonies of that period of imprisonment\\nthat he died nine days after reaching home, pass-\\ning away January 1, 1865. The biographer pauses\\nin his narrative to lay a tribute of grateful ajjpre-\\nciation upon the graves of such as he, who in\\nthose terrible Southern prisons sacrificed so much\\nin loyalty to the old flag.\\nThe mother of our subject was Laura Helmer\\nin her maidenhood, and was born near Kendall-\\nville. Noble County, Ind. She was a daughter of\\nPeter Helmer, a farmer, who died in Indiana. She\\nstill resides in Stockbridge, Ingham County, where\\nshe is an active and c.nrnest member of the Episco-\\npal Church, to which her husband was also at-\\ntached. Of their fo\\\\ir children three were\\ndaughters and one a son, and of them three are\\nnow living, our subject being the oldest of the\\nfamily. When only thirteen years old, this boy\\nhad to take care of the family because his father\\nand grandfather had gone to the war. and he en-\\ngaged as clerk in a grocery store at Jlanlius until\\nhe enlisted in November, 1864, although not yet\\nsixteen years old, in Company F, Second New\\nYork Cavalry, going from Rochester under the\\ncommand of Gen. Custer.\\nThe regiment to which young Bates belonged\\nspent the first season in the Shenandoah Valley.\\nThey went up and down that valley until the\\nlioor boy froze his feet, and was afterward taken\\ndown with typhoid fever and sent to Park Hospi-\\ntal at Baltimore. In the meanwhile he had taken\\nI part in numerous skirmishes and saw the smoke of\\nbattle at New Market, Rudd s Hill, Fisher s Hill\\nand Manchester. He was mustered out of the\\nservice in July, 1865, and came home. It was not\\nlong before he decided to come West and brought\\nwith him the family, locating at Stockbridge,\\nwhere he engaged with his grandfather in wagon-\\nmaking. He continued there until 1872.\\nUpon coming to Lansing, the young man en-\\ntered the employ of W. S. Holmes, and for quite\\na while traveled for him, pushing the sale of\\npianos and organs. He then became a policeman\\nin the city about the year 1883, and served for\\none year in North Lansing. He then acted as en-\\ngineer for four years at the School for the Blind,\\nafter which he became Deputy County Sheriff,\\nunder II. O. Call, of Mason. After this he was\\nappointed City Marshal and Chief of Police in\\n1889, and after serving one year he started in the\\ngrocery business here in June, 1890. He is the\\nonly private detective in North Lansing and has\\nworked up some remarkable cases, notably that of\\nCarl Keroski. He is the man who was successful\\nin bringing the murderers of the Diamondale\\ntragedy to justice. He had the case in hand only\\nfrom Sunday night until Monday morning, and\\nhad gained possession of the man and had his\\nidentity proven. The man had come here from\\nGreen Bay, and thought that he was safe, but he\\nreckoned without his host, as he did not know\\nMr. Bates wonderful detective abilities. He has\\narrested a great many men, and has probably done\\nmore in the detective line than any man in Lan-\\nsing, but he has never used firearms but once. He\\nunearthed a gang at MuUikan for whom the of-\\nficers hrtd long lieen seeking. He now devotes\\nhimself to a considerable extent to his gro-\\ncery business in which Mr. F. I. Moore is a part-\\nner.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write has a pleas-\\nant home in Lansing, and in it may be found his\\ntalented and intelligent wife, and one child, Don\\naid. He was married July 1, 1876, in Unadilla\\nLivingston County, and Mrs. Bates, who bore the\\nname in maidenhood of Floia Mclntyre, was a na-\\ntive of that county, and after completing her edu-\\ncation taugiit for some nine _years, She is an ear-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0382.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIIK AL ALBUM.\\n383\\nnest worker in the Metliodist Ei)iM :il riiiirch.\\n!in l lidtli slie and her Imsliaiid are niot^t hij^hlv re-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2jarded in the -ocial circh s uf l,ansin\u00c2\u00a3 Mr. liate.s\\nis identilied with the Independent OnU r of Odd\\nFeUow.s, the Royal Areainini, the Aneient Order of\\nForesters and tlie (irand Army of tlie lie|iulilic.\\nHe stands liiirli as a Repiil)liean and is often\\nsent .IS a dek\u00c2\u00bbgate to city and count\\\\ conven-\\ntions.\\n-f-\\n^m-\\n-J\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n\u00c2\u00a5/OIIX X. BUSH, who lias been one of the\\nlargest contractors in tlie city of Lansing,\\nIngham County, but who has now retired\\nfrom active business, is a representative of\\nan old Jersey family who are well known for their\\njiatriotic sentiments. Their family history is re-\\nplete with incidents that redound to the honor of\\nthe various members of the family because of their\\nloyalty to tliei]- country. Mr. Bush was one of the\\nvery earliest settlers in Lansing and a pioneer. He\\nwas born in Orleans County, X. Y., .lanuarv 21.\\n1821. and although he has reached the three-score\\nyears and ten allotted by Scripture, he is still hale\\nwith unfailing faculties, and has never been sick ,m\\nday in his life.\\nThe father of our snliject was Oliver Bush, lioni\\nin Monmouth County. X. J. His paternal giaiid-\\nfathei was .John Bush, also of Xew .Jersey. He was\\na farmer in that State, and there died. 01i\\\\er\\nBush, our subject s father, was a mason by ti;ide.\\nand employed himself in the pursuit of his calling\\nuntil his decease, ery young in life, in 1810. he\\nlocated in Seneca County, X. V. I ater. in 1H20,\\nhe locate l in Mason. ^lurray Towusliii). Orleans\\nt ounty, but live years later made a tri|) to Michi-\\ngan and worked for a time at his trade in Detroit.\\nWhile thus eng.aged he had an opportunity of\\nlearning something of the resources of the coun-\\ntry, and he wa.s .so pleased with what he saw ;ind\\nheard, that lie retiu-ned to Xew York the s.anie fall,\\nand the following spring brought lii family to De-\\ntroit. l- oj a time he remained in llie city, but in\\nthe fall of 1H2() he located in Y|) ilanti. (li\\\\ idiiig\\nhis time lietween working at his trade and hunting\\nand tiapiiing which must indeed at that time have\\nbeen a fascinating occii|)ation.\\nWhether the father felt that there were here so\\nfew advantages for his children or whether he was\\ntired of combating with the hardshiijs of pioneer\\nlife the writi-r c!iniiot s;i\\\\, but in 1H. 52 he returned\\nto New Yoi k and located in .Murray Township.\\nThere he remained until 1817. when in the month\\nof .luiie, he came to the city of Lansing and began\\nthe work of contracting. One of his first contracts\\nwas on the building known as the old Seymour\\nHouse, now the Franklin House. While thus em-\\nployed he was taken sick with erysipelas, being\\nobliged to leave his work October 9, and a few\\ndays later. October 20, he jiassed away from this\\nlife the age of sixty years. He was of F rench de-\\nscent, his family having emigrated from France at\\nthe time of the Huguenot exodus. Mr. Bush, Sr.,\\nwas a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a\\nctmsisteiit Christian and a con.scientious man.\\nThe mother ol him of whom we write was, jire-\\nvious to her marriage, ^liss Laura Dusctt. She was\\na native of Connecticut, and a daughter of .lohn\\nDusett. who w;is iIm) born in Connecticut, and there\\nengaged in farming. Our snliject s maternal grand-\\nfather when but fifteen years of age enlisted in the\\nRevolutionary Wai as a titer, and was a partici|iant\\nin .all the principal battles. His chosen calling in\\nlife w .as that of a farmer, aiirl after the war he lo-\\ncated in Orleans ounty, N. Y.. being there a pio-\\nneer, opening up a new farm, which he improved\\nand occupied until hi decease. He l io was of\\nFrench ancestry. Mr. r u irsown famil\\\\- name is\\nBe Son. His jiareiits on emigrating to this coun-\\ntry landed on .Staten Isl.and. and there died of yel-\\nlow fever. The two children that were thus\\norphaned were adopted by atierman family liy the\\nname of Bush. an l liesides rearing the little ones\\nthey gave them their name.\\nI lie original of this sketch is the eldest of eight\\nchildren. He w,as reare i until five years of age in\\nMnrra\\\\ Ton n liip. )rleans County. N. and was\\nbi-ouglit b\\\\ his )):ircNts to Di lroit in |.H2(i. There\\nwere at that time more liiiliaii to be eeii than\\nwhite people, and w lien Ihc followiiii; fall llie\\\\\\nwent to Yiisilanti it seemed very wild to the new\\ncomers, I ikui their advent into the country there", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0383.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "384\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nwas no soJiool. One who has been in the Nortli-\\nern tinilier regions at tlie jiresent time, where tliere\\nare still unbroken forests of pine .-ind oak with an\\nimpenetrable tangle of undeilii nsli and vines\\nthroiii;h wliieh steal only shy, tender-eyed deer and\\nhare, with an occasional wildcat, and as night aj)-\\nproaches the screech owl, vvhose dreary call fills\\none with a homesick feeling, can appreciate in\\nsome slight degree how desolate must have been the\\ncountry in an early day. when there were no roads\\nand liut few neighbors witliin reaching disttince.\\nand liow brave the hearts must have been to have\\ndared to go out into such wilds and brave the dan-\\ngers of ti cachei ous Indians, wolves and the en-\\nci oachments of other wild animals. However, our\\nsubject s father was fearless, and his son relates\\nthat for some cause he destro^ ed a temporary In-\\ndian village.\\nOn the return of the family to New York in\\n1832, our subject s school days began. They were\\nmeagre to lie sure, for school was held only tliree\\nmonths during the winter when theie were no\\nsin-ing planting, summer liar\\\\-esting or fall plowing.\\nIlis woi k began :it an early age. for at ten years he\\ncarried the hod filled with biiek. and thus em-\\nployed, soon learned the mason s trade, so that be-\\nfore he was fifteen years of age he could la\\\\- a wall\\nas well as his father. Mr. Bush is a self-made man.\\nWhat knowledge he has, has been g. iined largelv\\nby observation and self-.selected cour.ses of study\\nwhich he pursued with an indefatigable determina-\\ntion to coiKjiier mysteries and dillicultu s. He set\\nout in life f oi himself wliile in New York.\\nIn Septembei-. 1847, Mr. Mush returned to Lan-\\nsing. His Hist contract resulted in the completion\\nof tlie Seymour House, .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0il ti-r wliicii lie ei ccted the\\nPackaiil House, and tlie following March liiiilt the\\nLansing H(uise. and in the fall of 1874 put up the\\n|)rinciiial liUick in the city of Lansing. He has\\nerected more liusiness blocks tlian anyone who is in\\nsame business and has had the principal contracts.\\nThe schoolliouses in the city weie built chietlv un-\\nder his supervision and aUo the old engine house.\\nIn 1874 he took the contract for building the High\\nSchool, but it emliarrassed him to a great extent,\\nand since that time he has followed his Inisiness\\nless extensively.\\nFor the last Iavo falls, he of whom we write has\\nbeen in the employ of the Republican State Cen-\\ntral Committee. During the falls ot 1888 and\\n1890, he stumped the State and canvas.sed difl ei-eiit\\npoints for votes. In 1888 lie was ])rincipally in\\nDetroit and the I pper Peninsula. During one\\nmonth of that year he sjtoke every night, and in\\n18i)0 he spoke as many times, if not more than on\\nthe (irevious trip. He was an agent in six differ-\\nent counties and did good work for the Republi-\\ncan party. He w-as a delegate to the State l\\\\ei)ub-\\nlican Convention held September 1, 189(1. His\\nl)olitical work began in 1878, when he began\\nstum]3ing the State, and in 1880 he confined him-\\nself to work in the county, but .so llueut a speaKcr\\nwas he found to lie, and .so widely and well known\\nthat his influence was felt to be of great value to\\nthe party.\\nIt does not lack a great deal of being a half cen-\\ntury since our subject united his fate for better or\\nworse with that of Mi.ss .\\\\nu E. Powell anatiye of\\n(Oneida County. X. Y.. .and a daughter of .bihn\\nPowell, an early settU r in Michigan, who prior to\\ntliiit li. id been a seliool teacher and liookkeeper.\\nTheir wedding was celebrated in ()neida Couut\\\\.\\n.N. Y.. in 1849. in the niontli of September. lrs.\\nliusli is a l.ady of exci ptional culture and educa-\\ntion. She was educated in Olivet College, having\\nreceived the rudiments of her schooling in New\\nYork. She was living near Olivet when there was\\nbut one log house in the village. .Vftei- finishing\\nschool she was engaged in teaching, and has the\\ndistinction of lia\\\\ing taught the first school in the\\ncity of Lansing. ()ui- suliject and his estim.-ilile\\nwife are the jiarents of two children: The eldest.\\nWillis is a telegraph operator in Kldor:id i. Kan.;\\nCarrie 1 now Mr.s. Shoemaker, resides in Lansing.\\nOne othei- child, who was named for his father, and\\ncalled John .Ir.. died at the age of seventeen,\\njust after he was graduated from the Commercial\\nCollege ill this city. His death was a g)-eat blow\\nto his parents and friends.\\nThe gentleman who is the subject of this sketch,\\nhas been instrumental in effecting many of the\\nchanges that have taken place for the better in this\\ncity. M an early day he was Alderman for one\\nterm and Supervisor for one year in the Fourth", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0384.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "rOUTKAlT AM) lilOGliArillUAL ALllLAI.\\n385\\nWnrd. lie lias hoeii a resident licrc since 18(7.\\nAltli mi;li lu liiiiisi lf is liln i al in liis i-eiiiiioiis views\\nhe is a iieiierous supiMiiter of tlie cliuicli of liis\\nwife s preferenee, she lieiny- a I lesliyti iian. To\\nsay that .Mr. liiisii is a Re[)iililiean. liardly does jiis-\\ntiee to liis ]K)litical sentiments, so zealous is he.\\nhavinjj inlicrited his Repiihliean tendencies from\\ngenerations of patriotic ancestors. A i reat-uiicle\\nof Mr. Bush s, Paul Galtry, when n hoy. diiiiniithe\\nRevolutionary period. s;iw :i British olHi cr enter\\nthe yard of his home. There were no tfentlenien\\nabout the place, and he considered himself the pro-\\ntector of the ladies. He wot a shot-cfun and lay in\\nwait l eliiiid a fence for the oHicer to make his ap-\\npearance, determined that there should be one less\\nred coat for the Continental soldiers to tisiht. His\\nloj altj was not quelled, when his sister took the\\ngun away from him. Our subject has frequently-\\nacted on county and State committees. He lias\\nfrequently been solicited to become a nominee for\\ntlie JIayoralty and for Representative and other\\noiticial positions, but he has ever refused, because\\nhe realizes how difficult it is for one to maintain\\nsuch a position with dignity and still be honorable\\nand unbiased, unless one has great wealth at his\\ncommand so that pecuniary tem]itations are not a\\nconsideration.\\nMl l^n.LIAM K. PRl DDEX. There is some-\\n\\\\/\\\\l// *hing in the impulsive Southern nature that\\n^y% has an understanding of liorseHesh aside\\nfrom the appreciation of its value in dollars and\\ncents, and our subject, who is a Georgian by birth\\nand bringing up, comes naturally by his taste in this\\ndirection. He is deeply interested in breeding and\\nraising standard-bred horses, and has some of the\\nfinest horses in the State. He is also largely en-\\ngaged in dealing in pine lands, from which such\\nlarge fortunes are at present realized both in the\\nf.ar North and in the South.\\nMr. I rudden was born in Macon, (ra.. .lanuary\\n29, 1859. He is, however, of New England parent-\\nage, his father having been Nathan S. Prudden, of\\n^lilford. Conn., while his grandfather was an old\\nKastein settler, of Scotch and Knglish descent. His\\nancestors located in Connecticut in 1(5.54, and the\\nfamily are still well and honorably known there.\\nOur subject s father was engageil in business as a\\ndry-goods meirliMiit. ;ind about 18.50 removed to\\nEatc)nton, Ga., and theiici to Macon, remaining\\nthere until about \\\\Hit. During the war he lost\\nthe greater ])art of his iiroperty and in 1865 re-\\nturned to his native State, sick both in heart and\\nbody. He died at est Haven, at the .age of forty\\nyears. Our subject s mother was, prior to her mar-\\nriage, .Miss Amelia Keith. She was born at Clifton\\nSprings. N. Y. She was a daughter of (ieorge\\nKeith, who was also a native of New York, but\\nwent South and hecMiiie a merchant in Columbus.\\nGa.\\nWhen a youth .Mr. I ludden removed to I tica,\\nN. Y.. with his mother and there he had the\\nadvantages offered by the public schools of the\\ncity, which were remarkably good, until he was\\ntwelve years of age. lie then went to Indian-\\napolis with her and there was graduated from the\\nHigh School. In 187.5 he entered the Agricultural\\nCollege at Lansing and graduated in 1873, taking\\nthe degree of Bachelor of Science. The honor was\\nconferred upon him of delivering the class oration\\nand he [)roduceda masterly effort, both from a lit-\\nerary standpoint and oratorically. .\\\\fter leaving\\ncollege he entered the otHce of J. M. Turner, who\\ni.s engaged in the land business, and remained with\\nhim until 1882. when he went into business for\\nhimself, dealing in timber laiuls, especially pine\\nlands, since which time lie has continued in the\\nbusiness giving to it his whole attention until 1888.\\nAt that time he purchased a one-half interest in\\nthe Lansing Wheel Company and became its Sec-\\nretary and Treasurer, in which position he remained\\nfor three years. In 1890 he sold out his interest\\nand now devotes himself to dealing in real estate\\nand pine lands. The l.-iiids which he handles are\\nmostly located in the Northern I eninsula. He\\nhas fort\\\\ acres adjoining the city of Lansing which\\nis admirably located and bound to he in time, one\\nof its most valuable and attractive additions.\\nlie of whom we write is I lesidi iit of the Mich-\\nigan Knitting Company, having been instrumental", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0385.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "38G\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nin re-organizing this compan_v and in giving tliis\\nindustry a broader opening than it lias ever before\\nenjoyed. He is also a stockholder and Director\\nin the Ingham County Savings Bank. His taste\\nfor horses is to him a luxury, and he breeds blooded\\nanimals, especially the lIaml)letouiaus. He is the\\nowner of Nellie B. whose record is 2:24. Mr.\\nPruddeu is a member of the Lansing Driving Club,\\nand no one handles the ribbons witli more skill\\nand dexterit} than does he when on the road\\nwith one of his favorite horse?.\\njNIr. Prudden w^as married in the city of Lansing,\\nJanuary 2, 1883, to Miss Jennie E. Whitney, who\\nis a native of this city. She is a graduate of the\\nHigh School here and a lady of striking accomplish-\\nments and talents besides great personal attractions.\\nSiie is the mother of two children, whose names\\nare respective!} Amy and Kdwina. Mr. and Mrs.\\nPrudden are both communicants of St. Paul s\\nEpiscopal Church, Mr. Prudden lieiuga Vestryman\\nin that body. Politically he is a Republican, cast-\\ning his vote and inrtuence with tliat pnrty.\\nOllN H. N OISHLLK, the senior member of\\nthe firm of A oiselle it Larose, decorat()r\\nand frescoers of Lansing. Ingluim County,\\nalso carries a fine stock of wall i)aper. win-\\ndow shades and room moldings, ;iud i .-i con-\\ntractoi- in house and sign paintint;. Tlii^ gentleman\\nwho was boi-n in (Quebec. .\\\\i:iy 27, 1844, remained\\nthere till he reached the age of seventeen, and\\nbeing lirouuht up ainon the Fiench-Canailians,\\nreads and sj)eaks Frcncli like :i natixc.\\n.John oiselle the honoi Ml t. ilheidf our sub-\\nject was liorn in (j\u00c2\u00bbni ier and licc iinc engaged\\nas a stevedore, ino l of hi work liein i in tlie line\\n.)f handling s(piare tiiLilii r In thcyeaiof jsi.\\nlie nuide a trip to Detroit, Iml remained onh ;i\\nfew year :i lie returne l to (^)ueliee and resumed\\nhis former wmk. I lie grandfathei also Imu C the\\nname of .lohn ami was born in Normandy, France,\\nand w.as driven from the country during the Re\\\\\\ndilution of 1793, because of his noble birth and\\nblood. The name was originally Vaiselle. The\\ngrandfather came to Quebec by way of England\\nand brought with him property. During the early\\nconflicts he was an otlicer of the English army in\\nthe old fort at Detroit, but finally died at (Quebec.\\nI he father in his early days was engaged in the\\ngrocery business, but finally became as we have\\nsaid a stevedore and died in Quebec in 1886. The\\nmother of our subject bore the maiden name of\\nSophia Bedaur, and was a native of Quebec and a\\ndaughter of Joseph Bedaur. She also spent her\\ndays in that old French-American city and died in\\nthe faith of the Rom.an Catholic Church, July\\n1866, Of her seven children, our sidiject is the\\neldest,\\n.lohn was educated in the hristiau Br ithers\\nSchool at (Juebec and when he i-eached the age of\\nthirteen years he was :i))prenticed to learn the\\npainter s trade and remained with his master until\\nseventeen years old. In 1863 he went to Onto-\\nnaiion and took chariie of the painting of the\\nBigelow Hotel iind somewhat later worked in the\\ncopper mines. In 1 8(i. he went on a trip lo the\\nfar West by llie way of Lawrence. Kan., and\\nDenvei to the coa t. aftei which he returned to\\n(^tu bec.\\nIn I8(j. the yoini i in.-in enli ted as a voluntei r\\nin the Xintli Battalion of (^)uebec olunteers to\\n|int down the Fenian Raid. I hese troo])s were\\ndi l landed in .Inly of the succeeding year an l Mr.\\nN oiselle then went to work at Jlontmorency Falls,\\nuntil the great fire, at which time he first met his\\npaitner. He worked at his trade in I roy, X, V,,\\nfoi eighteen months and then traveled in \\\\-ario\\\\is\\ncities in the Ivist and Sf)uth, touching Savannah,\\nia,, l.omlon. Conn., l o^ton. Mass., and Portland,\\n.Me., and in isii.s he went into business with-. Mr,\\nl.arose, at Wdonxx kel Falls, K*. 1., and latei- tried\\nbu iiie \\\\eutures at Cliicaiio and Detroit,\\nLansing finally liec.ame the home of Mr. X oiselle\\na lie eanie here September 17, I.S77 to take the\\nposition of foreman for Dean, llrown iV- (Godfrey\\nin |iaintina the State Capitol, He had entile charge\\nof the work and he and .Mr. Larose. with whom he\\nagain engaged in Imsinos in 1879. executed the\\nliner parts of the work themselves.\\nThis floiu ishini; linn which lieaan with a .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-niall", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0386.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "FORTRAIl AM) B1(J(4KAPHK AJ. Al.Kl M.\\n387\\ncapital and in a qnipt way has \u00e2\u0080\u00a2jrarlually infVPaM l\\nlis business until nnw tlicy miv aMc to Imndii-\\nanytliintf in their liiif. Tlicy liivi a pleasant \\\\i\\\\mv\\nof business and keej) in sloek a full and well\\nselected line of wall paper, paints and oils, nioldini;\\nand window shades. They never have less than\\nsix a.ssistants in their work .and sometimes em|)loy\\nas nnuiy as twenty men. and are tlie oldest lirni in\\ntlii business in I,ansin\\n.Mr. X oi.selle owns five residences on .\\\\lleuan\\nand I ine Streets and devote.s considerable ;itt( n-\\ntion out.-ide his business to real estate, ownint;\\npi operty liotli in IVtoskey and Detroit. In his\\npolitical \\\\iew he is a Democrat, but isnol :uti\\\\i in\\npublic matters. In IHMl) he look a trip to lluiopc.\\nsailiny; from New York. .Inly i Iiy the steamer\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0La( ioskine :ind had a \\\\er\\\\ plea an1 voyage,\\nlandina at Havre and visitina not only I aiis Imi\\nal.xi the FrenchProvinces, as well as (ierniany.\\nSwilzeilanil. Italy. IJelo iuni. Kniiiand and Scotland.\\n;ind on his way li.-ick to l-ansiiiu stopping for\\nsome linn- at his old liom in (Quebec. )n this\\njourney .Mr. X oiselle hail abundant oppoitnnity\\nto stud\\\\ his craft anfl see what others were doiuii\\nin his line of woik amonu the nn)st .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2irtistic nati(! is\\nof the world.\\nK\\\\. .llLirs S. ALKXriXK. Ulnu wv\\nsee a good man prematurely old throuuh\\n.service to his (lod and his country, we arc\\nvy;^ filled with true and tender emotions which\\nare honorable to our hunianit\\\\- and a just tribute\\nto the worth of the man before us. .Such are the\\nexperiences of those who know the yentleman\\nwhose name appears at the head of this sketch who\\nnow calls himself a suiieranuated minister but who.\\nhad it not been for the br.-ive service which In h:i\\ndone both in the ministry and the army, would\\nstill be active in his callinu.\\nOur subject was born in Lima. .VUcn County.\\nOhio, Auaiist 1 1. IXA Ills father. Crane \\\\alcn-\\ntine, was born in Kssex County, X. .1., Octobei 2H,\\nl !t7. and his srrandfatlier. William, .also .a native\\nof Xew.K-rsey and a farnn-r in K: .sex County, took\\npart in the W.ar of 1H12 and afterward removed\\nto Champaiiiii County. )hio, wheie he spent the\\nremainder of his da\\\\s. This fumily in .Vmeriea is\\ndescended IVoui three brother-, who were soIl^ of\\nLord N alcMtinc a nu mber of Parliament in Knu-\\nland. These ons settled in Xew .Jersey and the\\nUi andson of one of them was the grandfather of our\\nsulijeet. The name i a \\\\ery old one in Kngland\\ndating buck to the year 110.\\nThe father of .lulius X alentine was a farmer in\\nOhio and had come to that State with his parents.\\nsettling in Champaign County when it was called\\nAllen .unly. In IMl. i he came to Michigan and\\nloc.iteil in Wati ivliel. rricn County, where he\\nliought .-iihI improved a farm. This successful man\\nwho w;iN proiiiinenl in pnblie affairs, being first a\\nWhig :ind afterward IvcpublicMii in lii political\\nvuw died in IScSC. He wjis a I resbyterian in his\\neliurch connection and had been an Eider in the\\ncliuich.\\nThe mother of cnir subject bore the maiden name\\nof Nancy Zinsser and was liorn in Lancaster, Pa.,\\nFebruary 2s. l.soii. Her father, Daniel, was born\\nill the Keystone Stale and became an early settler\\nin Ohio. His good wife was Helsey Crane, lieing\\na daughter of Nathaniel Crane, of .X ew York, who\\nwas seven years in the Revolutionary Army, much\\nof the time as a sjiy, and being a Lieutenant and\\nan .Vid-de-Camp to ien. Washington. lie died\\nin New York. The mother of our sulijeet passed\\naway .luiie 1 1, l.HHT. leaving live children, of whom\\nour subject was next to the eldest.\\n.lulius \\\\alentiiie came to Michigan when six\\ncars of age. tr.aveling with a family with team.\\nHe was rearc(l upon thi farm and remained there\\nuntil he reached the age of twenty-eight years,\\nhaving received the best advantages which were to\\nbe obtained in the district schools.\\nThe call of .Vbraham Lincoln in the year IMtil\\nawakened a spirit of brave devotion in many a\\nloxal young heart, and among these young men\\nwas our subject, who enlisted in .September of that\\n\\\\ear in Company li. Twelfth J ichigan Infantry.\\nHe was at once sent South and took part in the\\nbattle of Shiloh and other contlicts. After tme\\nyear s service he was taken ill and s[)ent sometime", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0387.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "388\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nin the hospital and liiially received his honorable\\ndischarge at the hospital at Detroit and came home.\\nHis eyes have ahvays suffered from the exposure\\nto which he was subjected during liis term of ser-\\nvice, and he is now almost blind.\\nMr. Valentine at once engaged in teaching and\\nwhen a year later he was drafted he responded cheei\\nfuUy to the call hut was rejected on account of his\\nphysical disability, and resumed teaching. Kiglit\\nmonths later he re-enlisted in the Eleventh Mich-\\nigan Cavalry and was rejected again, but quite un-\\ndaunted he applied for enlistment in the Twenty-\\nsixth Michigan Infantry and was a third time re-\\njected.\\nTeaching now engrossed the attention of the\\nyoung man and while pursuing his profession he\\ncontinued his own higher education, and is in this\\nrespect a thoroughly self-made man. He was the\\nPrincipal at the Colomo Schools at the time when\\nhe determined to enter the ministry. He became\\na local preacher at Three Rivers and a member of\\nthe Conference, and had his tirst pastorate of one\\nyear at Waverly, Van Buren County, after which\\nhe was two years at Stevensville, and was ordained\\nas minister at St. Joseph in 1871. He then preached\\nat New Buffalo for one year and in 1873 went to\\nByron for two years and while thei e built the\\nchurch at Byron Center; he then took charge of\\nthe church at Cooper, Kalamazoo County, for one\\nyear, after which he was (me year at Bedford, two\\nyears at I lainville, Allegan County; one year at\\nBerrien Springs and one year at Grand Rapids,\\nwhere he built the Ames Church.\\nIn 1882 Mr. Valentine came to Lansing, and\\nwas over the First Methodist Episcopal Church for\\nthree years, sulisequent to which he took charge of\\nthe church at Shelby, Oceana County, for two years\\nand then retired from active ministry on account\\nof his eyesight. He built the pleasant home in\\nwhich he lives on Capital Avenue, No. 717. This\\ngood man has earned and receives the respect and\\naffection of thou.sands of friends in the various\\nparishes to which he has ministered in this State,\\nand his noble character, his unflinching devotion\\nto duty and his true siiiritnalitv have made him a\\npower for good in every place to which in the\\nprovidence of God he has been called.\\nIn 1870 Mr. Valentine chose a companion for\\nlife in the person of Miss Lottie E. Elms, of Van\\nBuren County. She was born in Fayettcville, N. Y.,\\nin 1845 and is a daughter of J. C. Elms, who was\\nan early settler and successful farmer in Van Buren\\nCounty. One child, Arthur, has been granted to\\nhim and his good wife. He is a member of the\\nAncient Order of United Workmen, of the Inde-\\npendent Order of (iood Templars, of the Modern\\nWoodmen of America and of the Grand Army of the\\nRepublic. In Foster Post he has served as Chap-\\nlain. He still occasionally preaches and is often\\ncalled upon to attend funerals as those who have\\nknown and loved him for years feel that they need\\nhis gentle ministrations in their hour of sorrow.\\nHe is a Republican in his political convictions but\\nfeels that ordinary issues pale into insignificance\\nat the ])resent time, in comparison with the problem\\nof how to dethrone the liquor power, and he is\\ntherefore in hearty sympathy with Prohibition\\nmovements.\\n-,=0\\n^SCAR A. CLARK. A man who has for a\\nseries of years tilled wisely, judiciously and\\nconscientiously the office of Justice of the\\nPeace, has seen opened and broadened before him\\na grand field of work for the good of his fellow-\\ncitizens. Our subject has thus served the First and\\nFourth \\\\Vards of the city of Lansing, Ingham\\nCounty, since April, 1879, when he was first elected\\nto fill a vacancy of one month. In liis incumbency\\nof that office he has by means of his thorough study\\nof the cases which have fallen within his jurisdic-\\ntion and of the statutes of JMichigan, and the rul-\\nings of the common law, adjusted satisfactorily\\nthousands of cases which might else have resulted\\nin tedious, expensive and harrassing suits at law,\\nand he has thus exerted a beneflcient iuBuence in\\nthe community. His last election, which has only\\nrecently transjnred. brings him to the opening of\\nanother four years term, which will make a total\\nof sixteen years in this oflflce. In this last campaign", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0388.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "FORTRAl l AND I .K i RA I l I K \\\\l. Al.l .l .\\\\l.\\n389\\n:ill |i:ii ties united ill iii:ikiiiii liiin tlirir cMiiilidrilc.\\ntliii ai\\\\ ini! Iiini :in ciiclurx iiiciil ul uliicliMiiv man\\nmi ;lit fi i-l |)i iiil.\\nMr. C liuU was Imhii in Clisti-r. Mdiirnc Omit\\nN. v.. May l.i. lH2!t. and is tlii son ol .loliii (1.\\n(lark, wlio went to that iocalily in IHil. i. Iiaviiiii\\nhciMi Imrn near Aiiluirii. N. V.. in 1 T .i .t. With his\\nfaithful anil iK-iuVfil wife, ilarricl I l i t (iaii^. of\\nDutchess iiunty. X. V.. they lived in harmonious\\nwedded lite for o\\\\t-r sixly-three years, and s!ie was\\nIhen liereaved of his eoiniianionsliiii liy ilealh in\\n1\u00c2\u00abH4. and she pa.ssed awa\\\\- in 1HH7. Ue and .\\\\lr.\\nIVet. a hrotlier of his wife, were the first settlers of\\nWoehester. Lorain (duiity. Ohio, to which pl.ace\\nthey removed in the early days of that reyion.\\nOur suhjeet left Rochester in IH(i 1 ha vinu had\\nI harjiV of his father s farm from the time he was\\neiuliteen years old. His wife hore the name in her\\nm. iideidiood of Carrie .Sears, and was liurn in ireeii-\\nwicli. Hampshire County, Mass., and was the\\ndauiihler of Turner and Mary K. (Maivy) .Sears.\\n.Mrs. Sears lived until (juite recently in this city,\\nand died in 1K.S, al the age of eijihty-live years.\\nThe weddiui;- day of oursuliject was .May 2(1. ll^.\\nIn \\\\H{ i\\\\ oursuliject removed to I .enzonia. Ben-\\nzie ounty. this State, which was then a perfect\\nwilderness; here he remained for one year, erectini;\\nfor himself the first odod house that was luiilt in\\nlien/.ie. The foUowino- year h came to Dupl.ain\\nTownship. Clinton County, and located near the\\nvillajie of Kl ie. taking a faiin and enteiiiig into\\ntiie lumlier liusiness. After three years thi re hi\\nI enioved to l^ansing in October. 1X(). and engaged\\nin the lundier trade. In this he rem.ained until he\\nwas elected to the oflic e of .lusticeof the I eaee. his\\nyard heing on Franklin Street and having a mill\\nat the west end of the mill dam. Since 1879 he\\nhas given his whole altention to otticial duties.\\nMr. Clark still resides at No. I20 .l Walnut\\nStreet. N.. the same house which he bought in March.\\nIHG; and it is situated in an attnictive and well-\\nsettled part of tiie city. To this happ\\\\ home one\\ndaughter w.as granted. Cora, who i-- now the wife\\nof .John I. Carpeiitei-. an attorney who I esides on\\nFranklin Street. They are the [larents of one liv-\\ning child. Dwiglit Clark. The Franklin Street\\nPresbyterian Church is the religious body with\\nwhich Mr. and .Mrs. Clark have long been identi-\\nlied. and in which they h.ave found a)i .abundant\\nlieUl for usefulness and labor. Their inlluenee f ir\\nydod is felt in the conununity. and they .are loved\\nand ii spccteil for thi ir -lerling character and true\\nneiii hliorh kindness.\\nL.MKR I). NORTH. M. 1). Annmg the men\\nof Lansing, prominent in social and eduea-\\nf, tion. il .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2mil professional circles we find the\\ngentleman of whom we speak in this writing. He\\nh;is filled a number of resjjonsible |)ositions here.\\nhavinu been ounI\\\\ Snpi rintcndent of Schools\\nfrom 1H71 to lH7i He was l)urn in Delhi T(jwn-\\nship. Ingham County, February IH, lH41,and is a\\nson of II. II. Noilh. who wa^ .a native of the town-\\nship of Lansing, Tomjikins County, X. Y. The\\ngrandfather. .lo.seph K., was a native of I ennsyl-\\nvani.M. and was a farmer on the Schuylkill River.\\nHe served in the War of 1M12 .and came to Michi-\\ngan in ix;is. locating in the township of Lansing\\nwhich he named from the township from whit-h he\\ncame. In the fall he walked back home and in\\nIM brought his family to the new home. He en-\\ntered land on .section 33, which was covered with\\na splendid grove of beech and maple trees, and\\nhaving built a log house, he proceeded to imia-ove\\nthe fiirm. He was Supervisor for fourteen years\\nand for much of that time acted as Chairman of\\nthe Hoard. He died November 5. lH(i2. having\\nreached his .seven ty-lirst year. The fiimily traces\\nits lineage back to Fngland but the descendants\\nhave been for generalitnis in this country.\\nH. II. North came to Michigan with his father,\\nand being a mason by trade found abundant op-\\nix rtunities for employment, engaging largely in\\nbuilding as well as entering and imi)roving land in\\nDelhi Township, which was then a part of Lansing\\nTownship. When that portion w:is set off as a\\nseparate corporation he gave toil the name of\\nDelhi. He died on his farm in IHM.j. aged sixty-\\nnine ye.ars. He had been Sujiervisor of the Town-\\nship and was a in.-m of prominence and inlluenee", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0389.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "390\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nin the eoiuiii unity. His wife, wliose maideu name\\nwas Almira B\\\\iel ^va^* al ni a native of Tomplvins\\nCounty. X. Y.. ami a (laughter of Daniel Buck, of\\nLansina Township. Slu was a sister of Mr. Daniel\\nW. liiuk. wliiise liioorapliioal skett-h will l)e found\\nelsewhere in this volume. She died in Delhi\\nTownship in May. IHilO. havint; reached the age\\nof seventy-three years. Both she and her husband\\nwere earnest ami aetivc memhers of the Presby-\\nteri.an C hureh.\\nNine children were granted to the excellent\\ncouple of whom we have just been speaking, and\\neight of them grew to man s and woman s estate,\\nof whom seven are now living, namely: Marian L.,\\nMrs. Holmes, who died at Delhi; Dr. North, our\\nsubject; Albert E., who belonged to the Seventh\\nMichigan Veteran Cavalry, having enlisted in 1864\\nand served until the close of the war; he now re-\\nsides in Dakota; Heniy E., who was a member of\\nthe Eighteenth Michigan Regiment Init being dis-\\nabled was discharged after one year s service and\\nnow lives in Delhi Towusliip; Dr. James S., of\\nDelhi Township; Myra L., Mrs. Field, of Dansville;\\nHattie B., Mrs. Wilcox, of Lansing Town.ship;\\nHoward, who died at the age of four years; and\\nTherou C, of Delhi Township.\\nThe childhood of our subject was spent on the\\nfarm and in the district schools of the neighbor-\\nhood, which were then held in private houses. He\\nwas able to attend only the winter schools but\\nwhen a little older attended T.aylor s Academy at\\nLansing. At the age of eighteen he engaged in\\nteaching in Delhi Township and the next year in\\nDelta, Eaton County-, lie entered ^lichigan Agri-\\ncultural College in the spring of 1861 but did not\\nremain there long, as in the fall his ))atriotic im-\\npulses got the better of his love for learning, and\\nhe laid his opportunities for education upon the\\naltar of his country.\\nIt was in Company E, Eiglith Michigan Infantry\\nthat this young man began service as a private,\\nbeing mustered in at Ft. Wayne. Detroit, but he\\nwas afterward transferi-ed to the Fourteenth Michi-\\ngan Infantry, in Company D. in which he served\\nas Sergeant. This regiment was placed in the\\nFourteenth Army Cor]is in the Army of the Cum-\\nberland and was active during the siege of Corinth.\\nHe served three years and seven months and re-\\nceived his discharge March 14. 1865.\\nReturning home, the young veteran again at-\\ntended school for a short time at the old academy\\nill Lansing. In April of 1867 he entered Alhion\\nCollege, where he took the degree of Bachelor of\\nSciences in 1870. After teaching seven months in\\nLeslie, this county, lie was elected Cdunty Supcr-\\niiitendent of Schools, in which ottice he .-served\\nfour years. After this he taught for a number of\\nyears at the Dansville High School after which he\\ntook up the study of medicine. In 1879 he en-\\ntered the Detroit Medical College where he took\\nthe degree of Doctor of iledicine in 1881, and\\nthen located in Lansing and took up his practice\\nhere. He devotes his whole attention and time to\\nhis profession and is a member not only of the\\nLansing Medical .Society but of the State Medical\\nSociety. He is Secretary of the Board of Examin-\\ning Surgeons for Pensions and has been on that\\nl)oard for six years. He is a lover of fine horses\\nand still retains a part of the old homestead, a\\nhandsome tract of one hundred and sixty acres,\\nlie is identified with the Charles T. Foster Post,\\n(i. A. R. He is often appointed delegate to county\\nand State Democratic Conventions and is stanch in\\nhis allegiance to that party.\\nr^\\n)N. ]:)ANIEL W. BUCK. He of whom we\\nI write is one of the men who give dignity and\\ntone to the community by the honorable ad-\\n^m vantage of their age. He is one of the earliest\\npioneers and his career has been elosel associated\\nwith tliat of the capital city since its location, he\\nhaving settled here in October, 1848. He is the\\nproprietor of Buck s furniture and undertaking\\nrooms at the corner of Washington and Ionia\\nStreet.s. a building that is conspicuous, not only in\\nin the city, but it is known throughout Central\\nMichigan as one of the finest in this portion of the\\nState.\\nMr. Buck was liorn in the town of Lansing, N. Y.,\\nApril \u00e2\u0080\u00a221.18-28. He is the son of Daniel Buck,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0390.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0391.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "/T^^^^- /t", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0392.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n;i!i:^\\nSr., who was diic (if tlif I lirly M ttlcrsof tliat (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0(Hiiity\\nand tliciv our siilijci t iittaiiicd toiiiiiiiliood. iciiiniii-\\niiiir ill liis iialivo couiily until lHi;i, and llu U ic-\\niii( \\\\f(l 111 hhicM. I oiiiliUins (lUiit y. and llitTc he\\nloariH d llu tradi of a c-aliinot-niaki r. Al ti-r lie-\\nconiiniT proliciciit in ins olioscn piofi ssion lie came\\nto Micliiyan niid sclllcd in i an inii localinLf in\\nluisincss for jiinisi lf in IHIM. His placi of liusincss\\nwas wluMV tlic City National Hank now stands and\\nat that tinii it was in tin midst of the woods.\\nTlu ic wcri only a few faniilii s here, the population\\nall told not eountint; prolndily two hundred and\\nfifty. The subjeet th.al llu pcuple wcie al that\\ntime most interested in was the euttiiii;- out of\\nroads, whieh was no small task as the eoiintiy w.as\\ndeiiscl\\\\ wooded .-ind dyn.Miiiite h.-id not liei ii dis-\\neovered hy which the slumps and roots eould he\\ntorn from the uroniid. The process of clearing\\nwas tlie slow one of choppiiiu and liuiniii and\\n.so endle.ss did tin supply of wood .seem to the\\nearly settlers that they lunnt the timlier that Ihex\\ncut down most ruthlessly.\\nMr. I lUcU lirst located at the cornel- of Washing-\\nton and Michigan Avenues, at the jircsent time tiie\\nl)usiiies.s center of the city. There he remained\\neiglit years and in 1H.5(J came to his present loca-\\ntion in order to get more room, and since chang-\\ning he has carried on his business here ever since,\\nbeing the oldest Mini in this liranch of business in\\nthe city by many years. I lililic spirited and in-\\nterested in the growth of the town the m litleiiian\\nof whom we write allowed no op|ioitunity to ])ass\\nin which he could by word or deed help in the np-\\nbnilding of tlu pl.ace. He was one of the most\\nprominent agitatiirs in the subject of erecting an\\noperu-honse. contributing largely to the amount\\nrequired from hi own resources. ()ul ideof this\\nh has given his exclusive attention to his business.\\nMr. Buck was elected Mayor of the city in the\\nspring of 1X74 and re-elected in I m7. and again\\nin IMHU. lU forc that he li.id been a member of\\nthe Council and one of the aggixssive .sort, never\\nbackward in suggesting or taking advantage of\\nwhat appeared to be of benclit to the city, lie is\\na member of the M.-isonic order. l,aM iiit: om-\\nniandery No. 2. .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ind Lodge No. i. i. .Uthough\\none of the most promiiieiit men of the cit\\\\ and\\ndc.-ervedly popular, he is natiirally modest and\\nretiiing, loth to accept otiice when it can be avoided,\\nthat is to say, when there is some one else who is\\nloyal lo iIh Miterestsof the niunicipalily who is eli-\\ngible to the position.\\nMay 11, lH(;:i, .Mr. I .iicU married Miss Nancy M.\\nKiissell, of Crown I oiiit. I ,sse.\\\\ County. .N. Y.\\nThis union has been blessed by the birth of live\\nchihircn, all of whom are living and have I isen to\\ncall their pariiits bles.sed. They are by name.\\nMaytoii .1.. Florence A.. Mary K.. lijiiley .M. and\\n.Marth. i K. .Mr. Buck leaves the manageinent of\\nhis business aliiio. -I entirely with his sons,M..I. and\\n1 .M. Buck. The daughters are still at home and\\ndraw about them a delightful social circle. In\\nlH .Hl Mr. Buck modenii/.ed his bu incs pl,M -e b\\\\\\nputting a line new .-tore front. He al.-o introduced\\nan elevator with other modern conveniences. I o-\\nlitically he is a stanch uppoitcr of the piiiiciple\\nof the Democratic party and inliueiitial in its\\ncouncils in this (lart of the State.\\n=^53),\\nrDliM W ll.l.l.\\\\,\\\\l II. I lNl KNKV. The\\ngentlenian whose n.ame is (jiioled above .Miid\\nwhose portrait is shown in the ojiposite\\n)iage is nnmbeied among the Idest attor-\\nneys in the cits of L.aiising. Ingham County, he\\nhaving bleated heri in 1H; He was born in the\\ntownship of White I lains. Westchester Counly. N.\\nv.. .March IS. 1K22. believer in astrology\\nwould tell lis thai our subject s career has been\\npresided o\\\\ er by the same pl.anetaiy inlluence Ih.-it\\nwere in the asri iid:iiit at the time of hi bii tli and\\nIh.at ha\\\\e led the history of our cciuntrv from a\\ntiiiii of [leace. though commercial struggles\\nthrough the temjiesls of war. to unparalleled pros-\\nperity. can only hope th.at the parallel will\\nbe (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ontinued and lh.it .liidge Pinckney s lionoi\\nalile position iii.iy bi characterized in the .^ame\\nwa\\\\ ind piopoi lion in which our (loveinmeiit\\nhas grown.\\n.Judge Pinckney is the son of .lames and l- ther\\n(Grilliii) I inckney. who were farmers by occiipa-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0393.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": ":)\u00c2\u00bbt\\nPORTRAIT A^ D BIOGRAPHICAL ALliUM.\\ntion and calliiiii-. Tlii\\\\\\\\ moved to Cavuga County\\nill l!S2;i. till year lollowiiiu iiur siihject s liiilli\\n;iiid there lie passed hi.- Imyliood. His father s\\nlarin was only three and a half miles from the\\nlieautifu! town of Aulmrn. Cayuua County. N. V..\\nwhieli e\\\\ en then had a liijili I epntation for its\\neducational advanta Jes. There lie reeeived his\\naeadeiiii training. The fatlierof our suhjeel hail\\nnine ons and two dansihtei s and these he allowed\\nto go to the eity and to enjo\\\\ sueh advantages as\\nwere offered, provided they thought enough of\\nthe advantages to nnike an effort to get through\\nthe work incident to the faiin and to walk the\\ndistance to the aiadeiny. which was four miles.\\nThe fact that our sulijeet never missed a day and\\nwas never tard_\\\\ at .school shows that lie was indeed\\nanxious to acquire an education. He had for a\\nclassmate in his school life here the afterward cele-\\nliiated statesman. Roscoe Conkling. who like him-\\nself was a student at the .Vuhurn .Vcadeniy.\\nAfter finishing school ^Ir. Pinckney read law\\nwith Stephen A. (ioodwin for a period of four\\nyears. \\\\t the exjiiratioii of that time he pa.ssed a\\nmost creditable examination and was admitted to\\npractice before the full bench of the Supreme\\nCt)urt. He is still proud of the record that he\\nmade in his examination. Di Shank, an old\\nfriend and former schoolmate, had located in Lan-\\nsing and sent back glowing accounts of the future\\nthat he felt was in store for the infant city.\\nTherefore our subject decided to cast his lines in\\nLansing and h:is since Hrsl coming here pursued\\nthe practice of his piofession. being at the present\\ntime the oldest attorne\\\\ in practice who was here\\nat that time. In ln. id he was elected .ludge of\\nthe Probate Court, and was re-eleeted in 18(50.\\n.serving for eight year.s. .Since that time he was\\nCity .Attorney for one year and first Private Secre-\\ntary to the .Attorney-* ieneral of the State, who\\nwas .Jacob M. Howard. He also served as Secre-\\ntary of the Hoard of State .Vuditors for three\\nyears. He has al.so once been Snijervisor and\\ntwice ,\\\\lderman of the city.\\nAt one time our subject tilled the otHce of\\nRecorder and was at another Deputy I nited States\\n.Assessor for this county, continuing in that |)ost\\nfor two years. For the past ten years he has been\\n.liistice of the Peace and is now employed in the\\npractice of his profession. During the war he was\\nemployed liy the (Government as enumerator,\\n.ludiie I iiickney is a meml er of the Mast)iiie order\\nof the Laiisiiii;- Li)dge of Strict )bser\\\\ :ince. No. (i(i.\\n)ui suliject s domestic life began with his mar-\\nriage with .Mis .Maria IS. Comstock. a native of his\\nboyhood home. Their nuptials were celebrated\\n.lannaiy 17, llSlK. Mrs. l inckiie\\\\ has presented\\nher husband with three sons who have grown up\\nto lie prominent young men. and one daughter, a\\nhighly estimable lady who now ha- a home of liei-\\nown. I he eldest son is Charles S., of Charlotte.\\nMich. Following him comes Fred then .lesse\\nM. The daughter Xora is now Mrs. Fiary, of\\n.Medina. N. V. She has two son.-. William A. and\\nFa\\\\.\\n/y C. C.VSTKRUN. The divine spark in man\\nis at no time so apparent as in one who, in\\nearly life, lacking the prestige that fortune\\ngives and the advantages and tastes that fortune\\ncan foster, rises above the liariiers that stop the\\nway and with a will to become as great as is in the\\npower of the man to be, he .-ets his mark high,\\nand in the roundness of his being is rcHected the\\npower of the Omnipotent; as Durzhaven ex])re.sses\\nit: Hut Thy ))re.sence shines in me as shines the\\nsunbeam in a drop of dew. )ui- subject from\\nearliesl childhood was thrown upon his own\\nsources and the fiber that he, as well as his brothers,\\nwas made of is shown by tin fact that they\\nearned their own way. and not only supplied them-\\nselves with the nece.-sities of life, but sanclitied\\nthen intelliiienee b\\\\- al-o :ii-i|iiirin ext elleiit edu-\\ncations.\\n)ui subject wa- liiirn in .^eneea Couiit\\\\. N. V..\\nOctober 21. IX. )(l. He is a .-on of Charles ,S. and\\nHarriet E. (Lyon) Casterlin. natix es of Xew .ler-\\nsey. Of a family of nine children, he of whom\\nwe write was the seventh in order of birth. .Vll\\nof the children obtained good educations b\\\\- their", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0394.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nsad\\n(iwii exertions, four of them i;radu!iting at (Jvid,\\nN. v., :it the East (ienesee Conference Seniinary,\\nand the afterward becoming teachers. lie of\\nwliom we write was but sixteen years of age when\\nhe began the business of teaching, wliich calling\\nhe followed six years, after which he caun^ to\\nMidiigan, locating in Clare County. His worth\\nsoon made itself fell in the community, and Ins\\nability as a man and scholar was apparent, lie\\nwas elected Registrar of Deeds, in which capacity\\nhe served the county for two terms. The succeed-\\ning two terms he filled the otlice of County Clerk,\\nand in I87. j ^^as admitted to the bar, and was\\nProsecuting Attorney for one term.\\nMl-. Casterlin lias tilled most of the local otHccs,\\nhaving served as Siii)ervisor, .Justice of the Peace.\\nAlderman. .\\\\sscs-i)r. and in oilier minor fifliees. In\\nl.s (l he was candidate for the Slate l^egislature on\\nthe Democratic ticket, and willi a Kcpublican ma-\\njorit\\\\ of over eiglil hundred in the district, he\\ncame within one hundred .-iiid thirty of being\\neli ch d, a fad that in ilM lf iini t be gratif\\\\ing to\\nany man with an ambilion for pulilii life, for the\\nconditions of tliis failure foretell future success\\nliail it been Irl t to ids own county lie woujil liavc\\nliavc lieen elected to the Legislature, but in an ad-\\njoining county lie was less well known, and lieiice\\nthe defeat. Aithougli his towiislii|i and illagc\\nwere both largely Kepiiblican, lie was never de-\\nfeated in them wlieii a candid.-ile for otlice.\\nFeeling that it is not good foi man to be alone,\\nour sutiject took unto himself a wife and coinpan-\\nioii. Their marriauc was solemnized December iW,\\n1H7. the bride lieing .Mis^ ll:ittie \\\\V. Kittredge,\\nthe only daugliter of Rev. llosea and Mary 15.\\n(Daggett) Kittredge. She was born at Palmyra,\\nN. Y., December 12. 1860. Iler lather was a na-\\ntive of Muir. and her mother of Palmyra. N. V.\\nThe original of our sketch h.as not only made\\nthe struggle of life succe.ssfully for himself, biil\\nhas been iiistiuinental in helping the younger\\nmembers of bis f;imily to good and protitalile posi-\\ntions.\\nIn 1H81 the gentleman of whom we write re-\\nmoved to Ma^on, and since that time he has not\\nengaged in the practice of his pi iifes i iii. lie\\nowns propeilv in various |)art of Uii;- and other\\nStates, and his care of this occupies the greater\\nportion of his time and attention. Three children\\nhave come to bless the union of .Mr. Casterlin and\\nhis amiable and attractive wife. They are C. Gay,\\nKarl II. and Don M. D. The eldest child was\\nborn February in. 1877, at Farwell. Clare County,\\nthis State. ICail II. wa.s born May 31, 1884, in\\nMason, and Don made his advent into the world\\nMarch 1, IHMS. lie of whom we write is a Demo-\\ncrat in his political preference, and has ever taken\\nan active interest in local politics as well as hav-\\ning watched attentively and thoughtfully the trend\\nof national political life. Me has been appointed\\nChairman of the Democratic County Committee,\\nwhich jilace he has filled for the last six years, and\\nhas dignified the chair by the niauliness and intel-\\nligence brought to be. ir upon the (luestion of State\\ngovernment. lie has lieen a delegate to nearly all\\nof the iiiipoit. Mit Democratic coinciitioiis. lie is\\nalso a meinlier of various secret societies, esjiecially\\nthose that purport to be for the fcllowr-liip and aid\\nof men. ^Mr. Ca^tel\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lill is a man who is well ;ind\\nfavorably known throughout the Stale, a man of\\n])osition and affairs.\\nI fcM I I F I\\nKNMAMIX F. SIMONS, is an old .-iiid pioni-\\niiu iit drv-goods man of Lansing. liiuliMiii\\nCounly. where he has been engaged in\\nbusiness for him.sclf since 18(i(l. He was\\nborn in Canada, December 50. I8;5H, and is a son\\nof Anson and l.avina (McMillan) Simons, who\\ncame to Michigan wlien our subject was still an in-\\nfant. They first settled at Lexington, on Lake\\nHuriui, moving to Lansing when the capital was\\nfirst located here, about 1 18. Tlius it may be\\nseen that the inlerest-S of him of whom we write\\nnaturally cluster about the place with which from\\nearly youth his pleasaiitest ;i sociations have been\\nconnected.\\nAnson Simons was by trade a carder .and cloth-\\ndi e.sser and on coming to Lansing built a factory\\nhere. He piircha.sed and added to the land pre-\\nviously owned by .losepli Killioui ne. He c(ui-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0395.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "MV,\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ntinned in tiiiit liu incss fur two year? and tlien\\n7nn\\\\-i d upciii a faini in Sliia\\\\vas ei t i unty. Imt\\naftrruai d ivni()\\\\c l tci ]vansa at a tinu- wln-n tliat\\nState |)r( ini.*ed so niiirii in an aiiricLiltiiral and\\ntin k-raisini; diivt-lion. IK-. luiwi vcr. returned t i\\nLansiny and made liis lionie witli nnr sulijeet until\\nliis deeease. wliirli occui ivd ()ct(ilier 7. IMtiT. The\\nniulher lived until Keliiuary 1. 1 .s,S(i. Tliey were\\n(iriuinally nienilieis of tlie IJaptist C liureli, but dur-\\niut; their latter year- united with the Methodist\\nKi)isc Opal Chureli.\\nMrs. Laxina Siinon tin- niotlier of our ,-ulijeet.\\n\\\\\\\\a liorn in Westminister. Canada West, in l ^iHi.\\nancl eanie of sturdy, ruuiied .Seotch stock, ller\\nfatlier. Arehiliald McMillan, was the tuio inal settler\\nin the place wlieic his daui^hter was horn. Tlu\\ndangers of the frontiei- at that time were almost\\noverwhelming and Mrs. .Simons has left in hei- own\\nhandwritino; to her .sou a narrative in quaint .style\\nof the family fleeing to the woods to avoid tlie\\nIndians during the War of \\\\Xl 2. in 1X27 she was\\nunited in marriage with Ansou Simons, of iS ew\\nYork, and in l!S4() moved with him and her littk\\nfamily to lyexington. Mich. .She was the mother\\nof nine children, seven sons and two daughters,\\nand altliough iier position in life compelled her to\\nhrave many hard experiences and to familiarize\\nherself with the hai d work that was nece.ssarv in\\npioneer days, there was a native dignity about her\\nthat elevated every act of lu r daily life. She was\\nhighly esteemed by all who knew her.\\n()ui- subject commenced his mercantile life in\\nl!^. )(l. at which lime he left his home and engaged\\nin the employ of a man who was the owner of a\\nstore and vvas also interested in various other busi-\\nness. For sevtji ears lie was connected witli him\\nas clerk. In IMlKl ln engaged in the grocery\\ntrade. He continued to be thus employed for two\\nyears and then .sold out his interest and went into\\nthe dry-goods busines.s and has thus continued\\never since, now being the oldest dry-goods mer-\\nchant in till city. that is, oiu who has lieen con-\\ntinnijusly in business. He has acquired a rejiutation\\nfor the greatest integi ity in business matters and\\nis one of the most prondnent men. His store is\\none of the tinest in the city and evinces the en-\\nt rg\\\\ that its owner lias brouifht to bear in his liusi-\\nness lelations. It has a frontage of tw nty-two\\nfeel and is om hundred feet deep. ha\\\\ing thiee\\nfloors. This editicc was erected in IHfii; and he has\\nbeen continuously in business here since that time.\\nHis store is tilled with a tinely-selected stock of\\ndry-goods and so Lireat is the taste of ^Ir. Simons\\nthat his W indows are exer notable fortlie lieantiful\\ndisplay of rich fabrics there found.\\n.Mthough .Ml-. Simons casts his v .ite willi the\\nIJepublican part\\\\ he has never been actively inter-\\nested in politics, leaving wire-pulling to men who\\ncan afford to neslcct their own individual affairs in\\nthe lioi)es of seciu ing emt)luments from tlietiox-\\nernmcnt. November 7. 1^07. our subject was mar-\\nried to .\\\\lis .\\\\deiina Jentii.son, a danghtei of\\nilliani .lenni.son, of Eagle. Clinton County, this\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2State. The father was a pioneer of the .State.\\nMr. and .Mrs. .sinu ns arc the jjarents of six ehil-\\ndien who ;ire as follows: Uenjaniin K. Jr.. who is\\ncng. iged with his father in the store; Ida, Lena.\\nBei th. i. .les-.e .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Hid llow.-ird.\\n^1\\nH\\nB^^^\\nOIIN I). liKKNKS. Tlie ranks of the jiio-\\nueers of Ingham County are becoininu\\nsmaller with each pa.ssing year, for although\\ntlie\\\\ h;i\\\\e subdued forests and converted\\n\\\\ast tract- of uncultivated land into fields of wa\\\\-\\ning grain and l)lusliing fruits, yet Death is a foe\\nagain.st whom they Inne no weai)on of defen.se.\\n.Vmong the few who still surxive to enjoy tlic I c-\\nsult of former yeai s of toil is the gentleman wiiose\\nn;inie introduces this biograpliical notice. He was\\nborn .Vngust 25. IKlt. in .Minisink, Orange County.\\nN. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind is the son of Howell and Klizabeth\\nood) lieevcs. aUo n;iti\\\\( of the i-oniit\\\\ in\\nwhich their son w.ms born.\\nUntil he wa- sexenteen yeais old o\\\\ij- .-ubject re-\\nmained under the parental I oof. becoming thoi-\\noiighly acquainted with the vaiious details of farm\\nlife. In 1H32 he went to the home of a brother-\\nin-law, Benjamin Horton, with whom he .sojourned\\nabout six months, aiding in the xvork of tilling the\\nsoil and harvestine; the grain. Xext he clerked", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0396.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "poRi HArr AND r,i()(;i{Ai iii(Ai, Ai.iu^r.\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0?!i;\\nfor !i lirotliiT, diaries \\\\V.. in Wi sl Town. N. V.. t\\\\ i-\\nnt irly two years ami in tliis way Ix cainf familiar\\nwith liusilicss traii^adiiiii^. riii|ilc were at that\\ntiliK liciiiuiiiim in hiiiii iiiiiiilicr to ciui^rati to\\nthe West. .-I ckiiii; in a luwly sclth-d country an\\noppoi tunity to heionic iM(l(|i(niKnt. It wa there\\nfore natural tiiat the attention of our Miliject was\\n(lireeted toward the new States and that he deter-\\nliiilied to eoine est.\\nIneoin|iany with ll.irxey Hill, .\\\\Ir. Ueeves jn-o\\neeeded we twar l in New VorU State and for a time\\neiiiraiied in iiiakiiiii foici |iinn|is f(n mills; when he\\nhad eoinpleted this, he returned to his home vi;i the\\ni- rie Canal to Troy. N. V.. thence down the ilud-\\non to Ncwhurtih. lie rem. iined on tli old home-\\nstead until Sc|itcnil)cr. \\\\x:M k -nlti\\\\alinii the farm.\\nDiirini; the |ire\\\\ions l-cliruary his brother .lames\\nhad started West with lior-e.^ and sk iaii .and had\\nyone to Lima. .Mich. Soon afterwaiil another\\nbrother, ieor^e. followeil with his family u oiiiii by\\nway of i -rie Canal .ind the l.aUes to Lima. In .Sep-\\nIcmbi-r the fatliei- of oui- subject sjave him .-diout \u00e2\u0096\u00a0HOD\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2uid jiclviseil him to i^o lo Michia an ;iiid in\\\\c t hi\\nmoney in hinds. This hi dci-ided to do.\\n(ioiiiii to .Vlbany. N. V.. Mr. Uec\\\\es bo.-irdcd ;i\\ncaii.al boat, i)ayiiu; one and one-half cents per mile\\nfare to lluffalo. and from there ?H to Detroit by i\\nlioat. At Detroit he took passaii e in a staiz e coach\\nfor Ann .\\\\ilior. The roads bcin very muddy and\\nalmost imiiassable. he w:is compelled to walk the\\nmost of the lirst ten miles of the journey, and also\\n.aideil in ^flliliu the wheels init of rut which I ic-\\ni|\\\\ieiitly hindered prouress. )n thcthirdd:i\\\\ out\\nfrom Detioit the co;icli rc;iclK (l Lim.-i. ;ind Mi\\nReeves, havinu secured ^old in Detroit with which\\nto ))ay for hand, immediately .set out in search of a\\nf;i\\\\drable Incatiou. (ioin;^ north .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ib uil four miles\\nhe came to where Henry Warner now reside*;\\nfrom there he proceeded iiorlhwot o\\\\er sparsely\\nM ttled district with ouly in occasion. il wai;iiii track\\nto direi-t the traveler. A man named llcnian\\nLow. who had settled on the north end of the lake,\\ndirected our subject to a Mr. (in^ijory on the e.ast\\nside.\\nIn compan\\\\ with .\\\\lr. ret;ory .\\\\lr. IJee\\\\es pro-\\nceeded on his in vestiiratin^ tcuuand lin:ill\\\\ selected\\na tnK t of land in wh.at i* now Invhani Tiiwii^hip.\\nlie then hastened back to Lima, .and t.-ikiiisir his\\nbrother s horse went to Detroit to enter his land,\\nthis licinu aliout Novcniber 17. IH. Sli. The ne!i:o-\\ntiolions i)eiiii; now closed .Mr. Reeves betraii to feel\\nhomesick and soon persuaded his brother ieorir*\\nto return Last with him. Thev st.arted on horse-\\nliaek dnrinji: the latter part of Ndvemlier .Miui after\\na tire.--ome journey of twenty-one lays. much of\\ndistance beinji tia\\\\ei iil throuiih Canada, they\\nreached Oranjie County.\\nThe brothers had been at their old home only a\\nfew days wju ii their foiniir neiiilibois uro ed tliem\\nlo return to .Micliiiian and take up lan ls for tlieni.\\n()iir subject auree(l to i^o it the people would make\\nup !s;{.IMMl anri would jiay him Hi fore\\\\civ eighty\\nacres t;iken, expenses included. .Saljsfaetory ar-\\nransi eineut lun ini; been made, he proceeded West\\nwith his brother MiKl.alunit itm. Nineteen d.ays\\nafter the\\\\ started out they rc;iclicd Lima, it bemi;\\nthen .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ibout the 2-Jd ot l- cbru.ary. On the Ithof\\n.March followini; Mr. IJecxcs t.-iited out m hor.se-\\nback to l(jok up lanil. A* before he wi iit to the\\nhome of llenian Low and ucccedc(| in iiettilii; his\\ncompany on ;i tour of impiiry.\\nThe t wo aent Icnieu h:id i^one only a .^liort dis-\\ntaiK-e when they stepped on .a l.ari;e loii. from the\\nopposite side of which a ood-si/eil bear jumped\\nout. llruiii. howi ver. did not seem anxionsto cul-\\ntivate the aeipi;iiut:ince of hi visitor* ;ind was soon\\nont of sijiht. n the afteiaioon of the second da\\\\\\nthe\\\\ found another man looking lip land. ;in l Mr.\\nLow iirmal .Mr. Ree\\\\ i to hasten to Di troit or the\\nland would be t.aken. Mr. Reeves jumped on his\\nhoi e and hurried tn rinckney. Livingston unity,\\nthen followed tin ba.-i line to Nortlnille. It was\\nnot loiiji before he arrived in Detroit and with the\\nli ohl purchase money, he hastened to the land of-\\nlice and took up the laml. .Vs he Iniiied to leave\\nthe olliee he met the man whom he had seen in the\\nwooil and the straiiiier at once impiired how Mr.\\nl;ee\\\\e reached Detroit sosoon. Mr. L ecN i ciilicd\\nthat he took across lots.\\nOil April X. of till same \\\\i ar. .Mr. Reeves starteil\\nfor the louia district to lake up other lands, beiii;;\\naccompanied by Dr. Ilallock. Reachinii Mason he\\nreniained for three d.-iys with .Mr. Blaine, spendintr\\none d;i\\\\ with Vii-on .I.acksou. the \u00c2\u00abnr\\\\e\\\\or. in", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0397.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "398\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nlookiiiii uj) land. Tlie nights were passed upon\\nthe flour ul the eabin with some ten or fifteen men\\nall of whom were evidently would-be-buyers. On\\nthe morning of the fourth day Mr. Reeves started\\nliy trail for Ionia and when they were near Okemos\\nthey found the Indians making sugar. Upon\\nreacliing the river they had to tear down a wigwam\\nwhich was made of poles and bark, and convert it\\ninto a raft on which they crossed in safety.\\nNext Mr. Reeves took the trail to Pine Lake,\\nwhere they remained all night with two men in a\\nslinnty. Theni e they proceeded to DeWitt and\\nI ldm there followed a wagon-track to Portland.\\nluMi lliey canu to the moutli of ^Laple River,\\nthere was no way to cross, so going back a half\\nmile they noticed a hovise on the opposite side and\\na man with a canoe, whom they called over and\\nwho took them past the mouth of the river. From\\ntiiere tjiey went to Ionia where as yet few people\\nhad located. On the return trip they pursued the\\nsame course, and staying one night with the men\\nin tlic cabin were advised by them not to go\\nto tlie river for fear of the Indians. Acting upon\\ntheir advice they took a trail east toward Howell.\\nAfter tiaveling all day they built a fire at night to\\nkeep off the wolves who kept up a frightful howl-\\ning dui ing the entire night. Early the next morning\\nafter a night of sleeplessness, they commenced their\\njourney anew and about noon came to a tamarack\\nswani]). which tliey had to penetrate. After reach-\\ning Portland they proceeded toward Lima, being\\nthen ((uite hungry. Soon they met two men with\\nguii out hunting. Mr. Reeves remarked to them,\\nIlo you know this is Sunday. Ihit they answered,\\nThere is no Sunday here.\\nUpon inquiring for something to eat they weie\\ntold to follow the trail, which they did, finding a\\nshort distance away a cabin and there procuring\\nwhat Mr. Reeves declares was the best meal he ever\\nate. In Lima, Mr. Reeves staid about two months\\nand then started for Orange County, N. Y., by the\\nlakes, canal and the Hudson River. He staid in\\nhis fa tiler s home until October, when he returned\\nto ]\\\\[icliigan and sojourned with liis brother James\\nall winter, the victim of ague, then very prevalent\\nin that newly settled country.\\n(reorge, the Im ther of Mr. Reeves, had removed\\nto Pinckney, and in the spring of the following\\nyear our subject went to that town and engaged\\nas clerk for his lirother. In the meantime he\\nhired settlers to break his land and Jonathan\\nThomas, Mr. Bennett and old Mr. Jacob Dakan\\nsowed it in grain. After some time he went to\\nwork upcm his land on section 36, Ingham Town-\\nship, and put in crops upon the ten .acres which\\nhad been ploughed. He further improved the es-\\ntate by building a log house, drawing the lumber\\nfor flooring from Unadilla.\\nMr. Reeves now felt ju epared to established a\\nInmie of his own and in 1H4(I. he was haiipily mar-\\nried to .lulia Livermore. and for more than a half\\ncentury this worthy couple have worked in tlif\\nutmost harmony for their united interests. Seven\\nchildren caine to them, all of whom are now living.\\nLouisa A., Iiorn September 16, 18-11, married Ralph\\nMuscott; Oscar 15., born April 1844, h.as never\\nmarried and resides on section I J, Lansing Town-\\nship, wheie his father owns one hundred acres of\\nfine land, well iinpi oved with good buildings, etc.\\nOscar V. is tlie Clerk of Lansing Township, had\\nbeen Drain Coiiimissioner and School Inspector\\ntwo years; Emma L., born April 17, 184o, is mar-\\nried to Ilor.ace Whiting and resides in Eaton\\nCounty, Mich.; Franc A. married Henry StiLson\\nand lives in Stockbridge, this county. The other\\ndaughters are Sarah J., Ella E. and Elva E., all of\\nwhom are single and reside with their iiarents\\nujion their beautiful farm.\\nSir. Reeves bought his present place in 1869 and\\nhas embellished it with its fine improvements. In\\npolitics he is a Republican but will not allow the\\nuse of his name for office, preferring domestic quiet\\nto the confusion of public life. He, however, was ap-\\npointed Postm.aster under Oen.W.H. Harrison which\\nposition he held nine years. The office, now known\\nas Dansville, was then known as Ingham Postofflce.\\nMrs. Reeves and two daughters are the members of\\nthe family belonging to the First Presbyterian\\nChurch of Lansing, and are hoiioied members of\\nthe best social circles of the community. Mr.\\nReeves, who is now in the twilight of a well-spent\\nlife, can look back upon a past of hard labor, which\\nhas been cheered by the loving companionship of\\nhis wife and the devotion of his children. He", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0398.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "I oKTKArr AM) iii() .ir\\\\riii( Ai. auum.\\n.liti)\\nwell (li seives tlio conifoits wliicli sun imi l Iii\\nl.-ilcr vt Mis. Miiil tiu ic is no (inc \u00c2\u00abli i speaks of liiiij\\nMild uli.-it In- li:i~ ;iccolii|ilislicil tor llii scclioii of\\n(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0(imilr\\\\. without ffcliiiii lliat niiionj; all tlic \\\\cii-\\niratcil |iioii( eis of the i-oiiiitv. iioiu arc more\\nwortliN of reverence and oteciii than he. It is\\ntlic wish of his iiiMiiy friends that lie and his yood\\nwife may I c spared for many ycnrs to enjoy a\\n|)f!iccfiil closing to their wcli-speni lives.\\nAIJON T. INCiALL.s. Some of the most\\nIhoroiiuh and ctticienl aui icultiirists of\\niMiehiuan are aiiioni; those who ha\\\\f le-\\n\\\\-otcd theniselvcs ipiite cxcliisivel\\\\ to the\\nhrccdinu of u o l and superior i radcs of horses\\nand cattle, .-mil they are rapidly making .Michigan\\nhea lipi;ii-tcrs for Imsiness of thi. kind and uainiiiy\\na I cpntation for her in the marls of the world. I hc\\ni;xntleiii:iii of whom we write makes a specialty of\\nlii cedin.ii trottiiii horses aii l ioa ls1crs and resides\\non section !t. i,e-lie Township.\\n)iir snliject w;islio|ii in I lerucn. ieiii sce ount\\nN. v.. .Vpril i. lM;i(l. heinii- ilirectly de cend Ml\\nIroiii njamin and .\\\\Ialina (iliimphrev) liiualK.\\nI lie father wa^ liorii in the (irceii .Mountain State,\\nand the mother first saw thcli;.;ht in I,im;i. I.ixin;^-\\nstoii {dimly. X. :i ml there m.adc her home until\\nher iii. irriaiie lo the father of our ,~iihject. They\\nli\\\\e l for some time at Ueiiicn. liiil afterwaid rc-\\ntiii neil to Lima, whence they removed lo I cmliroke.\\n(ienesee County, there they ni.-ide their home until\\ntheir removal in IHlii to Micliiii.-in. I poii reaeh-\\niny the Wolverine Stale, they made Iheir home\\nlirst on a farm in (olumliia \u00e2\u0096\u00a0rown liip. .lackson\\noniil\\\\. iiid ifterward removed to )noiiil:ii;o\\nTownship. In iham County They came to this\\ncounty in the year Isf.Mi. and the mother p;i ed\\naway here, .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iliout theye.-ir 1M. ha\\\\ilii completed\\na half century of iiolile and \\\\irluous life. I he\\nfather now make- lioiiii with hi- on A;ir ui.\\nwith whom he ha- resided for ni.-iu\\\\ ycar lie h:i\\nfolloweil farmint; all lii life and i no cinhtx-\\n-escn ye.-iis of aue. His early political views\\nh d liini into the Whio- |)arty lint he is now\\na iicpulilicaii. lie is a memlier of the li.-iptisi\\nCliureh of which his wife was .aUo an earnest ami\\nactive nu liilier. Their nine cliildren were named\\nFilch. Sophi oiiia. Aaron T.. r.eiiiamiii. l- raiici\\nI.ucinda. Su.san. .lames and W illiam.\\nI he siiliject of this sketch had his early trriininL;\\nupon the farm ;ind in the cli^-tiiel m-IiooN i f (Jene-\\nsee County. N. V. \\\\\\\\hen (dcveii years of aire he\\nstarted out in lite for himself workinLr out I oi waues\\nduriim the summer and in the winter workiiisr for\\nhis hoard and jioinii lo school, lie was sonic 1 went\\ntwo ye.ars old when he came in l.S. )2. to .Michiii.an.\\n.and after spi iidiiiii two yi ais upon llie f.arni in\\noliiml)ia Township, .lack-on County, lu sold it\\nand liiniirht properly in ()nondai:a Town-hip\\nIiiuhain ounly. L. iler he dis|)o.-ed of thai prop-\\nerty \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind for several years specul.atcd in land and\\nalso eni;;iiie(l in the meri antile business .at Leslie,\\nliesides manaiiinu the Lolic Hotel for some three\\nyears.\\nDesirinii ti li\\\\ e a more retired lite he c\\\\eh:inyi d\\nhis hotel for a portion of hi- pre-ent f.aiiii and set-\\ntled down to a life of a farmer. He has added to\\nhis icre.ii;e from lime to time ami now has two\\nhundred :iiid forty-li\\\\e acri s mi sections H .and .t.\\nmost of wliicli is in a liiuli state of cultivation. It\\nis now several years since lie has devoted him.self\\nlaru cly to the hreedin^-.and developinu of tine road-\\nsler.-. ;iiid tiotlini; horses, and ln keeps aliout\\nforty head of holies upon his place all the time. He\\nis also r.aisinii Ihorouuhhred .lerse\\\\ cattle, and has\\none of the most desiralile farms in Le.-lie Township\\nupon which he has placed excellent Imildings and\\nall the acconnnodations for- the comfort of lioth his\\nlainily and his stock.\\n.Mr. 1 niialls started out in life with no capital ex-\\ncept a willing heart, slroni; hands, and ;i llior inuli\\ndelermination to achieve success, and he has will-\\niiiiily endured hardships and hard work, and has\\nnever -liruuk from any ditlicnltics which h:i\\\\-e lieen\\npresented to him. Kesides his faruiin! posses.-ions\\nhe is .-i stoc^kliolder in the l eople s Bank at Leslie.\\n,ind also lia.s .stock in the People s .Saving li.ank al\\nMaMUi. Hi- political iew are Mich a- will he\\nfi iind in the pl.-ilform and dei-l;iraticm- o1 the", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0399.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "400\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nRepuhliean party, upon whose ticket he has been\\nraiserl to several of the minor township oftices.\\nHe is a Free and Accepted Mason of the Royal\\nArch Degree.\\nIn 1 852 this gentleman was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Mary A. Bolton, of Alabama, (ienesee\\nCounty, N. Y. She was a native of that place and\\na daughter of Abram and Marin da ((rriswold) Bol-\\nton. Her married life was brief, as she was called\\nfrom earth, in 1855, passing aw.ay in Onondaga\\nTownship, Ingham County. The present Mrs.\\nIngalls is a daughter of Elon and Angeline Annis\\nand she became the wife of Mr. Ingalls in May,\\n186L Our subject had no children by his first\\nmarriage, but by his second union has three chil-\\ndren, Emma, ^Minnie, and .\\\\aron_ T., Jr. Leslie\\npostoflice is the address of this stock-breeder who\\nstands well in lioth agrieult\\\\iral arid commercial\\ncircles as all will attest who have had any dcal-\\nina s with liim.\\nX^-JAL- SK:\\nSRAEL GILLETT. When the early settlers uf\\nany city have been men of character and abil-\\n3 ity men who I espected themselves and the\\nlaws of God and man and who were inspired\\nwith a noble amliition to provide for their cliild-\\nren and their children s children, we may lie sure\\nflint a ginnd foundaticm has lieen laid for the up-\\nbnilding of tiiat city. Such a foundation was given\\nto Lansing, Ingham County, by the coming liither\\nof such men as Israel Gillett, who has made his\\nlioiiie in this city since November 10, 1852, thus\\nranking as among the oldest settlers here.\\nThis successful aichitect and mechanic, whose\\noHice may be found at No. 10 t W. Michigan Ave.,\\nwas born at Crown Point, Essex County, N. Y.,\\nMarch 4, 1827. His honored parents, Israel Gil-\\nlett, Sr., and Susan (Bailey) (iillett, were New\\nYorkers by liirth. The father was a farmer by\\noccnj)ation. The first twenty-four years of our\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2subject s life were spent on liis fatlier s farm and\\nthere he received his education and worked in a\\nfactorv as iiia.cliinist and later on was set to learn-\\ning the jeweler s trade. Upon starting out for\\nhimself he came to Lansing and opened a jewelry\\nestablishment here on AYashington Avenue, in which\\nhe continued for sixteen years, being the second\\nman here to open a shop of that kiud. After one\\nyear lie bought out his only rival in the trade and\\nfor seven years was the only jeweler in Lansing.\\nIn 1868-69 Mr. (Sillett .sold out his business and\\nentered upon architectural work and the handling\\nof real estate, mostly for himself. He also built\\nand sold houses and carried on contracting and\\nbuilding for others and has continued in the archi-\\ntectural line up to the present time, and still super-\\nintends the completion of certain special contracts,\\nalthough he is gradually closing out his business\\nand retiring from active work.\\nAlthough interested in public matters as an in-\\ntelligent man must always l)c. IVIr. (iillett has never\\ncared to mingle actively in political movements.\\nHis keen and intelligent interest in the sul)ject of\\neducation and his well-known ability and excellent\\njudgment have for seven years made him a member\\nof the Board of Education. As a member of the\\nMasonic Lodge No. 66, of Lansing he has taken\\nthe thirty -second degrei\\nOur subject and his wife are now the oldest\\nmembers of the Central ^Methodist Ejii. -co|)al Church\\nof this city, and when that body was organized he\\nwas one of the Tiustecs and one of the building\\ncommittee apjioiiited by the (Quarterly Conference\\nto sinK iintend the building of the edifice and he\\nis the only surviving member of that committee.\\nFor a number of years he has been the Trustee\\nand Steward of that church and when they sold\\nthe old building and put up the new one he was\\nagain one of the building committee and practicallv\\nwas the superintendent of this beautiful structure\\nwhich cost $50,000 and was only completed in\\n1890 with a seating capacity for one thousand\\npeople. It stands at the corner of Cajiitol Avenue,\\nand Ionia streets. and is an admirable building of\\nIonia sandstone and an ornament to the city.\\nThe marriage of our subject in 1851 united him\\nwith Sarah K. Seaman, daughter of Ransom and\\nSusan (Day) Seaman. This lady was born in .luly\\nHI. 18;il and her girlhood s home was Schrocm\\nLake, Essex County, N. Y.. her wedding day being", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0400.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n401\\nXovemher 10. 18.57. Their two oliildren .ire Charles\\n15. and .leunie .S., tlie latter beinji the wife of Wilhs\\nB. Kirby of this city and to her liai been granted\\none child Halph 0.\\ni**** m- *+**r\\n5-+**S\\nlr--l)WIN II. I OirrKH is tlie son of Seth .1.\\nPorter, wliose history may be found under\\nthe combined biographical sketch of .1. 15. iV\\nE. II. Porter, dealers in real-estate, who iiave a\\nlarge business in the sale and exchange of property,\\nalso doing a large business in insurance, both life\\nand accident. )ur suliject bought out the inter-\\nest of Mr. N. 15. .loiies. lliat is, liis local interests\\nin the office. Siiire he has been so interested he\\nhas been very successful, doing a large and pay-\\ning business, for so great is the confidence reposed\\nin his judgment and word by dealers in real-estate\\nand so reliable is he known to lie that his patron-\\nage is very large.\\nEdwin II. I orter wa~ born at .Marcelhi-. Onon-\\ndaga County. X. v.. I)eceml)er HI, 1822, and in\\n1833 went witli his parents to Kalamazoo. He re-\\nmained a short time with his father and grandfatiier.\\nwlu) liad a faini on the prairie. He procured it when\\ntiie soil in that vicinity wa^ \\\\ii gin, being one of\\nthe earliest .settlers in that part of the county.\\nAfter spending the winter with our subject, Seth .1.\\nPorter moved to Kalamazoo where in the .spring of\\n1831 ho Iniilt the first frame house, which was then\\nan object of pride in the village. There he re\\nniained until the foUowing August when his de^\\ncease occm-red. lie was a professional man, being\\na skillful physician and among the pioneer settlci s\\nhe was regarded with the greatest affection and\\nconfidence. He was the second jihysician to come\\ninto the county, indeed the first of undoubted re-\\npute, it l eing questionable whether the one who\\npreceded him cmild rightfully claim the title.\\n.\\\\ftcr her husband s deatli niii- ubject s mother\\nremained in Kalamazoo until 1837. She had\\nmeantime married Horace Stinipson of Rochester.\\nN. Y. They then moved upon a farm in Van\\nHuren ount\\\\ near Paw Paw anil there remained\\nfor several years. Finally they removed to\\nAllegan where Mr. Stimpson died, .\\\\fter his\\nfather s death our subject had returned to his\\nchildhood s home in the East and remained with\\nfriends, attending school until 1K3!I when he came\\nto his home with his niothei He continued his\\nstudies that year and in the spring of 1840 went\\nback to Kalamazoo to go into business for himself.\\nHis mother, whose maiden name was Cynthia M.\\nHaines, died in this city in IHHK, at the age of\\neigiity-five years.\\nBinding himself out in l\u00c2\u00abl(l to a manufacturer\\nof carriages, our subject spent the ne.\\\\t five years\\nas an apprentice in learning the carriage-maker s\\ntrade. At the expiration of his term of service he\\ncarried on the business ft)r himself for a con])Ic of\\nyears, when he sold out and engaged in tliegroceiy\\nbusuiess, continuing to be thus employed until\\n1857. M that time he .sold out his interest. in\\nthe grocery line and became Assistant Postmaster.\\nHis brother-in-law. .Mi-. .lames Walter, was ap-\\n])ointed to the position of Postmaster in Kalamazoo\\nand there our subject remained until 18G2. He\\ntlicn enlisted in the War of the Rebellion and was\\na|)i ointed First Lieutenant and Commissary of\\nthe regiment, which was the l- ourth ^Michigan\\nCavali-y. lie was musteri d in .Inly. 1K(;2 and was\\nsent to the DepaitmenI oC tlic Cumberland, lie\\nremained in active service until December. l.S il.\\nand then resigned his commission on account of\\nill-health. During his .service he was a jiarticipant\\nin the battles at Stone River, Chattanooga, Look-\\nout Mountain, Chickamauga and was one of the\\nbeleaguers at the siege of .Vtlanta.\\nAfter his return Mr. Poitei again went into public\\nservice, being appointed (^nartmaster on the staff o(\\nthe Provost Marshal and i-emained in the position\\nuntil all matters pertaining to the war were closed\\niLii. In 18()6 he was appointed to a clerkship in\\nthe State Land Oftice and .served in that capacity\\nuntil .Inly when ho wa appointed as Deputy Com-\\nmissioner of the Land Ollice under (ien. Pritchard.\\nwliich oflice he retained until 1. S71. At the d. ile\\nabove mentioned he went into thi .Vuditor-tieii-\\neral s oHice and there remained for twenty years.\\nbut this spring the change in the (iovernment in\\nwhieh the Democrats took the lead, was disastrous\\nbfe", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0401.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "402 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nto him, as he is a most ardent Repulilieaii and on tlie Imsiness. Their trade is mostly wholesale\\nlosing his position he went int(.) partnership with l^einy- engaged in foreing early vegetables and in\\nhis brother in tlie real-estate and insurance busi- selling in a wholesale way U^t tl4\u00c2\u00ab grocers of the\\nness as before mentioned. town. Mr. Mann was horn in liiswieli. ^lass.. ,Ian-\\n()n DeeeHilxjr 22. IHt. Mi-. Porter was married nary 23. 1\u00c2\u00ab31. He is a son of .labez and .Mary\\nlo Mis^ .Vdeline E. Walter to whom four children I (Peatlieid) Mann, the family being of English ori-\\nwere born, their names being as follows: Harvey i gin. having emigrated from Kugiand to thi\\nA\\\\ Charles E., Alice A. and Nellie K. .Mice is country and settled in Ipswich in 1827. Our sub-\\nnow Mrs. (ieorge H. Sejanour and Nellie is Mrs. C. jecfs father, directly after his marri.age. devoted\\nI\\\\. White. Mrs. Adeline Porter died .lune 2. liimself to the occupation of shoemakiiig. liut dui-\\n1 He was a second time married, his bride iug the last years of his life was a manufacturer of\\nbeing Miss pjnily E. Nash, of Lansing. She is a knit goods. He and his wife are members of the\\ndaughter of Charles E. Nasli. one of tiie early Congreg. itional Chnrcli. he being a Trustee and one\\njiioueers in this vicinity, ^li-s. Porter is devoted of the stanch old men of his time,\\nto lier husband and his interests, making for him a I he eilucation enjoyed by mii Mibject wa.- ac-\\ndeiightfnl lioine life. They are iiienibers of the (piireil in his natixc Jihii-e. where lie liiiislie l in tlie\\nCongregational Cliiireli and are represenlati\\\\c graiinnar school, and then became engaged in the\\njieople ill the city. tin business in the city of Pioston. Mass. He re-\\nmoved Ironi that I ity. howe\\\\er. to Hillsdale. Mich..\\nj in .\\\\ugiist. 18t;). and wliile still a boy he hiuiicheil\\nout alone engaging in his trade as tinner, and for\\na 11 iiiiilier of years worked as jouriK yman at that\\nplace. In 187(i, he came to tlie city of Lansing,\\nhaving, jirior to coming here, married Miss .Vim\\nNi \\\\./jjji,i\\\\ i ..i.\\\\.- 1 uv-i.- 1.- ji-.iiiiuj; 111.11 .-]iow .Mice Cl. irk. a daughter of Cai|iha Clark. She\\nthe innate retineinent and gentleness of a was born .Inly 7, 18 10. and is a native of England.\\nman s nature more than a care for the ex- haviiii;- come witii her i)arents to the I liited States\\n(piisite blossoms that crown tlie most patient when onl\\\\ one ye;ir old.\\nand diligent efforts at cnltivatioii. cruel or iiii- On coming to Lansing in 1876. our subject en-\\nkind man. or a careless or ina|)prociative man would gaged ill gardening and in the business of a Hor-\\nnever succeed ;is ji florist, for the tender green ist. lirst reutinu the l;iiid which he iiseil and\\ntilings under the charge of such a person are I li- gH-adually increasing his business, until in 1882, lie\\ntirely at his mercy, to lie starved and choked, or to i purcha-^ed the jilace which they now occupy, ;ind\\nlie fed, watered, and warmed at hi.- will. .Xeitiier wliicli alone a-^ a real-estate deal has been most\\ncan an ignorant man succeed in this callinu. for fortunate and profitable investment. It i oiie-\\nignorance is stupidity and iiitipprecintiveness. and half mile inside the city limits and in fine coiidi-\\none who is so wjiii liful ;ind intelligent tlijil he can tioii for sub-division. This tliey put into sliaiie.\\nunderstand the unspoken language that tells of the added large gl\u00e2\u0096\u00a0eenhou^es and now do a tine busi-\\nneeds, or thankfulness for care, of the green things ness in forcing vi getables and flowers. In 188().\\nthat gladden our hoiiie and crown ill festive ocea- they al o built upon tile phi( e a tine tw i- tory\\nsions, is neither stupid imr ignor.-int. but humane j frame residence, wliic.h is a home that is striking in\\nand tender. I its beauty of suriiumding, its location and the way\\nOur subject who is the head of the (inn of Robert in which it is kept up. ^Ir. IManii i now one of\\nMann t^ Son who h.ave charge of the most exten- the in-oiniuent and succe. ^sful Imsiness men of the\\nsive greenhouses in the city, is located on South li wii. Our suliject and his wife are the |iarents of\\nWashington Aveiiut. where he has extensive three eliildreii. Robert II., who i associated with\\ngrniinds. haviiiu t wu .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0mil .-1 half ;ieres devoted to 1 his f;itliei in Inisiuess. having lieeii so occupied", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0402.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n403\\nsince 1878; riorencc L. and Mary A.; all aie still at\\nhome, and form a delightful society within tlieiii-\\nselves. The yoiini ladies as well as the young\\ngentleman, are bright, iulellii;ent iin l accoiii|ili lie(l.\\nand tho ;iir alK)Ut the home is lilled with the sun-\\nshine that young life and eii1hnsia. m lirings. I he\\nfamily are members of tlu I lrst Presbyterian\\nChnreh and are entliusiastie workers in that liody,\\ndoing all in their power for the upbuilding and\\ns\\\\istaining of the Gospel wfirk. Our subjeet is a\\nmember of the Knights of Pythias and from his\\nsoeial relations, has derived many snl)stanti;d ben-\\nelits as well as soeial pleasures.\\nYRUS ALSDORF. The name at the head ot\\nthis sketch is that of one of the pioneei-\\nsettlers in Ingham County, he having come\\nhei-e in IH jfi, which, late as it may seem to a resi-\\ndent in an older State and county, showed i\\\\\\nfew of the ]iresent improvements. I rior to coming\\nhere Mr. .Msdorf had located in I ontiac. Oakland\\nt ounty. settling there in 1H,t;5. He was born in\\nlister County, X. v., ()ctol)er 14, 182;), and is .i\\nson of Levi .\\\\lsdorf, who is descended from the\\nAlsdorf.s that were the original patentees of what\\nwas known as the Holland l and Purchase.\\nWhen our subject was a lad of eight \\\\ear of\\nage his parents removed from Ulster County to\\n(xene-see County, N. Y. ^Most of his education,\\nhowever, was acquired in Wyoming County and\\nthere he attained manhood nul was united in\\nmarriage with Loretta Melchei-, who was a daughter\\nof Samuel Melcher, a pioneer in this State from\\n\\\\ermunt. Mrs. Alsdorf w.as born in the year 1829.\\nTheir marriage was celebrated .lune (i, 18(6. In\\n1H.J3 he came with his wife to Michigan and set-\\ntled in I ontiac. He was there employed in the\\nfreight ollice of the Detroit it Pontine Railroad.\\nTwo years later he came to Ingham Cf)unty, where\\nhis father-in-law had located, settling in Meridian\\nTownship. Koi a time our -nbjeet there eniraiied\\nin farming.\\nNot a.s familiar with aL!i i ultui ;il as with I om-\\nnu-reial life he preferred the latter and soon ac-\\nI cpled a i)osition as foreman in the Reform School\\nshop, being installed in his position while the\\ninstitution was yet in its infancj-. He w.as there\\nuntil tlie lireaking out of the Rebellion, when he\\nenlisted as j)rijicij)al musician iu the Foujl-eeutii\\nMichigan Infantiy. In the fall of 1862 he was\\n|)romoted while at Tuseumbia, .Via., to be leader\\nof the l)and. First Brigade of Second Division of\\nthe Fourteenth Army Cor| s which was comm.anded\\nby (ien. .lames I). Morg.-in. He served all thrr ngh\\nthe battles of Corinth and the summer campaign\\nof l\u00c2\u00ab(i2-().i. lie was a iiarticipant in tlie battles of\\nStony K iver .-nid Chickamanga ind was finallv\\ndischargeil on .aecount of ilisability. While Ivini;\\nat Frank Anderson s cross ro.ads at Sequatchie\\nRiver, he was sent to the hospital and remained\\nthere until his discharge, which took place in\\nDecember, 186;i.\\nHe rem.ained it home until the s])ring of 1861.\\nwhen lie re-enlisted in the jmst band under (ien.\\nScolield and reniaiiied until the close of the war.\\n)n retiMiiing to the North our suliject went back\\nto tlie Reform School anil remained there, tilling\\nthe position which lie hail |ireviously occupied\\nuntil 1868, when he received a call to go to the\\nWisconsin Refoim School .as .\\\\ssistant Superin-\\ntendent. He respimded to tlii call, but at the\\nexpiration of the year he w;is urged to return to\\nhis old position and canu back as acting assistant\\nSuperintendent, wliir.lL4)osition he iii.aintained un-\\ntil December. 1\u00c2\u00ab71. when he purchased a half\\ninterest in the old lloliiies drug store and has\\ndevoted himself to the diiig business ever since,\\nchanging neither his location nor his mode of pro-\\ncedure in business. The liriii is now run nndcr\\nthe name of C. .\\\\lsdorf A- Son, lie h. iving taken\\nhis son into partnership on the retirement of his\\nformer partner. Since engaging in the drug busi-\\nness, fortune has smiled upon Mr. .Msdorf and he\\nis now one of the most pioininent businos men in\\nthe city.\\n.Mr. .\\\\lsdorf is the possessor of a lieaiitifiil lioiiie\\nat the corner of Capitol Avenue and Sliiawa.ssee\\nStreet. It is most graciou-ly presided over liy his\\nwife, who is an estimalile and relined lady. The\\nlioii~e in wliicli (lie\\\\ dwell i^ eoiiinioiiioii^ and at-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0403.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "404\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ntractive and is delightfully located in tlie midst of a\\nvelvety green lawn and surrounded with the choic-\\nest shade trees. Il is indeed a home where a man\\nmight spend most hapijil.v the declining years uf\\nhis life. Mr. and Mrs. Alsdurf have the following\\nchildren: Frank, who is a wholesale manufacturer\\nof harness and is located at AUiion; he has a wife\\nand three Ijright children, whose names are Maude,\\nMonroe and Don; Stella is the wife of Charles J..\\nSeeley, a prominent stock-raiser near the city; she\\nis the mother of four children Dewey, Fay. Ma-\\nlian and Leonard; l red is in business witli his\\nfatlier; he al.so has a wife and family, his children s\\nnames being Grace, Louise and Richard. The\\nfamily is not so scattered but that it admits of\\nfreijuent reunions and the cliildreii with llicir\\nbroods of children make the old liome merry and\\nfill with delight tlie fond hearts df tlieir parents\\nwho are so foi-tunate in that their children are\\nsuch noble men and wiuiien. I olitically ^Ir. .Vls-\\ndorf is a stanch Hepulilicaii.\\n1=^.\\n_(=-\\n,.StAi; F. AMI A record of the expci\\nieuces of the early settlers of any country\\nis ever of interest to readers, and the pen of\\nthe writer never speeds over the paper more cheei-\\nfully than in recounting the brave endurance if\\nh.ardship and the heroic encounter with the savage\\nelements of nature which are experienced b\\\\ pio-\\nneers. For this reas(jn the biographer enj()y\\nsprinkling in among his uuire commonplace tales\\nan occasional sketcii of (lie pioneers of Michigan.\\nThe gentlenian of wlioiii we wiite. who was one\\nof the earliest settler,- of Lansing. Ingham County,\\nlirst located about sixteen rod north of his pre-\\nsent beautiful home which is situated at No. 7 1 il\\nHigh Street, making his residence in a log shanty\\nin the dejitli of the ft)rest. This was in 1 48. jis\\nhe had jiurchased land in 1)^47. liefore Washington\\n.Vvenne was hewed out of the forest, and at that\\ntime that roadway had simply been cleared of\\nunderbrush, so that teams could creep through,\\nlint the main iiart of the tiinlier was sitil] standintl.\\nIn addition to his home lot Mr. Cam]) has a beauti-\\nful farm of one hundred and twenty-six acres\\nwliieii is within the cit\\\\ limits.\\nOur suliject was liorn in .Uexander, (ienesee\\nCounty, N. Y., December 7, I81M. and is a son of\\nJames and Betsey (Tudor) Camp, formerly from\\nHartford, Conn. The father was a faiiner and a\\npioneei in (ienesee County, settling there after the\\nWar of 1S12. (\u00c2\u00bbur subject grew there to his mat-\\nin ity, learning the trade of a mason at Bataxia.\\nThe father lived ufion the old home farm until the\\nday of his death. When about twenty-tive years\\nold O.scai Cam)) purcha.sed the father s old home-\\nstead and established iiiinself as a family man.\\nIlis bride was Miss Ulioda .ludd of Ilethany. X. Y..\\nto whom were born four children, namely; Alice\\nnow tlie wife of Charles Hoc.aboiit of this cit\\\\\\nli. irlutte; (lertrude. wife of Tracy .Meriills of\\nLansing, and .leanette. Mrs. .losiuia .McNornian.\\nWlieii .Mr. Camp brouglit his family to Lansing,\\nin IM4X. tliey came with three teams from Detroit\\nand having settled them in the old log shantv he\\nwent to work to clear off his fai in. .Vs soon as he\\nwas a little settled and had things in trim for\\nlegidar work, he hired a man to to the heavy part\\nof the farming and he worked at his trade. Ilis\\nwork may lie seen upon many of the pioininent\\nbuildings of a decade ago. and he imt up both the\\nCity Bank and the Central Bank and was foreman\\nfor the city in the construction of the bridge abut-\\nment. He has kept his farm under excellent\\ncultivation and now- has a portion if land which\\nis considered among the most valuable in the city.\\nI p to ISlll he has paid over *9, taxes upon his\\nfarm. When he iiurchased it he ])aid ^20 for six\\nacres of land, s;|,1 for eiglity acres and sti for\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2mother forty.\\nMr. Camp lia tilled several otiices of responsi-\\nliilit V and tiiist in the comniiniity. having been Ald-\\nerman foi the First Ward and being on the School\\nBoard and in both of these position he has been\\nof great use to the city on account of his excellent\\njudgment and aggressive yet prudent methods of\\nwork. He attends and supports the I niversalist\\nChurcli and at the time that this religious body\\nerected a hon,se of worship he was on the building\\nconiniitlee wliere his knowleilu e of methods of", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0404.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n406\\nliiiililiiii; Miiil the mIuc of iii. ilerial wa.- vi-ry |)i(i(il\\n;ililc to tin- I lmrcli. Alxiiit llirec yi ai aftci\\niiiiiiiii^ to lliisi ity lit was liercavetl liy the (loath it\\nhis wife anil he married Mrs. Martha Harkei\\n.luilsini. who was a widow jjrevious to lier union\\nwith liiiii. ilf is a Democrat in his iwilitical views\\nlull still rathei m(U |)cii(leiit in I cuard to his vote.\\n;is he iiiaUe.-- it |)iiint In study the needs nl the\\nciiinniunity and the cliaraeteristies of the men ho\\nseek olllee liefore usinu ids liallot to place Ihem\\nthere. lie is one of the oldest living settleis who\\nhave made their home in Lansini; and his v.-diu\\nto the commiuuty has not been me.-isnred simply\\nliy his activities, allhonoh they have been i;i-eat.\\nfor tliey have lieeii supplemented hy his inlhu nce\\nfor sidod in nioial. social and industrial spheres.\\ni-\\nH\\nl\\nkOllS K. R()\\\\VLl-n .loui-nalism ofters ji\\nliroad lield to the man who aspires to liter-\\nar\\\\ honors .and ;dtliou )h of modern oriyin\\ncomparatively, the literary element in oiu m vvs-\\npa])crs has discovered to the world nian\\\\ a star\\nwho niiiiht otherwise have shone unseen, lie ol\\nwhom we write is the editor and pro])rietor of the\\nLaiisinLT Joiirnul. a lireezy sheet that hesides niir-\\nrorinu tlu aeneral trend of ))iililic sentiinent. con-\\ntains much of real merit in joniii.alisni. Mr.\\nIvowley is also Deputy .Se retary of State, ap-\\npointed to the jiosition li\\\\- Secretary of State Soper\\nin .hinnary. ISKl.\\ni he oriy^inal of oiu- sketch was horn in Ionia\\nCounty. May 17. 1!S5H. lie is the .son of Oeoi ge\\nand .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ilherine ((Ireeii) Rowley, the father lieing\\none of the early settlers and horn in Monroe\\nCounty. N. Y.. as was the mother likewise. .After\\nniarriaiije they lame to Ionia County. Mich., .ahout\\n1 and there lived, the father liein em-\\nployed as a machiiust. lie continued to reside in\\nloiua until his denii.se. which occurred in 1862.\\nI ntil thirteen years of aue our sniijcct was o(\\n.npied with his school duties. hrii^ht lad iml-\\nurally. In wa- neitlier better \\\\\\\\(n- worse than the\\nMi.ajority of boys, nor could he resist the tempt.a-\\ntioii to liaNe onu- fun more than other bovs-.\\n.\\\\fter he had attained the inaidy age of thirteen he\\nworked in the Sentinel ollice of Ionia, and has been\\nconnected with this ollice in one capacity and an-\\nI other ever since, working up from the beginning.\\nHe soon engaged as a reporter and continued do-\\ning that line of work until 1879, when he purchased\\nan interest in the Ionia Standard, which was the\\npolitical organ of the Demociatic partj- in that\\npl. ice. In \\\\hh: .Mr. Rowley removed to Lansing\\nand purchased the Lansing Juiirnul. which is the\\nDemocratic organ in this city. In January, 1887,\\nour uliiect e tablished the Daily Journal, which\\nhas held its own in the face of all f)pposition since\\nits inception. I b now gives the ma jor portion of\\nhis time to a general i \\\\-ersii;ht of tin- journalistic\\nwork that is done in iiis oMice.\\nilr. Rowley was married .I;inuary IS. lf )S2. to\\nMiss Mary C. Clark, of Ionia. One child, a son.\\nis the restilt of this union, named Kdward C. Mr.\\nRowley IS a genial, whole-hearted man. who has a\\nliosl of friend-. lie is a member of the Knights of\\nPythias and also belongs to the Royal Arcanum.\\nHe and his wife, who is a charming lady, with gra-\\ncious, dignilied ni.-uiners. ;ire attendants and sup-\\nporters of the Congreuational hurch.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2;s*E\\nLKX.VXDKR .M. .MILL. V.N. .\\\\L D. L n-\\nswerving integrity, rugged independence,\\n-i sturdy industry and an honorable regard\\nfor the laws of God and men are among\\nthe most notable characteristics of the Scottish\\nHighlanders. To have descended from them is a\\nguarantee of the pos.session of these traits, and it\\nis an heritage of great value to any citizen. Our\\nsubject, who is one of the prominent phy.sicians of\\nthis city, is proud to boast of such an ancestry.\\nDr. McMillan was born in the Count} of Cilen-\\ngarry, Canada, March 181; and is the son of\\nDuncan and Mary (McDonell) McMillan, the\\nfather being a farmer by occupation, and both\\nfather and mother were children of Scotch High-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0405.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "406\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nlanders -who came to Canada in 1798. The\\nCounty of (ilengarry was settled bv this class of\\nthe Scotch, and in the early daj^s of our subject\\nnot a word of English was heard in social conver-\\nsation. The father of the Doctor remained in that\\ncounty throughout his lifetime, but after the early\\nboyhood and school days of oiw subject, the latter\\nspent some years in a store, first in Canada and\\nafterward in Chicago.\\nIn the metropolis of the Prairie State 3 oung\\nMcMillan began business for himself, and in this\\nhe was fairly successful until the great fire, in\\nwhich he was burned out. He accepted this dis-\\nappointment in a philosophic manner, and gave\\nup the mercantile business, and now began his\\nmedical studies, entering the Belleview Hospital\\n.Medical ColleiiV in New York City. After study-\\ning there one year he went into the Long Island\\nHospital Medical College, from which institution\\nhe was graduatc(l in 1K74. He afterward attended\\na course of lectures in Trinity ollege, Toronto.\\nCanada.\\nIn lH7(i, the young Doctor was ready to begin\\n|)ractice. and lieing attracted to Michigan, he de-\\ncided to ojieii his oltlce in the capital city of our\\nState, and here he has continued with true Scot-\\ntish steadfastness from that d.ay to this, devoting\\nhimself to general [iractice. His thorough medi-\\ncal education pre|iared him for the successful prac-\\ntice which has been his, and his sound judgment\\nand skill have given him a standing in the ])rofes-\\nsion. He is a memlier of the Lansing Medical So-\\nciety, and was its President for one year. He has\\nbeen City Physician and Chairman of the Board of\\nHealth for five years, and is now and has been for\\nfour years past the County Superintendent of the\\nPoor of Ingham County, and also fills the office of\\nPresident of the State Association of County\\nSuperintendents of the Poor. He is by appoint-\\nment of the Governor, Chairman and member of\\nthe Central Board of Control of State Institutii ns,\\nhaving received his appointment in October. 1891.\\nfor a term of six years. The hap|)y wedded life\\nof Dr. McMillan began in 1873, when he w.as\\nunited with Miss Josephine Marie Curtin,of Petcr-\\nboro, Canada, to whom has been Ijorn one child, I.\\nDonald, who is still a younsj bov and is receiving\\na thorough education from his careful and judi-\\ncious parents. Mrs. Mcilillan s brother, J. C. Cur-\\ntin, is a distinguished author and journalist, and\\nlives in Brooklyn, N. Y. Our subject s eldest\\nbrother, Donald McMillan, also a physician, living\\nat Alexandria, Ontario, is a life membci of the\\nDominion Senate.\\nI pflll^fc^A^fc^T^fa^yAB\\nACOB EICHELE. Although our subject is\\nnot yet an old man, having only reached\\nthat point of vantage where he can live in\\nthe bright experience of the past and in\\nthe enjoyment of the memories that have made\\nhis youth interesting and piipiant. he has retii cd\\nfrom active business, having formerly been ])ro-\\njirietor of the Eichele House, which he lijid man-\\naged for I ighteen years, lie now. however, leases\\nif to his .son-ill law. having given up the place into\\nhis care. May 1. IH ll. Our su))ject has ever been\\na genial, whole-souled iiuiii. and in his capacit\\\\ as\\nhost he lias become familiar with many of the\\nmen iironiinent in political life, as well as others\\nwho have taken their stand high up in the ranks\\nof literature, the arts and sciences.\\nOur subject was born in Germany, in the city of\\nWurteniberg, December 3, 1826. There he re-\\nceived the advantages of that country, which is\\nmore noted ft)r having better educational theories\\nand methods than any other nation, combining\\ntechnical training with the mental development. He\\nc-ame to the United States in 1854, locating first in\\nOhio. He lemaiiied in Wyandot County, of that\\nState for eleven years. During this time he mar-\\nried Miss !Marv Funck. Their marriage was cele-\\nliratcd in .lune, 1855. The lady, like her husband,\\nis a native of (lermany, being there born .January\\n;il, 18,34. She came to the I nited States, where\\nshe had a brother, at the same time and on the\\nsame boat on which our subject came over. While\\nin Ohio, he of whom we write was employed on a\\nfarm and amassed with his work there a comtort-\\nable competency. Thence he came to Jackson,\\nthis State, and has here lived for one year, wiien", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0406.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBL M.\\n407\\nlie removed to I,:iii iiii; in IMiT.Miul engaged ill\\nthe liiini(iiiiu-li iiise liu inf\u00c2\u00bb. h:i\\\\iiJi; cinniecti d willi\\nthe house a saloon, lie is the oMot u riiiaii luisi-\\niii ss man in this citv.\\nNol contciil with thi liusiui ss that he liad lnult\\nu|). Ml Kiehele sought handsomer and more com-\\nmodious (|uartei s, and erected at a hirgc expense\\nthe Kiclieh House, a three-slory liiick hotel, hi-\\nealcd at No. 2IM Nortli Wnsliington A\\\\i nue. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2uid\\neontinned as the |iro|)iietor and owner of tliis\\nplace until 1. ,I1. :i alio\\\\e mentioned, when he\\nle.-ised his pi;\\\\ee to his ~on-in-law. )ui- sulijcct has\\nnever had an\\\\ ambition to hold local ollice. hav-\\ning given his attention to Iniilding up his husiness\\n;ind ill iiro\\\\iding his guests with tliose conil orts\\nand luMiries to whicli Ihcy arc entitled.\\n.Mr. and Mrs. Kiehele arc the parents ol li\\\\e\\nchildren. .Most of them have attained llie yeais\\nof manhood and wdinanhooil. and are in Imsiness\\nfor them.sch t s or preside over a lioiiie of their\\nown. The eldest son. .U)lin. is a grocer, having his\\nstoic in the Iniilding adjoining our subject s hotel.\\nFrank li\\\\cs upon ;ind operates the f.arm owned by\\nour subject in Clinton County, this State. Anna,\\nthe wife of illiaiii K. ii iiessle. the proprietor of\\nthe Kiehele House, is ji capable and competent\\nbusiness woman. Mary, tlic wife of Walter I liss.\\nlives at Cleveland. (Itto still remains with his\\nparent- and retlcit- to tlicin in hi- ycuing life\\nthe pleasures and ImoyMiiey tli,-it tliey in their\\nyoung life cxpericnceil. .Socially our subject is\\nconnected with the .Ma.sonic fraternity, but is not\\nnow a inenibci of that soi-iety. lie. lioweNcr. has\\nbe ii allie(l with them since IMd. S.at which time he\\njoineil the societv in Ohio.\\n^=^=i$\\nOSKS K. lAVLOli. This worthy and hon-\\norable gentleinan. who is now the Crier of\\nthe Supreme Court, has been a resident of\\nLansing. Ingham County, since April.\\n\\\\f C lie was in various lines of business in this\\ncity up to the time he received his a|ipointinent,\\nand is well known among business men of the place.\\nOur subject was liorn in Kvenehtown. Hunterdon\\nCounty. .N.. I.. Kebiuary 1(1, 1H17. His father, Abel\\nTaylor, was also a native of Frenchtown and his\\ngrandfather, Kdwin. was born in New Jersey and\\nwas of Knglish descent. The grandfather had a\\nlarge and line farm on the Delaware River, and\\nalthough lie was an in valid for many years he lived\\nlo an .-idvaneed age. Both he and liis wife had\\nbrothers who served in the Revolutionary conflict.\\nThe father of our subject was a fanner in New\\n.Icisey. who. by an accident became a cripple, and\\nlie therefore devoted him.self to teaching and sur-\\nveying, being an excellent penman and a fine\\nscholar. In lK;ii) he decided to ctuiie West, and\\nremoving to )hio. located in Erie County, near\\nthe boundaries of .S;in lusky County, where he lived\\nupon a farm through the rcinaindcr of his days.\\nHis wife. Itachcl l ,\\\\-eiitt. was born in l ,\\\\i iittstow n.\\nI., her father. Saiiiucl. licing a iiicrcliant there\\nfor whom the town was christened, ilcsidcs his\\nmerchandise hcc.-irried on the business of listillinu\\nand milling.\\n.Moses Taylor is the youngest ill the ]iarental\\nfainiU of seven children, and until he w;is nine\\n_\\\\cars of age he rcmaincil upon the farm and then\\nwent to llackcttstown. arrcn Couiily. N. .1., and\\naftcrw. ird to .Morristown an l Xew:irk. in all of\\nthese places attending the select .school, and begin-\\nning business at the age of fifteen years by clerk-\\ning in a grocery store in Ncw.ark. .\\\\fler two \\\\ears\\nhe went to .Morristown and spent three \\\\ears there\\nas a clerk in a hotel before the railroad was intro-\\nduced, lie then engaged in various lines of bnsi-\\niH ss until imi when he came West and undertook\\nfarming for .several years in Krie Count\\\\ (Jhio.\\nafter which he \\\\\\\\as in a hotel at .Sandusky, and\\nafterward at .St. Lawrence and Town.send. and\\nlinally became ])roprictor of the Towiiscnd House.\\nFrom there he went to Toledo and took charge of\\nthe Oliver House, but being afllicle\u00c2\u00abl with the Man-\\nniee fever he spent two years in recuperating. In\\nIKfi. J he came to Lansing as clerk for .Martin Ilud-\\nsiui at the old .Vmeritan House, and .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ifterward the\\nold Hudson House.\\nMr. Taylor was the pioneer in the ice business\\nill Lansing, as in IHtli he opened the first public\\nice house anil luil the fiist wau^on on the streets.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0407.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "408\\nPOKTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nAfter two years he sold this business and was in\\nPennsylvania for some time and after coming back\\npursued various lines of business such as express-\\nage and hotel work. In 1880, during the January\\nterm of court he received the appointment as Crier\\nin the Superior Court of Michigan and since that\\ntime he has lieen at this post of duty, in which lie\\nis faithful and efficient. He is a member of the\\nIndependent Order of Odd Fellows and in his polit-\\nical views is attached to the Republican party\\nalthough he is independent in his vote. Before\\nthe formation of that party he had been a Whig.\\nHe is one of the men who ai-e known best by their\\nAvork, as his modesty and devotion to duty are\\nmore pi-ominent than his ability to speak his own\\npraises.\\n^P LBERTUS W. EDSON, a clairvoyant phy-\\n^i-Q.\\\\ sician, having his home and office at No.\\n!i .519 Cedar Street, N., in the city of Lan-\\nsing, Ingham County, was born in Roy-\\nalton Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October\\n28, 1846. He is a son of John Brooks and Marilla\\n(Eastman) Edson. His father in his earl} days was\\na blacksmith and later became a salesman for a\\nlarge marble house at Cleveland. He came to Lan-\\nsing in 1868 and kept an hotel in North Lansing,\\nbut afterward removed to Williamston, where he\\nretired from active work for the rest of liis days.\\nHe had two children, our subject and a daughter\\nby his third wife, who was born six weeks after his\\ndeath, which sad event took place on Christmas\\nDay, 1880.\\nThe subject of this sketch received his education\\nin Cleveland, and learned the trade of a machinist,\\nat which he worked for nearly four years until he\\nreceived an injury. His employer was very kind\\nand helpful to him in gaining his education, as the\\nboy was dependent upon himself from the time he\\nwas twelve years old. He was employed upon the\\nthe lake from 1864 to 1867, and about that time he\\nhad developed his clairvoyant powers and began\\npracticing for the relief of the sick. The power\\nfirst came to him on a sick bed on New Year s Day,\\n1866, and he claims that he then began to see the\\ncause and nature of the disease. He has been in\\npractice from that day to this, with the exception\\nof two years when he was farming. He came to\\nL. insing in 1868 and has built up a large practice\\nhere, spending one day of the week in Fowlerville,\\nand one day in Owosso. He has never advertised\\nas he depends entirely on the reputation which he\\ngains among his patients, yet he is driven hard all\\nof tlie time, and has the best class of people among\\nhis patients. Roots and herbs and tinctures made\\nfrom them are his main dependence as remedies.\\nDr. Edson is one of the original stock holders of\\ntlie Ingham County .Savings Bank, and is Secretary\\nof the Haslett Park Camp Association, being one\\nof its Directors, and acting as managei-. He is\\nPresident of the Mediums Protective I nion, and\\nTreasurer of the same as well as Director and Treas-\\nurer of the Mediums Medical Association. At the\\ntime of the existence of the Spiritualists Local As-\\nsociation he was its Vice-President, and one of the\\nDirectors, and has been Vice-President of the State\\nAssociation of Spiritualists and Liberalists. He is\\na member of Protection Lodge, No. 321.1. O. O. F.,\\nand also of the Encampment and Uniformed\\nMilitant. He is also identified with the Masonic\\norder, belonging to Lodge No. 66. He represented\\nthe lodge of Odd Fellows at the (Jrand Lodge for\\n3 ears. He has been through all the chairs, being\\nnow Past Grand.\\nOur subject was married June 23, 1870, to Cath-\\nerine Gaus, of this city, daughter of George Gaus,\\nwho had lived here since 18.53. ]Mr. Edson was\\nborn February 16, 1850, in Wurtenil)erg, Germany,\\nand came to this country in early childhood. She\\nlost her mother, April 5, 1859, leaving this daugh-\\nter, the eldest of seven children. After that she\\nwas away from home most of the time. She lived\\nwith Justin Watson until she was fifteen years old,\\nafter which she came to Lansing.\\nOur .subject owns the handsome home in which\\nhe resides, whicii he tiuilt in 1882, as well as a\\ntenant house on Centre Street, N., and he is in-\\ntending to build another soon. His property has", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0408.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0409.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "^Um^ f\\\\k^j^UJ-\\na\\noLooc-eyytyny.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0410.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n411\\nall been accumulated during the last nineteen period of time wlien he was detailed on special\\nvcais. Last year he Iniilt tlie Mediums Home at service.\\nHaslett s Pari* at Pine Lake, lie is a friend to till\\nmediums, and often advances money for theii-\\nnecessities.\\nAt (iettysl)uri our subject, wlio had l)een pro-\\nmoted to tlie rank of a Lieutenant, was in command\\nof liis company and received first a wound in his\\narm and afterward a bullet throuii:h tlie lower lolie\\nof his rij^ht lung. His arm was amputated on the\\nfield and he was then removed to the West Build-\\ning Hospital in Baltimore and from there was sent\\nhome, reaching Lansing the 11th of July, 1863.\\nAt the time of tlie l)attle he was reported dead and\\nas it was impossible in the midst of that coijfnsiun\\nand disaster to get letters written home, Mr. Cam-\\nthrough the Xorth of Ireland to America eron prevailed upon his com|)anions to bolster him\\nand lias in innumerable cases displayed its up in bed the third day after his arm w,as arapu-\\ngallant colors upon the battlefield. We are proud tated and to furnish him with a shingle, a bit of\\nto give a resume of the life of one of our British- paper and a pencil. With his left hand he then\\nAmerican citizens who has done valiant service for wrote by slow degrees a letter to his wife, telling\\nthe cause of his adopted country and lias also the her that he was alive and that he had lost his arm.\\nadditional distinction of being one of the oldest His gallant conduct in the battle of (Jettysburg\\nsettlers of Lansing, having come here in 1858. earned for him a recommendation for promotion\\nMr. Cameron was born in tlie North of Ireland, bv the unanimous voice of all the officers of the\\nLKXANDKK CA.MEHOX. The brave spirit\\nof the Scottish Highlanders has descended\\nof Scotch parentage, August 26, 18. 3ll, and there\\nhe received his education and was engaged as\\nagent for a manufacturing estalilishment until after\\nhis marriage. His liride was Miss Sophia Wheeler\\nwho was born in (drnwiill. Kngland. I licnce she\\ncame to Ireland with lier parents and there met\\nand married vuv sulijcct. In the fall of 18; )6 the\\nyoung couple came to I liilnclelpliin and two years\\nlater emigrated to Lansing. Ingham County, when\\nthe population was only three thousand. Mr. Cam-\\neron devoted his time |inrtl\\\\ to teacliing nnd partly\\nto business until the breaking out of the Civil War\\nwhen he left lionu and took up arms to maintain\\nthe honor of the old tlag.\\nOur young hero enlisted in Company G, Six-\\nteenth Michigan Infantry, which body was made .a\\npart of the Army of the Potomac .-Hid pasM d\\nthrough all the regular eng.agements of that di\\\\i-\\nsion until the battle of (iaines Mills. In that en-\\ngagement .Mr. Ca Micron w:is wounded in the leg\\nand .sent to the hospital at Annapolis, .lune 27.\\n1862. He received treatment there until the latter\\np;ut of .\\\\ugust when he returned to his regiment\\nand was with his lommand up to the lime of the\\nbattle of Gettyslnirg. with the exception of a slmrt\\nregiment.\\nIn the latter part of August Lieut. Cameron re-\\nturned to his regiment .and tof)k i)art in the battle\\nof Brandy .Station, after which he w.as w-ith the\\nnriuy on its retreat to Culpeper. He was was then\\ntransferred to the veteran Reserve Corjis, and in\\nSeptember, 1863, was .sent down to South Carolina\\nand there was in (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2oiiiiiiniid with Ins company, of\\nSt. Helena and Lady s Island during part of 1864.\\nHe now received the promotion fr ini .Second to\\nFirst Lieiiteiinnt according to the rcconuiiciiihilion\\nof his commanding otticer, and was ])laced in cliarii^e\\nof the .\\\\iubulance Corps of the I)e|)artnient of the\\nSouth as acting Captain, drawing pay as captain\\nalthough he failed to muster in as such. While\\nin Sinitli Carolina he participated in the following\\nbattles in 18()1: .loliii and .hinies Islands. Honey\\nHill and Deveaus Neck. He was transferred to the\\nNorth at the clo.se of the war and forsome months\\nwas stationed in Detroit and was finally mustered\\nout June 30, 1866, having served five years.\\nrpon returning home Mr. Cameron devoted\\nhimself again to business and teaching, and man-\\naged a i^rocerv store. In 18()i) he was ajipointed\\nto a position in the Auditor (.Jeneral s otlice under", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0411.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "412\\nPUKTKArr AND BKX.RAPHK AI, AlJ!l-:\\\\f.\\n(reii. lluiMpliri\\\\ ;iiiil hold ii .-iitioii ill the varioii\\nl( |j;irtini nts up In l eliriiiiry 1st. 1H91. Al (Hic\\ntime 1r was .SecTetaiy uf tlic S\\\\vaiii|i Laii l (Oiu-\\nlui^siniK r ill the Land Otiii i and oiilv Ml his )jlaw\\nin the Land Otlice upon the ehaiiue (tf admin istra-\\ntion Iroin !U piil)licau to Denioeiatic. His deposi-\\ntion li-oni oftiee was sincerely deplored liy all\\nwho knew his honorable recoi-d, as they felt that\\npolities should liave had no weiuht in the case of\\na man wlio served under the llaji for iver five 3 ears\\nand thus lost his risjht arm. and who had done\\nfaitliful erviee in the State otliees.\\n.Ml Cameron enyaiied in the g roeery liusiiiess.\\nestahlishinu himself at the eoriier of J.enawee and\\nhestn\\\\it .Streets, wliere he receives a fair shaiv of\\ntriide in his line, lieisa member of tlieCharles I\\nFoster Post, No. -t i. IJ.; he and his excellent\\nwife are members of the Conurejiational Chui-eh.\\nThe children who ha\\\\e lilessed their home are ail\\niiviiiji bnt one. Maiiou (i. is the wife of the Rev.\\n.1. A N. Ilartness of Marine City; the eldest son i.-\\nIJr. 11. 11. Cameron, of Nortli Lansin IJichard\\npassed away at the am of twcnty-.-eveii Margaret\\nis the wife of Dr. II. 11. Darby, of Lansin?^:\\nSophia is Mrs. W T. Parker, of Detroit, and lielle\\nmarried Bert Prouty. of North Lansino.\\nIn connection with this bioi;iai)hical sketch the\\nI eader will notice .-i portrait of Air. Camei-on.\\nyILLI.\\\\.M M. LAHK. One who has had\\nwide experience in journalistic work. Mr.\\nJ Clark now has the editorial manauemeut\\nof the pa| er known as the Stat-f liepublicait. A\\nman who has passed the meridian of life, he besjan\\nan early a])|)reuticeship to the ti-ade which he lia\\never since pursued and has .served in all the capa-\\ncities from devir to his present po.sition. .Mr.\\nClark has traveled extensively and is a delightful\\nconversationalist, besides liavino; the rare ability\\nof Using his i)eii with ^race as well as strength.\\nThe subjeet of this sketch was born in Westei-n\\nNew York. May 17. l.s;57. His father was a native\\nof .Ualiama and his mother was born in Ontario\\nouiily. N. V. It W(udd be an interesting item\\nfoi I student of sociology to diseo\\\\ er how the re-\\nspective elements are blended in the son. whether\\nthe Southern fire tones the Northern conservatism,\\nor whethei the Noithern characteristic i)red )min-\\nates over the .Southern. Our subject sjieiit a Iaro;e\\nportion of his childhood in the pursuit tif his studies\\nin the .schools of New York and served an a])p] en-\\ntieeship as a jjiinter. His eaily impie.ssions of\\njournalism were received to a lai ge extent fi om\\nthe veteran journalist, Thurlow Weed and .1. T.\\nNoiton. the age of eighteen he went West\\nand U\\\\m\\\\ that time until the close of the War of\\nthe IJeliellion traveled extensively in the West and\\nSouthwest, constantly engaged in journalistic w .)i k.\\nDuring this period he had much exi ei ienee in the\\nwild scenes of war west of the Mis.si.ssippi where\\nthe lawless element carried 011 a border warfai e of\\ntheir own.\\n.\\\\lr. Clark came to .Michig.an in IS(;(;, settling\\nlirst ill an P.iireii County, and was subsequently\\nengaged on the .lackson Citizi^n. Xovember, IHdl),\\nhe came to Lansing and for about tiiirteen years\\nwas in the employ of S. (Jeorg e eV- Co. as jn-inter.\\nproof reader and city edit irof the \\\\,a\\\\\\\\A\\\\\\\\ii Reptih-\\niwdii. W liile thus engaged he also found time to\\npractice tenogi apliy and became very expert, lie\\nwas one of the lirst to lake up this stud\\\\ in Cen-\\ntral Aliehigan.\\nThe subject of tlii. sketch after locating in L:in-\\nsing made two extended visits South and wrote\\nseries of exhaustive articles on the political and\\nsocial conditions of the Culf States. I liese aji-\\njieared in the Rppablh un in IHTti. In IHSl .Mr.\\nClaik removed to Detroit v.here he was eng.Mged\\non the Fri i Pie is. He remained there .-iliout three\\nyears and subseijuently wasengaged on the Trilmin-\\n.and Eneninij NfKs. He is a charter member of K.\\nP. Lodge, this city, and P.ast Chancelloi. alxi charier\\nmember of the I)i\\\\ i-ioii 1\\\\. P.; member of Lansing\\nLodge No. ;5:3. F. V- .M.. Capital Chapter No. 11.\\nI!. M. iiid Tliirty-SccDud degree .Sc()ttish Kite\\nMason.\\nMl Cl. irk returned to the capital cit\\\\ in .\\\\pi il\\nof \\\\Wd and wasengaged with I). 1). Thorp, who\\nis jiieseut proprietor of the Stale Ufpuhlkmi. .Vf-\\nter being engaged in the office for a few months", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0412.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AXn rjOORAPIIK Al. Al.lir.M.\\nn.i\\nhe was made editoiijil iiiMiiajiL-r and at the lucMiit\\ntime till that inii)()itaiit jiost. He is an ambitious\\nand progressive gentleman who .-ilihors mediofrity\\nand whose slandavd in joiiriiMliMii is of the hiiihcst\\ntype.\\n-Mr\\n-J-\\n^OIIN M KIXI.KY. A good citizen is re:icly\\nto serve his conntry lioth in peace and war\\nand he does serve it alike whether npon the\\nliattle field or in pnrsuing his nsnal avoca-\\ntions, and by a life of integrity and industry help-\\ning to build up the social and industrial interests\\nof the vicinity in which he lives. The reflection\\nof a life thus spent makes the path straighter\\nbefore the feet of the young, and helps to create a\\npublic .sentiment in favor of straightforward living\\nand mutual helpfulness which is an advantage to\\nthe nation.\\nAmong the citizens of Lansing, none are more\\ntruly respected for tlie record they have both\\nin peace and war than Jlr. McKinley. He is an old\\nresident of the city and a carpenter whose pleasant\\nhome niav l)e found at No. 734 Ottawa Street,\\nW. He was boiii in Ft. Vayne, Ind., December\\n4, 1836, and is a son of Alexander and Nancy\\n(Archer) McKinley, who were fiom Ohio. His\\nfather was a caipenter and contractor of Ft.\\nWayne.\\nOur subject grew to m.Mtuiity. seeming his edu-\\ncation at Ft. Wayni and learning of his father tiie\\ntrade which th:il pai-ent |)r;icticed. He workei]\\nwith him unlil he K tt home to enter the I nion\\nArmy, and enlisted December 17. I.SCI in the\\nEleventh hxlijuia Battery, going out as a Sergeant.\\nHe was .sent to ihi .Vrmy of the Cumberland and\\ntook part in the conlliels of hiekamauga. I^iok-\\nout Mountain. Kene.s:iw and Mission Ridge, and\\nthrough the long campaign lo Athin1;i. His liisl\\n{\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ontlict WMs 111 I ilt-buii:- Laiidiuii and his l;ist at\\n.Vtlanta. and he w;i disrharged .I:nniai\\\\ 7. {XC t.\\nhaving seivcd a little over Ihiee years. He was\\npromoted during this time from (Quartermaster-\\nSergeant to Orderlv-.Seiiieant and Lieutenant,\\nwhicli last named rank he held at the end of his\\nterm of .service.\\nReluiniii;; lo the peaceful pursuits of farm life,\\nMr. .McKinley settled near Ft. Wayne for three\\nyears and upon the 8th of March. 1858, he was\\nunited in marriage with ^li.ss M.ary Pratt of F t.\\nW.ayne. Ten years later he removed to F^ansing\\nto eng.age in contracting and grading, and many\\nlarge jobs came into his hands. He also went into\\nthe manufacture of wagons for a few years, his\\ntaelorv being located on Shiawa.s.see .Street and\\n\\\\Va.-hington Avenne. Since he sold out that lir.-ineh\\nof business he has devoted him.self (piite exclu-\\nsively to his trade. In 188(1 he erected for his\\nlamily a plea.sant home in which they now reside.\\nThree of his children have grown to maturity.\\nThe daughter, who became Mrs. C P. LeFevcr\\ndied in October, 1889 and the sons, Frank and\\nOscar L. reside in this city. Mr. McKinley is a\\nman who is nmst highly spoken of by all who\\nknow him ;ind he is an enthusiastic member of the\\n(irand ^Vrmy of the Ke|)ul)lic and rejoices to cuni-\\nmenorate with his comrades the stirring days of\\nthe Civil War. In politics he is a Republican.\\nJDASPER W. OARLICK combines the busi-\\nness of Notary I ublic and insurance with\\nhis real-estate interest.s. He is recognized\\nas oiii of llie reliable and active real-estate\\nmen of the city of Lansing. His otli.-e is located\\na I Xo. ll; i Washington Avenue N. He has been\\nin the ital-estate business for about three years,\\nhaving succeeded his father-in-law. Jacob Cornell,\\nwho establishe(l the business fullv twent\\\\ vears\\nago.\\n.Mr. (iarlick is more particularly interested in\\nthe s.ale of Ills own and his father-in-law s |)rop-\\nerty. of which they have some \\\\-eiy njUumIiIc\\njiieces. He has. however, charge of a great deal\\nof ])roperty belonging to non-residents, and acts\\nas agent both for renting and selling. l!orn in Lucas\\nount\\\\-. Ohio. April 3(1, 1842. he of whom we\\nwrite is a son of David and Family (Fuller) (^ar-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0413.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "HI\\nPUftTHAIT AND BIOGKAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nlick. lUs paieiits iein:iiiifd in the Buckeye State.\\nIiowever. only a short tiine aftei liis liirth. and\\nmoved thence to lluntiniiton County. Ind. There\\ntheir decease took place and tliey were tmried in\\nthe litth\u00c2\u00bb cenieterv of tlie town, hoth dyino; in\\nJanuary. l.sr)(;. After his parents deatli our suli-\\njeet returned for a time to Lucas County. Ohin.\\nand remained until the Ineakin out of tlie war.\\nwhen lie enlisted in the Fourteenth Ohio Regimeut.\\nin Company F. He joined the army in 1861. and\\nwas sent to the frojit to meet the Army of the\\nCumlieihmd in Tennessee, lie was with thai army\\nthroughout all its eampaisj^ns and enuauements\\nuntil after the capture of Atlanta and .loneslioro.\\nHe was a p:irticipant in the engagements at Chicka-\\nmauga. l^ookout .Mountain. .Mi.ssion Hidge and\\nmany others, and the impression that that terrilile\\nexperience made upon his inind isiuily neutralized\\nunder the .shadow of the national Hag. At the ex-\\npiration of his term of service Mr. (Jarliek was\\ndischarged in ISC-t. soon after tlie battles of .huie.s-\\nlioro and Atlanta.\\nOn leaving the army, our sulijeet returned to\\nToledo. Ohio, and afterward entered the .Vdrian\\n^Michigan College for a time. He soon, however,\\nwent to Big Hapids. .Mich., in the year lH(i( and\\nwas engaged in mechanical work for a few\\nyears. In lH(i8 he came to Lansing and was\\nengaged liy the State as Clerk in the .Vuditor-\\nOeneral s otHce under (Jen. William II. Humphr\\\\\\nIn 1H7II he was united in marriage with Iiss .Mice\\nCornell, their wedding lieiug solemnized Octolier\\nith his hride he went hack to Big U.apids. and\\nthere remained for one year until he could clo.se\\nout his i)ro|)erty. At the expirati m of that time\\nhe returned to Lansing and here located himself\\npermanently. lie had been variously engaged\\nuntil the deatli of his father-in-law occurred, which\\ntook place in ^larch. 1H\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab. and he immediately\\nbecame the successor in the real-estate business,\\nwhich Mr. Cornell had conducted .so long and suc-\\nce.s.\u00c2\u00abfully.\\nLike most of the lirave men who have served\\ntheir country iu time of trial. Mr. (iarlick takes\\ngreat pleasure in the fraternity of the firand .\\\\riny\\nof the Uepublic. and the experiences through\\nwhich the veterans passed are always new. He is\\nat present Adjutant and has been both .lunior and\\nSenior ice-Conunander of the post of which he\\nis a member. .Vthoiigh he is connected with the\\n^lasonic fraternity, he is not an active member.\\nOur subject and his wife are the |iarents of four\\nchildren, whose names are as follows: Leia. (irace.\\nUalph and Mark.\\nIt will not be out of place to here give a slight\\nsketch of .Mrs. (iarlick s father. .Jacob Cornell, as\\nMr. (rarlickV career is .so closely connected with\\nthat of his fatliei-in-law. The gentleman was born\\nin l\\\\iughkeep.sie. X. Y. On I eaching manhood he\\ncame to Michigan. In IH. Vl he settled in Living-\\nston County, and subsequently removed to Faton\\nC(iuut\\\\. where he married Miss .lulia Rogers.\\nHere he devoted hiiiLself to clearing u|j ;i farm,\\nwhich he had acquired, and remained there with\\nthe exce|ition of a slmrt time spent in M.isoii, until\\ncoming to Lansing in IHIifi. Mrs. (iarlick was\\nborn March 2(5. 1!^. )2, on the old farm in l ,aton\\nCounty. Mich.\\n.Vfter coming here Mr. Cornell soon began to\\nengage in the real-estate business, and continued\\nto be thus employed untilhisdeath. which occurred\\nin 1888. at the age of sixty-six years. His widow\\nstill survives and lives in this city with our subject\\nand her daughter. The gentleman of whom we\\nwrite with all the members of his family worship\\nat tiie Methodist Eiii.scopal Church. They are en-\\nthusiastic workers in everything that pertains to\\nthe siuead of (Jospel teaching, and give liberally of\\ntheir sub.stance as well as their time. .Mr. (Jarliek\\nis a man who is highly spoken of by friends and\\nbusiness associates. Politically he is a Proliiliition-\\nist.\\nm-^^^-^^-^\\n^OJIN lU.MLlll. FV. S mie men can pursue\\nonly one line of business successfully while\\nothers can successively take up tiade. agri-\\nculture and manufacturing and can conduct\\nall with equal success and satisfaction. .Such a man\\nmust of course have a considerable degree of adapt-\\nability as well as more than a modicum of enter-\\nprise, and the one of whom we write may justly", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0414.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "I ORTHArr AM) 1!I()(;RA1 III( AI. ALI .IM.\\n11.^\\nliMVC sufli traits nscrilnMl to liiiii. lie is imw ;i licr of the liiriiv cities. Mr. llinnplircy ictiirni d to\\n|)i-omiiiiiit fariiuT niid stock-iaisfr. owniiiii one Dflioit ami for two years i-arrii (l on a wiiolt salc\\nliiiiiilrcd anil twciily acres of clioice laiiil on ~cc- liusincss in fiuil. Iml in 1 HH. lie |Jlireliase(i liis\\ntions l. iand if!, of ISriulilon Tounsjiii). l,i\\\\inii lon lucscnl |iro|)crty ami renioxcd to liriLiliton i own-\\nCoinity. an l lu is ;i nalivc of Detroit, lioi n l- eli- slii|i.\\nruai N I .l. 1^*12. In I isT. i lie \\\\v;is niairied to .Miss l.axina lllacl niar.\\n.Iiilm lluni|ilii e\\\\ Sr.. the father of our sulijecl. who was liuiji in l l\\\\nioutli. Mich., and Ihisnnion\\nwas a natix e of l ,nuland wlio came to .\\\\merica has lieen blessed with li\\\\e children, nann ly; .John\\nearh in life ;uid hecaine one of the e.arly settlers Zachariali .leiinie. .Myra :ind Mildred. .Mr.\\nof Detroit. Dnrinii his pioneer days in Michia.an lluni|ihrey is a man nnusnally well infornu il in\\nhe followed lnmlierin lait sulise |nentl\\\\- liecame a retiard to inatter of |iulilic interest, and he is :i\\ndrover and was one of the Ik st known nu n in Mich- thorouiili l{e|inlilican in his |iolilical \\\\iews. Kor\\nijl. iii.as he traveled over lU arly all of the Soutliein many years he has lieen connected with the Ma.sonic\\nI eninsnia. Iiiivinsi stock .a ml diiviiiu it to the mar- older and takes .a ureal interest in its |)roirress. lie\\nket at Detroit. He was one of the first men in \\\\alnes his farm and the stock upon it ;iiid delii;h1\\nMichiii an to lake up this lini of work and he fol- in r;iisiiiu the liest liijides of ;iMimals of .all kinds.\\nlowed it until aliout the time of the Civil War.\\nwhen he.n tircd from Imsiuess. lie had then ac-\\n(piired a well-roundeil fortune, although he li.id\\ncome to thiscouutr\\\\ with limited means, lie died\\nill Detroit in l.s.s l. having tilled out ei lity-se\\\\en\\nyears of worthy and industrious life.\\n|{o.--anna lllake. a native of F.noi.and. liecame the\\nwife of .loliii I luniphrew Sr.. .and the mother of\\nour sulijecl. .She had only two children .-iiid the\\nother son is now hviii^ in .San l r:iiicisco. It is\\nmany years now sinn she passed from earth. \\\\\\\\v\\nON. ll.VKLKS M. WOOD. The |irominent\\nY resident of I ulnam ownshi|i. I,ivin ston\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0V/T Counts, of whom we now write was horn\\nSeptenilier 2;t. iJ^iC. in We.-^t lirooklield.\\n.Mass.. ;ind is a son of .John Wood, wlni was .a card-\\nmaker foi laitton and wool and also a shoemaker\\nof whom we wrile was reareil to manhood in the and merchant of lli.at pl.ace. Tlu palern.al ^rand-\\nlieautiful (ily of the Straits and there recei\\\\e l his father. Samuel Wood, was liorn on New ear s\\neducation. .\\\\t the aiic of eiuhteeu he liecame an day. which was also the Saliliath. in 1717. .and his\\nexpres s ines,senuer for se\\\\er;d companies and when wife. Aliiuail Wood, was horn .March 20. \\\\7lx.\\nllu war lirokc out hi entered the eniplov of the They were the parents of nine children and tlic\\niiiN criimciit. his (Int luiiii; in the line of c illect- f.ather of our suliject w.as next to the youni;est.\\ninii and shippini;- hoi-,-es and other stock .and ac- lieiiii; liorn I elirii.aiy 2. i. 17sit. The ureal-irrand-\\ncompanyinu; his shipments to the front o|- wherever father of our uliject .and se\\\\ en of his .sons lielonged\\nthey were ordered, lie often spent days at a time to W:ishiiiSiton s army and served throusrii the\\nuiion these excursitnis ami man\\\\ times sutfered\\nfrom exjiosures and pi i vations. ;iiid continued in\\nthis work Ihrou^li most of the years of the war.\\nWhen the \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2jiipini; time of |ie;ice came loiind\\najiain the \\\\ouni; man resumed husinesS .as .an ex-\\npres- messenger for aiiout two years, after which\\nhe liecame a niemlier of lln lirm of (Impe A- Fale.\\npainters and decoratois. of I ontiac. He sulise-\\niiuently removed to Detroit where he liecame .i\\nmember of tin tirni of (iodfrey V o. .Vfter ;iu\\nextended lour throutrhnnl the Wot xisitinu.a niiiii-\\nKevolntion.ary W.ar.\\nThe mother if our suliject liore the maidin name\\nof Annie I rask ;in l was lioiii Novemlier 7. 17ltii\\nat Leicester. .Mass. Ilea- father was D.avicl Tra-k.\\nwho was Captain of ;i ca\\\\,alry company in the\\nMassachusetts .Stale .Militia. He was lifnii .lum I.\\n17111 .and the liiainlnHither of our suliject was horn\\n.May fi. 17()H. Aftta- lieiii^ married in Li-ict sler.\\n^la.Ns.. I eliiiiaiy \\\\X. l!^lt\u00c2\u00bb. the jKireiits of our suli-\\njecl resided therefor a shoit time and then re-\\nmoved to West Hrooktield the same State till 1H.I:1.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0415.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "416\\nPORTRAIT AMD BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nwhen tlie^ removed to Geneva, Ontario County.\\nX. Y.. and in Oetoher. 183. t-anie West. Mere\\nthey located at Ann Arlior. luit in .Tune, 1837,\\ncame to this country and settled upon a new farm\\nin Iosco Townsliip, Livingston County. Their\\neldest son, George C was the first settler in that\\ntownshii). as he came there December 25, 183.5.\\n.lohn and Annie Wood with their son Charles,\\ncame to PutuMiii Townsliip in the spring of 1845\\nand purchased one hundred and sixty acres which\\nwas partially improved. The mother died Febru-\\nary (5. I860, and the father passed away ^lareli 28,\\n1864. Of their seven children two only are now\\nliving our subject and .lohn M., who at the age\\nof seventy-eight years makes his home in Spring-\\nfield, Mass., and who is connected with the pub-\\nlishing house of G. ct C. Merriam, the publishers of\\nWebster s Dictionary and has been with them for\\nover forty years. He read proof on the Interna-\\ntional edition of the dictionary.\\n(Jur subject was nine years of age when he came\\nto ^Michigan and attended school at Ann Arbor\\nand later returned for a year and a half to Spring-\\nfield, Mass., where he pursued his education. When\\nseventeen years old he began teaching school in\\nthis county and also worked on, his father s farm.\\nHis happy married life began November 25, 1847,\\nhis bride being Sarah A. lUillis, daughter of Charles\\nand Sarali (Ilalsey) Bullis, early settlers in this\\ncounty, who came here aliout the year 1839. They\\nwere the parents of nine children, five of whom\\nstill survive. Their daughter, jMrs. Wood was\\nborn Ajtril 211, 1824 in (Jhent Townsliip, Columbia\\nCounty, M. Y.\\nTo jMr. and Mrs. Wond have been granted four\\nchildren, three of whom aie now living, namely:\\n.Tulia A., wife of Isaac I angliorn; George Dwight,\\nwho married Elvira. I. Riddle and h. \\\\s two childi en,\\nand .lenny L., wife of A. V. Wegener, who is the\\nmother of two children. To these children the\\nparents gave the liest common-school education\\nwliich they could command, and lirought them up\\nin the faitli and practice of the Ciiristian religion,\\nbeing members of the Congregational Church at\\nPinckne.y, of which liody Mr. Wood is Clerk.\\nThis gentleman has been a member of the local\\nSchool Board where his Inoad views of education\\nhave made him a power for good. He has been\\nMaster in the (Grange and also Deputy Organizer\\nand has organized some forty c r fifty granges\\nthroughout the State. He began his ])olitic.al life\\nas a Whig and when fourteen \\\\ears old was a\\nwarm advocate of old Tippecanoe. Later he became\\na I\\\\e|)ublican and has frequently sat as delegate in\\ncounty, Ccmgressional and State conventions.\\nThe public career of the Hon. ]\\\\Ir. AVood was\\nmarked by his election in the fall of 1874, to re))-\\nresent the Kighteenth District in the State Senate\\nof Michigan. That district then comprised Liv-\\ningston and Shiawassee Counties. He was active\\nin the session of 1875 and opposed the repeal of\\ntlie old i)ri iiiliit()ry law. He was a personal friend\\nof the Hon. Zach Chandler and was deeply disap-\\npointed when that gentleman was during that year\\ndefeated in his race for the United States Senate.\\nMr. AVc)od was enumerator of the I nited States\\ncensus in both 1880 and 1890. He h.as fully one-\\nhalf of his fine tract of three hundred acres under\\ncultivation and thoroughly enjoys superintending\\nhis farm. He has remodeled and enlarged the\\nresidence which was built in 1847 and has added\\nto the farm from time to time by purchase.\\n/AIMES JIARKEY is the proprietor of :\\\\rar-\\nkey s Tjivery, located on Washtenaw Street,\\nEast. He is also Chief of the Fire Depart-\\nment in the city, .and in this capacity is one\\nof the most eliicient ofticials in public service. He\\nwas born in lUinker Hill. Ingham County, August\\n31. 1819, and is a son of Patrick and Ann (Caven-\\ndei) Markey. The former was one of the first set-\\ntlers in the township above mentioned, here mar-\\nrying his wife in Loudon, in 1834, coming to this\\ncounty four years previous to that auspicious\\nevent, during which time he lived alone fni his\\nfarm.\\nOn first coming to the State, and locating on his\\nland, I ati ick Markey found It wild and unculti-\\nvated, he however, devoted himself to the imjuove-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0416.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "I OKlKAl r AM) I .KK.KAl lIK Al. Al.l .l M.\\n1 1;\\niiu iit of till fnnii liomesti nd. aiul iiiaili llic \\\\:\\\\rr I irc l)i|i:iiiiiiiiil lui- a iiiiiiilu j of yl\u00e2\u0096\u00a0a|\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^. Itoloii jinji\\nhis iT. -ifk iico until l^OJ. wiicii lie sold il ami |iur- lo tlic Hook and Ladder Tiiick C onipanv for ten\\ncliasi d another place three miles east of llie iild years liefore his appoinlnient as Chief of Fire l)e-\\nhoiiie. I here he lived until 1H7 1, at which timi |iarlnient. He has never heen iietivel.v intereste l\\nhe removed to lUaekman Townshiii. .laeksoii in polities, and is not an otlice seeker. Ilecastsjiis\\nCounty. whe|-e he and his wife still live. Mr. vote with the Denioci Mlic party, ami is ;i irood\\nMarkey was a puhlie-spiriti d man. whose inlei csls epit sentative and upholder of that political hody.\\nwere always with those who desired the further- .Mr. .Markey has a very pleasant honu- on the corner\\n;\\\\ncc of improverneuts in the lowusliip. llescr\\\\i l of ;ishleuau and irand cnue. whii h is one of\\nseveral times as .Supervisor of his loun^hip. .and tlu most deliij jitful locations in the city. I erson-\\nwas also .Vssessor and Tax Collector. ally he is a i t ni;d and whole-so\\\\derl man. hail fel-\\nMi-. Markey was one of the |)ioueeis in Ihe State low well met. with his e(pi:ils. lie is much liked\\nwho knew the lack of conveniences that are now hy all who have any dealinus with him. Socially\\nat h.and. I he lirst sack of meal that he procured lieis a memlierof the Ililiei-niau Society, and is also\\nafter cominu to this St.-ite. he canied on hi li.-ick i Kniirht of the M.-iccaliee-.\\nfrom Detroit to his home, a distance of seventy- .Mr. Markey s livery slahle is one of the U st in\\nlive miie.s. The next year, however, .a mill w.as !o- Ihe city: he k e|)s ;i numher of liood horses and\\ne:ited at Dexter, twenty-six miles distant, where he conifortalile carriages. liaxiiiL; constantly on hand\\ncould have corn ground. His mail, also was procuicil at least .--ixteeu horses. His liusiness location is one\\n.at Dexter, and w;is iroiie foi only once ;i month, lei- of the best, most central and convenient in the\\nlers lieiny luxuries in that day. that h.ad to he p.aid city. He has also in connection with his staMe. a\\nfor at .-I lii^ih jirice. the posta i heiuu at that time lartie feed trade, evei-y fai mer from :i distance of\\n1wenly-li\\\\-e cents pel- lettei [i-. Mai key. Sr.. was twenty miles .around kuowini; .linimy .-is he i\\nhorn in Ireland, .aucl came to the Cnited Slato when called .amom; his f;imiliai\\nIk had reached the aue of twenty-one years. ()ur\\nsuhjeet s maternal randf.ather was oneof the earl-\\niest settlers of Washtenaw. He was James Ca\\\\ en-\\nder\\n)nr uliject. .Iame .Marke_\\\\ urew to manhood on\\nthe old farm. !ic(iuiriuo !*tren!itli and xiijoi with\\nthe routine of outdoor life that was neces.-aiy for\\nthe niaintename of the line (ualer in which his fa-\\nther kei t his place: he there also acipiiicd .a i; iod has pio\\\\-ed himself ;i patriotic son of the c lilitr\\\\\\nediieation. ComiirL; to Larrsiiru in ISthi.the yoirrii; of his .adoption, as he w.as .ainoiru tiri most ear iiest\\nm.an entraired at om-e in the livery lirrsirress ami .aird zealoirs to piiiii; to lici defiur.se iir the dili k\\nIr.as de\\\\ oted himself to this line rrrost of thi tiirre hours ol the Ci\\\\il War-, eirlisliir under one of the\\nsiirce 1H77. All his interests ami connect iorrs ar-c liist call eirl oirt liy I i csideut Lincoln. Irr his\\nclo.sely .allied with this city. Ileic he nrara-ied his h;rract r .arrd irrteni he ilhrstrates lineh the ii;iiid\\nwife, who was hefoiv mara iaue. .Miss Li/./.ie ()tlo- m.aterial of which oirr corrntiy has been made u|).\\n\\\\irre. of Ci and Hapids. Their- mar-riaa-e w.-rs cele- ;rs he left his irative cotintiy to find in this land of\\nhrale l Novemliei- 7. IH77. The lady is a davriihter- lilualy a liro.-idei- field for his enersiies .and a liettia-\\nof Julius Ottovine. oire of the early settler s of oppoi-t irir ity to ser-\\\\-c his u-enerntioir.\\n(inilid Kapiils. .Mr-. I eters. who is rrow cni-ryinsi on the liounie\\nThe oriirinal of our sketch was ap|)oirrted chief avocation of tariner arrd hlacksmith. ivsides on sec-\\nof the Lausino- Fire Department irr [ay. IS .m.and tion 1 ll.amliirr u Towirship. Livinsjston County,\\nill May. IHOl he received the compliment of a r-e-ap- and i- the son of Niahtinsrale Petei-s who was sec-\\npoinln-reirt. He has heerr closely idenlifii l with the ond L;:rrnckeeper- for- l.or d Cowpei of I!er-tfo|-dshiie.\\nr^\\n5\\nA li-ILLlA.M l l-;rLl;s. ihe plea airt arrd he\\n\\\\/ifjll i t jrentlernan who ftiriiis the sulijee\\nWW of our sketch, .rllhorriih of foreijiii hirti\\nt\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2tir", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0417.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "418\\nPOR IRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nEiig-land, being horn there about the year 1800\\nand entering- the service of Lord Cowper at the age\\nof twenty-one. Tliis member of the British nobil-\\nity wa.s a relative in direct line of the poet Cow-\\nper, and ^Ir. Peters speaks of l)oth him and Lady\\nCowper with great respect and veneration. E.spec-\\nially is this the case in regard to this lady, who was\\ndevoted to the jteople of her estate and looked out\\nfor their interests with great kindness and faith-\\nfulness.\\nAfter spending twenty-one years in the service\\nof Lord Cowper, Niglitingale Peters entered the\\nservice of Sir Aliel Smith as first gamekeeper, and\\nremained witli him vmtll called hence by death in\\n186-2. About the year 1.S21 he married Martha\\nGraves, who was born in England in 1801 and died\\nabout the year ]8(;8. They had nine children,\\nour subject, who was born in May, 1835, being the\\nfifth in age and the only one who ever came to\\nAmerica. One of his Ijrothers went to Australia and\\nhas not been heard from since 1873, but the rest of\\nthe family have remained in their native home.\\nOur subject attended a school which was sup-\\n))orted liy Lady Cowper until he reached the age\\nof twelve years and then worked for four years on\\nthe Cowper estate, after which he spent two years\\nin a factory in Wales. In 18.53 he came to New\\nYork and sjient several years there, learning his\\ntrade and spending .some three years as a sailor. In\\n1861 he left the eity and bought a place in Canas-\\ntota, N. Y. In 1 863 he married Uosilla, daughter of\\nNathan Baker, who was born in 1843 and is the\\nonly daughter in a family of four children, all of\\nwhom are living.\\nIn 1866 tliis young ouple migrated to Michigan,\\nsettling in Pettysville, I^ivingston Cfiunty, wheri^\\nMr. Peters bought a shop and somewhat later pur-\\nchased eighty icies on section 16,Hain!nirg Town-\\nship and tlieie built liiin a beautiful home. Three\\ndaughters and (me sou have lilest this rmion -Lil-\\nly, who received a good education and is now the\\nwife of Charles Burrows; William A. who resides\\nin Owosso; AVinnifred, who is a teacher by profes-\\nsion and Rola who is at home. The mother of\\nthese children is a conscientious and active mem-\\nber of the Congregational Church. Besides their\\nown children this excellent couple had under their\\ncare in their home for abont three years two or-\\nphan nephews, who are the only relatives our sub-\\nject has in this country.\\nThe experience through which Mr. Peters passed\\nduring the War of the Rebellion has attached him\\ndeeply to the party which supported the adminis-\\ntration during that trying. season and he is a worker\\nin its ranks. He has been .Justice of the Peace\\nbesides serving three terms as Township Clerk, yet\\nhe is no politician or wirepuller in the accepted\\nsense of those words, and has refused other oflices\\nwhen they have been proffered him. He is identi-\\nfied with the Howell Post, No. 120.G. A. R.\\nIn 1861 he enlisted in Company- G, Twelfth\\nNew York Infantry and was attached to the Army\\nof the Potomac, passing through the Peninsular\\ncampaign and being active in the first Itattle of\\nBull Run. He received a sunstroke previous to the\\nsecond battle of Bull Run and was in the hospital\\nwagon at the time of that engagement. Through\\nhis two years of service he was never captured nor\\nseverely wounded, lie is a fine specimen of the\\nsturdy, honest Englishman, who has developed\\nalong the lines of our free and broad national\\ninfluence into a true-hearted American citizen.\\ne^-f^\u00c2\u00a7\\nW. RIKERD. Of all the good fellows\\nr )T in Lansing, Ingham County, none are more\\nliked or popular than he of whom we write.\\nAs .Secretary and Treasurer of the C apital\\nLumber Company, our subject finds his time and\\nattention occupied to the fullest extent with his\\nInisincss cares. He was born in Birmingham, Oak-\\nland County, Mich., Feliruary 15, 1861. His father\\nwas I). W. Rikerd, a native of New York, having\\nbecnliorn in Rheinbeck, Dntche. s County, where he\\nwas raised and educated. Thence he came to Oak-\\nland County, this State, about 1832-33, and loc-\\nated in Troy where he first engaged in fanning,\\nthen removed to near Birmingham, where he w.as\\nmost actively engaged in business. Here he was a\\npioneer settler and like other settlers began at the\\nbottom of the ladder. He secured a tract of land", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0418.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND I ,I()(;RA1 III( Al ALIJUJM.\\nU!)\\nin tlio iiii(l t (if wlik h he Imilt a Ui j; liuiisi and\\nclcnroft lii.-i land a\u00c2\u00ab lie eonld, plantini; and reapin\\nI\\nuntil he had the wlioli tract undiT the lincsl state\\nuf cull ivalion.\\nTlu ie Mr. Hikerd. Sr.. secvired an i jiaitiallv\\niniiMdved several farms and in l(^(!l lie came to\\nLaiisiuii Township where he puichased between\\nfour hundred and live hundred acics of land. He\\nresided on this farm for two years an l then came\\nto the city of Lansing where he has ever since\\nlived. He now resides on tlie corner of Franklin\\nStreet and Capitol Avenue. ()ur suliject s inolhci-\\nwas liefore her mariiajje a ]\\\\Iiss Harriet K. Case,\\nliorn ill IJii iniiiijliam, thisState. .She was a dauirh-\\nter of Ionian Case, a native of New York, who\\nsettled in ISirniingham at ;in early day .and there\\ndied.\\n()Mr suliject was reared andcducatc(l in this city.\\nHe remained at home and while there was enuaijed\\nill the pursuit of his studies at school until seven-\\nteen years of age. In IMT^* he liegjin life for him-\\nself as a clerk in IJroas clothing store and there\\nhe remained for tive years, at the end of which\\ntime 111 laid olf for one year. In 1 M.S. he w.-is\\nappointed Deputy Revenue CoUectoi for the Sixth\\nDivision of the First District by .lohn 1!. ^Maluiiy,\\nof Detroit. Our subject took his position July 1,\\nof that year, and was the first Democrat Deputy\\nRevenue Collector ever appointed in Jlicliigan.\\nHe served until .June 30, 1889. The division that\\nhe was given charge of embraced .lackson, Cal-\\nhoun, Ingham, (xenesee, Clinton, Shiaw.assee and\\nGratiot Counties.\\nIn 1\u00c2\u00ab8!) Mr. Rikerd became connected with the\\nlumber c(jmpaiiy with which he is now. He was\\none of the organizers of this comjiany wliidi look\\nform and liecame an accepted fact in February.\\n1889. At tliat time he was elected Secretary .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2nid\\nTreasurer and h.is since held that position. The\\ncompany have two yards, one of which is\\nat North Lansing, called the Mi -liigan .Vvemic\\nYards. They also have a ])laning mill at\\nNorth Lansing and manufacture sash, doors, blinds\\nand contractors supplies.\\nThe original of this sketch is .Master of ap-\\nit,oI Lodge, No. 6, F. A. M.. in the city of\\nLansing. In his politicical views he is, of eour.*e,\\na Democrat, as would be understood from the\\nfact th.Mt he was ajipointed to his otlicial posi-\\ntion under that party. He has been a member of\\nthe CVninty Democratic Committee and is also a\\nmember of the City ommittee, having l)een .sent\\nto sever. il State and county convention.*. The\\nlumber com] );iiiy with which he is now connected\\nand which owes its being in no small respect to\\nhim. is one of the most important in Central .Mich-\\n\\\\iX:\\\\^\\\\ and does a great amount of business.\\nAC()I ST. MIL. One never realizes the\\ntruth of the saying that all is not gold that\\nglitters as much ;is when standing before\\nthe enticing window of a hardware store\\niilittering with its bright pans and i)ails aii l\\nn umerous cooking utensils and for all one knows\\nperfectly well that the resemblance to the inrcious\\nnu t.-il is speciiuis. there is seldom a h niscwife that\\nIs not fascinated. )ne of the most noticeabk\\nhardware establishments in the city of Lansing,\\nattractive in its arrangement and having the largest\\n.stock in this portion of the county, is owned and\\ncoiKluctcd by the genlleman whose name is at the\\nhead of this sketch.\\nThe bnilcling in which Mr. .Stahl s store is located\\nli.as a thirty-four-foot frontage and is one hundred\\nand forty-si.x feet deep. He occupies the first floor\\nof the building and the basement and carries a\\nvery heavy stock of the goods of which he makes\\na specialty. Mr. Stahl has lieen in the business\\nhere since isxi und is now generally recognized\\nas among the most prominent men of the city.\\nThe building which he occui)ies he erected in 1887,\\nIt is a line structure, having a front of pressed\\nbrick and is attractive in style of architecture ,and\\nwhile not overladen with superlluous ornamenta-\\ntion, it is graceful and modern. The trimmings\\nare of Lake Superior stone, which gives an air of\\nsolidity and permanency to the building. The\\nwindows are great .squares of plate glass through\\nwhich the stock is displ.ayed to the greatest advant-\\nage. The interior is elegantly finished in hard", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0419.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "420\\nPORTKAIT AND BlOGRAl llR AL ALBUM.\\nwood, with an admirable polish that is made by\\nfour-coat work. Tlie establishment is said by\\ntraveling hardware men to be the finest in its\\nfinish .and the way in which it is kept up of any\\nestalilishment that they h.ave ever seen, and so\\nscrupulously nice is it kept in every detail that one\\nseeing it for the fii St time would suppose that it\\nwas just finished. Everything i thoroughly dusted\\nevery day.\\nThe second floor of Mr. iStahl s building is de-\\nvoted to ofHee room wliich in point of care cor-\\nresponds to the rest vf llie luiildiug. The thii d\\nfloor comprises a very good hall which is rented to\\nthe Indeiiendent Order of Odd Fellows and the\\nElks as a place of rendezvous. The original of\\nour sketch, besides this business of which we have\\nspoken, is also interested in the City National\\nBank and is a Director in the People s Savings\\nBank of West Bay City. Mr. .Stahl is also the\\nowner of another handsome building which was\\nerected in S90 and is now occupied by jMarble^\\nFrench Co. It is 06x90 feet in dimensic ns and\\nthree stories high. He owns besides considerable\\nreal-estate .nnd seven dwelling.-- in liie city, also a\\nstore at .Vmherst. Oliio. where he was intei ested for\\nsome time before locating in l^iinsing. Mr. Stalil\\ngives his entire attention to his legitimate business,\\nwhich is that of hardware. He was, previous to\\ncoming to this city and while yet in Ohio, Alder-\\nman for six years in Amherst and was an active\\nmemlier upon numerous county conuuittees.\\nSocially ]Mr. Stahl i.- connected with the bcf-t\\nlodges of the place. Hi is a member of tlic F,lk\\nand also of the Independent Order of Odd Fcllow\\nHe lielongs both to the Lodge and Kncampment\\nof the Knights of l yHiiM alMi the Liiiforniccl Rank\\nof the Knights of the .Maccabees, lie is besides a\\nmember of the Royal .Vrcanuni. ^Ir. Stahl is a\\nbeliever in Christianity in it purest and sini))lesi\\nform. He worships with the Congregational de-\\nnomination and is a menibei of that church.\\nOur subject was burn in (ierniany. August 2H.\\n1)^45. He came to tln Lnited States in l^li; and\\nlocated at Clevelan l. Ohio. While still in the\\nFatherland he had learned the trade of a machinist\\nand on locating in Cleveland he was employed in\\np, machine sliop and foundry. After I emaining\\nthere one and a half yeais he was made foreman\\nand had the supervision over one hundred and\\nfifty men. He remained with that company until\\n1871, when on account of ill health he left the\\nIjusiness and started in the hardware business at\\nAmherst, Ohio. Six years later he sold out his in-\\nterest there and made a visit to the Fatherland.\\nThe pleasure with which he once again drew\\nnear his boyhood s home can be imagined. The\\nfollowing year. 1878, he went to Pai is and had\\nthe [jle.asure of attending tlie exposition. His\\ntrip to Paris was made with his family and they\\ne.xtended it so that it emliraced a most interesting\\ntour thr(, ngh other parts of Euifipe.\\nOn coming to Lansing, .laiinary 2(1. IJSKI. .Mr.\\n.Stahl immediately began to hiok about to .see what\\nopening there was for him in this city. He i)ur-\\nchased two stocks of hardware and soon after es-\\ntablished himself in trade as above related. .Since\\nthat time he h.as been most successful. His affairs\\nare carried on under the most business-like ])iinei-\\nples. On February 13. 1868, Mr. Stahl was nniled\\nin marriage to .Miss Kate Hessert. at thai time of\\nClevelaiKl. )liio. iiul like himself of Jerman birth\\nand parentage. She was born in (ierman\\\\ in 184r).\\nc miing to this country in 18.52. and locating in\\ntheeit\\\\ in which liei- marriage took ])l.ace. This\\nunion has been blest by the birth of two children\\nLouis and Frank. One of the sons i^ in the\\nstore and proves to be an elticient assistant in the\\nconduct of hi- fathei s liusine.ss.\\nON. .l.\\\\MKS 11. I OUTKK. who is ex-Secre-\\nlar\\\\ iif State, and a ]irominent man resid-\\ning in L. insiiig. was born in Alai cellus, N.\\nY.. .September 7. 1821. He is a son of the\\nKev. .Seth .1. Poller, who was ;i nati^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2e of illiam-\\nstoii. Mass.. and edneated at .\\\\uburn. X. devot-\\ning himself to the dei)artment of theology. He\\nprepaied himself for the Presbyterian ministry and\\nsoon after being admitted to the Presbytery w;is\\nnnited in marriage to ^[iss Cynthia M. Haines if\\n.Skaneateles.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0420.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) BIOGRAI IIK Al. ALBUM.\\n421\\n0\\\\ir sulijeet s father s first chara e was at Xew\\n|j lMin. N. Y., and his last ohargc before coniiiiij to\\nMirhiuaii was at .lane.-ville. N. Y. His aihiiit in\\nthis State was made in the fall of 1\u00c2\u00ab. 5:!. at whicli\\ntime he located at Kalamazoo. In IH. SI lie died,\\nlea\\\\ inir a widow and tliice children, our snliject\\nlieinii: the second in order of liirth, K. U. I oiter of\\nthis city heiiiii his brother aiid Mrs. Julia A. Ilay-\\ndcnluirU. of Olix ct. Mich., bciiii; his sister. Ilis\\nmother lived until May II, IX\u00c2\u00ablt, her decea.se tal\\ning |)lace in Lansing, she being at the time eighty-\\nlive years of age.\\nAfter the death of his father, .lames 15. went to\\nOtsego, suljsequenlly finishing his education at\\nAllegan Seminary, after which he was engaged in\\nthe dry-goods trade at Otsego, being one of the\\ntirm of House iV Porter, the firm name afterward\\nbeing I orler A Katon. In l.s. )0 he was elected\\nRegister of Deeds and County Clerk of ,\\\\llegan\\n(V)unty, which |)osition he held continuously for\\nten years. In 18()0 our subject was eli ctcd Secre-\\ntary of State \u00c2\u00bbn the Reiniblican ticket ;nid held\\nthe oflice though the entire war period, going out\\nof olHce in .January. IMG?. lie renio\\\\ ed his family\\nto Olivet in IHGl. l)eing Secretary and Treasurer\\nfor two years of Olivet College. In l)Sf!(i hi\\nmoved to Lansing, and after going out of ollice\\nhe engaged in the real-estate and insurance bvisi-\\nness in which he has been ever .since, the firm be-\\ning originally that of .lone.s it I orter. The\\nformer, ^Ir. .Tones, is one of the oldest men in the\\ncity, and has witnessed a great change in the city\\nof Lansing and in the value of il.s real estate. Our\\nsubject lias not interested himself to any extent in\\npolitics since he filled the office of .Secretary of\\nState.\\nMr. I orler was united in marriage August 17,\\n1845, to Eunice .1. House, of Otsego, Mich. Hy\\nthis union he has become the father of two chil-\\ndren, both sons. Ivlgar S. is residing in Lansing\\nand the younger, William M., is a resident of this\\ncity. Mrs. Porter was born in Clyde, V.. .ind\\nis a daughter of E. II. House, who came to Michi-\\ngan in 1887. and located in Otsego. He there died\\nin 18, )3, having been one of the earliest pioneei-s\\nin that part of the county. IJeing Secretary of\\nState during the war ])eriod. a great deal extra\\nwork was entailed upon Mr. Port\u00c2\u00abr. The issuing\\nof commissions was his work, and as there were\\nseveral thousands and large correspondence with\\nthe general Jovcrnnicnt. his time and attention\\nwell fullv occupied.\\nL1!1:KT CL.VHK. The United States of\\njj AiiK iica, as a nation, has done more than\\nW any other people during the present cen-\\ny/ tury to foster and encourage that spirit of\\ninventive genius with which her .sons seem to be\\nimbued; more es|)ecially in connection with man-\\nufacturers and inventions that tend to reduce both\\ninanual and inimal labor. This tendency has\\nbrought our ii.Mtion to the front ;is one of the\\ngreatest maimfacturing |M oi)le in the world and\\nwe could hardly have hit upon, a happier illustra-\\ntion of this fact tliaii in the improvements which\\nhave been brought about by the tirm of Clark iV\\nCo.. of Lansing. Ingham County, whose senior\\ninenilier is represented by the name at the head of\\nthis iiaragrajih.\\nThe carriage works of the linn just mentioned\\nare under the direction of the following gentlc-\\niiKii: Albert Clark. E. II. Davis and A. A. Nichols,\\nwhile Frank (J. Cl;irk is assistant and mechanical\\nsuperintendent and .1. .1. E|-o.st is manager of sale.s.\\n.Mr. Clark caiiie to Lansing in 186;5, Avalking thither\\nbecause he had no iiioiiey to ride, and he at once\\nsecured work with Sprang .V ),~t rander. As he had\\npreviously leariicil Ihc trade of carriage-making\\nhe remained with tin in !i a journeyman for three\\nyears, when he bought out .Mr. Ostrander s inter-\\nest and the firm continued under the name of\\nSjirang A- Clark, doing business where the large\\nfactory of Clark A Co. now stands, at the corner of\\n(Jrand and Wn-htenaw Street^. Mr. Sjirang finally\\nsold out to L. Frank Clark and Warren (iunnison,\\na l)rother-in-law of our subject, and the tirm then\\ntook the name of A. Clark A Co. Those gentle-\\n1111-11 .-ifterward sold their interest to Dart A- Davis,\\nthe old hardware firm, and in 1881 Mr. Nichols\\ncame into the business, since which time the mem-\\nbers of the linn are as we have given them above,", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0421.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "422\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nThis flourishing business has grown from a little\\nrepair shop, which it was in 1866, to a business of\\n$200,000 per annum, witli an investment of $125,-\\n000. Tlie main shoi), which was built after the\\ntiro of l\u00c2\u00bbf (5, contains the workshops and machine\\nroom and is a building 80x80 feet with five floors,\\nwherein are made the various portions of wood\\nand iron work necessary in the manufacture of the\\nmany kinds of vehicles which are made by this\\nfirm. Here about thirty-five men are empk)yed.\\nWe next come to the siiiithV room. 14(ixl7(t feet,\\nentirely equipped with the latest imiMDved m;i-\\nchinery, steam hammers, etc.. and wheie thirt\\\\-\\nfive men are also em],iloyed. In the gear room\\nwiiich is 3.50x70 feet are jminted and stacked all\\nthe gearings for every kind of buggy and carriage\\nmaile liy the linn, employing thirty men in this\\ndepaitmeiit. In the body and varnishing room are\\ntwenty-five men har l at woi-k on l)Uggy l) )dies\\nrcadv for finishinu and from thence we turn to the\\nliimming room. 1 10x70 feet with astock room ad-\\njoinint; Fifteen men arc employed in thi cb\\npai lMient and fine work is turned out. in the\\nshii)ping room. l. )(tx. )b feet, from litteen to twenty\\nmen are Inisily engaged in crating and packing\\nthe finished orders and distnir.-ing them by lail\\nand road to all parts of the I nited States. I lic\\nshow room and repositories embrace five floors\\nof 8(1x8(1 feet each, where are constantly on exhi-\\nbition from three hundred to four liundred \\\\chi-\\ncles of every description, liotli of natural and\\npainted wood, which at once stamp the work of\\nClark Co. as second to none, and a credit to the\\nlieautiful city of Lansing.\\nThe senior menilier of tlie lirni lir.-t aw the light\\n.lulv 2(i. 1S4(I. hi^ native home lieing in Ingliam\\nTownship, this county. llei the son of Klias\\nS. Clark, now of Dansvilh who is elsewhere\\nsketched in this volume. Our nbject grew up\\non the farm and learnefl his trade at Diinsviile,\\nworking at different pl.aces bef n e coming to Lans-\\ning. He was married October 14, 1865, to Miss\\nNellie Gunnison, of DeWitf. Clinton County. This\\nlady is a daughter of Klihu (iunnison. who was an\\nold settler and a wealthy farmer in that county.\\nTo this couple were born two children Frank\\nwho has been graduated fiom the Agricultural\\nCollege, taking the degree of B. S. in 1890. and\\nwho now is with his father as assistant superin-\\ntendent of the works and. Kva Mae. who was a i)rom-\\nising young lady of twenty years of age when he!\\nl)arents were called upon to part with her, she\\ndying Marcli ^O, l^i Jd. She was just completing\\nher education. l)eing a graduate of tlie High hool\\nhere and having almo.-it comijleted a course at Mt.\\nIlolyoke Seminary at Kalamazoo, Mich., she being\\n(jnite accomplished in both painting and music.\\nThe Clark family is prominently identified with\\nthe Inivcr. -alist Church and Mr. Clark is a member\\nof the .Masonic ordei although not active in its\\nwork. He takes an intelligent interest in pulilic\\nmovements but is not in politic^, as he prefeis to\\ndevote his time and thouiiht to hi^ duties.\\n,f;()ilN 4 ll().Ml SON. To he descended fron,\\nlionoiable and aljle |)rogenitors has long\\nbeen considered a source of honest inidc.\\nYet this feeling has not been cnlti\\\\ated in\\nthis country as it is among the peo))h of older na-\\ntions, where the heritage of rank re-inforces the\\nheritage of charactei- in the poi)ular estimation.\\nStill .-imong our best families uc find a disposition\\nto renu inberthe acts of our forefathers and t _i en-\\ncour.ige the recital of their deeds; and in remem-\\nbering their worth we are incited to emulate their\\nlives.\\nlie of whom we write was liorn in I l eble. Corl-\\nhind ounty. N. Y.. June 22. l.sill. Ik- t-anie of a\\nlong line of w irthy New .lersey ancestors, as the\\nI hompson f. imily has been a noted one in many\\nrespects. J he great-grandfal her. Archiliald Thomp-\\nson was liorn in Scotland, and when coming to this\\ncountry landed at Amboy. N. J. This emigration\\nwas in 17111 and li w.-is .-iccompanifd liy two\\nIirotlifi-s. Ills wife, to wIk.imi he was united in\\n17 11. was (if Holland stock, .-ind among their\\nnumerous family was a son who distinguished him-\\n.self as Capt..lohn Thompson in the Hevolutionary\\nWar. He was also a seafaring num. ajid owned", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0422.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGR APRIL Al. AIJil .M.\\ni23\\nand operated the fii-st jjaeket wliieh ran ti( tween\\nNew Hninswiek and New Yurk. Tlie father oi tliis\\nison wa.s a prciminent and inlluential man and I u-\\njoyed a wide acquaintance in his day. apt. Join\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0l iioni])son liad some experience.-* wiiich were quite\\nnoteworthy, as hi was taken pri.soner hy the IJrit-\\nish and hchl hy Iheni until the close of the war.\\nllun. l liili|i K. Tliomi)soii. the father of our\\nsnlijecl. was ;i native of New Jersey and was limn\\nin ITT)-* in N cw Hrunswick. In his youth the faiii-\\nil\\\\ removed td Scoharie County. N. n\\\\ licrc they\\nlived in tlie town of l- onda. and there the yonnsi\\nman remained until he reached his majority, i h\\nwas then married to Miss Kunice (iayloid. and\\nsoon after this hapjiy event he reniove l to I relile.\\nCortland County, where he eiisrayed in farmiuL;-.\\nFrom 1H2\u00c2\u00ab to IH4() the father of our Milijeet\\nfarmed in l.i\\\\ inuston County. N. ...\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\nd ;\\\\fterward\\nremoved to .Medina County. Ohio, where he wa\\nelected to represent his district in the State I.eais-\\nlatuie. One fact which is worthy of note in re-\\nspect to this recogintion of his .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ibilities is that he\\nwa the tirsl .Miolitionist who was ever eleete(l\\nfrom that eounl\\\\ lie served in this capacity In\\n1H4^\u00c2\u00ab-41I. lie held various local otlices .-nid was\\nuniversally esteemeil a a m:in of intelligence\\nwhose inrtuence was hroad and stronuaiid w;i ever\\nexercised for the sjood of the coniininiity. lie was\\na Deacon in the Presbyterian Church f ir more than\\nhalf a centuiy and his relia ious convictions were\\ndeep and ahidiui;. .Vfter his retirement from active\\nlife he removed to ()lierlin. Ohio, where he found\\na eonni iiial atmospliere, religious, intellectual ind\\nIjolilical and there he spent the remainder of his\\ndays, dyiiifi .\\\\pril 1. 18.51). at the ajje of seventy-\\ntwo years, lie was twice married and had seven\\nchildren by his first marriaije and three bv his sec-\\nond.\\nOn anixiny at majority the subject of this sketch\\nearned his tirst money laborinir im the farm for\\n\u00c2\u00abI2 pel month. .Vfter that he took an academical\\ncourM at Nnnda Academy. Ninida. N. Y.. and\\nearned lii way by workinii- on the farm ukI\\nteachinu.\\nWhen thi youni; m in beiian life for himself lii\\ncapital consisted of a New York two shillin coin\\nwith 1 hole in it. This coin which was worth\\nabout twenty-live ceni^ may well be considered a\\nliuky shilling, for aeeompanyino; it was the good\\nluck that is sure to go with earnest industry and\\nclear grit. Young Thompson had ever had a\\ndesire to become a physician and at one time began\\nreading medicine but for lack of means was unalile\\nto secure a professional education.\\nComing to Michigan in IHIJ Mr. Thompson un-\\ndeilook teaching in the district school of Lima\\nTownship, Washtemiw County, receiving for his\\nprofessional scr\\\\ices I a month, lie jn ospected\\nfor some time before iletermining iii)oii his perma-\\nnent home, going \\\\\\\\est ami Xorth as far as Min-\\niiont. i. and South as far a.- .Mississippi, where for\\nfour year- lie i-iig. iged in ti^aehinu\\nIn tlu fall of \\\\x: the young man returned to\\nMichigan and in February, 1H. 5 he purchased the\\npropertN where he now resides on seeljoii I. (ireen\\n()ak Township, a tract of two hundred and thirtv\\nacres. Here lu devoted himself soul and body to\\nfariuiiig. deleriiiiiied to make a succe.ss of his life\\nand to produce a p.-ir. idisi out of this wilderness.\\n.Ml. Tlioiiipsoii was married October IJS. il.to\\nMiss .Viiiiic (ilover. of ()iilai io Coiintx. N.\\nand lo their lioiiie came six little ones, all of whom\\nhave grown lo iiiaturily, and all but one have\\ntaken their places in the w u ld and are d(. ing such\\nwork as fairly entitles their parents to indulge a\\npardonable feeling of inide in the careers of their\\noffspring. Philip is a graduate in the Michigan\\nSlate Normal School and is now a successful farmer\\nin Dakota. Sarah C,, who graduated at Oberlin\\nCollege h. is now pas.sed from earth, leaving an ir-\\nre|)arable void in the family circle. Mary (i.\\nstudied at Oberlin and subsequently graduated at\\nthe State Normal School, after which she took a\\nmedical cour.se at the Iniversity at Ann .4rborand\\nis now in-acticing her jn ofession at Itoulder, Col.\\nJay lord graduated at the State Agricultural\\nCollege and is now a jn osperous attorney at AVest\\n.Superior, ^Vis. John i)ursueil his scientilic studies\\nat Oberlin and latertook a course in pharraacj- at\\nAnn .\\\\rbor and is now filling a responsilJe position\\n111 a drug store at .Adrian. Kunice graduated at the\\n.\\\\iiii .\\\\iboi High Scliool and is still at home with\\nher parents.\\nThe father of this inlerestiiiir famih has alwavs", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0423.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "124\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nIieeii dl :i stiiflidus (li-spo^ition and liis influenei\\nsupplemented l)v the scholastic atmosphere in\\nwhich thej grew up at Oberlin gave to each of\\nthem an amliition to gain a thorough and coni))re-\\nhensive education, and it may indeed be said that\\nthey were scholars in the licst sense of the word\\nlicfore leaving home. Nothing seemed a sacrifice\\nto these wcjrthy parents if it could conduce to se-\\ncuring a thorough education for their children.\\nHaving been reared a Whig, Mr. Thompson sooii\\nwent into the Republican party, hut he never\\naspired to otHce. He was also earnest in his ad-\\nvocacy of the cause of tem])erance, and by churcli\\nconnection was a C ongregationalist, until that\\nsociety was abandoned in his neighborhood, lie\\nhas three lumdred and twelve acres of good land,\\nupon which he has a fine flock of sheep, and is\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2successful in its culture. He is an upright man and\\na good citizen, wholicgan life on the liottom round\\nof the ladder, and by his industrit us and persever-\\ning energy has attained to the possession of a hand-\\nsome proijerty.\\nOHN A. RECK. Scholarly men and tiu)se\\nwho follow a retired life often look witli as-\\n^_^l tonishment at the Inisy, ru. hing and enter-\\ning// prising life of those business men who are\\nknown among their mates as hustlers. Their\\nactivities are so vigorous and unabated and their\\npush and perseverance so undaunted that the won-\\nder is that they do not wear out during their early\\nyears and that so many of them retain their vigor\\ntill they have had time to .achieve the success for\\nwhich they are working. But it is becoming a\\nconviction among many thinkers that while activ-\\nity breaks down, it also builds up even more rap-\\nidly, and that to live most fully one in.ay need to\\nHve most energetically.\\nThe gentleman of wliom we write is a promi-\\nnent druggist of Xorth Lansing, and the junior\\npartner in tiie tiim of Hedges iV Reck, besides lia\\\\-\\ning charge of tlie North Lansing branch of tiic\\nLansing Postollice. Hewasliorn in St. Tliomas. On-\\ntario, February 24, 18.5;j. His fatlier. Stephen IJeck,\\nwas a native of Andelfingeii, Wurtemberg, Ger-\\nmany, where his grandfather was also a native and\\nthe town s Treasurer for twenty-five years or more,\\nbesides being an extensive land-owner. The father\\nof our subject was in his father s employ until\\nlie came to America, in 18;VL when he located\\nin St. Thomas and learned the trade of a marble\\nand stone-cutter. There he remained in this busi-\\nness until June, 1860, when he came to Michigan\\nwith his family and established him.self as a marble\\ncutter in Ann Arbor. Thirteen years later he re-\\nmoved to Adrian and in 1878 came to Lansing\\nwhere he now resides, having reached the age of\\nsixt\\\\ -two years. He and his son are both devout\\nmembers of the Roman Catholic Church.\\nThe mother of our subject was Josephine Mah-\\nlenbrei. She is a native of the same town as her\\nhusband and son, and is now about fifty-seven\\nyears of age. Her children, six in number, are\\nequally divided between sons and daughters, and\\nJohn is the eldest of the number. This boy was\\nfive years of age when he came to Michig.an and\\nwell remembers the triji. He took his education\\nin the public schools of this State, and when he\\nhad reached the age of sixteen entered the employ\\nof C. A. Leiter it Co., pharmacists. After serving\\nwith tliem for three years and learning the practi-\\ncal details of the business, he determined to per-\\nfect liiinself in tliis line of work, and tlierefore, in\\n1871, entered tlie Pharmaceutical Department of\\nthe University of Michigan, and worked his way\\nthrough, sjiending his days in work and his nights\\nin study. He remained there till Just before the\\ndate of his graduation, in 1875, when he took a\\nl)osition in Toledo, Ohio. He did not remain there\\nlong, neither did he at Adrian and St. Louis, Midi.,\\nwhither he went afterward, and it was not until he\\ncame to Lansing, October 27. 187a. that he nia le\\na jiermauent settlement.\\nF(: r four and a lialf years tlie young man served\\nF. I. Mcioi e A Co.. as clerk in the ^tore in North\\nLansing, where he i now pro|)rietor. lie then\\nbought them oul and in .lune. lH7 .t. took a half\\ninterest in the store u ith a line stock if general\\ndrugs and medicine, stationery and fancy goods.\\nIn Sei)tember, IKHo, (ieorge P. Sanford, who was", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0424.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "i (\u00c2\u00bbi;ii;ah am\u00c2\u00bb BiociHAPHic.vi. ai.p.im.\\n425\\ntlii ii l (\u00c2\u00bbIiiiM.-tvc (if l,;iii iii ;i|i|Miiiilf(l him 1 tiikc\\ncliMriii i the Niirtli l.iiusinu otiiic. wliicli i- n\\nliiniicli of llic m licial cily ullicc. and in llii c-iiiai--\\nily 111- Ijms rciiisiiiUMl fidiii thai day to tlii\\nTlie most cvt iittul st(. taken ii\\\\ fllis iifiilUinan\\nhns been hi iiianiaiif whirh ocriirrcd in l ansin\\nill April. I.ss-i. when he took to wife Mit^s Kiniiia\\nA. (iati w lio as horn, rcaicd and ediicntiMl in\\nllianlford. Canada, lie thus estalili.sht d a ha|i|iy\\nhome wliich is thi- Imsy iiiuirs haven of rest when he\\nwouKl retire from file toils and iierplexities of the\\nonti i world. To this honii lia\\\\ e eoliie two ehil-\\ndren Walter S. and l-loieiue M. lie is an aelive\\nineiiiher of St. MaryV Catholic Cluireh, where lie\\nalso serves as Trustee and i~ lelied upon for coun-\\nsel and help in all church work, lie is .Secretary\\nof the Lansiny Branch. No. is. of llie Catholic\\n.Mutual litnclit .Vssociation. In If^Ts he was upon\\nthe Demoeratic ticket as candidate for City Clerk\\nof Lansinu. hut as the city was then thorouiiiily\\nKepuhlican he did not recei\\\\e the eU ction. ll\u00c2\u00bb is\\nacti\\\\e upon city and waid coininittees .and is\\nC liairnian of the Fourth Ward Coniniittee of the\\nDemocratic party, and h.a^ repeatedly lieeii made\\ndeley.ali to comitN ;inil State conxcnl i in\\n-^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2i^~^r;;;?^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0#^ll-^i i^l:l^^^\\n.y\\nA\\n^I/OIIX (ilLHKHT. .Many of the hiisiness\\nmen of Howell. Livini;ston County, are\\nnatives of th.e Wolverine .Stale, who have\\ntaken their traiiiiiiL; and education here\\nand are tliorouuhly in sympath\\\\ with the institu-\\ntions, past history and future reatness of .Michi-\\nj :an. They take a pride in their .State which it is\\n.scarcely ])ossil le for one who is an alien liy liirth to\\nfeel, and they are williuu to woi k for its uplmild-\\ninji and prosperity. .\\\\nion such we lind the\\nlienllenian whose name appears at the head of this\\nsketch, who was horn .Inly M. ISCi .-it liiiiui it\\\\.\\nlirnncli County. Mich.\\nThe parents of our suhject were .loseph .M. .ind\\nI l-sulla \\\\aleiitine) (iilhcil. nalix es of New u\\\\U\\nand Mieliiii;in respectively. I lic father was. as the\\nson is. a harness-maker lp\\\\ trade, who c;ime to\\nMieliii an in I s;!ll. and -ell h d in j.iiiawpe County.\\nicin.ainin;.; there for some lime, .-ifler which he\\nlived for .a short time in Indiaua, but returned to\\n-Miehigan in IH^.j and made his home in Pinckiiev\\nthis county. lie moved to Howell in March, 18;)2_\\nand eiii;!ii\u00c2\u00bb ed in the liarnes.s-makinii business in\\nwhich he continued until death called him hence,\\nNovember il. I\u00c2\u00ab(i7. ha vino- been bereaved of his\\nwife .M. U (-h 7. 1H. He w.-is probably the fust\\nI rcsidciit of Ilowcll and was a prominent man in\\nIhc ranks of the |{ci)ubliean party. He was also\\nidentified with both the Masonic order and that\\nof the Odd Fellows.\\nIn 18, )(t Joseph M. (iilbert went In the overland\\nroute to Calitornia. He remained away for twenty\\nmonths and made a successful trip, engaijing while\\nabsent in iniiiiiiir and hariiess-makino and coming\\nback mui-li improved in health. He bought prop-\\nerty on (iraud l{ivcr .Streel and there carried on\\nhis business, making his home on Clinton Street\\nwhere he puit-hased a pleasant residence. He had\\na family of eight children, three only of whom are\\nnow living. They are named Julia M., now Mr.s,\\n(iriffith, of Marshall, Mich.. .lolin and Ida L\\nMrs. Davis, of Stilhvater, Minn.\\nJohn V. (Tilbert who is now carrying on a pros-\\nperous business ill the manufacture of saddles and\\nharness, and is also liiited States Agent for pen-\\nsions, received Ins early education in this city and\\nlearned his trade with his father, commencing in\\nJune, 185!). His pursuit of a trade was. early\\nbroken up by tin- excitement and movements in-\\ncident to Ihc liicaking out of the Civil War. This\\nboy of seventeen was the sec(md man to volunteer\\nat Howell after the sound of that tirst gun at\\nFt. Sumter that i-ouscd the North. His father pro-\\ntesle l against his going to the war on account of\\nhis youth, bill linaliy gave his (-onsent and the\\nbov was mustered into service July 1, IHfil,\\nCompany I, of tin* Fifth .Michigan Regiment\\nwas the (-oinpany with wlii(-li young iilbert went\\ninto i-amp at Ft. Wayiii-. .Mich., and in )c-\\ntober he went to Washington as a Cor|)oi-al and\\nwas engage l in the battle of Williamsburg. ;i..\\ntin- following spiiii-j. He was wounded in the\\nriiilil instep, a ball passing through the delicate\\nnerves of Ihe foot and in le.ss tliaii two hours l K*k", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0425.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "426\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\njaw had set in. He was the first man that was\\nwounded in his company, and he was obliged to\\nreturn liome in .Tuly, 1862, as he could not walk\\nwithout crutches for two years.\\nThe young veteran resumed his business as\\na harness-maker, being employed al .Jackson and\\nother places, and on t hristmas Day, 1863 he\\nstarted in business f(\u00c2\u00bbr himself at Brighton, and\\ncarried on his work there until his love for his\\ncountry again overcame his devotion to business\\n!ind lie I c-cuHstod on the ISlh of Fehru.nry. 1K6;\\ntaking Ihc position of s.-iddlcr in the Sixth Alichi-\\ngan Cnvahy. Al Ihc close of hostilities this I cgi-\\nment was ordered to Ft. Kridger. I tali. win re they\\nwere discharged, IMarch 2. 1866.\\nAs Mr. (lillicrt was already so far on his route\\nto the coast, he decided to continue on the direc-\\ntion pointed out b\\\\ the Stai- of Empire, and he\\nwent to C alif irnia. lie worked at his trade for\\nsome four months and then for nine months\\nclerked in a wholesale and retail cigar and tobacco\\nstore. He then resumed his trade at San Jose and\\nremained there until February 3, 1868, when *he\\nreturned home, .as lie had received word of the\\ndeath of his fatlier. He purchased the interest of\\nthe other Jieirs in his father s business and estab-\\nlishment and has since carried it on himself, having\\nfour men in his emplo.y and making his factory\\nthe largest of its kind in the county.\\nThe attractive home of our subject at the corner\\nof Bernard and Lake Streets, which he erected in\\n1880 is presided over by a lady whose name was\\nLouisa Edwards. Their marriage tocik place in\\nDetroit in .June, 1876, and has been blessed by the\\nbirth of two children, (Irace V. and Rex E. The\\nfirst marriage of our sul)ject took jjlace Decemlior\\n3, 1868, and he was then united with Miss Augusta\\nvS. Allen of West Bloomfleld, Oakland County,\\nMich. She became the mo her of three children\\n(only one of whom is living, Mary A.) and died in\\n1874.\\nThe political views of Mr. (iilbert lead him into\\nalliance with the liepublican party and he is also\\nconnected with the Masonic order, with the Royal\\nArcanum, and with the Knights of Honor. He\\nis prominently identified with the Grand Army\\nof the Republic. He is still suffering from the\\neffects of the wound which he received in the\\nbattle of Williamsburg, as in 1883 he had in con-\\nsequence of it an attack of locomotor ataxy and\\nfor eighteen months was laid aside from active\\nwork; alt tough he is now much relieved he is still\\na sufferer and finds this troulile a hindrance in the\\nlierformance of his work.\\ng^\\nv!S5^^ .v.MiKL lion;\\nS;^^ ticman whose\\n^i^; bo\\n1TAL1N(;. riic gen-\\nnamc wc now |)i cscnt was\\nnil 111 .Michigan in the old Territorial\\n(lav His first home was in Livonia,\\n;iyiic County, and the date of liis birth Septem-\\nlier 3, 1827. Ills parents were fianeft and Lydia\\n(Ciates) Iloughtaliiig, and the grandfather, Richard,\\nwho was born October 12, 1759. married a lady\\nwhose birth was May 11, 1766.\\nThe large household of the grandparents of our\\nsubject consisted of five sons and five daughters,\\nnamely, jMahala, Hannali, .lohn, Peter, Margaret,\\n(4arrett, David, Ilany, Henry, and Elizabeth.\\nTheir father jiassed from earth in Oakland County,\\n.June 13, 1834, and his wife followed him in April,\\n1853. They were both Presbyterians in their\\nreligious faith and active in church work. Ciarrett\\nHougiitaling was born December 18, 1798, in Xew\\nYork, and left home when only lifteen years of\\nage to learn the trade of a lilacksmith. He married\\nin New York and moved to Jlichigan, where he\\nsettled in Wayne County about the year 182.5.\\nThe Hist land which was entered by the f.ather\\nof our subject consisted of forty acres, which he\\nsold after a while and again entered eighty acres.\\nAbout the year 1830 he moved to the township of\\nLyons, Oakland (ninty, where he entered two\\nhundred .acres which he cleared and improved, and\\nit was while living lieie that he was called to part\\nwith his faithful wife. He afterward exchanged\\nthat property for a farm in Green Oak, Livingston\\nCounty, and upon that estate of three hundred and\\ntwenty .acres he died, August 21, 1845. The first\\nwife of Garrett Hougiitaling and the mother of\\nour subject and of his brother William, died in", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0426.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0427.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "r", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0428.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n1-2!)\\n1835, and tlie second wile, whose maiden name\\nwas Rachel Thompson, had only one son. (ieoiije\\nK. She survived iier iiusliand and was afterward\\nmarried to .\\\\lva Preston.\\nUntil he reached the age of eighteen years yonng\\nlloiiii htaling made his home npon the farm and\\ntooii his training in the district school. He tlicn\\nhegan to worl for himself upon one lumdrod and\\ntwenty acres of his father s homestead, which he\\nsold about the year 18,jl, liefore removing to\\n(irand Rapids wliere he teamed f(n nine years. In\\n18; )8 lie traded liis liouse and two lots for one\\nhundred and sixt3- acres on section 4, Chohoctah\\nTownsliip. Livingston County, and this land he\\nl)nt into condition tVir cnitiiic lie exciianged\\nninety acres of swani)! hind fni- thirty acres of dry\\nland and owns a rniind liun lred acres. Besides\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2arr\\\\ing on iiis farm wnrU he has o|)erated a\\nthresiu for twenty years. In politics he is a Hepid)-\\nlican, liut no ollicc seeker.\\nThe first marriage of our snlijcct was witii Kulh\\nE. :iyli r. a Canailiaii liy liirth and a danglilt r of\\n.Vhraham Taylor, a wagon-maivcr. Two children\\ncrowned this nni(ni. La Fayette and Frankie K.\\n(deceased). The mother of these cliildren died in\\nFel)rnary, 1 Ho8. The second wife was .Melis^a\\nI alincr. and the marriage took jilace Fehniary\\n10. l.Sdl. Sill was Ixirii m the township of liriuli-\\nton, Xovemler 1. 18;?; and is a dangliter of \\\\\\\\ill-\\ni.amand Sally F^ane) I almer, who were lioiii in\\nOnondaga (duiity. X. Y.. and came to Micliigan\\nin the spring of l.S.i. making their home in\\nBrighton and entering claim to eighty acres of\\nland.\\nIn 18. )6 Mr. I almer removed to Cohoctah and\\nt iok u]) one hun lied and twenty acres on section\\nl(i. which he at once proceeded to put in condition\\nfor cultivation, lie was a prominent man in the\\ntownship and an earni st l\\\\e|iulilic;ui, (although at\\nfiret he had been a Whig) and his neighbors i)I.aced\\nhim in .several township otiices. He died in\\nIloweli. in Ajiril. lH^s\u00c2\u00ab. and his widow still sur-\\nvives. They were the parents of five sons and\\ntwo daughters, namely: (W orge. David. Chris-\\ntopher H., Andrew A.. Boroughs, Jleli.ssa and\\nPhiebe A. David an l Christopher served their\\neountrv in the Tenth Michifjan hifantrv. and the\\nlatter fell at Chattiinooga in the summer of 1H64;\\nwhile the youngest son. Boroughs, died at the age\\nof thirteen.\\nIn early life ^fr. Palmer and his wife were mem-\\nbers of the ^Methodist Episcopal Church and later\\njoined thecliurch of the United Brethren. He was\\nthe only son of his ])areuts. Abel and Hannah\\n(Smith) Palmer, who came to Michigan in 1831).\\nOne child onlj-, a daughter, l llen, is the result of\\nthe second marriage of our subject. He has ever\\nbeen prominent in social circles and is prominently\\nidentified with the Independent Order of Odd\\nFellows.\\ni\\n^\u00c2\u00a5/01IN C. HAWKS, the proprietor of the Lans-\\ning Decoratum. is one of those men who\\nhave helped to lay the foundations for\\njirogre.ss in the arlistici)art if home making\\nin this city. His well-known taste, discernment\\nand judgment have made him an authority in re-\\ngard to ipu stions of home adornmeTit. and he has\\nproved an educative power in Lansing, Ingham\\npnnty. He is esteemed as one of the finest work-\\nmen in .Michig.-in and his business, which is high\\ngrade decorating and fivsco work, is to him an art.\\nand to it he has devoted a lifetime of study and\\npractice.\\n^Ir. Hawes was born .I.anuarv 1. 18i)2 in Conesus.\\nLivingston County. X. Y. At the age of nine\\nyears he removed to Rochester, that State, where he\\ncontinued his schooling, graduating in 1878 from\\nRochester Collegiate Institute. While still a school\\nboy of foui teen years he was ajiprenticed as a\\ndecorator and frescoei He carried on his studies\\nand jiracticed his .art at the same time, and in that\\nway made his way through the institute and at the\\nsame time became a successful designer and archi-\\ntect. He acquired a refined and intelligent taste\\nfor decorating and became an artist in different\\nlines, making a thorough study of every depart-\\nment of his work.\\nPossessing unusual capabilities and leteriniiia-\\ntion Mr. Hawes easily kept aliead of Ins class,", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0429.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ISO\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBl .M.\\naltlioiioli 111 pincticfd workiiia liiilf of each day and\\ndevoted the other half to Ids seliool duties, wliile\\nat the same time he I oiuid it neeessarv to liel|i to\\nsustain his parents. His excellent health aided him\\nin earryini out this plan, althouoh he \u00c2\u00abave liimselC\\nlittle r st. and his mind was so thorouuhh aroused\\nthat he sumetimes soU ed dillirult prolili uis in his\\nsleep.\\nAfter graduation, yount; llawes continued in\\nthe deeoratinu- line and became well-known as a\\nprominent and artistic designer, both in Rochester\\nand at I)ans\\\\ ille. At the latter place he rem;iine l\\nuntil he removed to i^ansinji and had the control\\nof fully half of the liitjh urade deeoratinii which\\nwa-- done, jii is not conscious of havint;- inherited\\nhis taste and skill but believes that he owes his suc-\\ncess mainly to hard work and tliorouoh eonseieiiti-\\nons study.\\nIn l\u00c2\u00abiMl .Mr. I la wes decided to come West and\\nprosjiected tliroiiyh various States, makiii a tour\\nof the proniineiit .Michiuan towns and lin;illy de-\\ncided that Lansinu offei-ed the best openina for\\nhis work. His object in removing- to the \\\\A est was\\nto lind a better business openinji as he had learned\\nliy e.xperience that the Kast was overcrowded, lie\\ntherefore made his peinianent settlement here on\\nXovember 22. llSiKI. and established here the\\nDecora turn, liesides doing artistic work in the lines\\nof sign, fre.sco and general decoration he ciu-ries a\\nwell-seleeleil line of paints and oils, wall Jiaper,\\ncurtain and window goods, as well as artist.s ma-\\nterials, and has the only sjjccial and i\u00c2\u00ab mi)lete line\\nof high grade decorations in the city.\\n.Ml Hawes employs some scores of assistiinls.\\nsii]KM intending everything liim.self, but eni|iloying\\nartists both Kast and \\\\\\\\est to do his work, lie\\nlias finishe l some of the finest work that has ever\\nbeen .seen in the \\\\Vest, and the decor;itions of the\\nHotel Downey, just completed by him. are highly\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0irtistic.tnd of great value not only to the itroprietors\\nof the hotel, hut as a means of education to the\\nmasses. .Some of the colors which he produces are\\nnnri\\\\aled and are almost Pompeiian in their bril-\\nli;incy and durability. \\\\t his place of business\\nwhich is located at No. :U)(i Washington .\\\\\\\\eiiue\\nNorth, are submitted all |ilans tor truly high grade\\ndecorations which are desired in this citv. A selioJar\\nand a polished gentleman .Mr. Hawe~ stands high\\nin the soci. d circles of Lansing.\\nThe lady who became the wife of .Mr. H. iwes\\n.lune !S. I,s7it. at La wieiice\\\\ille. I a., bore the\\nm. iidcn n. imc of Loui -ji II. Hatha way. Her parents.\\nOi emus and Dorethea Loncks) llathawa\\\\-. were\\nborn ill Herkimer rounty. N. V. The mother died\\nin lUifl alo. The father who was i stonemason\\nwent to Californi. i cluriiig the prevalence of the\\ngold fever and died there. He helped to lay the\\nbrick and stone work on the Everett Hou. -e one of\\ntlu oldest buildings in Lansing. .Mr. Loucks, the\\ngr. indfathei of .Mis. H.-ithaway. was a soldier in the\\nWar of I.S12. .Mr.s. Hawes ha l her nativity in\\nt ambija, N. which is in Niagara Counly. and\\nreceived her education at heatlield. Previous to\\nher marriage she engaged in the millinery business\\nwith her aunt at Middle|iort. Mr. Hawes is a Re-\\npublican ill his political views but is too busy a\\nman to pay much attention to public affairs.\\nSeth llawes. the father of our subjecl. was a\\nfarmer near Rochester, where he still resides, and his\\nwife Ruby Ik vins. was born in Livingston County,\\nN. V. irandfather Cornelius Pell Hawes was born\\nin Peekskill and was a coopi ianda aptuin in the\\nWar of 1H12. The great-giandfatlier of our sub-\\nject came from Kngl;uid, whence the family trace\\ntheir lineage back to France. A lithographic por-\\ntrait of Mr. Hawes aeeompanies this sketch.\\nthe Lansing .Vrtitical Stone Company. This\\n_ branch of business w.as established here bv\\nthe gentleman whost n. inie is above, in I.S77. It\\nwas the lirst stone that w.-is I vcr made heri our\\nsubject having becoinc ac(piainted with the Inisi-\\nness in .I. ickson in IMTl which was not long after\\nthe imention of artillcial stone. Uelieving Lan-\\nsing to be a good point in which to introduce his\\nbusiness, he came here and has already been xerv\\nsuccessful. He succeeded beyond his most .sangu-\\nine expectations and soon found it to be best to", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0430.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALIUM.\\nlai\\nestalJli^ ll a stock c ()iii|)!iii\\\\. This, however. ])roved\\nto be an miCoituiKite slep, for tlie inanaij:ement\\n|)as eil iiilii inexperienced hands and tiie Imsiness\\nwhich liiul promised so well did not i)rove to l)e a\\nsuccess. However, on their failure our suiiject was\\ncei tain lliat a most prosperous liusiness could lie\\nbuilt up.\\n.\\\\fler the clo iaji()Ul of Ihe esl;ilili linienl nien-\\nIione l in the oi)eninjj paragraph, our subject ayain\\nopened liusiness for himself, he letaininii tlu man-\\nagement. .Since passing back into the hands of Mr.\\nStevens it lias continuously grown in importance.\\nHe now has .associated with him Messrs. L. C Hlood\\nand W. S. (4riswold. This industry comprises the\\nmaking of artitieial stones whicli arc used in the erec-\\ntion of buildings, laying sidewalks, etc., and also\\nsewer pipc\u00c2\u00ab; and added to these are all kinds of or-\\nnamental work, which is so extensively used in\\ncemeteries, vases and statuary.\\nThis thriving company of stone-makers now have\\ncontracts for getting out fancy stone for fifty build-\\nings in this city and employ a force of twelve men.\\nOutside of this business our subject has made a\\nnumber of inventions. This new process of making\\nstone affords an opportunity for making man\\\\\\nthings in ornamental and imitation rustic work for\\nwhich stone has never before been employed. It\\ncan be made of any color and any shape. The stone\\nis ground up and repressed by such great force that\\nit is harder than the original Itlocks. This process\\nMr. Stevens has procured a patent upon. He has\\nalso invented a conduit machine for making a com-\\nbination of holes for electric wires in a continuous\\nblock of artificial stone. By this method it is pos-\\nsible to solve the problem of placing the wires un-\\nderground for electrical motive power. The stones\\nare pierced witli any nunilier of holes and the wires\\narc (lassed from one to another ;is desii cd, in one\\ncontinuous jiiece without joints. Our subject has\\njust received a patent for this valuable invention.\\nHe has also overcome the dittlculty of making pipe\\nand tiieie is no doul)t that there are great |)ossibil-\\nities for lhi new industry.\\nMr. Stevens was born in Blacknian Township,\\nJackson County, this State. Octolier 1 I, 1851. Me is\\nason of .hilm Stevens, whoenjoys the distinction of\\nbeing tlie oldest settler in Jackson Couutv. having\\nnow reached tiie age of four-score and foui- years,\\nlie settled in that locality in 1821) and still lives\\non the .same farm which he took up from tlie Oov-\\nernment and cleared. It has never changed hands\\nand is one of the best farms in the counl\\\\ lie\\nwas born in New Ilam|)shire anil when only twenty-\\none years of age came alone to the woods of Mich-\\nigan. .Soon after coming here he was unite l in\\ninari iage to Miss Nancy Stevens, like liinisi lf .-i na-\\ntive of New Ilanipshiie. To them came live chil-\\ndren, foui of whom are still living. They were all\\nbrought up on a farm. Both paienls still survive\\nand are surrounded by a portion of their children.\\nOur subject attained his majority while still at\\nhome. His education was acquired in the district\\nschool. At the age of twenty-two years he went\\ninto the stone business and has ever since followed\\nit giving it his whole attention. .Mr. Stevens has\\na pleasant home of his own in Lansing, a charm-\\ning little woman presiding thereover. His wife\\nwas. j)rior to hei- marriage, a Miss I dwinna .McCon-\\nnell of Blacknian Townshiii. That happy event in\\nwhich the two were made one. was celelirated April\\n4, 1882. They have two children who are at once\\nthe joy and care of their fond parents. They are\\nbv name. Maurice :iiid Howard.\\nJ OBKRT M. LAMORE.VrX. The prosjierity\\nand progressiveness of Ingham County, and\\nindeed of ^lichigan itself, is largely due to\\nthe unflagging efforts of the newspaper men\\nof this section, who from the time the first jiiinting\\npress was .set up in the Wolverine State lia\\\\e per-\\nsistently and intelligently called the attention of\\ninvestors to the riches to be found in the soil, the\\nwaters, the mines and the climate of Michigan.\\nThe r sources of the State were here just as much\\nin that early day as they are now, but of what avail\\nwould they have been to the people of the over-\\ncrowded East had they not been advertised in the\\ncolumns of these new-spapers. It is therefore with\\npeculiar pleasure that the biographer resjionds to\\nthe call to give a sketch of the life of any one of\\nthe newsiiapcr fraternity.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0431.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "I. -{2\\nPORTRAIT AKl) BlOGRArillCAL ALBCM.\\nMl-. Lniiioi-ertiix. tlio editor (if the liii lmin t ouiity\\nRcpiihUi iui, wliicli is imlilisiied i\\\\X Leslie, was linni\\nin Sleiiheii Count V. Inil.. I dii-unrv cS. |,S(;; i. liis liun-\\nored pnients lieiiiy llenrv and Martlia (.Ktnes) \\\\a\\\\-\\niiioreaiix. whose native States are New York and\\n()hiii respeeti vely. Tliey were inari-ied in Anuiihi.\\nhid.. .Mnd now nialce tlieir liome at ISattle Creek,\\n,Mieh. lh nr\\\\ I anioi eauK is in moderate eireuni-\\nstiinees and rarrie on a fai in uf eiality acres near\\nUattle C reelv. Mieii. lie lias lieen a Republican all\\nhis life l)ut has never been in olliee as he jireferred\\nto devote himself to his chosen \\\\-ocation as a\\nfarmer. Hotli lie .-uid his ^ood wife are earnest and\\neonscieiiti ins inemhers of the Methodist Episcopal\\n(hnrcli .-ind the |iareiits of fuur childi-cn; (liailes.\\nRobert .M.. Lee and Anna.\\nThe subject of this sketch is the second hild in\\naye in his father s family .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind urew up upon the\\nfarm in .Scott Township, Steuben County, until he\\nreached the aye of eiyht years, at which time his\\nparents moved to Kenmille. .Vllegan County. .Mich.,\\nand four years later removed to Calhoun County.\\nThe disti ict school o-ave this boy his elementary\\neducation, which was supplemented by attendance\\nu|ion the lliiili School at Battle Creek. He re-\\nmained with his father, assistint;- him upon his farm,\\nand learniiiii practical les.sons of industry, perse-\\nverance and thrift until he reached his inajority,\\nwhen he determined to learn the printer s tiade\\nand entered the olliee of the Daily Moon, at Battle\\nCreek, as an aiiiirentice. He remained in that ottice\\nfor three years and sulise(|uently worked at his\\ntrade in K:ilania/.oo. |)ec:itur. and South Bend.\\nIn.l.\\nS .)niewhat later the youny printer conceived the\\nidea of making an imlcpendent start in the iiews-\\npajier line and yoiiiy to .\\\\ujjusta. .Mich., he pur-\\nchased the ^\\\\u\u00c2\u00a3 usta hrnnklc. which he pulilished\\nfor a year ;iiid a half, after which he sold out and\\n|)ureliased the (ialesburi Eiitvrprisc, at (Jalesbury.\\nMich. After oiieratiny this paper for a few months\\n^Ir. M. Lainoreaux went toDcti oit and worked on\\nthe Eocning Neics for a short time, after which he\\ncaine, on New Year s Day, IHIU, to Leslie, and\\nbought out the liiiihani County licpublicuii. the\\nor Jan of the Re|niblican party in tlii.s .section, hav-\\niiiy at the time a circulatitm of live hundred. V y\\nhis purchase he took entire chaiiieof the paper and\\nis now sole editor and proprietor.\\nMr. Lamoreaux. as is natural to one in his posi-\\ntion, takes a keen interest in public affairs and is\\nes|)ecially interested in the movements of the Re-\\njiublicaii paity. which he i epre.sents. lie is a warm\\nadvocate of temperance and a member of the order\\nof (iood Teni])lars. His marriaoe which took ])lace\\n.Seiiteinbci- ISttl. brought to his home Cliir:i. a\\ndaughter of William and M:u-ia (Connor) W ickham.\\nof Callujuu County. IMicli. Two years prior to her\\nmarriane ^Irs. Lamoreaux was jjradu. ited in sten-\\noi ra]jhy and type-writiny and has become a faith-\\nful ])artnei in business with her husband. On\\nNoxcmber I. It^iM. .Mr. Lamoreaux X enturecl still\\nfurther in the journalistic tide and took possession\\nof the Battle Creek Wi-i-My Oill. In Battle Creek\\nhe has t.-dvcn up his permanent abode with olliee\\nand household, and alrea ly ranks anionu the tore-\\nmost citizens of the place.\\nTi i\\nS I I*^\\n(Ayl 1( HALL DOWI). The story of the poor\\nA boys who have landed on the shores of\\nA Ameiica without a dollar in their |)ockets\\nlint who have throiiah the wealth of our\\nsoil, tlu wonderful resources of nature, and their\\nown inherent qualities of enter|)rise, industry and\\nperseverance conipiered a handsome fortune or a\\ncomfortable competency is a loii and \\\\-arie(l tale.\\n.Vmoiiii these we m.ay mention the one whose\\nname we have just written, who was born in\\n.Vuyust. IH2(). in County Loiiiiford. livland.in the\\ntown of Barry, and whose parents. I ctcr .and .Vnn\\n(Mullen) Dowd. were also born in tin sanu\\ncounty.\\nLliese jiarent^ biouuht up to mature years eiyht\\nchildren, namely Mary. I atrick. Bridiiet. Ann.\\nMichael, .lame-. Catherine and .Maryaret. and all\\nof this laiyc family, with the exception of the\\ndaughter .Mary, have come to make their homes in\\nthe land of freedom. It was in ISIM when .Mi-\\nchael Dowd came to the United States, and his\\njourney occujiied five weeks. He settled in Brook-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0432.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0433.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "X-\\n/.M3/\u00c2\u00a3^^^2^^-/-z^^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0434.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "POHTIJAI I AND lilOCKAlMIK AI. AI.I .IAI.\\nI.-!.-)\\nIvii. N. W. mikI tlicrc IcMiiuil niiil piactieed the\\ntnidc of M iiiMson. wurkiiiL;- in this line t nr s( ii-\\nti cu yea IS.\\nI llf CS|( Til I l Vcr IKPW todlv |HlSSCSsi(J|l (if Ml\\nl)()\\\\v(l. and in llic fail of IMi;. lie canu to Aiiclii-\\niran and pviicliascd ciiililv acri s of fine land on\\nsection 2(1. Tyrone l o\\\\vnslii|i. l,i\\\\inuston oiintv.\\nI llis was llien eovei ed witli focest, wliicli lie had\\nremoved, ani] he has lirouuiit il into a line state of\\n|irodneti\\\\ eness. and still lesides njion it. His\\niiiairiaije with .Miss Catherine I eiiel took place\\n.lime 1!^. IS. )2. This nnion took place in iirook-\\nlyn. N. The father of Mrs. Dowd was Kd-\\nwiu Ferrel. who einiaiated to this counfry from\\nHarrv. which w.ms the native town of o\\\\n snhject.\\nThree children Messed this nnion Anna, who\\nmarried Tinioth\\\\ Mnrphy. and has now died;\\nPeter .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiul Ivlward. Their mother ))asseil from\\nearth in IS. )7. anil will lie loni; renieniliered as n\\nfaithful wife anil mother and a devoted member\\nof the Ivomaii Catholic (liiirch. The second wife\\nof onr -iiliject w;i i-;ii/.:i Kinney, daiiuhter of\\nChri.-lophi r and -hine (.Mnlvi-y) Kinney. She also\\nis a nati\\\\e of ISarry. Ireliind. and had come to this\\neonnti N some time liefore her nnion with Mr.\\nDowil. Her .six children ar\u00c2\u00bb .lames, Christi)|ihei\\n.M:ii\\\\ Mari !iret. Ko.se and Catherine. I hese are\\nall lieini; hron^iht np in the I .-iitli of the IJoman\\n(atholic (hiircli. to uhicli their p. ii eiits lielonu\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2s-^*^* y\\nOHN 1 I.()( K\\\\\\\\ )1) \\\\\\\\.i liorn in (hitario\\nConiit N. in I s;. p. .-111(1 from his earliest\\n\\\\ear- has Keen conspicnoii-- f( ir his eiieri;y\\nand activity, llis lather, .lolin \\\\\\\\;is liorn\\nill Ontario Coniit\\\\ .\\\\pril II. l.^^ln. He died the\\nday the liist shot was tireil upon Ft. .Sniiiter. He\\nwas a farmer and snr\\\\ eyor and was coiisiilered one\\nof the liest mathematieiails in ()ntario ouiit\\\\ niid\\nwas freqiieiillx coiisiilted liy person- who leid didi-\\nelllt prolileiiis to solve. He had .in cm ialdi repu-\\ntation in his specially, which w:i- tli.-it of -nrNcyiiii;.\\nThe mother of onr siilijcct in her m.-iidcn days\\nwas .Mis .liili.M I helps. .V ii.ative of Coiinectieiit.\\nshe was liorn at Hartford in IHKi. and still sur-\\ni\\\\cs. making her home :it (ieiieva. N. V. Movinif\\ninto (iene\\\\a with his |iarents in IH(il..lohii I\\nI.ookwood spent the next lifteen years of his life\\nill ,itteiidance .at the district scliools and in work-\\ninc- in iiiachine shops. While living at (Jeiiev.-i he\\nlost a portion of his arm while enuaiied in tliresh-\\ninc. This necessitated some chaiiue in his plans\\nfor the future .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iiid h. i\\\\inc only s^l. io in money he\\ndetermined to learn the art of tt U uraphy. In a\\nshort time he was .sent to Sandusky. Ohio, on the\\nH. iltiiuore iV ()hio Kailniad and reniaiiieil there\\nuntil the (lay after (iartield was shot, when lie went\\nto )kemos to work for the (irand Trunk IJailro. id.\\nWhile thus eilii.-iiied he was coiidnctiiig a i;cneral\\ngrain and produce luisiness at Kllia.this .Stale, .-iiid\\nafter rem.-iining in this place three years and li\\\\c\\nmonths he went to I ine Lake .aiid took charge of\\nthe station at that pl;ice.it lieiiig known as ll:is|etl\\nPark.\\nSince coiiiini; to llaslelt Park .Mr. l.oc-k W( lod has\\nlieeii one of the linsicst men in the county. Iiesides\\nperforiiiing the duties of an o)ierator. Iniilding up\\na Imaative trade in tliegenei:il nierch.-indise line,\\nit lieiiic run under the linn ii:iiiie of .John P. Lock-\\nwood .V 11. He also deals in \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2igricultiiral iniple-\\nnieiits and Imy.- farm products of .-ill kinds. .Vside\\nfrom this he runs a liiu farm which he owns (m\\nsection 111. of .Meridian I ownship. He is Treasurer\\nof the township ;ind, altlunigli a stanch Democrat.\\nhas lieeii aw.-irded the jxisitiou of Postmaster.\\nMr. Lockwood is a thoroiioli-going. wide-awake\\nliusiness man who fully deserve,-; the success which\\nhe enjoys .-md the comforts which his line fortune\\ne:i;ililes him to procure. .\\\\n idea of the (ilnme of\\nthe luisiness done liy him in the little vill.-ige may\\nlie had liy stating that during the year l\u00c2\u00ab!lll he\\njiaid the farmers of this vicinity \u00c2\u00a57I.IMKI for farm\\nproducts. )ur sulijecl was very li:ip| ily mariie(l\\n.March I, IS.sl.li) Miss Clara iridatid. of (ieneva.\\nN. She i- a (laughter ol .lohii Ireland. Two\\nchildren have heen liorn of this union Kdwin .M.\\nwho died when I went -one months old and Charles\\nP;iik l.ockw 1. ii;inic(l in honor of Dr. Park, of\\nOkenios: the l.-ist child .are lioni IKHI. just liefore\\nlevclamrs election. Mis. Locknood h:is lieeii a", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0435.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "436\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nmember of the Sandusk} Presbyterian Church.\\nSocially, our subject is connected with the Inde-\\npendent Order of Odd Fellows and is familiar with\\nall its branches. He has always taken an active\\ninterest in pcilitics and is well informed on all the\\ni.ssuse.s of the day.\\nIn connection with this bio, raphical review may\\nbe found the lithographic portrait of Mr. Lock-\\nwood.\\n-f^\\nEMJY 1!. I ATTEKGILL. A man who\\nhas the interests of the place of his resid-\\nence at heart, whether it be in an humble or\\n(sS)) prominent way, always commands the res-\\npect of every right-minded person. In an edu-\\ncational direction there is an additional degree of\\ndeference paid the promoters of advancement, for\\nin the Republic of America in which we blend the\\nFrench idea of equality with the English theory\\nof l)rotherhood, we realize how greatly we are\\nindebted to our public school system for many of\\nthe men that have come to the fore in public as in\\nprivate affairs. The gentleman whose name is at\\ntlic lu;i(l of this sketch is a noted educator in this\\nState and is now the editor and publisher of the\\nMichigan School Moderator, a semi-monthly maga-\\nzine, that is published for the use of teachers and\\nschool Boaids, giving much valuable information\\nin regard to school paraphernalia, as well as the\\nlatest theories and methods as used by the most\\nadvanced educators of the day in foreign lands as\\nwell as our own country.\\nMr. Pattengill was born in ^It. A ision, Otsego\\nCounty, iS. Y., .Tanuary 4, 18. )2. His father was\\nthe Rev. Lemiiel C. Pattengill, who was a native\\nof New Lislion, Otsego County. His paternal\\ngrandfather, also Lemuel Pattengill, was a native\\nof Connecticut, where he engaged in farming,\\nremoving, however, to New York where he was\\nan early settler in Otsego County. Lemuel Pat-\\ntengill, Sr. was a Captain in the War of 1812 and\\nwas wounded at Queenstown Heights, and taken\\nprisoner by the British soldiers and held for\\n(wo or three months in Canada. His decease\\noccurred in New York at the age of eighty-five\\nyears. The familj- are Eastern in their antece-\\ndents.\\nOur subject s father began his career for himself\\nby engaging in farming in Tvew Lisbon, thence\\nremoving to Lawrence, where he became the owner\\nof a fine farm. Always of a deeply religious turn\\nof mind, he determined to devote himself to\\nGospel work, and became a preacher in the Baptist\\nChurch, in which body he became a prominent\\nmember. Later he went to Wilson, N iagara\\nCounty. In about 1863 he became Chaplain in\\nthe army under the Christian commission and he\\nwas present at the victory of Harpei s Ferry and\\nwas able to give comfort to many a po(n- fellow\\nwho breathed his last in the cause of freedom and\\nUnion.\\nIn the fall of 18(i; tlie elder Mr. Pattengill came\\nto Litchfield, this State as pastor of the Baptist\\nChurch. He remained there for six or seven years\\nand tlun removed to Ann Arbor, where he su])-\\nl)lied churches. Thence he moved to Ithica and\\nthere he died in 187.5 at the age of sixty-tive\\nyears. He w as a Kei)uliiican in politics, voting,\\nhowever, for the man that he believed to be best\\nfitted for the position and one that he felt that\\nhad integrity .and principle rather than a man who\\ncould be made tlie tool of unscrupulous ]iolit-\\nicians.\\nOur subject s mother was before her marriage\\njNIiss Blary (iregory. She also was born in Otsego\\nCounty. She was a daughter of the Rev. Seth\\nGregory, a native of Rhode Island, who located\\nnear Lislion. He, like our subject s father, was a\\nBaptist minister and for forty years had a charge in\\none place. Mrs. Pattengill is still living, making her\\nhome with her son. She h.as reached the good old\\nage of seventy-eight years and has been the mother\\nof three children, only one of whom, the young-\\nest, is now living.\\nThe original of our sketch was born in Otsego\\nCounty, N. Y* after which, at the age of one year,\\nhe was baken by his parents to Akron, Erie County,\\nwhence after a residence of five or six ye.ars he\\nremoved to Wilson and as soon as old enough\\nattended the Wilson Academy. Removing to\\nLitchfield, Mich., in 1866, he attended the Litch-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0436.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "PORTK.Ur AM) liKXiKAPlIICAL AIJU M. 437\\nfield lliiih Sclioul. After tli;il lie went In IIii(I.n(iii ()ullinc loi S|n ci:i| Day Kxercii es for Sclio4)l.\\nMMil wMs a i rii iu;it( fioiii llic llii li Sclinnl al llic All tin- aliiixe naiiicd hooks lie has written, and also\\naii e of s( cnlccn \\\\fai In I HTiMic entered the |Mililislie the Micliisfan Historical and (ieosjfrai)!!-\\nI niversit of .Miehii;an in which he (jursued Ihe ieal Cards foi- Sehool. upon which he has a copv-\\nliteiary eoiiise for four vears. i railuatinii in I.S7I liuht. \\\\unierou olher woiU that hear upon\\nand takinu the dej^ree of liaehelor of Science. At educational inattei come from his presses,\\nthe connneucement al which he was uraduate(l he In 1 HHfJ our iiliject tilled the vneanc\\\\ of Assist-\\nwas one of fourteen speakers and was clas pi-o- ant Professor in ICni;lishat the Auricultural ol-\\nphel. After linishini; his collciie course he iletei- let;c. I nder his alile iii tiiict ion it i;ivw into one\\nmined to devote himself to educational work and of the most i)op\\\\dar cour e in tlu collei;c. In\\nwent to St. Louis, where he became Superintendent 188!) he showed his fearlessiu in rciiard to pulilic\\nof the I niiui Schools, holdiiiii the position for two opinion when he espoii.sed the pait of I lof. M.-ic-\\n\\\\car Thence he went to Ithaca and wa Supci-- Kwaii in the coiiti-oversy or ruption in tlie clioo|.\\ninlcndent of Schools foi eiylit \\\\cars. During his and at thi time he .-ittackcil the lioard of Control\\nt;iy iif ciuht years in that city he estaiilishe(l a upon their action regardint; I rof. .\\\\i;icKw!Ui. .Mr.\\nHigh School and interested the .School lioard in Pattenuill is an enthusiastic institute worker and\\nhiiiher c luc;ition!il work until .-i \u00c2\u00ab2r),(l(MI .school has lieen ap|M)inted Ity the Stat Sujierintendent of\\nhouse was I in i It. in which the I ligli School was con- I uhlic I list net ion as on duct or of Instit utes and\\nducted. Duriiii the contemplation and Imildini; in this capacity ha^ done ci\\\\icc in oni -h:df the\\nhe was on the Imildini; c Mnmittee .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid .at the sum countic in the St.-iti\\ntime was I residenI of the X illaue foi- two terms The ori inal of our sketch w;i married in .St.\\nHe was .also President of (iratiot ouiity Teachers Louis in ls*77. his liiidc lieiiii; .\\\\li\u00c2\u00bb Liz/.ie Shai p-\\nAssociation for eiyht yeai sleen. who wa horn in Pen .and is a dan-i li-\\nIn 1H^(1 Mr. Pattengill went to (irand U .apids ter of .Mortimer Shaipstecn. also :i n.ative of New\\n.and tlu re hecame assistant edit(jr of tlu* Sc/ioa/ t ork. She came West when a \\\\ouiii; lad\\\\- with\\nModi rat ir. a magazine pnhlished for the \\\\r e of hei- paicnt locating in Iowa .and latei- settling in\\nteacluas and in the interest of educational affairs. (ir.atiot County. wIkm-c lua- f.atlua- w,m,- .an e.arh\\nHe continued m thi po ition for one year and pioncia .and faiiner. .Mrs. I .attengill was a grad-\\nthen liought out the pap(a-. iiano\\\\ing lii ollice to n.ate from the High School of St. Louis, .and is a\\nLansini;. from whii li it has since lieiai puhlislied. most accom|ilished. amialile and :ittracti\\\\( l.ad\\\\-.\\nI he maga/.iin wa lir t printed in Jrand Papid- in She i\u00c2\u00ab t he mother pf foiu children who.se names\\n188(1 .and the purchase w.as made li\\\\ oui- .--ulijcct in an- ,a follows: l,illi \\\\ictor P.. .Margaret I. and\\n188; .Since that lime it h,a gi-own fiom a sixteen- Pal .\\\\1. .\\\\h. I .attiaigill has .a li .autifnl home which\\npage (piart i to a thii ty-two-page ipiarto magaziiu he erected at .a cost of of s;7.ii(iil on Ihe corner of\\nand it ha^ also increased in circadation from foiu-- Townsi ml .and I.en.awee Sticets. .\\\\rchitectinall\\\\\\nt(aMi liinidrcd to li\\\\c Ihons.-nnl. As lieforc said, it it is lincl\\\\ pidiioi tioncd and .artisti .and interior-\\nis levol(ai to the educational intia ests and estah- ally is supplied with ev(a\\\\v comfort and coiiven-\\nli.slied for the lienelit of schools. The liest teachers ience that makes modern living coniparati\\\\el\\\\ so\\n.and educators of the chiy are cont riliut(H-s. Pcsides delightful. It is .alioxc all .and licfoi-i all honieh\\nthis magazine .Mr. P.attingill pulilishes a iinndua- anil is a tit place- for the developnu-nl of true (ad-\\nof otIuM- hooks. ()ne of (he most |)opular is the 1 ure ;ind relinement. The editor has here .a line\\nCivil iovernmiiit of .Michigan. of which In- lihr.ary of c.arcfully-selccted woi ks of the Nest\\nhim.self is the author. .Vnother \\\\-ery attr.actively authors, .and his children are niadr to realize that\\nwritten and pojuilar hook is Thoughts for those they .are the heirs of all the ages hy hcini; sur-\\nwho i liiid\\\\. also written liy our suiijcct. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Tip- idunded .and m.aile famili.ar with the hest llioughls\\nTop Pieces tor Little l- niks. a .Manna! of )rthog- of the hesi Knglish wnteis ,,f c.ailv .-is well as\\nraphy. a .School Song Knaps.ack. .and -.Vu model ii times.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0437.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "438\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nOur subject is connected with several societies,\\nbeing lecturer of the Lansing Grange. He is a\\nineinber of tlie State Teachers Association, of\\nwhicli he was at one time Secretary. In liis politi-\\ncal following he is stanchly Republican and being\\none of the most enlightened and intelligent men\\nof the vicinity he has been many times a delegate\\nto county and State conventions. AVhen a boy\\njNIr. Pattengill was severel.y Inirt by a reaper. For\\nfive months lie was confined to bis room and kept\\n(111 his linck. riii accident caused a sliglit lame-\\nness which undoubtedly changed the course of his\\nlife, as his early home being on the lake, he pro-\\nbably otherwise would have been a farmer or\\nsailor.\\n^i RS. EMELINE (HOUGHTON) LANNING.\\nIt is an unusual thing to find a woman\\nwho has been brought up under the old\\nregime in which it was thought unwomanly\\nand immodest for one of the gentler sex to interest\\nherself in anything outside of domestic affairs or\\nsuch gentle occupation as writing poetry, to step\\nout into the world and assume duties which have\\nalways been considered as belonging to the sterner\\nsex. She of whom we write, although having\\npassed the meridian of youth and vigor, has as-\\nsumed the control of extensive business affairs re-\\nlating to her husliand s estate, and has managed\\nthem successfully. Far from giving her a mannish\\nor unwomanly air, she has dignified the work that\\nshe has taken up and given it a grace and gentle-\\nness of her own.\\nMrs. Lanning is llie owner of the farm located\\non section 22. llartland Township, Livingston\\nCounfy, and although slic is nearly seventy years\\nof age slie operates it so as to bring her in a good\\nincome. The la(t\\\\- was born in the State of New\\nYork, lier iMrllnilace bein tlie town of Hambursf,\\nHiic County, about tliree miles from the city of\\nBuffalo. Her natal day was July 29, 1822. Her\\nfather was Ezra Houghton, a native of New York,\\nwhere he was reared and educated. He came to\\nMichigan, however, among its earliest pioneer set-\\ntlers, directing his way in 1833 direct to Washte-\\nnaw County, where he took up eighty acres of land\\nfrom the Government. On this he built a log\\nhouse and bent his efforts toward improving his\\ntract. He had succeeded in clearing ten acres and\\nplacing thereon some improvements when he sold\\nout his claim and purchased school land on section\\nIfi, Webster Township, Washtenaw County. There\\nhe lived for the remainder of his days, placing\\nvaluable im|)roveraents on the tr.actand making of\\nit a comfortable home place. There he died after\\nreaching a good old age.\\nOur subject s mother, in her maiden days, was\\nMargaret (Jueal, a native of Ireland, who came to\\nAmerica when a young girl. She was educated in\\nNew York State. Her husband and herself were\\nburied side by side in AVebster cemetery. They\\nwere the parents of nine children. Mrs. Lanning\\nis the third child in order of birth and also the\\nthird daughter. She came to this State with her\\nparents when but eleven years of age. That was\\na day when it was not considered menial to help a\\nneighbor with the domestic or farm work and to\\nreceive in return pay, and our subject worked out\\nin order to help support herself and family. She\\nwas a capalile and competent young woman and\\nearly made a reputation for being one of the best\\nhousewives of the country. It was not long be-\\nfore one of the young men of the neighborhood\\nbecame aware of her virtues and attractions, and\\nDecember 22. 1839, she was united in marriage to\\nW. C. Lanning, a native of New Jersey, there born\\nFebruary 7, 1810. With his parents he removed\\nfrom his native place to the town of Enfield, Tomp-\\nkins County, N. Y., when but five years old. There\\nhe was reared and educated, coming to this State\\nwhen a young man.\\nThe young couple set up housekeeping in Hart-\\nland Township. Livingston County, in 1840, the\\nsame week in wjiich their marriage took place.\\nThey began by taking up one hundred and sixty\\nacres of land from the Government, which is the\\nsame tract upon which our subject now resides.\\nTlie huslwnd cleared a space in the tangle of under-\\nbrush and forest trees, and built a log house and", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0438.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0439.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0440.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT A^D IIJOGKAPIIICAL ALBLM.\\n441\\nset alxnit improvina: (lie i)lacc. From time to time jOiosis t)f the lieaiitifiil city with important coiii-\\natlilinii a few acres until tliev hecame the owners\\nof Iwo iHiiidrcd and ten acres. Mr. I aniiini; ni:i(U\\nall the iiniiroxements that were at that time on tlie\\nplace. lie (lied ill .Tanuai y, ll^H t, after i lifetime\\nspent in an effort to secure sucli a -i]inpetciicy as\\nsliould relieve him from the necessity of liard ialior.\\nIll his youth he adhered to the Wliiu policy liut\\non tile formation of tiie Repulilican party, trans-\\nferred iiis alieiiiance to it. lie was a well-l iiowii\\nand well-like l man and was one of the earliest set-\\ntlers ill this portion of tiie country. lie w:is a\\nliheral contriliiitor to all good and ju-^t causes,\\nlending an encouragiug voice to every progressive\\nmovement that promised to lie for tiie licnefit of\\nthe |iiililic.\\n^)m\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 subject has one daughter. Terressa. now the\\nwife of Squire Vescelius. They reside in llaitland\\nTownship on part of the old homestead. .Mrs.\\nLanning owns a farm of one hundred and sixty\\nacre.s which is the original plat purchiused from the\\nniercial interests from the crudest pioneer settle-\\nment.\\nUeceiviug the rudiments of his education in this\\ncity. Dr. Siiank when a youth was sent hack to\\nNew Yolk State to enjoy the advantages oflfered\\nat Oak wood Seminary a heatitifii! educational\\ninstitution located on t ayuga Lake. After read-\\ning with his father who was a professional man of\\nhigh standing, he entered the Medical Department\\nof the rniversity uf .Michigan in order to pursue\\nhis studies in thai line under the hest conditions\\npo.ssilile. lie took an advanced three years course\\nand was yr:iduated in the Class of 71. His in-\\ndi peiideiu c of nature is shown li\\\\ the fact that\\nwhen a junior student at Oakwood .Scniiiiarv he\\nenlisted in the War oPflie U cliellion at Auhurii. X.\\nV. Ill ompany One Hundred and Forty-eighth\\nNew York Infantry. lie w.is mustered into .service\\n.Vugust 2, \\\\Ml, and sent to the .Vriny of the\\n.lames River Division. He served as a [irivate un-\\nGovernment. On her husband s death she was til the close of the war. He was present at the\\nappointed administratrix of the estate and has\\nsince continued to carry on the business incident\\nto the farm. .She now rents the ])lace devoting\\nherself to a general oversight and the placing of\\ninvestments. She has done exceedinglv well in\\nbattle of Appomattox Court House and was\\nthrough the Weldon Railroad raid and witnessed\\nthe fall of retcrsburg and Appomattox.\\nAfter being mustered out of service he returned\\nhome and began the study of his profession, as be-\\nthe management of the farm thus far. It is grati- fore stated, reading with his father. After gradu-\\nfying to find so much business capacity and capa-\\nl)ility in one of the gentler sex, and Mr. Lanning s\\nconlideiice in the life-hmg partner of his joys and\\nsorrows has proved to be not in any wise misplaced.\\nj4 J J !-r-\\n-:*i* 5**5**^^^^\u00c2\u00a7\\nating he came to Lansing and began practicing\\nwhich he has ever since continued. First as his\\nfather s partner, he remained with him until his\\ndeath, April 23, 1888. .\\\\fter that sad event he as-\\nsociated himself with Dr. A. S. Hyatt. Our subject\\nis a member of both the State and Lansing Medical\\nSocieties. For the past ten years he has been\\nPresident of the lioard of Examining Surgeons\\n^iUSH J. SHANK, M. D. is one of the pro- and previous to the formation of local Boards he\\nminent physicians and surgeons of Lansing. entered upon his duties on the Board of Examin-\\nJngham County, where he was born Decern- ing Surgeons in 187(), serving until 188(5. In 1884\\nber 15, 1848, one year after the capital wiis Dr. Shank was appointed .as Department Ctini-\\nhere located. His father was Hulbert B. Shank, a mandcr, .Michigan Department of the Orand Army\\npioneer who felled the trees where now the most of the IJepulilic- and now is President of the lioard\\nimportant city streets are laid out and charred the of Managers of the Michigan Soldier s Home. He\\nground by burning out the stumjis and underbrush. unites a regular practice with his specialty, which\\nHis home was where his son. Dr. Shank, now lives. is that of surgery, he having the reputation of be-\\non .Vllegan Street between Washington and Capitol ing one of the liiiest surgeons in this |)ortioii of the\\nAvenues. Dr. Shank has witnessed the mctamor- State.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0441.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "442\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nSociality Dr. Shank i:s in constant demand. He\\nis Eminent Commander of the Lansinji Knights\\nTemplar, a Knight of Pythias, an Elk, and beh)ugs\\nto the Grand Army of the Republic, and in fact is\\na member of numerous other orders. He was\\nunited in mai riage with Jliss Ella E. Williams, of\\nthis city December 2!l. 1H7. 5. Tliis marriage has\\nbeen blest by the advent of one daughter. Ruth.\\nDr. Shank is an extremely popular man, greatly\\nliked by all who know him. A skillful physician and\\nsurgeon, his services are in constant demand by\\nthe best class of patrons in the city.\\nThe attention of the reader is invited to a litho-\\ngraphic portrait of l)i Shank, presented in connec\\ntion with this l)iogra])hieal notice.\\n^^EORGE A ORCJ\\nThe iiwnc] of jind resi-\\nl|( dent upon the tine farm ideated on ection\\nVi^i 15, Leiov Township. Inglmui County, is a\\nprominent man in this section, lie is a native of\\nNew York, being born in Cayuga County !May 2.\\n1842. He is the .son of William and Celia (Weber)\\nVorce. His father was a native of New York\\nState and his mother of Connecticut. His paternal\\ngrandfather is .said to have beeii a Revolutionary\\nsoldier.\\nWhen about two or thiec years old the original\\nof our sketch was brought by his ])arent.s t(j Ing-\\nham County, this State, the family settling on .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^cc-\\nlion 21. Leroy Townsliij). where they were among\\nthe early settlers. Oui- subject s father here fle-\\nvoted himself to the calling of agriculture which\\nwas not at that time the cdnip.-natively easy one\\nof the ])resent day, foi- they were i)ioneers. and\\nhad literally to hew their way through the fore.sts\\nto get even a place uti wliicli they coulil locate\\ntheir log house, which was the tir.st home they had\\n(m coming to the State. The principles c f De-\\nmcicracy are those that were dearest and nearest to\\nMr. N orce. Sr. The theories of that gentleman,\\nhowever, were not nari ow in anv respect. an l he\\nsought (inly the interests of the public at large, re-\\ngardless of ])arty ))i ejn(lice, )ur suliject is one of\\neight children born to his parents, of which the\\nnames following are those that still survive: Helen,\\n-lohn. (4eorge, Edward. Siisan. William and An-\\ndrew. Helen is the wife of A. C. Wiuant; Susan\\nmarried William House.\\nThe gentleman of whom it is our pleasure to\\ngive this short ketcli in outline was reared to\\nmanhood in this county, and his experience here\\nis that of many pioneers in this |iortion of the\\ncountry. His devoticm to his farming interests\\nhas brought him large returns. The greater por-\\ntion of his early life was spent in rural occupa-\\ntion, for there was much to be done in those days\\nin felling timlier, making the I oads and in gener-\\nally iin])roviiig the contour of the land. There\\nwas not so much selishne then as now. or per-\\nhaps one may better sa^ that the general good Mt\\nthat time was also the individual good.\\nAlthough well endowed by natuie with lii-ight\\nmental fjualities, the educational advantages en-\\njoyed by our subject were not brilliant. He has.\\nIniwever. become self-educated to such a degree\\nthat he passes for a man of liberal education. A\\ngood conver. ^ationalist, he is also genial and sunii\\\\\\ntempered, having the hajijiy faculty of making\\none feel at ea.se. In Eebruary, IHGiJ. Mr. Vorce\\nenlisted in Coiniiany C. Eleventh ^lichigan In-\\nfantry, \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2md with his legimentwas assigned todut\\\\\\nin the .Vriny of the Cumberland. He continue l\\nin service until his duscharge, in .September. lH(i.\\nDuring his ex|)erience as a soldier he was detailed\\nto duty as guard over railroads and trains and to\\ndo general jiicket duty in Tennessee.\\nOn returning from the war our suliject was\\nmarried, in August. 1871, to Mi. s Marietta Haiii.\\nwho was born in this .State and is a daughter of\\nThomas Bain. By this union three children were\\nborn, two of whom are living at the present time.\\nThey are Elmer and Lina. JNIr. Vorce is the owner\\nof one hundred acres of well-imiiroved land. He\\nhas erected thereon good Iniildings, having a pleas-\\nant home and clianning surroundings. He devotes\\nhimself to general fanning, sujiplemeuting the\\nproducts of the soil with the rich returns from his\\nlive stock. A Democrat in his jiolitical belief, onr\\nsubject has always endeavored to be true to what\\nhe believe^ to be for the general good, irrespec-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0442.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n443\\ntive of party. Tlie oiiainnl (if our skt toli lias been\\nan incumbent of several township ollices. For\\nthree years he was Ilijihway Connnissiouer. and he\\nhas also served as School Moderator of Ills district\\nfor a number of years. He has identilied himself\\nwith the Farmer.s Alliance, in which he is an ac-\\ntive member. Truly one of the thrifty tillers of\\nthe soil in J-eroy Township .Mr. irce also com-\\nmands the respect of his fellow-townsmen.\\njj^ LKK COOK. The Deputy Sheriff of Ing-\\nham County is at the ]iresent time a resi-\\nll\\\\^\\\\\u00c2\u00ab; dent of the city of Lansinij. havini; been\\nhere since 1867. He is a native of Canada,\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\u(l was born at (ircenville, Argentile County,\\n(Quebec, February 10, 1842. He is a sou ofllir.am\\nL. and Lucinda (Haynes) Cook. .Vs a lioy he\\nreceived the advantages of a good education, at-\\ntending school at Greenville. There seems to be a\\ncertain element in the atmosphere of Cai\\\\ada that\\nvitalizes and in vigorates*, giving to the inhabitants\\nof that jiart of America a freshness and clearness\\nof perception and a bieadth of mental caliber, as\\nwell as strong, sturdy, [ihysical constitutions.\\nAfter finishing his education, our subject went\\nto rpi)er Canada, locating in AVestmeatli, Kenfrew\\nCounty, where he followed the trade which he had\\nlearned in his native town. It was that of a car-\\npenter and joiner. He followed this calling some\\nlittle time while in Canada, becoming skilled in\\nhis workmanshi]). In 18();3 he came to the United\\nStates and loiated in .Saginaw, there lieing engaged\\nat once in building a sawmill for JMe.ssr.s. Sage and\\n^IcCraw. In the latter part of 18(;i he lemoved\\nto Ann Arbor, and while there was engaged in\\nwork on the I uiversitv building, .assisting in tlu\\nerection of an addition to the Medical ])e|)artmeiit.\\nIn 18( he went to .lackson in order to help build\\nthe Fnicm Block, being a part of the time employed\\nas contractor on that building.\\nIn 18()7 Mr. Cook came to Lansing, first atlr.acted\\nhere by the fact that several large buildings were\\nbeing erected and his reputation as a line wurkman\\nat once secured him a good place among the Car-\\nl)enters and Builders fraternity. The first build-\\ning that he was engaged upfin was the Lansing\\nHouse, now called the Downey House, and since\\nthat time he has done a large contracting business.\\nSome of the houses he h.as erected arc the Lamed\\ncrockery store, the series of stores opposite the\\nLansing House, and a number of buildings on Hon.\\n.1. F. Warner s farm. He also took the contract\\nfor tearing down the old State Land Office, where\\nthe Capitol now stands. This, however, was an\\nunfortunate undertaking for him, for while en-\\ng.aged on this building he had a terrible fall by\\nwhich he broke ;ind |)ermanently crip|)led his right\\nwrist and hand, also his right leg and, injured\\none lung. The fall was froma height of sixty feet,\\nand it is a mystery how he sui vived at all. He\\nsuffei ed other injuries and was obliged to give up\\nhis liusiness in conseipience.\\nTurning to new fields in which he could find an\\noccupation that his strength was equal to, he be-\\ncame an agent for sewing machines and was in this\\nvery successful. .Vbout that time, however, the\\nmunicipality was organizing the first jiolice force\\n(1872), and our subject was appointed upon this\\nforce, being the first uniformed policeman seen in\\nthe city. He continued in this position for six or\\nseven years, holding it uiidei- both Republican and\\nDemocratic adminisf rati ins, which fact speaks well\\nfor his popularity as a man and the fitness that his\\nconstituents felt he had for the position. After\\nwithdrawing fi-oni the poliee force he was elected\\nC in stable, which otilce he also held for se\\\\-eral years,\\nanil w;is then .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ippninteil Deputy Sheriff. While still\\nConstable he w;is appointed by llic Council as\\nhief of Police and also City AIar lial, both titlices\\nbeing combined by a Democratic Council. He\\nserved in tliat ca|)acity for two years, at the end\\nof which time he was appointed keeper of the lug-\\nham County poor house. whi li position he helil\\nfor three years.\\nFor reasons not known to the writer .Mr. ook\\nresigned his position as .Superintendent and mana-\\nger of the poor house and returned tt) Lansing,\\nwhere he purcha.sed a store known as the East Side\\n(Irocerv. the former owiii i- lieing Dr. Hitchcock.\\n)wiinr. however, to the sickness of his wife he was", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0443.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "444\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n(itiliged to sell out, and after a time went into the\\nconerete sidewalk liu.-iness operating tliis foi- a per-\\niod if two years, lie then sold out his Imsiness\\nto a tirmwho yet carry on tlie work under tlie firm\\nname of IIa.t ernmn A- Hopkins. After dis])osing of\\nthis business our sniijeet for a time did not engage\\nin other active work, devoting himself to the recu-\\nperation of his liealth. In .lanuai-y, 188;), he re-\\nceiveil liis tliird apiiointment as Deputy Sheriff,\\nand still serves in that capacity.\\nPolitically, our suliject is a follower of tlie Dem-\\nocratic i)arty. Socially he is a memhei- of the Inde-\\npendent Order of Odd Fellows. ha\\\\ing held all the\\noltices in the lodge to which he belongs. )\\\\u sidi-\\nject s domestic life has been \\\\ery happy, made so\\nl V a wife who has ever been to him an ins])iia t ion\\nand a help. She was in hci- mai U n days. Miss\\nElecta .Morehouse, of the city of Lansing. They\\nwere married December i .u \\\\X~t i. The lady is a\\ndaughter of Harvey Morehouse, who was one of\\nthe oldest settlers in this city, having at the tinu\\nof his decease lived here nearly foity years. His\\nwidow still s\\\\irvives and makes her home at Lan-\\nsing. Our suliject and his wife have one daughter.\\nIlalla Kdith. a charming miss of lifteen years of\\nage.\\ni 5-\\nm.\\n\\\\T(EREMIAH J. BROWN was born in Lexing-\\nton, Richland County, Ohio. August it.\\n1839. His father. Aimer Ih-own. was born.\\nin November. 181S. in Martinsburg, Knox\\nCounty. Ohio. He w.as a general mechanic and\\nwas a very skillful artis-iu. being a buildci of en-\\ngines and he iiad the distinction of being one of\\nthe first engineers to lun over the Baltimore k Ohio\\nRoad. This was in the primitive days of railroad\\nconstruction when strap r;iils were used.\\nThe grandfather of the subjrct of oiii sketch was\\nalso named Jeremiah, lb was boin in IT .M. in\\nthe Slate of New .lersey not fai from Xewai-k and\\nwas a general farmer. His decease occurred, .lunc\\n24, 1867, at his old homestead in the Buckeye State.\\nHe w.as in jirosperous circumstances, being the\\nowner of a beautiftd farm and was well-known\\nthroughout the State. He was the father of eight\\nchildren. One of the sons, Abner Brown, and the\\nfather of our subject, married Rebecca Sinkey. who\\nwas a native of AVashington County, I a., where\\nshe was born in IHl. i. Her decease took place,\\n.June 11. ISM. i. in the city of Lansing. l roin this\\nmarriage there was an i.ssue of live sons. as follows:\\n.leremiah .L. Abraham N.. .lames Fostei-, Alexander\\nB. and Aimer II. Abraham is now at the head of\\none of the departnu uts in the (Jovernnu nt print-\\ning odice in Washington. I). C.; -lames resides in\\nLansing, this State; Alexander lives in Decatur-,\\n.Via. One son. Abner. died in his eighth year.\\nThe origiinil of oui- sketch lived at home luitil\\nhe was twenty-oiu years of age. attending the dis-\\ntrict school until 18. when his father moved to\\nLansing, and there he enjo\\\\ ed the advantages\\noffered in the district selmol. He was engaged as\\na student until the bi-eaking out of the war, jjaying\\nfor his tuition and incidental expenses, by doing\\nwork as a tutor in niathejiiatics. )ii tlic tiring of\\nthe first gini Mr. Brown was one of the first to go\\nto the front, enlisting in the fall of lcS(;i. He was\\nin the second battle of Bull l!un and at White Sul|.-\\nhur Springs, also at Slaughter Mountain, at Rajiija-\\nhanock Station. (Jainesville Station and in the\\nterrible battle at .Manass.as. Oui sutiject lioi C away\\nwith him nine battle .scars, having been shot\\nthrough l)oth knees, as well as other wounds. For\\nsix months he was in hosjiilal in Baltimoie .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ind\\nFrederick City, Md, His most serious wound was\\nrecei\\\\ed in the battle of .South Mountain, ^Id. in\\nl.S()2. lb was finally discharged on account of\\ni disal)ilities resulting from wounds, IMaich 1 l. l. ^C.\\nOn returning fi om the war, Mr. Bidwn entered\\nthe .Michig;ui Agricultural College, where he em-\\nl)lo\\\\ ed himself industriously for one year. He\\nthen clerked in a mercantile store in Lansing and\\nin vai ious places until lS(i7. when he oiiencd a\\ngeneral sttire it acousta, remaining in business\\ntliere for one \\\\eai ;iud thence going to Lansing\\nwheie he lemaineil for one year. Fr(_ m that place\\nlu reUHived to Okenuis and has lemained here\\never since. He is doing a successful business and\\nhas a line stock of drugs, groceries and bazaar\\ngoods.\\nThe oriyinal of o\\\\a- sketch was married, in l *(i:i.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0444.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "POUTHAIT AND I .IOORAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n445\\nto Miss SMTmIi a. .Mc( H Ol-uc. M (ImUuIiIcI- illi.Mlll\\nMc( ii oi iTc. riiis :iiiii:ilil( (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(pU|i1c .-ire (liilillos.\\n(ml IkkI ;m :ii|ii|iIim1 ilMiluhlcr wlm Ikut the\\nMMiiic III l,ill\\\\ A. I liown. Slic was :i must I xt in-\\npliiiv oiiiiii l;uly Mild died :it tin- aifO of seven tccii.\\nMrs. Brown is a inenilicr of the Methodist ICpisen-\\npal Chiireli at Okeiiios. Soeiallv our siilijeet is a\\nMason. Iieioiiiiinu In l.aiisiiiy l.odo e. Xo. i. i. whieli\\nhe joiiK d in 1 SfiT.\\nMr. IJiown s anccstor in iiis fatiiei s side eanie\\nfrom Seotland. On Ihc mother s side, theye.ame\\nfrom Cork. Iri land. l (_ilitic;iily he of whom we\\nwrite is a stanch Deinoerat, aithouiili lnoiinlit up\\nhv Wepnlilieaii parents. I h li;i lieeii quite |iromin-\\neiilU ich ii tilled with the polities of Meridi. in Town-\\nship. Iiiuli.-im County and was the Clerk for three\\n\\\\ears. In 1S74 he was elected .Instiee of the l e;ice.\\nIioldintf the office until \\\\XX2. Ih wasauain elected\\nin IHKl and served for four ye:iis. Mr. Ilrown i\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2111 intellifient. wi(U -awake man. who is mo l iieiii:il\\nin his manner and popular and prcoperoiis in his\\nhusiness relations. ITi owii one of the prettii I\\nhomes in the |)resent \\\\illam of Ikenio,...\\nO^\\nD.V.M FOKKSTKi;. proprietor of F.ierster s\\nBrewery, which is situ.-ited at the foot of\\n^ladisoii street. Lansing Inifliam County,\\nim the hanks of the (^rand River, was\\nhorn in Canada, at Ileidleliersi Waterloo oiinty.\\nKehruary 22, 1^*4 H. His father. Louis Foerster, was\\nI native of Baden. (Jermany. his natal year heinji\\nlf tl. i. lie hail two Iprothei s in the Napoleonic wars\\nwho were killed and left on the Held at Mom-ow.\\nHe was a lock and guiisniith in (iermany. and\\ncame to the New World in ls ;i. after his iiiar-\\nriajje, and located at Heidleheri Canada, lie\\ntook a farm in the woods ami settled niion it live\\nmiles from any iieiuhlmr. and heuinniiiL; life here\\nin a hark shanty, wiu ked his way up to a comfort-\\nahle eompeteney. He still resides ii|kiii this old\\niiomestead. He is conservative in his view .indis\\na meinhcr of ihc Luthernii Church. The mother\\nof oiir ul)jeet hore the maiden name of Mary Zie i\\nler. :ind she was horn in Baden. Jermaiu and\\ndied in 1 M. i, leaving ten children.\\nriitil he reached the age of eisjhteen years our\\nsuhject lived upon the farm with liis parents and\\nattended the common district .school. He wa.s\\nthen apprenticed for two years tfi the hrewer s hus-\\niness at I roton. and in IHIK!. went to Cincinnati,\\n(lliio. and was for four ye;ii in tlii ciiqiioyofa\\nlirewer\\\\- there, as s;ilesnian. in IH70, he came to\\npsilaiiti. Mich., jiiid in p. irtnership with his\\nlirotlicr. l,oui it., he purchased a lirewery and op-\\ner. ited it until 1 ^H when he went to Ligonier.\\nIiid.. and there rented a hrewery which he carried\\non until 11S77. when he came to Lansing.\\nMr. i lH i-tcr now purchased the lircwer\\\\ which\\nhe is till iipeiatini;. .-iiid proceeded to enlarue and\\niiiipro\\\\e it. till it now lia\u00c2\u00bb a cajiacity of thirty-tive\\nliarrel a day. He has also erected a new hrewery,\\none portion of which measnied 2 )x7 feet, and\\nthe other part 2l.\\\\lili feel, and aside from this he\\nhas also put up an ice house and storage house.\\nIt i^ the only lirewery in Lansing. This geirtleman\\nowns a farm of one htindri d and twenty acres in\\nDeWitt Townslii|), Clinton (niiiity. which i a\\ntiiiely improved condition and is uiidi r .Mr. Foers-\\nter s direct superintenilence. He rai.se upon this\\nf;iiiii an excellent grade of stock and lioi ses of\\ngood lireeds. Our suhject was married in Cincin-\\nnati. Ohio, in lH(i lieiiig then united with .Miss\\nCatherine Spaeth. ,i native of Hamilton, Butler\\nCounty. Ohio, and .a d.aiighterof .Mr. .loliii .Spaeth,\\nwho w;is liorn in Bavaria, (lermany. and liecame\\nan earlv settler in ()hio. where he carries Oil his\\ntrade as .a tailor in Hamilton. This man was so\\nloyal to his adopted country that lie enlisted at\\nthe lirst tap of the dnini .it the breaking out of the\\nCivil War. and was one of the very first volun-\\nteers to join the ranks. He served for three\\nmonths and then re-enlisted and w-i-s in service\\nuntil the close of the war. He died some years\\nago.\\nVUv li\\\\c children of our sulijecl are Charles L.,\\n(Jeorge F.. Ida C. K.. Alhert Lucia II. .M.\\nIn the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Mr,\\nl- oerster lielongs to the Capital Lodge No. 45, and\\nthe ICiicampmenl Xo, 1 He is also connected", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0445.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "446\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nwith the Kniiihts uf Honor, Ancient Order of\\nTnited WurivUK-n. and tlie Red Cross, and has been\\ntlie President for several years of the Arbeiter So-\\neiety. He also I)ehwys to the German Leiderkranz.\\nIn his church relations he is a Lutheran, and in\\npolitics is a Denfocrat, lieint; fre(iuently a delegate\\nto the county conventions. He is also connected\\nwith the Michit an State Brewer s Association.\\n^^i\\nLH\\n\\\\H/\\nj |r4=^\\nm\\nILLL\\\\M .S. HOLMES i SON. The high\\ngrade of the educational institutions of\\nV/ ^j Michigan has forwarded certain industries,\\nnotably those of the manufacture and introduction\\nof musical in.struments, which may now be found\\nin every hamlet in the State. The best class of\\nsuch instruments are demanded by the people of\\nwealth and culture who now- form so large a por-\\ntion of the population of this State and among the\\nmost enterprising lirms which meet this demand is\\nthe one which we have named at the head of this\\nparagraph. These gentlemen liave the manage-\\nment of the finest wholesale and retail music house\\nin Lansing, and the father who has long been one\\nof the men of wealth in this city commands the\\nrespect of all for his patriotic services to his coun-\\ntry as well as for the well-known integrity and\\nability of the firm. Besides handling musical in-\\nstruments of all kinds this firm supplies sheet\\nmusic, song books and sewing machines.\\nW. S. Holmes the senior member of this firm,\\nwas born in Unadilla, Livingston County, Mich.,\\nin February, 1840. His fathei, David Holmes, was\\nborn in the North of Ireland and there grew up a\\nfarmer. At the age c f twenty-one he came to\\nAmerica and located ui)on Long Island, whence he\\nremoved to Hartford, Conn., finding work in a\\ncarpet factory and in that city he found his wife.\\nIt was in 1837 when he came to Michigan, where\\nhe bought one hundred and sixt^y acres of fine land\\non section 28, in Unadilla Township, Livingston\\nCounty. He improved this property and remained\\nupon it until 1866, when he removed to DeWitt\\nand after one year there went to Greeubush Town-\\nship, Clinton County. There he bought a farm of\\nsixty acres and made it his home until his death in\\n1884, when he had attained to the venerable age\\nt)f eighty-four years. In his political views he was\\na Democial until 18.j4, when he became a Rei)ubli-\\ncan. I icing one of the fii st in his neighborlifxid to\\njoin that new party. For fifty years he was hon-\\nored and lielovfd as a Deacon in the Baptist Church.\\nHis wife, Lucretia McC onnell. wasa native of Con-\\nnecticut and died in Livingston County in IH4;1\\nOf the five children of this family four grew to\\nniaturit\\\\ the senior member of this firm being the\\nyoungest child. He was reared on the farm and\\nbegan his education in a log schoolhouse. remain-\\ning at home and working on the farm until August\\n1862. when he enlisted in Company B. Twenty-\\nsixth Michigan Infantry, being mustered in at\\nJackson. He was present at the conflict* of the\\nWilderness, Nye Run and Spottsylvania Court\\nHouse, and on Maj 12, 1864, he was wounded\\nwhile making a bayonet charge, a niinie ball\\npassing through his body from left to right. He\\nwas kept prisoner on the battle-field by the rebels\\nthree days and was then retaken by the Second\\nDivision. Second Array Corps. The .ludicial Square\\nHospital at Washington was the [ilace where he was\\nsent on the 18th of May and six months later he\\nwas sent to Little York, Pa., and then to St. Mary s\\nHospital, Detroit. He continued there until May\\n18, 186;3, w hcn he was mustered out .as Sergeant.\\nWhile at Detroit convalescing he was permitted to\\nattend Bryant Ar Stratton s Business College, from\\nwhich he graduated in the spring of 1865. The\\nwound continued to trouble him for a long while\\nafter leaving the hospital. He engaged for one\\nyear with the State Insurance Corapiny and after-\\nward w.as for three years with the New York Life\\nInsurance Company traveling through Central\\nMichigan.\\nThe music business fir-st engaged the attention\\nof Mr. Holmes in 1870 and in September of that\\nyear he put in a stock of goods in a 7x9 room, back\\nof Longyear s Bank and later he moved intti the\\nOpera House Block at its completion. During the\\ntime that he w-.as in the insurance business he had\\nbought the old home, a property which comprises\\ntwo hundred acres, which he still owns and has a", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0446.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAPHICAL ALHFM.\\n447\\nti iiant mioii. In l-Vbrimrv. 1S7H. tlii:\u00c2\u00ab gciitUMiian\\nwas takc-ii ill with typhoid fevtr ami was sd pio.--\\nIiated a to hf iinal)lo t attend lo Inisliii ss for ix\\nmonths. His Ijrother took liini to his farm and\\ntook Viui- of him. lie sold his n\\\\iisie store and.\\nremoved hack onto tlie farm for awiiile. In Isinii\\nhe represented the Ft. Wayne t onipan.\\\\- and woiUed\\nin their employ for ;i year at .a salary of !l.. (Ml.\\nAfter thi^ he located in Lansinu once more estali-\\nlishintf himself in llu- Opera ll(^use Hloek whence\\nhe remipved to liis present location in the Snyder\\ni .lock.\\nThe tirm carries fiom twenly-tive to lift\\\\ pianos\\nof tile licst makes, such as the Steiiiway. Ilenr\\\\ V.\\n.Miller, ilallett iV Davis. Iv^r-; Pond. KiiU r-oii.\\n.shoninucr. aUo the l-^stey and Packard oiifans and\\nall kiniF of musical pul)licatioii The scwinu\\nni:ichiiu which he handles ino.-l pi-omincntly :ii-c\\nthe Standai d and the Helpmate. I hcy keep from\\nten ti lifteeii men on the roail in their employ,\\nrpon tlie l t of .laiuiary. IHlSii the linn w.-rs clianLicd\\nto the style which appears above, .\\\\fter one y ar\\nMr. II. Howe came into the tirm and since .Ian-\\nnary I. IX .MI he has lieen a |)aitnei-.\\n.Mr. Holmes owns fonr hundred and twenty acre.s\\nof iiniiroved land in I litidilla Township, which he\\nrents out on shares and has eiiihty acres in Delta\\nTownship. Eaton County, upon which he also has\\na tenant, and in Clinton County he has eii;htv\\nacres in Watertown Township and one hundred and\\ntwenty in Keily Township. He has lieeii singu-\\nlarly favored throughout life in .mII his traiisac-\\ntion\\nThe marriage in I nadilla Township of W. S.\\nHolmes and .Miss Adelia F,. Howe took place in\\n186M. This lady was liorn in Illinois hut had her\\neducation in Cokhvater, .Mich. Two children have\\nhiessed their home, the eldest Robert S. was born in\\nrn. idilla Township. Livingston County, Mich.,\\nFebruary 187(i. and has spent most of his life at\\nLansing. .\\\\t the age of fifteen he entered the\\nHigh .School, from which he graduated at the age\\nof eighteen with the honors of his cla.ss whicii\\nnumbered twenty-one. and to him \\\\va awarded the\\n.salutatory.\\nThe young man then entered the Detroit lousi-\\nness CoUcsre and tiuished the course .Innuarv 1,\\n1889 and upon ihe .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-ame day formed a partnership\\nwith his father iin ler the tirm name of W. S.\\nHolmes Si Son. He has traveled some on the road\\nin .Southern. Central and Kasti in Michigan, niakiiiii\\nhis lirst trip when he was nineteen years old. when\\nhe made the best record of any man in their em-\\nploy. He has charge of the musical and sewing\\nmachine departnunl of the business. In the real-\\nestate business the father and son are in partner-\\nshi|). nude) the style of S. Holmes cV .Son. but\\nthe music business is now cai ried on under the\\nn;imc of W.S.Holmes iV Co. The young man is\\nchorister in l\\\\iv Baptist Cliuich and a member. He\\nis a member of the .Maiianl .Male (Quartette of Lan-\\nsing, singing bas o. .md is esteemed a tine vocalist.\\nThe daughter, .lennie I... is still at home with her\\nparents. The father is a Trustee in the Hajitist\\nhurcli and was proluiiieiit in oi gani/.iuL; the South\\n.Street .Mission Sunday-school, of wliicli he is the\\n.Superiuteiidciit. Siiii c IS.xi; Ills |)(ilitical efforts\\nha\\\\-c been in t he direction of thi Prohibit ion parts\\nas he feel, that other iiuestions of public policy\\nshould be subordinated to the tremendous task of\\noverthrowing the liipior power.\\nACOB CONUAD. This fine old gentleman,\\nwho has been a successful farmer, is one of\\nthe poiiular men in Genoa Township, Liv-\\ningston County. lie w.as l)orn in the Pro-\\nvince of liyron, Germany, July 16, 1822. His fa-\\nther, Charles, and his grandfather, Jacob, Sr., were\\nboth natives of Germany, and the latter was a\\nshoemaker who spent all his days in the old coun-\\ntry. The father came to this country about Chris-\\nmas time, 1832, and spent some three years in New-\\nYork at Albany, and Montgomery. He was him-\\nself a poor man but brought with him from the old\\ncountry *40() which belonged to his sister. He\\nplaced It in a bank at Albany. N. Y.. and came near\\nbeing defrauded out of it through forgery.\\nThe journey Westward was made b} boat from\\nNew York to Michisan and then Charles Conrad", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0447.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "448\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ncame on foot from Detroit to Livingston County,\\nwhere lie took up eiglity acres of Government land\\non section 23, when there were only two or three\\nfamilies within many miles. The Indian trail\\npassed his house and the red man was his frequent\\ncaller. The family w.as often alarmed by the ap-\\nproach of Indians, but no molestation occurred.\\nThe father built a lo house and cleared up his\\nfarm, dying at the age of seventy-six 3-ears. He i\\nwas a member of the German Lutheran Church\\nand a Whig in i)olitics, and his good wife, whose\\nname was Catherine Norrice, was among the first\\nmembers of the ciuircii here. She died when about\\nsixty years old, having reared four Sf)us and two\\ndaughters.\\nOur subject crossed the ocean when he was ten\\nyears old and well remembers the journey. Ilis\\neducation was cariied on Ijotli in Germany and in\\nthis country, but it was cut short by the necessities\\nof till family as the boys had to leave school to\\nearn the money necessary for their comfort. For\\nten years he was in the employ of Benjamin Woofl-\\nruff and liegan with tlie monthly stipend of ^i.\\nHe began for himself at tiie age of thirty years. In\\n1852 Jacob Conrad went to California by water\\nand was there for three years, and in the San Jose\\nValley received *3 per day for sowing wheat and\\nalso worked at one time in the Red Woods. He\\nwas economical and frugal and accumulated some\\nmoney which gave him his first financial start.\\nAfter his return In ^liehigan in 1856 Jacob Con-\\nrad was united in marriage with Elizabeth Dorr,\\nwho was born at Albany, N. Y., and is now the\\nmother of two sons and three daughters Louis,\\nHenry, Caroline, Maria and Gustie. The farm upon\\nwhich our subject now resides he obtained by pur-\\nchasing the tax title; he now has four hundred\\nacres upon which he is carrying on mixed farming,\\nmaking wheat his principal crop and paying con-\\nsiderable attention to stock.\\nThe German Lutheran Church is the religious\\nbody with which ]Mr. and Mrs. Conrad are con- I\\nnected, and they were generous helpers in the\\nproject of erecting a house of worship, donating i\\n%110 to this sacred purpose. Having been a Whig\\nMr. Conrad naturally became a Republican and is\\nnow considered one of the most radical of that\\njjarty. He has been very successful in all his un-\\ndertakings and ascribes his prosperity to the fact\\nthat he has ever determined to stick to what he\\nundertakes until he makes it a success.\\nh p p^ fb i\\nI I d.^fd^^\\nNDREW MOYER, a jirominent pioneer of\\nsection 30, Locke Township. Ingham\\nCounty, w!is born, July 18, 1815, in Ont-\\nario, Canada. His father, Anthony Moyer,\\nwas a native of Germany and the mother, Flliza-\\nbeth (Price) Mover, was born in the beautiful ^lo-\\nhawk Valley in New York. Our subject came with\\nhis i)arents to Ingham County. Mich., when he was\\na l;id of thirteen years and here the family located\\n\\\\ipon the farm now owned by Mr. Clover. In this\\nhome in the unbroken forest his parents trained\\nfor f\\\\iture usefulness four children, two only of\\nwhom are now siu viving. his sister being Lucy\\nnow .Mrs. Mavlierrv, living in Canada. There is\\nalso a half sister now ^Irs. Mary Stotitu.\\nIn the woods of Ingham County, our subject\\ngrew to manhood taking such education as he\\ncould obtain in the district schools. After he was\\neleven years old he found it necessary to devote\\nhim.self to the laliors of the farm and consequently\\nhad no further schooling. His first marriage\\nwhich occurred in 1878 brought to his home a\\nbride in the person of Stella Barber, who bore liim\\ntwo children, one of whom has pa.*sed to the other\\nworld and the daughter Lizzie is still li\\\\ing.\\nAfter the death of ]Mrs. Stella Moyer, ISIr. Moyer\\nwas married, in September, 1886, to his present\\nwife whose maiden name was Dora Klunzinger.\\nJlrs. Moyer is a native of Washtenaw County,\\nMich., and a daughter of Lewis and Lena Klunz-\\ninger of Ingham tduiity. Two daughters have\\nblessed this happy union. Bertha L. and Jessie A.\\nOne hundred and fifty-five acres of g(H)d land\\nform the home farm whicli this successful farmer\\nhas in an excellent state of cultivation. His jiolit-\\nical views ally him with the Republican party, but\\nhis father was a Democrat in his convictions, and\\nwas an earnest and devoted member of the Baptist\\nChurch.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0448.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCL or J. H Wl LSON SEC. 19. LOCKE TR, INGHAM CO., MICH\\nc^^ ^m \u00e2\u0096\u00a0.:i*^ r\\nr,\\n..iiLEi^\\nRESIDENCE OF ANDREW MOYER, SEC. 30., LOCKE TR, INGHAM CO., MICH.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0449.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0450.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n4al\\nThe liomestead of Mr. Moyor is universally eon-\\ncoded to be one of the finest in the eoniniunity\\nand we are pleased to invite the reader s attention\\nto a view of the place presented on anoth( r page\\nof this volume.\\nAMES II. WILSON. This representative\\ncitizen of Locke Townsliip, Ingham County,\\nis a Wolverine by birth, his nativity hav-\\ning been in Kalamazoo County on the ninth\\nday of March, 1841. He is a son of George L. and\\nRhoda Hazleton) Wilson, his father being a native\\nof ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ermont and his mother having been born in\\nthe Empire .State. On the paternal side he is of\\nScotch stock and on the maternal side of English\\nlineage. His great-grandfather, Wilson, was one\\nof the heroes of the Revolutionary AVar.\\nThe parents of our subject were pioneers of\\nKalamazoo County, and with them came this son\\nthen nineteen years old. They settled m the\\nwoods in LeRoy Township and upon the farm and\\nin the district schools James H. Wilson completed\\nliis training for life. He enlisted January I, 1862\\nin Company D, Fourteenth Michigan lufanti-y,\\nwhicli regiment was attached to the Fourteenth\\nArmy Corps in the Army of the Cumberland.\\nYoung Wilson served under Geti. Pope and par-\\nticipated ill the campaigns of Farmington and\\nCorinth and the siege of Nashville. His brigade\\nwas then transferred to Sherman s command and\\nlie became one of the brave marchers to the sea.\\nI [e also took part in the siege of Atlanta, the siege\\nof Savannah and tlie battle of Bentonville. The\\nbattles of Lookout Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain\\nand Stone River and some thirty odd engagements\\nwere embraced in his experiences, besides various\\nskirmishes. He witnessed the surrender of Joe\\n.lohnston and finally particijiated in the Grand Re-\\nview at Washington and received his honorable\\ndischarge July 18, 186; He received four gun-\\nshot wounds and has a one ounce ball still located\\nin his left shoulder, wliich he received at the siege\\nof Atlanta. As a partial compensation for services\\nrendered the Government he is granted a pension\\nof *14 per month.\\nMr. Wilson is a devoted adherent of the Grand\\nArray of the Republic, is now olliciating as the\\nofficer of the day, and has served as Assistant In-\\nspector General for the Michigan Posts. His mar-\\nriage with Delina Brown took place in July, 1865.\\nThis lady is a native of Alicliigan and a daughter\\nof William and Julia Hn^wn. Her father has\\npassed from earth and her mother now resides in\\nthe State of Washington. Mr. and Mi s. Wilson\\nhave been blessed by the birth of two daughters,\\nEstella, now the wife of Albert Stone, and Nellie,\\nwho is at home.\\nIt was in 1868 that Mr. Wils(jn established him-\\nself upon the farm where he now lives. He has\\nserved as .School Assessor for nine successive years\\nand is still the incumbent of that office. His\\npoliticial views bring him into affiliation with the\\nDemocratic party, but his breadth of view makes\\nhim an earnest helper in every effort to improve\\nthe statutes of the county, no matter by what party\\nthe movement is pushed. He is a member of the\\norder of Odd Fellows at Williamstown and is also\\nidentified with the Patrons of Industry. In his\\nmilitary service he enlisted as a private and was\\nregularly promoted through the grades of Cor-\\nporal and Sergeant, and in the course of two j-ears\\nto that of Lieutenant. His record both military\\nand civil is an honorable one and we arc gratified\\nto present his biography in this Ai.ium, and also a\\nview of his fine estate, which is one of the liest im-\\nproved in the community.\\n--A\\n]i^ANIEL C. HCRl). Education may do\\nmuch for a man, but it is an old saying\\nthat wit and gumption are the most im-\\nportant factors in making a man. He of\\nwhom we write is not lacking in these qualities,\\nand by virtue of these he has made his way in the\\nworld and attained to his present prominent and\\nenviable position. He is truly the architect f his", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0451.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "i52\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nown foilune.*. and is a self-made man both in edu-\\n1,-iitiun and in Hnanci:il standinjj. beginning at tlif\\nl(i(it ol tin- ladder lie i,- now the most prominent.\\n|)o|)ulai- and ntei-|)ii.sint; man in North Laii-sinji.\\nHe i the projirietor of three mereantile houses and\\nells dry-goods, boots, shoes and olothing. lie is\\n:dso the Vice-lVesident and Director of tlie North\\nLansing Milling Company.\\nThe original of this sketeh was born in C linton\\nCounty, DeWitt Townshi|j. .huuiary 22, 1847. His\\nX father was DanielJIurd and is a native of Rut-\\nland. l. Ili.s i^aternal grandfather was also a A ej-\\nmont man and of some prominence in his natixc\\nplace. Our subject s fathei- was by calling a farmer.\\nHe located at an early lay in New York State, in\\nCastile. Wyoming Connt\\\\. and about 1845-4(). he\\ncame to Michigan and settled in DeWitl. purchas-\\ning a new farm. He at once bent his energies\\ntowaid improving this tract and became a success-\\nful farmer. He was a man of native ability, in-\\ntelligence and excellent judgment and held various\\n[lositions in the township where he lived. He was\\nJustice of the Peace and .Supervisor and was greatly\\nrespected by his Republican constituents, being one\\nof the most ardent sujjporters of that party in his\\nlocality. His decease occurred in 1876. Our sub-\\nject s mother w^as before her mairiage Miss Eliza\\nCone. .She was a native of Rutland County, t.\\nHer decease took place in DeW itt, September ;i(i.\\n1890. She was the mother of eleven children, six\\nof whom lived to be grown.\\nOur suliject was the seventh child in order of\\nliirth. He was reared in DeWitt County, this State,\\nand received what education he enjoys at the dis-\\ntrict school in the vicinity of his home. The first\\n.school that he attended was built of logs and was\\na crude as an institution of learning could well\\nbe. He received his education in three different\\nschoolhouses. with not a great degree of difference\\nl)etween them as far as external features and edu-\\ncational ad%antages were concerned. But as a boy\\nhe had as much fun as anyone of the present day\\ncould desire. Deer were jjlentiful and it was his\\nespecial delight to run the Heet-l imbed creatures\\ndown. The Chiijpewa tribe of Indians were still in\\nthat locality and he had an acquaintance with\\ninanv of the young braves of the tribe and from\\nthem he learned not a few of the secrets of wood-\\ncraft.\\nIn 18(Ju Mr. Hurd came to Lansing and began\\nallending the city school and two years later l)egan\\nclerking in the dry-goods store of Robson in North\\nLansing. For .seven and a half years he remained\\nwith this house as clerk. He then attended High\\nSchool at North Lansing for two years, gaining\\nmuch that was of \\\\aluc to him. In lis 7: he began\\nbusiness for hiin-self. He had no resources, what-\\nevei-, but his credit was good and he was .sanguine\\nof success. He lK)Ughl a stock of notions au l from\\nthis small beginning his present large and paying\\nbusiness has developed. He is by far the largest\\nmerchant in the city and also one of the oldest.\\nHe occupies three stores which are well tilled on\\ntheir live floors with the choicest and best-selected\\nstock of gcKjds.\\nMr. Hurd is one of the organizers of the North\\nLansing .Milling Company, which now has two\\nnulls 111 oi)erati^m. They are constantly running\\nand find it difficult to supply the demand ft r their\\nIJioducts. Our subject owns two farms in DeWitt\\nand some valuable real estate in this city. His\\nsuccess in business has eeii attained liy the closest\\napplication to his affairs.\\nThe original of our sketch was married in the\\ncity of Lansing in 1873. his bride being .Miss\\n.Vugusta L. Ingersoll. She was born in Watertown.\\nClinton County, this State, and died .September 2n.\\n[xx\\\\. This marriage was blest by the advent of\\none child, a daughter, who is named Bessie B.\\nOur subject was a second time united in marriage,\\nhis wedding being solemnized April 9. 188; This\\nchoice was Miss Clara Boosinger. .She was a native\\nof Ohio and died in this city March 24. 1891. She\\nalso left one child, a daughter, whose name is\\nClara. He of whom we write has been accorded\\nseveral inunic ipal office-. He has bei ii .VIderman\\nof the Fourth Ward one term. Iicgiiuiiiig in |HH(I\\nand also Su| ci\\\\is(ir for one year.\\nSociallx our subject is a member of the Indc-\\nliendent )rder of Odd l- ellows and has also allied\\nhimself to several societies. He is a Free and Ac-\\ncepted Mason, having attained to the Royal .Vrch\\ndegree, also a Knight of Pythias and had held official\\npositions in most of these. He is an adherent of", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0452.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n453\\ntlu- Ki-pulilican ptu-ty and has been a frequent dele-\\njrate to liotli cDunlv and State conventions. As a\\nbusiness man his constant and unwaverinsj energy\\nis without parallel in this city. His motto has ever\\nbeen -the best is alwa^ S the cheapest. and liis\\nstock of goods, which is so carefully selected, is\\nsuited to the wants of his jwtrons and at the same\\ntime encourages them to invest in the best class and\\nquality.\\n3-5 5 5 5- ^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S-**-\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S-**^\\n?\u00c2\u00abi 5 i-F\\nylLLlAM MERCER. Some of the most in-\\ntelligent and honored families of Living-\\nston County, had their parentage or im-\\nmediate ancestry among tiic sturdy mi ldle classes\\nof the British peo])le. and inherit traits of char-\\nacter which have been of great value, not only to\\nthemselves and families, but also to the commu-\\nnity among whom they have made their homes.\\nThere has never come to this land of ours from\\nforeign climes a more reliable and solid class\\nof emigrants than was sent to us by our mother\\ncountry England for they have brougiit those\\nnoble Anglo Saxon traits which have helped to\\nbuild up and develop the country of which we are\\nso justly proud.\\nOur subject, who has a beautiful farm on sec-\\ntion 16, Hamliurg Township, Livingston County,\\nhas also an elevator and handles grain and beans,\\nbeing one of the solid men of Hamburg Town-\\nship. His father, Maj. George .Mercer, was also a\\nfarmer and merchant, and had his birth in Devon-\\nshire. England, in 179.5. He was a son of AV^illiam\\nMercer, Sr., a cloth merchant, wiio had wealth and\\ngave to each of his four sons and one daughter a\\nliberal educaticm. George was a college-bred man\\nand after completing his .schooling remained with\\nhis father until 1H20, when he came to .Vmerica\\nand made his home in New York City, embarking\\nin the business of an importer and jobber in cloth,\\nbut, unfortunately, he was not successful in this\\nendeavor and in 1833 he decided to go upcm a\\nfarm in Jlonroe County. N. Y. He came to Ham-\\nburg Township. Livingston (V unty. in 1836 ind\\n]jurcliasing one hundred and .sixty acres on section\\n9, lived there al)out live yeai-s. He then sold out\\nand purchased one hundred and sixty acres on\\nsection 16, where he remained until his death, Sep-\\ntemi)er 28, 1873.\\nI ioneer life did not set ea.sily upon this city-\\nbred man. but he struggled bravely against his dif-\\nficult ies and encountered hardships with a noble\\nspiiit. Not Ijeing successful in farming he took a\\nposition as book-keeper in the drug and dry-goods\\nhouse of W. S. .Maynard, of Ann Arl)Or. where he\\nremained for fifteen years, although he retained\\nIds property in Ilamliurg Township and increased\\nit to four hundred acres. He was married October\\n26, 1831. to ;\\\\Iary, daughter of \\\\Villiam and jMarj\\nWilliaiiison. of Brooklyn. N. Y. Sir. Williamson\\nwas a merchant who came to Brooklyn iirl82r),\\nand remained there only two years, his death oc-\\ncurring in ilay, 1827.\\nMaj. Mercer was a man of more than ordinary\\nability, and a man whose true Christian char.acter\\nand integrity were universally esteemed. Both\\nhe and his excellent wife were members of the\\nEpiscopal Church. His political views led him to\\nembr.ace the doctrines of the Democratic party and\\nhe filled the responsible otticesof Justice, Clerk and\\nSupervisor, and many other positions of trust were\\noccupied by him with credit, lie died in 1863,\\nand his widow followed him to the other world in\\n1888, and all that remains of them in this world\\nlies side by side in the cemetery at Hamburg.\\nThey had four sons and one daughter, all of whom\\nare living. The eldest son is in Oregon and the\\nothers in this county.\\nHe of whom we write was born in New York in\\n1834, and therefore was a little child of two years\\nwhen became with his parents to Michigan. He\\nattended a common school and remained with his\\nparents until 1862, at which time the farm was di-\\nvided among the ciiildren and his share was one\\nhundred and twenty .acres on section 16. He went\\nthere to live and in 1867, purchased an additional\\ntract of eighty acres on the same section. His\\nhappy marriage which took place in 1862, brought\\nhim as a wife Mary Ann. daughter of David and\\nSarah Van Home, who were from New .Tersey, and\\nwere the parents of two sons and two dauglitei-s,", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0453.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "Ul\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nnil of whom tiru liviiiii in llambur\u00c2\u00a3rli Townsihip.\\nMis. tiercel-. \\\\v;is l)oru in lH;^f(. and is now llii-\\nMiotliiT of si vt n children.\\n(Teorg:e E. Mercei-, the eldest son of our suhject.\\nwas oiaduated at the Xornial School at N alparaiso.\\nhid., in 1\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab4, and now makes his home in Howell.\\nLivingston C ounlv. Kdwin. the next son. re-\\nceived his early education in Howell, and was for\\ntwo years a student of the rniversity at Ann Ar-\\nIjor and is now in business at South Bend, Tnd.;\\nt liarles, who attended the rniversity of Michigan\\nand was graduated from the Soutii Bend Comnioi-\\ncial College, is i-ailioad agent at Pettysville. for\\nthe Toledo, Ann Arbor iV Xorthern Michigan\\nRailroad. William W.. wlm is still at home and\\nlias been thoroughly grounding himself in his ele-\\nmentary education, is soon to take a course at Ann\\n.\\\\rbor. and the three remaining children are Ella.\\nEugene and Frank. The i)olitical views of our\\nsubject have led him to atliliate witli the Demo-\\ncratic party, but he is a man who prefers the quiet\\navocations of home and business life to the excite-\\nment and uncertainties of the ])olitieal arena.\\nEUH(iE E. WALKER. This geutlemaii and\\nhis good wife, who are highly respected\\nmembers of society, have many warm friends\\nin Locke Township. Ingham County, and Mr.\\nWalker s rei)Utation for probity and honor is un-\\nlonbted by all who know him. It is therefore with\\nsincere pleasure that the bi^)gra|)her presents to the\\nreader-s of the .\\\\i,1 .im a sketch of this resident of\\nsection 20, who was lioni ^lay 14. 1 S 24. in Berk-\\nshire County. Ma.ss.\\nThe jjaternal grandfather of our subject fought\\nfor his country in the War of 1H12; he had a son\\n(George who married Rel)ecca Bliss, of ^Ias.sachu-\\nsetts, and they liecame the parents of our subject\\nIn 1835 rieorge E. Walker emigrated with his fa-\\nther and mother to the Territ ny of Michigan and\\nthey made their first home in the woods of Wash-\\ntenaw County, where the father bought land from\\nthe (Tovernment. In lK7(i the father passed from\\nearth and the mother died three years later. They\\nwere liorn. the father in 179H and the mother in\\n18(12. The brother and sister of our subject are\\nFrancis D. and Ethel JL Their paternal ancestry\\nis English, and on the mother s side they are also\\ndescended from British stock. The coming of the\\nWalker family to this country was by the emigra-\\ntion of a widowed mother with two sons who came\\nwith llie PUnioutli Colony and settled in Massa-\\nchusetts, and he of whom we write is of the eighth\\ngeneration from these sons.\\nashtenaw County was the scene of the early\\npioneer life of this young man and the early\\nschools of that section jirovided his educaticin. but\\nthe limited curriculum vi those schools has been\\nlarsiely supplemented liy a thorough and jjcrsistent\\ncour.se of reading which he has carried on through\\nlife. On the Htli of February. 185.0, he took to wife\\nEliza Carpenter, who was born October 23, 1827,\\nin Steulien County, X. Y. Her parents were dar-\\nner and Elizabeth (Galloway) Cariieiiter, of New\\n.Jersey and Connecticut respectively. In 1834 Mrs.\\nWalker had emigrated with her parents to Living-\\nston County, and in those days wolves were all aboul\\nthe lK)ine and would even look in at the windows,\\nwhile Indians came often to the door. Mrs.Walker\\nhas two bix)tliers and a sister living .Uexander.\\nEastman and Susan (Mrs. David Roberts). Her\\nfather was one of the original pioneers of that\\ncounty and served as Justice of the Peace in (unoa\\nTownship. The father died in 1847 and the mother\\nsurvived him for thirty years, and in their death\\nLivingston County lost a highly respected ])ioneer\\nfamily. They were both of English descent.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Walker have been born seven\\nchihlren, six of whom are still li\\\\-iiig Dwight.\\nSarah (Mr.s. Charles Wightinan). Frank, (ie Hge L..\\nAVealthy, Alma (Mrs. William \\\\oorliies). Mr.\\nWalker was drafted iiiti) tlie army September 21.\\n18(14. and joined Comijany C. Fifteenth Michigan\\nInfantry, which became a ])art of the Fifteenth\\n.\\\\rmy Corps under Sherman s ctunmaiul. Our suli-\\nject participated in numerous skirmishes, ])rinci-\\npally in North Carolina, and receixed his honoralile\\ndischarge May 29, 1865, after which he returned to\\nIngham County and has since made it his jjerma-\\nnent home.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0454.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "POKTRArr AND UUXtKAPHIC Al, ALIU M.\\n15.\\nHe of whom \\\\vi uritc liiul sctllcil u|i(iii tin- fiiriii\\nwliR-li lie now o(rii|iif in the |)rinii of |S(i(l nnd\\nlicii- in tiu unlirokcn foie.-it lie I XiH iicnccd tlu\\nusual linrilsliips incident to a pioneer life, lie\\nnow f)wns eisjlily aeies of Ijind. :ind in llu Mcenni-\\nulalion of this |)i-o|iert\\\\ lie li;is lieen ablv assisted\\nhy his wife and helpmate who. with him. is most\\nhighly I t .speeted in the sinial and reliiiious cireles\\nof Loeke To\\\\vnslii|i, heintr members of the Baptist\\nChuieh wlieic Mr. Walker .-ierves as Deacon and\\nTrustee. lie is a man who is :in intelliii( nl ob-\\nserver of public affairs, and his political convic-\\ntions bring him into active fellowship with the\\nmembers of the Repulilicaii party.\\nU-i^\\nt=\\n;Tp\\\\,( 15ERT Ml SSON. Tlic (|uiel .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iniials of the\\nilij^if^ lives of onr farming jieople do not read\\n/4i like an exciting st:or\\\\- of ad\\\\-ciitiire. l)ut\\nthey forma more substantial foundation\\nfor a belief in the present well-being and the future\\nprosperity of t)ur nation. We are always pleased\\nto sjive the details of an industrious, honorable\\nlife which has made the (piiet virtues of industry\\nand perseverance shine forth more brightly than\\nbefore. Such a life is that of the one whose name\\nappears at the head of this paragraph.\\nRoliert Mu.sson, who.se line farm of one hundred\\nan(1 forty a ;res is situated on section 2. i. Howell\\nTownship. Livingston C ount\\\\ is a native of Lin-\\ncolnshire, England, where he was born in 1H;U.\\nHis mother bore in hei maidenhood the ii:ime of\\nF lizabetli Winter, and his father, .lohn .Miissoii,\\nwas a boot and shoe maker and followed that trade\\nthrongli life. Of their eleven children the follow-\\ning are now living, namely Thomas. Jeoige, Eliza.\\nRobert. Willi. im Henry. Sarah (Mrs. .Sleaford).and\\n.lo,sepli.\\nPrevious to his coming to America in 1H. )7 our\\nsubject had received his education in his native\\nland and lieing now a man of mature years he\\ncame to Howell Township and purchased his farm\\nin IHfiS. He has \\\\ipon it a commodious and attrac-\\ntive farmhouse and other tine farm biiiltling he-\\nsides the improvements which one always delights\\nto see upon a well-cultivated farm, lis has an P2ng-\\nlishman s true love for a line animal and takes\\npleasure in raising .ler.sey stock besides other grades\\nof cattle .-ind a line grade of horses.\\nThe happy marriage of ^Ir. AFus.son. which took\\npl. icc ill |.H. )2. broiiiiht to his home and hearthstone\\na true and aft eclioiiate helpiiiatc in llie iterson of\\n.M.ary A. Thoiiipsoii. a fellow-countrywoman of his\\nand a daughter of .Mo.ses and Elizabeth (Kolley)\\nThomp.son. .Mr. Thompson was, like the elder Mr.\\nMusson, a boot and shoe maker .and pa.ssed his\\nwhole life in his native land. He and his good wife\\nhad a family of eight children, iianiely: Mrs. .Mus-\\nson. .Mrs. Rowelt. Moses. ISoiie. Sarah (Mrs. Scott).\\nSusan (Mrs. Watt.ni).\\nThe chililreii who li. itliered about the fireside of\\nour subject were six in number, namely: .Mrs. \\\\V.\\nWhii)pl( who has two sons Robert and Elien:\\nMrs. ;eori;e Crocki r who has four children Willie.\\nMinnie. Hurt, and an infant unnamed: I laiik is\\nMrs. .I;iiiies Hrewer; (ieorgc 1{. ;ind .Maud.\\nThis ;icli\\\\c. intelligeni lariiier takes a lively in-\\nterest in every matter which coni criis the welfare\\nof the county and is ever willing to aid with lii\\ninthience and services to promote any movement\\nwhich is for the u|jbuilding of the c(miinunity.\\nHis political views bring him into alliance with the\\nDemocratic party, and his religious views have\\nmade him a .Methodist, and not only he but his\\nwife and chihlren are members of the .Methodist\\nE|)iscopal Church and earnest workers in all church\\nwork. He has been a hard worker all his life and\\nhas done heroic pioneer xnirk in clearing up an l\\nciiltivatiiiir his tine farm.\\n^^tce\\n^^J M.VSA I). K.VEELAND. It is a pleasure\\n@/-J to see a hard working, industrious and en-\\niR terprising man reach the i)oint where he\\n^1 can lay aside the anxieties of life, and the\\narduous details of a fanner s career, and spend his\\nlater years in quiet and comfort. The city of How-\\nell contain* a number of these wurthv gentlemen.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0455.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "456\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nand amons: them there is none more highly valued\\nin agiicultural and social circles than the one whose\\nname appears at the head of this sketch.\\nMr. Kneeland was born in Livingston County,\\nN. Y., in 1830, and is directly descended from War-\\nren and Fannie (Hyde) Kneeland, both of whom\\nwere natives of the Empire State. In earlj^ life,\\nthe father of our subject was a clothier, but after\\nhe came to Michigan in 1835, he settled upon a\\nfarm in O ikland County and engaged in agricul-\\nture. It was in 1840 that he removed to this county\\nand settled in Howell Township, where he contin-\\nued to carry on farming until his death which oc-\\ncurred in 1848. His bereaved widow survived him\\nfor many years, and it was not until 1876 that she\\npa;sed from earth. In polities he was a Democrat,\\nand in religion a Presbyterian.\\nTlio paternal grandparents of our subject were\\n.lohii and Sarali (Benson) Kneeland, both of whom\\nwere liDrn in the Emi)ire State. .John Knee-\\nland pursued agriculture throughout life and\\nbrought up his large family of twelve children in\\nLivingston County, N. Y., where he also ended his\\ndays. His wife, who survived him for some years,\\ncame to Michigan and was living in Howell, when\\nher life ended in 1841. Her husband, like his son,\\nwas attached to the Democratic party, and he\\ntraced his lineage to Irish stock. The maternal\\ngrandparents of Mr. Kneeland were Moses and\\nSarah (Dana) Hyde, natives of Connecticut, who\\ncame to New York, where they engaged in farm-\\ning, and there spent the remainder of their days\\nand reared a family of four children. Mr. Hyde\\nhad bean one of the soldiers in Washington s army\\nin which he held the office of Adjutant. His wife s\\nfather was of French descent, and was one of those\\nunfortunates who were killed at the massacre of\\nWyoming.\\nHe of whom we write was one of seven children\\nin the parental home, namely: Sarah, DeWitt C.\\n(deceased), A. Dana, Minerva, Harriet, Lewis B.\\nand Clara. AVith his brother DeWilt, our subject\\nbought out the rights of the others to the estate of\\nhis father, and proceeded to carry on the farm,\\nliving on it together until about tlie year 1875,\\nwhen they retired from active life, coming to the\\ncity of Howell and buying four lots on State Street\\nwhere they built one of the most attractive homes\\nin the town. The old homestead contains four hun-\\ndred and fifty acres of land, part of it in Howell\\nTownship, and part in Oceola Township, and is one\\nof the best improved estates in this part of the\\nState, being well stocked with cattle and sheep.\\nDeWitt C. Kneeland was united in marriage with\\nAugusta Walker, and they had one daughter Maude,\\nwho is an artist of considerable merit. While upon-\\nthe farm, one day, this gentleman went into the\\nloft of his barn, where a board broke and let him\\nfall through to the floor below, and he lived only\\ntwelve hours. This was in 1876, and his wife died\\nin 1889. Since her parents death Miss Maude\\nlooks after the liousehold affairs of her uncle, who\\nis a single man. The two brothers were owners to-\\ngether of all their possessions. Our subject helped\\nto organize the First State and Savings Bank of\\nHowell, and he is a stockholder therein. He is a\\nDemocrat in his political affiliations, and a public-\\nspirited man, and at the time that the railroad\\ncame through Howell, he was liberal in giving to-\\nward securing its advantages for his town.\\nriNCY A. SMITH, LL. B., was Judge of the\\nProbate Court for Ingham County, from\\n.Tanuary 1, 1885, to June 30, 1891, at which\\ntime he resigned. He was elected to the office in\\n1884 and re-elected in 1888. His law office in\\nLansing was established in 1887. Judge Smith was\\nborn at Dover, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 5,\\n1844. He is a son of Elijah T. and Caroline (Fisher)\\nSmith. Socially, as well as legally, our subject is a\\npotent factor in whatever circle be may be with.\\nA man of fine intellect, keen perceptions and a\\nfacile power in expressing himself he seems partic-\\nularly adapted to legal work.\\nOur subject was reared in a small town a short\\ndistance from Cleveland, Ohio. There he remained\\nuntil eight years of age when with his parents he\\nremoved to the southern part of Shiawassee Coiintv,\\nthis State, The family located literally in the", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0456.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) H10GRAPH1CAI ALI5UM.\\n4/\\nwoods, where the f;i1liei- |)Urcli;iseil m t ;inii. l lie\\\\\\nniMile the etTiirl t i dr.-iw mIhhiI them n uooil :i el;i\\nof noiuliliDi.- M^ |)()s\u00c2\u00abilile. ;iii(l m- the woik of ch Mi-\\nit) the ftii in |H()i ;iv e(l ;ii)\\\\ ;uit;i ie liccaiiu iiioie\\n:ittiiii;ilih ill the dislriet. A srhool w;i^ Imilt .-niil\\ne(|iii|i|)e l. cniilely eiioiiiih it is true, with tlie |)!ir;i-\\n|ihreiinli!i ie(|iiire(l tlie student. However, few\\npf llie |iii|iils Mtteiided the district sclioiil loii ier\\nthnii diiriiiii the winter liiontlis. wlieii tiiey wereiiot\\nre(|uired hy tlie iieeessiiry f;iriii work to lie !il home.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Itidu e Smith reiii:iitied ;it home with hi |i:irent^\\nuntil lie was twenty-two yearsold and then remi d\\nlo ()wos-io wliere he had the henelit of tlie pnlilie\\nehiiol He had |ire\\\\linisly atteiidecl the Ilioh\\nSelnxd at (iiniiina. After comiiii^ to ()wo\u00c2\u00bbS(i he\\ntanglit in the winter, at teiidint; the school as lime al-\\nlowed until he w;is 1 went -six yearsold. He then\\nentered the law oltice of the Hon. M. Kil|iatrick\\nof Owo.sso anri aftei- readiiiu in Ids otiice for two\\nyears entered the l;iw {lepartinent in the rni\\\\-er-\\nsity of Michiii aii at .\\\\nn .Vrbor. He was ijrnduated\\nill March. 1H7I. nid hx ated foi the practice of his\\nprofession in Sauinaw City, where he opened an\\nollice with AVilli.am II. Sweet ;ind there was ad-\\nmitted to jiractice hefoie the liench and liar. In\\nthe priini of 1M72 he went lo \\\\Vicliil;i. Kan., .-ind\\nremained until the fall of 1\u00c2\u00ab74. While there lie\\nliecaine llie owner of a whole block east of the\\n.Santa Ke station, Init sold hi property before the\\nboom and thus did not make ;is handsomely as did\\nmany others.\\n)ii iclnriiini: 1 Michiiitm from hi W e. tei-n\\nexperience he settled in Williamston, tlii count v.\\nand soon after. Septenilier IT). 1H74, was united in\\ninarriaije lo ^liss Carrie K. l{o i;er She is a dauoli-\\nter of Harris I), and Charlotte K. Roi^ers. He re-\\nmained in Williainston. euiraijed in the practice of\\nhis profession until ]X^4. In the meaiitiine he was\\n.several times elected to offices in the yift of the\\ntownshi]). He was Township Clerk and President\\nof the villafie. In 1\u00c2\u00ab78 lie was nominated as Cii-\\nenit Court Commi.ssioner on the I)enioci;itic ticket\\nand came within twenty-three xote-. of beinir\\nelected.\\nIn IMM. our subject removed to the town of\\nMason and wn there .-i xwy successful .aiul leaflini;\\n|)ractitioner. He carried mi the |iractiee of his pro-\\nfe.ssion in connection with his duties as Probate\\n.Indue and in December. 1H\u00c2\u00ab7, he removed to the\\ncity of Lansinu makiiiii his family a home in the\\nhouse which In had previously built. .\\\\t that time\\nhe li;id no intention of acceptiiijr the renoininatioii\\nof Probate .Iiid ;e. but beini the po|)ular inmiinee\\nof the Diinocratic party it did not eeiii wise to\\ndecline the honor wliirli wa^ llnu-l upon him .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid\\nhe was airain re-electi d.\\n.Indiic Smith isanicmbei of the .\\\\|a-(ini fiatein-\\nity. He also belonus to the Independent )rder of\\nOdd i-ellows and holds ;i prominent position in\\nthe confidence and esteem of the Kniirhlsof Pvlh-\\nias. The domestic life of oiir subject i a- plea.sant\\nas possible, nor could it well be otherwise, for hi.-\\namiable and cultured wife |n-esides with cliarn .injjf\\ndiijnily over his elciiant home. She is interested\\nin .all that interests him. They have two daiii h-\\nleis just buddin f into womanhood, named Lottie\\nI., ami Lena 1{.\\n.Vs a Lawyer .Mr. .Smith is eiiirajfed in a sieneral\\npractice .and has paiticijiated in in.aiiy iinportani\\ncases in the .Supreine Court which have shed luster\\non the jiiris|)rudence of llic .Stale. He is a careful,\\npainstakint; lawyer and is recoijnized as an able\\nplend r and elo(|uent advocate.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^j\\n^KKI) .1. (OOK. Our subject is the repre-\\nsentative .111(1 le. idiiit; member of the firm\\nof Fred .1. Cook it Co.. dealers in hardware,\\nstoves, implements, lumber, lath and sliinyles, and\\nalthoiiLfh he is \\\\ery yonna-. lias already firmly es-\\ntablished himself in a i ()od and lucrative business\\nin the city of Fowlerville. The eneriry and enter-\\nprisi that has pushed Mr. Cook to the fore at so\\nearly an aire is sure \\\\a accoin])lish for hint aood\\nthiiifi.- in the fiilure. So fertile a iiiiiid. sec-\\nonded bv so irood a judgment, cannot fail to be\\nmade of use in the service of St;ite anrj countrv.as\\nwell as in the aceumulation of riches.\\n)nr subject is a n.ative of the Wolverine State,\\nliavini; lirst opene l his eyes at Byron. Shia-\\nwassee County, -Inne II. IHHS. He is a son of", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0457.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "468\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nJared and Sarah M. (Drake) Cook, natives of New\\nYork and Michigan respectively. Our subject s\\nfather was formerly in the hardware business at\\nByron, later in the same business at Fowlervillc,\\nand at present is at Byron, where he takes charge\\nof his son s interest in a lumber yard. Our sub-\\nject s paternal grandparents were Jared and Aurilla\\n(Straight) Cook, natives of New York, where the\\nformer was an extensive farmer, later in life, how-\\never, coming to Michigan and settling in Livings-\\nton County, in Cohoctah Township, where he\\npurchased one section of land, spending the re-\\nmainder of his life upon that plac\u00c2\u00ab and there pass-\\ning away to tlie better world January 29, 1849.\\nThe old gentleman always went to the name of\\nCapt. Cook, as he held that office in the State\\nmilitia in New York. He had twelve children, who\\nas the years went by, scattered and formed domes,\\ntic relations of their own. Politically, he of whom\\nwe write was a Democrat.\\nThe original of our sketch is one of three claldren\\nborn to his parents, Jared and Sarah Cook. The\\neldest, Mrs. F. Starkey, is a lady of literary\\ntalents and an elocutionist of extended reputation.\\nFollowing our subject comes J. Frank, who is em-\\nployed as clerk in his brother s establishment^\\nAfter finishing the high-school course at Fowler-\\nvillc, lie of whom we write took a business course\\nin the Detroit Commercial College. He started\\nout in life as a clerk in Kuhn s hardware store in\\nFowlcrville,and later was employed by E. Bement\\ntfe Sons, of Lansing, there learning the various\\n1)raiiclies of the business, paying particular atten-\\nlioM to the sale of agricultural implements and\\nstoves. While with them, he traveled on the road\\nfor some time and was one of their most popular\\nand successful salesmen.\\nSince engaging in his jiresent business Mr. Cook\\nhas been favored with e.xtraordinary success. He\\nhas a very large stock of goods, being the heaviest\\ndealer in Fowlervillc. He has four men in his em-\\nploy, who have all they can do to keep up with\\nthe demands of the business. Our subject entered\\nthe benedict s ranks in 1890, being united with\\nMi-s Jennie M. Miller, February 19, of that year.\\nShe is a daughter of William I{. and Annie (Nel-\\nson) Miller, of Howell, and is a charming woman\\nof great capacity and capability, made to be an in-\\nspiration and help to the man to whom she has\\ngiven her hand and heart. Republicanism has in\\nour subject one of its strongest and most ardent\\nI advocates in Fowlervillc. Every plank in its plat-\\nform has to him a good cause for being. Socially\\nhe belongs to the Knights of Pythias and also to\\nthe Ancient Order of United Workmen. Mr.\\nCook occupies with his stock a fine brick store in\\nFowlervillc. He is one of the i)rominent young\\nbusiness men of Livingston County, and is bound\\nto make a better record in different channels ere\\nthe world hears the last of him.\\nRTHUR CARPENTER. The intelligent\\nyoung farmers of Livingston County are\\nthe bone and sinew of the community, as\\ntheir strength and vitality, their enterprise\\nand energy are carrying forward not only the ag-\\nricultural interests but the foundations for com-\\nmercial success throughout this section of the\\nState. None of lliem is more highly i)rized and\\nmore justly appreciated tiian he whose name stands\\nat the head of this narrative, and his beautiful\\nfarm, lying on the slope of Pleasant Valley is well\\nadorned and improved by the good buildings which\\nhe has placed upon it.\\nWilliam Carpenter, the father of our subject,\\nwas born in Niagara County, N. Y., in 1818, and\\nthe grandfather, who also bore the name of Will-\\niam, came to this State in 1836, when the father\\nwas a lad of eighteen years, and they located in\\nLyon Township, Oakland County. Here they\\ncleared away the forest and turned the wilderness\\ninto a highly cultivated and richly productive\\nestate, and here the grandfather lived until his\\ndeatli. The family is of English descent and\\ntraces its lineage through generations of honorable\\nancestors. The father of our subject followed\\nfarming in the township of Lyon, Oakland County,\\nuntil the year 1887, when he died, being then sixty-\\nnine years old. His bereaved widow, who had\\nborne to him eight children, had the maiden name", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0458.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0459.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "^^^%ft^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0460.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0461\\nof Catherine Dolpli. She is still living, and is\\nbeing tenderly cared for l y lior faithful and affec-\\ntionate ehildren.\\nThe original of this .sketch grew up on liis\\nfather s farm, and took his education in the lionn\\nand in the district si hool. His birth took plac-c in\\nLyon Township, Oakhmd County, Septenilicr 8(),\\n1848, and he began farming for himself in I8H;5,\\nin Green Oak Township, Livingston County,\\nand in 1886 he exchanged it for the farm\\nwhicii lie now occupies, upon section 22, Brighton\\nTownshii).\\nThe most notable event in the life of tiic young\\nman before us is his marriage in 1883 to Miss Ad-\\ndie Ryder, a talented and intelligent lady of\\nWayne County, Mich., and in their home they enjoy\\nthe companionship of congenial minds and sym-\\npatlietic hearts. The political views of this\\nintelligent gentleman are in accordance with the\\ndeclarations of the Republican party, and he keeps\\nhimself well informed as to the movements of\\nnational affairs. His handsome farm of one hun-\\ndred and twenty acres gives abundant evidence\\nthat he understands the business of a farmer, and\\nthat he has the enterprise and energy essential to\\nkeeping his estate in good condition, and making\\nit abundantly i)roductive.\\n3DWARD O. KELLEY. Business men of\\nLansing, as of other enterprising towns,\\nare its bone and sinew, and draw to its cen-\\ntralizing influence such citizens as are of jirofit and\\nwill forward its prosperity. The genuine i)usli and\\nperseverance of a Westerner is shown in the work\\nof the gentleman whose portrait appears on the\\nopi)osite page and whose real-estate and insurance\\nbusiness has been prosecuted in Lansing for some\\nseven years. His place of business is to l)e found at\\nNo. 113 Washington Avenue, where. as representing\\nhis own property and as agent for a numlier of tiie\\nbest old line companies of fire, lif( ami accident\\ninsurance, he is meeting with success.\\nMr. Kelley was born in Milton, Pa., June 26,\\n1828, and is a son of Obadiah and Ann (Orr) Kel-\\nley. In liis native home the boy i-eniained, receiv-\\ning a good, common-school education until after\\nthe death of both parents. He was earl} orphaned,\\nas his mother died when he was but six years old\\nand he had scarcely completed his first decade\\nwhen he was deprived of a father s care and affec-\\ntion. He remained in that vicinity and for a few\\nyears was with Mr. Shields, in Lewisburg, Pa.,\\nwhere he learned the foundation of business enter-\\nprise. There lie sojourned until he reached the\\nage of twenty years, after which he spent one year\\nin I);iii\\\\ille. i a.. and in 18-49 determined to cc nie\\nWest. Ani\\\\iiig in .Miciiigan lie settled in Flower-\\nfield. St. .losepli County, this State. He remained\\nin tliat ))lacc for two years, engaging in the furni-\\nture business on his own account, Jiiid also buying\\nin that vicinity forty .acres of prairie land which,\\nhowever, he never cultivated.\\nJjeoni,.Iackson County, Mich., was the next home\\nof Mr. Kelley and he there entered into business\\nin a general \\\\i!lMge store. In 18, )2. in I^oni he\\nwas united in marriage with Caroline ^I. Bennett,\\ndaughter of Rev. Aruiia Bennett, of Wasiitenaw\\nCounty. Mr. Bennctl was one of the pioneers who\\ncame to Michigan in 1832 as a local preacher of\\nthe Methodist Ei)iscopal Church. He bought three\\nhundred and twenty acres of land and upon it he\\nafterward made his home until his death. Our\\nsubject remained in Leoni until 18/Jl when he rc-\\nj moved to Grass Lake and engaged in the furniture\\nj business. From there he came to Lansing in 18.58\\nI to take a position as clerk in the o (lice of the\\nAu(lit ii-( .eneiiii, under 1). L. Case. He remained\\nill tlial olliee until 1878, serving in the capacity of\\nclerk for twenty years, and in the meantime inter-\\nested himself in Lansing realty. During the first\\n1 three years after he resigned tiie office of clerk for\\nthe Auditor-General he was engaged in the mer-\\ncantile business and carried on a ninety-nine cent\\nI storeon Washington Avenue, but at the end of tliat\\nI time devoted himself entirely to tiie line of Imsi-\\nness in whicli we now find him.\\nThe political views of Mr. Kellc.y in his early\\ndays were with the anli-slavery branch of the Wjiig\\nI party and his first Presidential ballot was cast for", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0461.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "462\\nPORTRAIT AIvD BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nJohn P. Hale. After tliat he entered the Republi-\\ncan party to which he was attaclied until quite\\nrecentl.y, but now casts his iiiHuenee and vote for\\nProhibition. He is prominently identified with\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church and is a menilter\\nof the Lansinsj Lodge, No. 66, F. iV A. M. He has\\ntwo children still living and his daughter. JIary E..\\ndied when fifteen years old. Lillian B. is now\\nMrs. W. AVood, of Lake City. Mich., and Anna\\n1.. is at liome. The Indoved and lionored compan-\\nion of liis youth was calU d from liis side by death\\n.lanuary 24. 1H!)(I. liaving readied the age of fifty-\\nnine yeai s. Her irreparalile los^ is keenly felt by\\nlier husband and children, but her beautiful in-\\nfluence remains not only with them but with all\\nwith whom she associated during her lifetime.\\nIIL^ ON. WILLIAM 1!.\\\\LL. .Michigan is known\\namong the sisterhood of States as having\\namong her sons Tuan.y citizens of noble\\ncharacter and high repute, whose public-\\nspirited services and aggressive and far seeing en-\\nterprise have raised her to her proud position as\\none of the most highly cultured and prosperous\\ncommonwealths in the Nortliwest. To such sons\\nthe State owes a del)t of gratitude and all who\\nlove her delight in reading the record of their\\nlives. The man of whom we write in this sketch\\nhas made his mark as a nfible son of Michigan and\\nhas helped largely in the devclo|inient of this part\\nof the State.\\nSamuel H. Ball, the father of the lion. William\\nBall, whose home is in Hamburg Township, Liv-\\ningston County, was a farmer and had an excellent\\neducation. He was horn in Vermont in 1803, and\\ncame to New York when but a lioy and there in\\ndue time undertook the pidfessitm of a teacher.\\nAfter living there for some years he came to AVeb- I\\nster, Washtenaw County. ^lich.. and bought some\\nland to which he afterward added until he secured\\nthree hundred acres. Here he built a house and\\nbarns and proceeded to improve and cultivate his I\\nland. He married Olive Seeley about the year 1829.\\nShe was one of nine children in her parental home\\nand was born in New York about the year 1806.\\n.lames Ball, the i)aternal grandfather of fiur sub-\\nject, had 1 family of ^ix children, all of whom h.-ive\\nnow passed to the other world. The son. Samuel,\\nhad five childien. William being the eldest of the\\n(lock, his natal year being 1830. Samuel Ball died\\nin 1878 in Webster, and had been a pi ominent\\nman throughout his life, having been Supervisor\\nand .Justice of the Peace and a prominent worker\\nin his earl\\\\ life in the ranks of tlie Whig party\\nand later attiliating with the Republicans. His\\nwidow still resides in Webster. Washtenaw County,\\nand makes her home with Charles Rogers.\\nWilliam Hall has a collegiate education ac(piired\\nat .MhioM ollege and at the University of Michi-\\ngan, lie taught for ten years in the district schools\\nand in the rnicm School in Oti.^co. Ionia (lunty.\\nwhere he occupied the position of Principal. .\\\\t\\nthe age of twenty -one he had started o\\\\it for him-\\nself, buying eighty acres of land in Welister Town-\\nship about the year 1850. He came to Hamburg\\nTownship in 1858 and bf)ughl three hundred acres\\non sections 26 and 27. Since that time he has\\nadded by ])urchas( until lie now has five hundred\\nacres, much of which he has cleared, and upon it\\nhe has built barns and a pleasant house and has\\nset out fine orchards.\\nThe most momentous event in the life of the\\nyoung man was his marriage in 1858 with Catherine,\\ndaughter of David B. I owers. a New Yorker, who\\nhad two children of whom Catherine was the\\nyoungest, being born in 1838. To her have been\\nborn one son and four daughters. Erwin was\\nmarried in 1K81 to Carrie E. Fisk, daughter of\\nTheodore and Edna ((iardner) Fisk. This lady is\\nan only child, lioni in 1865, and a gradilate of the\\nState Normal School at Ypsilanti, where she com-\\npleted her course in 1883. They have three chil-\\ndren, Edna Fh)rence H. and Leland II. Erwin\\nBall is Secretary of the Washtenaw County Far-\\nmers Association and C orresponding Secretary of\\nthe Fanners Club at Webster. His college society\\nis the Delt^i Tau Delta and he has served as both\\nPresident and .Secretary of that fraternity. He is\\nan earnest worker in the ranks of the Re)nililic. ni", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0462.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n463\\nparty and a hearty promoter of every movement\\nwhich looks to the advancement of tlic farming\\ncommunity, fully one-half of his time hoinij taken\\nup by his duties as Secretary of the ^lichiifau\\nMerino Siieep Breeder s Association, which otiice\\nhe has held for five years. The second cliild of\\nour subject is Sarah, who is the wife of Louis\\nSaunders, of Omaha, Neb., and has two children.\\nFollowing her are .Julia, Kate, (the wife of Henry\\nQueal, living in Hamburg) and .Mice II. Kate\\nhas one son. Erwin is a graduate of the Agricul-\\ntural College. The three older daughters have all\\ntaken their diplomas at tlie State Normal of Ypsil-\\nanti. -Mice IL, the youngest, is now a student in\\ntlie same institutiun.\\nThe Hon. Mr. Ball is iiromiuently itlentified with\\ntlie Free and Accepted Masons of Howell and is a\\nmember of No. 26. Howell Comm.andery. He was\\none of the charter members at .Vnn Arbor of the\\nDelta Kappa Epsilon, and in the State Orange lie\\nIS a prominent member. For ten years the State\\n.Xgricnltural Society has been favored with his ser-\\nvices as one of its Directors, and is one of the\\nDirectors of the Central Michigan .Vgricultural\\nAssociation. The Michigan Live Stock Association\\nhas made him its President and in thai otiice lie\\nhas shown great efDciency and breadth of view\\nwhich has brought this .association to the front.\\nHe has also been President of the Michigan Merino\\nSheep Breeders and Wool Grower s Association as\\nwell as occupying the same oftice in the Short-horn\\nSociety of this State. Upon the Board of Directors\\nof the State Reform School, of Lansing, he has\\nshown himself most judicious and aggressive.\\nThe record of ]Mr. Ball as a leader in tiie Repub-\\nlican jiarty is worthy of note. His early training\\nmade liim a Whig but after the formation of the\\nRepublican party he joined its ranks and has ever\\nsince then been identified witli it. His services as\\nSupervisor from 1863 to 1864 evinced iiis more\\nthan ordinary capacity as a man of public affairs\\nand his fine superintency of the county schools, to\\nwhicii office he was elected in 1872. made him\\nknown to the best men of the county. He was\\nelected to tlie State legislature in 18f)l and re-\\nelected to tlic same ofilce in IHIiC. In 18.S(I lie\\nwas again re-elected to the Michigjin State Legis-\\nlature, was elected Speaker pro tem and was Act-\\ning Speaker most of the session (the Speaker being\\nsick). In IH!HI lie wassent to the State Senate and\\nbecame President pro tem of that body, and by\\nthe death of Lieut. Gov. McDonald he became act-\\ning Lieuteiiant-(iovernf)r. In 1 8i)0 his party placed\\nhim in tlie field as candidate in the Sixth Congres-\\nsional District for Member of Congress. He made\\na fine run personally and came within five hundred\\nof winning Iiis election, but as that was the year\\nof the great land slide, when Michig.an went\\nstrongly Democratic, lie did not meet with success.\\nHis popularity, however, is undiminished as it is\\nbased upon a thorough knowledge of his really fine\\ncharacter, which is notable for his broad and dis-\\ncriminating judgment, his u|)rightness and com-\\n))rehensive reason.\\n-^;jP^II()MA.S \\\\V. BUKWKK. proprietor of the\\nLivingston Herald of Howell, Livingston\\nCounty, is a native of the township in which\\nhe resides, being born here April 9, 1847. His\\ngrandparents were among the first settlers of the\\ntownship, his grandsire Peter having been a native\\nof New York .and a soldier of the War of 1812.\\nHis grandmother bore the maiden name of Dorcas\\nWest and will long be remembered by the inhabi-\\ntants of this county as one of the brave pioneer\\nwomen of the earl) days.\\nEbenezer Brewer was the father of our subject\\nand had his birth in AVilson, Ni.agara County,\\nN. Y. He came to Michigan in early boyhood and\\nat the .age of twenty-one married Charlotte Thomas\\nwho became the mother of tiie subject of this\\nsketch. She passed away from earth in Howell in\\nNovember, 1857. leaving three children, two sons\\nand one daughter, the eldest, Thomas, then being\\nbut ten years of age.\\nFrom the time he lost his mother the lad was\\nthrown upon his own resources but he attended\\nthe ilisliicl school iiearl\\\\- every winter until 1863\\nwhen he left home, although only a little f)ver six-\\nteen years of age and look his place in the ranks", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0463.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "464\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nof our country s defenders. He joined Company\\nC, Fourth Michigan Cavalry and served untilJune\\n26, 1865. when he was discharged at Louisville,\\nKy., on account of the cessation of hostilities and\\nreturned home to Michigan. The young man felt\\nthat he had not gained the I ducation which he i\\nought to have, and he continued working on the\\nfarm in summer and attending the district school\\nduring the winter nuniths. until he gained hi.s ma-\\njority.\\nMr. Brewer now found liis liealth insufficient to\\nbear tlie heavy toil of tlie farm, as agriculture still\\npartook very largely of a pioneer character, and he\\ntried an experiment of investing in a patent right,\\nwhich made liini ridi in exi)erience but was a failure\\nfinancially, .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2nid he again took up his former occu-\\npation, llis marriage upon Maiih 27. 1872.\\nbrought to his side a faithful companion in the\\nperson of Mary J. Craig, a lady of Howell. He\\ncontinued to follow agriculture until tlie beginning\\nof 1874. when he entered the employ of the Howe\\nSewing Machine Company and followed that line\\nof business until 1878 when he became an employe\\nof .S. Andrews, remaining with him until .Vugust,\\n1881, when he left this business and took a trip to\\nthe Western frontier. A few months sta\\\\- at the\\nCheyenne agency in Dakota c0(^led the go west,\\nyoung man fever in the veins of Mr. Brewer and\\nhe returned home and took up the sale of sewing\\nmachiiies, in which he continued until 1888.\\nMr. Brewer purchased in June, 1889 a weekly\\nlocal newspaper, the Inter-Lake, which had been\\npublished by the Rev. D. W. Haminond of Vernon,\\nShiawassee County, Mich. He published the same\\nuntil April, 1891, when he sold the subscription list\\nof that paper to .1. A. Keyes of the Durand Ex-\\npress and bought the suljscription books of the\\nLivingston Herald. It was on May 15, 1891, that\\nMr. Biewer issued ins first nuinhcr of the Herald.\\nwhich he had enlarged from a live-column folio to\\na six-column quarto. His \\\\Ki\\\\tvy received a hearty\\nwelcome from its first issue and with his thorough\\nknowledge of the county and large acquaintance\\namong its people his success is an assured one. .Al-\\nthough he is not acquiring great wealth he is filling\\na useful place in the communit\\\\ and commands the\\nle.^peetof all who know him. Of the four children\\nwho have blessed his home three sons and a daugh-\\nter, two have passed away, Oeorge W. and Robert\\nE., while Alice A., a girl of sixteen, and Thomas\\nW. .Jr., a sprightly lad of thiiteen \\\\ears, still re-\\nmain to receive theaffection and training of their\\nfond niid judicious parents.\\nOHN W. HARRIS, a prosperous and well-\\nknown fanner residing on section 34, Putnam\\nTownslii|), Livingston County, is a son of\\nIIenr\\\\ Harris. a native of Kings County. Ire-\\nlaud, who emigrated to .\\\\merica in 1S2. where lie\\nworked for two yeai in Xew .lersey on the Dela-\\nware and Uaritan Canal. In 1827 he n tunied to\\nIreland and married the mother of our subject,\\nMary Ryan, who was born in lially Ihitton, Iving\\nCounty. After their marriage they returned to\\nAmerice, where Mr. Harris worked on a railroad in\\nI eniisylvania for a season, and then worked on a\\nfarm as overseei for .lo epli Boneaparte foi one\\nyear.\\nlleiiiy Harris came to Michigan in the spring of\\n182 ,l, and bought two hundred acres of wild land\\nfrom the (Jovernment. The land was located on\\nthe section where his son now resides, and th\u00c2\u00ab\\npatent was signed by President Andrew .lackson.\\nHaving built a log house, he removed his family\\ninto it in December, 1829. At that time there was\\na small tamarack log house belonging to a Mr. Cam-\\nfield where Piiukney now stands. There was also\\na sawmill, which was built by Andrew Knowland,\\nof Ann .\\\\rbor. a few houses and two stores in that\\nvicinity on Portage River, which little hamlet died\\nout after Pinckiiev was established, and there is\\nnot a sotil now living who was here at that time.\\nThe father of our subject was poor exceiit in a\\nbrave determination to provide a home for his\\nfamily, and a wealth of physical strength which\\nenabled him to clear his land, subdue the wild for-\\nests, and meet the exigencies of pioneer life. There\\nwere then plenty of Indians; and wild animals and\\ndeer, bears and wolves were about the door. Xo\\nroads (except Indian trails and aths which could", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0464.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n465\\nl)e f illf)wecl liy lilazed trees) wcri iivailahk- for ii.se\\niiiiil the nirti ket Wfis at Ypsilaiiti. lliiiiy-eitflit miles\\naway.\\nThis early piuiieer was wide-awake ti his duties\\nas an Anierieaii citizen, and walked t(5 Ann Arbor\\nto vote at the ru .--t eleetion whieh he attended here,\\nand his next oppoitunity was in a house west of\\nHudson Colliers. .Vftei- liviii here twenty-nine\\nyears, he hnd tlirce Imndreil .Miid sixty acres of ex-\\ncellent land, one hundred and thirty of which he\\nhad cleared. lie had also huilt ;i fiMine house which\\nwas then the liest liouse for miles around, and it i^\\nstill standiiiir. as is al.so his frame barn, ;i,5x4li feet\\nin dimensions, wliich was one of the first in the\\nneighborhood, lie died .lanuary it. IHM. Imt his\\nwidow survived until April 20. l\u00c2\u00abx;i.\\nOf the nine children of this pioneer four are now\\nliviiia, viz: our subject; ^Irs. .Michael oiiii( 11.\\nof .)ackson: Mrs. .lames Morijan. of Inadilla Town-\\nshiii; and Thomas, of Lake ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iew. Miss. The par-\\nents were devout Catholics, and in the early days\\nservices were held in their house for twenty years\\nby Father Kelley. who at that time was located at\\nWayne, Washtenaw (ouiiIn and who used to make\\nnumlierless tri])s on horseback tlirough the \\\\vood\\nbetween Wa_vne and Milwaukee. Henry Harris\\ntook an interest in ijolitics. and was an intimate\\nfriend of (ien. Ia wIs (ass. He filled the responsi-\\nl)le otliees of Over.seer of the l oor. r )wiisliip Trea.s-\\nnrer, School Otlieer and was one of the lirst jurors.\\nHe gave to his children as fair an education as cii-\\neumstances would allow.\\n.hily 2;j, 1839 was the natal day of our sub-\\nject. His first home was on this farm where he now\\nlives. Here he received his early education and\\ngrew to manliooiL and upon the death of his father\\ntook charge of the farm, bein i- then but nineteen\\nyears old. In the course of time he bought out\\nth other heirs and the land now belongs to him\\nby virtue of the old patents, some of which are\\nsigned by .lack.son. some by an Hiiren. and some\\nby John liuincy Adams.\\nThe wedding day of .John W. Harris, was No-\\nvember 27, 1H()7, and he was then united with\\nAgnes Morgan, a daughter of I eter and Catherine\\nMorgan, of Inadilla Township. Mrs. Harris was\\nborn Larch 2. 1H47. in I liadilla Townshi]), and\\nshe has become tlie mother of two children, Harrv\\nCasper and .James .Morgan. The oldest sou was\\nborn October 27, 1868, and is astenograi)her in the\\notHco of A. C. Walker, at Aspen, Col. He was a\\nstudent at Pinckney until he reached the age of\\nseventeen, after which lie taught one term and was\\nthen a student .at Dexteraiid lithe Ypsilanli Busi-\\nness College. For two years he was with the .\\\\n-\\nchor .Manufactiirinu Coinpaii\\\\ of Detroit, and then\\nafter one season on his father s farm he went to\\n.\\\\s|)eii. Col., where he now resides. He was inar-\\nlicd .luly 211. isc.l 1. to Carrie Kelly, of .Vsiieii; .lames\\nwas lioin .luly 2. i. 1870, and after beinga student at\\nI inckncv. at the age of I igliteen beoaii teaching,\\nand then received the appointment from Gov.\\ninans to be his paue duriiit; the term of the I^eg-\\ni^lature of IH .M. The parents feel justh proud of\\ntheir sous, and are ha| py in beiiii; able to say that\\nneither of them knows the taste of liipioi\\nIn \\\\Xlx Mr. Harris Iniilt the pleasant home on\\nwliicli lie now resides at a cost of ^L.^io be.sides the\\nlabor which he himself ex]iended upon it. ami in\\nconnection with this house Mrs. Harris boasts the\\nbest cellar in the township. They now have three\\nhundred and twenty acres of land, one hundred\\nand ninety acres of which is improved, and he car-\\nries on the farm himself, having.ilways been a hard\\nworker. He began raising thoroughbred .\\\\inerican-\\n.Merino sheep in 1874, and now has one hundred\\nand thirty head. He has also fine registered .Jer-\\nseys and Holsteins. and in horses has some splendid\\nanimals, which tr.ace their lineiige to Amb. i.s^a-\\ndor, Treniont. Louis Napoleon an d Pasacas.\\n.^mong his twenty-three horses he has some very\\nvalu d le ones, and the dam with which he started.\\nwas one of the finest Clay mares in the State at\\nthat time, she taking second i)remium,and her colt\\nlirst premium at Detroit in 1879.\\nMr. and Mrs. Harris are devout members of the\\nCatholic Church, and both of their sons follow\\ntheir parents in religious belief and life. They all\\nbelong to the Father Matthew Temperance Society\\nof .St. .Joseph Church, at Pinckney, and in po.itical\\nmatters the father h.as ever been a strong supporter\\nof temperance candidates. He has also been use-\\nful as a member of the .School Hoard, and sets a\\ngrand examjile to many an Anieriean-born citizen", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0465.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "466\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nin this regard, that lie never for the sake of gain,\\nor to get work out of his boys, kept them out of\\nschool a day in their lives. His aim has been to\\nmake them good citizens, and to train them in\\nthorough business habits.\\nThe Catholic Church at Pinckney had for its\\npioneer priest Father ivelley, and since that time it\\nhas been favored with tlie ministrations of Fathers\\nCuUen, Pulcers and Mutarh. and the congregation\\nnow has one hundred and eighteen families con-\\nnected with it. The church building which was\\nCompleted ill 1K()8 by the Rev. J. an Genip, was\\nbegun in IKUO. The priests who have officiated\\nsince its dedication, were the Rev. Fathers J. Raf-\\nter. T. Mattery. Herbert, Diiehig and Considiue.\\nMr. Harris enjoys telling stories of his father s\\nearly experiences in the pioneer days. One of his\\nmost tlnilling ad\\\\enlures was when he and a hired\\nman were cutting hay upon a marsh three-quarters\\nof .-i nnle from home. They were so busy at their\\nwt)rk that they did not remember to listen pru-\\ndently for the approach of wild beasts, and before\\nthey knew it a large pack of wolves had attacked\\nthem. They kept off the animals by hard fighting\\nuntil they reached a point within thirty rods of\\nhome, when the wolves were driven off, and they\\narrived safelv at the liouse.\\nI f O pt\\n^T^?] DWIN B. CARRIER. Among the pron,i-\\nis] nent and most induential members of busi-\\ni) ness and social circles in Lansing, Ingham\\nCounty, is our subject whose Inisiness as stock-\\ndealer and also as proprietor of the egg preserving\\nestablishment are among the active enterprises of\\nthis cit\\\\-. He is not one of the pioneers of the\\ntown as he came here in 1880, but he has shown\\nhimself deeply interested in developing the natural\\nresources and stimulating the enterprises of this\\ncity, and has made himself a leader in various\\nmovements of importance.\\nThis gentleman was born in Cayuga County.\\nN. Y., May 13, 1832, his parents being Bert H. and\\nEmeline (Hanchett) Carrier. The father was a na-\\ntive of New York who removed to Rice Creek,\\nCalhoun County, Mich., in 1837 and there engaged\\nin farming. He bought new land from the Gov-\\nernment and settled where there were but two fam-\\nilies within a radius of many miles. He cleared up\\na farm and made a prosperous home out of this\\nland which he found in the wilderness. Under\\nhis roof the earliest religious meetings were held,\\nand he became one of the founders of the jNIetho-\\ndist Protestant Church. When a house of worship\\nwas to be erected, he with David H. Miller. Amos\\nHadden, Caleb Hanchett and David Hanchett.\\nwere the heaviest contributors toward building the\\nfirst frame church at Rice s Creek. Previous to this\\nthey had been privileged to hold meetings in the\\nschoolhouse, as Mr. Carrier was most of the time an\\nofficer of the school district and also of the town-\\nship. He lived on the old farm until the time of\\nhis death, February 11, 1881, and was then nearly\\nfour-score years of age, having been born May 4,\\n1807. His amiable and excellent wife, who wasso\\ntrue and helpful a companion to him in their pio-\\nneer experiences, was born September 12, 1812 and\\ndied May 26, 1877.\\nBesides our subject his parents had three chil-\\ndren born to them, Oscar M., who is now deceased;\\nAlice the wife of Sidney Thomas; and Orange A.\\nEdwin Carrier received most of his education in\\nCalhoun County, finishing his schooling at Olivet\\nCollege, after which he taught for several terms\\nand then engaged in farming. He bought a farm\\nin Calhoun County and took as his wife Miss Cor-\\nnelia Root, a native of Cayuga County. N. Y.,\\nwho was born there November 26, 1831. Their\\nmariiage took place September 27, 1853. She is a\\ndaughter of Ralph and Phcebe Ann Root.\\nMr. Carrier continued farming in Marengo\\nTownship, Calhoun County, where he owned one\\nhundred and eighty acres of fine land, eighty of\\nwliicli he still keeps in his possession. In that\\ntownship he has held many of the offices and has\\nserved with especial efficiency as Road Commis-\\nsioner and School Inspector. He served also most\\n(heerfuUy and satisfactorily as chorister of the\\nMethodist Protestant Ch\\\\u-ch at Rice s Creek for\\ntwenty-five years and has been a member of that\\nreligious body since he was ten vears old. The", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0466.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n467\\nwork of fi Smuhiy-sfliool Suijeiiuteiident has also\\nlift li Ills t oi- more tliMii !i i|U;irlci- of ;i iclitury. lie\\ni (Iffply iiiti iolfd i)i iiiiiltfrs i t pulilic iiniiortiiiice\\n.-111(1 had ii sUuiiji faith in the vitality and ()iiiid-\\niii ss of till Republican party t(j which he had been\\nhiiiu: attJK lu d. I litil .--i.K years a;fo ho Ijeeaiiie a\\niiiemlier (if the l ri]|iiliit ion party wiiieh he now en-\\nthusiast ieally supp()rt\\nOur siibjeet has .-iold a part of his farm to his\\ndauuhter and her husband. Myron Holies, who live\\nin a liandsoiiie house on the old hcjinestead. .Mr. C ar-\\nlier has built for hini.sell a line luiek residence al\\nthe coriu i- of Seymour and W ilhuv .Streets and his\\nlirotliei-in-Ia\\\\v. William K. linbinsim. who liDUifht\\ntpiite a tract of land at the uirtli end of town has\\nbuilt for himself a beautiful liuiiie. Near the limne\\niif .Mr. Carrier they have their eusi es1alili hinent\\nwhich has a capacity of .seventy-tive tlunisaiid\\ndozen ejias. which they iiold in vats in the iiei-\\n.serviug liquor until they desire to sell them. They\\nare buildiiiii up a line trade in this iieccs ^ary arli-\\nele of commerce.\\n.Mr. Carrier has also made a .--peci. dly of bu\\\\ inu\\n!\\\\nd .selliiiii stock and lia~ eiiijaiied particularly in\\nlettinu; sheep, havinsj had as many a* twenty-tive\\nhundred .sheep let out on time. The tirsi wife of\\n.Mr. Carrier died January .SI. I.smm leaviiiif a fam-\\nily of five children, namely: Klla .May, who was\\nliorn .Inly :S, 1808 and i now Mrs. Holies; Wilbur\\nborn Kel)ruary 28, 186(1, and is now a Presby-\\nterian minister at Wausau. Wis.; Sai-ali A., born\\n.September 12, 18()1. now .Mrs. William .1. .Mc-\\nRolierts, of Iroiiwood. Mich.: ^lerton H.. born\\nKebrnary 21), 18()tj, who is eiitcaued in the wholesale\\nbusiness of the Lansin r Si)ice and Extract Coni-\\nl)any: and Iv-lherM., was born May i;5, 18()8 and is\\nstill al home. Mr. Carrier and the memln rs of liis\\nfamily are identitied with the members of the\\nPresbyterian Church of this city.\\nThe present Mrs. Carrier bore the maiden name\\nof .Sarah .McCollam. and was born .September 12,\\n184;:!, in Cayuija County. N. V.. lieiiiif a daughter\\nof .John -McCollam. .She there grew to maturity\\nand taught .school for several years after which she\\nmarried Mr. Elmer Slay ton of that place in 18(ir)\\nand came to .Michigan two years later. Mr. and\\n.Mrs. Slayton resided at Rice s Creek, where he car-\\nried on a farm and he died there in 1885. Her\\noldest daughter Arlone, is now the wife of William\\nWilliams, and the younger daughter Emma, is at\\nhome with her mother.\\nE.NNIS OHEV. .Vniong the old settlers\\nnow become the retired farmers of llain-\\n[!S /r burg Township. Livingston County, we\\nliud a nuinl)er i f men whose abilities and\\ncliaiarter have given them an except ional standing\\nin the communily. Their migration to Michiuaii\\nin the early day dc\\\\elo|ied lliiough hardship :iiid\\nstrugiile all that is be t in man. and by their per.se-\\nverance and sturdy ailherunce lo the principle\\nwhich are essential to sueeess iindci such cireuni-\\nstaiico. they atlaiiie l a lepulatitni .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0mil a standing\\nwhich i.- permanent. .Such a man is Dennis (Orey,\\nwho resides on that beautiful section of llaniburg\\nTowusliii), whieli lie- on .section i(i.\\n.lolin D. Corey, the honored father of our sub-\\nject, was bctrn in Pliode Island, in 179! He re-\\nceived an excellent education and taught for many\\nyears, although he was by avocation a farmer,\\nrpon leaving his native home he went to Sara-\\ntoga, N. Y., and remained in that .State until 1831,\\nwhen he came to Michigan, traveling by way of\\nErie Canal to Buffalo, thence to Detroit on the\\nboat WilliaH Penn. From that city he came\\ntlir nigli the forest to Nankin, Wayne County,\\nwhere he bought eighty acres of land, and in 1836\\nhe bought forty additional acres.\\n.Settling on the eighty acres which he first pur-\\nchased, he proceeded to cut logs and build a house.\\nIt was not really a palatial residence, being only\\n18x22 feet in dimensions with log walls, stick\\nchimney with cl.iy-b.ick walls. He continued to\\nimprove his property, building b.arns and houses\\nand setting out orchards, and in course of time,\\nhaving made this property (piite desirable, sold it\\nand bought one hundred and twenty acres in Ma-\\nson, Ingham County. This was a new farm and\\nupon it he placed a liou.se and barn and other im-\\nprovemenis, and having thus raised its value sold", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0467.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "468\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nit and removed to Gratiot County, where he pur-\\nchased anotlier farm and remained until the end\\nof his da.ys, which came when he was eighty-four\\nyears and two months old.\\nAbout the year 1821, .John Corey had married\\nMiss Parnej Armstrong, daughter of Jacob Arm-\\nstrong, a resident of New York, who had come\\nfrom Connecticut, and who had two sons and\\nthree daughters, of whom Parney was the third in\\nage and was bom aI)outthe beginning of the pres-\\nent century. To .lolin and Parney Corey were\\ngiven six children, who were equally divided be-\\ntween sons and daughter.*, and of whom Dennis\\nwas second in order of age, being born January\\n18, 1824. She died about the year 1833. After\\nthe death of his first wife the father of our subject\\nwas a second time united in marriage, being joined\\nto Roxa Ferguson, daughter of James Ferguson,\\nof Wayne County, Mich. Mr. Ferguson was from\\nX ermont, and Roxa, who was born about the year\\n1807. was the second in a family of nine children.\\nTo her were born seven children, three of whom\\nare still living.\\nThe subject of this sketch had but few advan-\\ntages for an education, but improved those few\\nwith vigor and interest. When twenty years old\\nhe began for himself by working outbj the month\\nin Ann Arbor. He had a taste for mechanics and\\nsoon attained skill in that department of work\\nand at twent3 -four he began to run a stationary\\nengine, and in 1860 had accumulated enough\\nmeans to pin-chase land, buying ei*hty acres in\\nHamburg Township, to which he has since added\\ntwenty more. The farm was not in a very good\\ncondition, although it was cleared, but had upon\\nit poor fences and neither buildings nor orchards.\\nFour years after his purchase of this property he\\nwas united in marriage with Luzetta, daughter of\\nHeman Lake. Mr. Lake had a large family and\\nLuzetta, who was the eighth child, was born in\\n1835. To our subject was born by this union one\\ndaughter, to whom he gave the name of his mother,\\nParney. She is now the wife of George Banghard\\nand is the mother of two sons. Mrs. Luzetta\\nCorey was called from her earthly home in 1858.\\nMr. Corey made his second matrimonial alliance\\nin I86O1 taking as his wife, Catherine, daughter of\\nPeter Corej-, a native of Rhode Island, who re-\\nmoved to New York in his early manhood where\\nCatherine was born in 1824, the youngest of his\\nfive children, two of whom are now living. The\\nwell-known integrity and reliability of Mr. Corey\\nhas given him the universal confidence of his\\nneighbors and to him has been intrusted for twenty\\nyears the responsible oHice of Treasure)- of his\\nschool district. He is enterested in political move-\\nments and votes the Democratic ticket. To his\\nson-in-law he has consigned the management of\\nhis farm, and he has built for himself a beautiful\\nliimie where he and his good wife dwell at peace\\nwith all the world.\\nS2y-^\\n-J\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nAA ID STODARD is a prominent farmer\\n7 in Leroy Township, the tract which he\\noperates being located on section 34. Like\\nso many other settlers in Ingham County,\\nhe is a native of Genesee County, X. Y., his nat.al\\nday having been January 13, 1830. He is a son\\nof Rensselaer and Hannah Stodard, who were both\\nnatives of the Empire State. He was the third\\nchild in order of birth, and grew to m.anhood in\\nhis native State and county. From earliest boy-\\nhood he was engaged in farming, so that in later\\nj ears, when he was thrown on his own resources,\\nhe had but to strike out for himself, the experience\\nbeing already his. He received the educational\\nadvantages common to boys at that time, who\\nlived in a rural district. He attended the district\\nschools, and was there prepared for the practical\\nwork of a business career.\\nNaturally of a bright and assimilative nature,\\nthe original of our sketch acquired more in actu.al\\nand practical experience than over his text books\\nin school. He has been a deep reader from young\\nmanhood and has to a great extent made up the\\ndeficiencies in his early education, being an intel-\\nligent and well-informed man. February 22, 1851,\\nMr. Stodard was married, in New York State, to\\nMiss Amanda Sackett, a native also of that State,\\nand a daughter of Isaac Sackett, of Genesee County,\\nN. Y. To them were born three children, who now", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0468.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0469.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "1 I\\nCAPT 3. T. LYON.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0470.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPIIICAL ALBUM.\\n471\\nliold responsilile and respected positions in life.\\nTliey :irt liy n;inu lUirdett, Curtis an l Inioitcnc\\nThe eldest child is now the wife of icdi iick\\nMead. Our subject enlisted February l- i, IHf!;\\nin Coinpany C, Eleventh Micliiu;an Infantry. He\\nwas appointed to do guard duty at hattnuoo ra\\nand also at Cleveland, Tenn., and at Knoxville.\\nSeptember 13, I860, he received an honorable di.s-\\ncharfje and returned to his home.\\nIn .hinuary, 186.5, our subject emiij;rated witii\\nhis laiiiily to Ingham County, Mich., and located\\nin I.eroy Township. In 187.5 tliey removed to\\nthe present farm which comprises one hundred\\nacres of good land, upon which he has erected a\\ngood class of buildings. His residence is neat and\\nattractive and kept up in excellent order, as are\\nalso tlie barns and outhouses on the place. They\\nspeak more for the management of the owner than\\npages of personal eulogy could do. His fields are\\nwell tilled and he owns some of the latest and\\nmost aiiju-oved labor-saving macliinos in the wa}\\nof agricultural implements.\\nMr. Stodard is worthy of great ))raise for the\\nsuccess that he has made of life, for he has had\\nmany disadvantages to contend with and no aid\\nwhatever, excejjt that within his own family, con-\\nsisting of kind and encouraging words from his\\npartner and helpmate in life. He has lieen very\\nactive in local affairs concerning the district. He\\nis now serving on the School Board as Moderator.\\nOur subject has cleared two farms, and the place\\nin which he now resides he enten d upon when it\\nwas entirel\\\\ uniniproved.\\n.1^-\\nSl\\n^H^\\n#\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abfi OLOMOX T. LVOX. .Mthough dcalli li.as\\nlaid his chill liands upon the lieart of Mr.\\nt/ J Lyon and stilled tiie pulse of the machine,\\nthere is still living the spirit which charac-\\nterized each act of his daily life with noliility and\\nt ca ity. Although not a native of this State, all\\nof his liiinking years were connected most closely\\nwith its growth and development. He came witii\\nhis parent* to .Michigan when only one year old\\nand licrc atlaiiiccl liis manhood and took upon\\nhimself the lioly bond of matrimony, establishing\\na hfnne over which slie who is now his widow\\nreigns.\\nMr. Lyon was born at I ultney, Steuben County,\\nX. Y., May 1, 18. His boyliood days weie,\\nhowever, spent in the State of Michigan, growing\\nup as a pioneer. After finishing a course of study\\nat tiie common schools of the district in which he\\nlived, he enjoyed the advantages offered by the\\ncollege of Michigan, wiiich was located at Kalama-\\nzoo. After finishing his college course he taught\\nschool until 1864. At this time he enlisted as\\nSecond Lieutenant in the Fifth Michigan Regiment\\nof infantr\\\\ Later he was promoted to the post\\nof Captain and served in this capacity until the\\nclose of the war. He was mustered out at Detroit\\nand received an hcmorable discharge. During his\\nwar experience he was thrice taken prisoner. He\\nparticipated in every battle in which his regiment\\ntook part after entering the army until the .-urren-\\nder of Gen. Lee.\\nAfter Mr. Lyon returned from tiie war for two\\nyears he was engaged in teaching in Livingston\\nCounty and after that was elected the County\\nClerk, in which position he continued for a space\\nof two yeai-s. The organization of the life and\\nfire insurance company in the city of Howell,\\nwas laigely due to his inlluence and interest. F or\\nsome time he was engaged in journalistic work,\\nhaving i)urchased in 1871, in partnership with J.\\nD. Smith, the Livingston County 7(i/6//\u00c2\u00ab(\u00c2\u00bb, wliicli\\nhe conducted for two years. The next ten years\\nhe was engaged l)y the .loiinson Pul)lishing Co., of\\nNew York in work on .Tohnson s Xatiual Ilistory,\\nand in this way \\\\v:is thoroughly diiUcd in lilcrjiry\\nwork of that class.\\nSeptember;?!), 1H(!(I. our suliject was united in\\nmarriage to Mi.ss Sarah E. Rumsay, a daughter of\\nWilliam C. and Permilla (Henry) Rumsay. Prior\\nto her marriage. Mrs. Lyon was engaged in teach-\\niiiLT for a period of ixteen years and .after her\\nmarriage she taught with her husl)and one year at\\nthe I nion School at (Irass l/ike. .Mich. !Mrs. I^yon\\nis a woman with unusual educ alimial ;iii l literary\\nattainments. Kvery act is chai acterized liy delicacy\\nand relinemenl. Capt. Lyon was a veiy promi-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0471.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "172\\nPOKTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\niifiit iii;iii 111 the coiuilv ill iiicli lie lived and oiu-\\n(if llic lii-avi st soldicir. IIimI c \\\\cr went out truni\\nllii di triet. His death oeeiined Ueeeniliei- MK\\nl.s .dl. He left a wife and five eliildien to mourn\\nliis los A local paper sa\\\\s the funeral of C apt.\\nLyon was laij elv attended. The services were\\nconducted in .accordance with the ritual of llie\\n1 II ion NCterMiis In ion. while nieinhers of the Fifth\\nMichigan acted as pall hearers. The command\\npassed earnest resolutions of tribute to his merit\\nas a soldier ami a citizen and of condolence with\\nhis bereaved family. In the decease of t apt. Lvuu\\na brave comrade, a true citizen. ,a lovin and loved\\nhusband anil f.-ilhcr has answered the roll call of\\nthe(;rc.il Commander. In his political likint; he\\nwas a follower of the liepublican party and he\\nwith his wife was a meiiilier or the ISaiitisl C hurcli.\\nThe little bniod of live children were welcomed\\nto the hearts and heaithstoue of their )3arents\\nhome. They arc by lunne, William .Vbioail.\\nlames A., Jennie and Mavy l Mrs. Lyon s |)a-\\nronts were early .settlers of Micliit;an. coming to\\n(ii-een Oak. l,i\\\\-iiiiistoii Comity, in I83(). At that\\ntime the fathei- of the family took up laud and\\nclearinji ofl a p(. rtion of his tract, built a loji\\nhouse. He remained on the |ilace a short time\\nand then removed to Oceola Township where he\\nbuilt a sawmill and ac(piired about four hinidrcd\\nacres of laud. He came to Howell about l\u00c2\u00ab4(i and\\nwas soon after elected IJeyister of JJeeds for four\\nyears, and at the end of that time was elected\\nCouiilv Treasurer and held this position for four\\nyears also. He occupied the various positions of\\n.lustice of the Peace and Supervisor for a number\\nof years, at the same time enijaiiino in the mer-\\ncantile husine.ss. With his other business he con-\\nnected that of insurance, nud was also actively\\nengaged in niunicipal affair^ until old age came\\nupon him and he ri tired from active business.\\nHis wife de|)arted this life February 1884. They\\nreared a family of eight children, the widow of our\\nsubject being the eldest. Following her came .An-\\ndrew I., Koyal H.. illiam Lewis C... C hauncy\\nBert C. and Franklin ^V. The parents have\\nbeen connected with the Baptist Churcii for many\\nyears and have been geneious supporters of the\\n(iospel work in this distiict. NLs. Lyon s paternal\\ngrandfather w.-is Klislia Kumsay of iniiecticiil.\\nHe came at an early date to .Michigan, and with a\\nman named Allen laid out the city of .\\\\un .Vrbor.\\nI ^lislia Ixum.say died in 1!^27.\\nA lithographic poitiait of the late C apt. l.,yon\\nis presented on another jjage and perpetuates the\\nlineaments of a valiant soldier, whose memory will\\never be reverecl b\\\\- his countr\\\\inen.\\n\\\\li\\\\M F. RFKl). Students of econ(mucs\\ntell us that the tinancial pros|)erity aiul\\nindeed safety of the coiintiy is based upon\\nthe simple integrity aiul liusiness pioinpt-\\nitude of individuals. If all men realized, as they\\nshould. tln obligations which rest iipiui them to\\nmeet every tinancial call and every just demand\\nwith an immediate response, no amount of disas-\\nters or large catastrophes cciuld demoralize the\\ntinancial standing of oui- great centers. hen we\\nlind a man who does realize this truth and makes\\nit his aim to meet every |)ecuuiary demand with\\npromptitude, we lioiuir him and see in, him one of\\nthe safeguards of the prosiierily of us all. Such\\na man is L Hiram IJeed. who. ^e home is on sec-\\ntion 10, Maiion I ownship, Livingston County.\\nI hilo I,. Reed, the father of our subject, was\\nborn in Cortlaml Comity. X. V.. in 1S12. .and\\nafter receiving a comnum-school education started\\nout at an early age to work for others, choosing\\nfarming as his life work. .Vliout tlu \\\\ear IH. i. i\\nhe married Martha Messenger, daughter of .laliial\\nand Mai-y (Chaplain) Messenger, both ermoiiters\\nb\\\\- birth, who had two sons and two daughters, of\\nwhom Martha was tlie eldest, being born in 1811.\\nIn 18:ili the jiarents of our subject came to Mich-\\nigan li\\\\ w;iy of Canada, and when they passed\\nthrough Detroit on their way to .lackson they\\nleft all their goods there, which were unfortun-\\natelv destroyed by tire. Keaching .lackson, they\\nbought eighty acres of wild land which they after-\\nward sold and removed to Ingham County, where\\nthey bought eighth acres which were subsequently", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0472.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n473\\nexchanged for eighty acres on section 1, Marion\\nTownship, where tlie father still lives and now\\nhas an estate of two hundred and twenty acres.\\nOur subject is the eldest son in their family of\\ntliree daughters and five sons.\\nPliilo L. Reed and wife are jjroniinent in social\\nand church circles, being members of the I rcsTiy-\\nterian Church, wlicic Mr. Rccd is an Kldcr. and\\nwas for many years the efficient and much be-\\nloved Superintendent of the Sunday-school in liis\\nscliool district. lie is a man of affairs, being an\\nearnest worker in the ranks of the Democratic\\nparty, and has been .Justice of the Peace and High-\\nway CuuHnissioiier. To his son he gave an excel-\\nlent coninion-school education, supplementing it\\nwith a High School course and one year in the\\nrniversity of Michigan. At twenty-one the young\\nman began as a teacher in the common schools,\\nafter which he was called to a position in the vil-\\nlage schools. (Xrupying the teacher s desk f ir\\neighteen ve.ars. most of the time in Marion an l\\nadjoining townshijis.\\nThe ha()py wedded life of Ilir. im Heed began\\nwhen he was twenty-four years okl as he w.as then\\nunited with Rebecca E., daughter of ieorge and\\nRebecca (Walter) Tubbs. These parents were New\\nYorkers by birth and had nine children. Their\\ndaughter, Rebecca, who was liorn in 1S47, was the\\nyoungest. To our sul)ject and iiis wife have been i\\nborn five children, namely: Harry E.. Charles P..\\nClarence A., Julia N. and .James E.\\nBig Rapids was for tme year tlic home of our\\nsubject, and he afterward came to Marion and\\nbought the farm of one hundred acres upon which\\nhe now resides. Both he and his intelligent com-\\njjanioH are active workers m llie Presbyterian\\nChurcii. at Howell. ^Mr. Reed is a teacher in the\\nBible Class of the North JLarion Sunday-school\\nand a thorough-going Sunday-school man, being\\nthe Secretary of the Livingston County Sunday-\\nschool Association. He is a member (jf the Free\\nand Accepted Masons, and is also connected with\\nthe Patrons of Industry and the Farmers Alliance.\\nHe is a Democrat in principle, but on local mat-\\nters votes independently.\\nNo work of Mr. Reed s is more worthy of con-\\nsideration than what he has done in connection\\nwitli the schools of this and adjoining townships.\\nHis years of teaching gave him ;ni insight into\\nthe needs of both teachers and pn])ils, and pre-\\npared him to understand better the duties of the\\npeople to the school. For many years he filled\\nsatisfactorily the office of Township School In-\\nspector and afterward Town.ship Superintendent\\nof Schools. His inlluence has ever been foi- [iro-\\ngressive methods and for co-operati(m between\\nschool officers and teachers, and as a memlier of\\nthe County Board if School Examiners lie has\\nlieen of great service to Eivingston County. He\\nbeen upon this board foi- eight years and for\\nthree years was their Secretary (an office which\\ncoiresponds lo Count\\\\ Superintendent of Schools\\nin other States), ;nid is still acting as Township\\nSch(^ol Inspector.\\nAs a farmer, Mr. Reed has devoted himself\\nlargely to fine stock and fruit. In 18H9 he l)0ught\\nthirteen registered Shropshire slu-ep and has taken\\nmuch interest in the development of this lirancli\\nof stock-raising. He now h.as over twenty of this\\nlireed and lias sold sonu among his neighbors. In\\n1888 he began the raising of fruit and planted\\none thousand |)each trees, two hundred jiear trees\\nand (jnite an amount of small fruits iu all tlii,-\\nwork sluiwing himself efficient and successful.\\n3 i\\n^NOCII SMITH. Although having passed\\nthe three-(piaiter mile jiost on the centen-\\narian road, oui- subject is still a very active\\nbusiness man iu Fowlerville, Eivingston County,\\nbeing a cajiitalist of large caliber, who loans money\\non farm or city securities, being himself a retired\\nfarmer. He is a native of New York, having been\\nborn in Cortland County, August 10, 181.i, and\\nbeing a son of Roljert and Amaty (Smith) Smith,\\nnatives of Schoharie County, Y., and Rhode\\nIsland respectively. They were married in the\\nfirst named State in which Robert Smith had been\\nreared as a farmer, there receiving his education.\\nOur subject s father engaged in the agricultural\\ncalling prior to coming to Michigan, which step he", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0473.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "171\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ntook ill l,s:i(;. scttliuii iiunu iiiatcly at While Oak,\\nln iii;iiii Comity ;ui l I lijiatfina in farming. lit\\nliiiilt a lug house on the traet that he t j()k up from\\nthe Goveniineiit. This was later substituted liy a\\nmore substantial building and there the parents\\nlived until their decease. The Democratic party\\nreceived the political fa\\\\di of Robert Smith, that\\nliai-monizuig with his idea of personal right and\\nliberty. )ur subject V paternal grandparents were\\nUolieit and (Jrace Smith. They were of English\\nbirth and anccsti y and c.-une to America just\\nbefore llic Hevolutionary ar. which the former\\njoined and was appointed Orderly Sergeant. He\\nsecured from the (lovernment six hundred and\\nforl\\\\ acres of land and located the same in the\\ntownship of Cincinnattus. Cortland County. X. Y.\\nHis children were .lohn. liobert. illianl. Anion.\\n(Jrace. Polly and lietsy.\\nHe of whom we write was one of a family of\\ntwelve children. Those now li\\\\ ing are Etiocli.\\nArsula, who is now ^frs. I ost. Delilah, who i.s now\\n^Irs. Jewell. AVilliam H. and Willaid. Sjjending his\\nyounger days on the lioiiie farm nir suliject re-\\nceived the advantages to be enjoyed at the district\\nschools ill the \\\\icinity. lie remained at home gi^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\\ning his father his time as was then customary until\\nhe reached liis majority, after wliich he came to\\nMichigan. arii\\\\iiig in the tht ii teriitory dui-ingthe\\nmonth of ^lay, wheu everything was in its pristine\\nbeauty, lie located a tract of land in White Oak\\nTownshi)), Ingham County ;ind then returned East\\nand in Septemlier of tlie same year came back to\\n.Michigan with his p.arenls and their children. He\\nlocated eighty acres for himself in the heavy tim-\\nber openings. Mrst building a log house l()x2ii feet\\nill diiiieusions. This was his home for abcnit eigh-\\nl cii years, although he later erected a line resi-\\n(h lH c with accessoi-y buildings, and increased his\\nfarm to three hundred and fifty acres, upon which\\nlie ke] t graded shecji. blooded hor.ses and cows.\\n.Mr. Smith continued to i-eside on his beautiful\\nfarm until \\\\HM. when he I enioved to Kowlerville.\\nwhere he owns some property. He bought a resi-\\ndence on Wand River Street and now makes his\\nhome there. He owns a tine store building and is\\nnow erecting a double brick block for stores. He\\n.also owns other land in Livingston Coiint\\\\ While\\nstill engaged in farming he was elected to se\\\\iral\\notlicial jjositions. He was Justice of the Peace for\\nse\\\\en years and Asses-sor and Constable, holding all\\nthe school offices given in this county.\\nThe original of our sketch was married in IXAo\\nto Miss Caroline Wright. She did not, however,\\nlive long to enjoy the hapijiness of their domestic\\nlife. r v a second marriage he was united to Miss\\nSarah J. Wright of I liadilla. Livingston County.\\nShe was a daughter of Waller and Hannah (Hub-\\nbard) Wriglil. natives of Onondaga County. Y..\\nwho came to Michigan in IHrid.at which tiinethe\\\\\\nsettled in I liadilla. The father was a farmer and\\nhe and his wife continued their rcsider at the\\nplace that they at first located upon until their de-\\ncease. They had a family of ten children. They\\nare in order of hirth as follows: Betsey A.. Lydia.\\nLavina, William, Lyman. James. Dennis. Daniel.\\nshe. who is now Mr.s. Smith, and Walter. The father\\nwas a Democrat and both he and his wife with\\nsome of their children weie meinliers of the Meth-\\nodist Epi.scopal Church.\\nOf a f.amily of ten children, of which our sub-\\nject has lieen fathei-. nine are now living, having\\nattainid manhood aii l womanhood -and holding\\nhii;h and honorable positions wherevei tln ir lots\\nare cast. They are Frank. Mary. .Mice. Hurt,\\nr.cllc. Homer. Ilorton. Floyd and Ford. Fr;ink\\nmarried Aliss Agnes Hakewell and is the father of\\nthree children Vai)le, Temple and a little one\\nwho is not yet named. ^larv married Mr. II.\\nMclntyre and is tin mother of four i-hildren\\n(Uenn, Ethel, lien jamin L. and Florence. .Mice is\\nnow Mrs. Stowe and li;is two children ll.azel and\\nClaude, liiiit mairied Millie Carpenter. Ii lle is\\nnow .Mr.s. l aiighliu. Homer was uniteil in mar-\\nriage to Mi.ss Hattie Bliss and is the father of twi\\nchildren Blissaiid.a baby not yet named. Iloiloii\\nis the husband of Mi s .May Wood; lliey ;iie the\\nli.areiits of one child lUanche.\\nThe uentleinanof whom we take pleasure in here\\noi\\\\iim- a ski tch belongs to the I rohibitionist\\n|iaity. feeling that the ininciples tli.ai that party\\nholdsarethe ones that tend most to the purit\\\\- and\\nlong standing of our Government. For many years\\nhe has been intimately connected with the .NLisonic\\nfraternitN In their church relations he and his wife", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0474.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0475.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0476.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND HrOORAPHICAL AI.IU M.\\n177\\nlii luiiii 1(1 llif Ah llindi.-I Kpiscopal (leiioiiiiiiulioii M-rt iiity f in avi ;ui l ficcddin troin lui.-iiii-ss i-ares.\\nof wliirli body luMsoiu of tlie Tnislet s at Parkers His wife still survives aiMJ is lii lov iiia eoiiipaiiion\\nCorners in loseo Townshi| Mr. Smith lias iiccu- in the nfternooii of life. I laiik 15. .lolinson re-\\nnuilated a handsome fortune li\\\\ lii iirudenec anil rri\\\\i (l his ediieation in the pulilie seliools of Lan-\\nforesisj lit. lie has a vivid recollection of the di-- sinu. iniishinu- at the Aiirieultui al Colleice. after\\nadvantaijes of pioneer life, of the days when he was i which he tooU a course in the Imsiness eollet e at\\nohliyed to y:o to Dexter, a distance of twenty-five (Jrand Kapids. Soon atter\\\\var l he conunen -ed\\nmiles from his home toinarket. lie also rememhers opei-atinu in small frnil and a viney:iid. and\\nwhen it was nothinu to hoasl of to kill sexcial continued thus eusi iiicd for ten years. lie then\\ndeer. .Vlthonuli sutTeriuii many of the inconxcni- launched into his present luisincss al hi^ pi e.-ent\\nenees incident to that time in a new counlr\\\\ ln location, and has continue l sneeessfidly e\\\\er since.\\nSiiys he has never sei u the time when he went to I rior to his election to the .Mayoralty, oui- suli-\\nlied Iiuni ry and lias always had siilticieni lothinir jeet was elected .\\\\lderni.in from the Sixth Waid.\\nto keep himself M)mfortal)le. as any man mijiht an l seived for foni- years, lieuinniui; hi leini in\\nwho wa willinu to work. I IKSI. In IJ^ .lithis popularity as a in.-in ;iiid the\\neunlideiiee that is reposed in him as a jnihlic ser-\\nvant, was evinced li\\\\ his election as Mayor. In\\nIH .il he was re-eleeted and holds the olHce al the\\n])re.sent time. diseliarii;in i the executi\\\\ e function in\\na manner that is highly creditahle to himself and\\nto the city.\\nON. FH.VNK I .lOlINSON. .Mayor of the Mr. .lohnson was married December 2il. l? M.i. to\\ncapital city, is oiu of the most prominent Miss Minnie Overholt. of eva\\\\ Township. Inu-\\n^j^ retail iifocers in enti;d .Mii-hiuan. Iiavinu ham t ounty. Mrs. .lohuson is a picpossessiuii.\\nIso a wholesale dej)artnient of fruits and ayieeahle and cidtined lady, who is devoted to her\\noysters. .Vlthoiiiih he is one of the liu.siest of men family, lint who is thorouuhlx conversant with the\\nin his own lin^ of luisine.s he is loyal to his oflicial topics of the times, and fond of the iu sl clas of\\nduties, .and ui\\\\es ueiierously of histime and atten- literature, and .-ippreciative of line art. .She is the\\ntion in th;it direction.\\nMayor .lolinson. wlio e portrait appears on the\\nopposite pasic is a iiati\\\\( of ilii city, ln ini; lioin\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2April 21. IH. )2. He is :i oii of Daniel .lohiisoii.\\nwho was one of the early pioneers in this \\\\icinitv.\\neomiiiy here in IXl!^ from Toniiikiiis County. N.\\nv.. which was his liirthpl.ace and early home. There\\nhe m.-niicd in lii.-younu iii.-iiihood days Miss l- ,lniin!i\\nToppiii;. \\\\Vith her :is i companion and helpmate\\nhe came West and entered ji farm just north of the\\ntown, it lieiiiii- partially cleared. lie continued to\\nlive there until IM(l(i. and tlu old farm place was\\nalso the place of natixity of oui suhject.\\nmother of two dausihters. I r:uic and T lorenee.\\nPolitically Mr. .lohiison is a stanch and intlneiitial\\nDemocrat.\\n2?5ii^^*;;:^\\nOHX Bl RNKTT. It is with ij:eiiuine plea-\\nure that the hiourajiher takes up the theme\\nof a life which has li|o. onied into succes\\nand liroad aehievenientsalthoiiiih the clouds\\nof .idversily ami li.ardshiip u;itliered over its iin cp-\\nSoon after the liirth of our suiijcct. his father tion. hcii one see.- ;i man of char.-icter .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2mil .-iliil-\\npurelctsed one hundred and twenty aero of l.ind ily in possession of ;iii eleiiant honu and farm, eii-\\nwithin the city limits of l.aiisiiii;. and rcnio\\\\ cd joyinir a just meed of inMuence and standinu in the\\nwith his faintly upon the place. He coiiiiniied comniunity. .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iiid know that he has reached this\\nfannina until IHiM.wheii he reliied from active point from a hoxhood which promised nothini:\\nlife. determiniiiL; to enjoy lii^ l.-ilter d:iys in the except throuffli hi- n rijrht hand and -tiiid\\\\", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0477.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "478\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nheart, it is a pleasure also to record that that boy-\\nh(i(i(l was niarkud li.v acts of untliiichiiig industry\\nand luave self denial for the sake of a mother and\\nsisters, and that his success is not due to having\\nwronged others or disiegarded the claims of a\\nctminion humanit\\\\\\nOur sul)jcct was luirn September 14, 1830, in\\nMonroe County, N. Y. Ilis fatlicr, Nelson Burnett,\\na blaeksmith by trade, who made his home in\\nDutchess County, N. Y., died in 1844, leaving the\\nmother, whose maiden name was .lane Foreman, in\\ndestitute circumstances so that the lioy of fourteen\\nnaturally became the main stay of the family. She\\nis niiw in her eighty-fourth year, and having been\\na profes.^ing Cliristian since she was a girl of nine-\\nteen, can look l)ack with gratitude over a long ex-\\nperience of the goodness of God who has carried\\nher triumphantly through her days of trial. Her\\nearly church connection was with the Free Presby-\\nterians, but she is now a member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church. Kiglit of lier nine children are\\nstill living to cheer her later and declining years.\\nThe ancestry of this family is of Holland stock and\\ncan be traced back for many generations.\\nOur subject liad his l)irlli in tlic village of E.ast\\nRush. N. Y., and at the age of ten j ears went to\\nlive with an uncle who died about tlie same time\\nthat the father of the boy i)assed aw.ay, so that the\\nlittle fellow was now really thniwn upon his own\\nresoiuces and liegan to work for neighlioring far-\\nmers, receiving *7 per month for his work. He\\ncontinued thus for four years and then spent two\\nye.ars on the railrt ad, where he was foreman and\\nreceived good pay. He witnessed some pretty\\nlively times during this peri id, as railroading\\nalways brings with it a rush and Inislle of excite-\\nment which to a fanner boy opens a new vista.\\nDuring all this time he faithfully sent home his\\nearnings for the supjjort of his mother and sisters,\\nexcept what he absohitely neediMl for clothes and\\nsclKK ling, which he cousideicd c(iually the necessi-\\nties of life.\\nTl .e young man came to iMichigaii in 1854, and\\nworked for five years at a good salary for Gov,\\nKing-ley S. Bingham, who w.as a United States\\nSen,T;.)r at the time of his death, but w.is the Gov-\\nernor of Michig.in during that period. In 1861 he\\npurchased his present farm on section 6, Green Oak\\nTownship. This was then all wild land, he had to\\ncut down trees and grub out roots to make a spot\\nfor his garden, and it was necessary to l)uild a fence\\naround the entire farm before he could raise a cro]).\\nas the land all around him was vacant and wild\\ngame w.as too itleutiful for crops to be left in safety\\nto their tender mercies. He split every lail that\\nwas used ujion his farm and Iniilt a log house, and\\nhis only team for three years was a yoke of oxen,\\nbut at the cud of that time he was the proud \\\\)0S-\\nsessor of a horse. He paid *10 an acre for his\\nland, for which he has since refused 80(1.\\nTiie happy marriage into which he entered on\\nthe 7th of .lanuary, 1861. united him with Miss\\nMargaret Hawthorne, a native of County Down,\\nIreland, who came to America with her father,\\nEdward Hawthorne, in 18.57. They made their\\nhome in Briyhton. The mother having previously\\ndied, ill 1S4( and the father, who was a linen\\nweaver by trade lived until the year of IHHl.\\nOur subject was reared a Whig but was one of\\nthe first to join the Kejiulilican ranks soon after\\nthe organization of the party, and trained under\\nthe lianner of (iov. Bingham. Both he and his\\nexcellent wife are active members of the Piesby-\\nterian Church at Brighton. He raises excellent\\nstock and makes a specialty of Shropsliire lambs.\\nHe has ninety-.seven acres of land wliich he h.as\\nhimself cleared and improved.\\nGF^\\n^=0\\n0I5ERT C. MARSHALL. The owner of\\nthe lincly-cultivated tr.act of land on sec-\\nW tions and 34, Uuadilla Township, Liv-\\ni ingston County, is he wlnise name is at\\nthe head of this sketch. He is a son of Archiliald\\nand Margaret M. (Craig) Marshall, both natives of\\nScotland, the former a weaver by trade. They were\\nmarried in their native land, and there resided\\nuntil lH;i,i.whcn they came to America and settled\\nat Tarry ville, Conn., remaining there until IH. lH.\\nThence they removed to Michigan and settled on", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0478.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "PORTRAri AM) BIOORAPinCAI. ALBIM.\\n17:1\\nllic fMiiii which our sulijcct imw owns. At lii t il tiniii :i]u\\\\ uml Ihroiiuh tii I hiccrxillc. mI.. it liik-\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiiiii)ii-ii(l lull lift_v- ix iK it s of wild ImihI. Aichi- iiii; li\\\\c iiiuiilh lu in;ikc the tiip. Our sulijfcl\\nImlil .M;irsh;ill hcic liuilt ;i sniiill t lMUii hou.-f Mini slMitcd mil Inr \\\\V(irU (ui llic middle fork of tlii\\nlifUMii the work of lilliiii;- llir oil. it hciiii; lii lii t AiuciicMii Kixrr. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iml tliciv worked for :i coiiipMiix\\niniiicuitunil I xpi iii iicc. .it )(l per iiioiitli mid his lioard. roiiiaiiiiiitj with\\nKitlicr our siilijcct fiilhcr was tiidoufd wilji lliciii for two nioiitlis. at wlii -li tiiiu- ho set out to\\nextiaurdiiiMiy aliility MS a fMiiiu r or nature iiiiled work for liiiii.-.elf and diij very well. In the spriiiijf\\nu|)oii his elforls. for liet;iii iiiiii; with o little, he he went to irL. iiiia ity. Ne\\\\ and w:i~ there en-\\nwa the owiii iof three hundred aere of i;ood land t;:i^cd in ininiiiji for four year.-. Il w:i~ .1 ^ueee.s--\\nUefoie his death, and had one hundred anil lift\\\\ fill trip linaneially. and our -iilijeet i-aiiie back to\\nacres under cultivation, lie died in IK( at the home with. in eiilar;;ed experience and richer in\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lire of sixty-six ycMr^. His wife, our iiliiect s pocket.\\nmother, passed Mway in IHM. i.al the aiic of seventy- In iMIiO .Mr. Maisliall united lii late for lietter\\nnine ye.irs. Thex wire the )):irents of six eliildren. 01 wiu se with that of .Mis- lielle liarrett. a daiii^li-\\n1 Wo only livina Mt the present time. I he reliirious ter of William liarrett. an Kimlisliinan. who later\\ntrainiiiii reeei\\\\ ed hy our sulijecl in hi youth was liecanie a resident of this State. .Mrs. .Marshall\\nthat of the I resliyterian (liurch, his parents lieiiiu is horn in IHlli. and died in Aiiifiist. IMHd. she\\ninemhers of that hody. the father heliii; a lilieiMl w;is the mother of two children W illiain H. ami\\nsu|)porter of ijospel work. Politically he was an Frederick. The oldest son w;i- iiiMiried to Sarah I,,\\nactive Ixepiililiean. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiul his jiidirnient was recosi:- I lopkiiis. and resido on the farm with hi father:\\nnized as .-uperior in the count\\\\ in uo\\\\-eriiiiiental he is the liarent of one child. In Octolier. lHK;i,\\naffairs. In IM. i!! he was Supervi or of the town- .Mr. .Marshall auain marrieil. his luide lieiiiL; .Miss\\nship of liiadillM. Hetsey Denton, a daiiiiliter of I )m\\\\ id and l.auiM\\n.Mthoiiuh pinsieally a small man. of delicate (Hunt) I)ent ui. the former a natixcof .New York,\\nmold. .Vrchiliald Marsh.all wa- .1 micci s- as a and the latter of Mas.saeliusetts. David Denton\\nfarmer; not that he employetl so much physical came to Mielii i an in I H. JtJ. and settled at Ann Ar-\\nstreiiiih in his work, rather lirinirinu tine maiiaae- hor. His inarriai e occurred here when he anci his\\niiieiit to his aid in tarrvinu on his farm. He a:ive wife located in Inaililla Township, on section :i.!,\\nhis childri ii thcliest po.ssihle educational advaiit- after it had lieeii sliahtly improved. He died in\\nai^es that could he olitained.es|ieeially the younger IHS(2. at the age of sixty-.seven y^ ins. .Mrs. Den-\\nones. Our siiliject was lioni .luly 211. 1H:J,). The t m still survives at the aii^e of seventy-six years,\\nplace of hi nativity wa in cinnecliciit. and hi .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid iiKike- her home with her daughter. M r .Mar-\\nwas horn shortly after tin fainil\\\\ arrived in .Vmer- shall, who is oik of six children, four of whom\\niea. He was five years old when his parents came are liviii;:. .Mrs. Marsh.all was born l- eliruai\\\\ I:!,\\nto Michiiran. He distinctly remember- the In- l^lst. on the old home-teail. She recei\\\\ed a yood\\ndiaiis and the plenitude of i-aiiie. both lai;i:e and education and spent one yi ar at the YpsilMiiti Nor-\\nsriiall. His parents were very poor on comina mal School. The union of our subject and his\\nhere, and had to borrow money to liii\\\\ llour. present wife has not been ble\u00c2\u00bbed with i-siie. Mr.\\npork. etc. .Marshall owns three hundred and one acre.- of\\nThe ori ^iiial of our -ketch received a meaiiie land, one hiinrired and Mfty acres of which is\\ndistrict-s -hool I diication. bi iiinniiii; to help on tin under ciilti\\\\ itioii. lie devotes himself to yeneral\\nfarm as soon as he could do aiiythiim. Here- I mi iiiiiia. and keep- a high uiade of stock. Their\\ninained at home until tw Mity-six years of au e, in church relations are of the .Methodist K])iscopal\\nthe winter- wiukini; out iiy the day. In |h. .i .Mr. denomination. Sociallx our siibject has been a\\nMarshall started for Tike s I eak. a pMity of eighl iiieinliel of the liide|ieiident Oifler of Orkl Kellow-\\nsetlinii iiiit \\\\^itli one tcMin. .^bout uie hundred and the Masonic fiMteinity: healso beloiiiis to the\\nmiles west of Kt. Kearney Ilii V joined a larae (lood Tcinpl.-ir-. I .ver ki cnly iutere-ted in po|i-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0479.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "480\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ntics, he is an ardent Repuliliean. For many years\\nhe has lieen an advocate of teni|K rance principles.\\nMr. ^Marshall s many friends regret that for the\\npast foiir years he lias lieen a great sufferer from\\nill health. The owner of a finely improved farm,\\nhe lias added to its value l)y thorough underdrain-\\ning and adding extra buildings.\\n4^\\nFREDERICK :\\\\IATnER, All the nearest\\nl^ i and dearest associations of a lifetime are,\\nfor our subject, connected with the State\\nin wlii -h lie resides and tlie greater portion of his\\nlife has lieen spent upon the farm of which he is\\nnow pr i|iiietor. It is located on sections 19 and\\n2(1, Handy Township, Livingston County, and\\ncomprises one hundred and twenty-five acres of\\nvery fine arable land. Mr. blather was born in\\nWashtenaw County, this State, in 1835. He is the\\nson of Calvin and iMarilla (Xewcomb) Mather,\\nnatives of Xew York and Pennsylvania respec-\\ntively and who came to Michigan in 1833 as pio-\\nneers, settling in the township of Scio, Washtenaw\\nCounty, where they were among the first to find\\ntheir way through the forests to a habitable place\\nill that county.\\nWhen our subject s (tarents came to this State\\nthe jire-ieiit beautiful city of Ann Arbor, which\\njustly takes such pride in its hotels and fine build-\\nings as well as its magnilicent colleges, at that time\\nboasted only a log house which served as an hotel,\\nso that their first impression of the country was at\\nleast not misleading. Tlie.\\\\- knew what thev must\\nexjiect and were brave enough to face the inevit-\\nable with the determination only to conquer all\\ndifficulties. In 18.54 they removed to this town-\\nship and county and settled on the farm which\\ntheir son now operates. There thev lived until\\ntheir decease, the father passing away in 1885; the\\nmother, in 1872.\\nKealizing the importance of good thoroughfares\\nWw .Mather, Sr. as a man of advanced ideas upon\\nthe subject, was appointed to the responsible posi-\\ntion of Road Commissioner and maintained that\\nplace for many years. He was also Township\\nTreasurer. The JDemocratic ])rincii)les of Uncle\\nCal .as he was generally called by his friends\\nwere of the most pronounced type. He was a\\nstanch believer in the sovereign rights of State\\nand the red tape employed in monopolies and\\ntrades unions of the present day is enough to\\nmake the loyal old gentleman turn over in his\\ngrave. He was known and respected by all in the\\ncount}- as a man of strong personal charm as well\\nas sterling worth. Our subject s paternal grandsire\\nwas Josiah Mather, a tiller of the soil in the East-\\nern States and his father was a gentleman of the\\ncloth the Rev. Moses Mather, a native of England\\nand a reiJiesentative of the Presbyterian Church in\\nwhich his son .Tosiah was a Deacon and to whom\\nbelongs the credit and honor of having founded\\nthe Ogden Church in Mdiuoe County, X. Y. Our\\nsubject s maternal grandparents were David and\\nPolly (Pi ice) Newconili, natives if Pennsylvania.\\nThe father was a drover by calling and served in\\nthe War of 1812.\\nThe gentleman of whom we are writing received\\nhis education in his native county. Piactically he\\nwas educated as a farmer. He came to this jilace\\nwith his parents and has ever since lived on the\\nold homestead. Of six children liorn to his par-\\nents five only are now living. They are in order\\nof birth Frances, who is now JLs. .Tudd; our suli-\\nject; Wesley N., who died during the war; Jane,\\nwhose present name is j\\\\lrs. Church; Ellen now Mrs.\\nCulver and Harriet, who married a Mr. Kichter.\\nHe of whom we write is a useful and important\\nmember of society in Handy Townshiii. There is,\\nhowever, one direction in which he has failed to\\nobserve Scriptural advice, and that is that it is not\\ngood for man to be alone.\\nDevoting himself to general agriculture Mr.\\nMather pays special attention to the raising of\\ncattle, sheep and hogs. His farm is a very beauti-\\nful examiile of what agricultural life may be in\\nthe fertile lands of the Wolverine State. Having\\nno family of his own the interests of our subject\\nare n:iturally much bound up in those of his\\nbrothers and sisters. His youngest sister Harriet\\nprevious to her marriage tiiught school for some\\ntime, having been carefullv educated and fitted for", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0480.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0481.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0482.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n483\\nthe work. She now has a very h;i|i|i\\\\ hoiiu in\\nwhich :uf tiirec cliilflreu Floyd, (Jladys and\\nFrederitii. The i;i;-t named is eii :af ed as a tcaeher.\\nand Fli yd. who i?^ a fine musician willi an unusual\\namount of natural talent, is cnga,i ;ed in tcachinsj^\\nthat beautiful art. Mr. Mather s family are amona\\nthe best of the county, ranking higii Itoth socially\\nand fiom a monetary standpoint. Tlicy li:i\\\\c\\ngood, sulistantial l)mldings upon their [ilace and\\na beautiful orchard tiial ields an abundant cro|)\\n(if fruit.\\nh i -i*\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n\\\\Ji^() S. AUai STUS F. FFIidlSON was born\\nl May 3. 1817, in the townshij) of Delhi,\\ntwenty-four years of his life. I p to Ins\\neighteenth year he was engaged in working on his\\nf. itlier s fjirm and in attending tiie district school,\\nlint when he had reached that .age lie attended\\nI ldf. )lds Academy at Lansing, after which he was\\nengaged in tlie study of medicine for two yeais in\\nthe cnpital city with Dr. I!. F. I .ailey. lie at-\\ntended a course of lectures in the winter of l.SCiM-\\n()9 at the University f f Michigan and became\\nthiiroughly prepared for the active practice of his\\njM ofession.\\nOur suliject first located at Okenios, wheie he\\n]iracticed for a while before entering the Michigan\\nIbimeopathic College at Lansing from which he\\ngraduated with the degree of M. I), in 1872. Re-\\nturn ing to Okemos he engaged in the jiractice of\\nhis profession and six years after finisiiing his\\nnieilical studies he formed a ))artnership witii his 1\\nlirdthcr. .1. W Ferguson, i\\\\I. whii hiid just giad-\\nuated from the Homeopathic Hospital Collegi of\\nCleveland. Ohio. This proved to be a veiy happy\\nunion and tiie brothers continued togetlii r until\\nI8H Dr. Ferguson has always had a IkmiI for\\npolitical life, being an enthusiastic Democrat. In\\n1881) he was a candidate on the Democratic ticket\\nfor Representative to the Legislature and wa elec-\\ntee) by a large majority, luiining \u00c2\u00abine iiundre(l and\\neighteen votes ahead of lii ticket in liixiwn I wn-\\nship. During the firet session of his legislative\\ncareer he introduced thirteen bills, the majority of\\nwhich became laws. .Vmoiig the number wa.s the\\nanti-trust bill, wiiich had for its object the preven-\\ntion of combination by any two or more individ-\\nuals for the i)urpose of raising the price of any\\ncommodity, excepting therefrom farm products.\\nDr. Ferguson s efticient work in the interest of\\nthe agricidtiu al class made him appreci.ated by his\\ncon.stituency and lie was re-noininated for a second\\nterm and was elected by au increased majority.\\nDuring the .session of 18!)1, Mr. Ferguson intro-\\nduced seventeen bills and two joint resolutions,\\namong which was a bill providing for a uniformity\\nof text books in the public schools, and a medical\\nbill to raise the standard of medical education, also\\na bill to consolidate tiie boards of penal institutions\\nof the State, reducing tiie number from thirfy-two\\nfoeight, a bill making piovisidii for the Hertilhoii\\nsystem f(ir tlie idi nlilicatidii of criminals, (ine to\\njirovide a signal in all [ilaces where the railroad\\ntrack is olisciired and one changing the test of\\nkerosene oil fnim inc hniidrcd and twenty degrees\\nfl.ash test tooiie hundred ;iii(l twenty degrees lire\\ntest. It is esfiiiiMled tli;it this last-named bill will\\nsave the peopU if .Michigan about ^3(10.000 a year\\nand at the same liiiic si-cure them a lietter grade of\\noil.\\nWhile Dr. l eigus(in was a legislator, he was ac-\\ntively engaged on several important committees\\nand was tendered the chairmanship of the Commit-\\ntee on Ways and .Means, the iinist im|HMtaiit |)osi-\\ntion of the House, but declined. He was. however.\\nChairman of the Coininittee on Public Health and\\nals i oil the diiiiiiiltiT of Municipal Corporations,\\nUpper Peninsula .Mining Schools, Mines and\\nMinerals and Northern .Vsyliims. He has always\\nenjoyed the confidence of the leaders of his party\\nin Ingham County.\\nDr. Ferguson was liappil\\\\ m:irried in lfs71 to\\nMiss Kate ll. iniiiiond. a ilauiihli r of Dr. S. W.\\nHammond.;! proiiiinent physician of 3Iason. this\\nState. Two cliildren lia\\\\c blest this union\\nCharles, who is a promising youth of fifteen veal s\\nof age, and Robert. :i merry lad of five years. Dr.\\nFerguson is a ineinlier of tin Farmers .\\\\Iliance\\nan l is proud of lieloiiging to the Agricultural fra-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0483.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "484\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nternity. He is the owner of two farms, one com-\\nprismg one liundied and twenty acres on section\\n15, and one of forty acres on section 33, in Meridian\\nTownship. Tiiese farms aic well improved and\\nused principally for st.ock-iaisino In partnerslii|i\\nwith his lirotlier. he is interested in raisina: stand-\\naid-bred trotting horses. I lun have a private\\n(me-half mile tiack mi whicli llieir horses arc\\ntrained. Dr. Ferguson owns twenty-sevfn well-lired\\nanimals and is also interested with his brother in\\nseveral more. He al.so has a half interest in the gen-\\neral mercantile itnsiness of .lohn Ferguson tt Sons\\nof Okemos and sti-ange to say finds tiine in which to\\nengage in the j ractice of his profession in which\\nhe has gained an enviable re])ntation.\\nOur suliject conu s from a family of Scotch de-\\nscent. His fatlier. .John Ferguson, who is a retired\\nfarmer and merchant, was born in Ontario. Canada,\\nin 1816. and came to the United States when about\\ntwenty-two years old. He located in Delhi Town-\\nship in 1841 since which time he has resided in the\\ncounty. He has passed through all the hardships\\nincident to pioneer life, but has lieen prospered in\\nbusiness. He has been honored -by election to\\nvarious township offices and is well known in Ing-\\nham County. His father, also named .lohn. was a\\nnative of Vermont and was born in 1740. He\\nremoved to Canada in an early day. Robert, the\\ngreat-grandfather of our subject, was also a native\\nof A ermont, luit went to Canada.\\nA lithographic portrait of the Hon. Mr. Ferguson\\nappears in connection with this notice.\\n-^-^i\\n:a: [ii\\nHARLES A. HOLLISTEH. To be the son\\n[li _. of a pioneer is considered an iionorable dis-\\ntinction in Livingston County, and when\\nthat pioneer was one who built up the community\\nalong educational and religious lines, and thus did\\neffective work for all who came within the sphere\\nof his intluence. it is an added cau.se for congrat-\\nulation. The Rev Algernon S. HoUi.ster, who was a\\nnative of Vermont, born .lanuary 28. 179(5. was an\\nEl)lscopal minister and a scholarly man. who at an\\nearly day established a select school in Troy. Oak-\\nland County.\\nAichibald lloUister. the grandfathei of our suli-\\nject. a Revolutionary soldier, was a native of Con-\\nnect lent and was descended from .lohn Hollister of\\nEngland, who settled in Connecticut in 1742.\\nHis son .\\\\lgernon entered the ministry abimt the\\nyear 1823. and was one of the early missionary\\nclergymen of Michigan, coming hither in 1835 and\\nlocating in the town of Troy. In 1845 he removed\\nto (Jrcen Oak Townslii)!. where he lived until his\\ndeath. .lanuary 4, 185(). Ilis lieloved and faithful\\nwife, wiio liorc the maiden name of Annie Teall.\\nsurvived iiim for many years and died in 188, at\\nthe age of eighty-four.\\n)iu subject, who was Ixirn Febi-uary 7. 182. at\\nParis Hill. Oneida County. X. Y.. is the third ciiild\\nin a family of five sons and two daughters, six of\\nwliom are still living. He was ten years old when\\nhis parents removed to ^Michigan and has therefoi-e\\nspent most of his life in the Wolverine State and\\nreceived his education first in the village .school\\nof Tioy and afterward in his father s select school,\\nwhere were educated a number of men who have\\nsince become leaders in Michigan. He remaineri\\nin .school until he reached the age of twenty, after\\nwhich lie taught six terms and it was in 1847\\nwhen lie purchased the farm where he now resides\\non section 19. (ireen Oak Township, this county,\\nwhich had then only ahoiit seven acres cleared\\nof the primeval forest.\\nTiie bride whom Mr. Hollister took to his home\\nin .lune. 1850, was Eliza .1. Miller, of Troy Town-\\nship. Oakland County, and after marriage the\\nyoung couple settled upon the farm which is .still\\nthe family home. .Since that time there has been\\nsteady progress in the condition of this property\\nand hard work has been done upon it. It is now\\nentirely free from timber with the exception of\\nfifty acres, and is in a highly improved condition.\\nMr. and JNIrs. Hollister consider the children who\\nhave blessed their home as the richest blessings\\nwhich have been vouch.safed to them, and the on l.x\\nclouds that have rested upon this family have\\nbeen through the death of two of its members.\\nThe oldest daughter. Maru tta. is now the wife of\\nIlubeil Twitchell. a farmer in Handmrg Township;", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0484.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n485\\nMillard went West In 1875 and died at Boise\\nCity, Idaho; Joseph M. also wont West in IHHI\\nand located in the same city, where he is now\\ne tal)lislied in luisiness; Annie has passed from\\nearth; Ilattie married Walter .7. Scott, and lives in\\nSalem. Mich.; and Bessie and (Wace are still under\\nthe parental roof.\\nThe i)olitical record of .Mr. lloUister has liecn\\naloiiu: natural lines, as he was first a Wliio; and\\neasily drifted into tlit; Kejiulilican party. ;ind as he\\nhas always lieen nmst earnest in ills advocacy of\\ntemperance mo\\\\emcnts. he has now liecoine a Pro-\\nhiliilionist. lie has held various minor oflices\\nwitliin the irift of the people of his township, and\\nboth he and his wife are .active and ctlicient mem-\\nheis of the Ki)iscopal Church at Ilamhurij. L pou\\nliis two hundred and seven acres of land lie raises\\nalmost .all kinds of slock and is successful in all\\nhis undertakinsi-s. His ability and character are\\nsuch as to earn for him the esteem and reyaid of\\nall who know him.\\n-5-^=^\\nrrrSv i.-v_ ALFRED ALLE In nothins dois\\nthe thoughtful biographer take more pleas-\\nure than in recounting the life story of a\\nvenerable minister of the cross who has done\\npioneer service in the interest of humanity and\\nChristianity and is now patiently waiting for the\\ngreat change which will take him to his reward.\\nAmong the citizens of Williainstown Township,\\nlughain Cfmiity, we are gratified to recount the,\\nhistory of this aged minister of the Methodist\\nChurch and !i member of the Detroit conference,\\nwhose name we have just given.\\nDr. Samuel C. Allen, the father of our subject,\\nwas a native of New Jersey and when (piite young\\nwent to Pennsylvania and was there united in\\nmarriage with Julia .Vnn Bicking. I nto them were\\nborn eleven chddren namely: Alfred, .\\\\manda.\\n(latheiine, Pennington, James P., Sarah, Klizaheth.\\n(Jeorge A., Samuel. Franklin and John W.\\nIn 1831 the parents of our subject came to Mich-\\nigan and settled in Macomb County, where wolves,\\ndeer and bears alioiinde l. Dr. Allen settled on a\\nfarm but as he desired to continue practicing his\\nprofessicm for which he had been educated in Phil-\\nadel])hia, he removed to Parkston, )akland County,\\nwhere for a number of years he enjoyed an excel-\\nlent pr.actice. lie made his final home at Byron,\\nShiawassee County, where both he and his wife died\\nand were deeply mourned especially by their co-\\nlaborers in the Methodist Episcoi)al Church, to\\nwhich they had long belonged. He was a .Master\\nMiison and highly honored in his order.\\nAlfred .\\\\llen was born February H, 1819. in\\nBrandywine Township. Chester County, Pa., and\\nin his childhood wandered upon the banks of the\\nbeautiful stream for which this township was\\nnamed. M the age of twelve years he came to\\n^lichigan where he received a c(nnmon-school ed-\\nucation and after reaching his majority he began\\nwork as a luc.-il minister, lie also tauijhl in the\\ndistrict .schools and in IHl. iwas received on trial\\nin Conference, becoming a member of that body\\ntwo years latei-. His lirst cii-cuit was in Flint Cir-\\ncuit, (ienesee County, and fidin there he went to\\nAVhite Lake.\\nIn 1852 oursubject located at Ann Arbor.where he\\nattended a course of medical lectures, as his own fra-\\nilty of health had led him to an interest in this sub-\\nject. Having regained his health he resumed the\\nministry in lS. )G.and followed it until 1877 when he\\nmade his home in Williamstown and engaged in\\nthe hardware business. In lMf(lt he sold out his\\nbusiness to ^Ir. Charles Williams haxing previously\\nparted with his farm of Unty .-icres. He now owns\\na fine residence on High Street in Williamstown.\\nThe marriage of Hev. ]\\\\Ir. .\\\\llen in 184!) united\\nhim with the lady of his choi^ e. who has been\\nthrough life his true lompanion ami heljimate.\\nHer maiden name was Louisa .1. llaitwell an l her\\nfather was .1. .M. Hartwell for whom Hartwellville.\\nShiawassee County, was nanieil. One child has\\nbles-sed this union Dell M. who is now Jlrs.\\nGeorge Penock of Williamstov.n. Mr. Allen has\\nbeen an influential member of the Masonic order\\nand in his early days he was attached to the Whig\\nparty and afterward transferred his allegiance to\\nthe young Republican party, but he now esteems", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0485.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "480\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nthe liquor question the great point in political\\ndebate and has enrolled himself among tlie Prolii-\\nhitionists.\\n[S~\\nROF. A. JOHNSON. One of the peeu-\\nliar products of our modern civihzation and\\nan outgrowth of om- modern methods of do-\\nin j- business is the l)usiness college. Theie\\nis so much greater demand for the help which may\\nbe rendered li.y young men and women in thes^\\ndays than formerly, that it is necessary to give them\\nan acquaintance with the methods of doing busi-\\nness, so that when they are i)ut in positions of re-\\nsponsibility they may more readily fall int^i the\\nroutine of work. It is not claimed that the busi-\\nness college makes a business man. but it opens his\\neyes to see what is to be done and tits his hand to\\ntlie work. Practical expei ience must do the rest\\nof the work and will do it if sujiplemented liy a\\n(piick brain and willing liand.\\nThe ])roi rietor of the Interhike Business t ol-\\nlege of Lansing, was born March 5, 1851, at darks-\\nfield, Huron County, Ohio. His father, the Rev.\\nL. S. .Johnson, was born in Xortliamptonsliire. Kng-\\nL lnd, in 1K19, and came to America when a boy of\\ntwelve. The grandfather. William, was a native\\nof North Buckley, Englaud. and was a tine work-\\nman in his line, being a successful cabinet-maker,\\ncontractor and builder, and he during his lifetime\\naccumulated a large property. In 1831 lie removed\\nto this country and located in Kssex Count\\\\-. Tv. Y..\\nwhere he had the misfortune to contract the ague.\\nwhicli decided him to remove from tliat locality.\\nHe brought his family to Oliio. wliere he died about\\nthe time they arrived at Cleveland, leaving his wife\\nwith five children in an ahnost destitute condition,\\nas he had lost his ])roperty. Tliis bia\\\\e woman\\nstruggled through the task of rearing her children\\nin the midst of i)overty. and lived tol)e over ninety\\nyears old before lier deiitli wliidi took |il;u-e in\\nAvon, Lorain County. Ohio.\\nThe father of the subject of this ketc h was the\\neldest of this family .-iiid llii iefurc upon him fell\\nthe brunt of the l)urden of helping his mother in\\nher efforts to support the family, and his opportu-\\nnities for education were consequently exceedingly\\nlimited, but he persevered in his efforts to gain\\nlearning, and at the age of twenty began teaching.\\nHe was intensely religious in his character and\\nearly became a preacher of the Gospel, receiving a\\nlicense from the North Ohio Conference to which\\nhe was admitted at the age of twenty, and there\\nremained a member for forty years.\\nThe Bev. ^Ir. .Johnson preached at many points\\nall through Northern Ohio and held an important\\nposition in the Conference. He was a strong Abo-\\nlitionist and was one of a notalile four who with-\\nstood pro-slavery resolutions when introduced into\\nthe Conference and voted steadfastly against them.\\nHis last years were spent upon his farm, and lie\\ndied there in Fairfield Township, Huron County,\\nOhio, ill the month of October, 1887, and was laid\\nto rest in the l)e!iulifiil cemetery of Mt. llojie. at\\nLansing.\\nSarepta K. Stickiiey was the maiden name of the\\nwife of the Rev. Mr. .Johnson. Her birthplace was\\nill Lorain County, Ohio, and lier father. Albin\\nStickney, was lunii in Cornwall. t., in the year\\n1786. and was a soldier in the American .Uiii\\\\\\nduring the War of 1812. The Western fever had\\nits effect upon him at an early date and in 181; he\\nlocateil in .MMilisou oiiiity. Ohio, and tlieiu-e re-\\nmoved to Avon. Lorain County, where he settled\\nupon a farm and resided until his death. He was\\na man of more than ordinary ability and character,\\nbeing possessed of unfailing industry and jierse-\\nverance. true moral integrity and honesty of pur-\\npose. He accumulated a lai ge iiropert\\\\ and was a\\nmoney loaiier. lint such were his convictions of\\nright and Avrong that when money evervwheie was\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ommanduig ten or twehe iiereenl. he never asked\\nnor would receive a cent more than six per cent.\\nThis good man passeil to his heavenly reward.\\nFebruary 7. 1887. Ili wifi who was born in\\nTyringham. Mass.. bore the m.-iidcii iiaiiie of Clar-\\nissa .Moon.\\nThe Stickney family is iiotalile in the early aii-\\nii;il of our couiitiy. as its first member caiiit to\\nAnieiirM ill Kil.i. His nanie was William and he\\nwa irii in l- raiiipton. in the Parish ol Stickiicv", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0486.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AMJ BKXJRAPHICAI. ALBl M.\\n487\\nill l,:uu;i liiii-. He lucnttd .-il IJuwIfV. Mass.. mihI\\ntlii iv spoilt llu rfiiiaiiKli i of liis days. Ills s iii.\\n.Vinos, will) was also horn in ICntrland aliout tlic\\nvi ar Ki^i. t. set up the tirst fullin^-iiiill in Aiiifrica.\\nIll lived in Newlmi y. INIass., and his son lii iijaiiiiii\\nwas the father of .losepli. whose son .Moses was\\nlioni ill ISoxford and served through the lievolii-\\ntionary Wnv. dyiiii; in Spiinulield. \\\\I. Ills son\\nLeiiuiel. who was liorn in Uoxford and died in\\nl r!iiikliii. N. v.. was tlie urandfatlier of onr siili-\\njeet. -Mrs. Sarepta .lohnson now resides witli lier\\nson in ansini) and is tiie mother of five ehildi en.\\nThe lirother and sisters of our sulijeet are:\\nthe head jf the Saimiel Lillinrn Coiii-\\npaiiy, dealei s in Imtter and es;u:s at ()tluniw!i.\\nIowa; Cory I- who died in ll^.sT: Clara, now\\nMrs. Carroll, a graduate of the National Nor-\\nmal School at Lelianon. Oliio, and Ada S.. who is a\\nstenour;i])her and t\\\\pewriter for K. Ueineiit A- Sons,\\nof aiisini;-. havino- oraduated at the Interlake\\nHusiness College. Mrs. CairoU has had an e.xten-\\nsive exjierience as a teacher in the Sontli and East\\nand now has charg-e of the Normal Department of\\nthe Interlake liusiness CoUeae. heiiia a proticieiit\\nin stenouraphy and typewritint; and one of the\\nfinest Normal teachers in the State.\\nThe subject of this sketch s|ient his hoyhood in\\nNortliern Ohio, wherever his father was located at\\nthe time as a jjreaclier and at the age of twelve he\\nattended the Western Reserve College f n- a year,\\nand lieeame a fluent reader of (ireek and Latin,\\nhaving hegun the study of Latin at the age of ten\\nyears. When at the age of thirteen he removed\\nwith tlie l. imily to Milan, lu engaged to work\\nthrough the summer in Stowe s Nursery, hut after\\nhis father settled upon the fai-iii in Kair(i(-lil he had\\na more ci rtaiu ahiding phice llirongh the rest of\\nhis hoyhooil. and studied at lioiiie. using all his\\nleisure in the pursuit of the sciences and tlie lan-\\nguages, and at the age of seventeen lie was pre-\\njiared to teach. lie took :iu additional term at the\\nWestern Reserve Normal School and then having\\npassed an examination. hegan leaching at Hepiihlic.\\nSeneca County. Ohio.\\nThe first endeavor of the young teacher was\\nmade in a district school, where he tauglit .six days\\nin the week anil hoarded around. Heiiii; the\\neldest .s(^n of the family he had heavy responsibil-\\nity in the carrying on of the tarm. and while he\\nwas away teaching he employed a man in his place.\\n\\\\t that t ime he received *40 a month, and although\\npaying a man he managed to save SlOO, the first\\nconsiderahle sum of money he ever posse.ssed. The\\nnext summer he workeil on his father s farm and in\\nthe fall undertook the toughest school in Huron\\nCounty. In this Hart land Center School a free\\nHuh t was precipitated hy a rehellious i)U|)il within\\nthe lirst live lays, lint the teacher most effectually\\nsuhdiied the mutiny and after that peace reigned\\nsupreme and it was a most .successful session.\\nIn 187(1 Ml .lohnson went West, stopping in\\nel\u00e2\u0080\u00a2million County. III., at State Line City; there\\nhe took eiiiploynieiit upon a farm until )ctober. at\\n22.. )0 per iiHuith. after which he passed examina-\\ntion and taught for six months at .Marysville in\\ntli.Mt county. Tlu next summer he engaged in\\ntraining staiidard-hred horses in wliieh avocation\\nhe was successful tiiiaiicially. He thus alternated\\nteaching in the winter with business in the summer,\\nand ill the spring of 1H72 engaged in buying and\\nshipping corn, and did well in it. During that\\nspring he joined the Free and Aeceitted Masons at\\nBlue Orass City. In the tail of 1H72 he went as\\nfar north as St. Paul. .Minn., and worked in the\\nharvest field at Farniington. Dakota County. .Minn.,\\noperating a ^Nlarsh harvester and thresher, and\\nsomewhat later he returned to Oliio.\\nIll 1M73 Mr. .lohnson came to Michigan and lo-\\ncated in Lansing Township, where his father had\\nover one hundred acres of wild land, and where\\nthe young man engaged to cut otT the timber from\\nforty or fifty .acres and sell il to the Lake Shore\\niV .Michigan Southern Railroad. While doing\\nthis lumberiiig he kept bachelor s liall and remained\\nhere until 1H7I. when he returned to Ohio .-ind\\ntaught tlir uigh the winter in the home school. In\\nMarch of the following year he went to Texas.\\njourneying by the Ohio River to Memphis and then\\ncrossing Arkan.sas on hor.seback. He went there\\nexpecting to go into the sheep business, and he ex-\\nplored the grand prairie at Duval s Bluflf. ,Ark.. and\\nthen went on to Dallas. Texas, and from there to\\nFt. Wfn th. There he fitted out with others for an\\nexpedition and went to the \\\\ieinity of the Rio", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0487.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "488\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nGrande some four hundred and tilty miles distant\\nin Western Texas. At tliat time the Mexicans and\\nIndians were raiding the frontier. They remained\\nthere three or four months and at one time he rode\\nnine hundred miles in eitjiiteen days, and having\\nlost the paek pony whieli carried their provisions\\nthe party was obliged to go thirty-six hours with-\\nout food.\\nHaving thoioughiy explored Ihc Slate he carae\\nXortli in .Inne. 1875. passing thiougli the Indian\\nTerritory, and after reacliiug lown [nirehased a\\nsteam thresher, which was the tirst one ever intro-\\niliiced into Clayton (ounty. Iowa. He operated it\\nnear McCJregor, that county, and threshed that\\nfall over fifty thousand liushels of grain, ^^gain\\nhe taught through the winter and in the spring of\\n187(i returned to Ohio, and in Ashland County\\nbecame accpiainted with the lady who is now Mrs.\\n.lohnson. During the next year he handled agri-\\ncultural implements in Iowa, and again engaged in\\nf)perating a thi-esher and in the winter he under-\\ntook another school with a bad record and subdued\\nit thoroughly.\\nReturning to Oliin in the spring of 1878 he\\nwas married April 21. at .Teromeville, to Emily\\nL.. a daughter of .lustis Wetherhee, of Ashland\\nCounty. By a former marriage Mrs. Johnson\\nhad one child. Stella .M.. who was reared and edu-\\ncated by her stepfather, and after graduating at\\n.leromeville, became Mrs. J. C. Stewart, of Colum-\\nbus, Ohio. She is also a graduate of the Inter-\\nlake Business College and has had a successful\\ncareer as a teacher in said institution. For two\\nyears Mr. Johnson held the j)rincipalship of the\\nschool at Jeromeville, after which he successivelj\\npresided in the same capacity over the schools of\\nMohican and Sterling, and in 1886 tie came to\\nLansing with his brother to begin the business\\nwhich has since constituted his life-work, and\\nwhich has grown to be the oldest and largest Com-\\nmercial College in Central ^lichigan. This school\\nwas founded in 1867 by Henry V. Bartlett, and\\nlater it became the property of W. A. and C. E.\\nJohnson, who materially liroadened its curriculum\\nof studies, increased its facilities and multiplied\\nits patrons. During the following year he had the\\ngreat grief of losing his lirotlier and in the spring\\nof 1888 he was joined in the management of the\\nschool by Mr. M. L. Miner who had had experience\\nin business colleges in Philadelphia, Ypsilniiti and\\nAlbion. This partnership, however, lasted but a\\nyear, since which time our subject has been the sole\\n]3roprietor. Besides the branches which are neces-\\nsary in business life, the graces are not overlooked\\nand the health and vigor of the students is regarded\\nas truly as their fitting for work.\\nBoth thcor\\\\ and practice are considered in this\\nmodel school and the college has a l)ank of its own\\nwitli a ca[)ital stock of *15(l,(l(IO of college cur-\\nrency. It is conducted on the plan of a regular\\nNational ISank and each student does an actual\\nbanking business. Genuine Imsiness transactions\\nare carried on and rajud and legilile business pen-\\nmanshi]) is insisted upon. A oice and physical\\nculture are not overlooked, and the s.ystem of\\nshorthand used is one of the most complete as well\\nas simjjle that is known.\\nAVheii our subject was in Iowa he joined a com-\\npany of one hundred that started from Sioux City\\nto the Black Hills, in 1876. He had *80 in the\\noutfit but was detained, and being two days late\\nfailed of meeting the party. As he heard rumors\\nof Indian outbreaks he did not push on alone to\\njoin them, and it was well for him that he did not,\\nas the whole party was massacred and the teamster,\\nescaped alone to tell the tale. But as ^Ir. John-\\nson s friends had seen his name published in the\\nlist of those who had started they for a short time\\nmourned him as dead. While teaching in Sterling,\\nOhio, he and all his family were sick at one time\\nwith typhoid fever and the Knights of Pythias, to\\nwhich he belonged, came to their rescue and carried\\nthem with most brotherly kindness through this\\nperiod of trial. This experience has bound him\\nmore closely than ever to this order, in which he is\\nPast Chancellor. He has also been chairman of\\nthe Finance Committee of their Grand Lodge and\\nis at jji-esent District Deputy Cxrand Chancellor, and\\nis Past Captain of Lansing Division No. 15, U. R.\\nK. P. In the Masonic order the Professor is a\\nRoyal Arch Mason and a member of the Lansing\\nLodge, No. 33. F. t A. M. He is also Past Re-\\ngent of the Royal Arcanum, and Chairman of the\\nCommittee on State of the Order of its tirand", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0488.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND Bl( IRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n489\\nouiicil. lie i\\\\vii~ one liuudicil ;iiul Iwciity acrt.\\nupon si C tion 8(1, L:iiisiiii Towusliiii. which is an\\niiii])i- i (l farm witli Iniililintis u))(iii il. I poii Uiis\\nprojiorty iif lias piarcii a U liaiil and lie resirU s at\\ntiif iMUiii i- of Ottawa and West Strci-ls. Ilis chil-\\nh n art I,. K. W.. Major S.. and Carroll K. IJotli he\\nand lii wile liclonii to the Central Methodist Ejjis-\\ncopal hurch.\\nI idt. .lohnson i one ol the ti-oni;e t and most\\nprominent Deinoeiats in Lan inu and east his tirst\\nI lesiik nlial \\\\ote in I .S72 for Horace iieeley, fol-\\nlowinu il in the next two canipaiiiii- hy volina the\\nstraiiiht Democratic ticket. In IKMd he was haii-\\nman of the Democratic Kxeculive Committee in\\nAshlan l Connty.Ohio. ;ind \\\\.iteil for Hancock and\\n.atjain in IHH4 wa.- a memlici- of the Committee at\\nle\\\\tlan(l. lie was .Mayor of .leroniesville for two\\nyears and for the same space of time wasTownsliip\\nClerk at .Mohican. In IHU .I he was candidate foi-\\n.VIderman in a strong Repuhlican ward and al-\\nthouiili lie was defeated he hroiiuht his opponent s\\nmajority down low. In the Leifislatnre of 181)1\\nlie was appointed Correspondinu Clerk of the House\\nof Repre.sentatives of the State of .\\\\Helii.aan. This\\npo))ular :entleman is a pi:ietical luisiness man and\\nmakes a succes. of every enterprise in which he\\nensfaoes.\\nV^\\nKNKV S. .STONKi;. An .Vjucrican hy liiith\\noiii suliject ha a splendid inhei itaiice from\\nhis parents, who are of Teutonic ancestry,\\nin Ihe mental and physical (pi.alities of\\nwliicli he is possessed and the ilistinctive traits\\nthat have insured his success. He was hoin .Inly\\n27. IM. i;?. in .Sparta. Livinuston Connty. N. Y..and\\nis a .son of Samuel and Maiy (Dean) .Stoner. Sam-\\nuel Stoiier was of (Jerman parents who came from\\nthe Fatherland and settled in New York State.\\nThe whole family were enaai; ed in the calliim of\\nauriculture.\\nHe of whom we write \\\\va~ tlie only child horn\\nof Ills p. irents union. In \\\\x:Ui he was lironght to\\n.Micliioan by his mother, who settled in the town\\nof Ihifihlon. Livingston Coiiiit\\\\ wlieie she auaiii\\nmarried, her second hiisliand heiny (feorye Camron\\nand li\\\\ this marriaii e one child, a daiiifhter, Eliza-\\nlietli, was born. Mr. Camron died in Cohoetah\\nTownship, .and our subject s mother passed away\\nfrom this life in December, 1882. She was a daugh-\\nter of Daniel Dean and one of a family of six\\ncliildren there beiiiii three .sons and the daughter.\\nOur Mibject was denied the advantages of ediiea-\\nlioii but has made an eff(jrt to Mipjily the deli-\\ncienc\\\\ by wide reading and study. When liul seven\\nyeai of aue he began to be elf-snpporling. work-\\ning by the day and month from that time on until\\nhe was twenty-live years old. being engaged chiell\\\\\\non farms in Lixinustou and Oakland Counties,\\nthis Stale. In |.Sf!l he determined to experience\\nthe sweetiu^s of po.ssession and purchased his tir l\\neighty acic- of land; this he still i-esides upon. Il\\nis located on .section fi, Colioctou Township, and lie\\nli.is im| rovcd it until it is one of the most attractive\\nspots in the township. He has added another\\neighty acres in the same eclion. Il has not been\\n.Mr. Stoner s policy, however, to make himself land\\npoor, believing that he is as fully entitled to the\\nenjoymenl of his possessions as are tlio.se who may\\ncome after him. He has erected n fine residence\\nupon his place, which is a model of comfort and\\nneatness, both in style ot architecture and in inter-\\nior airangeinent he has also good barns and out-\\nhouses.\\n.\\\\t the lime of Mr. Stoner s settlement uiion his\\nfarm he had only ^\\\\(H) in money to ))iirchase the\\nmany things that are indispensable to agricultural\\nlife. Ill his political liking om- subject is a Repub-\\nlican, although in starting out in life he allied\\nhimself with the Deiuociatic party. Since IHljO he\\nhas cast his vote and inlluence with the first-named\\npartw He of whom we write was married March\\n21. 18. )8. to .Mi.ss Rebecca R. Warner, who was\\nborn in .Monroe County. .Mich, she is a daughter\\nof Ira and Laura (Foster) Warner. The former wa.s\\na Christian minister and came from New York to\\nsettle in the Woherine .State at an eaii\\\\ day. He\\nwas born in Nan Buren. Onondaga County, N. Y.,\\nNovember 10. 1H(IS\u00c2\u00bb. and w.-i.s left fatherless at the\\nage of nine years. Feeling a ealling to pastoral", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0489.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "490\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nwork when a young man he came to Washtenaw\\nCounty, this State, in 1839, settling in Brighton in\\n1849. On his death, in 1887, he left a widow and\\nfive children; they are as follows: Henry. Judson,\\nRebecca, George and Obediah. Eliza died at the\\nage of thirty-nine years; all were married and have\\nfamilies of their own. Tlie widow still survives.\\nThe original of our sketch is the father of seven\\nchildren whose names are Warner I., Clark H.,\\nCharles E., JNIartin I., Frank A., Andrew D. and\\nLilly M. Charles and Martin died in infancy. Our\\nsubject and his wife are associated in membership\\nwith the United Bretliren Church of which tliey\\nare active and consistent members. They are good\\ncitizens and desirable aequsitions to society.\\nRLANDO B. STILLMANis probably one of\\nLll the best known men in Alaiedon Township,\\nIngham County. He is a general farmer\\nand the owner of a fertile and productive farm of\\none liundred and forty-five acres, located on sec-\\ntion 3. He was born in the town of (iroton, Tomp-\\nkins County. X. Y.. March (i, 1825. His father is\\nalso a native of the Empire State, his natal day\\nhaving been September 20. 1800. He was a l)rick-\\nmaker by trade, niul in 1H32 he went to Ohio and\\nsettled in tlie college town of Oberlin. While there\\nhe made the first lirick ever used in that part of\\ntlie country, and it was he who made the brick for\\nthe first building of Olterlin College. At the time\\nof liis advent into the little place, it contained only\\nfour dwelling houses. )n the crest of the wave of\\nWestward emigration, lie started with his family for\\nMichigan with an ox-team and [n-airie schooner\\nin 1841. When Tecumseli was reached, a heavy\\nfall of snow compelled him to leave his wagon be-\\nhind and proceed with a sled. When he reached\\nAlaiedon Township, he had left only 15 in money,\\ntwo cows, and a canister of jiowder. The %b was\\nspent for a ^oke of three-year-old steers that were\\nso weak they could hardly walk, but by careful\\nnursing on the part of the family, our subject s\\nfather was enabled to exchange them the follow-\\ning spring for a fine yoke.\\nOn first coming to the^ State, tlie father of the\\noriginal of our sketch suffered many discourage-\\nments. The members of his family alternately\\nshook and burned with fever and ague. At one\\ntime, and during the harvest season, eight out of\\nthe family of ten, were on the invalid list. In\\n1852 ]\\\\Ir. Stillman caught the gold fever and went\\nto California liy the overland route, the journey\\ntaking nearly six months, and he was obliged to\\nwalk over the Sierra Nevada Mountains. He\\nworked in the gold fields for a time until taken\\nsick, and when well he secured a position in a brick-\\nyard in San Francisco. His skill soon manifested\\nitself and the company offered him a very tempting\\nI salary to remain, but he was longing to rejoin his\\ndear ones at home, and soon came back to his old\\nI home, where he died in 1862.\\nBefore coming to Michigan, the suliject of our\\nsketch spent one year in the preparatory school at\\nOberlin, where he acquired a good knowledge of\\nthe English branches. On coming into the town-\\nship with his father, Alaiedon. Meridian, Delhi and\\nLansing were combined, and possessed luit forty\\nvoters, Mr. Stillman being personally acquainted\\nwith them all. The woods were alive with wolves,\\ndeer and bears. Orlando B. Stillman became en-\\ngaged as a teacher after he had lieen in IMicliigan\\nfor four years, a younger brother having tauglit\\nthe firstschool in the district in a frame barii.lniiit\\nsoon after the family came to this State.\\nOur subject was married January 1, 1852, to\\nMinerva J. Freeman, a native of Niagara County,\\nN. y. Five children were liorn of this marriage.\\nThey are Henry A.. Orlando J., Rosalind. Daniel\\nC. and Roy V. The first-born dates his years from\\nDecember 9, 1852. He was married to Esther Post,\\nand is now a farmer in this township. Orlando J.,\\nw.as born Septemlicr 9. 1854. and died when in his\\nseventh year; Rosalind was Ixirn Septeinl)er 9,\\n1856, and married H. C. (iuile. a farmer of Alaie-\\ndon Township; Daniel C. was born January 28.\\n1865. and married Emeline Wilkins; Roy V., who\\nwas born October 12, 1870. ii still at homeand un-\\nmarried.\\n^Irs. Minerva Stillman died in 1873, and our\\nsubject was again married, his bride being Miss\\nMary A. Bowdish, of Mason. Mrs. Stillman is a", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0490.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0491.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "^/z xt^^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0492.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "4,11***-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0w\\nK H-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0493.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0494.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ^\\\\X,bUM.\\ni .t:,\\nmember of the Bapti.- t Church of this place, and a\\nmost etHcient worker. Our subject is a charter\\nmember of tlie Masonic fraternity of Okemos, hav-\\ning been thus connected since he was twenty -seven\\nyears old. Politically his sympathies are strongly\\nwith the Democratic party, and he has been promi-\\nnently identified with the local political history of\\nthe township. He has been Supervisor for six\\nyears, Township Clerk for four years, and is still\\nJustice of the Peace, which position he Ims iicld for\\nseven years.\\nMr. Stilluian s mother bore the maiden name of\\nEunice Call. She was boi-n in Massachusetts, June\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a223, 18U2. Her grandfather, Levi Call, was of\\nScotch descent, and her mother s name in her\\nmaiden days was Purrington. Her great-grand-\\nnmtlier was a French Huguenot, and settled in\\nSouth Carolina. Our subject s mother died April\\n6, 1862, and the father April 1. 1862. Elisha Still-\\nman, the grandfather of Orlando Stillman, was born\\nin 1778. and died in Aurora, N. Y. It is said that\\ntwo lirothers by the name of Stillman came to this\\ncountry from England during the old Fiencli War\\nand from them all those in the United States are\\ndescended. Our subject is in prosperous circum-\\nstances, and knows how to enjoy life. He has a fine\\nlibrary which contains standard works in all classes\\nof literature. He is also well posted as to current\\nevents.\\n*^=:=^^f#^il ^l I^ft^%!#l=;=-^\\nHARLES A. PHILLIPS, a retired farmer.\\n[i| residing in the town of Howell, Livingston\\nCounty, was liorn in Ontario County, N.\\nY., February 5, 1831. He is the son of Zebedee\\nand Clarinda (^Vrigllt) Pliiilii)^, natives of Massa-\\nchusetts, lie early learned tiie duties incident to\\nfarming life, that being his father s calling, and\\nbeing natiu ally of a progressive tendency our sul)-\\njcct supplemented the principles of agriculture\\nthat he had learned from his father by bringing\\nscience to bear on every possilile occasion, and\\nllie result is that he has been successful to a very\\ngreat degree.\\nAs a boy our subject received the rudiments of\\na g jod education and was Itound out while yet a\\nlad to a farmer, agreeing to stay with him until he\\nwas twenty-one years of age, at the end of which\\ntime he w.as to receive *100 in money and two\\nsuits of clothes. Our subject fulfilled his part of\\nthe contract, but the gentleman to whom he was\\nbound, at the expiration of four years, sold out,\\nand the lad received $75 instead of the %100^ with\\ntwo suits of clothes. Shortly after leaving this\\nplace he was taken sick with the typhoid fever\\nand was obliged to spend all he had a little for-\\ntune to him for medicine and in doctor bills.\\nIn 1851, Mr. Phillips went to Pennsylvania and\\nfor eighteen months engaged in the lumber business.\\nHe then returned to Wyoming Count3 N. Y.,\\nwhere he teamed for one winter, the next spring\\nrenting a farm which he continued to cultivate\\nuntil he came West in October, 1854. Upon\\nhis advent into this State, Mr. Phillips purchased\\nland in the western part of Howell Township. It\\nwas thickly timbered and the work of clearing\\nseemed an almost herculean task. Before long,\\nhowever, a clearing was made and he erected a log\\ncabin that boasted the magnificent dimensions of\\n12x18 feet. A home thus secured, he cut the tim-\\nber from forty acres, which he cultivated, planting\\nand reaping to good purpose, so that later he was\\nenabled to erect a very good house and afterward\\nsold the .same.\\nIn 1865 Mr. Philliiis i)iuchased land at what is\\ncalled the Six Corners on tlie Grand River Road.\\nIt is a pretty village, containing a post-office, store\\nand blacksmith shop, schoolhouse and a number of\\nnice residences. There he lived unlil 1887, when\\nhe came to Howell and purchased three lots, which\\nare delightfully located in the prettiest residence\\nportion of the town. Here lie erected a fine large\\niiouse where lie now lives, and he and his wife\\nthoroughly enjoy their home comfort. j\\\\Ir.\\nPhillips has lield various ollices in the township\\ngift. He has been Sciiool Inspector, Hoad Com-\\nmissioner and lias filled various other offices.\\nIn 1853 our subject entered tlie ranks of the\\nlienedicts, and w;is united in marriage to ^liss El-\\nvira Buttim, a native of Hamilton. Madison County.\\nN. Y. She is a daughter of Cieorge and Saphina\\n(Foote) Button, natives of Connecticut. Mrs.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0495.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "i96\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBLIM.\\nI liillii..- is (lue of Unci rhildicn, the eldest being\\n!i .son. Orlaudu. wlio now resides in Califoniiii. and\\nllie vouniiest, a dauuhter. Maria, wlio is now Mrs.\\nPotter, and lives in Whiteside t oiuit\\\\ 111.\\nMr. I hillips is a Proliil itionist and (rianoer.\\nlielongint; to Howell Lodae Xo. i He is A.ssist-\\nant .Steward of his loduc at the jnesent time and\\nhas held all the olHees in that body. He and his\\nwife are attendants upon and members of the\\n.Methodist I-;])iscopal C hiavh. lie started out in\\nlife without any re.sourees whatever, but with a\\nstrong determination to do his best in everything\\nhe undertook and that best being siqiplemented liy\\nan excellent judgment he has not only madea suc-\\ncess of life him.self. iiut has been the means of help-\\nful man\\\\ others to a better state of being. He was\\noriginally a Hepublican in his political belief, but\\nlater in life joined the Prohibition jjarty on gen-\\neral (trinciples. man to whom right jirinciple is\\n|)aramount. it is .said of him by all who know\\nhim that his word is as good as his note. He has\\nhosts of friends, being genial and companionable,\\nwarm-hearted and loyal. He is of a lilteral nature\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind tliose in need nevei turn away from him un-\\naided.\\nIn connection with this biographical notice the\\nreader will find the lithographic portraits of Mr.\\nPliillips and his estim.MbIc wife.\\nKClllH.Vl.l) C .V.MPBKLI,. The owiierand\\nCjA-l resident upon the line farm located on sec-\\nl\\\\ tion 33. Hartland rownship. Livingston\\nCounty, is one who has reached patriarchal\\nyears, his natal day having been January l.i. 1819.\\nHe is of .Scotch birth and ancestry, inheriting from\\nhis parents a vigorous body and a clear, keen, logi-\\ncal mind. He was born in Argyle.shire. Island of\\nI lira. .Scotland. Mr. Campbell lia.s had moie varied\\nexperiences than the majority of men, even at liLs\\nage, having been a .seaman for a number of years,\\nvisiting many parts of the world and coming in\\ncontact with a great many classes of ))eople. He\\nis now retired from active work of all kinds, and\\nis living in the enjoyment of the lest and peace of\\nthe afternoon of life.\\nOur .-ubjecfs father was Neil Campbell, a na-\\ntive of the .same island as was his son. By trade\\nhe was a tailor, and came to Nova Scotia, where\\nhe coiitiijued to follow hi. calling, and remained\\nfor the rest of his life. Our subject s mother\\nwas before herjnarriage a Mi.ss Nancy McClean. a\\nnative of the same place as was the father. She,\\nlike her husband, died in Nova .Scotia. Our sub-\\nject was reared by his grandparents, his grandfa-\\nther being Hector McClean. He was adopted into\\nthis family at six months of age. and remained un-\\ntil tifteen years old, at which time he went to\\nXova Scotia, and again was re-united to his par-\\nents, to whom he was a stranger, not having seen\\nthem from infancy. He made his home with them\\nfor some time devoting himself to the learning of\\nshijj building, and was engaged in ship carpenter s\\nwork there for .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00abix years.\\nFi om Xo\\\\ a Scotia our subject went to Liver-\\npool, England, as ship carpenter on boaid of a sail-\\ning-vessel, and in this capacity he made three trips.\\nDuring one of the voyages he was cast away on\\nSable Island, and during the nine days that he was\\ncast away, they ran out of provisions, and were\\nobliged to eat molasses, cranberries and horsetlesh.\\nAt still another time he was cast away in Devil s\\nBay. and was there thrown upon his own rescunces\\nfor two weeks, but on being picked up went back\\nto Nova Scotia, and from there jjroceeded to Buf-\\nfalo. N. Y. During his career as a seaman he made\\nseveral trips to .Scotland and Ireland, and is thor-\\noughly familiar with the geogrn|iliy of the .\\\\tlaii-\\ntic )cean.\\nThe original of our sketch hatl just tifty cents in\\nhis pockets when he landed in Buffalo, and he be-\\ngan at once to look for work at his trade in a ship-\\nX ard. but not being able to sccui-e cni|)lo\\\\ inent, he\\nshi|)pe(l a- .-I sailor on Lake Kiie. He .sailed for\\nthree inoiiths. during which time he was promoted\\nto tlie ottice of First Mate.- His run was from Chi-\\ncago to Buffalo, and he held the position for nine\\nyears, at various times being mate and pilot.\\nWearjing of the sea, he gave up hi\u00c2\u00bb berth and came\\nto Saginaw in 184R. purchasing forty acres of land", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0496.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "I OHrKAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n19;\\nill wliMl is now East Saginaw ami llicro\u00c2\u00bbm lie\\nL rec li. (l tlie first frame house ever Imilt intlio place.\\nHere liis son, .lames C. was I)orn, and lias the dis-\\ntinction of being the lirst while eliild born in East\\nSajiinaw.\\nIn IHiJ i our subject sold out liis real estate inter-\\nests in Saginaw and lioughtthe place where he now\\nresides in Livingston County. There were at the\\ntime of his purchase, very few improvements on\\nthe place, only about twent\\\\ acres being cleared\\nand improved, and liearing only a log house. Mr.\\nCaiiiplieH s marriage took place Septemlier 12, 1846,\\nthe lady whom he made his wife being in her\\nmaiden days, a Miss Elizabeth Coburn, a native of\\n.Scotland, l)orn in Berwickshire. August 29, 1825.\\nShe was the youngest of six children, and a daugh-\\nter of .Tames Coburn. She was reared in Scotland\\nuntil eighteen years of age, when with her parents\\nshe emigrated to the United States, landing in\\nCleveland, at which place she met our subject and\\nconsented to be his wife. They are the parents of\\nfive children, one daughter and four scms. The^-\\nare by name: Donald N., .lames C, .John D., David\\nC. and JLargaret A. The eldest son was born in\\nSaginaw County, in 1847. He died in tlie late war,\\nbeing at the time at the hospital in Detroit. James\\nwho as before stated, was the first white child\\nburn in East Saginaw, first saw the light of day\\nDcccmlu r 185i He is now in California, and\\nis Superintendent of a gold mine in Brownsville,\\nYuba County. .John D. was born in HartlandTown-\\nshi]). Livingston County, this State, .luly 9, 18.\\nand is now practicing his profession as a ph3 sician\\nin Taylor, White Tine County, Nev. David C.\\nwas born where his parents now reside, in IJS. ifi.\\nHe is now a practicing lawyer in Bozeman, Mont.\\nMargaret A., who was born in 1859, m the place\\nwhere our subject now resides, is the wife of Arthur\\nW. Newman, and she and her husband make Iheir\\nhome with the subject of this sketch.\\nHe of wnom we write has one hundred and forty\\nacres of good land, most of which is under cultiva-\\ntion. He has retired from the active pursuit of\\nhis agricultural calling. He is and has been for a\\nnunilier of years, an ardent Republican in politics.\\nMr. Campbell s life on the water has been a very\\nvaried experience, not being confined to the high\\nseas. For four wintei-s he served as watchman on\\nthe Mississippi on a boat that ran from Cincinnati\\nto New Orleans. For his services he received *64\\na month besides his board and washing. Our sub-\\nject was the lirst one to respond to the temperance\\nteachings of Father Mathew when the latter was\\nholding meetings in Queenstown, Ireland. He af-\\nterward acted as an agent for emigrants in Ireland,\\nfinding locations for them in this country.\\nArthur W. Newman, the son-in-law of our sub-\\nject, was born in Brighton Townshii), Livingston\\nCounty, this State, .June 21, 18GG. He was reared\\nin his native place, and November 23, 1887, mar-\\nried the only daughter of our subject. This union\\nhas been blessed thus far with the advent of one\\nchild, Auslie N., who was born January 29, 1891.\\nMr. Newuian is running the farm for his falher-in-\\nlaw.\\n.^o\\nRA W. C.\\\\SE. is a leading diw-goods merchant\\nin the city of Brighton. Livingston County,\\nthis State, where he has been in liusiness for\\nforty-four years and consequently is one of the\\npioneers of this locality, having been an eye-witness\\nof the transformation that has taken i)lace in the\\ncontour of the county, and in the phases of society\\nthat ha\\\\ e succeeded each other in the history of\\nthe town. Although he was reared in AVayne\\nCounty, N. Y., he was born in Oswego County, of\\nthe same State, March 21,1819, and has attained\\nmore than the usually allotted three-score and ten\\nyears of age. His is no uninteresting lustor_v, as he\\nis familiar with, and has been an eye-witness of the\\ngrowth of two states, besides having had the prog-\\nress of the nation under his intellectual eye.\\nOur subject is a son of Samuel Case, a native of\\nRhode Island, who was there born March 14, 1782.\\nThe Case family is of English ancestry, having come\\nfrom the mother country before the Revolutionary\\nWar. Samuel Case was by calling a farmer and re-\\nmoved to New York State from his native State,\\nand there lived for some years. He came to Mich-\\nigan in 1838, settling in Hamburg Township, Liv-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0497.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "iy\u00c2\u00ab\\nPORTRAIT AND BIO RAPHICAL ALBUM.\\niiiu-stou Coiiiity. lieiiig uiie of the original i ettlei S.\\n:iu(l liecoining possessed of c onsiilerable (iovern-\\niiR iit Ituui. Prior to liis eoniiiig to this State, he\\nImd :iii actkleut which rendered him a cripple for\\nlife, \\\\\\\\liile hiiiitiiig in Oswego County. N. V..\\nl)Oth of his feet were frozen. lie did not give\\nmuch attenlioii lo fanning hut followed the oeeu-\\npalion of shoemaking. He was twice married, his\\nfiist wife Ijcing Catlierinc Crandal. wlio was born\\nin Connecticut. Xovember 18, 1782. and liy her he\\nbecame the father of .seven children. Her death\\ntook place .lnl\\\\ 25. 1810. and not a great while\\naller he married Chiriss. i Ci-audal. a sister of his fii st\\nwife, wlio was liorn in Connecticut. Feliruary 27.\\n17;*. Tliere wei e twelve cliildreli by this union,\\nonlv six of these liowe\\\\er. lived. He died Ajjril\\nIt). 1854. in Hamburg. His wife survived him\\na number of years, pa.ssing away Xovember 9. 1871.\\nIra Case is the fifth iu order of birth of the fam-\\nily, and was born and reared, on a farm in the\\ntownship of Palei-mo. Oswego County, N. Y. The\\ncounty was quite new and his first school days were\\nspent in a log selioolhouse which was about one\\nmile distant from his home. The first school that\\nhe attended had no doois or windows. It boasted,\\nhowever, a great fireplace, and slab seats were so\\narranged that the mistress could command without\\ntrouble, each pair of eyes. He did not enjoy many\\neducational advantages until after fifteen years of\\nage at which time his experience w-as wholly prac-\\ntical. He then went ou the Krie Canal, driving\\nthe hor.ses in the tow j)ath and was thus employed\\nfor four or five years until iinally he was advanced\\nto the position of steersman, lie was engaged on\\nthe canal boat during the summer and went to\\nschool winters.\\nMr. Case finally purchased a canal lioat wilh the\\nmoney he had earned, being at the time about\\ntwenty-one years of age. He, however, ran his\\nboat but a few years, when he met with an acci-\\ndent and his boat was sunk. In 1840 he came\\nWest to ^lichigan. and made his home with his\\nfather who had |)receded him hither by two vears.\\nHere he remained for two years when he again ran\\na boat for two years, at the end fif which time he\\nreturned to this State and worked for his brother J\\nfor four years in a store in Hamburg Township.\\nabout four miles west of where he lesides. Hi abil-\\nity as a young man soon made itself felt and he\\nwas given oftice in the local government, being\\nmade uiidei- Sheriff and constable in Hamburg\\nTownshi)). The country was then very new. and\\nwild game was ]ilentiful. Indians came through\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ind caini)ed in the vicinity.\\nOur subject s brother, selling out his interest in\\nHamberg, they came to Brighton, where the former\\nengaged in business. Ira Caseclerked for his brother\\nand about tw(.) years later purchased a half interest\\nin the liusiness. which they conducted until the\\nbi\\\\)lher s death in 18(i7. Pre\\\\-ious to this time our\\nsubject had purchased an interest in a dry goods\\nstock in partnership with Patrick Donley, the linn\\nconducted a thriving business for some time. The\\nfirm continued lo transact business until 1881.\\nwhen Mr. Case purchased the entire stock and now\\nenjoys the distinction of being the pioneer mer-\\nchant of Iirighton and the oldest merchant in Liv-\\ningston County. He occupies a two-story-brick\\nblock which is filled with a general line of goods\\nthat have been selected with great can and discrim-\\nination. He carries a line of goods that is suited\\nentirely to the demands of his cu.stomers.\\nThe origin. il of our sketch was married Febru-\\narv Hi. 185; His wife in her maiden days was\\nFidelia S. Fddy. boin .July 26, 1831, in Ontario\\nCountv. X. Y. )ur subject and his wife are the\\nl)arents of seven (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2hildren, wlio.se names are as fol-\\nlows: Jasper W., Xellie E., Alta E., .Mabel E.. Myi-\\ntie W., IJartaw I. and Clio S. The eldest .-ion, who\\nwas born .luly 31. 1854. is now deceased, as is the\\nnext child wlu) was born September ID, 18, i(;. Alta\\nK.. was born December 21. 1858, and is the wife of\\nCharles E. Placeway. editor t)f the Argus in the\\ncit\\\\ of Itrighton. this State. Mabel whose nat. ii\\nday was ^larch I. 18(11, is the wife of .losepli Pat-\\nterson, who is the editor of the Norlhi ni Di^morral\\nof (iravling. Crawfoid County, this .State. Myrtie.\\nwas lioin .laniKiiy .K 18(5. and remains at home\\nwith her pari Ut Bartaw. w^liose natal day was\\nSeiitembcr 2. I8()!i. clerks in hi father s store.\\nClio S., who was born ^laicli 27. 1874. is still at\\nhome; he graduated from the Brighton High School\\nat the age of sixteen. Besides their own family.\\nMr. and Mrs. Case reared a niece whose name was", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0498.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND lilOfiRAPHK AL ALBUM.\\nmil\\nArncliM V. Caiiiplu ll. Slii- wa,- Ikhii May I .t. \\\\x\\\\l\\\\.\\nand was alioiit four years of Hiiv wlii-n sin- oiituii d\\nour suhji d s faiiifly. Slu married and died in the\\ncity of (liiea^o. 111.\\nOur suliject is an old line Deniocral. hut takes\\nkindly to llic new doctrine. lie was.Iustice of tlie\\nPeace in liriLChlon for eiiilileeii ye;n .-ind in early\\n(iays wliili lioldinji that ollice transacted a i;i ei l\\ndeal of Ijusiness. He has at various times been a\\ndelegati to State and county con\\\\entions. and to\\nother eoiiventions. Mr. Case is now the ownei of\\na sni.all farm near Uriuhton. and has for sonic\\n\\\\ears owned v:irious farms. His residence in the\\neitv is !i model of neatne.ssand elejianee. His iioine\\nis a tine btiildinsi well located in the mid.st of a\\nbeautiful lawn and surrouniled liy line shade trees.\\ncredit should lie jiiveu to the man whohejjinniini\\nlife without any advantaiies raises himself to so en-\\n\\\\-ialile a |Misiiion as has our sulijcct. He began on\\non the tow-path at l(i a month .dkI has never rec-\\neiveil the sii;;htest assistance in a pecuni.ary way\\ndurinu his careei but has fons ht liis own way\\nIhrouirh lifi\\nfe; fc m-\\n=\u00c2\u00ae-g\u00c2\u00bb\\nRS. DKHOR.VH (;|\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\\\IST1;R. widow of\\nRichard (ilaister. who came to this city in\\nl 7 2. resides in ;i handsome .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0in l attractixc\\nh e .Ml No. 10-2 Walnut Street. Thi\u00c2\u00ab\\nlarjje brick edi lice was elected by .Mr. ilaister in\\n1871). and is an ornament to the city. That gen-\\ntleman was liorn in Kni;iand. September l. 5. I.S ili.\\nand beiuii; naturally of a roviiiy dis|)osition he\\neanie to the I nited States and Canada several\\ntimes. He made his first trip when he was twenty-\\nseven years old and durini that visit he super-\\nintended the stone work of the Parliament house\\nat Ottawa. While still residinu in JCn^laud hi\\nwas married. Feliruary 8. 1HI7. to Mi\u00c2\u00bb Debornli\\nHrougli. She was the daughter of (apt. Carter\\nBfOtigh.\\nIn IHKt .Mr. and :\\\\Irs. (ilaister. with their six\\nyounger children, came to this ountry and .settled\\nin )tta wa. .Mnada. The elilest ^ini h.-id previonsh\\ncome to aii.-ida. After living in ()tt!iwa foui-\\nyears they came, in 1H(!H, to ttie Stales, .settling in\\nDetroit, where Mr. (ilaister took charge of put-\\nting in the stone work of the cilv hall. Leav-\\ning Detroit he went to Pitt.sburg. Pa., to build the\\nTrinity Chnrch and Chapel, as he had taken the\\ncontiact for that building. U eturning to Detroit\\nhe became one of the contr.Mctois for the present\\nSlate Capitol at Lansing. In (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2on.se juence of this\\nnew engagement he removed to this cit\\\\. wliieh\\nhe finiiid so |)leasaiit .a home that lie decided to\\nperm.aiiently locate here. .Vfter a few years lie de-\\ntermined til retire from jictive bu.siness and did\\nnot till his time with contr.icts. altliough he built\\nthe stone work ot tlii postollicc n iw in use in\\nLansing.\\nMr. (ilaister owned two store buildiinis on .Mich-\\nigan .V venue and two iiou.-es on Wahint Street,\\nwiiieli are still in the possession of the family, atid\\nal.so a good house in ()ttawa. Canada, which is still\\nill the family. This useful and intelligent gentle-\\nman made hi mark anioni. men of Lansing and\\nhis loss was greatly felt when lie was called away\\nby death. March 22. liss 7. He was ijromiiicntly\\nidentified witli the liideiiendent Order of Odd\\nFellows, and while li\\\\ing in Liveri)o il was con-\\nnected with the Druids. Hefore coming to this\\neountr\\\\ this excellent I ouple were connected with\\nthe chnrch of their fathers the establisiied chureli\\nof ICngland and after coming here c(iiitinue(l\\ntheir relations with the Lpiscopal Chureii.\\nSix children siir\\\\i\\\\-c(l the f.ather. the elilesl son.\\nWilliam 1).. having diccl in l. ^77. at the aye of\\ntwenty-nine years. The next son in age. bearing\\nthe naini of Richard, passed aw.ay in .laiiiiarw\\n1^ H!^, at the age of thirty-nine. TIki.m who are\\nnow living are Isabella widow of Henry Hart-\\nley, of .Minneapolis; .Vnnie. Mrs. Kdwin Ashley ol\\nIthaca, this State: .lo.se|ili residing in Lansing:\\nKli/.abetli I)., wife of Dr. Reddings. of .Manchester.\\nMich., anil Orah 1... wife of Mr. A. l- .iiiery. of tlii\\ncity.\\nThe miither of these children was liurii in hitc\\nll.aven. Cuiiiberlaiid Coniity. I jigland. in 1. 2. L on\\nthe .Sd of I line, and was the datighter of (apt.\\nBrongh. who for over forty years was a sea ea)!-\\nlain. W liiii ipiite a girl Miss Hroiiuh went to", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0499.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "500\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nLiverpool, where she resided until her marriage to\\nMr. Glaister. This nolile and efficient woman has\\nthe respect and admiration of all who know lier\\nand she is carryino- on successfully the estate which\\nhas come into her hands hy tlie death of her hus-\\nband.\\nE^^\\nHARLES D. COWLES. The pioneers of\\n1, Ingham Count} are a class of men who, for\\nJ sturdy integrity, thorough-going industry\\nand undaunted enterprise, will compare favorably\\nwith any class of men whom we may name. They\\ndid not come to the West with tiie expectation of\\nfinding a royal road to fortune, and tiiey had\\nenough good sense to know that that road does\\nnot exist for tlie honorable and upright man.\\nThev did hope, however, and their hopes were\\nrealized, to make a home in tlie wilderness, wliich\\nin time should blossom as the rose, and wliere\\nthev might place the feet of their children on the\\nhigh road to independence and a comfortable\\ncom|)etency.\\nAmong the older residents of this county we are\\npleased to name ^Mr. Cowles, of Lansing, who came\\nhere April 6, 1868, having been born m Johnstown,\\nBarry County, Mich.. October 11,1843. His par-\\ny^ ents, Jason and Alary (Johnson) Cowles, were from\\nthe East, his father having been born in Panton,\\nVt., April 1, 17fl(). whence he emigrated to Michi-\\ngan in 18;53, having taken to wife Miss J^ydia\\nShepherd, a native of N ermont. Tliey came to\\nthe new West, lioi)ing tliat tlie change might ben-\\nefit the heaUh of tliis lady, but she did not survive\\nmany years as she died in Jonesville, Mich., in\\n1837. His second wife was Jliss Mary Johnson\\nand to her he was united in tlie bonds of matri-\\nmony in 1841. She was born in Oswego, N. Y.,\\nKovember 1, 1813, and came to Michigan in the\\nearly days.\\nThe father of our subject was by occu] ation for\\nmanv years a merchant and also for a long period\\nof ye-irs was in the employ of Eastern capitalists,\\nwho desired to have him locate lands for them, as\\nwell as to attend to other business. Throughout\\nhis life in Michigan he had in his possession a fine\\nfarm in Barry C ounty. He went to Battle Creek in\\n1 (S54 in order to give his son a better opportunity for\\neducation and there he remained until his death,\\n]March 4, 1862. He had four children hv his first\\nmarriage, all of whom have passed from earth, and\\nour subject is the only child of his mother, who\\ndied in Bedford, Calhoun County, July 14, 1876,\\nalthough her home had Ijeen for some years with\\nher son in Lansing, Mich.\\nHaving completed his education at Battle Creek,\\nyoung Cowles spent one year on the farm and\\nthen responded, as did so many other brave boys,\\nto the call for help sent out liy Abraham Lincoln\\nwhen the country needed her sons. He enlisted\\nJuly 22, 1862, in Company D, Seventeenth Michi-\\ngan Infantry, and was sent to the Army of the\\nPotomac and placed in Burnside s Ninth Army\\nCorps, and his first battle was at South Mountain,\\n]\\\\Id.. which tfiok place September 14, 1862. Three\\ndays later they engaged in the battle of Autietam,\\nand were also in the siege of Fredericksburg.\\nBeing transferred to tlie dejiartment of the Cum-\\nberland he went with his regiment to Mississippi\\nand was stationed in the rear of Yicksburg until\\nits surrender, July 4, 1863. He particiiiated in\\nthe campaign and battle of Jackson, Miss.,July 16 to\\n20. Returning in August, 1 863 to Ken tuck} he was\\nleft at Crab Orchard on detached duty, rejoining his\\nregimentat Annapolis, Md., April 2, 1864, and was\\nwith it until he was wounded in the Battle of the\\nWilderness, jM.ay 6, 1864. He was reported dead\\nat that time as he was lost sight c f, having been\\nsent from the field to a temporary hospital. He\\nwas afterward removed to Ilarwood Hospital in\\nW.ashington and thence to S*^. Mary s in Detroit.\\nHe received his discharge at Harper s Hospital at\\nDetroit on tlie last day of January. 1865, and then\\nreturned to Battle Creek, as he wished to devote\\nhimself to a more fhorough course of study.\\nAfter two years of study Mr. Cowles engaged in\\nvarious avocations till he came to Lansing in 1868\\nas Clerk in the Auditor General s office, where he\\nremained most of the time until 18711. He was\\nelected City Clerk and held that office for tliree\\nterms, being the first man who ever held over in", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0500.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "POHTKAIT AM) lil( )(;ir\\\\ I l IK AL ALIM.M.\\n.-.Ill\\nlli.il olliti iliiiiiiii tlii ee termsi in I,;iii iiii Aflcr\\niH iiii; ii lii vcd Iroiii ollicinl diilio lif wen) Wcsl\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2111(1 .since his ivtiirn liccii in Ihc ni \\\\v lin^inos\\nmost of tln time.\\nAmuii the luiliUih evenl.s whieh \\\\\\\\e:iiH riiMed\\nii|)on to ehioniele in the life of .Mr. Cowle.s, is liis\\niiiarriiiire. .\\\\i)iii 27. 1H71, nt UeiJford. .Mich., to\\nKiiima K., (lausjhter of \\\\\\\\illi;mi T. Il.-iiiiiiton. I his\\nunion has lieeii 1 ie.sseii hy the liiilh of tliree l)e!iu-\\ntiful fl:nii;hteis. Tlie eldest. .Inli:i V... has lieen\\nealled to ;i lietter .-iikI a liviuhlei- world, lint M:iiy\\nK. and I.ois M. are still the joy !ind coinfoit of\\nIheir |)aients. The u-and .Vrniy of the l{e])nlilie\\nis .ill oiiianization in whieh Mr. Cowles feels a\\nkeen interest .and he lias lieen .Vdjiitaiit of the\\nI osl for three leriiis. He is a prominent memliei\\nof the Baptist lmi h and in eoiineetion with its\\nwork he is a iiiemher of tlie eomniittee whieii car-\\nries on a mi.ssioii in the sontlieni )iart of the city.\\nIll every sphere of life this ut iitlcni.in is useful\\n.iiid etlicient and his example and inlhieiice nvr\\nwell adapter] to lienetit the lisiiiy vreiUTation while\\nhis example of paliioli devotion lo his conntry\\nis well worth recitinu for the editication of the\\neneration who have urown ii)) since those days\\nwhen our hearts heat in .inxiet\\\\ lor the honor of\\nonr llau\\n.jr,^VA)W.K I). IJKN.IA.MI.N. I he owner of a\\nfine farm comprisinii one hundred and\\ntwent\\\\ JKi es hicated on section i. i. Iiand\\\\\\nTownsliip. Liviniistoii County, onr sulijecl li\\\\ his\\npro{ res.siveness. natural aliility .as a m.iii and hiuli\\nstanding as a liusine.ss man is one of the represent-\\native people of the lownshi[i. AVhen hi purchased\\nhis land in 1H\u00c2\u00ab(i it wa partially iniproxed. Since\\nthen lu has cleared, planted and Imill until it is a\\nmodel anionsr he line atrrieulturai place of the\\nregion. Ilis lionie is all that money siipplciiicntc(l\\nhy taste and good sen.se can make it.\\nMr. lienjamin is a native of ates ounty. N.\\nand was horn \\\\o^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0enll)er 21 IHS7. ir i .i son\\nof William and .\\\\liigail (Shelhy) Hen jiuiiin. iint-\\ni\\\\cs of .\\\\ew ^oik. The father wa.s a farmer aiul\\nciine to this .Slate in lK;i\u00c2\u00ab. lieing one of the earl-\\nicsl settlers in this townshiji. lie located on seet-\\nIioii I I. theic liought one hundred .acres whereon\\nhe rem.ained for eighteen years and at the expira-\\ntion of that time moved to Conway Township\\nwhere he is still fanning at the age of ninetv. The\\nmother passed away from this life, in IM.jM.\\nOnr subject s paternal graiidf.ither. David lienj-\\namin. was a native of New ^ork. .i physici.iii li\\\\\\nprofession liiil n I arniti- hy calling, lie wa the\\nhea l of a laiue family and was a J)emo(i-;U.\\nilliaiii lienjainin is the father of fourteen\\nchildicn. h.ilf of whom are still livini;. TIkm\\nare .I.iiic. now .Mis. U ay: .Vlfre la. who is .Mrs.\\nW oodard: onr subject; .Sally, now .Mrs. |5issell:\\n.lohn. Albert .and Amelia, whose married name is\\nOlds. The father is a DeiiKicrat in his political\\nlikings. I he origin.al of this sketch w.-vs reared on\\nthe home farm and e hieated in the eoniinoii\\n.schools of the district. He started out in life for\\nhimself at twenty years of .age. working li\\\\- the\\nminilh and following this coiirst- ol procedure for\\none year, when he purchased jjart of his father s\\nplace, or sixty acres in Hands Townshi|). He\\nli\\\\ed there four year.s and then married, .after\\nwhich he moved to Hands Township and tin-re\\nengaged in farming on shares for one season.\\n)ii coming lo this townslii|i he bought eiglitv\\nacres on section 2 I. and lived on that section for\\ntwo years, but later traded this |)urchase for a .saw-\\nmill which he ran for one yeai and tlii in turn he\\ntraded foi- a farm in Kay Township. Inyhain\\nCounty, and was lliere engaged in agricultural\\nbusiness for live yeai after which he went to\\nDanby Township. Ionia Counts and there ran .i\\n.saw mill for three years. He then returned to\\nll.iiidy L osvii hip and purchased a mill in Iosco\\nTosvnshii). running the .same for three years, at the\\nexpiration of svhicli time he traded that mill for\\nhis present farm, which is a line tract bearing the\\nbest of building He here devt tes him.self to ue;i-\\ncr.il farming, suiiplementing the products of the\\nearth by his stock interests, of which he has some\\nof the finest grades. There is a fine oivliard upon\\nhis place, that is al the |iiesenl time in its best and\\nmost haleyo.i |)eriod of prodiictiveiie.\u00c2\u00abs.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0501.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "502\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nFebruary 12, 1859, tbe original of our sketch\\nwas united in marriage to Miss Elinor Knowles, a\\nnative of W.avne County. N. Y. Her parents were\\nMatthew and Polly (Tupper) Knowles, n.itives of\\nIreland and New York respectively; the mother\\ndied in 1851. The father came to this countr}\\nwhen a boy, in company with a brother John, his\\nfather being a wealthy man who was a ship owner\\nin Ireland. Mrs. Benjamin is one of four child-\\nren, only two living at the present time. Thej\\nare the lady who is the life partner of our subject,\\nand Elizabeth, now Mrs. Weller.\\niMr. Benjamin is the proud parent of two sons\\nBurnett B. and Edwin H. The former is a grad-\\nuate of the Fowlerville Union School and has been\\na teacher. The sons are both Masons, the elder\\nhaving taken the seventh degree. He of whom we\\nwrite, belongs to tlie Democratic party. He is a\\nFarmers Alliance man, also belonging to the\\nGrange. He has been a generous contributor to\\nall measures that promise to he for the advantage\\nof and improvement of the portion of the country\\nin which he lives. Mrs. Benjamin belongs to the\\nMethodist C hurch. The home they are the posses-\\nsors of bears every evidence of the culture and\\nrefinement that characterizes its occupants. Books\\nand magazines are here found and arc the daily\\ncompanions of our subject and his family.\\ni=. ,b, ^i, p hi\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f\\n(^^HEODORE DIETZ. A native of the great\\nf(f^\\\\\\\\ metropolis of America, our subject is of\\nCrcrman ancestry. His father was Peter\\nDietz and his mother Charlotte Dietz, both natives\\nof the Fatherl.ind. They had emigrated to this\\nland which promised freedom and speedy wealth,\\nwhen young people. Our s\\\\ibject was reared in liis\\nnative city until he reached the age of five years, at\\nwhich time his parents removed to AYashtenaw\\nC ounty, Mich. There the family remained for five\\nyears or \\\\intil our suljject was ten years of age.\\nAt the expiration of that time he removed to Ing-\\nham County, and settled in Leroy Township, so\\nthat as will be readily seen the greater portion of\\nour subject s experience, covering more than forty\\nyears, has been associated with the progress and\\nhistory of the district in which he now lives.\\nMr. Dietz family being energetic and ambitious\\npeople were soon in the van of travelers and finan-\\ncial succBSs. They were regarded as among the\\nmost prominent people of their district. They\\nl)0th passed away in this township, having been\\nthe parents of nine cliildren of whom the follow-\\ning survive: Henry, Cornelius, and Theodoie.\\nThe confidence and respect that our subject s\\nfather enjoyed is shown by the fact that he was\\nappointed to several township offices, having at\\none time been the Supervisor.\\nHe of whom we write is familiar with all the\\nphases of pioneer life, having passed through the\\nvarious experiences with his parents. He grew to\\nmanhood in this township. Here he received liis\\neducation in the district school and although he\\nhad not the advantages of a liberal education, has\\nmade up for deficiencies to a great extent by his\\nindividual efforts. In February, 1860, our subject\\nwas married to Blary C. Taylor, who bore him two\\nchildren. These little ones did not long survive.\\nThe mother too, passed away and in 1866 he was a\\nsecond time married, his bride being Mary Rix, a\\nsister of Hiram Rix, Jr., of Leroy Township, for\\nwhose further history- see sketch in another part of\\nthis Album. The marital relation in this case has\\nbeen very harmonious.\\nThere are nine living children that have been the\\nfruit of this second union of our subject. They\\narc by name Leroy, Arthur. Helen, Rockwell,\\nHenry, Robert, Theodora, Catherine and Cornelius,\\nall young people whose gifts of splendid physiques\\nhave been blest liy the additional advantage of\\nlarge mental capacity. He of whom we write is the\\nowner of two hundred acres of land which has been\\nwell improved and is in a first-class state of culti-\\nvation. He has served in various offices in the\\ntown.ship, having been Highway Commissioner.\\nSocially he is a member of the JMasonic frateniity.\\nOur subject affiliates with the Democratic party in\\npolitics, easting his vote and the weight of his in-\\nfluence with that party. The fine farm of which\\nhe is the owner and proprietor speaks more elo-\\nquently than any wordy praise can do of the", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0502.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0503.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "RICHARD K.WRIGGELSWORTH", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0504.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\noOo\\njood qualities of the man his industry, the taste\\nthat finislies liis work and the careful management\\ntluit ciinliN s liim to accomplish so much.\\ni^ICIlARl) K. WRKiGELSUOUTlI. Among\\nthe noteworthy British-American citizens of\\ncli l Cohoctah Township, Livingston County, we\\nare gratified t(j he able to present the por-\\ntrait and give a sketch of Mr. Wriggclsworth, whose\\nde|)arturo from the scenes of earth was deeply re-\\ngretted by all who had come within the scope of\\nhis acquaintance. He was born March 2(), 1834,\\nin Nottinghamshire, England. His father, John\\nWriggclsworth, who was a butcher in England, was\\ntwice married. His first wife, a widow, had one\\ndaughter by her previous mai-riage, and presented\\nto rr. Wriggclsworth a son, who is our sul)ject.\\nThe motlier did not leave her native land, but died\\nin England, and the father s second wife was Sarah\\nShaw, who bore him four sons and one dnughtei\\nIn the spring of 18. )2 the family niigratcd to the\\nI nited States, and settled first in the Genesee al-\\nley, N. Y. In 18. );5 Mr. Wriggclsworth came to\\njNIichigan and settled in Colioctali Township, T iv-\\ningston County, and later went to Argentine, (Jeii-\\nesee County, this State, purcliasing eighty acrc of\\nland upon which he lived until his death. May\\n9, 1873. His wife still survives and is making her\\nhome with her children.\\nI pon the farm of liis fatlier in lOiiglaiid, young\\nWriggclsworth grew to maturity, aiid upon coin-\\ning to this country he engaged with his father in\\nfarming. In 185.5 he came to Cohoctali Townsjiip,\\nand lor three 3-ears worked li\\\\ tlie inonlh. and af-\\nterward rented the eighty acres on section where\\nhis widow now makes her home. At the end of five\\nyears he had so prospered as to l)e .able to buy this\\nrfi])erty, to which lie added from time to time un-\\ntil at the time of his death he owned some three liuii-\\ndred and forty acres. His decease occurred Octo-\\nber 18, IHOO, and he was truly missed not only in\\nhis private capacity as a farmer, but also as a eiti^\\nzen, and espeei-illy in his office of Justice of the\\nPeace, in which lie had served for twenty years.\\nHe was drafted iiit(j the army during the Civil\\nWar, and pronqitly furnished a substitute.\\nMrs. Wriggclsworth, who bore the name of\\nNancy. Iladsall, was born July 3, 1844, in Lu-\\nzerne County, Fa., and she is the daughter of Ed-\\nward and .lane (l)ymand) Hadsall. She came to\\nMichigan with iicr parents in 1855,and settled in Co-\\nhoctah Township, where the father still resides. He\\nserved the cause of the Union during the Civil War.\\nMr. and Mrs. Iladsall had nine children and eight of\\nthem they had the pleasure of rearing to manhood\\nand womanhood. The second son, Gordon, has passed\\nfrom earth, and those who are living are Milton,\\nMary E., I erry, James, Nancy J., Evert E., Decker\\nL. and Ellen. The marriage day of Mr. and Mrs.\\nWriggclsworth, was March 3, 1861, and through\\nthe past thirty years they have experienced a long\\nperiod of domestic happiness. Ten of their twelve\\nchildren are now living, namely: Sarah A., yhwy\\nSchuyler (i.. .John E., Orlando, Carrie J^., Ken-\\nyon 1{., Dora I and liirtie and .Myrtle (twins).\\nOne s ni, Erank L.,died at the .age of twenty-three;\\nSarah A. is the wife of .Vdeltiert Fay, and Mary E.\\ni.s the wife of Hiram Gilland. Besides his farming\\nproperty, our subject left to his family the elevator\\nwhich is doing a nourishing business at the railroad\\nstation of Cohoctah. lie was highly honored and\\nrespected, and liis widow shares in the s:inic degree\\nof esteem.\\n_S\\nS)\\n-.Hj.\\nB-\\nrSs HARLLS l- OSTElJ. For the past four years\\na resident of Okemos, our suliject is a re-\\ntired laniier and is still tiie owner of two\\nhundred and eighty :icres of excellent land in\\nMeridian Townsliip, Ingham County. He was\\nborn on the Ith of October, 1824, in Kiugs-\\ndere, Hampshire, l- ,iigland. His father, .iesse Fos-\\nter, was lioni in the place above named in 17811.\\nand was a farmer bv oceu|iat ion. owning a small\\nfMim anil renting two iargi ones near by. Four\\ngenerations of the Foster family rented the same", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0505.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "506\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nfarms. Jesse Foster died in 18,52. He was the\\nfatlier of thirteen children, whose names are as\\nfollows: Mary. Ann, Louisa. Sarah, Reliecca. .John.\\nMartha, Charles, William, Hester, Eliza, Charlotte,\\nand one who died in infancy.\\nThe eldest of the children iiamed above married\\n.John Saltmarsh in England; she died and lie mar-\\nried her sister Sarah; they emigrated to the United\\nStates and settled in Meridian Townsliip. Ann\\nlived until twenty-four years of ige; Louisa mar-\\nried John Jennings and is now deceased; Rebecca\\nbecame the wife of Charles Poverv and is now n\\nwidow living in Meridian Township; Martha mar\\nricd (ieorge Appleton. of England; William died\\nwhen twelve years of age; Hester was united in\\nn\\\\arriage to William Barrett, of England; Elizabeth\\ncame to the United States in 1852 and married\\nChristopher Nichols; she also is deceased. Our sub-\\nject s mothei was prior to her marriage Miss Char-\\nlotte Harlot and born in Stratfield Saye. England,\\nwhen the Duke of Wellington owned this as his\\ncountry place, in 17)^1; lie died in 18:^4.\\nThe original of our sketch worked on tlie farm\\nof his father until he was twenty-five years of age,\\nspending most of his time caring for and herding\\nsheep. The steward of the estate endeavored to\\n|)ievail upon the voung man 1(i remain and con-\\ntinue the management of the farm which his father\\nhad so long and favorably cared for, Init the i)rom-\\nisesof the New World held out to a young man and\\naspiring emigrant were not to be resisted. Before\\nhe sailed he was married to Miss Christian Nichols,\\nMarch 14, 185(1. Their wedding trip was the\\njourney acro.ss the ocean to their new home. ^Irs.\\nFoster was born in Berksliiic, England. ]March 24.\\n1829. Her father, Samuel, was a wood-turner and\\nbrush-maker and died in Berkshire in 187fi at tiie\\n.age of eighty-one year Ilcr mother s maiden\\nname was Sarah Taylor, .\\\\fter landing in New\\nYrirk Mr. and Mrs. Foster came directly to Pontiac.\\nMich. At this place he bought a few indispens-\\nable tools and household goods and loading them\\ninto a wagon drawn by ox-teams tiiey started on\\nthe tedious trip for tlic farm now owned by them.\\nThe first year our subject was ilia great portion of\\nthe time with fever and ague and life in the new\\ncountry was particularly hai d for him, as he knew\\nso little of pioneer farming. It was especially dif-\\nficult for him to become a good clK)pper. but by\\nindustry and economy, as the \\\\ears have gone by.\\nhe has amassed a fair fortune and has given sub-\\nstantial aid to his children and is .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-till in i)ro er-\\nous circumstances, ranking among the soli l fMrmers\\nof Ingham County.\\nTen children have lieen l)orn to tliis couple.\\nThey are William C. Henry N., Thomas B., Agues\\nS., Charles S., John C. Walter J., Ella C.. Clifford\\nC. and Bertram (J. William, who was [torn Jan-\\nnary 12, 1852, died in his fourteen tii year; Ileuiy.\\nwho was born March 15, 1854, mairied Emma\\nHerre. of Meridan Township; they have tiiree chil-\\ndren .Sidney. Xellie and Lena. r]iom:i li.. Imrn\\nAugust 11), 1855. died in his twenty-sixth year:\\nAgnes S., who was boni December 15. 1)^5(!. mar-\\nried Edward Blair, now of M.Tnistec, this .State;\\nthey have three children Charles, Ethel aii(( Hen.\\nCharles S.. born 3, 1858, married Mary Khun; their\\nchildren are Burr.William. Roy. Aid. Edward, Ros-\\netha and Norman. John, who was born February 2,\\n18fi0, married ,Ieuny Cook, of Meridian Township;\\ntwo children -aw now living Kittle and Rutli.\\nMr,s. .Tolni Foster died February 2. 1H!)0; AValter.\\nwho was born in ist;2. married Emin;i Armstrong,\\nof .Afuir: slie lie(l .luly 2(i. IH .HI. This son was\\neducated ;it tlie Michigan .Vgrieultural College for\\na time and filially entered the Medical Department\\nof the University at M ooster. of Cleveland. Ohio,\\nfrom which he was graduated in 1885. He is now a\\nphysician at Ljiingsburg, this State. He was married\\nagain in IHflOto Miss May Olney. of I iue Lake;\\nElhi.wlio w.as born October 3, 18();5, married Aaron\\nRoliy. of B;ttli; they are the parents of two cliil-\\n(lien\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Editli iind Murle, who died July 22, 1? !)I.\\nClifford, born Octolier 2. l\u00c2\u00abf)5. married Olive Shif-\\nter, of Bath. Bertram, lioin -luly 3. ISUM, died\\nwhen two years of age.\\nBoth our subject and his wife have lieen iilenti-\\nfied with the ]\\\\Iethodist Episcopal Church of Oke-\\nmos for about forty yenrs. Politically, Mr. Foster\\nis a Republican, having the most abiding faith in\\nthe platform of that party. Always having been\\ninterested in the raising of sheep. Mr. Foster has\\nfound liu iii to be very profitable. He was a sheii-\\nherd in his younger days and has dealt quite ex-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0506.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n5(17\\ntensively in them for manj years. He is undoubt-\\nedly tlic best posted man on tliissiilijcct in Mciidian\\nTownship. The family of which oiif siiliject is head\\nis a most estinialih one, and tlie jjosition tliey oc-\\ncupy in this townsiiip is envialile.\\nIM-^\\nJfiqrDA Sl SHALLEK. In tiie career of this\\n(\u00c2\u00ae0] gentleman who has for many years been a\\nI -i successful farmer in Livingston County\\nand is now located on section 29, Cohoetah\\nTownsiiip. may be found an illustraticm of the\\nworth of good principles and haliits of industry\\nand jjrudence. He had not inherited wealth that\\nfalls to some men, but has fouLrht his way througii\\nlife, provided only with the advantages that a\\nl)enefieent nature has granted liim. He was born\\nin Havaria. (iermany, near Seiblitz, Xovemlier 9.\\n1h;52, and is a son of Adam and Margaret (Hank)\\nShaller. Reared to agricultural work, before leav-\\ning the Fatherland he was overseer for a nolilenian\\nwho possessed a fine estate. After his marriage he\\nengaged in farming for himself, but life in the\\nNew World opening up an alluring vista before\\nhim, he witii liis family left (Germany about Sept-\\nember 1, ])S4H. They took vessel at Bremen and\\nafter a journey of seven weeks and three days,\\nlanded at New York and jiroceeded In a few weeks\\nto Micliigan. Their first stop was made at Tetls-\\nboro, Washtenaw County.\\nIn the last week in December, 1.S4H, the family\\nto which our subject belonged located on eighty\\nacres of section 29, Cohoetah Township, where\\nthe father of the family died in August. IH.jd, at\\nthe age of forty-five years. At his decease he left\\nto his widow one son, our suliject, tlie parents\\nhaving lost one daughter previous to C(miing to\\nthis country. Our subject s mother was tlirice\\nmarried, her first luiion being witli a Mr. Kreil.\\nBy him she became the mother of four children,\\ntwo, Adam and Margaret, reaching years of ma-\\nturity but remaining in their native land. Her\\nsecond husband was .(ohn SluxUl and by this m:n-\\nriage three children were born who reached mn-\\nturity. Eli died at the age of twenty-one; Eliza-\\nbeth Z!iliaii iIm) (lied, leaving a son and daughter\\n.\\\\dam and Margaret. By the third marriage she\\nbecame Mrs. Shaller. She passed aw.ay from this\\nlife in August, 1H72, at t he age of eighty-one j ears.\\nShe was a woman of large nature and of keen\\nmental and moral perceptions. She has been a life-\\nlong menilici of the Lutheran (huich.\\nAs is the custom in (Tcrmany our subject\\nreceived a good practical education in his native\\ntongue. Reared on a farm, at the age of twenty-\\none he began life for himself on eighty acres of\\nland belonging to the homestead taken up by his\\nfather in Cohoetah Township. He assumed the care\\nand support of his mother and I)ought out his\\nsister s interest in the estate. The place upon which\\nthe f.amily originally settled on coming here, has\\never since been his home. lie has added two\\nhundred and eighty acres since being care-taker of\\nthe estate, and has cleared over one hundred and\\nsixty .acres. At two different times he sold land\\naggregating one hundred and eighty acres, .so that\\nhis farm now comprises two hundred and eighty\\nacres.\\nFor the past yeai- .Mr. Shaller h.as resided on the\\nfarm .across the road from the old homestead. This\\nis finely imjiroved with handsome buildings, his\\nresidence lieing pleasantly located on a command-\\ning eminence and containing all the comforts and\\nmany of the luxuries of life. He also has excellent\\nliarns .and shelters for his stock of which he is very\\nproud, lie has raised some of the finest cattle\\never seen in his community, sjjaring no trouble or\\nexpense in jirocuring the (inesf grades.\\nFebruary 11. l.S, )i;. thr subject of this bio-\\ngraphical notice was married to iliss Elizabeth\\nLahring. who was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Octo-\\nber 23, 1H. 57. She is a daughter of Henry and\\nAgatha (Fingbiner) Lahring, natives of Gerniany,\\nthe father liorn near Hanover and the mother, near\\n\\\\iltenberg. Their marriage took place after they\\ncame to this country and their first home was made\\nin the ity where Mr. Lahring was employed in a\\nsugar factory. In I h;?!) they came to Michigan\\nand settleil in Holly. Oakland County, where they\\nresided until the Ieali) of the father, which occur-\\nred about 1869. at the age of sixty-three years.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0507.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "508\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nThe family bom to this worthy couple comprised\\nfive children, whose names are as follows: John F..\\nElizabeth, Henrietta, Charlotte and Sophia. Mrs.\\nJShaller s fatlier is one of six children born to his\\nparents. They are Margaret. Henry, H;unii n.\\nJohn Frederick, Lewis and Catiierine.\\nThe domestic life of the o;entleman of whom it\\nis our pleasure to here give a sketch in outline, has\\nbeen of the happiest nature. His wife is an excel\\nlent and amiable housewife and a good manager.\\nso that the interior economy is carried on as per-\\nfectly as the policy which has made the oiitei\\nagricultural work a success. Three children have\\nbeen born to this worthy c oupli They are Fred\\nW., John II. and Clara .1., the latter of whom died\\nat the age of twenty -three years. Mr. Shaller i a\\ngood citizen, loyal to his adopted country and\\nanxious that the best measures should be adopted\\nfor the advancement of every department in the\\nlocality in whicli )ie lives. Altliougli his inclina-\\ntions in cliurch matters are for his own denomina-\\ntion and that to which lie was brought up the\\ni.utlicran lie is a generous cdiitrilnitoi to all\\ncluirches. lie is a Republican in politics and in\\nhis personal life is an example of uprightness and\\nstraightforward, simiile lionor.\\ni-J- f-S- S ^^g!^ \u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a25-4 *j;\\n3^.4.^.4.(^5^ .{.^.^..j.!:\\n;4\\\\ felLLIAM .1. MINER. Most generally known\\n\\\\rJ/i as the jn oprietor of the livery stable in\\nFowlerville. Livingston County. Mr. Miner\\nis also engaged in Imsiness as operator of tlie steam\\nsawmill, located near the track of the Detroit.\\ni ansing it Northern Raihoad. wliich is an industry\\nthat adds greatly to the ciitciiniM of the commun-\\nity giving eni|iloyment to a nuiiilier of men and\\nmaking current a laigc ;iinount of money. Mr.\\nMiner is a native of this State, liaving Vieen 1 10111\\nin Conway Township, Livingston County, Nov-\\nember 7, 1846. He is the son of Ezra and Annie\\nM. (Skidmore) Miner, natives of New York. Our\\nsubject s parent.* emigrated to tlie West, casting\\ntheir hit witli the pioneers whose unceasing efforts\\nhave made Michigan one of the most ))eautiful and\\nfertile of States. About 1842, he settled in Hart-\\nland Township where he engaged in farming.\\nI^zra Miner moved from his first location in\\nllartland Township to Conway, where, securing\\neighty acres of woodland he at once engaged in\\nfarming. First clearing a space in the midst of\\ntlie timlier he laid the monarchs of tlie forest low\\nin order to erect a log house foi his family. He\\npartially improved the farm and in 1887 he sold it\\nand removed to Handy Township from Corunna\\nand here he has since engaged in farming. He is\\na strong adherent of tlie Democratic party He\\nand his wife are the parents of six children who\\nare living. They are Emily, Mehitable, William\\n.1.. Frank M.. Selden S. and Henry B. The eldest\\ndaugiiter is now ^Irs. Converse; ^lehitable is Mrs.\\nDawson; Frank is a farmer in Livingston Ct)unty:\\nSeidell S. is an attorney at Corunna. Shiawassee\\nCounty, holding llie ortice of Prosecuting Attoniev\\nfor tlie county; Henry 1 is a farmer in Osceola\\nounty. this State. Another son. Floyd, wa* a\\ndruggist and a wholesale and retail grocer at St.\\nIgnace on the Mackinaw Strait. There he was\\ndrowiie l .July 5, 1885, by the capsizing of a sail\\nboat in which three others besides himself met an\\nunliinely end. .Vlthough only about a mile from\\nshore they were never any of them found.\\nOur suliject remained at home until twenty-one\\nyears of age. As a boy he received the advant-\\nages common in the public .-.chools. He wasjaised\\na farmer .Mnd assisted his father with that work as\\nlong as lie was under the (larental roof. On start-\\ning out for himself after reaching his majority, lie\\nbegan farming in Cohoctah Township, this county,\\nsecuring eighty acres of land. For four years he\\ndevoted hi.s attejition and energies to this tract\\nand then sold out, going to Corunna where lie\\nremained for three months, lie then returned to\\nCohoctah and bought one hundred and twenty\\nacres of land where he remained for twelve years,\\ndiiiina which time lie was engaged in general\\nI arniing. After spending so long a time upon tlu^\\nplace it can well be imagined that he parted with\\nit reluctantly. He, however, felt that commercial\\nlife was more suited to his years and temperament\\nand on selling his place came tfi Fowlerville where\\nhe has since engaged in lii^ ivseiit business.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0508.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "HJRTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\naOd\\nAsidi t roiii liis teams and tine tuiiiiiiit lie lia two\\nviTV ^ood Imsscs thai aic used in coiivoyint; trav-\\nelers to and from station and liotels. He ia-eps\\nconstantly on hand ten i:ood horses and a larue\\nMuml er of tine turnouts.\\n.Mr. Jliner Imill his steam sawniiil Ihis List\\nsprini; (IHid). He already employs eiiilit men\\nand does a thriving husine.ss. He has ten acres of\\nland lying inside the corpoi ate limits of the town\\nand a fine residence (m (irand Hivei Street. This\\nis presided over very gracefully ly his wife, who\\nwas before her marriage iliss Emmie Dal v. a daugh-\\nter of Stei)lien Daly of C ohoctah Township, this\\n-ounty. Mr. and ^Irs. Miner were united in the\\nlionds of matrimony .Mai-cli \\\\K IKliVl. They have\\none child, a son. Fred L. I Ik social relations uf\\niiu- suliject are lirnily laid in the niemhership with\\nthe Masons and as one of the .Vncient Ordei- of\\nUnited AVorkmen. Politically, he inherit- a faith\\nin the Democratic creed, ^[r. Miner is one if the\\nprominent men of the village.\\nAMES M. MONliOE. .V prominent citizen\\nof Leroy Township. Ingham Cunnty, he\\nwhose name is at the head of this sketch has\\nthe interest of the community at heart, not\\nonly because he is an integral part of that commu-\\nnity, but from a humanitarian and a sectional\\nstandpoint, taking i ri(ie m everything th.at shall\\nreddund to the honor of the jjeople with whom his\\nlot is cast. He is the owner and resident upon sec-\\ntion 11. Leroy Townshi]). and a native of l iving-\\nston County, this State. l)eing there born Decem-\\nlier 1. iS;i\u00c2\u00ab.\\nThe original of our sketch is a son of Fr.-incis and\\nLnan. i (Hicks) .Monroe. His paternal granilsire is\\nsaid to liave licen a IJevoiutionary soldier. His\\nparents emigrated to the Wolverine State and here\\nsettled in the early 3(ts. Their first home w;i-\\nmade in the de[)th of the woods where the\\\\ were\\nthe first settlers in that region. Francis .Monroe,\\nour subject s father still survives, making his home\\nin the city of Howell. He is in his seventx -eiLrllth\\nyear, and has been the father of ten children, of\\nwhom .seven still survive. They are Henry\\nFrancis. .Fames ^f.. Norton M.. (ieorge. William\\nanit Lucinda. The last named is tlie wife of Ben-\\njamin Morgan.\\nIn early days rancis .Monroe ser\\\\ed as Pre.si-\\ndent of Livingston County Agricultural Society,\\nand was one of the Hoard who first organized the\\nCentral Fair in Lansing. In his political liking a\\nHepublican, he was ever loyal to his party. The\\ngentleman of whom we write was reared to man-\\nhooil in his native State and county. He received\\nthe education common to the lads of his lime,\\nwhich means that he alisorl)ed a practical amount\\nof knowledge regarding the three r s. Since that\\ntime his l)roader ex))erienee has added to his self\\nculture to a great degree, and for a short time he\\nattended school at Howell. It was a .select institu-\\ntion of learning.\\nOur subject enlisted in the war of the Rebellion\\nthree times. The third time he joined Company\\n(1, Fifth Michigan Infantry, and with his regiment\\nwas assigned to duty ill the Arm\\\\- of the Potomac.\\nHo fought in the siege of Yorktown and in the bat-\\ntle of AVilliamsburg, where he received a bayonet\\nwound above the knee cap on the left leg. He was\\n:dso in the battle of Five Oaks, where he had three\\nliullcts shot through his clothing. He was also in\\nthe battle of Peach Orchard and in that of Chan-\\ntilly, liesides jiarticipating in the battle of ^lalvern\\nHill; he was also at Harrison s Landing, and was\\nengaged in several minor skirmishes. In addition\\nto his previous wounds he received a sunstroke at\\nHarrison Landing, and confined to the hospital for\\na time, lieing finally discharged November 17, 1862,\\nafter which he returned to his native State.\\nMr. -Monroe was married on the 2d of July,\\n1863. his bi idc being Miss Elizabeth, a daughter\\nof Edmund AUchm. of whom a sketch appears\\nin anolhei part of this Ai.nr.M. Three children\\naic the fruit of this union. They are: Elmer,\\nwho is niaiiieil and resides in Welicrville: Lottie;\\nand Lulu, who is the wife of (Jeorge Leonard. Lot-\\ntie is the wife of A Iplieus Townseud. Besides these\\nchildren of thcii- own. they have also an ado])ted\\nson. .Vrthur A., who is a child of t)ur suliject s\\nliroilicr. (ieorac Monroe. The children are vounsj", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0509.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "old\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nmen aud woincn of marked ability, and doubtless\\nin a time of emergenc-y in which the country was\\nthreatened would be as ready as was their father to\\ngive the best they had for its safety.\\nThe original of our sketch is the owner of a good\\nfarm comprising one hundred and twenty acres of\\nland. Tliis is well tilled and improved, bearing a\\n[ileasant home and well-stocked barns and granaries\\nwith places for stock. Socially Mr. Monroe is popu-\\nlar and well liked, being genial and having at his\\ncommand a fund of bright and interesting inci-\\ndents to point a moral and adorn a tale. He of\\nwhom we write is a self-made man, and is emi-\\nnently the architect of his own fortune. A Repub-\\nlican in his political belief, our subject believes\\nfully in the future success as in the pi-osperity of\\nthe Government reigning under his party. For a\\nnumber of years past he has been School Director,\\nand has also served as School Assessor. His war\\nexperiences are kept bright, and his interest in his\\ncomrades undiminished by his membership with the\\nGrand Army of the Republic. In his religious\\nrelations our subject and his estimable wife are\\nmembers of the Baptist Church at Weberville.\\nTo him belongs the credit of having estab-\\nlished the lirst Sunday-school in that church\\nand he has for a long time served as its Su-\\nperintendent. He has also been one of the chief\\npromoters of the interest in the church. Our sub-\\nject s record is that of a good, loyal aud honor-\\nable man, and one who cannot fail to be well pleas-\\ning in the sight of (iod and man.\\nARTIN VAN BUREN is a worthy descend-\\nant of one of oiu- illustrious earl3- presi-\\ndents. When death arrested the pulse of\\nhim whose name is at the head of this\\nsketch, society lost one of its most genial and\\nwhole-souled members, the agricultural calling one\\nof its most enlightened and advanced workers and\\nhis home the spirit that uplifted, encouraged and\\nadvanced the interest of his family. That ho was\\nhighh regarded is attested by the honors paid at\\nthe last sad rites, when fnmi far and near his\\nfriends and acquaintances gathered to p.ay the last\\ntribute of respect and to recount in tender woi-ds\\nthe many kind and gracious acts that made his lift\\na tale not read in vain.\\nMr. Van Buren was born Aiuil 7. I.s2ti. in (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0eii-\\nesee County, N. Y. He came to Michigan in IMyo\\nand settled in Handy Township, where he was the\\nproprietor of one hundred and fifty .acres of fine\\nland on section 22. He made many improvements\\nupon the place, feeling that the perfection of each\\nlittle personal domain led to the improvement and\\nbeautification of the whole. He took an active\\ninterest in all that pertained to the growth and\\nprosperity of the county, not selfishly l)ut\\nlo\\\\-ally and humanely. He was an active worker\\nin the Baptist Church, of which he had been a\\nTrustee for some years.\\nMr. Van Buren s parents were Rudolphus and\\nHannah (Brott) Van Buren. natives of New Jersey,\\nwho after their marriage settled in New York.\\nTheir son Martin, after reaching manhood was\\njoined in the matrimonial relation to Jliss Sarah\\nO. Dunn, the daugiiter of Daniel and Christina\\n(Gardner) Dunn, natives of Maine. The former\\nwas engaged in the lumbering business in his\\nyounger days and came to Michigan in 18.55, set-\\ntling in Handy Township. Here he engaged in\\nfarming, following this calling until his death,\\nwhich occurred in November, 1877. Tlie mother\\nstill survives and makes her home with her son,\\n.Joshua Dunn. She has reached patriarchal years\\nand is venerated by all who know her. Eighty-\\nseven years of age, she represents both generations\\nnow living. She is the mother of four children\\n.Toshua, Mrs. Van Buren, !Mellen, of Fowlerville;\\nand Elijah. Our subject has had two cliildren\\nIda, now Mrs. D. A. French, resides in Chicago,\\n111.; George M. still makes his home under his\\nfather s roof.\\nThe widow of our subject is deeply interested in\\nchurch work, being associated with the Baptist\\ndenomination. She was formerly a member of the\\nChristian Temperance Cnion .and is now a teacher\\nof the ]5ible class, her pupils being the older mem-\\nbers of the church. For the last four years\\nshe has been a Deaconess in the Baptist Church.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0510.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "POHTKAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ^LLBLil.\\n511\\nA Indy i t large intelloi-tuality and ilif liisflicst\\niiiuial and spiritual aspirations, she is lnvcd and\\nrc specti d liy all. llcr lioiiic is the aliddi nf icn-\\n(lenicss, !^entleiie.ss anti nu-icy to tlic iinfnitiinati\\nand tried little ones of the Master. Martin Van\\n\\\\an Biiren was in polities a Democrat. His de-\\nrease oeenrred Septenilier 21. IMM i.\\nU.VNK PAKKEH. Death chose a shininu\\nmark in takinsr tor its target he whose\\nname is above, antl one which is a syn-\\non\\\\Mi in the neighborhood in which lie lor so\\nnianv years lived for all that is iienial. enterprismu\\nand inooressive. The regards that were shown hiin\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2It intei nient prove how greatly his loss was felt in\\nthe i-oiiimunity. llost.s of friends followed him to\\nhis last resting place, and many were the kindly\\nwords spoken of his p.asl life and incidents retold\\nthat redound to his credit and honor, lie left a\\nwiclow who still lives on the farm on section il. of\\nHowell Township. Livingston County. There .she\\nconducts most successfully the agricultur:d work\\nthat her husband liegan.\\nyiv. Frank Parker was boiii in llaniburg. .Mich., t\\nin inr)2. and was reared a farmei- lio\\\\. He attended\\nschool in the city of Howell, i-emaining at home\\nwith his parents until he was lifleen years of\\nage. His parent-s were Eilward and .Martha (Holt) 1\\nParker, natives of the Eastern States. I liev were\\nearly settlers in Oceol.a Township, where they I\\nare now living, owning one of the finest farms I\\nin the township. They Inne a f.aniily of live chil- j\\ndren. our subject being second in order of birlli.\\nOn leaving home the original of this sketch I\\nworked out on farms, continuing to be thus eni-\\npk)yed until his marriage to Miss Maria Uiddle of\\nOceola Township. Then he rented a place which\\nhe worked on shares for one year, after which he\\npurchased the farm now owned by his widow. It\\ncomprises forty-two acres and is. considering its\\nsize, one of the most productive tracts in the vicin-\\nity. They moved upon the place in 1875, and\\ncontiinu d to farm until ISSt. when he went to\\nwork for his father-in-law in Oceola Township.\\nTliey had been there only three months and three\\ndays when the tcirililc talamity that caused his\\ndeath occin-red. lb vvas out in the field plowing\\non the \u00e2\u0080\u00a2itth of .lunc \\\\xx\\\\. when .a terrific shower\\nand thunder stoini r.imc up. He took his team\\nfrom the plow .and went to the edge of the woods\\nand while standing under a tree was struck by\\nlightning and abnost instantly killed.\\nIn liis ideas of (iovernmental i-ight and justice.\\nMr. Parker was a follower of the Republican party-\\nHe was :i most worthy man and is greatly mi;*sed\\nh\\\\ his bereaved family. .Mr. Parker s widow lived\\nprior to her marriage in Osceola Township, where\\nshe was born .Vpril 11. l\u00c2\u00ab.j;?. Sin- was a daughter\\nof Andiew and Margaret (Stuart) Riddle, both\\nnatives of Scotland, where they were also married.\\nHer father was by trade a l)lacksmith and was en-\\ngaged in work at his tr:idc in his native land be-\\nfore coming to .Vnierica. Mr. Riddle s father had\\npreceded him to this country having settled some\\ntime before his coming hither in Oceola Township\\nand being among the very early settlers there. He\\nafterward sent for his wife and two children, they\\nmaking the journey acro.ss the Atlantic alone.\\nThat was in the d.ay of .sailing vessels .and the voy-\\nage was a very long and tedious one, but they\\nlinally reached this county .safe and well. An-\\ndrew Riddle Sr. remained in this county until his\\ndeath and was regarded as one of the prominent\\nmen of his day. He had a large family who at-\\ntained honorable positions in life, .\\\\ndrew Riddle,\\n.Ir. is still living in Oceola Townshi]) and is the\\nproprietor of a large farm, lie has there a black-\\nsmith shop and cairied on bl.acksniithing and farm-\\ning together until too old to have so great care\\nand responsibility. He is now retired from ictive\\nlabor and at the age of seventy-six is comfortably\\nsituated.\\nMrs. Parker and her brother William are the\\nonly children of her father s family who are now\\nliving. The hitter is a fanner in Oceola Township.\\nAfter lierhusb.ind s death Mrs. Parker returned to\\nhei- home in Howell Township where she conducts\\nher farm of forty-two acres and is engaged in\\nraising horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. She has a\\nfamilv of four chililren whose names are as follows:", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0511.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "51 -2\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPmOAL ALBUM.\\nAndrew. Jessie M., Charles 8. and Claude B. The\\noldest son is a stationary engineer by profession,\\nhavins; run the same engine for the last three\\nyears; Jessie M., is now clerking for William Mc\\nPlierson iV Sons of Howell; Charles S. and Claude\\nB. are tlieir mother s assistants in caring for the\\nfarm. Mrs. Parker grows fruits, in which she is\\nvery successful peaches, pears, plums and small\\nfruits. She is an active, enterprising womai: and\\nhighly respected liy all who know her.\\nANLY H. SHERMAN was born January\\n6, 1843, at Mt. Morris, Livingston County,\\nl-i; N. Y. His father, Josiah Sherman, was a\\nnative of the same State, born in the year\\nof 1800, and was a weaver bj trade. The mother,\\nwho is of German descent, was born in New Jer-\\nsey during the same year and bore the maiden\\nname of Ruth Carr. The ancestors came from\\nEngland originally, and were three brothers\\nJohn, James .and Morgan, and from these, who\\ncame over during the Revolutionary War, all the\\nShermans in the I nited States Iiave sprung.\\nManly H. Sherman was but six years old when\\nhe came with his parents to Ingham County,\\nMich., where the father carried on weaving for the\\nfirst two years and then sold his little home and\\nbought thirty acres of land in Wheatfield Town-\\nship, where they resided for seventeen years.\\nManly H., who was the youngest in the family of\\neleven, remained at iiome until he reached the age\\nof twenty-three, and until he was seventeen j ears\\nold he attended the district school.\\nBeing converted to Christianity at an early age,\\nand aspiring to the ministry, our suliject became\\ndissatisfied with his education and attended the\\nHigh School at Owosso for five terms, and then\\ntook one term at Ypsilanti High School, prejjaring\\nhimself for college. Owing to overwoik and ex-\\nposxue and consequent ill-health, the young man\\nfinally gave up the prosjiect of a collegiate course.\\nDurinu the wai his brotlier Josiah entered tlie\\narmy as a member of the Third Michigan Infantry.\\nHe died at Chattanooga, March 23, 1865, and\\nwilled to our subject his small estate, with which\\nhe purchiiscd eighty acres of land from his father.\\nIn the fall of 1866 our subject was united in\\nmarriage with Elthea Russell, of Ypsilanti. daugh-\\nter of Jonathan Russell, a farmer. He was still\\ndetermined to have a more thorough education,\\nand entering Mayhew s College, at Albion, took a\\nbusiness course. He sold the farm in order to edu-\\ncate him.self and carry his family expenses, and he\\nthen went to work upon a farm.\\nThe second marriage of Mr. Sherman took place\\nJune 22, 1870, the bride being Helen Burdick.\\nof Meridian Township, daughter of Roliert Bur-\\ndick. One daughter is the result of this marriage,\\nHelen B., who was born in 1876, and is at home\\nwith her parents, where she is still pursuing iier\\nliterary and musical education.\\nNotwithstanding the fact that Mr. Sherman was\\ndisappointed in Ins educational plans, he finally\\njoined the Michigan Conference and for some\\ntime devoted himself to the ministry of the (Gos-\\npel. Twenty-two years ago he removed to Oke-\\nmus and for one year carried on a drug store.\\nSelling that out, he went to Jack.son, where he en-\\ngaged ill the undertaking business, contracting a\\ndebt of about $4,000. He gradually gained in\\npopularity until he had a large share of the under-\\ntaking business in tliat city, and in two .and one-\\nhalf j^ears he cleared over $2,000. He then bought\\nout the drug Inisiness of G. A. Hurd. of Okemus.\\nand carried it on for one year.\\nThe next enterprise of Mr. Sherman was in the\\nline of farming, in which he was unfortunate, and\\nhe then returned to Jackson and was there engaged\\nin service for others, and finally went into the\\ndrug and grocery business at Okemus. After a\\nfire, which destroyed his store and stock, he relniilt\\nand is now prosperous in his business and is\\nrunning a drug store and grocery. He was a\\nresident of Wheatfield before the plank road was\\nestablished and has been a member of the Metho-\\ndist Ejiiscopal Church since he w.as seventeen years\\nold. aixl in this religious home his wife is also an\\nactive memlier. He lielongs to Lodge No. 17.\\nF. V A. M.. at .lackson. Lodge No. 229. 1. O.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0512.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0513.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "4**^\\n^k___", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0514.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL A].BL M.\\n515\\nO. F., at Okemos, to the Ancient Order of United\\nWorknicii. at I^aiisinjj:, to the Good Templai^ and\\nto the Ivniiihts of I-alior and is a firaiiiicr. Ik is\\naljio con iiCfted with the Farniei s Alliance and is a\\npatiiotie man. lieiug deeply interested in Auieri-\\ncJin prosiieritv.\\nAll thr( Hs :h his early years Mr. Sherman was a\\nRepublican, and for a time was attached to the\\nProhihition party, but has now returned to his\\nformer connection. His mother died in 11S\u00c2\u00ab(I, at\\nWheatfield, and his father passed away in 1882.\\nThey had eleven children, of whom two died in\\ninfancy and tliree were called hence after reach-\\ning maturity.\\nJ I I I I j\\n1 I i r I la)\\nl^-^ A. HUDSON. It is not now an unusual\\nthing to find ladies launching into business\\nfor themselves and making a striking suc-\\ncess in their chosen calling. The two ladies\\nwlio are the proprietors of the Hudson IIc)use in\\nthe city of Lansing could not well fail, however,\\nto elicit the smile of Fortunatus. for so clever are\\nthey and so ple.asing in manner as to make their\\n])lace an attractive and homelike resort for gentle-\\nmen and ladies. The firm is eonipo.sed of two\\nsisters. Mrs. Ilattie (IIud.\u00c2\u00abon) Bowie and .Miss Allie\\nHudson.\\nThe Ladies are of English ijarentage, their falliei-.\\n.Martin Hudson, lieing a native of Berkshire, Eng-\\nland, and there born May 4. 1819. He was reared\\nin his native land until a child of ten or twelve\\nyeais and then with his parents came to America.\\nThey located in Rogersville. Ohio, on a farm.\\nwhere the young man was reared, but as soon as\\nhe had a voice in his own affairs he began service\\nas a bell boy in the old American House in Cleve-\\nland, gradually working up in the business and\\nfinally .set out for himself as the proprictt)r of a\\nhotel in Huron, Ohio. Later he removed to Milan.\\nOhio, where he remained in the hotel business until\\nlie came to Lansing in 18.i9. He brought his\\nfamily hither by stage from .Jackson. He had\\nbeen here previously and had leased the old Lan-\\nsing House, which he ran until it was burned. He\\nthen became the proprietor of the old Benton\\nHouse, now kiKiwn as the Everett House. This\\nhe continued for about two years and then took\\ncharge of the old Eagle House, which he later pur-\\nchased, changing its name to the American House.\\nWhen the new Lansing House, now called Hotel\\nDowney, was completed Mr. Hudson furnished the\\nplace and opened it, giving a grand house-warming\\nas the inaugural affair. He conducted it foi- about\\neleven j ears, from 1864 to 1875, and then sold his\\ninterest in it to N. G. Isabelle. Later he built the\\nHudson House on the site of the old American\\nHouse. This building is a fine, large, substantial\\nedifice, well furnished and conducted by him until\\nhis death, which occurred March 1,5, 1889. He\\nwas at the time sixty-nine years of age. He was\\nof a genial, whole-souled nature and greatly liked\\nby all who came in contjiet with him. In his\\n))0litical liking he was a strong Republican and of\\ncoui se in his position the weight of his influence\\nw. is not small. He was the ice-President of the\\n^lichigan Ilotelmen s Association and for many\\nyears w.as one of its most prominent meinl)er.s. He\\ntook an active stand in the workings of the Inde-\\npendent Order of Odd Fellow s and was a represent-\\native to the (J rand Lodge almost every year.\\nFor one term he filled the position of Alderman\\nfrc m the Third Ward, but resigned the place at\\nthe end of the .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2eeond year. The last two months\\nof his life he spent at Harper s Hospital at Detroit\\nand there died. Although he was not connected\\nwith any rcligiovis body his inclination was strongly\\ntoward the Ki)isco]):dians.\\nThe mother of our subjects was. previous to her\\nmarri.age, ^liss Klizal)eth Crask, an English lady,\\nwho was born in the town of J^ynn. She came to\\n.Vinerica with her motlier when but eleven years\\nof age and was married at Florence. Ohio. Decem-\\nber (1. 184:i. She died September iS. 1887, at the\\nage of sixt\\\\-lliree years. .She was a member of\\nthe Episcopal Church and a devoted Christian\\nwoman with high ideals of right and honor. .She\\nwas the mother of five children, whose names are\\nas follows: E. Herbert, Winthrop, Lester, Hattie H.\\nand Allie L. The eldest son enlisted in Comijany\\nTwentieth Michigan Infantry, and served over", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0515.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "1(J\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nthree years in the Civil War. He is now a resident\\n(it Cliicaud. Wiiithnip died in IMT; in Lansino.\\nLestei- is m hiisines.s in l^ansint;.\\nllattie and Allie were l)olli born in Lansing imd\\nwere lien- reared and educated. After tlieir father s\\ndeath they lieeanie tlic po.ssessors of the Hudson\\nHouse and have sinee heen its proprietors, and\\nnuests wlio come liere suffer no diniimitioii of care\\nand attention from times past. It is run in tlrst-\\nelass style and is a pojnilar resort for the best peo-\\nple of the place and of those who are sojourninu\\nhere for a sliort time. .Mi.ss Hattie was married\\n.Vuicust M. l)i\u00c2\u00ab to Harry A. Bowie, n native of\\nPortland. Me. iU- came to Lansino- a young man\\nand now has chartie of the Hudson in company\\nwith his wife and sister-in-law. The subjects of\\nthis sketch are l)oth regular attendants of the Epis-\\ncopal Church and if ladies could have politics\\ntheirs would be I{e|)ublican.\\nThe attention of tlic leader is invited to the\\nlithographic portrait of the late .Mr. Hudson,\\nfound in connection with this .sketcli.\\n/IJ LIAM 15. I:A(;ER. Prominent in agri-\\ncultural and church circles is lie wliose\\nname we have Just given, whose splendid\\nfarm is to be found on section 7. in Oceola. his na-\\ntive townshi|). Here he was born Xovember (i.\\nimS). and his father, .lacob .NL Eager, was a native\\nof Orange County. X. V.. where he had liis earl\\\\\\ntraining and education. Tlience he came to Oce-\\nola Township. i i\\\\ ingston Count\\\\. in 1847. locat-\\ning where his son William now lives. Here lie\\ntook up from the Coverument one hundred and\\ntwenty acres of wild land and proceeded to chop\\nlogs with which to build a home. After impro\\\\-\\ning this place he iemo\\\\ ed to Millington and there\\nengaged in the milling business, but after six years\\nrenuived iu Howell, where he now resides. He is\\nan earnest Republican in his ijtilitical views and\\nmost wisely and judiciously has tilled the ottice of\\n.lustice of the Peace foi man\\\\ vears. He is an\\nactive and eflieient member of the Presbyterian\\nChuich and helijed to build the tirst clniich that\\nwas evci- erected in Howell.\\nThe grandfather of our suliject also bore the\\nname of W. B. Eager, and came to Michigan from\\n)range County. X. Y.. during the .same year in\\nwhich his son, .Jacob, icmoved hither. He also\\ntook up land here although he retiu-ned to New\\nYork fi)r a while, but came back to this State and\\nheres] ent the remainder of his years, dying at a\\ngood old age. The maiden name of the grand-\\nmother of our subject was Moore, and his moth-\\ner s maiden name was Emily Comfort, was also\\nborn in Orange County. X. Y.. and is still re-\\nmaining in life to be the comfort and insi)iration\\nof her children. Of her four sons and one\\nilaughter all aie living, except one that died in in-\\nfancy.\\nThe original of this kctcli was reared in his na-\\nti\\\\c home and remained under the parental ro(\u00c2\u00bbf\\nuntil he leached the age of twenty-five years,\\nwhen lie was united in marriage, October 14, 1874,\\nto Laura ^Valker. the wedding taking place at the\\nhome of the bride s father, Mr. Robert AValker. of\\nwhom our readers will be pleased to know more,\\nand they will tiiid a tirief sketch of him on another\\nl)age of this bocik. This ladv is a native of Oceohi\\nTownship, and had her birth in 18; ).0. The young\\ni-oupic nMiiaincd with Mr. Eager s parents for ime\\nyear after marriage, and then built for themselves\\na luvme on .section H, Oeeola Townshi)). and there\\ncarrietl on general farming for eight years, after\\nwhich they removed to the old homestead where\\nthey now reside.\\nFour manly sons have been granted to this cou-\\nple and to them they have given the following\\nnames: Lyman, lioliert, James L. and Arthur P.\\nOne hviiidrcil and twenty acres of Mr. Eager s\\nfarm is situated on section 7, and one hundred and\\nthirty-three acres on section 8. and all is under\\nculti\\\\ati( ii with the exi-elition of sixty-tive acres\\nwhic h remain in timlier. Foi- eleven years he has\\nbeen operating a threshing machine, and he bought\\na new steam thresher this fall. He keeps ome ver\\\\\\nfine cattle and now has three head of thorough-\\nbred Holsteins and keeps from one hundred and\\ntwenty-five to one hundred and fifty sliee|) the", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0516.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n517\\nyear round. He also has five roadsters and draft\\nhorses, and everything about his farm is in excel-\\nlent condition.\\nTlic Kepuljliean party is tlie ixjitical t)riraniza-\\ntioTi witli which Mr. Eager finds himself in har-\\nmony. He was Township Clerk in 1889 and 1890\\nfor seven years was a scliool direcfoi lie is a\\nmember of the Knights of tiie Maccabees and has\\nhold offices in that body. Both he and Mrs. Eager\\nare nienibers of the Presbyterian Church and take\\nan active part in its work.\\n_^]\\n[3_\\nS)\\nIN.IAMIN slloW I:HM.\\\\N. XcwYurkhas\\nciit many of her sons as pionciTs to Mich-\\nigan anil almost invariably lliev have\\nproveil ij oud citizens, to wIkhii the ilcvclop-\\nment of the country owes unspeakalily much. He\\nwliose name is at the head of tiiis skctcii is one of\\nthe manv who came hitlier at an early day and\\nliave Ijcen instrumental in the general ui)building\\nand perfecting of the State, lie now resides on\\nsection 15, Wheatland Townshii), Ingham Couuty.\\nwhere he has a plea.sant home that promises to be\\na haven of rest and i)eace to his declining years.\\nHe of whom we write is a son of AVilliam Shower-\\nman, a native of Columbia County, N. Y. He was\\nthere married to Gertrude ilorrison, a daughter of\\nConrad Morrison, a native of the same county.\\nTo the elder Mr. Showerman and his wife were born\\nfive sons and two daughters that enjoyed ordinary\\neducational advantages. They remained in New\\nYork until the death of the father, who throughout\\nlife was engaged as a farmer. He was a member\\nof the militia in the Empire State and was ready\\nto be called upon in time of need.\\nOur subject, Benjamin Showerman, was born\\nApril 1824, in Columbia County, N. Y He was\\nbutfive jears of age when liis parent* removed to\\nWayne County, and there he grew to manhood.\\nHis experience was much the same as that of other\\nj-oung men of his day and age. On reaching\\nmanhood he was married to Mi.ss .lane E. Sliuk,\\na native of Greene Countv. N. their mar-\\nriage ceremonj- being performed April 28, 1848, in\\nWayne County*, N. Y. Nine children have come\\nto these fond parents, their names being Mary E..\\nMelvin B., Catiierine (t., John W., Louisa, Ed-\\nward and .lennie. The two latter are deceased.\\nIn 1861, when the future of Michigan was estab-\\nlished and sure to be a success, our subject came to\\nthe State and located in Wheaton Township, Ing-\\nham County, .securing eighty acres of land upon\\nwhich he began here as a farmer. He is now the\\nowner of one hundred and twenty acres. All of\\nthis he has cleared iind broken, now having one\\nhundred and ten acres under a high state of culti-\\nvation. A good orchard has been set out that now\\nyields an .abundant crop of the most luscious and\\ntempting fruit. A comfortable and tasteful dwell-\\ning has been erected, also good barns and out-\\nhouses, most of this work having been done liy his\\nown individual efforts.\\nPolitically, Mr. Showerman is a belie\\\\ er in the\\nprinciples of Deniociacy, and all the tenets of that\\nplatform have to him a leason and a right for\\nbeing. In the s])ring of 18 .)1 he was elected .lus-\\ntice of the Peace and has officiated in that capacit\\\\\\nthus far most satisfactoril\\\\-. genial and pleas-\\nant tempered man, our subject is popular with all\\nwho know him.\\nILBERT ,1. DANIELS. There is probably\\nno man more truly and justl^^ respected\\nand beloved by the community in general\\nin Unadilla Townshii), Livingston County, than he\\nwhose name we have just given. He has ever\\nstood for the right in every line of thought and\\nhas maintained a sturdy Christian character\\nthroughout his whole career. His kindly interest\\nin his neighborhood has deservedly gained the good\\nwill of all, and his upright dealings have com-\\nmanded their respect.\\nGilbert Daniels. Sr., the father of our subject.\\nwas born March 22, 1797, in Montgomery County,\\nN. Y and was a sou of James Daniels, a soldier in", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0517.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "ll\u00c2\u00ab\\nI UKTRAIT AND BIOGR^iPHICAL ALBUM.\\niIr- Re\\\\()lutiuii;ii Wiir. His g ood wife, Margaret\\n(l)iitelior) Daniels, wn.* mIso n iintivf of Monttjuin-\\nI l v County, and was lioni A|)rii 2. iH^H). Afti r\\nniaiiiajje they removed to Orleans Ounty. where\\nthey I esided until lH;i4.\\\\vhen they eanie to Mielii-\\ni;an. and settled U| on fort\\\\ aeres of wild land in\\nI nadilla Townshi]). Ilei ethf fathei- jt our suli-\\nject (.-reeted a loji shanty, wliieh he eovered with\\nhark, and until they discovi-red the splendid livinsi\\nspring which i now well-known they drank from\\nthe creek. They (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2une here liefore the organiza-\\ntion of the eounty. and there were then only six\\nfamilies of white within what i now the limits\\nof the township, hut lndiau ali(_)undeil all ahout\\nllieni.\\nS(_)nie\\\\vhat later a hettei hou.--e was liuilt upon\\nthe farm, and there these |)arents lived for a nuin-\\nliei of years, after whieli our subject Iniilt a coz\\\\\\nhome for them on his farm, where the mother died\\nMarch 30, 18(i!\u00c2\u00bb, and the father passed from earth\\nFebruary 17, 187. I he mother was a member of\\nthe Protestant Methodist t hiirch at Plainfield. and\\ntiiey had but one child, oui- subject. He was born\\nOctober 12, 1823. in Montgomery County. X. V..\\nand was eleven years of age, when he came to\\nMichigan. Here he attended a school taught liv\\nCornelia Williams, now deceased. His father had\\ntwenty shillings in money, a cow and a hog. as his\\npersonal wealth when he came to this new home.\\nThe son remained beneath the parental roof\\nuntil he leached the age of twenty-seven years.\\nThe happy wedding day of (iilbert .1. Daniels\\nwas December 1; l.s, )li. and he then took to wife\\nChloe M. Beale. a daughlei- of lunery and Sophro-\\nlua (I{ice) Beale, lioth New Yorkers who came to\\nMichigan among the lirst settlers and made tlieir\\nhome in lima Townshij). Washtenaw Connt\\\\-. In\\n1835 tliey came to tins township and made theii-\\nhome in Plainfield for the remainder of their\\ndays. The father and mother of Mrs. Daniels\\nhad eleven children, three only of whom are\\nnow living, and after her mother s death her\\nfather was united in mairiage with Mrs. Topping\\nwho brought him no children. Eugene Beale. the\\nbrother of Mi s. Daniels, is now the Postmaster at\\nAnn Arbor.\\nThe wife of our subject was born September 12.\\n1832, in New York, and was so well iirepared by\\nher attendance ujjon publie school as to lie able to\\nteach after coming to Michigan. After marriage\\nthey settled u|)ou theii- farm on section 21. I nadilla\\nTownship, and in time added to the first eighty\\nacres until llu^y had one hundred and fifty-one\\nacres, and eighty acres more came to their- share\\nafter the death of the father. I pon tliis fai m\\nthey lived from l\u00c2\u00ab. )(l until 1888. and they then\\nretired from active work and made their home in\\n(Tregory, where .Mr. Daniels now resides, as he lost\\nhis faithful wife in .lanuary. 189(i.\\nOf the eight children granted to him and his\\ncompanion, six .still survive: Fred who inar-\\nlied Ella Wood: ^lary Ella, who is the wife of\\nFitch Montague: Fiiinia .1... who resides upon the\\nhomestead; Xettie who lives in California;\\n(reorge B. deceased; (Gilbert E.. who lives upon\\nthe liomestead; Josephine, living on the farm; (i.\\n.Vdol|)hus. deceased. To all of these children Mr.\\nDaniels has afforded excellent opportunities for\\neducation. Oeorge was a graduate of Ann Arhoi-\\nHigh School, and also took a course in pharmacy\\nat the State Iniversity. Xettie is a graduate\\nif the High School and of the .State Uni-\\nversity, and is now filling a responsible jiosition\\nas teacher at a salary of 41,2i )0 per annum.\\nThe father of these young peojjle was in his\\nearly years a member of the Protestant .Methodist\\nChurch, and was instrumental in erecting the\\nhouse of worslii)) at Plainfield. giving \u00c2\u00a54(i(i toward\\nthe building fund. He had it removed to its\\npresent position, and sustained it there for several\\nyears, and while in connection with that denomi-\\nnation he was Class-Leader and delegate many\\ntimes to the aiiiiual conference. He was a delegate\\nat .Springfield. ()liio. when the conference was\\nsjilit upon the shnciy (piestion. IK is now\\nconnccteil \\\\vitli the I resliylerian Church at\\nPlainfield. ami has been -a leader of a Bible cla.ss\\nfor years.\\nThis gentleman is thoroughly interested in edu-\\ncati(nial eft tirts. and has been a member of t.lie\\nSchool Board. He has been identified with both\\nthe .Sons of Temperance and the (Jood Tein])lars.\\nand in the latter society he filled responsible posi-\\ntions. In his earlv maubood he was a Democrat,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0518.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "POHTKAIT AM) HIOGKAPIIK Al. AI.IU M.\\n1\\nlull (111 MccDuiit of thesliu iTN i|iiestion left tiic p.-iity\\nfor tlic l{i |)lllilic;ili iMiilo. Miiil nun r( i l lli;il llii-\\ngivat iiiUTCst cciiU ls ill :i iiiovi iiieiil .Miiuiiisl tin-\\nsaloons, and is n proiioiini-ed l roliil)itioiii t.\\n6^\\nOlIN W \\\\\\\\i;i iirr li:i~ lici U M pioneer in lii\\nlirancli of l iisiiH s in Howell, Liviiiiiston\\nCoiinty. lie is a inanufacliiiei of sash, dours\\nand lilinds. besides doiiiii planinii. His\\nplace of liusiness is located east of tlie Detroit,\\nl/ansiiiir iV- Xoitheiii Railroad. He estalilislied\\nthis business in IHOI) and it wa.- the first of the\\nkind in the place. He has not been withoiil lis-\\ncourageinents. for in liS71 he was bnrnt out aii l\\nthe cineralion cost him some \u00c2\u00ab2(i.(ii)ii. I ndaunted\\nby this loss he set about erecting a new place of\\nbusiness, and stocked it with the finest niacliineiv.\\nThe present shop owned liy Mr. Wriirlil lia n\\nfrontage of sixty feet and is ninety feel in depth.\\nThe ste. ini engine which is tlie motive power run-\\nning his machinery, has a t wenty-tive-lKir.se power.\\nIf a workman is known by hi^ -liips. one iiiust con-\\nclude that our subject does a \\\\erv extensi\\\\-e bu.-i-\\nne.ss, and iiidee l he keeps a large number of hands\\nemployed and turii out the best quality of work.\\nHe of whom we write wa born in ()iiondaga\\nCotinty. N. Y.. November i:i. I.s^d. His p.-irents\\nwen .lamo and vnthia (Clnik) Wright, natives\\nof Connecticut. I he former w, i .1 builder :iiid\\nadded to his work ;is a fanner lliat of a contractor.\\nIn the early d.-iys lie eaiiie to Michigan settling\\nhere ill IHHli. at which time llie WdUfiiiie .State\\n|)laiiily showed tlie source from which il iiseiido-\\nnyin was derived, for wol\\\\e prowled tlirongh the\\nforest.s. making the environs of the settlements hid-\\neous in tho night-time with Iheir barks and crii\\nHe .settled* in lo.sco rown liip. l-iving ton (oiintv.\\nanil there engaged in farming. He lived lo reach\\ntlie good fild age of fourscore anrl four years. His\\nwife ()assed away in 18,5li. I rioi to lii.~ death he\\nhad acquired a fine farm. conii)iising four liundred\\nand forty acresof land ;ind was con.-iidered one of\\nthe well-to-do farnier- of ihi- countv. His father\\niml oiir -iibject s grandfather was W illi.Miii righl.\\nHe located at an early day in Dutches Countj N.\\nand was there engaged in farming. His grand-\\nfatlier was one of three brothers who came from\\nKngland in llie sexcnteenth century and settled in\\nM.assachiisetts. Our subject s grandfather. William,\\nwas a Major in the Revolutionary War and dur-\\ning his service he was taken prisoner b\\\\- the IJiif-\\nish troops and held torn long time on board the\\n.lersey prison ship, -htmes Wright, oiir subject s\\nfather, was honored liy llie confidence and respect\\nof the people where\\\\ er he went. He was for some\\ntime in [osco Township .lu.-tice of tlie I eacc and\\noiiiiiiissioner. I le moved lo Howell in IS )f\\nthe family of nine sons and three daughters, eight\\nchildren are now^ living William. Is.aac. Waller,\\n.loliii W.. Klislia Thomas. Leonard and Philip.\\nThe original of our sketch was reared asa fanner\\nbo\\\\ and although the secrets of scientific and prac-\\ntical ai riculliir;il life were earh inculcated in his\\nyoung mind, lie received a good education and\\nlieing n:iliir;iiiy a bright young man. assimilated\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ill that came wilhiii the scope of his .acquirements.\\n.Vfler (inishiiig .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2school he tauglit for three terms in\\nLivingston ount\\\\ and then turned his attention\\nto farming on .-in extensive .scale, the tract whicli\\nhe cultivated being located in Iosco Township.\\nThere he farmed eight liundred and forty acres\\nand was thus engaged for eighteen years.\\n)iie of the most fertile tracts in the loiiiity\\n.Mr. Wright s farm was well suited foj most ex-\\ntensive and prolilic cultivation. He had erected a\\nline lionic thei eon, which was comfortable and\\ncoin eiiiently arr. ingefl. He made a specialil\\\\ of\\nline tock. K\\\\ en .-it that time he was engaged in\\nthe lumber business, owning a .steam sawmill at a\\ndist. ince of ^ix miles from Howell. This mill he\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ilso lost Ivy lire, ent-jiilinga lo.s.s of *l,(lt (i. He was\\nin the lumber business for seven years ami was\\ncry .-uceessful.\\nWhile living in lo.-co Township he wa.- honored\\nIvy the election to every ottice in the gift of the\\ntownship excepting that of Collector and Constable\\n.nid :U the time he removed to Howell seven oflicos\\nwere made vacant by departure. In IH.iU Jlr.\\nright was married to .Mis.- Caroline Disbroe. a\\nnative of thi State. Seven children have blest", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0519.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "520\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nthis union. They are by name, Helen, Lewis A.,\\nHester, Seth, Frank, Fred and Erny B.\\nrolitieallyhe of wliora we write affiliates with\\nllie Democratic party, its free trade principles ap-\\npealing to his commercial interests. vSocially he is\\na member of the Masons and is alsp a Knight\\nTemplar. Mr. Wright lias a fine home, located on\\nEast Street. It is beautifully located and sur-\\nrounded with shade trees. Interiorally it is fur-\\nnished and decorated most beautifully and yet not\\ntoo line for daily use. He is one of the prominent\\nbusiness men of the county and is conspicuous for\\nhis euerav and go-ahead-itiveness.\\ni m\\nAMUEL A. TELLER. Prominent ainong\\nintelligent and prosperous stock-raisers\\n[\\\\\\\\/j} and fai mers, and well known throughout\\nC ohoetah Township, this county, is the\\ngentleman whose name appears at tlie head of this\\nsketch. His fine farm with its excellent improve-\\nments forms one of the most attractive features of\\nCohoctah Township. Mr. Teller was horn October\\n22, 18.34, in Girard, Erie County, Pa. He is a son\\nof Henry and Rosalinda (Porter) Teller and a grand-\\nson of Henry Teller, who was born in Albany, N.\\ny., prior to the Revolution. His ancestors came to\\nthis country from Scotland and the old gentleman\\nhimself was a merchant and a large landowner.\\n]Mr. Teller s great-grandfather emigrated from\\nScfitland and here reared three sons, whose names\\nwere, Ucmsen, Henry and .lames, some of whom\\nparticip.ated in the Hevohitiiinary War under Wash-\\nington. Our suliject s grandfather served in the\\nWar (if 1812 as Captain of artillery and carried on\\na large mercantile business in New York City. He\\nwas very fond of horses and raised some of the\\nfinest breeds known at that day. He died in\\nSchenectady, N. Y. He was a Universalist in re-\\nligion, which at that time was a new creed. Politic-\\nally lie was a Democrat, believing in the party in\\nthe original meaning of its name. He was the\\nfather of three sons Henry, .lames and Remsen,\\nand also of three daughters Caroline, Rebecca and\\nMaria, all of whom lived to have families of their\\nown. Our subject s father was born in Albany,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2January 1. 1802. He was a self-educated man and\\nwas reared a farmer.\\nHenry Teller, at the age of eighteen, left home\\nand engaged in teaching school in Allegany\\nCounty, N. Y. About 1822 he removed to Girard,\\nErie County, Pa., where he purchased a farm of\\ntwo hundred and forty-four acres, to which he\\nadded until, at the time of his death, which tic-\\ncurred May 4, 1888, he aggregated a property of\\nfive hundred acres. His son, Henr^y, is now the\\nowner of the homestead. The father was active\\nin politics. Originally a Democrat, the issues con-\\ncerning Kansas caused him to change and he be-\\ncame an active and stanch Republican. He was\\nan ardent Abolitionist and one of the original\\nmembers of the Repulilican party. During the\\nyears of 1860-61 he served in the Legislature of\\nPennsylvania. He was an uncle of Senator Teller.\\nIn his jirivate life the senior Mr. Teller suffered\\nmuch sadness. He was thrice married. His first\\nwife bore seven children, of whom six grew to years\\nof maturity. They are Isaac M., Jasper N., Samuel\\nA., Henry R., John, Louisa and Mary, Isaac ser-\\nved in the War of the Rebellion and was engaged\\nin the engineer corps. Henry fought under Sher-\\nman and John was killed at Savage Station, Va., in\\n1862. He was brevetted a First Lieutenant. The first\\nMrs. Teller died May 23, 1843. She was a devoted\\nChristian and a firm believer in the Presbj terian\\ndoctrines. The second wife was Jane Cross, who\\nbore him one child, Margaret. Mrs. Jane Teller\\ndied in May, 1865. The third wife who still sur-\\nvives, was before her marriage, a Miss Delia Pat-\\nterson.\\nOur subject s mother w.as born in Girard, Pa.,\\nand was a daughter of Joseph and Mary (Clark)\\nPorter, who were natives of Eastern New York.\\nThe former was a miller by occupation. He and\\nhis wife both p.assed away in Girard, Pa. They\\nwere adherents of the Presbyterian creed. The\\nfather was a Republican in his political belief.\\nHe is well-known as an uncle of Fitzjolin Porter.\\njVIr. Samuel A. Teller was lirought up on the\\nhome farm and received his education in the com-\\nmon schools of Girard) Pa., afterward entering the", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0520.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) HIOORAl lIICAI. AI.I .I M.\\nlliuli ScImhiI ;it MMdisoii. Wi At the :i ic i\\neiirlitoi ii lie U-fl lionif .Miiil I liiiaut d ii :i IcmcIum-.\\nfirst at I rsiiif dii liciii. In ]S. iH he (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2uiic tn\\n(lll()Ct;ih TdWllsllill Mllll 1( jc.-iIimI nil MH-tioll 1.\\nlie boiniiit, the fdlliiwiiii; year, one liuiHii cd and\\nsixty acres on scctidii 22. :md tlicrc resided lor\\nfour ye.Mis. l r iin Ili;il place lie iiiuvcd tosectiini\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2il.wln rc he liDiiiiiil live hundred and sixty acres\\nwhich he Iieut his effnrts toward cleariiiii and iiu-\\nl r iviii Ill \\\\HXO lie came to the ))lace whereou\\nhe now resides, which is located on section 22.\\nlie iiere owns oiu hundred and forty-four acres of\\nwell-culti\\\\aled and aralile land.\\nFor some years the oris inal of our sketch has\\nserved as .Justice of the Peace and still li ilds tli.at\\notllee. l oriiierly a l e|iiililic!iii. he is now in ad-\\nherent of the Democratic parly. The ifenlleniaii\\nknows what it is to suffer lierea veiiient in the fam-\\nily. Ills Mist wife, to whom he was inarried .laii-\\nuarv i. 1H. )7. and who was a dauuliter of .lames\\nand Mary Wilkins. died May II.IXCH. She left\\none child, a son. W illard I- she was a memlier of\\nthe I nited Hrethren Church. Decemher 21. 1h7(I.\\nour suliject a^rain assiiincd the matrimonial relation,\\nhis liride lieinij .Miss Kliza Bowers, who w;is liorn\\nin Oneida County. N. Y.. in \\\\H, ,i). .She was a\\ndauaht r of .lohn and Mary (Cole) Rowers. l v\\nthis marriaire live children li.ave come to liless the\\nestate of their parents. Tiiey .are. lohn A., Klla.\\nKdward I).. M\u00c2\u00abrv It. and Mabel K.\\n^^il-^-t^l\\nIMOTUV W .U{M:K, who has lived in Hriyli-\\nton Township. Livingston County, since\\ns^ 1837, is a native of Livinjxston County.\\nN. Y.. and was horn in the township of l,:ivonia.\\nSeptember li). ISlll. Altlioni;li he has reached\\nmore than three-score years and ten usually allotted\\nto man, he has lost none of his interest in life, llis\\nfather was I)ut^_ Warner, a native of Rhode Island,\\nwho emigrated to crniont and thence to New\\nYork. At an early da\\\\ he inove l his fainih to\\n.Michisan. but returned to New York in a liort\\ntime, where lu |ient the riniainiler of his life.\\nOur Mibjccl w;is in hi,- nineteenth year when\\nhe c-.iine l i this .State with his jiarents in 1837.\\nHis ni.-iuliuess liaviiii; been early developed by\\nthe exiii encies of the time, althouiih it was so\\nwild here, his pjirenls left him behind on then-\\nret urn to New ork and since that time he has\\nhere made liis residence.\\n()ur subject beean his career by farmiiii; land mi\\nshares. There were but three settlers in this vicin-\\nity in I.s. i7 and youiiii as he was. and inexperi-\\nenced in organization. Mr. Warnei was called ujioii\\nto as.sist in firganizing the township, and in givine\\nits name. In tho.se earl\\\\- days, things were a-s priin-\\niti\\\\ e :is |)ossible and bad it not lieen for the hard\\nlabor rcquiicd in reducing the fields to a i rodnc-\\ntive tate. one with artistic instincts could have\\nre\\\\-eled in the wildeine.ss of .sylvan beaiitw\\nAlthough our subject was nevei- inueli (;f a hun-\\nter, he has frequently seen as many as tliirtv-.six\\ndeer in a dro\\\\e that seemed to recognize in him a\\nfriend, so mildly did they turn upon liim their\\nbeautiful eyes. lie of whom we write has fre-\\nipiently exchanged beads foi- ^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2enison with the\\nIndians. He purchased his first land about l.sj.\\nIt was located on section 27.. and wa.s entirely unim-\\nproved, lie bent his energies and efforts toward\\nbringing it to a cultivated stale, and has ever been\\na hard worker.\\n1 11 1H47. Mr. Warner was united in marriage to\\n.Miss Lucretia .Jones, who was a native of New Y irk.\\nIi.avini; t-oiiie hither with her parents in an earl\\\\\\nday. They are the parents of six children, whose\\nnames are as follows: Oeorge; Henry; .John, who\\nis deceased; Loui.sa; Lottie, also dccea.sed. and .M-\\nfred. The \\\\()ung i)eoi)le wlio are still living, are\\nintelligent and indu.strioiis, beingworthv lejircseii-\\ntatives of that cla.ss of people who accomplish nuist\\nin the world. They make a comfortable and plea-\\ns.ant home, each memlier of the family doinghis oi-\\nlier utmost to be ail inspiration to the best work\\nand tliouiiht for those with whom tlie\\\\ are a.ssoci-\\natcd.\\nThe original of our sketch was. previous to JH\\na Republican, and since that time has transferred\\nhis allegiance to the Democratic part\\\\ feelinsr that\\nill its principles anil jilatform, there are more and\\nbetter .idvantages for the .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2igricultuial cla.ss than in", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0521.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "hi-1\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL AEBUM.\\nany other. The confidence and respect that the\\npeople of tlie coinmunity repose in him of whom\\nwe write is evidenced by the fact that lie has been\\nappointed to several offices of importance in the\\ngift of the township. For two years he was Town-\\nship Treasurer, and was elected Justice of the Peace,\\nlie was a Road Commissioner for three years and\\nduring- the term of his otHce did efficient service in\\nputting in a good condition tlie arteries that cai rv\\nthe wealth of the nation. Our subject is the owner\\nof four hundred acres of land. He has been the\\nproprietor of six hundred acres, but has disposed\\nof all but his present holdings. At one time he\\nowned a half interest in the old Woodruff grist-\\nmill, which w.as built at an early day and which\\nstands near where he now lives. Mr. Warner has\\nbeen a successful farmer and indeed, were his labor\\nand industry not thus rewarded, one would ques-\\ntion justice and equity. It is said that we shall\\neat bread l y the sweat of our brow, and there is\\nnothing sadder than to see early labor and indus-\\ntry go for naught in the afternoon of life. He of\\nwhom we write is in a position to thoroughly en-\\njoy the going down of the sun, and his niany\\nfriends wish for him that the sunset may be as\\nbroad, bright and enduring .as possible. He has\\nbeen dividing his property among his children pre-\\nparing for the end.\\nIVILLIAM S. TURNER. The part owner\\n\\\\jjj\\\\l find proprietor of the excellent farm lo-\\nWm cated on section 29, AVilliamston Town-\\nship, Ingham County, is he whose name is at the\\nhead of this sketch. He is the son of Richard\\nTunier, wiiose father was Stiles Turner, a native\\nof ^Massachusetts, who at an earl_y day removed to\\n\\\\e\\\\v York and ill 1831 came to .lackson County,\\nand settled on a lann where he passed the remain-\\nder of his life. His wife, before her iiiarria e, was\\nDeborah Morton and unto them were l)orn ten\\nsons and three daughters. In early da,ys Stiles\\nTunier was a sailor but devoted the latter part\\nof his life to farming. He died at the early age of\\nforty years and his wife passed away aliout 1853.\\nAll that was mortal of him was laid to rest at\\nMt. Hope Cemetery as was also his wife who\\ndied in the city of Lansing. Mr. Turner was in\\nCuba at tlie time of the insurrection, when the ne-\\ngroes tried to overturn the Government.\\nOui- subject s father, Richard Turner, was born\\nin New York, .January 11, 1814. He came to\\nJackson County, settling in Lima Center, wlieii a\\nlad of seventeen years of age, being independent\\nand supporting himself by working on a farm.\\nHe was married in that count3 in 1849 to Miss\\nEuphemia Smith, a daughter of Jacob Smith, a na-\\ntive of (iennany, who, after emigrating to Amer-\\nica, removed from New Jersey to New Y ork and\\nfinally settled in Jackson County. Mich., later com-\\ning to Ingham County, where his decease took\\nplace. His wife was Elizabeth (Smith) Smith.\\nThey reared a large family.\\nOur subject is one of eight children born to his\\nparents; they are Florence E., Augustus, Libby,\\nFrank N., William S., Ilattie, Kate E. and John\\nil. Our subject s father came to Lansing when it\\nwas all woods, and at one time was lost in the for-\\nest where the State Capitol now stands. In 1837\\nhe came to Ingham County, but soon returned to\\nNew York and there remained until 1842, when\\nhe returned to Ingham County and worked at his\\ntrade as a carpenter, assisting in efecting the first\\nframe house ever built in Lansing. He was var-\\niously employed until his death, which took place\\nApril 8, 1888. His wife and family still reside at\\nthe homestead in Williamston where the father\\nsettled in 1806. He and his wife were ardent be-\\nlievers in Prohibition principles.\\nOur subject, William S. Turner, was liorn ^March\\n7, 18. )8, in L.ansing, and was engaged in school\\nwork and in assisting his father until twenty-one\\nyeais of age when he took a trip to California and\\nwas gone two j ears, after which he returned to\\nIngham County and has since been employed in\\ncultivating the old homestead. He was married\\nDecember 29, 1886, in Emniett County, Mich., to\\nArvilla Long, daughter of .Isbur}- T. Long, a na-\\ntive of Ohio, who had removed from the Buckeye\\nState when a vouni;: man. He was there married", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0522.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0523.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": ".\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^aytSZ^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0524.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n525\\nto .Iniic Moore. ;i iliiUiiliU i of illi;iiii Moore. ;uiil\\n:i native of liio. To tliem were lioin four oii\\nand fonr dauylilers. In 1870 he came to Mielii-\\ngan, locating first at Lansing wliere lie resided for\\nsix years, wlien lie went to Kniniott ount\\\\- where\\nlie now resides at ITailior Sprintis. lie served\\nthrough tiie late rebellion.\\nOur subject and his wife are the parents of one\\nchild, a daughter, whose name is Hazel. Their\\nhome life is very pleasant, Mrs. Turner liaving a\\ngenius for making all aliout her comfortable and\\nhapp3-. Socially ^Mr. Turner is a Master Mason,\\nbelonging to Williamston Lodge, No. L jS. He has\\nheld most of the offices in the Masonic lodge and\\nis at present .Senior Deacon. Politically he is a\\nHepulilican, having the greatest faith in the future\\nof that i)arty.\\nb y t I b ii\\np I f I I .o^.^^\\n^p^ EOHGE L. CARTER. This prominent agri-\\nii culturist residing on sections 28 and 21),\\n\\\\^5j AVliite Oak Township, Ingham County, has\\na handsome estate of four hundred and twenty\\nacres of land in in excellent state of improvement.\\nHe has lived in this county for many years and\\nhas done much to build up its institution.s and to\\naid in its development. We are pleased to pre-\\nsent to our readers his portrait and the following\\nbrief account of his life.\\nOur subject was born in Genesee County, N. Y.,\\nin 1818, and in that vicinity received his education\\nand was reared to manhood. Me came to this place\\nbefore his marriage and when about thirty-three\\nyears of age. The bride whom he brought to his\\nhome was Abigail Harris and to her were born two\\nchildren, namely: Ella A., who married Thomastlil-\\nliam and irant who took to wife Nettie Smilli.\\nAfter the death of the mother of these children,\\nwhich ocrurre(l May 1882, Mr. Carter was, in\\n1887. united in marriage with .Mrs. ICmeline llicock.\\nwhose maiden name was Smith.\\nThe father of our subject, Harzilla Carter, was\\na native of the Wooden XiUineg State, as was also\\nthe mother whose maiden n.-imr \\\\v:is Mmi\\\\ Carre\\\\.\\nTo tlirm were born eight chiblren. two daughters\\nand six sons, ieorge being the youngest of tlu\\nfamily. Only two of this household are now sur-\\nviving, .loseph T. married Olive Fuller, a native\\nof Connecticut; indeiella married Ezra Clark, a\\nnative of Connecficut. .and is the mother of eight\\nehihlren; .Xorman w]io was bf)rn in Connecticut\\nmarrie l Mentha ISiaddish, who is the mother of two\\nchildren; William H. was born in Connecticut and\\nmari ied Harriet Ilaiian, by whom he had five chil-\\ndren; Lorenzo I), was born in Connecticut and\\nmarried Lunia Beardsley; Ru.ssel A., who was born\\nill Xew York in 1811. married Rebecca l^uacken-\\nbush for his (iist wife; Mary R.. who was born in\\n.New York, married Henian Harris; our subject\\ncompletes the family circle.\\nGeorge Lewis Carter has made a success of agri-\\nculture. His broad acres yield him a handsome\\nincome and ujion his farm he raises many fine\\nsjiecimens of stock, as ho makes stock-raising his\\nmain business and devotes himself especially to\\nthorough-bred cattle, hogs and horses. He now\\nlives near the old homestead where he first located;\\nthere was a log house and barn on the place when\\nhe settled there. At that time wild animals were\\nabundant throughout this [lart of Michigan and he\\nh.as seen m.any p.acks of wolves and herds of deer.\\nMr. Carter cast his first vote for William Henry\\nHarrison and he has been from that day to this a\\nconsistent Republican. His wife is .an earnest and\\ndevoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church\\nin which she finds a broad (ield for .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ictivilx and\\nusefulness.\\nOX. ALOXZO T. I UISBEE. Among the\\nnative sons of tlie Woherine State, we can\\npoint to few whose I croiil is more honor-\\nable and more bright tlntn that of him\\nwhose name we here present. His private life is\\nunexceptional and hi public life is marked witii\\nmore than ordinary success, for of the nineteen\\ntimes when his name has been before the jieople for\\ntheir suffratjes he has been successful sixteen times.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0525.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "626\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nalthough on many ocrasions liis party was in the\\nmiiioiity. His lionie is in dihoftah Township,\\nivingston County, and his liirtli was in Howell,\\nOctober 12. \\\\HiO. His parents Ezra and Lneinda\\n(Tliompstm Frisl)ee. were natives of Montu:omer\\\\\\nand Herkimer Counties. X. Y.. respectively.\\nRoswell Frisl)ee, the grandfather of our subject,\\nwas of Welsh origin, and a farmer in Canaan. Col-\\numbia County, N. Y.. wlu served in the AYar of\\n\\\\x\\\\2. His good wife I lm-he Dorr, who bore to\\nliim six children, was of English descent. Their\\ncliildren were .Su.saii, Edward. Ezra. .Indith. Alex-\\nander and PlKL be. He entered the regular army\\nof the I nited States, and died in Florida during\\nthe Seminole AYai\\\\\\nThe father of our subjeit was boiii August 1).\\n1H12. in Canaan. Columbia County, X. Y and\\npassed his boyhood upon a farm; after be reached\\nthe age of seven years he went to live with an\\nuncle, with whom he cc)ntinued until he attained\\nhis majority. He settleil on three hundred and\\ntwenty acres of land near w iiere Howell now stands.\\nand nineteen years later removed to Cohoctah\\nTownship, which has .since been liis home. In his\\nearlier years his political atliliations were with the\\n^Vhig party, and later he became a Republican and\\na (ireenbacker. while his I eligions convictions have\\nbrought him into sympathy with tiie Universalist\\nChurch. His three children are. Alonzo T.. ^lar-\\ngaret E.. now Mrs. Yandeicook, and Edward A.\\nAlonzo T. Frisbee received an excellent educa-\\ntion through the facilities afforded by Michigan\\nadmirable school .sy. item, and eomi)leting hiscounse\\nat the Howell High School, tliere took the highest\\nhonors f his class. He entered HryantiV Stratton s\\nCommercial College, and was graduated from this\\ninstitution in Fel]i-uary. IcStJ). At the asje of\\ntwenty-one yeai s he entered into an arranoement\\nto work for his father, and thus continued until lie\\nwas twenty-eight years f)ld, when upon settling up\\ntheir accounts it was found that the neat sum of\\n82,000 was his as the result of his even years laboi\\nTlie young man tofik a loui through tiie States\\nof Iowa and ^linnesota prospecting for a new\\nhome, but finally decided that Afichigan was good\\nenough for him. and here he lia since remained.\\nIn 1S7] he went to Isabella Counts expecting to\\nliuy land from the Indians, as the Government had\\ni.-isued titles, but not succeeding in this plan, he\\nl)urchased instead four hundred acres on the .school\\nsection, and four years later returned there and ob-\\ntained of the Indians some five hvuidred acres more.\\nThere lie lived for three years in true pioneer style\\nand liesides improving his own land and buying\\nand selling farms in Isaljella County, he built a\\nstore and established a flourishing trade with the\\nIndians and a few white settlers. His first home\\nthere was a mere log shanty, roofed with basswood\\ntroughs and corked with moss. His first wheat\\ncro)) yielded him twenty-three l)usiiels to the acre.\\nIt had been cleared by the lielii of the Indians, and\\nit was put in without plowing. a the grain was\\n.^imply sowed on the ground, and dragged over\\nlliiee times.\\nIn 1H78 a re(juest came to Mr. Fi isliee from hi,-\\n})arents that he should leturn to the old home-\\nstead and take care f f them in their declining\\nyear Realizing that he owed them a debt of\\ngratitude which he could never repay, he rented\\nhis farm in Isabella County and returned to his old\\nhome where he still resides and faithfully cares for\\nlii.- parents in their \u00c2\u00bbld age. To him they have\\ndeeded the homestead, and lie now carries on farm-\\ning operations there. He was recently married to\\n.\\\\nna I!, i.isterman. and they enjoy the .society of\\nIns parents. He^is an agreeable gentleman of i)ol-\\nished manners, and makes friends with all whom\\nhe meets.\\nThe official life of our subject lieg.-ui at the age of\\ntwenty-one, wlien he served as Clerk and afterward\\nwas for five tei ms Supervisor of Cohocton Town-\\nship, and foi- three terms Supervisor of X otawa,\\\\\\nTowiisliiii, Isabella County. He Avas elected to the\\n.State Senate in 1882, and in l^SHand 1890 he was\\nelected Registrar of Deeds of Livingston County,\\nwhich office he now Mils. Mis early voting was\\nwith the RepuVilican party until 1K7. when he\\nallied himself with the (Greenback party, and is\\nnow a Democrat. He is one of thejiioneer Green-\\nbackers of the Slate, believing that law makes\\nmoney, and not the material of which it is made;\\nthat gold and silver are too expensive and cum-\\nhersonie for money, and that the greenliack is .i\\nreiiresentative of \\\\nlue and also of our national", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0526.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n527\\nstruggle wlieii it caiiu into existence, lie believes\\ntiiat tlie grceiil :K k is a token to the people that\\ntliev had clone sonietliing for their (lovernniont,\\nand is redeemable by all as a token of its worth in\\nlabor and mnterinl.\\nTiic mother of our subjet-l was horn Novenil)er\\n1\u00c2\u00ab1.5, in Herkimer County, X. Y., and is a daugli-\\nter of Moses and ^largaret (Morris) Thompson.\\nwho came to Mioiiigan in 1h;?. Mi-. Tlionipson\\nwas an extensive farnur and niiUcr. and jwned\\nsonic tiiri O thousand acres where Howell now\\nstands, and ])assed from earth s activities about tiie\\nyear 181(1. Willi all of Mr. Frisliee s successes in\\nlife, he has also had liis misfortunes, principal\\namong which was that caused by a tornado tiiat\\nswept over his farm in Isabella County on the lytli\\nof Se])tember. 1878, which laid his farm waste, de-\\nstroyed his store and left nothing behind but ruin\\nand desolation. He is a man of fine judgment,\\nand is often asked to settle estates for his neigh-\\nbors, and is of a generous and liber.al nature, ever\\nhaving an open band for the necessities of others.\\n1\\nIMLLIAM II. McENALLY, Justice of the\\nI P I Peace and Pension Attorney, at Williams-\\ny^ town, Ingham County, is a son of John,\\nwhose father, Terranee, was a native of Ireland,\\nand came to America wh( n a young man and\\nsettled in Lycoming Ccniuty, Pa. Here the emi-\\ngrant m.irrii d and reared a family of three sons\\nand three daughters. His son, John, was born\\nthere in 180. and made it his home until the year\\nof bis death, when he removed to ^It. ernon.\\nOhio, a few months lief ore his demise.\\nThe father of oiu subject was mni ried in his\\nnative c(junty to Lydia Dimm, a daughter of Will-\\niam Dinini, a Pennsylvanian of German descent.\\nThe childien of Uev. .lohn McEnally were Charles\\nP., William H., John C, Mary C. Martha, and one\\nwho dieil in infancy. The father was a Methodist\\nminister having had his education at Baltimore,\\nMd. and being a member of the Baltimore Confer-\\nence. He died in 18 15 and the mother was after-\\nwaril married to John Chamberlain liy whom she\\nhad six children. .She later removed to Clyde,\\nOhio, where she died in 1883.\\nOur subject was liorn .Inly ai, 18;}1), in Lycom-\\ning County, Pa., and when fifteen years old went\\nto Toledo where he worked in a hotel. Two years\\nlater he went to Chicago and secured a position as\\nnewsboy on the Illinois Central Railroad in which\\nhe continued for two years and then took a situa-\\ntion on the Mississipi)i IJiver as cabin boy and\\nporter (m a steamboat plying between .St. Louis\\nand LaSalle. and for one season between St. Louis\\nand New Orleans.\\nThe young man returned home in 18( 0 and in\\nOctober, 18()1 enlisted in C omi)any G, Seventy-\\nsecond Ohio Infantry and .served until Novembei-\\n11, 186i3. He entered -IS First oi |)oral and was\\npromoted to a Sergeaney and after two years ser-\\nvice was detailed as Orderly under Gen. iMcMillan.\\nwhom he served until the close of his term. He\\nw.as wounded in the battle of Shiloh and was sent\\nto the hospital at Louisville for two weeks, after\\nwhich he was at home during a ninety days fur-\\nlough.\\nAfter returning to bis regiment the 3^oung\\nsoldier took part in the following battles: Ft. Gib-\\nson, Jlissi.ssippi Spring, Raymond, Jackson. Vicks-\\nburg, the siege of Jackson, and the battle of Bran-\\ndon. His regiment belonged to the Sixteenth\\nArmy Corps under .V. J. Smith, and they were\\nknown as Sniith s (iiierrillas or the Wandering\\nTribe of Israel, T ley made a twelve hundred-\\nmile march after Gen. Price and at the battle of\\nGun town our suliject was taken jirisoner, but after\\nfive days made his escape and traveled one hun-\\ndred and ninety miles o join his regiment. He\\nwas recaptured at Pontotoc, Miss, by the guerrillas\\nbut was paroled and continued (Ui his w.ay to\\n]\\\\Iein()liis. He was then eng;iged in battle at Tu-\\npelo, Spanish F jrt and Montgomery, Ala., and at\\nIMeriden, ]Miss. heliK d in receiving the surrender\\nof Dick Taylor s men, soon after which they were\\nniust-ered out at Vicksbnrg. Our subject had two\\nbrothers in the service, one in the Eighth Ohio\\nInfantry one in the Tenth Illinois Infanliv.\\nFor one year after the close of the war Mr. Mc-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0527.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "528\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nEnally was engaged in farming near liis home in\\n(Jliio, and in 1867 he came to Leslie. Mich., and on\\nChristmas Day of the followin;)- year he was mar-\\nried to Mary Delamater, a daiiiihter of Benjamin\\nand Elizabeth Delamater. natives of Canada. The\\nonly child of this marriage is Cora K.. who is now\\nMr.?. Bru. selhack and resides in Williamstown. Her\\nmother died in 1874 and her father was again mar-\\nlied in 1882 to Flora E. Hills, a daughter of Mr.\\n.lohn E. Hills who is a farmer near Holly, X. Y.\\nThis marriage has resulted in the l)irth of one son,\\nArthur W. Mr. McEnally is senior Vice Com-\\nmandei- in tlie (Jrand Army of tlic Republic and\\nhas been .Tustice i)f the Peace for fourteen years.\\nbesides filling the olHce of illage Clerk fur five\\nyears. He is an earnest Repul)lic:in in his [lolitical\\nviews and active in the snpjiort of the party.\\nT?OHN B. PARK, M. 1). The cliaracteristics\\nwhich distinguished our suT)jeet s ancestors\\nmark the representative of the present\\ngeneration. As Scotchmen ever have and\\nalways mnst, he must go to the bottom of things.\\nknow the reason why and philosophize on every\\nsubject that he takes up. As intimated above, the\\nancestors of the gentleman whose sketch we here\\ngive, on his father s side came originally fruni\\nScotland. His grandfather, .Vlexander Park, was\\na n.ative of New Jersey and combined tlie trade of\\ncarpentry with his calling as a farmer. Our suli-\\nject s grandmother, Maiia A an Bergen, was a de-\\nscendant of one of the old Dutch families.\\nThe father of our subject wns David Park, who\\nwas born near Whitdiouse. N. .1., in .June, 1822.\\nHe was engaged in farming and stock-breeding\\nand died in the old home in 1^7. Di. .1. H. I ai k\\nwas born in Hlairstown, N. .1., .Alay fi. 18.jl. He is\\none of six children liorn to David and Mary A.\\n(Crane) I ark. natives of New .Jersey. Mrs. Park\\nwas born in .lune. 1821 and died at Whitehouse, X.\\nJ., October 18. 181)1. (Jur subject remained at home\\nuntil he w. is sixteen vears of aov. dividiusr his time\\nbetween work on the farm and attendance at dis-\\ntiict and select .school. In 18fi7 he came to Michi-\\ngan and spent one year in attendence at Prof. M.\\ny. Park s school in Lansing, after which he spent\\ntwo summers in the Ivansing High School, teaching\\nduring the wintei- terms of 1868-69 and 69-70 in\\nClinton C uinly. \\\\vlicn he was very successful in\\nhis work.\\nReturning to the old home m New .Jersey in\\n1870 the subject of our sketch commenced study-\\ning medicine with Dr. Pennington, under whose\\ntutelage he prepared himself for admission to the\\nriuv n sity of Penns^ivania, which he entered in\\nthe fall of 1871. This institution has a high rep-\\nutation in its medical department throughout the\\nInited .States and from it Mr. Park graduated\\nwith the degree of M. 1). in 187;i. He first located\\nfor the j)ractice of his profession in Kvartstown.\\nN. .1., and after a few months moved to Lansiny.\\nMich., where he remained about a year. In Octo-\\nber, 1874, oni subject moved to Okemos where he\\nhas ever since lived, having acquired i wide re-\\n])utation as a skillful and snccessfnl piactitionei in\\nmedicine and surgery.\\nDr. Park abandoned the liachelor ranks in 1(S76.\\nHis union with Miss Emma Everett took place the\\n22nd of March of that year. The lady was a native\\nof Lansing Township. Together they enjoyed\\nbut one year of domestic happiness. Mrs. Emma\\nPark s decease occurring .\\\\ugust 5, 1877. Two\\nyears later the Doctor again entered into the\\nmatrimonial relation. His nuptials with Miss Mary\\nF. IMielps. were solemnized March 2, 1879. Mrs.\\n.Mary Park is a native of Okemos and a daughtei\\nof Noah Pheli)s, an old resident of ^leridiaii\\nTownship. Ingham County and one of its most\\nprominent and piogressive farmers. Dr. Park is\\nthe owner of a fine tract of land comprising one\\nhundred and ten acres on sections 2, 3, 9, and 10\\nin Alaiedon Townshii). A large portion of this\\ntiact was imi)racticable for cultivation at the time\\nof his i)urcliase, but Ity putting in Uvo miles of tile\\nhe has reclaimed seventy acres which was before\\nconsidered unprofitable swamp land.\\nDr. Park is a member of the Farmer s Alliance\\nof Okemos .-uid afflliates with the Free and Ac-\\ncepfi 1 Alaxuis of )kenios. belonging to l.odg^e Xo.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0528.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "HJRrRAIT AND BlOGRAPHIiJAL ALBL M.\\no.i\\n2; i. and iil picM-iii liulcl the (pllice of Worshipful\\nMaster. Politically iii casts the weijilit of lii?^ itf\\nnnd iiirtueiioe witii tiii Democratic party and is\\none of tlie most activi |-epreseiitativcs of thai\\n|)olitical body in tliis \\\\icinily. lie is now C lciU\\nof Meridian Town.-iiiii. and lias lieen ur ied to ac-\\nrf|it otiier positions, Imt havinji only a general\\nintere.-t in politics has declined. Mrs. Park is a\\nmemlier of Conurciiatioiial linr -h of Lansiiii;.\\nShe is an estiuialile lady who ii)mmcud herself\\nmost graeiouisly to wlioevei she meets. Dr. Park\\nis visitiniJ- Physician of the Poor House of Ingham\\nCounty. P)oth jirofcssionally and financially he\\nhas l)een very successful, llis lionie is in an atlr. ic-\\nlive and comfijrtahh^ brick house which he ha\\nbuilt since cominy to Okemos.\\nI/AMES HK.VN. Mo t iin u lind tin- ucces\\nful |iursuit of agriculture sutticient to eui-\\nploy their time to the exclusion of othei-\\nintere t but he of whom we write unito\\nsueec.ssfiilly with tlii occupation that i f a livery-\\nman and merchant, being located in Fowlerville.\\nLivingston t ounty. where he has a large patron-\\nage in both branches of hi employnu Uts. lie is\\na native of Ontario Township. Wayne County.\\nN. Y.. being there born December 2. 1M49. and a\\nson of .Io.seph and Kliza (Waters) Bean. uati\\\\ es of\\nKngland. their marriage haxiny taken jihu c in that\\nc(uintry, after which the\\\\ came to .Vmerica in\\n1836. and settle(l in Wayne ouiity. where the\\nfather was engaged in farming.\\nIn l^tTiCi. when there was a pirit of unrot per-\\n\\\\ading every branch of social and commercial life.\\nnot only in thi country, but in foieign lands, the\\nelder .Mr. Bean remiived his family to .Michigan\\nand settled in losrn rowM hip. where he engaged\\nin farming. Thence he removed to Ohio, and\\nthere remaine(l foi- ten years, returning, however.\\nto .Michigan, wheic hi decea.se look place in I88H.\\nurviving hi wife by eight years, she having\\npas.sed away in IKHii. Our ubicct s fathei had\\ngreat faith in l{e|iublican principles, lie and his\\nwife were the parents of .seviMi children, four of\\nwhom are now living. They are: Mary, who i.s\\nnow .Mrs. Press: .lohn. .lames; Sopiironia. ^Irs.\\nl\\\\oney.\\n)ur subject received his education in this State\\nwhii-h in his boyhood was stimulated to secure the\\nbest advantages in this direction, and therefore at\\ncom])ara lively an early period in it.- history it\\ncom|)ared favorably with older States in an educa-\\ntional point ol view. Mr. Bean was reared on the\\nlioiiH faiiu. 1 lis stiirt out in life for him.self was\\nat the time of his marriage, when he realized that\\ntin welfare of another person depended upon his\\nenergy :iud iiingres- in a business way. In 1862\\nhe pledged hi faith and protection to Miss Chloe\\n]A)ckw()od. Their nuptials were solemnized in\\nIosco. She is a daughter of Zacheus and EiHza-\\nbeth (Tracy) Lockwood. natives of New York,\\nwhocamc to Michigan in 184. and .settled in loseo\\nTownship. Livingston County. Here they engaged\\nin farming, being reasonably successful in that line\\nof wt)rk. Mr. Lockwood aliiliated with the Demo-\\nciatie p.arty and gave them the weight of his vote\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid iutlueiice. Both |)arents spent the remainder\\nof their lives here, and here passed away. Four\\nchildieii that were Itorn of this union are now li\\\\-\\ning. They are: Mrs. Bean. .John; Sarah, who mar-\\nried A. Smock; :ind Jenny, who is now Mrs.\\n(iorton.\\n.Vftermarriagc the gentleman of whom we wiite\\nwas engaged in farming eighty acres of lan l iu\\n.Marion Township. He li\\\\fd on the ame foi- eight\\nyears, and then ol(l out and came to Kowlerville.\\nwhere he engaged in the livery business, also being\\nthe profiiietor of tii (duuuei Mal Hotel. Later he\\nengaged also in the mercantile business. As is\\neyident. he is a man of varied ea|)abilities and\\nof bioad plan.-. He ha built a double brick .-tore\\non (irand .Vvenue that adds gicatly to the value\\nof the property in that vicinity. He is now liuild-\\ning another handsome block adjoining tlie lirst.\\nwhich is to contain two stores.\\nThe owner of two fine residences in Lowlei-\\nvillc. Mr. l ean s own home i^ indeed a charming\\nplace; attr. ictiyc. commodious and elegant in all\\nits ap])ointinents. it ccunjiares favorably with the\\nmost modern residences in our metropolitan cities.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0529.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "530\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nThe owner of a farm of one hundred and forty\\nacres of land near Fowlerville, as will readih be\\nconjectured. ^Ir. Bean finds but little time to give\\nit his personal attention. It is. however, success-\\nfully carried on and yields him a handsome in-\\ncome. Besides liis property in Fowlerville our\\nsubject owns two stores at Byron, which bring him\\na generous rental.\\nHe of whom we write has been the incumbent\\nof many t)Ositions and offices within the township s\\ngifts and has been one of the most active members\\nin the village Council. Our subject s family com-\\nprises only one son, Ira, who married Miss Ida\\nRipley. He is a druggist, engaged in business in\\nl )etroit. ^Ir. Bean is a Democrat in political fol-\\nlowing. Socially he is an Odd Fellow, and is one\\nof the jiromineiit men and active iiromoters of the\\ninterests of this place.\\nimit^-i-i-i-r.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i-**^\\n*1)WAR1) \\\\VIi.lJA]\\\\iS. Among the British-\\nAmerican citizens wlio are doing good work\\nin Tyrone Township. Livingston County, is\\nthe aliove named who owns and operates a farm on\\nsection 1. He seems to ]K)sse.ss all the qualities\\nnecessary to jn osperity in this lini of work. l)eiiig\\nindustrious, thrifty and oliserving. noting evei-y\\nchange in the condition of the soil ami in the\\nclimatic intiuences. and being quick to take advan-\\ntage of eacli.\\nHe of whom we write was born in ^lonnioutli,\\nEngland, September 4, 1809 and is a son of AVill-\\niam .and Ann (Williams) \\\\A illianis both natives of\\nMonmouthshire. The father was a sliocmaker Ijy\\ntrade and he and his good wife lirouglU to man s\\nand woman s estate seven sons and four daughters.\\nOur subject and his eldest brother, Thomas, both\\nreared families and two of the daughters, Elizabeth\\nand Ann each had two children: Elizabeth, Mrs.\\nCombs, having a son and a daughter; and Ann,\\nMrs. Wright, having two daughters.\\nThe family all remained in their native home\\nwith the exception of Edward Williams who came\\nto the United States in 1850, spending five weeks\\nupon tlie Atlantic and landing in New York in\\nJune of that year. He had heard in his native home\\nof the wealth of climate and soil of the fair State\\nof Michigan, and hither he came at once making\\nhis home in Waterford Township, O.akl.and County,\\nwhere he rented a farm for three years. In the\\nspring of 1853 he removed to the home which he\\nnow occupies on section 15, T3 rone Township,\\npurchasing at that time sixty acres, to which he\\nhas added by purchase until now he has ninety\\nacres, all of which is highly improved and richly\\nproductive.\\nThe marriage of Edward Williams and Sarah\\nRoberts took place June 17, 1844. Mrs. Williams\\nis a daughter of AVilliam and Sarah (Roberts)\\nRoberts. To her were born in England two chil-\\ndren, Ann. wife of (ieorge Lockwood.and William,\\nand three were born after the migration of the\\nfamily to this country, who were, (Tcorge, Eliza-\\nbetli wlio died unmarried, and Mary who was the\\nwife of Ernest Winters and is now deeea.sed. Mrs.\\nSaiali Williams was called away from her earthly\\nduties ;nul cares .hinnary 31, \\\\XH- Uid lier loss has\\nbeen most deefily felt liy her family and friends.\\nShe was an earnest and active inemlier of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church and useful in society.\\nThis family is one of the most highly res[)ected and\\nefficient in the township, as the father is looked\\nupon as a leader in many ways, and all of the\\nhousehold hare well lifted themselves for spheres\\nof usefulness. The son-in-law. Ernest Winters,\\nserved liis coimtry foi- ovei- thiee years in the\\nThird Michiunn Infantrv.\\nARTIN JOHN McPHERSON was born in\\nHowell. Livingston County Mich., May\\n11 1. 1)^41. lie was the third white male\\nchild liorn in the village of Howell. His\\nparents were William and Elizabeth (Riddle) ]Mc-\\nPherson, natives of Scotland. They came from\\nScotland to Livingston County and settled in\\nwhat is now the village of Howell, in the year\\n1836.\\nOur subject attended school in Howell until", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0530.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n531\\nfourteen years old. After this he attended the\\nState N urnial Si lionl ;it V|isil:iiiti. Mioh.. Un- twi.\\nyear. fi oni .Septi iiilier, 1 t(; .huio. 18. )7. Dur-\\niiiir tlu winter of 18r)7-. ).H he tauyht a disliiil\\n.-(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2hixil in the ti)\\\\vnsiii|i llaiidy. Livingston\\nCounty. In April. 1H; )8. he enteied, as eleric, tlie\\nstore of wiiii h liis fathei- and liiotlier (\\\\V. .MePher-\\nson. .Ir..) wtMv proprii lors. aii i contiiuicd in tlu ir\\neini)loy until .lanunry 1. lf iW.\\\\vhcn he lii c;nnf a\\nnu-mher of the lirni.\\nThe style of the liiin at thai linu lie anu W.\\n.MePherson A- Sons, sinee whieli time althousih\\nthere have lieen ehanges In its nieinhership the\\nnjime of the lirni ii.-is reniaiiiiMi nnrhanut d. Tin-\\nlinsiness was established lu illlani -Mcl licrson.\\nSi-., in 184;! It has sinee then j^rown to coi-n\\nspond with the iiu rease of wealth and population\\nin the eounty until it now oeeupies three larav\\nstores and is one of the most extensive l)uslnes\\nhou,-es in the county. Flic tirm is noted for its\\nhonoralile business methods. Px sides his business\\ninterests in Howell .Mr. .Mcl lurson is a partner in\\nthe linn of S. liuruessi^: Co.. in Hriiiiiton. .Mich.,\\nand special partner in the tirm of H. II. .Mills A-\\n.Sons, Topeka, Kan.\\nAugust 14. 1872. .Mr. Mcl heison was married to\\nMiss Frances 1*. Fo.-ter. a (Jauyhter of the l e\\\\-.\\n(Tustavus L. and Caroline (Raseh) Foster. .Mr.\\nFoster being at that time pastor of the Preshyter-\\nian Chtircli in Howell. Mi. Mcl lier.son has always\\nbeen a Republican in politics. His first vote for\\nPresident was cast for Abraham Lincoln in 1864.\\nlie is a member of the Presbyterian Church of\\nHowell, ot whieii he is one of the Trustees, lie i\\ngreatly interested in Sunday-school work and ii.is\\nbeen .Superintendent of the I resbyteriaii Sunday\\n.school sinee 18()8.\\n^=m\\nir.ILLlAM II. F.VINCF. A traveler i)assing\\n11/ along the highway near section 27.Haud\\\\\\nTownship, l.,ivingston County, cannot but\\nnotice the highly cultivated farm, beautiful farm\\nresidence, .and xcellent outbuildings belonging to\\nMr. Faunce. lie came here forty-four vears ago\\nwhen there was no F owlerville and no postoHice\\nand when all this district was ;i densely, timbered\\nlegion, and here he has math his mark and has df)ne\\nplendi(l pioneer work.\\nOur subject is a native of New Bedford, Bristol\\nCounty. .Mass., and was born in 1819. His parents\\n.lames and Rebecca (Hathaway) Faunce, were also\\nnatives of the old Bay State, and the father who\\nwas a farmer there was a son of Nathaniel and\\n.Vliigail (.Snell) Faunce .lamc and Rebecca\\nFaunce h. id f;iiiiily of nine children, and six of\\nthese have jja.-^sed over the dark river. Those who\\nare still living are: our subject, .Sumner and John.\\nHaving received his education in Ma.s.sachusetts.\\nour subject remaineil at home until the age of\\ntifteen. when he began working for neighboring\\nfanners ,ind later entered the ship yurd at New\\nBedford, where he lemained for seven ears and\\nwas also employed in the same line of work in\\nNew York ity. After a lire whicli destroyed his\\nbusiness, he came to Michigan and purchasing Land,\\nestablished a home and brought toil his bride .Inli;i\\nA. Boweii. who \\\\va then living in Handy Town-\\nship. The young man then proceeded to swing\\nthe ax and clear the forest trees from otf his land,\\nl- our children blessed this union. and threeof these\\nliavi pas.^ed to the better world. The son Sumner\\n.M. is married and is living near .Vtchisoii. Kan.,\\nupon a farm. The mother of that son was earh\\ntaken from her husband .-ind hild |)a.ssing .away\\nat the age of thirty-two years. The second wife\\nwhose maiden name was .Sophi;i .1. Andrews has one\\ndaughter, named Ketta K.\\nThe parents of .Mrs. .Soiihia .1. Faunce are l.o-\\nreii/.o I), and Perinilia (Andrews) Andrews both of\\nwhom are natives of the Empire State. Living lon\\nCounty. N. V., was the family home and these ]iar-\\nents weic blessed with six children, four of whom\\nare now living namely: Rus.sell Mary A.. Mrs.\\nWright; Mrs. Faunce and Harriet A., Mrs, Perry.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lames Oi-son Fannce, the brother of our subject,\\nwho has now passed to the other world, was a\\nsoldier in the late war and was wounded by a shot\\nthrough the right arm in the first battle of Bull\\nRun and taken prisoner during that conflict. For\\nniiu months he was kept pri.sonerin the .\\\\nderson-\\nville jiri.son pen but was finally exchanged. Our", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0531.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "532\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nsubject has held the office of School Director for\\nsixteen years. He has built the beautiful home in\\nwliich he now resides and has phxeed upon his farm\\nthe outbuildings wliicli so well adorn it. Mr.\\nI ;nuicc lias been a Deacon in the Baptist Church\\nfoi some liLteen 3 ears at Fowlerville, and is looked\\nupon as one of its most efficient and reliable nieni-\\nIjers. His political views have brought biin into\\natliliation with the Rejjublican party and he talces\\nan intelliiient interest in all that pertains to the\\nwelfare of uur couiitr\\\\\\nV_-\\nI3i:^2\u00c2\u00ab-\\nILLIAM McPHERSO.N, .Ik. The subject\\nof this sketch was born in Inverness,\\n|V? Scotland, March 9, 1834. His parents were\\nWilliam and Elizabeth (Riddle) MePherson. They\\ncame to tliis country in 1836 and settled in Howell,\\nMich. Tlie village at that time boasted but one\\nframe building, a hotel, which also contained the\\ncounty offices and a general store.\\nMr. MePherson s father was by trade a black-\\nsmith and pursued that avocation until 1843. when\\nlie engaged in the mercantile business. He was\\na man of exceptional Im.siness ability, and was en-\\ndowed l)y nature with excellent judgment and\\ngood common sense. With the hearty co-operation\\nand .assistance of his sons he built u|j and extended\\nhis business until having established an enviable\\nreputation for progrcssiveness, honorable dealing,\\nand integrity he was recognized as one of the most\\nsuccessful merchants in the interior of the State.\\nAt an early day in the history of the town he and\\nhis wife, who died September 7, 1874. assi-sted in\\nthe organization of the Presbyterian Church of\\nHowell, of which tlu were ever after honored\\nmembers. They were alwajs active in every effort\\nto pi-omote the moral welfare of the community in\\nwhich they lived, and the intluence of their exam-\\n|ile iiiid of tlicir conscientious devotion to duty is\\nbest shown in the character t)f the children who\\nrevere their memory. )n the 1 (itli of March, 189 1\\nsurrounded liy his eight cliildivn, foiir sons and\\nfour daughterSjWilliam MePherson, Sr., died, loved,\\nrespected and mourned by all who knew him.\\nDuring the boyhood of the subject of our sketch\\nlie enjo.ved such educational advantages as the vil-\\nlage school afforded and at the age of sixteen he\\nentered his father s store in the capacity of a clerk.\\nIn 18r)( he was admitted .as partner with his father\\nin the mercantile business, under the linn name of\\nWilliam jNIcPherson Co. Later his brothers, M.\\n.1. and E. G. became associated with the firm, the\\nname of which was changed to William MePherson\\niV Sons. For several _\\\\ ears Mr. IMcPherson has been\\nlargely interested in pine and timber lands in\\nMichigan and other States, besides conducting\\nstock-raising and general farming on several fine\\nfarms in Ingham and Livingston Counties. He has\\nalso for the past thirty years been an extensive lo-\\ncal dealer in wool. These varied interests requir-\\ning so much of his time, he decided to retire, on\\nJanuary 1, 1884, from the mercantile business.\\nL^pon the removal of his brother Alexander to\\nDetroit in 1890, Mr. MePherson became partner in\\nand assumed the management of the banking house\\nof Alexander MePherson Co., which was estab-\\nlished by his brother in 1805. In politics Mr.\\nMePherson is a stanch Republican, having cast his\\nfirst Presidential liallot for John C. Fremont. In\\n188.T he was ap|iointed State Raili oad (dniinissioner\\nliy Oov. Alger and served during his administra-\\ntion. He was a delegate from the Sixth Congress-\\nional District to the Ke] ul)lieaii National Conven-\\ntion licld in Chicago in ISSH. and was eliosen liy\\nthe State delegation to represent Michigan on the\\ncommittee which was to formally notify President\\nIlanisuii iiiid ice-President Morton of their 110111-\\ninations to thi ir resjiective olfices. He has often\\nbeen a delegate to State and county conventions\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid h;is represented his constituents with ;i dignity\\ntluit has redounded to his own honor ;iiid credit.\\nIn 18r)9 Mr. ^IcPherson man ieil Miss Jennie\\n1\\\\L Ranney, of Rochester. X. Y. A l.-idy of intel-\\nligence and relinement, .Airs. .MePherson dispenses\\nthe hospitalities of their beautiful home with grace\\nand dignity. They have had four children, three\\nof whom, two daughters and a son. are still living,\\nthe eldest son having died in 1878. in his nineteenth\\nyear. From his parents Mr. MePherson inherited", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0532.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0533.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "OyyH.W ^A^^\\ni4-t^^M -r-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0534.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n535\\nhabits of untiring energy, persistence and strict in-\\ntegrity, those sterling qualities which liavc made\\nthe Scotcli character so famous in sony: and story.\\nTo tlicsc diaracterit^tics, no doubt, is due the suc-\\ncess wliicli lia.s so generously rewarded liis Inliurs.\\nf ji s\\nI I 1 I\\n\\\\f?AMHS M. SKINNER. The l usiiicss mcii of\\nLansing liave accomplished a great work in\\n^1 I forwarding the interests and developing\\ny^J X\\\\\\\\c resources of this lieautiful city, and\\nnone liave done more for its prosperity tlian those\\nwho have engaged in building its fine dwellings\\nand business Idocks. By their taste and skill, their\\nenterjjrise and energy, tliey have made this town\\nin its external .appearance to corresptmd with the\\nwell-known s|)irit of energv and cultui-c which\\npervades the ranks of its citizens.\\nMr. Skinner, who is a memlicr of tlie firm of\\nSkinner A- Maghar, contractors and builders, has\\nhas been in this line of business since 1886. He\\nwa born in Windsor Township, Eaton County.\\n.Mii h., on the IDthof Septcmlter, 18()3. His lion-\\nored parents were Ornial I), and I,y lia M. (Reeves)\\nSkinner. Tlie father was a farmer in Eaton\\nCounty, and one of the early settlers of that re-\\ngion. The grandfatlier. who also bore the name\\nof Ormal I). Skinner, hewed liis own way with InV\\ntrusty ax from Eaton R;i])ids to his faini. lie\\ncleared the trees from the tract of lanil whicli he\\nhad purchased and made of it a tine farm, where\\nIds son lived for many years. Tiie faliier passed\\nfrom eartb in 187;5.\\n.\\\\t the age of eigiiteen yeai s James Skinner\\nlearned the trade of a carijcnter with Eugene Wil-\\ncox, wlio lived in the country. i if\\\\ious to that\\ntime he had been gaining his education, first in tlie\\nhome schools, and then in the city High School.\\nHe spent one year in .hickson afti^i ii arning his\\ntrade, since which time lie has made his honu in\\nLan ing. When he first came to the city he\\nworked until 1M8(! with Fuller Wheeler, and\\nafter that date he began making contracts, and\\nacted upon his own respoitsibility. He entered\\ninto partnership with Mr. IVIagiiar and erected tire\\nresidences of II. H. Larnaid and C. C. Hopkins,\\ntlie two handsomest homes in the city. He also\\nenteied into arrangements to build the library at\\nOlivet, a Imilding worth #2. ),00tl and known as\\nthe Lconai d-Hecrage Memorial Library. This is\\none of the finest buildings in the State, and\\nis a great credit to the reputation of Sir. Skin-\\nnei-.\\nBesides these promini Ut buildings which we luive\\nmentioned, Mr. Skinner has built a large number\\nof smaller hou.ses and has an extensive business,\\nkeeping from twelve to fifteen men busy all the\\ntime. He has a fine home at No. 418 Ottawa\\nStreet West, and other real estate in the city. So-\\ncially he is a memlier of the Knights of Pythias.\\nMiss Myrtle E. Baker became the wife of our\\nsuliject .\\\\pril 18, 1888. This lady is a daughter\\nof Capt. James H. Baker, of this city, who was an\\nearly resident of Lansing. He is now in the\\nlumber business in Northern Michigan, and has a\\nhigh reputation as an active business man.\\nIn connection with tins l)rief biographical sketch\\nthe reader will notice a litliogra|ihic poi trait of\\n]\\\\Ir. Skinner.\\nARRIS HENRY. )ne of the most beautiful\\n)I homes in Howell Township. Li\\\\iiigston\\nCounty, may be found upon section 20. It\\nl(i^ is situated upon a small farm of forty acres\\nbelonging to Mrs. llciny and is exceptionally fine\\nin its situation and adornments. This gentleman\\nis a native of Steuben Countw N. V., where lie\\nwas born in IK. io. and he is a son of John and\\nPolly ((ioodrich) lieiiiy, who were also natives of\\nthe I- ,mpire State.\\nThe parent,- of our subject came to ^lichigan in\\n\\\\M[ and became early settlers of this county, mak-\\ning their home in Brighton Township, whence they\\nremoved to Howell Townshi]) in 1S48. Of their\\nfamily of eleven children si.x are now living\\nIsaac. Harris. .lane. Maria. M.arilla and Emilv.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0535.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "riHG\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nAfter fourteen years of life npon the farm,\\nniiide hi,\u00c2\u00ab liome upou forty acres of Iniul on section\\n2(1. Howell Town.^hip. After liviiiii here for two\\nyears they sold their projierty and returned East.\\nHut three years later they returned to ^lichigan\\n;inil settled on section 20, upt)n forty acres of land\\nwheii Mrs. llenrv now lives. After Jlr. Stewart s\\nwiiere his .idvantasi:es were limited by the district\\nM-hool curriculum. Harris Henry liegan working\\nlor others, at whicli he continued until he went\\nhome and took charoe of liis father s farm, as hi\\nparents weie then in tlicir declining years. It was\\naijreed amony tlie eliildrcn. with the consent of death, wliich took place in 1J (J7. his widow was\\nthe parents, that this son should take upon himself united in inarriage with Aljiheus |^Filch. a New\\ntlic caiT of his [lai-ents throughout their lifetime Yorker, lie lied in 1882 after which she becnme\\nand wlien thev died the home farm siiould be his. the wifi of .\\\\lr. Henry; she is an active .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0in l earnest\\nIn tlie course of time he sold tlie old place and member of tlic Methodi-st Prote. tanl liurcli and is\\npurchased another in (ienesee County, where he\\nf(pund opportunities for brick-making, in wliich he\\nengaged and worked in this line of Imsines?- for\\nsome six vears, both there and in this county.\\nuseful in its communion. ^Ir. Henry is an earnest\\nbeliever in the doctrines of the Democratic party,\\nand although he does not seek otlicial positions he\\nis intelligentlv interested in the movements of his\\nment\\n.Since that time he has lieen engaged in farming i party and ever ready to cast his vote for its pros-\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind most of the time lias been in Howell Township. |)erit\\\\-.\\nTlie marriage of this enterprising and progressive\\nfarmer with a lady of culture and refinement,\\n.Vdelia Phillips by name, took place in l\u00c2\u00ab. jit. Slu\\nwas a daugliter t)f (iayland and Margaret Phillii s,\\niind after hei- union with Mr. Henry became the\\nmother of five I hildren. three of whom are now\\nliving, namely: .lennie, Eugene and Plinn .leii-\\nnie married Mr. lirundage and has three children\\nLena. Etna, and an infant unnamed; Eugene was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Ko.se Hook.\\nMrs. Adelia Henry died in 1882. and hy his .sec-\\nond marriage Mr. Henry lirouglit to his home Mrs.\\n.Vlzina Fitch, the daughter of Hiram and Rachel\\n(Kenyon) Stephens. ^Ir. Ste|)hens came from New\\nYork to Michigan in IKoO. and settled on sec-\\nlion 20. of Howell Townshiii. where he continued\\nhis former nvoeatiou of faiining. He had a ttne\\njjroperty of one liundred and eighty acres which\\nhe put in a tirst-class condition and lie and lii.s\\ngood wife lived there until his death. Tliey were\\nl)Oth connected with the .Methodist Church and\\nwere useful in this relation. Of their nine children\\nsix are now living, named as follows: Madison,\\nMrs. Henry. .lohn. Abliie jind Lucinda: the follow-\\ninsi are deceased lulia. Henry. .Samuel and Pres-\\nton.\\n.AL Henry was born in .IefterK)n County. N. Y..\\nand there i-eceived her education. When quite\\nyoung she was married to Franklin E. Stewart, a\\nnative (jf New York who came West in 1850 and\\nHOF. WlLLl.V.M II. HAWKE.S. Belonging\\nto the English nation and an outgrowth\\nof the great manufacturing cla.s-; which\\nfosters a sjjirit of greater progre.ss, ad vance-\\nnd originality than is elsewhere found in\\nBritish life. Prof. Ilawkes since coming to America\\nli;i de\\\\-eloped latent nualities that make of him\\nas loyal and ardent a suliject of I licle .Sam and\\nalmost as characteristic a one a natives of New\\nEngland itself. He was born in Derby City. Der-\\nj by.sliire, England, August 5. lHr)il, and is a .son of\\n.lames and ^larv (Lightfoot) Hawkes. natives of\\nEntjland. .Mr. Hawkes. Si-., was engaged in boiler-\\nI making, carrying on a large manufactt)r\\\\-. He\\ncame to .Vmerica in 1867. first locating in Medina,\\nN. Y.. but being most importantly engaged in liis\\nbusines in the city of Rochester, X. Y. In 18(ii\u00c2\u00bb\\nhe came to Michigan and settled in .Vllegan County.\\nI where he purchaseil a large farm. He is now li\\\\-\\ninu in Ann Arbor, retired from the active pursiiit\\nof farm labor.\\n()ur Mibject is one of ti\\\\e children born to hi\\nparents. He is the eldest; Arthur E. follows him.\\nthen Julia A., who is now Mrs. 11. Clark; Elizabeth\\nE., now Mrs. George Stimson; and Richard E. )iir", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0536.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n537\\nsubject s paternal ffraiiilfiitlii i wasWilliMiu 1 l.iwkes,\\nwho was a slicplieid in the old couiitiv. lie died\\nat Ihf yodd (lid age of i iii:lily-sevcii years. Mis\\nwife was Hi liivt-a (Thomas) Ilawkes. They reared\\na large family, whose names are as follows: iiliaiii,\\nSarali. Ann. .hiiic. Klizaheth. {{ii-hard. Tli( iiias..lohii.\\n.lames and Kinma. The u:reat-ii:rand|P!ir( nts weie\\nRichard and .lulia Ilawkes. tlie former lieinijf a\\nwcaltliy laiidownei They had a family of four\\nt liil4ieii lolin, William, .lames and Richard. Our\\nsultjecl s maternal grandparents were Kichard and\\nMary (Haynor) IJirhtfoot, natives of Kngland.\\nThe former was an Knglish sciuire and a large land-\\nowner. He had a family of nine children whose\\nnames are as follows: Ann. Sarah. Klizaheth. .Mary,\\n.lulia, Emma, Rebecca. Kliza and William. The\\npreceding progenitor on this side of the family\\nwas .lohn Lightfoot. He also was a large laud-\\nowner and the father (^f four children .lohn. An-\\ndrew, .James and Richard.\\nProf, ilawkes began working at the fonudrv\\nbusiness when eight years of age and early mas-\\ntered the trade. He wa.s also engaged in farming\\nwhen twelve years of age, carrying on his father s\\nl)lace until he was eighteen and at the same time\\nhe attended school at I lainwell. Allegan County,\\nthis State, graduating therefrom in 1M7h. After\\nfinishing his course in this institution he accepted\\na position as fireman on the (Jrand Rapifls A- Indi-\\nana Railroad and thus continued for one year,\\nafter which he was engaged in teaching school\\nduring the year of 1880. The following summer\\nhe was emploM d in the sjiringworks in Kalamazoo\\ntind then went to the Ann Arbor High School,\\ngraduating in the classical course in 18H. He was\\nnot content with his accpiirements and entered the\\nrniversity of .Michigan from which he graduated\\nin 1H87 and soon after was called to take charge of\\nthe schools at Uirniinghani. ():ikland Count w this\\nState. He remained thert for three years, after\\nwliich he came to Howell and is now Superintend-\\nent of Ihc pulilic schools in the city.\\nThe origin.al of oiw sketch united his fate for\\nbetter oi worse with tlial of Miss Fanny Stinison.\\nof .\\\\u\\\\\\\\ Arlior. Mich. Their nuptials were solemn-\\nizc(l in 1887 on the 27th of XoveniKer. .Mrs.\\nIlawkes is a daughter of .lolm IJ. and Mary (.Sutton)\\nStirnson. natives of Canada and of English descent.\\nThe lady is one of a large famil\\\\- wliich comprised\\nten children. They are liy name William. .lohn.\\nPhilip, (u orge. Fanny. Fred. Minnie, .loseph. .Mil-\\nIon .-uid .Mabel.\\nThe married relations of him of whom we write\\nhave been of the plea.santest nature. He has a\\nbeautiful home and a pleasing and attractive wife.\\nThey are the paicnls of two children .lanetll.and\\nMinnie SI., who are pleasing little ones with large\\npromises for the future. l olitie;illy our subject is\\na member vf the Republican ))artv. Ixcligiously\\nhis sympathies and associations are with the Pres-\\nbyterian Church. He is also actively engaged in\\nSunday school work, having a lai ge class of young\\nmen.\\nH^^\\n\\\\T KRRY C. CA1 LI P is the name of a well-\\nknown man in Meridian Township, Ingham\\nCounty. He w.hs born in Shelby, Orleans\\nCounty. N. Y.. .luly 2.S. 18;!8. His father,\\nDavid C. (iallu)). was born in Hrattleboro. t.,\\nSci)tember 2, 18i)0. He was a butcher and faiiner\\nin an early day. when he ,-;ettled in New York.\\nWhen our subject was six years old his father\\ncame to .Michigan and settled at Redford, Wayne\\nCounty, where he remained until 181 when the\\nfamily renio\\\\cd to Meridian Township, purchas-\\ning a farm on section 1.\\nDisposing of the tract abo\\\\e mentioned, in a\\nshort time Mr. (J.-illup. Si-., bought a faim in Hath\\nTownship, which he also sold in a few years. He\\nthen moved back into Meridian Township and\\n|)nrehased a farm on section where he lix ed\\nuntil 18()(i, when both parents came to live with\\nthe subject of our sketch. The de:ith of both fie-\\ncurred while iiunates of his family, in 1871. Ilieir\\ndecease being only twenty-one days apart. .Mr.\\n(iallup lives on a fine tract of six acres of land on\\nsection 27.\\nWhen our subject was only twelve years old he\\nstarted out in life for himself. His oppfu-tunities", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0537.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": ")3f\\nVORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nt i oliiiiiii Mil i (UiC!itii)ii WL it of tlip most meagre\\niKitiUf. iit vur attendiiiii soIhhiI .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2it tt r he wiis t oiii-\\nh eii years old. ii niriviiii;- al this ivife he worked\\n(111 the farm for two years, and then eiioaged to\\ndrixc a train. liaiiliiii freii ht lictween Okeinosaiid\\nDetroit. He eontimied tliis work until Sei)tember\\n11. |H(il. wlu-n he enlisted, and i; iin i to the fi ont.\\nsfr\\\\cd until the 22d of l eliru!iry. 186; lie wa\\nassiuned to duty in the Aiiny of the rotomae and\\nwas in all the liard-foii^iit liattle with that di-\\nvision. For one year he was llriyade C ommi.isary-\\nSerut ant. after wliieli he took a siiiK-iniimerary\\n|)osition and finally received an hoiioralile dis-\\neliarue. Coniint; home I roni the war. he de\\\\ oted\\nhimself to farmiiiii one year, after wliieh he went\\nto work on the railroad, and was thus engasied six\\nwars, live yearsof whirh time he held the iio itioii\\nof seetion boss.\\nWearvina of railroad work, our ulijeet rounied\\niiis trade as .a eariienler and joiner, and lia tliu\\nlieen steadily engaged sinee 1X7(1. With a view\\nto making a luMne. Mr. liallu|i wa united in inar-\\nriag e with .Miss Lydia K. Tolinan. of Okenios.\\nTheir marriage was .solemnized Fehruary 11. 1M( 4.\\n]\\\\Irs. (iallnp. however, did not long siirvi\\\\ e. her\\ndecease oceurring the following .Se|)tember.\\nThe original of our sketch |_l;iter contracted a\\nmarriage witii .Mi^s Lucy Stillman. daughter of\\nDaniel .Stillman. of .Vlaiedon Township. They\\nwere united .\\\\pril 29, 1 The names of their\\nthree children are: Frank, who at the ageof twenty-\\ntwo assists his fatiicr al home; Lena, who is a chariu-\\ning miss of eighteen; and I), \\\\eriier. who is seven-\\nteen years of age. .Socially Mr. (Jalliip is a member\\nof several secret societies, lie is a charter nicinbcr\\nof the ALasonic Lodge of Okemos. having been in-\\nitiated in the Capital Lodge. \\\\o. K. of Lansiii\\nin lM(;;i. lie is also a charter member of tlie Car-\\n|)eiitei s I nion. of Lansing, and a charter member\\nof the Okemos .Vlliance. lie keeps alive his remi-\\nni-iceiiees of war times by his associati(ui witli the\\n(irand Army of the Republic, and was faithful to\\nthe Knights of Labor as long as that organization\\nmaintained its footing in Okemos. Politieallv lie\\ni~ a Democrat, lie has been an incumbent of se\\\\-\\ncral township ottices. having been llighwav Coni-\\nluissioner and for t weiit\\\\ -one vears Director in his\\nschool district. Onr .subject s grandfatlier. I erious\\n(;alln|). was liorn in N ermonl in an early day. It\\nis sui)))Osed that thi family to which lie belongs are\\ndescended from one of Ihree brothei s who came\\nfrom Iri hind. .leiry. as lie is familiarly called, is\\na genial and whole-souled man. who is well in-\\nformed on tlie events of the day. an l who has\\nman\\\\ friends in all classes of societ\\\\.\\n.VX .lACKSON. The village of Pinckney\\nis jiioud to count among its citizens a\\nnumber of retired farmers who. after li\\\\es\\nof .severe toil. ha\\\\iiig by industry and\\neiiteijirise accumulated a comfortable competency,\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ire now taking their comfort in this village.\\nAmong them there is none more h uiore(l than\\nDan .lack.son. whose .sterling integrity and earnest\\nadvocacy of every movement in favor of religion\\nand morality have gixeii him the res|H ct of all\\nand have earned for him the gratitude of all with\\nwhom he has been a.ssociated.\\nDr. Cyrus .lackson. the father of our subject,\\nwas born in Connecticnt in I7H7, and having been\\ngnaduated at Yale College and taken a professional\\neour.se. became a physician, which calling lie fol-\\nlowed of well as that of a farmer. He married\\nJane ^iiiek. a native of Pike County. Pa., and a\\ndaughter of .loliu H. (^iiick. a farmer. Dr. .lack-\\nson s father, .losepli .lackson, was also a farmei and\\na soldier in the Revolutionary War, while two of\\nhis sons .ser\\\\ed their country faithfully in the War\\nof 1H12.\\nThe parents of our subject were united in mar-\\nriage Februai y .I. 1X11. in Pennsylvania, and \\\\cr\\\\\\nsoon removed to New ^drk wliere the following\\nyear they inirchased a farm in Lyons Township.\\nWaviie County, and tliere remained until death\\ncalled them hence, the father dying in DSd; and\\nthe mother Sejitembcr 10, 1872. she being f)f great\\nage. Iiaving been born in 1 7xs. Tliey were the\\njjarents of ten children an l th e of tliem are now\\nlixiiig.\\nThe mother was \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2in earnest Christian \u00e2\u0080\u00a2woman, de-\\ni", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0538.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "PORTRAri AM) lilOlilv ArilK AI. AI.IUM. 3!t\\nvout Mild riiiisi.-tiiit ill liiT ivliiiioii^ iliitio .-iikI .i MmkIi In. I .s7^ Iii~ u ifc liciiii; Mi .Iciiiicttc I ratl\\niiicnilu r of the C luisliaii liuicli. Hffoii hi.- dfiilh dod. widow of W iliiaiii W. ood. iiiid dHUsrhtfr\\nllif falliiT of mil- r-ulijeft took u|) :i lai m tiiicl of of Miles and I nuia (Cooley) I latt, natives of er-\\nlaiid ill .Micliiiian. sixteen hundred and eiiility aeiis uiont and oniieclicnl respeelixel .luilue T. M.\\nin all.it lieiiiii :dl wild ioveiniiient land. The Ooley is an uncle of .Mis. .laekson. aii l her parents\\nDeiiKK iatie party eoninianded the alleyianee of 1 )i were united in New York and died, the father in\\n.laekson. wlio was aetive in every political issue. Wisconsin and the mother in New \\\\drk. They\\n)ur siilijecl was one of twins who were horn had nine children, of whom se\\\\cii are still siir-\\n.hily 2. IHlil. in Lyons Township. Wayne County. ivinu.\\nN. V. There he receixcd the liest ad\\\\ aiitayc- to Mrs. .laekson w;is horn .\\\\i;iy 2. IH. in (ieiiesee\\nlie procured ill the district schools ami took the Coiinly. N. V.. ;iii l haviiiii heeii iiiarried there in\\nusual trainiiisi i iven to a fanner s hoy. lie urew I S.V2. c;iiiie t i .Michiiiaii and settled upon a per-\\nto iiianiiood upon his father s farm and started fectl\\\\ uiiliroken farm in W indsor Township. ,atoii\\nout for himself in IH4. 5. heiiiii then a younu niaii onnty. Her first hushand was .ictive in cleaiiiiii\\nof some twenty-four years, lie (h ci(h l that the and iiii|iro\\\\ina his farm hut was killed aceich ntally\\nWest was the hest i)la e for him and he came to Noxcinhcr ISli.s. .-n .-i shootinu match. They\\nStockhridiic Townshi|i. Ingham i iiiity. Mi -h.. were the parents of four chililreii hut none of them\\nlocaliiii; upon three liiiiidred .-ind twenty acres ari now living, and she h.as no children hy her see-\\nthe first tract of land entered troin the (loverii- ond marri;ii;e.\\nnient in liiiiham County wlii( h was uiven him .\\\\fter cleariiiii ami hreakinj; ahoiit one hundred\\nli\\\\ his l. ither. which land w;is the south li.alf of and sixty acres and feiiciiiii in his whole half sec-\\nsection I. ill that township, aiicl upon which he tioii .Mr. .laekson hiiilt .a small lirick house Ifsx2f\\nfound no iniproveineiits. The yoiiii man dro\\\\-e feet, and sonu what later erected a ham measuriiii;:\\nhis team thidUi;h from New York to his new lioiiie 2xl i. for which striuture he had to draw the\\nin .Micliii;aii. lumlier from I lint, lie was not thorouuhly con-\\nNew dear s Day. 1M44. marked a i;reat epoch in tented in Micliinaii .and after seven years ex|)er-\\ntlie life of oiir siihject. for the union w.ms then icuci- here he sold his farm in IH. idand returned\\nsoleinni/.ed hetween him and a lady he had finiiid to New ^(ll\u00e2\u0096\u00a0k. where he inaile his home upon ;i farm\\nin his new Miehiean home and whom he had of one hundred and forty .Mcres in Irleans (dunt.v.\\nchosen as his life eoiniianion. Her maiden name -a tine proiierty for which he paid 7.(MI(l. Two\\nwas .luliza .S. Haekns; she w;is the cjauirhter of \\\\ears later he deterinined to return to the \\\\Ve.st\\n.1. .iiid Diantha (Kina) liacku-. froni ienesec ami sold his New ^drk proiterty and came hack to\\nouiity. N. where she was horn May I \\\\s- i Michiuan. In \\\\s:,: he houi;iit a farm in Ilanihurj;\\nHer father was a erniunter. who caiiie to .Miclii- Township. I.iviiiiist(ui (onnty, .and remained n] on\\ngan ill 1837 and .settled in rnadilla Township. it until 1 SC. i. when he fonml a sail for it.\\nwhere hoth he and his ijood wife remained until In |S(;. i this lientleman came to the villaue of\\ncalled away hy ileatli. I inckiiey aii l :i yi ;ir later piiroliased a f.arni one\\nTwoof the three children liorii to .luliza Haekns) mile south of the corp iration. |)ayin,u- ^IS.OOd for\\n.laekson are now lixiiiii. iiainel\\\\ .Mliert. who was .-i hamlsoinc tr;ict of two hundred and fort.v acres,\\nhorn .Novemhei in. 1H4-I and who married Tillie Here he de\\\\oted himself to the cultivation of his\\nllrown and with her ami his one son li\\\\es in this f;iini until l 7x. huyiiiii- an adilitional tract of two\\ntownshi]); Oria U.. who was liorn ()ctolna 2. 1MI7. hundred an l forty acres ;i little farther .south at a\\nmarried Klla P rowii :iiid lives in I utiiaiii Town- cost of =I2.i hi. This new farm he deeded to his\\nship. scar who was horn .l.-iniiary 2. l!^. ili. two sons.\\nilied April 2.i. IM71. The niotliei of these son- since Aiiril. Im7. .Mr. .hackson has retired frt iii\\npassed away from earth .Vpril HI. I.s7 i. .active work and has made his home in Pinekney.\\nThe second marriage of Mr. Jackson took place He and his uood wife arc active niemher- of Ihi", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0539.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "540\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nMetborlist Kpiticopal Inuvli and sJieatly interested\\nin Sunday-school work, and Mrs. .Taefeon has been\\nfor many years a teacher therein. She is .also a\\nuseful member of the Ladies Aid Society in which\\nshe holds the responsible ortice of Treasurer. Mr.\\n.lackson is Trustee and Steward in the church and\\nin both of these responsible positions his well-\\nknown inteiirity and sound judgment give him\\nllie t lintidence of tho.se who are associated with\\nhim in clim-c li fellowship, lie is a man of broad\\nintelligence and deeply interested in the great\\naffairs of the world outside his county and State.\\nHe took great pleasure in attending the centennial\\nex))osition at Philadelphia in 1H76 and looks foi--\\nward with intense interest to comi)ariug the out-\\nlook he tlien obtained in regard to the world s in-\\ndustries with what he hopes to gain at the World s\\nFair in Chicago, iu 1893. The affairs of education\\nin tlie township have always awakened an interest\\nin this gentleman and he has l een a member of the\\nlocal .School Hoard. He was for fifteen years agent\\nfor the Livingstcjn County Insurance Company.\\nBoth .Mr. .and Mrs. .lackson have been strong\\nadvocates of temperance and cordial workers in\\ndifferent societies which have been organized to\\nfight the saloon power. He is a Democrat in his\\npolitical views and has held the office of Highway\\nCommissioner in both Hamburg and Putnam Town-\\nsliips. lie was one of the old-time A.ssessors of\\nSlockliridge Township. The twin sister of our\\nsubject. Margaret L. .lackson, married jNIr. Ira\\nCrou.sc. November 11, 1846, and moved to Hart-\\nland Townsiii)) where a farm was given them by\\nher father. She died May 2, 1875, leaving one\\nson. I r;iiik.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^-^^I\\n^L]BERT GUN80LLY.\\nThe general\\npublic rejoicing in commercial circles over\\nthe magnificent and unparalleled crops\\n^ll that almost all portions of the United\\nStates have yielded this year (1891) indicates how\\ngi-eat a power the agriculturist is m the country.\\nAVithout him as a productive factor, the manufac-\\ntures, of which we make so much and for which\\nour legislation seems chiedy to be exercised, and\\nfinance generally would lie crippled as it has been\\nin ])ast years. The State of Michigan is more than\\nroyally represented in the successful agricultural\\nyear, cereals and fruits flowing into the markets\\nfi-om this direction in a luscious and golden stream.\\nHe of whom we write is one of the many who has\\nreason to be congratulated on the state of the\\nseason and country.\\nresident on section 25, Leroy Township, Ing-\\nham County, the original of our sketch is a native\\nof A\\\\ ayue Count}-, X. Y.. there being born October\\n!i. IHlil. He is a son of Henjamin and Elizabeth\\n(Stausel) GunsoUy, his fjither being a native of\\nPennsylvania and his mother of New York. Both\\nhis father and his paternal grandsire were soldiei s\\niu the Revolutionary War, his father being only\\nfourteen years of age when he enlisted.\\nIn 1833 he of whom we write came with his\\nparents to the State of Michigan. He was at the\\ntime only fourteen years of age and the wilduess\\nof tlie country was not as .serious a consideration\\nas to older and more thoughtful minds. To be\\nsure he had to work hard in hewing down the\\ntrees, helping to make roads and in plowing and\\nplanting and in the old-fashioned and laborious\\nharvesting, when the flail was used in threshing\\nout the wheat. There were rainv seasons and dull\\n.seasons in which the game with which the forests\\nabounded could be chased and streams known only\\nto our suliject, where the fattest and most luscious\\nof trout were to be caught, and poor as tiie coun\\ntry was in resources for housekeeping, after one of\\nthese exi)editions the mother would set out a talilc\\ncovered with game that was fit for a king.\\nThe famil}- were among the first settlers in\\nPlymouth Township and there our subject attained\\nmanhood, isolated to a great degree from his kind\\nand necessarily thrown back upon nature. He re-\\nceived a limited education in his youth, attending\\nschool but one winter. Since that time, however,\\nhe has read and studied by himself, so that he\\nranks well as an intelligent man. He was married\\nto Lucy M. Jackson, March 1, 1846. She bore him\\nfive children whose names are as follows: Isaac,\\ndeceased; Jane; Mary; Julia, and Henry, de-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0540.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "I OKTHAir AND BlOCrKAPHK AL ALBUM.\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0)41\\nI Piised. .[iiiif married Saiiuu l Dalv and Mary is\\nthe wife of CliarU s Waamici-. Afti-i- the dt-ccMM\\niif liis fir t wit i he wa,- a sccuiid time iiiMiTir l. Ilic\\nceri inoiiy l eiiia solcinni/.od April 12. lH()ii. I lii\\npri sciil wife was fninierly Mrs. Knieliiie Tiirrell.\\nuidiiw (if the l.ate i rederic-l rurrell of iiifJ-liani\\noiiiity. who Mas killed in the late war. 15y this\\niniioii there have lieeii two ehildreu Albert II. and\\nNorah A.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Mr. JuiisoUy first came to inaliam County, in\\nISKi. :ind lias heen lesidiiig here the a reater part\\nof the time since then, heinu one ol the oide: t\\npioneers of l^eroy I ownsliip. lie is the owner f)f\\neighty acres of hind and lieiiii; an indiisfrioiis and\\nhard-workinii man he li;is lieeii successful in .mccii-\\niniiljitina a comfortalile fortune. )nr snliject has\\nserved in .several locil ofliccs. He has liecn Ilisli-\\nway ()inmi.ss ioner in the county. Mrs. (iuiisolty\\nis a native of New York State, having lieen horn\\nin Wayne County, .hmiiary 2. IH.SM. She is a\\ndaniihter of .lohn .and .Mary Kiipeit. early settlers\\nin Injriiam County. Our snliject favors the l)rin-\\nciples of Prohiliition. lielieviiiii the future prosjiei\\nity if the country depends upon its purity in mor-\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ils and that it I aiinot lie strong in this respect\\nwhile so great a temptation as the manufacture and\\nsale of intoxicants is liefore the youth if the\\ncountry .\\\\n excellent liii:incier. he enjoys the\\nconfidence of tlie best business men in the eoni-\\nniunity. lie with his wife, who is an intelligent\\nand estimable lady, are among the most honored\\nand highlv respected members of society in i.croy\\nrownshi)!.\\nIl^il^^f^.\\n\u00c2\u00bbILI,I.V.\\\\I II. .\\\\l( .\\\\III,I..VN. I .oiii Scptem-\\n1^^/ ber 21. IHll. ill Schenectady oiiuty. N.^l\\nV7V the subject if this sketch is a son of Isaac\\nand .lane (Combs) .McMillan, both if whom were\\nnatives of the l- .mpirc State. )ur subject s grand-\\nfather on the p.atciiKil side came to the Initecl\\nStates in Colonial days and served in the Ke\\\\-olu-\\ntioiiaiv War. His childicii ;iie as follow^: .laiiio,\\n.bihn. Alex. Isaac. William. S;iiiiiicl .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ind .lane.\\nI.saac Mc^Fill.an was a carpentei- and joiner. lb-\\nwas born .lanuarv 11. ITlt. i. and was called out in\\nthe struggle (if 1.SI2. lie died August II. 1m:m.\\nat the patriarchal age of ninety-live years. His\\nwife died February 5. 1H77. at the age of sixty-\\nseven years and six months. .She was the mother\\nof four children Susannah, .\\\\lexander b obert\\n.1. and \\\\^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0illiam II. Prior to his marriage willi the\\nabo^c mentioned lady, our subjectV lather liarl\\nbeen married, .and b\\\\ that union became the\\nparent of one child, a son. who.se name was Hugh.\\nI lie family to which our subject bekmg.s moved\\nto Li\\\\ingstoii Oiinty. .N. V.. in IS, )H. and came\\nto .Michig. in the followiiii; .liiuc. Thev landed in\\nDetroit in XoNcnibcr of the .same vcar.aiid located\\non one hundred acres on .section Mi. which the\\nfather improved, and whereon he resided until his\\ndeath. Our subject s maternal graiidsirc w;i,- .lohii\\nCombs.\\nThe original of oui sketch was reared in New\\n^drk. ;iud there received a conimon-.scliool educa-\\ntion. During the latter part of Ihc war. when the\\ncall was made for i-e-inforcenicnts. the xdiunr man\\nenlisted. September C. I,S(;|. in Conipain K.\\nrwenty-tirst ^lichigan Infantry. He was a |)artici-\\n))ant in several battles that made inemoi able that\\nlast year. The battle of Na.shville deeply impressed\\nhim. lie was also present at the battle of ilcntoii-\\n\\\\ille. N. ..and participated in thetirand Hevii wat\\nWashington. After his discharge, which took\\njilace the last week in .liiiic. he w.as eng aged at the\\ncar( enter s trade, continuing; in that until his\\nmother s death.\\nAfter the decease of tlic mother ol our subject.\\nhe licg. in fanning on the old homestead which he\\nnow owns. He has served in several townshii)\\noffices, and has always filled these |)ositions to the\\nsatisfaction of his constituents and to his own\\ncredit. He inherits Republican jirinciples and\\ngdveiumcntal theories. His t ather was formerh .-i\\n\\\\\\\\hig. though during the latter part of hi..- life he was\\n;i Republican. as is our subject. lie, however, favors\\nridliibitidii principles, laying great stress upon\\nthis as one of the i.s ues of the future. .Soci;dh\\nhe belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fel-\\nlows.\\n()ur Mibjecl wa married Octolier 17. iMIili. to", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0541.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "542\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nMiss Alice Norton, who was horn in Clieiiaiiso\\nCounty, N. Y., and is a daughter uf (iillierl and\\nCelia B. Norton, of the same State. Prior to lier\\nmarriage Mrs. McMillan was a teacher and came t(j\\nMichigan in that eai)acity. unattended by relatives,\\nas her father had died m her native State. Her\\nmotiier passed away in Michigan. Her father was\\na soldier in the late war. and in one of the battles\\nreceived a bayonet tlirusl from the effects of which\\nhe died. He and his wife were the parents of\\nthree sons and four daughters. Mr. William II.\\nMcMillan and his estimable wife are tlie parents\\nof five children, whose names are Herman I..\\nEmma B., Louis, Jane V. and William. Both Mr.\\nand Mrs. McMillan are highly respected members\\nof society in Cohoctah Townslii|i. and few social\\ngatlicrings are complete without their genial pres-\\nence to brigliten and animate the occasion.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a25 -I-|i\\n5-F\\n^\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0080\u00a25-5-F\\nAlbert d. Thompson. Among tiie\\n(ff ^iO county olHcials of Livingston County, who\\nmake their home in Howell, we find no one\\nwlio is more deservedly popidar on ac-\\ncount both of character and long acquaintance\\nthan the Deputy Registrar of Deeds, whose name\\nwe have just given, for he is a native of this little\\ncity and having grown up liere and shown himself\\na man worthy of esteem and regard, has taken\\nhis place among the best citizens of this, the county\\nseat of Livingston Count\\\\\\nThe natal year of this gentleman was 1847 and\\nhe is a son of Edward and Rocelia (Ward) Thomp-\\nson, both of whom came to this State from New\\nYorlv. The father had been a farmer before com-\\ning to Michigan, but upon settling in Howell in\\n1836 he built a furnace in the central part of town\\nnear the Toledo, Ann Arbor it Northern Micliigan\\nRailroad depot and carried it on through life and\\nin connection carried on farming extensively. Botli\\nparents died in 1852. The grandparents Of our\\nsubject, Moses and Margaret Thompson, were both\\nnatives of the Empire State, and after coming to\\nMichigan in 1836 they settled upon a farm in\\nHowell Township, and there spent the remainder\\nof their days. Of their nine children three are\\nnow in life: Randolph, Lucinda and .lane. Moses\\nThompson was the son of a Scotchman who settled\\nin Pennsylvania.\\nThe |)arents of Mrs. Rocelia (Ward) Thompson,\\nwere David and Sarah Ward, who reared a family\\nof eleven children in New York. Of that number\\nthe following are now living, namely: Rollin,\\nUlysses, .Stephen, Richmond, Diana, ]Mandeville,\\nUrsulla and Ilerschel. Edward and Kocel a (Ward)\\nThompson were earnest and devoted members of\\nthe Bai)tist Church and brought up their three\\nchildren in the faith and worsjiip of the Christian\\nreligion. The brother and .sister of our subject are\\nAlvaro and ^laiy, who is now Jlrs. Thompson.\\nEdward Tliompson kept a number of men in his\\nemploy at the furnace and on the farm and his\\nfurnace was notable as being the first one estab-\\nlished in the county. His two hundred acres of\\nland lay within the village limits and the best part\\nof Howell is now linilt n|)on what was the Thomp-\\nson farm. This gentleman laid out an addition to\\nthe city which is known as Thompson s Addition.\\nHe donated a half block of ground for the county\\nbuildings and upon this land has been placed a\\ni beautiful edifice. He also gave the grounds for\\nthe first cemetery. His own beautifiU residence\\nwhich he erected on Mill Street remained his home\\nuntil death. He was an early settler who did much\\nfor the improvement of Howell, and was a man of\\nprinciple and integrity, whose influence was as\\npowerful in an unconscious way as it was helpful\\nby intent. As property increased in value in\\nHowell he of course grew in wealth and became\\none of the most prosperous men in the place.\\nAfter taking what schooling ho could .secure in\\nthe public schools of Howell, Albert Thompson at-\\ntended college at Hillsdale, Mich., and later took a\\nbusiness course at Ames Business College, N. Y.,\\ngraduating in 1865. After farming for twenty\\nyears upon an eighty-acre farm in Shiawassee\\nCounty, Mich.. iNIr. Thomp.son came to Howell\\nin December, 188 J, to accept his present position.\\nHe filled a number of minor offices in Shiawassee\\nCounty and was also Supervisor for three terms\\nI and was Township Clerk for live terms. His mar-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0542.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0543.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "V.,\\ny^yc^^Li^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0544.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n545\\nI iaifc in lH(iH hioiiiilit to limiio ;i true lu-liiin. itc\\nMini coinpaiiion in tlit [iiMxin of Mis,-; Kniil\\\\ llani-\\nniimd of tliis county, whose paiiMits, /ina and )livc\\nai|icnt\u00c2\u00bb r) llaninumil. wcic liotli natives of tlie\\nKnipiie State. Four lovely eliildren iiave blessed\\nlliis union and are jTrowini;; up to lie the comfort\\nand comi)aiiions of their parents. They are named.\\nl.yman. Rose, Lillie and Alvaro. Tlie Hepuhlican\\npartv is tile political oriifanization with wliich Mr.\\nriiompsou finds himself in sympathy ami he is an\\nearnest worker for its success on all occasions. lie\\nis a prominent man in the social order which i.s\\nknown 1 the ma ic initials of K. T. M.\\nr4=\\nOSKIMI BOWDISII HILL. M. whose\\nportrait ajipears on the opposite pajje, was\\nhorn in Fairfield, Franklin County, t.,\\n^j) .lanuary 2. I K21, ;ind is therefore at this\\nwritinu IMIM less than sixty-eight years old. Hi.-.\\n]iateiiiMl u randfatlier was of Kn ;lish descent, while\\non his mother s side he comes of I rench ancestry.\\nBoth Jrandfather Hull ami (irandfather Howdish\\n(originally t^pelled Bowditch). Mere Colonels in the\\nRevolutionary War, and the latter was Sheriff of\\nFranklin County, Vt., for several years.\\nThe father of our subject, who i ore the nanie of\\nof Timothy Hul l, was married to Orrisa Bowdish\\nand they remained in Vermont until May, 1830,\\nwhen they removed to Michigan and settled in\\nLeoni, Jackson C oimty. At the time of their re-\\nmoval hither Jo.seph B. was a l. id of twelve years\\nand he had attended a good common school in the\\n(Ireen Mountain .State. After coming here he did\\nnot receive much benefit from the schools of Leoni\\nas they were inferior to the .schools of ermont.\\nHe was a pupil in a select school for two terms and\\njiursued his studies with private te.acher.s, expecting\\nto complete his education at Middlebury College,\\nN ermont. His father engaged in business as an\\nhotel-keeper for a short time and subsequently\\noperated as a farmei- ami merchant until he died\\nin IS 11 1.\\nThe death of his lather changed our .^-ulijecl s\\nlife from rudy to l;ibor, as the support of his\\nmolhei- and the six children (two boys and four\\ngirls) devolved upon themselves. Their whole\\nwealth consisted of eighty acres of unimproved\\nland worth about \u00c2\u00abf (l(l. When .loseph B. was fif-\\nteen years old he taught .school in North Adams,\\nHillsdale County; he had a large nnmbei of |)n-\\npils about sixty twenty-five of Ihem being over\\ntwenty years of age and .several jireparing them-\\nselves for t(;achers. For several years he followed\\nthe profession of teaching and studied as circum-\\nstances woidd permit or necessity required. In\\nIHM. his health being poor, he visited his native\\nplace, hoping to recuperate his strength. While\\nthen he taught in his native town.\\nIn the spring of 181, finding his health not im-\\nproved but rallu r the reverse, our subject returned\\nto this Stale and studied nu dicine with Dr. Brown.\\nha\\\\ ing pre\\\\ionsly ie:id for a slioit time with Dr.\\nMeeker. Soon afterward an accident happened\\nwhich determined him to study medicine and\\nsurgei y elsewhere. .V hunter named Scott had\\nbeen ill for .soTue time and ujion recovery his lirst\\nact was to unload his gun which had been loaded\\nduring his sickness. Several times he tried unsuc-\\ncessfully to fire it off. Impatient, he brought the\\ngun lieavih down upon the floor when it was dis-\\ncharged anil tin b;ill pa scd through the under\\njaw, obli(piely acro.ss the face, liackof the nose and\\nlodged in the skull above the inner a igle f)f the\\neye. Dr. Brown was sent for, but althcnigh an ex-\\ncellent physician he was no surgeon and upon ex-\\namining the wound he fainted. Our suliject at-\\ntended the man ami extracted the bullet.\\nNot lieing able financially to study away from\\nlK)me and having an opportunil\\\\ to .secure a posi-\\ntion, he entered the .services of Messrs, Goss, Darl-\\ning S; Balch, who contracted to build several miles\\nof railroad between Kalam.a/.oo and New Buffalo\\non the Michigan Central lini lie spi iit ibout two\\nand one-half years with them, having charge of a\\nstore and keeping the conlpany s accounts. His\\nleisure time was devoted to study and without in-\\nterfering with his other bu.sine. ^s. he accumulated\\nand read (piite ii medical library. Dvuiiig this time\\nhe sent all lii money |o lii mother excepting the\\nlittle which was necewary for his personal expenses.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0545.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": "546\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nUpon leaving the employ of the company he en-\\ngaged in the mereantile Inisiness at Comstock,\\nnear Kalamazoo. Imt lemained there only a short\\ntime.\\nAVe next find Dr. Hull in Kalamazoo, where he\\nentered the ottice of Trof. .1. .\\\\dains Allen. Tlii.-;\\ngentleman w.as then Professor in the Indiana Med-\\nical College at LaPorte, subsequently Professor in\\nthe Medical Department of the Michigan Univer-\\nsity, and at the time of his death President of Rush I\\nMedical College, in Chicago. Having become ac-\\nquainted with Prof. Allen while residing in Kala-\\nmazoo, our sulijecl chose him as his preceptor and\\nattended a course of lectures at LaPorte. When\\nProf. Allen was elected to a Chair in the Michigan i\\nI niversity our subject attended two courses of\\nlectures there, graduating April 21, 18.02. He then\\nreturned to his old home in Leoniand commenced\\nthe practice of his profession.\\nAfter residing in I^eoni three years Dr. Hull was\\nmarried to Emily Hewitt, an estimable and intelli-\\ngent lady, the daughter of .Jephtha and Mary\\nHewitt, of Leoni. After their marriage the young\\ncouple went immediately to Lansing, where they\\nm\\nstill reside. The Doctor soon became recognized\\nas a thorough physician and his practice grew rap-\\nidly, spreading over an area of country twenty\\nmiles in diameter. He is now in active practice,\\nhaving all he wishes to do. Of the six children\\nl)orn to himself and wife three now survive, viz:\\nJesse Butler, who was graduated witli honors in\\nmedicine and surgery in the medical de])artment of\\nMichigan University in \\\\M{y, Laura P.. wiio is\\nstudying music at the American Conservatory of\\nMusic in Chicago; Harriett, who is now fourteen\\nyears old and in the .lunifir Class of the Lansing\\nHigh .School.\\nIn 18.54 the Doctor was at the convention held\\nin .Jackson when the Pe)iulilican party sprung into\\nexistence luidcr the nnks of the beiiutifiii city. He\\ncimtinued to vole with that party until I s7l when\\nhe became dissatislied with the cfiurse taken by the\\nOovernment iu deiding u ith the whisky revenue\\nthieves. Since tiien lie has been a Democrat and\\nhas represented tin s party as a delegate to i-itx\\ncounty and St.-ilc cdu vcnticnis. P ecau c he re-\\nfused to otc the Kc|iublican ticket he was. in\\n1876, removed from the Examining Board of Pen-\\nsions and a Republican put in his place. He had\\nheld the oltice of Examining Surgeon for Pensions\\nsince 181)2, having received his cnmmission from\\nAbraham Lincoln.\\nDr. Hull has filled the ottice of Alderman four\\nyears, also that of Superintendent of the Poor for\\nIngham County, and Director of the Poor for the\\ncity of Lansing, County Physician, and Physician\\nof the State Reform School. He is now a member\\nof the State Medical Society and Secretary of the\\nLansing City Medical Society. In 1864 he re-\\nceived the appointment of acting Assistant Sur-\\ngeon of the Ignited States Army and reported at\\nthe Clay (General Hospital in Louisville, Ky. Soon\\nafter he was directed to report for duty to the\\nFirst Battalion. Ohio Sharpshooters, Capt. Barber\\ncommanding. This battalion was doing duty at\\nthe headquarters of the Army of the Cumberland,\\nCen. George H. Thomas commanding. Our subject\\nretained his position until the close of the war\\nwhen he returned to his home and resumed his pro-\\nfession. Earl\\\\- in the war he was appointed by\\nGov. Blair Examining Surgeon for the draft in\\nIngham County, which service he performed and\\nexamined nearly three thousand persons.\\nIn 1870 the Doctor was elected .Secretary of the\\n.State Insurance Company, which was nearly in its\\ndeath throes, but with the assistance of Dr. I. H.\\nBartholomew, its President, he reorganized the\\ncomiiany and id.aced it on a solid foundation.\\n.Vfter being with the company nearly two years he\\nresunie(l the practice of his profession. The ct)m-\\npany afterward concluded to cease doing business,\\nand re-insured its policies, paid all indebtedness\\nand died an lionorable death. Soon after coming\\nto Lansing the Doctor joined the Masonic frater-\\nnity and is nf)w a member of Lodge iso. 66, also\\nof Chapter No. Boyal .Vrcli Ma.sons. From his\\nlio\\\\lioiid Dr. Hull li:i liecii a firm teinpcrance iiian.\\nusing no toliacco or ;ilcohol in .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2my form, except as\\na medicine, and lias constantly used his influence\\nto su|ipress their use wheri Ver and whenever lie\\ncould consistently. .VltlKuiah when young his\\nlie.-iltb was delicate, by adopting regular and teni-\\nliciate b;iliit his hejiltli has impro\\\\ed and is now\\ngood, exceptinu that lie isatHicted with rlieum:itism", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0546.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n.17\\nwliicli |nev( iit iinuli iihysical labor, lie nml liis\\nwife joiiK d llic I lcshyti riaii Clnnvli soon aftcf\\ncniniiiir to this city, and now tln-y wilii all tlicir\\ncliiliiifii. lu lon^ Id that iii iiiiiiization. Mr s. Hull\\nhas ciiiiaui il with the ciiuivh in many hcncvolent\\nnndcrtakiniis and tlic i)oor havi always found re-\\nlief Ihroui^h her exertions.\\nJI OSKIMI RTI KR. Tiiere is prohahly no man\\nmore iironiinent fur inteiligenee and charac-\\nter within the cnntines of Genoa Townshi]),\\nI-ivini;ston County, than he of wlumi we\\nwrite. His success may well be attrilnited to his\\nintellisjence. his yood manauement and hai d work,\\nand he has the universal esteem of the community.\\nIlewasliorn in DeKalli Township, St. Lawrence\\nCounty, N. V.. March 2. 1H17. His father. Joseph\\nl\\\\i ler Sr.. who was l)orn in Rockland County,\\nX. Y., was of Holland descent. This parent was\\nbereaved of his father .and mother when (luite\\nyounii and was lioundout to learn the shoemaker .s\\ntrade in New York City and therefore received\\nbut little cducaliiiH. He was a Soldier in the AVar\\nof I SI 2 havini; u^one as a volunteer from Delvall)\\nto Ofi densburir. and later he engaged in farming.\\nMe received a payment of 8150 .as a pension from\\nthe Government.\\nThe father of our subject came to this State in\\n1833 and .seftle(l in Milford Township. Oakland\\nCounty, u])on (ifty acres of land. In 18;!; i became to\\nthis conntv and resided with hisson until his death\\nwhich occurred at the age of eighty-four. His wife\\nbore the maiden name of Sarah Peck, and she w.as\\nleared in New ork. Her children were Martha. Je-\\nmina. and our subject, besides one who died when\\nquite young. The mother passed from earth about\\nthe year 1830, being still in middle life, and her\\ndeath was aused liv a cancer.\\nThe education of our subject was t. ken in the\\ndistrict schools after he was ten years old, and he\\nrame West in 1H. 3 by w.ay of water to Deti oit,\\nand then by team to Oakland County. After two\\nyears residence there he came to this locality and\\ntook uj) one hundred and twenty acres of (iovern-\\nment land. He exchanged one horse for a oke\\nof oxen and workc(l for his neighbors to gain the\\nmoney to obtain another yoke. There wei e then\\ntinly three houses in the township. l ut he soon\\nadded aiKither to the settlement. The Indian liail\\npassed his house and the .savages were freipicnt\\ncallers. He could talk tlieir language and they\\ntraded him venison for commodities wliicli he\\ncould furnish. Wild game was abundant and he oc-\\ncasionally brought down a fine animal, but never\\ndevoted himself to hunting. It took five da^ys to\\ngo to Detroit and back with ox-teams as was nec-\\nes,sary to obtain supplies.\\nMr. Hidei c. irries on mixed f.aiining and raises\\nlai ge numbers of stock and at one time made a\\nspecialty of Shoit-horn cattle. In Octolier, 1H. )H,\\nhe w;is awarde(l the diploma for the best cull ivated\\nfarm in the county. This was given him at the\\nLivingston County .Vgricullural Fair. He now\\nhas two liuudred ind eleven acres of land having\\ngiven to his son some sixty acres. His marriage\\nMarch 19. 18411, united him with Isabella .M. Fish-\\nback, who was born in Dcpuyster, St. Lawrence\\nCounty, X. Y., M.-iy 3, 1\u00c2\u00ab2I.\\nJNL .s. Ridei- s parents. .lacob an l Elsie (Stearns)\\nFMshback were from New York State, who came\\nhere in 183(3 and lived in (ienoa Townshi]) for one\\nyear and afterward removed to Marion Township,\\nwhere they carried on !i farm of one hundred and\\ntwenty acres. The father died when sixty-four\\nyears old from consumption and the mother, who\\nretained her faculties most wonderfnll\\\\ passed\\naw ay at the age of eighty-foui-. Her eight s(nis\\nand six daughters all grew lo yeais of maturity\\nand one of these daughters is now ninety-four years\\nold and is living in the .State of New Y ork. The\\nmother was a Presbyterian in her religious belief.\\nTen children came to bles.s the home of our sub-\\nject, and .seven of them reached the age of maturity.\\nGeorge W. died at the age of sixteen. Andrew J.,\\nowns a commercial college in Trenton, X. .1.; he also\\nruns two large cranberry bogs yieldingabout three\\nthousand Itushels a year: Alberl .1.. is a farmer in\\nIlandyTownship: l Jsic. Mrs. Millon Pettybonc. is\\nthe wife of a clothing merchant in Flint; Isabel ha.s", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0547.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "548\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nmarried a music teacher and dealer in musical in-\\nstruments at Stanton; Henry D.,is a farmer in this\\ntownship; William is at home and Nettie is the wife\\nof Dr. E. D. Millis of Webberville.\\nThe church connection of this family is with the\\nFree Will IJaptists and Air. Hider is a Democrat in\\nhis i)olitical views, lie was only twenty-one years\\nold when he was elected Assessor and he shortly\\nbecame Township Clerk, and afterward served as\\n.Justice of the Peace ior a jj-reat many years. He\\nhas held ottice nearly all the time since he reached\\nhis majority. He is a charter member of tiie Genoa\\nGrange and li.as held oHice as Overseer and Chaj)-\\nlain. He erected his neat frame residence in 1853\\nand his two large barns were built in 185(1 and in\\n1887. He h.is taken great interest in the cullurc\\nof trees and has many of them upon his place.\\ni.mm^:^s^\\n-J\\nVi? S. GRISWOLI) is a farmer on section 7,\\nHartland Township, Livingston County, this\\nState. He was born in Chemung County,\\nN. Y.,near the city of Elmira, his natal day\\nbeing December 21, 182:5. His parents were also\\nnatives of the Empire State, his father being Henry\\nGriswold,who was born in New York and there\\nreared on a farm. He came to Michigan in an early\\nday, and in 1886 settled in Hartland Township,\\nLivingston County, upon the section where he still\\nlives. He at once built a frame house wiiich con-\\nsisted of a single room having the modest dimen-\\nsions of 16x18 feet. He with his family at once\\nbent their energies toward clearing u[) the place\\nand niaking it a |)r(idu(:tive and tit place for habi-\\ntation.\\nAt the lime that oui- suhjcct came with hi.- |iar-\\nents to this State, one saw moic Indians th:iii white\\nmen, and wild animals skulked .and glided through\\nthe sJKulowing boughs of the trees of the forest.\\nHenry Griswold, our subject s father, died on his\\nhome place Sejitembcr 17. IS77. During his life-\\ntime he lyas an adhcrcnl of the |irinci])les of the\\nWhig party. He ui-c-upiiil :i uuiiilier of positions\\niu local ottice, having been .Justice of the Peace\\nseveral years, and also- held several school offices.\\nHe was a member of the ^Icthodist Episcopal\\nChurch for fifty years, and was always a gen-\\nerous worker in the cause of the Gospel. He held\\nvarious offices in the church and was intimately\\nconnected with the growth of that denomination\\nin this vicinity. He was well known throughout\\nthe country as a hard-working man, with an innate\\nappreciation of the spirit of truth. Our sul)ject s\\npaternal grandfather, Elisha Griswold, supposed to\\nhave been born in Connecticut, died while yet a\\nyoung man. Our subject s mother, who was before\\nher marriage Miss Elizabeth Snell, was born in New\\nYork State, in Chemung County. She died in 1878.\\nHenry (iriswold and his wife were tiie ])arents if\\nciiiht children, and of these our subject is the eld-\\nest. He was reared in his native place until twelve\\nyears of age. His tirst schot)l days were passed in\\nlearning the three R s in a frame schoolhouse not\\na great distance from his home. After coining to\\n^Michigan with his parents at the age of twelve, he\\ncontinued school in Hartland Townshii). remaining\\nat home under his father s roof until he was of ,age\\nafter whicli he clerked in a general store at Par-\\nshallville, Hartland Townshij), remaining there In\\nall for a period of about six years.\\nThe original of our sketch \\\\vas married October\\n28, 1850, his bride being Esther Mason, who was\\nborn in Riichester, N. Y., October 25, 1825. After\\nsettling in life our subject located in the village of\\nParshallville, where he was engaged in a general\\nstore until 1866, then took a partnershi]) and con-\\ntinued with the linn until 1\u00c2\u00ab88. when they sold\\nout the stock, but our subject still owns the build-\\ning. For twenty-five years he had the position of\\nPostmaster in the village of Parsh.allville. was Su-\\npervisor foi two years jiikI .Iiistice of the Peace for\\neight yeaiv. He has served in all the ottices of the\\nScIkxiI Boai d times witluiut end.\\n)\\\\ii- subject is a Repulilican in his political [n-ef-\\nerence. After selling out his interests in the vil-\\nlage he removed to the farm where he at present\\nresides. His home is built on the site of the old\\nhomestead of his father. His pj esent residence was\\nerected at a cost of \u00c2\u00a5;5.5O0. and contains ever.\\\\\\ncomfort and iiuiny of the luxurio of life. It is a\\nteu-room dwelling, that is furnished with large", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0548.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "FORTH AIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBIM.\\n:,4ii\\nclot^et* and heated with ii Iuiikki II i tiiii ht d\\nthroughout mo.st beautifully with natural wood,\\nand it* furnished comfortalily. not too good for u.se\\nor perfect enjoyment. One hundred and eighty\\naeres spreaid awa.y about the place and are dotted\\nwith shade trees of the choicest varieties. It also\\nhas a fine orchard. Our subject also owns one hun-\\ndred and twenty acres on section and all nf his\\nrealty possessions arc under cultivation. lie is\\nengaged quite largely in the l)reeding of stock,\\nhaving from twenty five to fifty head of cattle to\\ndispose of each year. There is a tenement house\\nupon his place thai is occu])ied by an able assistant\\nin his agricultural work. lur ubjecl and his wife\\narc the parents of one daughlei whose name is\\nKlla. .She is the w-ife of A. Farshall, who is en-\\ngaged in the milling business in the village of\\nIlartland. Our subject has two good liarns upon\\nIlls place, each 8().\\\\. )(i feet in dimensions and hav-\\ning basements with solid stone foundations. These\\nhe built at a cost of !5 l,r)0(). Mr. Griswold is one\\nof the substantial and solid men of Ilartland\\nTownship. He is public-spirited and progressive\\nand has ever been ready l give a helping hand\\nand encouraging word to any good cause tliat\\npromises to be for the benefit of the people.\\n^^^j HAHLKS riKKKLI.. Weare plea ed to prc-\\nil( _ sent the name of a highly respected farmer\\n\\\\wr who resides on section Lerov Township.\\nIngham (luiity. ;iiiil who was liorn in AVayne\\nCounty. Mich.. .luly 1 1. If^lil. His parents, both New\\nYorker were Ch.Muncy leceased) and Kleriiioi\\nTurrell. tlie hitter lieing the graiiil-(hnigliler of a\\nRevolutionary oldier. With lli^ parents our sub-\\njci t came, at the Jige of eight years, to Ingham\\nCounty. Mich., tiaveling in wagons with oxen a\\nthe motive powei They became among the tir t\\nliioiieers of I,ero\\\\ Township, making their lionie\\ntwo miles Miuth of eblierville and later moving\\non to the faiin now owned by their son.\\nThe sur\\\\i\\\\iug children of this fnmily are .\\\\iiii\\n1^.. wife of IIenr\\\\ Wilber. li:irles. I,uc\\\\ .1.. wife of\\nIsaac Dove, and Jefferson. The father who was a\\nDemocrat in his i)olitical convictions, died during\\nthe days of the Civil War.\\nHaving received his education in the district\\nschools of Ingham County, Charles Turrell took\\nup his life work as a farmer, but on the day he\\nreached his majority he enlisted in the army of his\\ncountry, joining Company E, Eighth Michigan In-\\nfantry, and being assigned to Hurnsides army. He\\nfought in the battle of James Island where his\\nbrother, Frederick, was killed, and took part in the\\nconflicts of Bull Run. Chantilly. South ^Mountain.\\n.Vntielam .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid Fredericksburg. His icgiment le-\\ninforced Grant s army at Vicksburg and took part\\nin the battle of .lackson and also was active at\\nKnoxville. Tenii.. tin Wilderness. Spottsylvania,\\nthe siege of Fetersburg, taking part in the last\\ncharge of the reliel works at Fetersburg. They\\ntook ]wrt in thetirand Review at Washington and\\nwere honorably discharged .luly io. 186.5.\\nHenry Turrell. a brother of our subject, was\\nkilled in the battle of Chickamauga and the father\\ndied at .Vnnajiolis. .Md.. a victim of typhoid fever.\\nThis patriotic family sacrificed not only the father\\nbut two brothers in the service of their country,\\nand their mourning is mingled with joy that they\\nwere able to do so much for the cause of the I liion.\\nThe marriage of tiur subject took place May Itt.\\n186H. and his bride. Emclinc .Starks. is a daughter\\nof Hiram and Reliccea Starks. both of wlioni have\\npassed to the other world. Only one child, a ,*on,\\nIlir.-uii. came to ble^s this In ir.e ;iiid he has been\\ncalled from life. The bereaved [larents have\\nadopted two sons. Elsworth and Willie, and to them\\nlhc\\\\ have given true )iarciital (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ue and training.\\nThe fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres is in\\nan excellent state of cultivation and besides attend-\\ning to his own agiicuilural puisuits our siiliject\\nhas found time to serve his towiishi|) as Ilighwav\\n(Onimissioner, to which he was elected upon the\\nRepulilican ticket.\\nlb of whom we write is prominently idenlitied\\nwith the F. Turrell Fost No. A. R.. at Web-\\nbcr\\\\ ille. wliicli w:is named in honor of his brother,\\nFredciick. who fell at .lames Island while charging\\nthe rebel force. hailcs Turiell receives a pension\\nfrom the iovernment of (la month and his life", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0549.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "550\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nhistory is replete with incidents of bravery as a\\nsoldier and wortli as a citizen. He is a member of\\nthe Ingham County Pioneer Association and com-\\nmands the respect of all who know him. both for\\nhis own sake and for that of his family whose lives\\nwill ever be cherished as a part of the history of\\nthe county.\\nwS y\\ni i\\nLQ\\ni:Y:\\\\IOrR E.HOAVE, a fanner on section 5,\\nHowell Township, Livingston County, is\\nthe owner of a beautiful home and one\\nhundred and sixt_y acres of land. He came\\nto this place in 1856 and has since made this his\\nresidence. The first house in which he lived was\\nbuilt partially of logs, the other part being a frame\\ndwelling. Prior to Mr. Howe s purchase of the\\nplace this building was used as an hotel, and doubt-\\nless many are the travelers who in pioneer days\\nfound it a very refuge of rest and comfort. )ur\\nsubject continued to use it as a residence for some\\neighteen years and then built his commodious and\\nattractive farmhouse where his family enjoys all\\nthe comforts of life.\\nMr. Howe was born in Ellia Township, Gen-\\nesee County, N. Y., September 19, 1817. His father\\nwas Setli and his mother Achsah (Washburn)\\nHowe, natives of Connecticut. They were the\\nparents of ten children and of these our sub-\\nject was the ninth in order of birth. The\\nmother died in 1819, while the son of whom we\\nwrite was still young. His father was a local\\npreacher of the Methodist persuasion and for forty\\nyears his home served as a place of worship for the\\npeople in the locality in which he lived. In the\\nearly history of Genesee County, N. Y.. where tiie\\nprogress was not so rapid as in pioneer days in\\nMichigan, the latter having been benefited by the\\nprogress in the East, preacher Seth Howe called the\\npeople together for spiritual instruction which he\\ngave according to his understanding. Two years\\n.after the decease of his first wife he contracted a\\nsecond marriage, his bride being Mrs. Dunning.\\nBy tills union there was one child. Our subject s\\nfather died when seventy-live \\\\ears of aue.\\nThe original of our sketch, when a child six yeai-s\\nof age went to live with an older brother and re-\\nmained with him assisting in the farming and en-\\ngaged in painting until he was sixteen years of\\nage. Later he visited Washtenaw County, tliis\\nState, where a brother and sister were living.\\nWhile there he worked at carriage building, and\\nlater took up clock-making, carrying on tliis last-\\nnamed business in partnersliip with a brother.\\nAfter remaining several years in Michigan lie re-\\ntiuned to his home in New Y ork. He pledged\\nhimself to remain with his father as long a.- that\\nparent lived, and fulfilled his pledge.\\nMr. Howe entered the matrimonial relationship\\nMarch 26, 1846, his bride being Miss Pliebe A.\\nBoutell, who was born August 21. 1822. She was\\na daughter of Ira and Elizabeth (Brown) Boutell,\\nnatives of Hartford, Conn., and Newport, R, I.,\\nrespectively. Her father was a farmer bj- calling,\\nand for some time lived in Batavia, N. Y coming\\nthence about 1808. He was at that time a large\\nfarmer. Mrs. Howe is the only child; -her mother\\npassed away from this life in 1828, and seven\\nyears after the father married a second time, his\\nwife being Harriet Jane Ketchem. By this union\\nthere were three children, only one of whom is now\\nliving, whose name is Ira Boutell. When but six-\\nteen years of age he went into the hardware busi-\\nness at Batavia, N. Y., and later received a Captain s\\ncommission in the War of the Rebellion. A brave\\nand heroic soldier, he received promotion to the\\nrank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Now a resident at St.\\nLouis, Mo., he is engaged in the wholesale and re-\\ntail grocery business and has been greatly pros-\\npered, being considered one of the very wealthy\\nmen of that city.\\nMrs. Howe w.as educated at Middleliury Acad-\\nemy. N. Y .,and in her younger days was a te.acher.\\nAt the time of solemnizing their marriage Solomon\\nJudd officiated. They commenced housekeeping\\nat, Pembrook, Genesee County, N. Y on a farm of\\nfifty acres, part of which was owned by Jlr. Howe s\\nfather. They remained witli him until -his death.\\nwhich occurred the 13th of June, 1852. After that\\n]Mr. Howe, with his brother, Ebenezer, built and ran\\na steam sawmill for two years; in the meantime he\\nbought his brotliei interest in the mill. This he", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0550.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBlAf.\\n551\\nlin;\\\\lly IrMilfil lur Mil lidlclnt l )Usli\\\\illc. ifiioci\\nCounty, N. V.,wliifli he ran as a temperance house.\\nThey also owned a grocery at the same place, lint\\nat tlie expiration of the first year they traded llieir\\nproperty tiiere for a farm at Cary ville, X. Y., where\\nthey remained for one year, wiien they sold and\\ncame to Howell Township, this State, in 1856, set-\\nting out from New York, October 14, of that year.\\nThey brought five small children with them, iiav-\\ning been tlie parent* of nine childicn. six of\\nwhom are now living.\\nThe first few years tliat our subject and liis fam-\\nily spent in this State were years of hardship anil\\ndenial. Mr. Howe was obliged to work out fur\\nother people, as his new fa;m would not support\\nhimself and family. Sorrow also came to them_\\nfor their family whs afflicted with sickness and two\\nof his children were taken away. The names of\\nthe children whose presence has come as a blessing\\nto their parent\u00c2\u00bbs are Alice C., Eugene E., Marllui\\nEllen F.. Willie C, (ieorge K., Ida I., and Ada\\nE. Willie C. died in New York in 1M51, while\\nstill an infant; Ada E.. who was horn March III,\\n1863, died September 22, 1863; .Mary .1. died Oc-\\ntober, 4, 1863. when twelve years old; Alice C. was\\neducated at Ypsilaiili Xorinal School and lliere\\nreceived her certificate as a teacher in 18(;!l. Slic\\nhas made teaching her life-work and is greatly lie-\\nlovefl at Wyandotte, Wayne (Hiiity this State, by\\nmany who received her instruction during fifteen\\nyears of educational work in that plai-e; she has\\nalso taught in other pl.aces and is considered (uie\\nof the best teachers in this part of the country.\\nFor the past few years she has been engaged in\\nschool work in the district in whicji her father\\nlived, unselfishly giving up any aniliition that she\\nmight have for a broader s])liere in order to lie able\\nto be with her parents in their declining years.\\nEugene E. married Adelpliia Hill; he is the fatliei\\nof three daughters Mary .1., .\\\\da E. and Alice .V.\\nHe is a fanner in comfortable I lri unistMiices and\\nlives very near his father s place: .Martha A. is the\\nwife of A. S. Person: she is inotlier of four children\\nMyrta M., Seyninur II., Conu lius (i. and .Viiiiic\\nB. They live in the village of Howell. Willie\\nmarried Huliy Hill; lie is the father of twocliildren.\\ndaughters Norah I and Heitlui .M..and lives just\\nimiili of lii^ fai iii. (ieorge F. niariied Norah Hart;\\nthey have one child, whose name is .Stanley; they\\nreside in the village of Howell. Ida L. married\\nDr. Aliranis. of Dollar Bay, this State. .\\\\ll the\\nmembers of the Howe family h. ive fine farms and\\ngood homes.\\nMr. Howe has gi\\\\en his chihlren every educa-\\ntional advantage possible. The family are mem-\\nbers of the Methodist Ejiiscopal Cluirch. the father\\nhaving been so connected from Sdiilh. He has lield\\nvarious positions in the ehurcii and ha-s been a\\ngenerous supporter of that body. Politically, he is a\\nProhibitionist and is regarded as one of the prom-\\ninent men of the county.\\n.:iO\\nHA REEVES. Putnam Township, Living-\\nston County, contains a cla.ss of intelligent\\nand well-educated farmers who have seen imich\\nof the world and whose choice of a home in this\\nlocality is founded, not upon a narifiwing igno-\\nrance of wli. it else llie world can offer, liiit upon .-i\\nfull com|)reliension of the advantages of this re-\\ngion over many others. .Vmong these men of\\nbro. id mind and cxpciiciice in life we iii;i\\\\ name\\nthe gentleman of whom we write.\\nHowell Reeves, the grandfather of our subject,\\nwas born in Oviii. V.. ()ctolicr 11. 1777. and\\nmarried Elizabeth Wood, who was born October\\n1 1. 1783 and died .Inly 11,1816. After her death\\nhe was again married. By the lirst marriage, from\\nwhich our subject is descended, -there were eight\\nchildren, viz: Mehitahle. Mary. Charles W., Sarah\\n(Ieorge, Kitsie, .lames ;ni(l .lolm 1).. the last named\\nbeing the only survivor. Howell Reeves died Xo-\\n\\\\emlier 7. 1853, having had tliri i children by his\\necoiid iiiariiage\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Gabriel P.. Elizabeth aii l How-\\nell all of whom are still living.\\n(ieorge Reeves, tlie f.nther of our subject. w;is\\nburn February 11, 1 .Sill), near AV est Town. Orange\\nCounty, N. Y. He married Lavinia. daughter of\\n.lames Lane, and she was born .Inly 18U7 in\\nOrange Countv. The solemnization of this union", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0551.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "552\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ntook place April 22, 1829, and they resided in\\nOrange County until the death of the wife which\\noccurred about 1831. She left one child, our sub-\\nject. The father again married, February 6, 1832,\\nchoosing sis his wife Martha Eliza, daughter of Will-\\niam and Sarah (Roe) Allison, natives of New York,\\nwlio was born August 31,1813, and lieeamc the\\nmother of ten children.\\nThe family made their home in Orange County.\\nN. Y., until they came to Michigan in tlie\\nspring of 1836, establishing themselves in Lima.\\nWashtenaw County, where the father kept an hotel\\nfor a short time and operated a farm until the fall\\nof 1837, wlien he removed to Pinckney, moving\\nhis family into the second frame building which\\nwas ever erected in that village, being a store and\\nhotel combined. These two conveniences to the\\npublic were operated by him and were the first in\\nthe village. In those days the well-known writer,\\nCaroline Matilda Kirkland and her husband, Will-\\niam Kirkland, resided in this village and they are\\nwell remembered by our subject.\\nDuring the two ^yeaj s residence of the family in\\nPinckney the father built a brick addition to the\\nhotel, which is still standing. In 1839 he bought\\nthe mill site and farm upon which our subject now\\nlives and on it built a tlouring-mill in addition to\\nthe sawmill which was already there. In tlie former\\nhe put four runs of stones and operated both mills.\\nIn addition to this he erected a residence into\\nwhich he removed in 1839. He had a farm of six\\nhundred acres and during his lifetime he cleared\\noff about one hundred and fifty acres of it, making\\nhis home here until 1877, with the exception of\\nthe time which he spent in California in 1849.\\nGeorge Reeves was successful in his business\\noperations and was a prominent man, taking a\\nlively interest in politics and besides being one of\\nthe earliest Supervisors of the township, served for\\na long while as Justice of the Peace. His political\\naffiliations are with the Democratic party and he\\nwas esteemed a leader among men of that shade of\\npolitical belief. He died in April, 1877, and his\\nwife is also deceased. The year after the death\\nof this gentleman the mill in which he had taken\\nso much interest in was liurned to the ground.\\nTlie suliject of our sketch was .seven vears of\\nage when he came to Michigan, to which he came\\nby the way of the Erie Canal, makiug an unusually\\nslow trip as he was laid up for three weeks at a\\nbridge. He attended school at Pinckney but made\\nfre(pient visits back to New York. In the spring\\nof 18-19 he joined his father in making up a party\\nto take an overland trip to California. They\\nstarted from Michigan in a wagon, going to Joliet,\\n111., then to St. Louis, Mo., where they spent a week\\nlaying in supplies, whence they traveled to Lex-\\nington, Mo., where they bought cattle. From that\\npoint the real journey began, crossing the Kaw\\nRiver at Topeka, then moving toward tlie Platte\\nRiver, east of Ft. Kearney, then to the South Pass\\nof the Rocky Mountains and on to Salt Lake City.\\nFrom this city the party moved north around\\nGreat Salt Lake to the valley of the Humboldt\\nRiver and following Green Horn cut-off, the\\nparty arrived in the Sacramento A alley at Deer\\nCreek. They kept on until they reached Feather\\nRiA^er. locating on Long s Bar, where they staid\\nmost of the winter working in the mines. In the\\nspring our subject went to Yuba where he made a\\nbusiness of keeping a restaurant for a sliort season.\\nThence he went to Butte Creek and located a claim\\nwhich is known as Reeve s Bar which they worked\\ntill August, 1850, when they determined to return\\nhome. There were four of them working this claim\\nand although they took out 1200 per day every day\\nthey became so homesick that they could no longer\\nremain there and came home. The journey out\\nacross the plains occupied from March 27 until Oc-\\ntober, but they returned by the way of Panama.\\nThey considered the trip on the whole to have lieen\\na successful one. During this experience the\\nthe father suffered from a severe attack of c)u)lt ia\\nbut his life was spared.\\nAfter remaining at home a year the young man\\nmade arrangements with his father to take and\\ncarry on the mill property which Inisiness he con-\\ntinued until the fire. He became interested in bee\\nculture some four years ago and now ships honey\\nto Bay City, having some forty hives of I)ees. He\\nis a member of the Masonic order, belonging to\\nthe Blue Lodge, Chapter and Knights Templar and\\nhas been Senior Deacon. He has always taken an\\nactive part in politics and is a stanch Democrat.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0552.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0553.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "Q-^^u Q^^e ^iCCt(_ ^^aAA..^\\nV_xVC. _^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0554.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "^S\\n;;li*\\nW i-l\\nkC^/^..^\\ne^.^^^", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0555.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0556.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n00 Y\\nHe is at present Justice of ihc IV iut wliich (itlici-\\nlie lias lii ld for seventeen years, lie lias also served\\nas .Scliool Inspector. His father was Postmaster of\\nI inckney in 1839 and iield the commission of Aid\\nto (k n. Brown, of tlte Michisf. in niiliti;i.\\nThe ocntleman of wlioni we write hiis never\\niMken to iiiraself a wife hut makes liis lioiiie on tlie\\nohi homestead with liis sister s family. His many\\nfi iends would he pleased to see him surrounded\\nby a family of his own and rcjjret that so noble\\n:i man should not have cho.sen to have made some\\nline woman haiijiy by his companionship.\\n$h1h^[\\n~S1\\nILLIAM S. C.VLKIXS. It is ever a sjrate-\\nful task to lay a wreath f)f memorial screen\\nupon the grave of one who has fougiit\\nnobly the battles of life and by his strong right\\narm has upheld the banners of religion and moral-\\nity, making the world better foi- his li;i\\\\iug lived\\nin it. Such a tribute we gladly offer to the meni-\\noi\\\\ I if the gentleman whose name introduces this\\nbrief bidgraphieal nntiee. and whose portrait is pre-\\nsented in connection with this sketch.\\nOne f)f the early settlers of I.ansinii. .Mr.( alUins\\ncanie lo this city in lH-17. at which time the c;i|iital\\nwas located here, and at once engaged in business\\nwith Ml-. Norris. carrxingon a |iotterv. However.\\nfor many years prior to his demise he w;is engage I\\nin selling lands for the late .lames Turner, and was\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ilso in liusiness as a fire insurance agent, making\\nthe latter his special line of woik (luring the l;ist\\nlifleeii or twenty years of his lite, lie w.ms boin\\nin I eriiington. near Ixochestei N. V.. l- eliiuaiy II.\\n|is| 1, .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind there receixed a tlioi iugh and compre-\\nhensive (lucation. In IH. it;. he and his father\\ncame West, and settling in South Lyon Township.\\nOakland County. Mich., proceeded to clear a f. irm.\\nHaving subdued this trad of land with their axes,\\nthey removed thence, in IM4 7. to what was at that\\ntime the little city of Liinsing.\\n.Vfter a residence in Lansing of about fortv-two\\nyears. Mr. Calkins died November M. I H8 sincerely\\niniiurniMl not onl\\\\- bv his famih but bv all who\\nhad known his faithful life iind unswerving integ-\\nrity. He was prominently identified with the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, in who.se communion\\nhe had finind strength and comfort since he was\\nsixteen years old. He was one of the first six wlio\\norganized a church in Lansing and was always a\\nstanch and .active niem^ber. He ofliciated in the\\nCentral JSIethodisl KpiscojKil Church as Trustee,\\nCla.ss-leader and Steward until on account of his\\nhealth he c juld no longer till those otHces. For\\nfive years before his death he was nearly helpless.\\nPolitically he was a Re])ublican.\\nOn August 30, 1H7.5. Mr. Calkins was united in\\nmarriage with j\\\\frs. Martha .Stedman. who still sur-\\nvives him. and whose portrait is also presented on\\nan accompanying page. Her maiden name was\\nMartha Francies. .-md she w.-is born in .SugarGrove,\\nWarren Countx, I a., October 2(1, lH31.beinga\\ndaughter of Setli A. and Carlara (Fox) Francies.\\nWhen she was quite \\\\-oung her father removed to\\nOhio, and from there lo Ihuce, Macomb County,\\nthis State, when she was eleven years old. He\\nwas a shoemaker and found in the West a better\\nopening for his trade. In hci- early womanhood\\nshe married Charles II. Mosher.of I^ay. who died\\nin the arm\\\\ she was afterward united in marriage\\nwith Mr. Kingsley Stedman. who died in Lapeer\\nin 18()!). Since liei- niairiage with Mr. Calkins, she\\nhas lived in the house where she now resides. .She has\\nan adoi)ted son, Mr. A. A. .Mosher, of this city, who\\nis with the Lansing l.,umber Company. Since she\\nwas a girl of twenty, Mrs. Calkins has been a mem-\\nber of the .Methodist Kpi.scopal Church. Notwith-\\nstanding the varied experiences through which she\\nhas pa.ssed and the .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2itHictions which ha\\\\ e fallen to\\nher lot, she is still vigorous and active, bearing-\\nfew marks of the years which have fallen to her.\\nl ftALTKR A. CLARK. Perhaps there are no\\n\\\\rJ// more enterprising and cultured residents\\nof Livingston County, than those, who,\\nlike oui- subject one of the first-class farmers in\\n.Marion Township, are natives vf this very county", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0557.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "55e\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL AiBUM.\\niind descended from New York parentage. The\\niiHrifiiltunil interests of New Vcu k have been for\\nso louu a time hiahl.V develoijed and in a ttoiirish-\\ninii condition that the animus of the farmei s in\\nthat secti^)n leads to a higher standard in regard\\nto the cultivation of the soil and theimpi-ovement\\nand the beautifying of the farm home than is to\\nbe found in many other parts of our country,\\nl^ildic sentiment thus secured among the agricul-\\ntural class docs not cease within its limits but de-\\nscends to tiieir children even when they are horn\\nin the wild and wooly West.\\nThe residence of our subject on section W. jtre-\\n.sent: a pleasing apjiearance and is the seat of a\\nfinely cidtivated farm. Mr. Clark was born on\\nsection 1 7. Marion Town.--hi|i. in I85(l. and his fa-\\nthei-. Lyman Clark, a farmer and carpenter, was\\nl orn in \\\\ew York in IWi. The father received\\nas good an education as the common schools af-\\nforded and was united in man-iage in \\\\HH\\\\ with\\nLydia Wallace, a daughter of (ieorge and Lydia\\n(I^awrence) AVallace. These parents were from\\nMassachusetts and had five -hildren. the daughter\\nLydia being liorn in ISlKi.\\nT yman Clark came Michigan in 1836 and bought\\nsome land in Washtenaw County and afterward\\ncame to Marion Townshij). Livingston County and\\nhere ]nuchased one hundred and sixty acres whieh\\nhe afterward sold and bought eighty acres which\\npleased him better on section 17. Somewhat later\\niie inuchased one hundred and sixty acres on .sec-\\ntions and ICi. He here made his home until liis\\ndeath in 1874. His good wife with whom he liad\\nlived so many years in closest union and harni(my\\nwas not separated long from him but followed him\\nto the grave in 1875. He was a Republican in his\\npolitical convictions and consistently cast his vote\\nfor the success of that party. P oth he and the\\nmother of our subject were devotedly attached to\\nthe Baptist Clnu-ch with which they were in com-\\nmunion.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write received the\\nadvantages of a comnnjn-school education and re-\\nmaining at home with his pareuts assisted his fa-\\nther through his youth and when he became a man\\nundertook the management of the farm. Some\\nthree years previous to hi fatliei- s decease he\\nbrought home to his parents a daughter in the\\n[jerstjn of Maggie A. Twillev, daughter of James\\nand Rebecca (Lound) Twilley. These parents were\\nfrom Lincolnshire. England, and Maggie who was\\nborn in \\\\x )2 the youngest of their five chil-\\ndren.\\nOur subject and his intelligent and capable wife\\nhave been blest with five children Ethel R., (icr-\\nti ude L.. Lawrence T., Briggs L. and alter Burr,\\nand in their training and education Mr. and Mrs.\\nClark take a deep and altiding interest, and the\\nyoung people pronii.se well to reward the affection\\nand efforts of their parents in their behalf.\\nThe Republican platform and declarati(uis em-\\nbody pretty thoroughly the political ideas of Mr.\\nClark, who has ever shown an intelligent interest\\nand zeal for the suci css of his party and li. is been\\nactive in townshi]) politics. For two terms he has\\nfilled the responsible ottice of Township Treasurer\\nand is one of the Directors of the Agricultural an l\\nlloi ticultural Sficieties of the connt\\\\\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f^\\nOBERT W.VLKER. There is probably no\\nfamily in Oceola Township better known\\nfor integrity, fair dealing, enterprise and\\nintelligence than the one represented by\\nthe name at the head of this ))aragraph, and it is\\none of those which have helped to make Living-\\nston County a center for all good influences aiul\\na county which is known throughout the Com-\\nmonwealth as one of the most intelligent and en-\\nterprising sections of Michigan.\\nur subject was born in Ontario uinty. N. Y..\\nin the township of [anchesler, (_)ctobei i. 1882.\\nHe i .-I son of Henson and Matilda (Arnel)\\nWalker, both natives of Maryland, of wlumi oiu\\nreaders will be plcnsed to learn nmre in tlie life\\nsketch of their son riiomas A. Walker, upon\\nanotliei paije of thi^ Ai.ium. Roliert is the sixth\\nson and eiulitl] cliild in this household, and\\nwas only three years old when lie made \\\\i\\\\\\nentrance into the State of Michigan with his\\nparents. Here he took his first schoolint; in a log", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0558.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n559\\nschoolhouse in Oceola Townshiij. and never went\\noutside the bounds of this township f(jr his edu-\\ncational advantages, yet he made such a tlioi ough\\napplication of what lie here learned and studied\\nto such good advantage under the thorough yet\\nsomewhat restricted drill and curriculum of the\\nOceola schools that he obtained a comprehensive\\nami luinmon-sense preparation tor the l at11c uf\\nlil c. He remained with his parents until the death\\nof his father, assisting him in ever\\\\ in his\\njiower.\\nWe must here introduce into this sketcli the\\nname of her who became the c(mipani )n of our\\nsubject, Fidelia Cole, who was ))oi-n in Dutchess\\nCounty, N. Y., January 3], 1832. Her parents,\\nKnos and Laura (Mason) Cole, were natives of\\nNew York, and she was the lirft-born of their four\\nsons and three daughters. Mr. Cole was a Ixiat\\nbuilder in his yi)unger days, liut finally abandoned\\nthat occujjation and followed farniing. He came\\nto ^Michigan in 183( and located in Creen Oak\\nTownsiiip, Livingston County, where he took up\\nland from the (iovernmeni and tfansformed it\\ninto an iin|iroved farm. He came to -cola Town-\\nsiii|) in 18, )U, and there both he and his good wife\\nremained until tliey [lassed from earth, she at tlie\\nage of forty-two and he when sixty-six years old.\\nTheir daughter. Fidelia, was united in marriage\\nwitli our subject in 1852. Her youngest brother,\\nArthur Cole, was the youngest Probate Judge ever\\nelected m the county. He took his seat in 1885.\\nFor awhile after their marriage the young couple\\nremained with the iiarents of the l)ride and then\\nIHirciiased the farm where they now reside, which\\nis the old Cole homestead. Three sons and one\\nilaughttr have blessed this union: Laura, the wife\\nof William 15. Eager, whose liiography is to be\\nfound elsewhere in this volume; Lyman, wlio iiiar-\\nlied Hattie ^IcMillaii and resides in Oak (irove\\nTownship, J^ivingston County; Mason, who niar-\\nrieu Jessie Rumsev and resides in Howell Town-\\nship; and Thomas, who married Ftta Hardy and\\nresides with her parents.\\nBesides the home farm of one Innulred acres, our\\nsubject has one hundred and forty acres of tine land\\nin Howell Township, most of which is highly cul-\\ntivated. Into his attractive and pleasant home\\nhe has put some ll,5(in. This was built in the\\nplace of the one that was burned to the ground in\\n1871. He is deeply interested in every movement\\nwhich lends to secure the best interests of the\\nfarming community, and with this end in view he\\nis a hearty worker in the (Jrange. In the Baptist\\nChurch Vioth IMr. and Mrs. AValker are most highly\\nesteemed and prized as being earnest workers\\nwhose truly Christi.in spirit makes them helpful to\\nall with whom they come in contact.\\nOHN F, SALL M.VKSII. The gentleman\\nwhose biography we ha\\\\ e the pleasure of\\nhere presenting has jirobalily handled more\\nland in Ingham County than any other\\nman. In his younger days he did an extensive\\nliusiness in trading and exchanging farms; he has\\nalso broken up, upwards of twelve hundred acres\\nof new land, luniiig broke over six hundred acres\\nby contract. He w.as born in London, England,\\n.lanuary 8, 1828. His father, John Saltmarsh, was\\na merchant and green grocer in the world s metro-\\npolis and continued to follow that business until\\nhe came to the United States in 1838. He was\\nprosperous in Europe until the breaking out of the\\nwars in 18. i8. when his llu^iness suffered to such\\nan extent that he deemed it i)rudent to come tt)\\nthe I nited Slates for econoinic reasons.\\nMr. Saltmarsh, Sr. proceeded almost iininediately\\nto ^Michigan which was at that time particularly\\nconspicuous because of its recent admission to the\\nUni(m as a State. He lirst settled in Pontiac but\\nspent the year in prospetting and in 183i) came to\\nMeridian Township. Ingham County, three \\\\ears\\nafter Lansing was located. He imrehascd one\\nhundred and sixty acres of the farm that his son\\nat the present time owns and which was .then a\\ndense, wilderness. He was one of the first settlers\\nin the township. Our subject s father knew\\nnothing aboiit farming when he came to the United\\nStates, but he was determined to learn and when\\nin Ptmti.ac, after he had located his land, he took\\na job of chopping twenty acres of wood in order", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0559.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "t)IJ\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nth at lie might becdinc m iOOcl woodsman and he\\nsoon liooMnie fiuniliuT- with the ditfeient |)linse of\\npioneer life. His sun renieniiiers hjivint; .seen him\\ncome iiome fi om I .insing carrvinji (ine-half liushel\\nof snit on liis liaek. Politically he was fii-st a\\nDenioeiat and then became :i KepuMiean. Inil\\nfinally .settled down fli-mly in liis Democratic\\nprinciples. He was .histice of the Peace for many\\nyeai s and when his decea.se occnri ed while livinji\\nin iriiinia. May 12. 1881S. his loss as a citizen was\\nkeenly felt. The mother of our subject was prioi-\\nto her marriat e a Miss Mary Foster, a sistei of\\nCharles Foster of )kemos.\\nOn the breaking out of tlie wai- the oriuinal of\\ntmr sketch left his farm of one hundred and twenty\\nacres and went to the front. He enlisted in IHtW\\nin the First Michigan Infantry and .served foi- a\\nperiod of three years and sixty-tive days, beint; as-\\nsigned to duty with the .Vrmy of the Potomac.\\nHe was in many a hard-fought battle and learned\\nto brave shell, shot and powder. He was a par-\\nticipant in the .second battle of lUdl Pun and was\\nat Aiitietam and South ^lounlain. From the close\\nof the war he was engaged in farming until |SH(i\\nand then went to Virginia where he purchased a\\nfarm of seven hundred and thirty-live acres in\\nSurrey County. This is a fine fruit district and\\none year he had a net income of H(i(l fiom his\\n))ear cro|). He remained in A irginia for four years\\nand still owns the farm.\\nMr. .Saltmarsh was man led six \\\\ears after the\\nwar to .Mrs. Flleu M. Kidin, widow of Martin\\nKuhn, of Livingston County. I wo children have\\nbeen born of this union .lohn whose natal\\nday was October 24. IHTo and Sarah L., born\\nFeltruary 2. \\\\x7-2. Both are at home with theii-\\nparents. Our subject is a Mason, belonging to\\nVirginia Lodge, No. 77. Both he and his wife are\\nmeniliers of the Farmers .\\\\lliance. In their church\\na.ssociations they are members of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal body at Okenio.s. Politically he is ;in\\nIndependent, usually voting the Keinihlican ticket.\\nHe of whom we write is a rugged and stidug\\nman both mentally and physically. He never had\\nany sickness until the last yeai- of the war and was\\nconsidered by the men of his regiment as the one\\nwho could endure the greatest hardships. In in-\\ntelligenee he is far in aihance of the average\\nfarmer. He has a natuial aptitude for mechanical\\nwork and can repair an\\\\ machine in short order.\\nHe is the owner of a fine farm of five hundred and\\nninety-two acres in Ingham County, most of which\\nlies in Meridian Township.\\n.1. TOWXLKV. is the owner of a l\\\\nv farm\\nlocated in Hartland Township. Living-\\nstoii County. He is a native of New York\\nhaving Ijeen born in Tompkins County,\\nInly 27. 182; Oue subject is one of the pioneers,\\nhowever, in the .State of Michigan, having conte\\nhere with his parents in I8. From that time to\\nthi he has seen the |)henomenal growth in i)o|)U-\\nlation and improvement in every asjject of life.\\nThere are now large and beautiful cities on the\\nborders of streams that were foimerly but a place\\nwhere the deer came to quench their thirst. The\\ncountry that then held only malaria and ague foi-\\nthe early settlers, is now drained and irrigated so\\nthat it is at the same time healthful and a jirolifie\\nagricultural region.\\n()ur subject s father was Benjamin Townley. a\\nnative of New Jersey. He was one of the men\\nwho served in the War of 1812. hence to him\\nall honoi is due as being one to sacrifice home\\ncomforts and to run the chances of war foi the\\nIJieservation of the dignity and unques it)ned\\nrights of his conntr\\\\ He was a shoemaker In-\\ntrade and was the |)ro])rietor of a large manufact-\\nuring business in Tompkins County, keeping busy\\nfi om thirty to forty liands in his sho|i at that\\nlace. His manufactures were ship|)ed to New\\nYork City oiue a week, and at that day it was con-\\nsidered a \\\\ery large institution. He cari ied on the\\nbusiness as long as he I cmained in the State of\\nNew York. but. like many others, when the reports\\nof the wonderful fertility and ri -hes in timber\\nlands and ores were brought to the Kmpire State,\\nhe saw hy vi.sion large opportunities for his sons in\\nthe future of that .State and here came in 183(),\\nI", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0560.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND HIOGRAPHICAI. AI.IU M.\\nI\\n.-I ttliiiii in ilarthuul T()wii lii|i, l^iviniistoii uuiity.\\n!it wliifli time he loeated on section\\nAt tlie time of loeatino; in tliis State. .Mr. Towii-\\nle\\\\ Si-.. f;iriii was a |ieife(l wildei iiess. all\\ntrees towered overhead, and llie spjires between\\nwere a tanjjle of slirul)s and \\\\ines tlirouyii wliieh\\nscudded rahhits. while from tiie limhs of the over-\\ntowering trees screcclierl (iwl ami wildcats. ;ind\\nto tiie neijjhliorina lironU came tlic mi hi eved.\\nHeet-lindK d deer. They secureii Ihe land directly\\nfrom the (iovernmcnt, cleaicd a pljice in tlie midst\\nof the forest and with the trees that they thus\\nfelled, hnilt a log house, not inijiosina: in style of\\narchitecture or finish, but .still a liomc in the new\\ncountry. They were obliged to makeman\\\\ make-\\n.-hifls in erecting e\\\\en this liumble abode. I he\\noidy w;i\\\\ of procuring .shingles was to make them\\nas best tiiey could, by hand, and tools were neither\\n|)lentiful nor easily accessible. I ndaunted by the\\n)nan\\\\ inconveniences that they had lo |int up\\nwitli. they bent every energy towiird improving\\ntheir place and succeeded in making it very honu\\nlike and conifoi tablc. All the coiniiioilitics of\\nlife thai they could not raise on their own farm\\nhad to be purchased at Detroit, but the younger\\nmembers of the family consideiiMl it ;in c\\\\ent to\\nbe looked forward to with delightful anticipjition.\\nto go to town on lioiseback. even though they had\\nto coHU li;ick laden to the point of stilling, with\\nmeal bags, and the numerous packages that would\\nbring delight to the family at home.simpl\\\\ liecause\\nthey came from a store.\\n.Mr. Townley. Sr.. died on his farm in Living-\\nston County at the age of seventy-two years. In\\npolitic he was an old line Demorral. a follower\\nof (lay and C dhoun. His wife was before inar-\\nr iage a .Miss Betsy Reeves, one of the good olil\\nnames of New .lersey fame. She was the life-long\\ncompanion and heli)er- of her husband, .and like\\nhim, died at the age of seventy-two years. I liey\\nreared a large family of cliildr-err. nine in nnmbei-.\\nhaving two daughters and seven son ()ftheM\\nour subject is the lifth child in order of birth and\\nthe third son.\\nThe original of dur ketch inl\\\\ eleven\\nyear.- old when with his parents he came to Mieli-\\nignn.andlhc writer can imagine witli wli.-il delight\\nlie \\\\iewcd the wildeiries witli boyish eyes, it being\\nfilled with .-ill kinds of lai ge and small ganie. His\\nyoiriig niiird had no thought of the toil that was\\nwas nece.s.sai-v to tr-ansform that tangled mass of\\nbeaut\\\\ into the orderly appearance of civilized\\nlife. Indeed, what to hiirr wei e long days spent\\nin hoeing the corrilield or in building r ail fences,\\nor in cho|iping wood to be u cd in the winter in\\nthe great Hi cplace. when thei e wa.- a prospect be-\\nfor e him of days of coon hunting, oi a swim after\\na har d d;ry s work in the pools or the streams that\\nIre alone kirew. Were there no pleasures in those\\nearly days. ask the boys of tlro.se days as Holmes\\naffectionately calls the as,sociates of his school days,\\neveir after- they wcie matirr ed and gi ay headed\\nmen. ()iir sirbject s lirst school days wer e s])ent in\\nNew ^dr k, but .after coming to this State, he at-\\ntended the .-iclrool held in the log .schoolhouse\\nwhich the settler s made all haste to er-ect. arrd for\\nwhich they obtained .-i teacher- in llai tland Town-\\nship, and .althorrglr. per-lra|)s, he was not \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2crammed\\nwith the sciences and classics as are our collegians\\nof to-day. Ill- there olitained a good know-ledge\\n(if Knglish. and n-a well drilled in the Rule of\\nThree.\\n()irr subject i-i-niained under- his father- s r-oof un-\\ntil after- Iris death, taking care of the old gentle-\\nman during his l;rst sickiress. He w.as marr-ie l No-\\nxcnibei I.s. his br-ide beingMar-y i-^. iswold.\\nwho like himselt was ;r native of New York State,\\nhaving been born in (hemiing t ounty. A])ril Ki.\\n1m:!2. she w;is the foiir-tli i-hild in or-der of liii-th\\n:rird the si cond daughter. She cairre to thrs State\\nwith liei pai i Uts when foirr years of age birt when\\na \\\\oung gill w-as by therrr sent bat-k to New York\\nto be edir -ate(l. making her home while there with\\nIh I- rrrother- s sister-, lir IH-17 she r-elirr-ired to tlii\\nStale .-ind was enir. iged a .-i te.aclrer- until lier mar\\nriage.\\nOn taking to liirnself a wife. .Mr-. Towrrley lo-\\ncated wlrei c he still r csides. He has made many\\nirnproverrretrts orr the place. Neat fences have\\ntakeir the place of the old I ail fences. .V tirre or-\\nchard lra lu eri planted that yields an abundance\\nof luscious fruit, aird shade trees of various kinds\\nand haviirg a beautiful \\\\-ariety of color, have lieerr\\nplanled in -vinrnetrii al and artistic order-. Mi-.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0561.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "562\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL ALBUM.\\nand Mrs. Town ley are the parents of two sons, the\\nelder wlio hears the unusual name of Kress, was\\nborn in this townshi]) and county, .lanuary 24.\\n18.5(J. lie was here educated and l ecame popular\\nand well-known among the people of the comniu-\\nnitv. In 1H\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab. he was elected Treasurer and in\\n1890 and 1891 was iven the position of Super-\\nvisor. He is a Repuhlican in liis jjolitical prefer-\\nences. He is still on the bachelor list, but is too\\neligible to long- remain so. The second son is\\nWells (t.. Iiorn on the old homestead, as was his\\nbrother, in Hart land Township. Livingston County.\\nOctolier 24. 1 He was reared at home and is\\nan intelligent and interesting young man.\\nOur subject s farm (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2omi)rises two hundred and\\nfifty acres of well imi)roved land. Here he is en-\\ngaged in doing a general farming business. He\\nhas some very fine grades of horses in whose breed-\\ning he is particularly interested. He of whom we\\nwrite is a Repnl)lican in his political preference.\\nHe has lieen elected to several local ofHces, having\\nserved as Koad C ommissionei and in other school\\noffices. His farm boasts a natural advantage en-\\njoyed liy but few agricultinists. There are two\\ntlowng wells sixty feet deep upon the jilace and\\nfrom them he waters tlie place with cool and liv-\\ninir streams.\\n1t^- THOMPSON CRIMES. Among the\\nprominent and representative men of Pinck-\\nuey, Livingston County, Mich., wlio,\\nwhile of Eastern birth, have made them-\\nselves thoroughly Western men in their interest,\\ninfluence and lifework, we are pleased to mention\\nthe miller and farmer, whose names appears at the\\nliead of this short sketcli. He was born November\\n1(1. 1.S24, in Cortland County, N. Y. His father\\nlieing .Tames Grimes and his mother Elizabeth\\nWhitney, natives of New York in which State they\\nmade their home through life.\\nThe father was a carpenter and joiner and also\\nhad the trade of a millwright. During the war of\\n1812 he took part in that conflict, but did not re-\\nceive any wound therein. They wei-e blest with a\\nfamily of nine chddren. five of whom are still liv-\\ning. Hy the death of his mother our subject was\\nleft an orphan at the age of eight years and from\\nthat time on felt tiiat he must lake care of himself.\\nHe picked up what education he could and making\\nhis liome with a married sister worked out by tlie\\nniontli and also learned the valualile trade of car-\\nriagemaker.\\nThe young man came to Michigan in 1847.\\nmaking his first stopping place in Waterloo Town-\\nship, Jackson County, where he contracted the\\nfever and ague. Six months later he came to Liv-\\ningston Coinity and for two years worked at his\\ntrade in Pinckney. After five years service with\\nan employer he bought out the l)usiness and car-\\nried it on for a numlier of years. He finally sold\\nout his interest in this line and entered the mer-\\nc.intile business with his father-in-law. in which he\\ncontuiue(l for some time and after dissolving that\\nconnection lie operated a farm until two years\\nago. He then bought an interest in the ttonring\\nmill known as the Pinckney Flouring aud Custom\\nmills.\\nThis flourishing mill has a capacity of seventy-\\nfive liarrels per day ami ^Ir. (irinies and his part-\\nner, Mr. ]\\\\Iann, liave liuilt up an excellent trade so\\nthat the mill is kept running the year round. It\\nis fitted for water power Init also has a fifty-horse-\\npower engine so that steam can be used in emerg-\\nencies. Four men are constantly employed to\\nkee]) the mill in operation and the market for its\\nproduct is lively all along the Air Line iVr fJrand\\nTrunk Railroads, lietween Jackson. Detroit and\\nWni Huron. The firm also ships to points outside\\nof Michigan.\\nTlie marriage of 31r. (Jrimes took place New\\nYear s Day. IS.^JO, and he was then united with\\nMiss Emily SI. Mann, an accomplished and intelli-\\ngent lady, daughter of Alvin and Lucy (Whittle-\\nsey) ^lann. INIr. IMann was a native of New York\\nand became a pioneer in this part of Michigan, as\\nhe came here among the early settlers and in his\\nday was a prominent business man in Pinckney,\\ntaking an earnest interest in politics and concern-\\ning himself for the welfare of the Republican\\nparty. To him and his good wife were born eight", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0562.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n.)H8\\ncliililii ii. tlircc (if wlidiii ;ii-c niiw livinu. Siiirc\\nthe (li .-itli (if .\\\\lr. .\\\\l;uni lii wile li:i- nintiiuu d\\nto ni;ikf her lioiiu in tliis villaac Their daiiulitcr\\n.Ml (iriiiio. was liuni in Nc\u00c2\u00ab V(irl Apiil\\nIM. i. i.\\nTlic li.-iiiil 111 I riix iilcncc ha- ilciiifd hihlicii tn\\nMr. and Mi (irinics Iml llicy iin\\\\ i luit hot ii cou-\\nttMit t(i livo witliout liltU dui in thi-ir hvmv and\\nh. ivc rcaii il sonic tlnvf or I onr cliildivn. in whom\\ntlu V lai r a tcndci- intori -t and for whom tliey have\\nprovided. Mr. Jrimes has l eeu ;i memliei of the\\nSons of Teniperanee and also of the (iood Teni|i-\\nh lrs as well as the Masonic order. Political mat-\\nters have ever interested his mind, as he was in\\nyouth !i Democrat. Imt since the orjianization of\\nthe l\\\\e|inlilic;in paily he h;is attiiliated with th.at\\nline of i)olitical tlion Iit. .Mthoiiah the townshi|i\\nhas always lieen Demociatic. yet this jicntlenian s\\n|)ersoiuil populaiily lia,- lieen such as to place him\\nseveral times in oflices of tr\\\\ist and responsibility.\\nFor .several ye.ars he has served as .histice of the\\nJ eaee and his inciiinliencx of that office has tended\\nto the jiromotion of peace and si oodwill anu ns his\\nI ellow-eitizens. He has also heen placed in the\\nposition of Township lerU. whci c his record was\\nmost excellent.\\nI he liroader experience of .Mr. (Jrimes is to he\\nfound in hi- work in the .State Lesrislature. to\\nwhich he was elected :ind where he served in\\n1S7!I-H I. lie was a personal friend of the Hon.\\nZaeli (liandler and helped to elect that uentlenian\\nto his Last term in the I nilcd States Senate. His\\nhandsome farm adjoining the illau c of I inckncv\\ncomprises iiinet\\\\-live acres, all of which is under\\ncultivation and upon it he has liim-cif placed ex-\\ncellent imi)rovements. He .also has eiuhly acres of\\nimjiroved land in I nadilla Township, to all of\\nwhich he de\\\\dtes considcralile time, liesidc- super-\\nintending the operations of the mill.\\nJlr. (irinies started out for himself as a chihl\\nwithout means and with no one to help him .and\\nhas made an honorable leeord and has uained suc-\\ncess in life besides beinj; of ir|-eat service to his\\nfellow-citizens. I- oi- many years he h;i,- been upon\\nthe X illaue School Board and beside preparinii\\nand presenting to the Icirislature the bill iMcorji-\\noratinir Ih villaijc of I inckney he wa- for three\\n\\\\(ar Ihr I icsident of the X illaffe Board and is at\\npiesent lilling- the sanu oiHce. He has lieen Trea-\\nsurei of the Blue Lodge in the Masonic order and\\nh.as also lillcil the -ame position in Pinckney\\nliaplcr.\\n-^-^1\\nEI..MKH K. C HANSTON. Among the men\\nto whom the township of Tyrone, ].,iving-\\nston ()unty. owes much of its pro.sperity\\nas an agricultural center is the one whose nanu is\\nnow given. He was lioin in this township. August\\n28, 186; and i- a sou of l)a\\\\id and .Sarah\\n(Beebe) Cranston. The grandfather. Kli Cranston,\\nwas a farmer, and David was reared upon a f.arm\\nnear Kingston. N. V.. and became a erv success-\\nful fai-mer. having accumulated b\\\\ his own effoi-ts\\na handsome fortune and an estate of o^er foiir\\nhundred acres. His home farm in tin- western\\npart of Tyrone Township i- one of the lichest and\\nbest improved ui the county, lie was alwa\\\\s a\\nDemocrat in his i)olitical views and was placed b\\\\-\\nhis neighlKH s in various local otlices. He reared\\nto maturity two of his four children our suliject\\nand I essie A., who becanu the wife of Pierce\\nSlicker.\\nThe mother of our subject was born in Living-\\nston ounty. N. Y.. Septemlier 12, I8;!8. being a\\ndaughtei- of .Vlfrcd and Sarah (Clark) Beebe. .Mr.\\nBeebe was born m I8I(). in Livingston County.\\nY..and his wife wasa native of (ienesee County.\\nT(j them wei c irrantcil twehc children. onl\\\\- tixc\\nof whom lived to years of matuiity. viz: Sarah\\n1 Henry S.. who died in Libby Piison; .Martha\\nBuck: Nancy and Amos, deceased. The father\\nof this family removed to Zanesville. Ohio, and\\ntwo y ars later came to .Michigan, where he made\\nhis honu in Osceola and in other localities, but\\nfinally si)ent his last days in Fenton, where he died\\nabout the \\\\eai- 18()2. His widow survived him\\nuntil .Vugust. 18110.\\nOur worthy subject spent his boyhtnid and\\nyouth uiiou the farm and studied in the district\\n-cliool. supplementing that course by a Hi^h School", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0563.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "564\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\neducation. Upon attaining liis majority he began\\nlife for himself ui)on two hundred acres of land\\nsituated on section 21. Tyrone Township. It was\\nin April. 18HH. that he l)onglit one hundred acres\\nwhere he now resides on section 22. and he has\\nhere one of the handsomest and most productive\\nfarms in the township.\\nSarah Page, a native of Lyons Township. Oak-\\nland County, and a daugiiter of James and Fan-\\nnie (Meade) Page, liecame tlie wife of our subject\\nMarch 11.1885. In his early career Mr. Page was\\na substantial farmer and one of the leading men in\\nhis townshii). He now manages an hotel at Argen-\\ntine, Mich., and has an honorable war record, hav-\\ning served in the ranks and risen to the position\\nof a Lieutenant. By his first wife, who w.as the\\nmother of Mrs. C!ranston. he had three sons and\\nthree daughters. The two children of our subject\\nand his faithful wife are Elsie L. and David\\nand to thc ^e little ones are given faithful and af-\\nfectionate care and training, and the fond parents\\nmay well cherish the hope that they will grow up\\nto be of value to the community and an honor to\\nIheii- progenitors.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00945-\\ni\\nby\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nI^SAAC T. AVHKHIT. In every community\\nthere are some good men and women with\\nJ whom every one claims relationship through\\nthe bonds of affection, and we find no couple in\\nHandy Township, Livingston County, who are\\nmore beloved, and who seem to be nearer in the\\nlionds of sympathy to their neighbors than Uncle\\nWright and Aunt Harriet, as our subject and his\\ngood wife are universally called. To them all\\nknow that they may come sure of a cordial greet-\\ning and a kindly word, and confident that when\\nthe time of trouble or of special joy draws near\\nthe sympathy of these good friends will be theirs.\\nThe farm of our subject is situated on sections\\n26 and 27. Handy Tow-nship, and comprises an\\nextent of one hundred and sixty acres, upon which\\nMv. Wright has lived now for some twenty-three\\nyears, and which he has greatly improved. He was\\nbom in Greene County, N. Y., November 29, 1812,\\nand has now nearly reached his four-score years.\\nHis parents, Thomas and Saiali llouk) Wright,\\nwere born in the Kin|)ire Stale, and were there\\nunited in marriage. They carried on a farm in\\n(xreene County. that State, before coming to .Mich-\\nigan in 1838. The Western home was in Iosco\\nTownsliip. where they carried on a farm of one\\nhundred and twenty-four acres, and upon this old\\nhomestead they reared a family of twelve chil-\\ndren, and there spent their later years. Two only\\nof their offspring are still in this life our suliject\\nand his sistei Lucy. Mrs. Acker, of Woodhull,\\nShiawassee County. The father was a Democrat\\nin his political views and a memlier of the Ma-\\nsonic fraternity, and in his church connections was\\na Methodist. His father s name was William and\\nhis mother was a Miss Lyon, both being natives of\\nNew York. William Wright was a soldier in the\\nKcvolutionary War and was taken |)risoner by the\\nBritish.\\nHe of whom we write received his education\\nand practical training upon his father s faiins in\\nOnondaga and (Tieene Counties, N. Y., and re-\\nmained with his parents until he reached the age\\nof twenty-five, at which time the father divided\\nthe proi)erty with him, and Isaac sold his portion\\nand came to Iosco Township, thi county, where\\nhe purchased eighty acres of land for ^200. It\\nwas ail timlier land, and after clearing oflf the\\ntrees he exchanged it for another tract in the\\nsame township, and later came to the place where\\nhe now lives. He has chopped trees since he was\\nnineteen years old until within a few j-ears of the\\npresent date.\\nIn 18;i5 Isaac T. Wright took to wife Miss Har-\\nriet Terry, who was born in 1815, and was edu-\\ncated in New York, preparing herself for a teacher,\\nand filling that position for a number of years.\\nHer parents, Norman and Sarah (Works) Teriv.\\nwere both natives of the Empire State. Mr. and\\n3Iis. Terry had a family of four childrren, liut\\nonly one besides Mrs. Wright survives, namely:\\nSarah A. Smith, of Bath. Mich.\\nIsaac Wright had four children in .all; his son\\nGeorge married Ariniantha King and has one\\nchild living, Bessie; they have lost three. They", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0564.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0565.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": ".lair J", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0566.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALHl^M.\\n567\\nlive upon the old homestead in Iosco Township.\\nHis son. Thomas (1., who hns now departed this\\nlife, leavint; seven orphan children, married Sarah\\nLanireux, who died. Iea\\\\ inii fonr children Isaac,\\nMilo. Mary and Thomas .1.; and his second wife.\\nRosella Crowfoot, who is also deceased, left three\\nSarah K., Harriet K., and Floyd\\nThe oHi e of K oadniastiM- has been filled and\\nwell tilled liy our sul)ject, and he has also been\\nCommissioner of Iliijhways. Hoth he and his\\nyood wife are earnest and useful members of the\\nMethodist Episco])al Church, in which he has served\\nas both Steward and Class-Leader. He has been a\\nnuMnlier of this religious body since his eighteenth\\nye;ir. and Mrs. Wright has also been connected\\nwith the church since she was seventeen. In the\\nearly days of his residence in this county he had\\nto go to Dexter to market and mill, which was a\\njourney of twenty-live miles to be taken over the\\nroughest kind of roads. In his days he killed a\\ngreat many deer and is the only man in this\\ncounty who ever shot a white deer. In those days\\neverything in the line of grain and food was\\nscarce and expensive, .as they had to be bronght\\nby team from so great a distance. For his first\\ntwo barrels of tloni- he paid ili. and for his \\\\\\\\r=it\\nliarrel of .salt he was obliged to ex])end *l. He is\\nstill a tall man. measuring six feet in height,\\nand when ;i young man weighed two hundred\\npounds. He is a constant worker and his facul-\\nties are yet undimmed by age, and it is the |)rayer\\nof all who know him and his good wife that the\\\\-\\nmay long be s]iared to shed abroad tlieir beneficent\\ninfluence.\\nr=: t\\nDMIM) ALLCIHN. The County of Kent.\\nEngland, is the place of nativity of the\\ngentleman whose portrait is shown on the\\nopposite page and whose biography we here briefly\\nrecord. Jlore than three-quartei-s of a century\\nhave passed since he made his appearance in the\\nworld, his natal day l eing February 2. 1K15. He\\nis a son of William and Mercy (^Hawkins) Allcbin,\\nhis parents both being natives of England. He\\nwas reared on a farm and received the rudiments\\nof his education in the pay schools of his native\\nland. He would not be worthy of the name of a\\nprogressive Englishman, however, had he not taken\\nadvantage of the desultory course of study that\\nhe enjoyed to make experimental discoveries for\\nhim.-ielf in literature and the sciences, and by his\\n.self-imposed curriculum has acquired a position\\nwhich ranks him as an intelligent and well-read\\nman.\\nIn l s;31 when our subject wa .--ixteeii \\\\cars of\\nage he with an elder brother, William, emigrated\\nto .Vmerica, taking passage at London iu a s;uling\\nvessel and after an ocean voyage extending over\\nseven weeks he landed in New York City, wheie\\nhe resided for a slioit time. From tlieic he |iro-\\nceeded to ]\\\\Ionroe County, N. Y.. where he leniained\\nfor a short period. In 1837 when the subject of\\nthe ailmission of Michigan as a .State was being\\nagitated, our subject came to Ingham County, lo-\\ncating first on section Leroy Township. In\\norder to penetr:ite to the land which they had\\ntaken up they were obliged to cut away the timber\\nfor a distance of six miles.\\n)u reaching their tr;ict our subject cleared fifty\\nacres of land and theie he liuilt the fiist frame\\nliarn in Leroy Township. He resided upon this\\ntract for six years, thence removing to W liite ().ik\\nTownshi|) where he staid for several years. In\\n1847 he settled on his present farm which is located\\non section 23, Leroy Township. At the lime of\\nliis |)urchase about twenty acres had been improved\\nand the balance he lias cleared, broken .ind culti-\\nvated himself. )n his .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0idvent into the countrx\\nIndians and wolves were a more fre(iuent sight\\nthan the face of a white man and occasionally a\\nbear was seen. He is now the owner of eighty\\nacres of fertile and |)roductive land.\\nIn 183; Mr. Allchin was united in marriage\\nto Mi.ss Ann C. Angell, who bore him eleven\\nchildren, six of whom are living; they are by\\nname as follows: Elizabeth. .Vnan H.. Levi .S., Es-\\nther. .Vuna and Arloa. Elizabeth is the wife of\\n.Inmes ^loni-oe; Esther married Alpheus lii.vby;\\nAnna is the wife of William Marsh; Arloa married\\nA. II. Libbie.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0567.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "568\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nMrs. Ann C. AUchin died in 1888. Our subject\\nthree years later was a second time married, his\\nbride being Mrs. Mary V. Sowie, the widow of Eli\\nL. Sowle. of Livingston County, Mich. Their\\nnuptials were solemnized October 20, 1890. Mrs.\\nAllchiu is a native of Washington County, N. Y..\\nand was born November 5. 1H29. She was a daugli-\\nter of William and Sarah Birch, natives of New\\nYork State. Mr. AUchin has served in a public\\ncapacity for a long time, having been School Di-\\nrector and Assessor of his school district. High-\\nway Commissioner and also Justice of the Peace.\\nHe is one of the oldest active representatives of\\npioneer days in I^eroy Township and can recall\\nmany incidents of pioneer adventure. He was\\nformerly a AVhig, but on the reconstruction of the\\nparty became a Republican. Now, however, he\\nvotes with the Prohibitionists.\\nHaving j)assed his days in the liardest labor of\\npioneer life, Mr. AUchin is now enjoying the\\nknowledge that his early efforts have given him a\\ncomfortable support for his declining years. He\\nrests content in the knowledge of a life well spent.\\nHe has been a member of the Baptist Church for\\nover half a century and was the prime mover and\\nmain supporter in the building of the First Baptist\\nChurch of Webberville. Ingham County.\\n^y f/ ^1H I ^f- i^-- Iioiii in (tnondaga\\n\\\\/\\\\;i Countv, N. v.. August 1. l.s;i(i. nnd is a\\n^AV/ son of Steijhcn and l^lizalietii (Dicker-\\nson) Mills, natives of Alljany and Sclioharie Coun-\\nties. N. Y. Our subject was reared a farmer,\\nthat being his parent s occupation in life. While\\nhe was still a small child they removed to Wayne\\nCounty, N. Y., about the year of l.s;33, where the\\nfather engaged in farming and at his trade as a\\nmillwright. In 1845 they removed to Washtenaw\\nCounty, Lyndon Townslii|i. There .Mr. Mills\\nSr., purchased some land anti remained for a per-\\niod of two years. In 1848 he removed to Liv-\\ningston County, and seltled in the township of\\nConway, where he was engaged in faiming, clear-\\ning up one hundred and sixty acres of land.\\nOn first settling on the tract of land above men-\\ntioned Mr. Mills, Sr.. Imilt a log house, 18x24 feet\\nin dimensions. He was also oliliged to cut (^nt his\\nown roads and hew down the timber, the nearest\\nneighlior being at n distance of three-quarters of a\\nmile from him and no road Ijetween the places. It\\nwas fifteen miles to Howell, but, although the dis-\\nadvantages were many there is something to be\\nsaid on the other side. Game was plentiful and\\nin the early daj S of their struggle in the State\\ndoubtless they would many times have gone hun-\\ngry had deer, rabliits and squirrels not been so\\nplentiful. The nearest school was two miles from\\nwhere our subject s parents lived and at best was\\nbut a crude affair, the rod playing an important\\npart in school discipline. In pioneer fashion our\\nsubject was not to be put out by such small ci.in-\\nsideration, but immediately set about making a\\nroad to the school. The nearest church was at\\nHowell.\\nMr. Mills stood high in the estimation of his\\nfellow-pioneers and was honored by many town-\\nship offices. He held that most important office\\nSchool Director and Trustee for a number of\\nyears. He and his wife were members of the\\nWesleyau Methodist Church. He was a AVhig in\\nearly years and later became a Republican. When\\ndeath took him from amidst his associates he was\\ngreatly missed. His wife is now a resident of\\n[lowell, living there with her son, W. .1. She is\\neighly-tive years of age and still retains her facul-\\nties very well. She has been the mother of six\\nchildren, three of whom are now living. The eld-\\nest is ^frs. Hannah Tuckt-r of Conway. Livingston\\nCounty; Wesley I.. w]i i is dur subject, and Mrs.\\nDalinda J. Hitchcock; the husband of the last\\nnamed lady died in Libby prison a victim of the\\ncruelty and rapacity of the Confederate soldiers.\\nMrs. Hitchcock is now a resident of Howell.\\nDr. ^X. J. Mills when a lad attended school in a\\nlog schoolhouse with benches made of split trees.\\nIndeed, tlu whole schoul iiutiit was as crude as\\nwell as could be imagined at the present time. He\\nwas obliged to go two miles through the woods in\\norder to reach the schoolhouse, and under these", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0568.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n569\\n(lis;i(lv:illtages lie ncciuircil n kiuiwlfrlsiv of the\\ntlui i I{ s. Ill ivinaiiu d al lioiiic until lie was\\nt \\\\voiity-tW( yi ai s of a ii Iicl))iiii his fathei clear\\nand iTnpi oxt the I aini. lie then learned llie coop-\\nei s l:ade and was enyani d in that husiness in\\nConway. Liviniistou County, for eiirht years.\\nWhile enuaiicil in this ealling he l)ursued a eoursi\\nof medical sfudy, takiiii^ up the Kclectic system,\\nand in order that he might have time for study anil\\naiipliances to use. the greatest self abnegation was\\nreqniied. Later he studied the TIomeo])athic sys-\\ntem, reading with l)i-. .1. IJates, of Fowlerville.\\nthis county, and duiing the years of I8C3-()4 at-\\ntended lectures at Cleveland. ()lii liiially gradu-\\nating at the Detroit Medical College in 1H(M. He\\nliegan the practice of his profession in companv\\nwith Dr. Huntington of Howell, the gentlemen\\ncontinuing as ])artiiers for two and (me half\\nyears.\\nFor the jiast twenty-seven years the original of\\nour sketch lias been one of the most active and\\npopular pi-actitioners in Howell. He has been suc-\\ncessful also in a financial way and is now the\\nowner of a fine brick block on Main Street oppo-\\nsite the court house. Tt comprises fourstores with\\noHiccs in the second story. He also erected four\\nfine houses in the city, three of which he has sold\\nat a very, fair prolit. The Doctor s residence is on\\nthe corner of .State and Summit Streets and is a\\nlarge house, 24x()(l feet in dimensions with a line\\nbarn and outbuildings. It is surrounded by a \\\\el-\\nvet\\\\ l.awn and rare and beautiful shade trees. Dr.\\nMills religious views are those of the Seventh\\nDay Adventists; being an ardent upholder of their\\ntheories and practice. He is also a stockholder in\\nthe Publishing Association, jjresided over by the\\nSeventh Day Adventists and which is located at\\nBattle Creek, Mich.\\nProfiting by the Scriptural assertion that it is\\nnot good for man to live alone, our sul)ject was\\nm:inied September I. 1H, his bride being Miss\\nAdeline I. Hatch, of Allegany County, N. Y. She\\nis a daughter of II. S. and Maria (lloyt) Hatch.\\nThe home and social life is such as to promote the\\ngrowth of the best traits of the individual and\\nfamily character. Mr. and Mrs. 3Iills are the pa-\\nI bnte of one daughter, Carrie E. 3Iills, who at-\\ntended the Vpsilanti State Normal School after\\nwhich she entered the college al Uattle Creek.\\n.Miss Carrie has been engaged as teacher since .she\\nwas sixteen .\\\\-ears of age. She was State Secretary\\nof the Intei iiational Tract and Missionary Socielv\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2md was sent to Texas and ^Vashington Territory\\nin behair of this association. She was also in Port-\\nland, Oie., and while there was ])rece[)tor of the\\nAdventists Scluxjl for four years. Our subject s\\nwife, Mrs. Adeline .Mills, died April l.i. IHO; IJy\\na second marriage he was united to Mrs. ^Vnnie M.\\nK athbun. of Highland, Oakland County, Mich.\\nShe was a d.-iughter of Henry Uush of the same\\nplace. One daughter, .Vdeline I., was the fruit of\\nthis union. She is a bright and hand.somc young\\nlady, now attending college at Battle Creek, tliis\\nState. Mta. Mills passed away from this life to a\\nbetter world November 11, 18\\nOur subject is one of the leading physicians and\\nsuigeons of this counts. In [lolitics he is a rank\\nProhibitionist and has been such since 1882. ai-\\n1 hough foi-merly he atliliated with the Republican\\np.arty. He behnigs to the Homeopathic. State Med-\\nical Society and has been so connected for years\\npast. He is one of the members of the Board of\\nensiis and also belongs to the judiciary commit-\\ntee. In 1887 he suffered a backset in his Inisiness\\nby being burnt out. but immediately set about re-\\nbuilding. He lielongs to the Livingston County\\nPioneer Society and is one of the leading men of\\nthe county, giving liberally for all measures that\\npromise iini)rovement and taking a deep interest in\\nmatters that pei tain to ennntv or State.\\n-^-^-f^\\nflU^ K.MAN PRESTON. The representative of\\na family that has been notable in the annals\\nof the history of Penns\\\\ Ivania and .Michig.iu\\nour subject is now in the enjoyment of the\\nbucolic life on his flne farm in AVilliamstmi Town-\\nship. Ingham County. He is the son of Ira S. I res-\\nton, :i native of New York who was there married\\nto Miss Chloe Buck, who was born in Pennsylvania.\\nShe was a daughter of Jonathan Uuck, wlio", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0569.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": "570\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nlived and died in the latter State. The fathei-\\nof Ira Preston and also the grandfather of\\nour subject was David Preston wlio distinguished\\nhimself as a Continental soldier in the Revolution-\\narv War. wliilc liis lirollicr was on the opposing\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2side.\\n(Jur subject is one of ihrce cliildrcn born to his\\nparents. The eldest, Joseph P., is now a Method-\\nist minister and resides in Lyons, Ionia County,\\nthis State. Adelia A., who is now Mrs. S. Stebbins,\\nwas an early settler in llowell, Mich. The young-\\nesl is he of whom we write. When a \\\\()ung boy\\nhe was left motherless and Ids father was again\\nmarried to Miss Caroline Parsons of Howell. From\\nthis union three children were l)Orn Gardner. Ida\\nM. and .jude.\\nThe original of oui sketch was born May 1 2.\\n1835, in Perry Township, Wyoming County. N. Y.\\nand when nine years of age came to Michigan with\\nhis parents and when about fifteen started out in\\nlife for himself, his first occupation being thiit of a\\nstage-driver from Flint to Saginaw, after which he\\nwas engaged m farming. In 1855-56 he attended\\nthe State University and graduated, taking a degree\\nas Surveyor and Civil Kngineer in IHoG. After\\nfinishing his course in college oui subject went to\\nFowlerville, Livingston County, and there became\\nidentified with the Spiritualists as a medium. lie\\nhas now, however, adjured spiritualistic doctrines\\nhaving ascertained the truth.\\nIn 1857 our subject entered the regular seivice\\nbeing one of the First Regiment and enlisting in\\nNew York. His first expedition was in Central\\n.America. His milirary career records i)romotion and\\nmany experiences in various States. He then e)i-\\nlisted in the War of the Reliellion and at the liat-\\ntle of Bull Run liis regiment was ordered to join\\nMcClellan s forces under Gen. Sykes. While in the\\nbattle of Harrison s Landing. .Tuly 16, 1862, our\\nsul\\\\ject received a ball in the right leg which he\\nstill carries; he also received a liayonet wound in\\nthe right knee at Savage Station. Later he was\\nauthorized by Gov. Blair of Michigan to raise a com-\\npany; securing thirty-three men he reijorted and was\\nconsolidated with tithers into the Twenty-sixth\\nMichigan Infantry, our subject going out as Ser-\\ngeaut-Major of the regiment. He was promoted to\\nthe post of Lieutenant March 3, 1863. June 19,\\n1863, he was incap.acitated for service by sunstroke\\nwhile on the Black Water march and received his\\ndi-scharge December 3, 1863, and was transferred\\nto the Bethany Reserve Corps at Fortress Monroe,\\nwhere he was promoted to the position of staff offi-\\ncer to Capt. A. H. Perry. He served until Decem-\\nber 1. lcSG4, when he resigned and came home.\\nEager for the much needed rest Mr. Preston set-\\ntled in Jackson County, where he went to work at\\nhis trade as a mason, there being many evidences\\nof his industry in the residences and blocks of the\\ncity. In 1869 he went to Lyons, Ionia County,\\nwhei e he was engaged in building both residences\\nand jjublic buildings. He worked at his trade un-\\ntil 1872 when he went to Chicago and assisted in\\ntlie lebuilding of the city. His mariiage had taken\\nplace in 1H62, in .lackson wlien he was united to\\nBetsey A. Tanner, a daughter of Martin Tanner of\\nthat place. Frum this union foui- children, two\\nsons and two daughters, have been born. The eldest\\nCharles A. is in Tacoma, Wash,, working for .an\\nelectric light company; Stella who is now Mi s.\\nBunker resides in Williamston; Frank L. is ojie of\\nthe firm of tlie electric light comjxany in Tacoma.\\nWash., .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid is ddiuii well. The youngest child.\\nKate was jidopted liy lier uncle. Warren Ttinner.\\nand now resides in .lackson County.\\nMrs. Preston died .lanuary 15, 1873, and after\\nthe death of their mother the children were reared\\nby their uncles. Jn 1873 the original of our sketch\\nassisted in tin liuilding of the Advent College at\\nBattle Creek and then went to Duluth, working as\\nassistant surveyor for the Northern Pacific Railroad\\nfrom Duluth tn i liiiet Sound. Ilecontinued there\\nfrom fH71 to li^iS5 when he received the news of\\nthe death of ills father and came home. The next\\nyear he settled in Locke Township on a farm where-\\non he lived until April, 1890, and the following\\nyear was married to Amanda Shaw, ti daughter of\\n.lonathan Stilson of Oakland, this State and an\\nearl.\\\\ settler. The wedding journey was .aeeomi)-\\nlished with horse and buggy, their destination be-\\nChieago. where our subject laid fiiick for three\\nweeks for*! per day. While there he wasaiipointed\\nSpecial Police iuAVoodland Park. He at that time\\ninvested wliat lie liad in real estate. Soon after", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0570.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n571\\ntho AVorld s Fair was located in .Tacksoii Park\\nmill tlu iiri Mlcr iiuiiiln i- nf liis- lut- liciiiii Uicalcd\\nnot far from tliat ^ite. In ^uUl at a very liaiidsunu-\\nprofit, lie returni d to Lan. ing, ]\\\\Iic li..an(l invo.itod\\n:^fi.0O() in a farm and tin rest of his fortune in\\niiood ical e.state and stock, also Icndint; \u00c2\u00a5l. i.O(i(i.\\n7.i (Mi at pel- cent, and ).(I0(I at (i per cent.\\nMr. I leston is soriallv a iiiciiilici of the (ioud\\nTemplars and also lielont;s to Kii 1*. .Uexander\\nI ost. No. 203. .V. R. He has always lieen inter-\\nested in progressive movements .-iiid is a ])oucr\\nlu the eommunity wherein he at |)iesent lives, not\\nonly because of his financial standing, hut foi-\\nhis ability in other directions.\\nOilN SI. I OTT.S. He whose name is at the\\nhead of this sketch is by birth a sul)ject\\nof that empire n|)on whicii tlic sun never\\nI sets, and whose standinu amonu the n:itions\\nis at the present time the (inn .and unmoved one\\nof centuries past of wise a oyernment, successful\\ncombat and large conimcreial interests. Mr. Potts\\nis just on the border land bet\\\\veen the years of\\nhale vigor and patriarchal age. having been born\\nin England. January 23, 1826. He came to this\\nState in 1833, and now lives on section It. Handy\\nTown.ship, Livingston County, wiiere he is the\\nproprietor of two hundred acres of fertile, finely-\\ncultivated land, whicli under his care has been\\nmade to blossom like one t)f the agricultural g.ar-\\ndens of Central and Southern England.\\nHe of whom we write is a son of William and\\nMary A. (Weaver) Potts, natives of England.\\nThey came with their family to this country and\\nproceeded to the State of Michigan, where with\\ntheir Hock of six youths and maidens they located\\nin Milford. Oakland County, in 1833. There the\\nfather took up two quarter-sections of CJovcrn-\\nmeut land. It was densely timbered and the work\\nof making a home was begun by felling timber\\nwhi -h was hewn and mortised for a cabin. Later,\\nwhen the work of clearing had progressed, they\\nbuilt a fine stone residence and good barns, mak-\\ning a beautiful home of the former dreary and\\nuiiruiy tangle of trees, underbrush and vines. He\\nw-as recognized as one of the most jiromineut men\\nof the county, whose financial condition gave him\\nprecedence in matters requiring pecuniary aid for\\ntlie development of the country. Our sulijecl s\\ngrand))ai ents (111 the paternal side wevi William\\n;ind ^laiy (.MmiIIii) Potts, agriculturists in Eng-\\nland, of whom our uliject s father was one of five\\nchililreii.\\nThe iM:iterii;il graiid|iarenls of Mr. Potts were\\nll( my .-iikI Mrs. Weaver, who were fanners in\\nEngland. The niother was one of a large family.\\nSix childieii came to enliven the dreariness of the\\npioneer home and made in themselves a little .set-\\ntlement about their parents. They were Mary A.\\nWilliam. Kolieit. Francis. .John and .Susan. Francis\\nand Susan are now deceased. All were reared in\\nOakland County, and there made their homes, ex-\\ncepting him of whom we write.\\nOiir subject was reared on the home farm, and\\nbent his efforts toward helping to clear the same,\\nassisted liy his older lirothers, whose pride in their\\nplace was one with that of the father. Our suli-\\njcct s young shoulders were early fitted to the har-\\nness, for he began to work when seven _vears old.\\nand has ever since continued the ways of industry\\nand prudence learned in his early youtli.and now\\nin his declining years, with his faithful companion\\nwho has been his loving hel]miate throughout life,\\nhe enjoys the hard-earned fruits of his youthful\\nlabor. Twenty-four years of his life were spent\\nunder his father s roof, and then he began life for\\nhimself, purchasing eighty acres of land, whicli\\nwas at the time jiartially imjiroved, in the tow-n of\\nCommerce, Oakland County. There was a itaucity\\nof improvement about the place, it bearing but\\none miserable log house and nothing besides to\\ngladden the eye with the reminder that they were\\nliving in a civilized land, excepting, as the wife\\nsays, a straw stack looming up against the western\\nhorizon. They lived on that ])lace for some years.\\n.V mushroom springs up in a night, but an oak is\\nthe growth of centuries. So all good work takes\\ntime and patience, and years pas.\u00c2\u00abed before the\\nplace bore the semblance of a down-east farm.\\nwith well cleared pastures, neatly built fences, a", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0571.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "572\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ncomfortable house and commodious well filled\\nbarns. It was accomplished, however, and then\\nour subject sold the place in order to purchase the\\nestate wheron lie now lives.\\nOn coming to liis present location, Mr. Potts\\nfound a repetition of his other experience, but in\\na modified degree. The largest town near their\\nresidence Fowlerville contained no churches,\\nhut there was a frame schoolhouse. On their place\\nwas a log house and m this they lived until 1883,\\nwhen on the completion of a fine frame house,\\nwhich oiH- subject had erected upon a com-\\nmanding- elevation overlooking the entire coun-\\ntr\\\\-, which is picturesque in the extreme in its\\ndiversity of feature, they left the log house to\\nmake their home in the more comfortable and com-\\nmodious new one.\\nMr. Potts was united in marriage to Jliss Eme-\\nliza .Sly, their nuptials being celebrated March 14.\\n1850. She is a daughter of Christopher and Eliza-\\nlictli (Crawford) Sly, natives of New England,\\nwho removed to New York, making their home in\\nOntario County, where the father was engaged in\\nfarming. They came to Michigan in 1832, and\\nsettled in Commerce Township. Oakland County,\\nwhere thej lived until their decease. Their fam-\\nily comprised but two children Mary A. Patten,\\nof Oakland County, and ]\\\\Irs. Potts. Mrs. Potts\\nhad nine half-brothers and half-sisters. Her\\nfather was a Whig in politics. Our subject, politi-\\ncally, favors the Republican party, and gives his\\nvote and influence in that direction. He and his\\nwife are memliers in good standing of the ]\\\\Ietho-\\ndist Episcopal Cliurch, Mr. Potts having thus been\\nconnected since sixteen years of age, and a greater\\npart of that time in an official capacity. Mrs.\\nPotts has been a church luemlicr since fourteen\\nyears of age. Of the family of six children that\\nhave been born to this worthy couple, only two\\nare now living. They are Mary E., who is now\\nMrs. Oeorge M. Crawford, and the mother of two\\nchildren Sjiencer G. and Eva M.; and John AV.,\\nwho married Katie Haven, and which union has\\nbeen blessed liy the advent of one child. Pru-\\ndence. The four who have been laid awa^ in the\\narms of death are Adella and Adelbert, twins of\\nten and fifteen months of age each: Susan and\\nEva E. A prominent man in all progressive\\nmeasures, Mr. Potts is liberal to a fault, giving\\ngenerously of his store Ijoth to public enterprises\\nand to needy individuals. He is a strong tem-\\nperance man, and his principles in regard to\\nmoral and religious matters are of the most tena-\\ncious character.\\n,|,URT BRAYTON. There is perhaps no fam-\\nily in Howell Township, Livingston County,\\n^j I! which is more highly respected, not only\\nfor character, but also for talents and at-\\ntainments than the one represented by the name at\\nthe head of this sketch. Their social standing in\\nthe community is exceptionally good, and their\\nvalue as citizens is shown by the influence wliicli\\nthey exert.\\nMr. Brayton s farm of two hundred and fifty\\nacres is situated on section 21, Howell Township.\\nA beautiful residence and fine outbuildings mark\\nthe spot and tlie thorouglily cultivated acres show\\nthe hand of a careful, conscientious and intelligent\\nfarmer. Both house and barns show that no ex-\\npense has been spared to make them attractive and\\nconvenient for the comfort of the family and of\\nthe stock, which is being raised upon the farm.\\nThis gentleman was born December 18, 1836, in\\nOntario County, N. Y., his parents, Ira and Esther\\nA. (Louk) Braytou. being natives of that State,\\nwho were married in Steuben County, where they\\ncarried on a farm for some years before removing to\\nOntario County. The family s migration to Mich-\\nigan took place in September, 1838, and for six\\nyears they lived on section 9 of this township, af-\\nter whicli they removed to section 22. Later Mr.\\nBrayton transferred his interests to Oceola Town-\\nship,where he carried on a brickyard. He also owned\\na grist and saw-mill in Howell Townshi)). He was at\\nthat time one of the most wealthy men in the county,\\nand employed a large number of men. He was\\nknown far and wide as a thorough-going business\\nman of integrity and ability and his enterprise\\nbrought him into prominence. He at that time", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0572.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n573\\nownied some six luindred ac-res of laml. Botli lie\\nand his good wilf were active members of the Bap-\\ntist C liiirch. and in his political aHiliations he was\\na Rei)ublicau. He died in Kent Coiintv. Alich., in\\n18h;).\\nThe i)arents of this |)ioneer were Nathaniel and\\nPatience (C arrington) Brayton, who had a line\\nfni in ill Rensselaer Connty, N. Y.. upon whicli were\\nreared seven sturdy and stalwart sons. Xathaniel\\nBrayton was a .\u00c2\u00abon of Henry and Mehitahle (Wal-\\nlace) Brayton, natives of Massachusetts, iia liiay-\\nton had a family of six children, only three of\\nwliom are now living. They are I atience, now\\nMrs. Bennett, of Detroit; P iiit.aiid Nathaniel, liv-\\ning in Kent County, the owner of a tlourishing\\nflouring-mill.\\nThe joys and trials incident to the life of a farm-\\ner s boy were the experiences of Burt Biaytmi in\\nhis early years, and he had the usual fun and drudg-\\nery which are to be found in going to tlie di ti ict\\nschool. He improved well tlu advantages which\\nlie received, and thus obtained a thorough coiiuiion-\\n.sense education, and as a young man he lived for\\nsome six years in the village of Howell, wlieic he\\ncarried on the business of ;i photogra])her. He\\nthen removed to this farm, where lie now resides.\\nand for a few yeai made lii home in a log house.\\nIt was upon the iotli of Septemlier, \\\\XtW, that\\nhe took the step which was decisive in its re-\\nsults, as it made for him a home by bringing to\\nhis side a bride in the person of Mary I. Park,\\nof Howell, the daughter of Williain K. and l,u ina\\n(Coates) Park. Her parcntj? were natives of\\nBroome and Steuben Counties, N. Y., respectively.\\nand were married in tlie Empire State. Mr. Park\\ncarried on the vocations of farmer and lumberman,\\nand superintended .sawmills and rafted lumber in\\nthe forests of his native State. His life ended\\nwhile he was in the city of New York, but his wife\\nafterward removed West with her family, coming\\nto Michigan in 185; and settling in Oakland\\nCounty. Somewhat later she removed to Living-\\nston County and made her home in Howell Town-\\nship, where she lived until death called her away.\\nShe had a liriglit family of three children. Mrs.\\nBrayton s brothers being William V.. of Ingham\\nCounty, and John Q., of Lansing. .Mr. Park was\\nin his lifetime an advocate of the principles em-\\nbodied in the declaration of the Whig party, and\\nhis wife was prominent as a useful and active mem-\\nber of the Methodist Church.\\nThe father of Mr. Park was Thomas, and his\\nmother was Al)igMil Farland, both of Eastern birth.\\nI -liey had a family of nine children who grew up\\n(ui the faiiii to man s and woman s estate. The\\nparents of .Mis. Park were Ransom and Patience\\n(Britten) Coates, both New Yorkers. Mr. Coates\\nwas a merchant who came to Jlichigan in 18.5;\\nand settled in Oakland County, where he engaged\\nin farming, and at the time of his death was in\\nWayne County. He had a family of nine children,\\nand while li\\\\iug in the East was a man of consid-\\nerable ollieial importance.\\nSeven children have blessed the home of ^Ir.\\nand ^Irs. Brayton, and of this number the eldest,\\nCarrie, has married. The names t)f the others\\nare Herinia I- Ira E., Mary E.. Williain P.. Clauile\\nA. and Ivy L. Carrie is now :Mis. .1. C. Pell,\\nand she has had four lovely children Hazel\\nAudre\\\\ .1.. llmi .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0mil Brayton, who died in in-\\nfancy. Her home is upon a farm in Howell Town-\\nship. The four daughters have artistic talents\\nwhich they have developed, and their skill and\\ntaste are well known and highly appreciated by\\ntheir friends, and to all the family has been given\\nmusical l;ileiil. which ha aided greatly in adding\\nto the attractions of their liapiiy home. and to their\\nusefulness as members of society. A fine grade of\\nhorses, cattle and sheep is to be found u|ion this\\nline farm, and its iiroinietor is considered one of\\nthe most prominent and reliable fanners in Liv-\\ningston Countv.\\nJ I\\nI I T l\\nOlIN DL NNTXC;. A life well siient and\\nduties well performed deserve a serene and\\nhappy recess in the afternoon of life, pre-\\nparative for the greater activeity to begin in\\nthe other dawning. t)nr suliject has retired from\\nthe active labor incident to farm life, having for\\nvears been a successful merchant in Unadilla Town-\\nm^", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0573.jp2"}, "574": {"fulltext": "574\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nship, Livingston County. He is a son of Jacob\\nand Martlia (Taylor) Dunning, the fonner a native\\nof Connecticut and a farmer by calling, who was a\\nloyal and brnve soldier in the Continental array\\nin the AVar of 1812. Our subject s mother was a\\nnative of Xew York State, having been born near\\nAuburn. She died in 1828 and her husband in\\n1833. The} were the parents of six children, five\\nof wiiom are still living.\\n.lohn Dunning was born .lune 2, 1812, in the\\ntownship of Byron, Genesee County, N. Y. He\\ngrew to manhood in that county, enjoying in his\\nboyhood but limited advantages as regards educa-\\ntion. He was reared on a farm and when about\\ntwenty years of age his father gave him his time\\nand he hired out by the month to the nearest far-\\nmer. At the small wages of 112 per month he\\nthus worked until twenty-three years of age, saving\\nwhat he could, and in the fall of 1835 he came to\\njNIichigan and purchased one hundred and sixty\\nacres of land in the towmship of Waterloo, Jackson\\nCounty, and then went back to New York. In the\\nspring of 1837 he came to Michigan to stay.\\nGoing to Dexter, Washtenaw County, our sub-\\nject worked for a month for his board and then\\nwent to work for Cliurch it N(jrton, peddling fan-\\nning mills through the country, continuing to be\\nthus occupied for Ave years, during which time\\nthe firm name was changed to Norton Wakeman.\\nAt the expiration of his service here he was en-\\ngaged for three years in Dexter as a clerk and then\\nwent into business for himself at Reeves Mills,\\nMarch 1, 1846. The following December he moved\\nhis stock to the village of Unadilla and continued\\nin the merch.andise business, carrying a general\\nstock until 1884, having an experience in this line\\nextending over thirty-eight years. Since the\\nabove mentioned time our subject h.is lieen in no\\nactive business.\\nIn Marcli. 1840, the original of our sketch was\\nunited in marriage to Miss Hettie Howell, a native\\nof New Jersey who came to Michigan when a child.\\nThey settled in Dexter in 1835-3t;. Mrs. Dunning\\ndied August 12, 18()6. She was the mother of\\ntwo children. ^ue of whom is still living, a daugh-\\nter. Flora, the wife of A. H. Watson aad lives near\\nI nadilla. She has three children, all bovs, of\\nwhom our subject is very proud. Two of the boys\\nare now attending the High School at Ionia. Our\\nsubject was again married in 1870 to Miss Susan\\nDoty, a native of Pennsylvania. She died in 1882\\nwithout issue. Not belonging to any church, ]Mi-.\\nDunning has for years been a supporter of two\\nchurches in Unadilla. He has always taken an\\nactive interest in politics, being an ardent Repub-\\nlican. His first vote was cast in 1836, for Presi-\\ndent on the Whig ticket.\\nAlthough nearly eighty years of age, he of whom\\nwe write still enjoys good health and has a robust\\nconstitution. He has always been temperate in his\\nhabits and a man of unexceptional morals. He\\nnow makes his home with his onl\\\\ daughter. Our\\nsubject, having a large capital, makes a handsome\\nincome by loaning money. He owns stock in the\\nDetroit Gaslight Company, has stock in the bank\\nin that city and is also interested in a bank at\\nArkansas Citv. Kan.\\nV_^-\\nRS. LOUISA SCOFIELD. one of the rep-\\nresentative pioneer women of Locke Town-\\nship, Ingham County, making her home on\\nsection 3, was born in Niagara County, N.\\nY.. June 17.1816. Her father, Israel G. Atkins,\\nwas a native of New Hampshire, and her mother,\\nFannie Knight, was born in New York. Her\\nfather was a soldier in the War of 1812 and her\\nmaternal grandfather served under Washington in\\nthe Revolutionary War.\\nWlien still a small child our subject removed\\nwith her parents to Erie County, N. Y., and was\\nthere reared to womanhood, being given thorough\\ntraining in both book lore and domestic science.\\nIt was upon the 1st of May, 1838. that she was\\nunited in marriage with Stephen Scofield, who\\nw.as born in New York in 1809, and was a son of\\nJosiah and Elizabeth Scofield. He had grown to\\nmanhood in his native State and w.as a man of\\nfair education, yet practically a self-made man.\\nBv him she liad five children, four of whom nre", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0574.jp2"}, "575": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0575.jp2"}, "576": {"fulltext": "0i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:r^^.\\nI", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0576.jp2"}, "577": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n0/7\\nliving, namely: Grace, the wife of Lewis Bridger. of\\nShiawa. see County; Ellen, wife of S. F. Sniitli, Mayor\\nof Owosso; Henry W.. who lives in I^oeke Town-\\nship; Marian, wife of Artluir Watkins. of Ontario\\nCounty. N. Y., and Israel (i., who died in a hospital\\nat Cincinnati, Ohio, while serving his country dur-\\ning tiie Civil War.\\nIn 1842 Mr. and Mrs. Scofield migrated to\\nJngham County, Mich., and here settled upon the\\nfarm where Mrs. Scofield now resides. Like most\\npioneers who made their homes in tliis unbroken\\nforest they had hardshiiw and privations to en-\\ncounter. They first erected a log hou.se and in\\nthat resided for more than a quarter of a century.\\nThe present attractive residence was liuilt by Mr.\\nScofield and he did a great amount of pioneer work.\\nHe was a Republican in politics and served his\\ntownship for some time as .histice of the Peace.\\nHe departed this life October 9. 1\u00c2\u00ab69, respected by\\nall who knew him. and in his death tli( county lost\\nline of her best citizens.\\nThe widow of Mr. Scoticld resides upcm tlie val-\\nuable estate which he left to his lamily.aud in her\\nadv;inced years she is enjoying the fruits of a life\\nwell sjjcnt in uscfubiess, and is surrounded by\\nfriends and neighbors who |)rizc her character.\\nShe is identified with the I niver.salist Church and\\nhas ever lieen a valued niembei of clinrcli .Mnd s(i-\\ncial circles.\\nVI\\nOL. .JOHN A. SIIANNO.X. Although of\\nalien \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2uicestry. oui sniijcct and the family\\nto which he belongs have been conspicu-\\nous for the services Ihey have rendered their\\nc()untry, both in the Colonial times and during\\nthe more recent strife between the Xorth and Suutli.\\nNow li\\\\-ing a quiet, bucolic life upon his farm on\\nsection Id, A evay Township. lugliam County, he\\nwho.se portrait appears on the opposite page wajs\\nborn in AX yaiulot County, Ohio, on the banks of\\ntlie Tymochtee Creek. October 19, 182(). He is the\\nst)n of .loseph C. and Ruth (Allgire) Shannon.\\nThe fatlier was born in Ireland and was a son of\\nPatrick and Klizabeth (Shepherd) Shannon, na-\\ntives of County Donegal. Ireland.\\nOur sul)ject s grandfather, Patrick Shannon,\\ncame to .Vmerica a short time before the Revolu-\\ntionary War, and espousing the cause of iiis adopted\\ncountry, did good service in that war. He served\\nunder the direct command of Washington and\\nwas with him in that winter that will ever be\\nmemorable in .\\\\niericaii iiistory, which was spent\\nin terril)le suffering at Valley Forge. He was a\\nman of large means, but his great heart could not\\nendure the sight of suffering that could be j e-\\nlieved by his pocket book, and he spent his^sul)-\\nstance in relieving the necessities of the soldiers,\\nso that when the war was over he wjis left with\\nvery little. With his wife he then returned to Ire-\\nland for a short time to settle their property and\\nconvert it into money. It was while they were on\\nthat trij) that our subject s father, Joseph Cresap\\nShannon, was born. The grandfather then came\\nback to .\\\\merica and settled in Kentucky, where\\nhis son was reared, and whence he enlisted as a\\nsoldier in the lUack Hawk ar, being a non-cojn-\\ninissioned ollicer therein, .\\\\fter that war was over.\\n.Joseph C. Shannon .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ipprenticed himself to a taniiei\\nin Fayette County. Ohio, and remained with him\\nfor two years. During his api)renticeshi|i he lie-\\ncame ac((uaiuted with our subject s mother, who\\nwas a native of Faii tield County. Ohio, .-iiid they\\nwere married before a great while.\\nAfter the nuiriiage of our subject s father he\\nwas engaged in agrieidtnral woi k upon his father-\\nin-law s farm for a few years and then located in\\nWvandot County, where he entered land and\\nal.so built a tanni iy. .Vt the time of the birth of\\nour sul)ject his parents nearest neighbor lived at\\nM distance( r two miles, .losejih C. Shannon became\\nso popular with the vandot tribe that they\\nconferred upon him the uuusu.mI honor of making\\nhim a chief. IK attended tlieir coiiiu-il meetings,\\nand the fact that he was so favored proved to be\\na great ])rotei tion to him and his family. Our\\nsubject has inherited the title of chief in the Wy-\\nandot tiibe. and is to-day entitled to that dis-\\ntinction.\\n.loseph C. Sluinnon latei removed to Ft. Findl.ay.\\nOhio, where he started a store. He was afterward", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0577.jp2"}, "578": {"fulltext": ".578\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nelected County Auditor, and wa.s serving in tlial\\ncnpMfity wlien lie dropped dead on tiie ground\\nwhicli i.-- now used .is tlie eenieten in Findlay,\\nOiiio. His decease oecuired in Miiy. l\u00c2\u00ab;i(j, and liis\\nliody lie^ interred in that cemetery. It was a\\nniemonible and terrible occasion for our subject,\\nwho was with his father at the time of his dealii.\\nHis mother had died in 1828, and is interred in\\nWyandot County. His father was after that\\ntwice married. There were three children by the\\ntirst marriage. By the second marriage there was\\none son, C. C. Shannon, now deceased, wlio was a\\nsoldier in the late war. He left several children.\\nHy the thii d marriage tbei e were three children, two\\ndaughters nliii died in youth, and one son by nanu\\nHiram Strother Shannon, a silversmith by trade; he\\nlives in Mineiva. Ohio, where he ke\u00c2\u00abps an hotel.\\nThe immediate branch of the family to which our\\nsubbject belongs comprises, besides hinnelf. a sis-\\nter. Sarah E.. who married David Longshore, and\\nand who.se home is now in Iowa. (,)ur suliject\\nbrother, Capt. Jo.-ieph Shannon, wlm now reside^\\nin Xel)raska, was a soldier in the War of the Kc-\\nbellion.\\nAs a boy lietween the ages of six and ten, our\\nsubject spent many da\\\\s with the Wyandot In-\\ndians. He learned their customs and also became\\nfamiliar with their language. Being a favorite\\nwith the liraves. he was taught to use the bow and\\narrow with the skill and expertncss of one of their\\nown tribe. He went with them on two memorable\\njourneys to Ft. Wayne and Detroit, lie was only\\nten years of age or thereabouts when his father s\\ndeath occuVred, and was after that .sad event sent\\nto live witl) his mothei s sister, a Mrs. Kachael\\nMiuphy. of Delaware Countw Ohio. With her he\\nmade his home until he w.as .about sixteen years\\nof age. He remembers that, as a boy, it was far\\ngreater pleasure for him to follow the Indians\\naliout, to hunt and lish. than to go to school,\\nbut while in Delaware County he was in atten-\\ndance at the little log sohoolhouse for about\\nthree numths each winter. The teacher that\\nhe had must have adapted himself admirably\\nto the temperament of his little pupil, for here\\nhe became fond of his .studies, and so great a\\nreader that it was his delight to lie in front of the\\nblazing logs in the lireplace and devour anything\\nthat came within his reach. .Vt the age of sixteen\\nhe successfully passed an e. camination and received\\na license to teach. His career as a teacher began\\nimmediately, and for his .services he received ^10\\nper month during the tirst term. He afterward at-\\ntended Granville College, in Licking County, Ohio,\\nuntil his senioi- year, managing to teach at the s.ame\\ntime during vacations. He had. however, ovei -e.sti-\\nmated the strain that his constitution could endure.\\nfor hishealtli failed him and he was obliged to leave\\nschool. His college course up to that time had\\nbeen paid for by woi-king ujion the farm connected\\nwith that institution and also by teaching, which\\nhe followed for nine \\\\ears.\\nIn 1850, when about twenty-three or twenty-\\nfour years of age. Mr. Shannon, having recently\\nbeen converted, became a Methodist preacher m\\nthe North Ohio Conference. Those were days of\\nthe itinerancy, when a preacher traveled about on\\nhorseback, carrying with him only what he could\\ntake in his saddlebags, ^nid when, there being\\ncomparatively few churches in the country, the\\nschoolhonses or private lesidences were the pl.aces\\nof meeting. He traveled all over Northwestern\\nOhio, and wa^ stationed in Toledo for a year, al-\\nthough his first year was spent in ISryan, Williams\\nCounty. He was at Fostoria for two years\\nOn .March 26, 1854, Mr. Shannon was married\\nto Mi.ss l^ucy M. Bassett, of Grand Kajuds, Ohio.\\nTheir marriage was celebrated in Wood County.\\nThe lady was born in Erie County, Ohio. Febru-\\nary 15, 1832. By this marriage there have been\\nborn four children, whose names are: Anna A.,\\nLillian E., Alpheus and Katie. The eldest\\ndaughter was born in Water ville, Lucas County,\\nOhio. June 29, 1855. She married Otto Caple and\\nthey live in Vevay Townshij). Ingham County.\\nTheir children are: Harry, who was born in Indi-\\nana, August 21. 1877; Lillie lioiu in Indiana\\n.\\\\.l)ril 1, 187il; .lohii born in evay Township,\\nIngham County. \\\\\\\\iv\\\\\\\\ 2. 1885. and Ruth, alsfi\\nborn in this township, .lanuary It. 1887. The .sec-\\n1 ond daughter, Lillian K.. boni March I. 18(;(l. in\\nF ostoria, Seneca County, Ohit), married Edward\\nB. Caple Januarj 19, 1887, and lives on .section\\n10. of this township. Alpheus G., boi-n in Ohio", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0578.jp2"}, "579": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n579\\nin 1862. dierl in Februiuv, IKdlJ. Kntic wlio\\nborn in 11S73, died in that anu year.\\nIn Wood oiintv, Ohio, our sulijoct liccaiiu con-\\nnected witli llio military coinniitloe tlial made its\\nlioadi|uarti rs at Perrysburu, )iuo. lli.^ talonl in\\nspei cli making was in roquisition, as lie made an\\napppeal for volunteers throughout the State. He\\nhimself enlisted in the One Hundredth Ohio Infan-\\ntry, (\\\\)m]iany .V. and was made C a|)lain of the\\nCompany. Hi was in tlie battle of Wilson s Creek,\\nMo., ill IH()1. before he had become a soldier, and\\nhis patriotism taking lire, he seized a musket and\\nentered the thick of the fight. He now says that\\nhe wanted to prove whether he was brave enough\\nto stand under the fire of the enemy. After enter-\\ning the army in 18(52. he was assigned to the\\n.\\\\rmy of the Ohio, and was under Burnside s\\ncommand, having rceeived his commission as Cap-\\ntain July 15. 1862. His services having received\\nhonorable mention, he was promoted by Oov. Tod\\nto the rank of Major, May 13, 1863. He had\\nstudied civil engineering and was enabled to as-\\nsist O. M. Poe, now living in Detroit, in laying\\nout the fortilieations at Knoxville, Tenn.\\nPrevious to this Mr. Shannon had been detiiched\\nfrom the regiment and w.as on (ien. Biirnside s\\n.staff, but while engaged on the work of the forti-\\nfication he was transferred to the staff of (ien. Till-\\nson. .Vflir the plans for this work were com-\\npleted, he was ordered to take charge of their\\nconstruction according to the specifications that\\nhad been made. To relieve the troops that were\\nworn with excessive duty he was ordered to em-\\nploy negro labor in constructing the fortifications\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind .laiiiiaiy 6, 1864, he received an order to or-\\nganize a regiment of colored heavy artillery. The\\nregiment was to consist of twelve companies of\\none hundred and fifty men each. It received the\\nname of the First I nited States Colored Heavy\\nArtillery, and our subject was appointed its Col-\\nonel. .\\\\s is .so frequently the case where worth\\nand merit receive their reward and jiromotion.\\nour subject was not spared the jiain of jealous\\nshaft-s. (ien. Tillson did all he could to belittle\\nhis work and loyalty, but our subject tvime out of\\nthe affair with Hying colors and was promoted to\\nthe position of Lieutinaiit-Colonel Ma\\\\ 11. 1861.\\nI\\nand to the rank of Colonel November 4, 1864.\\nOn .lanuary l;j. 186.5. while in the line of duty,\\nour subject s horse stumbled and fell, and roUliiig\\novei- him. crushed the bones of the chest, and by\\nthis cat;istro|)lie he was ru])tured and otherwi.se\\ndisabled. Thus incapacitated for .active wcnk. he\\noffered his resignation May 13. IMil. i. It w.as ac-\\ncepted, and he returned to his home.\\nPrevious to his entering the army our subject\\nhad studied law. and after his return home he was\\nadmitted to the bar in Columbus, Ohio, to practice\\nbefore the .Supreme Court of Ohio. It was a grati-\\nfying tribute to his ability as a man and an attor-\\ntorney that so early in his career he should lie\\nelected Prosecuting .Vttorney for Wood County,\\nOhio. There he continued in the practice of his\\nprofession until he was stricken down with sick-\\nnesss in 1884. His removal to his present home\\ntook jilace in 1885. He is now retired from act-\\nive life and makes his home with his daughter.\\nHis wife still lives and is the faithful conipaiiion\\nof his iays of trial as she has been of his days of\\nsuccess.\\nIn his experience during the war. when there\\nwere so many incidents of oppression and wrong\\ndone by the soldiers on both sides. .Mr. Shannon\\ngave a brilliant example of the magnamiuity that\\nshould ever characterize a true soldier and a gen-\\ntleman. The lieli)le.ss and oppressed never turneil\\naway from him without succor or encouragement,\\nand offenders against the weak and helpless were\\nmost summarily dealt with;\\nThe following letter is a copy of an order by\\nour subject to one of the Southern iiuii who li;i(l\\nin his j)ossession :i little negro boy. who e mother\\nw;is very desirous to have hini:\\nHoyHs. FoiiA(;r\\\\ i Exri:i rno\\\\.\\n.\\\\tclilevs Mill. Sevier Co.. Tenn..\\n.lanuary 3d. 1865.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Mh. Dk.an:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe bearer. .Minnie, desires to get possession t f\\nher little boy. Prank. I regard her claim .as better\\nfounded than yours. .She wishes to send her l)oy\\nschool. Vou. I understand, have said that no\\nYankees, or others, sliould take him. If she is not\\nallowed peaceful possession of her own child. 1\\nshall send and take him liy force of arms.\\n(Signed) .Toiix Sii wnon.\\nCol. Conidg. Kor.aging Expedition.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0579.jp2"}, "580": {"fulltext": "o8U\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nrRANK A. BURKHART. Anions the sons\\nof the Hiiiinre State who have liv their lives\\n(if integrity. eiitei |)ri.se and sueeess in Mieli-\\nigan liiouglit credit upon botli the State of their\\nliiilh :in l tlie State of their adojitiiin. we are plea^^ed\\nto nialve mention of .Mr. Burlvhart. wlio was liorn in\\nl)eeernl)er. l^t. )2. in ifonroe County. N. Y. His\\nhonored parents. Henry and l ydia (Ilagedorn)\\nliurlvliarl. removed to tliis State when lie was an\\ninfant of one year, and brought him with them.\\nOur snliject was lirought up upon his father s\\nfaiin and received an ordinary district-school edu-\\ncation, which, although not broad in its sco]ie was\\nthorough in its (h iU. and gave him an excellent\\nfoundation for future attainments and a good prej)-\\naration for the woi-k of life. I poii attaining his\\ninajoritv the young man started out f(jr himself,\\nfarming fifty acres of land on section 8H, Cohoctah\\nTownshiii. Livingston Count\\\\. wliere he still re-\\nsides. This has been his home with the exi-eption\\nof six years, from April. 18H4. to April. l\u00c2\u00abtMl. when\\nhe was carrying on a grocery and jircivision luisi-\\nness in Howell, after which time heretu]-ncd totlic\\nfarm.\\nIn the spring of 1\u00c2\u00ab71 .Mr. lUirkhart jiuiciiased\\neighty acres of timber land adjoininij his pi(.)p-\\nerty on the north, and of that he has cleared\\nsixty acres and has since added to it forty acres\\nmore. In IHH. he Ixuight one hundred acies on\\nsection 28, in the Township of Howell, most of\\nwhich is now imijrcn-ed. This property has been\\ngained liy his own endeavors, and in addition Mr.\\nlUirkhart owns a house and lot in Howell.\\nCarlic C Allison was the name in maidenhood\\not the wife of our snliject. to whom he was united\\nin marriage .Vugust Hi, 1874. This intelligent and\\ninteresting lady was born in the township of Put-\\nnam, this county. March Hi, 18, )7. .She is a daugh-\\nter of .lames and IJorothy (Hines) .VUi.Min. who re-\\nsided at Pinckney. where ^Ir. .Vllison followed the\\ndoulile calling of a miller and a farmer. The three\\nchildren who survive of the live who blessed this\\nhome are Addie B.. Claud and Ethel. Mrs.\\nIiurkhart has been a memlier of the Methodist\\nl^pi.scopal Church since she was twelve years old\\nand she is active in the service.\\nThe native home of ^Ii-. Allison was in Oranae\\nCounty. N. Y., and his natal day May 7, 1873. He\\nwas but eight years old when his father died and\\nhe then lived with an uncle, (Teorge Reeves, and\\ncame with him to Pinckney about the year 1834.\\nIn 183(! he assisted his uncle build Reeves Mill\\nand he continued to reside in Pinckney until his\\ndeath which occurred .lune 1. 18(i4. He left a\\nwidow and five childicn. His two sons and three\\ndaughters are now living but his wife died Sejjtem-\\nber 17. 187 J. at the age of lifty years, having been\\nborn March 8. 182.j. in Ticonderoga County. N. Y.\\nShe was a daughter of \\\\V. Hines. a lilacksmith, who\\ncame to Washtenaw County in 1828, and Later\\ncame to Iosco Township. Livingston County,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lames Allison was the .son of Willi.ani Allison, who\\nwas born Ajiril 1791. in Orange County. N. Y.,\\nand his wife. .Sarah Hoe. who was liorn February i.\\n1890. She brought him five sons and two daugh-\\nters. The family is of Irish origin.\\nllioii the line farm of Mr. Iiurkhart a specialty\\nis made of the raising of Merino sheep, and a fine\\nlloi k in.-vy be seen there in good condition and well\\ncared for. ^Ir. Iiurkhart is a man whose intelli-\\ngence and judgment is respected by his neighbors,\\nand in his political views he attiliates with the\\nHepublicau jiarty. Imt he cares nothing tor office\\nand has never sought the political arena, preferring\\nthe enjoyments of home life and the pleasure to\\nbe found upon the farm.\\nI 1 I I I I n I\\nHILO STUKI-:T. Nowhere in the township\\nof Tyrone and scarcely in the county of\\nLivingston can a home be found more at-\\ntractive and delightful than that of Mr. and\\nMrs. Pliilo Street, and in this fact we have again\\na jiroof that jihysical ability is not the ))rime fac-\\nt(n- in the at t.-iinment of domestic order, comfort\\nand deliglit. for the cultured and thoughtful\\nwoman who |ire-ide~ over that home has lieen in-\\ncapacitated for more than twenty years from ac-\\ntive work, yet she has made a success of her home.\\nPhilo Street is a son of Stephen B. and .Sallie\\n(JVay) Street. His father was born October 12.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0580.jp2"}, "581": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND 1{IO(tRA1 HIC AI, ALBIM.\\n581\\n1M0(). near Hartford. Ciinii. Al Ilio at;! of tutu-\\nyears 111- l i t \\\\\\\\h fatia i and at tci- tlial tiriir he\\nlived ainoiit; f trans;ei I puii atlaiiiiiiji lii iiia-\\njiiiitv 111 removed to Darieii. Hrio omit\\\\ N. V..\\nand there engaged in iie ldlinii and I arniinu and\\nalso lponi\u00c2\u00bb^lit and sold stocl in the s|)rinii: of \\\\x;\\\\ .i\\nhe eame liy lake tu the Wolverine State, and made\\nhis home on one linndrc(l and ixtv acres of land\\non set tioii 17. Tyroni Tcnvnsliip. this eonnty.\\nFrom this foiest land he cleared the tri-es. and\\nnpon it he raised tine crops and eontinniMl to live\\nhere until his death, June 7. lHliS.\\nThe father of onr subject was a Uepnlilic.an in\\nhis political views, and especially active in the\\npromotion of the interests of his party durina the\\nCivil W ai-. He served as .lustiee of the I eaee foi-\\n()ine time .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid liefran life with little means except\\nhis innate abilities and character. His marriage\\ntook place in Krie County. N V.. and to him and\\nhis wife Sallie wvw born ten children. Ihi ee of\\nwhom were taken from their arms b\\\\ death dur-\\nina childhood, and seven lived to older ye.ars.\\nThey were named: I liiebe. I rudie. I hilo. Ileniv.\\nSarah. Hiram and Etta.\\nFebruary 2. l.s:5H. was he n.-ital day of I hilo\\nStreet, who was born ne.ar D.aricn. N. He was\\ntwo years )f age when he eame to this State with\\nhis parent.s. He grew u|) upon the farm where he\\nnow resides, and received the ordinary advantages\\nof the district school. He was twenty-three years\\nold when he began farming for him.self, and his\\nfirst efforts were in working by the month and on\\nshares for other,s. He now owns eighty acres of\\nthe old lioniei tead, to which he has added Hfty\\nacres more, and upon his farm he has placed a\\ncomfortalile handsome house, and most excellent\\nand commodious barns. I he i)rinciiiles of the Re-\\npuV)lican imrty commend themselves to lln judg-\\nment of Mr. Street, and he is also stronaU in\\nfavor of prohibitory action in reaard to the ale\\nof intoxicating liquor.-.\\nThe happy married life of this ai ntleman be-\\ngan March in. 18f)2, and his bride \u00c2\u00aba.- .Martha L,,\\ndaughter of .\\\\iiios and Lovisa (Brooks) Dexter.\\nThis lady was liorii in Tyrone Township. March\\n9, 18. U), and her parents are natives of Chilj. -M ui-\\nroe Count V. N. V. Thev came to Michiaan in the\\nfall of |H;in. and lived there until the death of\\nMl. Dexter. March 2(). lH7:i. The religious pro-\\ncli\\\\ ities of Amos Dexter were in the direction of\\nthe I roteslant .Methodist Church, but later in life\\nhe became a l- ree Methodist. 1 1 is wife wa a na-\\nti\\\\-eol the same county as himself, and havini;\\nreared to maturity four .sons and eight daughters\\nshe passed her last day in Tyrone Township. I,i\\\\-\\niiigstoii Count this Slate.\\nMr. ;ind .Mis. Street are acti\\\\e .iiid devoted\\nnieinbers of the Congregational Church, and they\\nhave brought up their one daughter, Stella, who\\nis now :\\\\Irs. .1. .\\\\I. Becker, in this faith. Mrs.\\nSticct was thrown from a wagon by a runaway\\nteam in .lune, 1.S7H, and wa.s seriously injured, the\\nlower joint of the spine being broken. She was\\na conliinied invalid three years and has never en-\\njoyed good health nor been able to labor much\\nsince that disaster overtook her. She is possessed\\nof many ii;i1ur;il talents and is much aliove the\\naverage in intelligence and relinement. Being of\\nan active mind, she could not be content in idle-\\nness, and dnriiig the past I ight years she has em-\\n))loyed her time and talents (piite prolitably as a\\ntaxadeiinist. .She now posses.ses one of the most\\nv. iluabic i rivate collection of biids in the county,\\nand di .serves great credit for her lalior. The ^](eci-\\nmen of her mounted birds and fowls attest her\\nskill and are of great interest to all student* of\\nnatural histor\\\\.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^^I\\nB\\nB\\nI^M^\\nA\\\\II) S.Miril is a general farmer, liv-\\n1 ina upon two hundred and forty-fi\\\\e\\n.acres in .Meridian and .Vlaiedon Townships,\\nlie V..I.- born in Schoharie County, near\\n.Middleburg, N. v.. .lune (i. 1x31. His father. Eli\\n.Smith, was born in the same place in 1K(M), and\\nwas al.so a farmer. In 1837 he moved into Wash-\\ntenaw County and there remained for a few yeai\\nand ill 1 8 IM came to Ingham County and settled\\nin -Vlaiedon Towir-hip on what i- now known a\\nthe I erry sIcnciis farm.\\nDuriiiy the si^veii ears Eli Smith remaiiieil", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0581.jp2"}, "582": {"fulltext": "582\\nPOETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nupon hi.s farm in Ina:hajn Conntv ho made a num-\\nber of improvenuMit.-i ujion tlu place. At thai\\ntime there were l)ut few settlers in the township.\\nFrom tliat phiee they moved into Clinton County\\nand there remained for eight years. Thence he\\nwent to .Shiawassee C(_)unt.\\\\- where the father died\\nin llS\u00c2\u00abr). Our subject s mother. Sally (.Scran ton)\\nSmitli. was a native of New York, she died in\\nAlaiedon Township in November, 1851. Oursul)-\\nject s grandfather. Xoah Smith, was a native of\\nNew York, and a farmer by occupation. This\\nliranch of the Suiitli family is of English and\\nScotch ancestry.\\nDuring his younger days l-)avid helped with the\\nfarm and attended the district school when an\\nopportunity pi e.sentcd itself. At the age of eight-\\neen he conunenced taking care of himself, working\\nas a daj laborer until he was twenty-eight years\\nold. At that time the auspicious event of his mar-\\nriage occxirred. Their wedding was celebrated\\nApril 11. 18G;]. Our subject s bride was Miss\\nLvdia .lane Iloldeii. daughter of Tobias Holden, a\\nfarmer and mechanic of Alaiedon Town.ship. She\\nwas born .January 13. 1838, in Dearborn, Wayne\\nCountv. this State. Her father was foreman of\\nthe mechanics and carpenters who constructed the\\nfort at Detroit. He was born in Schoharie County,\\nN. Y.. ill 180(5, and died in his eighty-third year.\\nThe lirst American ancestor, Randall Holden. came\\nto the liiited States and settled in Norwich, R. I.,\\nin 1(J42. The coat of arms is still in the possession\\nof the family. ]Mrs. .Smith s mother was, before\\nher marriage, Harriet Lewis. Her decease occur-\\nred in 1862. She was a cousin of William C.\\nBouck who was (Governor of New York in 1786.\\nMrs. David Smitli was educated in the Detroit\\npublic schools and is a lad.y of refinement and cul-\\nture and has a decided talent in the composition\\nof metrical literature. Mr. and INIrs. .Smith have\\nlieen blest with two children.\\nThe son and daughter born to our subject and\\nhis estimable wife are by name Ida May and Lewis\\nH. respectively. The former was born October 6.\\n186-1. She married Charles C Case who now lives\\nin the State of Washington; they have one child\\nRobbie, who is four years old. Lewis H., a\\nfarmer in Alaiedon Township, who was boru\\nMay 13, 1868, married Flora Webster of Pine\\nL.ake; they also have one child, Ida Pearl. Mr.\\nSmith is a member of the Masonic fraternity, be-\\nlonging to Blue Lodge No. 252, of Okemos. He\\nis also a Royal Arch Mason of the Williamston\\nClia|)ter. Politically he is an enthusiastic Demo-\\ncrat and has always taken an active interest in\\ncounty affairs. He is now Justice of the Peace.\\nAir. !Uid Mrs. Smith are very hospitable people and\\nare r( |nesentatives of that class whose pleasure is\\nin making this world a happier and brighter .abode.\\niILBERT CUSHMAN. A general farmer on\\nT sections 9 and 10, Mr. Cushman has learned\\nJJI(\\\\ the secrets of nature and .science so thor-\\noughly as to insure success in his dealings with these\\nfickle deities. His farm comprises one hundred and\\nforty acres which is fair, arable laud. Our subject\\nwas born in Dexter, Washtenaw County, this State,\\nDecember 25, 1836. He is a man of Charles Cush-\\nman who was a native of Putnam County, N. Y.,\\nthere born in 17; 2. He was a farmer and black-\\nsmith and came to Michigan when a young man,\\n])urchasing a farm north of Lansing in DeWitt\\nTowiislii|). Clinton County. He was one of the\\nfirst settlers in that towmship and there died in his\\nsixty-third year.\\nThe original of our sketch remained under the\\nparental roof until he was twenty years of age.\\nduring which time he attended the country school\\nand .assisted in the work of the farm. His health\\nfailing him at that time, he went to California,\\nwhere he remained for two years, during which he\\nregained his health to a great extent. On return-\\ning to his home he was married in December, 1862,\\nto Miss Bertha Cornwell of Delhi Township. She\\ndied August 5. 1880, and two years later, Nov-\\nI ember 9, our subject was married to Olive Joy of\\nMeridian Township. Two children were born of\\nthis union Bertha born April 25, 1884, and Lena,\\nJune 10, 1886.\\nAfter the first marriage of the gentleman of\\nwhom \\\\ve are writing, he moved to a farm which he", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0582.jp2"}, "583": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n5\u00c2\u00ab3\\nowned coinpiisini,^ toity acres near Delta and there\\niriii:iiiicil fur tliici o:us. I If then sold and iiiiived\\nuixm an i i j;lily-afri tract noar liy wlu rc he re-\\ntnaiiK d four years. On M Uini; the place ahove\\nspokiMi of he pnrcliascd lii.- iirocnt farm of which\\nthere was only ahoiit twenty acres cleared at the\\ntime. lie has ini|)roved tliis ei-cctinsa conifortalile\\nand conveniently arranited liouse wliicli is now\\n.-diout scventi cn yeais oM. He has also added\\niSdod harns niid ontl nildini;s and tlie place presents\\na neat and attractive appearance. He has done a\\nureat deal of hard work in order to (jel ids pro-\\nperty in the sliape that it now is.\\n(iilhert C nslinian is not c(ninccted witli a)iy\\nrelifiions l)ody. His wife is a inenilier of the\\nPresliyterian Clinrcii. He is a ineniliei- of the\\nFarmers .Vlliance at Okenios. thit* State, as is also\\nhis wife. Democrat in politics he has always\\ncast the weisrht of his vole and inlhience with that\\nparty, hut has ni .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iniliition to lR ld townshi)) office.\\nHe and ids wife aic rei)resentative people of the\\ntownshi]) and are intelliircnt and refined.\\n.Mrs. Cnsliiii.-in was horn in Oakland (ninty,\\nMich.. December 2!\u00c2\u00bb. IHol. AVhen she was* a small\\nchild her i)arcnts moved into .Meridian I ownshi]).\\nthiscountN. She is a dausjhter of Horace and\\nDianlha Joy and her father now tnakes his home\\nwith her. He has always been a farmer. The\\nlady was formerly a teacher, having a record of\\nthirteen terms successfully discharged in Ingham,\\nClinton ;ind Shiawassee Comities. She also taught\\none term at Henderson. .Mich., and wherever .she\\nhas been her praises as an cdncatni nia\\\\ be heard.\\nV -i-^g-fr^*\\nB. IlOSLKY. Many of the native sons of\\nthe WulvcriiU St.ate arc now active, enter-\\njiiising business men and farmers. This\\nfact. con])led with the wimderful piosperity and\\nadvances which have been made in every depart-\\nment of living, i-miihasizes the truth Ih. il Michi-\\ngan is becoming one of the mature Si.ue- m the\\nsisterhood of commonwealths, and th;il it can no\\nlonger be classed among the younger of the num-\\nber. Among these sons who are thus honoring the\\nhome of their liirtli we are pleased to n:ime M|-.\\nHosley.\\nHe (if whom we write was boin in Decrlield\\nI ownsliip. Livingston County. Mich. and his natal\\nd;iy was Februar\\\\ 2(1. I^(l. He now has his lesi-\\ndence (m section IH. )ceola Township, and his\\nhome has lieen in Michigan tlirouglK)Ut life, with\\nthe exception of four years residence in Texas.\\nwhitlu^r he went in 1H81. with three thousand\\nhead of sheep. On his journey he lost fifteen\\nhundred sheep dining a stcnmy period of le.ss than\\nnine days, and the experiment w.as a most di.sas-\\nIrons one to him as he lost in all some l,. )()(l.\\nThe father of our subject was born in New\\nYork and was a farmer by occupation. His n;\\nwas William Hosley, and he was married in I,i\\\\\\ningst(jn County, Mich., to Kliza H. Beach, who\\nlived to complete .seventy years. The grand-\\nf. ithcr. .losepli Hosley, was also :i New Yorker by\\nbirth, who came to Michigan in very early times,\\nbecoming (nie of the pioneers of Livingston\\nCounty, taking up land on the section where our\\nsubject was born. He lived to exceed eighty-four\\nyear.s. Four dauglitei s and three sons were granted\\nto the parents of our subject, and they .are .all\\nliving and have est.abli.shed homes of their own,\\nand no death has occurred among their children.\\nThe mother, Fliza Hosley, was the liist of the\\nfamily to be called from earth, and when she\\npassed aw.ay she left behind her twenty-five grand-\\ncliildi eii who will ever I herish her memory\\nMr. Hosley is the third child and second son of\\nhis parents, and as he had his education in the\\npioneer days, his schooling was obtained in a log\\nschoolhouse. after which he went to Howard City\\nfor further opportunities. He remained with his\\n])arents until his niarruige, which occurred on\\nChristnnis Day, 18(58. His bride. Martha Lawther.\\nwas horn in Howell Township, this county. Febru-\\nary 1. 1814, and she was the first-born of her ])ar-\\nent,-. .lames and .\\\\marilla (Hnrmen) Lawther.\\nThese were early pioneers in Michigan, having\\ncome from their native homes in New York and\\nConnecticut res])ectivel\\\\ to Oenesee County.\\nMr. and Mrs. Hosley arc the happy parents of", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0583.jp2"}, "584": {"fulltext": "584:\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ntwo daughters and one son, and to all of them\\nthey are giving excellent opportunities for a\\nliberal and thorough education. Willi.im .1. is a\\ngraduate of the Ypsilanti Business College; Nellie\\nwill be graduated in the fall of 1891 at Ypsilanti,\\nwhere she is studying short-hand and type-writ-\\ning, although her previous education had fitted\\nher for teaching in the district schools, and she\\nhad considerable experience in that line. May.\\nwho is now a young girl of thirteen, is still nX-\\ntending school and under the parental roof.\\nMr. Hosley has a handsome farm of two hundred\\nand twenty acres, which is well improved. lie is\\na stock-buyer and ,shi|)per, and h.nndles from three\\nthousand to five thousand sheep every year. One\\nyear he shipped seven thousand to the Texas\\nmarket, but now makes Buff.alo and Chicago his\\nobjective points. He handles the best stock that\\ncan lie found and is a first-class judge of the\\nhorse, lie has a |)air of Abdallah stallions and\\nhas some of the fastest and best bred horses in\\nthe county. His political views are in accordance\\nwifli the declarations of the Democratic party,\\nand he is intelligently interested in jiublie move-\\nments as he feels is the duty of every patriotic\\ncitizen. For two years he was Supervisor of the\\ntownship, and has held other offices, especially\\nin connection with the schools. He was also Jus-\\ntice of the Peace for eight years and has been\\nTown Clerk.\\n/p^lLBERT I. SARGENT. The beautiful farm\\nwliich bears the suggestive name of Maple\\n^^^1 Ridge Faim, is located on section 26, Handy\\nTownship, Livingston County. The place is a\\nMioilel of agricultural neatness and productive-\\nness, its good features iii this direction being\\nbeautified by the taste and judgment of its owner,\\nwho came to this place in 1839 with his parents\\nand grandparents. He now farms two hundred\\nacres and finds that the best methods and the latest\\nimprovements in agricultural ways are those that\\nbring him the largest returns.\\nMr. Sargent Is a native of Riitland County, Vt.,\\nbeing there born March 23, 1836. He is a son of\\nIra and Harriet (Ray) Sargent, who were also na-\\ntives of Rutland CountyTVUi The former was a;\\ncarpenter and millwright and followed his calling\\nuntil he came West, at which time he .settled on a\\npart of the farm now owned and occupied liy his\\nson. It was at that time heavily timbered. )ur\\nsubject s paternal grandfather came West at the\\nsame time and settled in the same section, contin-\\nuing to live there until his death, which occurred\\nin 1871. Ills wife was, prior to her marriage, JMiss\\nLydia C hurchill from Vermont. She preceded him\\nto the better land, passing away in 1862. They\\nhad a large faniil}- and each member was obliged\\nto do his or her share to make ends meet. Politi-\\ncally the old gentleman was a Republican. His\\nson and our subject s father was engaged in farm-\\ning and working at his trade until his death,\\nwhich took place in 1842. He was a Whig. The\\nwife still survives and makes her home with the\\ngentleman of whom we are writing. She has at-\\ntained to a good old age, being seventy -eight years\\nold. Four children came to brighten the house-\\nhold life: They are Fmily. now Mrs. W. A. Dor-\\nranee, of Deertteld, this county; our subject; George\\nof Keokuk, Iowa, and Everett D., of Howell\\nTownshii).\\n(iilbert 1. Sargent w.as afforded all the advantages\\nin an educational way that could be obtained at\\nthat early day, that is, he learned the three R s in\\na log schoolhouse in his district. He has always\\nremained on the farm, after reaching his majority\\ntaking possession of the place to which he has since\\nadded one hundred and twenty acres of land. He\\nhas also other fine property in the eitj of Howell\\nwhere it is his intention to soon erect an elegant\\nhome and retire from the proprietorship of his\\nfarm. Success has crowned his efforts in this in-\\ndustry ;ind he has taken advantage of the means\\nwhich he has to enjoy as much as possible the\\npleasures of life, having traveled quite extensively\\nand having learned much of the resources of our\\ncountry from personal observation.\\nLives shall not miss their counterparts and each\\nshall meet its own. Mr. Sargent met his fate in\\nthe person of Miss Sarah Foster, of Iosco Town-\\nship, this county. She was a daughter of Martin\\nI", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0584.jp2"}, "585": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCE OF DO. DUTTON 5EC.5. ,UNADI LLA TR, LIVI NGSTON CO., MICH\\nMAPLE RIDGE FARhy! RL5. OF GILBERT 1. 5 ARGENT, SCC .26., HANDY TR, LIVINGSTON CC.,M1CH", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0585.jp2"}, "586": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0586.jp2"}, "587": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n587\\nR. and Snsan (Hallack) Foster, early settk is of tins\\nStale. Their marriage was solemnized in .January\\n1K(!2. After a niimher of years of wedded liap|)i-\\nness the wife died in 1\u00c2\u00ab7!). After some lime uur\\nsubject was aijain married to Miss Belinda Dyer,\\nof Calhoun County, this State. Slie is a dau5):liter\\nof Orvil .-ind Lucinda (Andrews) Dyer, natives of\\nNew Voi k. I lu- father was a fainicr Miid eanie\\nWest to Miehif^ini as one of the early settli^-s of\\nCalhoun County. There tliey resided until death\\nelaiuie l them for his own. Mrs. Sargent is the only\\nchild of this couple. Xo children have graced the\\nunii)n of our suliject and his wife.\\ni hc licautiful farm which is owned liy .^^l\u00e2\u0080\u00a2. Sar-\\ngent is given largely to the raising of line stock.\\nPolitically he is a Kepuhlican. and shows his pro-\\ngressive tendencies, however, by attiliating with\\nthe Patrons of Industry and the (irange. Of the\\nlirst-named body he has been Nice-President and is\\nenthusiastic over the rights and privileges of the\\nm.asses of the i)eople who are laborers. generous-\\nspirited man he has given liberally of his store to\\nthe ujibuilding of churches, schoolliouses and roads.\\nThe farm upon which lie at |)resent resides com-\\n])rises two hundred acres, and is represented by a\\nview on another p;ige. .V sojourn in its pleasant\\nhome, that is siuiounded with trei s and rolling\\nlawns, and dewy meadows, would be an ideal one\\nto the urbanite. wearv of the daily strugarle.\\n^-i^m^\\nAVID O. DUTTON. This respected farmer\\nresiding on sectiim 5, I nadilla Township,\\nLivingston County, isa son ofl)a\\\\id Dut-\\nton, Si., a native of Connecticut who was\\nborn August i, 1792 and of Vasliti Langdon, wlu)\\nwas born in Southington, Conn,, September 27,\\n179.5. This worthy couple were married Novem-\\nber 27. 1816, in Southington. The grandfather,\\nMoses Button, of Southington was a soldier in the\\nRevolutionary AVar and afterward an ollicer in the\\nState militia. In his later years he removed his\\nfamily to Cbautiuiqua County, N. Y., where hie\\nwas a pioneer, and died in 18.5.5, at the venerable\\nage of ninety-four years.\\nThe Dutton family originated from three liroth-\\ners who came to Connecticut from Denmark in the\\ne;nly olonial days. )ur subject s maternal grand-\\nfather. .Vsaliel Langdon, was a fanner and Ijlack-\\nsmitli ill Southington and died in 18.52, at the age\\nof eighty -six. His was an old Connecticut family,\\nas the Langdoiis have been known since the found-\\ning of the c( lony. .Vfter marriage David and Vashti\\nDutton removed to Vienna, Oneida County, N. Y.,\\nwhere the\\\\ became pioneers and lived until 1834.\\nwhen they came to .Michigan. hile in Oneida\\nCounty Mr. Dutton o])cratcd lioth a sawmill and a\\nfarm.\\nrpon I migiating to Michigan the Dutton family\\nsettled in Lima Township. Washtenaw County, but\\nin 1837 made their home on section o, l nadill:i\\nTownship, this county. It was then all wild land\\nand after building a log cabin the young man ]iio-\\nceeded to fell the trees and prepare the land for\\ntillage. Red neighbors were more jilentiful than\\nwhile, and wild ;iniiiiMl abounded, lie had liiit\\nlittle more means than enough to liuy forty acres\\nof land, and after imi)roving this he added to it\\neighty acres more of forest. lie was a temperate\\nman in his habits, never using either li(|Uor or\\ntobacco, lie took a lively interest in political mat-\\nters voliiig with the Rc|)ulilicaii party, and was for\\na number of \\\\ears .Vssessor of L nadilla Township,\\nliolh he and his excellent wife were charier mem-\\nbers of the Presbyterian Church at Plainfield. lie\\ndied Slay 29. lH(;7.aiid his faithful compani(m sur-\\nvived him iiiilil i)ecembei-2l. 18H1. Four of their\\nnine children arc now living.\\nDavid O. Dutton w.as born Ajiril l. L 1827. in\\nOneida County, N. V., and was therefore seven\\nyears of age when the family emigrated to Mich-\\nigan, where he acqiiire l a limited eilucation in\\nthe log scliooUumse. He had tcunake him.-elf use-\\nful upou the farm while very young, and helped\\nto fence the lirst fielfl here when so small that he\\nand his brother were barely able to earr\\\\- a rail\\nbetween them. Hardshijw and privations were liif\\nlot through all those early years, and many a night\\nhe went to sleep crying from hunger. He was\\nfaithfully devoted to his parents and cared for", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0587.jp2"}, "588": {"fulltext": "588\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nthem and made his homo with them until the day\\nof their decease.\\nThe hapjiv married life of Mr. Button began\\nApril 13. 1 52. when at the home of his bride s\\nparents in Iosco Townshii) he was married to\\nAlerey Jane Wright, a daughter of Samuel and\\nDeborah (Bullis) Wright, natives of New York,\\nwhere they were Ixirn in 179!l. Mr. Wright was a\\ncoojier by trade and his grandfather, William\\nWright, was a Ivevolutionary soldier. Air. and Mrs.\\nWright, came to Michigan in 18.50, and aftei spend-\\ning two years in Iosco Township they removed to\\nIngham County, and after a few years made their\\nfinal home on eighty acres of unbroken soil in\\nWoodhull I ownship. Shiawassee County. Mrs.\\nWright passed from earth .June UK 1882, and her\\nhusband died August 12. 188.5. They were the\\nparents of twelve children, eight of whom are now\\nliving. Mrs. Dutton s birth took i)lace April 7,\\n1834. in the village of .Jordan N. Y.. and she was\\nsixteen years of age when the family came to Mich-\\nigan. She received her education at the parental\\nfireside, and was well trained in bolli domestic and\\nbook learning.\\nTo Mr. and Mi s. Dutton have Ix cn born four\\nchildren, namely: Charles liorn March 15, 18.53,\\nand married to .lane Loiignecker; George H. born\\n.lune 5, 1858, who took to wife LillieMapes; Asa-\\nhel L., born February 15, 1863, and married to\\nMinnie Glenn; Orin .T. liorn .luly 21. 1868. who is\\nunmarried and has de\\\\-oted some time to teaching.\\nMr. Dulton h.-is two luuidrcd .-ind twenty-live acres\\nnearly all under cultivation. On anc)ther i)age\\nappears a view of his residence which was built\\nin 1861. Me also put up tlie other buildings on\\nthe farm and is still actively cniryiiigon tlie work.\\nI he Protestant Aletli(i li.-t Cliurch is the religious\\norganization with wliidi (.)nr ubicct and liis wife\\nare actively connected and .\\\\Ir. Dutlon has sei ved\\nas Class-Leader, Steward and Trustee, besides being\\na worker m the Sunday-schofil, as he at one time\\ni;icrintended the school, and his wife has been a\\nceacher therein. He has ever kept up his interest in\\npolitical matter s and is a memhenof the I\\\\c])ublican\\nparty, lie lias served liis township both as Higli-\\nway Commissioner and as .Justice of the Peace, and\\nhas been a member of the School Board here. In\\n1 his principles he is a strong temperance man. Dur-\\ni ing all Mrs. Dutton s married life she has never\\nkept hired help although she was not blessed -nhh\\ndauglilers to assist her.\\nCharles K. Dutton, a brother to our subject, was\\na memlter of Compauy 15, Twenty-sixth Michigan\\nInfantry and served almost three ^ears. He was\\nI wounded in the battle of the Wilderness and was\\ncaptured and retaken, and was killed before Peters-\\nj burg, .June 17, 1864, leaving a wife and one child\\nj Carrie J., now the wife of Benjamin Bowers of\\nHandy Township. The eldest brother of our sub-\\nject was Timoth}- I)uttt)n and was killed Septem-\\nber 21. 1840 liy a hor.se falling upon him. His sis-\\nter .Jane E. was burned to death March 22, 1838,\\nin the log house on this farm, .\\\\llan C. is now a\\nretired physician living at liaton Rapids Alicji; Asa-\\nhel L. is a farmer of Unadilla Tc)wnshii This i\\nI a family of ti ue patriotism, .as all the sons who did\\nnot enter the army sent substitutes which they pro-\\nvided iiersonalh\\n\\\\USTAV J. BAETCKE. From the earliest\\nhistory there has been a medium and repre-\\nijj sentative of values current in use in com-\\nmerce, and money changers, as they were called in\\nclassic days, or bankers, .as they are now more\\ngenerally known, set n\\\\t their stalls with balances\\nin the midst of every market place. Shylock was\\nnot by any means the first usurer to demand the\\npound of flesh, Ijut we aie all willing in the time\\nof need to p.ay the pound to relieve ])ressing and\\npresent necessity, to whatever verge of despeiation\\nit may later jjush us. The German people have\\nbeen among the foremost in commercial circles in\\nreaping a rich harvest from the banking business\\nand many of the largest and most important bank-\\ning institutions are carried on by Germans.\\nMr. Baetcke, who is a banker in the village of\\nBrighton. Brighton Township. Livingston County,\\nalthough an American liy birth and bringing up,\\nhaving been liorn in Genoa Township, thiscounty,\\nJune 7j 1842, is of German parentage. His father", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0588.jp2"}, "589": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n589\\nwas also 05-ustav Baetcke. a native of iciiiinnx\\nllu iv Imni ill IS((1. lie caiiif t(i AiiiciicM in is;!)!\\nMild sdon piuct i di d to tin- infant State that it ci ivi d\\ntill distiiutive name, the Wolverine State, lieeause\\nof the great nuinher of wolves found tlurc in the\\nearly day. He came to tliis eoniitry with tiie ex-\\npectation of finding a demand for his services in\\nNew York, as an architect and builder. Aljout tlie\\ntime tliat Michio;an was admitted to the Tiiion as\\na State, oeneral attention was attr.acted natniaily\\nin this direction, and Mr. Hactclvc. lin ding extensive\\nemigration hither, detcrmineil to himself come\\nto this State and coming West liy Imat. landed in\\nDetroit July I. 1836.\\nOur suliject s father located in (ienoa Township,\\nLivingston County, and there took u|) a tract of\\n(Jovernment land having concluded to engage in\\nfarming. The country was ipiite new and he was\\njne of the first settlers. He at imce heut iiis efforts\\nto clearing and improving his farm. Iiaving before\\nhim the ideal of tiie beautiful farms in the Father-\\nland. He was a successful farmer, culti\\\\ating to\\nthe highest extent the tract which lie had pur-\\neh.ased. and after the (icrman fashion, making it\\nyield him successive crops in the same season. lie\\nwas a highly respected citizen in the locality and\\nmuch esteemed, not only for his acknowledged\\nbusiness ability, but for his courteous and gentle-\\nma ill dealings with his associates. He was a\\nmember of the Lutheran Church and w.as very\\ninfluential in organizing the first duirch of that\\ndenomination in Genoa Townshiii, not only en-\\ncouraging it bv word and deed, luit by making\\nhimself one of its chief supporters during his life-\\ntime.\\nOur subject s mother was before her marriage\\nMiss Ann C. Ilartraan, like her husband, a (ierman,\\nbut having preceded him to this country by one\\nyear, coming to America in 183.5. She is still liv-\\ning and although quite advanced in years, is in the\\nfull possession of her faculties and quite vigorous.\\nShe is a devoted member of the Lutheran Church,\\nhelping on the good work of the spread of the\\nGospel by word and deed. Siic has been the mo-\\nther of three children, liut only two of the.se are\\nnow living, our subject and R. K. Baetcke.\\nThe original of oui sketch was reared on the\\nfarm which his father purchased and cleared on\\ncoming to thi.s State. The rudiments of his edu-\\nvation w-ere acquired in the di.strict school of the\\nvicinity, namely, in the log school lionse, wiiere\\nthe assortment of books was heterogeneous, and\\nthe birch switch was a more subtle persuader than\\nthe eloquence of the teacher. He enjoyed besides,\\none term of school at Howell and he also received\\nthe advantage of one term in the German school,\\nperfecting the knowledge of Jiis father s tongue\\nwhich he had learned in the home circle, and which\\nhe has since found to be of the greatest advantage\\nto him ill the conduct of his business. About the\\ntime he of whom we write became of age, he en-\\nlisted in the War of the Reljellion, joining his regi-\\nment .lanuary 4. 1861, it being the Twenty-second\\n^lichigan Infantry. He served until September\\n20, 186. His regiment meantime was brigaded\\nwith the First Michigan and Mechanics Corps for\\nabout four inoiiths. They joined Gen. Sherman\\nand marched to Atlanta, from which place they\\nwent with (Jen. Thomas to Chattanooga acting as\\nhis headquarters guard.\\nAfter his return from the war, Mr. Baetcke\\nresumed his early avocation, that of farming, at\\nthe old homestead, and this lie conlinued to ])Ur-\\nsue until M. irch. IH .tKwhen he moved to Brighton,\\nhaving purcliased the bank in the previous month.\\nThis institiitiini wjis estalili.-hed by Dr. B. H. Law-\\nsou in 1871. It is now conducted as a private\\ninstitution and under the present management\\nmerits the coiilidence that it enjoys. It is operated\\nunder the linn name of G. .1. Baetcke Co., and\\naitiiongh it is in its infancy, under the present\\nregime it has already ac(|uired a high standing,\\nnot only in the immediate locality, but througlioul\\nthe surrounding I ountry and especially among the\\nagricultural class with whom our subject h.as been\\nassociated for years.\\nHe of whom we write, inaugurated his domestic\\nfelicity in 1874, at which time he married Amelia F.\\nGartner, who was born near Detroit. .Slie i\\ndaughter of B. F. Gartner who was a boot and shoe\\nmanufacturer, anr died Feliruary 3, 1888. Mr. and\\n^Irs. Baetcke are the |)arents of three children\\nwho are Leora C; Clara A., and (rustav G. Our\\nsubjiBct is R Republican in his political affiliation.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0589.jp2"}, "590": {"fulltext": "590\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nHe has been Supervisor of Genoa Township for five\\nterms and has served in the capacity of Treasurer fur\\ntwo terms. He has several times been delegate to tiie\\nStateConventious, and in 1888, was the Republican\\ncandidate for the Probate Judgeship for this county.\\nHis parly was, however, in the minority to the\\nnumber of about four hundred, and in consequence\\nhe was defeated, although at the expense of only\\none hundred and forty-seven votes. Socially our\\nsubject is a member of the Grand Army of the Re-\\npublic. In his church relations he is a number of\\nthe Ivutherau denomination in this town, rnd is one\\nof the most generous supporteis of that body in\\nthis place. Mr. Baetcke is the owner of two hun-\\ndred and sixty acres of good land on sections 23\\nand 26, of Genoa Townshij). Upon it are the best\\nof improvements.\\nV_\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6SS*HS4.\\nAPT. WILLIAM M. HORTON. We are\\npleased to present to the consideration of\\n_ our readers a citizen of Handy Township.\\nLivingston C ouuty, who stands high in tlie estima-\\ntion of his neighbors and is justly considered one\\nof the most prominens men in the countj He is\\na progressive and successful farmer, whose splen-\\ndid estate of two hundred and three acres lies on\\nsection 3, Handy Township, and his beautiful\\nhome which he erected in 1885, is admired as one\\nof the greatest ornaments oC tlie agricultural |)or-\\ntioiiijf Livingston County. I pou Ins farm lie has\\na beautiful oivhard wliich is exceedingly product-\\nive and most thoroughly cultivated.\\nThis gentleman was born in Hartland Township,\\nthis county, and is a son of John G. and Charlotte\\n(Ormsby) Horton, lioth natives of the Emiiire\\nState. The father canu to Michigan as long ago\\nas 183G, and settled upon a farm in Hartland\\nTownship, being one of the pioneers there. While\\nliving on the old homestead he was afflicted by the\\nloss of his wife and he moved to Oceola Township\\nsomewhat later and there he died. In those early\\ndays he was obliged to go to Detroit for his sup-\\nplies and thus had a trip of fifty miles to market.\\nHe was exceedingly useful as Justice of the Peace\\nin his township and was also a preacher in the\\nMethodist Jilpiscopal Church, and rode the circuit.\\nThis pioneer couple were the parents of four\\nchildren, but our subject and his sister Mary, Mis.\\nRoliinson of Lansing, are all that remain of that\\nonce happy household. The parents of John G.\\nHorton were William L. and Eunice Tracey Hor-\\nton, both of whom were born in New York.\\nWilliam Horton was a farmer who made his home\\nin Wisconsin about the year 1850, and was there\\neng.aged in farming until called from earth s activ-\\nities by the angel of death. Four sons and throe\\ndaughters filled this home and three of them arc\\nstill living, namely: Sarah, Mrs. Nichols; Char\\nlotte, Mrs. Sheppard, of Missouri; and Carrie, Mrs.\\nHarmer, of Wisconsin.\\nThe maternal grandfather of .Mr. Horton was\\nAViUiam Ormsby; he and his wife were natives of\\nNew York and brought up ujion their farm two\\ndaughters, Charlotte (Mrs. Horton) and Laura Jlrs.\\nKesler). They were people of deeply religious con-\\nvictions and earnest life and ^Ir. Orinsliy s views\\non political question led him into alliance Avith\\nthe AV^hig party.\\n.Vfter growing up upon the farm ami taking his\\neducation in the schools of Oceola Township,\\nyoung Horton enlisted wheu only nineteen years\\nold in the service of his country, joining Com-\\npany E, Twenty-sixth Michigan Regiment. He\\nentered as a private but during the three years of\\nhis service he was regularly promoted to the offi-\\nces of Coi ijoral and First Lieutenant, and placed in\\neominand in a colored regiment and continued\\nwith that body until the close of the war. He was\\nmore than ordinarily favored as he received no in-\\njuries with the exception of two scratches from\\nrebel bullets. He was in the battle of Mine Run\\nand all through the campaign of the Wilderness,\\nCold Harbor, siege of Petersburg. Reames Station,\\nand in many skirmislies, and with his colored regi-\\nment he took part in the siege of Richmond and\\nwas present when Lee surrendered to (irant at Ap-\\npoinatt^ix.\\nHaving received his honorable discharge at\\nBrownsville, Tex., Capt. Horton came home and", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0590.jp2"}, "591": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n591\\n(lf\\\\ )Ifil liiiii.-^flf \\\\i ii C-U|JiT!itiiiu lii Ih mHIi :iii(I\\nprepjiriiiii IDr future usetiilni .-^s. Duiini; the sec-\\nond winter lie taught school in Oceola Townshii).\\nand then for two years studied at Albion College,\\nafter which lie attended the Commercial College at\\n(Jiaiid Kapids, where he learned teleuraphy and\\nI .eceived his diijloiiia. lie now lixik a position as\\nIcleiirapher at Kockfonl on the irand l{ai)ids A-\\nImliaiia Ivailrond and after one year look the sta-\\ntion at Fowlerville for the Detroit. I,aii iiig iV-\\nXorthcrn Road. Here he scived f(ir thirteen years,\\nafter which he gave u|) railroading and devoted\\nhiin.self to agriculture.\\nThe liride who came to the InMiie of Mi Ilortoii\\nHI lH7;i was Loaiia L., daughter of Lewis and\\nClarissa i^Mack) Leavens, New York people, who\\ncame to Michigan about 18()7 and made their home\\nnear Corunna, Shiawassee County. After awhile\\nthe^- removed into the city of Corunna. luit later\\nmade their home in Fowlerville. until called hence\\nby death. Their three children were Mrs. llorton,\\nEmory and Clara (Mrs. Fexer). .lay G. is the\\nname of the little son who has come to brighten\\nthe little home of Mr. and Mrs. Horton and in Ins\\ntraining and education the parents were united in\\ntrue parental solicitude. Mr. Horton is an ardent\\nRepublican in his political views and prominently\\nidentified with the Grand Army of the Republic.\\nHe has well filled the office of Supervisor of the\\ntownship and upon the School Board has done\\nmuch for the cause of education.\\nl^-f^[\\n^!?=!f\\n\\\\f OHN C. PHILLIPS, of Okemos, is a shoe-\\nmaker by trade. He was Ixini in tlu town\\nof erona, Oneida County, N. Y., in lH-21.\\nand hence is now able to look I)aek over a\\nperiod of sevent3 years of progress in which society\\nhas been benefited by the discoveries in science and\\narts, and the broadened view which the general\\npublic are taking of life in its broader aspect.\\nOur suliject s father. .loab Phillips, was born in\\nRensselaer County. X. Y.. in 1792. He was origin-\\nally a fariner Init later in life learned the carpenter s\\n.nid joiner s trade and workeil at that. He died in\\nMockbridge. Mich., at a good old age. The maiden\\nname of our subject s mother was Ruth Case. She\\nwas born in the town of Charlestown, Dutchess\\nCounty. N. Y.. in 179:5, and died in 186.5. When\\nthe original of our sketch was about five years old\\nhis parents icnioved to Lockport. N. Y., and when\\nold enough he w!u induced to learn the shoemaker s\\ntrade. Never having received any educational\\nadvantages up to the time of learning his trade he\\nsought to make up for this lack of opportunity by\\nalleiidiiig a night school where he received the\\nludiuii-nts of coniinon-school education. He re-\\nmained in Locki)ort eng.aged in his tiade until his\\ntwenly-third year, when he was married to Miss\\nKsther L. I hillips. of the same place, a lady bear-\\ning the same family name but in no way related\\nto him. Three children were born of this marriage\\nAbner P. was born in 1^(47: he is now living in\\nLittle Rock, Ark.; his daughter, Ida. is now keep-\\ning house for her grandfather, and to her Mr.\\nPhillips is devotedly attached; .lohn A., liorn in\\n1858, is a telegraph operator ami the head of a\\nlarge family.\\nSoon after hi.- marriage our subject left New\\nYork and bought a fine farm comprising one hun-\\ndred and twenty-two acres north of Ann Arbor,\\nthis State. He lived there for nearly twenty-three\\nyears, spending a portion of the time engaged at\\ni his trade in Stockbridge. He fin.ally sold his farm\\nand in 1868 bought a place adjoining the Michigan\\nj State Agricultural College. He kept this for .about\\nI twenty-two years, improving it greatly, and on\\nselling it he moved to Okomos, where he has lived\\nat four different times, coming here finally in 1889.\\nMr Phillips lost his wife in 1881.\\nDuiing the war the original of our sketch was\\nan enthusiastic Union man. He enlisted twice but\\nfor personal reasons was induced to hire a substi-\\ntute each time. He was finally drafted but was\\nthrown out. The hire of his substitutes and ex-\\npense attending his drafting amounted to over\\n*1,360. Mr. Phillips has now a very fine farm in\\n\\\\Villiamston County where he intends to reside in\\nthe near future. He is allied with several frater-\\nnities among which are the Odd Fellows, which he\\njoined in Milan, the F ree Masons, of which he lie-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0591.jp2"}, "592": {"fulltext": "592\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ncame a member in Slockbridge. the No Nothings\\nand the Fenians in Linden. In politics he is now\\nan Independent although he has lieen connected\\nwith the Republican party and was once elected\\nTown Clerk of Stockbridge. lie now votes for\\nthe best man irrespective of party. Mr. Phillips\\nhas passed through some stormy scenes in life s\\nbattles Init has always lieen honorable and u]iriglit\\nin his dealings with his felk)w-men.\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nJOSEPH II. WILCOX. The fact that there\\nare so many men who. have not only been\\nsuccessful in commercial and agricultural\\n_ life in the Wolverine .State but who have\\naccumul.ated large fortunes, speaks well for the re-\\nsources of the State as well as the accumulative\\nability of its inhabitants. He of whom we write is\\na capitalist of no mean standing, being a power in\\ncommercial circles, not only in the immediate\\nvicinity of Ilowell. Livingston County, Init through-\\nout the county. He is a native of Onondaga\\nCounty, N. Y. and was there born November 7.\\n1809. He is a son of Jo.seph and Sibyl (Wright)\\nWilcox, natives of Rhode Island and Connecticut,\\nrespectively. The father was a farmer and had\\nseven children. Of these only our subject is now\\nliving. The family names, however, in order of\\nbirth are Harry, John, Sally, Harriet, Josei)h II.\\nINIarvin and Delilah. Our subject s paternal grand\\nfather was Matthew Wilcox, a native of Rhode Is-\\nland. He also was a farmer and a soldier in the W.ar\\nof the Hevolution. The Wilcox family are of\\nP^nglish ancestry and their progenitors are of the\\nmost honorable standing in the mother country.\\nReared a farmer lad, our subject did not enjo\\\\\\nmany of the benefits of advanced education.\\nHe attended the common schools and acquired\\nthere what was necessary to a practical business\\neducation. He remained at home, assisting his\\nfather with the general farm work until he was\\ntwenty-four years of age and was then engaged in\\nfarming f)n his own account and also employed\\nhimself at carpenter work. His first real-estate\\ndeal was in Onondaga County, N. Y. and there he\\nfarmed until 1854, when he came to Michigan.\\nOn coming into the State the original of our\\nsketch settled in Livingston County, where he |)ur-\\nchased two hundred and fifty acres of land in the\\ntownships of Iosco and Marion, living on the same\\nuntil 18(;5. when he moved to Howell and i)ur-\\nchased a house and four lots, also eight acres of\\nland in the southern part of village. This Last-\\nnamed tract he platted and divided into city lots,\\ncalling it the Wilcox Addition to Howell. He has\\nbuilt three houses and bought and sold many\\nothers since coming to the village.\\nIn 18fi() Mr. Wilcox opened the first lumber\\nyard in Howell and continued in the lumber busi-\\nness for four years when he sold out. He also had\\nchaige of the railroad survey from Howell to Lan-\\nsing and is the only man in Howell who gave\\nmoney to the building of that road. He was\\nelected a Dii ector of the road was most generous\\nin his donation, n(jt only of monej- but of land\\nfor the carrying forward of the enterprise. He\\nwas also a Director of the Toledo Ann Arlior\\nRailroad .and filled the same position on the How-\\nell Lansing Railroad, giving his time and atten-\\ntion for about three years to the work. It is an\\nindisputal)le fact that ilr. AVilcox hasdone more to\\nadvance the interests of railroad enterprise than\\nany man in the county. He has been the one to\\ncall meetings, take subscriptions, collections aiM\\nendeavor in every possible way to interest the\\npeople at large in opening up the country liy rail-\\nroad.\\nHe of whom we write was for many years a\\nmiddleman in the wool interests, buying the clip-\\npings of wool in this and adjoining counties and\\nshipping to Eastern manufacturers. November IS,\\n1833, our subject was married to Miss Mary\\nBush, of Pompey, Onondaga County, N. Y. She\\nis a (laughter of William and Content (Grimes)\\nBush, natives of New Yt)rk. Her father was there\\na farmer and the head of a family that numbered\\ntwelve children, nine of whom are still living.\\nThey are, Mrs. A\\\\ ilcox. ;\\\\Irs. Wright, Romaine.\\nThomas, Mrs. Strickland. Mrs. Wicks. Isaac. Will-\\niam and Mrs. Miller. The three who are deceased\\naie Alexandei-, Charlotte and Lester. .Mrs. Wil-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0592.jp2"}, "593": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n9:3\\ncox s ]jaternal graiulfjtlhcr was Conrad Rush. ;i\\nKevolutioiiaiv soldier of (iernian biilli and paii iii-\\nage, having eonie to America when eighteen years\\nof age. His wife was ^I. iry AVatson. He was the\\nowner of one thousand acres of land and a very\\nweaUli.\\\\- farnu r for his time. His family numbered\\ntwelve ciiildren. I lie father of Content firimcs\\nHush was Tlionias (irinies, and his wife, ^lary\\nOreentield (inmes, both natives of the Kastern\\nStates. They had nine children, all of whom were\\ndaughters.\\nOur subject had a family of five children; they\\nare Candace who died in infancy; Willi;un II.,\\nCalvin; Charles who died at the age of twenty-\\none years and Rosette. The eldest son married\\nLaura Smith and by this union is the father of five\\nchildren Charles, Joseph IL, Belle, Mott and\\nMaude. Calviu married Mary J. Horton; Rosette\\nis the wife of Adelbert F. Peavy and is the mother\\nof six children William, George, Homer, Calvin,\\nEdith and Ethel. Politically he of whom we write\\natiilates with the Republican |)arty. He with his\\nwife has been identified with the Christian Church\\nfor. many years and they have been libeial sup-\\nporters of that body in the city. Mr. Wilcox has\\nalways taken an active interest in all the enter-\\nprises of the communitj and is well and favorably\\nknown both far and near.\\nI gfc^^\\nAMES M. CHRISTIAN. Now in the merid-\\nian of his life and his liusiuess succe.ss, he of\\n^,^1 I whom we write is one of the most prominent\\ncitizens in Leroy Township, Ingham County,\\nwhere he is known as a pioneer, whose effi)rts in a\\nphilanthropic way, as well as the building up of a\\nfortune for himself, are known and recognized l)y\\nall who are willing to render justice to a good\\nman. He resides on section 27, Leroy Township,\\nwhere he has .-i iK autiful home and all the comforts\\nof rural life.\\nOur subject is a native of New York State, hav-\\ning been born in Onondaga County, March 17.\\n1833. He is a son of Joseph and Margaret (Good-\\nwin) Clirisli.-iii, his father a native of New York\\nState. Our ubjecl s (Grandfather Christian, and a\\nl)rother were Revolutionary soldiers. He of whom\\nwe write was reared to manhood in his native\\nState and while still in early boyhood he was incul-\\ncated into the mysteries of agricultural life. The\\nadvantages of education were unfortunately denied\\nhim almost entirely, he receiving the rudiments of\\nwhat he acquired in the common schools. He is\\nill education as in financial standing a self-made\\nman, having by nature a fondness for books and\\nbeing a thoughtful and careful reader. To-day he\\nis the ownc r of a fine library, and the latest works in\\ntlie best class of literature are found on his reading\\ntable.\\nAccepting Horace Greeley s advice to go West,\\nyoung man, he emigrated to Michigan and settled\\nin Leroy Township, Ingham C ounty, on his pres-\\nent farm. His constancy of nature is shown by\\nthe fact that he has never since moved, although\\nthere must have been many discouragements at\\nvarious times in his career. He .settled in the\\nwoods and cleared up the farm by chopping down\\ntlie trees and luirning out the stumps. He ha^\\nmade it what it is to-day by the hardest efforts and\\nhas, besides, done much pioneer work. The town-\\nshij) had only forty voters when lie came here and\\nhe has witnessed its growth to its present line pro-\\nportions.\\nThe original of our sketch instituted a home .lan-\\nuary I, LSo.S, and placed thereover as mistress his\\nwife, Caroline Jones, a daughter of Nath.an Jones,\\nwho was formerly a pioneer in Leroy Townshij),\\nIngham County. .\\\\s the years jjassed bj- little ones\\ngrew up around them until their family numbered\\nnine children, six of whom are living at the jn-es-\\neiit time. They are Mary, Jenny, Wealthy. Ira.\\nlilanche and Florence. The first named is the wife\\nC. F. Teacliout; .lenny is the wife of G. I). Mann,\\nand wealthy is the life companion of William v-\\ngant. The younger children are still at home.\\nThe owner of one hundred and twenty acres of\\nfertile and productive land, ^Ir. Christian has made\\nhis pl.ice a model farm, giving to it constant and\\nunceasing attention. His |)resent competency he\\nhas accumulated by his own efforts, as when he\\nbegan life as a \\\\oung man he had but *9 in monev", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0593.jp2"}, "594": {"fulltext": "594\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nto start out with. Our subject is a member of the\\nFai-mers Alliance and is in favor of every meas-\\nure that promises to be for the benefit of tlie class\\nto which he belongs, believing that legislation\\nshould look as much to the betterment of the agri-\\nculturists as to that of the manufacturers. ]\\\\Ir.\\nChristian has served in positions of public trust,\\nhaving been Highway Commissioner for several\\nyears, during which time lie accomplished much in\\nimproving the condition of these avenues of traffic\\nand travel, and was Township Superintendent for\\nfive years. Me has also been .School Moderator for\\nmany years and is a progressive man in regard to\\neducational matters. For many years he and his\\nwife have been associated with the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church and he is now acting as Class-Leader\\nand also does the work of the Recording Secretary\\nof the church. He of whom we write has acquired\\nhis success in life by a steady adherence to a fixed\\noutline of purpose. He is justly classed among the\\nintelligent, public-spirited and enterprising agricul-\\nturists of Ingham County.\\nSif)EORCE SCHREPFER. The annals of the\\npoor boys who become rich men are to be\\nl^J found everywhere in America and nowhere\\nmore than in the rich and fertile West, for here it\\nis that the virgin soil gave of her wealth to the\\nsturdy seeker after success. It is not alone to the\\nnative-born that this good fortune has come, but\\nmany who came from the older countries of\\nEurope (where generations of hardships and pov-\\nerty had disheartened the i)eoi)le) have found in\\nthe New World the prosperity wliich they never\\ncould have looked for at home.\\nOur suliject who is now a prosjierous resident of\\nCohoctah Township, Livingston County, was born\\nAugust 5, 1832 in Byran, Germany, bis honored\\nparents being Henry and Catherine Sehrepfer, who\\nupon their farm reared five children to maturity.\\nThese children, Christie, Barbara, Rachael, George\\nand .John, have all established homes and families\\nof their f)wn, but our subject is the only one that\\nhas crossed the ocean and found his home in the\\nUnited States. Before coming to America he took\\nthe advantages of a thorough German education\\nwhich is given to every son of Germany, and at\\nthe age of nineteen he decided to emigrate and\\nupon reaching this country, made his home in\\nPhiladelphia. After one year in that city and two\\n3 ears in Baltimore he decided to make a visit to\\nthe old home and spent the winter of 1858-59\\nin (Jermany.\\nIt was in the spring of 1859 that our sul)ject\\nreturned from his native land and came to De-\\ntroit, whence he journeyed to Howell, by stage,\\nbringing with him his intended wife, to whom he\\nwas married the following year. .Sul)sequent to\\nthis happy event the young husband purchased\\nforty acres of land upon which he now resides on\\nsection 29, Cohoctah Township.\\nThis land was covered bv dense forests and the\\nyoung wedded couple moved into their log hut,\\nwhich had but one door and one window, and\\nthere they lived in humble contentment for manj-\\na year. Prosperity attended the efforts of Mr,\\nSehrepfer and he was able by economy and thrift\\nto accumulate a large property. He at one time\\nhad two hundred and forty acres, eighty of which\\nhe gave to his son, and he has himself with his\\nstrong right arm cleared the trees from about one\\nhundred and twenty acres, and has i)laced suli-\\nstantial and fine improvements upon his farm.\\nHis beautiful residence and good barns form a\\nstriking contrast to the little log house in which\\nhe and his wife made their first home, but in the\\nnew home there is no more haiipiness and content-\\nment than was to be found in the humbler abode.\\nThe happ3 marriage of George Sehrepfer and\\nMary Read took place in November 1860 and the\\nbride, who was born September 25, 1838, is a daugh-\\nterof Nicholas and Knutguinte (Bar) Read. Mr.and\\nMrs. Read reared to maturity three sons and six\\ndaughters and one son and foiu daughters came to\\nAmerica. Their mother died in (iermany, but the\\nfather came to JNIichigan and ended his days here.\\nHe lost one son in the Franco-Prussi;in War and\\nanother son still resides in Germany.\\nHe of whom we write has ever cherished a warm", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0594.jp2"}, "595": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0595.jp2"}, "596": {"fulltext": "Qr^/^n^ ^^^Tt^ /^^^tX6", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0596.jp2"}, "597": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n597\\nregard for the land of his adoi)tif n, and during\\nthe dark days of the Civil War he siiowed iiiin-\\nself a loyal citizen, and enlisted March 29. 186.5,\\nin Company E, Fifteenth Miehiijaii Infantry. Ho\\nreceived his honorable discharge at Little liock.\\nArk. in .\\\\ugust, 18fi6,and then returned home and\\nresumed his farming operations.\\nThe ten children who were born to (Jeorge and\\nMaiy Sciircpfer are: Henrietta, .lolin, Maggie,\\nHenry M.. Mary E., Fred K., Anna, Carrie P.,\\nLaura and .lames. Henrietta is the wife of Albert\\nHetchler, and Maggie is Mrs. (Jeorge Rush. The\\nyoungest son died at the age of three years and\\nFred R. h.as established his own hou.\u00c2\u00abehold. ur\\nsubject and his wife are devout nieniljers of the\\nEvangelical Ciiurch and have proved themselves\\nboth active and liberal. This successful man\\nlanded in New York witli l)ul -^1 in his jiocket\\nand his success in life can only be attributed\\nto his unflagging and i)crsisfent industry, his wise\\nforethought and his ]irudciit thrift. He has\\nadopted the ixilitical views of the Republican\\nparty and is .active in promoting its suci css, but is\\nin no sense a [jolitician.\\n(r^ ^HO^LVS HILL, oneof the pronn neut citizens\\nflh^\\\\ Lansing, and a practical and intelligent\\nmachinist, is engaged in the plumbing, steam\\nand gas fitting Inisiness. He was born in Edinburg.\\n.Scotland, or rather in Kirkcaldy, a suburb if that\\ncity, his natal day being March 27. 1843. His\\nfatiier, I eter Hill, who was liorn in Ivlinbui g, w.as\\nalsf) a machinist and in 184. lemoved to (ihent.\\nlielgiuni. where he was engaged to p\\\\it up xinie\\nMax-mill machinery. He was in that line of work\\nfor three years aiui then was em|)loyed three years\\nlonger by the ;ame companv in building locomo-\\ntives\\nIn 1 3.52 Peter Hill came to America and located\\nfor one year in .Milwaukee, but lincling business\\ndull there he went to Detroit, wlu re he was I m-\\nployed in Kellogg s machine shop, building in.arine\\nengines. He was afterward in the em| loy of tlie\\nMichigan Cential Kailroad. and eleven years later\\njmt up a machine sliop of his own. He and his\\nestimable wife still reside in Detroit. He is a I ni-\\ntarian in his religious belief, and a Republican in\\npolitics. His wife bore the maiden name of Lary\\nioodall and was a native of .Scotland, being the\\ndaughter of apt. Goodall, who followed tlie whal-\\ning business through life, and after his death his\\nson stepped into his place. Mr. and L-s. Peter Hill\\nhave eight children, four .sons and four daughters.\\nFrom the age of two until he was eight years\\nold Thom.as Hill lived in Belgium and studied in\\nthe Helgian schools. He then sailed from Antwerp\\nwith his parents and after being seven weeks on\\nthe ocean landed in New York city, whence the\\nfamily went, as we have seen, first to Milwaukee\\nand afterward to Detroit. He attended school in\\nthat city and when fourteen years of age was ap-\\nprenticed to a plumber, serving with D\\\\idlev Ar\\nHolmes of Detroit for three 3 ears and six months,\\nafter which he worked for them six months longer\\nand then left the business to engage with tlie Mich-\\nigan Central Railroad as lireiiian. but after a few\\nmonths he went into the shops of that railroad\\nc(n-poration. After an ai)pi-enticeshii) of three\\nyeais in the machinery business under .S. A. Sweet,\\nthe master mechanic, he worked at the trade\\nin different shops and then went as engineer on the\\nLakes for live .seasons, during which tinu- no acci-\\ndents befell his boat.\\nIn October, 1H71. our subject went into the City\\nHall of Detroit .as engiiuH i and wa the first one\\nappointed in the new City Hall in which he served\\nfor three years and foui months. Next he went\\nto .I.aekson and entered the machine shojjs of tiie\\nMichigan Central Railro.ad and after two years wa.--\\nap])ointcd by the boaid of State .\\\\uditors as engi-\\nlu cr of the State Capitol. I his board consisted of\\n1). C. Holdeli of (irand Rapids. Secretary of State.\\nCol. McCie;iry of Flint, and (Jen. Partridge of\\nHay City. Receiving this appointment in 1M7SI,\\nhe came here at once and took ch. irge of his |)ost\\nand received the apixiintinent with evei-y succes.\\nive term until the Democivitic party came into\\npower. In IJSK;! Mr. Hill was made engineer and\\n.Su|)erintendent of the Capitol and grounds and\\nhad under his care the whole builiiing with the\\nsuperintendencv of some thirt\\\\ men. He held this", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0597.jp2"}, "598": {"fulltext": "J9K\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nIinsilioii until FfliniMiy I.IH .M. lie made improve-\\niiR-iits ill liif iiuiL-liiuen t loiii time to time, and\\nwliiie lip endeiivored to miiiiaue tluMMitiie busine;\\niii economic piinci|)lc lie succeeded in givintt\\nentile satisfaction to i \\\\-ery one. lie liad nioie\\nMian ordinary system in liis work, and every man\\niindei Ills supeiinteudency understood what duties\\nweie expected of liim and that he was relied on to\\nsee that it was done. Nd lime could be wasted\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid 11(1 work neglected hut e\\\\crytliing went as it\\nwere liy clockw n-k. althmigh the mainspring\\nwas ill the character, mind and determination of\\nMr. Hill.\\nA few weeks after leaving the emijloy if tin\\nState Mr. Hill opened the business which he is now\\ncarrying on. He has a pleasant home at the corner\\nof Capitol .Vxeiuie and Lenawee Street, over\\nwhich his wife, who was Miss Louisa AV. Sullivan\\nof Detroit, presides with grace and dignity. This\\nladv was reared and educated in her native city\\nand is a daughter of Lawrence Sullivan, who he-\\nfore his death was a real-estate dc.-iler in Detroit.\\nThe marriage of Mr. and ^Irs. Hill took place in\\nDetroit October 1K()4. an l they have .six inter-\\nesting children, namely Maud K.. Louise. Stewart\\n(ioodall. I earl. Kva and Harry Connant. ^Ir. Hill\\nis identified with Zion Lodge, No. 1,F. ct A. M.\\n()f Detroit and the Royal \\\\vc\\\\\\\\ Ma.sons of Lansing,\\nbeinu also a charter memlier of the Knights of the\\n.Maccaliees in this iilace. He is a strong Kepnblican\\nin his comictions and is friMpieiitly made a dele-\\ngate to connty and State coinentions. He is a\\nman of more than ordinarv lireadtli of view and\\nhis intelligence and \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iftaliility make him a most\\nagreeable cinnpanion.\\nA lithographic portrait of .Mr. Hill is piesented\\nill connection with this biograpliical sketch.\\ns^KOKCtE AV. COLEMAN. D. D. S. For the\\n11 j^ Last twenty years the gentleman whose\\n\\\\^i|! name is at the hea l of this sketch has been\\nin possession of the largest practice, as a dentist,\\nin Lansinsi, Ingham County. He here (opened\\nliis otilee .Septenilier lo. 1S72. and luring that\\nlime has alleviated much suffering. an l extracted\\nmany a nicked molar, that by its excrntiating\\nsurges of pain, rouso one s whole nervous or-\\nganization into a state of revolt and rebellion.\\nPerhaps the d.ay will come when we will learn to lake\\nsuch good care of our teeth that dentists will ha\\\\e\\nno occasion for the practice of their profession.\\nbut they will always be remembered kiiully. even\\nin sut li a blcsseil state, for the good tlu-y lia\\\\t\\ndone.\\nDr. Coleman w;is bom in Hatlle (reek. Michi-\\ngan, February ;i. 1H48. He is a son of William H.\\nand Lucretia (Merrill) Coleman, and rei cived his\\neducation in his native place, after which he en-\\ntered the olHce of Dr. (xeorge P. Holmes, having\\nbound himself to the doctor for a period of three\\nyears in order to learn the profession of dentistry.\\nHe luoieoNfr |)aid ?!|(l(l for the [)rivilege of stndy-\\niiiii under the doctor for the first year. .Vt the\\nsecond year he received small rcn umerat ion for\\nthe services that he was able to give, but at the\\nend of that time he was released by Dr. Holmes\\nfrom his bond. He then entered the Cincinnati Col-\\nlege of Dentistry and graduated in the Class of 71.\\nThus prepared for the priietice of his profession,\\nhe located at ()li\\\\el, Michigan, where he set up his\\nlirst operating chair. This was a common rocker,\\na bona fide operating chair being an extravagance\\nthat he could not at that time afford. However,\\nhe began with the determination of working his\\nway uf), and indeed, he w-as very successful, re-\\nmaining in Olivet until August. 1^72. aftei- wliieli\\nhe came to Lansing and located in the block where\\nhe now is. He has, by his attention tv business,\\nand his skill in his profe. ^sion, bnilt himself up ;i\\npractice that pays handsomel} and has also gained\\na jirominent i)Iaee among his professional brethren.\\nDr. Coleman h.as ])racliced continuously since\\ncoining to the city, with the exception of Iwo ;iii(l\\na half years, when lie was in the Lansing National\\nBank, the latter part of which time he held the\\nposition of Receiving Teller, but resumed his pro-\\nfession witlniut a break in his large practice. ()iir\\nsubject is a member of the Stntc Dental Associji-\\ntion and keeps well abreast of the times in all\\nthings pertaining to his profession. During this", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0598.jp2"}, "599": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n)!\u00c2\u00bbl\\nX\\nmonth (August, 1891) lie is attendance on the\\nAssociation wliicli meets this year at Sanlt Sle.\\nMarie.\\nThe original of our sketch took upon himself\\nthe responsibilities of married life Mareli 27, 1872,\\nat which time he was united to Miss Kniily l\\\\Ic-\\nDonald, a daus^hter of \\\\V. A. and H. Mc-\\nDonald, residents of Battle Creek. Mrs. Coleman\\nis a lady of exceptional attainments, being talented\\nand accom])lislied, besides having a striking per-\\nsonal attractiveness. At the time oi their mar-\\nriage, she held a |)osition as teacher in the Hattlc\\nCreek High School. Our subject, with his wife, is\\na memlier of the Congregational Church, and he\\nis therein an usher, also holding the oflice of Sec-\\nretary of the Sunday-scliool. They have a daugh-\\nter, (iertrude Louise, who is an attractive miss,\\ngifted with a bright mind and pretty, gracious\\nmanners. Dr. Coleman is a man of high reputa-\\ntion and one who is liked bv all.\\nVl/OHN A. MASTIC. The gentleman whose\\nname is at the head of this sketch is the\\n(jroprietor of a farm of eighty acres located\\non section 26, lland\\\\- Townshij). Livingston\\nCounty. He came liere when twelve years of age,\\nin 1844, his parents having emigrated westward at\\nthat time. He was born in Kssex County, N. Y.\\nin 1833 and is a son of Asa and .Sophia (Ray)\\nMastic, natives of Vermont and married in the\\nsame State. The father was by trade a lilac ksmith\\nand followed his calling in the E.ast. He only\\nlived two months after coming to Michigan, his\\ndecease taking jilace when he was forty-four years\\nof age. His wife survived him by many years, her\\nfieath occurring in September, 188; and her inter-\\nment taking ])lace in Handy Township. One of a\\nfamily of eight children, our subject is the second\\nin order of birth. They are Charles, who resides\\nin Lansing; William whose home is in N errnont;\\nJane, who became Mrs. Steward; Deliah. who be-\\ncame Mrs. Hall; and Mary, who is Mrs. Hoyt.\\nOur subject was educated in the district schools\\nof Handy Township and on becoming twelve yeai-s\\nof age was thrown upon his own resources and de-\\npendent upon himself for bolli food and elolhing.\\nHe llrst began to work out for faiiiiers and later in\\nlife came to this place, in 18(51 purchasing ft)rty\\nacres. He later added forty acres more, only five\\nacres of the last-named trad having been cleared\\nat till time of his purchase. On making his first\\ninvestment in real-estate here a cool review of his\\nposition showed him to be posses.sed of (Jiily\\noutside of the bare land. He had no team and no\\nfarming implements, but had a strong constitution,\\na keen-edged ax ami i young wife who was in her-\\nself an inspiration. Together they set to work\\nand besides rearing a family made of their ))lace a\\nbeautiful home. Our subject is now considered\\none of the successful farmers of this townshii).\\nHe of whom we write has been doing a gftod-\\nSamaritan kind of work, aside from what he has\\naccomplished that h.as been above mentioned. He\\nhas reared two families liesides his own that is\\nseventeen people in all that he has clotlied and\\nsupported. In I8(!() our subject was united in\\nmarriage to Caroline Hoyt. She died in 1880\\nleaving a family of seven children. They are\\nJulia, Frank, Charles, Hert, l.,ydia, Carrie and May.\\nJulia is now Jlrs. C. Barry and is the mother of\\ntwo children .\\\\verv and Fred and a resident of\\nHandy Township. Frank married Alice Coleman\\nand has one son Leaon; they reside not a great\\ndistance from the home place. Charles married\\nLucy Barber; they are tlie parents of one daughter\\nMaude, and reside in Fowleiville. Bert, Lvdia\\nand May are now deceased.\\nMr. Elastic was a second time married. Mrs. Me-\\nlinda Mann becoming his wife. By her previous\\nmarriage she was the mother of three children\\nFrank. Minnie and Fred. The eldest son married\\nTinnie Barry; they have one child, a daughter\\nwliose name is Belle. Minnie is the wife of\\nThom.as Fellows. By the present marriage our\\nsubject is the father of two children .John H. and\\nGracie. The confidence and esteem in which our\\nsubject is held in the c(mimunity is shown by the\\nfact that he has been elected to tlie most honorable\\nottices and which are the pride of American dis-\\ntricts those of the school and educational inter-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0599.jp2"}, "600": {"fulltext": "(UK I\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nosts. Ho has hci ii ;mi incuinlicnt of tlicsf |i(isiti( n\\nfor the past I iiiliteeii Acais aiid lias lu cii I atli-\\nin;istt r for IwiMily years.\\nIn IM77 Mr. Elastic iTCctcd upon his place one\\nof tlie he,-,t honses in tlie townsliip. It iseonimod-\\nious and eomfortalile and |)|-o\\\\ided with all the\\nconveniences tiiat are so necessary to loh farm lift\\nuf its drudgery. He has iiiood hai iis and ontlndld-\\ninos and his land is in a high state of cultivation.\\n.V fine orchard set out years ago is now a .source of\\nboth pleasure and piolit. Here the original of\\nour sketch is engaged in lireeding horses of |)ure\\nlilood .-md r:iisiug cattle, sheep and hogs.\\nThe gentleman of whom we wiite is in his poli-\\ntienl following ;i Democrat and an ardent lielievei\\nin free trade, lie is ])ulilic spirited to .a degree\\nand many of the improvements of the tow-nship\\nhave liecn greatly forwarded l v his enterprise.\\nha\\\\ ing helped to Imild roads, school-houses and\\ncliurehes. )n moving into his lii t residence,\\nwliieli is the log t uliin above mentioned, he lived\\nat ,1 distance of half a mile from the nearest neigh-\\nbor, the country between them being a thickly\\nwooded tract. ]^ersonall\\\\ Mi-. Mastic is a genial,\\nwhole-souled man who is po]iular with liisacquaint-\\nanees and associates. He is five feet, six inches in\\nheight !ind weighs about two hundred pounds, and\\nis a man of great sti-engtli and enduiance as can lie\\nconjectured from the amount of work which he\\nhas accomplished.\\nE^^^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0it; KROMl-: W. HANI). The litV sketch whicli\\nwe now lay before our readers, is that of a\\nman who has made his influence felt, not\\nonly during the i|uiet days of jteace. but\\nwhen the dark clouds of war hung over our land.\\nAt that time he joined hand in haixl with his\\nneighboi-s. and upon the battle-field, stood shoulder\\nto shonldei- with his comrades in defense of the\\nold flag, and he noAV feels that the country foi-\\nwhich he fought is dearer to him than if he had\\nremained at home in her hour of distress.\\nThis gentleman lives upon .-i beautiful and\\nw(ll-cnlti\\\\ated farm of fifty acres, situated upon\\nsection U(, Howell Tf)wnshii), Livingston County,\\nrpon it may be seen substantial farm buildings and\\nhere is i-aised a fine grade of stock, among which\\nwe may name f\\\\dl-blooded Holstein cattle and\\ngraded Short-horns as well as Hambletonian and\\nother thoroughbred hor.ses.\\nThe nativity of Mr. Hand was in Lixingslon\\nCounty, X. April ;i(l. \\\\KM i. .and his parents\\nwere Ehen .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2md Lusiiia f ullci) Hand. The father\\nwas a contractor and builder who came to .Michi-\\ngan in 1HH;{. ;ind having settled in the village of\\nBrighto}! was active there in his work beii g- the\\nprincipal builder in Brighton foi nianv years. Mis\\ndeath oceiu red in 184: Four of his nine t hildren\\nnow survive, namely: Lurinda (Mrs. Ogden),\\nRhoda, .lose])hinc {Mrs. I ryor) and our subject.\\nThe \\\\illage of Brighton was the scene of the\\nlioyhood and early edncation of Jeronu Hand and\\nhe I csided uudci- the parental roof until after\\nhis father s death. He then worked out for neigh-\\nboring farmers until his enlistment in Company I,\\nTwenty-second Michigan Infantrv in 186; He\\nwas in service until the close of the war and took\\npart in the battles of ^lission Ridge, Lookout\\n^lountain and Chickamauga, and received his lion-\\noralilc dischai ge at Louisville, Ky., .Inly IX. IHfi,\\nAfter his return from the seat of war .Mr. Hand\\npurchased forty acres of land in the townshij) of\\nHandy, ivingston County, and after living ufion\\nit two years disposed of the same and purchased\\nthe properly where he now lives and which he h.as\\nhighly improved since it came into his hands. His\\nneighliois have rai.sed him at different times to the\\noffices of Road Commissioner and Drain.age Com-\\nmissioner and in both positions he has done excel-\\nlent service for the township.\\nThe marriage cerenuniy for Jerome W. Hand\\nand Miss Elma Coonradt was )ierformed at the Innnc\\nof the bride in 1\u00c2\u00ab. )7. Thi iady is a daughter of\\nAdam and Klizabeth (Cogsdell) Coonradt. b ith of\\nwhom were b nn in New Brunswick, N. Mr.\\nCoonradt was a farmer who came est in IS. iti\\nafter his marriage, and settled in the township of\\nMilford, Oakland County and eng.aged in farming.\\nHe came into this township in 1867 and settled\\nu))on section 19. where he purchased eighty aci es", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0600.jp2"}, "601": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALHUM.\\nfim\\nMini li\\\\cil until Ills ilcMlli wliicli tixik i)l;u in IH7. MMli\\\\i of ScuIImihI. wIutc Uu fiiriiici was engaged\\nHis widow survived liini for tliii u yi nrs and K-tl as a sli( |ilici-d. hut alti i toininu lo Ainciica lie lie-\\nnine eliildren. seven of whom are now liviiii;. came a farmer. Tliey were the parents of eleven\\nnamely: .Mary (Mrs. Hunt alherinel Mrs. Lock- childicii. one of whom, .lohii .Mclntyre, was a\\nwood), Elizalieth (.Mrs. Seavei). .Malinda (Mrs. .soldier in the Uevoliili inary ar. He of whom\\nHayes), Lousi;! (Mrs. Mann). Leonard. Lima (.Mrs. we write is one of a family of eleven children.\\nHand), and Hannah (Mrs. iiiish). Mrs. .Se;iver only nine, Iiowcmt. now li\\\\iiiL;. They are Donald.\\nis deceased\\nlane, Peter, .\\\\iin. Iluiili. I iora. .Mai\\\\. .lames and\\nTo the hoiiie of .Mr. and .Mrs. Il:iiid Iwochildren .laiiet. The Iwo who are deceased are Kliza and\\nhave come and they hear the names of Selicia 1). Ruth.\\nand Calvin L. The princiiiUs of the Democratic The reliuious traininu in the homestead was that\\nparty are those which in the judirmenf of Mr. of the Pieshyteriaii denomination, hotli parents\\nHand are best adapted insecure the well-heinji of heinu meinhers of that hody. The father of tln\\nthe citizens of our country and to insure the pros- l amil\\\\ was a \\\\Vliii hut in later years became ji\\nperity of the nation. He is an ardent and etlicienl Republican. He was honored h\\\\ seveial positions\\nmember of the i rand .Vriny of the Repulilic and within the ,dft of the township .and was jrreatly\\ndelights in its reunion, lie has a pleasant liou.se respected ;is .a niiin of inteirrity and ijood financial\\nand lot in the village of Howell liut prefer to re-\\nside upon liis taiin which he is ;icti\\\\( l v can\\\\ iiigon.\\nstanding. )iir subject was raised on the home\\nfarm and remained at home until he wn.s twent_\\\\-\\nsi.\\\\ ye.ars of age. He received ;i liheral education,\\n.attending select schools in .\\\\nn .\\\\rhor. .Vfter\\nlinisliing his course of study he was engagi d in\\nteaching in Ingham County, this State, being\\nthus employed both before and after marriage.\\nMr. Midntvre made his Mi-l piiichase of laiul in\\nlpV,()N.\\\\LI) McINTYRL. Our subject has White Oak TcnMisliip. Ingham (oiinty. in \\\\h:,x.\\n|l 1, abandoned active business life while yet It comprised eighty acies of land and he Iniill\\ni^Jf^ at an age thai he can enjoy the pleasures llieicon .-i line hi wed log hou e. He later added\\nthat his large resources can give, anil in other land and improxed this mi that it became\\nthis lie how a wisdom greater than th.at displayeil regarded as one of the best farms in the district.\\nhy the majority of men. He raised tine c;ittle and sheep u])on the place,\\nlie wa- born in .Montgoniei\\\\ oiinly, N. V.. )n the breaking out of the war oiii- subject\\nSeptember l!l. lK;il. He is a son of .l.ames .and cnlisleil in ompany of the I irst Michigan\\n.Mary McCall) .Mclnt\\\\ re. both n.ativesof thel .ni- l- .ngineeis and .Mecli.anics liegiment. being miis-\\npire State. Our subject s f.Mlhei was there an ex- lered into service in December 1868. After a varied\\ntensive farmer, but foreseeing great opportunities in .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iiid inteicsting service he was honorably di.scharg-\\nIhe new Slate of Michigan, he came West and set- cd .and rcluined lionii October I. IMfi. He was\\nlied ill Inadilla Township. Livingston oiint\\\\. with Shcriiian on his meiiiiu able ni;irch from\\ntiist taking up .a ipiaiter xctioii of iovernmeiit\\nland of the clas,-- llial is known as oak openin rs.\\nAtlanta to the sea.\\n.U ter returning from the war he sold his placi\\nOn his newly acquired tract he erected a log house ;nid moved to the city where he purchased prop-\\nwliicli he made his losideiice until death overlook ci t in the eastern pail of llu town and upon\\nhim, .lanuarv ifi. 1872. His wife suivi\\\\-ed him which he now lives. He was united in marriage\\niiiilil .luiie 1. 18H;b\\n(Hir subject s |)aternal yrandsire was Donald .Mc-\\niii M. )S lo .Mi\u00c2\u00bb Olive .M. Herrick of Waterloo.\\nJackson Coiintv, this .state. .She is a d.aughter of\\nInlyre. wlio e mital day was .liily Hi. IT. i .t. His .Samuel .M. and Sarah K. (Newman) Herrick.\\nwife was Ann MrlnUie. and llic\\\\ m H lioth nalixcs of New ^ork where the former was .-i liool", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0601.jp2"}, "602": {"fulltext": "602\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nand shoe maker. He came to Michigan in 1845 and\\nsettled in Waterloo, engaging soon after in farm-\\ning. Of eight children which were born to thi*\\ncouple only four are now living. Isaac X., William\\nS.. Sarah K. and Olive M. The parents died in\\n.lackson County, aftei- a long association -with the\\nmeniheis of the Presbyterian religious body. The\\nfather was originally a Whig but later became a\\nRejjublican.\\nThe original of uur sketch has a family of five\\nchildren. They are (ieorge H.. Anna M., Ella,\\nFlora B. a id Donald. The eldest son married\\nMarv Smith; they are the parents of four children\\n(ilenn. Ethel, Benjamin II. and .Tosephine. This\\nson is a farmer by calling and also a politician; he\\nis now Supervisor of the township. Anna M. is\\n]\\\\Irs. .1. II. Smitli; she is the mother of three chil-\\ndren (irover, Letha and Mclntyre; her husband is\\nalso engaged in farming. Ella is now Mrs. I. .1.\\nKing and is the mother of two children, Lee and\\nEi-ma. Mr. Mclntyre is an nnconipromising Re-\\npublican. He is a meml)cr of the I nion Veteran\\nI nion. He and his wife are members of the\\nMethodist Ei)iscopal Church. Our subject has\\nbeen the architect of his own fortunes, having had\\nnothing to liegin with but what he made by his\\nown efforts.\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n^i RS. HELEN L. M. LAKE. One of the\\nmost potent factors in the civilization of\\nII any section of our country is to be found\\nin the charactei and intluence of its women\\nof education and refinement. Not only all who\\ncome in contact with them, liut all who live in their\\nIcinitv. are insensibly elevated and refined by\\nknowing that such women are in their midst. This\\nis trebly true when such characters add to their\\niuduence the power of a gentle and amiable dispo-\\nsition, which is effective by its very apparent lack\\nof aggressiveness, for it arouses no opposition\\nand leads the way to higher things.\\nSuch a character do we find in the widow of\\n.George B. Lake, whose loss was deeply felt by all\\nwho knew him when he passed from earth in 1884.\\nThis gentleman was born in Howell Township,\\nLivingston County, in 1845, and was the son of\\nRial and Mary F. (Burt) Lake. His father was an\\neducaeor, being at one time a professor in a school\\nof high standing in Philadelphia. Vermont was\\nhis native State and he came to Michigan in 1838,\\nsettling in Howell Township, where he engaged in\\nfarming through all his later years.\\nThe education of George B. Lake was carried on\\nin the schools of Howell and was supplemented l)y\\nhome instruction, whicli fitted him admirably for\\nhis matriculation at the Michigan University at\\nAnn Arbor. He took there a course as Civil Engi-\\nneer and received his diploma in 1869. Subsequent\\nto his graduation, Mr. A. A. Robinson, who was a\\nclassmate of his at the university, wrote him, beg-\\nging that he would come to Kansas, where he (Mr.\\nRoliinson) had secured a position on the Atchison,\\nTopeka Santa Fe Railroad. Mr. Lake joined his\\nfriend .and became A.ssistant Engineer in 1869. In\\n1871 the young man had advanced to the position\\nof Division Superintendent of the Atchison, To-\\npeka Santa Fe Railroad, and five years later he\\nbecame Superintendent of Track and Bridges. In\\n1878 he took the position of princip.al Assistant\\nand Consulting Engineer, and in 1884 he became\\nChief Engineer of the same road. During the same\\nyear he was taken sick at his home in Topeka, Kan.,\\nand died of pneumonia.\\nThe marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Lake had taken\\nplace on Christmas Day, 1878, and at the time of\\nhis death they had two beautiful children, (Jeorge\\nB., -Ir.. and Helen. After her husband s death Mrs.\\nLake returned to her home in Howell. She was a\\ndaughter of Dr. Z. II. .and Lutheria (.lohn.son)\\njSIarsh. both of whom were natives of the old Bay\\nState. Dr. Marsh received his medical education\\nat .lefferson College. Philadelphia, fiom which he\\ntook his diploma and |iracticed his profession for a\\nshort time in a small town called Ware illage, in\\nMassachusetts, before removing to New York Citv,\\nwhere he remained in the active practice of his\\nprofession until he came to Michigan and settled in\\nHowell. Besides carrying on his profession here\\nhe established the first regular drug store in Howell,\\nwhich he managed for twenty years, after which", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0602.jp2"}, "603": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGKAPilK AL ALIU iM.\\n(i:!\\ntime his lii iiltli iMilcd mikI he rt tircil t niiii ;\\\\cti\\\\f\\nlife. Me lias now reMclicrl the vein ralilc !ii;e of\\neijjlitv years and was liereaved ol liis lieluvcd and\\nfaitlifid wife in 1\u00c2\u00ab.S7. Of lluir lluee eliiklivii liul\\nIwd are lixiiiii. Mrs. Lake and her brother. Ivlwiii\\n.1. Marsli. who is a lawyer ;it (iiand Rajiids.\\nSince .Afrs. Lake s return to Howell she lias lniill\\na fine jjreenhousc. the only one in the county, and\\nhas e?tahlislie(I a llonrishinu luisiiiess in cut (lowers\\nand potted plants. She also looks after her farm\\nin ttie township and has pi oxcn hei self. i thoi-ouiih\\nanil s\\\\steiiiatic Inisiness woman. The home in\\nwhich she and her children reside on llnhhle Street\\nis the scene of a liannonious household and a hos-\\npitable abode. She is .a l.ady whose edncation. both\\nliterary anil musical, made her a true helpmate and\\na fittiiiii coinp.anioii to tlie talented and hioiily edu-\\ncated i;entleman. with whom she had the liap|iiness\\nto spend the brief years of their married life. She\\nhas laiiiilit in the pulilic schools of Lansing and\\n:il.so tauifht music in Hig l{a| ids. Mich., and\\nwherever she has lived and in whatever circle she\\nha- inoxed she ha- lieen alil c bclo\\\\/d and prized-\\n1=^1^\\nEDWARD II.VPIN, one of the |iioinincnl\\nattorneys of the city of I ansinsi Inifhain\\nCounty, has his ofHce at No. Ids ^Iichii;aii\\nAvenue West, .and has been enirasied in the pr.ac-\\nt ice of his profession since 1X7. He is a native\\nof Connecticut, and was born in the city of New\\nHaven, .hine IS. 1\u00c2\u00ab11. His father. Kev. S. S. Chapin.\\nis a clersivman of the Kpiscopal (linrcli. and his\\nmother, who died in 1S7(). was .lulia Coan Cha-\\npin. I ntil lifteen year- of aye Mr. Chapin lived\\ntive vears in New H.aven. two in New York City\\nand eight near Norwich. Conn., and then came\\nWest with liis parents and located in the city of\\nMarshall. Mich., whci-e his fathei had lu cn called\\nto the rectorship of the Kjiiscopal Church of that\\ncitv. Mr. Chapin a- a boy attended school in Con-\\nnecticut and in he iity of Marshall, and srradua-\\nted at Racine ollc.;c. Racine. AVis.. receivino the\\ndegree of li. ichelor Arts in the class of lM i7.\\nAflci liiiishiiiL; his collesire life he was eonnected\\nwith the Slate I )e|)artnient of the State of Miclii-\\nuan until IH7I. He then entered the law otticeof\\nMessrs.Dart A- ile\\\\ in Lansiiiif, and was admitted\\nto piaclicc in l.H7. i when he opened :in odicc and\\nh.-is (-(jntinued in pi-acticc to the present time. .\\\\lr.\\nhapin held the otiicc of Circuit Court Commis-\\nsioner foi four years, and was also Citv .\\\\ttornev\\nfor the city of Lansinu- for a like nuinber of years.\\nIll politics he has always been a Republican, and is\\na menibei- of the ^lasonic irrder: he a nieinlier of\\nthe Episcopal Church, ami for many years has\\nbeen fine of the Wardens of St PaiiTs Church, of\\nLansiiiL!. Mr. Chaiiin was m.arried on April 2 2.\\nls71.toKlla R. Kino, of .\\\\cw York ity. I hey\\nhave three chilflren: (drmdius King. Roy Dike-\\nman .and Maficlle Rose. Mrs. Cha|)in s father. Mr.\\n.lames W. l\\\\ing made his home in Lansing from 1 H7 1\\nuntil his decease in 1H,S(. His wife. Mrs. Hannah\\nS. King, is still living, and l\u00e2\u0096\u00a0esirl(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^ with .Mr. Chapin\\nand his wife. I he Cliainn family and the Coan\\nfamily were .all of New Pngland stock, as were\\nalso the laniilies of ^l:\u00e2\u0096\u00a0, and Kiiiu. l or the last\\nfour years Mr. Chapin has been coiinecteil with\\nthe legal de|iartment of the Minneapolis. St. ]\u00c2\u00bba\\\\il\\nA Saiilt SI. Marie Railw.ay company, .and for (lie\\nlast two years li.as been one of the directors of the\\nPeo|)le s .Saving IJank of West May City. In ail-\\nditioii to his business in connection with the rail-\\nroad, he has given his attention to gfiierai law\\niiractice.\\n^j^KORtiK W. I RKKMAN. The manufactui-\\n11 i ing interests of Lansing form .a very con-\\nsiderable factor in the develoiinient of the\\nresources of this city and section of this State.\\nI he wealth of .Micliiil.an mines .and forests could\\nnever have lieen transniuteil into gold had it not\\nbeen for the touch of the philosopher s stone, which\\nill this instance consisted of the inventive genius\\nand enterprising si irit of the men of the .state.\\n)ur subject, who i the Seiaetarv and .Manager\\no1 the AiHicrson Roail .art Company, is one of", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0603.jp2"}, "604": {"fulltext": "604\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nthese men, bright, shrewd, enterprising and intelli-\\ngent, who have helped to change our State from a\\nwilderness to a populous center. He organized the\\ncompany in wliich he is interested and is a thor-\\nough and practical manufacturer. lie was horn\\nin Lockport, N. V.. JLarcli 12, 1\u00c2\u00ab44, liis father,\\nRobert Freeman. l)eing a native of New.lersey, and\\nlater becoming a farmer in New York.\\nRobert Freeman emigrated from the East to\\nF armington, Oakland County. Iicli.. and there lo-\\ncated upon a farm until lH;i. ).whcn lie removed to\\nPrairieville, Harry Co\\\\inty. and made that his final\\nhome, as he i)assed away l)efore tlie l)reaking out\\nof the Civil War. lie was a man who was deeply\\ninterested in ])ublic matters although lie did not\\ntake an active part in them, but voted the Demo-\\ncratic ticket, and was an earnest and devoted mem-\\nber of the Methodist F^piscojial Church. His wife,\\nwho was of A\\\\ elsh descent, liore the maiden name\\nof Mary A. Chapman. Her father died in New\\nYork and she lived until 1885. when she passed\\naway in Michigan. Eleven children have called\\nher mother and six of these are now living, two\\nsons having lost their lives in the Civil War.\\nHe of whom we write was a little fellow of some\\nthree years of age when he came to Michigan, and\\nmade his home with his parents about eighteen\\nmiles from Detroit, and he was eleven years old\\nwhen he went to Barry County, where he studied\\nin tlie district schools and early went to work upon\\nthe farm. After his father s death he undertook\\nthe management of the old farm, which consisted\\nof eiglity-flve acres, a tract of land which he still\\nowns and which is in a fine state of cultivation.\\nIn 1863 he became clerk in the office of the Regis-\\ntrar of Deeds, being in the department which had\\ncharge of the Abstract of Titles. Here he remained\\nfor one year only, as his patriotic impulses led him\\nto give up his office and enlist in the service of his\\ncountry.\\nThe young soldier became a member of Com-\\npany E, Fifty-first Wisconsin Infantry, being mus-\\ntered in at Madison, Wis., and serving until the\\nclose of the war in the Army of the Potomac. His\\nregiment was engaged in skirmishing and raiding\\nand took part in Price s raid. Mr. Freeman was\\ndetailed as clerk in the Adjutant s Department and\\nserved there for some time. In the spring of 1865\\nhe was ordered to Leavenworth, Kan., where he\\nwas mustered out and discharged under tlie special\\norder in .July, 186. The regiment was returned\\nto Madison, from which point they dispersed in\\nAugust.\\nThe oil fever w.is now at its height and the\\nyoung soldier went to Pennsylvania and speculated\\nfor awhile, but as he did not make a fortune he\\nsoon returned toBarry and again entered the office\\nof the Hegistrar of Deeds. Here he continued for\\nfive years and in .lanuary, 1871, he was appointed\\nClerk in the State Department under Mr. Stryker,\\nin 1872, and finally liecame chief clerk in his office.\\nHe served for four terms under iMessrs. Stiyker,\\nHolden, .lenniso, and Covant, making sixteen\\nyears of faithful service in this office. In January,\\n1887, Mr. Freeman received the appointment to\\nthe office of lilxecutive Clerk under (tov. Luce, and\\nby virtue of his appointment he was also .Secretary\\nof the Board of Pardons. This position he filled\\nuntil October, 1887, when he resigned his office to\\nenter business.\\nMr. Freeman became an incorporator of the\\nAnderson Road Carl Company, October 18, 1887,\\nand was at once elected its Manager and Secretary\\nbeing a large stockholder and one of the Directors.\\nThe business has been greatly enlarged and they\\nnow manufacture a full line of the carts, making\\na specialty of road, track and speeding carts, and\\nturning out from forty to fift^- vehicles a day. It\\nis a thorough manufacturing institution and makes\\nevery part of every vehicle in its output.\\nThe happ3 home of our subject is at the corner\\nof Ottawa and Claypole Streets and the lady who\\nis the presiding genius became IMrs. Freeman in\\nGrand Rapids in 1867, her maiden name was Carrie\\nA. Mead, and she was born in Fishkill, N. Y., and\\nis a daughter of Finch JNIead, who became an early\\nsettler of Michigan, where he still carries on a fine\\nfarm. Three children have crowned this union;\\nthe eldest George L., is already a young business\\nman and is in the employ of the Road Cart Com-\\npany, while lidith E. and ,Ioe B. are at home with\\ntheir jiarents. Mr. Freeman belongs to the Inde-\\npendent Order of Odd F ellows. to the Royal Ar-\\ncanum and to the Foresters, His wile is an earnest", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0604.jp2"}, "605": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0605.jp2"}, "606": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0606.jp2"}, "607": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n607\\nand devoted member of theCongreffatioiial Iniich\\nill wliicli slic (X Oipies a position of iist f illness jiiid\\niiilliuMicf. Tlic (li claratioiis of the Hi iJiihlican\\nparty einlinily the polilical views of .Mr. l- reeiiian\\nand lie is most earnestly and devotedly attaelied to\\nhis party, lie is Cliairiiian not only of tlie ard\\nCominittie. lint also of the City and nuiity Coni-\\nniittee and has fre(|neiitly lieeu a delegate to\\ncounty and State eoiivenlions.\\nEXKY REYNOLDS, M. S.. the Secretary\\nof the State Hoard of Agriculture, was born\\nin Buffalo, X. V.. .Inly 4. 1\u00c2\u00ab;31. The\\nadvent of the first ancestor of the Reynolds\\nfamily to the United States dates from 1(;. ?-I,at\\nwhich time he came from England. The faniilv\\nname was spelled for several generations Raynold.s.\\nbut was changed to Reynolds by the father of our\\nsnliject because of the contlictiiig claim made to\\nthe mail that came ft)r him by another man of the\\nsame name. The first delinite knowledge we have\\nof this family begins with the history of the Rev.\\nPeter Raynolds, a Congregational minister, who\\nwas born November 26, 170((, and died May II,\\n1768. He left a son who was known as Deacon\\n.lolin Haynolds. His birth took place in Enlield,\\nConn. His son, .lames L. Raynolds, was also born\\nin Enfield and was an officer in the War of 1H12.\\nF rom him descended James L. Reynolds, the father\\nof Henry He was born in Enlield. Conn., .Iiiiie\\n7, I\u00c2\u00abll.\\n.Tames L. Heynolds removed from his native\\n.State to Ohio in If^. i.! and settled in JMa.ssilloii.\\nwhere he was employed as a merchant for fifteen\\nyears, afterward he went to Chicago, where he\\nspent fifteen years, successfully engaged in mer-\\ncantile business. In 1866 he retired from act-\\nive labor and his decease occurred in California in\\n1H7. 5. Henry G. Reynolds spent the first fifteen\\nyears of his life in Chicago and was a student for\\none year in the High Schotil of that city. In 1H66\\nhe entered the 3Iichigan State Agricultural Col-\\nlege at Lansing. From this institution he grad\\nuated in 187(1 with the degree of Uachelor of\\nScience and in 187. his Alma Mater honored him\\nwith the degree of .Master of Science.\\n.Vfler graduating .Mr. Reynolds spent nearly\\nthree years in ICiirope. traveling and enjoying an\\nadvanced course of studies in the labratory of Dr.\\nKresenius at Wiesbaden in (iermany. He then lo-\\ncated at Old .Mission. .Mich., where he was employed\\nas a fruit-grower until called to his [ireseiit position\\nill 188. While at Old Mission he was especially\\ninterested iii .apple and pear (iilturc.\\nOn Septemlier 21, 1^71. Mr. Reynolds was mar-\\nried to -Mi.ss Frances Llewell\\\\n of Mexico. Mo.\\nMrs. Reynolds was born February 28, 1850, in\\nJ.,OHisville, Ky. Her father, Robert Llewellj-n, was\\nborn in IJirmingham. I .nglaiid; her mother, .\\\\bi-\\ngail Knott, was born in I)iil)lin, Ireland, but was\\nof English .ancestry. The mother of Henry\\nReynolds bore the maiden name of .Mary (ireen\\nDuncan, and was born .lannary 1, I8r.\u00c2\u00bb. at Ma.ssil-\\nlon. Ohio, of which her father, James, was the\\nfounder. He was a man of recognized ability and\\ngreat executive power, having sterling business\\n(|ualities and a profound interest in the pioneer\\ndevelopment of the .State. He is still rememliered\\nill Massillon as a man to whom the city is indebt-\\ned for many of the privileges it now eHJ03 S. He\\nwas also one of the earliest developers of the I pper\\nMichigan mining district, in the region of Negau-\\nnee. He was lioin in Concord. N. II., May 2. 178!(,\\nand died in Chicago. March I. 1 86;i. Mrs. Rey-\\nnolds is stili living and resides with her sou at the\\nIMichigan .Vgricultural College.\\nMr. and .Mrs. Henry (J. Reynolds are the parents\\nof six children whose names are as follows: I- red-\\neiiek I-., Robert L., Duncan I... Jessie L.. Margaret\\nand tiraham L. Frederick, who was born De-\\ncember 21. 1875. and Robert, liorn .lunc 25.\\n1.S77. are students in the .\\\\gricultural College;\\nDuncan w.as boin O-tober 2. 187 Jessie. Aiiril\\nI 22, 1883; Margaret. October .JO, 1885, and Graham\\nOctobers, 1887. Mr. Reynolds was a member \u00c2\u00abif\\nthe Michigan Slate IJoard of .\\\\griculture from\\n1H7S) to 1885. Roth he and his wife are members\\nof the EpiscHipal Church of Lansing. In poli-\\nI tics he is independent. He is a strong believer in", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0607.jp2"}, "608": {"fulltext": "608\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nthe industrial system of the college. During his\\nSecretaryship he pre|)are(l anrl ptililislied a general\\nindex of the agricultural I eports of Michigan from\\nIMlDto IHHK, inchisive. I his work has been ap-\\npreciated h_v all who have had occasion to refer to\\ntliese volumes.\\nIn connection with this biography will be found\\na lithographic portrait of TVIr. Reynolds.\\n-^+^i\\nJpHiOBRRT M. PORTER. Tie of whom we\\n|Wj write w.as born in Hillsdale ouiity. this\\nV State, in the township of l.ilclitield. Decem-\\nber 12, 1851. lie was only sixteen years of\\nage when he started out in life for himself and\\nwas engaged in clerking in a drug store at (^uincy.\\nThence lie was employed in a dry-goods store\\nwhere he remained for three years and was then\\nclerk in the dr3 -goods house at Litchfield, remain-\\ning tliere also two years. His advent into Will-\\niamston, Ingham County, was made in 187.5 and\\nsince that time he has here made his residence.\\nOn first coming to Williamston our subject\\nwas engaged as a clerk in a dry-goods store\\nand remained there for six years. He then came\\ninto the liardware store in the year of 1881 as\\nclerk for ^Ir. .lessup and has since been engaged\\nhere. In 1878 Mr. Porter was married in AVilliam-\\nston to Flora J. Clark, a daughter of Henry Clark,\\nthe mother being Margrette (Siiaw) Clark. They\\nwei c natives of Leroy, (ienesee County. X. Y.\\nTliis union, which has been a very happy one\\nhas lesulted in the Iiirtli of two children\\nClarence 11. and Howard C.. both of whom are\\nat home. Mr. Porter is a Master Mason, being a\\nmember of Williamston Lodge, No. 153. Politically-\\nhe is a Democrat and has held oflice under his\\nparty in the village of Williamston for the past\\ntwo years. He has been Township Clerk for six\\nyears and is tlie present incumlient of that position.\\nOur subject s father, Robeit M. Porter, was one of\\nthe founders of Albion College and he of whom I\\nwe write holds a life scholai Ship there and also a\\nlife scholarship in Hillsdale College which was pur- I\\nchased by his father. A brother of the senior\\nRobert M. Porter, was a Rei)resentative in the\\nUnited States congress from Minnesota and a\\nbrotlier of our subject s mother, .lacob Sttikes, was\\na nieml er of the Treasur\\\\ l)e|)!utment of the\\nUnited States.\\nIt will not lie out of place to here give a some-\\nwhat extended notice of the parents of the gentle-\\nman of whom we aie writing. His father was\\nRobert M. Porter, a native of Lancaster, Pa., who.\\nin an early d.ay, came to Calhoun County, Jlich.\\nand followed milling in Homer foi a number of\\nyears. He afterward went to Litclilield, Hillsdale\\nCounty, and there ran .-i mill known as that of\\nFowler A Porter. He then went to Scipio Town-\\nship .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0mil w:i the proprietor of large establish-\\nment known as the Pcirter Mills. Latei- he went\\nto ISurr )ak, St. .Iosei)h Count v. and there ran n\\nmill and linally located in (^Miincv, Branch County,\\nand was there engaged in the milling business with\\na Mr. Rogers, continuing in this connection until\\nhis decease, which occurred in 1883.\\nRobert Porter, Sr. w.as married, in Phdadelphia.\\nto Miss Fanny Stokes, a native of that city. She\\ndied in lH5il in Sci|ii(j Township, Hillsdale County,\\nMich. To this couple were born four children\\n.lacob .\\\\I., Henry C., Harriet. Robert M. and\\nFremont C. Our subject s father w.as nearly all\\nhis life engaged in milling. He was a Master\\nMason which was greatly to his advantage in pio-\\nneer days.\\nORTOX M. MONROE. A goodly number of\\nveterans of the late war that were drawn\\nfrom Ingham County still survive and offer\\na bright example to the young men who arc com-\\ning uj) to-day of the disinterested loyalty that\\nprompted them to throw all inl o the balance with\\nthe chances of war. for at that lime there was no\\n.assurance, in fact apparently sm.M 11 chance, of any\\nreniuneralion for services and it as certain that\\nmany would sacritice th.eir lives. Owv ubject was", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0608.jp2"}, "609": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n609\\none of the inosl vnliaiit of tlic rt iri incut tli;il went\\nout fwnn his native State, and that was detaiU d to\\nduty in the Army of the Ciiinheiland.\\nTlie gentU inan who now owns the model farm\\nlocated on .section 51, Lcroy Townshii), is a n.-itive\\nof Livingston County, this State. lie was liorn\\nSeptember 23, 1840, and is a son of Francis and\\nLuana (ITix) ^Monroe. He is a lirotlier of .1. ^I.\\nMonroe, of whom a sketcli ajjiiears in another jirirt\\nof this Ai.nuM. Reared to manhood in liis native\\nState during- his })oyhood life, school duties and\\nfarm duties were shared witji the balance in favor\\nof the latter, for at that time there was much to be\\ndone to put the land in a productive state and la-\\nbor was not easy to l)e had. lie engaged in farm-\\ning as soon as he was able and old enough to do\\nthe lightest woric, and altliough he is not among\\nthe olrler men of the State he can still recall many\\npioneer experiences relating to his ^youthful d.ays.\\nThe wiiter doul)ts whether there is any other\\nnation tiiat has such extensive readers as are the\\nAmericans, and although Mr. Monroe s education\\nwould not be considered at the present time a lib-\\neral one he made up the deficiency in this respect\\nby broad and general reading. lie is an intelligent\\nman and a good conversationalist. August 11,\\n1H62, our subject enlisted in Company H, Twenty-\\nsecond Michigan Infantry. He fought in nian.\\\\\\nof the battles of the late war which are already\\ncelebrated in history, and as time pa.sses will stand\\njut more prominently in the history of the nation.\\nHe was a participant in the battle of Chickamauga\\nand was there wounded in the left arm by a niinie\\nball, after which he was in the hospital for a short\\ntime. He was discharged from active service De-\\ncember 8, 18G3, after which he leturned to Michi-\\ngan and has since made his home in this State.\\nAfter returning from the army Mr. Monroe was\\nmarried December 28, 1864 to Miss Caroline Sim-\\nmons, a daughter of Ephraim and Xancy Simmons.\\nof New York State. This worth\\\\- couple Iki\\\\ c\\nbeen the parents of four children, whose names\\nare as follows: Fred L. married ^Nliss Lorn L.\\nHubbard, and resides on the home farm; Nel-\\nlie A., Lewis N. and Harry A. The daughter\\nis now the wife of O. W. Stowe. The original of\\nour sketch farms eighty aci es of as good land as is\\nin F eroy Townshi)). He is a member of the Meth-\\nodist I rotcstant Church and morally his character\\nand standing is without reproach. He is of a i)ro-\\ngiessive tendency and seeks to encourage every-\\nthing that tends to have a refining and elevating\\ninfluence, both in this family and in general social\\nrelations. Politically, our subject is-a Republican\\nand the success of his party is as dear to him as\\nthough he were personally interested.\\nJ****,^^\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a25-+++F\\nrRANK W. SllLMW AV. M. D. We are\\ni; pleased to present the life sketch of this\\n/i\\\\ [jrofessional gentleman, who has made his\\nmark and established his rep\\\\itaion in Ingham\\nCounty. His father, Charles Shumway, was born\\nin 1822 at Evans Mills, Jefferson County, N. Y.,\\nand removed while still a young man to Ohio,\\nwhere he was graduated in medicine in Cleveland,\\nOhio, and later came to Jackson County, Mich.,\\nwhere he began the practice of his profession at\\nNapoleon, .\\\\fter a number of years he removed\\nto Lowell, Kent County, whcie he resided \\\\nitil his\\ndeath in 18r\\nDr. Charles Shumwa.\\\\ and his wife, Elizabeth\\nBunton, were the parents of the following chil-\\ndren: Charles A., who is engaged in the book and\\nstationery business in New York City; Frank W.,\\nour subject, and (ieorge. The father carried on a\\ndrug-store at Lowell in connection with an exten-\\nsive practice which reached through almost eveiv\\nsection of Kent County in those early days. and he\\nwas cimsidcred a pioneer all through that region.\\nChristmas Day, 18r)(), was the inimal date in the\\nlife of our sulijcct and he was liiirn in Lowell.\\nM.ass. When a little child of tlii-ee years he lost\\nhis father by death and grew up under the care\\nand guidjincc of his mother. They have always\\nremained togethei and she now makes her home\\nwith him. In the course of time he and his mother\\nremoved to (irand Rapids, afterward to Ionia .and\\nfinally to Lansing, where our subject commenced\\nthe study of medicine under Dr. C. M. lladen. He\\nafterward studied in Cleveland. Ohio, and was", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0609.jp2"}, "610": {"fulltext": "610\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ngraduated from the Western Reserve College in\\n1881 and from the Medical Department of Woos-\\nter University in 1881. He had naturally chosen\\nthe Western Reserve College as his Alma Mater as\\nhis father had acquired his education there.\\nWilliamstown liecanie the scene of the young\\nDoctor s first efforts to establish a practice and his\\nsuccess has been pronounced. He has added to his\\nsocial prestige and influence by a matrimonial al-\\nliance with lone W. Crossman, daughter of the\\nHon. D. L. Crossman, of whom mention is made\\nelsewhere in this work. This marriage took place\\nin October, 1888, in Williamston. Dr. Shumway\\nowns a residence in Lansing and some fifteen\\nbuilding lots in that city, besides a residence on\\nGrand River Street E., and other property in\\nWilliamstown. He is a Mason of l)0th the Blue\\nLodge and Ro\\\\ al Arch Degrees and is Past Com-\\nmander of the Knights of the Maccabees at Will-\\niamston, and has been Village Health officer for\\nfour years. In politics he has made himself one\\nwith the Republican part} and is an earnest sup-\\nporter of the princii)les and policy of that body.\\nEE (4RAXD CLARK. Could an old set-\\ntlers meeting be held at some convenient\\npoint in Hartland, Livingston County,\\nwhere all the men who have lived in this State and\\ncounty from its earliest settlement could meet and\\ntalk over the exjieriences of by-gone days, man\\\\\\nwould be the interesting adventures and danger-\\nous risks encountered. Although our subject\\nwould not be the oldest of these, his would be no\\nuninteresting tale. He is now one of the sulistan-\\ntial farmers located on section II. of Hartland\\nTownship, Livingston County. He was born in\\nMontgomery- County, X. Y., in the town of\\nKingsborougii, Xovemlier 2. 1814.\\nOur subject s father was Elislia Clark, a native\\nof Connecticut he was a shoemaker, and afterward\\nbecame a maker of gloves and mittens. He died\\nat the aye of aliout forty-six years in Xew York\\nState. The mother of our subject lived to lie\\nseventy-six years of age, her decease taking jtlace\\nin her native State. They were the parents of six\\nchildren, three sons and three daughters. All but\\none of these are still living. He of whom we\\nwrite is the second child and son, and was reared\\nin his native place where he remained luitil twenty-\\nthree years of age.\\nOur subject s first marriage took place December\\nI, 1837. His bride s name was Catherine M. Vro-\\nnian, a native of the same State with himself.\\nThey were the parents of six sous whose names are\\nas follows: William H., Wellington, Edward X.,\\nLanson E., Artiiur B., and Lorenzo (i. William\\nII. is a resident in Hartland Township, and here\\noperates a farm; Wellington resides iuOwosso;\\nEdward lives in Hartland Township; Lanson who\\nserved as a soldier in tlie late war, died in 188 J;\\nArthur and Lorenzo both reside in Hartland Town-\\nship. The mother of these children died Septem-\\nber 14, 18.50. She was laid away in all tenderness\\nin Hodges cemetery. J he oldest child at tlie\\ntime of her death was fourteen years of age.\\nFor three years Mr. Clark kept house with his\\nfamily of six boys, the youngest being only two\\nyears old at the time of his mother s death. Jt was\\nquite a struggle for him to fill the place of mother\\nas well as father for his motherless little ones, and\\nmany weie the womanly duties that he was obliged\\nto perform. ^londays he gave up to the neccessary\\ndomestic work, washing, ironing and baking, At\\nthe end of three years he again married, his wife\\nbeing in her maiden days Abigail (i. Bussey, a\\nnative of Xew York, who came to this State with\\nher parents in the spring of 1843.\\nAfter our subject s first marriage, he located in\\nOntario County in tlie town of Mctor, X. Y.,\\nwhere he for three years worked at the cari)euter s\\ntrade; at the end of this time he came to ^lichigan\\nand located in this county and township, where he\\nnow resides. At the time of his advent here, only\\nseven acres of the |)lace were improved, and a little\\nold log house had been erected by some previous\\nowner. He was to woik the farm on shares, and\\ns(j continued for about eight years, at the end of\\nwhich time he purchased it, going into debt\\nto the extent of ^700 ,ind paving the ex-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0610.jp2"}, "611": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nlill\\noiiiitiinl iiitiMi ^t which \\\\vm ;it lh:it lime dc-\\ninandt d. llo did not fully i-lcar the phui Irdiii\\ncnomnbranct s until 1860 and fur twenty yoais\\nmade tlie oritcinal little old loif house his home.\\n.Ml Clark is ii( w the owiiei- of twd hundred\\nacres of line. |)ro(hictive land, most of which is\\nunder cultivation, lie is duins a eneral farming\\nbusiness, paying especial attention to the breeding\\nof certain kinds of stock. He keeps al)0ut two\\nhundred head of sheep, which are good breeds and\\nalways bring a good market price. .Mr. Clark\\ncame here a poor man anil with a large family to\\nlake care of and sutTering many disadvantages, it\\ntook some time to establish him in a good financial\\nposition. He well deserves the respect and confi-\\ndence that his neiglibf)rs and fellow-townsmen\\naccord him. having been throughout life a self-\\nsacrificing, loyal and jiatriotic citizen, and one\\nwho has never deviated from tlu principles of\\ntruth and honor, whatever iii. iy have been the\\nt*unptation. lie has been awarded several local\\notHces in the gift of the township, having been\\nRoad Commissioner and Path-master for a niunber\\nof years. He is a Re])ulilican in his political pref-\\nrence and in his religious relations :i member of\\nthe Baptist Church.\\nm\\nG1:()R(;K IIK KS. one of the best known\\nfanulies in Putnam Township, Livingston\\nCounty, is represented by the gentleman\\nwhose name a])pears at the opening of this par-\\nagraph. His father, .Vmos Hicks, was a Massa-\\nchusetts farmer, and his mother, Mary Love, a na-\\ntive of Kngland wlience she was brought to\\n.Vmerica when an infant. They moved from New\\nYork to Michigan in 1K2.5, and settled in Washle-\\nnaw County, near .Vnn .\\\\rbor, when there was but\\none log hou.se in what is now that beautiful uni-\\nversity town. The father s( ttled his family u])on\\nan unbroken farm, to which they had come in a\\nwagon diawn by an ox-team. Our subject was\\nthen an infant in his mother s arms, and in cro s-\\ning the Manmee River the wagon gave a lui h .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind\\nIhicw mother and infant out into the ileep mud.\\nThe wagon wheel pa.ssed over the child and buried\\nhim but when he was extricated and washerl he\\nwas found to have ustained no injviry.\\nIndians abounded in those days, and there were\\nbut few whites near them. The savages weie\\nfriendly and neighliorly. and the family had many\\ninteresting experiences with them, but never an\\\\\\nditliculties. Mr. Hicks i-emembers seeing over one\\nhundred canoes with Indians in them upon the\\nHuron K iver at one time. The father was a great\\nhunter, and provided the family abundantly with\\nwild meats. He died in 1H:5:5. and his wife sui--\\nvived until about twenty-three years ago. The\\\\-\\nwere the parents of fifteen childi-en. four of whom\\nare still living.\\nThe natal day of oui- subject w.-is November\\n1H24, and as he was born in New i ork State just\\nbefore the removal of his parents to the AVest, he\\ndid iu)t have the opportunities for education that\\nhad been given to his older biothers and sisters,\\nfor a poor man in pioneer times must take what\\nhe could get and not what ln would wish; but he\\nwas sent for a short time to a subscription .school,\\nand received home training in true |irinciples and\\nin love for his country, as his father had been a\\nsoldier in the ar of 1812. The boy grew up in\\nthe wild woods of Washtenaw County, and began\\nto work as soon as he wais large enough to do so.\\nWhen eighteen years old the young man went\\nto Ypsilaiiti to learn the blacksmith trade, and\\nworked at it for three years, after which he was\\nemployed by various farmers in Washtenaw\\nCounty until he became a victim of the California\\nfever in ISfjO. and went by the way of Panama to\\nSan Francisco. He was very sick upon his trip\\nout, suffering from Panama fever, and was forty-\\nlive days out of sight of land, but in the mines he\\nwas fairly successful, and was gone for two yeais.\\ncoining back by way of Nicaraugua. Wlien he\\nstarted for honu from California, after he left the\\nmines he was met by a man upon a mule who\\nstopped him and questioned hitn. and then pas-sed\\non. Two miles furtiier on he mci him again, and\\nthe thiid time he met him, and he evidently in-\\nteinled to rob him, but for some rea.son let him go.\\nrpoii retiii tiinii- to Mieliisfan ^Ir. Hicks bonsrht", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0611.jp2"}, "612": {"fulltext": "612\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\neighty acres of the faiin upon which he now re-\\nsides, finding it partly improved and upon it a log\\nhouse. He had had enough of a roaming life, and\\nbeing determined to remain in Michigan he estab-\\nlished a home liy taking to himself a wife March 10,\\n1853. Mrs. Hicks was born in New York sixty-\\ntwo years ago, and in her maidenhood was known\\nas Lucy A. Lowell, whose father, .Joseph Lowell,\\nwas an early settler near Scio, Washtenaw County.\\nT\\\\w home farm is now all finely improved, and\\nthey had une hundred and sixty acres in Sand-\\nstone Township, .Jackson County, which they have\\ngiven to their son.\\nMr. Hicks has done a vast amount of hard work\\nin I^ivingston County, Michigan, and all the build-\\nings uiion his place have been put up by him, and\\nhe drew with his team from Saginaw County every\\nstick of lumber which went into his residence. He\\nand his excellent wife are the parents of six chil-\\ndren, Ave of whom are now living. They are as\\nfollows; Mary F., born February 27, 1854. now\\nthe wife of Sharon Swarthout, of Anderson, and\\nmother of three children George Henry, born\\n.June 30, 1856, who married Nettie Thompson. and\\nlives in .Jackson County Charles, born September\\n1, 1861, who married I ]va Hendee, and lives in\\n.Jackson County, and has one child; Herbert M., born\\n.June 5, 1865 and Emma, November 6, 1868, who\\nboth live at home. To all of these children the\\nparents have given the best educational advantages\\nwhich were within their ability to procure, and\\nalthougli deprived of such opportunities in his\\nown childhood, the father has appreciated them\\nfor others, and in his position as member of the\\nSchool lioard he has been efficient and judicious.\\nPolitics have ever interested this intelligent\\ngentleman, and in his early days he voted the\\nWhig ticket and later the Republican, but is now\\naffiliating with the People s party. He was urged\\nto run as a candidate for Supervisor upon that\\nticket, but declined. He still carries on the farm\\nhimself, but he and his good wife are both suffer-\\ning the effects of having worked too hard through\\nall tlieir younger years.\\nMrs. Hicks was the daughter of .Joseph and\\nJ liebe (Ives) Lowell, both of whom were natives\\nof Vermont, who removed to New York in 1818,\\nand there made their home until 1837, when they\\ncame to the Wolveiine State and settled in Web-\\nster Township, Washtenaw County, upon a farm\\nfrom which they removed, somewhat later, to\\nMarion Township, this county, and the father\\ndied there forty years ago, while the mother sur-\\nvived him some eighteen years, and died in\\nIngham County. They were the parents of eight\\nchildren, four of whom are still living. Mrs.\\nHicks was born September 3, 1821), in A ictor\\nI dwnsliip. Ontario County, N. Y. After coming\\nto Michigan she attended both district and select\\nschools, and thus prepared herself for teaching,\\nwhich she ])ursiied for some time in Ingham\\nCount}\\n*^^^S\\nm\\n\\\\p*^^ ARLY II. SEXTON. So many men in these\\nJl) d.ays of large chances have made more than\\nhandsome competencies, having begun with\\nnothing on starting out in life, that such\\ncases have ceased to be remarkable. The qualifi-\\ncations, however, necessary to bring about such\\nsuccess can never cease to be worthy of our admira-\\ntion. He whose name is at the head of our sketch\\nis one of the army of pushing, aggressive men who\\nare never satisfied unless they can attain the\\nhighest position that can be aimed for. Mr.\\nSexton started out in life without money or influ-\\nence, but by the exercise of his fine executive and\\nfinancial ability he succeeded in amassing a hand-\\nsome fortune, and attaining a social position in\\nthe community in which he has cast his lot that is\\nsecond to none. He is universally known through-\\nout this vicinity as a capitalist of undeniiible abil-\\nity.\\nMr. Sexton is a native of Sherburn, Chenango\\nCounty, N. Y., there born May 20, 1821. He is a\\nson of Joseph and Janet (Wallace) Sexton, natives\\nof Connecticut. The former was a farmer by oc-\\ncupation, although he united the employment of a\\nbuilder and contractor with his other interests\\nwhile residing in New York State. He took a\\ncontract to build a section of the Delaware it", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0612.jp2"}, "613": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n613\\nlu Mipcakc .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ili:il mill :il^(i nni oii 1 lie hciKiU iO\\nL iiual. wiiL lv lie weut al lir his iii;inia C .setlliny\\nin Chenango County. He oanie to Michigan in the\\nmonth of March, 1837. first locating in Washtenaw\\nCounty and from there later coming to Livingston\\nC oiinty and settling thi-ee miles south of Howell\\non a farm wliicli he imrehased. He dit-d Feli-\\nruar\\\\ It, 18to. His consort was spared until\\n18()3, passing away in December. Mr. .Sexton, Sr.,\\nowned one Iiundred and twenty acre.s of land of\\nthe kind that is known as oak openings. Helniilt\\nthereon a log house and was considered one of the\\nwealthy men of the townsliip. He was of Irisii\\ndescent and his wife of Scotch descent. They had\\na family of eleven children, all of whom grew to\\nmanhood and womaniiood. I lieir names are as\\nfollows: Octavia, .\\\\ugustus. .laiiet. William. Sarah\\n1 .lohn II.. .Iiilia A., .Sanford K Sylvester. I aily\\nII. and Daviil II. The cliildit ii who are still sur-\\nviving are .Vugiistus, William, .Sarah, Sanford, I arly\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind David. Thi ir comhined .ages aggregate four\\nhundred and lifty-nine years.\\nOur subject s father was a Whig. He and his\\nwife were followers of the Methodist Church, join-\\ning it in its primitive days when the wearing of a\\nflower or ribbon was considered a sin. He was a\\nliberal man and his children are all highly respected\\nmembers of the community in which they live.\\nOur subject was raised a farmer boy and lived at\\nhome until about twenty years of age, .Such edu-\\ncation as he has received was acquired before he\\nwas fifteen years of age, at which time he left home\\nand liegan working for himself in order to be self-\\nsupporting. In 1841 he went back to New York\\nand was engaged on the New York it Erie Rail-\\nroad, at the time forming the .acquaintance of the\\nlady whom he afterward made his wife.\\nMr. Se.xton was united in matrimony to Mis.s\\nLucinda L, (ioing, daughter of the Rev. .lames\\nand Annie (Young) (ioing, natives of the Slates\\nof X ermont and New Hampshire respectively, their\\nmarriage being solemnized May 8, 184 2, Our\\nsubject s wife is one of seven children, five of\\nwhom lived to be men and women grown. TIkn\\nare .Seneca Y.. Samantha T., .Sarah A., Lucimla I,.,\\n.lames L. and .lo.seph. I he lady s paternal grand-\\nparents were .lonathan Jind Saiah (Kendall) (ioing.\\nTliey had a taiiiily of four sons and one daughter,\\nall of the sons becoming Baptist clergymen. They\\nare .Jonathan, .lames, Kliab and Ezra and Sarah,\\nwho married Rev. Elijah W. Freeman a Baptist min-\\ninister. The first named was President of the\\niranville College of Ohio; Ezra wa.s connected with\\nthe same college and also had charge of the collec-\\ntions for the colleges. The family have always\\ntaken a high stand in educational and literary\\nmatters, being known far and near as men of un-\\nusual culture and mental training.\\nAfter his marriage in 1842, Mr. Sexton returned to\\nMichigan on foot in order to settle up. some business\\nmatters in the way of collection and notes that\\nwere due here. He could not, however, get the\\nmoney, as there were no currency in the country,\\nlie managed, however, to make a trade for fifty\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0icres of land in (Jenesec dunt\\\\. which was the\\nliisl land lli:it he owiieil. lie ncNcr-. however, re-\\nsided at the place. Failing in getting his mone\\\\\\nwhich he wished to use to bring his wife and es-\\ntablish himself in the West, there was no alter-\\nnative but to go back to New York on foot again.\\nHe borrowed \u00c2\u00a52.5 and accepted from his wife the\\nlittle store of money that she had laid .aside out of\\nher earnings iis a te.acher. With this he procured\\na wagon and one horse and with this outfit he\\nbrought his wife and first-born, Sarah A., at that\\ntime three months old, with the few things that\\nwere absolutely necessary to their exi.-.tence. They\\nled a Bohemian kind of existence on the way hither,\\nbeing on the road for four weeks, during whicli\\ntime they camped out over night in their cfivered\\nwagon.\\nThe first home of the 3 oung couple In this StAte\\nwas in Marion Township, Living.ston County.\\n\\\\\\\\heie our subject secured forty acres of land and\\nbuilt thereon a log house. Later he purchased an\\nadjoining tract so that his farm aggregated one\\nhundred twenty acre.s. This he sold and bought\\none hundred sixty acres in the western part of the\\ntownship, afteiwai d adding forty acres more. This\\nhe lived on until IMIKi and moved into Howell in\\nIMCiT. building a residence on the place where he\\nnow lives. Since coming here he has built two\\nhou.ses adjoining his home andownsanotherhou.se\\nnear bv. He owns one hundred and sixty acres of", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0613.jp2"}, "614": {"fulltext": "614\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nland ill Kaiisas and also has a store building in\\nOxford. Kan., and as the years have passed has\\npurchased various tracts of land in Micliigan.\\nFive children have come to the parents who\\nhave made their struggle so bravely and have done\\nso mucli to mitigate the hardships and trials that\\nthey iiave endured. They are Sarah A., Cornelia\\nM., James X. P., George A. and Carrie A. The\\neldest daughter is now Mrs. Jacob Hoagland. She\\nis the motlier of four daughters May, Beatrice,\\nEdna and Editii. Cornelia is Mrs. Horace Hoag-\\nland and is the proud parent of three daughters,\\nMinnie S.. Mabel G. and Georgia. James married\\nCorlistallatton; (ietnge A. married EudoraHatton;\\nCarrie A. is the wife of E. (t. Augel and is the\\nmother of two sons. Vaiireiislear T. and Harry S.\\nMr. Sexton is a Re])ubliean in his political way\\nof thinking. He fraternizes with the Masons and\\nreligiously he and his wife are connected with the\\nBaptist Church, of whicli body he is a Trustee.\\nIn their own prosperity they do not forget their\\nearly struggles and deepl}- sympathize with those\\nwho are situated as they were and are ever ready\\nto give a helping hand.\\nHfe-yr^pc\\n^ETP U DEAN.- Among the i)ioneer fami-\\nlies of Livingston County none is lietter\\nknown throughout the community t lan the\\nDeans, who came hither in 18.37 when the\\nsubject of this sketch was a little boy of seven\\nj^ears. In consequence of his early removal to this\\nvicinity this gentleman has taken almost as deep\\nan interest in the affairs of the county as though\\nhe were native born, and the regard and esteem\\nwhich is universally granted to the sturdy and\\nhonorable pToneers of the early days has come to\\nto him by inheritance.\\nThe beautiful farm of one hundred and twenty\\nacres which employs the energies of our subject is\\nto be found on section 9, Howell Township.\\nPeter Dean was born on the IKtb of January,\\n1830, in Livingston County, N. Y. He is of East-\\nern parentage, his father, Josepli, being a native of\\nNew York, and liis mother, Sarah .Sigler, having\\nbeen born in the Keystone State. Joseph Dean\\nwas a farmer b} occupation and after coming to\\nMichigan operated a farm in Brighton Township,\\nLivingston County, until death ended his labors\\nin 1842. His faithful and devoted wife survived\\nhim until 1863.\\nTlie paternal grandfather of our subject was\\nD.aniel Dean, who was a native of Wales. He was\\na boot and shoe maker by trade and came with his\\nwife, Ann Van Horn, to Brighton, Mich., the year\\nprevious to his son s migration hither. He here\\ncarried on a farm until his death., Steven children\\nformed Jiis household, and his son Jfisepli had\\neight children, four of whom are now living,\\nnamely: Peter, Abraham W., Rensselaer, and\\nHannah J.\\nThe bojhood of our subject was spent upon a\\nfarm and his school days found him attending the\\nschool of the village of Brighton. He lived at\\nhome until 1842, after which he worked at farming\\nin this county When he was thirty years old he\\npurchased a piece of land comprising fifty acres\\nand lived upon it one year in Sliiawiissee County,\\nbut he did not feel at home there and sold that\\nproperty and returned to Howell Township, where\\nhe bought sixtj -three acres, and somewhat later\\nadded to his estate by purchasing seventeen acres\\njust across the road from his other property and\\nupon this new purchase he now lives. In addition\\nto this he has bought forty acres one-half mile\\nsouth of his home. He carries a fine grade of\\nstock, paj ing especial attention to fine horses and\\ngood sheep.\\nThe first marriage of this gentleman united him\\nwith Miss Hannah Ackley, a daughter of Edwin\\n^Vcklcy of this county, and by this marriage there\\nwere two children, Bertin .1., who has now married\\nMiss Augusta Tobin,and lives upon a farm in this\\ntownship, and Claude B., who is still with his\\nfather. Tlie mother of these sons departed life in\\n1886. By his present marriage he took to wife\\nMrs. Maggie Hodges of Clinton County, Mich.,\\nwho had by iier first marri.age two children, Bertie\\nand Eda. This lad} is a daughter of Francis and\\nMargaret (Bristol) Cardinal, natives of Montreal,\\nCanada, who moved to New York many years ago.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0614.jp2"}, "615": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0615.jp2"}, "616": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0616.jp2"}, "617": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n617\\nThere Mr. Cnnliiial (iit-il mid tlu widow cniiu witli\\nlii i- family to Cliiitoii Coiinly. Mich., wliciu slio\\nlived until death called her hciicc. Of her ten\\nchildren four are now liviny. namely: arolinc.\\nwho i.-* Mrs. Isaac P.rown; Maiiyie. Mrs. De. in;\\nSarah. :Mrs. I .radley. and Olive, Mrs. Hradiey.\\nHe of whom we write is a pulilie-.spirited man.\\nwho has ever taken an intellii ent interest in the\\nl)olitical movements of his adopted land, and has\\nattached himself tu the Hepulilican part\\\\ lie has\\niu\\\\ er sout^ht ottieial jjosition, Vmt wields a strong\\ninfluence among the men of his party and is\\nlooked upon as a leader of thought. The early\\nex])eriences of his father s family in their first\\nyears in tliis State are full of ineideatsof interest,\\nan l he might recount many tales of hardship and\\ndeprivation. l ])on their first coming here they\\nwere at one time destitute of everything in the\\neatable line except potatoes and they lived for an\\nentire week upon baked potatoes without salt.\\n\\\\f OIIX H. C1IA8E, A. B.. A. JL, LL. B. Among\\nthe citizens of Lansing who are influential,\\nin [lublic offlce.s and in business circles, we\\nare pleased to present the portrait and bio-\\ngraphy of Mr. Chase, who is engaged in the real-\\nestate and insurance business. For the past four\\nyears he has been Justice of the Peace and his\\nterm of office expired jMay 4, 1891.\\nMr. Chase was born August o. 1846, in the\\ntownship of Bedford. Calhoun County, this State,\\ntwo miles from Battle Creek. His honored father.\\nDaniel S. Chase, was born in Charleston, N. Y.,\\nand his grandfather, Benjamin Chase, was from\\nKhode Island an l at an early time removed to\\nChase Hill on Holland Patent, forty miles from\\nBuffalo, where he made his home for many yeais.\\nThey belonged to the old Rhode Island Chase\\nfamily and our subject is in the eighth generation\\nfrom Aquilla Chase of Colonial fame.\\nDaniel .S. Chase was a natural mechanic and\\nearly took up the trades of carpenter and niill-\\nwiiyhl. lie was a man of [irogressive ideas and\\neasily developed his carpenlei- work.so as to under-\\ntake the business of contractor and builder, and at\\nthe time of his deatli was the owner of both a .saw-\\nmill and a gristmill. Numerous mills have l een\\nfavored by his w()rk. .as he ]jut in .Stanton wheels,\\nboth horizontal and upright, in many places. He\\nmoved to Baltimore. Bairv Co\\\\intv. tliis State, in\\n1854 and l)0ught a tract of land in the township\\nof Baltimore, wdiere he put up a sawmill on Cedar\\nCreek. In 18r)9 he erected a gristmill, which he\\nhad in operation at the time of his deatli, October\\n20, 1859.\\nThe lady who became the wife of Daniel S.\\nChase bore the maiden name of Lucy Y. Hicks,\\nand was the daughter of William Hicks, of Battle\\nCreek who came to that place in 18:55. Her three\\nchildren are, our subject, Franklin M., now in\\nBoyne City, and Mrs. Francelia M., wife of Alex-\\nander Edmunds of Baltimore Township, Barry\\nCounty. Our subject left home soon after his\\nfather s death and lived with Mr. Hicks of Cal-\\nhoun County, but the mother remained at the old\\nhome until 1863 when she went to Johnstown,\\nBarry County and in the year of 1866 she re-\\nmoved to Olivet. Her son John resided with her\\nin that village until 1874, receiving his education\\nand being graduated at the college there during\\nthat year, receiving the degree of A. B. Later he\\ntook a post-graduate cour.se and afterward entered\\nthe law department of the I niversity of Michigan\\nat Ann Arbor, and earned the additional degrees\\nof A. M. and L. 1.. 15. After this he was for a\\ntime in Detroit .and in Battle Creek.\\nWhile in Battle Creek, Mr. Chase met with an\\naccident from an unruly horse and had his knee\\nbadly injured, which caused him to be laid up for\\ntwo years. When he was able to be about again\\nhe took up his trade of carpenter and came to\\nLansing in 1882. Here he followed his trade until\\n1887, when he was elected to the office of .lustice\\nof the I eace. He was a candidate (ni the Hepuli-\\nlican ticket, and although the wards were Demo-\\ncratic he had a large majority of vote s against\\ntwo titlier candidates and could have had the re-\\nelection, but refused to consider it. .Since the ex-\\npiration of his office, he has been engaged in the", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0617.jp2"}, "618": {"fulltext": "filH\\nrORTRATT AND BlOCiRAPIIirAI, ALl .UM.\\nImu prui-licf. .Mr. CliMSc \u00c2\u00ab;i iii:irii(Ml in 1H7!) 1\\n.\\\\li s Al)liic .M. Dunsiiiorf, diiuglitei- of I liilo l)uii\\niiioii wIhi \\\\vm- ;iii old settler of V|)sil;iuti. Waslile-\\nlUMV Cduiity. riiis lady \\\\v:i,- lidin Oiloliev id.\\nI?^r 7 and now lias tlii-ec children I heron 1\\nLois and Walter R.\\n.Mr. C liUfe has lieen a inemhei- of the Masonie\\nOlder since 1871, having joined it ill Olivet, and\\nserving as Senior Deacon in 1H72. The foUowinii\\nyeai- he was elected Worshipful Master Ity a special\\ndispensation from tlie floor and from a change in\\nthe Grand Lodge liy-laws in regard to elections in\\nsnliordinate lodges. lie held the olHce a year and\\na half, attending the (irand Lodge twice, lie\\njoined Lansing Lodge. No. i;!. in IWJSf) liy\\ndcniit. and lie has here lieeii for two years Senior\\nDeacon, .Secretary for one year and last year\\nserved as Worshipful M.aster. lie was re-elected\\nto that odici liul declined, accepting instead the\\nSecretaryship. During Ihe year when he was\\nMaster the lodge conferred se\\\\i nly-six degrees\\nand had fouiieen degrees left o\\\\er for Ihe follow-\\ning year, thus liringing it in range wilh the most\\nimportant ones in the State and it now stands liftii\\nin rank for active work.\\n-^^-m\\nH\\nH\\nLONZO Fl l-LKR. The name at the\\nhead of this sketch which is honored and\\nijj dignihed by having lieen that of one of\\n(ffif/ the most lii illiant men in recent history in\\nAmerica, is al.so that of the proprietor and owner\\nof the farm on section 2;{, ^\\\\\u00e2\u0096\u00a0illiamstown Township.\\nIngham CVtunty. lie was here horn .January 2.\\n1H4K, and has since been a resident of this jilacc\\nwith the exception of about six years spent in\\nShiawassee County, lie remained at home until\\nabout thirty years of age, renting the farm of liis\\nfather for a pait of the time.\\nOur subject is a son of George K. Kullei-. a native\\nof Dutchess County. Y.. who, when a \\\\ounii\\nmen, learned the carj)enter s trade and when twen-\\nt v-one years of age he came to Michigan, stopping\\nfirst neai- Ann .Vrlior. While there he lost his\\nheart to a maiden of the disliict whose name was\\n.Miss Deborah Riuikcr. d.-iughlcr of William P iiiikei-.\\na nati\\\\c of New lOrk and an early- settler near\\n.Viin .Vibor. Soon after their marriage the\\\\ came\\nto .lack.Min and settled on a farm where they resided\\nfor some time. The following children came to\\nthem diM ing that period of their history: Orlando.\\nDorman. .lochroc, Rebecca andCJeorge. The eldest\\nson is now deceased. Dorman is a resident of\\nLau.sing and a builder and contractor. The other\\nchililren are all decea.seil.\\nIn 1M42 (;eorge K. Fuller came to Inghani oiinty\\n.and .settled on three hundred and twenty acres of\\nland, a jiart of which our subject, his son. now re-\\nsides on. He broke and cleared tliistr.-ict anil there\\nrealized the hardshi|) of |)ioneer life, .\\\\fler coiii-\\ninu to Ingham County the following children were\\nborn: (ieoi-gc V.. .VIon/.o W:irren ;iiid- .Mary,\\nlie w:is:i meinlier of the State Militia and took a\\n\\\\-cr\\\\ prominent st:iiid in the early affairs of the\\ncoinil\\\\. .Mrs. l)cbor:ili (Hunker) Lnllei- died in\\n\\\\H i:\\\\. ;it the age of sixty-three yc;ii-s. her ilc-\\ncc:isi occurring in Willi:imston \\\\ill:ige where tlic\\\\\\nIkuI rcside l ;ibont one ye;ir. ()ur subject s f:itlicr\\nlater married Catherine Gratton. who now resides\\n\u00c2\u00abt Williamston. .Mr. Fuller returned to the farm\\nand resided about two years, liut his last days were\\nsi)ent in the \\\\ilhige. His death was accidental and\\nocciured while unloading wheat in Willi;nnsl(in.\\nHe pa.s.sed away Deeembei 24. IHH;?. His n:it;il day\\nwas .Vugust 11. IS 11.\\nOn the death of our subject s father he of whom\\nwe write, left a farm which lie h;id purcli:ised in\\nShiawassee County, and which comprised one\\nhundred twenty -.seven :icres. which he owns at\\nthe present time, and came to his father s farm.\\nliV purchase he came into po.s.session of one-third\\nof one liundred twent\\\\ acres ui)on which lu now\\nresides. Having a home and all the conditions of\\ndomestic happiness exceptini; a wife, our subject\\neiitereil into the m;irif;d relation .March 1. lJS7t;.\\nHis ni:irriage took place in the city of Lansingjiiid\\nhe was united to Miss Lucy C. L:irral)ee, a daughter\\nof illi:ini L. Larrabt c. ;i iKit i\\\\ c of New York, who\\nmo\\\\ ed to l ennsylvani:i wIk u a boy ;ind w:is\\nabout eighteen years of age when became to ;isli-\\ntenaw Coimtv. Mich. After reaeliin i manhood", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0618.jp2"}, "619": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n619\\nMr. I.Miralici wms iiiariit d to l ,liz;i .MuHidImikI. Ilic\\nfullowiiiii ciiildrcii weic tlie ri siilt of tliis uiiidii:\\nThe three yoniiiivsl died in infancy, those suiviv-\\niiiU are illiMln C, Jenny I., Luey Ksther 1\\nand Silas M. In IHGo Mr. Larrahee eanie to Inif-\\nharn County and settled 071 a farm in Willianiston\\nrownsliip where he reside l until hi death, which\\nlook |ilace in 1HM().\\nThe domestic relations of our suliject have been\\ncry happy, his devotion to the f;irm work out of\\n(hiors has been seconded by his wife s perfect house-\\nkeeping within. Tlicy are the ])arcnts of four\\nchildren .lenny IM., Lucy M.. Nelson A., and\\nEdwin K. Socially ;\\\\Ir. Fuller belonirs to the l{oyal\\nArcanum. He is a Mason, being a member of a\\nlodge at Willianiston. He is also a member of the\\nFanners Alliance. Politically he is a Democrat and\\nwas ap|)ointed to till the term of Charles K. Paddock\\nas Supervisor in 1HH8 and has since been elected to\\nthe same ofHce three years in sueces.sion. Oursub-\\nject had only the advantages to be gained at a\\ncommon school and in the academy at Lansing.\\ni ii I 1 1 I I ll\\ni I I I I I\\nl^ANIEL HEKRICK. The owner of the farm\\non .section 21, J eroy Township, Ingham\\nCounty, is one of the prominent and intlu-\\nential citizens of this district. His career\\nhas been identified for many years with tiie growth\\nof the agricultural district wherein lie lives. He\\nwas born in Steuben County, N. V., November 3(t,\\n1830, and isason of Riifns and Lucinda(Sherwo()d)\\nHerrick. His father was a native of New York\\nState and his mother of Mas.sachusetts. He was\\nthe second son of the family in order of birth and\\nwhen al)oiit seven years of age his parents lirought\\nhim with them on emigrating to Michigan.\\nThe mode of traveling was at the time of our\\nsubject s advent into the State very different from\\nnow. The\\\\ traveled to Huffalo. N. Y.. with an ox-\\nteani. They then loaded their household goods\\nupon a vessel and came to Detroit by way of the\\nlakes. Thence they resumed their ox-teams ;niil\\nproceeded to Washtenaw County, this State, the\\nfa iiily locating ii] Salem Townsliip. that county.\\nShortly after their settlement here they sustained,\\nail irre])aiable loss in the death of the father. Thus\\ntile widow was left with six little children in a\\nnew^ country where life was by no means eas} As\\ncan be imagined the young peo|)le had to shift for\\nthemselves as best they could and wlieii a mere lad\\nour subject began working out for two shillings a\\nday. As he grew older his services grew mcjre val-\\nuable and he was able to assist his mother in sup-\\nl)orting the family. His school advantages were\\nvery limited, but he has so keenly aiipreciatec] edu-\\ncational advantages that he has been one of the\\nmost ardent promoters of the upbuilding of educi-\\ntional institutions in this district.\\n.Mr. Ih rrick s marriage was solemnized October 6,\\nIH, the bride being ^Slarv Hoberts, daugliter of\\nE. C. Roberts, of Washtenaw County, a pioneer\\nof the aforesaid county. The young wife encour-\\naged her husband so that it was not long until they\\nhad acquired a home of their own that was com-\\nfortable and cozy, if it could not boast the elegan-\\ncies of fashionable life. Eight children were born\\nto our subject and his wife, and of these four arc\\nstill living. They are Dwelly, Fred E., Edna H.\\nand Adda. The eldest son is now a professor of\\nmusic in the new State of Washington, as is also\\nthe youngest daughter. They are all accomplished\\nyoung people and are greatly respected wherever\\nthey are found.\\nIn 18; Mr. Herrick came to Ingham County\\nfrom Washtenaw County, settling first in a log house\\non his present farm of one hundred and eighty-\\none acres. It w.as at the time very wild and the\\nwork of reducing it to its present finely ])roductive\\nstate has not been small. The exiienence of our\\nsubject does not differ greatly from that of other\\n|)ioneers in the State, in that he can recall many\\nan instance of adventure, and even of tragedy,\\nthat would make the eyes of the present genera-\\nlion lirow round with astonishment or fear. In\\nthe early days his home was a frequent stopping\\nplace for the Indians who were consUmt in beg-\\nging a night s lodging or a meal. Mr. Herrick has\\nserved as School Director of his district for a num-\\nber of years and has always taken an active inter-\\nest ill both church and school matters. His life", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0619.jp2"}, "620": {"fulltext": "()2i)\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nlias lit cii chanifloi iy.oil liy strict adherence to Cliris-\\ntinii |)i iiici|)les. lioth lie aiul liis wife are members\\nof the Methodist Kpiscopnl Cliiirch and have lieeii\\nso connected foi- years. Our suliject is .Steward of\\ntliat body and has tilled other ottices. Alt]iout li\\none of tlie older men who still enoaue in active\\nfanninu-. Siv. Ilerrick does not allow himself to be\\nleft in the rear in the proo iess of his callino;. His\\nfai m is not only well kept up but he owns some of\\nthe finest aoricultnral implements that are the latest\\npattern in desion. He and his wife in the meridian\\nof theii career enjoy to the full the blessings and\\nadvantages that are granted them in return for\\ntlieir enrh vears of lalioi-.\\nA^i RS. .SAI LV ANN OAKLKV. Ainoiio the\\nI prominent women of White (),-ik Townshii)\\nwe are ])leased to present the name of the\\nlady of ijroperty who resides on .section\\n58. a laily who is notalile alike in her home and in\\n.social and chnrcli circles, and to whom is univer-\\n.sally ranted the esteem and respect of tlio.se who\\nknow her. Mrs. Oakley is a native of New Vork\\nwhere she was liorn in Ibd 1. anil she has therefore\\nrounded out four.score years of a hapjn life.\\nI!irli;ir(l ()akley. the Inisband of oui subject, was\\nborn in IKOl. in the Kmi)ire .Slate, their weddin\\ndav lieing October. 2. IJ^. i; The maiden name\\nof Mrs. Oakley was Sally .\\\\nn (iarrett. Two years\\nafter marriage this excellent couple started for\\nMichigan to take possession of the farm which Mr.\\nOakley had |iiirchased the previous year. Here\\nuiion the same section where the widow now makes\\nher home they began life in the new West ;ind\\nreared their family.\\nThe children of Mrs. Oakley are as follows:\\nMinerva, born August 13. 18.S7, now ^Irs. Thoma.s\\nTurner, and the mother of two ehildren; William.\\nW.. born .Inly 19. 183!). who married .lane all\\nBnren and has four children; Kieliard .S.. whose\\nbirth took place September 2; 1841, and who mar-\\nried, first. Cornelia Osman. who died without leav-\\ning children, and the se -oii l. Sarah Kiggs, who\\nhas one child, and .lames whose birth took\\nplace .luiic 1. 1843. and win) married Addie Hedge-\\nland. To .lames and Addie Oakley was one child\\nborn. Mary Hedgcland. and who is now married to\\nMr. .John Clemmcns. The next son. .Vndiew .lack-\\nson by name, was born .September 1845. and has\\nnow passed from earth. !eorge AVa.shington born\\nNovember 27. 1817. iiianied ^raria Ihdl and has\\ntwo children, Eddie and I .lla .May. Mary .lane.\\nIiorn February 17. 18i)(l. is married to Wesley Hay-\\nner; Daniel Potter, born A|)ril 1852, is united\\nwith .M;iry Waffel, liy whom he has had three chil-\\ndren, two sons and a daughter. The youngest son.\\n.lonathan Oakley, born ^Marcli 25. 1855, is now de-\\nceased.\\nMrs. Oakley is having a tine business and general\\nfarming carried on on liei- estate which is her jirop-\\neily during life, and she jiiits tlie work iii the\\nliaiuls of her sons. I lie farm is well stcicked and\\nthey arc c-irryiiig it on with etliciencv and success.\\nThe lather was a radical I )emocrat and the sons\\nadhere to the .same political doctrine. The ^letli-\\nodist Church is the religions body with which they\\narc in .sympathy, and they are earnestly interested\\nin Sunday-school work. Mr. Oakley departed this\\nlife at his home in this township .Inly 111. 1877.\\n,jr^ ETH P. IIAHRIS. a repre.seiitalive citizen\\nof section 18. Locke Township. Ingham\\nCount\\\\-. is a native of (ienesee County. N.\\nv., and was born ;May 1(1, 1842. His jiar-\\nents were Daniel and l^Iiza (Sage) Harris, natives\\nof Connecticut and .Massachusetts respectively.\\nThe boy was broiighl ii]i on the farm and became\\na farmer, wliicli c:illiiig he has pursued through\\nlife. He received a fail education in his youth\\nand has been an extensive reader, in which way\\n111 has enlarged ;ind enlivened his iiiidei standing of\\nmen and books.\\nOur subject was married Febniary 2 ,i. 1871. to\\nMary .1. Wilson, whose mother, .Sarah Wilson, was\\na native of New York, and her father. Robert, was", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0620.jp2"}, "621": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) BIOGRAPHICAL ALHIM.\\n621\\nMil l-;iiu-li liiMMii. I .y l\\\\\\\\] iM;ini:iL;c two cliililirn :i ti:iil IcMiliiiii to tlic pljicc mikI tlic\\\\ had t i liiid\\nwcif Imhu. S;u;iIi 1 .iiid .Iiilni. Ml II;uii liist llu lr w.iy tlicif li\\\\ iiieniis of a ()(kcl (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i iii|):is\\ncainc Id .Mifluuaii in Iwd J and ivtiniud to New Tin- land which the I Idcr Ml Van Atta ha l lo-\\nYiirk til sctMii-i hi.-^ liiiiU-, whom iic liroiiulit to his cated was situated nine iiiilos northeast of Ann\\nluw iioiiu in 1.S71. lliii tlii V settled in the wihl Ailior. wliii-h was at that tiiiu onlv a small villasre.\\nwoods of Locke Townslii]) and for einht ears did tlie louritiy aiovind lieintj a dense wildeinesss.\\nireiiuine pioneei- work, and sutt eied from tliat )nly a \\\\-eiv few settiei s had arrived in the coiintv\\n|iiai;ue of |iioiieei- life, tlie atriie. Tliev own some |irevious to that time. Ills nearest neiijlilior on\\nei rlity acies of land :ind he is now considered one the south was six miles distant. .K.aroii an .Vtta\\nof the leadinu farmers of the county. was a pulilic-spirited man and interested in the\\nThe Deiiiocralic jLaity emhodies the |iolitic:il pidifress of the count\\\\. In |iolitic.- he wa.^ an\\n|iriiici|iles which .Mr. Harris eiidoi es and his help- earnest Democrat and wa.- one of the first Sherilfs\\niiiii hand is always ready 1o forward any enterprise of Washtenaw County. He was a successful\\nwhich sli;ill liiiild up the social, industrial and f;irmer. commeiicinu with a (|Uarter section of\\ntinancial iulerests of the county. It is now his land, he improved it and added to it from time to\\nthird year as a school olticei and several years ii\u00c2\u00bb i time until his death which occurred in IH77.and\\nhe was elected .liistice of the l e;ice liul decline(| to at which time he owned a \\\\-aliialile farm of three\\ni|iialify.\\nhundred and tweiit\\\\ acres. .Varoii I!. an .Vtta\\n.Mrs. Harris w. -IS I Mini Noveiiilier 1 7. I S 1;!, in lOssex lirst wife died in IH:^7. leaviiiir three children\\nCounty. N. When her f;itlier (ii st emigrated to William, who dieil in his ninth \\\\c;ir: M.aruaretta.\\n.Vmerica he located in Canada for a short time and who was lioiii in lM. i;5 and married to Hiram Smith\\nthen removed to New York, where he died. She of Pine Lake; and (ieori e I!., the suliject of this\\nlias one hrotlier. (harli s I). Wilson, who resides in sketch. .Vhout four vears afti r the death of his\\nNew York. Her father was a (Quaker in his leli- lirst wife. .Mr. an .Vtta was ajfain married, his\\niiious life and her mother :i niemlier of the .Melh- liride lieiiiii ICIinor Dowers, a n.ative of New York,\\nodisi l^piscop.al Church. In the social circles of Seven children were liorii to this ii!arri:iL;c. four of\\nLocke Township .Mr. and .Mis. Harris lill a lariic whom still survixe.\\nand important plai-e and are depended upon to lead (Jeoriic 1 Van .Vtta reinained at home atteiid-\\ntlieir uciyhliors in nialler- of iiiutu.al importani-e iiii; the piihlic school and helpiiiL; with the farm\\nuntil he was alioiil twenty \\\\ears old: he al.so spent\\none term in the ^iisilanti State Normal School.\\nM lieii alioiit tweiit\\\\ years of aue he removed to\\nthe township of Locke and hoinjht one hundred\\nand lifty acres of land. lieeoiiiini indelited for it to\\nthe extent of \u00c2\u00a5111111. April I.!. I M.JC. our suliject\\nwus niarrieil t i I Llizalieth Smith, .a daughter of\\n.l:imes .-ind Klizahetli Smith of Hath Towiiship.\\nliiiton ouiily. this Slate. They were iiiitive.s of\\nNew York and came to .Michiaan in an earlv daw\\nand interest.\\nJ^ J,\\n-^-r^-P-^\\n^rr^l- AnH.K W. Y.VN.VTT.V. lives on .a line\\nf.arni of li\\\\e hundred .-iiid thirteen acres in\\n.Meridian Township. In;iliaiii oiiuty. this\\nState. He was hoin in Northtield Township.\\nWashtenaw Count\\\\. -Inly 1H3. His parents si ttlini;- in Washtenaw County, llwy soon r\u00c2\u00bb\\nwere .\\\\aron I and ynlliia Haiiirliart Van .Vtta.\\nwho were li;iti\\\\es of .New .lersey. They were m;ii-\\nricd aliout \\\\X 2 J and in \\\\H: thc\\\\ nioxfd to .Micli-\\niiian. .VrriviiiL; in Detroit in due cour.M- of time\\ntlu st.-irted for their new home in W asliteiiaw\\nmoved to Clinton dunty. howevei-. and were\\n.imoiii; the earliest settlers there. Mr. .Smith died\\nI eliruaiy ti. IX.Tti, his wife siirvivinir him until the\\nfollowini; autuinn.\\nMrs. an .Vtta w;is one of fourteen children\\ntouiitv. It is pidli.-ilile that Mr. all .Vtta located burn to these old pioneers and at the present dat*-\\nthis land in lf 27. .Vt any late there wa- not even I Hid there are eifiht representatives of the fain-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0621.jp2"}, "622": {"fulltext": "622\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nily living. She was born in Washtenaw County,\\nNovember 12, 1836. The original of this sketch\\nremained on his farm in Locke Township until the\\nfall of 1858. when lie exelianged eighty acres of it\\nfor eighty acres of the land now occupied by him.\\nThere was at that time only thirty acres partially\\ncleared when he bought it. He added, however,\\nto this from time to time until he owned at one\\ntime eight hundred and forty acres lying in one\\ntract.\\nEight children have blest tlie union of our sub-\\nject and his wife. They are Cynthia A., Carrie .1.,\\nHose E., George JI., Theoren A.. )etavia P Bertha\\nC. and Fernando K. Tlie eldest daughter was born\\nAi)ril 18. 1857. She was mariied to Edward Elliot\\nof \\\\\\\\illiamst()n Township. They have five children\\nwhose names are. Bertha, Maude. Orlo, Kay and\\nMnr\\\\ Mrs. Elliott wax educated in the High Schools\\nof Ingham Ct)unty. Carrie, who was born Septem-\\nber 30, 1859, married Ernest Banghart of Lansing;\\nshe is the mother of three children Arthur,\\nGeorge and Fred. Mrs. Banghart was also edu-\\ncated in the High Schools of the county. Hose E.,\\nborn IJecember 18, 1861, took a three years col-\\nlegiate course in Hillsdale College, during which\\nshe made a specialty of music; ieorge M., born\\nSeptember 21. 1863, took a course in both Hills-\\ndale College and tlie Micliigan State Agricultural\\nCollege; he is now in a wholesale and retail hard-\\nware establishment in Bucoda. Wash.; Theoren A.,\\nborn .January 23, 1866. took a course in Poucher s\\nBusiness College in Ionia; he is now a farmer in\\nNewton County. Mo.; Octavia B. was born April\\n20, 1870, and is at licmie; Bertha C. was born\\nMarch 3, 1K72. and is now a student at Hillsdale\\nCollege; Fernando E. w.as born October 11), 1878.\\nand is still at home. Mr. Van Atta luas always\\nkept a good grade of stock, a portion of his farm\\nbeing especially adajited to this line of agricultural\\nbusiness.\\nBoth our subject and his wife are members of\\nthe Free-AVill Baptist Church of Bath, with which\\nthey have been connected for thirty five years.\\nTheir commodious brick house was liuilt in 1879\\nand is convenient and attractive. The attendant\\nfarm buildings are also substantial and capacious.\\nIn polities our subject lias always been a Demo-\\ncrat but never an aspirant for political honors.\\nThe family have a host of warm friends in Ing-\\nham County and are universally esteemed liy all\\nwho enjoy the pleasure of their acquaintance. The\\ngr.andmother of our subject on his father s side\\nwas a native of Holland.\\n4****|^^****c\\n*****F\\nI****\\nAHRISOX CALL. The gentleman whom\\nJl Uncle Sam has seen fit and proper to place\\nat the head of postal affairs in the city of\\nMason, Ingham County, Mich., is he whose\\nname is at the head of this sketch. Besides being\\npersonally a man whose integrity, intelligence and\\nfitness for the olfice render him eligible to such a\\nposition, he has the addition.al advantage of hav-\\ning .served the country in its hour of need, and\\nduring the late Rebellion hazarded his life in the\\nchances of war. This, in a wise, is a sort of obli-\\ngation that is recognized, even before any other,\\nwhen it is in union with fitness and capability.\\nPostmaster Call was born in Springiiort, Cayuga\\nCounty, X. Y.. April 17. 1842. He is a son of\\nOrlando B. and Caroline C. (Crandall) Call, the\\nfather being a native of Colerain, Mass., and the\\nmother, of Providence, R. I. On the paternal side\\nour subject is of Scotch descent and on the mater-\\nnal, of English, thus uniting two stanch and sturdy\\ntemperaments, that are blended, modified and beau-\\ntified by their residence and adoption into America.\\nOur subject s parents came to this State in I85H.\\nthe father being a Baptist minister who had early\\nacquired land here, so that our subject was reared\\non a farm.\\n.\\\\s a bf)y the gentleman of whom we are writing\\nreceived all the advantages that were to be obtained\\nin a country school and the additional one of being\\na member of a family whose head was a gentleman\\nand a scholar. At the breaking out of the War of\\nthe Hebellion young Call w.as in the Union School\\nat Corunna. He enlisted in Company A. of the\\nTwentietli :Michigan Infantry, August 9, 1862, and\\nwas the greater ]iart of his service in the Army of\\nthe Potomac, For six months he was detailed tQ", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0622.jp2"}, "623": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. (j2;!\\nfluty as a wout ill Ki iitucky ami Ttnm \u00c2\u00bbc\u00c2\u00ab-. (luiiiii; tur f\\\\ cral \\\\cai In l\u00c2\u00ab7. lie ifiiiovi d to Mason\\nwiiifli IhiR- lie had iiiaiiy inti-rt stint and cxcitiii and was ooii al U i- I lccted Justiei of the Peaee, in\\nadventures, lie took part in the liattle of Kreder-* which oOiee he served for twf) years. He then\\nicksliurs. was also at Horseshoe IJend and at Green I esiifned .-111(1 was appointed I nder .SJierilT. in\\nRiver Ford. He also ex|)erieneed tlic horrors of wliicli ia|i;i(ily lie otiieiated for four vears. durinit\\nwar ill the liattles of tiie \\\\Viideriie s Mini at .Spotl- wliich time he ilid the principal work of the\\nsvhani. i. wliere lie witli liis reiiiiiient was eiiiiajjed Shciitl. lli aliilit\\\\ lieiii^ reeoonized. he was\\nill a hand to liaml eiiconnli r with a lehel brigade, i elected SheritT. served two vears and then retired\\n.\\\\t the latter place lie was captured, escajied ind to his ftirni in .Maiedon Tow nshi|). Inirhani oiint\\\\\\nwas retaken three siicie. si\\\\c tiiiKs in one day. At Midi. During this time many demands were made\\nNorth Aiiii.-i i;i\\\\ci- he ri ceixed :i slight womid in npon his strensrth. and his health sntTered in conse-\\ntlic knee from a miiiie hall. Init was not enough ipiencc. :ind for year after the expiration i t his\\nwounded to inca|)acitale him for service. While term as .Sherilf he traveled in iioithern .Miehiifan\\nscouting he w.as with Lieut^s. M. llogan. Thomas foi re t and recreation. He was also interested in\\nC amiihell. of the lOighth ^lichigan Infantry, apt. oine l:iiid in which he had invested in Charlevoix\\nThomas Iveaton. Maj. .MeHetli. of Kentucky, ind (oiiiity.\\nWilliam Uramlctte.a son of ;o\\\\-. I .ramlette. of Ken- The tii t lir ak in the loinc tic life occurred\\nlucky. I hcsc partie- were alxi cnuts aiul with )ctolicr 2 I. I H7(;. ;it which time his wife died, leav-\\nlliciii lie lid li ood ~cr\\\\icc. At one time, with ing liiiii lliice children: Carrie P..lioin .Vutrust i. i.\\nCa] t. Ilogan. lie pciictivitcd the enemy s lino a IHCM; jvliih i-;.. Scptcmlicr IMTli; miiiI llarix\\ndistance of ten inilo and c:ipturcd live rclicl ol- W .Iiil\\\\ 2;t. Is7fi. )iir Miliject was airain married\\ndieis. .-iiid liidULilit tliciii to (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2imp as trophio of l- eliruar\\\\ I. \\\\HH{. to .Mi s Isaliel Lindsiu :i\\ntheir valor. I Ic was hoiiorahlv discharged .\\\\l;iy !(i. d:iiiL;litci of .loliii .-iiid Mlizalicth Doiinon l.iiid-\\nIS(1, Mr. (all i pidiid of the distinction tli:it he :iy. Mr Call i\u00c2\u00ab a iiatixc of I.enawee ((luntw\\nwas one with thirty otliei^ who opciicij Ihc w.-iy in Mich.. Iieiiig tlieie hoiii .liiiic 17. I.S. i. i. H\\\\- thi^\\nthe oiifedcr. itc line- and took the lirst ailillciy ni.Miriauc (here i one child, wliox- .-Kh cut into the\\ninto Peteishurg. his regimenl. with the I irst world was made .Ian iiar\\\\ (i. IMMl.\\nMiehig:iii Sharpshooters and the .Second Michigan The original of our sketch istme of a larye faiii-\\nInftiiitiy. Iiciiig the first to i;ii.-c their colors in that ily. in which were clc\\\\-cii children. lie i the\\ncity. sixth in order of liirtli. and besides himself three\\n.Vs may lie inferred from the f:ict that our .-uli- of his lirothers served duriiii; the w.ar. Tliev .are\\nject left school tocnli t in the war. Iii ediicat ion .loliii M.. who lost his life in the second battle of\\nw:is not completed and he wa- more than ever dis- Hull Kiin. His leg w.as shattered bv a shell, and\\nsatisfied with his attainnients after Inning asso- two :iiiipntatious being necessarw he did not siir-\\nciateil with intelliuciil and liiaiiiy men diiriii;; \\\\i\\\\ e t he sutferingof ;i se( nd. He left two cliil-\\ntlie war. and lc;iiii ing as miicli of the country .as dren. one of whom is still living and whose ii.-ime\\nhe did. so. .-iflei icturning home he entered the is Kva M. She married Willi.-im .Minw of llornells-\\ninihlic school at Lan.-ing. Ilii- State with the \\\\illc. N. I Icnry. who served two terms dnriiiir\\ndeteriniiiation to ac(|uire a c()iii|)letc education. the war. was three times wounded ;iiid discharired\\nOur subject was married October 2(1. IHIw. to .Miss on account of wounds, but afterward was accepted\\nKuiiic K. Lamb, of Howling (ireen. ()liio. where as .-i harp.-hooter. ag.ain recci viuii ;i wound, which\\nshe was boiu )clober 27. IM. il.aiid wa a daughter is .an honorable decoration. testament:ii-\\\\ of lii\\nof Dr. William and Painelia (Chapni:iu) l.ainb br:i\\\\( iy and loyalty. He now lives in Loinlon*\\nboth natives of )luo. Tenn.. and i tlie icci|iiciit of .a pension. .Uiiru.s-\\n.\\\\fter his marriage our .-ubject devoted hi.-attcn- lus T.. who serveil two \\\\ears in the First MichijiaM\\nlion during the -iiinmei to farming;, and the win- Sharpshooters. w:i liol through the boih his luni;\\nters were spent in teaching. lie wa Ihii^ emploved being enet -ate(l by the ball. He i now Postnias-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0623.jp2"}, "624": {"fulltext": "624\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nter at Lake View, Montcalm County, Mich., and in\\nthe receipt of a pension of $16 per month. The\\nwar record of Postmaster Call is distinguished for\\nhis readiness to undertake extra duty, as he never\\nlost an opportunity to volunteer where there was\\na dangerous or arduous task to be undertaken.\\nHe was the first one of tiie three who volunteered to\\nremove the abattis in front of tlie enen\\\\v s works at\\nPetersburg, and at that time he was put in com-\\nmand of all who went out to do such duty. The\\nplace was one of such danger that it was considered\\nsure deatli to those who undertook it.\\nIn his religious relation our subject is a member\\nof the Baptist Church and has ever Ijeen ready to\\nuphold and support (iosi)el work. He is a Trustee\\nin the body of which he is a member. Socially\\nthere are many calls upon him, and he is in con-\\nstant requisition when a speech is to be made be-\\nfore a political or social assemblage. He is associ-\\nated with the Knights of Pythias and is a Master\\n]\\\\Lisnn. He is. of course a member of the (irand\\nArmy of the Reijublic, l)eing regarded with affec-\\ntionate admiration by his comrades. In this body\\nhe is a Past Commander.\\n*^^1\\nIvS^nyy^S/l\\n^jf^GBERT TOMS. We lierewith present the\\nIfe] sketch of a prominent and wealthy farmer\\nand stock-raiser, whose home is upon sec-\\ntion 7, Locke Township. He is a native of Genesse\\nCounty, y. Y., and was born on the 31st of\\nilarcli, 182.5. His parents, Samuel and Celesta\\n(Eldridge) Toms, were natives respectively of Sara-\\ntoga and Washington Counties, N. Y. Scotch stock\\nis said to have originated the family on the\\nfather s side and the mother s ancestors were Irish.\\nEgbert Toms is the oldest son in a family of four\\nand was reared to manhood in his native county,\\nwhere from early boyhood he engaged in farming.\\nBut few educational advantages were offered him\\nin his youth and he has found it necessary to sup-\\nplement by a systematic course of reading the\\nschooling which lie then received.\\nEgbert Toms and Sophronia Kennedy were mar-\\nried Eebruary 7, 1855. This lady is a native of\\nWyoming County, N. Y., and is now the mother\\nof six cliildren: Samuel, Clara. Zida, Germain,\\nriysses G. and Charles 31. In the spring of 1X65\\nMr. Toms with his familj emigrated to Ingham\\nCounty, Mich., and settled upon the farm in Locke\\nTownship which i.-. now liis. He has taken an in-\\nterest in forwarding tlie educational affairs of the\\ncitizens of the county. His excellent and amiable\\nwife is an earnest member of the Baptist Clnirch\\nand they are botli ever active in promoting move-\\nments whicli will elevate society.\\nThe interest which Mr. Toms nwintains in the\\nagricultural community and liis devotion to the\\ncause of the laboring man have brought him into\\nconnection with the Patrons of Industry. The\\nbeautiful farm of three hundred and twenty acres\\nspeaks forth tlie praises of the man whose system-\\natic liand and thorough industry have brought it\\nto its present jirosperous and piolittc condition.\\nThis estate wliich is one of tlie finest in this sec-\\ntion of country, is represented liy a view on an-\\nother page of the Aluum.\\nII OHN W. 8TELZER. The prominent farmer\\nwliom we now present to our readers was\\nborn April 2, 1839, in Bavaria, (iermany,\\n^^!fJ of which country his parents, Wolfgang\\nand Margaret (Kreial) Stelzer were also natives.\\nThe grandfatlier who likewise bore the name of\\nWolfgang, was a farmer and the father of three\\nsons and four daugliters.\\nHis son Wolfgang was the only one of the\\nfamily that ever came to the United States and he\\nmigrated in 1854 with his family of seven chil-\\ndren namely: Margaret, John W., Adam, John B.,\\nElizabeth, .James and Henry. He settled on sec-\\ntion 13, Cohoctah Township, where he cultivated\\none hundred and sixty acres of land, and this was\\nhis home until his death. December 7. 1876. He\\nwas sixty-seven years old at the time of his demise,\\nand his good wife survived him for seven years\\ndying April 14, 1883. They were both members\\nof tlie Lutheran Cliurch,and possessed of unosten-\\ntatious Cliristiau characters.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0624.jp2"}, "625": {"fulltext": "RLSIDEIICE or J. W. STELZER,SEC.13.,C0H0CTAH TR, LIVI NGSTON CO.,Iv iiCh.\\nRESIDENCE Of EGBERT TO M5 SEC. 7. LOLKL iP, INoHAM CO.,MiCf-i.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0625.jp2"}, "626": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0626.jp2"}, "627": {"fulltext": "PORTRAl I AM) UroaRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ni\\\\-r\\nOur suhjwt received his eflu ;i1iun in lintli liie\\n(ioiiiwii niid tlie Knalisli laiiiiiiMsics ;iii(l tliii.- ;it-\\nt.-iiiicil u tlioroiiyii yroimdiiiii in tiic eleinciils.\\nWhen nineteen years old he heiran wink fur hini-\\nM lt and lalxired y Ihc nmntli for three years.\\nDnrinii: llic last of lliis pericid he received the\\nyearly wage.s of ^l(l(i from l)i\\\\ Allen, and l y care-\\nful economy was enabled to |)urchase ciiility acres\\nof timber land, situated where he now resides on\\n.section l. i. This he at once began to clear and\\nl)ut in condition for cultivation, lie now owns\\ntive hundred and ninety aci es and lias cleared in\\nall about three hundred acres. I pon this farm he\\nhas placed a iijood house and excellent Iiarns. lie\\nh.as not only kept liini.self clear from debt but h;is\\naccumulated means aside from his real estate, in\\nwhich he has had some assistance from his fathei s\\nestate, from which he received -sl.HOO, so that lu- is\\nnow the heaviest tax payer in the township.\\nit was in ^lay, IfSti.S that Mr. .Stelzer was united\\nin marriage with Margaret Thumser. daughler of\\nNicholas and Margaret (Rank) Thumser. who came\\nto the I nited States in the fall of IH. j.Sand settled\\non a farm in t ohoctah Townshij). Thcii- dauiihtei-\\nis a native of IJ.avari.a. as is her husliaiul. and in\\ntheir union they have found harmony and j)ros-\\n))erity. The four children who liave been granted\\nto them are: Augusta. Matilda, red anii\\n-lohn 1 Augusta is now the wife of John SIcider\\nand has established a home of her own. The Lu-\\ntheran ;ind the Kvangelical Churches are the re-\\nligious bodies with which our stibject and his wife\\nare respectively ctmnected. and in their eluiich\\nwork llie\\\\- find a broad held of inlluencc. The at-\\ntention of the reader is invited to a view of the\\nplea.sant honiestea l of .Mr. Stelzei-. found el.sewhere\\nin this volume.\\n^p^RANT S. BURGESS. He of whom we shall\\n11 J--, attempt to give a short biographical sketi-h\\n^i^l in outline is the 1 ending merchant in the\\npretty town of Urightim. Livingston County, this\\nStftte. He is also a native of this State and county\\nand conseqently his interests naturally center here\\nmore than they otherwise would. Pioneer life in\\nMichigan isa familiar tale to him and its hardships\\n.-IS well as its ad\\\\entures ha\\\\e made a lasting im-\\npression upon his mind. Mr. liurgess was Ijorn m\\nriilnam Township, this county, December 2. 18)1,\\nand has liei made his home all his life, having\\nstarted out in life for himself at an early age and\\nattained his jiresent high standing by his own un-\\naldeil efforts.\\n()ur snbjcct s father, .Samuel liurgess, who was a\\nnative of New York and born .sometime in the year\\n1 .so .t, canu to Michig.an at the age of seventeen, in\\nthe year l 2(). with his mother and ste])fatlier. his\\nown fatiier having died when he was (|uite young.\\nThe family settled near Ann Arbor at a day when\\n.settlers were few and far between. .Michigan was\\nthen a Territory and continued so for several\\nyears after their settlement here. In 1\u00c2\u00ab. 5.3 oiw sub-\\nject s father staitcd out in life for himself, locating\\nin I ntnam Township, Livingston County, and two\\nyiai s later took up a piece of land from the (!ov-\\nerninent, cleaving .-md improving eighty acres.\\nTo such good pnrpo.se did the elder Mr. IJnrgess\\npursue the work of clearing his tract, that when in\\n18. )4. he sold it. there was not a tree standing on\\nit. lie seemed to have an innate love for the for-\\nesl. and th.at ye.ai after disposing of the farm that\\nhi had improved he went into another locality,\\nthat of Handy Township, and purchased one hun-\\ndred and sixty acres of wild land on which not a\\nstick had been cut prior to his coming, and inline-\\ndiatelv beaan the work of clearing and iin| roving\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0mother farm. His li.-ud work, however, did not\\navail him nuicli in the end for his health was broken\\ndown. and he saw scarcely. m well day after locating\\non hi new farm ind linally died in l^^dl. Ilewasa\\ntypical i ioneer and endureil many of the (irivatious\\nand vicissitudes incident to the life which he had\\nado|)ted. Heal one time made the breaking of\\nnew land a business and at times owned three or\\nfour yoke of oxen which were in constant leijuisi\\ntion by the early settlers. A liardcr-working man\\nnever lived.\\nOur subject s mother was in lier maitU ii da.\\\\ s\\n.Miss Lucy A. Perry, a native of Saral(,)ga County,\\nN. Y. She survived her husband thirty yeare. finally", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0627.jp2"}, "628": {"fulltext": "628\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\npassing awav .Ttimiary J. 1S91, at the good old age\\nof seventy-eight years. She was the mother of\\ntive eliildren, tliree of wliom are still lixing. Our\\nsubject was reared on a farm, the rudiments of his\\neducation were received iu tlu pioneer log school-\\nhouse of his day. and those who know of the ad-\\nvantages given in an educational way at that time\\ncan appreciate the fact that the three months of\\n.schooling during each winter did not afford much\\nof a chance for any great accumulation of liook\\nlore. Tiie school that he attended was a mi .e dis-\\ntant fr un his home and in the winter he had tn\\nwade through the snow to his hoot tops, and often\\n-SO long would he he detained iu gettiug home after\\nschool tliat hi mother feared hei son was lost iu\\nthe suow. lie is familiar with s(.)me of the hai cl-\\nships incident to pioneer life and knows the suffei-\\ning for want of sufficient clothing and food\\nAfter the death of Mr. Burgess fathci- the young\\nman began working out by the month on neighbor-\\ning farms. He continued to so em|iloy liiuisi lf for\\nnearly tivi yeais. In ISfKl he accepted a position\\nas clerk for Willi. iui Mid herson iV Sou. of Howell,\\nLivingston County, with whom he remained for\\nsix and f)ne-half years. As an employe he proved\\nhimself so tnistworthy and cai)able that in March.\\nIST. i. tli soul him .-in iiitei est in a general store\\nAvhich they li;ul established at Itriglitou. three yi ars\\nbefoi c. and there he went to manage the business.\\nThis he continued to manage successt nlh until\\n1888. when the firm name was changeil from Alc-\\nPhersou iV Co.. to (i. S. Burgess A- Co.\\nUud r its ne\\\\v |iioprictoi hip. oi rather the\\nchange of name, for the management continues as\\nliefore. the business has grown and h;is ])roved to\\nbe very piotilalilc. It i located in a iloulile-slore\\nbuilding that is liUed with goods comprisinga good\\nstack of dry-goods, grocei ies, boots and shoes, hats,\\ncaps and ready-made clothing. \\\\u addition to\\nthe store was made in l.sisi;. Mr. iJiu gess under-\\nstands ))erfectly the requiremeuts and needs of his\\npatrons and keeps constantly on hand so well-\\nassorted n stock of goods that those who ]iatroui/.e\\nhim can find nothing to be betlcied iu his line.\\nThe oi iginal of oui sketch bec.-ime :i bencdic l in\\n1H71, at which time he was married to Miss Sarah\\nE, Jeuks. a native of Ohio: she is an intelligent\\nand amiable lady, drawing about her the best cl.ass\\nof peoi)le in social intei-course. Their union has\\nbeen bles.sed by the advenjt of live children Lan-\\ntie C; Amelia, who is deceased; (Jeorge S.. Charles\\nG. and Bruce. As the little ones are growing up\\nto manhood and womanhood they are realizing the\\nfond hopes of tiieii- parents in becoming intelligent,\\nrefined and educated. Their home is everything\\nthat a home should be in its purest sense; not a\\npalace, but a place where the best nature can de-\\nveloj) under the most favorable circumstances.\\nThey are sni-rounded with all the comforts ;ind\\nmany of the luxtn-ies of life. Our subject is in his\\nl olitical liking a l\\\\ei)ul li -aii. lie is liberal in his\\nreligious \\\\-iew but his Mife i.- a mcmliei of the\\nrinptist hnrch.\\n4^\\nylLLIA.^1 T. COLISTKU. This repres-\\nentative citizen, residing on section 28,\\nJ Locke Townshij). Ingham County, was\\nboiii. March 22. 1K20. in Ontario County. N. Y.,\\nand is a son of Roliert and Plnebe (Sharpsteen)\\nColistei The p;iternal ancestors were Scotch-Irish\\nand he is from (ierman stock on the mother s side.\\nOf a large family of children born to his parents,\\nonly two arc living: Emma C., the wife of .loseph\\nlU dges in Ingham Cminty being the only sister of\\nour sulijeet. W lien about twelve years old this\\nyouth emigi ated with his |iarents to Oakland\\nCounty, this State, and there the mother ))assed to\\nher reward, and the fatlier died after their iv-\\nmo\\\\.al lo (liulou Count\\\\ a numlier of years later.\\nIn lioth these locidities they were considei d as pio-\\nneers, as they settled upon unliroken land in the\\nforest and cleared it for cultivation.\\nA ilistrict school education of the most priinitive\\nkind was all that this young man had offered to\\nhim liul upon that scanty Init sure foundation he\\nhas liuilded a superstructure of intelligence and\\nbro;id information, a-^ he has cultivated a taste\\ntor reading and has fed ujiou substantial literature\\nCelestine Freeman w.as the maiden name of the\\nlady who became bis wife upon the 3d of", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0628.jp2"}, "629": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n629\\nDccciiilKT. \\\\XV.K Slio was lioiii. Octolicr 2H. 1.S2 .I.\\nin NiaiiMia (OuiiIn N. Ht i- fntlier. I):ivi(l Ficc-\\niiiaii was a native i New York aiui lici niotlicr,\\nI5etsev Thoinas, was liurii in (unnrcticut. Tin\\nFreemans are said to lie of (tornian (extraction.\\nTo her parentis were horn five cliiMrcn. tlircc only\\nof whom are now living, namely: ()i|iha, Harriet,\\nthe wife of AVilliam Giinn and INIrs. Colister.\\nThis lady came to Michigan with her parents\\nwhen she was tifteen year.s old and in Ihc woods\\nof Meridian Township, Ingham County, the\\\\ did\\npioneer work. She taught four terms i f school\\nafter coming to this State and is ;i woman if more\\nthan tirdiu.ary intelligence. Ilei- three li\\\\ ing chil-\\ndren are: Emma A., wife of F. A. I eiler; .Mary,\\nwife of W. M. .lolinsoii and Henry. Tiie Colisters\\ncame to their present farm in the fall of IH jC). :iiii|\\nunder their hand it has greatly imjiroved so that\\nit is now very productive and in a line condition.\\nIn political matters Jlr. Colister is decidedly\\nindependent as he casts his ballot foi- the ni;in and\\nthe measure and not for the part\\\\. and is c\\\\cr- re-\\ngarded as one of the inost pulilic spirited ami\\nenteiprising men in the township. His excellent\\npropei ty has been gained through the industry\\n;iud self-denial of himself and his good wife and\\nthev have sjient then li^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2es in usefulness and\\nfriendly kindness to all who have come in their\\nwav. Their farm comprises some eighty acres of\\nland which liear the indis|)utable marks of the iiand\\nof a thrifty farmer. Mr. Colistei- is identified\\nwith the Masonic order and is highly iespccte l in\\nth;it bodv.\\nd d I t a\\niJAXK P. VAX BURKX. wholesale and rc-\\nj) tail grocer and dealer in pro(luce at Will-\\nIs ianiston, Ingham County, is a son (\u00c2\u00bbf F.\\nC. A an lUuen and a grandson of .lames .M. an\\nHuren, a native of Xew .Jersey, who at an early\\nday became a pioneer in St. .Tosepli County, this\\nState. His last years were spent in Mt iidon. .St.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I(vse|)h County, Mich., where he carried on the\\nbusiness of a livery stable. He reared a lamily of\\nllirce sons and four daughters, his son Oeorge\\nbeing the buihU r of the AVjikeman House at Men-\\ndon.\\n1 C. \\\\au iSureii was of New .Jersey birth and\\nWHS but a boy wlien he came to this .State. Upon\\nreaching his m.-ijority he engaged in farming which\\nhe carried on until within the last twelve years\\nwhen he li.as retired from business, and merely looks\\naftei- his own intere.stvS, being a landowner in St.\\n.To.seph County. He was married in that county to\\nMary Doiu a daughter of Klisha Done, who died\\nin California. Mr. Done was a farmer and miner\\nand also a successf\\\\il spei-ulator. The parents of\\nour subjec-t had three children Frank I Eva A.\\nand Maude.\\nHe of whom we write lirst say the light in .Mcn-\\ndon Township. St. .IcKseph County, December 21,\\nI.S21. .\\\\t the age of seventeen he commenced\\nclerking and for about four years was in the gen-\\nei:il store of .1. li. and II. .Vnderson. He tlun went\\nto Coldwater and clerked for W. S. .VUen and was\\nin his dry-goods store for two years, at the expira-\\ntion of which time lie entered the wholesale and\\nretail di\\\\goods house of Donehoe ct Riardion at\\nMuskegon. Later he sent two years at Stevens\\nI oiiit. \\\\Vis.. :iii l afterward traveled in the West\\nfor a wholesale tobacco tirm. thus acipiirinii- (piite\\nan exi)erience.\\nThe next mo\\\\e of this enterprising young man\\nwas to enter the wholesale dry-goods lK\u00c2\u00bbuse of A oigt.\\nIlerpolshimer iV- Co., at (Jrand Rapids and in IHM2\\nhe c.Miiie to W illi.Miiiston and engaged in the\\ngiocciy .and produce business, h.aviug sales during\\nthe first year to about \u00e2\u0080\u00a2s- Kl.HlKI and in IMilO liis\\nsales amoiinteil to s!7. ).ii(i(i. He carries the largest\\nstock of groceries that is to be found along the\\nline of the Detroit A l-ansing U .ailway. keeping in\\n.stock full\\\\ s^ll.dOd worth and is an extensive\\nbuyer of produce in (iiffereni parts of the .State.\\nMr. X aii linrcn was married in l. ^Hlat Mendon.\\nto .Mar\\\\ ICIiiie whose father, a native of (u lniany.\\nlived and died in his native home. To our subject\\nand his wife have l)eeii born three children, namely:\\nMabel who died at the age of one year: Martin\\nClyde and Eva I.eon.a. He carries over sJlil.lMlii\\nlife insurance in the New Voi-k Life Insurance\\nCompany and in the Modern Woodmen, He has", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0629.jp2"}, "630": {"fulltext": "630\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGltAPHICAL ALBUM.\\na fine business education and is counted as one of\\nthe leadinu; luisiness men in tlie county, lie is\\nsti-ietl\\\\ teniiierate in bis lialiits, as neither tobacco\\nnor strong- drink ever passes his lips. His political\\nviews hrinu; him into attiiiation with the Demo-\\ncratic party and lie is earnestly desirous of the suc-\\ncess of that organization.\\n,yr^^\\\\ iiii,ni.rji\\\\ iiv..\\\\.\\\\. ,v imveler jouriie\\\\ ing\\nalong the highways of Conway Townshi)).\\nHESTEIJ ])K.\\\\S. A trav\\nIII _, along the hig\\n^i^ Livingston Comity, must be well pleased\\nwith the appearance of the farms which greet his\\neye. They aie well fenced, neatly cultivated and\\nrichly productive, and with their handsome faini\\nhouses and substantial and attractive barn?- and out-\\nl uildings make ujja lieautiful ])icture of rural pros-\\nperity. These farms are an indication of the wealth\\nand progress of the count\\\\-. and among them we\\nare pleased to mention that of ^h: Dean.\\nOur subject was born in IJS.JIi.in (ienesee County,\\nMich., not more than two miles from Flint, and re-\\nmained there through his infancy rem _)ving when\\ntwo years old to Cohoctah Township, Livingston\\nCounty. Thence tlie family returned tj Genesee\\nCounty and afterward made theii- home successively\\nin Brighton and in Conway, both of which latter\\nplaces are in this count and finally settled upon\\nthe farm where Mr. Dean iiuw resides.\\nDaniel Dean, the father of our sulijcct, was born\\nill l!S24.in Xew York, and \\\\\\\\;i twelve years old\\nuiicii he came lo llii State where he till resi(le\\nHis wife, J^ydia Curtis, wa.- a native of the Empire\\n.Slate, where she w.a.- Iiom in IS2(), .and to them\\nwere granted ten cliihlrcii. four daughters and six\\nsons, namely: ^lary. deceased; .b)lin, Itorn in 1847,\\nwho is now married to Jlary Carpenter and is the\\nfather of two daughters; Lucy, who has married\\n.\\\\lhert Nichols and has two sons and one daugh-\\nter; Willter, boiii ill is. dct-eased: Truman, mar-\\nried Nijrma McKcaii. whu li:i~ lirought him two\\ncliildreii; ^lori i who man ied Leviiia Carr. and\\nlias one child; Chester; Willard, deceased, born in\\n1858; Martha, born in 1860. and m.arried to Frank\\nRandall, liy whom she had one child; and Agues,\\nliorii ill ]si(i;!.wh() married E. (Ueason and has one\\nchild.\\nTill marriage of Chester Dean with Laura Katli-\\nliiirii \u00c2\u00abliirli took place in If^.sT. rcsulti-d in the\\nbirth of one child, a daughter. Ada, who was born\\nSeptember 21. 189(1. Mrs. Dean is a native of\\nConway Tdwn.-hip. and was burn November 8,\\nI86(). I pon his farm 3Ir. Dean has one hundred\\nand seventeen head of sheep and has an average\\nsale of s. il. i wortii nf wool and sheep each year,\\nliesides this tlock he has sutlicient stock to enalile\\nliiin to carry on general fanning in tiie best and\\nmost |)rogressive manner. His political views in-\\ncline him to vote the IJepublicau ticket, but lie has\\nleanings toward the cau.-ic of Prohiliitiun wliieli\\nrender him ipiite inde]ieiideiit in hi^ \\\\iite. as he\\nbelieves a man !iuuld use lii own eommon sense\\nand iudgment rather than to lie blindly le l by\\nparty leader,-.\\n_0J3.\\n~oi?\\nSq-\\ni OlIX H. BHI.STOL is perhaps as well kn.nvn\\nas any man in the township of Tyrone.\\nLivingston C iunty. as he has made his\\nhome in the county for nearly fifty years,\\nand has always been highly respected here as a\\nthorough-going fanner and bu.siuess man. Hi\\nwife, too, shares in the esteem whieh is gi\\\\en to\\nhim and she has a high standing in the most cul-\\ntured circles of this ))art of the county.\\nMr. liri-lol uas born April 24. 1S. 12. in Kusli.\\nMonroe County. N. Y.. where his parents, .lolin Y.\\nand Sarah (Moon) Bristol, were then residing. The\\nfather was born in Rensselaer County and was a\\nson of Bethel and Catherine (Fleampstead) Bristol,\\nliethel was a shoemaker by trade and in later years\\nremoved to Ionroe County where he engaged ill\\nfarming. He ami his good wife, who were both\\nmemlier of the Methodist P piscopal liurcli.\\nIiroughl up in llie f.-iitli and gracesof the Christian\\nreligion four ^on and three daughter.--, a folli)w\\nLydia, Thomas, Fannie, John Y., Alonzo, Timothy,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0630.jp2"}, "631": {"fulltext": "POKTHAIT AMJ BIOGKAFHICAL ALBUM.\\n631\\nHiid .M;uy K. In li^lii .lulm I5ri t il cninc to\\nMifliigaii :uiil seUlud in iX urtield, Livingston\\nCounty, on one hundred and twenty acres of land,\\nwhich he ure. itly improved and renderecl very\\nproductive, liesides carrying on farming lie was*\\na carjjenter liy trade and ;i tliorough workman.\\nIlis inotiier made lii i liome witli Alonzo in lier\\nlatiT years and died at Coldwaler, Midi. lie was\\ntwice married, iiis lirst wile having died in New\\nYorlv, and liis second wife, Olive Seal, liaving sur-\\nvived him. She had six children Thielie. I?ethel,\\nDaniel. Fannie, .Tames and Cora, while thi children\\nof the liist m;irri;ige were Sarah (deceased) and\\n.lohn II.\\nThe subject of this liiographieal sketch s]ient\\nhis hoyliood upon the farm and took advantage of\\nsuch upiiortuiiilie.-- as the district schools afforded.\\n.Vt tlie age of twenty he liegjni fur hinix lf in the\\ncoopering business, and in it cuiitinueil fui about\\nthree years, after which he puich. ised one hundred\\nacres in Deerfield TowiishiiJ which he cleared and\\nimproved and upon which he lias an oi-chai-d of\\nten acres. The family wascstablislied in its present\\nhome. .Vinil HI. 1S7;?. on sections 2il and io. Tyrone\\nTownship, lie estate comprises some nne hun-\\ndred ind twenty acres, which are well-improved\\nboth by cultivaticm and buildings, and Mr. Ilristol\\nowns besides some forty .-icies in Tyrone Township.\\nand one hundred .and twenty acres in .Midland\\nCounty, this State, having in all over four hun-\\ndred acres besides village propei-ty.\\nPrior to locating where he now is, this eiiter-\\njirising man purchased a foundry, blacksmith and\\nwagon shop at Parshallvillc which he operated for\\nabout live years. He is greatly interested in horses\\nand raises many fine animals. He is an active man\\nin the Democratic I Uiks and lias sei\\\\( as .lust ice\\nof the IVace-and also as \\\\otar,\\\\ I liblic. He has\\nbeen niarricd three times, his first wife being I olly\\nIv. daughter of Iia and Hannah (Parks) .Marble,\\nwho carry on a farm in Deerfield. .She was the\\nipother of si.\\\\ children Ira Charles II.. Wells\\n1).. Clarence .1. Ward and Sarah C. She met\\nwith her death by being overturned in a bugity\\nand being thrown violently to the ground, her\\nneck w.as broken.\\nThe second wife of our subject. Mary Chambor-\\nlin. died childless, and the third wife, .\\\\lice M.\\n.Seaton, daughter of Richard and Kmily Seaton,\\nnow presides over his home and shares with him\\nthe respect and regard of his neighbors.\\nl-^H-^[\\n~Sj\\nvp^ TEPIIKX P. LEKUrn )N. There is a finely\\noperated farm on section 34, W illiaraston\\nl/Jj) Township, Ingham County, that is owned\\nby him whose name appears at the head of\\nthis sketch. He is a grandson of Henjamin Leigli-\\nton, a native of Maine, who in an early day went\\nto New York, where he died, aiul a son of Natlian\\nLeighton. who was liorn in Maine, went to New-\\nYork with his parents, and in 18.5; came to Mich-\\nigan and settled in Ingham County on the farm\\nnow owned b\\\\ our subject. Here he lived witli\\nhis family until the death of his wife, when he re-\\nmoved to the villaiic of Williamston, -spending the\\nremaiiiderof his life there. His marriage had been\\nsolemnized in New \\\\dik. his liride being .\\\\bigail\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2nil. Prom this union there were eleven children,\\nfour suns and seven daughters.\\n.Vftcr the death of .\\\\bigail Leighton. our suti-\\nject s father ag.ain niaiiied. his wife being Mrs.\\nM.anda .lulian. a widow. The iiusband died in\\n.August, 1\u00c2\u00abh;5. and Manila Leighton died in 1H91.\\nOn coining to Michigan our subject s father had\\nbought one hiinrli-cd and seventy-five acres of land.\\nThis he had for the most [lart cleared and improved\\nand was one of the promoters of the he.st interests\\nof Ingham County. .Stephen P. Leighton was\\nborn .lannary lit. 18.37, in Wayne County, N. Y.,\\nin Huron Townsliip. and was but a la l of sixteen\\nyears of age when his parents came to ^lichigan.\\nHe lived at home, giving his father his time until\\ntwenty-one years of age, after which he continued\\nworkingat home until the breaking out of the w.-ir.\\nand in 1H()2 our subject enlisted in Company II.\\nTweiity-. ^ixth .Michigan Infantry, ami during tlie\\ndesperate pei iod of bloodslieil and varying for-\\ntunes, was a hyal soldier to the cause of liberty\\nand equality. He was honorably discharged in\\n1H(;.5. having been a participant in the follow-iug", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0631.jp2"}, "632": {"fulltext": "632\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nbattles those of the VVihlerness and Spottsj lvania,\\nwhere he was wounded in the left foot and was\\ntaken to the hospital, remaining there for three\\nmonths, after which he again joined his company\\nand was promoted to the post of First Sergeant,\\naftervvaixl receiving a commission as Second Lien-\\ntenant. His regiment was ni jjicket duty wlien\\n(ien. Lee surrendered. He has received a pension\\nof $i i)er moiitli in i-ecognition of his services.\\nDecenilier .30, 18(56, our subject was married in\\nIngliam County to Miss Rozella Loranger,a daugh-\\nter of Nelson Ix)ianger, an early settler in Ingham\\nCounty. Mrs. Leighton s mother was Mary Lor-\\nanger and to the parents were born eleven children,\\nsix sons and five daughters. For the greater part\\nof his life l\\\\Ir. Loranger was a merchant, being one\\nof tlie leading men in Williaraston.\\nAs the fruit of their married life seven children\\nhave come to our subject and his wife. They are.\\nEll A., Hiram, Xelsoii, Rozella, Stephen P., Annie\\nand Isadore. Mr. Leighton h.as always devoted\\nhimself to the agricultural calling and li.as always\\nl)ecn a haid worker. He now owns seventy acres\\nof land wliereon he lesides and one liundred and\\nsixty acres in Crawford County; he also owns a\\nvaluable lot in the village. Socially he is a Mason,\\nhaving attained a Master degree and lielonging to\\nLodge No. 1;)3. He also liclongs to Eli P. Alex-\\nander Post, No. ni.i (i. A. R. A Democrat in\\n[irinciples and prejudices and one of a most pro-\\nnoiinced kind, he has been placed liy his party In\\nseveral official positions.\\n5-\\nM m^-\\n-5--\\nOSEPHUS LARK. The early struggles of\\nsome of the men wlio have made a financial\\n^,^1 I success of life are worthy of reeountal and\\n^^f, make most interesting reading. The lioy\\nwlio became tlie man of wlioni we now write, start-\\ned out in the world for himself with a manly spirit\\nof independence at the lender age of ten years.\\nTwo ^3 suits of clothe,- was all that he earned dur-\\ning his first seven months of work, after which he\\nlabored for one numth to earn a pair of lioots, the\\nfirst pair he liad ever had, and after that worked\\nfor some seven months for one man at the rate of\\n*2 a month, after which his stupendous wages were\\nraised a little higher and during the next seven\\nmonths he had ^3 a month. The highest wages he\\never received while working in New York was\\nand during the last three summers of this period\\nof his life he was in the employ of the same man\\nfor whom he worked when a little boy. Notwith-\\nstanding his small wages he managed lo l. iy In\\n^200 during the last four years tliat he vv.as thus\\nengaged.\\nThe home of our subject is situated on sections\\n8 and i), Occola Township, Livingston Countw He\\nwas born In JNIontgomery, Orange County, N. Y.,\\nMarch 13, 1832. His father. Jacob Lare, was a\\nnative of New York where he grew to manhood.\\nHe was known far and wide as one of the best\\nblacksmiths in that region and horses were brought\\nto him from many miles away. He was located at\\nSearsville and Pine Bush. He had lost his father\\nwhen (piite young and had therefore been bound\\nout to a master. His marriage in New York united\\nhim with Elizal)eth Bodine, who was boi ii in Craw-\\nford Township, Orange County. They came to\\nMichigan in .huie, I860, but their real residence\\nhere was not continued for many years as the\\nmother died in 18(U\u00c2\u00bb and the father p.assed away in\\n187 1. Their household consisted of three daughters\\nand three sons.\\nIn New York .losephus Lare received his early\\neducation and remained there until he reached the\\nage of twenty-two years after which he came to\\nMichigan in 1856 and making his way directly to\\nWest Bloonifield Township, Oakland County, began\\nworking by the month on a farm. He remained\\nthere for four years, doing f. arm work summers and\\nchopping cord wood din ing the winters. The\\nwages he I cceivi d r;niging from !|3 to \u00c2\u00a5l(i jier\\nmonth.\\nThe m.arriage of our subject with Catherine F.\\n!Merithew took i)lace in Oakland County, Novem-\\nber 11,18. )8. This lady was born in HlooiiiHeld\\nTownsliip. Oakland County, December 10, 1839,\\nand she is the youngest daughter of AVilllam and\\nPhilomela (Wisner) Merithew. The father was a\\nnative of Seneca Countv. N. Y.. and the mother (jf", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0632.jp2"}, "633": {"fulltext": "(llJlKAn- AND HKKiKAl lIK AI. Al r,IM.\\nn:::!\\n!l\\\\ Ua;l I iMIlll 1\\\\ i~licl W .-1^ Mil IIIK Ic l r\\n.Mrs. l.iUf. Il u.-i.-- A|iiil 2. when mir siiliji ct\\ncjiim t(i Livingston Cuuulv .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iiid lif lixcd for livi\\nvcjus with tlic i)nrents of Mis. I :uf. tit tci- whicli he\\niMovi ci into ;i loy house wiiicli .still remains on the\\n|il:icf where lie now resides. After seven years in\\nthis |)riiniti ve home he liuilt ;i Iwo-story frame honsr\\nill I.S72 at a -o t of s!.i.. )ilil.\\n.Mr. a II (I .Mr I, are h.-n ehad .-i lari;e family of\\nfourteen ehililren anil their eldest, Fraidv II.. w.is\\nliorn Deeemlier 17. IH; lie was eleeted i owii-\\nshi|i Clerk hist in IS,s- when he er\\\\cd two years.\\nand W.MS ri -eleete l in l.S .M. Hi married .Vpril 20.\\nI\u00c2\u00abS|. .Susan dauuhter of T. K ;inil ^lary St;iley.\\nM l f raiiU I. ale f.-ilher i^ -keteheil npon aiiollirr\\n|)ai; e of this volume. She wa~ horn in Ijowell\\nrownship. this county. .Vpril 27. IS.V.). aiid as tlu v\\nha\\\\ e no children of their own they ha\\\\c ;ido|itcil :i\\nd;iUi;liter. li\\\\ e .Moody li\\\\ name.\\nhe second son of our sulijeet icorue II. was\\nhorn Novemher Hi. I\u00c2\u00ab(i2 .and died .luiie HI, l\u00c2\u00abM2.\\nFannie who was horn .Vpril (i. IHd,). is the wife\\nof Lewis Diekerson of Marion rownsliip. lara\\nhorn .M.-irch 2M. I K()7, is a te.acher of excellent repnte;\\n.Mary .1. horn .March l^Ki .l; I liila K. horn .May I.\\n1H7II. died .May 12. 1H7(I; .Minnie .1., horn Seiiteni-\\nher II. 1.S7I. h;is hcu-mi her career a.s a teacher; Jo.s-\\nepliiis horn .Vpril I. l\u00c2\u00ab7;5.(lied .luly 2.j. IH75: Hel-\\nena horn .laiiuaiN 1. 1)^7. .and died l elirn;ir\\\\-\\nI 1. the .same year; Myrta. horn .Inne 2. I\u00c2\u00ab7(i; I ^rnesi\\nhorn Mny 12, l\u00c2\u00ab7\u00c2\u00ab, died Ocloher II), IHHK; lien-\\njamiii (i., horn .laniiarv MK IMKI; Nettie 1 horn\\nSeptemher 17, 1SK2, died Xovemher .I. IH.s .l. and\\none child died in infancy unnamed.\\nWhen Mr. l^are started out as an iiule|)enilcnt\\nfarmer he hought eighty acres of land where he\\nnow resides for \u00c2\u00a5l l l l, payint; f(H) down in cash\\nand iisiuii the remainder of the money which he\\nhad .saved h\\\\- his haid work to stoi k the place. lie\\npiMchased tweuty-eiiiht sheep as his lirsl stock and\\nhe added hotli animals and acres nntd he now [los-\\nsesses a fine estiite. His land i-omprisis three hun-\\ndred acres, two hundred of which havi loiii; heen\\nknown jis the Conklin farm. I!verv huihlinu upon\\nthe place has heen put there liy him .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind the tini-\\nIier and luinher for it he drew from l* linl and For-\\nestville. He now keeps on an .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iver:i one liun-\\nhcd .ilid cijihi ln-: d ol heep iic-ide olherslock in\\nproportion. He huilt a frame house and :i good\\nbarn 14x; )2 feet for his sen in IHMl.at :i cost of\\n*2,fl()(l.\\n.Mr. and .Mrs. Lare and all their family with the\\nexception of tlu eldest son. I r.ank. who belongs to\\nI rcshylerian Churcli. belong to the Methodist\\nICpiscoiJal t hureli and there is no household more\\nthoroughly respected or more ii.seful than they.\\n)ur subject is Superintendent of the .Sunday-school\\nand has been for some fourteen years. His excel-\\nlent wife is President of the Ladies Aid .Society.\\n.Mr. Lare was Supervisor of Oeeol.a Township from\\nI.SM. to l!SH(i, and is now .luslice of the Peace an\\nollic which he ha-orcnpied for eight year-. He\\nw;i- Township lerk from ISCI io I\u00c2\u00ab(!2 .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind has\\nbeen School Inspector for m.in\\\\ years. He has\\nbeen la --Leadcr in the hurcli and also Steward\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind rriislee in I he anie.\\n3\\nIDWIN \\\\i. .MKUri lIKW. This respected\\nhead of a highly esteemed family in Oeeola\\nTownship, Livingston County, bears a\\nsplendid record as one of the noble defenders of\\nthe old llau in the d.ays of the Civil War. It is\\nwith great delight that the historian .sat down be-\\nside him to listen to his thrilling details of the\\nda\\\\.- of condicl .anil tin part which the regiment\\nto which lie belonged took in the Civil War, ami\\nwe feel sure that the nu ii and women who peru.-ie\\nthis voluine will take an eipial interest in reading\\nthe annals of his life.\\nThis gentleman was born in Springport Town-\\nship, Ca uga County, N. V., .lanuary 21. lH;il.\\nHis father. William ^lerithew. was a native of\\nCayuga County, where he was born in l)Sl;i. He\\nwas at first a farmer by occupation, but atone time\\nwas a contractor at .Vuburn St.ate Prison, buying\\nstaves and lumber, and engaging for seven years\\nin a general biLsiness. He came to Michigan in\\n1M.52 and located in Oakland Coimly, but in IM: ;i\\nremoved to Wi\u00e2\u0080\u0094I I llooiiiliehl Township, in that", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0633.jp2"}, "634": {"fulltext": "634\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ncounty, where he improved a farm, and in 1837,\\nduring the trouble between Ohio and Micliigan,\\nenlisted as Drum Major in what is known as the\\nToledo War. He remained in West Bloomfiekl\\nTownsliip until 1859, when he came to Oceola\\nTownship and made his home on section 9, where\\nour sul)ject now resides. I pon this place he made\\nsubstantial improvements and here remained until\\nhis death, which took place in 1871.\\n\\\\Villiam Merithew was an old-line Whig and\\nvoted that ticket until the organization of the Re-\\npublican party, and at the convention which was\\ncalled for that purpose he was a delegate. He was\\nAnti-slavery in principle and was interested in the\\nUnderground Railroad. Many a negro did he\\nhelp to send through to Canada to find freedom.\\nHe was a man of deep religious convictions and a\\nmember of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His\\nfather, William Merithew, who was of Pennsylva-\\nnia Dutch origin, was in the Revolutionary war as\\na soldier.\\nThe mother. Philomela Wisner, was a native of\\nCayuga County, N. Y., who lived t(j the age of\\nsixty-four years. She was a daughter of Moses\\nWisner, a New York farmer, who was a Colonel in\\na regimentof State militia during the War of 1812.\\nIn one conflict he was entirely covered by the\\nsand which was thrown up by a shell which struck\\nthe ground near him. He was also captured by a\\nband of Cayuga Indians in 181:5, but made his\\nescape by getting them to smoking, and then when\\none of them left the door o])en he slipped out,\\nand hiding in the corn made good his escape by\\npaddling across Cayuga Lake in a large potash\\nkettle. This brave and crafty Colonel was the\\nfather of (tov. Moses AVisner, who is thus the uncle\\nof our subject.\\nEdwin R. Merithew is one of a family of seven\\nchildren, and was only one vear old when with his\\nparents he migrated to the Territory of Michigan.\\nHis entire education was taken in tlio log school-\\nhouses in W^est Bloomfleld Townsliii Oakland\\nCounty, and he began independent work liy labor-\\ning by the month for his neighbors. In the year\\n1852 he went to California, making the journey\\nby water by way of Panama, taking the steamer\\nUnited States from New York City to the\\nIsthmus, and there journeying by a French sailing\\nvessel, Fion Brothers, to San Francisco, making\\nthat part of the journey in sixty-seven days. He\\nwent into the mines at Long Bar in the Yulia\\nRiver and remained there for three years, dividing\\nhis time equally between farming and mining. He\\nreturned in 1855 l\\\\y the w.ay of Greytown, land-\\ning at New York City.\\nU|)on the young man s return to West Bloom-\\nHeld Townshii) he decided to give a hostage to\\nfortune l)y establishing himself in his own home\\nwith a wife. He was, therefore, married Septem-\\nber 8, 185G, to Harriet Pennell, a native of that\\ncounty, wjio was born in 1833. In 1858 they re-\\nmoved to Oregon Township, Lapeer County,\\nwhere thej took new land and began cultivating\\nit. They first, however, had to put up a log\\nhouse, for which Mr. Merithew cut the logs and\\nmade the shingles. This jjalatial residence, meas-\\nuring 2(1x26 feet on the ground, was now tlu ir\\nliome while they improved this property, and tliey\\nremained there until 1864, when the husliaiul en-\\nlisted in the defense of his country s flag.\\nCompany E, Eighth Michigan Infantry, was the\\nbody of troops to which the young man altaclied\\nhimself, and they were at once sent to Cincinnati\\nand thence to Louisville, after which they were\\nordered east to Anna])olis, Md. They were made\\na part of the Ninth Armv Corps, and upon April\\n9 they were in Washington, where they marched\\nover the Long Bridge and upon May 6 took pait\\nin the battle of the Wilderness, after which they\\nwere eng.aged in the conflicts of Cliancellorsvillc,\\nCold Harbor and Petersburg. During this siege\\nthey took an active ]inrt, and as he was wounded\\nthei e he was sent to the hospital, where he re-\\nmained for six weeks, and tiien returned to Peters-\\nburg, wlu ic lie was on picket duty every other\\nnight until the 28th of JLirch, 1865, and was\\nunder fire for one hundred days. On April 2 he\\nwas the first one to mount the defences of Fort\\nMahan, and this w.as tiie last ct)nfliet in which he\\nwas engaged, as after this they went to Wasiiing-\\nton and were on picket duty until Jidy 5(1, 1865.\\nHis regiment was mustered out of service at De-\\ntroit. August 3. and he returned to West Bloom-\\nfield Townsliij) and worked in a saw-mill in the", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0634.jp2"}, "635": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0635.jp2"}, "636": {"fulltext": "ft\\n\\\\3t\\nch^\\n^^--yzM^I", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0636.jp2"}, "637": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n637\\ntown of CoinnieriH IIi lirst wife liaving died in\\nSeiilPiiihei 1 lie \\\\v;is united witli liis present\\nwife MmicIi 8, 18(!(;. This lady was liorn in \\\\M\\nin (inuiieR e Townslii|i, Oakland County. ;uid her\\nmaiden name was Kliza .1. C umpldn. After this\\nmarriaiie he removed to Oeeola I ownship. I,i\\\\-\\ninsfston (diuity. where he now resides on his\\nfather s old honu stead.\\n.Mr. Merithew has two ehildren li\\\\ his lirst mar-\\nriaore, a daujihter and a son. The daughlei-. .Miee.\\nis the wife of J.,, liuekloo. and Charles M. is a car\\ninspector at Owosso on the Toledo it Ann .\\\\rl)or\\nKailro.-id. liy his second union he has six cliil-\\ndriMi. who are ((ually divided between sons and\\nd, iui;hters, luimely: Flora, the wife of I lie\\nli.-itchelor. who resides in Oeeola Township; .l.-icoh.\\nInza, Norali. Edwin R. and Oscar V.\\nOne lunulred acres of well imjiroved land forms\\nthe estate of .Mi .Merithew, upon whicli he is cai-\\nryiny on a iieneral faiininy liusiness and where he\\nkeeps from eiijhty to one hiuidied head of sheep.\\nlie is ke nly interested in all matters pertainiui; to\\nl)ulilic affairs, and has servi d his township as .Ivis-\\ntice of the I eacc and was elected in 18. )(i as Con-\\nst;ilile of West llloomtield Townsinp. Iiciui; the\\nfirst man elected on the Kei)uliliean ticket in this\\nsection. For fouiteen years he has heeji .School\\nDirector in Oeeola Township. He is a freethinker\\nin his reliijfious views, and is a memlier of the\\n(Ji-and .Vrmy of the Hepublie and has tilled almost\\nevery otlice in the i;ift of his comrade.s.\\n^;KSLi;V K.MKKV. Amony the old .-ettlers\\nof Lansinjr. who have been efficient in\\nbuildinji- up the city and makina it what\\nit is to-day, in the social, fin.aucial and business\\nwoild. we are |)leased to mention Mr. Emery,\\nwhose i)ortrait is shown on the opposite page, lie\\nis a member of the lirni of liartlett A- Emery, deal-\\ners in real estate and in.surance. their otlice heinjj\\nlocated on Washiuiiton Avenue. Mr. iMuery came\\nto this cit\\\\- in the spring of \\\\H h^ and for five years\\nhad charue of the city school,\\nOiu- subject was born .Inly \\\\S. ]H- at ^drk.\\nLivingston County, X. Y\u00e2\u0080\u009e and is the son of .Sam-\\nuel and Nancy .1. (Wesley) Emery. His paternal\\nancestors belong to the old New England stock of\\nEmerys, and Sanmel Ijiiery \\\\va.s a farmer in New\\nVoik. The boy removed with his parents from\\nl,i\\\\ingst n County to Cattaraugus County, and a.s\\nsoon as he was old enough he attended Genesee\\nCollege at Lima, X. V. lie eom|)leted his Fresh-\\nman, So])homore and .lunior years at that college,\\nbut his SiMiior yeai was interrupted bj- the failure\\nof his eyes and he had to leave college before\\ngiaduation. As soon as his eyes would |)ermit he\\nbegan teaching, spending two years in this pro-\\nfes.sion at East Avon, then in Barry Center, N. Y..\\nfor two years, and afterward at Barnegat, N, Y.\\nAfter one year there he came West and taught for\\ntwo years at (irandville. Mich., and at Lamont was\\nin chaige of the I nion Schools for three years,\\nlie then came to Lansing and after following his\\nprofession here for live years and for a while at\\nOkemos. he bought a large farm at the latter\\njilace.\\n.Vfter ^Mi Emery gave uij teaching he spent\\neight years in traveling for A. S. Barnes iV Co., of\\nNew York, handling their school books and having\\ncharge of their Western business. He managed\\ntheir agents both in ^Michigan and other western\\nStates; and having thus gained experience in the\\nbook business he established a liook store in Lan-\\nsing, which he carried on for ten years. At the\\nend of that lime he sold out his busine.ss and again\\ntook chaige of Alichigan for S. Barnes iV Co.\\nAfter three yeais he entered into jiartnership with\\nMr. Bartlett. and at the beginning of 1887 opened\\nan otlice for the tran.saetion of real estate and in-\\nsurance bu.sine.ss. The.se gentlemen handle real\\nestate for themselves and others, and also represent\\na number of insurance companies, both in the line\\nof lite and lire insurance.\\nFor three years .Mi-. lOinery was a piomineiit\\nmember of the Board of Education t)f Lansing, and\\nlater a member uf the Board of Examiners, in which\\ncajiacity he was of incalculable value to the cit_v,as\\nhis thorough education, his genuine culture, his\\nbreadth of view and experience, have given him\\nan exceptional outlook. While on his farm he was\\nseveral times elected Township .Supervisor, Treas-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0637.jp2"}, "638": {"fulltext": "638\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\niirei- of tlic ^licliijian (eiitral Fair. Miid ocmiiied\\nother positions of tru.-it and lionor. IK is a mem-\\nber of Masonic Lodge Xo. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0i-i. and has lon^ held\\nottieial position in theUniversalist C hiircli. of whieli\\nhe is a prominent member.\\nIn 1851 Mr. Emery married ]\\\\Iiss Adelia (iil)son.\\nof Barry Center, X. Y.. but in Uss than twelve\\nmontlis mourned the untimely death of his loved\\nand loving young wife. Two years later he mar-\\nried her sister, Laura E. Of this marriage was\\nborn one son, Archie Martelle, wjio lie fore the age\\nof three years was bereft of a mother s love and\\ncare, for death again entered the household. This\\nson, A. M. Emery, is now established in one of the\\nleading bookstores of Lansing.\\nIn January of 1X70, Air. Emer\\\\ was united in\\nmarriage to Mi.ss Sarah E. an Dervoort. of Phelps.\\nN. Y. This lady has since become inominent in\\nthe reform movements of the day, and is the\\nauthor of a little book entitled Seven Financial\\nConspiracies. which is attracting much attention\\nat the present time.\\n^S-\\nJ NDKEW F. SAWYER. The highly re-\\nI spexted family at whose head stands tlie man\\n14 whose name we have just given, exerts a\\npowerful intlnence for good in Green Oak\\nTownship, and indeed throughout Livingston\\nCounty, and wherever its members are known.\\nCharacter always must tell in its effect upon those\\nwho meet it, and there is no such argument for\\nuprightness and intelligence as an upright and\\nintelligent life.\\nMr. Sawyer is a native of this county, and was\\nborn in Hamburg Townshij), June 12, 1835. His\\nfather. Caleb Sawyer, was born in Massachusetts\\nin 1811, and in his early .years removed to New\\nYork, where he became a farmer. Michigan\\nbecame his home in 1834, and he then took up\\nland in Green Oak Township, and brouglit on his\\nfamily the following spring, thus becoming one of\\nthe first settlers in this region, lie did much pio-\\nneer work, and having subdued the wilderness and\\nplaced liis farm in a productive condition, passed\\nhere the remainder of his (hiys, d\\\\ing in 1\u00c2\u00ab82.\\nCaleb Sawyer came to this State witli limited\\nmeans, but he was a man of enterprise and soon\\nbuilt up a flourishing business in brick manufac-\\nture, and for a number of years supplied his\\nneighbors with this valuable commodity. His\\ngood wife, the mother of our subject, bore the\\nmaiden name of Caroline Wheeler. She did not\\nlong endure the hardships of jjioneer life, and\\npassed from earth in 184(1, at the early age of\\ntwenty-nine _\\\\ears, leaving five children, four of\\nwhom are now li\\\\ing. The father married a\\nsecond time, but b\\\\- that union had n^) children.\\nHy his third marriage he had four children.\\nFarm life and the district school filled up the\\nearly yeai s of the boy who grew to be so pros-\\nperous a farmer. His schooling had to come\\nmostly in the winter months, as he was needed at\\nliomc during the busy seasons, and he remained\\nwith his parents until after he reached his ma-\\njority, sub.se(|nent to which he entered the employ\\nof neighboring farmers. During the summer of\\n1861 he worked upon his father s farm, and in the\\nfollowing spring he purch.ised seventy-live acres\\nnear Whitemore Lake, in Washtenaw County, and\\nbegan life for himself. After three years upon\\nthis farm lie purchased land in Green Oak Town-\\nshi]}. upon which he lived for two and one-half\\nyears. He also spent one year in Brighton, but in\\nthe fall of 1869 lie purchased his present home on\\nsections 3 and 10, (ireen Oak Town.ship, a property\\nwhich was already well improved.\\nNothing in the life of Mr. .Sawyer has ))een more\\nproductive of happiness and tiue prosperity than\\nhis union in marriage with the lady of his choice,\\nwho.se intelligence, social qualities and many\\namiable traits make her a notewjorthy woman in\\nthis township. Their wedding occurred December\\n28, 1860, and they then established a home to-\\ngether which may well serve for a model of do-\\nmestic happiness and genuine hospitality.\\nThis lady, whose name was Drusilla Coe, was\\nborn in Green Oak Township, and is a daughter of\\nHarrison Coe. She has become tlie mother of one\\nson. Fred, who was born September 5, 1876, and\\nwhose manly character and devotion to his parents\\ni", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0638.jp2"}, "639": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n639\\n:ilrc!i(ly ijive aliuii l;mt |)i \u00c2\u00bbinisi of ;i inMiihuud\\nwliioli will ivward his (loNotcd |inrcnt fur llicii-\\ncare and cultiirf.\\nTho Repiililicaii |iait\\\\ in its (Iciiaialinns i-iii-\\nImdii s the prinfiples of political i wini)niy wliicli\\nMr. Sawyer l)elicvcs to be best adapted to insuring\\nliic jirosperity of our country. For two years lie\\nlit ld the olliee of Town Treasurer, and has also in\\nhis eapiieitv as Road Commissioner improved\\nureatly the liigli ways of the township. His one\\nluindred and twenty acres of land are in the liest\\ncondition, and exceedingly productive.\\nWith his partner, jMr. C oe, our suliject is the\\nproinietor of the Ragstreet Hock of Sliro])-\\nsliires, and the head of that Hock is the well-known\\nI ride of Ragstreet, who was imported in\\nAugust, 1889, and has won tirsi picniiuin as the\\nbest Shrop.shire rain lamb at the State Vti iv at\\nLansing, the International Kxposition at Detroit,\\nthe Kastcrn Agricultural .Society at psilanti, and\\nthe Market Fair at Brigliton.\\nUDOE RULLIX II. PERSON. The honor-\\nable gentleman whose name is above does\\nnot bear the weight of years Ih. it one is apt\\nto associate with the station of life to which\\nlie has attained. Although in the meridian of his\\nsuccessful career, as well as of his years, our sub-\\njecl is .fudge of the Thirtieth .Judicial District of j\\n.Michigan, embracing the counties of Livingston\\nand Ingham. It seems peculiarly titling th;it the\\nsons of the State slioiild occuiiy these honorable\\njiositions, and Mr. I erson is a native of loscc)\\nTownship, Livingston County, being here born\\nOctolier 1. 18. He is a .son of Cornelius H. and\\nLucinda (Stafford) Person, natives of Xew York.\\n)ur subject s father was in his younger days a\\nteacher, luit later became a farmer. In 18;i7 he\\nwith his father s family came to Jlichigan and the\\nparty settled in losco I ownship. Livingston j\\nCounty. The gentleman s parents were Daniel\\nand Fanny (.Stevens) Person, natives of A ermoiit\\nand New oik resiiectiveh On comin r into this\\n(State they took up a quarter section of Govern-\\nment land, to which they devoted themselves to\\nimproving and cultivating. This was secured in\\n18;5(; and was at the time heavily timbered. The\\ninilirovements that he placed upon it greatly en-\\nhanced the value of the tract, which before his de-\\ncease W.1S made not only a comfortable home place,\\nbut a most attractive .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind beautiful agricultural\\nspot. Daniel Person s death occurred in 1874.\\nHis wife survived hiin by a number of years, pas.s-\\ning away in the city of Howell in 1880. The\\nfather had been .liistice of the I eace several yeai-s\\nbefore his death. He had a family of live chil-\\ndren, all of whom lived to attain manhood and\\nwomanhood. I liey were Cornelius H., Polly,\\nLaura, Sally and Stephen. Polly became Mrs.\\nT(mcray and (lie l in Nebraska, where she went in\\n18.59.\\nDaniel Per.son s f;itlierwas the Rev. Cornelius\\n(i. Person, .-i native of New Hampshire. He was a\\nfarmer until twenty-nine years of age, and then\\nengaged in preai hing until 1833. He bad a fam-\\nily of .seven children. Our subject s family on the\\npaternal side were of English ancestry. On the\\nmaternal side our subject s grandparents were .Jo-\\nseph and S:illy i aylor) .Stafford, natives of Ver-\\nmont and .Mas.sachu.setts res])ectivcl3\\\\ The former\\nwas a builder as well as a farmer in New York,\\nwhere lie carried on a succcs ful and lucrative busi-\\nncs.s. He had a family if seven children. The\\n])rec eding generation nnjst immediately connected\\nwith .loseiih .StalJ ord w.a^ represented In Isaac and\\nKeziali (Slater) StatTord. natives of Vermont. The\\nfather was a farmer and was obliged to work very\\nhard in order to supply his ten ehildren with the\\nnecessities of life. His father was .loliu StatTord,\\nwho came from England.\\nBesides farming in Iosco Township for many\\nyears our suliject s father was also .Superintendent\\nof Schools ill the townshi|), and after leaving his\\nfarm he c;iiiie to Howell, where he now lives, hold-\\ning the ollice of .Justice of the Peace. Contrary to\\nthe usual order in his family, he has only two sons,\\nour subject, .Judge Person, and Ozro, who is en-\\ngaged in fanning, rntil nineteen years of age the\\noriginal of our sketch outside of his school life w.as\\nensrasred in farming, .\\\\fter that time he taught", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0639.jp2"}, "640": {"fulltext": "640\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nschool for two winters, engati iiio in the work in\\nthis eountv. although not living at home. He at-\\ntended the Howell High School and was early\\nelected Deijutv Regi.\u00c2\u00abter of Deeds, which jiosition\\nhe tilled for two years.\\nThe young man had determined to become a\\nlawyer and liegan to read law with Dennis Shields\\nof Howell. After a course pursued with much ad-\\nvantage under this preceptor he entered the law\\nschool of Ann Arbor, and after taking the full\\ncourse there was admitted to the bar in 187.3. lie\\nthen started foi- the West and settled on the Ke-\\n|)ulilican River in Ilarland County, Neb., at once\\nengaging in the practice of his profession. He\\nhad a large patronage while in Nebraska, but was\\nunable to collect on account of the grasshopper\\nscourge from which tliat district suffered so severely\\nat the time of his lieing there, every green tiling\\nhaving- been eaten by these pests. Not being able\\nto live on debts he returned to Howell in 1H75\\nand engaged in the practice of his profession here.\\nOn the formation of this circuit our subject was\\nappointed and in April thereafter was elected\\nJudge. This election was in l.s;)!. running far\\nahead of his ticket and receiving a complimentary\\nvote of nearly fourteen hundred strong.\\nJudge Person has held theoHiceof Circuit Court\\nCommissioner besides his other oflice, and has also\\nbeen Recorder of the city of Howell. He resides\\nin a beautiful home, which he himself erected in\\n1887. It is located on Clinton Street and is a\\n(jicture of beaut}- and attractiveness. He of whom\\nwe write was married in 1873 to Miss Ida Madden\\nof ^lonmouth. 111. She is a daughter of James G.\\n.Madden, a i)romineut lawyer of that place. Our\\nsubject and his estimable and attractive wife are\\nthe parents of three children, Harlow. Harry and\\n.May, who are bright young people who will with-\\nout doubt be shining examples of what the best of\\niiiBuenees and advantages can do for naturally\\nrich natures.\\nThe original of this sketch is a Democrat in his\\npolitical following, lie also affiliates witii llie\\nMasonic Society and is in demand socially on all\\npublic and private occasions, being a man of great\\nersonal attractions and striking conversational\\npowers. .ludge Person is one of the organizers of\\nthe lirst State .Savings Bank of Howell. He is\\nalso a large stockholder and is variously associated\\nwith the large and important enterprises of the\\ncommunity.\\n\\\\L^ ON- DANIEL L. CASE. The gentleman\\nwhose name heads this sketch just fails of\\nbeing the oldest resident of this county,\\nonly one other, William A. Dwire, having\\npreceded him here. Mr. Case made his entrance\\nherein 1843. He is a Canadian by liirtli. having\\nfirst seen the light of day at Three Rivers. Decem-\\nber 21. IHll. and is hence iiow(18!ll) an octogen-\\narian. In spite of his age he is still an active man\\nin the jierfect possession of all his faculties. His\\nparents were originally from the State of Connec-\\nticut. His father whose name was Elijah Case went\\nto Canada just before the War of 1812. On the\\nlireaking out of the war he was required to take\\nthe oatli of allegiance to the British crown,\\nwliicli he refused to do. in consequence of wliieh\\nhe was arrested and imprisoned in Halifax until\\ntiie close of the war, after which he joined his\\nfamily who had removed to Monroe County,\\nN. Y., during his imprisonment, and died a few\\nyears later from disease contracted while thus\\nincarcerated.\\nHere Daniel lived until his eighteenth year and\\nhad such educational advantages as were common in\\nthe districts. On coining to Michigan, which was\\nthen called the Indian Territory (1829), Mr. Case\\nfirst stopped at Pontiac, and in the spring of 183(1\\ncame to where the town of Jackson now is. At\\nthat time there was but one cabin on its jn-esent\\nsite and not another iiiliabitant witlnii tliirty miles.\\nHe remained until 183(! and then went to Texas.\\nwliicli was tlieu the arena of the political andGov-\\nerninental strife of the period. He remained in\\nTexas until 1842 and then returned to the Wolv-\\nerine State. Mr. Case corrects the impression that\\nthe family of Bhickinans was the lirst in Jackson.\\n^\\\\nien oui- subject arrived in the spring of 1830, a\\nman liy the name of Gillette was the onlj resident", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0640.jp2"}, "641": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BKXiRA I llK A I. ALBUM.\\n(i4l\\nand Mr. C a-ie rlrove the ti-ain thai iiiovfd tlie Blaek-\\niiians into .lacksou. Our .sulijcct was in Texas\\n(liirinu; Ilnuston s :\\\\v with Santa Anna, ami\\nl)i:R ti( l law. iiiviuij his attention to the\\ncfiniinal codi his sjrcat strength liein^i in the\\npleailinir of his eases. Ills license permitted liini\\nto praetice in all .Statesand he lieeanie widely known\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2as a lawyer of unfailing success in any ease that he\\nundertook. The greater [lart of his practice \\\\v;i\\nalong the Mississip])i. fronitialena to New Orleans,\\nlie also t \u00c2\u00bbok charge of a number of cases in Texas\\nand few lawyers in the country eipialcd him in le-\\ngal acumen and skillful fencing when sucli tactics\\nwere neces.sary.\\nAfter his return to this state .Mr. Ca.se practiced his\\nprofession until 184.5.at which time he was ajjpointed\\nby the (Jovernor as Fro.secuting .Vttoiaiey for the\\ncounty. -Vt the expiration of two years he was\\nagain appointed but resigned and embarked in\\nmerchandising in the city, being also interested in\\npolitics. In 18.50 our subject was elected member\\nof the legislature and in 18,58 the honor was pressed\\nupon him as an election to the post of .\\\\uditor-\\nGeneral. which position he held for two years.\\nMeantime lie continued iiis business of merchandis-\\ning in connection with his political and oltieial life\\nuntil 1878.\\nHe of whom we write has been pressed into ser-\\nvice in various offices of the municipal Government,\\nlie has been a member of the School Board and\\n.Vlderman. Anxious to retire from |inblic life he\\ngave up his business and resigned the in;ijori!y of\\nhis oHices in 1878. Iml in 1887 he wa a|)poiutcd\\non the board of eontr il of the school for the blind\\nand since th;it time has er\\\\-eil as Tre.-isui cr of llic\\nHoard. Mr. jise is very active and takes a gre.-il\\n(leal of out of door exercise, sehloni aUowing a d.-iy\\nto pa.ss when he does not ffo to the city to tr;ins:ict\\nsemie business.\\n.Mr. Case was first united iu m.airiage with .Miss\\n.\\\\Iarinda Brown of Pittsford. N. V.. whose decease\\noccurred in 1817. Three children were l)orn of\\nthis union as follows: Julieii M. married Mi.ss Sophia\\nPeck and they became the parents of four chil-\\ndren. Daniel. .Sophie. Rex Ron.ald and .lulieii. lb\\ndied in London in .lune, 181H(. while on a tour in\\nKurope; Daniel was a sttnleiif at West Point when\\nthe late war broke out and he enlisted in tlie\\nSeventy-eighth New York Infanliy. being ap-\\npointed by the Governor a Lieutenant. Thi.s\\nreginuMit was afterward consolidated with the\\nOne Hundred and Second New York Infantry,\\nlie was captured ;it the battle of Peach Tree\\nreek while serving as aid to (ien. Hooker and\\nw.as c nilined in rebel |)risons for ten months,\\nlb dieil short 1\\\\ after the close of the war\\nfrom exposure incident to his prison life. Helen\\nthe eldest child of o\\\\irsubject is the widow of .Vnd-\\nrew Adams and now^ makes her home with iier\\nfather. She lias one child. .Mrs. Mary Collins of\\nChicago, 111. By a second marriage Mr. Case was\\nunited to Miss .\\\\delia Monroe of Eagle, Clinton\\nCounty. thisState,she dying in 1887. There were\\nno children l)y this marriage.\\nAltiiough our subject was brought up in the Pres-\\nl)yterian Church and his inclinati ms were all in that\\ndirection, giving generously for it** support, he is\\nnot a member, but a liberal-spirited, conscientious\\nman, the friend of humanity. He is a member of\\nthe M.asonic fraternity, and also belongs to the\\n(irand .Vrmy of the Re])ublic. Mr. Case was in the\\nCivil War as Assistant Paym.aster and served for\\nnearly a year, when failing health obliged iiim to\\nresign and he has since lived retired.\\nT )i:i, II. |)1KI Above the average in in-\\n1cllii;cure .ind .-i m;in of more than ordin-\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ii erndilion i llic jiiiisiierons farmer\\nw hose name ue herewith give. His popidarily\\nis based not onl\\\\ on his ability botli as a thinker\\nand an active luisincss man. but also on the genu-\\nine goo l will with wiiieh he regards his fellow-\\nnu u anrl the kindl\\\\ spirit which he exhibits in liis\\nintercourse with ihcm. His home is on section ifi,\\n(Jenoa Townsiiip. Livingston County, and he was\\nborn iu Steuben Cotnity. N. on Christmas\\nDay. IS I-.\\n.loseph Dykes, the father of our subject, w.is\\nb(.rn in (ienoa, N. Y.. in 1807, and is of German", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0641.jp2"}, "642": {"fulltext": "642\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ndescent. He followed the double avocation of a\\nfarmer and shoemaker, and wlieii quite young\\nmade his home in Steuben County, N. Y., where\\nhe married .lane O Neal, who had her nativity in\\nNew Jersey in ISll. Se\\\\en out of their nine\\nchildren grew to maturity, viz: Hiram, Jerusha,\\nAlice, Sarah, Araminta, .loel IL, Oscar, George and\\nElizabeth. The family came to Michigan in 1844,\\nand settled in tlie wilderness, making their home\\nin a log cabin. In 1864 they moved on to the\\nfarm where the family now resides, which tlie\\nfather carried on until his death, at the age of\\nseventy-seven years. He was a member of the\\nregular Baptist Cliurch, and in politics was first a\\nWhig and afterward a Republican. His faithful\\nwife, who was also identified with the Baptist\\nChurch, survives him and makes her home with\\nher son.\\nOur subject was only a year and a half old when\\nhe came to Michigan, and he obtained his educa-\\ntion in the log schoolhouses and sat upon the slab\\nbenches which were supijorted by pin legs. The\\nrate bill system then jjrevailed and quill pens were\\nthe prominent features of the writing class. When\\ntwenty-one years old the young man began work\\nfor himself, but it was not long before he left the\\njieaceful avocation of agriculture and enlisted\\nunder the banner of his country. He joined Com-\\npany A, Twenty-second Michigan Infantiv, and\\nserved from January 6, 1864, to September 16,\\n1865, receiving his lionoral le dl.scharge at ISIur-\\nfreesboro.\\nThe Twenty-second Michigan was first sent to\\nChattanooga, Tenn., and remained there until the\\n1st of May, when it was sent to the front, in\\nGeorgia, and took part in the battle of Kenesaw\\nMountain, being in all the engagements of the\\nAtlanta campaign. It w.as in Sherman s army\\nunder the command of Gen. Thomas, and did\\nProv(_)st duty at Atlanta until the last of October,\\nwhen (ien. Thomas nriny returned to Chatta-\\nnooga, and there went into winter (piarters. doing\\nprovost duty in that city. Our ^ubject was then\\nordered to Murfreesl)oro, Teun.. where he re-\\nmained uutil June, 186; and was then sent to a\\nsmall station on the Chattanooga ck Nashville\\nRailway, where he was on guard dutj At Mur-\\nfreesboro he was transferred from his old regiment\\nto the Twenty-second Michigan Infantry. He was\\nsick with the measles at Chattanooga, and was in\\nthe hospital for some time, and has never since\\nreally been well, in consequence of which he re-\\nceives \u00c2\u00a56 a month pension.\\nUpon his return from the battle-fields, Joel\\nDykes resumed farming, and bought out the in-\\nterest of the other heirs in the liome farm. .Inly 18,\\n1867, he was happily united in marriage with\\nMiss Amelia Morgan, who was born in Dundee,\\nMonroe County, Mich,, March 16, 1844, Four\\nchildren have come to their home, and all are now\\nliving except Lois, their eldest, who died when\\ntwo years old. The daughters who are with them\\nare Edna, Etta and Ida.\\nrpon his eighty acres of fine land Mr. Dykes\\ncarries on mixed farming and has most of his\\nestate under cultivation. He is a Republican in his\\npolitical views and has twice been made candidate\\nfor the otlice of Supervisor, but as there is a large\\nDemocratic majority in the tow-nship, he has never\\nbeen elected to that position. He served for two\\nterms as Commissioner anil for one term as Treas-\\nurer.\\nIIARLKS E. BEIRMANN. Prominent in\\nagricultural and political circles is the ex-\\ntensive farmer and popular citizen whose\\nname appears at the head of this sketch. His at-\\ntractive home and beautiful farm are situated in\\nGenoa Township, Livingston County, and he is\\nwell-known as the ex-Sheriff of the county and\\nex-1 ostmaster of Howell.\\nOur subject was liorn in Hamburg, Germany,\\nJune 1, 1827. His father. William Henry Beur-\\nmann, was in the mercantile business. He died\\nwhen about forty-eight years of .age, and his gX)od\\nwife Henrietta E. (iluer, lived to be sixty-seven\\nyears old. They were both earnest and conscien-\\ntious members of the Lutheran Church and reared\\ntheir five children under the influence of the (Gos-\\npel. His wife came to Michigan with the family\\nin 1840 and became a pioneer in the wilderness.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0642.jp2"}, "643": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AXI) lUOCRAl IIK \\\\T, VMSIM.\\n(;}S\\nHe of wluiin we write (.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2aiiii tu Aliiei ica wlu-ii\\ntliirteeii vcais old, liaviiisj- l)ecn ten weeks on tlie\\nliriiiy (lee|i. lie eiijuyeil llii triii j^reatlv and was\\nsea-siek I oionly one da\\\\. llavinii; reaelied Anieriea\\nllie family eanio direetly to Livingston County,\\nand liuilt a log house in wliich they made their\\nhome on (hiistmas Day. l^^ln. Krieiidly Indians\\nfrequented their door and tluir mother fed them\\nwith a kindly hand. In his boyhood, Charles\\nHeurmann helped to kill a bear near Whitney Lake\\nand in triumph eariied home some bearsteaks. His\\nbrother William w;is (piite a lunitsman. ,-ind shot\\nmany a cU-er. wolf and turkey.\\nOnly two acres of .Mr. I eurmann s farm was\\nbioken when he settled herein l.Stll. and he now j\\nhas one hundred and sixty of his two hundred and\\ntwenty acres inider c-ultivation. He raises both\\nSjrain and stock ;\\\\nd pays attention to the better\\ngrades of animals. He has had some full-blooded\\nOurham cattle and now has fourteen hor.ses. some\\nof them draft and some roadsters. His beautiful\\nbrick residence was erected by him in I.S7. ;it\\ncost of \u00c2\u00a54.000 besides his own lalior.\\nFidelia llageland to whom liarlcs L. Ileiinnann\\nwas united in marriage in l.s. )2. was born in Steu-\\nben County. X. Y and came here with her p;u-ents.\\nChristopher ;ind Clarinda llageland. in the year\\n|H;{. Of the eleven cliildren who have blessed\\nthis union, seven are now living, namely: Charles\\nE., who maiiied Mary liidwn and li\\\\i in llowell;\\nW. Henry, who took to wife Rachel ,nlkel\u00e2\u0080\u00a2. and 1\\nmakes his home in Oceola; Clara, who is at home: I\\nIvlwaiil .M.. wliii mariied Stella Kn;ip|i and resides\\nin Howell; .Mary, who is Mis. Aaron Swit/.er. of\\nHowell: liert. who is now in Iowa: and Kenzie,\\nwho resides with hi parents.\\nIll ISTfi our subji ct was the onl\\\\ m:ui on the\\nRepublican ticket in the M)unt\\\\ who iecei\\\\-ed his\\nelection, as the county lia~ :i Demoiiatic niajoiil\\\\\\nof from four hundred to four hundred and fifty,\\nlint his popul.-irity carried his election by one hun-\\ndred and twenty iiiajorit\\\\ and at the time of his\\nri--electit n in 1H7M, his majority was three hundred\\nand seventy-five. During the lirst twenty months\\nof his shrievalty Mr. Iicnrmann was .alilc to lake\\ntweut\\\\-live men to the State pri nii .-it .lackson.\\nL juler i resideiil Arthur s a[)poiulmcnl he took\\ncliaige ol the poslolliceat Howell. .lanuarv 1, 1M\u00c2\u00ab2\\nand served for four years and two months. He\\nh.is been successful in everything which he has\\nundeitaken, with the exception of his candidacy\\nfor County Treasurer in 1872, when the Democratic\\niiiajority was too much for even his popularity to\\novi icoine.\\n|1 l y1 I t w\\ni^EORGE O. IIASKILL, an old ,,ldier of th\\n^^EORGE 0. HAS\\n11 Army of the C\\ncitizen residing\\nuinbeiiand and ;i prominent\\non .section io, Locke Town-\\nshij), Ingham County, is a native of New oi-kand\\nwas born Ai)ril l.i. is|!t. He is a son of Henrv\\nand Harriet llaskill and was the youngest son of\\nthe family, and came when only four yeai-s old to\\nmake his home in .Michig. ui. I he tir.st residence of\\nthe family was near Rlymoulh, Wayne County, and\\nwhen abcnit seven years t)ld he came witli his par-\\nents to Ingham County, .settling in Leroy Town-\\nship, in the midst of the unbroken forest.\\nI lie fath(-r of our subject died in IH()2. in l,erov\\nTownshij). and the mother makes her home in Locke\\nTownshi| and is now with .Mrs. V. Davis. In\\nthis township our subject was reared to manhood\\nami remembers with delight the scenes of ])ioneer\\nlife and the deer hunts in which he engaged as l.at\\nas IHt;. and IM( aftei he had returned from the\\narmy. He received his education in the district\\n.school and had no further advantages of this kind\\nafter he reached the age of fifteen.\\nThe young man enlisteil .March .I. IXfi. i.in Com-\\npany C. l Lle\\\\enth Michigan Infantry, and was\\nengaged pi ineipally in guard duty in vai ious\\n]\u00c2\u00bblaces. going as far south .as Chattanooga. Knox-\\nville and Strawberry Plain. He received his hon-\\norable discharge at .la kson. Mich.. Se]3tember 2J\\n18(), after which he returned to Ingham County,\\nand now receives a pension of I per month. If\\nwas in the spring of 1H74 that he settled upon the\\neighty acres of land which he now has under such\\ntine culfivafion. It w.-is then an unbroken foresi\\nand he at first cleared the limber from forty acres", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0643.jp2"}, "644": {"fulltext": "644\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nand cultivated that before proceeding to subdue\\nthe remainder of the farm.\\nChristmas Day, 1874. was the date of a notable\\nevent in the life of this young man. as he was then\\nunited in marriage with Damaris Munsell. He is.\\nidentified with the (uand Army Post at Williams-\\ntown and also with the Farmers Alliance, and is a\\nDemocrat in his jiolitical iews, and in ever}- rela-\\ntion of life he is most cordially esteemed by those\\nwho know him.\\nj:3\\nANIEL GANNON. Among the foreign\\nAmerican citizens of Cochoctah Township,\\nLivingston County, who have established a\\nreputation as farmers of thorough-going enterprise\\nand system, we are pleased to mention the name\\nwhich we have now given. This gentleman was\\nborn November 14, 1843, in County Kilkenny,\\nIreland, and is a son of Mich.ael and Mary (Tuly)\\n(iannon, the latter being a native of the same\\ncounty where her husband and son first saw the\\nlight. The paternal grandfatlier of our subject\\nreared four sons and two daughters, only two of\\nwhom came to America, namely: William, who\\nlives in Fenton and was an early settler of Hart-\\nland. Livingston County, and Bridget Whalen,\\nwho was a widow when she emigrated to this\\ncountry.\\nMichael Gannon was a farmer in his native land\\nwhere he died in 184 7. The foUowing year his\\nwidow brought her children U the I nited States\\nand remained in New York City for about one\\nyear, after which she came toHartland, Livingston\\nCounty, and purchased forty acres of laud where\\nshe resided until death closed her labors in July,\\n1869. Her nine children are: Margaret, Richard,\\ndeceased. IMary, Bridget, .lames, AVilliani, Daniel,\\nJulia, deceased, and Anna.\\nA common-school education was given to Daniel\\nGannon and upon gaining his education he began\\nwork for himself in Cohoctah Township, buying\\none hundred and sixty .acres of timber on section\\n8, which he proceeded to improve. He now owns\\ntwo hundred and eighty acres, all of which he has\\ncleared from timber and embellished with good\\nliuildings. A view of liis residence, which is one\\nof the finest in the township, appears elsewhere in\\nthis volume. He began life with no ca])ital but\\nhas now a handsome competence and his success is\\ndue to the fact that he possesses push, pluck and\\nperseverance, three char.acteristics which are ever\\nessential to success. His political views are in ac-\\ncordance with the declarations of the Democratic\\nparty and he is an earnest worker for its success.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Gannon to Ann McKcever\\ntook place September 1, 1870. Mrs. Gannon w.as\\nborn in H.artland, this county, and is a daughter\\nof Hugh and Ann(Neson) !McKeever, natives of\\nFermanagh and Monaghan Counties, Ireland. He\\ncame to the L nited .States and spent six ears in\\nNew York, and then as he had decided to make it\\nhis permanent home returned to the old country\\nfor his bride, and brought her to New Y ork. Tiiey\\nlived there for two years liefore coming to JNIichi-\\ngan, and ui)on arriving in this State made fiieir\\nnew home in llartland.\\nTo our suliject and his estimable wife were lioru\\nseven children, namely: Clement I., jMary B.. Hugh\\nF.. (ieorge W.. .Joseph D., William M.. and Casper\\nH. These children have all been trained up in\\nthe religious faith of their parents and ancestors,\\nand are dev(.)ted members of the Roman Catholic\\nChurch.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^3?\\ni\\n4\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nANSOM F. PATTERSON was liorn in AYil-\\nloughby Township, Lake Count}-, Oliio.\\nt4 May 24, 1840, and is a son of .lohii and\\n\\\\@Eliza (Bennett) Patterson. His grand-\\nfather, on the iiaternal side, John Patterson, was of\\ngood Scotch ance-itry, being himself a Scotclmiaii\\nby birth and bringing up. On emigrating to the\\nI nited States he settled in New York, his wife\\nmaking a pleasant home for himself and famil\\\\- of\\nfive children. There were three sons .and two\\ndaughters with names as follows: John, George,\\nJames, Laura and Pruda. The old people died", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0644.jp2"}, "645": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCE OF R. F. PATTERSON SECT!, DEERFIELD TP, LIVI NGSTON CO., MICH.\\nRESIULlJ ^L Ut UMIMILL G H. IM Nui~l OH^. 8., ^0^HULIA^ i r ^uivmo j i vm \\\\^u,ivilCt", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0645.jp2"}, "646": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0646.jp2"}, "647": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) lil( H ;i;APH1CAL ALIiUM.\\nr,i7\\nin till- Stale Avliere their lii l liuinc avms made (in\\nciiniinir t i tliis eonntrv.\\nThe ininieiiiale iiniiicnitor ot our Milijeet was\\nh(ini \u00c2\u00ab)n the nld hiiniesteail in New Vdik, and\\nreared to fairly understand the dnties incident to\\nfarm life, lie was eighteen years of auc when his\\nfather died and soon after devoted hiniseir to\\nlearning the lilaeksniith s trade. When tweiity-foui-\\nyears old he removed to the lluckeyc State, wliei-e\\nhe .secured a farm and alioiit l s. )l c lme to Flint,\\nthis State, and entered three huiidre l and twenty\\naciH s of land in Ihada l ownslii|i, Sjiginaw onnl\\\\\\nTills he cleared and inqiroved as did he al.so.se veial\\nother f.arins. In IKIM he removed to (ireenliiish,\\nClinton County. Xow. at the age of eighty-eight\\nyears, he lives with his children. li;iving divided\\nhis property among them according to his own\\nideas of right and equity.\\nOur subject s mother died in I.HCI .md Mi.\\nI atter.son, Sr.. married a .second time, the union\\nlieing with IMrs. Jane Glllett. The first wife hore\\nhim fifteen children, of whom ten weic reared to\\nyears of manhood and womanhood, i hey are Si l-\\nden .1.. (Teorge, our suliject, lOdward .1., Cliauncy\\nFranklin. ^laria, Mary .1., Olivia and Flmira. The\\neldest son served in the Third Alichigan Cavalry\\nduring the late war. while Oeorge enlisted in ;iii\\nOhio regiment: Edward .1. served in St ickt(in s\\nregiment and also in the Sixth Regular .\\\\rtillery.\\nThe children were reared in the creed of the Haptist\\nChurch. Our subject s motlier wa.s a daughter of\\nSelden Bennett, a farmer of Irish origin.\\nAfter reaching manhood Ransom 1 I allcison\\ncame to Michigan with his father ind settled in\\nthe woods. His school days were very few, the\\nwhole time passed in such .an institution over text\\nbooks, comprising at tlu most, only a fvw\\nweeks, lie has acconii)lished much, however. f ir\\nhimself in an educational way, being of a ipiick\\nand assimilative natui-e. He assisted his father in\\nclearing four farms in Saginaw County and at the\\nage of fourteen was hired out and worked in an\\nhottl at Slo per month, living \\\\ariousl\\\\ at Chesa-\\nning. St. Charles and Bay City. During the sum-\\nmers ho assisted his father at home with the harvest-\\ning.\\nDecember 16, 18G;i. :Mr. Patterstui enlisted in\\nCompany O, Third Michigan Cavalry. lie wa.s\\nengaged in thelii-sl light at Collierville,Tenn.,and\\nwas distinguished foi- ids readiness for duty. He\\nserved until March. IM(j. when, while engaged in\\nbuilding a bridge, he I eceived a .serious injury,\\nwhich h:is affected him ever since. He wa.s dis-\\ncharged February, IHdi!, .at San Antonio, Tex., and\\nhis rcginu iit disbanded at .lackson, Mich., in\\nMarcli. iftei- wliiili he went to fireenbusli, Clinton\\nC iunty, and there icmained for one \\\\ear and a\\nhalf.- ill then removed to Deer Creek and per-\\nmanently located, his i-esi U nce being now at that\\nplace. For the first four years after coming iiere\\nhe c( inducted his fanning operations on shares,\\nlie now resides on .section 7. and he anil his wife\\nown one hundred and sixty-three acres, of which\\nabout one hundred acres have been cleared and\\nimproved and bear a good class of building.*. He\\nis the owner also of another farm and of one hun-\\ndred and twenty acres..\\n.Mr. Patter.son has been twice married. His first\\nnianiage was May il. liSfili. at which time he\\nwas united to Fli/.abeth Howe, who was born on\\nthe f;irni where our subject now resides. .She was\\ndaughter of John and Eunice (.lones) Howe, who\\ncame to this State from near Yonkers. X. Y.. in\\nIHIdand settled in Deer Creek. Mrs. Howe was\\nborn near l,ock|)0]t. N. She reared two chil-\\ndren lames and Elizalieth.\\nMrs. Elizabeth Patter.son died March 12. 1\u00c2\u00ab7I.\\nleaving one .son whose name is John F. The\\njiresent wife was previous to her marriage a Miss\\nKv:\\\\ .lohiisoii. a daughter of Michael and Bethania\\n(.loues) .bihiison. the fathei being retired mer-\\nchant at Linden. this marriage our sniiject i\u00c2\u00bb\\nthe [larent of two cliildreii Fred and Zada E.\\nOn another page of this \\\\-olunie the reader will\\nliiid a lithographic view of .Mr. Patterson s pleasant\\nhome.\\n|H.L1AM H. DECKE. To give a sketch of\\n\\\\/\\\\ll story of a prominent business man\\nJ^ and an old soldier is a pleasant task, and we\\narc pleased to have so good a subject in tlie name", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0647.jp2"}, "648": {"fulltext": "648\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nwhich appears at the head of this paragraph the\\nproprietor of one of I^ansing s large retail and\\nwholesale markets. ^Nlr. Decke was born in Ger-\\nmany, at Ilermaurode, Ilessen. July 27, 1839, and\\nwas there reared until he reached the age of fifteen\\nyears. His father, Christoitlier Decke, was a native\\nof the same town and a farmer who had lieeii well-\\nto-do. lint his property was much dejileted during\\nthe season of war, as he had to quarter soldiers.\\nHe was a man of true Christian character and\\nworthy of the respect of all who knew him. In\\n18, )8 the youth with his jiarents came to America,\\nlocating in I enfield, ^Monroe County, Y., com-\\ning somewhat later to Michigan and making their\\nhome in Delta Township, Eaton County, where\\ntlic father died at the age of eighty eiglit and the\\nmother passed away when eighty-nine years old.\\nShe bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Allirecht.\\nHer father, .lt)hn Albrecht, was a prosperous farmer\\nIn their native place and a soldier in the wars waged\\nby Napoleon. They had eight children, four lioys\\nand four girls, of whom our subject was the young-\\nest, lie came to America to escape militar;. duty,\\nleaving Bremen in the spring of 1856 and upon\\nlanding, making his way to Washington, Orange\\nCounty, N. Y. This young man had not a nickle\\nupon arriving in this country and he set to work\\nto find employment and cheerfully labored for $4\\nper month. As soon as he liad earned enough to\\nmake the journey he cjime to Macedon. Wayne\\nCounty, N. Y., and worked on a farm and attended\\nschool for three months.\\nIn August, 1861, the first cavalry i-egim,_^nt raised\\nin that county enlisted this young man in its ser-\\nvice and he was mustered in at Hochester is a\\nmemlier in Company I, Eighth Xew York Cavalry.\\n)n ills wav to the front he received a serious in-\\njur\\\\ falling tliirty feel from a railroad abutment,\\nand injuring his ankle, lie was in a hospital at\\nWasliington until .Tune, wliile his regiment was at\\n^Tenden Hill ready t\\\\ i the spring campaign. This\\nliody took part in contlicts at Edward s Ferry, up\\nthe Shenandoah, the battle of Winchester, Harper s\\nFerry and Annapolis .Junction and then went down\\nthe Shenandoah Valley again, back and forth all\\nthrougli the fall. Having joined the Army of the\\nPotomac, they took part in the battles of Autictam\\nand Hagerstown, then followed the rebels up the\\nliapidan and after several fights turned and went\\nto Fredericksburg. Chancellorsville. Beverly Ford,\\nand Gettysliurg. Afterward they returned to Fred-\\ncrick City and on to Williamsport, fighting every\\nday for a week.\\nAt Frederickstown our young hero was wounded\\n.July 10, 1863, being shot through the right thigh\\nwith a minie ball and was in the hospital for three\\ndays without attention, and his companions dis-\\npaired of his recovery. As soon as he considered\\nhimself able to resume active service he asked to\\nlie sent to his regiment but as those in command\\ndill not think him yet able the3 refused, liut he\\nstole away, saddled a horse and w.as soon with his\\ncomrades.\\nThe young soldier was present during Mead s\\nletreat and saw smoke at Rapidan, Stephensljurg\\nand Brandy- Station, also at Fairfax Station and Cul-\\n})eper. His regiment was the first cavalry body\\nto cross the Rapidan in the spring of 1864 and\\nthey took part in the battles of the Wilderness and\\nat .Spottsylvania, also in those at White House,\\nCold Harbor and in front of Petersburg. During\\nWilson s raid they lost one-half of their men. They\\nwent up Weldon railroad in the Shenandoah Valley\\nto Winchester and Fisher s Hill and were driven\\nback from Newmarket to Middletown, but they\\nsucceeded in repelling the rebels and took back\\nevery wheel that was lost on Wilson s raid. Octo-\\nber 19, at the battle of Fisher s Creek this regiment\\ncaptured fifty-eight pieces of artillery besides other\\nliootv. The regiment was mustered out December\\nH. 1H64. at Rochester, N. Y.\\nAt the battle of Ihandy Station the young sol-\\ndier was seriously injured by his lioise which\\njum|)ed over a fence as it was coming in from\\npicket duty in the night. At the battle of Cul-\\npeper Courthouse he received a~sabre thrust in\\nhis right shoulder but did not leave his regiment\\nft)r hospital treatment at that time. His only other\\nserious wound was a shot received in his right\\nhand from a revolver.\\nAfter reaching home ^Ir. Decke was employed\\non a farm until September. 1865, when he came to\\nDeWitt. INIicli.. and began work on a farm, and in\\ni\u00c2\u00bb67 purchased forty acres on secliou 16, Delta", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0648.jp2"}, "649": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) HKKiHArUlCAL ALHL M.\\nfi49\\nTownship. Here he ini|ii(i\\\\i l hi |il.iic ;iiiil cini-\\ntiniu llu cultivation (\u00c2\u00bbf the .-ioil until lie linally\\ndrifted into the meat busine.ss. In li-;7(l lie opened\\na market in Lansinji: and two years later removed\\nto town where he now carries on an extensive bus-\\niness, nut Hilly in the local trade, both wholesale\\nand retail, but also by buyiiiiT and sliippinii; to dis-\\ntant |)oiiits. lie has accumulated rc.-il estate and\\nowns three houses in the city.\\nThe marriaoe of our subject took pl.ace in 1-ioclics-\\nter, in \\\\Xi )ii. and he was then joined to Miss ^fary\\nGorman, of Xe\u00c2\u00abaik. N. .1. Five children have\\ncrowned this union, namely: William, (ieoiii e.\\nKliiuT. Frank and Charles. All are .at home except\\nFrank, who is |iursuiiii, his studies ;it the rniver-\\nsity of Michii;:an where he expects to take his di-\\nploma with the Class of it. This thoronuii-going\\nbusiness man is intclliicciil in liis understanding of\\nAmerican public affairs and aHiliates with the Re-\\n])ublican party. lie is highly esteemed by all who\\ncome in contact with him in a business or social\\nway. and he has every reason to be proud of his\\nsons.\\nHS. SARAH M. DRKW,\\nTin\\nSt unable\\nlady to \u00e2\u0096\u00a0whom we would now call the at-\\ntention of our readers is the widow of\\nEmerald I). Drew, a New Yorker by birth,\\nwhose parent-s were Xoah and Amy (Lyon) Drew,\\nwho as well as their son were natives of the Em-\\npire State. Noah Drew was a farmer, and many\\nyears ago came to Michigan, settling in Marion\\nTownship, Livingston County, and afterwaid\\nmaking his home in ITowell. hi 1X he went to\\nFngland on business and spent some lime there, and\\nprcxious to his contemplated retuiii he died there\\nin IHHII. The mother was living in Marion Town-\\nship, this county, when she received her call tothe\\notiier world. Their children were Emma 1)., .Tc)lin\\nMartin V.. ^Milton. Allen. Ellen (Mrs. Hughes),\\nMary (.Mrs. Conklin) and .lob AV.\\nEmerald D. Drew was a mechanic, and made his\\nhome at Howell, where he cna.iiied in the business\\nof a builder and eontraetor. and stmie years later\\nentered upon a mercantile e:ireer. He linally sold\\nout his intercst-s in Howell, and in 1875 e.stabli.shed\\nhimself in the mercantile business at Eowlerville,\\nand thus continueil until his death in 1H77. He\\nwas a successful business man and built nji a large\\nand jirosperous trade. His political views bnnight\\nhim into .s.\\\\iii|iathy with the principles and move-\\nments of the Republican party, and he was a\\nmember of the Odd Fellows. He belonged to the\\nChristian Israelite Church.\\nMr. Drew went to California in 1860 and en-\\ngaged in mining ojierations, and later undertook\\nan extensive fanning business in which he was\\n(piitc successftil. He remained there .seven yeare,\\nreturning to the East in 18()7, and two years Later\\nhe established himself in a home of his own by\\nchoosing as his wife Miss Sarah M. Hughes, of\\nHowell, daughter of .lolin I), and Delia M, Perry)\\nHughes. Mr. Hughes was a native of New Jersey,\\nand his wife was born in New York. They came\\n^Vest previous to their marriage and were united\\nin the bonds of matiiinony in ^Vashtenaw County,\\nwhere they settled tni a farm. Later they came\\nto Livingston County, and took charge of a\\nfarm two and one-half miles e.ast and south\\nof Fowlersxille. Handy Township. Mrs. Drew\\nlost her father by death in I. SH .I. but her mother\\nis still with her. and they make their home\\ntogether. The live childicii of Mr. an l Mr.s.\\nHughes arc Sarah .M. (Mrs. Drew), .\\\\rvid II.. Nor-\\nman R., Lucy A. (Mrs. Van Riper) and Jlinnie D.,\\nnow deceased.\\nThe father of Mrs, Hughes was .Io.seph Perry,\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind his wife was .Sally Carr. They came \\\\Vej t\\nfroiu New York in 1K27, settling at Lodi, Waslite-\\niiiaw County, Mich., when there were only two\\nsmall houses in what is now thi city of Ann\\nArbor. Of their eight children, only two are now\\nliving Delia (Mrs. Hughes), and Emetine (Mrs.\\nCamp.) The others are Norman. .Vntha M.. Weller.\\n(;rant P.. .\\\\daline. Booth, Lucy Hurgess and\\nINIerritt,\\nSince the death of her husband Mrs. Drew has\\ncontinued to carry on his mercantile business.\\nShe suffered a heavy loss in the 6re which look\\nplace March 15, 18;)1. but she is undaunted iu ber", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0649.jp2"}, "650": {"fulltext": "650\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ndetennin.itioii to succeed in l)usiness. For its ac-\\ncommodalioii she is now liuilding a handsome\\nbrick l)locl on tlie corner of (Ji und Avenue and\\nGrand River Streets. Her lieautifnl home is situ-\\nated on (irand Avenue. She is a hidy of consid-\\nerable cnltiu c, and received her liiu lier education\\nat Pinckney. Wlien fifteen years old she com-\\nmenced teaching, jn-acticing her [irofession in both\\nWashtenaw and Livingst m Comities. She is pro-\\nlicien.t in both (lerman and music, and gives in-\\nstruction in the latter art. Her father, whose\\nmemory she greatl3 reveres, was a |)r()minent man\\nin the Metliodist Episcopal t liurch. and tilled the\\notKce of Classs- Leader. She is both socially and\\nin a liusiness way one of the most important\\nladies in Fowlerville, and has the res|)ect and con-\\nfidence of the community.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Hughes, .loseph and Sally\\n(Carr) Perry, moved from Genesee County, N. Y..\\nto Saratoga Sinings. same State, wliere tliey resided\\ntwelve years prior to coming to Michigan. Mrs.\\nDrew prior to her marriage was a member of Star\\nLodge, Fowlerville, ^Mich.\\n\\\\f^ ETEK )LSEN, deceased. A large foreign\\niVj element has gone into the make up of the\\nsocial and industrial life of Michigan and\\nllic continent of !Mn-o]ie has fui nishe(l\\nmany woilhy citizens who li:i\\\\c iii:i(lc thcnisi ht s\\nhonored and respected in this .New Orld. Among\\nthem we may mention with respi ct the nauic which\\nipliears at the head of th.is sketch, the name of one\\nwho for many years was well-known in Cohoctah\\nTownship, Livingston County but has now passed\\nto that bourne from whence no traveler returns.\\nMr. Olsen was l)oni. .luiie 7, 1841), in Fjelde,\\nDenmark, and he is the son of Ole Knudsen and\\nBodil Knudsen, who carried on farming operations\\nin their native land and brought to man s and\\nwoman s estate two sons and two daughters. All\\nof their children with the exception of one daugh-\\nter have made their home in the United States.\\nOur subject came hither in 1872 and with 1300\\ncapital settled in Howell, and began working at\\nwhatever employ he could find. In 1875 he joined\\nhis lirothcr. Kniid. in taking one hundred and\\nsixty acres which they cleared and improved and\\nbrought into a highly productive state, our subject\\nplacing \\\\ipon his portion a handsome residence.\\nMary J^arsen was the name by which the lady\\nwas known who became the wife of our subject,\\nMarch 12, 1875. She was born in Kykkerup, Den-\\nmark, May 24. 1857 and is a daughter of Lars and\\nAnna C. (Kasniussen) Knudsen. Her father was a\\nfarmer and he and his goo l wife had eight daugh-\\nters and four sons, all of whom grew to woman s\\nand man s estate. One son. Christian, has since\\ndied in Oceola, May 11, 1889, having been in the\\nI liited States since 1882. Four daughters. Sine,\\nSophia. Christina, and Mary, came to the United\\nStates and the second of these daughters died in\\nMarion Township, leaving a husband and one\\ndaughter. Mrs. Olsen was the first of her family\\nto come to this country.\\n;\\\\Ir. Olsen returned to the old country to bring\\nhis bride to her new home and after their arrival\\nhere in the spring of 1875 others of the family\\nconnection became interested in the New World\\nand many of them decided to emigrate hither. To\\nthis worthy couple were born two sons, Fred\\nFerdinand and Christian C. The Lutheran Church\\nis the religious bodv with which our subject was\\nidentified from childhood and with which, with his\\nfaithful wife, he is still connected. His political\\nviews lirought him into synip. ithy with the Dcniii-\\neraticpaity :ind Uv was e\\\\er intelligently interested\\nin the mo\\\\ements of American jjolitics. His death\\ntook place. Decemlier 7. 1887 and lie was trul\\\\-\\nmouiiu d by those who had been :iss ,ieiated with\\nhim in life.\\nlEORGE G.MORTON. Meridian Township,\\nwhich is located in the northern part of\\nIngham County, has many beautiful farms,\\nbut none are better managed than the small one,\\ncomprising seventy acres on section 29, belonging", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0650.jp2"}, "651": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n651\\nto the g cntlcmaii whose iiiiine is Mt tlie liead of\\nthis sketch. It wouhl seem that in tlie 3(ls liiere\\nmust have lnen a sjeneral exodus of fainilics fioiii\\nNew York Stale to Jlieliiiran. and Mr. Morton was\\none of the long train to come iiither at that time,\\nmaking his move Octoher 2(i, 1839, from Whites-\\nhurough, Oneida County, X. V. His father, Seth.\\n^lorton, was a native of Rutland. \\\\i., having lieen\\nhorn tiiere in 179.\\nOur subject s immediate progenitor w.is a car-\\npenter by trade, but carried on fai ming in connec-\\ntion with his trade. When his son, George, was\\nbut eight years old the family determined to come\\nto Michigan, and made the nionientous journey\\nhither, settling tirst in Bengal Township, Clinton\\nCounty, in 1837. At that liinc there were very\\nfew white settlers in the township, and they were\\nobliged to go to DeWitt, thirteen miles from theii-\\nhome, as the nearest point at which thej^ could get\\ngroceries. Wild game was at that time ver^- plen-\\ntiful, and very frequently the |)ioneer stood in his\\ndoorway and shot deer.\\nThat necessity is the mother of invention is\\nnever more apparent than in pioneer days and our\\nsubject s family had to resort to many ludicrous\\nmakeshifts. A tree to]) was used in lieu of a\\nclothesline, and was also ihe vehicle u|ion wlii -h\\nthe wheat was dragged to the barns. These stir-\\ning conditions of life, however, were calculated to\\ndevelop firmness, strength and independence of\\ncharocter. In 1H. )2 Mr. Morton. Sr.. was attracted\\nto California with the Iiands that were constantly\\nstartingout to that jjroniised land of golden treas-\\nuff. The trip o\\\\ erland (iccupicd six months and\\ntwo days, and on arriving he spent two ycai s in\\nworking in the gold mines. The feverish life of\\nearl} days was not pleasing, however, to the old\\ngentlemae, and he returned to i\\\\u w (piiet Michi-\\ngan, uid having cleared up a farm he moved into\\nDeWitt, where he die(l. His wife, our subject s\\nmother, was in her maiden days Miss I hilora\\nTultle, a native of one of the Eastern States.\\nHer decease took place in I si! I. at the age of sixt\\\\\\nye u s.\\nThe original of our sUctch remained at home\\nuntil he had reached his majority, giving his\\nparents the benefit of his work and attending dis-\\ntrict school. On the breaking out of the war in\\nI Ht; I, his patriotism took a |)ractieal turn, and in\\nSeptember of that ycai he enlisted in the Second\\nRegiment. 1 S. Shar|)shooters, Company H. and\\nserued faithfully until the close of the war. He\\nwas .assigned to duty with the .\\\\rmy of the Poto-\\nni.ac and was with Berdan s V. S. Sliarp.s|iooters,\\nserving in the Second Division. .lune 1, 18(j4, he\\nwas taken prisoner near Petersburg, and was first\\nsent to Libln-. but was subsequently changed to\\nAndersonville. and from there to Charleston, and\\nthence to Florence. During the nine months of\\nhis imprisonment he .suffered the miseries incident\\nto those foul places. While at Florence he was at\\none time three days without rations. A brave\\nand daring soldier, he made a record in his\\nmilitary life that his friends feel justly proud\\nof.\\nOn the close of Ihe war Mr. Morton returned to\\nDeWitt and ccmdueted the work on the old farm\\nuntil 1874. Ambitious, lujwever, to manage a\\nlarger estate, he rented the old homestead and .as-\\nsumed the charge of the lai-ge farm of six hundred\\nand forty acres in Delhi Townshii).iemaining there\\nfor .seven yeans. He then returned to the old home-\\nstead, and there worked for one year, at the expira-\\ntion of which time he st)ld out and bought tlu-\\nfarm u|)on which he now resides.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write was very hap-\\npily married in 18G1 to Miss .lane Cushman. a\\ndaughter of Charles Cushman. who was an old\\npioneer in De Witt Township. Mrs. Morton is\\nalso a sister of (Jilbert Cushman. of .Meridian\\nTownship. The lady was born I elii-uary 17. 1839.\\nin Washtenaw County, this .State, and when\\nthree years of age. she with her parents moved to\\nClinton County, this .State. Children of their own\\nhave been denied this worthy couple, but they\\nbestowed the wealth ()f their alTection and ])rotect-\\ning ire upon an adopted son. taken into the fam-\\nil\\\\ when he was eight months of age. He goes liy\\nthe name of the name of .loseph .1. Morton and\\nwas born Slay 1871. This young man has\\nmost llattering [Mospects for the future. He is\\nbright and intelligent and his friends will be\\ngreatly disappoint d if he does not realize their\\nexpectations for him. Mr. Morton is a menil)er of", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0651.jp2"}, "652": {"fulltext": "652\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nthe Masonic fraternity, belonging to Capitol\\nLodge, No. 6(5, of Lansing. He was formerly a\\nDemocrat, but for the past twelve years has been a\\n(ireenbaek advocate. The center of a wide circle\\nof friends, Mr. Morton merits the esteem and con-\\nfidence whicli is acc iiilc(l liijii on every side.\\n--1-^+^\\nORTIMER I). OARDNKR. This gentle-\\nman, who is the son of Amilo and Han-\\nnah (Mixtei) Gardner, is the grandson of\\nWilliam (iardiicr of Connecticut, who was\\none of the early .settlers of Millford, Oakland\\nCounty, Mich., but wliose death occurred by\\ndrowning, after he had returned to Connecticut\\nwhen an old man. His large family of children\\nbore the following names: Alexander, Amilo,\\nAlmiron, Abel, M^ ndred, Lovilla,Lucy and Delia.\\nAlexandei Almiron, Abel, l^ovilla and Lucy have\\ndied. William (Sardner married Mary Randall,\\nwiio was Mrs. WightiiKin by a previous marriage.\\nHe was an active Democrat in his political sj mpa-\\nthies and served his country in the War of 1812.\\nAmilo Gardner was liorn September 18, 1805,\\nand jjursued farming most of his life, although in\\nearly years he was a drover, buying cattle all over\\nthe State of New York. He also served as Justice\\nof the Peace through most of his life in New York.\\nIn 1850 he moved by team and wagon from Her-\\nkimer, N. Y., to Fulton County, 111., being thirty-\\nthree days on the road, and the following spring\\nhe pursued his journey to Michigan by way of\\nChicago, and in the spring of 1851 (only forty\\nyears ago) his horses mired in the streets of Chi-\\ncago and he had to pull them out with an ox-\\nteam. He bought and settled upon two hundred\\nacres on section 28, Tyrone Townshi]), Livingston\\nCounty, and he proceeded to clear and improve it\\nand place upon it excellent farm buildings.\\nThe father of our subject was the first man who\\nraised hops in ^lichigan and he sold as much as\\n$5,000 worth of this crop in a single year. A\\nteam, a wagon and ^7 were his fortune when he\\nleft New York, and he is now a successful man,\\nowning thi-ee hundred and eighty acres of excel-\\nlent and richly cultivated land. His six children\\nare Mortimer D., William D., Alonzo E., Austin\\nR., James R. and an adopted daughter, Laura L.\\nWilliams. The father and mother are earnest and\\ndevoted Christians, and members of the Christian\\nChurch and the Methodist Episcopal Church re-\\nspectively, and the father has ever been an active\\nand stanch Democrat. He is a liberal giver to\\nchurch and charitable purposes, and the house of\\nworshi() which was erected upon his farm was half\\npaid for by this liberal family. He has served the\\npublic as Postmaster for twenty -six years.\\nThe mother of Mortimer Gardner was born .lan-\\nuary 8, 1814, and died October 7, 1881, being a\\ndaughter of David and Hannah (Bronson) Mixter,\\nwho carried on a farm in New York. The subject\\nof this sketch was born May 10, 1834, in Warren,\\nHerkimer County, N. Y., and received a common\\nschool education, by which he so thoroughly\\nprofited as to be able t(j teach in both New York\\nand Michigan. He makes a specialty of teaching\\nMono-Chromatic painting, which he finds very\\nprofitable, and he sometimes receives from his\\npupils as much as 1500 in a single season. He\\nmoved with his jjarents to the West, but not lik-\\ning Illinois, started back to New York, and stop-\\nping in Michigan found a congenial home, which\\nhe has since maintained in this State. He began\\nfarming with his father, and also kept tavern, as\\nit was then called, where they now reside.\\nThe marriage of our subject December 27, 1854,\\nto Miss Sarah A. Griswold brought to his home a\\ncultivated and intelligent lady, who is a lit help-\\nmate to this i)rogressive man. She was born in\\nChemung County, N. Y., and was a teacher for\\nyears, being lai gely self-educated. Her parents,\\nGeorge (r. and Alzina (Roberts) (Jriswold, were\\nborn inChenumg County, and her father was a\\nfarmer, who came to Oceola Townshi]), Livingston\\nCounty, in the territorial days and here owned a\\nlarge tract of land. His family consisted of four\\nsons and four daughters.\\nMr. and Mrs. Gardner have had boin to them\\ntwo children, Amito and Adda A., now the wife\\nof George Wilcox. Our subject is an honored and\\nrespected member of the Free and Accejjted", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0652.jp2"}, "653": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n653\\nMasons, and botli lie and lii. i ood wife are leading\\nmembers of tlie Metliodi.st Kijiscopal Cliureli.\\nSince his first coming to tlie State lie iia.s resided\\ncontinuously in Tyrone Township, and he now\\nowns one hundred and ninety-one acres on sec-\\ntions 27 and iM, from most of which he has him-\\nself cleared away the trees. I liis gentleman has\\nbeen active in politics and attends all the conven-\\ntions, having served nine years as clerk, lie has\\ngenerally declined political honors, but lias served\\nas Deputy Sheriff for twenty-live yt-ars and as\\nNotary Public for the same length of lime.\\nWilliam I). (Jardner, a brother of onr subject,\\nmarried Leiiora (Jriswol 1, and they .are the parents\\nof two sous. Alouzo married Nettie L. Reed and\\nAustin R. married Mary Kinsman, and to Ihciu have\\nbeen granted two daught( rs. .lames 1!. (iardner\\nmarried Emma Kinsman, and Laura Williams, the\\nadopted sister, is the wife of .losepli R. HJNUold\\nanil has three sons and two dauyhters.\\nSULAND S. WILCOX. Ihis well-known and\\nhighly respected farmer whose pleasant\\n\\\\V home may be found on section 10, Oceola\\n^^Sl Townshi|i, Livingston County, is of Kast-\\nern birth, his nativity having occuried .Inly H.\\n1H;^0, in Alleghany County, N. V.. where his father.\\nAlouzo Wilcox, was also a native in 1H07. Our\\nsubject s mother, Sarah Dean, a ermontcr by birth.\\nlived with her young husband on the tract known\\nas the Holland Purchase until they came to .Michi-\\ngan in 1836.\\nThe first family home in the W(;st was on wli.at\\nis known as the Dr. Wixoii place, in Xovi Town-\\nship, Oakland County, but after about a year the\\\\\\ncame to Livingston County, settliuii in Oceola\\nTownship and taking up (loNcrnmeut land on\\n.section 33, in the year 1837. Here the young man\\ncut logsand built him a log house measuring about\\n14x24, and having cleared up the place, improved\\nand cultivated it, made it his home for .seven years,\\nsubsequent to which they leniovcd to sections 1\\nand 9, of the same township, and there again built\\na log house and improved the land. His last years\\nwere spent in l- owlerville where he lived to he\\nseventy-four years old. His politics led him to\\natliliate with the Democratic party and he served\\nhis township faithfully and etiiciently as Highway\\nCommissioner. His good wife lived to be seventy-\\neight y(!ars old and was the mother of six sons and\\nfive daughters, all but one of whom are still living\\nand \\\\\\\\ii\\\\v families of their own.\\nOur subject is the first-ltoni of his parents and\\nw as a child of six years when the familj- migration\\nw^as made to this State. He has therefore spent\\nmost of his life here and received his schooling in\\nthe log schoollKuises of Oceola Township. His\\nboyhood diiys alternated between school and farm\\nwork, and lie was an elficient hel]X r to his father\\nand whi u quite young assumed charge of the farm.\\nI or ten years he was accustomed to go into the\\n[line regions during the lumbering seasons but\\nspent his summers on the farm.\\nDebby Chamliers was the maiden n.ame of the\\nlady who became the bride of our subject, .Septem-\\nber 27, 18i)7. She was born in New York but came\\nwhen (iiiite a siiiall iliild with her father, .lames\\nChambers, to Michiaan. After maniage the young\\ncouple made their home m the spot where they still\\nreside, as the youna man had purchased one hun-\\ndred and sixty acres and had it jiartly paid for be-\\nfore marriage. Here he built a little log house in\\nthe midst of the clearing and proceeded to ini-\\nliiove the property and cultivate it. Not a stick\\nhad been cut upon the place before he took it, but\\nprevious to settling here he had put twelve acres\\ninto condition for tillage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Wilcox have been blessed by the\\nbirth of tliiie children, n.amely: Alonzo .1., who\\nmarried Miss Hetty Staley, of Oceola Township;\\nKmiiia 15. and Adellicrt, both of whom reside at\\nhome. From small beginnings our subject has\\ngained a handsoine property, and besides the one\\nhundred and sixty acres on the liome place he has\\nforty acres on section 4, seventeen acres on section\\n3. and fifteen acres on section 2. The attractive\\nand commodious house in which his family now\\nresides was erected by him in I86SI at a cost of\\n*!2,000. His horse barn has the dinieiisioiis of", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0653.jp2"}, "654": {"fulltext": "654\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n37x37 feet, the old barn is 30x41 feetand the grain\\nbarns are 36x44 and 30x46. He keeps on an aver-\\nage one hundred and liftv head of sheep which he\\nttnds to be profitable, and he deals largel^^ in them,\\nbuying and selling. He also keeps good horses.\\nThe political views of Mr. Wilcox have led liim\\ninto alliance witli the forces of the Democratic\\nparty and lie lias great faith that the principles\\npromulgated by the author of the Declaration of\\nIndependence will yet triumph in the government\\nof America, but he is not an office seeker and has\\nheld no positions of public service. He was at one\\ntime a member of the Independent Order of Odd\\nFellows. He is well-known in the county- as favor-\\nable to all good causes and pays generously for the\\nsupport of institutions of religion and education,\\nalhough he is not a member of any particular church.\\n*^^^l@\\nH.I\\n!feo=\\nBER S. ANDREWS, editor of tiie Williams-\\nton Enterprise, is a son of Sylvester An-\\ndrews, and a grandson of William Andrews,\\nwho was born October lli. ITSil, in Rhode Island,\\nand died May 7, 1856. Wlien a young man Will-\\niam Andrews went to New York, and in 1813 was\\nmarried to Rebecca Hall, a native of Saratoga\\nCounty, who was born May 13, 1796, and died\\nOctober 20, 1824. To them tlie following children\\nwere born: George, deceased; Martin B., Eii B.,\\nSylvester S., Delia E., Hiram B., Charity C. and\\nSusan L. All of these children were born in New\\nYork, and it was in 1833 tliat AVilliam Andrews\\ncame to Michigan and settled in Commerce Town-\\nship, Oakland County, whence he removed in\\n1845 to Howell, Livingston County, where he\\ndied. His good wife spent her last days with her\\neldest son in Ionia County. Her liusband passed\\nhis last years upon a farm, liut during most\\nof his life devoted his energies to managing a\\nsawmill.\\nSylvester Andrews was Itorn Felirnary 18, 1821,\\nin Saratoga County, N. Y., and was twelve years\\nof age when he accompanied his parents to Michi-\\ngan, and upon first leaving home was engaged in\\nthe sawmill business in Port Huron. His wife,\\nAlalia, was a daughter of Isaiah Hudson, a son of\\nAbiam Hudson, of ]Morristown, N. .1., who was a\\nsoldier in the Revolutionary War. The paternal\\ngrandfather of our subject had the following chil-\\ndren Frank, Elisha, Nancy. Sydney. Eliznbetli. )1-\\nive, Pluma A., Maria and Charlotte. Air. Hudson was\\na millwright and farmer, and a man of consider-\\nable property, and one of of the pioneers of Oak-\\nland County. He finally removed to Saginaw\\nCounty, where he engaged in mercantile busi-\\nness.\\nTo Sylvester Andrews and his good wife were\\nboi ii only one child, oui- subject. The father is\\nan express agent at Howell, Mich., where he is\\nalso engaged in selling agricultural imple-\\nments, a line of Inisiness in which has been in-\\nterested for many years. He is still in active\\nbusiness, although he has reached the limit of three-\\nscore years and ten. His faithful and dev(\u00c2\u00bbted\\nwife was snatched from his side by death in\\nAugust, 1855, when the cholera swept llinnigh Port\\nHuron. He li.as since that time twice married, but\\nno children have been born.\\nEber S. .Vndrews was born in Port Huron, May\\n12. 1853. and at the age of six went to Livingston\\nCounty witli his parents, where he resided until\\n1872. He started in life for himself at the age of\\nthirteen, and worked upcm a farm until he was\\napprenticed to Joseph T. Titus, and after working\\nfor three years at the printers trade decided to\\nattend school for a year at Howell, which op])oi-\\ntunity he improved most heartily, as he had had\\nno other education except what he received in the\\ncomnnjii country schools. In 1871 he went to\\nSaginaw, and in 1872 was married in Howell to\\nEmma Huntington, a daughter of Dr. William\\nHuntington, who, when a young man, had emi-\\ngrated to Oakland County, where he was married\\nto Phffibe Tibliits.\\nThe father of Airs. Andrews, although now\\nseventy-four .^ears of age, is in active practice .as a\\nphysician in Howell, and his son William (Ms also\\nfollowing the same [irofession there. After mar-\\nriage Mr. Andrews made his hcjme in Jackson,\\nand afterward in Kalamazoo, and later in Howell,\\nin all three places following his trade. At Howell", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0654.jp2"}, "655": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0655.jp2"}, "656": {"fulltext": "Cr^:ri^ ^,#(3", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0656.jp2"}, "657": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BJOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n657\\nhe pureliased an inlpre.st in the LivinirJ^ton lirpubli-\\ncan.nnd after one year s exporienee upon that news-\\npaper he eame to Williatnstiin, and purehased in\\nDeeenilier. 1874, the AVillianiston Eiileiprisp.wh wU\\nlie has since conducted and edited. He has one of\\nthe best equipped country offlces in tlie Stale, and\\nhas Iniilt up quite a Inisiuess in job ijrintin as for\\nfifteen years he has made a specialty of society\\nprintins and his ]M])ev lias a circulation of twelve\\nhundred.\\nTo our subject and his ainialile an l inteiliii ent\\nwife have been born four children ()liv(^ M. re-\\nsides at home and graduated in l\u00c2\u00abill from the\\nWillianiston High School; .Tessie is in the senior\\nclass of the same school; anil Helen and Xeina\\nare still school girls. Mr. Andrews is ;i U oyal\\nArch ]\\\\Iason. belonging to the Williamston J^odije.\\n2s o. 153. He is also connected with the higher\\nbranches of the order of Odd Fellows and belongs\\nto Williamston Lodge. Xo. 20. Li tiie Bai)tist\\nCiiurch with whicli he. his wife and daughter are\\nconnected he is a leader, and is now for the third time\\ntilling the otliee of Clerk of the Siiiawassee IJaptist\\nAssociation, which includes Ingham, Clinton and\\nShiaw.issee Counties. He is memlierof the Ancient\\nOrder of United Workmen, and has been a mem-\\nber of the City Council during three ti rins hi\\npolitics he is a Republican.\\nI\\nf^ RRIN N. MOON, M. D. One of the younger\\npractitioners of the healing art in the city\\nof Howell, Livingston County, Dr. Moon\\nhas ah cady had a fair degree of success, and being\\na well-informed man as well .as a skillful i)racti-\\ntioner it could not be otherwise. Dr. Moon, whose\\nportrait accompanies this sketch, is a native of\\nCheshire. Allegan County, INIich., his natal day\\nbeing December 2S, IS; He is a son of Nelson\\nO. and Emeline (Hewett) Moon, natives of New-\\nYork. In his youthful days, Mr. Moon Si-, was\\nengaged in teaching in his native State and after\\nhe came to Michigan, in 18. ).5, he was also for a\\ntime employed in the work of .-i pedagogue, con-\\ntinuing in this direction until Ids marriage, which\\ntook place in Allegan County, Mich., March 1. 18.07.\\nAfter that he settled down to farming, continuing\\nthis work a^ long as he lived. He held the office\\nof .Justice of the Peace and was also Notjiry Public.\\nThe death of Nelson O. Moon took jilace March\\nII), 187. his wife having preceded him by several\\nyears, her death occurring July 10, 18(jH. HLs\\nfather was Royal H. Moon, a native of New York\\nand a farmer, who died in 1812. He had only two\\nchildren Mrs. Ann Bagly, who died in 18G6, and\\nthe father of our subject.\\nDr. .Ah)ou is one of five children, only four of\\nwhom are now living. They are in order of birth\\nOrrin our subject. Mrs. Nettie Joj Mrs. Ella\\nBennett and .Mrs. Abbie L. Thimipson. Our subject s\\nfather was a Republican. He served in the army\\nfor eighteen months, being commissioned as Second\\nLieutenant and belonging to the Third Michigan\\nCavalry, Company I. His health failing him he\\nwas obliged to resign his commission and return\\nhome. He and his family were niemliers of the\\nBaptist Church. Our subject remained on the\\nfarm until his fatiier s death, receiving very good\\neducational advantages meantime. After fiui.sliing\\nthe district school in the vicinity of his home he\\nattended the Hallle Creek High School. after which\\nhe entered the dental office of D. C. Hauliiii-st .and\\nwas there empkned for two j cars. At the expi-\\nration of that time he began to read medicine with\\nDr. Anilspaugh of Battle Creek, and in the year\\n1878 began the study of medicine in the State\\nLniversity at Ann .Vrbor.\\nOn leaving Ann Arbor he located, first at\\n.lamestown, Ottawa County, !Mich.. where he s|)ent\\none year and then attended the Keokuk Medic.il\\nCollege of Physicians and Surgeons, being grad-\\nuated therefrom .AFarch 1, 1881. There he held the\\np(jsition of Assistant Demonstrator in Anatomy.\\nHe then returned to .Jamestown and remained ft r\\nanother year, when he moved into the Holland\\nColony in Ottawa County in the township of Zee-\\nland, where he was engaged in practice for some five\\nyears, after which he removed to Fennville, .\\\\lle-\\ngan County, where he opened a drug store in con-\\nnection with his practice, be being a registered and\\npractical pharmacist. After two years stay at the", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0657.jp2"}, "658": {"fulltext": "658\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nlast-named jjlace lie sold o\\\\it his business interests\\nand came to Howell in 1IS87 where he has sinee\\nbeen in active practice. Here he has a large and\\nremunerative patrtmage and is popular among all\\nclasses of iieojjle.\\nDr. !Mo( n was first married September 13, IHT .t,\\nto Miss ]Minnie S. Van Zee, of Salem, Allegan\\nCountv, INIich., and one child was boni unto them.\\nSelwyn \\\\V.. whose birth occurred December 31,\\n1^81. The union was au unhappy one and on\\nJune 13. 1KM5, in the Superior Court of Grand\\nRapids iu chancery before the Hon. Isaac H. Par-\\nrish. .Judge of said court, a divorce from the bonds\\nof matrimony was granted untv the complainaut,\\nOrrin N. Moon, and the care. custt)dy and educa-\\ntion of said .Selw\\\\ n Vt was granted vmto same.\\nDr. Moon was again married .September 10. 18\u00c2\u00ab. i.\\nhis bride l)eing Miss Cecelia Walters, of (Jrand\\nRapids, this State. This estimable lady was born\\nin Cardiff. Wales. December 4, l!S(i4 and has borne\\nher husband two children, who brighten the home.\\nTlie_y are Orrin N.. born March 1. 18S7, and\\nCecil W., March 1(1, 1889. Socially the Doctor\\nlielongs to Howell Lodge No. 38, A. F. it A. M.,\\nand also to the Chapter No. 7 tif (irand Rapids.\\nHe also is identified with. the Grand Rapids Coun-\\ncil No. 10, the Knights Templar of Howell, and\\nthe New Moon Lodge No. 284, I. O. O. F., of\\nJamestown Center, Mich. He is the oldest mem-\\nber of the State INIedical Society residing in\\nHowell. His practice has extended beyond the\\nimmediate locality so that he has now a wide\\ncircuit in the country, which entails much liard\\nriding. This, however, is a hardship that most\\nphysicians are not averse to.\\njll OHN A. GREENFR. This worthy citizen of\\nCohoctah Township, Livingston County,\\nwho has proved his worth as a member of\\nsociety and as a successful farmer, was born\\nSeptember 13, 1859, on his father s old homestead\\nwhere he still resides, an estate which is located on\\nsection 28, of the township. He is a son of Charles\\nand Henrietta Greener, who came to the United\\nStates frimi Germany about the year 1835. They\\nmade their first home in Pennsylvania, where the\\nfather worked in the iix)n mines, but after that\\nmade New Jersey their home for a short time, and\\nduring their stay there ]\\\\[r. Greener was a teamster.\\nThis enterprising coui)le had heard much if the\\nfame of the Western land and especially of the pro-\\nductiveness and climate of Michigan and they de-\\ncided they would no longer remain in the E^ast,\\nwhere they had found no great demand for their\\nefforts. They thereftue took yiassage l y boat on\\nthe I{;rie Canal during the year 1837 or 1838. and\\nfrom Buffalo came by Lake Erie to Detroit. Upon\\nreaching Livingston County they took up the land\\nwhich now forms the homestead, and settling ui\u00c2\u00bb)ii\\nforty acres, went to work to improve it and plant\\ncrops. To this farm they added from time to time\\nuntil they owned one hundred and seventy-five\\nacres, which they remained ii\\\\\u00c2\u00bbm until death\\nensued. The father passed from earth in April.\\n1863, at the age of fifly-two years, and his widow\\ndied in October, 1883, having reached the age of\\nsixty-three years. They were the iiarents of seven\\nchildren, namely: John, who died in infancy;\\nCharles, who died at the .age of thirty; Elizabeth,\\nLuther, ^largaret, .b)hn A. and Catherine E.\\nThe children of this family were liroughl u|) in\\nthe faith of the Evangelical Church, to which their\\njiarents both belong, and although they were\\nunable lo give their offspring much of this world s\\npos.sessions, they did leave them a sacred heritage\\nof faith, hope and charity. To our subject was\\ngiven the best opportunity which was then avail-\\nable for .an education, but the common schof)ls of\\nthe day were narrow in their curriculum, although\\nexcellent in drill. But pioneer boys did not have\\nmuch time to devote to study, as their strength and\\nlabor was needed in uliduing the wilderness and\\nraising the neces-sary crops.\\nSince the death of tlie father this son has made\\nhis home upon the homestead and he has added\\nthereto one hundred ami twenty acres, eighty of\\nwhich he ha* imiiroved. His married life l)egan\\nOctober 12, 1887, and his bride was known in\\nmaidenhood as Merta E. Pratt. This amiable and", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0658.jp2"}, "659": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n659\\niiiterestinij; lady is a native of C olioclali Townsliip\\nand a (lanuiitci of Amos and Sarah ((iorden) Pralt.\\nSlip is an active and etiicieut niemlwr of the Meth-\\nodist Kpiscojjal C hnrcli. where her inlhience is\\nliiuhly jiiized. Tlie political ideas which Mr.\\nGreener considers most sound are those wiiicli are\\nexpressed in tlie deliverances of tiie Democratic\\nparty and he li.-is faith in the ultimate success of\\nthat Iiodv.\\nl\\nSy~-\\nOlIN K. STKT.ZKK. IJeU.nginii- to that cl.iss\\nof Teutonic emigrants whose indu.stry and\\neconomy soon placed them in comfortable\\nand responsible positions on coming into\\nthe new country, our subject has taken advantage\\nof every circumstance that he could turn to his\\nown account, and the consequence is that he is in\\na most conil drtablc linanciai position and ;i laiiner\\nwho has accumulated a handsome competency in\\nthe purs\\\\iit of his calling in this State. A resi-\\ndent on section 12, t olioctah I ownship. Livinii;-\\nston County, he was born .June 1; IX^M. in (ier-\\nmany. and is a son of Wolf (4. and ^fargaret (Crul)\\nStelzer\\nThe oiiginal of this sketch came across the\\nocean with his jjarents, landing in this country in\\nl.s. and llii v inusuod their course at once to the\\nnorthern tier of the Central States and located in\\nLivingston County, enjoying the advantages of the\\ndistrict schools in his adopted land. It was not a\\ngreat while until our subject was equipped for the\\nstruggle of life and working on an ecpial footing\\nwith the majority of other youths of the nation.\\nAt nineteen he began work for himself, being em-\\nployed in the service of farmers by the month and\\nyear and receiving 5. )0 per annum for two years\\nand \u00c2\u00a521(1 for three ye.ars. When twenty-two years\\nof age he left home and was engaged in work by\\nthe iiioiitn. The lirst farm which he himself owned\\neonqnised forty acres of timber land which he pur-\\nchased in 1H7I. This he cleared and improved\\nand has from time to time added to the original\\nlUMiliase until he now owns two hundred and\\nthirty-one acres. His success in the world was as-\\nsured l)efore he ever received any pecuniary assist-\\nance, for on his father s decea.se lie received ^1.200\\nfrom his estjite. Mr. Stelzer h.as cleared for\\nhimself and others over three hundred .acres of\\nland.\\n.Since coming to this State our subject has never\\nbeen a resident in Cohoctah Township and his in-\\nterest in this locality is consequently, paramount,\\nhere are his nearest and dearest ties. September 6,\\n1880. he was married to JLargaret Thumser, who\\nwas here born May 12. IHo.o. She is a daughter\\nof .lohn and Hannah (Siler) Thumser, who were na-\\ntives of Germany and Saxony respectively. Our\\nsubject and his wife are the parents of two chil-\\ndren Eddie and Elraa, who are intelligent and\\nprogressive young jieople. ^[r. Stelzer is a Demo-\\ncrat in politics.\\n1|/^^ EM;V F. .MALTl .Y. This sterling .and\\nleading man and excellent farmcrand stock-\\nraiser, residing on two hundred forty acres\\nvvs of excellent land on section 7, (Jreen Oak\\nTownship. Livingston C onnty. w.as born at the old\\n.Maltbv homestead on the same secti(m, March 28,\\n1845. Almon Maltbv, his father, was born in\\nHenrietta County. X. V.. in LSI Land m 1832 came\\nat the age of eighteen, in comjiany with a brother,\\nto the Territory of Michigan, and [lUshed into the\\nwilderness to make a home. They located where\\nthe pretty little country town of Brighttin now\\nstands, although the country for miles around was\\na wilderness.\\nAs soon as they could convenienth do so they\\nerecte l a saw mill and began to manufacture lum-\\nber for the army of home seekers who were follow-\\ning in their footsteps. They operated tlie mill for\\na number of years and in the meantime .Mmon\\nMaltby entered eighty acres of land in Shiawassee\\nCounty, although he never located upon it. He\\nerected the first franu* house in I.righton.\\nThe father of our subject was a young man of\\nmore than ordinarv intelligence and education, and", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0659.jp2"}, "660": {"fulltext": "660\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nUiiiulit school diiniig the first winter after his ar-\\nrival in Hamburg Townsliip. He wasfonrl of hunt-\\nijig and during liis pioneer days killed a good\\nmany deer. He subsequently- purchased eighty\\nacres of land on section 7, Green Oak Townshij), a\\nshort distance fi om Brighton and there located.\\nHe was an active, industrious man and became\\nvery prosperous. He cleared and improved his\\nland .IS far as it was po.ssible and from year to year\\nacquired additional acres as his means permitted.\\nAt the time of his death, which occurred in 1883,\\nhe owned four hundred acres of choice land. He\\nwas for three years Supervisor of (ireeu Oak Town-\\nship.\\nAlmon Maltby was twice married, his first wife\\nbeing Jane Hawley, whose married life was brief,\\nlasting through only a few years. Of her three\\nchildren one died in infancy and two lived to\\nmanhood and served during the Civil War, one of\\nthem dying in tlie hospital at Xashville, Tenn.\\nThe second wife liore the maiden name of Esther\\nMoore. She was liorn in ]Sew York and came to\\nOakland County with her parents at an early day.\\nShe is still living and is now in her seventieth\\nyear, and her four children are all living.\\nThe young man of whom we write, availed him-\\nself of all the advantages he could secure in the\\ndistrict school, and in 1866 attended a commercial\\ncollege in Chicago for one term. He remained\\nwith his parents for several years after reaching his\\nmajority and had the management of the farm\\nduring most of that time. He celebrated the one\\nhundredth anniversary of our Nation s indepen-\\ndence by a most impressive ceremonial in which he\\nwas united for life with the lady of his choice.\\nMiss Mary Kn.abb, a native of the Keystone State.\\nThis union has resulted in the liirth of two sons\\nAlmon H. and Robert D., sons of whom any parent\\nmay well be proud. They are bright boys and well\\ndeserve the confidence of their parents, and are\\nvery helpful to their father upon the farm. Almon\\nH., who is thirteen years of age, cut during the\\nharvest time thirty-five acres of grain.\\nThe political views of Mr. MaUby bring him\\ninto connection with the Republican party and he\\nis quite prominent as a quiet leader of thought in\\ntheir ranks. For several vears he has filled the of-\\nfice of Justice of the Peace and is still in that oflfice.\\nHe has also been Supervisor for three terms, being\\nfirst elected in 1884. He has a fine farm, a good\\nliouse and l)arns, all of which have been erected\\nby himself and he takes great interest in rais-\\ning good grades of stock. He has a fine flock of\\nregistered Shiopshire sheep and a very fine herd of\\nJersey cattle, which is considered one of the best\\nspecimens of that jiopular breed in this vicinity.\\nJNIr. ]\\\\Ialt)iy is a popular and progressive farmer\\nand an excellent citizen, who is willing to help for-\\nward all nnivements which will be for the benefit\\nof the eommunitv.\\n^ir\\nRS. ELMRA WHITAKER. The presence\\nof a good woman in a neighborhood is a\\nlis seource and cause of public congratula-\\ntion, for by her works of tender mercy,\\nsymi)athy and benevolence, she can accomplish\\nmore than one of the sterner sex, and in these\\ndays of emancipation from old time ideas as\\nregards incapacity for business life, her sex have\\nproved themselves to be the equal of their brothers\\nin the energy and judgment with which they pur\\nsue their chosen calling. She of whom we write\\nis the successful proprietor of a fine farm compris\\ning one hundred acres on section 32, Handy\\nTownship, Livingston County.\\nINIrs. Whitaker came to this farm in 1859. Part\\nof the land was cleared at that time. At present\\nshe is engaged in general fanning, supplementing\\nthe products of her fields, orchard and garden by\\nthe income that she gets through her stock. It is\\na fine place and well cared for. The lady of whom\\nwe write was born in the township of Pennfield.\\nMonroe County, N. Y., June 18, 1834. A\\\\hen\\nonly eight years of age her parents brought their\\nlittle daughter with them to the State of Michigan.\\nThey were Rufus and Angeline (Burlingame)\\nMorrison, natives of New Y ork. The former was\\na farmer by occupation and calling and on coming\\nto Michigan located in the township of Salem,\\nAVashtenaw Countj-, where he engaged in farming.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0660.jp2"}, "661": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUIM.\\nGfil\\nOiir suliject is one of five diildren. The eldest.\\nElizalietli. is now Mrs. Martin. Xext in urder of\\nbirth oome.s lier of whom we write. I hcii Mor-\\ntimer, Oscar and .VIexander. The father s de-\\ncease t^)ok [ihice in SaU in. in 1H4!(, and the motiier\\nin Klint, Mieii., in 1 1, .Mrs. Whitaker s fatlier was a\\nDemocrat in his vote and political following. Her\\nearl\\\\- traininu: in a religious way was that of the\\nMethodist Kiji-seopal Church, both parents being\\nmembei-s of that body. Our subject s paternal\\ngrandsire was Samuel Jlorrison and his wife was\\nMary A. (Canada) Morrison, natives of New York\\nand there engaged in the calling of agriculture.\\nThey had a large family and were ke))t busy sup-\\nplying the necessities of the cliildren. The father\\nwas a Democrat. The maternal grandparents were\\nDavid and Nancy (Miller) Bnrlinganu They\\nwere kindly Christian people who endeavored to\\nlive by the preeeptti of the (Joldcn Hulc. Tliey\\nalso liad a large family.\\nMrs. Wliitaker became the wife of (unden\\nWhitaker, in January 18.52. He was a native of\\nUtica, N. Y. and the son of Hiram and Cliristian\\n(Casselman) \\\\Vlii\u00c2\u00bbaker, from Connecticut and\\nPennsylvania respectively. Tlie former was a\\nblacksmith and the bellows were kejit going prett\\\\\\nconstantly in order to keep tlu large family which\\nclustenMl .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iliout hi health and lioard. led and\\nclothed. Tlicy came to Michigan and settled in\\nSaUMii. W ashtcnaw (nintv. at an e.arly day. Mr.\\nW liil.-ikcr was reared on a larm and w:i largely\\noccupied with that calliug throughout lii life, al-\\nthough he was engaged in teaching singing schools\\nfor soMU lime prior lo and after his marriage. This\\nevent took place iu 2 and he immediately\\nsettled on the farm which his widow now occupies.\\nlie was a Democrat iu his political lines of tliouglil\\nand was actively interested in lioinii all that he\\ncould to strengthen his jiarty.\\nMr. and Mrs. liitaker have liceii the parents of\\nthree children. ^V^da. Fred and Alice. The eldest\\ndaughter is now Mrs. K. (;ain|)l)cll .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lud is the\\nmother of two children Inez and I^v.-i. Fred mai-\\nried Salin.da Barl)er: .Mice is now .Mrs. .S. 1). Hoy\\nand the mother of one child, a ilaughter who hears\\nthe euphoueous name of lla. The heuelits an l\\nbeauties of an education can scarcely be appreci-\\nated more than l)y ovn- snhject. Siie h.is made\\nmany .sacrifices in order to give her children every\\nadvantage possible and they are cultured and re-\\nfined men and women whose presence is most\\nbeneficent in their cho.sen places of residence.\\nMrs. Hoy is a musician of no mean talent and has\\nbeen engaged in instructing othei-s in the divine\\nart. The lady of whom it is our ple.-i.sant piivilege\\nto give a biographical sketch, is a woman of great\\nperseverance and constancy of purpo.se. She\\ncarries on her farm most successfully and has made\\nof it an ideal abiding |)lace. It is a very fertile\\nspot in which she raises fruit that is a i)ictine of\\nInsciousne.ss. She breeds hoises of .-i high jrade\\nand also raises cattle and iiriiin.\\nZ +^.5^\\nX\\nYI.VK.STEH NOBLK. .V resident of\\nthe village of Fuadilla. he whose name is\\nft/JI, at the head of our sketch is Mie of a dis-\\ntinguished family whose mcmhers have been\\nconspicuous in civil, military and commercial life.\\nHis lather. l- ,lnathan Noble, was a native of New\\nllaxcu. iinu.. Ilieie born in I77 i. lie was a\\nmanufacturer of hats. et and at uie time a\\n\\\\-ery wi .allhy man. but losing much of his prop-\\nerty came to Michigan to it-triexi if possilile his\\nlost fortune. His wife w.as .Vseii.ath (iilberl. a\\nnatix c of New York. The couple weie mariied in\\nOtsego onnl\\\\ N. .-uid came to .Michigan in\\n1H2I. .Mrs. .\\\\senath Nolile died iu l\u00c2\u00ab22. Uvv\\nhusliand m.ariied three times, she lieing his second\\nwife. They were the [)arents of three hildreu.\\nThe eldest of the family to which our subjei-t\\nbelongs was Butler ti. Noble, an officer in the\\nFnited States Custom House for thirty yeare and\\na s])len(lidly talented man. He was also (iovernor\\nof Wisconsin during the Civil AVar and then went\\nto .New ^orU where he was first Inspector of\\ndrugs and medicines in the New York Custom\\nHouse, being also H. irbor Master for sever.al years.\\nOnl\\\\ a few weeks ago (1891) he dieii from a fit of\\napoplexy in Brooklyn, N. Y., at the age of seventy-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0661.jp2"}, "662": {"fulltext": "662\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nAve years. His wife soon afterward followed him\\nand her daughter, the wife of a rk-h (^tuaker. died\\non the same day. The youngest son. Herman C\\nNoble, was a member of the State Legislature in\\n1848 and died at the Capitol Imilding m Lansing.\\nThe father of oui- subjeet passed aM ay in 1841.\\nIn 1831 the parents of him of whom we write came\\nto Dexter, Mich., and located eighty acres of\\nwild land on section 54. I liadilla Township, Liv-\\ningston Country on the west one-half of the south-\\nwest quarter of section ;i4. In order to reach their\\ntract they had to follow an Indian trail, there be-\\ning no roads at that lime. Their first night in the\\nvicinity was spent in the cabin of Amos Williams,\\non section 3;5.\\nMr. Noble, Sr.. built a log shanty ten feet square\\nand this he covered over with grass. It was made\\nof tamarack logs and comfortalile in spite of its\\ndiminutiveness. They had the first horse team in\\nthe townshiiJ and cut their way through the\\nwoods. That was before Michigan had lieen ad-\\nmitted as a State and when (iov. Mason was\\nat the head of affairs. Our subject s father was\\nthe first Justice of the Peace appointed in the\\ntownship; he was also appointed Associate Judge\\nby the Governor above mentioned and the first\\ntown meeting here held convened in the log house\\nthat was our subject s first home here. The to mi-\\nship was named after Unadilla, N. Y., a pretty\\nvillage on the Suscpiehanna River, it being so\\nchristened by our sul)ject s father. He acted as\\nJustice of the Peace for many years and finally\\ndied upon his farm.\\nOn first coming to Inadiiln there was but one\\nfamily in the townslii|) and no neighbors near\\nthem. Indians were plenty and although their\\nlog house, the increased dimensions of which was\\n25x33 feet, was not palatial in its proportions\\nall newcomers were welcome at tliat early day.\\nThe family had to go to Dexter or Ann Arlior to\\nm.arket. Our suliject s fatliei- was an E|)iscopalian\\nand was a good man, his morals being irre-\\nproachable.\\nThe original of our sketch was born in Genoa,\\nN. Y., March, 12, 1819, His father s n.ame will\\never be remembered in that pretty city as he was\\nthe founder of Hobart College of that place.\\nReceiving the rudiments of his education in his\\nnative State our suliject was but twelve veai s of\\n.age wiien he came to Michigan. ^Vhen .seventeen\\nyears old he started out in life for himself without\\nmeans and without friends excepting those he\\nmade. He went to Cleveland. Ohio and hired out\\nto the contractors who were building the State\\naqueducts and was thus engaged for three years,\\nworking up until he received ^3 per day. He then\\nspent one summer in Cleveland recruiting. He\\nhas repeatedly been at the home of William Henry\\nHarrison. After visiting Chillicothe, Cincinnati\\nand St. Louis, he i-eturned home and settled on the\\nfarm. He did not long content himself, however,\\nwith agricultural work, Init soon after was engaged\\nassisting in the building of the ^Michigan Central\\nRailroad from Dexter to Jackson. He then helped\\nin the arduous task of building at Leoni on the\\n^liciiigan Central, working under Engineer ILay-\\nden. In the spring of the year 1841* he joined the\\ncamp of the A\\\\ olverine Rangers and set out to\\ncross the i)lains for California. They purchased\\ntheir outfits at St. Louis, made a camp at Indepen-\\ndence, Mo., and then set out on a trij) which\\ntook six months. They lost their entire train in\\nthe mountains, having taken the celebrated Green\\nHorn cut-off. Their train was very long, the\\nwagons being drawn entirely b^ oxen. He left\\nthe train and went ahead with one other man\\ncrossing the American Desert, a distance of sev-\\nenty-five miles on foot, the horses having been\\nstolen by night by the Indians. The suffering was\\nterrilile. His desire for water was so great as to\\ncause perfect agony.\\nHe of whom we write i)roceeded to Ajiple Gate\\nPass in Oregon, cro.ssing the mountains to the\\nhead waters of the Sacramento River. On arriv-\\ning in the (iolden State Ihey went into the mines\\nand BIr. Noble had the good fortune to open one\\nof the richest veins discovered by his party. He\\nstaid in California for a time engaged in mining,\\nfinally going back to .San Francisco on foot. Work\\nof a different sort was [plentiful and jmy ing and\\nour subject soon abandoned mining and began\\nwork at -SI 6 per day, spending there the fall and\\nwinter. He then went on up to Feather Hiver,\\nfinally coming home by way of the Isthmus and\\n1", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0662.jp2"}, "663": {"fulltext": "POKTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHK AF. AI.I!r r\\nfi63\\n(iuriiiir tlu joiinu V liilhci- s|)iMit tlirof weeks on tlie\\nwater in a dead calm. Landing; in Central Anieriea\\nhe -anie theme t(i New )iU ans and finni there\\npioeeedcd to .Miehiuan, when l)uyint!; nl iii\\nlirotlierV interest he .-ettled on tlie old homestead.\\nIn l.s I I our snlijeet was nnited in marriai\u00c2\u00bb e to\\nMiss Charlotte K. Monta\u00c2\u00bbue. a danijhter of Luke\\nand Eiiniee (Salslmry) .Montairue. They have\\nbeen tiie parent.s of two ehildren. l)nt lioth have\\ndied. Mrs. Noble is a memlier in yood standintf\\nof the I lesliyterian Chnreh. ^Ir. Noble has taken\\nan active interest ni local |MiJitics. For six years\\nhe was Iligliway ommi.ssioner and was elected 1)\\\\\\nthe Democrats, although he has been a I{ei)nbli an.\\nNow retired fiom letive lalior our sulijeet has\\nreduced his cares to a niinininm by disposini; of\\nthe j^reater |)art of his farm, and now has only\\nenough to sujipoit him iiic i\\\\.\\nsi^^^i^::^\\nSTiu: \u00e2\u0080\u0094A^g ~y^^.\\n_\\nyilLLIAM VAX lU RKN. Lansino. Ingliam\\nCounty, as the capital of the State, has her\\ny full (piota of citizens who are keenly alive\\nto all political (piestions and the fact that the .seat\\nof government is situated here, no doubt stimu-\\nlates an interest in [public movements and builds\\nnj) a community of men who are known, for lack\\nof a better term, as politicians. In our use of this\\nword we wish it to be understood that we do not\\nimi)ly that class of so-called politieaiis who may\\nbetter be ternie(l demagogues, but tliose men wIk)\\nare sincerely interested in political questions and\\nhave eome to the fremt as leaders. Such an one\\nis found in the i nited States Marshal for the\\nEastern District of Michigan, who resides in Lan-\\nsing,\\nThis gentleman w.as born in 1843. After serv-\\ning an apprenticeship in a printing office in\\n(iuelph. Caiuula. he c.ime to Detroit, ^lich.. in\\n1860, when a boy of eighteen years and where he\\nremained a .short time. Like most printers he w.as\\nseized with a lesire to ee more of the world, ami\\nmade ionrney South anil K:isl, workini: in various\\njjlaces, returning, however, iu a few munthb to\\nDetroit, lor a time he was employed on tlie\\nCnmmi rvkd Adwrtisr-r which situation he left to\\nto take cases on the Advertiser and Tribune.\\nlie soon worked up to the position of foreman\\nwhich place he held until December 51, |H7(I. ex-\\ncepting a short jieriod when he oecupieil the posi-\\ntion of foreman of the Tribviw book room.\\nIn .laiiuarv, 187 I, Mr. an IJureii came to Lan-\\nsing and took a iiosition as foieman for W. S.\\n(ieorgeiV Co.. who were then .State printers. Me\\ncontinued as foreman and superintendent of the\\nmeehanieal department until .ifter the death of\\nMr. (leorgeiii December, 1881. In .lanuary, 1882,\\nhe was appointed Inisiness manager of the eoiieern,\\nand ill .I:iniiary. 1884, he bought a one-third in-\\nterest in the liusiness and became managing |)art-\\nner. In .lanuary, 188(j, the whole outfit w.as sold\\nto Thorp iV (iodfrey. During all of this time the\\nfirm had been publishing the Lansing Ri publicdn\\nof which for four years INIr. ISnren was gen-\\neral m.anager. Mr. Van linreii in coiii|)aiiy with\\nB. M. Buck organized the Lansing Furniture Com-\\npany in I88() and carrie l it on for a few mouths,\\nafter which the business was disposed of.\\nWhen the City National Hank was organized\\nMr. aii Huren w.as one of its incorporators and is\\nnow one of its largest stockholders and a director,\\nlie has confined himself very clo. ely to business,\\nwith the exception of a journey which he took in\\n1889, when he made a tour from the .\\\\tlantic to\\nthe I aci lie coast. It was ujioii the 2ittli of March.\\nI8i)(), that President Harrison appointed Mr.\\nHuren I nited States Marshal for the Ea.stern Dis-\\ntrict of Michigan with headcpiarters at Detroit.\\nThis district covers ,about one-half of the Lower\\nI eiiiiisula and involves heavy res]ionsibilities.\\nOther official duties have devolved upon him in\\nthe p.ast, and have been thoroughly discharged. In\\nl,H87-88 he w.as Alderman of the .Second Ward of\\nthe city of Lansing and he was also the Supervisor\\nfor one year. In 1879 the citizens of Lansing\\nmade him their M.avor iiid he received a re-elee-\\ntioii in 188(1; he has also held various county of-\\nfices.\\nNo p.Mit of the career of .Mr. aii Ihiicii i mure\\natisfa -toiy to hi frieiid and fiirni.^hes irre;iter\\nvceasiou for Ihaukfuluesa ou bio own part than", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0663.jp2"}, "664": {"fulltext": "664\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nthe step whiel) he took in bringing to his home,\\nas his wife, ]Miss Julia (i. O Cnllaglian. This inter-\\nesting event toolv jilat-e in IJetroit in 1867, and\\nthe lady who is possessed of unusual refinement,\\nintelligence and culture, was born, reared and ed-\\nucated in the beautiful city of the Straits. Slie is\\nn daughter of the late Hon. Jeremiah O C allaghan,\\na former wholesale and retail grocer, who had a\\nflourishing establishment on Woodward Avenue,\\nand who w.as a member of the Legislature in 18.52.\\nTills charming and talented lady was engaged in\\nteaching in Detroit previous to her marriage. She\\nis the happy mothei- of four children, namely:\\nWilliam, (lerald R., (ieorge H., and Julia G.\\nMr. Van Buren, who is a thorough American in\\nIlls views and political ideas, is strong in his faith\\nin the future of the Rciiublican party and a leader\\nin its ranks, being frequently a delegate in county\\nand State conventions. He is a member of Cix\\\\n-\\ntal Lodge, No. CO. C ai)ilal Chapter, No. 9, R. A.\\nM., and of Lansing C oinmandery K. T., No. 25.\\nHe also belongs to the Royal Arcanum and Knights\\nof the iriii.\\ne^-f^\\nOSES JONES. The ipiiet, unostentatious\\nIW ^ork of the modest citizens and sturdy,\\nindustrious workers in any community, is\\nmore fully i)rized no doubt after they\\nhave gone hence, and those very qualities\\nwhich made them esteemed and beloved should be\\nkept in mind and presented for the emulation of\\nthe y _iung, for such character is of more worth than\\nmany traits which shine with greater brilliancy.\\nMoses Jones was liorn March 22, 1831, in Steu-\\nben, Oneida County, N. Y.,and was the son of John\\nand .luditli (Hill) Jones. The grandfather, Grittith\\n.hnies, came with his wife from Wales and became\\na dairyman in New York. His son, .hjhn, was a\\ncooper l)V trade and coming to Michigan in 1839,\\nsettled on forty acres of fine land upon section 25,\\nCohoctah Township, Livingston County. This he\\nhad purch.ased prior to his coming from Onondaga\\nCounty, N. Y. He owned about three hundred\\nacres of land at the time of his death which took\\nplace, November 5, 1871. He was a substantial\\ncitizen and a public-spirited man, and served as\\nJustice vi the Peace and School Inspector devoting\\nmuch attention to school matters. He also acted\\nas Assei5S0r in 1840.\\nMr. Jones w.as twice married, having by his first\\nmarriage one child, who is our subject. The second\\nwife was known in maidenhood as Sarah Boutell\\nand she had four children only one,Kenzie, living\\nto maturity. Their mother died in September,\\n1890. She was well-known as a devoted member\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church. Moses Jones\\nspent his boyhood and youth on the farm and\\nstudied in the district schools. He early chose\\nfarming .as his life work and pursued it in connec-\\ntion with his father. He was so prosperous as to\\nown four farms comprising six hundred acres in\\nall at the time of his death, which took place De-\\ncember 16, 1889. He was prospered in his work\\nand devoted himself unceasingly to it and althougli\\nalwaj s active in work for the RepuVilican party he\\never steadfastly declined to receive otHcial honors.\\nOur subject w.as united in marriage July 22,\\n1866 with JMary Jane .\\\\llen who was born in Ma-\\ncon, (ia., January 12, 1841. She is a daughter of\\nDavid and Emeline (Parker) Allen, the former\\nbeing a native of W.ashington County, and tlie\\nlatter of Oneida County, N. Y. Mr. Allen was a\\ncarpenter and joiner and also a millwright. In\\nNovember, 1839, he removed to Georgia, where he\\nengaged in farming and the lumber trade and died\\nin August, 1865. His widow still survives and\\nmakes lier home in Dooly County, Ga. The fam-\\nily w.as long connected witli the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church South with which she still holds\\nher connection. Three of her daughters are still\\nliving, namely: Mary J., Emeline and Lue^y, all\\nmarried. Adelia and Irene are deceased. Mr.\\nAllen was a son of Seth Allen of English origin,\\nwhose wife, Lucy King, was a daughter of vSolomon\\nKing a prominent farmer of Washington County,\\nN. Y.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Jones was born one child, John\\nK., who died at the age of sixteen. Mrs. Jones\\nnow owns the homestead besides other property of\\nvalue and carries on the business with ability and", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0664.jp2"}, "665": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCEOF ilk J. A BROWN 1 NG 510.24. OCLOLA TP., LIVINGSTON CO., MICH,\\nRE5IDENCt. F W1R3. MARY J. J ON t5j5tC.2S.,C0H0CTAH TP., LIVINGSTON CO, MICK.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0665.jp2"}, "666": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0666.jp2"}, "667": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n667\\nsuccess. She has ever heen an aftive aiul devoted\\ninenil)er of tlic Methodist l-^piscopid Chiiicli. Her\\nliusband was a lilieral LiiviT ti |iulilic and rhnrcli\\nl)urposes, in wiucli virtue she foihnvs in his foot-\\nsteps as she is tndy devoted to liie cause of Christ-\\nianity.\\nA view of the cozy residence and rural suriound-\\ninfTS on the homestead of Mrs. .lone.s will he found\\non ;i not her page.\\n\\\\T^DWAHI) BROWXIXO. A mental picluie\\niW] conies to the wiiter of a tv])ieal modern\\nfarmer. Tiie owner of a line ti-act of land,\\nas he i.s seated on his mower, ready to drive off for\\nthe fields, there is a proud consciousness in tlie\\npoi.se of his head and the earriage of his l)road\\nshoulders, that he is the alisolute monarch of the\\nrich domain under Ids eye. He is as (jniek in Ids\\nmovement and execution as in his faculty of form-\\ning opinions in regard to his work. He has a firm\\nseat upon the mower, which is of the latest and\\nmost approved design, and drawn by horses that\\nare sleek, muscular and well fed. He is a {)leasing\\npicture of rural prosperity.\\nThe farm of which Mr. 15rowning is proprietor\\nand a view of which is shown on another page, is\\nlocated on section 24, Oceola Township, Livings-\\nton County, and comprises four hundred and\\neighty acres of as tine land as there is in the\\ncounty. Besides devoting himself to general farm-\\ning, he pays much attention to the breeding and\\nraising of fine sheep, and also has many of the\\nfinest breed of cattle and horses. Our subject\\nwas born in Kinderhook County, N. Y., August\\n23, 1821, and his father, Peter Y. Browning, wa.s\\na native of Connecticut, although reared in New\\nYork State. His mai riage took place in Dutchess\\nCountv, N. Y., his bride being a Miss ^arah Cramer,\\na native of the same countj- and State in which\\nher marriage took place. She is still living at the\\nage of ninety years.\\nPeter Y. Browning settled in Xcw York after\\nIds marriage and after remaining a few yeai-s in\\nthat State, he came to Michigan and located in\\nMonroe County. Thence he came to Livingston\\nCounty in llS. JG, and settled in Oceola Townshi])\\non section 21, where he took up a large tract of laud\\nfrom the fiovoinmeiit in lK;i, He cut the logs\\nfrom the forests about the little clearing, and built\\na small log liou.se. which his wife made .as homelike\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2I nd attractive as her resources would allow. He\\ns|)ent the remainder of his life in improving the\\n])lace, cutting down forest trees, planting orchards\\nof fruit trees, and otherwise improving the place\\nuntil his death. He pa.ssed away at a good old\\nage, and it must have been a sati-;faction to him,\\nto see the result of his lalxtrs in the well tilled\\nland, the fields of waving grain, the orchards red-\\ndening with their burden of fragrant fruit, and the\\ntine stock grazing in the meadows. He and his\\nwife were the p.arents of seven children and of\\nthese our subject is the eldest. He w.as sixteen\\nyears of age when his parentis made their advent\\ninto this State, and had all a boy s eagerness in the\\nreadiness to experieiiee the novelty of their now\\npositi(ui. His early education had its foundation\\nin his native jilace, and he linished in a log .school\\nhouse. The winters, however, were all the time\\nthat could be spared from the labors of the farm to\\naccjuirc anything even so important as an edu-\\ncation.\\nMr. Browning s wife was in his maiden davs\\n^liss Helen Beebe, a native of New York. \\\\i\\\\ her\\nhe became the father of three children, all .sons.\\nTwo of tliese, however, died in infancy, and the\\nonly surviving child is .Tohii who resides with\\nhis father and is in ijartnership with him in his\\nagricultural business. Our subject located directly\\nafter his marriage, in a little log house which he\\nbuilt on section 20, and there he lived for many\\nyears. He and his son now own four hundred\\nacres of well-improved land, and keep from two to\\nthree hundred sheep which are of tlie linest breed.\\nHe also has some especially tine horses, making a\\nspecialty of the raising of blooded cattle and\\nhorses. Mrs. Browning died a few years ago, hav-\\ning for many years been a faithful companion and\\nhelpmate to her husband in his efforts to obtain a\\nfirm footing in the agricultural business.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0667.jp2"}, "668": {"fulltext": "668\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nIn his political preference, Mr. Browning is a\\nIi cpiiblii aii Mild lias held several local offices iiitlic\\ni^ifl of till tonnslii]) in which he resides. Vov\\neight years he held the office of Postmaster in\\nOceola Center, and discharged tlie duties of the\\n])Osition most satisfactorily.\\ns^i\\nfa\\nB\\n11^^\\n\u00c2\u00bb1LLIA:M F. IIYXK. This prominent and\\nsuccessful gentleman, who was born on the\\nold Ilyne homestead on section 8, of\\nBrighton Township, Livingston Couuty, June 22,\\n1K17, isason of Charles T. Ilyne. This gentle-\\nman of wealth felt that it was necessary that his\\nson should grow uj) to develop his own powers\\nwithout mnch aid him, and he tlieref ne started\\nthe young man out in life without much of any\\nmeans or llnaucial help. The son now thanks his\\nfather for this hard exiterience. as, thronah being\\nthrown upon his own resources he has Itecome a\\nsnccessful man and a manager of ability.\\nWilliam F. Ilyne acqiiii-ed his education in the\\nschools which were kejit in the log school houses\\nin Brighton Townsliip, to which he went during\\nthe winter months nntil lie reached the age of ten\\nyears, after which as he was the eldest c f the family,\\nhe devoted himself to work upon his father s farm.\\nHe assisted in clearing away the forest and luitting\\nim[iroveinents on the faiiii until he rt ached the\\nage of twenty-three years, when he and his Iirother,\\nFrederick, entered into partnership and liegan\\nfarming on their own account.\\nThe young men began at tlie foot of the ladder\\nand worked their way np by untlngging persist-\\nence and trne grit :ind many a night tliey\\nworked till a late hour, supplementing the labors\\nof the day. The i)artnership coiitiiiue(l for eii;h-\\nteen years, at the end of which time Ihev divided\\ntheir interests amicably, altlunigh no pre\\\\ ious\\n.settlement had been made during the eigliteen\\nyears that the brothers had worked together.\\nHe of whom we write has been twice married,\\nhis (irst union iu l!S7(l luiugiut; to his home Miss\\n3Iary Durffec, u native of thio county. Two chil-\\ndren blessed their home and their life together\\ncontinued for ten years, when the wife was called\\nto her heavenly reward. The children are naiiied_\\nCharles (J. and Annie. The latter is still pursuing\\nher education and Charles has just graduated from\\nthe Detroit Commercial College and is a young\\nman of jM omise. Mr. Ilyne was a second time\\nmarried in IKKl taking to wife Louis Hicks, of\\nNew York, who has one child, Beatrice.\\nThe splendid farm of live hnndred and twenty\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2acres which is in Mr. Hyne s estate has upon it\\nelegant buildings and a most delightful home. He\\njiays special attention to the raising of tine stock\\nand has fast horses of the Wilkes breed as well as\\nMerino sheep. Short-horn cattle and other excel-\\nlent varieties. He is also an equal partner with\\nhis two brothers in the ownership of the gi-ist mill\\nat Brighton. His political views have brought\\nhim into sympathy with the Democratic party\\nwith which he votes and for whose success he is\\nearnestly solicitous.\\nSRAKL SPEAKS. The foundations of society\\nare laid in the agricultural districts, and\\ni among the farming material which builds up\\nall social and financial structures. We are grati-\\nfied to be able t(j present in this Ai.ut M life sketches\\nof many of the representative farmers of Locke\\nTowushi]), Ingham County, and among them we\\nname with pleasure the citizen whose name we here\\ngive. He is a native of Erie County, N. Y.. and\\nwas born May 10, 182!). His parents, Ezra and\\nMehitable Spears, were natives of Xew Ilamiishire.\\nWhen the boy was only three years old his father\\nwas taken from him by death, and he was early\\nthrown upon his own resources. He and his\\nmother were de\\\\ otedl\\\\ attached to each other and\\nuntil her death which occurred in her eighty-\\nthird year, .she made her home with him.\\nOur subject attained his majority in his native\\nStale and having received the rudiments of an\\neduc. ition. he has e\\\\er endea\\\\dred to su])plenieut\\nthose scant advantages by a thoioiigh and persist-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0668.jp2"}, "669": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAL lllCAL ALBUM.\\n669\\nent fom e of readinpr. His first marriajjc took\\nplace ill 18, in New York, and his liride was\\nIJaclicl Miller, wild liec inie the mother of one son,\\ni-l/.r. i. She passed from earth In 1H17.\\nThe present Jlrs. Spears was previous to her\\nmarriage to oni- suhjeet, in IHfi; Mrs. Sarah\\nStoughton, widow of 1,. 15. Stoti iliton, of Iiiiihani\\nCounty, a pioneer in tliis section. The two cliil-\\ndren of this marriage are Haeliel M. and Ivhod;i K.\\nMrs. S|)ears is a native f)f )utario, Canada, and was\\nlio.n .Vi)ril 14. 183(1. She is the dau ;hler of i aul\\nand S:uah Clay, both of Kastein liirlli, and her\\nfather was a soldier of the War of 1812. She was\\nI eared in Canada until she reached her seventeenth\\nyear, and then came with her hrother to Iniiliam\\nCounty. l y her first m:irria e she had six-\\nchildren, three of whom are now living, namely:\\nEsther M.. .Mrs. I .risto; Sarah S., Mrs. Clark\\nand Lillian J^., ^L s. Harager. jNIr. and Mrs.\\nSpears are active memhers of society and u.se-\\nful in every department of life. Eighty-live\\nacres constitute the whole farm which has\\nbeen gained through the united efforts of this\\nworthy couj)le. lie is indei)endent in politics and\\nca.sts his ballot according to his best judgment and\\nhis honest convictions.\\nV\\nAIMUEL X. HUFF. Among the many en-\\nter[)rising farmers that distinguish Meri-\\ndian Township as one of the most progress-\\nive in the Ingham County sisterhood, there\\nis no sturdier son of toil than he whose name Is\\nat the heail of this sketch. His father. Thomas C.\\nHuff, was born in Na])anee, Canada, in 182(), and\\ndied there in his sixty-third year. I le was a black-\\nsmith liy oecu|)atioii but engage(l also in fainiing.\\nAt the time of his death he was the owner of n\\nfine tract of two hundied ;ind sixty acres in Lena-\\nwee County, lying on Lake Ontario in town-\\nship 4.\\nSamuel Huff, the |iatern;d uraiidsire of him of\\nwhom wc write, was also a prosperous farmer and\\na native of New York, but who went to Canada\\nat an early day. The maiden name of our sub-\\nject s mother was Isabelle Sills. She was a native\\nof Canad. i. where she still resides. The natal day\\nof our su I iject was August 3(1, 1859, and he w.is\\nborn in Napanee, Canada. The first eighteen\\nyears of his life were spent in Canada, where he\\nhelped his father on the farm and in the black-\\nsmith siiop, but desiring to work in a country that\\noffered greater advantages to a poor man, and\\nbeing of a .self-reliant nature, he came to Michigan\\nand settled at Gra.ss Lake as a blaek.smith. He\\nmade it a plan to work in tlieliest shops in ^lasoii.\\nLansing, Saginaw and in other places that he might\\nbecome acquainted with the different methods em-\\nployinl by the various mechanics. In this way he\\nobtained a minute knowledge of the different\\nbranches of his trade and wa.s enabled to do work\\nthat was beyond the ability of the average black-\\nsmith.\\nIn ilue course of time our subject located in\\nt)kemos, where he remained for seven years, mak-\\ning the most of his opjiortunities. In 187!t he w.as\\nin a position to purchase a fine farm of one hun-\\ndred and ten and a half acres of laud on sections\\nL) and Ifi, now occupied by him. He has been in-\\nterested in mixed husbandry since that time and\\nhis efforts have lieen successful to a gratifying de-\\ngree. In 187(5 ^Ir. Huft was united in marriage to\\nMiss Lavina Strayer. From this union one child\\nwas born, Mary .lane Huff. The little one was,\\nhowever, soon left uiotherless. Our subject was\\nagain happily mai ried, his bride being Mrs. ^larv\\n.V. Button, their marriage being solemnized in\\n1879. .Mrs. Huff was born October 23, 1849, neai\\nLockport, Niagara C ouiity, N. Y She is the\\ndaughter of Danfoj th and Margaret (Orum) But-\\nton, now of Alaiedon Townshii), where the former\\nis a prominent farmer. Mrs. Huff s maternal\\ngrandparents came from Scotland and located in\\nMason, where they engaged in the mercantile trade\\nuntil the time of their death. The union of our\\nsubject and the present Mrs. Huff has been blest\\nbv the advent of two children Maggie B., born\\nAugu.st 23. 1883 and Bessie, liorn August 30, 1889.\\nThe irenth m. in of whom we write is in politic,--\\na strong Democrat. In 189U he was elected High-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0669.jp2"}, "670": {"fulltext": "670\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nway Commissioner of the township. Mr. Huff\\nmerits tlie esteem of all wlio kiii:)w him aud lie has\\ndemonstrated a thriftiness that many less i)ros))er-\\nous farmers misjht well imitate.\\ni\\nLQ;^\\nIMON W. DICIvERS( )N. The farmers and\\nfruit-raisers of Marion Township, Living-\\ni)) ston County, have among their numlier\\nmany whose intelligence, activity and enter-\\nprise are a credit alike to themselves and the\\ncounty in which they make tiieir home. These\\nhelp to give to Livingston County a standing for\\nintelligence, productiveness and liusiness ability\\nwhich enriches every farmer within its hounds.\\nMr. ])ickersc)n, who resides on section 11, Clar-\\nion Township, was Ijorn in New York in 1836.\\nHis father, David l)icker\u00c2\u00bbon. a New York farmer,\\nwas born in Vermont in 18(1(5 and there received\\na common-school education. He was married in\\n1830 to Lucy, daughter of Waitstill Smith, who\\nhad five children of whom Lucy was fourth in or-\\nder of birth, being born in 181 2.\\nThe father of our subject came to Michigan and\\nsettled on one hundred and sixty acres in Marion\\nTownship, in 1836. He soon began to burn lime\\nfrom marl, jn-oduciug as much as thiity-two hun-\\ndred liushels in one year at which time his son.\\n.Simon, was the manager of tliis business. The pa-\\nrents had six children, of wliom onr subject is tlic\\nthird, and tlie^ gave to tlieni the best educational\\nadvantages which thev could secure and brought\\nthem up in the faith and ])i acticcs of tlie Chiistian\\nreligion as both parents were earnest and active\\nmembers in the Methodist Episcopal Church, where\\nDavid Dickerson was Steward for maii\\\\ years. He\\nwas a worker for the Kepulilican jiarty but never\\nheld any oftices. His first home in the West was a\\nlog house and he afterward built one of stone. This\\nearly settler died in 1884.\\nAt twenty-one years of age Simon W. Dickerson\\nbegan to work the old farm on shares and three\\nyears later, in 1809, he felt that he was thoroughly\\nenough established in life to take to himself a wife.\\nHis bride, Amanda Kingsley, was born in New\\nYork in 1834 and she is now the proud and happy\\nmother of seven children, five of whom are still\\non earth. Alma and Freddie were early called\\naw.ay from this life; Lewis J. is married, having\\nchosen as his bride Fannie Laire, :ind he has two\\nchildren. The four children who are still beneath\\nthe i)arental roof are Edwin K., Lucy, Ida and\\nLillian.\\nIn 1860 our suljject purchased ninety-five acres\\nof land to which he has added until he now has\\none hundred and sixty-seven and one-half acres.\\nHis eldest son, Lewis, has purchased of his father\\nsome seventy acres on section 10. which were once\\na part of the home farm. In the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church ^Ir. IJickerson acts as Steward and\\nTrustee and Iiotli he and his wife are active mem-\\nbers therein. He is identified with the Farmers Al-\\nliance luit ordinarily votes the Republican ticket, al-\\nthough he is not a man who is closely bound by\\nparty ties. The principles of the Republican party\\nare dearly prized liy him, but he is growing to feel\\nmore and mtne that all issues must be subsidiary\\nto that of throwing the saloon power from the\\nthrone which it has erected in tha political\\narena.\\ng^,\u00e2\u0080\u00a25\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^L.\\nTHOMAS AND .lOHN MdilVENY. The.-^e\\nlirothers who are so well known thidugli-\\nout Oceola Township, Livingston County\\nas being together engaged in a general farming\\nliu iiiess on section are both natives of Oceola\\nTownship, where Thomas was lioin April 27. 1843.\\nand John June 10, 1844. Their father, John Mc-\\nftiveny, a native of Ireland, was born in 1785 and\\nwas a weaver by trade who came to New Yc)rk in\\n1810. There he settled on an unimproved farm\\nof one hundred and twenty acres, which after im-\\nproving he sold, and made his home for some time\\nin New Orleans.\\nThe family finally came North and settling in\\nOceola Tovviislii[i, Livingston County, took up\\none hundred and sixty acres of Government land", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0670.jp2"}, "671": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT A D BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nG71\\non section and there built a loij liouse IfixSO\\nfeet in dimenr^ion.s and hetjan elearimr away llie\\ntrees and cultivating the soil. Margaret C onklin,\\nhad l)ect)nie the wife of .lohn ^rcCiiveny, Sr., in\\nIreland and he is now living iiaving reached a\\ngood old age, but the fatiier passed away after\\nattaining to eighty-(ive years. He was a Democrat\\nin his political atliliations and was earnest in his\\nadvocacy of the principles of tliat party.\\nFive daughters and tive sons, were granted to\\nthis worthy couple, the two eldest being Thomas\\nand .John of whom we now write, while .lames\\nwas born in 1841): Bridget who is uo\\\\\\\\ de-\\nceased; Margaret was born in 1818 and died in\\n1890, and Mar)- who was born in 1850, married\\nAVilliam Robb in 1871 and is the mother of nine\\nchildren. Next came Kate who was born in 18.52\\nand is now in Detroit and Martha who was born\\nin 1854 and married William Kallahan and has\\nfour children. Edward was born in 1850 and\\ndied at the age of five j-ears and the youngest\\nchild was Martin, who was born in 1851 and died\\nin 1853. The parent*; of our subject are blessed in\\ngrand-children, having nine who are the children\\nof their daughter, ISIary, Mrs. Robb, their names\\nbeing Anna, .John tl., William, Ella, Isabel, ^lary,\\nThomas, Aggie and Rose, and foui who ;ue the\\nchildren of their daughter Martha, Mrs. Kallahan,\\nwhose names are: Mary, ^largaret, A eronica and\\nMonica.\\nThe paternal grandparents of the men of whom\\nwe w-ritc were Irish by birth and their names were\\nJohn and Mary (Sheridan) McGiveny, Mary being\\na cousin of Gen. Philip Sheridan they were the\\nparents of two sons. The maternal graiulfather\\nwas John Conklin, also a native of Ireland. The\\nfather of our subjects cast his first vote in America\\nfor Andrew Jackson. Thomas, the eldest s(m has\\nnever married but John was united in marriage\\nwith Anna Kallahan and is by her the fathei of\\ntwo daughters and two sons, namely: Mary .1.,\\nwho was born October 13, 1879, John, born Sep-\\ntember 22, 1884, Margaret, June 21, 188(;. and\\nThomas, December 15, 1888.\\n.lohu JleGiveny, the eldest of our two subjects,\\nenlisted in the service of our nation .March 22,\\n1865, entering Comiwny B.. Fifteenth Michigan\\nInfantry and being in the .ser\\\\ ice for six months.\\nHe spent most of the time at Washington and\\nLouisville, Ky.. and w.as confined six weeks in a\\nhospital in the latter city anil two weeks in a hos-\\npital at Detroit.\\nTlie brothels have un their place some two hun-\\ndred and fifty head of sheep and sell on an aver-\\nage every year from *5(I0 to ^\u00c2\u00a5700 worth of wool.\\nThey also have fifteen head of horses. Thomas\\nhas held the olllce of County Commissioner, Post-\\nmaster and School ^loderator. They are both\\nDemocrats in their political views and take an in-\\ntelligent interest in the public affairs of the country\\nof their adoption.\\nA IVTLLIA.M II. \\\\AN DEHCOtJK. The hon-\\n%/iJ// j1 lineage of our subject is a matter\\nV/v// of just i)ride in the family, as his grand-\\nfather w.as the William II. anDercook who came\\nfrom Holland with his father, William, in the\\nColonial days, when the father became notable as\\na participant in the Revolutionary conflict. The\\nparents of our subject were Isaac and Abigail\\n(Haze) anDercook, and their son, our subject,\\nw.as born in Green Oak, Oakland County, Mich.,\\nOctober 27, 1836, and in time he became a farmer\\nof Cohoctah Township, Livingston County.\\nThe grandfather of our subject was a farmer in\\nMonroe County, N, Y., and his large family, John,\\nYoung, AVilliam, Isaac, Michael, .Vlfred, Lester,\\nSusan, Catherine, Iluldah and Plnvbe, all grew to\\nyears of maturity. The father of this numerous\\nhousehold came from New York to Michigan in\\nthe early pioneer times, settling in Sumter, Wavne\\nounty, about the year 1825, where he has died\\n.since the days of the Civil War. and his wife sur-\\nvived him for several years.\\nThe father of our subject, who was born in\\nMonroe County, N. Y., came to Michigan with his\\nparents and removed to Oakland County about\\n1832, but on the 10th of April. 1838, he lo\\ncated in Livingston County, making his home\\nu]ion two hundred acres of land on sections 35", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0671.jp2"}, "672": {"fulltext": "672\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nand 36, in Cohoetab Township. Here he has\\nl)eeomc a well-known and important citizen, and\\nbesides the oMice of Justice of the Peace, he has\\ntilled numerous local oHices. His wife died ]\\\\Iarch\\n24, 1886, having lieen the mother of nine chil-\\ndren, seven of whom he saw grow to years of ma-\\nturity, namely: Cornelia, Sarah. Esther. William,\\nLyman, Lorenzo and Alfred.\\nHe of whom we write carried out the patriotic\\ni-ecord of his familj by enlisting in Company K,\\nTwenty-first Michigan Regiment, and his brother\\nLyman enlisted in the same regiment as wagon-\\nmaster, while Lorenzo was a private in the same\\ncompany-. The father of these sons took part in\\nthe war which was waged many years ago between\\nOhio and Michigan, and he was identified with the\\nFree and Accepted Masons. The original of this\\nsketch had his early training ujjon the farm, and\\nreceived the ordinary education which could be\\nobtained in Michigan during his boyhood. At\\ntlie age of twenty-two he began life for himself\\nby lumliering in the pine woods, and two years\\nlater he was married and settled down to cultivate\\na farm of sixty -seven acres on section 1, Howell\\nTownship. Here he resided for Ave years, and\\nthen removed to Oak Orove, where he entered the\\nmercantile business. In March, 1875. he bought\\none hundred acres on section 14, Cohoctah Town-\\nship, where he has since resided, and upon which\\nhe has l)uilt a handsome home.\\nWhen this young man left his home to engage\\nin work for himself, his father gave him only\\n^I, and this is the capital, as far as money\\ngoes, upon which he has based his success in life.\\nRather let us say his capital was his sturdy\\nstrength, his resolution, his willingness to work\\nand his undaunted perseverance. He at one time\\nowned two farms in the township of Howell, one\\nof sixty-seven acres and the other of one hundred\\nand five acres, and these he sold before buying\\nthe property where he now resides. He also owns\\neighty acres in Deerfleld Township. He has\\nserved as Justice of the Peace for twelve years.\\nHis military service began .September 6, 1864, and\\nhe received his honorable discharge at Camp Blair\\nJune 5, 1865, after which he returned to his farm.\\nThe matrimonial alliance into which our subject\\nentered June 2, 1861, brought to his home a faith-\\nful helpmate in the person of Frances A. ilartin,\\nwho was born in the township cif ]\\\\Iilford, Oakland\\nCounty, November 11, 1843. Her parents. AVill-\\niam 11. and Nancy (Cooper) Martin, were natives\\nof England and New York, whence they came to\\nMichigan. The two children of our subject are\\nNellie, the wife of Noah F. Richardson, and Clara,\\nwho is at home with her parents. The Order of\\nthe Free and Accepted Masons is that witii which\\nMr. \\\\anDercook has allied himself, and both lie\\nand his wife receive expressions of the highest\\nesteem in the social circles of the township.\\nV_\\nON. DANIEL L. GROSSMAN, the well-\\nknown and iiiHuential banker of the firm\\nof Crossman (ir Williams, of Williamston.\\nKG)) was born, November 4, 1836, in Cayuga\\nCounty, N. Y., and in 1844 his fatlier. Deacon\\nSamuel Crossman removed to Dausville. Mich.,\\nthen known as Ingham Center, and there estab-\\nlished a village store. At the age of fourteen our\\nsubject attended a school at Spring Arbor, which\\nwas then known as the Michigan Central College.\\nAfter two years of study at that institution lie lie-\\ngan teaching b ut before long entered into partner-\\nship with his father at Dansville, and continued\\ntherein for three 3-ears. He then Ijought out his\\nfather s interest and having platted the town and\\nnamed it Dansville he continued in the mercantile\\nbusiness until 1871. He had early shown great\\nfacility in the management of business and at the\\nage of sixteen he was trusted by his father to go\\nto New Y ork and buy the goods necessary for the\\nbusiness.\\nAfter leaving Dansville. Mr. Crossman came to\\nWilliamston and in partnership with George (i.\\nWhipple engaged in buying and selling grain and\\ncarried on a general warehouse business until 187.5,\\nwhen he Iniilt a large flouring mill, which he o])er-\\nated until it burned in 1888. In 1874 he had\\nopened a small exchange office in connection with\\nI", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0672.jp2"}, "673": {"fulltext": "PURTKAll AM) BIOGUAnilCAL ALBUM.\\n673\\nhis raiii luisiiies-. iiiul llius i i;iihinlly luiilt up tlie\\nbanking interest wliicli uuw so largely alisoilis his\\nattention. lie is also a somewhat extensive landed\\nliro])iietor in Iiiirliani County.\\nThe lady who in liSo J became llu bride ut .Mr.\\nC rossnian, was Miss N. M. Woodhonse, a daughter of\\n.Joseph Woodhonse, a native of Pennsylvania and\\none of the early settlers of Livingston County,\\nMieh. to which he came in IH. S J. Two children\\nblessed this union, a son who p.assed from earth at\\nthe age of four years and lone W., who is n(jw the\\nwife of Dr. F. W. Shumway, of the same village.\\nThe father of our subject, Samuel Crossman, was\\nborn, August 3, 1796, in Hillsdale, Columbia\\nCounty, N. Y. and belonged to one of the oldest\\nNew England families. In boyhood he showed a\\nfondness for military tactics and also for mechani-\\ncal occupations, and quite early he was both Ituild-\\ning c nnmittee and contractor in b\\\\iilding the\\nBaptist Church in Sennett, X. Y. His first mar-\\nriage was with Philena Sheldon in ISli), and of\\ntheir six children two died in early life and the\\nothers were .Tohn S., Philena (iMrs. Hill), Louisa\\n(Mrs. Strimg) and our sulijcct. The mother of\\nthese children died in 1H4;) when the subject of\\nthis sketch was only eight yeai S old.\\nThe second marriage was with Mary Sheldon\\nwho at Ann Arbor, Mich, still survives in feeljle\\nhealth. One of her children died in infancy and\\nthe other, Charles S. is in business ni New York\\nCity. After giving essential and elHcient aid in\\nthe settlement of Dansvillc, the father bought land\\noverlooking the city of Ann .\\\\rbor, and built for\\nhimself a home, where he spent the rema nder of\\nhis days, dying May 27. IHSIO at the age of ninety-\\nfour years. lie was ever a warm-hearted, wise and\\ntrusted leader in all good works and was a member\\nof the Baptist Chvn ch lor nearly three-score years.\\nThe father of Samuel Crossman was Lemuel\\nCrossman. a nati\\\\e of Connertic\\\\il whose iiianiage\\nwith a .Miss Andress brought him live sons and\\ntwo daughters. lie was a farmer, and at an early\\nday lenioved to Hillsdale, X. V. and after a few\\nvears made his home in Onondaga County. X. Y.,\\nwhere he resided until death ended his days.\\nThe Hon. I). L. Crossman is a Republican in his\\npolitical views and cast his lii-st Presidential vote\\nfor .M)raham Lincoln. He has been a member of\\nthe M.nsonic order since he reached his majority\\nand is now a Knight Templar and has been High\\nPriest of the Williamston Chapter for four yeai S.\\nHe li.as been a Xotary Pul lic from the time he was\\ntwenty-one until the present date, and has tilled\\ntln ollices of Township Clerk of Ingliam County\\nand Supervisor in both Ingham and NVilliamston\\nTownships. Both in this village and in Dansville\\nhe was for a numlier of terms a member of the\\nvillage Council and in both places was continu-\\nouslv for years School Director. He served for\\nlive years under President Lincoln as Postmaster\\nat Dansville and in 186r became Assistant Clerk in\\nthe House of Uepre.sentatives.\\nIn IXCu Mr. Crossman was elected a member of\\nthe House of Representatives of the State of\\n.Michigan, representing the second District of Ing-\\nham County and continued in this oflice for two\\nterms, four years. Beginning in 1873 he was for\\neighteen years chief clerk of the House of Repres-\\nentatives, and at his three last elections he received\\nthe unanimous vote of every member of that body\\nboth Democrat and Ivcpiiblican. For six years he\\nwas a memlier of the Board of Control of the State\\nReform School and for the last two years of that\\nterm its Treasurer. In Ist76 he was substituted for\\none of the presidential electors for Rutherford B.\\nHayes and was sul)squently summoned to W.ash-\\nington to give testimony before the Klectoral\\nCommission. He has now retired from pultlic\\nolhce on .account of his health. Mr. Crossman\\nhelped to organize the Michigan Miller s .Mutual\\nFire Insurance Company, and for si.\\\\ years was ils\\nPresident and .\\\\djuster. until he was no longer\\nal)le to travel al)0ut upon its busines.*.\\n^(f^KRXOX t. S.MITII. Although Imsiness\\nmay not be .as lively at a small corner\\ngrocery store in a Michigan town as upon\\nNew York s famous market street, known as Ful-\\nton Street, or Chicago s commission liou.se place.\\nSouth Water Street, one tinds in such a place .is\\nirreat and interesting an amount of undiluted", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0673.jp2"}, "674": {"fulltext": "674\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nhuman nature as in metropolitan thoroughfares.\\nNor are men wlio till the soil necessarily without\\nideas relating to j)ublic matters and doubtless\\nBlaine or even the High Priest of English free\\ntrade Gladstone himself could profit by the\\nideas and opinions advanced by their followers\\nwhile seated upon the top of a herring barrel and\\nwhittling a stick. Our subject enjoys man3 a\\ngood stor and many a fresli bit of human nature^\\nas displayed by the frequenters of his place of\\nbusiness, which is located at Fleming s Corners,\\nHowell Township, Livingston County. Mr. Smith\\nalso enjoys the distinction of being the Postmaster\\nof this place.\\nOur subject is a native of this county and dis-\\ntrict, having been born on section 28, December 6,\\n1838. He is a son of John W. and Jane W.\\n(Campbell) .Smith, natives of Ontario County. N.\\nY., and Vermont respectively. The father was a\\nfarmer and a mechanic and came to Michigan in\\n1834, while it was still a territory. After making\\na prospecting tour which proved very satisfactory\\nto him, he returned to New York, but came back\\nto Michigan in 1836 and located on section 28, of\\nthis township, taking up a tract of Government\\nland comprising eighty acres, and later added an-\\notlier forty to his original piu chase. Thereon he\\nlived ten years, engaged in making his farm pro-\\nductive and attractive.\\nOur subject s father, while an earl^ settler, was\\nhonored by election to several of the important\\noffices in the township. He was the first Justice of\\nthe Peace in the town and held that office twenty-\\none years. He was also the first Postmaster out-\\nside of the village of Howell, and continued in\\nthat capacity until 1864. He was one of the\\n])roininent men of the township and when his\\ndecease occurred, January 1( 1871, liis loss was\\nfelt to be an irreparable one liy friends and asso-\\nciates, as well as in his immediate family. As a\\npioneer he witnessed tlie growth of the country\\nand saw it change from a wilderness to one of the\\nmost fertile agricultural regions in the Union, In\\nan early day he shot a gray eagle of immense\\nsize. It measured nine feet from tip to tip of its\\noutspread wings. The first court lield in this\\ntownship was presided over by Jolm Smith. Po-\\nlitically he was a Democrat, his earlj training\\nbeing in that direction. He was a member of the\\nJNIasonic fraternity. He and his wife were the\\nparents of four children, our subject being the\\neldest. He was followed by Mary, now Mrs.\\nGeorge II. Shipm.an. Then came Frank P., at the\\npresent time residing in Lansing, the youngest of\\nthe family being Ella B., the wife of J. A. Eicher.\\nThe mother still survives and makes her home\\nwith her youngest daughter. She is seventy-four\\nyears of age.\\nThe orignal of tliis sketch was reared a farmer,\\nreceiving his education at Fleming s Corners and\\nthe village of Howell. He lived at home until\\nthe breaking out of the war, at which time he en-\\nlisted in Company K, Ninth Michigan Infantry-.\\nHe remained with the regiment one year and was\\nwounded in the battle of Murfreesboro, two balls\\nlodging in his right shoulder. These he still\\ncarries as souvenirs of that bitter experience\\nthrough which he passed in company with other\\nheroes of the nation. Incapacitated from active\\nservice lie] was discharged at Camp C hase, Ohio,\\nin 1862, but recovering he re-enlisted in the fall\\nin Company C, Fourth Michigan Calvary, which\\nis distinguished by its capture of the President of\\nthe Confederacy and the General-in-Chief of South-\\nern forces Jefferson Davis. Our subject was\\nSergeant of his regiment and served faithfully\\nuntil the close of the war, during the latter part\\nof which he was on detatched duty. He served\\nin many battles until that of Lovejoy Station,\\nwhen, iiis liorse being shot under liim it rolled\\nwith its whole weight upon him and so disaliled\\nwas our subject that he was again incapacitated for\\nduty. He was taken prisoner at Murfreesboro on\\nthe 13th of July, 1861. He was kept in dur-\\nrance, however, only seven da3-s, being exchanged\\n.at the end of that time. On another occasion\\nwhile engaged in a skirmish he was taken prisoner\\ntwice in one day, was once recaptured and once\\nescaped. He escaped m.any of the hardsliips of\\nthe soldiers as regards disease, having only measles,\\ntyphoid fever and chills and fever, lie was in\\nthe hospital three times while sick and hurt.\\nAfter Mr. Smitli s return from the war he re-\\nsumed farming, but later went to Lansing and was\\nI", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0674.jp2"}, "675": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AMD BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ntliPip oiiijMiicd in i sliop as mamifactiiiTr of sasii\\nand blinds for sevonteen years. On givin up tbis\\nposition lie entered the business of agriculture\\najiain and was thus enujajjed for three years. lie\\npurchased eighty acres of land, giving his atten-\\ntion to general farming. Thinking to better his\\ncondilion he sold the farm and tame to the i)lace\\nwhere he is now located in IHiHi. He first rented\\nhis place and punliascd il in ISIIO. He has been\\nthe |)roi)riet ir of the sturo and Postmaster since\\n.luly. IH .Mi.\\nOui- subject has held the iillii C of C onslalilc of\\nthis township at three different times ami April last\\nwas again elected. Mr. Smith was married in .\\\\pi il,\\n1884, his l)ride being Jfiss .lennette AVells, of How-\\nell; she is a daughter of .lehial and Elizalieth\\n(Steward) Wells, natives of New York, who came\\nto jNIichigan in 1849, soon after settling in Howell\\nTownshi]). Two Inight children are the fruit of\\nthis union Katie B. and .Matie B. Politically he\\nof whom we write follows in the footstejjs of his\\nfather, being an ardent and uncompromising Dem-\\nocrat. He belongs to the (iraud Army of the\\nHe|)iililii .111(1 is one of the prominent men of the\\ntownship.\\n=^^+^-P=-\\nwin\\nISS L. ANX.V UALLARI). M. 1). In the\\ncapital city of .Michigan there is no more\\npopular or well-known jihysician than the\\nlady wlio e name initiates this sketch, .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iiid\\nportrait is |)resciited on the ojiposite page.\\nShe is a woman of intellectual sujierioril v. of\\npleasing prest iice .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2uid iiianneis, yet of .-triking in-\\ndi\\\\idnalit\\\\ In the twelve years which she has\\ndevoted to her profession in this citv she has\\neariieil Mil eii\\\\i;ible reputation in llii coliiiiiuiiity\\nand State and among the profession, as well .as a\\nprolitable anil extensive practice which calls her to\\nall pMrt of till State foi- counsel among women.\\nHer success in business has been such that at the\\ndeath of her father the family made her tln ir\\nchoice to .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0idniiiiistei the affairs of the estate.\\nDr. IimIImiiIV pateinal gramlfather was Kie l-\\neric Ballard, who was born in New I]am|ishire and\\ndied in Sparta, Ohio, at the good old age of eighty-\\nnine years. His eldest son, Appleton Ballard, was\\nliorn in Hanover, N. II.. July 1, 1809. Wlien lie\\nwas a bo\\\\- the family removed to Vermont. Ilei-e\\nhe met Epiphene Ellenwood, to whom he was mar-\\nried in 18:50. In 18:36 the family removed to\\nSparta, Ohio. In 1848 tliey came to Lansing. Ing-\\nham County, before tlie day of railroads in this\\nState, spending two weeks on the road. Four sons\\nenlisted when the war broke out, one being but\\nseventeen years old. One found a grave in Vir-\\nginia, the others returned, .all with battle marks.\\nMr. Ballard spent the early years of his man-\\nhood as a shoemaker, later as a merchant, and the\\nlast years as a vegetable gardener, pa^ ing unusual\\nattention to the propagation of choice new varie-\\nties of vegetables. He was the owner of forty\\nacres of land in tlie northeastern part of the city.\\nBefore he died be had platted this into eitv lots,\\nand the farm is now known as Ballard s Addition\\nto the city of Lansing. In his ])olitical |)references\\nhe was a Hepulilican and a strong advocate of tem-\\nperance, even radical on thai subject. He became\\na Christian at twentv vears of age and (lining the\\ngreater part of his life was connecteil with the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, in which body he was\\nfor many years a Class-Leader. His whole life was\\nmarked by his Christian faith and zeal. His hon-\\nesty and integrity were iininipeachable. A man of\\nlarge symp.athies and generous inipnlses. he was\\ncharitable, both in his opinion of others and his\\nconduct toward tlieiii. His last words were. I am\\nnear the end. my soul is ready. He died Octo-\\nber -ifi. 188;\\nEi)ipliene ICIIeii wood was liorii in 1 lalifax. Nova\\nScotia. Scpteiiilier 9. 1809. She was the oiilv\\ndaughter of David ElIenwoo l. who was Captain\\nand owner of a merchant sailing craft between the\\n\\\\est Indies and Nova Scotia, and whose death\\noccurred on the sea. Some years after the death\\nof the father the Ellenwood family removed to\\nerniont where the daughter married .Vppleton\\nUallard. .Mrs. Ballard was the mother of ten chil-\\ndren and caie l for three motherless grandchildren\\nduring their early years. She was a \u00e2\u0096\u00a0wise, tender,\\npatient, faithful wife and mother. She died March", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0675.jp2"}, "676": {"fulltext": "678\\nPOETRAIT AND BIOGEAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nSI, I8HH, ;it the residence of Dr. Ballard with whom\\nlie hM(l made her home after her husband s death.\\nMr. and Mrs. Ballard celebrated their golden wed-\\nding on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 1880, at\\nwhich time the\\\\ were the recijiients of sincerest\\ncongratulations and sulistantial renicmlirances\\nfrom hosts of friends.\\nThe entire family of ten children lived to man-\\nhood and womanhood. .lames Allen, the eldest,\\nenlisted in 1M61 in the Third ^lichigan Infantry,\\nserving his country faithfully until lie dropped\\ndead on one of those Virginia marches, a victim of\\nheart disease. Ma3^ .5, 1864; Sindenia A. mari icd\\nDr. (i. W. Topping, of DeWitt, Clinton County.\\nMich.; David E. became a pioneer settler of Kan-\\nsas. After seeing that State through its troubuhuis\\ntimes he enlisted early in the war and was made\\nQuartermaster-General of his regiment. He has\\ncontinued a citizen of Kansas, being twice elected\\nto the Legislature. For some years he has resided\\nat Ballard s Falls, Washington County, owning\\nthere a magnirtceut farm of eighteen hundred .acres,\\nbesides valuable property at the county seat. lie\\nhas a family of nine children; Henry D. also en-\\nlisted in 1861, in the Second Regiment, ^lichigan\\nSharpshooters, in which he did faithful service\\nuntil disabled liy a l)ullet wound in the shouldei-.\\nwhen he was transferred to hospital service until\\nthe close of the war. He is eng.aged in gardening\\nnear Oshkosii, Wis.; Eunice, who was pos.sessed of\\nan adventurous spirit and missionary zeal, for some\\nyears taught (lovernmeiit Indian schools at Sault\\nSt. Marie, and at IMt. Pleasant. At the latter place\\nslie married iVUtert Bowker. After removing to a\\nfarm in Oliver. Clinton County, she died lea\\\\ing\\na young child; Alonzo, who went to the war at the\\nage of seventeen, in the First Kegiment of Jlichi-\\ngan Sharpshooters, has also adopted Kansas for his\\nhome, and is a successful merchant in Barnes, Wash-\\nington County; Everett, the \\\\-oungest son, is still\\na resident of the old home place in Lansing; Dr.\\nBallard is the next in order of age; Sar.ah IVI.\\nmarried William E. West, and is living at Lansing;\\nAlice, the youngest of the faniily, after graduating\\nfrom the Ijansiug High School, took a select course\\nin Boston University, and while there mari icd her\\ncousin, W. Crosliy. ])rofessor of geology in the\\nMassachusetts .School of Technology. Their home\\nis a few miles out of Boston.\\nDr. L. Anna Ballard was born in this city .July\\n21, 1H48, the family having come to the State the\\nApril previous. Her early life was spent here and\\nshe was educated in the city .schools and in the\\nMisses Rodger s Female College, which in those\\nyears was a center of culture, and from which her\\neldest sister had graduated before her. After en-\\ngaging in teaching for two years she entered the\\ndrug store of Dr. Topping, at l)e Witt, where she\\ncontinued for three years as drug clerk and student\\nof medicine. Then taking a course in the medical\\ndepartment of Michigan Universit\\\\-, she went to\\nChicago and continued her studies, spending six\\nmonths as dispensary physician in the Hospital for\\nWomen and Children, which is under the supervi-\\nsion of Dr. Mary H. Thompson. Following this\\nsiie entered the Woman s Medical College oi Chi-\\ncago, from which slie was graduated in the spring\\nof IHT.s. rc civing the degree of Doctor of Medi-\\ncine. On competitive examination she was given\\nthe position of resident physician in the Hospital\\nfor Women and Children, which she retained six\\nmontlis. To ac(juire still mure knowledge and\\nskdl to administer to the ills of humanity, she de-\\nvoted a few months moi-e to the work of dispensary\\nvisiting physician, visiting those destitute women\\nwho were too ill to go to the dispensary.\\nThus equifiped for her life work, in April, 187i),\\nDr. Ballard returned to her childhood s home\\nwhere she could give that cai-e to her aged f.ather\\nand mcither that their declining health required.\\nShe opened an oHice as i)hysician and surgeon in\\nthe central part of the city and with persistence\\nwon, and zealously maintained her position in the\\nfront rank of the profession in the city. She was\\none of the organizers of the Lansing Medical So-\\nciety in 1H82, at which time she was elected Secre-\\ntary and was continued in the position for seven\\nyears, after which she was elected President, hold-\\ning the chair for one year. At the death of Dr.\\nShank, the oldest physici.an of Lansing, the peculiar\\nhoiHir was paid Dr. liallard of being selected by\\nhim, and his selection being endorsed by the Med-\\nical Society to deliver an address at his funeral in\\nl)ehalf of the medical profession. In this effort she", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0676.jp2"}, "677": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nfiTO\\ndisiliniiuislii d herself 1iv the cldiiiicnt eulogy paid\\ntlu deceased t liend and old pliysieiaii. and the\\niiuMr |i|cM ina(h I fir tlie priifcNsion. l i furlhei\\n|)arlieulais in iejj:ard to tliis seesketeli t Di-.Shank\\nin another i)()rti ii of this Ai.r .iM.\\ni)r-. I .allard lias always taken an active part not\\nonly ill all jnoniessive movements lelatint;- to\\nscience and art luit also in evervthino: that prom-\\nises to further tlic advancement of woiiiaiil inil in\\nevery avenue of life. She iden tided herself with\\nthe work of the l,aiisin i- Industrial .Vid Society in\\n^1U ;ind for sexcral years has lieeii the First ice-\\nI resident and niemher of the Hoard of Trustees.\\nShe is associated in the Lansino Chapter of the\\nKastern Star. She is a proiiiisiiiL; niemher of the\\nLansiim Woman s Club, an old literary society\\nthat has lieeu a jxitent aiicnt in the community\\nfor the clex ation of literary tastes and in educat-\\ning its members in Imsiness ventures, as it owns\\nits hiiilding, a handsome editice in the center of\\nthe city, erected in l\u00c2\u00ab!l(l, and in which property\\neacli memlier is a stockholder.\\nAfoie tiian ten years .ago Dr. Uallard found a\\nlarge field for tlioughl and effort in the Woman s\\nChristian Temjieiance I nicni. She has given earn-\\nest labor to this work and occupied honorable po-\\nsitions. Frimi 1H.S7 to IMDI she was President of\\nthe Central I nion of Lansing. In the .State or-\\nganizations she has tilled the Su|ierintcndencies of\\nSocial Purity and i^cgisl.atioii. in the winter of\\n18\u00c2\u00ab7 she led the effort with the Stale Legislature\\nto amend the law on age of consent. and suc-\\nceeded in getting the age raised fi oiii ten years to\\nfourteen years. Her address at this time before the\\n.loint .Tudieiarv Committee wasan earnest eloquent\\nappeal, and was so highly esteemed that one of the\\nablest lawyers in the Senate asked that it be inib-\\nlished ill leaflet form and a.ssisted in its distriliu-\\ntioii to the legal fraternity of the State.\\nDr. I5aliard s church relations are with tlie Mcth-\\notlist l- ,pisco])al body, being a member of the Cen-\\ntr.al Church of this city. Here too she has not\\nhesitated to exert lier influence in a progressive\\nway, and with a logical pajier look jiart in a pub-\\nlic discu.ssion on the admission of w-onien to the\\nMethodist General Conference. The Young Wo-\\nman s Christian Assoc-iation finds in her an enthu-\\nsiastic worker and lilveral suiiiiorler. and witli hi r\\nreligious tendencies she finds in this organization\\nan ideal avenue for work of heart and brain.\\nWith the pen she is at home and is a fluent writer.\\nThe Transactions of the Stale Medical Society of\\nIHSit; contains a v.-iluabic pa|)er presented by her to\\nthe society, lecording original work and .study.\\nShe is the author of some of the best literature\\ncirculated b\\\\- the Woman s Christian Temperance\\nI nion. She takes the delight of an educated and\\ncultiv.ated woman in current literature, and being\\nan advanced thinker with decision of character\\nand opinions, but with modesty and deference of\\nmanner, she is an interesting convers.ationalist.\\nHer life is cliar. K-terized liy simplicity and integ-\\nrity, which with her e:irnestne.ss of purpose is en-\\ndearing her U A large circle of associates socially\\nas well as professionally.\\nl lK,ILLIA.M J. McHKNCH. M. 1). The gentle-\\n\\\\/\\\\//i whom this sketch is written, is a\\n^^\\\\y physician whose reputation as a practi-\\ntioner of the healing art, extends far beyond his\\nown locality. Vieing of an intellectually assimila-\\ntive nature that readily absorbs the pith and truth\\nof every new and imjioi tant discovery in the fields\\nof pharmacy and chemistry. A .scholar by nature,\\nwith a love for research, our subject is moreover, a\\nhumanitarian who.se i)leasure is in relieving suffer-\\ning and pain rather than the acquiring merely of\\na reputation. So in touch with Xature is he of\\nwhom we write, that he finds tongues m trees,\\nbooks in the running brooks, .sermons in stones,\\nand good in everything.\\nDr. rclleiich is a native of the Empire State,\\nhaving been born in Sclioliarie County. Se])tember\\n1(), IM. il. lie wa-- ri ared on a farm and acquired\\nthe rudiments of his education in the district school\\nin the vicinity of his home, subsequently taking a\\ntwo j-ears counsc in Malone Academy. In the fall\\nof 18,53. after completing his academic course, our\\nsubjet t came to ^[ichigan, and was engaged in", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0677.jp2"}, "678": {"fulltext": "680\\nPORTRAIT^AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nteaching during one term of school, in Green Oak\\nTownship, Livingston County, the following j ear\\nbeing engaged in the same way in Brighton Town-\\nsliip. In the meantime liis plans for studying\\nmedicine were being matured, and all liis subse-\\nquent work was with that object in view.\\nIn the spring of 18. )4 tlie young man began\\nreading medicine with Dr. Ira P. Bingham, of\\nBrighton. In the fall of 18; he entered the med-\\nical department of the State University at Ann\\nArbor, and tliere spent three years in the pursuit\\nof his professional studies, graduating with the\\nClass of .58. During this course of instruction he\\nof whom we write embraced, not only every oppor-\\ntunity offered in the regular curriculum, but car-\\nried on special studies. During the summer of\\n18.56 he took a special course in analytical chemis-\\ntry, and also gained an insight intu the revelations\\nof microscopy.\\nDr. McHench associated himself in 1857. with\\nDr. Bingham, of Brighton, in the practice of medi-\\ncine, and continued with him until .January. 1859,\\nw-lien he removed to New Hudson, Oakland Countw\\nwhere he pr,acticed until the following October. In\\nthe fall of 1859 he went to Philadelpliia. where he\\ntook a course of lectures in tlie .leffersoii ^ledicai\\nSchool and Hospital; his many friends in Brigh-\\nton, however urged him so strongly to return to\\ntliat village tlint he did so in tlic spring of 18(1(1.\\nand here he has since made his home, absenting\\nhimself at intervals tliat he miglit pursue his stud-\\nies in the Eastern cities.\\nThe original of this sketch went to Ilaltiinore,\\nJuly 1, 18G4. and passing an examination, entered\\nthe army on contract as acting assistant surgeon.\\nDuring his service in tliis capacity, he had sole\\ncharge of four wards in the hosi)ital for some time\\nand here he gained a valiialile experience in sur-\\ngery. At fibout the close of the war. Dr. ilcHench\\nreturned to Brighton and resumed his practice. In\\n1870 he went to New York and took a special\\ncourse of lectures on diseases of the eye, ear, heart\\nand lungs, and also jjaid especial attention to phy-\\nsical diagnosis generally m the licllevue Hospital,\\nenjoying at this time dissertations on these subjects\\nby the most eminent specialists.\\nIn the year 188(1. our subject again visited the\\nAmerican metropolis, again taking a like special\\ncourse upon the diseases of the throat, etc. Dr.\\nMcHench. as is seen from this synopsis of his ]iro-\\nfessional career, is thoroughly well skilled and he\\nnow- enjoys the entire confidence of the populace,\\nand lias a most profitable practice in the town of\\nBrighton. The gentleman of whom we write, has\\nmoreover many advant.ages of mind and person;\\nhe is a well-read and highl}- cultivated man. In\\n1876 he was ajjpointed as one of the four delegates\\nfrom Michigan to the Centennial JMedic.al Conven-\\ntion that convened at Philadelphia. He is a inem-\\n])ei of the Oakland Academy of Medicine; is a\\nmember of the State Medical Society, and also of\\nthe American Medical Society. He was a|)pointed\\na delegate by the Oakland Academy of iledicine\\nto the Jledical Association which met in Philadel-\\nphia in 1876, and was also appointed by the .State\\nAssociation as delegate of the convention which\\nmet in New York City in 1880.\\nDr. ^rcllench s wedded life dates from Novem-\\nbei 18, l.s(iis. when he married Miss Margaret\\nK. Sowle, of Livington County, this State; their\\nunion has been lilessedby the advent of one daugh-\\nter, (iertrudc, who is an accomi)lished young lady.\\nShe has atlended the Iligii Schools of Brighton and\\nArmada, and has attained great proficiency in mu-\\nsic, painting and French at the school at St. Clair,\\nthis State. The Doctor is the fortunate possessor\\nof a beautiful home in Brighton; it is a frame house\\nof im|)osing size and style of architecture, and its\\ninterior arrangement .and furnishing, is marked\\nbv a refined yet rich elegance, giving evidence\\nthat it is the home of culture. Our suliject is a\\nfollower of the political doctrines of promulgated\\nby the Repulilican party. In his religious opinions\\nhe is liberal, although his wife is a member of tlie\\n^Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nThe father of our subject wasAVilliam McHench,\\na native of Massachusetts. He removed to Scho-\\nharie Count\\\\ N. Y.. with his parents when al)OUt\\ntwelve years old, and lived there until his death,\\nwhich took place in 1867. He was a soldier in the\\n1 Patriot s War. having the post of Captain in a New\\n1 York regiment. He was a farmer by occupation.\\nDoctor IMcIIench s grandfather came to this coun-\\ntrv dircctlv from Ireland, although his grandson", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0678.jp2"}, "679": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOrTRAPIIICAL ALBUM.\\nr.Hi\\nluiiovi s tlint 1r w:is a native of Scotlaml. as liis\\nSiiaiKliiiotlier was a native of tliat eoiiiitiy. Alter\\neoniiiiij to the New World, lie fiist settU d in New\\n.lersey. tlieiiee lie iciiioveil to Massachusetts, and\\nKnally si ttied in New York. )nr siilijeet s mother\\nwas in her maiden days .Mi s Ann Feii nsoii. a\\nnative of New York, lie was a|i|ioinli d for three\\nyears 1 Direelors of the Detroit Medieal C dlege\\nas one of the C onnselors whose duty it was to ex-\\namine tiident for i,n;icliiation.\\ni^^UE .nH)UK R. STALKY. Amoiisi the ex-\\nif( tensive and iirosperoiis farmers of Howell\\nVg^ Townshi]). Liviiiii ston County, we are i rat-\\nitied to plaee bet ore our readers the sjeiilleman\\nwhose iiaiiu we now i ive. and wliose pleasant\\nfarm house will lie found on section l. i, of the\\ntownship just nanie lie is of Kastern liirth.\\nliavinu eome from .Moiitttomery County. N. ..and\\nhis natal day was April 2!l. 182.\\n.lolin and Uelieeea (Devonpeek) Staley were the\\nparents of onr suhjeet. and they were natives of\\nNew ork. who h;id an exten.si\\\\ e farm of five\\nhundred acres in the lownsliip of Florida. .Mont-\\ngomery onnty. N. Y..and in this home llie\\\\ lived\\nand died. The parents of .lolin .Stale\\\\- were llen-\\ndrick and IJaehel .Staley. both natives of Jermaiiy,\\nwho after eimiinii to .Vmerica made their lirst lionu\\nin New .lersey and hater removed to New York,\\nwhere they p.M\u00c2\u00bbed the i-ciiiaiiidcr of ihcir da\\\\\\nThey h:id one of tlio i maunilicent farms which\\n.-lie to lie lounil in the Finpire State. Ileliilri -k\\nStaley. Millionth a foieiu iier li\\\\ liirth w;\\\\ a true\\nJiatriot. who when Washington calleil the friend-\\nof liberty to arms, left his |ilow in the furrow and\\nshouldered his musket, leaving his wife and two\\nchihlren lollii pid\\\\idenee of (iod. rhi heroic\\nwife shelleriMl .-md cared for liei -hildreii during\\nhis absence, and whi ii the Indians pa.ssed through\\nthat sect i 111. buiniiiL;- .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2md raiding the homes and\\nkilling the uliili h sheltered licix lf and her\\nchildren on the hill ide among?t the underbrush.\\nRebecca Devonpeek was a danghler of .lohn and\\nSu.san Devonpeek who were natives of Holland and\\ncame to -Vmerica after theii- marriage, and carried\\non a large farm in .Montgomery County, where\\n.lolin Devonpeek ;dso pursued the trade of a car-\\npenter. .John and Rebec a Staley had a family of\\nseven children, only four of whom are now sur-\\nviving. Tlieir names were Rachel, now .Mrs. De-\\n(iraft; .lohn II.; (larrett. deceased; Theodore R.;\\nAbraham, who died in the war; Winslow 1 de-\\nceased; and .laeob who lives in New York. The\\nfather was a Whig in his eai ly davs and later a\\nRepublican and both he and his worthy wife were\\nmembers of the Dutch Reformed hnrcli of Miner-\\nville. N. Y.\\nThe original of this sketch was reaicd faiiner\\nboy and received a common-school cdiic.-ition, re-\\nmaining at home until he reached the age of twen-\\nty-two. lie then undertook farming on his own\\naccount in ,M nilgoinery County. N. .and in the\\nsining of lH i he came to Howell Townslii(i and\\npurchased a farm. l ]ioii this estate lie has ])laee(l\\na beautiful home and line farm liiiildings and has\\nrichly adorned it with sliadi and ornamental trees.\\nIn this home he dwells with his beloved and faith-\\nful wife who was united with him in IHlil. Her\\nmaiden name was Mary .McMillen and she is a\\ndaughter of .lohn and Anna(Hanna) Me.AIillen, fif\\nMontuomcry County. N. Y. Their life together\\nhas lu cn an unbroken period of harmony and do-\\nmestic bliss, shadowed only b}- the death of one\\nson. William A. II.. who died at the age of thirty-\\nthree years. The remaining children are: Anna,\\nnow Mrs. Moody, who is the mother of four chil-\\ndren .M;iry li.. .Maud II.. Ole and llie twins; Al-\\nbeit.i. now Mrs. \\\\V:iriier. the mother of two chil-\\ndren. Howard and Liiella; Ilattie. .Mr Wilcox.\\nwhose two children are May and Theodon Susan.\\nMis. I.are; Mary and Luclla.\\nr.oth ,Mr. anil Mrs. Staley are act4\\\\ c and etlieient\\nmembers of the Fii-st Presbyterian Church of How-\\nell and with them their children are united in a\\ntrue and hai)py Christian faith. The Republican\\nparty receives the allegiance of this gentleman and\\nhe i- an enthusiast ic member of thetJrand .\\\\riny\\nof the Republic, belonging to Waddell Post. No.\\nI 1. His war experience gives hiiu a special inter-\\nest in this? organization and he delights iu reunions", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0679.jp2"}, "680": {"fulltext": "682\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUINI.\\nwith his old comrades. He belongs to Company F,\\nFifteenth ilichijjan Regiment in which he took\\nservice for three months, beginning April, 1865.\\nHe went as far Soutli as (ioldsl)oro, X. C, and was\\nmustered out of service at the hospital at Alexan-\\ndria. Va. He has filled various minor oflices and\\nhas lieen Assessor. School Director and Tre.asurer.\\nHe is one of the prominent and thoroughl} suc-\\ncessful farmers of the county and owns forty acres\\nof fine land in Coohoctah Township.\\nNi^Vpate\\nI I I I M \u00e2\u0080\u00a2^*^r\\nYROX H. WASSON. Patriot blood flows\\nfreely through the veins of the man whose\\nA5 name we have just given, and he feels\\nthat he does indeed love more truly the\\ncountry for which his ancestors suffered in past\\ntimes. His father was Samuel Wasson, a Vermont\\nfarmer who did valued service as a soldier in the\\nWar of 1812, and the father of that parent was\\none of Washington s troops in the war of the\\nAmerican Revolution\\nSamuel Wasson was united in marriage with\\nSarah Moon, a daugliter of Thomas Moon, a Rut-\\nland, A t., farmer, who jtassed his later j ears in\\nCattaraugus County, X. Y. The parents of our\\nsubject were married m ermont and removed to\\nNew York where they lived a number of years,\\nthen removed to Micliigan in June 1837, making\\ntheir home on an unliroken tract of two hundred\\nand fourteen acres of I nadilla Township, Living-\\nston County. Their log house was a distance of\\none mile from a neighbor, ^Ir. Beale who kept\\nthe Post-otlice .at Plainfield. There were then no\\nroads except as the pathway was marked out by\\nblazed trees between this pioneer home and Dex-\\nter. Two log h(juses were at that time used as\\nhotels in this vicinity one Iteing kept byMr. ]:)unn\\nand ruiiithcr liy Mr. Dyer. This early .settler began\\nlife here witli more means than many of his\\nncisfhliors, as he was able to pay for his Land to\\nprovide himself with a team of horses and a yoke\\nof oxen and had some money still remaining for\\nthe necessities of life. It is now thirty-five years\\nsince he passed away from this life at the age of\\nseventy-two years, and his good wife who survived\\nhim for three years died at the same age.\\nOf tlie eleven children of this worthy couple\\nthree are now living: John, our subject and Polly\\n(]Mrs. House). The parents were possessed of gen-\\nuine Christian character and were charter members\\nof the Presbvterian Church of I lainfleld, where\\n;^h\u00e2\u0096\u00a0. Wasson was a Deacon and Elder for manj\\nyears, and often supplied tlie pulpit by reading a\\nsermon when no clergyman could be obtained. He\\nwas an old-line Whig and a man who was deeply\\ninterested in both temperance and education.\\nThe birth of Myron Wasson occurred in Genesee\\nCounty, N. Y.. February 17, 1821, and he was\\ntherefore sixteen years old when he came to Mich-\\nigan. As it was necessary for every one who was\\nable to labor to put his .shoulder to the wheel, this\\nlad s education was cut short and he turned in to\\nhelp clear up the new farm. He remained at home\\nuntil he reached his twenty-second year, and was\\nthen married November 13. 1842, to Margaret\\nClawson,a daughter of Levi and Christine (Gates)\\nClawson, a New Jersey couple, who moved to Oliio\\nin 183.5 and in 1837 made their settlement in\\nI nadilla Township, Livingston County. Mich.\\nMr. Clawson was in independent circumstances\\nand built for his family a comfortalile frame hou.se\\nbefoie clearing up liis farm. He passed away from\\nj eartli in 188(1, having completed eighty-four years\\ni of u[ right living and his faithful and devoted\\nwife survived until 188t\u00c2\u00bb, when in her ninety-fourtli\\nyear she departed in the odor of .sanctity. Mrs.\\nWasson is the only survivor of their nine children.\\nMr. and Mrs. Clawson were charter members of\\nthe Piesbyterian Church here and Air. Clawson had\\nheld his membership in that liody for over fifty\\nyears. Ilis political views led him into alliance\\nwith the Democa-atic party, and lie was an earnest\\nadvocate if movements directed toward the\\nmaintenance if temperance. lie filled the otfice\\nof Road Commissioner but cared little for office.\\nTo his children he gave a good disti ict school edu-\\ncation and advanced them in every way in his\\npower. His father, Abram Clawson, and his grand-\\nfather, John Gates, were both New Jersey farmers;\\nthe father died in his native State and the latter", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0680.jp2"}, "681": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlOGKAl llICAL ALBUM.\\n683\\njmssed iiway in Ohio. Mt tfr :i l(m rosideiK-f tin-re.\\nMi-.-i. AVm^sou was hoiii .Inly 11, lH2 t. in .Sussex\\nCounty. N. and was si iMitecn years old wlien\\nslie eame to ^licliiaan. Tin young couple startt d\\nout ciiii)ty handed and estal)lislu (i their home upon\\ntlie little farm of lifty aeres, which lie liad from\\nhis father. They were much vestiicted in circiini-\\nstances, as will he shown hy tiie fact which is re-\\nlated that their winter supply of suu. ir w;is onl\\\\\\nthree pounds. Besides the ohl homestead of two\\nhundred and forty acres, which is in the hands of\\na tenant. Mr. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lud Mrs. Was,s n own ninety-three\\nacres on which they reside.\\nFive of the nine children of oui- snliject arc\\nnow livins namely: Ja vI .who married 1-juma\\nM;iy ;ind live.s in Topcka. Kan., witli his wife and\\nthree children: Sam\\\\iel T. who with his wife. Viola\\nWood and his one child, lives on the old Wa.sso)!\\nhomestead; Kdwin S. who is married and lives in\\nOttawa. Kan.; Koliert A. who took to wife ^Fary\\nSherman ind lives in Ottawa, Kan.; ^lillon 1... who\\nmarried (ailie liullis and Nvith hi wife and two\\nehildien lives in this township. To all of their\\nolTsprint; our subject has ijiveu good education.\\nThe l re~liyterian Church is the religiou.s body\\nwith which our subject and his wife are .actively\\nconnected, and they have done luvich good service\\nin the Suu lay-scliool. .Mrs. Wasson is a nu-inlier\\nof the Foreign and Home .Missionary Societ\\\\-, o\\\\er\\nwhich she at one time ijiesided, and Mr. Wasson\\nhas lieen a member of the School Uo. ird. lie i a\\nRepublican in his political views and man of\\ncorrect habits of life, as he never uses eithi i to-\\nbacco or. whiskey. The health of both is g 1\\nwith the exception of m-c;i ioiial att;ick of rheu-\\nmatism.\\nOIIN IIOWK (deceaseds I lieie is alw.ays a\\ngreater interest in a history where one finds\\nwi-itten tinis at the end, than one in\\nwhich the reader i left to woiulerwhat will\\ncome next. Our subject has linished the story of\\nlife and the .-ieal of ai)|)roval of thetireal Librarian\\nhas been set upon it. IJelonging to the chtss of\\nmen who from earliest youth are bread wiiiners.\\nwinning their night s repose and the sntHciency to\\nsup[)orl life by the hardest labor, oi\\\\r subject faced\\nthe problem sturdily and aecejjted the result with\\ncontent.\\nMr. llowe was bom in the iiianufactuiiiig t(_)wn\\nof C;irlisle, Kngland. April I .l. 1)^11. lie was a\\nsou of .lohn and IClizabeth (Steele) Howe. His exo-\\ndus to the I liited States took place in the spring\\nof 1X21. when he landed in New York City, whore\\nhe spent one year, thence going to A\\\\ estchester\\nCounty. N. Y. He was a machinist by trade, hav-\\ning grown up, as one might say, to the business in\\nhis n:itive town, which is noted for its great cotton\\nmanufactories. On .settling in Westchester County\\nhe was employed as a machinist in a cotton factory\\nand there remaiiu d for several years. The busi-\\nness at fli;it time, however, was not so profitable as\\nill later Ncars and the jiromise for advancement\\nw. is greater in the estel\u00e2\u0080\u00a2n country than in the\\nKastern town, hence onr subject came to Michigan\\nin 1S:U :uid.settled at Deer Creek, where he entered\\na tract of land from the iovernmemt, setting him-\\n.self with gre:il energy to im])roviug the .same.\\nHis was the first sawmill ever built on Deer Creek.\\nHe continued business at this place until 1848. at\\nwhich time he lied. Our subject w.as me of si.x\\nchildren boi-n to his father, their names being .7t hn.\\n.lon.illi. in. William. Thomas, Susannah and Mary.\\nThe original of our sketch was.emplo\\\\ed in the\\nfactory until coming to .Michigan in 18:51. when he\\nengaged in fanning. Ili f;itlu r gave him his tirst\\nstart in life. |)resenting him with one hundred and\\nsixty acres of land that was loi-ated on section 8.\\nThi he cleared and iiiipio\\\\ and his widow now\\nowns the original hoiiU stead of one hnndred and\\nthirt\\\\ acres. Mr. .lohn Howe died August 1.3. 1887\\nand was greatly mourned by friends as well as rel-\\natives. He served in several township oftices and\\nwas Supervisor and also represented his county in\\nthe legislature ill ls .-)7. His marriage took place\\n.laiiuarv 14, 1811, when he was united to Miss\\nK ini e .loiies, who wa- born in the town of AFid-\\ndlelicld. Ot,segO County. V., February 2:i. 1822.\\nShe is a daughter of Levi and Elizabeth (_ Bennett)", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0681.jp2"}, "682": {"fulltext": "684\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nJones. The former was a chair-maker by trade and\\ncame to Michigan in June, 1829 at whicli time he\\nsettled in Salem, AVashtcnaw County, where he\\nengaged in farming, lie lost his wife here in 1833\\nand he himself passed away later. Of eight chil-\\ndren l)orn to himself and wife seven survive there\\nbeing three sous and f(jur daughters, as follows:\\nMartha, Alonzo, William, Aurelia, Eunice, Betheuy.\\nand Alfred. Mrs. Howe made her home among\\nstrangers from the time she lost her mother and as\\na young girl she suffered some bitter experiences.\\nOur subject and his wife wen: the parents of three\\nchildreu James, Elizabeth, who was the wife of R.\\nV. Patterson and is now deceased, and Amelia,\\nwho died in early childhood.\\n(Sy-\\nUTHER C. KANOUfSE. A grateful nation\\n3) will ever hold in honor those who, in times\\nof peril, offei ed themselves upon their\\ncountry s altar and faced death on many a bloody\\nbattlefield. In their memory will poems and songs\\nl)e written, anniversaries remembered with flags\\nand banners flying in the air, and patriotism exalted\\nin a million throbbing hearts. On Decoration Day\\nwe pay our tributes of love to our honored soldier\\ndead, while those who survive are the objects of\\nour liighest esteem. Not only did Mr. Kanoiise\\nsei-ve with valor in many a hard fought engage-\\nment, lint his efficiency received merited recog-\\nnition, and while he entered the service in the\\nranks lie was honorably discharged at the close of\\nthe war, a commissioned officer.\\nI pon the l)attletteld of life, where heroism is\\ncalled for no less than when facing ghastly death\\nat the cannon s mouth, Mr. Kanouse has made an\\nhonorable record. Ju.st and honest witli all, gen-\\neidiis .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiul kind, a close acquaintance reveals more\\nand more those exemplary traits of character which\\nmakes him influential among the residents of Liv-\\ningston County. His home is pleasantly located\\non section 5, Cohoctah Township, and comprises\\none hundred and eighty acres of good land, more\\ntliaii one hundred of which have been cleared by\\nI the personal effort of the owner. By a proper\\nrotation of crops the land has been brought to an\\nunusual fertility, while substantial rural structures\\nhave been erected to serve the varied purposes of\\nmodern farm life. A view of this tine homestead\\najipears on another |)age.\\nA native-born citizen of Michigan, .Mr. Kanouse\\nwas born in P Hrns, Shiawassee County, June 29,\\n1842, and is the .son of J.acob and Mabel (Drake)\\nKanouse. During his youth the schools were scat-\\ntered at remote distances on the i)rairies or in the\\ntimber laud, and educational privileges were few.\\nHowever, such as they were, Mr. Kanouse took ad-\\nvantage of them and extended his fund of infor-\\nmation beyond the proverbial Three R s. After\\nhe had completed the course of instruction in the\\ncomnu)n school he was a student in the State Nor-\\nmal and made u.se of his knowledge thus acquired\\nI in the profession of a teacher, which he followed\\none winter. It the meantime he gained a practical\\ntraining in the duties of agricultural life and early\\nlearned the habits of industry and economy which\\ncontributed in no small degrci to his success in\\nlater years.\\nThe breaking out of the Civil War caused Mr.\\nKanouse to abandon teaching, and on September\\n4, 1862, he enlisted in Company I^, Sixth ^lichigan\\nCavalry, as a private. Among the engagements in\\nwhich he participated are the following: Hanover,\\nHunterstown, Gettysburg, IMonterey, Boonesboro,\\nSnickers Gap, Kelley s Ford, Culpeper, Raccoon\\nFord, White s Ford, Jack s Shop, James City, Buck-\\nj land Mills, Brandy Station, Stephensburg, Morton s\\ni F ord, the Wilderness, Beaver Dam Station, Yellow\\nTavern. Meadow Bridge, Milford, Ilawes Shop.\\nBaltimore Crossroads. Cold Harbor, Trevilian\\nStation, Winchester. Shepardstown, Berry ville.\\nOpequan, Loui.sa Courthouse, Five Forks, South\\nSide Railroad, Ducks Pond Mills, Riggs, Sailor s\\nCreek and Appomattox Coui-thouse.\\nAs might be expected, Mr. Kanouse did nt)t pass\\nthrough all these engagements uninjured. At\\nBoonesboro. Md., he was wounded in the left arm\\nand placed in the hospital. This not being a very\\ndesirable place to stay, he left without permission\\nafter remaining three weeks and joined his regi-\\nment, preferring active camp life to the tedium", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0682.jp2"}, "683": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCE OF L L ARMST RONG 5EC 34., HARTLAN D TR, LIVINGSTON CO., MICH.\\nRESIDENCE OF LUTHER C. KANOUSE, SEC. 6., GO HOOT AH TP^LIVlixiGSTON CO.,MtCH.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0683.jp2"}, "684": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0684.jp2"}, "685": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) IIIOGRAPHK AI. Al.l .lM.\\n(;x7\\nand nil pleasantness of the hospital. At Tievillian\\nStation lie was ayain \\\\vo\\\\infled. and receivinii: a\\nsixty days furioULih. returned home. .\\\\1 the\\nexpiration of the time lie rejoined iiis reijiment.\\n.\\\\.t Winchester tlie liurstiny; of a shell knocked his\\nhorse d()\\\\vn and in the fall Mr. K.anouse had his\\nleft arm broken. He was then only a few ft et\\nfrom the enemy s line. .Vnother furlouijh of sixt\\\\\\ndays was li iven him .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind he ;iii;iin joined his regi-\\nment at its expiration.\\n.Vltoi;ether. the regiment to whirh .Mr. Kanouse\\nlielonged participated in .sixty-two engaiivmants.\\nThe hor.se which he rode ])a.ssed through all un-\\n.scathed, and at the return of peace was lironght\\nhome and kept until death e.ame to him from old\\nage. When the regiment left .Michigan for the\\ntield of action Mr. Kanouse was made Duty Ser-\\ngeant, and after the battle of Gettysburg was com-\\nnii.ssioned Oiderly. In .September, l (j. 5, he was\\npromoted to .Second Lieutenant bvit never received\\nhis commission. In ^May. ISlil, he was commis-\\nsioned First Lieutenant, and in this capacity w.is\\ndischarged November 21, IK at Kort Leaven-\\nworth, after making a tour through the West fight-\\ning Indians, etc. With others who had helped to\\nsave the flag of our country he [)articip;ited in the\\n(Jrand Keview at Washington ;ind tliencjime home,\\nhaving received pay for a service of three years\\nand three mouths. In 1864 he held an election at\\nHarper s Ferry, when bis father w:is appointed to\\ncollect and carry the votes home to be counted.\\n.Since the close of the war Sir. Kanouse Ii.as been\\nengaged in farming on section .5, where he now\\nresides, lie first purchased forty acres to which\\nhe afterward added as he was able. While devoting\\nhimself principally to agriculture he has not over-\\nlooked his duties as a citizen ancl is .in active Re-\\npublican, having a linn faith in the [irinciples of\\nthat party. His fellow-citizens, recognizing his\\naliilities, have elected him to all the minni ollices\\nof the township and he has also .served two terms\\na.- Supervisor. He has been delegate to several\\n.Slate conventions, and in every position has en-\\ndeavored to advance the interests of the commun-\\nity where he resides. Socially he is a member of\\nthe Masonic fraternity. F. A- A. M.. and also is\\nidentified with the I. U. U. F.\\nThe plea.sant home belonging to Mr. Kanouse is\\npresided over by a lad}- of refinement and culture,\\nwhom he brought hither as bis bride many years\\nago. .Mrs. Kanouse was known in maidenhood as\\nianiia(;aston, and was born in Livingston County,\\nthis St.ate, to Ma)\\\\ in and I hilinda (Parsons) Gas-\\nton, natives of Madison County, N. Y., and Con-\\nw.ay, Franklin County, Mass., respectively. The\\npaternal giaiidjiarentsof .Mrs. Kanouse were Elijah\\nand .Susannah (Sears) (Jaston; the former, who was\\nborn in .Ma.s.sachusetts, moved to Is fw^ York, and\\nthence to .Michigan where he died in ISll. He\\nw,as twice married, his first wife dying in New York\\nin 1828. and his .scecmd wife being .Mrs. P0II3 (.Sears)\\nNorth, a sisti r of the first wife. Tracing the lineage\\nback still further we find thai Elijah (Jaston was a\\na son of Robert iastoii. whose father emigrated\\nfrom Ireland to .Vmeiiea at an early day.\\nIn May. I8;f(!, Mar\\\\in (Jaston emigrated to\\nMichigan and .settled three miles north of Howell.\\nOne year later he ieiiio\\\\-ed to Handy Towii liip\\nwhere his father had entered eighty acres. After\\nremaining there many years and improving a fine\\nfarm, in 1888 he came to the home of our subject\\nand there he receives the devoted attention of his\\nchildren and granilchildren. He was deefjly be-\\nreaved by the death of his wife, who passed away\\nin May. 1888. The ceremony wdiich united the\\ndestinies of .Mr. K;iiiouse and ianna (iaston was\\nsolemnized .Inly |o. 18(;l and their wedded life\\nhas brought to them no .st)rrow save the lo.ss liy\\ndeath of three children. The two who siu vive are\\nNellie ^L, the wit eof Ivlw.ird House, and Birney G.\\nORENZO LEROV ARM.STRON(t. The\\ngentleman who resides on the farm on .sec-\\ntion 54, llartland Township, Livingston\\nCounty, is one of the pioneer .settlers of the Stati-\\nof .Michigan, and although having reached more\\nthan the three-score and ten years usually allotted\\nto man, his mind is still vigorous and keen; he is an\\nepitome in himself, of the changes that have taken\\njilace in the history, not only of the State, but the", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0685.jp2"}, "686": {"fulltext": "688\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ncountry at large. He was born in Onondaga\\nCounty N. Y., in the town of Fabius, Fehruary 15,\\n18L5. His fatlier was Eraxtus Arnistrong.a native\\nof Connecticut, and was horn in 1781. He was,\\nhowever, doubtless of English ancestry, as the name\\nis one that one meets most fiequently in England,\\nand ranks high in the social order.\\nErastus Armstrong was reared in liis native Stale\\nand had reached his majority when lie left home\\nto go to New York State. There he [iiirehased a\\nfarm of fifty acres in Onondaga County, and this\\nhe bent his efforts to improve. I lis decease took\\nplace in Monrtie County, N. Y. in 18 21. Iieing at\\nthat time in tlie prime of life, only about fort}\\nyears of age. Our subject s paternal grandfather\\nwas Lee Armstrong, a native of Connecticut, and\\na farmer. Although he himself did not participate\\nactively in the Revolutionary War. his lirotheis\\nwere jn ominently engaged therein. Our subject s\\nmother was before her marriage a ]\\\\Iiss Roxana\\nStowell, a native of New Hamsjishire, but reared in\\nA ermunt and married in New Yoi-k Stale, in On-\\nond.aga County. She died in Michigan at the age\\nof eighty-eight years, liaving come hither with her\\nsons. She was the mother of eight children, .six\\nsons and two daughters.\\n1-orenzo L. Armstrong, our subject, was the fifth\\nson in the family. His tatiier, having died when\\nour subject was only six years of age, he was reared\\nby his uncles .and aunts. At the age of about\\ntwenty he came to Michigan in 183; making the\\njourney hither with an ox-team; on the way here,\\nhowever, he traded off his oxen for a span of\\nhorses which he drove the rest of the way. He\\nlii-st A\\\\cnt to ()aklaiid County, where hi remained\\nworking li\\\\ tlie month and da\\\\ and also taught\\nscliool. Not a i;rcat while after coming to this\\nState lie was married toMiss.hilia Ann Annstrong.\\na native of Connecticut, born in the town of\\nFranklin, New T^ondon County, August 2 .l, 1821.\\nShe was the second daughter and fourth child of\\nLee and Mary (Spofford) Armstrong. She re-\\nmained in her native place until aliout eight years\\nof age when she went to New York with her par-\\nents, thence to Ohio, and at the age of about fifteen\\nyears, came to Michigan and settled in Oakland\\nCounty. After marriage our subject located in\\nMilford, Oakland County, and there remained for\\neight years, at the end of which time they removed\\nto Hartland Township, this county and settled on\\nsection 23, residing in that i)lace for a number of\\nyears, until, in 1855, they removed to the place\\nwhere they now reside.\\nWhen our sultject and his family settled liere,\\nthere was only a log house on the farm. During\\nthe years lliat have passed si ice making this their\\nhome, he has made marked improvements, build-\\ning his present residence in 1873, at a cost of\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a213,000. This comfortable and attractive residence\\na view of which appears on another page, is one\\nwell suited to the serene enjoyment of advanced\\nyears. He has fine barns and outlniildings upon\\nthe place, hit? barn being well arranged and 4Gx8G\\nfeet in dimensions. The place has so greatly\\nchanged in aspect as to be hardly recognizalile as\\nthe one to which they originally came; at that time\\nthere were wild animals of all kinds in great\\nnumbers.\\nThe location of the home shows an apprecia-\\ntion of the lieautifiil in nature, as Avell as dis-\\ncrimination in tlie most advantageous jjoint for\\nimprovement. Our subject has planted a fine\\norchard, which, during fruit season is laden with a\\njuicy and odorous burden. He devotes himself to\\ngeneral farming, and is the owner of two hundred\\nand eighty acres of land. He had at one time,\\nfour hundred and eighty acres in a body in Hart-\\nland Township, and has been a very large farmer,\\nemploying a great deal of lalior, and handling\\nlarge numbers of stock. Now he rei ts his farm\\nonl\\\\- keei)ing a geiier.al supervision over the place,\\nimpro\\\\iiig it -.as his fancy dictates. As can be\\nimagined by oiii e\\\\ n ignorant of the hardship\\nof ))i ineer life, the ;is]ieet of this trad- has not\\nbeen changed and ma le what it is at the present\\ntime, without a great deal fif hard work.\\nOur suliject has reare l two adopted daughters.\\nThe eldest. Mary Iliiies. died at the age of Iwenty-\\nthiee years. The second daughter, Cor.a May\\nMart, became the wife of Thomas II. Clark, and\\nresides in South Lyons, Oakland County, this\\nState. Our subject s first vote was cast for Presi-\\ndent Van Buren; in 1840 he voted for W. II.\\nHarrison and for the grandson, Benjamin Harrison\\n1", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0686.jp2"}, "687": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nCH .I\\nin ls\u00c2\u00ab8. Mr. Aiinstronii; ims held a niimlicr of\\nli)r;\\\\l (illicc s it\\\\ tlip townsliij). Iiaviiii; l)jeii Su|n i-\\nvisur ill 1S()1 am) ayaiii in 1S7I, 1S7. 1\u00c2\u00ab7() and\\nIH77. Altlioiisiii 111 i.s 11 nii iiilH i- of the Congroga-\\ntional (Iniicli of Ilaitland and a Deacon in the\\nsame, hi is not, in favor of sectarianism. lie was\\nthe manager of the lirst threshing machine in Liv-\\ningston County, tliis State. lie has done much\\nsurveying in the way of making roads, dividing\\nlaml. etc. to tiie entire satisfaction of all interested.\\ns^l^\\nJ\\nr^\\nOIIN W. BOARDM.VN. a prominent citizen\\nof Leroy Townshij), Ingham Co\\\\inty, wliose\\nlieautiful home is situated in \\\\Vel)liervilie,\\nwas liorn in Connecticut, Mi l i- He\\ncame witli iiis parents, Watson L. and Klizahetli\\nBoardman from New England to Inghani County.\\nIi(h.. ill Is.Sm Mild made a settlement in Locki\\nTownship, lieing the first family within its hounds.\\nA h g cabin in the woods was the first Michigan\\nlionie of this family and they at once liegan the\\nwork of felling the trees and preparing the land\\nfor cultivation. The father died uiion the farm\\nleaving a family of i\\\\\\\\v children, four of whom\\nare now living, namely: Maiy. now the widow of\\nMr. Lepley in Livingston County; Helen, wife of\\nJames Payne in (iratiot County Daniel L. in Kan-\\nsas and John W. The father served as Road Com-\\nmi.-isioner and was a prominent man in the town-\\nship, lie was twice married hut had no children\\nliy the second union.\\nOur suliject grew to niaiiliood in Locke Town-\\nship, and saw hi^ full shall of pioneer life, iiis\\nmother w;is called away from life when he was\\nwas .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iliout twelve years old and after receiving his\\nedncMtioii in the district schools of the township\\nhe entered upon his life work .as farming. lie was\\nmarried .Inly 1, 1M.)8 to llenrietta Fisher, who was\\nhorn Ocloher I .t. l.s;i .t in Wayne Comity, N. V.\\nand is a daughter of IJobert and .Maria (\\\\anWert)\\nFisher. .Mr. and ilrs. Fisher li;id si ttled in Locke\\nTownship, this county, at an early day when Mrs.\\nBoardman was only ten years old. Of their ten\\nchildren eight are now living, namely: Kehecca,\\n(.Mrs. I inekncy), CJeorge L., William, .lames, David,\\nAndrew and Josephine (wife of (ieorge Hamilton)\\nbesides ]\\\\Irs. Boardman. The parents are members\\nof tlie Methodist ICpiseopal Church and citizens\\nhighly respected in the township.\\nThree children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nHoardmaii. and two !tre now living, namely: Fran-\\ncis K. and John AV. ()ur suliject resided on his\\nfarm in Locke Township until IH84 wdien he re-\\nmoved to Webberville, and has since made it his\\nhome. He owns a farm of one hundred and twenty-\\none acres which he hius accumulated by his own\\nefforts, ai)ly seconded by the help of his faithful\\nand jueiciou.s companion. He enlisted in the Union\\n-Vrniy .Vugust 12, ISfi i, joining as a private Com-\\npany II, Twenty-sixth ^Michigan Infantry, which\\nbecame a part of the .\\\\rmy of the Potomac. He\\nparticipated in a number of skirmishes an l did\\nduty mostly in Virginia and for a short time was\\nin North Carolina, receiving his honorable dis-\\ncharge Augu.st 29, 18(53.\\nThis gentleman is an etticiont and active member\\nof the (irand Army Post at Webberville, and has\\nbeen .senior Vice Commander and Sergeant of tlie\\nPost. He is also identified with the Ancient Order\\nof United Workmen at Fowlerville and an active\\nworker in every cause which he deems of value to\\nthe community. In politics he is in sympathy with\\nthe Rei)ublican parly and in this connection is es-\\nteemed as an infiueiitial leader of thought. All\\nwho know him lejoice in his prosperity, and feel\\nthat it is the just rewaid of his ett orts and integ-\\nrity.\\nHKI) .M. COFFKV. )nc the stirring young\\nfarmers of this section, he of whom we\\nwrite is already the possessor of one hun-\\ndred and twenty acres of laud located on section\\n17. IIand\\\\ Township, Livingston County, and\\nthis he devotes to general farming. Since locat-\\ning upon the place he has added many improve-\\nments and has already greatly enhanced ita value.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0687.jp2"}, "688": {"fulltext": "690\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nHe was born on the old homestead, on section 16,\\nllniidy I ownship. this county, Ai)iil l.SOL lie\\nis the son of Levi and .lulielte (\\\\Vliite) Cutfev,\\nwho came to this State in \\\\x2i and soon united in\\nmarriage. They lived lieic until death claimed\\nthem for its own, the father passinj;- aw.ay Febru-\\nary 24, 1891, his wife having i)reeeded him by ten\\nyears, her decease occuriing .lime 8, 1881.\\nOur subject inherits from his father the acciuisi\\nlive faculty to a large degree. ^Mr. CViffey, Sr.,\\nwas very successful in his agricultural )iusiness\\nand had acquired five hundred and eighty-seven\\nacres of land which bore fine imjjrovements a\\ngood conifortalile liouse lieing the center of the\\ndomestic circle iind around it fine barns, granaries\\nand sheds for cattle, liefore coming to Handy\\nTownship our suliject s father first settled for a\\nslioil time in Marion Townsiiip. Later he removed\\nto Washtenaw County and then came to Handy\\nTownship. He was highly respected liy all classes\\nof people as being a man of unerrnig judgment\\nand high business capacity. He accumulated a\\nvery handsome property before his decease, whicii\\nw.as divided among his sons, who are four in num-\\nber, namely: Frank, Henry A., Fred M. and Mar-\\nshal. All the sons have taken up tlie agricultural\\ncalling and all live not a great distaiu e from the\\nhomestead in pleasant and c(jmfortable homes of\\ntheir own, having pleasing wives. They are\\nl)rominent citizens and respet ted by all who have\\ndealings with them.\\nTiie original of this sketch received his educa-\\ntion in the district schools of the vicinity and was\\nreared a farmer lad. lie lix ed at home \\\\intil he\\nwas twenty-one years of age and [\\\\\\\\v\\\\\\\\ niari-ied\\nMiss .lulia I.iiig of ll;iudy l owii hip. Livingston\\nCount Slic wa.- :i dauglitei of Ivlward and\\nKlizabeth i ahncr) Ling, nafixcsof F.ngland. tlie\\nfather having came to this country in 1850 liis\\nwife following hither one year later. They first\\nsettled in New York and came to .Michigan in 18(ir),\\nstaying for some time in Oakland County, where\\nhe was engaged in farming and later, in 1869,\\ncoming to Livingston County and settling in\\nHandy Townsiiiii on a I .-nin ofeiglity .-icres. Tln y\\nwere the parents of twehe cliildren. of whom the\\nfollowing arc now living: Kdna. now Mrs. Par-\\nker, John, Jake, Hiram, Mary, who is Mrs. Coffev,\\nAmelia also a i\\\\Iis. Coffey and .lulin. also INIrs.\\nCoffey, ieoige and Luella. )ur subject belongs\\nto the industrial party, that appealing to his ideas\\nof file way in which a competency is to be accjuired\\nrather than by any favors than can be exacted\\nfrom reluctaiit legislators. He is also a Patron of\\nIndustry and a member of the Farmers Alliance.\\nOne child, a daughter, whose name is Fdith B., and\\nwhose age is eiglit years, lirightens the household\\nand is the object of a loving affection of lioth\\nparents. J\\\\Ir. Coffey is one of the active young\\nfarmers of his township and the signs of the times\\nare sadly awry if his future success does not justi-\\nf\\\\ his friends in their anticipation.\\nIVILLIAM O. IIKXDRYX. This native\\nV\\\\A/r ^Ji ii i^^ li makes his home\\nV^/^ in Cohoctah Townshii), Livingston County,\\nwas born in the township of Bedford, Wsyne\\nCounty, August 1.0, 1842, being the son of Water-\\nbury SI. and Betsey Ann (Killinoar) llendrvx.\\nThe grandfather was a miller, and met his death\\nby an accident in his mill, and the father, who\\nw.as Ikumi in Steuben County, V.. September 4,\\n1809, was a cabinet-maker and carpenter, who\\ncame to Michigan in the spring of 1833.\\nHere Waterbury Ilendryx entered eighty acres\\nof land in (ireenlield Township, Wayne County,\\nand after a short time moved to Redford Town-\\nship, where he .-igain took eighty acres, which he\\nl)ut in condition for fanning. There hi resided,\\nwith the exception of three yeai s, until IS. it;,\\nwlien he came to dhiK tah and bonghl one hun-\\ndred and sixty acres of timber land on section 17.\\nHaving put this in splendid condition, he sold it\\nt(i onr sTibject in 186. He was an ordained min-\\nister ill the Methodist Kinscop. il Church, and\\npreached for many _\\\\ears. After coming to Liv-\\ningston County he joined the United Brethren\\nChurch. About the yi ar i8; )8 he wiiit to Lansing\\nand lived for four years, and later bought a fruit\\nfarm in Sauga tuck, Allegan County. In 1887 he", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0688.jp2"}, "689": {"fulltext": "i OKTKAir AM) HiUGKAi lIK Al. AI.I .r.M.\\n()91\\niiiovi d to Spink County, S. Dsik.. wliero lie now.\\niTsidos upon :i farm. For some twelve years he\\nserved liis eon\\\\niunil\\\\ a^ .lustice of llie I eace.\\nThe father of our sulijeet was twice niari ied, and\\nliy ins lirst union lie had eiijlit ehildren, seven of\\nwhom urew to maturity I homas. of ()maha;\\n.lohn. who was killed in California in 18(1; Henry,\\nwho was killed by the fall of a tree at the a re of\\nsixteen years; Clark, wlio was a soldier in the\\nNinth .Michit an Infantiv. and was killeil in a .saw\\nmill; Waterhury, at South Dakota; illiam\\n.lames, of Nebr.aska. who also served in the Ninth\\nMieliioan Cavaliy; and \\\\Vhite nnli, who died at\\nthe aiie of ei hteen months. I he mother of the.se\\nsons died February II. I (i2. and the father was\\nai\u00c2\u00a3ain married, tlii time ehoosini; as his life com-\\npany Kmeline anRlarcomb. who had two chil-\\ndren. Fred and Nellie.\\nAx the age of sixteen, liaviny received larm\\ntraining and a common school education. illi!im\\nUeiidryx began life for himself, and was mariied\\nat the age of eighteen, at whic li time he undertook\\ninde|)endciit farming. I he family patriotism,\\nwhicli was strong in him, led liin] to enlist, March\\n2(). 1H()2, in Company II, Ninth .Michigan In-\\nfantry. ITe was sent to .St. I,oui and was tr.ans-\\nferred to the Thirteenth liegimciit, in which he\\nserved through tlie campaign .-it Corinth, after\\nwhich he rejoined his own legiment at ^Murfi ee.s-\\nboro, and w.as there captured with six conijianions.\\nUeing paroled, they went to Columbus and weie\\nthere exchanged, and in September were called out\\nto defend Cincinnati. They were also detailed to\\nguard the military prison at Nashville, and at oiu\\ntime acted as body guard for f!en. Thomas. He\\nwas mustered out of service at Nashville in .Sep-\\ntember, 18(5; and discharged at Jackson. Mich..\\nNovember 1. with the rank of a Corjioi-. d.\\nReturning liome, .Mi-, llcndiyx boiighi his\\nfather s farm in Dei cmber. and upon it he has\\nsince resided, and has dev jle(l himself largel\\\\- to\\nthe raising of thoroughbred cattle and I ascas\\nhorses, and also in shipping ship timber. He ha\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2acted as Justice of the I eace for eight \\\\-cars. and\\nis active as a worker in the Republican ranks. He\\nhas Iieen married three times, his first union taking\\nplace January 1. ISfJd. with ^Fartlia. daughter of\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Willi.-im and .Vbigail licnjamin. She died Decem-\\nber 2(;, IHCl. and in Scjitember, 1862, :Mr. Ilen-\\ndryx was marrii d to Fucy .\\\\nn Swank, a native\\nof Ohio, and a daughter of Daniel and (Jrace\\n.Mills) Sw. uik. Nine children were the result of\\nthis iii:irriage AN illiam t^race, Frank W.\\nJohn 1)., Myrtle, Je. ise, Frances, Tlnmias and\\n.\\\\ggie. Their mother died ^Farch 26, 188 The\\npresent Mrs. Hcndiyx is .Vl/.erettii. daughter of\\nHenry and Miiicr\\\\a (.Morton) IFoisington, of Tv-\\nroiie Township, and widow of Flavil (Jriggs, and\\nto this ni;iriiagc no children have been granted.\\nThis highly respected and esteemed family are\\nknown not only throughout the limits of the\\ntownship, but also in bro. idi r circles, and in all\\nwalks of life they are u.sefnl and worthy of the\\nreuard in which lhe\\\\ are held.\\nl^-f^^\\n_^ ENRY N. liFACH. who is .serving his fourth\\nj)term as Supervisor of Brighton Town.ship, is\\n-,J^ t)ne of the enteriirising and progressive far-\\nmers of Livingston County. He wiis born\\nin (ireen Oak Township, just across the road from\\nwhere he now lives, January 8, 1847. His father w.as\\nI,e(irand Heacli. a n;itive of New York, there born\\nNovember I. isiii. He w.a.s a farmer and came to\\nMichigan at an early d;iy, locating a piece of (iov-\\nernment land on section 1, f ireen Oak Township.\\nIJvingston County. Here he pas.sed through the\\nvarious stages and jihases of pioneer life and\\ncleared and im])roved one hinulred and twenty,\\nacres of land. He died March 13, 1874.\\nMr. I .each, Sr., came to the Wolverine State\\nwithout means and what he acquired before his de-\\ncease w.as made by hard labor and most dilligent\\neffoi t. He was an honest .as well as an industrious\\nman, and enjoyed the confidence and respect of all\\nwho knew him. For many years prior to his death\\nhe had been a member of the Fresbyterian Church\\nand stood high among his a.- sociates in that reli-\\ngious body. Our subject s mother was in her\\nmaiden days Mi.s.s Znba Bryant, born December 25,\\n1817. She was a native of New York and was the", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0689.jp2"}, "690": {"fulltext": "692\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nconstant and faithful companion of her husband s\\npioneer days. She was a life-long Baptist and by\\nher interest and energy did much to establish that\\nreligious body in this section. She died July 27,\\n1885. She was the mother of four children, only\\none of whom, our subject, is at present living.\\nFlenr^- Beach was reared and educated in his\\nparents home. Me received a district-school edu-\\ncation and for a short time enjoyed the advantages\\noffered at the graded schools at New Hudson. He\\nbegan farming for himself in 1872. lie and his\\nbrother Alanson together purchased a part of the\\nfarm which our subject now owns and which is\\nlocated on section 36, Brighton Township.\\nTogether they farmed this for some time. After\\ntheir father s death they purchased their sister s\\ninterest in the old homestead and soon thereafter\\ndivided their landed interest, the brother taking\\nthe old homestead and our subject retaining his\\nl)resent farm.\\nThe original of this sketch was married Decem-\\nber 12, 1871, to Miss Ella Burnett, who, like him-\\nself, is a native of this county and State, having\\nbeen born in Green Oak Township October 17,\\n1850. They are the parents of six children, five of\\nwhom are now living at home. They are Louie\\nL., Belle L., Grace II., who is deceased; Nell, Hen-\\nricha and Newton B. Mrs. Beach was a daughter of\\nJonathan and Sarah (C lough) Burnett, the for-\\nmer a native of Canada and the latter of New\\nYork. They came to INIichigan at an early day\\nand were among the first settlers of Green Oak\\nTownship. The father died January 22, 1881,\\nhaving been born in 1799. The mother died Feb-\\nruaiy 3, 1884. The) had lived together almost\\nfifty years in the closest and most sympathetic\\ncompanionship. Six of their seven children are\\nstill living.\\nOur subject is a Republican in his political pref-\\nerence, giving the weight of his intluenee and vote\\nto that part3^ The people of the township have\\nshown the confidence which they repose in his\\nintegrity and aliility by electing him to a number\\nof offices in the gift of the township. He was\\nelected Supervisor in 1887 and still serves in that\\ncapacity, it being at jjresent his fourth term. Mr.\\nBeach is the owner of two hvindred and seventeen\\nacres of good land that is highly improved. He\\nhas thereon a comfortable, commodious and attrac-\\ntive farmhouse, nith fine barns and outhouses.\\nAlthough a general farmer, he makes a specialty of\\nbreeding sheep for the city markets. Much ciedit\\nbelongs to him of whom we write for the indomit-\\nable energy with which he has pursued his career.\\nHe licgan life without any means, but has .suc-\\nceeded in acquiring a handsome competency by his\\ncareful management and his industrious, prudent\\nways. He is a clever, energetic and industrious\\nman, prominent and influential in the community.\\nHis wife is known throughout the county for her\\namiable, generous disposition and broad. i)rogress-\\nive ideas in social as well as other matters.\\n^ERDINAN]^ W. MUNSON. The gentleman\\ni whose name is at the head of this sketch is\\nthe proprietor of two hundred and eighty\\nacres of as fine land as there is in I^ivingston\\nCounty. This is cidtivated to perfection, the\\nlatest and most improved methods in scientific ag-\\nriculture being employed. There is also thereon\\na home of which any man might well be proud\\nnot a palace whose care and expense may embarrass\\nand harrass, it is yet a home in every sense of the\\nword a place of beauty and comfort in which one\\nmay live and learn to appreciate how good it is to\\nbe ))orn in the latter part of the nineteenth cent-\\nury and to l)e a citizen of the United States.\\nThe Empire State is the scene of the nativity of\\nhim of whom we write, having first opened his\\neyes in his father s home in Broome County, N. Y..\\non the banks of the Susquehanna River, March\\n31, 1831. His parents were Samuel S. and Phebe\\nA. (Walker) Munson, natives of Connecticut and\\nSaratoga, N. Y., respectively. His paternal jiro-\\ngenitor was a tailor b^ trade, having served an\\napprenticoshii) of seven years and worked at that\\nbusiness until he was thirty-one vears of age, when\\nhe gave it up to engage in farming at (ireat Bend.\\nPa.. Inter rcmovino to Camillus, N. Y. In 1!S58", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0690.jp2"}, "691": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n693\\nhe cnine West, settling in Kowlerville, Livini; liiii\\nCnuiity. wiri ii lie was enji^afjed in t MriiiiiiL; iiiilil\\ntlu latter i)art of liis life wiien, retiring from\\naitivo lal or, lie removed to Fovvlerville, where he\\n(lied February 1, 18\u00c2\u00ab7. His wife survived liim hut\\na shoi-l time, iier decease oeeurring May 2, 1887.\\nTiiey were aged res))ectivcly eighty-seven and\\neiglity-four years at the time of tlieir death.\\n.Mr. MuiiM irs paternal grandsire was .\\\\lmond\\nMunsoii. :i unlive of Conneeticut. He was a far-\\nmer liy (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2illiiig liiit was engaged in the lumber\\nluisiness during a large portion of hi life. IK\\ns|)ent his latter d.ays at (ireat Bend. I m., where he\\nwas greatly respected as a promineiil 111:111 of known\\nintegrity and high reputation. [lis acquaintance was\\nvery wide and he was ])opiilar wherever he went.\\nHe had served in the Revolutionar\\\\ War live years,\\nhis father and three brothers having also been\\nengaged in that struggle for indei)endence. Alto-\\ngether they aggregated a service to their country\\nof thirty-one years. Our subject s great-grandfather\\nwas a Lieutenant in the Ivcvolutionary War.\\nThe fathei- of him of whom we wriU- was in\\nearly d;iys ;i Whig ami l;iter a I\\\\epublii;iii. In his\\nchui eh relations he anil his family are members of\\nthe Methodist F,pisco|)ai bo(ly. in which he always\\nhas held some ollice. His wife and our subject s\\nmother was. previous to her marriage, a .Miss Phebe\\nWalki r. Her father was Stephen Walker, .-i native\\nof Khode Island, and her mother was l.ydia ((iard-\\nner) Walker, born in Hudson, Y. The former\\nwas a house-builder, and followed his trade througli\\nlife, r.otli he and his wife died at Camillus. On-\\nondaga County. X. Y. He belonged to that (piaint\\nreligious body that, so ])crsecuted in Kiigland.\\nsought a refuge in the I nited States under their\\ndistinguished leader. William Penn. Our subject\\nis one of twelve children, only three of whom ai C\\nnow li\\\\iiig. Tlie\\\\- are .Mrs. IC. M. .Spencer of .Mar-\\n(piette, this .State; Mrs. S. Lowe, also of Mar-\\nfpiette, and the gentleman who is the subject of\\nthis sketch.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write eai-ly i-eccived\\nthe training of a farmer s boy. He received his\\neducaticm at the Fairmont I nioii School, near\\nSyracuse. N. Y.. and is a graduate of the State\\nNormal School at Yusilanti. Prior to his entrance\\nill the lasl-nained institution he engaged in teach-\\ning and continued the work after he had fini.shed\\nhis collegiate course, having taught the first union\\nschool at Howell and being Princip.-d of tlie same.\\nFour teachers were under his supervision. He also\\ntaught in How.agiac, Cajs Coiintv. being Principal\\nof that school and also having supervision of sev-\\neral under teachers. His next location was at\\nHastings. Barry County, this State, where he held\\nthe position of Principal. .Vt the three latter\\nplaces his wife was engaged in .school work with\\nhim, heh.Tving been united in marriage Septemlier\\n18i )8, to Miss Frances P. Lake, a native of Phil-\\nadelphia, Pa., and a daughter of Hial and Mary F.\\n(Bui-t) Lake, natives of Vermont, who came West\\nwhile .Michig.an was yet a territory an l settled in\\nHowell Township.\\nMr. Lake was a graduate of the .Middlebury Col-\\nl(\\\\ge of Vermont and taught until he came West,\\nhaving left Philadelphia with his wife and two\\nchildren and on his advent into the State located\\nseven hundred and fifty acres of Government land.\\nThereon he built a log house and for many years\\nlived a life of seclusion and coiiipaiative isolation,\\nfor the most freciueut visitors were the Indians.\\nFor many years they had no neighbors nearer\\nth;in a mile and ;i half. It was in the midst of\\ntimber openings and their nearest market was at\\nDexter, a distance of twenty-two miles. He lived\\nhere until I8. )l.Mt which time his deceaseoccurred.\\nHis wife still survives. She has been blind for the\\nlast ten yens, but is a lady of culture and a charm-\\ning comcisMlioiialisl. She is a true Christian,\\nhaving with her husband, abided by the principles\\nwhich the Man of .Sorrows laid down for his follow-\\ners. Of the family of eight children that came to\\nenliven the hcirlsand home of this worthy couple,\\n(mly two are now living, ^Irs. .AInnson, the wife of\\nour subject, and Henry P^jHow of Gunnison, Col..\\na K eceiver in the I.andOttice. (Jeorgc B. w;i.s Chief\\niMigineer of the Atchison iV- To|)eka Pailroad. hav-\\ning been connected with that road for fourteen\\nyears. He was a graduate of .\\\\iin .\\\\rbor. and died\\nin 18Hl.at Topeka. Kan. His wife and two children\\nlive in the village of Howell. Mi^. Lake being a\\ndaughter of Dr. Z. II. Marsh. Their daughter.\\nHelen F. died in IHTO. She w:is a grniluate of the", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0691.jp2"}, "692": {"fulltext": "694\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nFemale Seminary at Lansing. .She taught in the\\ncollege at Lansing and also at Lebanon, Inch, be-\\ning Preceptress of the seminary anrl also Principal\\nof various private schools.\\nThe original of this sketch has a family of two\\nchildren Melvin IT. is a graduate of the Howell\\nSchool and at present Division Engineer and Chief\\nof Construction in Mexico, of the Mexican South-\\nern Railroad; Wei ton M. is a Professor of Hort i\\nculture in the Maine State College. He graduated\\nat the Michigan Agricultural College in 1888, at\\ntwenty-five years of age. ()ne son, Rial Lake, died\\nin early manhood, wi\\\\en about twenty two-years\\nof age, in Topeka, Kan. He was then acting as\\nDivision Engineer on the Santa Fe Railroad. We\\nquote from an article written by his chief, the\\nresident engineer of the Atchison, Topeka Santa\\nFe Railroad, and published in the Topeka Common-\\nvealth at the time of his death. He rose rapidly and\\nshone brighter than those of twice his age and ex-\\njjerience, and at the early age of twenty years he\\nwas made Division Engineer on one of the most\\nimportant and difficult divisions of the road. Mr.\\nMunson is in his political liking a Republican. He\\nlias filled several niunici|)al offices, having been\\nSchool Director for a numljer of years. He is re-\\ngarded as one of the prominent and substantial\\nmen of the county and one upon whose word one\\nmay thoroughly rely. Mr. Munson has filled the\\noffices of President and Secretary of the Livingston\\nCounty Agricultural Society and through his in-\\nfluence and labor with otliois greatly jjromoted the\\ninterests of the same.\\ni^i@\\nfelLLIAM M. CARR. who is one of tlie\\n\\\\/iJ/i ^y settlers of Willianislown Township.\\nW^ ingham County, is a son of Caleli Carr who\\nwas horn in New York, October 20, 17!). but who\\nlived in Canada from liis fifth to his thirty-fifth\\nyear. He was there married, Seiitember 12. 1820,\\nto Catherine AVholsapjjle, who was luini in New\\nYork, October 14, 179fi. Their children were\\nHarriet, Julius A.. William SI., .hilia ;\\\\L and\\nCharles W., all of wliom were born in Canada.\\nIn 18.34 the father of this houisehold came to\\nMichigan and for a year and a half lived in Farm-\\nington Township, Oakland County. He then re-\\nsides for three years in the village of Kensington\\nafter which he removed to Locke Township and\\nthree years later in 1842 came to AVilliamstown\\nwhere he remained for the remainder of his days.\\nHe was the first blacksmith in the township and\\nbuilt the first frame house therein and had the first\\ngrist ground. His father also bore the name of\\nCaleb Carr .and was a Methodist minister who came\\nto Michigan in 1836.\\nCaleb Carr, .Jr. was a pioneer of Ingliani County,\\nand made his home on forty acres which he owned\\ntill death, although he lived for several years in\\nthe village of Winiamst(m. He had been a soldier\\nand a prisoner in the War of 1812. and was ever a\\nhard working man. He died in 1868 and had\\nmourned his wife for eight years. His son, Will-\\niam, was born JNIarch 3, 1826, and was therefore\\neight years old when the parents cnme to Oakland\\nCounty, Mich.\\nAt the age of twenty-three tliis young man was\\nmarried, April 8, 1849, to Matilda M. Moore wlio\\ndied .Tidy 26, 18.50, leaving a son, George M. Carr.\\nOur suliject was again man ied to Sarah 1!. Simons,\\nAugust 17, 1851, and she had one child wlio died\\nin infancy. Mrs. Sarah Carr was lx)rn, March 25,\\n1833. in Royal Oak Township, Oakland County.\\nMich., where her parents, .John and Alartha Sinnms,\\nwere pioneers. He afterward removed to Howell,\\nLivingston County, where the mother died in 1845\\nand somewhat later the father made his home in\\nWillianistown, ind there died, ^l,ay 22, 1854.\\nThey had four sons and three daughters. William,\\nCynthia. Sarah, Henry, .loel and Martha.\\nSince the .age of tliirteen our subject has resided\\nin Ingham (ninty and since 1839 when he at-\\ntended the first township meeting, he lias not\\nmissed one of these meetings. His first purchase\\ncomprised forty acres, to which he somewhat later\\nadded eighty acres and afterward gave forty to his\\nson. He has lieen a hard worker and has cleared\\nand brdki u all his land and made all the iiiiprove-\\nments. lie helped to build the first house in the\\ntownship, the tirst mill and the first barn.\\nDining the war Mr. Carr was strenuous in liis", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0692.jp2"}, "693": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0693.jp2"}, "694": {"fulltext": "U", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0694.jp2"}, "695": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL ALBUM.\\n697\\nefforts to lu l)) (ill lip till quotn of tlii townsliii) so\\ntliat tluTc niiglit he no di-Mt t, Imt was liiinself\\nliiiall\\\\ drafted and served tlirec iiinnllis in llie\\narmy. He has licen for three terms the oiiimis-\\nsioiier of lliginvays to which otHce lie was raised\\noil llie Repulilieau ticket, having- I)cen attached to\\nthat party since its organization. lie is President\\nof the IMoneer Society of four towiishijis, namely:\\nl.ockc. I.eroy. hentH(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ld and Williaiiistovvn. and\\nin the (iiaiid Ariii\\\\ he is a piDiiiiiieiil and elficicnt\\nmeinher.\\nr h I ta p p ji 1 f\\ni I I I I I\\nOX. JOHN A. KKRH. Although death has\\nlaid its hand iiiioii the heart of our subject\\nV^ and has stilled the pulse of the machine,\\nthere is still an emanation of his spirit\\nhre. ithiiig out renii iiilirances of the good that lie\\nhas done :md examples that might well lie emu-\\nlated by the young. From .Taiiiiary, IHoS. until\\nthe tune of his death. .Inly 29, 18(J8, he was State\\nPrinter and Binder, and for two years after his\\ndeath, his wife carried on his business. lie was born\\nin XewVork June 7. 1X25, and was a son of John\\nKerr, who came of Scotch ancestry. Ilis parents,\\nwho were natives of Ni w Jersey aiicl there mar-\\nried, settled later near Auburn. N. Y.\\n)iir subject passed his boyhood days in his\\nnative county and was there engaged in the pur-\\nsuit of his studies. After having (inished his\\ncourse at the school which he attended, he read\\nnie Iiciiie with Dr. Thompson and attended his\\nlectures at liutTalo, N. Y. C omiiellcd to work his\\nwav th 11 High the medical college, he was so fortu-\\nnate .as to get a good jiosition to travel during\\nthe vactioii for the linn of I orter it Sanborn. He\\nwas to introduce school books and especially\\nTowne s Headers, generally advertising the firm.\\nMaking a marked success in this branch of the\\ntrade, he was offered a iiosition with the lirm\\nand gained so good an iii iglit into the business\\nwhile with them, that in IsfiO he went into busi-\\nness for himself in the city of IJochester, doing a\\nwholesale and retail and piiMishiiig business. The\\nfirm name was Waiizer, Beardsley A- Co. Thus\\nestablished, lie felt himself justified in taking upon\\nliiniself the responsibilities of matrimonial life.\\n.lanuary 22, 1H50, Mr. Kerr was united in mar-\\nriage with Miss I olly 1 Phelps and in Rochester\\nhe made his home and was engaged in business\\nuntil the time of his going to Detroit in 18,54.\\nAt the l.ast-nained jilaee he established a iiublisliing\\nhouse under the lirm name of Kerr, Doughty iV\\nLapham and conducted a wholesale and retail\\nbusiness in books, first locating on Jefferson Avenue\\nand afterward on AVoodward Avenue. While\\nstill thus connected he secured the contract for\\nfurnishing the State with stationery. Recogniz-\\ning an opening for the right kind of men for\\nsecuring the State work, Mr. Kerr sold out his\\ninterests in J3etroit and came to Lansing in 1 8.59.\\nlie purchased the Stale printing oflice and .secured\\nHufus ITosmer as partner; after JL-. Hosmer s\\ndeath it was continued under the firm name of\\nKerr A- Co. The company contracted to do all tlii\\nState printing and binding and our subject built\\nthe block afterward used by the Sinte liepublimn.\\nPrior to his death Mr. Kerr had built up a thriving\\nbusiness and was recognized as one of the leading\\nbusiness men of thecity and State.\\nman whose capabilities were early recognized,\\nMr. Kerr was (piickly jiuslied to the front in the\\noflici.al management of the city. lie was elected\\nMayor of Lansing, being the second to .serve in\\nthat capacity after the ineorporaticm of the niuni-\\nciiialitv; prior to this he had been Supervisor of\\nthe townsliii). The town being so new at the time\\nhe was JLayor, very few improvements had liecn\\nmade, and to him belongs the credit of inaugnrat-\\ning a new system of beautifying streeUs and milk-\\ning the city generally more attractive. He caused\\nthe double rows of trees to be set on the streets,\\nthe latter to be reduced to a uniform grade and\\nill many other ways improving the place. Mr.\\nKerr was the lirst iiroperty owner to introduce\\ngas into his house and oflice .as an illuminating\\nagent, manuf.acturing his own supply and on his\\nown premises.\\nOn first coming to the city and before bringing\\nhis family hither our subject pureli.osed the block\\nlocated on the corner of .St. .loseph and !raiid", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0695.jp2"}, "696": {"fulltext": "698\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nSlift ts and liere he completed a fine home that\\nis still imposing in size and style of architectufe.\\nIt was the first reall} fine dwelling erected in the\\ncity of Lansing and still maintains its prestige.\\nThe house, which is Colonial in its simplicity,\\nthereby acquiring an added dignity and elegance,\\nstands on the southwest corner of the block and is\\nsurrounded by a well kept and velvety lawn,\\nshade trees of choice varieties and varied shades of\\nfoliage, making tlie place an ideal S3 lvau retreat\\nthat yet is the favorite meeting place for the best\\nclasses of people in the city. The parlors of tliis\\nbeautiful home, presided over hy a charming\\nhostess, have been the scene for many a l)on mot,\\nand here the choicest spirits have met, ranging\\nin nature -from grave to gay. from lively to\\nsevere.\\nMr. Kerr was ever an active business man; he\\nmanaged successfvilly a large amount of real estate\\nand realized from that a handsome jtrofit. He was\\nby nature a lilieral and public-spirited person.\\nDuring the War of tlie Rebellion, altliough he was\\nincai)acitated for active service because of the\\nofficial position he held in the city of his residence,\\nhe used his influence and means mt)st liberally for\\nthe aid of the brave soldiers who went out. Our\\nsubject was a scholar, his literary taste in literature\\nwas of the most refined and cultured character.\\nAt the time of his death he was the possessor of a\\nvery fine library, volumes selected with care at\\ndifferent times during his career; most of these\\nwere handsomely bound by himself. Conspicuous\\namong the large number of books included in his\\nlilirary are the works of the British jioets, finely\\nbound in one hundred and sixty volumes. That\\nhe was a lover of fiction is shown by the many\\nnovels of the better class found on the shelves,\\nand among these are the Waverly novels; Harper s\\nmagazines are also liere found, from the first num-\\nlier until the present time. His tastes as a biblio-\\nphile are also shown by a very rare collection of\\nf)ld and valuable works, many of which are the\\nonly editions extant. It is, all in all. not simply\\na large liljraiy. but a very rare collection. AltlH)ugh\\nas a youth he had not the advantages of higher\\ncollegiate work, he was at the time of his death a\\nhighly educated man, so made by his own efforts.\\nhaving been throughout life a great and discrim-\\ninating reader and student.\\nMr. Kerr s useful career on earth was suddenly\\nended July 29, 18()8, while returning from St.\\nCatherines, where he had been for his health. His\\ndeath took place in one of the coaches of the Great\\nWestern Railroad near London, Canada. He was\\nbrought to Lansing and with the greatest honors\\nand deference that could Ije shown by his associ-\\nates, both in business life and social relations, amid\\na great concourse of people, who were assembled\\nto pay the last tribute of respect to one of the\\nmen who had done so much to make a reputation\\nfor all that is desirable in the capital city of Mich-\\nigan, his body was interred in the Lansing ceme-\\ntery August 1, 1868. Being a member both of\\nthe Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the\\nMasons, the ceremonial was conducted with the\\npom[) and solemnity for which these orders are\\nconspicuous. Politically he was in early life a\\nWhig, l)ut on the organization of the Republican\\nparty he was one of the first men to aid its growth\\nin this State and w.as always thereafter recognized\\nas one of the most prominent leaders of the party.\\nOur subject s wife, who was before her marriage\\nJliss Phelps, was born in Ira, Cayuga County,\\nN. Y., January 27, 1827. She is a daughter of\\nDeacon Israel and Ruth (Ilawley) Phelps, and\\nreceived her education at the Auburn (N. Y.,)\\nFemale Seminar} She is a bright and intellectual\\nwoman of varied accomplishments and large ca])a-\\nbililies and was of great assistance to Mv. Kerr in\\nhis business career. Even before their marriage\\nshe assisted him financially so that he was en.abled\\nto take the stand in commercial life that he\\nacquired. She is a woman of large artistic taste\\nand instinct and the credit of the plans that made\\nhis home so beautiful belongs in no small degree\\nto her. She has decorated it and taken her |iart as\\nhostess so well that it is one of the noted resorts of\\nthis part of the State for men and women of cul-\\nture and intelligence.\\nOf the union of Mr. and Mrs. Kerr one child\\nsurvives, by name Elizabeth R. She is now Mrs.\\nDr. Hull, of Gettysburg, S. Dak., and is the mother\\nof two children. Ergo Charles and Otho. Mrs.\\nKerr s children who died are Charles E., who sur-\\n(I", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0696.jp2"}, "697": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) lUUGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nfi99\\nvived his fsitlier s de.-itli live years and passed\\naway while in tlie Uower of iiis youuif manhood\\nwhen twenty-two years of ajje, and a little daugh-\\nter, Mary I who was taken away when only six\\nmonths of asje. Mrs. Kerr is a menilHu of the First\\nPresbyterian Cbureh and has been so connected\\nfor many years, her traininj^ Ijeing largely depen-\\ndent upon her church relations, as her parents were\\ndevoted members of that body.\\nIn connection witli this sketch .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ii)|)( ars a htho-\\ngrapliie |Kirtrait of ISfr. Kerr.\\nKS. KIJZAHKTII IJAUNHOUSE. Among\\nthe llKirouah-goinii farmers of Livingston\\nCounty there are a number of ladies, wlio\\nhaving been vinitcd in their early days to\\nmen of character and cnlerprise engaged in the\\nbusiness of fniining, and now having l)ccn widowed,\\nare devoting themselves uiillinchingly and with a\\ngood degree of success to the business of agricul-\\nture. As they have learned the business by taking\\na partner s intei-est in it during the happy days of\\ntheir inariie(l life, they are admirably adapted to\\ncarrying il on indeijendeiitly.\\nJMis. r.arnhouse is one of these women farmers\\nand is establi liiiig an cxcelieiit reputation for\\nthoroughness and success. She was horn in Penii-\\nsylv?nia in ISKi and the good man to whom she\\nwas imileil iu marriage w.as a native of Ohio, being\\nborn in the same year as herself. His name was\\nAbner IJarnliouse. Mrs. liarnhouse was twenty-\\ntwo years old when she came in her maidi iihood\\nto Ohio, and he was there united with .\\\\L ISaiii-\\nhouse in marriage.\\nThe young couple were not contented with their\\nlife in Ohio and decided to come farther West, and\\nhaving heard of ^Michigan as a land of promise,\\nthey made their way to this Slate. To their home\\ncame six children, two d. iughlers and four sons:\\n.Susannah, now deceased: Oliver married KUa R.\\nBrown, who has presented him with three children\\nKmma .\\\\lta K. and Millie M.; .lolm. who was\\nborn in 18.53 and is still making his home with Ins\\nmother; Daniel, deceased, who w.as born in 18.5.5;\\nMary A., born in 18.56, wh is at home with her\\nmother and brother; George W., born in 1857, who\\nis unmarried and at home.\\nThe parents of our subject were Peter and Cath-\\nerine (Rud.aseal) ^liller, botli of whom were natives\\nof Pennsylvania. They were the jiarents of eleven\\nchildren, four daughters and seven sons, and our\\nsubject was the first-born. Her brothers and sisters\\nare: David, deceased; Mary M., now the wife of\\n.k hn Runier and the mother of two children;\\nHenry married L. Miller, by whom he h.ad eight\\nchildren; Peter, Daniel, ^licliael, Eva. ^fary Ann.\\nWilliam and .John.\\nI pon her estate Mrs. Barnhouse is carrying on\\ngeneral farming and makes a specialty of the care\\nof sheep. Her home is substantial and attractive\\nand the outbuildings are excellent and sufficient in\\nboth number and cap. icity for accommod.-iting the\\nwork of the farm. The Ke])ublican i)arty received\\nthe hearty endorsement ol Mr. l!ainhou.se and he\\ntrained up his sons in the i)rinciples which are\\nembodied in the platform of that party, but in\\nthese days the sons feel that the saloon question\\noutweighs to them the matters of tariff and the\\nother l)ranches of political econcmiy which arc in\\ndispute between the old parties, and have placed\\nthemselves in the ranks of the Pr iliibitioni ts.\\nIIAWLKS T. HVNi:. It gives us pleasure to\\nchroucile the events in the career of a man\\nwhose tendencies have alw.ays liecn in an\\nupward direction. AVe fref|uently associate cliance\\nwith success, but the etymology of the word allows\\nno such association. Success is that which crowns\\nachievement, and there must l e vigor and force to\\nachieve. He whose name heads this sketch is a suc-\\ncessful man, not only in abusiness way, intimating\\nthat he luas attained a good linancial standing, but\\nby rising to the best ideal that we have of maiihiie.s.s.\\nHe is endowed with a bright intellect, and clear,\\nquick perceptive faculties; a business man of no", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0697.jp2"}, "698": {"fulltext": "700\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nmoan calibre ami one who is held in the hiafhcst es-\\nteem by his friends and associates.\\nMr. Ilyne, who has for more tlian fifty years\\nbeen a resident of Brighton Township, Livingston\\nCounty, is a native of Prussia and was born in\\ntlie village of Somerta, near Alfoot, in Saxony,\\nSeptember 21, 1824. His father, (Godfrey Il.yne,\\nwas a native of the same country and locality, and\\nwas by calling a farmer and fruit grower. He emi-\\ngrated to America with his family in 1840. He\\nlanded in New York after a tedious voyage of\\ntwelve weeks on the ocean. Three weeks later he\\narrived in Detroit with his family, and from this\\nplace he came direct to Livingston County, set-\\ntling in Brighton Township where he purchased one\\nhundred and sixty acres of virgin forest land.\\nAt the time of the advent of our suliject s father\\niji this county, there were but very few settlers\\nin the township. A log house was soon built and\\nin that the family lived for several years. The\\nforests abounded in wild game, and Indians fre-\\nquently visited the settlement. Godfrey llyne\\nwas an industrious, hard working man and well\\neducated, although suffering a disadvantage in this\\ncountry from his imperfect knowledge of English.\\nHe was, however, thoroughly conversant with bus-\\niness methods. He lived to clear and imi)rove a\\nconsiderable tract of land, and died May 11, 1874,\\nat the ripe old age of foui -score years. He was a\\nzealous Christian and a lifelong member of the Luth-\\neran Church. Our subject s mother bore the maid-\\nen name of Mary Tietman. She was a native of\\nthe same place as was her husband. She was the\\nmother of five children, and feeling that her work\\non earth was well done, her decease took place in\\nMarch 1878, at the age of eighty-four years.\\nMr. Hyne s eldest brother, Godfrey, w.as a natural\\nmechanic. He had learned the carpenter s trade,\\nand also that of a millwright, but died in 1812, two\\nyears after coming to this country. William the\\nsecond brother, and entered the King s service early\\nin life. He was promoted from one position to\\nanother until he finally became Police .Judge for\\nthe city of Northausen, which position was filled\\nwith credit until a few years ago, when he resigned\\non account of old age. The fourth brother or the\\none younger than our subject who is the third in\\norder of birth, Frederick C, i.s now :i retired busi-\\nness man living in Fowlerville. The fifth a daugh-\\nter Annie, is deceased. He of whom we write was\\nreared in his native villiage where also he at-\\ntended school from the ages of five to fourteen\\nyears, inclusive. He was about sixteen years of\\nage when he came to the New World with his par-\\nents and already possessed a fair education, (^uick\\nto learn he soon conquered the idioms of the Eng-\\nlish language. He assumed the management of\\nhis father s affairs, transacting the business of what-\\never nature in his own name.\\nIn those early days the family were hampered for\\nmeans and had to jiractice the utmost economy to\\nget along. The countiy was new and there was\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0very little money current, nearly all business Ix ing\\ntrade. Young Hyne was a youth of indomitable\\npluck and energy, but had hardly gotten started\\non the road of success, when he was arrested in his\\ncareer by a sunstroke, which so prostrated him that\\nfor several years he was under the care of a physi-\\ncian, during the most of which time he was unable\\nto do hard work, although he was not idle. A fol-\\nlower of the goddess Diana, he spent much time in\\nhunting, and kept his family supplied with the\\nmost delicate venison, and bear meat. He also be-\\ncame a skillful trapper and secured a large amount\\nof fur, for which he found a ready market at rem-\\nunerative ])rices. During the summer he carried\\n(in farming, doing his trapping in the winter sea-\\nson.\\nThat was a day when nearly every one owned\\nhis own land, and our subject was not behind the\\nothers in this. He purchased land, cleared it and\\nr.dded more, but never went into debt beyond his\\nmeans. He was united in marriage in August,\\n1847, to Miss Ilenne L. Westphal, a native of the\\nFatherland, who came to the United States with\\nher parents about 1844. This resulted in the birth\\nof eight children whose names are as follows: AVil-\\nliam, Frederick, Harriet, Celia, Franklin, Louisa,\\nAmelia and iVniia. William married and Is a pros-\\nperous farmer in this township. Frederick is at\\nthe head of a home of his own and m.anages an ex-\\ntensive business of his own. Harriet is the wife of\\nC. H. Francis, Esq. a prominent attorney in Ba^\\nCity. Celia is the wife of James McNamara, a", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0698.jp2"}, "699": {"fulltext": "I ORTUAIT AM) I .KX i KAI 1 1 1( A I. Al.l;r r.\\nnil\\nfarnuT ill ii iion rowii.-liip. l ianl liii has a lioiiii-\\nof Ills own and livos on a t aiiii in I liiuiilon Town-\\nsliip. l.oiiisa is till wife of .lolin C aiUr. a fmiiior\\nin Maritm Townsiii|i. Amelia ami Anna are at\\nlionie.\\nI olilicallv. the oi-iiiinai of our ski tcli lias alwa\\\\s\\nbeen a Denioeiat, and while he has lieeii proniiiieiit\\nand inthienlial in the eoiineils of his paitv, he has\\nnever had time to pioiierly attend to Ihe duties of\\nimlilic olliee and has never been prevailed mioii to\\naeeepl one. He has been a Mason for Ihirlv years\\nanil an aetive member of the lUue I^odjie. Chap-\\nter andC oinniaiidei y. As a farmer he has been\\nremarkably suceessful. lie has cleared and highly\\niin[)rcved u large tract of land, lie owned a iiiag-\\nniticeiit farm of fourteen hundred aeri s in Urighton\\nrown:\u00c2\u00ablii|), in one body but divided it among\\nhis children. He has also owned at various tunes\\nseveral farms in other localities. As a stock-raiser\\nhe li.as endeavored to excel, always breeding only\\nthe best.\\nAbout the time the Detroit, Lansing A Isortli-\\nern railroad was built through IJrighton, the firm\\nof C. T. Hyne it Son built a large elevator and\\nuntil a year or .so past, bought and sliip]ied a vast\\namount of grain, wool etc. The gentleman of\\nwhom we write has recently retired from the active\\nmanagement of his affairs, and -with his family has\\nmoved to the beautiful little city of Brighton, hav-\\ning given the care of almost all of his iiroperty into\\nthe hands of his sons. Now that he has arrived\\nat an age when he can with complacency look\\nback ujion his career, and rertlizes the obstacles that\\nhe has had to surmount in order to attain his pres-\\nI lit position, it is evident that he is eminently a\\nsidf made man and in every respect the architect\\nof his own foruines. He began life without means\\nand early assumed cares too heavy for joung\\nshoulders. He has undergone some ver^ severe\\ntrials, especially in his pioneer days, but on the out-\\nset of his career, he came to the determination to\\nsucceed in spite of everything, and he has not been\\ndisappointed. AVhalever he has undertaken he\\nhas accomplished and has never known the mean-\\ning of the word to fail A man of remarkable\\nforesiglit and excellent judgment, his progress\\nduring the early [lart of his life was slow but sure.\\nThe rule In his business has lieen to go as far as\\nhis means would permit, but no farther. It has\\nmoreover, Ikh ii a marked trait to his character, that\\nhe carefully balanced every subject, and arrived at\\na logical eoiielusion before undertaking any enter-\\nprise. In his dealings with his fellow-men he lias\\nbeen upright and honorable, and li.as ever done\\nunto others as he would wish to be done by. In\\n1.S7K he visited his mother eonntry, and althongh\\nthe ties of coiisangiiinty are strong, his pride and\\nloyalty is in his adopted land. He is [iroud of the\\nfact that he is an Aiiieriean citizen. Our subject s\\nwife and daughters are memliers of tlie Evangeli-\\ncal Church.\\n-*^.{,**..5, i\\n,\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^i-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i-***F\\n^w/ EWIS KKTCIir.M. This respected citizen\\nof C oliiiet;ih Township, i^ivingston County,\\nwas born December 18, 1830, in Hanover,\\n(lermany. and is the only one of two sons and\\none daughter who came to the I liited States. He\\nreceived a good (ierman edneatioii, and after\\ncoming to this country in the fall of 1811) attended\\nthe public schools of Livingston County. In Aug-\\nust of that year he had left (iermany for the New\\nWorld, and he landed in New York City in the lat-\\nter part of Septemoer, coming directh to Michi-\\ngan, and .settling in the towaiship of 15righton.\\nLivingston County. His fortune in hand was\\nabout ^3; and he soon .set to work to place him-\\nself in an independent (losition.\\nAfter working for about four years for neigh-\\nboring farmers, he took up the trade of a carpen-\\nter, which he followed until 1882. In 18()5 he\\nhad bought eighty acres of land on section 18,\\nCohoctah Township, and the following 3 car he\\nmoveil onto this farm and entered upon the work\\nof felling the trees, clearing the land of stumps,\\nand cultivating and improving the farm. I pon\\nit he placed handsome farm buildings, which\\nare an ornament to the township.\\nMr. Ketehum was married February 3, I8. i7, to\\nMary llyiie, who was born in Prussia, in the city\\nof Krpel. Feliruary 3, 1839. Her parents, C4od-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0699.jp2"}, "700": {"fulltext": "702\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nfrid and Elinor (Hafland) Hvne, came to the\\nUnited Stales and settled in tlie townshii) of\\nBrighton, this countj-. The father died in 1842,\\nleaving one child, and his widow somewhat\\nlater married F. G. Crosman, by wliom she lias two\\nehildren. Tliey are connected with the Lntlieran\\nChurch. The five cliildren uf Mr. and Mrs.\\nKetchum are Helen, wife of John Hendricks,\\n.\\\\dolph C, Herman G.. Edgar F. and Fred L.\\n]Mrs. Ketchum is an earnest and devoted member\\nof the Evangelical C liurch.\\nGodfrid Hyne was the son of Godfrid and\\nMary llyne, who had four sons and one daughter.\\nWilliam remained liehind in (iermany, and the re-\\nmainder came to this country, namely: Hannah,\\nwho died in Brighton and left one child, Charles\\nT., and Fred.\\n/f^^ HARLES J. HODGE, is a farmer residing on\\n[1(^1, section 12, Harland Township, Livingston\\n^^/J County. He is a native of this State, hav-\\ning been born in .Southfield Township, Oakland\\nCounty, August 9, 1837. Our subject s father was\\nJonathan O. Hodge, a native of Connecticut, who\\nwas reared in Vermont, going there with his parents\\nat the tender age of three years. He came to Mich-\\nigan in 1834, and located in Southfield Township,\\nOakland County, where he took up land from the\\nGovernment, clearing the place in that desolate\\nway which was necessary to early settlers, chopping\\ndown the timlier, and leaving a forest of charred\\nand blackened stumps in the cleared spaces, that\\nwhen not draped and covered with the vines and\\nflowers of summer, jjresented a forlorn and dreary\\naspect. He built thereon a little log honse .and\\nlived there for a time, finally moving to Tyrone\\nTownship, Livingston County, where for ten ^X ars\\nhe worked the farm on shores, finally liuying the\\nplace where he now resides.\\nOur subject s present home bore no improve-\\nments whatever upon his advent hither. For\\nyears he lient his effc rts to clearing and cultivat-\\ning the land and remained there as long as he\\nlived, passing away at the age of sixty-one years.\\nJonathan Hodge was a Republican. Our subject s\\nmother was before her marriage a Miss Betsy Fall,\\na native of (^hio who came to Michigan with her\\nparents in 1825. Her father w.as John Fall, a nat-\\nive of Mass.acliusetts. lie was one of the early\\nsettlers in Oakland County, where he s})ent the\\nremainder of his life. Our subject s mother lived\\nto be fifty-six years of age. She and her husband\\nwere the parents of four children, one daughter\\nand three sons. He of whom we write is the first\\nson and only surviving one. His sister Lydia,who\\nis the wife of Mr. Seaver, resides in Highland\\nTownship, Oakland County.\\nThe original of our sketch was eight years of\\nage when he came to Livingston County with his\\nparents. His first school days were spent in South-\\nfield Township, Oakland County, and he finished\\nhis education after coming to Ilartland Township,\\nLivingston County. He remained with his parents\\nuntil their decease and married .January 1, 18fi2,\\nin Oakland County a lady whose maiden name\\nwas Chloe Cole, a native of the jjlace where she was\\nmarried, having been born in Highland Township,\\nNovember 13, 1839. She was one of twins. Her\\nparents, Orin and Tamar (Firman) Cole, came to\\nMichigan in 1834. and located in Oakland County,\\nwhere the father still resides. The mother died at\\nabout eighty-two years of age in 1883.\\nMr. Hodge has lived on the place which he now\\noccupies, ever since his father first located here.\\nHe has a farm of two hundred acres the greater\\npart of which is improved, one hundred and\\nseventy-two acres being under cultivation. They\\nhave a good, comfortable home and a beautiful\\nplace that shows the cultivation C)f years. There\\nare fine fruit trees and choice shade trees that give\\nthe farm an attractive and iileasant aspect. Our\\nsubject has two fine barns. The first one wasl)uilt\\nin 1862 at a cost of \u00c2\u00a7450. It is 34x60 feet in\\ndimensions. The- second Itarn he Iniilt in 1885, at\\na cost of \u00c2\u00a7900. It is 34x64 feet in dimension. He\\nkeeps a good grade of stock, making a specialty of\\ndealing in sheep, having some particularly fine\\ngrades. He of whom we wi-ite votes the straight\\nRepublican ticket, but feels that his dnt}- is done\\nwhen his vote is cast for the man he thinks most", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0700.jp2"}, "701": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND UKJGRAl JIlCAl. ALlilTM.\\nny,i\\nlittiiiff for tlie fifficp in question. He has no ambi-\\nliiiii li lie ;iii dllict liolilcr liimsi lf. Socially he\\nlii lou^s to Fentoii Lodge Xo. 101), of tlio Masonic\\nfraternitv.\\nr\\ny 11. 1,1AM TKAUSON. H IS iiii.loulptcdly a\\ngreat satisfaction to a man who has\\nreached years of maturity to look hack\\nover a life spent in struggles to do well for his\\nfamily and his fellow-men, to feel that those efforts\\nhave been recognized l)y friends and children, and\\nto have tlie assurance that he has made the most\\nof life and that tlic world is better for his having\\nlived in it.\\nOur suliject was born April l.Sli in l)ui-li:nn\\nCounty, Kngl. ind. wlicre liis f.-itiicr, William, and\\nhis motlier, Saruli Ann (lUackburn) IVarson, were\\nalso born. The grandfather, Hol)ert I earson, had\\na large f;iniily of cliildren, eight in all, naniel\\\\\\nWilliam, (Jeorge, Richard, Robert, John, Mary,\\nIJet-sey and Elizabeth. They were all born in\\nEngland, but came to Michigan and settled in\\nMiiford Township, Oakland County, where tiie\\nfather was the second pioneer. He was a man of\\nmeans and entered over one thousand acres of\\nland, giving to each of his children a farm of\\neighty acres with a yoke of cattle, or one hundred\\nand twenty acres without.\\nThe grMndfathcr of our subject was a local min-\\nister of the ;Metho(list Ei)iscopal Church and i)rob-\\nably preached moi c funeral sermons in that\\nvicinity than any other minister of that day. He\\nlivi d to the advanced age of eighty-tliri C years.\\nHis first wife dic l in .Miiford Township and he\\nthere married his second companion.\\nWilliam Pearson, Sr., came from the mother\\ncountry in lH4;j, c(msuniing sonic nine weeks in\\nthe ocean i)assage from l,iverpool to (Quebec.\\nFrom that city he came directly to Detroit and\\nthen teamed it to Miiford. where he settled on\\neighty aires and there resiilcd until his death, at\\nthe age of eiglity-.seven. in Novemlier. 1S\u00c2\u00ab8. He\\nhad a family of six children, one of whom died at\\nDetroit while on the journey, and the family com-\\njileted their nioiiinfnl journey to the new home,\\nbiinging with Ihcm the dear form of the departed\\nchild that they might bury it at Miiford. The\\nsurviving children are Robert, Oecn ge, William,\\nJoshua and Mary.\\nBefore the death of tlu father he had ac iimu-\\nlated a line farm of one iiundred and sixty acres,\\nand he was a man of value, not only in a financial\\nway, but as a citizen, and as a member of the\\nMethodist Episcoiial Church, in which he was very\\nactive, serving as a Steward through all of his\\nmmhood ^-ears. His faithful wife departed this\\nlife in the fall of 186.5.\\nOur subject came to the United Stales with his\\nliarents, and coming up the St. Lawrence River he\\nfell overboard and came near ending his career by\\ndrowning, but was rescued by an Indian sailor,\\nwith whom he e.xchanged locks of hair and whom\\nhe keeps in grateful memory. He received a good\\ncommon school education, .and at twenty-one began\\nfor himself, working for neighboring farmers by\\nthe month until the spring of 1860. when he\\nstarted out with two neighbor boys for California,\\ntraveling liy way of New York City and Panama.\\nIn the land of the sunset he worked as a farmer\\nfor one year for ij!360. The second year he re-\\nceived ?!l; and the third year ^5.50. By strict\\neconomy he m.anaged to get along with very little\\nof his wages, drawing only enough to clothe him-\\nself, and then put his money into renting his em-\\n])loyer s farm, upon wliich he thus worked during\\nthe fourth year. .Vs his crojjs failed he lost all\\nthat he had saved, Init during the lifth year he\\ntook the farm on shares and being now successful\\nmade ^2,r)00, with which in currency, he returned\\nto the East.\\nIn the spring of I86.J the young man i-elurned\\nto Miiford and bought eighty acres of land on sec-\\ntion 21, Tyrone Township. Livingston County,\\nwhich w.a.s mostly timber land. He set to work to\\nfell the li-ees, clear out the stumps and rai.se crops,\\nin all of which he was eminently successful. He\\nnow owns one hundred and ninety acres on sec-\\ntions 21 and 25, and .all of it is in a well im|)i oved\\ncondition. The beautiful home of Mr. Pearson", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0701.jp2"}, "702": {"fulltext": "704\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nwas for years jiresided over by a lady who was\\nformerly known as ]Miss Rlioda Algeo, daughter\\nof Lewis and Ann Algeo. She became the wife\\nof our subject October 16, 1867, and to her were\\ngranted tliree liright and interesting children,\\nLewis, Mittie and Sarah. Mittie died at the age\\nof five j cars and tlie mother passed from earth in\\nNovember, 1888, and will long be remembered as\\na woman of earnest Christian character and an\\nactive member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nIn this same religious body Mr. Pearson has been\\nan active worker for twenty years, and in politics\\nhe is an earnest and stanch Republican. His sec-\\nond marriage took place in October, 1889, and he\\nwas then united with Isabel, daughter of John\\nand Mary Ilolliday, whose many earnest and lovely\\nqualities of heart and mind are highly apiireciated\\nbj those who know her.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^OHN T. CARMER. Tlie name of him of\\nwliom we write belongs to a good old\\nHolland family that transferred its loy-\\nalty to the adopted country in early days,\\nscmie of the re})resentatives of tlie famil\\\\ having\\nfought in the war in which America gained her in-\\ndependence. Our subject is the son of Daniel and\\nBetliiah (Turner) Carmer. Tlie paternal grandsire,\\nAliraham Carmer, came from Holland and settled\\nin New .Jersey as a farmer. He died in New York,\\nhaving been a Revolutionary soldier.\\nThe grandsire who sheds the lustre upon the\\nname of his descend.ants as one who hazarded all\\nfor the sake of his adopted land, was twice mar-\\nried. He, y his first wife, had two children,\\nnamel} John and Daniel. His second wife bore\\nhim live children, of whom three were daugli-\\nters. Like most of his countrymen, he belonged in\\nreligious matters to the Reformed Dutch Church.\\nOur subject s father was born September 3, 1789,\\nin New Jersey, and was reared a farmer. He was\\nmarried in early manhood to Bethiali Turner and\\nbecame the father of eleven children, of whom ten\\nlived to maturit\\\\ They are: Sarah, Abraham,\\nCornelia, Naomi, John T., Ira, Esther, Ann E., James\\nJ. .and William. The eldest daughter is now Sirs.\\nFord; Cornelia married Mr. Henry; Naomi is\\nthe widow of Russell Palmer; Ira served during\\nthe War of tlie Rebellion in the Twenty-first\\nJMichigau Infantry; Esther married Mr. Ekkart;\\nAnne E. is now Mrs. Love; James J. served his\\ncountry for four years in the Seventh Michigan\\nInfantry.\\nWhen a young man Daniel Carmer removed\\nfrom his native State to New York, where he met\\nhis ^v ife. They were married in C.ayuga County,\\nX. Y., and thence removed to Erie County, subse-\\nquently to Chautauqua County, of the same State,\\nand from that place to Crawford County, Pa. In\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Inly. 18 19, our subject set out liy wagon to Liv-\\ningston County, Mich., being ten d.ays on the\\nroad. He -located with his fiimily on section 10,\\nTyrone Township, on two hundred and forty acres\\nof land, which he lient every effort toward improv-\\ning. He worked at a great disadvantage, having\\nlieeu a cripple all his life. Since coming to this\\nState our sul)ject has had charge of the farm and\\none. hundred and twenty acres of his ])lace belong\\nto tlie original liomestead. He owns one hundred\\nand sixty acres, upon which he h.as placed the best\\nimiirovements. A view of the est^ate appears on\\nanother page.\\nMr. Carmer has always stood high in tlie regard\\nof the community as is testified b_y the fact that he\\nhas been appointed to a number of township of-\\nfices. He has served as Constable and Clerk, and\\nfor six years was Supervisor. A Denidciat in\\npolitics, he has associated himself only with the\\nhonorable and reliable men who seek for tiie good\\nof the country and the elevation of the people.\\nUnhappily the educational advantages be enjoyed\\nwere but limited, but he has been gifted with a\\nlarge amount of common sense that h.as helped him\\nill the difficult jiositions of life where fine-spun\\ntheory would liaTe failed. He is a member of the\\nFree and Accepted Masons, belonging to the lodge\\nat Fen ton.\\nINIr. Carmer has some interesting recollections\\nof pioneer days, for being virtually the head of\\nthe household at an early age, responsibility de-\\nveloped his youthful perceptions and he was a re-\\ni", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0702.jp2"}, "703": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCE OF CH A5 E .DU NSTON SEC. 19., COHOCTAH TF., LIViNGSTON CO., MICH.\\n^.w,-rj^y\u00c2\u00a3.-feai t^^.v ?;g-\\n**9^\\nRESIDENCE OF JOHN T. GARM ER, SEC, IO.,TYROM E TP, LIVINGSTON CO., MICH.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0703.jp2"}, "704": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0704.jp2"}, "705": {"fulltext": "rORTRAir AND UKXiUAl l IK A I. AII .IM.\\n707\\nflortivo man at an- aire wlion most Iioys tliiiik only\\nof till- li i|iti r side of life. lie relates that he used\\noften to (lii\\\\e to 1 )etioil with an ox-teain, that\\nlieinu tiie nearest aeeessilile market, and that the\\njonrnev oeeupied fonr and live days at a time\\nwhen it was not always safe to he on the lonely\\nrt)ad.\\n_^l_\\nh^-^- n\\n/j^ IIARLKS K. DINSTON. who is one of the\\n(I most sucee.ssfiil and prosperous farmers of\\nCohoetah Township, Livingston County,\\nwas liorn in. (Jrovelinid Township. Oakland County,\\nMich., Fel)ruar\\\\- ISIl. his jiarents heiny William\\nand .lane (Welilier) Dunston. lie is of ICnglish\\nparentasic, his father heiug a native of Lineoln-\\nsliire and his mother of Somersetshire.\\nAbout the year 1836 William Dunston made up\\nhis mind to leave the home of his forefathers in\\norder to try his fortunes in the land of liberty.\\nAccordingly he came to the United States and\\njoiu-neved to this beautiful .State of Michigan,\\nwhere In- estalilished himself on eighty acres of\\nrich land and made il his home until death, which\\nensued in 1819. Before that sad event he had\\ndone great things in the way of pre|)aring his land\\nfor cultivation and improving it so that he was\\nthen having splendid crops in this new home. His\\nfaithful wife and the mother of his children long\\nsurvived liira and reached the age of eighty-five\\nyears, passing from earth in the year 18.S8. Her\\nfive children are Anna, John, .Sarah, Charles E. and\\nBenjamin, the eldest son dying at the age of\\ntwenty-two. None others in the family connection\\nexcept AVilliam and Jane Dunston ever came to\\nthis country. Mr. Dunston took a great interest\\nin the political affairs of this nation and allied\\nhimself with tlie Whig party.\\nlie of wh(nn we write received his education\\nthrough the admirable school system of Midugan,\\nwhich even at that early day had attained a stand-\\ning superior to that of many of the AVestern States.\\nHis school days were cut .short by family necessi-\\nties, for when he was fifteen years old his eldest\\nbrother diid. and as the father hail been called\\nfi-om earth when Charles was only five years oU\\\\\\nthe niaiiagenient of the family naturally fell upon\\nhim and he undertook to conduct the farming op-\\nerations. These he carried on until the date of his\\nmarriage.\\nAt that tinu Mr. Dunston decidi d to come to\\nLivingston County and here he purcha.sed eiglity\\nacres on section lit, Cohoetah Township. From\\nthis he cleared most of the trees pre[)aratoi y to\\ncultivation, besides putting upon it excellent build-\\nings. He has also eighty acres on section 24, Con-\\nway Townshi|). and on both of these he carries on\\ngeneral farming and from them he derives such\\nrich and varied crops as the climate and soil of\\n-Michigan have m.ade possible. His success is due\\nto his system, persc verance and industry, as he\\nstarted out without means and has had to attain\\nhis success in the hardest way.\\nIn March, 18Go, Mr. Dunston enlisted in the\\nservice of his country, joining Company A, Sev-\\nenth Alichigan Cavalry. As the war soon termin-\\nated his .service was neither long nor severe and he\\nreceived his houoralile discharge in November,\\nIMG being mustered out at Detnjit. He is now\\non his third term as Supervisor of the Utwnsliip\\nand is active in the Republican ranks, throwing\\nhis inlluence and his vote in favor of the rinci-\\nples which it represents.\\nAn interesting event in the life of Mr. I)un tiiii\\ntook place the year after his army service, as he\\nwas married December 9, 186(j, to Charlotte,\\ndaughter of Henry anti Agatha (Fingbiuder) Lali-\\nring. This lady is by birth a n.ative of Holly,\\nOakland County, and her parents, who belonged\\nto the :igricultural community, came from Ciermany\\nmany years ago. Their five children are Frederick\\nElizabeth, Henrietta, Charlotte and Soi)hia. Both\\nl)arents died in Holly, !Mr. Lahring in 18()9 and his\\nwife in 1858. He was bom in 1806 and came tt)\\nthe I nited States when twenty years old, settling\\nin I hiladelphia where he lived for six years, work-\\nin a sugar refinery and came to Holly in 1836. His\\nwife was born in 1810 and came to the I Hited\\nStates at the age of eighteen. They were both de-\\nvoted and conscieulious members of the Lutheran\\nChurch.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0705.jp2"}, "706": {"fulltext": "708\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nThe political views of Mr. Uunston are such as\\nare expressed in tlu ilfelnraticm and platform of\\nthe Rei)iiMicaii jiartv and while he is earnest in\\nthe advocacy of these views lie eschews politics in\\ntlio i)0i)iilar sense. |irefcrring the pleasures of home\\nand tlie endeavors and industries of the farm to\\nthe excitement of the political arena. The mem-\\nbers of tliis family have a high standing among\\ntheir neighlwrs in a social way and their home is\\nthe center of true neighborly feeling and interest.\\nThis family have five children, as follows: Nellie\\nA., Florence B.. Agatha J., Wayne E. and Gale J.,\\nall are at home with tlieir parents.\\nA view of Sir. Dunston s pleasant home is })i e-\\nsented on auotlier page.\\nJ 08EPII 1. BURTRAW, a general farmer and\\ndealer in sheep, is the owner of a good farm\\nof one hundred and ten acres on sections 5\\nand 6, ^Meridian TownsJiip, Ingham County.\\nHe was born in Lower Canada, near Montreal, Jan-\\nuary 4, 184.5, and is of French descent. His par-\\nents, Charles Burtraw and L^rsula (Gravilin) Bur-\\ntraw, were natives of Lower Canada. The former\\nwas born about 1815 and is a miller and farmer by\\noccupation, now residing in Williamstowu Town-\\nship, Livingston County. Our subject s mother\\ndied in Missouri aliout twelve years ago.\\nWhen Joseph Burtraw was six years old his\\nfather removed to Detroit and followed the milling\\nbusiness more or less steadily for four years. Tliey\\nthen removed to Orcliard Lake and ran a farm for\\nfive years; while there our subject gave his father\\nhis assistance on the farm. The family, however,\\nsoon removed to Lansing, wliere Joseph remained\\nuntil 1864, where he learned the art of photo-\\ngraphy. Me also worked in the State licpublican\\noffice for a time and was variously engaged until\\nhe enlisted in 1864 and was sent to the front. He\\nwas in Comjiany F, of tlie Twenty-eighth INIichigan\\nInfanti-y, belonging to the Second Division of the\\nFirst Brigade and the Twenty-third Army Corps,\\nserving under Gens. Thomas and Sherman. He\\nwas in two battles, Nasliville and Wise s Forks.\\nAfter coming out of the war our subject eng.aged\\nin farming for one 3ear in Meridian Township and\\nthen went to Saginaw, where he acted as foreman\\nfor tlie Hon. AV. R. Burt for one j ear, in cutting a\\nState road. He also worked for him in his lum-\\nber camp. He next farmed for three 3 ears, after\\nwhich lie removed to Missouri and there bought a\\nplantation, but sold it soon after to return to New\\nYork, where he purchased a farm in Ontario\\nCounty. Wliile there he was employed in general\\nfarming and particularly in hop culture. This lat-\\nter luisiness proved to be a pecuniary success, as he\\ncleared !|2,. )00 the last summer. With the proceeds\\nhe returned to Meridian Township and bought a\\nportion of his present farm.\\nOctober 12, 1867, the original of our sketch was\\nmarried to Henrietta Thatcher, of Ontario County,\\nN. Y. The lady was a daughter of Lj-man\\nThatcher, who now resides on a farm adjoining\\nthat of our subject. From this union eight chil-\\ndren have been born Ursula, born April 7, 1870,\\nand now the wife of Charles Ann is; Adell, Sep-\\ntember 9, 1871, married Will Culver; Hattie, Sep-\\ntember 7, 1873, resides at home; Mary, March 5,\\n187.5, is also at home; Emma, August 9, 1877, and\\nFrank, May 31, 1880, are both at home; Edith,\\nDecember 11, 1888, is the baby of the house; and\\nLyman, born January 7, 1869, died in his second\\nyear. This large and harmonious family is delight-\\nfully united in their church relations, as in other\\nrespects. They are all connected with the Pine\\nLake Methodist Church.\\nMr. Burtraw is united with several fraternities.\\nHe belongs to the Masonic lodge at Okemos, hav-\\ning been made a M.ason at Caiiandaigua, N. Y.\\nHe is a member of the Charles T. Foster Post,\\nG. A. R., of Lansing, and also of the Okemos Alli-\\nance. Politicallj- the original of our sketch is an\\nIndependent, voting for the best man rather than\\nthe political favorite; he. however, usually affil-\\niates with the Republican part3\\\\ Mr. Burtraw has\\ntaken care of himself ever since he was a lad of fif-\\nteen years. In his 30unger days he was denied\\neducational facilities, but has had the pluck to\\nmake amends for such deficiencies, and must be", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0706.jp2"}, "707": {"fulltext": "PORTUAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n709\\nregarded as aii intellifjent and woll-inforined man.\\nHe has good Inisiness ability and li.-is i)rosi)ered\\nfinancially. I rogressivc in every resi)ect, lie is\\nesteemed liv all who know liini.\\nl^^\\n)ENTLEY SABIN, a resident of Conway\\nTownship, J ivingston County, Mich., was\\nborn in Seneca County, N. Y., April 14,\\n1810, and is therefore now a venerable gen-\\ntleman of over four-score years. His respected\\nfather, .Tonathan Saliin, who was born near the\\ntown of Berlin in New York, had seven children\\nand our subject is the first-born son. Mary Dake\\nwas the maiden name of her who became the\\nmother of our suliject and her marriaiic with .Jona-\\nthan Saliin took i lace in 1807.\\nTiie brothers and sisters of our suljject are as\\nfollows: Jvuanna, William. Mariah, Susan, Abigail\\nand .Joshua. I^uauna. lioni in l.so.s. married S.\\nJNIarr and has seven children; William, born in\\n181 2, married Abigail CarpcntiT in 18|o. They\\nhave eight children.\\nNothing in the life of our subject is of more\\nreal importance and had a more direct bearing\\nupon his happiness and prosperity than his mar-\\nriage which took place in 1833. His bride was\\nElecta Bigelow, daughter of Aljel Bigelow and\\nSarah Clark, who were the parents of eight chil-\\ndren, Electa being the sixth child and fifth daugh-\\nter. She had a twin sister, Lura, to whom she has\\never been deeply attached. The marriage of this\\ncouple took place in Oakland County, Mich., and\\nto them have been born six children.\\nThe eldest son of our subject bears the name of\\nMontraville and was l)orn in 183,5. He married\\nJulia Adams and to them have been born two\\nchildren, a son and a daughter: P rank and Eda.\\nTo the second daughter Mrs. Sabin gave the name\\nof her twin sister, Lura. This daughter was born\\nin 1837 and has married Mr. B. .J. Tuttle. The\\nnext son, F. D. was born in 1840. and married\\nLurinda Porter in New York in \\\\x ^i. They are\\nthe parents of two children, both sons: Wells, who\\nwas born in 18()f) and Elliott, who is now deceased.\\nHarriet L. Sabin wsus born in 181t and married\\nAndrew AVickman. She has three cliildren. Addie\\nSaljin was liorn in 18r)2 and married Frank iner,\\nand is now the mother of two children.\\nHe of whom we write had his training and edu-\\ncation in the Empire State and had reached his\\nmajority before he was so filled with the Western\\nfever as to emigrate to Michigan. Here he estab-\\nlished hiin.self upon eighty acres of most excellent\\nand arable land and did thorough pioneer work\\nin what was then the Territory of Michigan. He\\nis doing a general farming business, and is still\\nactive and energetic in the pursuit of his work, as\\nall of his children have now left the parental roof,\\nand he and his faithful wife remain together alone\\nand are each other s best and chief companions. In\\ntlieir declining years they are proving the value of\\nthe choice which they made in youth and are an-\\nother illustration of the beauty of the harmonious\\nand happy union, which is typified so charminglj\\nin the old song Jo Anderson, my Jo, John.\\nMr. Sabin is ever intelligently and deeply inter-\\nested in all movements looking toward the advance-\\nment and prosperity of the fanning community\\nand believing that the Farmers Mutual Benefit\\nAssociation is a means to that end, he is one of its\\nearnest and enthusiastic advocates. In religious\\nbelief both he and his wife have been connected\\nwith the Fniversalist Church liut at present they\\nare inclined to believe in Spirit u;ilism.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00c2\u00a5r\\nIIJAM N. Fi:i.l. )WS. It is always a i)leas-\\nure to chronicle the events in the career of\\none who has l)een a brave and valiant sol-\\ndier, and responsive to the call of his\\ncountry in its moment of trial and need. lie of\\nwhom we write is a resident upon section 20. Leroy\\nTownship, where he owns a valuable farm. He\\nwas born in Fulton County, Ohio, .September 1!),\\n1840. His parents were Nathan J. and Ann\\n(Meecli) Fellows, natives of New York .State. Our\\nsul)ject was reared in his native State and county.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0707.jp2"}, "708": {"fulltext": "710\\nrORTRAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nand a greater part of bis life Las been devoted to\\nagricultural work, altbougli when uiueteeii years\\nof age be learned tbe blacksmitb s trade, serving an\\napprenticesbip of two j-ears. He has not since,\\nhowever, made use of this knowledge.\\nMr. Fellows enjoyed the advantages of a com-\\nnion-scliool education. Tlie schooling of his da}\\nwas in no respect similar to that of tbe present\\ntime, the l)irch rod ijlaying a conspicuous part and\\nthe advantages being of the crudest nature. Not\\nlong after the firing of tbe first gun at Sumter our\\nsubject enlisted in tbe War of tbe Rebellion, en-\\ntering the ranks September 1, 1861, joining Com-\\npany K, Thirty-eigbtb Ohio Infantry, and was as-\\nsigned to the Army of the Cumberland.\\nAfter particii)ating in tlie l)attles of Shiloh,-\\nCbickamauga, Mission Ridge and in the siege of At-\\nlanta, our subject was wounded in tbe left knee\\nand sboukler in the last-named engagement and\\nwas in the hospital thereafter some ten months, being\\niinally discliarged June 15, 1865. At tliat time\\nbe returned to Oliio and was there married October\\n20, 1865, the lady of his choice being Miss .loella\\nHarrow. Tbe domestic relations of tlie young\\ncouple were of the happiest nature. Their union\\nwas blest by the advent of one son, liert.\\nIn 1867 our subject came to Michigan, and\\nafter a residence in Lenawee County of live years,\\nbe came to Ingham County and settled on the\\nfarm whereon be now resides in Leroy Township.\\nHe is the owner of a fine tr.act of land, which he\\nhas greatly improved and enriched by i)lanting\\norchards and erecting a good home and tine barns\\nand outhouses. Our subject richly deserves the\\nprositerity which he at present enjo3 s. Socially be\\nis a member of the Eli P. Alexander Post, No. 103,\\nG. A. R., at Williamston, this State. For oueyear be\\nwas Commander of the Post, and has ofliciated in\\nvarious caiiacities and ollices. lie is also a member\\nof the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is\\none of the representative citizens of Leroy Town-\\nship, and, although bis residence here has not\\nbeen as long as that of many, he is as lo_yally at-\\ntached to the district as though he were a native.\\nHis military record is replete with interest, both\\nto the veteran, whose exiieriences may have been\\nsimilar, and to the .student of history. Although\\nthe mere statement of the battles in which he has\\nbeen a participant conveys so little to the unob-\\nservant reader, he has nevertheless shown great\\nbravery on many a hotly contested field. As a\\ncitizen Mr. Fellows commands the conlidence and\\nrespect of all who know him and in business mat-\\nters his word is as good as his bond.\\nGEORGE II. MclNTVRE. To have the\\nesteem of one s fellow-men and especially\\nJA) of those who know you most intimately in\\nthe every day relation of neighbors is worth much,\\nand to gain it is a worthy ambition in the breast\\nof any honoral)le man. We may truly say that\\nthe gentleman whose name appears at tbe bead of\\nthis sketch has attained this desideratum as he is\\nwell spoken of by all who know bini and is a man\\nwho has honorably attained to a broad and true\\nfriendship with many.\\nMr. Mclntyre w.as born, in 1859, in White Oak\\nTownship, Ingham County, Mich., in the log house\\nwhere he now resides. His fathei-, Sir. 1). 3Ic-\\nIntyre was a native of New York where he was\\nborn in 1833. Having grown to manhood he took\\nto wife, Olive Herrick, l)y whom he bad five chil-\\ndren two being sons and three daughters, and the\\nson of whom we have tbe privilege to write is the\\neldest of the sons. His sister, Ann Mclntyre, mar-\\nried ,1. II. Smith, and became tbe mother of two\\nsons and one daughter. Ella, who married I. J.\\nKing, bad two children, a son and a daughter.\\nFlora remains at home with her i)arents, while\\nDonald is also under the i)arental roof.\\nThe subject of our sketch is successful in his\\ngeneral farming business which he is carrying cm\\nthoroughly and energetically. He is highly inter-\\nested in fine breeds of animals and has at present\\ntwo hundred Merino sheep and some fine horses\\nand cattle. He keeps tbe thorough bred Essex\\nstock upon which be has taken the premium at\\ncounty fairs and now has some thirty of those\\nupon bis farm. He has a fiist-class standing\\namong his felluw-farmers and is now X resideut of\\nI", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0708.jp2"}, "709": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n11\\nthe St ii kl ri l;;c luidii Auricultiirnl Society which\\nmeets at Stuckbii(l rc.\\nMr. Mclntyre was upiin .MmicIi 20. \\\\sh:] united\\nin nimriaijc with Miss Jlaiy t Smith who is like\\nher iiiisbaud, a native of White Oak Townshiii.\\nIngham County, where she was born April .io.\\nIKGO. Tliis union has l)cen crowned by the birth\\nof four ehihlron, the eklest l)eing (Uen S.,the next\\nEthel, and the younger children being Benj.amin\\nHarrison and Florence.\\nIt is hardly necessary to state, after nuiitioning\\nthe name of Mr. Mclntyre s second son, that he is\\na standi Kejiublican in his political views and lias\\ngreat faith in the man who now fills the Presi-\\ndential chair. He has been a leader in his party\\nin local matters, and has filled a minil)er of the\\nminor ottices, having Ijeen especially ellieient and\\npnnninent as Pathmaster. I nder Ins management\\nthe highways of his township have gained an ex-\\ncellence for which they are well-known throughout\\nIngham County, and his incnnibencv to that ofliec\\nhas been exceedingly satisfactory to his fellow-\\ntownsmen. In IHitO he had chfiigc in While ();ik\\nTownship of taking the census and earrieil it\\nthrough in good shape. His tine tract of one\\nhundred and sixty acres is as fine land as can be\\nfound in Ingham County, and his wind-mill is a\\nmarked improvement and a decided hel)) in carry-\\ning on the farm work. Mr. Mclntyre is a gentle-\\nman who well deserves the name, and stands iiigh\\nin the social circles of White Oak Township. His\\nfamily deserve and have the best wishes and kind-\\nest regards of those who associate with them upon\\nthe intimate lenns of neighbors.\\n^^1 LBERT M. DA\\\\ IS. Genoa Townshii.\\n^^Oj Livingston Countyj^ is full of farmers\\nij IIj whose ability, energy and enterprise have\\n(1^ made them prominent and prosjierous,\\nand there is probably no one of them whose rec-\\nord is more worthy of our pen than he whose\\nname we have just given. His standing :iiiiong\\nthe people of tlie agricultural district of (ienoa\\nTownship, is abundantly attested by his otlicial\\nposition in the Crange and the respect which all\\ncitizens have for his intelligence is shown by the\\nschool ollices which have been his.\\nMr. Davis farm lies on section 17, (ienoa\\nTownshi]), and here he was born March 18, 1HI3.\\nHis father, John .1. Davis, was a native of Xcw\\nJersey and horn in IHlo, while the grandfather,\\nSamuel .1., was a native of Wales, who came to\\nAmerica when (piite young and established him-\\nself upon a farm in New Jersey. He came to Mich-\\nigan with his son .John in 18.3.5 frtmi Genesee\\nCounty, N. Y., where they had been living for a\\nshort time and Samuel .1. Davis died here when\\nabout seventy yeai-s of age. Their journey was\\nmade by way of the lake and they came from De-\\ntroit to the new home by a team through the mud\\nand over the roughest roads.\\nJohn .1. Davis took up his farm from the Gov-\\nernment when llure were very few settlers in this\\np;iit of the county, but there were Indians in\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iliundance and with thi in lliey lived on friendly\\nterms. He hunted and lished and killed many\\ndeer and always enjoyed that part of pioneer life.\\nAnn Arbor was the nearest market .and thither he\\nmust go for sujiplies. He owned two hundred and\\ntwenty acres of land here, which he had in excel-\\nlent condition. In his religious belief he was a\\nUniversalist and in politics he adhered to the doc-\\ntrines of the Democratic party. He received the\\nappointment of Captain f the .State Jlilitia, his\\ncommission being made out by Gov. Bari-y. He\\nwas exceedingly useful in helping lay out the\\nroads of the township and served several times as\\nCollector. His death occurred in 1859 and he\\nwas long mourned as a u.scful and faithful fellow-\\ncitizen.\\nThe lady who was the wife of this |)ii;ncer was\\nborn in Scotland in 18)2, and bore the name of\\nMary Orr. She came to America with her broth-\\ners when sixteen years old, and for a few years re-\\nsiiled in New York City until her brothci-s came\\nto Michigan, when she accom|)anied them and\\nmade her home in Washtenaw (junty. Her mar-\\nriage with our subject was crowned by the birth of\\nfour children, nainelv: ,\\\\gnes K.. Mi-s. White-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0709.jp2"}, "710": {"fulltext": "712\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nhead), Samuel J., Albert M., and Jolin J. This\\nfaithful and devoted mother is still living and is\\nnow with her daughter in Lunenburgli County,\\nVa.. She is a woman of devout Christian life and\\na communicant in the Presbyterian Church.\\nThe subject of tins narrative grew up among\\nthe wild scenes of pioneer life, and remembers viv-\\nidly numerous encounters with Indians, deer and\\nbears. He took his schooling in the log school-\\nhouse, sat upon the slab benches and kicked his\\nheels against the pine legs thereof. Entrance was\\nhad to this schoolhouse by means of a door which\\nwas simply fastened with a wooden latch and the\\ntraditional latch-string, while quill pens were the\\ninstruments with which the children practiced\\nchirography. Somewhat later the bo^ attended a\\nselect school or seminary which was kept by JNIrs.\\nDayfoot, and he there continued for two years.\\nSubsequent to this he attended the High School at\\nFenton for a year and also took one year at Hills-\\ndale College. His career at this latter institution\\nw.as cut short by illness and he had to give up any\\nfurther prosecution of his studies. This was a ser\\nions disapiiointment, as he had entered upon the\\nstudy of geometry, Greek and Latin at Hills-\\ndale.\\nWhen this youth was sixteen years old he was\\nseverely l)creaved by the death of his father, and\\nafter he left sdiool, he, with the assistance of his\\nt rothers. carried on the farm and finally he de-\\ncided to buy out the other heirs to the estate. The\\nmarriage which this j oung man contracted April\\n25, 1866, brought to his home Estella S. Saxton,\\nwho was l)orn in Marion Township, this county,\\nJanuary 14, 1848. Their three children are Rona\\nE., Oliver L. and Myrtle M.. and all are living ex-\\ncept the last named, who died when a charming\\nchild of three years. Mrs. Davis passed from earth\\nMay 8, 1881, and lier devoted husb.ind still mourns\\nher irreparable loss.\\nOne hundred and tliirty of tlie two hundred\\nand twenty acres lielonging to Mr. Davis estate\\nis now cleared and under cultivation, and here he\\ncarries on mixed farming and raises large numbers\\nof cattle and hor.ses as well as other stock. His\\nneat fr.ime house and his barns have all been\\nerected under his own suiiervision. His political\\nviews are in accordance with the doctrines of the\\nDemocriitic party, and he is now serving his third\\nterm as Supervisor. He has lieen the Superintend-\\nent of the township schools and also School In-\\nspector.\\nIn his religious life Mr. Davis is connected with\\nthe Episcopal Church .ind socially he is identilied\\nwith the Masonic order at Howell. He is also a\\nmember of the Grange and has held eveiy ortice\\nfrom Master down. His devotion to the cause of\\nthe farmer has also led him to identify himself\\nwith the Patrons of Industry. He was esteemed a\\nleader in many ways and has been a delegate to\\nthe county, congressional and judicial conventions\\nof the Demociatic party, and has also sat as dele-\\ngate in the State (irange and at countj- conven-\\ntions of the I atrons of Industry. Mr. Davis is\\nnow olliciating as President of the Agricultural\\nand Horticultural Society of Livingston C(,)unty.\\nHe has also been President of the Township Sun-\\ndav-school Association.\\nz^\\nr/ UKE S. IMONTAGUE. The bar and bench\\n\u00c2\u00a3i) has many able representatives in Liviiig-\\nston County, men who stand high in their\\nprofessions because of deep study of the best au-\\nthorities on legal lore, and men whose native abil-\\nity stands them in good stead of deep erudition;\\nmen who also combine the two so that their native\\ngifts are enhanced in value by extended study and\\nresearch. Of these various gentlemen of various\\nattainments none stand higher, nor are their ser-\\nvices more sought than he whose name is at the\\nhead of this sketch. Quick, ingenious, alert, thought-\\nful and a fini.shed diplomat, only unlooked for\\ncontingencies that human eye could not discern\\ncan defeat him in n case which he has taken up, so\\nthat his reputation is not local liut widesftread and\\nextending.\\nUnadilla Township, this county, is the place in\\nwhich our subject was born November 2, 1847,\\nHe is a son of Alexander S. and Sarah F. (Chip-\\nman) ]\\\\Iont.ague. natives of Greene and Wyoming\\nI", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0710.jp2"}, "711": {"fulltext": "PORTliAir AM) BIOGUAPIIICAL ALBUINI.\\n713\\nC uuiilii s, N. V. I Ir- I utlioi had coini lo Miclii\\ngnu in Uic year of IX. id, tlu lady wiioiii lie\\naftciwaicl made liis wilt liaviiii; pioci dod liiiii\\nliitlu i- liy a year. The story as ohl as that of Adam\\nand Kvii was liere i( |)oaU d and they woic married\\nin this eoiMily March 12. l\u00c2\u00bbS[).\\nAlexander Montanuo, our subject s father was\\nreared vn a farm and early learned the duties ex-\\npected of a farmer s boy, such as hoeing, plowing,\\nplanting and tending the stock so that when he\\ncame to Michigan lie was well q\\\\ialilied to be a\\nsuccessful pioneer. He urchased the first piece\\nof land that was broken in I nadilla Township\\nand there made a model farm as the j-ears passed\\nby, his tract comprising three hundred and sixty\\nacres of land. He continued to reside on this place\\nuntil deatli overtook him, August 8, 1887. His\\nwife is still living on the old homestead, being\\nseventy-one j ears of age and enjoynig in the eve-\\nning of her life the atmosphere which is that made\\nand impregnated with the spirit of her husband\\nwho was greatly honored as a citizen in the local-\\nity. He was elected to various public oflices, hav-\\ning l)een Justice of the Peace, Commissioner and\\nthe incumbent of other olHces. He cast his vote\\nand influence with the followers of the Republican\\nparty. In church matters he was associated with his\\nwife in worship at the Presbyterian Cliurch of the\\nvicinity, being one of the organizers of that body\\nin Unadilla Township and a meml)er for twenty-\\none years of the same, it being his sad privilege to\\nsee all the other organizers pass away before he\\nhimself w.as taken. He was a Ruling Elder and .also\\nSuperintendent of the Sunday-school.\\nOur subject s paternal progenitor was a public-\\nspirited man, realizing the advantage that every\\npublic inii)rovement gives to a locality. He gave\\nnot only his encouragement but generously of his\\nmoney and personal labor in tiie building of\\nbridges, churches and schoolhouses on the site\\nwhere I liadilla now stands and which was at the\\ntime of his advent here a wilderness. His father\\nand our subject s paternal grandfather was Luke\\nMontague, his mother, Eunice (Salisbury) Mon-\\ntague, natives of Connecticut and Catskill, N. Y.,\\nresiHH tively. The former was a farmer but early\\nin life was enuaiied as a teacher and later became\\na merchant. He lived in ireene County but re-\\nmoved to Oneida County and linally settled in\\nCayuga County, there engaging in farming. He\\ncame to I nadilla Township. Livingston County,\\nthis State, in 182(), purchasing a tract of two hun-\\ndred acres, wliicii lie bent his energies toward im-\\nproving. He also was an ardent Presbyterian, l)eing\\na Ruling Elder of that body, liotli of our subject s\\ngrandparents died in Unadilla Township. They\\nhad seven children whose names were Nathaniel L.,\\nAlexander S.. Elsie. A., Cordelia, Fanny, Charlotte\\nand Putli. Three of these are now living. Cor-\\ndelia is Mrs. 1). M. Joslin; Charlotte married Mr.\\nS. O. Noble and Fanny is Mrs. (J. Chapman.\\nOur subject s great-grandfather was Nathaniel\\nMontague, a native of Hadley, Mass. He, too, was\\na farmer and had a family of six children. He w as\\na Presbyterian and an Elder; lie served in the Rev-\\nolutionary war with his father, who was ^Lij.\\nRichard Montague, one of the veterans who was\\nwith the Colonial troops from the beginning to the\\nend of the war. He li.ad a large family and like\\nhis sons was a member of the same church. The\\nMontague family are of English aneestiy. Tlie\\nfirst to leave his native land was Richard Jlon-\\ntague who came to America about 1G. 55 and event-\\nually .settled at Hadley, Mass., there engaging in\\nfarming.\\nThe lady who gave birth to our subject was a\\ndaughter of the Hon. Fitch Chi|)inan, whose wife\\nwas previous to her marriage JHss Susan vSpaf-\\nford. They were natives of Vermont Init lived\\nfor some time in AVyoming Count}-, N. Y. The\\nformer came to Michigan in 1H:5,5 and settled in\\nUnadilla Township. Livingston County, where he\\nbecame a large landowner. He was in the \\\\Var of\\n1812 and was a member of the Legislature of New\\nYork for three terms. Eight children were wel-\\ncoiiu d to the home circle; tliey are Hannah M..\\nSpafford S., Lemuel, Sarah F., Susan, Frank, Ade-\\nlaide and Fanny. Only two of these are now liv-\\ning .Spatford S. and Mrs. .Sarah F. Montague,\\nwhose father w.as a memberof the Episcopal Church.\\nBoth he and his wife lived and died in Unadilla\\nTownship.\\nMrs. Sarah Mont.ague grandfather was Dr. Lem-\\nuel Chipman. his wife being Sarah Fitch) Chip-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0711.jp2"}, "712": {"fulltext": "714\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPmCAL ALBUM.\\nman. They were natives of Vermont and New York\\nrcspeetivelv, the foniier lieiiio- a surgeon in the\\nKevulutkmary War, was at the memoiatile liatlle\\nof lienniniiton. and indeed was through the entire\\nwar. Later he removed to Ontario County, N. Y.,\\nwhere he was a large hmdowner, and lie with\\nOliver Phelps owned all the land in Sheldon Town-\\nship, Ontario County, N. Y. He lived and died in\\ntlie town of Richmond, Ontario County, having\\nhad a family of live clnldren. His wife was an eye\\nwitness of the surrender of Saratoga, she l)eing\\nwith her father at the time, who was a member of\\nthe staff of Gen. Gates.\\nThe original of our sketch was one of a famil\\\\-\\nof six children whoso namesareas follows: Louisa,\\nnow Mrs. Edgar an Sickle; Luke S., our subject;\\nClara A., now IMrs. Chipman Fitch C, Arthur A.,\\nand Frank K..all of whom are residents in Living-\\nston County, this State. Our subject was reared a\\nfarmer bo,y. After finishing the district schools in\\nthe vicinity he attended the Ann Arbor High School\\nand was graduated at the Michigan Normal School\\nin 1869. I rior to this and while a student he\\ntaught two terms of district school and was elected\\nPrincipal of the ll(_ wcll Ihiion School in 1867-68.\\nTaking up the study of law he entered that depart-\\nment of the I niversity at Ann Arbor, from which\\nhe was graduated in 1872. Prior to that, however,\\nhe had read law for a time with Olney Hankins of\\nAnn Arbor. After his graduation he came to\\nHowell and entered into partnership with Andrew\\nD. Waddell, May 7, 1872, under the firm name of\\nWaddell it Montague. This partnership lasted un-\\ntil the decease of the senior partner in 1881.\\nMr. Montague has a pleasant suite of rooms over\\nthe ]\\\\IcPherson Bank. Here he first located with\\nhis partner and has ever since continued in the same\\nplace. The gentleman of whom we write has held\\nthe office of Prosecuting Attornej for this county\\nfor four years. He is also attorney for the Toledo\\nAnn Arbor Railroad and has done business for\\nother railroads. He is connected with various\\nmanufacturing enterprises, being a large stock-\\nholder in the electric light compan} of this place.\\nOutside of his legal interests he is a large property\\nowner in the county and has besides large amounts\\nof pine lands in Michigan, Mississippi and Florida.\\nHe is a Republican in his political preference and\\nand has lieen Chairman of county conventions for\\na numlier of years. Mr. Montague s practice is not\\nconfined to this locality but extends to other States.\\nHe has a beautiful home on Grand River Street,\\ncontaining four acres of ground which is most at-\\ntractively- laid out and has a fine residence. The\\npresiding siiirit over his home-life is his wife, to\\nwhom he w.as united December 1.5, 188G. She was\\nprior to her marriage Miss Ella Briggs, daughter\\nof Henry C. ISriggs, of Howell, one of the jtopular\\nmen of this county. They have one chihl living.\\na da\\\\ighter a few weeks old.\\n3HHHi\\nr YIMAN PICKARD. The gentleman whom\\nwe here represent, is one who enjoys the\\nconfidence of the biisiness community, who\\nconsider his word as good as his bond. He may\\nwell be classed among the intelligent and thrifty\\ncitizens of Locke Township, Ingham County, and\\nboth he and his intelligent wife are most highly re-\\nspected members of societ}^ He is a native of Jef-\\nferson County, N. Y., and was born .July 14, 1828.\\nHis parents, Jonathan N. and IMary (Countryman)\\nPickard, were natives of New York and Canada,\\nrespectively, the Pickards being early settlers in\\nthe Mohawk N alley in New York. Jonathan Pick\\nard was a soldier in the War of 1812, and in 1846\\nhe migrated to Jlichigan, settling in Locke Town-\\nship, this county, and here spent the remainder of\\nhis days.\\nOf the nine children of this family the following\\nsurvive: Jacob, Lyman, Mary (Mrs. William P ar-\\nber), and Martha (Mi-s. Hiram Johnson). The fa-\\nther was one of the early representative pioneers\\nof this region, an d served as Justice of the Peace.\\nLyman Pickard received the rudiments of his edu-\\ncation in the schools of Ohio, and thoroughly\\navailed himself of every opportunity which was\\ngranted him. He has pursued a thorough and sys-\\ntematic course of reading, and has ever kept him-\\nself well-informed in regard to matters of public\\ninterest.\\nLucv Lane waslhe maiden name of the lad\\\\ who", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0712.jp2"}, "713": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0713.jp2"}, "714": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0714.jp2"}, "715": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND lUOORAPIIICAL ALIU ^f.\\n717\\nlifcaiiK ,\\\\iis. I kkardiii ISod.aiul lo liiT witi iiraiiUil\\ntlireo cliildrcn. tlie t\\\\M) now living licing Rinaldo\\naiicl Amelia, the wife of tlio Rov. Kiniei- nll ins.\\nof ilie InitiHl I .ieUiren Clnnvli. After tiie death\\nof the niotlier of tliesc children Mr. Pickard con-\\ntracted a second marriage witli Elizabeth C lier, who\\nhad been S teaciier in the jjulilic school. l?y her he\\nhad six children, five of whom are livinir, namely:\\nl.iicN wife of llarley t lark. Lyman Newman,\\nl\\\\au and Cora.\\nHe of whom we write became one of the biaxc\\nboys in l)lue, who fought during the Civil War in\\ndefense of the Union.- lie enlisted Se|)tember -1,\\n1H()4, in the Fourteenth Michigan Infantr\\\\, and\\nwas |irincii).illy on detached duly, lieing stationed\\niit .l;icks(m, Mich. His honoralilc discharge was\\ngranteil in June, IXO; and he now receives a ])cn-\\nsion of a nionlli. His tine tract of seventy .acres\\nhas lieen gained through his own unaided cffoits.\\nFor yeais he haslicen a member of the Local School\\nHoard in various capacities. He is a I?e|iiil lican\\nin his i)olitical |)rcfercnce. and jin .active wide-\\nawake man, working heartily for every movement\\nwhich will promote the soci.al. industrial and Miimii-\\nci. il ucccss of the counlv.\\n|f_^ OX. FRANK :M. F()(;(;. a l.road exper-\\nj) ience embracing life n))on two continents.\\nh.as been granted to the gentleman of\\nji\u00c2\u00ae whom we iu w write, and with this experience\\nh( has gained breadth of view and soundness of\\njnilgmcnt which added to his n;itiirally keen abili-\\nties and thorough course of stuily, have made him\\na man among men, worthy of the res|)ei-t and ad-\\nmiration of llie iieo|)lc among whom he lives. ()ur\\nsubject was born in the year lHr)4 in Deerlield. N.\\nII.. and at an early age he learned the practical ex-\\nperiences of a farmer s boy. He came of good\\nSeotch-Irish stoek. which settled in Xew Il.ampshire\\nin the early days, his father being Nathan Fogg\\nand his grandfather Orrin. both natives of New\\nHampshire. His grandfather took part in tin- W.ar\\nof 1\u00c2\u00abI2. and his fatliei who now roides in New\\nVoik Cil\\\\. \\\\\\\\a a l.innci iii I )iii Held. N. II., and\\nLewiston, Me. His mother is of old Knglisli .stock\\nand bore the maiden luime of Isabel Morrill. .She\\n\\\\V!U5 born in Slansted. (Quebec, and is a daughter of\\nF. C. .Moi-rill. i farmer, who was in the Canadian\\nArmy during the War of 1K12. and died in that\\ncountry.\\nFrom earliest childlioixl young Fogg showed\\nsigns of talent, beginning school .at the age of\\nthree years and making such rapid progress .as to\\nhave conquered (ireenleaf s Arithmetic at the age\\nof twelve years. When he was only eight ycai-s\\nold the Civil War broke out and great i^olilical\\nexcitement prevailed. Even the \\\\oiing held de-\\nb.a4,ing soeieties,and this child took part upon every\\nsuch occasion, speaking or declaiming. At the\\nage of thirteen he was sent from home to attend\\nschool at I lampion Falls. N. II.. where he worked\\nfor his lioanl and also attended school at DeailHirn\\n-Veademy, at Seabrook. N. H. Here he walked two\\nmiles each wa\\\\ in going to ami from school.\\nmilked eleven cows night anil mojiiing ami acted\\nas general chore boy. The following vears he\\naltcriialc(| m IiooI work with work at the shoe bench,\\nand ill the hay tii ld. attending sncces iveh the\\nI ulnam Free School and the New Hampton Insti-\\ntute. .Vt this latter ])l!ice he showed so clearlv his\\nabilities as a logical dcbator and a student of his-\\ntory that he was nicknamed the Young Na])oleon.\\nand the following winter through the ad\\\\ice of\\nthe Hon. J. I). Philbrick of ISoslon, he entered the\\nNichols Latin School and continued his [nvpaia-\\ntioii for college.\\nThe dilliciillies connected with teaching boys of\\nhis own agi in the Hard Scrabble district at\\nPoland were brightened by the fact that here the\\nyoung man met Miss .lulia Addilon. who. in 187\\nIiecame his wife. .Vfter coin|)leting the ten weeks\\npr this term of school he entered Phillii)s Academy\\nat Fxeter. II., and cfuniileted his preparation for\\ncollege. He now changed his method of self-sup-\\nport by serving as a table waiter at the summer\\nresorts in the White Mountains, and as it was then\\ncustomary for students to tnkc this work, he found\\ncongenial coni])anionship among his fellow workers\\nand appreciative and wealthy friends among the\\nyuest^ who:n he ser\\\\ed. At various time hi re-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0715.jp2"}, "716": {"fulltext": "718\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nffivcd help from the renowned Dr. Sehenk and\\nthe millionaire Rockefeller, who continned his lib-\\neral lielp until he saw the young man through\\ncollege.\\nAfter completing his course at Bates College he\\nbegan tlie stud^ of law with the Hon. M. T. Ludden\\nof Lc- iston and in fourteen months was admitted\\nto the Androscoggin bar, passing as some of the\\ncommittee said, the best law examination of any\\nyoung man ever admitted to that liar. He prac-\\nticed, however, liut a sliort time, as the Presidential\\ncampaign of 1876 awakened his interest in political\\nquestions and he became an earnest worker in the\\nranks of the (ireen backers and was soon advanced\\nto a position of leadership. This led him into con-\\nnection with the Hon. Solon Chase in the publica-\\ntion of the Chronicle at Auburn, Me. In Jan-\\nuary, 1879, he was elected by the Legislature to a\\nseat in the Executive Council and as a member of\\nthat body he was instrumental in exposing various\\ncorrupt schemes. He believeSi in the strict con-\\nstruction of the constitution and laws and their\\nrigid enforcement, and he is a true representative\\nof the labor element. He has addres.sed thousands\\nof people in the linest halls and opera houses in\\nthe country and has won a reputation as a put)lic\\nspeaker. He was nominated for Ccmgress in 1880,\\nand made a magnificent run for that olHce. but was\\ndefeated.\\nSelling tlie \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Chronicle M|-. Fogg purchased a\\nfarm, near Lewiston, his father going security in\\ntlie purchase. I pon this Innd was a tine timbered\\ntract of lieeeh and inMplc and he went into the\\nwoods with five men an l chopped cord wood all\\nwinter, thus l)eing able to pay for his land in the\\nspring. A year later he sold this property and\\ncoming to Michigan in the fall of 1882, located in\\nLansing, and purchased a half interest in the l^an-\\nsing Sentinel and in company with .1. M. Potter\\nmanaged that paper until the cami).aign of 1886.\\nA New York mining company now secured the\\nservices of !Mr. Fogg, to take charge of a mining es-\\ntate in Africa, and in November, 1886, he left New\\nYork on the steamship F]thio]5ia for Glasgow,\\nScotland, and in London secured from the Gov-\\nernment a letter of introduction to the Governor\\nof tlie Gold CV)ast in Africa, and an order demand-\\ning that he should have all the protection the F^n-\\nglish Government could give him, which order\\nwas thoroughly complied with, lie sailed fidiii\\nLiverpool on the steamer Opobo Capt. Nornian.\\nIt was a trading vessel and as it stopped at all the\\nprincipal ports on the west coasts of Africa, he iiad\\nan opportunity of visiting them.\\nIveaehing the (lulf of (iuinea our suliject jour-\\nneyed inland to the gold mines whidi were situ-\\nated on a branch of tlie Niger River. It was a\\nhazardous undertaking, as eveiy white man who\\nhad previously visited the mines had died. This\\nestate was three hundred miles from the coast and\\nwas worked by taking off first eight feet of soil,\\nthen a layer of plumbago, and then the miners\\ncame to from eight to fourteen inches of gold-i)ay-\\ning-dirt. In the vicinity of the mines they found\\nplenty of ebony, mahogany and the rublier trees.\\nMr. FV^gg remained there al)oiit a year an l had\\nnumerous adventures with the natives, who more\\nthan once became mutinous. When Mr. F^ogg re-\\nturned to F^iigland he brought back with liim\\n^2.5,000 worth of gold dust, half of which was his\\nshare of the profits, and he also brought back, by\\nthe orders of the company, the bones of the two\\nsu[)erintendents who had preceded him. His con-\\nstitution was terribly racked l)y the climatic fever\\nwhich had gradually taken hold of him, and lie\\nwas reduced to almost a skeleton. After reaching\\nLiverpool it was several weeks liefore he could\\ntravel and he then spent some four months in trips\\nthrough FjUrope and Great Britain and returned to\\nNew York in July, reaching Lansing in August,\\n1HK8. He intends some d.ay to form a stock com-\\npany and return to the gold coasts, build a rail-\\nroad and develop the mines, and says there is a\\nfortune in it for .all concerned.\\nSince his return to Lansing, our subject has en-\\ngaged in his practice .as an attorney, although he\\ndevotes a large share of his time to dealings in\\nreal estate. He owns one hundred and sixty acres\\nin O Brian County. Iowa, as well as sixteen lots at\\nMartha s Vineyard and he also oversees his wife s\\ninterests, as she has a handsome i)roi)erty of some\\n4 2(), 0(1(1. Several tine I csidences in Lansing are in\\nhis possession. Since his return from Africa he\\nw.as elected a member of the Consolidated Stock\\nand I etroleum Exchange of New York.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0716.jp2"}, "717": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BJOGRArillCAL ALBUM.\\nlii\\nSince his return to Ainerieii Mi F()j;;i; lias t:ii en\\n(|uite a p. irt in [xililies, and was cliaiiinan of tlie\\nAiiti-Mi()n( i)olist State Convention in issl. uliicli\\nnominated .Mr. Mills for Governor, and also eliair-\\nnian of the t oniiiessional Convention i( this dis-\\ntriel for the (ireenliaek Lahoi- party, which ollice\\nhe occupied for three terin;;. lie \\\\v:is also Secrelaiv\\nof tlie I nion Labor State Central Committee for\\none ye;n .Vt the l usion Convention, when the\\nDemocrats and (ireenhackers joined forces, hi was\\nchairman of the Conji ressional Coniniitlee, and\\nma U the nominating speech, puttint; foiwai d tin.\\nlion. .John 11. Fedewa of St. .lolins for Conuress.\\nlie is a menilier of the Free and .\\\\cce])t( d .Masons,\\nthe Kniuhts of Labor and the I alrons of Industry.\\nI lis live children Ix ai the names of rrin. N;i1 h:in.\\nFrank. .I m ii u and i co i uc.\\n~SJt\\nj^ RS. CLARISSA (MOON) STKHNKS. -A\\nperfect woman nobly planned, to warn,\\nlij to comfort and command. The yreat\\n|)oet, Wor(lsworth, could not have found\\na worthier illustration of the woman he had\\nin mind at the time of writing his exquisite verses\\nlaudatory of the virtues of the gentler sex, than\\nshe whose nanu is at the head of this sketch; one\\nwho.se heart is tendei and sympathetic, yet whose\\nhand is firm to soothe and to heal the sick world\\nth.at leans on her; one who has en hireil much\\ntrouble and sorrow, the heavy hand f)f alHiction\\nhaving been laid upon hei nmri than once, and yet\\nshe has accepted weal or woe with lo\\\\ ing tiiist and\\nresignation.\\nMrs. Sternes is the daughter of Thomas and\\nKlizaheth ((iaidner) .Moon, who wcic natives of\\nEngland an l Canada, respectively. The former\\ncame to this country, first locating in Canada when\\na young man and engaged in fanning, lie soon\\nacipiired two Inuidi-ed and forty acres of land\\nwhich he stocked with blooded animals. This place\\nhe lived on through life. l?y his wife, to whom\\nhe wa.s married in Canada he had eight chihlicn,\\nfour of wlK in are now living. The\\\\ are our sub-\\nject, Catheiine, Elizabeth anil William. Catherine\\nis now .Airs. IJell, of Canada; Elizabeth married the\\nL ev. Willi.nn Cook and lives in Michigan; William\\nis a farmer in Canada. Our subject s p.atcrnal\\ngrandsire was Thomas .Moon, a native of England,\\nwIhj there lived and dieil and who accunuilatc d a\\nhandsome fortune in the pursuit of his calling,\\nwhich was that of a farmer. The maternal gi-and-\\nparents were .lohn and Catherine (Sliibley Cardner.\\nThe original of our sketch received the advan-\\ntages offered in Canada in an educational way.\\nShe lived with her i)arents until lu r marriage in\\n1847 to the Rev. Ashford I)iamon 1, who wjis born\\ni7i Canada and there al.so educated. He w.as the\\nson of Robert and Sophia (Smith Diamond, natives\\nof Can.ada, where they were employed a.s farmers\\nand were peo])le of gOQd financial standing. They\\nnu)ved to Michigan about 1851 and settled in the\\ncounty of Tu.scola, where they were eugage l in\\nfarming until their decease. After the marri. igc\\nof our siibject the young couple lived in Canada\\nfor live years where the husband was engaged in\\nfarming. In 1851 they came to Michigan and\\n.settled in Tu.scola County where Mr. Dianiond\\ntook up eighty acres of land which he fanned for\\nsome years. While thus engaged he turned his\\nattention to the ministry and began to prepare\\nhimself for that work, favoring the Protestant\\nJlethodist deiu)niination. lie completed his course\\nof study and went upon the circuit and continued\\nto be thus occupied until his decease. During his\\nministerial work he moved his family to Handy\\nTownshi|i and preached his last memorable sermon\\nin the Randall schoolhou.se two miles north of\\nFowlerville, passing away the following night.\\nDuring the service on that last day he paused in\\nhis discourse and asked if any of the congregation\\nwished to sa.\\\\- a word for .lesus. There was no re-\\ns])onse, and he continued. I see, looking over\\nthese seats, many gray haired men like myself, and\\nwe sh.all soon go to the beyond. Afterward he\\nsaid that it seemed to him that his mother s hand\\nrested upon his head while he was preaeiiing, urging\\nhim to press forward, and also that he could see his\\nlittle children who had gone before, flitting by on\\nangel wings that were tipped with gold and chant-\\ning the glad hosannas before the throne, lie was\\n4- CorreclTov. \u00c2\u00bb*\u00c2\u00abo\u00c2\u00ab TeflL k, 6(^tC lelT^r 90^Z. Rk5; 1 \\\\*{T.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0717.jp2"}, "718": {"fulltext": "720\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nknown far and near and tlie testimony of those\\nwlio knew and loved him is tender and heautiful\\nand a tribute that anyone miglit wisli to liave.\\nHe died in this township in 185.0. He left a widow\\nand eig lit children, four of whom only nve now\\nliving They are Thomas, Henry, Emily and AVill-\\niam. Thomas married ^Iar\\\\ Harris; they are the\\n|);u-ents of one child. William. Henry married\\nKllen Hayner, and is the father of four children\\nCarrie, Asiiford, Mary and Eva. Emily is the wife\\nof Fayette Grant and lias one child, a daughter,\\nwhose name is Alta E. William married ^Maggie\\nTa\\\\lor; he is a i)hysician of great popularity.\\nThe lady of whom we write was married a second\\ntime, lier present liusband being Allen C. Sternes;\\nthey now reside on .section a;3. Handy Township,\\nwhere they have a very fine home. Mrs. Sternes\\nis a member (_)f the Protestant ^Methodist Church\\nand one of the noble women of the towusliip.\\n^^p^EORCE W. ANDREWS. It is a favorite\\nif ligure of speech with i)oets ind literary\\n^^Jjj people in general to compare death with\\nsleep. It is a false comparison, however, for death\\nis not a sleep, Init an awakening to a more intense\\nand active life one in which the scope for good\\nis greater than in our circum.scribed sphere on this\\nterresti ial glolie. Our subject passed from earth\\non January 2, 1882, and his widow, Mrs. Electa P.\\nAndrews, dictates this tribute to the companion\\nwho was to her a hero and who In the charm of\\nhis presence and beautiful principles of right held\\nher in tlie inner shrine of his heart.\\nMr. Andrews was born in Milford, ^Mich..\\nFebruary 22, 1838. His parents came to this State\\nat an early day and the lad was orphaned while a\\nmere babe, his mother being taken away when he\\nwas three months old and his father when three\\nyears .old. After that he was sent to New York and\\nwas reared by an luicle until twenty years of age.\\nHis educational advantages were limited but In-\\ncareful reading and diligent study he became well\\neducated, and after fitting himself for the active\\nwork of manhood he returned to the scene of bis\\nnativity and settled in Oceola Township, Living-\\nston County. Later he removed to Corunna Town-\\nship, Shiawassee County.\\nMr. Andrews was united in marriage to Miss\\nElecta P. AVilcox in 1861. She is a daughter of\\nAlonzo and Sarah (Dean) Wilcox, natives of New\\nYork and ermont respectively. Her father came\\nto Jlichigan in an early day and died in Fowler-\\nville, Livingston County. The mother passed\\naway May 26, 1890. A family of ten children\\nclustered around the heads of the household; their\\nnames are as follows: Lanson, Edwin, Ryland S.,\\nLovina, now Mrs. Whitaker; P^lecta (Mrs. An-\\ndjews), Julius, Mrs. Julia Seims, Matilda, Mrs.\\nFrank Abbott,Mrs. Josephine Keeckler .and George\\nW. The father was a Democrat and the church\\nassociations of the family were with the ]Mctho(list\\nEi)iscopal body.\\nOur subject lived at Corunna two years and\\nthence moved to Iowa where he continued for two\\nyears, after which he returned to Michigan\\nand settled at Deerfield, later moving on sec-\\ntion Handy Township, in 1873. purchasing\\na little less than eighty acres of land, upon\\nwhich were some few improvements. He here\\nengaged in general farming and lient his ener-\\ngies to improving his land until overtaken by\\ndeath in 1882. The home that they have made\\nhere is ideal in its rural simplicity- and general\\nagricultural neatness .and productiveness. In the\\nrear of the house is a large red barn, which is ex-\\nceptionally fine. There is also an orchard. The\\nwork of the farm is now carried by Mrs. An-\\ndrews sons. They devote themselves to general\\nfarnnng.\\nMr.s. Andrews is a lady of marked personality,\\nhaving unusual executive ability and a fine knowl-\\nedge of business methods. Her husljand was\\nalw.ays the object of the greatest ivspecl and ad-\\nmiration among his .associates in their vicinity.\\nHaving learned the surveyor s art. he was often\\ncalled upon to survey for ro.ads and in estalilish-\\ning lines for estates. He w.as one of the most\\nuseful and important men in the township. Po-\\nlitically he was an adherent of the Democratic\\nparty. Their family comprised three children.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0718.jp2"}, "719": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND lilOGRAPinCAL ALUl M.\\n721\\nThe I hlcsl son. TliaiMciis C. iiiarrit d Miss Ida\\n(Jriiidliiiii. and is now tju pioiid I atiuT of one\\ndauirlitcr Myrtic Tlic SdiniLCor cliililrcn uvv\\nI .i MJaniin and llck n K. I licy liavc icrfiNcd\\na uood I din alion and arc accoiriiiiislird as well as\\npnii lical yuung i)co|)if.\\nsfe-Si\\n?^K()K(;K W. 15ARMvS. TIiu sUinU Knglisli\\nancestry from wliieii oursul)ject is descended\\nlias given iuni the true Aiiglo-Siixon traits\\nof teni[)eranienl and eliaracter. These arc a iieri-\\ntage which is more potent for the success of any\\nman than thousands of gold and silver. Mr.\\nHarnes was horn in ^Vulnirn. N. February 22,\\nIH 10. liis parents lieing .lolm and Winifred (Barnes)\\nIJarnes.\\n.lolm liarnes. Sr.. the grand fa tlicr of our sul)jeel,\\nwas of Knglish birth, when he belonged to the yeo-\\nmanry. and alfoserved his countay as a soldier and\\nsailor. His wife was Elizabeth I ayne, who bore to\\nhim four sons. Thomas, Joseph, (ieorge and .lohn.\\nan l foin- daughters. .Sarah, Mary, Winifred and\\n.Vnn. The father came to New York when he was\\ntiflv \\\\eai- old and settled in Auburn, and in ISIM\\ncame to Tyrone Township. Uvingstun County, and\\nsettled on eighty acres of land on section 1.0.\\nlleri lie ami his good wife p.assed away fioni earth.\\nThey were lioth old-school l)a])tists in their early\\nyears :iiid later were connected with the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Cliiircli. Wlieii lie lirsl came to this\\ncountry he embraced the doctrines of the Whig\\nparty anil afterward liecaine a Hepublic.-ui in senti-\\nliieiil. and took a great interest In the prosecution\\nof the war for the maintenance of the Inion, and\\ndied in 1X( I lis son .lohn. the father of our sub-\\nject, was born in England, as was .also the iun j\\nwoman who became his wife.\\nThe parents of our subject settled in .\\\\uburn.\\nafter tirst coming to this country, and later\\ncame to Michigan. The best opportunities to be\\ngaineil in the district schools were eagerly embraced\\nby om- subject and he remained in the E.nst till he\\nre.aclied his majority, when he came to Micliiijan\\nwith his gr. indparents and began independent\\nfanning operations. In September, IHIIl, (lein-ge\\nI larnes enlisted in Company I, Tliiid .Michigan\\n(avalry. ami p;irticipaled in the battle of New\\nMadrid, the siege of Corinth and the battles of\\nluka. .lackson, Coldwater and llatchie. and in all\\nsome lifteen battles and skirniislies. lie was pro-\\nmoted to the rank of Sergeant in .Inly, 18(12. and\\nat the end of three years received his honoiable\\ndischarge, lie iinmedlatel3 re-eulisted in the I if-\\ntv-(irst Missouri Inf.-intrv as a private and was\\nmade rciiuiting ollicer. He became Sergeant-\\nMajor and was long on guard dut\\\\ In August,\\n18(!. lie receive l his linal discharge at St. Louis.\\nrpon his return to .Alicliigan the young soldier\\ndevoted himself to farming for two years and then\\nremoved to Nebraska, but two years later letiirned\\nto this State and has s])ent his time since that in\\nTyrone and lirighton Townships. While in\\nNebraska he took u|) the trade of a carpenter, but\\nfor the past twelve years he has devoted himself to\\nfarming. His lieautiful farmhouse stands upon an\\nestate of lifty acres, on section 27, and evirytliing\\nabout the farm retlects credit upon the man who is\\ncarrying it on. In his otHcial ca|pacity he has\\nserved the township as Clerk for live years and is\\non his lifth term as Supervisor. He is active in his\\ndevotion to the DenKX-ralic [larty and has great\\nfaith in its ultimate success.\\nIt is a jileasant task to record the marital union\\nof two whole-souled and true-hearted people such\\nas our subject and Laura C. Slayton, wlio.se wed-\\nding day was Ot tober 18(57. This lady is a\\ndaughter of .\\\\lonzo and .Melimla (Hamilton) Sl.qy-\\nton. who were born in AN hiteslown. )neida Countw\\nX. Y.. and Chemung County. N. Y.. respectivcl\\\\.\\nTlieir daughter had her birth in Tyrone Township\\n.Vpril 2. i. 1817. The father of .VlonzoSlaylon was\\nDaniel Sl.ayton.of Oneida Counly, N. Y. who mar-\\nried Lucy Roberts and at his death left a widow,\\ntwo d.auglileis and three .sons. His wi l w subse-\\nipiently married a Mr. Porter, bv whom she had\\none daughter, and she linally pa.ssed her hist days\\nin .Macomb County, .Mich.\\nThe life story of Alonzo Slayton is one of inter-\\nest. He was born December 20, I S04, and entered\\nthe regular armv, where he reached the rank of a", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0719.jp2"}, "720": {"fulltext": "722\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nSergeant and took part in the conflicts during the\\nthe Black Hawk War. In 1835 he caine to Macomb\\nCounty, this State, where his mother was living,\\nand afterward settled upon a fine farm of two hun-\\ndred and forty acres in Tyrone Township, this\\ncounty. This he cleared and placed under good\\ncultivation, and had o1)taiued frtmi it splendid\\ncrops, when he died, May 22, 1861. He had served\\nhis township as both Supei visor and Justice of the\\nPeace, and in 1844 his superior abilities and excel-\\nlent judgment had raised him to the office of Asso-\\nciate Judge of Livingston County. Besides his\\ntraining as a farmer he had the ti ade of a carpen-\\nter and was occasionally called upon to practice it.\\nAt the time of his death he owned three hundred\\nand twenty acres of highly cultivated and arable\\nland. He was twice married; his first wife being\\nEliza Covil, and his second wife being Melinda\\nHamilton, the mother of Mrs. Barnes and daughter\\nof Hugh and Elsie (Shipman) Hamilton. Mr. and\\nMrs. Barnes have been blessed by the birth of one\\nchild, Pearl M., and in tlieir home are to be found\\nnot only the comforts of this life, but true harmony\\nand haiiiiiness.\\n15^11 RS. ELI/A M. CLARK. The owner of the\\nmodel little farm of eighty acres located\\non section 3, Ilartland Township, Living-\\nston County, is a lady whose name is at\\nthe licad of this sketch. She is a native of this\\nState, having been born in Tyrone Township, this\\ncounty, January 18, 1847. Her father was Amos\\nDexter, a native of New York, wliere he was reared\\nuntil he came to Micliigan in 1838. He located at\\nonce in Tyrone Township, this county, there being\\nImt few improvements on the place which he pur-\\nchased. He was a blacksmith by trade, and fol-\\nlowed his calling even after he liad located here,\\nsetting up his forge upon his farm. He died on the\\n26th of March, 1872, at the age of seventy-two\\nyears. During his life he was a member of the Free\\njNIethodist Church, in which body he was an ex-\\nhorter and a most devoted worker. He was well\\nknown throughout the county and enjoyed the re-\\nspect of all his neighbors and associates.\\nMrs. Clark s mother w-as in her maiden days\\nJliss Lovicy Brooks, a native of New York, there\\nhorn in 1811. She was married in her native State\\nJanuary 29, 1830. Slie died March 29, 1891, at the\\ngood old age of seventy-nine 3 ears. She was the\\nmother of thirteen children, twelve of whom grew\\nto manhood and womanhood, and of these eight\\nare now living. Mrs. Clark is the eleventh child\\nand seventh daughter. The names are as follows:\\nWilliam, deceased; Ruth; John, deceased; Mariam;\\nSarah, deceased; Martha; Marj^Ann, deceased; Abi.\\nAnnie, Amos, the last of whom died in the service\\nof his country; Eliza M., Celestine and Josepli.\\nMrs. Clark remained at home until her marriage,\\nwliich took place September 1.5. 1868. Wliile yet\\na yoimg lady she had acquired a reputation for\\nbeing a most accomplished housewife as well as an\\nintelligent and capable young woman. Slic united\\nlier fate for better or worse with that of Lanson\\nE. Clark, who was a native of this State, township\\nand (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(luuty, and was born December 18, 1844. He\\nwas the sou of Lee Grand and Catherine roman\\nClark. He was reared and educated in his native\\nplace and was considered one of the young men\\nwith brightest jjrospects of that towTiship. He en-\\nlisted in 1862 in the War of the Rebellion, joining\\nCompany E, of the Twenty-sixth Regiment of\\nMichigan Infantry, and after an honoralile service\\nduring which he Siiw much hard flgliting he re-\\nceived his discharge at Alexandria. A a., June 4,\\n1865, and was mustered out at Washington June\\n28. 1865. after which he returned to liis home in\\nMichigan. In one battle he was wounded by a\\nmusket shot which lodged in his head, and although\\nit was not immediately fatal he never recovered\\nfrom its effects, it causing his death in 18\u00c2\u00ab9. He\\nwas buried in the Ilartland Cemetery amid the most\\ndeferential honors paid by a large concourse of\\nrelatives and friends. He was a noble, Christian\\nman. and very well known in the county, also\\nthoroughly liked hy all who knew him, although\\nhe was an in^ alid much of the time during his lat-\\nter years. His wife was his constant eomi)ani()n\\nand guardian during this time.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0720.jp2"}, "721": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIIJC AL ALBUM.\\nJ2:i\\n.Mrs. (lark is tlif inotluT of seven i-hildreii. lour\\n.sons and three daujiliters. \u00c2\u00abli ise n;iiiies -ire in oider\\n(if l)ii-tli as follows: Ho.sa .Vdell, .\\\\nna Delilia and\\nAnson Delhert (twins), Amos Lee !rand. .losepli\\nC.ahin, lilanelie Lo\\\\ icy and Lanson Tlie\\noldest danjiliter is the wife of I .eilon K. Pearson;\\nthey reside in .Milfoid. )al land ouiity, this State.\\nAnson J)elbeit died at the auc of nine year.s and\\nten months, and Amos died at the aire of eiirht\\nyears, one month and nine days. The other chil-\\ndicn are still at home with their mother, brighten-\\ning her life in an endeavor to return the loving\\naffection and eai-e whieh .she has lavished upon them\\nin their early youth. .Mrs. t lark is the owner of\\neighty acres of good land which she rents, and this\\nbrings her in a very comfortable income.\\nm m\\n^J^) NOS SOW LK. The owner of the excel-\\nlently Miltivated f.arni. coiniirising one\\nhundred and seventy-tive acres on section\\n;i. 5, Ilowell Townshi|i. Livingston County, has wit-\\nnessed the growth of this immediate section of the\\neonntry, he himself having come here in 18,5;),\\nwhen the woods wei e .still in their virgin state,\\nan l the deer, wildcat and wolves were more fre-\\nijuent visitors than any of his own kind. He\\nbuilt a shanty in the midst of this wilderness and\\nm.ade that his home for a number of years. Then\\nas his condition, linanciallw was bettered, he liuilt\\nhis present commodious and comfoitable dwelling,\\nwhich is tlioroughly littetl for the enjoyment of\\nlife, lie kee[)s a great deal of stock, among which\\nall line grade cattle and a large number of hor.ses\\nand sheep.\\nThe original of this sketch w.as boi-n in Tomp-\\nkins Cttunty. N. Y., in the townshii) of Danbiu v,\\non the !^tli of .lune, \\\\H2C His parents were John\\nand Florilla Dikeman) Sowle, natives of Rhode\\nIsland and New York, respectively. The former\\nwas a mechanic liy calling, and after a lifetime\\nspent in the stinggle with the exigencies of exist-\\nence, his decease occurred in Cayuga County, X. Y.\\nHis widow came to Michigan in 1X46, with a\\nfamily of chibbcii: her SOns-ill-Iaw, with their\\nfamilies, aecompjinied her, making in all a party of\\nnineteen persons. They .settled in the township\\nof Il.andy, this county, where they |)urch.ased land.\\nThere oiu subject s mother passed away from this\\nlite in September, I1S; )2.\\nlie of whom we write was bionght up -a farmer\\nl;id and drilled in the agricultural science, not as\\nit is accomplished at the present time, but by the\\nhardest manual labor. The rudiments of his edu-\\ncation were received prior to his coming to Michi-\\ngan, and indeed he had not many advantages\\nafter reaching the age of ten years, for at that\\ntime he commenced to be self-sui)i)orting, working\\nout and icceiving ij. i.2. per month for li is services.\\nTo appreciate the |)rivations and hardships of the\\nfamil\\\\-, the reader must know tli.at the firet pair of\\nshoes po.sse.ssed by our subject were obtained when\\nhe was six years old, and they were made from\\nhorse-hide the liid of an animal which the\\nfamily had owned.\\nMr. Sowle worked out by the month ami day\\nuntil twenty-eight years old, at which lime he li.ad\\naccumul. itcd enough to be enabled to purchase the\\nfarm upon which he now lives. After t)btaining\\nthe home lie felt the need of a companion, and\\nmade misti-ess of his house Miss .lustina Curtis,\\nThey were married December 14, 1H,54. .She was a\\nnative of Handy Township, this county, and is the\\ndaug iter of Benjamin and .Mary A, (Hush) Curtis,\\nwho came to this .State and county in 1X3(5. Two\\ncliildrt ii. who are lixing. are the evidence of the\\nplighted troth of our subject and his wife. They\\nare .Mar\\\\ .1.. who is now Mrs. (Jeorge Carl, and the\\nmother of three children Freddie, ^larcia and\\nMartha, the two last named being twins. .She. w ith\\nher linsbaiid and family, is a resident of this\\ntowi .sliip. ;iiid is the owner of a farm of lifty-four\\nacres, locati d on section ;5. 5. The next child is a\\n.son, (u orge K.. who died when twenty-nine years\\nof age. and the youngest is a daughter, Rosa A. P.\\nOur subject, politically, alliliates with the Di m-\\nocratic p;irty, that platform aiipealing more\\ndirectly to his ideas of justice and right as far as\\ngovernmental power is concerned, lie is a self-\\nmade man. having been not only industrious, but\\na good manager and exceedingly energetic, lie is", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0721.jp2"}, "722": {"fulltext": "724\\nPORTRAIT AND BlOGRAniKIAL ALBUM.\\nrewarded with the greatest respect and liking in\\nthe county, which has honored him on several occa-\\nsions by nominating him to office. He has, however,\\nrefused to be an incnmlioiit of local offices, attend-\\ning strictl.y to his own legitimate business, which\\nis tluit of farming, lb has a beautiful home,\\nwhich is not only conifortablc, being arranged\\nwith all conveniences that give modern farming\\nso great an advantage over the old style, but\\nbeing also an attractive edifice in outer appear-\\nance as well as inner arrangement. He is a man\\nof unimpeacliable character and standing.\\n^+^1\\nF^^REI)KRK K IllllNKR. The owner and res-\\nUr/^; ident upon the line farm located on section\\n/ll 13, Ilartland Township, livingston County,\\nis a native of Prussia, the country that has so\\ngreat a reputation for its soldiery, having one of\\nthe nuist magnilicent standing armies in the world.\\nTo it the world is indelited for many things out-\\nside of a great military example. .She stands first\\nin original experinu nts in science and only second\\nto i ^ngland in her literature. Its inhabitants have\\neonunon sense views of life that lead to a splendid\\nphysical development, for the (ierman nation as a\\npeople are noted for their fine physiques and lon-\\ngevity.\\n;\\\\Ir. llibner was born May 2; 1831, in the dis-\\ntrict of Mactelnirg; his father, Daniel Hibner, also\\na native of Germany, he came to the United\\nSlates in 1853, landing in Tsew York City, Decem-\\nber 4. He first located in Ohio, and there lived\\nfor one year, at the end of which time he proceed-\\ned to this State and settled in Springville Town-\\nsliip, Oakland County, whence he removed to\\n(iroveland Township, two years later, at which\\nplace he piu chascd forty acres of farm land. This\\nhe sold and later Ijought a farm at White Lake,\\nthis he also sold and came. to live with his son, oxn-\\nsuliject, passing away from this life at his home,\\nafter having reached the age of seventy-seven\\nyear.;. Our subject s mother was before her mar-\\nriage a Miss Catherine Daten, a native of Oer-\\nm-mvaswas her husband. She was the faithful\\nand loving companion of his life and finally died\\nat the age of seventj^-six years.\\nOur subject is one of seven children, being the\\neldest child. He was reared in his native land,\\nand was twenty-one years old when he came to\\nthis country. He received his education in the\\nFatherland, becoming thoroughly wi ll drilled in\\nthe branches as taught in his country. On coming\\nto America with his father, he resided for two\\nyears in Ohio, whence he came to ^licliigan and\\nlocated in )akland County. He there hired out\\nby the month on various farms, si)ending most of\\nhis time with Newton Biglo, of Springville Town-\\nship, working for him seven years. He received\\nhere ^10 per month for his first labor. ,Vfter leav-\\ning TMr. Biglo, he went to Holly where he purchas-\\ned forty acres of land; this he partially improved,\\nR niaining there for a period or three years, and\\nthen coming to his present location.\\nOn settling here Mr. Hilmer found that no\\nimprovements had been made, with the exceiition\\nof a little log house, and he at once bent his\\nefforts toward making the place somewhat realize\\nhis ide. i of a farm. His marriage took place\\nin Oakland Couuty, his l)ride being Miss Arslena\\nMillhberg, like himself, a native of (ierman\\\\-.\\nThey are the parents of eight children, five daugh-\\nters and three sons, whose names are as follows:\\nMary, Charles, Emma, Anna, Lenor, Henry, ]Mer-\\nwin and Susan. iSIary is now the wife of Sh: M.\\nWycoff, and resides not a great distance from her\\nparents. The children are all bright and intelli-\\ngent, the boys being gifted with considerable busi-\\nness capability and talent. The young ladies are\\naccomplished and prepossessing.\\nJMr. Hibner is the owner of five hundred and\\nfifteen acres of land, all in one body except eighty\\nacres which is on section 10. It si)eaks well for\\nour subject s ability as a business man that while\\nhe came to this State with scarcely more than an\\nabiding faith in his physical strength, and his\\naljility to work for what he wanted, he has acquir-\\ned his present handsome property. His residence\\na view of which appears on another page, was\\nbuilt in 187; at a cost of -i^LaOO. It is a cozy and\\ncomfortable little home that is gay with the merry\\njests and ringing laughter of the 3 ouug people.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0722.jp2"}, "723": {"fulltext": "n\\nc-j\\nn\\nn\\no\\n^3\\nO\\nH\\nI-\\nr\\nCI\\no\\nn\\nX\\nis", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0723.jp2"}, "724": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0724.jp2"}, "725": {"fulltext": "I ORTHAIT AND BJOOllAPIIICAI. Al.lil^r.\\nOur sulijt ot (IcmIs ([uite cxtensivoly in slR tp.\\nand at luvscnt lia two liuiuli-ed liead i)f (iiio breed.\\nHis farm is well stoci cd. irriijati d and drained,\\nancl he eidtivates the entire piaee with the excep-\\ntion of eiarhty aeres. lie owns a farm on sec-tion\\n1 I, u|)on wliieli is a good liouse, witii other im-\\nprovements. In ids |)olitie:d prineipies ami pridi-\\nlection, Mr. Ilibuer is a IJepuhliean. His lirst vote\\nwas cast for Huehanan. He was reared in a Lu-\\ntheran family and is still an adherent of that failh.\\nhis wife and children also heloniiinu to that\\nchurch.\\n^^IKOHCK A. MARSH. The a,-rieiillural ele-\\n11 meat forms the haeklione of every com-\\n\\\\^!j| miinity, for ui)on its character and work\\ndepends the real U Velopnient of the resonices of\\nthat section of the cMiunlry; and if enti i prise. in-\\ndustry and intejirity are lackiiifi the whole liod\\\\-\\ncor|Hirale will lie lacking in vitality, strenuth and\\nsuccess.\\nAmong the farmers of Hands rownship. Liv-\\ningston County, we lind Mr. Maisli. living on sec-\\ntions 2 .t and 3(1. where he has a plen(lid farm of\\none hundred acres. This county contains his\\nnative home, as he was born in I nadilla Town-\\nsliip. in the year 1849, and in that same township\\nhis parents Zen.-is and Mary ((ilenn) .Marsh were\\nm.arried and made their early wedded homi-. as\\ntiiey had come when quite young to this coinitx\\nThe settled upon a wooded farm and having cleared\\nit off and improved it. lived there till 1H(K) wlu u\\nZciias Marsh died \\\\\\\\\\\\n u the old homestead, and\\ntwelve years later his faithful wife expired in\\nI \\\\\u00c2\u00bbwlerville. The principles of the Democratic\\np:irt\\\\ had always been the political sentiments of\\n.Mr. Marsh, liut he had not mcddleil in public af-\\nfairs.\\nThe worthy Jiionei r couple of whom we have\\nnow spoken had a family of seven children, of\\nwhom live are now living, namely: lOmily T.,\\n(JIi-s, Metcalf), Robert, our subject. Inez, (Mr.s,\\nPowere) and Edward. The subject (jf this sketch\\nremained at home through lioyhood and \\\\dntli\\nand received his schooling in I nadilla Township,\\nand when he reached his majority he settled half a\\nmile south of Fowlerville for two years, and\\nthen sold that property, and lamc and purchased\\nthe place u\\\\h u which he now resides. He luts\\nrlearc l the timber fiom this tract and has placed\\nupon il line buildings and other good improve-\\nments. His home is marked liy more evidences of\\nl.i-te and culture than many farjn house.- and its\\nsurroundings are most attractive.\\nThe ollice of C onunissioner of Highways w as\\ngiven to him for two years, and for quite a long\\nwhile he attended to the duties of Koad M.aster\\nan I has also held other ollices. The happ\\\\- marital\\nunion of (ieorge A. Marsh aiul Susan Saundei-s\\nd.-ites from 1873, when at the residence of the\\nbride s parents they were made one. This lady\\nwas born in .Mai ion Township and is a daughter of\\nFrederick and .Mary (Love) Saunders, an English\\ncouple who came to .Vmerica in 1836, and made\\ntheii- home for some time in Livingston County.\\nIiefore their marriage. Mr. Saiuiders attended\\nschool for a whiU aflei coming to .Michigan, and\\nsuli-eipient to his marriage, which took place in\\nMarion Townshi|) he made his home there. Jlrs.\\nSaunders father was also a native of England.\\nHenry (i. Lovi by name, and he likewise came to\\nAmerica in 183(! and became tme of the pioneei S\\nof Marion Township. His f.aithful companion de-\\nparted this life while they weie living in England,\\nand he is now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Saunders were\\nthe iiai)py parents of sLx children, four only of\\nwhom now ur\\\\ i\\\\e, they are: Mrs. .Marsh. A\\\\ illiain\\nIL.Tilla, (.Airs. Demerest, deceased), Mary .l.,(Mrs.\\nDemerest), Lydia E., and Lyda (deceased.) The\\nmother departed this life February 7, 188\\n.Vmong the i)rominent leaders in the People s\\np:irty in Livingston County. Jlr. .Marsh s name\\nmay well appear. His intelligence and thorough\\nunderstanding of public aflairs and his enthusiasm\\nfoi- the principles which that party represents, make\\nhim exceedingly intluential among the men who\\nare following the iileas promulgated liy that paity.\\nIn agricidlural circles he is also regarded !U* a\\nprominent man, as the line condition of his farm\\ngives him a prestige which he richly deserves.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0725.jp2"}, "726": {"fulltext": "728\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nHis fine buildings and excellent improvements\\nshow to every observer the lifiiid of a thorougli-\\ngoing and systematic farmer and his Durham cattle\\nand line horses are wortliy f tin |)ri lc which he\\nfeels in them.\\n\\\\=ar^9Um^^t^M^4^^t^a*a\\nRS. SAUEITA UICmroM). Tlie lady\\nwho is the (jwner of tlie farm that is a\\nii model of its kind and located on section\\n19, Howell Township, Livingston County,\\nhas administered her business affairs with so much\\nability as to rank high among her sex as a financier\\nand manager. Her farm conii)iises sixty acres\\nwhich is under a state of careful cultivation. She\\ncame to this township in 1847 when the place was\\na wilderness, and although she belongs to the sex\\nthat was formerly spoken of by the lords of crea-\\ntion as the weaker one, she did her part as ;i\\npioneer in developing the country, for weak in-\\ndeed would lie llu woman in pioneer times who,\\nin the stress and press of harvest labor coiild not\\ngo out in the fields with rake or hoe and accom-\\nplish a fair day s work.\\nThe lady of whom it is onr pleasant privilege to\\nhere give a short biographical sketch in outline is\\na daughter of William and Betsey (Heroy) Brun-\\ndage, natives of New York. Her father came to\\nMichigan in 1847 and settled on section 21, of this\\ntownship and county, having jnirchased a farm to\\nwhich he bent his efforts to cultivate and improve.\\nThere he lived and died, having had a family of\\nfive children, four of whom arc now living. They\\nare Charles; William. wln lives in California; our\\nsubject, (Mrs. Richmond), and I erry. of Gratiot\\nCount}\\n]\\\\Irs. Richmond joined her fate with that of\\nTracy I\\\\. Richmond, November 26, 18,56. He was\\nborn near Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1S;56, and was the\\nson of Simeon and Poll.y Richmond, who came to\\nMichigan and settled lirst at Tinckney where the\\nelder Mr. Richmond worked at liis trade which was\\nthat of a carpculci-. Our sulijcct s husband was\\nreared a farmer and icmnincd loyal to his calling\\nthiough life. After their marriage he purchased\\nforty acre of land in Howell Townshiii on section\\n20, and li\\\\( d there a year, enjoying the comioits\\nof home in this new location. He then rented a\\nfai m for foiii \\\\ears, after which heinu-chascd forty\\nacres of land in tiiis vicinit\\\\ and later i)urchascd\\nthe tract whereon his widow at present resides.\\nHis first purchase comi)rised fort\\\\ acres, which was\\nthe nucleus of the fine farm which he owned at the\\ntime of his decease. Upon this he built a very\\ngood residence in which his widow now resides.\\nMr. Richmond was a man of progressive tendencies,\\ngreatly interested in everything that looked to-\\nward a furtherance of domestic, municipal or na-\\ntional Government. Personally he was genial and\\nvery popular with his associates. His decease oc-\\ncurred May .5, 1880, at which time he was forty-\\nthree years and five months of age.\\nMrs. Richmond s consort was a Republican in\\nhis predilection. He was particul.ary interested in\\nthe governmental affairs of the locality. He left\\na family eomi)rising a wife and two children,\\n.hiy, the elder son, married Celia Mcintosh, uid\\nnow lives on the liome farm. He h.as two chililrcn\\nRay W. and Eva. The younger child, a daughter,\\n]\\\\rary E., became Mrs. Frank R. Crandal. She is\\nnow deceased, having departed this life Marcli 1!),\\n1888. She left two children Tr.acy F. .and Mary B.\\n.lay Richmond is his mother s able assistant in\\ncarrying on the work of the farm and it shows no\\ndiminution in care and attention, he evidently\\nI)eing a man who thoroughly understands his busi-\\nness. Their home is a beautiful rural residence in\\nthe midst of a wide rolling lawn surrounded with\\nchoice shade and fruit trees. )ur subject is a woitliy\\nlady who stands high in the regard of her friends\\nand neighbors.\\n*^i\\n1b-^;h1\\n\\\\f/()IIN ARMSTROXO. Although our suliject\\nhas passed three-quarters of a century, and\\nduring this time he has experienced the\\nfrost of the world s wintry wisdom, as well\\nas the brightness and simshijie of encouragement", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0726.jp2"}, "727": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHIC A I ALIU IM.\\n72\\nmikI ji y. Ills hcnrl is :is \\\\ouiii; ;in(l \\\\inliiuclu (l as\\nth()Ui;ii Vdiitli ui ic iniinurlal. lie leiiiiiids one of\\na sturdy :\\\\k on tin iiioiiiitaiii side, i-ouali ami\\nrugared iif lnMiich and hark, yet iii\\\\iiii!: an iiiipres-\\nsii)n of stieiigtii aiidelinraeter such as no otiier tree\\nconveys, and at the same time eastiny a jiraleful\\nshade over tiie loo heatecl pallnvays tlirouiih the\\nsummer woods. Tlie tree hears upon it5 rui^ued\\nexterioi the history of nature, the storv of tem-\\npests, of h iulh. lh od .-ind scorehina^ sunsliine. I lie\\nman is an unwritten history of moments of passion,\\nrestraint, reservation, pleasure and \u00e2\u0096\u00a0i)ain. He will\\ntell you some of his life, hut llie addcn [lart, the\\nl)art that we curious mortals care most to pry into,\\nhe locks in the de[ tlis of his own heart, as the oak\\nhears in its inner rings its life history.\\n)ur suhject is the owner and proprietor of the\\nf. uni on section \u00e2\u0096\u00a02(i, Ilarlland Township, Livingston\\nCounty. He is a native of the JMnpire State, hav-\\ning been horn iu Fahius Township, Onondaga\\nCounty, September 2S, 181(!. We will not here\\nattempt to give a biography of his jiarents as one\\nwill he found under the sketch of our sulijeet s\\nbrother, Mr. L. L. Armstrong, in another part of\\nthis volume. He of whom we write is the young-\\nest of six children born to his parents and of these\\nthree only are now living. .Mr. Armstrong was\\nvery young when obliged to start out in life for\\nhimself, being hut twelve \\\\ears of age when he\\nlirsl began to work as he coidd l)y the month or\\nday.\\nThe original of our skelch received twenty-four\\nicres of lanil in Monroe County, X. V.. from his\\nmother. He however paid for the land and look\\ncare of his mother and brother until their decease.\\nHis marriage took place in Monroe County, X. Y.,\\nMarch \u00e2\u0096\u00a02(), 1H18, his l)ride lieing Almira Talmage.\\nThe lady is a native of Saratoga County. N. Y.,\\nbeing there born in 1H2K. She was, however, reaied\\nin the town of Parma, Monroe County, .^ftei-\\ntheir marriage our subject sold their little tiact of\\nIwi nty-four acres for IsLKIO. and he iniinediafelv\\ninvested the proceeds in a farm of lifty-two ami a\\nhalf acres in the town of (ireece. Monroe Couiitv.\\nof the same State, there he remained cairving on a\\ngeneral biisiness in agriculture until lH, )|.wlien he\\ncame to Ilartland, this county and state, and lo-\\ncated on .section 2i!. He. with his family still live\\nin the same log house that w;is on the place when\\nhe canu here. He is now, howevei Iniilding a new\\nframe dwelling wlii( h he contemplates with much\\npride and |)leasui-e.\\nMr. an l Mrs. .Vrmstrong are the parents of nine\\ncliildien, seven of whom are now living. They\\nare: Kdna, Lorenzo L., Charles, Lydie, .b lin K..\\n.lulia K., and \\\\Villiani 11. The oldest child and\\ndaughter is now the wife of Chester Camp )ell.\\nThey reside on a farm in Antrim Township, Shia-\\nwassee County. Lorenzo is a farmer residing in\\nll.-utland Township, this county. Charles is also a\\nfarmer living in Antrim Township. .Shiawas.see\\nCounty. Lydie is the wife of II. lirowu, and lives\\nin this vicinity. ,|ohn K. resides in I laitl.-iiid\\nI ownship. .Julia IC. still makes her home with her\\np. iri uls as does her brother William II.\\nOur subject is the fortunate possessor of three\\nhundred and twenty acres of .some of the linest\\nland in Livingston County. It is well imi)roved\\nand so fertile that it needs only to he turned over\\nwith the pU)w aiul |)ut to seed to bring forth a\\nbountiful harvest. Most of the improvements\\nhave been made thereon by himself although his\\neldest and youngest sons are now conducting the\\nwork of the farm on shares. Our sulijecCs first\\nvote was cast for .lames K. I olk. He is now an\\nardent Hepublican taking as great an inteii-t in\\npolitical news as in his younger days.\\n^Mil-^-i^l^\\nf/_, IIC\\\\:\\\\[ W. r.AKKK. The old idea of the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2horny handed sons of the soil is to a\\ngreat extent exploded, agricultur. il Mutli-\\nf^j ods at this time being carried on with\\ncomparatively little manual lalior, the imji-.tv^d\\nimplements, whose motive power is steam or elec-\\ntricity. accom| lisliing in one-tenth the time the\\nwork th. it was formeily peiformed In liaml. It is\\nipiite possihh? foi- even the great m.-ijority in this\\ncountry .as well as in England to be \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0gentleman\\nfarmers. The suhject of this skelch is tuie of the\\nfavoied rei)resentatives of agriciillnie in this di.s-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0727.jp2"}, "728": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nrict, ownins: a fln3 farm of sixty aoroB on sestion\\n8, Meridiiiii Township. Inijliani C ovinty. IIo de-\\nvoti S liinisolf to g-ener. il farming. lie was born in\\nNorlliunilR-rland, Saratuga (lunty, N. Y., Noveni-\\nlicr \u00e2\u0096\u00a022. l.S. ST. IIi f.atlR i-, Ak xandcr C. l!al cr, is\\nby ()t Lnii)ation a farmer, and a native of Monroe\\nCounty, N. Y., and tliere horn in 1810. Ili.s de-\\ncease oceurred wliile lie was yet in the heyday of\\nyouth.\\nIliram I aker s mother was in ln-r maiden days\\nMiss Betsey L. Williams. She w.as born in AVilton,\\nSaratoga County, N. Y., November l(i, 1811, and\\ndied October 23, 1888. Our subject remained ini-\\nder tlie parental roof until he was sixteen years of\\nage, helping his father with the farm. His oppor-\\ntunities for attending even a district school were\\nver\\\\ poor, and the knowledge usually acquired in\\nthe i)nblic schools he has lal)orionsly secured by\\nindividual study and l)y experience. When six-\\nteen years of age he started out in life to make his\\nown living. In company with another boy he\\nwent to Toledo, Ohio, and obtained work on a rail-\\nroad at th;it place. After [lUisuing this iieav\\\\ em-\\nplo\\\\inent for nearly a year, lie returned to New\\nYoik and s|)ent six years in farming in Yates\\nC iunty.\\nHaving acquired a home and assured of, at least,\\nthe necessities of life, Mr. B.aker took unto himself\\na wife. His marriage with Miss Kate C. Chase oc-\\ncurred .lanuarv 8, 18(J1. The lady was a daughter\\nof Calvin Chase, a farmer in that vicinity, and was\\nborn August 20, 18, }7, in Carliondale, Pa. Care-\\nfully educated, she became a teacher and was suc-\\ncessfully employed in this ca])acity for several\\nyears. She enjoyed the special advantage of a\\ncourse in I nion Seminary in Delaware County, N.\\nY. In 18()1 the young couple came to INIichigan\\n.ami rented a farm near Ilattle Creek, where tiiey\\nremained for eleven years. They then removed\\ninto Ingham County, where they were engaged in\\nfarming foi- a short time.\\nBy iiracticing tiie strictest economy, our suliject\\nwas at last enabled to purchase the comfortable\\nhome that they now occupy. Several substantial\\nimprovi inents had been made upon the place since\\nthey came here, and the careful attention in the\\nway of cultivation that Mr. liaker has given the\\nplace has added greatly to its value. While in\\nNew York, Mrs. Baker was a member ol the liaptist\\nChurch, l)nt has not identilied herself with any re-\\nligious I)ody since coming here. They are l)oth\\nniembersof Harmony Alliance, No. l.of I ine Lake,\\nthe lirst lodge organized in Michigan. Mr. Baker\\nwas also the first candidate to be initiated in the\\nOkennis (irange after its. organization. Our sub-\\nject has always been a Democrat. Mrs. Baker is a\\nhighly aecorn| lished lady with decided tastes and\\ntalents in an artistic direction. Their home is\\nnitide charmini; b\\\\ the dainty works of her hand.\\nl\\\\ ARSIIAI. COFFEY. One ol the most de-\\nlightful homes in Handy Township, is that\\nA^ owned by the enter|)rising young farniei-\\nwhose name is at the head of this sketch.\\nHe is the iiroprietor of mu hundred and sixl\\\\\\nacres on section 18, Handy Township, Livingston\\nCounty, upon which is built a comfortalile and\\ncommodious home that is tlie meeting jilace for the\\nchoice spirits of the vicinity. Mrs. Coffey is an ex-\\nceiitionally attractive lady, with bright conversa-\\ntional powers, and having much talent in the mu-\\nsical direction. Her literary testes and judgment\\nare of the most refined character, and their home\\nabounds in the latest productions of literature and\\nworks of a scientific nature. They are thorouglil\\\\\\nalireast of the times, and do not believe in looking\\non life as a dark or dreary state.\\nMr. Coffe}- was born on section 18, Handy Town-\\n.sliip, where he now lives. His natal day was De-\\ncember 18, 18(), His [larents were Levi and .lulia\\n(Wiiite) Coffey, natives of the P2ini)ire State, who\\ncame to Michigan at a very early day, and here\\nthe father accumulated by his prudence, economy\\nand industry, a handsome fortune. At one time\\nhe was the owner of a very handsome estate, com-\\ninising five hundred and eighty-seven acres of\\nland. Prior to settling in Handy Townshij), he\\nwas in iNIarion Township, later settling in Washte-\\nnaw, finally locating permanenth upon the farm", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0728.jp2"}, "729": {"fulltext": "PORTRAI I AM) I .KKUJ Al IIIC \\\\l. AI.I .I M.\\n731\\n:ilpo\\\\f rflfiiiMl 111, .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2mil whiTi his ik i-c;iM look |il:iri\\nFchniaiy 2 1, l.siil, liis wife liaviiis; ])ih ci (U (1 liiiii\\nliy tt ii years.\\nl- oiir SOILS irrew u]) alioiit llieir parents, aiul as\\ntiny readied years of maliirity. made homes of\\ntlieir own. Oursulijeet, Marslial Coffey, was mar-\\nried lo :Mi.ss Kllie C. (iriswolil. Novemlier 20. I8H!).\\nTlie lady is a daut;li1ei- of ,losei)haiid Laura (Will-\\niams) (iriswold, of Handy Townshii). one of the\\nrepresentative farmers of this locality. A native\\nof .New York. Mr. (iriswold came to Michiiian in\\nan early day. and now li\\\\cs on section 22, of this\\ntownshii). Tiiey have a family of live children,\\nwhose names are .as follows: Bert, Jay. lOflie, now\\nMrs. .Marshal Coffey. Leah and Kntherford. The\\nyonni; peoiile have all lieen jiiveu the ailvantaues\\nof a iilieral ediicatit n, and havins;: !irii;hl. ispirinu\\nnatures they easily take their places in the highest\\nsoci.al raidss of the locality. Mv. (iriswold is a\\nstanch Repniilican, oivin! his vote and inlluence\\nholly to that p.arty.\\nOur suhjcct, .Marshal Coffey, is one of the pi om-\\niuenl yoiinij farmers who by their proii;ressi ve ten-\\ndencies and cucro-etic youui;- hlood l; o to make\\nLiviutrston County one of the stronircst in the sis-\\ntcihood of this jreat lumhcrinii- and ai riciiltural\\nState, lie holds to the Democratic faith.\\n^.j.,^.^^.\\n^.^^.^.^c\\n\\\\Ji ESSK .]AC()15.S. The oentleman whose name\\nis at tlic head of this .sketch is the owner of\\na fine farm comprisino- one hundred and\\nninety acres and located on section 27,\\nIlowell I ownslii]), Livingston onnty. Mr. Jacol)s\\nis one of the extensive farmers in tliis luwnshii),\\ndi\\\\idinii; his attention lictween his own farm, where\\nhe rai.ses horses, cattle and hogs for market. an l\\n(loinjfthe threshinij for other farmers in the county,\\nlie ])eiiiij tlio possessor of some of the finest and\\nmost modern machines of this kind.\\nMr. .Jacobs was born in .Steuben County, Corn-\\ning Townsliip. N. Y., December 18, 1840. Mis par-\\nents were IJenjamin and Nancy (Searls) .Tacolis.\\nnatives of the Kmiiire State. The former was the\\nowner of one hundred .-ind si.xly acres of land\\nwhich he cultivated before coining West, and ill\\n1859 he sold this place and lakinor his way toward\\nthe setting sun settled in the town.shii) of Howell.\\nHe is now retired from the active pursuits of an\\nagricullur;d calling. Our subject s mother died at\\nTlainlield, Livingston County, February 6, 1887.\\nMr. .lacobs, Sr.. is the father of nine children, six\\nof whom are now living. They are Alary, .lesse,\\nLevi, IJenjaiiiin, I hilander and Charles.\\nThe original of this sketch received the greater\\npart of his education in Corning. Steuben Countw\\nN. V. He was reared a farmer boy and on com-\\ning est with his (larents worked out on farms\\nuntil he had accumulated enough to purchase one\\nhundred ;iiid twenty acres in Cnadilla Township,\\nthis county. Fifty acres of tiiis tract was limber\\nLand. I his he cleared, and lived upon the place\\nfor .seven years, at the end of which time he sokl\\nand came to the farm where he at present resides.\\nHis original piudi.ase here com|nised one hundred\\nand twenty acres, to which he Later added seveiitv-\\ntwo imnu diatcly adjoining. Tweiitv .acres of his\\nlast pui chasc w.as timber land that lie cleared. JMr.\\nJacobs has good, comfortalile farm buildings, tliere\\nbeing three hou.ses upon the place and also three\\nbarn.s. In two of these houses there are tenants\\nwho assist him with the farm work. He has planted\\nthree orchards on his jilace which now icid\\nbountifully. He also raises much small fruit and\\nhis farm being only two miles from the town of\\nIlowell he linds a ready market for this produce\\nnear at h.and. He has .as good a farm as there is In\\nth(^ township and it has been so made liy his own\\nindustry and etTorts.\\nIn 18()r) the gentleman of whom we write was\\nmarried to Jliss Ada M. IJarber, of Dexter, W.ash-\\ntenaw County, this State. Their union has been\\nblessed by the advent of eight children. They are\\n.Vugusta. Mary. Sarah. H.arriet, Jesse. IJIanche, Will-\\niam H. and Jenny. .Vugusta married Harvey\\nWhite; they .arc the parents of two cliildren Ar-\\ntansia and an inf.ant wlio at the time of writing\\nwas not named. They reside in Ingham County,\\nthis Stiite. Mary is now Mi-s. Carl Hoody. who is\\na resident of Colorado.\\nMr. Jacobs is a {{cpulilican in his party allilialion.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0729.jp2"}, "730": {"fulltext": "732\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nNaturally iiitereisted in local pulitics he is also well\\ninfoiiiu d ill regard to the National (4overnment\\nand can hold his own in aioument with any of the\\n])enioerats in the vic-inily. Onr suhjeot has lieeii\\na very hard worker and the coinpeteiicy tliat he\\nhas gained has been secured only l y the most in-\\ndefatigalilc labor. He has in connection with his\\nfarming interests been threshing grain for the last\\ntwenty-one years, doing most of the threshing for\\nfanners who do not possess their own implements.\\nHe has a steam thresher of ten-horse })C)wer.\\nON. (iEOPiCiE COLEMAN. The early his-\\ntory of this family in America reads like\\nthe lines of a fairy story, as William Cole-\\nman, the progenitor of the American branch\\nof the family, came to this country from England\\nin the latter i)art of the sixteenth century, and be-\\ning an oriihan boy, was bound out by the Captain\\nof the vessel in which he came, to a ni.aii on Eong\\nIsland, who was a wealthy farmer. As this youth\\ngrew up to manhood he learned to love the beau-\\ntiful daughter of his master, and at last was wedded\\nto her. They lived in liappiness ever after .and\\nhad four sons, one of whom, named .)olin, settled\\nin Connecticut, and from him came the family of\\nour subject.\\nThe descendant of whom we write, who is now\\nthe County Treasurer of IJvingston County, Mich.,\\nand a resident of Howell, was born in Orange\\nCounty, N. Y., September 7, 1!S33. His parents.\\nEri and Susannah (Lee) Coleman, were natives of\\nthat county and the father was a wagon-maker by\\ntr.ade, who in his boyhood had been bound out for.\\n.seven years to learn his trade. After serving five\\nyears he i)aid his master for the remainder of the\\ntime and started in business for himself in Orange\\nCounty. Later in his life he i)urch.ased a farm on\\nwhich were a gristmill and a jilaster mill, wlik h he\\ncarried on until October, 1843. when he sold his\\nproi ertv and came to Michigan.\\nEri Coleman now .settled in ]\\\\Larion Township,\\nLivingston County, where he engaged in fariiiiiiii\\nu(Jon a live hundred-.aere tract, a great ((ortion of\\nwhich he cleared of timlier, and remained u\\\\um it\\nuntil 18r)7, when he went to Pinckney, this couiily.\\nlie engaged in the mercantile business and followed\\nit until his death in 1864. His faithful wife sur-\\nvived him and remained with her children until\\n1873. The large farm was divided among the\\ns(ms, our subject receiving two hundred acres, and\\ntwo other sons, Jasper and Floyd, receiving their\\nshare. The father was the Postmaster of Pinckney\\nfor several years and ^vas one of the wealthy men\\nof the county. He was a Democrat in his political\\nviews. lie had five .sons and one daughter, namely:\\nMary E., Milton, Charles, George, .lasper and Floyd.\\niSIilton is in California and w.as for twenty years\\nthe Overseer in the Navy Yard at San Francisco,\\nand Jasper is on a farm in Clinton County, this\\nState.\\nThe father of Eri Coleman was William and he\\nwas married to Mary Reeve. Both of them were\\nnatives of ()range County and they had a family\\nof nine children. The father of William was .lohn.\\nwho w.as liorn in New Loudon County, Conn., and\\nhe was one of the four sons who were descended\\nfrom the first progenitor, who married the lieauti-\\nful daughter of the wealthy farmer.\\nJohn Coleman, the great-grandfather of oursub-\\nject. removed from t)range County, N. Y., where\\nhis .sou William was boru, to Pennsylvania, going\\nthither about the year 1772, and remaining there\\nuntil the occurrence of the Massacre of Wyoming,\\nwhen he returned to Orange County, N. Y. His\\nwife, Sarah, was a daughter of Josiah Coleman, the\\nson of William, the originator of the family, and\\nwas, therefore, a first cousin of her husband.\\nHe of whom we write was reared upon the farm\\n.and remained upon the old homestead after his\\nfatlier left the farm, and went into mercliandising.\\nHe has about four hundred .acres of land in Marion\\nTownsliip, oil which he lived from 1857, when lie\\ntook possession of it, until 1889. He purch.ased\\none hundred and twenty acres adjoining the city\\nlimits in 1881, and there he now lives. Besides\\nthese |)roperties in Clarion Towiishi}). he lias other\\nlands in the .State. He h.as represented this county\\ntwice in the State Legislature, once during the ses-\\nsion of 1883 and again in 1885, and for five years", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0730.jp2"}, "731": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBll^M.\\nr33\\nhas been Supervisor of the towiislii| I loni the\\ntiiiU he was t\\\\vi iil\\\\ -four years old hi lilleil the\\notlice of .lustk O of tlic Poac-o for sixteen years in\\nsiieeession, and ho was elected to his present [)Osi-\\ntioii in ixm.\\nI he nianiaire of onr siilijeet to Miss Sarah Kiih-\\nliins, of JVIariim Townsliip, took place in 18;)o.\\nI he parents of Mrs. Coieinan were Adam and Sarah\\n(Hill) Rubhins, both of whom were born in Eng-\\nland and eanie to Amei-iea in 1H3(5, settlini; in\\nMarion Township. I.iviniiston County, where they\\nspent their li\\\\es upon a farm. Mr. and Mrs. Rub-\\nbins had eigiil ehildren .Mary A. (who is Jlrs.\\nThoin;is). Clements, Ail.-un .Ir., Sarah who was Mrs.\\nColeman). Eliza (now ]\\\\lrs. Coleman). Adeline\\n(.Mis. l eaeh).Luey (Mrs. Alford Tayk r)..Tohii and\\nI Ji/.abeth (!Mrs. Reason, now deceased). Mrs.Sarah\\nColeman had a family of three children: Xoni.\\nEraiik and Wilmer. Js ora is now Mrs. .Tohn Hen-\\nderson; Erank is married to Alice Feunster an l\\nhas three ehiUhen. Bruce, (Jeor-re and Nora; and\\nWilnier is nnited in marri.aue with Ilattie .Ieffre\\\\\\nand has three chihlren. I.ouisc. I.aura and Charles.\\nMrs. Sarah Coleman died in l.H(i(l and .Mr. Cole-\\nman married for his second wife hei sister Eliza,\\nwho now h;is two children. Sarah and Susan. Our\\nsubject helped to oru:anize the Eirst State and Sav-\\ninas Bank of Howell, and is a stockholder therein.\\nHis political views ha\\\\c UmI him lo alliliatc with\\nthe l)emoer:itic |)arty. in which he has yreat conli-\\ndence an l for whose future prosperity he works\\nand voles.\\n^^1 LMERON DANIELS is a retired f.armer.\\n^Z II Jwning a good tract of eighty-eight and\\nIfc seventy-nine hundredths acres of land on\\nQ0 section 22. .Meridian Township, Ingham\\nCounty. He was born in the town of Reg ia, Mon-\\nroe County. X. .lunc 21. 1\u00c2\u00abI7. His father w.is\\nElijah Daniels, wild was born in Massachusetts in\\nIT .t.i. While in .Massat hnsetts he employed him-\\nself as a baker and shoemaker, but after coniinii lo\\nthis county he became .a fanner, lie w.ns engaged\\nin the War of 1812, .serving from the Ijeginningto\\ntiu close. He died in Niagara County. N. Y.. Sep-\\ntember 18, 183!\u00c2\u00bb. Our subject s mothei- was. prioi-\\nto her marriage, Miss .\\\\xa Woleott, a native of\\nMassach u.setts, but who.se rearing was chieflv in\\nNew Voi-k where her father was one of the very\\noldest sclllcis.\\nOur subject lived at home until his father died,\\nin l\u00c2\u00ab.i .t(the niotherdied in 182;\u00c2\u00bb)and he helped clear\\nup the new farm and support the family, as he was\\nthe eldest, \\\\\\\\hen seventeen yeais of age he worked\\nout by the month, receiving for six months \u00c2\u00a57 and\\nInters^ jier month for his lalior. I le gave his earn-\\nings to his parents with the exception of fourteen\\nshillings. After he had reached the age of nineteen\\nye.Mis he went to .school only one winter and .at\\nthat time i)aid his own tuition and worked for his\\nboard, .\\\\fter the age of nineteen he worked at\\nhome until twenty-one. when he was engaged with\\nother farmers until twenty-eight years of .age. He\\nhad learned the carpenter s and joiner s trade and\\ncombiiu d this prolitably with his knowledge of\\nfarming.\\nWhen Mr. JJaniels was twenty-eight ye.ars old he\\nwas mairied, November 9, 1845, to Miss Aurelia\\nIlnll, a native of Rome. N. Y.. and a daughter of\\nEdmuml Hull, a farmer. Our subject s grandfather.\\nSamuel Daniels, was a farmer in Scotland .and came\\nlo the I nited States in an eai ly day. They located\\nin Niagara County in the place that has since been\\neMlle i ^he Daniel s settlement. (Someof the family\\naic known liy the name of McDonald). After\\nmaniagc our subject lived for a while on the old\\nplace and then sold his portion and moved to an-\\nother part of the township. He again .sold and on\\nthe Isl of March, 18,j:3, landed in trie village\\nof Lansing, remaining tliei C employed asa eariien-\\nter and joiner until the spring of I8(; .l. when he\\nmoved to the township of Bath. Clinton County,\\nstaying there for seven years. He then again sold\\n.and in a slun-t time moved on the farm he now\\nowns. ^Irs. Daniels was a devoted member of the\\nPresbyterian Church, giving her aid and encour-\\nagement to that body until it was disbanded here.\\nOur subject is a meml)er of the Masonic lodge at\\nOkemos. In politics he is a (Ireenbackcr. He has", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0731.jp2"}, "732": {"fulltext": "734\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nfuiight in lift for c\\\\ cry iiirli of groiuul he haj; niude\\nand is (le.serving- of tlie comforts wliicli his present\\nposition eualiles him to have.\\nAlmeron Daniels enlisted in tlie War of the Re-\\nl)eHion in February, 1864. joniing Berdan s United\\nStates Sharpsliooters. He was with the Second\\nRegiment in tlie battle of the Wilderness and at\\nSpottsylvania and served until the close of war,\\nreeeivino; an honorable discharge April 29, 1865.\\nlie and his wife are the parents of two children\\nMyron II., who was born January 1, 1851 and\\nmarried Phebe Hornish, becoming by this union\\nthe father of tinee children Charles A., Lottie and\\nIra. Myretta II., born Decemlier 9, 1853, was mar-\\nried to Lewis N. Kent, of Okemos; they are the\\nparents of two children Ethel and Burr.\\n-^-=^m i\\nm^\\ny.SCAR F. PERRY, tlie old settler and lead-\\nK ing citizen of Lctcke Township, Ingham\\n_ County, is a native of Sandusky County,\\nOhio, where he was born .inly 11, 1843. He is a\\nson of Ira I), and Mis. A. (Wright) Perry, the\\nforiner a native of New York and the latter a\\nVermonter. He is from (Jei man stock on the\\nfather s side and liis father s step-father was a sol-\\ndier in the Revolutionary War.\\nIra D.Perry, the father of our subject, emigrated\\nwith his family from Ohio to this county in the\\nspring of 1845, and established a home on the\\nfarm where the son now resides. A log cabin in\\nthe woods was for a number of years the familj\\nhome, but the father finally erected the comfort-\\nable house which is now seen iip()n this farm.\\nNumberless hardships and ])rivations marked the\\npioneer life of the family, Init they struggled\\nthrough tliem and lived to enjoy prosperous days.\\nThe father died in 1880. He was tiie father of\\nnine children, of whom the following are now liv-\\ning: Oscar F., Orsamus, Rinaldo, Etta; F2va, wife\\nof J. !M. Chapman; Elsie, wife of S. T. Sewell.\\nThe father was a IJei)ul)lican in his ])olitieal con-\\nvictions and a man of sterling (pialities. He held\\nseveral of the township (illlccs and lille(l them all\\nwith credit t(. himself and in-olit to his constituents.\\nO. F. Perry grew to manhood in this county\\namid the stirring scenes of pioneer life, and hav-\\ning received his preliminary education in tin- dis-\\ntrict schools of Locke Townshii), was sent for one\\nyear to Lansing, where he had the advantages of\\nthe High School. This i)repared him for tlie busi-\\nness of life and gave him an o|)portunity of learn-\\ning the value of books. In consequence he has\\nbeen a life-long reader and has thus become a man\\nof intelligence. The lady who presides with so\\nmuch grace and dignity over the home of our sub-\\nject, and who is an acknowledged leader in all so-\\ncial movements, bore the maiden name of .h)-\\nsepliine IJowlcy. She became j\\\\Irs. Perry September\\n14, 1X70, and is a daughter of Levi Rowley, an\\nearly settler of Locke Township. Her three chil-\\ndren\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .-Cora, Lizzie and Stanley are liright and\\nlir(_)inising, and in their future the parents cherish\\na fond confidence. Two hundred and forty acres\\nof excellent land arc comprised in the home farm,\\nand a view of this (ilace. with its princiiia build-\\nings, is presented on another page.\\nMr. Perry enjoys the confidence of the business\\neommunity, and has served as Township School\\nInspector and Highway Commissioner. An active\\nand iiublic-siiirited man, he is a ready iiromoter\\nof every movement which will enhance the [iixis-\\nperity of the community. His heaity good will\\nand neighborly kindness have earned for him the\\nregard of those with whom he associates, and all\\nrejoice in his pros|ierity.\\nLEXANDEU DOBIE. One of the best\\nWhM known resiilents of Ingham Count.\\\\ is he\\n14 whose name ajipears at the head of this\\nsketch. He has a magnificent farm ct)m-\\nprising five hundred acres lying in Alaiedcm and\\nMeridian Townshijis. Ingham County. He devotes\\nhimself to geneial farming, his jilace being divided\\ninto meadows, corn and wheat fields and jiastures\\nill which graze lilooded horses and the finest\\ncattle. Mr. Dobic was liorii in Diiiiifiiesshirc in", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0732.jp2"}, "733": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCE OF ALEXANDER DOB! E SEC. 10, ALAIEDON TP.JNGHAM CO, MICH.\\nRESIDENCE OF OSCAR f. PE RRY, SEC.IO., LOCKE T R J NGH AK\\n.,1 1 CM", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0733.jp2"}, "734": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0734.jp2"}, "735": {"fulltext": "roirn. Ai r and I!I()i;i; ai-iih \\\\i. \\\\i i .r r.\\n737\\nthe l,o^vl.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2unl:^ vf Scotland on lln .JiMh oi .May,\\n1817. His father. A\\\\ illiani Doliic, was horn in the\\nsame piai c in 177(1 and died in Ids sixtieth ycai\\nlie was a carpenter and joiner hy tnide hut on\\neoininir to Canada heoanie the ro|)rietor of a\\nfarm.\\nA\\\\ lien AU^xantler Dohie was hut three years old\\nhis father with his family emigrated to America\\nand settled in New l .runsui(U, Nova Scotia. The\\nsenior .Mr. Dohie remained in this country four-\\nteen years, workint; at his trade and conducting\\nthe work of a small farm. As he increased in size\\nand streng tli our suhject worked on the farm and\\nattended the |)ul lic schools of Nova Scotia. lie\\nS|)ent his s|)ar( time in learning his father s trade,\\nlie had one sister whose name is now Mrs. Anna\\nMitchell, who makes her home in New Urunswick.\\nOur suhject s father made his advent into Canada\\nin 1H;!I and settle(l lirst near New London on a\\nline tract of land comi)rising four hundred acres,\\nwhich he purchasecl and operated until his death.\\nHe wiis very successful and on his decease left his\\nfamily in very good circumstances. The maiden\\nn.anie of the niollicr of the suhject of our sketch\\nwas Mary Coulter. She was a native of I errvs-\\nboro, Scotland, and was there horn in 178 1,pas.s-\\ning away in her eighty-eighth year in her adopted\\nhome in Canada. She was the daughter of (ieorge\\nCoulter, a farmer.\\nAlexander Dohie was In Canada not quite two\\nyears and then came into Michig.an and settled in\\nLenawee County. His stay there lasted only two\\nyears when he came into Alaicdon Township, in\\n18. 5!l. Thci-c were at the time only thirty-six voters\\nin the four townships that adjoined at the time\\nour suhject came lit re. The country ahoiit him\\nwas for the most part wild and iinhroken and his\\nlirst purchase was of eighty acres of land that\\nforms part of his present farm and which he \\\\n-o-\\ncnred for \u00c2\u00a52 per acre. He hail oidy money enough\\nto m.ike a jwyment of *10 and his personal effects\\nconsisted of one cow and two pigs. For tools he\\npossessed a saw and an ax. It is needless to say\\nthat he suffered all the hardships incident to the\\nlife of a pioneer, hut ho hears testimony to the fact\\nthat in spite of the cold cheer he often exper-\\nienced, he enjoyed himself on the wliole and now\\nlooks hack over the old scenes with pleasuie.\\n(iame was very plenlifid, a.s were also Indians hut\\nthe latter were friendly.\\n.lames I hillips was the first white settler in\\n.\\\\laiedon Township, coming into it one year pritir\\nto Mr. Dohie s settlement. Our suhject wa.s mar-\\nried in Lenawee County to Maria Willev, .Inly H,\\n]H3\u00c2\u00ab. She was a daughter of Kli Willey. This\\nmarriage resulted in the hirth of the following\\nchildren: William M.. horn October H, IKiX. is a\\n[jrosperous farmer of .\\\\laiedon; Adelaide, born\\nAugust 2, IK 11, married Lewis Bennett of Water-\\nville, Ohio; JIartha A., born June 8, 181;}, died in\\nher twenty-lirst year; Laura J., who was born\\n^Marcli 4, 18 1. married Theodore IJurgess, a farmer\\nin Di lhi Township: ^[argaret L., born January 1,\\n18 17, married .Martin Heed of Lenawee County\\nand died in her twenty-fifth year; Susan JL, who\\nwas horn October 20, 1818, married Willis Shaw\\nof Delhi Township, a fai-mer. 3Irs. Mari:i Dohie\\ndied October 20, 1848.\\nINfr. Dohie was again married in .Vpril, 18l ,l, to\\nEliza McCurdy of Meridian Township, a ilaughter\\nof Thomas McC urd.\\\\ Three children are the fruit\\nof this union Frances who was born .May 11.\\n1852, w.as married to AVilliam McHae t f Wallace-\\nburg. Canada; Alexander J., who was born I^Larch\\n1; 18.. is a farmer in Alaii don Township: .\\\\iny\\n15., was born August 12. 18(50, :Mrs. Kliza Dohie\\ndied in 1862 and our subject wjis again married to\\n-lustine Williams, a daughter of John Williams, of\\nthis townshii). Mrs. Dohie was, prior to her mar-\\nriage, a successful school-teacher of live years\\nexijerience. Six children were born from this\\nmarriage. They are Ilibbard J., whose natal day\\nis June 186; and who is his father s a-ssistant in\\nconducting the farm: (Jertrudc. who was born\\nJidy 17. 18(18, and died in early childhood; Allie\\nwho was born ^lay 30, 1871, .and died in inf.ancy;\\n.Mberlra 1).. Iiorn .lune 24. 1871, who is a highly\\naccomplished young lady with much musical talent;\\nFlora, Ixn-n November 1. 1876, and a student in\\nthe Mason schools, and Retta wlio w. ts born Dec-\\nember 18, 1883.\\nMr. Dobie is not a member of any church. He\\nw.ns, however. l)rouglit up by .Scotch l reshyt rian\\nparents an l h.as lost none of the (jualities, uK r;dl\\\\-,", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0735.jp2"}, "736": {"fulltext": "738\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nthat distinguish that sect. In politics he is a\\nstanch Democrat, but lias never taken a ver3 act-\\nive interest in politics. It is said that Mr. Dobie\\nhelped frame the first house ever erected in Lan-\\nsing. He is a self-made man in every sense that term\\nimplies. As the years ha\\\\ e passed he has accum-\\nulated a handsome fortune in his agricultural work\\nhere. Elsewhere in this volume appears a view of\\nhis estate and the princiiial buildings, which are all\\nexcellent and conveniently arranged. A great\\nreader, he keeps well-informed on all the current\\ntopics of tlie day.\\nHARLES L. CARL. The subject of our\\n_ sketch is one of the most enterprising young\\nfarmers in Ingham County. He owns and\\noccupies a fine place, comprising two hundred and\\nseventy acres on section 5, Meridian Township.\\nHis parents, Isaac and Jane (Towar) Carl, were na-\\ntives of Maine and New York respectively. The\\nnatal day of the former was August 2, 1815. lie\\ndied in this township January 15, 1879. Our sub-\\nject s mother was born June 25, 1830. Her decease\\noccurred July 27, 1883.\\nIsaac Carl came to Michigan in 1844, and bought\\none hundred and twenty acres of the farm now\\nowned by his son, this being a dense forest at that\\ntime. He was a self-made man in every respect,\\nbut at the time of his death had acquired a good\\nproperty. He stood high in the estimation of the\\npeople of Meridian Townshii),and was at one time\\nSupervisor, having lieen elected to the office by\\nthe Republican party, to which he adhered. Our\\nsubject was born on the old homestead, in this\\ntownship, January 28, 1859. His youthful days\\nwere divided between an attendance at school and\\nwork on the farm. He progressed far enough in\\nhis educational pursuits to obtain a teacher s cer-\\ntificate, wliich he did in 1877. He then taught\\nnine terms of school in his locality and w.is suc-\\ncessful, gaining a reputation for faithful and ef-\\nficient work. His growing farm interests, however.\\nobliged him to leave teaching and to devote his\\ntime exclusively to the management of his estate.\\nHe inherited sixt\\\\ acres of the old homestead,\\nwhich gave him a good start in life, but he has had\\nthe good sense and ambition to increase his pos-\\nsessions by individual efforts. ^Vhen only twenty-\\none years old he bought the remaining sixty acres\\nof the old homestead, and two years later he\\nadded forty acres more to the estate, and when\\ntwenty-nine years of age he purchased another\\nfarm containing one hundred and ten acres. All\\nthis land is lying in one tract.\\nOur subject has made most of the imiirovements\\nwhich his farm boasts. Financially he is in a pros-\\nperous condition that any young farmer of his\\nage might envy. Mr. Carl lost his mother by a\\ndreadful catastrophe, she having been instantly\\nkilled in a collision on the Rome, Watertown iV\\nOgdensburg Railroad, Julj- 27, 1883. Our subject\\nwas married to Aliss Corla Dennis, March 27,\\n1884. The lady is a daughter of Leonard Dennis,\\nof Wheatfield Ttiwnship, Ingham County, he\\nbeing one of the prominent farmers of that local-\\nity and having located there from Wayne County,\\nN. Y. Three children have lilest the union of\\nour subject and Ills wife. They are: Leonard,\\nwho was born August 22, 1885; Leta, September\\n28, 1887; and RoUin, September 23, 1891. Mr.\\nCarl is a member in good standing of the Masonic\\nlodge at )keiiios. For a time he was Secretary\\nof his fraternity. In politics he is thoroughly in-\\n(kiiendent, always voting for men known to rep-\\nresent the best interests of the people. He is in-\\nterested in the current events of the day and keeps\\nwell posted as to the world s history.\\nI I I\\ns\\nLIVER EARL. Nothing is more conducive\\nto the pros| erity of any county than llie\\nsettlement within its borders of a commu-\\nnity of iiraetieal, industrious and progressive farm-\\ners. They reinforce every good movement, and\\nare the main factors in the development of the in-\\nternal resources of the county. Being men of char-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0736.jp2"}, "737": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND F.rDOHAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a039\\nacter aixl prnliiU-, tlii v I stalilisli n ivpiilMlioii for\\nsquare dcaliiit; and rclialiility wliiiOi in tiiiic forms\\nIIk foimdatioii ii|i Mi which a Imsiness striicliiri\\nmay he raised, and willioiit sueh foundation the\\nhuihlinii; of liusiness interests Is a vain Ui k.\\nThe name whieli appears at tlio head of this life\\nreeoi d, is tiiatof a well-to-do and hiuhly respeeted\\nfarmer, wliose lieautiful estate of one Inindreil aeres\\nlies on section 11. llowcll Township. Livingston\\nCounty. I liis s(ju f (Jliver and Lydia (Furger-\\nson) Ivul. had his nativity Xoveniher 1. 1H2M. in\\nFulton County, N. Y. The lather, who was a New\\nYorker, was by trade a blacksmith, and died the\\nyear following; the birth of this son, so that he\\nnever knew what it w.is to have a father. The\\nmother who w.as also a New Y orker by birth, de-\\neidcd that she could more (easily support and bring\\nuy) her six children in the new West, and she there-\\nfore came to IMiohigan when Oliver was ten years\\nold, and made her home in Oceola Township, Liv-\\ningston County. She passed from earth in 1871,\\nand only three of her children are now living,\\nnamely: Robert, wlio makes his home in (ilovers-\\nville, N. Y.; Alfred, of Greenville, Mich.; and our\\nsubject.\\nThe usual occupati(jns and amusements of a\\nfarmer s V)ov, fell to the lot of this little fatherless\\nlad. and he early developed true manliness of\\nspirit. Starting out in life for himself at the age\\nof twelve years, he worked for different neighbors\\nand in different ways until 18.02, when the West-\\nern fever had settled in his veins, and he started\\nin company with six men from this county and\\ncrossed the plains to California in search of the\\ngold mines. One of the party sickened on the way\\nand returned home, but the other five reached their\\ngoal in safety.\\nMr. Karl remained for twelve years in the West-\\nern land, and after mining for eighteen months\\nand farming for one year, he purchased a team and\\nengaged in sprinkling the streets of Nevada City.\\nThis business he carried on for six years, and then\\ndid teaming for three years longer. In the mean-\\nwhile he had taken to himself a wife in the [)ersi)n\\nof Miss Klizabeth Davis, daughter of .(ohn and\\nElizabeth (Camiibell) |):i\\\\is. This couple reside l\\nin Nevada Cit\\\\- until isii. i. and in ((clobei- of that\\nyear they started U v New York City. Mr. Karl\\nwas taken sick while they were on the Sacramento\\nRiver, and had to suspend his journeying until\\nFebruary of the next spring. He was not alone in\\nthis affliction, as his wife and two children were\\nalso sick, and it cost them ^500 in gold to get back\\nto New Y irk City, comi ting the expenses of their\\njouiiiey and their sickness.\\nThe husband .and father, left his family in the\\nKastern raeti-opolis and came to this county, where\\nhe purcha.sed the land upon which he now lives,\\nand to it brought his dear ones in .Inly, l\u00c2\u00ab(ll. Ills\\nson William is now married to Kmnia Brown, of\\nllowt ll Township, a daughter of .John Brown, a\\nresident here, and the other .son, John, is at home\\nwith his parents. Mr. Earl has made his intluence\\nfelt in this township and county, and is looked\\nuiion as one of the leading men in the Republican\\nranks.\\n*j EORGE AV. LANGl ORD, M. D. For the pa.st\\ntwenty-two years Dr. Langford has been\\n\\\\^j^J known as one of the successful physicians\\nof Ingham County .and he is still pro.secuting his\\npractice at AYilliamston and vicinity. His father,\\nCharles W. Langford, a miller l)v trade, was a resi-\\ndent of Pennsylvania, but spent his later years in\\nIowa, with his son Charles, and there died. While\\nliving in Erie County, Pa., he was married tv .Mrs.\\nTemperance IMasim, by whumhe had two children,\\n(ieoige W., and Daniel \\\\V.. but he had several\\nchildren by a previous marriage. The father of\\nMrs. Langford was a ]\\\\Ir. Palmer who w.as the\\nfather of three sons and two daughters.\\nDr. Langford was born May IH, I84(t. in luie\\nCounty, Pa., and being without a falher scare since\\nfour years of age he grew up under his mother s\\ntraining and stie removed when he was twelve\\nyears old to Lenawee County, iMich., and here they\\nresided until the breaking out of the war. The\\nyoung man who had now just reached his majority\\nenlisted in Ci mpany K., First regiment Jlichigan\\nInfantry, and after three months service and one", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0737.jp2"}, "738": {"fulltext": "740\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nyear at home re-eulisted in Company I., Eight-\\neenth Michigan Infantry and was in service during\\nthe remainder of the war. The last nine months\\nhe was hekl as a prisoner in Castle ^Morgan and\\nthree months of that time he was in the prison\\nhospital at C ahaha, Ala.\\nThe academic education of this gentleman was\\ntaken at Fairtield Village in his county and he\\nafterward spent two years in college at Adrian,\\nin which city he studied medicine with Drs. Rhj ud\\nand Allen and graduated from the medical depart-\\nment of the I nivcrsity of Ann Arbor in the spring\\nof 18Gy. Besides taking the regular course he\\nalso carried on six extra quizes. After gradua-\\ntion the voung medical man settled in Belle Oak\\nin May, IHtJS*, and in September of the same j ear\\nhe was married on the 29th of that month to Ar-\\nvilla R. Spariiawk, daughter of Noah Sparhawk a\\nA ermonter, who removed to Ohio at an early day\\nand finally settled in Adrian, Mich., where he re-\\nsided at the time of his daugiiter s marriage. To\\nthe Doctor and his wife have come five bright and\\nbeautiful children, namely: Myrtie M., Theron S.,\\nM.aliel K., Maud, and (ieorge W., all of whom are\\nstill under the parental roof. Theron and Myrtie\\nare graduates of Williamston High School, Myrtie\\nis instructor of the intermediate department at\\nWebbervillc. Theron was elected president of his\\nclass before graduation and was awarded the high-\\nest scholarship of his class and on examination at\\nthe State Normal he was admitted to the Junior\\nclass.\\nIn 1872 Dr. Langford removed to Webber ville\\nwhere he practiced his profession until November,\\n1H89, when he came to Williamston. He owns\\neighty acres of land in Ingham County and an\\nequal number of acres in Livingston County, and\\nhas a drug store and residence at Webberville be-\\nsides a home and real estate in AVilliamston. He\\nis a member of the State Medical Association and\\nis a Republican in his political views but never\\nas|)ires to iiublic office. For eleven years in suc-\\ncession he was I ostmaster at Webberville and for\\nthe same length of time carried on a drug store\\nthere.\\nDr. and i\\\\Irs. Langford are valued members of\\nthe Baptist Church and the Doctor is a blaster\\nMason and a member of the Grand Army of the\\nRepublic holding ortieial position in tlie latter or-\\nganization. At Webberville he was successively\\nSurgeon, Commander and Cha|)lain of the Post,\\nand he now holds the position of Surgeon in the\\nPost at AVilliamston.\\n=i#!#\u00c2\u00aeil-^i i^li^#i\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\\nSO~\\nENRY B. APPLETON. The Appleton fam-\\nily is perhaps among the best known and\\nthoroughly respected families of Hamburg\\nTownship and our subject lives in the midst\\nof that beautiful lake region on section 2, not far\\nfrom the lake which bears his name. His father,\\nIsaac W. Appleton, was also a farmer and was born\\nin New Jersey in 1807. Having received an ordi-\\nnary education and having grown to manhood, he\\ncame in 1830 to Michigan and took from the Gov-\\nernment a farm of one hundred .and twenty acres\\nin (ueen Oak Township. This land was entiiely\\ncovered with woods, and in order to establish a\\nhome tiie young man had to cut logs and build a\\nlog house. He continued to make improvements\\nand early set out orchards, as he had come from a\\nliart of our country where fruit-raising was con-\\nsidered a necessary and legitimate part of a farmer s\\nwork and he found in Michigan a climate and soil\\nsuitable for its prosecution.\\nIsaac Appleton sold his property in Green Oak\\nTownship in 1843 and coming to Hamburg Town-\\nship took one hundred acres, to which, in a few\\nyears, he added forty acres more, all of it on section\\n2. He found this all a dense forest and went to\\nwork to improve it, building a house, barns and\\nother necessary adjuncts to a farm. He had been\\nmarried in 1832, soon after coming to Michigan, to\\nLydia Brower, daughter of Henry and Lydia\\n(Dra|)er) Brower, who came from New York. Their\\ndaughter Lydia was the fourth in their family of\\nnine children, of whom five are now living. She\\nwas born in Cayuga County, N. Y., in 1811. Is.aae\\nand Lydia Appleton were earnest and consistent\\nmembers of the Methodist Church and in his polit-\\nical views he was a supporter, first of the Whig and\\nafterward of the Republican party.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0738.jp2"}, "739": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n741\\nTo I.s iiK and I.yilia Applcton wcio liorii twosons\\n1111(1 tlui i (lauirliti is, four of wlioiu ari-now liviiiir.\\nTill only cliild that liasht-en lost tlifni liy doatli was\\na son wliu fiiti icil till arniv and was killrd at\\nSpottsylvania, May 12, l S(il. Our siilijcct was the\\nyounii i sl of this family. Iii ini horn in 1X4. One\\nof the daiighteis of .Mrs. Lydia .Vpiih ton was the\\ntiisl white tVnialc child horn in (iri cn Oak Town-\\nslii[), liavinj^ had hci- advent. Noveiiiher 2( 1M. 53.\\nThis daugliter is now the wife of M. II. .Mexander\\nof Wohster. IMieli.\\nThe snhject of our sketch had limited opjjortun-\\nifies for an education and was eighteen y*iiirs of\\naijo when he went into the army. At the clo.sc of\\ntiie war. in 1865, lie undertook the management of\\nhis father s farm on shares and .soon purchased\\nforty acres and afterward the remainder of the\\nfarm and made a home for his parents from that\\ntime on. In is.so he i)urchased seventy acres on\\nsection 2, thus completing a handsome estate. On\\nJanuary 1. 1868. he was united in marriage with\\nDelia llahcock, daughter of William and Martha\\n(Kenney) I$al)cock. Sh: Hahcock w.as a native of\\nC anastota. X. Y.. and hy his first wife, Martha\\nllohart. he had six children and by his second wife,\\n^lartha Kenney. he had five, of whom Delia is the\\nthird in age, heing born in 1851. To Mr. and\\n.Mrs. Ai)pleton have been horn three children\\nCarrie, wlio was a teacher for several years and then\\nmarried Stephen A aii Ilorne; Frankie who was\\ngraduated at Brighton has taught one term, and\\n.Samuel Bert who lives at home. The mother of\\nthese children is an active member of the Congre-\\ngational Church at Hamburg and the father pro-\\nminently identified with the Kniglits of the Mac-\\ncabees and the (irand Army of the Republic at\\nHowell. In January, 186-1, Mr. Appleton enlisted\\nin Com|)Mny K, iinth Jlichigan Infantry and was\\n.sent to Chattanooga. He was under (Jen. Thomas\\nduring the Atlanta campaign after which he re-\\nturned to Chattanooga and from tlicre went to\\nNashville to guard the military prison.\\nIn 1882 Isasic and Lydia Ai)i)Ieton had the great\\nand unusual felicity of celebrating the golden an-\\nniver.sarv of a harmonious wedded life, and the\\nfollowing year the aged wife w.i.s bereaved of her\\nhusband. She is now a lady in vigorous health\\nand full of activity and usefulness. She is notal)le\\nas a needle-woman and since 1 88:5 has devoted her-\\nself largely to the use of her needle and has made\\nover one hundred quilts. She hasone (piilt which\\ncontains twenty-nini^ hundred and ten pieces. She\\nstill has her natur.al teeth in an excellent state of\\npresei vation .and never has used glasses, although\\nshe has now rounded out her foiu-score years.\\nI pon the farm is a beautiful willow tree, live feet\\nthrough, which Isaac Appleton brought to his place\\nas a (ish stiinger and after thus using it, stuck it\\nin the ground, where it has grown and tlourished\\nfor many years.\\nyjfe ILLIA]\\\\I W. WOOD is a retired farmer\\nliving on section 10, of L nadilla Township,\\nWW Livingston County. The name at the\\nhead of this sketch is that of a pioneer whose .a.s,so-\\nciations from an early date have been with the\\nprogress and advancement made b\\\\ his State. His\\nfather was Abner B. Wood, a native of Massachu-\\nsetts and a blacksmith by trade, although late in\\nlife he devoted himself to farniing. He served as\\na soldier in the War of 1812. t)iir sui)ject s mollu r\\nwas Lucy B. (Warren) Wood, a native of IIami)toii,\\nX. Y., where her marri.age took place, after which\\nthey came to ^lichigan in 1836, and settled on\\nsection 10, l nadilla Township, on the western half\\nof the section, the country being oak openings in\\nthis locality.\\nAt the time of our subject s parent s advent\\ninto this vicinity there were but thirteen votei-s in\\nthe townshi|). The father built a log house and\\nbegan the work of clearing off his farm. There\\nwere then scattered bands of Indians in the Slate,\\nchief among whom wiis Old Toag and his tribe.\\nMr. Wood Sr. supplemented the work of his farm\\nby what he could earn at his trade for several\\nyears after coming here. They lived to a good\\nold Age, the mother p.assing away in 1869, at the\\nage of seventy-three veal s, and the father in 1871.\\nat the age of ninety years. They were the iiarents", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0739.jp2"}, "740": {"fulltext": "742\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nof five boys and two girls. Three of the sons are\\nnow living. Our suliject s mother was a member\\nof the Methodist Episcoi)al Cliurch, while his father\\nwas of tiuaker parentage. He was a Whig in early\\ndays and later a Republiean. He was appointed\\nSealer of Weights and Pleasures iu his townsliip\\nAn energetic, ambitious man, he got his farm al-\\nmost entirely cleared off before his death.\\nHe of whom we write is the second child in order\\nof age and was born Jane 17, 1817, iu what is now\\nWyoming County, N. Y. He received a common-\\nschool education and in his young manhood\\nlearned the carriage-maker s trade and pursued\\nthis occupation until he came to Michigan in July,\\n1836, when he made his home withliis father, help-\\ning him on the farm for three years. He then re-\\nturned to New York State and for six months\\nworked in a machine shop.\\nIn 1843 Mr. Wood was married to ^Miss Persis\\nM. Myler, a daughter of James and Ray (Buckle)\\nMyler, residents of New York, but later settling in\\nMichigan. Mrs. Wood was born in New York\\nState in 1827, and having received a good common-\\nschool education, after coming here and after her\\nmarriage, taught school for a term. On returning\\nto ^lichigan they located eighty acres of land on\\nsection 10, Unadilla Township. It was partially\\nimproved at the time and our subject added a\\nsmall frame house where he lived for two years\\nand then got possession of the homestead, living\\nthere until the death of his parents. He still owns\\nthis i)lace, which comprises one hundred and forty\\nacres. He has cleared off forty acres and built the\\nresidence which the family now occupy and which\\nis botli comfortable and commodious. His son\\nnow carries on the farm, Mr. Wood having retired\\nfrom active work. Mrs. Wood died in July, 1849.\\nShe was the mother of two children, one of whom\\nis now living, a daughtei-, Mola A., who is the\\nwife of S. T. Wasson, and a resident of this town-\\nship, having one child. Our subject again mar-\\nried in 18. )1. the lady of his choice being Miss\\nMarsjaret jNIyler, a sister of the former wife. She\\nwas bom in June, 1831, in New York. By this\\nmariiage our subject and his wife are the parents\\nof six children, all now living. The} are Lucy\\nJane, Mary Elvira, Persis ^L, AVilliam R., Warren\\nand Henry M. The eldest daughter is the wife of\\nFreeman B. Decker, lives in Lake City Mich., and\\nis the mother of two children; Mary is the wife of\\nFred Daniels, they live at Gregory and have two\\nchildren; Persis I\\\\L is the better-half of Elmer\\nBialey and lives in this township. She also has\\none child; William R. married l-llsie Fick and lives\\non the home farm. She is the mother of three\\nchildren; Warren resides in Oregon and Henry M.\\nlives at home.\\nOur subject is a member of the JMasonic order.\\nHe has given his children good educational advan-\\ntages. They have all been teachers in tliis county.\\nPolitically, first a Wliig. later our suliject liecamea\\nRepublican. He has been School Inspector several\\nterms and was elected Supervisor but resigned his\\nposition. He was also Township Clerk for two\\nterms. For the past ten years Mr. Wood lias lieeu\\nmuch afflicted with rheumatism.\\nn****^\\n^S\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i^jEORGE G. PERRY. Prominent in agricul-\\ntural, educational and church circles is this\\nenterprising farmer, in whose career may\\nlie found an illustration of the worth of good\\nprinciples and habits of industry, and he is giv-\\ning to his children the best inheritance the ex-\\nample of a good father and such educational ad-\\nvantages as will fit them for the higher spheres of\\nusefulness. He is a son of Adam and Isabelle\\n(Giddings) Perry, and his grandfather, Jacob\\nPerry, who was born in Warren County, N. J.,\\nwas a son of Reuben Peny, of Dutch origin.\\nJacob Perry came from New Jersey to the Wol-\\nverine State in 1830, and made his home in\\nOakland County. He traveled with a four-horse\\nteam, being four weeks on the road, and purchased\\nupon Ills arrival one hundred and sixty acres,\\nwhich he at once reclaimed from the forest and\\nplaced under improvement. He was an active\\nmemlier of the [Methodist Eipiscopal Church for\\nsixty-five years and lived a godly life up to his\\ndeath at the venerable age of ninety-six.\\nTlie grandmother of our subject bore the maiden\\nname of Sallie Gruendike, and she was born in", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0740.jp2"}, "741": {"fulltext": "PORTUAIT AND HIO( iHAIMIK AL ALBUM.\\nrw\\nNew Jcrscv .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2111(1 lived to ii iir ciirlit sons .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iiul two\\n(laiiirliti is. and all of tlu sc cliildivii survived to\\nexceed the asie of sixty years and to lieconie lie;ids\\nof families. Our subjeet s father was horn .hine\\n2. lUdt, in Warren County. N. .1.. and in 1828\\ncame to Michigan liy way of Erie Canal and Lake\\nKrie, and upon his arrival in Oakland rowiisliii).\\nOakland County, he enlered eiirhty acres of land\\non section 21, which he afterward incre. ised toone\\nhundred and twenty acres. He lived in Kenton\\nfor about twelve years and died March 1889,\\nhaving coiniileted four-score years and six.\\nThe mother of our subject was born in the\\ntown of Chili, Conn., and was the daughter of Al-\\nnian and Lola (Miller) (liddings, who in the earl}\\nd.tys removed to Monroe County, N. Y., where\\ntiieir daughter met and married Jlr. Perry. Mr.\\n(iiddings served in the War of Inde]jcndence and\\nalso in the conflict of 1812, and came to Michigan\\nabout the year 1828, and here he made his home\\nin Oakland Township, Oakland County, and later\\nsettled on Bald Mountain, near I ontiac, where he\\nentered land and improved one hundred and sixty\\nacres of fine land, which he made his home until\\nhe was called from earth at the age of sixty-one.\\nHe was an old-fashioned Whig in his political\\nviews and a man of stanch loyalty to his jiarty\\nand his country. Four stms and two daughters\\ncomi)rised his household. His daughter. I.sabelle,\\ndied at the age of seventy-six, four years before\\nthe decease of her husband. Her .seven childi-en\\nare: Sarah, Lola, George (1. (our subject Lester\\nX., Mary S., Ira and James.\\nThe birth of our subject occurred in O.-ikland\\nTownship, Oakland County, this State, Octoiier\\n21, 18;5;i, and there received such educational .ad-\\nvantiiges as could be found in the district schools,\\nand so well did he improve the op))ortunities thus\\nfurnished that he prepared himself for teaching\\nand imrsued that work for tliiitecii \\\\cmis in Oak-\\nland and Livingston Counties, lie was elected\\nTownship School Insjiector when oiil\\\\ twenty\\nyeai-S old. and lie well ])erforincd the duties of th;it\\notlice. Wliile teaching he devoted himself to fann-\\ning during the suinmers, working by the month\\nan l on .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iharc-;.\\nIn 18o8 the vouny; man had accumulated some\\nmeans by industry and frugality, and he purciiased\\neighty acres of land where he now resides, on sec-\\ntion 23, Tyrone Townshiii. This land he lias cleard\\nof the forest trees and i l;ice l in a good st-ate of\\ncultiv. ition. and from it he has won rich crops.\\n.Since th;it first purchase he has added some sixty\\nacres, and upon it all he ha-s carried on a succe.ss-\\nful farming business. He also raises lior.ses and\\nhogs, and has a good reiiulatioii in this part of\\nagricultural work. He served for six or .seven\\nyears as Townshi|) Inspector, and one term as .Jus-\\ntice of the Peace. His political views are in accord\\nwith the platform of the Democnitic party, and\\nduring the war he was known .as a war Democrat.\\nHe enlisted in the army. Inil was never mustered\\nin on account of his having lo.st the .second finger\\non his right hand. He is an earnest advocate of\\nall inov meiits which tend to temperance and mo-\\nrality, and for ten years jjast has stauchly stood In\\nthe cause of prohibition.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Perry and ^H.ss Mary Petty\\ntook i)hice October 23, 18.j(). This lady is .a daugh-\\nter of .Jo.seph and Esther (Steele) Petty, natives of\\nPennsylvania, who came to Oakland County in\\n1849, traveling by team and wagon, and p.i.*siiig\\nfour weeks upon the road. She was born in Sit.\\nBethel, Hinitington County, Pa., October 13, 1833,\\nand her parents both passed from earth in Kenton\\nTownship, in 1888, within eight weeks of each\\nother. They lirought to maturity two sons and\\nfour daughters, whom they trained in the Chris-\\ntian faith, both lieing Baptists iu their religious\\nviews and connection. Joseph Petty was the son\\nof -lolin and Mary (Sherman) Petty, wliosc father,\\nJonathan Petty, of iS ew .Jersey, w.as of German\\noriijin. Mrs. Perry s father was a stanch Demo-\\ncrat in his political views.\\nThe home of our subject was well tilled with\\nchildren, as he and his good wife had a full dozen,\\nand nine of them are still living, namely: Xel.son\\n.v.. Emma Eliza, Etfie, Carrie, .Mice, Nettie, .lames\\nJ., Krank W. and Josephine M.\\nOur subject and his wife are connected with the\\nConijregational Cliurch, in who.se .service he has\\nlicen a Di acon for some ten veal s, and he has alst)\\nsiii)erintended it Sund.ay-school for the same\\nleiiiTlh of time. Their children have been care-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0741.jp2"}, "742": {"fulltext": "744\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nfully trained in the faith and graces of the Chris-\\ntian religion, and to them have lieen granted by\\ntheir jjarents excellent oiiportunities for education.\\nHis oldest son was graduated witli lughest honors\\nin the classical department of the High School al\\nFenton, and the others are all enjoying the liest\\nadvantages. Eliza is now the wife of A. F. Stone,\\nand Effie is Mrs. Adam Miller, while Carrie has\\nbecome the wife of Allen Dunton. In social and\\ndomestic life Mr. Perry is considerate and courte-\\nous, in business dealings honorable and straight-\\nforward, and his reiiutation in every respect is\\nmost excellent.\\nI EORGE ABBOTT. There is nothing which\\ni_\u00e2\u0080\u0094 more effectually and thorouglily builds up a\\n^J( community than the residence in its midst\\nof families of broad culture, thorough education\\nand true refinement. The influence of education\\nis not limited to those who intentionally put\\nthemselves in the wa of acquiring it, but it per-\\nmeates the atmosphere audits blessmgs ai-e uncon-\\nsciously absorbed by all who come in contact with\\nthose whose aims are high and who have a love for\\nthe better things of life. Such an influence is ex-\\nerted in this community l)y the family represented\\nin this sketch.\\nMr. Abbott s beautiful farm of two lumdred acres\\nsituated on section 2; 1 laudy Township, Livingston\\nCounty, is one of the ttuest pieces of land in the\\ncounty, and is in splendid condition. Not onh the\\nlaud but all its ap|iurtenauces are first-class, and the\\norchard, the farmhouse and the barn are models of\\nperfection. We are pleased to present a view of this\\nfine place on another page. The fine stock which is\\nraised byMr. Abbott is worthy of the pride which he\\nfeels in it and all admire his Clydesdale and Perche-\\nron horses. Shorthorn and Uuriiam cattle and fine\\nwool sheep.\\nIn Unadilla Towushi)). Livingston County,\\nMich., Mr. Abbott was born in 184(1. His i)arents,\\nSyrenius and Susan (Chipman) .\\\\bbott, were\\nnatives of Genesee County, N. Y., who came to the\\nWolverine State with their parents and were here\\nunited in man-iage. The paternal grandparents of\\noiir subject were Abraham and .lulia (Brown)\\nAbbott, who came to Michigan among the pioneers\\nand settled in Unadilla Township, this county,\\nwhere they si)ent the remainder of their days. The\\nmaternal grandparents were Fitch and ALary (Spaf-\\nford) Chipman, who came to this State, and made\\ntheir home for the remainder of their lives in Una-\\ndilla Townsliip. They had a large and interesting\\nfamily.\\nSyrenius and Susan Aljbott had a family of six\\nchildren, only two of whom are now in this life,\\nnamely: our subject and his sister Sarah. Mrs.\\nMapes. Syrenius Abbott passed from earth Aug-\\nust Lj, IHHy, sincerely mourned by a large circle of\\nfriends. The early education of George Aljbtilt\\nwas taken in the district schools of Unadilla Town-\\nship and he remained under tlie parental roof until\\nhe reached his majorit} and then started out to\\nmake his own way in the world. One hundred\\nand sixty .acres of finely improved land was his\\nfirst i\u00c2\u00bburcliasc, and this was in Unadilln Townshij).\\nHe lived on that farm until 1.S85, when he removed\\nto his present home. For two years lie served the\\ntownship of L nadilla as Tieasurer while he made\\nhis home there.\\nIn 1870 Mr. Abbott wooed and won as his wife.\\nMiss Josephine, daughter of Ashel and Prudence\\n(Uyer) Button. Mr. Dutton was a n.ative of New\\nYork, and his wife was of New .Jersey birth, but\\nboth had removed with their parents to this State\\nbefore reaching maturity, and their marriage took\\nplace in Unadilla Townsliip. Their six children\\nare JIary J., Mrs. A. Jackson; Josephine, Mrs.\\nAbbott; Frank; Alina, ^Irs. Frank Sjiringstead;\\nPru lence A.; and Charles. Their mother passed away\\nin 1886, but the father still lives on the old home-\\nstead, and is well known throughout the county as\\na progressive farmer and a stanch Re})ubliean.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Abbott has been born one son,\\nWilliam E., who is still beneath the parental roof\\nand in whose future career they take the deejiest\\ninterest. They are giving him a tlK)rongh and\\nliberal education and wisely preparing him for the\\nresponsibilities of life. He has had the benefit of\\ni the best of home training and influences, as this is\\nI", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0742.jp2"}, "743": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCE OF G A ABBOTT 5EC.25., HAN DY TP. LIVl NG5T0N CO. MICH.\\nRESIDENCE OF DAVID 0. S M ITH 5EC.5.,MAR(0 M TP, LIVINGSTON CO. MICH.", "height": "3002", "width": "2270", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0743.jp2"}, "744": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0744.jp2"}, "745": {"fulltext": "I oirriJAri and I .ioci; ai Iiicai, Ai.i;r.M.\\ni;\\none of till host fnmilics in tlii luiinlv. .Mr.-*. Ahliotl\\nLs possessed of a iiroad and eonipicliensive ednea-\\ntion. and lias musical talent wliicli has liecn lii ;hl\\\\\\neullivated, liotli in the voeal and instiuniental\\nlines. She is nniversall\\\\- esteemed and admired for\\nlioth abilitv and eulliire.\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a25\u00e2\u0080\u00a2=\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^:=^\\nAVID SMITH. A beautiful and taste-\\nful home placed in attractive .surround-\\nings and furnished according to tlie dic-\\ntates of a cultured mind is an educative\\n(lower in any community. The new education\\nof which so much is said nowadays, teaches that\\nwe learn through the eye, and that a lesson which\\nis agreeably taught h.as double force. For that\\nreason we hold to the truth with which we opened\\nthis par.agraph. Much more does such a luniic\\neducate when this home affords within its walls an\\nexhibit which has been collected by one who en-\\njoys the deep secrets of nature, and loves to hunt\\nout her strange ways and works. Such a collec-\\ntion of rocks and fossils and other interesting\\ncuriosities as has been collected iiy Mr. Smith leads\\nthe minds of the young and old alike above the\\nsordid commonplaces of our daily life.\\nMr. Smith, who operates a farm in Marion Town-\\nship, Livingston County, and who is also the man-\\nager of a sawmill and thresher, was born in Erie\\nCounty, Pa., March 10, 1834. His father, Nel-\\nson A. Smith, who also followed agriculture,\\nwas born in New York in 1812 or 1813. Having re-\\nceived a common-school education, he started out\\nwhen about twenty years old to work for others\\nliy the month, and soon built up a good standing\\namong men as a responsijjle young man in wlmni\\nreliance could be placed.\\nNelson Smith was married about the year 1832\\nto Angeline IJeach, the flrst-Iiorn ciiild of yinan\\nHeach, a New Yorker. This daughter was born in\\n1811 or 1815. Nelson Smith came to Alichigan first\\nin 1835 and after locating two liundied acres on\\nsections 8 and 17 in .Alarioii Townsliip, returned to\\ni eiinsylvania for one ear, and then removed\\nwith ids family t j the West, traveling liy means\\nof wagon and ox-team.\\nOne daughter and three sons crown the union of\\nNelson and Angeline Smith, and they gave to their\\nfirst-born the name of David. The mother, who\\ndied in 1888, was a Universalist in her religious\\nbelief. The father was a pnjrainent man in his\\ntownship, active in his relations to the Democratic\\nparty in which lie was a decided favorite, as is\\nshown by his having been an incumlient of the\\noffice of Supervisor for eight years.\\nOur subject received only a limited education,\\nas the necessities of the farm did not permit of his\\nattending school for as long a term of years as his\\nparents desired. He remained with them until he\\nwas twenty-seven j ears old, faithfully assisting\\nthem in their efforts to put their farm in flrst-class\\ncondition, and to make it^ highly productive. In\\n1861 he came on to the farm of one hundred and\\nsixty acres which he and his father had purch.ised\\ntogether, and upon which aliout forty .icres w.as\\ncleared when he moved upon it. In 1865 he had\\nbeen so prosperous as to add tt; his estate one\\nhundred and sixty acres on section 4, and twenty\\n.acres in Howell Township.\\nIt v\\\\as in 1862 that this young man was joined\\nin marriage \\\\vith the young lady of his choice.\\nShe bore the maiden name of Sar.ah E. Bailey, and\\nis the oldest child of Charles and Mary E. (Cole-\\nman) r.ailey, who had come from Orange County,\\nN. v., where this daughter w.as born June 26,\\n1843. She came to Michigan with her parents\\nwhen she was four yeai-s old. Four children have\\nblessed her union with Mr. Smith, namely: Nina,\\nwho died at the age of eleven years; Bailey B.,\\nEdward L. and Elvia. The two sons have been\\nfor some time in the far Northwest, Bailey having\\nrone there about four years ago, and both making\\ntheir homes in Thurston County, Wash. Elvia is\\nthe wife of William Carlan, who lives in AVyoin-\\ning, about sixty miles west of Laramie, slie is the\\nmother of two daughters Sarah II. and Helen B.\\nt)ur subject was reared upon a farm over which\\ntlie Indians were wont to travel when going to\\nDetroit for Government pay and supplies, .and\\ninunv incidents of his childhood arc coiineetcd", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0745.jp2"}, "746": {"fulltext": "748\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0with the red man and his papooses. This gentle-\\nman is very fond of liunting, .nnd has made several\\ntrii)S for this purpose to the Northern Peninsula,\\nand two trips to the Roeky Mountains, lieing accom-\\npanied by his wife to tliat region in 1888. His first\\ntrip, which lie took in 1886, w.as in comi)any with a\\nMr. Charles G. Jewett. and they left Howell. Oc-\\ntober 18, 1886, traveling to Omaha from Chicago\\nby the Chicago Northwestern, then took the\\nUnion Pacific Railroad to Anrora.Wyo., where they\\nwere joined by Mr. Carlan.Mr. Smith s son-in-law,\\nand they with others made up a [larty which went\\nabout one hundred miles north and west. Here\\nthey were joined by Mr. Reed and a man to look\\nafter the camp, and they went about fifty miles up\\nthe Platte river, near where the Sweet Water emp-\\nties. They were gone four days and shot .seventeen\\ndeer and many antelopes. While ui)on this excur-\\nsion they were caught in a blizzard and for thirt\\\\-\\nsix hours their horses were not unsaddled, and\\nthey all came near losing their lives by cold and\\nstarvation.\\nIn 1888 Mr. .and Mr. Smith left liome in Sep-\\ntember and sought the same locality, and were in\\nWyoming for three months. He has many fine\\ntrophies of his skill as a hunter, including deer\\nheads and the skins of animals. He takes special\\npride in showing the skin of a grizzly bear which\\nhe shot on the Platte River, Itelow the Sweet\\nWater. They have many very nice specimens of\\nrocks and fossils which they gathered in the West.\\nTheir beautiful home, which was erected at a cost\\nof l^.o.dOO, is conceded to be the handsomest house\\nin Clarion, and the gracious hosiiitality which is\\nthe animating spirit if this home adds a charm\\nwliich no material externals can ever tjive.\\nB l\\ni\\nANIEL BOOXK SMITH. Although not\\none of the first pioneers to break road and\\nground in Leroy Township, spying the\\ncountry out iis did his illustrious prede-\\ncessor of Kentucky fame, our subject was one of\\nthe few who made the country accessible to those\\nwho came after. He is a native of New York State\\nand was born November i. i, 183.5. He is a son of\\nUriah and Lavantia Smith, lioth of wlunn were\\nnatives of New York City. On the paternal side\\nhe is of English ancestry. His great-grandfather\\n.Smitli was a Revolutionary soldier.\\nOur subject is the oldest .son in a family of nine\\nchildren born to his parents. Two of these only\\nare now surviving Daniel, of whom we write, and\\nRol)ert. He was but nine months old when with\\nhis parents he made the ditticult juurney from New\\nYork State to the wilderness of Michigan. They\\ncame at once to Ingham County and the family\\nlocated in White Oak Township, being among the\\nearliest settlers in that locality. Here our subject\\nwas reared to manhood amid scenes of the most\\nrimitive pioneer life. The work of his early youth\\nwas that required of most i)ioneer boys. They did\\nnot enjoy many educational advantages but were\\nthe founders of the present state of society in\\nwhich the youths have but to feel an inclination\\nto learn to receive the most advanced metiiods of\\neducation!. Their first home was a log cabin and\\nit was a great event when any of the neighbors\\ndrove the ox-team through the woods to spend a\\nfriendly hour.\\nOn attaining manhood our subject, like most\\n30ung pioneers, felt that it would be a great ad-\\nvantage to him to have a home of his own, for\\nmarriage then was conducted as much as now upon\\neconomic principles. A p.air of hands in the house\\nand a bright smile and encouraging word were\\nworth a great deal to the sturdy young farmer who\\nhad so much work looming up before him on the\\noutside. Mr. Smith was married July 4, 1861, his\\nbride being Miss Sarah A. Riggs, a daughter of\\nAmos Riggs, and an early settler in Ingham County.\\nThe young couple began life together with a strong\\ndetermination to make the best of their position\\nand as is always the case under such circumstances,\\nthey succeeded beyond their most sanguine hopes.\\nBy this union there were two children, both, how-\\never, jiassed away.\\nMr. Smith is the owiici- of two hundred and\\nthirty acres of land which is under a high state of\\ncultivation. This is unincumbered and well im-\\nproved, bearing a good class of buildings. The\\nI", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0746.jp2"}, "747": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n749\\npresent comfortable estate on which he lives is\\nowner! entirely hy our subject and is the result of\\nhis untiring effort*:. Socially Mr. Smith is pro-\\ngressive and favors every measure that tends to\\nthe financial or social betterment of the community.\\nMrs. Sarah A. Smith died .lunc *2it, 188fi,.and our\\nsubject thereon w.as a second time united in mar-\\nriage, his bride being Miss Dora INIiendorf. Their\\nnuptials were celebrated April 14,1887. Our sub-\\nject has witnessed the growth of the country from\\nthe entrance of the lirst ])i )neers to the present\\ntime, when it equals if it does not transcend in\\nrichness of product all the other States. At the\\ntime of his coming here there were many Indians\\nand wild animals were constantly prowling through\\nthe woods, their incursions lieing occasions of great\\nanxiety to the settlei s, not that their lives were so\\ngreatly endangered, but the farmyard stock invari-\\nal)l\\\\- suffered from the foxes or bears on the least\\noversight. Mr. Smith is ranked among the most\\nimportant business agriculturists of J^n-oy Town-\\nship and commands the respect and esteem of all\\nin the community.\\nl-$+^i\\ni^?RANK R. CRANDAL. In this year of un-\\ni= 5*i paralleled crops farmers are all to be con-\\nl^ gratulated upon their calling. Nature has\\nyielded most liountifully of the best of her pro-\\nducts and the year IHSIl will long remain memor-\\nable as one of the most prolific ones in the history\\nof the country. Our subject is one of the fortu-\\nnate ones who participates in the blessings that\\nhave been showered uiton his calling this season.\\nHe owns a fine farm located on section 21, Howell\\nTownship, Livingston Comity.\\nThe original of this sketch first saw the light of\\nday Xovcmber 15. 1862. He is a sf)n of David F.\\nand Caroline (Simmons) Ciandal. who were na-\\ntives of Ontario County, N. V. Tlic f.iilu r came\\nWest in 1856 and settled at Salem, ^\\\\\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ashtenaw\\nCounty, this State. I-ater he was engaged in farm-\\ning at Northfleld, and then came to this place in\\n1865. Mr. Crnndal, Sr., first purchased thirty\\nacres and lived upon his little farm until his\\ndeath, which occurred in 1872. Our subject s\\nmother resides with her daughter in HowelL\\nHe of whom we write is one of a family of four\\nchildren. They are AnnetUi, now Mrs. F. Allen,\\nCarrie, Mr.s. Amos Winegar; Frank H.. our subject\\nand Fred F. The last named was united in mar-\\nriage to ^liss Ro.se Dieterle. Our subject married\\nMiss Libby Richmond in December, 1883. Two\\nchildren were tlie fruit of this union Blanche\\nand Tracy. Mrs. Frank R. Crandal died in 1889.\\nBy a second marriage our subject was united to\\nElla A. Yerkes, April 15, 1890. They are the pa-\\nrents of one child, a daughter, whose name is\\nCarrie.\\nMr. Crandal, the father of him of whom we\\nwrite was, in his political preference, a Republican,\\nadvocating the principles of that party on every\\noccasion. Socially he was a Mason, and was par-\\nticularly well known throughout the country as\\nan exceptionally fine horseman. He was engaged\\nmuch of his time in buying and selling horses\\ndealing largely in those of the finest breed. Our\\nsubject has always been engaged in farming. As\\na lad he was educated in the district schools,\\nduring vacations and out of school performing the\\nduties that are a jiart of the life of an .agricultur-\\nist. After his father s de.ath, our subject bought\\nout the interest of the other heirs, and h.T.s since\\nadded thirty-live acres to the homestead. He\\ni has some very fine stock, keeping graded I cr-\\nchoron horses, .as well as cattle, sheep, etc., of fine\\nbreeds.\\n1 Mr. Crandal was intrusted with township hon-\\nI ors when very young. In 1886, when but twenty-\\ntwo years of .age he was elected .Justice of the\\nPeace, and also luld the ottice of Township Trea.s-\\nurer. lie is a popular man with the Republican\\nparty of his district, and were it his ambition to\\nhave nuuli higher office, doubtless it would be\\no ivon him. Socially he belongs to the Knights of\\nthe Maccaliees. Our suliject has advanced ideas in\\nregard to farming, and he makes the laud yield to\\nthe fullest extent, feeding it liberally in order that\\nit may feed him. He has a fine orchard and is also\\nengaged in growing small fruit*. He with his\\nwife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0747.jp2"}, "748": {"fulltext": "750\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nChurch of the town of Howell. He is one of the\\nStewai ls uf this body, lie has for llie past six\\nyears been School Director, anil while so engaged\\nhas done ellicient Avork for the district. Mr. Cran-\\ndal is one of the prominent young men of the\\ntownship of Howell, and his friends have every\\nreason to expect of him a prosperous, progressive\\nfuture.\\nG:\\nEOK(;i-: L. CLARK. What are now uni-\\nersally conceded to be the best families\\nof America are those wlio, through genera-\\ntions have evinced those sterling cjualities of\\nmanly worth and womanly virtues which Lave\\nhelped to elevate the general community, and\\nhave buiU up that confidence whicli should ever\\nexist between man and man, and which must\\nprevail if true jn-osperily is to be attained. Sucli\\na family is lliat wliich is represented by our sub-\\nject.\\nThe gentleman we have just mentioned belongs\\nto the firm of J. M. Clark A Co., manufacturers of\\nhand and push cars, railroad velocipedes, ware-\\nhouse trucks, baggage barrows and track tools,\\nand their estalilishment is situated in .the village\\nof Howell, Livingston County. George L. Clark\\nis a native of Royalton, Niagara County, N. Y.,\\nwhere he first saw the light on Septemlier 15,\\n1833. His honored parents, Robert W. and llul-\\ndah (Bullock) Clark, were natives of Massachusetts\\nand New York resi)ectively. Tlie father was by\\ntrade a boot and shoe maker, but followed farming\\nthroughout a considerable ijortion of his life at\\nRoyalton, N. Y., wiiere he died in 1839. His\\nwidow long survived him and completed her\\nninety-third year before her spirit took flight to a\\nbetter world on the 18tli of Feliruary, 1890.\\nOf the six children of Roliert and Iluldah Clark,\\nfour are now living a son, Jud.son, lives in Carth-\\nage, 111.; Mrs. J. C. Tucker makes her home in Clari-\\ndon, N. Y.; our subject is to lie found at Howell,\\nas is also his brother, .lolin M., who is a member of\\nthe firm of J. M. Clark Co. Robert W. Clark\\nwas a son of Adam and Polly Clark, l)oth of wliom\\nwere liorn in Massachusetts. Tliey have a huge\\nfamily, whom they brought uj) on the farm, which\\nwas situated near IVlliam, Mass. Adam Clark was\\nfor thirty years a member of the General Court of\\nMassacliusetts, and, as this will signify, was a very\\nprominent man in the State. He had deep relig-\\nious c uivictions and was decided in liis support of\\nall religious institutions, being an Elder in the\\nPresbyterian Cliurcli.\\nGeorge L. Chirk liad his early training in the\\nhome schools, and then attended the Brockport\\nCollegiate Institute, continuing there for four\\nterms. He then engaged in teaching during the\\nwinters, exercising his povvers in this direction in\\nthe counties of Livingston and IMacomb, in this\\nState, as well as in New York. It was in the fall\\nof 1855 that he came West, and .settled in Howell\\nthe folhjwing spring. During one season he ac-\\ncompanied a surveying party which went on a\\nGovernment sinvey to Duliith, where they made\\ntheir headciuarters and worked along Lake Supe-\\nrior.\\nSubsequent to this excursion this gentleman en-\\ngaged in the business which now employs his yiowers\\nand time, building it up in connection with Mr.\\nGeorge Taylor, with whom he remained in iiartner-\\nship for six years, at the end of which time he\\nbought out i\\\\Ir. Taylor s interest. At various\\ntimes he has had other partners, and his brother\\nfirst took an interest in the firm in 1872. The\\nworks cover two lots and they emplov fr()m fifteen\\nto thirty men. They have built u\\\\ such a demand\\nfor their goods that these are shipjied all over the\\nLTnited States.\\nNo event in the life of Mr. Clark has been more\\nproductive of true hajiiiiucss and genuine pros-\\nperity than his marriage, which took place Decem-\\nber 29, 1861. He was then united for life with\\nwith Miss Sarah L. Axtel, daughter of J. R. Axtel,\\nof Howell. Their four children are: Mary, who is\\nnow Mrs. E. W. Card, of Medina, N. Y., and has\\none child, Margery; Elizabeth I., and the twins,\\nRobert W. and Winnifred R.. are unmarried. The\\nson, Robert W.. is connected with the Traders Na-\\ntional Bank, of Rochester, N. Y., where he has been", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0748.jp2"}, "749": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND lUOftRAPmCAL ALBUM.\\nr:.l\\nfill- mIkiuI :i yv.w. iiiul nil tlic liil(livii :iic al iiii-\\n(ImiiIIv rcwaiiliiia tlioii paroiUs for llio care and\\nIraiiiiiiii wliifli tlii l)i st()wi ii|)(in tliciii in tliuir\\ncliildliood.\\nTill i )liti( il |irt l erciici s of Sir. Clark liriiig him\\ninto sympatliy willi llic principles and movements\\nof the Ixcp nlilican party, and he was for some time\\none of the village Trustees. Like his parents, lie\\nis an active member of tiie Presbyterian Church\\nand in every walk of life he is esteemed as one of\\nthe reliable and prominent men of Livingston\\nCounty. His pleasant home is on Mill Street and\\nhis shop faces on Gi and Uiver Street. The Clark\\nfamily settled in Massachusetts at an early day.\\nhaving come from England, .and they wei-e all\\nthrough their history in that State .among the\\nprominent leaders in all puljlic movements.\\nI\\nI I I I\\nILVPvLLS COOL. Were there to l)e a\\nreunion of pioneers of Livingston County,\\nL nadilla Township could furnish, we doubt\\nnot, a larger proportion than almost any other,\\nand many would be the experiences and adven-\\ntures I clated by the old-timers that would be of\\nthrilling interest to the j Oinig people of to-d,\\\\v\\nand also to the older people as reminiscences of\\nsimilar experiences. lie of whom we write, a\\nfarmer, whose pl.ace is located on section 6, Un.a-\\ndilla Township, Livingston County, is one of the\\nold-timers, having come here at an earlj date.\\nOur subject s father was .Tohn Cool, a native of\\nPennsylvania; his mother was Martha (Sutton)\\nC oOl, born in New Jersey, and thej were farmers,\\nand came to ^lichigan in the spiing of 1836, set-\\ntling on the place that our subject now occupies,\\nthe original purch.ase being four humlred and\\neighty acres of land. lie secured it from the (lov-\\neminent and it had never been previously cut b\\\\-\\nthe [ilow and was as wild as nature allows.\\nThe father built a log house .and they bcg.an the\\nprocess of making a iiome. There were no roads\\nat that time, not even an opening, excepting an\\nIiidiMii trial, which was calleil the I lruad Trail and\\nwent from Chicago to Detroit. One liad to be on\\none s guard .against the incursions of the Indians,\\nnot that they wcre so hostile but that they were sueii\\ninveterate thieves aiul beggars. Tliev lia l also to\\nbe watchful against the encroachments of the wild\\nanimals and on going out into the fields the gun\\nw.as kept near at hand, for it was not infrequent\\nto meet a liear or wolves. There were very few\\nneighbors in the locality and very little money\\ncurrent. From his original purchase the senior\\nMr. Cool sold off one hundred and sixty acres.\\nBefore his death he built a good fr.ame house and\\nand also barns. He cleared off sixty acres, which\\nhe cultivated thoroughly. The mother died about\\nI wenty years ago and the father twelve ears ago.\\nOur subject is one of six children, three of\\nwhom, only, are now living. They are, he of\\nwhom wc write; Harriet, who is now Mrs. Gaylord.\\nand Emeline. Our subject s mother was a mem-\\nber of the Christian Church. Politically his\\nfather was a Democrat and for years before his\\ndi ath was a Supervisor and also Highway Com-\\nmissioner.\\nThe original of this sketch first opened his eyes\\non the light of day in the .State of Pennsylvania,\\nFebruary 17, 1822. He was fifteen years old when\\nhe came to Michigan, having received a common-\\nschool education in his native .State. It w.as the\\nfashion at that time for boys to do men s work and\\nour subject soon was competent to carry on the\\nwork of the farm. He remained at home until\\ntwenty -five years of age.\\nAt the .age above named Jlr. Cool took to wife\\nMiss Mary Van Sickle, a daughter of Samuel S.\\nVan Sickle, an old jiioneer who came to ^Michigan\\nin 1835, and the following year .settled on section\\n9, this township. Mr.s. Cool was born December\\n16, 1827, in New .lersey. When married the young\\ncouple settled on the i)lace where they at present\\nreside and here they have always lived. They are\\nthe parents of five children, four of whom are\\nnow living. Sen^pta .\\\\nn is now Mr.s. Tafl: JIary\\n.lane is Mrs. L. Jacobs; Margaret K. is Mrs. Laiig-\\ntitl. and Ettie K. is Mrs. Mapes.\\nOn first settling here the gentleman of whom\\nwe write had an undivided half of eighty acres,\\ntwenty-eight acres of which w.as im])rove(l. He", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0749.jp2"}, "750": {"fulltext": "752\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nis now the owner of two hundred and eleven\\nacres, of which one hundred and twelve acres are\\nunder the plow. He has always superintended\\nthe farm. Mr. Cool is a memljer of the Masonic\\norder at Stockbridge and was Master of the same\\nfor six years. Like every loyal American he has\\ntaken an interest in politics, casting his vote and\\ninfluence with the Democratic party. He has been\\nTownsliip Treasurer for some time.\\nf(_^ IRAM B. THOJIPSON. He whose name\\nm is at tlie head of this sketch is a farmer re-\\nsiding on section 25, Hartland Township,\\nLivingston County. He was liorn in Cato\\nTownship, Cayuga County, N. Y., September 2,\\n1837, his parents being Hiram and Aurelia (John-\\nson) Thompson. The former was born in Dutchess\\nCounty, N. Y., in 1799, and was reared in his na-\\ntive place until about twenty years of age-,\\nat which time he removed to Mentz, Cayuga\\nCounty. He was by occupation a farmer, and had\\na reasonable degree of success attendant upon his\\nagricultui-al i)ursuits. Our subject s motlier was a\\nnative of Connecticut, being born there in 1799.\\nShe married her husband in Cayuga County,\\nN. Y., after whicli tliey located on a farm in the\\nsame county, and there remained as long as they\\nlived. Tlie father died at the age of sixty-seven\\nyears. The mother was seventy-one years old\\nwhen her decease took place.\\nOur subject is one of six children born to his\\nparents. There were four daughters and two sons,\\nand all grew to maturity, the decease of none tak-\\ning place under sixty years of age. Our subject\\nis the youngest child of the family, and was reared\\nin his native place. He received his education\\nat Auburn, N. Y. He started out for himself at\\nat the age of eighteen j cars. 0))e3ing Greeley s\\ninjunction to go West, young man, he went\\ninto Wisconsin and was there engaged for about\\ntwo years; at the end of wliicli time he returned\\nto New York, and remained there until 1868,\\nat whicli time he came to tliis township and county.\\nHe located where he now resides in 1882. By his\\nfirst marriage he became the husband of Helen\\nRoss. She was a native of New York State.\\nTheir marriage took place December 2.5, 1859.\\nThis union was blessed by tlie advent of four\\nchildren two daughters and two sons whose\\nnames are as follows: Carrie, William, Belle and\\nRoss. The first two are deceased. Belle still\\nresides at home with her jiaients, while Ross makes\\nhis home with his uncle. Henr Holdridge. The\\nmother of these children died in Michigan in 1871,\\nand was interred at the c\u00c2\u00abmetery at Highland, Oak-\\nland County.\\nMr. Thompson was a second time married June\\n9, 1875, his bride being Alice .1. Shaw, a native of\\nNew York, born in Ciiautauqua County, March 25,\\n1849. She was reared in the same place with our\\nsuliject and w.as an old acquaintance. He of whom\\nit is our pleasure and privilege to chronicle tlie\\nleading facts in outline of his career, is the owner\\nof one hundred and twenty acres of fine land\\nwhich is all under cultivation. He engages in\\ngeneral farming, and each department is as perfect\\nas assiduous attention and unfaltering care will\\nmake it. His place is well ini|)roved, and bears\\nevidence of an intelligent oversight on the part of\\nits owner.\\nThe original of our sketch cast his first vote for\\nAbraham Lincoln, and has ever since voted the\\nstraight Repulilican ticket. Ho has been elected\\nto a number of local offices, having been Super-\\nvisor of the township in 1878 at which time he was\\nelected, and h.as continued to hold the otlice for\\neleven years. Althougii he was offered renomina-\\ntion at the end ofthat term he refused to accept\\nthe position feeling that he had done his duty in\\ncivic afi airs, and that after so long a service he\\nwas entitled to rest. Socially Mr. Thompson is a\\nMason, belonging to the Montezuma Lodge of\\nNew York State, No. 176. He is also a Master\\nMason. All the members of our subject s family,\\nexcepting himself and another, who is a member of\\nthe Methodist Cluirch, belong to the Episcopal\\nChurch. He is liberal in his religious views, will-\\ning to leave the l)elief of others alone if they will\\njiUow him the same privilege.\\nMrs. Thompson s parents were Joseph C. and", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0750.jp2"}, "751": {"fulltext": "POHTHATT AM) )f ;HA I lIK AI, ALUFM.\\n753\\n.TiilieUe (TTowe) Sliaw. They wore iiiUivi s ol\\nroiiiiikins C oiintv. X. V., but liotli dii-d in ir-\\nuinia. 3Ii Tlioinpsoii i;^ tlic liflh cliilil in (nilcr\\nof liiitli. and the ^^ecoiid daughter, lliere lieiiiir\\niiiiii cliiUlien in the family. She heeanie the wife\\nif our subject at Ston\\\\ Creek, \\\\:i. Mi Tiioniiji.-\\n^on suffered the loss of two Ijrothers, who were\\nkilled in the lute AVar of the Kebellioii. They\\nwere by name S(|uire and \\\\\\\\CsU One was killed\\nat Cold Harbor, the other at retersliurii;. Our sub\\njeet is now the township receiver for the Mutual\\nInsurance Conii)an_\\\\ of Livinuslou County. He\\nis a man who enjoys the confidenee and respeet of\\nall who know him, it beinj^ a rule with him never\\nto assume responsibilities to the detriment of iiis\\nown immediate interests, and at the same time to\\ndischarge conscientiously and perfectly the duties\\nof any cnter|irise when in the line of pul)lic work\\nprior vate interest, that his judiiincnt dictates Ihat\\nhe can rightly take upon himself.\\nWl\\n-SS^i^\\\\\\no2-\\nAMES li. FKOST. A native of Kngland.\\nthe advent of our suliject into the world,\\nwhich took place December lo, 1830, was\\n\\\\^f^ made more of an official event than had it\\noccurred in America. It was recorded in tlie\\nparish register and the little stranger w.-us a subject\\nfor a godfather and a godmother who pledged to\\nhim a kind and protective oversight. His parents\\nwere Richard B. Frost and his mother w.a.s .Susan\\n(Scott) Frost, a daughter of Edward Scott, a native\\nof England. The paternal grandi)arents of oiu- sub-\\nject were large fruitgrowers and dealers. He of\\nwhom we write was one of si.K children, there be-\\ning five sons and one daughter. Three of the\\nsons, namel} William S., Charles C. and .lames II.,\\ncame to America.\\nIn 1849 our subject started out foi tlie land th.it\\npromised speedy wealth and honors. He was only\\nnineteen years of age when he settled in Oneida\\nCounty, N. Y. on a farm. On his advent into tlie\\nState he made his living by working by the day\\nor month in the cfiuntrv, sometimes on a farm aiul\\nMimet lines in the timber. Hesirous of seeing still\\nanother phase of American life, in 1M.51 he came\\nto .Michigan and settled in Livingston County,\\nwhere he worked by the month on a farm, siiviiig\\nall that he could until in 18/\u00c2\u00bbo he was enabled to\\npurchase a trad of land on section 16, Wheatfield\\nTownship, Ingham County. Some years later Ik- was\\nmarried to I.ydia .Vustin, a daughter of Daniel 15.\\nAustin, a native of .Maine, who was an early settler\\nill Livingston County, and finally came to Ingham\\nCounty in 18;)2 where he spent the remainder of\\nhis life. The mother was born in New York, her\\nmaiden name being Preston.\\nTo him of whom we write and his amialile and\\nestimable wife came nine children. They are\\nLucella 1... .lames E.. William K.. Celia .V., Walter\\nH., Charles IL. .Minnie. Arthur and Elmer. All are\\nliving at the present time. The eldest daughter\\nnow reside^ in fJratiot County and is the wife of\\nMr. .John S. Doyle. The next two. sons, arc mar-\\nried and reside in Wheatfield Township. Mr.\\nFrost settled on forty acres of land in the first\\nplace which he l(;ok up from the Oovernment. In\\nthe usual thrifty English way he has added to his\\noriginal purchase three hundred and twenty-eight\\n.acres and has chopped and cleared the place until\\nit is an ideal agricultural spot. Besides the farm\\nthat he at jiresent owns he h.as also given a large\\namount of land to his children. He has erected\\ngood buildings upon his place and the grove of\\nblack walnut trees that he has planted and tended\\nwith such care gives the place its name. The farm\\nis one of the finest in the county.\\nOur subject has endured hardships and the\\nprivations of pioneer life, always having teen a\\nhardworking man and richly deserving of the\\nsuccess that he has made of his .agricultural ven-\\nttu-e. The first team of oxen that were used in\\nthe township our subject raised. He is certainly\\none of the leading farmers of the township. A\\nbreeder of Shorthorn cattle and Shropshire sheep,\\nMr. Frost is one of the leading stock-raisei s in this\\nvicinity. Deeply ajiprcciative of the advantages\\nthat education gives a man, our subject is not spar-\\ning i money or labor in order to give his children\\nevery chance possible to make themselves thor-\\nouirlilv capable and cultured men antl women. A", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0751.jp2"}, "752": {"fulltext": "7,54\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPmCAL ALBUM.\\nDemocrat, in his xiolitical following to which he\\nhas adhcivd from Ihc first, our subject has never\\nbeen an aKi)irant for i)olitical olHce or honors, pre-\\nferring to live the life of an independent farmer.\\nANFORl PARKER. A large and honorable\\nnumber of the men of Oeeola Township,\\nLivingston County, liave a record of ser-\\nvices to tlie country during the days of the Civil\\nWar, of which their county feels proud, and whicli\\nit is not unlikely will be held as the choicest iieri-\\ntage of tlieir descendants. To have helped to\\ncarry tlie old Hag through those dark days is an\\nlionor and will ever be a joy to those who were so\\nhai)py to l)e able to respond to the call of our war\\nPresident, lie of whom we now write is one of\\nthese men.\\nThe original of this sketcli resides on section 4,\\nOeeola Townshiji. and is a ]iative of Genesee\\nCounty, N. Y., having been born twenty-eiglit\\nmiles from Buffalo, Alay 3(1, 182.5. His father, Asa\\nParker, a native of New Hampshire, came to Gene\\nsee County at the age of twenty-five and theie en-\\ngaged in farming. He was soon united with\\n.Jennie Little, of Genesee County, who died in\\nthat county in 1827. Two years after her death\\nthe family came West and made a new home in\\nSouthfield Townshij). Oakland Ct)unty, being al)le\\nto dispose of his New York proiierty for land in\\nthat place.\\nA few years later JMr. Parker removed to AYalled\\nLake, South Lyons Township, where he remained\\nfor four or five years and improved a farm. He\\ntlu ii came in 1835 to Oeeola Township and took\\nup eighty acres of land from the Government. His\\nfirst home here was one which he put up hastily\\nand it was a log shanty with shake covering and a\\nfloor of split bass-wood. He afterward erected a\\nlog house, cutting and hewing the logs himself.\\nHe spent his last days with his son our subject,\\nand died April 10, 1867 when eighty-three years\\nold. He was a Democrat in his political views.\\nHis good wife died at the age of about foit\\\\ two\\n3reai-s, before his removal West. Of their seven\\nonly two are now living.\\nOur subject is the youngest child of his parents\\nand was four years old when lie came to ^Michigan.\\nHis first school days were passed in Oakland Town-\\nsiiij), where he attended the log schoolhouse in\\nSouthfield Township and finished liis education in\\nOseola Township. He started out for himself at\\nage of eleven years working on a farm for $5 per\\nmonth until he reached the age of nineteen years\\nduring which time he bought the farm upon\\nwhich he now resides.\\nThe marriage of our subject was September 16,\\n1846, and his liride was Mary Ann, the second\\nchild in a family of eleven children of D. O. and\\nRachel (Legg) Taft. This lady was born in\\nWorcester County, Mass., Ajiril 19, 182SI. There\\nshe was reared and trained until al)out fourteen\\nyears old when she came to Michigan with her\\nparents. When Mr. Parker located where he now\\nlives he had twenty acres of improved ground and\\na log house. He also had a yoke of cattle to work\\nwilh and a cow which had lieen given to Mrs. Par-\\nker by her father. Two lovely daughters and four\\nmanly sons were granted to them.\\nThe childr :;u of our subject are E. Augusta, who\\nis the wife of David an Syckie. a farmer in I lia-\\ndilla Township; Orlando J., who married Florence\\nTriimane and is in the drug business in Howell;\\nFrank D., who is uniLed in marriage with Sadie\\nSmitli, and is in the diy-goods business in Fowler-\\nville; Charley, deceased; EtHe J. .the widow of E. G.\\nEmiiler, who was a lawyer in Howell and Emmet\\n1)., who resides at home with his father. The\\ngrandchildren of our subject are four children of\\nthe Van Syckie household and two children of\\nOrlando s.\\nMr. Parker has two hundred acres of well im-\\njiroved land, eighty of which are on section 4, and\\none hundred an l twenty acres on section 9. The\\nlatter tract includes the eighty acres entered from\\nthe (4overnnient by his father. He split every\\nrail which has been used U|)( n the farm and has\\nmade all the im|)rovenients and set out every tree.\\nTlie commodious and attractive house was put up\\nin 1869 at an expense of \u00c2\u00a73,000 and his barn cost\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01 70(l. Hi is doing a general farming business and", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0752.jp2"}, "753": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0753.jp2"}, "754": {"fulltext": "^li^^C^ t^H^fJ^^r,^", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0754.jp2"}, "755": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) I .K H; A I 1 1( A I. \\\\l lUM.\\ndevotes cousidciMliU nttciitioii to stuck. Ilch;i\\ntwo luiiulred lioad of shei and otlior stock in\\n|)ro|)ortioii. lie is a I\\\\e])idilican in his political\\nviews and was County Tivasurcr of Liviiiiistoii\\nConnty in 1H84 and was Township Treasurer foi-\\none term, besides being a nicml)er of the Hoard of\\nlievii w and School Director for many years.\\n.Mr. Parker enlisted Kebinary 2(), lHfi4, in Com-\\npany 1!. Kighth Michigan Inf. intry. and was taken\\nsick wliile still at Flint, Mieh., with a severe attac k\\nof inll. unmation of the lungs. A.s soon as he could\\ntravel lie was allowed to come home and u| on his\\nrecovery to health joined the regiment .at Warren-\\nton Station, a., and was present during the con-\\nllii-ts of the A\\\\ilderness. lie was in the battles of\\nSpotsylvania. Harrison Landing, and Cold Har-\\nbor, also with the foives that made their r.aid on\\nPetersburg, a. He was again taken sick an l was\\nsent home on a furlough and received his honora-\\nble discharge .it Detroit. May 111, IXO.\\n.Mr. and Mrs. Parker are very useful in the\\nMethodist, Kiiiseopal Cluu ch tt) which they belong\\n.-ind for which he gave land when they were en-\\ndea\\\\ ering to ei-eet a house of worship. In all\\nchurch juatters he takes an active i)art and was\\nSteward for .a number of years and is still one of\\nthe Trustees. He also gave land for the school-\\nhonse which stands on the south part of .section 1.\\nThese instances of his liberality are only charac-\\nteristic of the man who is ever ready to lend a\\nheli)ing hand in every enterprise which will pro-\\nmole the good of the coinmunity. This trait with\\nhis many other valuable and excellent elements of\\ncharacter make him universally esteemed and re-\\nspected by his neighbors.\\na***^,^^****!\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a25* j*4 r~\\nr^HoMAs McKi:i;x.\\\\N,\\nof the oldest\\nlf settlers of this county, who has lived here\\nsince I8;5fi. w:is born in Orange County. N.\\nY., October 30, 1831. His p.arents were .loiin and\\nMargaret (Mossy) MeKernan; the father, wlio w.a.s a\\nfaiiner in Orange Connty. moved to Xortlitield.\\nWashtenaw County. Mich., in 1h:!;?. Three years\\niatei- he remo\\\\ed to White Oak Township, thi.s\\ncounty, when this section of Michigan was entirely\\na wilderness. He took from the fiovernment five\\nlots of new land and cleared off a good farm.\\nI pon that i)ioneer farm our subject grew to\\nmaniiood. The common schools of that day were\\nsomewhat limited in their eurricuhnn but the\\nteachers were con.scieutious and devoted; thei)upils\\nfelt the nee(l of gaining knowledge and the drill\\nwas thorough and constant. ]\\\\Ir. MeKernan ob-\\ntained therein a go(jd, i)ractical education, and\\naftei leaving school devoleil liiin.self to farming\\nfor some time.\\nThe family of .John and .Margaret MeKernan\\nconsisted of sixteen children, eight sons and eight\\ndaughters. Two .sons died in the army; Philip,\\nwho was the Captain of Company 15. Twenty-\\nseventh Michigan Infantry, and William, who be-\\nlonged to Comjiany II. Third Michigan Hegiment.\\nOur subject enlisted August 13. 1862, after his two\\nbrothers had lieen killed. .and became a member of\\nthe Twenty-sixth Michigan Infantry. Company II.\\nand was in the Army uf the Potomac, doing most\\nof his lighting in the Second Army Corp.*. He\\npassed through the ditt erent battles in which his\\nlegiment was eng.aged until he was discharged at\\nWashington March 27. 186.5. upon the ground of\\nphysical disability. He had been in-omoted from\\nthe ranks of a i)rivatc to the i)osition of a Cor|)oraI\\nand afterward to that of Sergeant.\\nI pon his return lK)me Mr. MeKernan again en-\\ngaged in agricultural pursuits and remained on\\nthe fjirm till the fall of 1882. when he was elected\\nto the otlice of Sheriff on the Democratic ticket,\\nbeing the first successful candidate on that ticket\\nfor twenty years. He took the oath of oHlce upon\\nNew Year s Day 1883, and served for four years,\\nafter which he retired frtmi active work and has\\nsince lived in I.ausing at Xo. 605 North AValnut\\nStreet. To him and his faithful helpmate, who\\nwas formerly ^Mi.ss ^lary ^Velch. of AVashtenaw\\nConnty. four children have been l)orn, three of\\nwhom, two sons and one daughter, died in infancy.\\nThe surviving child. Eugene, is now in business in\\nOmaha. Neb., and travels for a New York firm.\\nWhile living in White Oak Townslii]i. Jlr. Me-\\nKernan was Treasurer of the township and Com-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0755.jp2"}, "756": {"fulltext": "758\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nmissioner. Socially he is identified with the In-\\ndependent Order of Odd Fellow?; and is liigiily\\nesteemed wherever known.\\nMr. McKernan has long maintained the reinita-\\ntion of a skilled hunter. Probahlj- no man in tliis\\ncounty has shot more deer or other wild game than\\nhe, and he can say what perhaps no other man can\\ntrutlifully assert, that he killed one deer witji his\\nfather s rifle before he liad reached the age of nine\\nyears. At that time Indians were plentiful and\\nwere his only playmates, often accompanying him\\non liunting expeditions. He recalls vividly that\\nthe last three wild turkeys he brought down were\\nshot with a ritle wliile the birds were on the wing.\\nIn connection with this sketch the reader will find\\na lithographic [lortrait of Mr. McKernan.\\n^t^.^\\n-i^^Kr ^z^\\n1*\\nf/_^ ENRY BURKHART, deceased. Among the\\nhonored and resi)ected citizens of Living-\\nston County, who came here at an early\\n\\\\)l\u00c2\u00a7)) day and proved themselves eilicient in pro-\\nmoting the growth of the colony and developing\\nits resources along the lines of agriculture as well\\nas in moral, religious and intellectual paths, none\\nis worthy of more esteem than he whose name we\\nplace at the head of tliis paragrai)h.\\nOur subject was born Octolier 19, 1820, near Mt.\\nMorris, X. Y., and w.as a son of Samuel and Sally\\n(.Johnson) IJurkliart, natives of New York. The\\nfather chose farming as his life work and came to\\nMichigan In 1H4(). settling in Cohoctah Township,\\nLivingston County, where he entered and improved\\na farm. To him and his good wife were gianted\\nten children, of whom eight lived to become the\\nheads of families, namely: Henry, Uriah. Mary A.,\\nEmily, Marquiss, Sarah, Harriet and Hannah. Sam-\\nuel Burkhart died suddenly in .I.anuarv, liSfil. as\\nlie dropijcd dead without a moment s warning. Ilis\\nwife survived him some five or six years.\\nHe of whom we write grew up u\\\\ (m a farm and\\nreceived but scanty schooling, as the educational\\nadvantages of that early day were very limited.\\nThe earlv settlers of Michigan were a class of intel-\\nligent and educated men and women, and they de-\\nsired for their children the best opjiortunities and\\nsecured them as early as possible, but during the\\nfirst few decades it was impossible for them to pro-\\nvide as they would have wished in this direction.\\nThej onngman l)ecame a wagon-maker by trade,\\na calling which was very valuable in tho.se days, as\\nwagons were not plentiful among the settlers and\\nthere was a great demand for them. Upon the 19th\\nof March, 1844, he was united in marriage with\\nMiss Lydia Hagedorn, who was born in the town-\\nship of Penfield, Monroe County, N. Y., .lanuary\\n2-3, 1824. She was a daughter of Samuel and\\nRachel (Hall) Hagedorn, who carried on a farm in\\nNew York. The mother of Mrs. Burkhart had\\nthree sons and five daughters, namel_v: Jonathan,\\nDavid, John, Alniira, Lena, Lavina, Margaret, and\\nLydia. Three of these children died in childhood\\nand (jne of the sons passed away when a young\\nman. Their mother who was a devout member of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church, died in 1832, and\\n^Ir. Hagedorn married Margaret Randolph for his\\nsecond wife and she became the mother of two\\nchildren, Josiah and Esther. He was a Whig in his\\npolitical views and he died in AVelister Townshi[),\\nMonroe County, N. Y., in 1808.\\nAfter the marriage of our subject he and his\\nbride made their first home at Little Sandusky.\\nOhio, but in tlie fall of 184; they came to Miclii-\\ngan and settled in Byron, Shiawassee County. But\\nhere JMr. Burkhart was constantly afflicted witli\\nague, and after remaining here for a year they de-\\ncided to leave the West and return to tiieir East-\\nern h(mie. It was not until November, 1854, that\\nthe family decided to try the effect of the Western\\nclimate, and ujjon their return to Michigan they\\nsettled in Cohoctah for a few years and later went\\nto Flint, this State, where they purchased eighty\\nacres of land and made that their lumie for some\\ntime.\\nIn the fall of 1865 Slv. I .uikliarf returned to\\nCohoctah Township and purchased one hundied\\nand ten acres on section 33, which was mostly in\\na cleared and improved condition. Here he made\\nhis home until he was called hence liy death, .July\\n17, 1888. The children of Henry and Lydia\\nBurkhart are: AVilliani II. :IIomer. wlio died at the", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0756.jp2"}, "757": {"fulltext": "PORTRAI I AM) r.KiMJ AI IIK \\\\i \\\\i,i;r\\\\[.\\n759\\niliic of tilhili; Alice, lilt- wil o of RetllUcl l;;illilmni;\\nFijiiik A.; KUa (defouseil), wlio was the wife if\\n1- i;miI Dmi-ancc; Emma, the wife of Robert Rrave-\\nM( r-: ;iu l .lessie. Kver since tiieir inan-iat;e our\\nsulijicl ami Ills wife have been active and interesteil\\nill the work 111 Ihe Methodist Kpiscopal Cliiiich.\\nand the h\u00c2\u00bbs of this esteemed and beloved brother\\nvva- dee|)ly fell liy all the members of that body.\\n*j\u00c2\u00bb\\nIRA.^I J. DANA. There is inobably no\\none in Leroy Townshi|). Iiiuhan County,\\nW ho is better known and more hitrhly\\nii\u00c2\u00a7^ respected anioiia the old pioneers tlian he\\nwhose name we now j^ive. He was born Octolier\\n22. 1h;5(I, in (ienesce County. X. Y.. and in 1\u00c2\u00ab;57\\nhe -aiiie with his [lareilts, Oren and Adeline ((iood-\\nwell) Dana, fiom New York to .Michiiran. m;ikinu\\ntlie la-it staLje of their journey with ox-teani to\\nDetiuit. thus liecoininu; one of the first s ^ttlers in\\nLeroy Township. Tiieir first home was in a los^\\nshanty alioiit I.Sx2() feet, and it was of\\nrouiih construction with s|)lit plank for a Hooi-.\\n.\\\\fter residing there for aliout two years lhe\\\\-\\nerected a more comfortable log cabin.\\nThe f.-ither of our subject was the first Super-\\nvisor for the district which now compi ises foui\\ntownships. To his lumie came seven children,\\nonly four of whom are now liviii namely:\\nIliiani J., James, ^lary (wife of A\\\\illiain Turner),\\nand Kdwin T,. He was a man of pulilic spirit and\\na leadei- in the Democratic ranks, and in his death\\nthe county lost a valued citizen and one of her\\noriginal pioneers. He also for many years wa.s\\n.luslice of the Peace, to which office he was elected\\nby the vote of botli parties.\\nOur subject jjrew up amidst the woods and has\\npleasant memories of Indian neighbors, wlio were\\nfriendly and si lad to exch.inse kindnesses. His\\neducation was obtained in the early schools of that\\nday. which, althoniih narrow in their curriculum,\\nwere tliorou ;h in drill and gave hiin a good foiin-\\nlati(ni for future study. Upon the 2;?d of\\ntlclolier. ls,),i. he maiiied .Mary .V. I .etts. who bore\\nhim two children, both deceased, and their mother\\nhas also passed from earth. The second wife bore\\nthe maiden name of Alice I .aiiies. and to her were\\ngranted nine children, eight of whom .are n jw liv-\\ning, namely: Nora (wife of l-raiik Horton),\\nCharles F.. Hiram H., .Vdaline. ,Vlvin I).. Frederick\\nF., Alta .M. and Cleveland. 3Irs. Alice Dana was\\nsome years ago called from earth, and .Mi. Dana\\nmarried the i resent ^frs. Dana, who was in lier\\nmaidenhood know as Ella Mann. One son. Earl,\\nhas blessed this union, and to all the children the\\nfather is giving excellent advantages for edu-\\ncation.\\nMr. Dana has lived u|ion his farm for lifty-\\nthree years, with the excejition of one year spent\\nin the mi icantile business in AVilliamstown, and it\\nis liy his h.-iiid that this beautiful estate of four\\nhnniired and twenty :icrt s has lieen developed from\\nthe condition of the wihlerness toil* present pros-\\nperous state. He is identified with the Independ-\\nent Order of Odd Fellows at AVilliamston. and\\nin his political views is attached to the Democratic\\nparly. His success in life is a cause of rejoicing\\nnot only :iiiiong the memliers of his family but\\nalso with all who have known his long life among\\nthem and his iiiarked characteristics of probity\\nand lioniir.\\nQ).\\ni ^^-5-\\nHHISTOl HER C. KIXCSEEY. Inevit.ible\\nio every living thing, death is stdl a mys-\\ntery, because of the great unknown that lies\\nbeyond the veil, which is only rent as breath\\nceases to p:i.ss the lips and the heart is stilled in\\nits pulsation. One never realizes the ch.asm that\\nthe dread Angel of Desolation opens up until he\\nhas taken from us one who is .ts near and dear as\\nnature h.as allowed the tie to be. The man whose\\nname is aliove and of whom one might say in\\nShakespeare s words, here is a man, passed awa.\\\\-\\nfrom this life .I.anuary .5, 1888. leaving to mourn\\nhis loss a widow Mrs. Anna .V. Kingslev.\\nMr. Kingslev was born in Xew Y ik St-iie in ]x:\\\\H.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0757.jp2"}, "758": {"fulltext": "760\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nHe was the son of Jonathan and Polly Kingsley,\\nnatives of the Empire State. They came AVestand\\nsettled at Salem, Washtenaw County, this State,\\nand there engaged in farming. There was a fam-\\nily of seven children, our sul)jeet being the fourth\\nin order of birth. Although like most of the men\\nwho have acquired j)roi)erty in this State, he began\\nwith very little, before his death he had accu-\\nmulated more than a liandsome property being\\none of the prominent and wealthy farmers of How-\\nell Township. lie was the owner of a beautiful\\nfarm of two liundred and eiglity acres, bearing fine\\nbuildings and an excellently-built residence, also\\nbarns and sheds for stock.\\nTlie original of tiiis sketch was married first to\\nSusan Thomas. IMrs. Susan Kingsley died in Fel)-\\nruary, 1879, and she was the mother of three chil-\\ndren, whose names are, Luella, Christopher C. and\\nGrace. In 1880 he was ifgain married, this union\\nbeing with Miss Anna A. Stephens. Their nuptials\\nwere solemnized at Howell Township. Mrs. King.s-\\nley is a daugliter of Andrew and Eunice (South-\\nwell) Stephens, wlio were natives of Steuben\\nCounty, N. Y. They came to Michigan in an early\\nday and engaged in farming. Andrew Stephens\\nwas a man of great aliility, unending perseverance\\nand higliest integrity. He died at Woodhull, Mich.,\\nand his wife at Williainston. They had a family of\\neight children, five of wliom are now living. They\\nare Philander, Sarah A., Eliza .1., .losephine and\\nAnna A., who is now Mrs. Kingsley. Those who\\npassed aw.ay are: Nathan, who was a soldier in the\\nlate war of the Rebellion; he lost his health in the\\n.army and died one year after liis return of con-\\nsumption. The otlier sons who arc deceased are\\n.loseph and Charles. Mr. Kingsley, during his life,\\nwas an ardent advocate of tlie Democratic party.\\nPublie-sj)irited and lilieral. he took a deep interest\\nin all that pertained to the growth and welfare of\\nthe county and liis intluence is still felt here.\\nMrs. Kingsley, who. in dictating this biographical\\nsketch thus pays a triliute to the memory of the\\ncompanion with whom she lived so happily for a\\nfor a number of years, is a lady of marked refine-\\nment and taste. She presides with dignity and\\ngrace over the beautiful liome of which her hus-\\nband made her mistress. Her p.arents died in\\nShiawassee County. She is the mother of three\\nchildren Ezra A.. Mildred M. and Willie E., dead.\\nProminent in every measure that promises to be\\nfor the interest and advancement of the commun-\\nity in winch she lives, she is looked up to and\\nrcsjiected by all who know her.\\n^+^1\\nIRAM .1. LOVE.IOY. It is with pleasure\\nf that the biograi)her records a life which\\nV.yjf has been notable alike for service both in\\npeace and war. The militarj record of ^Ir.\\nLovejoy is one of which any patriot might feel\\nproud, and since the days of peace have come he\\nhas proved himself equally worthy in the ordinary\\navocations of life. His pleasant home is situated\\non section 3, Locke Township, Ingham County,\\nand he is a Wolverine by birth, having had his\\nnativity, August I^i44. His father, Hiram\\nLovejoy, was a native of New England, and his\\nmother, Sarah E. Knowles, was bom in New York.\\nWilliam Lovejoy, a half-brother of the father was\\na soldier of the War of 1812. Hiram Lovejoy\\ncame to Oakland County, Mich., in 1837, and some\\nyears later made his home in Shiawassee Connty,\\nremoving to Ingham County in 1847, and taking\\nland now occupied by his sons.\\nWhen this family came here there were but five\\nvoters including Mr. Lovejoy. Sr., in the school\\ndistrict. log cabin furnished a shelter for the\\nfamily and here this hardworking pioneer did\\nmuch in clearing the land. He died from a stroke\\nof lightning, July 24, 1872, being killed while\\nasleep upon his bed. He had been bereaved of\\nhis wife -January 24, 1867. He was a Republican\\nin his political views and a conscientious member\\nof the Church of the I nited Brethren.\\nOui- subject was in his third year when he\\ncame to tliis county from Shiawassee County-,\\ntraveling with ox-teams, and here he received his\\nearly training and education. He remembers hear-\\ning the wolves Ik)wI and seeing the black bears\\nprowl aliout his early home. He received a com-\\nmon-school cducMtioii. which he has abundantly", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0758.jp2"}, "759": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUJI.\\nr(ii\\nsiili|ilcuu iilc(l li\\\\- .-111 extensive eoui-se of i-e;i(liiio.\\nHe eiilisteil Auyusl 7, 1H(!2. in Cnnipnny A.Twen-\\ntielli uinient. Micliiiian Infantry, and look pari\\nin till lialllfs I i-e(leiicl\\\\slinrii S|i(ills\\\\ Ivania.\\nllu \\\\\\\\il(lenie,xs, N\\\\ e Kiveiand ^ikil\u00e2\u0080\u00a2nlisiles ol niindi-\\niiiilMiitanee. He served I dv over three yeaix doinii\\nduty ill X iiLjinia and Kentucky-, and reeei\\\\-eil lii.s\\nIninoralile diseliarge. May 2\u00c2\u00ab, IHOii, l)ut icniained\\nin \\\\Vasliiiii, ton t() take ])ai-l in the (nand Review\\nand was jii esent at the fuiiiTal pau eant il tlie lie-\\nh)ved maityi ed President.\\nAftel- tlie war Mr. i )\\\\-ej(]y letnrneil In lni;hain\\n(onnty. and Imnuht tlie farm npnn which he now\\nresides, lie was married .Maich 14. isil .t. to Helen\\nM. Honyhton, daui liter of Horace Houghton, a\\nwi ll-known citiziMi of (Jenesee County, N.\\nTliis con|)le lind one danshter. Cora l.s;d el. who is\\nnow eni^atced in teaching; music. His eigiitv acres\\nof linely eiilti\\\\ati d land h.ave been gained liy his\\neffoi ts. aided only liy the eo-o|)eration of his\\nwoi thy helpmate. He is a Kei)nbliean in his\\npolitical views and has served many years as Jus-\\ntice of the Peace. He is identified with tiie Inde-\\npendent Order of Odd Fellows at Perry, Michi-\\ngan, and is highly respected in that order.\\nN. CL.VHK. The owner of the most ele-\\ngant iiome in the beautiful little town\\nof Brigliton is he whose name Is at the\\niiead of this sketch. The greater part of his life\\nlias lieen spent in the calling of agricullnre. from\\nthe active pursuit of which, however, he is now\\nretired, being determined to enjo\\\\ what of life is\\nbefore him. The greater portion of the time that\\nhe devotes to l)usine.ss is spent in the placing of\\ninvestments. Our subject was lioiii in this State,\\nin the city of Ann ^Vrbor, which is now best\\nknown as having so high a standing as an educa-\\ntional center. Ills iiat.al l.i\\\\ was M.iy it. 1827.\\nHis father was .lason C lark, a native of Ma.ssa-\\nchusetts, although he removed to \\\\ew ork when\\na young man. There he niariieil .Mi.ss Polly\\nllrilton. ;iiid pursued the calling of farming in\\nlli.at State foi- a miinber of years. In 1H2;5, before\\n.Michigan had been admitted as a State, he emi-\\ngrated hither, coming by way of Lake Krie to\\nDetroit, and settled upon land which is now\\nlocated near the city of .\\\\nn .Vrbor. M that time\\nthere were not more than half a dozen houses in\\nthe locality, lie there purchased land of the\\nH)\\\\erniiient. and bent his efforts to clearing and\\nimproving Hie sami iiijikiiii; of it a lieantiful\\nfarm.\\n\\\\l that lime Ihi counliy was very new, the In-\\ndians not yet having Iktii convinced that tliej-\\nhad not a legal and nioial right there. AVild game\\nof all kinds was [deiitiful, and the larder wjus\\noften stocked with the choicest venison, wild\\nturkey, bear meat, and other meat viands, while\\ncorn and wheat were easily rai.sed in the virgin soil\\nthat needed only to be turned over with the plow\\nafter being cleared, and the seed therein dropped.\\nThe Indians on their way to Detroit to receive\\ntheir rations and presents were the most frequent\\n])assers-by at the Clark home, and firm was the\\npresiding genius there, or it is doubtful whether\\nthe tamily would themselves have had enough to\\neat and wear, such inveterate beggars did they\\nfind their red-skinned visitoi-s to be. The father\\nsubsequently removed to Scio Township, in AYash-\\ntenaw County, and later came to (ireen Oak\\nTownship, Livingston County, where he took up\\n(Government land, which he cleared and improved,\\nand thus engaged he spent the remainder of his\\nlife, passing away from this world at the age of\\nse\\\\ eiity-foiir \\\\eais. in IJSC.j. He served during\\nthe War of 1M12. He was much interested in the\\nl)rogress of church work as accomplished by the\\nPresbyterian deiioniination. in which body he wsis\\nan Klder. and had been so connected for many\\nyeais prior to his decea.se. Our sul)ject s mother,\\nallhoiigh a native of A erniont. was reared in New\\nYolk State, where she received her education. She\\nwas of French descent, and gifted with all the\\ncharms and graces of manner and mind of her an-\\ncestors. .She was almost a life-hmg member of the\\nPresbyterian Church. .She died in IH;jt;, leaving\\neight children, of whom fonr are still living, two\\nsons and two dauifhlers.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0759.jp2"}, "760": {"fulltext": "762\\nPORTRAIT AND BlOGRAriUCAL ALBUM.\\nOur siilijc ft was born in the log house built by\\nliis father, on tlie present site of Ann Arlior. He\\nenjoyed 0UI3 limited educational advantages, for\\nat lliat time there were but few seliools and l)ut\\nlittle time to spare for even an aetpiisition of a\\nknowledge of the three R s. and of the Rule of\\nThree. He only attended school in the little log\\nschool house, that was quite a distance from his\\nli mie, about one term; but lieing an assimilative\\nnature, the early deficiency was largely made up\\nfor by later study and reading. He assisted his\\nfather in clearing and imi)roving the land, his ax\\nringing out diiring the winter season from dawn\\nuntil time to take care of the stock. Great heaps\\nof liranchcs and logs were converted into potash,\\nthat enriched and fertilized the land, fertile as it\\nalready was. He continued under the parental\\nroof until twenty-one years of age, at which time\\nhe liegan farming the old homestead on shares,\\nand in a few years he was enabled to purchase the\\nl)lace. which was located ou section 9, of Green\\nOak Township.\\nOur subject began threshing when he was only\\nseventeen years old, and made that his business,\\nduring the season, for about twenty-five years.\\nDuring this time he invented a straw-cai rier to be\\nused on the old-fashioned wheat thresher. This was\\ncalled a three-section stacker. Upon this he ob-\\ntained a patent, and later he invented and had\\npatented another stacker for use on the vilirator\\nthresher. In the spring of 1873 Mr. Clark retired\\nfrom active farming and removed to Brighton,\\nwhere he has since resided. In the fall of 1872\\nhe disposed of his farm, and has since interested\\nhimself in mone3r lending.\\nIn November, 1853, the original of our sketch\\nwas married to INIiss Maria Goucher, who was born\\nin Byron, (ienesee County, N. Y., in 183.5. She\\nwas a daughter of Austin Goucher, also of New\\nYork, who came to Michigan at an early day and\\nengaged in farming, which he pursued until the\\nend of his life, his decease occurring about 187;\\nISh: and Mrs. Clark have had no children of their\\nown. but have raised two. Emma and Frank\\n(Joucher, the former now deceased. They have\\nalso given a parent s care and affection to a young\\ngirl, Minnie Hatt, who. while with them, received 1\\nan excellent education. Our suiiject shows his\\nprogressive ))rinciples l)y allying himself with the\\nProhibition party, whose platform he feels to em-\\nbody the i)rinciples that must be the issue of the\\nfuture .as much in pulilic life as in domestic rela-\\ntions. Ik)th he and his wife are members of the\\nPresbyterian Church, in which l)ody he has ))een a\\nTrustee for some time.\\nSince making his home in Brighton, he of whom\\nwe write has been somewhat engaged in selling\\nagricultural imi)lements, but his business is prin-\\ncip. dly that of lending money. Most of the win-\\nters are spent by om- subject and his wife in a\\nmore genial clime than that of Michigan. As the\\ncold weather approaches they usually tlit to Cali-\\nfornia or Florida, in both of which States they\\nhave spent several seasons.\\ni i ii i j i i i t il\\nKKDKK K r. S( IIROKDER. A n o t e-\\nY worthy element in our population is that\\nclass who, being the children of ourCier-\\nman-American citizens have shown the excellent\\ntraining of the Fatherland in their industry and\\nthrift. They have helped to develop the resources\\nof this country and many of them are prominent\\non account of their success in business. Among\\nthese we find the gentleman whose name appears\\nat the head of this paragraph, who came to this\\ncounty with only $11 in bis pocket and to-day is\\none of the leading financiers of the county.\\nMr. Schroeder, who is now a dealer in hardware\\nand agricultural implements at Howell was born\\nin Berlin, Canada, in 1855, his immediate progen-\\nitors being Henry and .lohannah (Weyhrauch)\\nSchroeder, botli natives of (iermany, who came to\\nCanada in 184 The father was l)V trade a tin-\\nsmith and followed that vocation in Canada before\\ncoming to Detroit in 1856. After his wife s death,\\nwiiieh took place in 1882, this good m.an remained\\nat the City of the Straits until 1886, when he came\\nto Howell where he has since remained.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our sulijcct was\\nPhilip Schroedei-, who was b^- trade a cooper, and", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0760.jp2"}, "761": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND HIOfiRAlMIK Al. AIJilM.\\n763\\nWeill lo :iii;i(l.i .ind ;irtci\\\\v:ii il lived ;il I Jelroit llllt\\neveiituiilly reliinie J to his native laiiil wliere lie\\n(lied. The maternal uiandt atlier..Iae(tli Weyhraueh.\\nwas a wajronniaker am) sjieiit his life in his native\\n(Hdvince of Sax \u00c2\u00bbny, (Germany. Tlif four children\\nof lleiiiy Scliroeder are Mrs. I eter Hrtz. of Detroit.\\nFredrick 1 ^Irs. Fred lUoss. of C hicayo; and Al-\\nfred A., of Detroit.\\nlie of wlioia we write received liis e(|ucalion\\nniostiv nl Detroit at the (ierniaii Lutheran School\\nand earned hi.s fir-st wajjes at the age of twelve\\nyears, carrying parcels for the cr()ckerv stoi C of R.\\n\\\\V. King. Here he remained for a year and a lialf\\nand then began his apjirenticesliip to the tinner s\\ntrade, .\\\\fter serving three years he worked as a\\njourneyman four and a half years in Detroit, after\\nwhich he came to Fowlerville and worked there in\\nthe same capacity for six months for Cook it Laugh-\\nlin. At the expiration of that time these gentle-\\nmen dissolved partnership .Miid our suliject took\\ncharge of the establishmont for Mr. Laughlin and\\nthus continued for six years.\\nMr. Scliroeder now went on the road, traveling\\nfor S. J Bignall ct Co., of Chicago, selling heavy\\nhardware, and after about one year in their service\\nhe returned to Fowlerville and bought a half in-\\nterest with JMr. Laugiilin in his business, entering\\ninto partnership under the tirin name of Laughlm\\nit Scliroeder. Four years later Mr. Scliroeder sold\\nout his interest in this luisiness and coming to\\nllt)well established a hardware .store of his own.\\nlie first opened across the street from bis present\\nplace of bu.siness. He then purchased lots on the\\ncorner of Walnut andCirand River Streets, and put\\nup the linest luiilding lilock in Howell. It is a\\nbeautiful lirick block with diniensions of 2. !xl22\\nfeet and is two stories in height, having .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2in iniple-\\nineiit room 6. )x21 feet. Five men lieside himself\\nare needed to keep this estalilishmeiit going.\\nSome live and one-half miles south of Howell\\nthere is a handsome farm which is owned and man-\\naged by .Mr. Scliroeder. It is well improved and a\\ncredit to its owner. He also has a share in an\\norange grove in Florida. He wa.s one t)f the or-\\nganizers and is still connected with the Bending\\nWorks of Howell, and with two others has just\\nStfirted the Sampson IJasket and IJarrel W urks ni ar\\nthe Toledo it Ann .Vrlior Railroad track. His niar-\\nliage, which took place in 1KX2, brought to his\\nhome AH.ss Kugenia Naylor, a daughter of Edwin\\nand Laura Nayhjr. His |)olitical views are such as\\nare expressed in the declarations and platform of\\nthe Re|iublican jiarly and both he and his good\\nwife are earnest and active members of tiie Metho-\\ndist Kpiscop.-U Church. He is also identified with\\nthe ^fa.sonic order and has been one of its membei-s\\nfor some years.\\nFON AKD lir( K. A progre^ive agricul-\\n(fd) luiist in lloweli Township, Livingston\\nCounty, our subject is the proprietor of a\\nline farm on section 30, It comprises one hundred\\nand eighty-six acres of land, which is a model in\\nthe w.ay of cultivation and general appointments.\\nHe ha-s here a beautiful home and the finest bams\\nand outbuildings. Coming here in 18.58, he first\\npurchiused forty acres and built a log hou.se which\\nserved .ns the abiding-place for himself and family\\nuntil he had added (jtlier lands to his original \\\\n\\\\r-\\ncliase and was enabled by their productiveness to\\nerect his present attractive and pleasing residence.\\nMr. Iluck is a representative of the Teutonic ele-\\nment in this country, having been born near the\\nRhine in 18;$7. He is a, son of Frank and Catherine\\n(Kern) Iluck. natives of llermany. The former\\nwas a miller by trade and came to America with\\nhis family in the hope of bettering their circum-\\nstances in IHIH. They first settled in Niagara\\nCounty. N. V., but later came to ^Macon County,\\nMich., in IH.JI. There the head of the family re-\\nmained for one summer and then removeil his fani-\\n;ly and household etfects to Marion Township, this\\ncounty. Later again he removed to Brighton\\nTownship. There he engaged in farming for some\\nlittle time and then removed to Howell Townshi|)\\nin l.S. Here he lived until his death, which oc-\\ncurred in I.SCII.\\nOur subject s mother survived her hu.-band by\\nseveral years, jiassing away in JIarion Township.\\nThey Ii. mI a family of eight children, only four of", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0761.jp2"}, "762": {"fulltext": "764\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPfflCAL ALBUM.\\nwhom, however, are now living. They are Valen-\\ntine, Barbara, Leonard and Savilla. Frank Iluck\\nserved as a soldier nnder Naijoleon Bonaparte lor\\neight years during the campaigns in Russia and\\nSpain and held the position of Lieutenant.\\nHe of whom we write was reared with a more\\nintimate knowledge of farming than any other\\nbranch. After coming to this country he attended\\nseliool in Brighton Township, and acquired a\\npractical education that lias been of great as-\\nsistance to him in his business life. He remained\\nat home on the old homestead until after his mar-\\nriage, wliich toolv place in Brighton, this county,\\nJanuary 1, iy.5\u00c2\u00ab. His biide was Miss Mary Hacker,\\na daughter of .John and Helen (Crostick) Hacker,\\nnatives of Saxony, Germany. They came to Amer-\\nica in 1848 and settled at Brighton where the fa-\\nther of the family engaged in fanning and lived\\nuntil his decease. On her luisband s death the\\nmother came to live with her daughter, Mrs. Huck.\\nand was there tenderly cared for until her death,\\nwhich occurred in April, 188.5. They had a family\\nof eight children, four of wlioni are now living.\\nThe\\\\- are Mrs. Huck, John, Charles and Henry.\\nMr. Huck is most delightfully situated iu his\\ndomestic life. His wife is a model housekeeper and\\nthe comfort of her liusband and children are para-\\nmount considerations to her. Their family includes\\neiu;ht cliildren, wlio are, AVilliam, Julia. !Marv.\\nRosa, Leonard, Lilly, Charles and Myrtle M. The\\neldest son is married, his wife having been a Miss\\nBarbara Jadle. They have one son, William, and\\nare residents of Ingham County. Julia is now\\nMrs. William ^Mountain and is the mother of one\\ndaughter, ]Maude,and they reside in Sturgis, Mich.;\\n]\\\\Iary is now jNIrs. Munsell of this county; Rosa\\nmarried Eugene Henry of this place; Leonard is\\nthe husband of Nettie White of Marion Township;\\nLilly is Mrs. Ilatt and resides in Conway, JNIich.,\\nshe has one son, Howard; Charles and Myrtle M.\\nstill remain at home.\\nHe of whom we write has lieeii honored by elec-\\ntion to many inij)ortant ottices in the township. He\\nhas been School Director for a number of years.\\nPolitically he is a believer in the doctrines of the\\nRepublican party. During the Rebellion he was\\ndrafted and served for three mouths, but he was\\nnever in any engagement, Johnston having surren-\\ndeied before his regiment reached the scene of\\naction. The very iileasant home that ^Ir. Huck\\nowns was built in 1 880 at a cost of *1.7(M) which\\ndid not include Ills (iwn hiliiir. He is the owner of\\nsome very tine stock, having graded andfull-M 1\\nShort-horn cattle.\\nll-^ i^ilM^^^-=\\nENRY A. COFFEY. One of the lepre-\\nI; sentative men of the township, whose use-\\nfulness and devotion to the general and\\npulilic interests of local Governmental\\nmatters makes him a more important factor in the\\ncommunity than any financial position which he\\nmay have, resides on section 18, Handy J ownship,\\nl^ivingston Count} where he is the proprietor of\\neighty acres of good land. He is a native of this\\ndistrict being born in 1854, and a son of Levi and\\n.luha (White) Coffey, natives of New Y ork. Their\\nadvent into the State was made while it was still\\nthe abiding-place of the red man, the panther,\\nwolf and deer, few white men having come here\\n[irior to 182 at which time Mr. Coffey, Sr., came\\ninto the territory. He was as yet unmarried, his\\nnuptials lieing celebrated after settling in Handy\\nTownship.\\nOur suljject s father first settled iu Marion\\nTo%vnship, this county, and later removed to\\nWashtenaw County, finally coming to Handy\\nTownship, where he purchased land and engaged\\nin farming, acquiring here five hundred and eighty-\\nseven acres of as good land as the country afforded.\\nHe was an energetic, stirring man, of fine business\\ncapacity and made of his place a model farm,\\nbearing fine buildings and at the time of his death,\\nwhich took place February 24, 1891, he was un-\\ndoubtedly one of the wealthiest men in the town-\\nshii). An aident Democrat in his jjolitical pre-\\nference, he was not ambitious to be the tool of any\\nparty and refused office of whatever nature. He\\nbelonged to the jNIasonic fraternity which was\\ndoubtle.-is of great assistance to him in his early\\npioneer life. An indefatigable worker and a pro-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0762.jp2"}, "763": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) l!l( U! Al IIICAI. AFJ .IM.\\n76.-)\\n,t ressi ve man who ki pt aliii iist i l limc.-i in lii\\ni-alliiiii lif did imifli for the inipiiivciiiciit of llic\\nliK-alitv and county ouU^ide of tiic lii aiilif\\\\in and\\ncultivating of liis own estate. lie was known and\\niTspcctcd In all. His wife died in IMHl. Tlii\\nleft a family of four sons, Frank. Henry A.. Fred\\nand M. ush.al.\\nHe of whom wc write enjo\\\\ ed u ood education.al\\nadvantaLres. On reacliiny manhood he was attracted\\nliy the beauty and aniialiilils of .Miss Ella Davis, a\\ndaujiiiter of Benjamin and Mar\\\\- (Raymond)\\nDavis, natives of ^Iichiy:an. and persuaded her to\\nbecome his wife. Their marriasre was solemnized\\nNovember ;3, 1\u00c2\u00ab77. Five children have ,^alhei ed,\\nabout the hearth -stone and board and make the\\nhouse merry witli tlu ir t;ay b.-idinaue and fun.\\nThey are b\\\\ name I .lhel. Floia. ance. ern and\\nIlowai d.\\nMr. Coffey ensjaued in lieneral farminii which lie\\nlinds more profitable than conlinin i- himself en-\\ntirely to one specialty, for if one line falls into\\narrears it is almost always made yood b\\\\- another.\\nOui suliject behnijis to the Democrat ]iarty and is\\na member of the Knights of tlie Maccabees. He\\nhas been lu n()re(l by election lo several public\\nottlccs. being now Justice of the Peace and has\\nheld the ottice of Constable for some time. He is\\none of the representative men of this township\\nand lieing young in years his fiiends may exi^ect\\nlarge piouress in the fiituie.\\n.,^^E0R(;K LK.MKX. One who h:is suffered\\nwith the irritation of a giriiu of du-l. a\\n_A\\\\ speck or a wandering hair, or any anno\\\\-\\nance to the precious sense of sight, feeling what\\nsmall things are Iwisterous there, must appre-\\nciate the utter sense of being shut otT from the\\nworld that one entirely deprived of sight must\\nfeel, and yet, it has frerpiently seemed as tliongli\\nthe deprivation of tliis faculty has turned the\\nintellect in an introspective way that leads to a\\ngreater degree of proliciency in other directions.\\nAll know how skillful the blind are with t!ieir\\nlingers .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0mil how keen tin- sense of hearing is, how\\nbright the play of intellect which often has a phil-\\nosophical turn. It is a (piestion whether we\\nhoidd ever have had the great Oreek epic had\\nHomer not been thus .alii icted, or that later exposi-\\ntion of genius in which Milton wrought out his\\nwondrous picture of fancy. The writer is not\\nsuii that there is not a richer inner world when\\none s mind is undistracted by the events which\\n.-trike the sense of sight.\\nOur subject, who is a patient and gentle sufferer\\nfrom the great loss of the most important sense, is\\nhowever, a farmer residing on section 9, Hartland\\nTownshij), Livingston County. He was born in\\nLivingston County. X. V., at a distance of only\\nthree miles from the town of Dansville, that is\\nso noted as a sanitary resort. His natal day w;ls\\nDecembei- 12, 1H2. His father was (ieorge VV.\\nLemen, also a native of New York and born Oct-\\nober fi. 17H7. He was a captain in the AVar of\\nI.sri, and was i)romoted to the rank of colonel at\\nthe close of the war. He was twenty-one years of\\nage when he enlisted and in 18;?() came to Mich-\\nigan and settled in Li\\\\ingsion County taking up\\ntwo hundred acres of Oovernment laud. In\\n.Inly, l.s;{7, the family came to this State, and\\nthe following year our subject s father returned to\\nNew York on business, and while there his decease\\ntook place.\\nOur sid)ject s paternal grandfather was William\\nLemen. His place of nativity is not known to his\\nSi randson. liut he was a .Major in the Revolution-\\nary War and died at the age of eighty years. Our\\nsubject s mother was Margaret Hoyles. a native of\\nthe Km pi re State, but of Scotch ancestry. He of\\nwhom we write is the second son and fifth child in\\norder of birth of ten ihildren. He w.as twelve\\ncars of age when his parents came to Michigan.\\nHis (irst .school days were i)assed in his native Stjile,\\n.and after coining to Michigan he pmsued his\\nstudies in the little log .school lK)Use in the district.\\nAfter the death of our subject s father, he of\\nwhom we write with his brothei-s had charge of the\\nfarm and the maintenance of the remainder of the\\nfamily. He remained with his mother until twenty\\nja^ars of .age, working out bv the month and help-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0763.jp2"}, "764": {"fulltext": "r66\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL ALBUM.\\ning to clear the farm and build a log house 19x20\\nfeet in dimensions. In 184.T, the young man who\\nW.1S amliitious and eager to know more of the\\nworld which knowledge books would unfold to\\nhim, returned to his native State in order to attend\\nsehool. but here lie met with the sad misfortune of\\nlosing his eyesight, it being caused by overwork in\\nthe schoohooni. In 184.5 he returned to Michigan\\nand was treated by Dr. Biglo, but receiving no\\nbenefit, in 184il he went to New York City and\\nentered the blind institute where he remained until\\nhe graduated in all the departments. From there\\nhe went to the place of his liirtli. Dansville, N. Y.,\\nand taught music for four years. frt)m 1854 to\\n1858. lie was gifted with a fine appreciation\\nof music and a good voice which had been culti-\\nvated to the highest extent. He also was fitted to\\nteach instrumental music and theory, and this\\nbeautiful art has been to him tlie greatest comfort.\\nMr. Lemen was married in 1858, to Miss Ann\\nElizabeth Kershner. She was born in .Steuben\\nCounty, N. Y., January 23, 1837, and is the\\nyoungest daughter of eleven children, her parents\\nbeing John and ilary (I)riesbaucli) Kershner. The\\nfather was a native of Maryland and the mother of\\nPennsylvania, altlnnigh both, as their names would\\nindicate, are of German ancestry. They were\\namong the early settlers in Diinsville, N. Y. The\\nfather was a l)lacksmith by trade. lie passed\\naway from this world at the age of sixty years, the\\nmother at sixty-seven years of age.\\nAs soon as married, the original of our sketch\\nreturned at once to his adopted Stale and spent\\nthe following winter in Tuscola, where he was en-\\ngaged in teaching music, giving lessons in voice\\nculture and in instrumental music. lu.lune, 1859,\\nhe returned to New York, leaving his wife at his\\nhome in Michigan, but the following June he\\ncame after her and in 1862 he purchased the farm\\nwhere he now lives. It comprises one hundred\\nand ten acres of well-improved land. Mr. Lemen\\ngave up teaching about eight years ago and now\\ngives his undivided attenti )n to the business of\\nfarming. He goes all over the |)lace without assist-\\nance, and cares for the slightest minutia of the\\nvarious branches of farm work. ^Mi-. and Mrs.\\nLemen are tiie parents of two children, a son and\\na daughter. Gordon II., who was born April 17,\\n1862, married (icrtrude Clark in 18K .t. They have\\none daughter, Tena. )ur subject s daughter, Min\\nuie L., is the wife of J. C. Cole, who is a resident\\nin ernon Township. Shiawassee County, this\\nState. The^ have one little daughter whose name\\nis Crystal J.\\nHe of whom we wiite is a Democi al in his poli-\\ntical preference. He is well read in politics and\\ndoes not follow the lead of any other person how-\\never honorable their position, but judges, weighs\\nand balances for himself. He, with his wife, is a\\nmember of the Congregational Church and has\\nbeen leader of the choir for the Jlethodist Kpisco-\\n|)al and Congregaticmal Churches for thirty years,\\nfurnishing all the music, not only at the regular\\nservices but on special occasions. Endowed ori-\\nginally with a strong will and purpose, and a\\nbright mentality, under the chastening inlluence of\\nhis trouble our subject has developed one of the\\nmost beautiful side of his nature. He is a strong\\nman in every way. yet a gentlenuan with the\\ntenderness of a woman.\\niMOTIIY SMITH. Prtmiinent in the social,\\nv business and church circles of Howell Town-\\nship. IS the family of Mr. Timothy Smith\\nwhose attractive home and lieautiful farm is to be\\nfound on section 1 1, Howell Township, Livingston\\nCounty. Here he has an estate of some one hun-\\ndred acres which is in a high state of cultivation\\nand exceedingly ]jroductive.\\nThis gentleman has the pleasvu-e of still residing\\nin his native township, as he was liorn here .lune 17,\\n1848. His parents, Henry and Lydia (Thomjison)\\nSmith, were natives of England and the State of\\nNew York respectively. The father came to\\nAmerica in 1831 and married in Howell Township\\nto which he had come ten years after reaching this\\ncountry. He had purchased property here before\\ncoming to the State, and now moved on to his\\nbeautiful tract of eightv acres. This land which is", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0764.jp2"}, "765": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nwlioio our ul)ject iinw lives was llioii a pi-ifoit\\n\\\\vil k niejs.s. and tlif liiavc pioneer, who before com-\\niii;;; to this eountrv 1i;h1 known uothinj; of siieii a\\nlife. Iiuckled down to the work at once and oon\\nhad a heautifnl farm I loared and ini|n-oveil.\\nTo his original eighty aeres. Henry Smith aihleil\\nliy imrchase from time to time, so that he tinally\\nhad a farm of two linudred and seventy aeres.\\nlie died in Ai)ril. IM Jl. at the a i:e of seventy-four\\nyears, loavinsi four ehildren. namely: Timothy.\\nKoliert R.. Mary and Sarah. Uoliert H. is now\\nni;irried to Miss Maiidana I. Hill, dauuhter of Knos\\nW. and Harriet L. (Cai-penter) Hill, both nali\\\\es of\\nNew York. This union took plaee in I.S71 and they\\nhave one child, Blanch A., who is still livinij. Mary\\ni,~ now Jlrs. Goss of Portland, Mich., and Sarah mar-\\nried Mr. Bueknell of Howell Township. Henry\\nSmith was a man t)f great energy and perseverance\\nand had a liroad acquaintance throughout the\\neountv. His intogi ity was iindoulited and lie was\\ntrue in every relation as a man and a neighbor\\nand became one of the most wealthy men in How-\\nell Township. He was an earnest Republican in\\nhis political views .is are also his sons, and both he\\nand bis wife were devoted member.? of the Church\\nof the Cnited Brethren.\\nUpon the home farm Timothy Smith received the\\nordinary training which is granted to a farmer s\\nboy and was educated in the district schools. l- \\\\)r\\ntwenty years he has had charge of the homestead and\\nhe is the only native born citizen wbo has ever\\nheld the ottice of Sujiervisor of Howell Township.\\nBesides filling that oflice be has also olliciated as\\nHighway Commissioner and Township Treasurer.\\nMiss Elizalieth Blair of La|)eer, the daughter of\\n.Mr. .lohn W. Blair became the wife of our suliject\\nin 1H7. and to them lias been granted one lovely\\ndaughter, Jessie E., who is still enjoying the advan-\\ntages of school at Portland. This family takes an\\nactive interest in all matters that pi rtain to the\\nbest welfare of the township and county and are\\nnevei- backward in lending a hand to any enteri)ri.se\\nwhich will promote the temporal etlncation or\\nspiritual prosperity of their neighbors. They are\\nearnest and devoted members of the .Methodist\\nEpiscopal Chnrch and are nincli relied uiHin for\\nactive service. The doctrines of the Rejiulilican\\nparty are tbose wliicli seem to .Mr. Smith to be the\\nbest idapted to securing the jirosperity of our\\ncountry and ju.slice to the whole human race. lie\\ntherefore endorses them most earnestly and votes\\nfor their maintenance. He keeps graded sheep and\\nbreeds the I crcheron and ll:imbietoiiian hor.ses.\\nWhen the census of IK Jd wa.s taken Mr. .Smith was\\nthe I uumerator of Howell Township.\\nLV.SSES J). WARD, it is of thrilling in-\\nterest to one wlio.se heart is loyal to our\\nconulrv s honor to hear an old soldier re-\\ncount the .scenes of eontlict-s, the wearistmie marches\\nand the exciting epi.sfides of the Civil War. and it\\nis also an education for we learn of such an one,\\nnot only history ind geography Imtalso the higher\\nlessons of patriotism, endurance, self denial and -de-\\nvotion to duty. The j ears are passing rapidly and\\nbefore many decades have passed over our heads\\ntiie active participants in those stirring scenes will\\nhave gone to their long liome ami it behooves us\\nto gain from them what we can while they are with\\nus. Among lho.se who can thus interest and in-\\nstruct is the gentleman wliose name ap|)ears at the\\nbead of this paragraph and who is still one of the\\nactive busine.ss men of I.,ansing.\\nThis gentleman was born in the town hip of\\nCato. Cayuga County. X. Y.. :May 2X. 1H2H. his\\nparents lieing David and Sarah (Blackmarr) Ward.\\nThe grandfather, Joseph Blackmarr. took up si,\\\\\\nhundred acres of land on a soldier s claim in an\\nadjoining township. 1 )avid Ward grew to maturity\\nand spent his ilays in his native home, where be\\nwas not only a farm owner but also a school teacher\\nand school inspector.\\nIt is half a century since, at the age of thirteen,\\nriysses Ward came with bis sister to Howell. Mich.\\nHe helped to break up the land whereon Howell\\nnow stands and bis sister. Mrs. Ro, alieThonip.son.\\ngave the land for the ei unity .seat, to which deed\\nof sale our subject w.as called as a legal witne.s.*.\\nIll 1X12 be had a cousin come from New York\\nto hunt and tiap and riv.s.ses took biin west over-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0765.jp2"}, "766": {"fulltext": "768\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nland to Cedar River where Fowlerville now stands,\\nand they came down with tlioir boat to the junction\\nof tlie Cedar and tlie (;rand Rivers, and putting-\\nnp a slianty staid liere all winter on a place that\\nis now within the city limits of Lansing. They\\ndid not see a white person all winter and as far as\\nis known they are the lirst white men who lived\\nfor any length of time where Lansing now stands.\\nThe name of this cousin is Edwin Lamphere. In\\ntiie spring the yonng men went down the river to\\nI ortland and were pleased to come again within\\nthe limits of civilization, and to find their bearings\\nas they had lost track of the day of the week and\\nthe day of the month.\\nThe subject of this brief sketch lived in Howell\\nuntil 1846, when his father died, leaving the mother\\nwith a family to take care of, and as Ulysses was one\\nof the oldest of her llock he dutifully returned to\\nNew York and went to work on the farm to helj)\\nsupport the children. During the next year lu\\nwent over the Allegany JNIountains and was there\\nemployed in getting out timber. He was there for\\nsome two years and then went to farming for the\\nfather of the young lady whom he afterward made\\nhis wife. lie worked there until he reached the\\nage of twenty-two when he was vinited in marriage\\nwith Miss Laura .leannette Town.\\nThe young couple lived on the same farm until\\n18.56, when Mr. AVard sold that property and came\\nto Lansing to engage in the Initclier business, but\\nwhen the war broke out he enlisted in Company\\nB, Second United States Sharpshooters and in No-\\nvember, 1861, he was sent with his regiment to\\njoin the Army of the Potomac. His experiences\\nwere broad and varied as he took part in seventy-\\ntwo engagements, which included all of the most\\n)n ominent battles of the war, such as Gettysburg,\\nthe Wilderness, Antietam and Spottsylvania, and\\nhe was also present at Lee s ^urrender and saw the\\nwhite flag come in. He was on detached service\\nall of the time with the wagon train, having charge\\nof the quartermaster s department, and when his\\nlirst term of service expired he became a veteran.\\nHe was finally mustered out of service at Detroit\\n.July 17, 1865. Mr. AV ard returned to Lansing\\nsick and was unable to labor for two years. He\\nthen entered into business as a contractor making\\na specialty of moving buildings, and has been able\\nto oversee his men most of the time since, but was\\nnot able to do any hard lal^or himself. He also\\nmoved and straightened many smoke st.acks and\\nhas uiiusiml skill in this kind of work. He takes\\nheavy contiJicts Idr the Lansing Iron Works in\\nvarious parts of the State, and also engages in\\npressing and shipping hay and straw.\\nThe pleasant home which is now occupied by\\nMr. Ward s family at No. 301 Claypool Street, was\\nbuilt by hiiii in 18!-(r) and it is situated upon land\\nwhich he himself cleared from the original timber.\\nHe and his faithful wife have had the sorrow which\\nparents feel when they lay away dear children in\\nthe grave. One son and one daughter have been\\nthus taken from them and live remain to be the\\ncheer and joy of their i)arents. They are as follows:\\nMary, who is the wife of Kennetii AVilliains, and\\nnow lives in \\\\Sliasta County, Cal.; Lida, who is the\\nwife of (ieorge Brandel, of Gratiot County, Mich.;\\n.leannette, who is the f.iithful home-keeper; .Jessie,\\nwho is in the bank at South Haven, and Edna, who\\nis teaching. i\\\\lr. A\\\\ ard is a devoted member of the\\n(irand Army of the Reiniblic and has been twice\\nelected to the positions of Alderman and Supervisor\\nof his ward.\\ni ISRAEL W. ELLSWOirril. The citizens of\\n^Michigan who have come from our neighlioi-\\ning country of Canada have almost invariably\\nbrought with them such traits and habits of life as\\nhave rendered them of value in their new home.\\nTheir industry and frugality and their rugged\\nperseverance have helped them to achieve such a\\ndegree of success as enhances the prosperity of\\ntheir neighbors. Such an one we find in the\\nman before us.\\nOur subject was born November 21, 183 in tlie\\ntown of Bastard, County of Leeds, Canada, and\\nhis parents Israel and Elizabeth (Butler) Ellsworth\\nare also Canadians, l)ut of Vermont descent, as the\\ngrandfather Benjamin Ellsworth was liorn in the\\nGreen Mountain State, and when a j oung man", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0766.jp2"}, "767": {"fulltext": "POUTK Arr AM) r.IO(;RAPIIICAL ALBUM.\\n769\\nwi iit to ;iii;i(l;i. wlu-if lie liidiii^lil U|) :i tniiiily of\\nfour .sons. lie u;is Iwici iii;iirit (l. liis sccoiiil wiff\\nl)eii)j a Mrs. liiillaril. lie moved to New York\\n:il)out I^t.id, and with the Mormons removed first\\nto Illinois and tliencc to Salt Lake City wliere he\\ndied.\\nIsrael Eliswortii (the elder) inoved to New York\\nabout the year IMS; and afterward returned to\\nCanada. In the sprnii!; of 1H4. he came to Mieli-\\niiian and made his liome in Hedford. Wayne Coun-\\nty, and afterwards in Xovi. In 1847 lie eame to\\nColioetah. where he purchased and improved a\\nfarm, and here he and his good wife died in the\\nlumie of his son, oui subject. His death oeeured\\nin 1H(;, and that of his wife in 18H(I, when she\\nhad reached the au c of four-score years. Seven of\\ntheir ten children grew to maturity and bore the\\nfollowino names Amy, .Jane, Klizalieth, Adeline,\\nMaria. Israel and Thursey. The father was an\\nearnest Christian and brought up his family in the\\nfaith of the ^lethodist Kpiscopal Church.\\nFarm ti:iiniug was given to iiuig i*;ilsw(iith in\\nhis boyhood, and a district school education was\\nall the schooling which he receivcfl. Siiu-e he was\\neight years old he has earneil his own way in the\\nworld, and he paid for his own schooling and\\nbooks by working out by the day and month-\\nuntil lie reached the age of twenty-seven years.\\nWhen a boy he worked for some time for a shilling\\na d.ay and helped to earn the money to buy a yoke\\nof steers, which were tr.-idcd for forty acres of tim-\\nber land where he now resides. His home farm\\nnow com])iises eighty acres and it is in a line state\\nof improvement and cnlti\\\\ati(iii.\\nrpon the 22d day of October. 1 SCI. the young\\nnum enlisted in onii)any .V. Tenth Michigan In-\\nfantiy. but while encamjied ;il I liut he was attack-\\ned with the measles and on .account of disability\\nreceived his honov.able discharge, March 12. 18()2.\\nHis happy union with Olie A. Washburn took\\nplace .luly 2, ISdC. .Mrs. Ellsworth is a daughter\\nof lien.iamiu and Nancy (.\\\\cethorp) Washburn,\\nwho are natives of .Maineand Canada respectively.\\nThey eame to Ingham County. .Mich., in IKIO.\\nThe three children of our subject are IJenjamin\\nI., Lvman K. and .Mary K. Mrs. Ellsworth is a\\ndevout nu mber of the .Methoilist E|)iseopal Chuich.\\nThe ashbnrn family is of Eiii;lish lineage and\\nRobert Acethorp also came from Englaiiil and was\\na farmer who lived in Canadii. The maternal\\ngrandfather of our subject was John IJuller. a\\nHevolutionary soldier from Connecticut, who wa.s\\na cooper by trade and moved to Canada where he\\ndied. Mr. Ellsworth is greath iiit -iested In the\\neducation of his children and is giving to them all\\nthe best advantasjes which he is able to comm.-tiid.\\nISS .1. .\\\\I)ELINE IIIKI). Women farmers\\nare now no longer a rarity in our country\\n4 an l although they are not as plentiful\\nin the older settled regions as they are in\\nthe Western country, vet many of them have\\nproved their efliciencv and their aliility to manage\\na large farm and to build up ;i business which is\\nlioth pleasant and piolitable to the proprietor.\\nThis lady of whom we now write, whose excellent\\nfarm of two hundred acres fell to her upon the\\ndeath of her father, resides upon section 1 I. of\\nBrighton Townshi)). Livingston County, upon the\\nvery farm where she was Ixirn.\\nThe father of iMiss liiid was a pioneer in Liv-\\ningston County, coming hither in 18:5 1, and leav-\\ning behind him at his death the memory of a good\\nami faithful life, which is truly revereil by all who\\never knew him. His daughter carries on the farm\\nand manages affairs very satisfactorily, and she\\nhas with her .as a companion her widowed sister.\\n.Mrs. Catharine Fonda. The home is a delightful\\none. as the house is situated amidst beautiful\\nshade trees, which are relics of the primeval for-\\nest, and the ladies devote much attention to the\\ncultivation of the (lowers which adorn the lawn.\\nTIk parents of our subject were Melzar and\\nLora A. (Wentworth) I5ird, both born in the\\ntownship of Wisner. Berkshire County. Mass. The\\nfather, wlio.se natal year was 180, removed to\\nXew York at the age t f nine yeai-s and lived in\\nOntario Counly until 18:i;?. Fjion coming to\\nMichigan he entered one liuiulreil ami twenty\\nacres of Ian 1 1 on section II. Urighlon Township.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0767.jp2"}, "768": {"fulltext": "770\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nwlien this coimtrj was a wilderness and no roads\\nand 110 conveniences existed. It was in 1X34\\nwhen he brouoht his family to the lug house which\\nhe had built for them, removing them from Detroit\\nto this point with ox-team, making of it a four\\ndays ti ip. The country was full of wild game in\\nthose days, hut Mr. Bird was no huntsman and did\\nnot care for tlie pleasures of the diase. He lived\\nto clear and improve ids farm, and erected the first\\nbarn that was put up in the township. As he was\\nso early a pioneer he took part in the organization\\nof the town.ship and made many a trip to Ann\\nArbur in the interests of both himself and his\\nneighbors, as there was no opportunity of purchas-\\ning anything short of that thriving village. He\\npassed from earth March 31, 1836.\\nIn early life Melzar Bird learned the trade of a\\ncooper, but after coming to IMichigan he worked at\\nthe carpenter s trade, .and erected one hundred and\\nthree buildings in this township and vicinity. For\\nthe first ten years every coffin which was needed\\nwithin a radius of ten miles was made by him. He\\ntook boards fi oni his l)arn wherewith to make the\\nfirst cotlin at the time of the first death in tlie\\ntownship.\\nBefore coming West Mr. Bird was united in\\nmarriage at Rome, N. Y., withLora A. Wentworth,\\ntheir wedding da} being October 26, 1829. She\\nwas the mother of the following children and\\npassed from earth Ai)ril 23, 1869. Her children\\nare: Frances A., wife of John Stevensou, of New\\nHudson; Catharine, widow of John Fonda; Julia\\nAdeline; Gilbert, Oliver. Margaret, and Harriet,\\nall of whom are deceased. Since the j^ear 1826 Mr.\\nBird has been a member of the Presbyterian\\nClinreh and throughout all those years the graces\\nof his Christian character and the value of his in-\\ntegrity and uprightness made him more and more\\nvalued b} his neighbors and friends. He was a Re-\\npublican in his political views and greatly inter-\\nested in the future of the party.\\nThe offices of the Supervisor and Justice of the\\nPeace as well as many minor offices, were at diff-\\nerent times placed in the hands of ^Ir. Bird and\\nhis duties executed with vigor and discretion.\\nFor six years he was Postmaster at Pleasant Yal-\\nlev Postoftice. and his faithfulness and intelliofence\\ncaused him to stand very high in the community.\\nHis original purchase w.as one hundred and twenty\\nacres, to which he afterward added eighty more\\nand this is the property which is in the hands of\\nMiss Bird.\\nShe of whom we write received her elementary\\neducation in the district school and has pleasant\\nmemories of the log school-house where her first\\nstudying was done. She afterward supplemented\\nthe culture there received by a course at the State\\nNormal School, but has ever made her home uinm\\nthe farm which is now hers. Her father never\\nsued another man nor w. is sued by anyone during\\nhis life-time and he was an exemplary iiiau in\\nevery sense of the word.\\n-^^^i:\\nEl*^^-\\nAMEL WRKHIT. The owner of a farm\\nij located on section 2, has a family record\\nof which he may well be i)roud. He is a\\nson of Walter Wright, a native of New\\nYork and a soldier in the War of 1812, whose call-\\ning in life was that of a farmer. Our sid)ject s\\ngrandsire was also Walter Wiight, who served as a\\nsoldier in the Revolutionary War, being in the\\nCommissary Department. He was taken prisoner\\nthree times and was once confined on board a prison\\nshii) in New York Harbor. He had large sums of\\nContinental money, thus proving his faith in the\\nRepublic. He died at the age of ninety years,\\nhighly respected and honored both in and out of\\nhis family. The first members of the Wright fam-\\nily, which IS of English origin, to appear in Amer-\\nica were tiiree brothers. They settled in Rensselaer,\\nN. Y. Our subject s grandfather married a High\\nDutch woman. The maternal parent of the orig-\\ninal of our sketch was Hattie (Hubbard) Wright,\\na jiative of Connecticut. ITer father was Daniel\\nHubbard, a smal man uf.acturer located in Pom-\\npey Town.ship. Onondaga County,N. Y.,on a small\\nfarm where both he and his wife ended their days.\\nOur subject s parents were married in New York\\nState, made their home in ilanlius Township,\\nOnondaga Countv and there remained foi foi-ty", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0768.jp2"}, "769": {"fulltext": "VORTRAIT AM) BIOGRAPIIK AI. ALBUM.\\n771\\nyears, (liiriiisj: wliicli it ^V!U\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i well Iciiivd iiiiil un-\\nproved. In 18. )1 he witli liis f.-iinily removed to\\nMieliiijan and settled upon the fjirni wliere tliey\\nnow reside. It wns ;it lliat tune wild land and this\\npart of the township was very sparsely settled.\\nTheir tirst home was very diminutive and was in\\nthe midst of Ihiekly-tiniliered land hut its owner\\nwas sueeessful and eonsidered a man of means. He\\nhere 0| erated two hundred acres of land and con-\\ntinued to improve it until his death, wiiieh oeenrred\\nAujiust 11, I8(J(). Tlie wife died in l\u00c2\u00ab7ll.\\nThe original of our sketeii is one of ten chil-\\ndren, all of whom are now living, the eldest lie-\\niiig at this time (DSDl) eighty j ears of age, and\\nthe yoinigest aged fifty years. Tlie_\\\\- find none\\nof tiie old settlers now surviving who were here at\\nthe time of their parent s advent into the .State.\\nDaniel Wright is the eighth child in order of l)irth\\nhis natal day being August 12. l\u00c2\u00ab;51.and his place\\nof nativity Onondaga County, N. Y. When his\\nparents came West he was twenty years of age.\\nHefore reaching manhood he had received the dis-\\ntrict scliool advantages and after coining to .Michi-\\ngan was an attendant at the log .schoolhonse in iiis\\nlistrict.\\nHe of whom we write was twenty-one years of\\nage when he began the work of earning his way\\nor himself; he has alw.ays been a farmer, his father\\nhaving presented him with his first possessions in\\nthe way of real estate. In 18.57 Mr. Wi-ight joined\\nhis fate with that of Miss .lane Messenger, a daugh-\\nter of Warren and .Jane (Xolile) Me.s.senger. liotii\\nnatives of Xew York State, who came to .Michigan\\nat a very early day and settled in Oakland County\\nnear Wixon. where 5Ir. Mes.senger died. His widow\\nand two children came to Iosco Township. Living-\\nston County aliout 18i )l. They were the parents\\nof three children, two of whom are living. Mrs.\\nWright was born November (5. 1H38, in Oakland\\nCounty. Mich., and received the ad\\\\antages of a\\ndistrict-school education.\\nOur subject and his young liride began their\\ndomestic life in an old frame iiouse said to iiavc\\niieen the first built in Fnadilla Township. There\\nthey lived for about foiu years, after which they\\nremoved to the old homestead in order to take care\\nof the i^arents. which they diil for the remain\\nder of their lives, and tiiey have since nnide the\\nplace their home. They have never been Idessed\\nwith chihben but are great favorites with old and\\nyoung, their home being a fav(jrite meeting place\\nfor tlu- people of the township.\\n.Mr. Wright is the owner of four hinidred ami\\neighty acres of land and he also owns a farm in\\n(Xsceola County, this .State, which comprised two\\ntwo hundred acres, all of which is under the i)l(jw.\\nLpon the farm whei-e he resides there are six\\nbuildings, a comfortable and .attractive dwelling\\nhouse, barns, shed. c(jrn-house, etc. Aside from\\nthe work that his father did our sultject has\\ncleared two hundred acres himself. He here car-\\nries on general farming and has been a breeder\\nof I ercheron horses, raising some of the finest\\nblooded stock. Two years ago lie received *4,0()()\\nfor some of that stock which he had bred. At the\\npresent time he has thirty head of these horses.\\nMr. Wright h.as always been very generous in his\\ndon.ations to church org.anizations, there being a\\nfine church devoted to the ]\\\\Iethodist Protestant\\ndenomination upon his farm, he having built it\\nbefore a cl.ass had been organized and fiom the\\nfirst it has been called Wright s Chapel. Kiich Sun-\\nday it is supplied by some of the clergy or laity\\nfrom the Protestant !Methodi.st Association. It is\\nso deeded that it can never be incumbered with a\\nmortgage .as it always to be known Wright s Chapel.\\nAlthough he is not a member of any church he is a\\nTrustee of the society convening in the above-\\nmentioned place and both he and his wife take an\\nactive part in Sunday-school work.\\n.Socially, our subject is a member of the Masonic\\norder and also belongs to the Howell Commaml-\\nery No. 28. K. T. He is also a member of the\\nFarmer s Alliance and has been President of the\\nlocal assf)ciation, now being Lecturer. A strong\\nDemocrat in political preference, he is a represent-\\native of the best class of that party in his district.\\nFor sixteen years he h.as been .Justice of the\\nI\\\\ ace, and his [)opularity is shown by the fact\\nthat he li.as received the largest m.ajority of any\\ncandidate in this township. He has frequently\\nbeen a delegate to county and .State conventions\\nand was the means of organizing the Prohibition\\njiartv in this district. Mr. Wright was the tii-st", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0769.jp2"}, "770": {"fulltext": "772\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nagriculturist in tliis vicinity to import Percli-\\neron horses. He has devoted much time to breed?\\nmg trotting horses, but foiuid that heavy draft\\nhor.-5es were more profitable. Therefore he imported\\nthree head of J ereherons from which he has made\\nliandsomely. Mr. VVrigiit s taxes are represented\\nas a third of those in the school district, lie lias\\nbeen a memljer of the Scliool Board for jears.\\nThe church in whicli the community takes as\\nmuch pride as does its builder and wliich is above\\nreferred to is a thing of beauty, being furnished\\nthoroughly, inside and out. Its inner finish is of\\nantique oak. It has a seating capacity of two hun-\\ndred and when it was dedicated it was only neces-\\nsary to raise 1300 to discharge all indebtedness.\\nIt is a monument that will I edound greatly to the\\ncredit and honor of Mv. Wright.\\nt\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I\\n=^E0R(;E 15. WILKINSON. The word of\\nHoly Writ is that no man livcth to him-\\nself, and this is true in a social and busi-\\nness sense as well as in the spiritual meaning which\\nwas first given to it. The man who leads a self-\\nengrossed life, thinking only of his interests and\\nconfining his activities to selfish ends, not only\\ncripples the community in which he lives but\\ncrii)i)les himself and retards his own progress.\\nAVliile he who enters with vigor and activity into\\nthose organizations which tend to the uplifting of\\nour social and financial interests, causes an advance\\nall alone- the line, both is his own aggrandizement\\nand the prosperity of his neighbors. For this\\nreason men who have thought deeply on these\\nsiilijfcts have learned that organizntion is a necess-\\nity of present civilization.\\nMr. Wilkinson of wliom we write has been pro-\\nmiiHiit in church relations, in party matters and\\nin the Agricultural Society, and lias thus by join-\\ning hands with others given an impetus to the re-\\nligions, social and industrial movements of Marion\\nTownship. Livingston County, where he resides on\\nsection 20. lie is not an American by birth, as he\\nfirst saw the liiiht Feliruary 2. is;!2. in Lincoln-\\nshire, Knglaiid. His father, (ieorge Wilkinson, was\\na farmer who was born in the same shire, (Jctolier\\n3, 1803, and although he received but a limited\\neducation, pursued a life of usefulness and integ-\\nrity.\\nMary Ann Marshall, daughter of David ^Mar-\\nshall, became the wife of George Wilkinson in\\n1830. This lady was one of seven children and\\nllu eldest of her parents, being born August i),\\n1 s 1 0. To her were born in her union with George\\nWilkinson eight daughters and five sons and to\\ntlie eldest they gave the name of George B.\\nThe ordinary educational advantages of an Eng-\\nlish hoy were given to j oung (ieorge and he then\\ntook one term at Livingston Seminary, as his fatlier\\nwas earnestly desirous that his children should\\nhave better chances in life than he had been able\\nj to command. When sixteen years old the boy\\nbegan to work for himself and when only eighteen\\nI he decided to leave his ancestral home and come\\nj to America. Crossing the ocean he landed in New\\nYork, where he spent one year after which he\\ndetermined to go farther West, and coming to\\nTalmage Summit County, Ohio, spent two years\\nthere and then came to Livingston County, Mich.,\\nin 1853. Here he bought a fine tract of land,\\ncomprising eighty acres where he now resides, to\\nwhich he added twenty acres, which are situated\\n(m section 21, and forty acies which lie within the\\nbounds of section 16.\\nThe prosperity which attended tlie laliors of the\\nyoung man made him feel that he had indeed\\nestablished himself in his new home and could now\\nafford to take to himself a wife and the responsi-\\nbilities of married life. He w.as married in 1863\\nto Keziah Fletcher, daughter of AVilliam Fletcher\\nof Milford Township, Oakland (nunty, this State.\\nShe was the third in a family of four children and\\nwas born September 1, 1842.\\nTo this happy home came five little ones and the\\nfond parents had the anguish of laying away in\\nthe grave two of this number, Flora ]May and\\nFrank F. But three of the number still remain on\\nearth, Carrie A., who is now the wife of George H.\\nJMyers, of Marion Esther II. is the wife of Isaac\\nJ. Sapp, of Owasso; and Frederick G. IMrs. Keziah\\nWilkinson was called from earth .biiniary 4. 1888.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0770.jp2"}, "771": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nand NoveuilKT 28, IKHU. our sul)jeft wjis again\\nunited in niarnasrc clioosinsr as his companion\\nKuiily Twillcv. dauulitcr of Mr. .lames II. rwiliey.\\n.Mrs. Wilkinson is amenilier of the Kii-st Hajjlist\\nC hureli of Howell. She is an active worker in the\\nSunday-school of llie Methodist Protestant Church\\nof .Mai ioii. and lakes much nileresl in all clnnch\\nm.-ittcrs.\\n.Mr. \\\\\\\\ilkinson is a ])romineiit incinlier of the\\n.Methodist Protestant Church in wliicli he has for a\\nlonsj- while served .as Cla.ss-I.eader and has been the\\nSecretary of the County Asi-ricultural Society.\\nThe principles of the Democratic party embody\\nthe itolitical views of tiiis gentleman and he is a\\nfavorite among the Democracy of both t(jwnslii])\\nand county, and has lichl the olHce of County\\nCoroner and all of the to\u00c2\u00abii hii) olliccs with the\\nexception of Snperviscir.\\nox. S.V.Mr KL L. Kll.norU XK. one of the\\noldest residents of this county who has foi\\nmany years lieen pr.acticing law at Lansing,\\ncame here in early life with his father, .Jo-\\nseph II. Kilbonnie, and located in \\\\leridiaii Town-\\nsliip. eight miles east of Lansing in what was then\\nan absolute forest. The father was lioin in C;iiiada\\nnear the St. Francis River. .May IHII!), and re-\\nin. iined there until 183!). Il( married Miss .Susan-\\nnah I luiilies. whose parents ciiiic from llcikshire\\nCounty, Pa. Our subject was born not far from\\nToronto, Canada, .\\\\))ril I; 18;!!). Hefore that cAcnt\\nfather, who was a Captain of rebel infantry in\\nthe Patriot War was taken pri.s iner and held in\\nToronto until he with live others escaped, crossed\\nthe St. Clair l!i\\\\er at I oiut Sarnia. reaching De-\\ntroit where he obtained work as a blower and\\nstriker in a blacksmith sho|). Ilew.as in the em-\\nplo\\\\ of his wife s brother, another refuiice who\\nhad escaped with him. After they had accninii-\\nlated some means they sent for their families, and\\ngoing to Noiihville. Wayne County, liiiilt ;i store\\nand l)lacksmith shop.\\nIn 184. 5 .lose|)h 1 1. Kilbouiiie removed to Ingham\\ncounty and Imuuht a trad of Land which hail been\\noccupied by hlcf )kenios and three hundred Pol-\\nt-iwattoniie Indians, hi connection with his brother-\\nin-law he built a sawmill and a large double log\\nhouse and opened a store. They pnx ceiled to clear\\nup a farm and remained in that locality until 1849\\nwhen on the location of the State capital at Lan-\\nI sing he removed to that city and took charge of\\nwhat was known as the Seymour property, build-\\ning a large .sawmill and attending to its operation.\\nAt the same time he sold large tracts of land and\\nbuilt the first woolen mills which were erected in\\nthis part of the State.\\nThe father of onr subject h.ad been a member of\\nthe Legislature from this district during. the session\\nof 1847, at which the ca|iitol was removed to Lan-\\nsing, lie was again a member of the Legislative\\nbody rluring its first .se.ssion at Lansing and re-\\nmained there until the spring of 18. )1 when he\\nsold out his city property and returned to the farm.\\nVbout this time he took a small company across\\nthe plains to California, acting as their captain\\nand remained there until the fall of 1 808. when he\\nii turned to his faiiii on which he still lives (1891)\\naged eighty-three. His family of five children are:\\nWilliam who has been in California since I8; ).3;\\nCaroline .letfers. (h ceased:.Ioseph II.. .b.. who lives in\\nHig K. ipids, where he was Postmaster during Cleve-\\nl.andV administration; our subject: Kniily L. who\\nfor twenty years has been engage l in te;ichingan l\\nis now the Principal of the Larch .Street S -hool.\\nThree children rlicd in early childhood.\\nThe father of this family has been a member of\\nthe .Mt thodisI l^piscopal Church since he was eight-\\neen years old and helped to organize it at Lansing\\nand for several cars was a Trustee. In tho.se early\\ndays his big log house was used as headcpiarters for\\nchurch services for a large extent of country.\\nSamuel L. Kilbourue M cured his first education\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2it home, and when he began to go to .school he was\\nalready familiar with Webster s spelling book, a\\nirrammar aiul an arithmetic. The only periodical\\nliterature wliicli then reachcil their home was a\\nblanket sheet published at Philadelphia, entitled\\nThe Brother Jonathan. The father was Postmaster\\nfor a number of years and letter jHisljige was\\ntwenty-live cents. The amount of mail was small\\nbut money was still more scarce jind it was often\\nhard work to get enough change to r t out .a let-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0771.jp2"}, "772": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nler. A\u00c2\u00a5ild game and ludians abounded and fever\\nMild auiie prevailed, tlie antidotes to tliat com-\\nlilaiiit lieiug- ^loffattV pills and Plia iiix bitters.\\nOur sul)jeet attended school at Okeniosand Lan-\\nsing and was a i)upil of the Rev. Richard Taylor.\\nLater in 1854 he attended Alliion College, and three\\nyears after entered the Agricultural College at its\\nopening. During his tirst year lie worked three\\niioiirs a day at ten cents an hour to pay his way;\\nand by working extra hours he liad paid his ex-\\npenses and at the close of the year had ^5 over,\\nlie taught school for three months, keeping np\\nwith his class at college Imt finally lost his place in\\ncollege because his connt was over represented\\nthere and the number must be cut down, lie then\\nread law Ity himself and began to i)ractice a little\\nin the Jiistice s court, and before he was twenty-\\none he joined the first class in the Law Depart-\\nment at Ann Arbor. After graduation he returned\\nto Lansing and began to practice which he has car-\\nried on continuously since.\\nMr. Kilbourne has at different times received\\nnominations and was uixni tiie ticket for Circuit\\nCourt Commissioner in the fall of 18(51, but al-\\nthough he made a splendid canvass he was defeated\\nwith the rest of his ticket. During the war lit\\nheljied in conducting meetings to secure the en-\\nlistment of soldiers, making splendid war speeches\\nall through this part of the State. He was prepared\\nto go into the army himself along with a com|)any\\nwhich he helped to enroll, but his brother Henry.\\nwIki had agreed to remain at home and look after\\nthe family, took the war fever and enlisted in the\\nFirst Michigan Sharpshooters so tliat Samuel was\\nobliged to give up going.\\nDuring the years of 18()()-61 Mr. Kilbourne was\\na regular contriliutor to several newspapers, to\\nwhich he sent political articles, and also edited and\\npublished the Michigdn SMp Journal, a Democratic\\npaper published at Lansing. While he was Deputy\\nClerk of the Supreme Court he had full charge of\\nthe office of that court. He has been a member of\\nthe City Board of Education. City Attorney and\\nserved as assistant to the County Prosecuting .\\\\t-\\ntorney. In 1874 he was elected to the Jjegislature\\nfrom this district on the Democratic ticket, altliougli\\nthe Republicans h.ad a general m. ijority. During\\nthat sessicm he was one of the special committee\\nand the author of tlie liill on the liquor traflic and\\nreported by that committee which repealed the\\nprohibitory law, putting in its stead the present\\ntax system. In May, 1891, he was appointed by\\nGov. Luce a member of the Advisoiy Board in the\\nmatter of pardons, whu^li office he still holds and\\nhas been for two years the President of that board.\\nUpon the old homestead at Okemos our suliject\\nstill takes an interest in agricultural pui suits and\\nespecially in the breeding of fine stock. He de-\\nvotes much attention to the raising of standard\\ntrotting and draft horses as well as to Ik)lstein\\ncattle and fine-wool sheep.\\nThe marriage of ^Ir. Kilbourne in 1862 united\\nhim with IMiss Louisa F. lUircliard, whose father was\\nan attorney from Rome, N. Y.,and became the first\\nsettler ,in Lansing, building the first house within\\nthe i)resent city limits. Tills gentleman dammed\\ntlie river and liuilt a mill, liul w.as drowned before\\nthe completion of the mill. ^Irs. Kilbourne became\\nthe mother of three children, two of whom died\\nbefore tlieir mother. She passed away in 1873. The\\nremaining daugiiter, ilary L., is now the wife of\\n.lames Harris, of tiiis city. Tiie .second marriage of\\nour subject took i)lace November 4, 1874, and\\nunited him with Jliss Cornelia W.Trua.x, of Brook-\\nlyn. X. Y. He is a member of the Episcopal Church\\nand for many years has been a A estryman in tiiat\\nbody. He is identified with the ^Masonic order and\\nhas been Master of Lansing Lodge, Xo. 33, and\\na member of Capital Chapter, Xo. 9.\\nPolitically, Mr. Kilbourne is recognized ;is one\\nof the leading Democrats at Lansing and also of\\nthe State of Michigan. He has always l)eeii iiillii-\\nential in formulating the policy of the party in\\nMichigan. As a stump speaker he is strong, for-\\ncible and logical, always inspiring enthusiasm and\\nimpressing his hearers with his belief in the truth\\nhe asserts. This has given him a broad acquain-\\ntance throughout the State and a corresponding\\ninfluence. He is a hard-working, iiainstaking law-\\nyer and strong advocate, occupying an enviable\\nposition at the bar of the State. His many friends,\\nboth within the legal fraternity and socially, will\\nbe pleased to notice his i)ortrait in conuecticm with\\nthis biographical sketch.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0772.jp2"}, "773": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIIICAI, AI.IU M.\\nVIJON IMIirrs. np of the stimng\\nliusiiu ss iiK ii t\u00c2\u00bbf Howell, is ;i ineinljer i f\\nI the lliiii of I iiipps A- Sniltli. who are eii-\\ngagecl ill tiie liver\\\\ and niiiiiiluis Inisiiio.ss.\\nMr. Plii])|)s liiin.-ielf makes a speeially of liiiyiiiii\\nline horses and traiiiiiijf them for the 15oston\\niiiaiket whore he disposes of them.\\nOur ^iilijcct was liorn in h-ovelaiid, Oakland\\n(niiiiiy. Midi., on the ;i(illi of Mareli. 1H58. and\\nhe is a son of .Iose]ih and Melissa (Peek) Phi|)ps,\\nthe father lieiiig an Kiiiilishnian and the mother\\na New Yorker. .Joseph Pliipps eaine with his\\nl)arents, Thomas and Ann. lo AmeiMca and al\\nonee journeyed to Mielii aii. Here they settled in\\nOakland County. J hoinas Pliipps was a meclianie\\nli\\\\ Iradc lull .after eoniiiit; to this country devoted\\nhini.self to ajjrieuUure and continiied through life\\nupon his frirni in Miehigan. lie had a family of\\nsix chiiilri ii. whom he trained to maturity in\\nhaliils of iiulustiN Mild thrift. After coming to\\nthis eouiilr\\\\ he interested himself in the iiolitieal\\nmovenientsheri .-ind wasalliid with the Deinoeratie\\nparty.\\n.losepli Pliipps carried on farming in Oakland\\nCounty for a number of years and then removed\\nto Holly, the same county, where he eng.aged in the\\nmanufacture of brooms, and later made his home\\nin Detroit where he enlarge l his business and em-\\nployed a lainiber of men in his fai toiy. Like his\\nfather he is a Denioerr.t in his political preferenees.\\nIlis taniily of eleven children who are all living\\nbear tlic following names: Charles T.. William .1.,\\nNelson .1., Belle E., P.yroii Herbert A.. Ernest\\nI.., Lewis M., Allie M., IJertha E. and Dexter L.\\nJoseph Pliipps died in Detroit August 29, IHDl.\\nThe boyhood of our subject w.ns p.assed upon the\\nf.arni and he received his education in the graded\\nschools of Holly and followed farming until he\\nreached the age of twenty-eight years.\\n.Vfter his m.arriage. which occurred when he was\\nt weiity-tlii( c years old, he worked fainis on shares\\nfor five years, after which he took charge of a\\nmeat market at Hartland. this county, for one\\nyear and then he came to Howell and engaged in\\nthe business which now engages his energies. He\\nis unusually well adapted to his business as he is\\nconvers.-inl with the habit- and line points of\\nhorse ami has handled horses more or less since he\\nwas eighteen years old. His love for this fine\\nanimal and his understanding of it. makes him\\nthoroughly succe.ssful in its training.\\nThe niarriage of our subject lo .Miss IJertlm\\nAllen, daughter of Emery Allen, of Hartland. this\\ncounty, took place in 1\u00c2\u00abS2 and four children have\\nbeen granted to them: P.ernice lO., Raymond C.\\nElva E. and Ira. Tlie*Deniocratic party to which\\nMr. l^liipps is attached, placed him for two ycai-s in\\nthe oftice of Deputy .SheritT of the county, a\\nposition which he filled with ability and where he\\ngave great satisfaction to his constituents. Messi-s.\\nPliii)i)S it Smith keep in their stable .some fourteen\\nhorses and turn out as gooil (Mitlit^ for the citizens\\nof Howell as can be found in the counlv.\\nOllX MARSHALL. The owner of the fine\\nfarm located on .section 27, I nadilla Town-\\nship. Livingston County, is he wlio.se name\\nis at the head of this sketch. His father \\\\^a.s\\n(ieorge Marshall, a native of Scotland, and his\\nmother, ^Margaret (Mongol) ^larshall.also a native\\nof Scotland, the couple being married in the old\\ncountry. They emigrated to America about 1842.\\nand settled first in Canada, where they remained\\nfor two years, thence coming to Michigan in 1X44,\\nsettling at once on a farm in this towiislii]i. (Jeorire\\nMarshall was a stone-cntter aiul builder. The fa-\\nmous Trinity Church which has been a bone of\\ncontention between the original heirs and the trus-\\ntees, was built partially under his foremanship. and\\nafter the completion of that edifice he did the\\npointing. He .a.ssisted in building a large church\\nin Itiiffalo, N. Y.. and being an ex])ert in his busi-\\nness at a time when experts were scarce, he did\\nmuch of the finest work. After coming to Michi-\\ngan he returned lo New York in order to complete\\nilis work on Trinity Chiircli.\\nFinally .settling perinancntly upon his farm, he\\ncontinued to carry it on until his death which oc-\\ncurred in 1H(!2. The widow still iii\\\\ ives and lives", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0773.jp2"}, "774": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nill linadilla Township. They were parents of seven\\ncliililrcii. only tw are now livlnji. The i. riginal it\\nour ^sketch waf^ horn August 2!S. IH. iH, in the city\\nof (ila.sgow, Scotlanrt. on tlie Imnks of the Clyde.\\nHe was denied edneational advantages, lieing\\nobliged to begin work when very young, having\\nlearned the stone-euttei s trade when fourteen\\nyears if age, and being only sixteen years old when\\ncoming to Michigan. In 1850 Mr. Marsiiall went\\nSouth, being engaged in work on a large stone\\nbuilding that was to he used as a cotton factory.\\nHe remained South for one year, and then went to\\nSt. Louis, working at his tiade for one year. Since\\nthat time he lias devoted himsidf and his energies to\\nthe de\\\\ elo|iineat of the resources in his line in the\\nState of ^lichigan.\\nPart of tbe farm on which iur subject now lives\\nis that which his father originally owned, he hav-\\ning purchased eighty acres of his father s pl:ice.\\nHis farm is finely improved and bears evidence of\\nhigh cultivation. Our subject lias improved a\\nfarm which he owns in Slockbridge Townshii\u00c2\u00bb, Ing-\\nham County, but sold it to advantage. His mar.\\nriage took place .Ian nary 1, 1855, his liride being\\nMiss Betsey Dodd, a native of Kdinbiirgh, Scot-\\nland. The} arc the parents of four children, only\\nthree of whom are now living. They are Kittie,\\nGeorge and Caroline. Kittie is now Mrs. L.\\nSmith, of Gregory; Caroline, is Mrs. David vSayles,\\nan 1 lives in Tennessee. Mrs. ^larshall died in .Inly,\\n1878. and he of whom we write was .again married\\nNovember 17,1881, to .Mrs. Sloanburg. a widow\\nwho had no children., Siie also was a native of\\nScotland. Her parents were William and Christina\\n(Piper) Craig. They were natives of Scotland, be-\\ning married in that country. They emigrated to\\nConnecticut in 1882, .and removed to ^Michigan in\\n1836, and settled on a farm in I nadilla Township.\\non section 34. In 1850 they removed to Stock-\\nbridge, where they both died, the father in 187().\\nthe mother passing aw.ay September 28. 1891. Mr.\\nand ^Irs. Craig were charter members of the First\\nPresbyterian Church of I nadilla. Mrs. Craig was\\nthe last surviving charter member.\\nMr. Marshall is now the owner of two hundred\\nand seventeen and a half acres of fine land, a\\nlarge jiart of it being under cultivation. He has\\ndone a great amount of clearing, and all the build-\\ning where he now lives, having a tine home, which\\nis a model of rural neatness und taste. He also has\\ngood barns, and erected the residence and outbuild-\\nings where his son now lives. !Mr. ^Marshall still\\ncarries on the work of the farm for himself. His\\nwife is associated with the Presbyterian Church,\\nwhile he is liberal in his religious views. He used\\nto be a (Granger, and has lieen a member of the\\nSchool Board. He is a Republican in politics, .and\\nfor three years has done good service as Highway\\nCommissioner. The gentleman of whom we write\\nstarted out emiity-handed, and what he now has he\\nhas earned by the hardest work, having had but\\nfew advantages upon which other men dej)end. INIr.\\n^Marshall carries on general fanning, uniting to the\\nculture of the soil the raising and breeding of line\\nstock.\\nll@4\\n\u00c2\u00a9I^M-^\\nAMES MONROE. Among the quiet and\\nunostentatious, yet thoroughly worth} and\\nefficient members of the business circles of\\nHowell, Livingston Count}, we are gratified\\nto name one who bears an honorable name, and\\nwho, although not claiming descent from the Pres-\\nidential chair, tr.aces his lineage tci a hero in both\\nthe War of 1812 and the War of the Revolution.\\nThis citizen was Ixu ii April 27, 1827, in the\\ntownship of Richmond. )ntaiio County, N. Y.. and\\nis a son of Lemuel and Martha (Rawling) Monroe,\\nnatives of the Eastern States. Lemuel Monroe was\\na lioot and shoemaker, who had served liiscountrv\\nnobi} in both the Revolutionary War and the con-\\nllict of 1812. In his later days he came to Michi-\\ngan and lived with a son Francis, until called\\nhence by death after he had reached the very ven-\\nerable age of ninety years. He had lieen the hus-\\nband of three wives, and by them had eighteen\\nchildren, .and our subject is the youngest of this\\n[latriarchal flock.\\nThe mother of James ^Monroe died in New York\\nin 1857. and he was reared upon a farm until he\\nreached the age of twentv-four vears, but did not", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0774.jp2"}, "775": {"fulltext": "POKTHAir AND 1!1()( liAl IIK A I. ALI5UM.\\n77i\\nli\\\\i ;it liiiiMc Mftfi lie wns I iiiflil yi ars old. lie iii.-iik\\nlli^ lioiiu with a I miiiici I ni niiic yciirs. unci tlicii :it\\ntill iH,a of seven tcfii lei oived the clutlie?; wliicli\\nwere eoninionly i;iven to a hound lioy when lie left\\nsorvic-e, an l canic lu .M ini(.i Cuuiily. Midi, line\\nhe i as. ied four yi ais and linn returned to New-\\nYork, where he worked u])(in a farm for .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^ome four\\nyears ionufi-. lie then K arncd tlie trade of a ear-\\npeuler, and did not return toMieliiiran until IH;\\nSi ttliiiif in Howell, the yoiinir uian now devoted\\nhimself to his trade, and tcok u|i the liroader busi-\\nness of e(uilraetini; and huildinif. lie pureiiased\\non Clinlon Street, where he now lives, two lots and\\na house and w;is married in I^(. i7 to Nancy Garnier.\\ndauii hter of .\\\\nios and Saridi (Eaton) (iarnier. Mr.\\n(iariner was a native of (;ernian\\\\ and his wife was\\na \\\\ernuinter. while his daughter was born at Dans-\\nville. LiviuiTstoii (uiiity, N. Y. lie was a mer-\\nchant tailor, and carried on a large business at\\nDansville. They had one other daughter, ^laria,\\nwho is now Mrs. Leach, of louia, this State. The\\nmaternal grandfathei- of IMrs. Monroe was a Eliplia-\\nletr Katon. a natixc of ermont, who was engaged\\nin the hotel business at Mt. IMoi-ris, N. Y.. and to\\nhim .and his wife IJet.sey ((ioodrich) Katon, were\\ngiven ;i family of twelve children.\\nMr. and ^Irs. Monroe gave to each of their six\\nehddren an excellent and liberal education, and so\\nbrought them up that tlii y have l)ecoine men and\\nwomen of intelligence, u.sefulnessaud a iironouneed\\nChristian character, and they :dl lielong to the\\nMethodist or 15ai)tist Church. Tlu oldest. Libby IJ.,\\nis Mrs. Charles Warren, of (iladwin Comity, this\\nState, and has two children. Claud and eroy.\\nDwight 1). has been luiited in marriage with Miss\\nMillie Beach, .and they have a little child, Charles\\nH.; he is a menilier of the mercantile linn of Mon-\\nroe llros.. doing business in Howell; (ieorge I,, is\\nhis partner. ;iiid they are carrying a line and well\\nselected slock of dry-goods ami groceries, boots\\nand shoes; Ada M. married Arthur (iarland. a mer-\\nchant tailor of Howell, for whom .\\\\rtliiir A., the\\nnext brother, acts as clerk; Cora M, is :i teacher in\\nthe Inion schools of Howell, and has a p jsition in\\nthe Eourtli AVard school. The political views of\\ntill fathi r of this prominent and highly respected\\nfamily, bring him into sympat -y and action with\\ntlw Kepublican |)art\\\\ and lie is an intelligent ob-\\nserver of the great events which must concern every\\n.Vmerican, and is deeply interested in the jirosper-\\nit\\\\ of our eountrv\\nO^\\n(J l*,II, 1,1AM 1.. KNAl P. Olivii Wendell\\n\\\\jM ll l t no better illus-\\n\\\\y \\\\P tration jf the great princiiiles of life than\\na wagon wheel. The hnli represents the great cen-\\ntrifugal force from which ladiate the spokes that\\nmake tlii tire efTeetive in its round. Circle within\\ncircle. If there is anything in sissociation surely\\nthe lieaulifnl principles should be inculcated in the\\nmanufacturer as !irt of tiie inherent traits of his\\ncharacter and one can well believe tlmt he of\\nwhom we write has been open to these best in-\\nlluences. Me is one of the largest manufacturers\\nin the town of Howell. Livingston Count} mak-\\ning various kinds of wagons and carriages, at the\\nsame time doing general lilacksmithing. Their\\nplace of business is located on (Jrand Hiver and\\ntheir factory was established in IHtJ. i\\nHe of whom we write was born in \\\\Varsaw. Wy-\\noming County. X. Y.. .September 2 L 1H17. Thus\\nit may be seen that he has attained the golden\\ncrest of the heights* from which one may look\\nback upon the past which Is irradiated by the set-\\nting sun. Mr. Knapp is a son of .lohn l{. and\\nMelinda Wilson) Knapp. natives of Canaan. N.\\nY.. anil .Middlebury. \\\\t.. respectively. The former\\nis a farmer, although he hail learned the trade in\\nhis voutli of a boot and shoe maker, but after go-\\ning to Warsaw. N, Y.. he turned his attention to\\nagriculture. In IH;^(;he removed to Ohio where\\nhe occupied several prominent positions within\\nthe gift of the county. He was .histiee of the\\nTeace for many years. His decca.sc occurred in\\n1K(M, his wife preceding him by a numlier ofyears\\nher decease having occurred in is 17. He was an\\nold-line Democrat in his party following. He and\\nhis wife were in their church relations Baptist and\\nPresbyterian respectively. Our subject s paternal", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0775.jp2"}, "776": {"fulltext": "780\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ngrandparcuts wi-rc \\\\Villiain and Olive Annabel\\nKnapp. Tlie r were natives of ennont and were\\nengaged in .farming. The former went to War-\\nsaw, N. Y., in IHIL Five years later he met his\\ndeath by being killed liy the falling of a tree. His\\nwife s death took plaee in 1833. She was throwr.\\nout of a earriage, whieh was dragged by a run\\nawav team, her death oceurring shortly after.\\nThey had a family of eight children. The mother\\nwas a Baptist and of Knglish descent.\\nThe mother of our subject, Melinda (Wilson)\\nKnapp, was the daughter of Jacob Wilson, a na-\\ntive of .Scotland, who came to America in his\\nyoung days and settling in A ermont, later remov-\\ning to Western New York. In his later life he\\nreturned to Vermont where he continued to live\\nuntil his death. He was the father of six children.\\n.Mr. Kna|)p is one of :i family of ten cluldren\\nwhose names are as follows: Caroline, Jacob, (Jr-\\nsou S., William L. Margaret E., Harriet C, John\\nR., Russell A., Theodore B., and James A. But\\nfour of these children are now living Jacob W.,\\nAVilliam L., oiu- suliject, John R. and James A.\\nThe original of this sketch began the w(.)rk of\\nself-supi)ort when only thirteen years of age and\\nfor a period of six months he worked for $4 per\\nmonth in tlie village of Canaudaigua, X. Y. In\\n183ij he went to learn the trade of blacksmith and\\nserved for two years and then he went into partner-\\nship with his brother. Jacob in the blacksmith\\nbusiness until 184(5. At the end of that time he\\nsold t)ut his interest and engaged in trade in\\ntiainesville, Wyoming County, X. Y.. where he\\ncarried on the business for one year. Thence he\\nwent to Castile and bought ovit a blacksmith slicrp\\nwhere he was engaged for two years. Thence he\\nwent on a farm and enjoyed l)ucolic life for two\\nyears, at the end of that time transferring his lo-\\ncation to another ])urchase which he conducted J or\\none year and then sold out. A deliglitful visit\\nwas made in low-a after which he returned to New\\nYork, settling in Warsaw and engaged in his trade\\nfor four years.\\nAgricultural life seems to have been more jjlea.s-\\ning to Mr. Knap)) than any other, fvv he again\\nwent on a farm, which, however, at the expiration\\nof two years, he sold. Again in Warsaw, in April,\\n1861, his patriotic zeal aroused bj^ the firing upon\\nFt. Sumter, he immediately offered his services to his\\ncountry, l)eing the third one to enlist in Warsaw.\\nIn c(mipany with Messr.s. .leukins, Dudley, Bentley\\nand Bailey, he raised Company H., Ninth New York\\nCavalry. After enlisting they were organized and\\nwent in camp at Westfield. Thence they went\\nto .Vlbany and were there mustered into service.\\nThe Isl of J.)ecember, 1861, found the regiment\\nto which our subject belonged in Washington, D.\\nC., and already he had been promoted to the post\\nof Second-Lieutenant. On the first of Jlarch they\\nstarted for Richmond and got as far as Bailey\\nCrossroads but finding no enemy returned to camj)\\nand soon after were ordered to report at Alexan-\\ndria, Va. They took the boat down the river the\\n1st of Ai)ril and on the 5th landed at Fortress\\nMonroe; The second battle of Bull Run in which\\none and one-half days were spent in hard fighting,\\nis a memorable event in the mind of our subject.\\nHe was also present at skirmishes at Big Bethel and\\nRappahannock. At this time he was on the stalf of\\n(ien. Sigel. After being in service for eighteen\\nmonths he was discharged, as for some time he had\\nbeen sick with that common army trouble, dysen-\\ntary. He was an etticient officer and received an\\nhonorable discharge. His resignation was accepted\\nFebruary 10, 1863, and since that time he has\\nnever seen what may be called a really well day.\\nAf tei- his discharge Mr. Knapp returned to War\\nsaw and worked at his trade until 1864, when he\\nremoved to Dexter, AVashtenaw County, Alicli.,\\nand was there engaged in the hardware business.\\nHe continued to be thus employed until ISCtn,\\nwhen he sold out and removed to Howell where\\nhe built his present shops. He has employed as\\nmany as fifteen men and has enjoyed the greater\\nl)art of the ijatnuiage in his line in the city for the\\nlast twenty-five years. For one year he served on\\nthe City Council.\\nIn 1841 Mv. Knap)) was united in marriage to\\nIMiss Betsey A. Brockway of Warsaw, N. Y. One\\nson, Theodore B., was the outcome of this union.\\nMrs. Betsey Knap]) died in Ai)ril, 1846. He was\\nagain married, his second wife being Elizabeth R.\\n(Ireen. Their nuptials were solemnized Sei^tem-\\nber 9, 1847. She was a native of Portage, Wyom-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0776.jp2"}, "777": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL AI.BUM.\\n7H\\\\\\niiiji iuiil\\\\ X. Mini i Ilic iiKilliiT (if li\\\\ cliil-\\n(Iivii Kloii iicc. W illiiun .ludsoii \\\\V.. Alvn W.\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0111(1 Kli/.alictli l\\\\. riu odoif U. inairii il Iviiiily Iv\\nKcilli .iinl i llic r.-itliiT of two cliildrcn l ti ll:i\\n;iii(l Walter. I loiciicc iiiaiTii d R. II. Htiiiisay and\\nis tlio iiiotlHT of two cliildivii .\\\\iiiiic and Leonard:\\nAVilliain. who mairivd Maiiyic I .iiriows and two\\nfliildicii aiv tlu outiMHiii of tlii union \\\\Valli i-\\nand Mainio; .Tudson W. married Annie iMwin; Alva\\n\\\\V. i tlie hushand of Ida Se^l.T: Kiizalietli is llic\\nwife of (li. irles (ioodnow and is tlie nioliier of\\ntliiee eliildreii wliose names are Don. Nina and\\nHlanelie; Kstella married .Miller lieurnian; one son,\\nMax. has eonie to them to enliven their honio;\\nWalter W. married (iraee Fishrieek; they also have\\none ilauichter. .Iiilia. lie of whom we write is a\\nDemoeiaf in his jiolitieal jnedelietion. lie is a\\nMason and also a memlier of Odell Tost. No. 120\\nO. A. R., and has held all the ollices exceptins^ that\\nof Senior Warden. He is a memlier of the r.ajitist\\nC hureh and havinir lieen eleeted Deaeon twenty\\nyeai s ago has ever sinee acted in that ea|iaeity.\\ni-J ^*5* J **C\\n-(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i* 5\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2F\\n^J/ ON. DAMKL W. DIN rriv lF. It must l)f\\na pleasinii Ihoualit, that after haviiisr sup-\\nplied hundreds of human beings with the\\nmeans of supporting life by hard labor and\\nmuch planning, that one s elTorts have been aji-\\npreciated. so that in the afternoon one can jiiit\\naside the cares of the active conllict and retire\\nfrom the immediate oversight of ones interests, en-\\njoying the fruit of early labor ami the conseioii.^-\\nnes.s that (mes life li;is not liei ii lived in v;iin\\nthat ill supplying the physical wants no opportun-\\nity has been neglected to elevate the higher nature.\\nThere is .always that beneficent assurance as\\n^[eredith expresses it. that no life can be pure in\\nits purpose or strong in its strife ami all life not\\nbe purer and stronger thereby.\\n:Mr. Dintuiff is a native of Yates .(iinl\\\\. N. V\\nand a .son of Jacob and H.ac-hel (Leddick) DintnrtT.\\nnatives of Pennsylvania. The former was an ex-\\ntensive farmer in Yates County. N. Y.. where he\\nl)as.sed the greater portion of his life and finally\\ndied. He held various oflices in the township and\\nstood high in the eonlidenee and esteem of the\\npeople. Polilie. illy .lacob Din I in fl wa,~ a K e-\\npiiblicaii. but at Ih.al time one had not so uiiieli\\nlei ure to atti ud to the coiruptini;- iiilluences of\\npolitical life as now.\\nI lie original of our sketch was one of twelve\\nchildren. It was fortunate that his father was a\\nfanner and raised the products for family eonsunip-\\ntioii upon his own place, otherwise some of the\\nlittle ones might have gone hungry. The advant-\\nages of :iii .ac idemic education were enjoyed by\\nour subject and the best of iiilluences were felt in\\nthe home circle, where he remained iiiilil twent\\\\-\\nthree j ears of age, at which time he made a radical\\nchanges to what was then considered the far West,\\nbut to-day being only a twenty-four hours journey\\nor but little more from Michigan to any place. He\\nlocated in W.-islitenaw County, taking up a farm\\nin I ittsfield Township. His place embraced two\\nhundred acres of line land, but for some reason,\\nunknown to the writer, it did no* exactly suit its\\npurchaser, so at the end of a 3 ear he sold it and\\nremoving to Handy Township, Livingston County,\\nimrchased a farm on section 12. This first pur-\\nchase comprised eighty acres. Later he added\\none hundred .lercs more and in time forty acres\\nmore w.as added to his estate. This he partly im-\\nproved. There is upon the place a good fariii-\\nlion.se, being ctnnniodions and comfortable .a.s a\\ndwelling. There are also excellent barns uiion the\\nplace. His general attention has been paid to the\\nprod net ivene.ss of the ground and it has been made\\nto resemble in the exipiisite neatness of its wood\\nlol the richness of verdure of if.s [lasturage and\\nlield.-. one of the model larms of old estates.\\nMr. DinturlT was a member of the .State legislature\\nf(jr this county in \\\\X1 2. having held the position\\nfor two years. It w.as during his term vf ollice\\nthat the laws were passed for the iiicoi ])oration of\\nl- owlerville ami he with other members of the\\nIIon.se seciiii d Hie pas.sage of a bill, annulling the\\nrailroad lioiid of this county that had not pa.-^sed\\nthe third hands. Indeed many of the revi.sed laws\\nthat look to the bettering of the (leople in this\\nlocatitv are due to ilie foresight and judgment of", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0777.jp2"}, "778": {"fulltext": "782\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nour subject. By inheritance and conviction he of\\nwhom we write is an adherent of the Republican\\nplatform, having great confidence that its princi-\\nples, in spite of the machinations of unscrupulous\\nmen, will survive the blasts of critical opinion and\\nadverse parties. Socially a jMason.he has attained\\nto a high degree.\\nOur subject s marriage took place. November\\n1854, at which time he was united to Miss Mary\\nM. MciNLaster, of Potter, N. Y. .She is a daughter\\nof David J. and Laura (]\\\\Iansfleld) McMa.ster,\\nnatives of New Yt)rk State. Having no children\\nof his own Mr. Dinturff has been the foster father\\nof one young girl who has taken the place of a\\ndaughter to him, Ella A. Hatch by name. She is\\na talented and attractive young lady who is a\\ngraduate of the Fowlerville High School. In 1874\\noin- subject left his farming interest and came to\\nFowlerville, purchasing a fine residence on the\\ncorner of Grand River and Ilibbard streets. Re-\\npresenting the best class of jieople in this district,\\nhis home is the meeting-place for the wit and cul-\\nture of the viciriity. Since giving up the active\\ninterest in his agricultural business, the original of\\nour sketch has been engaged in the mercantile\\nbusiness in Fowlerville for three years. He with\\nhis wife is an attendant at the Methodist Eiiiscoiial\\nChurch, and has been a liberal contributor to the\\nsupi)oi t of the same. He is one of the solid and\\nsubstantial men of this county. A man of high\\ncharacter, he iirides himself that his word is as\\ngood as his bond.\\nILj^IRAM HAYNES. The narrative that relates\\nllTltj the life history of our subject is chiefly con-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2k\\\\^ nected with rural residence and agricul-\\ni^Sy) tural occupation. It began in a modest\\nlittle country home in New York State which was\\nmade by his parents Reuben and Maria (Ilance)\\nHaynes, the former a native of one of the Eastern\\nStates and a resident of New York foi- a number of\\n.vears; there he died. Mrs. Haynes father was also\\na rendent of New York. Our su) ject was one of\\nfive children. He was born Sept. 27, 1825, and at\\nthe age of twelve years he came to Michigan and\\nsettled near Adrian, Lenawee County, and six\\nyears later came to Ingham County and has ever\\nsince made his home in this State with the exce[)-\\ntion of four years spent in AVisconsin.\\nWhen a young man our suljject was engaged in\\nwork on a farm by the month. His first venture\\nin real estate was in Wisconsin, where he pur-\\nchased a farm. This he traded for seventy acres of\\nland and took up seventy acres more from the\\n(iovernment and has since added eighty acres to\\nhis purchase, now aggregating two hundred and\\ntwenty acres in all. At one time his farm com-\\nprised three hundred acres. The tract of which he\\nis now owner has been cleared and broken and\\ngood buildings have been erected thereon.\\nAt the age of twentj -Hve our subject was mar-\\nried in Ingham County to Miss Sarah Worden, an\\nearly settler of Oakland County where he died.\\nThe union of our subject and his wife has been\\nblest by the advent of nine children. They are\\nMorris, Antony, Louisa, Lewis, Lydia 1\\\\I., John and\\ntwo children wlio died in infancy. The farm\\nwhereon he now resides has been his home for\\nthirty-two years and when he first came heic it\\nwas as wild as natiu e would allow. There were\\nmany denizens of the forest and our subject, hav-\\ning been a great hunter, has killed many a deer\\nand wild turkey.\\nDiu ing the war he of whom we write was draft-\\ned into service, but hired a substitute and thus\\nescaped the experience that has saddened the life\\nof many a man. He is a farmer who has eagerly\\nemljraced every opportunity tending to improve-\\nment in the science of agriculture. Although like\\nmost men, he is interested in politics, he is not\\nwedded to party, casting his vote for the man he\\nthinks best qualified for the position regardless of\\nparty. Honorable and respected, the confidence\\nthat his townsmen have reposed in him has been\\nshown by his election to a number of offices. He\\nhas been Township Cleik of Wisconsin and Director\\nof his school district for a number of years, and\\nhas been District Treasurer for six years and is at\\npresent the incumbent of that office. Much credit\\nis due our subject for the success that he has made", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0778.jp2"}, "779": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALHUM.\\n7M\\nof liis calling, as he began without anvtliinu; ami his\\nproperty, which is free of incnnihiaiicc, lias been\\nearned liy hardest lal)or. Our sulijcct lrove liie\\nsecond Irniii tlml c\\\\-er went tlirniiuh W illinnisloii.\\nit licinii an ox-team and at the time tliere was no\\n|ii)|)ul;itiiin at all where the present thriviiiij little\\ncity ot W iliiaMislDn is Found. The trip to niiil in\\ntiiose days occupied a week anil tin incidents anil\\nhardships of pioneer life are not unknown to him.\\nv.-\\n^^ll-^-l^ll^^\\nSO-\\njOSKI ll 1!IT{(;KSS. The -enllciuan. who\\nresi.leson the farm on section 1. llMrll:inil\\nTownsiiip. Livinii ston County, is one of the\\nearl\\\\- settlers of ]Michigan, coming here in\\n183(; with his pan-nts. The country was little\\nmore .than a wilderness at that time, and wild\\nanimals and Indians were much more familiar\\nsights tli;in the face of a white man or woman. A\\ncontemporary tells us of an experience that he had\\nwhile out at woi k in the clearing burning logs.\\nAs night came on. the wolves prowled out from\\nthe forests, and made a howling, snapping circle\\nabout the young man. They were only deterred\\nfrom pouncing on him by his throwing fiery brands\\nfrom the great heap of burning logs, into their\\nmidst. The early settlers were ever on the alert\\nfor enemies of this nature and doubtless this fact\\ndeveloped in them a prudence, and yet (piiekne.ss\\nto take advantage of favorable moments that was\\nno small cause of their siicces.*.\\nOur subject is a native of Cayuga County. X. V..\\nborn March 26, 1832. He was a sou of Scth IJurge.ss,\\na native of the same .State, who with his family came\\nto Michigan and settled in Independence Town-\\nship. Oakland County in 1836. Their home liere\\nwas a little log hut 12x14 feet in dimensions.\\nHere they lived for two years, at the eii l of which\\ntime they realized the dignity .-lud elegance of a\\ndouble log house. T hey remained in Oakland\\nCounty until 18o6 when they moved to Livingston\\nCounty and here they have lived ever since. Seth\\nBurge.ss, our subject s father, still survives at the\\npatriarchial age of ninety-four years. lie enjoys\\nthe distinction of being the oldest man in the\\ncounty. Our subject s mateinal grancifalhei w:is\\n.loseph Whipple, a native of New Il;impshiie. who\\nalso I migrated to .Michigan at an early day. com-\\ning here in 1832 at which time he located foit\\\\-\\nacres of (lovcrnment land in Independence Town-\\nship. O.tkl.inil County. He was a cooper by traile\\nand here found plenty of work among the early\\nsettlers, being himself one of the very lirst to\\nlocate in Oakland County, where he re-sided until\\nhis death wliicli took place in J)cceinl)er. 1862.\\n)in subject s mother was before her marriage, a\\nMi.ss Fannie hipple, a most honorable name in\\nthe early history of .Michigan and one having\\nsome brilliant representatives who are living at\\nthe present time. .She was a native of New Ilam|\\nshire. and died in Oakl. ind County on the old\\nhome |)lace that her father had taken up from the\\n(Jovernment. She was the mother of seven chil-\\ndren, there being four sons and three daughtei-s,\\nwlio.se names are as follows: Mary Follett, Chester\\n.Vmanda. Simeon 1). \\\\V., .M;utin li.. Joseph W.\\nand .Martha. The eldest daughter died while in\\nLos Angeles, Cal. Chester resides in Howell. Liv-\\ningston County, .\\\\manda is the wife of William\\nIlanimond, and resides in Clarkston. (l:dvi;ind\\nCounty, .Mich. .Simeon lives in Flint. .Maitin\\nlives in Holly, Oakland County, and is the owner\\nof one hundred and sixty acres of line land which\\nhe has under cultivation. ^lartlia is the wife of\\n.Sanford llilderbrant. and is a resident of Ilarlland\\nTownship. hir subject is the. sixth child in order\\nof birth, and tlie fourth sou. He was a wee\\ntoddler when his pnrents came to this State, not\\nold enough to realize anything but the fun and\\nnovelty of their situation. On the way hither his\\nfather carried him on his back eighteen miles, and\\nhis earliest recollection is of their home in the little\\nlog house that his grandfather had built in In--\\ndependence Township. Oakland Connly. They\\nhad not :ni over supply of worldly |iosse.ssioiis oi-\\nfilthy lucre, and were obliged to pawn their goods\\nto get through, but the little log hou.se. though\\ntilled alnuist to overtU)wing with the grown people\\nand children, was the abiding pl.aee of great hearl.s\\nthat were \\\\indauuted by such obstacles .is they en-\\ncountered, anil was the scene of the warmest affec-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0779.jp2"}, "780": {"fulltext": "784\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ntion and true content, and altliongli the first\\nwinter was niemorahle because of its severity and\\nthe fact that so niau\\\\ were crowded into such a\\nsmall space, it wa\u00c2\u00bbs brightened hy an immense fire-\\nplace, which, however, had b it a stick chimney.\\nTiie father if our suliject set aliout clearing\\nup the farm and as the openings widened and\\nthe ground was enriched with the charred em-\\nl)ers of stumps and logs, he set out a line\\norchard that afterward yielded a rich harvest,\\nalthough at that time fruit was a luxury tliat couhl\\nbe enjoyed by l)ut few. Both the maternal grand-\\nparents and our subject s mother jiassed away on\\n111 is place. j\\\\Ir. Burgess continued to reside with\\nhis father until he was twent3 -one years of age, at\\nwhich time he determined to set out in the world\\nfor himself. He had at that time a yoke of steers\\nand twelve shillings in monej The proud posses-\\nsor of these riches, he went to Hamburg. His first\\ninvestment was in fort^ acres of land, whicli he\\nsold and upon which he made 1150. He then\\nwent back and bought forty acres of the old home-\\nstead and remained there for about three years, j\\nduring which time he was engaged in improving\\nthe place. In 1855 he came to Ilartland Township,\\nand located on section 34, where he purchased a\\nfarm of one hundred and sixty acres, remaining\\nthere one 3 ear. After that he made several trades,\\nowning at different times here three farms, placing\\nimprovements on each and building good houses.\\nMr. Burgess located where he now resides in 1869.\\nHere he has a farm .of one hundred and twenty-\\nseven acres, most of which is under cultivation.\\nHe erected his present resident in 1877, at a cost\\nof ^2,300. It is a fine two-story frame dwelling,\\nsubstantial and attractive in build and style. He\\nhas built good and commodious barns and out-\\nhouses on his place and in fact has a first class farm\\nthat is free of all mcumbr.ance.\\nOn July 5, 1856, our sultject was united in mar-\\nried in Independent Township, Oakland County,\\nto Miss Mary Jacobs, a native of this State, having\\nbeen born in Genoa Township, Livingston County,\\nDecember 28, 1839, where she was reared and edu-\\ncated. They have one son whose name is Melvin\\nJ. He was born October 10, 1859, and resides\\nwith bis parents at home, assisting his father with\\nconducting the work of the farm. He of whom\\nwe write is a Democrat in his political following.\\nHe has been Highway Commissioner and is very\\nwell known in this coinity, being a genial. affal)le\\nman. whose interests and sympathies are with his\\nneighbors and fellow men. Our subject is the\\n)W ner of some fine stock of registered Jerseys, and\\nhas purchased horses in Ohio that are of purest\\nbreeding. He matches teams and sells them in\\nDetroit. He has done a general business in the\\ncounty and township in threshing, having for\\n\\\\ears had almost a monopoly of that industry, and\\nhaving found it to he quite jirofitaljle. He has\\nbeen tlic owiu r of three new threshing machines\\nthat were of the latest and most approved style.\\nOur subject was drafted in the late war. but\\nfurnished a subsitute at the expenses of -^1, 01 111\\nand also heli)ed clear the town of every call.\\n^UIAULE.S SULLIVAN, a representative\\nfarmer and stock-raiser, residing on sectiDn\\n23, Locke Township, Ingham County, was\\nborn July 6, 1846, in Ashtabula County, Ohio.\\nHis father, James Sullivan, is still living, and is a\\nnative of New York, and the mother Nancy A.\\n(Crowell) Sullivan, was born in New England and\\nhas now passed from earth.\\nWhen only two years of age oiu subject migrat-\\ned with his parents to Ionia C ount^ .^Iich., whence\\nthey came a little later to Ingham Ctinnty and\\nmade their home upon the farm where Charles\\nSullivan now resides. The father is now in his\\nseventy-third year and greatly enjoys seeing the\\nimprovements which have been made throughout\\nall this region, since the early pioneer days when\\nhe underwent hardships in the primeval forests.\\nOf his six children five are living, namely: Erne-\\nline, wife of Gardner Rice; Charl(*s; Ali honzo.\\nBenjamin, and Eva, wife of John A. Cox. The\\nson who has departed this life was AVilliam who\\ndied while in the service of his country. The\\nmother ended her earthlj^ career Februarj 24, 1884.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0780.jp2"}, "781": {"fulltext": "I ORTUAI I AND IJIOGRAI IIK AL ALIU M.\\nH.-,\\nCliiirifS Siilli\\\\:iii liMil lii cii-ly ti :iiiiiM;: fiii life\\nill llu woodri of Iiiuliaiii t tmiitv and liis I din jitinn\\nwas oblaiiu d in IIr pnlilic schools. Ik has hi on a\\nthorough and systematic reader throu fhout life\\nand lias larjicly broadened his view of men and\\nthings, througli access to l)ooivs and papeis. Hi-\\nmarriage oeciirred .lanuary 20. 1H(!7. iiisln-ide lieinii\\nKliza Chamliers, daiighliM- i \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2eorge Chanilieis.\\nKiiglish jjeople wiio came to this State before the\\nl irth of their daugiiter. .^Ir. Siiiliwiii owns a line\\nfarm of one liiindred and forty acres and his pro-\\nperty lias been largely gained through his own\\nindustry and good management.\\nThe Methodist Ki)isco|ml Church i the ri ligiou\\nbody with which Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan aieactive-\\n1\\\\ connected, and the political views of this gentle-\\nman ally him with the l{ei)ubiicaii jiarty. lii-\\nmother died February 21, 18)Sl, and his father who\\nis a septuagenarian, is one of the oldest pioneers of\\nLocke Townshi]). The home and the farm of Mr.\\nSullivan are among the liiust in this vicinity and\\nit is the center of much hospitality and social life.\\n^+^1\\nS]\\nLKX.VNDKU MOMiOi;. .Viiioiig the solid\\ni Wfu business men of Leroy Township, Ingham\\ni t ounty. the judgment of no one is more\\nrespected and sought tiian that of him\\nwhose name is at the head of this sketch. Far-\\nsighted, discreet, iirudent. and with high executive\\nability, he is well qnalilied to take the lead in niat-\\nteis of tinancc or local government among his co-\\nlaborers. He is a native of New York State, having\\nbeen born in )ntaiio Couuty, .July 2H. 1X2 He\\nis a son of Lemuel and .Martha Kolin Monroe.\\nHis father was a Revolutionar\\\\ soldier, being about\\nsixteen years of age when he joineil the army. He\\nwas also in the War of 1HI2. ;ind one of his sons.\\nArchibald .Monroe, a half-lirolher of our subject,\\ngave his life a sacrilice to the freedom of his coun-\\ntry in the battle of (^ueenstown Heights in which\\nthe father also fought. Many of the exclusive\\nfour hundred of Mew York who make much of\\ntheir ancestrv :ts is now the fashion, ha\\\\i not ^o\\ngood a claim to the respect of loyal .Vmericjins a.s\\nh;is he of whom we write, his father being a twice\\nloyal servitor of the Continental army. On the\\npaternal side jf his house .Mr. .M uiroe is Scotch.\\nOur subject s sire was three times married and\\nhe w:is the father of a large family of children, of\\nwhoiii live only now survive. They are: Francis,\\nLhiiira, .\\\\bigail, James and .Mexander. He of\\nhorn we write was reared to manhood in his na-\\nti\\\\ e county and State. His education was of the\\nmost desultory character, having early to give his\\ntime and attention to the work of the farm. When\\nonly ten years of age he was lioiind out to Judge\\nSmith, of Ontario County, X. V.. .and remained\\nwith him until he reached years of majority. The\\nslight advantages that he had in an educational\\nway, were supplemented by study in the winter\\nevenings by the light of the open tireplace.\\n.\\\\boiit 1817 the original of our sketch came to\\nLivingston County, .Mich., and resided there a\\nnumber of years. He then cleared a farm, which\\nhe imin-oved tosonie extent but gave up in order to\\nrenio\\\\ e to Ingham County and in 185!) he settled\\nu|)oii the place where he at present resides, having\\ntrausfornied it from its original wild state to that\\nof the most finished agricultural work. He was\\nmarried October 2. 1H; )(I. his bride being Charlotte\\nSmith. She bore him two children Selden and\\nDwight. both of whom are now deceased. Mr.-.\\nCharlotte .Monroe departed this life April 7. IS .M).\\nFor so many years the .sympathetic and tender\\ncompanion of her hu-sband s career, a great voi l has\\nbeen left in his life by her decease.\\nMr. Monroe is the ])roprietor and owner of one\\nhundred acres of line laud that is mostly under\\ncultivaliou. He has served as Township Com mi.s-\\nsioner. lilling the ollice to the satisf.action of\\nhis constituents. Uepnblican in his political\\nconvietion. our siiliject has the greatest faith in\\nthe future prosperity of the country under (he\\nexi cutioii of the laws as enacted by his party.\\nHe is a pi ogre.ssive and public-spirited man. ready\\nand anxious t(j do all tli.-it is for the advantage of\\niiidi\\\\idiial or general pros|)erity in Ins district.\\nLiberal in his religious views, our subject s wife\\nwas during her life a member of the Methodi.-I\\nProtestant Church. .Mr. Monroe is a line t\\\\pe of", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0781.jp2"}, "782": {"fulltext": "786\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nthe Wolverine pioneer and is greatly respected by\\nall who know him. AVe take great pleasure in pre-\\nsenting him in this A mum to the notice of many\\nwho know and highly regard him.\\ni\\n.(Qb=i-\\n(SJ^\\n1^. R. WILLIAM DIXN COOPER. This\\nprominent professional man of Lansing,\\nIngham County, having his office at No.\\n218 South Wasliington Street, is a gradu-\\nate of the Homeopathic Department of the Uni-\\nversity of Michigan. He took his diploma in the\\nClass of 83 and for awhile followed general prac-\\ntice, hut now gives iiis special attention to surgery,\\nparticularly in tlie line of the treatment of can-\\ncers, wliich he treats both surgically and hy medi-\\ncinal remedies as the case may demand. He has\\nassociated with liini Air. .1. F. Cooley.\\nDr. Cooper was horn in Louisville, Ky., Novem-\\nlier 9, 18o9, and is the son of P lijah N. and Ella\\n(Owen) Cooper. Wlien young the parents came\\nto Hillsdale, this Stale, and his father, who was a\\npliysician and surgeon located successively in\\nvarious parts of the State. The young man de-\\ncided to folk)w his father s profession and read\\nmedicine with him, taking his lectures at the Uni-\\nversity of Michigan from winch he was graduated\\nas we have before said.\\nThe young doctor located first for general prac-\\ntice at A\\\\ ayne, tliis Slate, and tt)tik such cases as\\ncame to him, yet all the time i)ursuing his special\\nstudies in surgery and perfecting himself in that\\nbranch of the healing art, following up his re-\\nsearches which liis special studies at llie university\\nhad opened u)) to him. Immediately after his\\ngraduation he had served as assistant to the Chair\\nof Obstetrics and (iynecoU)g\\\\- and after that went\\nto Wa\\\\ne. His exceptional advantages liad pre-\\nl)ared him for Ids life work and two years later he\\nremoved to Lansing and opened his office here.\\nBefore settling down to work lie took a vacation\\nand a trip to the Soutii wiiicli refreshed and re-in-\\nvigcuated the young student and prepared liim for\\nthe hard work to wliicii he had settled for life. He\\nis having excellent success with his special cases\\nand is building up a growing iiractice. His stand-\\ning in the profession is evinced by las meml)ershii)\\nin various societies of repute, as he lielongs to the\\nInternational Hahnemann Society and the Ameri-\\ncan Institute of Ilomeopatliy as well as the State\\nSociety.\\nDr. E. N. Cooi)cr, tlie father of our sulijecl, was\\nborn near Dayton, Ohio, and read medicine at\\nJackson, Mich., taking his degree in Ann Arbor.\\nHe pursued his practice through life and up to the\\ndate of liis deatli. which took place in Jackson, in\\n1880. Tlie mother of our subject died wlien lie\\nwas rpiite young, and he has only one sister Kate\\nwife of Ula Mead, of Battle Creek. Dr. Cooper\\nstands higli in the social circles of Lansing, and it\\nis the hope of his friends that before long he will\\nestablish a home here by choosing a comiianion\\nwhose amiable traits and high character will match\\nhis own and whose influence will add still more to\\nthe high reputation which he bears among his fel-\\nlow-citizens.\\nA\\n()IIN W. SM.M.LEY. Among the re|iie-\\nsentatixe and successful farmers of Handy\\nTownship, Livingston County, the name of\\nJohn AV. Smalley may well appear, as his\\nsmall and well cultivated farm of fifty acres on\\nsection 21, bears every mark of the hand of a pro-\\ngressive and systematic farmer. Air. Smalley is a\\nAA olverine by liirth, having entered this life in\\nLodi, AV ashtenaw County, in 1836. His parents\\ngrew up and were married in the Empire State,\\nand came to Michigan in the year of 1835, settling\\nin AVashtenaw County. The father, David Smalley\\nhere engaged in farming and having a fine tract\\nof one luiiidred and forty acres carried it on suc-\\ncessfully until death ended his labors. He was an\\ninfluential man in his township and filled the of-\\nfices of Supervisor and Treasurer therein witli\\no^reat credit to himself and profit to the citizens of\\nthe township. His excellent wife, who bore the", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0782.jp2"}, "783": {"fulltext": "rORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n787\\nia:liilcii liMMK ut l!cli( ;i Mel )liu:ll. \\\\v;is lioril ill\\nNow York niul hcc-inic the nintlicr uf four cliildreii.\\n(ieorjic .luhn. ,M!ii\\\\ iiinl .IniiU s. She is still liviiiij\\nin Waslitcn.-iw Cumily.\\nTiic fatiiiT of our suhjoct was no politician, yot\\nwas (U i i ly interi sti d in jniblic att aiis ami volt d\\nthe Deniofratie ticket, lie was a sincere and earn-\\nest Christian and a lieliever in the doctrines of the\\nSeventh Day IJaptists. His farinini; operations\\nweri unusually successful anil he liecaine a man of\\nwealth, lie accomplished much sci ious ))ioneer\\nwork and cleared :nid improved a lai a e tract of\\nland. His father. Henry Smalley was a New .ler-\\nsey man who came Wi st with hi.s .son David and\\nremained with him the remainder of his life. He\\nwas keenly interested in politics and was a worker\\nfor the Democratic party. His death took place\\non election day and his last words were how joes\\nthe lection.- He had been a Revolutionai-y sol-\\ndier an l felt a keen interest in the welfare of the\\ncountry he had helped to free from the liriti.sli\\nrule.\\nThe boyhood of .lohn W. .Smalley was passed\\nu]K)n the farm in Washtenaw County until he\\ni-eached the aire of lifteen years, and he there took\\nhi.s schooling. He then with his brother John\\ntook cliar\u00c2\u00a3i:e of the old homestead and they worked\\nit toiiether for six years, after whicli he came to\\nIhnuly Township and settled upon eisjhty acres of\\nlaud where he now lives. This was in IHoT, and\\nsince that time he h;is dispo.sed of some thirty\\nacres of that land. He has cleared off his farm\\nand ])l!iced upon it jjood substantial buildini s and\\nother lirst class imi)rovements.\\nI pon .Mr. Smalley s farm oui may always find\\nan excellent ijrade of cattle and horses. He pays\\nesjiecial attention to .lersey cattle and his sheep\\nand h(iL;s are well-kept and of jjood breeils. \\\\:\\\\y\\nous townslii|) otiices have been ifiven int j his\\nhands and he has executed the duties pertainiiiij\\nto thini with judifment and success, so that the\\nresidents of the townshi|) feel i^reat confidence in\\nhis practical ability.\\nNothinii: in the life of Mr. .Smalley is more\\nworthy of note than his marriMire in 1 Hot), as he\\nwas then united with Miss Maryaret Boy land, a\\nnative of tlu Ki Vstone St.ate. tuid the dautjhter of\\n.l;icob Uoyland. To her were };r!iiited thice chil-\\ndren, and two of them are still livinj;. The oldest\\nson, David U is unmarried but William II.. was\\nsome years ago united with Miss Katie Ilaveland\\nof Io.seo Township and li.as two cliai min^ children\\n(luy and Myra. Mrs. .Marfjaret Smalley pa.s.sed\\nfrom earlh in 1\u00c2\u00ab8;3 and Mr. Smalley was a second\\ntime mairied. The |iresent Mrs. Smalley bore the\\nmaiden name of Kmma Zimmerman and she was a\\nresident of Washtenaw County, Micli., and a\\ndauirhter of Frederick Zimmerman. f(n- wlnun she\\nhas named her only child. Frederick. He of whom\\nwe write is interested in all movements pertaining\\nto the welfare of the farmin commnnity and is\\nan active member of the (i range. The DeuHjcratic\\np. irty in it* declarations has embodied the political\\nprinciples in which ^Ir. Smalley believes, and In-\\ncasts his \\\\ote for the candidates of that bodv.\\nL ^^II()M.VS WOll.D.S. Among the .self-made\\n/v^Y men of Livingston County none deserve\\n^1^^ greater credit than the subject of this\\nnotice, who is in possession of a eoniforUible\\namonnt of this world s goods, obtained by hard\\nlabor and good management. .\\\\t the beginning,\\nwhen he started out in life for himself, lie made it\\na rule to live within his income, and this resolve,\\nclosely followed, has given him an independence\\nthan which there is no more plea.sant feeling in\\nthe world. In possession of a tine home and a\\nsi)lendid family, together with the respect of his\\nfellow-men, he surely has much to make life desir-\\nable. His occupation through life has been prin-\\ncipally agriculture, and he ha.s made his own w:iy\\nin the world since he wiis ten years old.\\nThe parents of our subject, Robert and Kliza-\\nbeth Woulds, were natives of Linctilnsliire, Kng-\\nland. where their son Thomas was born Xovemlier\\n1 1. I82(). He was reared on his father s farm, and\\nas the nearest school was three miles distant, his\\neducational advantages were limited, and he is\\nmainly self-educated. For a .short time he lived\\nwith an uncle, and at the aire of thirteen he", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0783.jp2"}, "784": {"fulltext": "788\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nworked out on a farm for X! per yuar. WIkii\\nhe was of age he entered Ihi raUroad euiiih)y.\\nand worked on a railroad for nearly two \\\\ears,\\nthus being enabled to save some mone^-. In the\\nfall of 1852 he embarked for the United States,\\nand after a monotonous voyage of six weeks he\\narrived at the harlior of New York.\\nThence Mr. Woulds jiroeeeded to Pennsylvania,\\nwhere he worked on a farm in AVayne County.\\nThe year 18. )4 marked his arrival in Michigan,\\nwhen going to Pontiac he purchased a team and\\nwent to Milford. lie remained for a time, work-\\ning for Gov. Bingham on a farm m (ireen Oak\\nTownship, this county. On .Tune 28, IS. Jf, lie\\nIxiught a farm in Brighton Townshi]), on section\\nUj, and removing thereto he commenced the work\\nof improvement. In 1850 he purchased two hun-\\ndred and forty acres where he now lives, and has\\nsince devoted his attention assiduously to clear-\\ning and improving the place, embellishing it with\\na sulistantial set of farm buildings, and making it\\nout- of the finest estates in the townshii).\\nIn tlic fall of 18o2, abovit four weeks before lie\\nset s.ail for America, Mr. Woulds was married to\\nHannah Abbott, who, like himself, was a native of\\nEngland. Their married life has been congenial,\\naixl they have estalilished a solid reputation\\namong their neighbors for their sincere hospitality\\nand kindly manners. Politically, Mr. Woulds is a\\nDemocrat, although he is by no means an otHce\\nseeker, preferring the quiet of home life to the ex-\\ncitement of official duties. lie now owns one\\nhundred and sixty acres of land, well cultivated,\\nand, with its various buildings, ccmiprising one of\\nthe best homesteads in the community.\\n^l\\nH)\\nvg.|^|^^-\\nUGUSTUS A. IIOWAIM). Tlie m.ain lea-\\ntures of oiu subject s life are those of\\nmany ant)ther, having had but few oppor-\\ntunities as a boy. His educational advan-\\ntages, though consisting of but three months in\\neach year and such odd times as he could be spared\\nfrom the duties of a farm, were improved as far as\\npossible and in later years, possessed of a strong\\nindividuality and perseverance, he, liy reading and\\ninvestigation, so broadened and enlarged his earlier\\nstudies as to become an intelligent student of the\\ntopics of tlie day as well as a wide-awake business\\nman\\nAugustus A. Howard, who has one of the largest\\nand most pojiidar grocery and crockery houses in\\nthe city of Mason, Ingham County, was Ijorn in\\nPerrysburg, Ohio, January 3(t, 1826, in the early\\ndays of the j)ioneers of the Maumee A alley. He\\nis the eldest son of Robert A. and Priscilla Nelsen\\nHoward, who were natives of New York, emigrat-\\ning to the Buckeye State as early as 1822. Their\\nson was reared on a f.arm acquiring the sturdy\\ncharacteristics of the early settlers, and here, also,\\nin the immediate neighborhood she who was des-\\ntined in later years to share with him the burdens\\nand cares of life was reared. As children and\\nyoung people they were schoolmates and, when\\ngrowing to manhood and womanhood, recognized\\nin each other an affinity and concluded to make\\nthe journey of life together. They were married\\nDecember 31, 1849,, at which time the groom was\\nabout twenty-four years of age. The bride, Sarah\\nAnna Graham, was the daughter of Thomas and\\nAnna (Norton) (iraliam. and was born in the State\\nof New Y ork March 23, 1826. Her mother was a\\nnative of Canada, her father s early history being\\nsurrounded with a halo of mystei-y and ronianee or\\neven tragedy. As near as his memory would \\\\tev-\\nmit, at about eight or nine years of age while with\\nhis younger sister, standing on the dock at his na-\\ntive home either in England or Scotland, he was\\ninduced by the Captain to go on board a vessel\\nlying near at hand. The vessel was soon ]iut to\\nsea bearing the stolen child whose only farewell\\nwas the tears of an astonished and frightened sister\\nremaining on the dock. As the Captain always\\ntreated him very kindly, requiring no work from\\nhim and favoring him \\\\\\\\ith undue attention it was\\nthe conclusion of his later years that the abduction\\nwas the plan of a step-mother to favor the jiro])-\\nerty interests of her own children.\\njMissed by his father, the latter wrote toa lirother\\nresiding on an island, tlie name of which has been\\nforgf)tlen, to watch passing vessels, find the boy", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0784.jp2"}, "785": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n789\\nand SOI to his safe lotuni limiic. lli was ruimil,\\nplact d in care of a fiieiully caiitaiii lioinoward\\nliuuiid. TIk boat was (.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0apturccl liy the Algerians\\nMild all on liiiaicl taken prisoners, hut before reacb-\\niiiy land they were ship-wrecked. Tlie i. id was\\npicked up, taken in ciiar j:e Iiy an Kiiizlish lady on\\nlier way to Aiiierica and soon lamled in New York.\\nAfter Mr. Howard s inarriaL;e he remained at tlie\\n(ihl homestead assistini; at tlie farm for about two\\nyears and then laiinchi d Into the mercMiilile Imsi-\\niiess at Bryan. ()hio, openiii j; a dr\\\\ -ii;oods store in\\nliartnershi]) with a brother. lie was thus occui ied\\nfor about three years, but through the disastrous\\niiilluence of what is known as wildcat specula-\\ntion they lost their stock. He afterward removed\\nto lUitler. Ind.. in wliii-h |ilace he was enjjaged in\\nvarious branches of mercantile Imsiness for about\\neisjlit years, sometimes on sjilary and sometimes in\\nin business for himself.\\nIn 1867 our subject removed from Butler to\\n]\\\\Iason, this St;ite, where he bec. ime enu:;iaed in\\ngeneral luerchanilise with .1. L. Isheiwood. which\\nfirm continued for some three \\\\-e;irs. ,\\\\t tlii ex-\\n[liration of tiiat time they sohl oul their slock and\\ngood-will to Horatio I ralt :ind .Mr. Howard re-\\nmained with him two years. The four succeeding\\nyears he s])ent in the West, nineteen months as\\nsul)-agent at Ft. Knndall, Dak., serving under his\\nbrother who was the I nited States Indian .Vgent\\nto the Spotted Tail .Sioux; eighteen months on the\\nXortli Platte, in the vicinity of Ft. Laramie, dur-\\ning the .Sitting Bull war and massacre of (ien.\\nCuster and his command, and the balance of the\\ntime assisting in the removal of the Poiica Indiaus\\nfroin Dakota to Indian Territory.\\nOn his return to the Cenlral .States oiw subject\\nagain came to Mason and launched into mercantile\\nbusiness associated with X. A. Dunning, .\\\\fter\\ndissolving this partnership he and Ins son opened\\ntheir present business house under the linn n:ime\\nof Howard iV- Son, in .\\\\pril. IH.so. To Mr.aiid .Mr.s.\\nHoward were bfjrn three children, two of whom\\nare now living. A son, W. E.. was born .\\\\pril 1 1.\\nlM. \u00c2\u00bb2.and is now equal p.artnei in the business lieie\\ncarried on. He is married, liis wife Laving been\\nin her maiden days Alice .1. Wlieeloek, born at l)e\\nPevster. X. V.. in IH.jI. Their marriage w:is cele-\\nbrated at Parma. .Mich., in April. IMhO; ilic\\\\ have\\ntwo children L P.erllia and Frances A. .Mr.\\nHoward s youngest child is .Mary Priscilla. born in\\n1\u00c2\u00abG0 at Butler, Ind. She was educated at .Ma.son\\nand after completing the regular coui-se spent four\\nyears in teaching. She wjls married .March 1\u00c2\u00abK;\\nto Dr. s. II. Culver, a graduate of the Regular\\nI)ei)artmeiit of the I niversity of Michigan, and\\nwho has acquired a large practice at Ma.son.\\nThe original of our sketch is a Republican of\\nthe Whig style, and the confidence which his fel-\\nlow-townsmen repose in his integrity and honor is\\nshown lp\\\\ tli fact that he lias been the Incumbent\\nof most important positions in the city, as City\\nCollector and Treasurer. He, with his wife and\\ndaughter, are members of tli\u00c2\u00bb Piesbyteriau Church.\\nhis own and his wife s membership dating from\\nIX. )7. For yeai-s he h.as been i)rominent in church\\nwork, having been KIder since 18(i(i, and is now\\nSenior l- ,ldcr in the church at .Mason.\\n\\\\MI Fl. SK.VDAN. It is gratifying to till\\n^^2 historian to recount the experiences of the\\nearly pioneers in the Wolverine .State,\\nand especially to tell the story of\\nthose who are still remaining in our midst,\\nwhose life work has extended over most of what\\nhas p.-i-M d in the |)resenl century. Tlie.se pliuii\\nand simple annals do not sound the trumpet to\\nannounce great and world-famous deeds but they\\nrecount the story of |uiet. unostentatious lives\\nwhich ha\\\\e been made emphatic iiy truth and jus-\\ntice, industry and uprightness.\\nThe pioneer whose name appears at the head of\\nthis sketch, and who resides on .section 1. Ingham\\nTownship, Ingham County, was born in Newberg.\\nOrange County, X. i Xovember 28, 1808. His\\nhonored arents, John and Christian (.layne )Ska-\\ndan, natives of Xew York and Rhode Islaiul,\\nrespectively, were married at Floriil.M. Irange\\nCoiintv. X. ind removed ill 1 .s22 to Cavlnr. i", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0785.jp2"}, "786": {"fulltext": "790\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nCounty, where they settled in Sennett Township,\\nnot far from Aiihiini. Ik rc tlio father passed away\\nat the age of twenty-tive years, on ilarch 9, 1H24,\\nan l his widow remained upon the lioniestead until\\nshe reached the very advanced age of ninety-one\\nyears, when her spirit took its flight to its heavenly\\nhome, July 4, 1,S68. liesjdes his work as a farmer,\\nJohn Skadan had followed the vocation of a wheel-\\nright. In iiolilies he followed the doctrines of De\\nAVitt Clinton, whose career as (iovernor of the\\nEmpire State he watched with great pride.\\nThirteen children were the number that gathered\\nabout the hearthstone in this New York home, and\\nthey l ore the names of Dency, Robert, William,\\nMary A., Jane, Fannie. Sannu l. Jane, Eliza, Cath-\\nerine, Charles, Joiin .and Ivlmund. Our subject\\nand his sisters Jane (the younger), and Catherine\\nare the only survivors of this numerous flock.\\nUntil he reached the age of fourteen the Iwy re-\\nmained in Newliergand then went with his parents\\nto Sennett, Cayuga County, where he was reared\\nupon the farm and received a sound common-\\nschool education. He remained at home until he\\nreached the age of twenty-tive years, when he mar-\\nried and made a home foi- himself upon the farm\\nnear liis parents, until the spring of 1837. when he\\nremoved to Cosliocton County, Ohio, and there he\\nlived until ()ctober, 184(1, when he removed to\\nMichigan.\\nTiie first home wliich Mr. Skadan made for liim-\\nself in tills State was situated one-half mile soutli\\nof the village of Dansville, Inghiim County, and\\nthere he iiartiall_\\\\ cleared up a small farm which in\\n1844 he exchanged for the projierty where he now\\nresides, and which has been his home since that\\ntime with tlie exception of four years, which lie\\nspent in jNIason, the county seat, at the time when\\nhe lilled the otHce of County Treasurer. His first\\npurchase comprised one hundred and twenty acres\\nand he now has one hundred and seventy. He\\nfound this land a wilderness and he cleared about\\none- half of it in his early life here. He now has\\none liundred and forty .acres cleared and improved\\nand has been a successful and judicious farmei\\nHis fine farm and good improvements testify to his\\n.skill and industry. He began life with notliing\\nand his flfty-one _ye.ars of service upon the same\\nfarm have left their mark upon both the community\\nand liis own surroundings.\\nOur subject h.as been for many years a leading\\nman in his township, being unusually w-ell-read and\\nwell-informed and being known far and wide as a\\njudicious and thoughtful man. He is a leader in\\nhis party and cast his first Presidential vote for\\nAndrew Jackson, which he has followed up by\\na straight Democratic vote ever since. At an early\\nd.ay he served .as Constable in New York, and has\\nIieen in oliice most of the time since he came to\\nc;uiie to Michigan. For twenty-five years he has\\nbeen tlie Township Su|jervisor, and in 1848 he was\\nelected Treasurer of Ingham County, and after a\\nservice of two years was re-elected in 1850. He\\nserved for four years as Coroner of Ingham County,\\nand almost every township ofHce has been his He\\nw.as President of the Ingham County Vive Insurance\\nCompan\\\\- for ten years and is still one of its mem-\\nbers. He is prominently identified with the order\\nof Free and Accepted Masons in which he has taken\\nthe Master s degree.\\nMiss Irena Sheldon a native of Sennett, Cayuga\\nCounty, N. Y., liecame INIrs. Samuel Skadan, Janu-\\nary 9. 1832, in her native town. She was born\\nDecemlier IT), 1808, and was a daugliter of Daniel\\nand Racliel (Sheldon) Sheldon, both natives of\\nNew England, who were amcmg the first settlers of\\nSennett Township, Cayuga County. To ^Nlr. and\\nMrs. .Skadan w-ere born three ciiildren. Juliette. Lou-\\nisa J. and Hiram N. The mother of these children\\npassed from earth March 8, 1848, and not a member\\nof lier father s family is now living.\\nMr. Skadan was a second time married, Sep-\\ntember 28, 1848, to Miss Emeline Sherman, of Ing-\\nham Township, this county. She w.as a native of\\nCayuga County. N. Y., and was born September 2fi,\\n1838, being a daughter of Josiah .and Ruth (Carr)\\nSherman, lioth natives of New York. One child\\nonly blessed this union lohn AV.,and Mrs Skadan\\npassed from eaith ^March 4, 1850. Mercy C. At-\\nwood was the maiden name of tlie present iSIrs.\\nSkadan. Her union with our snViject was solemn-\\nized April 14. 1 85.5. in Ingham Township. She also\\nis a native of Cavuga County, wliere she w.as lioin\\nMay 3. 1824, and is a daughter of Zenos and Ihil-\\ndali Atwood. of wliom our readers will find fuitlier", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0786.jp2"}, "787": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIHCAL ALBUM.\\n791\\n|)articul;ii- in the life skchlinr M. M. Anvmicl.\\nwliicli i Ii lie found I lscwlicic In tliis voliinn-.\\nTlii- union ha-; liccn lili sscd liy llic liictli of llircc\\nchililicn. I lii\\\\(l Samuel ami .U unic I\\nII.I.IAAI IIANSKN. I lic oit.v of Lan-\\nl Ji lirovided with |)liaini:K iiT;.\\nyV/ lansiinii; in cliaractor from tlie rlnsty, mys-\\ntj i-ioiis lookiniT I ottics tiiat aif airaycd alony the\\nslii lvos and ai\\\\f the small inti riois a closi and\\nIvisU iii o lor, to the handsome stores with iireat\\nplale lass windows in which are dis]ila\\\\e(i in\\na most faseinatini; older the ehoieest produets. not\\nonly of the elieniist and iiharmacist, hut of the\\nmauufaeturei- and fiom the sea-lieautiful sponiies,\\nliiu hes. deli(atel\\\\- pi ifunied jiowder. toilet articles\\nof all desei-iptions att/act the attention and iinite\\nIhc purchafei-. Then tlieic is the soda water foun-\\ntain that e\\\\cr present and necessary acccssoi-y to\\na diutriris s outfit, and behind, stowed away in\\nmysterious eoruers as well as displayed in faseinat-\\nina eut-i;iass iKjttles are cordials and simph s and\\ncompounds from which the most skilled medical\\npriictitioneiian have his picscriptions filled. Sneli\\na place is the estalilishnient of the iientlenian whose\\nname is at the head of this sketch, and whose pt)r-\\nIr.ait appears on the opposite pajie.\\nMr. Hansen is a (ierinan hy liirtli and ancestry.\\nhaxini; lieen liorn in the city of lianovei-. (Jer-\\nniany. April II. l.sCll. His fathci- was William\\nHansen, a native of the same place, and his pater-\\nnal iiiandfather was (iottlieli AV. Hansen, who was\\nhorn in Schleswig:, and held the ollit e of JIayi r of\\nhis city in (iermany. under Frederick William dnr-\\nniii the War of 1\u00c2\u00ab12. He was in the battle of\\nWaterloo and did .good service. Foi twenty-ei ht\\nyears he was connected with the military service\\nill Jei n:any. Kiglit years prit^ir to his decease he\\nretired from active service !ind was the recipient of\\na pension. His death t(jok place at his liead(|uar-\\nters in Hauover. His family was of Danish de-\\nscent.\\n)ur subject s father was viil-cloth manufact-\\nurer in the city of Hanovei I.atei-. in IHTH. he\\norg.anizcd a larj^e company for the niannfacture\\nof .Niil-clotli by machinery. The lirni was cliartercd\\nunder the n.-ime of the Hanover Sjiil A- Sock .Man-\\nufacturing Company, and of this he w;is Secretary\\nuntil about 1\u00c2\u00ab77, at which time he sold his inter-\\nest. His de.ath occurred in 1MM2. when he was\\nsixty-four years of age. Personally, lie was of\\nniagniticent pliysiqne. iieing linel\\\\- ])roporti()ued\\nand musculai-, although light and active. lie was\\na graduate of the Royal Jymnasiurn. and a man of\\nsuperior intelligence and education. .Vfter U aving\\nthe gymiiasinm he entered the liusine.-^s College.\\nFor the greater [lortion of his life he was identilied\\nwith the Lutheran Church work.\\nOui- suliject s mother was before her iriarriage\\n.Miss .\\\\delheid Halm. an l was Ijorii in Claustalial\\nin the Hartz Mountains. .She was a daughtei- of\\nCol. .1. A\\\\ II.Mlin. a nalixc of the s.iine i)laee. He\\nwas an assistant superintendent of the Claustalial\\nmines and was a practical miner, having also been\\na gr.iduatc of the Claustalial .\\\\cadeiny of Mining.\\nHe ranked jis Colonel in the military department.\\nWhen Hanover was taken by tin- (Jernians. in\\nIHdi), Col. ilalin w.as put on a pension. He died\\nin Hanover, having serve(l in tlietu-rman .\\\\rm\\\\\\nas a Captain.\\nThree children were born to the |)arents of our\\nsubject. .Mbert is a Lieutenant in the (Jernian\\nNa\\\\y. now stationed at Keilil: Iscar. a twin brother\\nof our suliject. is a graduate of the W)ltiii|aeii\\nAcademy. He is now an actor, devoting himself\\nto the delineation of tragedy and li.as ac iuired a\\nhigh reputation in the eliOi-en art. )nr sulijeet.\\nthe youngest child, was reared in Hanover and\\ngraduated from the Royal (iymnasium. in 1H7\\nwhen nineteen years of age. He then o|)eiied a\\ndrug liuse in Hanover, and was engaged in the\\nbusiness there for four years. In 1MH2. he entere l\\nthe Universitv at lleidleluirg. aiid was a student\\nthere for one year, enjoying .all the adv.antages of-\\nfered in that historic ohl university city.\\nIn iss:!. .Mr. Hansen left his native land ;ind\\ncame to America, setting sail from Rreinen, No-\\nvemlier 22. on the steamer Sailer. There was a\\nstormy trip which lasted twelve days, anil the ort\\nof New ork was hailed with ple;isure. .Vfter", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0787.jp2"}, "788": {"fulltext": "792\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nlanding in tliis country, our subject made a trip\\nlliiduoli New York and tlien came on to Lansing,\\nwiiere he was in the employ of Dr. Ilalin,\\nan uncle on the maternal .side. He continued with\\nhim in the drug business for one year and the next\\nyear was with Northrop Rol)ertson, of North\\nLansing. In 188.5 he was registered as a pharma-\\ncist, after which lie went back to jSIr. Ilahn, re-\\nmaining with him for one year, the following\\nyear lieing again in tlie employ of Northrop A Rob-\\nertson.\\nIn ]\\\\Iay, 1887, Mr. Hansen went to l-jin 0})e, set-\\nting out on his trans- Atlantic trip from (^ueliec.\\ntaking the Allen line of steamers to Liverpool.\\nAfter a leisurely liip through England he ci-ossed\\nihrough llolhnid and lielgium. then proceeded\\nthrough l* rance, after wliicli he went to his jiome\\nin (ieimany and there remained for two months.\\nHe tlien went to ^Moscow, liussia, wnere his l)rother\\nhad a fouiteen days engagement in the theatre.\\nTlience he went to St. Petersburg with him, and\\nfrom there he returned to Germany and remained\\none month, returning to Americ.-i through Austria,\\nBohemia, through Switzerland to the borders of\\nItaly, and .September 22. 18X7, left Bremen for\\nBaltimore, and on his way to Lansing took in\\nAVashington and cities in Jlarvland, irginia,\\nOhio and Michigan. Air. llen.-icn speaks (icrman,\\nEnglish and French tluently and is thoroughly\\nconversant with the manners and customs of these\\nvarious peoi les at the present day.\\nAfter he returned from Europe our subject\\nserved as a clerk in the drug store for a short tinu\\nbut in Alay, ISHil. purchased the stock of drugs\\nfrom Dr. Ilalin and continues to be his successor.\\nHe ha^ retitted tlie store and increased the stock\\nand at the present tinu is the proprietor of me\\nof the finest i)harmacies in the city. As wouhl be\\nexpected. Mr. Hansen s sym|)athies and interests\\nare closely connected with the Michigan Siaals Zei-\\ntung, being a stockholder in tlie concern. He is a\\nmember of the comitany owning the patent\\nWright on the Rochester Automatic Lighting\\nCompany.\\nSocially oiu subject is connected with several\\nsocieties. He is a mentber of the Independent Or-\\nder of Oild Fellows, the Knights of Pvthias, and\\nthe Knights of Honor, and is also an active mem-\\nber of the German Arbieter Society. In his polit-\\ncal following lie is a Democrat. Although a young\\nman and a foreigner, Mr. Hensen h.as already made\\nhimself felt in the community as being a person of\\nsterling worth and high intellectuai attainments.\\nHe is popular and much liked by all who have\\nthe pleasure of knowing hiui. His place of busi-\\nness Is known as the Lion Pharmacy, so called be-\\ncause of his sign which is a large lion ram|)aut.\\ni i ii- pi\\nm, M i rf,^\\nAMES R. DART, the former popular and\\neflicient Sheriff of Ingham County, Alich.,\\nand a resident of Webberville, is a native of\\nSt. Lawrence County, N. Y., where he was\\nborn March i \\\\KW His i)arents, Alfred and Jane\\n(Wright) Dart, were both natives of New York and\\nhis grandfather Dart was a soldier in the War of\\n1812. Our subject was reaied in his native county\\nuntil he reached the age of eighteen and received\\na good edvication which has aided him to lie well-\\ninformed ujion all general topics. Most of his\\nyouth w.as spent upon the farm although he was\\nengaged at various times in clerking in a store. At\\nthe age of eighteen he learned the millwright trade\\nin AIcKean Count\\\\ I a., and followed that business\\nfor several years, after which he took u\\\\) lumbering\\nfor fpiite awhile.\\nIn IXaO the young man came to Ingham County,\\nMich., and for seven years f((llowed the lumber\\nbusiness in Lansing, after which he located in\\nAYeberville and was there elected Slicriff of Ingham\\nCounty in the f.all of 1877. He tilled this othce\\nfor two terms with credit to himself and his con-\\nstituents and then returned from the county seat\\nto Webberville in 18M1 and has since madc^ that his\\nhome. He is now engaged in the man ti fact ui e of\\nlumber and staves and for awhile was in the mer-\\ncantile business.\\nThe marriage of our subject, which occiured\\nAugust 11,18.55, l)rouglit to his home ()rj)liaP.\\nFisher, who w.as born )ctober 1(1, 1K3!), in AIcKean\\nCoiinlw Pa., a danuliter of William R. and Briceus", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0788.jp2"}, "789": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n7 X)\\n(1 ;UT) I i lH r. Hit |i:nriits were fjdin Nrriimiil\\nand Massacliiisctts. ivsjieo lively, and her aiand-\\nfatluT Fisher was one of tlii^ iieroes of 1H12. IJe-\\nfoie lier iiiariiam slie had spent consichT.alih time\\nia teaching. To her have lieeii horn four chiidien:\\nNelli M.. deceased: (ierliude 15.. wife of Dr. A. 1!.\\n(_ ani|iliell. of .Mason. Micli.; K ollin .and Alfred R.\\nMr. Dait is idenlilied with the l)ide|)endent Or-\\nder of )dd Fellows and the .Masonic society at\\nLansini:. .and Knit;hts TenipLar, and also with the\\nKniiilits of Honor at Howell. In his political\\nicws and actions he .alllliales with the IJcpnhlican\\nparty and is a wide awake and puMit--spiritcd man.\\nHis excellent farin of one hnndiod .acres is well\\ncultivated and in a very productive condition. Foi\\nnine years out of the last ten he has served as I le.s-\\nident of the N iilaiic Council of Wehhervillc and is\\nalso :i member of the .School Hoard. He has fre-\\n([Uenlly been a delesiale from i.eroy I ownship to\\nthe State and county conventions of the Uepuhli-\\ncan party and is a leader of thoutrht and .action in\\nthat pirty as well as in social life.\\nJOSEPH UISSKLI u of the old set-\\nI tiers and substantial f.armers of Cohoetali\\nI Township, Li vinii ston County, was born in\\n^^fJ the town of AVestmoreland. Oneida County,\\nX. Y., October 22. IS-2 .I. His worthy parent*; were\\n.lolin and .Icruslia (.Vdanis) Russell. The i^rand-\\nfather, Nathaniel Russell, was a farnu r and a\\nnative of Maine, who reared live sons and six\\ndaughters, of whom three became i)ioneer .settlers\\nIn New orU. Ouv subject s father was liorn in\\n()xford Cinmtv. Me., anil became ,m w.asron-nialver.\\n\\\\Vhile still a younji man lie came to Troy. N. Y.,\\nwhere he married, after which he made his home\\nin \u00c2\u00bbncida Ciunity. whence he icniox ed to Hridije-\\nl)ort, Madisiui County, and eanu to Miehiii an in\\n.Inly. IHIl.\\n.lolin Russell rentecl .a farm in Cnlioctah Tow n-\\nshi]) for four years and later pureha.sed one hund-\\nred a(a es on section 27, and proceeded to improve\\nit. In the coiuse of his life he inia-eased his es-\\ntate live UAi\\\\ and at the time of his death left a\\nfarm of one hundieil .acres. IJutli he and his ;;ood\\nwife were active members in the Metliodisl Lpis-\\ncoi)al Clnircii and in his political views lie was in\\naccord with the Democratic party. He dicil in\\n.lune. 1H()( being then sixty years old. )idy two\\nchildren were born to tills worthy couple, and the\\noidy brother of our .subject whose name was .lud-\\nson. died at the age of twenty-two. The mother\\nof our sul)ject w.as lK)rn in Madison County, N.\\nY.. and was the daughter of Jo.seph .and .Mary\\n(Trusdell) lams. natives of New York, who had\\na f.amily of seven children.\\nThe district .school furnished all the education\\nwhich wn,s offered to .lo.sepli Rus.sell, and altlioujjh\\nhe had not a liberal schooling lie has made such\\nuse of the avenues of infcn matifni open to all that\\nhe is well-informed on general topics. lie has had\\nhis way to ntake in life since lie was fifteen yeai-s\\nold. when he began woi king in the flslieries at Sagi-\\nnaw, beginning work at eigliteen dcjllars i)er\\nmonth. He a,ssisted in clearing and purchasing\\nthe farm which his father bought and he now owns\\nli\\\\e hundred and fifty leres, most of which is the\\nre-iult of his own and his father s uuHagging in-\\nilusliy. He IS identified with the order of M.asonrv\\nin which he is a prominent member.\\n.loseph Ru.s.si ll was married in October, 1H. )7. to\\nHarriet Fisher, who was born in Lyons, Oakland\\nCo\\\\inly. Mich.. December Iti. lM38,andisa daugh-\\nter of Michael and Polly (liuel) Fisher, of Howell.\\nNine children were l)orn to this wortiiy pair,\\nnamely: .Vlbert, who died in infancy; Hiirr. who\\ndied at the age of two years; Jennie, who die l at\\n.he age of ten months; Frank II.; Lenna A., who\\ndied when eighteen years old; ^loilie E. and Mag-\\ngie 15. (twins); Joanna, who died in infancy;\\nWheeler .V. and Minnie O. MoUie is now the wife\\nof F red Chase. For many years our subject\\nhas l)een Class-Leader in the Methodist E|)isco));il\\nChurch and his wife is al.so an active worker\\ntherein.\\nAir. and .Mrs. Fisher, the jjarents of Mis. Rii.s-\\nsell, came to Michigan from New York about lM3i\\nand made their (ii-st 1 le in Oakland County, but\\ncame to Cohoctah in IH l. i. where the\\\\ resided until\\nthe death of .Mr. Fisher. Tlie\\\\ hail four sons and", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0789.jp2"}, "790": {"fulltext": "794\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nf(.)iii daughters. Henry and Joseph served in the\\narmy diuino- the Civil War and the latter w.as\\ntaken prisoner and was never heard of again. Mr.\\nRussell is a liberal and l)road-min le(l mnn. a good\\ncitizen and neiglihoi-. and lie inlierits his best\\nqualitie- from a gnod uhl family.\\nYRON B. CAUPKNTEK, one of the old\\nsettlers of Lansing, Ingham Covinty, eame\\nto this city in IS. I. He was horn in Cat-\\ntaraugus County. N. Y.. Feliruary 2, 1832.\\nand is a sou of Seymour and .lane (lirown) Car-\\npenter, the father being a native of Xew Hampshire\\nand the mother of Vermont. Later they removed\\nto Orleans County where they lived until they\\ncame AVest, following their son here in 1855. They\\nbought property six miles south of Lansing, whieh\\nthey cleared and cultivated and here made their\\nhome until their death, the father at the age of\\neighty -eight and the mother at the age of eighty.\\nThey left a family of four sons and two daughters,\\nnamely: our subject, Henry B., Dudley (x., James\\nP., Olivia J., and Mrs. M. McLaren, of Muskegon.\\nOur subject finished his school days in Orleans\\nCounty, N. Y., at the public school and Alliion\\nAcademy. After coining AYest lie carried on a farm\\nfor three j ears then returned to New York and stud-\\nied theology with the Rev. W. Cook, of Chuich-\\nville, and was fellowshiped at the Chautauqua\\nAssociation in 1860. He cast his vote for Abraham\\nLincoln for President of the United States andtlie\\nnext day removed to Blooinfleld where he took\\nciiarge of his first parish and remained until 1862,\\nwhen he returned to Lansing and L-hortly after\\nsettled at Concord, Jackson County, this State,\\nwhere he remained tor two years, and then went to\\nBarry County, where for two years he was engaged\\nin mi.ssionary work. After this he again sought\\nsecular employment going into the abstract oHiee\\nand tlie office of Registrar of Deeds at Il.astings.\\nEight months later Mr. Carpenter returned to\\nLansing .and entered the Auditor (ieneral s office\\nwhere he remained as clerk until December 31,\\n1890, notwithstanding all the changes of adminis-\\nIration. He has never completely severed ins\\nconnection with the ministry but now only attends\\nfunerals and discharges ministerial duties on\\nspecial occasi(nis. ^Vhen he first came here he found\\nthat tiiere were no religious services being carried\\non and he did two years free work and re-organ-\\nized the society of which he has Iteen a Trustee\\never since, and President of the Board mo.st of the\\ntime.\\nFor six years he has been an ^Vlderman and foi\\nfour years a member of the Board of Education.\\nHe belongs to the Masonic order and was at one\\ntime a member of the Odd Fellows order, and now\\nbelongs to the Industrial society. Upon March 29,\\n1857 he was united in marriage with ^liss Mary\\nT. Cook, daughter of the Rev. W. B. Cook of\\nChurchville, Y., and they have three children,\\nAViliiani S..(;race L., and ^1. Harr\\\\-.\\nP^\\n1^\\nrCII SWARTIIOIT is .me of the most\\ny successful farmers in Meridian Township,\\nIngham County, He owns a very attiac-\\nfive and productive tract on sections 1 and\\n2, of the above mentioned township. The family\\nof whicli Mr. Swarthout is a worthy re|)resentative\\nis of Dulcli descent, his great-grandfather having\\ncome from Holland in an early day. The subject\\nc f our sketch was l)orn in Ovid, Seneca County,\\nX. Y., April 11, 1829. His f.ather, William\\n.Swarthout. was a native of Orange County. N. V.,\\nin which place he was born in 179(),\\nWhen Hugh Swarthout was six years old his\\nfather moved into Clinton County, this State, and\\nsettled in A iclor Township in 18.37. At that time\\nthere were only two other houses in the county,\\nthe families being tho. ie of Scott and Coni|)au.\\nthe first named gentleman owning the land\\nwhereon DeAYitt is now located. He did not live\\nhere long, but moved into another townshii). In\\n1838 he bought a three hundred and twenty acre\\ntract of land of AYilliani Thompson, a brother-in-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0790.jp2"}, "791": {"fulltext": "I ORTKAIT AM) IIKX JHAI IIICAL ALHllM.\\nr;t-)\\nl:iw of i x-( ;u\\\\( rn(ir Maiv.v. of New YorU. riiiil m\\nfoniicr ii( ii, lili ii of uui- siilijccl s fiillicr in tin-\\nKiniiiri State. Tliis tiact was ck aii d up. and i-^\\nnow Olio of IIk- most valualilc farms in Clinton\\nCounty. I lif ol l ^cnllcin. iu died in his cii^lilN.\\nM l-ond year. Tlic maiden nanie of liis wife and\\nof oui- suliject s niotliei- was IJetsy Willett. wlio\\nwas liorn in l enns\\\\ l\\\\-!niia in 1 7 .ts. Nlie died in\\nClinton County, this State, in lf(7f.\\nThe (iist twenty-three years of our subject s life\\nwere spent at home In dointi farm woi k. His ed-\\nueation was i;ained in the distriet schools of the\\nvicinity, save one winter, which was sjieiit in the\\nOwosso school. After his twenty-third year he\\nli()iiii;lit a farm of one hundred an4 sixtv acres in\\nVictor Townslii|i. where he spent fifteen vears.\\nand then purchased the adj iiniim tract in Shia-\\nwassee County, comprising one hundred and\\ntwenty-three acres, wlierc he remained until issi.\\nMr. Swartlioiit was married .hinuarv I. 1H. )2, to\\n.Miss Maria .lohnson. of Shiawa.ssee County. Slic\\nwas a teacher l)efore her m:irriai;e, and her experi-\\nence ill this direction, covcrintj several years, was\\nmost hajipy. She not only iiained the love of her\\npupil l)ut was a line disciplinarian, and had the\\nfaculty of ai ousiiiii the jierct ptioiis of her pupils.\\nFour children were horn to our suliject and his\\nwife. Tlicy are Sarah, who was horn M.arch l(!.\\nIH; she isstdl at home: arrie. liorn M:ircli 2 .K\\n1K(). 5. was a student at the Lansin lliyli School\\nfor uie year, and is now eni;aued .as a clerk in a\\nstore in Laiuiisliuri; William I!., liorn No\\\\ ember\\n2 .t, IXtJ; inanii il Clara North, a dauifliter of the\\nRev. .Vrthur .North; he is a farmer and merchant in\\nS uith Dakota; lielle. iiorn .Vpril 27. I.S()7, i.s still\\nat home; she received her education at Lainsjsbiirjr\\nand at the State Normal at psilanti. Mrs.\\nSwarlhout died in lS7(t. iiid her family will never\\neea-se to feel the void left by her decease. The\\nfamily are all iiieniber.s of the Metlujdist Episcopal\\nhurcli. anil are attendants at Okenios.\\nPolitically, Mr. Swartlioiit is a Hepiiblican. He\\nis not, however, so wedded U) piirXy but. that he\\nbelieves the best man is the one for local otilce.\\nAVIiile livinsj; in Clinton County he was Iliijrhway\\nCoinniissioiier of his township, and Director of his\\nschool distriet for twenty years. Our subject s\\nliiaiidfatlier, lialpli Sw;iiihout. w.-is a native of\\nOraiiiic oiiiiiy. .N. V. When he was eifjhteen\\nyears old he entered the Continental .\\\\riiiy diiriiifi\\nthe l{i olulion. and was eiiifajjed in a military wav\\nfor two years. He ser\\\\ ed as teamster in Washing-\\nIon army, and one winter he took several of the\\n(Jeneial s horses to his New York home and cared\\nfor them until the next spi-iiiijf. The jjeiitlenian of\\nwhom we write is a farmer of more than aveia ;e\\nintelliui uce, and his family is numbered amonir\\nthe best in Meridian.\\nKOF. W ll.l.lA.M F. Dl K.VND was born in\\nlieacon l- ails, Conn., .March IMoSt. His\\nfatlier, ^Villiam L. Diirand, was a native of\\nDerby, Conn., and was liorn in 1H14, His\\nmother s maiden name was .Miss Kiith Coe, a native\\nof Bethany, Conn,, and there born in IHU;. I rof.\\nDiirand belonijs to a faniil\\\\- wlio.se ealliiiir li.as been\\nfor many years that of an a^jricultiirist. his father\\nh:i\\\\ ing been a fanner, as was also his grandfather,\\nD.-ivid Diirand. One who has been to France will\\nnot fail to recognize the French origin of the fam-\\nily from its name, which is very frecpienlly met\\nwith in that country, and, indeed, some live u six\\ngenerations ago a luiniber of the Diirand family\\ncame from -La ISellc Fiance, one branch .settling\\nin (diinectieiit. from which sprang the subject of\\nour sketch.\\nThe original of oui skelc-h renioxcd to Derby,\\nConn., when one year ol l and there lived until he\\nwas seventeen years of age. attending the distriet\\nschool until he was fourteen yeai-s of age and then\\nentering the Hirniingliain High School, where he\\nremained three years, ,\\\\fter that he entered the\\nFnited States Naval Aeademv at Annapolis, Md.,\\neiiterinir the .\\\\cadeiiiy after a rigid examin.ation.\\nUemaiiiing in this institution for four years, he\\ngraduated with the cla.ss of lt 8( No. 2 in hiselass.\\nand almost immediately afterward went on a three\\nyears cruise in the Ni rtli Atlantic and Central\\nAmerican v. aters, at the end of which time he was", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0791.jp2"}, "792": {"fulltext": "796\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nordered to duty in the P nsrineering Bureau of tlie\\nNavy Department, where he spent tliree months.\\nAfter completing the requirements of the com-\\nmission above mentioned, our subject was ordered\\nto Lafayette College, Pa., on special duty as Assis-\\ntant Professor of Matliematics and Steam Engineer-\\ning. He was retained in this capacity for a period\\nof two years. Wliile at this institute he took the\\ndegree of Doctor of Philosophy, having pursued a\\ncourse of study while in the discharge of his pro-\\nfessional duties. The subject of his thesis was\\n(irai)liical Methods of Treating the Mathematical\\nTlieorj- of Light. He was soon after ordered to\\nspecial duty at the IMorgan Iron Works for con-\\nstructing engines for naval ships. This experience\\nlasted for three montlis, at the end of which time\\nhe was again oi dercd to sea on a cruise of a year s\\nduration.\\nAt the termination of tlie last-mentioned cruise\\nProf. Duraud was ordered to special duty at the\\nWorcester Polytechnic Institute, of Worcester,\\n;\\\\Iass., tliere lieing Assistant Professor of Mechanics\\nand Kngincering. He was at Worcester for three\\nmuntlis and was tlien offei-ed the position of Pro-\\nfessor of Mechanics and Su| erintendent of Shops\\nin the Michigan Agricultural College, located at\\nLansing. This he .accepted and resigned his posi-\\ntion in the Navy.\\nOur subject was very ha])pily married October\\n23, 1883, to Miss Charlotte Kneen, of Shelton,\\nConn., a daughter uf Thomas Kneen, a manufac-\\nturer in that i)lace. l- roui this union one child has\\nliei U liorn, William I.. Duiand, .Ir.. a liright lad now\\nsix years old. Prof, i^uiand has been connected\\nwith the Michigan Agricultural College for four\\nyears. During this time his department has attained\\nan enviable position. Tlie prosperity of the de-\\npartment is all that could be desired and it is now\\nthe cause of deep regret among the students and\\nfriends of the college that the institution is to lose\\nhis further service. He has but lately resigned in\\norder to accept a more desirable position at Cornell\\nI niversity, Ithaca, N. Y., as Professor of Marine\\nEiiiiineering and Naval Arcliiteeture,and will take\\nup his new duties during the cdiiiing fall.\\nA thoroughly i)ractical man. an enthusiastic\\nteacher and worker, a perfect gentleman in all his\\nrelations, it is not surprising that Prof. Durand has\\nbecome so popular with the students and graduates\\nof the college. He has contributed frequently to\\nthe best class of teclinical and scientific journals,\\nand as he possesses superior talents in his chosen\\nlield of labor, there is no doubt that the scientific\\nworld will hear more of him in the future. He has\\nthe best wishes of his friends and students in going\\nt j the new position which he has accepted.\\nr\\nEPHIJAI^L .1. HARDY. The Green Mountain\\nState has always been noted for turning out\\nsplendid siiecimens of men, men whose\\nhardy, physical characteristics correspond to their\\nsterhng worth, })atient industry and keen insight\\ninto business. Such men have proved of greatest\\nvalue in the enterprises of the newer States, where\\nthey were sorely needed, and where their work and\\ntheir characters have ]uished forward wcmderfiilly\\nthe development of these more modern cniiiiiioii-\\nwcalths.\\nAmong these sons of Vermont we may men I ion\\nMr. Hardy, whose beautiful home is located on sec-\\ntions 23 and 26, Osceola Townshij), Livingston\\nCounty, and whose birth took place in Sudbury,\\nRutland County, Vt., April 2, 1817. His father, y\\nEphraim lliirdj was born in Massachusetts, whertv^\\nhe was a farmer by occupation, but removed when\\na young man to Vermont and was there united in\\nmarriage, in 1807, with Clarissa Jennings, a native\\nof Rutland County. This lady had been left an\\norphan when a little child and had her training\\nand education under the kind hand of an uncle,\\nIra Jennings. The first married home of this\\ncoujile was in Sudbury Township, Rutland County,\\nand tliere they remained until 1835, when they\\nmade ^lichigan their final home, locating in Oce-\\nola Township, this county. In 1838 the father\\npassed from earth upon the place where our suli-\\nject now resides. He was a strong anti-Mason\\nafter the scandal connected with the disappearance\\nof ^Ir. ^lorgan. Two daughters and four sons\\nmade up the number of his children, of whom our", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0792.jp2"}, "793": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nMilijcct i.- Ilic (iiil\\\\- i H( iidw li\\\\ in;^. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2mil ;ill liiilone\\n:uv Imrii d in the Ocooln ci iin-lcrx Tlic I .-iiiiilv is\\nof Kiiijlisli ik .sft iit.\\nHaving been reared in lii l.itlici s liuinc lir ic-\\nI l ivi d liiti early education in Sndhuiv I ow nsliip,\\nRutland County, t,, and remained at home unlil\\neighteen years of age. assisting in learing up Ihe\\nl)laee. He eanie with his father to Michigan in\\n188 and lieliied to eut the logs and erect them\\ninto a log house for Ihe family. Tliis residence,\\nwhich measuied only l)Sx21 feet on the ground,\\nwas considered a valualile acciuisition to the town-\\nship, iis tliere were then hut three families residing\\nwithin its hounds.\\nMr. Hardy has been three times married, his lirst\\nunion being with Harriet Haines and the day of\\ntheir- marriage being December 22, 1H41. She was\\nthe mother of seven children, of whom only two\\n.ire now living, the eldest being K|)hraiin Wilson,\\nwho was born in Oceola Tow-nshi]), February 2(1,\\n1M4)S, and is now in partnershij) with his father\\nupon the farm and serving as Sui)ervisoi- of the\\nTownshiji. He mariieil in Maich. 1 .S70, .Mta Crit-\\ntenden and their four children are: Royal C., How-\\nard Lena B. and Velna A.; the other child of\\nthis marriage is Clarissa, now the wife of Daniel\\nKelley, residing in Livingston Count Her\\nmother passed from earth in IH.j .l.\\nThe sccoikI m.irriage of our subject was with K e-\\nbecca Haines, the widow of Mr. Hardy s brother.\\nShe died .Tanuary 25. 1870. and Mr. Hardy was\\nagain married in 1878 lo Mrs. l- ,slher I Murray.\\nwidow of .lames P. Murra\\\\. Her married life ex-\\ntended over ten years, as she died March I I. I8,SH.\\nAfter Mr. Hardy s first mairiage he made his home\\nin a little log house which stood acro.ss the road\\nfrom his jnesent lesidence. At one time he owned\\nne. iily seven hundred acres of l;inil in Oceola\\nTownship, but he has divided \\\\ip much t)f it among\\nhis children. He and his son now have four hun-\\ndred and forty-two acres vf linely improved land,\\neomiirising a stock-farm which is known as the Fair-\\nview Stock Farm. Ipon this jilace there are eleven\\nh. iy and grain barns, besides tool-hoii.ses, stock\\nbarns and all things necessary to making up :i lirst-\\nclass farm.\\nIt w:is in 1838 that Mr. Hardy began dealing In\\nand feedini; line wool siieep, beginning with a herd\\nof the best gi.ide of sliee|) olttainahle at that time.\\nWith very little exception he has bred notliingbut\\nthe Spanish .Merinoes and some times has as nian\\\\\\nas seven hundred in his Hock. Premiums have of-\\nten been awarded to his sheep wherever tliey are\\nexhibited. Li 1871 he beuaii dealing in Shorthorn\\nc:i1tle and h. is some very line s|)ecimcns upon his\\nplace.\\nSince 18; 1 this gentleman has been a stanch\\nRepublican and has held oJlices in both township\\nand c \u00c2\u00bbunl\\\\-. In 18G1 he was appointed Postma.s-\\nter at Oceola Center, which olHce he held for\\ntwenty -six and one-half year.s. For many yeai-s lie\\nwjis Ctmimi.ssioner of Highways and jussistedin lav-\\ning out most of tiie roads in this township. He\\nwas one of the original Board of Directors of the\\nLivingston County Agricultural Society, and for\\nmany years was President of the same. He was\\nls e of theorgjinizersof the Livingston County\\nMutual Fire Insurance Company, and for eight\\nyears was its President. His long residence in the\\ncounty h:is brought him prominently into connec-\\ntion with cver\\\\- movement which has proved of\\n\\\\:iltie to the people of this region, and as his\\nfather s house was one of the first erected in the\\ntownship, his .acrpiaintance with the people is a broad\\none and has existed for main veai-s.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a04-\\nANIKI. i;. Mli;i;.MAN. .M. 1). is one of Ihe\\nprominent physicians and surgeons of\\n(giJ^ Lansing. Ingham Conntv. where he has\\npracticed since .\\\\pril If). I8M(). nnd is now\\none of Ihi mosi popni. ir practitioners in the citv.\\nHaving all he could do with otlice practice in the\\nbeginning of 188;i. he cea.sed riding and nowfal-\\ntends only to tlio-se patients who come to liini. His\\noHice is located in the |(riiicipal [larl of the business\\npoi tioii of the city, at 1(1. Ottawa Street, where he\\nhas been for nine years. His residence is located\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0It 312 Seymour Street, and is :i place wcrthy ofits\\nlocation, which is in the liiust i)art of the citv. Dr.\\nSherman was born in .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lylle Coiiutj N. V.. Jul\\\\-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0793.jp2"}, "794": {"fulltext": "798\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUISI.\\n28, 184;5, and is a sou of (i illicit and Hannah M.\\n(Rowley) Sherman. When tlieirson was but seven\\nyears old, the parents removed to N ohle County,\\nIndiana. The fatlier was a farmer and millwright\\nI )y trade and was so occupied in Indiana. Our\\nsubject there received his literary education, and\\nwhen a mere l)oy in years, enlisted in the Fiist\\nIllinois Artillery in the War of the Rebellion. His\\nenlistment was made November 8, 1861, at Ft. Holt.\\nKy.,and he was sent to join the army of the Cuml)er-\\nland, which was at that time stationed at Ft. Henry,\\nwhere he, with his regiment was engaged in battle,\\nalso at Ft. Donaldson, and was surrounded by tlie\\nterrible carnage of battle at Shiloli, Corinth, Vicks-\\nburg and Atlanta, names that are all synonymous\\nwith that wliicii is most terrible in warfare. He\\nwas also present at the seige of Atlanta.\\nDischarged at the expiration of his time, having\\nserved for three 3 ears, Mr. Sherman returned to\\nNoble County, where liis parents still lived, and\\nengaged in farming. In 1867 the parents accom-\\npanied our subject to Lawrence County, Mo., where\\nthe young man engaged in milling. Here the\\nmother died. The father still lives, his residence\\nbeing in Coldwater, Mich. He has attained the\\nalmost patriarch ial age of seventh-eight years.\\nOvir subject successfully pursued the calling of mill-\\ning luitil 1871. when he sold outand went to Cold-\\nwater. Mich., \\\\\\\\liere he engaged m the grocery\\nbusiness for one year. In 1873, lie liuilt what is\\nknown as the Brutus House, midway between\\nPetoskey and Sheboygan, and established the post-\\nottice at Brutus, being apjjointed the first Post-\\nmaster of that place, his installation taking place\\nunder President Hayes, and this position he con-\\ntinued to hold as long as he remained there. He\\nalso liuilt the mill at Constantine in 1876 for Lantz\\nBrown.\\nDr. Sherman had early acquii-ed a predilection\\nfor the profession of medicine and during the\\nyears in which he was actively engaged in business\\nlife, he did not lose sight of his resolution to some\\nda^ be a physician and was constantly engaged in\\nthe reading of medical works, so that he had a veiy\\ngood knowledge of his profession, even before tak-\\ning the college course. He went to Cliicago to l)c-\\ngin his practice, opening an ortice at 170 State\\nStreet, shortl\\\\ afterward commencing to attend\\nlectures at the Bennett Medical College. He })ur-\\nsued his course to such purpose thai he graduated\\nwith honors in the class of 1880, and then returned\\nto this cit\\\\ to pursue the practice of his profession.\\nOiii subject was first married in Noble County.\\nInd. to Sarah Koontz, of Kendallville, Ind. At lier\\ndeath she left three children to mourn their mother-\\nless state. .lulia is now the wife of (ieorge Barnes.\\nGilbert L. is a student at Worcester, Ohio, where\\nhe is preparing for the ministry. Franklin .1. is\\noccupied as a clerk in a grocery. Dr. Sliennan wa\u00c2\u00bb\\na second time married, his bride being Emily .1.\\nCurrier, of Coldwater. With her he lived most\\nhap|)iiy, she adding to his domestic life all that he\\nfinds wanting in his professional career. Socially\\nour suiiject has many demands upon his time. He\\nis a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel-\\nlows, belongs to the Grand Army of the Reiiublic,\\nand is a Knight of Labor, in wliicli he was a Mas-\\nter Workman. In the first named order he was the\\nfirst Noble (irand of Bronson and also Petoskey\\nLodge. He is now connected with the State Eclec-\\ntic jNIedical Society, and is a broad and progrcs.sive\\nman in his theories reg;irdiiig the liealing art.\\n^1\u00c2\u00ae-^\u00c2\u00ae!^!^=^\\n,|r \\\\i UFUS .1. NEAL, a farmer of Leroy Town-\\nV^ ship, Ingham County, is a native of Oiion-\\nA \\\\V daga County, N. Y.,aud was born Feliiuar\\\\-\\n13, 182.T. He IS a son of James and Fannie\\n(Cogswell) Neal, and was reared to manhood in his\\nnative county, and early engaged in farming. A\\ncimimon-schocjl education was all that was granted\\nhim and he is mainl\\\\ self educated. His first mar-\\nriage took ])lace October 17, 1814, in New York,\\nhis liride lieing Dorpha Brownell. Four of liis\\nchildren are now living, namely: Rufus M.; Mary,\\nMrs. Goi sline; Augusta, deceased; Betsey, wife of\\nHiram Rix, Jr.; and Frances, Mrs. Crandall. After\\nthe death of tlieir mother our subject was married,\\nJanuary 2, 1881. to Mrs. Eliza Wade, of Gratiot\\nC(_)unty. tills State.\\n^Ir. Neal emigrated in 1852 to Ingham Coiintv.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0794.jp2"}, "795": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND HIOGRAPIIIC AJ. ALBUJr.\\nMidi.. Mini tlinc .-cllU d in Lcniy l uwiislii|). He\\nfiili lt (l .Vuyust 20, 1,S()2. in (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0()ni|)iin_v K. Scvontli\\nMiclii^rjui :i\\\\;iliv. In iny- iiiuler liii conmiMnd uf\\n(icn. ii tcr. He Miw tin r-UKiIa of IimIIIc in llic\\ncuMllicts (pf icit Nslmisi the WiliK rni ss. .S])( Hn\\\\|-\\n\\\\!iiii;i Couil lliiiiso. Ilar|H r I Viiv and Five I uint.s,\\nami wa- pifsenl :it tlic siii-rendcr of (ii u. \\\\a V..\\n.\\\\fU r ivi i ivinii liis lioiioialilc d,iM liarLre Defi niliiT\\n1, 1H(!. hf returned to Midi an and soon scl-\\nllcd on llif farm 11)1011 uliidi lie now lives in I,i i-o\\\\-\\nTowiishii). wliuru 111, own.s oii;lit\\\\- acri s of land.\\nThis i)iil lic-s|)iiited siViilU inan lias served as\\nrica iiri r of 1-croy To\\\\viislii|i for two years and is\\na lvt iililican in |)olitics. His war record entitles\\nliiin to recei\\\\ea pension and the (lovernniunt pays\\nliiiii M iier month. .Vfter Lee s surrender lie wa.s\\none of those who were sent to the Rocky Mountain\\nresjitui and did some desperate fighting with the\\nIndians in Colorado. Ilis record, both civil and\\nmilitary is, replete with honor, and his success is\\nwell deserved.\\nn\\nVT OlIN IIIMMHI.BEROEU is a farmer and\\nstock-rai.ser residing on section o, Delhi\\nTownship, Ingham County, where he owns\\none hundred acres of good land, lie works\\naltogether about two hundred acres, part of wliich\\nis ill another township. Mr. Hiniinelberger was\\nIhiih in I enn.sylvania, February 1, 1K. )0. He is a\\nson of Moses and Rebecca (Clajip) llimmellierger,\\nnatives of Rerks County, I a. When our subject\\nwas about five years old bis parents removed to\\nChampaign County, Ohio, and there lived for\\nabout four years. Thence they removed to San-\\ndusky County, same State, and then removed to\\nMichigan in 1866, purchasing the land whereon\\nt ur subject now lives. He was tlun about sixteen\\nyears of age.\\nMl. Ilimmelberger was debarred the privileges\\nof Si-hool advantages after coming to Michigan,\\nbut had already laid the foundation of a good ed-\\nucation, to which he has added by .systematic read-\\ning since, lie as married December 2. 1x71. lo\\n.Miss .M.aria \\\\\\\\ie r|iian, .a daughter of lh iir\\\\ and\\nMargaret (Dielil) Wiegmaii. natives of lerniany.\\nOnr subject s wife was born .lanuary 2; IHfiO, in\\nSandusky, Ohio. Her parents, who reside near her\\ncame to .Michigan in 1S(!4. They now live on\\nsections it and 4, where the father pnrcha.sed one\\nhundred and sixty acres of land.\\n.U ter .Mr. Ilimmelberger s marriage the couple\\nli\\\\ed in .Vlaiedon Township, some sixteen years\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind there his children, five in number, were all\\nborn. They are by name Emanuel born .Lan-\\nuary 21. 1.S72; William Xovember 12. 1H7.\\nMary A.. February 2; IMHd; Bertha A.. .lanuary\\n27. 18\u00c2\u00ab:j, and Levi R.. .lanuary i;\u00c2\u00bb, IHHK. Our\\nsubject has thus far given his children good edu-\\ncational advantages and intends to give to each as\\nmuch as he or she will take.\\nThe original of our .sketch is a Democrat in his\\npolitical following. lie cast his first vote for Hor-\\nace (Ireeley. He has l een Highway Commissioner\\nand Treasurei in Alaiedou Township for a number\\nof years, and in his present location, he has l)een\\nSupervisor, (irst by apjiointment and then by elec-\\ntion.\\n.Mr. Ilimmelberger s land is all in a state of ex-\\ncellent I ultivation. He is an active, wide-awake\\ncitizen and both he and his wife are members of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is a\\n.Steward. He takes an active interest in the\\ndevelopment of the best features of the cominu-\\nnil\\n,ff^M :V. IM-lKl.l) .s. SLY is the founder\\nand general manager of the Rocky Beach\\nBenevolent .\\\\.s.sociation. which institution\\nwas organized for the purpose of rescuing\\nand i)lacing u phaned and indigent children in\\ninivate homes. This .society was incori)orated\\nunder the laws of the .Stflte of Michigan in l\u00c2\u00ab8H,\\nwith our subject, a resident of Lansing, Mich., a.s\\nrresideiit. Dr. Slenon, of .lackson, wa.s ice-\\nFresidenl. and W. S. Moore, a bo of .lackson. sec-\\nond \\\\iee-l resident. Its .Secretary, .Mi. .1. W", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0795.jp2"}, "796": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00abuo\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHJCAL ALBUM.\\nGraham, is also a resident of this city. Its Treas-\\nurer, Mr. E. B. Carrier, too lives in Lansing.\\nThe Association of which our suhjcet is Presi-\\ndent is supported by free-will offerings, the chil-\\ndren being maintained in private homes in Lansing\\nuntil i)crmanent homes are secured for them,\\nliuildings are being erected at the present time on\\nground deeded tlie Association, and which are lo-\\ncated on the south shore of Little Traverse Bay.\\nC hildren fourteen 3 ears old or under are taken un-\\nder the care of the Association, and so large has the\\nwork become that they now have thirt_y or forty\\naijplications for children in excess of those that\\nare on hand. There is a local Superintendent and\\nAdvisory Board in every rural school district and\\nin every ward of large cities and in each town\\nand village avIio receive or collect supplies and\\nmoney and ascertain wliat homes or families de-\\nsire to adopt children, the report being made to\\nthe General Manager. The institution is design-\\nedly religious but not sectarian.\\nThe Benevolent Association has received the\\ngreatest encouragement in having offers of homes\\nfroui the best and most moral class of people. Es-\\njx cial attention is given to the class of applicants\\nand to the homes in which tiie children are placed.\\nThe scope of the work is not limited to the State,\\nthe Association having offerings and applications\\nfrom almost every State and Territory in the Un-\\nion and also from Canada and Mexico.\\nThe organ of the association is The Orphan s\\nVoire. It is a folio magazine published monthly\\nand has at the present time a circulation of ten\\nthousand. It is edited by the Rev. AV. S. Sly, whose\\nheart is thoroughly in his work. Mr. Sly was born\\nin Lockport, 111., August 21, 1\u00c2\u00ab48. lie is the son\\nof Senator Sly. He received his education at the\\n^Northwestern University and studied at the Gar-\\nrett Biblical Institute. He was ordained in l.sfilt.\\nhis lirst charge being at Kinmundy. He also\\nserved as pastor at Alton. .lackson and Lansing.\\nHis .attention is now exclusively occupied in\\nevangelistic work and in the orphan s mission.\\nOursuliject enlisted when fifteen years of age\\nin Company H, One Hundred and Thirtj -second\\nIllinois Infantry. He was sent to the front and\\njoined the Army of the Cumberland, being .as-\\nsigned to garrison duty in Tennessee. He re-\\nmained with the army until the close of the war.\\n]Mr. Sly married Jliss Maggie W. Woolworth, an\\norjJian child, who was adojjted from the Ameri-\\ncan Female (Uiardian Society of Xew York City\\nby Mr. suid Mrs. Paris Woolworth of Plainfield,\\n111. She was reared by them as their own and\\nfrom liei- our subject received the first stimulus to\\nthe work in which he is now- eng,aged, and she has\\nbeen his able .assist,ant. They have one daughter,\\nFanny W., who is now twelve years old.\\nVf/AMKS LASllKR. Among the enterprising\\nyoung farmers of Howell Township, Liv-\\n,f^ ingstou County, we are pleased to present\\nl^^^ a brief record of the life of James Lasher,\\nwho is a native of the Empire State, as he was born\\nJuly 10, 1850, in Rensselaer County. His immedi-\\nate progenitors were John and Maria (LaGrange)\\nLasher, both of them New Yorkers.\\nThe father of oiu- subject was a farmer in the\\nEast and after he came to Michigan in 1858 made\\nhis home upon the farm where his son now i-esides\\nand during his lifetime worked it on shares. He\\npassed away January 5, 1861, and his bereaved\\nhelpmate survived him many years, passing to her\\nreward January 24, 1890.\\nThe paternal grandparent of J.ames Lasher liore\\nthe name of John and was a farmer by occupation\\nin New York, where he passed his whole life. He\\nhad a numerous family whom he trained up to\\nhabits of industry, and into who.se minds he instilled\\nthe i)rinciples of integrity .and devotion to duty\\nwhich had guided him through life. The maternal\\ngrandfather, James La(4range, was also a New\\nYork farmer and like the ancestor on the other\\nside, had a large and flourishing family. Of the\\neight clnldren win) were granted to the parents of\\nour subject, five are now living, namely: Charles,\\nMary, (Mrs. Fields), Elizabeth (Mrs. Holt), Lottie\\n(Mrs. Reynolds), and our subject. The declarations\\nof the Reijublican \\\\yMX\\\\ embody the politlical views\\nof Mr. John Lasher, and in the progress of his party", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0796.jp2"}, "797": {"fulltext": "PORTRAir A\\\\I) BIOGRAPHICAL ALIUM.\\nMdl\\nIII WMS triilv inti ro ti (l ;illliu\\\\iuli lie ili volcd littli\\ntiiin to piililio affairs. He was, liowcver, active in\\nI liiirch work. Iieinji; SiiperintoiKlent of tlic Siiiidav-\\nsfhool and laAs-I eadcr in the Metiiodi.st Ei)i.sc-\\npal C lnireii of wliicli lie and his wife were nieinl)ers.\\nTiie free and liappy life of a farmer s boy was\\ntfrantcd to James Lasher in liis eaily years, and he\\nreceived thorouirh drill in the duties whieh belonged\\nto that walk of life. His education was obtained\\nin the district schools of Howell Township, and he\\navailed himself well of the opportunities thei c\\nafforded and thus secured a good common sense\\nfoundation for future usefulness. He remained at\\nhome until after his father s death and was married\\nin 1881 to Miss C elicia Hand, daughter of .lerome\\nAV. and IChiia (Coonradt) Hand, both of whom were\\nnatives of Xew York. Further details in regard\\nto the family history of Mrs. Lashei s ))arenls will\\nbe found in the sketch of Jerome W. Hanil upon\\nanother page of this volume.\\nThree lovely eliildren have blessed this union,\\nOrel. Claud and Neva. A line fai m of one hun-\\ndred and forty acres employs the efforts and enter-\\nprise of ^Ir. Lasher, and he devotes much attention\\nto line grade cattle, especially horses and sheeji.\\nHe liMsa line orchard, and excellent buildings adorn\\nhis farm. He is consideri d a leading member of\\nthe Republican [larty in his neighborhood and is\\nin evei-y way looked upon ;is one of the |)roniinent\\nfarmers of Howell To\\\\vii liip.\\n-._2?5il\u00c2\u00a3i\\nm\\nHENRY MOOHKS is one of the proniiiienl\\nolder I esidents of the city of Lansing,\\nhaving located here in Jul\\\\. 18(). His\\nparents, Robert I .axter and Caroline Rail)\\nMoores, were natives of Newark, N. J., where they\\nwere married in 1831, and two years later removed\\nto a farm near Cioton. Lii king County, ()hio,\\nwhere the subject of this sketch was born .\\\\pril 2,\\n1846, anil was the youngest of seven children.\\nHis f. itlier died in 1818. but the mother lived to\\nenjoy her children s society until Janu:iiy 1. 18111.\\ndying at the age of eightj-seven yea is.\\n\\\\\\\\licii but sixteen years old Henry commenced\\nwork for himself by hiring out a.s a farm hand.\\nThis he continued for four yeai-s. when he came lo\\nAlichigan to take advantage of the course of study\\noffered l)v the Agricultural College. At tlie close\\nof his Sophomore year he left c()lloge, and engaged\\nin market gardening on a piece of land in the\\neastern i)art of the city. Two years later, in 1871.\\ndeciding that gardening was not his forti he en-\\ngaged with Charles W. Butler in the real estate\\nbusiness. He soon, however, branched off for\\nhimself, and selecting pine timber as offering the\\nbest returns for labor and capital in\\\\ested, he soon\\nbecame one of the best known |)ine dealers of the\\nState. In 1881 he established the village of\\nMoorestown in Mi-ssaukee County, this State. He\\nbuilt a railroad lifteen miles in length, and engaged\\nextensively in logging his timber in that region,\\nfloating his logs down the river and having them\\nmanufactured into lumber .-it Muskegon. He sold\\nout his logging oi)erations in 188.T in order to give\\nhis .attention to his increasing interests in the city.\\nJlr. Moores was one of the original five stock-\\nholders of the Lansing Wheelliarrow Company,\\nand at the do.se of its second year became its pres-\\nident, which position he still holds. This is one\\nof the strong and successful institutions of tlie\\ncity, and owes much of its success to his guiding\\nhand. He has done much toward the upl)uilding\\nof the city, having built many tasty homes in\\nvarious locations during the last eight veal s, his\\nhouses being noted for the best (piality of material\\nand completeness of detail in their interior ar-\\nrangements. The home occiH)ied by himself, at\\nthe corner of .Vllegaii and Townsend Streets, was\\nbuilt in 188(i. and is still admitted to be the\\nhandsomest wooden residence in the city. He is a\\nmember of the I lymouth Congregational Church,\\nwhich he served for many years as Chairman of\\nIts Hoard of Trustees, and is one of its liest known\\nand active supiiorters.\\nMr. Moores first marriage took place al on-\\ncord. Mich.. December 17. 187:1. lo Sarah Lois\\nStevens, who diid in March, 188(), leaving one\\ndaughter Miss Josephine F. In April. 1877. he\\niiiarric l his present wife. Mr-. S. I rances (iood-\\nman. at O.ak Park. 111. since 1887 his attention", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0797.jp2"}, "798": {"fulltext": "802\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nhas been given largely to the yellow pine lands of\\nthe South, selecting soutlieastern Mississippi as liis\\nHeld of operations. He has become interested in\\nmany tliousand acres, and is enthusiastic as to tlic\\noutcome of investments made in that State.\\nJi\\nJKRCE SLICK Kl!. It lias often been noted\\ntliat the cliihlrcu of our (ierman-Ameri-\\ncan citizens have more tlian ordinary\\nqualities of industry, enterprise and ability\\nto succeed in life, and this is no doubt due to the\\nfact that traits iulierited through generations of\\n(|uiet, persistent energy have been broadened and\\nawakened l v tlie lireadtii and fullness and stir of\\nAmerican life. Whatever the tlieory, the fact\\nremains that we find in this class some of om- most\\nwortliy and desirable citizens.\\nTlie city of Detroit was the birtli|ilaee of our\\nsubject August 10, 1861, and his parents Lewis and\\nTheresa (Trollman) Slicker were natives of Ba-\\nvaria, (rermany, wliere the father was a tailor by\\ntrade. He came to the United States about the\\nyear 1859, and made his permanent liome in\\nDetroit, where he still resides and is active in liis\\ntrade. To this couple had l)een liorn six children,\\nnamely: Pierce, Charles, Therese, Charles, Mary\\nand ]Merry. The first Charles and the daughter\\nMary have both passed across the dark river, and\\ntheir mother was called from earth in 1872, lieing\\nonly thirty-six years old. She was long mourned\\nby tliose wlio knew her and will be remembered as\\na devout member of the Roman Catholic Church.\\nHe of whom we write was trained to manhood\\nill Detroit and tliere received liis education in the\\nSt. .loseph Scliool. At the age of sixteen he came\\nto Tyrone and bound himself out as a farm hand\\nto work for a farmer until lie reached his majority,\\nfor ^250. After coinjileting this term of service\\nhe worked liy the month until the time of his\\nmarriage, which took i)lace December 11, 1885.\\nHis bride. Miss Tessie Cran. fton was a native of\\nTyrone Township, and a daughter of David and\\nSarah (Beebe) C ranston who lietween the years of\\n1845 and 1850 came from Xew York to Oliio, and\\nlater removed to Michigan, wliere they settled upon\\ntwo hundred and forty acres of rich land. Two\\nonly of their four children are now living, iiaiiieh\\nElmer and Tessie.\\nAfter his marriage ^Ir. Slieker iente l hisniother-\\nin-law s farm of two hundred and forty acres\\nwhich he and his wife now own; it is one of\\nthe tinest farms to be found in the township. In\\nhis political views our subject is in .sympathy with\\nthe Democratic jjarty and is interested in national\\nmovements, but is not in any sense a seeker for\\noflice. He is a progressive and prosperous farmer,\\nand both he and his wife are higlily honored and\\nrespected throughout the community in which they\\nlive.\\n~^1\\n[S~\\nOIIN 1 \\\\AXSVCKLK. The members of the\\nfamily of wliicli our suliject is a representa-\\ntive have, for the most part, been tillers of\\nthe soil, and have made a success of the\\nbranch of business to which the_v have devoted\\nthemselves. Our subject s father was Joseph Yan-\\ns^ ckle, a son of Rynere Yansyckle, a native of\\nNew Jersey, where he spent his life and passed\\naway from this world at the age of eighty-five\\nyears. He was })y birth and constant emjjloyment\\na farmer, and his father was one of the first settlers\\nin New York. Joseph Yansyckle was born in\\nNew Jersey in 1797. He there lived and was mar-\\nried to Lydia Kenney, wlio was born March 2,\\n1800, and whose decease occurred in 1889. She\\nwas a daughter of William Kenney, a native of\\nNew York, who was of Scotch ancestry.\\nTo Josepli ansyckle and wife were liorn ten\\nchildren, five sons and five daughters. In 1835\\nMr. ^^ansyckle came to Oakland County, and\\nsettled in Independence Township, whicli received\\nits name from the gentleman just mentioned. He\\nsettled on a lariii of one hundred and sixty acres,\\nwhich he took up from the (Tovernment, and here\\nlie lived and died in 1860. He and his wife were\\nMethodists. They were among the pioneers of", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0798.jp2"}, "799": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAT- ALIULM.\\n803\\ntli.-it t-iiiiiilv. Mini at till lime cif lln ii- cuiniiiij: luMf\\niiiu could Inncl iioitli fur many miles willioiit\\nliiidiiii; ;iiiy si llli iiii iit. Tlioro weio :il tlii lime\\nplenty nl uiihcs niiil lie.us. anil deer were nnmer-\\niius. wliii li \\\\v:i t lirlnnate. as the lar ler niiiilit often\\nhave lieen empty had i\\\\lr. aiisyel le not been so\\nSiood a hnnler and iranie so easy to obtain.\\n.lohii 1*. ansyekle was born June 1 182 in\\nWarren County, X. .1.. and when five years of ai ;e\\ncanu with his parents to ()akland County and re-\\nmained with them, assistintr witli the pioneer work\\nuntil he was of aiie, when he learned the carpen-\\nter s trade. In liS, )l he w. is married in Oakland\\nCounty to ^liss Klizabeth (^nliek, a daiiifhter of\\nllenr\\\\ inlick, a native of New .lersey, and an\\nc. irly sett lei in ()akland County, where he spent\\nthe remainder of his life, his decease ocein-riiiii; in\\n\\\\H(V2. lie and his wife reared a family of ten\\nchildren, livi sons and live daiisjhters. lie was\\nalw.ays a farmer, and in his reliiiions relations a\\nmember of the .Methodist Kpiscopal Church,\\nOur subject and his wifeare the p. ireuts of the\\nfoll(iwini;children: .loseph II., .Martha I... James\\nT., Melvina 1). and Harry .M. .VU are livinji ex-\\nceptinsi the last named. He of whom we write\\nowns eii hty-tive acres of land in Oakland County,\\nThis he resided nixin until IHdl, when he went to\\n.loluistown, r.arry County, .and there lived until\\n18i)(), cominsi at that time to Inji ham County where\\nlie settled on ;i farm of (UU huinlred and sixty\\nacres, which he cleared and broke. This he sold\\nand then bought two hundred aere.s where he now\\nresides. His farm bears a i^ood class of buildinsi s.\\nhis residence .all th. it a home should be. .and his\\nb. irns and granaries larjie and roomy. He has\\nIjiven eiji hty acres of his oriirinal purchase to\\nhis son. which leaves him one hundred ind twenty\\nacres.\\nMrs. Klizabeth Vansycklc died August, lf Sl(.\\nand feeling the need of a comi)aiiion to help him\\ngather up the broken threads of life, he was mar-\\nried to Kosetta I)e Mond. a daughter of Ilarriscm\\nl)e Mond. a native of New York, who is an early\\nsettler in Oakland County, coming here in IMIo\\nwhere he pa.ssed his life, his dece.ase taking place\\nOctolier IKHlt. Mr. I)e Afond was a mason by\\ntrade and the f.-ither of a Large famih ()ui sub-\\nject h.as been the .aichileet of hi own fortune and\\nhas accumul;ited a handsome properly. He is .a\\nProhibitionist, hoping to see the principles of that\\nparty become lho.se that are generally acce])te(l.\\nHe has been Highway Commissioner six veai in\\nsuccession.\\n.w^\\ni i\\nFliANK I.. IIVNK. Then- is perhaps no\\nfamily in lirighlon Township. Livingston\\nCounty, more [irogressive and prosperous\\nand more r.apiilly .accumnlatiug a handsome prop-\\nei ty tli. in th. it which is representerl by the nainent\\nthe head of this sketch. This active young farmer\\nand stock-raiser was born hi the farm where\\nhe now makes his home, on the 21 t of .August\\n1H. He is the son of Charles T. Hyne. and a\\nyoiniger brother of William Hyne. of whom\\nextended mention is made elsewhere in this vol-\\nume, .and in who.se sketch more is told of the father\\nthan can be given within the space of this brief nar-\\nrative. The district school furnished the early edu-\\ncation of this young man. and he aftei ward took\\na cour.sc of study in the Commercial College at\\nDetroit, being there during the years I87; and\\n1\u00c2\u00ab7().\\nIt was about the year is7;i when the young man\\nbegan business on his own account, and since that\\nday he has gradually increased his operations until\\nhe now carries on an extensive farming business.\\nHe has a large Ir. iile in live stock, anil for a num-\\nber of years bought and shipped to a considerable\\nextent. Ho rai.ses .and handles Shorthorn cattle,\\nwhich he registers, and h.as a very fine hertl.\\nI lie young man s efforts have not been entirely\\nconlined to business o|)erations, as he lias taken\\ntime to woo and win for his wife a lady who is\\nfully his equal in character and .ability. I poii the\\n2nd of .Vpril, 1M!)1. he was wedded to .\\\\li-s. Lizzie\\n(Williams) Sullivan, of Detroit, the widow of\\nCharles Sulliv.an. and daughter of l-Mwiu Will-\\niams, who died ill IHHH after having been in busi-\\nness in Detroit for more than forty years.\\nThe farm of I-r. ink I hue consists of one hun-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0799.jp2"}, "800": {"fulltext": "804\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nfired and ninety acres of choice land, and besides\\ntill.-; jn operty he is a stoclchokler with liis two older\\nbrothers, William and Frederick, in a grist mill ;it\\nBrigliton. He is a man who makes money natu-\\nrally and easily, yet without infringing upon the\\nrights of others, as his unusual ability and judg-\\nment, which is conceded to be of a high order, en-\\nables him to plan wisely and to successfully carry\\nout his enterprises. His political inclinations aii-\\nin fayor of the Democratic platform, although he\\npays only the ordinary attention to |(olitics, as he\\ndocs not have time to deyote to such matters.\\n*E^*=E^\\nX\\nL^ f KATI() :\\\\I. LITCHFIELD. The military\\nl) record of the gentleman whose sketch in a\\nbiographical way, it is our pleasant pri\\\\i-\\nlege to here giye, is one of which any- man\\nmight well be proud, for it is that of a man who\\ngave his services freely and gladly to his State,\\nexpecting nothing in return. He fought for his\\ncountry, not for the glory, and therein lies the\\nsecret of the great military success of Northern\\narms. Mr. Litchfield was with the Army of the\\nPotomac and belonged to ILincock s Corps. He is\\nnow a resident of J^eroy Town.ship, being owner\\n;jf a fine farm on section 20, Leroy Townshii),\\nIngham County.\\nHe of whom we write is a native of Norfolk\\nCounty, Ontario, Canada, and was born Decem-\\nber 25, 1842. He is a son of Julius and Ade-\\nline (Stearns) Litchfield, natives of New York\\nState. Ten years of his boyhood were passed\\nin Canada and then with iiis parents he came\\nto Michigan, his father locating in Monroe City\\nwhere they resided for some time, being engaged\\nin farming. Tiie original of our sketch was\\ndenied the privileges of higher educati(m but\\nearly assimilated in the district schools of the\\nlirimitlve days all that was required for a practical\\nbusiness life. In August, 1862, Mr. Litchfield en-\\nlisted in the War of the Rebellion, joining Com-\\njiany II, of the Twenty-sixth JMicliigan Infantr\\\\\\nand with this regiment was assigned to duty in\\ntlie Army of the Potomac and had the good\\nfortune to be in Hancock s corps. He engaged in\\nthe battle of Spottsylvania, in the battle of the\\nilderness, also at Cold Harbor and Pine Kun.\\nHe was also in the battle of live Points and was\\n])resent at Lee s surrender at Appomattox. Be-\\nsides these engagements that are of world-wide\\nfame and which rank among the most celebrated\\nbattles that the world has ever seen, he took |iart\\nin many minor engagements, and was finally hon-\\norably discharged in thesummei of 186;\\nAfter leaving the service ISIr. Litchfield spent\\nsome time in Iowa and also in Missouri, after\\nwhich he came Inack to Michigan and was soon\\nafter united in marriage to Miss Teresa Brown, a\\ndaughter of Mateson and Olive Brown. He soon\\nafter purchased the farm whereon he now lives.\\nAlthough not an extensive tract it is fertile and\\nyields abundantly. Socially oiu- subject keeps up\\nhis war associations by membersiiip with Williams-\\nton Post, No. 103, G. A. R. He has served as A ice\\nCommander of this society. In politics he is an\\nadherent and believer in the principles as held by\\nthe Republican party. Personally he is a progres-\\nsive man, with original tendencies. Both he and\\nhis wife are regarded in the township in which\\nthey live as great additions to the social si)irit of\\nthe place.\\n^^^ETII C. STOW. i\\\\Iore lasting than specu-\\n^i^ lative interests and without their deleteri-\\n^\\\\Jf ous effect upon the moral nature, agricul-\\nture offers a safe livelihood to any indus-\\ntrious man. Unless superior judgment and man-\\nagement is brought to bear in this as in other\\ncallings, there is seldom a brilliant success, for the\\nground will not yield any more by brute force\\nthan will human nat\\\\irc be productive by force.\\nOur subject belongs to one nf the favored cla,ss,\\nwho is not only sure of his living, but also a suc-\\ncessful financier. He has attained an enviable\\nposition in the esteem of the peoj)le in Leroy", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0800.jp2"}, "801": {"fulltext": "I ORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALIUM.\\nHO.\\nr()wii^lii|p. wIktc 111 iii:iki s lii.s residence iiii section\\n27. lie \\\\v:is hoiii in Li\\\\ iii istiin (Oimty. tliis\\nState. Octulier 17. IHll.\\nMr. Stow IS ;i Mill of Aslc ;iiiil I.iimiim (Stow)\\nStow. His pMient.s weie natives of eiu)ont. They\\nemiiiiateil to Livini^^ston (ountx at an early lay\\nand llici e tliey spent some time. Tlie father of\\nour snhject (lied a numliei()f years aj :o; tiie mother\\nstill snivives. makinir her home in I.ivinjfston\\n(dimly where slie has spent llie greater (Mirtion of\\nher life. The senior Mr. Stow oeenpied a nnmliei\\nof township ollices. lie of whom we write is one\\nof tour cliildren lioi ii to his |)arents, Isaac, Anson.\\nSetli C. and Olive. Tlie last named is the wife of\\nJames (Jray. Onr snl)ject was reared to manhood\\nin Ills native eonnty and experienced many of the\\nhardshi])s as well as interesting adventures of pi-\\noneer life. His whole career lias been identified\\nwith agrieultnral interests, lieing drilled to that\\nwork from earliest boyhood. In the inteivals of\\nfai ni labor he received a fair common-school edn-\\ncation. one tli:it tilted liiiii for the oi dinai v he-\\nmands of business life.\\nJuly I, 18t)3 the oiiginal of onr sketch was\\nunited in marriage while still in Livingston County\\nto ^liss Nancy .Jones, a sister of .Mrs. J. .M. Chris-\\ntian, of whom a sketch appears in another part\\nof this work. The wife has made the life of\\nher husband rounded and eomjilete. She is the\\nmother of live children, whose names are, George,\\nKImer. Bert, Lila and ernon. He of whom we write\\nis the owner of two Imndred and forty acres of\\nland which is in a state of excellent cultivation\\nand the farm ranks among the best in Leroy\\nTownship.\\nAs was the ea.se in early days, the parents of oiu-\\n.subject could give their son but small pecuniary\\nhelp and what he has accumulated has been made\\nby hi^ own effort. Mr. Stow is now serving his\\nfourth year as Highway Commi.ssioner of Leroy\\nTownship and h.as also held. several other positions\\nespecially lho.se most important in a township con-\\nnected with the schools. He is a member of the\\nPatrons of Industry and with his wife has identi-\\nfied himself with the Methodist Protestant Church\\nin which lie is now serving as Steward and also\\nTrustee. It is an old and well known saying that\\nan honest man is the n iblesl work of (iml .ind\\nsui cly our subject comes uiuler this head. He is\\nnoted for his thrift and indiistr\\\\ ind the beauty\\nan l harmony of his public life is only i relleclion\\nof the kindness and loving gentleni ss that is\\nfound ill his faniih.\\nIVII.I.IAM II. I.AIJK of Mason City, Ingham\\nCounty, was born in i;ili;i. ienesee County,\\nyV N. v., February 2(;, IH.U. He is a son of\\nAbijah and Pluebe .\\\\nn (Driggs) Clark, both natives\\nof (ienesee County, where the family h.as resided\\nfor generations and indeeil foi- one hundred years.\\n(Jur subject was brought up on a farm and at the\\nage of fifteen began his apprenticeship as a jirinter,\\nand completed this training on the Detioit Fi i-i-\\n/y.s.s as he came West in ln.jd. Five yeai s aftei-\\nhe bought a newspaper in Wilmington. Will\\nCounty. 111., and conducted it until .IHat) when he\\nremoved to Vorkville, Kendall Coiinly. III., where\\nlie remained until IHfil. He had studied law .and\\nbeen .admitted to the b:ir while in Wiliuiingtoii\\nabout the yeir ixr)7.\\nAt the breaking out of the war this young man\\nsold out Ids paper and entered the Thirty-sixth\\nIllinois Infantry receiving a commission .is Second\\nLieutenant. His first heavy battle was at Pea\\nKiilge and later he was transferred to the vicinity\\nof Shiloh after the battle had been fought at that\\nplace and was with the army that drove Beaure-\\ngard out of Ctirinth. While at Hieiizi he was pro-\\nmoted to the rank of First iJeutenanl for meritori-\\nous service on the Held of Pea Hiilge.\\nThis regiment was transferred to Cincinnati ancl\\nlater to Louisville and they were in the battle of\\nPerryville in .Sheridan s Division under Gen. Biiell,\\nand here our subject wa.s wounded in the left arm\\nso that he was di.sabled for two months. He took\\npart in the liattle of Stone River at Murfree.slioro\\nami w.as again wounded, but being the only t llicer\\nin the com|)any remained iir charge and his I cgi-\\ninent in this battle lost about two-(ifthsof Its num-\\nber. He was now |iromoteil to the rank of Hegi-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0801.jp2"}, "802": {"fulltext": "iSOfi\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nineiit;il Adjulaiil. In tlic liattle of Cliickamauga\\nIlls liorse was shot fidiii iiiider liiiii aiul lie never\\nreceived pa.y for tliis loss iiiilil twentv-soven years\\nafterward. At C liattaiioosia lie received a Captain s\\nc-oniniission for meritorious service during the pre-\\nceding battles. After the battle of Missionary\\nRidge he was wounded by a bayonet in the right\\nleg and soon afterward lesigned on aceonjit t)f\\ndisaliility.\\nI .efore going into the army ;Mr. Clark had been\\nmarried and by this union there were two children.\\nWilliam L., who edits the Ingham County Dcmo-\\nfi-iil and Lillian P., who married and died leaving\\none child. The mother of this son and daughter\\nwas called from earth and in 18()-1 our subject was\\nagain married and he now located in Mason City\\nwhere he carried on the livery business for some\\ntime and is now proprietor of the Clark House.\\nBy the second marriage he has three .sons, Charles\\nS., Fred .1. and George\\nThe first iMrs. Clark bore the maiden name of\\nJulia Mead and was a daughter of Andrew J.\\nand I arnell (Wait) Mead. The present Mrs. Clark\\nwas known in liei- maidenhood as Kate M. Marsh\\nand is a daughter of .Spencer Mar.sh. Mr. Clark s\\nparents lirought him to Michigan when he was\\nonly four years old and he remembers the soldiers\\nwho took part in the boundary war between ;\\\\Iich-\\nigan and Ohio. His paternal giandfatlier. William\\nLee Clark, was killed at the siege of ISnftalo in the\\nWar of 1H12.\\nIRAM RIX, .li!. Anion the [jrominent\\nand influential citizens of Ingham County,\\nwe are pleased to include the biographical\\n.sketch of this estimable resident of Leroy\\nTownship. lie is a sou of Iliiam and Emily\\n(Osborn) Rix. and was liorn in the township of\\n.Sharon, AV^ashtenaw County, October 17, 1844. At\\nthe age of five years he was brought by his parents\\nto their farm in Leroy, Ingham County.\\nAll the early associations of him of whom we\\nwrite are connected with the district in which he\\nis now a resident. He was here reared to manhood,\\nand the details of iin|irovement and the gradual\\nevolution from the original wild state of the land\\nto its present prosperous air of rural life, is as fam-\\niliar to our subject as is his own daily life. His\\neducational advantages like those of most jiioneer\\nyouths were limited, but he acquired enough to\\ngive him an impetus to go on liy himself. In Oct-\\nober, 18(!2, at the age of eighteen he responded to\\nthe call of his country for troops and enlisted in the\\nWar of the Rebellion, joining Company I), of the\\nSixth IMichigan Cavalry. Active field service com-\\nmenced with him at Gettysburg, and within a few\\ndays every commissioned officer of liis company\\nwas either killed or wounded, many of his comrades\\nin the ranks had fallen and he was a prisoner,\\ncatiturcil in the cavalry tight at Boonesboro, Md.\\nJuly 8, 18();5. He was sent to Libby Prison, and\\nfrom there to Belle Island, where he was held until\\nScplembci- id, l\u00c2\u00ab(;:i. when he was released on jiarole,\\nsick with typhoid fexer. Recovering his health lie\\nreturned to his command and served under Custer\\nand Sheridan until the close of the war. participat-\\ning in all the battles of the famous Shenandoah\\ncam])aign in 18(;4, then the battle of Five Forks,\\nand from there to Aliponiattox wlicre Lee sur-\\nrendered.\\nAfter the clo.se of the war the brigade to which\\nhe belonged was sent West into the vicinity of Ft.\\nLaramie to a.ssist in quelling the hostile Indians.\\nAfter a stay of several months he was honorably\\ndischarged in November, 1865, and returned to his\\nold home to resume the oecujiation of farming.\\nHe is now the owner of one hundred and sixty\\nacres of good land, which he purchased in its ori-\\nginal wild state, cleared and brought it to a high\\nstate of cultivation, and has erected some admir-\\nable buildings, the residence being jiarticularly at-\\ntractive, and a model country house in which com-\\nfort is the chief con.sideration.\\nAugust 27. 1x71. he was married to Aliss Bettie\\nNeal, daughter of Riifus J. Xeal, also a resident of\\nLeroy Township. Mrs. Rix was of great assistance\\nto her husband duriiiii their early struggles for a\\ncompetence and an inspiration to accomplish the\\nhard and uninteresting work incident to farm life.\\nTheir union was blest b\\\\- the advent of nine cliil-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0802.jp2"}, "803": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0803.jp2"}, "804": {"fulltext": "4\\nS W7, ^\\\\//VA L-{rOcroxD", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0804.jp2"}, "805": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n80 J\\nilri ii whose n.-uiics ;irc as follows: Milton, George,\\nWaller. Carl. Kditli. Floyd. Cliffonl, ioitiudc, and\\nl.nllii i .Milton, llic eldest, is le.Minini; the mach-\\ninist s trade at the M ichiiran Central Railroad shops\\nin .laekson, Mieh.\\nMr. Hix proves that he is a man of stei liny (ilire\\nand not to he daunted hy disfouraffeineiits from\\nthe taet that althouiih he has not been exempt from\\nliaeksets more th.an other men. he has iievei allow-\\ned himself to lie iespondent, tjikint;- np the work\\nthat is nearest at hand and doiii it with his whole\\nheart. Herein lies the secret of his siieeess. For\\ntwo yea IS he served as Clerk of Leioy Township, and\\nvva^s Supervisor one year. In IMilO he was candi-\\ndate for ijepresentative to the Stjite Ix uislatnre\\nficini the second distl ict of Inu ham County, lint\\nwas defeated liy lion. C. Fitch, of ^Mason.\\n()ursul)ject is proijjressive in all his tendencies.\\nThe pulilic lienelit is more to him than private\\nenterprise, lie is strictly conseientionsand cannot\\nlie swerved from the line of duty as lie sees it liy\\nany consi leiatioiis of self-interest, lie and his\\nwife ;ii e reiiresentatives of the liest sociid element\\nin this community, lie is present commander of\\nF. rnrrell Post. No. !i;^. J. A. 1{. at Webberville.\\nKOHCiF HILL FFH(;rS()N. M. 1). .New-\\ncomers in any ttourishini;; city have to run\\nthe risk of I leinii overlooked .v pefiple who\\ndo not kn iw them. ;iiid of being overshadowed li,\\\\\\nthe already established reputation of older residents\\nwho are in the.same line of business or i)rofessioiial\\nwork with them.selves. .V young physician, newly\\nestablished in :i city liiids this particularly trui\\nbut if he po.ssesses exceptional elmracter. ability\\nand skill, he will overcome these disadvantages and\\nsoon be brought to the front.\\nSuch exee]itioiial characteiisticsniay be adjudged\\nto Dr. Ferguson, whose portrait appears upon the\\nopposite ])age. Although comparatively a new-\\ncomer in Lansing. Ingham County, lie is ali eady\\nenjoying a popular practice as a physician and sur-\\ngeon, lie was born in (Jraiit Township. )ce:iiia\\nCfiunty. this St.-ite. .Iaiiuai\\\\ 27. IHIw. His father.\\nNini.an l- eri;uson. was a native of Holt, in this\\nount\\\\-. His grandfather, who also bore the name\\nof Ninian, was a native of Canada and followed\\nthe pursuit of a contractor and builder. He early\\nsettled in Holt, where he carried on his work, liut\\nenlisted under the Hag of the Inion and served\\nduring the Civil \\\\Var for two years. He was killed\\nby .a railroail tiain at Leslie, Mich., on his way\\nhome. The Ferguson f;imily is of Scottish descent\\nand traces its line.age back to the nobility of Scot-\\nland.\\nI he mechanical :ibility of the fatliei- init him in\\nthe engineeiing and mechanical department of the\\narm\\\\ while he was in the I nited States service, in\\nwhich he enlisted when he was about eighteen\\nyears old. remaining therein until the close of the\\nwar. He then bought a farm in Oceana Township,\\n)eeau!i County, and after two years removed to\\nSlie|b\\\\-. in the same county, where he managed a\\nfurniture store. Later he went to White Hall .as a\\nmillwright and afterward engaged in the manu-\\nfacture of shingles and lumber on contract for four\\nyears. ,\\\\fter that he removed to Gobleville, an\\nUureii County, wheie he carried on his business a.s\\na contriictor and builder until IMilO. At that time\\nhe removed to South Chicago, where he still pur-\\nsues the same business. His wife bore the maiden\\nname of Isabellc Thr.asher and was born in Fs.sex,\\nOhio, being a daughter of William T. Thrasher, of\\n.Mbion. who is a bl.acksmitli and carriage-maker,\\nlioth parents were devoted members of the Meth-\\nodist Fpiscoiial Church.\\n()iii- subject is the eldest in .a family of three\\nboys, and was reared to manhood in Oceana anil\\nNan I .iiien Counties, attending the city si-hools at\\nWhite Hall, and being graduated when eighteen\\neai-s of age. He learned the carpenter s trade\\nwhen a boy and also learned decorati^ig and arcli-\\niteeture. lb followed ctmtracting and building at\\n(ioblesviile until 1H87 when he entered the I ni-\\nversity of Michigan, studying in the department of\\nmedicine and was graduated in |K!Ml, with the de.\\ngree of Doctor of Medicine. He cai ried on\\nresearches in seven special courses while there, ])ay-\\niiig particular attention to gynecology an l electro-\\ntherapeutics.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0805.jp2"}, "806": {"fulltext": "810\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nThe Doctor located in Mason, Mich., and after\\nten iiiontlis praftiff there removed. May i l.Sill.\\nto i^ansiiig, where he houjiht out Dr. F. llud-\\nnutts and has worked iij) for himself a line practice\\nin surgery, of whieli he makes a specialty, lie de-\\nvotes one day in the week to his old patients in\\n^lason wlio still cling to hun, and from wlnmi he\\nat times lias calls every day in the week. He is\\nproiuinenlly identified with the Knights of Pythias\\nand the Free and Accepted Masiins. and is well\\nknown among the Alumni of tlie I niversity of\\nMichigan. As a vocalist he is well known through-\\nout this iiart of the State, having a fine voice and\\nsinging .as first tenor. With two lirothers and a\\nMr. Walker he helped to form a male quartette\\nwhich did excellent service for three months, dur-\\ning the campaign of 188H for the Prohibition party,\\nto which he is ardently attached.\\nThe Doctor has recently invented a gasoline\\nheating stove and has apjjlied for a patent. It is\\nconsidered by cajiable judges to be far superior to\\nany moveable stove ever invented for heating\\npurposes, as it can he easily moved from one room\\nto another. Dr. Fergus(m is meeting with large\\nsales, having sold one hundred and j^seventeen\\nstoves in the short space of four hours.\\ni-ri-T\\nOHX CLEAR, The gentleman whose name\\nappears above and who is one of the firm A\\nWells i.\\\\! Clear, wholesale dealers in oils, coal\\nand ice, is one of tlie early residents of the\\ncity of Lansing. He has been here since 1866. He\\nwas born in Sandusky, Ohio, July 1. 18.54. He re-\\nmained there but a short time, his fanuly moving\\nto South Bend, Ind., which was his home for a few\\nyears. He came to this city when twelve years\\nold and soon afterward went into the grocery busi-\\nness with John Whitely. He was so engaged for\\nsome time and there acquired the elements of his\\nbusiness education.\\nOur subject started a dray of which he was him-\\nself the proprietor, and drove the wagon for the\\nUnited States Flxpress Company. He still con-\\ntinues to have charge of the last-named business in\\nconnection with his other interests, and now has\\nall the work for the Detroit, J^ansing i\\\\f Xtjrthern\\nRailroad, which alone requires four teams. Mr.\\nClear went into partneiship with Mr. Wells in the\\noil Inisiness in 1886. They have built a station\\nhero and also at Saginaw and now have a large\\njobbing trade. They receive their oil liy cai- load\\nlots. They also deal in coal, ice and wood and\\ngive emidoyment to ab(jut nine men.\\nOur subject has not been greatly interested in\\npolitics, but usually gives his vote and the weight\\nof his intluence to the Republican i)arty. His wife,\\nwho is a most estimable lady, was in her maiden-\\nhood Miss Fanny Hoffman, of this city. She is\\nthe mother of four cinldren, whose names are John,\\nTina, Florence and Beatrice. They are lirigiit and\\namiable young people who (iiomise to be a so\\\\irce\\nof great comfort to their |)arents.\\n/AMES M. SHEARER is a retired farmer liv-\\ning on section 14, Lansing Township, where\\nhe is the owner of a beautiful tract of land.\\nHe and his step-son, B. B. Baker, have one\\nhundred and forty-six acres within one mile of the\\ncity limits of Lansing. Mr. Shearer is a son of\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2hames and Hannah (Caldwell) Shearer, natives of\\nFranklin County, Mass., where the subject of this\\nsketch was born April 20, 181.5. He was reared\\non a farm and worked for liis father until he was\\ntwenty-one years of age. His father was a farmer\\nand a drover, dealing in cattle and other stock.\\nOur stdiject assisted his fatlier on the road when\\na boy. He remained in the old Bay State until\\ntwenty-nine years of age and was then appointerl\\nSteward of the Insane Asylum at Brattleboro, t..\\nin which capacity he served for five years. It was\\nwhile having cliai ge of this institution that he\\nformed the acquaintance of Mrs. Deborah Baker,\\nwho was the matron of the institution. They were\\nmarried September 4, 1849. She was the daughter\\nof Reuben and Abigail (Brooks) Bigelow, and is\\na native of Bennington, Vt., born April 12, 1803.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0806.jp2"}, "807": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND 15IOORAP1IICAI. ALBl M.\\nHU\\nSIh tir l iiiMiiicd l ,/.i;i l ;ikci- in IH. U; In- died\\nin IX. J!). U ;i\\\\ inn iici- a widow willi I onr cliildrcn,\\nwiiosu iiaiiu s arc Kzia. licnjaniin, lleiirv 15. and\\nCharles. Tlic oldest died while i)i niilitarv service,\\nlienjaniin 15., wiio was born in ln:3 resides with\\nthe lainily of Mr. Sliearer and conducts the I arni;\\nhe is married to Mary Wilcv and is the father of\\nthree children Mamie, IJeithaand Helen. Henry\\n15. was l orn in IH;57 and now resides in Lansing.\\nAfter tln niarriiige of Mr. and Jlrs. Shearer they\\ncame to Ingham County and in 1K51 removed to\\n.Mason and liecanie proprietors of an liotel, remain-\\ning there foi three veal s. At the end of that time\\nhe moved to Lansing and has ever since lived in\\nthe lownship. lie has always taken great inter-\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-l in political and social m;itters and is a strong\\nDemocrat. He has lieen Supervisor of the town-\\nsliip for ten years and has also held other town\\notlices. He was .Sheriff in Massacluisetts when only\\ntwenty-one years of age. Mr. Sliearer is a meni-\\nlier of the Masonic order and he and his wife are\\nI loth united with the Congregational Church. They\\nare both advanced in life, but are still young in\\ntheir sympathies and feelings.\\nt\\nft? S. .\\\\15KLS. thel)e|iuty I liited Slates Mar-\\nshal who makes his home at L.ansing, wa.s\\ny born in Seneca County, X. Y., December\\nIH, 1843 and is a .son of .1. M. and Klizabetii\\n(Avery) .Vbels. The father w;is formerly a boot\\nand shoe man and later a liimlier manufacturer.\\nOur subject received his education in New York,\\ncompleting his studies at (ieneva. and subsequent-\\nly engaged in .selling dry goods in New York, Chi-\\ncago and Toledo. In IHTT) betook up detective\\nwork on special service in Toledo and afterward\\nin Lansing. In 1H77 he o])ened an office as a de-\\ntective in an independent way and was also for a\\ntime in the employ of the city, as I olicc Detec-\\ntive.\\nMr. Abels was a|)poiiited Deputy I liited SimIis\\n.Mar hal about eiiilit ears ago anil is at present\\nemployed iis detective for the Michigan Central\\nrailroad, so that he is on the road a good deal of\\nthe time. He has had many hard struggles in\\nworking up the eases of desperate charactci-s, and\\nhas had great success in biinging to light ciL -es\\nwhich others h;id failed to coini lete and has never\\nbeen unsuccessful in his effort.s. He has a good\\nreputation both personally and in his line of work.\\nHe married Miss Asenalh R. Wail, a \\\\erinonl larly\\nwhose father came to Delhi in this county in 1\u00c2\u00ab()7.\\nH^-!\\n.O-\\n^^^^A\\\\ II) 1). lilRD. .V worthy representative\\nj J) of the agricultural fraternity, Mr. Bird\\n(i^^ lifts retired from active business life and\\nis now enjoying a well earned resjiite from\\nsevere labor, having a ple.a.sant residence in Will-\\niamsville, I liadilla Township, Livingston County.\\nHe is a sou of Kurman 15ird, a native of Warren\\nCounty, N. .1., and a fanner. His grandfather was\\nKdward I5ird, who was of Knglish descent and a\\niiiMii of .some note in his day. being a member of\\nthe Legislature and .lustice of the IVace. He was\\na farmer by occupation residing in ^Varren County,\\nand with his wife, wlio.se maiden name was Susanna\\nKurman, lived to a good old age. His mother was\\nMary Ann (Davis) I5ird, also a native of New\\n.lersey. Her father, David Davis, was a soldier in\\nthe Revolutionary AVar. .Mr. and Mrs. I5ird. Sr.,\\nwere married in their native State and there re-\\nsided until they came to the Wolverine State in\\n1H83, first settling at .Vnii Arbor on a farm. There\\nw.i-s but a small settlement there at that time, a log\\nhouse serving .as a tavern. The farm com]irised\\neighty acres of land and was about one mile fnun\\nthe village.\\nThe energies of our subject s father bent to ihe\\nimprovement of his jjlace and before his deccLse he\\nerected a good frame dwelling house and line\\nbarns. Both parents pas.sed aw.ay from the scene\\nof their most active labor. Of ten children born\\nto his parents our subject is the (mly one now liv-\\ning. His early training in a religious w.ay was in\\nthe I resbvterian Church. Our subject s father was", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0807.jp2"}, "808": {"fulltext": "812\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\na Deacon in that body before coming to Michigan.\\nHis decease toolv place in 1839. at the age of sixty-\\nfive years. Ilis wife died in lH. )6at the age of\\nseventy-two years. Politicalh the fatiier vv.as a\\nJacksonian Democrat. ^Irs. Bird was an nnassnni-\\ning Christian woman whose real wortli was known\\nonly to her intimate friends, so quietly did she\\nperform hei- many deeds of kindness. The poor\\nand needy found in her a helper, and she was a\\nwarm friend of missions ever willing to deny\\nherself for others, as the following incident will\\nshow. Her means were very limited: there fell to\\nher at one time the .small amount of 300. In-\\nstead of using it for her own c(mifort she gave\\n$200 to the cause of mis.sions and loaned the re-\\nmainder to a feeble church to liuild a house of\\nworship, reserving nothing for herself. ^Irs. Bird\\nwas the inlv daughter of David Davis. She had\\ntwo brothers. Samuel and Chambers, who were far-\\nmers liy occupation and resided in Warren County,\\nN. J.\\nThe brothers and .sisters of our subject weie as\\nfollows; Betsey, Sloan, Samnel. Elijah, Mary, Kd-\\nward. .lohn, .Joseph and Susanna, all except the\\nlatter marrying and settling in Southei-n ^Michigan.\\nJoseph the youngest came to his death in the gold\\nmines of California; he left a wife and one child.\\nJohn lived and died on the old homestead where\\nhis wife and family still reside.\\nThe original of our sketch first saw the liglit of\\nday Larch 1, 1813, in Warren County, X. J. On\\ncoming to .Michigan lie was t\\\\ventv vears of age\\nand had received his education in tlie Kast. Iia\\\\-ing\\nhad the advantages offered in a district school.\\nHe was reared on a farm and was early familiarized\\nwith agricultural duties. He remained at home\\nwith his father until coining to Livingston County,\\ngiving him his services until he reached his major-\\nity and working for wages after that time.\\nMr. Bird came to this county and located on a\\nfarm of one hundred and seventy-two acres in\\nUndilla Township, on section 3(1. The land is what\\nis known as oak openings and it was patented to\\nhim directly from tlie Coverninent. There were at\\nthe time more Indians than white men, tieighbors of\\nthe latter sort being very few. He was obliged to\\nborrow money to pay for part of liis land and\\nbought two yoke of oxen on credit. I .uilding a\\nlog house he began the work of clearing, which\\nwent on slowly a he had no help and had to de-\\npend upon himself entirely\\nOur suliject s marriage took place March 18311,\\nat which time he was united in marriage t()\\nMiss Agnes Piper, a daughter of William and Ag-\\nnes Piper, natives of Scotland and early settlers\\nin Unadilla Township. Mrs. Bird was born Se|)-\\nteinber 12, 1816 in .Scotland. She died December\\n1, 1880. This worthy couple have been the par-\\nents of .six children, three of whom are now living.\\nThey are William P., ~Slaiy E. and Almira K.\\nWilliam was born .Vugust 24, 1840; his first wife\\nw.as Klgiva liarton, a native of Maine; at her\\ndeath she left four children, the eldest of whom, a\\nnol)le boy nineteen years of age, was drowned\\nwliile bathing in the lake at AVilliamsville. The\\nmaiden name of his second wife was Klla Lake.\\nHe lives near Ann Arlx)r and has five children,\\nthree of whom are by his former marriage. IMaiy\\nK. was liorn March 26, 1845; she is now the wife\\nof F. K. Ives and lives in this township; she is the\\nmother of two I hildreii. Almira li., born .lan-\\nuary Lj, 1848, is the wife of A. 15. Dunning and\\nlives in Sturgis. ]Mr. Dunning is a prominent law-\\n\\\\cr in that city. lie and his wife are the parents\\nof two children.\\n:\\\\I. BI(;f:L()W. a miller of Williamstown\\nTownship, Ingham County, is a son of J. R.\\nBigelow and grandfather of Abel Bigelow,\\na native of M.assachusetts. The grandfather\\nmarried Maria Hunt by whom he had three sons\\nand five daughters, and in 182.5 he came to Michi-\\ngan and settled on a farm in AVest Bloomfield.\\nOakland County, where he spent the remainder of\\nhis days, dying about the year 1848. He put up\\nthe first brick-kiln in Oakland County and erected\\nthe first brick house in the township.\\nJ. R. Bigelow came to Michigan in 1825 at the\\nage of eighteen and after several years in the em-\\nploy of a fur dealer in Detroit, for whom he", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0808.jp2"}, "809": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIIJCAL ALBUM.\\n813\\nbought furs from 111,. IikUmms. 1\u00e2\u0080\u009e. Ii,.|i\u00e2\u0080\u009e.,l i,, i,|,i|,|\\nIhe (irsL r:\\\\ilw;iy IVmii Detroit to I .intiric :m(l i-uu-\\nstruclcd III,- lirsl turul:il.lc nt Uoynl Oaks. II,.\\ntlu.n rcturiicl to New VorU. wlii.r,. he was iiiairici\\nto Susan .M,inta, ,nn. wlio Iu cmiiic tlu. iiiollu r of lli,.\\nfollowiiii.- \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0liililrcn: Marv. .1. A.. Autcusla. II. .\\\\1..\\n-111(1 Ainaiida. In l.s7| .M Kiuvjow lirouoju\\nhis family to Williamstoii. this county, and died\\nin Fchruary. 1^ 7(;, while his wife survived iinlil\\nDeeeiiilier I. I.S,S2.\\nOur siil)jeet was liorn in West Itloomlield Town-\\nshij). Oakhmd County. iNfich.. Oetoher 7. LSI 1. At\\ntheageof seventt eii h,. enlisted in om|iaii\\\\- A. Fifth\\nMichigan Cavalry, and served until .Inly H, IXG.-),\\ntaking iiart in the following liattles, (lettv-sburg.\\nHooneshoro. Ihigerstown. illiainsiJorl, Falling\\nWater and South .Alountain. At the close of the\\nwar he learned the carpenter s trade and worked at\\nit until 187; after which he lioiight a farm in\\nWillianiston Township. Ingham Couiit\\\\-.\\nSusan A.Drake, daughter of Joliiam Drake, a\\nsailor and fanner, became Mr.s. II. :\\\\I. Higelow,\\nFebruary V.i, 1866, and to her has been born one\\nson, Carl 11., who is now in the nulling business\\nwith his father. Mr. liigclow .sole! his farm in l.s,s7\\nand came to Williamston and engaged in niilliiii;.\\nin addition to which he does jiiite an extensive\\nsawmill business, in b,ith of which he has been\\nvery successful. He is prominently identiHed with\\nthe Royal Arch .Masons, the Odd Fellows and the\\n(iraiul .Vriiiy. His politics are of the Republican\\nstamp, ..iiid he was President of Ih,. vill:ig(. in |m;)II.\\n\\\\____\u00c2\u00b1^ii^s*\\n2\\nlifOIIN M. CROSS.M.VX. a relired nieichant\\nand a gentleman of broad \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind comprehen-\\nsive experience and ob.servation, is a si 1\\nP^ben Crossman, who was a native of New\\nYork. His first wife, Lois Hobart, w;is the mother\\nof two (laughters and one son. .Vflcr her dcadi\\nhe married .Maria White, wdio bore to him li:irles\\n1)., .lohn M., and .Sarah .lame.s. She w.as a daiii^li-\\nter of Willi:im While, .i nativ,. of New York.\\nH.l an early .settler in Livingston ountv. .Mi,-h..\\nwho died in 18.5(1. li\\\\s wife surviv.-,| him until\\n1887. .Mr. White w:isa soldier in the War of IK12.\\ni:b,.n ro.s.sm;,,! locale i in Ingham Township.\\nIngham County, about the year I 8 Id. and h,. is still\\nultivating that estate. He is a Democrat in his\\npolitical view.s. but his son is ardently .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ilt;u-lied to\\nthe Republican party.\\nHe of whom we write had his hirlh in Ingham\\nTownship, this county, January 1. \\\\H:,i). He\\nl.-il ored up,, 11 111,. f:iini at lioiii,. imlil he reached\\nthe age of lifteen, when he began working for\\nwages, and te.aeliing winters, and by .scrupulous\\neconomy he managed to carry himself through a\\ncourse in the State Normal .School, and gradu.-ii,,!\\nin 1874. After his graduation he was appointed\\nPostmaster at Williamston. and al th.. saiiu- time\\ninv. stcd a limited capital in the mercantile busi-\\nness. In this way he was very successful, and at\\nthe ,11,1 of ten years U\\\\ business was valued at\\n^40,(100.\\nThe young nierehant n, w formed .-i p;iiineiship\\nwith Mr. Samuel Toms, with whom he ,.oiilinued\\nfor three years, after which he sold his share of\\nthe business to Mr. Kdgar Weber, and has since\\nled a r,. tired life. He still retains meyed in-\\nterest in the mercantile business, although he has\\nput most )f his property into bonds and mort-\\ngages, and has besides this several vdlage lot.s and\\na luind.sfune residence on Putnam Street.\\nThe marriage of our subject in 1876 broui.dit to\\nhis home a sympathetic and a helpful c mipanion\\nill the per.son of .\\\\dilie Strang, a (laughter of al-\\nler C. Strang, a New Yorker, who was a jiioneerof\\nthis ,.(iuiit\\\\-. Ill ilie y,.Mr |s,s;( ro.s.sman. in\\npursuit of knowledge, took a tiip to Kurope. He\\nlearned the French language and traveled all over\\nthe onliiieiit. He visited (iieece, Kgypt. Habv-\\nlon anil the llol\\\\ Land. He returned in the fall\\nof the same year, bringing with him a large num-\\nber of pliologr..|pli of prominent cities and build-\\nings. ,V few weeks after his return he started upon\\nhis second trip which l.-islcd more th:iii a \\\\e;ir; was\\nal l ;iiis during the eontiiiu.-iiiee of the World s\\nFair. He visited -lacobs Well and the Well of\\n.Joseph, in Cairo. Fgypl. He .saw th,. ci.ater of\\nMl. t.sii\\\\ius. ami on the Itli of .lul\\\\. 188!). as-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0809.jp2"}, "810": {"fulltext": "814\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nscended Mt. Blanc. He visited the sites of the\\nseven churches of Asia, to wliich St. John sent, his\\nmessages in the Book of Revelations, and he fol-\\nlowed tlie steps of our Saviour in the Garden of\\n(iethsemane. and upon the sacred mount of cru-\\ncifixion.\\nDuring Mr. C rossman s first tour in Europe, lie\\ntraveled some fifty thousand miles, and his second\\ntour carried him over about twenty thousand miles.\\nHe l)rought over a large addition to his library,\\nand among them many volumes of French litera-\\nture. Besides his journeyings abroad, he has trav-\\neled in many parts of our own country and in\\n1885 visited the Ex|)osition at New Orleans.\\n\u00c2\u00bb^-=T^-\\nxREDKHR K STEIXAC ivER. Among the\\n(sjt enterprising (iernian- American citizens of\\nt ohoctahTownsJiip.IJvingston County, few.\\nif any, are more aiii)r( ciated as factors who have\\nadded to tiie value of life iu tliis district tlian he\\nwliose name is at tlie head of tiiis sketcli., He was\\nliorn .luly 28, 1848. in Hesse-Darinstadt, Germany,\\nand is a son of Frederick and Barbara (Baker)\\nStcinacker. natives of the F.atherland. The fatlier\\nof our suliject employed as tlie means of mak-\\ning his livelihood the historic trade of a weaver.\\nHe was one of a family of four cliihiren, compris-\\ninu three sous and one daughter, and was tlie only\\none who came to the United States. His voyage\\nhitlier being made in tiie summer of 1857.\\nThe time occupied in crossing the ocean when\\nour subject came hither, was seven weeks and tliiee\\ndays, and on landing lie came direct to Genoa,\\nLivingston County, this State, where he at once\\nbegan farming. He is now the owner of eighty\\nacres of land, which is under an excellent state of\\ncultivation. Our subject s maternal parent was\\nthe daughter of Andrew Baker, who came to\\nMichigan about 1852-53. He of whom we wiite\\nwas reared on a farm, and on coming to the United\\nStates began to earn his own way, working for the\\nsmall sum of *2 per month. That he was f.aitliful\\nand trustworthy is shown by the fact that he re-\\namined with one employer, Lewis Myers, for four-\\nteen years and eight months, during which time he\\nreceived a remuneration of 1245 a year for his\\nservices. In 1875 he purchased the eighty acres\\non section 2(1. Cohoctah Township. This he has\\ncleared and improved, making of it his present\\nhighly cultivated estate.\\nNovember 28, 1879, Mr. Steinacker was married\\nto Elizabeth Dykes, who was born November 9,\\n1855, in Genoa Township. She was a daughter of\\nJoseph and Jane (O Neill) Dykes, the former a\\nfarmer who came from New York about 1842. Our\\nsubject has become the father of three children,\\nwhose names are Olive B., Carl F. and Howard J.\\nOur subject and his wife are members of the\\nBaptist Church, in which they hold a highly re-\\nspected place. Mrs. Steinacker s father was by\\ntrade a shoemaker. )n coming to the State of\\nMichigan lie purchased one liundred and sixty\\nacres of land in (ienoa Township. He was the\\nfather of nine children, six of whom grew to ma-\\nturity. They are Alice, Walker, Sarah, who is Mrs.\\nCook; Arminta, who died at the age of twenty-\\nthree; .loel, George, whose decease took place wli\u00c2\u00abn\\nhe was twenty-six years of age, and Oscar. Jo-\\nseph Dykes was born in (4enoa, Livingston County,\\nN. Y., and died September 19, 1875, at the age of\\nseventj -eiglit years. For twenty years before his\\ndecease he had lieen blind. His wife still survives\\nhim; she is seventy-eight years of age, and is a de-\\nvoted member of the Baptist Church.\\nTEPHEN SMITH is a general farmer on\\nsection 1, ^leridian Townsliip, Ingham\\nCc)untv. He has a place of eighty-four\\nacres which is under good cultivation. Mr.\\nSmith was born in Lodi, Seneca County, N. Y., De-\\ncember 2, 1819. He is a son of .Lames Smith, who\\nwas born in Norway Township, Orange County,\\nN. Y. in 17 .i8 and died in 18(i(i. Sir. Smith spent\\nseventeen years in Seneca County on a farm and\\nduring that time received a district-school educa-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0810.jp2"}, "811": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIIK Al ALBUM.\\nKl.-)\\nlion. I lis t atlicr llicii (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0line to .Michiu.Mii riiul set-\\ntli d lU iir Ann Ailidr. lie remained tiicic two years\\non a farm, wliieli lie linally sold :incl lionL. lil where\\nour subje t now lives.\\nMr. Smitii settled in Hath, in .Inne, IM.iT. wlien\\nthere w.as only one man besides hinisell there, lie\\n|)lo\\\\ve l the tirst land in l!;ith. It was the time\\nwhen the Indians and wild animals were almost the\\nonly oeeu|)ants of the eountry and the Indians\\nyouth is more egotistical and l)ip: )t (l than a ;e,\\nand could .some of the young i)liysieiaiis who are\\nbristling with their knowledge of recent .scientitit\\ndiscovciies that have broadened the .scope of the\\nmedical work, realize, as does our subject, that there\\nare tields une.\\\\|)lored they would be |e s full of\\ntheir own iinpoi lanee.\\nDr. .Miller w;is boin in .Mlegheny County, I a.,\\n.Inly 2; 1S2(!. lie is a son of .lames and .Susan\\nwatched him in amazement, as witli his oxen he i (Shaffer) .Miller. In hi l.ovli t he received the\\nplowed the ground with a Xo. 7 \\\\Vood s |)atent\\nplow, which, drawn by thiee or live yoke of oxen,\\nwas heavy enough to cut a three-inch roof off.\\nThey threshed their wheat in the most |)riinitive\\nway and .sold all they could spaie for seed, one\\nman coming twenty-live miles thiough the woods\\nto get what seed they could spaie him.\\nThe farms together .aggregated ix liundred\\nacres, and it was cultivated together vmtil some\\ntime after the marri.age of the boys. Stei)hen Smitli\\nhas lived here ever since, He w.as married foi ty-\\nfive years ago to Mi.ss Etnily Cushman of DeW itt.\\nThe following children were the result of this\\nunion: they are Ciilbert, Laura, Wealthy, Rozella,\\nLenora, Stephen M., Edgar and B. S. Oui sul)ject\\nis a member of the Free Will B.aptist Chiucli and\\nwas .so connected in Bath for about forty years,\\nlie is a charter member of the Okemos ^[a.sonic\\nLodge. He has been a Democrat all his life. Ib-\\nis .lustice of the Peace and has been a Highway\\nCommissioner, liaviug held besides various town-\\nship ollices.\\n^^e;-\\n^1\\n|?^R. WILLL\\\\M MILLKR. Our subject is one\\nI; 1 of the oldest jiliysiciaiis who still does ollice\\nwork ill this cit,\\\\ Indeed he iiuiy be called\\na pioneer in the profession, not only in the city\\nbut in the St!ite and although he li.-is climbed the\\nridge of life, and from the eminence at which he\\nsl. inds can look back promlly over ;i past siieiit in\\nusefulness, in adherence tii the prevailing methods\\nand theories, he is not. and never will be a st.aiid\\nstill in the progress of his profe.ssion. Indeed\\nadvantages of a good education and on (inishinir\\n.school entered the ollice of Dr. Mowery, of Pitt.s-\\nburg, I a.. in order to read medicine. He remained\\nwith him until he reached his majority, after which\\nthe old doctor gave up his practice to Dr. Jliller.\\nHe, however, went to Cincinnati soon after and\\nti)ok a course of lectures. He came to this State\\nand settled in Lansing. Ingham County, in l\u00c2\u00ab6. i,\\nand has been here permjinently ever since. A\\\\ hile\\nthe Homeopathic College w,as located in this eity,\\nour subject attended the lectures and become con-\\nversant with every new theory in regard to the\\ntreatment of disease.\\nEver since coming to Lansing our subject has\\nremained at liis original location, having built\\ntherein IrtGl.and since that time he has alwavs\\nenjoyed a large aufl interesting practice. For the\\npast six months he has refused w(u-k. devoting\\nhimself to the treatment of chronic diseases and\\nthe manufacture of his well known remedies that\\nhave made a reputation for being most effective.\\nHe h;i^ li;id liea\\\\v sales of these besides the work\\nof his ollice [iractice. He has. besides, a general\\noversight of the agent,s who have been sent out\\nthrough the eountry for the sale of his remedies.\\nDr. Miller has never interested himself in any busi-\\nness not rel.ating to his i)ra -tice. having given his\\nuiiilivide l attention to this. He is a member of\\nthe Independent )rder of (dd Fellows, and 1k\\nloiiged to the Corintlii:in Loflge No, 10. havinir .-ls-\\nsociated hinhi.elf with this body while in Baltimore,\\nbill after coming to this St.ate. he withdrew his\\niiiembersliip there and assisted in establishing a\\nchapter of the lodge in Lansing,\\nThe original of our sketch allied liiiii.-elf at an\\nearly age in matrimony to Jliss Charlotte Mc-\\nCread\\\\ of |,awreiu Coiint\\\\-, Pa., in 18,50. Her", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0811.jp2"}, "812": {"fulltext": "816\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\ndecease took place July 16, 1890, after years spent\\nwitli our subject in cung enial conipanionshi]). Thf\\ncouple were cliiklless and the Doctor was left alone\\nwitiiout the comfort or solace of any near relative.\\nMrs. Miller was horn in Lawrence County, Pa.,\\nMay 10, 182.5. From youth she was a member of\\nthe Presbyterian Climch. After her marriage with\\n(Hir subject she familiarized herself with diseases\\nand the jjliarnijicopia that applied to them, and was\\nnot only of great assistance to her husband but\\nalso practiced independently until she w.as at-\\ntacked with the fatal disease that caused her death.\\nCancer of the face was the malady witli which she\\nwas afflicted. I he Doctor was again married July\\n30, 1891, to Mrs. Elizabeth Cynthia (Miller) Van\\nTuyl, the great platform speaker who spoke t ten\\nthousand people on labor day in Detroit and who\\nis proving to be a true heli^mate in every particular.\\nBefore the war the Doctor had a large practice in\\nXew Orleans where he gained a large fund of use-\\nful knowledge in hospital work. (_)ur suliject s\\nreputation is not confined to his immediate lo-\\ncality, He is well known throughout the country\\nand his remedies are of the greatest benefit to\\nwho have used them.\\n.-^^^HOiMA.S RUNS, .hi., a well-known farmer re-\\nsiding on section 3, Marion Township, Liv-\\ningston County, is a son of Thomas Ross,\\nSr.. who was born in New York, (Jctober ,5, 1810,\\nand there became a farmer. He married .lane an-\\nWinkle, daughter of Peter Van Winkle ()f New\\nYork, vviio had four sons and four daughters and\\n.lane was the youngest of that family, being born\\nin 1823.\\nThe i)arents of our subject had a family of four\\ndaughters and three sons and our subject is the\\nfirst-born, his natal day lieing August 14, 1847.\\nThey came to Michigan at an early day .and bought,\\nthree hundred and thirty-three acres of new land,\\nwhich had never been disturbed nor upon which\\nhad a tree been felled.\\nThe father afterward sold one hundred acres\\nretaining the balance. He is still living and makes\\nhis home with his son, Thomas. He has been and\\nis still a great reader of historical and geographi-\\ncal works, and is well informed. In the early days\\nwhen the country was full of wild game ami llie\\nstreams abovuided with fish he was a great liinits-\\nnian and lisherman. In his political views he is a\\nDemocrat and at one time filled the office of High-\\nway C ommissioner.\\nThomas Ross, our subject, received a good com-\\nmon-school education and was thus prei)ared to\\ncarry on the business of life. Ujjon his farm of\\ntwo hundred and thirty-three acres he raises large\\ncrops of beans and has from fifteen tQ twenty acres\\nof land planted to cucumbers. He is a Democrat\\npolitically and a worker for the party, and lias\\nfilled the offices of Highway Commissioner, Justices\\nand Supervisor, having been four terms in the later\\nposition. On his one hundred and sixty acres of\\nimproved land he has a pleasant house and excel-\\nlent barns and his ability as a farmer and genial\\nnature makes him a favorite in the community.\\n^i\\n^^^EOIKiE BARNES is the editor of the Llr-\\nIII hHjKton County Republican, which is ])uli-\\nxi l; lished in Howell. He was born in Buck-\\ninghamshire, England, December 11, 184G. At\\nthe age of three years he was brought by his par-\\nents to America. Some little time was spent at\\nSandstone, .T.ackson County, Mich., and then the\\nfamily removed to the northern wilds of Gratiot\\nCounty. Mr. Barnes endured all the boy hard-\\nships of pioneer life and can tell real bear and wolf\\nstories to his children. He acquired a district\\nschool education and began to teach during the\\nwinter months.\\nOur sul)ject enlisted in the army October 3,\\n1864, and gave thirteen months of active service\\nin Company H, Twenty-third JMichigan Infantry.\\nHe participated in Sherman s famous march to the\\nsea, and was discharged at the close of the war.\\nHe taught in the village school at Ithaca, Gratiot\\nCounty, for several terms, and in the fall of 1870", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0812.jp2"}, "813": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALIUM.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0HIT\\nlie entered the Stnte N oriuiil Schot)!. wliere lie \\\\v:is\\nUiadimtefl ill 1H7. 5. aiul tlieii liec;iiiie :i student in\\nllie I ni\\\\i r ily i f Mieliiiinii. tnkinsi: his di|)l()iii;i in\\n1S77.\\n.Iiil_\\\\ r.\u00c2\u00bb. 1S77. our suhjcct \\\\v;i~ iiiMiricd to Miss\\nAujfusta 1). .h)hiis(in. ;i U Mchir in llie .hiei s(in\\nI liioii Sehdol. The lirst year iif his married life\\nwas sjient at Alinont, (iratiot County, where hi\\nhad eiiarge of the schools, heiiiii assiste(| liy jiis\\nwife and one [iriniary teacher. Tiie next year\\nfound iiiin in charge of the schools at Stanton\\nwith six assistants, Mrs. iSarnes anionsr the nunilier.\\nAfter two years he came to Howell and assumed\\ncharue of the I nion scIhmiIs. there heinu ten de-\\npartments here at that time, lie filled the posi-\\ntion successfully for eiglit years when he was in-\\nduced to go to Lansing and take charge of the\\nschool for the lilind. The people of Howell e.x-\\nl)ressed the greatest regret at |)arting with him and\\nthe High .School ^Vlunini lu csented him with an\\nelegant gold watch, siiitahly engraved, which he\\nstill carries, lie found the woi k :il llie school\\nforthe blind di.stasteful and .luly 111, lM s ,t, bought\\nthe LiclmiMoii Cimiil)/ Hiquihliciii). where he is still\\noccupying the editorial chair.\\n-^-^.^^^^^s-\\nUILMA.M AX r-IRKN. In itcd States Mar-\\nshal and a prominent politici.-in at Lansing,\\n^5^ was born of Kiistern p.-irentage and had liis\\nearly training and education in Michiiiaii. He was\\nl)orii in 1K42 and came to Detroit when .-i boy. On\\nthe CiiiiiiiK i rifil Adccrlinpr he leariie(l the iirinter s\\ntrade in the d;iys when that papei w;i known as\\nthe .[(In^rtiscr ami Trihuiu and lie then became\\nforeman of the Detroit Tribune until IK71.\\nIn .lanuary. 1.S71. Mr. an I .uren came to Lan-\\nsing as foreman for W. .S. (ieorge A- Co., State\\nPrinters, and served both in this c;ii)acity and as\\nSuperintendent of the liook-rooni and nuehanical\\ndepartment. He w;is then busines.-- manager for\\ntwo years and in .iMiiuary. 1K8I. he bought a one-\\nthird interest in the business and bec;imc manager\\nand [i.-irtner until lMH(i. when the pl. inl w:is sold.\\nThis lirni had in the meanwhile been pulili.shing\\nthe Lansing lif^tiiltliriiii. of which our subject li:id\\ngeneral manageineiit, and in 1MH| he became the\\na.ssoeiate editor of this paper. I he l ansing Kiirni-\\ntiire Company was organized by .Mr. i\\\\\\\\\\\\ I liireii\\nand .Mr. .M. lluck in IMHC and after having had\\nit in operation two months, llicy .sold the outfit\\nMild our subject liecame an incorporator of the City\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2National Hank, of which he is a director and one\\nof the largest stock holders. About this time he\\nmade a trip across the continent which he greatly\\nenjoyed. In IM .KI he was, on the 2 .nh of .March,\\najijiointed I nited States Marshal for the Kastein\\nDistrict of .Michigan, a district which includes\\nabout half of the .State, and has head(iuarters at\\nDetroit. Previous to this time he had tilled various\\noffices, having been Supervisor for one year. Mayor\\nof the city for two terms and Alderman of the\\nSecond Ward for two years.\\nThe refined and cultured lady who preside.- over\\nthe home of our subject became his wife in Detroit\\nin imi7. Her maiden naiiic was .luli.M (I. Calla-\\nghan. She is a daughter of the Hon. .1. alla-\\nghaii, a wholesale and retail grocer on AVoodw.ai d\\n.V venue. .She is a lady of unusual ability and in-\\ntelligence and was a teacher in Detroit before her\\nmarriage. Four children have bles.se.d this home,\\nnamely: \\\\Villiam. (ierald R.. (u orge II., and Julia\\n(i. .Mr. \\\\an liuren is a memlier of the Knighl.-\\nTeniplar. of the Royal Arch Masons, and llie Royal\\n.Vic.-iiinni. .-Hid is a stanch Republican, being a mem-\\nlier of liolli coiintv and Stale conventions.\\n.1. IKX.LK, an old .settler of Ingiiam\\nniinly and now retired from active life.\\nlias twenty acres of land on (Jrand River\\noutside the corporation of Lansing. He was\\nhorn in lloosic. Rens.sel:ier County. N. Y.. October\\nf I. isii; and is a son of Kiias and a grandson of\\nl.saac lloglc. The mother s maiden name wa.-\\nRoxie Rider, and she was a daughter of D;iniel\\nRider, a b evolulion.ary oIdier of Connecticut and\\na pensioner lo the age of ninety-three yeai-s.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0813.jp2"}, "814": {"fulltext": "818\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nOur subject is the second in a family of eiarlit\\nchildren and iinide liis Ikhih in Ihiosic. until hi\\nreadied the aye of eight years and there attended\\nthe district school. In 1824 he came u)) tlie Ki ie\\nCanal and there went to work in ^Madison County\\non a farm. At the age of fourteen he was appren-\\nticed to the trade of comh-niaking at Morrisville\\nand two and one-half years later went to Eaton,\\nN. Y., where he was engaged in farming for two\\nyears.\\nIn 1H8() the young man decided to come West\\nand arrived in Detroit in June, coming on foot\\nthence to Saline, a distance of forty miles in one\\ndav. \\\\l different times he worked at York, Grand\\nRapids and Portland, and was married in Clinton\\nCounty, at Wacousta, ,Iuly 2, 1840 to Miss Electa\\nSanborn a New York lady.\\nImmediately after marriage this young couple\\nsettled on a farm of sixty-two acres in Eagle\\nTownship, Clinton County, and began their tii st\\nhome in a log house. To this small jn operty they\\nadded from time to time until the\\\\- acquired four\\nhundred acres and there lived until 1847 when\\nthey placed the farm in the h.ands oi a tenant and\\nremoved to Lansing. Here Mr. Hogle built a hand-\\nsome residence and helped to raise the old capital\\n))uilding. He afterward returned to the farm and\\nthere remained until 18(i!) at which time he gave\\nhis son one hundred and five acres, and selling the\\nremainder of the property, made his permanent\\nhome in Lansing. To jilease his wife and son he\\nremoved to irginia. Imt tlicir residence there was\\nnot satisfactoiv and entailed the loss of some\\n$!2,(t()(l. They therefore returned to Lansing and\\nagain bought property in Ingham Coiint3\\nThe first marriage of Mr. Hogle gave him tiiic\\nson who grew to maturity-Loran P., and a daugh-\\nter, Mildred, who died at the age of three vears.\\nHis second marriage which took place in Grand\\nLedge, Ionia County, October 8, 188. united him\\nwith Mrs. Sarah E. (Spear) Lewis, daughter of Gil-\\nbert Sjjcar of St. Andrews. -N. B. Mr. Spear w.as\\na ship builder and merchant iii Maine and Mass.a-\\nchusetts and now resides at Kittery Point, Me.,\\nhaving reached his eighty-second year. Mrs.\\nHogle their oldest child was born in INLaine, Janii-\\naiy 31, 183; and in 18. j7 was married to Mr.\\nGeorge A. Lewis of New Brunswick, with whom\\nshe removed to Anoka, IMinn.. and afterward to\\nGrand Ledge, Mich. He died in 187t! and his loss\\nwas deeply felt in (irand Ledge where he w.as a\\npidniiiient iiierch;int. Her two children by that\\nm;iiii;ige arc Charles .V. and (i. Burt Lewis.\\nUS. LOITSA CASE. The maiden name\\nof Mr.s. Louisa Case of Okemos, Ingham\\ni^ C(;unty, was Seeley. She is the daughter\\nof .Tesse Seeley. a farmer living at White\\nLake, Oakland County. She was married to P.artial\\nFrench, a carpenter by trade with whom she lived\\nvery hai)pily until his death, which occurred at\\nFentonville, in 185, In 18(50 she contracted a\\nsecond marriage, her husband being Albert Case.\\nMr. Case was born in 1818, proltably in the State\\nof Ohio. His father died when he was four years\\nold and he lived with an uncle and graiidijarents\\nuntil the age of twenty-oni^\\nDuring the early years of his life Albert Case\\nconducted a dairy farm in Ohio. On reaching his\\nmajftrity he was married to Miss Mehitable Sprague\\nof Ohio who died in 1858, leaving a family of\\nseven children. He moved to Alichigan in 18.50\\nand purchased a farm near Wiliiamston, Mich.\\nThis w;is soon disposed of and another was pur-\\nchased at Pine Lake, Medina Township, the one on\\nwhich the Pine Lake school building now stands.\\nThree children were born of the union of Mr,\\nand Mrs. Case. They are Charles, who was born\\nin 18(52 and is a druggist in Bucoda. Wash.;\\nhe married Miss Ida Smith, a daughter of I).\\nSmith of Pine Lake, and is the father of one child.\\nFred Case, who was born in 1864 is engaged in the\\nlumber liusiness in Wisconsin. Minnie at the age\\nof sixteen marriecl eriial Proctor of Meridian\\nTownsliii).\\nIn politics Mr. Case was a Democrat. He w.as a\\nmember of the Presbyterian Church of Okemos and\\na man who was honored and respected by a large\\ncircle of men, His decease occurred March 23,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0814.jp2"}, "815": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND lUOORAI IIK AI. AMU M.\\nH\\\\ J\\nl.s .lii. Mi-s. asc is tlic iiiollifi of two iliilflivii y\\nlior loiiiuM- ni:iiii:nTe. Tliev iri Aiiicliii who dicil\\nill infinicv and Ivlwiii Frciirli, a Dctioil medical\\nrolletre jrnidualc. wlio is now a siicccssl nl iiliysician\\nin llie West.\\nMrs. Case is llie inviier of ;i farm near I iiic Lake,\\nhut li:is lieen li\\\\inij in )kemos for the past six\\nyears. She is a lady of I elinement and aliilitv.\\nDurinsi tlie existence of llie I resliyleriaii Cliurch in\\nthis cit\\\\ she was a consistent inenilK r and still\\nholds to the doctrines of that ImmU.\\nHILO L. DAXIKI.S is one of the busy men\\nof l^ansing who while inishing with great\\nearnestness and enterprise his business in\\nthe druu and real estate lines, also has\\nlime to take his recreation by raisinsj a line jrade\\nof lionses. lie has .some good specimens of stiind-\\nard bred horses upon his place and also a line herd\\nof Holstein cattle.\\nThis gentleman was born in l ,rie County. Ohio,\\nnot far from Norwalk Deeetnber l/i, 1X {7. His father.\\nTitus Daniels, was a native of Chenango County,\\nN. and was of English descent. The father was\\nmarried first in New York and came to Ohio at a\\nvery early day, .settling in Berlin Township. Erie\\nCounty, in 1S14 or 1815. The deed for the farm\\nbearing the date of 1818 is now in the hands of\\nour subject. He was teaming between .Mban^- and\\nHuffalo during the AVar of 1812. Like his son\\nhe was deeply interested in breeding tine horses-\\nHe owned some fine specimens, paying enormous\\nprices, as prices went in those days. He jiaid ^I.OOO\\nfor Bacchus and threshed wheat with a llail\\nto earn the money to p.ay for it. In thoM da\\\\s he\\nowned thirteen hundred acres of land and hi always\\ninvested largely in .acreage. His second marriage\\ntfiok jilace in Ohio and he was then united to Sabra\\n.Sliernian.\\nIn his early life Titus Daniels was an active Re-\\n])ublicaii and for a term of years served as a Justice\\ni f the Peace. He was a liberal doufir 1o church\\nand benevolent purposes. lie pa.ssed away in Ohio\\nill Imh;!. having reached the age of eighty-three\\n,\\\\e:irs. His good wife. S;ilira .Sherman, daughter of\\nPliilo Sherman, was born in Connecticut. Her father\\nsettled in Wakeinan, Huron County, Ohio, and died\\nat the JKjme of our subject s father when he iiad\\nreached the age of eighty-.seven yeai-s. His daiigli-\\ntci-, the mother of oursuliject, wasa devout .and con-\\nscientious niember of the ^lethodist Episcopal\\nChurch, and having trained her four children in\\nthe faith and practice of the Christian religion, she\\njiassed away at the age of .seventy-two years.\\nlie of whom we write was the oldest of the fam-\\nily anil having been reared upon a farm, and hav-\\ning availed himself thoroughly of the advantages\\nto be obtained in the district schools, he entered\\nOberlin College at the age of sixteen and after\\nthree years of study there began business for him-\\nself, (ioing to Milan, Ohio, he engaged in the liv-\\nci\\\\ business until about the year 18; )9, when he\\ncame into possession of one hundred and thirty\\nacres in N erinillion Township, Erie County, Ohio.\\nTwo years later he came to Lansing (traveling in\\nhis own c in veyance). and Imying a livery estali-\\nli liiiient on Washtenaw Str(!et, carried it on for\\nsome four \\\\ears. He also devoted considerable\\ntime and enterprise to purchasing horses for the\\niovernment.\\nIn IKG; Mr. Daniels beg:ui the business of Imild-\\ning, and hohling real e. ^tate. and also dealing in\\npine and timber lands and carried on this line of\\neffort up to the time when he started in business\\nat his i)resent stand in 1HH2. He h.as liuill four\\nbrick stoies, putting u|) the first one in IHTT? and\\nfollowing in 1878 and 18Hit with others, and he\\nalso has a handsoine residence on (Jrand Street, be-\\nsides a numlter of town lots and some lands in\\nNorthern Michigan where heh.asa farm. Between\\nthe city of Lansing and the Agricultural College,\\nlies a tract of one hundred acres which belongs to\\nthis gentleman and which he is carrying on him-\\nself. He and his brother Linus L. still own the old\\nhomestead in Ohio which comprises oiw hiimbeil\\nacre.*.\\nIn he began in the ice trade, buying out\\n.Mr. Moses R. Taylor, who was the first man that\\nengaged in this line of business and he still has ice\\nliouseson theOrand River. He has eight buildings", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0815.jp2"}, "816": {"fulltext": "820\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nwhich have a capacity of five thousand tons; they\\nare on Wasliington Avenue, Main and Lay Streetsi.\\nIn this branch uf l)u.-iinoss he is in partnership witli\\nMr. Thomas Ellis and they arc Uic most extensive\\nice dealers in the city.\\nAmong- the fine animals which Mr. Daniels has\\nupon his place we may well take note of some by\\nname: Wilkes and Chance which were sired by\\nFisk s -Belmont, two that were sired by Pascas\\nand he by Almont eioht mares that were sired by\\nGoodfellow GoodfcUow was sired by George\\nPeabody, and he by Ilambletonian Ten. ]\\\\[r.\\nDaniels owns Goodfellow He has eightcoltsand\\nseven fillies by Easton by Harabletonian A\u00c2\u00a5ilkes\\nHe has also a fine stallion Easton and plenty of\\nvoung fine horses. He is 1)reeding Holstein cattle,\\nand has a herd of twenty-three thoroughbreds. He\\ntook the prenihini nil both cnttle and horses nt the\\nState fair.\\nMr. Daniels was iii.-uried in New Buffalo in 1859\\nand he took as his bride jMiss Elmina Fisher, who\\nwas born in Albany. X. Y., and is a daughter of\\nLewis Fisher who was an early settler in Ohio wliere\\nhe carried on the cari)eiiler s trade at Berlin. Prev-\\nious to her niarri.age Mrs. Daniels was a successful\\nteacher and is a lady of mure than ordinary culture\\nand ability. The political views of Mr. Daniels\\nbring him into harmony with the movements of\\nthe Kejmblicaii party and he isstanch in his loyalty\\nto that body. He is one of the prominent mem-\\nbers of the Driving Park Association.\\nE^\\n//^y F. BARNES. The men who were at the\\nl( I itters ill the founding of a city\\n^^^f^ and started it on its iqiward course with\\nenergy and enterprise, turning its young forma-\\ntive activities in the right direction, and wisely\\nand broadly laying the foundations for future\\njirosperity. wealth and usefulness, are worthy\\nof high praise, and should receive the intelligent\\na[)preciation of their fellow-citizens. Such men\\nthere were here in the early days of Lansing, and\\namong them there were none who did more for\\nits prosperity than the father and son, O. M., and\\nV. P.arnes.\\nOur subject, who is best known as the President\\nof the Central Michigan Savings Bank, is also\\nPresident of the I .ansing Iron and Engine\\nWorks, and holds the same position in regard to\\nthe Lansing umber Company, the Lansing Elec-\\ntric Light Company, and the Lansing Wheel Com-\\npany. He is, as will easily be seen, one of the\\nprominent men of the city, and is the son of Mr.\\nM. Barnes, whose great wealth and enterpri.se\\nhave done much for the progress of l^ansing, and\\nwho is connected with a great many different cor-\\n[lorations.\\nMr. Barnes was l)oin at Mason. Mich.. Novemlier\\n7, 18.56, and was graduated from the High School\\nat Mason. In 1876 he entered the classical de-\\n]3artmcnt of the I niversity of Michigan, taking\\nhis diploma of A. B., with the Class of 80. He\\nthen came to Lansing and engaged in the iron\\nworks, which were reorganized that year as a pri-\\nvate company, entering into partnership under the\\nliini iiaiiie of .larvis, Barnes Co. This connec-\\ntion lasted until 1885, when the business was re-in-\\ncorporated as the Lansing Iron and Engine Works.\\nMr. Barnes became the president of this new com-\\npany, which has grown from the employment of\\nfive or six hands, till he now has now in his einjiloy\\none hundred and fifty men. A sketch of ^Nlr. .1.\\nE. Roe, to be found elsewhere in this Alhi m, gives\\nfuller details in regard to this fine enterprise.\\nIn 1886 our subject became one of the incorpo-\\nrators of the Lansing Wheel Works, and iiecame\\nits President in 18S7. For further details in re-\\ngard to this enterprise our reader is asked to con-\\nsult the sketch of Mv. Prudden, which appears else-\\nwhere in this Ai.ium. Besides his connection with\\nthe othei companies which were mentioned at the\\nopening of this sketch our subject was one of the\\nincorporators of the Lansing Lumber Company\\nand is interested not only in the retail yards here,\\nbut in the wholesale business in Claire County,\\nand also in Dodge, where the lumiier and shingles\\nare manufaetiii-ed. He also is prominently inter-\\nested in the real estate business in Lansing and\\ndoes much to build up the city in this respect.\\nThe sJentb Uian of whom we are writing was", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0816.jp2"}, "817": {"fulltext": "POirrUAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nH2I\\niiinniiMl ill \\\\SX-2 .-it llustoii. Mass.. tu Miss Maiy\\nWoodward. native of that i-ity. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid a lad\\\\ of\\niiioic tliaii ordinary cnlluro and fliaractci-. She is\\nllic niotlifi- of three children (h-jando .M.. .If..\\nI^Mia and Mildivd. ami their liajipy iionie is the\\ncenter of a most eharniini. social life, as .Mr. and\\n.Mrs. llaT iies are wellloKnvn for Iheir hos|iit:iiil\\nand the dcliu htfnl ciiterlainnicnt wiiich thev .alTord\\ntheir gupst.s.\\nOuteide of liusines and home life .Mr. liaiiies\\nis prominently i(hMitilled with sever.al of the social\\norders and is an etlicient public ollicer. He lielonjjs\\nto the Knights rein|)lar. to the Kniiihts of I ytliias\\nand the Elks, lie is a meinher of the School\\nBoard, and .served two terms as Mayor in 1M82-\\nM. His political attiliation.-- are with the Demo-\\ncratic party, and upon that ticket he was nomi-\\nnated in 18 H and 1890 fur Congress, representing\\nthe Sixth District of Michigan. He declined the\\nlatter nomination as he prefers to devote himself\\nto his r!ii)idly-growing ;ind engrossing husiness.\\nliut he is a man of givat popularity, .-iiid m:iy\\ntrul\\\\ lie called a |)ulilic-spirited .Hnd eiilci prising\\ncitizen.\\n^l@^@ll\\n^,()HMAN K. Fl LLKli. he huildiiig fra-\\nternity of Lansing count among tiieir mem-\\nbers a large nuinlier of enterprising and\\nsuccessful gentlemen whose work in this city, the\\ncity of their choice, has added greatly to its\\nbeauty and attractiveness and has brought hither\\nhome-seekers who desire tasteful and commodious\\nresidences. Among tlio.se who have thus aided\\neffectually in the uplmilding of Lansing w-e aie\\npleased to mention the gentleman whose name .ap-\\npears at the head of this brief biography.\\nMr. Fuller is a native of Leoni..Iackson Cotiiity.\\nthis State, where he was born .\\\\ugiist 2! 18;^.\\nHis father, Ccorge B. Fuller, and his grandfaliier\\nwere both natives of Dutchess County. N. Y., the\\nformer being born in 1811. The grandfather w.as\\na prominent man and for many years was .Slieriff\\nof Diitchess Count\\\\ The father owned a line\\nfarm in that eouiilv. but in IH;i). wiiile .still a sin-\\nirle man lie e.iiiie to Michigan, lie wjis married iii\\n-Viiri .\\\\rborand after that reiiioved to Leoiii where\\nhe followed farming.\\nIn 1811 (he father of our subject came to Will-\\nianistoii, which then bore the name of I helpstown,\\nand bought land .-i mile and one-half north of the\\nvillage. Three hundred .and twenty acres was in\\nthis tract and it was long known as the old Fuller\\nI arm. Since those days he let the place to his\\n.sons and befoi-e his death he removed to William-\\nston. He was one of the organizer and Direelfirs\\nof the Ingham \u00c2\u00bbunty Mutual Fire Insurance\\nCompany and also of the Central ^lichigan .\\\\gri-\\nciiltur.il Society and wa.s prominent in both. He\\nw.isalso a member of the Slftte.Vgricultural .Society\\nand devoted himself largely to raising line stock\\nand a superior grade of grain. He tilled the ollicc\\nsatisfactorily of County Su|ieriiitendent of the\\nPoor. His death occurred December 21, 18H3. In\\npolitics he was .a Douglas Democrat and in relig-\\nion found his home among the .Methodist K])i.seo-\\npal people.\\nDeborah Bunker was tlu maiden name of the\\nmother of oursubjeet. who was Ivoin in ohimbi.a\\nCounty, N. Y.. in 181(1. The grandfather Bunker\\nwas born in the K:ist and was captain of a ve.s.sel.\\nHe finally came West .and died in .Jackson County.\\nHe was a (Quaker and of French descent. His\\ndaughter, the mother of our subject, |)as,sed from\\nlife in .March, 187:{.\\nThe subject of our sketch was next to the eldest\\nin a f.ainily of nine children and was reared upon\\na farm until he reached the age of seven years\\nwhen the family renn ved from Jackson County\\nto Willi.amston. They traveled by ox-team and\\nhail to ml their way for the last eleven miles and\\nhe remembers distinctly the old log schoolhou.se and\\nthe log house and how freely the snakes used to\\ncrawl about on the logs. Deer and Indians then\\nabounded, as the .Six Nations then made their home\\nthere, and he used in his boyhood to go out to\\ncaiiiii with the Indians and helj) them in killing\\nbears.\\nThe Ihjv early set to work upon a farm and used\\nto drive iin ox-leam, going to Detroit for wheat\\nanil lloui. The lotr .sclioolhouses were his only", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0817.jp2"}, "818": {"fulltext": "822\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nacademies of learning and he remained at borne\\nwith lii.s i^arfnts until he rt achcd the age of twenty,\\nwhen he was apprenticed tu the carpenter s trade\\nat ^lastm, under Matthew Polder, doing his Hist\\nwork ou the old court-house. In IS. iS he can e t(i\\nLansing- and woiked at his trade until the war\\nbroke out.\\nTlie marriage of onr subject with Miss Mary N.\\nRhodes. wlu was l:iorn in LaA ail, St. Lawrence\\nCounty, N. v., in 18;3H, was solemnized October\\nl.s. |,s.-),s. Tliis lady is a daughter of I liilip\\nJ{hodes, wliose father, William, was a farmer in St.\\nLawrence County, and a soldier in the War of\\n11^12. Philip Rhodes was a shoemaker and a\\nfanner who came to Michigan for his health in\\n18. )2 and locating in iMason began the manufact-\\nure of shoes. There he continued until his death,\\nin 1862. His wife bore the maiden name of I r-\\nsula A. Howard and w.as born in N ermont. a\\ndaughter of Cal\\\\in Howard, a fanner of Kngiish\\ndescent who came -to live near Ogdensbnrg, St.\\nLawrence County, X. Y. She was the youngest\\nof nine cliihh-en and was a iironiinent meml)er of\\ntiie Baptist Cluirch, in which she found a broad\\nfield of activity. The wife of our snbje(^t was\\nnext to the eldest among tlie seven children of her\\njiarents and when thirteen years of age came fron\\nXew Yc rk to Michigan, traveling by steamer to\\nDetroit, thence by rail to Jackson and staging it\\nto Mason. After pursuing her studies in the pub-\\nlic school she began teacliing at the age of eight-\\neen and fontinued in that line of work until her\\nmarriage.\\nLi August, 1861, Dorman K. Fuller enlisted in\\nComi)anv E, Eighth Michigan Infantry, and lieing\\nmustered in at Grand Rapids was sent South.\\nDuiiiig the exi)edition to Ft. Royal he was taken\\nsick and was carried to Beaufort, then to Annapo-\\nlis and back to Beaufort, and was then returned\\nhome by way of New York. The surgeon of his\\nregiment. Dr. II. B. Shank, said that he could not\\nlive to get home and asked for a furlough for him.\\nHe received his honoralile discharge at Hilton\\nHead in November, 1862, by reason of pliysical\\ndisability and was sick for three or four years. After\\nrecovering his health he went back to his trade.\\nThis enterprising young man w.as not content to\\nremain in a subordinate position but put himself\\nin training for better work, becoming superintend-\\nent for different contractors. He superintended\\nthe erection of the O. M. Barnes building and the\\nlinishing off of the High School building and then\\nb(gan for himself as a general contractor and\\nformed a partnership with Charles E. Wheeler un-\\nder the llrm name of Fuller it Wheeler, wliicli\\nlasted for thirteen years. The lirm undertook ex-\\ntensive and superior work and put up among\\nothers eight different buildings for the State Agri-\\ncultural College. In 1887 this j)artnershii) was\\ndissolved and since then Mr. Fuller has carried on\\nthe business alone and generall\\\\ has three or four\\nliuildings in the works. He has just completed\\nthe Society Building of tlie Phi Alpha Pi at Olivet,\\nMich.\\nThe residence of our subject is at the corner of\\nWalnut and Lenawee Streets and he has put ujion\\nthis property handsome improvements and made\\nit very attractive. Besides this he owns a numlier\\nof building lots in the city. He was a charter\\nmember of the first Fire Department of Lansing\\nand for fourteen years was Alderman of the Third\\nWard. He was Supervisor also for seven years\\nand is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of\\nMt. Hope Cemetery. His interest in education lias\\n[ilaced him upon the School Board where he has\\nhelped forward materially the ])rogress of the\\nschools of Lansing. In every way he has favored\\nand promoted movements for the improvement of\\nthe social, educational and business interests of\\nthis city. His three children are Ada ISL, now\\nMrs. C. H. Crane of Lansing; Charles ^L, Superin-\\ntendent of the steel department of the Bement\\nWorks, and Fred G.. who is at home. He has\\nheld various otlices in the social orders to which\\nhe belongs which are numerous and representa-\\ntive.\\nBoth Mr. anil Mrs. Fuller are devoted members\\nof the Plymouth Congregational Church,* and Mrs.\\nFuller is especially active in the Ladies Societ}^\\nand has been Vice-President of the Missionary So-\\nciety. ;Mr. Fuller is a Black Republican in his\\npolitical sympathies and has been delegate to\\ncounty and State conventions. He has also tilled\\npositions of responsibilit\\\\- upon the AVard and", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0818.jp2"}, "819": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND HIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nH2:{\\nCity Central Committees, lie is :ui entiiiisiM.stic-\\nmomlier of llie Foster I osl. (i. \\\\i. aiifl\\nhotli lie and his wife are ideiltilieil witli the\\nKatitern .Star. lie is also a ineniliei- of the\\nFree aiul Aeeepteil Masoii the Hoyal .\\\\reli .Ma-\\nsons, the Knitclits Temijlar and the Knii;ht.s of the\\n.Maccabees.\\nii 1 1 1 1 1 I\\nI I I t i nn I\\n%EAC()N ClIAHLKS S. FOOTK i a piipini-\\nnenl and succes tul farniei of liiiyhtnii\\nTownship. Liviiiiislon County, and a man\\nwho deserves the ureatest credit for havinji made\\nhis own way throuuh life eiitirel\\\\ unaided, lie is\\nnow the owner of a fine farm eomprisinii; two hun-\\ndred acies of the most fertile land in the county\\nand located on section 2; Uri^ihton Township.\\nLiviuii-ston Count\\\\ lie has thereon a beautiful\\nhome, the dwelling beiug not only commodious\\nand comfortable, but havinu all the artistic fea-\\ntures that make it exteriorly as well as interiorly\\nthe most attractive pl.ace in the neigh borhood; the\\nl)lace boasts the most modern iniprox cineMl^. lli\\nbarns, the farmer s pride, are large and show care-\\nful attention. Mr. Foote has been the ari-hitect of\\nhis own fortunes and is very familiar with what\\npioneer life is, l)eing a native of this State, having\\nbeen liorn in Lyon Township. ()akland County,\\nFebruary 21. 1.S30.\\nOur subject s father was Linns Foote. who wasa\\nnative of Cayuga County. N. V. lie came to\\nilichigan in lx;52and lorated in Lyon Township.\\nOakland County, when there were only two cab-\\nins in that locality. On making his advent here,\\nhe wended his yy:\\\\\\\\ along an Indian trail and lo-\\ncal eil his land. As soon as he had taken up the\\ntract from the (Government, he ei ccted a log cabin\\nwhieh was eight feet high in front and six feet in\\nthe rear; this he roofed over with bark, and it\\nboasted neither windows nor but few other con-\\nveniences, showing thai indeed, man wants but\\nlittle here below\\nOn first coming here our subject s father found\\nno difficulty in keeping the larder supplied at lejist\\nwith animal fooii. Deer, bears, wdd turkevs. etc..\\nwere within constant reaeh of his rille. Neither\\nwere wolves scarce at thai lime and many were\\nthe precautions taken to guard against the en-\\ncroachments of tlie.se most vicious enemies. They\\nhad many frien Is among the i-ed men who often\\nvisited our subject s fathei- in after years. The\\nnearest mill was located at .\\\\nn Aibor. and Ihillier\\nhe went on horseback with his supply of corn\\nbuckwheat, etc.. to be converted into Hour an I\\nmeal.\\nIn April, IMI .i. Linus Foote sold lii land in\\nLyon Town.-\u00c2\u00abhip which was then partly improved,\\nand ])nrclia.sed eighty acres on section 2.j. lirigh-\\nton Township. Livingston County. Here he also\\ncame as a pioneer there being at that time very\\nfew settlers at that place. He died in IHtViat the\\nage of fifty-two years, after a life spent in h. U d\\nwork and struggles to make a living in the new\\neouiitiN. He was much resjiected .and liked by\\nhis associates and while in Lyon Township he was\\n.awarded the otliee of .Suiiervisor, which position he\\nheld foi- two years, and was also Treasurer for sev-\\neral years. He wjis a member in good standing\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nf)ur subject s mother was before her niarri,age_\\n-Mary Smith, a native of New Vork State. She\\nsurvived her husband by a number of years, her\\ndecease taking placi in 1\u00c2\u00abH1. she being at that\\ntime seventy-live years of age. She w.-is the mother\\nof three children, two of whom are still living.\\nThe youngest sou, Adellx rt, enli-sted and went to\\nthe army, where he died from the effects of a bul-\\nlet wound received at the battle of Frcderieks-\\nliuru.\\nOur ubject was born in the log house that Ins\\nfather lirst erected on coming to this State. .\\\\s\\nnia\\\\ be im:itjiiu l. lln ie were not many eihica-\\nlional advantage.- attainable in his boyhood da\\\\s;\\nhe attended. liowe\\\\ ei the district school for about\\nthree months in ihe year. The i)lace in which the\\nsehool wa.- kept was a log house with none of the\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ippliances which make teaching and learning so\\nfaseinating at the present time. After his father s\\ndeath our subject took charge of the farm and paid\\noff (luite a large indebtedness. Since thai time he\\nhas adfleil to the place until it reacheil it- proelit\\nline ])roportions.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0819.jp2"}, "820": {"fulltext": "824\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAl IIICAL ALBUM.\\nTill (iiiiriiml t tliis skcti-li was married October\\n27, is. i ,l. til Mi s I llizMlu lli FulliT. wlio t niiif with\\niior piironts to MirliigMii in an early day from\\nNew York. Tlioy arc tlie jiarcnt^of two iliildreii\\n\u00c2\u00ablio-;i iianu s arc as follows: llcrlicrt K. and Car-\\nrie. The son is inarrioil an(i assi.sts his father in\\ncondiictina the work of the f.-irni. airie is a tal-\\ncntc l and cilurati^d youni; l.ady now at home.\\nOn i oni|ilctini licr school course .at home she\\nattencJed the State Normal at Ypsilanti. Mr. Foote\\nis in his |ioliIical pieferenccs a Democrat, although\\nhe takes no active inteiest in i)olitics. lU)th he\\nand his wife arc memhers of the IJaptist C luurh.\\nhe ha\\\\in i lieen a Deacon in the churi-h for a num-\\nlier of years. Socially, both [r. and Jlrs. Foote\\nstan l hi ;h in the community, liein reco rnized as\\nleadiiii; spirits in all thai |ierl:iins to the elevation\\nof the social tone.\\nIRAM A. NTCTTOT.S. Nothina is of deejier\\ninterest to a student of human nature and\\nhuman e\\\\-ents than to trace the career of\\none who has fouiiht his way u]) to a posi-\\ntion of prominence and tinaneial success by dint\\nof his own (iluck. push and persexerance and wlio\\nhas, notwithstandiuii- the slruuuiesand temptations\\nof his earlier years, maintained a well-earnetl repu-\\ntation for probity and for a just consideration\\nfor tlie rights of others, .Such a study do we find\\nin the life of him wliose name appears at the head\\nof this paragraph.\\nThe splendid farm of .Mr, Nichols, which is sit-\\nuated on section i, Brighton Township, Living-\\nston Dunty. is well worthy of a visit from anyone\\nwho admires a linely tilled farm. This gentleman\\nis a native ()f Farmington Township. Oakland\\nCounty, ilich., and was liorn Ajiril 27. 18;i5, His\\nfather, Truman Nichols, of New ork birth and of\\nScotch extraction, was born in liSll and grew up\\nto farming pursuits,\\nTruman Nichols was married to Jliss Hannah\\nAlien. .Vugust 2;i, 1S;U, and aliout two weeks latei-\\ntlie lu ave young couple started to make a new\\nhomc in Ihc then Tciiitory of Michigan. lie\\nfinind a suitable location in i ;u Miington Town-\\nship. Oakland County, and took up a Irai t from\\nthe (iovernment land, whith ui due time he devel-\\noped into a line farm. They were genuine pio-\\nneers and I udured bravely the vicis.situdes inci-\\ndent to such a life in the wilds of Michigan. Itoth\\nhe and his good wife were most conscientious aniJ\\ndevoted in their religious life and were active\\nmembers in the llaplist Church. She is still living\\nbut was licrcaveil of lier husband ()ctolicr 7. 1S77.\\nOf theii live children three are still living.\\nHe of whom we write was the secou l son in\\nthis interesting fanuly and upon the f;uin and in\\nthe pioneer log schoolliouse he spent Ins boyhood.\\nWhen he first liegan to go to school the school-\\nhouse was two miles distant from his home ami\\nthe ambitious little fellow trudged faithfully\\nthrough the woods eager to gain an education.\\n\\\\Vhen old enough to work he began to assist his\\nfather in the clearing away of the forest and the\\ncultivation of the farm.\\nHiram Nichols liegan life tor himself in \\\\X.y.K\\nafter ha\\\\ ing been united in marriage with the\\nlady of his choice. Miss F rances Parshall. a native\\nof this county, and a daughter of l.ulhcr and\\nKmma (Roberts) I .arshall. both of New York, who\\ncame to the Wolverine State at a very early day.\\n^Ir. I arshall was a man of unusual beaut\\\\- of char-\\nacter and benevolence, prominent in the Baptist\\nChurch, and was the one who was chiefly instru-\\nnu utal in establishing the neat ediliee belonging\\nto that denonnnation which stands near the Innne\\nof our subject. He passed away from this world\\nin \\\\X7*K having reached the age of tifty-nine years\\nand his devoted wife followed him two years later,\\nleaving four children to mourn her loss.\\nIt was in l.S. that our subject removed from\\nOakland County to the neighborhood where he\\nnow n^sides and two years latei- he pmchased the\\nfarm which is now his and to which he has added\\nnotabh improvements. He has two hundred and\\nninety-three acres of choice land and upon it he has\\nplaced not onlv a beautifid home liut excellent\\nand substantial barns, and he carries on the busi-\\nness of geneial f.arming and stock-raising. Two\\nchildren. .Vlbcit 1.. and Artinn 1!.. have biightcncd", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0820.jp2"}, "821": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0821.jp2"}, "822": {"fulltext": "e\\n-M-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0822.jp2"}, "823": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nH-21\\nthis liimic Mild to liotli (if tlifiii llic |i;iie.its have\\nextended execlleul edueatioiial adv:iiit:ii;es which\\nthey have easterly eiiiliraced. The faiuily is i i(iiii-\\niiieiilly icU iitilied witli tlie Baptist liiiich in the\\niieii;hl\u00c2\u00bb)i-ho )d, and Mr. Nieiiols is exeeechnsjly in.\\nllueiitial in tlie ranks of the Reinihiican partx\\nwhieh eiiiliddies in its declarations tlie piiiieiples\\nwhieii lie (insiders the safest guide for mii iim-\\ntioii s future.\\nON. FKKKIS S. FirClI. St:ite Superin-\\nJjj*, teiident of I ulilic Instruction .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid editor\\nand pnlilislier of tiie ()ai land Couiily n.-il.\\nmakes his home at I ontiae, Mieh. He was\\nhorn in the townslii|i of Hunker Hill, Ingham\\nt ounty. Mich., Feliruaiy I. IH. 5, at a place now\\nknown as Fitehhurg from tiie fact that his father,\\nFerris S. Fiteli. Sr.. was tlie (irst in this section to\\nmake a farm in the iiiiliroken wilderness. His\\nmother was Kniina .1. ISaiiey, and lioth liis parents\\nwere natives of New York State, wliere they were\\nmarried, and from wliicli they removed to Mich-\\nigan ill IKJH. The father was a member of tlie\\nMichigan l.,egislature in IHoS. atid at ditTerent\\ntimes was named prominently as a candidate for\\n(iovernor, in Democratic conventions. He was a\\nman of active life, yet of literary tastes, and was\\n111 religion an Kjiiscopalian.\\nTlie sulijeet of this sketch lalxired industriously\\nupon the farm until at the age of sixteen years he\\nentered tiie Normal School at Ypsilanti. He grad-\\nuated from theclassicalcour.se in 1H7;3 and entered\\nthe literary department of the University of Alicli-\\nigan tlie same year. From that institution lie grad-\\nuated in llic Class of 1H77 with tiie degree of\\nBaclielor of Arts. In holli ()rinal School and\\nI niversity lie was distinguished for independent\\noriginal selioiarsliip. and for hi- aliilily as a writer\\nand speaker. In tlie Norin.al he acted as a.ssistant\\ninstructor in l atin during liis .senior year.\\nAfter graduating from the University Mr. Fitch\\naccepted the hair in l^atin and (Jreek in Smitli.son\\nCollege. Ind. Soon after lieginning liis work there\\nhe became actixc President of tlie college and\\ntliorougiily ref(Mined it\u00c2\u00ab governinentand systenmf\\ninstruction. In l\u00c2\u00bb7\u00c2\u00ab he accejitiMl the principal-\\nship of the P(jntiac High .School at a very eiilical\\nlime. From the first lie was master of the situa-\\ntion and soon restored harmony to the institution.\\nHere he .served for tliree and one-half years, when\\nhe was made Superintendent of the City S-lmols.\\nIlccontinued to hold this position until .lune. IMilll.\\nwhen he resigned, against the expressed wishes of\\ntheentire Board, to enter the field of journalism as\\neditor and manager of the Otikhinil niinlii J ust.\\nThough naturally of a practical and conserva-\\ntive mind our subject is a progressive educator,\\nand the inveterate foe of the pouring in process,\\nand of cramming the young mind. He is the peer\\nof any man in the .State in the study of intellectual\\nthemes a.s well as the .science of political econ-\\nomy and civil administration. His nomination in\\nthe fall of 1\u00c2\u00ab9() to the ofiice of .State .Superintendent\\nof I ublie Instruction was entirely nnsonght and\\nuiiexi)ected. but was the unanimous and sponta-\\nneous action of one of the most representative con-\\nventions ever a.s.semliled in .Michigan. The nomi-\\nnation was made by Hon. C. AV liitman. Regent\\nof the State University, and was enthusia.stically\\nreceived by educators of all parlies tlirouglioiil the\\n.State. His election w.as considered an indication of\\na healthful condition in educational circles and\\nprophecy of still greater progress for the fiHuic.\\n.Mr. Fitch was married August I. \\\\hh\\\\. to Leitie\\nM.. daughter of Oeorge 1). and .Mary I ark\\nHuiniihrey. One child li:is blest this union Con-\\nstance, who was born March IH.sjs.\\n.V ijortrait of the lion. .Mr. I itcli is presented to\\nthe readers of this volume.\\n--^=m B\\nOHN l!V.\\\\N is the publisher and proprie-\\nt(jr of the Liriiiijutiiii C oinitii iJi-iii H-rnl,\\nwhich is published at Howell. He was born\\nin Hamburg Town.sliip. Livingston County,\\nthis State, in IMfiK.and is a son of .?ohn and Klizji-\\nbeth (Connor) I{yan. who .settled in Hamburg in\\n1HH2, and were among the earliest settlei of this\\ncount V. t. ikinir up oivernnieiil I.-iihI. of whieli our", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0823.jp2"}, "824": {"fulltext": "8-28\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nsubject s father owned three hundred acres. The\\nfamily occupied the log house which was erected\\non the jilaee for several years. The^ later added\\nmany improvements to the place and our sul)ject s\\nfather resided there until his decease, in 1H83,\\nheiny then seventy-three years of. age. He was ;i\\nDemocrat in politics and a memher of the Catho-\\nlic Church.\\nOur subject is tiie eldest of las parents family.\\nThe others are: Edward. .lames and ]\\\\Iary (Mrs.\\nMrs. M. D. Sullivan). .John Ryan remained on\\nthe home farm until the winter of 1885. He had\\nbeen educated in the common and High Schools\\nof Washtenaw County, this State. In the fall of\\n1884 he was elected County Clerk and assumed\\nthe rights of his office January 1, 188. holding it\\nfor two terms, during which time he read law and\\nwas .admitted to the bar in .January, 1880.\\nOur subject began the practice of his profession\\nat Howell. About the same time the paper of\\nwhich he is now the proprietor was offered for\\n.sale, and he purchased it in February, 1890, and\\nhas since run it, employing three men and a boy\\nin the office. It is a weekly journal, having two\\nthousand subscribers, and is printed on a Taylor\\npower press which is run by steam. He also does\\na large amount of advertising and job work. Mr.\\nRyan is the owner of considerable land in the\\nState and also of the old homestead. He is a stock-\\nholder in the First State and Savings Bank of\\nHowell, and one of its Directors. For two years\\nhe wa\u00c2\u00bb Township Clerk of Hamburg, and lield the\\noffice of Supervisor for two years. He is one of\\nthe prominent and rising yo ing men of tiiis lo-\\ncality.\\n~V\\nM. POTTKR is the editor of the Al/iaiir,\\nSciiliiiel of Lansing, Ingham County, the\\nState organ of the Farmers Alliance and\\n^!^fJ the Industrial Union of Michigan. He was\\nborn in Cheshire, BerksJiire Count}-, JMass,, Ajjril\\n11, 1839, and is a son of Capt. Daniel B. Potter,\\nwho traces his ancestry back to Robei-t Potter, an\\nEnglishman, who settled in Warwick, R. T. The\\ngrandfather was a soldier in the War of 1812 and\\na farmer and wagon manufacturer at Cheshire. In\\nthis business the father was also engaged and was\\na Captain in the State Militia. The mother, Dolly\\nW. Hall, was a daughter of Simeon Hall. She be-\\ncame a widow in 1844 and herself p.assed away iu\\n18.51.\\nOur subject belongs to a family of three sons and\\nthree daughters, and until he was seventeen years\\nof age attended Ft. Edward Institute and came to\\nMicliigan in 185(5, settling in Rome where he at-\\ntended the Dickenson Institute. In the spring of\\n1857 he went to Elgin. III., as a clerk, and in A\\\\i-\\ngust, 1861, he enlisted in Company A. Tliirty-sixth\\nIllinois Infantry. He was taken sick in camp and\\nlaid aside for over a year with diphtheretic fevei\\nand the doctor said he would not live, and so the\\nCaptain never reported him as an enlisted man.\\n^Vfter his recovery he took a position as clerk in\\nChicago in the dry goods house of Potter Palmer,\\nbut as his health was not flrmlj established, he\\nfound it necessary to resign and come to Michigan\\nwhere he was afterward employed in a store at\\nRome.\\nIn 1864, ^Ir. Potter was married to Miss Eliza-\\nbeth Briggs of Adams, Mass., and located upon\\na farm in Armada, Macomb County, and in 1868\\ntook up the business of general merchandise in that\\nplace, being a member of the firm of Potter ik Mc-\\nCluskey, but two years later sold out and took the\\nposition of a clerk. In 1872 he ran for State Leg-\\nislature on the Democratic ticket, and three years\\nlater he became the assistant of the State Superin-\\ntendent of public schools and for a few years sub-\\nsequent to this he followed the business of a trav-\\neling salesman.\\nIn 1879 Mr. Potter established the Lansing\\nSentiiifl as a Greenljack paper, the name of which\\nhe has now changed to the AUiance Sfntini l. He\\nis State organizer for the Farmers Alliance and\\nState Lecturer and organizer for the Citizens Al-\\nliance and was City Assessor for two years. He\\nhas twice been nominated to Congress by the\\nsmaller parties, but of course has not received an\\nelection as their strength was not sufficient. His\\nfive children are: John B., Anna E., Daniel B.,", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0824.jp2"}, "825": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) HKKiRAl lIlCAI. AL151M.\\nh2\\nluliu M. and (iraii Tlio eldest son is an artist\\nand the second an enijraver. while Anna is the\\nState Sccretniv of the Farniei-s Alliance, lie is a\\nSpiritualist in his helicf and a meniher of the Ma-\\nsonic order, the Maccabees^ and the Knialils of\\nLabor.\\nJi;irj.ARI) C. HROWN. M. I). One of the\\n\\\\Jl/ P ii t nt y ung physicians, who luis\\nyN^ already made himself a name and fame in\\nthe pretty village of 15rii iiton. Lixinjjston County,\\nthis .State, lias taken kindly to tlie social condi-\\ntions in the Wolverine .Stati-. .Mlthouiili he is a\\nnative of New York, having been liorn in .Scho-\\nharie County, July 25, IH/iT. lie is at that age\\nthat is vivified and intensified by enthusi.osm for\\nhis ado])ted career and having had the lu st opjjor-\\ntunities for study, he is well prepared, not only to\\npractice in the ordinary course of his i)rofcssion,\\nliul to make oiigiiial research and discoveries.\\nWere there not a chance of progressing in his\\nchosen course, our subject is of a nature to throw\\nl)iiysic to the dogs.\\nHe of whom we write is a worthy rei)re.senta-\\ntive of a prominent family in the Kast, one that\\nhas tiiken a distinctive stand in all mattei-s of\\nof progress and governmental atlvanceinent. Me\\nis a son of Rev. lleniy Urown, a native of Otsego\\nCounty. X, Y.. wiio li;i been a ininistei- in the\\nChristian Ciiurch nearly liis whole life, lie began\\npre.acliing tlie (Jospel wlien oidy seventeen years\\nof age, hut was not es])ecially (lucated foi- the suc-\\ncessful pursuit of his chosen profession until after\\nhis marriage, lie has pleached for over forty years\\nand is still actively engaged in tlic work.\\nThe mother of our subjecl liore the maiden name\\nof Nancy Mcllench. She, also, was a native of\\nNew ^oik. and there died in IHtJ.S. having been\\nduiing iier life-time both a hel] and inspiration to\\nher husband in the liigher jiursuit of his chosen\\ncalling. .She was. ;ind has been during the greater\\nportion of her life, a nienilicr of the Chii.-lian\\nlnuch.\\nDr. lirown is tlie eldest of three sons born to hi-\\npareiits. The s.^coiid son. Rev. James Irving Hrown.\\nis a minister in the Christian Church, having\\nbegun his ministerial work at the age of nineteen\\n.vears. Ih- is a graduate of Starkey College, and\\nis now eng.agcd in ministerial work in the Stjite of\\nMinnesota. The third son isal.soa pre.icher. Rev.\\nWilliam T. Hrown felt the call to Jo.spel work,\\nlike other members of his family at a very earl v\\nage, being but sixteen years old when he began\\npreaching, lie is now i)astor of the Christian\\nliiirch at New Bedford, Ma.\u00c2\u00ab s., the largest and\\nmost important religions body in that New\\nKngl:ind city. Since beginning his work he has\\nenjoyed the be.st educational advantages, first\\ngraduating from Starkey College, then from Inion\\nCollege, of .Schenectady. N. Y.. then from Yale\\nrniversity.\\nThe original of our skrtch received the ru Ii-\\nments of his education in the village and High\\nSchools of his native place. In 1 876 he commenced\\nreading medicine under Dr. I). M. Leonard, of\\nHroimie Center, .Schoh.aiie County. N. Y. After\\ntaking (piite an extended course under this dis-\\ntinguished physician, in 1879 he entered the medi-\\ncal department of the Iniversity of New York\\nCity, and graduated in 1S81. While studving in\\nNew York, he enjoyed the advantage of beiiiLr an\\nattendant at the clinics in IJelleviie Hospital.\\nImmediately after finishing his medical course\\nin New York our subject came to Rrighton and\\nassociated himself with Dr. .Mt-IIench. one of the\\noldest and best known physicians in this jiortion\\nof the .Slate, and a relative of him of whom we\\nwrite. One year later. Dr. Hrown removecl his lo-\\ncation to South Lyon, where he continued jiracticc\\nuntil 1H\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab. In 1HH:i he returned to New Vork\\nCity for the purpose of taking a general eoui-se of\\nlectures in surgery and general disea.ses. after\\nwhich he re-located at Rrighton. where he now en-\\njoys :i tine practice.\\nOenerously gifted mentally, and with a bright\\nprospect before him in a professional wav. life was\\nnot complete until the domestic altar hail been\\nerected, and this was ])laced and the household\\ngods so stationed that they smiled serenely on the\\ncouple in 1H,S2. at which time Mr. Rrowii was\\nunited in marriage to Miss Louisa Recker. a native", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0825.jp2"}, "826": {"fulltext": ".S.\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nof Bricrlitoii, whose jmvental home is still in this\\nl)l:ic( Thu.-: tlio ciivle of life willi its radiating\\ninlt iests, was foinpleti fl. One eliilil has enriched\\nand blessed the union of onr subject and his de-\\nvoted and attiaotiva youno wife. He lias been\\nnamed William Irving\\nOiii snl jeet is in his ixilitieni predilection a l\\\\e-\\npubiican. Wiiilc at Lyons, he was honored by tlie\\nollice of llcaltli Ollicei- and Miiiic discharging the\\nduties incident to tiiis position, distinguished him-\\nself liy the application of liis knowledge of .sani-\\ntary laws and regulations. Socially lie is a mem-\\nber of the ^Lasonic fraternity, and is Past (i rand\\nMaster of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.\\nHe also belongs to the Knights of the ^laccabees,\\nand is local medical examiner for the last named\\nsociety. Both he and his wife are devoted and\\nearnest menibeis of the Christian Cliurch. Tlu^v\\nare 3roung people from whom emanates a spirit of\\nprogress and purity of inn pose, and hence exert\\ntlie best iiitliiciice in tlieir chosen held of labor.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6hs\\nJ\\n^LFRE1) M. (iHECORY, the former popular\\n\u00c2\u00a9/lJI and etticicnt Supervisor of Locke J own-\\ni/f lAi ship, Ingliaiii County, is one of tlie most\\njirominent and thrifty citizens of this\\ncounty, and is a native of Oakland County, this\\nState, where he was born April 27, 1845. He is\\nthe son fif Almond and Flora E. Cregory, natives\\nof New York and Connecticut resjiectively, who\\nmigrated to Oakland County at an early day and\\nthere reare l to manhood tlii son. He received a\\ncommon-school educati(m and in due time w.as\\nunited in marriage with Fannie, daughter of Frank-\\nlin O. Jones, of (Oakland County.\\nSix children were born to our subject and his\\nworthy wife and live are now living, namely:\\nCharles, Norton. Flora. Benjamin. Kenrick and\\nRucl (deceased), in 1 73 Mr. (iregory came to\\nIngham County and settled on the farm wliicli has\\nsince been his home. He now owns one liiindred\\nand sixty acres of excellent land which he has\\ngained by his own etTorts and enterprise. He\\ntaught the district school for eleven terms and was\\na poijular teacher. In politics he is a Democrat-\\nand he was elected Supervisor of his tt wnship in\\n1881. after which lie served for eight successive\\nyears with credit to himself and benefit to the com-\\ninunity.\\n14. j.4.4- i\\nw\\n^()SP:PII SIBLEY, a pioneer f.armer of Onon-\\ndaga To\\\\vnslii|), Ingham County, was lioi-n\\nin Rush, Monroe County, N. Y., December\\n13, 1817, and is the son of Elisha and Anna\\n(Bills) Sibley, both natives of New England, wiio\\nsettled in the above named county soon after\\ntheir marriage and there remained throughout life.\\nThe father held some township offices and was a\\nsoldier in the War of 1812. They were the parents\\nof thirteen children of whom our subject was the\\ntenth.\\nJohn Sililey was reared in Hush, Monroe County,\\nand received his education in the district schools\\nand at Rochester, N. Y. He remained on the old\\nhomstead until he reached the age of twenty-one\\nand came to Michigan in 1838, entering into part-\\nnership with his brother, Martin K.. and buying\\none hundred and sixty acres of land where our\\nsubjeei, now lives.\\nMr. Sibley cleared his farm and has lived up-\\non it for fifty-three years, and h.as nearly all of\\nhis one hundred and sixty-five acres under cultiva-\\ntion. He has done most of the work ujion his jilace\\nbesides teaching school considerably in his younger\\nyears. He was a Republican until recently but\\nnow lielongs to the Farmers Alliance.\\nI lion New Year s Day, 1841. our subject was\\nmarried to Miss Charlotte Whitman, of Springport,\\nJackson County. She was born in Canada, Octo-\\nber fi, 1815, and is a daughter of Josiah and Char-\\nlotte (Austin) Whitman, iiitmeers of Jackson\\nCounty. To this worthy couple seven children\\nhave been born, namely: Carrie Charles II.,\\nAlva, Homer W., Hubert .1.. Emma and Elsie L.,\\nand three of these have passed to the other world.\\nThe son, Charles, lives at home with his father and\\nis Supervisor of Onondaga Township; he married", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0826.jp2"}, "827": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALHIM.\\nH.U\\nMis-i MriiiiiM llrooU. (if Alliimi. and lias tliicc cliil-\\nilri ii. Kiaiik, ifoitji and ISestiii Iloiiici- W. Ls a\\nstoiH cuUfr at Clinliiii. Mich.. aii l inari icd Miss\\nlOlia I icison. liiilicil .1.. a lariiicr. niarrii d Miss\\nMinnie (iiilnian and lias li\\\\i children, Kverett C,\\nKditli M.. (i race. Scut 1 and ly(h Kniiiia is the\\nwile (if riioinas li. Wheeler, (if Leslie, this State.\\nThe (ildesl dauffhter. Carrie, who is now deceased,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was the wife of Alva .\\\\iistiii. of Jackson, and left\\none child. Adellicrt.\\n4^\\n^1 Osill .V K. KIU KI.AM). Anion;- the prom-\\ninent, inlhieiitial and wealthy asiiiculturisls\\nand representative pioneers of lugliain\\nCounty, none is more worthy of our notice\\nthan the well-known and etKeient Supervisor and\\nTreasurer of Leroy Township. Seneca County,\\nN. Y., is his native home and he was hoin .Tanuary\\n1. 1821, heiiiaa son of Henjainin Kirkland. a native\\nof Coniieeticiil. and Nancy Kni lit, who was born\\nin New York, and whose lirother was ;i soldier in\\nthe War of 1H12.\\nHis father s farm in New \\\\n\\\\k was the scene of\\n.loshua Kirkland s boyhood days, and his education\\nwas largely taken in the district schools, which\\nra\\\\c liini a t;dod foundation for future studies,\\nwhich he has taken by himself. His father pursued\\nthe trade of a tailor as well as earrviiiii; on a farm.\\nTlic luariiauc of .hisliiiM Kirkland with Kehecca\\nMorehouse, wliich event took place September 2!(,\\nIH1;L bi(iui;ht him three children, of whom his son\\nCharles of (Jiaiid Ledge, is the only one lixiiii;-.\\nAfter the death of .Mrs. Rebecca Kirkland our sub-\\nject was a second time united in inarriage with\\nMrs. Nancy Hrown. the widow of I ri.-ih llrowii. of\\nLivinsrston County. Uy this marriage which took\\nplace in IH.V2 two children were born, one of\\nwhom. KImer. is living .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ind makes Ins home in Le-\\nroy Townshi]). He married a third wife in 1872.\\nThey lived tf)gether four years. She left home\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind our subject obt;iiiic(l a bill from her. Tlic\\npresent Mrs. Kirkland bore the name t f Nina R.\\nLatlirop and she became Mrs. Kirkland in 1H77,\\nand is the mother of one dauijhter. Coruelia.\\nOur subject emigrated to Michigan in l\u00c2\u00abl I. mak-\\ning his home in Livingston Count\\\\ until Ik.-,-j. at\\nwhich time he eaine to Ingham County and during\\nthe tiist year operated a steam sawmill, one of the\\nfirst in this region. He traded this mill, which was\\nknown as the Podiink Mill, for the farm on which\\nhe now lives, which was tlii ii an unbroken forest.\\nFor nearly a year the family resided in a log cabin\\nand they then built a better home. This cntle-\\nuiau h.is seen much pioneer work and lijis eiidiire(|\\nmany privations and hardships. He now owns\\nthree hundred and lifteen acres of land in Wlieat-\\nlield and Leroy Townships. IJy his own hard work\\n:ind eiiteri)rise he has ac(iuired this handsome prop-\\nI lty and at the same time he li.as helped forward in\\nevery way po.ssible any movement which had for\\nits aim the elevation of scK iety .-ind the general\\nprosperity of the community.\\n.Mr. Kirkland was formerly a member of the M.-i-\\nsonie order but is not active now in that order.\\nFor several yi ars he .served as Treasurer of Leroy\\nTownship, in which office he was unusually ellieient.\\nlloth he and his wife are now enjoying the fruit\\nof a life well spent and thi respect an I esteem\\nwhich is their just and natural meed.\\nIIARLKS H. SIHLKY. The farming com-\\nmunity of any eount\\\\ forms it.s bone and\\n^^1^ sinew, and upon the character of that p:irt\\nof its citizens must depend much of tlie future\\nhistory of that sec-tioii. Thrift, industr\\\\ and integ-\\nlity must :ibouiid or misfortune and hard times will\\ncome, iK matter what the Mnancial condition of the\\ncountry or the wealth underlying the sod. Ingham\\nCounty has been hles.sed in a constituency of iiolile\\nupright, industrious farinei-s who have developed\\nits resources and brought it to a sl.andinu with the\\nother counties of the State.\\nMr. Sibley, who has a due farm in t )iioMd:ig:i\\nTownship, was bom upon tlii spot where lu now\\nlives, August \\\\A. l8-!4. his parenl.s being .lo.seph\\naiid Charlotte (Whitman) Sibley, a sketch of whom\\nwill be found elsewhere in this volume. Charles\\nis their second child and received hisearlv training", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0827.jp2"}, "828": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00bb32\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nupon the farm and was educated in the district\\n.schools during his earlier years and afterward at-\\ntended .school at Eaton Rapids and studied in the\\nunion schools of Lansing. He remained at home\\nuntil about twenty-four years of age and then went\\nto (irand Rapids, where he worked for three years\\nfor tlie (xauoe tt Goodrich Trasportation Company\\nafter which he spent four years with the Phienix\\nFurniture Company in the same city.\\nIn 1\u00c2\u00bb17 Mr. Sibley returned to the farm and has\\nsince given his undivided attention to farming.\\nHe rents his fatlier s farm and carries it on. It\\nwas while he was living in Grand Rapids that he\\nentered into a matrimonial alliance, choosing as his\\nlife partner Miss Emma Garrett, of Albion, Mich.,\\nand they were married in April, 1873. She is a\\nnative of Buffalo, N. Y., and is now the mother of\\nthree promising diildrcn: Franc, George L. and\\nBessie E.\\nThe Democratic party formerly commanded tlie\\nvote and influence of our sul)ject, but he is now\\ncasting his ballot with the Industrial party. In\\nIS .M) lie received the electi .)n to tlie office of Super-\\nvisor of Onondaga Townsliip. and being re-elected\\nin the spring of 1H!)1, he is now serving his second\\nterm. Anytliing which pertains to the interests of\\nagriculture is of imi)()rtance in his eyes and he is a\\nmember of the Farmers Alliance and is one of\\nits trusted coun.selors.\\n*VAi*^ii^*i^a^^kW^ikc3^\\niilCHAIU) SEATON. The gentleman whose\\n1, name is at the head of tliis sketch is a ty))i-\\n\\\\V cal American, having risen from an humble\\nposition in which poverty was his main in-\\nheritance, to his jjresent statitin in life in which he\\nenjoys a pleasing degree of affluence. His success\\nhas, however, not made him indifferent to the sor-\\nrows and needs of the great majority. His heart\\nis oi)eu to all and if he cannot give a bit of com-\\nfort of the substantial nature he at least always\\nbe to\\\\vs a kind and encouraging word upon the\\ndistressed one.\\nIJichard .Scaton is the son of Joseph and F liza-\\nbeth (Morton) Seaton, natives respectively of Lin-\\ncolnshire and Nottinghamshire, England. Our\\nsubject s father was born in Faldwinsworth Town.\\nHe was a farmer and the parent of nine children,\\nAve of whom were boys. They were: John, Will-\\niam, Joseph, Ricliard and Robert. The four girls\\nwere Ann, I-^lizabeth, Rebecca and Margaret. John,\\nJo.seph and Richard came to the United States and\\nfinally settled in Michigan. Joseph, however, died\\nin Illinois.\\nOur subject was born August 9, 182( in Middle-\\nraison, Lincolnshire, England. He was raised a\\nfarmer and to the thrifty wa3s common among\\nthe FjUglish yeomanry. He was deprived of edu-\\ncational advantages, but his native wit and bright-\\nness did much for the youth. Our subject came\\nto America on a sailing vessel and was on the\\nocean for six weeks and one d.ay; he landed in\\nCanada and came from (Quebec to Pontiac, reach-\\ning that point June 12, 1845, with no friends\\nand ^15 in debt. A brother worked in Pontiac\\nfor nine years at anything he could get to do.\\nOui- subject s Hrst half month s work received\\nthe remuneration of $o, which represented a\\nfortnight s labor in the flelds during the haying\\nseason. In 1854 he came to the place where he\\nnow resides, locating on section 11. There he pur-\\nchased eighty acres and has since added forty more.\\nSince that time he has steadily advanced in finan-\\ncial position and his place has been made very\\nvaluable by the improvements that he has put\\nupon it. His residence is a fine brick house that is\\ntasteful in design and roomy in size. It is entirely\\nunincumliered nor does our subject owe a dollar to\\nanyone. He has moreover the i)leasant assurance\\nthat there is money enough laid up for a rainy day\\nor for the comfortable enjoyment of old age.\\n.May 12, 1844, ^Ir. Seaton was married to Emily\\nWest, a daughter of Robert and Susan West of\\nMiddleraison. Lincolnshire, F^ngland. Seven chil-\\ndren were the outcome of this union. They are as\\nfollows: Robert, who died at the age of twenty-\\nseven; Joseph; Emily, now ISIrs. Palmer; Elizabeth,\\nwho is the wife of J. T. Harri.son; Alice, who mar-\\nlied .John Hrislol; Francos, the wife of Clarence\\nHiistol. and John Franklin.\\nThe original of our sketch with his wife is a\\nmember of the Methodist Episcopal Church and for", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0828.jp2"}, "829": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND P.TOO RATI TIC AL ALBUM.\\n\u00c2\u00ab3.1\\nforty-five yeiirs lliey liiive lu-en ai tivcly con nwterl\\nwith the intei et ls of that liody and liave ever heen\\nliberal supporters of the (ioi\u00c2\u00abpel work. A Denioerat\\nin polities, our siihjeet is iKjt, however, so rabid\\nImt wiiat lie eaii see good in all men and parties,\\nlie is an honored and respeeted citizen and a kind\\nt rifiid to the pool and needy. His wife is a noble.\\ntiiK -liearted woinaii whose brijiht cheerfulness is a\\ntonic to the despondent or sorrowing. She lia.s\\nbeen the affectionate heljiniate of her husband in\\nhis career and is deserving of I lie greatest consid-\\neration 1)\\\\ ill.\\n-^^1\\n\\\\\\\\m\\nmw\\n1^\\n\\\\f(_^ ON. l-HANK UorNS\\\\ILLK. He whose\\ny name adorns this age is a worthy rejire-\\nsentative of an honorable and talented\\nf^i family. The same traits which made his\\nfather successful in the various interests in which\\nhe was engaged is discovered in the son in an aug-\\nmented degree. Naturally of a daring, speculative\\nnature, his dealings in this direction have been\\nmodified and toned by a well-lialanccd jiidgincnt\\nand a trained conservatism. He is at iireseiit Presi-\\ndent of the t ity Council, to which he generously\\ngives a large ])ortioii of his time troiii his varied\\ninterests in a commercial way. lieiiig a dealer in\\nlumber, grain, wool and produce. ;iiid one of the\\nmost active and energetic business nieii in owler-\\nville. Livingston County.\\nnative of JJvingston County. Midi., he of\\nwhom we write was born in I liadilla Towiisjiip.\\nFeliruary IH, 1,S4K. He is a son of William K. and\\nSvlvia M. (Torrey) Rounsville. natives of Tomp-\\nkins and Tioga Countio. N. Y.. respectixcly. The\\nfather was an artist. He came to Michigan about\\nlH4r), and settled in I liadilla Township, where he\\nwas engaged in farniing. Like most iiieii who\\nhave the artistic instinct, tluie was something of\\nthe Hohemian about him. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lud he was not coiileiil\\nto settle down in one jilace withonl !i suring liiiii-\\n.self in a personal way of its sujierior advantages\\nHe sotm went to AVisconsin. thence iiroceeded to\\nAlinnesota, where he wjis engaged in stock-raising.\\nan l ill IKti.! returned to Michigan and relocated in\\nInadilla Township. During the Last years of his\\nlife he niaile his home in Fowlerville. pa.*sing;iwav\\ninto the hereafter in December, |K(!L His wife\\nsurvived him .some two years, her decease occur-\\nring in .May. Our subjec s father was Clerk\\nof I liaddla Township f(ji- two terms. He was a\\nRejiublican and an earnest, progressive man. Wis\\npaternal grandparents weie Uenjamin and .Anna\\n((Jifford) Rounsville. natives of ,Ma.- sachuselts.\\nTliey were there engaged in farming, although\\nthey spent their latter yeai-s in New York. He w.i.-\\nthe father of live children Robert. \\\\Villiam. Hen-\\njainiii, Meli.s.sa and Cynthia. The two Indies are\\nnow residents of Minnesota.\\nOur subject s matei u.-il grandparents were Seth\\nli. and Elizabeth (.Stedman) Torrey. native.^ of\\nNew York. The former wa.s a contractor and\\nbuilder and came to Michigan alniut l\u00c2\u00ab4(). He\\nsettled at I nadilla, this county, where he followed\\nhis trade and was also a farmer; he died in 1869.\\nHis wife still survives and makes her home in\\nOce(jla County, this Stale. During Mr. Torrey s\\nlifetime he was Township Clerk and Road Com\\nmissioucr. He had a family of live children.\\nThey aie: Sylvia JL; Ann E., who is now Mi-s.\\n(ilinn; (ieorge S.; Margaret .S., who died at ten\\nyears of age; Elinor S\u00e2\u0080\u009e now Mi s. Patterson; Sarah\\nE.. who is Airs. Howell. The two hitter live in\\nIngham County, this Stiite. .V Deinwrat jioliti-\\ncally. socially Mr. Torrey was a Ma.-on. His pa r-\\nent.s were \\\\Villiani and Mehitable lialdwin) Tor-\\nrey, natives of Connecticut. The former died in\\nTioga County. N. Y.. leaving seven children\\nNVilliain, Samuel. .lohn. Saiali. Klioda. lietsev and\\nIlattie.\\nThe lvouii ille f.amily are of French origin, .is\\nmay lie cimjectured by the name, and in the his-\\ntory of that country they take a high stand as pa-\\ntriots and law makers. The Torrey family is of\\nScotch origin. ur subject treasures a souvenir of\\nhis ancestors, the Rounsvilles, that is in the form of\\na bookmark of an arm rocking chair. The lirst\\nrepresentative of the Rounsville family in .\\\\mer-\\nica came over in the Maytlower. He of whom\\nwe write is (me of five children, four of whom are\\nnow living. Tliev are: Frank Charles H.,\\n(ieorire W. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind I red N. Charles H. is a farmer in", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0829.jp2"}, "830": {"fulltext": "834\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nDellii Township, Ingham County; George W. is a\\nwholesale butcher in Lansing, and Fred X. is also\\na Ituteher at the same plaee.\\nThe original of our sketch received the educa-\\ntional advantages offered in the district schools\\nand in the High Schools of Ovid, Clinton County.\\nAfter tinishing his course he taught for three\\nwinters in Livingston County. He made his home\\nunder the jjarental roof until he was twenty years\\nof age, lieing engaged in teaching and farming.\\nHis home i)lace is witliiii liie present limits of\\nFowlerville. In 1878 he imrchased eighty acres,\\nand during the last thirteen years has given his\\nattention as above stated, being the middleman be-\\ntween the producers of Michigan and the large\\nbuyers of lumber, cereals, wool and produce in\\nthe metropolitan markets.\\nMr. Rounsville is a man of marked executive\\naljility, which is recognized by his co-laborers. He\\nwas elected to represent his home county in the\\nLegislature of 1887-88. He has been Supervisor\\nfor two tei-ms and also School hisijector. For\\nyears lie has been connected with the City Council\\nand during the last five terms lias figured as the\\nPresident of tlie city. He has also l)een Clerk of\\nthe Council scveial times, and during his legisla-\\ntive term he secured the passage of several measures\\nthat have been greatly to the advantage of this\\nlocality.\\nLife being not complete without a home and the\\nclose ties of the domestic relation, our subject\\nwas married, November 2H. 1^(7 2, to Mrs. Helen\\nM. .Jones, of Fowlerville. She was a daughter of\\nNelson A. and Ann E. (Torrey) Glenn, natives of\\nNew York, and born in Seneca and Hoga Coun-\\nties respectively. The father was a farmer and\\ncame to Michigan in 1834, settling in Uexter.\\nA\\\\ ashtenaw County. His father was Robert, and\\nhe was one of the first settlers in Unadilla and\\nthe lirst to build a house in Flast Unadilla, lie him-\\nself platting the village, lie was the proprietor\\nand owner of a sawmill and gristmiil. and one of\\nthe |)romoters of the interests of the county. He\\n(lied in Unadilla. His son, Xel.son A., lived in j\\nthis township, where he engaged in farming a\\nnumber of years before his death. He was a !Ma-\\n.son and an Odd Fellow; lii decease occurred De-\\ncember 1, 1870. He was the father of two chil-\\ndren Helen JNL, Mrs. Roun,sville. and (ieorge H.\\nHe of whom we write is an adherent of Demo-\\ncratic principles as a rule. Socially he is a meiuber\\nof both the Masonic fraternity and of the Odd\\nFellows. He is now Master for the tifth time of\\nthe Blue Lodge and is .also a memljer t)f the\\nRoyal Arcanum. 31r. Rounsville has a tine home\\nand beautiful surroundings. His wife was a most\\nestimalile and charming woman, seconding the ef-\\nforts of her husband most admirably in all pro-\\ngressive directions. They had a family of four chil-\\ndren Clyde died in infancy; Rose E. pas.se d away\\nwhen eight years of age, and but two are now liv-\\ning Claude (i. .and Anna. Mrs. Rounsville died\\nDecember 9, 1888.\\nlikM R i- -lEAHMA ANN SNYDER, The pio-\\nneer women of Michigan pas.sed through\\nwonderful exi)eriences, and it is well\\nworth the while of the young peojile of\\nto-day to sit at their feet and learn of them les-\\nsons of industry, courage, per.severance and reso-\\nlute detei ini nation, for they exercised all these\\ntraits in their early occupancy of our State, and\\nthey have come out of the contlict wortli\\\\ to bear\\nthe cross of the Legion of Honor.\\n]\\\\Irs. Snyder, who is now a lady of sixty-.seven\\nyears, had her biitli in 1824. in Wayne County,\\nN. 1 and there she was married at the age of\\nnineteen. Her present home is in Conway Town-\\nshi]), Livingston County, where she carries vn a\\nfarm )f some eighty acres. Her father, Isaac\\nDickson, was a native of Pennsylvania, and his\\nwife, Betse} (Nicliloy) Dickson, bore to him nine\\nchildren, five daughters and four sons, of whom\\nMrs. Snyder is the third child and second daugh-\\nter. Jacob Nicliloy, the maternal grandfather,\\nhad a family of nine children.\\nThe maiden name of Mrs. Snyder was .lemima\\nl)icks ui. and it was in 1843 that she was united\\nwith yiv. Henry Snyder, by whom he liecaine the\\nmother of two daughters and three sons, namely:\\nElizabeth, deceased, who married ]Mr. iMartin Ben-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0830.jp2"}, "831": {"fulltext": "rORTRAlT ANIJ HIOGRAPIIICAL ALBUM,\\nK;i.-,\\nJMniin; Alice, deceased; Ira. wIk. married Sarali\\nl.eedle. and iia^i two c-liildreii: .lolm 11.. who mar-\\nried Melviiia \\\\Vilt.sie; Owen, who jnarried Id.-i\\nIJarker. and ha one eliihl.\\nrpon lier well-cultivated farm .Mr.s. Snyder i.-;\\nciurvin on a eneral farininir liiisiiie.s.s. and she\\nlias .seen this country ,ii:row up from a wilderness\\nto its prese_ut prosperous and populous condition.\\nWhen slie first came here there was no l.-uid cle.ared\\nexcept that which is now occupied hy .Mr. S.-ihin.\\nThey liuilt a loj^ house l(ix20 feet in dimensions,\\nanil liy haid toil she and her husliand iiained a\\ncomfortahle competency. Her lie.-iuliful home was\\nliuilt .some twenty-three years ago, and she has\\ntlii ee sjood Itarns which were erected previ jns to\\nthat time. Henry Snyder was a hard working\\nman. and in his political views a Democrat. His\\nson .-ire stanch I roliihilionists, who sympathize\\nwith the Farmers ^Mutual Benefit Association.\\n.Mr. Snyder dejjarted this life in 1884. Icavinj^ his\\nwidow and children to mourn his irreparahle loss.\\nn\\n^rr^\\\\FA)liV,E L. ADA.MS. A jonmali.M and one\\nfj g\u00e2\u0080\u0094 who is the niolder of pulilic opinion to .a\\nVti^l larire extent has it in his power to wield an\\nimmense inlhience forjjood. Infortunately at the\\n])resent day sensationalism is found to pay liettcr\\nthan literary merit, consecpiently our journals arc\\nfilled with items that miijlit well cause parents to\\nliestitate to place tlie journal in tin h. iiids of their\\nchildren. J.tickily this son.-iational style is more\\nprevalent in the very large cities than in smaller\\ntowns and the minds and morals of the ina.^ses are\\nleft untainted. He who. ^e name is at the head of\\nthis sketch is one who feels the lesiionsiliilitv of\\nhis position as proprietor of the Kowlcrville\\nKevieir. considering that his work is as much an\\neducational one as that of the |)reacher or\\npreacher.\\nMr. .Vdams is a native of Oakland Count) this\\nStale, and w.as kejil at home on the farm until\\nlie reached the age of nine yeaiv and tlu ii\\nwent to Niw Ihulson in )!iklaiid Countv, where\\nhe remained for live yeai-s, thence he came to\\nMount .Morri.-. fourteen years of agi miI.-\\nject hegaii the practical liusine.ss of life for himself\\nHe was in a drug store at .Mt. .Morns for one\\nyear anri then went to Kvart. Oce \u00c2\u00bbia (ounlv.\\nthis Slate, there engaging in carpenter s work and\\nfollowed that line until IH7I. .Vt lliat .same place\\nhe liegan to learn the printers trjide. giving up\\npart of one year to it. AViien Willard H. He.s.*\\ncame to Kowlcrville he with our suhjecl hegaii the\\npnlilicati \u00c2\u00bbn of the Fowlervillc ec/V-d-. The .senior\\nmemlier was a practical printer and and a veteran\\nill newspaper work. They conducted their liusi-\\nness under the linn name of Hes-; A- .\\\\dams. our\\nsulije -t continuing to learn the trade inulcr hi\\npartner. He .-old out his interest in the stock in\\n1H7\u00c2\u00ab.\\nAfter disposing of his paper the original of our\\nsketch estahlished him.self in the grocery luisine.s s\\nhut continued in that only eight months, afterward\\nemharking in the hardware Itnsine.-s with Mr.\\nKelso in Webberville. He remained ihus connected\\nuntil .lanuary 1, 1879. when he sold out aiwl re-\\nliinieil to Kowlei villc. He then purchasecl the\\npaper thai lie w.as instrumental in estalilishing. It\\nhad hecome defunct and the work of revivifying\\nit was e(|ual to estalilishing a new organ. He has.\\nIn^werer. heen very successful in the work and has\\nct)ntinued the piililication of the sheet until the\\npresent time. It is inde|)endcnt in politics, .\\\\side\\nfrom his own work Im keeps two printei-s con-\\nslantly employed in the otiice lieside.s those outside\\ng.athering the news.\\n.Ml. .\\\\il.Mms e talili lied the ilomcstic relation\\nOctolier 1. 1x71. at which he united his f.ale with\\nthat of .Miss Carrie Tanner of this place. .Mi\\nAdams is a most estimahle l;idy of marked intel-\\nlectual aliility and having great retinement. .Mr.\\n.Vdams is a Ma.son and an Od i Fellow. He .al.-o\\ntielongs to the .Ancient Order cjf rnileij Workmen,\\nto the (iood Templars and is a memlier of the\\nFarmers .Vlliance. Outside of his jourmdistic\\nwork the iientleman of whom we write hasama.s-ed\\na verv comfoitalile competency in llie manufacliiie\\nof the .Vdams Hand Cylindi r l res,s, in nhieli lie\\nh;is a one-half interest, being the patentee of the\\npre.s.ses that are manufactured in this village. Our", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0831.jp2"}, "832": {"fulltext": "836\\nPORl RAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nsubject has strugalcil liard for the position that he\\nhas gained in joiiriialistif work. Years of patience\\nwere required liefore he cuuld attain the footing\\ndesired, and his mark is yet above liim as is that\\nof all good and progressive men everywheie. He\\nwith his wife is a member of the Methodist P pis-\\ncopal Church and has held every official position\\nin the body to which he belongs. He is now Class-\\nLeader, Steward, Trustee and Treasurer. He is the\\nchorister in the (liurcli and is Sunday-school\\nSuperintendent at the (iriswold schoolhouse south\\nof the village. He is a man who does not spare\\nhimself, if by throwing himself into the breach he\\ncan help along a fellow-being.\\n=rf\\nlowing tlie serene and |)eaceful calling of\\nW an agriculturist, our subject is a memlier of a\\nj)j family that has traveled extensively, gain-\\ning by personal experience and observation knowl-\\nedge of countries and peoples. Our subject s\\nfather was Ebenezer Shaw, a native of Massachu-\\nsetts, who in an early day went to Canada. He\\nwas in the War of lf 12 and on going to the Brit-\\nish Honiinion was there married to a Miss Stephens.\\nThat union was hlest by the advent of two sons\\nand three daughters, whose names are .lames, Bet-\\nsey, Huldah, Susan and Hoseell. After a short\\nresidence in Canada tliey i)roceeded to Grand\\nIsland where the father died, the ])lace of liis de-\\ncease, being only about six miles from Niagara\\nFalls.\\nOur subject was liorn .Inly 2(1, 1823, in Branford,\\nCanada, and at the age of fourteen he started out\\nin life for himself. For five years he worked by\\nthe month on the Erie Canal and then engaged .as\\nan employe on a farm, following that work until\\nhe was twenty-six years of age, at wliicli time he\\nwas married to Ruby Kent, a daughter of .Tosephus\\nKent, a resident of New York. In 184.5 our snh-\\nject came to Michigan and settled in Williamston\\nTownshi]j on a farm of fifty acres. This he sold\\nand then bought eighty acres where he now resides.\\nThe tr.act which oursuliject imrciiased and which\\nis mentioned above, was virgin soil and was cleared\\nand lirokon by him. he putting up the buildings as\\ntime and fortune permitted. Wholly without re-\\nsources, his energy and iudustr.y have made him a\\nsuccess, so that now he has accumulated a com-\\nfortable property. To our subject and his wife\\nwerelioni \\\\\\\\\\\\v children. They are, James, W^illiam,\\nRuby, Etta and Susan. Mrs. Ruby Shaw was taken\\naway about 1859, and he married, in Septemljer,\\n1861, Miss Fanny Ilicock, a daughter of Zachariah\\nllieock, a native of New York, and an early settler\\nin Ingham County, where he died about 1871.\\nThis wife did not long survive and Mr. Shaw was\\nagain married, his choice being Jliss JMary Lamb, a\\ndaughter of James Lamb, a native of New York,\\nwlio emigrated in an early day to Ohio, settling in\\nLorain County and later in AYood County, finally\\nlocating in Ingham County nearthe city of M.ason\\nwhere he died; the mother still survives and at\\nseventy-eight years of age possesses her faculties to\\na remarkable degree.\\nMr. Shaw is a member of the Farmers Alliance.\\nHe was drafted in the late war, l)ut feeling that he\\nwas needed at home, he hired a substitute. A Demo-\\ncrat in his iiolitical principles, he is and always has\\nbeen loyal to his jiarty. He is a member of the\\nIndustrial I liiou. To Mr. Shaw and his third wife\\nhave lieeii lioin the following children: Florence\\nM.. Fred H.. Iva B., Frank J. and Bertha B.\\nare still at home witli the exception of Frank J.,\\nwho died when about two years of age.\\nOEL C. ClIOATE. The thought that we\\nare now as niucli in eternity as we ever shall\\nl)e is one that must be strengthening to\\nthose wliose feet are nearing the brink of\\nthe river, where farewells will be said to the friends\\non this side in order to give a fond greeting to\\nthose on the other. There is but one life, but it\\nchanges its phase and form to suit its new condi-\\ntions and wlien one has reached fourscoreaiid four\\nyears, almost can one feel the stirring of tiie new\\nimpulse and life under the old form.\\n)iic of tlic pioneers in Michigan, our subject", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0832.jp2"}, "833": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\n\u00c2\u00ab37\\ni-iiiiH in witli till* jiil)ili i that was felt liy the eai lv\\nsettlers when Micliiiran was admitted as a Stale.\\nlie is now an exten.sive farmer on seetion\\nHandy Townshii). I.ivinu ston County, liavinj; lu-\\ncaterl the same land in lH;!(i, wliieli was i)atented\\nto him directly from the (iovernment. Two years\\nlater he came to make his residence here. It \\\\va~\\nheavy timber iand and the lii-st shelter that their\\nforesight afforded was a log house which answered\\never3- purpo.se in the crudity of the woods and the\\ntime and there they lived for al)oul lifteen years.\\nwhiMi the fir.st house was replac ed liy a sulistantial\\nframe dwelling and later. in IsTtJ.hc luiilt his present\\ntine home.\\nMr. Choate is a native of eriiiont. there horn\\nDecember 13, 1807. His i)arents were William and\\nPolly (C onkey) Choiite. natives of Connecticut.\\nThe former was a farnTer by calling but by trade\\nwas a boot and shoe m.aker. When only eight years\\nof .age the lad .Joel was motherless, and in ]837\\nhis father came to ^Michigan and not a great while\\nafter died in .I.ack.son County. There was a family\\nof twelve children, only two of whom .are ik)w liv-\\ning our subject and Stephen 1 who lives at Three\\nHi vers, this Slate; he is by profession a physician\\nand surgeon now retired from active busine.ss. The\\ngran lfather was William Choale, a native of Con-\\nnecticut. While a lad our subjecl attended school\\nin ermont and after going to ew York he m.ade\\nhis home with his lirothei s. working on the farm\\nand attending school at Middlebiirv. (Jeuesee\\nCounty, N. Y. He remained with them until\\ntwenty-one years of age and then set out for him-\\nself until he came West in lie paid ten shil-\\nlings an acre for his tiist real-estate investment in\\nthis State and for a time made his home with his\\nbrother. Hazel. .Vfter working iiut lor one year\\nlie cainc to his farm when he began the work of\\nclearing the limber and from that time to this has\\nnot ceased to make iniprovcments upon the place.\\nIn a business way he is a self-made man, having\\nacquired his pre.-^ent handsome iirojierty liy his own\\nunaided effort.^, lie has been engaged in raising\\ncattle, .-hee]i and hogs and in breeding tine horses.\\n.Mr. Choate has been awarded various townshi|i\\notiices and has tjieally helped the county by his\\nenterprise and proirressixe ideas. He has never\\nbeen able to sum up courage to leave the bachelors\\nin order to become a Benedict, and although he liius\\na beautiful home it i pivsideil ovei- by a house-\\nkeeper. .Mr 1). Hall, a daughter of .V- ^aand .Sophia\\nMastic. Mrs. Hall is a widow and the mother of\\ntwo children. Mrs. H.-iU s mother kept liou.se for\\n.Ml-. Choate for tliirt\\\\-,-ix years after her liusbanirs\\ndeath.\\nThe original of oui- sketch is a man who can be\\ndepended U|)on to contribute liberally of hi time\\nand money in any measure or enterprise that prom-\\nises to be for the advantage and benelit of the lo-\\ncality in which he lives. He is one of the pioneers\\nand the only one now living upon land taken up\\nat Ihat time in this township. On fii-st coming\\nhere the nearest market was at Dexter, a di-stance\\nof thirty miles fnmi his home and the nearest mill\\nwas at Piiukney, sixteen miles away and over\\nrough, unworked roads and through heaviest tim-\\nber. He is to-day oneof the wealthy and represen-\\ntative farmers of this township.\\nmi\\n!M^\\nICII.UJl) T. lilJKitJS. The subject of tlil.-\\nsketch IS well known for his honest\\\\ and\\nintegrity and enjoys the coutideiice of the\\nliusines.s community and the res|)ect .-iikI\\nliking of a broad and inllueiiti.al acipiaint.Miice.\\nlie is a representative pioneer of Locke Township\\nIngham County, and a native of Canada, where he\\nwas born .\\\\pril II. 1h;52. beintr a son of .Stanley\\nand .^nn liriggs, both of whom were natives of\\nIrelanil. In the fall of \\\\XA() he came with his\\njiareiils to liiiton Count\\\\ this State, and in 1817\\nhe aided liis father in bnildino: the lii I frame\\nhouse ill Lansing and liel]ied a .Mr. Lovejoy a\\nbutcher lo kill and dress the first beef creature that\\nwas slaughtered in Lansing.\\nThe father of our subject wa.- one of the pio-\\nneer merchants of Lansing. His children who.-,nr-\\nvive are: Cliathering, .lames. Mary (Mi Hunt).\\nRichard T., and Klizabeth (Mrs. Wliiteley). It\\nwas in 18 |H when the family removed to Ingham\\nCounty and Richard had already been in his fa-\\nther s emplov for a number of years at Lansing,", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0833.jp2"}, "834": {"fulltext": "838\\nPORTRAIT AND ]$I0GRAPHIC:AL ALBUM.\\nHis school advantajjfes had been exceedingly limit-\\ned and his education has liceii almost entirely the\\nresult of his extensive course of readiuu; which has\\nmade him the intelligeiit u eiitleuian which lie is\\nt^)day.\\nI poii Feliruary 8. I8;j3, this young man was\\nunited in marriage with Aurilla Hunt a native of\\n)akland County, and daughter of Levi and .Au-\\nrora Hunt, pioneers of that county. Her fatlier\\nwas one of the fh sl navigators between Deti oitand\\nSaginaw and saih d with Captain Ward on the Lakes.\\niSix children blessed tlieir home and of this num-\\nber five are now living, namely: Edwin, Nora\\n(Mrs. Frank ^Maxwell). Dick. Anna. Minnie (de-\\nceased), and M\\\\itle.\\nIn 18\u00c2\u00bb(; ]\\\\Ii-. Ihiggs settled upon the farm where\\nhe now lives, .and at that time there had not been\\na tree cut upon the i)lace. He erected a log caliin\\n1 1x16 feet in dimensions, and it was a number of\\nyears before he erected the attractive home wliich\\nnow stands upon the farm. He farmed with ox-\\nteams in those early days and there were no roads\\nthrough this part of the county. He owns ninety-\\nsix .acres of land which he has brought from the\\ncondition of a wilderness to that of a richly culti-\\nvated farm. He is identified with the Farmers\\n.Vlliance and in his |)olitical views he is in sym-\\npathy with the Democratic party. The rei)utation\\nof a tirst-class huntsman and good shot was his in\\nthe early d.ays and even now he delights in going\\nhunting. For the first three years of his residence\\nhere he furnished with his rifle all the meat which\\nwas brought to the famih lardei\\nMOKYDIUFFK. There is a saying that life\\nat twenty is a tiagedy. at forty a comedy\\nand at sixty a roaring farce, whieh means\\nthat as the years |)ass one learns that the few years\\nspent here are. after all, liut an incident in the\\ngreat eternity and each little phase of the career,\\nimi)ortant as it may seem at the time, loses to a\\ngreat extent its significance and individuality and\\nbecome a jiart simply of when I was a boy or\\nwhen I was a young man. He of whom we\\nwrite has already passed tlie septugenarian s mile\\n|)ost. having been born March 27, 182(1. in Pal-\\nmyra Township, Wayne County, N. V. He is now\\na resi k nt on section 1. Hand\\\\- Township, I,iving.s-\\nton County, having come to Michigan and settleil\\nin his present location in 1K()7. Heie lie is the\\nprt)i)rictoi- of a fine farm of one hundred and eighty\\nacres.\\nOur subject is a son of Stephen and Mary (Allen)\\nDurfee. natives of Rhode Island and New York\\nrespectively. The former was employed as a farmer\\nin that State and continued in the calling until his\\ndecease. He was a Whig in his political prefeience\\nand lielongs to that (piaint religious body com-\\nnumly called (juakeis, more pleasantly Friends, who\\nhave given some of the noblest characters to the\\nworld peoi)le whose lives are models of purit^y\\nand cleanliness. .Stephen and Mary Durfee were\\nthe parents of twelve children, only three of whom\\nare now living. The eldest. Cliloa, is Mrs. Under-\\nwood; Anna D. is Mrs. Wicks; then comes our\\nsuliject.\\nMr. Durfee s grandsire *as Gideon Durfee, a\\nnative of Rhode Island, who later moved to New\\nYork Mliere he ])assed the remainder of his life.\\nHe had a large famil\\\\-. comprising twelve children.\\nHe was a Federalist in jiarty inclination and gave\\nthe whole of his warm Irish nature to any cause\\nthat he espoused. The original of our sketch was\\nreared on the home farm and remained with his\\nparents until he was twenty-six years of age and\\nthen came to Michigan and settled in Wayne\\nCounty in the township of Lavouia in 184H. On\\ncoming to this State he purchased one hundred\\nacres of land and was engaged in cultivating the\\nsame for twenty years. During that time he held\\nvarious otlices in the township, es|)ecially those\\nconcerning educational matters.\\nAt the expiration of the time above mentioned\\nMr. Durfee traded his farm in Wayne County for\\nhis present farm in Handy Township, Livingston\\nCounty. He was united in matrimony in 1841 to\\nMiss Eliza .1. Carr, who died leaving him one son,\\nwhose name is Edgar, now of Fentonville, Mich.\\nThis young man married Elizabeth Bennett, who is\\nnow deceased; she left a family of four children", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0834.jp2"}, "835": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND HIOGRAPHICAL ALIU M.\\n839\\nKInici-. Kvcrctti .lcssi mikI Kliiian. liy tin- t c-\\noiul m.-in-iMirc lie was iiiiili ii to Allif .IdIiiisoii and\\nis till |iai( iit of tliivi cliildii ii liy tliis iininn\\nClari iico, laiidf aii l Freddie.\\nAfter liviiiL;- some linieaitme oui- siihjeel married\\nhis wife s sister. oi(leli;i (arr. Sjie was a iiativi-\\nof Palmyra Towiisliii). Wayne County, N. V. Her\\nparents were David and Relieoea (KVans) Carr,\\nnatives of New .lersey. The lather was a farmer\\nand eame to Mieliipiii in IMll. Ileseltled in Shia-\\nwassee t onnt\\\\ and was there entjai;e l iji farmin\\nremainina until his deeease. They hud a family of\\nthiite n children, of whom six only are now livinir.\\nTht V are .lames E., Mrs. Durfee, David A., Relieeea\\nM., Caroline A., who is .Mrs. Harder and Emily.\\nXine children grace the \\\\inion of our subject ami\\nhis present wife. They are ICliza .1., Henr\\\\ H..\\n.Stephen, Clarence, Helen Alfred. Kliza married\\nMr. Hiin he. and is the motherof ouechild Inis C:\\nHenry H. married Saville Allen and is the p.arenl\\nof three children Daisy, Ue.ssie and Onil: he is a\\nsuccessfnl farmer in this county. Stephen mariied\\nEttie Pitts; their union has been lilest liy the\\nadvent of three children -Archie A., Elrov II. and\\nEthel H., the last named being twins. Clarence .M.\\nmarried Carrie Atkins; they have four childi-en\\nMabel, Erma, Emory and Percival; two of these\\nchildren are by a former marriage of .Mr-s. l)ui--\\nfee with (reorge Iluck. Helen now .Mrs. Eugene\\nClieeney; slie also is the mother of four children\\nI earl. Blanche, Vern an l Ei ster II.. who is de-\\nceased. Alfred. William. Edith and .\\\\nnie are the\\nremaining members of the family.\\nHe of wlnmi we write has souglit to give his\\nchildren every advantage in an educational way\\npossible to their condition and location. They\\nhave all had the advantages of a lilieral education\\nand are intelligent, and refined men and women\\nwho take a prominent jiosition in society wherever\\nfound. .Ste))lien is principal of the High School\\nIt ei-nou, Shiawassee County, this State; Alfred\\nis engaged in teaching in a High .School in Col-\\norado; Helen has be( n a teacher as have al.so Edith\\nand Annie. They arc .-ill gi;idu:iles from tlu Hiuh\\n.School.\\nMr. Dnifee is a Republican in his political senti-\\nments. For nian\\\\ vears hi has been a member of\\ntlie (kill Felli \\\\v anil bclonas to the Farmei-s .\\\\lli-\\nance of lliis .section. He is a man who ranks \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iniong\\ntiie first of the agricidturisls in this reirion. .Mr.\\nDurfee s father is the liist man that ever raised a\\nbuilding in Palmyra. N. V. without di.stribuling\\nwhisky, lie inaugurated his temperance princi-\\nples by giving a line supper instead of tiie intoxi-\\ncants. Our subject s gre.al-grandfather came from\\nIreland in 17;1() and settled in Rhode Maud.\\n_=]\\nS)\\nTX.WII) .MOODV. Til. liritisii-Ameriean\\nI J citizens of .Michigan arc a line cla.ss of\\nQyt^ Sturdy, stalwart nn-n of pluck and pi-inci-\\n|)le. who jiave made their mark and a good\\none, and have been helpful in the development ami\\nprogress of the Wolverine State. Among them we\\nseldom find any man who falls below the average\\nin ability or enterprise, and among those who are\\nfill- above this middle line we find the gentleman\\nwho.se name ap]jears at the head of this writing,\\n:ind wlio.se home is sit\\\\iated upon a farm of one\\nhinidred and thirty acres on sections 1 and 2 of\\nHowell Township.\\nOur subject wjus born in the city of York, Eng-\\nland, February 8, 181(), )iis honored iiai ent.s being\\n.lames and .Mary (C.artei-) Moody. The father was\\nborn in the city of Durham and the mother was a\\nVoikshirc l;i In his younger days .lames Moody\\nwas engaged in tr.-iveling in various parts of Eng-\\nl. ind and Scotl.aud, but he decided to emigrate to\\nthe New AVorld and in 182;^ came to .\\\\nu rica and\\nsettling in the township of .Schuyler, Oneida\\nCounty, N. V., he engaged in farming. There lie\\ncontinued until death called him hence, leaving a\\nfamily of three children, of whom ovu- subject is\\nthe only one now surviving. The father of .lames\\nMoody was a Scotchman who emigrated to Eng-\\nland and made that his honn-. and he in turn wiis\\nthe Min of a David Moody from whom our subject\\ngets his nanu\\nDavid Moody, the younger, was brought np like\\nother farmer boys with plenty of liard work and\\noutdoor exercise, and .after .stu lyingin the di tnct\\nschools of )neida ountx N. Y.. he made his home", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0835.jp2"}, "836": {"fulltext": "840\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nwith his father iiiilil tlmt jjarent s death. He then\\nfoiitimu d t(i cnny on tin- farm until 1S()K when he\\ncame We. st, and inirchasiny two hundred and forty\\nacres of land where he now live^. built a beautiful\\nhome and a line set of barns and settled diiwn to\\ndo general farmini; Before coming here he had\\nheld the otlice of Assessor in Oneida County for\\nnine years.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Moody wliieh took place in\\n1839 united liim with Miss IJetsey (4eer, daugluer\\nof Dyer and Sarah (Briggs) (ieer. To this home\\ncame one child, .lames, who has married Esther\\nBentley and has one daughter, Mary B. They make\\ntlieir home in t ohoclali Township. Mrs. Betsey\\nbloody p.assed from this life in 18.52 and the sec-\\nond ;\\\\Irs. JMoody was married to our subject in\\n1868. Her maiden name was Amanda F. Huston\\nand she is a daughter of .lolinand Laura (Bentley)\\nHuston of Canton, Wayne County, Mich.\\nBoth]\\\\Ir. and ]Mrs. Moody are earnest and active\\nmembers f)f the Methodist Kiiiscoi)al Church, and\\nhe has been a Steward of the church and is now a\\nTrustee, and lias taught in the Bible class for some\\ntwenty years. He is an ardent Prohibitionist in his\\npolitical views and an earnest worker for temjier-\\nance in every line. Sarah A., the daughter of our\\nsubject, received her education in Howell Townshij)\\nand has taught music for some time. Mr. Moody\\nis considered one of tlie most prosperous farmers of\\nHowell Township, and is universally respected for\\nhis sterling qualities and true neighborly kindness.\\nThe father of our subject often heard the celebrated\\nPitts, Fox and Sheridan in the House of Commons\\nin their alile and eloiiuent oratory.\\n_;-\\n^=5S)\\ni -^i\\nv^ ^ia\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nBEL S. AUSTIN, M. I). The profession\\nwhich represents the benehcent healing\\nli) art has many noble members whose lives\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0((^J are filled with acts of goodness, .and whose\\nmost strenuous elfort is to attain that skill which\\nis necessary in saving life and restoring health.\\nSuch a life work raises a man aliove the sordid\\nmotives which actuate many of mankind, and gives\\nto life a meaning, whirli more mercenary callings\\ncannot grant. We are therefore always gratified\\nto be able to introduce to our readers the phys-\\nicians who liave won for themselves a high |)lace\\nin the in ofession in Livingston County.\\nI)]-. Austin, of Fowlerville. is one of tlie most\\nprominent physicians and surgeons in the .State,\\nliaving had an extensive practice. He was born\\nin Potsdam, St. I^awrence County, N. Y., February\\n26, 18; His father, Oliver Austin, was a native\\nof erm(mt and his mother Harriet Sealey, was\\nlioni ill London, England. Oliver Austin was an\\nextensive fanner in his early days and is now liv-\\ning on the old homestead, having retired from\\nactive life. He is a son of Phineas and Disa Aus-\\ntin, who were Vermonters by birth and moved to\\nSt. Lawrence County, N. Y.. in their early days.\\nThere they engaged in farming and late in life\\nremo\\\\ed to Potsdam village, where they sjient\\ntheir later years. Four of their five childi-en are\\nstill living, namely: Phineas, Jr.: Oliver, Lucy,\\nand ^Melissa. The son who died bore the name of\\n.loseph.\\nHarriet Sealey. who became the mother of our\\nsubject, came to America when a child of seven\\nyears, and passed her girlhood in the Eastern\\nStates. After her marriage with Oliver Austin she\\nbecame the mother of a numerous household, and\\nten of her .seventeen children are now living,\\nnamely: Dr. Abel S., of Fowlerville, Dr. George\\n0.,of Morrice, Shiawassee County; the Rev. Charles\\nW.. pastor of the Dansville Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch; Emma. Mrs. Swift; Ilattie, Mrs. Collins;\\nHelen, the wife of the Rev. ]Mr. Bramley, who was\\nformerly the Presiding Elder of the Bl.ack River\\nConference in New Y ork; Alice, Mrs. (iarlick;\\nFrancene, JL s. Nels in; Dr. Edwin II.. of Gaines,\\n(iene.see County, Mich., and Edward ,J., who re-\\nsides on the old homestead. The latter two arc\\ntwins. The father w.as formerly a Wliig in his\\npolitical views but later joined the ranks of the\\nRepublican party. In their church relations this\\nfamily are earnest and active members of the\\n^Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nHaving spent his younger days up m the home\\nfarm, yming Austin studied at the Academy at\\nPotsdam and came West in the fall of 18ij6 set-\\ntling at A\\\\ aukeshaw, Wis., where he taught school", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0836.jp2"}, "837": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND HIOGRAPIIICAL AL15U1M.\\nsi I\\nfor tliiec yeai |mttinu in all Ins sp.Mic lime in tin\\nstudy of nifdiciiu His lirsi invci pUir was Dr. C\\nA. Leustroiu of Waukesliaw aii l lii atl ii(U l 1( 1-\\nures (Uiiiiiu tlu fall of IfS.V.l ami ilurin llic s|iiiii\\nof IHBOat Aim Arbor. .Mifli. Hi hcijaii his first\\n|)i;u tice at .Krtfoiitiiic. in (Jeiiesee County. Mich.,\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0mil took his st coiid course of Icclnrcs in IHt;.) at\\nthe Cleveland medical college. After receiving\\nhis diploma he was appointed as a.ssistant surgeon\\nin the rnited States army and was witli the Arui\\\\\\nof the Cunilierland until near the close of the war.\\nat which time he was taken sick and resigned.\\nReturning to Argentine the young physici:m\\nrem. iined there until his health was tinally estab-\\nlished and he then went to r vroii, Shiawassee\\nCounty. Mich., and engaged in active practici\\nWhile there he built vi|i a large practice and had\\nan extensive ride. In 187;5 he sold out his busi-\\nness in Byron and coming to l-owler\\\\ ille est;ili-\\nlished himself here in his profession. He has farm-\\ning interests in this county and owns a f.arm of\\none hundred and thirteen acres, three miles south-\\neast of the village. He has also interested himself\\nin fine stock, and now owns the celebrated stallion\\nNestor who hiis a record of 2:2()]. He was\\nfoaled June 9. 1881), and the doctor is now raising\\nsome of his colts. No horse in the county h.asever\\nhad so fine a record as Nestor.\\nDr. Austin has one of the most beautiful homes\\nin Fowlerville and over it ]iresides with gracious\\ndignity the lady who became his wife in lxi!l.\\nHer maiden name was iMiima Caiile ami her |)arent.s\\nwere |)a\\\\id and Sarah (Calhoun) Cable of Detroit.\\nwho h;id their nativity in New York. When thiy\\ntii st came West they made their home at Hedford,\\nWayne County, where INIr. Cable was the first\\nmerchant in the plsice. His last days were spent\\nin tliat village, and his wife died at ^lorenci. Mich.\\nThe doctor and his wife have two children, .\\\\rlliur\\nand Kva. .\\\\rthur is now ji physician and read\\nmedicine first with his father and then with Dr. I\\nA. 3Ic(iraw of Detrt)it. the leadingsiirgeon of Mich-\\nigan. The young man received his diploma at\\nDetroit in the medical college. Dui-ing his studies\\nin the college at Detroit, he assisted in St. Mary s\\nIlosintal for one year. After graduating he com-\\nmenci d the luactice of medicine with his father in\\nI owlervdie whei-e he I cmained four years, thin\\nlocating in (Jreenville. Monlealiii ounty. and\\nafter one yeai there returned to l owlerville and\\nformed a partnership with his father. He belongs\\nto the Michigan Medical Society ami being now in\\n])artnership with his father is building up a tine\\nreputation, as one of thi dilest young piiy.sifians\\nof .Michiiran. I he daughter. Kva, is now Mrs. I\\nI Warren, wife of the Casliier of the City National\\nr ;mk .-it ircenville. Montcalm County. Her liu.\u00c2\u00ab-\\nliand is the son of the Rev. Mr. Warren of Howell.\\n.Mich., and his brother. Fred Warren, is a proinin-\\nI Ut attorney in Detroit.\\nDi. Abel S. .\\\\uslin is now the president of the\\nHowell Hoard of I ension Kxaminers and he has\\nheld several otiices of responsibility in I- owlerville.\\nHis ])olitical views have brought him into sym-\\npathy with the nioveinentsof the Republican parly\\nand lu is identified with the Masonic order and\\nwith the I liited Workmen.\\nDWARD HADSAI.I,. One of the sturdy\\nrepresentatives of the agricultural coiii-\\nS munity, our sul)ject was born in the town-\\nship of Exeter. Luzerne County. I a.. .lanu.-uy it!.\\nIHl. i. He is the son of .lames and Klizabeth\\n(Smith) Hadsall. Our subject s grandsire. Kd ward\\nHadsall. was born in Connecticut and was reared a\\nfarmer. He moved to lVnns\\\\ Ivaiiia. llience to\\nZanesville. \u00c2\u00bbhio. anrl from there to SteulK-nville.\\nfinally dying in Wheeling, W. Va. He reared a\\nlarsje family, all of whom who grew to maturity,\\nlived to reflect credit upon the name.\\nOur subject s father, who was a farmer, lived\\nand died in I ennsylvania. He was the parent of\\ntwel\\\\c children, h.-iving six sons and six daugh-\\nters. our of the .sons served in the late War t\u00c2\u00bbf\\nthe Reliellion. they being .lames. (Jordon. Horatio\\nand he of whom we write. The first enlisted from\\nIllinois. Horatio from IVimsylvania and our sub-\\nject from .Michigan. Our subject was reared on a\\nfarm and enjoyed the advantages of a common-\\nschool educatii ii. His inarria-rc took place .\\\\ug-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0837.jp2"}, "838": {"fulltext": "842\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nust 26, 1832, at which time he was united to Miss\\n.laiu Oyniond, who was Imhii in IViiii.svlvaiiia\\nSeptcmlicr 21. 1 12. She is a dauyliler of .lohn\\nand Maiv (Lawson) D\\\\nK)nd, fanners, wlio reared\\nten children, live sons and five daugliters, all of\\nwlioni lived to re.ach years of maturity. ]\\\\Irs. Ilad-\\n.sall s family is of (iernian origin.\\nAfter our subject s marriage he bouglit a farm\\nill Pennsylvania. In 1850 lie moved to Mieliigan\\nand settled on forty acres on .section 12, of Cohoct-\\nah Township, where he jiresides at the present time.\\nThis he has cleared and improved and altliougli it\\nis a small tract he has cared for it to such purjiose\\nand fed it .so well that it in return feeds liim hand-\\nsomely, for soil is like Ininian nature, it will give\\nonly in jnoiiortioii as it receives.\\nOf the nine children liorii to our subject he\\nreared eight, viz: ^Milton, ^lary K., Perry, James.\\nNancy, Evert E., Decker L. and Ellen. ^Nlary is\\nthe wife of \\\\\\\\:u-d; Nancy is the widow of Rich-\\nard Wriggelsworth and Ellen is the wife of Samuel\\nSliver. ^Vniong the oldei residents of the township\\nour siiliject and his wife receive the veneivation\\nand respect on all sides due their years as well as\\nthe (jualities which commend them to all with\\nwhom they are a.ssociated.\\nOur subject s war record dates from Seiitember\\n18(). at which time he enlisted in C oni|)any II,\\nTenth Michigan Cavalry. He .served two years\\nand was captured September 10, 1864, and on\\nbeing .sent to Libby Prison w.as there confined until\\nhis release, February 28, 18(). He then received\\na furlough and came home on .account of sickness\\ncontracted in jirison. He reached home in June,\\nmfi; and received .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0in honoi:ible discharge in the\\ncity of Detroit.\\nRTIIUR D. PROSSER, attorney-at-law\\nand Prosecuting .Vttorney for Ingham\\n!ii County, also City .\\\\ttorney for Mason,\\ni(^i was born at Clarkson, Monroe Couiitv, N.\\nY., Feliruary 28, 1803. He is a son of Cicero J.\\nand Elenore (Nixon) Prosser, natives both of the\\nEmiiire State, although the father was of (iernian-\\nYankee extraction, and the mother of New York.\\nThere have been members on both sides of the\\nfamily that have ligured conspicuously in Colonial\\nhistory, the families being old ones, and holding\\nloyalty to country and State to be i araniount to\\neverything excepting domestic harmony. Two\\ngreat-uncles of our subject on the iiaternal side\\nfought in the War of 1812. and distinguished\\nthemselves for their biavery and devotion. Our\\nsubject s grandmother on the paternal side was\\na second cousin to the anAVart who helited to\\ncajiture the English spy Andre. His grandparents\\non the paternal side were from Albany County,\\nalthough formerly natives of Connecticut.\\nThe father of the original of our sketch, whose\\ndecea.se occurred aliout three years ago, was a\\nfarmer by calling, and he of whom we write was\\nl)orn and reared ui)on a farm. The foundation of\\noui- subject s education was received in the com-\\niiioii schools of the district in which he lived.\\nAfter he had Hnished his course there he attended\\nthe normal school at P.rockport. N. Y., where he\\ngraduated in 1\u00c2\u00ab (1. and the following year was en-\\ngaged in the same school in teaching matheuiatics.\\nHe was then employed as Superintendent oi the\\ngraded schools at Panna, N. Y.. and pi\\\\)yed that\\nin executive work he had exceptional tact and\\nability. Prcigressive in all his ideas, Mr. Prosser\\nkept jibreast of the times in all advancements and\\niin|)rt)vements in educational ideas. While en-\\ngaged in teaching he began the study of law under\\nA. P. Butts, of Brockport, and Geo. Raines in\\nRochester. N. Y.. and reading most diligentl\\\\\\nunder the able tutorship of the honoralile gentle-\\nmen above named, he was able to apply for ad-\\nmittance to the bar of New York in 1887, and was\\nadmitted that .same year. He .soon after removed\\nto St. .lohns, Mich., where he wiis also admitted to\\nthe bar.\\nOn .lune lil, 18H9, his marri.age with Miss Jessie\\nBroughton, was solemnized at St. Johns, the home\\nof the bride s parents. Immediately after his mar-\\nriage he removed to Mason, and in 1890 was\\nelected Prosecuting Attorney for the county. He\\nhad an excellent practice at this place, but the\\nwork of Prosecuting Attorney calls for a very\\nureat portion of his time, there being about ti\\\\e", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0838.jp2"}, "839": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND lUOOKAl lllCAL ALlil M.\\nX43\\nliimdrcd (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i e!S repuitcd (liiriniir the year, aiid llii.s\\nIcavis hiiii Imt a inodifiiin of time to devote to\\nthe sjeneral working up of his profession.\\nHe of whom we write is tiie tliird in a family of\\nlive. His motlier is still living- in Hroekport. X.\\nY. .Airs. Prosser. our suhjeel s wife, was horn at\\nColdwater. .Mich., October 13, 1868. She is an ae-\\nconipli.-hed and elmrming woman, and will no\\ndoulit he a great help to her intelleetual and .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2inil i-\\ntious young husband in attaining the |Mi itiiin f ir\\nwiiich he has set his aim.\\ni-^^-i y\\nILLIAM W. OSHOWN. The gentleman\\nwho.se biography is here brietl}- jjre.sented.\\nis a very pojjular [n-aetitioner of the\\nlegal profession, and with his partner, Frank .M.\\nFogg, handles a great deal of real estate. Mr. O.s-\\nliorn has been a resident of tlie city of Lansing,\\nIngham Cotmty. for nearly twenty years, having\\neome here in liST i. He was born in (Jenesee\\nCounty. N. V.. in the town of Batavia, May Hi.\\n1827, and is a .sm of Hiehard Osl)orn. a native of\\nLanesboro, Mass. The paternal grandfathei was\\nan emigrant from the northern part of England.\\nTlii latter-named gentleman. Nathan Osborn.eame\\nIII America and settled in l anesboro. There his\\nson Richard remained at home until he had reached\\nhis majority. He united with liis agricultui-al bus-\\niness the trade of a stone-cutter and with these\\ntwo occu])ations made a very good living. He\\nserved with the War of I. si 2 and g\u00c2\u00abiing to (ieiie-\\nsi-e County. X. V.. was married to .Miss Lydia\\nliristow ill isi 1. witli her living foi sixty years.\\nOur subject s paicnts had ten children who\\ngrew to maturity. The father wm,- the owner\\nof a stone (piarry on the old l,ewi tiin Uoad.\\none and a (piaiter miles from the arsenal. Ivich-\\nard )slioru came to Michigan while it w.as yet\\na territory (1835) and settled in Woodstock. Lena-\\nwee County, and there resided as a farmer until\\nhis death, which took place in 1884. Dui ing his\\nresidence there he was an incumlient of several\\notlice positii)ii The mother dieil in |.S(!8. She\\nwas ;i member of the Methodist Episcopal (lunch\\nand a generous supjiorter of the same. On .lidy\\n22. 1877. our subject s father attended a picnic on\\nthe banks of Kound Lake and when seated at the\\nt:ibh to I ll joy tlie collation, live generations were\\npiiMiit. I here was his grand-daughter. Mrs. Mary\\nHailey and her grand-daughter. :Miss Ethel AL\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Stewait. and at a family reunion just lK*fore that\\ntime all the members of the family were uucsts of\\nhis and took dinner with him. There were sixty\\nin all who were his direct descendant*.\\nRichard ()sb(jrn came to Michigan in 183;j. bring-\\ning with liim six sons and three daughters. In the\\nlives of these children and their families there was\\nnot a break for forty years and live of the sons\\nare living to-day. Of these Dr. Milton OslKjrn is a\\nprominent ])hysieian in Calhoun County. He has\\nreeentl\\\\- died leaving KichardT.. .loseph R. Homer.\\nWilliam W.. and Erasmus. Eunice C. is the\\nwife of (leorge Iligdon. of Leslie: Lydia is the\\nwife of Isaac N. Hathaway, of Addison: .lulia A.\\nIS Mrs. C. 1). Denio, of (irand Rapids.\\nOur subject received his education for the most\\nl)art in Lenawee County, linishing in the city of\\n.lackson. where he was a graduate of the academy.\\n.Vfter that time he read law with R. C. Raker of\\n.lackson and then with Messrs. Sumner A- Kimball\\nof .lackson, was admitted to practice from their\\notiiee. there locating and later jiraclicing in Lena-\\nwee ount\\\\ in the town of Hudson initil he -ame\\nto L.-insins\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^1\\nm^m\\nEOHOE L. HILL. The highly eultivateil\\nagricidtural and fruit-raising region of the\\n.lerseys and the Empire State has trained\\nmany an able youth who has there grown to man-\\nhood and coming West has transferred his knowl-\\nedge and ability to the Western .States. Michigan ha.s\\nprofited largely by this emigration and within the\\nbounds of Livingston Cfinnty we find many who\\ncame from that Eastern region and who brought\\nwith them a love of this brani h of business which ha\\nmade of the Wolverine Slate one of the ricliot\\nirardens of the A\\\\ est.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0839.jp2"}, "840": {"fulltext": "844\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nOur subject, residing on section 14, Hamburg\\nTown hi|), carries on general farming and fruit-\\nlaising; he is a son of Sylvanus L. Hull, a farmer,\\nborn in Moriis nunty. X..)..in 1796 and who after\\nreceiving a common-school education and growing\\nto manhood went to ^Monroe County, X. Y., and\\nfor a short time was employed there and then\\nundertook farming in that locality. Later he went\\nto Niagara t onnty for a few years and then com-\\ning to Michigan in 1.S33 settled in Ypsilanti and\\nsoon aftei bought, in Saline, W.ashtenaw County, a\\nfarm oi one hundred and sixty acres, only twelve\\nof whicli wei c im|iro\\\\ed. lie comiileted-the clear-\\ning of tlie laud, set out some good orchards and\\nbuilt a [ilain house in which he resided until 1H6;?.\\nHe then sold tlie farm and removed to Ann Arbor\\nwhere he remained until his death in 186.\\nPhelie L. Owen became the wife of Sylvanus L.\\nHull in l\u00c2\u00ab2(l. She was born in Penfield, Monroe\\nCounty, X. Y., in ISOn and was the eldest of three\\nchildren. Tf) her were born three children, two of\\nwliom are now living, and our subject was the eld-\\nest, being born .\\\\pril 7, 1827. Tlie mother died\\nin 1832 and in 1833 Sylvanus Hull married Mary\\nBartlett, daughter of ;\\\\Ioses Bartlett. She was born\\nin 1800 in New York and was the eldest of eight\\nchildren. Before her marriage she had been for a\\nnumber of years a teacher and in every way she\\nstrove to give her two sons an excellent education.\\nHaving received good schooling George Hull at\\ntwenty-one was jn-e|)ared to undertake work for\\nhimself, and buying one hundred and seven acres\\nin Saline Township, Washtenaw County, he worked\\non his farm in summer and taught during the win-\\nter. In 1863 he sold this property and liought two\\nhundred acres in Suiierior Township, AV.ashtenaw\\nCounty, and after a few years removed to Ann\\nArbor where he engaged in the groeeiy business\\nfor some four years. Selling out there he came to\\nHamburg Township and lioaght two hundred and\\neighty-eight acres on section 7, remaining thci-e\\nfrom 1870 to 1883, when he sold this place and\\ncame to his present home at Pleasint Lake, where\\nhe purchased eighty-three acres.\\nThe marriage of our subject took place Novem-\\nber 11. 1851, his biide being Isabella, daughter of\\nthe Rev. Alexander and .Mary (Cameron) McFar-\\nlane. who were from New York and had four chil-\\ndren, only two of whom are luiw living. Isaliella\\nwas second in order of birth and w.as born in Cum-\\nberland County. N..T.. August 20. 1827. Her edu-\\ncation was thorough and liberal and she completed\\nher course in the seminary for young ladies at\\nSchenectady. N. V. Her father, the Rev. Alex.an-\\nder IMcFarlanc. was a Presliyterian minister and\\nProfessor of Mathematics m Dickinson College,\\nCarlisle, P. i. He was a man of thorough education,\\nbeing a graduate of Union College and of the\\nTheological Deijartment of Princeton, were he was\\ngraduated in 1819. He and his wife were on their\\nway to Indiana at the time of his death, which oc-\\ncurred in 1838 in Clinton, Washtenaw County.\\nHis widowand 111- brother and sister bought a large\\nfarm near Hridgewater in that county and re-\\nmained there. Mrs. McFarlane lived upon it until\\n1839, when tlie daughter. Isabella, now Mrs. Hull,\\nreturned Last to attend school at Schenectady.\\nThe Congregational Church is the Christian\\nbody with which Mr. and Mrs. Hull are connected,\\nand it in they wield a genuine influence for good\\nand are active and devoted workeis. ]\\\\Ir. Hull is not\\nonly Superintendent of the Sunday-sciiool luil is\\nalso Deacon and Trustee in the church. In the\\nranks of the Republican party he has ever been a\\nworker and has been .Justice of the Peace for a\\nnuml)er t)f years, having been in addition to this\\nSchool Insjiector at S.aline.\\nIn this liajipy family there are .seven ciiildreu\\nand if ever parents had a right to be proud of their\\noffspring we may be sure that these parents who\\nha\\\\e so carefully trained and reared their children\\nmay indulge in grateful satisfaction. Their t wo eld-\\nest. Mary Kva and Flora Iva are twins. The former\\nis the wife of Edwin T. Edmunds, a machinist,\\nwho has a delightful home in Ann Arlior, the Athens\\nof the West. Flora is the wife of Dr. Thomas E.\\nTaylor, of Denver, Colo., a graduate of the Liter-\\nary and Medical Departments of the I nivcrsity of\\nMichigan, and they are the parents of two daugh-\\nters and one .son. Lawrence C, after being gradu-\\nated from the ]\\\\Iichig.an Cniversity, in 1877, began\\nteaching in the public schools of the State having\\ntaught in Rattle Creek, Coldwater, and Orchard\\nLake, and for five \\\\ears was Princiiial of the High", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0840.jp2"}, "841": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AiNJJ BIOGKAI IIICAI. A1,1U .M.\\nMJ.\\nSfhool :il DcHoit. I If is I rofessor of l-:itiii and\\n(ireck in tlic Lawreufevillo School, (Jr-oh Founda-\\ntion. I-awrcnc-eville, N. .1. lie married Missis Kli/.a\\ni)ailin of J,a Porte. Iii(l..a lady of tliorou rli cnllnrc\\nand irradnatp of the Mifhi-ian University, (harks\\ni-;. married Louisa Hishop and li\\\\es in Ilanihura,\\nwhere he owns a nice farm on the banks of a hcjiu-\\nliful lake, heiiio; the only farmer amoni;- the four\\nhoys. He and his estimable wife always take\\nan active interest in all that is for the lietterTneiit\\nof the conummity in which tiiey live. Isabella\\nII. is a teacher in Detroit: (k orffe Malcolm is a\\n|)hysician at Ypsilanti. and Alexander .Mcl^ arlane\\nHull reside.s at Denver. Isabella and (Jeorije. as\\nwell as Lawrence, were graduated at the Michiii:an\\nrniversity, and every member of the family ha.-s\\nreceived excellent educational advantajres. In 1 t\\nSir. Hull besian to engage in the raising of fiuil.\\nsetting out at fir.st some .seventeen hundred peach\\ntrees, and he has now in addition one hundred\\nand twenty-live plum trees, as many cherries .and\\nsome fifty pear trees. This admir.able family have\\nbeen widely influential in shajjing the .social .and\\neducaticmal progress of Hamburg Townshi]) .iiicl\\ntheii- inlluenre is far-re.aching and helpful in ex i r\\\\\\nwa\\\\\\nASANDKH il.VHT. One of the farmers,\\nwhose place, by virtue of its well tilled\\nacres, its neat liuildings and general a|)pt ar-\\nance of prosperity, proclaims him to be a man who\\nis not satisfied with mere existence, but to have\\nambitions leachinu out for a highi r sl.ale of pi rfec-\\ntion.is he whose name is at the iiead of this sketch.\\nHe is a native of the iMnpiie State, being boi-n in\\n(ireene Township. Sussex County. Decemlici- 2ii.\\nIS.So. He is a .son of Oeorge and Sarah (Ililliard)\\nHart. His paternal grandsire was a native of New\\n.lersey, where he was engaged in tilling the .soil for\\na number of years. Mis wife was Polly McCouan\\nin her maiden days, and a capable woman, who was\\nnoted for her skill as a housewife and caretaker.\\nTlie\\\\- were the parents of nine children. comprising\\nfour boys and live girls. Our subject s father wa.s\\nborn in New .lersey and was also reared a farmer.\\nHe and his wife were members of the .Methodi.st\\nIvpiscopal Church, and lived and died in New .lei-sey.\\nTliuy were the jjarents of nine children.\\nThe .sons of the family, of which our subject was\\nme. were Stephen and Casander. Six girls\\ngrew to maturity. The eldest sister, Klizabeth\\nHart, came to Livingston County, Midi.; Maiy A.\\nresides in New ,]ei-sey; Uhoda died while a young\\nlady; I,ydia i)assed away in childhood; Clari.ssa is\\nnow Mrs. Poole and resides in Oenoa, this .State;\\n.Matilda married a .Mr. Smith and pa.ssed away from\\nthi life in Iosco County, this .State; Caroline is\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Mrs. Wooden, of Iosco County. Our subject s\\nmother was the daughter of William and Rhoda\\nIlilliard. farmers of N ew .ler.sey.\\nThe oiiginal of our sketch w.as reared on a farm.\\nHe received a common-.schooI education and was\\nearly fitted for the ordinary emergencies of life.\\nAVhen only six years of age he was bereft of his\\nfather, and at fourteen years of age lost his mother.\\nFor a time thereafter he lived with A. C. Harris\\n.uhI three years after he was engaged in working\\nout by the month. Thus he managed to get along\\nuntil he was nineteen years of age, w-hen he came\\nto ^Michigan and settled in the township of Iosco,\\nLivingston County, and worked his sister s farm.\\nWearied of a life of single lile.ssedne.ss, in ISor* he\\ntook unto hiin eH a wife. His nuptials were sol-\\nemnized .lanuary 1, of that year, his biide being,\\nprior to her marriage. Mi.ss Klizaiieth Poole, who\\nwas a native of Warren County. N. .1.. and the\\ndaughter of William and Mary {(iulick) Poole, who\\nwere originally farmers in New .lersey.\\nSoon after his marriage .Mr. Ilait purchased forty\\nacres of l.-uid in .Marion Township, which he cleared\\nand improved. In \\\\HiU) he bettered himself by\\ntrading this land for ninety acres of land in the\\nto\\\\vnship of Argentine, (iene.see County. The fol-\\nlowing vear. however, he again traded for eighty\\nacres in .Marion Township, Livingston Ctiuuty.\\nadding forty acres to this, which in tinte he cleared\\nand imjiroved. erecting a good cla.ss of luu ldings\\nthereon. In the sjjring of 1 H1 he pureh.a.--ed and\\nlocated on one hundred and eighty aerej? on sec-\\ntion Colioctah TowTiship. and here he has re-", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0841.jp2"}, "842": {"fulltext": "846\\nPOETRMT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nsided since that time. (Jf this lie has cleared fifteen\\nacres and has so carefully huslianded his resources\\nthat at the present time he enjoys an assured finan-\\ncial position. When twenty-one years of age oiu-\\nsubject started out with \u00c2\u00a7600 and soon after he mar-\\nried. His resources were not large with which to\\nmaintain a wife besides himself, but lie had an abid-\\ning faith in his own strength of purpose and in his\\nbiceps. Three children grew up about them, all\\nof whom are now men and women, grown and\\nthemselves the heads of families, except Delia L.\\nThe eldest is Irvin W.; Leonora, now the wife of\\n(leorgc Howe; and Delhi L.\\nMrs. Hart s parents were natives of Morris and\\nAVarren Counties, N. .T., respectively. They were\\nfarmers by calling and their social ties were closely\\nconnected with their church relations, they being\\nidentified with the Methodist Episcopal denomina-\\ntion. William Poole was the son of Ezra Poole,\\nwho served in the War of is 12. His wife was\\nMahala Brown, a native of Xew York, and for\\nyears was a hotel-k(!eper at Schooley s Mountain.\\nThey were the parents of six sons and six daugh-\\nters, all of whom became the heads of families, with\\nthe exception of mw. They are of English origin\\nand characterized by the traits which make the peo-\\nple of that nationality distinguished wherever they\\ngo. Sir. Poole was twice married. His first wife\\nhad two children, Adam F. and Elizabeth. She died\\nin 1830. The second wife w.as Elizabeth Van Sickle,\\nwho bore him three sons and five daughters, all of\\nwhom grew to ni.-iiiliood and womanhood.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^fJAMES TOBIAS. Happy is the man who\\nh.is lived a long life that has been character-\\nized by u})rightness of jinrpose, integrity of\\nprinciple a-.id whose high mental and mor.al\\nstanding is gratefully lecognized by his fellow-\\nmen. Such a man is .Tames Tobias and this Aluim\\nwould fail of its purpose of recording lives that\\nhave been useful and worthy of note were it to\\nomit mention fif his successful career. Ingham\\nCounty proudly chiiiiis him as tme of her best and\\nmost enterprising citizens, and he is the fortunate\\nowner of two hundred acres on section 20. Lansing\\nTownship. By a proper rotation of crops the land\\nhas been brought to a high degree of cultivation,\\nwhile various buildings have been erected such as\\nbest subserve the purposes of agriculture.\\nTlie parents of Mr. Tobias were .lulius and Laura\\nTobias, natives of the State of Ohio. Their son,\\nJames, was born in iledina County, that State,\\nOctober 2; 1832, and at the early age of three\\nyears he was orphaned by the death of his mother.\\nAt the death of his mother, he was given to Mrs.\\nSimon Van )sdall who was always devoted and\\nkind to liim. He attended school, acquiring a\\ncommon-school education and during the intervals\\nof study assisted his father on the farm. At the\\nage of sixteen yeai s he was apprenticed to learn\\nthe trade of a blacksmith and after the term of his\\napprenticcshi]) had expired he followed his trade\\nuntil 18t;(l.\\nOn December ij, 18.3y, Mr. Toliias and Miss .lane\\nliiichanan were united in marriage; the bride was\\na daug iter of .lolin Buchanan of Ashland Count}\\nOhio. She died in 1872. leaving three children,\\nwho are still living: .lohn .1. married Jlattie Foster\\nand resides in Williamston, Mich. Kachel Adella\\nbecame the wife of Adelbert Moore and also makes\\nher home in Williamston; Ida M. is single and is a\\nteachei by profession, although at present she is an\\nart student. After remaining a widower until\\n1880, Mr. Tobias was happily wedded on .lune 28\\nto his present wife, whose maiden name was Esthei-\\nJ. Mead. She was a widow of Austin Barker. Her\\nfather was a native of the State of New York.\\nThis estimable lady presides with dignity over the\\nelegant home of her husband and by her gracious\\nwavs wins friends of all who meet her.\\nThe career of Mr. Tobias is certainly wortliy of\\nemulation, as he started in life without a dollar and\\nI y persistent industry has attained to a comfort-\\nable competency. His farm being only one and\\nune-lialf mile from the city limits of Lansing is\\nvciy valuable property, furnishing at the same\\ntime all the advantages of city life and the com-\\nforts of a rural abode. In political matters he ad-\\nheres to the principles of the Democrat party and\\nranks high in the councils of his party. He has\\nheld the offices of Treasurer, Highway Commis-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0842.jp2"}, "843": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALHIJI.\\nhi:\\n.skiiu r. 111(1 .lustici of tlii Poaw. Sofiiilly lie\\nIh Ioiijjs ti) tlic Royal Arcaiiiiiii. and Lodse No. 5,\\nv. .M.. of Laiisiiiu ainl apital Coiiiicil. No.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0)(i. R. A. M.\\nSince llie aluivc ski tcli was wiiUeii. a tciiiliic\\naccident has resulted in the death of Mr. Tohias.\\nlieluiiiinii from tiie city with his team in October.\\nI sill, he was struck hy an cxi)ress train on the\\nMichiii Mii Central while cro.ssinsj the track. Ills\\nlie. id was seriously injured and one fool so l)adly\\nmaniiled that ani|iutation was deemed necessary.\\nHis death occuri cd :iliout four hours after the icci-\\ndcnt.\\ni\\nCg\\nn)\\nllAKLKs i:. I L.VCKW AV. It is a truk-iii\\nthat the [len is iiii rhtier than the sword,,\\nliut one that we see exemiilified not only in\\nhistory hut in daily life. The potency of pen and\\nink. with brains to back these agents, is so power-\\nful a factor that it is useless to oppose any ordinary\\nt.ictics to them. He who is the subject of this\\nsketch is not only tlie editor and proprietor of a\\nbriirjit and spicy paper, but an earnest and success-\\nful business man. and one who is very [lopular with\\nall witli whom he has associations. Whenever ;i\\nmeasure that appeals to the men who have the in-\\nterests of the city most at heart is brouaiit to oui\\nsubject s attention, his trenchant jien and clear,\\nconcise style are the surest mediums for coincrl-\\ning popular opinion.\\nriie p.aper of which .Mr. I huow^ay is the I ditor\\nis known as the Rrighton Weekh/ Arr/us, and very\\na|)propriately; its [)ro]irietor and editor is a native\\nof this State and naturally his affection and interest\\nare here centered. He was born in Ilaniburir Town-\\nship. I^ivingston County. October 1. IMdO. and is\\na son of .loseiili K. Placeway, a native of New\\nYork, who came to Michigan with his parents in\\n1h;^1. Our subject s grandfather wa.s a native of\\nof the State of MassachiLsetts, while his great-\\ngrand fat I icr. AVilliani Placeway, was a native of\\nNova .Scotia, and engaged in trade in IJostoii. Ma.ss.\\nHis great-great-grandfather. William Placeway, was\\nalso a native of Nova .Scotia, where he was .-i tailor\\nby trade, ;iiid his ancestors, prior to this came from\\nKngl. ind. Some of our subject s aiice.stoi-s were\\nsoldiers in the Revolutionary War, .ind the Place,\\nways were noted patriot.s in the early days of\\nthe Republic, His grandfather. .lo.seph Placeway.\\nemigrated to this Statu and .settled in (ienoa\\nI ownship, Livingston County, about the year\\nof \\\\KU. and at that lime entered a tract of\\nland wliicli he cleared and improved. He siibse-\\n(piently removed to Rrigliton where he died in\\n1\u00c2\u00bb He was the father of five children, three\\nsons and two daughters, all living with the exceji-\\ntion of one son.\\nJoseph Placeway, the father of the original of\\nour sketch, was reared to manhood in this locality.\\nHe is now engaged in agricultural business in\\nI5right(m. He married Kmily .1. Smith, who w.is\\nborn in (ireen Oak Township, thiseouiily. Sheisa\\ndevoted Christian and for many years has been\\ni-oniiected with the ^lethodist Episcopal Chureli.\\n.lo.seiih Placeway and two of his brothers served in\\nthe l.ate AVar of the Rebellion, the former being a\\nmember of the Third .Michigan Cavalry and served\\nover three years.\\nOur subject is the eldestof three children and was\\nreared on the home farm. A progressive youth, he\\nearly graduated at the Hrighlon school in 1H7L He\\nafterward attended the university at .\\\\nn Arbor,\\nand after finishing his course at that noted iiislilu-\\ntion of learn insi, he entered the ofllce of the Brigh-\\nton C llizf ii. then imblished by (ieorge .Vxtell, as an\\najiprenlice. He remained in that oltice for about\\ntwo years and then entered the otlice of the .\\\\iiii\\n.\\\\rbor Courier with which he was connected for\\none year, and in IH7H he branched out foi- him.self\\nand established the .South Lyon Ili-mlil. the lirst\\npaper ever published in that town. In a short\\ntime, however, he sold out and established the\\nPinckney Gozelte^oi Pinckney. Livingston County,\\nthis State. Six months later he removed his oflice\\nto Hriglitoii. and adding new pre-sses to Jiis stock,\\nhe started the Brighton M ci khj Aiynit in IHXO.\\nHis first attempt here was a modest sheet in five\\neoliiinu folio form. This he has since enlarged\\nuntil it is a live-column (piarto. The paper h.ns\\nalways been conducted on indepeiulent principles\\nas far as politics are concerned. Since coming", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0843.jp2"}, "844": {"fulltext": "848\\nPORTRAIT AiS D BIOGRArHICAL ALBUM.\\nhere Mr. Placewav bas added new material to liis\\noffice until it now an exceedingly well equipped\\ncountry office, and is as progressive and brijfht as\\none ever finds.\\nThe gentleman of whom it is our pleasure and\\n]jrivilege to here giv.e a short Ijiijgraphical sketch,\\nwas married October lit. 188f,toMiss Alta E. Case,\\na native of Brighton and a daughter of Ira W. Case,\\none of the oldest merchants in the county. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Place way are the paientsof two children,\\nWilliam C. and Edna S., wlio are bright and in-\\nteresting children. He of whom we write is a Re-\\n])ul)licau in his political predilection, and has held\\nvarious offices in the gift of the town. He has\\nl)een Village Clerk for three years and Township\\nClerk for four years, also School Inspector for four\\nyears. He is now an incumbent of the office of\\nTown Clerk. Tiie citizens in electing him delegate\\nto cminty and State conventions, have felt that\\ntliey were sending one of tiieir liest representatives.\\nSocially our siiliject belongs to the Knights of\\nMacaliees, and is also a Son of eterans. He is by\\nprofession an auctioneer and acts in this capacity\\nwhenever called upon, having been thus employed\\nfor ten years. He is also largely interested in the\\nreal-estate business. He himself owns eighty acres\\nof good land in this county and eighty acres in\\nLeroy Township. Ingham County. He is a good\\nsalesman and is largely employed as an agent by\\nvarious j)ro|\u00c2\u00bberly owners.\\n\\\\tSk-, E ELBERT A. REYNOLDS. Among llie\\npushing, energetic, successful business men\\nof Lyons, Ionia County, is the subject of\\nthis biographical notice. Mr. Reynolds\\ncame to Lyons with his family in 1881 on account\\nof its excellent railroad facilities, he ])eing at that\\ntime engaged as a traveling salesman in Michigan.\\nIn the summer of 1882. the (Jrand River Echo, jmb-\\nlislied at Lyons, susjjended publication, and in\\nSept inlier. of the same year, the ^luir VIdette met\\na like fate. Mr. Reynolds, in comi)any with \\\\V.\\nI). Pennington, Jr.. bought the two plants, put in\\na quantity of new material and the necessary\\nenergy, launching the Lyons Herahl in Octo-\\nlier. of the same year. From that time the bu.siuess\\nhas continued to grow until at this writing Mr.\\nReynolds is sole owner of one of the best newspa-\\npers and job printing offices in Central ^Michigan,\\nfrom which is issued the Patrons Gaid(\\\\ The cur-\\nrent issue of this paper is a little over ninety-three\\nthou.sand copies, while it carries a pay-roll of over\\ntwenty men and women.\\nPersonally, Mr. Reynolds is conservative, pru-\\ndent and sagacious; editorially he is fearless, non-\\npartisan, and the terror of tricksters. i)olitical or\\nsocial rings. Born in Isabella County in 1854, he\\nmodestly claims the distinction of being the first\\nchild born of white parents in that then Indian\\nreservation, and his education was such aj? could\\nbe obtained among the Aborigines. Young Rey-\\nnolds spent his time in driving the cows to pasture\\nand watching the hopper in his father s gristmill;\\niiatiiialiy inclined to literary pursuits he also de-\\nvoted considerable attention to the study of his-\\ntory. Dooks of travel and current newspaper\\nliterature. I pon the deatli of his father in 1H7(I.\\nhe went to Maple Rapids, where he finished his\\ntrade as a miller, iiut was so(m taken with a jiro-\\ntracted illness that kept his lungs in a very delicate\\ncondition and almost undermined his entire con-\\nstitution.\\nTurning his attention to the classics Mr. Rey-\\nnolds soon fitted himself for teaching, which voca-\\ntion he followed for eight winters, devoting his\\ntime during the summer months to the subduing\\nof a small farm in Clinton County, .and incidentally\\nbecoming strong and healthy. During the years\\nspent on the farm lie gave to the literary world\\nsome very choice productions, which have won for\\nhim a reputation as a writer, in which his friends\\nlake a very commendable pride. The last eight\\nyears of his life have found his leisure hours em-\\nl)loved in securing the data for what will be tlie\\ncrowning effort of his literary career.\\nyiv. Reynolds is the only son of John and Cath-\\nerine Reynolds, of old Puritan stock; the former\\ndied in l\u00c2\u00ab70.aiid the wife survived but two years.\\nThe other members of the family are: ]Mrs. Delia\\nDavis, Mrs. Harriet Mulliuf^ and Mrs. Katie Helm.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0844.jp2"}, "845": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND RI0f4RAlMll( AI, AI.RIM.\\nH49\\nMl-. Reynolds w;is united in niMiri. liic in I.s7i wiili\\n.Mis.-i Scriuili incent. and twDsuns Kirlu it A. :iiid\\nLoval \\\\V.. liave fome to bless tlie union.\\nSince the aliove sketch was written Mr. Revnohls\\nhas removed his printinir business to the State\\nCapital. Lansing, where in addition to his other\\nbusiness he has launched tlii MHiiijan Slalt smnn \\\\i\\\\\\nthe interest of the new political party known as\\ntlie Peoples party. His residence, otlice building\\nand other property interests lie still retains in\\nl.v in.-.\\ny^^OAII F. TRIPP. A representative of one\\njji of the old and highly respected families\\nl^ L^ who for years figured conspicuously in the\\nhistory of one of the Eastern States, is he who.se\\nname is at tlie head of this sketch. He was ln)rn\\n.lanuai v 31. 1837. in the town of Pike. Wyoming\\nCounty, N. V. He is the sou of Stephen and Sarah\\n(Woodard) Trijip. His paternal grandsire was\\n(iideon Tripp who was the son of (iideon Tripp,\\na native of Rhode Island and there was married to\\n.\\\\ma Sliipey, after which they removed to Nassau,\\nRensselaer County, N. Y. There lie engaged in\\nfarming and milling and was prosperous in busi-\\nness. a.s indeed it was expedient that he should be\\nas he had a large family to care for. He held the\\nposition of .Iiistice of the I eace for many years.\\nOur svil)ject s grandfather was born in Reii.sselaer\\nCounty and was reared to the calling of a farmer:\\nhe also ran a sawmill. He was married to Sai-.ah\\nMead, who bore him the following cliilrlreu: K/.i:i.\\nStephen. iideon. (iforge, Malachi. Phebeand Llizn-\\nlietli. Ill those early days society hinged very iiiueli.\\nas indeed it does still to a large degree, on chunli\\nrelations, and the Tripp family belonged to the\\nHajitist persuasion.\\nThe decease of our subject s grandfathei- occur-\\nred in New York, and his widow married Silas .Me-\\nWitliey. They l)Oth died in Lapeer, this State.\\nThe immediate ])rogenitor of him of whom we\\nwrite w.as born August 2H. 1 7!l(i in Rensselaer\\nCountv. N. Y. He was a farmer by caliing and\\nremoved to Wvoming County where lie lived for\\na year. In .lune IH. iT. he came to .Michigan .-ind\\nsettleil in Lapeer County, where he entt-red eighty\\nacres (\u00c2\u00bbf lanil which he practically improved. He\\nlater traded it for one hundred and sixty acres\\nwhich he im| ro\\\\ ed and gave to his son.s. There\\nwere live children liilia A.. Harris N.. Harriet\\nLoui.sa and .Noah F. He came to Deer Creek,\\nLivingston County, with our subject, where lie\\ndied October 1, 1\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab2. His wife died .lanuary 7,\\nI8H; while in her ninetieth year. I hev were\\nliaptists ill their church relations and our subject s\\nfather was a Demcjcrat of the old .stamp.\\nThe mother of our subject was a native of Ren-\\nsselaer County, N. Y., a daughter of Abijnh Wood-\\nard. also a native of New York and who.served in the\\nUevolutionary War. being jiresent at the surrender\\nof Cornwallis at Yorktown. He was a shoemaker by\\ntrade but proved conclusively that a shoemaker\\nneed not always stick to his last, for lie made a\\nbrave and valiant soldier. He of whom we write\\nwas raised on the farm. He received a district\\nschool education after coming to Michigan. He\\nlived with his father until that parent was to\\n;iged to attend to business and then Noah F.\\nTripp took charge of the parents and a.ssjsted\\nin the clearing of the homestead. In the fall of\\n1X()-1 he came to Deer Creek and bought one hun-\\ndred and twenty .acres on .section 9. to which he\\nafterward ailded forty acres jii .section i).\\nIn I8H2 Mr. Trip]) located where he now resides\\non section His farm compri.ses one hundred\\nand twenty acres of well develojied ajid improved\\nland. It boasts of good buildings and a comfor-\\ntable lesidencc. Politically Mr. Tripp is a Democrat.\\nHe is deservedly pojiular in the U cality in which\\nhe lives and is now serving his third term as .Iiis-\\ntice of the Peace. .Socially he is a Mason.\\n)ur subject s marriage took place October III,\\nl\u00c2\u00abl)-l. at which time he was united to Miss Leinira\\nCariiss. who was born in the township of Coin-\\niiierce. O.akland County, this Slate. .Septeinlior\\n\\\\X\\\\:\\\\. She is a ilaiighter of Henry and Maria\\n((Jreen) Caruss. :i farmer and blacksmith. Henry\\nCaruss w.as born in Hloomlield Township. liitario\\nCoiintv. N. Y.. May l. l\u00c2\u00ablt.3; he w.os lirst married\\nto Mi.ss Temperance Risliop, they were the pareiit.\\nof live childieii. She died September i\\\\. I83!l.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0845.jp2"}, "846": {"fulltext": "850\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nHe was a second time married to Miss Sallie Green,\\nmother uf !Mrs. Tri)))) who is one of two chil-\\ndren born to hor parents, the other child being a\\nbrother, by name O^car II. She died December 13,\\n1H64. Mr. C arn.ss was again married to Mrs.\\nPalmer who still snrvives him, he having died\\nJanuary 14, 1878, at the age of 7;j. Mr. and Mrs.\\nTri|)p are the ](arent of four children whose\\nnames are as follows: llattie E., who was born\\nFebruary 1,). 18()6, Minnie M., March 23, 1867,\\nand Nettie B., November 24, 1870. She is the\\nwife of Allen Struble, and Myrtle A., born .Jan-\\nuary 8, 1873. Oin- subject and his wife are highly\\nre^ pected in the community in which they reside.\\nThey a^)preciate the advantages that education\\ngive to the men of to-day and have made every\\nexertion tliat tlieir cliildren might be cultui ed.\\neducated and retincd.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6^E*^*\\nKAN(iE KKLL0(;G VAN AMBURG. In\\nIjiblieal days, as the gray hairs appeared on\\nthe reverend head and in the flowing lieard\\nand the shoulders were bent with the weight of\\nyears, the men took their place among the elders\\nat tlie gate and there they received the deference\\nand honor from great and small, rich and poor,\\ndue tlieir wisdom and experience. Were the custom\\nprevalent today in America, he of whom we write\\nwould have one of the most honored places, for he\\nis almost ninety years of age, well known and hon-\\nored of all who are associated with liim and having\\na place in the affections of the people liecau. e of\\nhis gentle, courteous, yet manly bearing, pure prin-\\nciples and simplicity of puriiose.\\nJlr. Van Amburg has lived at his present farm,\\nwhich is located on section 22, Brighton Township\\nfor the past thirty-Hve years, and has been a res-\\nident of Michigan for sixty-six years. He is a nat-\\nive of the town of Milton. Saratoga County. N. Y.,\\nand was ln)rn December Hi, 1803. He was reared\\non a farm and his educational advantages were\\ndecidedly poor being limited to a few months school-\\ning, as he could be spared in the winter. He is\\ntruly a self made man, having had but few oppor-\\ntunities during early life to advance in an intellec-\\ntual way. When a l)oy he studied Adams Arith\\nmetic many a time far into the night. In the light\\nof the old fashioned fireplace, and became quite\\nwell versed in mathematics, having niastere l the\\nelementary branches.\\nI .y liis industrious habits and earnest efforts our\\nsubject obtained sufficient learning to enalile him\\nto become a teacher. His parents were poor and\\nhe was forced, at an early age to rely upon himself\\nfor su|)port. He began working out by the month\\nwhen twelve years old and was thus engaged for\\neight months, receiving *4 per month foi- his ser-\\nvices. The next year he was advanced to a salary\\nof ^0 per moiitli. and at the end of four seasons,\\nthe highest wages he was paid was \u00c2\u00a56 a month.\\nHowever it did not take so much to live then a\\nnow, and doubtless the young man made \u00c2\u00a5G a month\\ngo as far as many young men (jf today do ten times\\nthat amount.\\nin IKIU. Mr. W lu Amiiurg accompanied his fatliei\\nand family to .lefferson CV)unty, N. Y., where he\\nwas employed for three \\\\ears by a syndicate of\\nFrencli gentlemen who owned a large tract of land.\\nChief among these was Mr. .lames Lee Ray,\\nto whom our subject looked for instructions, and\\nwhen sent on errands, or told to do anything, he\\nwas expected to drop everything and go without a\\nmoment s delay. Thus he early learned unquestion-\\ning ol)edience. I pon one occasion he was called\\nupon to deliver a letter at a distance of ten miles,\\nand this befoie breakfast. He made frequent trips\\nto Joseph Bonaiiarte, a lirother of the illustrious\\nNapoleon Bonaparte who had emigrated to Amer-\\nica, and located in the wilds of western New York\\non a large plantation, twenty-five miles distant\\nfrom where our subject was employed. I pon one\\noccasion, young Van Amburg was directed to\\nmake a journey to the hermitage of Josej)!! Bona-\\njiarte, with horse and wagon. He started at eleven\\no clock in the morning without his dinner, and\\nand when within about five miles of his destination\\ndarkness came ui)(m him and he was unable to find\\ni his wa\\\\- through the forest. There w.as a drizzling\\nrain and the night was intensely dark. All he\\ncould do was to cam]) out in the forest as best he", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0846.jp2"}, "847": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND I5I0GRAPH1CAL ALliUM.\\nH51\\ncould, so, tying his horse to ;i spiucc tree they shcl-\\nti rod theinsolves as well as iiiitrht lie until the\\nnioniiuii-. The forests in those (la\\\\s alirjuiided wilh\\nwild l)ea ts liiit roilmiately lie was mil molested.\\nTlie next inurniiiu. soon after dayliiilit. he lU-liver -d\\nhis messatte to ISouaparte.\\nThe vigorous work of cliopiihig wood was re-\\nserved for the winter season, and his ax ranir out\\nthrough the frosty air from dawn until nightfall,\\n.as long as the work heated, and then he was obliged\\nto em|iloy himself otiu rwise. For some tinu our\\nsuliject found employment with a party of snrvev-\\nors. and while with them, he gained a good keow-\\nledge of the surrounding eounlr\\\\ as well as of the\\nscience of surveying. In Fcliruary. \\\\X 2i), the ori-\\ngin. il of our sketch, with his brother, started for\\n.Michigan on foot. They traversed the entire dis-\\ntance in this way, stopi)ing at Palmyra, Wavm\\nCounty, X. Y., for a rest of three days. They\\njourneyed to Farmington. Oakl.and County, where\\nthey stojipcd and found employment. The conn-\\ntry in that section was then a i)crfcct wilderness,\\nand abounded in wild game, such a.s deer, wolves\\nand bear. Indians, t(;o, were not strangers to the\\nfew white inhabitants who had wandered into the\\ncountry.\\nMr. aii Amiiurg and his brother tiH)k a contract\\nto clear five aei es and to erect a log house for a\\nman but the brother becoming .sick was unable to\\ncomplete the tas-k. Our subject worked four d.ays\\nto pay for an ax, and then worked five days to pay\\nhis board while paying for the ax. He engaged to\\nclear twelve acres of land, which task he partially\\ncompleted, and for which he received suflicient\\nmoney to enable him to enter eighty .acres of (iov-\\nernment land in the town of Novi, )akland County.\\nThis he [jartially cleared and improved, and subse-\\n(|uently sold, purchasing one hundred and sixty\\nacres four miles further west, and he bent his ener-\\ngies and efforts to clearing and improving his last\\nacquired tract.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write hail a family\\nby this time, and as he was so far from any school\\nprivileges, or other a Ivantages that he felt his chil-\\ndren should enjoy, he concludecl to excliange a\\npart of his tract for :i fai m on the State road. This\\nhe succeeded in domu. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0onl soon niovecl out into a\\nmore civilized conimunilw In 1K. )7. he trailed\\nninety acres of land in Oakland County for three\\nhundied and twenty acres in lirighton Township,\\nLivingston County, and here he luts since lived\\nlocating on this place. Four years later he ex-\\nih.angcd a portion of it for his present farm, which\\nlies just across the road from the first tract.\\nHe of whom we write, was married March l. i.\\nlH-2!t, to .Mi.-s .Mary Ann Taft, a daughter of Pilch\\nTaft. who came to the Wolverine .State from New\\nYork early in the 20s. Mrs. Mary \\\\an .Vmlnng\\ndied December 29, 1850, leaving seven children,\\nnamely: Louise M., Orson T., Harriet A., William\\nII., .Io.se|ih P.. Henry \\\\V. and Daniel O. They are\\nall married and have families of their own with\\nthe exeejjtion of William. .Vugust 3, KSCil, .Mr.\\nVan .Vmburg again married, this time being united\\nto Amanda M. Ihown. Two children are the fruit of\\nthis union. .Vlbert A. and Charles W.. both of whom\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ire living.\\nOur subject was originally an old-line Whig but\\non the re-construction of the p.-trty he has tr. in.s-\\nferred his allegiance to the Uepublican |)artv and\\nlias voted with this political body ever since. He\\nis a strong temperance man. For nearly fifty years\\nhe worshipped with the Methodist Kjiiscojial body,\\nbut about sixteen years ago he witluliew from this\\ndenomination and joined the \\\\Vc~lcvaii Church.\\nHe has always been a conscientious man and a zeal-\\nous Christian.\\n.VImost four-score and ten year of a;ie our\\nsubject I etains his faculties well. He remembers\\nwhen a boy nine years old seeing the marching\\nof the troops iluring the War of |S12.andcan\\nrelate with marked vividiie incidents of his boy\\nhood day.-. He was Lieulenant for a time of a Com-\\npany of Michigan Hillemen. He has never iiii.s d\\nas an as|)iiant for otiicc. but during his pioneer\\ndays he held the ollice of .Iiisticc of the Peace, and\\nother minor postj*. !\\\\Ir. \\\\aii .Vmburg ha- .it limo\\nowned considci-.-ible land, but of late years ha.- .-old\\nit oflf until he now h.as eighty acres, upon which is\\nluiilt a comfortJible home. He i a man of marked\\nrefinement and intelligence, with a mo.-t plea.siiig\\npresence, and has the rarest of .d ft s. being an I litcr-\\ntaining conversationalist. On the eininemc upon\\nwhich he now stands, he can look back over nearly", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0847.jp2"}, "848": {"fulltext": "852\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\na century of national progress, and the faetthat\\nit now ranks so high among tlie nations, wliereas\\nat tlie beginning of his careei-, it hold so modest\\na place, is gratifying to him as a loyal American\\ncitizen.\\n()SEPH .JEWETT. Our subject, who is a\\nfarmer, is the owner of forty acres of land\\non section 20, of A evay Township, Ingham\\nCounty, and this he cultivates to such good\\nl)urp()se that it yields him a very comfortable in-\\ncome. Mr. Jewett was born in Washtenaw County,\\nIjima Township, this State, September 15, 1842.\\nHe is the son of .Joseph P. and ^liranda (Freei)\\n.lewett. The father was liorn in 1807 in Xcw\\nHampshire and the mother in New Voi k, jNIay 8,\\n1811. Tlie parents were married in the l ast a)Kl\\nthree children have conic to them prior to their\\nsettling in Michigan. They settled here while it\\nwas a territory, locating in Washtenaw County.\\n)ur suliject is the sixth in a family of eleven\\nchildren, nine of whom are still living, and are\\ntaking responsible positions in society as honorable\\nand upright men and women. Mr. .lewett s boy-\\nhood days were spent on a farm, and during this\\nperiod he received a good common school educa-\\ntion, and enjoyed the additional advantage of two\\nwinters in a select school at Lime Center, .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lsll-\\nteuaw County. .Vt that time, the AVar of the\\nRebellion broke out and in the late fall of IKtiJ.\\nNovember he responded to the call for volun-\\nteers and enlisted in the first .Michigan Lancers,\\njoining Company I), and was aftfrward trans-\\nferred to Company (i. lie was, llowev^r, dis-\\ncharged on March 21, 18(;2, l)ocause the Govern-\\nment found that lancers i-oiild not be used in the\\nmode of warfare which tliey carried on. He next\\nenlisted in the First Michigan Light Artillery.\\nSeptemlier 7, 18()4. joining Comi)any K. He was\\nin tlie liattle of Nashville and was then detailed to\\ntransport troops from .lackson, Mich., to the front.\\nHe w.as at the siege of Petersburg, and made eight\\ntrips to Nashville, two to Petersburg, and two to\\nHart s Island. Although he was never commis-\\nsioned an officer, receiving the pay of a private only,\\nlie did an officer s work. He received an honorable\\ndischarge May 6, 18(;; While on duty he was in\\na railroad collision and was rendered unconscious,\\nbeing hurt in the hip and the small of the back,\\nand although he has been to a great extent inca-\\njiacitated for active work, he receives only the\\nsmall Slim (.)f *8 per iniinth pension for the\\nchances that he ran during the war.\\nOn his discharge from the army, Mr. Jewett hav-\\ning saved some money, j)iu chased forty acres of\\nland in ,\\\\nrelius Township. He was married l eb-\\nrnary It, 1867, to Miss ^lary A. Claflin, a daughter\\nof William and Martha Claflin. There are three\\n(children by this marriage; Arthur W., who was born\\n.luly 20, 1869, in Vevay Township; Mattie B.,\\nwhose natal day was April 25, 1874, and Alton L.,\\nboni Septemljer 16. 1879. The eldest son is a\\nwell-educated, intelligent young man with good\\nbusiness qualiflcations. He married Lulu Lyon\\nand has settled upon his own little farm of forty\\nacres, which it is evident, however, will soon be a\\nlarger tract, for he is energetic and ambitious, and\\na good farmer. One cliild has blessed the union\\nof these yc)ung people. On October 15, 1891, he\\nreceived the appointinent as chairman of the Com-\\nmittee on grains and grasses for the World s Co-\\nluml)ian Exposition, to be held in Chicago in 1898\\nThe daughter, Mattie lives at home and attends\\na High School in Mason. She is fitting herself for\\nM teacher. The youngest child, Alton L., is a\\nblight, active boy, advanced in his books, and hav-\\ning a sjiecial tact and. talent in mathematics. Mrs\\nMary .lewett passed away from this life Ajn-i\\n1. 1883. She is interred in the cemetery at M.a.son.\\nThe original of our sketch was again married\\nAjiril 8, 1884, his bride being Miss Eliza A. Carson,\\nof Cliicago. She is a daughter of Robert and\\nAbigail (Gould) Carson. The father and mother\\nare natives of New York State. Politically, he of\\nwhom we write, votes with the Re]niblican part)-.\\nHe has been .Justice of the Peace for four years\\nand is now serving another term. He has lieen\\nboth Director and Moderator of the School Board,\\nand has held (itiier minor otlices.\\nOne brother of our subject, Lester E. Jewett,\\nwas in the army and was a participant in seventy-", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0848.jp2"}, "849": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND HIOORAPIIICAI. ALHUM.\\n853\\nsix cnsaifeiin nls. He oiiiiumI i in( ti(.ii and w:i\\nso rocomnieii(li (l. Imt on avcoiiiit of a (k ticieiu v in\\nhis speec ii. hi was not eliirilili to Uio position\\nivfoiiiinenflt (i. lie was. liowever. jjiven a inidal\\nfor meritorious si rvicrs. He is now a faniior in\\nAnreliiis. and is tlie father of tiirei ciiildren. Our\\nsuliject s oldest lirotiier, J. P. .lewett, was also in\\nthe army and served three years. He was slitrhtiy\\nwounded li\\\\lipinn iiit iiyaspent ball, in tlie l)reast.\\nTlie liall liuried itself in the flesh and had to lie\\nextracted, lie, at jiiesent, lives in Haldwin, Lake\\nConiity. Mich., where ho is en i;aji:ed in ajiricultninl\\n|)iiisuit-. and is the father of two ehildren.\\nLl.KN A. DORRAXCH. an enterprising\\nand successful fanner who is the owner\\nlii and proprietor of a line lr:ict located on\\nsecti ni Howell Township, I ivingston\\nCounty, came to this .State in the fall of 1842 with\\nills p.arents. who settled on section 21. of the same\\ntownship. Tiiere he purch.ased seventy aci cs\\nwliicli he li\\\\-ed on for two years, after which he\\nnioxi d upon a farm i f eiahty acres just O|)i)osite\\nwhere he now live Here our suliject s father\\ndied in Decemiier. lH(i;3. He w.as a hard-workinu\\nman and an ex ellent manager, having accumu-\\nlated a large and valnalile pro]ieity liefore his de-\\ncease.\\nOur subject was born in Ontario County. IJristol\\nTownshi]). N. V. and there received his education\\nin the district seliool, tini hing his course after\\ncoming to Howell. He lived .at Inune with his\\nparents until twenty-two years of age. They\\nwere Augustus I), .-ind S;irah I,. (.Marble) Doi-\\nrance. natives of Connecticut and Massachusetts\\nrespectively. His paternal grandparents wei-o\\nAlexander and Rebecca Dorrance. natives of Con-\\nnecticut. They had a family of four children.\\nPolitically the grandsire was an old-line Whig and\\nlike most men in those stirring day of change and\\nreconstruction wa~ much interested in ])olitics. He\\nand his wife li\\\\ed and dierl in Connecticut.\\nAugustus I).. oui- suliject s father, was educated\\nin oiinecticiit and when eiglitcen yeni-s of afje 1*-\\ngan his career by teaching school in .Ma.ssaclui.-it-iti*.\\nHe made this his profession, eontinninii in the\\nwork until thirty-three years old. anil then iH-ciinse\\nof the failure of his health he went u|ion a farm\\nand enjoyed a bucolic life until he came West, and\\nwhen he held tirst the ollice of Constable in Howell\\nTownship. He entered the marital relation while\\nin Massaclni. ^etts, his marriage being celebnited\\nabout 1H17. His bride was Sarah L., the daughter\\nof Charles and Phebc (Cudworth) JIarbie, natives\\nof Ala.ssachusett.-. the former lieing by trade a boo!\\nand shoe m.aker. Their first home was in Crystal\\nTownship. Ontario County. X. where his wife\\ndied. .Vfter that ,sid event he cinie to ^liehigan\\nand lived with his father until the death of the\\nlatter, who was a man of the .strongest Democratic\\nprinciples. He had served in the AVar of I HI 2.\\nThe oriijinal of our sketch married .Miss Lydia\\nI.M Rowe, .I:niuaiy I. IfSlWl. The lady is a daugh-\\nter of .John IS. and Kliza (Clark) l,a Rowe. natives\\nof X ew York. They were farmers and came to\\nM ichigan at an e;irly dav. settling in Handy, this\\ncounty in IH. ili. Thei-e they took up land which\\nhe later sold and returned to his old home in the\\nKa.st. In If-it2 lie came back to Mchigan and .set-\\ntled in Howell r iwnship where he iiurch.a.^ed a\\nfaini and bent his ctTorts to imjiroving the same.\\nHe li\\\\ed upon this pl.icc until his death which oe-\\ncurred in IH!MI. The mother still lives upon the\\nold homestead. Of ten ehildren who have lieen\\nborn to her eight are now living. Mr. I.a Rowe\\nwas a liepublican in parly preference and a mem-\\nber of the Methodist ICpiscopal Clinrcli. being lhu\\nconnected for thiity-tive yeai-s.\\n.Vfter marriage Mr. Dorrance pnicji.-ised foi ty\\nacres of timber land where he now lives. Later he\\nadded twenty acres to bis original pniclia.-ie. Me\\nlirst erected a frame house. I\u00c2\u00abx2l feel in rlimeii-\\nsifins. This was the home of the f:imily for some\\nlime. .\\\\ft r h:i\\\\ing .secured a home he bent his\\nenergies to clearing up the land. The house ha*\\nsince been eiiLarged and beautilied, provided with\\nm.-my comforts .and conveniences, so that it n \u00c2\u00bbw is\\na most attractive, .as well as home-like farm resili-\\nence. ^Ir. Dorrance has planted two and a half\\naci-es in fruit tree* .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2md this is now an orchard lli;it", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0849.jp2"}, "850": {"fulltext": "S.-)!\\nPORTRAIT AND lilOGRAPniCAL ALBUM.\\n|)r()(luei ;iliuM(l;iiillv ol llic lincst varieties of fruit\\ntliut are trruwii in this lalitiidc lie also lias a\\nlai ue vant tv of small fruit ami this Inaiich of\\nairrieiiltuie he liiids to he very reiminerative. The\\n|)lace is well kept up. feuees are in perfect order,\\nhams and ni auai ies are i -ood and substantial, while\\nthe sheds for the stock are conifoitable .and well-\\narnuiii cd. In faft the place is one of the fine\\nfarms of this k)cality. Our subject has a family of\\ntwo children, also an adopted dauji hter. .lohn A.,\\na,ii( (l twenty-seven, lives at home, and is a bright\\nand progressive young man, who acipiired his edu-\\ncation in Howell Tovvnshi]). The others are\\nClarence A. and lara li.\\nThe original of uui- sketch favors the platform\\nof the Rej)ublican party and is lov.al in his ft llo\\\\v-\\ning of th.at political l)ody. In his church associa-\\ntions lie belongs to tlie I nited ISrethren pcrsu.asion\\nand has been a Cl.ass-Leader in that bofiy for the\\npast thirty years, lie is one iif the prominent\\nfarmers of the township. Mis. Dorrance enjoys\\nthe distinction of being the lirst wliitc child born\\nin the township of Howell, her natal da\\\\ lieing\\n.Vngusl 21), 1H2^1. She is an estimable lady, whose\\ninterests are closely united with those of her hiis-\\nb;ind. .Ml I )on;nicc breeds horses, cattle and sheep\\nof graded stock and is the owner of some of the\\nlinest animals in this couiit\\\\\\n^i\\n^-^A\\n[S~\\n\\\\V\\nRAN(4E BAN(;s. .VII honor shcndd be ren-\\ndei ed to those honoialile members of society\\nwho, by hard work and determined acti\\\\\\nily coupled with an unfailing energy, have devel-\\noped the resonrces of ;i \u00c2\u00abiew country, and doulile\\nhonor should be paid them uhen U their record\\nof industry we can .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iild the story of their true in-\\ntegrity, pure li\\\\es ;iiid benelicent kindness to\\nothers. .V high aim .-ind a true life have tlieir etfect\\nupon the coinnHinit\\\\- just as surely as the sunshine\\ncauses the trees to bud and the (lowers to bloom,\\nand it is as necessary and \\\\ilal a part in the de-\\nvelopment and progre.s of soci.al life as the rays\\nof the sun are in the ))liysical world.\\nOrange Bangs has his line farm on section 27,\\nUnadiUa Township. Livingston County. His fa-\\nther. Nathaniel Bangs, was a Vermont farmer, and\\nhis mothei irTnaTflni name was Mary Woodman.\\nThey were both born thelJreen Mountain State and\\nlived thcie for a few years after their maiiiage\\nand then removed to Livingston County. X. V..\\nand settled upon a new farm, which they proceeded\\nto icducc to a state of civilization. There the\\nfather died, and the mother afterward came to\\nMichigan, where she was married to Samuel (iilnian,\\nwho died a number of years ago. She then li\\\\ed\\nwith her daughter in Xtin Buren County, and there\\npassed from earth some four years ago. They\\nwere the parents of nine children, who grew to\\niiiatnrity, and Mve of them are now liA ing.\\nThe original of this sketch was liorn .lune 22,\\nl^ 2(i, in Livingston County, X. Y.. and there he\\ngrew to maiiluK)d. lie attended the district .school\\nin his nati\\\\ c State and began for himself as an in-\\ndependent fanner at the age of twenty-one. At\\nthat time he decided to C(mie West and settled\\nup(Mi ;i farm on section 36, Unadilla Township.\\nForty icres of this tract of one hundred was al-\\ni-eady somewhat improved, Duiing the following\\nyear, in 184M, he was united in marriage with\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Laurettc iMorrison, whose parents were from er-\\nniont. and came to this State about the year of\\nIJSIO. and settled upon a farm in an Buren\\nCounty, where they both remained through the\\nrest of their da\\\\s. They were the parents of nine\\nchildren, four of whom are now living.\\nMrs, Bangs was born in 1828, and her marriage\\nwith our subject resulted in the birth of three\\nchildren: iola, who is unmarried; Orphalin T.,\\nwife of (icorge llackus. who lives in this town-\\nship, and Eva now ^lis. Frank Richmond, re-\\nsiding in this township. The mother of this fam-\\nily was called to pass to hei heavenly reward .Iiiuc\\n11, 188(;, and hei- daughter, A iola, is now her fa-\\nther s li )nie-niaker. Mrs. Bangs was a great lo\\\\er\\nof tlowers. and I he sunoundings of their home\\nabundantly testify to the fact that her beautiful\\nmemory is kept alive by the cultivation of these,\\nwhich were her treasures.\\nMr. Bangs resided for nineteen years on .section\\n2G, and has now made his home for twenty-live\\nvears on section 27. where he has three hundred", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0850.jp2"}, "851": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND lilOGRAPIIICAL ALBUM.\\nSj. j\\nMini ninety Mcrcs of laiiil. two liuiidii d mikI i-iijlily\\niUTi s of which ;uv iiihUt i ulli\\\\ :itiuii. lixni his\\n(irst oouiipaiicy of his farm he I lpclcil a hiy- houM\\na frame slalih a coin li(in e unci a hen house, and\\nliis own stroiiii arm felled llie trees on foi-ly-tive\\nacres of land. He relmilt the house on section 27,\\nan l also an cxcclU nt lioix- liain. measurino- 2().\\\\()()\\nfeel. He has set out six acres of oicliard. and de-\\nvoles liiinself to y:eneial farmiu i\\nWhen this pidsperons man came to .Micliii;an his\\ncapital coiisisti d only of what he had been able to\\nsave out of his e.ariiiuirs dniinjr tlie pi-evions two\\nseasons, and aniuiintcd to 1()0 in all. so that it is\\nl)hviu to .see that he has eai-ned all that he now\\npossesses, as he has depenih d entirely upon his\\nown exertions through life. Both he and his la\\nineuted compani((ii were members of tlie Tresby\\nteriau Clnirch at the village of I liadilla. where he\\nhas been in active membershi]) foi- forty years,\\nand is a Trustee of the church, lie has always\\nbeen interested in jiolitical issues and allies him-\\nself with the liepublican party, lie fa\\\\dis the\\ncau.se of temperauce and education :iiid gave to\\nevery one of his children excellent iil vantages,\\nwhich lliey juized highly, and they arc in their\\nlives abuinlantly repaying this faithful [lareiit for\\nhis devotion to their cmic .and training in their\\nearlv years.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^=^m f-\\nxCQj\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nl.O.N/.O (ii.K.V.SO.N. We are gratilied to\\nbe able to place in the hands of our readers\\na brief biographical sketch of Mr. (Jleason.\\nwho is so well known throughout Co-\\nh(K-tali Township, Livingston (luiity. and who i\\nmost highly esteemed personally, as is aiso his\\nfamily, lie is a native of the Hmpire State, having\\nbeen born .lime 2 i. IH. U, in Wheeler, Steuben\\nCounty. lli parents, Klijali and Klizabetli (Me-\\n.MurpliN Jlca^on. were also New Yorkers by birth.\\nThe lather c;iiricd on fanning operations, and\\nin the spring of IH8() came by lake to Michig;in,\\nwhere he entered one hundred and thirty -six acres\\nof land on sccti ui llartland Township, and\\nin the tall of ls;i7 established his home, anil\\ncontinued here until his death, which took place\\non the irith of .vpril. IM.-)(i. when lie li.-id reaelied\\nthe age of sixty-two years. Ili. lii wife. Ablgiiil\\nSmith, to whom he was unitiMl in 1\u00c2\u00ab|(), brought\\nhim live .sons and live dauirhleis. She was born\\n.March 7, 1 7!);1 and died in 1M22. Mis next nmr-\\nriage was with .Mrs. Klizabeth liilling.s Me-\\n.Miir|ihy, who bore to him one .son and three daiigli-\\nters. and had two daughters by her previotis\\nmarriage. She |)assed fioin eartli December\\n1M41). four months and seven lays previous to the\\ndecease of her husbainl. He wits a Whig in lii.\\npolitical views, and liesides his fanning operations\\nwas engaged in carpentry.\\nHaving received ordiii;irv school adxanl.-iuoand\\nthorough drill upon the farm, our siibji-c( le.-iriied\\nthe trade of a car|ienter. and iii the fall of l\u00c2\u00abi \u00c2\u00bbl.\\nhaving spent .several years in remuner.ative labor\\npurchased ,m farm of eighty acres in llartland\\nMich. In the spring of 1K. )7 he exch.-inged this\\nfor one hundred ;iiid twenty acres of limber\\nland in Saginaw (diinty and two years lal\u00c2\u00bb r\\ndisposed of this for the lifty acres where lie now\\nresides. Of the one hnnilred and t ii acres on .sec-\\ntion 7. which he now holds, he has improved fully\\nseventy .acres, and has also eighty acres on section\\n(i, which has been partially iniproveil. He earlv\\nbecame interested in the principles proinulgaled\\nby the He])iiblican party, and is now an e.aniest\\nworker for the cause of |iroliibition.\\nKlvira Thorp was the maiden luiiiie of the lady\\nwho became the wife of our snbjecl .luly K. I\u00c2\u00ab. i7.\\nShe is a native of Michigan and w;ts born in Ken-\\nton. Oene.sce County, .Vugust 2 l\u00c2\u00abl(l. being a\\ndaughtor of Norris and Lliza .lane (liiclimond)\\nThorp, who were born in New York, he .SeptcmlK-r\\nI 1. IKll, and his wife .\\\\pril lK2(t. It was about\\nIHiJi when they came to Kenton, and for twenty-\\none years he tilled the olliee there of Depniy\\nSheriff. .Vfter a residence of many veal s! jn Ken-\\nton tlie\\\\ live l for simie lifteen years on a farm\\nnorth of Holly, ();ikl:iud County, where his wifi-\\ndied Oelober 1. l\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abl. He ended his eaitlil.\\\\ lalHiis\\nMay 1 IHKI.at Kenton. They were the parents\\nof six children .Melissa. lOlvira. Klla 1... .lohn .1.,\\nDavid K. and Lueena. Klla died young.and .lohn\\nand |)a\\\\ici served their country during the Civil", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0851.jp2"}, "852": {"fulltext": "856\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nWar. The parents hn\\\\f loiio- lieen connected with\\nthe Close Conuiimiioii lia|)tist Chiuvh.\\nSix children enlivened the home of Mr. and\\n:Mrs. Gleason. the first born being Kllery and Em-\\nerv. twins; and the next Ixirn being May Bell\\nand .lay l)ell. twins, after whom came Clarence\\n.and Clarinda, the last-named dying at the age of\\nfifteen years. ]May U. is now the wife of .John\\nSehrepfer. For some twenty-live years our subject\\nand Ids wife have been loyal and earnest members\\nof the United Hrethi-en Chiireli.and all of the chil-\\ndren are united with their parents in one household\\nof Christian faith. Since the contemplation of the\\nhouse of worship which was erected some eighteen\\nvears ago Mr. Ueason has been a Trustee, and he is\\nmuch relied upon where good judgment and sound\\ndiscretion are needed in connection with a true-\\nhearted devotion to the cause of Christianity.\\nLBKRT W. CALLAHAN, a member of the\\nfirm of Bailey Si Callahan, publishers and\\n_ proprietors of tlie North Lansing Becord,\\nwas liorn near Lansing. IMai ch 2(), 1870. His par-\\nents were Russell B. and Dellia (Rockwell) Calla-\\nlian. The father was born near Sparta. Ohio, and\\nwhen fourteen years old came with his parents to\\n^licliigan. locating near the present city of Lan-\\nsing. He engaged in tlie insurance liusiness. and\\nwas also in the office of the Secretary of State for\\nabout six years under Harry A. Conant. remaining\\nwith succeeding officers until a change of admini-\\nstration. He still resides in Jjansing, honored by\\nall who know him for the integrity of his life and\\nhis genial kindliness of heart. Two children were\\nborn to them, our subject and his sister (Tcorgia.\\nThe gentleman wIk.) forms the subject of this\\nsketch was educated in jjansing, graduating from\\nthe High School in this city in June, 18ilO. After-\\nward he was eni})loyed temporarily with the State\\nRepublican and thence entered the office of the\\nSatun!(i;i Call, lieing thus engaged until he em-\\nbarked in his present business. The North Lansing\\ni?ew Y? was establisluMl in the spring of li^Sll. the\\nfirst issue being May 1, with Messrs. Bailey i Calla-\\nhan, editors and proprietors. It is independent in\\npolitics and is dt voted to the interests of the peo-\\nple of Noith Lansing, from whom it receives cordial\\nsupport. It is a weekly paper, and has a subscrip-\\ntion list of aliout one thousand. Mr. Callahan has\\nentire charge of the editorial department, while\\nMl-. Bailey manages the composing room. As a\\nyoung man of enterprise and push, Mr. Callahan\\nundoubtedly has a bright and honored future be-\\nfore him, and will, should his life be spared, become\\na ixiwer in the jjolitical and journalistic world.\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^iN i^il^^^=^\\nETM H. JUDl). He whose n.ame is at the\\nhead of this sketch is one who has lieen\\nassociated with the growtli of the county\\n:nid CduntiT for nearly forty years past,\\nhaving come here in 1856, at which time he settled\\non section 20, Handy Township, where he was the\\nowner of eighty acres, only jjart ()f which was im-\\nproved. It bore a log house and a frame granary,\\nwhich, however, was adequate to the products of\\nthose early d.ays, when the fields bore alxive their\\ngreen or golden carpet an arabesque of rich black\\nstump.age, which was jjerhaps beautified by a wdd\\nrose or an unrul\\\\- blackberry vine, that trailed its\\nluxuriant length and lusi ious fruit against the\\neffective background.\\nOur subject continued in the place as it origin-\\nally w.as for aliout twenty years and then bought\\na tract of land across the road on section 2i), where\\nhe resides at the pri seut time and which he has\\nim[iroved by erecting a good, substantial l\\\\velling\\nand fine barns and granaries. He now farms two\\nhundred aci es of land which he has under the\\nfinest state of cultivation. ^Mr. ,ludd was born in\\nOnondaga County, N. Y., November 28, 1824. He\\nis a son of Ozias and Martha (Baker) .ludd. natives\\nof the Empire State. They came to Washtenaw\\nCounty, this State, in 1831 and settled in the\\ntownshij) of l.odi, which at that time was an almost\\ninipenetral)le forest. There the father took up\\neighty acres of Covernraent land which he im-\\nproved to such an extent before his death that the", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0852.jp2"}, "853": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND HKXiHAPIlK Al. Al^lil M.\\n\u00c2\u00ab.j/\\nwork w;is easilj- I arried on mid nTlVeted hy U\\\\\\nsun. Our subject s fallioi- was the first Township\\nClerk to Ix L leeted to tlinl olliiv in lliis district.\\nHe was associated with tiie Democratic party in his\\nvote and political followinir and like tlie majority\\nof early settlers was a .Mason, for in tiu se early\\ndays the loyalty of fialernity was needed to miti-\\nijate in as ijreat a nicasiirc as possible the hardships\\nof the period.\\nSix ciiildren came to the fireside and were wel-\\ncomed to the board; they are Lucenia. .Vmarilis,\\nour siil ject, Betsey. Esther and William. Lucema\\nis now Mrs. Carmcr; ,\\\\marilis is JNIrs. Crain. Our\\nsubject s paternal sirandjiarents were Ozia s and Ln\\ncema(llulctt) .ludd. Tliey were from the Kastern\\nStates. The former was a blacksmith by trade\\nthough he followed the calling of a farniei- for tlie\\ngreater portion ;f his life, lie came to Washtenaw\\nCounty, this State, where he coiitiiiue(l agricul-\\ntural pur.-uits until his decease, lie was the father\\nof three children.\\nThe original of our sketch received the educa-\\ntional advantages offcre i at the district schools in\\nwhich he was reared. ^Vhen his attention was not\\ndemanded by school woik he aided his father on\\nthe farm, lie continued to live at lion)e until\\nthirty-two years of age. after sixteen years of age\\nhaving had entire ch.arge of the farm. In tin\\nyear of IHfjC Mr. .ludd was mairie(I to .Miss Kr;in-\\nces Mather, who was born in Washtenaw County,\\nill the township of Scio born ()ctober 1. IS.\\n.She was the daughter of Calvin and Marilla (New-\\ncomb) .Mather, natives of New York State. They\\nwere early settlers in Mslltell,\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^w County, whence\\nthey came to Handy Townshi|). this county, where\\nthe father lived until his decease. He was Hoad\\nCommissioner and Towiisliip Treasurer and enjoy-\\ned the conlidence and ri spect of all who knew him.\\n.V friend to young and old, rich and poor, he was\\ngenerall\\\\- called by the alfectioii;ite and fniiiiliai\\ntitle. Iiicle Cal.\\n.Mr. .ludd has been awarded several local otllee-\\nby virtue of his fitness, lie has been Supervisor.\\nJustice of the Peace, Highway Coiiiniissioner .-11111\\n.School Inspector and has been instrumenlal in\\ninterestint;: the townspeople in the building of\\nuroo l roads. Heligious aiul e(|ueatioiial bodies\\nnever appeal to him in vain, nor do individuiils\\nwlio stand in need of his kindl\\\\ word or patient\\nsviiipath\\\\ ever turn away from him unregarded.\\nThree children have risen up about the piireiits to\\ncall them ble. .sed in their l.-itter years. They .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ire\\nHelen, Ozias and .Marilla. Helen is now Mi-s.\\n(i rover, of Handy Township; Ozias is Super vi.sor of\\ntliis township at the present time; he also fills the\\nodices of .School Inspector and Township Treas-\\nurer. Politically Mr. .bidd is a Democrat. II.\\nalso was a .Ma.-on. .Mr. .Iiid l has aeeiiiiiiilatecl m\\nhandsome fortune and is determined to fully enjo\\\\\\nit ill the latter part of his life. He ha- a lieantifid\\nlioii.t and is suri-ouiide(l with all the comforts of\\nlife.\\nHKSTKK AM. sKlJA.STIAN CA150T. This\\nworthy father and .son who li.ave been in\\nliartnership in business and on the farm for\\nabout a (|iiarter of a century and are .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iniong tin-\\nprogressive and prosperous agriculturists of Lerov\\nTowiishi|i. Ingham County, claim their descent\\nfrom the noted discoverer. .Sebestian Cabot, who\\ncame with his brother John to the New orld\\ncenturies ago. Their liclily cultivated f:irin and\\nliaiid.M)me home and excellent farm buildings are a\\nstanding monument to their industry anil good\\nmanagement and their two hundred acres of land,\\nin which they are e |iial p.artners. coin|(rise an es-\\ntate which is a credit to the township.\\nChester Cabot w;is born .September 22. IHII.in\\nHerkimer County. N. ..and is a son of .liistice\\nand I.ydia (Kobinson) Cabot, natives of New Kng-\\nland. He is the youngest of their eleven children\\nand w:is only .seven years old when lie removed\\nwith liij* parents to Monroe County. N. Y., where\\nhe grew to manhood, receiving his education in the\\ndistrict .school, which gave liim a good foiindaticm\\nfor future studies, which he has carried on b\\\\ him-\\nself through reading.\\nThe most interesting event of the young iiian-\\nhood of our subject wa.- his marriage in .\\\\ew York\\nto Mary I eiiiier in \\\\Mii. Only one child of this\\nmarriage sur\\\\i\\\\( s Sebasli.an. .Vfter the death of", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0853.jp2"}, "854": {"fulltext": "858\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nMrs. Mary Cabot, Mr. Cabot wat* united with his\\npresent wife in I80.S. Before her union witli him\\nshe was the widow of Mr. Tuttle. j\\\\lr. and Mrs.\\nCabot had one son. wlio i.s deceased. .Mr. CUbot is\\na natural nieehanie and throuuhout his life as a\\nfarmer he has done his own blaeksmithing and\\nwoodwork whenever needed on the farm, and dur-\\ning his residence in Monroe County. X. Y.. lie\\nand his sou Sebastian were in partnership in a\\nwagon and carriage factory and a lilaclcsmith shop\\nin which they were engaged foi- a muiiber of years\\nand kept three blacksmitli fires going. They finally\\nexchanged the shop for the farm upon which they\\nnow live in Leroy Township, and in 1870 made\\ntiieir home upon it. where they have since resided.\\nThey work together most harmoniously. The\\\\-\\nhave person. Uy done most of the work upon their\\nfine barn and excellent house and they own to-\\ngether two hundred acres of land, most of which\\nis under cultivation, as they have themselves cleared\\ntlie timber from one hundred and thirty acres.\\nWhile living in New York Chester Cabot served\\nfor some time as Supervisor of the township and\\nalso filled the office of Assessor, besides other otii-\\neial jiositions. Sebastian Cabot was born Septem-\\nber 26, 1886, and was married in 1867 to Sarah\\nIngalslie who died in 1872. Both the father and\\nson are earnest Prohibitionists in their political\\nviews and ever active in the temperance cause.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a09f V\\nACOB CIANSLP:Y. The paper of which this\\ngentleman is the owner and proprietor, is\\nthe ^Michigan Sfaats Zcitiinc/ and is the only\\nGerman newspaper published in Ingham\\nCounty. Five years ago, about 1886, it was estab-\\nlished in Lansing, and now enjoys a circulation of\\nabout five hundred, being independent politically,\\nwith a tendency toward the principles of the Dem-\\nocratic party. Mr. Gansley purchased the paper\\nDecember 19, 1890, and now eni] lovs \\\\Villiam Rich-\\nmond as editor.\\nMr. (iansley w.as liorn in (iermauy. December 16.\\n18r)9. and received his earh education in his na-\\ntive land. In 1873 he crossed the broad Atlautie,\\nlocating first in Detroit, and for four years he was\\nengaged in the liquor business in Saginaw, this\\nState. Me came to Lansing in 1885, and entered\\nthe store of his uncle, (ieorge Gansley, as a clerk.\\nOn November 1 1, 1886, he embarked in business\\nfor himself and opened one of the finest fitted\\nup saloons in the city. Here he has since done a\\nprosperous business. With the exception of occa-\\nsionally serving as a delegate, he has not taken\\nan active part in politics. Socially he is a mem-\\nber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,\\nthe Knights of Honor, the Arbciter Society,\\nLeider Krantz and Turner Verein. His wife, with\\nwdiom he was united in marriage, September 15,\\n1887. bore the maiden name of Hattie Holmes, and\\nresided \\\\mor to her marriage in Sag\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iua^v.\\n^i^^^\\nylLLIAM BLEEKMAN is the owner of and\\nlesident upon the fine farm located on\\n,j section 10, Wheatfield Township, Ingham\\nCounty. His father was a native of Connecticut\\nwho in an early day removed to Fulton County,\\nN. Y., where he w.as married to Miss Diantha Dil)ble,\\nalso a native of Connecticut. There they passed\\ntheir lives, the decease of the father occurring in the\\nEmpire State. It is a fact to be remembered that\\nour suliject s father and mother were members of\\nthe Universalist Church at a day when that sect was\\nbut little known. Our subject was reared in the\\nEmpire State and when he had reached manhood\\nwas married to Miss Harriet, daughter of Daniel\\n(iildersleeve, a native of New Jersey and an early\\nsettler of New Yoi k, going to that State with his\\nparents when a boy (ifteen years of age. His wife\\nwas Silence P^arl before her marriage. They were\\nthe [larents of ten children, three sous and .seven\\ndaughters. On the death of the father in New York\\nthe widow came to Michigan, and her decease took\\nplace in Ingham County while with her children.\\nAs the years went by a group of young people\\ngathered about the sober and occupied lives of their\\n[larents and our subject became the father of six\\nchildicn whose n.-nnes are IM. Ella. Ida and Ada", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0854.jp2"}, "855": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBCM.\\n859\\n(twiu-i) lyoiiis!). Georsjiana and .Tosi-pliiiu all of\\nwhom an liviiiy: and nian-ied, with tin- exception\\nof .losepliiiic who remains at home with her par-\\nents. In l.s. ;Mi Ujpckman came to Miehisjan\\nand seltic(l in Wlioatlield Township, Injihani\\nCoiinlv. in ciijlity acres of land to which he after-\\nward added forty acres. U was all heavily tim-\\nliered and ho at once began the work of clearing\\nand improvino;, now havina: one hnndrcd and ten\\nacres under cultivation.\\nAs can be imagined l)y one wlio has been in ihc\\ntimber regions of Michigan and who knows how\\nhard it is to get laljorers, the work of inipr(jving\\nour subject s place has been slow and arduous. He\\nhas built a good house and barn and is the possessor\\nof a line farm that is luider a fine state of cultiva-\\ntion. The hardshi[)sof pioneer life are as familiar\\nto him as h. ivc bccoint the comforts of modern\\nagricultuial life. On his advent here the i)i meers\\nhad full chance to e.\\\\ercise their skill, for the deer\\nand wild turkey with which the forests abounded\\nhad hardly become afraid of mankind, and were\\neasily shot. The first pie for which Mrs. Rlcekman\\ncould afford jjastry was made of venison. He and\\nhis wife have lived together for about forty-.six\\nyears and their friends hojje that they will have an\\noppoi tunit to celebrate with llicni their golden\\nwedding. .Sometime ago they took a trip back to\\ntheir native State and came back more than con-\\ntented with their lot in life.\\nMl lUcckiiian is a DemocrMl in his |iolitic;il fol-\\nlowing and is a warm adherent of his parly, lie\\nhas been .lustice of the Peace a number of years\\nand has also been Treasurer and Highway Commis-\\nsioner. Ill stands high in the esteem of hisfcllow-\\nlownsiiu ii.\\nXOHLK. This well-known citizen and\\nfanner of repute, whose estate is situated\\non section 1 1, Inadilla Townshi]), Living-\\nston County, is a son of Albert C. Noble,\\na Connecticut farmer, and Harriet A. \\\\Voodruff, a\\nnative of Massachusetts. These respected parents\\nwere married in New York where thev resided\\nuntil they came to Michigan in .liine, IKI.i.\\nand settled on an im))roved farm of one liundred\\nand fifty-eight acres, where Charles Woodruff now\\nlives. The father di !d February I. IHtM. and the\\nmothers life ended .luly 30, 1\u00c2\u00ab71. Only two of\\ntheir nine children have pa.ssed on to the other\\nlife. The mother was an earnest member of the\\nPresbyterian Church and gave t her children in-\\nstruction in the duties of a religious life. The\\nfather was a stanch Re|mblican in his political\\nviews and warndy interested in the prosperity of\\nthe party.\\nThe natal day of our subject was November lit,\\nIHfd. and he fii-st saw the light in Monroe County,\\nN. As he wa.s a small child when he came to\\nMichigan he received his education here in district\\nNo, and at the age of nineteen began life for\\nhimself. In 1 M62, after two years of working foi-\\nneighboring farmers he went to ^^nne.sota and there\\nspent two years working in the pineries, in the\\nnorthern jiart of that State, but about this \u00e2\u0099\u00a6ime he\\nheard of the death of his father and decided filial\\nduty and inclination both led him home to care for\\nhis mother, and he remained with her until her\\nleath taking charge of the old farm.\\nSaiah ^L Haviland was the maiih-n name of the\\nyoung lady who became .Mrs. Noble, .Inly 13,\\n\\\\H7?. She is a daughter of IamvIs and .\\\\deline\\n(Stewart) Haviland. who were early .settlers in\\nlo-sco Township, this county, where her father now\\nresides on the obi homestead, as the mother had\\np.as.sed away .some years ago. .Mrs. Noble who was\\nborn .lime id. \\\\^i in Iosco I ownship. is well ed-\\nucated Mild has taught school for .some fifteen\\nterms. No children have blessed their home, but\\nshe has employed her activities in outside work\\nwhich has been a benefit to the neighborhood. .She\\nis an etticient member of the J resbyterian Church.\\nShe and her husband adopted a yomig girl of nine\\nveal s, Izena Haviland by name, and had her name\\nlegally changed to Izena Noble. This daughter\\nthev reared to womanhood and she is now the wife\\nof William Cadwell of East Jordan, .Mich.\\nOne hundred and ten acres of fine land forms\\nthe estate of Mr. Noble and ninety acres of this\\nare under the i)low. With the exception of the\\nhouse all the biiildings upon the faini have been", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0855.jp2"}, "856": {"fulltext": "860\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nput u|) l)v him. Besides carrying on general farm-\\ning he makes something of a specialty of fine Me-\\nrino siieep of wliicii he now has some seventy\\nhead. Draft horses of the Pereiieron and Clydes-\\ndale breeds are to be found upon his place and he\\nhas a fine young mare of blooded stock which was\\na .1. \\\\V. Bailey colt, lie has been Treasurer of the\\nschool district for six years and is strongly devoted\\nto the interests of the Republican i)arty.\\n-=^^z\\nE.^\\nLONZO DICKERSON, deceased. The mem-\\nory of the good who have departed\\nI i this life should be tenderly cherished by\\n^1 those who are left behind, and the record\\nof a man wlio has achieved worthy work in a com-\\nmunity should be kept green for the benefit of the\\nrising generation, that they may study and copy\\nthe excellent traits whicii made him worthy of their\\nresiject. This former pri-iminent resident of Locke\\nTownship, Ingham County, was a native of Ontario\\nCounty, N. Y., where he was born November 27,\\n1828. His parents were Abram and Lucretia\\nDickerson. He was reared to manhood in his na-\\ntive county and received the rudiments of his edu-\\ncation in tlie early schools of New York.\\nThis gentleman was united with the companion\\nof his choice December 19, 18,53, his bride being\\nAnn Carr, who was born .luly 23, 1832, in England.\\nHer parents were Robert and Narah Carr and they\\nemigrated to this country when tlieir daughter was\\nbut four years old. Her liome was in Amsterdam,\\nN. Y., until she reached her iiuith year, and then\\nher parents removed to Ontario County, where she\\ngrew to maturity. To Mr. and ilrs. Dickerson\\nwere born four children Etta, now the wife of\\nHenry Rami of Shiawassee County and Ella, wife\\nof Lyman Bennett, of Perry, Mich. The othci\\ntwo died in infancy. In 1853 our subject came\\nwith his wife and located in Washtenaw County.\\nMich., coming thence to Ingham County, wliere\\nthey located in Locke Townshij), making their home\\non the farm where the widow now resides. Here\\nthey lived from 1868 to 1H83 when Mr. Dickerson\\ndied on the last dav of tlie veai He had done\\nmuch pioneer work and had cleared up and devel-\\noped a farm. His property was gained by liis own\\nexertions, as he liad no one to start him in life. He\\nleft to Ills family one hundred and eighty acres of\\nland, one hundred of wliich are now the property of\\ntlie widow, and it all represents the product of his\\nlife-work.\\nIn his death tlic county lost one of its best and\\nmost respected citizens. He was a Republican in\\nhis political views and had served as Higliway\\nCommissioner in Locke Townsliip. It is said that\\nhe had no enemies and it is universally conceded\\nthat his intelligence and enterprise brought liim\\ninto the front rank among the citizens of the town-\\nship. His widow is prominent in social and churdi\\ncircles, being a member of the United Brethien\\nChurcli.\\nHARLES II. (HBBS. Although in the meri-\\ndian of life, our subject is to the niaucir\\nborn of tlie agricultural fraternity. He\\nwas born June 6, 1H4. in the town of Avon, Oak-\\nland County, this State, and is a son of Graham\\nand Amanda (Toms) Gibbs. He is a grandson of\\nCalvin Gibbs, who was born in New York, and who\\nwas by calling a farmer. He died while compara-\\ntively a young man, but was the father of four\\nsons and four daughters. The sons were Calvin,\\nMonroe, Graham and Austin. The daughters were\\nJulia, Clarissa, Emily and Ch.arlotte.\\nThe grandsire of the worthy subject of our\\nsketch came to Michigan and settled in MacomI)\\nCounty about 1822 or 1823. He staid for a time\\nat Red River, and then proceeded to Troy, Oak-\\nland County, where he died in 1824. His widow\\nafterward married a Mr. Marvin, and her decease\\ntook jilaee in St. John s, in 1880 at the age of\\nninety-two years. She was a lifelong niembci\\nof the Baptist Church, and a devoted and con-\\nsistent Christian. Our suliject s father was born\\nin Herkimer County, N. Y., and with his ])aients\\ncame to Michigan and settled in Avon, being one of\\nthe very first to settle in Oakland County. He\\nnow lives in Pontiac, at the age of seventy-eight.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0856.jp2"}, "857": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND UIOGRAPIIICAL AI.BUJI.\\nHCl\\nHis wife still survives. Tlu-v arc the parents of\\ntwo eliildreii rMiiina and Charles II.. the latter\\nbeinir the ifeutleiiiaii of whom we write. Tlie\\nf;uiiily are the Episcopal persuasion.\\nMr. (iilihs mother was horn in Hloonitielil. N.\\nV. Slie was the (lauj^hter of .Mvin and .Miner\\\\a\\n(rhcl]i i runi and was one of .seven ehildren\\nliuni to lier parents, there being three .sons Rob-\\nert 1 Joel P. and .lustiee W. The dauuhters\\nwere )live. who was Mrs. \\\\\\\\ilcox: .Vmanthi. who\\nmarried .Mr. (iibbs. and .Maria, wife of .ludu e\\nPowell. The family is of Scotch ancestry. The\\ne.arly training of our sviliject was tliat of a f.-irniei s\\nlad. and the rudiments of his education weie\\nacquired in the district school in the vicinity of\\nhis home, lie also went to Pontiac to school.\\n.Vt sixteen years of age he l)egan his woik as a\\nbread-winner, entering a store at Saginaw.\\nIn December. 1864, Mr. Giblis enlisted in tiiearmy\\nand was a.ssigned to duty as teamster in a wagon\\ntiain. .serving most of the time on the ro. id between\\nK. deigh and S[)rini;neld. Mo. .\\\\t twenty-three\\nyears of .age, having piucha.sed eigiity acres of his\\nfather s farm he began life for himself. With the\\nexcciition of one year spent in \\\\V:itcrford and\\none at Knoxville, our subject lived on the old\\nhomestead until 1885. lie then sold his ])lace and\\nwent to Knoxville, Tenn.. in .Vugust. 188\u00c2\u00ab. where\\nhe purchased one hundred and lifty acres, where\\nhe resides on section of Deertield Township on\\nthe place known as the llawley farm.\\nThe farm upim which Mr. (;il)bs resides is one\\nof the tinest in the county; his barns aic very\\nlarge and well-built; his residence is a iionie of\\nt-omfort and njoyment; his lields are well tilled\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Hid the stock sleek and well fed. Previous to\\ntlii time he was a dair\\\\nian. Ileh;id the lirst\\nherd of (Guernsey cattle in ^lichig;in. The subject\\nof our sketch is a fervent Republican in his p iiit-\\nical belief, lie was married June 1. 3. IM() to i;\\\\a\\nL. Davis, who w.as born in .Vvon. August 2i), l\u00c2\u00ab. i2.\\nShe was a daughter of Harry W. and Klizabetli\\n(Swan) Davis native.* of Madi.son and .\\\\n)any.\\nN. Y.. respectively. Air. Davis w:is a faiiner and\\ncame to Avon, Oaklatid County in an early day.\\nHe there resided until his death wliicli occurred in\\n1808. He was an old .soldier in the Mexican War.\\nThe two children liorii to him and hi.- wife were\\nKva L. and ll.-irry .1. .Mrs. (Jibbs father was a\\nson of Lsaac and Rox\\\\ (Wilson) Davis, who came\\nto MadLson from Connecticut .at an early day.\\nHe died in the (ii-st-named place Mid his widow\\ncame to .Mii-iii ran. her decease occurring in New\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^ork. in IH(;c at the age of eightv-eiglit years.\\nFour childi-en have graced the domestic realm, of\\nwiiich our subject is head. They are Kddy C..\\nllair\\\\ Emma .M. and .Vmelia M.\\nINTslOKl) 11. DK.MKRKST. Truth ami\\ns)) purity in the end always win the day. ami\\nthe exponents of these princii)les inevitably\\ng.aiu an a.sc ndency over those who are carele.ss as\\nto tlu .se potent piinciplo. lie of whom we write\\nhas always adiiered to the principles of temper-\\nance, nuirality ami truth, and has the respect anti\\nregard of his fellow-men. He is a farmer living\\non section 28. Handy Township, Livingston\\nCounty, and is the proprietor of eighty .acres of\\nI.MUiI which lie devotes for the mo.st part to the\\nraising of Sliort-horn cattle, hoi ses. sheep, hogs,\\netc. His place is one of the~representative farms\\nof his township, being a model of neatness,\\nscientific culture and productive.ss.\\nMr. Demerest Is a native of the Wolveiine State\\nand is Ihoroiigidy acipiainted with the condition\\nof its soil, its atmosphere, etc.. and thus h.as the\\nadvantage over many agriculturists who are\\nobliged to familiarize themselves with a new tract.\\nHe was born in Yi)silanti. Washtenaw County, this\\nState, the Kith of .Vugust. 184:5, and is a son of\\n.lohn and Aim K. Dey) Demerest, nativesof Rock-\\nland and .Seneca Counties, Y. .lohn Demeie.st\\ncame to Washtenaw County, Alich., in the year of\\nisll.aiid was here married. He came to Living-\\n^toll CouiilN in October, 1\u00c2\u00ab1!), and settleil in the\\nsame township where he has ince lived. Since\\nbeing here he has held the otHce of ommissioner.\\nOur subject s paternal grandparents wero .lohn\\nand Nancy( Phillips) Demerest, native- of RiK-kland\\nCounty. They came to Michigan In 1842,settling in\\nAlletraii Couut\\\\. where tliev Inid for two or three", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0857.jp2"}, "858": {"fulltext": "862\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nyears and then removed to this eoiinty. Our siili-\\njeel s sjiandt atlier who was a Democrat, was a sol-\\ndier ill tlie War of 1812. Naiiev Phillip s father\\nwas Gilbert Phillii)s. a native of New York, where\\nhe carried on his trade, which was that of a carpen-\\nter and joiner. He also was a Democrat as is the\\nfather of our subject.\\nThe immediate iirogenitors of our subject still\\noccupy the old homestead which their son and our\\nsubject conducts. The father is seventy-six years\\nof age and his wife sixty-six years old. They\\nhave only two children, he of wlumi we write, and\\nWilliam. The latter is a druggist in Webberville.\\nHe has a very pleasant home over which presides\\nhis wife, who was in her maiden days a Miss Alary\\nCruse, of Marion Township. ISoth husband and\\nwife are members of the Alethodist Episcopal\\nChurch, and William is a Democrat and an Odd\\nFellow.\\nOur subject was educated in Handy Township\\nand then toolv a commercial course at Albion, this\\nState. He learned the carjjenter s trade, which he\\nfollowed for some years. He has .always made his\\nhome with his paients and since 1879 has taken\\ncharge of the farm. The confidence that his fel-\\nlow townsmen repose in his judgment and .ability\\nis shown Ijy the fact that he has been elected to\\nfill several township offices, having held that of\\nTreasurer for two years.\\nMr. Ivintsford Demerest was united in marriage\\nin 1874 to Miss Matilda A. Saunders. She was a\\ndaughter of Frederick and Mary Love) Saunders,\\nnatives of England, who came to America in the\\nearly history of Michigan and settled in the town-\\nship of Clarion, this county, where they engaged\\nin farming. The -mother died in Shiawassee\\nCounty, to which iihice they had moved in the\\nspring of 187.5. Mr. Saunders is one of the repie-\\nsentative agricultural men of that county and h.as\\nbeen very successful in his business. Mrs. Demerest\\ndied November 6, 188.5. He contracted a second\\nmarriage. Miss Mary J. Saunders l ecoming his wife\\nApril 6, 1888. She is a sister of his first wife.\\nOur subject has a family of three children,\\nwhose names are Alta M., Bertha 15. and Laverue.J.\\nMr. Demerest now belongs to the Industrial party.\\nHe is also a member of tlie Farmer s Alliance and\\nof the (irange. In their church associations he\\nand his wife are connected with the Methodist\\nEpiscoiJal Church, of which body our subject is\\nSecretary of the Board of Trustees. He is a be-\\nliever in the temperance cause, as he is in all pro-\\ngressive movements, but that of temperance is\\nparticidarly vital to him and he would gladly do\\nall he could to see it advanced. Mr. Demerest is a\\nman who is looked up to with all deference and\\nregard b\\\\ his associates and fellow-townsmen.\\nOHX K. CLEMENTS. Not a few of the\\nfarmers of ^Marion Townshij), Livingston\\n^,^1 I County, had their nativity in this vei\\n^^df^ county, and among such we find some who\\nare of foreign parentage, but who have brought\\ninherited traits to bear in developing the newer\\ncivilization of our Western country. He of whom\\nwe write was born of English parentage in Marion\\nTownship in .Taniiary, 1849.\\nThomas Clements, the father of our suliject, was\\nborn in England in 1817, and although he had\\nvery .scant opportunities for an education devoted\\nhimself witli great industry and foresight to his\\nwork as a farmer. Finding, however, that there\\nwas but little opportunity for him to attain much\\nfinancial success in the old country, he determined\\nto come to America. After spending some time in\\nthe United States and Canada, Thomas Clements\\nreturned to England to bring hence the one whom\\nhe had chosen as his wife Martha Holmes. Upon\\nhis return to this country he came to Detroit, and\\nin 184.5 made his home in Marion Township, where\\nhe first bought eighty acres which he afterward\\ndisjxjsed of and bought one hundred in another\\nl)art of the township, and somewhat later added to\\nit by purchase of another hundred.\\nThe father of our subject resides now on section\\n17, Marion Township, and of his nine children our\\nsubject was the third in order of .age. In 1865 he\\nlost the wife of his youth and in 1867 he was again\\nunited in marriage. By this wife, whose maiden\\nname was Mary Ann Kobbins, he h.as one daughter.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0858.jp2"}, "859": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALHURI.\\n\u00c2\u00ab63\\nHis political views IhIiil;- liiiii in sympathy with the\\nDpiiiociatic- party. One of tlie most interesting\\nexperiences of his life is liis tri|) to (alifuriiia in\\nl.S. 2. when lie went overland ancl spent a vcar or\\ntwo in the mines, coniinij: home liy way of Panama.\\n.Vt one time while on his tri|) the party left the\\ntrail ancl look a short cut. dnriny which excursiou\\nthey were attacl e l liy Indians. Once when he was\\nuntyiuii his horse nii ariow from an Indian bow\\nstruck the tree over his head ami he only escaped\\nliy the speed of his horse, lie slopped at .Salt Lake\\nCity where he had the questionable distinction of\\nstncking grain for Hrigham Younij.\\nIn early youth our subject s .school advantaaes\\nwere limited hut he was not content with a narrow\\neducation. He therefore after reachinji; his majority\\nworked until he had earned 2IM( and then devoted\\nthat sum to his exjienses while at school in llowell.\\nHe then bought one hundied and lwent\\\\ acres of\\nland to which he has since added twenty more,\\nand in 1H7I he married Lydia Papworth. daughter\\nof Thomas Papworth, an Englishman, who had\\nseven chililren, his daughter Lydia being born in\\n185(1. To this wife were born three children, Ida\\nL., George tJ.aiul (ir.Mce. In 1887 Mr.*. Lydia Cle-\\nments was called to her eternal home.\\nThe lady who now presides with so much grace\\nand dignity- over the household of Mr. Clements\\nwas.at the time of her marriage with hiin.a widow,\\nhaving one child, Alice .1. .She was Mrs. KUen\\n(Twilley) Heach. daughter of .James Twilley, who\\ncame to Brighton from Kngland at an early day\\nand had family of live daughters. Mr.s. Clements\\nwas born in Lngl:ind in IS 18 and she has now two\\nbeautiful children, (iail II. and (ilendoii T. While\\nthe Protestant Methodist Church was being built\\nin West Marion Mr. Clements was one of the Trus-\\ntees who h;id charge of that responsible work and\\nhe is now .Steward in this church, where he and\\nhis wife are active and devout members.\\nThe declarations of the Democratic parly I ln-\\nbody the i)olitical views of Mr. Clements, and he\\nis .active in his advocacy of the claims of that party.\\nHe was the lirst Township Superintendent of\\n.Schools which .Marion T(\u00c2\u00bbwnship ever liad,:ind has\\nalso filled with cdiciency and satisfaction to his\\nconstituents the ollices of .liistice of the Peace and\\nSupervisor. He is now starting into the fruit bus-\\niness and has from four hundred to (ive hundred\\npeach trees, twenty pear trees and forty plum trees\\nupon his place. He has also planted one hundred\\ngiape villi s and one hundred dewk-riy liuslies.\\nHis registered (Jalloway cattle are valuable ad-\\njuncts of his farm and he has some of the best\\nshee)) for line wool in the township, but thev are\\nnot of the registered yrades.\\n-i^\\n5LE\\nON. .L\\\\COB KANOISK. Indonbtedly .,f\\nJ. (iernian descent, our subject lielongs to a\\n1^^ family who.se more recent repre.sentatives\\n^j have been closely as-sociated with the growth\\nand history of New .lei-sey. The representative of\\nthe i)resent generation, of whom we are writing,\\nresiding in Cohoctah Township, has been a Repre-\\nsentative of his district in the State Legislature.\\nNow one of the leading farmers and citizens\\nof this vicinity, he was liorii August 2. L lxi7. in\\nthe town of Rockaway, Morris County. N. .1., and\\nis a sou of Peter ;ind Sarah (Cook) Kanouse, and a\\ngrandson of Jacob Kanouse, who in turn was a son\\nof Jacob Kanouse, who came from (Jermany, He\\ncame here in Colonial days and was a re|ire.senta-\\ntive of the class of toilers whose native shrcwdne.ss\\nand wit was their only st ick in trade, for he was\\nsold to pay his pa.s.sage hither. His wife, who\\nacconnianied him. was also .sold to the same man to\\nwhom her husband was bound, and together they\\nserved for seven years, after which they married\\nand were succes-sfnl in accumulating a handsome\\nproperty, comprising over two hundred acres of\\nland. I he tirst wife, who w.as the companion of\\nhis days of poverty and privation, bore him four\\nchildren, all .sons; she died and he married again.\\nThe secomi wife presented him with three sons and\\none daughter. As was the cusloin at that time, on\\nthe lecea.se of the Hi-st wife she was interred on his\\nfarm. The frame house in which they lived when\\nbeginning life .still stjinds. and his descendants,\\nwho are very numerous, liiirl in it a fitting memo-\\nrial of the iiidustrv..sacrilice. prudence and economy\\nof their early progenitor.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0859.jp2"}, "860": {"fulltext": "864\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nOur subject s grandfather was born in Morris\\nCounty, N. J., and was reared a farmer. As the\\ndomestic altar was raised the household was en-\\nlarged to include four sons, whose names were\\nJoseph, Peter, Frederick and Conrad, all of whom\\nmarried, with the exception of Conrad, who died\\nill the War of \\\\H12. The father died in New .Jer-\\nsey. Ovu- subject s father, Peter Ivanouse, was a\\nnative of New .Jersey, and early learned the black-\\nsmith s trade. During the War of 1H12 hewentto\\nNew York City to help defend tlie city, and in\\n1836 be determined to strike out in a new line\\nfrom the rest of his famil\\\\- and came West, going\\nup tlie Hudson River and west by the Erie Canal to\\nBuffalo, where he took a boat for Detroit, and set-\\ntled in the town of Burns, in .Shiawassee County,\\nthis .State. He entered three hundred and twentj\\nacres of land on section 27. Of this he gave each\\nof his children eighty acres, reserving a life inter-\\nest in eighty acres for himself. Originally he was\\na Whig, but later became a RepuJilican. His\\ndecease took place on the farm which he had pur-\\nchased, August 24, 1871, at which time lie lacked\\nonly four months of being eighty years of age.\\nThe father of six children, only four grew to mat-\\nurity; these .are .T.acob, Edmund, Peter and Agnes.\\nThese all reared families. Adherents of the Pres-\\nbyterian Church, our subject s father and mother\\nwere the first representatives of that body in this\\nsectit)n and were instrumental in organizing a\\nchurch of that denomination here. At the time of\\ntheir advent here there was no store, mill or\\nchurch within forty miles. For twenty years after\\ncoming to this State the elder Mr. Kanouse worked\\nat his trade.\\nTlie mother of the original of our sketch was\\nl rn in 17i(3, in New .Jersey. She was a daughter\\nof Henry and Sarah (Rycrson) Cook, farmers of\\nNew .Jersey of Holland-Dutch origin. They had\\nfour sous and f mr daughters. )ur subject s mother\\ndied September 12, 1870. Mr. Kanouse received\\nonly a common-school education in his youth; he\\nis a man, however, to make the most of every\\nopportunity and has learned much J)y oJjservation.\\nAs soon as he was strong enough to swing the\\nhammer he liegan to learn the trade of a black-\\nsmith and when seventeen vears of age went to\\nNew York City, where he worked for one\\nyear, and at tlie end of that time came to\\nMichigan with his father and for forty years\\nwas engaged in working at his trade; at the\\nsame time he was the jnoprietor of farming\\ninterests. His trade, which was chiefly the ironing\\nof breaking plows, left him time tt) attend suc-\\ncessfully to his other business. On coming to the\\nState he entered land, which was afterward pat-\\nented by his father, and cleared twenty acres of\\nthe eighty, which was his portion of the estate.\\nIn 1844 he of whom we write sold his tract and\\nbought two hundred .and ninet3 acres where he\\nnow resides on section 5, Cohoctah Township, Liv-\\ningston County, paying ^3 jier acre for his pur-\\nchase. He madi a payment liy trade in flour at ^t\\nper barrel, drawing it to Detroit and Pontiac. and\\ndid not free his place from debt for five years,\\nalthough he w.as quite successful in crops. He\\nplanted forty acres to wheat the first year and it\\nyielded him a return of five hundred bushels. For\\na time he was very closely pressed for the necessi-\\nties of life, but since that time he has never wanted\\nfor anything. For twenty- years his lirother Peter\\nwas ill business with him. They kept no account\\nwhatever of the possessions of either, but at the end\\nof that time divided the farm and each took half\\nof everything. Our subject now owns one hun-\\ndred and five acres, having given ten acres to his\\nson and sold him twenty .acres, besides fifteen acres\\ndisposed of to anothei-.\\nMr. Kanouse and hi lnothcr made all the\\nim}jrovements that the estate lioasts. Oui subject\\nserved for six or eight years .as Supervisor of the\\ntownship, his first election taking place in 1851.\\nHe was also Justice of the I eace for twelve years\\nand was elected to the .State Legislature in 1860,\\nand although the popular majority was against him,\\nhe received the election by a majority of seventeen,\\nand while thus engaged served on the State Affairs\\nCommittee. In the fall of 1^*72 he was elected\\nProliate Judge, and as a Republican has been active\\nand influential in politics, .and is proud of having\\nbeen one of the original Abolitionists.\\nThe marri.age of Mr. Kanouse took place Decem-\\nbei- 17, 1840, at which time he was made one with\\nMiss Mabel Drake, who is a native of Alleghany", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0860.jp2"}, "861": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOfiRAl IllCAI. ALBC.Af.\\nm:\\ni)Uiity. N. v.. Mild ;i (liuiirlitci- (if iirU on :m(l Maria\\n(I opc) Drake, who canuMo .\\\\(lriaii. Mich., in tiie\\nfall of ix:5.i, tiicuce removiii in l^i. W, to lUirns\\ni\\\\vnshi|i, where lie entered and cleared a farm.\\nOur Miliject ami hi wife ;irc 1 he parents of four\\nchihlren Lullier C, .Mai\\\\ .V.. Kinma .1. and Nettie\\n.1. Tlie elde.st son was a lieutenant in Ihc late\\nWAV. lielonginsi to tiie Sixlli .Miehiican C avalrv.\\nMary A. is the wife of Williaiii IJandnll: Kmnia is\\nthi wife of Georsre E. Foster, lii ll-i(ll oursulijeet\\nwas app \u00c2\u00bbintod by (Jov. Blair to go South and take\\nthe voU* of the soldiers of the First. Fifth, .Sixth\\nand Seventh Mieliiffan Cavalry. Mi-, and Ml-s.\\nKanouse have lieen active members of the regular\\nBaptist C hureh for fifty years and our subjeet lia.s\\nserved .as Deacon and Clerk for many veai Both\\nare nu iiibers of the first cliiirch or^iinizcil here.\\nZy 8- i\\n,l| ^i FN WINFIELD .s. Sl.V is the founder and\\ngeneral manager of the Rocky Beach Be-\\nnevolent .\\\\ssoeiation. which was organized\\nfor the purpose of rescuing and placing\\norphans and indigent children in good private\\nhomes. Its central ollice is at Lansing, where all\\ngifts and correspondence should be addressed to the\\ngeneral ninnager. It was iiicoi porated under the\\nlaws of the State in IXHX with our subject as\\nPresident and General Man. iger, T. Slenon. M. I)..\\nof .I.acksoii. Micii.. as Hist vice-president. W. S.\\nMoore, of .lackson, second vice-president. .1. N.\\niraliam. of this city as secretary and K. B. Car-\\nrier, treasurer. The institution is supported by\\nfree-will offerings. Tiie children are niainlaiiied in\\nreceiving himies in Lansing or remain in the insti-\\ntution at Rocky Beach until pcnii.-iiiciit homes can\\nbe secured for them.\\nThis institution has been greatly prospered,\\nbesides having found jilaces for many little oih\\nwho might otherwise have been miserably left to\\ngrow up to lives of ignorance ami crime. Building\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ire being erected on handsome grounds belonging\\nto the association on the south shore of the Little\\nTraverse Bay. Here children fourteen years old\\nor under, are taken under the care of competent\\nmatrons and |)receptoi ap|)ointed liy the a\u00c2\u00bbs K i-\\nation until of age or .-idoption Ity private families,\\nand that the milk of human kindiies.s is richer than\\noften it is credited with being, is shown by the\\nfact that the people of this and other stjile.s have\\nsent in a]iplieatious often amounting in niiMilier\\nto more than there are children in the iiistitiilion.\\noffering to give these homeless waifs comfortable\\nhomes and piotectioii. with such educaliimal ad-\\nvantages as they are obliged to guarantee the a.vio-\\neiation before it will give them into their charge.\\nThe association is exceptiomdly well organi/eil\\nand is reaching out a beneticient arm to all jiarls\\nof the country. They aim to have a local Super-\\nintendent and .Vdvisory Board in every rural\\n.-chool district, and in every ward of large cities,\\nand in each ttiwn and village to receive or collect\\nsupplies or money and to ascertain what homes or\\nfamilies desire to adopt i-hildreii. They also find\\nand report to Mr. Sly, the general manager, such\\nchildren as are in need of himies. The institution\\nis distinctively religious but not sectarian. It has\\nluid the highest degree of encoiirngemei t in re-\\nceiving ofTers of homes from a moral and high\\ncl.ass of jieople. Especial attentitui is given to the\\nclass of applicant.- and homes in which the wards\\nof the institution are pl.aced.\\nThe scope of the work which the IJev. .Mi-, slv\\nhas organized is not confined to the .State, but is\\nnational in that it has offerings and applications\\nfor children from almost every state and territory\\nin the I liion. besido from Canadii and Mexico.\\nThe Orjiliinis Voin- the organ of tlu asxiciation\\nIS a folio imblished monthly in the interest of the\\ninstitution :iiid has jit present a circulation of\\nId.dOP copies. This is edited by our subject.\\nRev. AVintield S. ,S|y was I\u00c2\u00abjrn in Lockport. Ml..\\n.XuiTU-l 21. l. lHand is a son of .Seneca Sly. Ho\\nreceived his education at the Northwestern I lii-\\nvcr-iity at Evanston, lll.s. and al.-^o studied at the\\nGarrett Biblical Institute, and wai: ordained to the\\nministry in IM(!!l. his first charge iH ing in Kin-\\nniuiidy. of that State, thereafter serving as jiastor\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2it Shipmaii .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iiid Allon. UK., and at IVloPkw\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lackson and Lansing. Mich. His time is now\\nexclusively occupied in Evangelistic work and in\\nconnection with the orphans mission.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0861.jp2"}, "862": {"fulltext": "866\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nWhen a lad df fifteen years of age, our subject s\\nbkiod was stirred li\\\\- the accounts of tlie heroism\\nof our nation s preservers, and he enlisted in\\nCompany II, of the One Hundred and Thirty-\\nsecond Illinois Infantry and was sent to the de-\\npartment of the Cuml)erland. He was engaged the\\nmost of his time on garrison duty in Kentucky,\\nand remained in the army until the expiration\\nof his term of service near the close of the\\nwar. Our subject married Miss Maggie W. Wool-\\nwortli. who as an oi-phan child, was adopted from\\nthe American Female (iuardian Society of New\\nYork City, liy Mr. and Mrs. Paris Woolworth, of\\nPlainfleld, Ills., and liy tliem reared as theii- own\\nchild until she was married. From her Mr. Sly\\nreceived hi.s first stimulus to his work and she is\\nnow an alile assistant in the good that is being\\ndone liy the association. They have one daughter\\nwho is twelve years of age. Her name is Fannie\\n\\\\V. and their tender love for her makes them\\nmore appreciative of the position and the dangers\\nthat surround a young person who is without\\njiarents and left to the mercies of tlie world.\\nHAKLKS .IKWETT. dealer in hardware,\\nstoves, ranges, steam-Httings. etc. m Howell,\\nLivingston County, was born liere in 1847,\\nand resides in his birtli-i)lace. He is the son of\\nthe Hon. (ieorge W. and Annis P. (Meleudy)\\nJewett. natives of Durham, Conn, and of New\\nHampshire respectively. Tlie father s younger\\ndays were spent in tlie mercantile business and at\\nthe age of twenty-one lie removed to Moravia, N.\\nv.. where for several \\\\ears he engaged in the mer-\\ncantile trade and was married. Shortly after tliis\\nevent he left New York in the fall of 1836 and\\ncame to iNIichigan, where he located four hundred\\nacres of land in L-ivingston County, one hundred\\n.acres of it lying within the city limit of Howell.\\n(reorge .Jewett returned East and brought on his\\nbride to this new and wild lumie. He built the\\nfirst frame residence in the city and lived in it for\\nthree years after which he Iniilt the magnificent\\nhome which still remains on his farm half a mile\\nfrom the court-house. He died in 1851 and his\\nwife, in 1877. He filled various important offices,\\nbeing the first County Clerk and l)eing twice a\\nmember of the Legislature. He did much business\\nfor others and w.as a very active and iironiinent\\nliusiness man tlioroughout his life. He and his\\nwife were charter members of the Presbyterian\\nChurch whicli he helped to organize and build.\\nThe children of tlie Hon. George W. and Annis\\n.lewett aie William B.. .Teanette, Sarah F., Mary.\\nLizzie, Ellen, and our subject. Their mother was\\none of the most practical and capable women in\\n^Michigan and after her liusband s death attended\\nto the business of his large estate, and in her busi-\\nness management .she was complimented by men\\nof affairs. Besides these active qualities she had\\nunusu. il literai v attainments and refinement and\\nalso took a leading part in chuich matters, doing\\nmuch esiiecially to support the musical jiart of the\\nchurch service.\\nAfter working upon the old homestead until he\\nwas twenty-two, Sir. .lewett embarked in the liiisi-\\nuess wITu-li now engages him. He built the.U well\\nBlock ill 1872 and is one of tlie organizers and direct-\\nors and President of the Electric Liglit Company\\nof Howell and has been in the City Council three\\ntimes. Thirty acres of the old farm have been\\nplatted and sold as the Jewett Addition and he\\nstill retains fifteen acres about the old home. He\\nwas married in 1883 to Miss Eva A., a daughter of\\nEdward .1. and Cornelia A. (Howland) ]Mills, and\\nshe has two children, Annis C. and Charles (i.\\nThey are both members of the Presbyterian Church\\nand Mrs. Jewett is a woman of fine literary attain-\\nments and musical ability.\\nThe family to which the Hon. George AY. Jewett\\nbelonged has been consideralily noted in business\\nand mnnufacturing circles. His brother, Samuel\\nP., was prominently identified with the liusiness\\ninterests of Ann Arb(jr and for twenty years was\\nthe Chicago Agent for the manufacturing firm of\\nJewett it Root of Piiiffalo, N, Y. Another brother,\\nJohn C, of Buffalo, has the largest factory in the\\nworld for the making of refrigerators and bird-\\ncages, while Sherman S. has also been in the manu-\\nfacturing business for fifty-five years at liuft alo.\\nand Guernsey is a capitalist at Moravia, N. Y. Dr.", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0862.jp2"}, "863": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND HIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nM6;\\n(liailes, of Moravia, now deceased, had one of the\\ninof-t I)eMutifiil places in that section and .lames II.,\\nof HiitTalo. a nianiifactiirer of hoots and shoes, is\\nalso MM I nli rpiisini; and sucre-sful hnsini ss man.\\nAV!:i!M\\n^\\\\m^^:\\nI).\\nliHOKAW. The |ii(iniiu(Ut\\nand wcll-kno^vn Carmci ulm-c ii:iiiic w r\\nnow give has his (ine farm locatiMl u|iiiii\\nsection 27. Putnam Townsliip, Livintrston Countv.\\nonc-iialf niik south fiom ihc villasrc of l inclvne\\\\-.\\nHe has ijfood reason to feci proud of his parentatre.\\nas liis fatlier, Isaac P rol aw. was a man of unusual\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iliihty who. in company witli .lohn C. llirdsal!\\norisiinated wliat is now ivnown as the liirdsall\\n(lover lluller. He was a mechanical genius and\\nwas always tlirouiihout lite interested in machinery.\\nTile machine was tirst known as the ISirdsall .V-\\nlirokaw t lovei- IluUer, but Mr. Brokaw in the\\ncourse of time sold out his interest winch is now\\nheld hy Mr. IJirdsall of South P.end, Ind.\\nIsaac lirokaw was throui; h most of his life a\\nfarmer and was Ihuii in Seneca County. N. II\\ntook to wife Laviua Cate, who was also a native nf\\nthe Knipiie Slate and who came with him to Mich-\\nil^an in 1K7(I. and settled on the f;irm wlicre our\\nsidiject now lives. She still survives, hut was be-\\nreaved of iier husband in a most terrililc di-saster,\\nas he W!is killed by the ears at Dextei Washtenaw\\nt ovinty, in ISK. when he wa^ sixty-two years old.\\nHer three children are all livinir. namely: our\\nsubject, Sarbra K. and Helen\\nHe of whom we write is a native of the K\\\\u-\\npire State and was born .Vugust 12, IHI!). Tlic\\ncommon schools of his native home supplied his\\neducation and he spent one ye;ii in .Micliiaan some\\ntwenty-seven 3ears ago, during which tinu he at-\\ntended the district school here. He then went to\\nthe oil regions of Pennsylvani.a and remained there\\nsome six years.\\nThe young man now decided to go West and in\\n1K7 1 sought the great city of Chicago whei-e he\\nwas engaged in boring artesian wells. Still follow-\\ning the star of empire he went to Ft. IJusseli,\\nWyoming Ty., where he pursued the same line of\\nwork so successfully as to build up quit*- n reputa-\\ntnm. After a year anrl a lialf he went into tiie\\ngold mines near Ft. Russell and also in the region\\nof tiie lilaik Hills. Dak., and spent live yeai-s there.\\nDuring one year he made three trijts from Cliev-\\nenne to Deadwood. That was the year of tlie( iis-\\nlei- m.assacre and as mattei-s were very nnicii\\nunsettled at that lime he had fre(|uent linishes with\\nliu Indians, but he says that during his expcri-\\n1 Mce in the oil region he met a much rougher .set of\\nmen than he did in the Hlack Hills and Wvoining.\\n.Vs he was not making his fortune in the mines he\\ndecided to leave that part of the country and in\\n1H7!\u00c2\u00bb he came tf) Michigan and settled upon tin-\\nfarm where he now reside and which has been his\\nhome from that ilay t i this.\\nMr, Hrokaw now found a ettled life so much\\nmore ccmducive to his ha|)piness than the roving\\nexperiences of the past few years that he decided\\nto make his home still more permanent by taking\\nto himself a wife, and he was married in IHMl to\\nClara Louise, daughter of (4eorge ami .\\\\Iaitlia\\n(.Vllison) Reeves, who were old settlers in this\\ntownship and who are now liotii dece.-u^ed. .Mr.\\nItrokaw is a nati\\\\-e of this township. One child\\nonly has been granted to this interesting eoupK\\nKilsey H.. who w.as born .July 12. IWHli.\\nMrs. lirokaw is a l.ady of unusual intelligence\\nand culture for aflei .availing heisclf thoroughly of\\nthe atlvantages offered in the district school she\\nhad taken a cour.-e of study at the seminary in\\n.Moniite, Mich., and thus littetl herself fortlie posi-\\ntion of a te:iclier. which she tilled previous to her\\nmarri;ige. Mi I ri kawi :i member of the Knight^\\nnf the .Maccabees at Pinckney and in that organi-\\nzation he is Commander.\\n()ursubjeit has ever been interested in political\\nthemes and i.-- well-read upon all mattei s of public\\ninterest, keeping himself fully abreast with the\\nticiid of the tinio. He atliliates with the Repulili-\\ncMii part\\\\ and works earnestly for its siicei-s.-. He\\nwas a candidate for Sheriff on the regiil.ir ticket\\nbut was defeated. His popularity in the township\\nis attested by the fact that he is now serving his\\nfifth term on the Itoanl of Sui ervisoi and he has\\nfreipiently been a delegate to important politii-nl\\nconventions. He is a strictly temperate man in", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0863.jp2"}, "864": {"fulltext": "868\\nPORTRAIT AND BJOGRArHICAL ALBUM.\\n]irineiiik and ])ractice and an ardent supporter of\\nevery movement looking toward morality and the\\nimprovement of the Commonwealth.\\nMr. Brokaw devotes himself mostly to yeneral\\nfarming, carrying on tlie work on a beautiful tract\\nof eighty acres. He is one of the finst to introduce\\nthe Jersey cattle into this township and has been\\nunusually successful in handling them. He also is\\nii n an cially interested in the business of threshing\\nand lias been ever since coming to this township.\\nHis general intelligence, his broad experience and\\ncomprehensive knowledge of men and the world\\nhave fitted him to take prominent places in public\\nlife and he is often callcMl u|)(in to act for liis fel-\\nlow-townsmen in the transaction of public busi-\\nness.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00945-\\nm\\nESTEK S. IirnSOX. of Lansing, Ingham\\nCounty, proprietor Tlie Senate was born\\n^v at Huron, Erie Countv. Ohio, .hilv 12. 1848.\\nEor a sketch of his parents the reader will consult\\ntlie biographies of H. and A. Hudson. He was\\nreared in Ilurcin and JliLan, Ohio, until he reached\\nthe age of eleven years and then came to Lansing,\\nwliere he continued his educati ni and helped his\\nfather until he had passed the age of nineteen, since\\nwhich time lie has been engaged in running a sample\\nidom. He liuilt the Senate Block, and laterrebuilt\\n.and remodeled the Hudson Block, a large three-\\nstory building Bfi feet front liy 8(1 feet deep, and is\\nhalf-owner in the building at tlie comer of Wash-\\nington Avenue and Washtenaw Street.\\nMr. Hudson is engaged to some extent in the\\nreal-estate business and lias also devoted much\\ntime and attention to breeding blooded pugs and\\nbeagles, and has imported more pugs than any\\nother man in the Stale. Some of his dogs have sold\\nat a very high figure and one brought ^787.50.\\nHe has the finest dog kennel in Michigan.\\nThe subject of this sketch was united in marriage\\nin London. Canada, with Miss Lillie Higliy. a native\\nof that city and they have one adoiited child who\\nis now ten years of age. Mr. Hudson is a member\\nof the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and be-\\nlongs to the encampment at Lansing. He is also a\\nmember of the fraternity of Elks and of the\\nAncient Order of L nited Workmen, and is a Dem-\\nocrat in his political views. His wife is a devout\\nmembe]- of St. Paul s Ejiiscopal Church.\\n||(_^ OX. (;E()K0E W. BRISTOL was born in\\nChautau(|ua County, N. Y., May 25, 1843.\\nand is the son of Hurain and Xancy ((Trillin\\nliristol, who were pioneers of Ingham\\nCounty, having settled two miles west of Mason in\\nthe fall of 1843, where the father cleared the first\\nfive acres of his farm, W(n-king nights after having\\nworked at his trade, blacksmithing, at Mason dur-\\ning tlie day. In 1867 lluram Bristol removed to\\nMason and engaged with 1). .1. Darrow in the mer-\\ncantile business. He was for many years .Justice of\\nthe Peace and was a man of strict integrity, widely\\nknown and universally respected. In 1859 he,\\nwith si.x others formed the First I resbyterian\\nChurch of Mason, and served as an Elder until his\\ni-emoval from the city. He died December 30,\\n1882.\\n(ieorge W.. the suliject of this sketch, received a\\ngood common-school education, afterward attend-\\ning for a time the Lansing .Academy. He engaged\\nin fainiing with his father until the year 1868, when\\nhe came to Mason where he has ever since resided,\\nand entered into the employ of Bristol A Darrow\\nin the dry-goods business. In 1 K7o he began the\\nstudy of law under .Judge Chatterton. and in 1873\\nwas admitted to the bar. His principal pr.actice\\nhas been in the probate court.\\n^Ir. Bristol has held many responsible positions\\nand his intelligent a lministration while lK)lding\\nthese positions, together with his honesty and in-\\ntegrity of purpose, have given him that standing\\namong men that he so richly deserves. He has\\nbeen City .Vttoiney. Su|)ervisor of his ward, and\\nalso member of the School Board for several years.\\nHe li.as held the office of Circuit Court Commissioner\\nof Ingham County for two terms, being first elected\\nin 1874, and at one of these terms he was one of\\nthe only two who were elected on the Democratic\\nticket. He was Secretarv of the Ingham Countv", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0864.jp2"}, "865": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAI, Al.lil M.\\nMBit\\nAgriciiltiiial Scx-iety for twelve of llie inosl siu--\\nci ssfiil year.-i of its earoer. He has liceii (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2onnccterl\\nwith the proliate ottice for a niinilier of years, and\\nIII IM\u00c2\u00ab7 was appointed Proliate Reg:i.strar, which\\nposition lie held until .Time. I HIM. when upon the\\niesiaiiali Mi of .liidije i}. Sinitii he was ap| ointed\\ni rohale .liidire of Inuliani County. liyCJov. Win-\\naiis, whieli olliee he now holds. His iarije experi-\\nenee in proliate ])raetiee. and familiarity with the\\ndetails of the ollire make him pre-eniiiieiilly lltted\\nfoi this position.\\nKarly training;- left its impress u|ioii .Mr. IJristol\\nand he has for many years been a nienilier and also\\none of the Trustees of the Presliyteii.aii (liureli.\\nHe has lieen a nieniher of the .Masonic fraternity\\never since lie w.a.s twenty-one \\\\eais of .age and al.so\\nlielonifis to the order of the Kniirhts of Pvthias.\\n.May l(j. 1866. he was married to Mi.ssllatlie W.\\nStanton, daughter of Daniel II. Stanton, an early\\npioneer of Iiiirliani County, havinc; located a farm\\npurchased from the (ioverninent in the township of\\nDelhi in 1H41. They have two dansjhter.s; Ilattie\\nE.. the elder, is the wife of Rev. Fr.ank (i. Kllett.\\nPastor of the Presbyterian Cliuich at Concord.\\n.Mich. Xiii.i K. is a student in the Literary De-\\npartment of tiie .Michigan UniversitN\\nPolitically Mr. Hristol has always lieen ^.^lallcll\\nand consistent Democrat, casting his first vote for\\n(Jen. \\\\IcClelIan in 1H(M.\\ni-^+^e\\n~S)\\nr OII.X IIART.MAN. The lieaiitiful home of\\nthis gentleman is one of the jileasant sights\\nwhich is seen the tra\\\\ eleralongtlic high-\\nways of (ienoa Township. I.iving.stan\\nCounty. It is a large brick h()ii e which wa.s\\nerected in l. ^Tl at a cu.-t of omc i.(l(MI. and near\\nit are the excellent barns which siielter the stuck\\nand crojis of Mr. Ilartman. This sturdy (lermaii\\nfarmer has made a decided success of agricultiii e\\nill his adopted country and h;is become thoroughly\\nAmericanized.\\nOursulijccl was born In llesslaii (Jerniany. No-\\nvember 1H2S. and hl f:i1li( r. .loliii Ihirlman. .Sr.,\\nhad hi.- iijitivity ill ITmii. He .served iiithe(;er-\\nman .\\\\riiiy foi- ten years but never saw active ser-\\nvice other than throwing ii|i fortilicatioiis in Po-\\nland during the Naiwleonic wars, lie came to\\n.Vnierica in lM2!t. landing on the IKtli of Novem-\\nber. :ini1 :it once made his home in .Moiitgoinerv\\nCounty. where he lived for seven yeai-s and\\nthen came to .Michigan., reaching Detroit in .May\\nl\u00c2\u00ab.S(i. During the ensuing Feliruary lie came to\\nLivingston County .and settled on this section\\nwhere he bought eighty acres of land from the\\n(;overnmeiit. receiving a deed which was* signed\\nby Martin an IJuren. He built a log house in the\\nmiddle of the eighty acres near to what was known\\na-s a cat-hole so that he might easily procure\\nwater. To this door the friendly Indians came\\nand .solicited food. Deer were then abumlant and\\nveni.son was plentiful, .\\\\fter clearing up this farm\\nhe m.ade it his home until death intervened at the\\nage of .seventy-five years.\\nThe mother of our subject, whose maiden name\\nwas Maria K ulir. was also horn in llosian (Ger-\\nmany, and her children had their nativity in the\\nfatherland with the exception of one. The mother\\ndied at the age of lifty-four and four of her .seven\\nchildren survived her. 15otli she and her husband\\nwere identitied with the (Jerinan Lutheran Church.\\nThe home in (Jermany and the nine weeks on the\\nbriny deep are I einembered only dimly by \u00c2\u00bbur\\nsubject. He attended to his education in the log\\nschoolhouses of Livingston County during the\\nwinters and helped about the farm work in the\\nsummer. He drove a breaking team of from four\\nto seven oxen over many an acre of lainl. and\\nafter he began to work for wages received from T\\nto \u00c2\u00a51(1 a month.\\n.\\\\t the age of twenty-four the y iung man un-\\ndertook independent work and bought eighty\\n.acres of land, twenty of which were prepared for\\nculti\\\\ation. and aside from that beginning he has\\nplaced upon this farm every improvement which\\nwill be found here. Ten yeai later he added an\\neipial acreage Ui the lii-st pureha.-e and has placed\\nit all in good condition for crops. He was mar-\\nried in ISI7 to .Maria Westplial. who w.a.- born in\\nIH3(I. in Pru.ssia. (lermany. She has reared nine\\nchihlrcn. nainelv: Hannah Mi-s. Stanlick). IIenr", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0865.jp2"}, "866": {"fulltext": "870\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.\\nPeter, Sophia (Mrs. Tresc-ott). Charlie. Maria, Fred-\\neriok. Alma {Mrs. C ollit), and Kniily (^[rs.\\nPhillil)s).\\nBeginiiiii with eiii|il\\\\ hands Imt a sturdy in-\\ntegritv and biave (U teriniuatioii to succeed vuv\\nsubject has now acquired one hundred acres of\\nl eautiful land in a high state of cultivation, hav-\\ning sold fiftv acres to his son-in-law, Edward Tres-\\ncott. His success is worthy of record as it is the\\nresult of liis own endeavors, lie and his wife are\\none in religious faith and lioth are members of the\\n(ierniau Lutheran Church. The Repul)lican part\\\\-\\nreceives the endorsement of Mr. Ilartman wlio has\\nserved as Township Treasurer for one term.\\n^AVID I). BIRD. worthy representative\\nof the agricultural fraternity, Mr. Bird\\nhas retired from active business life and is\\nnow enjoying a well-earned respite from severe\\nlal)or, having a pleasant residence in Williams-\\nville, Unadilla Township, Livingston County. He\\nis a son of Furnian Bird, a native of Warren\\nCounty, X. .I.,anda farmer. His grandfather was\\nI klward Bird, who was of English descent and a\\nman of some note in his day, being a member of\\nthe Legislature and .Justice of the Peace. He was\\na farmer by occupation residing in Warren County,\\nand with his wife, wliose maiden name was Susanna\\nP^urman,lived to a good old age. His mother was\\nMary Ann (Uavis) Bird, also a native of Xew\\nJersey. Her father, David Davis, was a soldier in\\nthe Revolutionary War. Mr. and Mrs. Bird, Sr..\\nwere married m tlieii nativi State and there re-\\nsided until they came lo the Wolverine State in\\n1833, first settling at Ann .\\\\rbor on a farm. There\\nwas but a small settlement there at that time, a log\\nhouse serving as a tavern. The farm compiised\\neighty acres of land, and was about one mile from\\nthe village.\\nThe energies of our subject s father bent to the\\nimprovement of his place, and before his decease he\\nerected a good frame dwelling house and fine\\nbarns. Both parents have passed aw. iy from the scene\\nof their most active labor. Of ten children born\\nto liis i)arents our subject is the only one mnv liv-\\nini;-. His early training in a religious way was in\\nI he I lesbyterian Church. Our subject s father was\\na Deacon in that body before coming to ^[ichigan.\\nliis decease took place in 1839, at the age of sixty-\\nlive years. His wife died in 1856 at the age of\\nseventy-two years. I olitically the father was a\\n.lacksonian Democrat. Mrs. Bird was an unassum-\\ning Christian woman whose real worth was known\\nonly to her intimate friends, so quietly did she\\nperform her many deeds of kindness. The poor\\nand needy found in her a helper, and she was a\\nwarm friend of missions ever willing to deny\\nherself for others, as the following incident will\\nshow. Her means were very limited; there fell to\\nher at one time the small amount of $300. In-\\nstead of using it for her own comfort she gave\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^200 to the cause of missions and loaned the re-\\nmainder to a feeble church to build a house of\\nworship, reserving nothing for herself. Mrs. Bird\\nwas the only daughter of David Davis. She had\\ntwo brothers, Samuel and Chambers, who were far-\\nmers by occupation and resided in Warren County.\\nN. .1.\\nThe brothers and sisters of our subject were as\\nfollows: Betsey. Sloan, Samuel, Elijah, ^lary, Ed-\\nward, John, Jo.seph and Susannah, all except the\\nlatter marrying and settling in Southern Michigan.\\nJo.seph, the youngest, came to his death in the gold\\nmines of California; he left a wife and one child.\\nJohn lived and died on the old homestead, where\\nhis wife and family still reside.\\nThe original of our sketch first saw the light of\\nday [March 4. 1813, in Warren County, N. J. On\\ncoming to Jlichigan he was twenty years of age,\\nand had received his education in the East, having\\nhad the advantages offered in a district school.\\nHe was reared on a farm and was early familiarized\\nwith agricultural duties. He remained at home\\nwith his father until coming to Livingston County,\\ngiving him his services until he reached his major-\\nity and working for wages after that time.\\niVIr. Bird came to this county and located on a\\nfarm of one hundred and .seventy-two acres in\\nUndilla Township, on section 30. The land is what\\nis known as oak openings, and it was patented to", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0866.jp2"}, "867": {"fulltext": "I OH I KAIT AND WOGRAPHICAL ALBl M.\\nhim iliivctly frtim the ({ovcrmm iil. rherc witohI\\nthe time more Indians than while nun. neiirhhors of\\nthe hitter sort hcinji very few. He w.i. oMiired to\\nl)orro\\\\v money to pay for pait uf his land and\\nbought twf) yoke of oxen on eredit. r uildin r a\\nio j house he began the work of clearing, wliicli\\nwent on lowh- as lie had no hel|) and had ii\u00c2\u00ab--\\njiend upon himself entirely.\\nOur subject s marriage took place Mar -li lf :i .i.\\nat which time he was united in marriage In Mis\\nAgnes I iper, a daughter if \\\\Villi;iin ;ind .\\\\gnes\\nPi|)er. natives of Scotland and early settlers in\\nInadilla Townshij). Mrs. ilird was born .Septi iii-\\nlier 1-2, 1816 in Scotland. She died December 1.\\n18\u00c2\u00ab(i. This worthy couple have been tiie parents\\nof six children, thiee of wlmni are now liviiii;.\\nThey are William F., Mary K. and .Vlmira H.\\nWilliam wa.s liorn August 21. IHKI; his lirst wife\\nwas Elgiva Barton, a natixe of .Maine: at her\\ndeath she left four children, the eldest of whom, a\\nnoble boy nineteen years of age, was drowned\\nwhile hatliing in the lake at Williamsvillc. The\\nmaiden name of his second wife was Klia Lake.\\nHe lives near Ann Arbor and has five children,\\nthree of whom are by his former marriage. Mary\\nE., was born ^farcli 21!. Ifi4. she is now the wife\\nof F. K. Ives and li\\\\es in this township; she is the\\nmother of two children. .Mmira liorn .lan-\\nuary 1M4K. is the wife of .V. 15. Dunning and\\nlives in Stnrgis. Jlr. Dunning is a prnininenl law-\\nyer in that city. He and lii wife are the parents\\nof twfi children.\\nThe f)riginal of our sketcli has lieen constantly\\nimproving his farm and has added to it. .Vt one\\ntime he had three hundreil and sevent\\\\-two acres\\nand had cleared off two inindred ami fifty, which\\nwere in a good state of cullivalion. This he sold\\nand retired from agricultural wor U. lie is .-i uieni-\\nber of the jfaptist Cliurch and ha.- been a de.icon in\\nthe same for over lifty years. He wa.- one of the\\noriginal builders of the Fir.si HaptLst Chnreli of this\\ntownship and has been an active nieniljer .\u00c2\u00abiiiee.\\nIn former years our subject took a lively interest\\nin Sunday-school work and for s jme time wa.s\\nSuperintendent of the same. In the alisence of a\\npastor he larried on the meetings for two years.\\nDeeply a|)i)reciative of the benellts of a good\\neducation, he gave his children the best advantages\\nthat lime and circumstances would allow. .Some of\\nthem are graduates of the college at Ypsilauti. Of\\nhis deceased children .Vgnes D. became the wife of\\nllalsted Oregory and was the mother of one child:\\nshe died April 1\u00c2\u00ab7I: Chamliers D. died .lanuarv\\nI. IHHI: he mairied Diana Daiiten and was the\\nfather of one child: .Instin who was the liu-\\nbaiid of .\\\\niia .Striker and the father of one child,\\ndied July 7. 1\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab2. Our subject has been Asse.ssor\\nof his township. In early days he was a Demo-\\ncrat, but on the agitation of the Slavery (piesfion\\nlie liee;iine a Kepublicaii and from this partv has\\ntransfeiied his allegiance to the Prohibitionists,\\nhaving always been an ardent advocate of temper-\\nance principles.\\nMr. Bird deserves the greatest credit for his |if,.\\nwork. He started out empty-handed and carried\\non his farm forty-seven years, making it a siicee.ss\\npecuniarily. He has lived to see his children all\\nassociated with the P)a|)tisl thnrch and honoralile\\nand honored men and women. In early days the\\nmain supporter of the church, he has always been\\na faithful and enthusiastic helper inCJospel work.\\nlie ui ll i-cmembers. in an early day, when the\\nthe nearest market was at Detroit or Ann Arbor,\\nand the products of his farm had to lie conveyed\\nllilther by ox-team oi- horse and wagon.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0867.jp2"}, "868": {"fulltext": "BI0GI^fI^l7l(gfIU\\nAbbott, George A 741\\nAbels, W. S 811\\nAdams, George L KVi\\nAtlanis, John 23\\nAdams, John Q 39\\nAlger, Russell A 173\\nAllchin, Edmunrl 67\\nAllen, Rev. Alfred 48.1\\nAlsdorf, Cyrus 403\\nAndrews, E. S 6.54\\nAndrews, George W 720\\nAppieton II. B 740\\nArmstrong, John 723\\nArmstrong, L. L (i87\\nArthur, L he.stcr A 99\\nAtwood. Hon. M. Jl 371\\nAustin, A. S., M. D S4fl\\nBaetcke. G.J ..iS8\\nBagley John J i7\\nBailey J. W 277\\nBaker, H. B., M. D 203\\nBaker, H. W 72H\\nBaldwin, Henry P IDS\\nBall, Hon. William 462\\nBallard, L. A. M. D 677\\nBangs, Orange 85i\\nBarker, J. \\\\V 319\\nBarker, Prof. Robert 2,o0\\nBarnes, George 810\\nBarnes, G, V 721\\nBarnes, O. F 820\\nBarnhonse, Mrs. E fi99\\nBaiTinger, Daniel 294\\nBarry. John H 113\\nBartholomew, H, D 280\\nBates, E. S 381\\nBaumgras, J. G 300\\nBeach, Henry N 091\\nBeale, Rev. V. H 377\\nBean James 529\\nBeardsley C. W 208\\nBegole, Josiah \\\\V 169\\nBenjamin George D 301\\nBennett, F. C 215\\nBeurmann, C. E 612\\nBigelow, H. M. 812\\nBingham. Kinsley S 137\\nBird, David D 870\\nBird, Mi.ss J. A 769\\nBlair, Austin 145\\nBleekman, William 858\\nBoardman, John W 089\\nBogan James 194\\nBotsford, Aaron 2.35\\nBowers, S. W 193\\nBray ton Burt 572\\nBreisoh, Christian 201\\nBrewer, Thomas W 463\\nBriggs, R, T 837\\nBristol, Hon. G. W 868\\nBristol, J. H 630\\nBrockway, Rev E. H 311\\nBrokaw, L. D 867\\nBrown, Albert 381\\nBrown, J. J 444\\nBrown F. J :j(U\\nBrown, W. C, M. D 829\\nBrowning, E 6 7\\nBuchanan, James 75\\nBuck, Hon. D. W 390\\nBuck, M.J :j21\\nBurgess, G, S 627\\nBurgess J 783\\nBurkhart, F. A 580\\nBurkhart, Henry 7,58\\nBurnett, John 477\\nBurtraw, Joseph 1 708\\nBush John J 201\\nBush.J.X 3S3\\nCabot, Chester s i7\\nCabot Sebastian 837\\nCady,Jay ,.212\\nCalhoun, Mrs. M. 285\\nCalkins, W. ,S .5.-^7\\nCallahan, E. W m\\nCall, H. 622\\nCameron, Alexander 411\\nCamp.O. F 404\\nCampbell, A ,,496\\nCampbell, J. T 296\\nCarl, Charles L 7:58\\nCarmer, John T 704\\nCarpenter, Arthur 458\\nCarpenter, M.B 794\\nCarr, William M 694\\nCarrier, E. B 460\\nCarter, George L .325\\nCase, Hon. D L 610\\nCase, Ira W 497\\nCase, Mrs. Louisa 818\\nCasterlin C. C 39-1\\nChapin, E. C 603\\nChatterton,M. D 208\\nChase, J. H ,.,617\\nChoate, Joel C 83B\\nChristian James M 593\\nClark, Albert 421\\nClark, Eliza M 722\\nClark, George L 750\\nClark, L.G 010\\nClark, L.N 701\\nClark. A ..388\\nClark, W. A .3.37\\nC lark W H 805\\nClark, W.L 318\\nClark, W.M tl2\\nClear.John 810\\nClements, J. E 62\\nCleveland, S. Grover 103\\nClute, Rev. Oscar 191\\nCoffey. Fred M 089\\nCoffey Henry A 70 1\\nCoffey, Marshal 7:iO\\nC oie, Canfield W. 212\\nColeman, G. W .398\\nColeman, Hon, George 732\\nColister, William T 028\\nCoUins, J. W 332\\nConrad, Jacob 447\\nCook, Fred J 4.37\\nCook, S. Lee 443\\nCool. Charles G 757\\nCooper, W. D., M. D 786\\nCorey, Dennis 107\\nCovert. A. R. 1 2IW\\nCowles, Charles I) 500\\nCrandal, F. R 749\\nCranston, Elmer E 30:i\\nCrapo, Henry H 149\\nGrossman, Hon. D. L 672\\nGrossman, J. M 813\\nCroswell, Charles M 101\\nCurtis, Mrs. M. A 220\\nGushman,G 582\\nD\\nDana, Hiram J 739\\nDaniels, A 733\\nDaniels, G. J 317\\nDaniels.^^F. L 819\\nDarby, H. H., M. D 351\\nDart James R 792\\nDarwin, S. A 221\\nDavis, A. M 711\\nDean Chester 630\\nDean, Peter 614\\nDecke, William H 647\\nDenierest, L. B 801\\nDickerson, A 860\\nDickerson, S. W 670\\nDietz, Theodore 602\\nDinturff. Hon. D. W 781\\nDobie, A 734\\nDobie, William M 300\\nDodge, CD 322\\nDorrance, A. A 853\\nDowd, Michael 132\\nDowns, J. W 343\\nDres.ser, J. M 2.39\\nDrew, F. A 288\\nDrew, Mrs S. M 619\\nDryer. W. A 345\\nDunckel. George 219\\nDunning. John 573\\nDunston, Charles E 707\\nDurand, Prof. W. F 793\\nDurfree, Emory 838\\nDutton. D. 587\\nDvkes.J. H 041", "height": "3043", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0868.jp2"}, "869": {"fulltext": "INDKX.\\nE\\nKiifTor, \\\\V. B sKi\\nKiirl, Oliver 73H\\nEarle, (leorjje A iilS\\nKilsoll.A. \\\\V..M. I) 408\\nEichele. Jacoh 4 i4i\\nEllsworth. I. W tisS\\nEmery. W b:|7\\nFaunce, William II y,n\\nFeleh.Alpheus 117\\nFellows, H. N 70n\\nKergusoii, Hon. A. F 18:1\\nFerguson, (!eor^-e H., M. I)..SO!t\\nFillmore. Millard 07\\nFitch. Hon. F. S \u00c2\u00abo7\\nFitz Simmons, C. 8 :!0;i\\nFoerster, A 445\\nFogg, Hon. F. M 717\\nFoote, C, S 82:i\\nFoster, Charles 505\\nFowler, Capt. George ifn;\\nFrank, Joseph -^m\\nFreeman, W ^Ou\\nFrisbee. Hon. A. T 525\\nFrost, J. B 753\\nFuller, A. C 618\\nFuller, I). K 8-. l\\n(i\\nGallup. .1. C .-,;t7\\nGannon, Daniel 1^4\\nGansley, Jacob 8.W\\nGardner. M. D (;.v\\nGartleld, .lames A 95\\nGnrlick. J. W 41.)\\nGibbs, Charles H 8H0\\nGilbert, John V 4i\\nGillett, 1 40(1\\nGlaister, Mrs. I) (jo\\nGleason,.\\\\ 8,5.5\\n(ioss. 31, J\\nGould, B. M .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2j7(i\\nGower. Hon. C. A 2(8\\n(Jrant, Ul.v.s.scs S 87\\nGreen, Dr. G, f) 215\\n(ireene, J. N., M, I) ..l!t\\nGreener, John A (i,58\\nGreenl.v, William L 121\\nOregor.v, A. M 830\\n(Crimes. Hon. T 5(i2\\n(Jriswold, J. S !i48\\nGuMsolly. .\\\\ll)eM mi\\nHadsall. Edward sll\\nllahn. William F ;tio\\nHammond, S. W jtii\\nHand, J. \\\\V cflo\\nHansen, William F 7 ii\\nHardy E. J 7J(k\\nHarris, John W 4ry\\nHarris. Setli P g jO\\nHarri.son Benjamin 107\\nHarrison, William Henr.v 51\\nHart, Casander 815\\nHart man. John 8(!!)\\nHaskill. George 6 i \u00c2\u00bb:j\\nHanghawout, C. E 272\\nHawes, J. C 42fl\\nHawkes, Prof. W H\\nHa.ve-H, Rutherford B 91\\nHaynes, A. B :iur,\\nHa.vnes. Hiram 782\\nHtHlges, H. C MU\\nHenderson, Perry 270\\nHendry. C, William O (i(K)\\nHenry, Harris 535\\nHerrick, Daniel BIS\\nHibner, Frederick 724\\nHicks, George (in\\nHill, Thomas .5!I7\\nMilliard, R. B :)25\\nHimmelbergcr. John 7!if)\\nHinchey, J. W 3,57\\nHincs, Frederick 28!\u00c2\u00bb\\nHinman, William C 3(il\\nHodge, C. J 702\\nHodskiss, Rev. H TM\\nHogle, A.J 817\\nHollister. Charles A I 4\\nHolmes, W. .S. H Son 418\\nHopkins, J. W 353\\nHorton.Capt. William M .590\\nHosley E. B .58:1\\nHosley, William K 210\\nHoughtaling. G. E 1 I5\\nHoughtaling, S. O I2(;\\nHoward, A. A 788\\nHowe, John (!S3\\nHowe, S E .550\\nHuck.L 7(13\\nHud.son, H. A 515\\nHudson, L. .S Si 8\\nHuir.S. N fiiig\\nHull, George L 84:i\\nHull, Joseph B., M, D 5*5\\nHumphrey, .lohn 114\\nHurd,D. C 451\\nHyue, Charles T (199\\nHyne, Frank L 803\\nHyne. William F liiw\\nIngalls.A.T .399 I\\nIrish, Jaqies H 289 I\\nJacobs, Jesse 731\\nJelferson, Thoir.4\u00c2\u00abs 27\\nJerome, David H Iti5\\nJewell, Charles G swj\\nJewett, .Joseph .8,52\\nJohnson, Andirnv 83\\nJohnson, D. B 312\\n.Johnson, Hon. F. B (77\\nJob nson Prof. W A 481\\nJones, Moses ((;i|\\nJordan, Rev. H. R 3:11\\nJudd, Seth H .8,5(1\\nK\\nKai]ouse, Hon Jacob 8Ki\\nKanouse, L. C (I81\\nKedzie, R. C. M. D 2:\u00c2\u00abi\\nKeihm. Mrs. Louisa 365\\nKelley, E. I) mi\\nKerr, Hon. John A 097\\nKetchurn, lH?\\\\vis 70I\\nKilbourne, Hon. S. L 775\\nKin^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^,le;,\u00e2\u0080\u00a2,C. C 750\\nKirkland. J. K 8:11\\nKlocksiem. H. C 210\\nKnapp, William L 77\\nKneelaiKl. A. 1) 4.5,;\\nLake, Mi-s. H. I.. M nr:\\nLanioreaux, R. M 431\\nLangenbacher, Mrs. C :i5l\\nLangford.G. W,.M. I) 7:11)\\nL inning. Mrs. EnieUnc (:)8\\nLare. Josephus (::t2\\nLarase. Joseph R 295\\nLasher, James 800\\nLee, F. J 275\\nlyeighton, S. P cil\\nLemen.G. C 71:3\\nLemon, C. H :k)i;\\nLesher, C. P :t;i\\nI ewi8, Gilbert W 342\\nI.iincoln, Abraham 79\\nLitchllelil. H. .M 8(M\\nLivermore, John J 198\\nLockwtKuI. John P |:t5\\nLovcjoy. Hiram J 7m\\nLuce. C.vrus (tra.v 177\\nf.uinbard, A. A :!ii\\nLulher, J. B 2\u00c2\u00abi\\nLyon.S. T 471\\nM\\n.Jackson, .Entire\\n.lackson, Dan..\\n4.1\\n.538\\n.5Iadison, Jamo\\nMallby, H. F.\\nMaun, R 402\\nMarkey, Junus (i\u00c2\u00ab\\nMurkhaui, A.G .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0kci\\nMamh.G. A 727\\nMarshall, John 777\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(far/ilmll, R. C I78\\nMaxon Stephen T ia5\\nMa.stic.John A .599\\nMather. K 4*0\\nfiercer. William 45:1\\nMerilhew. E. R 0.13\\nMcCli lland. Robert I2!i\\nMcConih, Jos(!ph H 2:51\\nMcEnally. W. H .527\\nMcEueii.F.C 2(t2\\nMeGivucy.T 670\\nMoGivney.J o7n\\nMcHench, W. J., M. D 11/9\\nMclnt.vre, D (^11\\nMclntyre, George H 710\\nMcKernan Thomas 757\\nMcKibbin, J T 2:15\\nM Kinley. John 413\\nMcMillan. Alexander. M. I). .40.5\\nMcMillan. William H .511\\nMcPher son. M.J .5:111\\nMcPherson, William, Jr .5:12\\nMiller. O. F :(:\u00c2\u00abi\\nMiller, William, M. D 815\\nMills. W. J.. M. D .508\\n-Miner, William J .VJ8\\nMonroe, Alexander 785\\n-Monroe, James 35\\nMonroe, James 778\\nMonroe, James M \u00e2\u0080\u009e509\\nMonroe, X, M HO8\\nMontague, Luke S. 712\\nMiKidy David 839\\nMoon.O. X.,M D IV17\\n-Mooi-e-s. J. H 801\\nM irton. George G *t.50\\nMoyer, Andrew 448\\nMoyer, .John H l!(i;\\nMnnson, F. V t m\\nMurray. M. J :177\\nMus-son. Koberl 455\\nNeal, Riifus J 79\\nNeely.S. D .3\u00c2\u00abi\\nXichols. H. A 824\\nXoble. S 859\\n-Noble. S. O (Ifil\\nXorlh, K. D M. D :is9\\nXollingham.D. M., 51- D....:1I8\\no\\n.11\\n..fi\u00c2\u00bb9 I Oakley. Mrs. Solly A.", "height": "3012", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00chapman_0869.jp2"}, "870": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nOlsen, Peter 550\\nOsborn. William W 843\\nPaclclook, S. A\\nPark, J. B.,M. D 3SS\\nParker. Dan ford 754\\nParker, Frank. 511\\nParson.s. Andrew V.v^\\nPatrick, D. F ^.i,-*\\nPatleng-ill.Prof. H. R +:Ji:\\nPatterson, R. F I\u00c2\u00abl\\nPeach, Janie. i 2411\\nPear.son, William. ..70:J\\nPerry, George G 742\\nPerry, Oscar F 7JU\\nPerson Jtidge R. H 639\\nPetei*s, William 417\\nPhillips, C. A 4!IS\\nPhillips, John C .ini\\nPhipps, B. 777\\nPickard. Lyman .714\\nPierce, Franklin 71\\nPmckney, Hon. William H..:i9.1\\nPlaceway, C. E SI\\nPolk. James K TiP\\nPorter, E. H 4(11\\nPorter, Hon. Jame.s B 120\\nPorter, R. M Iiu8\\nPost, William H :507\\nPotter, John M .......82!?\\nPotts, John M ;)71\\nPreston, Reman M U\\nPrice, Capt. J. R... \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Ml)\\nPrice, Lawrence :128\\nProsser, A. D SK\\nPrucUlen W. K 3S,t\\nR\\nRandall, Ira E 359\\nRanney. George E., M. D. .225\\nRansom, Epaphroditns 125\\nRayner, William H 347\\nKeck, John A 424\\nReed. H. E 472\\nReeves, John P 3 lli\\nReeves, Ira V 551\\nReynolds. D. E. A 84s\\nReynolds, H. O 607\\nRichmond, Mrs. S 728\\nRider. Joseph 517\\nRikerd.H. W 418\\nRi.x, Hiram, Jr 80fi\\nRnbi.son. David 236\\nRoe, J. Edward 313\\nRoss, Thomas, Jr 816\\nKounsviUe, Hon. F. G 83S\\nRonse, John F 2711\\nRowley, L. E wr,\\nRiimsey, Hon. M. E 2\u00c2\u00ab1\\nRnssell,F. F .52\\nKnsseli, J. A 793\\nRussell, S. O 3(18\\nSal)in,;Bentley 7119\\nSaltmarah, J. F ,5.59\\nSargent, G. I .584\\nSawyer, A. F 38\\nSchneider, Col. F 215\\nSchrepfer, George 594\\nSchroeder, F. P 762\\nScoHeld, Mrs. L 374\\n.Seaton, Richard 832\\nSe.xton, P. H 612\\nShafer, James H 372\\nShaller, Adam .507\\nShank, R. B 368\\nShank, Rush J., .M. D 44 1\\nShannon, Col. John A 577\\nShaw.R .831;\\nShearer, James M 810\\nSherman, D. R., M. D 797\\nSherman, M. H 512\\nSherwood, Tames A 323\\nShook, William H 197\\nShowerman, Benjamin 517\\nShumway, F. W., M. D (i09\\nSibley, C.H 831\\nSimons, B. F 395\\nSkadan, Samuel 789\\nSkinner, J. M S.i5\\nSlicker, Pierce 802\\nSly. Rev. W.S 799\\nSmalley, John W 786\\nSniedley, E. R 271\\nSmith, Daniel B 718\\nSmith, D. O 747\\nSmith, D.V 581\\nSmith, Enoch 473\\nSmith. Quincy A 45f;\\nSmith, SteiJhen 814\\nSmith Timothy 76G\\nSmith, V. C 673\\nSmith, Willard.... 336\\nSnook, Col. J. G 278\\nSnyder, J. A 831\\nSowle, Enos 72:*\\nSp.anier, John\\n.Spi^ars, Israel 68\\nStabler. M. J 298\\nStabl. .I.acob 119\\nStaley.T. R\\nStebbms, C. B\\nSteinacker, Fred 814\\nStelzer. John R 059\\nStelEer, .John W Hi!\\nSternes, Mrs. C 719\\nStevens, C. W 430\\n.Stillman,0. B 490\\nStodard. David 46.8\\nStoner. Henry S 489\\nStow. Seth C 804\\nStowell, G. H .367\\nStreet, Philo .580\\nSullivan, Charles 784\\nBwarthont, Hugh 794\\nSweet, Mrs. L. A 317\\nT\\nTaylor, J. W 2.55\\nTaylor, Moses R 107\\nTaylor, Zachary 63\\nTeller, Samuel A.... 320\\nTeuney Mrs. H. A 333\\nThoman, F 309\\nThompson, A. D 512\\nThompson, H. B 752\\nThompson. John 122\\nThorburn. W. W 265\\nTillotson, J. W 249\\nTobias, Harrison 242\\nTobias, James 84(\\nTodd.M. D 315\\nToms. Egbert 624\\nTownley A. J Mr-\\nTripp. Noah F v.i\\nTurner, J. A :1(M\\nTurner, W. 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